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The legendary historian Mark Felton’s Ukrainian Nazis. Informative video, undeniable. https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/politics/ukrainian-nazis/

In traditional hostage swaps, we get our hostages returned and we return some enemy agents back to their country. For example, we freed a major Russian arms dealer and in return we got a pothead WNBA player. But Biden somehow managed to negotiate an even worse hostage deal with Iran in which the Islamic terror state gets $6 billion and we free 5 Iranians… who then remain in the United States: https://www.voanews.com/a/us-grants-conditional-clemency-to-2-iranians-staying-in-us-after-prisoner-swap-status-of-3rd-unclear/7277094.html Why aren’t they all in Tehran? Because the same folks negotiating a new Iran Deal got us the best deal ever. Iran gets $6 billion and we get...

“Anyone hear from The Squad or are they too busy celebrating?” posted Esther Panitch, a member of the Georgia House of Representatives. As Biden administration officials, Congress members and world leaders expressed support for Israel amid a surprise attack on Saturday—and condemned the Hamas terror group responsible for a barrage of rocket attacks and the kidnapping of civilians and members of the Israeli military—responses from the so-called “Squad” of progressive Democratic Party were noticeably absent. The group of congresswomen, whose three most prominent members are Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), has long attacked Israel...

Consumer confidence, as measured by the IBD/TIPP Index, dropped to 36.3 in October, the lowest since 2011 The Six-Month Economic Outlook component reached an all-time low of 28.7, signaling a bleak outlook Low confidence stems from factors like high inflation (16.7% since Biden took office), stagnant wages, expensive gas, student loans, and concerns about government spending The Federal Reserve's actions to combat inflation and stock market volatility contribute to the gloomy outlook Worries persist about the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the possibility of an economic recession Only 25% of Americans approve of President Biden's handling of the economyThe IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism...

MIAMI (AP) — The ad sounds like something out of the GOP 2024 playbook, trumpeting a senator’s work with Republicans to crack down on the flow of fentanyl and other illegal drugs into the U.S., getting tough on Chinese interests helping smugglers, and noting how he “wrote a bill signed by Donald Trump to increase funding for Border Patrol.” It’s actually a commercial for Sen. Sherrod Brown, an Ohio Democrat facing a tough reelection fight that will help decide control of the Senate. “Ohioans trust Sherrod Brown to keep us safe,” says the narrator of the ad, sponsored by the...

A new lawsuit spearheaded by attorney Marc Elias’ left-wing legal group threatens to abolish the witness requirement for Wisconsin absentee ballots, potentially enabling ballot fraud on a massive scale in the 2024 election. On Oct. 2, the Elias Law Group filed the lawsuit in federal court in conjunction with a lawyer from Pines Bach LLP, Diane M. Welsh. Welsh is a donor to, and former president of, the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, a far-left partisan group that supports mass illegal immigration, accuses Wisconsin Republicans of gerrymandering legislative maps, and wants to abolish the state’s photo ID law. Marc Elias is a...

Public health agencies that spent the past three-and-a-half years promoting their preferred COVID-19 interventions as "The Science," above the realm of policy tradeoffs, are finally facing sustained skepticism from top American research journals as well as the public. The CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, which is widely cited but not externally peer-reviewed, serially exaggerated the evidence for mask-wearing among 77 such outside studies it published, according to an independent review by epidemiologists at the University of California San Francisco, the system's health sciences campus. None of the 77 was randomized, the strongest form of evidence, and just one study...

"System Update" host Glenn Greenwald looks into an article from the New York Times warning that Russian disinformation could undermine the U.S. effort in Ukraine: GLENN GREENWALD: Here's an article from the New York Times, and you're going to see so many of these articles. We've already seen so many of them, they are going to come one after the next. This is a particularly vivid one that I think is really worth looking at because it is just so flagrant, in terms of how it functions, in terms of the manipulative and deceitful nature of what this instrument is....

JERUSALEM/GAZA/SDEROT Oct 7 (Reuters) - Gunmen from the Palestinian group Hamas rampaged through Israeli towns on Saturday killing and capturing scores of civilians and soldiers in a surprise assault, met by Israel with massive retaliatory air strikes that killed scores in the Gaza Strip. Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said the assault that had begun in Gaza would spread to the West Bank and Jerusalem. “This was the morning of defeat and humiliation upon our enemy, its soldiers and its settlers," he said in a speech. "What happened reveals the greatness of our preparation. What happened today reveals the weakness of...

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Today Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin celebrates his 71st birthday. The head of the Russian state was born on October 7, 1952 in Leningrad.This birthday coincided with another, but already round date - this is the twentieth birthday, which Vladimir Putin celebrates while holding the post of President of Russia.Despite the fact that the holiday fell on a weekend this year, the Russian President will spend it in working mode. It is expected that Vladimir Putin, together with the presidents of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, will participate in a ceremony marking the start of Russian gas supplies to Uzbekistan through Kazakhstan.As...

Illinois GOP Chairman Don Tracy released the following statement: Finally, I would like to conclude this week’s Chairman’s Memo by thanking Kevin McCarthy for his service as Speaker. Kevin McCarthy won back the House over two tough election cycles by being a prolific fundraiser and recruiter, and elected a record number of women and minority members serving in Congress. " Our nation would not have the House Republican majority without Kevin McCarthy. It took a lot of flying, even stopping in Illinois a few times to support our candidates, fundraising, and strength of courage to lead national efforts to secure...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Saturday decried the “appalling assault” by Hamas militants and his administration pledged to ensure Israel has “what it needs to defend itself” after the surprise attack that drew worldwide condemnation and anger from Israel’s allies Biden made clear in a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that “we stand ready to offer all appropriate means of support,” according to the White House. Secretary of State Antony Blinken rushed to the White House for meetings and was phoning foreign counterparts, while Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with Israel’s defense minister.

Explanation: This picture of Andromeda shows not only where stars are now, but where stars will be. The big, beautiful Andromeda Galaxy, M31, is a spiral galaxy a mere 2.5 million light-years away. Image data from space-based and ground-based observatories have been combined here to produce this intriguing composite view of Andromeda at wavelengths both inside and outside normally visible light. The visible light shows where M31's stars are now, highlighted in white and blue hues and imaged by the Hubble, Subaru, and Mayall telescopes. The infrared light shows where M31's future stars will soon form, highlighted in orange hues...

Hamas gunmen appear to be snatching hostages off the streets of Israel after crossing into the territory on Saturday as the war takes a darker turn and the death toll approaches 400 after less than one day. Horrifying new footage emerging this afternoon showed women being marched into vehicles full of male fighters, bloodied and bruised, often with their hands bound behind their backs. Earlier pictures showed Israeli pensioners captured in Israel and taken into the Gaza Strip on golf carts. Other clips showed entire families forced into trucks and being driven off by militants. At least 200 people have...

In my upcoming book, "Twilight's Last Gleaming: Can America Be Saved?," I warn Americans that we are moving towards a society where conservatives could face political persecution. Hillary Clinton just confirmed the premise of my book. The former secretary of state told CNN that Americans who support former President Trump should be sent to re-education camps. And she was not joking. It's not the first time Democrats have called for the "irredeemable deplorables" to be punished for their "political crimes." In 2020, James O'Keefe recorded a Bernie Sanders campaign staffer calling for Trump supporters to be sent to literal gulags....

An Ohio mother and her 19-year-old daughter are facing a slew of criminal charges after allegedly suffocating a newborn and dumping the child in the trunk of her car. Basma Abdul Karim Alkelezli, 36, gave birth on September 20 before allegedly placing her baby in a trash bag and enlisting her daughter Hanan Ahmad Al Jabouli, 19, to hide the body. She then placed the infant in an orange five-gallon bucket and hid it in her car, prosecutors claim. In court on Friday, she admitted she could hear the baby crying from inside the car. The tragedy was discovered on...

A woman who was on her way to a memorial for an Oakland baker who was slain was herself violently attacked in a robbery by two teen girls in Berkeley, according to police and a social media post. Police said two teens — described as 13 and 15 years old — pulled the woman to the ground before hitting, kicking and stomping her head as she walked near Sacramento and Derby streets at around 5:10 p.m. Sunday, police said. The girls then stole the victim’s bag off her shoulder and her cell phone out of her hand, police said, before...

@ChadPergram A) From colleague Houston Keene. GOP CA Rep Issa is currently traveling overseas in the Middle East within "missile range" of Iran and Hamas. B) Issa warned that the war could see a "sustained campaign" and that decisions to protect Israel "are going to have to be made" in Congress, perhaps even before a new Speaker is elected. C) Issa wants the intelligence “Gang of 8” read-in on the situation, including Speaker Pro Tempore McHenry