Biden sends nuclear-capable B-52s (the bombers, not the band) to Australia in show of force vs. China

Leaked Documents Outline DHS Plans to Police Disinformation
Behind closed doors, and through pressure on private platforms, the U.S. government has used its power to try to shape online discourse.

ATF, Enforcer of Gun Laws, Lost 'Thousands of Firearms, Firearm Parts' to Thieves
The agency should be abolished and its employees sent to seek jobs in the private sector.

Report: Overturning Roe resulted in at least 10,000 fewer legal abortions
“Overturning Roe v. Wade created a sudden disruption in abortion care, compounding the crisis in access that people in some states had already experienced before the decision,” said Alison Norris, #WeCount co-chair and associate professor at Ohio State University’s College of Public Health.

Pro-life centers much more likely to be attacked than abortion providers since Supreme Court Leak
135 attacks on pro-life people between the Supreme Court leak on May 3 and September 24, 2022. Only 6 attacks were identified in the other direction.

Poll: Most Americans Ever Say Crime Up in Their Neighborhoods
Fifty-six percent of U.S. adults perceive more crime in their areas than the year prior, the group's latest poll found — a 5-point increase from 2021. The highest level the pollster previously recorded was 54 percent in 1981 and 1992.

'Master manipulators': Far-left NY Gov. Kathy Hochul claims GOP pushing 'conspiracy' that Democrat states 'not as safe'
"They have this conspiracy going all across America trying to convince people that in Democratic states they’re not as safe. Well, guess what. They’re also not only election deniers, they’re data deniers,”

Politico: Senate control could go either way despite Republican momentum
Neither party has a clear advantage in the polls or in early voting in the handful of races that will decide control of the Senate.

Poll: Independent Voters Swing 18 Points Toward GOP on Generic Ballot
Independent voters are breaking for Republican candidates less than two weeks before the November 8 midterm elections.

Florida Republicans register 9 new voters for every 1 new Democrat in months leading to midterms
Also, Republicans are ahead of Democrats in the number of mail ballots and in-person early votes cast, as of Friday morning.

Pre-election voting is surpassing 2018 levels with more than 21 million ballots cast
In Arizona, Florida, Nevada, and North Carolina, Republicans are making up a larger share of those who have returned pre-election ballots than they did in those states in 2020. The biggest jump has taken place in Florida, where Republicans have cast 42% of the pre-election ballots, up from 36% in 2020.

Democrats hold slim leads over GOP rivals in key Senate races in Pa., Ga., and Ariz., new poll shows
The elections that will likely determine control of the Senate appear tight in the final days before the November midterm elections, according to a New York Times and Siena College poll of four key races released Monday.

Warnock, Walker deadlocked in Georgia Senate race: Poll
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution/UGA poll, published Monday, found that both Warnock and Walker received 45 percent of support. The same poll shows Kemp at +7 in the governors race.

Warnock Diverted $60K In Campaign Funds To Pay Child Care Expenses: Report
While the FEC does allow payments for child care to come from campaign funds, that usually refers to single payments for specific events — and Warnock appears to be using those funds to pay the bulk of his child care expenses.

New poll shows Democrat winning race for senator in Arizona
OH Predictive Insights released new results Monday from polling conducted last week. The Phoenix-based research firm found Kelly and Lake each leading by 2 percentage points, within the margin of error of plus or minus 4%.

New poll shows gap narrowing in Washington Senate race
The poll conducted by the Trafalgar Group shows Murray (D) at 49.9% versus Smiley (R) at 48.2% with a margin of error of 2.9 percentage points.

Lee holds 10-point lead over McMullin in Utah Senate race: Poll
The poll, published on Monday, found that 49 percent of likely Utah voters said they’ll vote for Lee in next week’s election, while 39 percent of respondents offered their support for McMullin.

Abbott beating O’Rourke by 6 points in Texas governor race: UT poll
That is largely in line with polls that for months have shown Abbott with a lead in the high single digits, though a poll released on Oct. 21 showed Abbott with an 11-point lead.

Republicans in Texas appear to be driving the early voting turnout
Nearly 3 million Texans have already cast their ballots. About 46% who have cast early or mail-in ballots so far have a history of voting in the Republican primary. Only 31% have a history of voting Democrat.

Ipsos poll: People care more about the economy than abortion
Despite 3 in 5 Americans saying abortion should be legal, the economy and inflation remain the most important issues — half of registered voters cite one of these issues — in determining one’s vote for Congress next month.

Congressional Republicans deploy election observers to tight races, investigate irregularities
Rodney Davis, top Republican on the House Administration Committee, organizes nationwide monitoring army and peppers federal and local officials with oversight letters.

FiveThirtyEight moves odds on who controls the Senate to 50-50
Democrats had the edge in every update since late July.

FiveThirtyEight: What Happened To Stacey Abrams?
"Because Abrams is a Black woman seeking statewide office in the South, sexism and racism are likely to blame for some of her underperformance — but not all of it."

Dems, Media Demand GOP Call Off Campaign
Democrats have their own craven political response to the attack on Paul Pelosi.

Biden threatens ‘higher tax’ for oil companies
As if Biden hasn't already done enough to increase gas prices.

Trump 'will come back, and he will be elected' in '24, if he can stay on message: Ex-Trump pollster
Biden has become such a political liability within his own party that "he probably announces that he's not going to run" for reelection, predicts John McLaughlin.

Judge orders True the Vote leaders detained for contempt of court
Marshals escorted the pair from the courtroom to a holding cell after they refused on Monday to name the other individual present at the meeting.

'Grandma Karen' Caught Stealing Republican Yard Signs, Says She's Fighting 'Fascists'
It’s not an uncommon practice for Democrats. Stealing yard signs is just one more form of censorship.

Fox News: Paul Pelosi attacker is an illegal immigrant from Canada
An Immigrations and Customers Enforcement source told Fox News Monday that DePape is in the U.S. illegally after a "longtime" visa overstay.

Senator Klobuchar uses Paul Pelosi attack to call for internet regulation
And criticizes the spread of "misinformation."

San Francisco DA announces attempted murder charges against alleged Paul Pelosi attacker
Federal authorities announced charges against DePape on Monday for attempted kidnapping and assaulting the family of a public official in retaliation for their job performance.

FBI Probes ‘Hippie Collective’ Home Following Paul Pelosi Attack
A sign in one of the windows says, “Berkeley Stands United Against Hate,” while another looks to be a handwritten “Black Lives Matter” sign. Across from the home, there appears to be an LGBTQ banner adorned with marijuana leaves resembling an American flag.

Politico Says Reports Of A Third Person At Paul Pelosi’s House Are ‘Baseless’
BUT ... They’re based on Politico’s own reporting.

Nearly 40% of small businesses in the US failed to pay rent in October
The survey of 4,789 small business owners saw more than half of respondents say their rent is at least 10 percent higher than it was six months ago.

US workers have gotten way less productive. No one is sure why.
In the first half of 2022, productivity — the measure of how much output in goods and services an employee can produce in an hour — plunged by the sharpest rate on record going back to 1947, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

CEOs Cutting Back or Pausing Their ESG Efforts: KPMG Study
Despite U.S. companies championing ESG, many others are planning to suspend or reconsider their ESG efforts in the coming months over growing recession fears.

Are Socialists Taking Over? Interview With Whole Foods' John Mackey
"My concern is that I feel like socialists are taking over. They're marching through the institutions. They're taking everything over and taking over education. It looks like they've taken over a lot of the corporations. It looks like they've taken over the military. And it's just continuing."

Home builders say they’re on the edge of a steeper downturn as buyers pull back
“It is definitely a hard landing for housing,” said one home builder in the Denver area.

Biden Admin’s Record of Migrant Deaths at Border Grossly Understated, Says Source
A CBS report of record-setting migrant deaths along the U.S.-Mexico border may be grossly understated, a source with U.S. Customs and Border Protection told Breitbart Texas. The report is based on the remains of 853 migrants recovered by Border Patrol agents.

US Air Force to deploy nuclear-capable B-52 bombers to Australia as tensions with China grow
An investigation by Four Corners can reveal Washington is planning to build dedicated facilities for the giant aircraft at Tindal air base, south of Darwin.

Did Biden lose his temper with Zelensky?
This is a story that supposedly took place back in June, but we’re only finding out about it now.

The Atlantic: Let's declare a pandemic amnesty
We need to forgive one another for what we did and said when we were in the dark about COVID.

Senate Report Says COVID ‘More Likely Than Not’ Came From Lab Leak, After Media’s ‘Conspiracy Theory’ Smear
“The Wuhan Lab Leak Hypothesis Is A Conspiracy Theory, Not Science,” a Forbes headline reads. “The Covid Wuhan lab leak theory is being twisted to validate conspiracy theories,” NBC News said . “Senator Tom Cotton Repeats Fringe Theory of Coronavirus Origins,” declared The NY Times.

COVID-19: A Universe of Questions in a Time of Universal Deceit
The most glaring question was simply: “Why was no one allowed to ask questions?” Once this Pandora’s Box opened, a stream of questions came tumbling out.

Shanghai Disney shuts over COVID, visitors unable to leave
All visitors at the time of the announcement were directed to stay in the park until they return a negative test for the virus.

China Working To Undermine Midterm Elections, Cybersecurity Group Says
China is using a network of social media accounts and altered news articles to "sow division both between the U.S. and its allies and within the U.S. political system itself," according to a threat assessment by Mandiant.

Celebrities are starting to leave Twitter. Here's a running list.
Will America survive?

Judge blocks Penguin Random House from merging with rival publisher Simon & Schuster
A Biden-appointed federal judge on Monday blocked mega-publisher Penguin Random House from acquiring rival Simon & Schuster, a major win for Biden's DOJ antitrust division.

Journalism in Crisis: The War on Dissent
Renowned journalist and author Whitney Webb discusses information warfare, censorship, and mercenary journalism

Newsweek Opinion: Herschel Walker Is the Anti-Obama
Awesome, that's quite the endorsement!

Author of the 1619 Project charged public library $40K for a speech, causing it to go over budget
Nikole Hannah-Jones, a former New York Times journalist, was paid $40,000 for a 45-minute speech at a high school in Arlington.

Alberta's New Premier Under Attack For Refusing To Associate With WEF
The Canadian mainstream media is pursuing a thorough hatchet campaign against Danielle Smith, consistently referring to all opposition to the WEF as being based in “conspiracy theory.”

CBC: Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she distrusts World Economic Forum, province to cut ties
Smith said she won't deal with the agency until they stop "bragging" about their control over politicians.

Ohio congressman's niece killed during South Korea Halloween stampede
Republican Rep. Brad Wenstrup announced Monday that his niece was one of the more than 150 individuals killed in Seoul.

Boys seen swinging from crowded bridge in India before collapse that killed more than 140 people
"Fifteen to 20 young boys were doing mischief on the bridge … there were hundreds of people on the bridge."

Cell phone bans in public schools are trending nationwide
Schools across the country continue to struggle with the devices more than 15 years after the release of the first iPhone.

Study: Outside Of School, America’s Teens Average 70 Hours Per Week Glued To Screens
Americans ages 11 to 18 play online for an average of 10 hours per day.

In rare letter to all Detroit parishioners, archbishop warns of ‘extreme’ abortion initiative
The “Reproductive Freedom for All” constitutional amendment would have “vast and extreme” consequences for Michigan if it passes, the archbishop said, turning the state into “ground zero” for abortion extremism in the United States.

Nun is murdered in DR Congo
A Catholic nun serving in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was among the seven people killed when gunmen aligned with the Islamic State attacked a Catholic mission hospital in a raid.

6 Stunning Stories of Satanists, Witches, and Psychics Who Abandoned the Occult — and Found Jesus
There’s much discussion and debate about evil in our world today. A comprehensive look at the Old and New Testaments tells us this is nothing new, as Jesus and the Apostles dealt with the demonic throughout Scripture.

The Clearest Sign Yet That God Has Given America Over to Depravity
Drag queens reading to toddlers in libraries and schools. Drag queens engaging in indecent acts with children in gay bars. Drag queens performing in our churches.

Elon Musk accuses Twitter board of 'deliberately' hiding evidence from court: 'Stay tuned'
Musk leaked a private message from Twitter executive Yoel Roth as potential "evidence of 'fraudulent metrics."

Elon Musk named sole director of Twitter, dissolves board
Twitter’s board members Bret Taylor, Parag Agrawal, Omid Kordestani, David Rosenblatt, Martha Lane Fox, Patrick Pichette, Egon Durban, Fei-Fei Li, and Mimi Alemayehou will no longer serve on the board, the company said.

Elon Musk might bring back Vine, a predecessor of TikTok shut down by Twitter
Like TikTok years later, Vine allowed users to make a short video — only 6 seconds in the case of Vine — and then have it play repeatedly on a loop in a feed with other videos.

House-Hunting on Mars Has Already Started
Researchers identified nine caves on the red planet that might make suitable shelters for future astronauts.