Talk about election denialism! A whiny columnist for The Chicago Tribune is trying to convince herself that the only reason President-elect Donald Trump won the 2024 election was because of disinformation. Yawn. Sabrina Haake, a freelance columnist for Post-Tribune, a local subsidiary of the Chicago newspaper, wrote one of the dumbest takes on why the American people repudiated the media’s incessant leftist propaganda and elected Trump. “As I see it, Trump didn’t win this election. Disinformation did, demonstrating that the world’s richest men, by funding disinformation, will stop at nothing to end government regulations and taxes, or to defeat democracy itself,” she wrote. Wow, how terrible that people want to limit government overreach! After scolding Americans for making an allegedly “terrible mistake,” the writer advocated for a restructuring of the First Amendment in order to suppress free speech online. Haake equated Trump to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and railed against Americans for embracing “a known monster, someone who sells political violence and hatred, and who tried to overthrow the last election.”  But rather than reflecting on how well each candidate campaigned or the policies they ran on, Haake pinned blame on the social media landscape for spurring the supposedly misinformed right to turn out in droves to vote. “Trump supporters in the U.S. consume right-wing propaganda far more than the rest of the country, which means they were either not informed about Trump’s sinister plans, or Fox and Twitter/X succeeded in scaring them with a firehose of Kamala Harris disinformation.”  Haake even argued for a censorship-friendly interpretation of the Constitution. “First Amendment law needs to catch up with an altered media landscape,” the supposed lawyer screeched. “The First Amendment protects ‘core political speech’ above all other forms of expression. But Musk purchasing Twitter, the world’s town square, only to weaponize it to support his own agenda, and Fox admittedly lying to viewers nonstop to promote Trump, isn’t political speech presumptively entitled to legal protection.”  Ah, so in Haake’s world, those whom she disagrees with don’t necessarily get a guaranteed right to free speech.  Got it. What was revealing about Haake’s mish-mosh of leftist brouhaha was that she ended up spreading disinformation herself while simultaneously claiming to be some sort of truth gatekeeper against disinformation. Nothing made that more clear than her complete gaslighting about the truly decrepit state of the U.S. economy under Biden: We aren’t a hateful nation; we’re a nation that’s been lied to. By Fox, by Russia, by Musk. We have the strongest economy in the world, we recovered post-COVID better than any other advanced economy, unemployment is low, and the Biden stock market hit more records than Trump’s, yet Fox, Musk and Russia convinced half the country that we’re in economic peril. According to AP VoteCast’s sweeping survey and other network exit polls, most voters were focused on a ‘crumbling’ economy, and they broke hard for Trump. Of course, Haake mentioned nothing about how the majority of Americans are struggling to pay their bills, suffering from record credit card debt, and spending thousands of dollars more a year just to maintain the same standard of living they had in January 2021.  She also conveniently left out the crucial factoid that inflation is “also making stock markets appear stronger than they really are and cutting into returns for everyone, including those with retirement accounts,” as Heritage Foundation Senior Research Associate Alexander Frei noted in an Oct. 31 column. In addition, Economist Dan Mitchell’s September 2024 analysis of a Census Bureau report on U.S. income concluded that “families are still worse off than they were before the pandemic.” But Haake, true to form, tried to dismiss any discontent with the current Biden economy as the voters just being stupid. “Economists have observed that the gap between voters’ positive perceptions of their own financial health, compared to their negative perceptions of the country’s economic health, is mainly explained by what they are being told by the media,” she condescended. So who’s doing the lying again, Haake? Conservatives are under attack. Contact the Post-Tribune at 312-222-5998 and demand it distance herself from Sabrina Haake’s outrageous call for censorship.

Multiple local and national publications called the U.S. Senate race in Pennsylvania last week for Republican challenger and combat veteran Dave McCormick. Although the writing is on the wall, Sen. Bob Casey, the Democratic incumbent, has refused to admit defeat. Casey's allies are now engaging in the very conduct and echoing the same kind of language that Democrats have spent years condemning. Days after the Wall Street Journal's editorial board claimed that Marc Elias, elections attorney for the Democratic Party, was "back and trying to steal a Senate seat for Bob Casey," Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley warned that Democratic officials and lawyers "are trying to sow doubt in the democratic process." That doubt is sure to grow now that the state is holding a recount and Democrats are pushing to count illegal ballots. Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt announced Wednesday that the unofficial results, with Philadelphia's legal and uncontested ballots accounted for, automatically triggered a statewide recount under Pennsylvania law. McCormick reportedly leads Casey by 29,338 votes, 48.93% to 48.50%. To avoid a recount, the Republican senator-elect would need to lead his opponent by 0.5%. Schmidt indicated that after completing their initial counts, counties must begin the recount by no later than Nov. 20, then report the results to the state secretary by Nov. 27. The cost to the taxpayer of confirming Casey's loss will be in excess of $1 million. McCormick's communications director Elizabeth Gregory noted, "Senator-Elect McCormick's lead is insurmountable, which the AP made clear. A recount will be a waste of time & taxpayer money, but it is Casey's prerogative. McCormick knows what it's like to lose an election & is sure Senator Casey will eventually reach the right conclusion." Mark Harris, McCormick campaign consultant who has repeatedly emphasized there is no path to victory remaining for Casey, tweeted, "Since 2000, no US Senate race up by more than 500 votes has switched leads. Again I am the broken record but there's no path for Casey except wasting $1M+ of taxpayer [money.]" 'STOP the counting of illegal ballots.' "Recounts are shifting a very small number of votes," Deb Otis, director of research and policy at FairVote, told the Associated Press last month. "We're going to see recounts in 2024 that are not going to change the outcome." The Wall Street Journal editorial board indicated Sunday that a recount would afford Marc Elias "a chance to try his legal shenanigans, which are likely to run the gamut from challenging votes for Mr. McCormick to searching for heretofore undiscovered ballots for Mr. Casey." "Mr. Elias helped to steal a Senate seat in Minnesota for Al Franken in 2008 by finding a judge to count previously rejected ballots and overturn the lead of Republican Norm Coleman," continued the Journal. "The Elias method is to look for friendly judges who will rule in his favor. Pennsylvania has a Republican secretary of state who supervises elections but an especially partisan elected Democratic majority on the state Supreme Court. So far Gov. Josh Shapiro and other officials aren’t commenting on Mr. Elias." Whatley vowed to ensure the RNC and Pennsylvania GOP "will have attorneys and observers in every county in the state to ensure only lawful ballots are counted. Again." According to Whatley, the RNC filed two new lawsuits Wednesday evening in Bucks County and with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to "STOP the counting of illegal ballots." Whatley clarified that Bucks County "is once again violating Pennsylvania law, this time by choosing to count undated and incorrectly dated ballots in a race that Dave McCormick has already won." The lawsuit filed by Senator-elect McCormick and the RNC against Bucks County states that the board's decision "is legally erroneous because undated or misdated mail ballots are invalid as a matter of law and cannot be counted in the 2024 General Election — as the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has already made clear." LevittownNow.com reported that the Democrat-controlled Bucks County Board of Elections approved canvassing and counting for most of the nearly 4,500 provisional ballots it has received. The county election board is also counting hundreds of undated and incorrectly dated mail-in ballots even though the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled and reiterated that county election officials cannot count absentee ballots with incorrect or missing dates. State law requires mail-in ballots to be returned in two envelopes — an inner secrecy envelope and an outer envelope on which voters must pen their signatures and the current date. "The Board's baffling decision not to enforce the date requirement and to count noncompliant ballots thus directly contravenes binding Pennsylvania law," continues the complaint. The lawsuit further claims that the county board's decision violates the U.S. Constitution's Equal Protection Clause and the Pennsylvania Constitution. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Former NFL player Ryan Clark released a video claiming President Donald Trump had a divisive and bigotry-filled term, while President Barack Obama was graceful and without scandal.Clark's video, posted on his X page, seemingly served as an explainer for the statement he released after Trump won the election, in which he said, "The majority has spoken & Donald Trump is OUR President. I will respect him & his office as such."The former ESPN host and now host for Fanatics said he got a lot of pushback from his "community" regarding his post and proceeded to explain in detail why he doesn't like President Trump. — (@) Clark claimed in his video that after Trump's election, his oldest daughter got up at 7 a.m. and lay in bed with her grandmother and cried. He likened this to many Kamala Harris supporters who felt "sadness" and "depression" because Trump won.He then compared Trump's tenure to that of Obama, stating that Obama represented the United States "with class, and with grace, and with elegance, and with decency."He added that Obama had "no scandals" and no felony charges, while Trump ran a campaign and a presidency based in bigotry and hate.Clark finished by saying that he doesn't "and won't" respect Trump but will respect the office of the president.Many commenters found Clark's own video to be divisive despite his stated intent not to be, specifically since the former athlete hammered home in his caption that when Trump came into office he "empowered" bigotry."After 8 years of being represented with class by President Obama the country decided it needed to be 'Great Again.'" "Bigotry was now empowered straight from the Oval Office," Clark added.However, the former Pittsburgh Steeler revealed that "Trump supporters of all colors" have told him he is wrong about the president.He noted that while he is not optimistic, he will also attempt not tobe divisive. Many readers took issue with this."I can't stress this enough but Obama was the most divisive president of all time. The worst of the worst," one reply stated.I can’t stress this enough but Obama was the most divisive president of all time. The worst of the worst.— Mighty Matt ?? (@HskrsStarsBucs) November 11, 2024 Another reader attempted to point out Clark's hypocrisy for making derogatory claims about Trump while also saying he wasn't going to be divisive himself. “Bigotry was now empowered straight from the Oval Office”“Since, I want good for us all I won’t be divisive.”?♂️— Nick Dreyer (@nrdreyer0) November 12, 2024 Clark's tactic of rattling off claims about the president without context or rebuttal has become a go-to for many of his detractors. Noting his felony charges and impeachments in such a manner appears to be more of a signal by Clark to his supporters that he is is with them rather than a sign that he is truly open to understanding his political opponents.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

“Make America Healthy Again” was a winning message for Trump’s campaign, especially considering the government appears to have been making America as unhealthy as possible over the past four years. “There’s been such a groundswell across political categories of Americans who, just looking around, they can tell that people are spiritually and physically unwell, that there’s a pandemic of sorts of just real unfitness in America, and they’re suspicious of their food, they’re suspicious of vaccines,” James Poulos of “Zero Hour” tells Senator Rand Paul. Paul agrees, telling Poulos that “the government needs to turn over a new leaf and try being honest.” “Because of their vast dishonesty, people are hesitant. People don’t believe the government any more, and I’ll give you an example of why they probably shouldn’t,” he adds, before citing the COVID response as the primary reason. “The vaccine committees that came forward to approve a booster vaccine for COVID, they really recommended only for over 65, or those who are at risk for COVID. The Biden administration, though, came forward and said, ‘No, your 6-month-old should take it. Everybody from 6 months of age and up should take this COVID vaccine,’” he continues. “Well, when you do the investigation, you find that the vaccine is actually of greater risk to a young person, to a child, a toddler, adolescent, teenager, young adult, than the disease,” he adds. But why wouldn’t they warn the American people that the cure may be more dangerous than the disease? Because that’s not how the pharmaceutical companies, who worked with the federal government to make the vaccines, make their money. “It appears as if the government perhaps is more concerned with the profit of Pfizer and Moderna than they are actually with the truth,” Paul says, adding, “People are suspecting everything the government tells them, because we’ve had such a spate of dishonesty.” Want more from James Poulos?To enjoy more of James's visionary commentary on politics, tech, ideas, and culture, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

A furious Southern California high school teacher who freaked out in a classroom over a student wearing a hat in support of President-elect Donald Trump has been placed on leave.The Chino Valley Unified School District placed the English teacher on leave after a recording of his rant surfaced, KCAL-TV reported Wednesday.'The district policy is that you are not allowed to wear hats in class, and it is required of a student to remove them in class. The student refused to do so.'KTTV-TV said the outbursts from the "popular teacher" at Chino High School came the day after last week's presidential election.Corey DeAngelis, senior fellow at the American Culture Project, posted snippets of the teacher's outbursts on X."A child molester, huh?" the teacher said on one video clip. "Vote for that freaking rapist. ... I'm sorry, guys. I'm sorry. I have a daughter, I have three nieces, and he'd rape them, and people are voting for him. Christians are voting for him. Bunch of losers. Fake Christians."The teacher said in another clip, "I'm pissed, people voting for a freaking rapist, and I'm pissed off" before adding, "I don't care, fire the hell out of me. I'm fighting for my daughter, my nieces, their rights."The teacher is heard in another clip hollering to "turn it off and ... go back to your freaking seat now! Go!" Immediately afterward, the teacher is heard speaking — presumably on a phone or intercom, "Can you send security up, please? ... I have a boy who has a Trump hat on, and I'm not gonna tolerate it today, bye bye." In that same clip, the teacher then appears to speak to a student: "I don't care if you have a Harris hat or a Trump hat, you're outta here. You know better. Tell [Principal John] Miller, 'I should have the right to vote for a rapist and a child molester,' go for it, go for it. I don't give a F!"'This has made a lot of students very sad because it makes the school look bad. Because it makes it look like we have crazy teachers here when we don't.'In another clip — in which he seems to be out of breath — the teacher snaps at another student, "Excuse me! What's wrong with me?" When the student appears to ask what the other student's hat said, the teacher replies, "Trump. The rapist. Even Trumpers don't deny it; they just vote for him ... gonna get rid of 20 million immigrants. ... You know who should get out? You know who owns this land? ... Native Americans."Students stage a walkoutKCAL said dozens of Chino High School students left their classrooms Wednesday during their second and third periods to support their teacher, whom they hadn't seen since the incident."The district policy is that you are not allowed to wear hats in class, and it is required of a student to remove them in class," one of the protesting students, Bridget Moore, told KCAL. "The student refused to do so."KCAL said the school district confirmed that hats aren't permitted in classrooms.However, Chino Valley Unified School District board president Sonja Shaw told KTTV previously that while the school has a dress code, it refers to indecent exposure and hate language — and that a Trump hat "is not out of code.""We had many students wearing T-shirts supporting both sides of the political debate in several schools without issue," Shaw added to KTTV.KCAL added that hundreds of students signed an online petition in support of the teacher in question, saying the recordings of his meltdown don't show what led up to it."He deserves to know everybody cares about him and shouldn't lose his job over something a student caused," another protesting student Katrina Munoz told KCAL.The students who took part in the walkout were marked not present for class, KCAL added."This has made a lot of students very sad because it makes the school look bad," Moore also told KCAL. "Because it makes it look like we have crazy teachers here when we don't."You can view a video report here about the controversy.We have a trifectaWith the Chino High School teacher getting placed on leave, that means all of the anti-Trump teachers Blaze News has covered this week — so far, at least — have seen their meltdowns ending badly.Indeed, a Connecticut special-education teacher who threatened Trump voters in a viral video has resigned. Annie Dunleavy of Chapman Elementary School in Cheshire spoke in person with WTNH-TV in the aftermath, tearfully at times trying to explain herself.Also, a teacher at a different Southern California public high school who went on a profane rant in his Advanced Placement world history class against Trump the day after the election was placed on administrative leave.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

In Episode 372 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger hike the woods of Erving, Massachusetts, searching for the former “castle” of the hermit John Smith who lived in a cave in the woods for more than 30 years in the latter half of the 1800s. Two books were published that included his writing and remarkable story. BECOME A LEGENDARY PATRON: https://www.patreon.com/NewEnglandLegends CREDITS: Produced and hosted by: Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger Edited by: Ray Auger Guest Voice Actor: Michael Legge Theme Music by: John Judd SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST FOR FREE: Apple Podcasts/iTunes | Spotify | Pandora | Amazon Podcasts | TuneIn | iHeartRadio JOIN OUR SUPER-SECRET: New England Legends Facebook Group

A curious Reddit post showing a burned-out AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D could have new AMD CPU owners concerned. Questions have been asked about whether the motherboard or CPU itself is faulty, but it looks like it could be down to a simple user error, rather than a more serious design problem. A worst-case scenario for AMD would be a wider fault with its brand new chip, which is already the best gaming CPU you can buy. That would certainly put a spring in the steps of Intel, which itself has faced a terrible crisis with voltage fluctuations in its Raptor Lake CPUs, leading to game crashes and even damaged CPUs. However, the physical evidence of this burned 9800X3D doesn’t point to a flawed design that needs fixing in this case, as we’ll explain. Continue reading This burned-out AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D gaming CPU isn’t what it seems MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Ryzen 7 7800X3D review, Best gaming CPU, Radeon RX 7800 XT review

Elon Musk Points to Where There's 'a Lot of Opportunity for DOGE' to Save Taxpayer $$$

This Ain't an Airport, BRO --> Justine Bateman Perfectly MOCKS Don Lemon 'Announcing' His X Departure

As game technology improves, graphics become increasingly more realistic and impactful, allowing us to enjoy titles with an outstanding visual presentation.