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In anticipation of rioting or even a second civil war following the upcoming election, the Department of Defense (DoD) is preliminarily gutting the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 to allow for the U.S. military to execute law, i.e., martial law, on American soil. As it was written, Posse Comitatus does not allow for any constitutional exceptions. The U.S. military is not supposed to be involved with law enforcement activities in any capacity whatsoever, and yet the Congress-passed bill has been so watered down over the past 50 years or so that armed soldiers could soon become commonplace on the streets...

CNN commentator Catherine Rampell flipped out at the prospect of former President Donald Trump deporting illegal aliens if he takes back the White House. Senior political commentator Scott Jennings argued that Trump’s economic, trade and immigration agenda will help the American worker.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) posted a video to X on Thursday promoting efforts, alongside their friends at FEMA, engaged in disaster cleanup. It is a demonstration of government efficiency at its absolute best. Or maybe not. They were promptly ratioed into oblivion for the effort. Worried about hurricane cleanup in Florida after Hurricane Milton? Fear not. These folks are on the case! "Along with our partners at @FEMA, we will continue with disaster recovery as a result of Hurricane Milton," the video is captioned. "The safety of the American people is our top priority."

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot pledged his support for Ukraine’s plan for ending the 2 1/2-year war with Russia, telling reporters in Kyiv on Saturday that he will work with Ukrainian officials to secure other nations’ backing for the proposal. Unveiled by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy earlier this week, Kyiv´s so-called “victory plan” hopes to compel Russia to end its invasion of Ukraine through negotiations. The proposal is being considered by Ukraine´s Western partners, whose help is vital for Kyiv to resist its bigger neighbor. A key element would be a formal invitation into NATO, which...

I was sitting beside a lake recently, admiring the beautiful autumn sunset and thanking God for the serenity of that place, the beauty of His creation and the peace in that tiny part of the world I was sitting in. It was still warm out for this time of year in Wisconsin; an “Indian summer,” but the falling leaves will soon give way to falling snow. And I believe the Holy Spirit spoke a single, simple word to me: “Remember.” “Remember this time of serenity, beauty and peace in this place, because it won’t always be this way, and things...

Europe’s electricity has become so expensive that trade unions have started warning of the threat of deindustrialization. Deepening Europe’s crisis, the Biden administration has announced a pause in liquefied natural gas export license approvals. U.S. policymakers should heed warnings from Europe, and embrace a policy of making American electricity once again the most reliable and affordable on Earth. Copied After years of misguided energy policies, Europe’s electricity has become so expensive that trade unions have started warning of the threat of deindustrialization. The warning will hopefully prove a salutary one for the U.S., which is now headed down the same...

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Former President Trump held a rally in the Detroit area, and he invited a local legend to the stage. The three-time Republican presidential nominee was at Huntington Place in downtown Detroit, and, before he took the stage, he took a photo with boxing legend Thomas “Hitman” Hearns, a Detroit native. Trump then spotted Hearns in the audience and invited him to the stage. “I won so much money betting on this guy. … Some of the greatest fights in history,” Trump said. “One of the greatest fights of all time, and man, I’ll tell you what, he was something special.”...

A 19-year-old man was arrested Monday after he was captured on surveillance video beating up an OB-GYN doctor at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, authorities said. According to authorities, Ventura Del Castillo Perez’s mother was a patient of Dr. Steven Silvers, and he was apparently upset because of the medication Silvers prescribed his mother. According to his arrest report, when police arrived to the hospital Monday morning, they located Del Castillo Perez, who was crying and struggling to catch his breath. “Defendant stated he was upset about what Doctor Silvers had prescribed his mother and wanted to advise...

**SNIP** The first big blunder for Harris and her team was taking the Keystone State for granted. “Uncle Joe” is from Scranton and loves to tell stories about his family’s days there. That has helped secure thousands of blue Democratic votes in an increasingly red northeastern Pennsylvania. Take away Biden, and San Francisco Harris has little chance of keeping those voters. Add to it that for three decades, voters in Philadelphia and its suburbs saw Biden as our “third senator.” He showed up at the Navy Yard, at ballgames, at ribbon cuttings — you name it. In 2020, when the...

Former President Donald Trump's campaign account asked if Vice President Kamala Harris was 'drunk' after the Democratic nominee appeared to go off-script at her rally in suburban Detroit. "Shout your own name for a minute. That's what I'm talking about. Because its about you, its about your families, its about you. That's what I'm talking about," Harris said to cheering supporters. The campaigns have been trading barbs back-and-forth in the closing days of the election cycle, with Harris' X campaign account accusing Trump of falling asleep at a town hall event earlier Friday.

Elon Musk speaks to voters and takes questions at an America PAC town hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Google on Tuesday announced a fresh Chrome browser update that addresses 17 vulnerabilities, including 13 security defects reported by external researchers.The most severe of the externally reported bugs is CVE-2024-9954, a high-risk use-after-free defect in AI . . .The latest Chrome iteration is now rolling out as versions 130.0.6723.58/.59 for Windows and macOS, and as version 130.0.6723.58 for Linux.

Leading white supremacist and antisemite says he’s backing the Jewish candidate over Trump because of former president’s ‘full-throated subservience to Israel and the Jewish lobby’JTA — David Duke, the former leader of the Ku Klux Klan, endorsed Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, who is Jewish, on his radio show Tuesday. Duke, long one of the United States’ highest-profile white supremacists and antisemites, has repeatedly sought political office while spreading conspiracy theories about Jews. In his endorsement of Stein, he said that she was the candidate with the strongest stance against “Jewish power” because she opposed Israel’s military campaign.“Although Dr....

A drone was launched towards Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's home in the northern Israeli town of Caesarea on Saturday, his spokesman said, adding that the premier was not in the vicinity and there were no casualties. Earlier, the Israeli military said that a drone was launched from Lebanon and that it had hit a building. It was not immediately clear what the building was.

Rosie O'Donnell's eldest daughter has been charged with child neglect after police found her 11-month-old son in a home full of meth pipes, feces, and garbage. Chelsea Belle O'Donnell, 27, was charged with four felony counts of maintaining a drug trafficking place, child neglect, possession of meth, and possession of THC.... 'It appeared Jacob and Chelsea were more concerned with their drug addiction than providing [the baby] with a safe and clean environment,' police alleged. During their search, police also found evidence suggesting drug trafficking may have been occurring inside the house and a meth cooking setup was in place....

A radical activist who believes black students should only be taught by same-race teachers has received $20million from billionaires such as Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates. Sharif El-Mekki has lobbied for a focus on anti-racism education in public schools through his prominent nonprofit and time as an adviser to Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro, as reported by The Free Press. A former middle and high school teacher, El-Mekki lobbies through his nonprofit, the Center for Black Educator Development, CBED, which describes its mission as a 'world where... all black students are taught by high-quality, same-race teachers... Other donors of the foundation...

House Democrats’ campaign arm sued the Federal Election Commission (FEC) on Thursday to block Republicans from using a campaign finance strategy that Democratic committees employ. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) alleges in its lawsuit that Republican joint fundraising committees are exploiting a campaign finance loophole by running attack ads, which they are prohibited from doing, and simply categorizing them as fundraising ads, which are allowed, Axios reported. A joint fundraising committee formed by the DCCC and Democratic Michigan Senate nominee Elisa Slotkin, however, is running an attack ad against Republican Michigan Senate nominee Mike Rogers that seemingly uses the...

(The Center Square) — New York City’s costly emergency shelter system is beset by nepotism, a lack of competitive bidding, and excessive salaries, which are driving up costs for the city’s taxpayers, according to a scathing new report. The report by the city’s Department of Investigation said a probe of the shelter system dating back to 2021 uncovered instances of nepotism in city contracts for shelters, a failure to follow competitive bidding rules when procuring goods and services with public money and poor controls over the use of taxpayer dollars for executive compensation, among other problems. ... Investigators found that...

Real Time host Bill Maher questioned why Democratic second gentleman Doug Emhoff wasn't enduring more scrutiny over his past treatment of women. DailyMail.com reported that Emhoff impregnated the family's nanny while married to his first wife, allegedly slapped an ex-girlfriend at the Cannes Film Festival and was 'inappropriate' and 'misogynistic' at work. During last week's Overtime segment, Maher pointed to this reporting and asked his panelists if the liberal media would keep ignoring it.