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October 16, 2024

Acclaimed Medical Center Appears to Bury Data Undermining COVID-Heart Risk Study

With federal authorities recognizing the plunge in COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness as early as four months after each jab, which may actually increase the risk of subsequent infection, the public health establishment is trying to rekindle Americans' interest in a so-called layered mitigation strategy to keep COVID...

October 16, 2024

Maduro Accuses Elon Musk of Spending $1 Billion to Orchestrate Anti-Communist Coup in Venezuela

Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro accused American businessman Elon Musk of investing at least $1 billion to attempt a coup in the South American country. “Elon Musk invested in the coup d'état, the fascist outbreak, the violence against the electoral process in Venezuela...

October 16, 2024

New Illegal Alien Caravan Heading for U.S. Ahead of Election

Yet another caravan of illegal aliens is currently making its way towards the southern border of the United States, hoping to cross the border before a possible victory by former President Donald Trump in the November election. As Breitbart reports, the caravan...

October 16, 2024

GOP Consultant Files Lawsuit Alleging Identity Fraudulently Used to Make ActBlue Donations to Dems

Mark Block has been consulting for Republicans for years. So when he discovered an old email account he used for the 2012 Herman Cain presidential campaign was receiving receipts for donations to Democrat candidates like Kamala Harris, he became alarmed....

October 16, 2024

Beacon Poll Shows Trump and Blackburn with Big Leads in Tennessee

The Nashville-based Beacon Center of Tennessee published results of its poll on Tuesday revealing how registered Tennessee voters would vote in the 2024 presidential and senate general election races.

October 16, 2024

James O’Keefe Credits Patriot Mobile Global for Powering Trips to Canada, Mexico to Expose the ‘Migrant Industrial Complex’ for New Documentary

James O’Keefe, undercover journalist and founder of O’Keefe Media Group, is crediting Patriot Mobile’s international roaming service for supporting his work in Mexico and Canada to film his new documentary, "Line in the Sand."

October 16, 2024

U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn Joins Colleagues in Demanding Change to Unaccompanied Migrant Children Program from Biden-Harris Administration

U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) joined 43 other Republicans in the U.S. Senate and House in sending a letter to President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris demanding that their administration’s program that resettles unaccompanied alien children into the...

October 16, 2024

Court in Fulton County Rules Georgia Officials Can’t Delay, Refuse to Certify Election Results

Local election officials in Georgia cannot delay or refuse to officially certify election results, according to a state court ruling on Monday. “Election superintendents in Georgia have a mandatory fixed obligation to certify election results,” wrote Fulton County Superior Court...

October 16, 2024

Wisconsin GOP State Senator: Milwaukee Public Schools Late Report a ‘Multi-Million-Dollar Fiasco’

Milwaukee Public Schools are missing another deadline for the financial report that was due to the state last year. MPS and the state’s Department of Public Instruction said they hope to have the report finalized by Thanksgiving.

October 16, 2024

Lawsuit: More than 6,000 Noncitizens on Virginia Voter Rolls in the Balance

Over 6,000 “noncitizens” could be added back to Virginia’s voter rolls if the U.S. Department of Justice and a coalition of groups advocating on behalf of immigrants prevail in their lawsuits against the commonwealth. A pair of lawsuits filed against...

October 16, 2024

Report Says Cap on Florida Highway Landscaping Spending Needed

After taxpayers spent more than $200 million on highway landscaping in the previous fiscal year, a report says Florida lawmakers might need to consider a cap on that spending. Florida Taxwatch analyzed the Florida Department of Transportation's spending on highway landscaping,...

October 16, 2024

Kari Lake Gains on Rep. Ruben Gallego in Two Post-Debate Polls as Arizona Begins Voting

Two polls conducted after the debate between Kari Lake and Representative Ruben Gallego (D-AZ-03) show their race to represent Arizona in the U.S. Senate could be narrowing as some cast early ballots. Lake used the debate to remind viewers of...

October 16, 2024

Sen. Bob Casey Admits Internal Polls Show Tight Election with Dave McCormick, ‘Probably in a Two-Point Race’

Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) on Sunday said his internal polling is closer than some public surveys, which he suggested to MSNBC's "The Weekend" shows a "two-point race" between him and Republican U.S. Senate nominee Dave McCormick. Casey responded with humor...

October 16, 2024

Commentary: Democrats’ Economic Elitism

Democrats’ display their elitism by using macroeconomic numbers to ignore America’s microeconomic concerns. By promoting the macro-economy, Democrats produced the numbers they now campaign on. However, their macro numbers have come with high inflation that has wreaked havoc on the...

October 16, 2024

Minnesota Teachers Union Conference to Feature Sessions on ‘Pronoun Usage,’ ‘2SLGBTQIA+’ Ideology

Public school teachers from across Minnesota will meet in St. Paul Oct. 17 to participate in a conference put on by Education Minnesota, the state’s teachers union. At Education Minnesota’s 2024 MEA Conference, educators will learn about, and discuss, various...

October 16, 2024

Supreme Court Leaves in Place Pennsylvania Law Banning Those Under 21 from Publicly Carrying Guns

The Supreme Court decided to leave a Pennsylvania law in place banning the carry of firearms in public for people under 21, according to court orders released Tuesday. The decision sends the case back down to the Third Circuit Court...

October 16, 2024

Ruben Gallego Hit with Round of Ads Condemning His ‘Record of Anti-Catholic Bigotry’

A super PAC called Frontiers of Freedom (FF) has released ads this campaign cycle against Ruben Gallego, highlighting his far-left record and his “record of anti-Catholic bigotry." George Landrith, president of FF, explained the purpose of the hard-hitting ads in...

October 16, 2024

House Committee to Investigate FEMA Mishandling of Funds amid Hurricane Relief

Republicans on a top congressional committee have launched an investigation into the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) over its “priorities” after reports emerged claiming that the agency spent most of its money aiding illegal aliens, to the point that it...

October 15, 2024

Man Wrongly Convicted for Murder by Kamala Harris Demands She Face Questions About Men ‘Framed for Murder Under Her Watch’

A man wrongly convicted of murder in San Francisco while Vice President Kamala Harris served as the city's district attorney issued a call for the presidential candidate to face questions about those "framed for murder under her watch" during her...

October 15, 2024

Tennessee Lawyer Sues over Federal Court Rule Cited to Limit Attorney Speech Under Threat of Contempt

Tennessee civil rights lawyer Daniel Horwitz is suing the U.S. Court for the Middle District of Tennessee over a 2022 gag order demanding he cease commenting publicly about a case or be held in contempt of court, arguing a rule...