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In a poll conducted by the Wall Street Journal, former US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley came out way ahead of President Joe Biden in a general election matchup by a much larger margin than Trump polls against the current president. Haley, the former Governor of South Carolina, showed she would be a formidable general election opponent to Joe Biden, coming out 17 points ahead of the sitting leader, as compared with Trump's four-point lead against him. Haley began surging in the polls after the first GOP debate and has maintained that momentum through last week's fourth debate. A...

Republican Sen. Mitt Romeny doesn't want to endorse anyone for president because he thinks putting his name behind any candidate will be a 'kiss of death' as he prepares to leave Congress at the end of his term in 2025. The Utah senator wishes his colleague Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) would be on the Democratic ticket rather than President Joe Biden. While Romeny wouldn't reveal on Sunday who he plans to vote for, he said he will absolutely not cast his ballot for former President Donald Trump.

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Explanation: When did you first learn to identify this group of stars? Although they are familiar to many people around the world, different cultures have associated this asterism with different icons and folklore. Known in the USA as the Big Dipper, the stars are part of a constellation designated by the International Astronomical Union in 1922 as the Great Bear (Ursa Major). The recognized star names of these stars are (left to right) Alkaid, Mizar/Alcor, Alioth, Megrez, Phecda, Merak, and Dubhe. Of course, stars in any given constellation are unlikely to be physically related. But surprisingly, most of the Big...

Viewers were displeased following SNL's cold open Saturday night, which mocked last week's congressional hearings on campus anti-Semitism. The opening sketch attempted to make light of the college presidents' lacking testimony, but their efforts evoked few laughs. Then backlash began online, where viewers slammed the sketch for attempting to undermine the seriouesness of anti-Semitism on US college campuses in the weeks since the October 7 terror attack.

Hamas, in their desire to erase every trace of Jewish features in Gaza, erased the historical embossment in the mosque with the painting of the temple menora, shofar and the four species, as well as the inscription 'Hanania bar Jacob'. Their murderous attacks meant that all the pillars of the mosque are now destroyed. During the war in Gaza, last week the great mosque in Gaza al-Masjid Ghazza al-Kabīr, also known as " al-Masjid al-ʿUmarī al-Kabīr ", "the Great Omari Mosque", was almost completely destroyed. This is the oldest and largest mosque in Gaza in the old city of Gaza...

I've been unable to connect to Truth Social for a couple of days. I just get the grey circle of lines like it's loading forever. I use firefox mainly. I tried Chrome and got the same thing. I tried Edge and got a 'You are locked out." I barely post there. I posted something a couple of days ago but nothing serious I don't think. Anyone else having trouble? If I were locked out is there a way to appeal to get it working again?

Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that former President Donald Trump had a dangerous “authoritarian approach.” Romney said, “I do think you can look at his record as president and particularly in the last months of his presidency and say, ‘This is a dangerous approach. It’s an authoritarian approach.’ That gives me far more concern than him playing to the crowd as he did.” He continued, “I think if you can look at the last few months of his presidency, you’d suggest that that’s the kind of thing you might see. That he would not...

Torture, humiliation, sexual violence and danger of death: testimonies of those returning from captivity. A new report collected the testimonies of the Israelis who were released from Hamas - and calls for international action to release the abductees immediately. "and to starvation and mental harm. The headquarters of the families of the abductees published a report today (Sunday) on the conditions in which the abductees are being held in Gaza, as they claimed from the released abductees. In the document, they called for international action due to the violation of the human rights of the abductees that require their urgent...

Indicted Trump attorney Kenneth Chesebro is meeting with Wisconsin and Michigan investigators to avoid further charges in an investigation into Trump 2020 alternate electors. State investigators in Wisconsin and Michigan are turning the screws on Trump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro, according to a leak to CNN. Chesebro is talking to investigators in at least four states. Reports of his cooperation in Wisconsin indicate there is an investigation into the state’s alternate Trump electors. Democrat Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel in July criminally charged 16 dueling ‘Trump electors’ in the state’s 2020 election.

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) said Sunday that the United States needs to accept that Ukraine will likely need to “cede some territory” to Russia to end the fighting.Vance told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union” that he is opposed to sending more aid to Ukraine because he does not believe the country will ever be able to overpower Russia. He questioned why sending billions in aid to Ukraine is going to help the country at this point in its war against Russia since previous aid has yet to end the war.“What’s in America’s best interest is to accept...

(Snip) Julie Platt, the Chair of the Jewish Federations of North America, has been appointed as interim chair of the University of Pennsylvania Board after the former chair resigned amid backlash from the university president's controversial congressional testimony on campus antisemitism. "This evening, following the resignation of University of Pennsylvania Board Chair Scott Bok, the board asked me to serve as interim chair. I made clear that my priority is my role as chair of the Jewish Federations of North America, and, therefore, agreed to do so and lead the process of selecting a new chair by the start of...

Billionaire George Soros has funneled "more than $50 million" into a network of Iranian-sympathizer groups whose members carry significant influence in President Joe Biden's White House, including unwinding U.S. sanctions and advocating for a new nuclear deal. Records show that since 2016, the Soros' Open Society Foundations has given $46.7 million to the International Crisis Group (ICG), a left-leaning "think tank tied to an alleged Iranian plot to manipulate U.S. policy," the New York Post reported. Soros and his OSF have also given more than $15 million since 2016 to pro-Hamas groups, the Iran-backed terrorist group that attacked Israel on...

10 December 2023 2nd Sunday of Advent Basilica of Santa Eulalia, Merida, Spain Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: B(II).First readingIsaiah 40:1-5,9-11 ©The glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all mankind shall see it‘Console my people, console them’says your God.‘Speak to the heart of Jerusalemand call to herthat her time of service is ended,that her sin is atoned for,that she has received from the hand of the Lorddouble punishment for all her crimes.’A voice cries, ‘Prepare in the wildernessa way for the Lord.Make a straight highway for our Godacross the desert.Let every valley be filled in,every mountain...

From H.A. Shands "Speech in Mississippi" published in 1893: Page 70: All-overs. n. A term employed by all classes to mean a feeling of extreme annoyance or vexation; as, ‘That man is so trifling it gives me the all-overs to look at him.’ Page n.p.: Brief. adj. Used by negros to mean nice, elegant. I once heard a negro tell a young man who had dressed up to go to see his sweet-heart: ‘Boss, you sho looks brief.’ Page 24: Consarned. v. This is a favorite expletive among the lower classes of whites. They say: ‘I’ll be consarned if it...

A teddy bear stuffed with sniper rifles and ammunition, along with various weaponry, was found in schools in Gaza. During operational activity by the 551th Division yesterday, a large teddy bear was found containing sniper rifles and ammunition inside a school. Additionally, in a nearby school, weaponry was found hidden in classrooms, some concealed in UNRWA bags. "The Hamas terrorist organization is using children's games to conceal weapons, while deliberately putting the children of Gaza at risk", the IDF spokesman noted. "Throughout the war, weapons were found hidden in children's items and play areas including in a girl's backpack, under...

The majority of Americans disapproving of President Joe Biden's handling of the Israel-Hamas war is increasing, according to the latest CBS News poll released Sunday. Now 61% of Americans disapprove, a rise of 5 points since October's edition of the poll. Also, the approval of Biden's handling of the war dipped 5 points to 39%, according to the poll. The poll found Republicans and older Americans want more condemnation of protests favoring the Hamas terrorist-run Gaza, while Democrats are increasingly saying Biden is showing too much support for Israel, which is hunting for hostages taken to Gaza after Hamas terrorists...

A newly-opened museum in India houses the remains of American planes that crashed in the Himalayas during World War Two. The BBC's Soutik Biswas recounts an audaciously risky aerial operation that took place when the global war arrived in India. Since 2009, Indian and American teams have scoured the mountains in India's north-eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, looking for the wreckage and remains of lost crews of hundreds of planes that crashed here over 80 years ago. Some 600 American transport planes are estimated to have crashed in the remote region, killing at least 1,500 airmen and passengers during a...

Trailing in the polls as two wars rage in Ukraine and Gaza, Democrats are pulling their "misinformation, disinformation" levers to wage war on democracy with their latest "hoax," former President Donald Trump declared Saturday night in a speech. "In the past few weeks, the radical left Democrats, their fake news allies have unveiled their newest hoax that Donald J. Trump and the Republican Party are a threat to democracy," Trump told the New York Young Republicans Club Gala on Saturday night after a week in which Democrats attempted to malign Trump as a "dictator." "Can you believe it? This is...

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is becoming one of the most significant surrogates for President Joe Biden's 2024 reelection campaign and is expected to play a larger role in shoring up his base support in the new year. At a recent fundraiser in Washington, D.C., hosted by Clinton at her WhiteHaven estate, the former secretary of state and the Women’s Leadership Forum reportedly pulled in nearly one million dollars for Biden's reelection. According to NBC News, former President Bill Clinton even appeared during the fundraiser.