There was no red wave. There was no red tide. There was no red trickle. There was a fizzle. The 2022 midterm election fundamentals would have suggested a ringing Republican victory: an unpopular president of the opposing party, deep public unhappiness with the state of the economy, unified Democratic control...

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Questions have been raised in the mysterious death of a wealthy Turkey-based Tiffany & Co. jewelry distributor, who somehow plunged to her death while on a cruise vacation in the South Pacific with her Swiss partner. According to the Daily Mail, Dilek Ertek, 71, a distributor of the luxury jewelry...

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A woman who died nearly two weeks before Election Day was re-elected by Tennessee Democrats anyway. Tennessse state Rep. Barbara Cooper died on Oct. 25 at the age of 93. (WATN insisted on calling her death "unexpected," but, come on. I don't mean to be either flippant nor unkind ......

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Kayla Stoecklein's life seemed like a charmed one from the outside looking in -- wife of a successful megachurch pastor and mother of 3 beautiful children -- but underneath the happy exterior, pain and despair loomed large over the household. Heavy expectations were placed on Kayla's husband Andrew when his...

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I recently came across a study by the Barna Group called “How Concerned Are Christian Parents About Their Children’s Faith Formation?” I must say, the data grieved me. One of the questions posed was, “As a parent, how concerned are you about your child's/children's spiritual development?" Of practicing Christians, 51...

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New York Republican George Santos flipped a U.S. House seat Tuesday night in what was part of a very good night for GOP congressional candidates in the Empire State. Santos defeated Robert Zimmerman, taking the 3rd congressional district on Long Island with approximately 54 percent of the vote to the...

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Maricopa County, Arizona, experienced an unfortunate technical issue at various polling places on Election Day, sparking controversy and backlash from candidates and the voting public. According to Fox News, voters ran into serious problems due to malfunctioning tabulation machines shortly after the polls opened on Election Day, preventing many from...

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The hoped-for red wave did not materialize for Republicans on Tuesday, but the election was still very good for the GOP, especially in Ohio, where an extremely important ballot measure was voted in with a huge majority. Buckeye State residents were thrilled that Republican J.D. Vance, author of the best...

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As the midterm election results are pouring in and the midterm season is finally coming to a close, many are already gearing up for the launch of 2024 presidential campaigns and the hypothetical contest between former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is already taking the spotlight. It...

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Truck drivers who haul liquid fuel products in Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota will be able to drive for extended hours and, in some cases, transport heavier loads thanks to the recent emergency measures taken by the states' governors as the region faces a potential fuel shortage this winter. According...

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Lost amidst the midterm results was one huge victory for former President Donald Trump: Alexander Vindman's lawsuit against the former president was thrown out. Remember Lt. Col. Vindman? Back in the day, he was the primary testimonial evidence against Trump when the then-president was accused of a quid pro quo...

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During Donald Trump's presidency, The Washington Post kept a running tally of his alleged lies and/or misleading statements. But when Joe Biden became president, the Post's fact-checker, Glenn Kessler, announced an end to the database operation, saying, "Maintaining the Trump database over four years required about 400 additional 8-hour days...

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Cool! A Mako shark jumped on our fishing boat. We’re getting great video! Look at that! Except -- Except, what do we do now? If a mako shark measuring roughly 9 feet with razor-sharp teeth lands on your boat, you don’t push him off the side. At least, not if...

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Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake appears to be in a good spot to repeat her come-from-behind primary victory and win her contest with Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs to become the state's next governor. The win would come despite ballot tabulation machine problems in one-quarter of the polling locations...

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Former U.S. Navy SEALs fared well in midterm contests Tuesday night. Republican Derrick Van Orden, a retired SEAL, won Wisconsin's 3rd Congressional District over Democratic candidate Brad Pfaff, flipping the seat from blue to red for the first time in 26 years, according to Fox News. The seat in the...

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With victory comes responsibility, and then the hard work of restoration begins… What a mess! The clean-up job to be done to return the United States of America to law, order and economic prosperity is daunting. But history has shown that the people of the United States can do it....

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After Dominion Voting machines in Mercer County, New Jersey, failed to read ballots, forcing voters to complete paper ballots, hundreds or even thousands of those paper ballots have now disappeared. Some 3,211 voters from three Princeton districts who cast their ballots at the municipal building may end up disenfranchised if...

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Well, that didn’t take long. Long before the votes were tallied on Tuesday night, the establishment went to work on the disappearing red wave. Mitch McConnell’s self-serving warning that “candidate quality has a lot to do with the outcome” had long been forgotten in a wave of pollyannish polling. Once...

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It's official: Iowa's voters are seeing red. Wednesday afternoon, The Associated Press made its call on Iowa's 3rd Congressional District, in which Iowa state Sen. Zach Nunn edged out Democratic incumbent Rep. Cindy Axne. RealClearPolitics had rated the 3rd District race "leans Republican," but given how Tuesday went, anything could...

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Parts of Arizona formerly represented by a Democrat in Congress have elected a Republican. Republican Juan Ciscomani has been announced as the winner of Arizona’s 6th Congressional District race over Democrat Kirsten Engel. The race was called by Twitter’s Decision Desk. According numbers reported by The New York Times, with...

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It is now 21 months into Joe Biden's dumpster-fire presidency, and he continues his unbroken streak of committing cringeworthy blunders that call into question his mental fitness. During a news conference at the White House on Wednesday, Biden defensively bristled while trying to dunk on a reporter who asked a question...

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