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Hillary Clinton took a veiled swipe at President Trump and urged Americans to defend democracy, a calculated remark likely referencing her 2016 loss, during a eulogy for the late Elijah Cummings. Trump must truly haunt this woman’s nightmares. The former Secretary of State praised Cummings as a “great man, moral leader, and a friend,” while equating him to the biblical prophet Elijah. “Our Elijah, like the prophet, could call down fire from heaven,” Clinton gracefully said. “But he also prayed and worked for healing. He weathered storms and earthquakes but never lost his faith.” All well and good until Trump,...

During a town hall event Thursday, Rep. Ilhan Omar was asked if she would support a home guarantee and make a commitment to “building millions of social housing units.”Ilhan Omar replied that when she first came to America she was shocked to see homeless people. “It is a moral stain on our country that we have half-a-million or more people facing homelessness,” Omar said. She added, “In a few weeks, we are going to introduce our Homes For All legislation, which will, hopefully, guarantee a home for everyone by investing federal dollars in the creation of millions of homes.”Omar...

Researchers at AMBER, the SFI Research Centre for Advanced Materials and BioEngineering Research hosted by Trinity College Dublin, today announced the development of a new way to exfoliate graphene using Irish whiskey. An increasing number of graphene production techniques have been developed to enable graphene’s use in commercial applications. Liquid-phase exfoliation – pioneered by AMBER researchers – has been deemed by the research community as one of the most efficient and scalable means for producing high-quality graphene sheets. In this study, the team from AMBER have shown that defect-free nanosheets can be exfoliated in Irish whiskey and also that inks...

Stocks rose Friday as traders cheered strong quarterly earnings from Intel along with apparent progress on the U.S.-China trade front. The S&P 500 climbed 0.4% and traded near its record close of 3,025. The broad index also was close to reaching an intraday record set in July. The Dow traded 155 points higher, while the Nasdaq advanced 0.6%. The indexes hit their highs of the day after the office of the U.S. Trade Representative said China and the U.S. were close to finalizing parts of a phase one trade deal. Intel shares jumped 7.4% after the chipmaker’s results topped analyst...

The U.S. Treasury on Friday said that the federal deficit for fiscal 2019 was $984 billion, a 26% increase from 2018 but still short of the $1 trillion mark previously forecast by the administration. The gap between revenues and spending was the widest it’s been in seven years as expenditures on defense, Medicare and interest payments on the national debt ballooned the shortfall. The government said corporate tax revenues totaled $230 billion, up 12%, thanks to a rebound in the second half of the year. Individual tax revenues rose 2% to $1.7 trillion. Receipts totaled $3.4 trillion, up 4% through...

Krakken my friends. KRAKKEN https://t.co/yFDkQB9L2npic.twitter.com/NmPhljna2C— Sebastian Gorka DrG (@SebGorka) October 25, 2019

This is absolutely devastating news for the Socialist-Democrats. A recent Hill-HarrisX survey found that President Trump has historic numbers with black voters for any Republican in decades. According to the poll President Trump has up to a 42% approval rating with [Black males] This is absolutely devastating news for the Socialist-Democrats. A recent Hill-HarrisX survey found that President Trump has historic numbers with black voters for any Republican in decades. In the last ten presidential election cycles the highest black vote share for a Republican was 12% for Bob Dole in 1996. If Donald Trump captured 25 percent of the...

By ALVEDA KING Published on October 24, 2019 This isn’t the neighborhood bully mocking me — I could take that. This isn’t a foreign devil spitting invective — I could tune that out. It’s you! We grew up together! You! My best friend! Those long hours of leisure as we walked arm in arm, God a third party to our conversation — Psalm 55:12-14 MSG President Trump is draining the swamp. He said he would. President Trump is keeping America great. He promised. His “frenemies” are not happy. They will do anything to block and stop his trajectory. Even lynching....

“Under today’s process, Mr. Schiff gets to make up the rules as he goes along. Behold the Lord High Impeacher. Democrats view control over the narrative as essential, having learned from their Russia-collusion escapade the perils of transparency.”Behold the Lord High ImpeacherBy Kimberley StrasselThe Wall Street JournalOctober 24, 2019…Democrats keep their witnesses locked behind secure doors, then flood the press with carefully sculpted leaks and accusations, driving the Trump-corruption narrative. And so the party goes, galloping toward an impeachment vote that would overturn the will of the American voters—on a case built in secret.Conservative commentators keep noting that Mrs....

The Trump Organization is "exploring" selling the rights to the Trump International Hotel in Washington, Eric Trump, the president's son and an executive vice president of the Trump Organization, told The Wall Street Journal in a Friday report. "Since we opened our doors, we have received tremendous interest in this hotel and as real-estate developers, we are always willing to explore our options," the younger Trump told The Journal in a statement. The company leased the historic Old Post Office building in DC, which houses the hotel, for 60 years beginning in 2013. The Trump Organization is reportedly looking to...

Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer is preparing to spend hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars on a plan that would fast-track the elimination of nearly every gas-powered vehicle in the country. The senate’s top Democrat wants to spend a massive amount of money enticing Americans to exchange their gas-guzzling vehicles for an electric car. Schumer’s proposal, which he announced in a New York Times editorial Thursday, shows Democrats are lurching leftward on the issue. “That’s why I am announcing a new proposal designed to rapidly phase out gas-powered vehicles and replace them with zero-emission, or ‘clean,’ vehicles like electric cars,” Schumer...

The Justice Department has now opened up a criminal investigation into the Russia probe based on Donald Trump's insane conspiracy theories. #ctl #p2 #maddow pic.twitter.com/JdRpN5tiUz — PoliticusUSA (@politicususa) October 25, 2019 Flustered Rachel Maddow defends Russia investigation as Durham probe shifts to criminal inquiry MSNBC star Rachel Maddow was on the defensive Thursday night after multiple reports said the Justice Department investigation into the origins of the Russia inquiry had shifted into a criminal probe. Maddow, who was the face of MSNBC’s coverage of the two-year investigation into alleged collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign, was baffled at the...

Want your grandchild to be born instead of aborted? Keep it to yourself is the advice from NBC’s New Amsterdam. Last week, pregnant, coffee shop clerk Ella told Dr. Vijay Kapoor she hadn’t decided if she was going to keep the baby (who is his grandchild). Vijay's son was Ella’s boyfriend who skipped town when he learned of the pregnancy. Since Dr. Iggy Frome was the only person Vijay confided in about his grandchild, he turned to Iggy for advice Tuesday night on the medical drama. However, the therapist is a crusading liberal and proponent of “reproductive rights.” Iggy insisted...

Talk about putting the “men” in menstruation! On Tuesday it was announced that feminine hygiene product brand Always would be removing the Venus female symbol from its packaging. CBS News reported, “The announcement follows pleas from LGBTQ activists to make the labeling more inclusive of transgender and non-binary customers.” Because apparently having feminine products coded as feminine is offensive and exclusionary. According to CBS News, “LGBTQ activists and allies have been publicly asking P&G [Procter & Gamble] to redesign the packaging to be more gender-neutral. They argued that using the female symbol is exclusive because not all women menstruate, and...

LOS ANGELES — Firefighters were scrambling Thursday night to stop the spread of several wildfires as dry, windy conditions fanned flames throughout southern California. Tens of thousands of residents were forced out of their homes near Los Angeles and in wine country to the north. Widespread blackouts were expected to prevent trees from falling on power lines and starting additional fires as forecasts for the weekend showed the potential for strong winds gusting up to 80mph.

President Trump has ratched up his claim that the Obama White House spied on his 2016 campaign, charging in a new book that it was a “treasonous” act by the former Democratic president. “What they did was treasonous, OK? It was treasonous,” he told author Doug Wead for his upcoming book, "Inside Trump's White House: The Real Story of His Presidency." “The interesting thing out of all of this is that we caught them spying on the election. They were spying on my campaign. So you know? What is that all about?” said Trump. “I have never ever said this,...

Mr. Soros’s bet is that Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts will become the Democratic nominee to compete against Mr. Trump. “She has emerged as the clear-cut person to beat,” he said. “I don’t take a public stance, but I do believe that she is the most qualified to be president.” He quickly added that he was not endorsing Ms. Warren, perhaps realizing that any comment construed as an endorsement is likely to be used by her opposition.

One of the constant media themes over the past couple of years has been the story of how terrible Donald Trump’s trade wars with various countries – particularly China – have been for farmers in the midwest. They are allegedly further angered by the President’s “favors” to the oil and gas industry in the form of waivers granted to smaller refineries under the Renewable Fuel Standard, leading to lower prices for corn. This, if you believe what’s regularly repeated on CNN and other outlets, has led to Trump’s support among those in the agricultural community declining. The farmers are angry...

Pastor John Hagee is calling on Congress to define and root out "very vocal and very aggressive" anti-Semitism in the country, accusing Reps. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich. of "spouting" "poison." The founder and chairman of Christians United for Israel, which boasts over seven million members, is hitting back at anti-Semitism head-on in three areas across the nation: Congress, the media and college campuses. JOHN HAGEE: ANTI-SEMITISM HAS BEEN DANGEROUSLY REBRANDED – AND IT’S NOT JUST A JEWISH PROBLEM "Anti-Semitism is not just a Jewish problem," Hagee told Fox News. "Anti-Semitism is everyone's problem. Anti-Semitism is evil and,...

No country is fully equipped to deal with the next global pandemic, a major report has claimed. Scientists say an outbreak of a flu-like illness could sweep across the planet in 36 hours and kill tens of millions due to our constantly-travelling population. But a review of health care systems already in place across the world found just 13 countries had the resources to put up a fight against an 'inevitable' pandemic. Among the countries ranked in the top tier were Britain, the US, Australia, Canada, France and Holland. But given how fast the outbreak is likely to spread, experts...