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VIDEOThe famous Dom Luis bridge in Porto over the Douro River felt like a magical experience while we were walking on it. Built in 1886, the arched bridge has two levels. The lower level for vehicular traffic and the upper level, where we were, is for light rail and pedestrian traffic. The elements of the lighting from a perfect sunset, the music in the distance from a festival, electric train cars gliding past us, the variety of people, both locals and tourists, including the eccentric English Fox hunters, all blended to create that magical unforgettable ambiance. I hope this video...

Facing dismal polling odds two weeks after the publication of his murderous texts from 2022, Democratic Virginia attorney general candidate Jay Jones met with pastors Oct. 22 and touted his self-proclaimed status as a Catholic.“It was an honor to meet with pastors from across Hampton Roads this morning,” Jones posted on X. “As a Catholic, I’ve always drawn strength from faith and community — the same values that guide me in this campaign and in service.”As reported by Newsweek Oct. 21, a Virginia Commonwealth University poll released that day found incumbent Attorney General Jason Miyares, a Republican, leading with 45%...

Imagine if in the middle of a heated political contest one of the candidates is forced off the campaign trail. That would be big news right? And also very strange. But do you know what would be even stranger? If the country's primary outlet for reporting political news declines to explain the reason for such a candidate even needing to leaving the campaign trail or even the fact that she was being forced to cease campaigning.You really don't need much of an imagination to dream up such a seemingly implausible scenario because that is exactly what Politico is currently doing....

VIDEOMichael Franzese is like a walking encyclopedia of the Mob so naturally when the NBA betting scandal broke, I checked out his video channel for inside information on this since he has been there, done that. Although Franzese usually comes across as a very friendly guy, while describing how he used to convince players to shave points on games, his inner scary Mob boss came out. There is no better source of information than his channel on this scandal so watch Michael give the detailed information on sports betting and Mob involvement at the link below.Ex Mobster Breaks Down NBA...

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Now that the heavily hyped Maine "oyster farmer," Graham Platner, who is running as a Democrat to defeat incumbent Senator Susan Collins has been exposed as deeply flawed, Politico's senior political columnist Jonathan Martin has lashed out at who he considers responsible for foisting Platner upon us with minimal/no vetting. And according to Martin that culprit is primarily the Democrat party as you can see in his Wednesday column, "Democrats Keep Falling for Political Fantasies. When Will They Learn?."However, what is notable is that although he mentions "journalists" in passing, he conveniently overlooks Politico's own role in promoting the flawed...

Graham Platner, the Maine Democratic Senate candidate backed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), wrote in 2020 that he had an "antifa supersoldier" label on his "armor," according to an archived post reviewed by Axios. Why it matters: Progressives have elevated Platner as one of their top candidates in next year's midterm elections, but his old Reddit posts have thrown his campaign into turmoil. Platner is running to unseat Sen. Susan Collins, Senate Democrats' top Republican target next year. The contest for the Democratic nomination between Platner and Maine Gov. Janet Mills — who's preferred by Democratic Party leaders — already...

VIDEOMallory McMorrow, a Democrat politician who is running for the U.S. Senate from Michigan, put on her Sherlock Holmes cap and ASKED No Kings protestors if they were getting paid. Surprise! Surprise! They all DENIED it. Case closed! How can they possibly be paid if they all deny it? Don't laugh because McMorrow believes you are STUPID enough to fall for this "proof."Hey OJ! Did you kill your wife? No? Okay, that proves he was innocent!You know who else would deny she was being paid if you asked her? The last No Kings protestor in this video. However, she pretty...

Former President Obama will campaign with Democratic Virginia gubernatorial nominee Abigail Spanberger in Norfolk, Va., on Nov. 1, according to a Tuesday announcement from Spanberger’s campaign.Obama last campaigned in Hampton Roads in 2012. His upcoming campaign stop with Spanberger will mark the first campaign visit of any Democratic president to the area in over 10 years. The announcement comes less than a week after Obama cut two ads urging Virginia voters to back Spanberger in next month’s governor’s race.

🚨 Abigail Spanberger in 2024:“The question related to ‘why doesn’t Biden just shut down the border?’ It’s because there’s actually no legal authority to do so.” pic.twitter.com/18jOMDD56x— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) October 20, 2025

China has purged the number two general in the People’s Liberation Army and eight other senior commanders, in a big shake-up by President Xi Jinping as he intensifies his anti-corruption drive within the military.Xi formally fired General He Weidong, the junior of two vice-chairs of the six-member Central Military Commission. The removal was the first time in six decades that such a high-ranking general has been purged while in office.He Weidong was third in command of the PLA, which is led by Xi in his capacity as chair of the CMC. He was also a member of the Communist party’s...

VIDEOThe "No Kings" protest yielded multiple examples of it being an enormous Clownshow starting with its basic concept. If we really had a king then how were they able to conduct multiple protests nationwide? Also none of them seem to remember the reign of King Joe the Somnolent when it was decreed that NONE shall oppose him in the primary elections plus how his designated successor, Border Czar Kamala, was chosen, with no opposition, by unanimous acclaim by the DNC regency.As you can see, many of the No Kings shmoes don't even know why they oppose Trump. They just know...

Ah! It seemed too good to be true. A Marine veteran who was also an oyster-farmer man of the people who, as a Democrat, promised to take down Maine's Republican Senator Susan Collins in the 2026 election. The new Golden Boy of Democrats everywhere as well as an eager media who sung his accolades across the land.Unfortunately for them, it all came crashing down as you can read in a sad report on Thursday by Benjamin Hart of New York magazine's Intelligencer section which bluntly proclaimed, "Graham Platner’s Honeymoon Is Over."

VIDEODonde estan los Latinos?The most striking thing about the "No Kings" protest in downtown Miami is the almost complete LACK of Latin (Hispanic) folks in a protest composed almost entirely of non-Hispanic whites in a city which is over 70% Latino. This weird demographic situation is made even more stark by the fact that the only Latin person there seems to be the reporter you hear from a leftist Spanish language YouTube Channel. Yes, I'm sure there are probably a handful of Latin people at this protest but they appear to be well hidden among the crowd composed overwhelmingly of...

🚨UNEARTHED: Abigail Spanberger says it's "horrifying" that under President Trump, crossing the border illegally is "considered a criminal act." pic.twitter.com/yQf7csRoQy— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) October 17, 2025

Normally we would pay little attention to a statewide Attorney General campaign race debate. HOWEVER, this is Jay Jones in Virginia we are talking about so there is a possibility of YUUUUUGE fireworks during this debate tonight which could also affect the governor's race. In case you have been living in a cave for the past couple of weeks, Jones was favored to win this race over incumbent Jason Miyares UNTIL it was revealed on Oct. 3, that Jones in 2022 had sent text messages threatening to kill a former Virginia House Speaker with two bullets to the head.According to...

New York magazine wondered aloud about the success of President Donald Trump in achieving a peace deal in the Middle East while the Biden administration was an utter failure in that regard. That puzzlement was reflected in the title of Ross Barkan's Tuesday Intelligencer section column, "How Did Trump Get a Peace Deal Done Where Biden Could Not?"Barkin struggles with the idea of Trump's success by denigrating him as merely a transactional deal maker in the real estate mode as well as being primarily motivated by a desire to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Yes, such mockery is to be...

Another round in the generational fight within the Democratic Party is coming to Massachusetts.Rep. Seth Moulton will challenge Sen. Ed Markey for his Senate seat in 2026, setting up one of the biggest tests of Democratic voters’ appetite for generational change following the 2024 presidential election.Moulton, who turns 47 this month, is putting age at the center of his announcement, saying in a campaign video to be released Wednesday that Markey is “a good man” but he should nevertheless move on after decades in Congress.“We’re in crisis, and with everything we learned last election, I just don’t believe Senator Markey...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Democratic gubernatorial nominee Abigail Spanberger will be joined by Pete Buttigieg in Charlottesville for an upcoming rally.According to Spanberger’s website, it urges individuals to join them as, “we Get Out the Vote in the last 2 weeks before Election Day!”Buttigieg shared via social media that he is “looking forward to hitting the campaign trail next week with my friend & Virginia’s next governor, Abigail Spanberger.”The rally will be held Tuesday, Oct. 21, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. For details on where the event will be held, visit the website.Spanberger is currently the Democratic gubernatorial nominee in...

For those of you wondering how CNN's brand has fallen so deep into the toilet, the strange attitudes divorced from reality of many who work at that network might offer one of the significant reasons.An example comes in the form of CNN's Science and Wellness writer, Madeline Holcombe, who wrote an overlong boring rant about her neurotic hangup with the 'male gaze' on Saturday, "After years of progress on gender, the male gaze is back."The "male gaze" is back? If you even knew it ever existed as a major problem in the first place, then YOU are probably the one...