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Joe Biden and Kamala Harris commandeered various cable news channels Wednesday to address the nation on a storm. Was their purpose to protect the people from Hurricane Milton or themselves from Hurricane Donald? “Over the last few weeks, there has been a reckless, irresponsible, and relentless promotion of disinformation and outright lies that are disturbing people,” Biden complained, accusing his critics of “undermining confidence.” Like the Boy Who Cried Wolf, Biden, who relied on “disinformation” to dismiss the true story of his son’s laptop, criticism of the federal government’s since-discredited COVID policies, and concerns about his senility, again uses that...

CNN’s Anderson Cooper was hit in the face by flying debris during his live coverage of Hurricane Milton in Bradenton, Florida. The debris was later said to be a piece of styrofoam. Cooper was doing a live hit by the water shortly after 9 p.m. when he was struck. “The wind has really picked up,” Cooper said. “The water’s really moving. You can get a sense of just how fast the wind is moving there. You can see it in the light there. It is now just whipping off the Manatee River. It’s coming from kind of the north, I...

Kamala Harris is desperately clinging to any opportunity to regain her political footing after a string of underwhelming performances. CNN’s offer to host a second presidential debate on October 23 in Atlanta seemed like a lifeline for Harris, who quickly accepted the invitation, confident that the far-left network will shield her from tough scrutiny. “CNN sent invitations on September 21 to both Vice President Harris and former President Trump’s campaigns to participate in a CNN debate this fall as we believe the American people would benefit from a second debate between the two candidates for President of the United States,”...

Maybe now she'll finally go away (or at least accept the fact that no one cares)... Hillary Clinton can't catch a break, the poor thing. It's been almost eight years since the hot-sauce-in-the-purse lady hosted a "victory" party under a giant glass ceiling and primed confetti cannons to blast out shards of symbolism to celebrate her historic election as president. Instead we got her longtime goon John Podesta fighting back tears and telling everyone to go home for the night. As a consolation prize, the powers that be touted the hell out of the memoir Hillary wrote after that disastrous...

As if Hurricane Milton’s devastating winds and storm surge were not enough to worry about, a wildlife expert is warning of another danger— hungry alligators. Christopher Gillette, who operates an animal sanctuary in northern Florida, warned his Instagram followers that the alligators “are going to be on the move in the floodwaters” in the wake of the storm. “Make sure you’re staying out of the floodwaters the best you can,” Gillette said in a video crouched beside an alligator. “Obviously there’s emergency situations, people are going to do what they got to do, but if you can try, stay out,”...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s contributions from small-dollar donors have plummeted since his last White House campaign, presenting the former president with a financial challenge as he tries to keep pace with the Democrats' fundraising machine. Trump’s fundraising dip raises questions about the party’s ability to continue tapping its aging base for funds. Such voters often live on fixed incomes and don’t have the extra cash to contribute to candidates, and polls have consistently found that the Republican base is growing older. Republicans also engaged in a hyperaggressive — often combative — style of digital fundraising that is alienating voters,...

Ever since international sanctions hit Russia and the SWIFT network cut Russian banks from its system, it has become increasingly difficult to buy Russian rubles online or at high street banks and currency providers. The Russian ruble exchange rate has also faced dramatic volatility since February of 2022.

NATIONAL ANGEL FOOD CAKE DAY National Angel Food Cake Day on October 10 celebrates the delicious, light, and fluffy cake that many home cooks serve with fruit or glazes. #AngelFoodCakeDay Originating in the United States and first becoming popular in the late 19th century, angel food cake was so named because of its airy lightness. It was said to be the “food of the angels" because of the light and airy consistency. Making angel food cake requires whipping egg whites until they are stiff. Cream of tartar stabilizes the egg whites. Additional ingredients are then folded into the egg white...

AP — About 200 women ages 18-22 from across Africa have been recruited to work in a factory alongside Russian vocational students assembling thousands of Iranian-designed attack drones to be launched into Ukraine. In interviews with The Associated Press, some of the women said they were misled that it would be a work-study program, describing long hours under constant surveillance, broken promises about wages and areas of study, and working with caustic chemicals that left their skin pockmarked and itching. The AP analyzed satellite images of the complex in Russia’s republic of Tatarstan and its leaked internal documents, spoke to...

Joe Biden did not exit the 2024 presidential race of his own volition. Anybody paying attention knows that his wife certainly didn't want him to stop running for a second term. Her ambition was most likely what drove him to run in the last election and she was still his most vocal cheerleader when the rest of the Dems were jumping ship after his disastrous debate against Donald Trump. The question on a lot of people's minds since then is whether Old Joe himself has been upset that he was tweeted into political irrelevance. ... Biden has done a few...

he Colorado Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit against Jack Phillips, the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, who has been embroiled in legal battles for more than a decade over his refusal to create certain custom cakes due to his religious beliefs. The decision comes as a relief for Phillips, who has faced ongoing legal challenges since 2012, when he first declined to make a cake for a same-sex wedding, citing his faith.

Since it was launched in August, the Kamala Harris Twitch channel has broadcast rallies and speeches from Flint, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, and other locations across the USA. It's about to go slightly further afield, with a Tim Walz rally being broadcast from Azeroth, as Wired reports. A live audio feed of Walz speaking in Arizona will be accompanied by Twitch streamer Preheat playing World of Warcraft and adding commentary. A guides writer for Wowhead, Preheat has more than 50,000 subscribers on Twitch. No, Walz won't be playing WoW with Preheat, so we won't find out if he's a druid main. So,...

The countries of the West have watched the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians for decades, baffled because every diplomatic effort to establish the much-vaunted ‘two-state solution’ has failed. The atrocities committed by Hamas on October 7, one year ago, left those of us in the West horrified by the barbaric savagery we witnessed, much of it documented and broadcast by Hamas itself. It’s been almost 80 years since the Nazis’ genocidal crusade against the Jews, but the heinous acts committed by Hamas have brought back the Nazi abominations of World War II with all their horror in stark relief....

And where the moral responsibility for Palestinian suffering really lies Talk of Israel’s crime of genocide in the war against Hamas in Gaza is ubiquitous. It is treated as an axiom; to question the tenability of Israeli genocide is to act as if one is questioning an invariable law of nature. South Africa has even brought charges of genocide against Israel at the International Court of Justice. College protests and global public outrage at the deaths of Palestinian civilians—with the irrelevant special citation of women and children—are fueled by a misconception about the nature of genocide itself, a crime of...

Kurricane Milton made landfall Wednesday evening along Florida's Gulf Coast as a Category 3 storm, unleashing powerful winds, deadly storm surge, and the threat of widespread flooding across much of the state. More than 2 million customers lost power as Hurricane Milton carved a path through central Florida late Wednesday,. .. Shocking images show how the roof of the iconic Tropicana Stadium has been ripped off from the power of the winds. Milton, which twice reached Category 5 status while drawing energy from the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, had maximum sustained winds of 120 mph when it...

Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem (10/10/24)[Prayer]Names and Titles of God the Holy Spirit (Teacher, Advocate) Luke 12:8-128 Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God: 9 But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God. 10 And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven. 11 And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto...

Gilbane Building Company and Turner Construction Company, the general contractors for the new Buffalo Bills stadium project, suspended construction on the project on Tuesday to investigate an incident. There was no activity at the site all day Wednesday — an unusual experience for folks who live and work nearby. "It's very quiet. You do not hear the construction crews. You don't see the vehicles," said Darlene Zlotok, a waitress and bartender at Danny's South on Abbott Road, located across the street from the new stadium site. "None of the cranes are working. None of the bulldozers are. I mean, there's...

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — The Dominican Republic said Tuesday it has deported or repatriated nearly 11,000 Haitians in the past week, fulfilling a pledge to do so weekly as neighboring Haiti scrambles to handle the influx while besieged by gang violence and poverty. The Dominican government announced last week that it would deport up to 10,000 Haitians a week, citing an “excess” of immigrants as relations between the countries that share the island of Hispaniola continue to sour. These are the largest such deportations in recent history there. The announcement prompted Haitian officials to request an emergency meeting...

Ron DeSantis is holding a hurricane update in Tallahassee right now (8:30 am). Not a single local Miami media TV station is covering the event. This is how you know: 1. DeSantis is doing a great job. 2. The local Miami media hates him.

By now it’s become obvious that the Harris campaign is acting desperate. After weeks of doing no interviews, they’ve suddenly put Kamala out there, without training wheels, hoping she doesn’t crash. This strategy hasn’t gone very well. It hasn't mattered that these interviews were on friendly territory, with interviewers who obviously support her; Harris hasn't been impressive, and each interview has given the Trump campaign new ammunition. This week alone, she’s gone on “60 Minutes,” “The View,” “The Late Show,” and even a sex podcast called “Call Her Daddy.” None have been a net gain for the campaign, and it’s...