Billionaire Bill Ackman, a long-time Democrat donor, sharply criticized President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris over their administration’s response to the October 7th massacre in Israel, saying that their weak response to the Hamas terrorists who perpetrated those attacks had made Americans less safe. Ackman was among the first to call out the virulent anti-semitism — at Harvard University and on other college campuses nationwide — in the wake of the attacks, and he noted in a Sunday X post that the Biden-Harris administration had done little in the months since to suggest that they had any interest in fixing the clear and present problem. Consider that Hamas chose to execute an American hostage with a bullet to the back of his head during the last two or three days (along with five other hostages) whose parents just spoke at the DNC less than two weeks ago, while hostage negotiations were underway. Consider that… — Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) September 1, 2024 “Consider that Hamas chose to execute an American hostage with a bullet to the back of his head during the last two or three days (along with five other hostages) whose parents just spoke at the DNC less than two weeks ago, while hostage negotiations were underway,” Ackman began, referencing the tragic news that American Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin was one of six recently-executed hostages found by Israeli Forces in Rafah. “Consider that the U.S. strategy over the last 330 days has been to pressure Israel to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza, including through the withholding of weapons from @Israel, and by periodically leaking our failure to support our ally to the media in the midst of hostage negotiations. Consider what pressure if any the U.S. has brought to bear on Hamas and our friends in the region who harbor Hamas’ leadership?” Ackman continued, asking, :Why? Why has our leadership adopted this failed strategy?” The answer, Ackman said, was simple: politics. The Democrats were under political pressure not to help Israel or to stand against the terrorist group Hamas, but to stand by and allow the terrorists to operate unchecked — all to appease a small but vocal group within their own party. “Biden (who has been on vacation for 16 days) and @KamalaHarris, who also just skipped a ceremony at Arlington Cemetery to honor 13 fallen soldiers from the failed Afghanistan withdrawal, along with their advisers in the DNC, believe they will lose important votes in certain key swing states and from Hamas supporters on campuses,” Ackman explained. He went on to argue that strength, “brute force,” was historically the only language to which terrorists respond — and that instead of pressuring Israel to stand down, the Unites States should have been rallying any and all willing forces to aid Israel in their attempts to stamp out Hamas altogether. “The United States should have put more pressure on our other allies in the region to help, and done everything we can to help Israel defeat Hamas and recover the hostages, but unfortunately this was not good politics for Biden/Harris and some of their supporters,” he said. But the real problem is that in addition to ramping up the danger for Israel, the Biden-Harris response had also made Americans at home “less safe.” “By being weak and lacking resolve, we failed our captured, now dead citizens, and the other hostages and their families while emboldening terrorists around the world. The result: It has become much less safe to be an American since October 7th because of our failed leadership. It has become much less safe to be a member of the free world since October 7th because of our failed leadership,” he concluded. “We are in desperate need for a change in leadership so our enemies once again fear the United States and think twice before they act against us and/or our allies. The time has come.”

Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee, is “not fit” to serve as commander in chief, House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) said on Sunday. “Sunday Morning Futures” guest host Sean Duffy asked Stefanik about whether she believes Harris is capable of protecting U.S. citizens around the world after six hostages held by Hamas, including 23-year-old American-Israeli Hersh Goldberg-Polin, were found dead in Gaza. “Well, first of all, my heart and the American people’s heart goes out to all of the families of hostages, particularly Hersh Goldberg-Polin’s parents, who I have had the opportunity to meet with. I have met with many of the hostage families,” Stefanik began. “This happened on [President] Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ watch. This is a Biden-Harris administration that has turned their back on supporting Israel. We need to show strong support with Israel. There should be no daylight and using all of our efforts to bring home all these hostages,” Stefanik said. Today I joined @SundayFutures on @FoxNews with @SeanDuffyWI to discuss the horrific news of the six hostages murdered by Hamas, the repeated and disgraceful foreign policy of Kamala Harris, and House Republicans’ work to protect election integrity. pic.twitter.com/9sFRYOZosn — Rep. Elise Stefanik (@RepStefanik) September 1, 2024 “What did we see from Kamala Harris and Joe Biden? That they withheld critical military aid at a very important time. It is a disgrace. And you asked the question, Sean, is she fit to protect our national security interests and American citizens around the world? The answer is an overwhelming no,” the congresswoman added. “She is not fit to serve the role as commander in chief,” Stefanik continued. “She has — the fact that this is an American and an American-Israeli citizen who lost his lives on their watch, it is a disgrace, and it’s going to go down in history as one of the darkest chapters of our national security policy.” Stefanik referenced the third anniversary of the Kabul airport bombing that killed 13 U.S. service members during the Afghanistan withdrawal in 2021 and Gold Star families who condemned Harris after she attacked GOP presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump over a recent alleged incident at Arlington National Cemetery. “Look at this past week, Sean. This was the three-year anniversary of those 13 service members in Afghanistan, now 13 Gold Star families, and you have Kamala Harris’ campaign politicizing this, not mentioning their names, not taking accountability for that catastrophic decision?” Stefanik said. “She was the last person in the room advising Joe Biden, and yet they’re criticizing Donald Trump for answering yes to the invitation from those families in Arlington,” Stefanik added. “Kamala Harris is a disgrace, and we need to make sure she never becomes commander in chief.”

For those of us lucky enough to grow up with grandparents, we know what a treasure they are. They lived their lives many years before we were born and have magical stories about time gone by. Listening to them share about their life and who they were when they were our age is a treat. Sometimes, we don’t realize how lucky we are to have our grandparents until we are older. A pair of sisters wanted to share a special moment with their terminally ill grandfather. They decided to sing for him and chose The Judd’s song Grandpa (Tell Me ‘Bout The Good Old Days) to sing at his bedside. @majicallynews Grandpa saying “yippee” took us out ( via: Elizabeth Swanget ) ♬ original sound – Majically News As soon as they began to sing, their grandpa looked at them and said, “Yippie.” They sang in perfect harmony as he listened with a smile. It was clear he enjoyed their singing and their company. The girls also seemed to love spending their time with him and, in a way, giving back some of the joy he undoubtedly gave them during their lives. At the end, he gave them a well-deserved round of applause. The Women Singing For Their Grandpa Touched Many People @magicallynews shared it on TikTok, where it was viewed 1.9 million times. People were touched by the girls’ love. “Thank you for sharing this beautiful video. I just lost my dad, he was 96, years are falling,” someone who recently lost a loved one shared. “Country people are truly different all my prayers,” a fan pointed out. And, of course, the video brought some followers to tears. “Yippee…..awe now I’m ugly crying.” It’s an incredible testament to the love of a grandfather and his grandchildren. May they always have these sweet memories. You can find the source of this story’s featured image here. The post Sisters Sing The Judds’ Classic To Terminally Ill Grandpa & His Reaction Melts Hearts appeared first on InspireMore.

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Our list of the Top 10 Opening Tracks from 2000s Rock Albums showcases a diverse range of musical artists who released some truly spectacular records during the first decade of the 21st century. Over the past 25 years, we’ve heard countless claims that “nobody releases good music anymore”—but one glance at the albums on this list should be enough to challenge that notion. Many of the great artists of the ’70s and ’80s, like Bruce Springsteen, The Pretenders, Sammy Hagar, Steely Dan, and The Allman Brothers Band, were still producing some of the finest work of their careers. In fact, The post Top 10 Opening Tracks From 2000s Rock Albums appeared first on ClassicRockHistory.com.

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Q. When is a flip-flop not a flip-flop? A. When it's a Democrat who's gone flipped like Simone Biles, and a liberal-media member is defending it! On Saturday's edition of MSNBC's The Weekend, MSNBC political analyst Kimberly Atkins Stohr insisted Kamala's "quote-unquote" [see air quotes in screencap] policy changes were not a "shift." It was just "pragmatism." She loved dismissing Trump's "racist attacks on her." ATKINS STOHR: I love the way she dispensed with questions about Donald Trump's racist attacks on her. That is not her business, it is is. I like the way she talked about how her positions have quote-unquote 'changed.' That sounds like pragmatism. She went to the White House and realized the goals of furthering climate policy takes compromise and brings people to the table. That is pragmatic to some, that is not a shift. A shift is Trump being for an abortion ban after saying he was against it. So despite being in various political positions for decades, it hadn't dawned on Kamala that compromise is required in politics until she became Biden's veep? Riiight!   Harris's flip-flops are a function of cynicism, not pragmatism. Say one thing in 2019 when you're fishing for progressive voters in the Democrat primary. Say the opposite in 2024 when you're trying to win a general election and need to appeal to a wider swath of the electorate. Harris is far from the first candidate to have changed positions for political purposes. Trump himself was pro-choice before running for president -- although he at least has offered a plausible explanation for his shift, in terms of having seen and considered sonograms of unborn children.  In her interview with Bash, Harris didn't even attempt to explain how she went from being ardently in favor of banning fracking to opposing such a ban -- until she needed to carry Pennsylvania. Atkins Stohr also managed to work the obligatory accusation of racism into her discussion of Harris' interview, blasting "The narrative that she needed Governor Walz there as some sort of crutch. Because God forbid, a black woman be able to form complete sentences in an interview by herself." The notion that Kamala might need The Coach to play defense for her sprang not from racism, but from her history of serving up bewildering word salads, and disastrous responses to questions she should surely have anticipated, as in her tangle with Lester Holt over her failure to have visited the border. PS: Atkins Stohr's "political analyst" skills were on full display in her Boston Globe column, written after Biden's disastrous debate. Title: "Biden Dropping Out Is A Fantasy." Whoops!

There are still far too many unanswered questions surrounding the near-assassination of former President Donald Trump — and Roger Stone has some new questions to add to the pile. “Why would CNN, which never covers any of his rallies live, why were they there? Why is there a very high-paid freelance photographer shooting with super high-speed film, who ... can see the image of the bullet flying by his head? Why were they there?” Stone asks Alex Stein of “Prime Time with Alex Stein.” “I find that extraordinarily suspicious,” he continues. Stein is also especially suspicious of what may happen at Trump’s upcoming events and rallies. “I think they’re going to try and take out Donald Trump again. So what is he going to do or change if he’s running his campaign knowing that he has a target from, I would say, the Deep State, maybe the Secret Service, maybe CIA, maybe FBI, who knows? But it’s obvious they don’t want him to become president again,” Stein says. Stone doesn’t have an answer, but he does believe that Trump “might still be a target.” “I think he’s very stoic about it,” Stone says. “He was spared through the grace of God for a reason. Jesus Christ has a purpose for Donald Trump, and the purpose is to save the country.” “We have to continue to pray for safety,” he adds. Want more from Alex Stein?To enjoy more of Alex's culture jamming, comedic monologues, skits, and street segments, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.