Conservative podcaster and former Trump political adviser Steve Bannon was released from prison Tuesday morning. Honey badger and baby honey badger???? pic.twitter.com/Ma1vQTCHKb— Grace Chong ?? (@gc22gc) October 29, 2024 Photo of Steve Bannon’s release from prison on Oct. 29, 2024. (Grace Chong, Bannon’s WarRoom) Bannon served four months in a federal prison in Connecticut for defying a subpoena to appear before Congress to testify as part of its investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. “For every conservative in America, this is what happens in the last days of a dying regime. They will never shut me up. They’ll have to kill me first. I have not yet begun to fight.” —Stephen K BannonVICTORY OR DEATH pic.twitter.com/hBFWTWjGXR— Grace Chong ?? (@gc22gc) June 30, 2024 His scheduled released was announced by the Bureau of Prisons. The 70-year-old Bannon was set to resume his WarRoom podcast Tuesday morning, according to The Associated Press. He has also scheduled a 3 p.m. news conference in New York City. The post Former Trump Adviser Steve Bannon Released from Prison appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Vice President Kamala Harris was born and spent most of her life in California, where she was elected to the Senate. It should, therefore, come as no surprise that her proposed policy agenda is aligned with California-style governance. Since the effects that high taxes and heavy regulation have had on the Golden State are clearly visible, it should be obvious that applying the Harris model nationally would be a disaster. Even with California’s appeal of natural beauty and pleasant weather, Americans have been fleeing the state in droves for years. A net 1.25 million people left California for other states between 2010 and 2019. Incredibly, this trend is getting worse, with a net 749,529 people departing California in 2021 and 2022 alone. Similarly, many major corporations have moved headquarters out of California, including Tesla, Hewlett-Packard, Oracle, Chevron, and Charles Schwab. There are good reasons for that exodus. California places a heavy tax burden on its citizens and businesses. That includes high personal and corporate income taxes, general sales taxes, and gas and diesel taxes. With many states taking the opposite approach by cutting taxes in recent years, California is increasingly an outlier. It would be one thing if those tax dollars were all used wisely. Unfortunately, California’s state and local governments are notorious for wasting money. That ranges from boondoggles such as the state’s dysfunctional high-speed rail project to a network of nonprofit groups that bilk cities with minimal oversight. In addition, California has a painfully high cost of living. Part of that is energy prices that are inflated by taxes and onerous “green” energy production mandate. Housing is also expensive, because local governments have blocked or delayed needed new construction for decades. In contrast, states such as Florida and Texas have attracted millions of residents from other states, thanks to pro-growth policies of low taxes, modest regulation, and making it easy to start and grow businesses. Such states provide a haven from the excessive government seen in places like California. That’s why the details of the Harris economic plan are so important—and so concerning. The 82-page plan, released in September, calls for increasing the federal government’s control. For example, there would be tax credits for selected (politically favored) industries. However, there would be broad tax increases on all businesses, since she claims they aren’t paying their “fair share.” That means the government would be picking winners and losers in the economy. It would also make most American businesses less competitive globally and reduce job-creating investments. That’s been the case in California, which taxes most businesses heavily while showering a select few with benefits. That approach resulted in driving businesses to other states. The Harris plan also proposes a national minimum wage increase. That mimics another job-killing policy from California, which has gone so far as to mandate $20 an hour for fast-food restaurant employees. When it comes to the cost of living, the Biden-Harris administration’s track record has been abysmal, fueling inflation through out-of-control deficit spending and a multitude of expensive regulations. To date, Harris has been unable (or unwilling) to distance herself from the current administration’s policies. Subsidy proposals in the Harris economic plan would also make inflation worse. Handouts for home purchases would encourage sellers to raise their prices, while an expansion of student loan “forgiveness” would encourage universities to keep tuition at eye-popping levels and add to the national debt. Higher prices, excessive regulations, and central control of the economy are both the hallmarks of Harris’ economic plan and the causes of California’s troubles. People who are unhappy with California can move to other states. But if California’s policies spread nationwide, Americans would have nowhere to escape to. This column reflects David Ditch’s personal opinions. His biographical information is presented for identification purposes only. We publish a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Daily Signal. The post Harris’ Plan to Spread California’s Economic Dysfunction appeared first on The Daily Signal.

NOVI, Michigan—Concerns about the economy, religious freedom, and border security are driving unlikely Michigan voters to the polls to vote Republican for the first time. One of the most hotly contested swing states, with its 15 Electoral College votes, Michigan may determine the outcome of the 2024 presidential election. Members of Naomi Steury’s Amish community in Battle Creek, Michigan, are registering to vote so that they can help elect former President Donald Trump. Although the Amish traditionally do not vote, she said, Amish residents of Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania know something has to change if they are going to be able to afford to continue living on their farms. On Saturday, Steury attended the Trump rally in Novi, Michigan, shortly after registering to vote as a Republican for the first time. “Everything is going downhill, like our families try to stay on the farm and they can’t afford to buy anything,” she told The Daily Signal. “It’s too expensive. They can’t afford to buy land, and we are struggling with interest. Everything is just down.” After the two attempts to assassinate Trump, Steury said, she felt God “directing” her to vote and she feels “at peace” with that decision. At least 30 others in her community in Battle Creek are following suit, she said. Steury, husband Sam, and their two voting-age daughters all plan to cast their ballots for the former president rather than Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee. “We know what Kamala Harris has done,” Steury said. “She’s already been tried, and Trump has been tried. Look what Trump did, and look what Kamala did.” Zayn Khazaali, an Arab-American from Dearborn, Michigan, says he voted for Joe Biden over Trump in 2020. But after three and a half years of record-high inflation, Khazaali said, he is voting this time for the former president. “While the country before with Trump was doing really good economically, we are now in bad shape and we cannot continue another four years with Democrats,” Khazaali told The Daily Signal. Trump is aligned with American values and has made efforts to gain the trust of Muslim and Arab-American communities, Khazaali said. “I believe the Muslim community and Arabic communities, they want a president that is close to their values, in order to be one nation that’s strong,” he said. “And I believe in the unity of American citizens if we all gather, and I believe Donald Trump will be the president that we need right now—especially in the world, with what’s going on.” Many other Muslims are undecided about who they will vote for Nov. 5, he said, but his family is leaning toward Trump. “It feels like doing something [for] the community,” Khazaali said. “He’s kind of inspiring them. They are feeling like he’s more trustworthy.” Some Muslims doubt Democrats’ leadership because they support gender ideology. Democrats say they’re for minorities, but their promotion of the LGBTQ agenda makes Muslims feel excluded, Khazaali said. “We are all American in the end, and we pick the president that can take the country forward, not a Democrat who [would] put us back for many years,” he said. “We don’t want that to happen again.” Azia Hernandez, who says she is a model for the energy drink Red Bull, is a resident of Wayne County, Michigan. Growing up in a Hispanic household, Hernandez said, she was told Democrats were the party of the working class. After doing some research of her own, Hernandez decided this wasn’t true and became a Republican. “I’m married to a military man,” Hernandez told The Daily Signal. “It’s awesome, but he’s British. It’s been two years. We can’t get him over here, but then we have all these illegals able to come over here, no problem.” Jim, a small business owner in Oakland County who emigrated from Baghdad, Iraq, says he has always been a Republican. He asked The Daily Signal not to publish his full name. “A small business owner is a conservative by nature,” the Chaldean American told The Daily Signal. “You don’t balance the books, you’re going to go out of business. Simple, plain and simple. And the same thing, I feel that this country should be run by someone that is familiar with business, and they need to balance the budget.” “A businessman understands how to balance the books,” said Jim, “and that’s why I believe that Trump can do it again.” He said he attended the Trump rally in Novi with his two daughters and niece, who are highly educated and in their 20s. He is confident that Trump will win Michigan because of the “pent-up demand and regret from the last election,” Jim said. He said the past four years have been characterized by “working twice as hard for less” and “trying to get caught up with the inflation, with the economy.” “I miss four years ago,” Jim said. Colin Green, 20, also from Oakland County, said he supports Trump and attended the rally because of the tax cuts implemented during Trump’s presidency, which he believes benefited middle-class residents like himself. “I’m here because I’m 20 years old, and I want to be able to afford to have a house,” Green said. “I want to be able to afford to live, afford groceries, afford gas. I want to be able to afford a general, decent standard of living.” A black resident of Oakland County, 21-year-old Breezy Mohammed, told The Daily Signal that he is casting his first-ever vote for Trump because he believes the former president will protect his gun rights. As a Christian, Mohammed said, he also is concerned about Harris’ radical positions in favor of the LGBTQ agenda. “Without a doubt, either Christians shouldn’t vote at all or they should be voting for Trump,” he said. “There’s no way you should be voting for Kamala.” Mohammed said high grocery and gas prices have affected Americans nationwide, so he believes they will vote for a change. “I think from talking to people, talking to my friends, even the youth, all my friends are voting Trump,” he said. The post Former Democrats, First-Time Voters Flock to Trump Rally in Michigan appeared first on The Daily Signal.

More than a third of American Muslims deny the rapes and murders committed by the Hamas terrorist organization in Israel occurred, according to a poll first reported by The Daily Signal earlier this month.  Just over a year after the Oct. 7 attacks and a week before the Nov. 5 presidential election, Muslim-American voters who oppose Israel “may determine the Electoral College votes of critical swing-state Michigan,” historian Victor Davis Hanson recently wrote in his weekly commentary published by The Daily Signal.   Since Iran assists and funds Hamas, Canadian psychologist and author Jordan Peterson has expressed concern that the Islamist regime continues to influence the thinking of some Americans.  Now, Peterson is promoting “Ask an Iranian,” a 15-minute minidocumentary about Iran, as part of US: The Story, a nonprofit organization set up to produce content across social media platforms. To date, content produced by US: The Story has racked up 80 million impressions and 5 million views, he said in an Oct. 9 press release.   Islamists fear nothing more than a vocal Iraninan telling the TRUTH about the Middle East. This is the real story of the Islamic Republic of Iran as told by 6 Iranian-Americans, unfiltered and with a stark warning for America. Watch below: pic.twitter.com/1bZSSthw0Q— us_the_story (@us_the_story) September 18, 2024 The short documentary from writer Gregg Hurwitz, an admirer of Peterson’s, focuses on post-1979 revolutionary Iran and the ideology that sparked the current regime.  “Of all the subversive players on the international stage, the Islamic Republic [of Iran] is arguably the most hell-bent on the subversion and even eventual destruction of both the U.S. and Israel,” Peterson said in an email promoting the minidocumentary.  Israel retaliated Saturday for Iran’s Oct. 1 launch of 200 ballistic missiles at Israeli cities with its own airstrikes against key Iranian military facilities. Afterward, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, called Sunday for a global military coalition to attack Israel.  “Ask an Iranian” draws on what Peterson calls the “experience of a selection of Iranian nationals.”   “Their blunt testimony paints the appropriately dire picture of [Iran] and the trouble that state is successfully fomenting in the West,” Peterson said in the press release.  This diverse group of Iranian Americans includes men and women of varying ages.  “One of the biggest strategies that the Islamic regime uses, and that all of the jihadists use, is propaganda,” a young woman name Gazelle Sharmahd says in the minidocumentary. “They try to look like the victims.”   Elham Yaghoubian, another featured voice, was born and raised in Iran and notes that “about $70-100 million annually was sent to Hamas” by Iran.  After the Oct. 7 attacks in southern Israel that left over 1,200 dead and another 250 taken hostage, and despite the U.S. State Department’s classifying Iran as “a dangerous regime,” protests in America in support of Hamas and against Israel spread, especially on college campuses.  Dear university students in the United States of America, you are standing on the right side of history.— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) May 29, 2024 “What we’re seeing right now on our campuses [is] not a grassroots movement … coming out because they genuinely care about a humanitarian cause. They’re orchestrated from a certain place,” Sharmahd says in “Ask an Iranian.”  She adds: “The supreme leader of the Islamic regime has supported these encampments, has said they’re heroes. And … when the leader of the Islamic regime says they’re supporting you, you’re probably on the wrong side of history.”  With Hurwitz as his guest, Peterson recorded a related episode of his popular podcast titled “US the Story: Dismantling Partisan Propaganda.” (The podcast may be seen on The Daily Wire and YouTube.)  “Ask an Iranian” is available across multiple platforms, including X, YouTube, and Instagram.   The post ‘Wrong Side of History’: Jordan Peterson Promotes Short, Timely Documentary on Iran  appeared first on The Daily Signal.

If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Amid escalating assertions over foreign influence in US elections, the White House is exploring a controversial proposal that some warn could threaten free speech and open debate. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan recently confirmed that the administration has been “grappling with and thinking about” the potential creation of an “information czar,” sparking concern over the government’s expanding role in controlling narratives under the guise of national security. https://video.reclaimthenet.org/articles/sullivan-info-czar-rtn98.mp4 Speaking at the National War College, Sullivan responded to a question about the potential for a centralized figure to oversee and counter foreign disinformation efforts by suggesting that while the idea has been under consideration, it could raise issues in a free society. “Questions around information operations, around public diplomacy, around the voice that America uses to speak to the world, bleed over into questions of propaganda or politics,” he said, implicitly acknowledging that such a role could have far-reaching consequences on public discourse. The proposal for an “information czar” raises immediate concerns over whether any centralized control over information could be used to restrict speech and stifle dissenting opinions. Sullivan recognized this risk, questioning whether such a role should be linked to the White House itself or to a more removed agency in order to “insulate this from the twos and fros of politics.” Still, the idea of government officials controlling “information resiliency” remains contentious, especially when directed at speech in the US rather than strictly addressing threats abroad. In defending the proposal, Sullivan argued that foreign election interference, particularly by Russia and other state actors, poses a national security issue and “an attack on our country” that needs a robust response. However, critics argue that efforts to counter disinformation could easily expand into broader content censorship efforts, a slippery slope that could ultimately see the government interfering with free speech in the name of “resilience.” We’ve Been Down This Road Before The White House’s recent consideration of an “information czar” to counter foreign election disinformation brings to mind the Department of Homeland Security’s short-lived Disinformation Governance Board (DGB) in 2022, which aimed to address misinformation but was quickly dismantled after facing public backlash and First Amendment violation concerns. The DGB’s stated mission was similar: to safeguard national security by countering foreign misinformation. However, it was met with immediate and intense criticism, as many feared the board would become a vehicle for government overreach, potentially chilling free speech under the guise of “information resilience.” The public pushback against the DGB showed the deeply rooted skepticism toward government involvement in controlling or moderating information, especially when it intersects with free speech concerns. If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The post White House Security Adviser’s “Information Czar” Idea Triggers Free Speech Concerns appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

7 Days From One Possible Apocalypse & January to Look Forward to: POTATUS Did NOT Settle the Port Strike

With the election eight days away, Comedy Central decided to contribute to the Democratic campaign on Monday with a special episode of The Daily Show called Rally Together, where they sent Jordan Klepper to a series of Donald Trump rallies for the purpose of making his supporters look as dumb as possible. Klepper is The Daily Show’s resident man on the street, but this time he decided to bring some friends. First, Klepper stopped in Detroit with actor and playwright Jeremy O. Harris and, before entering the rally, asked him what he expected, “A week ago, Trump dogged Detroit. He said if Kamala gets in office, every city’s going to look like Detroit, pejoratively. How do you think that’ll resonate here?” Harris replied that Trump supporters get some sort of sexual satisfaction out of being humiliated, “I think they’ll love it. I think it’s like when Matt Rife makes fun of your wife. You know what I mean? It’s like [laughs], I mean, not for me, but for that audience, right. Someone who wants, like, you know to be negged.” Klepper agreed, “It’s like a cuck audience.”     It was a sentiment Harris was keen to echo, “Yeah, it’s a cuck audience. It’s a real cuck audience,” to which Klepper piled on, “I haven’t thought of it that way, but that makes a lot of fucking sense.” When it came time to interview the rally attendees, Harris complained to a black woman, “Trump just said today that all of the stuff about America being built on the back of slaves, this being stolen land, if that’s in a textbook, he’s taking it out. I wrote a play called Slave Play, I can’t teach my own play in parts of Virginia and in parts of Florida because of, like, Republican lies around how our country was founded.” Teaching about slavery is not banned anywhere, so Harris is either woefully misinformed—which is ironic because the entire point was to show how uniformed Trump fans are—or his play is politicized history pretending to be factual. As Harris was reflecting on his time at the rally, he declared, “I actually feel worried for America.” Klepper used that to transfer to his second rally and fearmonger, “And there’s plenty to be worried about. In the wake of the Dobbs decision and JD Vance’s crusade against childless cat ladies, critics fear a second Trump term would be a Handmaid’s Tale dystopia, although Trump says he’ll be great ladies.” He then introduced his new guests who are not ones for subtlety, “So, next up, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, and I figured I’d bring some friends who don’t buy the whole protector narrative, Corinne Fisher and Krystyna Hutchinson, host of the sex-positive, anti-slut shaming podcast, Guys We Fucked.” At the rally, Hutchinson asked, “What do you think about women’s rights, like a woman's right to choose what to do with her body?” A series of women Trump supporters affirmed that they are pro-life, with one claiming, “It should not be a form of birth control.” Hutchinson claimed, “I’ve never met a woman that uses abortion as birth control.” Then what is the point of phrases like “reproductive freedom” or telling stories about women getting abortions because they do not believe they financially support a child? Additionally, the main problem with Klepper’s interviews is viewers have no way of knowing how many people he talked to versus how many The Daily Show puts on screen. The woman Harris was questioning would later go on to say the moon landing was probably faked, and later in the show, another Trump supporter would claim the government can control the weather. Those are not representative of the tens of millions of people who will vote for him, but showing them allows The Daily Show’s liberal audience to feel better about themselves. Here is a transcript for the October 28 show: Comedy Central The Daily Show – Jordan Klepper Fingers The Pulse: Rally Together 10/28/2024 JORDAN KLEPPER: A week ago, Trump dogged Detroit. He said if Kamala gets in office, every city’s going to look like Detroit, pejoratively. JEREMY O. HARRIS: Yeah. KLEPPER: How do you think that’ll resonate here? HARRIS: I think they’ll love it. I think it’s like when Matt Rife makes fun of your wife. You know what I mean? It’s like [laughs], I mean, not for me, but for that audience, right. Someone who wants, like, you know to be negged. KLEPPER: It’s like a cuck audience. HARRIS: Yeah, it’s a cuck audience. It’s a real cuck audience. KLEPPER: I haven’t thought of it that way, but that makes a lot of fucking sense. … HARRIS: Trump just said today that all of the stuff about America being built on the back of slaves, this being stolen land, if that’s in a textbook, he’s taking it out. FEMALE TRUMP SUPPORTER: Okay. HARRIS: I wrote a play called Slave Play, I can’t teach my own play in parts of Virginia and in parts of Florida because of, like, Republican lies around how our country was founded. … HARRIS: I actually feel worried for America. KLEPPER: And there’s plenty to be worried about. In the wake of the Dobbs decision and JD Vance’s crusade against childless cat ladies, critics fear a second Trump term would be a Handmaid’s Tale dystopia, although Trump says he’ll be great ladies. DONALD TRUMP: As president, I have to be your protector… you’ll no longer be abandoned, lonely, or scared… you will now longer be thinking about abortion. KLEPPER: So, next up, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, and I figured I’d bring some friends who don’t buy the whole protector narrative, Corinne Fisher and Krystyna Hutchinson, host of the sex-positive, anti-slut shaming podcast, Guys We Fucked. … KLEPPER: But, there’s another issue, MAGA refuses to rethink. KRYSTYNA HUTCHINSON: What do you think about women’s rights, like a woman's right to choose what to do with her body? FEMALE TRUMP SUPPORTER 2: The abortion issue, that’s a sticky issue for people. I am pro-life. FEMALE TRUMP SUPPORTER 3: Pro-life, pro-life, pro-life, pro-life. FEMALE TRUMP SUPPORTER 4: It should not be a form of birth control. HUTCHINSON: I’ve never met a woman that uses abortion as birth control. FEMALE TRUMP SUPPORTER 4: I’ve seen a lot on TV, I’ve seen a lot in the streets when I’m downtown working. HUTCHINSON: Abortions? CORINNE FISHER:  Abortions on the streets? FEMALE TRUMP SUPPORTER 2: I don’t think babies need to be killed in the womb and I certainly don’t think they should be killed after they’re born. HUTCHINSON: But that’s not happening because that’s murder. 

A Catholic group released an eye-opening new ad revealing Kamala Harris' previous support for an "anti-Catholic hate group" and suggesting she harbors anti-Christian antipathy more generally.On Monday, CatholicVote released the video ad featuring a photo of Harris posing with two drag queens from the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence at an LGBTQ-themed celebration in San Francisco in 2019. In the photo, Harris grins from ear to ear as she stands between longtime SPI member Michael Williams, aka "Sister Roma," and San Francisco transgender activist James Mitchell, aka "Saint Honey Mahogany," CatholicVote claimed.'Kamala Harris does not care about Christians in this country.'"Why is Kamala Harris posing with the founder of an anti-Catholic hate group?" a voice-over begins. "They mock our faith."The ad then includes footage of members of SPI conducting sexual performances on sacred Christian symbols, including the cross."For Catholics, it’s hard to imagine anything more offensive," the voice of Bishop Robert Barron says."Kamala Harris does not care about Christians in this country," another male voice adds.The ad closes by encouraging all Christians to vote this year to prevent Harris from acceding to the highest office in the land. "Christians can't stay home November 5," the voice-over says as the message "Reject Harris" flashes on screen.In a statement, CatholicVote President Brian Burch referred to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence as "a 'drag' troupe whose whole purpose is to mock and harass Catholics."Not only do their costumes and makeup attack innocent and faithful nuns, Burch claimed, but SPI then routinely blasphemes Jesus, the Virgin Mary, and Christianity in general by hosting "Hunky Jesus" competitions during which drag queens "perform stripteases, simulate sex acts, and mock the crucifixion."Harris' appearance with the blasphemous drag queens is hardly the only time she has demonstrated anti-Catholic animus. In 2018, then-Sen. Harris grilled Brian Buescher, nominated to the federal bench by President Donald Trump, for his membership in the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic men's charitable organization.During her line of questioning, Harris repeatedly implied that Buescher's association with the Knights of Columbus — which embraces Catholic teaching on abortion and marriage — meant he was unfit to serve.The Biden-Harris administration has also engaged in ruthless lawfare against Christians who protest peacefully near abortion clinics, sending some to prison for years. The administration even targeted the Little Sisters of the Poor — a group of actual Roman Catholic nuns who dedicate their lives to serving Christ by assisting the elderly and vulnerable — over their moral objection to contraception.Just last week, NBC News’ Hallie Jackson asked Harris whether she supported any restrictions on abortion, including "religious exemptions" ostensibly for performing abortions. Harris rejected the premise and indicated instead that abortion rights trumped all other considerations."I don’t think we should be making concessions when we’re talking about a fundamental freedom to make decisions about your own body," Harris replied.Harris did not clarify whether she also considers the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which protects the free exercise of religion, a "fundamental freedom."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Tom Brady caused a stir with fans and media members who took offense to him using the term "spaz" when describing the way Josh Allen used to play.Brady was in the commentary booth with announcer Kevin Burkhardt during the Buffalo Bills’ 31-10 victory over the Seattle Seahawks Sunday afternoon. It was only about 13 minutes into the game when the former player started to rain praise on Buffalo's star quarterback."You really begin to take total ownership of the team as a leader in the workouts, in the offseason," Brady said on Fox. "How you communicate to everybody and integrate new players becomes a great challenge to a quarterback like Josh [Allen] who has really lit the league on fire since he's been in the league."'Sometimes he played like a spaz, like a grade-schooler on a sugar high.'Then, Brady remarked on how Allen previously looked spastic or uncontrolled when he first came into the NFL but has greatly progressed since then."Sometimes he played like a spaz, like a grade-schooler on a sugar high, but now he's controlled the chaos. He's like a storm coming into town and you don’t want that storm coming into this town."Brady's seemingly harmless comments, which co-host Burkhardt even chuckled at, were not taken likely by some viewers.Awful Announcing's Brandon Contes called the statement an example of an "insulting term" that has been "deemed wildly offensive."The writer added that the comment was an "ableist slur" and "meant as an insult."The outlet's own readers overwhelmingly disagreed, calling the article "pathetic" while labeling the writer "the word police."One reader joked that Brady should be put in jail for his use of the term while another reader simply called the writer a "blogging spaz." Of course, other fans — responding on an X post — suggested muting their television whenever Brady speaks."Brady’s awful, mute the TV awful," one viewer wrote. "Thankful for the mute button," another said.Brady’s awful, mute the TV awful.— Miguel de Unamuno (@unamuno1898) October 28, 2024 "Brady is so cringe. He probably spent 45 minutes writing this out," a fan theorized while another simply wrote "F U Tom Brady."F U Tom Brady— Tiffany Kear (@tiffunny33) October 28, 2024 The seven-time Super Bowl champion has made the media rounds since his retirement and has been featured in both the broadcast booth and a weekly roundup show for Fox Sports.When Brady visited England to support Birmingham City, a soccer team he owns a minority share of, the former quarterback showed he indeed has a little bit of bite to his commentary.Brady was clearly irritated when a Sky Sports reporter asked Birmingham chairman Tom Wagner about how Brady has been able to help the team. The only problem was Brady was standing right there."Why do you ask that like I'm not here?" Brady said, giving the interview an incredibly-awkward turn.Brady has hinted multiple times in 2024 that he isn't opposed to a comeback in football, however that would now be far more difficult since he is now a part of the Las Vegas Raiders ownership group.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Hurricane Helene coverage might be dwindling in the mainstream media, but Blaze News investigative journalist Steve Baker isn’t giving up on the victims. “I actually met with the primary director here on the ground of FEMA,” Baker, who’s on the ground in North Carolina, tells Jill Savage and Matthew Peterson of “Blaze News Tonight.” And what he’s found is “interesting.” “There is absolutely incontrovertible evidence that FEMA has a much larger footprint on the ground in the disaster zone here. They have ten disaster relief centers already set up. They now have a massive warehouse with just thousands of pallets of dry goods, of drinks of water, all types of humanitarian aid and needs that are required to be delivered,” Baker explains. “Yet all of the people also on the ground, working in these distant remote communities, never see them,” he adds. Baker, who’s been working in two of the worst-hit areas in North Carolina, has seen “no FEMA.” “Zero. Not one sign of them. So they have more goods, they have more services, they have more people,” he says. “They dwarf everyone else’s operations; we just don’t know where they’re delivering everything.” When Baker did get a chance to speak with someone from FEMA, that individual's response was not comforting. “I asked him, ‘Why are we not seeing the government agencies, federal agencies, state, local, county, whatever, out at these recovery sites?'" Baker explains. “He just shrugged and he said, ‘I think that they’re just tired of seeing the death.’” Want more from 'Blaze News Tonight'?To enjoy more provocative opinions, expert analysis, and breaking stories you won’t see anywhere else, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.