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Tech giant Microsoft is once again taking aim at free speech as the 2024 election approaches. In an Oct. 23 blog post, Microsoft accused U.S. adversaries Russia, China, and Iran of “undermining U.S. democratic processes” with online activities. The Microsoft Threat Analysis Center (MTAC) offered an equally problematic and anti-free speech solution, calling on politicians, government institutions, and online fact-checkers to target and censor information with alleged foreign ties online. This comes even after The Twitter Files repeatedly revealed how Twitter censored Americans who were falsely accused of Russian ties. Microsoft referenced an incident in which Iranian hackers allegedly sent “stolen, non-public material from former President Trump’s campaign” to Joe Biden’s campaign and media entities, according to a federal investigation. The tech giant asserted that Chinese agents are targeting the elections of members of Congress and other down-ballot Republican candidates online. And the blog accused “Russian actors” of trying to spread false information about Democrat presidential nominee Kamala Harris and her running mate Tim Walz. Ultimately, Microsoft’s solution was to encourage fact-checking and something akin to pre-bunking, both of which often silence constitutionally-protected free speech online. “With a particular focus on the 48 hours before and after Election Day, voters, government institutions, candidates, and parties must remain vigilant against deceptive and suspicious activity online,” Microsoft claimed. “Early detection and fact-checking remain essential to countering these efforts and maintaining election integrity.” Microsoft particularly tried to raise hysteria about artificial intelligence-generated content. Again, this is particularly concerning in light of past misidentification of Americans as foreign disinformation spreaders. After the 2016 election, the witchhunt for Russian bots online led to censorship of Americans on Twitter, per the Twitter Files. One American user, @drkwarlord, was accused of living in Asia and launching a “Russian hashtag” because he was a night nurse who posted at unusual hours, according to the Twitter Files. Microsoft also has a track record of pushing for censorship. For instance, in 2021, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) accused Microsoft-owned LinkedIn of censoring content that was critical of Communist China. LinkedIn also censoredcontent critical of Covid-19 vaccines. 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.

Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos may have tipped his hand on who he believes will be the next president of the United States, a new Media Research Center study found. After searching for “election party decorations” and “election party favors” on Amazon, MRC researchers uncovered that 57% of partisan election party decorations and 61% of partisan election party favors were Trump or Republican-themed on Oct. 25. On the same day, Bezos’s publication, The Washington Post, became the second major publication in a week to announce that its editorial board would not be endorsing a candidate for president following a reported decision by Bezos. The Post has endorsed every Democratic presidential nominee from former President Bill Clinton in 1992 to President Joe Biden in 2020. But Bezos apparently wasn’t content with just nixing The Post’s decades-long, objectivity-wrecking tradition of endorsing presidential candidates. But reporting from The New York Times revealed Bezos's signal to his newspaper “that he is interested in expanding The Post’s audience among conservatives.” Bezos reportedly informed Post CEO Will Smith “that he wants more conservative writers on the opinion section,” The Times wrote. This would be a dramatic overhauling of a media outlet that has spewed predominantly unhinged leftist and anti-Israel agitprop for years. MRC Free Speech America Vice President Schneider suggested that Bezos simply saw how the Biden-Harris administration discriminated and punished his competitor, X owner Elon Musk, and is scrambling to show Trump that the Post can function like a news outlet once again. During the Oct. 26 edition of the James Golden Show Schneider said that Bezos has been watching actions against Musk’s existing federal contracts and his companies by various government departments. “Suddenly, Elon Musk is being fined, investigated, probed for what he has potentially done, the entire power of the Harris-Biden police state has come down on his head and the second wealthiest man on the planet [Bezos] is thinking ‘well could Trump do that to me, too?’”  Schneider went on to explain that Bezos believes that Trump will win and incorrectly fears that Trump would take the same “fascistic” approach that Biden and Harris have embraced.        Bezos’s decisions aren’t boding too well for the uber-leftist apparatchiks at The Post, who are reportedly up in arms that their seemingly impenetrable echo chamber has just been breached by their leadership. The Post Editorial Board even tried to put its CEO on blast: “‘The message from our chief executive, Will Lewis — not from the Editorial Board itself — makes us concerned that management interfered with the work of our members in Editorial.’”  Schneider wasn’t the only one to allude to Bezos possibly genuflecting to Trump. Former Post editor-at-large Robert Kagan, who resigned in protest of Bezos’s decision to halt his newspaper’s endorsement of Harris like a petulant child, surmised that “[i]t’s a sort of preemptive bending of the knee to who they may think is the probable winner,” said Kagan. “‘Anybody who is as much a part of the American economy as Bezos is … they obviously want to have a good relationship with whoever is in power. [It’s] an attempt to try not to be on the wrong side of Donald Trump,’” he continued.  Whether the reason for Bezos unplugging himself from the leftist matrix is a genuine red-pilling or just that he got the heebie-jeebies that Trump could be in the White House again is unimportant. The Post is long overdue for a shakeup of its left-wing orthodoxy. Other informal signs of a potential Trump victory include the betting markets PredictIt and Polymarket. On Oct. 28, Polymarket showed a 66 percent chance that Trump will become the nation’s 47th president but gave Harris only a 34 percent chance of that honor (unless Biden leaves office before Inauguration Day). PredictIt also heavily favored Trump on Oct. 28, forcing users to put down 60 cents on the former president if they wished to bet on his return to office. Investing in Kamala Harris is apparently a riskier proposition as PredictIt offers users a deal of only 43 cents to pick her.  The 2024 Republican presidential nominee has also thrived in casual local competitions such as a cookie-buying contest in the crucial swing state of Pennsylvania and another cookie contest in Cincinnati that has predicted every presidential election since 1984 (except 2020).  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  Methodology  For this report, MRC Free Speech America analyzed the first 100 results for the Oct. 25 Amazon results for “election party decorations” and the Oct. 25 Amazon results for “election party favors.” MRC Free Speech America used a private window utilizing the Brave privacy browser to analyze Google search results to limit the influence of prior search history and tracking cookies.

When Americans sit down for dinner or prepare their breakfast, seldom do they ask themselves where their food comes from. And unfortunately, the farmers who have kept them fed for generations may be going extinct. Brian Reisinger, a fourth-generation farmer himself and author of "Land Rich, Cash Poor: My Family's Hope and the Untold History of the Disappearing American Farmer,” is seeing firsthand the economic and cultural crisis that’s threatening America’s food supply. Rick and Bubba of the “Rick and Bubba Show” grew up in rural Alabama, and this hits close to home. “We were an agricultural society, and boy, have we moved away from that,” Rick tells Bubba. “And unfortunately, it’s as if the farmer has, like Brian says, disappeared.” “I like to say we’re not only losing the farms that feed us — which is true, this affects food prices, the security of our food supply, all kinds of economic issues — but we’re also losing a part of ourselves because this is a big part of our American values and a big part of who we are as a people, and it’s slipping away,” Reisinger agrees. While Reisinger grew up learning from his father how to be a farmer himself, it’s a way of life that most Americans are now divorced from. “It’s a beautiful way of life,” he tells Rick and Bubba. “I grew up working with my dad from the time I could walk.” “The values, things you learn, you get up at sunup to work with your dad, and you do it till sundown. You come in at odd hours. The barn, when there’s a cow having a hard time delivering her calf, and you see your dad help deliver that calf and you see the calf take its first life breaths, you learn about the circle of life,” he explains. “Not everybody has to grow up on a farm, we don’t have to force everybody to do that, but we’re losing this to such a degree that I really think it’s affecting our culture,” he adds. But this isn’t happening just because the culture has changed. “We come out of the depression, when the disappearance first started happening,” Reisinger explains, noting that the government “had all kinds of programs that were meant to control the price and the supply.” “They had farmers leaving land idle. They had animals slaughtered. They did all kinds of things to try to bring the supply down and the prices up,” he continues, adding, “Our government began just piling more programs on top of one another.” The government has continued to attempt to control farmers and their land while allowing foreign governments to buy farmland as well. “It’s one of many things that our country allows that other countries don’t allow us to do,” Reisinger says. “The issue that we face with that is the incredible pace of foreign ownership of farmland.” In just two years, foreign-owned farmland in the U.S. increased by 15% — and China is one of the biggest owners. “That’s alarming,” he adds. Want more from Rick and Bubba?To enjoy more legendary comedy, political arguments, and lessons in common sense, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

A CNN report documented that CEOs of some big tech companies are giving former President Donald Trump a phone call after recent polling showed that he might get elected again. Trump has mentioned in various interviews that the CEOs of Apple, Google, Meta, and Amazon have reached out to him in the closing weeks of the election campaign. ‘I don’t want to have him, his administration, going after us.'A person who is close with Trump and has knowledge of the calls spoke to CNN and said the CEOs were likely hedging their bets in case Trump won, the outlet claimed. “There are some that seem to be waking up to the fact that like, ‘Holy s***, this guy might get elected again. I don’t want to have him, his administration, going after us,’” the person said. “What he’s saying out loud, I think they hear, and they’re taking it seriously.” Of course, Trump has already obtained the enthusiastic and influential endorsement of tech billionaire Elon Musk, who owns the popular social media platform X. Trump revealed that Google CEO Sundar Pichai called him to praise the success of his photo op at a McDonald's fast-food restaurant. “He said, ‘This is one of the hottest things. We have never seen anything like this,’” Trump said of the call with Pichai. CNN cited a source who claimed Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg called the former president after the first assassination attempt on his life in order to praise him for his composure during the incident. The two had a combative relationship before the call but have since then been far more friendly in public comments about each other. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy also reached out to Trump, according to CNN sources, with a “general, hello-type thing.”Recent polling shows voter support for Trump surging just ahead of Election Day, and pundits believe that he will win if voting follows historic trends from 2016 and 2020. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Republican vice presidential nominee Senator JD Vance (R-Ohio) sparred with CNN's Jack Tapper on Sunday, challenging the accuracy of comments Tapper attributed to former President Donald Trump.Tapper opened the interview by questioning Vance about criticisms from Trump's former chief of staff, retired Marine General John Kelly, who expressed concerns that the former president would allegedly deploy the military against "the enemy from within." Last week, Kelly accused Trump of being a "fascist" and an "authoritarian." 'Show me the quote where he said that.'Vance dismissed the allegations and described Kelly as a disgruntled former employee attempting to tarnish Trump's reputation. He told Tapper that several witnesses have accused Kelly of fabricating false statements he has attributed to Trump.Tapper claimed that Kelly and Trump are in alignment on policies, but Vance stated, "I don't buy that."Vance said, "If you actually look at John Kelly and folks like Liz Cheney, the fundamental disagreement they have with Donald Trump is, even though they say they're conservative, they're conservative in the sense that they want America to get involved in a ton of ridiculous military conflicts. They want America to police the world, and Donald Trump [doesn't]."Tapper interrupted Vance, stating, "John Kelly lost a son in Afghanistan. Why are you saying, like — I've never heard John Kelly say whether he supports Iran or Afghanistan."Vance responded, "And I honor his son's sacrifice and his family's sacrifice; that doesn't mean he's not wrong about policy.""Is your argument that a person that lost a son in Afghanistan can't be wrong about public policy?" Vance asked Tapper.Vance stated that many of Trump's conservative critics who were previously in his Cabinet had turned against him because he "wouldn't listen to the leadership of the military when they wanted him to start ridiculous conflicts."Tapper pressed Vance on his claim that Kelly coordinated with Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign before making his critical comments about Trump. Tapper reported that sources close to Kelly and the Harris campaign denied any such communication."I'm highly skeptical of that, Jake. You know the way that these attacks work," Vance responded. "You're telling me that based on secondhand conversations with John Kelly."Vance contended that the only reason Harris does not have former staff criticizing her is because "she doesn't fire people who fail.""That's why we haven't had a real audit of the disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal," he added. "Kamala Harris protects failures in government; Donald Trump fires them."Tapper argued that several of Trump's former staff members think Trump is "not fit for office.""Oh, they didn't think he was unfit for office until they had a falling-out with him because he fired them, and we're not talking about public policy," Vance responded.The senator tried to steer the conversation to policy issues, urging Tapper to question him on Trump's strategies for reducing grocery and housing costs for Americans."You'd much rather talk about what Donald Trump allegedly said than what Trump did in office," Vance stated.Tapper stated that Trump threatened to use the military against American citizens, including former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Representative Adam Schiff (D-Calif.)."He did not say that, Jake," Vance fired back. "Show me the quote where he said that.""He's talking about people rioting after the election," the senator continued. "People who burn down American cities in the summer of 2020. Yes, we should have a federal law enforcement response."Tapper persisted, claiming that Trump intends to use the military to "go after the enemy from within.""Here's the game that you're playing," Vance explained. "He said that he wanted to use the military to go after far-left lunatics who are rioting, and he also called them 'the enemy within.' He separately, in a totally different context and a totally different conversation, said that Nancy Pelosi and Adam Schiff were threats to this country.""You're imputing things. You're taking words out of context. You're taking two separate conversations and pretending they were made at the exact same time," Vance remarked.Vance then slammed Tapper and CNN for giving credence to the "Russia hoax.""Ask yourself a basic question on network integrity. You guys talked about the Russia hoax nonstop," Vance stated. "And so you took the words of unnamed FBI agents and put them on your network as though they were the gospel truth. You did it again and again." Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Billionaire Jeff Bezos is reportedly pressuring the leaders at the Washington Post to hire writers with different viewpoints for its radically liberal opinion section. In fact, he wants conservatives to contribute as well. According to the New York Times:Mr. Bezos has told others involved with The Post that he is interested in expanding The Post’s audience among conservatives, according to a person familiar with the matter. He has appointed Mr. Lewis — a chief executive who previously worked at the Rupert Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal — and has informed Mr. Lewis that he wants more conservative writers on the opinion section, the person said.The new push comes amid the paper's decision not to endorse any presidential candidate for this election despite its heavy slant against former President Donald Trump. The Post will also not be making any endorsements for president in the future.'The way democracy dies in darkness is if journalism is left to die in cowardice.'The New York Times reported that Bezos told CEO Will Lewis and opinions editor David Shipley to end the endorsements. A spokeswoman for the Post said, "This was a Washington Post decision to not endorse, and I would refer you to the publisher’s statement in full."The Post's decision not to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for president sparked intense backlash both from outside and inside the liberal paper. Subscribers canceled their memberships, prompting some reporters to beg readers to reconsider. Critics say the lack of support for Harris means the WaPo tagline of "Democracy Dies In Darkness," launched under Trump, is nothing more than a virtue signal. Conservatives have long pointed out the melodrama of such a motto."This is cowardice, with democracy as its casualty. @realdonaldtrump will see this as an invitation to further intimidate owner @jeffbezos (and others). Disturbing spinelessness at an institution famed for courage," said Martin Baron, the former editor for the Post."It’s not too late for The Post to express its editorial view of the priorities, relative values and principles at stake in this highly consequential election. Will it do so? An 'independent' news organization, which Lewis extolled, does not mean silent. As misinformation, confusion, dissonance, anxiety and anger spread through America, The Washington Post must be a beacon. The way democracy dies in darkness is if journalism is left to die in cowardice," wrote Post columnist Karen Attiah.The decision has prompted speculation that Bezos is either hedging his bets that Trump will win next week's election or trying to make the newspaper profitable by not being so one-sided in support of Democrats.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

The answer to that question is: It depends on which subcategory of the red-pill right you’re looking at. On one hand, you have those whose eyes have opened to the corruption of the establishment. These people “used to support establishment Republicans” but, having seen the rampant corruption, now oppose these politicians. “All the way on the other end of the spectrum, we have the Andrew Tates,” says Liz Wheeler, who points out that these kinds of red-pill bros tend to denounce marriage and the nuclear family. It’s this latter category of men that Liz and the Daily Wire’s Michael Knowles are interested in. - YouTube youtu.be As for “guys who appear to hate women” and, more broadly, the “manosphere movement that discourages marriage and encourages promiscuous sex,” Knowles says, it’s “the flip side of the coin of feminism.” What third-wave feminism and the manosphere movement have in common is that they both “misunderstand men and women” and “human nature” in general. Knowles calls the “irrational, passionate kind of tyranny” that defines the red-pill bro movement “unreasonable.” It “won’t lead to human flourishing,” he tells Liz. Having met with many men who adhere to this ideology, Knowles says that they discourage marriage on the grounds that “family courts favor women in cases of divorce.” However, the answer lies in “amending the laws,” not denouncing marriage, says Knowles. But even that isn’t enough, according to him. True conservatives believe that “divorce is really evil,” and “if it is to be tolerated at all, it should be in really circumscribed cases.” Of course, we’re a far cry from that since the introduction of the no-fault divorce law that has essentially made divorce nothing more than an expensive, time-consuming breakup. “I think that promiscuity and adultery ought to be discouraged, including in some cases, with the force of the law as was the case in America until relatively recently,” says Knowles. “I know there are going to be some people listening maybe on the red-pill right or certainly the feminists and the leftists who will look at me like I have three heads,” but “what I am stating is what everybody believed just about 50 or 60 years ago for all of American history and throughout the West, so this isn't radical stuff.” “Embracing divorce and radical individualism and just using people for your own pleasure. ... If that's the right, then really there's no difference between the right and the left,” he says. To hear Liz’s response, watch the clip above. Want more from Liz Wheeler?To enjoy more of Liz’s based commentary, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.