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MADISON, Wis. -- The first day of in-person absentee voting in Wisconsin saw a higher than expected turnout, according to the Wisconsin Elections Commission. It said Tuesday that it led to a temporary slowdown in its WisVote system, which some clerks rely on to manage voting logistics. According to the WEC, the system is essential for printing labels that are affixed to the outside of in-person absentee certificate envelopes. Clerks can still manually write the necessary information on the envelopes if needed. However, the delay was quickly addressed by the WEC staff, who worked to enhance the system's capacity to...

Increasingly, Western governments want their subjects citizens to be utterly compliant—and pliant—little state-loving automatons. Or they will threaten to incarcerate you in favor of illegal aliens, who they know are indebted to them…and ergo almost certain to vote for them in the next election. This is certainly the case in formerly jolly old England. It is what Canada, Australia, and New Zealand are now, as well. And America is racing in the same direction. This will be America, too, after November 5th—or seventh—or ninth—or 20th—or whenever Democrats have conjured up enough votes to steal a second consecutive election from Donald...

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VIDEOEminem whose whole rapping shtick is based on extreme cultural appropriation just introduced Barack Obama at a Kamala Harris rally in Detroit. No Jeffrey Epsteins nor Diddys were harmed during the making of this video.

What is it that outweighs the misery that Hamas causes Gazans? Hamas has done everything it can to maximize harm to the Palestinians in Gaza. Its attack on October 7, when 6,000 Hamas members smashed into Israel and proceeded to rape, torture, mutilate, and murder Israelis, led ineluctably, as the terror group knew it would, to a ferocious counterattack by the IDF that would lead to many civilian casualties and the destruction of much of the infrastructure in Gaza. Hamas has always embedded its fighters, weapons, and rocket launchers in civilian areas and buildings — including schools, hospitals, mosques, and...

NATIONAL BOSTON CREAM PIE DAY National Boston Cream Pie Day serves up a delicious dessert on October 23rd each year. Pie lovers, move along. Cake lovers, pull up a chair. Let's celebrate the cake with an identity crisis! Boston Cream Pie is a chocolate frosted, custard-filled cake that is loved by millions. #BostonCreamPieDay In 1856, at Boston’s Parker House Hotel, French chef Monsieur Augustine Francois Anezin created this pudding and cake combination. The decadent cake comprises two layers of sponge cake filled with vanilla-flavored custard or creme patisserie. The cake is then topped with a chocolate glaze, such as a...

Scotty Hasting, a Purple Heart recipient and country artist, has partnered with chart-topping singer Lee Brice and the legendary Dolly Parton to release a poignant new version of “Til The Last Shot’s Fired.” The song, available from October 18, deeply resonates with Hasting’s experiences and pays tribute to the sacrifices of military veterans.

[OFFICIAL.] WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, Saturday, Oct. 22, 1864. To Major-Gen. Dix: The following official dispatch has been received from Gen. SHERIDAN: CEDAR CREEK, VA., FRIDAY, Oct. 21, 1864 -- 4 P.M. Lieut.-Gen. U.S. Grant, City Point, Va.: I pursued the routed force of the enemy nearly to Mount Jackson, which point he reached during the night of the 19th and 20th, without an organized regiment of his army. From the accounts of our prisoners who have escaped, and citizens, the rout was complete. About two thousand of the enemy broke and made their way down through the mountains on the...

Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., blasted billionaire X and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, calling him a “dips—” during a rally in swing state Wisconsin on Tuesday with former President Barack Obama. “I’m not going to waste all the time on him,” Vice President Harris’ running mate told the crowd in Madison, Wisconsin. “I’m going to talk about his running mate,” he said. “Elon Musk.” The remark was met with laughs from attendees. “Seriously? Where is Sen. Vance?” Walz asked. “Elon’s on that stage, jumping around, skipping like a dips— on these things,” he said, likely referencing Musk’s appearance at a rally...

Prominent Michigan Democrats who are angry at President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris over the war in the Middle East are demanding an apology and explanation after a former Michigan Democratic congressional candidate was removed from a Harris campaign event. Ahmed Ghanim, who unsuccessfully ran to replace Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) in the Oakland County congressional district north of Detroit this year, described being removed from Harris's event with former Republican Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney on Monday in Royal Oak despite RSVPing and clearing Secret Service security. "After being seated and sitting there for minutes, a lady comes...

Palestinian civilians attempting to flee the intense fighting in the northern Gaza Strip are reportedly being shot at by Hamas terrorists trying to stop their escape. Cpl. Shai Gilboa, a medic in the IDF’s 9th Battalion, told Israel’s Channel 12 that Hamas terrorists are resorting to gunfire to prevent civilians from following Israeli evacuation orders to safer zones. Gilboa described how wounded civilians approached her unit for medical help after being fired upon while trying to flee. “Our battalion was sent to apply military pressure on Hamas, who were holding the civilians and stopping them from evacuating,” said Gilboa. During...

During a portion of an interview with NBC News Senior Washington Correspondent Hallie Jackson that was aired on Tuesday’s broadcast of “NBC Nightly News,” 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris said that she thinks the federal minimum wage should be “at least $15 an hour.” But she’ll work with Congress on the issue since the issue will go through Congress. During a report on her interview with Harris, Jackson said, “And on the campaign trail, she criticized former President Trump on minimum wage after he avoided saying whether it should be raised while campaigning at a McDonald’s.” Jackson...

Georgia was able to attract another 223,000 voters to the polls tonight, bringing its 2024 turnout to 1,934,585 voters. This marks about 40% of the total expected turnout, the highest turnout of any state currently voting. Tonight's updated racial demo update has a small caveat. ⚪White - 59.43% (+0.07%) ⚫Black - 26.79% (-0.59%) 🟡Other - 8.97% 🟣Hispanic - 2.24% 🟢Asian - 2.17% 🟤American Indian - 0.39% *Yesterday, GA SoS had about 20k too many voters sorted into this bucket; today, they have about 50k too few. The morning update is likely to tweak these percentages a touch, but these rates...

A WPI research team has improved iron-based alkaline batteries by adding silicate, preventing hydrogen gas formation during charging. The world is swiftly shifting toward renewable energy, but challenges remain. Solar power is unavailable at night, and wind energy fluctuates unpredictably. To address these gaps, new technologies are needed to store excess energy from the grid when production is high and release it during times of shortage. Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries play a crucial role in everyday life, powering devices from smartphones to electric vehicles. However, they rely on limited resources like lithium, nickel, and cobalt, raising concerns about sustainability and cost....

Waking up to a good hearty laugh, millions of American watched gleefully as former President Trump reached out of a McDonald’s drive-thru window to hand a customer their order. It pleased us not because it was, as the Kamala campaign declared, a stunt. Rather it was, Trump being Trump, but far beyond that it was Trump being us.

Ariane Tabatabai, a senior employee in the Pentagon, is suspected of allegedly leaking documents consisting of Israel's plans for a retaliatory strike on Iran, Sky News Arabia reported on Tuesday citing a Pentagon official. The official explained that the Intelligence and Armed Services Committees committees in Congress had been informed of the suspect's identity due to her "top security clearance that gives her the right to view highly classified information." According to the report, the Iranian-American suspect, who has not been convicted yet, works as the director of the office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict....

Updated, 10 PM, 10/22/24 Good evening, blog mates. Headline: Rurals matter. Especially when they are turning out 3.5 points above their registration and producing landslide ballot wins (58-20) over the Ds. Consider that Other 22 percent will mostly go to Trump, too, and maybe we should be talking about the GOP firewall in the rurals this cycle. It’s up to 16,500 out of only 44,000 ballots cast -- and that's without allocating the indies. R statewide lead: Almost 14,000 Clark D firewall: 5,000 Washoe D advantage: -2,200 Total voters: 320,000, or 16 percent of registered voters. Could be approaching a...

During an interview with Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” released on Tuesday, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm blamed the “hiccup” in electric vehicle demand on “a lot of talking down of electric vehicles,” and predicted that after the election, there will be “more positivity” around EVs. Host Michael Kosta asked, “It feels like electric — sorry to be the bummer — it feels like EV has slowed a little bit. What are some of the challenges you’re facing?”

Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem (10/23/24)[Prayer]Names and Titles of God the Holy Spirit (Testimony) John 15:2626 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:King James Version________________________God Bless America.ML/LTOS