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October 11, 2025
The iPad Air brand makes no sense – it needs a rethink
The iPhone Air is an impressively slim 5.6mm-thick smartphone that really showcases the best of Apple’s engineering prowess. It’s just a shame the same can’t be said for the similarly-branded iPad Air.
Despite the iPad Air branding suggesting that, like the iPhone Air, it’d be super thin and light, that’s not actually the case. The iPad Air is not the thinnest iPad on the market, nor is it even the thinnest tablet in Apple’s current line-up – and that just doesn’t make much sense.
The iPhone Air is the thinnest iPhone yet…The iPhone Air is an impressive feat of technical engineering, managing to measure in at 5.6mm thick, making it the thinnest iPhone to date and indeed the thinnest available in 2025 – but it’s more than a slimline iPhone.
Image Credit (Trusted Reviews)From a technical standpoint, it’s impressive that Apple managed to squeeze most of the components into the upper camera bump, leaving the rest of the ultra-thin chassis for the battery. It’s feats like that that get me truly excited about Apple’s smart glasses – but that’s a story for another article.
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Despite the thin design, Apple’s use of titanium and its second-gen Ceramic Shield screen protection tech, it claims that it’s actually one of, if not the most durable, iPhones to date.
I’ve seen videos where the iPhone Air is noticeably bent using a hydraulic press, only for it to return to its original flat form, free of any kind of damage. I’m not sure my Galaxy S25 Ultra could withstand the same…
And as my colleague Max noted in his glowing 4.5-star review of the iPhone Air that went live earlier this week, it makes a significant difference to the overall experience of handling and using the phone.
Image Credit (Trusted Reviews)“It’s so light and thin that it sort of just disappears into your hand,” he explained, describing the iPhone Air as “an absolute joy to use. It feels new, feels different to the dull slabs, and it feels like the actual future of the smartphone”.
It’s so thin and light, in fact, that there were several occasions where Max’s hand shot to his pocket for fear of leaving the phone somewhere. “It can be tough to feel the Air in a pocket”.
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What I’m trying to say is that the iPhone Air, while certainly not to everybody’s tastes, is a marvel of engineering that truly represents what Apple’s ‘Air’ branding should offer. It’s just a shame that doesn’t apply to Apple’s similarly-branded iPad Air.
… but the iPad Air isn’t the thinnest iPadThe iPad Air, despite the Air branding, isn’t the thinnest tablet on the market – in fact, it’s not even the thinnest full-size iPad in Apple’s collection.
The latest iPad Air M3, released in March 2025, measures in at a respectable 6.1mm thick and 460g which, in many respects, is fairly thin and light – especially for a tablet with an 11-inch screen.
The larger 13-inch model, for context, measures in at a similar 6.1mm, though it’s heavier at 616g. Again, pretty good for a big-screen tablet – the similarly-sized OnePlus Pad 3 measures in at 6mm and 675g.
Image Credit (Trusted Reviews)The problem? It’s Apple’s top-end iPad Pro M4, and the 13-inch model specifically, that takes the crown for being the slimmest iPad around, measuring in at 5.1mm thick and 579g. The 11-inch model measures in at a slightly thicker 5.3mm and 444g, for reference.
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Imagine Apple launching an iPhone Air that was actually a little thicker than the iPhone 17 Pro Max; that’s essentially what’s happening in Apple’s tablet range, and it doesn’t make sense.
I get the idea behind giving the iPad Pro a super-thin design, especially when paired with a not-so-portable 13-inch screen, but if it’s going to be the thinnest, you shouldn’t continue using the Air branding on a separate product.
Image Credit (Trusted Reviews)It not only confuses consumers who’d assume the Air would be the thinnest and lightest iPad, but it doesn’t really mean anything here. It seems that, to Apple, the Air branding on tablets means ‘hybrid of base and top-end iPad’ and nothing much to do with the overall design.
Yes, the original iPad Air that launched back in 2013 was the thinnest full-size iPad at 7.5mm thick, but even then, it was still thicker than the 7.2mm-thick iPad mini and Android competitors like the 6.9mm-thick Sony Xperia Tablet Z, so this odd branding exercise isn’t exactly new.
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A true iPad Air could be a game-changerImagine for a second that Apple applied the iPhone Air ethos to the iPad Air; not just delivering the thinnest iPad in the current range, but a tablet that’s leagues thinner than most tablets on the market.
With more internal space on a tablet than on a phone, this seems, at least from my non-engineering perspective, more doable.
I mean, there’s a reason why most tablets already measure somewhere between the 5- and 7mm mark, while regular bar phones still consistently measure closer to the 8-9mm point – and it’s a similar story with foldables, with the likes of the Honor Magic V5 measuring in at just 4.1mm unfolded.
Image Credit (Trusted Reviews)If Apple could overcome whatever issues surface when trying to make a truly ultra-thin tablet, imagine how transformative that would be.
The iPhone Air has already shown us that sufficiently thin tech essentially transforms into just a screen, and that idea seems even more compelling when it comes to big-screen tablets.
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It could bring us a step closer to those truly paper-thin tablets we saw in early noughties Sci-fi movies, at the very least, with a form factor that’s no longer big, weighty and uncomfortable to use, particularly on the go. That’s the iPad Air that I want.
Tidying up the iPad rangeApple’s iPhone 17 range switched things up in more ways than one; not only did it introduce a new Air-branded iPhone, but it finally brought its previously Pro-exclusive 120Hz ProMotion tech to all members of the family – including the base-level iPhone 17.
This is great for consumers and, for me at least, represented the biggest pain point of the entry-level iPhone experience until now. However, it also makes the iPads look dated in comparison.
On Apple’s big-screen slabs, it has long been the iPad Pro range that has utilised the 120Hz display tech, with the entry-level iPad, iPad mini and even the iPad Air all locked to the same, now ageing, 60Hz refresh rate.
Logic dictates that now this ‘Pro’ barrier has now been broken, we’ll start to see the tech in non-Pro-branded Apple products – like the iPad Air.
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The problem is that the iPad Air is already very similar to the iPad Pro. Thin dimensions aside, both sport support for the latest Apple Pencil and Magic Keyboard accessories, boast the same size screens – albeit LCD vs OLED – and even the same desktop-level M-series chip power, even if the Air trails slightly behind with its M3 vs the iPad Pro’s M4.
If the iPad Air also gains the 120Hz refresh rate, it’ll be an almost-identical iPad Pro clone – and that’d likely cannibalise sales of its top-end iPad Pro range.
But if Apple took the iPhone Air route and gave the Air a distinct personality aside from being a stepping stone between the iPad and iPad Pro, that could help solve things.
I’d even take a downgrade in power (even the older M1 is more power than most people need in a tablet) and a smaller battery if it helped achieve its ultra-slim aims. The Pro tablets are still there for those that need the very best performance, just like Apple’s iPhone Air and iPhone 17 Pro.
It’s all about variety, and that’s something the current iPad line is desperately missing.
The Man Who Changed Human History: Why We Honor Columbus | The Gateway Pundit
Critics argue that Columbus did not accomplish anything extraordinary, claiming he didn’t truly “discover” the New World since Indigenous peoples already lived there. But, while they knew their own lands, they did not realize they were part of a larger, connected world. Columbus’s voyage marked the beginning of that global connection, uniting continents and cultures in ways that changed history.
Unlike Vasco da Gama, who merely found a new route to already-known lands, Columbus expanded the known world itself. His discovery laid the foundation for the interconnected global civilization we now inhabit. He stands as a symbol for Western civilization and Christianity, and he can be credited for the many positive developments that followed his voyage.
Apart from Indigenous peoples, the two other groups sometimes claimed to have discovered America before Columbus are the Vikings and the Chinese.
The Vikings established short-lived settlements around the year 1000 CE but showed no interest in large-scale colonization. Their Greenland colony was still small, they lacked population pressure, and they faced resistance from native inhabitants. These settlements were eventually abandoned in the 14th or 15th centuries as the Little Ice Age set in, cutting contact with Europe after 1410. Most importantly, the Norse voyages had no lasting influence on the Americas, no maps, trade routes, or enduring exchanges resulted.
The Chinese claim centers on the theory that Admiral Zheng He reached America in 1421, but this idea is widely rejected by scholars. Historians have described Gavin Menzies’s book promoting the theory as “spurious” and “without substance,” relying on circular reasoning and lacking concrete evidence. The accepted historical record shows Zheng He’s expeditions reached East Africa and the Indian Ocean but never crossed the Pacific.
Even if the theory of a Chinese discovery of America were true, it fails the impact test, just like the Viking expeditions. There is no record that such a discovery influenced human history in any meaningful way. The Chinese made no maps, built no settlements, and launched no return voyages that would have connected their world with the Americas or altered the course of global civilization.
In sharp contrast to the Viking and Chinese claims of discovery, Neil deGrasse Tyson has called Columbus’s landing in America “the most significant event in human history.” He explained that it reunited two branches of humanity that had been separated for roughly 10,000 years since the Bering land bridge disappeared, a reunion that prevented human speciation and created one interconnected global population.
Columbus’s voyage launched what became known as the Columbian Exchange, the vast transfer of plants, animals, people, diseases, technology, and culture between the Old and New Worlds. This exchange permanently altered world history.
American crops such as corn, potatoes, and cassava revolutionized agriculture in Europe, Asia, and Africa, fueling population growth and famine resistance, especially after 1700. By reconnecting biologically distinct continents that had evolved separately since the Ice Age, the Columbian Exchange reshaped ecosystems and societies across the globe.
The European colonization that followed led to settlements like Jamestown (1607) and Plymouth (1620), which became the roots of the United States. Early colonial governance, from the Mayflower Compact to Virginia’s House of Burgesses in 1619, introduced forms of democracy and civic participation that influenced the nation’s future political culture. And in 1
George Washington was sworn in as the first president of the United States on April 30, 1789, in New York City, which was the nation’s capital at the time. He was not only America’s first president but also the first democratically elected head of state in world history. That event marked a turning point that eventually helped bring an end to the feudal systems across Europe, Asia, and Africa, which had kept most of the population poor and uneducated.
The combination of American capitalism and property rights, together with the Industrial Revolution, created a middle class and improved living standards for people around the world, and Columbus was the catalyst that set it all in motion.
Other common criticisms used to diminish Columbus’s accomplishments are easily refuted. It is often claimed that Columbus proved the Earth was round, but educated people had known this for centuries. According to historian Jeffrey Burton Russell, “no educated person in the history of Western civilization from the third century B.C. onward believed that the Earth was flat.” Greek scholars such as Pythagoras and Aristotle had demonstrated Earth’s sphericity as early as 600 B.C. through astronomical observations.
Stephen Jay Gould noted, “there never was a period of ‘flat Earth darkness’ among scholars,” since medieval thinkers universally accepted a spherical Earth. The myth that people in Columbus’s time believed the world was flat was actually invented in 1828 by writer Washington Irving in The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus, who added fictional flourishes to make the story more dramatic.
Columbus never set out to prove the Earth was round. His goal was practical, to find a westward route from Spain to Asia’s trade centers. While scholars already understood Earth’s shape and that Asia could theoretically be reached by sailing west, no one had ever attempted it. Columbus’s achievement was to make the idea a reality. Though he misjudged Earth’s circumference and believed Asia was much closer than it was, his voyage proved that transoceanic westward navigation was possible, a feat no one before him had accomplished.
Columbus also underestimated the size of Earth by about 25 percent and overestimated the width of Asia, believing Japan was just 8,000 miles from Spain. His calculations were wrong, but that error led to one of history’s greatest discoveries: the existence of the American continents, unknown to Europe at the time. Had the Americas not been there, Columbus might have reached Asia eventually.
Despite insisting he had reached Asia, Columbus’s voyages transformed the world. They proved that crossing the Atlantic was possible and opened the path to global exploration. The final link, a complete westward route to Asia, was achieved in 1521 when Magellan’s expedition crossed the Pacific and completed the first circumnavigation of the Earth. Columbus’s courage and vision set that chain of events in motion, forever altering human history.
French ECR Delegation Supports Patriots for Europe Censure Motion Against Von der Leyen
Yesterday, Thursday, October 9, 2025, the French delegation of Identity and Democracy/Conservatives and Reformists Europe (IDL/ECR) voted in favor of a censure motion filed by the Patriots for Europe (PfE) group against European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
Ce jeudi au parlement européen, la délégation française IDL/ECR votera la motion de censure du groupe PFE contre von der Leyen. pic.twitter.com/3hdDCs3weH
— Délégation française ECR (@FR_ECR) October 8, 2025
Here is the translation of the statement:
Statement
This Thursday, we will vote against von der Leyen and against the extreme left.
On October 9, the Patriots for Europe group, which includes the RN, and the extreme left group La France Insoumise will each present their own censure motion against Ursula von der Leyen.
Our Identité Libertés MEPs Marion Maréchal, Nicolas Bay, Laurence Trochu, and Guillaume Peltier, members of the ECR group, will vote for the Patriots for Europe censure motion to combat mass immigration and dismantle the European Commission, which has succumbed to trade deals with the United States, imposed the Green Deal, and forced the Mercosur agreement. These are sufficient reasons to justify the censure, along with the accompanying text. However, we will not join our voices with those of the extreme left, which presents the usual litany of their Islamo-leftist obsessions.
Only a right-wing coalition can reorient the EU’s action. In the European Parliament, thanks to the ECR, we have managed to move beyond the current framework. The right must continue to speak out to find a common platform based on identity, security, economic prosperity, and the defense of freedoms. As France sinks into institutional chaos and Europe risks fading from history, it is urgent to de-leftize our institutions.
Marion Maréchal
Guillaume Peltier
Nicolas Bay
Laurence Trochu
ECR Group
Identité Libertés
This marks the third such motion in less than a year, highlighting growing fissures within the EU’s political elite.
Although it is unlikely the motion will succeed—requiring a two-thirds majority of the 720 MEPs—it reflects an increasing conservative rejection of what critics call von der Leyen’s «globalist agenda,» which prioritizes unelected bureaucrats over sovereign nations.Patriots for Europe, the Parliament’s third-largest group with 85 seats, filed the motion on September 10, 2025, just 20 seconds before a parallel motion from The Left group.
Led by Jordan Bardella of France’s National Rally, PfE accuses von der Leyen of a «triple betrayal»: to farmers through disastrous trade deals, to consumers with uncontrolled inflation, and to the environment with hypocritical green policies.»
«Nothing healthy can come from these backroom deals. We must end the negotiations and let the French people have their say: while the political class debates, the French suffer. We demand a return to the ballot boxes!» Bardella stated.
Nothing healthy can emerge from these backroom dealings. We must put an end to the negotiations and allow the French to have their say: while the political class discusses, the French are suffering. We call for a return to the ballot boxes!
Rien de sain ne peut émerger de ces magouilles de couloirs.
Il faut en finir avec les tractations et permettre aux Français de s’exprimer : pendant que la classe politique discute, les Français souffrent.
Nous appelons à un retour aux urnes ! pic.twitter.com/S2LzjgQtnN
— Jordan Bardella (@J_Bardella) October 8, 2025
Von der Leyen’s second term, which began in 2024 with great fanfare, has been marred by scandals and political missteps.
The PfE motion revives «Pfizergate,» where a May 2025 General Court ruling overturned the Commission’s refusal to release text messages between von der Leyen and Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla during COVID-19 vaccine negotiations.
These exchanges, involving 1.8 billion doses worth €35 billion, were deemed essential for transparency under EU access-to-documents rules.
Trade policy forms the core of the accusation. The EU-Mercosur deal, finalized in December 2024 under von der Leyen, opens European markets to hormone-treated beef and deforestation-linked soy from South America, devastating farmers already burdened by Green Deal regulations.
PfE argues this «hands European industry over to foreign interests,» echoing protests that paralyzed France and Germany last year.Similarly, the EU-US trade framework is criticized as «asymmetrical,» favoring U.S. tariffs while exposing European agriculture to unfair competition.
Immigration is another flashpoint. Under von der Leyen, illegal crossings hit record highs in 2025, with Frontex reporting over 1.2 million detections despite the «disastrous» Migration Pact passed by Parliament.
Behind Bruno Retailleau’s firm formulas, the implacable reality of the numbers: France is breaking all records of immigration. The policy of words is no longer tenable in the face of the danger of France’s disappearance under the weight of uncontrolled immigration.
Derrière les formules fermes de Bruno Retailleau, la réalité implacable des chiffres : la France bat tous les records d’immigration.
La politique des mots n’est plus tenable face au danger de la disparition de la France sous le poids d’une immigration incontrôlée. https://t.co/21Gbpw3PMG
— Jordan Bardella (@J_Bardella) October 8, 2025
Behind Bruno Retailleau’s firm statements, the relentless reality of the numbers: France is breaking all immigration records. A policy of words is no longer sustainable in the face of the danger of France’s disappearance under the weight of uncontrolled immigration.
PfE contends this pact accelerates «mass immigration» without securing borders, threatening «our identity and security.» Bardella, whose National Rally triumphed in France’s 2024 elections, frames it as a direct attack on national sovereignty.
The support of the French ECR delegation bolsters PfE’s initiative. Comprising hardline conservatives from parties like Reconquête, this group—part of the ECR family—has long criticized von der Leyen’s «warmongering» and lack of accountability.
Their vote aligns with ECR’s decision not to impose a party line, allowing national delegations to act «according to conscience.»
In the failed July censure, initiated by the Romanian and Polish wings of ECR, 175 MEPs supported ouster, including most PfE members. This time, projections suggest up to 237 could oppose von der Leyen if ECR fractures further.
PfE’s formation in July 2024 united France’s National Rally (31 MEPs), Hungary’s Fidesz (10), and Austria’s Freedom Party (6), among others, into a sovereignist force.
Backed by Viktor Orbán, who labeled von der Leyen’s September State of the Union address «radically pro-war,» the group demands the repatriation of powers to member states.
Gál, a key Fidesz figure, warns the EU is «weaker than ever,» with von der Leyen’s decisions «destroying the continent’s economy» and «undermining sovereignty.»
Centrist allies like the EPP, S&D, Renew, and Greens will likely shield von der Leyen, as in July when 360 voted in her favor.
However, cracks are showing: Iratxe García of S&D hints at future censures if trade or Gaza policies falter. Renew calls the motions a «bi-monthly game» degrading Parliament.
This unprecedented dual censure—with PfE and The Left uniting on trade grievances—is no mere formality. It exposes von der Leyen’s tightrope: aligning with the far-right ECR on migration while alienating farmers and fueling populist surges. As Bardella thundered, «Europeans deserve better.»
Von der Leyen will likely survive Thursday’s vote, but only just. The real verdict lies with Europe’s voters, tired of Brussels’ overreach.
Reflecting on this spectacle, the irony is inescapable: a German technocrat, elected by elites, now besieged by patriots demanding accountability.
Von der Leyen’s tenure reeks of the opacity she condemns in adversaries, from hidden Pfizer texts to trade deals signed without farmer input.
If von der Leyen clings to power, it’s not a victory—it’s a reprieve for a Commission that has long lost its legitimacy. Europe needs leaders who prioritize nations, not narratives.
About The Author Joana CamposJoana Campos es abogada y editora con más de 10 años de experiencia en la gestión de proyectos de desarrollo internacional, enfocada en la sostenibilidad y el impacto social positivo. Anteriormente, trabajó como abogada corporativa. Egresada de la Universidad de Guadalajara.
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MORE LIES: Jimmy Kimmel Claims There’s No Such Thing as Antifa, Two Weeks After Claiming MAGA Killed Charlie Kirk (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit
Jimmy Kimmel sure does seem to enjoy lying to his late night audience.
Just two weeks after claiming that a Charlie Kirk’s assassin was a MAGA person, he is now telling his audience that Antifa doesn’t exist – that it’s imaginary.
He knows this is not true. People have eyes and ears and they have seen countless videos of Antifa members attacking ICE facilities and other federal buildings. Kimmel is doing this because everything he does is in service to the left. Being a late night TV host is secondary to that goal.
Breitbart News reported:
Watch: Jimmy Kimmel Says ‘There Is No Antifa’ in Same Week Proof of Antifa Funding Revealed by GAI Research
ABC late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel told his audience that Antifa does not exist in the same week that the funding mechanisms for organized Antifa rioters was revealed by, Seamus Bruner, the Director of Research at the Government Accountability Institute (GAI).
The ratings-killing Kimmel addressed the Antifa issue during his monologue on Thursday insisting that there is “no Antifa.”
“You understand, there is no Antifa? This is an entirely imaginary organization,” Kimmel exclaimed, plying the left’s recent favorite assertion about the group. “There is not an Antifa. This is no different than if they announced they rounded up a dozen Decepticons [from the movie Transformers]. ‘We’ve captured the Chupacabra, everyone!’”
Watch the video below:
ABC’s @jimmykimmel: “You understand, there is no Antifa? This is an entirely imaginary organization. There is not an Antifa. This is no different than if they announced they rounded up a dozen Decepticons. ‘We’ve captured the Chupacabra, everyone!’” pic.twitter.com/L0CtCQweOx
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) October 10, 2025
This is a common talking point for the left. Many Democrats and people in media have been saying there’s no such thing as Antifa for years. They play this stupid little game, pretending that because there’s no building with the word ‘Antifa’ on it, that the organization doesn’t exist.
Watch this:
New talking point directive just issued #AntifaDoesntExist pic.twitter.com/1BbAe8ql0q
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) October 10, 2025
Standard postmodern tactics. Just define the terms in such a way that they can’t lose an argument, and pretend their made up assertions reflect reality.
It is not good faith discussion because they demand as a condition of argument that you accept their fantasies.
— John Joseph Bonforte (@BonforteJohn) October 10, 2025
If Antifa doesn’t exist, why do they have uniforms? Why do they use the same language and phrases? Kimmel knows he is full of it, he is just running interference for the left, as always.
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CNN Data Analyst Suggests Katie Porter’s CA Governor Campaign is Imploding: ‘Annihilated Her Chances’ (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit
CNN data analyst Harry Enten recently shared some numbers that suggest Democrat Katie Porter may have blown up her own campaign for governor of California.
The video of her berating a journalist for simply asking her basic follow-up questions was bad, but then the video of her exploding on a staffer made things even worse.
Porter’s numbers have dropped like a stone in just a few days.
The Daily Caller has details:
Democratic California gubernatorial candidate Katie Porter’s chances of becoming governor have fallen so significantly that she is currently lagging behind Democratic California Sen. Alex Padilla, who is not currently in the race, CNN’s Harry Enten said on Thursday.
Porter has faced intense scrutiny after viral footage showed her threatening to storm out of an interview over a basic question and after a video caught her screaming at her staff for being in view of the camera. Porter’s chances have fallen from 40% on Oct. 7 to 16% as of Thursday, placing her behind Padilla, who has not officially announced his candidacy for governor, Enten said on “Laura Coates Live.”
“They have been heard around the world and I think that Katie Porter is making history because she has potentially annihilated her chances to be the next governor of California more so than any other candidate I’ve ever seen so quickly, my goodness gracious,” Enten said. “What are we talking about right here? Well, let’s take a look.
Chance to be the next California governor, according to the Kalshi prediction market, Katie Porter’s chances have fallen through the floor. Just two days ago, she was the plurality leader in the prediction markets at 40%. Now, get this, her chance has fallen by more than half to just 16%, my goodness gracious.”
See the video below:
Not sure I’ve ever seen anyone potentially annihilate their gov chances as fast as Katie Porter did this week.
With her snappings heard round the world, her chances to be the next gov of CA have tumbled from 40% to under 20% per Kalshi.
Google searches for her are up 10,000%. pic.twitter.com/XYk5lO0jgu
— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) October 10, 2025
The fascinating thing about all of this is that these awful videos of Porter are probably being given to the media by other Democrats. They know she can’t win because of her terrible reputation and behavior so they want her out of the race.
Of course, no one will be surprised if she refuses to drop out anyway.
