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Fresh polling of the seven swing states widely seen as deciding factors in the presidential election holds good news for Donald Trump. The 1,598 likely voters Ipsos polled in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin rate the Republican nominee better in key areas than Democratic candidate Kamala Harris These impressions give context to an overall 1-point lead for the former president in the swing-state survey, encompassing states with a total of 88 electoral votes. For starters, battleground voters are more than twice as likely to see the vice president as in thrall to the political establishment than...

Just received this note from a SpaceX engineer helping on the ground in North Carolina. @FEMA is not merely failing to adequately help people in trouble, but is actively blocking citizens who try to help! “Hey Elon, update here on site of Asheville, NC. We have powered up two large operating bases for choppers to deliver goods into hands. We’ve deployed 300+ starlinks and outpour is it has saved many lives. The big issue is FEMA is actively blocking shipments and seizing goods and services locally and locking them away to state they are their own. It’s very real and...

Germany’s bishops clarified Thursday their criteria for dismissing supporters of “extremist” parties from Church positions. In a 36-page document published Sept. 26, the bishops said decisions should be made on a case-by-case basis, weighing the intensity of a person’s “extremist tendencies” and the prominence of the post he or she holds. “The basic idea is that no one should be excluded or stigmatized per se,” the text said. The bishops’ guidance, which is not binding on dioceses, comes seven months after they issued a landmark declaration condemning what they described as “racial (völkisch) nationalism.” The declaration, prompted by the surging...

The check’s not in the mail. Tax filers who opted to get their IRS refunds sent to their homes said their checks never arrived and were allegedly stolen as part of a massive fraud costing millions of dollars, according to a report. More than 200 taxpayers who were expecting refund checks ranging from a few hundred dollars to as much as $500,000 have complained to Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) that they were victims of theft, the Wall Street Journal reported. Malliotakis, who represents Staten Island, said the 218 cases that her office has fielded include checks totaling $3.8 million. One...

In today’s edition of Democrats Sure Got It Good, I give you Politico, a far-left propaganda outlet eager to debase itself as a means to protect Democrats by protecting vice presidential nominee Tim Walz (D)… Politico is a good dog. A very, very good dog. Get a load of this: First line of this breathtakingly dishonest article… “Tim Walz has a problem misspeaking.” During this week’s vice presidential debate, when Tim Walz said something like Some of my best friends are school shooters, that’s misspeaking. Misspeaking is when you meant to say one thing and something else comes out of...

For the vast majority of modern history, women have outnumbered men when it comes to who shows up most often at church. In fact, many scholars have come to see it as something of a universal truth. However, the latest research for Gen Z men and women shows that pattern has started to change.As Ruth Graham describes, “For the first time in modern American history, young men are now more religious than their female peers. They attend services more often and are more likely to identify as religious.” And this trend appears to be unique to Gen Z, since men...

Day #27 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've been posting them here on a new thread that compiles the growing list one day at a time over the course of several months. I only post them on weekdays and may miss a day or two here and there, so this will probably be done by early November. And to show my gratitude to the FR management for giving us all a forum to post vanity...

The Global Economic Tsunami is Coming; You Tube Video Beloved; this isn’t chicken little over sensationalism or foolish folly; this is the real EXPONENTIALLY deteriorating last days working and moving at societal light speed; See and believer; do not scoff or mock (1 Thes. 5:1-3; 2 Peter 3). The Day of the Lord is truly at hand (1 Thess. 5:1-3; Rev. 6-1) Jan Markell talks to Pastor Mark Henry. An economic tsunami may be up ahead which should be expected if we’re going to own nothing and be happy. And an all-new money system is going to be unleashed soon....

Several university professors expressed concerns to the Atlantic about students who come to college unable to read full-length books. Assistant editor Rose Horowitch spoke to several teachers from elite schools like Columbia, Georgetown and Stanford, who each described the phenomenon of students being overwhelmed by the prospect of reading entire books. Columbia University humanities professor Nicholas Dames described feeling “bewildered” when a first-year student told him that she had never been required to read a full book at her public high school. “My jaw dropped,” Dames said. Some professors do find a few students up to the task, but described...

First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright will resign as soon as Friday, The Post has learned — the latest high-level exit from Mayor Eric Adams’ increasingly troubled administration. Wright’s anticipated departure, confirmed by several sources with knowledge of the situation, comes weeks after the feds raided the home she shares with her husband, outgoing Schools Chancellor David Banks. It’s not an amicable break — with sources saying Wright is unhappy with how Banks was shockingly pushed out of his job months earlier than planned. City Hall didn’t return a request for comment. Wright, who was spotted leaving her Harlem home Friday...

At least 70 people have been killed in a gang massacre in Haiti, the UN has said. Armed gunmen belonging to the Gran Grif gang passed through the town of Pont-Sonde with automatic rifles, shooting at residents on Thursday, according to the United Nations' Human Rights Office.

A bombshell report from a whistleblower has set off alarms among Arizona’s voters and political leaders, as new revelations have surfaced about an alleged plan by the FBI to deploy plainclothes agents to polling stations in Maricopa County. According to a whistleblower who attended a recent security briefing, the FBI’s primary objective with this operation is to monitor Trump voters during the upcoming election—a disturbing indication of federal interference aimed at intimidating those who dare to support the 45th president. Representative Alexander Kolodin (R-AZ) was quick to act, sending a forceful letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray, warning that such...

The US Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide whether a $10 billion lawsuit filed by Mexico accusing American gun makers of fueling drug trafficking and violence can go ahead.

* The European Union on Friday voted to adopt definitive tariffs on China-made battery electric vehicles (BEVs). * "Today, the European Commission's proposal to impose definitive countervailing duties on imports of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) from China has obtained the necessary support from EU Member States for the adoption of tariffs," the EU said in a statement. * The EU added that it was still working in China to look for "an alternative solution" even as the tariffs are adopted.The European Union on Friday voted to adopt definitive tariffs on China-made battery electric vehicles (BEVs). "Today, the European Commission's proposal...

ICE - NYC says a confirmed Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang member who was caught & released at the TX border in September 2022 was repeatedly protected by sanctuary policies & released from local custody after being arrested on gun charges in NYC this year. ICE says Javier Jose Albornoz Marchan, a 22-year-old illegal alien from Venezuela, was arrested for shoplifting in Woodbridge in January. ICE placed a detainer on him two days later, but says the Middlesex County Jail in NJ ignore it and released him the same day. In March, NYPD arrested him for more serious crimes: criminal...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is warning the public to be wary of misinformation surrounding Hurricane Helene and the federal government’s response, launching a “rumor response” page. On the newly-formed page, the agency asks the public to find and share information from trusted sources, and discourage others from sharing information from unverified sources. It also seeks to dispel rumors as the search for storm victims continues across multiple states and authorities contend with blocked roads and power outages. Among the misinformation FEMA highlights is a claim that the agency does not have enough money to provide disaster assistance. The...

A judge ripped into a Colorado county clerk for her efforts to expose vote fraud involving the county’s voting machines following the 2020 presidential race. District Judge Matthew Barrett on Thursday sentenced former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters to nine years behind bars for a data-breach scheme—after earlier dressing her down for her ongoing insistence that she was acting in the public interest to fight systemic corruption.“I am convinced you would do it all over again if you could,” Barrett told her in handing down the sentence.“You’re as defiant as any defendant this court has ever seen,” he continued. “You...

Tenure shields faculty members that promote harmful ideologies and fosters unaccountability, contributing to societal problems and declining trust in higher education.California Gov. Gavin Newsom just signed a law banning legacy and donor considerations in admissions at all private colleges and universities in the state. California is the fifth state to do so, following Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, and Virginia. Newsom praised the law, saying, “The California Dream shouldn’t be accessible to just a lucky few.” According to the Stanford Daily, 13.6% of admits to Stanford University in 2023 were children of alumni or donors. Inside Higher Ed reports that it was...

Gordon Sondland, who served as then-President Trump’s ambassador to the EU and who became a star witness against him in his first impeachment, shocked an MSNBC host by saying Trump won his support once again. MSNBC host Ari Melber spoke with three former Trump officials, including White House advisor Peter Navarro, White House spokeswoman Sarah Matthews, and Sondland about topics such as how working for the Trump administration has impacted their lives or what the most important thing was that they learned about the former president. Sondland in particular was asked whether he stands by a previous disavowal of the...

President Joe Biden, 81, has reportedly held only two public events before 11:00 a.m. and none before 10:00 a.m. since dropping out of the presidential race on July 21. Biden’s relaxed schedule seems to underscore Vice President Kamala Harris’s role in White House decision making. Last week, Biden stated that he delegated “everything” as commander-in-chief to Harris, including foreign policy and domestic policy. The nation currently faces many serious crises: hurricane relief efforts in North Carolina and other states, the southern border invasion, the Ukraine/Russia war, and an Iranian missile attack on Israel.