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Arizona Democratic gubernatorial nominee Katie Hobbs is holding a meet and greet with former Obama Administration Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday in Phoenix. The “African Americans for Katie Hobbs” meet and greet will take place in downtown Phoenix at 1:00 p.m. Holder has faced no accountability for the Department of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Fast and Furious scandal, which saw thousands of guns walk to Mexico under his watch. In December 2010, some of the guns were used by members of a Mexican rip crew to murder border patrol agent Brian Terry.

A brutal brawl between six women was caught on video during the Spring Racing Carnival in Australia last month. The altercation occurred along a walkway near Brisbane City Botanic Gardens sometime during the week of Oct. 22 and 29, according to Daily Mail. In video footage, shared by the Twitter account @Meanwhileinau, the fight appears to start with two women, when one wearing a green skirt hit another in a red dress with a high knee, knocking her to the ground. That’s when a third woman jumped in. Her red dress flew up, exposing her behind.

Holly O’Neil, associate professor of chemistry and interim assistant dean of the College of Arts and Science, is under fire after being accused of practicing cultural appropriation Thursday, Oct. 27. Cultural appropriation is defined as “the act of taking or using things from a culture that is not your own, especially without showing that you understand or respect this culture,” according to the Cambridge Dictionary. During the English Department’s fourth annual Halloween party, O’Neil went dressed as pop star Michael Jackson. She performed a dance to Michael Jackson’s song, “Thriller.” A video of the performance was posted onto Facebook, then...

A recent Echelon Insights survey shows Republican Georgia Senate hopeful Herschel Walker leading Democrat Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) by seven percentage points, surpassing the 50 percent threshold in the Peach State. The survey asked respondents, “If the election for U.S. Senate were held today, would you vote for Herschel Walker, the Republican candidate, Raphael Warnock, the Democratic candidate, or Chase Oliver, the Libertarian Party candidate?”

ABC’s late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel has made Trump bashing a central part of his TV persona. Now he has publicly admitted that his decision has cost him “half of my fans — maybe more than that.” In an interview this week with the Naked Lunch podcast, Jimmy Kimmel portrayed himself as a rebel, claiming he defied network bosses who hinted that trashing tens of millions of potential viewers might not be a good idea.

Video at link. Very interesting discussion on a variety of topics, including the election, conservatism, secular/religious politics …

A discussion on the Russia Pipeline explosion. Airs at 4:15 Eastern Time

A North Dakota man charged with killing a teenager using his vehicle has reportedly admitted to intentionally hitting him after a political dispute, claiming the boy was part of a Republican “extremist group.”Shannon Brandt, 41, killed 18-year-old Cayler Ellingson early Sunday in McHenry with an SUV in an alley, KVRR-TV reported. He is charged with vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of a deadly accident.

[2020 Flashback videos] While tens of thousands took to the streets of Washington, D.C. for the “Million MAGA March” on Saturday afternoon to show their support for President Trump and call for voting fraud investigations, counter-protests later in the evening turned violent when leftists wearing Antifa and Black Lives Matter garb verbally and physically assaulted Trump supporters in the streets.

A TikToker has gone viral for not being able to get a temporary skeleton tattoo off of her face after Halloween. Elizabeth Rose, 46, posted a video of just how spooked she was that her skeleton facial tattoo wouldn’t come off, despite nearly scrubbing her face to the bone. “I put a tattoo sticker on,” she began in the clip, which amassed 1.4 million views. “I put some on my granddaughter as well, she’s 7, and my daughter rings up going, ‘Has it come off?’ Well, it can’t be that difficult, surely?”

VANCOUVER, BC — This week, the Society For Prevention Of Cruelty To Celebrities (SPCC) launched a nationwide campaign to raise awareness about public figures buckling under a new expense that seems targeted specifically at them. The commercial advocates for compassionate viewers to donate $8 per month to sponsor a celebrity's verified blue checkmark on Twitter. "Hi, I'm Sarah McLachlan. Please say you will be the answer for an innocent celebrity who is suffering right now from this cruel tax designed to reduce the status of high-status people – the $8 monthly charge for a verified blue checkmark on Twitter." Sarah...

Video: https://rumble.com/embed/v155lb4/?pub=4 SCHUMER: "I want to tell you Kavanaugh...You have released the whirlwind and you will pay the price. You won’t know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions.”

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Talking about Rush and what he would have thought about Brandon, Midterms, Dems' implosion, Republicans, etc.

Wisconsin Democrat Senate candidate Mandela Barnes has a long history of working hard — not to keep you safe — but pushing to release half of the state’s prison population! He’ll do that for the whole country if he gets to the U.S. Senate.In 2018, Barnes said, “Reducing prison populations is now SEXY.” If you want more crime in your city, vote for Mandela Barnes.[Videos] – Barnes in 2018: “We can cut our [prison] population in HALF. We can make our communities safer.” – Barnes in 2018: ”Absolutely” we can cut our inmate population by one HALF.” – Barnes in...

An international team of researchers led by scientists at UC San Diego School of Medicine have shown that the virus which causes COVID-19 can damage brain cell synapses, according to a report published Thursday. By using tiny, self-organized, three-dimensional tissue cultures derived from stem cells called organoids, the scientists found that the SARS- CoV-2 virus infects cortical neurons to damage and destroy the synapses — the connections between brain cells that allow them to communicate with each other. “Vaccines and emerging treatments have reduced the health consequences of COVID-19 in most patients,” said senior study author Alysson R. Muotri, professor...

Blake Masters’s chances of toppling Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) got a boost this week when Libertarian candidate Marc Victor dropped out and threw his support behind the GOP nominee, handing Republicans a last-minute lifeline in a race that has narrowed. Kelly has been considered the favorite to win reelection since Masters emerged from the early August primary battered and underfunded. But the wind has seemingly shifted and recent surveys show Masters gaining momentum at a crucial moment. Victor’s announcement Tuesday added to the positive news for the Peter Thiel protégé. The Libertarian candidate was pulling between 2.7 percent and 6...

The U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Thursday it had found no sign of undeclared nuclear activity at three sites in Ukraine that it inspected at Kyiv's request in response to Russian allegations that work was being done on a "dirty bomb". Moscow has repeatedly accused Ukraine of planning to use such a bomb - a conventional explosive device laced with radioactive material - and said institutes linked to the nuclear industry were involved in preparations, without presenting evidence. Ukraine's government denies the accusation. Some Ukrainian and Western officials have accused Moscow of making the allegation to give itself cover to...

Ukrainian forces can retake the strategic southern city of Kherson from Russian troops, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Thursday, in what would be a major defeat for Russia in its invasion of its neighbor. Austin's remarks coincided with a Russian-installed official in Kherson region saying Moscow was likely to pull its troops from the west bank of the Dnipro River, signaling a significant retreat, if confirmed. Ukraine said it was still fighting in the area and was wary of the occupying Russian forces setting a trap. Austin did not answer a question about whether Russian forces were preparing...