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New York Attorney General Letitia James stepped back from the 'Cornell 7' criminal investigation after being accused of bias, naming a former federal prosecutor who oversaw Sean 'Diddy' Combs's prosecution to lead the sexual assault probe. James announced Wednesday that she had appointed Jacqueline Kelly to lead the investigation into a former Cornell University student's allegations that multiple men raped her at a fraternity party in October 2024. 'Nothing announced today states that Attorney General James has recused herself, relinquished supervisory or charging authority, or surrendered the ability to direct, approve, reject, or override substantive prosecutorial decisions,' he told The...

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem🇮🇱 (11/5/26)[Prayer]The Scriptures in Handel's Messiah Isaiah 401 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. 2 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the Lord's hand double for all her sins.3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. 4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall...

As I write these words, it is the morning after the election. I have been watching social media go full-tilt wacko from many of my Democratic friends who have been swooning about “the blue tsunami” that swept over the Republicans. Some of them have asked me, with as much a modicum of politeness as they can muster, how much it hurts to watch MAGA go down in flames. Do these queries evoke a frown? More like a smirk, and not the sort that many liberals might appreciate. I already believed that Darline Graham would not win the United States Senate...

When Islamic terrorists strike, when there’s an active shooter or a riot in progress, the elite members of the NYPD’s Strategic Response Group are there as the tip of the spear. The SRG is more than a SWAT team, it’s a rapid response group made up of hundreds of officers that can be deployed anywhere in New York City to deal with crisis situations. Created in response to the Bataclan massacre carried out by Islamic terrorists in Paris, members of the SRG receive advanced counterterrorism training, have special equipment and are ready to jump into action. SRG replaced the NYPD’s...

"A population of weak, unhealthy, uninformed and dependent people is a hell of a lot easier to control than a population of strong, healthy, educated and self-reliant people. Your responsibility is to become the exact opposite of everything they want for you to the best of your abilities. Your REAL best. In my opinion that’s our obligation as Americans."

Reality TV dating show “Married at First Sight UK” has been axed in outrage after former cast members were accused of raping the women they were matched with. Channel 4 confirmed Thursday that the dating series will not return after 10 seasons, following the investigation into allegations by three female contestants that they were attacked — with one saying her husband threatened to throw acid at her. The broadcaster’s CEO, Priya Dogra, apologized to the women for “the distress they have clearly felt,” according to a news release. The show — where singles are matched with strangers and meet for...

America is preparing for a midterm election that will almost certainly see the Democrats recapture one, if not both, houses of Congress. In a normal year, the Left would use the power shift to grind the Republican agenda to a halt and negotiate legislative concessions with the president. But this is not a normal election, and the Democrats’ plans and strategies are not normal, either. They have telegraphed a not-so-subtle message: reprisals are coming. In a recent address, Michigan Senator Elissa Slotkin, a former CIA agent, indicated that she would use the power of the Congress to investigate White House...

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"By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible." God’s greatest truths are discovered by simple faith. As a man or woman of faith, you have insights into life that unbelievers can't know. You know how the physical universe began, where it is heading, and how it will end. You know Who governs the universe and how you fit into the total scheme of things. You know why you exist and how to invest your life in matters of eternal consequence....

Even before the polls closed on Tuesday, an epic blame game had begun. How did Republicans fumble the success of 2024 into this midterm meltdown? How did we lose so many Senate seats, including in my home state of Texas, a conservative cornerstone for more than three decades and a state Donald Trump carried by 14 points in 2024? Die-hard Never Trumpers will rush to eulogize the MAGA movement. Some populists will shop a stab-in-the-back narrative that blames the traditional conservatives they themselves chased away. But both sides miss the point. This week’s beat-down wasn’t only foreseeable, it was foreseen—because...

One day after the midterm election, two economic-related things are happening. First, the stock market is having a really good day. Democrats and their media allies would like everybody to believe it's because that party will be taking control of the House and Senate, but the actual reason might be a bit different: The stock market is soaring today because the truth is most business people would rather politicians do nothing and with gridlock guaranteed for the next two years they will get their wish. — Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) November 4, 2026 Gridlock makes for a couple of years worth...

When I think of the election results from Tuesday, I am immediately reminded of what happened on November 5, 1946. It was barely one year after the end of World War II. Harry S. Truman had assumed the presidency when FDR died in April 1945. Only nineteen months after taking office, there was a mid-term national election. Here is a brief story of what happened.The nation was restless, exhausted, and bitter. Americans were grappling with post-war inflation, meat shortages, crippling nationwide labor strikes, and what many in the Washington press corps sneeringly viewed as nothing more than a failed Missouri...

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Democrats take the House. Here’s what they plan to investigate and their legislative agenda Democrats take the House. Democrats will take control of the House of Representatives, according to an ABC News projection, putting Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on track to make history as the first Black Speaker of the House when the new Congress is seated in January. So, what's next? Democrats have signaled that they will pursue both a legislative agenda and investigative track that they say aims to restore a congressional check and balance against the executive branch. Legislative priorities: Healthcare, prices, tariffs Oversight and investigations: Epstein,...

Democrat Allison Montgomery will become Alabama’s first transgender legislator after she won the state’s House District 25 on Tuesday night, unseating Republican Phillip Rigsby and persevering in a district President Donald Trump won three times. Montgomery’s victory came as Democrats had an overwhelming performance in the midterm elections. Democrats flipped control of the U.S. House and U.S. Senate, as well as several gubernatorial seats, including in Texas and Ohio. State legislatures also saw Democratic victories on Tuesday night, including Montgomery’s win in House District 25 in northern Alabama. Montgomery won with 53.3 percent of the vote to Rigsby’s 46.7 percent,...

The CNN segment appears to argue that the 2026 midterm election results represent a significant political setback for Donald Trump and could reshape the Republican Party's future. Two statistics are presented to support this argument: +2,400% Reported Google search increase for the 2028 election31% JD Vance's reported current 2028 GOP nomination odds2. The Google Search Surge The first graphic claims that Google searches relating to the 2028 presidential election increased by 2,400% compared with the previous week. What this could indicateGrowing public interest in the post-Trump political landscape.Increased speculation about potential presidential candidates.Voters and political observers reassessing the Republican Party.Greater...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. (1 John 5:14)Forum threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind.

Daily Readings from the USCCB“What man among you having a hundred sheep and losing one of them would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the lost one until he finds it? And when he does find it, he sets it on his shoulders with great joy and, upon his arrival home, he calls together his friends and neighbors and says to them, ‘Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.’ I tell you, in just the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous...

The launches include Starlink of Vandenberg, including the 700th Falcon 9 overall on the 31st, plus a couple of Electrons from Mahia and a run of Chinese vehicles. Galactic Energy put the first pathfinder for a low-inclination remote-sensing constellation up on a Ceres-1S from an offshore barge, while CAS Space flew the second Kinetica-2 (the liquid RP-1/LOX tri-core version) with another batch of Qianfan satellites. ISRO’s GSLV got NVS-03 into geosynchronous transfer orbit after the previous one’s failure, and Rocket Lab’s 99th Electron carried an iQPS SAR bird. On the bigger picture side, NASA laid out the Artemis Acceleration plan...

Not on its own, and not yet. The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact would not abolish the Electoral College, but if states with 270 electoral votes join it, they would give their electors to whoever wins the national popular vote. It now has 222 of those 270, according to National Popular Vote, the group behind it. After Tuesday’s midterms, Democrats control enough statehouses to pass it, but nothing has been passed yet. What the compact isIt is an agreement between states. Each member promises to award all its electoral votes to the candidate with the most votes nationwide, rather than...