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In his opening monologue for Monday’s eponymous show, his first since the second assassination attempt on former President Trump, NewsNation host Chris Cuomo voiced his disgust and frustration with how many in the media and in the country were reacting to it. While he didn’t like that Trump had called Democrats a threat to democracy, he was “ashamed” of those who were being flippant, mocking, and lacking empathy. He even disclosed that he made a personal call to Trump to check in on him. Cuomo explained that he had gone through several drafts for his opening monologue but “it wasn't even landing right with me. So, I called former President Trump.” He said he didn’t ask him pressing questions nor grill him about rhetoric. “I just want to know how his family's taking this. Because I grew up like that. I grew up worried about who was going to try to hurt my father,” he said. Expanding on that fear about his father (Mario Cuomo (D)), Cuomo recalled an incident that frightened him as child, where his father chased down someone who accosted him (Click “expand”): And I told you this story last week that I remember this day. I was 7, 8, years old. Okay? And I remember him jumping off that stage in some ugly hound’s tooth blazer. And running up the front of an auditorium because someone had thrown a pie, it had a coconut shell at Abe Beame, who was mayor, and um – Bella Abzug who was running for mayor. She used to where these big beautiful hats. And my father's on the stage with them in this mayoral debate or discussion, whatever you got killed. He lost so many elections before he won one. And the guy throws that thing and my father jumps off the stage and goes running up and throws him on the ground, holds him down. And I was so scared. “I called [Trump] today because I am ashamed of how we are responding and not responding to the threats on him. And I feel for his family,” he said. He confronted those who would say Trump “asked for” the attempt on his life. “Listen, that's your choice and I think it's a wrong choice,” he chided. “We got to get out of the judgment business on unless its judging ourselves and you gotta start rewarding things that are better.”     Cuomo marveled at Trump’s resilience given he faced his own mortality twice in two months: And I got to tell you. I don't know how he stays in the race. I don't know how he got up after being shot in the head. And you people who try to mitigate that, you need to check yourself. He gets up, pumping his fist, stays in the race, barely even talks about it. “If I had been through what that guy's been through in the last 2 months, you would not know where I am. You would never see me on TV again. No way I would do that. I don't know how he does it,” he added later. Disgusted by the way the Biden administration and the Harris/Walz ticket were under playing what happened, Cuomo expressed deep concern about where the country was heading: I am worried about us. I am ashamed of what's happening around us right now and the relative lack of concern about it. I just don't see how we get anywhere better than where we are right now. (…) I criticize him all the time. That's my job. And he deserves it. But he doesn't deserve this. A guy pointing an AK-47 at him while he’s playing golf? And we take solace in the fact that the guy didn't get any rounds off?! That does not work for me. Further talking about how this affected Trump’s family, Cuomo slammed those who were “giving crap to Melania Trump worrying about whether or not there was a plot around her husband.” “How could she not?!” he exclaimed. “I don't think she's right, but I totally get why she feels that way! And people mock her?! And then her husband as a guy pointed with an AK-47; where are those people apologizing?!” Unsure where America was going from here, Cuomo lamented: “It has gotten out of control, too far from where we need to be and how we need to be. And I don't know what to do about it. I don’t know.” The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read: NewsNation’s Cuomo September 17, 2024 8:08:16 p.m. Eastern (…) CHRIS CUOMO: Here's what I did. I didn't know what to say. I kept going through drafts. And I just wasn't getting anywhere. It wasn't even landing right with me. So, I called former President Trump. And I didn't ask him any questions, I didn't go after him about his role. I just want to know how his family's taking this. Because I grew up like that. I grew up worried about who was going to try to hurt my father. And I told you this story last week that I remember this day. I was 7, 8, years old. Okay? And I remember him jumping off that stage in some ugly hound’s tooth blazer. And running up the front of an auditorium because someone had thrown a pie, it had a coconut shell at Abe Beame, who was mayor, and um – Bella Abzug who was running for mayor. She used to where these big beautiful hats. And my father's on the stage with them in this mayoral debate or discussion, whatever you got killed. He lost so many elections before he won one. And the guy throws that thing and my father jumps off the stage and goes running up and throws him on the ground, holds him down. And I was so scared. And you can think what you want about Trump. He does not have many more full-throated critics of what he says and does that me. Okay? And yet, I called him today because I am ashamed of how we are responding and not responding to the threats on him. And I feel for his family. And I know you can roll your eyes and say, ‘oh, yeah, he asked for it.’ Listen, that's your choice and I think it's a wrong choice. Okay? We got to get out of the judgment business on unless its judging ourselves and you gotta start rewarding things that are better. And I got to tell you. I don't know how he stays in the race. I don't know how he got up after being shot in the head. And you people who try to mitigate that, you need to check yourself. He gets up, pumping his fist, stays in the race, barely even talks about it. Now, look. I do believe. He has wasted opportunities and he has another one now. Who better than Trump to say, ‘we can do better, I can do better?’ I know he keeps doubling down on his angry rhetoric. How can you not, it keeps working for him? I don't know that it gets him elected. My theory is that he needs to expand. He had a chance to do it after he was the target of an assassination. At the RNC, he had a chance to say, ‘I know what got me here. It's not going to get me where I want us to be.’ He did not take that chance. He now has another chance. ‘Oh, you're supporting Trump!’ I’m supporting us. The idea that I am a Trump supporter is laughable to the man on your screen right now. That is not what this is. I am worried about us. I am ashamed of what's happening around us right now and the relative lack of concern about it. I just don't see how we get anywhere better than where we are right now. Look, I'm not blaming Democrats. I'm really not. I blame the guy and whatever disease he has that the people around him either knew about and did nothing about. The guy was arrested 20 years ago for barricading himself in a room with all these weapons. Where are we caring about one another?! Where are we taking care of our own?! Where are we pushing to get help?! We’re leaving people languishing, dying on the streets. What is going on with us? I don't get it. That's why I reached out to Trump. I wanted to just say, ‘Listen. I'm really sorry that this is going on and it's being dealt with this way.’ Not because I'm in favor of his politics or what he says. I criticize him all the time. That's my job. And he deserves it. But he doesn't deserve this. A guy pointing an AK-47 at him while he’s playing golf? And we take solace in the fact that the guy didn't get any rounds off?! That does not work for me. If I had been through what that guy's been through in the last 2 months, you would not know where I am. You would never see me on TV again. No way I would do that. I don't know how he does it. He’s got kids. They're adults, but he's got grandkids. He's got a wife. People giving shi – giving crap to Melania Trump worrying about whether or not there was a plot around her husband. How could she not?! I don't think she's right, but I totally get why she feels that way! And people mock her? And then her husband as a guy pointed with an AK-47; where are those people apologizing?! That's what it's time for; ‘I should not have come at you, Melania Trump for suggesting that maybe there was something more a foot. I get your paranoia. I get your feelings. You have a right to that.’ There's nothing wrong with saying that would be the basic decent human being! It has gotten out of control, too far from where we need to be and how we need to be. And I don't know what to do about it. I don’t know. (…)

After a second reported assassination attempt on former President  Donald Trump Sunday, his running mate called out censorship as a precursor to political violence. While anti-free speech radicals claim that censorship prevents political violence, Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) ripped that false narrative apart. Vance called out the “form of moral blackmail, designed not to make anyone safe but to shut everyone up” in a lengthy X post reacting to the second attempted assassination of Trump at the GOP presidential nominee’s West Palm Beach golf course. Instead of discussing differences in political views, leftists in the media and government insist that opinions differing from their own are dangerous just by being spoken or posted online. Vance insisted that this anti-free speech attitude doesn’t stop violence but rather is intended simply to “shut everyone up.” Vance drew a connection between censorship of speech and physical attacks. “Reject censorship and you reject political violence. Embrace censorship, and you will inevitably embrace violence on its behalf,” he said. Vance even gave an example of how the left sensationalizes to shut down the speech of their opposition. “It is one thing to say that pets are not, in fact being eaten, and another thing to say that anyone who disagrees is trying to murder people,” Vance noted. “Dissent, even vigorous dissent, is a great tradition of the United States. Censorship is not.” The GOP vice presidential nominee cited the censorship that swung the 2020 election for President Joe Biden, as an MRC poll previously showed. “There was the Hunter Biden laptop story, censored by BigTech,” he wrote. “And who can forget that anyone who didn't support Kamala Harris's Ukraine policy was drenched in the blood of Ukrainian children. That last one appears to have had some effect on [Ryan] Routh—the most recent would-be assassin. The message is always the same: don't you dare express an opinion on the public affairs of your nation. The message is: shut up.” Vance promised he would fight against that message during the 2024 campaign, “I will vigorously defend your right to speak your mind. I believe you have every right to criticize me and Donald J. Trump, even if you say terrible or untrue things about us.” Vance, in effect, argued that the remedy to bad speech is more free speech. Indeed, Vance pleaded, “I'm asking all of us to reject censorship. Reject the idea that you can control what other people think and say. Embrace persuasion of your fellow citizens over silencing them– either through the powers of Big Tech or through moral blackmail.” This will improve the political debate, he argued. Affirming his call to action, Vance continued, “The reason is simple. The logic of censorship leads directly to one place, for there is only one way to permanently silence a human being: put a bullet in his brain.” Conservatives are under attack. Contact your representatives and demand that Big Tech be held to account to mirror the First Amendment while providing transparency, clarity on “hate speech” and equal footing for conservatives. If you have been censored, contact us using CensorTrack’s contact form, and help us hold Big Tech accountable.

Conservative boycotts and threats of lawsuits are forcing more and more major companies to back away from implementing a left-wing LGBTQ rating, and activists are furious that they are "letting the bullies win." The movement was documented in an Associated Press report that cited recent examples of major companies like Harley Davidson, Ford Motor Company, and Lowe's rejecting the ratings. 'It feels like you’re you’re letting the bullies win.' Companies have been pressured to implement a Corporate Equality Index created by the Human Rights Campaign in order to force companies to accept left-wing policies to further the LGBTQ agenda on employees. Only 13 companies were able to obtain a perfect score in 2002 on the scorecard, but the number had drastically increased to 545 companies in 2023 despite the requirements becoming more difficult. Now, the pendulum is swinging back against the scorecard. “We don’t believe that people should be identified as groups and that you should right past wrongs by advantaging one group and disadvantaging another group,” said deputy counsel Dan Lennington of the Equality Under the Law Project at the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty.David Paisley, senior research director at Community Marketing & Insights, compared the pushback to bullying. “Almost all LGBT community members have been bullied when they were young, and the concept of being bullied is something that hits us really hard," said Paisley. "It feels like you’re you’re letting the bullies win,” he added. Activists had previously lamented that companies had backed off on hiring diversity, equity, and inclusion officers, which had been a financial boon for left-wing agitators. Lennington says the pushback is about rejecting discrimination against people who aren't LGBTQ members. “We have no problem with nondiscrimination, but we’re worried about these policies going too far and harming innocent third parties who have either religious objections or they’re being excluded because they’re not LGBTQ or a certain race,” he explained. Eric Bloem, vice president of the Human Rights Campaign, warned that abandoning the programs opened up companies to discrimination lawsuits from LGBTQ people. Whether that's true or not, the backlash against DEI policies is gaining momentum. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

In recent times, a troubling new threat has emerged on the streets of major U.S. cities. Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang whose reach and ruthlessness seem almost mythic in scope, is currently terrorizing Americans in cities like Dallas, New York, and Aurora, Colorado. Tren de Aragua has brought the horrors of one of the world's most dysfunctional states to the supposed superpower up north. However, the true horror of Tren de Aragua lies not just in its present-day criminal activities but in its origins. Prison beginnings Tren de Aragua (Spanish for "Aragua train") was born in the Tocorón prison in Venezuela's Aragua region; the gang may have taken its name from a local railway workers' union. Like most prison gangs, Tren de Aragua was born out of a need for self-preservation. Over time, the the gang's influence expanded as it grew, leveraging prison connections to gain power and developing more structured internal hierarchies. A series of violent clashes with rival gangs secured Tren de Aragua's dominance, setting the stage for its future criminal empire. The thirst for power, blood, and territory intensified. Once Tren de Aragua had cemented its presence within the Venezuelan prison system, its leaders began to strategize for a broader reach. They forged alliances with other criminal organizations and corrupt officials to secure and expand their operations. Initially involved in extortion and local drug distribution, the gang's activities soon expanded to other industries and countries, establishing a foothold in Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia, and beyond. With this new international influence, the gang diversified into human trafficking and arms smuggling, continuously adapting their methods to evade law enforcement and tighten their control over new regions. Crossing the border By the mid-2010s, Tren de Aragua had evolved from a local threat into a formidable transnational crime syndicate. Its operations had extended beyond South America, reaching into Central America and the Caribbean. The gang's activities grew increasingly sophisticated, involving targeted assassinations and expansive drug production and distribution networks that spanned multiple countries. This phenomenal growth was accompanied by a rise in violence and intimidation, ruthlessly deployed to advance the gang's interests. The ability to move resources and personnel across borders with relative ease enabled it to dominate local criminal market after criminal market, giving it a reach never before achieved by a Venezuelan gang. This reach eventually extend to the United States, where today, the gang seems to operate with impunity. In effect, Venezuelan immigrants across Florida and other states who fled their home country are witnessing the very criminal activities they worked so hard to escape. Tren de Aragua has brought the horrors of one of the world's most dysfunctional states to the supposed superpower up north. America as a 'hunting ground' While Tren de Aragua represents a significant and terrifying threat on its own, it is far from the only dangerous gang operating within the United States. In fact, according to the FBI, there are at least another 32,999 violent street, motorcycle, and prison gangs active across the land. One of the better known is MS-13, a notorious organization that casts a long, dark shadow over American cities. Known less commonly as Mara Salvatrucha, MS-13 originated in the 1980s among Salvadoran immigrants in Los Angeles. It has since grown into one of the most feared gangs in America with a reputation for extreme violence and sadistic levels of savagery. In recent years, Washington, D.C., has seen a dramatic increase in gang-related violence, with MS-13 playing a significant role. The city has, disturbingly, been described as a "hunting ground" for the gang, reflecting the pervasive and violent nature of its activities. In Texas, its members have been known to abduct, drug, and rape little girls. Time to choose As the United States approaches what could be one of its most consequential elections since its founding, the safety and security of every American is on the ballot. The relentless rise of gangs like Tren de Aragua and MS-13 underscores that national security is not merely a political slogan — it's an essential duty of government and a fundamental right for every law-abiding citizen. This November, voters concerned with this escalating, imported crime must decide which party possesses the determination and capability to tackle these existential threats. The choice seems clear: Support those who emphasize stringent border enforcement and the protection of American lives or those who trivialize and dismiss such concerns. Only one party has demonstrated the commitment and readiness to confront this ever-worsening crisis — and it is not the party of Kamala Harris.

The end is coming for Remnant 2 but it’s the best kind of end - the game will simply become complete. The final DLC titled The Dark Horizon will be launching soon and while there’ll be some tidying up afterwards, Remnant 2’s new content will come to a close. There’s tons coming in this slice of DLC but the new archetype, the Warden, is probably the most enticing prospect. Developer Gunfire Games has shown off a few details about how the Warden will work, and they look like they’ll be ready to take on anything. Continue reading Remnant 2 archetype coming with final DLC is the perfect support class MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best co-op games, Remnant 2 review, Best action-adventure games

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