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Sympathy among U.S. voters for Israel in its war with militant group Hamas plunged among young voters, with more than half now expressing more sympathy for the Palestinians, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll. The nationwide poll released Thursday found 54 percent of those surveyed said their sympathies lie more with Israelis while 24 percent said their sympathies lie more with Palestinians. Overall sympathy for Israelis is down 7 percentage points from the last Quinnipiac University poll taken Oct. 17, when 61 percent said they sympathize with Israelis and 13 percent said the Palestinians.

POINTS Gross domestic product, a measure of all goods and services produced in the U.S., rose at a 4.9% annualized pace in the third quarter, ahead of the 4.7% estimate. The sharp increase came due to contributions from consumer spending, increased inventories, exports, residential investment and government spending. While the report could give the Fed some impetus to keep policy tight, traders were still pricing in no chance of an interest rate hike when the central bank meets next week.

Special Counsel Robert Hur, who is investigating President Joe Biden for mishandling documents, is not expected to charge anyone, sources familiar with the matter told CNN and the Wall Street Journal. The report suggests a double standard of justice. While there will reportedly be no consequences for Biden, Special Counsel Jack Smith indicted former President Donald Trump in June for mishandling classified documents. Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Hur in January to investigate Biden after classified documents from his time as vice president in Barack Obama’s administration were found in his possession at the Penn Biden Center in Washington, DC,...

The radically liberal Hollywood star Barbra Streisand has vowed to leave the United States if Donald Trump is reelected in 2024, saying that she “can’t live” here if he is president again. This comes one month after Streisand’s fellow singer Cher made the same promise, and only time will tell if they follow through!

Following the October 7 terrorist attacks by Hamas against Israel, sentiment in America was very anti-terrorism. That lasted about a day before the Decolonization Death Cult started their massive worldwide campaign to paint the terrorists and their supporters as victims while painting Israel and the United States as the evil ones. For the record, I’ve been exceedingly critical of the roles both Israel and the United States have played in allowing the terrorist attacks. I’m not one who blindly accepts the official narrative and I know that the Deep State in both countries are involved in what’s happening. Clearly, there...

High-ranking Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) officers have been targeting former members of the U.S. military who became FBI agents, apparently discriminating against their for their political beliefs. Some were even targeted for removal from the agency, according to whistleblower disclosures presented to the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee this week.The disclosures state several former servicemen were accused by Jeffrey Veltri, the deputy assistant of the FBI’s Security Division, alongside Dena Perkins, an assistant section chief, of “disloyalty to the United States” after displaying characteristics similar to those of a Donald Trump supporter.The characteristics are said to have included refusing...

SALT LAKE CITY — A federal jury Thursday in Washington decided Utah activist John Earle Sullivan didn’t just document the U.S. Capitol riot, he was a participant.The jury convicted Sullivan of all seven counts, according to investigative reporter Jordan Fischer. That includes three charges related to carrying a weapon – a knife – and counts accusing him of interrupting Congress as it voted to certify the U.S. presidential election on Jan. 6, 2021.According to Fisher, the judge ordered that Sullivan be held in custody while he awaits sentencing.Weapons charges like what Sullivan was convicted of have sent other Jan. 6...

The FCC voted today on a plan that gives the Federal government full control over the Internet. The plan passed by a 3-2 margin. A press release posted immediately after the meeting stated, in part, “Under the new rules, the Commission can investigate possible instances of discrimination of broadband access, work with companies to solve problems, facilitate mediation, and, when necessary, penalize companies for violating the rules. The FCC will review consumer complaints of digital discrimination of access through an improved consumer complaint portal and staff will meet monthly to assess trends in complaint patterns. Finally, the Commission adopted model...

Music superstar Pink was hit with Community Notes on X for falsely claiming some of the most celebrated books were banned in Florida schools due to pornography. On Monday, the singer went viral with her attack on Florida's education reform laws that crack down on books that aren't age-appropriate. "The following are some titles of books that have been banned from schools in Florida…. Lmk which book is pornography…. To Kill A Mockingbird, The Hate You Give, Forrest Gump, A Catcher In The Rye, The Hill We Climb, Girls Who Code, Atlas Shrugged, 1984, The Kite Runner, The Bluest Eye,...

@davidicke I and Ickonic broke the story originally about the mass murder of the elderly through the end-of-life drug Midazolam that the UK government outrageously called 'the first wave of Covid'. We were able to do this thanks to someone who approached me through journalist Jacqui Deevoy with details of the death of his father. He has now won a case that will make doctors and nurses present witness statements about what happened. The overseer of the Midazolam scam was then 'Health' Secretary Matt Hancock. The walls are closing in Mr Hancock.

Alpha News is proud to present “The Fall of Minneapolis.” This documentary is provided free of charge due to generous donors.Show morePlease consider a 100% tax-deductible donation to support our work and help promote this film: www.givemn.org/organization/Alpha-NewsThe film is based on Liz Collin’s Amazon bestseller, “They’re Lying: The Media, The Left, and The Death of George Floyd,” which exposes the holes in the prevailing narrative surrounding George Floyd’s death, the trial of Derek Chauvin, and the fallout the city of Minneapolis has suffered ever since.The documentary features more than a dozen interviews with the people directly involved, including exclusive interviews...

JERUSALEM — The search by Israeli forces of Gaza’s largest hospital stretched into its second day Thursday amid the wait for more concrete evidence of extensive Hamas infrastructure at the facility that precipitated the raid. Israel also said no further evidence of Hamas activities in the hospital was scheduled to be made public for now. On Wednesday, Israel released photographs and video showing small caches of rifles and laptops that the Israel Defense Forces identified as Hamas material. The military did not show evidence of tunnels or a command center it has said exists under the hospital.

The Oakland Athletics are one step closer to leaving their hometown for the past 56 years and relocating to Las Vegas. Per ESPN's Jeff Passan, MLB owners unanimously voted Thursday to approve the A's move amid season-long fan protests in Oakland and ongoing legal issues regarding the site of a new stadium in Vegas. A's owner John Fisher spoke about the team's impending move to Las Vegas after the relocation vote went his way

Independent 2024 presidential candidate Cornel West criticized Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) for not calling for a cease-fire in the ongoing war between Israel and the militant Palestinian group Hamas. “You say, ‘Brother Bernie, man, this is reaching the point where it’s getting pathetic now, man,’” West said in an interview with Status Coup News on Wednesday. “If the pause is the best you can come up with given this situation, then this is getting pretty pathetic.”

A federal jury ruled Thursday that David DePape, the man accused of attacking Paul Pelosi in 2022, is guilty on all charges, ABC7 News reported. DePape broke into Paul Pelosi’s home on Oct. 28, 2022, bludgeoning Paul with a hammer after his plot to kidnap Nancy Pelosi failed. The jury ruled that was guilty of all federal charges, including attempting to kidnap a federal official and committing assault against an immediate family member of a public official, according to ABC7. DePape had originally pleaded not guilty to the federal charges brought against him, but confessed on Tuesday while giving his...

Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid called for the removal of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, saying “the time has come” for a new governing coalition in Israel. In a thread on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, Lapid laid out his vision for a “national reconstruction government,” which he said would be led by another leader from Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party, but would not include the prime minister nor “the extremists.”

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson clarified that none of his friends support President Joe Biden, though they support the Democratic Party. During an interview on “The Joe Rogan Experience,” The Rock spoke to host Joe Rogan about how he joined the World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. (WWE), the ongoing situation between Israel and Hamas, the Maui wildfires, and the increased political division in the United States. Rogan brought up how the U.S. is “divided and polarized” and placed the blame on social media and people who are addicted to their phones, social media apps, and “reading stuff and attacking each other.” “When...

Some wars last longer than others but one of the longest wars in history was formally declared over on February 5, 1985. This was the Third Punic War which officially lasted 2,131 years although there wasn’t much fighting after 146BC as the forces of Rome finally defeated those of Carthage (now part of Tunisia) and the area became the Roman Province of Africa. Carthage destroyed The city was destroyed and for many years no-one was allowed to rebuild or resettle but when the Emperor Augustus came to power, he was aware of a plan by Julius Caesar to rebuild Carthage...

Musician Kid Rock said Wednesday on Fox News Channel’s “Hannity” that he did not want the Republican Party to be all about “cancel culture and boycotts.”The entertainer helped incite a boycott after Bud Light sent a personalized case of beer to transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney.He said he believed in forgiveness, adding that the makers of Bud Light had “made a mistake.”