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The top leaders of the Federal Bureau of Investigation revealed in a recent interview that the evidence in the suspicious death of sex offender billionaire Jeffrey Epstein pointed to a definitive conclusion. While the circumstances of Epstein's death have led many to suspect that he was killed in order to protect those who were complicit in his alleged underage trafficking ring, FBI Director Kash Patel said the evidence supported the official explanation of suicide. 'You know a suicide when you see one, and that's what that was.' Patel made the admission while he and FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino were being interviewed by Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business. Video of the interview aired on Sunday. "You said Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide," said Bartiromo. "People don't believe it." "They have a right to their opinion," Patel replied, "but as someone who has worked as a public defender, as a prosecutor who's been in that prison system, who's been in the metropolitan detention center, who's been in segregated housing, you know a suicide when you see one, and that's what that was." "He killed himself," Bongino agreed. "Again, I've seen the whole file. He killed himself."Video of the interaction between Bartiromo, Patel, and Bongino was widely circulated on the internet, where it garnered millions of views. Some members of the Trump administration had been criticized for promising to release Epstein files and apparently stalling on the issue. RELATED: Federal judge orders dozens of names of Jeffrey Epstein associates be unsealed Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck responded to the admission from the FBI on social media. "FBI Director @Kash_Patel and @dbongino now claim they believe Epstein's death WAS a suicide," wrote Beck. "They didn't used to believe that. I STILL don't believe that. However, I know Dan Bongino. I think he's a credible guy. He loves his country. I know Kash Patel. I think he's an honorable guy. He loves his country." Beck listed the evidence that the FBI must release in order to alleviate the suspicions of many who doubt the official story of Epstein's death. "I tend to believe Patel and Bongino. I don't believe there's some sort of conspiracy inside MAGA," Beck added. "But I also believe that Epstein didn't kill himself with a PAPER SHEET. So, show us the facts. We must restore trust."One of the Epstein accusers, Virginia Giuffre, died in April from suicide, according to a statement from her family, which sparked even more speculation. The 41-year-old had been in a bus accident and accused her husband of abuse prior to her death. Authorities have initially said the suicide was not suspicious. RELATED: Pam Bondi says Epstein client list is sitting on her desk 'right now' and being reviewed for release Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!
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The top leaders of the Federal Bureau of Investigation revealed in a recent interview that the evidence in the suspicious death of sex offender billionaire Jeffrey Epstein pointed to a definitive conclusion. While the circumstances of Epstein's death have led many to suspect that he was killed in order to protect those who were complicit in his alleged underage trafficking ring, FBI Director Kash Patel said the evidence supported the official explanation of suicide. 'You know a suicide when you see one, and that's what that was.' Patel made the admission while he and FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino were being interviewed by Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business. Video of the interview aired on Sunday. "You said Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide," said Bartiromo. "People don't believe it." "They have a right to their opinion," Patel replied, "but as someone who has worked as a public defender, as a prosecutor who's been in that prison system, who's been in the metropolitan detention center, who's been in segregated housing, you know a suicide when you see one, and that's what that was." "He killed himself," Bongino agreed. "Again, I've seen the whole file. He killed himself."Video of the interaction between Bartiromo, Patel, and Bongino was widely circulated on the internet, where it garnered millions of views. Some members of the Trump administration had been criticized for promising to release Epstein files and apparently stalling on the issue. RELATED: Federal judge orders dozens of names of Jeffrey Epstein associates be unsealed Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck responded to the admission from the FBI on social media. "FBI Director @Kash_Patel and @dbongino now claim they believe Epstein's death WAS a suicide," wrote Beck. "They didn't used to believe that. I STILL don't believe that. However, I know Dan Bongino. I think he's a credible guy. He loves his country. I know Kash Patel. I think he's an honorable guy. He loves his country." Beck listed the evidence that the FBI must release in order to alleviate the suspicions of many who doubt the official story of Epstein's death. "I tend to believe Patel and Bongino. I don't believe there's some sort of conspiracy inside MAGA," Beck added. "But I also believe that Epstein didn't kill himself with a PAPER SHEET. So, show us the facts. We must restore trust."One of the Epstein accusers, Virginia Giuffre, died in April from suicide, according to a statement from her family, which sparked even more speculation. The 41-year-old had been in a bus accident and accused her husband of abuse prior to her death. Authorities have initially said the suicide was not suspicious. RELATED: Pam Bondi says Epstein client list is sitting on her desk 'right now' and being reviewed for release Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!
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A fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California, was the apparent target of a car bomb on Saturday.The FBI identified Guy Edward Bartkus, who was killed in the explosion, as the suspect in the attack.'I think we need a war against pro-lifers.'Akil Davis, the assistant director of the FBI's Los Angeles field office, stated that the incident appeared to be "an intentional act of violence." Davis also referred to the attack as "terrorism," linking the suspect to "nihilistic ideations.""This was a targeted attack against the [in-vitro fertilization] facility," Davis said. "Make no mistake: We are treating this, as I said yesterday, as an intentional act of terrorism."Interim U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California Bill Essayli confirmed that the explosion was intentional."My office along with the FBI will be leading the terrorism investigation into this incident. Federal prosecutors and special agents are on scene," Essayli said. "We do not believe there is any further threat to the public at this time. We will release as much information as possible that does not jeopardize our active investigation."The explosion, which occurred in the facility's parking lot, caused significant damage to American Reproductive Centers and nearby buildings. Bartkus, 25, died in the blast, and at least four others were injured. No embryos were destroyed, according to the clinic. RELATED: Wyoming abortion ban blocked hours after suspect arrested in connection to clinic fire â (@) American Reproductive Centers stated in part, "We are immensely grateful to share that no members of the ARC team were harmed, and our lab â including all eggs, embryos, and reproductive materials â remains fully secure and undamaged. We are heavily conducting a complete safety inspection and have confirmed that our operations and sensitive medical areas were not impacted by the blast."The FBI believes that Bartkus had planned to livestream the attack. It is currently investigating "a possible manifesto."In an alleged online manifesto, the suspect shared his anti-natalist beliefs."The end goal is for the truth (Efilism) to win, and once it does, we can finally begin the process of sterilizing this planet of the disease of life," it reportedly read. "Life can only continue as long as people hold the delusional belief that it is not a zero sum game causing senseless torture, and messes it can never, or only partially, clean up.""I think we need a war against pro-lifers," it added.The alleged manifesto also encouraged viewers to "download the recorded stream of my suicide & bombing of an IVF clinic."RELATED: War on faith: How anti-Catholic violence is exploding almost unnoticed On Sunday, KTLA spoke with Bartkusâ father, Richard Bartkus, who claims he had not spoken with his son for over a decade.He claimed that his son had a history of setting fires, including burning down their family home at 9 years old. âWhat my [former] wife, what my daughter knows, I really donât know. But they had to see a change in him. They donât just go off like that and nobody sees a change,â he told KTLA.U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi stated that she had been briefed about the attack. âWe are working to learn more, but let me be clear: the Trump administration understands that women and mothers are the heartbeat of America. Violence against a fertility clinic is unforgivable,â she wrote in a post on X. â (@) Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!
No moment offers a political party a better opportunity for self-examination than losing the White House after a single term. But the Democratic Party refuses to seize that opportunity. Instead, party leaders and media allies have turned their ire toward the one man with no role in shaping the partyâs future: Joe Biden. Yes, Bidenâs four years exposed real structural problems worth sorting out. Fridayâs release of special counsel Robert Hurâs tapes exposes just how far gone the president was and raises serious questions about how closely he must have been managed. Tapper, Thompson, and the rest are covering up the Democratsâ own failings, giving them the excuse they need to avoid any real soul-searching. Then came Sundayâs revelation that Biden is suffering from an âaggressiveâ form of prostate cancer â two years after he slipped up and said he had it and one year after his doctor publicly presented a clean bill of health (but declined to take questions). The White House claimed at the time his claim of having cancer referred to skin cancers that were removed (a common procedure for the elderly), but we know for a fact that the White House lied to the public about his mental health, and the Biden family only revealed this information as the country gets ready for another week of scrutiny on the former president. None of those problems, however, touch the core philosophical rot Democrats must confront. The reality is that Biden didnât defeat the Democrats; Vice President Kamala Harris did â and she was a candidate more wounded by her ideas than her campaignâs short runway. Now, ahead of Tuesdayâs release of âOriginal Sinâ â the new book by CNNâs Jake Tapper and Axiosâ Alex Thompson â the salacious details of Bidenâs mental and physical decline have become political gossip. But the truth remains unchanged: Everything the book reveals was painfully obvious to anyone not peering through Democrat-colored lenses for the past five years. We already knew the president couldnât remember the names of senior staff. We watched him forget his own defense secretaryâs name â even when they stood side by side. We saw the signs of dementia. He stood frozen in place, staring blankly into space for minutes at a time. When asked about it, Washington Post âfact-checkerâ Glenn Kessler shrugged and said Biden just doesnât dance. We saw the mumbling, the sudden outbursts of anger, the muttered non sequiturs. We saw it again and again. We saw the physical decline, too â how he abandoned the main stairs of Air Force One, how he fell repeatedly in public. After watching him on camera for decades, we could tell his gait had stiffened and grown unsteady. The bookâs only meaningful new claim is that Bidenâs staff believed he might need a wheelchair after the campaign. While historically relevant, that detail pales in comparison to the deterioration the public witnessed in real time. He looked bad even before Iowaâs caucuses and New Hampshireâs primary! So how did a clearly declining man who handily lost both of these primary races end up reversing the narrative and taking the nomination in a barnstorm? That question points to the partyâs structural troubles on the one hand, but also to the pox on Democrat priorities infecting them to this day. For all their talk, the Democrats have a very top-down party structure. The bosses can really move chips around the table when they need to, as was on display when the full weight and power of the party came down on Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sandersâ unsanctioned and insurgent 2016 primary campaign against anointed champion Hillary Clinton. In 2020, we saw these gears turn for Joe Biden â starting first in South Carolina. Joe Biden wasnât Barack Obamaâs first choice. He wasnât the Clintonsâ either. He stood far from the top of his game. So why did Democratic Party leaders rally behind him? Because he was, quite simply, the least insane option on stage. And that points directly to the partyâs deeper sickness. Think back to that 2020 stage, if you can. You had Bernie Sanders, well past his prime and weakened by his reluctant acceptance of woke ideologies; clucking Harvard professor and scold Elizabeth Warren; New York technocrat Michael Bloomberg; nightmare drunk aunt Amy Klobuchar; tiny town mayor Pete Buttigieg; global warming fanatic and hedge-fund manager Tom Steyer; high school snitch Michael Bennet; latecomer Deval Patrick; unknown tech guy Andrew Yang; and veritable Democratic apostate Tulsi Gabbard. That doesnât even include perennial loser Beto O'Rourke, Manhattan cuckold Bill de Blasio, China enthusiast Eric Swalwell, illegal immigrant devotee JuliĂĄn Castro, sĂŠance medium Marianne Williamson, or Kamala Harris â all of whom dropped out before the primary even began. Early on in the debate, moderators asked the candidates if they would decriminalize illegally crossing the border into the United States. Biden was the only one who actually made it to Iowa who opposed this idea. The only one! Well, this would not do in November, and so nobodyâs first choice to take on Donald Trump was anointed in South Carolina, cruising toward Super Tuesday looking like a moderate and a winner, with no need to hold rallies or even a convention, and a corporate press willing to do anything it needed to in order to defeat the incumbent and see a Democrat in the White House again. Party leaders saw what everyone else saw: Biden was the only candidate who appealed to the Democratic base and could still sell his platform to the broader public. His scripted rise allowed Democrats to gloss over the mess â open borders and a slate of fringe ideas pushed by nearly every other serious contender. But once in office, the radicals he had outmaneuvered took control. They implemented the very policies voters had rejected. And four years later, when his debate with Trump showed Democrats the charade was finally, mercifully over, they got their woman. Really, she wasnât their woman. She did not even make it to Iowa in 2020 because people didnât like her, and she hadnât improved at all since joining the administration. Democrats can claim Bidenâs refusal to bow out in time held stunted her ability to convince voters they liked her, but that doesnât comport with the facts. She had one of the most high-profile jobs in the world for four years, checked (or at least smudged) all the Democratic boxes for being a woman and whatever ethnicity she is, and had the full power of a media coronation behind her. Kamala Harris served an administration that had divided the people and weakened the country. She was unwilling to offer either a convincing defense or any alternative to the course we were on, and she hoped she could wall herself off from cross-examination. She had spent more than a decade pronouncing and enacting radical policies, and when she ran for president, she could not escape her record, no matter how many flags they put up for the convention. Remember how her campaign refused to let her talk to reporters until she was obviously trailing? They can complain all they want about not having the time, but when given time, they left it on the table. The Republicans, meanwhile, ran against the Democratsâ past record, current policies, and future proposals and won the popular vote for the second time in 36 years. Now Democrats and their friends in the news business had both an important and opportune time for introspection. They chose to do otherwise. Tapper, Thompson, and the rest arenât simply covering up the pressâ complicity in the farce of the past decade â theyâre covering up the Democratsâ own failings, giving them the excuse they need to avoid any real soul-searching. âItâs not our fault,â you can hear the press saying. âItâs the White Houseâs fault! They lied to us!â And the Democrats canât be to blame for their deep unpopularity, either. âItâs Joeâs fault! He stayed in too long! He was too old! Kamala never stood a chance because of him!â Well, Joeâs gone now. And itâll be mighty difficult to pick up the pieces while Democrats and their reporters are pretending nothing is broken. Blaze News: Democrat lawmakers completely flip on Biden's mental acuity Glenn Beck: Biden was a puppet, not a president. So who signed the pardons? 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Oklahoma might be one of the deepest red states in the country, but that hasnât stopped woke policies from infiltrating the school system. Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters is leading the fight against the takeover, and he tells James Poulos on âZero Hourâ just how he plans to win the war for Americaâs future. âItâs unreal how bad the problem is,â Walters tells Poulos. âWhen I first got into office, we banned pornographic material from the classrooms, we banned transgender ideology from the classrooms. I was sued by our own administrators.â Walters was sued by the administrators to keep the books âGender Queerâ and âFlamerâ in grade school classrooms â both of which contain pornographic material depicting homosexual relationships. âInclusivity? You want âGender Queerâ and âFlamerâ in the classroom? You guys are the same ones that then turned around and sued me to keep the Bible out of the classroom. So it was inclusivity except when it came to the most read book in American history,â Walters says. But itâs not just the books that has Walters concerned. âI had two school districts, one of them sent out a handout to a classroom of high school kids asking them about their favorite sexual preferences in graphic detail, about which of these sexual preferences do they have,â he tells Poulos. âThat is completely inappropriate in the classroom,â he continues. âWe have pulled over 100 teacher certificates from sending sexually explicit text messages or committing sex acts with kids in the state of Oklahoma.â âWeâve had to pass all these rules, all these requirements, because of again, people that have crossed the line, people that have indoctrinated kids, and then people who have taken even a step further to engage sexually with kids, and thatâs where we have got to protect our young people,â he explains. And again, this is all happening in Oklahoma, one of, if not, the reddest state in the country. âIf weâre dealing with it in Oklahoma,â Walters warns, âIâm telling you, itâs happening in every state.â Want more from James Poulos?To enjoy more of James's visionary commentary on politics, tech, ideas, and culture, subscribe to BlazeTV â the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.
After a prison escape late last week in New Orleans that one fed-up lawmaker said resembled scenes from "The Shawshank Redemption," authorities said seven of the 10 escapees were still on the loose over the weekend â and one of at-large escapees is a convicted murderer. The inmates were discovered missing during a routine 8:30 a.m. Friday head count at the Orleans Parish Jail, the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office told CBS News, adding that they were believed to have escaped sometime just after midnight. They all were considered "armed and dangerous" â and likely had help from the inside, the news network added. 'This is something out of the "Shawshank Redemption'' film, though the escapees are no Andy Dufresne or Red Redding but are dangerous men who pose a serious risk to the safety of citizens in the New Orleans area.'Derrick Groves is one of the still-escaped inmates, the sheriff's office said. He was convicted of murder in a 2018 Mardi Gras shooting, CBS News noted.RELATED: Trump orders restoration of Alcatraz prison to lock up 'dregs of society' Image source: Orleans Parish (La.) Sheriff's Office New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick asked the public to notify police if they were victims or witnesses at the escapees' trials so they could get help, CBS News said. Sheriff Susan Hutson said the inmates pulled a sliding jail cell door off its track around 12:23 a.m. and left the jail by 1:01 a.m. after breaching a wall behind a toilet, the news network said, adding that the toilet and bolts were removed using toiletry items, although Hutson didn't specify what the items were. As with "The Shawshank Redemption," the escapees had a lengthy head start â in this case, about eight hours. The inmates also scrawled obscene messages for the guards on the wall behind the toilet, CBS News said, adding that one was misspelled; it reads "to easy, LOL." RELATED: 'Inmates escape prison' using virtual reality program â infraction rate of solitary confinement prisoners drops by 96% Image source: Orleans Parish (La.) Sheriff's Office The inmates then descended a wall and ran across an interstate highway, CBS News reported. The sheriff's office on Friday night released security video of the escape, starting with the door being yanked of its tracks and ending with inmates seen in the distance sprinting across a freeway.RELATED: Reported illegal immigrant charged with murder of beloved New Orleans French Quarter tour guide In addition to Groves, the other inmates still on the loose were Corey Boyd, Jermaine Donald, Lenton VanBuren, Antoine Massey, Leo Tate, and Gary Price. Image source: Orleans Parish (La.) Sheriff's Office Image source: Orleans Parish (La.) Sheriff's Office Image source: Orleans Parish (La.) Sheriff's Office Authorities captured Kendell Myles, Robert Moody, and DKenan Dennis. Image source: Orleans Parish (La.) Sheriff's Office Image source: Orleans Parish (La.) Sheriff's OfficeLouisiana State Police on Saturday said the three captured inmates were taken to a "secure state facility" and "the search remains active with multiple agencies working nonstop" to find the remaining seven escapees. â (@) Republican state Rep. Mike Bayham in a statement to Blaze News blasted Sheriff Hutson and the New Orleans criminal justice system:This is something out of the "Shawshank Redemption" film, though the escapees are no Andy Dufresne or Red Redding but are dangerous men who pose a serious risk to the safety of citizens in the New Orleans area. The voters of Orleans Parish recently sent a message of no confidence in incumbent Susan Hutson at the ballot box when a 10-year millage renewal for sheriff was only passed by two votes out of over 25,000 ballots cast. Dysfunction in the New Orleans criminal system inevitably spills over to neighboring communities when dangerous violent criminals are able to escape confinement. Representative Jason Hughes and Council President Helena Moreno have rightly asked for a security audit at the jail. Sheriff Hutson has no business seeking re-election this November. New Orleans could do better randomly picking a name out of the phone book than Sheriff Hutson.What else do we know?In regard to the delay in discovering the jailbreak, Hutson told CBS News that "you gotta go inside the facility to be able to see; they could have been anywhere. Then we had to first prioritize talking to victims to make sure they were safe." Hutson added to the news network that it's believed the escapees received help from jail staff or deputies.Kirkpatrick added to CBS News that authorities notified some of the victims of the escapees; several of them are facing murder charges or other violent charges. Police moved one family to safety, Kirkpatrick added to the news network.Kirkpatrick added to CBS News that the escapees probably had help, and it wasn't likely that they still were wearing their jumpsuits. Kirpatrick also warned the public that those who harbor or help these escapees "will be charged," the news network also reported. The sheriff's office is laying some of the blame for the escape on the city for not funding prison security upgrades, CBS News said, claiming it has been asking for help for five years. Hutson added that replacing the locks alone at the parish's prison facilities is estimated to cost $5.2 million, the news network said.RELATED: 'The rats are eating our marijuana; they're all high': Infested New Orleans police evidence room becoming rodent cafeteria Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday nearly unanimously sided with President Donald Trump on temporary protected status given to migrants from Venezuela. The ruling will allow Trump to resume plans to deport about 300,000 people who had been given protections under former President Joe Biden. Only Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented from the majority opinion. Biden issued parole orders for migrants under the "Processes for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans" action in Jan. 2023. U.S. District Judge Edward Chen in the Northern District of California ruled in March that the government had not proven any real harm in allowing the migrants to stay in the U.S. while their legal challenge progressed. This is a developing story, and additional information may be added. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!
On May 15, former FBI Director James Comey posted the following strange and cryptic message on his Instagram account: The post was deleted after it sparked a firestorm of criticism, with many decoding it as a call for violence against President Trump. Comey immediately denied the accusation, insisting heâs opposed to all violence and that he assumed the message was merely political. Not everyone is convinced, though. Investigative reporter Breanna Morello says thereâs no doubt itâs a call for violence. âMan oh man, do these people love to egg on their radical far-left, mentally unwell supporters to go out there and try to kill the president,â she tells Hilary Kennedy and Blaze News editor in chief Matthew Peterson on an episode of âBlaze News: The Mandate.â âPeople use [86] metaphorically, but I think what we could say here is when you are who James Comey is ⌠you were in charge of the most powerful enforcement body in the country; this is obviously a kind of different thing to post,â says Peterson, noting that two assassination attempts plus âthe weaponization of the deep stateâ have led to a heightened sensitivity, and rightly so. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has made it clear she interpreted the message as a direct threat as well. On a recent Fox News segment, she told Jesse Watters that Comey was âissuing a hit on President Trump.â âThat is a ridiculous and insane statement to make certainly within this context, but especially coming from a guy who's the former director of the FBI, a guy who spent most of his career prosecuting mobsters and gangsters â people who know and execute other humans and use this exact lingo of 86,â she added. âThe rule of law says people like him who issue direct threats against the president of the United States, essentially issuing a call to assassinate him, must be held accountable under the law.â She concluded by saying that she believes Comey should be in jail for this Instagram post. âTulsi Gabbard is 100% correct,â says Morello. âPeople like [Ryan Wesley Routh] are going to see things like what Comey just posted, and they're going to go all in on this.â President Trump clearly thought so as well. âThat meant assassination,â he told Fox Newsâ Bret Baier. âHe wasn't very competent, but he was competent enough to know what that meant.â To hear more of the conversation and see the footage of Gabbard and President Trumpâs comments on Fox, watch the episode above. Want more from 'Blaze News | The Mandate'?To enjoy more provocative opinions, expert analysis, and breaking stories you wonât see anywhere else, subscribe to BlazeTV â the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.
Pope Leo XIV shared his vision to chart a path toward Christian unity during his Monday address to leaders of the church and those of other religions.The pope called it one of his priorities to pursue âfull and visible communion among all those who profess the same faith in God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.âWhile legacy media leaned into the presumption that the pope would urge solidarity among divisions in the Catholic Church, he used his Monday address to reaffirm his vision for uniting all Christians and fostering peace across faiths.âIndeed, unity has always been a constant concern of mine, as witnessed by the motto I chose for my episcopal ministry: In Illo uno unum, an expression of Saint Augustine of Hippo that reminds us how we too, although we are many, âin the One â that is Christ â we are one,ââ the pope said.His recent message to church representatives amplified his Sunday homily at Saint Peterâs Square, during which he invoked Jesusâ mission to Peter.RELATED: Together, pope and patriarch return to Nicaea on 1,700th anniversary of defining moment in Christendom âWe see this in todayâs Gospel, which takes us to the Sea of Galilee, where Jesus began the mission he received from the Father: to be a âfisherâ of humanity in order to draw it up from the waters of evil and death,â the pope stated. âWalking along the shore, he had called Peter and the other first disciples to be, like him, âfishers of men.ââ âNow, after the resurrection, it is up to them to carry on this mission, to cast their nets again and again, to bring the hope of the Gospel into the âwatersâ of the world, to sail the seas of life so that all may experience Godâs embrace,â he continued.During a Monday interview on âThe Glenn Beck Program,â Vice President JD Vance highlighted Pope Leoâs recent election as a potential cultural and political turning point.Vance told Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck, â[The pope] is the leader of 1.4 billion Catholics.âThe vice president stressed Pope Leoâs âsoft influence.ââHe doesnât have a military; he doesnât have an army. But he does have a lot of influence through those Catholics,â he continued. âWe won a majority of Catholics in the last election.âHowever, Vance noted that many Catholics have continued to vote for Democratic candidates.Vance credited the Vatican for using its influence to promote peace, including attempting to facilitate conversations between Ukraine and Russia.âThe Vatican has already played a very constructive role in some of the peace conversations that weâve been having all over the world,â he added. â (@) Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, both practicing Catholics, met with Pope Leo at the Vatican on Monday. âI was humbled and honored to meet Pope Leo XIV and lead the presidential delegation to Rome for his inaugural mass. We had a great conversation, and I know he is a true servant of God,â Vance stated. âI hope all Americans will join me in praying for the new pope as he begins his ministry.âThe Vatican issued a statement regarding the meeting.âThere was an exchange of views on some current international issues, calling for respect for humanitarian law and international law in areas of conflict and for a negotiated solution between the parties involved,â the Vatican said.White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed that Vance passed along a letter from President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump, who is also Catholic, inviting Pope Leo to the White House.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!
Angel Reese embodies the âfatigueâ pervasive throughout American culture. The WNBA starlet opened her second season of professional basketball burnishing the entitled, bitter, racist, and profitable brand sheâs cultivated at the expense of Caitlin Clark.Saturday afternoon, down double digits in what would become an embarrassing 35-point loss to the Indiana Fever, Reese played the victim and then unleashed her fear-inspiring, angry-black-woman routine. She tried to pick a fight with her alleged rival and the leagueâs meal ticket, Caitlin Clark. Ignoring the consequence of black feminism and matriarchal rulership betrays God, undermines the blessing of American citizenship, and dodges the harmful ramifications of the deconstructed family.Clark had delivered a âtakeâ foul, striking Reese across her arms as the Chicago Sky forward attempted a layup. Reese flopped to the ground and then immediately sprung to her feet to confront Clark. Separated by a ref and Fever center Aliyah Boston, Reese pointed a finger and shouted profanities at Clark as the Fever guard walked away. The DEI-approved officiating crew huddled, looked at a replay, and somehow concluded that Clarkâs common foul would be upgraded to a flagrant one. More confusingly, ESPN broadcasters Ryan Ruocco and Rebecca Lobo co-signed the upgrade. Following the game, Reeseâs head coach, Tyler Marsh, added his stamp of approval, arguing that Reeseâs overheated reaction was justified. A day later, the league office joined the psyop, issuing a statement that it would investigate Indiana Fever fans for hurling racist taunts at Reese. RELATED: ESPN leaves Caitlin Clark OFF top 5 womenâs college basketball players list, relegates her to honorable mention Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty ImagesOpening weekend of the WNBA perfectly encapsulated the âblack fatigueâ that all rational Americans have come to feel.The whole thing started when Reese shoved an Indiana Fever player to secure a rebound. She then cosplayed as victim, overselling Clarkâs foul. The people in charge of supervising the game (referees) failed. They let Reese get away with an obvious shove and then over-penalized Clark on a routine play. The media empowered to hold the participants and supervisors accountable (Ruocco and Lobo) failed, too. Two white liberals, Ruocco and Lobo, protected themselves from backlash by protecting Reese. The leader of the Sky (Marsh) protected himself, too. He backed his irrational and emotional player. The league office fell for Reeseâs lame excuse/racial hoax and blamed Fever fans. This is the power weâve granted angry black women.Angel Reese epitomizes that power â the abuse of it and its negative outcomes. Weâve erected a system that rationalizes and rewards the irresponsible and angry behavior of black women and exaggerates their contributions to success.Systemic pandering is destroying America. Itâs creating a fatigue that foments racial conflict. As a black man, Iâm not supposed to express my black woman fatigue. It paints me as a sellout and an ally to anti-black bigots. Itâs seen as a betrayal to my mother, my grandmother, my sister, my aunts, the wives of my friends and loved ones, Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Oprah Winfrey, and all the other so-called black queens.Have I sold out? Or have I researched and weighed the consequence of systemic pandering? Have I recognized that the black matriarchy sold out black men 60 years ago when it partnered with white liberal feminists and rejected the nuclear family and the patriarchy?Ignoring the consequence of black feminism and matriarchal rulership betrays God, undermines the blessing of American citizenship, and dodges the harmful ramifications of the deconstructed family. I would rather take the risks of exposing the insanity of feminism and correcting the unwise behavior of black women than continue suffering the crippling pathologies resulting from said behavior.The black womanâs embrace of masculinity, leadership, and loudness makes her position clear. She does not want a man, not a real one. She desires emasculated men, whoredom, and lesbianism. She rejects Americaâs patriarchal founding and does not value her American citizenship. Sheâs entitled, bitter, and racist. At what cost?The children she raises mostly alone are failing. They mirror her bitterness, entitlement, and bigotry. Theyâre easily triggered. Academic standards must be lowered to mask their lack of achievement. Theyâre uninterested in marriage. Highly sexualized dancing is their trademark behavior. Their most marketable skills are complaining about white people on social media, filling a DEI quota, or co-starring in black fatigue videos at airports, Carnival Cruises, school playgrounds, and Frisco, Texas, track meets.Male basketball players finance the WNBA. The league directly benefits from the patriarchy. But Reese and its players hate the patriarchy.From Richard Allenâs 1794 founding of the African Methodist Episcopal Church to Frederick Douglass to Booker T. Washington to Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, the black man has stood as this nationâs symbolic moral conscience.The matriarchy and its offsprings rebranded âblack cultureâ as the hub of sexual degeneracy, materialism, and bigotry. You think Iâm unfair? You think Iâm generalizing about a demographic that seeks clout and power from rallying around Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Karmelo Anthony? A demographic that demonizes Clarence Thomas, Thomas Sowell, and Dr. Ben Carson? More than 90% of black women vote for the Democratic Party in every election. Democratic Party outreach to black voters consists of promoting black victimhood, black entitlement, black bitterness, and justification of anti-white racism. The three lesbian black women who founded Black Lives Matter normalized ancestor worship and necromancy (communicating with the dead) with the âsay his nameâ chants. Ancestor worship and necromancy are strictly prohibited in the Bible. âWhy consult the dead on behalf of the living?â (Isaiah 8:19).âThere shall not be found among you anyone who burns his son or his daughter as an offering, anyone who practices divination or tells fortunes or interprets omens, or a sorcerer, or a charmer or a medium or a necromancer or one who inquires of the dead, for whoever does these things is an abomination of the Lord. And because of these abominations the Lord your God is driving them out before youâ (Deuteronomy 18:10-12).Black Lives Matter established the custom of the annual celebrations and remembrances of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, etc. This post on X from popular Democratic Party operative Nina Turner is commonplace. It encourages black people to ânever forgetâ victims of a race tragedy.The practice is not healthy, wise, or biblical. Itâs begging people to ingest bitterness and use that as a primary motivation. Itâs a mistake that promotes racism. We shouldnât be surprised to see Angel Reese make that mistake. Sheâs been programmed by the matriarchy. RELATED: Angel Reese wants to become an OnlyFans model? Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty ImagesReese perfectly symbolizes the mindset of the typical American black woman. She rejects gratitude and emotes bitterness and entitlement.In a league that loses millions of dollars every season, Reese believes sheâs underpaid. In a league benefitting significantly from Caitlin Clark, Reese hates the one player who might lead the league to profitability. Reese hates the player who has made her rich and famous. Reese is probably the 30th best player in the WNBA. Because of her one-sided feud with Clark, sheâs arguably the second-most recognized player in the league and earning millions of dollars off the court. Male basketball players finance the WNBA. The league directly benefits from the patriarchy. But Reese and its players hate the patriarchy. Gratitude is at the foundation of a biblical worldview. Under the leadership of the black matriarchy, gratitude has all but disappeared from black culture and has been replaced by entitlement and exaggerated self-importance. Black women (and men) argue that âwe built this country.â Itâs an illogical claim from a demographic that has been 9% to 20% of Americaâs population throughout history. Itâs nearly as illogical as the claim that âblack women built the WNBA.â They built a league that averages $20 to $40 million in losses each year. Illogic fuels entitlement, bitterness, and bigotry. American citizenship is a blessing. People from all over the globe fight for American citizenship. Black Americans pretend our citizenship is a generational curse. American white evangelical Christians promote a religion that de-emphasizes skin color, emphasizes merit, and throws out a welcome mat to all would-be believers. Black Americans en masse support a political ideology that emphasizes skin color, undermines merit, and fights to uproot biblical traditions, principles, and morality.Anyone unfatigued isnât paying attention, lives in fear of black women, or is foolish enough to believe white and Hispanic feminism are less deadly.
In the months leading up to the criminal trial of rapper Sean âDiddyâ Combs, the public was anticipating an Epstein-level spectacle. Diddy had been dubbed âthe Epstein of the rap industry,â after all, as it is strongly speculated that he was also running a blackmailing/trafficking operation that involved a long list of celebrities and other elites. However, weâre now several days into the trial, and itâs been pretty lackluster. The case has focused solely on Diddyâs own degeneracy, especially as it relates to ex-girlfriend Casandra "Cassie" Ventura. Glenn Beckâs biggest question is why is no one going after Diddyâs possible accomplices. What about all the celebrities who went to his infamous parties? Jason Whitlock, host of âFearless,â has a terrifying theory. From what heâs seen so far from the trial, Jason says itâs clear they want people to to think âDiddy's a really bad person; he's a sexual degenerate; he turns violent against women that he's dating, but in terms of racketeering or sex trafficking and all that â none of that is being addressed.â âI'm not sure if they have an interest in even arguing that case at this point,â he tells Glenn. âI think they raided Diddy's home to strip him of his power and leverage and blackmail material, and that all this is really about is taking away Diddy's leverage and handing it over to the Department of Justice or whoever is responsible for this or stripping him of the most damaging information he had on key people that they don't want harmed,â Jason theorizes. âSo wait a minute, you're saying that maybe he was an operative, or if he wasn't an operative, he was collecting stuff on people, and now the government wants that to either protect those people or to have the power over those people?â Glenn asks, shocked. âAnd to strip Diddy of his power,â Jason confirms. âI think that Diddy, being a bit of an idiot, probably got too full of himself and started threatening the wrong people with the information he had, and someone needed to put him in his place â like âno, you're an operative, you're a tool, you're an asset; you're not some ringleader; you haven't ascended to a place of power where you can actually use this information to start blackmailing people,ââ he explains. âThey raided this guy like he was Pablo Escobar, and now they're in court arguing that he's Hugh Hefner. No â that that's not what we were promised.â To hear more details of Jasonâs theory, watch the clip above. Want more from Glenn Beck?To enjoy more of Glennâs masterful storytelling, thought-provoking analysis, and uncanny ability to make sense of the chaos, subscribe to BlazeTV â the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.