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Donald J. Trump took his seat at the dining table in his triplex penthouse apartment atop Trump Tower on the last Sunday in September, alongside some of the most sought-after and wealthiest figures in the Republican Party.There was Paul Singer, the billionaire hedge fund manager who finances Republican campaigns and pro-Israel causes, and Warren Stephens, the billionaire investment banker. Joining them were Betsy DeVos, the billionaire former education secretary under Mr. Trump, and her husband, Dick, as well as the billionaire Joe Ricketts and his son Todd.Some politicians might have taken the moment to be charming and ingratiating with the...

With polls indicating that only 75% of Black men say they will vote for Kamala Harris, former President Barrack Obama hit the campaign trail to berate these men for "deserting the candidate of the Party that has your back. The welfare state is the creation of the Democratic Party. It's aborting your unwanted offspring and feeding, clothing, and housing the ones that make it to birth. It's Republicans who insist that everyone ought to pull their own weight. What can you be thinking? As President Biden so wisely said during his 2020 campaign 'if you're voting for Trump, you ain't...

These poll averages look at every poll's sample and cross-tabs. Nothing goes into the average without determining exactly where bias exists. Bias is corrected before including. *LATEST HEADLINES 24/7Current Electoral Projection: Trump 296 TOSSUP 16 Harris 226 ALL BATTLEGROUND STATE LINKS:AZ - GA - NC - MI - PA - WI - NVClick Here to See My Turnout AssumptionsBattleground StatesPOLITICAL REF'S AVERAGES (48/50)POLLSTER AVERAGES-LIKELY DEMLEAN DEMTOSSUPLEAN GOPLIKELY GOPARIZONA Trump +2.8Trump +2.8GEORGIA Trump +1.5Trump +1.6MICHIGAN Trump +1.7Trump +1.6NEVADA TIEDHarris +0.3N. CAR.Trump +1.8Trump +1.2PENN.Trump +1.1Trump +0.7WISCONSIN Trump +0.4Harris +0.2POLLS ARE ONLY ONE FACTOR, additional factors include my assessment of turnout, 2020 results...

Iran has banned pagers and walkie-talkies on all flights, local media reported Saturday, almost a month after deadly sabotage attacks on Hezbollah members in Lebanon which were blamed on Israel. “The entry of any electronic communication device, except mobile phones, on flight cabins or…in non-accompanied cargo, has been banned,” ISNA news agency reported, citing the spokesman for Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization Jafar Yazerlo. The decision came in the wake of sabotage attacks targeting members of the Iran-allied Hezbollah terror group in Lebanon that saw pagers and walkie-talkies explode in two waves on September 17 and 18, killing at least 39...

True political courage — the principled stand, the elevation of country over party pressure, the willingness to sacrifice a career to protect the common good — has become painfully rare in a polarized world. It deserves to be celebrated and nurtured whenever it appears, especially in defense of fundamental American institutions like our election system. The sad truth, too, is the country will probably need a lot more of it in the coming months.In state after state, Republicans have systematically made it harder for citizens to vote, and harder for the election workers who count those votes to do so....

Very few of us want to die. In fact, there’s an obsession in this country with staying young and looking young. Entire industries have developed around cosmetics, nutritional supplements, plastic surgery, and fitness gyms, all for the sake of staying young and staving off the natural effects of aging. I think it’s partly a refusal to embrace the inevitability of death. Along one of the roads between Steubenville (where I live) and Pittsburgh, there is a cryogenics warehouse that stores the frozen corpses and heads of persons who paid a lot of money to be preserved until medical technology is...

California regulators have blocked @SpaceX launches because they disagree with @elonmusk 's politics. This is a blatant violation of the First Amendment and a gross abuse of power, even in increasingly totalitarian California

White blobs have been washing up on the beaches of Newfoundland recently, sparking an investigation by Canadian officials. They have been described by resident Stan Tobin as doughy - "like someone had tried to bake bread and done a lousy job" - with an odour reminiscent of vegetable oil. Beachcombers on the southern tip of the Canadian province began reporting the strange substance around early September. ... Photos of the substance began cropping up on a beachcombers group online, prompting speculation that it was fungus or mold, palm oil, paraffin wax or even ambergris - a rare and valuable substance...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is supposed to be the government’s premier emergency relief organization in times of disaster, like the situation now faced by victims of Hurricane Helene’s aftermath in North Carolina and Tennessee. But according to the FEMA website, the agency now places higher priority on instituting Diversity, Equity and Inclusivity guidelines than on easing the suffering of Americans displaced by disaster. Among the goals listed in FEMA’s strategic plan are to: -Instill equity as a foundation for emergency management -Lead whole of community in climate resilience -Promote and sustain a ready FEMA & prepared nation What...

WEST FARGO, ND — Prosecutors say a West Fargo Teacher will not face charges after fatally shooting a man in self-defense.The decision to not charge Donald Barron in the shooting was made public in a memorandum released to WDAY Radio. The August 17th shooting was detailed in the document, which describes 25-year-old Austin Strom attempting to gain access to Prairie Heights Church. Strom was confronted by 66-year-old Kent Hodges, who recorded the incident. Authorities say the cell-phone video ends when Strom attacked Hodges.Barron was parked in a nearby parking lot when the attack began according to authorities. Sometime during the...

Elon Musk has showcased his army of $30,000 Tesla Optimus robots that are designed to help with household chores, prompting people to draw comparisons to the dystopian future depicted in I, Robot. In shocking and impressive footage, the humanoid robots were seen stiffly walking in single file across a stage while viewers stood jaw-dropped on the sidelines. Musk said attendees could walk up to the Optimus robots who would do things like serve drinks. 'At scale, you should be able to buy an Optimus robot for $20,000 to $30,000,' he said. 'It can walk your dog, mow your lawn, get...

Image Credit: ShadowStats By Stan Szymanski The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for September came out today hotter than expected up 0.3% for the month for a ‘year-over-year’ (YoY) of 3.3% general increase in consumer prices according to the ‘official’ report. John Williams of ShadowStats has a different take on the matter. His work on the economic numbers shows that ‘real’ inflation (the way the CPI was calculated prior to 1980) was consistently higher-about 9% higher than the way CPI numbers are calculated in 2024. So what Mr. Williams calls the ‘alternative’ rate of inflation (that we all actually live in)...

Kamala Harris and Tim Walz have made a penchant for chastising “hate speech” and “misinformation” on the campaign trail this election season. While those words might not seem like much to those less familiar with how our constitutional form of government, and specifically the First Amendment, is supposed to work, they are offensive to those of us who understand a thing or two about the Constitution – particularly, the notable omission of a so-called “hate speech” clause. In truth, liberals like Kamala and Walz are merely playing with words (and not particularly well) doing their best to not tell people...

ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. — From behind her barber chair and in her community, Cherita Evans — who goes by “Storm the Barber” — has picked up on a troubling trend for Vice President Harris’ campaign. “Most of my female family and friends — they're voting for Harris,” Evans said in an interview at the Head Changerz shop last week. But she said some of the men in her life aren’t so sure. “I think ... a lot of men aren't ready to vote for a woman.”

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University of North Carolina student Brook Cheuvront found dead after going missing on hike in South Africa: ‘We are devastated’ A North Carolina student has been found dead a day after she went missing while hiking a mountain in South Africa, authorities and her “devastated” family said Monday. Brook Cheuvront, 20, was reported missing Saturday from Table Mountain in Cape Town — where she was studying — after she stopped responding to friends and couldn’t be located on a tracking app, a rep for SANPark, which manages the mountain, told CBS News. Rangers and trail runners searched until late Saturday,...

Kamala Harris has substantially lower support amongst Black voters than Joe Biden achieved at the 2020 presidential election, according to a New York Times/Siena College poll.

Cops in Southeast Portland stopped a couple who were driving a suspected stolen car. During the stop, the cops searched the car and allegedly found a whole bunch of incriminating stuff. A lot of cash. A loaded revolver. Some scales for weighing drugs. And they found a bag full of drugs that had the words “Definitely Not a Bag Full of Drugs” written on it. They say the bag contained 10 grams of fentanyl and methamphetamine. The couple was arrested. The guy, a 35-year-old named Reginald Lamont Reynolds, is facing multiple charges including delivery and unlawful possession of methamphetamine, unauthorized...