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House Democrats on Wednesday introduced a bill aimed at combating sexual harassment and discrimination at the State Department. The legislation, called the State Harassment and Assault Prevention and Eradication Act, seeks to ban forced nondisclosure or non-disparagement agreements and would increase training for sexual assault prevention, intervention and advocacy. It also would establish an Office of Employee Advocacy to provide counseling, legal advice, representation, a 24/7 international hotline and employee advocates to assist in the complaint process. The legislation also would require annual reports to Congress on claims and disciplinary action taken to hold perpetrators accountable and surveys to evaluate...

Last night was the first presidential candidates debate of the 2020 campaign season. The immediate takeaways were that: ** Trump was taking on two politicians ** Chris Wallace interrupted President Trump 76 times to just 15 times for Joe Biden ** Joe Biden couldn’t answer a question ** Joe Biden’s name-calling was disgusting and inappropriate ** Joe Biden made 33 false or misleading statements ** Democrats have to lie to the public about their policies and plans because they are so unpopular and destructive Democrats left the debate thoroughly defeated. They know they lost. How do we know that? Because...

When police pulled a Jeep Wrangler over for running a stop sign in Philadelphia’s Belmont section Monday morning, officers made a horrifying discovery. The front seat passenger, Mia Green [black transexual man], 29, was suffering from a gunshot wound to her neck. She was pronounced dead at Penn-Presbyterian Medical Center within a half-hour. On Tuesday, authorities charged the driver of the vehicle, Abdullah lbn El-Amin Jaamia [heterosexual? Muslim?], with the murder of Green, who was a Black transgender woman, according to a statement from the city’s Office of LGBT Affairs. “This latest act of violence against a member of our...

The Chinese government invited then-astronaut Mark Kelly, now an Arizona Democratic Senate candidate, to an all-expenses-paid retreat at a countryside resort in 2003. He left China five days later not only with a future spouse, former Rep. Gabby Giffords (D., Ariz.), but also with lucrative regime business contacts. Kelly attended the annual Young Leaders Forum, a five-day junket cohosted by the Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs, which is "under the leadership of the Communist Party of China." The conference allowed Kelly an opportunity to mingle with high-profile Communist Party officials and rising stars in Chinese society. Attendees included Cui...

VIDEO AT LINK................. Forgetful Joe is back this afternoon “I Can’t Remember” ‘The Green New Deal Is Not A Bad Deal’

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Correct https://t.co/6p4fZcHHQa— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) September 30, 2020 I rewatched the start of the debate. The 1st Q went to Trump who gave an uninterrupted 2-min response. Then Biden gave an uninterrupted 2-min response. Then it went back to Trump, whose answer was interrupted 3 times by Biden. If you didn't like it, blame Biden for starting it.— Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) September 30, 2020

FBI Director Christopher Wray has been skating on pretty thin ice with some Republican lawmakers for a while. A couple of weeks ago, GOP Rep. Doug Collins tweeted that “It’s time for Chris Wray to resign”: =========================================================================== Profile photo, opens profile page on Twitter in a new tab Doug Collins (Text DOUG to 87123) @CollinsforGA US Senate candidate, GA-Special It's time for Chris Wray to resign. Dan Bongino @dbongino Chris Wray is totally incompetent. He’s the second worst director in FBI history behind Jim Comey. He says moronic things to cater to liberal politicians hoping the op-ed columns will write...

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, says President Donald Trump's claims on Fauci's stance on masks were "taken out of context" at Tuesday's presidential debate. During the debate Trump claimed Fauci initially said "masks are not good. Then he changed his mind." When Democratic nominee Joe Biden said if all Americans wore masks, and social-distanced between now and January, 100,000 lives could be saved, Trump responded, "Dr. Fauci said the opposite

Some Internet sleuths claim Biden was wired last night and they believe they have proof. It is widely known that Joe Biden is in declining mental and physical health. Before last night’s debate the Biden team disagreed to drug testing and being checked for ear plugs and other mechanical devices. FOX News Reporters confirmed reports that Biden did not want to be checked for wires before the debate and said they would have to keep an eye on this: Profile photo, opens profile page on Twitter in a new tab John Whitehouse @existentialfish Fox News chief political anchor gives credence...

During one of the more charged moments of the chaotic US presidential debate, former Vice President Joe Biden dropped a phrase from everyday Muslim and Arab vocabulary and lit up the internet. Pressing President Donald Trump on when the American public would get to see his long-anticipated tax returns, Biden questioned: "When? Inshallah?" In certain vernacular, "inshallah" serves as a non-committal response to a question. Taken literally, the term "inshallah," consists of three Arabic words (In sha' Allah) which translate into "if God wills it." Spiritually it represents a submission to God's will. It can perhaps be seen as the...

International Coffee Day 2020: Coffee is one of the most loved beverages. But do you know your coffee well? Read here to know some popular myths and facts about coffee.International Coffee Day is observed on October 1 to celebrate the love for coffee worldwide. It also focuses on supporting million farmers whose livelihood depends on coffee plantation. Many find it difficult to start their day without coffee. Even though it is one of the most favourite drinks around the world, there are many people who don't know fully about it. Drinking coffee can offer several benefits as well as excess...

RUSH: The only word I have for it is frustrating. So frustrating. We had a moderator last night who everybody knows that I like and everybody knows that I respect and a moderator that treats me fairly whenever I appear on his program, Chris Wallace. But he said before the debate last night that the best measure of his performance, of his job, would be if he ended up being invisible. Well, no. There was no way. He ended up being part of the debate staff. It was Trump versus two people last night. And it was unfair. All this...

Joe Biden and his wife Jill on Wednesday boarded the Amtrak train in Cleveland to head to Alliance, Ohio. Biden looked tired and battered after last night’s debate as he boarded the train. Trump supporters had a little surprise for Biden when he arrived outside an Elks lodge by a train station in Alliance, Ohio. Trump supporters dragged out huge speakers and blared audio clips of Joe Biden’s gaffes.

Neither Joe Biden nor debate moderator Chris Wallace seems to believe that vote fraud with mail-in ballots is a real issue. They both made that clear in Tuesday night’s presidential debate. “Nobody has established at all there is a fraud related to the mail-in ballot,” Biden claimed. Chris Wallace asserted: “The biggest problem with mail-in voting is not fraud, historically.”

Democratic Ohio state Rep. Bernadine Kennedy Kent on Tuesday endorsed President Trump over former Vice President Joe Biden. The endorsement comes after a history of feuding with Ohio Democrats, according to The Cincinnati Enquirer. "Not only am I Black, I am a proud American and delighted to endorse President Trump for re-election," Kennedy Kent, who represents Ohio's 25th District, wrote in her endorsement posted to the president's 2020 campaign website. "Furthermore, I am honored to share with people my intent to vote for him and spread the word on the value of his leadership and his dedication to the American...

During CNN’s coverage of Tuesday’s presidential debate, host Jake Tapper stated that he received a text from one of his friends that their sixth-grade daughter burst into tears and had to run to bed because the girl was “so appalled” by President Donald Trump’s behavior. Tapper said that everyone on the panel is “getting text messages from friends all over the country. A friend of mine, in Kansas City, watching her first debate with her sixth-grade daughter, daughter bursts into tears, has to run to bed. Because she was so appalled, this sixth-grade girl, at what she saw from the president...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s top staff has launched a last-minute effort trying to stop New York City’s embattled Board of Elections from resending ballots to nearly 100,000 Brooklynites who received the wrong return envelope, The Post has learned. The developments come just hours after BOE commissioners ordered the agency vendor that botched the initial absentee ballot mailings to resend them. “The governor wants to take a different approach,” said Doug Kellner, the co-chairman of the state Board of Elections, who declined to elaborate further. “You’ve got to talk to the governor’s office.”

The first presidential debate between President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden has concluded. Following the night, the biggest takeaway is that there were no surprises, and nothing happened that will change any attitudes, cause either candidate to gain or lose any votes, or move any undecided voters one way or the other. Indeed, while the debate was contentious, and at times became personal, it lacked any real substance that could change attitudes in any meaningful way. Given the level of back-and-forth between the candidates, the substance of the candidates’ answers was often lost and took a back seat...

Kyle Rittenhouse’s lawyer is set to sue the Biden campaign, after they implied that the 17-year-old was a white supremacist in a political advert. More...