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Speaking to pilots and air crews at the Hatzerim Airbase, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant says that “after we strike in Iran, everyone will understand what you did in the preparation and training process.” “Everyone who dreamed a year ago of beating us and attacking us paid a heavy price and is no longer in that dream,” he adds. Israel has said it would respond to Iran’s ballistic missile attack that occurred on October 1.

Former President Donald Trump told rally-goers in the swing state of Nevada Thursday that if elected, he will call Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on election night in an effort to end the war in Ukraine. “I’m going to work on that from the day, hopefully the day that we win, which is Nov. 5th, in the evening,” Trump said. “On the evening of Nov. 5th, I will call Putin. I will call Zelensky,” the Republican nominee for president continued. “I’ll say, ‘We got to stop it.’”

Forty-five GOP lawmakers are demanding answers from the Department of Energy (DOE) after a government watchdog group accused the agency of covering up a key study that would have interfered with one of the Biden-Harris administration’s most aggressive crackdowns on fossil fuels. The lawmakers wrote to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Thursday to address a watchdog’s allegations that her agency conducted or drafted — and then quietly buried — a study on the emissions impacts of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports in 2023 before pausing approvals for certain LNG export terminals in January on the grounds that the... the agency...

Turkey's government says its military struck sites on Wednesday night in Iraq and Syria linked to Kurdish militant group the PKK, after blaming it for an attack near Ankara that killed at least five people. Various videos from the attack earlier on Wednesday show at least two people firing guns around the entrance of Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), which is located some 40km (25 miles) outside the capital.... No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, in which five people were killed and 22 injured. "A total of 32 targets belonging to the terrorists were successfully destroyed" in the retaliatory...

PRES: Harris [D] 50, Trump [R] 47; GOV: Ayotte [R] 46, Craig [D] 43, Villee [Libt] 4; 914 Likely Voters, Oct 21-23

During a campaign event less than two weeks before Election Day 2024, Donald Trump invited Vivek Ramaswamy to the stage to speak about him. The move came long after Ramaswamy addressed the crowd in his own speech.

Stupid people like Kamala Harris bumble their way into the halls of power all the time.. There’s a popular conception that politicians at the federal level, especially the leaders of the major parties, must possess a high degree of cunning and intellect. After all, only the most Machiavellian schemers could navigate the cutthroat labyrinth of party politics to the highest offices in the Capitol or the White House, right? Oftentimes, people strain, sometimes desperately, to attribute complex machinations and ulterior motives to the current chaos of the American political landscape. It’s part of a senseless hope that there is some...

Tiffany Henyard, the scandal-plagued Democratic mayor of Dolton, Illinois, has suggested she'll seek to arrest political opponents, many of whom have raised concerns about her lavish spending on the taxpayers' dime. The embattled mayor, who is also facing eviction from her rented home, has made national headlines due to her alleged misuse of taxpayer funds, with former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot previously investigating her extravagant spending habits. "I will be seeking arrests for individuals involved," Henyard said, during a rambling 90-minute video she posted on Facebook Tuesday. ... In her Facebook post, Henyard says that those bringing allegations against her...

CLEVELAND (AP) — Federal agents searched the Ohio home of a prominent real estate developer who owns affordable housing properties and senior living centers across 26 states. Agents with the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Agriculture descended Wednesday on the Cleveland-area home of Millennia Companies owner Frank Sinito. The raid comes months after HUD barred Millennia Companies from receiving any new federal contracts with the department for five years. The move followed a HUD inspector general investigation that found $4.9 million in missing or misappropriated money from 19 Millennia properties that were insured or subsidized...

Tucker knocks it out of the park

The union representing employees of the Los Angeles Times implored readers not to cancel their subscriptions after criticizing the owner for his role in the paper's controversial decision not to offer a presidential endorsement this year. Semafor first reported the non-endorsement Tuesday, saying the decision came from the paper’s owner, Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong. L.A. Times editorials editor Mariel Garza, who resigned the next day over the issue, also pinned the blame on the owner. However, Soon-Shiong claimed on X Wednesday that it was the Times editorial board that chose not to offer an endorsement, not him, and he had accepted...

The bases were intended for use by the Radwan Forces as part of Hezbollah's "Conquer the Galilee" plan...Inside the IDF discovered bunk beds, storage cabinets, food supplies, infrastructure for long-term stay, a large amount of equipment, weapons, and abandoned offensive positions.Troops located four Hezbollah weapons storage facilities, some of which were inside civilian homes.The uncovered storage facilities contained a significant number of weapons, including AK-47 rifles, ammunition, rockets, mortars, shoulder-fired missiles, RPGs, and advanced anti-tank missiles. All of which were seized by the IDF.

When will the IDF finally carry out the much-anticipated retaliatory strike directly against the Iranian regime? If Israel has decided to delay the attack because of a U.S. intelligence leak, the question arises as to how much longer the Israeli military can wait. Meanwhile in Lebanon, the IDF seizes a massive Hezbollah weapons haul, as the terror group’s infrastructure continues to crumble. Watch now.

@america Jason of Holland, Michigan received $1M for signing our petition to support the Constitution. Every day until Election Day, a person who signs will be selected to earn $1M as a spokesperson for America PAC

Sir Keir Starmer is unlikely to meet Kamala Harris before the US presidential election in 12 days' time, Downing Street has indicated. The prime minister met Republican nominee Donald Trump in New York last month, and suggested he wanted to do the same with Democrat Harris. But Sir Keir is now in Samoa for a Commonwealth leaders' summit, as the US campaign enters its final stage before the poll on 5 November. In recent days, there have been tensions between the Labour Party and the Trump campaign over Labour staffers who volunteered to campaign for Harris. The Trump team have...

While the rest of the world restles to undertand, here: The left is going to lose the election. That was known at the momemnt Kamala was challenged by an outlet for the first time weeks ago. The plan now is to position and justify the opposition to certification. Trump = Hitler why? Well here you go from a Freeper circa 1989: https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3651149/posts

Elon Musk has been in regular contact with Putin since late 2022. At one point, Putin asked him to avoid activating his Starlink satellite internet service over Taiwan as a favor to Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Big @WSJ scoop

[Catholic Caucus] Trusting in God’s providence is the Catholic answer to our times of crisisEven though we know with certainty that God wins in the end, and that He will give us everything we need to serve Him faithfully in this time in which He created us to live, it is easy to lose heart in our increasingly chaotic world.Even though we know with certainty that God wins in the end, and that He will give us everything we need to serve Him faithfully in this time in which He created us to live, it is easy to lose heart...

In Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon calling for resentencing of brothers Erik and Lyle Menendez in the 1989 murder of their parents... The US Justice Department announcing the settlement of a lawsuit against the owners of the container ship... In the southern African nation of Mozambique the ruling FRELIMO party remaining in power... Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau scaling back on policy that sought to bring 500,000 people a year into Canada... Five Israeli soldiers killed in the fighting in southern Lebanon... Israel apparently attacking a car... US politics three national polls today... One person killed and four others...

I’m not ready. I have to get there where I'm ready for either scenario,' Kimmel told Joe Scarborough Late night host Jimmy Kimmel said during an interview on Wednesday that he was not "mentally prepared" for Vice President Kamala Harris potentially losing the election to former President Trump. "I was telling my wife, I don’t feel like I’m mentally prepared for the possibility of a loss. I’m not ready. I have to get there where I'm ready for either scenario," Kimmel said, speaking to MSNBC host Joe Scarborough, who wondered whether he looked forward to a time when they weren't...