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ATLANTA — Former President Barack Obama’s bid to bolster turnout for Vice President Kamala Harris is... The Haitian American, who arrived in the United States more than two decades ago, voted twice for Mr. Obama. This year, he is supporting Mr. Trump. He blames Mr. Obama and the Biden-Harris administration for increased crime and rising prices. The Powder Springs, Georgia, resident said life was better when Mr. Trump was president.“Obama’s policies were so bad for the African American community. Now, inflation is over the top. Things need to change, and we want that change,” he said. “Trump is strong, and...

University of South Florida men’s basketball coach Amir Abdur-Rahim has died at 43 years old due to an undisclosed illness. The school said Abdur-Rahim died while suffering complications during a medical procedure at a Tampa-area hospital. “We are heartbroken over the passing of Coach Abdur-Rahim,” the school wrote on X. “A tremendous man & leader with an infectious personality that was a shining light to all he encountered. Our thoughts & prayers are with his family, friends and everyone that he left a lasting impact on.” Abdur-Rahim was entering his second season as head coach of USF after leading the...

With about six weeks remaining in this year’s Atlantic hurricane season, we’ve already experienced multiple historic storms, vividly illustrating that as humans have warmed the planet, we have also made it more dangerous.Beryl became a Category 5 hurricane in July, the earliest in the calendar year that any Atlantic hurricane on record has reached that magnitude; Helene yielded catastrophic flooding and damage from Florida to western North Carolina; Kirk traversed the Atlantic to bring damaging rain and winds to France; Milton — one of the fastest-intensifying storms on record — caused damage across Florida; and Oscar surprised forecasters this weekend...

China's state security ministry said foreign spy intelligence agencies have been trying to steal secrets from the country's space programme as the arms race in space intensifies and emerges as a new "battlefield for military struggle". Safeguarding space security had become a key strategy for China's future survival and development, the ministry said in a post on its official Wechat account on Wednesday (Oct 23). "In recent years, some Western countries have formed space combat forces, exercised space action capabilities and even regarded (China) as a major competitor in the space field," it said.

Massive Hoard of Silver Pennies From Norman Conquest Valued at $5.6MA pile of 1,000-year-old silver pennies from the Chew Valley hoard, which was recently discovered by metal detectorists in Somerset. The treasure sheds new light on the post-Conquest period and the impact of the Norman invasion on England. The pennies were acquired by the South West Heritage Trust for £4.4 million ($5.6 million USD). The hoard of pennies is now the "highest value treasure on record". Courtesy of the British Museum A massive hoard of 1,000-year-old silver pennies found by a group of people learning how to use metal detectors...

[Catholic Caucus] Cardinal-Elect Timothy Radcliffe Reveals the Synod’s Revolutionary DNAMost faithful Catholics fortunately have little reason to know much about Fr. Timothy Radcliffe, even though Francis recently named the pro-LGBTQ Dominican priest on the list of Cardinals to be created at the December 8 consistory.However, it is worth examining Radcliffe’s October 21 meditation delivered to the participants on the ongoing Synod on Synodality because it offers us one of the most honest and accurate statements of what is truly going on in Rome today. We can get a clear picture of how the Synodal Church differs from the Catholic Church...

"I am disappointed that he hasn't embraced Kamala Harris," Anderson said, referring to the silence from Kelly and other former Trump officials regarding endorsements. "When they took a political job, like being Trump's chief of staff, they lost the right to remain neutral." Anderson added that he wished Kelly would fully support Harris over Trump, something he has not yet done. "His view is that the general and flag officer corps of the United States military should stay out of partisan politics as much as possible, and I believe he is reluctant to endorse any politician," he said. However,...

An Ohio judge permanently struck down the state's ban on abortion after about six weeks on Thursday and criticized its Republican attorney general for attempting to circumvent the will of Ohioans who voted to enshrine abortion protections in the state constitution. Judge Christian Jenkins of the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas in Cincinnati said, opens new tab the Republican-backed 2019 state law would interfere with women's ability to receive abortions and discourage doctors from performing them, in violation of a constitutional amendment approved by voters last year. The office of Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, a Republican, acknowledged that...

A relaxing afternoon break at a Serangoon coffee shop was ruined for one man who found an unwelcome visitor in his pants. The incident occcured at about 2pm last Saturday (Oct 19) at a coffee shop at Block 3 Lorong Lew Lian, reported Shin Min Daily News. The diner surnamed Liang said he had felt something worm its way into the leg of his long pants. "My pant leg felt peculiar, then I realised that something had made its way up to my crotch area," he recounted. The frightened man immediately stood up, shaking his leg while frantically pulling on...

Parents know what is best for kids, NOT the government. All New York State parents and families deserve to have their sacred rights protected and not stripped away. The Coalition to Protect Kids-NY is a ballot issue committee registered with the New York State Board of Elections. We are comprised of New Yorkers from all walks of life dedicated to defeating Prop One to the New York State Constitution, or as we call it, the Parent Replacement Act. ​ New Yorkers aren’t looking to replace parents with state laws. That is why The Coalition to Protect Kids New York is...

To update a famous quote attributed to Benjamin Franklin: In this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes — and Democrats labeling the Republican presidential candidate a fascist for the last 60 years. It’s been an integral part of the Democratic political playbook, utilized almost as much as calling the Republican nominee a racist. Yet, somehow, after each warning, the Third Reich has yet to materialize in the United States. This includes when former President Donald Trump was president from 2017-2021. Despite six decades’ worth of Democratic warnings of impending fascist doom failing to come true, it has never...

Yesterday, V.P. Harris compared President Trump to Hitler, “Donald Trump is out for unchecked power. He wants a military like Adolf Hitler had, who will be loyal to him, not our Constitution. He is unhinged, unstable, and given a second term, there would be no one to stop him from pursuing his worst impulses.”The V.P.’s comment comparing Trump to Hitler indicates she doesn’t care about minimizing the horrors of the Holocaust or she is an imbecile incapable of understanding.Her comments were based on a story in the leftist magazine The Atlantic reporting that Trump’s former chief of staff, Gen. John...

Former president Donald Trump is reportedly planning another visit to a football game as the 2024 presidential election nears, with Yahoo! Sports’ Ross Dellenger reporting he plans to attend the Ohio State–Penn State game on Nov. 2. The game will be played in State College, which means Donald Trump would be appearing in the heart of a key swing state for the election just three days before voters head to the polls. Already this season Trump has visited the Alabama–Georgia game at the college level, while attending a Pittsburgh Steelers-New York Jets game at the professional level. It’s clearly a...

Pro-life Marylanders are speaking out against an abortion amendment set to appear on the Old Line State’s ballot this November. Archbishop William Lori of the Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore issued a letter last week, delivered to pastors and parishioners via email, urging Maryland Catholics to vote “No” on Question 1, which would amend the state constitution to enumerate a “right” to abortion. Referring to combating abortion as the “preeminent” issue facing the nation, Lori reminded Marylanders that “every person is made in God’s image and likeness and thus has inviolable dignity and deserves respect and protection. … We are called...

Blue Miami-Dade county in Florida flipped from Democrat to Republican in early and mail-in voting combined Thursday afternoon, according to the latest election results. The live update at 2:32 p.m. Eastern showed Republicans across the state of Florida leading Democrats in terms of early and mail-in voting combined, seeing 44.20 percent for Republicans — or 1,382,165 votes — to the Democrats’ 35.54 percent, or 1,111,890 votes.

We wanted to share the following information with you from our friends at Right to Know Colorado. We wanted to make certain that you, your friends, and your neighbors would be aware of this very critical information. Colorado’s General Election is right around the corner, and there is an amendment on the ballot (Amendment 79) that would enshrine a “right” to abortion in Colorado’s constitution and repeal the constitutional ban on public funding of abortion. See below for more information about Amendment 79 and vote NO on this amendment on November 5th! We encourage you to join Right to Know...

Well, folks, the Deep State is getting nervous. With about two weeks until Election Day, they’ve been unable to stop President Trump’s momentum, and God knows they’ve tried, and now he’s sitting in a strong position to retake the White House. That means our political “elites” are scrambling, reaching into their bag of dusty old tricks to paint Trump as some evil figure with a Hitler obsession and a twisted hatred for Latina murder victims.This latest round of absurd (debunked) attacks comes courtesy of The Atlantic—a left-wing rag owned by Steve Jobs’ widow—in collaboration with TDS-afflicted former US General John...

“I feel more concerned today than I did two years ago about resource adequacy,” he said Monday. “Load is growing much faster than we had projected then, which even back then was an eye-popping set of numbers.” PJM’s recent capacity auction, in which PJM secures commitments from generators to provide electricity in the future, produced higher than usual prices. Those prices have thus far served their purpose of incentivizing some generators to delay retirement and others to consider investments in new generation. “I haven’t seen any forecast of load that allows me to rest and say we’re good,” he said...

Maybe it’s not his sport.

The year was 2022. The Democrats’ draconian Covid measures had never been worse, and the mood among Republicans was unmistakably bullish. This was the moment they had been waiting for: the big turn toward freedom and their chance to deliver a resounding mandate against two years of psychotic fear-mongering from hypochondriac Blues all across America. Kari Lake was destined to be the next governor of Arizona and Herschel Walker was going to become the new senator from Georgia. Tudor Dixon was going to stage an unlikely defeat of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Blake Masters was going to beat Mark Kelly...