The Baier-MacCallum coverage of the DNC Convention was about to end on Fox last night when they cut President Trump off. It appeared a bit rude to some people. In fairness, they were out of time and had to cut to the Greg Gutfeld show. Donald Trump will keep talking to finish his thought, and […] The post Fox News Cut Trump Off at the End of the Show appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

A Pennsylvania man who was previously undecided about who he would vote for in November shared his thoughts about Kamala Harris after she addressed the Democratic National Convention. CNN spoke to a group of eight Pennsylvania voters in Allentown who had been undecided just after Harris’ convention speech Thursday night. “You’ve decided on Trump,” the CNN host said to one man. “When we met last week you were undecided. What about tonight made you decide you would vote for Trump?” Pennsylvania voter picks TRUMP over Kamala! pic.twitter.com/Dd3mTAY3KS — Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) August 23, 2024 Uncommitted Pennsylvania Voter: "She wasn't clear enough on the policies… I still don't feel like she's ready. She should wait. I don't want to personally vote for someone that's a backup." pic.twitter.com/KLcBDBiRow — Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) August 23, 2024 “You know, her speech was great. I like how she went into personal history, again,” responded the man. Tickets for “Am I Racist?” are on sale NOW! Buy here for a theater near you. However, the vice president’s speech was “just not moving for me,” he said. “She wasn’t clear enough on the policies,” the man said. “I still don’t feel like she’s ready,” he said. “I feel like more so she should wait. I don’t want to per se vote for someone that’s a backup.” Harris’s speech “made you think that Trump’s a better candidate?” the CNN host asked. “He’s here for it. He’s a little bit more aggressive.” Harris accepted the Democratic nomination for president at the party’s convention in Chicago on Thursday night. During her speech, she repeatedly lashed out at her opponent, former President Donald Trump. “Fellow Americans, this election is not only the most important of our lives, it is one of the most important in the life of our nation. In many ways, Donald Trump is an unserious man. But the consequences of putting Donald Trump back in the White House are extremely serious,” she said. Harris also claimed Trump’s presidency was full of “chaos and calamity.” Trump responded to Harris’ attacks on Truth Social, taking particular aim at her criticism that he did not support a border bill earlier this year. Trump said the border bill was “one of the worst ever written” and “would have allowed millions of people into our Country, and it’s only a political ploy by her!” WATCH THE TRAILER FOR ‘AM I RACIST?’ — A MATT WALSH COMEDY ON DEI Trump and Harris are currently running neck-and-neck in the presidential race, with Harris leading by just a point and a half, according to the Real Clear Politics average of polls. Critics of Harris have pointed out that she still has not done a sit-down interview since President Joe Biden dropped out of the race and endorsed her for the top of the ticket. They also note that Harris has been cagey about her platform so far, and her campaign website does not list a single specific policy.

Among his many other lies about his military service, Minnesota Democratic Governor Tim Walz – Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate – also fabricated a story about re-enlisting in the National Guard right after September 11, 2001. Walz and the Harris campaign have repeatedly claimed that Walz re-enlisted instead of retiring after 20 years when terrorists piloted planes into the World Trade Center on 9/11. In reality, Walz wasn’t up for retirement until the next year, and so his re-enlistment was not about the immediate attack on the U.S., the Federalist reported. Walz initially enlisted in April 1981, which would have put his 20-year retirement in April 2001, months before the attacks. But Walz had had an inactive period of seven-and-a-half months that would have deferred his retirement by the same amount of time – putting his 20-year retirement in November 2001, a month after the September 11 attacks. Tickets for “Am I Racist?” are on sale NOW! Buy here for a theater near you. The problem for Walz is he said during a 2009 interview that his retirement happened to occur the “week of September 11, 2001.” “My 20 years was actually, ironically enough, up that week of September 11, 2001, because of the time I had off and made up, so I reenlisted like, I think, the vast majority people did with a real sense of uncertainty but … a real sense of wanting to do something,” Walz said at the time. That itself is untrue since Walz wouldn’t have been eligible for retirement until a month after he said he was. He also said when responding to a veteran questioning Walz’s decision to retire just two months after receiving notice that his battalion could deploy to Iraq: “After completing 20 years of service in 2001, I re-enlisted to serve our country for an additional four years following Sept. 11 and retired the year before my battalion was deployed to Iraq in order to run for Congress.” Walz’s Report of Separation and Record of Service says that he was inactive between December 1, 1989, and July 12, 1990, amounting to 7 months and 12 days. His retirement would have been deferred for that same amount of time, meaning his retirement date would have been in November 2001. But Army Col. Ryan Cochran, Minnesota National Guard’s Director of Manpower and Personnel, put out a statement on August 13, 2024, explaining Walz’s actual retirement date. WATCH THE TRAILER FOR ‘AM I RACIST?’ — A MATT WALSH COMEDY ON DEI “Governor Tim Walz received his notification of eligibility for retirement on August 3, 2002,” Cochran said in a statement. “He was promoted to sergeant major (E-9) on September 17, 2004, and immediately began serving as the command sergeant major for the 1st Battalion, 125th Field Artillery while his packet was submitted to the National Guard Bureau to appoint him to command sergeant major (E-9). Once approved by NGB, he was laterally appointed to command sergeant major (E-9) on April 1, 2005. He retired from the Minnesota National Guard on May 16, 2005. Our records do not indicate when he made his request to retire. Leadership reviews and approves all requests to retire. He was administratively reduced to master sergeant (E-8) on May 15, 2005, because he did not complete all required U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy coursework.” This means that Walz actually wasn’t up for retirement until nearly a year after September 11, 2001, and thus couldn’t have been eligible to retire the same week as the devastating attacks. Walz still could have decided to re-enlist because of those attacks, but it is disingenuous to say that he was up for retirement when the planes hit.

Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, who helped his longtime friend former President Donald Trump implement the historic Abraham Accords and the move of the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, warned American Jews about the duplicity of Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris’ words regarding the Jewish State in her acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention. “Let me be clear,” Harris started. “I will always stand up for Israel’s right to defend itself, and I will always ensure Israel has the ability to defend itself, because the people of Israel must never again face the horror that a terrorist organization called Hamas caused on Oct. 7, including unspeakable sexual violence and the massacre of young people at a music festival.” Then she turned to the Palestinians, contending, “At the same time, what has happened in Gaza over the past 10 months is devastating. So many innocent lives lost. Desperate, hungry people fleeing for safety, over and over again. The scale of suffering is heartbreaking.” Tickets for “Am I Racist?” are on sale NOW! Buy here for a theater near you. “President Biden and I are working to end this war, such that Israel is secure, the hostages are released, the suffering in Gaza ends and the Palestinian people can realize their right to dignity, security, freedom and self-determination,” she claimed. “And know this: I will never hesitate to take whatever action is necessary to defend our forces and our interests against Iran and Iran-backed terrorists,” she blustered. Friedman proceeded to parse Harris’ words so Jews would know what they could genuinely expect from Harris should she be elected. “To my friends who support Israel. I know that many of you are breathing a sigh of relief that @VP  offered some platitudes about for Israel. Please think again,” he warned on X, then delineated how deceptive Harris was with her rhetoric: I’ve lived these issues now for years and I can assure you that her words meant nothing. For example: 1) She says she will always support Israel’s right to defend itself — code word for America, not Israel, will determine what is the appropriate measure of defense and pressure Israel accordingly.  2) October 7 can never happen again — code word for America will force Israel into unwise concessions to the Palestinians on faulty speculation that this will deradicalize  the population and avoid further violence.  3) Iran will never go nuclear — code word for America will appease, cajole and beg Iran not to go nuclear but never impose serious pressure.  4) Palestinians are entitled to self-determination — code word for Jews living in Judea and Samaria, their Biblical homeland, should all be evicted in favor of Palestinians who have never had their own state and who represent an existential threat to Israel. “Her speech was about as reassuring as her husband’s waxing on about her brisket,” Friedman declared. “Remember, under her administration, (1) sanctions against Iran were not enforced and Iran gained $200B+ in GDP which it used to fund the current crisis, (2) funding to UNRWA was restored and used to fund Hamas, (3) Israel was denied essential weapons that it needed to defeat Hamas and an arms embargo was ‘under discussion,’ and (4) a Palestinian state was foolishly presented as the fix for October 7!” WATCH THE TRAILER FOR ‘AM I RACIST?’ — A MATT WALSH COMEDY ON DEI “We have to stop falling for the bagels and lox narratives that the Democrats have used repeatedly to defraud Jews into voting for them. Don’t fall for it. Be smarter!” he concluded. To my friends who support Israel. I know that many of you are breathing a sigh of relief that @VP offered some platitudes about for Israel. Please think again. I’ve lived these issues now for years and I can assure you that her words meant nothing. For example: 1) She says she… — David M Friedman (@DavidM_Friedman) August 23, 2024

This week’s Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago featured a resounding theme: abortion-on-demand.  A Planned Parenthood “mobile health clinic” was parked outside the convention, with staff members performing one abortion after another. Also, amidst pro-Palestinian protestors and the sea of convention goers, abortion activists parade around dressed in abortion pill costumes. According to the New York Post, “Outside the van was a food truck, as well as a stand run by the Chicago Abortion Fund where patients could pick up goodie bags filled with face masks, candy, painkillers and cards of affirmation.” Organizers said it was all part of an effort to promote “reproductive healthcare accessibility.” Speaker of the House Mike Johnson posted on X: “This is not your parents’ Democratic Party.” Johnson is correct. Such a callous—and even gleeful—celebration of the taking of innocent human life is a shocking new low. This is not your parents’ Democratic Party. https://t.co/j4fnJk6olc — Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) August 19, 2024 From inside the DNC, speaker after speaker declared the Democratic Party’s pro-choice commitment, which unfailingly brought about wild cheers from those in attendance. Once espousing making abortion rare, Hillary Clinton’s message on the first night of the convention urged attendees to “keep going” in the fight for “reproductive healthcare,” which has come to mean no restrictions whatsoever on abortion. Ashley Biden, daughter of Joe and Jill, declared, “This is the fight of our lifetime: our freedom, our democracy, our reproductive rights. This, all of this, is on the ballot.” The night ended with Joe Biden’s speech, which included, “You know, Kamala and Tim will do everything they possibly can — that is why you have to elect the Senate and the House — to restore Roe v. Wade.” Night two wasn’t much different, as former First Lady Michelle Obama warned that Donald Trump would cut healthcare and take away “the freedom to control our bodies.” Night three included Nancy Pelosi commending Democratic Party presidential nominee Kamala Harris’ policy of “fighting for a woman’s right to choose.” Later in the evening, when vice presidential nominee Tim Walz took his turn on the stage, he fumed that if his opponents get elected they “will ban abortion across this country, with or without Congress.” Clearly, the Democratic Party is all about the right to choose — to be clear, to choose an abortion that ends the life of an unborn child. However, when it comes to the right for parents to choose a K-12 education for a child, that is not a freedom the party’s leaders care about — even those who attended a private school themselves or sent their children to a private school. And it’s not just that they’re not enthusiastic about school choice. Beholden to teachers unions, whose primary objective is to protect union jobs, Democratic Party politicians often do everything in their power to block Americans from the right to choose a school for their children. This even includes preventing families from choosing a different public school within their school district or a neighboring school district. The quality of the education, the safety of students, or the ability of the school to meet the learner’s unique needs are irrelevant. In short, the option to choose a school isn’t considered a right by leaders of the “pro-choice” party. Of course, this flies in the face of what Barack Obama declared in his nightcap speech on day two of the DNC about the Democratic Party having “a broader idea of freedom” than their political opponents. How can a broader view of freedom include requiring parents to send their children to a failing government-run school for their 13 years of education? How can a broader view of freedom determine that parents can’t be trusted to select the best learning environment for their children? Evidently, the broader idea of freedom is limited to a woman’s choosing to end her child’s life up to the moment of birth. The contrast with the 2024 Republican Party Platform, released in July, is stark: “Republicans believe families should be empowered to choose the best education for their children. We support Universal School Choice in every State in America. We will expand 529 Education Savings Accounts and support Homeschooling Families equally.”  The commitment to “restore Parental Rights in Education” isn’t just hyperbole. Republican governors and state level elected officials have proven over the past four years their commitment to allowing parents the right to choose the education for their children.  The COVID response provided a powerful illustration of the difference between the two approaches. Teachers’ unions, in lockstep with Democratic Party leaders, kept public schools closed in some states spanning three school years in order to push irrelevant political demands. Conversely, Republican political leaders listened to parents’ concerns and took steps to advance school choice more than at any time prior in history. While no states had anywhere close to universal school choice prior to the COVID school closures, today 12 states have enacted universal school choice, allowing all families statewide to choose the education that will best serve their children. Each of those universal school choice laws went into effect in states that at the time had a Republican governor, a Republican majority in the House, and a Republican majority in the Senate (other than North Carolina, where the Republican majority House and Republican majority Senate were able to override the Democratic governor’s veto). It’s time for all states to recognize parents have the right to choose their children’s education. The two major political parties have made their priorities on “choice” very clear. The choice now is yours as a voter. What kind of right to choose will you choose? * * * Dr. Keri D. Ingraham is a Senior Fellow at Discovery Institute and Director of the American Center for Transforming Education. The view expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

A conversation between Fox News anchors Bret Baier, Martha MacCallum, and former President Donald Trump was abruptly cut off on Thursday night as the network cut to the beginning of Greg Gutfeld’s late-night show — so the former president called Gutfeld’s cell phone. Trump was giving his response to Vice President Kamala Harris’ Democratic National Convention speech when Baier and MacCallum told him they had to move the programming over to “Gutfeld!”. “That wasn’t my fault, Donald Trump. He’s still talking by the way,” Gutfeld joked at the beginning of his show. Moments later, Trump called the late-night Fox News host. “Mr. President, I’m live now, say hello to my audience. So don’t say anything that will get you in trouble!” Gutfeld said to the cheers of the live audience. “At this point, what difference does it make?” Trump replied. “We’re doing well; we’re leading in the polls.” Tickets for “Am I Racist?” are on sale NOW! Buy here for a theater near you. The Republican nominee spoke for a few more seconds, commenting on the Democrats’ nomination of Harris and saying President Joe Biden was forced out of the race in a “coup.” “Alright, Mr. P, I got to go!” Gutfeld said before ending the call and returning to his show’s scheduled programming. WATCH: This is awesome. Trump just called into Gutfeld live after Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum cut him off minutes earlier ? The man is an absolute legend. pic.twitter.com/9Pg9U6vdyg — Patri0tsareinContr0l (@Patri0tContr0l) August 23, 2024 While Harris delivered her DNC address on Thursday night, Trump responded to it in real-time, firing off numerous posts on Truth Social. The nearly 40-minute-long speech focused on hammering Trump as the vice president mentioned his name a total of 16 times. “Fellow Americans, this election is not only the most important of our lives, it is one of the most important in the life of our nation. In many ways, Donald Trump is an unserious man,” Harris said. “But the consequences — but the consequences of putting Donald Trump back in the White House are extremely serious.” WATCH THE TRAILER FOR ‘AM I RACIST?’ — A MATT WALSH COMEDY ON DEI Trump responded to Harris’ attacks, writing, “She’s done nothing for three and a half years but talk, and that’s what she’s doing tonight, she’s complaining about everything but doing nothing!” Trump wrote in one post. “She should leave the Speech right now, go to Washington, D.C., close the Border, allow fracking in Pennsylvania and other places, and start doing the things she’s complaining about aren’t done!”

From the wildlife to the scenic views, there are so many wondrous sights to behold in Australia. This includes K’gari Island, which is so beautiful, it’s listed as a World Heritage site. On this island, you will find crystal-clear water and marvelous sand cliffs. It’s no wonder, then, that so many tourists come here for a visit. Many times, they will even camp there for the night. But activities on a certain area of this popular beach in Australia were recently put on pause thanks to this impressive sinkhole. The sinkhole was produced by a “near-shore landslide.” The result? Terrifying and awe-worthy at the same time. As scary as this moment appears, authorities do say that this is a common occurrence at K’gari’s Inskip Point. In fact, a similar sinkhole appeared in about the same area in 2015. At that time, the sinkhole was about the size of a football field. Hard to imagine, right? Well, you can watch footage of this most recent sinkhole in the video below. @weatherchannel Witnesses were stunned. #TheWeatherChannel #fyp #weather #beach #sinkhole #collapse #drone #pov #Australia #ocean ♬ original sound – The Weather Channel When a Sinkhole in Australia Chips Away at Popular Tourist Spot, Everyone is Left in Awe It’s wild to see the way this massive beach so easily deteriorates from the sinkhole. Needless to say, the people who managed to witness this event in person were said to be “stunned” by what was happening in front of their very eyes. Moments like this are an incredible reminder that nature is just as unpredictable as it is beautiful. “The earth is alive and forever changing. Cool to see,” someone points out in the comment section of the video, with another adding, “Can you imagine the earth is a living breathing thing that actually changes…. Wow…” You can find the source of this story’s featured image here! The post Nature Is Wild: Footage Captures Dramatic Moment Sinkhole Swallows Beach appeared first on InspireMore.