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As former President Trump blasts Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz over his response to the unrest in his state in May 2020 following the murder of George Floyd, a resurfaced audio recording shows that Trump had praised Walz at the time for how he "dominated" the situation. In the audio recording, which was obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday, Trump was on a phone call with Walz and other governors and officials on June 1, 2020. "What they did in Minneapolis was incredible. They went in and dominated, and it happened immediately," Trump told Walz and the others on the...

In 2016, Democrats taunted Donald Trump as “dangerous Donald.” In 2020, they moved on from dangerous to say that Trump’s Republican Party was a threat to the “soul of America.” Both messages — one relatively successful, one much less so — emphasized the threat that Trump posed to America and the world.This year, as it mounts its third national campaign against Trump and his MAGA acolytes, the Democratic Party has abandoned the language of peril and danger in favor of something that is a little less heated.Trump and JD Vance, Kamala Harris and her allies say, are “weird.”It started with...

Day #5 of the Top 50 songs on my iTunes playlist -- ranked in reverse order by play frequency from #50 to #1 and presented here on a series of FR threads. I'm posting them here on a new thread that compiles the growing list one day at a time over the next couple of months. I only post them on weekdays and may miss a day or two here and there, so it will take at least ten weeks to do this. And to show my gratitude to the FR management for giving us all a forum to post...

Former President Donald J. Trump keeps adding new tax cuts to his list of campaign promises, and their projected costs keep piling up.Independent analyses suggest Mr. Trump’s plans could add close to $4 trillion over the next decade to America’s already fast-growing national debt, even after factoring in additional revenues from new taxes he wants to impose on imports.It is impossible to make a similar estimate for Vice President Kamala Harris, Mr. Trump’s Democratic opponent this fall. She has not laid out any tax or spending plans, or other economic policy proposals, with enough detail to estimate whether they would...

Former President Donald Trump enjoys a net four-point swing his way in just a week’s time in the race against Vice President Kamala Harris, neutralizing momentum garnered from her ascension to the top of the Democrat ticket, according to an RMG Research/Napolitan News Service survey. The poll, published Friday, shows Harris at 44 percent and Trump at 43 percent, while independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr. garners 6 percent. In the hypothetical two-way contest, Harris and Trump are tied at 49 percent, per the Napolitan News Service: 🇺🇲 2024 GE: @RMG_Research Harris: 44% [-3] Trump: 43% [+1] RFK Jr: 6% [=]...

Kamala Harris’s running mate, stolen valor Tim Walz, once bragged about leaving his 87-year-old mother who had just undergone heart surgery alone in her home to fend for herself. The far-left Minnesota governor said during Covid he isolated and left his mother, who just had major surgery, alone in her home to fend for herself. “This is what we do in my family – my 87-year-old mother had heart surgery. We isolated her. Our goal was to bring her up here and live with us for a while. We can’t bring her. So she is alone. We drop groceries at...

Daily Readings from the USCCB“What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? Or what can one give in exchange for his life?” Matthew 16:26Would you like to “gain the whole world?” Many people daydream about becoming exceptionally rich and being able to purchase everything they ever wanted. Others dream of doing heroic acts that thrust them into the public spotlight and lead to public admiration. Still, others dream of having great power in this world and being a person of great importance. Though none of these are bad in and of themselves,...

Donald Trump’s supporters claimed Rod Stewart’s recent bout with strep throat is “karma” for mocking the former president’s complexion. The “Maggie May” singer took to Instagram Wednesday to announce that he was “absolutely gutted” to cancel his 200th Las Vegas residency show hours before he was due on stage. “I’m desperately sorry to miss this 200th show celebration,” Stewart, 79, wrote. “Most people can work with strep throat but obviously not me. I’m absolutely gutted. I’ve been looking forward to this concert for so long,” he continued. “My deepest regrets for any inconvenience this has caused.” While many fans wished...

When Y. J. Chichester Salant, a 27-year-old trans woman, went to an ENT doctor in Tel Aviv because of a serious upper respiratory infection, one of the first questions the doctor asked was about her “bottom surgery.” Salant, the health care coordinator at the Trans Center in Tel Aviv, was taken aback and told him that his question had no clinical relevance to her medical condition. She said that her experience illustrates the difficulties faced by transgender people seeking health care in Israel. “When ignorance, bias, or transphobia enters the picture,” Salant said, “going to a doctor can be a...

(Aug. 9, 2024) — First, let us put on our thinking hat and do some simple grammatical analysis of the two terms ‘Citizen at Birth’ (“CAB”) and ‘natural born Citizen’ (“nbC”). The first term, “CAB”, tells the reader simply WHEN the person became a Citizen, i.e., at birth. The second term, “nbC”, tells the reader two things, i.e., WHEN the person became a Citizen, i.e., when born, and also HOW they became a Citizen, i.e., by what type of law the person became a Citizen –- Man-made laws, acts, treaties, amendments, Positive Law(s), or the Law(s) of Nature, Natural Law....

Mason Police District – Detectives from our Gang Investigations Unit (GIU) seized over 9,400 suspected fentanyl pills and two stolen firearms after arresting a man in Seven Corners. On August 2, detectives were on active patrol in the area of Glen Carlyn Drive and Arglye Drive in Seven Corners. Detectives spotted a wanted man and quickly took him into custody. During the arrest, detectives discovered over 250 suspected fentanyl pills and a stolen firearm. Through their investigation, detectives seized an additional 9,200 suspected fentanyl pills and a stolen firearm from the home of the arrested man. Marco Domingo Juarez, 19,...

Over the last few years, Delta Air Lines has embraced the diversity, equity and inclusion agenda under the purview of a chief officer who believes that the phrase “ladies and gentlemen” isn’t inclusive. Delta’s Chief Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Social Impact Officer Kyra Lynn Johnson has said publicly Delta is striving to “boldly pursue equity” which has impacted every level of the company, from its hiring practices to the language it uses in gate announcements. “Use gender-neutral language and pronouns. Do not use language that suggests a gender binary (male-female),” the Delta guide said. “So we’re beginning to take a...

The allegation that Khelif is transgender became so widely spread that even former President Donald Trump addressed the issue, vowing to "keep men out of women's sports." Arab responded that Trump has enough problems of his own and he should "go see a doctor." Algerian officials also responded to the allegations against Imane.

Walz's military record speaks for itself. Here are just a few of his harrowing tales of valor: 1. "So there I was in France, out-gunned and near death. My Thompson submachine gun had just run out of ammo and I knew I was about to die, so I accepted my fate and just started shooting at an approaching tank with a pistol, but then the Army Air Corps bombed the tank just in time. Then, I held Private Ryan close and said: ‘Earn this.'" 2. "In another battle, my helicopter was shot down over a war zone in some place...

SYRIA — In the wake of being forced to cancel a series of concerts and disappoint thousands of fans in Austria, entertainment star and global superpower Taylor Swift ordered her private jets to launch a retaliatory strike on a suspected ISIS stronghold. The strike began before dawn, with Swift issuing orders for a large-scale, multi-pronged assault on the terrorist base, with air strikes from her private jets to be followed up by waves of Swifties attacking on the ground. "They threatened the wrong pop star," one Swift insider said. "ISIS clearly hasn't kept up on current events closely enough...

President Donald Trump’s favorability and approval ratings approached their highest mark on record, according to RealClearPolitics and FiveThirtyEight. The high watermarks suggest Trump is cruising into the November election with increasing momentum. Trump’s favorability rating in the RealClearPolitics average is less than one point below his highest approval rating, marked in April: [cut] Trump’s approval rating in FiveThirtyEight average is also less than one point behind his greatest approval rating, notched in February: FiveThirtyEight Approval Average February 28, 2024: 44.0 percent August 8, 2024: 43.3 percent Trump’s popularity comes on the back of several federal legal battles, a conviction in...

New York City airports experienced ground delays and a tornado threat was issued for parts of New Jersey as remains of Storm Debby closed in on the area Friday morning. LaGuardia Airport in Queens issued a ground stop due to thunderstorms at 7:15 a.m., which was downgraded to a ground delay by 8:21 a.m., PIX11 said. Travelers are still expecting delays of over an hour, the outlet noted. Newark Liberty International Airport also noted departure delays of about 45 minutes, while John F. Kennedy International Airport had backups of about 30 minutes, the FAA said.

Kamala Harris helped make California the crime-ridden dystopia it is today — and did nothing to change course when things got bad.When Rudy Giuliani became mayor of New York City in 1994, one of his top goals was reducing crime. This meant all crime, not just those that grab headlines but those at the pyramid’s base. He stated at the time: “Obviously murder and graffiti are two vastly different crimes. But they are part of the same continuum, and a climate that tolerates one is more likely to tolerate the other.” The theory behind Giuliani’s approach wasn’t novel. Dubbed the...

Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.) said Thursday that attacks on Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.) over his military service reminded her of the infamous Swift Boat attacks against former Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) during his run for president in 2004. Sherrill told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins that she felt compelled to speak out about the military accusations against Walz, who served more than two decades in the Army National Guard, because they are “so incredibly offensive.” “It’s reminiscent of the Swift Boat bulls— that Senator Kerry faced in his election. We’re seeing the same type of people trying to reignite this same kind...