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What in the world … ?Apparently, to use Dave Wasserman‘s phrase, Adam Frisch has seen enough — even though the state of Colorado by statute has not. While his challenge to Lauren Boebert for the CO-3 race will have to undergo a mandatory recount, Frisch has decided to throw in the towel. He conceded to Boebert a few minutes ago:“The voters have spoken and while we showed great progress, I remain down by a few hundred votes. This small margin triggers an automatic recount in Colorado’s election system. This recount is what Colorado voters have asked for in order to...

‘We can stand together for freedom!’More than 1,000 professors across the country have signed the “Stanford Academic Freedom Declaration” that calls on universities to restore free speech, academic freedom and institutional neutrality.The open letter calls on universities and professors to adopt and implement the “Chicago Trifecta” — the Chicago Principles on unilateral free speech, the Kalven report that requires institutional neutrality on political and social topics, and the Shils report, making “academic contribution the sole basis for hiring and promotion.”As of Thursday the letter had 1,095 signatures, and it increases daily.“The larger hope is to bring back academic freedom on...

The news surrounding Elon Musk and his takeover of Twitter seems to change by the hour. Last night, it was liberal journalists — but I repeat myself — with their hair on fire over what they thought was the impending shutdown of the site. A site, it should be noted, that they considered their personal sandbox before Elon came along and peed in it. Many Twitter Circles were formed so they could cry it out together; some channeled their inner teenage girl and dramatically announced their departure for other platforms … only to find those other platforms were laborious to...

Remember back when Twitter started their full court press of censorship and account banning? Immediately after January 6, 2020, they began a huge purge. I lost 5000 followers overnight. Larger accounts saw even bigger losses. Coincidentally, it was only happening to conservative accounts. The progressive talking heads mocked and ridiculed the consternation from the right. Jake Tapper made a snide comment about not even being concerned about how many followers he’d lost because counting followers was beneath him. Of course, he boasts an account with over three million followers.The left scolded the rest of us for our outrage. They pretended...

Earlier this week, health officials reported that a Maricopa County resident recently contracted dengue, while routine surveillance has found traces of the dengue virus in at least one nearby mosquito population. These discoveries suggest that the infection could be spreading locally in the state for the first time, though the investigation is still ongoing. Maricopa County Department of Public Health (MCDPH) officials announced the human case of dengue on Monday, though no other details about the patient were provided. They also reported that the Maricopa County Environmental Services Department had detected the virus last month in samples taken from a...

When the measles outbreak was first reported last week, only four confirmed cases had been identified in one child-care facility, which temporarily closed – but the number of cases and facilities involved has grown. As of Friday morning, Columbus Public Health officials updated their investigation to include 19 confirmed cases, and more suspected, at 10 daycare centers and two schools. “All cases are in unvaccinated children, and all but one are less than 4 years old. One child is 6 years old,” Newman said. Health officials with Columbus Public Health and Franklin County Public Health have been investigating these cases...

The votes trickle out in Arizona with all counties those leaning Democrat and Republican still holding and releasing votes from time to time... A reliable source indicated earlier this week that the rural counties weren't going down without a fight and that is the indication tonight as Cochise County's Board of Supervisors... "the corrupt and highly political Justice Department just appointed a super radical left special counsel better referred to as a special prosecutor..." President Trump reacting tonight in Mar-a-Lago To The Biden Administration Justice Department's Announcement Of A Special Counsel To Probe Him... Colorado's Third Congressional District Race Democrat...

A new study suggests that tiny particles in the air may cause sudden heart attacks. The study, which researchers published in The Lancet Public Health, notes that particles 25 times smaller than the width of a human hair can be easily inhaled. And when inhaled, these particles have been linked to a slew of health issues, including autoimmune diseases and heart failure. This study is, of course, only observation. This means that we can only speculate on what the relationship between sudden heart attacks and levels of PM2.5 pollution truly means. But, if the research does gain more traction and...

'Loving Bear Puffy', to give him his full name, is a 5ft 7in milky-brown 'emotional support bear' that lonely singletons can buy for £135 if they're in need of a cuddle. He has the 'shape and size of a male human body', his creators claim, 'with the head of a half-asleep bear'. This gives him rather strange proportions — the broad shoulders of a weight-lifter and a soft toy's tiny head... You can lean on him if you need a shoulder to cry on, or clasp your fingers around his hand for reassurance. You can snuggle down beside him on...

Avatar Mark Finchem @realmarkfinchem · 12m BREAKING: Cochise County BOS just motioned to table the certification of the election until November 28th, when they expect to review all evidence of the proof of legal certification by the accredited Election Assistance Commission labs to use the tabulation machines. This now establishes precedent to do the same in other counties now that Cochise County is validating their results. Arizona cannot certify any election results until all counties have rendered certified results.

[Catholic Caucus] Bishops look at ways to expand how they pass on Catholic faithBALTIMORE — As teachers of the faith, Catholic bishops recognize that their role continues to expand in the modern world.And to help them with this work, they have established an outreach called the Institute on the Catechism, introduced last year by Bishop Frank J. Caggiano of Bridgeport, Connecticut, chairman of the bishops’ Subcommittee on the Catechism.Caggiano, the subcommittee’s outgoing chairman, who gave the bishops an update on this effort Nov. 16 during their annual fall general assembly, said the institute launched its first gathering Nov. 10-12 in...

merica is about to learn that what liberals actually mean when they claim to support “separation of church and state” is they want to use the power of government to silence those who disagree with them on same-sex marriage. For years, liberals have perverted the meaning of Thomas Jefferson’s “absolute wall of separation” for keeping the state out of the church to keeping those in the church who uphold the Bible’s definition of marriage out of the public square. The occasion for this teachable moment is the “Respect for Marriage Act” now before the Senate. Democrats claim the proposal is...

San Francisco's district attorney has refused to release public documents and video of Paul Pelosi’s attack to conservative watchdog Judicial Watch, instead directing the group to a New York Times article. Judicial Watch and news organizations have attempted to obtain the materials under California’s Public Records Act but have been nixed by newly elected District Attorney Brooke Jenkins. Controversy still dogs the Oct. 28 break-in of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) home, especially after an NBC reporter was suspended for reporting facts that court records show are true. Judicial Watch asked for records of all communications between the DA and...

On this date in 1936, the Seven Martyrs of Madrid became martyrs.* These sisters of Catholicism’s Visitandine or Visitation Order were the last remaining to watch over their convent, which had been mostly evacuated for fear of anti-clerical violence in the unfolding Spanish Civil War. Indeed, even these seven felt it wiser to stay in a nearby apartment where they secreted the convent’s treasures and kept their holy orders as quiet as possible. Their precautions were justified — but insufficient. On the night of November 17, weeks after the Spanish capital was besieged by the Francoists an anarchist militia tossed...

Former SinoHawk holdings chief Tony Bobulinski – who was partners in that China-linked company with Biden family members – praised Kentucky Republican Congressman James Comer's newly-launched probe into the First Family's business deals. Earlier Thursday, Comer made a point during a press conference to note the probe will be focused on Joe Biden's alleged links to corrupt overseas deals, but greatly weights the behavior of his surviving son, Hunter. With the House flipping to GOP hands, the Republican representing Paducah and Bowling Green will ascend to the chairmanship of the Oversight Committee and replace Democratic Rep. Carolyn Maloney of New...

BALTIMORE (RNS) — America’s newest cardinal called on his fellow bishops to challenge lawmakers who want to cut Ukraine aid, urging prelates to speak out against leaders of a Republican majority in the next Congress angling to reduce U.S. support for the country as it battles Russian invaders. Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego, who was elevated by Pope Francis in August, offered his challenge Wednesday (Nov. 16) after bishops heard a presentation on the situation in Ukraine by Ukrainian Catholic Archbishop Borys Gudziak, who oversees the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia. Gudziak detailed the horrific devastation wrought by Russia’s...

Elon Musk@elonmusk Reinstate former President Trump? Yes 56% No 44% 4,104,328 votes · 21 hours left

House Democrats are preparing for a changing of the guard in the lower chamber in the wake of Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-CA) Thursday announcement, and that of her deputies, that they will step aside so a new generation of Democrats can move up the ranks. A trio of younger House lawmakers launched their bids on Friday and are widely expected to assume the spots. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) is the front-runner to replace Pelosi, while Katherine Clark (R-MA) and Pete Aguilar (D-CA) would serve in the No. 2 and No. 3 positions, respectively. **SNIP** "It has sometimes been said that the...

The 96-missile barrage fired across Ukraine on Tuesday was Russia’s biggest aerial attack of the war so far. But it followed months of assertions by Western and Ukrainian officials that Moscow’s stockpile of missiles and other weapons was rapidly dwindling. Whether the assault on infrastructure targets was long planned, as Ukrainian commanders say they believe, or served as a deadly response to Kyiv’s recapture of the city of Kherson last week, the widespread attack raises questions about how much Russia’s arsenal may be depleted and whether Moscow will endure by finding alternative sources of weapons. The Ukrainian defense minister, Oleksii...

Former FBI agent Peter Strzok said Friday that indictments of former President Donald Trump’s associates could be possible following the announcement of a special counsel by Attorney General Merrick Garland. Garland appointed Jack Smith, a career prosecutor who once headed the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section, to serve as special counsel overseeing investigations covering the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol building and the handling of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s Florida estate, Friday.