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New study released ahead of November election shows 'Project Beacon' saving ratepayers hundreds of millions of dollars per winter. Massachusetts could pivot in the direction of affordable and reliable energy by expanding on existing natural gas capacity, according to a new study that says ratepayers could save $367 million per winter. Since many of those same ratepayers are also voters, that’s a figure that should pique their interest. The Fiscal Alliance Foundation, a nonprofit headquartered in Boston, highlights the benefits of “Project Beacon” in its study released just ahead of the state’s gubernatorial election. The projected savings for homeowners and...

The russians are facing non-stop military losses on Ukrainian soil. About 1,557,350 aggressor's troops were eliminated, 569,514 air targets of invaders were shot down, thousands of tanks, armored vehicles and trucks were destroyed by the defenders of Ukraine The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has published a new summary of total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 04.08.26. Find them in the infographics by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine:

Will SpaceX REALLY Go All In on Starship's Next Flight? SpaceX's Starship Flight 15 could attempt a double catch, bringing both Super Heavy and the Starship upper stage back to Starbase! We cover Ship 42 and Booster 22 preparations, Ship 40's recovery and inspection, and SpaceX's proposal for up to 456 Starship launches a year from Texas. Plus, Flight 16 preparations at Kennedy Space Center's LC-39A, Florida launch pad construction at LC-37, Gigabay progress, Flight 14 data, Tesla's rocket-powered Roadster, Falcon 9 launches, Cargo Dragon's CRS-35 mission to the International Space Station, and NASA's Perseverance rover breaking a Mars driving...

Authorities raided a “large-scale” methamphetamine lab in Lancaster on Oct. 14, seizing more than 1,000 pounds of meth, according to the Kern County Sheriff’s Office.

A Texas Democratic congressional candidate’s campaign reported more than $4,300 in spending on cookies, Mexican restaurant purchases and beer and wine earlier this year, according to federal election records, drawing renewed attention after a heated debate in which she apologized for a remark about her Republican opponent “making fun of Nazis.” Katy Padilla Stout, the Democrat nominee for Texas’ 23rd Congressional District, reported expenditures totaling $4,338.14 in five transactions in March and April, according to spending details cited in an August report by RedState and records attributed to the Federal Election Commission (FEC). The reported purchases included $675 for cookies...

Harris wants 13 Supreme Court justices and statehood for D.C. and Puerto Rico, while strategist James Carville told Democrats to "just do it" without campaigning on it. Former presidential nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris this week presented a number of what she considers top Democratic Party goals, should the party retake Congress, that appear more far-left than those being pitched to potential voters during the midterm cycle. She expressed her views on the "Baby, This Is Keke Palmer" podcast posted Tuesday on what a Democrat-controlled Congress should try to advance, including expanding the Supreme Court, changing the Electoral College,...

CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten said Democrats have a “big siren warning sign" ahead of Election Day and it is close polling margins in key Senate toss-up races. Enten said the Senate is "too close to call," as the polling shows many races within the margin of error and Democrats will have to wait until Election Day to see if polling is right, or if Republicans outperform and remain in control. Midterm elections are commonly viewed as a test of the political environment facing the party in power, and the president's party has historically lost seats during them. Republicans...

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem🇮🇱 (10/17/26)[Prayer]Personalities Psalm 55[a] For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A maskil[b] of David.1 Listen to my prayer, O God, do not ignore my plea; 2 hear me and answer me. My thoughts trouble me and I am distraught 3 because of what my enemy is saying, because of the threats of the wicked; for they bring down suffering on me and assail me in their anger. 4 My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death have fallen on me. 5 Fear and trembling have beset me; horror has overwhelmed...

At first glance, it reads like satire – something so grotesque and absurd that it cannot possibly be real. But it is real. In Central Florida, Stand With Abortion Now (“SWAN”) is selling merchandise that turns the intentional killing of unborn children into a joke, a fashion statement, and a fundraising opportunity. We are linking to SWAN’s own website once so readers can see the organization’s words and merchandise for themselves. What follows is not parody. It is how SWAN describes – and markets – its work. SWAN is a pro-abortion clinic-escort group founded in June 2022, immediately after the...

On Columbus Day, Homeland Security Investigations executed a judicially authorized search warrant of Representative Ilhan Omar’s home. For several months, there have been rumors that she was under investigation for immigration fraud. A few weeks ago, White House Border Czar Tom Homan acknowledged that the congresswoman was the subject of an ongoing criminal investigation. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro says her office is investigating Omar for potential financial crimes. The D.C. magistrate judge who authorized the search of Omar’s residence is a registered Democrat who donated to Hillary Clinton and received professional appointments from other Democrats. Despite the fact that Democrats...

Cracks may be starting to appear in Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s 2028 White House bid, a lawsuit provided to On The Money shows. **SNIP** Yet if any of the allegations in the whistleblower lawsuit I just reviewed are even partly true — and yes they are just allegations — there are questions whether Shapiro is ready for the primetime political proctology exam he will experience if he does run in 2028. The suit doesn’t name Shapiro as a defendant but he looms large in the litigation that takes aim at the state and agencies where the alleged whistleblower worked. Filed...

And yet we now have cities governed by Muslims: Dearborn and Hamtramck, Michigan, for example. The current mayor of Dearborn, Abdullah Hammoud, was videotaped at a mosque recently, saying, "If the Muslim community votes, if the Arab community votes, we will determine every single position in the whole city." (My friend Margot Cleveland, who lives in Dearborn, has sued the Muslim-dominated city government, alleging that it preferentially promotes Islamic religious displays while being "hostile to Christians and Jews" by forbidding the display of their religious holiday symbols.)

Melissa Gilbert cryptically shared a quote from “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory” as she seemingly celebrated the dismissal of her husband Timothy Busfield’s child sexual abuse indictment. “So shines a good deed in a weary world,” Gilbert, 62, posted on Instagram Friday after a New Mexico judge tossed the charges against the actor, 69, who was accused of inappropriately touching twin boys on the set of “The Cleaning Lady.” **SNIP** State District Judge Joseph Montano cited prosecutorial misconduct and errors that undermined the grand jury proceedings when dismissing the indictment against the “Thirtysomething” actor. Busfield’s attorney, Amanda Fayerberg, said...

Dems the breaks. Rep. Tom Suozzi will snub a Long Island campaign event with Gov. Kathy Hochul on Saturday because of a scheduling clash — as other down-ballot New York Democrats distance themselves from the unpopular Empire State leader. Suozzi’s campaign told The Post that the five-term Long Island congressman was “fully booked,” and couldn’t make the “Nassau County Young Democrats’ Bus Tour and Canvass Launch.” “Congressman Suozzi’s schedule is set weeks in advance and he is fully booked all weekend,” a spokesperson for the Nassau County pol said Friday. The cold-shoulder comes after two other Democratic candidates in high-profile...

A former University of Kentucky cheerleader who admitted ending the life of her newborn son after he was born alive was sentenced Friday to just 10 years in prison. Laken Snelling, 22, of White Pine, Tennessee, received concurrent sentences from Fayette Circuit Judge Diane Minnifield: 10 years for first-degree manslaughter and one year each for abuse of a corpse, tampering with physical evidence and concealing the birth of an infant. Prosecutors had recommended the concurrent terms as part of a plea agreement. She received credit for 415 days already spent under house arrest and will be eligible for parole after...

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An illegal immigrant pulled over for speeding in Nevada allegedly had enough fentanyl in his truck to kill millions, federal prosecutors say. Francisco Joel Garcia Farias, 26, now faces federal drug-trafficking charges after a Lincoln County sheriff’s deputy stopped his pickup on a rural highway and a narcotics detection dog alerted to the vehicle, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Nevada. Inside, authorities say they found 13 large storage totes packed with approximately 30 pounds of suspected fentanyl and 677 pounds of suspected methamphetamine, a combined haul of more than 700 pounds. “The massive scale of...

Join with fellow FREEPERS across the world to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Agri-Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, Technology, and the Media. I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. (1 Timothy 2:1-2) LIVE AS IF JESUS WILL RETURN TODAY!

Amazon has said it may close more than a dozen warehouses and move thousands of workers out of New York City over a labor bill being pushed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani — and the e-commerce giant is likely to make good on the threat if the controversial legislation is enacted, industry experts told The Post. The Delivery Protection Act would force Amazon to directly hire upwards of 5,000 delivery workers citywide who are currently employed by third-party contractors. Proponents say the legislation will increase workers’ pay and improve safety conditions at Amazon and other delivery firms including FedEx and DoorDash....

Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed got into a tense exchange with a reporter on Wednesday as his claim about having no family connections to the Muslim Brotherhood draws scrutiny. On "NBC Nightly News," El-Sayed was pressed about social media posts made by his half-sister Eman Abdelhadi, alleging their mother was an active member of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt during the 1970s after he denied there were any family connections to the controversial Islamist group during an interview with NBC's Kristen Welker on Sunday's "Meet the Press." "Can you just explain it?" anchor Tom Llamas asked after reading some...