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In a speech at Harris campaign event in Michigan, former First Lady Michelle Obama tried to explain how horrible America would be if the Democrats lose the election. "The most obvious downside of an abortion ban would be an increase in the number of women who die during child birth," she pointed out. "Men, you have no clue what we women are going through. Don't let the women you love die because they can't get abortions." "Another big factor to consider is having to drop out of college to raise a child," she added. "Your lifetime earnings could take a...

ABC News chief Washington correspondent Jon Karl said Tuesday on ABC’s “The View” that the possible outcomes for former President Donald Trump in the election are from prison to the most powerful President of the United States. Karl said, “I mean, look, we talk about the stakes for the country. And this is in many ways, this will tell us what kind of country we live in. We’re at a crossroads. But think about the stakes for Trump himself. On the one hand, I mean, if he loses, Jack Smith is still there, the trials move up, we have sentencing...

While the above analysis predicts a Trump victory, we must caveat it with this statement. While there's a strong correlation between right/wrong track polls and election outcomes, a strong correlation alone does not statistically mean that an election outcome can be caused by it. In other words, correlation does not equate to causation. Other factors (likeability, age, Trump's policy accomplishments balanced against his loose rhetoric, Harris's never-ending flip-flops, Harris's screaming personality expressing faux rage at anything Trump) are all in the stew. No matter who wins, there’s one sure winner: The American voter who can finally leave all the nastiness...

I love the Benny Show! In this Video, he brings a bunch of MAGA hats to a Black Neighborhood in Atlanta,GA.

Explanation: Why were the statues on Easter Island built? No one is sure. What is sure is that over 900 large stone statues called moais exist there. The Rapa Nui (Easter Island) moais stand, on average, over twice as tall as a person and have over 200 times as much mass. It is thought that the unusual statues were created about 600 years ago in the images of local leaders of a vibrant and ancient civilization. Rapa Nui has been declared by UNESCO to a World Heritage Site. Pictured here, some of the stone giants were imaged last month under...

The City of Los Angeles is not only “broke” and has spent half its reserves this year, as reported by City Controller Kenneth Mejia in September, but now is seeking to borrow at least $80 million, and thus at least $20 million in additional interest to cover liability payouts from lawsuits. “The City has spent $141 MILLION on Liability Payouts in the FIRST FOUR MONTHS of the new fiscal year,” said Mejia on X. “The City is looking to borrow $80M + pay additional interest up to $20M to pay liability payouts.” “As we've mentioned before, if there is no...

Top pollster Nate Silver has released his long-awaited final prediction of the 2024 election hours before the polls close across the U.S. And he says it's 'literally closer than a coin flip,' as what could be the closest election in U.S. history comes to a close Tuesday. After 80,000 model simulations, Silver has Democrat Kamala Harris beating Donald Trump in the majority of match ups. The race is literally closer than a coin flip: empirically, heads wins 50.5 percent of the time, more than Harris's 50.015 percent,' Silver said on Tuesday morning. According to his model, Harris won the Electoral...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has fired Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, the prime minister’s office said Tuesday. Israel Katz, currently the foreign minister, will become defense minister and Gideon Sa’ar will replace Katz as foreign minister.

Six months ago, Georgia College and State University celebrated its recent graduate Nicholas Wimbish for managing a voting precinct at the Jones County Senior Center. He had earned an "Election Administration Certificate" through exhaustive polling, voting administrative work and classes on the U.S. Constitution, election laws, policymaking, democracy and Southern politics, the school said. Now Wimbish is facing 25 years in prison for "mailing a bomb threat, conveying false information about a bomb threat, mailing a threatening letter, and making false statements to the FBI" related to his work as a Jones County poll worker, the Justice Department announced Monday....

Vice President Kamala Harris edged out former President Donald Trump in the US territory of Guam's quadrennial straw poll. With all precincts reporting, Harris defeated Trump 49.46% to 46.22%. Four years ago, Joe Biden defeated Trump by 14 percentage points. Guam is a US territory and its straw poll results, which have been held every four years since 1980, are non-binding and don't count toward the Electoral College. The island's straw poll result has corresponded to the popular vote winner in every election since 2004.

Time Has Come Today" by The Chamber Brothers

NATIONAL DONUT DAY National Donut Day (also known as National Doughnut Day) on November 5th is one of two observed by donut lovers across the nation. The first Friday in June is the other day donuts steal the bakery case spotlight ready to tease their way into white bakery box and go home! #NationalDonutDay Visit the June page for more information on the other National Doughnut Day celebration. History disputes the origin of the donut. One theory suggests Dutch settlers brought donuts to North America much like they brought other traditional American desserts. They receive credit for such desserts as...

Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Commuters on a busy Massachusetts road faced a stinky situation Monday morning when two potable toilets fell off the back of a truck. VIDEO AT LINK............ The truck failed to clear the low-situated Massachusetts Avenue overpass on Memorial Drive in Cambridge during the morning commute, knocking two porta-potties off the truck and onto the road. The truck initially left the scene but returned about 20 minutes later to collect its smelly cargo. The incident was an example of what is known locally as "storrowing," named for Boston's Storrow Drive, which features multiple low-clearance bridges that are...

It is that time of the year again. The Social Security Administration has finally released the final wage statistics for 2023, and they are quite sobering. According to the report, last year the “median wage” in this country was just $43,222.81. In other words, half of all American workers made less than $43,222.81, and half of all American workers made more than $43,222.81. That is terrible news, because the cost of living has been rising much faster than paycheck have. More people are being squeezed out of the middle class with each passing day, but most Americans don’t even realize...

I have been to the local polls in the Foothills today, three times. The line has increased from 30 at 0700, to 100 at 0730 to 154 and increasing at 1030. This is the heaviest turnout I have seen at this location. A random sample of 77 people in line revealed: 1 Democrat 1 Libertarian 13 Independents 19 unknown 42 Republicans This is a conservative area.

[Catholic Caucus] A Masonic Echo in Dignitas Infinita?The Declaration Dignitas Infinita "on human dignity," issued by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, signed by Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández on April 2, 2024, and approved by the Holy Father ex audientia (thus, without an explicit signature), presents itself as a document examining human dignity. This document would fall under the so-called authentic magisterium of Pope Francis, meaning it constitutes teaching that, although not engaging infallibility with a definitive act, still requires, according to the Code of Canon Law, "a religious submission of the intellect and will" (CIC 752). This...

After months of poring over every bit of polling data, of pressing friends and colleagues for insights, of closely watching debate performances and television interviews, the last piece of wisdom I was given about this election came from a fortune cookie.Yesterday, I stumbled upon one on my kitchen counter—sitting alone, neglected, and unopened. I opened it, only to find the most inviting of advice: “It’s time to take a break.”A break! How wonderful the thought. How appropriate a message for Election Day—the moment where our exhaustion turns to anxiety as we wait for results to come in.But this is no...

In yet another “accidental” discrepancy benefiting Democrats, Harris County Clerk Teneshia Hudspeth announced on Monday that early voting turnout numbers in Texas’ Harris County might be inaccurate due to a “formatting issue” with their tracking spreadsheet. The news has sparked outrage from Republicans, who see this as yet another in a long series of convenient glitches and accidents that seem to lean in one political direction. Joseph L. Trahan, a candidate for Senate District 15, took to social media platform X to air his grievances. He wrote: “Harris County Central Count must have some kind of secret teleportation device they...

We aim to make known the evidence-based effects of abortion on women as well as the scientific fact that human life begins at the moment of fertilization, with the goal that all women, regardless of race, creed or national origin, will be empowered to make healthy and life-affirming choices. AAPLOG’s organizational vision is to be the pre-eminent medical voice that informs the medical community, policy makers and the public on the importance of declining to use death as a therapeutic option, which respects the dignity of all human life and prohibits the taking of a life by a medical practitioner,...

The Republican Party in Guam flipped the legislature for the first time in nearly 16 years, according to exit polls and unofficial election results. In a post on Facebook, KUAM News posted an exit poll from the University of Guam in which “300 votes were collected from students.” The exit poll from the university found that out of 300 responses, the race to represent Guam’s At-Large Congressional District between Republican Del. James Moyan and Democratic candidate Ginger Cruz was essentially tied “right down the middle,” with a “difference” of three voters “between the two.”