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Oregon's richest man said he would do whatever he could to end Democrats' 40-year hold on the state and prevent its nominee Tina Kotek winning the race to be the next governor. Last week, Phil Knight, the billionaire co-founder of Nike, donated $1 million to Republican candidate Christine Drazan after bankrolling the campaign of an independent who has turned the election into a toss-up. Analysts said his two-horse strategy suggested Knight was intent on keeping the Democrat out of the governor's mansion. A swath of the electorate in this liberal state has turned on the outgoing Democratic governor, blaming her...

The United States has a history of putting rivals on the world stage in a corner economically, obligating them to make the first moves to war.One of the most famous examples of this strategy came on July 26, 1941.On that date, President Franklin Roosevelt introduced sweeping economic sanctions and asset seizures against Japan.Advertisement - story continues belowAs a result of those sanctions, “Japan lost access to three-fourths of its overseas trade and 88 percent of its imported oil,” according to History.Needing oil to maintain its military might, Japan had little choice but to declare war on the West and mobilize...

Far-left Portland city councilwoman accused of stolen valor after military record questioned A recent poll showed that 49 percent of likely voters said they’d vote for Gonzalez, a lawyer, and technology business owner, compared to 22 percent for Hardesty, an anti-police, pro-Antifa, one-term incumbent. In a city council meeting on Thursday, far-left Portland City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty, who is running for reelection, was accused of stolen valor. Hardesty has also called on her challenger Rene Gonzalez to "denounce" The Post Millennial’s editor-at-large Andy Ngo for his coverage of her. The official Twitter account for Hardesty’s re-election posted on Thursday...

Today's Sermon focuses more on Today's First reading from the OT.Don't go into battle without a plan.And Pray as much as you can. 13 min. YouTube link below:The Spiritual Life is a Battle

Biden’s National Archives Hides 99% of Records About Trump RaidIt isn’t surprising that the Biden administration is scrambling to hide its abusive machinations.The latest: The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is releasing only 65 out of more than 1,600 pages of records related to the Biden administration’s unprecedented raid on the home of former President Trump.We’re seeking the records in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit we filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia after NARA failed to respond adequately to a February 2022 request (Judicial Watch v National Archives and Records Administration (No. 1:22-cv-02535).We’re...

A suspect is in custody, authorities said, after a shooting near the campus of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, in the early morning hours Sunday left eight people wounded. All are expected to survive. At approximately 2:20 a.m., multiple gunshots were fired into a crowd at an outdoor gathering near the JMU campus, Harrisonburg police said in a statement. Eight people, ages 18 to 27, were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. On Sunday afternoon, police announced they had arrested a suspect, identified as 20-year-old Tyreaf Isaiah Fleming, on charges of attempted murder, aggravated malicious wounding, possession of a...

This is a self-funded book authored by CIA analyst Sarah Adams and Benghazi survivor, Dave "Boon" Benton. Sarah was in Benghazi just prior to and after the attacks. The book is research that they did in locating the Al Qaeda members behind the attack. These were not local protests over a video, rather a sophisticated kidnap attempt at Amb. Stevens.

Former Gov. Chris Christie created a firestorm on ABC News’ “This Week With George Stephanopoulos” on Sunday, with what he had to say about the Jan. 6 Committee. Christie pointed out that, to many Republicans, the Committee doesn’t have any credibility. That’s because they don’t have any real Republicans on the Committee to make any points against the Democratic narrative. The January 6 committee was “resigned to having a credibility problem because of the membership of the committee and the way that was done,” Christie opened by saying. “There are lots of Republicans across this country who just say, there’s...

Some people might never get Covid thanks to their genes, scientists say. Researchers from the University of Oxford have found that people who have a particular mutation produce a larger antibody response after getting vaccinated. Around 30 to 40 per cent of people have the gene, known as HLA-DQB1*06. The boosted protection might be enough to block out infections entirely. It may partly explain why some people never get the virus, even when family members come down with the virus. The US has the highest number of confirmed cases of any country in the world at 179million, the equivalent of...

Last Gag: Francis Starts Commission for Proclaiming Non-Catholic "Saints"Francis has set up a permanent commission for non-Catholic witnesses to “The Faith" in the dicastery for canonisations, according to its prefect Cardinal Marcelo Semeraro (VaticanNews.va, 5 October).Already John Paul II temporarily set up such a commission. Semeraro thinks that "sainthood is not always immediately apparent to the eyes of the faithful", although this is precisely one of the necessary criteria for a canonisation. He wants "to bring to light" [= to fake] an invisible holiness that he imagines is "not far from us".As an example, Semeraro mentioned the inevitable Lutheran pastor...

China called on its citizens still in Ukraine to strengthen security precautions and evacuate the country given the severe security situation within Ukraine on Saturday. The appeal was made by the Foreign Ministry and China’s embassy in Ukraine in a news release. Already last week, the Chinese Embassy in Ukraine had issued three successive notices, reiterating the grave safety situation in the country, reminding Chinese nationals to take emergency shelter and prepare emergency supplies.

One of those present at the training ground in Belgorod during the execution by some mobilized others told the Astra Telegram channel that the cause of the conflict could be religious - shortly before the incident, Lieutenant Colonel Andrey Lapin said that Allah is a coward, since he does not allow Muslims to fight for a country where you took an oath. The authors of the material emphasize that at the time of publication they were unable to independently confirm the identity of either the narrator himself or the identity of other persons appearing in the story. “It all started...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency intends to launch its DESTINY+ mission to the near-Earth asteroid Phaethon in 2024, with the aim of flying by the space rock in 2028, so this "potentially hazardous" asteroid has been studied intensely in the lead-up to the mission. Researchers recently made one particularly notable discovery about Phaethon: Its spin is speeding up. The asteroid's rotational period is decreasing by 4 milliseconds per year. Even a small change like this could impact the DESTINY+ observations. Knowing the specific spin rate allows the team to more accurately predict the asteroid's orientation during the spacecraft's flyby —...

MARK KELLY IS NO MODERATE. HE VOTED 94.4% WITH BIDEN’S AGENDABelow is link to the vote of Arizona Democrat Senator Mark Kelly to confirm radical Chris Magnus, Biden’s pick to lead the Customs and Border Protections (CBP). Also below: news reports about Chris Magnus. Chris Magnus is an open-border and sanctuary-city advocate, border-crisis denier, BLM supporter, and controversial former police chief.

by Becca London | RNNLast week Project Veritas Action released new undercover footage of radical leftist Arizona gubernatorial nominee Katie Hobbs running from a black reporter. Reporter RC Maxwell confronted Hobbs outside of a restaurant, scaring the hell out of her. Hobbs immediately packed her bag and stood up in such a hurry to run away that she spilled her drink all over the place like an unstable maniac. In the PVA video Katie’s campaign insiders also reveal why they are keeping Hobbs from the debate stage. She is unstable and nervous.There’s something wrong with Katie Hobbs.Katie Hobbs has been...

WARNOCK VOTED AGAIN FOR BIDEN’S AGENDABelow is link to the vote of Georgia Democrat Senator Raphael Warnock to confirm radical Chris Magnus, Biden’s pick to lead the Customs and Border Protections (CBP). Also below: news reports about Chris Magnus. Chris Magnus is an open-border and sanctuary-city advocate, border-crisis denier, BLM supporter, and controversial former police chief.

TWO REASONS WHY WE HAVE A BORDER CRISIS: CHRIS MAGNUS & THE DEMOCRATSChris Magnus, before becoming Biden’s Customs and Border Protections (CBP) chief, was well known for being: an open border and sanctuary cities advocate, border crisis denier, BLM supporter, and controversial former police chief. – That sounded fantastic to Joe Biden, so in April 2022, he nominated Magnus to lead the CBP, the agency in charge of protecting our borders!– ALL Democrat Senators* and one RINO also thought it was a great idea and voted to confirm Chris Magnus.WHO IS CHRIS MAGNUS, BIDEN’S CBP CHIEF? – Magnus participated in...

‘EVACUATE NOW’: China tells citizens to leave Ukraine amid nuclear fears China has told its citizens in Ukraine to evacuate the country immediately, fuelling fears a nuclear attack is imminent. According to Chinese state media, the Chinese embassy in Ukraine is helping to organize the sudden exodus. “With the current grim security situation in Ukraine, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Chinese Embassy in Ukraine urge Chinese citizens in the country to enhance safety precautions and evacuate,” the Global Times tweeted. Separate reports say the Foreign Ministry and Embassy also made the appeal in a press release. “Those in Ukraine...

The Golden Horseshoe is a weekly designation from Just the News intended to highlight egregious examples of wasteful taxpayer spending by the government. This week's Golden Horseshoe is awarded to the Department of Health and Human Services for an $8 million grant to evaluate whether certain organizations are capable of distributing diapers consistently to low-income families.

New gun control is often marketed as “commonsense” rules that save lives – and it works, too, according to the left. A recent drug bust in the Big Apple, however, demonstrates just how ineffective these laws are. The good news for the people of New York is that close to a million potentially fatal doses of fentanyl were intercepted before they could be sold to users, likely disguised as some other less deadly drug. The bad news for the anti-gunners, however, is that officers also confiscated illegal firearms.A Measure of Success and FailureAn October 12 press release by the Office...