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President Biden on Tuesday predicted Democrat Terry McAuliffe would win the closely watched Virginia gubernatorial race, even as polls have shown him even or trailing heading into Election Day. "We’re going to win. I think we’re going to win in Virginia," Biden said at a press conference in Scotland, acknowledging it would be a close race between McAuliffe and Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin and would come down to voter turnout. The president also expressed confidence New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) would win re-election on Tuesday.

<p>YOKOSUKA, Japan - A U.S. Navy attack submarine was determined to have hit an uncharted underwater mountain last month, officials said in a statement following an investigation.</p><p>A statement issued Monday revealed that the nuclear-powered USS Connecticut struck a seamount — or underwater mountain.</p>

SANTA FE, N.M. — “What the f--- just happened?” Alec Baldwin repeated the words again and again with growing urgency as the sound of the shot reverberated throughout the wooden church. Mere seconds before, the actor had been preparing to film a scene in which he, as a grizzled 1880s Kansas outlaw, becomes involved in a shootout in a church. He was just going through the motions, giving the camera crew a chance to line up their angles. “So,” he had said, placing his hand on the Colt .45 revolver in its holster, “I guess I’m gonna take this out,...

Children’s screen time doubled during pandemic — and hasn’t changed much since NOVEMBER 1, 2021 by Study Finds Share Tweet SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Children’s screen time has doubled during the pandemic — and it hasn’t gone down since, according to new research. Researchers from the University of California-San Francisco say youngsters are spending almost eight hours a day looking at smartphones, tablets, and televisions, compared to less than four hours before COVID. Concerningly, this figure does not include the time spent on computers for school work. Researchers focused completely on recreational activities like playing video games, chatting on social...

THE COMMEMORATION OF ALL THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED (ALL SOULS) JOHN 6:37-40 Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus talks about raising us on the last day. Our faith is that God will clothe the soul in a new and higher body, what Paul calls a "spiritual body." Here we might rely on the musings of John Polkinghorne, the Christian physicist, who appreciates the soul as the "form" or pattern of the person. God remembers this "form" and then reconstitutes it at a higher level during the resurrection, much as the pattern of an article or a photograph could be preserved in a...

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) wrote in his new book that former President Trump was threatening him when he asked Raffensperger to "find" enough vote to overturn Joe Biden's victory in Georgia. Raffensperger wrote in his new book “Integrity Counts" that he felt Trump threatened him multiple times during their now infamous phone call in which the president asked the state secretary to "find" nearly 12,000 ballots in January, The Associated Press reported. “I felt then — and still believe today — that this was a threat,” Raffensperger wrote. “Others obviously thought so, too, because some of Trump’s...

BREAKING…After re-analyzing a study performed by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) researchers, a peer-reviewed study has called for the “immediate withdrawal of mRNA COVID vaccines for pregnant women, those breastfeeding, those of childbearing age and children after their shocking study reveals stunning results of pregnant mRNA vaccinated women: 92% had a spontaneous miscarriage in the first 13 weeks…while 81.9% of women who received the mRNA COVID vaccine had a spontaneous miscarriage in the first 20 weeks.FILE PHOTO: A pregnant woman receives a vaccine for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, U.S., February 11, 2021....

The Victorian health department has refused to release the vaccination status on the 25 coronavirus fatalities. The spike in new deaths were reported on Thursday, which was the highest number of daily fatalities of the state’s current Delta outbreak. When asked whether they were vaccinated, deputy chief health officer Ben Cowie said the data was available but “we’re not going to be reporting on that”. NSW Health {A different state in Australia} has reported the detail in their daily updates throughout their deadly Delta outbreak, with a fully vaccinated woman in her 90s and a man in his 70s with...

Should there be indications of widespread Democrat voter fraud in Tuesday’s election, Republicans are ready to battle on behalf of gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin in Virginia. Sources within a coordinated effort to get out the vote and secure election integrity in Virginia shared details on their efforts with The Virginia Star. “Glenn Youngkin’s team along with the RNC, RGA, RSLC, and Republican Party of Virginia are working together to secure the integrity of the election in Virginia,” those sources said. More than 50 election integrity trainings with over 3,200 attendees have been held in preparation for the election, the sources...

The investigation by the DHS into the September incident with Border Patrol agents on horseback was said to take "days." Well it's now "months" and no word. Where is Secretary Mayorkas on this? What's the status of the reassigned BP agents who are "going to pay"? I really want to see this garbage report.

Former President Donald Trump implored his Virginia supporters in a Monday night tele-rally to turn out for Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin — saying Tuesday’s election is their chance to “send a very strong message” to Democrats ahead of next year’s midterms. [cut] “This is your chance to break the grip on the radical left, that they have on the commonwealth,” the 45th president added. “You can send a very strong message to Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, AOC plus three. You’ve got to send a message to this really corrupt media.” Trump also threw in a few jabs...

The latest poll from I&I/TIPP released Monday revealed that overall, only 42.3 percent of the respondents believe President Joe Biden is “mentally sharp,” while over half (50.5 percent) believe he is not “mentally sharp.” Only a small percentage (seven percent) were “not sure” where they stood on the president’s sharpness. However, there is a sharp division between the political parties.

When the pandemic hit, America needed someone to turn to for advice. The media and public naturally looked to Dr. Anthony Fauci—the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, an esteemed laboratory immunologist and one of President Donald Trump's chosen COVID advisers. Unfortunately, Dr. Fauci got major epidemiology and public health questions wrong. Reality and scientific studies have now caught up with him. Here are the key issues: Natural immunity. By pushing vaccine mandates, Dr. Fauci ignores naturally acquired immunity among the COVID-recovered, of which there are more than 45 million in the United States. Mounting evidence...

uman Events editor-in-chief Jack Posobiec has just released never-before-seen footage of Kyle Rittenhouse on the night he was attacked in Kenosha, Wisconsin during a violent BLM rally last summer. Contrary to the ridiculous and false narrative that has been shamelessly peddled by the partisan media, Rittenhouse can be seen offering medical assistance to people on the street before overhead helicopter surveillance video captures the moments the violent crowd begins chasing Rittenhouse and attacking him.

Tucker Carlson's special "Patriot Purge" episode 2 of 3, is about the cowardly, vicious deep state getting rid of the natural leaders from the military, public safety & 1st responders. It's a focused purge, attempting to decapitate the hierarchy of the heroes, the best of the best, of the people who lead those who protect the defenseless, who stand in harm's way while the deep state and it's MSM allies go for the big bucks. Once the cowardly, evil people get rid of the hero leaders, they will be free to do whatever they want. I happened to be listening...

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Some are hailing him a progressive “Fairy Godfather” of sorts — but others think he’s just plain desecrating Disney classics. A concerned dad is stirring the pot online after releasing a series of TikTok clips that show him editing out “gender stereotypes” in his daughter’s Disney Princess books. The father — who goes by @dcaspers on the platform — uploaded the “woke” makeovers last year, but they’ve recently gone viral, racking up millions of views. “Changing tomorrow starts today,” reads the caption to one of the director’s cuts, which currently boasts nearly 3 million views.

Kyle Rittenhouse struggled to stay focused and yawned throughout his homicide trial Tuesday in Wisconsin that will decide whether he spends his life behind bars for a triple shooting. Rittenhouse, 18, let out several yawns as lawyers from both sides prepared to give opening statements in a Kenosha court about him fatally shooting two men and wounding a third during last year’s protests over police brutality. He yawned often during the proceedings, including when he stood for jurors to enter the courtroom and when his own lawyer began his opening remarks. The day earlier during jury selection, the teen also...

PHOENIX - The Republican who has served as president of the Arizona Senate for the past three years and oversaw an unprecedented review of 2020 election results in the state’s most populous county announced Monday she will not seek reelection in 2022. Sen. Karen Fann said in a statement that after nearly 30 years serving in local government and at the Legislature, she will retire. The move comes as the Republican-controlled Legislature prepares for a 2022 session where the results of the election "audit" will be a key issue. The review found President Joe Biden did win Arizona, but it...

The country's Ministry of Commerce late Monday issued a notice directing local governments to encourage people to stockpile "daily necessities," including vegetables, oils and poultry, in order to "meet the needs of daily life and emergencies." The agency also urged local authorities to make sure that people have an "adequate supply" of essentials this winter into next spring. China has stressed the importance of shoring up food and other daily supplies in the past — including in September, ahead of a major weeklong holiday period. But those statements are usually very obviously intended for local authorities to read, and rarely...