Angela Rye said white voters should face consequences for not saving democracy if Vice President Kamala Harris does not win the upcoming presidential election. CNN host Victor Blackwell asked Rye about former President Barack Obama chastising black men for hesitating to vote for Harris. "I think that it's wonderful that President Obama is out hitting the trail for democracy, frankly," Rye initially replied. "And what I think is a mistake is to let white folks escape the accountability that they must face for not showing up to save democracy themselves. Like, they want to get mad at presidential candidates, right, when they don‘t wear a flag lapel pin or they don‘t see you pledging allegiance to the flag."Rye claimed white people view the "terrorist attack on January 6, 2021," at the Capitol building as a demonstration of patriotism, so "the responsibility of saving democracy should be on the largest demographic in this country. "That is white men and white women."Similar to other demographics that go for Democrats during presidential elections, Harris has been struggling in the polls with black voters.Rye pointed to efforts in Detroit to talk with voters about the economy and "ensuring that democracy is preserved even if it's not perfect. We're doing our part. It's time for white folks to turn their ire and their attention to each other to ensure they also do their part.“ Similar to other demographics that go for Democrats during presidential elections, Harris has been struggling in the polls with black voters when compared to President Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, and Obama.The New York Times reported that while Harris is expected to a win an outright majority of black voters, only 78% of black voters are expected to vote for her, compared to 90% for Biden in 2020 and 92% for Clinton in 2016. Part of the reason for the erosion of support for Harris among black voters is that many believe Democrats have not done enough to support their communities despite receiving their votes. That feeling has only been exacerbated by the influx of illegal immigrants in big cities and the money being spent on them instead of inner-city communities. "Forty percent of African-American voters under 30 said the Republican Party was more likely to follow through on its campaign commitments than Democrats were," the NYT explained.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

The members of the "Central Park Five" have filed a defamation lawsuit against former President Donald Trump over comments he made about the case during his debate in Philadelphia. The infamous case involved the brutal rape and beating of a jogger in New York City in 1989, and five teenagers were charged and convicted for the crime. Some initially confessed but later recanted and said they had been coerced into confessing. The five served time in prison until someone else confessed to the crime and was confirmed through DNA evidence. Police argued that the five were still involved, but city officials released them. 'This is just another frivolous, Election Interference lawsuit, filed by desperate left-wing activists.' Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris tried to use the case during the debate to accuse Trump of racism because he had called for the death penalty to be brought back in a full-page newspaper ad two weeks after the brutal attack. Trump defended himself against the claims, but the lawsuit alleges he did so in a defamatory manner and made several false claims. "They come up with things like what she just said going back many, many years when a lot of people, including Mayor [Michael] Bloomberg, agreed with me on the Central Park Five. They admitted — they said, they pled guilty," said Trump during the debate. "And I said, 'Well, if they pled guilty, they badly hurt a person, killed a person ultimately,'" he added. "And if they pled guilty — then they pled, 'We're not guilty.'"The lawsuit points out that none of the five had actually entered guilty pleas and no one in the case had been killed. Also the mayor at the time was not Bloomberg but Ed Koch, who disagreed with Trump about the case, according to the lawsuit. "Defendant Trump's conduct at the September 10 debate was extreme and outrageous, and it was intended to cause severe emotional distress to Plaintiffs," read the lawsuit. "Plaintiffs demand judgment against Defendant Donald J. Trump for compensatory damages, for punitive damages and for costs."A spokesperson for the Trump campaign minimized the lawsuit in a statement to ABC News. "This is just another frivolous, Election Interference lawsuit, filed by desperate left-wing activists," read the statement. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Several Democratic New York City councilmembers have sponsored a bill introduced in September that would significantly restrict what New York Police Department officials can post on social media.The legislation, "Establishing rules of decorum for posting on official social media accounts," was proposed by Councilwoman Nantasha Williams (D) and has collected seven co-sponsors, including Democratic councilmembers Gale Brewer, Lincoln Restler, Shahana Hanif, Althea Stevens, Alexa Avilés, Shekar Krishnan, and Christopher Marte.'The far left is not happy enough tying the hands of our police officers. Now they are trying to silence them too.'Williams' bill seeks to require the city to "promulgate rules establishing minimum standards relating to decorum that all agencies must follow in posting on official social media accounts."The posts cannot "insult, intimidate, or harass the public and shall not prohibit the posting of statistical or factual information." The bill's "minimum" standards declare that officials cannot post anything "attributing negative characteristics or traits to particular persons or to groups of persons," "using language that is intended to incite violence," and "using language that is intended to intimidate."Williams' legislation also mandates that the city establish a complaint-reporting mechanism for potential violations of these standards. Additionally, the city would be required to launch efforts to educate the public about the new standards and its reporting system.The bill carves out exceptions to official social media accounts of elected officials and accounts associated with an online alias. Williams wrote to fellow councilmembers in an email, "The need for this legislation has become increasingly evident, most recently highlighted by the actions of NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell.""This legislation is a proactive step toward ensuring that our social media platforms are used to inform and engage the public, not for personal attacks or politically motivated behavior," she added.Some NYPD officials, including Chell, have used their social media accounts to push back on leftist politicians' anti-cop agenda.In May, Chell torched Councilmember Tiffany Cabán (D) for calling the department's response to the Columbia University pro-Hamas protests "a colossal disgrace," "a horrifying affront to democracy in free speech," and "an abject failure of public safety."Chell responded to Cabán's statement, calling it "garbage" and noting that it "is coming from a person who hates our city and certainly does not represent the great people of NYC.""Last night's criminal conduct by entitled non accountable students and the support they receive from Councilmember Tiffany Caban is a colossal disgrace," Chell fired back at the councilmember. "A horrifying affront to democracy and proper behavior from people who are not accountable for their behavior. This was an abject failure of how civilized people are expected to behave in society while continually acting like a perpetual victim."Chell's statement prompted the Department of Investigation to launch a probe at the request of Council Speaker Adrienne Adams (D) and the Legal Aid Society."These posts can often convey inaccurate or misleading information and could potentially incite threats of violence," Adams claimed. "This conduct is dangerous, unethical, unprofessional because included in the department's mission is to preserve peace, protect the people and reduce fear at the preliminary budget."In addition to Chell's social media posts, the department came under fire after publishing its first "NYPD: Most Wanted" video in March. The two-minute, action-packed clip showed officers taking down "real-life individuals facing criminal charges."According to NYPD spokesperson Tarik Sheppard, the department created the video and others like it to "push back on the misinformation that's out there.""Because if we don't, it could cause damage to the reputation of our cops and the work that we're doing," Sheppard told the Associated Press.Councilman Robert Holden (D) pushed back against Williams' proposed bill, stating, "The far left is not happy enough tying the hands of our police officers.""Now they are trying to silence them too. When will this lunacy stop?" Holden asked.Councilwoman Joann Ariola (R) said, "When the City Council starts legislating what public agencies can and can't say, that's not governance — that's censorship.""This isn't just wrong; it's un-American. Forcing agencies to simply toe the party line and follow a script or face legal retribution is authoritarianism, plain and simple, and it flies in the face of everything that our Constitution and the First Amendment stands for," Ariola added.Last month, NYPD Interim Commissioner Thomas Donlon announced a plan to enact a "one voice" policy within the department, warning officials, "There's only one voice in this department, and that's me."The NYPD did not respond to a request for comment from the New York Post.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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Qualcomm has unveiled its latest and greatest mobile platform, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite. The chipset will power the next generation of Android smartphones, likely to make an appearance in the Samsung Galaxy S25 series, among others. The Snapdragon 8 Elite also represents yet another naming scheme shift for Qualcomm’s mobile line. Qualcomm turned the Snapdragon naming scheme on its head a few years ago with the “Snapdragon 8 Gen 1,” which was followed by the 8 Gen 2, and 8 Gen 3. Alas, it seems as though we won’t be getting a Snapdragon 8 Gen 4. Regardless of naming, the Snapdragon 8 Elite is Qualcomm’s most powerful to date. Qualcomm flew me out to its annual Snapdragon Summit to check out what's new in person. Second-gen Oryon CPU Qualcomm has engineered a second-gen iteration of the Oryon CPU for the Snapdragon 8 Elite, which Qualcomm says is the “fastest mobile CPU in the world.” According to the company, the Prime cores on the CPU on the Snapdragon 8 Elite offer 4.32GHz peak clock speeds, which will equate to a speed boost of an impressive 45%. That’s coupled with 27% overall power savings. The two Prime cores on the Snapdragon 8 Elite are coupled with six performance cores, capable of clock speeds of 3.53GHz. Over the past decade or so, Apple’s A-series chips have been ahead in terms of basic CPU performance, but it seems as though that race is tightening up a little. AI first Image source: Qualcomm Of course, basic CPU performance has been taking a bit of a back seat over the past few years, but the Snapdragon 8 Elite also offers improvements in AI, as expected. It has an enhanced Qualcomm AI Engine with multimodal Gen AI support, which Qualcomm says leverages the Qualcomm Sensing Hub to better understand personal context. And, it has a 45% faster neural processor. Device manufacturers, of course, will need to implement AI features for themselves — but it’s handy that the processor is capable of high-performance generative AI in the first place. Graphics and gaming As expected, the Snapdragon 8 Elite also has some graphics improvements. Notably, it features a new Qualcomm Adreno GPU, which features a new sliced architecture and dedicated memory for each slice. Qualcomm says this will enable AAA gaming through a 40% graphics improvement and support for Unreal Engine 5.3 AAA gaming on mobile has started to gain some traction, but it’s still up to the developers to bring their games to mobile platforms. So far, that hasn’t really happened. That said, whether console games come to mobile or not, improved graphics help make mobile games look better and will enable better mobile-first gaming. Photo taken in Bangkok, Thailand Image source: Qualcomm Everything else Other improvements to the Snapdragon 8 Elite come in the form of ISP upgrades. The ISP on the chipset can be leveraged for AI performance, recognizing objects like faces, hair, clothing, objects, and backgrounds more accurately. Generally speaking, the Snapdragon 8 Elite represents a solid upgrade for the Snapdragon series — which makes sense. Qualcomm has likely been feeling the need to prove itself, given the fact that phone makers have started building their own chips. The best example of that is Google, which has been making its Tensor chips for Pixel phones for some time now. Regardless, we’ll start to see phones equipped with the Snapdragon 8 Elite in the next few weeks from manufacturers like ASUS, Honor, OnePlus, Samsung, and Xiaomi. The post Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite will bring elite-level performance to 2025 Android flagships appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals Today’s deals: $119 off iPad mini, $120 heated jackets, Energizer batteries, $30 Crock-Pot, more Best deals: Tech, laptops, TVs, and more sales Today’s deals: Free LED smart bulbs, $64 off Black Titanium Apple Watch Ultra 2, $60 Keurig coffee maker, more Best Apple deals for October 2024

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