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The space exploration is as dangerous as any other human activity can get, and with the accumulating security issues of the aging International Space Station (ISS), the risks of a disaster are getting bigger by the day. Some space experts go as far as warning that NASA’s astronauts should evacuate the ISS immediately. For British expert Nick Pope, NASA’s ‘wait-and-see’ attitude may result in ‘devastating consequences’. Daily Mail reported: “’Leaving it too late could lead to a disaster that would kill not only the astronauts, but also NASA’s reputation,’ he said.” This comes as NASA is tracking 50 ‘areas of...

A graduate student analyzing publicly available drone data in Mexico unexpectedly stumbled across a huge ancient Mayan city buried beneath dense jungle. For centuries, the city lay hidden amid jungle canopy in the state of Campeche, on the Gulf of Mexico. New research published Tuesday in the journal Antiquity reveals sites that in total cover area about one-and-a-half times the size of Washington, D.C.

President Biden on Tuesday called for the government in the country of Georgia to investigate all election irregularities, holding back recognition of the claimed victory by the ruling party Georgian Dream following the parliamentary contest on Saturday. Biden cited international and local observers’ assessments that elections in Georgia were not free, nor fair, and said he is “deeply alarmed” at the government’s democratic backsliding. “The United States has long stood with the Georgian people and supported the country of Georgia’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, and Euro-Atlantic aspirations,” the president said in a statement. “That is why I have been deeply alarmed...

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump drove around in a garbage truck in Wisconsin to troll his Democratic rival Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden after the president's "garbage" insult. "How do you like my garbage truck?" Trump said to reporters on Wednesday as he sat wearing an orange reflective vest in a white garbage truck emblazoned with his campaign logo, “Trump Make America Great Again 2024.”

GOLDSBORO, North Carolina — Early vote numbers in North Carolina show the electorate skewing older and whiter, compared to the state’s voter registration, a red flag for Democrats who need Black voters to turn out in heavy numbers if Kamala Harris is going to flip this state. As of Wednesday, Black voters make up 18 percent of the electorate in early voting, and some Democratic operatives said they must bump that up to about 20 percent for Harris to be competitive statewide. In 2020, Black voters were 19 percent of the electorate, when Donald Trump narrowly won the state. And...

The RNC just stopped Michigan Democrats from counting 168,000 “duplicate ballots” This report was posted 4 hours ago and the RNC acted that quickly to fix it This is SO MUCH BETTER than 2020 under Ronna .... Our election integrity team received reports of thousands of duplicate ballots in Michigan. We immediately investigated and have CONFIRMED that it was a glitch in the system ... Michigan: One voter ID with 29 separate "votes" already. Yeah nothing wrong there, all good, move along ... 🎶"So look away, look away, look away, Pure Michigan." 🎶

Vulnerable Democrat Senate candidates are scrambling away from President Joe Biden as his “garbage” smear on Trump supporters endangers candidates’ viability, while others refuse to say whether or not they actually think former President Donald Trump’s supporters are “garbage.” Arizona Democrat Senate nominee Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) entirely dodged Breitbart News’s comment request in response to whether or not he thinks Trump supporters are garbage.

"Early vote has been disproportionately female. If men stay at home, Kamala is president. It’s that simple. If you want a vision of the future if you don't vote, imagine Kamala's voice cackling, forever. Men need to GO VOTE NOW."

The leader of the United Auto Workers (UAW) made a last plea to union members to vote for Kamala Harris on Tuesday night casting the presidential election as a fight between the interests of the working class and billionaires. “I want you to know where your union stands. I want you to listen to how your UAW leadership thinks about this election and I want you to keep an open mind,” said Shawn Fain, president of the 391,00-strong union. “I know that so much of our political system in this country is focused on bullshit, the back and forth, the...

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House Republicans say the White House may have violated the law by altering the transcripts of President Biden’s “garbage” remarks Tuesday night. White House Counsel Edward Siskel was told in a letter from two key House Republicans that political spin doctors were “releasing a false transcript” of Mr. Biden’s words about supporters of former President Donald Trump. “The move is not only craven, but it also appears to be a violation of federal law, including the Presidential Records Act of 1978,” said the letter signed by Reps. Elise Stefanik of New York, House Republican Conference chairwoman, and James Comer of...

[Catholic Caucus] Father Belda, key figure in Zanchetta affair, is Pope’s delegate to Pope Francis Memorial FoundationDesde la Fe, published by the Archdiocese of Mexico City, has announced the November 1 launch of the Pope Francis Memorial app under the auspices of the archdiocese and an eponymous foundation.Father Javier Belda Iniesta, Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta’s canonical advocate, is the pontifical delegate to the foundation; he discussed the app’s launch at a press conference.The app, according to the archdiocese, is “a global initiative that seeks to preserve the memory of the deceased and support the vulnerable elderly.” Users of the app can...

It is election season, so our front yards are naturally covered in yard signs. The yard signs - in Illinois, at least – have usually been issue-free, focused entirely on name recognition. We are accustomed to seeing the name and the office, nothing more. This year, however – perhaps from a sense of desperation? – the Democrats have started putting issues on their signs - the most outrageous, unhinged issues one can imagine. We see Harris-Walz signs that say “No Felonies!” or “No Bankruptcies,” or even, as they fight their way to the bottom of the barrel, “Remember January 6!”...

Many still assume that there is only one kind of vote fraud: a bunch of crooked poll workers filling out ballots in the names of dead people. While that does still happen, it’s only one out of dozens of completely different methods, all of which add up to put elections at risk from coast to coast. Today, let’s talk about touchscreens. As the nation has absorbed the computer age – with laptops, smartphones and tablets virtually ubiquitous – the boards of bureaucrats that run our local elections have jumped at the chance to offer touchscreens as a voting option. Think...

Pollster Frank Luntz said Wednesday on CNN’s “News Central” that President Joe Biden’s garbage comment could have a “huge” impact and might be the “turning point” that leads to former President Donald Trump’s victory in the election. Luntz said, “It’s going to be huge because this is not some comedian saying something stupid and offensive at a rally where he should have been just basically disinvited. This is the president of the United States endorsing his vice president, saying something — and I know that there’s different interpretations about what he said — it’s still inappropriate. He still shouldn’t be...

Vice President Kamala Harris delivered a long list of old lies in her “closing argument” speech in Washington, DC, on Tuesday night, defying fact-checkers and repeating false claims that had already been debunked during the campaign. Here are the most egregious of Harris’s false claims: 1. Then-President Donald Trump “sent an armed mob to the United States Capitol to overturn the will of the people.” Trump did not send a “mob”; he told his supporters to march “peacefully and patriotically” to the Capitol. Rioters were already there — but they were not “armed” with guns. Only five rioters were ultimately...

Not only has Tony Hinchcliffe received backlash for his racist remarks at Donald Trump’s recent Madison Square Garden rally, but now he’s also facing the wrath of Taylor Swift fans for his comments about her boyfriend, Travis Kelce SNIP In addition to his racist Puerto Rico joke, Hinchcliffe also made a derogatory remark about the 14-time Grammy winner and her NFL star boyfriend. “I don’t know about you, but I think that Travis Kelce might be the next OJ Simpson,” he said on stage. NFL star Simpson was, of course, charged with the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson...

The good news: Lots of Philadelphians have voted early, which is key to our plan to save the state, the country and democracy itself. (Again.) According to the Philadelphia City Commissioners, many of us have sent in mail-in and absentee ballots with “various issues that may prevent them from being counted.” These issues include ballots sent in with no secrecy envelope, no signature, no date, etc.

Joe Rogan said he previously warned Tony Hinchcliffe about his Puerto Rico joke, telling him “that’s the one that’s gonna get you stabbed.” Hinchcliffe, an insult comic best known for hosting the live podcast “Kill Tony,” sparked outrage Sunday when he appeared at Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally and told a joke that referred to Puerto Rico as “a floating island of garbage.” “I’ve gotta tell you, that joke kills at comedy clubs. I don’t like the joke, [but] it kills,” Rogan said on Wednesday’s episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience.” “It’s just like, if you’re Puerto Rican and...

Puerto Rican voters make up a vital demographic in some of the most contested areas in the U.S. There are around 5.8 million people of Puerto Rican origin living in the U.S., according to 2021 census data. The comments made on Sunday by Hinchcliffe quickly circulated on social media… - Pennsylvania 2020 winning margin: 80,555 Puerto Rican population: 472,213 - Nevada 2020 winning margin: 33,596 Puerto Rican population: 27,230 - Arizona 2020 winning margin: 10,457 Puerto Rican population: 64,738 - Michigan 2020 winning margin: 154,188 Puerto Rican population: 43,381 - Wisconsin 2020 winning margin: 20,608 Puerto Rican population: 61,437 -...