On the night of the debate – when late-term abortions would again be dismissed as a phony issue – NBC Nightly News ran a promotional piece about Colorado late-term abortionist Warren Hern, who has been a radical pro-abortion crank for 50 years. Lester Holt began: “And tonight we visit one state where women are traveling to obtain a rare and often misunderstood form of the procedure later in pregnancy.” It’s “often misunderstood” when you kill a baby in utero with an injection to the heart and then remove the corpse. Reporter Dasha Burns promoted abortion in this one-sided piece, focused on the "emotional experience" of women seeking abortions: BURNS: Dr. Hern says his clinic doesn't perform abortions in the eighth or ninth month and they're extraordinarily rare across the country. Just one percent of abortions are performed after 21 weeks. He tells us he doesn't want to do this work, but unforeseen circumstances create a need for it and that strict abortion bans in red states are partly to blame for an increase in patients seeking him out because it's taking them longer to find care. Hern was killing fully-formed babies when Roe vs. Wade was still the law. On screen, NBC says "Abortions Later In Pregnancy Exceedingly Rare." Their source was the Centers for Disease Control. In 2015, they found 1.3 percent of abortions came after 21 weeks. Their number of reported abortions was 638,169 -- 1.3 percent of that total is 8,296. Now compare that to the Washington Post finding on the number of unarmed black men killed by police in 2019. It was 13. Anyone think NBC would tout that as "exceedingly rare"?  In an article touting Hern last year in The Atlantic – titled “The Abortion Absolutist” – writer Elaine Godfrey revealed “Hern ends the pregnancies of women who are 22, 25, even 30 weeks along.” And worse: “I put my baby down,” Kate Carson, who’d gotten an abortion at Hern’s clinic in 2012, told me.  She’d been 35 weeks into a much-wanted pregnancy when her doctor diagnosed multiple brain anomalies. The only fraction of opposition was a seven-second Fox News soundbite of Donald Trump saying "the Democrats are radical" on late-term abortion. Burns focused the whole story by projecting all late-term abortion seekers in the most positive light: “Hern says many of the women who come here are dealing with very wanted pregnancies that have gone very wrong. Like the family that wrote him this letter.” Hern read it: "There are no words or gifts that can say thank you enough for what you've done for our family." You've reduced it. If you have a large enough TV, you can see it actually begins: “To the angels at the Boulder Abortion Clinic.” Ugh. Naturally, Burns found the Dr. Hern fans, no full names needed: “We visited that family at their home in Texas, where abortion is banned except in limited cases to save a woman's life or health. In 2023, they received a tragic diagnosis 24 weeks into their pregnancy. A severe fetal anomaly, and possible consequences for Emma's future fertility.” Emma said it was “the best decision for our family, to have an abortion.” Now they have a baby boy. That offers maximum propaganda value. NBC loves this angle!  Burns wrapped up the puff piece like this: BURNS: As abortion remains a top political issue in 2024, Dr. Hern vows to keep going. [To Hern] Why do you do this work? HERN: Because it matters. It matters for the health of the woman. It matters for their families. It matters for our society. And now it matters for freedom. BURNS:  Dasha Burns, NBC News, Boulder, Colorado.

The first presidential debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris has come to a close, and Dave Rubin isn’t buying the narrative the mainstream media is trying to spin about the candidates’ performances. “The narrative of what you are now going to see is the hyper-competent Kamala Harris is the winner, and you’re going to see a new narrative being laid out in front of us,” Rubin explains. “Trump old and angry. Kamala Harris competent, commanding of facts, happy, smiley.” “But that is really not what happened,” he adds. The ABC moderators, Linsey Davis and David Muir, continuously jumped in to take on Trump themselves — which is not normal for a debate. “This was a three-on-one,” Rubin says. “If this was professional wrestling, we would have thought this was a bit unfair.” “They fact-checked Donald Trump repeatedly, dishonestly at times,” he continues, “they pushed Kamala’s lies and did not once go after Kamala for any lies. So it was an abject clown show farce. Period.” While the mainstream media and leftists are cheering that Kamala won the debate, Rubin disagrees. “I think Donald Trump did a hell of a job. He really did do a hell of a job,” he says, noting that debating with a person who “lies about everything” is not easy. Liz Wheeler of “The Liz Wheeler Show” summed up Kamala’s lies in a post on X, writing, “Kamala has lied about late term abortion, ‘very fine people’ Charlottesville, J6, ‘Bloodbath,’ crime data, border security, Project 2025, fracking.’” “The ABC moderators are a disgrace. They’re propaganda. Pravda. They’ve sold their souls,” she concluded. “That is just right,” Rubin comments. “Every single thing that she said, almost without exclusion, was a lie or a distortion. And she knows she can do it because the two people sitting there were in cahoots to make sure she could get away with it.” Want more from Dave Rubin?To enjoy more honest conversations, free speech, and big ideas with Dave Rubin, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

A New York City special education teacher has been arrested after allegedly putting a 5-year-old elementary school student in a chokehold. Anthony Wicks, 46, was charged with second-degree assault and acting in a manner injurious to a child, WCBS-TV reported, adding that prosecutors said Wicks grabbed the student's neck with both hands and put him in a headlock. 'It was a very scary moment for him. … He said that ... his teacher's hands were tight around his neck, and that he said that he would be good and that he asked his teacher to let go.'More from the station:Wicks walked out of Manhattan Criminal Court silently with his husband Tuesday night, leaving on supervised release after his arraignment. The judge ordered Wicks not to have contact with the child, and when asked if he understood, Wicks replied to the judge, 'Yes, of course.' This is Wicks' first arrest. He is a full-time special education teacher, and his attorney says Wicks has worked for the city's education department for five years and at a preschool for three years before that. Police told WCBS the incident occurred Monday inside a classroom at P.S. 153 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Elementary School in Hamilton Heights. The child's older brother told the station the 5-year-old wouldn't go in the "time-out corner" as the head teacher instructed. Wicks is an assistant teacher, parents noted to WCBS. "He was making a fuss about going in the time-out ... and then the teacher choked him," the brother told the station. "That teacher wasn't the one who was even talking to him. ... What other people have told me is that when he was getting choked, he was crying and then wouldn't calm down." The child's father told WCBS the principal called around noon Monday to say the boy was fine but that the parents needed to come to school. "It was a very scary moment for him," the child's father noted to the station. "He said that ... his teacher's hands were tight around his neck, and that he said that he would be good and that he asked his teacher to let go." A Department of Education spokesperson told WCBS, "This alleged behavior is completely unacceptable, and this employee has been immediately removed from this site. Pending the outcome of the arrest and if convicted, we will pursue their termination. There is nothing more important than the safety and well-being of our students." The station said it has not heard back from Wicks — who is awaiting arraignment on the charges — after an attempt to reach him by phone. One parent of a student in the 5-year-old's class told WCBS she came to school Tuesday because she was upset the school never notified her about the incident. "I had to find out through social media," she told the station. "That teacher is the teacher of my child, my 5-year-old child, and it's so upsetting because the school did not disclose anything. ... I went to go speak in there, and they couldn't give me any information. I want to withdraw him today." - YouTube youtu.be Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

North Carolina police said that a man was captured on surveillance video going into the bathroom of a gas station to beat a woman to death with a hammer. Charlotte-Mecklenburg officers said they responded to a call of a woman found bleeding at a QuikTrip in north Charlotte on Aug. 17 at about 11:15 p.m. They found 47-year-old Glandina Dixon bleeding from her head, and medics later pronounced her dead at the scene. 'God says you have to forgive; but right now, I can’t forgive because she didn’t deserve it.' Investigators reviewing surveillance video from the store shows that a man followed Dixon into the store and then returned to his black truck to obtain a hammer. Video reportedly shows him follow Dixon into the women's bathroom where police say he savagely struck her on the head with the hammer. He was only in the bathroom for 40 seconds. Police identified the man as 53-year-old Sam Roary, and detectives confirmed that he and the victim had previously known each other. He was arrested on a first-degree murder charge and given a cash bond of $1 million. WCNC-TV reported that Roary had been previously convicted of second-degree murder in 1989 when he was 18 years old and released from prison in 1995. Members of Dixon's family and friends held a vigil in her honor. “We don’t understand why, we want to know why. I’m angry," said James Love to WCNC. "God says you have to forgive; but right now, I can’t forgive because she didn’t deserve it." A news video report from WCNC showed scenes from the gas station as well as Roary's booking photo. 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 iPhone 16 series was obviously the star of Apple's "Glowtime" press event, but I'm more excited about two health-related features the company revealed. I've already addressed one of them: the Apple Watch Series 10's fast-charging support. It will ensure I spend less time without a health-tracking device. The second might be even more important and will dictate which wireless earphones I buy. The AirPods Pro 2 are about to become cheap over-the-counter hearing aids. On top of that, Apple's most expensive earbuds will also let you run hearing tests at home to help you monitor hearing conditions. After that, you'll be able to set them up as hearing aids. Continue reading... The post AirPods Pro’s health innovations are more exciting than the iPhone 16 appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals Best Fire TV Stick deals for September 2024 Today’s deals: $40 Sony headphones, $50 Ninja blender, $140 AirPods 3, $60 foldable camera drone, more Today’s deals: $100 off Sihoo Doro C300 Pro office chair, Rare Nintendo Switch OLED sale, Anker chargers, more Today’s deals: $10 off Starbucks coffee, $199 Apple iPad, $16 portable blender, $99 BISSELL Little Green, more

Although America’s history is rife with rags-to-riches stories, American Industrialist Andrew Carnegie is probably the best embodiment of the American Dream. Carnegie first worked for pennies a day only to eventually become one of the richest men in history with a net worth of around $309 billion in today’s money. Additionally, other historic figures like Harland Sanders and Biddy Mason experienced similar entrepreneurial success and accumulated wealth beyond their wildest dreams. Their fascinating life stories highlight the potential for economic mobility in America as even people from the poorest backgrounds successfully can achieve huge success.Cindy Cummings explains.  Harland SandersHarland Sanders was the multi-millionaire founder of international fried chicken restaurant, Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC). Born in 1890 on an Indiana farm, Sanders became accustomed to hard work at a young age as he helped his parents maintain the farm. But, due to conflict at home, Sanders moved out and left school at age 13. He held numerous local jobs, before moving to Alabama to work for the Southern Railway. As an adult, Sanders had a further slew of odd jobs, none of which lasted for long: attorney, insurance seller, lamp manufacturer, tire seller, and gas station owner. In 1930, Sanders, who had a keen interest in food, converted his gas station into a restaurant and began to sell popular ham and steak dinners.  Finally, in 1952, Sanders developed his “Secret Recipe” (aka KFC) and patented his unique method of pressure frying chicken. The first KFC restaurant was then opened by Sanders’ friend and franchisor Pete Harman in Salt Lake City, Utah. During the early 1960s, 600 KFC restaurants were opened across locations including the UK, Mexico, and Canada. Finally, in 1964, Sanders sold the company for $2 million.Sanders’ hard work, determination, and success continues to inspire entrepreneurs, of which there are some 30 million in the U.S. today (although estimates vary). Those serious about launching their business should ideally start with LLC (limited liability company) formation. An LLC is a legal structure that separates a business owners’ personal and business assets. So, that means all personal assets (money, home, and car) remain untouchable if the business is sued. In fact, 35% of small businesses are LLCs, which makes it the most popular legal structure. But always keep in mind, the best state for your LLC is usually your home state. In most cases, home state LLCs are the simplest and cheapest to set up and maintain. Biddy Mason Bridget “Biddy” Mason was born a slave and died free as America’s first female real estate entrepreneur. Born in 1818, Mason spent the first eighteen years of her life enslaved in Georgia, before she was purchased by a Mississippi slave owner. In 1851, Mason’s owner moved with her and her three daughters to California, a state where slavery was outlawed. It is here that Mason petitioned a court for her and her family’s freedom, which they were promptly granted. This marked a turnaround in Mason’s life. Over the next decade, she worked as a nurse and midwife for a local LA  doctor, and safely delivered hundreds of babies.Mason was financially-savvy and saved her money. She soon purchased a small piece of land for $250, and became one of LA’s first black landowners. She later sold this property for a profit. Mason continued to buy up property, build commercial buildings, and open numerous businesses, including, a daycare center and grocery store — despite the fact she couldn’t read or write. Other business owners purchased properties surrounding hers and this area became Downtown LA. By the time of Mason’s death in 1891, she had around $300,000 to her name, which equates to $8.5 million today.   Andrew CarnegieAndrew Carnegie founded one of the biggest steel businesses in American history. He was born in 1835 into a working class family, who, in an attempt to drag themselves out of extreme poverty, emigrated from Scotland to the U.S. in 1848. Later, Carnegie would become one of the richest men in history. Carnegie got his first job at 13 as a worker in a cotton mill where he was paid $2.50 a week, which he soon left to start at a telegraph company with a better wage ($20 a month). In 1853, he was hired as a telegrapher at Pennsylvania Railroad and used this time to develop professional connections. At age twenty-four, Carnegie was promoted to Western Division superintendent.After smart financial investments, Carnegie’s total annual income averaged $42,000, and turned his focus to the ironworks trade — a decision which would eventually lead to his huge fortune. In 1892, Carnegie (along with several partners) founded the Carnegie Steel Company. This business became largely responsible for the country’s newfound status as the world’s biggest steel producer. Financier J.P. Morgan purchased Carnegie Steel in 1901 for $480 million, of which Carnegie earned $250 million. This led Carnegie to be worth $309 billion in today’s money. There’s nothing like a good rags-to-riches story to motivate and inspire. The impact of these historical figures certainly continue to shape the ambitions of entrepreneurially-minded Americans today.