Democrats are panicking over recent polling data indicating Kamala Harris is not only deeply unpopular with American men, broadly speaking, but increasingly with young male voters. The Harris boosters at Planned Parenthood Action recently posted then quickly deleted a meme that unintentionally illustrated the alienating approach that might be causing Democrats' retention problems with young men. The PPA posted the "Girl Explaining" meme, which features a disheveled young woman with an exposed midriff yelling into the face of an exhausted and ostensibly apathetic young man at a concert. The misleading caption for the post was: PROJECT 2025 IS A COMPLETE POLITICAL TAKEOVER OF OUR RIGHTS. THEY WANT DONALD TRUMP AND JD VANCE TO WIN SO THEY CAN BAN ABORTION NATIONWIDE. THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO VOTE FOR KAMALA HARRIS AND TIM WALZ, TWO POLITICIANS WHO HAVE SPENT THEIR CAREERS FIGHTING FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS. Contrary to the suggestion of the pro-abortion outfit, Trump has disavowed Project 2025 and has repeatedly underscored that he would not support a nationwide abortion ban. 'They accidentally depicted the real state of politics in 2024.' The desperate regurgitation of these falsehoods was not, however, the most telling part of the now-deleted post. Instead, Planned Parenthood appears to have shared a meme hinting at the obliviousness of the left to the numbing affect of its hectoring of young men. While numerous critics responded by noting the "left can't meme," a co-host from "The Right Thoughts" podcast, who goes by Enguerrand VII de Coucy on X, wrote, "It's hilarious that Planned Parenthood misunderstood this meme format to such a catastrophic degree that they accidentally depicted the real state of politics in 2024, the poor unhappy boy being shrieked at by a woke girl." Democrats' pro-abortion, anti-Western messaging and accompanying critiques of tradition, normalcy, and masculinity — both shrieked and calmly communicated — are clearly not resonating with a great many young men. Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, recently indicated that there has been a profound shift on campuses, reported Vanity Fair. 'If Donald Trump wins, this is how he wins.' "I've been doing this for 12 years. This is not normal. The energy is off the charts. You have a younger generation, Gen Z, who experienced a lot of — they would say — lies and deceit during COVID, and a lot of their life being altered," said Kirk. "There is this pent up 'rebellion energy' that has never come out." Kirk noted further that young men are profoundly more conservative than people would have expected and, in fact, are the most conservative generation of young men in 50 years. They want to be part of a political movement that doesn’t hate them. Those are their words, not mine. The cultural blob of all left-wing influence has definitely had an undertone that if you’re a straight, white, Christian male, that there’s something wrong with you. Or you must apologize. Or you're a colonizer. The Guardian reported that in 2016, 51% of young men identified with or leaned toward the Democratic Party. That plummeted to 39% in 2023, and now the majority of young men want to see Republicans elected. The leftist think tank Data for Progress noted in a report Tuesday "a significant gender divide exists among young voters, with young men showing more conservative tendencies than young women." According to Data for Progress, young men are evenly split between Harris and Trump. Citing the apparent expertise of John Della Volpe, Vanity Fair indicated that Democrats win when they secure 60% of the youth vote — but this is far from guaranteed. While Harris has reportedly won over young women like that represented in the meme by 67% to 28%, Trump is winning Gen Z men by 58% to 37%. According to the Wall Street Journal, the growing gender gap extends to various issues, including two issues Democrats discuss ad nauseam on the campaign trail: abortion and student debt. Neither of these issues animate or mobilize male voters anywhere as much as their female counterparts and for good reason. Young men have increasingly been steered out of colleges — adding to their disenchantment with leftist diversity initiatives — such that women now account for 60% of all college students and carry the super-majority of student-loan debt. Melissa Deckman, CEO of the Public Religion Research Institute, told the Guardian that in 2022, 49% of Gen Z men said that the U.S. had become "too soft and feminine." Last year, she said that 60% of the cohort said the same. Blaze News previously highlighted Democratic strategist James Carville's thoughts on what might be driving this trend. "If you listen to Democratic elites — NPR is my go-to place for that — the whole talk is about how women, and women of color, are going to decide this election," Carville told the New York Times earlier this year. "I'm like: 'Well, 48 percent of the people that vote are males. Do you mind if they have some consideration?'" As if anticipating Planned Parenthood's meme, Carville added, "A suspicion of mine is that there are too many preachy females." "'Don't drink beer. Don't watch football. Don't eat hamburgers. This is not good for you,'" continued Carville. "The message is too feminine: 'Everything you're doing is destroying the planet. You've got to eat your peas.'" Democrats' alienation of young men could preclude them from keeping the White House. "It's extremely serious," Mike Madrid, a nominally Republican strategist who co-founded the pro-Harris Lincoln Project, told The Hill. "If Donald Trump wins, this is how he wins." "This is part of a broader dynamic, a bigger trend that we've noticed and we've been watching for a longer time than both candidates have been on the national scene," added Madrid. Mike Nellis, a Democratic strategist involved with "White Dudes for Harris," told The Hill, "There is an ongoing fight about masculinity in America today and the future of masculinity and I think Democrats as a whole have not done a great job of engaging in that fight and I think we need to do a better job of elevating voices that can go have those tough conversations in spaces where those people are." In the final stretch before Election Day, the Harris campaign is reportedly making one final appeal to young men with ads on Yahoo Sports, sport betting platforms, and on gaming sites. Time will tell whether this was a more effective strategy than spending weeks accusing young men who don't like Harris of misogyny. 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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OpenAI has dropped a couple of key ChatGPT upgrades so far this year, but neither one was the big GPT-5 upgrade we're all waiting for. First, we got GPT-4o in May 2024 with advanced multimodal support, including Advanced Voice Mode. Then more recently, we got o1 (in preview) with more advanced reasoning capabilities. The names make little sense, and they could be anything, really. But it's certainly clear that OpenAI went out of its way to avoid calling either one GPT-5. That's understandable, considering the history of that unofficial product name. Some associated GPT-5 with AGI, the more advanced version of AI that's capable of reasoning as well as a human, but the future of AGI is uncertain. GPT-5 also came up about a year ago, around the time of Sam Altman's (brief) firing. Regardless of what product names OpenAI chooses for future ChatGPT models, the next major update might be released by December. It will be different from GPT-4o and o1, and could be more powerful. But this GPT-5 candidate, reportedly called Orion, might not be available to regular users like you and me, at least not initially. Continue reading... The post Orion, the big GPT-5 upgrade for ChatGPT, might roll out in December appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals Today’s deals: Free Echo Pop & Amazon Smart Plug, $30 Philips OneBlade 360, $38 Sony headphones, more Today’s deals: $40 in Amazon credit, Nintendo Switch games, $20 waterproof Bluetooth speaker, more Amazon gift card deals, offers & coupons 2024: Get $450+ free Today’s deals: Free LED smart bulbs, $64 off Black Titanium Apple Watch Ultra 2, $60 Keurig coffee maker, more

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REHOBOTH BEACH, DE — Speaking from a beach chair while sipping lemonade on his seemingly permanent taxpayer-funded vacation, President* Joe Biden weighed in on concerns about Vice President Kamala Harris’s intelligence. “Look, folks, it doesn’t really matter,” Biden said, wearing aviators and a Hawaiian shirt. “The president doesn’t do anything these days anyway. Heck, I’ve been phoning it in since Inauguration Day—and not even on a secure line.” Biden dismissed the notion that Harris needs to be particularly sharp to do her job. “You don’t need a high IQ to smile, wave, and avoid saying the quiet part out loud. Honestly, half the time I don’t even know what I’m signing. It’s all ceremonial, Jack!” The President chuckled, leaned back in his chair, and continued, “I mean, come on, we’ve got people behind the scenes handling all the important stuff. Think Kamala needs to know how inflation works? Pfft. Just say ‘it’s down if you ignore all the expensive things’ and move on. That’s governing, baby!” Biden praised the simplicity of Harris’s role, adding, “Her biggest job is to laugh at the right times and maybe drop by a daycare once in a while. If she says something weird, no problem—people just think she’s quirky! Trust me, folks, I’ve built a whole career on saying weird things.” Aides frantically tried to redirect the conversation, but Biden plowed ahead. “The thing is, the president hasn’t made a real decision in years. It’s all autopilot now. We’ve got teams, algorithms, and consultants—and if that fails, we’ve got executive orders. It’s like cruise control for democracy.” When asked about any future plans to return from vacation and take a more hands-on approach, Biden squinted into the sun. “Why would I? Kamala’s got it covered—more or less. And even if she doesn’t, eh, what’s the worst that could happen? It’s not like anyone expects competence anymore.” The statement sparked confusion, as many Americans were unsure whether Biden’s comments were reassuring or troubling. “Honestly, this might be the most clarity we’ve gotten from him in months,” one political observer noted. “At least now we know who’s not driving the bus.” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre later attempted damage control. “What the President meant was that government is a collective effort,” she explained, sweating profusely. “Of course the Vice President is prepared for anything. It’s… it’s a partnership.” Meanwhile, Biden wrapped up his remarks on the beach by assuring reporters, “Look, folks, all I’m saying is, even if I croak tomorrow, the government keeps going. Kamala’s ready to nod and smile, and the rest will just… happen. That’s democracy in the 21st century. Now, if you’ll excuse me, there’s a beach nap calling my name.” The post Biden: ‘It’s okay that Kamala has IQ of a fence post; the president doesn’t do anything anymore anyway’ appeared first on Genesius Times.