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PBS entered the last weekend before Election Day maintaining the deceitful form in which it has covered the race for the last two years, joining the rest of the press in spreading the same anti-Trump lie just four days before the vote. On Friday evening’s edition, Laura Barron-Lopez lived up to her position as the most partisan reporter at the PBS News Hour, clipping Donald Trump’s criticism of Liz Cheney, ignoring the clear anti-war context to claim he was advocating a firing squad for his fierce Republican critic. Laura Barron-Lopez: The former president rallied in Warren, Michigan, this afternoon after stopping at a cafe in Dearborn, where he doubled down on comments he made last night. In Glendale, Arizona, he sat down with a controversial ally, former FOX News personality Tucker Carlson. At the center of their conversation, one of Trump's most outspoken Republican critics. [clip] Tucker Carlson, Former FOX News Anchor: Is it weird for you to see Liz Cheney -- that'd be Dick Cheney's repulsive little daughter -- running against you with Kamala Harris? Barron-Lopez: Liz Cheney, the former Wyoming representative, crossed party lines to endorse and campaign for Kamala Harris. Trump talked about Cheney in violent and threatening terms. [clip] Donald Trump: The reason she couldn't stand me is that she always wanted to go to war with people. His daughter is a very dumb individual, very dumb. She's a radical war hawk. Let's put her with a rifle standing there with nine barrels shooting at her, OK? Let's see how she feels about it when the guns are trained on her face. Trump, who made his anti-Iraq War views clear earlier in the talk with Carlson, went on to say, "You know, they're all war hawks when they're sitting in Washington in the nice buildings saying ‘Oh gee well, let’s send 10,000 troops right into the mouth of the enemy." But PBS didn't run that part or mention it. Kamala Harris, Vice President and Presidential Candidate: This must be disqualifying. Barron-Lopez: Today, Harris told reporters Trump's rhetoric is dangerous. Harris: Representative Cheney is a true patriot who has shown extraordinary courage in putting country above party. Trump is increasingly, however, someone who considers his political opponents the enemy, is permanently out for revenge, and is increasingly unstable and unhinged. Barron-Lopez stood with the Democratic candidate and passed on Cheney’s overheated response. Barron-Lopez: In a post on X, Cheney gave a cautionary response, writing -- quote -- "This is how dictators destroy free nations." Arizona's top prosecutor is reportedly investigating whether or not the remark crosses into a death threat under state law. That kind of rhetoric from Trump, in addition to his racist Madison Square Garden rally, has battleground voters who only recently made up their minds breaking for Harris by double digits. That's according to a Harris campaign official's accounting of internal data.  This segment was brought to you in part by BDO. A transcript is available, click “Expand.” PBS News Hour 11/1/24 7:03:01 p.m. (ET) Geoff Bennett: Welcome to the "News Hour.” With four days to go until Election Day, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have dueling rallies planned in battleground Wisconsin tonight mere miles away from each other. Amna Nawaz: But the homestretch is not without bumps in the road. Today, foreign threats of election interference sprang up in another swing state of Georgia. But we begin tonight in Michigan with Trump's latest stop on the campaign trail. Laura Barron-Lopez begins our coverage. Laura Barron-Lopez: Donald Trump rounding the final lap of his third presidential campaign today, sticking with his anti-immigrant closing message. Donald Trump, Former President of the United States (R) and Current U.S. Presidential Candidate: All those people that illegally come across the border with their open-border policy are taking the African American jobs away.   Laura Barron-Lopez: The former president rallied in Warren, Michigan, this afternoon after stopping at a cafe in Dearborn, where he doubled down on comments he made last night. In Glendale, Arizona, he sat down with a controversial ally, former FOX News personality Tucker Carlson. At the center of their conversation, one of Trump's most outspoken Republican critics. Tucker Carlson, Former FOX News Anchor Is it weird for you to see Liz Cheney — that'd be Dick Cheney's repulsive little daughter — running against you with Kamala Harris? Laura Barron-Lopez: Liz Cheney, the former Wyoming representative, crossed party lines to endorse and campaign for Kamala Harris. Trump talked about Cheney in violent and threatening terms. Donald Trump: The reason she couldn't stand me is that she always wanted to go to war with people. His daughter is a very dumb individual, very dumb. She's a radical war hawk. Let's put her with a rifle standing there with nine barrels shooting at her, OK? Let's see how she feels about it when the guns are trained on her face. Kamala Harris, Vice President of the United States (D) and U.S. Presidential Candidate: This must be disqualifying. Laura Barron-Lopez: Today, Harris told reporters Trump's rhetoric is dangerous. Kamala Harris: Representative Cheney is a true patriot who has shown extraordinary courage in putting country above party. Trump is increasingly, however, someone who considers his political opponents the enemy, is permanently out for revenge, and is increasingly unstable and unhinged. Laura Barron-Lopez: In a post on X, Cheney gave a cautionary response, writing — quote — "This is how dictators destroy free nations." Arizona's top prosecutor is reportedly investigating whether or not the remark crosses into a death threat under state law. That kind of rhetoric from Trump, in addition to his racist Madison Square Garden rally, has battleground voters who only recently made up their minds breaking for Harris by double digits. That's according to a Harris campaign official's accounting of internal data. Harris is also in the Midwest today, making a final push with multiple stops in Wisconsin, her first in Janesville. Kamala Harris: So, we have just four days left, four days left in one of the most consequential elections of our lifetime, and we have a lot of work still to do, but I know who's here. We like hard work. …. Laura Barron-Lopez: Meantime, both vice presidential candidates were in nearby Michigan today, Harris' running mate, Governor Tim Walz, in Detroit. Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), Vice Presidential Candidate: Folks, I get it. You're tired. You're stressed. You're ready for this thing to be over. There's one antidote to this, and it's the best one. Go out and vote for Kamala Harris to be president. That's it. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), Vice Presidential Candidate: To vote for Kamala Harris is to vote for more of the same. Laura Barron-Lopez: And Trump's partner on the ticket, Senator J.D. Vance, in Portage, before jetting off to North Carolina. Sen. J.D. Vance: It is a vote for more of the same incompetent and failed leadership. And I think the state of Michigan, we're going to vote for a change. Laura Barron-Lopez: In the final days, Trump's campaign has steadily ramped up lies about election fraud. It all comes as foreign adversaries are interfering. This video that circulated on X purports to show Haitian immigrants illegally voting for Harris in several counties in Georgia. U.S. intelligence officials said today the video was manufactured by Russian influence actors to — quote — "raise unfounded questions about the integrity of the U.S. election and stoke divisions among Americans." Georgia's Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger called the video of Haitian's voting — quote — "obviously fake," and urged Elon Musk and other social media leaders to take down such disinformation. On the campaign trail, it's full speed ahead before the polls close on Tuesday. Both candidates will end their nights in the Milwaukee area, the heart of the Badger State, where polls say it's a complete toss-up. For the "PBS News Hour," I'm Laura Barron-Lopez.

After years of liberal lockstep, Armenian-Americans seem to be breaking for Donald Trump. This is good news, not just for ethnic Armenians but for all Americans. Let me explain. The first big break with the status quo came from Armenian Weekly columnist Armen Morian, who recently urged his readership to vote for Trump. But just take a look at a map, and the significance of Armenia’s role as it relates to Western hegemony becomes clear. Traditionally, Democrat candidates have pushed for Armenian causes, such as recognition of Armenian genocide. This has generally been enough for Armenians, like many other minority American groups, to nod their heads and go along with the empty promises of the liberal platform. Establishment stooges Morian acknowledges this habit as he makes a solidly persuasive case for why Armenian-Americans should vote for Trump. The Biden administration is simply the latest iteration of the fundamentally anti-human “Establishment” ideology: For decades the official ideology of the Establishment has been a globalist one that disdains the cultures, traditions and interests of individual nations, beginning with those of the nation they profess to serve: America. They regard men and nations as interchangeable pawns to be played, regardless, and often in spite of, their unique cultures, histories and traditions, which they see not as determinants of policy but obstacles to be overcome on the path toward advancing their ideology. For Morian, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's government is but an extension of this liberal establishment, with Pashinyan and his cronies doing the globalist work of trying to normalize relations between the republic and Turkey, harassing the Armenian Apostolic Church, and sowing division between Armenians of the mainland and of the diaspora, among other things. Donald Trump himself seemed to vindicate Morian's claims a few days later, when he made a post on Truth Social blaming Kamala Harris and the rest of the Biden administration for doing nothing as Islamic Azerbaijan ethnically cleansed 120,000 Armenians from their historic homeland in Artsakh, which was, up until 2023, a disputed enclave within the boundaries of Azerbaijan. I surmise that advisers like Vivek Ramaswamy and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have had something to do with raising his awareness of the crisis in that part of the world. As an ethnic Armenian myself, these developments are all fine and dandy. If the Armenian-American community can wake up from its liberal slumber and manage to find its conservative spine, I can call that progress. Why you should care But why should you care? Why should you care about the political goings-on of the Republic of Armenia and about the Armenians in general? After all, Armenians make up a tiny minority in America. Their vote most likely won’t make a dent in the election. Likewise, the Western perception of Armenia and Armenians is barely existent, if it even exists at all. What does this tiny nation located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and the Middle East have to do with you? Well, allow me to appeal to your sense of geopolitics. On the surface, Armenia comes off as a backwater post-Soviet country tucked away from the rest of Europe under the Caucasus mountain range. It doesn’t contribute much in terms of GDP, as its 1991 statehood came with significant disadvantages: It's completely landlocked on all sides and neighbored by two bloodthirsty enemies — Turkey and Azerbaijan. But just take a look at a map, and the significance of Armenia’s role as it relates to Western hegemony becomes clear. Garen Christopher Kaloustian Armenia is the lone obstacle standing in the way of Turkey’s pursuit of establishing a pan-Turanic land and sea bridge that would span Europe and Asia. Contrary to public perception, the bonds these nations share are less based on Islam than they are on ethnicity. The pan-Turanic menace The nations highlighted in the graphic are all demographically composed of ethnically Turkic peoples. And if they were to establish that pan-Turanic land and sea bridge, you can bet your bottom dollar they would throw the power of that newfound Turanic empire around. Some scenarios you can expect with the rise of the pan-Turanic empire: Turkey abuses its position in NATO even more, extracting any and all demands it may have due to its new status as a trading world power. The European states stand to pay even more for the oil they get from Azerbaijan, risking a position of total indentured dependence. Even more immigrants from Central Asia flood Europe. The U.S. is forced to comply with Turkish demands, norms, and cultural exports, so as not to lose out on major trade routes and markets. The eventual Islamified Turkification of all icons, symbols, and cultural artifacts the West holds dear and sacred. And if you think this isn’t coming down the pipeline, just look at both Greece and Armenia as your prime examples of what happens when Turks become the power brokers. The Hagia Sophia is no longer a church. Every major Armenian church and historical site has either been destroyed or retroactively cast as an ancient Turkish site. The ruthless predation of the Turkic world has remained only regional for Christians up until now, but it can very easily become international, very soon. What stands in the way is Armenia. That’s it. Very stable genius That is why the Azeris just cleaned out 120,000 Armenians from their ancestral homeland with military force. It’s why the traitorous, globalist Armenian government is pushing to “normalize” relations between itself and Turkey and Azerbaijan. And yes, it’s even why Iran considers Armenia’s territorial integrity a “red line” that it would not tolerate Azerbaijan breaching. It’s also why I want you, the reader, to be aware of this pressing issue. If Donald Trump becomes president, especially with advisers like Vivek Ramaswamy and RFK Jr. on his team, there will be a real opportunity to ward off this threat. What I’m pushing for is not more taxpayer-funded aid to yet another region of the world. Instead, I'd like us to siphon the power, influence, and money away from antagonists like Turkey and Azerbaijan, whom we help out a lot. The Middle East can be very stable, if we want it to be. That it happens to be occupied and governed by non-Christians is an anomaly — for much of history, Christians were in charge. A restoration of a Christian Middle East must be on the table as an agenda item for the next administration.

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