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 My son has narrated the last book I wrote.
Please consider listening to it and encouraging others to do so too. (Click on Book Cover) World & Nation DDHQ: Democrats Favored to Flip Senate 52-48 Democrats have a 64% chance of winning control of the U.S. Senate in Tuesday's midterm elections, according to Decision Desk HQ's latest forecast, which identifies three Republican-held seats as potential Democrat pickups. The election forecaster projects Democrats will emerge with a 52-48 Senate majority, fueled by potential victories in Texas, Alaska, and Maine, The Hill reported Monday. Decision Desk HQ gives Democrat James Talarico a 61% chance of defeating Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton in Texas, while former Democrat Rep. Mary Peltola has the same probability of unseating Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan in Alaska. In Maine, former state Senate President Troy Jackson has a 63% chance of defeating longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins, according to the forecast. Republicans, meanwhile, have a 36% probability of retaining Senate control, according to the forecast.
NYT Poll: Late Deciders Favor GOP by 9 Points in Key Senate Races Republicans are winning over late-deciding voters by 9 percentage points in seven battleground Senate races, according to a new poll suggesting the GOP is gaining momentum ahead of Tuesday's midterm elections. The New York Times/Siena University survey, released Sunday, found that voters who made their choices within the past month favored Republican candidates, even as Democrats maintained leads in six of the seven contests. "There are still some undecided voters, and voters who decided only in the last month favored Republicans by a nine-point margin," the Times reported.
Learjet co-pilot in fatal Florida crash ID’d as Nathalia Filgueiras, 20, who got her license in high school The doomed Learjet co-pilot heard pleading for help in harrowing air traffic control audio before the fiery Florida crash has been identified as Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras – a 20-year-old who got her pilot license while still in high school. Filgueiras’s mother, Camila, and her stepfather confirmed to The Post that she was the co-pilot flying a Learjet 60 from Austin, Texas, to the Bahamas when it entered a steep nosedive – plummeting at over 20,000 feet per minute – and smashed into the ground in Palm Beach County on Sunday afternoon. The grieving mom said that her daughter, who would have turned 21 in January, had been working as a commercial pilot for nine months. Victim of doomed Florida plane heard reciting Lord’s Prayer before jet crashed, killing all onboard
Apocalyptic video shows fiery crater after deadly Florida plane crash — as pilot’s last message could hold a clue Learjet crash into Florida mobile home park was ‘cataclysmic,’ DeSantis says as search for debris continues Hackers breach emergency alert apps in Ukraine and Russia with fake warnings of nuclear attacks People across Ukraine and Russia were plunged into panic overnight after emergency alert apps were hacked with fake warnings of nuclear attacks. Ukraine’s air raid alert channel confirmed in a social media post that “unauthorized parties” had breached the app and that the service had been temporarily suspended. The app, which Ukrainians use daily for alerts about impending Russian missile and drone strikes, was eventually restored after making alarming claims about high radiation levels and chemical attacks in Kyiv, officials said. Trump reveals he’ll use preemptive pardons to protect staff, allies if Dems take Congress President Trump revealed he’s willing to issue sweeping preemptive pardons to everyone who worked in his administration if Democrats follow through on threats to prosecute them. “I would if I needed to. Sure,” Trump told The Post’s Miranda Devine in a “Pod Force One” interview. Asked whether that applied to everyone who’d worked for him, the president reaffirmed. He pointed to former President Joe Biden, who used his final hours in the Oval Office to pardon Dr. Anthony Fauci, Gen. Mark Milley, the members and staff on the House Jan. 6 committee and a handful of his own relatives — including his troubled son Hunter. “That’s what Biden did. He gave everybody a pardon,” Trump said. Trump calls $50 million contract for ex-lawyer Habba Mildon 'not acceptable' President Donald Trump said on Saturday it was "unacceptable" for one of his former lawyers, Alina Habba Mildon, to secure a $50 million contract for herself while working at the US Department of Justice. "I thought it was totally obnoxious and outrageous, and it's not acceptable," Trump told reporters at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida. "Not acceptable at all." The New York Times reported last week that the family of Julio Herrera Velutini, a Venezuelan banker facing US felony bribery charges before striking a plea deal in August 2025, guaranteed Habba Mildon more than $50 million over four years. The deal, according to the newspaper, would pay $10 million a year plus bonuses. Trump said he told Habba Mildon he did not want her to be paid and called the episode "terrible." As Trump eyes new attack, Iran vows to retaliate beyond the Mideast and target financial assets, while oil markets brace for generational damage The clock is ticking toward a new round of fighting in the U.S.-Iran war, but this time the damage could be much more widespread, stretching to new regions and different types of targets. President Donald Trump has said he’s contemplating “another little Epic Fury” after the U.S. midterm elections on Tuesday. The U.S. has already sent a third aircraft carrier and Marine expeditionary unit to the Middle East, and told allies in the region to prepare for a possible short but intense renewal of fighting, according to the Wall Street Journal. The Iranian regime similarly stepped up its threats on how it would respond, seeking to deter an attack by threatening disproportionate and no-holds-barred retaliation. Haley Stevens' endorsement stunt backfires with El-Sayed setting single-day fundraising record The Michigan Democrat Senate candidate saw 65,000 donors flood his campaign after Stevens endorsed MAGA-backed Mike Rogers Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign says it raised more than $2.4 million in a single day, setting a fundraising record in the final stretch of the Michigan race. The Democratic candidate's campaign said Sunday’s haul came from more than 65,000 donors, who gave an average of $36.74. Nearly 29,600 people contributed to the campaign for the first time. The fundraising surge came on the heels of Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., endorsing Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers on Sunday after months of turmoil following her primary loss to the more progressive candidate. Judge tosses case against ex-FBI officials accused of lying to Congress about Hunter Biden investigation Judge Zia Faruqui said the case against officials Floris and Benavides was directed by Trump and Kash Patel A federal judge tossed criminal charges against two former FBI officials accused of lying to Congress about the Hunter Biden investigation Monday, delivering a blistering rebuke of the prosecution and accusing the Trump administration's Justice Department of weaponizing the justice system. U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui dismissed the criminal complaint against former FBI officials Nikki Cole Floris and Bradley Benavides from the bench, sharply criticizing the government's handling of the prosecution. "What has transpired here cannot be described as anything other than weaponization," Faruqui said, describing the case as a "rush job" directed by President Donald Trump and FBI Director Kash Patel. The case stemmed from allegations that the officials lied to Congress about their knowledge of Hunter Biden’s laptop and the bureau’s handling of investigations involving him ahead of the 2020 presidential election. DOJ set to appeal ruling in Alaska Senate race dispute over ‘Decoy Dan’ The Justice Department said it would appeal the ruling two days before Tuesday's vote in the Dan Sullivan-Mary Peltola race A federal judge on Sunday dismissed the Justice Department’s lawsuit seeking to delay certification of Alaska’s Senate election amid the "Decoy Dan" controversy, rejecting the Trump administration’s bid two days before the midterm elections. The DOJ said it would appeal. The lawsuit centered on two candidates with similar names: Republican Sen. Dan S. Sullivan and challenger Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. The DOJ lawsuit sought to delay or block certification while investigating whether voter confusion may have affected the outcome. U.S. District Judge Sharon Gleason said the government had not shown how the requested investigation could identify voters’ intent while protecting ballot secrecy. She also said the relief sought would intrude on Alaska’s responsibility to run its elections. Conservative Jewish activist vows not to be silenced after being attacked on University of Michigan campus A conservative Jewish activist who was shoved to the ground during a debate at the University of Michigan is speaking out about the violent encounter, vowing not to let the attack silence her. "It will definitely not dissuade me," Lizzy Benichou told "Fox & Friends" on Monday. Benichou said she was hosting an open debate on the Ann Arbor campus when a woman approached the group, began shouting and allegedly struck another conservative influencer in the face with her phone before turning on her. "She slapped Joe [Redden] in the face with her phone. Then she came up towards me and I told her, 'You would not be able to do this in Iran,'" Benichou said, recounting the incident. She explained that she was referring to freedom of speech, pointing to the Iranian government's treatment of protesters. Yes, Abdul El-Sayed ‘sides with’ terrorists — giving Michigan voters one rational choice By David Harsanyi
President Donald Trump recently accused Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed of being “on the side of the terrorists.” The accusation triggers fits of indignation from the left: The Washington Post and other major outlets assured voters “there is no evidence” to claim that El-Sayed supports groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood. Need it be said, the president is prone to lots of hyperbole. But Trump didn’t accuse El-Sayed of being a terrorist; he accused El-Sayed of siding with terrorists. I’m not sure how anyone can argue otherwise. Don’t count Susan Collins out yet — tough Maine voters see right through lefty fairy tales By Miranda Devine
Zombies were everywhere in hyper-liberal Portland, Maine, on Saturday night, and I’m not sure it was just Halloween. I was offered a free “doobie” several times by a kind old hippie after being in a bar for 10 minutes. Pot is legal in Portland, as it is in New York and other blue cities with chronic street homelessness, not that those in charge would ever admit a connection to laissez- faire social policies that provide “safe” injecting sites and free needles. You may have guessed it’s not exactly Susan Collins territory. Despite the fact that the elusive Collins is aggressively uncollegial to MAGA Republicans and regarded as a RINO nuisance by Donald Trump, Portlandians will tell you she is the president’s puppet. They are fed up with ads trashing her Democrat opponent Troy Jackson for, among other things, marrying his second cousin. |
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