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Harris touts $157M for civilians in Lebanon while many Helene victims wait for relief
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Breitbart, National

Harris touts $157M for civilians in Lebanon while many Helene victims wait for relief

By Kristina Wong | Breitbart Democrat presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday touted that her and President Joe Biden’s administration was sending $157 million in humanitarian aid to civilians in Lebanon, after announcing just $750 for the immediate needs of individual Hurricane Helene victims. She even added the $157 million infusion would bring the total U.S. support to Lebanon in one year to “over $385 million.” For perspective, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced on Oct. 4 it has provided $45 million in disaster relief thus far: $23 million to people in Florida; $17 million to North Carolina; and $4.5 million to South Carolina. This is while thousands of Americans lost their homes, businesses, belongings, pets — and in some cases fami...
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Spirit stock tumbles amid bankruptcy talks
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National, The Street

Spirit stock tumbles amid bankruptcy talks

By Veronika Bondarenko | The Street Despite repeated reassurances that Spirit Airlines  (SAVE)  would be able to recover from rising debt and a blocked acquisition by JetBlue Airways  (JBLU) , the airline is now talking to bondholders about a restructuring plan in which a Chapter 11 filing is a possibility.  The news, initially broken by The Wall Street Journal late on Oct. 3, sent shares of the low-cost carrier tumbling more than 40% in after-hours trading to $1.36. At last check Friday the stock was trading at $1.53, off 32% from the Thursday regular-session close at $2.24. The Thursday close reflected an 86% drop this year. "The Spirit team is 100% clear and focused on the adjustments we are currently deploying and wil...
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Trump set to hold ’emotional’ rally in Butler, site of assassination attempt
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National, THE HILL

Trump set to hold ’emotional’ rally in Butler, site of assassination attempt

By Brett Samuels  | The Hill Former President Trump is set to return to Butler, Pa., for what is likely to be a highly charged rally, nearly three months after a bullet grazed his ear at the same site in an attempted assassination. The former president told NewsNation this week he felt he had an “obligation” to return to the site of the shooting, which killed one rallygoer. “We never finished what we were supposed to do. And I said that I said that day when I was shot, I said, we’re coming back. We’re going to come back,” Trump said. The Butler shooting upended the presidential campaign and, along with a second alleged assassination attempt on Trump last month, has thrust the Secret Service into the political spotlight. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE HILL
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Murray: ‘Fact check’ has become just another word for censorship
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Commentary, National, New York Post

Murray: ‘Fact check’ has become just another word for censorship

By Douglas Murray | Commentary, New York Post “Fact-checking” is like “fake news”: something that is now entirely in the eye of the beholder. At the vice presidential debate this week, the CBS moderators once again tried to show that they were the fair and impartial people in the room Except that — as with the Trump-Harris debate — they only seemed interested in fact-checking in one direction. Against the Republican. On Tuesday night, the subject of Springfield, Ohio, once again came up. And once again, Springfield revealed one of the big problems of this media era. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE NEW YORK POST Editor’s note: Opinions expressed in commentary pieces are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the management of the Rocky Mount...
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Can you stop calls and texts from political campaigns? Here’s the rules.
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kdvr.com, National

Can you stop calls and texts from political campaigns? Here’s the rules.

By Samantha Jarpe | Fox 31 News If you have received a political text or call in recent weeks, you may be wondering how to make it stop, or what you can do to prevent them in the future. One thing that you may have heard of is the “National Do Not Call Registry,” which is an opt-in list created and run by the federal government. Registered telemarketers are legally not allowed to contact anyone on this list for sales purposes, and can face heavy fines for ignoring it. There is one notable exception: Political calls and texts. This means that campaigns or affiliated groups can contact people through calls or texts regardless of whether they consented to it, according to the Federal Communications Commission. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 31 NEWS
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Elon Musk to attend Trump Pennsylvania rally at site of assassination attempt
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Fox News, National

Elon Musk to attend Trump Pennsylvania rally at site of assassination attempt

By Greg Norman  | Fox News Elon Musk says he will "be there to support" Donald Trump on Saturday when the former president returns to Butler, Pennsylvania, to hold a rally at the site where the first assassination attempt against him unfolded earlier this year.  The Republican presidential nominee is slated to speak on Oct. 5 at the Butler Farm Show fairgrounds in the suburb north of Pittsburgh.   "I will be there to support!" Musk wrote on X late Thursday in response to an image Trump shared promoting the upcoming event.  READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX NEWS
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Domenech: Kamala Harris embraces a Liz-Cheney-sized mistake
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Commentary, National, The Spectator

Domenech: Kamala Harris embraces a Liz-Cheney-sized mistake

By Ben Domenech | Commentary, The Spectator Welcome to Thunderdome. Liz Cheney is campaigning with Kamala Harris today in Wisconsin at Ripon, known as the birthplace of the Republican Party at the Little White Schoolhouse. It was there in 1854 at a church meeting that Whig and Free Soil Party members gathered to form a “great irresistible Northern party, organized on the single issue of the non-extension of slavery.” This was even then pretty aggressive language for the Episcopalian who called the meeting, but not for Horace Greeley, who publicized it to the nation. Whatever Liz Cheney says today about how important it is to elect Kamala Harris will no doubt equal the historical significance of that moment, at least according to Rachel Maddow. But I’m here to tell you that thi...
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‘High risk noncitizens’ without IDs flying across U.S.
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The Center Square, National

‘High risk noncitizens’ without IDs flying across U.S.

By  Bethany Blankley | The Center Square Twenty-three years after Islamic terrorists used airplanes to conduct the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil, the federal agency created to protect Americans from national security threats “cannot ensure they are keeping high-risk noncitizens without identification from entering the country.”  The potentially high-risk noncitizens are being flown on domestic flights without identification, creating a public safety risk, according to the latest Office of Inspector General report assessing several federal agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The OIG has repeatedly published reports identifying potential national security risks created by Biden-Harris policies identified within DHS and its subagencies. READ THE FU...
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Firefighters union declines to endorse Kamala Harris for president after being first to back Biden in 2020
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National, The Post Millennial

Firefighters union declines to endorse Kamala Harris for president after being first to back Biden in 2020

By  Hannah Nightingale | The Post Millennial On Thursday, the International Association of Fire Fighters announced that it would not be endorsing any candidate in the 2024 presidential election. This comes after the union’s executive board had backed Joe Biden’s White House bid in 2020. IAFF President Edward Kelly said that the union’s executive board voted by a margin of just 1.2 percent not to endorse Democratic candidate Kamala Harris or GOP candidate Donald Trump. "Over the past year, the IAFF took unprecedented steps to hear our members’ views on the candidates and the policy issues that matter most to them," Kelly said. "As we have over our 106-year history, the IAFF will continue its work to improve the lives of firefighters and their families. The IAFF Execut...
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FEMA’s failure leaves Hurricane Helene victims crying out for help
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National, The Federalist

FEMA’s failure leaves Hurricane Helene victims crying out for help

By  M.D. Kittle | The Federalist The washed-out, mud-caked roads and bridges of Madison County, N.C., the river-ravaged homes and businesses in county seat Marshall, and the desperation of the Appalachian inhabitants are all testament to the merciless destruction of Hurricane Helene.  That so many remain lost, trapped, hungry, and hopeless a week after the hurricane unleashed historic rains and horrific flooding is testament, some residents and family members say, to the abject incompetence of the Biden-Harris administration and its ill-prepared Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Sarah Parkhurst, of Montgomery, Ala., born and raised in the small-town shadows of Asheville, N.C., tells The Federalist that she thanks God for the private citizens that have len...
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