President Donald Trump encouraged supporters on Saturday and again on Monday to vote by mail if they wanted, a change of tone for the U.S. president, who has for years described mail-in voting as a practice rife with fraud. read more
President Donald Trump offered an ominous prediction/threat on Monday, saying The New York Times is nearing the end of its existence. read more
Pennsylvania has surpassed 1,000 measles cases this year, state health officials said Monday, making it the largest state outbreak in more than three decades. The U.S. is enduring its worst year for measles since 1991, with nearly 3,900 reported cases, according to the CDC. The nation has seen eight reported measles-associated deaths in the past two years " more than the combined total of reported deaths over the previous three decades. Since the beginning of last year, large outbreaks have been reported in several states, including Texas and Utah, as well as South Carolina, which had the largest with 997 cases reported.
Suspended Palm Beach County Clerk of Courts Mike Caruso said he still "intend[s] to win" the November election and has not abandoned his campaign " nor has the local Republican Party abandoned him " even after his August arrest on allegations he molested a small child. Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed Caruso, 68, a Republican former state legislator who was approaching term limits, to the clerk's post exactly one year before his arrest. A staunch DeSantis ally in the past, the governor immediately suspended him after his arrest by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Caruso pleaded not guilty to charges of lewd or lascivious molestation, kidnapping, lewd or lascivious exhibition, child abuse and luring or enticing a child. The case centers on allegations made by a male relative who was under the age of 5 at the time.
President Donald Trump casually offered up two U.S. cities for Iran to "take out" while rambling about how the deadly war he launched is a "small price to pay." The 80-year-old president floated the disturbing proposition Monday while speaking at a rally in Grand Island, Nebraska, where Republicans are facing an unexpectedly tough fight to hold onto their Senate seat. "It's a small price to pay for keeping the world safe, keeping our country safe," the billionaire president continued, before chillingly appearing to suggest that he would accept the destruction of two U.S. cities home to millions of Americans. "They can take out a city"let 'em take, let 'em take out Los Angeles, let 'em take out San Diego. That's"this is a very small price to pay," he said, naming the two Democrat-led cities in California. The MAGA crowd in Nebraska cheered.
*shut-in*