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Maricopa County Sheriff Russ Skinner has reported his department is on “high alert” and has drones and snipers on standby if any violence breaks out. Skinner stated, “We will have a lot of resources out there, a lot of staff, a lot of equipment.” Arizona is not the only state that has increased its security measures.

On second thought, hold that Champagne. After months of campaigning, a last-minute swap at the top of the presidential ticket and one of the closest-fought election races in recent American history, election day has finally arrived in the United States. But don’t expect Europe to join in the election night fun. In stark contrast to pre-pandemic ballots, U.S. election night 2024 promises to be a sober affair in Europe, with U.S. officials in most European power centers having ditched the usual festivities. Embassies from Brussels to London, Paris and Berlin have decided against holding their usual watch parties. The reason?...

[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Eleganti: Synod-backed decentralization of Church teaching would end its ‘catholicity’The word 'catholic' means universal — thus, the 'regionalization of teaching and discipline' would indeed undermine the universality of the Church.Swiss Bishop Marian Eleganti warned that the Vatican’s Synod on Synodality’s hoped-for decentralization of Catholic “teaching and discipline” would “be the end of the catholicity of the Church.”In a recent piece published on Eleganti’s website, he highlighted the fact that, as Pope Francis and the Synod’s leading clerics have signaled many times, one of the desired outcomes of the Synod is a “cultural regionalization of teaching and discipline”...

An official close to the Prime Minister tells The Time of Israel that Defense Minister Yoav Gallant was fired for professional reasons, and not because of coalition politics. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, says that Gallant “functioned as a rubber stamp for the IDF and did not challenge it even once.” The defense minister, claims the official, advocated a diplomatic solution in Lebanon six months ago that would not have diminished Hezbollah’s capabilities, and opposed the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah until the IDF backed the move. On Gaza, claims the official, Gallant resisted the IDF going...

Milwaukee, WI election officials announced that they are recounting 30,000 absentee ballots after discovering that the scanning machine door wasn't properly closed

When you use AI to replace every mention of "our democracy" with "our bureaucracy," everything starts making a lot more sense.

WASHINGTON, Nov 5 (Reuters) - U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested a man at the visitors center who smelled like fuel and was carrying a torch and a flare gun, police said in a statement. The Capitol Visitor Center was closed while they investigated, U.S. Capitol Police said.

Republican VP nominee JD Vance last week caused a stir when he mentioned on Joe Rogan that the testosterone levels in men can give a good indication of how they lean politically. One male voter for Kamala Harris went on TV this morning to prove Vance was 100% correct. Local university employee Jason Faasse from Grand Rapids, Michigan, was interviewed by CNN shortly after he cast his ballot and happily told the reporter he voted for Harris. When the reporter asked why he did so, Faasse started to say it was because he had three daughters and supported women’s rights...

Wisconsin Democratic Party Chairman Ben Wikler predicted that if it appears that former President Donald Trump is winning his state, it will be a temporary “red mirage.” Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are battling for the state’s 10 electoral votes on Tuesday. Wikler appeared on MSNBC to make the argument that once the results start pouring in and Trump looks to be in the lead, it is not to be believed. “So, in Milwaukee, you’ll see 100% of precincts reporting before you see the numbers that come out of those early votes in person, and those absentee ballots, which,...

If it weren’t for the election season swamping news coverage, odds are more people would be talking about the revelation that, to quote a Bloomberg headline, “The World Bank Somehow Lost Track of at Least $24 Billion.” In fact, that may understate the reality: the World Bank’s “accounting gap” could be as big as $41 billion. The missing funds in question were for “climate finance” projects, “financed by taxpayer dollars from its member countries, the biggest being the US.” According to the Oxfam report that was the source for the Bloomberg story, “There is no clear public record showing where...

President Joe Biden will not attend the election night watch party of his vice president and current Democrat nominee, Kamala Harris. Biden will be watching the results just two miles away, in what appears to be the latest snub between the president and Harris. “Tonight, the president and First Lady will watch election results in the White House residence with longtime aides and senior White House staff,” a White House official told the Washington Examiner. “The president will receive regular updates on the state of races across the country.” Harris’ election night watch party is being held at her alma...

The Republican National Committee (RNC) is touting some of its key election integrity victories as voters rush to the polls, hoping that these key wins will instill confidence in voters who have concerns over the fairness of the election. The final Economist/YouGov survey ahead of Election Day showed that nearly one quarter of likely voters have low confidence that the election will be conducted fairly. Of those, ten percent said they have no confidence at all, and 13 percent said they only have a “little” confidence. With this reality in mind, the RNC launched an extensive election integrity program earlier...

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.