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Our Troops Rock! Thank you for all you do! For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! ~ Hall of Heroes ~CPT Charles Hazlitt Upham VC Captain Charles Hazlitt Upham VC and bar (September 21, 1908 - November 22, 1994) was a New Zealand solider who won the Victoria Cross twice during World War II. Earning the Victoria Cross and Bar for outstanding gallantry and leadership in Crete in May 1941, and at Ruweisat Ridge, Egypt, in July 1942....

The reason thieves are targeting EV charging cables is because they contain copper wiring. The price of copper is near a record high on global markets, so criminals stand to collect rising sums of cash from selling the material. But while it costs $1,000 to replace a charging cable, authorities say, thieves only stand to make $20 reselling the metal. Thieves have been caught on camera in Seattle targeting an EV charging station on the edge of a shopping center parking lot. CCTV footage shows them using bolt cutters to snip several charging cables and load them into a truck...

Michelle Obama's get out the vote organization is attempting to fire up the Democrat base for Kamala Harris just days after husband Barack hit the campaign trail for the vice president. The former first lady, who often stays out of public campaigning, is trying to excite liberals with concerts and other events featuring well-known Democrat supporters through When We All Vote's Party at the Polls program. Each event is in one of the key seven swing states that most experts believe will decide the race between Harris and Donald Trump. Much of When We All Vote's work culminates is a...

US air marshals are so distracted tracking Jan. 6 suspects and other domestic threats that they are not devoting enough resources to policing the thousands of migrants flying around the country without IDs, sources say. A TSA employee told The Post that Americans “should feel horrible” and “threatened” about the terrifying situation. “None of the people that are coming through the border who are getting flight tickets are getting vetted by hardly any manner,’’ while US citizens are being forced to tightly adhere to airport security’s stringent ID requirements, the source said. Meanwhile, federal air marshals have orders to focus...

“Trump Trains”—convoys of cars and trucks festooned with flags and signs promoting Presidential candidate Donald Trump—have been rolling across Southern California during the 2024 presidential campaign season. On October 6, a Trump Train formed at Bridgeport School in the Valencia neighborhood of Santa Clarita and headed for the Route 66 Classic Grill on Soledad Canyon Road, several miles to the east.

Vice President Kamala Harris was roasted for a word salad during a church service in North Carolina where she attempted to speak about having faith “in times of crisis.” While speaking at the Koinonia Christian Center in Greenville on Sunday, Harris spoke about faith and how going through “times of crisis” can sometimes lead Christians to “question” their faith. Harris pointed to the devastation left by Hurricane Helene on communities in western North Carolina, southwestern Virginia, Georgia, and eastern Tennessee.

China launches "military drills," sending planes and ships to encircle Taiwan — AFP

Former President Donald Trump is set to announce his new plan to bolster the US Border Patrol with 10,000 new agents who will be given raises and bonuses to keep them on the force, according to his campaign team. The Republican presidential candidate, who will speak at a rally in Prescott, Arizona Sunday afternoon, vows to ask Congress for the funds to hire 10,000 new agents to patrol across America’s borders. Trump’s plan reportedly includes giving the agents an immediate 10% raise, as well as a $10,000 retention and signing bonus, his team said. The plan would increase the number...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Honored for his devotion to a basketball team that doesn’t have a Hall of Fame history, Billy Crystal couldn’t help but note the irony. “How strange to be getting a ring before any of the Clippers,” he said. The actor is being added to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame’s James F. Goldstein SuperFan Gallery and took part in a ceremony Sunday along with fellow entertainer and filmmaker Spike Lee and Philadelphia businessman Alan Horwitz. Longtime Lakers fan Jack Nicholson is also being added but the three-time Academy Award winner was not able to attend.

<p>Apparently our merchant account company that we've used for 28 years or so has either merged with or has been bought out by another company. We missed an important email from the company, and important deadline, because we thought it was somebody fishing for information.</p>

I’ve listened to Bob Dylan’s anthem of alienation, Like a Rolling Stone, so many times throughout my life, but it’s never hit home quite the way it does now as I’ve been exiled by almost everyone I once knew. How does it feel, Bob Dylan asks? It feels like tumbling through space with no place to land. It feels like being trapped in a nightmare. It feels like nothing I’ve ever gone through before. But it’s too late to turn back now. It’s full steam ahead. Yes, I am a California Liberal voting for Donald J. Trump. Why am I...

Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday agreed to appear at a CNN town hall on Oct. 23 after former President Trump rejected the network’s offer to host a second debate with his rival. The Democratic nominee will answer questions live from voters in the swing state of Pennsylvania.

Black conservative men have responded to former President Barack Obama’s claims that they do not support Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign due to sexism, slamming him for not accurately representing the black community and for trying to shame them into supporting Democrats. During a Thursday event in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Obama made several controversial remarks accusing black male voters of not being onboard with Harris for president.

Vem Miller is a registered Republican who tried to present fake VIP credentials at a Trump rally on Saturday and then found himself arrested on illegal firearms charges. The 49-year-old Las Vegas resident describes himself on LinkedIn as an 'investigative journalist' and is the cofounder of what appears to be a fringe, far-right website that vows to 'rage against the mainstream media.' On Saturday, the Riverside County Sheriff claimed Miller was 'probably' seeking to assassinate former President Donald Trump. But a source close to Trump campaign downplayed the threat and told DailyMaill.com that there was no assassination attempt. Miller was...

As the presidential campaign begins its final sprint, Donald Trump has made crystal clear how he will respond if he loses. He will refuse to accept the results; he will make baseless claims of voter fraud; and he will turn, with even more ferocity than he did in 2020, to the courts to save him.Mr. Trump has made clear that he views any election he loses — no matter how close or fair — as by definition illegitimate. The question then is whether there will be lawyers willing to cloak this insistence in the language of legal reasoning and therefore...

A man was arrested outside of a campaign rally for former President Donald Trump in Southern California, and multiple guns were illegally in his possession, according to authorities. The arrest took place at a checkpoint at the intersection of Avenue 52 and Celebration Drive in Coachella at 4:59 p.m. on Saturday, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office said. The rally was scheduled to start at 5 p.m. The driver of a black SUV, who was later identified as 49-year-old Vem Miller of Las Vegas, was found to be in illegal possession of a shotgun, a loaded handgun, and a high-capacity magazine....

Democrats will be intensifying their football focus on Sunday, when the Democratic National Committee plans to fly messages over four NFL games in battleground states, the party told NBC News. Week 6 of the NFL schedule has a quirk where three matchups feature battleground-state teams: The Green Bay Packers host the Arizona Cardinals, the Carolina Panthers host the Atlanta Falcons, and the Las Vegas Raiders host the Pittsburgh Steelers. The DNC will be skywriting “Vote Kamala” over Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas for the afternoon matchup between the Steelers and the Raiders. In Green Bay and Charlotte, the DNC will...

Transcript linked below video. Much goings on. One attack in Binyaminah (my aunt lives nearby).

Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco is scheduled to hold a press conference at 3 p.m....6 p.m. EST, regarding the arrest at the Trump rally Saturday night. The press conference will be live-streamed on YouTube, Facebook, and Riverside County Sheriff's website according to the department. It comes after a Las Vegas man was arrested Saturday near the site of former President Donald Trump’s rally in the Coachella Valley, according to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department. A shotgun, a loaded handgun, and a high-capacity magazine were seized from the vehicle. Officers took the driver into custody without incident and he was booked...

Former President Donald Trump has made gains in 19 states in the past week, according to a major election forecast. Pollster Nate Silver's forecast shows that the Republican presidential nominee has made marginal gains in six swing states during the past week and in Florida, Texas and New Mexico. Trump has also made gains in New Hampshire, California, Montana, Washington, Massachusetts, Indiana, Missouri, Maryland, Rhode Island and Nebraska, including in its 2nd Congressional District. Nebraska does not use the "winner takes all" system for awarding Electoral College votes. Two votes are awarded to the winner of the statewide popular vote,...