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Working-class voters see Democrats as “woke, weak and out-of-touch” and six in 10 have a negative view of the party, concluded a frank internal assessment of the hole the party finds itself in. The nine-month, 21-state research project is the latest in a wave of post-mortems and data dives aimed at solving the Democratic Party’s electoral challenges after their sweeping losses in 2024. It was funded by Democracy Matters, a nonprofit aligned with flagship Democratic super PAC American Bridge 21st Century, and backed by months of polling, dozens of focus groups and message testing. American Bridge’s project focused exclusively on...

TORONTO — One of the largest and riskiest investments paid off late Saturday night, as the Los Angeles Dodgers successfully purchased their second World Series victory in as many years. The attempt to complete the purchase was put in jeopardy by the upstart Toronto Blue Jays, but the Dodgers' front office remained confident that their amazing achievement of spending more money than all the other teams would pay off. "Money well spent," said Dodgers Executive Vice President and General Manager Braqondon Gomes. "It looked a little touch-and-go there for a bit, but thankfully, all the hard work we put in...

A 48-year-old Davenport woman faces a felony theft charge for library materials overdue for 13 years, according to Scott County Court documents. Stacey Diehn faces a charge of second-degree theft, a Class D felony, court records show. According to a Scott County arrest affidavit, Diehn and a relative checked out library materials from the Davenport Public Library, 3000 Fairmount St., on April 3, 2012, and also on other dates, with April 19, 2012, as the last date of activity.

'It's going to sound like sour grapes and I don't really give a s*** but I think the better team did not win this series... you just feel like the baseball Gods got it wrong this time.' He added: 'I think the Blue Jays are the better team and I feel like they played baseball a certain way that was infectious, that grabbed the attention of the fans. 'And it's disheartening to see that the better team did not win. That's not to take anything away from the Dodgers but the Blue Jays did so many things right.'

Making a series of wild comments, Rep Ilhan Omar (D-MN) slammed ICE and CBP agents for allegedly abducting people without identification, alongside military deployment on U.S. streets, disregarding states’ rights, and creating a constitutional crisis. In an even more objectionable comment, she stated that her home country, Somalia, was less tyrannical than the US. Additionally, she warned that America is devolving into an authoritarian state, betraying the founding fathers’ vision. Beginning her theatrical remarks, Omar whined about the “Masked, armed men who are in plain clothes that are snatching people off the streets, unwilling to identify themselves. You have the...

Democrats have run women for executive positions before, and it has not worked. And so the question is: Does the electorate have problems voting for women for executive positions? “The outcome of this election is not what we wanted...” During the No Kings rally, I went to Montclair, N.J., to spend a little time with a member of Congress named Mikie Sherrill. She is one of two Democratic women running for governor in the 2025 cycle. “These two races are the biggest flashing red siren signs for Republicans.” Both women are polling as much as five to seven points ahead...

'Seth Meyers of NBC may be the least talented person to "perform" in the history of television. In fact, he may be the WORST to perform, live or otherwise,' Trump wrote. 'I watched his show the other night for the first time in years. In it, he talked endlessly about electric catapults on aircraft carriers which I complain about as not being as good as much less expensive steam catapults. 'On and on he went, a truly deranged lunatic,' the president continued. 'Why does NBC waste its time and money on a guy like this???' he asked, claiming Meyers

1. The Tax Law That Now Finds Itself Without a TaxIn the recent discourse around the potential removal of suppressors and short barrel rifles from the provisions of the National Firearms Act (NFA) and its tax and registration requirements, a point made repeatedly was that if the tax was repealed but the registration stayed, the latter would be illegal as it was only ever justified by the former.This is indeed correct, as from its inception, the NFA was justified as a tax, with the registration being incidental to that tax and only existing ostensibly to ensure the tax was properly...

New York flirts with a familiar disaster as Zohran Mamdani rides Rousseauvian rhetoric toward the same ruinous script that doomed revolutions past. As the world waits for New York’s first Islamo-Communist mayor—hailed alike by the overtly malicious and the terminally stupefied—it may be worth stepping back to ask what the advent of Zohran Mamdani, the pampered 34-year-old rich kid who was born in Uganda, tells us about the decay of liberalism. In many ways, Mamdani—who, as I write this, is a comfortable 10-15 points ahead in the polls—is just the latest avatar of the AOC-Ilhan Omar wing of the Democratic...

Is “Christian Zionism” an oxymoron? Worse still, is it a heresy? And whether it is an oxymoron or a heresy, is it a recent creation, dating back no earlier than the 19th century? Before we answer these questions, let’s first define our terms. If Zionism is the belief that Israel is the homeland of the Jewish people, then Christian Zionism is the belief that the Bible affirms that Israel is the homeland of the Jewish people. It’s that simple. We can now answer the first question: Is “Christian Zionism” an oxymoron? Not at all, since it can easily be demonstrated...

The US Department of Labour released a new video highlighting the misuse of H-1B visas and how the American dream was “stolen" from American citizens at the hands of foreign workers. The video included a mention of India, which accounts for over 70% of H-1B visa workers. “For generations, we’ve told Americans that if they work hard enough, they can achieve the American dream. But many Americans have had this dream stolen from them. Their jobs were replaced by foreign workers as politicians and bureaucrats allowed companies to abuse the H-1B visa," says the voiceover in the video. The video...

How much further left will the Democrats go? They’re increasingly aligning themselves with ideologies historically associated with violence and oppression: Islam and socialism or communism. Their incorporation of Marxist thought and accommodation of the influences of radical Islam threaten the American values of individual liberty, free enterprise, and national security. Communist leaders slaughtered over 100 million people in the 20th century through regimes like the Soviet Union, Maoist China, and North Vietnam. When Democrats advocate for socialism, wealth redistribution, and expanded government control, they echo the ideologies of those regimes. Figures like Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez openly identify as...

A ground stop was issued at Newark Airport on Sunday morning over staffing issues as the government shutdown continues to cripple the nation. The New Jersey airport, which sees hundreds of flights coming in and out every day, issued the advisory in the early hours of Sunday morning. Newark is approximately the eighth busiest airport in the country, and serves about 50 carriers. The ground stop comes after several airports across the US have faced massive staffing crises forced by the government shutdown, which began on October 1. More than 13,000 air traffic controllers have been required to work without...

It was around the middle of October. Our church was preparing to celebrate “Hallelujah Night” instead of Halloween. Our pastor was seeking volunteers to supervise games in the gym and lots of candy for prizes and participation. I went to our local Dollar Store to buy some bags of candy. I expected to see candy and also a few Thanksgiving Day supplies. I saw the candy, and then some Halloween products: costumes, artificial pumpkins, fake ghosts, etc. But before I got to any Thanksgiving Day supplies, there it was: Artificial Christmas trees, lights, rope, wrapping paper, ribbon, sacks, etc. I...

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Even persons familiar with RFK Jr.’s damning statistics about American health might be surprised by the information contained in Del Bigtree’s new documentary An Inconvenient Study — a film that also depicts with gut-wrenching impact the human misery represented by those numbers thanks to the cowardice, greed, arrogance, and power of the medical and pharmaceutical industries. The film’s Emmy Award–winning producer has been a medical journalist for two decades, first at CBS and later as host of the High Wire internet show. Bigtree’s prior documentary, Vaxxed (2015), brought him to national attention when the film, which had been touted by...

A Queens principal who counts former Jay-Z manager Damon Dash and his wife as close pals turned her school into a slush fund for friends, whistleblowers charge. Aneesha Jacko of PS 35 Nathaniel Woodhull in Hollis has spent tens of thousands in taxpayer funds to buy books published by pals, hired others as consultants, and boldly touted their brands on a sprawling lobby mural that is practically a billboard, staffers said. “It absolutely blows my mind that she is still allowed to run our school,” a faculty member said of the principal, who took PS 35’s helm in October 2020....

I do believe that the climate alarmists have reached the "depression" stage of grief, where they're beginning to realize that the hysteria they've built their lives around is actually rather meaningless. Popular Mechanics reports: The ocean is humanity's greatest ally in the fight against anthropogenic climate change. According to the United Nations, the world's oceans produce 50 percent of the oxygen we breathe, absorb around 30 percent of atmospheric carbon, and capture 90 percent of the excess heat produced by greenhouse emissions. Without the ocean, we'd be well and truly cooked. However, the ocean's role as a carbon sink is...

The Talk ShowsNov 2nd, 2025 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:FACE THE NATION (CBS): Margaret Brennan anchors: Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.); Massachusetts demoncrat Gov. Maura Healey; Juan Andrade, president and chief executive officer of USAA. FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Anchor Shannon Bream: Speaker of the US House of Representatives Mike Johnson (R-LA); Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.). Panel Horace Cooper, Ben Ferguson, former Obama spokesperson Marie Harf and Annmarie Hordern.MEET THE dePRESS (NBC): Hosted by Kristen Welker: California democrap Gov. Gay-vin Newscom; NBC News Pollster Steve Kornacki. (MSDNC) Panel: Adrienne Elrod, Matt Gorman, Jonathan Martin and...

LONDON — A knife attack on a train that left 11 people injured on Saturday night was not a terrorist incident, said police, as two British nationals were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. Of the nine people thought to have life-threatening injuries, four have been discharged, and two "remain in a life-threatening condition," Superintendent John Loveless said in an update on Sunday morning. “At this stage there is nothing to suggest that this is a terrorist incident," he added, noting that both suspects, men aged 32 and 35, were born in the United Kingdom and remain in separate police...