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Some of the most important and alarming reporting during the 2024 election cycle has centered on what used to be one of the sleepiest and least divisive corners of election administration — the vote certification process. Specifically, the nationwide effort by Republicans to install state election officials who are prepared, if not motivated, to undermine and possibly block the certification of vote totals. If that were to happen in the right counties in the right states, it could tip the outcome of the entire election.Republicans are not being secretive about this. According to an investigation by Rolling Stone, nearly 70...

It’s been nearly a month since Kamala Harris replaced Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee and the sitting vice president has yet to take any more than a few shouted questions from reporters in between campaign stops. Her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, has been no more forthcoming when it comes to press access. But not to worry! The pair are finally set to sit for their first interview… with each other. And based on the teaser for the sit down, the Harris-Walz campaign may be once again cribbing from the Trump-Vance ticket. On Thursday’s show, Megyn was joined...

Griffin, who as recently as last year had been viewed as a rising star at ESPN, had two years remaining on his deal.. ESPN has fired “Sunday NFL Countdown” host Samantha Ponder and analyst Robert Griffin III, ... The buyouts of Ponder and Griffin are the only moves ESPN is making at the moment, but it could choose to shed more salary by the end of September. However, the cuts are not expected to be anywhere near the bloodletting in which around 20 big names were let go last June, including stalwarts like Jeff Van Gundy, Suzy Kolber and Jalen...

The Colonel’s Wife and I are traveling to Germany, Czech Republic and Austria in September and she’s starting to worry about COVID. What’s the easiest way to get ivermectin for the trip?

Breaking: Volodymyr Zelensky approved the operation with US allies to blow up the Russian Nord Stream Pipeline to Europe.Via Euro News:• German prosecutors on Thursday issued the first arrest warrant in their investigation into the undersea explosions in 2022 that blew up the Nord Stream gas pipelines to Europe.• German media outlets reported in a joint report that federal prosecutors obtained an arrest warrant in June against a Ukrainian national who may be living in Poland.• The individual was identified as Volodymyr Z. (what a strange coincidence?)• The explosion caused 800 million cubic meters of gas, equivalent to about 3...

Amazon MGM Studios is hoping to score a touchdown with a dramatic look at the sports and video game legend.After months, if not years of development, David O. Russell’s Madden looks to be nearing the end zone. Nicolas Cage is set to portray John Madden, the storied football coach and sports commentator, in a drama from Amazon MGM Studios to be directed by Russell, the filmmaker behind Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustle. But this is not a biopic of the man in the typical way, nor a sports drama, a genre Russell took on with boxing movie The Fighter....

The president is reversing a ban on selling offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia and advancing taxpayer-funded military aid to Israel.It's been a good week for the weapons industry. President Joe Biden signed off on order after order allowing American weapons to flow to Middle Eastern regimes. On Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal reported that the Biden administration will sell shipments of bombs worth $750 million to Saudi Arabia, breaking its ban on selling "offensive weapons" to the kingdom. On the same day, the State Department announced over $20 billion in new arms sales to Israel, including fighter jets, armored vehicles,...

Harris will propose providing up to $25K in down payment support for 1st time homeowners, with more generous support for 1st generation homeowners, according to campaign official She'll announce tomorrow in NC, along w/ her plan to ban corporate price-gouging on groceries

This from MACVSOG Historical page on FB:Arthur Ray Hines July 14, 2024 (Age 77) Coinjock, North Carolina Special Forces (MACV-SOG, CCC) Arthur Ray Hines, born January 29, 1947, in Virginia Beach, VA, passed away on July 14, 2024, at ECU Health Medical Center. He was 77 years old. Arthur was a proud Special Forces member of the U.S. Army who served in Vietnam. After his service in the Army, he dedicated many years to his community as a letter carrier for the United States Postal Service. His commitment to his work was unwavering and greatly appreciated by all who knew...

Amna Nawaz interviews Ahmad Yousaf: Another Pallywood propagates at US media: "MedGlobal" which also lied and spread fake numbers on the Oct 17 al-Ahli Islamic Jihad rocket hitting hospital.08.15.25, PBS Newshour's Amna Nawaz chose to interview this guy and asked him about the Hamas-numbers. It was a prepared "question," because Ahmad has been saying already before that Hamas' numbers are supposedly "correct" and even said the casualties are "higher."____CNN’s Investigations: Glossing Over Questions of Credibility.By: David Litman January 5, 2024[....]Abu Safiya was also one of the Gaza health officials involved in spreading the lie that an Israeli airstrike hit al-Ahli...

When Dylann Roof shot and killed nine people attending a Wednesday night Bible study in Charleston, South Carolina, in 2015, there were two causes for shock. Roof’s heinous act was the obvious one. The other was forgiveness. Within days of the murders, Nadine Collier looked into the face of her mother’s killer at Roof’s bond hearing and said through tears, You took something very precious away from me. I will never talk to her ever again. I will never be able to hold her again. But I forgive you. And have mercy on your soul. Collier’s words, along with those...

Early in the pandemic, a local merchant I know in New York, an immigrant who owns a small stationary store, worked tirelessly to obtain the goods his customers all then believed were needed—masks, hand sanitizer, and so on. He paid a markup for these goods, not to mention the time it cost him to secure them, and naturally passed the higher prices on to his customers. But given the emergency, he faced a price limit on what he could sell the masks for, with steep fines if he didn't comply. He fought these mandates in court and nearly lost his...

@MrReaganUSA...very well done parody. Enjoy.

Officials are refusing to release autopsy records for Trump shooter Thomas Crooks, and bombshell findings from Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., may explain why. Higgins, who’s on the House Task Force to investigate the Trump assassination attempt, issued his preliminary findings Thursday, telling the public that the FBI released Crooks’s body to his family for cremation before he could examine it. Higgins, a former law enforcement officer, also said the FBI scrubbed the crime scene of biological evidence, which he said is “unheard of.” “My effort to examine Crooks’ body on Monday, August 5, caused quite a stir and revealed a...

John Solomon @jsolomonReports Secret Service to use bulletproof glass to protect Trump at outdoor rallies From justthenews.com 4:14 PM · Aug 15, 2024

The U.S. Secret Service is making arrangements for former President Donald Trump to resume outdoor campaign rallies by surrounding his podium with bulletproof glass, multiple sources told ABC News. The measure is typically used exclusively for sitting presidents, but the Secret Service is making an exception following the first attempted assassination of a presidential candidate since George Wallace in 1972. The Secret Service declined to comment on its use of ballistic glass. Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung said the campaign does not comment on security measures relating to Trump. The Secret Service recommended that Trump stop holding outdoor rallies last...

The more one digs into this whole "Tim Walz lies about his military service" issue, the more comes to light that this guy was not in the slightest bit shy about dissembling if he saw any advantage in it. In the latest spate of information, Daily Wire correspondent Bree A. Dail found an image on X (formerly Twitter) of Tim Walz's "Congressional Challenge Coin" from his time in the House of Representatives. And, yes, he portrays his former rank on the coin as Command Sergeant Major (CSM.) This just keeps getting better and better. Remember that Walz was only "frocked"...

Ukraine has offered to help Russians evacuating from the country's embattled border regions, which have been embroiled in armed hostilities since Kyiv's surprise incursion onto Russian soil began last week. In a Telegram post on Wednesday evening, Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said: "Due to the possible deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the adjacent territories of the Kursk region of the Russian Federation, Ukraine must be ready to receive Russian refugees." Vereshchuk, who also serves as minister of reintegration for the areas under Russian occupation, announced that her ministry had opened a "24-hour hotline" for residents of Kursk...

A Jordanian man living in Florida has been arrested for causing hundreds of thousands of dollars of damage to a solar energy facility and damaging multiple businesses over their perceived support for Israel, the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Middle District of Florida announced on Thursday. Hashem Younis Hashem Hnaihen, 43, is accused of breaking the front doors of multiple businesses in a rampage in June. He wore a mask while committing the vandalism and left behind warning letters stating his intention to “destroy or explode everything here in whole America. Especially the companies and factories that support the racist...

Is America a Christian Nation or Was America Founded as a Christian country?I see this question often and the spirited arguments and debates that followed caused me to assert that America was founded on Christian principles.