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Oprah Winfrey moderated a 90-minute love-in online for Kamala Harris this past Thursday evening in Michigan. In case you missed it, the White House has posted the transcript here and Forbes has posted the whole thing on YouTube (video at the bottom). The New York Post covered it in this story by Diana Glebova.No one can afford to shed the brain cells that will be lost by those who dare to take in the whole thing. It is an embarrassment to the United States, if not to humanity. With help from the gentlemen who brought us Barack Obama, Harris has...

The Arizona Supreme Court ruling that 98,000 people whose citizenship documents aren't confirmed can vote... In Brazil the "X social media platform naming a legal representative. This meets... US Central Command announcing destruction of a Houthi ... South Carolina executing Freddie Owens... The US Navy announcing that Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Lisa Franchetti was treated for Stage 1 breast cancer... US Army Private Travis King who defected to North Korea getting a one-year sentence and a dishonorable discharge... A fire explosion and evacuation of civilians in southern Russia after a drone attack... 16 Ukrainian drones destroyed by air defenses...

We’ve seen a lot of dishonest statements and allegations from the left about the events of Jan. 6 at the Capitol, with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the corrupt J6 Committee dropping the most disinformation. One of the longest-running allegations is that Donald Trump knew violence was coming but did nothing to stop it. He never requested the National Guard, the narrative goes. He didn’t care what happened.Chairman Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) of the Committee on House Administration's Subcommittee on Oversight has a different view, however, and he has newly released transcripts to back it up. In a press release...

Pennsylvania Democrat Sen. John Fetterman continues to be a thorn in his party's side from time to time. This is one of those times. And Kamala Harris and her campaign staff would be wise to listen to him. At issue for the mercurial senator is Donald Trump's relationship with some Keystone State voters, and how they now see the former president — and it's not good news at all for Kamala. Fetterman not only said Trump has a special hold on his state; he also suggested the hold has grown stronger as a result of the first assassination attempt, which...

“Kamala demands a life of luxury,” a former aide revealed. “She treats the campaign like a personal checking account to fund a lifestyle she aspires to,” another aide warned. “Staff has always worried about Kamala’s spending, but she is adamant about using campaign money as she wants,” that aide on her former Senate campaign said. “She wants to live the life of someone in the White House,” a strategist described Kamala in 2015, “and she hasn’t even won the Senate yet. Her hanging around the president and first lady”, referencing the Obamas, “it’s gotten her hooked. She thinks it’s her...

There is a term in linguistics called the "drift of the signifieds." In this phenomenon, a symbol remains the same but the meaning attributed to that symbol changes. For example: The red flag of the Bolsheviks, in the early Soviet Union, was the symbol of anarchist revolution, but it later became the symbol of mindless conformity. For another example, consider how the word "gay" has changed in apparent meaning since, say, World War 2.On the immigration issue, in the United States today, there seems to be an opposite effect holding; the actions by certain people, illegal immigrants, have not changed,...

Artist Scott LoBaido wowed the crowd of approximately 18,000 people at a Donald Trump campaign rally in Long Island Wednesday night, generating a compelling portrait of the former president in just over three minutes as thunderous music played.Wait till the end:🚨Artist and Free Speech activist @ScottLoBaido paints #Live at the NY Trump Rally in Nassau pic.twitter.com/74Uq6rFq4k— Mark Naughton (@MarkNaughton9) September 18, 2024Now, it looked to me like the black and white part depicting Trump himself had been painted earlier, and LoBaido unveiled it by pulling off some sort of plastic. That didn't ruin it for me, though, because it took...

Senior US officials say that a ceasefire-hostage deal in Gaza is unlikely.... The Sheriff of Letcher County, Kentucky arrested after he allegedly shot and killed a judge... "outrageous lies" "high-tech lynching" US politics a CNN report with a list of allegations against the Republican candidate for Governor of North Carolina... In Portugal 14 arrests of arson suspects in the wave of wildfires... The Israeli military striking dozens of targets in southern Lebanon... One person killed in a stabbing attack at the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam... US politics three national polls today the NY Times Sienna Poll puts Donald Trump and...

Guns have been a hot topic in America for a long time. Many people feel strongly about their right to own firearms. But lately, more and more folks wonder if it’s time for a change. The news is full of stories about gun violence, and it’s scary to think about what the future holds. In this blog, I’ll share 18 reasons Americans should consider living without guns. These points come from research, expert opinions, and a study of how other countries handle gun laws. Reduce gun deaths Fewer guns mean fewer gun deaths in America. This includes accidents, suicides, and...

The operation by whomever (cough, Israel has not officially said it was them, cough) to take out Hezballess (HT Chris Loesch as apparent originator) operatives was masterful. On several levels even. First, it was fairly precise targeting, which limited (nothing can eliminate the possibility of) “civilian” casualties. Limiting the explosive to one or two ounces helped guarantee limitation of collateral damage. Those who are screaming otherwise, and that it was against the rules of war, are both wrong and far more upset that their favored side was hurt and that the Jews dared defend themselves instead of just lining up...

Update: The event has been held. We should see some results soon. There were at least two private purchasers at the event.Gun turn-in events are labeled with the Orwellian term "buyback". They are not "buybacks". You cannot "buyback" items you never owned. Columbus Ohio is planning to purchase guns with $100,000 on September 14, 2024. They will be paying more than market value for the guns. From dispatch.com:The Columbus Office of Violence Prevention and Columbus police will be holding a gun buyback Downtown next weekend, with the city prepared to give out $100,000 in cash gift cards for guns.The city's...

A good idea is a good idea — maybe that's why Kamala Harris is stealing some of former President Trump's ideas on various issues, like his "no tax on tips" proposal. The vice president is making like it was her idea, and in an even more satisfying development, a Democrat Congressman — Rep. Steven Horsford (D-NV — on Tuesday introduced a bill to make tips given to service workers tax-free.Rep. Steven Horsford (D-Nev.) officially introduced legislation on Tuesday seeking to eliminate federal taxes on tips, a proposal that both major presidential candidates have backed. The Tipped Income Protection and Support...

Ratings for ABC’s “World News Tonight” fell by over 10% since the Sept. 10 debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris hosted by ABC News hosts David Muir and Linsey Davis. The Disney-owned network’s broadcast news program hosted by Muir that airs at 6:30 p.m. EDT drew an average of 7.6 million viewers before the September 10 debate, but only drew an average of 6.7 million viewers in the three days after the debate, according to Fox News. Muir and Davis, who hosts the program on weekends, were criticized for making so-called “fact checks” on Trump...

It is just beyond revolting, if not completely predictable, that in the wake of the second assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump that the loudest, shrillest voices within the Democrat Party and the media – which as we all know is in point of fact a redundancy – have the unmitigated, radioactive temerity to actually blame him for the attempts on his life. After almost every second of every day for nine straight years of comparing him to Adolph Hitler and sliming anyone who supports him as not only a racist bigot but of willing to throw those unlike...

Haitian migrants are still in the news, in spite of a second assassination attempt against Donald Trump. Millions of Americans are in disbelief that these Caribbean migrants are taking over Middle American towns. The Trump campaign is wisely focusing on this issue to highlight the disastrous immigration policies of the Biden-Harris administration. But some naysayers are emerging who say nothing can be done about this issue. Liberals love to point out that most of the Haitians are here legally. That’s made some conservatives feel the problem is unfixable and that the issue has turned into a toxic matter. Those blackpillers...

How awful are world politics today? It has me giving money to two billionaires — Donald Trump and Elon Musk. They are real life Obi-Wan Kenobis. One is fighting for my country, the other for my God-given, shove-it-up-the-censors right to free speech. Google messed around with me and I ditched it for Substack, where I am happier and my readers don’t have to put up with advertisements. While the Derp State keeps going after Trump with indictments, mugshots and assassination bullets, Musk is fighting the second worst people in the world — the European Union. The worst work at the...

Sean Diddy Combs rapper, record producer, executive arrested by the FBI this evening... Russian media outlet "RT" banned on Meta social media platforms... A Syrian source saying that Ukraine has sent 250 instructors into northwestern Syria to train jihadist forces... Israel's security cabinet met late tonight setting new war goals of enabling evacuated Israelis... British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer visiting Italy and pledging 4.75 million Euros...in support of Italy's program to deal with migration... In the Netherlands tonight an 'emergency situation' at the Ter Apel reception center for asylum seekers...in the end a sports hall was opened.... In Syria...

“The science and practice of logistics is often defined as getting the right stuff, in the right quantity, to the right place at the right time.For those who are preparedness-minded, logistics takes on additional nuances.Unlike those in business and industry, where orders for goods drives the logistics process, Preppers are preparing for threats that have no pre-determined date, have many unknown impacts including time to recovery (if ever), and spatial impact.Whereas a car manufacturer, who has an order for 100 cars knows they need 400 tires (not including the little donut spare). Preppers have no idea how much of a...

Late last week, there was word that an ABC News whistleblower was set to expose both the network and the Kamala Harris presidential campaign for allegedly rigging the network's Sept. 10th debate in the Democrat nominee's favor and against former President Donald Trump. The information that they said would be revealed was that Harris was given advance notice on what questions would be asked, and that Trump would be fact-checked live. Now, the whistleblower has released a sworn, notarized statement, which is dated Sept. 9, 2024--the day before the debate. They say the Kamala Harris campaign allegedly "restricted the scope"...

If you’re an American and you’ve traveled in Europe, you’ve probably taken some advice from the travel writer and PBS host Rick Steves. But in a popular post on I-still-call-it-Twitter, Steves offers this remarkable advice that you should definitely not take: “The world needs not American isolation, but American leadership. Not the chaos of Trump, but the stability of @KamalaHarris.” The person who sent Mike Pompeo to negotiate the Abraham Accords is American isolation, you see. He embodies the American withdrawal from the world, the stubborn refusal to engage with anything overseas at all. Fortunately, though, we now have stability,...