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A gas leak has forced the closure of Precinct 1 in Northville, Michigan, one of only two voting locations in the city. The leak was identified around noon at Precinct 1, located at the Community Center on Main Street, according to FOX 2. “ATTENTION! Due to a gas leak emergency, voting operations at Precinct 1 are currently suspended. Updates to follow, as they come in.Northville City Hall, Michigan wrote on Facebook. The city quickly alerted voters that, until the issue is resolved, they would need to cast their ballots at the alternate Precinct 2 location at Hillside Middle School. In...

A Michigan father broke down in tears as he told a CNN reporter why he voted for Kamala Harris to be president. Jason Faasse was interviewed by the network as he exited his polling station in Grand Rapids on Tuesday. 'I have three daughters - four children overall - and women’s rights are pretty important to them,' said an emotional Faasse, a facility and events coordinator at Calvin University. Jason Faasse was interviewed by the network as he exited his polling station in Grand Rapids on Tuesday. 'I have three daughters - four children overall - and women’s rights are...

NBC News, in conjunction with a consortium of news organizations, conducted exit polling across the country in 10 key states. The polling included speaking with voters at polling places and phone interviews. The exit polls are not results, but instead a look at the thinking and motives of voters across the country. Exit polls help the public better understand the makeup and motivations of the electorate.

Dr. Eli David @DrEliDavid: A giant billboard in Tehran 🇮🇷 says “Teloshima”, a combination of “Tel Aviv” and “Hiroshima” 👇 The regime that chants “Death to Israel 🇮🇱”, is now openly threatening to annihilate millions of Israelis with nuclear weapons. This threat must be removed at all costs! --- Nov 5, 2024

Wisconsin Democrat Party Chair Ben Wikler boldly hinted at a familiar playbook for Election Night: the “Red Mirage” followed by a so-called sudden “Blue Shift” in the dead of night. Wikler’s comments came as he outlined the Democrats’ electoral strategy in Wisconsin, signaling to expect a familiar pattern where Republicans initially lead, only for Democrats to take the lead overnight—a sequence eerily similar to the 2020 election cycle, where suspicious late-night ballot surges in key battleground states catapulted Joe Biden ahead of President Trump. Americans will remember how in 2020, all eyes were on swing states like Pennsylvania, Georgia, and,...

At a campaign event in Nevada, Democrat nominee for vice-president Gov. Tim Walz told supporters that "the Trump rally in Madison Square Garden was a reenactment of a Nazi rally held at the same location in the 1930s." He went on to urge that his listeners to "google it to see for yourself." Walz was undaunted by news that a group of ultra-Orthodox Hasidic Jews in New York officially endorsed former President Donald Trump on the Monday following the rally, saying "people who know history like I know history also know that there were Jews--Judenrats--who assisted the Nazis with their...

Conservative podcaster Megyn Kelly delivered a fiery speech supporting Donald Trump during an event billed as his “closing message” on Monday night, a full-circle moment after the former president and the onetime Fox News star feuded bitterly during Trump’s 2016 campaign. Invited to the stage in Pittsburgh, Kelly defended Trump against recent controversies, including his repeated pledge to be the “protector” of women, and pressed his case on border security and his opposition to transgender athletes participating in sports. “He got mocked by the left by saying he would be a protector of women,” Kelly said. “He will be...

The 'king' of Britain's migrant hotels is raking in £4.8million per day and may become a billionaire from the money earned through housing immigrants in the UK. Graham King, a former caravan park and disco tycoon, was catapulted onto the Rich List this year after cashing in on accommodating and transporting arrivals due to the UK's migrant crisis. The 57-year-old - who has an estimated net worth of £750million - owns an Essex business which was paid £1.74billion last year and claimed this was due to the increase in refugees.

Link at X.com. Shenanigans at Prattville Christian Academy.Response from the school:

Thirty percent of Gen Zers and Millennials neither have nor want to have children, according to a survey by The Independent Center, published Saturday by Newsweek. This represents a generational departure from a historic norm — indeed, from the social norm that makes both history and generations possible. “Families are the building blocks of the church and nation-state,” exclaimed Meg Kilgannon, senior fellow for Education Studies at Family Research Council. The Independent Center, which advocates for “centrist independent voters,” conducted the survey among 1,200 likely voters under age 46 from October 18 to 22. It defined Gen Zers as people...

The eventual victories of Harris or Trump will shape college sports for years to come.The NCAA is in amid a fierce battle to maintain the status quo of its relationship with student-athletes. With the presidential election just around the corner, many wonder which side this battle would lean with the hypothetical triumphs of Kamala Harris or Donald Trump. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has been trying for 10 years to maintain the amateur sports model that has distinguished it for most of its history. This model suffered a hard blow in 2021 when the Supreme Court recognized that athletes/students...

A social media post claimed that the former Bulls star had given his support to the Republican candidate.Throughout his career, Michael Jordan has endorsed everything from cereal to luxury watches, not to mention, of course, his line of athletic shoes. However, the NBA legend recently had to clarify his stance on the impending presidential election. A day before people headed to the polls to cast their votes in one of the closest elections in decades, a post featuring Jordan began to go viral on social media. The message claimed that the former player had become "the latest to endorse...

Alligators are one of the most dangerous animals in the US. The states that have the most attacks are Louisiana and Florida given the population of alligators located there. However, as alligators have begun to migrate to places in Tennessee and have even been located in Lake Eerie, that may change. Even the biggest alligator ever found was located in a surprising state, not Louisiana and Florida, showing that states that may never have dealt with an alligator population may have no choice but to do so in the future. Louisiana and Florida each have more than one million alligators...

Two ballot blunders in Santa Cruz County are impacting hundreds of ballots that could ultimately impact the outcome of two ballot issues. “You know, we're human, errors do sometimes happen,” said Trisha Webber, registrar of voters for Santa Cruz County. The mistakes were made by the Santa Cruz County elections office and are impacting more than 1,100 ballots. In one case a key ballot measure was left off the ballot in the other case, voters were given wrong voting instructions. The elections office, once they were made aware of their mistakes, notified voters and sent them replacement ballots. “Every vote...

For pro-life Americans, the stakes in the 2024 election cycle could not be higher. While the lion’s share of media coverage surrounding Election Day has been focused on the all-important presidential race, in many parts of the country, extreme pro-abortion measures lurk down-ballot. On Tuesday, voters in 10 states will decide whether or not ballot initiatives creating a so-called “right to abortion” in their state constitutions will pass. One of these states – Nebraska – also has a pro-life amendment that will be voted on at the same time. In this next installment, CatholicVote’s pre-Election Day “State of Play” series...

As it becomes increasingly likely that women will decide this presidential election, both parties are scrambling for women’s votes. Kamala Harris continues to position herself as the “girls’” candidate by foregrounding abortion rights and appearing with Beyoncé and on podcasts like Call Her Daddy. Meanwhile, Donald Trump and J.D. Vance seem to be recognizing that a campaign whose gendered messaging has consisted almost entirely of overt misogyny is not doing them any favors with women voters. The last few weeks have seen the Republican ticket making a host of promises to women: to “protect” them, to give them “choices” that...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation said Tuesday it was aware of two instances of its name and insignia being used to spread misinformation surrounding the 2024 presidential election. The videos were among a number of fabricated clips mimicking news organizations and officials circulated online on Monday, spreading false information about security threats and election integrity as tens of millions of Americans head to the polls. The videos were likely created by a Russian disinformation group, researchers say. Two videos, created to look like they were released by the FBI, made false claims about voter fraud, alleging that the management of...

Robin Wright touched on fan opinions that her 'Forrest Gump' character is the movie's antagonist, saying, "People have said she’s a Voldemort to Forrest"Robin Wright is addressing some long-standing backlash to her Forrest Gump character. While Wright, 58, and her costar Tom Hanks spoke with The New York Times about their new movie Here in an interview published Friday, Nov. 1, the actress was asked to comment on the notion that she played "kind of an anti-feminist role" in the movie. "No! It’s not about that. People have said she’s a Voldemort to Forrest. I wouldn’t choose that as...

A leading Slovak mountain climber has died while descending a 7,234m (23,730ft) peak in Nepal, after completing the rare feat of scaling the mountain's perilous eastern face. Ondrej Huserka fell into a crevasse on Thursday, after he and his climbing partner ascended the Langtang Lirung mountain in the Himalayas – the 99th-highest peak in the world. The 34-year-old mountaineer had previously climbed in the Alps, Patagonia and the Pamir Mountains. His Czech climbing partner Marek Holecek said the pair were returning to base after becoming the first mountaineers to ascend Langtang Lirung via a “terrifying” eastern route. While rappelling a...

Disney’s Hocus Pocus 2 star Bette Midler appears to be coping poorly on Election Day, suggesting drinking Drano in the event that former President Donald Trump wins. Bette Midler posted a photo to X showing a bottle of Drano clog remover with a Post-It sticker reading “Trump Wins.” Next to it is a bottle of what looks to be Korbel champagne, with a sticker reading “Kamala Wins.” Bette Midler has spent a great deal of 2024 lashing out against Trump and his supporters on social media. Earlier this year, the actress suggested that President Joe Biden arrest Republican members of...