We Have a Country to Save

The previous tallest members of the family were almost 3 meters high, and this was probably substantially bigger.

As it shrinks, California's largest lake has grown into an environmental catastrophe for the local community.

As Election Day nears, CBS’s procedural drama FBI: Most Wanted took on the issue of hydraulic fracturing (AKA fracking) and CO2 pipelines, but even though the ecoterrorists were the bad guys, the vibe was sympathetic to their cause if not their violent methods of protest. The episode, “White Buffalo,” starts with two young friends, Trevor (Bubba Weiler) and Emma (Eddy Grace), destroying art in a museum as Emma shouts, “The temperature of the earth is increasing day by day by day!” A scuffle ensues with a security guard and Trevor accidentally shoots another guard dead with the first guard’s gun. The two escape and the FBI team learns they’re part of an environmentalist group called Global Climate Front. Further investigation leads Remy (Dylan McDermott) and Nina (Shantel VanSanten) to discover Emma is an oil heiress. They deduce Emma must likely be “trying to repay some karmic debt.” Meanwhile, an accomplice arrives to assist Trevor and Emma, and the FBI team interview a leader of the Global Climate Front: Trevor: Tori? Tori: Yeah, yeah, get in. Trevor: All right, that's her. We'll be fine. 'Cause if you come with me, Em, you'll be in the fight of your life, not just for me, but for all life. Or you can go back to the life that your father gave you... The one subsidized by the rape and murder of our planet. Emma: I'm coming with you. Norbert: I mean, look, we want people to pay attention to global warming, to decrease the output of greenhouse gases so that our kids might have a chance at clean air and a summer where the temperature isn't over a hundred 14 days in a row. But we do not believe in communicating our message with violence. It's in our charter. Hana: Yeah, we'll be taking this laptop. Remy: Have Trevor and Emma ever been violent in the past? Norbert: No. But Trevor has a temper. Emma's way more easygoing. Remy: So, she's following his lead here? Hana: When was the last time you spoke to Emma or Trevor? Norbert: This morning before all hell broke loose. Remy: You planned for this chaos, to deface the artwork with pig blood. Any other stunts we should know about, Norbert? Norbert: The vote next week to save the polar bears up in Alaska. We're considering a sit-in at the senator's house. Hana: Just a sit-in? Norbert: Yes. When the trio arrives at Tori’s (Ellen Tamaki) farmhouse, Tori claims fracking poisoned her water, gave her a thyroid problem, killed her mother, and made her entire town sick: Tori: I know it’s not much but, uh, this is where I grew up. Me and my mayma, may she rest in peace. Emma: I'm sorry for your loss, Tori. Tori: She'd been sick for years. Um, everyone around these parts has been. I've had a thyroid problem my whole life. Trevor: God, what is it, this disgusting water? Tori: It's gotta be. We're on the Marcellus Shale deposit, so oil companies have been fracking this area for years. They just bleed us dry, get us sick, and then leave. That's why I wanna help you guys. I really believe in what you're doing. And I really think you didn't mean to shoot that guard. Emma: Thanks. I'm really glad you're on our team. I believe in you too. Trevor: Was one of the companies that fracked here Henstep Gas and Oil? Tori: Yeah, how'd you know? Trevor: Just saw one of their tanker trucks go by. See, there goes another one. Tori: You know, I've been noticing them the past couple of days, but I don't know where they're going because all the wells around here are closed. Trevor explains that Henstep is building a CO2 pipeline. “It's supposedly a good thing,” he says, “but the reason it's taken so long is this stuff is totally dangerous and bad for the environment.” There are very strict safety standards for CO2 pipelines, which provide invaluable benefits: cleaner air, enhanced economic development, job creation, support of domestic energy production, and many more . Of course, the writers didn’t mention any of that. The FBI team reviews an aerial photo of Tori’s farm and notes it’s on Marcellus Shale, leading Remy to remark, “That land’s been fracked within an inch of its life.” The terrorist trio hijacks a Henstep tanker after Trevor kills the driver and they wreak a ton of havoc as they try to escape. They release the truck’s 6,000 gallons of carbon dioxide outside an apple orchard filled with families, which depletes oxygen making it difficult to breathe. As the FBI works to shut down the gas and save the affected victims, Remy confronts a higher-up at Henstep. He’s painted as a heartless, money-hungry man, though he makes several valid points: Elliot: Do you know how long it took us to get that thing up and running? Seven years. I'm not shutting it down now based on a hunch. Remy: It's more than a hunch. We know our two fugitives are targeting your pipeline. Elliot: Where? Remy: Don't know yet. Elliot: It's over 70 miles long, Agent Scott, except for the part over near Everett that's still under construction. Remy: Is that why you're still using tanker trucks? Elliot: It's just temporary till we finish. We're really doing the residents here a favor with our carbon capture. Remy: What, are you getting some kind of tax break for all this? Elliot: Damn right. It's called a 45Q. And after all the money we've invested, I need this pipeline to be operational before the whole company goes under. Remy: You know what happens if they blow that pipeline, right? Lots of people will die. Elliot: My hands are really tied here. Remy: Where are your priorities, man? If you don't shut that pipeline down… you think Exxon Valdez was bad? Elliot: Exxon survived significant challenges, and so will we. Look, I'll get these photos over to our security team and make sure everyone's aware of the threat. I'm sorry, but I'm not gonna be intimidated about a bunch of pissant ecoterrorists. Remy: Show me the map of the pipeline. Elliot: What? Remy: I'm done playing with you! Show me the map! As Emma and Trevor hide out in a barn (Tori got left behind at the apple orchard), the two “pledge allegiance to the planet and to the destruction of companies who rape and murder her”: Emma: A white Buffalo was born at Yellowstone. Trevor: A white Buffalo? Emma: Yeah, it's a sign that the Earth is at a crossroads. Trevor: What is that, some kind of Dancing with Wolves thing? Like, Tatanka, Tatanka. Emma: It's Lakota. Jeez. It's a sign that there's hope, but that more must be done to protect the Earth. Trevor: Huh. Well, then I'd say that this white Buffalo is right on time. Look at how much we've accomplished so far. Emma: Two people are dead because of us. Trevor: They brought attention to us, to our mission. We're all over the news. Everyone's talking about us. Don't you see how great that is? How else are we gonna change the world? Save the world. You see it, right? Violence is the answer. Why else was that baby white Buffalo born today, right now, if not a sign that we are on the right path? Emma: Yeah, I guess so. Trevor: Emma, do you pledge allegiance to our planet, to the destruction of companies who rape and murder her? Emma: I do. Trevor: I do too. Emma. Now that we have the world's attention, let's show them how dangerous these pipelines really are. Emma: How? Trevor: You remember what that warning on the truck visor said? "Danger: If heated, might explode." Trevor discovers Henstep is illegally fracking with CO2. Which doesn’t really make any sense, but okay. He sets fire to the pipeline as the FBI team arrives, and a dramatic plea is made to Emma to surrender so she can stay alive to help fight for the planet. Emma proclaims, “The earth is doomed,” but eventually surrenders: Trevor: Whatever happens, this has been fun. Emma: Fun? Remy: Release the hostage and surrender. Emma: No, don't shoot me, please. Remy: Then let him go. Emma: Please don't shoot me. Hostage: Listen to him, Emma. Remy: Ray, Hana, handle the fire. Emma: What are you doing? Remy: I'll ask the same of you. This is an innocent man here. Killing him is not gonna save the planet. Emma: At least his death will be linked to me, to what I believe in, that these pipelines, the drilling, the fracking is causing our planet to burn up. Remy: I'm just as worried about all this as you are, Emma. Emma: Your generation has left a mess for mine. Trevor's dead. What else do I have to live for? Even that little white Buffalo, the sign of a better time to come, it died! The Earth is doomed! Nina: If you really believed that you wouldn't be fighting so hard to save it. Emma, you can do a lot more alive than you can dead. Look, I know your family made its money in oil, but you can carve out a different identity for yourself. Emma: No. Nina: Yes, you can. Away from your father, away from it all. You can put an end to oil wells like this. Violence isn't the answer. Just hand me the gun. It's over. Come on. Remy: You're under arrest for domestic terrorism and accomplice to murder. Let's go, Patty Hearst. We can read between the lines, FBI: Most Wanted. We see your not-so-hidden anti-fracking agenda. We’re supposed to believe the fracking claims that have been debunked and feel sad this girl was driven to extremes because of the “evil” she had to live with as an oil heiress. We’re not buying it, and neither are the viewers who are educated enough to understand the many benefits of fracking, including increasing America’s energy independence, creating jobs, lowering energy costs, and boosting local economies, just to name a few. If Hollywood resorts to lies and omitting facts to promote their agenda, it becomes pretty obvious they’re on the wrong side of the debate.

YouTube is still suppressing ongoing discussions on the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines and treatment nearly five years after the start of the pandemic. Eagle Forum hosted its Eagle Council 52 conference last month, which featured a plethora of speakers including renowned cardiologist and epidemiologist Dr. Peter McCullough. During his speech, Dr. McCullough mentioned some of the most pernicious impacts of the COVID-19 virus and vaccines. He also noted how censorship continues to impact discussions surrounding health and the pandemic. YouTube, however, censored Eagle Forum’s video of Dr. McCullough’s speech for allegedly “violating YouTube’s Community Guidelines.” Eagle Forum President Kris Ullman blasted YouTube for its censorship in exclusive comments to MRC Free Speech America. “Dr. McCullough spoke eloquently about the dangers to medicine and science when certain opinions are silenced. The idea that YouTube can censor a practicing doctor, who actually treated COVID patients, is outrageous,” she said.   Ulman added, “We are shocked that YouTube wants to prevent the public from hearing his views. This censorship actually damages Americans' faith in public health and the media. It must stop.” Although it is unclear exactly why YouTube removed the video from its platform, it seems that McCullough ran afoul of its Medical Misinformation policy, which absurdly forbids: “Claims that an approved COVID-19 vaccine will cause death, infertility, miscarriage, autism, or contraction of other infectious diseases” and “[c]laims that vaccines do not reduce the severity of illness, including hospitalization or death.”  But the cardiologist was frank about the health impact he is seeing both as a result of the COVID-19 virus and the vaccine. “Now in about 5 to 10 percent of people who took the vaccine, they have serious problems with the vaccine,” he said. McCullough continued, noting that the audience previously did a show of hands for those who knew someone who had experienced an adverse event. “You know what [the adverse impacts] are: heart damage, cardiac arrest, heart failure, stroke, neurologic injury, neuropathy, what’s called POTS (a dizziness and heart palpitations), blood clots like we’ve never seen before, the largest blood clots we’ve ever seen before – both with the infection and the vaccine, not just the vaccine, both – and then immunologic problems.”  He went on to suggest that he and other medical professionals are “hoping and praying” that COVID-19 and the vaccines for the disease do not cause or accelerate cancer. McCullough also noted many people have not only been injured by the vaccine but have died from it. “We could not have conceived a poison, a toxin to the population that accelerates all major forms of human death. We could not have imagined something — a [spike] protein — that could have been designed to cause so much human misery.” According to MRC Free Speech America’s exclusive CensorTrack database, McCullough has been censored by social media companies 16 additional times whether it be his posts, other users quoting him or clips of him speaking for media appearances.  McCullough is also one of no fewer than 40 medical professionals and scientists who have now been censored by Big Tech since the start of the pandemic, according to CensorTrack data. Many of them have been censored multiple times.  MRC Free Speech America has also now recorded over 1300 cases of censorship related to COVID-19 or the related vaccines. This is up from the over 800 cases CensorTrack had recorded by February 2022. YouTube did not respond to MRC Free Speech America’s request for comment. Eagle Forum is a member of the MRC-led Free Speech Alliance. 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 so-called 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.

On Thursday night, NewsNation host Chris Cuomo reflected on the previous night’s massive town hall featuring Dana White, Stephen A. Smith, Bill O’Reilly, Mark Cuban, Robert F. Kenndy Jr., and our friend Tiffany Justice to name a few in front of a packed studio audience. Cuomo expressed his admiration for his team and support from the network, but told viewers the hour of civic dialogue reflected how the country will, if ever, find its way out of our divisive politics. From a ratings standpoint, Nielsen Media Research found it pulled in its second-highest rating ever for the 8:00 p.m. Eastern hour with 252,000 total viewers, representing a jump of nearly 20 percent and put the network on track as of late Thursday for its second-best week ever in primetime.     Cuomo declared off the top that he’s never “been as proud as I am tonight since we first started here at NewsNation because as you know, I wasn’t sure I was ever coming back to TV” and “[t]he town hall-a-palooza...has been such a confirmation of what I know we can be about and not just because it did well..but...I’m just so happy, I guess, is the right word.” “We pulled off something — I mean, I know most of you guys, this won’t matter to you. But I got to tell any media, people who are watching this. The team, as small as we have at a startup like NewsNation that had doesn’t — just hasn’t had a lot of reps doing these kinds of productions, no one has ever done anything of this scale,” he explained, adding the sheer number of guests on-hand would normally take weeks at other networks. Cuomo pivoted to his wider point that, “[i]n a world of constant attack commercials” and both campaigns painting an existential crisis if they don’t win, no one seems to be interested in “constructive dialogue.” He argued the real necessity of a strong interview and dialogue writ large is having the views of guests “test[ed].” While he expressed some misgivings with Joe Rogan podcast, he said he “give[s] Rogan credit” for “adding something that’s helpful” in that his shows has shown “[c]onversation is the cure” to our political divide. He even admitted he’s a different person from the combative personality at CNN: The reason you love last night, it was actual disagreement. But with decency. You should have seen the buzz during the commercials between all the different people, regardless of party and I know that was happening even on social media — that dumpster fire...Listen, I’m interviewing a president or someone wants to be president. I’ll be conversational, but I got to test them. But not, you know, when it’s people who just are from the party or their pundits or their, you know, experts you gotta be conversational. It can’t just be straight combative. That’s the operative theory of my show and my podcast and happens to be the answer to most frequent misconception that I’m somehow different since I left CNN. Well, I’m different as a person because I got shit-canned and had to figure out how to deal with it. But on the man. It’s just a different time.  Amid banter with and dole out thanks to his lead producer Alexandra “Dusty” Cohen, Cuomo said too much of the country’s “not fighting about what matters” when it should be about issues (click “expand”): You got to put out the different ideas because I trust you to make your own choices. As long as you can just get a fair shake at being exposed to contrasting ideas, so thank you for proving me right. And let’s do it again, alright? And I want to thank my bosses because let me tell you, this is not an ambitious business. It’s not an innovator’s business. They all came last night and they allowed us to try something that nowhere else I’d ever been would even think of trying.  (....) But you know what we learned last night is our politics is being dominated by magnified minorities because of social media. And that’s how you get that disconnect, number to answer my own question that I started with last night, 81 percent of the people say we’re more divided than united and its more that they’ve yet 70 percent say we all want the same things. What is the answer to that riddle? Because those two — thosetwo takes should not go together. I think we it’s because they are reacting to social media, but they know that’s not their reality. To see the relevant transcript from October 31, click “expand.” NewsNation’s Cuomo October 31, 2024 8:00 p.m. Eastern ANDREW CUOMO: I have to tell you. I haven’t been as proud as I am tonight since we first started here at NwsNation because as you know, I wasn’t sure I was ever coming back to TV. The town hall-a-palooza, however, you want to call it, has been such a confirmation of what I know we can be about and not just because it did well, and it really did do well for NewsNation, even though last night we were up against one of the most exciting World Series games that happened to involve the two biggest TV markets that I’ve ever seen. And by the way, I’m a Yankees fan and of course, they lost but was still in amazing game. But here’s why. I’m just so happy, I guess is the right word. We pulled off something — I mean, I know most of you guys, this won’t matter to you. But I got to tell any media, people who are watching this. The team, as small as we have at a startup like NewsNation that had doesn’t — just hasn’t had a lot of reps doing these kinds of productions, no one has ever done anything of this scale. I’m telling you. I’ve been with the best most experienced shops. We would spend weeks getting a single guest and some audience questions going for a town hall and it should take time and it’s not easy. I had more co-hosts that I’ve ever seen, let alone guests and the real relief, though. I’m happy for the team. I really am, but why you guys like that. In a world of constant attack commercials, I can’t even turn on my TV. I can’t even look at my phone and all of it is one note which side is worse scaring you to death a racist versus a radical. That’s what it is. That’s all it is. Trump sees nothing and no one. That is any good in this country except himself. And Harris, look, she’s taken the low road. He is wildly unpopular, but to just and mainly constantly encourage the idea that he’s a dictator in waiting, that’s the best? There’s no constructive dialogue. Interviews that do get reach like Rogan, it’s a wet kiss. Oh, he’s not an interviewer. He’s just a conversationalist. That’s great. I love the podcast. Not so much because of him but because of the guests, because they want his reach right? But that’s not what — I’m not here to have a conversation alone with someone in power. You have to test them. You have to test them and look, I give Rogan credit now. And I’ll explain why in a second. Because he is adding something that’s helpful but not in the context of talking to people who seek or hold power, if they’re going to bullshit you the whole time. I think we could get the straight — gay vote — the gay male vote, says Vance. Really? When Trump just called Anderson Cooper one of the best known men in the media and America Allison, really? What is this? Fourth grade? And it goes on. Nobody say anything. Rogan lets him — you know. The reason you love last night, it was actual disagreement. But with decency. You should have seen the buzz during the commercials between all the different people, regardless of party and I know that was happening even on social media — that dumpster fire. Why? Rogan has it right. Conversation is the cure. All right. Listen, I’m interviewing a president or someone wants to be president. I’ll be conversational, but I got to test them. But not, you know, when it’s people who just are from the party or their pundits or their, you know, experts you gotta be conversational. It can’t just be straight combative. That’s the operative theory of my show and my podcast and happens to be the answer to most frequent misconception that I’m somehow different since I left CNN. Well, I’m different as a person because I got shit-canned and had to figure out how to deal with it. But on the man. It’s just a different time. I could shred Trump every night like tissue paper and any of his surrogates, okay? I’m not gassing myself up. I’ve been doing this a long time. I study hard. I do it at a high level and I could also wow, you with what I know about the Democrats and what they’re not being and it would spin your head. Where would all that aggression get me? Where? Where would it get us? Me? It’d get me a bigger following. Okay. What does that do? A battle to the — exactly where we are is where it gets a battle to the bottom more divided than we should ever be and over nothing, okay? Not-troversies and nonsense. We are not fighting about what matters. I know deep in my bones and last night is proof of premise. Conversation is the cure. You got to put out the different ideas because I trust you to make your own choices. As long as you can just get a fair shake at being exposed to contrasting ideas, so thank you for proving me right. And let’s do it again, alright? And I want to thank my bosses because let me tell you, this is not an ambitious business. It’s not an innovator’s business. They all came last night and they allowed us to try something that nowhere else I’d ever been would even think of trying. And Dusty, please come up here for a second — Dusty, she pulled this off was her idea with the tiniest team in the business. She pulled it off last night. Amazing. Amzing.. Thank you. Congratulations to you. And the team like look at all the empty seats anywhere. ALEXANDRA “DUSTY” COHEN: There’s nobody here. They’re tired from last night. CUOMO: You’re the only one who should be tired and you’re but I’ll tell you, I was very gratified. I don’t really care about the ratings. You know, we’re building here. I get it. And we’re up against the World Series. But it was better. I — and I thought I would get, you know, a lot of hate just because it’s me. It couldn’t have gone any better. And for the right reasons. And with real people. COHEN: Real people. And you know, what’s funny just want to say is a little behind the scenes. I want to do this quickly. But test was after the show, which is always the show after the show, right — is that all the big things you, Bill O’Reilly, Stephen A. Smith, Geraldo Rivera, Bobby Kennedy, Sarah Palin, everybody was in the back. O’Reilly ordered pizza pies for everybody and everybody was just having great time after the show and I thought everybody was going leave angry and it was just the opposite. And that was really that really summed up the night. You know, it ended as well as it started. CUOMO: I mean, even Cuban — Cuban — was slicing and dicing and last night, but Dana White was here for it. You know, O’Reilly, know, was as nice as he can be about it. (....) 8:08 p.m. Eastern CUOMO: But you know what we learned last night is our politics is being dominated by magnified minorities because of social media. And that’s how you get that disconnect, number to answer my own question that I started with last night, 81 percent of the people say we’re more divided than united and its more that they’ve yet 70 percent say we all want the same things. What is the answer to that riddle? Because those two — thosetwo takes should not go together. I think we it’s because they are reacting to social media, but they know that’s not their reality.  COHEN: And I think it I really want you to get to work. We’ve got a huge show tonight. We just UFO breaking news. But I also want to just say that I think you we try and I’m gonna regret saying this, but we should do something very similar in the couple weeks after the election because things are going to be — there’s going to be even more to talk about. And let’s see if people can behave the same way they did last night. That’ll be a interesting test, I think. CUOMO: I think the farther away from the election you go, the more reasonable it will be. You just got to see — we set a very high bar anyway, ok? Anyway, thank you very much for what you did. I love you and thank you.

Tens of millions of illegal aliens have stolen into the U.S. since January 2021, killing citizens, tracking in lethal drugs and once-controlled diseases, siphoning taxpayer-funded welfare benefits, displacing schoolchildren, and in some cases, threatening the integrity of American elections. Rather than take ownership for the deadly crisis, border czar Kamala Harris has repeatedly blamed President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers for the failure of the so-called "bipartisan" border bill, which Democrats have memorialized as a kind of would-be panacea. Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman (D) did his best to amplify this narrative on the Saturday episode of "The Joe Rogan Experience," but the titular host made clear he wasn't buying what the senator was selling. Rogan suggested that Democrats aren't looking for a solution to the border crisis but are instead using the border crisis to solve their problem of incomplete political control. 'You're rigging the system.' When discussing the matter of immigration, Fetterman told Rogan, "Democrats are saying, 'Hey though, we need a secure border, we — you know — it's a significant issue.' And if I thought there was any kinds of issues and I've been very vigilant throughout, I've been actively involved in those kinds of things, and I've never witnessed those kinds of a thing." "What do you mean by 'issues?'" said Rogan. "Like, what kind of issues are you talking about? You're talking about people letting people in, in order to get votes?" "Well, it's not, there's not that level kinds. I don't think there's that level of kinds of organization," responded the senator. Rogan balked at the suggestion that the crisis underway is not courtesy of some coordinated efforts, stating: But there is a [level of] organization that's moving these people to swing states. There is a significant number of these people that are illegal immigrants that have made their way to swing states. And then there's been calls for amnesty. There's been calls for allowing these people to have a pathway to citizenship and allow them to vote. The fear that a lot of people have is that this is a coordinated effort to take these people that you're allowing to come into the country, then you're providing them with all sorts of services like food stamps and housing and setting them up, and then providing a pathway to amnesty. And then you would have voters that would be significantly voting towards the Democrats because they're the people that enabled them to come into the country in the first place, first place and provided them with those services. "This is a big fear that people have," added Rogan, "that you're rigging the system and that this will turn all these states into essentially locked-blue like California is." This fear was recently expressed by Elon Musk, who noted on his social media platform, "The Dems have imported massive numbers of illegals to swing states. Triple digit increases over the past 4 years! Their STATED plan is to give them citizenship as soon as possible, turning all swing states Dem. America would then become a one-party, deep blue socialist state." Musk was referencing data that suggested the Biden-Harris administration was flooding red states with inadmissible migrants under the Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela program. 'The apportionment of House seats and votes in the Electoral College among the states is based on total population — not citizenship or legal status.' Rogan's suggestion left Fetterman stammering. After re-centering himself with the defeatist suggestion, "Immigration is always going to be a tough issue in our nation," the senator proceeded to recycle Harris' suggestion that the "bipartisan" border bill was a step in the right direction but was ultimately tripped up by Trump. "They had an opportunity to do a comprehensive border, bipartisan [bill] and that went down because Trump, he declared that, that, that's, that's a bad deal after it was negotiated with the other side," said Fetterman, glossing over Democrats' rejection of the robust Secure the Border Act of 2023 from Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) just months earlier. Having evidently looked into the specifics of the Emergency National Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, H. R. 815, Rogan responded, "But didn't that deal also involve amnesty? And didn't that deal also involve a significant number of illegal aliens being allowed into the country every year? I think it was 2 million people." Blaze News previously reported that the bill included emergency authority provisions that would enable the federal government to shut down the border if the average number of illegal alien encounters reached between 4,000 and 5,000 per day for seven consecutive days. Over 1.4 million illegal aliens could therefore steal into the country without triggering a clamp down. "So it was still the same sort of situation," continued Rogan. "Their fear is exactly what I talked about: that these people will be moved to swing states and that will be used to essentially rig those states and turn them blue forever." When Fetterman attempted to dive back into empty rhetoric, Rogan intimated that it only took Republicans tens of thousands of votes across several counties to win certain states in 2016, so tens of millions of illegal aliens, strategically placed then rendered loyal to Democrats with handouts and amnesty, could "rig those states undeniably." Steven Camarota, the director of research for the Center of Immigration Studies, noted in a recent op-ed that illegal aliens don't necessarily have to vote to impact American elections. The apportionment of House seats and votes in the Electoral College among the states is based on total population — not citizenship or legal status. The Census Bureau is clear that naturalized citizens, as well as non-citizens such as green card holders, foreign students, guestworkers and illegal immigrants are captured in the census every 10 years. Accordingly, political operatives playing the long game need only deluge blue states with illegal aliens to increase their representation in Congress and the Electoral College. Because the legal and illegal immigrant population is so large and unevenly distributed across the country, it causes some states to gain seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and Electoral College at the expense of others. A Center for Immigration Studies investigation revealed last week that the inclusion of legal and illegal immigrants in the 2020 census shifted 17 House seats. Fetterman told Rogan, "Immigration is changing our nation," stressing that it is "generally for a good thing." Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

At the last minute, third-party groups submitted nearly 100,000 voter registration forms in Arizona's most populous county, creating headaches for both election workers and voters alike, a report from AZ Central says.On the final day to register to vote in Arizona — which this year would have been October 7 — these groups dumped as many as 90,000 forms on the Maricopa County Recorder's Office, an "unprecedented" number, according to spokesperson Taylor Kinnerup.'Places where there are more questions around eligibility — those places could potentially have longer lines because we know there will be more questions there.'What's more, a sizeable portion of these forms — some 30,000 or 40,000 of them — were heavily damaged and could not be processed. Still others were registered under names such as "Donald Duck" and "Mickey Mouse."Of the 50,000 that could be processed, many still had defects. Some had missing information, AZ Central reported. Others were dated weeks earlier, and Arizona law requires third parties to submit voter registration forms within five days of collecting them, Kinnerup claimed.Registrants whose addresses could be ascertained were issued a notice to cure their registration information before the deadline of 7 p.m. on Election Day. Those who followed through and fixed the missing information should be able to vote normally on Tuesday."All of the preliminary work has been done in terms of processing these forms," Kinnerup added. "Anything left to do is on the onus of the voter."Those with a valid ID whose registration form is still missing some information will likely be able to complete the registration at the polling station and cast a provisional ballot that will be counted if and when officials determine that they were eligible to vote.Others whose forms were too badly damaged will also likely be able to cast a provisional ballot, but that ballot will not be counted unless they previously registered to vote and that registration remains active, AZ Central reported. The outlet did not clarify why such individuals would re-register to vote or require a provisional ballot if they have an active voter registration.As of Friday, elections workers have already processed 4,800 provisional ballots, well above average, Elections Department spokesperson Jennifer Liewer claimed."It's certainly a much higher number than we've seen previously since moving to a vote center model."Officials are also concerned that these problems and uncertainties will increase wait times at the polls even more on Tuesday. They had already warned Election Day voters to expect to wait at least an hour before casting a ballot."Places where there are higher provisionals, places where there are more questions around eligibility — those places could potentially have longer lines because we know there will be more questions there," Tammy Patrick, a former Maricopa County elections official who now works at the Election Center, told the outlet.Despite going into great detail about potential fallout from tens of thousands of faulty voter registrations submitted at the 11th hour, AZ Central called out what it described as "election denialism," implying that voters who distrust the system are the problem rather than the system itself.The outlet did not identify the third-party groups that had submitted the registrations.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

With just one day to go, former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are closing out their historic campaigns.A new ad titled "It's the people that Make America Great" was unveiled Sunday, featuring Republicans, former Democrats, and independents all uniting behind Trump. "What will we do with this moment?" Trump asked. "How will we be remembered? Look at the opportunities before us." 'The people dreamed this country, and it's the people who are making America great again.'"This election really isn't about the left versus the right," former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii said in the ad. "It's about we, the people, choosing our government and the choice between freedom versus tyranny."The ad also featured former Democrats like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his running mate, Nicole Shanahan, uniting behind Trump. "What is going on here is deeper than politics," Shanahan said. "It is deeply spiritual. We are being called to rise above the hatred and the fear and the evil."Republicans like Trump's running mate, JD Vance, and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy as well as Tesla founder and X CEO Elon Musk were also included in the ad. "We need to remember above and beyond that we must love our neighbors, that we must treat other people as we hope to be treated," Trump's running mate, JD Vance, said. "The people dreamed this country, and it's the people who are making America great again," Trump said.Trump has also delivered a disciplined closing message on the campaign trail, reminding voters of his economic and immigration policies and how they contrast with Harris'. Over the past few months leading up to the election, polls have consistently shown the economy and immigration to be top priorities for voters, who also trust Trump over Harris to handle those issues. Trump also spent his Sunday campaigning in three crucial swing states: Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Georgia. As of this writing, Trump is ahead in all three of those battlegrounds by 0.3, 1.5, and 1.9 points respectively, according to RealClearPolling averages. Harris, on the other hand, spent her Sunday campaigning in Michigan. In addition to some economic proposals, Harris largely focused her closing pitch on issues like "reproductive freedom," legalizing recreational marijuana, and reminding voters of her middle-class background.Notably, Harris' most significant lead across the seven swing states is in Michigan, where she leads Trump by an average of 1.2 points. Harris is also ahead by an average of 0.4 points in Wisconsin, although Trump leads in the remaining battlegrounds and has an edge nationally. This is still anyone's race. All the polls are within the margin of error, implying this race is essentially deadlocked. Trump has made significant gains with crucial voting blocs this cycle, but most pundits are still calling this race a coin toss. Heading into the home stretch, Harris is making multiple pit stops in Pennsylvania, arguably the most important swing state given its 19 electoral votes. She will be joined by celebrities like Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, and Oprah Winfrey. Trump will also be stopping in Pennsylvania as well as North Carolina and Michigan. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Is China spying on us? Is the U.S. government making it easier for the Chinese to spy on us? The answer is obviously yes, but there’s been a convergence of the two countries eavesdropping on Americans. Ever since the horrific events of September 11, 2001 (and some years before that, to a lesser extent), surveillance by our government has been the new normal for Americans. However, it is now coming to light that the surveillance apparatus may make it easier for our enemies to spy on us, too. JD Vance brought up this issue in a recent conversation on "The Tim Dillon Show," during which he critiqued big government and surveillance and discussed threats to national security. He mentioned a recent Chinese cyberattack, which shed light on this issue. According to the original report from the Wall Street Journal, China recently hacked U.S. service providers, notably including AT&T and Verizon, using America's “wiretap” infrastructure. JD Vance cited this article and criticized the surveillance network that made this cyberattack possible. He said, “We’re creating a back door in our own technology networks that our enemies are now using.” He explained, “My understanding is that part of the infrastructure that they hacked into was built on top of surveillance systems that were implemented in 2001 — Patriot Act-style stuff.” The Patriot Act, according to another report on this interview, aimed to “enhance national security by expanding the surveillance and investigative powers of U.S. law enforcement agencies. Key provisions included increased authority for monitoring phone, email, and financial records, improved information-sharing between government agencies, and broader powers.” This law was enacted in the wake of the horror of 9/11, but its intended purpose has been corrupted in the continued expansion and application of its provisions. However, this is only one of several laws that have created the back door that our adversaries exploit. For instance, the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act was enacted in 1994 to “require that telecommunications carriers and manufacturers of telecommunications equipment design their equipment, facilities, and services to ensure that they have the necessary surveillance capabilities to comply with legal requests for information.” Simply put, service providers need to design their systems in a way that allows for government surveillance. Or, even more simply, it requires a "back door." “Back doors,” as the president of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, wrote, are inherently flawed: “There's no way to build a back door that only the ‘good guys’ can use.” Vance brought two important issues into the conversation in light of this recent national security breach: the tyranny of bloated government and the threats to national security. The government created a surveillance apparatus and has continued to encroach on Americans’ privacy, yet our adversaries are now exploiting this same vulnerability. Earlier in the conversation, Vance brought up the sharp contrast between what the government cares about and what matters to everyday Americans. Vance sarcastically remarked: “I want to speak from the heart here, to my fellow Americans, who are really worried that a CIA bureaucrat making $190,000 a year might have to find a job in the private sector. I recognize that that is the biggest crisis facing my fellow Americans, not that they can’t afford groceries and housing.” He added, “In Kamala Harris’ defense: Yes, she’s made it harder for Americans to afford housing, but that’s been in the service so the CIA can more easily spy on our fellow Americans.” Sounds like a lose-lose situation.