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Graham Platner, the Maine Democratic Senate candidate backed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), wrote in 2020 that he had an "antifa supersoldier" label on his "armor," according to an archived post reviewed by Axios. Why it matters: Progressives have elevated Platner as one of their top candidates in next year's midterm elections, but his old Reddit posts have thrown his campaign into turmoil. Platner is running to unseat Sen. Susan Collins, Senate Democrats' top Republican target next year. The contest for the Democratic nomination between Platner and Maine Gov. Janet Mills — who's preferred by Democratic Party leaders — already...

Molly Lee is talking to me about the tales her aunt Nelle, known to the world as Harper Lee, would weave for her when she was a little girl. "She was just a great storyteller," says the 77-year-old from her home in Alabama. That's an understatement if the success of Harper Lee's Pulitzer-prize winning novel To Kill A Mockingbird is anything to go by. Since its publication in 1960, when it was an instant hit, the book has sold more than 42 million copies worldwide Based around the story of Tom Robinson, a black man falsely accused of rape, it's...

3:04 VIDEO AT LINK.................... We are thrilled to unveil "Jetson Air Games" Concept with Electrifying Aerial Showcase at UP.Summit 2025. the Jetson Air Games, a competitive format designed to redefine personal air mobility through dynamic aerial sport. For the first time ever, Jetson executed a 4-ship formation flight, followed by a high-speed pylon race, culminating in a solo aerial display by Jetson Co-Founder and CTO Tomasz Patan, who took the controls himself and participated in both the formation and the race. The performance, set against the backdrop of the UP.Summit’s Community Day airshow, was a powerful demonstration of Jetson’s technological...

There are no plans for President Trump to meet with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in the immediate future, a White House official said Tuesday, a pivot after Mr. Trump suggested last week that he would meet his Russian counterpart soon in Budapest to discuss ways to end the war in Ukraine. Mr. Trump said last week that he planned on meeting with Mr. Putin after senior American and Russian officials spoke. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov then had a “productive call,” the official said. It is unclear whether Mr. Trump and Mr. Putin...

Beyond Meat has regained a bit of its meme mojo status, surging 93% on Tuesday. The food company known for its plant-based meat alternatives is having an incredible week, with shares surging more than 127% Monday in its best day ever after Roundhill Investments, which develops thematic ETFs, added the name to its Roundhill Meme Stock ETF (MEME). It continued that rally Tuesday after Beyond Meat announced a deal with Walmart to expand distribution to more stores across the U.S. It appears the ETF addition has unleashed a short squeeze with investors who bet against the stock forced to cover...

U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell has ruled that Planned Parenthood affiliates in California, Iowa, and New York do not have to comply with recent executive orders requiring them to affirm biological sex and discontinue the promotion of radical gender ideology and promiscuity in order to receive federal funding Key Takeaways: * Despite multiple Trump executive orders specifying otherwise, a district judge has ruled that certain Planned Parenthood affiliates in three states do not have to rid their sex ed curricula of radical gender ideology. * The Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program has been shown in the past to have failed to...

Daily Readings from the USCCBJesus said to his disciples: “Gird your loins and light your lamps and be like servants who await their master’s return from a wedding, ready to open immediately when he comes and knocks.” Luke 12:35–36What does it mean to “Gird your loins?” This phrase, which is not commonly used today, literally means “tighten your belt.” It traditionally refers to one who is wearing a long robe that makes it difficult to move quickly and easily. Thus, to gird your loins means that you tuck in the long robe and tighten your belt so that you are...

Staunch conservative Sanae Takaichi was elected Japan’s first female prime minister by parliament on Tuesday, in a landmark moment for the historically patriarchal country where both politics and workplaces are dominated by older men.Takaichi steps into the role as Japan faces mounting economic woes and a fractured politics, and just days before US President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit. The 64-year old Takaichi, who is a heavy metal drummer and motorcycle enthusiast, grew up in Nara near Osaka. Her arrival at the pinnacle of Japanese politics tops a remarkable rise, from TV presenter to flag bearer of traditional and...

Today, Governor Phil Murphy issued a Conditional Veto of the proposed Abortion Travel Advisory bill (S3663). His veto raises important questions about his motives and logic and whether the state should be in the business of evaluating other states’ laws in the first place. The bill, strongly backed by Planned Parenthood, called for the creation of an ‘Abortion Tourism’ website to be maintained by the Department of State (DOS), a move that would promote one-sided information and political messaging. According to the proposal, the website would have used a three-tiered, color-coded system—Blue: Exercise normal caution; Yellow: Exercise increased caution; and...

Reporter Savanah Hernandez joined Jesse Watters on Fox News to share her experience at a “No Kings” rally. As The Gateway Pundit reported, Hernandez joined a panel of other reporters, along with President Trump, White House officials, and cabinet secretaries, who participated in a roundtable event to discuss the leftwing terror network. Other reporters included Jack Posobeic, Nick Sortor, Cam Higby, Jonathan Choe, Andy Ngo, Katie Daviscourt, James Klug, Nick Shirley, Brandi Kruse, Julio Rojas, and Seamus Bruner. They all shared their knowledge of the left-wing terrorist network and some of their violent experiences with Antifa. You can watch Hernandez’s...

President Trump no longer plans to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin for a second in-person summit “in the immediate future” after Russia rejected his demand to stop the war in Ukraine along the current battle lines. The White House announcement followed a Monday call between Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, which a source familiar with the conversation said demonstrated the Kremlin’s unwillingness to commit to Trump’s strategy for peace. -snip- Trump exhorted both sides to lay down their arms following the third White House meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky since Trump returned to...

As they grapple with a profound disconnection from their parents and older adults in general, nearly 40% of young adult women in Generation Z — those born between 1999 and 2015 — now identify as religiously unaffiliated, according to new data released by Barna Research. The data from 2,000 adults and teenagers between the ages of 13 and 24 shows that 38% of Gen Z women (ages 18 to 24) currently identify as atheist, agnostic or say they have no faith at all. This is higher than the 32% of men in the same age group who said they are...

Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears was defiant Monday after her latest brush with racism while she campaigns for governor on the GOP line, after a fan at a James Madison football game yelled at her to "go back" to a Black-majority country she does not hail from. The incident occurred Saturday during JMU’s 63-27 blowout win over Old Dominion in Harrisonburg. It’s the latest episode in which Earle-Sears has been targeted with racist invective; a protester recently confronted her with a sign suggesting she use a segregated water fountain. "I thought Democrats were supposed to love everyone -- and just...

The USCIS issued more details this week about the implementation of Trump’s $100,000 fee for H-1B visas. The fee would primarily apply only to applications for new beneficiaries who are currently outside the United States. The fee is facing at least one major legal challenge by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. More details and clarifications were given this week from US Citizenship and Immigration Services. Here are some of the main points given by the agency: H-1B petitions filed on or after Sept. 21, 2025, for beneficiaries who are outside the United States and do not have a valid H-1B...

MIDTOWN, Manhattan (WABC) -- Police released a photo and video of the woman last seen with an abandoned newborn baby girl at Penn Station. An anonymous tip led police to the child at the station on W. 34th Street and 7th Avenue just before 9:30 a.m. on Monday. The baby girl, described as a newborn, was found wrapped in a blanket at the bottom of a staircase leading to the 1/2/3 train platform. Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

‘Brennan’s assertion that the CIA was not ‘involved at all’ with the Steele dossier cannot be reconciled with the facts.’ The House Judiciary Committee referred former CIA Director John Brennan to the Justice Department for criminal prosecution on Tuesday over allegations that he “knowingly made false statements” to Congress about his role in the Russia collusion hoax. In the letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi obtained by The Federalist, Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, argued that “Brennan made numerous willfully and intentionally false statements of material fact contradicted by the record established by the House Permanent Select Committee on...

Unexpected pregnancy doesn’t mean unwanted pregnancy. A married couple leaving Planned Parenthood saw a 40 Days for Life “Ask Me About a Free Ultrasound” sign and decided to take Upland, California, vigil participants up on their offer. “This is a miraculous gift from God!” the husband said. “We just found out she is pregnant, and we didn’t even know if it was possible. We have been hoping and praying, and now we are expecting our first baby!” So why in the world were they at Planned Parenthood? The young family needed pregnancy care. But contrary to the name, Planned Parenthood...

BREAKING: Trump’s meeting with Putin in Hungary called off — The Telegraph

Employees of the SunTrapp, a long-standing LGBTQ bar in downtown Salt Lake City, are entering their third week of a strike over wanting to unionize. Morgan Sturgill, who is participating in the strike, said the talk of unionizing started over the summer. “There's been a couple of scenarios where if we had talked about what we wanted before, there was a chance of being demoted, or chance of being let go or just being treated differently afterwards. So it was primarily for that protection,” Sturgill said. “But honestly, the biggest one is policies. A lot of us just want clear...

Former NYC Mayor Bloomberg donates $500,000 to Bennet campaign Bloomberg's donation to Bennet's Super PAC is by far the largest single donation. US Senator Michael Bennet promises more affordable housing in Colorado if he wins the 2026 governor's race By: Shannon OgdenOct 20, 2025 A windfall for the Colorado gubernatorial campaign of Sen. Michael Bennet from former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The Colorado Secretary of State's records show Bloomberg donated $500,000 to Bennet's super PAC "Rocky Mountain Way." It is by far the single-largest donation. Bloomberg, a billionaire philanthropist, was a three-term mayor of New York City and...