A woman who used to foster dogs and cats is sharing the story of how foster kittens changed the life of her furry-friend who went from being “the saddest dog” to a playful and happy pooch. Claudia Papp, or more famously known on her social media accounts as “houstonfosterdogmom”, is sharing the story of her rescue dog, Chapo, and how fostering kittens changed his life for the better. Papp shares Chapo’s origin story and his “kitten medicine” in a series of TikTok videos she started uploading on September, during the pooch’s Gotcha Day anniversary. Life was not as good to Chapo prior to meeting Papp. The dog spent four years chained up before animal control found him. Papp shares with SWNS that because Chapo spent a long time chained in a yard and neglected, he had developed a skin infection, has intestinal worms, and a fractured set of teeth from chewing on his chain. After being rescued, Chapo was sent to a kill shelter. Papp then saw a video of Chapo looking sad and immediately decided to foster him – giving Chapo a second chance at life, and at a loving forever home. When Papp picked him up at the shelter where he came from, he was “the saddest dog on his last day [before being put down].” Papp said, “For months, progress was slow and I began to worry about him.” She then realized that the pooch liked the company of Papp’s cat. @houstonfosterdogmom those kittens will never know how much they did for him, but Chapo is so grateful ?? #hopecore #dogsoftiktok #kittensoftiktok #catsoftiktok #dogandkitten #pitty #transformation #rescuedog #thedodo #lovestory ♬ Jacob and the Stone (Slowed) – Emile Mosseri & sped up + slowed “I decided to say “yes” to fostering a sick kitten and let Chapo help me take care of her,” she explains. “And then I realized Chapo was coming out of his shell because of her so I just kept fostering kittens for them, and for him.” Papp fostered a total of six kittens for Chapo, “it was the medicine I never expected,” she said. “Those kittens will never know how much they did for him, but Chapo is so grateful,” she wrote on a Tiktok video caption, which has now garnered over 2 million likes. Papp also shares that Chapo is her 48th foster dog, “and the only foster I’ve ever adopted for myself,” she reveals. She explains why Chapo was the only foster she decided to officially adopt, despite having fostered a lot of lovely dogs and cats. “I’ve fostered a lot of animals and I’ve seen A LOT of trauma on these animals, but something about this dog… he is just absolutely magical and I couldn’t let him go.” Today, Chapo has “officially made up for lost time”. He now lives a safe and happy life with Papp where he is able to run freely in his own backyard, be with friends (his foster kittens), and just be loved by his hooman every day.

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During the fall presidential campaign, a Media Research Center study found that hosts of the late-night "comedy" shows told a total of 1,463 jokes about Donald Trump and Kamala Harris -- but 1,428 of them were about Trump, and only 35 were about Harris. That's a whopping 40:1 ratio or almost 98 percent to 2 percent. From September 3 through October 25, MRC analysts assessed 136 episodes of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!, CBS’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Late Night with Seth Meyers.  For comparison, in 2023, the ratio of Trump to Joe Biden jokes was 3:1, or 74 percent. The 98 percent number is similar to the 96 percent figure from 2020 that the Center for Media and Public Affairs out of George Mason University reached for the 2020 campaign, although CMPA’s numbers did not include Seth Meyers. In addition to the 1,428-35 Trump-Harris split, analysts also found that the comedians told 302 jokes about the vice presidential candidates. Of these, 236 were directed at J.D. Vance compared to 66 at Tim Walz. That equates to a 4:1 ratio with 78 percent aimed at Vance. Combined, that comes out to a 1,664-101 comparison with a 16:1 ratio targeting the GOP ticket 94 percent of the time. Over the same time span, the comedians also welcomed 44 liberal celebrity, journalist, and political guests compared to zero conservatives. Those included one Colbert interview with Harris, two — one Kimmel and one Daily Show — with Walz, and one Kimmel with Doug Emhoff. Sample ‘Jokes’ If political ideology is a spectrum, so is political comedy. Donald Trump got the full range of jokes from light-hearted jabs about his dancing skills to mean-spirited rants like Jimmy Kimmel Live! writer and wife of the eponymous host Molly McNearney, telling him to “shut up and go away. Go to Mar-a-Lago, spend all day, every day, cheating at golf and masturbating to Newsmax, and let a competent woman take over.” Likewise, JD Vance got the full gamut of jokes from mocking his awkward visit at a donut shop to enjoying the false story that Vance once had sex with a couch to his supposedly anti-woman views, such as when The Daily Show’s Michael Kosta reacted to the VP debate on abortion: “Yeah, you see, America? Republicans do support diversity. Some states believe women should have rights, and some don't. It’s the beautiful tapestry of America.” By contrast, Kamala Harris was treated softly. A typical joke about her would see the comedians making fun of how often she sends fundraising texts or feigning fear at her claims to own a Glock. More recently, the comedians have tried to mask their own unease about the closeness of the election by joking about Harris's poll numbers. Jokes about Harris trying to go from the most liberal member of the Senate to a centrist, her word salads, or allegations that she plagiarized her book were completely nonexistent. Likewise, Tim Walz was also only gently mocked as the kind of guy who gets excited about corn dog recipes and DIY car repairs, or how he reminds the hosts of Wilson from Home Improvement. Jokes about Walz making up details about his life on everything from his military career, political career, and teaching history were mostly ignored. Kosta did manage to rib Walz one time for his false claim that he was in Hong Kong during the Tiananmen Square Massacre. Jimmy Kimmel (28 Episodes) If ABC News was the most biased during the campaign, ABC’s comedian was also the most one-sided. Jimmy Kimmel targeted the GOP ticket 97 percent of the time, telling 504 total jokes about the Republican ticket compared to 18 about the Democratic ticket.  When it came to the top of the ticket, Kimmel told 99 percent of his jokes about Trump. Specifically, he told 437 jokes about Trump and 5 about Harris. For the VP nominees, Kimmel directed 67 jokes Vance’s way compared to 13 towards Walz or 84 percent. Kimmel would also welcome 12 liberal guests. In addition to Walz and Emhoff, Kimmel’s guests included Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Rep. Eric Swalwell, and Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock. Seth Meyers (27 Episodes) Over the nearly two-month study, Seth Meyers delivered 97 percent of campaign jokes towards the Republican ticket: 449 about the Trump-Vance and 16 about Harris-Walz. Meyers told 98 percent of jokes about Trump-Harris jokes about Trump with a specific count of 390-7. Vance was targeted 87 percent of the time, leading the aspiring VPs with 59 compared to Walz's 9. Meyers guest count was more modest at 2-0. Stephen Colbert (27 Episodes) Over the course of the study, Stephen Colbert would joke about the Republican ticket at a 92 percent clip with a final score of 335-28. For the top of the tickets, Colbert also targeted Trump with 98 percent of his jokes, lobbing 287 towards Trump and 7 towards Harris. For running mates, Vance was subjected to 70 percent or 48 Colbert jokes, while Walz was subjected to 21.  Additionally, Colbert brought on 15 liberal guests. Other than Harris, they included Rep. Jasmine Crockett and Sen. Mark Kelly and Sen. John Fetterman. Jimmy Fallon (28 Episodes) Jimmy Fallon would end up directing 178 jokes towards the Republican ticket compared to 17 at the Democratic one, which only seems modest when compared to Kimmel, Colbert, and Meyers, because it still equates to a lopsided 91 percent. Trump occupied Fallon's attention 96 percent of the time as he hurled 154 jokes Trump’s way compared to 6 to Harris.  Fallon also lobbed 24 jokes towards Vance and 11 towards Walz for a relatively modest 69 percent. Similarly, Fallon’s guest count was 3-0, which included former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The Daily Show (26 Episodes) The carousel of Jon Stewart-hosted Mondays and weekly temp hosts combined to focus on the GOP ticket 90 percent of the time for a count of 198-22. Like Fallon's, The Daily Show’s numbers are only modest in comparison. The Daily Show was the only show to reach double digits on Harris jokes, albeit barely. They told 160 Trump jokes and 10 Harris jokes for a mark of 94 percent. Additionally, 76 percent of VP jokes were directed towards Vance with the final tally being 38-12.  Finally, The Daily Show welcomed 12 liberal guests during the study’s duration. In addition to Walz, they included Stacey Abrams and Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm. *** It may not seem too surprising when the late night comedians double as Democratic fundraisers that 98 percent of their Trump-Harris jokes target Trump, but that is still a mind-boggling number. The CMPA found that in 2016, Trump was the recipient of 78 percent of their jokes, virtually identical to the 77 percent that they told about Mitt Romney in 2012. Even during the Biden years, the hosts could bring themselves to make “Biden is old” quips, but for the comedians, this election is no laughing matter and nothing that could harm Harris is to be discussed. Methodology: All monologue jokes about any of the four candidates were assessed, as well as any quips and comments about any of the candidates made during interviews or produced pieces. Foreign political guests were not included. All ratios and percentages listed above are rounded to nearest whole number.

It began with Brat Summer, and it’ll end with Adolf Autumn. That’s the real-life story of a billion-dollar campaign to be president of the United States of America and the culmination of the most valued minds in Democrat politics, working in tandem to produce the party’s strategy. Every aspect of the Democratic machine, from the campaign and its advertisements to Politico Playbook, CNN, MSNBC, and the New York Times, is in on it. The closing message of the final week of the 2024 election cycle is this (drumroll): A roast comedian made a joke about Puerto Rico at a Trump rally. They’re going all in on this, and to suffer through Playbook’s read on the situation, you’d think at long last they’d finally found the former president’s Achilles’ heel. He’s a racist! And no, not because of something he said or even something said in his company, but because of a joke a few hours before he took the stage. Every remaining day they talk about it, they’re not talking about things that actually motivate voters. Maybe Republican bed-wetting is to blame. The elected officials of the Grand Old Party had generally gotten a lot better at not falling for the condemnation game, even in the case of spicy jokes, but this one so close to an election spooked them like a loud noise in a stable. U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Rick Scott (R-Fla.) joined Florida Rep. María Elvira Salazar (R) in tweeting their condemnation and assuring Puerto Rico that it is indeed a beautiful island. It’s worth noting that the Democrats weren’t ever going to let the news coverage of a sold-out show at Madison Square Garden go well. During the lead-up, they repeatedly called Republicans Nazis and played nonstop footage of Nazis in Madison Square Garden 85 years earlier as proof. What was essentially the most ethnically and religiously diverse crowd ever seen at a Republican rally would never be reported on as such. Even so, they’ve gone above and beyond, calling it "unfunny, racist, cringeworthy ... the repulsive ... disgusting ... hateful ... so incredibly crude ... extremely vile so-called jokes ..." Dana Bash (who insists it is pronounced “dah-nah” and gets angry if you don’t) said it was “too X-rated to play” on TV. It literally took Jon Stewart, who still hosts “The Daily Show,” to call it out, playing some of the comedian’s jokes from the Tom Brady roast a few months ago, cracking on Beyoncé not playing a promised set at Vice President Kamala Harris’ Texas rally, and telling his audience, “I find that guy [Tony Hinchcliffe] very funny. I’m sorry! I don’t know what to tell you! I mean, bringing him to a rally and having him not do roast jokes? That’d be like bringing Beyoncé to a rally and not having … " It’s not just Stewart calling out the stupidity. Future Forward, a $700 million Democrat super PAC, sounded the alarm in the New York Times, saying the campaign’s $10 million spend calling Trump a fascist and attacking his character wasn’t moving the needle with voters. And when you pull your head out of the echo chamber, how could it? It’s been the same play since before the campaign even kicked off again, and all the while, Trump continues to climb. The official campaign doesn’t seem to know any other, however. Democrats are literally making their final pitch from the park in front of the White House to talk about the Jan. 6 riot. Is it all ideal for Republicans? No. Was inviting a roast comedian to roast voters politically intelligent? Not really. But should Democrats look the dealer straight in the eye and move all their chips to the Puerto Rico joke? It’s amazing anyone even has to ask. Every remaining day they talk about the joke, they’re not talking about things that actually motivate voters. Every sentence is another not talking abortion or the economy or any of the policies Harris is promising. Every breath of it is wasted. The Democrats are spending a lot of money, and that will help them a great deal. Pennsylvania is very close, and that’s a good thing for them as well. But things aren’t going well for them, nor have they been for a while, and spending the final week on someone their voters haven’t heard of saying something that might offend them will go down as one more final dumb thing in what is undoubtedly the dumbest presidential campaign any of us have yet lived through. Blaze News: Republicans gaining momentum in key states that will decide the election Blaze News: Democrats' Nazi strategy isn't working, Harris super PAC points out Spectator World: The two Dearborns that could decide the election Federalist: The social stigma of being a Trump supporter is gone Sign up for Bedford’s newsletter Sign up to get Blaze Media senior politics editor Christopher Bedford's newsletter. The fire rises: The New York Times: Dayton vs. Yale Ever get the feeling we’ve been here before? Well, we have. Specifically: The Democratic Party and its obsession with Ivy League radicalism over working-class values. It was a worry then, too. (Not that anyone actually listened to the prescient warning.) David Leonhardt reports: The book’s title is “The Real Majority,” and it appeared during Richard Nixon’s first term. Its authors were two Democrats hoping to save their party from future defeats: Richard Scammon, who had run the Census Bureau under John F. Kennedy, and Ben Wattenberg, who’d been a speechwriter for Lyndon Johnson. Scammon and Wattenberg believed that their fellow Democrats misunderstood the country’s electorate. The energy of the 1960s had led the party to imagine that the typical voter was young and highly educated. As a hypothetical example, the book described a 24-year-old political science instructor at Yale University. In reality, the authors wrote, the typical voter resembled a 47-year-old woman living in the suburbs of Dayton, Ohio, who didn’t have a college degree and whose husband worked as a machinist. This Dayton voter wasn’t poor, but she struggled with rising inflation. She worried about crime, student protests and drug use, polls showed. She felt ambivalent about the Vietnam War. She was one of the “plain people,” as Scammon and Wattenberg put it, who had long voted Democratic but was uncomfortable with the party’s leftward shift — toward the views of that 24-year-old Yale instructor. Unless Democrats changed course, the authors wrote, “we may well see Republican presidents in the White House for a generation.” The book was prophetic: Republicans won four of the next five presidential elections, including landslides by Nixon and Ronald Reagan.