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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) joined the chorus of Republicans calling for a delay on any Senate leadership votes until after the Georgia runoff. Graham announced in a tweet on Sunday a vote prior to the Georgia runoff would be unfair to Republican Herschel Walker if he were to beat Raphael Warnock. In light of [the Georgia senate] runoff, it would be appropriate to delay Senate leadership elections until we know who is in the Senate Republican Conference. I totally agree with Senator [Ted Cruz] that to do otherwise would be disrespectful to [Herschel Walker].”

Puberty blockers are widely touted by doctors and transgender activists as a safe and fully reversible way to pause puberty for children with gender identity issues, but a growing body of evidence is challenging those claims, according to The New York Times. The drug prevents the surge in bone density that would normally occur during puberty, and patients can see lifelong bone issues that are never resolved, according to the Monday NYT article. Medical professionals are also challenging claims that the drug is reversible, arguing instead that blocking puberty permanently cements a child’s transgender identity and puts them on a...

WASHINGTON — Republicans were on track for a slim House majority six days after the last polls closed in the midterm elections — as President Biden acknowledged Monday that his fellow Democrats were unlikely to pull off a miraculous hold. “I think we’re going to get very close in the House, but I don’t — I think it’s gonna be very close, but I don’t think we’re going to make it,” Biden told reporters following a news conference in Bali, Indonesia. As of 12:30 p.m. Monday, Republicans had secured 212 seats while Democrats had 205, according to Reuters. Of the...

Jay Leno is in a burn center after suffering a serious injury to his face ... TMZ has learned. Jay was in the L.A. garage where he stores his cars on Sunday when one of the cars erupted into flames without warning. Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ ... the flames burned the left side of Jay's face, but thankfully did not penetrate his eye or his ear.

Biden’s big pitch for the midterm elections was the promise that, if Democrats won two more seats in the Senate and held the House, they would codify Roe v. Wade into law.Well, they’ve failed to do that. With a runoff election in Georgia, the best they can hope for is a 51-seat majority in the Senate, and this morning both NBC News and the Daily Caller are projecting that Republicans have flipped the House.Related: Biden’s Desperate Midterm Hail Mary: Give Me Two More Senators and I Promise I’ll Let You Kill Your BabyOn Monday, six days after Election Day, Biden...

Years after being founded, Twitter developed significant userbase, it also became the customary channel of communication for the powerful in Washington D.C. Many Democrats claimed Twitter's lack of regulations was a major factor behind Donald Trump's amazing victory in 2016. As part of a remedial action, Twitter began targeting conservatives.All through the Trump presidency, there were allegations that Twitter was suppressing conservative voices.Anti-Trump trends, which probably were the product of Democrat trolls, were promoted. Occasionally, the mainstream media reported these trends as if they were public opinion. The news would feed the trend and the cycle continued.Disclaimers were added to...

Kari Lake, the Republican candidate for governor in Arizona, has yet to respond after Katie Hobbs' team declared the Democrat is the "unequivocal favorite" to win the midterm election. Lake, who was endorsed by Donald Trump, and is a 2020 election denier, is currently behind Hobbs by just over 26,000 votes with around 93 percent of the ballots accounted for, according to the Associated Press tally. While Lake managed to cut Hobbs' lead by around 10,000 following a ballot count on Sunday, experts have suggested that Lake will not be able to overcome Hobbs' lead with around seven percent of...

Officials in Philadelphia are preparing to join the list of sanctuary cities receiving busloads of migrants sent by Texas Governor Greg Abbott. The mayor said they are preparing to receive “dozens of migrants” being bused from Del Rio. Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney told NBCPhiladelphia, “We were getting information from various advocacy sources that they were on their way, but we don’t know whether or not they’ve actually left. It’s like a 36-40 hour bus trip, so they could be coming any time tomorrow, Tuesday – but whatever day they come, we’ll welcome them with open arms.”

The snake was seen on 5 September 2022, as Solar Orbiter was approaching the Sun for a close pass that took place on 12 October. It is a tube of cool plasma suspended by magnetic fields in the hotter surrounding plasma of the Sun’s atmosphere.

I LOVE shoot-em-ups, and no one does it better than Bruce Willis.

There are many crucial steps in our election process for the electorate to have confidence in the outcome. They didn’t happen last TuesdayA number of noteworthy things did not happen on Election Day 2022. Everyone knows the red wave didn’t happen. But that isn’t all that didn’t happen.The chaos at the polls that was going to be caused by the presence of citizen poll watchers did not happen. Despite being hysterically predicted (hoped for?) over the past 18 months by reporters who wrote the same story with some version of the same headline again and again and again — “Election...

There isn’t just one reason for the midterm shortcomings but none are more important than the party’s neglect in adapting to our new jungle of an election process.Republicans apparently learned very little from the 2020 election which turned voting and vote counting into a chaotic multi-week affair, all to the great advantage of Democrats.After finding their party blown out of the water by early votes and mail-in ballots, both vastly expanded to accommodate the pandemic hysteria, elected GOP leaders seem to have thought to themselves, “Well, better luck next time!”And here we are. In an election year that should have...

Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel signaled on Monday that she plans to run for reelection as party chair, which would set her up to lead the RNC through the 2024 presidential election.The announcement came on a Monday call with RNC members, following a disappointing midterm election for Republicans, who had hoped to win control of both chambers of Congress but are instead caught in a post-election blame game. Democrats have maintained their hold on the Senate, and it remains unclear which party will be in the House majority, though the GOP has the inside track.

President Xi Jinping underlined on Monday the joint responsibility between him and US President Joe Biden in anchoring the future direction of bilateral relations and bringing ties on an upward track. … Xi added the current situation in China-US relations does not fit into the fundamental interests of the two nations and their people, nor does it meet the expectations from the international community. … The Taiwan question is at the very core of China's core interests, the bedrock of the political foundation of China-US relations, and the first red line that must not be crossed in China-US relations, Xi...

Ana Navarro told her co-hosts Monday on ABC’s “The View” that the Saturday wedding of former President Donald Trump’s youngest daughter Tiffany Trump was a “MAGA funeral.” Co-host Sara Haines said, “Over the weekend, Donald Trump’s daughter Tiffany got married at Mar-a-Lago, and Ivanka posted a photo on Instagram where she cropped out Don Jr.’s fiancee Kimberly Guilfoyle of course. The internet went wild with speculation over this, and she reposted the photo in her stories and put her back in the frame a few hours later.” Haines asked, “Alyssa, you know both of them. Is there some scandal here?”...

The wringing of the hands is furious. With another election less than a month away the anxiety is fierce. And the barbs are already flying. I’m not talking about the distraction of Trump vs. DeSantis [cut] I’m referring to the election of the next Senate leader for the GOP now that “Cocaine” Mitch McConnell has lost the Senate for the second cycle in a row. Elections bring about accountability. It’s time to make a change and that change should be an advocate for America First. With the media peddling the idea of the red “trickle” most haven’t looked at the...

Andrea Vuleta-Jensen of Jordan, Minn., jumped at the chance to take a full-time remote position in February 2021 as a project manager with MSP Communications in Minneapolis, a content marketer behind Mpls.St. Paul Magazine and Twin Cities Business. “They sold the role by saying if your kid doesn’t sleep at night, you can work in the afternoon, take a nap with him. Your child is your number-one responsibility. I just thought this would be a great role for this time in my life,” Vuleta-Jensen said. “This is me going back into the workforce and one of the hardest times going...

[Catholic Caucus] Vatican archbishop says Pope Francis or his successor will contradict Church’s ban on contraceptionDespite Archbishop Paglia's prediction, the Church's prohibition on contraception is not a matter than can be changed.VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) – The president of the Pontifical Academy for Life (PAV), Archbishop Vicenzo Paglia, has declared that he “believe[s] the day will come” when either Francis or his successor will issue an “encyclical” attacking the Church’s ban on contraception. Paglia made the comments in a lengthy interview with The Tablet’s Christopher Lamb, the tone of which was set by the brief summary given to the article: “Polling...

MOSCOW, Idaho — Moscow Police are investigating the deaths of four University of Idaho Students, the victims of a homicide. The four students were found dead in a home on Sunday, near the university camps. Moscow Police received a call just before noon on Sunday about an unconscious person at King Road. When police arrived on the scene, they found four people dead in the home. The victims have been identified as: 20-year-old Ethan Chapin (Conway, Wash.) 21-year-old Madison Mogen (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 20-year-old Xana Kernodle (Avondale, Ariz.) 21-year-old Kaylee GonCalves (Rathdrum, Idaho) The University of Idaho canceled classes on...

Home | Newsfront Tags: Supreme Court Again Spurns Challenge to Bump Stock Ban Supreme Court Again Spurns Challenge to 'Bump Stock' Ban Supreme Court Again Spurns Challenge to 'Bump Stock' Ban (Dreamstime) Monday, 14 November 2022 11:31 AM EST The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away another challenge to a federal ban imposed under former President Donald Trump on devices called "bump stocks" that enable a semi-automatic weapon to fire like a machine gun. The justices declined to review an appeal by a group of firearms dealers and individuals in Minnesota, Texas, and Kentucky after a lower court rejected...