Following his emotional endorsement Friday of President Donald Trump, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sat down with Tucker Carlson to discuss his reasons for doing so and the political "realignment" under way that apparently made the decision all but inevitable. Carlson told Kennedy at the outset that he found the decision unsurprising because "for all the areas where you disagree on specific issues, there's a consistent theme that I have noticed in both your lives, which is you both spent the majority of your life — in your case, your whole life — in the American ruling class and both of you decided that it was corrupt and that you were going to say so out loud, at great risk." Kennedy acknowledged that many people, including some of his supporters, may have been shocked to learn last week that he was pausing his campaign and throwing his weight behind the Republican candidate. However, he noted that such surprise would likely have been the result of a misapprehension about the true nature of the current political landscape and the Democratic Party's place in it. "I think there's been a bunch of realignments, of political realignments — about four or five throughout American history," Kennedy told Carlson. "I think we're going through one right now." Kennedy emphasized that the Democratic Party of yesteryear is gone and that what remains, with the Harris "apparatus" at the helm, is an anti-democratic force synonymous with corporatism, military adventurism, and censorship, which would be unrecognizable both to his father, Robert F. Kennedy Sr., and to his uncle, President John F. Kennedy. 'There's been these big, profound realignments.' According to Kennedy, the Democratic Party he parted ways with in October 2023 has been badly transmogrified, in part, by the "corrupt merger of state and corporate power that's happening in Washington, D.C., now, where our democracy has really been subverted by the industries that have taken over the regulatory agencies." This has impacted, for instance, the party's approach to the environment. Kennedy indicated that Democrats have de-prioritized habitat protection, wildlife conservation, and getting "toxins out of our kids" and are instead focused on "one environmental issue, which is this carbon orthodoxy." Kennedy, who worked for decades as an environmental lawyer, has long argued there are far better ways to help the environment than geoengineering and carbon sequestration. He has also been highly critical in recent years of the Biden-Harris administration's massive subsidies for so-called green energy. The Democratic obsession with emissions "ends up benefiting the oil companies and BlackRock and Goldman Sachs with offshore wind and carbon capture and $100 billion carbon capture projects, which is just the strip-mining of the middle class," Kennedy told Carlson. "There's been these big, profound realignments, and it's not only on that issue," continued Kennedy. 'They're the party now of censorship.' Kennedy suggested further that Democrats have "clung to this illusion" that various governmental institutions are still democratic despite their co-option and transformation into "sock puppets for corporate profit-taking"; that they are "white hats" fending off barbarians. Even the institution of the presidency has been compromised, suggested Kennedy — that as was the case with Joe Biden, Democrats voting for Harris this time around will not be supporting an individual but rather the "apparatus" around the candidate. "When you talk to Democrats about, you know, 'Do you really think it's a good idea to be electing somebody who cannot give an interview?' they say, 'Well ... you're electing the people around her, you're electing the apparatus,'" said Kennedy. "The apparatus, I don't have any faith in it. It's an apparatus that are neocons like Antony Blinken who are running us right up into World War III, and they are people who masterminded the censorship from inside the White House." U.S. District Judge Terry A. Doughty of the Western District of Louisiana gave Kennedy the green light last week to sue the Biden-Harris administration for coercing social media companies to engage in suppression and outright censorship of content containing free speech. Kennedy cited the censorship detailed in Doughty's ruling as well as Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's assertion in 2022 that "there's no guarantee to free speech on misinformation or hate speech, and especially around our democracy" as evidence of contemporary Democrats' censorial reflex and the party's distrust for the American people. "They're the party now of censorship," said Kennedy, stressing that democracy and censorship are "absolutely incompatible." "The first step to totalitarianism always begins with censorship," he told Carlson. "There's no time that we look back in history and say the people who were censoring speech were the good guys. They're always the bad guys. ... We know they're the guys who are going to end up cracking a whip on us all and being our overlords." Kennedy noted that Trump, unlike Harris, is "deeply interested and well informed ... about what's happening to our kids, about chronic disease" and is "absolutely adamant about stopping the censorship and, you know, and making sure that we had free speech." Concerning war and interventionism, Kennedy revealed that Trump has again distinguished himself from his Democratic rivals. While he previously conceived of Trump as the guy who "brought John Bolton and Mike Pompeo into office," Kennedy told Carlson that upon meeting Trump, he realized the former president was "really disillusioned with them to say the least." Moving forward, Kennedy indicated he will be working to "get Trump elected" and will help "pick the people who will be running the government" should the American people re-elect the Republican. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Members of a community in Oklahoma rallied behind a local teen whose high school has forbidden him from flying an American flag on the back of his pickup truck.Caleb Horst just began his senior year at Edmond North High School in Edmond, Oklahoma, a city of nearly 100,000 residents about 15 miles north of Oklahoma City. Last Wednesday, he drove to school with a giant American flag attached to his truck, just as he has done "for quite a while," he said.'It is the practice of Edmond Public Schools to not permit students to fly or bring flags of any kind on our school campuses.'However, school administrators informed him that he could not continue to fly the flag on his truck and warned him not to show up with the flag on Monday.Rather than heed the warning, Horst and dozens of his fellow American patriots, both students and members of the community, drove to the school's campus Monday morning and peacefully protested the ban on American flags affixed to vehicles.According to the New York Post, more than 50 cars arrived at 7 a.m. that morning — some adorned in the red, white, and blue — to show their support for Horst and for public displays of patriotism more generally. They even recited the Pledge of Allegiance together."It’s our First Amendment, so it’s kind of hard for them to infringe upon our rights," Horst said."In the end, we’re all American, all united under that flag, and there’s not anything anyone can do to separate us."Vance Miller, another senior at the high school, claimed the issue "hit home" for him because he has a brother in the service."He’s fighting for that flag; we should be allow[ed] to fly it," he said, according to KOCO. "It’d be different if we were trying to make a political statement, but there’s nothing political about it."On Thursday, four days before the protest at the school, Edmond Public Schools issued a statement, insisting that "this is not about the American flag or patriotism" but about safety and "disruptions and distractions during the school day.""It is the practice of Edmond Public Schools to not permit students to fly or bring flags of any kind on our school campuses. This practice has been in place for several years and is explained to our students at the start of the school year along with various other policies and procedures," the statement read in part.The district also noted that it "proudly displays the American flag prominently" in classrooms and outside its buildings, that students recite the Pledge of Allegiance every school day, and that the national anthem is played before most sporting events.But Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters and some state lawmakers indicated that the district's self-described "practice" of banning American flags on vehicles is unacceptable."We have seen parents across the state who are so tired of people, young people, being told to hate their country or not be proud of their country," Walters told 9 News.Walters also stated in an X video that he is "working on guidelines" for school districts in his state to "ensure no student is ever targeted for having an American flag.""We want our young people to be proud of our country. Sounds like a lot of patriotic students at the school, and we want to encourage them to show love for the country."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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First previewed at Google I/O, Google is releasing its long-expected custom Gems feature today. With that, you can create your own personal AI expert on any topic you want. According to Google, Gemini Advanced, Business, and Enterprise subscribers can start creating and chatting with Gems over the coming days. They can be customized to be experts on topics or refined toward specific goals. After giving it a name and instructions, users can start talking with them so people can take advantage of brainstorming ideas and more. Google says these Gems remember detailed instructions to help you save time on tedious, repetitive, or difficult tasks. Some of the premade Google Gemini Gems available are: Learning coach helps you break down complex topics, making them easier to understand. Brainstormer gives you easy inspiration — from fresh ideas for a themed party to the perfect gift for an upcoming birthday. Career guide unlocks your career potential with detailed plans to refine your skills and achieve your career goals. Writing editor can elevate your writing through clear, constructive feedback on everything from grammar to structure. Coding partner levels up your coding skills and can help you build projects and learn as you go. Besides that, Google is also upgrading its creative image generation capabilities with Imagem 3. It's a "new standard for image quality, generating images with just a few words" that can also be offered in different styles. Image source: Google Over the coming days, Google will roll out the generation of images of people, with an early access version starting in English for those on Gemini Advanced, Business, and Enterprise. Google warns: "With Imagen 3, we’ve made significant progress in providing a better user experience when generating images of people. We don’t support the generation of photorealistic, identifiable individuals, depictions of minors, or excessively gory, violent, or sexual scenes (...) We'll gradually roll this out, aiming to bring it to more users and languages soon." Google Gemini's Gems and Imagem 3 are available on desktop and mobile devices in more than 150 countries in most languages. Don't Miss: Google’s Gemini upgrades put the pressure on OpenAI’s GPT-5 The post Google’s custom Gemini AI chatbots are now live appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals Today’s deals: $199 Apple iPad 9, $30 Crest 3D Whitestrips, $298 Sony XM5 ANC headphones, more Today’s deals: 10% off new Sony ULT WEAR headphones, gaming laptops, Samsung OLED TVs, more Today’s deals: Crazy-fast mini PC for $670, $45 Ninja blender, $34 Roku Streaming Stick 4K, more Today’s deals: $35 in Amazon credits, $179 Sonos soundbar, $60 Keurig coffee maker, $99 Bose speaker, more

The iPhone 16 event takes place on September 9th, as Apple sent out invitations for the press conference earlier this week. Assuming Apple doesn't change its iPhone launch playbook, the iPhone 16 release date should be September 20th. Preorders will likely start on September 13th. If you're thinking about upgrading to one of the four iPhone 16 models coming our way, the good news is that Apple won't raise prices. There's no sign that a price hike is in the cards. However, the iPhone is still expensive, especially if you go for a Pro model. You might want to trade in your current iPhone to make the iPhone 16 purchase easier on the wallet. New data from SellCell suggests that you might want to trade in or sell your device even before the iPhone 16 comes out to make the most of it. The company operates its own used device marketplace where phones can be sold. SellCell says that the best time to trade in your iPhone is about 14 days before the next model's release. Continue reading... The post Buying an iPhone 16? Here’s when to trade in your current iPhone for the best payout appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals Today’s deals: Crazy-fast mini PC for $670, $45 Ninja blender, $34 Roku Streaming Stick 4K, more Exclusive deal: Get GEEKOM’s ultra-fast GT13 Pro Mini PC for only $549 Best deals: Tech, laptops, TVs, and more sales Today’s deals: Pixel 9 preorder offers, $20 waterproof speaker, $225 HP laptop, $89 Sony earbuds, more

Ashkelon, one of Israel's oldest cities, has just unveiled a remarkable archaeological discovery—two Roman-era vaulted tombs adorned with stunning wall paintings. These artworks, depicting Greek mythological characters, plants, animals, and other vibrant scenes, offer a rare glimpse into the region's history. Found in a public area near Ashkelon's marina, the tombs are over 1,700 years old, and will soon be accessible to the public, showcasing the city's celebration of its ancient heritage. Aquincum: Exploring the Ancient Roman City Under Modern-day Budapest Roman Tombs Found in Egyptian Oasis Reflect Cultural Blending Evident in Burial Practices Dr. Elena Kogan-Zehavi, Israel Antiquities Authority, who uncovered one of the tombs about 30 years ago, standing in the tombs after the recent restoration work. (IAA) Read moreSection: ArtifactsOther ArtifactsNewsHistory & ArchaeologyAncient PlacesAsiaRead Later 

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