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An image shared on X claims to show a passenger aircraft flying as Beirut, Lebanon burns in the background. A Middle East Airline plane landing at Hariri Int Airport in #Beirut in the middle of Israeli strikes. Only in #Lebanon ? …@MEAAIRLIBAN @BEYAirport https://t.co/dAonh12JY3 pic.twitter.com/IZvhoWy3eT — Dr. David I. Ramadan (@DavidIRamadan) October 20, 2024 Verdict: False […]

The last Republican to win the popular vote was George W. Bush almost 20 years ago. In recent years, Republicans have all but written off their chances repeating Bush’s victory. But what happens if they do? As things stand now, it’s by no means likely that Donald Trump walks away with a decisive lead in […]

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A video shared on X claims to show a Bucks County, Pennsylvania election worker ripping up ballots of voters who voted for former President Donald Trump. ??? “F**k Donald Trump again” Mail in ballots voting for Trump appear to be destroyed by this election registrar employee in Bucks County, Pennsylvania a major battleground State. They were […]

Included in the broad scientific consensus on climate change is the notion that it’s unlikely humans can prevent the worst events of 2°C of warming without removing excess carbon that’s already in the atmosphere. To that end, student inventors at UC Berkeley have created this yellow powder, half a pound of which can absorb the […] The post Eight Ounces of This Powder Removes as Much CO2 from the Air as a Tree appeared first on Good News Network.

For the finale of Wax Pack Flashback, Adam commemorates the 1 year anniversary of the passing of Jason Gross, by sharing Jason’s personal trading card binder where he kept his favorite cards during his time CONTINUE READING... The post Wax Pack Flashback Finale: Jason Gross Retro Trading Card Folder Tribute appeared first on The Retro Network.

The ideal of a town hall meeting—where citizens can spontaneously ask politicians the questions they would like answered—doesn’t match what the town hall is in today’s politics. There’s too much risk for politicians, or the TV networks who platform the event. A humorous example came on Monday at a so-called town hall with Vice President Kamala Harris and her ally, former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo. An audience member asked ex-NBC reporter Maria Shriver if they could ask questions. “You’re not, unfortunately. We have some predetermined questions,” Shriver said. “Hopefully, I’ll be able to ask some of the questions that might be in your head.” Harris took only three of those predetermined questions in an hourlong event. On May 10, 2023, CNN hosted a town hall event with former President Donald Trump. Incoming CNN host Kaitlan Collins constantly interrupted Trump, “correcting” him. The Left called it a “disaster”—for CNN, because they didn’t want Trump appearing on CNN. As often happens, Collins felt compelled to interrupt Trump incessantly on behalf of people who think Trump must be “fact-checked in real time.” Collins badgered him for 25 minutes about 2020 election denials and Jan. 6, like you would expect. Trump lost; that’s a fact. But since the audience seemed supportive of Trump, it was somehow a triumph for him. On Wednesday, CNN aired a town hall event with Harris, and the difference was obvious from the first few minutes. Anderson Cooper asked his first question: You call Trump unhinged, but he’s now more popular than he’s ever been. Harris bloviated a 500-word answer. Cooper asked Harris if she thought Trump was a fascist, and she said yes for 300 words, without interruption. Calling Trump a “fascist” was apparently not an occasion for “fact-checking in real time.” Fact-checking Daniel Dale skipped it afterward. Cooper peppered Harris on a few subjects, including immigration. He noted she’s changed her tune on the border wall. But none of the town hall questioners really pressed Harris from a conservative direction. Seven of the questioners were identified by Cooper as leaning toward backing Harris. One “leaner” came at Harris with a hardball from the left. Annalise Kean pounced: “My question is, as president, what would you do to ensure not another Palestinian dies due to bombs being funded by U.S. tax dollars?” But several were very open-ended: What’s your greatest weakness? What’s the proudest moment of your political career? What’s your first policy priority? The answers may have been evasive, but the questions weren’t anything like the barrage Trump faced. As soon as it ended, CNN’s Dana Bash said she was hearing from people who felt Harris didn’t offer real answers on her weaknesses or her priorities, but hey, “any time that she can be in front of an audience and interacting with voters is a win, as far as her campaign goes, and they are very happy about that.” Collins really liked the sharpness of her answer asserting Trump’s a fascist. She sounds like she wants everyone to forget she ever worked for the conservative Daily Caller. Most of the postgame show was typical liberal analysis, with a blip of David Urban here and a moment of Scott Jennings there. Jennings had enough time to sum up the night. She was “empty, empty, empty. If she were an animal, she’d be a duck-billed platitude.” If Harris failed to “make the sale” on CNN, no one should blame CNN. They gave her a blandly promotional platform to smear her opponent as a fascist, then praised her afterward for her fervid fascist blather. Hating Trump defines CNN. COPYRIGHT 2024 CREATORS.COM We publish a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Daily Signal. The post Even in Friendly Confines of CNN Town Hall, Harris Talks a Lot, Says Nothing appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell had one job in 2022: reclaim the Senate majority from Democrats. The longtime Kentucky Republican had a lot going for him in that cause. Two years ago, electoral map heavily advantaged Republicans, with vulnerable Democrat seats up for grabs in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Arizona, and Wisconsin. Joe Biden’s approval rating dropped below 40% and his presidency could already be considered a failure. The nation was in the throes of a migrant crisis and an affordability crisis; its leader seemingly doddering on the brink of a health crisis all his own. True to form, congressional Republicans snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. McConnell was the biggest culprit. His campaign apparatus spent money to put conservative candidates aligned with former President Donald Trump’s MAGA movement in a hole, then attempted to get these candidates out of that hole during the general election. Finite resources meant abandoning Senate hopefuls Blake Masters in Arizona and Donald Bolduc in New Hampshire for the cause of Dr. Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania. Just a few weeks from now, will a similar story be told? Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, seems to fear so. In a new biography of the outgoing Senate Republican leader by the AP’s Michael Tackett, titled “The Price of Power,” McConnell takes aim at Trump and MAGA. McConnell reportedly calls Trump a “sleazeball” and MAGA “completely wrong.” Almost every Republican Senate candidate hoping to flip a Democrat seat (the exception being former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan) has fully embraced Trump and the MAGA movement, and McConnell, as the Senate GOP’s frontman, is tasked with allocating vast amounts of resources to get these candidates elected. Will this be McConnell’s parting gift to Trump and his Republican colleagues? The Kentucky senator is stepping down from his leadership position after enjoying the longest tenure of any leader in the chamber’s history, though he’s expected to serve out the rest of his term, which ends in January 2027. After the November election, Senate Republicans are expected to vote on McConnell’s replacement atop the Republican conference, and Lee is demanding the three declared candidates—Sens. Rick Scott, R-Fla., John Thune, R-S.D., and John Cornyn, R Texas—to weigh in on McConnell’s purported remarks. “McConnell’s attacks on Donald Trump & Rick Scott are indefensible,” Lee said in a X thread. McConnell also goes after Scott for challenging him for GOP leader after the 2022 election cycle in Tackett’s new book. “Those running for Senate GOP leadership posts need to weigh in on this & commit never to sabotage Republican candidates & colleagues—particularly those who are less than two weeks away from a close election.” ? 1. McConnell’s attacks on Donald Trump & Rick Scott are indefensibleThose running for Senate GOP leadership posts need to weigh in on this & commit never to sabotage Republican candidates & colleagues—particularly those who are less than two weeks away from a close election pic.twitter.com/wMWxjvMwHC— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) October 24, 2024 “We must have clarity from the candidates running to replace McConnell on where they stand on these attacks. They must be clear on how they plan to lead the conference, and on the role of its members,” Lee said in a subsequent X post. “The Senate Republican leader is supposed to help Republicans, not undermine them[.] Sadly, we’ve had too much of the latter[.] That must end now.” Scott, who is up for re-election in Florida, issued a retort to McConnell’s comments. “While Leader McConnell and I have fundamental disagreements, I am shocked that he would attack a fellow Republican senator and the Republican nominee for president just two weeks out from an election,” Scott told Fox News Digital. “I believe we should be talking about solutions; he doesn’t,” Scott said of McConnell. As for Trump, Scott said, “I support Donald Trump and his work to fundamentally change the way Washington operates; he doesn’t. I believe we should support the candidates Republican voters choose; he doesn’t.” “With almost $36 trillion in debt, an open southern border, historic inflation, and a world on fire, I know we need dramatic change, and he doesn’t,” Scott concluded. Thune, meanwhile, was more chambré. Thune said he’s “focused on electing a strong Senate Republican majority that can hit the ground running,” according to Politico. “Senate Republicans shouldn’t have to worry about being sabotaged by their own leadership,” Lee told The Daily Signal. “I hope the candidates for the top job disavow such behavior in the future to earn our votes.” It was a rather voracious outburst by McConnell standards. What could be the impetus? One possible explanation is that McConnell’s view of Senate leadership appears on the outs with his possible successors. Scott wants a 180-degree turn away from McConnell’s style of leadership. Meanwhile, Thune and Cornyn have each signaled openness to leadership reforms proposed by Lee and other conservatives in the Republican conference. And it might only be the beginning of McConnell lashing out against Republicans. “I’m still a traditional Republican,” McConnell recently claimed, according to Aishah Hasnie of Fox News. “There are some on my side now who don’t sound that way. I’m going to be arguing more with them probably than the Democrats.” The post Lame Duck McConnell Lashes Out at Trump as Senate Turns Away From His Leadership Style appeared first on The Daily Signal.