Excerpts Fantasy Read an Excerpt From K Arsenault Rivera’s Oath of Fire This sapphic retelling of the Psyche and Eros legend combines Greek mythology with a fae court feel. By K Arsenault Rivera | Published on August 13, 2024 Comment 0 Share New Share We’re thrilled to share an excerpt from Oath of Fire, a new sapphic fantasy by K Arsenault Rivera—available now from Forever. All Psyche ever wanted to do was help people, whether it’s in her job as a therapist or online as an influencer. So when a mysterious invitation arrives from the most captivating man she’s ever seen, asking for her assistance, she can’t refuse. But Psyche soon finds herself in a world of Courts, full of debauchery and treachery, where her only option for survival is to swear a strange oath to a mysterious masked woman named Eros. Now Psyche has to figure out how to fulfill her end of her bargain with Eros, while trying to navigate having a flame-winged goddess show up in her tiny Brooklyn apartment. Uncanny vistas, a spacious mansion, and decadent experiences are all Psyche’s for the taking—so long as she helps Eros, and so long as she never looks under Eros’s mask.But how long can she keep her curiosity at bay when Eros makes her heart tremble?    “…Bargain?” “You’re learning this entirely too fast, do you know that?” Eros says. She picks up a slice of fruit and feeds it to Psyche, who is only too happy to take a bite. Juice dribbles down her chin. “Let’s hear it.” Psyche wipes some of the juice away with her thumb. “If you take me to see the Court itself, then I’ll forgive you.” In this world there are certain people who have always gotten their way. The minds of these lucky few cannot fathom that anyone might deny them, as no one has, and so their convictions, once voiced, are always decisive. Eros is one such woman. She picks up Psyche’s thumb and slips it between her lips with the absolute confidence of someone who knows how much she’s wanted. Thoughts dissipate like so much foam. Eros’s mouth is hot and her tongue is hotter, swirling over the smooth skin as if savoring the remnants of the juice. Blood shoots straight to Psyche’s aching core. She can’t keep her breath from catching or her cheeks from flushing. “Y-you’re… making a good argument…” Eros hums around Psyche’s finger. Then, smiling, she begins to suck. Buy the Book Oath of Fire K Arsenault Rivera Buy Book Oath of Fire K Arsenault Rivera Buy this book from: AmazonBarnes and NobleiBooksIndieBoundTarget It’s no use trying to fight it—not that Psyche wants to. She starts to grind in Eros’s lap, and Eros holds her tighter. For what feels an eternity, Psyche gives herself over to this lick of flame—until, at last, Eros withdraws. In that instant Psyche notices two things. First, the world is so, so much colder when she isn’t consumed by the fires Eros provides her. Second, just before Eros withdraws, Psyche feels the pressure of teeth. Sharp teeth. Not enough to cut, no, but enough to make their presence known. Her mind races along with her heart. Psyche swallows, trying to catch her breath. “D-does that mean…?” “A question for you before I answer yours,” Eros says. She rights her mask, but for a moment there Psyche thinks she sees her tongue. “Do my teeth frighten you?” She doesn’t have to think to answer. “No,” she says. “I want… I want to feel more. B-but not now!” Eros nods. She sits up, allowing a little space to come between them, then looks out onto the shore. “Beneath the waves, everyone’s teeth are even sharper than mine,” she says. “And while no harm will come to you while you’re with me, they will press their luck so far as the laws allow. Are you certain you wish to see?” Psyche’s blood does not yet cool. That pinpoint feeling…what would those teeth be like on the other parts of her? No, no, she has to focus. “As long as I’m with you, there’s nothing to fear,” Psyche says. “Then I will gladly show you. But,” says Eros. She holds aloft a finger. Psyche considers turning the tables on her. Wouldn’t it be fun to get Eros to moan, for once? “We will need permission from the King of Waves himself. He granted me only the use of the surface; anything more will need negotiations.” Eros moves Psyche off her lap to stand—but Psyche stops her with a hand on the chest. Straddling her, Psyche waves a finger. “I want to try talking to him.” “The King of the Waves?” Eros says. “If I’m the one asking the favor, then I should be the one to speak to him. I did a bunch of reading! You know, they have all sorts of manuals on how to talk to you guys these days. Most of them are kinda…weird. But it’s how I summoned you the first time.” She leaves out her little discussion with the Queen of Flame—best, she thinks, if Eros doesn’t have to worry about that. A moment’s silence. The giddy impossibility of what she’s requested brings her joy; she looks out onto the waves expecting any moment to see a sea monster cresting them. But there is only Eros staring up at her with unblinking eyes, Eros drawing long, considering breaths, and the churn of the red sea. “I know it’s probably impossible,” Psyche says. She cups Eros’s face. “But I really want to try. Will you let me try?” The sun paints Eros’s mask with its unnatural colors. Its expression does not—cannot—change. But she does touch Psyche’s cheek. “Psyche,” she says. “Never look to me for permission. I would have you doing what you like, being who you like—or I won’t have you at all.” How can she say such things without a hint of irony? For her voice is warm and confident and full, and hearing it makes Psyche feel like she’s the god in this relationship. Her mouth opens, but she can think of nothing to say. Eros has struck her between the ribs with tenderness. Eros’s thumb traces Psyche’s cheekbone. “I would love to see what you do with it. And should anything go amiss, rest assured you’ll be in no danger. I’ll save you.” Warmth blossoms in Psyche’s chest. She nods. “All right, then,” she says. “I won’t let you down. What’s this guy’s name?” “Poseidon,” Eros answers. “Though we don’t usually address the Court Sovereigns by name. My mother being an exception.” Psyche clambers off Eros. The boat shifts beneath her feet as she walks to the bow, but she takes it slowly. Part of her wonders if the oldest parts of her blood are happy with the situation. Somewhere in her lineage there is a sailor besides themselves with joy at the sight of her. What would her followers would think? Maybe she should take a photo or two…? No, it can wait until after she’s settled matters with Poseidon. She takes a breath. “Oh Lord of the Waves, Watcher of the Seas! To test my own bravery, I want to visit your court, and I’m willing to offer you a deal!” For long moments, nothing: only the gentle breath of the sea, the chirping of the dolphins, and her own breathing. Had she erred? Perhaps she wasn’t formal enough? Doubt creeps in. And then the roiling of the sea shakes it loose. Gone, the calm—the waves are rippling now, beating against the little boat’s hull. The red beneath pulses with unnatural light. Yet when she gazes down upon the light, she sees that it is banded, not solid, as if she is between the ribs of a massive body. She does not hear the voice so much as feel it: her bones rattle within her flesh, her lungs spasm. When she was a teenager, she’d always stand as close to concert speakers as she could get. This being’s voice is louder, heavier than any of the stacks she’d stood near before. It is less a voice and more a force. “Who calls upon the King of Waves, and what does she offer in exchange for safe passage?” Psyche staggers backward. Her hands rise to her ears, though it’s no use—the voice echoes throughout her body. Yes, she is afraid, but there is a giddiness in her heart, too. She is at the top of a roller coaster staring down at the drop. So it is that with her hands covering her ears, she nevertheless shouts back at the god, “My name is Psyche. I swore an oath with Eros of the Court of Flame and am under her protection. She tells me the two of you go way back!” The sea rumbles once more; the dolphins can no longer pull the boat along against the current. “Ah, her Oathsworn. I have heard tell of you, Psyche of the mortals. Eros has been kind to me where others have not, and at great peril to herself. That is why you have such bounty before you. You would ask more of me?” If she squeezes her thumb, it’s a little easier to bear the onslaught of Poseidon’s voice. “The food was delicious, thank you so much! Definitely five stars!” she shouts back. “But that was a favor you granted Eros on my behalf. I’m humbly requesting a favor from you on Eros’s behalf. Completely different.” The sea underfoot rises and falls like the laugh of a sleeping giant. “So it is,” comes Poseidon’s voice. “What is it you would offer me, Oathsworn?” Psyche takes a moment to think, standing at the bow of the ship, rubbing her chin. What would a god want? What would this god want? She casts a glance at Eros. Her masked companion stands within arm’s reach, looming, saying nothing. Sometimes when you start a sentence, you know what you mean to say by the end of it. Maybe she’ll find her way to something proper. “In exchange for a single mortal’s day within your Court and safe harbor there, I offer you…” Psyche begins. And just as she expected, she realizes there’s only one thing she can offer. “Pleasant conversation and company for that span!” A diplomat’s upbringing is not an easy one. As a hilt is shaped on a lathe, so are they shaped for their duty—using people as a means of getting what they want. A diplomat of ten years would have extracted from Poseidon a deal that brought bounty to her home; a diplomat of twenty would have used this opportunity to seize untold power with a carefully worded request. Psyche has been shaped. She has had the disagreeable parts of herself trimmed away, the rough parts smoothed, and what is left is a polished carving that the world cannot help but enjoy. She knows this. And she knows that, with enough time, she could have found a way to strike a better deal. But more than that—she knows she doesn’t want to. Eros has taught her how tiring a god’s dealings can be. If Poseidon is anything like Eros at all, he must want something simple. Something he doesn’t have to worry about. Someone else—someone more prone to worrying, more calculating—may have trembled in anticipation of the answer. Psyche does not. She merely takes Eros’s hand, smiles at her, and waits. The sea rises and falls. She hears the raucous bray of laughter. “Eros, you’ve chosen an interesting one, haven’t you?” he says. “It has been centuries since someone spoke to me in such a way.” “The most interesting of all,” Eros answers. “Utterly without fear. Do you accept her terms, within the confines of her oath?” “I do,” he says. A great pit opens in the sea beneath them—and at its base, the Court. Excerpted from Oath of Fire, copyright © 2024 by K Arsenault Rivera. The post Read an Excerpt From K Arsenault Rivera’s <i>Oath of Fire</i> appeared first on Reactor.

This past weekend, two biologically male boxers won gold medals in women’s boxing at the Paris Olympics. On Friday, Imane Khelif of Algeria won the gold medal in the women’s welterweight division. On Saturday, Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan won the gold medal in the women’s featherweight division. As reported by Boxing News, the oldest boxing publication in the world: “Khelif has documented male XY chromosomes. Khelif—along with Lin Yu-ting, of Taiwan—was banned from boxing at the world championships last year, this because of the fact that Khelif, and Yu-ting, was proven to be biological male.” Why did the International Olympic Committee allow biological men to box women? The reason is that the IOC is a woke organization. And given that the Olympics took place in a particularly woke locale—Paris—the Games featured almost everything that the word “woke” represents. The Games opened with a drag queen mockery of Christianity. Due to farm animals’ alleged impact on climate, 60% of the Olympic athletes’ food was vegan (not even vegetarian). According to The Australian, the Australian government flew in “more than 700 kilograms of eggs and a ton of extra meat” to feed Australian athletes. Also to combat climate change, athletes’ dorms were not allowed to have air conditioning. They were to be cooled, in the words of The Washington Post, “by other cooling methods.” But few countries relied on “other cooling methods,” so they shipped in portable air-conditioning units—all of which ended up doing what many green policies do: increasing the “carbon footprint.” And true to its wokeness, the IOC forced female boxers to fight biological males. The IOC allowed male boxers to fight women despite the males’ having been previously banned from women’s boxing by the International Boxing Association. Sporting organizations independent of the IOC set their own eligibility rules—which usually means biological males cannot compete in women’s sports. But for the second straight Summer Olympics, Olympic boxing has been run by an IOC-appointed committee, not by a functioning governing body for that sport. As a result, every woman who faced Khelif or Lin was soundly defeated. Women who devoted their lives to the grueling sport of boxing and to the goal of one day winning an Olympic gold medal were cheated out of the possibility. Of course, the world’s mainstream—meaning, left-wing—media supported the IOC. The worst among the awful media may have been The Associated Press. In the view of the AP, Khelif, not the women Khelif beat up, was the real victim: Khelif was the victim of “online abuse from around the world over misconceptions about her womanhood. … Major celebrities and others have questioned her eligibility or falsely claimed she was a man.” According to the AP, opposition to the biologically male boxers was “amplified by Russian disinformation.” “Russian disinformation slams Paris and amplifies Khelif debate to undermine the Olympics” was the AP headline of its “news” piece on Khelif’s winning a gold medal. AP cited NewsGuard—a left-wing disinformation organization that masquerades as a “fact checker”—as agreeing that Russian disinformation played a critical role in the Paris Olympics. The once-respected AP—which, like other mainstream “news” media, has become a disgrace to the news profession—not only blamed Russian disinformation, but also blamedm you guessed it, racism. Another AP headline: “For female athletes of color, scrutiny around gender rules and identity is part of a long trend.” The article went on to say: “Female athletes of color have historically faced disproportionate scrutiny and discrimination when it comes to sex testing and false accusations that they are male or transgender.” And it quoted, you guessed it again, a professor: “Medical anthropologist Danyal Kade Doyle Griffiths, an adjunct professor with the City University of New York [said]: ‘These examples strike me as particular cases where racism and transphobia and intersex phobia are kind of inseparable.'” The whole charge of The AP and the professor is a falsehood. White biological men who claim to be female and compete against women are routinely attacked for cheating. See, for example, an earlier column about the University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas, who claims to be female and robs women of their swimming records. NBC also claimed Khelif was a victim: “Algerian Imane Khelif won welterweight gold Friday … overcoming a firestorm of questions from opponents wrongly questioning her gender.” No one exposed the deceit of the IOC and the left-wing media as effectively as the women who were forced to fight against Khelif and Lin. NBC itself reported the words of Mexico’s Brianda Tamara after she fought Khelif in December 2022: “When I fought her I felt very much out of my depth. Her blows hurt me a lot. I don’t think I had ever felt like that in my 13 years as a boxer, nor in my sparring with men. Thank God that day I got out of the ring safely.” Essentially Sports reported that female boxer Svetlana Kamenova Staneva of Bulgaria, who lost her chance at a gold medal when she was defeated by Lin, refused “to shake hands with Lin Yu-ting and instead [was] defiantly displaying an ‘X’ gesture in the ring, implying her XX chromosomes compared to her opponent’s reported XY chromosomes.” A Turkish female boxer, Esra Yildiz Kahraman, also displayed an “X” gesture after Lin defeated her. Presumably, the IOC, The AP, NBC, and NewsGuard regard all these female fighters as sore losers. It all began when the world saw Angela Carini, the Italian female boxer, quit her fight with Khelif after just 46 seconds. Sobbing at having to quit the fight, she later told the press: “I am heartbroken. I went to the ring to honor my father. I was often told that I was a warrior, but I preferred to stop for my health. I have never felt a punch like this.” The solution is testing for chromosomes—not testosterone levels, not genitals, not self-identification. It may well be that Khelif herself did not know until tested that she was a biological male. Unlike Thomas and all the “transwomen” who play against women, Khelif was not necessarily a cheat. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni got it right: “Athletes who have male genetic characteristics should not be admitted to female competitions.” Former President Donald Trump said essentially the same thing. Vice President Kamala Harris has thus far said nothing. COPYRIGHT 2024 CREATORS.COM We publish a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Daily Signal. The post The Woke 2024 Olympics: Where Men Were Allowed to Punch Women appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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On the Fox Business show Varney & Co., MRC founder and president Brent Bozell was asked about all the media fluff for Kamala Harris, including the new Time magazine cover. Bozell declared, "I think the honeymoon doesn't end until the election." Bozell alluded to a forthcoming MRC poll which will show the Biden record is "not sticking with Kamala Harris. They aren't seeing Kamala Harris as the person responsible for this, so in fact, the media strategy of hiding in the basement is working beautifully for her right now." He mentioned the Time cover story: BOZELL: Look, they fawned all over her comparing her to Beyonce and Taylor Swift. If they believed in God they would compare her to the blessed virgin Mary. The whole time she refused to sit down and do an interview with them. Talk about a slap in the face, so what does this say? This says that the hatred for Donald Trump is so intense that they are going to do everything to facilitate anything that will defeat him. Including facilitating a strategy where she hides in the basement where now into the fourth week since she announced her presidential run, where she refuses to talk to the press and there's no outrage whatsoever.  Bozell said the strongest ally for Harris in this campaign is not the unions, it's not Hollywood. "It's the national news media that are going to do their bidding. So the question is, where the honeymoon is concerned -- this is not going to end until election day. They are going to do everything in their power to do it while at the same time, Stuart, while savaging Trump every single day as they have been since May of 2015." Varney asked about Donald Trump sitting with Elon Musk for a conversation that lasted more than two hours on X, but he played audio of Trump mocking Harris for avoiding all interviews and conversations.  In reply, Bozell brandished a collection of headlines posted on X which were uniformly negative about Trump, Musk, or both men. It was a "two-hour ramble" of "two struggling social media entrepreneurs," a "Trump rally" with "familiar falsehoods." Bozell added "Did I mention it was two hours? Did I mention that trump sat down for two hours and Kamala Harris hasn't sat down for two minutes with anyone? I be perfectly happy if, how is this for an idea, Stuart? Let's have Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook do a two-hour interview with Kamala Harris, where he can ask her similar questions as he asks Elon Musk. I'd love to see that. She won't do it because the last thing she wants to do is to have to answer to the public."

The Media Research Center (MRC) has identified 126 Soros prosecutors across the nation who have worked to undermine law and order in the American justice system. Leftist activists George and Alex Soros are America’s top cops. MRC researchers have revealed  that at least 30 percent of the U.S. population currently lives under the boot of Soros prosecutors, each of whom are loyal to the Soros agenda. While previous estimates have not exceeded seventy individuals, the MRC is able to conclusively identify 126 “Soros prosecutors,” including attorneys general, district attorneys and even Biden-Harris administration officials.  MRC’s Special Report, which was unveiled Monday, outlined how the Soroses use a sprawling alliance of leftist organizations to staff prosecutor offices and set prosecutorial policy. To be included on this MRC’s list, a prosecutor must either have (1) received a direct campaign contribution from a Soros-backed group or benefitted from a Soros-backed group’s independent expenditures in his or her election, (2) attended a private “convening” of a Soros-backed prosecutor groups or (3) signed a pledge or statement from select Soros-backed prosecutor group. Many of the prosecutors, such as New York County District Attorney Alvin Bragg or Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot, fall into multiple categories. Soros electioneering has been handled through several different political expenditure committees, such as Safety & Justice PAC and the Texas Justice & Safety PAC. For determining which prosecutors attended private “convenings” or signed pledges, the MRC focused on three specific Soros-backed prosecutor groups: Fair & Just Prosecution, the Vera Institute for Justice and Virginia Progressive Prosecutors for Justice (VPPJ). The Special Report also details the activities of several other influential Soros-backed groups working closely with the prosecutors, such as the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), Safer Cities and the Texas Organizing Project (TOP).        Evidence showing these prosecutors’ allegiance to the Soros empire was exposed in 7,785 pages of raw documents uncovered by the MRC. These internal communications between the Soros prosecutors and the Soros-backed groups can be found here. U.S. Government* Roy Austin, Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General Chiraag Bains, Former Deputy Director of the President’s Domestic Policy Council & Former Senior Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Rights Division Shay Bilchik, Former Director of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention & Associate Deputy Attorney General Gurbir Grewal, Director of the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Enforcement & Former New Jersey Attorney General Vanita Gupta, Former Associate Attorney General & Former Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights David Ogden, Former Deputy Attorney General & Former Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division  Ronald Weich, Former Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legislative Affairs *For U.S. Attorneys, see relevant state Alabama Kenyen Brown, Former United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama Danny Carr, Jefferson County District Attorney Michael Jackson, Fourth 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Prosecuting Attorney Rebecca Like, Kauai County Prosecuting Attorney Illinois Kim Foxx, Cook County State’s Attorney Kwame Raoul, Attorney General  Eric Rinehart, Lake County State’s Attorney Indiana Ryan Mears, Marion County Prosecutor Iowa Kim Graham, Polk County Attorney Kansas Mark Dupree, Wyandotte County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez, Douglas County District Attorney Louisiana James Stewart, Caddo Parish District Attorney Maine Natasha Irving, Sixth Prosecutorial District (Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc and Waldo Counties) Attorney Jacke Sartoris, Second Prosecutorial District (Cumberland County) Attorney Maryland Aisha Braveboy, Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, Baltimore State’s Attorney Massachusetts Andrea Harrington, Former Berkshire County District Attorney Michael Morrissey, Norfolk County District Attorney  Rachel Rollins, Former United States Attorney & Former Suffolk County District Attorney Marian Ryan, Middlesex County District Attorney David Sullivan, Northwestern District (Hampshire & Franklin Counties) District Attorney Michigan Karen McDonald, Oakland County Prosecutor Eli Savit, Washtenaw County Prosecutor Carol Siemon, Ingham County Prosecutor Minnesota John Choi, Ramsey County District Attorney Keith Ellison, Attorney General & Former U.S. Congressman Michael Freeman, Former Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty, Hennepin County Attorney Mississippi Scott Colom, Sixteenth Judicial District (Clay, Lowndes, Noxubee, & Oktibbeha Counties) Attorney & Nominee for U.S. District Court Judge Jody Owens, Hinds County District Attorney Missouri Jean Peters Baker, Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell, St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney & Nominee for U.S. Congress Kim Gardner, Former St. Louis County Circuit Attorney Nevada Aaron Ford, Attorney General New Jersey John Farmer, Former Attorney General Gurbir Grewal, Director of the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Enforcement & Former New Jersey 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Kamala Harris’ campaign has been working overtime to paint her VP pick, Tim Walz, as an average guy and a middle-of-the-road independent who served his country. This strategy seemed to be working at first, before new details came to light regarding the Minnesota governor’s military service. Allie Beth Stuckey of “Relatable” isn’t impressed with Harris’ choice. “I think that he’s also just a very dishonest person, when it comes to something that is very serious, and that is serving your country,” Stuckey says. “He’s being accused right now of deployment dodging and stolen valor after videos have resurfaced of him claiming he was a combat veteran when in fact, he never saw combat.” In the video, Walz is seen speaking to a crowd about gun-control regulations and telling the audience that the weapons of war that he carried in war is the only place those weapons should be. Now, the Harris campaign is claiming Walz simply “misspoke.” Stuckey isn’t buying it, noting that he explicitly said “that he carried weapons of war.” “He wasn’t actually deployed, he retired to get into politics in 2005, before his unit would have been deployed to Iraq,” Stuckey says. Former President Donald Trump’s VP pick, JD Vance, isn’t impressed by Walz’s lie either. “When the United States Marine Corps, when the United States of America, asked me to go to Iraq to serve my country, I did it. I did what they asked me to do, and I did it honorably, and I’m very proud of that service,” Vance said in a recent speech. “When Tim Walz was asked by his country to go to Iraq, you know what he did? He dropped out of the army and allowed his unit to go without him, a fact that he’s been criticized for aggressively by a lot of the people that he served with. I think it’s shameful,” he added. After Vance sat down with several major news networks, including CNN, he posted another dig at the Harris-Walz campaign on X. “I enjoyed sitting down with three of the major networks today to answer the tough questions any leader should answer. Kamala Harris has done as many tough interviews as Tim Walz has battlefield deployments,” Vance wrote. “That’s a very efficient way to take a shot at both candidates on the other ticket, as he should,” Stuckey comments in firm agreement. Want more from Allie Beth Stuckey?To enjoy more of Allie’s upbeat and in-depth coverage of culture, news, and theology from a Christian, conservative perspective, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

An 85-year-old Wyoming homeowner who says he fought with and shot an intruder late Friday night described the harrowing altercation to the Cowboy State Daily.Wayne Williams told the paper he heard pounding and kicking at 11 p.m. outside his home in the 900 block of East Park Avenue in Riverton.'So we both fell down the stairs. I was on top of him at that point.'With that, Williams told the paper he pulled his .380-caliber pistol from its holster, tossed the holster on his bed, went to the front door — and opened it to confront the intruder.“The guy was obviously irrational,” Williams told the paper, adding that the intruder seemed intoxicated. “He was saying ‘they’ sent him to my house; ‘they’ said he owns my house, and I don’t – crazy, crazy stuff.”The homeowner added to the Daily that the intruder — standing six inches taller than him — shoved him into the house.The paper said Williams tried firing a shot, but his gun only clicked. Turns out he forgot to rack a round into the chamber, Williams noted to the Daily.“Go ahead and shoot me,” the intruder said, Williams added to the paper.“I don’t know if he was trying to commit suicide at my hand or what he was doing,” Williams recounted to the Daily.Williams told the paper he wrestled with the intruder and pushed him back outside — and was aided by intruder's “kind of uncoordinated” attack as they fought on the porch.The homeowner added to the Daily that he believes the intruder tripped at the top of his porch steps, which sent the attacker tumbling down them — along with Williams.“So we both fell down the stairs. I was on top of him at that point,” Williams explained to the paper.As they both were trying to get to their feet, Williams told the Daily that he fired a single shot after which he heard the intruder say, “I’ve been hit.” Williams noted to the paper he believes he shot the intruder in the leg.'I’m still concerned. ... I don’t know if I’ll ever see that guy again. I don’t know if he’ll come back.'Williams told the paper he got back into his house and called 911. Police soon arrived, but Williams noted to the Daily that officers initially seemed more concerned about him and his gun than with "the guy who was attacking me." Williams noted to the paper that he put the gun down and cooperated.Officers asked Williams if he’d come to the department for an interview and assured him that he wasn’t under arrest, Williams added to the Daily.Williams also told the paper his home was searched while he was gone and that the holster he thew on his bed was gone when he arrived back home.The Daily reported that police didn't respond to that claim, citing the active investigation, and declined Monday to comment beyond its Saturday statement, which noted the alleged intruder had been hospitalized and was in stable condition.Williams told the paper he had been feeling dizzy and experiencing vision issues since Sunday but isn't sure they're related to Friday night's altercation.“I’m still concerned," he explained to the Daily. "I don’t know if I’ll ever see that guy again. I don’t know if he’ll come back.”Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) was taken aback during his interview with Fox News on Monday after anchor Bret Baier corrected Goldman after claiming former President Donald Trump does not want to debate Vice President Kamala Harris.Harris, now at the top of the Democratic ticket since President Joe Biden stepped down, has agreed to only one debate with Trump so far, even though Trump has offered to do two more debates. "If I’m Donald Trump, I understand why he doesn’t want to debate. Kamala Harris is a former prosecutor," Goldman began to say."Well, he’s accepted three. He said yes to September 4, September 10, September 17. He said yes to a lot of them. So it’s not that he’s obviously afraid to debate," Baier interjected."No, no, no. So, he had agreed to September 10, one ABC," Goldman replied.Harris has promised to schedule an interview of some kind by the end of the month.Baier noted Trump had initially agreed to that debate with Biden, not Harris."What’s the difference? Why should he not debate whoever the candidate is on September 10 as he agreed to? What is the difference between candidate Biden and candidate Harris?” Goldman asked."No, no, it’s fine. He said he would do it. I’m just saying he’s also agreed to other debates. You said he hasn’t agreed to others. He has. It’s the Kamala Harris campaign that hasn’t agreed on the other side," Baier said. - YouTube www.youtube.com Harris has largely been sticking to scripted appearances and has not given any interviews to any news outlets since becoming the presidential candidate. In a rare on-the-record moment with reporters who have been traveling with her, Harris has promised to schedule an interview of some kind by the end of the month.CNN pressed Adrienne Elrod, a senior spokeswoman for the Harris campaign, about why the candidate has not given interviews when she could have, in theory, given an interview today since she is not traveling."It seems like she has time, if she wanted, to do an interview with a member of the media or do a news conference," host John Berman said.Elrod defended Harris by pointing to the campaign stops she did last week and having gone "directly" to voters.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Beloved actor Ben Savage has shared a series of images and videos critical of Islamism over how the dress of women in Muslim countries has evolved over the years.Over the span of a few days, Savage shared multiple videos that featured comparisons of burkas, niqabs, and other cumbersome garments with the traditional, non-Islamic dress of women in the same regions.'Woman, Life, Freedom.'One video in particular mentioned Afghanistan, Algeria, India, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Morocco, Pakistan, and Yemen as places where Muslim women wear the concealing garments. "This is not Pakistani traditional dress," the video said, for example.Under a series of images on his Instagram story, Savage captioned the photos with the text "Woman, Life, Freedom."Also on his Instagram page, Savage shared a post that claimed "Iraq legalized child marriage by lowering the minimum legal marriage age to just 9."According to multiple outlets, the Iraqi government has indeed proposed changing marriage laws that would make the minimum age 9 for girls and 15 for boys. According to the Standard, the previous age was 18. Despite the existing law, the Times of India cited a UNICEF report that claimed 28% of Iraqi females are already married before the age of 18.The law does not appear to have been passed yet.Savage ran for Congress in 2024 in California's 30th Congressional District where Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff previously sat. Savage came in seventh with just 4% of the vote and did not advance past the primary.The 43-year-old ran as a Democrat who shared many social justice views related to the left but also advocated for strong public safety measures.Savage's social media pages are quite political, although the "Boy Meets World" star does not include direct statements.His latest Instagram post said, "Bring the Bibas family home," in reference to an Israeli family who were captured on October 7, 2023, by Hamas terrorists.On his X page, Savage has honored slain police officers and shared pro-America sentiments for Memorial Day.As for his career in show business, Savage has remained distant in recent years from his 1990s Disney co-stars. As former castmates Rider Strong, Danielle Fishel, and Will Friedle have enjoyed success with a podcast that reviews their hit sitcom, Savage has yet to appear on the program."He just kind of disappeared from our lives," Fishel revealed in an interview with Variety.Neither Savage nor his former campaign have responded to requests for interviews with Blaze News.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!