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Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs will be the next governor of Arizona, barring a recount that says otherwise. And when the Democrat is sworn in, she’ll likely thank her handlers privately for their media strategy in getting her over the finish line after looking like the underdog going into Election Day against outspoken Republican Kari Lake. Hobbs embraced the same strategy that served Joe Biden as a candidate and continues to serve him as president: almost entirely avoiding the media, shunning any interviewer who may ask a tough question and rejecting the opportunity to debate an opponent. Hobbs did...

President Joe Biden said Friday on MSNBC’s “The ReidOut” that he intends to run for re-election in 2024, and his wife, first lady Jill Biden, supports him. Anchor Jonathan Capehart said, “Mr. President. you haven’t officially said you’re running for re-election, but NBC’s Mike Memoli, who you know well, quotes a senior staffer to the first lady that a 2024 re-election campaign, quote, ‘Is something both Dr. Biden and the family fully support.” Seeing that took me back to your 2017 book Promise Me, Dad. You wrote about how your late son Beau insisted you run for president in 2016,...

This morning, as I hastily move around getting ready to drive an hour towards Austin to go to work, I decided I could stay silent no more. The homeless problem is NOT what the government and media want you to BELIEVE it is. It is a far worse problem created by government and supported by media disinformation or outright refusal to do investigative reporting to uncover what is going on. I know for a FACT that at least one young man working for a financial services company in Austin is living off of vouchers provided by Austin for the homeless...

CLAIM: “Not only that, more people are working today than just before the pandemic started,” President Joe Biden said at campaign event with Terry Mcauliffe in Virginia last. VERDICT: False. This one is not even close. Many people lost their jobs when the pandemic struck and still have not found work. No matter how you count it, there are fewer people working than just before the pandemic. In February 2020, just before the pandemic took hold and lockdowns were issued, there were 158,732,000 people employed in America, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’s broadest measure of employment. In September,...

Some people consider “early retirement” to mean leaving the workforce at age 55, but most of us do not take this path. Unless you’re lucky enough to have a full pension and benefits that kick in that early—such as full military retirement or from work as a police officer or firefighter—you’ll probably need to work until at least age 67 to accrue enough money for a comfortable retirement. Of course, you may want to work even longer, just to keep your mind and body active and possibly extend your life—or because you didn't save as much as you find you'll...

For countless Americans, the summer and fall are not shaping up as they expected — and small business owners are no exception. Only 235,000 jobs were added to the economy in August, despite economists predicting up to 750,000. It was the worst jobs report since January. The shortage of American workers continues to wreak havoc on the economic recovery. Employers cannot be expected to grow a business and create new jobs when they are struggling to fill the positions it takes to simply get through the day. And it’s not just small businesses that are feeling the strain of the...

President Biden defended the United States’ relationship with Australia on Tuesday following diplomatic drama originally stemming from the US’ botched withdrawal from Afghanistan — calling the Oceania nation America’s “closest and reliable” ally. Following his address at the UN General Assembly, Biden met with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison at the Intercontinental Barclay Hotel, where the two stressed their commitment to working together. “The US and Australia are working in lockstep on the priorities I laid out today in my speech to the United Nations — ending COVID, addressing climate crisis, [and] defending democracies should be the role of the...

What if a large employer with oh, say 25,000+ Global Employees sent a poll out asking who wants to return to office in September?And what if that poll included a statement that said anyone wanting to return to office would be required to sign a waiver, stating if they contract the China Virus they cannot hold the company responsible?How many people would say "Yes! I want to return to office in September?"More specifically, how many of those Global Employees, of which approximately 10,000 are Chicago based would say "Yes?"As it turns out, here in the Chicago area that number is...

American Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a CNN interview on Sunday that the administration of President Joe Biden “can work with and recognize” a Taliban government in Afghanistan that respects women and “doesn’t harbor terrorists.” The Taliban, the jihadist organization that ruled Afghanistan prior to the U.S. invasion of that country in 2001, completed its takeover of the country on Sunday, surrounding Kabul and negotiating the departure of the previous Afghan government. Ex-President Ashraf Ghani reportedly fled Sunday after delivering a bizarre televised speech in which he claimed to be working to regroup the Afghan military to fight...

The British public will be “expected” to work from home and continue wearing masks in public spaces, despite the expected announcement from Prime Minister Boris Johnson that lockdown restrictions will finally be lifted by next week. While government ministers have been publicly stating that mask-wearing and other persuasions will be the “personal choice” of individual Britons after the July 19th ‘Freedom Day’, the Prime Minister is set to issue a “warning” of caution against a return to normality.

Former President Trump is reportedly working with former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) on drafting a new MAGA policy agenda, modeled after Gingrich’s 1994 “Contract with America,” ahead of the 2022 midterms, Politico reports. Sources familiar with the matter told the publication that Trump had been meeting with Gingrich along with sitting down with his former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) at Mar-a-Lago in the past few weeks as they focus on winning back the House and Senate in 2022.

Former CIA Director John Brennan said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “The ReidOut” that he believed the Biden administration will properly address the threat of domestic extremists because “now we have adults in the White House.” Anchor Joy Reid said, “What should we be worried about? Should we worried about the inaugural in the near future? There’s the whole QAnon conspiracy that on the 14th, somehow Donald Trump is going to be inaugurated. What is keeping you up at night?

After being hospitalized for COVID-19, Pres. Trump tweeted out minutes ago: "Our great usa wants & needs stimulus. work together and get it done...

SWAMPSCOTT — Protesters gathered in front of Gov. Charlie Baker’s home Thursday morning to pressure the governor into ending restrictions on businesses, put in place to contain the spread of COVID-19. “I’m here because they need to open the state back up. Get people back to work,” said Chris Gaumont, one of roughly a dozen protestors — who were, at times, outnumbered by members of the media — congregated outside Baker’s residence on Monument Avenue. The Georgetown resident said lab closures have meant his girlfriend, a one-year ovarian cancer survivor, is unable to receive diagnostic tests required every six months...

Pennsylvania officials reopened over a dozen rest areas on a Thursday, heeding to calls from truckers who are working tirelessly to keep the country’s supply chains open amid the ongoing spread of the deadly Chinese coronavirus.The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation reopened 13 of its 30 rest stops on a limited basis on the interstates and throughout the Pennsylvania Turnpike.“They are located on Interstate 81, north and southbound stops in Luzerne and Cumberland counties; on Interstate 79, north and southbound stops in Crawford County and the northbound stop in Allegheny County; and on Interstate 80, east and westbound stops in Venango, Centre...

David Sinclair, PhD AO @davidasinclair Since my Harvard lab closed yesterday, I've been reading and interpreting this week's published papers on #COVID19. What follows is a thread of information, my interpretation, links to sources & predictions. Let's start with what you need to know... #coronavirus #COVIDー19 Treatments that seem to work are chloroquine (a cheap malarial drug), Gilliad's remdesivir with interferon-beta (in clinical trials from COV-19), plasma from recovered patients, and a steroid (methylprednisilone). Doctors in US are now using remdesivir off-label... SARS-CoV2 attacks pneumocytes in lung, intestine, heart & cells lining blood vessels. In lung, CoV2 prevents cells from...

The progressive group, whose electoral influence has grown since it backed Bernie Sanders four years ago, is now supporting Ms. Warren for the Democratic presidential nomination. The Working Families Party, the labor-aligned progressive group whose electoral influence has grown since the 2016 election, has endorsed Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts for the Democratic presidential nomination, a boon to her candidacy as she attempts to position herself as the main challenger to former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.

No one likes dealing with bureaucracy, but some kinds of bureaucracy are easier to tolerate than others. It's no picnic for a kid to get their learner's permit, take driving lessons, complete a written driving exam and then take a driving test in order to get their license. The good news is that the driver's license system works. When your kid completes the steps, they'll get their driver's license. If only job-hunting were such a simple process! When you complete an online job application, you're guaranteed exactly nothing. You may get an interview and you may not. You may hear...

US Representative Joe Crowley, who just two weeks ago lost the Democratic Party nomination for New York’s 14th Congressional district to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in dramatic fashion, looks set to remain on the November ballot as the candidate for the Working Families Party. Oops. **SNIP** New York’s election laws do not allow the WFP to remove Crowley from its ballot line. Nor is Crowley allowed to simply remove himself. The only option is for Crowley to somehow make himself ineligible. Or die. Crowley (somewhat understandably) is reluctant to do this. Having achieved the most dramatic primary win of the season and...

Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein and AG Jeff Sessions are working hand-in-hand on dismantling the Deep State. Deep State corruption is deep and embedded. No normal investigation is going to cut it. Enter The Donald. Critics of Sessions need to understand that Sessions is a prosecutor in the traditional, Wyatt Earp sense. He doesn't camera hog He rarely gives press releases, media interviews, or conferences. He does the work diligently behind the scenes. Why (Nicolas Cage from the movie "The Rock" here) IN ZEUS' BUTTHOLE! is Sessions all of a sudden a Deep State mole, when for years he's been a...