Surprisingly, the major broadcast networks had avoided the false, manufactured conspiracy theory about Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth’s Christian tattoos being symbols of white supremacy, but that ended Monday with ABC’s Good Morning America diving in without apology. It came a day after the same show whined that Hegseth’s arrival at the Pentagon (if confirmed by the Senate) would be “cultural shock and awe” in ridding the military of its woke elements. That kvetching came at the same time NBC’s Sunday Today raised concern about his goal (along with President-Elect Trump) of bringing accountability to military generals involved in the deadly 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal. ABC’s former North Korean news lady for the Kamala Harris campaign — chief White House correspondent Mary Bruce — was put on the case: ABC’s Mary Bruce on Monday’s ‘Good Morning America’: @PeteHegseth “is also under fire for some of his tattoos depicting religious symbols and phrases that fellow service members flagged to his superiors over confirms they are associated with white supremacists. Hegseth saying… pic.twitter.com/Fisl3w0cCZ — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) November 18, 2024 Notice that last line: “Hegseth’s post notably not disavowing the supremacists who have adopted the symbolism, though he has in the past.” Oh, that’s her evidence? Claiming without evidence they’ve been coopted by white supremacists, so Hegseth is guilty by extension? Just under 24 hours earlier, weekend co-host Gio Benitez asked This Week co-host Martha Raddatz about Hegseth: “He’s a Fox News host, nominated by Trump to lead the Department of Defense. You’ve covered the Pentagon for many years, through many wars. How could Hegseth change the D.O.D.?” A very concerned Raddatz complained Hegseth would upset the apple cart with her career pals inside The Swamp. She said Hegseth “could really change it dramatically” since he’s said “throughout his book and in public that the senior leadership at the Pentagon, generals should be fired because they are ‘woke.’” She continued to huff: He believes the Pentagon has gone too far with diversity and inclusion training and he has made quite clear he does not think women should be in combat. Women, of course, have been approved for ground combat positions for a decade. They are in those positions now. They are doing the work. They are excelling, but whether he would try to make those changes or not, it would be cultural shock and awe there. Imagine right now, Gio, being one of those women. Over on NBC, correspondent Allie Raffa told host Willie Geist about plans for Hegseth to hold both “current and former military personnel involved in the pullout” responsible for the chaos: NBC’s ‘Sunday Today’ was all bent out of shape that President-Elect Trump and @PeteHegseth want to — *checks notes* — bring those responsible for the deadly Afghanistan withdrawal to justice.... Willie Geist: “So, Allie, Hegseth has also been a vocal critic of the deadly U.S.… pic.twitter.com/A4aPc3gasa — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) November 18, 2024 Like a good liberal, Raffa made sure to defend the Biden administration by bothsides-ing it: “An 2022 independent review blamed both the Trump and Biden administrations for the botched withdrawal.”

CNN Newsroom host Jim Acosta reacted to the news that President-elect Donald Trump intends to nominate Fox Business host and former congressman Sean Duffy for Secretary of Transportation by scoffing that “this is becoming, kind of, a Fox cabinet.” Speaking with reporter Alayna Treene, Acosta declared, “Yeah, he's really testing these Republican senators to see whether or not they're going to disobey, and Trump also unveiling more cabinet picks, including Transportation Secretary, yet another Fox host. This is becoming, kind of, a Fox cabinet.”     Does that mean that Joe Biden has a CNN administration? After all, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and former press secretary turned MSNBC host Jen Psaki used to be CNN talking heads. As for Treene, she agreed, “It is. It's a little bit of a pattern. I mean, obviously, Pete Hegseth, his pick for the Department of Defense, was a Fox News host as well. I mean, Sean Duffy, a Republican, a former Republican congressman from Wisconsin. I think it is most notable that he has been on Fox News a lot. He hosted a show on Fox Business.” She added, “The thing I hear behind the scenes is that Donald Trump, and it kind of reminds me of what he did in the lead up to his vice presidential pick, is he was watching these people that he is choosing for these top roles on television. He very much wants people who are going to be defending him on TV, but–” Acosta interrupted to clarify, “That's not hyperbole. He's literally doing it.” Treene then continued, “He is literally watching this behind the scenes and helping make these decisions. And he also wants people who will be attack dogs for him on television as well and people who will be able to talk about what they're doing. That's why someone like Sean Duffy was appealing, I'm told, for that role.” In other words, Trump wants his version of current DOT chief Pete Buttigieg, who is always sharing his opinions on TV or social media about everything, even things that have nothing to do with transportation. Except, Duffy might actually go on TV to focus on transportation instead of liberal culture war issues. Here is a transcript for the November 19 show: CNN Newsroom with Jim Acosta 11/19/2024 10:11 AM ET JIM ACOSTA: Yeah, he's really testing these Republican senators— ALAYNA TREENE: Yes. ACOSTA: — to see whether or not they're going to disobey, and Trump also unveiling more cabinet picks, including Transportation Secretary, yet another Fox host. This is becoming, kind of, a Fox cabinet. TREENE: It is. It's a little bit of a pattern. I mean, obviously, Pete Hegseth, his pick for the Department of Defense, was a Fox News host as well. I mean, Sean Duffy, a Republican, a former Republican congressman from Wisconsin. I think it is most notable that he has been on Fox News a lot. He hosted a show on Fox Business. The thing I hear behind the scenes is that Donald Trump, and it kind of reminds me of what he did in the lead up to his vice presidential pick, is he was watching these people that he is choosing for these top roles on television. He very much wants people who are going to be defending him on TV, but – ACOSTA: That's not hyperbole. He's literally doing it. TREENE: He is literally watching this behind the scenes and helping make these decisions. And he also wants people who will be attack dogs for him on television as well and people who will be able to talk about what they're doing. That's why someone like Sean Duffy was appealing, I'm told, for that role.

Congress grilled Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanne Criswell on Tuesday afternoon regarding allegations of political discrimination and the agency's request for $40 billion in disaster relief funds.During a House Transportation and Infrastructure hearing, Criswell was questioned about a now-terminated hurricane relief supervisor, Marn'i Washington, who admitted to instructing workers to avoid homes with signs supporting President-elect Donald Trump during the relief efforts following Hurricanes Helene and Milton.'This is pretty hard to defend.'FEMA has repeatedly insisted that the situation was isolated, but Washington has argued that she is being used as a "scapegoat," claiming that the instruction to skip certain homes was not an isolated incident.During Tuesday's hearing, Criswell told Congress, "I do not believe that this employee's actions are indicative of any widespread cultural problems at FEMA. FEMA, however, has taken appropriate action to ensure that this matter is fully investigated, and I am committed to ensuring that nothing like this ever happens again."According to Criswell, the agency's "ongoing investigation," which includes questioning personnel in the chain of command above Washington, has yielded "no information at this point that there was anything beyond her [Washington's] direction to her employees to skip and bypass a home."Criswell agreed to request an outside investigation from FEMA's Office of Inspector General.FEMA is requesting that Congress provide $40 billion for disaster relief to last through the upcoming year. Amid the impacts of Hurricanes Helene and Milton, the agency has highlighted its depleted resources for emergency responses.Several Republican Congress members pressed Criswell about the agency's request for additional funding while its Shelter and Services Program continues to provide extensive free services to illegal aliens. In response, the FEMA administrator redirected the criticism back at Congress, pointing out that the legislative body had created the program and mandated the agency oversee it. Rep. Marcus Molinaro (R-N.Y.) challenged Criswell's defense, calling it the "easiest and most disingenuous argument." "You administer the one department in domestic policy that has to triage and to set priorities — your department," Molinaro stated. "You are empowered and your department is empowered to decide what of the programs you're running today should take precedence or priority over the others. Yes, sure. We can pass a law that limits the Shelter and Services funding, that stops dollars getting to illegal immigrants, but you have to make that decision every day."Rep. Mike Ezell (R-Miss.) questioned Criswell about 20 Hurricane Katrina infrastructure projects funded and never completed by FEMA."How, 20 years later, are there still unresolved projects from Katrina?" Ezell asked. "This is pretty hard to defend."Ezell called FEMA's failure to complete the projects "simply outrageous."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina was apparently threatened by a man who identifies as transgender after the congresswoman proposed legislation that would require individuals to use the restroom that corresponds to their biological sex. In a social media post, the transgender individual, who goes by Venus, apparently threatened to kill Mace as well as other activists who are outspoken against transgenderism. "This video goes out to Congresswoman Nancy Mace," Venus said in the video posted to Instagram. "Congresswoman Nancy Mace, I do hope that one day I do find you in that woman's bathroom, and I grab your ratty looking f***ing hair and drag your face down to the floor while I repeatedly bash it in until the blood's everywhere and you're dead." 'I think that we should just all come together and murder everyone.'Mace exposed Venus' rant and responded to his apparent threats in a Tuesday post on X. "This is the exact type of man I don’t want in the women’s restroom with me," Mace said in the post. These alleged threats came after Mace introduced a bill that would bar men who claim to be women from using the women's restroom. Mace proposed the legislation after Democratic Rep. Sarah McBride of Delaware, a biological male, was elected to the House as the first openly transgender lawmaker. Venus' alleged threats, however, did not stop with Mace. "Clarence Thomas, I have not forgotten about you," he continued, according to the video. "Be on the lookout.""And why is J.K. Rowling still alive?" he said in the post, video showed. "We should be focusing our efforts and our resources, not on assassinating Trump, but instead on assassinating J.K. Rowling. That f***ing wench needs to die. She needs to burn on the stake and die."Venus then seemingly advocated for murder on a broad scale, calling for transgender people to "come together and murder everyone," claiming it would "solve all [their] problems." "I condone murder, I condone it," he continued on the video. "I think that we need to hold our politicians accountable by murdering them, and I think we need to hold J.K. Rowling accountable by murdering her too. I'm like, so very serious about this. I'm so passionately serious about this.""I think that we should just all come together and murder everyone," he said, according to the video. "I think, you know, like, think would be better. You know? Like, we would just be so much happier in life if us as trans people just came together and murdered a bunch of people. Like, I think that really would, like, solve all of our problems." Following Mace's legislation, McBride pointed the finger at "right-wing extremists," who he claims are just "manufacturing culture wars." "Every day Americans go to work with people who have life journeys different than their own and engage with them respectfully, I hope members of Congress can muster that same kindness," McBride said in a Monday post on X. "This is a blatant attempt from far right-wing extremists to distract from the fact that they have no real solutions to what Americans are facing," McBride continued. "We should be focused on bringing down the cost of housing, health care, and child care, not manufacturing culture wars. Delawareans sent me here to make the American dream more affordable and accessible and that’s what I’m focused on."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

The elite-driven Great Reset has been moving along with little resistance under the Biden administration, but Donald Trump’s election may be throwing a wrench in their plans. “There’s been this massive movement amongst global elites to seize increasingly more power, to centralize power and ownership and wealth. That’s what the Great Reset is all about,” Justin Haskins, director of the Socialism Research Center at the Heartland Institute, tells Allie Beth Stuckey of “Relatable.” “The Biden administration is all for it, they’ve been actively involved in it, they’ve been supportive in a variety of different ways,” Haskins continues, noting the Biden admin’s been working with the World Economic Forum, which he calls “the Great Reset people.” “The Biden administration is actively working against us, never mind fighting in our favor. So the Trump administration is our only hope of solving that problem. We’re not going to be able to fix it without someone aggressively pushing back against the European Union and the U.N. and the World Economic Forum,” he explains. This is why it was so essential that Donald Trump win this election, because what would happen to not just American citizens, but the world, had Harris continued Biden’s reign — it would have changed everything. “A lot of the American elites, John Kerry’s been involved in this, Al Gore’s been involved in this, the Clintons, the Obamas, who have pushed this climate change agenda that they are hoping is part of what you’re calling a reset,” Stuckey responds, noting that the “reset” part is what’s most concerning. “By a reset, kind of like starting from zero. Rebuilding a society where progressive elites are in charge. But how they’re selling it is an equitable society, an equal society where there’s no difference in income, no one is oppressed, no one is a victim of injustice,” she continues. “So a lot of this has critical race theory tenets, even gender ideology, abortion plays a role in this. Like their vision of a kind of utopia or heaven on Earth where they have all the power and all of us underlings are just doing what we’re told,” she says. Trump, who Stuckey calls a “disruptor,” is one of the major obstacles standing in their way. “It’s not just that he’s not going to go along with it, it’s that his policies have been very proactive in trying to stop that sort of thing from occurring,” Haskins agrees. “There’s no question about it, what Trump wants to do is put individual liberty at the forefront of this.” 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.

President-elect Donald Trump campaigned on the promise that he will implement nationwide mass deportations after the Biden-Harris administration allowed at least 10 million migrants to illegally enter the country over the last four years. While Trump has many political allies on the hill, others within the Republican conference hold a more moderate view on the immigration issue, which may stir conflict in the coming weeks.Speaker Mike Johnson has earned the wholehearted endorsement of the president-elect, despite being at the center of much of the GOP's infighting. While he has aligned himself with Trump's MAGA mandate, he wavered on the key issue of immigration during an interview with CNN on Sunday. 'Our starting place should be for any individuals who came here illegally or were released into the United States illegally, illegitimately, by the Biden-Harris-Mayorkas regime.'Johnson first and foremost reaffirmed that his position largely aligns with Trump's, insisting that effective immigration policy was a "mandate" from the American people. "This is what the American people have demanded and what they deserve," Johnson told CNN anchor Jake Tapper on Sunday. "They want a secure country. They want a secure border. And we will deliver upon that. That's what the mandate of the election was all about." Despite this, Johnson indicated that his deportation policy would not include all illegal immigrants at first but rather prioritize the deportation of criminals. "I think what the president is talking about is beginning with the dangerous persons that we know are here," Johnson said. "There are criminals, known criminals. There are known terrorists in the country. There are some who have been apprehended for committing violent crimes after they've come across the border illegally. So you start with that number. You've got, by some counts, as many as 3 or 4 million people that fit in that category. Begin there and then see how it transpires." Johnson's comments earned a bit of pushback from political allies and immigration hardliners like Republican Rep. Chip Roy of Texas, who says we should "keep our foot on the gas" when it comes to deportations. "We've made some progress in unity," Roy said on Glenn Beck's Monday show. "But, I will say, I was a little concerned about what I heard yesterday, and the speaker kind of walked it back a little bit. But focusing on deportation, I think we need to just keep our foot on the gas.""I want to be very clear," Roy continued. "Our starting place should be for any individuals who came here illegally or were released into the United States illegally, illegitimately, by the Biden-Harris-Mayorkas regime. They need to be removed."While Republicans like Johnson and Roy have smaller differences to parse in the upcoming Congress, other GOP representatives are going against the grain when it comes to the MAGA mandate. Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales, a fellow Texan who represents a border county, has signaled opposition to the blanket deportations Trump is advocating for. "If the message is, 'We're here to deport your abuelita,' that's not going to work well," Gonzales said, using the Spanish word for "grandma," in a Sunday interview with ABC News. "It has to be one of holding these hardened criminals accountable." “You know, if we’re going after the guy that’s picking tomatoes or the nurse at the local hospital and we’re not going after the convicted criminal, then our government has failed us,” Gonzales said. Despite the top-down mandate from Trump, the Republican conference could become fractured on yet another hot-button issue. 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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It's that time of year again. The Game of the Year nominees have been announced, and as if on cue, every gamer with a keyboard nearby has taken to the internet to voice their opinion. The topics of discussion are always different, but the divisive nature of the conversations remains a constant.