Newsmax host Greta Van Susteren — and several others — questioned whether CNN anchor Jake Tapper was the right choice to moderate the agreed-upon debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. Van Susteren, who worked at CNN for a time herself, raised the question of Tapper’s personal bias — specifically when it came to former President Trump — and wondered whether he would be able to set aside his views and moderate fairly. “Is Jake Tapper really the right one at CNN to moderate the debate?” she asked. “If you review his texts, he certainly has ‘put his cards on the table.’ Whether you are for or against Trump, it is imperative that the debate not only be fair but have the appearance of it … and if someone has already ‘put his cards on the table,’ is this really the right choice? Below from 2021:” Van Susteren shared a post from Tapper that read, “Once a politician spreads the Big Lie, he’s in. And it often leads to more lies, and conspiracy theories, and insulting police officers who tried to protect the Capitol on January 6.” Is Jake Tapper really the right one at CNN to moderate the debate? If you review his texts, he certainly has “put his cards on the table.” Whether you are for or against Trump, it is imperative that the debate not only be fair but have appearance of it..and if someone has already… https://t.co/cVM3f5A5RL — Greta Van Susteren (@greta) May 18, 2024 And Van Susteren was not the only one to raise the question regarding Tapper. Fox News media reporter Joseph Wulfsohn published a number of things Tapper has said about Trump, captioning his post, “A look back at comments made by CNN debate moderator Jake Tapper, who called Trump’s presidency a ‘nightmare,’ linked him to Hitler, retweeted that he’s ‘100% insane,’ and spearheaded CNN’s Russiagate coverage.” NEW: A look back at comments made by CNN debate moderator Jake Tapper, who called Trump’s presidency a “nightmare,” linked him to Hitler, retweeted that he’s “100% insane,” and spearheaded CNN’s Russiagate coverage.https://t.co/zuInMC9YGY — Joseph A. Wulfsohn (@JosephWulfsohn) May 16, 2024 Just The News also posted a lengthy list of  comments and statements from Tapper about Trump that showed his personal feelings and cast doubt on his ability to be impartial while moderating a debate in which Trump was participating.

President Joe Biden challenged former president Donald Trump to debates last week because Biden needs to swivel the political spotlight away from his record ahead of the election, according to Daily Wire editor emeritus Ben Shapiro. Shapiro, who co-founded The Daily Wire, appeared on Fox News’ “Life, Liberty, and Levin” with host Mark Levin on Saturday evening and analyzed the state of the presidential race so far. Biden shook up the race last week agreeing to two debates ahead of November after months of needling from Trump. “[Biden] believes that if he just says ‘January 6’ then ‘Trump’ over and over and over, then he’s going to win. Presumably, that is why he is now acceding to a debate with Trump,” Shapiro said. “He realizes that this election is a referendum on him. He’s hoping that if he can get Trump on stage, he can make the election a referendum on Donald Trump.” If recent polls are accurate, Biden needs to shake up the race to avoid losing his reelection bid to his predecessor. Trump is beating Biden in every key battleground state with leads ranging from 0.6 in Wisconsin to 6.2 in Nevada, according to Real Clear Politics polling averages. Biden is skeptical about the state of his campaign as reflected in polling, according to Axios. “While the press doesn’t write about it, the momentum is clearly in our favor, with the polls moving towards us and away from Trump,” Biden told donors recently. In an interview with CNN, the president said: “The polling data has been wrong all along. How many — you guys do a poll at CNN. How many folks you have to call to get one response?” Shapiro said the president’s trouble acknowledging his poor performance in numerous polls is “the mark of a losing campaign.” For Trump, the aim of a debate should be to keep the focus of the campaign on Biden’s poor governance, the Daily Wire co-founder said. “If Donald Trump during those debates simply stands there and points physically at Joe Biden, Donald Trump will be president again,” Shapiro said. “The reality is most Americans, most moderates care far less about the supposed threat of Donald Trump to the democracy. He was president before, he didn’t threaten democracy. He was actually pretty good at the job. [Americans] are much less worried about that than they are about Joe Biden wrecking the country day by day.” .@benshapiro explaining why Joe Biden is in trouble in the upcoming election. pic.twitter.com/3E8IUqeS3Z — Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) May 19, 2024

A massive blue-green meteor streaked through the skies of Portugal and Spain over the weekend, and videos of the event are both shocking and beautiful. Millions were stunned and alarmed when they spotted the fireball soaring dangerously close to Earth on Saturday, May 18. While people were initially unsure what to think of the spectacle, The European Space Agency (ESA) identified it as a meteor after it caught footage on its cameras in Cáceres, Spain, at 6:46 PM EDT. ESA’s fireball camera in Cáceres, Spain, spotted this stunning meteor last night!Our Planetary Defence Office are currently analysing the size and trajectory of the object to assess the chance that any material made it to the surface.Credit: ESA/PDO/AMS82 – AllSky7 pic.twitter.com/gSU4unncQW— ESA Operations (@esaoperations) May 19, 2024 The fireball shot across the sky going around 10,000 miles per hour, and the ESA believes it likely burned up somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean. However, the agency says it’s still possible it hit Earth. According to an X post, the Planetary Defence Office is “currently [analyzing] the size and trajectory of the object to assess the chance that any material made it to the surface.” Social Media Users Are In Awe Of Stunning Meteor Social media users, including media personality Collin Rugg, also caught chance footage of the meteor. And it’s dazzling viewers all over the internet. JUST IN: Meteor spotted in the skies over Spain and Portugal.This is insane.Early reports claim that the blue flash could be seen darting through the night sky for hundreds of kilometers.At the moment, it has not been confirmed if it hit the Earth’s surface however some… pic.twitter.com/PNMs2CDkW9— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) May 19, 2024 “Early reports claim that the blue flash could be seen darting through the night sky for hundreds of kilometers. At the moment, it has not been confirmed if it hit the Earth’s surface however some reports say it may have fallen near the town of Castro Daire,” he captioned. “Other reports say it was closer to Pinheiro.” One of the coolest videos from the meteor yesterday in Portugal pic.twitter.com/jmGi89lgqj— Neutralious (@Neutralious) May 19, 2024 Meteors, also known as shooting stars, are pieces of comets, asteroids, or even the moon that break off and fall into the planet’s atmosphere. The majority of these objects disintegrate before they can reach the ground. But if they do survive, they’re typically reduced to dust or tiny rocks called meteorites. You can find the source of this story’s featured image here. The post Dazzling Videos Catch Massive Blue Flash Lighting Up The Sky In Parts Of Europe appeared first on InspireMore.

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Much of the media’s runup to the 2024 presidential election has consisted of moralistic hand wringing about Democracy Itself being on the line, an echo of President Joe Biden’s own talking points. However, some of us remember a not-too-distant time ago, when some of today’s loudest outlets platformed an ACTUAL insurrectionist. This is the moment, broadcast on Univision seven years ago today, when Jorge Ramos, senior anchor and host of political affairs show Al Punto, asked Oscar Lopez Rivera whether he is comparable to Nelson Mandela. Watch as former congressman Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) responds by comparing Lopez Rivera to George Washington: JORGE RAMOS: Congressman Gutierrez, come compare Oscar Lopez to a Puerto Rican Nelson Mandela. Others, because he belonged to a group that placed bombs, would call him something different. How do you believe that history will remember the man (seated) next to you? LUIS GUTIERREZ: Like Ramon Emeterio Betances. Like Eugenio Maria de Hostos. Like Jose Marti. Like all the great forefathers and heroes of the struggle for the homeland and for their nation. That is where he will be placed. Look- if this were the American Revolutionary War, the 13 colonies, Oscar Lopez-Rivera, in the London newspapers, they would have said the same things (about him) that they said about George Washington. Look, the struggle for independence is a struggle that all peoples have a right to unto themselves, and have a duty, as Oscar has said, to carry out. Three days before the end of his presidency, President Barack Obama commuted the prison sentence of Oscar Lopez Rivera, a convicted FALN terrorist who was serving a lengthy sentence for seditious conspiracy against the United States. Lopez Rivera was cast by the media as a kindly grandpa who was oversentenced simply for believing in the independence of Puerto Rico. As we noted at the time: López Rivera was NOT imprisoned for believing in independence for Puerto Rico, but for the violent means through which he and others sought to further that otherwise respectable cause. Having failed to persuade their fellow Puerto Ricans to support their particular brand of a Marxist-Leninist independence, López Rivera and others sought to advance independence through bombings and other violent acts, such as the ambush of a group of U.S. Navy personnel just outside the base at Sabana Seca, P.R., which resulted in the deaths of four sailors. (Speaking of bombings, it is worth noting that one of the sites bombed by López Rivera's FALN was the Fraunces Tavern in New York City, an historic site that once housed Alexander Hamilton's office. In what is a cruel twist of fate, playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda has promised López Rivera a command performance in Chicago (presumably once he's done sobbing). Perhaps Miranda might further honor López Rivera by staging a prop bomb at any scene set at the Fraunces Tavern. But I digress.) Not only did Jorge Ramos platform a violent terrorist who sought to overthrow the United States from a territory, but he allowed a supporter to gush over him on the air. Univision saw fit to broadcast this terrorist apologia. Fast forward to today, and the network’s editorial line on “democracy” looks increasingly hypocritical.  

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Horse sacrifices were a mainstay of pagan rituals across the Baltic. The archaeology leaves no doubt: from the 1st to 13th centuries AD this pagan belief scarcely wavered in popularity: even the loss of such an important animal was worth it to please your Dark Age gods. Obviously, the ancient Baltic tribes needed a constant supply of horses for their ceremonial sacrifices. And, according to a new study published in the journal Science Advances, we now know where they got them. The last of the pagan Balts were buying their horses from Christian Scandinavia. King Aelle and the Blood Eagle: Ritual Sacrifice in Viking Age Britain Horses as Symbols of Power in History and Mythology The new research is based on multiple pagan sites of horse sacrifice, in Lithuania and beyond (French et al / Science Advances) Read moreSection: NewsHistory & ArchaeologyHistoryAncient TraditionsRead Later