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Allegations of fraud have been tied to Black Fork Strategies, a left-wing Ohio firm committed to ‘building long-term progressive power.’Earlier this year, Cincinnati-area voters Cassandra and Harry Scott were puzzled to receive voter registration updates showing they had changed their address. They hadn’t. The Hamilton County Board of Elections had received two registration forms for the voters from Black Fork Strategies LLC, an Ohio-based “engagement firm that focuses on all aspects of community and electoral field work.” Elections Board staff made the requested changes in the voter rolls and, per Ohio law, sent notice to the voters at their “new...

Khaled Mashal, the terrorist leader in charge of the Hamas “diaspora office,” delivered a speech on Wednesday in which he called for Palestinians in the West Bank to engage in mass suicide attacks against Israel, insisting “the escalation of this conflict is required.” Mashal made the remarks in a video recorded for an anti-Israel conference in Istanbul, Turkey. The government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a hardline Islamist, is explicitly pro-Hamas despite its status as a genocidal terrorist organization and the perpetrator of an unprecedented massacre of upwards of 1,000 people in Israel on October 7, 2023. Erdogan himself...

In my opinion it’s how they're going to cover their withdrawal from Kursk which has clearly stalled and failed to reach objectives. They're politically stuck in Kursk and suffering militarily for it. The counter attack idea made sense at Ocheretyne but now the Russians control all dominate high ground and have likely already entered the only viable staging area to mount a counter attack on this section of the front within 50km. You cant move manpower and material in under drone coverage and urban warfare. The gamble was Kursk, they may try something but I cant even see them reaching...

Legacy media have found their latest hoax to run about Donald Trump, and this time it’s to convince you that he hates America’s fallen troops.Legacy media have found their latest hoax to run about Donald Trump, and this time it’s to convince you that he hates America’s fallen troops. The entire non-troversy began earlier this week, when anti-truth NPR ran an anonymously sourced article with claims that members of Trump’s team “had a verbal and physical altercation” with an Arlington National Cemetery official during the former president’s Monday visit. Trump was there at the request of Gold Star families whose...

Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the United States has provided Kyiv with extensive military aid. But that aid has long been subject to restrictions. Some have to do with the type of equipment provided, such as limits on transfers of long-range missiles or aircraft. Others constrain how U.S. weapons can be used. Washington has designed many of these restrictions to limit Ukraine’s ability to hit targets far behind the front, fearing that deep strikes would be unduly escalatory. That position has been controversial. Both Ukrainian officials and outside critics argue that the Biden administration...

Claim: MGM’s James Bond star Jeffrey Wright has claimed former President Donald Trump started a fight at Arlington National Cemetery this week while the current Republican presidential nominee was attending a memorial service to honor the 13 American service members who were killed during the Biden-Harris administration’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. Verdict: False. Former President Donald Trump didn’t start a fight at Arlington. Jeffrey Wright’s accusation appears to stem from an incorrect reading of an NPR report alleging Trump campaign staff got into an “altercation” with a cemetery official who prevented them from taking photographs in an off-limits...

One of the things that riles even those Americans who aren’t politically inclined is seeing their tax dollars pay for illegal aliens’ education, housing, food, and medical care. When they raise these concerns, though, they’re immediately told, “quit yer whining” because even illegal aliens pay taxes and buy American products. The implication is that the illegal aliens are paying their way. This is a lie.According to leftist sites, illegal aliens are a net good to the economy. Not only do “they do the jobs Americans won’t do,” but they are also good taxpayers. According to a July report from the...

Jaguar has issued an urgent warning to motorists of certain models to park away from structures over fears the cars could catch on fire. The British brand has issued a voluntary recall notice for certain 2019 Jaguar I-Pace vehicles in the United States, according to the documents from the National Highways Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

New and emerging photos and details from the near-assassination of President Donald Trump don’t really make any sense, until you accept that the FBI is hopelessly corrupt; I’ve said this before and I’ll continue to say it, but the bureau is operating completely outside the authority delegated to the federal government by the Constitution, and the only lawful remedy is its complete abolition. Here’s the story, from an article by Glenn Thrush, published by The New York Times yesterday:Investigators — who performed an exhaustive search of his devices and online accounts — do not believe that Thomas Crooks, the would-be...

VIDEO"Border Czar Denialist" is just another way of saying "Reality Denialist." When you do a quick search online of the Terms "Kamala Harris Border" for the period of January until the end of July 2021 you are hit with an OVERWHELMING number of links to many news stories of Kamala Harris being assigned to find to be the point person ("Border Czar") on the border. In fact, the headline of a Politico story dated March 4, 2024 clearly states, "Biden makes Harris the point person on immigration issues amid border surge." And yet we have Border Czar Denialists (aka REALITY...

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines wants to upgrade its military with mid-range missiles and advanced fighter jets, two senior security officials said on Thursday, spending at least $33 billion as it modernises its defence in the face of growing regional tensions. The military wants to acquire more cutting-edge weaponry, armed forces chief Romeo Brawner told reporters, hours after Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro announced the Philippines was reviewing offers to buy more weapons. "We are wanting to get more of the latest weapons systems. That includes the mid-range capability," Brawner told a joint media conference with U.S. Indo-Pacific Commander Samuel Paparo...

The man who was caught on multiple viral videos attacking and threatening drivers across Los Angeles has been released from state prison less than one year after he was sentenced to a five-year sentence. Nathaniel Radimak pleaded guilty to felony charges of assault and making criminal threats in August 2023, and has been paroled after ten months in a state prison, prompting several of his victims to speak out about his release.

The FBI's handling of child sexual abuse investigations must improve, an internal watchdog said in a new report released on Thursday. The report comes more than 3 years after it came to light that the FBI was aware of U.S. gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar molesting female athletes but did not act quick enough. "The DOJ OIG found that further improvements are needed to build upon the FBI’s recent changes to its crimes against children and human trafficking (CAC/HT) program to ensure it appropriately addresses child sexual abuse allegations," read a summary of the report.

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A top Ukrainian pilot was killed when a US-made F-16 fighter jet crashed on Monday, a Ukrainian Defence Forces source told CNN. The Ukrainian Defence Forces do not believe pilot error was behind the incident, the source added. The pilot, Oleksiy Mes known as “Moonfish,” was killed in the crash while “repelling the biggest ever aerial attack” by Russia against Ukraine, said the source, adding that the pilot was buried on Thursday.

The Department of Education is excluding Asians, whites, "Arabs and other Middle Eastern ethnicities … many Latinos and some Africans" from a $60 million program for students from "disadvantaged backgrounds" unless they meet a two-prong exception, a new lawsuit alleges. The McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program, named after the black scientist who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion, awards grants to colleges to prepare undergraduates "for doctoral studies through involvement in research and other scholarly activities," with a goal of increasing PhDs "from underrepresented segments of society." The eligibility page says "at least two-thirds of the participants must be low-income,...

In his new book, Donald Trump threatens billionaire and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg with prison. Save America, set to be published next week, includes a photograph of Zuckerberg and Trump at the White House. Underneath the photo, Trump wrote that Zuckerberg “would come to the Oval Office to see me” and “bring his very nice wife to dinners, be as nice as anyone could be, while always plotting install shameful Lock Boxes in a true PLOT AGAINST THE PRESIDENT.” Trump went on to pin some of his election conspiracies on Zuckerberg, and gave him a serious warning. “He told me...

Kamala Harris has taken insufficient heat for ducking the press because she inevitably wanders into incoherency speaking on her own. She has directed her minions to "leak" her policy proposals up to now. The pressure on her to do an interview has built to significance and Harris decided she'd do something. So, she chose to do an interview, sort of. Naturally, she chose the safe harbor of CNN as her venue. Outside of Politico, no one in the legacy media has been a bigger cheerleading hack for Harris than CNN. Watch Jon Karl fight tooth and nail for her in...

Well, out in the holler, 'neath the southern sun, Was a boy named Harry, he’s a special one. Born to the Potters, but they done got zapped, Now he's livin’ in a trailer with the Dursley pack. Aunt Petunia’s his cousin, Uncle Vernon's his bro, And that Dudley boy, well, he's his kin, y'all know. He’s a wand-wavin', spell-castin', good ol' boy, Ridin' broomsticks, ain't no toy. Down in the holler, magic runs free, But you best not mess with that ol' Snape creep. Y’all know Harry, he's a redneck wizard, Got that southern drawl, but he ain’t no quitter....

Vice President Kamala Harris will give a solo interview on an unspecified date, the Harris campaign promised Thursday, following severe backlash regarding Gov. Tim Walz joining Harris in Thursday’s prerecorded interview on CNN. Critics claim Harris agreed to do her first interview with Walz to reduce the time she will have to speak during the one-hour question and answer session with CNN’s Dana Bash. Critics also raised concerns that CNN could edit the pre-taped interview to fix any gaffes or mistakes Harris might commit, as the network has a known bias against former President Donald Trump. “LOL – Kamala can’t...