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Hey everyone, former President Obama is tired of all the division in the country. He is tired of being angry and wants friendship and neighborliness. Who wants to tell him how we got here? Maybe someone could remind him about the time he told his supporters that he wanted them to argue with their neighbors and get in their faces. Or the time he told voters that he wanted them angry. Or the time he told people to argue about healthcare at Thanksgiving and Christmas. Or the time he told people to vote out of revenge. He is quite possibly...

What began as an extraordinary opportunity to spend retirement exploring the world has turned into a financial and logistical nightmare. A residential cruise ship promising years of international travel has abruptly suspended operations, leaving more than 200 passengers, many of them Americans, searching for accommodations thousands of miles from home.

With just five days to go before the midterms, President Trump and other Republicans are on a campaign blitz. President Trump was in Chillicothe, Ohio, last night for a rally. Outside, Trump supporters clashed with leftists, and things turned violent. Video circulating on social media shows the moment police realize a Trump supporter was stabbed, and that the weapon — described as possibly a pocket knife with an orange hilt) was still in the victim's back. (Editor's note: this video contains strong language, viewer discretion is advised)

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I've been preaching this since the 2000 election where Democrats were scrounging around for "ballots" over several weeks in Florida. George Will, in his saner days, posited that when released final results were not double blind, the losing side knows just how many votes had to be "found" in order to squeak ahead. This has been the bane of our national existence every since. Such a proposal would require a hard STOP to elections, presumably early in the morning after Election Day or some short time after. All ballot counts in a jurisdiction are sequestered in secret, with a soft...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Ilhan Omar reportedly held a lengthy phone call with former President Barack Obama on Tuesday, during which she inquired whether or not he still had the number for that birth certificate guy. According to a source familiar with the matter, Omar is on the market for a birth certificate guy to make all her problems go away, and was hopeful Obama could "help a girl out." ... continue reading at: https://babylonbee.com/news/ilhan-omar-calls-obama-to-see-if-he-still-has-the-number-for-that-birth-certificate-guy

Newly released data on the Harvard College class of 2030 say the class is 43.2 percent Asian-American, a record high and more than double the level when Students for Fair Admissions first sued Harvard alleging racial discrimination in admissions.The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2023 that Harvard was unlawfully using race as a factor in admissions. Since then, the numbers of Hispanic and black students in the incoming Harvard classes have dipped, while the numbers of Asian-Americans have soared.

A Florida woman is accused of tracking down her boyfriend -- whom she allegedly believed was meeting with another woman -- and shooting her in a vehicle driven by the man, authorities said. According to Brevard County Sheriff’s Office online booking records, Katherine Dale Kelly, 24, of Cocoa, was arrested on Saturday. Brevard County online court records state that Kelly was charged with attempted first-degree murder, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, shooting into an occupied vehicle and the use or display of a firearm in commission of a crime. According to an arrest affidavit filed by the sheriff’s office,...

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A residential cruise ship halted operations in Cambodia on Tuesday amid soaring fuel costs, leaving passengers in limbo after the U.S. company that operates it ordered them to disembark. Florida-based Villa Vie Residences said in a news release that it was working to identify “temporary living arrangements” for people aboard The Odyssey, a 642-foot cruise ship that launched from Belfast, Northern Ireland, three years ago and promised passengers “an unparalleled lifestyle of luxury and exploration” as it toured the planet. Cabins on The Odyssey were for sale or rent. According to the company, the ship can accommodate 650 residents. A...

Bangladesh and Japan have signed a new employment agreement, paving the way for recruitment of Bangladeshi workers to Japan from 1 April 2027. The Memorandum of Cooperation on Employment Skills Development (ESDP-MOC) was finalised and signed on Saturday (17 October) following nearly a year of efforts by the Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment and the Japanese government, according to a press release. The agreement was signed by the secretary of the Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment on behalf of Bangladesh and representatives of Japan's Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Health, Labour and...

Maybe this should be expected, as polls do tighten in the waning days of an election cycle, but this is different: we have a summer chock full of blue death coming for Republicans. The blue terminal is crashing, after a wild prediction that Democrats would get 230-plus seats in the House bolstered it for a bit. Then, the Midwest tightened up, leading Democrat operatives to acknowledge they weren’t as confident about a blue wave. This isn’t 2018. The truth is we’re flying blind. It’s 50/50, because the polling isn’t reliable anymore. We have multiple fake poll controversies, all of which...

An alleged Microsoft whistleblower has raised concerns regarding overseas engineers accessing U.S. government cloud information through the company’s “escort” support process. Screenshots mentioned in an October 28 post by the X account Conspiracookie allegedly show approval for an engineer based in India to view logs associated with Microsoft’s Government Community Cloud (GCC). However, these claims remain unverified. According to the post, the screenshots show that engineer Viraj Chokhany requested and received escort access to the DPRODMGD151 environment, described as GCC Moderate. The whistleblower claims the engineer is not a U.S. citizen. However, the available evidence has not independently verified either...

Paul Pierce claims he is "tapped out" financially while trying to keep up with his court-ordered support payments ... due to him no longer receiving income from Fox Sports ... TMZ has learned. According to court docs, obtained by TMZ, Paul claims his last check from Fox Sports came in August. He said his average monthly income was $119K, but now it is zero. He said he earned around $23K last month from his partnership interests in other business ventures. Paul said he pays around $28K in child support and another $20K in spousal support per month … but claims...

Former President Barack Obama took to the campaign trail over the weekend to rejuvenate Democratic voters and take aim at President Donald Trump. He offered a snarky remark about Trump’s renovations to the White House that, like many of the criticisms Obama makes, didn’t really make any sense. The 44th president blasted Trump for installing gilded architectural modifications and decorations, making a senseless comment connecting Saddam Hussein and the Cheesecake Factory. As humorless as it actually was, it does present the president with a wonderful opportunity: Trump should work a shift at Cheesecake Factory. “What’s with the gold?” said Obama....

The head of Microsoft, Bill Gates, has issued a further warning on how Artificial Intelligence will likely lead to mass unemployment, revealing just the four occupations he believes will survive the imminent AI expansion. In a recent interview, Gates revealed that while AI will create “true abundance”, the next two decades will be “as tumultuous a period as there’s been in human history.” Gates's bold new claim comes with '20-year warning' Discussing the prospect of AI superseding the workforce in the years to come, Gates offered his 20-year warning on the Decoder podcast, having already disclosed which sectors were most...

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We have a week to go before the pivotal midterm election that will determine control of Congress and the fate of President Trump's agenda for the remainder of his term. Speaker Mike Johnson has announced another campaign blitz, where he will visit 13 states and 21 districts between now and November 3. This blitz comes on the heels of Speaker of the House Mike Johnson overseeing historic fundraising for House races, raising more than $30 million in the third quarter and more than $156 million for the cycle. Coupled with what the Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF), a Johnson-endorsed PAC, has...

BREAKING: Flávio Bolsonaro has reportedly FLED Brazil in anticipation of communist dictator Lula persecuting him after the outcome of the rigged election He crossed the border into Argentina and took a private flight to the US. Democracy is dead.

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