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"A shameless complete liar" The reaction of Reform UK party leader Richard Tice to the reinstatement of a fracking ban... Here in Pennsylvania Republican state legislators filing two articles of impeachment against "Progressive" Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner... Meanwhile Republican candidate for Governor State Senator Doug Mastriano says that Shapiro refuses to debate him while "lawlessness only grows in Pennsylvania"... Israeli airstrikes in the Damascus, Syria area tonight... In Germany this evening a protest parade in Munich for "Peace" and "Rights' and against "War"... The price of oil in New York rose more than three percent... The NASDAQ hit hard...

QUICKFACTS Democrat Robert O’Rourke is running for election for Governor of Texas against Republican incumbent Governor Greg Abbott.Here is a summary: – Advocates the Legalization of Narcotics – Supports open borders – Denies there is a border crisis – Supports Athletes Who Kneel in Protest During National Anthem – Says He Benefits from White Privilege – Advocates the Impeachment of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh – Compared Trump to Hitler – Characterizes Republicans As a “Cult of Death” – Believes in Critical Race Theory – Is Anti-Gun Rights – Received $1 million Financial Support from George Soros – Strongly favors...

Remember? Democrats Rejected Trump since the Beginning Flashback: Democrat Rep. John Lewis (1/13/2017): “Trump is not a legitimate president.” [...] 1. Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-IL 2. Rep. Katherine Clark, D-MA 3. Rep. Barbara Lee, D-CA 4. Rep. John Lewis, D-GA 5. Rep. Jared Huffman, D-CA 6. Rep. William Lacy Clay, D-MO 7. Rep. Nydia Velazquez, D-NY 8. Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-AZ 9. Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-OR 10. Rep. Mark Takano, D-CA 11. Rep. Jose Serrano, D-NY 12. Mark DeSaulnier, D-CA 13. Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-NY 14. Rep. John Conyers, D-MI 15. Rep. Ted Lieu, D-CA 16. Rep. Judy Chu, D-DA...

MARK KELLY IS NO MODERATE. HE VOTED 94.4% WITH BIDEN’S AGENDABelow is link to the vote of Arizona Democrat Senator Mark Kelly to confirm radical Chris Magnus, Biden’s pick to lead the Customs and Border Protections (CBP). Also below: news reports about Chris Magnus. Chris Magnus is an open-border and sanctuary-city advocate, border-crisis denier, BLM supporter, and controversial former police chief.

WARNOCK VOTED AGAIN FOR BIDEN’S AGENDABelow is link to the vote of Georgia Democrat Senator Raphael Warnock to confirm radical Chris Magnus, Biden’s pick to lead the Customs and Border Protections (CBP). Also below: news reports about Chris Magnus. Chris Magnus is an open-border and sanctuary-city advocate, border-crisis denier, BLM supporter, and controversial former police chief.

TWO REASONS WHY WE HAVE A BORDER CRISIS: CHRIS MAGNUS & THE DEMOCRATSChris Magnus, before becoming Biden’s Customs and Border Protections (CBP) chief, was well known for being: an open border and sanctuary cities advocate, border crisis denier, BLM supporter, and controversial former police chief. – That sounded fantastic to Joe Biden, so in April 2022, he nominated Magnus to lead the CBP, the agency in charge of protecting our borders!– ALL Democrat Senators* and one RINO also thought it was a great idea and voted to confirm Chris Magnus.WHO IS CHRIS MAGNUS, BIDEN’S CBP CHIEF? – Magnus participated in...

This is how Republican Senators voted with or against Joe Biden’s destructive agenda. Note: The U.S. Senate consists of: 50 Republicans, 48 Democrats, and 2 Independents, who both caucus with the Democrats. Data show the RINOs (Republicans In Name Only) voted 54.50% to 69.10% of the time for Joe Biden’s radical and destructive agenda: – Susan Collins (ME): 69.10%– Lisa Murkowski (AK): 66.70% – Rob Portman (OH): 61.80% – Lindsey Graham (SC): 58.20% – Mitt Romney (UT): 56.40% – Mitch McConnell (KY): 54.50%

Data show ALL Democrat U.S. Senators, including the “independents” of Angus King and Bernie Sanders, voted 90% to 100% of the time with Joe Biden, except “moderate” Joe Manchin with 88.9%! Note: The U.S. Senate consists of: 50 Republicans, 48 Democrats, and 2 Independents, who both caucus with the Democrats. [table]28% of Democrats voted 100% with Biden. 32% of Democrats voted 98% with Biden. [...] Midterm elections 2022: Vote Democrat if you want more destruction: Higher inflation, higher crime rates, higher gas and food prices, more illegal aliens and drugs crossing the southern border, etc.

- The analysis...shows almost 2.2 million border crossers and illegal aliens have entered American communities since Biden took office — including nearly 1.35 million who were directly released into the U.S. interior by Biden’s DHS. - Foreign-Born Population in U.S. Projected to Hit Record 70M by 2060: - Changing Demographics: "During a speech for Hispanic Heritage Month, Biden celebrated that the U.S. foreign-born population has hit a record-breaking nearly 47 million and that 26 percent of students in American schools speak Spanish rather than English." - All part of the plan:

As the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) say they hope their offensive reaches the city of Kherson by this winter, Russia continues preparation for a massive counterattack which could begin as early as next month. The results of that battle are likely to be bloody and destructive, but unlikely to settle the war one way or the other.

CHECK FOR YOURSELF: WHEN DID TRUMP CALL FOR AN INSURRECTION OR FOR VIOLENCE ON 1/6/2021?JANUARY 6, 2021:@11:58AM ET – @1:12PM ET, TRUMP SPEAKS AT THE ELLIPSE – Remember: Going to the Capitol was part of the scheduled events: rallies, speeches, peaceful activities. Nothing about violence, riots or insurrections like the Democrats’ Black Lives Matter/Antifa that attacked multiple federal buildings, killed police officers and citizens, created “Autonomous Zones,” lasted months, and terrorized 140+ cities for months in 2020. [...] – Video when Trump said: “Peacefully and Patriotically”We have come to demand that Congress do the right thing and only count the...

READ: Yearbooks prove Democrat Katie Hobbs had to know about the ‘Slave Day’ annual tradition at the school she attended in the 1980s. The 1987 yearbook (page 21) lists her as one of the Student Council officers who coordinated the ‘Slave Day’ events as part of ‘Spirit Week.’[...] – 1984 Yearbook: Page 4: “Among Spirit Week activities in ’83 were those spotlighting the Class of ’84 and the Class of ’87. Each freshman was required to wear a demeaning sign and to serve as a slave to a senior for a day. The tables were turned on Senior Slave Day,...

[FLASHBACK] Democrat Rev. Raphael Warnock, who has worked as senior pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta for 15 years, has come under heavy scrutiny for his past speeches, sermons, writings, and run-ins with police... Below are nine of the most talked about issues, in no particular order, surrounding Warnock’s Senate candidacy: [...]

Democrat policies are working…to destroy America. If you want more destruction, then vote for Democrats this upcoming midterm elections.VIDEO: The Democrats Hate America. Mark Levin provided yesterday a list of how Biden and Democrats are destroying America...- Reasons why in this election you got to vote against the Democrats and for the Republicans. - ECONOMY... - HIGHER PRICES... - BIDEN & DEMS ENERGY INFLATION WAS BY DESIGN... - CREATING A HOSTILE ENERGY POLICY ENVIRONMENT - RISING CRIME RATES; OVERWHELMED POLICE DEPARTMENTS... - ABORTION... - IMMIGRATION ON THE SOUTHERN BORDER... - CRIME... - CLASSROOMS...(Low student test scores, Critical Race Theory,...

Warnock & Marxism- In 1995: Warnock’s Church Hosted Communist Dictator and Murderer Fidel Castro & Warnock Did Not Resign in Protest: [...] Wouldn’t you resign from your church after they hosted a tyrant who had killed tens of thousands and enslaved millions of citizens?– In 1997, Warnock was still an assistant pastor at that church: The NY Times reported on August 4, 1997: “The Rev. Raphael Warnock, assistant pastor at Abyssinian, one of Harlem’s leading churches, said …Warnock attacks “Whiteness” and “White Christians.”- October 2016: Warnock: “America needs to REPENT for its WORSHIP OF WHITENESS” [...]- Warnock's Racist Mentor: Warnock’s...

Researchers:Hurricanes are NOT increasing in frequency nor intensity, data shows.Increase in hurricane damage is due to more people living along the U.S. coastline.MAIN POINTS from a 2018 research article from the American Meteorological Society:While neither U.S. landfalling hurricane frequency nor intensity shows a significant trend since 1900, growth in coastal population and wealth have led to increasing hurricane-related damage along the U.S. coastline.[T]here is an insignificant trend in CONUS landfalling hurricanes from 1900-2017 (Fig. 2a)…[and] (Fig.2b). We therefore conclude that the large increase in observed hurricane-associated inflation-adjusted CONUS damage (Pielke et al. 2008) is primarily due to increases in exposure...

Hurricanes from 1851 to 2021 that made landfall in Continental United States (CONUS) according to National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

The liberal media politicized the deaths of at least 87 people in Florida by blaming the destruction of Hurricane Ian on one their favorite boogeyman — man-made climate change.

"Fox News host Tucker Carlson weighs in on the devastation caused by Hurricane Ian and calls out liberals and lawmakers for blaming climate change on 'Tucker Carlson Tonight.'" Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKNIUWv3zFY