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Q. How do you know that Liz Cheney's endorsement of Kamala Harris is entirely unlikely to shift the election in any detectable way?A. When a CNN liberal admits that its impact will likely be limited to "one lady in Wisconsin."Those were the surprising words of legal analyst Elliot Williams, who served for eight years in the Obama administration, on today's CNN This Morning. His remark earned a round of laughter on the panel, though former Biden aide Meghan Hays suggested that "One lady might decide this entire election!"GOP strategist Matt Gorman was in rare form. Responding to Trump calling Cheney...

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In a surprise move just weeks before the upcoming election, Donald Trump is selling a gold watch as part of his newly announced luxury collection. The line, produced by BestWatchesOnEarth LLC, includes both high-end and more affordable models, with prices ranging from $499 to $100,000. Trump is once again leveraging his name and brand for high-value consumer products as he continues to monetize his public persona like no other presidential candidate in history. A luxury line of the Trump watches The highlight of the collection, the Trump Tourbillon Victory, features 18-karat gold and is encrusted with 122 high-quality diamonds. Weighing...

Datacenters coming online in the next 15 months will need to supply at least some of their own powerUpdated As the saying goes, everything is bigger in Texas, but as datacenter footprints explode amid the AI boom, regulators fear even the Lone Star state's utilities won't be able to keep up for much longer. The Texas' Public Utility Commission is now warning datacenter operators looking to set up shop in the US state within the next 12 to 15 months that they won't be able to rely entirely on the local grid and will have to supply at least some...

As the reunited Gallagher brothers are rumoured to announce a series of stadium shows Stateside, NME’s Mark Beaumont looks back at their fraught history with the US, from cancelled tours to the infamous meth gigSeptember 4, 1996, Radio City Music Hall in New York City: Liam Gallagher ape-walks his way along the red carpet into the MTV Video Awards, slapping at overhead microphones and gurning at the hordes of press clamouring for quotes. “I can’t wait to play,” he tells me, strutting past en route to a live performance of ‘Champagne Supernova’ that will see him spit beer on the...

A 41-year-old Wisconsin pastor has been accused of sending himself nude photos of a parishioner's wife. The sordid ordeal allegedly took place earlier this month when pastor Gabriel Mills, pastor Journey Church, held a 'life group' meeting at his home in Kenosha, that had the victim, her husband and children in attendance, along with other members of the congregation. When Mills asked the victim's husband for his phone so he could download an audiobook app on it, he obliged unaware that Mills was allegedly sending intimate photos - that were sent by his wife to him and were for his...

The city is bracing for widespread anti-Israel protests planned for the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack. Protests are already expected on Saturday, in the lead up to the anniversary of the devastating terror attack, with events organized for Times Square, outside Google’s Manhattan headquarters and at Court Square Park in Queens. Many anti-Israel groups are planning demonstrations for Monday, in particular, the National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP), which is orchestrating a nationwide “Week of Rage” on college campuses beginning on Oct. 7. Meanwhile, one of the most outspoken anti-Israel organizations “Within Our Lifetime” (WOL) called...

The former head of Black Lives Matter of Greater Atlanta has been sentenced to prison on charges of wire fraud and money laundering. WTVG reports that Tyree Conyers-Page, also known as Sir Maejor Page, was sentenced to serve 42 months in prison in Ohio on Thursday. Prosecutors said that Page took money donated to his organization through Facebook and used it for travel, personal items, and a home in Toledo, Ohio. In court, Page claimed some of the money he spent on his own lifestyle was part of a "reasonable salary" for managing the organization - though he admitted to...

Sam Stern, the Republican candidate for state attorney in Palm Beach County, has just pulled off the unimaginable-he’s raised $1.1 million in thirty days, while his Democrat opponent, Alexcia Cox, has raised only about a hundred thousand. Additionally, Stern has pulled off another eyebrow-raising coup, an endorsement from the two Democrats that ran against Cox in the primary. In the last lap of this election, Stern seems to be steamrolling over Cox for a potential victory. If Stern wins, it will shock the many in this county who think this is a slam dunk for candidate Cox, who many see...

[Catholic Caucus] Cardinal Grech: Every Catholic is invited to weigh in on synod study groups’ deliberationsThe Vatican newspaper has reported that Cardinal Mario Grech, the Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops, said that every group in the Church—and every individual Catholic—may offer “contributions, observations and proposals” to the ten synod study groups created by Pope Francis in February.L’Osservatore Romano reported on October 3:Yesterday afternoon, the Secretary General of the Synod, Cardinal Mario Grech, announced that pastors and ecclesial leaders, but also and above all every faithful, man or woman, and every group, association, movement or community, will be able...

—Order has begun to take the place of chaos which fro* reigned In Galveston since Saturday’s terrible storm and the citizens are recovering from tho stuplflcatlon of their sudden disaster. All previous estimates have been shattered by tho estimates of prominent men who declare that 3000 deaths will result from the storm. One hundred lives were loot at other points. It is thought that »10,000,000 will cover the loss of property at Galveston and more than halt as much for the remainder of tbe State. Advices say that 700 human bodies have been weighted and consigned to the sea. Some...

The album topped the charts in the UK, France, and Australia and became their first platinum disc in the US.On October 3, 1980, The Police delivered an album that Rolling Stone described as “near-perfect pop by a band that bends all the rules and sometimes makes musical mountains out of molehill-size ideas.” It was their third LP, Zenyatta Mondatta. A No.1 album in the UK, France and Australia, it featured two more signature hits for Messrs Sting, Summers, and Copeland, “Don’t Stand So Close To Me” and “De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da.” But alongside the nonsense lyrics...

Fact-checking” is like “fake news”: something that is now entirely in the eye of the beholder. At the vice presidential debate this week, the CBS moderators once again tried to show that they were the fair and impartial people in the room Except that — as with the Trump-Harris debate — they only seemed interested in fact-checking in one direction. Against the Republican. On Tuesday night, the subject of Springfield, Ohio, once again came up. And once again, Springfield revealed one of the big problems of this media era. CBS’s Margaret Brennan decided to fact-check something that JD Vance said...

Topping the charts in the UK and reaching No.3 in the US, The Police’s ‘Ghost In The Machine‘ included several of the band’s most enduring hit singles.The Police’s multi-platinum-selling third album, Zenyatta Mondatta, stayed on the US Billboard 200 for almost three years and included “Don’t Stand So Close To Me”: not only the band’s third British No.1 hit, but also the UK’s biggest-selling single of 1980. A phenomenal success by anyone’s standards, the record set Sting, Andy Summers, and Stewart Copeland on course for its follow-up, Ghost In The Machine, and the global superstardom they’d attain when their fifth...

Undercover journalist James O’Keefe went to the front lines of the migrant industrial complex in his new documentary “Line in the Sand,” and what he found was shocking. “What my takeaway was, actually, from having lived through this and gone down there and been in Mexico and faced it with the cartel, is that it’s all about money,” O’Keefe tells Alex Stein of “Prime Time with Alex Stein.” “Everyone is making money off of it. And there was one scene in the film where the cartel is cutting through the fence, and I’m face to face with them. And first...

The headliner of a heavy metal music festival in Florida — and seven other bands — dropped out of the show to protest that acquitted Kenosha killer Kyle Rittenhouse would be on the bill as a “special guest,” according to reports. Rockers Evergreen Terrace pulled out of Shell Shock II in Orlando, saying it refuses “to align with an event promoting murderers” — prompting the festival’s founder to slam them as woke phonies. SNIP Seven other bands including Southpaw, Let Me Bleed and American Hollow followed suit and quit the festival, saying they didn’t want to get political, according to...

Jack Smith's "October Surprise" was so overtly political and unethical that it was too much even for a senior legal analyst from a liberal network, CNN. The disgust by Elie Honig towards the antics of Jack Smith boiled over on Thursday in New York Magazine in an article whose title reflected Honig's opinion, "Jack Smith’s October Cheap Shot."

The illegal miners stole about 774 kg of gold and 938 kg of silver.A foreigner who led an 80-man illegal gold mining operation in Indonesia’s West Kalimantan has been sentenced to five years’ jail and a 50 billion rupiah (US$3.2 million) fine for mining without a permit. The Chinese national, identified only as YH by the Indonesian authorities, was arrested in May and will serve an additional six months in jail if he does not pay the fine, according to the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources. Under Indonesian law, those convicted of mining without a permit may be...

Kim Kardashian has written an open letter in support of Erik and Lyle Menendez insisting the brothers "are not monsters". The pair are serving life in prison without the possibility of parole after they were convicted of killing their parents Jose and Kitty Menendez with shotguns at their family home in Beverly Hills in 1989 — but Kim has now insisted the siblings were not treated fairly because of the amount of media coverage of the first trial — which ended in a mistrial — and rulings by the judge which excluded evidence of claims they were sexually abused by...

Thank you for allowing this vanity post. I must say I did not watch her acceptance speech at the DNC, however, I did notice right away that she wore black! ALL Black. I have never seen a candidate for president wear black. And she continues to do so. The sight of the US flag pin against a black fabric is awful and should only be seen at a mourning service. This is not only unusual, but, disrespectful and ominous. A candidate for any job will be mindful to choose a color that reflects their attitude and outlook for the position...