Josh Shapiro torched for signing artillery shell in photo op: 'You cannot overstate how evil and insane these people are'



Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro — a Democrat — was bashed for autographing an artillery shell that could potentially be used to kill people in the Russia-Ukraine War.

As Blaze News reported, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy toured the battleground state of Pennsylvania with Democratic candidates as well as a Kamala Harris campaign surrogate. One of the Zelenskyy's stops was an ammunition factory in Scranton.

'Democrats are now the party of war and they're proud of it.'

The Scranton Army Ammunition Plant is one of the few facilities in the country to manufacture 155mm artillery shells and has increased production over the past year to supply Ukraine in its war against Russia, according to Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The United States has reportedly sent more than 3 million 155mm artillery shells to Ukraine.

Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-Pa.) was in attendance at the factory and said Zelenskyy has a message: “Thank you. And we need more.”

Also in attendance at the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant was Shapiro.

Shapiro shared a video of him signing an artillery shell on the X social media platform with the caption: "We must all do our part in the fight for freedom — from the workers in Scranton who make Pennsylvania the arsenal of democracy to the brave Ukrainian soldiers protecting their country. We stand with Ukraine in their just defense of their homeland in the face of Russian aggression."

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Shapiro was blasted online for signing the weapon of war.

Blaze Media writer Peachy Keenan: "These people are intolerable and when World War 3 starts will point fingers at everyone but themselves. Give peace a chance."

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.): "I am 100% against this and so are most Americans. The U.S. is funding the Ukraine Gov at $1 billion/month to keep it running and funding most of the war by providing weapons, ammo, and equipment. The U.S. should be negotiating peace not fueling war."

Independent journalist Glenn Greenwald: "Democrats are running on a platform of producing and sending more weapons to keep a horrific war fueled forever, claiming it's to 'fight for freedom': pure neocon rhetoric. In case you're will wondering why Dick Cheney, neocons, CIA, and the war machine all support Kamala."

Political commentator Tucker Carlson: "I was disgusted by it, actually, I was enraged by it."

Vermont Republican Party Chair Paul Dame: "What happened to Democrats? In 2004 they were the anti-war party. Now, their best presidential hope for 2028 is autographing BOMBS? Can you imagine the outrage if Bush had ever done this?"

Author David J Harris Jr.: "Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Pennsylvania democrat Governor Josh Shapiro signed artillery shells to be used in war. This was at a munitions factory in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Democrats are now the party of war and they're proud of it. Sad."

Author Dr. Naomi Wolf: "This is a Satanic scene. These people seem unaware or unconcerned that they are signing missiles that will kill human beings."

Comedian and libertarian advocate Dave Smith: "You cannot overstate how evil and insane these people are."

Former running mate of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Nicole Shanahan: "How could it be that the Democratic Party I grew up with — the Blue Dog Democrats who believed in hard work, the middle class, family, and standing up against the war machine — has turned into this? I declared my independence this year because I refuse to support a party that flies in a foreign leader to promote the production of artillery and the use of bombs. Our country deserves better. We want de-escalation through diplomacy, not a march toward World War III."

Libertarian activist Liam McCollum: "The people signing bombs that will undoubtedly be used to kill people are considered centrists and call you an extremist if you oppose this."

Libertarian commentator Tom Woods: "This is sick and psychotic."

Journalist Max Blumenthal: "There’s Gov. Josh Shapiro with Zelenskyy signing artillery shells at a weapons plant in Scranton, PA For those unfamiliar, Shapiro is the guy who said Palestinians are too 'battle-minded' to make peace."

Author Dave Benner: "This is a worship ritual for those who view the military-industrial complex as their God."

Former U.S. Army Special Forces officer Joe Kent: "Pictured – the only winners in this foolish war, politicians & defense contractors. Not pictured – a generation of dead Ukrainian men & the rest of the world being led off to WW3. Make peace, stop the killing, prioritize America."

Far-left writer Wyatt Reed: "When did all our politicians start treating weapons of war like sports memorabilia? Why do they find killing people so amusing?"

Several online commentators noted that Shapiro was busy signing an artillery shell for a photo op with Zelenskyy in the same weekend that chaos erupted in Philadelphia.

As Blaze News previously reported, there were hundreds of cars involved in nearly a dozen street takeovers over the weekend in Philadelphia.

Earlier this year, former Republican presidential contender Nikki Haley was criticized for signing an artillery shell during a visit to Israel. On the ordnance, Haley wrote "Finish Them!"

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I called the return of 'weird' 3 years ago. Here’s how I knew.



Surprising few, Donald Trump chose JD Vance as his running mate; surprising many, almost instantaneously, word went out across the Democrats’ elite that the hit on Vance would be that he was “weird.” Soon thereafter, the intended smear was spread to Trump himself.

The commentariat weighed in, the public square pulsed with reactions, and the blowback began. Many found it weird that Vance, who’d previously been more susceptible to hostile classification by the lefty meme ironically begging for “the confidence of an average white man,” was now being attacked as an oddball — often by people who, to put it charitably, presented with an eccentricity so extreme that just 10 years ago, it was all but absent from public life.

How the normies of today can be attacked as weird by today’s freakazoids ...

But there was another kind of pushback in defense of Vance: Not only was he weird, his weirdness went far beyond his critics’ imagination — and that was a good thing. Perfect case in point — the Atlantic’s attempt to portray Vance as weird depicted him in a political cartoon as a wizard out of Tolkien toking richly on a most mystical pipe. Seemingly unpredictably, accounts on X started half-joking that Vance was, indeed, wyrd, a figure of destiny straight out of the 1400s, when, as the etymology dictionaries will tell you, that word first appeared.

This kind of leap may strike many normal Americans as the “real” weird, one that didn’t really influence public life before the internet and now seems to be everywhere, as ever more obscure and bizarre identities double and triple down on what’s least accessible about them to outsiders.

And it’s not that hard to see how the force of this identitarian logic points, as Marshall McLuhan observed decades ago, in the reifying and deifying direction “from cliche to archetype.” All over the internet and our digitally influenced society, we now see affinity and identity groups elevating representative people to what the gamers call “god-tier” — a symbolically superhuman status meant to capture and express the “eternal” about the identity in question.

But thanks to my years of obscure McLuhanverse studies, nothing about these uncanny trends was weird or surprising to me. I learned in the late 2010s that the rise of digital technology “retrieved,” in McLuhanite speak, “the medieval.” The immense power of digital machines to record and recollect was refounding our interior and exterior experience in a way that privileged memory over the master faculty of modernity, imagination. That topsy-turvy transformation returned us to a collective cast of mind last shared in premodern times.

It was a change massively intensified by the fact that our machines’ dominance over us in recollective power returned us to fundamental questions that our prior worship of imagination only temporarily muted — questions like who we as humans really are and why. These questions, ultimately theological, demanded theological answers ... and the last time society so tightly revolved around the question of the human and the divine was the Middle Ages.

And so it could come to pass that I logged on in spring of 2021 to post that the rise of digital tech heralded weird's fall and wyrd’s rise:

Of course, big happenings like these are not toggle switches. It’s a much messier transition. That’s how it can be that yesterday’s weirdos (hippies, freaks) are now today’s establishment ...

How today’s ex-weird establishment can be struggling with the rise of a still-weirder youth cadre of psychosexual mutants beyond the old hippies’ imagination ...

How the normies of today can be attacked as weird by today’s freakazoids ...

And how the whole mess can produce such a fractured pantheon of pseudo-demigod figures whose titanic, cosmic conflict reveals identity politics to be a grand manifestation of the technological and theological character of experience in our strangely neo-medieval age.

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CNN correspondent scolds Trump over first words said immediately after being shot



A CNN correspondent is being raked over the coals for scolding former President Donald Trump over the first words he uttered seconds after being shot during an assassination attempt at his campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

The would-be assassin fired as many as eight shots toward Trump from his AR-15-style rifle while in a prone position on the roof of a building roughly 400 feet from the rally stage. The spray of bullets killed a firefighter in attendance, critically injured two spectators, and nicked Trump in his ear.

After Trump realized he had been shot in the ear, he dropped to the ground, and Secret Service agents rushed to shield the former president. Seconds later, Secret Service agents were notified that the gunman had been neutralized and attempted to rush Trump off the stage. However, Trump instructed them to wait, looked at the crowd with blood on his face, pumped his fist, and yelled: "Fight! Fight! Fight!"

Trump was then ushered off the stage as the crowd chanted "U-S-A!"

However, CNN special correspondent Jamie Gangel criticized Trump for his reaction that occurred within 80 seconds after being shot in the ear.

"I do want to say there was one thing that, when I watched the tape, I found odd because of all of the heated rhetoric, and that is after he was hit, former President Trump got up and said, ‘fight, fight, fight,’" Gangel said.

Gangel added, "I think what we’re hearing from people is that’s not the message that we want to be sending right now. We want to tamp it down."

The CNN correspondent was lambasted on social media for criticizing a man who had just been a victim of an assassination attempt.

Talk show host Megyn Kelly: "The man was bleeding from a bullet wound to his head. WTF is wrong with you @jamiegangel? In any event it was the most inspirational 'FIGHT' many people have ever seen or heard. The fact that you heard it as you did shows how badly you’ve lost the thread."

Donald Trump Jr.: "Someone attempted to assassinate my father tonight and this is what CNN is focused on. These people are vile."

Gun rights activist Dana Loesch: "Your network and colleagues should do a self-check on rhetoric."

Talk radio host Erick Erickson: "This is why there must be media accountability. CNN’s Jamie Gangel is upset that 30 seconds after Trump got shot he wasn’t lecturing his crowd. Unbelievable. Victim shaming."

Former Trump speechwriter Darren J. Beattie: "Media is the enemy of the people. It's very unfortunate that they feel comfortable talking like this."

Reporter Megan Basham: "Unbelievable. CNN right now criticizing Trump for telling his supporters to fight only seconds after he was shot by a would-be assassin. Tsk tsk’ing that it wasn’t the right tone to take."

Author Jim Hanson: "What a foul wretch. CNN is a cancer."

Another CNN personality also tried to blame Trump's criticisms of Biden as a cause of the rise in extreme rhetoric that led to an assassination attempt on former President Trump.

Scott Jennings – a Republican strategist and contributor to CNN – explained during an appearance on the cable news network that the failed assassination attempt stemmed from the nonstop fearmongering that Trump being elected again would be the end of the United States as we know it.

"The rhetoric around him over the last few weeks that if he wins an election, our country will end, our democracy will end, it’s the last election we'll ever have. These things have consequences, okay? I don’t know what the motivations of the shooter are. I don’t know any of the details, but I know the rhetoric around Trump has grown extreme," Jennings began.

"We have people in this country who are dedicated to telling half the country that if Donald Trump wins an election, the country will end, the Constitution will go away, and so on and so forth," Jennings stated. "What I want to hear from all elected officials is this kind of hyperbolic extremism has consequences, and it must end. Yes, we’re all shocked, and yes, political violence has no place. Where does it come from? It’s got to stop."

CNN host Wolf Blitzer attempted to make a "both sides" argument and replied, "But we’re also hearing from Trump very, very strong statements of condemnation of Biden, the worst president, the most dangerous president, and all of that. He’s speaking very, very strongly against President Biden."

Jennings fired back, "Who’s in the hospital?"

Blitzer maintained, "You say calm things down. I agree both sides should calm things."

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LGBTQ Pride Month posts from Sesame Street, National Weather Service, Defense Department ignite uproar: 'I DON'T want this s**t!'



LGBTQ Pride Month kicked off on Saturday. To celebrate the entire month dedicated to the members of the LGBTQ community, organizations and brands shared LGBTQ Pride posts on social media. There were several controversial social media posts that struck a nerve, including ones by government agencies and Sesame Street.

Sesame Street

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The official Sesame Street social media account posted: "Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street! Today and every day, we celebrate and uplift the LGBTQIA+ members of our community. Together, let’s build a world where every person and family feels loved and welcomed for who they are."

There were hundreds of responses countering the Sesame Street account promoting LGBTQ to small children.

Novelist Frank J. Fleming: "Perhaps I’m old-fashioned, but I’m not really sure preschoolers need to know and celebrate variant sexual lusts."

Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon: "The target audience for Sesame Street is children between the ages of 2 and 5."

Department of Defense

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The Department of Defense wrote: "Pride Month is a time to come together to honor the contributions of LGBTQ+ service members. We are committed to ensuring and promoting an atmosphere of dignity and respect for all civilian and military personnel."

U.S. Air Force veteran Buzz Patterson: "I want you mfer’s to be the military again. I want the best generals (we don’t have them) and a joint force that fights with lethality. I DON’T want this s**t! I’ve earned the right to say that. Focus!"

An X user: "Two major wars going on, instability everywhere, and this is your focus."

Another user: "Your account is a disgrace to our country. Delete it."

Another X user: "You guys spend more time honoring the alphabet crew than you do honoring veterans. What a shame."

National Weather Service

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The National Weather Service stated: "Let us Reflect, Empower and Unite together this Pride Month as we celebrate the diversity of the NWS family! Their skills and perspectives allow us to meet our mission of protecting a diverse nation."

After getting slammed in the replies, the National Weather Service began hiding dozens of replies.

The weather agency said, "As a reminder, the NWS has established posting policies and reserves the right to hide postings that are inconsistent with them. It is our policy to hide any post/reply that violates the items below."

Veterans Affairs

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The official Veterans Affairs X social media account said: "This Pride Month — and every day — VA openly and proudly recognizes the more than one million LGBTQ+ Veterans that have served this nation. We thank each and every one of them — and every person who has donned the uniform — for their service and sacrifice."

Numerous commentators noted that June is Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Month.

White House

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President Joe Biden's White House declared: "Happy Pride Month! This month and every month, our Administration celebrates the extraordinary courage of LGBTQI+ people and proudly stands with them in the fight for equality, justice, and inclusion."

Last June, Biden hosted the largest-ever White House LGBTQ Pride celebration in history to celebrate "America’s LGBTQ families."

On Friday, President Biden proclaimed June 2024 to be "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex Pride Month."

"I call upon the people of the United States to recognize the achievements of the LGBTQI+ community, to celebrate the great diversity of the American people, and to wave their flags of pride high," Biden declared.

Biden continued, "To the entire LGBTQI+ community — and especially transgender children — please know that your President and my entire Administration have your back. We see you for who you are: made in the image of God and deserving of dignity, respect, and support."

However, Biden had a much different opinion in 2008.

Biden was asked if he supported gay marriage during the 2008 vice presidential debate and he replied, "No. Barack Obama nor I support redefining from a civil side what constitutes marriage. We do not support that."

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Alice Stewart, veteran GOP advisor and CNN commentator, dies at 58 just hours after appearing on network: 'Can't believe she's gone'



Alice Stewart, a veteran GOP adviser and CNN political commentator, has died. She was 58.

Stewart's body was found outdoors in the northern Virginia neighborhood of Bellevue on Saturday morning, according to law enforcement officials.

Police said no foul play was suspected in her death and that Stewart likely suffered a medical emergency.

Just hours before her death, Stewart appeared on CNN's "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer" on Friday evening.

Stewart launched her career as a local reporter and producer in Georgia. She then worked as a news anchor in Little Rock, Arkansas.

From there, she became the communications director for then-Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee's 2008 campaign for president.

Stewart also served as communications director for GOP presidential candidates, including former Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, and Sen. Ted Cruz.

Tributes poured in for the longtime GOP adviser.

Sen. Cruz said in a post on the X social media platform, "Alice was wonderful and talented and a dear friend. She lived every day to the fullest, and she will be deeply missed."

Former Republican Congresswoman Barbara Comstock stated, "So saddened to hear of the sudden passing of ⁦Alice Stewart. Alice was a smart, principled and talented role model for women in politics and media and always a delight to be with. She will be missed."

Kellyanne Conway – ex-counselor to former President Donald Trump – said, "Alice Stewart was a remarkable woman of faith, a friend & colleague. She was the same person on-air & off-air: smart, witty, authentic, kind, respectful, insightful. She took the time to help those next in line. I loved &respected Alice & will miss her."

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie honored Stewart by saying, "I am stunned and saddened by the news of Alice Stewart’s passing. She was a political pro and a wonderfully nice person to just have a conversation with on any topic. I will miss Alice and will pray for her family."

Alyssa Farah Griffin – ex-communications director for former President Trump – remarked, "Gutted over this news. Alice Stewart was smart, savvy, funny & most importantly kind. She felt like she was from another era - a more decent one where we'd disagree respectfully. She was kind to me when I was in a low place & I’ll never forget it. Sending love to those closest to her."

Stewart was hired by CNN as a political commentator ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer stated, "I’m so sad that my friend and CNN colleague Alice Stewart has passed away. It was only yesterday when she joined Maria Cardona and me for her always excellent political analysis. She was a very special person and we will miss her. May she Rest In Peace and may her Memory Be A Blessing."

CNN anchor Jake Tapper said, "Horrible news about our beloved and gifted commentator Alice Stewart. Just awful. We are all gutted."

Political commentator Ana Navarro stated, "I'm very sad about this news. Alice was kind, decent, hard-working and a woman whose faith sustained her. She was a breath of fresh air – always professional – at a time when lack of decorum and civility reign in political discussions. May she rest in peace."

CNN anchor Jim Acosta added, My heart is broken over the passing of our dear colleague Alice Stewart. We’ve been friends going back to the 2012 campaign. We spent so many weekends talking politics with the wonderful Maria Cardona – they always spoke so passionately but with kindness and civility. Alice was my friend and I loved her. RIP."

Democratic political strategist Maria Cardona said, "I am turned inside out at this tragic news. As many know, Alice & I were like sisters from opposite ends of the political aisle. We debated but with respect. I will miss her dearly but seems God needed some top-notch communications help. RIP beautiful friend."

CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins expressed, "Just devastating news about our colleague Alice Stewart. She will always be remembered by her kindness above all."

Democratic political strategist Donna Brazile said, "I first met Alice when she joined CNN. A smart, wise and affable colleague who will be missed. My condolences to her family and many colleagues and friends. Rest in peace."

Former CNN anchor Poppy Harlow added, "Sending my love and support to Alice Stewart’s family tonight. She was a remarkable woman who I always loved having on our shows. She was whip-smart, deeply thoughtful, and always kind. She will be so missed."

CNN anchor Dana Bash paid her respects, "Alice Stewart was a woman’s woman who brought kindness and support along with smarts and expertise. I met her in Iowa in 2007 covering the Huckabee presidential campaign and worked with her in politics before I got to call her a CNN colleague. I can’t believe she’s gone."

Former CNN anchor Brian Stelter said, "Such an awful shock. Alice Stewart was a consummate pro who made every show she was on so much BETTER. More importantly, she had a huge heart and a generous spirit."

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Conservatives blast DOJ's new center bolstering red flag laws to confiscate firearms from threatening gun owners: 'What the hell is this evil?'



President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice unveiled a new entity that will train state and local officials on procedures to apply red flag laws to confiscate firearms from gun owners who are a threat to themselves or others. Conservatives slammed the new center that intends to bolster red flag laws to confiscate firearms from threatening gun owners.

The Department of Justice announced the creation of the National Extreme Risk Protection Order Resource Center on Saturday. The new entity will also be called "The Center."

The National Extreme Risk Protection Order Resource Center will "provide training and technical assistance to law enforcement officials, prosecutors, attorneys, judges, clinicians, victim service and social service providers, community organizations, and behavioral health professionals responsible for implementing laws designed to keep guns out of the hands of people who pose a threat to themselves or others."

The DOJ said in a statement, "ERPO laws, which are modeled off domestic violence protection orders, create a civil process allowing law enforcement, family members (in most states), and medical professionals or other groups (in some states) to petition a court to temporarily prohibit someone at risk of harming themselves or others from purchasing and possessing firearms for the duration of the order."

The National Extreme Risk Protection Order Resource Center website declared that it will provide training and technical assistance such as:

  • Development and dissemination of trainings for ERPO stakeholders.
  • Support for states and local jurisdictions to implement ERPO programs.
  • Facilitation of peer-to-peer engagement with model ERPO learning sites.
  • Delivery of presentations and webinars to advance states’ and localities’ knowledge on key ERPO topics.

ERPO laws are often called red flag laws and allow the government to confiscate firearms from legal gun owners without due process.

ERPO laws allow law enforcement to search for and seize the firearms of "dangerous individuals." Red flag laws also permit courts to issue temporary orders prohibiting "dangerous" individuals from possessing or acquiring firearms.

The DOJ press release said that 21 states and the District of Columbia have enacted ERPO laws.

The White House noted that only six of the states that implemented ERPO laws have utilized federal funds from the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which offers $750 million for "red flag programs, mental health courts, drug courts, and veteran treatment courts."

The National Extreme Risk Protection Order Resource Center is a collaboration between the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions, the U.S. Department of Justice, and Bureau of Justice Assistance.

Attorney General Merrick B. Garland stated, "The launch of the National Extreme Risk Protection Order Resource Center will provide our partners across the country with valuable resources to keep firearms out of the hands of individuals who pose a threat to themselves or others. The establishment of the Center is the latest example of the Justice Department’s work to use every tool provided by the landmark Bipartisan Safer Communities Act to protect communities from gun violence."

Acting Associate Attorney General Benjamin C. Mizer added, "Supporting our law enforcement and community partners in curbing the scourge of gun violence is more critical than ever. In addition to other resources leveraged across the Justice Department, this Center will provide communities with new tools and technical assistance to help them implement effective crisis intervention strategies and reduce gun violence.”

Conservatives bashed the Center as a new version of government overreach that attempts to infringe on Second Amendment rights and confiscate guns without due process.

Blaze News investigative reporter Steve Baker: "The long march through our institutions is complete and the neo-Marxist assault on the Bill of Rights is now fully out of the closet. We see the enemy, '…both foreign and DOMESTIC.'"

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.): "What the hell is this evil? A Federal Red Flag center; We did not authorize this. Announced, of course, just hours after the omnibus passes."

GOP Texas State Representative Brian Harrison: "Post-Constitutional America. Unelected bureaucrats now both write and enforce law; by edict. Congress has made itself irrelevant… except to occasionally vote to spend more money we don’t have. Every elected Republican not fighting this is complicit."

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.): "This didn't come through Congress. This Administration will do everything in their power to destroy the Constitution and the God given rights of Americans."

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.): "Merrick Garland just announced a massive Red Flag Operation that the DOJ will be running by using EVERY spy tool the US government has in order to violate American’s Second Amendment!! This comes right after Johnson fully funded Biden’s weaponized DOJ!"

Columnist David Harsanyi: "Defending 'democracy' by stripping Americans of their due process and Second Amendment rights using a unilateral federal decree."

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.): "The timing of this is intentional. This is an UNAUTHORIZED attack on our 2nd Amendment."

Libertarian activist Spike Cohen: "This is Federal Red Flag."

Gun rights advocate Dana Loesch: "This won’t apply to Hunter Biden, illegal aliens, or cartel members that Dems fight to arm. This is an attack on due process and ignores existing law that provides a way to adjudicate someone ineligible. All previous tragedies were preventable without removal of due process."

Author J Michael Waller: "They will build a political police by whatever means necessary."

The official account for the Libertarian Party: "We will resist this until the end of time. The right to keep and bear arms is non-negotiable. Your red flag schemes will fail."

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Former beauty contestant ignites firestorm by attacking TikTok fishing star's southern accent, doing manual labor: 'American women are men'



A former beauty pageant contestant turned journalist and political commentator ignited a firestorm by attacking a TikTok fishing star for her southern accent and interest in construction.

Sameera Khan is a former Bernie Sanders supporter and now an "anti-woke" social media commentator.

Khan was a Washington correspondent for the Kremlin-backed RT, but had gotten into trouble with the Russian media outlet in 2018 after she posted memes praising Joseph Stalin's gulags that the state news network deemed as "uninformed and misguided." Khan claimed she resigned from RT a week before the controversy.

Khan sparked outrage again this week when she attacked an outdoors social media influencer and American women in general.

Khan denigrated Hannah Barron – an Alabama-based social media star known for her content revolving around hunting, fishing, and firearms. Barron is known as "The Catfish Girl" for her skills at noodling – the act of catching fish with only one's bare hands.

Barron has over 2.1 followers on TikTok, 1.4 million followers on Instagram, and more than 744,000 subscribers on YouTube.

Khan reposted a TikTok video from Barron's TikTok account showing Hannah doing a tour of a house being constructed by Barron, her father, and her boyfriend.

Khan mocked Barron and American women by saying, "This accent needs to be illegal and women should be banned from doing manual labour like this. There is NOTHING feminine about American women. American women are literally men."

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She added, "Lebanese women are literally perfect. And they are actually feminine, unlike estrogen-deficient American women who hold the record for highest testosterone levels in the world."

Khan then posted a video of Barron noodling with the caption: "High-value American men should become passport bros. Don’t they deserve better than the filth they are limited to in their own country…? Do you agree or disagree? What are your thoughts?"

The former beauty pageant contestant wrote on her X account with over 232,000 followers that the United States is under a "tomboy occupation."

Khan claimed that any man attracted to Hannah "would be embarrassed to be seen with her in public."

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The post on the X social media platform triggered an immediate backlash from netizens.

Conservative political activist Lauren Witzke: "These kind of women give birth to sons who could conquer any Middle Eastern country overnight. Don’t hate on White Southern Women."

Libertarian activist Spike Cohen: "We need to stop all immigration of people who agree with Samirah until we can figure out what the hell is going on."

Writer Emily Zanotti: "I knew we would get to 'if you like women you are literally gay' eventually, I just didn’t anticipate it would be this quickly. Idiots, if you want a homestead, your lady is gonna need to do more with her hands than feed a sourdough starter lol."

Author Joey Jones: "Women who talk like this, and can do things like this are too busy being satisfied, fulfilled and loved to care about some rando with an X account."

YouTuber Melonie Mac: "Adorable southern girl who enjoys renovating and fishing. Jealousy ain't cute, and this sweet young woman you're trying to drag looks like she's living her best life and likely has no issues whatsoever with prospects."

British author Helen Pluckrose: "Men will not hear your spite, Samirah. They will be too busy falling in love with the woman who manages to combine a stunning figure, charisma, energy, an appreciation for construction, likability & a warm, southern accent. I’m half in love with her myself."

Cartoonist George Alexopoulos: "Useless princess who thinks a hard day's work is shopping with her father and/or husband's money and getting her nails done, jealous of American women who don't need makeup and can build houses."

A user wrote: "She is beautiful, building a home, and promoting firearms. This is the productive south If you hate this you are miserable as it comes."

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'Disgusting': AP torn to shreds for dismissing illegal immigrant murder suspect in Laken Riley killing, blaming toxic masculinity



The Associated Press was obliterated online for a recent article that attempted to dismiss the illegal immigrant murder suspect in the brutal killing of Laken Hope Riley, and instead tried to blame toxic masculinity for the brutal slaying.

On Saturday, the AP published an article titled: "The killing of a nursing student out for a run highlights the fears of solo female athletes."

The article did not acknowledge that Riley's suspected killer was an illegal immigrant from Venezuela. Instead, the news site described Jose Antonio Ibarra as an "Athens resident."

The writer, Janie Har, referenced the 2018 murder of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts – who was also murdered while jogging. Once again, Har did not mention that Tibbets was murdered by an illegal immigrant.

Instead, Har focused on "the dangers female runners face" and the "hypervigilance women must take when going out, even for a run on campus."

The article cited a survey from the clothing company Adidas that found 92% of women reported "feeling concerned for their safety, with half [51%] afraid of being physically attacked, compared to 28% of men."

The survey added, "Over a third (38%) of women have experienced physical or verbal harassment, and of these women over half have received unwanted attention (56%), sexist comments or unwanted sexual attention (55%), been honked at (53%), or followed (50%)."

The article stated, "But Callie Rennison, a professor of criminal justice at the University of Colorado who studies violence against women, wishes there was more emphasis on teaching men not to assault women rather than telling women what they should or should not do."

The Associated Press article was torn to shreds by online commentators who bashed the piece as "disgusting" and "putrid propagandizing" for President Joe Biden.

Blaze News senior editor Daniel Horowitz: "This is the died suddenly Covid schtick now applied to the Venezuelan gang of invaders."

Columnist Adam Johnston: "What a garbage headline. Laken Riley was murdered by an illegal alien who was afforded refuge in a sanctuary city. That’s the story. The ONLY story. But journalism is nothing but regime propaganda and leftist narratives."

Gov. Ron DeSantis senior analyst Christina Pushaw: "American Pravda strikes again. They’d rather stop women from running alone than stop illegal immigration."

Writer Charles C. W. Cooke: "They can’t change because this is what they think their job is."

Podcast host Monica Crowley: "This is disgusting, AP. The killing of Laken Riley had nothing to do with 'the fears of solo female athletes.' Her murder is the direct result of Biden’s wide open border that allowed in her illegal alien killer. Your putrid propagandizing for Biden & murderers is sickening."

1776 Project PAC founder Ryan James Girdusky: "Yep…. The story of an illegal alien who broke into our country, committed a crime in one state, released back into the community because of sanctuary city laws, flees to another state where he rapes and murders a young woman is really just a story about solo female athletes."

Florida state Representative Berny Jacques: "The corporate media will bend over backwards to avoid mentioning this was done by an illegal alien allowed in our country."

Republican activist Scott Presler: "This young American girl was killed by an illegal alien. So, when we say that Americans are being replaced, we really mean it. Democrats are welcoming illegal aliens into the country. They welcome the lawlessness. Democrats do not care about us or they would secure the border."

DeSantis press secretary Jeremy Redfern: "Victim blaming, because the alleged murderer is an illegal alien."

Columnist Derek Hunter: "It wasn't the run that killed her, it was the illegal alien from a 3rd world country with a culture that views women as garbage to be used by men that Democrats in this country refused to keep out or deport that killed her. Own it."

The "End Wokeness" account: "Illegal alien from Venezuela is described as an 'Athens resident.' The framing of the story is about toxic masculinity. No matter how much you think you hate the media, it is not enough."

Writer Ian Miller: "It really is jaw-dropping how hard the media will work to avoid mentioning any aspect of a story that makes their political party or progressive ideology look bad."

Author Rachel Bovard: "Running alone was not what killed her, you complete hacks."

Writer Tom Bevan: "Just insane framing. The media never fails to disappoint."

Ruth Peterson: "Look at the tweet & think about what it says. AP has no integrity. She was killed by someone here illegally and who was released after being apprehended at the border. How is this OK? And how can you consider any media outlet who reports on it like this as having credibility?"

Media critic Stephen L. Miller: "Pretty sure that's not the lesson here."

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Super Bowl singing of black national anthem sparks backlash, NFL bashed for pushing 'politics of racial division again'



Super Bowl LVIII featured performances of "The Star-Spangled Banner" and "America the Beautiful," as well as "Lift Every Voice and Sing" – better known as the black national anthem. However, many online commentators slammed the NFL for featuring a performance of the black national anthem, and said it was "pushing the politics of racial division again."

R&B singer Andra Day performed the black national anthem at Super Bowl 58.

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As Blaze News previously reported, Day's triple-platinum song titled "Rise Up" became the unofficial anthem of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Day previously said her song being the Black Lives Matter anthem was a "huge honor because Black Lives Matter represents standing up to oppression and persecution. Having the group connect with 'Rise Up' made me more aware that I need to use my platform to serve the community."

She also explained why she connects her music to her activism: "I want to tell the truth about the racial terror that's happened and that's still happening today in this country. Too often we change the narrative to make things more digestible, but the reality is, if we don't address injustice honestly and openly, we'll never heal."

Day performed at the Democratic National Convention in 2016.

Many notable netizens rejected the black national anthem being sung at the Super Bowl, and deemed it to be divisive.

Mike Loychik – a Republican lawmaker in the Ohio House of Representatives – said, "There’s no such thing as a 'black national anthem.' We are all AMERICANS, united by our great and beautiful Star Spangled Banner. The Super Bowl is supposed to bring us together. It’s a disgrace that the NFL decided to push the politics of racial division again."

Talk show host Megyn Kelly stated, "The so-called Black National Anthem does not belong at the Super Bowl. We already have a National Anthem and it includes EVERYONE."

Conservative commentator CJ Pearson declared, "Before tonight’s Super Bowl, as a young black man and proud American, let me make myself clear: There is only ONE national anthem. As there is only ONE United States of America. And it’s for EVERYONE - white, black, yellow, and even maroon. The Left’s agenda of division isn’t just needless; it’s exhausting."

Host Tim Young asked, "Why does the NFL only have the National Anthem and the 'Black National Anthem?' What about anthems for Asians, Hispanic people, Jewish people, Islamic people, every Native American tribe, Pacific Islanders, Inuits, and every other race in America? Why not just play every National anthem ever and start pregame 48 hours earlier? After all, you aren't truly inclusive until you include everyone."

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) said he boycotted watching the entire Super Bowl as a protest against the singing of the black national anthem.

Gaetz wrote on the X social media platform that he wouldn't be watching the Super Bowl because the NFL is "desecrating America’s national anthem by playing something called the ‘black national anthem.'"

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The song "Lift Every Voice and Sing" was originally written in 1900 by James Weldon Johnson and J. Rosamond Johnson as a prayer hymn.

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People recognized the song as the "black national anthem" in 1919.

Last year, Emmy-winning actress and singer Sheryl Lee Ralph sang the black national anthem at Super Bowl 57 – which was deemed as divisive by numerous online commentators.

Gospel duo Mary Mary and Youth Orchestra performed "Lift Every Voice and Sing" during Super Bowl LVI in 2022.

A previously recorded version of the black national anthem sung by Alicia Keys was played at Super Bowl LV in 2021.

In 2020, "Lift Every Voice and Sing" was played at every NFL game in the first week of the season.

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PETA accused of spinning in circles for animal activist org's latest quizzical target: 'These people have truly lost it'



The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals have waged a war against an unlikely and quizzical target – carousels with inanimate animals.

On Thursday, PETA published an article calling for the end of merry-go-rounds with fake animals installed on them.

The animal rights organization penned a letter to Aaron Landrum – president and CEO of Chance Rides, which is the largest manufacturer of amusement rides in the country.

PETA demanded the amusement ride company to "end the production and sale of animal-themed carousels that normalize the use of animals as conveyances and amusements and instead produce carousel figures in the shape of cars, airplanes, spaceships, bulldozers, and other vehicles or more whimsical designs, like shooting stars, rainbows, or brooms."

"Animals used for rides and other forms of entertainment — including camels, horses, elephants, and dolphins — are often beaten into submission, deprived of everything that’s natural and important to them, and even slaughtered once their bodies wear out," the animal activist org alleged.

PETA's alleged logic for wanting to ban the animal-themed carousels: "Children learn through play, and teaching them to have respect and compassion for all living, feeling beings can help create a more just and merciful world."

PETA pointed to other companies that have discontinued the use of animal imagery, such as Nabisco replacing caged animals on its Barnum’s Animals Crackers and Trader Joe's ending packaging featuring elephants performing.

However, netizens overwhelmingly disagreed and mocked PETA for demanding the end of animal-themed carousels.

Someone wrote, "I just can't anymore. Carousels with horses have existed for 150 years. They are more rare now than 50 years ago. Just. Stop. The. Constant. Nonsense."

An X social media user, "How can anyone take that organization seriously?"

Another user added, "Yes because metal animals are totally like real ones."

Someone noted, "Wow these people have truly lost it."

Another user stated, "Just when you think clown world may have peaked."

One person added, "Someone tell them nobody's eating the carousel animals."

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