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Hurricane Helene survivors’ message to Biden, Harris from those hardest hit
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Hurricane Helene survivors’ message to Biden, Harris from those hardest hit

By Tim Kennedy | Daily Signal Hurricane Helene’s wrath devastated the Asheville, North Carolina, region while wreaking havoc across the Southeastern United States two weeks ago. The Daily Signal traveled to Western North Carolina in the immediate aftermath of the storm. While the mainstream media’s coverage focuses exclusively on ravaged metropolitan areas, like the fabled River Arts District in Asheville, The Daily Signal traversed many of the rural communities in Henderson and Rutherford counties to tell the stories of those hardest hit by Helene. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DAILY SIGNAL
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Kamala Harris on what she would do different from Biden: ‘There is not a thing that comes to mind’
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Kamala Harris on what she would do different from Biden: ‘There is not a thing that comes to mind’

By Pam Key | Breitbart Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris said Tuesday on ABC’s “The View” that she would do nothing differently than President Joe Biden. Co-host Sunny Hostin said, “As Vice President you worked closely with President Biden for almost four years. He was here on our show and he said there wasn’t a single thing that he did that you could not do. What do you think would be the biggest specific difference between your presidency and a Biden presidency?” Harris said, “We’re two different people but we have a lot of shared life experiences, for example, the way we fell about our family and parents and so on, but we’re also different people. I will bring those sensibilities to how I lead.” READ THE FULL STORY AT BREITBART...
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Denver’s 7A: What you need to know about RTD’s request to keep all its sales tax revenue
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Denver’s 7A: What you need to know about RTD’s request to keep all its sales tax revenue

By Michael Booth | The Colorado Sun Metro Denver-area voters will decide Nov. 5 whether the Regional Transportation District can continue to keep all of its sales tax revenue in coming years, even when a strong economy pushes revenue up above caps set in the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights.  The so-called “de-Brucing,” named after TABOR author Douglas Bruce, is a common request from local taxing agencies.  In RTD’s case, a “yes” vote on 7A would not raise the current dedicated RTD sales tax, but would allow RTD to keep projected revenue about $50 million to $60 million a year above the TABOR cap instead of refunding that amount to millions of taxpayers.  READ THE FULL STORY AT THE COLORADO SUN
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Foley: The Second Gentleman is no gentleman, contrary to narrative
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Foley: The Second Gentleman is no gentleman, contrary to narrative

By Emma Foley, Commentary  | The Conservateur In the home stretch of the 2024 race, Kamala Harris’s husband, Doug Emhoff, has been accused of abusing a former lover. His alleged problematic past undermines the media narrative that Emhoff is the torchbearer of a reformed masculinity. It also exposes Harris’s fraudulence as a supposed champion of women.  Emhoff’s biggest flaw is that he shamelessly adores his wife, if you ask those who get their news from Saturday Night Live. Actors Andy Samberg and Maya Rudolph did a skit portraying the two in puppy love. The media consensus? Doug’s a “wife guy.” He can’t help being his goofy-Gen X-husband-self. Goals! The feminists go further, saying Emhoff is a “progressive sex symbol.” Emhoff served a...
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‘Zuckerbucks’ hit small towns as tech group finances more election offices
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‘Zuckerbucks’ hit small towns as tech group finances more election offices

By Fred Lucas  | The Daily Signal The Center for Tech and Civic Life—which four years ago doled out controversial election grants that became known as “Zuckerbucks”—recently notified White Pine County, Nevada, of a $20,000 grant.  The county, in a major battleground state going into the Nov. 5 presidential election, has a population of about 9,000 and is part of what the Left-aligned center calls its Rural and Nonmetro Election Infrastructure Grant Program.  The notification to White Pine County came with a message from Tiana Epps-Johnson, CTCL’s executive director, and an agreement on how the $20,000 grant could be used.  READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DAILY SIGNAL
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Tim Walz calls for elimination of Electoral College at California fundraiser, says ‘it needs to go’
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Tim Walz calls for elimination of Electoral College at California fundraiser, says ‘it needs to go’

By Louis Casiano  | Fox News Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday called for the elimination of the Electoral College during a fundraiser in California, a move some Democrats have advocated for in the past after election defeats.  Walz was in California Gov. Gavin Newsom's private home in Sacramento when he remarked about the process by which U.S. presidents are elected.   "I think all of us know the Electoral College needs to go," he said, according to a pool report at the event, Bloomberg reported. "We need a national popular vote, but that's not the world we live in." In 2023, the Minnesota governor signed the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, an agreement in which each state would allocate all its electoral votes to whoever wins the popular vote fo...
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School board leaders in Southern Colorado campaign against local marijuana measures
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School board leaders in Southern Colorado campaign against local marijuana measures

By Eric Young | The Gazette Elected officials from across the Colorado Springs region are lending their voices to a campaign opposing recreational marijuana sales in the city.  On Sunday, an unknown number of El Paso County voters received a mass text message from Colorado Springs School District 11 Board President Parth Melpakam calling for their vote on a pair of recreational marijuana measures.  The message was accompanied by a video featuring Melpakam, Academy District 20 Board President Aaron Salt and School District 49 Board President Lori Thompson. In both messages, the board leaders urged recipients to vote "yes" on ballot question 2D and "no" on ballot question 300. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE GAZETTE
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If you don’t know Danielle Jurinsky, you might after Donald Trump’s MAGA rally in Aurora
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If you don’t know Danielle Jurinsky, you might after Donald Trump’s MAGA rally in Aurora

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice When Danielle Jurinsky returned to civilian life after nine years serving in the Air Force, most of it at Buckley Air Base, and after building multiple businesses employing more than 50 residents, adding to her responsibility may not have been a consideration. But, that's just what she did, running for and being elected as a member of City Council in the town where she was raised. It would almost be unfathomable to consider anyone in Colorado hasn't heard of the Aurora city councilwoman in the past few months. She's been at the forefront of discoveries the Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Araqua was active in some areas of the town, and leading in the assistance for some of the most affected residents. In a few days, the nation might also kn...
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Gray: Kamala melts down after brief run-in with journalism on 60 Minutes
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Gray: Kamala melts down after brief run-in with journalism on 60 Minutes

By Freddy Gray, commentary | The Spectator Somebody give Bill Whitaker a prize. In his 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris, which aired last night, the CBS correspondent did what no other journalist has successfully done since the vice president was thrust to the top of the Democratic ticket: journalism. He asked Harris challenging questions about the matters voters care about most. He was civil, unaggressive, but professional enough to push her for clear answers. And Harris just couldn’t cope. Her performance was Prince Andrew-like in its awfulness.  On immigration, for instance, Whitaker asked Harris why the Biden-Harris administration had only recently started tackling the issue, after almost four years and an unprecedented surge in illegal border crossings...
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Want to attend the MAGA rally in Aurora? Here’s how to get tickets to the big event
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Want to attend the MAGA rally in Aurora? Here’s how to get tickets to the big event

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice Donald J. Trump, the 45th President of the United States and the Republican nominee to become the 47th President, will visit Aurora on Friday, Oct. 11, for a Make America Great Again rally. The former President has announced he will deliver remarks at 1 p.m. at the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center, 6700 N. Gaylord Rockies Blvd. A number of office-holders and Republican leaders could attend the rally and speak from the stage. As is typically the case with any Trump campaign rally, it will be the hottest ticket in town. So how do you get a ticket? Interested rally attendees are invited to visit the event page and provide a name and basic contact information, along with an option of one or two tickets. The tickets are free, but ...
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