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GOP vice presidential nominee JD Vance told NewsNation that America’s number one threat is the relentless attacks on freedom of speech. Vance mourned how divided Americans have become and said that those divisions are in part fueled by violations of Americans’ First Amendment rights during a NewsNation town hall Thursday. “To me, the biggest threat to democracy is the rising tide of censorship,” Vance stated during the town hall. The Vice presidential nominee added that “The idea that we should be trying to silence our fellow Americans rather than persuade them and talk to them, that’s always going to lead to people being pissed off because they don’t like to be told what to think or what to say. They like to talk to one another.” Vance also encouraged Americans not to allow political differences expressed through freedom of speech to divide them from friends and neighbors. “Don't cast aside family members and lifelong friendships. Politics is not worth it. And I think we follow that principle. We'll heal the divide in this country,” he said. The Vice Presidential nominee also recently noted the impact that censorship can have on the democratic process when talking to New York Times journalist Lulu Garcia-Navarro on The Interview podcast. During the interview, Vance referenced MRC’s 2020 poll showing that 9.4  percent of Joe Biden voters would not have voted for him had they known about the Hunter Biden Laptop scandal censored by Big Tech and legacy media. “Is it okay that big technology companies censored the Hunter Biden laptop story which independent analysis said cost Donald Trump millions of voters?” Vance askedGarcia-Navarro. Vance’s continued emphasis on the idea that censorship is a “threat to democracy,” seems to align with the growing sentiment free speech is on the ballot. A poll conducted by Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression/NORC recently found that 63 percent of Americans consider free speech “very important” to their decision of who to vote for in 2024. Free Speech was second only to the issue of inflation, which 68 percent of those surveyed said was “very important” to the way they will vote this year. 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.

A Tennessee man called police saying he'd fallen off a cliff while a bear was chasing him. However, law enforcement is now saying the 911 caller murdered a hiker and then attempted to stage the victim's death as a bear attack. A man called 911 dispatch at 11:34 p.m. Oct. 18 to inform authorities that he was "injured and partially in water," according to a news release from the Monroe County Sheriff's Office.A manhunt is under way for Hamlett, and police said he should be considered armed and dangerous.The "distressed hiker" told police he had fallen off a cliff while running away from a bear. The hiker told law enforcement that his name was Brandon Andrade. The call was pinged in the area of the Charles Hall Bridge on the Cherohala Skyway in Tellico Plains — a small mountain town in east Tennessee.When first responders arrived, they searched the area and discovered a bloody corpse at the bottom of a cliff. The dead man had Brandon Andrade's identification.But law enforcement determined that the victim was not Andrade. Investigators said the ID had been stolen and used multiple times.Detectives with the Monroe County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigation Division and the Monroe County Violent Crimes Unit identified Nicholas Wayne Hamlett, 45, as the suspect who had been using Andrade's stolen identification.“Mr. Hamlett had used a false name when speaking with law enforcement in Knox County, TN after the distressed hiker call. Before his real identity had been verified, Mr. Hamlett is believed to have fled from his Tennessee residence,” the sheriff's office said. Investigators said the man who was found dead at the bottom of the cliff was murdered. Police did not identify him; they referred to him as John Doe.An arrest warrant has been issued for Hamlett for first-degree murder. A manhunt is under way for Hamlett, and police said he should be considered armed and dangerous.Hamlett is 5'7" tall, weighs 170 pounds, and has brown hair and blue eyes.Authorities said if you see Hamlett, call 911 or Monroe County Dispatch at 423-442-4357.Apparently, this isn't the first time Hamlett has been accused of an incident like this.In 2009, Hamlett was accused of holding a man at gunpoint, trying to hit him with a baseball bat, and attempting to bury him alive, according to AL.com. He was charged with attempted murder and kidnapping before pleading to a lesser offense of felony assault. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his crimes in 2012. In that case, Hamlett used the alias Joshua Jones. Hamlett also was wanted in Alabama on a parole violation.As Blaze News reported earlier this month, a Montana father was so brutally mangled to death while camping that his friends thought he was mauled in a bear attack. However, detectives said the "loving" dad was not killed by a bear – but rather he was the victim of a grisly homicide. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

The internet is mercilessly mocking Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz over the Democrat's bizarre gaffe about football in a deleted tweet. The tweet showed the Democratic vice presidential candidate playing the Madden football video game against Democratic socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, but it was his message that confused many. 'No one has ever used this phrase in football... Their entire campaign is a disaster.' "@AOC can run a mean pick 6 - and I can call an audible on a play. And we both now that if you take the time to draw up a playbook, you're gonna use it," read the Walz tweet. However, anyone with a modicum of football knowledge knows a "pick 6" is not a play that can be simply selected but depends on chance and opportunity. The campaign appeared to realize the mistake and deleted the tweet but not before screenshots were saved and went viral. Many noted that Walz had been a high school football coach himself. "Are we sure Tim Walz has even watched a game of football, let alone coached a team?" joked commentator Siraj Hashmi. "All the Harris campaign needs to do to win the election is line up in a pick 6 formation. It's simple, just like teaching football," read another joke. "I'm not sure Kamala ever worked at McDonald's and now I'm unsure if Walz ever coached football," responded commentator Mark Hemingway. Others pointed out that it was likely a social media manager who fumbled the tweet, not Walz himself. "I get it, interns run social media for these people, but I'm starting to believe Tim Walz didn't coach football either. No one has ever used this phrase in football. You can't 'run a mean pick 6'. Their entire campaign is a disaster," said T.J. Moe, BlazeTV contributor. "I’m dubious Walz posted this himself. It’s THAT bad. He’s getting dunked on for it, but I can’t bring myself to believe a former assistant high school football coach would type that. Pretty funny, tho," read another response. Walz has been hammered by numerous accusations that he exaggerated or outright lied about details of his life's story in order to climb the political ladder. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

The Kamala Harris campaign announced its own map on the popular shooter game Fortnite just a week before the election as part of a bid to reach gamers. The map was met with very few initial users."Freedom Town, USA" sports some of the Harris campaign promises and presents itself in the exact way an out-of-touch politician would attempt to reach young audiences.In a promo video, "Fight for freedom" appears in large text as generic rock-rap music begins to play. On the map's backdrop, fictional retail outlets like "Kamala's Kicks" fill the streets.The imagery also showcases signs in rainbow colors that display generic messages like "Promise of America" and "Freedom.""Kamala Harris and Tim Walz's campaign have released their very own Fortnite map in a bid to court the most oppressed demographic: 12-year-old gamers who play Fortnite," writer Ian Miles Cheong wrote on X."Freedom Town, USA is a custom creative map themed around some of Harris' campaign, including tax breaks for small businesses and affordable housing."Cheong also revealed that audio cues in the new map included clips from Donald Trump. For example, when you pick up a cat, Trump says, "They're eating the dogs, they're eating the cats," plays. "You have to wonder who they're even campaigning for," Cheong added.The map, which was officially released on October 28, so far has not been a hit. It carried an impressively low all-time peak of 261 concurrent users and is ranked No. 435 as a map. At the time of this publication, there were 1.7 million people playing Fortnite.Other pushes from the Harris campaign into the gaming world have included a Geeks & Nerds for Harris fundraiser.Embarrassingly broken up into the categories "Earth heroes" and "space explorers," the organizers describe themselves as a "diverse group of fandoms and artists teaming up to support Kamala Harris."'Those guys drew up a playbook and it's project 2025.'Additionally, vice presidential candidate and Governor Tim Walz was joined in a video game streaming session by Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The pair played the football game Madden 25 and the driving game Crazy Taxi.During their stream, Walz attacked Trump for wanting an administration that tells citizens "what books to read" while connecting him to Project 2025."I think a lot of folks on here are kind of independent folks, independent thinkers about things," Walz stated. "Why would you want the government telling you what books to read, or what doctor to see, or what how big your family can be?""It's that kind of stuff [that] is ridiculous and so I think, you talk about football planning, it's the same way; if you're going to drop a playbook in football you're going to use it. Those guys drew up a playbook and it's project 2025."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Last week the mother of all interviews happened when Donald Trump, arguably the most famous man on the planet, appeared on “The Joe Rogan Experience,” the top-ranked podcast on the planet. In their three-hour interview, Rogan and Trump broached a number of issues, but one that’s getting a ton of media attention is Trump’s reiterated claims that he will potentially end income taxes by substituting tariffs. Glenn Beck and Stu Burguiere discuss the possibility of such a drastic change to America’s tax infrastructure. As for repealing the 16th Amendment, Stu says, “I am a huge fan.” Glenn shares Stu’s enthusiasm and thinks that “it’s the right time” to do it. “[Trump] is talking about tariffs in a different way. … You build your cars outside of the United States? Okay, we're going to put a tariff on it to keep cars that are made here in the United States cheaper,” says Glenn, adding that this is the first time he’s ever “started to agree with tariffs.” “We must rebuild our infrastructure. We have to have manufacturing here in America,” he says, pointing to the fact that America “made the planes and the tanks and the Jeeps … that brought the whole world into Germany” during WWII. “Tariffs have a chance of saying, ‘Look, you want to sell your stuff? Fine, make it in America. … We'll give you incentives to bring your company, your manufacturing here so we have these plants, we are producing our own steel, we're doing these things.' Meanwhile, we're also going to drill, baby, drill," which will “bring our energy costs down,” Glenn explains. While Stu doesn’t love the idea of tariffs, he does love what they would do to the magnitude of our current federal government. “The size of the government that would be required for a government to be funded by tariffs is the size of a government I like,” he says, adding that “it’s a lot smaller than the one we have.” “Yes!” Glenn agrees. “We were all about that up until the 16th Amendment.” However, the question still remains: Will Trump actually do it? Even though almost all politicians promise tax cuts leading up to an election, Glenn thinks Trump “is actually going to do a lot of these things” he’s talked about during his campaign, as long as “he has the Senate and the House.” But he also has to “turn it around quickly.” To hear more of the conversation, watch the clip above. Want more from Glenn Beck?To enjoy more of Glenn’s masterful storytelling, thought-provoking analysis, and uncanny ability to make sense of the chaos, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

While it has absolutely been a great example of a community pulling together and of excellent communication from Bungie, Destiny 2’s weapon perk saga is arguably the biggest, strangest, and most shocking issue in the FPS game’s history. As a result, Bungie has begun its quest to make amends. Right now, you can claim a free emblem, but later down the line Bungie will also devise a way for you to get the elusive perk combinations that were being buried. Continue reading Destiny 2 compensates players with free emblem after its weapon perk saga MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Destiny 2 classes, Destiny 2 The Final Shape review, Destiny 2 builds