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To underscore how much Iowa means to Ron DeSantis, the Florida governor was unwilling to put his campaigning there on hold even in the waning hours of 2023. At a New Year’s Eve event in a Sheraton Hotel ballroom in West Des Moines, jeans and cowboy boots outnumbered tuxedos and cocktail dresses, and Miller Lite seemed more popular than champagne. But the modesty of the affair, where roughly 200 people turned out for the last campaign event of the busy year in Iowa, belied its the importance to the host, who has wagered the future of his Republican bid for...

Washington Huskies fans don't have much faith in beating No. 3 Texas in the Sugar Bowl to advance to the national championship. Washington is the only College Football Playoff team that has yet to sell all of its national championship ticket allotment. How do we know this? The Huskies sent out an email reminding donors and season-ticket holders that tickets are still available. Washington has a 20,000 ticket allotment for its fans if the Huskies reach hte national championship game. Fans can claim those tickets, which will be refunded if Washington fails to reach the national championship. It's pretty sad...

The US Food and Drug Administration announcing an infant formula recall today... Air raid warnings in four western Ukrainian regions Monday morning... A drone shot down over the US Ain al-Asad air base in western Iraq... Israeli soldiers on the ground are saying that pilots in the air are refusing to carry out air strikes... Police in Germany arresting three more terrorist suspects... In the Democratic Republic of Congo incumbent President Felix Tshisekedi proclaimed the winner... The Yemeni (Houthi) forces say 10 of their members were killed in the Red Sea... "Working for the common good has brought society together....

Pro-Palestinian protesters are marching through New York City on New Years Eve after Mayor Eric Adams said he had the NYPD prepared to step up security ahead of celebrations in Times Square. Groups had expressed intentions to protest in Times Square against Israel's military campaign in the Gaza Strip having already disrupted the Thanksgiving Day Parade and lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree. At Macy's in Herald Square, at least one demonstrator set off a bright red smoke bomb and were allowed to take a lap around the famous department store before being escorted out. At least one group...

Police have accused a North Carolina pastor of attacking a McDonald's cook and trying to push him into a deep fryer. Dwayne Wadden, 57, was arrested and charged with assault after police were called to a McDonald's branch on S. Main Street in High Point, North Carolina, on Thursday. According to his Facebook page, Weeden is a pastor at Elevated Life International Ministries and works as a semi truck driver. According to police investigation records seen by Business Insider, he came to the fast food joint to assist his wife, LaToya Gladney, who is a manager-in-training at the branch. Gladney,...

CNN’s first shot after the ball drop appears to be an interracial gay kiss And not just a quick one

Prayers for FRiends and Family 2024 I believe that God wants us to know how much He Loves us and that He very much desires to hear our personal prayers so in His Kindness and Mercy grants our humble requests not always but often in the exact manner we expect and so I think it’s very important for the people that pray to learn of how their prayers are answered. Thread Instructions and Guidelines:Please bookmark this thread and check it frequently. Scroll through the thread to check for recent and past prayer requests.Everyone is welcome to post & ping their...

Back on July 23, the Obamas’ personal chef Tafari Campbell “disappeared while paddleboarding in the waters of Edgartown Great Pond on Martha’s Vineyard.” The death of the 45-year-old was “ruled an accident,” but troubling questions failed to float away.Campbell had posted videos of himself swimming laps, so it was strange that an able swimmer perished in eight feet of water, in a pond for the most part half that depth. Several reports mentioned another paddleboarder who saw Campbell go under. According to the Daily Mail, the observer was a 26-year-old female who worked for the Obamas, but the eyewitness remained...

Three women who worked in former President Donald Trump’s administration bleakly warned voters against returning him to the White House in 2024. They cautioned that he poses a grave threat to American democracy and some even mused about backing the Democrat option should Trump lock down the GOP nod. “Everyone who was in the West Wing, and frankly, a lot of Cabinet secretaries, they know how dangerous Trump is,” former White House Communications Director Alyssa Farah Griffin told ABC’s “This Week.” “This is not about politics. It’s not about policy. It is about the character of the man.” Griffin was...

ABC News rings in 2024 with two men tongue kissing live from Times Square.

German cardinal says Pope Francis’ same-sex blessings declaration ‘never would have happened’ under BenedictA German cardinal in the Catholic Church remarked that Pope Benedict would never have approved Pope Francis' recent edict allowing priests to bless people in same-sex relationships.Cardinal Gerhard Mueller made the comment to Reuters while attending an event marking the one-year anniversary of Pope Benedict's death on Sunday. "It never would have happened [under Benedict] because it was so ambiguous," Mueller told the outlet of Francis' decision. Mueller had served as the Church's doctrinal chief under Benedict, a post he lost upon Francis' ascension.

Los Angeles County has reinstated a mask mandate for all patients and staff at health care facilities heading into 2024, as a winter surge in coronavirus cases has reached key benchmarks. Local ABC affiliate KABC-7 reported Saturday: “Over the past week in Los Angeles County, there have been notable, yet not unexpected, increases in COVID-19 reported cases, hospitalizations and deaths,” the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said in a statement. “While recent increases are significant, they remain considerably below last winter’s peak and common-sense protections are strongly recommended to help curb transmission and severe illness as the new...

There had been a proclamation of insurrection at the beginning of The Civil War as well an ending proclamation. Do insurrections require official recognition?

Sadik Froukh, a student at University of Illinois Chicago, celebrated the October 7 attacks in an October 13, 2023 Friday sermon delivered at the university's Muslim Student Association and posted on the YouTube channel of MSA at UIC. He said that he stands at the pulpit with a smile on his face. Froukh added that the series of attacks carried out in the past six days since October 7 brought pride to the Islamic nation. He continued to say that the people of Gaza know that the best way to leave this world is fighting for the sake of Allah,...

I have warned that Zelensky will go down in history as the evil ruler he truly is. And for those who constantly want to pretend this is Russian propaganda, tell that to the 500,000 Ukrainian soldiers who are dead and all the broken homes Zelensky has left behind, along with the 8 to 10 million who have fled Ukraine. Worse still, he is making it a criminal act to flee the country and avoid his draft to justify the EU arresting Ukrainians and deporting them back to be sent to their death on the front lines. The idea of ​​drafting...

On Sunday, the US Food and Drug Administration warned consumers of possible bacterial contamination of Reckitt/Mead Johnson’s Nutramigen Hypoallergenic Powdered Infant Formula Products. The specialty formula is a hypoallergenic infant formula used by infants allergic to cow’s milk. The manufacturers voluntarily recalled 675,030 cans of the formula on December 29 after the FDA was notified that exported formula tested positive for Cronobacter sakazakii by the Israeli Ministry of Health. The Cronobacter bacteria can cause rare but potentially deadly infections in newborns. It’s present in the environment but is also known to contaminate powdered infant formula. The recalled cans of formula...

As 2023 comes to an end, President Joe Biden enters his last year (hopefully forever) in office. Biden was less than stellar at his job as president of the free world. He drove the United States to hell and back while lying to Americans about almost his entire agenda. As thousands of people begin to line up in New York City’s Times Square to watch the annual ball drop, large billboards will appear, reminding them of Biden’s failed policies. Job Creators Network’s (JCN) latest billboard in Times Square will demand Biden abandon its radical Left-wing policies on the southern border,...

“Friends” co-star David Schwimmer wrote a blistering critique aimed at activists who ignore or question Hamas terrorists’ sex crimes towards Israelis on Oct. 7. Schwimmer, who is Jewish, wrote on Instagram Friday that he has been an advocate against sexual violence for nearly 30 years. Referencing the New York Times’ recent investigation of sexual assaults at the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war, Schwimmer emphasized the importance of believing survivors.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday pushed back against claims that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, calling such accusations “false” after South Africa filed a case against Israel at the U.N.’s top court. “I would like to say a word about South Africa’s false accusation that Israel is committing genocide. No, South Africa, it is not we who have come to perpetrate genocide, it is Hamas,” Netanyahu said during a Cabinet meeting in Tel Aviv, according to an English translation reported by Agence France-Presse (AFP).

An Ohio woman faces felony charges related to the abuse of a corpse after she suffered a miscarriage at home and attempted to flush the fetus down the toilet. Brittany Watts, 33, miscarried in the bathroom of her Warren home during the third week of September. It was her first pregnancy. Earlier that week, she was admitted twice to Mercy Health St. Joseph Warren Hospital when she experienced agonizing cramps and bleeding. However, she left both times after waiting hours to see a doctor. ‘I was distraught, heartbroken, empty - literally and figuratively,’ Watts told WCMH-TV. She did not tell...