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#10 UNC Launches School to Promote Free Speech Culture - Kendall Tietz for Fox News and Corey DeAngelis on X
The University of North Carolina is attempting to restore uninhibited free speech and civil discourse on campus through its new School of Civic Life and Leadership amid an increasingly politically polarized academic climate. The newly established School of Civic Life and Leadership (SCiLL) at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, which was launched in part to foster free speech on UNC's campus, has faced criticism from students and professors. But John P. Preyer, chair of UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees, told Fox News Digital that the goal of the new school is to promote public discourse, civic life and leadership regardless of politics...
#9 Google to Buy Power for AI Needs From Small Modular Nuclear Reactor Company Kairos - Timothy Gardner for Reuters, and CNBC on X
Alphabet's Google said on Monday it signed the world's first corporate agreement to buy power from multiple small modular reactors to meet electricity demand for artificial intelligence. The technology company's agreement with Kairos Power aims to bring Kairos' first small modular reactor online by 2030, followed by additional deployments through 2035. The companies did not reveal financial details of the agreement or where in the U.S. the plants would be built. Google said it has agreed to buy a total of 500 megawatts of power from six to seven reactors, which is smaller than the output of today's nuclear reactors...#8 Florida Announces 12 Sites for Free Fuel Following Milton - Jorge Ventura for News Nation, Florida's Voice, and City of Clearwater, FL on X
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the state would be giving out free fuel at 12 distribution sites following Hurricane Milton. The state has deployed 2.4 million gallons of fuel from reserves as ports get up and running, the governor announced. He also noted that the state would be contributing $9.5 million for infrastructure recovery following the storm, which was the second hurricane to hit the state in two weeks. Nearly a week after Hurricane Milton left a trail of destruction in Florida, power should be restored to all residents by Tuesday night, according to state and utility company officials...
#7 Oscar-Winning Director’s Daughter: He’d Be Fine With Trump Using His Work In Ad - Katie Jerkovich for The Daily Wire and Vivian Kubrick/Donald J. Trump on X
Oscar-winning director Stanley Kubrick’s daughter, Vivian, hit back at those upset at the use of her late dad’s work in former President Donald Trump’s latest ad about our military. “TO THOSE WHO THINK MY FATHER WOULDN’T HAVE WANTED #TRUMP TO USE FMJ [Full Metal Jacket] FOOTAGE,” Kubrick’s daughter wrote in a post on Sunday on X about the use of footage from her late father’s brutal film about military basic training and war in the 1987 movie “Full Metal Jacket.”
#6 Cruz Calls Out McConnell-Aligned Group for Not Spending ‘A Penny’ in Texas - Alexander Bolton for The Hill, Adam, and Vince Spataro on X
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R) vented his frustration with the Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC aligned with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), for not spending any money in his competitive reelection race, accusing McConnell of using the group to “punish” his critics in the Senate GOP conference. “Mitch McConnell runs the largest Republican super PAC in the country and has $400 million, but that super PAC is used to reward the Republican senators who obey him and to punish those who dare to stand up to him,” Cruz told conservative talk show host Mark Levin during a recent interview...
#5 New Migrant Caravan Headed North Trying to Beat the Possible Arrival of a Trump Administration - Ildefonso Ortiz and Brandon Darby for Breitbart, Overton, Bill Mitchell, and Rojas on X
A new migrant caravan of approximately 1,000 migrants departed from Mexico’s southern border this weekend to make its way to Mexico City. From there, the group is expected to disperse and find various ways to reach the U.S. border. The caravan is the second to start in Mexico since October 1, when the country’s new president, Claudia Sheinbaum, took office. The caravan began early Sunday morning in Tapachula, Chiapas, and has been officially named “God is Guiding Us.” The caravan comprises approximately 1,000 migrants from Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, Haiti, Panamá, and Costa Rica, as well as some migrants from Afghanistan and Nepal. The group plans to make its way to Mexico City, with its ultimate goal being the U.S. border...
#4 Councilwoman Accused of Forging Signatures to Help Someone Else Qualify for Ballot - Cortney Weil for Blaze Media, Robert Navarro, and Dave Bondy on X
The re-election efforts of a sitting city councilwoman in Michigan may be in jeopardy after she allegedly forged signatures on a petition in hopes of helping someone else qualify for the ballot. Monique Lamar-Silvia, a 64-year-old pageant organizer and prison minister, is a member of the city council of Saginaw, Michigan, a blue-collar city of some 44,000 residents located about 100 miles northwest of Detroit. She is also among the 11 candidates currently vying this year for five seats on the council with four-year terms...
#3 Democrat Actors Give Terrible Performance As Men Until You Realize What Their Real Goal Is - Gage Klipper for The Daily Caller, Tracy Beanz, and Twitchy Team on X
So those big strong men who came out and stooped for Kamala Harris? It turns out they were only pretending to be manly men. As if you couldn’t tell. To anyone who’s ever met an actual human man, the act was as obvious as the Adam’s apple on the “woman” making your Starbucks latte. But the cringe-worthy video was never really meant to appeal to men. The already infamous video shows several men melodramatically claiming they’re “man enough” to vote for the first female president of color. They’re supposed to be some real red-blooded Americans, but it turns out they’re mostly cut-rate actors with IMDB pages...
#2 Young Girls Hijacked: The Destructive Domino Effect of Endocrine Disruptors - Tracy Beanz and Michelle Edwards for The HighWire and on X
For decades, significant evidence has existed regarding the connection between endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) and early puberty in girls. Also called precocious puberty, this means puberty starts before age eight in girls. Concerns about the effects of EDCs on hormone regulation began to emerge as early as the 1970s, and the direct link between EDCs and early puberty in girls became more straightforward in the 1990s and early 2000s. Yet, here we are in 2024, and little headway has been made to address this critical issue. Despite knowing for nearly half a century the dangerous role EDCs play in impairing our young girls—and over 4,500 taxpayer-funded studies on endocrine disruptors—apparently, we continue to loop back to square one, and here’s an example. An article published on September 13 in the Environmental Working Group (EWG), titled “New study suggests environmental chemicals can trigger early puberty in girls,” sounds like it is warning us for the first time. The first paragraph announces: “A worrying trend of girls starting puberty earlier is raising questions about whether chemical exposures play a role. Now, a new study suggests a link between certain chemicals in everyday products like fragrances and cleaners and how they can disrupt the hormones in the brain involved in puberty.”
#1 Next-Level Vote-Buying: Harris Promises Black Men $20k 'Forgivable Loans' - Tyler Durden ZeroHedge, and Kamala Harris on X
On track to post Democrats' worst presidential-election performance with blacks in 64 years, a desperate Kamala Harris smashed the vote-buying button on Monday, proposing an "Opportunity Agenda" for black men that includes dishing out one million "forgivable loans" at $20,000 each. The loans would be offered to black entrepreneurs "in partnership with trusted organizations like mission-driven lenders and banks with a proven commitment to their communities," the Harris-Walz campaign said. If these "forgivable loans" are anything like the ones dished out to businesses during the madness of the COVID-19 stimulus, they'll be loans in name only -- meaning this is just a blatant wealth redistribution scheme aimed at buying black votes. Unsurprisingly, the campaign provided few details about the program's requirements -- such as just how black one will need to be to qualify...
And Now for Something Special 
Pumpkin Weighing 2,471 Pounds Wins California Contest - AP News, No Comment, and Fox54News on X
A Minnesota horticulture teacher remained the reigning champion Monday of an annual pumpkin-weighing contest in Northern California, where his massive gourds have won the top prize four years in a row. Travis Gienger, of Anoka, Minnesota, beat his closest competitor by 6 pounds (2.7 kilograms) to clinch the victory at the 51st World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, south of San Francisco. His winning gourd came in at 2,471 pounds (1,121 kilograms), falling short of the world record he set last year with a pumpkin weighing 2,749 pounds (1,247 kilograms). Gienger, 44, said that, as he has done in the past, he focused on having healthy soil and well-fed plants, but a cold fall with record-breaking rain likely impacted his pumpkin’s growth...
