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It is an “interesting idea” for Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) to fund the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) with his personal funds, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) — who is himself a millionaire — told Punchbowl News Thursday. McConnell, whose net worth was estimated in 2018 to be $34,137,534, has been taking aim at Scott, who chairs the NRSC, for the way in which Scott is planning to defeat Senate Democrats in November. Scott has publicly described the minority leader’s criticisms as a “strategic disagreement.” But when McConnell’s allies have taken to writing articles condemning Scott’s leadership, the NRSC chairman called...

Former CNN chief anchor Bernard Shaw died Wednesday at the age of 82. Shaw died of phenomena unrelated to the coronavirus, according to his family in a statement to CNN.

Stacey Abrams, the Democrat gubernatorial candidate challenging Gov. Brian Kemp (R) in Georgia, insulted Americans who are opposed to President Biden’s student loan debt bailout, asserting that they are being rude. “And for those who are angry for forgiving between $10,000 to $20,000 in debt, I will ask you why you’re being so churlish,” Abrams said to working-class Americans during a stop in Valdosta, Georgia on Tuesday.

Former President Barack Obama will hit the midterm campaign trail this fall to help Democrat candidates, while some embattled candidates have avoided campaigning with President Joe Biden. Obama will campaign with Democrats up and down the ballot, potentially including House, Senate, gubernatorial, and secretary of state candidates, Fox News reported Thursday. Obama will even help the Democrat Party raise money through its reelection committees.

At the moment the Queen died, the throne passed immediately and without ceremony to the heir, Charles, the former Prince of Wales. But there are a number of practical - and traditional - steps which he must go through to be crowned King. What will he be called? One of his first acts is to decide whether to reign as King Charles III, or take another name. For instance, his grandfather George VI's first name was Albert, but he reigned using one of his middle names. Charles could choose from any of his four names - Charles Philip Arthur George....

A teacher from Madison High School in San Diego claimed fascists are synonymous with the "modern-day Republican Party" and "white, Christian, heterosexuals," according to a student at the school. Speaking on the condition of anonymity out of fear of retaliation, the high school student detailed the teacher's unhinged definition of a "fascist."The school began the 2022-23 year on Aug. 29. The alleged incident occurred at the high school last Thursday. "Immediately, I walk in and notice on the board, it says, 'The Republican Party is the fascist party, and it does not fit the mold of a Democratic Party,'" the...

Pro-lockdown Wisconsin Senate Democrat candidate Mandela Barnes mocked small business owners as “selfish” after the pandemic, a video unearthed by the Republican National Committee shows. On the show Real Talk with Henry Sanders Madison365 in 2021, Barnes said business owners who wanted to serve customers during the pandemic were “selfish” because they were not thinking of “the larger group.”

A portion of my favorite scriptures is Proverbs 4:20-23 because I have experiences with it. It talks about God's word being our medicine, remedy, healing, and cure that's what the word health is translated as. Just this week I had a toothache that was so bad I could hardly chew, I couldn't even chew a banana without pain. But, what did I do I started speaking the word (taking God's medicine). I started taking in God's word, By his stripes I am healed Isa 53:5/Jesus carried my pains Isa 53:4/Through the blood of Jesus I am redeemed from toothache Eph....

Joy Behar told her co-hosts Thursday on ABC’s “The View” that in 2016 American voters passed on “the most qualified person to ever run for the presidency, Hillary Clinton,” to elect “not that bright game show host” Donald Trump because of racism. Co-host Sara Haines said, “What I was going to say is it made me laugh. Back in the day, when we talked about a woman being president, people made those jokes, would you want a woman with her finger on the nuclear button? Look what you got in Donald Trump. You defend, man, and we will go ahead...

FAMILIES struggling financially can look forward to some much-needed help. Hawaii taxpayers have already started seeing tax rebates show up via direct deposit. Residents will get a minimum payment of $300 Payments began going out in the first week of September to Hawaii taxpayers who included direct deposit information on their tax returns, according to the state's Department of Taxation. Most direct deposits should be sent by the end of September, but when and how you filed your taxes ultimately decides when you'll get your rebate. The direct deposits will be made on three days, September 9, 12, and 13,...

In addressing how governors such as Florida’s Ron DeSantis are handling state teacher shortages, Cardona said that it is as important to treat current educators with “respect” as filling vacancies. At a breakfast roundtable hosted by the Christian Science Monitor, Cardona suggested that school systems first address why teachers are leaving and why it is hard to recruit new teachers. A former teacher himself, he said the focus should be on improving pay and working conditions. He recalled that while working in Connecticut, the state had a program called “Troops to Teachers,” and it was great to get their “skill...

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany — US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday that President Joe Biden has approved additional military aid to Ukraine worth up to $675 million, an announcement that came as he rallied allies to renew their commitment to Ukrainian military support “for the long haul.”

Mike Flannery of Fox 32 said when he posed questions to the Chicago Teachers Union about empty schools described in a recent Wirepoints article, a union official cursed at the group. Flannery recently interviewed Wirepoints President Ted Dabrowski and mentioned that somebody from the union verbally expressed disdain for the organization. "When I mentioned your group Mr. Dabrowski, Wirepoints.Org, a person who speaks for the union said, on the record, I could say their response was f*** Wirepoints…and they didn’t use ‘f’, they used the full word and we do look forward to hearing from defenders of the system,” Flannery...

The state of Virginia has over a third of America's hyperscale datacenter capacity, and this amounts to more than the entire capacity of China or the whole of Europe, highlighting just how much infrastructure is concentrated along the so-called Datacenter Alley.These figures come from Synergy Research Group, which said that the US accounts for 53 percent of global hyperscale datacenter capacity, as measured by critical IT load, at the end of the second quarter of 2022. The remainder is relatively evenly split between China, Europe, and the rest of the world.While few would be surprised at the US accounting for...

Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-reigning monarch who served as the beloved face of her country and source of strength for seven decades, died Thursday at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. She was 96. Elizabeth's doctors said earlier Thursday that they were "concerned for Her Majesty’s health" and that she was "resting comfortably" at Balmoral under medical supervision. Developing story.........It just happened.

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The Queen has died aged 96, Buckingham Palace has announced. The Queen's death ends the longest reign in British history. She was also the world's oldest head of state. Rhiannon Mills Royal correspondent @SkyRhiannon Thursday 8 September 2022 18:30, UK

She passed.

BOISE — A massive tax cut and education spending bill made possible by the state’s projected $2 billion budget surplus is moving at lightning speed through the Legislature and headed to the full House on Thursday.The House Revenue and Taxation Committee unanimously approved the bill that has a $410 million annual increase through sales taxes for education as well as a $500 million income tax rebate this year and an ongoing $150 million income and corporate tax cut by creating a 5.8% flat tax.“This is really a step in the right direction,” Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra told lawmakers,...