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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken announced Thursday that the Biden administration is giving $240 million to countries that have been hit hardest by the forced migration of Venezuelans and Colombians. LA Times
VOA VIEW: The same amount could be used to build a strong wall to keep out illegals.
President Biden will designate Colorado's Camp Hale as a national monument in a move aimed at helping a vulnerable Democrat hold on to his seat. LA Times
VOA VIEW: A free ride to help Dems.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco is a shoo-in for reelection an 18th time. Will this be her last campaign? LA Times
VOA VIEW: It's time to say good-bye to Pelosi.
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California voters weigh in on prosecuting Trump and his influence over the Republican party. President Biden's approval ratings improve in the state. LA Times
VOA VIEW: The rest of the country do not agree with CA.
Let’s not worry our pretty little heads about such things. After all, it’s just Hunter’s “tax matter,” right? New York Post
VOA VIEW: Hunter is an idiot.
The deplorable conditions of an ISIS-infiltrated refugee camp near the Iraq-Syria border's have made it a ”breeding ground for the next generation” of the terrorist organization, prompting the Biden administration to move to repatriate its residents to their home countries, according to officials. New York Post
VOA VIEW: Biden doesn't know what day this is.
President Joe Biden is moving forward with three dangerous policies that will further undermine its already-shaky integrity and even expand it into housing, food and climate change. New York Post
VOA VIEW: Total Biden madness.
"This is a great opportunity for your house of worship to make a difference to asylum seekers in need." New York Post
Conversations between department officials and the former president’s representatives have underscored investigators’ skepticism about his cooperation and exposed a rift among his lawyers. New York Times
VOA VIEW: The DOJ is unbelievable.
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The move represents a fundamental change in America’s response to a drug that has been at the center of a clash between culture and policing for more than a half-century. New York Times
VOA VIEW: Biden is against law and order.
Sen. Mark Kelly and GOP challenger Blake Masters are debating Thursday night in a closely watched Arizona race that could help control of the Senate next year
USA Today
VOA VIEW: Masters should prevail in the debate and race.
The Nebraska senator has often clashed with Donald Trump and other Republican Party conservatives
USA Today
Billionaires account for an outsized share of political contributions this election cycle. Here's 11 of the biggest spenders, led by George Soros.
USA Today
VOA VIEW: Soros is a detriment to the country.
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GOP Senate candidate Walker sounded defiant at a campaign stop Thursday, calling a report that he'd paid for a former girlfriend's abortion 'a lie.'
USA Today
VOA VIEW: Walker should prevail.
Rap star Kanye West called former President Donald Trump a friend and "my boy" in his latest interview, but also said he still feels used by him. Washington Times
VOA VIEW: West doesn't make much sense.
Russian-speaking hackers took aim at U.S. state government websites this week, some of which suffered outages that persisted into Thursday. Washington Times
VOA VIEW: All hackers should be punished to the fullest extent.
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Camp Lejeune chemical-exposure claims have led to a $45 million advertising blitzkrieg by law firms seeking clients for litigation of the case. Washington Times
VOA VIEW: A blitz for big money going to lawyers, with much less to those in need.
The Republican candidate for Kansas governor is pivoting from education to crime as a focus in the final weeks of the campaign, portraying the Democratic incumbent as anti-police because she created a commission on policing and racial justice in response to the state's protests following the death of George Floyd in 2020. Washington Times
Twitter is asking a Delaware court to proceed with an upcoming trial against Elon Musk, saying the billionaire refuses to accept the "contractual obligations" of his April agreement to buy the social media company for $44 billion. Washington Times
VOA VIEW: What is the truth?
A hostile work environment of sexual harassment and retaliation against female agents who complain about it have persisted at the FBI for more than a year after FBI Director Christopher Wray pledged to fix the problem, according to several new FBI whistleblowers. Washington Times
VOA VIEW: The FBI has lost trust and respect.
The ruling is a temporary victory for six New York residents who said the new law is just as restrictive – and unconstitutional – as the one the Supreme Court overturned. ABC
VOA VIEW: A violation of a SC edict that should be met with strong condemnation.
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North Korea flew warplanes in the skies of the Korean peninsula less than 12 hours after showcasing a series of short-range ballistic missiles Thursday. ABC
VOA VIEW: NK should be sanctioned very hard.
Students at more than 50 schools and universities across 30 states are staging protests and events demanding protections for their reproductive rights. ABC
VOA VIEW: The argument should be directed to the 30 states.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says it's “hard to say” whether the risk of nuclear war has increased with his military's territorial gains ABC
VOA VIEW: Putin is looking for real trouble and if he uses nuclear weapons, Russia should be a target of reprisal.
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Walker has said he opposes abortion and that "there's no exception in my mind." CBS
VOA VIEW: A bad response.
The outcome of Arizona's election is "important for the nation and for the future functioning of our constitutional republic," Cheney said. CBS
VOA VIEW: Cheney lost Republican support and is out - no one cares what she says.
Investors are closely watching the nonfarm payrolls report due out Friday, but not for the usual reasons. CNBC
Advocates hope last week's House passage of antitrust legislation could drive more ambitious proposals making their way through Congress. CNBC
VOA VIEW: 230 should be revoked.
Biden also ordered a review of how marijuana is classified under federal law, saying the current schedule system "makes no sense." CNBC
VOA VIEW: Biden makes no sense.
Kallenius said that while Mercedes plans to sell internal-combustion models for a while longer, he expects luxury-car shoppers will increasingly choose EVs. CNBC
Overall, 14.3% of consumers who financed a new car in the third quarter committed to payments above $1,000 per month, up from 8.3% during year-earlier period. CNBC
VOA VIEW: They may be many repossessions.
Due to state taxes, Wednesday's Powerball winnings will vary by $31 million depending on where you live. CNBC
The move will cost hundreds of jobs and comes as GE faces rising input costs, supply chain issues, and competition from the likes of Siemens. CNBC
VOA VIEW: Inflation is costing everyone a loss in status.
Energy analysts believe the deep production cuts could yet backfire for OPEC kingpin and U.S. ally Saudi Arabia. CNBC
Home insurance premiums are on the rise across the country, but residents of same states have it worse than others. CNBC
VOA VIEW: Insurance is rising in states where there have been catastrophes.
Sweden’s national security service on Thursday said a crime scene investigation into the Nord Stream gas leaks “strengthened the suspicions of gross sabotage.” CNBC
VOA VIEW: The big question is who done it?
The House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, argued to a federal judge Monday night that Trump election attorney John Eastman has been "consistently unreliable" as he's tried to protect his communications from the ongoing probe and that the investigators should now get access to more emails from one of his work email accounts. CNN
VOA VIEW: There is the big legal question of attorney client privilege.
The Georgia prosecutor leading an investigation into efforts by Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election is aiming to quickly wrap up the grand jury's work after the midterm elections and could begin issuing indictments as early as December, sources familiar with the situation tell CNN. CNN
VOA VIEW: The left will worry after the November election.
President Joe Biden was caught on microphone using profanity while speaking with Fort Myers Mayor Ray Murphy. The White House did not immediately respond to a CNN request for comment. CNN
VOA VIEW: Notice how the left failed to address what was said, "no one F... s with a Biden"
Nearly half of Americans give the healthcare system an extremely poor or failing grade in the 2022 West Health-Gallup Healthcare in America Report released Thursday. UPI
VOA VIEW: Everything that made America great is failing under Dem and socialistic control.
The number of people applying for unemployment benefits jumped to a five-week high of 219,000, according to numbers released by the Department of Labor on Thursday. UPI
VOA VIEW: Not good for the economy.
The latest sanctions package includes a price cap on Russian crude oil, but targets other economic sectors such as steel. UPI
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Moscow intensified its attack on the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia on Thursday morning with seven rockets that slammed into an apartment building, killing at least two, officials said. UPI
VOA VIEW: Putin will pay and should be ousted.
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Yes, Democratic Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman’s blue-collar cred is nonsense: The Harvard-educated son of a self-made insurance executive, he lived off the family dime until he was nearly 50. Fetterman is an idiot that must lose.
But his cuddly social-media-driven campaign also hides just how terrible his actual, radical policies are. Consider his recent appointment of Celeste Trusty, a self-described “buddy” of convicted cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal, to the state’s Board of Pardons (which Fetterman, as lieutenant governor, leads). Trusty is a cop-hater who wants to “disarm” law enforcement, a position Fetterman shares. Her appointment is only one part of Fetterman’s assault on public safety. On his watch, the Board of Pardons recommended commutation at least 46 times, including 13 times for convicted murderers, where past LG’s boards averaged just four.
Per a Washington Free Beacon analysis, Fetterman himself has voted to release more criminals doing life than any other Board of Pardons member. In 2021, he cast the lone votes to spring a guy convicted of murdering a teen for heroin money and to free a man who murdered a woman with a pair of scissors. He’s also backed policies like the mass release of prisoners and softening sentences for killers. Fetterman endorsed Philly DA Larry Krasner after murders shot up 40% on his watch.
That must be why he got endorsed by Brand New Congress, a lefty group set up by formers Sanders organizers that advocates for defunding police. On schools, he’s just as bad. He called COVID school closures an “absolute necessity”; he also opposes vouchers for learners stuck in low-performing school districts but sends his own children to the Winchester Thurston School ($34,250 a year) — presumably to avoid the sub-average district containing Braddock, the town where he launched his political career as mayor and still lives. School choice for me, but not for thee.
