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Currently south of Jamaica, Category 5 Hurricane Melissa has been continuing intensification Monday, and the storm is so violent, it forced the NOAA Hurricane Hunters to end a reconnaissance flight early because of severe turbulence. “Reports from NOAA and Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicate the central pressure has fallen to near 908 mb, with both aircraft releasing dropsondes in the northeastern eyewall that support an initial intensity of 145 kt,” wrote the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in their latest forecast discussion for Melissa. “The NOAA aircraft left the storm early after experiencing severe turbulence in the southwestern eyewall.”...

WASHINGTON — The country’s largest union representing federal workers is calling for lawmakers to pass a short-term spending measure to immediately end the government shutdown, urging Democrats to abandon their current position and join Republicans in supporting a stopgap solution. “Both political parties have made their point, and still there is no clear end in sight,” American Federation of Government Employees President Everett Kelley wrote in a statement first shared with NBC News. “It’s time to pass a clean continuing resolution and end this shutdown today. No half measures, and no gamesmanship.” The statement could increase pressure on Democrats to...

Gaslighting has become a science for Democrats during the current government shutdown. After years of flirting with falsehoods, they have turned into full-blown, bald-faced liars as they attempt to pin the carnage that is coming on Republicans because they “control” the House, Senate, and White House. Tarlov is not alone. Senator Mazie Hirono took to X on Monday to peddle the tired Democratic narrative that Republicans are to blame for the ongoing government shutdown. “Friendly reminder that Republicans control the White House, the Senate, and the House. This shutdown is entirely their fault,” Hirono posted, racking up thousands of likes...

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: Barksdale Air Force Base, LouisianaBarksdale Air Force Base (Barksdale AFB) is a United States Air Force base in northwest Louisiana, United States, in Bossier Parish. It is contiguous to Bossier City, Louisiana, along the base's western and northwestern edge. Barksdale Air Force Base occupies more than 22,000 acres east of Bossier City and along the southern edge of Interstate 20. More than 15,000 active-duty and Air Force Reserve members serve at Barksdale.The host unit at Barksdale is the 2d Bomb Wing (2 BW), the oldest bomb wing in the Air Force. It is...

While many on the right view Mamdani's rise to power and likely victory in the New York City mayoral race as a damning sign of what is to come for the Democratic Party, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has a more positive take, arguing that his victory will only be beneficial for Republicans. DeSantis retweeted an X post by Elon Musk about Mamdani, writing: Assuming he gets elected, Mamdani will be the most prominent Democrat in America the day he takes office. Voters across the country will be able to watch his leftist agenda in action and know that his path...

https://babylonbee.com/news/bad-luck-trump-says-the-missing-epstein-files-were-in-the-east-wing-and-have-now-been-destroyedWASHINGTON, D.C. — The Jeffrey Epstein case is now formally closed following an announcement by President Donald Trump that all the missing Epstein files were in the East Wing of the White House and have now been destroyed. "You know, I never go to the East Wing, but I guess that's where all the Epstein files were. Even the client list, if you can believe it. They said there was no client list, but I guess it was in the East Wing the whole time. Who knew?" Trump told reporters Monday morning. "There were a lot of files. A lot...

To have any hope of stopping the looming Zohran Mamdani catastrophe, New Yorkers need to get to the voting booth and cast their ballots against him. The situation couldn’t be more dire: Mamdani’s promises — free buses and child care, no rent hikes, etc. — and charm have won him a commanding lead in the polls. Fortunately, that edge is narrowing dramatically in final days: A Suffolk University survey finds he’s now just 10 points ahead of second-place contender Andrew Cuomo, down from a 20-point lead last month. Plus, the over-54 crowd — which polls suggest favors Cuomo — turned...

STEP ONE: FLASH MOB LOOTING In my scenario, the initial riots begin spontaneously across affected urban areas, as SNAP and other government welfare recipients learn that their EBT cards no longer function. This sudden revelation will cause widespread anger, which will quickly lead to the flash-mob looting of local supermarkets and other businesses. The media will initially portray these “food riots” as at least partly justifiable. Sadly, millions of Americans have been made largely, or even entirely, dependent on government wealth transfer payments to put food on their tables.

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A Dallas, Texas, Principal has been removed from her position after Grant Stinchfield obtained an email that exposed the principal at Woodrow Wilson High School in Dallas for engaging in what can only be described as discriminatory behavior towards White and Hispanic students. The black Principal is accused of holding a “Black-only” assembly, where she allegedly told students she was “valuing the well-being of African American students over the others at this moment.” That’s, according to one outraged Black student who wrote an email to the school administration calling out the discriminatory meeting. Today on “Stinchfield,” Grant reads the email...

Playing the victim card all the way into the mayor’s office.In what at first glance seems to be nothing more than just a saccharine, sentimental display of performed outrage and feigning victimhood, Zohran Mamdani, the New York City Mayoral candidate slated to become the Big Apple’s first Muslim mayor, instead pitched a dangerous performance that can only be described as a subtle incitement to elicit Muslim rage and resentment against the United States of America.In an address to his constituents on Friday, October 24, Mamdani listed a tearful bevy of indignities that Muslims faced in America in the wake of...

Wharton Professor and noted economist Mohamed El-Erian appeared on Fox News to discuss the jaw-dropping success President Trump is having with his global trade reset. As noted by El-Erian no one, including El-Erian himself, expected President Trump to be able to navigate a global trade and economic reset with such stunning success. The entire economic policy is being driven by the personal influence of President Trump as he leverages tariffs and policy incentives to the benefit of the USA economy exclusively. The scale of Trump’s agenda is difficult to overstate, and China is now positioned to feel incredible pressure to...

MOSCOW, October 22. /TASS/ Russia and Nicaragua have signed an intergovernmental agreement on defense cooperation, which is available on the Russian cabinet’s website containing legal information. The agreement provides for "the exchange of views and information on issues of mutual interest in the military field, as well as for the coordination of joint efforts to counter challenges and threats and to global and regional security and stability." Moscow and Managua will also cooperate on international platforms, focusing on key issues of global security and stability.

https://babylonbee.com/news/heartbreaking-terrorist-shares-how-he-got-dirty-looks-while-boarding-subway-in-bulletproof-vest-after-911 NEW YORK CITY, NY — Local terrorist Muhammad Mohammed al Muhammad shared a heart-wrenching story about how he got dirty looks while boarding the subway in a bulletproof vest after 9/11. "There I was minding my own business, when I got the nastiest looks," Muhammad said, holding back tears. "I wasn't doing anything special — just wearing a suicide vest and holding an AK-47 — but people gave me such hateful looks. They were judging me because I was Muslim." Though Muhammad admitted he was a terrorist and was about to kill hundreds of people, he said it was...

Officials have urged residents to stay indoors, avoid floodwaters and follow evacuation orders HURRICANE Melissa has exploded into a monstrous category five storm and is now charging towards Jamaica. The horror storm is threatening to unleash catastrophic flooding, deadly landslides and towering storm surges across the Caribbean. The slow-moving hurricane roared across the warm waters of the Caribbean over the weekend, doubling in strength and becoming one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the region. With winds now raging at 160 mph, Melissa was sitting about 130 miles south of Kingston, Jamaica, late Sunday and crawling westward at just...

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law a Strategic Partnership Treaty with Venezuela on Monday, formalizing a broad cooperation agreement between the two countries that extends across political, economic, and security domains. The Kremlin said the treaty, first signed in Moscow on May 7, expands collaboration in energy, mining, transport, communications, and counterterrorism. The accord was ratified last week by both chambers of Russia's parliament and earlier this month by the Venezuelan National Assembly, followed by President Nicolás Maduro's signature on October 7. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov called the simultaneous ratification "very important in the current situation," saying...

[Catholic Caucus] Cardinal jailed by communists recites exorcism during Latin Mass at St. Peter’s BasilicaSt. Peter’s Basilica, one of the holiest Catholic sites, has suffered multiple desecrations in recent years, such as the Vatican-approved ‘LGBT pilgrimage’ last month and the Pachamama idol scandal in 2019.Albanian Cardinal Ernest Simoni Troshani, an exorcist who was imprisoned for his Catholic faith under his country’s communist regime, recited an exorcism during a Pontifical High Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica this weekend, where an “LGBT pilgrimage” took place last month and where, just a few years ago, the Pachamama idol was placed on the altar.The...

What they're saying: Sanders, who rallied with Platner last month in Maine, said he still thought Platner was the best candidate to win. Citing Platner's deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, Sanders said Platner "went into a dark period in his life. I suspect that Graham Platner is not the only American to have gone through a dark period."He added: "What he did was he expressed his darkness on the internet. Probably not a brilliant thing to do, alright? And he said things that are stupid, things that were hurtful. He has apologized for them." I think what we have got...

https://babylonbee.com/news/rand-paul-heroically-dives-in-front-of-hellfire-missile-before-it-can-hit-venezuelan-drug-boat WORLD — Senator Rand Paul died tragically on Monday after heroically diving in front of an AGM-114 Hellfire missile fired by an MQ-1 Predator Drone before it could strike a Venezuelan drug boat. According to sources, the U.S. Air Force was tracking a suspected Venezuelan drug shipment over international waters when it received explicit authorization from the president to take it out. But just before the missile could make contact with the drug boat, a man later identified as the senator from Kentucky somehow leaped hundreds of feet through the air, putting his body between a Hellfire missile and...

A proposal pushed forward by a Florida Republican would completely eliminate property taxes in the state as soon as 2027, a measure that Governor Ron DeSantis has repeatedly said would have his backing. HJR 201, a House Joint Resolution filed by State Representative Kevin Steele, who represents District 55 north of Tampa, proposes an amendment to the Sunshine State’s constitution to exempt homestead property from all ad valorem taxation—taxes imposed on a home’s assessed value—other than school district levies. At the same time, the new legislation would prohibit counties and municipalities from cutting funding for law enforcement.