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In his past life, Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth did some things he is not proud of but insists that he is a different man today. Instead of celebrating Hegseth’s transformation, the late night comedians mocked his pledge not to drink on the job on their Wednesday shows and attacked his mom for defending him. On CBS’s The Late Show, host Stephen Colbert declared, “In case you didn't know, having a Secretary of Defense who cannot stay sober might be bad, because ‘a Secretary of Defense is generally working at all hours and might need to respond to a crisis at any time, day or night.’ Now, to calm fears about this exact issue, Hegseth's team has released this ad.”     The satirical ad started with Hillary Clinton’s 2008 “It’s 3 a.m.” ad, where the narrator asks, “It's 3 a.m. and your children are safe and asleep. Who do you want answering the phone?” and was followed by a fake Hegseth adding, “It's Pete, bitch, I’m drinking Baileys out of my third wife's shoes! Woo hoo! Let's bomb France!” Colbert then mocked Hegseth, “Today Hegseth foreswore on the job drinking, saying, ‘this is the biggest deployment of my life, and there won't be a drop of alcohol on my lips while I'm doing it.’ A bold pledge that can only mean one thing. He's going to butt chug.”  Over at ABC, the eponymous host of Jimmy Kimmel Live! and his audience snickered at the idea Hegseth could be a changed man, “In one incident they say Pete became so intoxicated at a work event, he had to be stopped from joining dancers on the stage of a Louisiana strip club. I don't know what kind of work event that was, but Hegseth says these are all lies and also promised that if he gets confirmed by the Senate, he will stop drinking. But if not, he's storming The Capitol Grille at happy hour.” Kimmel also recalled, “The New York Times got hold of a very damning email Pete's mother sent him about the way he treats women. So, this morning his mom, who apparently shared this with someone who shared it with the Times, went on Fox & Friends to do damage control, which is funny. Has a nominee for Secretary of Defense, has a nominee for Secretary of Defense ever put his mom on TV to help him? Did Donald Rumsfeld's mom? Leon Panetta? Did his mom do that? No?”     No, but a previous Secretary of Defense wanted to get rid of the Navy and the Marine Corps, and the current DOD chief went AWOL, so if comparing him to his predecessors is the joke, let’s examine all of Pentagon history. Meanwhile, back over at Comedy Central, The Daily Show’s host of the week, Ronny Chieng, also tried to suggest Penelope Hegseth coming to her son’s defense was disqualifying, “What kind of parent-teacher conference are we watching right now? Because the future Secretary of Defense needs his mom to come out and defend him? I thought you were against women in combat roles. And besides, I never saw Donald Rumsfeld be like, ‘Hey, I have a warning for the Taliban. Mom, you tell them.’”     Chieng added, “Now, the reason Pete's mom is part of this story is because a few years ago, during his second divorce, his mom sent him an email where she called him, her own son, a habitual cheater, liar, and abuser of women. But now she's saying, eh, don't worry about it!” After a clip of Penelope Hegseth claiming Pete has changed and “most of” the stories going around about him are “misinformation,” Chieng attacked, “What? Misinformation? You wrote the email! You're the one who told us he is a piece of shit. And by the way, seven years wasn't ancient history, okay. We still have the same Spiderman.”  If Penelope Hegseth was a credible enough source to claim Pete had problems in his life he needed to fix then she is a credible enough source to claim that he is a changed man. Here are transcripts for the December 4 shows: CBS The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 12/4/2024 11:39 PM ET STEPHEN COLBERT: In case you didn't know, having a Secretary of Defense who cannot stay sober might be bad, because "a Secretary of Defense is generally working at all hours and might need to respond to a crisis at any time, day or night." Now, to calm fears about this exact issue, Hegseth's team has released this ad. NARRATOR: It's 3 a.m. and your children are safe and asleep. Who do you want answering the phone? FAKE PETE HEGSETH: It's Pete, bitch, I’m drinking Baileys out of my third wife's shoes! Woo hoo! Let's bomb France! COLBERT: Today. There you go, sure, why not? Chugging Baileys. Today Hegseth foreswore on the job drinking, saying, “this is the biggest deployment of my life, and there won't be a drop of alcohol on my lips while I'm doing it.” A bold pledge that can only mean one thing. He's going to butt chug.  *** ABC Jimmy Kimmel Live! 12/4/2024 11:44 PM ET JIMMY KIMMEL: In one incident they say Pete became so intoxicated at a work event, he had to be stopped from joining dancers on the stage of a Louisiana strip club. I don't know what kind of work event that was, but Hegseth says these are all lies and also promised that if he gets confirmed by the Senate, he will stop drinking. But if not, he's storming The Capitol Grille at happy hour. The New York Times got hold of a very damning email Pete's mother sent him about the way he treats women. So, this morning his mom, who apparently shared this with someone who shared it with the Times, went on Fox & Friends to do damage control, which is funny. Has a nominee for Secretary of Defense, has a nominee for Secretary of Defense ever put his mom on TV to help him? Did Donald Rumsfeld's mom? Leon Panetta? Did his mom do that? No? *** Comedy Central The Daily Show 12/4/2024 11:05 PM ET RONNY CHIENG: What kind of parent-teacher conference are we watching right now? Because the future Secretary of Defense needs his mom to come out and defend him? I thought you were against women in combat roles. And besides, I never saw Donald Rumsfeld be like, "Hey, I have a warning for the Taliban. Mom, you tell them."  Now, the reason Pete's mom is part of this story is because a few years ago, during his second divorce, his mom sent him an email where she called him, her own son, a habitual cheater, liar, and abuser of women. But now she's saying, eh, don't worry about it! PENELOPE HEGSETH: Let's go back seven years, which, if we all went back seven years, we would -- we would see that maybe we are not the people we are today. [jump cut] I want people to look at Pete, [jump cut] understand him for who he is today, and to disregard the media. That was seven years ago, and most of it is misinformation. CHIENG: What? Misinformation? You wrote the email! You're the one who told us he is a piece of shit. And by the way, seven years wasn't ancient history, okay. We still have the same Spiderman.

According to a report from Fox News, when Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently visited Mar-a-Lago and had dinner with President-elect Donald Trump, he pleaded against Trump’s tariff plan as it would “kill the Canadian economy.” Trump purportedly responded by saying that “if Canada can't survive without ripping off the U.S. to the tune of $100 billion a year, then maybe Canada should become the 51st state and Trudeau could become its governor,” said Fox News’ Peter Doocy. While Liz Wheeler finds Trump’s joke both “hilarious” and “savage,” she can’t help but cringe at the thought of Canada — the most “disgustingly woke” place in North America — being part of the United States. She reflects on a Canadian ruling from last month as part of which the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario decided that the town of Emo would be fined a total of $15,000 for refusing to proclaim June Pride Month. According to reports, Borderland Pride — “a 2SLGBTQIA+ Pride organization based in the Rainy River District of Ontario, Canada” — requested that the town of Emo declare June Pride Month and display a rainbow flag. “But the township refused, resulting in a yearslong process in which the tribunal ruled against the township. The tribunal ruled that Borderland Pride will be awarded $15,000, with $10,000 coming from the township itself and the other $5,000 coming from Emo mayor Harold McQuaker,” Liz reads. Lawyer and Borderland Pride director Douglas Judson said, “We didn't pursue this because of the money. We pursued this because we were treated in a discriminatory fashion by a municipal government, and municipalities have obligations under the Ontario Human Rights Code not to discriminate in the provision of a service.” Liz can’t understand how forcing a town to hang a flag qualifies as a “service.” On top of the fines the town and its mayor must pay, “the Tribunal also ordered McQuaker and the chief administrative officer at the municipality to complete a Human Rights 101 training course offered by the Ontario Human Rights Commission within 30 days.” “One of the messages it sends to other townships and municipalities is that Pride needs to be in the smallest and most remote communities just as it is in larger cities,” Judson stated. And that right there — the idea that LGBTQ+ ideology must be forced down everyone’s throats regardless of where they choose to live — is exactly why Liz can’t stomach the idea of the United States absorbing Canada. “The left never wanted inclusion; they never wanted tolerance; they never wanted to just live their lives and be left alone. They want to force you to worship at their satanic altar,” says Liz. “Canada is one step ahead of even the worst wokeism here in the United States, but we are headed in that direction, so tariff the hell out of them, Mr. President. We don't want them part of the United States.” To hear more of Liz’s commentary, watch the episode above. Want more from Liz Wheeler?To enjoy more of Liz’s based commentary, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

President-elect Donald Trump officially flipped Lake County, California, one month after the November 5 election. Trump's electoral win in Lake County is the latest indication of the landslide victory he enjoyed in the 2024 cycle. Trump became the first Republican presidential candidate to win the popular vote in two decades, even sweeping all seven swing states. The last candidate to win all battlegrounds was former President Ronald Reagan in 1984. 'It could actually be the beginnings of a Reagan-style political realignment if the Democrats don't make adjustments and do so in a hurry.'Trump also flipped over 50 counties this cycle while Vice President Kamala Harris failed to flip any in her favor. Of those counties that flipped in Trump's favor, roughly half of them had not voted for a Republican presidential candidate this century. Trump also managed to shift every single state toward Republicans. Roughly 300 counties shifted more Democratic, without any actually flipping blue, while over 2,600 shifted more Republican."The data suggests that this was more than simply a decisive victory for Donald Trump," Len Foxwell, a Democratic strategist based in Maryland, told Blaze News. "It could actually be the beginnings of a Reagan-style political realignment if the Democrats don't make adjustments and do so in a hurry." One of Trump's most notable flips was South Texas' Starr County, a predominantly Hispanic border county. This ended one of the longest Democratic voting streaks in history, with the county voting for a Democrat in every presidential election since 1896. Trump also made inroads with Latinos in Florida, enjoying a double-digit swing in Miami-Dade County compared to his results in 2020. Democratic support slipped across every demographic the party has historically held onto. Even with a black female candidate and a white working-class running mate, voters turned to Trump. "We are losing, in front of our very eyes, some of the core elements of the Democratic coalition that we have held onto, to varying degrees, since the age of Roosevelt," Foxwell told Blaze News. "We have become a party of inner suburban wine clubs and book clubs. A relatively small, culturally homogeneous group of inner suburban, highly educated, relatively affluent liberals and progressives.""That, to be sure, is a part of a strong Democratic coalition, but it cannot be the only part," Foxwell continued. "It cannot and it must not be the centerpiece around which we base our national political strategy, and I'm afraid that's what we're at risk of becoming."Foxwell points out that the downfall of the Democratic Party is largely because it demands a highly stringent form of political and social orthodoxy from its voters that has become incompatible with many moderates. Although Democrats have championed diversity of identity, the party has remained intellectually homogeneous, which is exclusionary by nature. "Democrats used to be the party of disruption, debate, and change, and now we have become a more intellectually homogeneous party in which we are not necessarily supposed to look alike, but we are certainly expected to think alike," Foxwell said. "When that happens, you become intellectually stagnant, and I honestly believe that this is one of the major reasons why the Democratic Party is losing its natural advantages." Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

There are a lot of parallels to draw between Blizzard's Overwatch and Netease's upcoming hero shooter, Marvel Rivals. You play as a cast of dynamic heroes and villains and battle it out across varied, cartoony locales, all while snatching up the latest skins and ticking off daily challenges. Former Blizzard boss Mike Ybarra has criticized Marvel Rivals in a new post on X, suggesting the game is a "copy" of Overwatch. Specifically, he takes aim at the newly announced Black Widow, who he compares to Talon's blue-skinned beauty, Widowmaker. Cue that Spider-Man meme. Continue reading Ex Blizzard boss slams Marvel Rivals for copying Overwatch with Black Widow MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Marvel Rivals release date, Marvel Rivals characters, Marvel Rivals System Requirements

With a price of $500 / £430, you’d be right to expect the MSI MPG X870E Carbon WiFi to look great, offer an abundance of high-end features, and generally leave you with little reason to lust after an upgrade until it no longer offers support for the latest processors. It’s the company’s most expensive MPG Carbon WiFi motherboard yet, and it certainly offers plenty of headline features, including Wi-Fi 7, USB 4, PCIe 5.0 SSD and GPU support, and a handsome appearance. There’s a lot going on here in terms of what’s been crammed onto the PCB and, of course, there are the added benefits of the MSI MPG X870E Carbon WiFi using AMD’s best gaming motherboard chipset, X870E, rather than just the plain old X870 chipset. This gives advantages in terms of the number of high-speed USB ports and PCIe lanes available, meaning you’re less likely to need to watch out for SSDs stealing PCIe lanes from your graphics card, for example. As well as kitting out this board with cutting-edge features, MSI has also given its EFI a makeover with a new HD interface and redesigned layout, and it certainly hasn’t cut back on other features either. You get plenty of overclocking and testing tools, and even thermal probe inputs that can feed into your fan speeds, which is useful for cooling specific areas of your PC, as well as with custom water cooling. Continue reading MSI MPG X870E Carbon WiFi review: An excellent AMD Ryzen motherboard MORE FROM PCGAMESN: MSI Z370 Gaming Pro Carbon AC review, MSI GTX 1080 Ti Gaming X Trio review, Best gaming motherboard

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