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Foot traffic in New York City’s business districts is still down 33% from what it was before the COVID-19 pandemic — one of the lowest recovery rates in the country, a new survey reveals. The University of Toronto’s analysis measured the number of visitors, including shoppers and tourists, plus residents and workers in the so-called “downtown” or business/tourist districts in major cities in the United States and Canada. Lower Manhattan, including the Wall Street financial district, and Midtown, featuring Times Square, were considered the Big Apple’s “downtown” district for the study. Researchers measured foot traffic through mobile phone presence, comparing...

When former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie took the stage on Saturday at the Florida Freedom Summit, he was clearly expecting a bad reaction from the crowd.But the way Christie crashed and burned was even worse.(snip)And then he got personal:“Your anger,” he said, his voice beginning to rise, the condescension and contempt becoming more apparent. “Your anger … Your anger against the truth is re-pre-hen-si-ble.”

The IDF confirms that in the last hour, some 30 rockets were fired from Lebanon at northern Israel. It says troops are responding with artillery shelling at the sources of the fire. The projectiles not fired by Hamas — presumably launched by Hezbollah or another Palestinian faction — set off sirens in the Upper Galilee.

[Catholic Caucus] The Synodal Way Won Me OverI have not written on matters of faith in a long time. “Why?” I’m sure no one has asked. I will inflict an answer upon you regardless. It’s simple. I’ve been undergoing a spiritual transformation. I have received a re-catechization and am now awakened. No longer burdened by traditional ideologies, I am forever changed, and it is my wish to pass on this possibility to all. Whoopee? you might say. To which I reply, Whoopi!That is correct. I have been forever improved and perfected by the Vatican’s synodal way. It has been a...

The title pretty much says it all. Clip is about 3 and a half minutes.

COLUMBUS, Ohio—Ohio Right to Life has released the story of Nate and Lisa Herr, an Ohio couple who chose life for their son, Danny, despite his fatal prenatal diagnosis. November 7th is just 4 days away, and Planned Parenthood and the ACLU are working overtime to pass Issue 1, which would legalize painful abortion up to the very moment of birth here in Ohio. Issue 1, if it passes, will also eliminate a parent’s right to know if their underage child is considering an abortion or even sex change operation. Even though doctors said it was unlikely Daniel would survive...

Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., is accusing President Biden of "complicity" in the deaths of children in the Middle East. The progressive House "Squad" member has leveled a barrage of criticism against the leader of her party over his response to the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, even as she fields criticism from fellow Democrats over her own reaction to the crisis. "You see this right?" Tlaib wrote to Biden on her Instagram Story on Sunday afternoon. She had shared a report from an outlet known as TCD News claiming that an Israeli airstrike had killed three children in South...

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine issued his final comments of the campaign season in an interview yesterday, where he encouraged Ohio voters to reject Issue 1. DeWine asked them to vote No on issue 1 because abortions up to birth is too radical. DeWine told “Fox News Sunday” yesterday that Issue 1 is a “radical proposal” because it not only has abortions up to birth but destroys parental rights on both abortions and sexual developmentment. DeWine said, “If you look at Issue 1 it’s a radical proposal and whether you’re pro-choice or pro-life, it just goes much, much too far. It...

A trip to the zoo turned into an unforgettable experience for one family, as their young son found himself in a precarious situation while attempting to feed a giraffe. Captured in a viral video that has taken the internet by storm, this heart-stopping incident serves as a reminder of the unexpected encounters that can occur in the animal kingdom.

In the email alert from LII (Cornell's Legal Information Institute), which previews cases before the Supreme Court for Oral Arguments, it mentioned the following case to be heard Tuesday:United States v. RahimiIssues:Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(8), which prohibits people under domestic-violence restraining orders from possessing firearms, violate the Second Amendment?The transcript to the Oral Arguments should be available at the Supreme Court's website around 3pm central time. This one might be interesting.

An Indiana woman, who cops described as a “terrorist,” has been arrested after she allegedly plowed her car into what she thought was a Jewish school.Ruba Almaghtheh, 34, allegedly backed her vehicle into a building associated with Black Hebrew Israelites in Indianapolis late Friday night while several adults and children were inside, Fox 59 reported.The driver copped to targeting the building, which houses the Israelite School of Universal and Practical Knowledge, because she was allegedly offended by a “Hebrew Israelite” symbol out front, according to a police report.“Yes. I did it on purpose,” Almaghtheh allegedly said in the wake of...

Much is being made of the New York Times/Siena poll of background states [Full Poll DATA HERE]. Indeed, the professional Democrats are apoplectic with the results, and the deeper you dig into the poll the worse it looks for Joe Biden.(NYT) – Trump leads Biden in five of the six states — Pennsylvania, Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and Michigan — which would likely be enough to give him the 270 electoral votes needed to win. Biden leads in the sixth state, Wisconsin. Trump leads by at least four percentage points in each of the other five states:[NYT Article Link] – [...

Joe Biden is in deep poo. His approval rating is in the mud, Bidenomics is wrecking the country and democrats are distancing themselves from it. Cue the man behind the curtain- Barack Obama. For a while Obama kept a fairly low profile while amassing gigantic personal wealth. But now as crime runs rampant, inflation continues, the cost of food keeps climbing, interest rates going sky high, porous borders letting in terrorists and we're mired in two wars people are resenting the old man's idiotic policies. Economic issues such as jobs, taxes, or the cost of living ranked as the highest...

@TRobinsonNewEra Since I was censored I have carried out some of my finest work , catch up on my rumble channel THE RAPE OF BRITAIN: Episode 1: https://rumble.com/vtkuam-the-rape-of-britan-nicoles-story.html etc..

DEVELOPING STORY: A violent pro-Hamas mob has stormed the front of the White House chanting, “Allahu Akbar.” At least one Muslim has scaled the fence and was seen waving a Palestinian flag.There are hundreds of protesters — many waving Palestinian flags — and they are attempting to push open the White House gates. Someone in the crowd splattered the front entrance with red paint.The Secret Service tried to take down a “Stop attack on Gaza” banner that had been erected on the fence, but that just enraged the mob.

A pro-Trump song about how he won in 2020 and the election was rigged.

Last month, after expressing his horror at the Hamas atrocities, former President Barack Obama went on to warn that an Israeli ground operation in Gaza would backfire, resulting in the erosion of Israel’s security and its global support. Now, after Israel not only ignored his sage advice, it appears to be well on the way to eradicating the world’s last holdout of the criminal Muslim Brotherhood, Obama is feeling free to side with the brotherhood. You may recall that he singlehandedly pushed the rise of this Islamist underground to presidential power in Egypt with his Al Azhar University speech on...

On Saturday, leading 2024 presidential candidate and 45th President Donald Trump won the Colorado Republican 2023 Centennial Dinner Presidential Straw Poll by a massive landslide.Trump came in first place, of course, with 87 percent. Absentee Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) came in second place with a minor six percent.The Centennial Dinner was headlined by Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake (R-AZ) and Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO)."Colorado Republicans spoke loudly & clearly that President Trump is the frontrunner and the man to beat. The Party congratulates President Trump and looks forward to the grassroots America-First energy he will continue to bring to...

The timing here is just splendid. According to multiple MSM sources, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds is scheduled to endorse Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for the 2024 GOP nomination. The endorsement is scheduled to be announced tomorrow in Iowa.This endorsement comes on the heels of a recent Morning Consult poll [SEE HERE] showing Governor Kim Reynolds is “America’s most unpopular governor.”😂🤣😂 How appropriate is that?![…] “Gov. Kim Reynolds (R-Iowa) is America’s most unpopular governor, with a 47% disapproval rating, up from 39% in the first quarter of 2023. Her unpopularity increased partly because of a surge in negative sentiment among independent...

A recent DNA research on the bones of a boy who lived along the shores of Lake Baikal in Siberia shows... that Native Americans share much of their genetic material with Middle Easterners and Europeans...Published in the journal Nature, the study of the genome of the boy, who lived twenty-four thousand years ago, shows that fully one-third of his DNA was from West Eurasian peoples linked to the Middle East and Europe....The study... could help clear up some long-standing mysteries regarding... some genetic singularities.Co-author and ancient DNA specialist Eske Willerslev of the University of Copenhagen states "these results were a...