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Republican voters appear to be running up big leads during the opening stages of early voting in at least four of seven battleground states, in some cases not only chipping into mail-in ballot advantages that Democrats have built over the past few election cycles but surpassing them. Overall, nearly 33 million Americans nationwide had already cast ballots in the Nov. 5 election as of Friday, with at least 15 million doing so in the 36 states where early voting is underway and 17.89 million mailing in their ballots, according to the University of Florida’s U.S. Election Lab… … … While...

At a ceremony Thursday night in New York City, two of our Post Opinions colleagues received their Pulitzer Prizes for their courageous and tenacious work spotlighting the dangers of authoritarianism.Russian dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza, a contributor to our pages, won the commentary award for what the Pulitzer board said were “passionate columns written under great personal risk from his prison cell, warning of the consequences of dissent in Vladimir Putin’s Russia and insisting on a democratic future for his country.”Veteran foreign correspondent David Hoffman, a member of our editorial board, was recognized for a series of editorials spotlighting the digital-age means...

According to a Newsweek report, a 2,600-year-old burial chamber has been discovered in an area of southwestern Germany once occupied by Celts. The chamber, which was lined with oak timbers, was found in a large burial mound on the plains of the Danube River. A wooden club-like object in the tomb is thought to have been left behind by a builder. The mound measures more than 210 feet in diameter, and stands more than six feet tall, although Andrea Lindlohr of the Baden-Württemberg Ministry for Regional Development and Housing said that it may have once been 20 feet tall. "The...

Warnings against saturated fat on heart health need to be revisited as flaws were revealed in the seminal 1950s studies on which these warnings were based, according to research. In 1953, spurred by an apparent surge in heart disease in the US, physiologist Ancel Keys published a study that introduced the "lipid-heart hypothesis." He claimed without evidence that high saturated fat and cholesterol in the diet raise cholesterol levels in the blood and contribute to heart disease. Newport and Dayrit pointed out that Keys erroneously conflated the saturated fats found in meat and dairy with the harmful industrial trans-fats commonly...

Donald Trump has described at length the dangerous and disturbing actions he says he will take if he wins the presidency. His rallies offer a steady stream of such promises and threats — things like prosecuting political opponents and using the military against U.S. citizens. These statements are so outrageous and outlandish, so openly in conflict with the norms and values of American democracy that many find them hard to regard as anything but empty bluster. We have two words for American voters: Believe him. The record shows that Mr. Trump often pursues his stated goals, regardless of how plainly...

Live Science reports that nearly 3,000 poorly preserved coins were discovered by a metal detectorist in the Westerwald mountain range, in an area outside the borders of the Roman Empire and any known settlements of ancient Germanic tribes. The coins were unearthed by archaeologists who also recovered more than 200 unidentified thin silver fragments decorated with geometric designs from the site. The cache had been placed in a ceramic pot and hidden between two rocks. "Most of the coins are so called Antoniniani, which were the official silver coin in the Roman Empire in the third century [A.D.], but mostly...

Air pollution is often viewed as an outdoor hazard and a threat to respiratory health. Emerging research shows that air pollution may also affect our brain health. Fine particulate matter (PM2.5), is a complex mixture of many chemicals that can be inhaled deep into the lungs. While PM2.5 exposure has long been linked to tissue damage and inflammation in the lung, its role in cognitive decline is only now gaining attention. Researchers have uncovered a potential link: systemic inflammation, driven by an increase in monocytes—a type of white blood cells—may be a key mediator in how PM2.5 exposure contributes to...

There is only one being in the universe that has ever taught man cannot keep God's law, the one who has ever caused man to sin. And he is the only one being that has ever taught God is responsible for sin… https://sdapillars.org/media/YouCantkeepThem.pdf

Days to go and there's only one argument Kamala Harris — and her minions in the media — can make: Trump is Hitler. Or Mussolini, or Stalin, or Pol Pot — take your pick. If Trump gets elected, he's building concentration camps, ripping up the Constitution, sending the military to arrest his political enemies — hell, anyone who didn't vote for him — hosting Putin and Xi in the Lincoln bedroom, burning the country down and throwing Rachel Maddow in jail. Well, most of us could get behind that last one.... If Kamala were smart, she'd do what Obama did...

As we enter the final stretch of election season, every day seems to bring another Trump/Vance victory in spite of a hostile media, and another embarrassing loss by the Harris/Walz campaign. Recently, for example, Trump endeared himself to regular Americans by putting on an apron and working the McDonald’s drive-thru; conversely, McDonald’s dealt a fatal blow to Kamala’s claim she had worked for them as a teenager by releasing a statement declaring they could find no evidence of that. She is looking more and more like the most hapless, brainless, inauthentic, unqualified presidential nominee in modern history, if not ever....

I love The Washington Post, deep in my bones. Last month marked my 40th year of proud work for the institution, in the newsroom and in the Opinions section. I have never been more disappointed in the newspaper than I am today, with the tragically flawed decision not to make an endorsement in the presidential race.At a moment when The Post should have been stepping forward to sound the clarion call about the multiple dangers that Donald Trump poses to the nation and the world, it has chosen instead to pull back. That is the wrong choice at the worst...

A U.S. federal appeals court ruled against Mississippi’s mail ballot law that allows election officials to count ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but arrive afterward, setting the stage for a possible Supreme Court review. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, which has jurisdiction over Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, sent the issue back to a lower court for further review. The decision would only impact Mississippi should a federal district court judge agree to bar the state from counting late-arriving mail-in ballots. The decision, issued by a panel of 5th Circuit judges, some of which appointed by former President...

VIDEO The basic theme of Mark Halperin's podcast channel, 2Way, is to have a CIVIL conversation about the 2024 campaign. This is why that channel has become popular since over the top partisanship is set aside in favor of a POLITE discussion about the campaign. As a result 2Way has become the go-to channel for many to keep up to date on the state of the campaign. And to their credit, Democrats and Republicans on the show, especially Democrat Dan Turrentine and Republican Sean Spicer have kept a civil but informative tone. Most of the other people also mostly stick...

CNN’s Anderson Cooper has built his reputation on being a trusted news anchor — not a pundit, which he explained during his show on Thursday. During a frank conversation on how the news — and CNN — has covered the presidential race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, Cooper defended his network to The Breakfast Club‘s Charlamagne Tha God and Angela Rye. He also defended himself from criticism that he got from Harris supporters after Wednesday’s town hall with the VP. After the animated conversation turned to how Harris was questioned about her policy and the...

Tucker Carlson shares Archbishop Viganò’s ‘remarkably insightful’ letter endorsing TrumpTucker Carlson praised and shared Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò’s letter urging Catholics to vote for Trump and condemning Kamala Harris as a ‘puppet’ of far-left globalists. Carlson called the letter ‘a remarkably insightful description of what’s at stake in this election.’(LifeSiteNews) — Tucker Carlson has praised Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò’s “insightful” letter to American Catholics urging them to vote for Donald Trump. “A remarkably insightful description of what’s at stake in this election from Catholic Archbishop Carlo Viganò. Please read this,” Carlson wrote Thursday on X before sharing the complete text...

Electricity in Ecuador now being cut 14 hours a day... CNN reporting that hackers linked to the Chinese government have targeted phone data of both Donald Trump... Syrian government media reporting Israeli air attacks... Israel Attacking Targets In Iran Early Saturday Morning...More than 100 Israeli warplanes said to have been involved... Joe Biden was interrupted by a Pro-Palestinian protester... pre-election appearance in Arizona... Washington Post owner Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos deciding that the newspaper will not endorse a presidential candidate... In the UK Anti-Islamization activist Tommy Robinson pre-emptively arrested...under provisions of the "Terrorism Act"... The International Criminal Court replacing a...

CV NEWS FEED // The Biden administration on October 21 proposed making over-the-counter contraception free for everyone who has commercial health insurance. According to an article in Roll Call, President Joe Biden stated, “Today, my Administration is taking a major step to expand contraception coverage under the Affordable Care Act. This new action would help ensure that millions of women with private health insurance can access the no-cost contraception they need.” The article explains that the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Labor and Treasury jointly proposed the rule, which would “require insurance plans to cover...

CV NEWS FEED // Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila of the Archdiocese of Denver will hold a Eucharistic Procession around Planned Parenthood on November 2. Denver Catholic reports that the annual event will begin at Marisol Health Denver, a ministry of Catholic Charities that offers OB-GYN and social services to women in need. The Eucharistic procession will go around Planned Parenthood’s property and will be followed by Benediction and a Mass at Marisol Health’s garden. “The unborn have no voice in the fight for their rights and their lives,” Archbishop Aquila said in a recent column for Denver Catholic. “The ability...

San Francisco voters are poised to decide the fate of a ballot measure that would expand abortion in the city during the upcoming election. Mayor London Breed stood alongside pro-abortion leaders at a Planned Parenthood facility in June to announce Proposition O, which Breed herself co-authored. Also called the “San Francisco Reproductive Freedom Act,” the proposition would loosen zoning laws, allowing abortion facilities to operate on any floor in a building in a non-residential zone, establish an official Department of Health website pointing pregnant women to abortion businesses, establish an “Abortion Provider Appreciation Day” in the city, and establish a...