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Ben Shapiro is never one to shy away from a debate, but his latest foray into the arena may take the cake. In a scene that I don't think has ever played out in politics, the podcast host and owner of The Daily Wire faced off against 25 Kamala Harris supporters, and the results were incredible. ALSO SEE: UCLA Administrators Attempt to derail Upcoming Ben Shapiro Speech If you thought leftists were vapid and unable to articulate basic defenses of their positions before, just wait until you hear some of this. Let's start with the topic of abortion, which every...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Twice in a span of less than three hours early Thursday, crime victims fought back and shot someone trying to break into or outright steal their car, and that fighting back is starting to become a trend. The first victim was a retired Chicago police officer, whose neighbor alerted him that someone was trying to break into his car early Thursday in the Austin neighborhood. That's when the 73-year-old retired officer came out of his home in the 300 block of North Mayfield Avenue, and confronted the 53-year-old man trying to break into his vehicle around 2:15...

There's a lot of polling data floating around out there that looks very encouraging for GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump in terms of who has the most momentum heading into Election Day, who seems to be connecting best with the voters they need to, whose ground game appears to have the edge, etc.Understandably, conservatives are very wary of being given too much in the way of good news in one direction after the "Red Wave" of 2022 that never really materialized. There's a real concern out there of a repeat of that in 2024, where GOP voters excitedly tune in...

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump filed a motion Thursday to dismiss special counsel Jack Smith’s election interference case, arguing that Smith was illegally appointed and should no longer receive public funds, according to court filings.The election interference case between Trump and Smith has escalated over the past month, with Judge Tanya Chutkan releasing a redacted version of Smith’s 165-page brief on Oct. 2, detailing the case’s evidence. Trump’s legal team now claims that the “unjust case” violates the “Constitution’s Appointments and Appropriations Clauses” due to Smith not being properly appointed “by law.”“Even if Smith is a valid officer, which...

X/Heshmat Alavi Ariane Tabatabai, a Pentagon official whose troubling links to the Iranian regime were revealed more than a year ago and who is reportedly suspected of being behind the leak of top secret US intelligence documents related to Israel, is no longer chief of staff for Assistant Secretary of Defense Christopher Maier.Politico reports that Tabatabai has been promoted to Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Education and Training, a position she's (also) completely unqualified for:ARIANE TABATABAI is now the deputy assistant secretary of defense for force education and training within the Office of the Secretary of Defense,...

If you’re a physician and a neighbor asks you a medical question, you’re probably happy to share your professional expertise. If you’re a heating and cooling contractor and a friend asks you about her furnace, you likely do the same. In that spirit, I think it’s time for business people to share what we know about immigration: that it powers economic growth and provides many other benefits to the country. At a time when many politicians are falsely scapegoating immigration for society’s ills — crime, housing shortages, labor issues and more — people with experience working alongside immigrants, employing them...

Journalist Mark Halperin said Thursday that Vice President Kamala Harris’ “performance” during her Wednesday CNN town hall left many Democrats feeling resigned about her candidacy. We’re not going to go overboard here and say, ‘It’s over, [former President Donald] Trump’s going to win.’ But a lot of what we’re going to talk about today is not great for Kamala Harris. Again, it doesn’t mean Trump’s a great guy in the eyes of all of America,” Halperin said. “It doesn’t mean Trump’s going to win, but where we are right now is there are increasing problems for the Democratic Party. You...

Stone pillars, moon’s 18.6-year cycle and ancient structures tell a story.. The major lunar standstill northern moonrise is visible between Chimney and Companion rocks once per month for a period of about 24 months, every 18.6 years.. To archaeo-astronomers, the stone pillars that give Chimney Rock National Monument its name and the structures there built by ancestral Puebloan people send a message. .... And something did happen at the monument Tuesday night: The moon rose between Chimney Rock and Companion Rock, demonstrating a rare celestial occurrence called the major lunar standstill. The event occurs monthly over the course of about...

On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Harris-Walz Campaign Co-Chair Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) reacted to polls showing Americans see the country as on the wrong track by stating that the internals show more people “think that their own economic situation and [that] of their community is getting better” and the pessimistic view of the nation’s direction is “in large part, because of the division and the nastiness they’re seeing on their televisions, in TV ads, and in discussions they’re having with family and friends about this election.” Co-host John Berman asked, “So, The Wall Street Journal has a new...

Atlanta – Reva Harvey didn't know Vice President Kamala Harris would be coming to her church on Sunday. But with almost two weeks left until Nov. 5, she thought it was "essential" for her to do so. Harvey, a 53-year-old Black woman whose birthday was one day before Harris', said the vice president's visit to the New Birth Baptist Church in Stonecrest, Georgia, could help her find older Black voters and give them "the information that they need."

Americans today don’t just disagree on whom to vote for – we also disagree on the best way to ensure that we have free and fair elections. The left has advocated for mail-in voting, election drop-boxes, and against requiring ID to vote, in the name of allowing as many Americans as possible to vote. The right advocates for voter ID, a tighter chain of custody for ballots, and measures to ensure that only citizens can vote. Joe Biden campaigned as a uniter, but he has demonized election integrity measures as “Jim Crow 2.0” and enacted the left’s preferred election “reforms.”...

Actor-director Mel Gibson hinted that he will be voting for former President Donald Trump while saying Vice President Kamala Harris has an “appalling track record” with an “IQ of a fence post.” The Braveheart director issued his comments in a brief interview with TMZ while walking through the airport. While Gibson did not explicitly say that he will be voting for Trump, he did strongly hint at it. “The president is being voted on in days. What’s your thoughts,” the TMZ reporter asked.

[H/T sweetiepiezer ]ransomnote: below in order of appearance 1) James Wood's post (audio and video linked in his x.com post) 2 ) TRANSCRIPTS of the gifs or images I took from Woods' x.com post 3) my comments at the very bottom.https://x.com/RealJamesWoods/status/1849445332977057997 ~~TRANSCRIPTS and gifs, images from Jame's Wood's post below~~ransomnote: In videos #1 and #4, Kamala sounds (and looks) painfully drunk. Must be seen/heard to be appreciated.Video #1 (clip takes a moment to start)TRANSCRIPT:Today is todayAnd yesterday was today yesterdayTomorrow will be today tomorrowSo live today, so the future today will be as the past today as it is tomorrow.Still...

A new poll shows that former President Trump has historically strong support from young minority voters with less than two weeks before Election Day. The latest GenForward poll from the University of Chicago, released Wednesday, found that 26 percent of Black men between the ages of 18 and 40 said they would vote for Trump, while only 12 percent of Black women said the same. It is a significant gain since Black voters overall supported Biden over Trump by a nine to one ratio in the 2020 presidential election. Trump also has improved with young Latino men, 44 percent of...

Fox News host Jesse Watters highlights the razor-thin election margins two weeks before Election Night on "Jesse Watters Primetime." JESSE WATTERS: Democrats are getting prickly about Kamala Harris' campaign. Politico says she's running on yesterday and Trump rather than tomorrow and her. Kamala still hasn't been able to answer the easiest question: Who are you? She can't tell us because one mistake, [it's] game over. The election is that close. RealClear says the race is too close to call. It's the tightest race in over half a century. And the only campaign event Kamala has done in the last 48...

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TEMPE, ARIZ. - An Arizona prosecutor said the man arrested in the shooting of a Democratic National Committee office in suburban Phoenix had more than 120 guns and over 250,000 rounds of ammunition in his home, leading law enforcement to believe he may have been planning a mass casualty event. Maricopa County prosecutor Neha Bhatia said at Jeffrey Michael Kelly's initial court appearance on Wednesday that federal agents told her about the large seizure made after Kelly's arrest. Scopes, body armour and silencers were also found, she said. A machine gun was discovered in the car he was driving.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago's budget crisis may be worse than many had thought. A still-pending lawsuit over police overtime pay could put the city on the hook for $200 million. It's a liability Chicago City Council members recently learned about as the city heads into budget season. The mission of the Chicago Police Department is protect and serve, a job that often involves overtime. However, a federal lawsuit alleges the city grossly under-calculated how much the officers should have been paid. The overtime mainly stems from officers work as part of the violence reduction initiative dating back to at least...

A fire broke out at a U.S. military base in South Korea, with dramatic footage showing flames ripping through a large building as firefighters battled the blaze. The cause of the fire at Busan Naval Base is unknown, but it is understood to have begun at 6.30 p.m. local time on Thursday, according to media reports. The U.S. military is stationed in South Korea to deter aggression against the republic and help ensure stability in Asia. It regularly conducts joint exercises with Seoul's forces. Snip An official from the Busan Fire and Disaster Headquarters said in a statement: "Due to...

Former President Donald Trump said he has not ruled out the prospect of pardoning President Joe Biden’s convicted criminal son, Hunter Biden, if reelected. “I wouldn’t take it off the books,” Trump told radio host Hugh Hewitt in a Thursday interview when asked if he would pardon the first son, “despite what they’ve done to me.”