Spicey Deep Dish Pie Fight: Homan v Chicago

In the wake of the arrest of the left-wing assassin who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, it was reportedly discovered that he used a 3D-printed, so-called “ghost gun.” Never letting a good crisis go to waste, on Tuesday, The View wanted to exploit the situation to push for gun control. ABC News co-hosts Joy Behar and Sunny Hostin demanded a crackdown on homemade firearms and betrayed their ignorance of it being an American tradition dating back centuries and to before the founding. Behar was manic because the U.S. Supreme Court was set to hear a case regarding the Biden administration’s actions against unfinished 80-percent lower receivers. “Another point, these ghost guns are up for discussion at the Supreme Court right now so let us hope that they do the right thing, because, let me see, they do not have serial numbers,” she huffed, as if serial numbers allowed authorities to magically pin point where a gun was on the globe. Flaunting her ignorance of the work involved and equipment required to finish an 80-percent lower, Behar decried how “they are sold online as do-it-yourself kits.” She falsely claimed a guy can make one of these guns “the same way that he can text me.” She went onto to say she hoped Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett would join the liberal justices “to save this country.” Despite being a former federal prosecutor, Hostin proved that she didn’t know anything about the case before the Supreme Court by conflating 80-percent unfinished lowers, which are made of metal and need to milled out with power tools, with 3D-printed models: “So, we're not sure why this happened, but we do know the instrumentality that was used, and it was a ghost gun that can be printed on your computer.”     Obviously clueless as to the fact that those unfinished lowers were incapable of accepting ammunition let alone fire (that’s the upper receiver’s job), Hostin whined that “lobbyists lobbying” were pointing out “this is not a firearm.” “It obviously is a firearm because a man was killed using one of them. And it is going to be in front of the Supreme Court,” she declared with zero knowledge. “And the Supreme Court is looking at whether or not it is considered a firearm. Of course, it is.” But as The Reload’s Jake Foleman points out in his October 8 headline on the case, the “Supreme Court Weighs When Parts Become a Firearm.” Justices Samuel Alito and Barrett boiled down the case with an analogy asking when do ingredients become a completed meal: “Here’s a blank pad, and here’s a pen, alright? Is this a grocery list?” Justice Samuel Alito asked Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar. “I put out on a counter some eggs, some chopped-up ham, some chopped-up pepper, and onions. Is that a western omelet?” “Would your answer change if you ordered it from HelloFresh and you got a kit, and it was like turkey chili, but all of the ingredients are in the kit?” Justice Barrett said, following on Alito’s analogy. “The justices spent nearly 90 minutes going back and forth with attorneys on both sides of the dispute, probing where to draw the line between a collection of unfinished gun parts and a completed gun under the statute,” Fogleman reported. Of course, Hostin completely ignored that it was completely legal in America to make your own firearm and that it was a tradition dating back centuries. But that didn’t stop her from using to besmirch America, one of her favorite hate objects: When you have something that someone can make in their home and you have the lobbyists saying, but, no, and the gun manufacturers saying these are just hobby guns and so, you know, they shouldn't be regulated says a lot about our country. Just before they whined out at home-made firearms, Behar also lashed out at Republican Senator Ted Cruz (TX) for condemning left-wing violence like the assassination of Thompson. “Of course, Ted Cruz has to politicize it and say it's a left-wing thing,” she shrieked. “And why does Ted Cruz insist on dividing Americans even further?” Behar has previously used her platform on the show to erroneously claim gun owners have a “mental illness” and that Republicans make “a lot of money off children’s deaths.” Who’s the real divider of America, Joy? The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read: ABC’s The View December 10, 2024 11:04:30 a.m. Eastern (…) JOY BEHAR: Of course, Ted Cruz has to politicize it and say it's a left-wing thing. I mean, I think it was the second attempted assassination on Trump was a kid who was a registered Republican--- ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: The first. BEHAR: -- who also voted for Biden and had a lot of left-wing stuff on his social media, but I don't think that this is -- as you say, it's not a political issue. WHOOPI GOLDBERG: No. BEHAR: And why does Ted Cruz insist on dividing Americans even further? Is my question to him. Another point, these ghost guns are up for discussion at the Supreme Court right now so let us hope that they do the right thing, because, let me see, they do not have serial numbers. GOLDBERG: No, they're ghost guns. They – yeah. BEHAR: Yes. They are sold online as do-it-yourself kits. What type of country are we living in that some nutcase can get a gun that has no serial number that he can make the same way that he can text me? Come on. SARA HAINES: Yeah, well, I think – [Applause] BEHAR: Wait. The Supreme Court is about to do it, to rule on this, because Biden has a whole thing going on to control this. SUNNY HOSTIN: I'd like to follow up with you on that. [Cross talk] BEHAR: But I'm hoping that Roberts and Barrett will go with the other Supreme Court justices Ketanji Jackson and Elena – HOSTIN: Kagan. BEHAR: -- Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor. That they will all vote against this type of thing to save this country, come on. HOSTIN: I was going to bring up the ghost guns, because, you know, I think it's all speculation now as to why someone so young, so promising would do something like this. There's some indication that he was also suffering from chronic back pain. HAINES: Like severe. HOSTIN: Severe chronic back pain. BEHAR: Oh, who hasn't? Everyone has back pain. [Laughter] HOSTIN: So, we're not sure why this happened. But we do know the instrumentality that was used, and it was a ghost gun that can be printed on your computer. And I think what is so frustrating to me is that, you know, you have all these lobbyists lobbying and saying this is not a firearm. It obviously is a firearm because a man was killed using one of them. And it is going to be in front of the Supreme Court. But in recent years, their use, these ghost guns proliferated. I would say there – they are linked to nearly 700 homicides since -- between 2016 and 2021. I mean, that is crazy. That's a tenfold increase. And the Supreme Court is looking at whether or not it is considered a firearm. Of course, it is. And so I agree with you. I think, you know, when you have -- when you have something that someone can make in their home and you have the lobbyists saying, but, no, and the gun manufacturers saying these are just hobby guns and so, you know, they shouldn't be regulated says a lot about our country. (…)

Comedy Central’s Michael Kosta used The Daily Show’s penultimate episode of 2024 to mock Secretary of Defense-designate Pete Hegseth’s pledge not to drink if confirmed and ridiculed any Senate Republican who believes him. Kosta introduced a pair of video clips by declaring, “But even if he's confirmed, Pete seems to understand that being blackout drunk 23 hours a day might be a problem, which is why he's offering to change.” In the first clip, CNN’s Manu Raju reported that “He's been telling members of the Senate Republican Conference that if he were confirmed as Secretary of Defense, he would not drink alcohol at all. He would abstain from drinking.”     That was followed by Hegseth himself telling Megyn Kelly, “This is the biggest deployment of my life, and there won't be a drop of alcohol on my lips while I am doing it.” Kosta found the whole thing deeply amusing, sarcastically claiming, “That's good enough for me,” before adding, “When has an alcoholic ever promised to do better and not followed through? What a deal. ‘Just put me in charge of the largest military in history, and I'll stop drinking.’” While Hegseth has hailed the fact that he is a “different man” today than he was in previous years, he has also claimed that he never had the serious addiction problem Kosta is alleging. His pledge is both a recognition that people need to trust him when he says he has put his past behind him and a recognition of the need to be both literally and mentally sober for the critical job of Defense Secretary. Kosta would go on to say that even if he didn't have an infamous past, Hegseth would still be unqualified and inexperienced, but he didn't have to mock Hegseth's recovery to make that argument. Here is a transcript for the December 11 show: Comedy Central The Daily Show 12/11/2024 11:08 PM ET MICHAEL KOSTA: But even if he's confirmed, Pete seems to understand that being blackout drunk 23 hours a day might be a problem, which is why he's offering to change. MANU RAJU: He's been telling members of the Senate Republican Conference that if he were confirmed as Secretary of Defense, he would not drink alcohol at all. He would abstain from drinking. PETE HEGSETH: This is the biggest deployment of my life, and there won't be a drop of alcohol on my lips while I am doing it. KOSTA: That's good enough for me. When has an alcoholic ever promised to do better and not followed through? What a deal. "Just put me in charge of the largest military in history, and I'll stop drinking.”

A protest erupted in New York City on Thursday concerning Mayor Eric Adams' (D) scheduled meeting with President-elect Donald Trump's incoming border czar, Tom Homan.Last week, Adams announced his intention to meet with Homan to discuss the Trump administration's plans for mass deportations, an initiative that many Democratic leaders have vowed to thwart. 'Our message is New York City is a sanctuary city.'Adams has come under fire for waffling about his position on the city's sanctuary policies. Over the past year, the mayor has advocated for reducing those policies to facilitate the removal of criminal illegal aliens from the city.While Adams does not support Trump's mass deportation promises, he is hopeful that he can work with the incoming administration to deport criminals and make New York City safer for residents.His break from the party line has drawn scrutiny from fellow Democrats. Regardless, Adams appears to remain steadfast in his commitment to cooperate with federal immigration officials to remove criminals. He has repeatedly challenged the left to "cancel" him for his position.Ahead of Adams' afternoon meeting with Homan, immigrants gathered outside City Hall to protest, according to a video captured by FreedomNews.tv.One protester held up a sign in Spanish that read, "NYC says 'no' to Tom Homan."Another sign stated, "Mayor Adams, reject Homan. Keep NYC families together!"A third read, "Say 'NO' to Homan: Family Separation Czar!"Yatziri Tovar, a protester, told the news outlet, "We are here to denounce the meeting that's happening between Tom Homan and Mayor Adams. We are here to call on Mayor Adams instead to focus on leading our city and protecting immigrant New Yorkers from the upcoming Trump administration.""First of all, we would like for him [Adams] to stop cozying up to the Trump administration," she said.Tovar stated that Adams should "focus on reassuring" immigrants in New York City that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers will not be allowed in the city. She further urged Adams not only to uphold the city's current sanctuary policies but also to expand protections for illegal aliens.Nesar Bhuyan, another demonstrator, told WCBS-TV, "Our message is New York City is a sanctuary city. So, we are here to protect the immigrant community."Former New York state Representative Michael Blake (D) participated in Thursday's protest. He is among the multiple contenders who have declared their intention to challenge Adams in the upcoming mayoral election.A video shared on social media showed Blake addressing the protesters."When I am your next mayor, let me be very clear, that everyone has a seat at the table," he stated. "We love you. We protect you. We have your back. We're not gonna walk away from our immigrant families. That is wrong."Adams' meeting with Homan is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. local time, and he plans to address the press around 3:00 p.m.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

The GOP-led Committee on House Administration has spent over a year investigating whether the major Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue has complied with federal campaign finance laws and prevented illegal contributions. Committee Chairman Bryan Steil (R-Wis.) issued a subpoena to ActBlue on Oct. 30 for documents related to its donor verification policies and to the potential for foreign actors — particularly from China, Iran, Russia, and Venezuela — to use the platform to launder illicit money into American political campaigns. Steil announced Tuesday that ActBlue admitted in documents under subpoena that it did not automatically reject donations made with foreign gift cards prior to a policy change in September. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) responded to the revelation, stating, "This is ILLEGAL." Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) tweeted, "Federal campaign-finance laws apparently apply only to Republicans and exist to help Democrats." Rep. Marc Molinaro (R-N.Y.) wrote, "Into the 3rd quarter of campaign fundraising Democrats were accepting foreign gift card donations through their Act Blue platform. As Congressional candidates were reporting millions of dollars in donations, they didn't require the CVV code verification and allowed foreign gift card donations! This is illegal and outrageous." Joe Lonsdale, the American entrepreneur who co-founded Palantir Technologies, noted, "Those accusing the other side of collaborating with foreign powers to meddle in our elections were projecting." The platform has since updated its donor verification policies to "automatically reject donations that use foreign prepaid/gift cards, domestic gift cards, are from high-risk/sanctioned countries, and have the highest level of risk as determined" by its anti-fraud solution provider, Sift. 'We must keep working to ensure that no foreign funds were illegally funneled into US political campaigns during this election cycle.' Just the News reported that the policy change took place three days after Steil introduced the Secure Handling of Internet Electronic Donations Act on Sept. 6. The bill would require political committees to collect the credit or debit card's verification value when accepting corresponding contributions over the internet. ActBlue indicated in a Nov. 27, 2023, letter to Steil that the platform required and used card verification values on "many" but not all transactions across the site. Furthermore, the so-called SHIELD Act would require that the card's billing address be located in the United States unless the contributor is an American national living abroad or lawfully admitted for permanent residence. In such cases, the contributor must provide the political committee with his registration address or identification document. The bill would also prohibit political committees from accepting contributions made via general-use prepaid cards, gift certificates, or store gift cards. Steil noted in a statement that while ActBlue's policy change "is a positive step forward, there is still more work to be done to ensure our campaign finance system is fully protected from fraud and unlawful foreign interference." "The documents provided to the Committee also confirm that ActBlue still accepted these concerning payment methods in July, a period when Democrats raised a record number of campaign money [sic] before implementing these safeguards," continued the Wisconsin congressman. "We must keep working to ensure that no foreign funds were illegally funneled into U.S. political campaigns during this election cycle. It is also critical that we enact lasting reforms to prevent illicit contributions in future election cycles." Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, penned a letter with Steil Monday to the CEO of Sift, Kris Nagel, requesting documents pertaining to the company's efforts to deter fraudulent transactions on ActBlue and related communications. The Republican lawmakers noted that a recent data analysis of Federal Election Commission records "uncovered suspicious transactions made using ActBlue, including donations larger than the named donor could afford, 'uncharacteristic donations from registered voters suddenly contributing to candidates of the opposing party,' and 'unusually frequent' donations from vulnerable individuals, including senior citizens and first-time donors." Jordan and Steil appear keen to know more about the security measures provided to ActBlue by Sift, given that the measures may have been exploited by bad actors at home and abroad. The House Administration Committee is likely to explore these and other concerns about the platform at its Dec. 18 hearing on foreign interference in American elections. ActBlue told its users in an Oct. 30 statement that it "holds itself to the highest legal and ethical standards, and all contributions made through ActBlue are disclosed in full compliance with federal, state, and local laws." Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

A court has ruled against a proposal by the Nasdaq market index to impose diversity, equity, and inclusion standards on company boards. The proposal would have been the first of its kind and would have required that the 3,000 companies listed on the index have at least one woman on their boards of directors, one person who is a minority, and one LGBTQ person.'We respect the court’s decision and do not intend to seek further review.' On Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans ruled against the Securities and Exchange Commission accepting the DEI proposal from Nasdaq. “It is not unethical for a company to decline to disclose information about the racial, gender, and LGTBQ+ characteristics of its directors,” read the ruling. “We are not aware of any established rule or custom of the securities trade that saddles companies with an obligation to explain why their boards of directors do not have as much racial, gender, or sexual orientation diversity as Nasdaq would prefer.”The Nasdaq index released a statement defending the standard. “We maintain that the rule simplified and standardized disclosure requirements to the benefit of both corporates and investors,” read the statement. “That said, we respect the court’s decision and do not intend to seek further review.”The SEC said it was still determining its next steps in light of the ruling. A group of Republican attorneys general questioned the standards in a letter to Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman in October. “Given Nasdaq’s zealous desire to impose quotas on companies, several of which are headquartered in our states, we are interested in learning what policies Nasdaq has in place to ensure its listed companies are following federal and state anti-discrimination laws,” they wrote in the letter. Democrats in Congress issued a letter in October asking companies to continue implementing DEI policies after pressure from conservative activists forced many to drop the controversial standards. John Deere, Molson, Harley-Davidson, and Ford were among those companies to reject DEI after initially caving to demands from the left. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Former Texas Children’s Hospital surgeon and whistleblower Eithan Haim is facing massive legal challenges after exposing the hospital for secretly providing “gender-affirming care” to minors. Now, his wife, Andrea Haim, is speaking out on his behalf since Eithan is under a “defacto gag order,” or a “non-gag gag order.” “The largest children’s hospital in the world was lying to the public about the existence of its transgender program for children. As a result of his whistleblowing, the Texas legislature passed FB14, which was the law banning transgender care for minors in the state of Texas,” Haim tells Allie Beth Stuckey of “Relatable.” Eithan has been indicted on four felony counts for what Andrea calls “completely made-up and baseless violations of HIPAA,” which they’ve been fighting since June 2023. “Some of his colleagues had told him that they were implanting puberty-blocking devices into children as young as 11 years old,” Andrea explains, adding, “The fact that they were doing it on kids who claimed to have gender dysphoria was really surprising.” “We started to look into it further, and the first thing I did was Google Texas Children’s transgender program. It didn’t exist on the internet,” she continues. “The only thing that you could see was a statement from March of 2022, in which Texas Children’s Hospital stated unequivocally that they were stopping their program due to a Texas attorney general opinion that these procedures may be considered child abuse under Texas law.” “But they never admitted that they restarted it. So it was surprising to hear that these procedures were still going on,” she says. That’s when Andrea took it upon herself to join a Zoom conference in January 2023, which was hosted by the Baylor College of Medical Ethics. “What we learned is that Texas Children’s had an extensive transgender medicine program. They were implanting puberty blockers, and prescribing puberty blockers on children as young as 11 years old. And they started doing this only three days after they said that they paused or stopped the program,” Andrea explains. “They had the doctors who were part of this program on there, and those doctors said that they were prescribing puberty blockers to children, they were telling parents that they needed to agree or consent to getting children on puberty blockers,” she continues, noting that the doctors used the line, “Would you rather have a living son or a dead daughter?” “I think this is one of the most malicious lies that has to do with transgender medicine for children,” she adds. Want more from Allie Beth Stuckey?To enjoy more of Allie’s upbeat and in-depth coverage of culture, news, and theology from a Christian, conservative perspective, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

An Iowa social studies teacher produced a long, physical list of "banned words" and threatened to punish students if they are heard using them. Iowa teacher Leah Ingraham from the Fremont-Mills Community School District allegedly put the poster of forbidden terms in her classroom for her seventh-grade students to see. The list of "banned words" contains everything from jokes to references to pro-masculinity words. Starting off seemingly as a joke, the first term on the list was "Diddy party," followed by "diddler." Students are also seemingly banned from using terms like "alpha, beta, omega," and "sigma," which are typically related to terms like alpha male. More obscure and unknown references included a ban on saying "baby oil," "skibiti (toilet)," and even the word "Ohio." It's unclear why Ohio was chosen, but some definitions on the Urban Dictionary said that it could be used to say a person is bipolar or freaking out. This is apparently based on the state's unpredictable weather. The middle school students are also explicitly banned from "barking," "meowing," telling "fat jokes," and telling "LGBT+ jokes." The list had several spelling mistakes, including "refrences" and "gigga." Lastly, students are banned from using online terms such as "rizz," which essentially means being good at flirting, "womp womp," meant as an onomatopoeia for failure, and "talk or hawk tuah." The latter refers to online personality Hailey Welch and her podcast. Welch is known for starring in a viral video in which she talked about sex acts. In the bottom corner of the banned words poster, students are warned that if they "say any of these words" they will "owe Ms. Ingraham a 30min detention." List of banned words posted at Fremont-Mills Community School District in Tabor, Iowa.Photo courtesy Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression first covered the story after a parent of one of the students sent the organization the photo. The foundation told Blaze News that it has sent a letter to the Fremont-Mills Community School District over free speech concerns. The foundation has not heard back from the district. 'Students have First Amendment rights, and they don't shed those rights when they put on their backpacks.' National Desk reported, however, that school Principal Kurt Hanna said, "The grievance in question was previously addressed with the complainant [and] will be investigated further after more information was received this afternoon." Hanna added that "internal reviews of classroom procedures and practices" are regularly conducted with the district. FIRE's Aaron Terr called the teacher's decision "terrible" and a signal that "words can be arbitrarily banned." "Students have First Amendment rights, and they don't shed those rights when they put on their backpacks," Terr added. The foundation said its ultimate goal was to teach students that their right to free speech will be threatened throughout their lives and that students should speak up when that happens. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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