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As of now I'm confident of Trump winning the election but I don't trust Democrats. They are not entirely stupid. They have their own internal polling and must realize behind the scenes what is happening. I expect more "Trump is a dictator" nonsense. (I think they are trying to inspire another nutjob to take another shot at him.) More people will probably step forward with allegations of wrong-doing by Trump from 10, 20, 30 years ago. I'm also concerned about what Democrats will do after a Trump victory if vote fraud fails to work for them. I've been wondering what...

A poll from Quantus Insights released Friday showed Vice President Kamala Harris sliding in Virginia as former President Donald Trump pledged to make a “final stop in Virginia before” the presidential election. The Quantus Insights poll, conducted between October 22-24, of 725 likely voters found Harris leading by one point with 49 percent of support, while Trump received 48 percent of support. A previous poll from Quantus Insights, conducted between August 20-22, found Harris leading in Virginia with 49 percent, while Trump received 46 percent of support, representing a three-point lead for Harris

BREAKING: Lancaster, Pennsylvania officials have BUSTED a large-scale fraudulent voter registration scheme that includes thousands of applications with the same handwriting, fake signatures, false addresses, etc They discovered the same scheme in other Pennsylvania counties. District Attorney Heather Adams revealed that the applications came from canvassers who were paid to obtain voter registrations, adding that "The majority of the applications were from residents in the city of Lancaster... The canvases themselves took place at various shopping centers, parking lots of grocery stores and businesses, sidewalks and parks." "We are aware of at least two other counties that receive similar applications...

Patients improved their insulin responses after being taken off medications and adjusting lifestyle. Type 2 diabetes patients who went on a low-carbohydrate diet saw their insulin production double, potentially eliminating their need for medication, according to a new study published Tuesday in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Type 2 diabetes occurs when insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells become less effective. Insulin is needed to regulate blood sugar levels, and when there is not enough being produced, blood sugar levels rise, causing various diseases linked to Type 2 diabetes. No conventional drug for Type 2 diabetes has been shown to...

Will it then be up to Speaker Johnson to do it?

The kernel of the long-awaited “victory plan” for Ukraine that President Volodymyr Zelensky introduced this fall goes something like this: If you give me what I’ve been asking for — membership in NATO and permission to fire Western missiles deep into Russian territory — I could end the war by next year. The demands are not in themselves new. The urgency is in the timing: The American election, and what President Biden does before he leaves office, will have serious consequences for the trajectory of the Russia-Ukraine war. Actual membership in NATO is not in the cards for Ukraine until...

...This extensive site, dating from 2100 to 1800 BC, is considered one of the most important findings in the research of this culture, with a total of 130 graves identified...The graves contained not only skeletal remains but also goods such as copper ornaments, bone beads, stone arrowheads, a copper ring, and bone awls. Interestingly, some of the graves showed signs of post-mortem manipulation, suggesting that transitional burial rituals were performed even after death. This indicates a complex relationship with death and the afterlife within the culture.The burial practices at the site revealed distinct differences between how men and women were...

China is currently facing a staggering $800 billion in defaults in its non-standard debt market. Much of this debt is tied to Local Government Financing Vehicles (LGFVs), which issue fixed-income investments that aren’t publicly traded and are primarily used to fund infrastructure projects. Analysts estimate the size of this non-standard debt market to be massive, and recent data shows an alarming increase in defaults. In just the first nine months of 2024, 60 non-standard debt products tied to LGFVs have either defaulted or flagged repayment risks—up 20% compared to the same period last year. This surge has set a record...

U.S. Air Force Captain Daniel Alwan breached operational security, revealing in a now-deleted post that he’s in Israel preparing for a strike on Iran. Meanwhile, ten U.S. Air Force Stratotankers—critical for mid-air refueling of fighter jets—were spotted en route to the Middle East. Is the Biden-Harris administration likely to lead us into a war before the election?

According to an IFL Science report, a new study of fossils of the giant elephant Palaeoloxodon turkmenicus discovered in 2000 in northern India's Kashmir Valley suggests that hominins extracted marrow from the bones between 300,000 and 400,000 years ago. Advait Jukar of the Florida Museum of Natural History explained that he and his colleagues identified a bone flake formed by repeated hammering with stone implements, presumably some of the 87 stone tools discovered alongside the bones. "Initially, the bone was struck several times in an attempt to initiate the fracture," Jukar said. "However, these initial attempts failed, requiring a subsequent,...

When Clara Andriola took her seat at the Washoe County, Nev., commission meeting room on July 9, she looked out at a sea of angry faces. The commission is Washoe’s main legislative body, and Andriola, a longtime local business executive, was appointed to fill a vacancy on the five-person board last year. She had just won a Republican primary that would almost certainly allow her to keep that seat in the November general election. The commission was required by law to certify elections at every level, from local primary to presidential election. What came next should have been a simple...

There’s no bigger stage in baseball than a World Series between the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers, and there’s no bigger star than Japanese slugger Shohei Ohtani. The 30-year-old’s ability to hit mammoth home runs, pitch over 100 mph and steal bases with ease got him a $700 million contract from the Dodgers this past offseason. But despite his on-field exploits, the 30-year-old is also known for being one of the most humble players in the league. It’s an approach that was instilled in him when he was just a promising high school athlete. Ohtani attended Hanamaki...

Americans have already cast 30 million votes in the first weeks of early voting, according to the University of Florida’s Election Lab. The number of early votes suggests Americans are highly motivated to cast their ballot before Election Day, which saves the Trump and Harris campaigns time and money. Swing state early voting data, which is more valuable than polling, appears to be benefiting former President Donald Trump thus far. More on Trump’s preliminary lead is here. Republicans took the lead in cumulative early voting in North Carolina and continued to hold it for a couple of days. The lead...

Accusations from a former Trump chief of staff meant to derail his presidential campaign were defused by a vehement denial from the former chief of staff to Mike Pence. Retired Marine General John Kelly said that former President Donald Trump had praised Adolf Hitler's military and wished that he had the same. He also said Trump met the definition of a fascist and would govern as a dictator if elected a second time. The media ran wild with the claims in an attempt to damage the Trump presidential campaign. "He certainly prefers the dictator approach to government," Kelly said. But...

As vice president, Kamala Harris often tried to use government to target racism and sexism.Paging through intelligence reports just weeks after she was sworn in as vice president, Kamala Harris was struck by the way two female foreign leaders were described. The reports used adjectives that, in her view, were rarely used to describe male leaders. Ms. Harris, the first woman to hold her office, ordered up a review that scrutinized multiple years of briefing reports from various intelligence agencies, looking for possible gender bias. The study found some questionable word choices but no widespread pattern, according to a senior...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 62-year-old Jacksonville woman claimed the $1 million top prize from the Loteria Grande scratch-off game. The winner claimed her prize at the lottery’s headquarters in Tallahassee, where she opted for a one-time lump sum payout of $640,000. The Florida Lottery reported that the winning ticket was purchased at Publix located at 7177 Merrill Road in Jacksonville and that the retail store received a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning ticket.

VIDEO AT LINK...................... Oct. 25 (UPI) -- An Alabama couple may have broken a Guinness World Record by growing an okra plant that reached a height of 16 feet, 10 inches. Mobile residents Terry and Candace Stevens said this was their first year planting okra in their garden, and they were shocked to see one of their plants reach for the sky. "Actually, this is our first year planting," Terry Stevens told WALA-TV. "I think we started in March, and we started in seeds from my shed, and we transferred them out here, and they've just been growing ever since."...

Peterson has come a long way in understanding what Trump is about. His glowing analysis of Trump (first half) and Musk, RFK Jr., Tulsi Gabbard, Vivek Ramaswamy, J.D. Vance (second half). The whole video is one hour. This is NOT click-bait. Peterson cuts to the chase with his insightful analysis almost immediately. Worth your time. Audio only available on his Podcast, too.

CV NEWS FEED // CatholicVote on Thursday released a new ad in support of Republican nominee Donald Trump, featuring former 2024 independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a Catholic. In the ad, Kennedy addresses Catholic voters. “My Catholicism provided the foundation for a lifetime of striving to perfect my personal relationship with God,” he says. “Two features of Catholicism are the notions of original sin and the concept of a forgiving God,” he continues. “Our job is to strive to perfect ourselves through conscious contact with our Creator, knowing that in human form, we are never going to achieve...

The Washington Post’s chief executive told the newsroom on Friday that it would not endorse a presidential candidate, breaking with decades of precedent at the newspaper. “The Washington Post will not be making an endorsement of a presidential candidate in this election,” wrote Will Lewis, The Post’s chief executive. “Nor in any future presidential election. We are returning to our roots of not endorsing presidential candidates.” The Post has endorsed presidential candidates since 1976, Mr. Lewis wrote, when it gave its stamp of approval to Jimmy Carter, who went on to win the election. Before that, it generally did not...