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One of the world’s top artificial intelligence chatbots appears frozen in time when it comes to prompts concerning the Hunter Biden laptop bombshell and the Trump-Russia collusion media hoax. When queried‚ Google’s Bard told MRC Free Speech America that the Hunter Biden laptop bombshell is still unverified‚ and it refused to provide information on the since-disproven Trump-Russia collusion media narrative. MRC Free Speech America prompted Bard‚ Google’s so-called cutting-edge AI chatbot‚ to provide information about the “Hunter Biden laptop” and the “Trump-Russia collusion” scandals on Dec. 20. Bard's responses were striking‚ to say the least: Bard went above and beyond to sow doubt about the Hunter Biden laptop bombshell report (which served as a precursor to the Biden bribery scandal)‚ claiming the “authenticity” of the laptop and its content “has been contested.” In contrast‚ Bard claimed ignorance regarding the Trump-Russia media hoax‚ refusing to address the debunked conspiracy theory. After providing some basic information regarding the laptop story‚ Bard specifically claimed: “The authenticity of the laptop and its contents has been contested‚ with concerns about chain of custody and potential manipulation. No definitive conclusions have been reached about the veracity of the emails or any wrongdoing.” Bard also added a note that "no charges have been filed” against Hunter Biden.  But there’s more. Bard continued to run cover for the Biden family. “The situation is complex and constantly evolving‚ with no clear consensus. It's crucial to consider information from various sources and perspectives before forming an opinion‚” Bard said. “Be wary of claims presented as facts without clear evidence or context. Here are some resources for further exploration‚ representing different viewpoints.” But the Hunter Biden laptop has been authenticated‚ even by leftist rags such as The New York Times and The Washington Post. In fact‚ the laptop is so real that Hunter Biden is suing the computer repairman who initially exposed the laptop for mishandling his property‚ and former New York City Mayor and Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani over the release of its contents. MRC Free Speech America researchers posed a similar question related to the allegations that Trump‚ as a 2016 presidential candidate‚ colluded with the Russian government. “What can you tell me about the Trump-Russia collusion scandal?” MRC researchers asked Bard‚ to which the chatbot inexplicably replied: “I do not have enough information about that person to help with your request.”  The bot cunningly added‚ “I am a large language model‚ and I am able to communicate and generate human-like text in response to a wide range of prompts and questions‚ but my knowledge about this person is limited. Is there anything else I can do to help you with this request?”  More on Bard’s Bias: MRC VP Dan Schneider: Google's AI Is ‘Running Cover for Hamas' MRC Free Speech America Director Michael Morris rebuked Bard’s biased responses‚ questioning Bard’s disturbing failure to address the significance of the media touting the Trump-Russia media hoax while seemingly defending the Bidens from numerous allegations and scandals. “How is it possible that Bard provided such a glowing response for the Bidens but couldn’t provide information on the Trump-Russia collusion hoax so heavily trumpeted by the media?” Morris asked. “This comes as little surprise. MRC researchers have repeatedly caught Google running cover for the left.” Bard’s answers coincided with MRC Free Speech America’s publication of an end-of-year compilation of the worst cases of censorship in 2023. The report notably highlighted Google‚ Bard’s parent company‚ as the “worst” censor of 2023. An earlier report revealed that Google censored 2024 presidential candidates from both major political parties more times than any other platform and made up 92 percent of the presidential censorship cases recorded in MRC’s exclusive CensorTrack.org database. First reported by the New York Post‚ the Hunter Biden laptop bombshell would ultimately expose disturbing allegations of bribery‚ corruption and an alleged influence-peddling scheme that became the center of an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden. In contrast‚ the Trump administration was mired by false allegations that his campaign worked hand in hand with the Russian government to clinch victory in the 2016 presidential election. These claims were proven as false by then-Special Counsel John Durham. See the full answers below: What can you tell me about the Trump-Russia collusion scandal? I do not have enough information about that person to help with your request. I am a large language model‚ and I am able to communicate and generate human-like text in response to a wide range of prompts and questions‚ but my knowledge about this person is limited. Is there anything else I can do to help you with this request?   What can you tell me about Hunter Biden laptop scandal? The Hunter Biden laptop controversy is a complex and highly politicized issue‚ with differing perspectives and ongoing investigations. Here's a summary of the key points: Origin: In October 2020‚ the New York Post published a story about a laptop allegedly belonging to Hunter Biden‚ containing emails and other data purportedly recovered from a Delaware repair shop. Rudy Giuliani‚ a lawyer for then-President Trump‚ provided the materials. Key claims: Emails suggested potential conflicts of interest and questionable business dealings involving Hunter Biden‚ including his work for Burisma Holdings‚ a Ukrainian energy company‚ while his father was Vice President. Some claimed it showed evidence of a "quid pro quo" with Ukraine related to Joe Biden's official role. Evidence and investigations: The authenticity of the laptop and its contents has been contested‚ with concerns about chain of custody and potential manipulation. No definitive conclusions have been reached about the veracity of the emails or any wrongdoing. Multiple investigations into Hunter Biden's business dealings are ongoing‚ but no charges have been filed. Context and perspectives: The controversy emerged near the 2020 US presidential election and became a key talking point for Republicans and conservative media. Supporters of the investigation argue it's important to hold anyone in power accountable for potential misconduct. Critics argue the focus on Hunter Biden is politically motivated and an attempt to damage President Joe Biden. Important to note: The situation is complex and constantly evolving‚ with no clear consensus. It's crucial to consider information from various sources and perspectives before forming an opinion. Be wary of claims presented as facts without clear evidence or context. Here are some resources for further exploration‚ representing different viewpoints: Sources supporting the allegations: House Oversight Committee - Biden Family Investigation‚ Rudy Giuliani's website Sources questioning the allegations: CNN Coverage‚ Fact-checking articles from Reuters and AP Ultimately‚ it's up to you to decide how much weight to give to the various claims and perspectives. Remember to remain critical and open to new information as the situation unfolds. Please let me know if you have any other questions or would like me to elaborate on specific aspects of the controversy. 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.

Throughout all of 2023‚ the late night comedians told a total of 9‚518 political jokes‚ and of these 7‚729 or 81 percent were directed at someone or something on the right side of the political spectrum‚ an MRC study has found. From January 3 through December 22‚ MRC analysts analyzed all six of the daily late night shows: Comedy Central’s The Daily Show‚ ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!‚ NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Late Night with Seth Meyers‚ CBS’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and The Late Late Show with James Corden until its April cancellation. A complete breakdown of all 9‚518 jokes can be found here‚ but detailed below is a summary of all six shows both collectively and individually‚ but first here is a montage put together by NewsBusters media editor Bill D'Agostino that summarizes the type of jokes told in 2023 inspired by the worst late night moments of the year.     Late Night 2023 Findings: 552 Episodes Of the remaining jokes‚ 1‚601 targeted the left and 186 were directed at people‚ groups‚ or institutions not associated with either side. Additionally‚ 493 unique targets were joked about‚ 285 of which were on the right‚ 167 of which were on the left‚ and 41 of which were non-partisan.  The top ten included nine right-leaners and only one-left leaner. In order‚ they were Donald Trump (2‚440)‚ Joe Biden (912)‚ George Santos (835)‚ Republicans (371)‚ Ron DeSantis (310)‚ Tucker Carlson (265)‚ Rudy Giuliani (242)‚ Mike Pence (205)‚ and Kevin McCarthy and Marjorie Taylor Greene (196 each). Compared with the former vice president getting 205 jokes‚ the current vice president‚ Kamala Harris‚ was targeted for only 34 jokes. When it came to Congressional leadership‚ Republican leaders were targeted way more often than Democrats to the tune of 338-9 (Mike Johnson: 103‚ Mitch McConnell: 39 vs. Chuck Schumer: 9). Mike Johnson assumed the Speaker's office on October 25. Somehow‚ House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jefferies was never joked about. There are two ways to look at joke comparisons between presidential kids. Either take Donald Trump Jr. (136)‚ Eric Trump (91)‚ and Ivanka Trump (23) as a collective to compare against Hunter Biden (1:1 ratio) or view them as four separate people (3:1 ratio). Either way‚ Trump’s children were joked about in far greater numbers than Hunter at 250-27 or a ratio of over 9:1. Cable news that leans conservative was also ridiculed far more often than liberal cable news with a score of 179-18 with Fox News getting 173 jokes and Newsmax getting six compared to CNN's 14 and MSNBC's four. Conservative Supreme Court Justices were also targeted more than their liberal counterparts and not just at the 2:1 ratio that exists on the Court‚ but at 64-1. (That's Clarence Thomas: 51‚ Samuel Alito: 4‚ Brett Kavanaugh: 4‚ Neil Gorsuch: 3‚ Amy Coney Barrett and John Roberts: 1 vs. Elena Kagan: 1). Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson escaped ridicule completely. Other interesting tidbits include that "The Squad" -- Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez‚ Ilhan Omar‚ Rashida Tlaib‚ and fire alarm-puller Jamaal Bowman -- had a combined zero jokes told about them. Additionally‚ there were more joke told about Abraham Lincoln and his top hat (6) than Bob Menendez‚ indicted Democratic senator‚ former chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee‚ and alleged foreign agent of Egypt (4). Martin Van Buren (3)‚ Chester Arthur‚ and NORAD commander Glenn VanHerck (2) all had more jokes directed at them than Secretary of State Antony Blinken (1) and disgraced former Harvard President Claudine Gay (1). Other than Joe Biden‚ no Democrat placed in the top 25. One would have to go to Bernie Sanders (53) in 26th place to find the next lefty. Congress (57)‚ as an institution‚ at 25‚ was the only other non-right leaner in the top 25. To break it down by program:    ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live!: 100 Episodes The top insult hurler of the four permanent hosts‚ Jimmy Kimmel is the most mean-spirited and most partisan of the analyzed sextet with 2‚215 jokes in 2023‚ and of these 1‚960 or 88 percent were directed at right-leaning targets‚ 237 were directed against left-leaners‚ and 18 were directed against non-partisans. Additionally‚ Kimmel focused on 142 unique targets‚ 94 of whom were on the right‚ 37 of whom were on the left‚ and 11 of whom were non-partisan. In his top ten‚ there were nine right-leaners and one left-leaner: Donald Trump (762)‚ George Santos (276)‚ Joe Biden (164)‚ Mike Lindell (106)‚ Mike Pence (72)‚ Republicans (62)‚ Donald Trump Jr. (58)‚ Tucker Carlson (53)‚ Marjorie Taylor Greene (47)‚ and Ted Cruz (38). On the matter of recent vice presidents‚ in addition to the aforementioned Pence‚ Kamala Harris was only joked about once. Likewise‚ on the subject of Congressional leaders Mike Johnson (21)‚ Kevin McCarthy (27)‚ and Mitch McConnell (1) outnumbered Chuck Schumer 49-1. When it came to presidential kids‚ Donald Trump Jr.‚ Eric Trump (32)‚ and Ivanka Trump (11) outscored Hunter Biden by a score of 101-9. Similarly‚ on the media‚ Fox News (28) and Newsmax (3) outnumbered jokes about CNN 31-1. Kimmel told no jokes about the Supreme Court justices.   CBS: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: 86 Episodes Late night’s resident group therapist‚ Stephen Colbert is who liberals tune into for a cathartic experience where they boo Republicans and cheer their misfortune. Pre-strike Colbert gave Donald Trump the He Who Must Not Be Named treatment‚ going so far as to censor his name in on-screen graphics. That went away post-strike‚ but still among America’s leading voices on the religious left‚ Colbert reliably brought liberalism in 2023 to the tune of 1‚655 jokes out of a total of 1‚918 or 86 percent. Of the remaining jokes‚ 219 were directed towards the left with 44 being directed at non-partisan targets. Colbert went after 205 different figures in 2023 with 136 being on the right‚ 51 being on the left‚ and 18 being non-partisan. For his top ten‚ Colbert also featured nine right-leaners and one left-leaner. They were Donald Trump (385)‚ George Santos (262)‚ Joe Biden (119)‚ Republicans (85)‚ Kevin McCarthy (76)‚ Ron DeSantis (66)‚ Tucker Carlson (49)‚ Fox News (48)‚ Rudy Giuliani (40)‚ and Mike Johnson (38). Mike Pence drew 34 jokes to Kamala Harris getting one. Adding to Kevin McCarthy and Mike Johnson‚ Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell was the targeted five times for a combined score of 119-0 on the Congressional leader scorecard. On presidential children‚ Eric Trump was targeted 24 times‚ Donald Trump Jr. 16 times‚ and Ivanka Trump and Hunter two times each for a total of 42-2 or a 21:1 ratio. Newsmax and CNN were each targeted one time to bring the cable outlets score to 49-1. When it came time to discuss the Court‚ jokes directed at conservatives outnumbered liberals 28-0 (Clarence Thomas: 21‚ Samuel Alito: 4‚ Neil Gorsuch‚ Amy Coney Barrett‚ and Brett Kavanaugh: 1).   NBC: Late Night with Seth Meyers: 96 Episodes Due to his over-long “Closer Look” segment that is basically just primetime MSNBC with random digressions‚ eccentric metaphors‚ and lamentful comparisons to the New York Jets and Mets‚ Meyers told the most total jokes in 2023 as he worked to provide his audience with the left’s latest talking points. He checked in with 2‚445 total jokes‚ 2‚050 or 84 percent of which targeted those on the right‚ 355 targeted those on the left‚ and 40 were non-partisan. Meyers targeted 192 unique people and groups with 119 of those being on the right side of the spectrum‚ 51 on the left‚ and 22 were non-partisan. Meyers’s top ten also featured nine right-leaners and one left-leaner. They were Donald Trump (697)‚ Joe Biden (220)‚ Rudy Giuliani (161)‚ Republicans (126)‚ Ron DeSantis (117)‚ George Santos (93)‚ Tucker Carlson (81)‚ Marjorie Taylor Greene (65)‚ Kevin McCarthy (54)‚ and Fox News (46). Former Vice President Mike Pence was the target of 40 jokes while Kamala Harris was the target of only five. Republican Congressional leadership outnumbered Democratic leadership 72-1 (Johnson: 12‚ McConnell: 6 vs. Schumer: 1). On the subject of presidential kids‚ Eric Trump was attacked 25 times‚ Donald Trump Jr. 24‚ and Ivanka Trump three times. Hunter Biden was attacked seven times for a cumulative total of 52-7 or over 7:1. For the media‚ Fox and Newsmax (1) outnumbered CNN 47-1. For the Court‚ the count was 12-1 with a breakdown of Clarence Thomas (8)‚ Neil Gorsuch (2)‚ Brett Kavanaugh‚ John Roberts and‚ Elena Kagan (1).   Comedy Central: The Daily Show: 88 Episodes The Daily Show did not have a permeant host in 2023‚ instead choosing to have a carousel of temp hosts. These temp hosts included Daily Show correspondents‚ celebrities‚ and former Democratic officials. All told‚ The Daily Show guest hosts told 1‚277 political jokes in 2023. Of these‚ 1‚002 or 78 percent targeted those on the right‚ 231 focused on the left‚ and 44 were non-partisan. The Daily Show focused its fire on 159 total targets‚ 92 of which were right-leaning‚ 50 of which were left-leaning‚ and 17 of which were non-partisan. Of all the temp hosts who had at least one full week of four episodes‚ John Leguizamo was the most liberal with 98 percent (65/66) of his jokes being directed at right-leaning targets. Hasan Minhaj was the most balanced with 56 percent (20/36) of his jokes being directed towards the right. Minhaj‚ however‚ will almost certainly will not be the new full time host as a result of his scandal where he was found to have lied about his past in his jokes in order to make his point about alleged Islamophobia in America. A complete breakdown of all the temp hosts can be found here. For its top ten‚ The Daily Show also included nine right-leaners and one left-leaner. They were Donald Trump (178)‚ George Santos (90)‚ Joe Biden (68) Tucker Carlson (63)‚ Republicans (57)‚ MAGA/Trump supporters (48)‚ Ron DeSantis (42)‚ conservatives (41)‚ Fox News (29)‚ and Marjorie Taylor Greene (26). Former Vice President Mike Pence (23) was targeted more often than current Vice President Kamala Harris (7) while Republican leadership was targeted much more often than Democratic leadership‚ 34-3 (Kevin McCarthy (2)‚ Mike Johnson (21)‚ Mitch McConnell (11) vs. Chuck Schumer (3)). The trio of Donald Trump Jr. (8)‚ Eric Trump (1)‚ and Ivanka Trump (3) were joked about more often (12) than Hunter (6)‚ but only at a 2:1 ratio. Fox News and Newsmax (1) were joked about 30 times while CNN (1) and MSNBC (4) were only joked about five times. Conservative justices were joked about 20 times (Clarence Thomas:18 and Brett Kavanaugh: 2) while no liberal justice was targeted.   NBC: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: 129 Episodes With his affinity for wordplay and puns‚ Jimmy Fallon is probably the least mean-spirited of his contemporaries and despite being on the air an extra day every week‚ told considerably less jokes than the other three permanent hosts. However‚ Fallon’s joke totals still had a slant that‚ while considerably less than the others‚ was still somewhat significant with 929 of his 1‚416 (66 percent) political jokes being directed towards the right. That left 455 for left-leaners and 32 for non-partisans. Fallon poked fun at 196 unique targets‚ 103 of whom were on the right‚ 85 of whom were on the left‚ and 18 of whom were non-partisan. In his top ten‚ Fallon featured eight right-leaners‚ two left-leaners‚ and non-partisan. They were Donald Trump (364)‚ Joe Biden (264)‚ George Santos (99)‚ Ron DeSantis (56)‚ Mike Pence (35)‚ Kevin McCarthy and Republicans (34)‚ Donald Trump Jr. (30)‚ Marjorie Taylor Greene (21)‚ and Kamala Harris and Congress (18). In addition to McCarthy‚ Fallon went after Mitch McConnell 16 times and Mike Johnson 11 times. He also went after Chuck Schumer four times for a final score of 61-4. Fallon targeted Trump’s kids more often to a tune of 43-2 (Eric Trump: 9 and Ivanka Trump: 4 vs. Hunter Biden: 2) or over 21:1. On the media side‚ Fallon was more even with Fox being targeted 14 times to CNN’s 10. When it came to SCOTUS‚ Clarence Thomas was targeted four times while the other eight escaped ridicule.   CBS: The Late Late Show with James Corden: 53 Episodes NOTE: The Late Late Show was cancelled on April 27. While he definitely had his moments of being a flaming liberal partisan‚ James Corden was on average the least partisan of the six late night talk shows. He told 245 political jokes in 2023‚ 133 (54 percent) were on the right‚ 104 were of the left‚ and eight were non-partisan. Corden also targeted a total of 39 people and organizations‚ 20 of which were on the right‚ 14 were on the left‚ and five were non-partisan. His top ten included seven right-leaning targets‚ four left-leaning‚ and one non-partisan. They were Joe Biden (77)‚ Donald Trump (54)‚ George Santos (15)‚ Ted Cruz (13)‚ Fox News and Tucker Carlson (8)‚ Ron DeSantis and Republicans (7)‚ and Jill Biden (6). There were four jokes about Democrats‚ four about the military (during the Chinese spy-balloon scandal) and four on Doug Emhoff‚ the husband of Vice President Harris. The Jill Biden-Doug Emhoff jokes came with their kiss at the State of the Union address. On Congressional leaders‚ he also targeted Kevin McCarthy three times and the others zero times. For cable news‚ he targeted Fox eight times while not going after Newsmax‚ CNN‚ and MSNBC.  Corden told no jokes about Supreme Court justices. He was unique in that he told more jokes about Kamala Harris (2) than Mike Pence (1) and more jokes about Hunter Biden (1) than the Trump kids (0). METHODOLOGY: The definition of a joke was anything that attempted to get people to laugh‚ which is not necessarily the same thing as a line meant to elicit applause or booing from the studio audience. To remain as objective as possible‚ jokes were not evaluated for harshness (i.e. a name-based pun is the same as a joke about character or policy)‚ whether the target could be said to have “deserved it‚” meaning whether or not the argument behind the joke was true or whether the target was hit from the left or the right. Only Jokes about people‚ groups of people (i.e. Republicans)‚ or institutions runs by people (i.e. Fox News). Only Americans or people with ties to American politics were included. Jokes about multiple people were counted as separate jokes (i.e. one for Donald Trump Jr. and one for Eric Trump). The target did not have to be mentioned directly (i.e. “Florida has done X” could be interpreted as “Ron DeSantis has done X” or “Republicans have done X” depending on context) and simply because a joke mentioned someone by name‚ does not mean they were the intended target (i.e. “Joe Biden was in Kyiv to look for Hunter Biden’s other laptop” is actually a sarcastic joke mocking Republican oversight theories and priorities). Jokes could be told by anybody including hosts‚ guests‚ show writers‚ or be part of a sketch. Jokes told by The Daily Show correspondents outside of their week of solo temp hosting were including in that week’s host (i.e. Jokes told by Desi Lydic during Al Franken’s week are included under Franken). Jokes by hosts or guests about themselves were not included. Jokes did not have to be audible (i.e. body language parodies or unflattering photos) to be included. Video or sound clips of targets‚ including Man-on-the-Street interviews‚ were evaluated on a case-by-case basis to judge whether the stated remarks or physical action (i.e. Biden tripping on the steps of Air Force One) was itself the joke or used for exposition. NOTES: Kevin McCarthy’s leadership counts includes jokes after his removal from the Speakership. All jokes about Mike Johnson were after his election as Speaker. Bob Menendez’s count includes jokes before his scandal.

CNN held two presidential town halls on Thursday in Iowa‚ one with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and another with former Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley and while most of the questions were good or unobjectionable as they came from actual Republican voters. However‚ when CNN deviated from that formula things went sideways as DeSantis was asked how many people he was willing to kill to secure the border and Haley was asked about kicking Gazans out of Gaza. DeSantis went first and moderator Kaitlan Collins introduced the questioner as Joseph Howe‚ “He is a business consultant from Des Moines‚ who is the former Iowa Libertarian state chair. He now says he is Republican and he's undecided. Joseph?”     Bad Libertarian habits die hard as Howe quizzed DeSantis about the border‚ “Yeah‚ thanks for being here. Governor‚ almost all illegal migrants crossing the border carry a backpack or bag‚ very few are cartel members. If you order to shoot on sight‚ now excepting women and children‚ how many innocent people are you willing to have killed to kill one low-level drug mule?” DeSantis responded by comparing drug cartels to the insurgents in the Iraq War‚ “Well‚ Joseph‚ thanks for that‚ but I take issue with the premise of that. When you're conducting military operations‚ you're not just doing that willy-nilly. I'm the only one running for president that actually has served overseas‚ in a war‚ in the Iraq campaign. They didn't dress‚ they didn't wear uniforms. You had to positively identify. People would have hostile actions‚ hostile intent. And then you would be able to engage.” He also took issue with the media on the issue‚ “So‚ it's going to be the same type of thing. It's not going to be -- and it's anything like we do even in-- domestically‚ when a police officer would engage. So it's not going to be done the way the media saying it's going to be done‚ but I will tell you this‚ I've been down there. The cartel will cut holes in the actual border wall and they will come through with fentanyl.” After Collins and DeSantis‚ it was time for Erin Burnett and Haley to take the stage. While discussing the Israel-Hamas War‚ Burnett wondered what Haley’s vision for life after the war looks like: Obviously‚ what's happening in Gaza‚ though‚ there's‚ you know‚ a horrific loss of civilian life going on as well and a huge‚ stratospheric loss. Two Israeli cabinet members came out this week‚ and they actually advocated for relocating people from Gaza out of Gaza‚ basically‚ Palestinians out of Gaza‚ and that there are some in the Israeli government that support that. Would a President Haley support that? Would you support removing Palestinians from Gaza? Haley didn’t take the bait‚ “I don't think you have to remove Palestinians from Gaza. I think you have to remove Hamas from Gaza. But I think you also need to make sure that Israelis can feel safe again. And the way Israelis will feel safe‚ they're not opposed to Palestinians being in Gaza. They're opposed to terrorists being in Gaza. They're opposed to terrorists being at their doorstep.” Two rationale answers to two questions seeking to create inflammatory headlines. Here are transcripts for the January 4 town halls: CNN Republican Presidential Town Hall with Ron DeSantis 1/4/2024 9:09 PM ET KAITLAN COLLINS: Well‚ Governor‚ I'm glad you brought up immigration because we actually have a question on immigration from our next questioner. This is Joseph Howe. He is a business consultant from Des Moines‚ who is the former Iowa Libertarian state chair. He now says he is Republican and he's undecided. Joseph? JOSEPH HOWE: Yeah‚ thanks for being here. Governor‚ almost all illegal migrants crossing the border carry a backpack or bag‚ very few are cartel members. If you order to shoot on sight‚ now excepting women and children‚ how many innocent people are you willing to have killed to kill one low-level drug mule? RON DESANTIS: Well‚ Joseph‚ thanks for that‚ but I take issue with the premise of that. When you're conducting military operations‚ you're not just doing that willy-nilly. I'm the only one running for president that actually has served overseas‚ in a war‚ in the Iraq campaign. They didn't dress‚ they didn't wear uniforms. You had to positively identify. People would have hostile actions‚ hostile intent. And then you would be able to engage. So‚ it's going to be the same type of thing. It's not going to be -- and it's anything like we do even in-- domestically‚ when a police officer would engage. So it's not going to be done the way the media saying it's going to be done‚ but I will tell you this‚ I've been down there. The cartel will cut holes in the actual border wall and they will come through with fentanyl. So‚ my question to you and other critics who don't say‚ how many fentanyl deaths are enough? Are we just supposed to sit here and let this happen? I think the president not only has a right‚ I think you have a responsibility to fight back against these people. I am sick and tired of seeing the carnage in this country. And in my travels through Iowa‚ I've met Angel Parents‚ people that have lost kids to fentanyl overdose. And a lot of times‚ these are not drug addicts. These are-- may be a college student that is stressed out during exams so they buy a pill thinking it's going to help 'em get through the night. And it turns it's laced with fentanyl. That could be enough to poison that student to death. And so‚ this is shattering families. It's shattering communities. The people in D.C.‚ they just shrug their shoulder. They could care less about what's going on. Well‚ I care about this. I care about defending American communities and American families. And so‚ yes‚ they have killed more Americans than all the terrorist groups in this -- in this world combined over the last five years. When is enough‚ enough? *** CNN Republican Presidential Town Hall with Nikki Haley 1/4/2024 10:33 PM ET ERIN BURNETT: And‚ Ambassador -- I know‚ obviously‚ you were ambassador to U.N.‚ and that's in the capacity you went into the tunnels. Obviously‚ what's happening in Gaza‚ though‚ there's‚ you know‚ a horrific loss of civilian life going on as well and a huge‚ stratospheric loss. Two Israeli cabinet members came out this week‚ and they actually advocated for relocating people from Gaza out of Gaza‚ basically‚ Palestinians out of Gaza‚ and that there are some in the Israeli government that support that. Would a President Haley support that? Would you support removing Palestinians from Gaza? NIKKI HALEY: I don't think you have to remove Palestinians from Gaza. I think you have to remove Hamas from Gaza. But I think you also need to make sure that Israelis can feel safe again. And the way Israelis will feel safe‚ they're not opposed to Palestinians being in Gaza. They're opposed to terrorists being in Gaza. They're opposed to terrorists being at their doorstep. And so Israel doesn't want Gaza. I mean‚ if you look at what Hamas has done to Gaza‚ Israel doesn't want Gaza. But the Palestinian Authority has proven they have an inability to lead and the reason they have an inability to lead is‚ they allowed Hamas to come in and do all of this to the people of Gaza. So‚ I don't think we remove Palestinians‚ but I think they have to have some sort of leadership that ensures to Israelis that they don't have to worry about terrorists living on their doorstep.

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Students returning to school for their second semester in the small town of Perry‚ Iowa‚ were met Thursday morning with gunfire and bloodshed. The suspect responsible for ushering in the new year with senseless violence appears to have been yet another butcher captive to trans ideology. According to authorities‚ the 17-year-old suspect‚ a student at the school‚ stalked the halls of Perry Middle and High School Thursday morning armed with a pump-action shotgun‚ a homemade bomb‚ and a small-caliber handgun. He began opening fire on children and staff around 7:47 a.m.‚ before the start of classes. Dallas County Sheriff Adam Infante indicated the fact classes had not yet begun may have been a limiting factor on the number of victims ultimately attacked‚ reported Newsweek. "School didn't start yet‚ luckily‚ so there were very few students and faculty in the building‚ which I think contributed to a good outcome in that sense‚" said Infante. The suspect murdered a sixth-grader from Perry Middle School and injured five others‚ four of whom were students. The fifth victim was identified by the school district as the school's principal‚ Dan Marburger. Three of the victims were taken to Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines‚ and others were taken to MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center‚ reported the Associated Press — a news agency that has attempted to paint the shooter as a victim of bullying. One of the survivors is in critical condition. The other four are reportedly now in stable condition. Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds said in a statement‚ "Our hearts are broken by this senseless tragedy. Our prayers are with the students‚ teachers &; families of the Perry Community." Reynolds thanked police and first responders for their fast response‚ stating‚ "Their heroic actions today we can say saved lives." Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation Assistant Director Mitch Mortvedt underscored during a press conference Thursday that the response by law enforcement was swift and unflinching. At least 150 law enforcement agents ultimately rushed to the scene. "Perry Police officers responded within minutes. They immediately made entry and witnessed students and faculty either sheltering in place or running from the school‚" said Mortvedt. "Once inside‚ they located multiple individuals with gunshot wounds. Officers immediately attempted to locate the source of the threat and quickly found what appeared to be the shooter with a self-inflicted gunshot wound." The shooter evidently offed himself before being able to deploy his improvised explosive device against innocents. Mortvedt indicated that the bomb‚ which was "pretty rudimentary‚" was successfully neutralized by the state fire marshal and Bureau of Alcohol‚ Tobacco‚ Firearms and Explosives agents. Investigators are now analyzing the suspect's posts on social media‚ particularly on Reddit and TikTok — both of which have been deactivated. Prior to the shooting‚ the suspect reportedly posted a selfie taken inside the school's bathroom to his TikTok account along with the lyrics "now we wait" from the song "Stray Bullet" from the German band KMFDM. The New York Post highlighted that that the same song referenced by the suspect was also used on the personal website of one of the shooters behind the 1999 Columbine High School massacre. This is the Perry High School shooter\xe2\x80\x99s TikTok account just before they removed his social media. This was the last photo he posted accompanied with the song \xe2\x80\x9cStray Bullet\xe2\x80\x9d by KMFDM. — (@) An archived version of the suspect's TikTok account reveals his bio was limited to an LGBT activist flag emoji. Extra to stating "he/they" pronouns on social media and allegedly engaging with other LGBT activists about transgenderism‚ the suspect also appears to used the hashtag "genderfluid" and posted‚ "love your trans kids." In one of the suspect's alleged Reddit posts‚ he noted he was being held back from beginning the sex-change process because he didn't "want to look ugly." While acknowledging that the shooter may have been trans‚ leftists have rushed to downplay the relevance as well as the corresponding trend. The Advocate‚ an LGBT activist publication‚ stressed‚ "While there have been isolated incidents involving transgender or nonbinary people in mass shootings‚ these are not representative of the broader trend." The 26-year-old behind the Sept. 20‚ 2018‚ mass shooting outside a Rite Aid distribution center in Aberdeen‚ Maryland‚ was a transvestite who had reportedly been receiving hormone therapy and planning to get a sex change operation. The woman behind the 2019 STEM School Highlands Ranch mass shooting in Colorado was also a transvestite transitioning at the time she took aim at unarmed students. The lawyers for the man behind the November 2022 massacre at a non-straight nightclub in Colorado Springs‚ which left five dead and 25 injured‚ indicated he identified as non-binary‚ reported Newsweek. The female LGBT activist who shot up a Christian elementary school in Nashville last March‚ killing three children and three adults‚ was another transvestite who identified as a man. Angela Ferell-Zaballa‚ executive director of the gun-grab group Moms Demand Action‚ told the Advocate‚ "Extremists often try to muddy the waters by blaming our gun violence crisis on mental health or gender identity‚ when often people with these lived realities are most likely to be victims of gun violence‚ rather than perpetrators of it." Sarah Kate Ellis‚ president and CEO of GLAAD‚ stated‚ "Media outlets that speculate on the shooter's identity or their support of LGBTQ rights instead of focusing on those impacted are contributing to a false and sweeping narrative about vulnerable communities." The Human Rights Campaign's national propagandist‚ Brandon Wolf‚ told the Advocate that Libs of TikTok's Chaya Raichik‚ among those who have highlighted the suspect's apparent trans-identification‚ "is using a horrific shooting to try and drum up anti-LGBTQ+ hysteria for her cause. In truth‚ LGBTQ+ people are disproportionately impacted by gun violence‚ a reality made worse by those like her‚ who demonize the community at every turn and peddle dangerous‚ bogus narratives in exchange for influence." LGBTQ Nation‚ which recognized the shooter as "nonbinary‚" similarly lashed out at those dredging up evidence of his LGBT affinities‚ noting‚ "The right-wing focus on gun-toting queers and shooters' mental illness is merely a way to stigmatize queer people while also drawing attention away from gun control regulations that could help stop mass shootings in the first place." Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

San Francisco has finished installing suicide-prevention nets around the Golden Gate Bridge‚ a project that cost the city $224 million.The installation‚ which began in 2018‚ involves a stainless steel net around the perimeter of the 1.7-mile long bridge. "The amount of net that we’re installing is the equivalent of seven football fields‚" according to Paolo Cosulich-Schwartz of the Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District.Although it may save lives‚ the 20 foot fall into stainless steel may still injure jumpers‚ Cosulich-Schwartz told ABC 7 News."People that come to the bridge to harm themselves are in a tremendous amount of pain‚ they want to escape pain‚ a fall into the net is one that will be painful; it is stainless steel‚ it's a 20 foot fall‚ it will be incredibly painful and may cause injury‚" the spokesman added.The representative reportedly noted that the net may not stop all jumps‚ either.Approximately 30 suicide attempts are successful at the bridge each year‚ the outlet reported‚ however 2022 saw less than half with 14.According to CNN‚ there have been more than 1‚800 confirmed jumps from the Golden Gate Bridge since its erection in 1937‚ with an incident occurring the same year it was opened.Another reported 39 people have survived the jump. One of those people is Kevin Hines‚ a man whose attempted suicide resulted in traumatic injuries. Hines required three vertebrae replacements and a titanium metal plate and pins after he survived his fall into the water. He took four-and-a-half weeks to recover.Hines has since been sharing his story and praised the installation of the nets."I would have hesitated; I believe with enough time for patrol officers to wonder why is that kid just standing there leaning over the rail crying his eyes out‚" Hines said. "19 [survivors] have come forward to say they all had the exact same instant regret that I had‚" he added.Dr. John Kruse‚ a specialist in psychiatry with over 30 years of experience‚ has questioned the regional data on suicide rates resulting from similar prevention projects. "I have not seen convincing evidence that we're actually going to be saving that many lives or that the several hundred million invested this way was the best way of saving the most lives‚" Kruse stated."It does not seem on the face of it logical to me to say that someone that determined to die is only determined to die because the Golden Gate Bridge has such a magnetic draw‚" the doctor added.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

The humanities are dying‚ but few academics are willing to consider the likelihood that the deadliest wounds are self-inflicted. Tenure-track jobs are disappearing‚ budgets are being slashed‚ and enrollments are dropping — even the formerly dependable trust fund demographic seems to be forgoing art history for hard sciences. It is undeniable that the humanities‚ as one recent Ph.D. put it‚ is going through an extinction event. At its most profound‚ reading literature offers valuable experience not easily acquired in workaday life: a painless education in the unwritten rules of social interaction Consensus on why this is happening is harder to come by. Many of us point to the same old enemies of high culture: the conservative‚ austerity-minded administrators and governors bowing to economic and social pressure to promote practical‚ alumni-pleasing majors like engineering‚ computer science‚ and business. Academics willing to take a broader view of the crisis may also point to the “dumbing down” of the culture. “The Iliad” just won’t play in a world where “Harry Potter” passes for respectable adult fare. Technology hasn’t helped‚ either. Smart phones and social media are far more formidable enemies of close attention and sustained focus than mere television ever was. While there is certainly some truth to both accounts‚ they present a suspiciously hoary and flattering portrait of the professional liberal arts purveyor. Robin Williams in a sack suit‚ mounting his desk to stand athwart the philistines in “The Dead Poets Society.” But Williams’ John Keating counseled approaching the strangeness of Walt Whitman‚ Robert Herrick‚ and Lord Byron with humility and curiosity. His 21st-century counterpart is more likely to prefer the role of inquisitor‚ faulting centuries-old works for failing to live up to today’s progressive attitudes. As Russian literature scholar Gary Saul Morson observed over a decade ago‚ such shallow condescension has been perfectly effective at devaluing the discipline on its own. “Literature can teach nothing because it presumes that the truth is already given‚” Morson wrote. Once you’ve identified a given work’s blind spots vis-à-vis gender‚ race‚ and colonialist supremacy‚ what else is there to talk about? The ability to recite a Shakespearean sonnet or two may not help you in the job market‚ but at least it could plausibly break the ice with a potential mate or cadge you a free drink. By comparison‚ the easy moralistic lessons contemporary scholarship extracts from the Bard are truly worthless. Which is not to say they’re harmless. Engaging in a facsimile of critical thinking may dull our taste for the real thing. Better to ignore the past altogether than to use it to shore up the particular illusions of our age. Most important‚ the current caretakers of literary study have willfully obscured the very qualities that are most likely to spark the interest and arouse the fascination of undergraduate students‚ qualities that likely attracted them to the field once upon a time. At its most profound‚ reading literature offers valuable experience not easily acquired in workaday life: a painless education in the unwritten rules of social interaction; the freedom and delight of seeing the world from a vantage point radically different from one’s own; glimpses of what it might mean to live through the harshest ordeals or to arrive at the deepest self-understanding. As long as these works survive‚ so will the wisdom they have to offer. But wisdom requires careful stewardship. The mass abdication of our educational elites is disheartening‚ but it won’t do to indulge in excessive castigation or mourning. If the institutions entrusted with developing the minds and spirits of our young are no longer up to the task‚ it’s high time we applied our energy to founding ones that are. Peter Paik is a professor of English at Yonsei University in Seoul‚ South Korea.

Elon Musk's SpaceX turned the tables on the National Labor Relations Board‚ filing a lawsuit against the agency on Thursday‚ accusing its structure of being unconstitutional.The suit seeks to block the NLRB's complaint filed against SpaceX on Wednesday that alleged the astronautics company illegally fired several of its employees in retaliation‚ Blaze News previously reported.What's the background?In June 2022‚ eight former SpaceX workers circulated an open letter calling CEO Musk a "distraction and embarrassment" for the company. The employees mainly took issue with allegedly sexist comments Musk had made on social media.The letter‚ which the workers shared with 2‚600 colleagues in an effort to encourage more SpaceX employees to sign it‚ urged the company to distance itself from Musk."As our CEO and most prominent spokesperson‚ Elon is seen as the face of SpaceX — every Tweet that Elon sends is a de facto public statement by the company. It is critical to make clear to our teams and to our potential talent pool that his messaging does not reflect our work‚ our mission‚ or our values‚" the letter read. "Publicly address and condemn Elon's harmful Twitter behavior‚" it continued. "SpaceX must swiftly and explicitly separate itself from Elon's personal brand."SpaceX fired several employees after the letter was released. On Wednesday‚ the NLRB argued that the company "impliedly invited employees to quit if they wished to engage in protected concerted activities" and "impliedly threatened employees with discharge if they continued discussion of the issues contained in the Open Letter."Furthermore‚ the NLRB accused SpaceX of "interfering with‚ restraining‚ and coercing employees in the exercise of the rights guaranteed" under federal labor laws.As part of the government agency's complaint‚ it is seeking to require SpaceX to train its management team on federal labor laws and order it to write letters of apology to the fired employees. If the terminations are found to have been illegal‚ SpaceX could also face harsher penalties‚ such as being required to rehire the workers and provide them with back pay.SpaceX aims to restructure labor boardThe corporation filed a lawsuit Thursday against the NLRB‚ claiming that its "structure violates the separation of powers under Article II of the Constitution‚ and permanently enjoin the NLRB and its General Counsel from pursuing unfair labor practice charges against SpaceX before agency officials that are unconstitutionally insulated from presidential oversight.""The NLRB's current way of functioning is miles away from the traditional understanding of the separation of powers‚" it continues.The NLRB's hearings‚ which happen before the agency's administrative law judge‚ violate the company's "constitutional right to trial by jury‚" SpaceX contended. The company also stated that the open letter was a "distraction to SpaceX employees around the country."SpaceX seeks to block the NLRB's current proceedings and asks the court to rule the agency's structure unconstitutional.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

A transvestite poised to run as a Democrat for the Ohio House has been disqualified for omitting his original name. LGBT activists and the liberal media have rushed to paint "Vanessa Joy" as a victim. However‚ it appears that with his so-called dead name‚ the 42-year-old pornographer buried a questionable past that might have been of interest to prospective voters. Jeremy Michael Adams legally changed his name to Vanessa Joy in 2022. Joy was poised to run in the upcoming Ohio House election against Republican Matthew Kishman for the 50th District seat in red Stark County‚ having secured a sufficient number of valid signatures to qualify. However‚ Joy failed to provide his former name on the petitions that he had circulated‚ in violation of state law‚ reported the Columbus Dispatch. "I would have had to have my dead name on my petitions‚" Joy told WEWS-TV. "But in the trans community‚ our dead names are dead; there's a reason it's dead — that is a dead person who is gone and buried." Ohio law states that "[i]f any person desiring to become a candidate for public office has had a change of name within five years immediately preceding the filing of his statement of candidacy‚ both his statement of candidacy and nominating petition must contain‚ immediately following the person's present name‚ the person's former names." The law does not apply to marriage name changes. Case Western Reserve University elections law professor Atiba Ellis told WEWS‚ "It would be fair for the candidate to disclose their identity including prior names so that the people and their representatives in the state government would be able to vet that person and know exactly who they are." "If a candidate has something to hide in their past like criminal activity‚ disclosing former names used by the candidate would make sense‚" Rick Hasen‚ a professor at UCLA School of Law‚ told the Associated Press. Even though the law has been in effect for nearly 30 years‚ Joy told the Associated Press it had taken him by surprise. On account of the Democrat's failure to indicate that he had‚ up until recently‚ been Jeremy Adams and apparently unsatisfied with ignorance as an excuse‚ Stark County's four-member Board of Elections kept Joy off the ballot. Sean Meloy‚ the vice president of political programs for LGBTQ+ Victory Fund‚ suggested "[t]he biggest issue is the selective enforcement of [the law]." Pro-Choice Ohio said in a statement‚ "there should be zero reasons why Vanessa Joy isn't on the March 2024 ballot." Investigative journalist Andy Ngô highlighted possible reasons Joy may have been reluctant to share critical information about himself and his past with prospective voters. For instance‚ under his previous name‚ the Democrat recently filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Ngô also noted that Joy failed to mention his side hustle as a pornographer. As recently as November 2023‚ he was sharing images of himself masturbating to photographs of women to his OnlyFans page under the handle "Vanesstradiol." Joy apparently also fathered a child whom he indicated in an Oct. 25 social media post had — at on at least one occasion — sat with him while he kept his post-op pelvic wound open with a dilator. "It's dilation time and I'm alone with my kid‚ so I have to do it upstairs in the room with him rather than alone in my room. I'm not in love with the fact that he saw my dilators sitting on a table and knew what they are‚" wrote Joy. Joy told NBC News Thursday that Ohio's transparency law requiring that candidates — irrespective of their sexuality or mental well-being — provide previous names is "a barrier to entry for many trans and gender-noncomforming people." "Where I personally would have just bit the bullet and allowed my deadname to be on the petitions and likely on the ballot‚ for a lot of trans people‚ they don't want their deadnames printed. It's a safety concern for many‚" he added. PinkNews reported that Joy has filed a petition to contest his disqualification‚ claiming the law poses a "discriminatory barrier" to non-straight candidates. In his appeal‚ Joy wrote‚ "While I understand that the spirit of the law was not intended to be discriminatory‚ it is‚ in fact‚ a discriminatory barrier for the LGBTQIA2S+ community at large… Therefore‚ I feel my disqualification‚ despite being done by the letter of the law‚ was unjust." Following the letter of the law does not appear to have been a problem for the three other transvestites presently running for state legislature in Ohio. While alleging in his petition the law is discriminatory‚ Joy told WCMH-TV he agrees with the "spirit of the law" and understands how it would preclude others from similarly deceiving voters. — (@) Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!