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Apolitical cartoon that’s gone viral perfectly captures what may be the most decisive factor in our upcoming election, impacting competitive races across the nation from state legislative seats all the way up to the presidency. That factor is, sadly, abortion, expressed in the form of nonstop ads reminding women that their right to kill their fetuses faces an existential threat from Republicans. The cartoon, which only has two frames, begins by depicting the Democrat donkey as an abusive drunk, with a cigarette dangling from his mouth and an open whiskey bottle labeled “Debt” in his hand. Shirtless, his tattoos include...

Ron DeSantis never misses, and his response to Hurricane Milton has set another standard. After pre-staging crews to work around the clock, the recovery from the massive storm is well underway. Some in the press are still looking for controversy, though. On Thursday, one reporter tried to blame Milton and the tornados it spawned on "global warming." What followed was a masterclass in both knowledge and how to use it to push back on a narrative. Truly, this is a joy to watch. Take it in because we don't get many politicians on the right who can articulate a point...

Old Papal Sourpuss – aka Pope Francis – strikes again. This time he fired off comments while traveling in the papal plane from Asia to Rome. Air travel, apparently, inspires this pontiff to unleash confusing and ambiguous statements that have many Catholics and others scratching their heads. At 10,000 feet he weighed in on Americans’ upcoming choice between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. He categorized both candidates as “against life” and urged Catholic voters to choose the “lesser of two evils.” “One must choose the lesser of two evils. Who is the lesser of two evils?...

A decade after the first state moved to legalize recreational marijuana, the dangerous effects of the drug are coming to light. Across the country, physicians are seeing more people with marijuana addiction, psychosis including delusions or paranoia, schizophrenia, and a serious syndrome involving severe vomiting as more people use the drug, The New York Times found. The outlet examined medical records, insurance data, and spoke to hundreds of doctors and marijuana users. Emergency rooms are seeing more people present with cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome, a condition involving “severe vomiting,” nausea, and pain caused by heavy marijuana consumption. The condition can cause...

Florida caught a lot of heat (rightly so) after the mess of an election in 2000 — pregnant chads, anyone? In the years since, the Sunshine State has cleaned up its act significantly. Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) joined Maria Bartiromo on "Sunday Morning Futures" to discuss the measures Florida takes to shore up election integrity — and why confidence in election results is essential. This morning I joined Maria Bartiromo on Sunday Morning Futures to discuss Florida's election integrity efforts. pic.twitter.com/Fc8bK289Pc — Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) September 15, 2024 Here are the key points of their exchange: BARTIROMO: Your reaction to...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis addressed a brewing scandal in the sunshine state as law enforcement officials are going to thousands of people’s homes to see if they signed petitions to support putting a radical abortion amendment on the ballot. Amendment 4 is so extreme and dangerous that the state of Florida has deployed resources to warn voters how the amendment actually puts women’s health and safety at risk. DeSantis said at a press conference on Monday that law enforcement has launched an investigation after receiving a wide range of complaints about the group that submitted the petition for the amendment...

Former President Donald Trump says he would create a government efficiency commission to audit the entire federal government Trump says he’d create a government efficiency commission led by Elon Musk PHOENIX (AP) — Former President Donald Trump said Thursday he would create a government efficiency commission to audit the entire federal government, an idea suggested by billionaire Elon Musk, who would lead it. The commission is the latest attention-grabbing alliance between Trump and Musk, who leads companies including Tesla and SpaceX and has become an increasingly vocal supporter of Trump’s bid to return to the White House. The Republican presidential...

Governor Ron DeSantis UNLOADED on a reporter who tried to get him trapped in a "gotcha" question about radical gender ideology. REPORTER: "I wanna talk about the trans care ban ruling...opponents are saying that's gonna...harm patients!" DESANTIS: "It is the MUTILATION OF MINORS that's harming people! It is WRONG to do this!" Video at link

Ron DeSantis spoke this morning in a press conference to adress concerns about Kamala Harris' plan to tax unrealized gains, and he didn't hold ANYTHING back. Video at link

Ukraine’s Parliament has created the legal tools for a governmental ban on any religious group that it deems to be too closely tied to Russia by voting for a bill that explicitly bans the Russian Orthodox Church in Ukraine. However, the ban also directly affects the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), which the Ukrainian government says is too closely tied to Moscow because of its historic ties to the Russian Orthodox Church. After more than a year and a half of legal wrangling over the language of the bill, Ukrainian lawmakers are set to ban the sole canonical body of Orthodox...

Great work, Europe. No really, you’re doing fine. You’ve got British toadies threatening to extradite American citizens for speaking freely and some dork at the European Union threatening an American citizen for daring to have an online interview with one of America’s two major party presidential candidates. That’s going to go over well. Good thinking because Europe can sure afford to alienate the members of one of America’s two political parties. The Russians are coming? Hey, sounds like a personal problem, Monsieur Pierre Le Beau and Sir Adrian Wellington Smythe-Grimbsy. Turn off the Eurovision Song Contest and go fight your...

Last year the Republican-controlled state government in Florida passed legislation requiring its public universities to do what are called “post-tenure reviews” on all their tenured professors every five years, as part of an effort to eliminate what Governor Ron DeSantis called “deadweight” and “unproductive tenured faculty.” The bill not only limited the ability of professors to protest termination decisions, it was also aimed at eliminating “diversity, equity, and inclusion” programs across the board. At the University of Florida the first round of tenure review has now produced some startling numbers, literally proving DeSantis’ claims. The report said that, out of...

Many patients at the Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute, an 89-bed facility affiliated with Pennsylvania State University, suffer from schizophrenia, substance abuse, depression, or bipolar disorder. They cannot complete the "activities of daily living," the hospital’s inpatient clinic states. Some are "suicidal, aggressive, or dangerous to themselves or others." During their stay, which is often involuntary, patients participate in group counseling, learn strategies for stress management, have their medication adjusted, and interact with therapy animals. They can also partake in a less orthodox therapeutic activity: registering to vote. Located in a swing state that could decide the 2024 election, the hospital asks...

Rosie O’Donnell claimed that she purchased 100 “Kamala T-shirts,” and she vowed not to remove them until Vice President Kamala Harris is elected president. During a virtual call hosted by the group, “Comics for Kamala,” O’Donnell described the day President Joe Biden announced he was exiting the presidential race and endorsed Harris to be the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee as being “the most glorious act of generosity.”

The Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company was one America's Largest beer producer. Creaters of Schlitz Beer (the Beer that made Milwakee Famous) the brand was beloved by many until the mid 1970s when attempts to cut production cost resulted in a gradual drop in quality eventually leading to it's decline. Those intrested in the companies fall will find a summery of events from it's founding until it's eventual fall in the early 1980s. This video also delves into the Hawaiian Beer Primo that was brought by Schlitz and could have served as a warning.

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro (D), who previously served as that state's Attorney General, is reportedly on Kamala Harris's shortlist for her running mate. Shapiro would seem to bring some significant things to the table: executive experience, popularity in a key swing state, and support from unions. But progressive groups are nevertheless warning Harris away from Shapiro. One letter signed by nearly 50 progressive leaders pointed to Shapiro’s “shortcomings as a national candidate” and urged the vice president to consider Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) instead. “With the compressed timeline ahead of us to defeat...

During a recent segment on Newsmax, Carl Higbie exposed a troubling pattern of suspicious donations to Democratic campaigns, suggesting a potential large-scale operation funneling untraceable money. Higbie’s investigation, fueled by data from Election Watch and the Federal Election Commission (FEC), uncovered thousands of small donations that raise serious questions about their legitimacy. “The measure in politics, unfortunately, is how much money you have raised,” Higbie began. “Ironically, it’s also the easiest thing to track. So we did, and holy rusted metal Batman, did a bunch of people find a bunch of stuff that appears to not add up on where...

Senator Elizabeth Warren claimed in a Wednesday interview that her former colleague Kamala Harris’ “biggest accomplishment” while serving as vice president was being the first sitting vice president to visit an abortion clinic. Warren made the comment during an interview with CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins, arguing that Harris’ willingness to lean in to issues that were not always comfortable to talk about made her well-suited to her new role as the Democrats’ de facto 2024 presidential nominee. WATCH: .@SenWarren on Harris’ biggest accomplishment as VP: She was the “first vice president in history to visit an abortion clinic” pic.twitter.com/v2CpjHnebB —...

Kamala Harris will likely be the next president of the United States – and that’s overall good news if you care about democracy, justice and equality. Joe Biden’s decision on Sunday to bow out of the presidential race clears the path for the country to elect its first woman and first woman of color as president. Even though the electoral fundamentals for this year’s election have always favored the Democrats – despite what numerous misleading polls have been showing (and with most of the news media reacting purely off those polls) – Harris’s selection will largely shore up the weaknesses...

With Donald Trump having narrowly escaped death at the hands of a would-be assassin on Saturday, the state of the presidential race has never been more chaotic. In the weeks prior, all eyes were on Joe Biden and his severe mental and physical decline, with many high-level Democrats desperately trying to organize a way to force him out of the race. Yet, after the attempt on Trump's life, the rush to replace Biden as the Democratic Party nominee has essentially ended, and not for the reason one might think. According to NBC News, the replacement campaign has lost steam not...