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Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., endorsed Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers on Sunday, a major shakeup in the final stages of a top battleground race that could determine which party controls the Senate. “Hey, Michigan, as you may have seen, our Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, Abdul, said that I was no longer welcome in his campaign and that I should stay away,” Stevens said in a video. “And he’s right, and that’s why I am endorsing Mike Rogers for the United States Senate today,” she said. “I don’t belong in Abdul’s campaign.” The congresswoman’s announcement marks a whirlwind turnabout from...

Whether Paxton wins the senate race or not, I'll be writing my current senator John Cornyn to express my disgust with his recent stances on the election, and his long-recognized treachery toward his Party. They say you should keep such letters polite and to a specific point. How firm should this rule be on an outgoing senator like Cornyn? My rage toward him is bottomless.

PITTSBURGH, PA — Language learning app Duo Lingo announced this week that it will be rolling out a new language called "Kamala Harris" to help people understand the former Vice President. Researchers at Duo Lingo say they spent years studying the strange verbal inflections and random sound repetitions of the Kamala language. The task of parsing it out in a teaching module wasn't easy, they said, but they're excited to offer it as a new feature.

Teachable moment in radio. It's a 'favorite caller' I post from time to time. It starts at minute 19 and goes on for just 10 minutes.

When a creator is dissatisfied with how the final product turned out, it’s not uncommon for them to use a pseudonym rather than their real name. *snip* There are multiple names that have been used, often created by each individual person, but one name stands above them all. Alan Smithee.

Former Democrat turned Independent Joe Manchin (WV) is encouraging voters to back Michigan Republican U.S. Senate nominee Mike Rogers who is running against radical leftist Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed (D-MI). During a recent interview with Fox News, the former senator Manchin said, “I’ve served with Mike Rogers. He is very, very intelligent. He does his homework and he knows what’s going on around the world to keep us safe. So, Mike’s a good friend and I encourage people to support Mike Rogers.”

Confidence is an important factor in any election – candidates need to project it, and supporters need to feel it for morale purposes to help them get across the finish line. Democrats had all the confidence in the world a month ago…but it’s not a month ago anymore. In the closing two weeks of the 2026 midterms, Democrats have begun to act like people concerned that they’re going to lose. In Alaska, Democrats were always worried about losing – it’s Alaska, after all. That’s why they cooked up this stupid “Find another Dan Sullivan” scam to confuse just enough voters...

Quick Reference: Daylight Saving Time 2026 * DST 2026 status: In effect right now. Clocks sprang forward Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 a.m. * Next time change (Fall Back): Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 a.m. (2:00 a.m. becomes 1:00 a.m.) * Congress: The House passed the Sunshine Protection Act (H.R. 139) on July 14, 2026, 308 to 117. It is with the Senate Commerce Committee and is not law. Clocks fall back on November 1 unless that changes. * Spring Forward 2027: Sunday, March 14, 2027 at 2:00 a.m. * US rule: Second Sunday in March to first...

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"We said he'll blame Russia on Monday. He didn't even wait that long.) After a full day of silence, Tusk finally spoke for five minutes. If you took a shot every time he said "rule of law," you'd be on your eighth before he got to the Russian bots. His main points: 🔸️The court built by PiS "is not a real court," and Nawrocki and PiS blocked every attempt to fix it. 🔸️His judges were "legally elected" and were "attacked," while the police were there to "protect the court from the attackers." 🔸️"In a state governed by the rule of...

The U.S. Department of Justice says charges have been laid against five more Canadians for voting fraud-related offences, the latest in a flurry of similar prosecutions ahead of next week's midterm elections. According to a tally compiled by CBC News, at least 20 Canadians have now been either charged or sentenced in the U.S. this year in federal election integrity investigations. Most charges have been filed since last month, with allegations typically dating back several years. The five latest cases were announced in a series of news releases Thursday and Friday from U.S. attorney's offices in Missouri, Tennessee, North Carolina...

IDE Technologies, an Israeli water treatment giant that operates some of the largest seawater desalination plants in the world, was awarded the contract for the landmark Harbor Island project on Corpus Christi Bay this summer by the Nueces River Authority, a small state water agency.

you can: 🇧🇷 Steal elections 🇷🇴 Annul elections retroactively 🇬🇧 Cancel local elections 🇺🇸 Raid the home of the former President and opposition leader 🇷🇴 Ban election winners from running again 🇭🇺 Ban political opponents from running again 🇩🇪 Threaten to ban the most popular party 🇫🇷 Threaten to ban the leading presidential candidate 🇧🇷 Jail your opponent 🇵🇱 Storm the Constitutional Court And you still talk about doing all this in the name of “democracy” and the “rule of law.” Notice something? #polandcoup https://x.com/balazscseko/status/2116291760531857690?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2116291760531857690%7Ctwgr%5E41659675535d7ad681b76b1908aa56a776650c9c%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fforum.fifthquarter.net%2Fthreads%2Fthe-pit-of-misery-politics-and-religion.2602%2Fpage-834

Language is always in flux, with different phrases and slang coming and going. Similar to inside jokes and cultural references, what was commonly said in one generation sounds bizarre to another. The idioms and sayings of our grandparents' generation don't make much sense to us, so we choose to use language that we can relate to. In this process, then, the older phrases begin to disappear.If you've ever rolled your eyes at one of the seemingly silly things your grandparent said, then you are in good company. Some of us might say the phrases of our grandparents' era, but they've...

Islamism is a violent corruption of mainstream Islam that summons adherents back to the seventh-century ideal of bloody jihad, the homicidal and suicidal religious zealotry that propelled a motley cadre of desert nomads to conquer half the world. Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayeb, the Muslim equivalent of the Vatican has rejected Islamism as “false Islam” and a “perversion of the Islamic religion” and accused it of “barbaric crimes.”

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FRiends, I hope this helps in two scenarios: If you've seen an article somewhere and want to see if it has been posted already on FR, never post the whole article title in the FR search field (in the upper right corner of the Main page). Or say you want to search FR for an article with a certain word or words. Our esteemed founder Jim Robinson once posted this advice -- "The FR search works best if you confine it to one or two significant words of the title (usually one is all you need) - and stay away...

Coup d'état underway in Poland after EU-aligned Prime Minister Donald Tusk sent police forces to the Constitutional Tribunal in Warsaw right after President Nawrocki left for Senegal for a diplomatic visit. Nawrocki is currently headed back to Poland. The President of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal in Warsaw, Bogdan Swieczkowski, was suspended and possibly arrested. He is a known support of President Nawrocki. Several right-wing Polish MPs and their supports are reportedly on their way to the Constitutional Tribunal to defend the institution from being taken over by Donald Tusk. Warsaw's police forces are preventing the President of the Constitutional Tribunal...

An escape artist pulled off a thrilling stunt high above Hollywood’s famed Magic Castle to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Harry Houdini’s death on Halloween. Performer Houdini II successfully escaped a straitjacket while suspended upside-down from a crane about 80 feet high next to the castle. The escape artist took just under 2 minutes free himself, saying the straitjacket was an “exact replica” of the one actor Tony Curtis wore in the 1953 film “Houdini.” He completed the escape without an airbag or protective landing system beneath him. Houdini has performed stunts like jumping from Miami’s MacArthur Bridge into Biscayne...

Has anyone besides myself wondered what qualifies for Front Page news nowadays?Apparently nothing has happened in the country, or the world in the last 30 days that warrants that status. And Breaking news is similar. The Sunday Morning Talk Show thread dominates with 6 of the top 9 subjects. Anyone know what's going on with this?