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There are seven states that are considered 'swing' states. They are critical to the outcomes of national elections and one would think that the election security processes in these states would be top-notch.Unfortunately, they are anything but.The seven states include: Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Georgia.According to the Heritage Foundation election integrity scorecards, Georgia -- probably because of the pressure brought to bear on it from the questionable 2020 election results -- is the only one that scored well at 83 out of 100. The average of the other six is 59 percent. The average ranking for...

Minnesota Governor and Vice-Presidential hopeful Tim Walz has an abnormal relationship with China. “No matter how long I live, I will never be treated that well again…it was an excellent experience,” Walz said upon his return from the first of many trips there. Walz claims that his Chinese hosts lavished him with “more gifts than I could bring home.” Walz and his supporters would like us to believe that his cozy ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) are not unusual. In fact, he is “hawkish” and staunch critic of the CCP’s human rights abuses, his media allies say. The...

How much over-provisioning of an older SSD is best? The drive in question is a 120 GB Samsung 840, Model MZ-7TD120. Obviously this is not the latest and greatest, but is does have Win XP on it and should speed up one of my old XP Machines in my lab. The drive health as reported by Samsung Magician is "Good", with 17TB having been written to it. That's good news, as the TLC NAND is not the most durable in world. (It looks like the existing files on the drive go back as far as 2012, but I'm not to...

[Catholic Caucus] Pontifical Academy for Life priest says ‘we have to rethink’ teaching on homosexuality, contraceptionHeterodox Pontifical Academy for Life (PAV) member Fr. Maurizio Chiodi has repeated his dissent on Catholic teaching, stating that “we have to rethink” traditional teaching on homosexuality and contraception. Chiodi, known for his heterodoxy regarding the Church’s teaching on sexuality, was appointed by Pope Francis as a member of the PAV in 2017 and recently named a member of the Vatican study group on “Theological criteria and synodal methodologies for shared discernment of controversial doctrinal, pastoral, and ethical issues.” In an interview with the news...

A fire erupted after Ukraine launched a barrage of drone strikes on a Russian military base in Lipetsk amid a major cross-border incursion, footage from social media showed. Residents of four settlements near the Lipetsk airbase were reportedly being evacuated after the explosions as local authorities declared a state of emergency. -snip- A statement released by the Ukrainian military said: "Tonight, the Defense Forces of Ukraine attacked the Lipetsk airfield (Lipetsk region, Russia). During the attack, warehouses with guided aerial bombs and a number of other objects in the airport area were hit. Several ignition sources were recorded, a strong...

Leftards and Islamists came out looking for a confrontation with the "far right," but the "far right" were busy making a living and living their lives. In Sheffield, Islamists, finding no "far right" activists, decided to riot with themselves. In Brighton, leftists made noise and four or five blokes came out from a pub to yell STFU at them. Transcript at link below video.

Ohio Senator JD Vance is being attacked for his military record after he criticized that of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, the recently announced running mate of Vice President Kamala Harris. Speaking to reporters in Michigan on Wednesday, Donald Trump's running mate accused Walz of "stolen valor," of having "lied" about serving in a war and of "abandoning" his unit...... Vance himself served in the Marine Corps for four years, and he also never saw combat. He worked as a combat correspondent in Iraq between August 2005 and February 2006. The senator has now been widely condemned for attacking Walz's military...

As a part of the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic, then-President Trump issued an executive order instituting a freeze on all new visas and preventing new immigrants from entering the United States. In the early part of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly in April and May of 2020, the unemployment rate in the United States was extremely high. The executive order, issued in April 2020, was designed to prevent immigrants from taking jobs from native-born workers. The FRED graph above shows the relative change in the levels of foreign-born employment and native-born employment. Both series are indexed to January 2020,...

Vice President Kamala Harris once again used her fake southern accent to speak with auto workers in Detroit, Michigan, on Thursday. The accent raises concerns about Harris’s sincerity. Voters are often attuned to inauthentic politicians. Two-time failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, for example, used a fake accent in 2016, when former President Donald Trump defeated her in a historic victory. “You know the one thing about all of us is we like hard work. Hard work is good work. Hard work is good work,” Harris said with a twang. “The thing that we like about hard work is we have...

In the decades-long push to market candidates like soda pop, Kamala Harris marks the ultimate triumph of style over substance. Eschewing dusty position papers and tired old interviews, the vice president is campaigning on memes – quick flash images and hip slogans for a new generation. Pushing voters to feel rather than think –with a panache that makes Donald Trump’s gut-level appeals seem thoughtful – Harris’ vibe-driven campaign has already given us “brat” (a dance and a weltanschauung), “weird,” “freedom,” and “coconut trees.” But if her TikTok-inspired operation has its way, 2024 is going to be all about Cat Ladies....

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi casually took credit for ousting Joe Biden in the Democrat Party coup during a recent interview.

Just over a month into his tenure, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour government is facing an extremely serious crisis. After spending 14 years in opposition, the Labour government now finds itself dealing with a volatile mix of insecurity, immigration issues and right extremism — three highly contentious elements in today’s political landscape. Far right riots have erupted in England and Northern Ireland over the week targeting immigrants through disturbing displays of anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim sentiments fueled by misinformation circulating on social media. The outbreak of violence occurred after a knife attack at a dance club in Southport, northwest England,...

On September 28th, Marxist Judge Juan Merchan will very likely sentence President Trump to Rikers Island for one year. Democrats want a civil war. They couldn’t kill him in Butler, so they’ll Epstein him in prison. Story continues below advertisement The corrupt New York judge who is overseeing former President Donald Trump’s criminal case on Monday wrote that a Sept. 18 sentencing hearing for the former president will remain intact but made several scheduling decisions. In a letter to Trump’s legal team and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office, Judge Juan Merchan wrote that he will rule on the former...

National political polls are struggling to grapple with the revived Democratic presidential ticket, but two that have been updating regularly show an advantage for former President Donald Trump over Vice President Kamala Harris. CNBC and Rasmussen Reports have new data on Thursday giving Trump an edge, with CNBC attributing his lead to growing concerns about the economy and a surge of support from middle-aged voters. CNBC said Trump leads by 2 points, 48%-46%, within the margin of error. In that survey, Trump leads Harris 2-to-1 on who would handle the economy better. What’s more, while Harris has helped to revive...

Former California Attorney General Kamala Harris ordered a raid on David Daleiden, founder of the Center for Medical Progress, who exposed Planned Parenthood’s heinous practice of selling aborted baby parts. The Gateway Pundit reported earlier that Planned Parenthood was caught admitting to this barbaric activity, and Kamala Harris, instead of investigating the illegal trafficking of fetal organs, went after the journalist who brought the truth to light. The controversy began in 2015 when Daleiden, posing as a laboratory wholesaler, secretly recorded conversations with top officials at Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast, including Dr. Ann Schutt-Ainé, the chief medical officer, and Tram...

EU expats are returning to the continent as "everything in Britain is collapsing", says a Polish national still living here. Tomasz Orynski, a Polish freelance journalist who left Britain less than two years ago after a 17-year stay, shared a conversation on X (formerly Twitter) this week with a friend still residing in Glasgow. His friend revealed plans to move back to Poland soon and said some had already gone back to the EU, citing various reasons - from the cost of living crisis to healthcare access issues. The friend claimed to be "the only person in her work who...

A fed-up California Democratic state senator has revealed she is jumping ship to the Republican Party because her now-former party has become unrecognizable under its current leadership and policies. State Sen. Marie Alvarado-Gil, a longtime Democrat, broke news of her defection late Thursday, saying the values she shared with the Democratic Party when she was elected in 2022 have now shifted. “In the past two years that I’ve been working in the Senate, I have not recognized the party that I belong to,” the lawmaker said during an appearance on Fox News. “The Democratic Party is not the party that...

Books are the purest form of escapism. They can take you to any time, place, or culture. In honor of National Book Lovers Day August 9, we put away our smartphones, pull out a good book and simply read. (Well, an audiobook will suffice too.) From clay tablets to today’s eBooks, literature has played a crucial role in preserving cultures, educating the masses, and storytelling. Thanks to Johannes Gutenberg’s 15th-century printing press, anyone, not just royalty, monks or landed gentry, could read and own books. But, alas, there was no overnight shipping. Today, join a book club or re-read a...

The crisis in the region has worsened following the assassination of Haniyeh in Tehran. Global pressure on Iran to refrain from attacking and to accept a difficult compromise is growing. Sources like Axios reports that the U.S., Europe, and Arab countries are urging Iran not to respond militarily to Israel, to avoid escalating the conflict into a wider war. Some sources say Iran has assured the U.S. and Europe that it won’t target civilians in Israel. Other reports suggest that Iran might rely on Hezbollah in Lebanon for any actions at this stage. Khamenei, facing internal and regional crises and...

Former Maryland Gov. and U.S. Senate candidate Larry Hogan (R-MD) said Thursday on FNC’s “Your World” that he was “personally insulted” by former President Donald Trump’s comments about the race of Vice President Kamala Harris. Hogan said, “I just really think we’ve got to focus on the issues and kind of avoid all of this gender-race kind of wild attacks. On the issues, there are clear differences between the candidates, and that is what they should focus on. I don’t think it is helpful to be shrinking the tent and alienating swing voters and turning people off. We can’t just...