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VP Kamala Harris Speech in Pennsylvania (Today)

More Americans either identify as Republicans or align more with the GOP than Democrats, according to Gallup polling. When asked whether they identify as Republicans, Democrats, or independents, 31 percent of respondents answered Republican, 28 percent said Democrat, and 41 percent chose independent. When those independents were pressed on which party they lean toward and those results were included in the full sample, 49 percent of all respondents either identified as Republicans or said they leaned toward the GOP, versus 42 percent who either identified as Democrats or leaned that way.

Back in the spring, ResiClub reported that in response to the growing strain on housing affordability, Home Depot is selling tiny homes. It turns out Amazon is doing the same, continuing to expand its offerings of tiny homes and Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) on its e-commerce website. Among the Amazon offerings is this 40-foot luxury portable shipping container home. Dubbed the 'Modern Prefab Modular House with Glass Walls,' it’s priced at $28,865. The description highlights its two-story design with “fast and easy setup and a customizable layout, making it ideal for tiny homes, guest houses, or modern offices."

MANCHESTER, N.H. — A comet we will not see again in our lifetime has been visible in the night sky recently. Many Granite Staters captured views of the comet, known as C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, on Saturday night. Then, after a couple of cloudy nights, conditions were right for more viewing Tuesday night. The comet could be visible again Wednesday night, too. There will be more clearing during the day, and by Wednesday evening, it should be a mainly clear sky. Those hoping to catch a view should look toward the west just after sunset. The comet will be higher in...

It was all Greek to her. A dimwitted anti-Israel TikTokker filmed herself tearing down flags outside a New Jersey restaurant — not realizing they were Greek, rather than similarly-colored Israeli ones. “The time I mistakenly thought the flag for Greek was for Israel and took the restaurant’s flag down OMG,” the woman, who goes by “Ambamelia,” titled her video, which has gone viral with more than 3.2 million views on TikTok and millions more on X since being posted Tuesday. “Look at that s–t,” she says in the footage as she starts ripping down a string of Greek flags hung...

The Israeli military said it uncovered a trove of Hamas weapons hidden inside a clinic in northern Gaza belonging to the embattled United Nations Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) group. The Israel Defense Forces said Tuesday that their troops were attacked by Hamas gunmen operating inside the clinic in Jabalia, with an airstrike called to kill the terrorists. The IDF claimed that a secondary explosion from the clinic proved the existence of a weapons warehouse hidden in the medical buildings.

Back in January, three Republicans vying for their party’s nomination in a highly competitive Colorado congressional district north of Denver were asked for a yes-or-no answer about whether the 2020 election was “stolen from President Donald Trump.” One hemmed and hawed before finally answering yes. The second offered a quick and decisive no. The third candidate — and the one who would emerge as the nominee for a seat that Republicans hope to flip next month in their drive to keep control of the House — equivocated. “No-ish,” replied Gabe Evans, the 38-year-old state representative who is running to unseat...

President Biden on Wednesday discussed U.S. support for Ukraine in its defense against Russian aggression during a call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and announced a new $425 million military aid package. Included in the package are additional air defense capabilities, air-to-ground munitions, armored vehicles and munitions, the White House said in a readout of the president’s call. “President Zelenskyy updated President Biden on his plan to achieve victory over Russia, and the two leaders tasked their teams to engage in further consultations on next steps,” the statement read.

The first in-person votes have been cast in the critical swing state of Georgia, and both campaigns are likely looking for encouraging signs from the latest numbers. But who has been voting? And what does that mean for the race for the White House? On Tuesday, Georgia broke the record set for the first day of early voting, after voters cast 415,688 ballots, according to the secretary of state's election data hub. The previous record, set in 2020, was 136,000 votes on the first day of early voting. The tracker is updated at the end of every day, after polls...

In order to prove that “Queers for Palestine” is a scam, some clever people from an organization called “The New Tolerance Campaign” offered them one million dollars to hold a parade in Gaza or the West Bank.That offer was made a month ago, but I can’t find any evidence that the offer was ever accepted.Therefore, “Queers for Palestine” is a scam.

Analysis of 2024 Senate races by Gold Crown Politics and prediction results: Republicans 54 Democrats: 46

Explanation: Sometimes the night sky is full of surprises. Take the sky over Lindis Pass, South Island, New Zealand one-night last week. Instead of a typically calm night sky filled with constant stars, a busy and dynamic night sky appeared. Suddenly visible were pervasive red aurora, green picket-fence aurora, a red SAR arc, a STEVE, a meteor, and the Moon. These outshone the center of our Milky Way Galaxy and both of its two satellite galaxies: the LMC and SMC. All of these were captured together on 28 exposures in five minutes, from which this panorama was composed. Auroras lit...

This article originally appeared on Leo Hohmann’s Substack and was republished with permission. A video clip has resurfaced from May of 2019 in which Kamala Harris fantasizes about weaponizing the DOJ against speech the government doesn’t like, and the platforms that allow it. In the meantime, one month before a tense presidential election, the U.S. Department of Defense has authorized U.S. military “defense intelligence components” to use “lethal force” against American citizens if requested by state or local law enforcement in an emergency situation. More on this in a minute, but first let’s get to the May 2019 video showing...

That’s a lot of bridges over troubled waters. The Empire State ranks 11th in the nation for dilapidated bridges, as nearly every single span in the state — 99.46% — is in need of some kind of repair, a report said. And nearly 10 percent of New York State’s 17,642 bridges were so bad they classified as “structurally deficient,” according to a 2024 report from the American Road and Transportation Builders Association. The 10 worst are all in New York City. The bridge hall of shame included parts of I-95 and the Bruckner Expressway in the Bronx — and most...

Vice President Kamala Harris said Wednesday that she supported the Biden-Harris administration’s threat to Israel over humanitarian conditions for Palestinians in Gaza — though she denied it warned of an arms embargo. As Breitbart News reported, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin issued a threat of cutting off arms earlier this week in a letter to Israeli officials. The letter was leaked and the Biden-Harris administration confirmed the threat. It caused an outcry, including protest from former Israeli ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren, who said that the threat by the administration “casts doubts on America’s dependability as an ally and...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday his plan to win his country’s fight against Russia’s invasion could bring peace next year, but it contains a step that some crucial Western allies have so far refused to countenance: inviting Ukraine to join NATO before the war ends. “If we start moving according to this victory plan now, it may be possible to end the war no later than next year,” Zelenskyy told his country’s parliament. He has recently been trying to win approval for the plan from Western partners, who so far have stopped short of publicly voicing their support for...

A recent rally in Dearborn, Michigan, featured late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah’s infamous hand gesture and threat to American troops, echoing an infamous speech where he mocked U.S. forces and warned they would return home “horizontally” in coffins. Earlier this month, a rally titled “Stand with Lebanon” was held outside the Dearborn Police Department in Michigan. Among the signs carried by protesters, one prominently displayed the distinctive hand gesture of the late Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, accompanied by the misspelled words, “You will be return horizontaly [sic] The placard referenced a notorious speech Nasrallah gave in Lebanon, during which he...

Republicans supporting Kamala Harris say that there's a 'silent majority' of Americans that will give her the edge over Trump. The former lawmakers say that pollsters may have overlooked these Americans as they collect data. Polls show that Trump and Harris are neck-and-neck in nearly every battleground state heading into the last few weeks of the campaign. Former GOP Rep. Barbara Comstock told the Daily Beast: I think there’s a silent majority. I think there’s a silent group of women who will crawl over broken glass to vote against Trump and who will quietly vote for Harris. Comstock is joining...

The Biden administration's FBI reportedly altered its 2022 crime statistics to show an increase in violent crime after initially claiming a decrease. RealClear Investigations (RCI) reported Wednesday that the FBI "has quietly" revised 2022 crime data to show violent crime increased by 4.5%, which includes thousands more murders, rapes, robberies, and aggravated assaults. The updated data for 2022 report that there were 80,029 more violent crimes than in 2021. "This FBI report is stunning because it now doesn't state that violent crime in 2022 was much higher than it had previously reported, nor does it explain why the new rate...

The woman who kidnapped and killed a pregnant mother from Arkansas in an attempt to claim the baby as her own learned her fate on Tuesday. Amber Waterman, 44, from Missouri, will spend the rest of her days behind bars for the brutal slaying of 33-year-old Ashley Bush and her unborn child. She is ordered to serve two consecutive sentences of life in a federal correctional facility with no chance of parole, according to Law and Crime. Less than a week before the scheduled October 21 trial date, her husband, Jaime Waterman, changed his plea to guilty for his hand...