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Democrats hold 54 seats, and two races are still being counted. In Mississippi/Alaska I expect Democrats to win both. Republicans nominated candidates who couldn’t win, and in most of those races, Donald Trump made the pick. Republicans still hold the White House and that conservatives still have a 6-3 majority on the Supreme Court. Those checks will last only as long as Republicans keep winning elections, and the next two cycles look dangerous.

Here's the video. https://x.com/WMSBG/status/2119220946255097865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2119220946255097865%7Ctwgr%5E88be546e9216ae8aed8121fd5bd8e7027a49cc39%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.israelnationalnews.com%2Fflashes%2F696972 Here's JBN commentary. An apparent antisemitic assault in Brooklyn took an unexpected turn Saturday morning when a 52-year-old Hasidic Jewish man refused to become another defenseless victim and fought back against his attacker. Stay informed with JBN email alerts! Get the latest updates on breaking stories, global events, and community news directly in your inbox. The confrontation unfolded near Bedford Avenue and Heyward Street in Williamsburg as the man was walking to synagogue for Shabbos prayers. Embedded video. The suspect approached the Jewish man and threw an unidentified liquid at him before allegedly punching him in...

As violent mobs of Muslims and nihilist leftist youth menace the cathedral in Milan and the Louvre in Paris, torch historic buildings, and threaten revolution, I wonder if we are thinking clearly about the morality of using deadly force in defense of public order, private property, and our civilizational heritage. Put bluntly, would European police open fire on a mob if it were the only way to stop the destruction of the palace of Versailles or St. Peter’s Basilica? Should they? And if they did, would American Christians wring their hands about it, tut-tutting that “human life has infinite value.”...

Texas Republicans touched off a battle of mid-decade redistricting efforts when they embraced a plan pushed by President Donald Trump for the GOP-controlled legislature to redraw congressional districts to make them more friendly to Republicans. California retaliated with its own gerrymandering in an effort to flip five seats held by Republicans to counter the effort to redraw five seats in Texas. While Republicans redrew 15 congressional seats to try to flip over the past two years, as of Thursday afternoon they are projected to lose more than two-thirds of them. Meanwhile, California's Proposition 50 ballot initiative that redrew five seats...

SpaceX's New Starship Reveal Is Incredible in the "Go For Orbit" documentary! From Raptor engine manufacturing and McGregor testing to reused heat shield tiles and the decision to continue into orbit, there's plenty to explore. Meanwhile, Starship Flight 15 preparations continue at Starbase, with Booster 22 and Ship 42 awaiting their next steps toward a potential double catch attempt using the launch tower's chopsticks, pending FAA approval. Blue Origin reveals its Northstar rocket engine and New Glenn GS3 third stage, while Rocket Lab advances Neutron testing and approaches Electron's 100th launch. Plus, NASA's twin ESCAPADE spacecraft head toward Mars, CHAPEA...

Reddit has a list of sponsors of Jennifer Welch's sponsors. Being in the staffing business, I chose two which I may be able to negatively effect. I encourage all Freepers to peruse the list and take aim. I plan to activate my professional network on this also.

Comedian Dave Chappelle, performing back-to-back shows as part of his “Karmageddon” tour, told a sold out Madison Square Garden crowd he “feels better” after Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was murdered. “I feel f****d up saying this. It’s scary being a public speaker. And I mean look, ever since that guy Charlie Kirk got murdered … and I shouldn’t say this publicly but, I feel better,” Chappelle said, receiving some applause and laughter from the crowd. “I know I shouldn’t say that but, it’s just a feeling,” Chappelle continued. “I didn’t ask to feel this way. I just be...

The gloating at Politico over the 2026 midterm election results is not only fully underway but has already extended to what they see will be a likely Democrat victory in the 2028 presidential election as you can see in this Friday wishcast by Aaron Pellish, Lauren Fedor, and Lisa Kashinsky, "The midterms blew open the 2028 map. Republicans are panicking." However, there is something rather odd about their story. No prospective Democrat candidates are even named. Could it be that if any of them are named it would quickly deflate their balloon filled with Hopium?

Killing a bipartisan deal to reduce electricity costs would signal that Democrats aren't serious about affordability. Emboldened by the scale of Democratic victories in the midterms, a small group of liberals is trying to blow up a carefully negotiated bipartisan agreement that would make it easier to build in America. Failure to pass this compromise during the lame-duck session would send a loud message that the incoming Democratic majorities aren’t as serious about affordability as candidates said they were on the stump. And a deal this good for the economy is unlikely to materialize in the next Congress, which is...

The American flags lay discarded on the tables, not a Maga hat in sight.The crowd had dwindled to the last dregs of the party, with people nursing their warm martinis. On the screens above the bar, the unavoidable message blared: the blue wave sweeping across America.At the "Make America Hot Again" party in an uptown bar in midtown Manhattan on Tuesday night, young Republicans faced a reckoning with their own party."Maga is officially dead," said Raquel Debono, 30 matter-of-factly. "The brand is done."(snip)Matthew McCormick, 29, had turned his stool away from the TV screen. The Republican strongholds of Texas and...

Lockheed Martin agreed to pay about $29.5 million to resolve federal allegations that it used race or sex in employment decisions and falsely certified compliance with anti-discrimination requirements in its federal contracts. The U.S. Department of Justice announced the two agreements Tuesday. The department said the alleged conduct dates to 2019. Lockheed will pay $22 million plus interest to the United States under the False Claims Act and about $7.5 million to more than 1,000 workers under a separate U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission agreement. Lockheed denied the allegations and admitted no liability. The company said in a statement that...

NASA announced Saturday that Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin and six other aerospace companies are eligible to compete for up to $10 billion in lunar delivery contracts as the agency advances plans to establish a permanent base on the moon. The announcement, made at the MAX POWER aerospace expo and air show at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, expands NASA’s commercial lunar program, bringing together private companies to deliver scientific equipment, technology and infrastructure to the moon’s south pole. The new Commercial Lunar Payload Services framework has a maximum combined value of $10 billion over 10 years, with...

Olivia Reingold reports from Detroit, where the Muslim progressive’s election signifies a seismic shift in the scales of power. Socialism, TikTok, and anger now reign supreme. DETROIT, Michigan — “LET’S F[-------] GOOOOOO!” A blonde with a tattoo of the state of Michigan on her forearm thrusts her fist into the air. It is just after 1:30 a.m., and Abdul El-Sayed, a doctor turned podcaster, has been senator-elect for approximately one minute. Three friends next to me embrace in a hug. Hundreds of his supporters, crowded into a downtown event space, raise their smartphones. As his signature walk-out song, Tupac Shakur’s...

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem🇮🇱 (11/8/26)[Prayer]The Scriptures in Handel's Messiah Malachi 3:33 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness. Holy Bible, The King James Version _________________________________________

Rioters attempt to smash the windows of a Snipes store near Châtelet–Les Halles in central Paris, France, on 18 October 2026. Matthieu Rondel/AFP. Three-quarters of a sample of suspects brought before French courts following last month’s mass riots bore Arabic–Muslim or African-origin first names, according to an analysis by leading pollster Jérôme Fourquet. The finding points to mounting indications of significant immigrant-background involvement in the looting and violence that, with the help of the far left, turned France’s protests over education and living costs into weeks of urban chaos. Fourquet, director of the opinion department at polling institute Ifop, examined...

U.S. — Democrats proudly announced that they had already delivered on their campaign promise to improve affordability, having made stock prices far, far cheaper in just a few days. Only two days after the midterms, Democrats had succeeded in reducing the total cost of stocks by historic amounts, making good on their vows. "This is what it looks like to deliver for the American people," said Representative Hakeem Jeffries, holding up a chart to show how much cheaper stocks are now. "In just 48 hours, we managed to cut the price of stocks by a collective $2.9 trillion. If we...

The Talk Shows Nov 8th, 2026 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:FACE THE NATION (CBS): Margaret Brennan anchors: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.); Rep. French Hill (R-Ark.); Rep.-elect Nancy Lacore (D-S.C.). FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Anchor Shannon Bream: AG Todd Blanche; NYC democrat Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Panel: Michael Allen, Dasha Burns, Karl Rove and Juan Williams.MEET THE dePRESS (NBC): Hosted by Kristen Welker: Sen.-elect Adam Hamilton (D-Kan.); Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.); Florida Republican Gov.-elect Byron Donalds; Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro. (MSDNC) Panel: Ashley Etienne, Jonathan Martin and Marc Short—EVERY one of these easily forgotten angry Leftists...

The insanity of the Democrats and their lunatic NeverTrump fringe transformed Trump from a pariah into a victim. A prominent theme in The Counterrevolution, Victor Davis Hanson’s new book about the “fall and rise” of Donald Trump, is the unwitting role that Trump’s enemies played in his rehabilitation from 2022 to 2024. I sense that the public memory of the assault against Trump and his lieutenants is already beginning to fade. It is worth revisiting, especially in light of the likely reaction by the Left to its astonishing (astonishing to me, anyway) victory in the midterms. There were essentially three...

Eight people were arrested and 43 women from West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and other States were rescued during simultaneous raids at four premises in Hyderabad as police busted an alleged illegal human egg harvesting and commercial sale racket involving recruitment, transportation and accommodation of women for oocyte donation procedures. The raids were conducted by Begumpet and Saroornagar police along with the Special Operations Team of the Malkajgiri Commissionerate at premises in Prakash Nagar, Begumpet, Erragadda, Saroornagar and Gopalapuram. Police seized documents, mobile phones and other material, while the identities, recruitment circumstances and medical histories of the rescued women are...

Singer Harry Styles has been dubbed a 'Planned Parenthood champion' for his recent invitation to have Planned Parenthood affiliates distribute condoms and abortion information during each show of his 30-night residency at New York City's Madison Square Garden as part of his "Together, Together" Tour. Key Takeaways: * Harry Styles has been dubbed a 'Planned Parenthood champion'. * As part of his "Together, Together" residency at Madison Square Garden, he invited Planned Parenthood to set up tables to hand out Planned Parenthood condoms and abortion information. * Styles' lifestyle brand Pleasing also collaborated with Planned Parenthood to distribute "I'm with...