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After 5 days of early voting in Maryland, an underwhelming 7% of registered voters in the City of Baltimore have cast an in-person early vote (this numbers excludes provisional and absentee ballots).

VIDEO Some of you might remember that in the past I sometimes featured a heavily medicated TikTokker by the user name of @ChasingOz. Her main feature, perhaps due to being hooked on a plethora of strong drugs to either put her to sleep or keep her awake, is a rather tenuous hold on reality. Here she or her meds are talking about what she is sure will happen in the election just a week from today. Hopefully she will have her OD treatment kit on hand on the evening of the Fifth of November.

CHICAGO — A man who twice broke windows at the Trump International Hotel & Tower this year, causing $145,000 in damage, told police that he does it whenever he sees the former president during a mental health episode, according to a Chicago police report. Andrew Brierly, 21, is charged with two counts of criminal damage between $10,000 and $100,000. Brierly threw stones to break six windows at the complex, 401 North Wabash, on October 16, the report said. Damages allegedly totaled $80,000. A Trump security officer recognized Brierly and informed police that he had done the same thing on May...

In Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Democrats are going around polling locations with badges posing as poll workers. At the same time, election officials keep telling long lines of voters to go home and come back later.. I thought Democrats wanted literally every vote to count. It sounds to me like they are panicking about the strong Republican wave incoming and are trying everything in their power to suppress it. This guy's badge says "Voter Protection," which any reasonable voter would assume means they're a poll worker. If you live in Pennsylvania, they CANNOT deny you the privilege to vote. Remain in...

The IDF carried out precise and targeted strikes against military targets in Iran over the weekend. In today's episode, we’ll explain what exactly was targeted and why the IDF chose these targets. We’ll also try to understand factors affecting Israel’s strategy and what to look for in the coming days and weeks, especially as America heads to elections. Chapters 00:00 Israel's Strategic Airstrikes on Iran 02:56 Analyzing the Impact of the Strikes 06:12 The Role of the U.S. in Israel's Military Actions 09:01 Understanding Iran's Military Capabilities 12:09 The Significance of Parchin and Undeclared Nuclear Sites 14:58 U.S. Policy and...

KABOOM -- REPUBLICANS TAKE LEAD IN NEW JERSEY EARLY VOTING. New Jersey Early Ballot Totals: 🔴 144,105 (38.0%) +4,581 for R 🔵 139,524(36.8%) for D 🟡 95,447 (25.2%) Independent Total: 379,076

The final Insider Advantage poll out of Wisconsin shows both Donald Trump and Republican U.S. Senate challenger Eric Hovde with a slim lead. The pollster surveyed 800 likely voters on October 26-27 and found former President Trump leading sitting Vice President Kamala Harris 49 to 48 percent. In the U.S. Senate Race, Hovde leads incumbent Democrat Tammy Baldwin by the exact same level of support and margin: 49 to 48 percent.

Researchers have discovered the mechanism linking the overconsumption of red meat with colorectal cancer, as well as identifying a means of interfering with the mechanism as a new treatment strategy for this kind of cancer. Meat is a significant source of protein and fat, as well as essential vitamins and minerals like iron, zinc, and vitamins A and B. However, as is the case with many things, eating too much of it is bad for you. Despite the strong evidence associating red meat with some cancers, the underlying mechanism is less clear. Now, researchers from the National Cancer Center Singapore...

A Hezbollah rocket struck a UNIFIL headquarters site in Lebanon earlier today (Tuesday), the IDF stated. "Earlier today (Tuesday), a report was received regarding damage caused to UNIFIL’s Headquarters in the area of Naqoura, southern Lebanon. An examination determined that Hezbollah launched a rocket from the Hallousiyyeh El Faouqa area which hit the UNIFIL Headquarters," the IDF Spokesperson's Unit said. UNIFIL reported a number of casualties resulting from the rocket impact on its headquarters.

Snap shot of latest polls. https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/president/general/2024/virginia/trump-vs-harris

Nate Silver 2024 election forecast update 🔴 Trump: 54.4% 🔵 Harris: 45.3%

WATERTOWN, Wis. — Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump aren’t leaving anything to chance in their final week of campaigning in Wisconsin, where historically close margins have decided four of the last six presidential elections. As sky-high early-voter turnout continues throughout the state, the campaigns look to pad their margins in party strongholds and turn out undecided and low-propensity voters in key counties with targeted events and surrogates to win Wisconsin’s 10 electoral votes. A look ahead at the week’s events indicates both camps will attempt to play to their strengths and mitigate their weaknesses in the...

The CDC has just announced a second shot for elders and the immunocompromised people – but when's the best time? Yes, older Americans should get yet another COVID shot — but if you have already gotten the latest version, there’s no rush. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week said that people 65 and older or who are immunocompromised need a second dose of the new vaccine released in September. But you should wait six months after the first dose. This means next March is the earliest you’d be eligible. Why is the CDC promoting two doses when...

What about the house? It has been my contention from the start that the replacement of Joe Biden had nothing to do with the White House, the smart dems have known from the start that the WH was lost this cycle, and that the only reason they finally got rid of Biden was because it became obvious defending him would cost the Democrats down ballot races. So, if Trump is on his way to a White House victory, and it appears at that he is. And the Senate is almost certainly going Republican as well, that leaves the house. ...

The Bucks County GOP Committee said long lines have been reported at three county offices for on-demand voting. Complaints have been raised over long lines at Bucks County offices where residents can submit on-demand votes in the Nov. 5 general election. "We have gotten many calls from voters this weekend saying they weren't able to vote on demand at the Bucks County Board of Elections or their satellite offices as they closed the lines for on-demand voting around noon," the Bucks County Republican Committee said. Patch sent an email to James T. O'Malley, the spokesman for Bucks County's government, on...

Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Tuesday jointly announced additional funding to combat homelessness. The $827 million in state funding will better connect people experiencing homelessness to shelters and services, the officials said. That money will go to 37 regional grantees that represent 100 local communities and organizations across the state, Newsom’s office said in a news release. “The funding comes with strong accountability measures and reporting requirements to ensure funding is used effectively and outcomes can be tracked and measured,” the release added.

Explanation: The stars are destroying the pillars. More specifically, some of the newly formed stars in the image center are emitting light so energetic that is evaporating the gas and dust in the surrounding pillars. Simultaneously, the pillars themselves are still trying to form new stars. The whole setting is the star cluster NGC 602, and this new vista was taken by the Webb Space Telescope in multiple infrared colors. In comparison, a roll-over image shows the same star cluster in visible light, taken previously by the Hubble Space Telescope. NGC 602 is located near the perimeter of the Small...

A major Satmar group of ultra-Orthodox Hasidic Jews in New York officially endorsed former President Donald Trump on Monday for president, despite Democrat claims that he held a “Nazi” rally in Madison Square Garden on Sunday. Israel’s Arutz Sheva reported the endorsement on Monday, under the headline “[Kamala] Harris Is Bad for Jews”: Grand Rabbi Aharon Teitelbaum’s Satmar hasidic sect in New York has announced that it will officially support former US President Donald Trump’s candidacy for US president. The decision follows a set of discussions by the Satmar leadership, due to concerns that US Vice President Kamala Harris may...

The Monterey County district attorney's office has released new information regarding an incident that resulted in Carmel police shooting and killing an armed suspect Friday. James Marshall, 27, of Carmel, was seen roaming the streets of Carmel-by-the-Sea with what appeared to be a long rifle before being confronted by three Carmel police officers, including the police chief, on a property on Monte Verde Street. The weapon Marshall was threatening neighbors with appeared to be an AK-47-style rifle. The district attorney's office said it was a BB gun that looked like a real assault rifle. Photo of the alleged gunman in...

Vladimir Putin has admitted that sanctions on Russia and worker shortages have contributed to economic turbulence in the country. The Russian president made the comments days after Russia's Central Bank raised its key interest rate to a record 21 percent—higher than the emergency 20 percent level introduced in the aftermath of Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine when facing Western sanctions and isolation from the global financial system. -snip- Russia's economic growth has been fueled by record levels of military spending but a lack of workers exacerbated by troop losses in Ukraine and a brain drain of those avoiding the draft,...