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It’s starting again. With the election just days away, the Harris-Walz Campaign is telling its voters to expect several days of vote counting from November 5th, according to a post from former Obama Campaign official Jon Cooper. “I just got off a Zoom call with the Harris campaign, and I want to share this info with my followers,” Cooper wrote in an X post-Friday. “We’re in a good position to win, but this election may not play out like recent ones have. Late polls will be all over the map.” “Votes will be counted slowly, and the lead in key...

Russia is importing butter from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Turkiye, in response to soaring butter prices, which have been attributed to rising demand for ice cream and cheese. The agricultural watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor announced that deliveries from the UAE began on October 18, marking the first shipments of butter from that country to Russia. Higher production costs, coupled with increased consumer interest in ice cream and cheese, have significantly impacted butter prices, according to dairy producers. Artyom Belov, chief of the national dairy producer association Soyuzmoloko, told a local news outlet that these product segments are major factors contributing...

BREAKING: Outrage is ensuing after Fulton County, Georgia is reportedly not allowing poll watchers to observe "special" weekend operations in the deep-blue area. Elections official: "There are NO WATCHERS approved for ballot drop off! Do not let them in."

By Dr. John BergsmaThe Readings for this upcoming Sunday revolve around the themes of love of God and perfect priesthood. 1. The First Reading is Deuteronomy 6:2-6: Moses spoke to the people, saying: "Fear the LORD, your God, and keep, throughout the days of your lives, all his statutes and commandments which I enjoin on you, and thus have long life. Hear then, Israel, and be careful to observe them, that you may grow and prosper the more, in keeping with the promise of the LORD, the God of your fathers, to give you a land flowing with milk and...

Ukraine’s defenses in the Donetsk region are continuing to crumble. In the past week alone, the Russians have gained more land than at any point this year. “The gain of more than 200 square kilometers (77 square miles) adds to territory taken in a grinding summer offensive that’s involved huge losses of Russian troops and equipment,” Bloomberg News reported, citing maps compiled by the DeepState open-source intelligence group’s map service maintained in cooperation with the Ukrainian Defense Ministry. “Russia has captured 1,146 square kilometers in Ukraine since Aug. 6, about a quarter more than in the first seven months of...

...MacLaine, 90, writes: 'In 1962, at the famous celebration for John F Kennedy's 45th birthday at Madison Square Garden, Jimmy Durante and I performed for the president and the crowd, but what most people remember is Marilyn Monroe singing "Happy Birthday" to him.'Afterward there was a private party at Arthur Krim's home...'In the caption to a black and white photograph, in which both she and JFK are in the background, she writes: 'Jack Kennedy had just walked out of the bedroom behind me, and Bobby Kennedy had just walked in.'Marilyn was in the bedroom...'MacLaine also implies this wasn't the first...

I'm a sailor, but these guys are still good with us.

If Vice President Kamala Harris loses “any aspect of the blue wall, Trump’s president,” War Room host Steve Bannon said during an interview on Breitbart News Saturday just days ahead of the election. Bannon is former chief strategist to Donald Trump. Recently released from federal prison after serving four months at the hands of the Biden administration, he walked through the current state of affairs in the election, explaining that he believes Republicans are better poised than Democrat moving into game day — Election Day — which is Republicans’ strength.

Newly released video shows the moments two former University of Washington football players assaulted a bicyclist in what Seattle police describe as a road rage incident. The Seattle Police Department identified the suspects as Tylin "Tybo" Rogers and teammate Diesel Gordon. Rogers was already facing two rape charges when the attack happened, with investigations still ongoing.

DENVER — The US Marine Corps revealed today that the F-35B stealth fighter that captured the nation’s attention after going missing for a full day in September 2023 pulled off its inadvertent technological vanishing act due to an electrical malfunction — though the service still said the surviving pilot was to blame for the plane’s eventual crash. According to the Marine Corps, on Sept. 17, 2023 the F-35 pilot was attempting to climb out of a “missed approach in instrument meteorological conditions and heavy precipitation near Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina,” when he ejected from the plane. The release said...

By the time they got to the scene, the python had swallowed about half of the deer, and it took about 30 more minutes for it to consume the other half, Bartoszek said. Had the deer still been alive, the scientists would have intervened. Instead, they got a front-row seat to the intricacies of the food chain. "For us biologists, this was the most intense thing we've ever seen on assignment," he said. "This was as primal as it gets." Burmese pythons can consume meals equivalent to 100% of their body mass,

RUSSIA is ready to use nuclear weapons and trigger World War Three if provoked, Putin puppet Dmitry Medvedev has warned. -snip- "If the new [US] leader is going to be fiercely dedicated to adding fuel to the fire of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, it will be a very bad choice. "Because this is the road to hell. "It's really a road to World War Three. "Whoever decides to continue the war will be making a very dangerous mistake."

A Donald Trump fan has been subjected to a sickening rant by a Kamala Harris supporter after he spotted her MAGA-themed shoes. Emily Wilson, a conservative influencer who sells Trump merchandise, posted the video om social media on Friday night. The clip shows Wilson asking a man walking his dog in Wilson's native California: 'I deserve to get raped?'

Democrats desperate to convince vital swing-voters that theirs is not an effete party of snooty coastal elites might be best advised to steer eyes away from the pages of Vogue. And, in particular, from a breathless July feature introducing readers to the magazine's new 'political correspondent'. Bob Woodward of Watergate fame, perhaps? CNN anchor Dana Bash? Or maybe veteran political strategist Donna Brazile?

New Hampshire has barely been mentioned in this presidential race, but a recent bump in Donald Trump's polling suggests the Republican is reversing his opponent's comfortable lead and could even flip the state in a dramatic upset on Tuesday. In Concord, the state capital, GOP organizers have run out of Trump yard signs due to unexpected demand. In Pelham, scores of locals turned out to wave Trump flags, blast out rock anthems and feast on pizza and cookies on Wednesday night. Down the road, motorists honked horns and stopped to take photos of a home-made yard sign presenting Vice President...

Truth in Politics #1 – October 31, 2024 The falsehoods put out by the democrat campaign machine have shocked me. Their false claims are not fair to any of the voters, so they need to be examined, and the truth brought to light. What follows are some of their claims and the clarifications. • Trump outlawed abortion or installed Justices that would outlaw abortion. This is a double lie that was used to create a campaign issue concerning women’s rights. . The SCOTUS decision on Roe versus Wade in 1973 twisted the Constitution’s intent to make abortion a constitutionally protected...

The Amish traditionally don’t vote in presidential elections due to their faith-based beliefs and Christianity’s historic separatism from mainstream society. Still, this year brings a whole new ball game as the candidates seek support from the horse and buggy riding group. Since the Amish are a reliably conservative group given their faith-based convictions, reluctance to engage with people outside of their culture and lack of eagerness to conform to modern-day technology, the group can drastically shift the outcome of some rural states such as Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Wisconsin. A report from Elizabethtown College recorded that about 90,000 Amish live...

Released Thursday after being arrested more than two years agoRapper Young Thug is a free man after pleading guilty to gang, drug and gun charges. About two and a half years after he was arrested on the charges in a sprawling gang and racketeering indictment, Young Thug was released from custody Thursday evening. It was a remarkable development in a trial that's dragged on and been plagued by problems. Jury selection at the Fulton County courthouse in Atlanta began in January 2023 and took nearly 10 months. Prosecutors had called dozens of witnesses since opening statements last November in the...

On Friday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” White House Council of Economic Advisers Chair Jared Bernstein stated that bond market interest rates and mortgage rates have increased and that’s partially due to “the stronger economy” under President Joe Biden, but “I also think there’s a policy element going on in that spread, in that interest rate. And I think it has to do with the idea that one of the candidates is talking about massive tariffs — acting as a sales tax on the middle class –, massive deportations — terrible idea for the labor market –, and compromising...

Kemi Badenoch has promised to win back voters who have deserted the Conservatives after securing an historic victory in a party leadership contest against fellow right-winger Robert Jenrick. The 44-year-old becomes the first black woman to lead a major political party in the UK. She defeated Jenrick by 12,418 votes after a marathon contest to replace Rishi Sunak, who led the party to the biggest defeat in the party's history in July's general election. In her victory speech, Badenoch promised to "renew" the party and told cheering supporters it was "time to get down to business". Badenoch, who is the...