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Considering that presidential elections usually have higher turnouts, and all three elections were remarkably heated, Talarico’s extraordinary popularity is...interesting. One thing I’ve warned about over the years is that Texas, which proudly positioned itself as the new Silicon Valley, was bringing in a lot of college-educated young people. In the 1950s, that would have been nice. In the 21st century, that meant bringing in leftists. It’s easy to assume, then, that these new immigrants handed James Talarico his new Senate seat. However, population growth alone doesn’t fully explain what happened in Texas on Tuesday. I have no settled explanation for...

One voter for every two people The Dems had a pretty clear plan to flip Texas, assemble a coalition of Hispanic voters, urban black voters and liberal suburban voters. It didn’t work in previous elections, but it did this time. Liberal suburban voters tend to turn out in high numbers if they think there’s a chance they can win. Black and Latino voters need to be registered and from the look of things, the usual lefty voter turnout ‘non-profits’ were very busy registering legal or illegal voters. A record 19 million Texans were registered to vote in Tuesday’s election, roughly...

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s decision to convert 548 death sentences to life in prison without parole has sparked frustration and heartbreak among families of murder victims, including those of Michael Lyons and Sacramento County Deputy Danny Oliver.

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PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner announced murder charges Thursday following the death of a missing 10-year-old girl whose body was found in South Jersey. Authorities said the girl's foster mother, 36-year-old Caprice Williams, has been charged with murder, abuse of a corpse and several related offenses. The victim, Malayshia Allford, had been the subject of an intensive 10-day search after she disappeared from West Philadelphia. According to Assistant District Attorney Ashley Toczylowski, investigators believe Malayshia was last seen alive on Oct. 22. Authorities said surveillance video from Oct. 26 at approximately 1:53 a.m. appears to show a...

If modern medicine invented a single pill that could slash cardiovascular disease, blunt cognitive decline, lower systemic inflammation, and add a decade of vitality to your lifespan, pharmaceutical companies would charge $1,000 a month for it. Yet the most potent prescription for living past ninety costs nothing, requires no gym membership, and can be filled right on your neighbor’s front porch. Over the last two decades, researchers studying the world’s “Blue Zones”—pockets across the globe where people routinely live vibrant, active lives past 100—scrambled to uncover the physiological formula. At first glance, their diets seem completely contradictory. In Loma Linda,...

The national elections, just completed, added five states that will be completely controlled by Democrats next year, i.e., legislature and governor. They are, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Every one of these is ripe for legalizing assisted suicide, as that policy is now part of the liberal/progressive issue agenda. Most have already seen serious efforts to legalize doctor-prescribed death — even when Republicans held some power. Indeed, the electorally late (defeated for reelection) Governor Joe Lombardo of Nevada vetoed a legalization bill a few years ago. Other states that are already governed by a so-called Democratic trifecta, but which...

A onetime West Point cadet who admitted in federal court to surreptitiously ending his girlfriend's pregnancy is now facing a civil lawsuit over the 2022 episode, Fox News reports. The woman, identified only as Jane Doe, filed suit against Caleb T. Suh in New York state supreme court on Oct. 28, accusing him of assault and battery and seeking compensatory and punitive damages. Suh was charged and pleaded guilty in the case in June; it's not clear what, if any, disciplinary action he may have faced at West Point. Doe did report the incident to West Point's Army Criminal Investigation...

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Cherry Hill, NJ — Another woman has been rushed to the hospital following a serious medical complication at Cherry Hill Women’s Center in New Jersey. This time, the patient was 25 weeks pregnant when she suffered a uterine perforation during an abortion procedure likely performed by abortionist Lisa Perriera. A 911 recording obtained by Operation Rescue captures Perriera personally calling emergency dispatch to report the injury. Throughout the call, Perriera seems careful not to say whether or not she is the one responsible for the life-threatening injury. “Hi, um, this is Doctor Perriera at Cherry Hill Women’s Center,” she begins...

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Luke Rosiak @lukerosiak Ram Chhetri came to the US as a refugee, but this might be worst day of his life: It's the moment he realizes the $80k-$160k/year salary he's bilked from Medicaid for no-show work is coming to an end because @realdailywire caught the truth on camera. We conducted months of surveillance that shows why "home care aide" is now the *most common job* in states like NY, CA, MN, and PA: Because a large part of those jobs are unambiguous Medicaid fraud. Thanks to home care, Bhutanese refugees now make more money than actual PA families. The state...

Republican voters in search of silver linings need look no further than the collective fate of their party's own amnesty-mongers. Tuesday's midterm tsunami, which wiped out GOP control of Congress, also washed away a group of Republican legislators best known for having betrayed the party's base by co-sponsoring the DIGNIDAD Act of 2025, an amnesty bill masquerading as immigration reform. As of Thursday afternoon, eight of those co-sponsors had lost their bids for re-election to the House of Representatives. Moreover, the full statistical picture looks even worse for those amnesty-loving Republicans. More on that in a moment. As for the...

The 2026 midterm elections have clearly been very good for Democrats across the board. But their House majority is trending toward historic numbers. CNN is projecting that Democrats have won more than 250 House seats, with a net gain of around 40 seats. And they could hit or even exceed 260 total seats by the time all is said and done. That would give them around an 85-seat majority and make it the biggest Democratic majority since the early 1990s — the tail end of decades of Democratic domination of the House. If Democrats get to 260 seats, it would...

Daily Readings from the USCCBJesus said to his disciples, “A rich man had a steward who was reported to him for squandering his property. He summoned him and said, ‘What is this I hear about you? Prepare a full account of your stewardship, because you can no longer be my steward.’” Luke 16:1–2At first glance, today’s parable can be puzzling and even unsettling, as Jesus appears to praise deceit. However, when read in light of Catholic tradition, its deeper spiritual meaning becomes clear and richly instructive. This parable is not about how to succeed in the world, but about how...

Marc Thiessen spent the week denying the war was a factor and calling JD Vance disloyal for blaming it and the economy. Don Jr. fired back by name, calling those pushing that narrative disgusting. Thiessen has been arguing there was “no downside” to striking Iran, and in response to that, Don Jr. is asking whether he’ll call Trump's own son disloyal too. ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Several Lakewood police officers were injured in a shooting Thursday night, a source tells FOX31.

Security guarantees for Ukraine and a new European security strategy were the main topics of meetings in Brussels on November 5 with representatives of France, the United Kingdom, Germany, the United States and NATO. Head of Ukraine's Foreign Intelligence Service Rustem Umerov said this in a Telegram post, Ukrinform reports. "Together with representatives of France, the United Kingdom, Germany, the United States and NATO, we discussed what security guarantees for Ukraine from the United States and other partners should look like, as well as a new European security strategy. We are continuing work on this track. We will share details...