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President Joe Biden is the authoritarian threat the Left claims Donald Trump will be. Just look at his pardon of Hunter Biden. Over Thanksgiving weekend, Biden gave his son, who was facing sentencing for gun and tax charges, a “get out of jail free” card. Joe Biden didn’t just pardon Hunter Biden for those crimes. It was a blanket immunity for any crime Hunter committed from Jan. 1, 2014, through Dec. 1, 2024. Hunter Biden joined the board of Ukrainian gas company Burisma in 2014. Hmmmm. Biden had repeatedly vowed that he wouldn’t do this. “I said I’d abide by the jury decision. I will do that. And I will not pardon him,” Joe Biden said in June after a jury convicted Hunter on federal gun charges. There was one humorous part of this scandal. It was amusing to watch Democrats and the propaganda press act shocked over something conservatives have long known was coming. Throughout his political career, Biden’s family members leveraged his position to enrich themselves. There’s strong evidence Biden did so as well. Of course, he was going to pardon Hunter. This pardon is especially noteworthy because Democrats have long claimed that Trump poses a unique threat to the country. Vice President Kamala Harris dubbed him a “petty tyrant” and a “wannabe dictator.” Biden claimed repeatedly that he “threatens the very foundations of our republic.” In October, The Atlantic deemed Trump “the tyrant George Washington feared.” Consider what the Left could be worried about. Perhaps it’s that Trump would use his office to pardon his derelict children and enrich himself. Oh, wait. Biden did that. Trump’s net worth dropped by more than $1 billion during his time in office. Perhaps it’s that Trump would weaponize the Department of Justice and prosecute his political opponents on trumped up charges. Oh, wait. Biden did that. The public elected Trump despite the myriad bogus court battles and convictions he had to endure. Perhaps it’s that Trump would impose a mandate that would require 100 million people to be vaccinated or lose their jobs. Oh, wait. Biden did that. Trump has said he wants to bring back service members fired over vaccine requirements and give them back-pay. Perhaps it’s that Trump would institute an artificial limit on gas-powered car production. Oh, wait. Biden did that. Trump wants to rescind those regulations. Perhaps it’s that Trump would pressure social media companies to censor information that government bureaucrats don’t approve of. Oh, wait. Biden did that. Trump’s pick to run the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr, said he wants to “smash this censorship cartel.” Perhaps it’s that Trump would unconstitutionally forgive student loans. Oh, wait. Biden did that. Trump said that was “unfair” and wants to roll back Biden’s handouts. Trump has even said he wants to eliminate the Department of Education, which oversees student loans. Perhaps it’s that Trump would give men access to women’s locker rooms and endanger women’s sports. Oh, wait. Biden did that. Trump called it “so ridiculous.” Perhaps it’s that Trump would dole out hundreds of billions of dollars to politically favored industries under the guise of reducing inflation. Oh, wait. Biden did that. Trump has tapped Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to head the Department of Government Efficiency. Its goal is “to dismantle government bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure federal agencies,” Trump said in a statement. This is what America’s Chicken Little elites missed when they scaremongered about Trump being an authoritarian threat to the country. Tyrants seek to consolidate power and limit people’s freedom while enriching their family and friends. It’s Biden, not Trump, who has consistently done that. COPYRIGHT 2024 CREATORS.COM We publish a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Daily Signal. The post Biden the Tyrant appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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Marine veteran Daniel Penny said that he could not have lived with himself if he had avoided taking action on the subway after Jordan Neely threatened passengers. Penny made the comments on Fox News after he was acquitted in the controversial case from New York City. Some black activists have accused him of racism, but others have praised him for stepping in when Neely, a homeless schizophrenic man, screamed that he wanted to kill people. 'I’ll take a million court appearances just to keep one of those people from getting hurt or killed.' Penny addressed the attention he has received and then added that he would have done it again to protect people. "I'm not a confrontational person; I don't really extend myself. This type of thing is really uncomfortable. All of this attention in my mind is very uncomfortable. And I would prefer without it, I didn't want any type of attention or praise. And I still don't," he said. “The guilt I would have felt if someone did get hurt, if he did do what he was threatening to do, I would never be able to live with myself," Penny added. "I’ll take a million court appearances just to keep one of those people from getting hurt or killed.”Penny had been charged with manslaughter as well as criminally negligent homicide, but a jury said its members were deadlocked on the first charge and then issued a verdict of not guilty on the second charge. Neely had also taken synthetic marijuana before threatening to kill people on the subway. Here's a video of Penny's comments: Daniel Penny: “The guilt I would have felt if someone did get hurt, if he did do what he was threatening to do, I would never be able to live with myself. I’ll take a million court appearances just to keep one of those people from getting hurt or kiIIed.” pic.twitter.com/nqY0f2QJAZ— TheBlaze (@theblaze) December 10, 2024 Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

American men have been suffering in silence through an unprecedented mental health and suicide crisis — while women’s rights have taken center stage. Carrie Sheffield, senior policy analyst for Independent Women’s Voice, believes it’s high time this changes. “Nationwide, we are experiencing the highest suicide rate, the highest depression rate, ever in recorded American history. And unfortunately, men are hit hardest when it comes to suicide,” Sheffield tells Jill Savage and Matthew Peterson of “Blaze News Tonight,” adding that 80% of suicides are committed by men. “More than 90% of occupational deaths on the job are men. We don’t talk about this. The life span on average of men is far shorter than for women, and so we don’t talk about men. All the left loves to do is to demonize men,” she explains. However, Sheffield believes there’s an answer for the men suffering in silence. “Coming to faith, being in faith practice, religious community, religion. This is extremely tied with strong mental health, lower suicide, low substance abuse, and so it was an encouragement to men because men are far more likely to be atheist and agnostic,” Sheffield explains. “Why aren’t people talking about what men would need in terms of mental health?” Peterson asks. “In general, I think our culture has become divorced from truth,” Sheffield says. “Postmodern society is truth is whatever the wind is telling us. Whatever is trendy, whatever is hot, whatever is buzzy, and when our society falls away from that, it’s no wonder that then you fall into this situation.” “I’ve experienced it myself as a recovered agnostic, where if you don’t believe in an eternal truth or purpose, then your mental health suffers. And so, I think for a lot of men, as the quote-unquote ‘feminist movement’ demonized men and tried to sever them from their purpose, which is to serve God, to serve people,” she continues. “Part of that is this idea that a man could be a provider or a protector or create a family,” she says. “The feminist movement was trying to undermine all of that.” However, there’s some good news. “I looked at a headline that came out, I think, last week, and Bible sales are actually up 22% in America,” Savage comments. “The Bible sales, the 22% increase, which is phenomenal, that you mentioned, this is being driven by first-time Bible-buyers,” Sheffield says. “They’re discovering it by themselves, they’re being, in some ways, pioneers in their own family. And it’s being led by young men.” “And so that’s a glimmer of hope,” she adds. Want more from 'Blaze News Tonight'?To enjoy more provocative opinions, expert analysis, and breaking stories you won’t see anywhere else, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

WNBA star Caitlin Clark added Time Magazine's "Athlete of the Year" to her accolades and then claimed to have benefitted from white privilege. Clark, who plays for the Indiana Fever, made the comments in a wide-ranging interview with Time published Tuesday. 'The more we can elevate Black women, that’s going to be a beautiful thing.' “I want to say I’ve earned every single thing, but as a white person, there is privilege,” says Clark. “A lot of those players in the league that have been really good have been Black players. This league has kind of been built on them. The more we can appreciate that, highlight that, talk about that, and then continue to have brands and companies invest in those players that have made this league incredible, I think it’s very important," she added. "I have to continue to try to change that," Clark continued. "The more we can elevate Black women, that’s going to be a beautiful thing.” While Clark has been lauded by her supporters, many of her detractors claim that her popularity is another manifestation of white supremacy. The Time interview cited another player who said the support for Clark from the white community was "fanatical and territorial," even "racist" sometimes. Clark went on in the interview to say that she was glad to increase support for the sport. “You feel powerful,” Clark says. “Instantly, everybody goes crazy. People are invested in the game, they love the game, and that's what makes it so fun for me. These people aren't supporting women's sports to check a box. It’s going to be the new normal.” The iconic athlete made headlines in September when she "liked" a message from Taylor Swift endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for president over women's issues. When pressed about the issue, Clark only said that Americans should inform themselves and decide for themselves on whom to support for president. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Before the Trump administration can execute a MAGA national security policy, the legacy of Henry Kissinger must be exorcised. Kissinger’s legacy has been a curse for 49 years. His intellectual brilliance, his Harvard credentials, his skill in cultivating elite patrons by feeding their illusions of self-importance brought him power and wealth on false pretenses and at a cost to his country. This is our opportunity to replace a culture of self-indulgent delusions with a culture of truth and courage. On January 9, 1971, Kissinger met secretly with Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin. Without consulting President Nixon, Kissinger decided the United States could effectively “win” the Vietnam War by allowing this sequence of events to unfold: the North and South sign a peace treaty; the United States withdraws its troops from South Vietnam; the North leaves its 13 divisions inside South Vietnam; the South has two years of freedom; and with massive Soviet and Chinese support, the North conquers the South. After their meeting, Dobrynin reported to his ministry in Moscow that Kissinger said: “Ultimately it will no longer be the Americans’ concern, but that of the Vietnamese themselves, if some time after the U.S. troop withdrawal they start fighting with each other again.” In reading the transcripts of Kissinger’s conversations with President Nixon, we see the unctuous and devious manipulation of Nixon’s political needs and phobias. Nixon was left in the dark about Kissinger’s “possibility” that the North could win its war if it gave the South a short period of freedom. Nixon never knew the depth of Kissinger’s betrayal until I told him in 1989. He went white and lost all composure as he internalized the horrific implications of what he had just heard. By setting up the South for failure and defeat, Kissinger betrayed not only his president but also American warfighters and their families, along with our allies in South Vietnam and a generation of men and women who believed in American leadership abroad. Kissinger’s machinations undermined America’s moral authority in world affairs, paving the way for policy failures in Iraq and Afghanistan and imposing the curse of defeatism on the American people. When thinking of Kissinger’s reputed accomplishments, we might call to mind the passages in the Gospel of Matthew where the devil himself tempted Jesus with rule over powers and principalities. Jesus merely said: “Get thee hence, Satan,” and the devil was left powerless. The moral stain and political stench of betrayal must be cleansed. We need the right person to make possible such a victory over our sinful past. Pete Hegseth could be the change agent America needs. Hegseth has affirmed that his mission is to focus on warfighting, on how to win when the chips are on the table. As a veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Hegseth knows firsthand the battlefield consequences of weak political leaders who cover their own misjudgments with deceit, who lack any fidelity to those who sacrifice their minds and bodies to execute the mission. To cure the evil left behind by Kissinger and other elites groomed in his image, our national security institutions need a moral reform from top to bottom. This is our opportunity to replace a culture of self-indulgent delusions with a culture of truth and courage. The subtitle to Hegseth’s most recent book — “behind the betrayal of the men who keep us free” — indicates he has internalized the lesson of Kissinger’s betrayal of an earlier generation of Americans and can point our minds and hearts in a new direction of securing our country with pride and honor. Editor’s note: This article was originally published by RealClearDefense and made available via RealClearWire.

On paper, the idea of League of Legends’ new Exalted skins isn’t necessarily a bad one. As Riot Games said itself, it wants to let its developers cook and create high-quality, super-rare, and unique-feeling cosmetic items that can only be obtained through a new, gacha-like mechanic. When you look at so many of the biggest PC games around, such a concept shouldn’t be too controversial. However, Riot’s first attempt - an Arcane-inspired Exalted Jinx skin - has had a pretty rough reception. You’d think that maybe it would take some time to reflect on this, but no - just a day before Arcane Fractured Jinx is set to join the MOBA, Riot has already revealed another new Exalted LoL skin. Continue reading League of Legends is wasting no time showing off its next Exalted skin MORE FROM PCGAMESN: League of Legends ranks explained, League of Legends Mythic shop rotation, League of Legends tier list

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