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Ever since its first post-October 7 show, Comedy Central’s The Daily Show has been the worst of the late night comedy shows on the Israel-Hamas War, so it was good to see host-of-the-week Josh Johnson applaud President Trump for his role in securing a ceasefire agreement that looks like it could lead to the end of the war, even if he did so somewhat reluctantly. Johnson began his commentary by declaring, “That’s right, a peace deal has been reached between Israel and Hamas. And it's based on the framework Donald Trump proposed. Which means another thing you almost never hear, and I can't believe I'm saying this, I got to give Donald Trump some props here, you know. It doesn't happen a lot. In fact, I can only think of this, the COVID vaccine, and Home Alone 2. Now, don't get me wrong, this is astonishing, because if this peace holds, it means the guy who couldn't stop a fight between Gary Busey and Meatloaf brokered peace in the Middle East.”     Reaching for an analogy, Johnson continued, “So Trump, when it comes to peace, you did it! I mean, you also did a big portion of the war. But you did the peace, too! It's like how white people did slavery in America, but they also ended slavery in America.” Johnson further added, “And I just want to say thank you! Thank you. Either way, this is a reason to celebrate. And look, if this deal holds, maybe we should give Trump the Nobel Peace Prize?” Amid booing from the audience, Johnson gave Trump a choice, “Or, or, or—and you won't like this either—we let him burn the Epstein Files. He only gets one, but he gets to pick, alright?” As of the publishing of this article, there are many details of this agreement that still have to be worked out, most notably the fate of Hamas and its role in Gaza going forward. However, today, the hostages are set to return home, and it is good to see the show that, not even two months after October 7, was wondering why Israel was even bombing Gaza, give its main nemesis credit for that. Comedy Central The Daily Show 10/9/2025 11:01 PM ET JOSH JOHNSON: That’s right, a peace deal has been reached between Israel and Hamas. And it's based on the framework Donald Trump proposed. Which means another thing you almost never hear, and I can't believe I'm saying this, I got to give Donald Trump some props here, you know. It doesn't happen a lot. In fact, I can only think of this, the COVID vaccine, and Home Alone 2. Now, don't get me wrong, this is astonishing, because if this peace holds, it means the guy who couldn't stop a fight between Gary Busey and Meatloaf brokered peace in the Middle East.  So Trump, when it comes to peace, you did it! I mean, you also did a big portion of the war. But you did the peace, too! It's like how white people did slavery in America, but they also ended slavery in America. And I just want to say thank you! Thank you. Either way, this is a reason to celebrate. And look, if this deal holds, maybe we should give Trump the Nobel Peace Prize?  Or, or, or — and you won't like this either — we let him burn the Epstein Files. He only gets one, but he gets to pick, alright?

A female ex-teacher and cheerleading coach in Alabama has been indicted after allegedly having sex with a student, a local report states. Citing court documents, 1819 News reported that police arrested 32-year-old Makaela Caldwell Hodgins of Woodland on a $30,000 bond.Students under 19 cannot consent to sexual relations with school employees in Alabama.Hodgins pleaded not guilty during an initial court appearance, 1819 News reported.Mike Segrest — district attorney of Alabama's 5th Judicial Circuit — told Blaze News the grand jury indictment occurred Sept. 12, Hodgins turned herself in Sept. 15, and her next court date is Oct. 28 in Randolph County. Segrest told Blaze News he believes Hodgins posted bond. She is not listed in the Randolph County Jail roster.The former teacher is accused of sexually abusing a male student under the age of 19, the outlet reported, citing charging documents, adding that the alleged victim's age was not disclosed. Segrest told Blaze News he couldn't disclose the juvenile student's age but noted that there would have been additional charges against her if the student was younger than 16.According to Alabama state law, school employees are prohibited from engaging in sex acts with students under the age of 19, and students under 19 cannot consent to sexual relations with school employees in Alabama. In Alabama, the charge of a school employee engaging in a sex act with a student who is under the age of 19 years is a Class B felony, and it carries a minimum sentence of two years in prison and a maximum sentence of 20 years behind bars.RELATED: Ex-middle school teacher — guilty of 21 counts of sex crimes against daughter's underage babysitter — learns her fateHodgins reportedly had been a teacher at Randolph County High School in Wedowee. However, she's no longer employed with the Randolph County School System, a school official stated. "Ms. Hodgins began working for Randolph County School System on August 2, 2021. Her last day in the classroom was November 15, 2024. We will cooperate with local authorities as requested," Randolph County Schools Superintendent John Jacobs told the New York Post.However, Segrest told Blaze News her departure from the school was unrelated to the allegations against her.In March 2022, Randolph County High School announced on its official Facebook page that Hodgins was named cheerleading coach. "Mrs. Hodgins grew up here in Randolph County and was a cheerleader for six years at Woodland. She served as captain her senior year. She is an alumna of the University of West Alabama, where she cheered on a scholarship from 2011-2013," the announcement reads. "She will graduate with her Master's of Education from UWA in May."The Facebook post adds that "she has been involved in many aspects of coaching cheer for the past ten years through judging try-outs, conducting cheer camps, and choreographing routines."The announcement also says Hodgins is "married to her college sweetheart" and has two children.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

I was sitting in a Starbucks the other day, typing away on the laptop open in front of me, pausing to look out the window and watch the cars roll by every few minutes, when a young guy walked over and just started talking to me.Him: “Do you mind if I talk to you a bit? Would you like to have a conversation?”In our day and age, sitting and talking with someone you’ll probably never see again is oddly refreshing. It just feels good.Me: “Um, sure. Have a seat. Are you working on a project or something? Writing something?”Him: “No. I’m just trying to talk to more people. I used to be really socially awkward, so a few years ago I decided that I should just talk to people when I have a few extra minutes.”Channeling AlbertI thought it was a fantastic idea and said as much; then I asked if he came up with it on his own. He said that he had. I told him that back in the 1930s the psychologist Albert Ellis did a similar thing for a similar reason. Basically Ellis — then a very shy young man in his 20s — would go to the park and talk to every single woman he saw. All ages, shapes, and sizes. He reported that it helped him immensely, essentially curing him of his crippling social anxiety. I brought up Ellis not to undercut the creativity of his idea but to underscore the fact that he was on to something very real. Great minds think alike, you know.I asked him if he thought it had helped him, and he, like Ellis, confirmed that it certainly had.Stop me if you've heard this He told me he was Catholic and was waiting for a Jehovah’s Witness who was meeting him for a debate. I didn’t ask him how exactly they set this debate or how they crossed paths, but I can only imagine that they were discussing theology online and decided to continue their argument IRL. It really sounds like a good start to a joke, doesn’t it? A Catholic and a Jehovah’s Witness walk into a Starbucks for a theological debate.I talked with him for about 15 minutes. He told me he was 18 and that he was in middle school during COVID, to which I responded, with my palm holding my forehead, “My God, you are so young and I am so old.” We talked a lot about his experiences speaking with people. How some were more open and others less so, and how he thought other people in his generation would benefit from doing something similar.I told him that I think the Zoomers’ emotions were calibrated differently from their elders' due to technology and the social isolation it has brought along with it. He agreed. RELATED: What college students can learn from loneliness Heritage Images/Getty ImagesCommunication breakdownHe also shared a theory about how we perceive one another in our technological age. He explained that in his opinion we tend to project the most extreme views onto those with whom we disagree before we even interact, with the result that we adjust our own views to be more extreme. Everyone is constantly doing this, which is why communication gets worse and worse. I found this compelling. I had never thought of it that way, and while I need to ponder it more to know if I really agree or not, I think there must be some truth to it. I also think, due to his age, he has a more personal insight into his generation’s sense of the world than I. He is a native to his strange world, while I am only a documentarian noting the ways of these peculiar people we call Zoomers.Listen upI like talking to people. Truthfully, I like doing the listening more than the talking. It might be because I’m a writer and always looking for inspiration, or maybe it’s because I’m perpetually curious about everyone and everything. Whatever it is, I like sitting there, just listening, taking in what they have to share, trying to figure them out. If you ask people about themselves, they will just talk and talk, and you can learn about all these other corners in all these other lives. Our world can feel very internal these days with the internet and all the text-based interaction we suffer through. It’s easy to feel alone and estranged from everyone else. In our day and age, sitting and talking with someone you’ll probably never see again is oddly refreshing. It just feels good.I really enjoyed my time talking with Zoomer Albert Ellis. I was fairly uninspired when he sat down, and our discussion was invigorating in a way that only human interaction can be. I learned something about the Zoomers and their social struggles as seen through his eyes. And it was heartening to see this young guy trying to better himself in the real world. Perhaps the kids — or at least some of them — are all right.After a few minutes, a big black truck pulled up and a slender guy in his 40s with graying hair hopped out. The Zoomer across from me concluded that this must be his debate partner and said goodbye. He met him outside on the patio, where they sat at a black table, across from one another, for quite some time. I went back to my work, writing. Every few minutes I glanced out the window to see the a spirited theological debate, politely raging, IRL.

Prior to his assassination, Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk invited Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck to join him on his fall campus tour. Honoring his promise to his faithfully departed friend, Beck took the stage alone on Thursday to a packed house at the Chester Fritz Performing Arts Center on the University of North Dakota campus in Grand Forks. — (@) In addition to discussing American greatness and the moral complexity of U.S. history with the aid of artifacts from his vast museum collection — an American history collection he claims trumps all others in size with the exception to the National Archives and the Library of Congress — Beck shared a number of penetrating insights of both a professional and a personal nature.On the professional side, Beck revealed that prior to Sept. 10, he had been preparing to tell Kirk that he would turn over his national radio slot to the Turning Point USA founder years down the road when he retires. "I was grooming Charlie to replace me," said Beck. 'You are a divine daughter and son of God with all of the rights and privileges that go with that.'"He didn't know that because I wanted to say that to him as a surprise: 'I've watched you. You've surpassed me. You have worked so hard. You've done everything you're supposed to do. I haven't seen anyone like you. I will turn my radio, my internet, whatever you need, over to you because you deserve it.'" Referencing lessons learned from Kirk as well as his own life, Beck — wearing the same kind of black-on-white "Freedom" shirt that his friend was murdered in — also discussed nine things he regards as truths "that will shape you into the person you are born to be."1. Question everything"Question everything. Everything. Anyone who tells you, 'Don't ask that question' — run from them," said Beck.The Blaze Media co-founder emphasized that this principle should be universally applied, especially when it comes to matters of theology. After all, Beck noted, God gave man the ability to reason, furnished him with curiosity, and left signs of Himself in and throughout creation, altogether affording the questioner everything he needs to become a firm believer."God wants you to find Him," said Beck. "He is your Father."RELATED: Leftists try to shut down Turning Point USA at Rutgers for criticizing Antifa professor — (@) 2. The truth will set you freeAlthough acting forthrightly and speaking truthfully was a recurrent theme throughout Beck's address, Beck suggested that being truthful about sin and confessing sin is liberating and that there is freedom in the understanding that "you are a divine daughter and son of God with all of the rights and privileges that go with that."3. Choose your thoughtsBeck noted that the human mind traffics multitudes of thoughts every day and that these thoughts have the power to define who we are. Therefore, it is incumbent upon free, thinking beings to exercise agency over their thoughts and be judicious about which thoughts to entertain or prioritize. "The most powerful words in any language is 'I am.' Be careful what you follow that with," said Beck. "Why would you let the world tell you who you are? You are the only one that decides that. Life doesn't happen to you. Are you going to be acted upon, or are you somebody that acts?"4. You will 'serve something.' Choose carefully.Beck stressed that every person will invariably "serve something," recognizing something or someone at the summit of their hierarchy of values."You will serve something in your life. Guarantee it," said Beck, citing addiction and God as possibilities. "Choose your master because if you don't, your master will choose you." — (@) 5. Forgiveness is essentialBeck, who would later discuss the competing elements of good and bad in persons and nations alike, noted that "without forgiveness, everything else falls apart."Citing the recent example of Erika Kirk forgiving her husband's murderer, Beck acknowledged that forgiving others can be "crippling hard" but nevertheless important, in part because retaining animus toward trespassers could prove corrosive.Beck noted further that it is important also to forgive oneself and to "put on the helmet of salvation."6. Discipline is freedomReflecting on an incident where antagonistic forces in media apparently sought to tear him down, Beck noted that "no one can trap" those who live virtuously, are transparent about their failings, and emulate righteous people.7. Faith is for realistsBeck hinted that faith, especially of the kind Kirk exhibited, is not a temporal remedy but an eternal connection; the confession of which is not self-serving but God-centric."Charlie had the faith that ... if I'm doing what I'm asked by the Lord to do, it will all be fine," said Beck. "It doesn't mean that it works out for you in the end, but it works out for God. Because Charlie was so faithful, because he worked so hard, because he built what he built in the name of God, somebody comes in and takes him and out — and look what God has done with that." — (@) 8. Gratitude changes everythingContinuing to strike against the worship of comfort in today's day and age, Beck underscored the importance of gratitude not only as an antidote for envy, a force he suggested courses through the left, but as the proper response to life's many hardships. "Gratitude changes everything. It doesn't erase the hardship. It doesn't. But failure is fertilizer. It's fertilizer for something great that is about to grow," said Beck.Beck noted further that Kirk's family, friends, and followers exemplified gratitude by the way in which they responded to his murder."You had a choice: Choose death, choose anger, choose vengeance, or choose life, choose charity, choose peace, choose forgiveness — and look how you've already changed the world," said Beck.RELATED: Turning Point USA to offer 'All American Halftime Show' alternative to NFL's woke Super Bowl spectacle — (@) 9. Community is oxygenBeck finally cautioned about becoming siloed both on and offline, stressing the importance of hope-driven community: "You must have people around you." Echoing Benjamin Franklin, Beck noted that "the best way to serve God is to serve our fellow man" and that societal transformation is necessarily social. 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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