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Radical Obama-Linked Group that Targeted The Gateway Pundit Releases Playbook on Hijacking Post-Election Process – How to Defeat Any Prosecutions and Shut Down Investigations

Filed Under: THE NEWS

We are living in troubled times.
A radical Obama-linked group that targeted The Gateway Pundit and many conservative leaders following the 2020 stolen election has come out with a playbook on how to defeat any prosecutions and shut down investigations following the 2026 midterm election.
This is quite interesting and of course you have to ask yourself, “Does that mean they believe Democrats are going for the steal again?”
Protect Democracy was founded by former Obama counsels Ian Bassin and Justin Florence.
They are as radical as their master.
Natalie Winters recently reported on this “confidential” midterm playbook that Democrats will use following the election for grand juries, ballot battles, censorship of the opposition, and election confrontations.
Democrats are ramping up for chaos following the midterms. Why is that?
Again, what do they know about the midterms that they are not revealing?
We know about the persecution that is coming if Democrats ‘win’ in November. They are calling for the complete destruction of President Donald Trump, MAGA and conservative leaders. They want to go after Trump, his family, his supporters, Elon Musk, his companies, and anyone who stands in their way for complete power.
The radical left has even included Big Balls as a target for investigations if they win the midterms.
These people are really no different than radical communists!
They hate patriotic Americans more than America’s worst enemies.
Winters was able to get her hands on their post-election playbook.
Damn, these people are organized – and they are RAGING!
They must destroy patriotic Americans, God-fearing Americans, conservatives at all costs.
They only offer pain!
We must make sure these people never come to power! Please, reach out to your friends and family and make sure they vote. The one thing we have is the majority. And that’s why they hate us!
We are living in very dangerous times.
Here is a copy of Protect Democracy’s playbook that includes information on legal battles, coordinated censorship, and mass mobilization.
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Glenn Beck has more.

.@nataliegwinters just uncovered a confidential 14-page document written by the Obama-linked group Protect Democracy. It’s all about controlling what happens AFTER the midterms – specifically, hijacking the entire post-election process so nobody can audit the results.
It gives progressive lawmakers exact instructions for how to pre-bunk investigations, recruit grand jurors to toss cases, and mobilize mass street protests the second anyone looks too closely at the numbers.
They aren’t waiting to see what the audits find. They don’t care about the results. They’ve already planned that no matter what happens in these midterms, they’ll try everything they can to destroy our Republic.
— Glenn Beck (@glennbeck) October 29, 2026

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BOMBSHELL: We Now Know Why They Covered the Windows at Detroit’s TCF Center the Day After 2020 Election — And Who Did It–New Evidence Reveals Potentially Big Scheme [VIDEO]

Filed Under: THE NEWS

Until now, the public had to rely on lies told by the mainstream media to understand why the windows were covered at the TCF Center in Detroit on the day after the November 2020 election.
After more than 100 volunteers carefully reviewed nearly one million documents from Detroit’s November 2020 election—documents obtained through a FOIA lawsuit filed by New Jersey citizen Yehuda Miller—we are now prepared to announce one of our investigation’s most significant findings.
Democrat poll challenger David Burcar covered the windows at the TCF Center to keep GOP poll challengers from watching the process. Jocelyn Benson appears to know David.
FIVE YEARS AGO, WHAT APPEARS TO BE A WELL-ORGANIZED PLOT UNFOLDED IN DETROIT
Daniel Baxter, Detroit’s top election official, made a general announcement to the room, suggesting it was a good time to take a break as election workers sorted through “military” ballots.
Daniel Baxter with Detroit Clerk Janice Winfrey
Republicans had a room on another floor where food, snacks, and tables and chairs were available. Democrat poll challengers and outside agitators somehow knew to stay in the room. They had already commandeered the only available tables and chairs in the counting room. Their pizza boxes were later used to block the view of Republican poll challengers.
Republican poll challengers were locked out of the room where an almost exclusively Democratic paid election workforce counted 170K+ absentee ballots from the November 2020 election. COVID, they said.
Democrat poll challengers and election workers began covering the windows with a stack of large sheets of white cardboard. Much like the stacks of strategically placed bricks appeared in cities around America during Obama’s race riots, the cardboard and tape just happened to be at the front of the room, ready to cover the only windows into the counting room.
WHO COVERED THE WINDOWS?—AND WHY DID JOCELYN BENSON LIE ABOUT IT?
Michigan’s top election official, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, appeared on Michigan’s top-rated radio show two days after the election and blatantly lied about who covered the windows and why, telling the popular, now-deceased WJR radio host Frank Beckmann. “We welcome transparency,” the nation’s most non-transparent secretary of state exclaimed. And then, she dropped a lie so easy to fact-check that if Detroit had a single honest news outlet, it would have been all over the news the next day: “The windows were being covered by the [Detroit] Police” because “they were being broken.” Benson said. Smiling at the camera, while acting like a common thug, Benson mocked GOP poll challengers for not fully understanding what they’re up against when they attempt to observe the vote in Detroit: “I’ll just say that if they thought they were going to stop anyone or intimidate anyone inside, then they don’t know Detroit,” Benson told a local TV news station.

JOCELYN BENSON IS A HABITUAL LIAR RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR IN MICHIGAN…
Remember when @JocelynBenson LIED and said “Detroit Police had to cover the windows” at the TCF Center in 2020 after election officials locked GOP poll challengers out of the room where absentee ballots were being counted?
Remember when the former Southern Poverty Law Center board member, @JocelynBenson, questioned if poll workers who were LOCKED OUT were “STAGING” the protest? Did she ask the question because she was used to paying for “STAGED” protests to raise money?
Detroit Police NEVER covered the windows.
No windows were broken.
Detroit Election workers and outside leftist agitators taunted, bullied, and threatened poll challengers. The violence and threats were ONLY coming from Democrats that day. I was there. I witnessed it.
WATCH the video for proof that she is a habitual liar. @gatewaypundit @HarmeetKDhillon @DonaldTrump
— PattyMI (@PattyLovesTruth) May 14, 2026

Jocelyn Benson not only lied about “Detroit Police” covering the windows, but we believe she also knew exactly who covered the windows. I received several tips from individuals who know David Burcar, the union guy in the grey T-shirt who initiated the window covering. Burcar was far from an “election official.” In fact, while Republican poll challengers wore oversized identification badges on lanyards, Democrats only had to wear a small lime-green sticker somewhere on their clothing. Thanks to a video I shared on “X,” I also identified Burcar as a Democratic poll challenger by zooming in on him covering the windows and making vile gestures at the Republican poll challengers with his mouth.

Curiously, David Burcar’s Facebook page shows photos of him with Jocelyn Benson, Michigan’s top election official, who lied about who covered the windows. Are the guy who covered the windows and Jocelyn Benson friends? It sure looks like it in this photo posted to Burcar’s Facebook page.
David Burcar and Jocelyn Benson
This video, posted by a Michigan Senator on X, shows election workers standing up and cheering every time a Republican poll challenger was kicked out of the room.

My wife just sent this video of Detroit election workers cheering every time a @migop attorney is removed from the TCF Center, where absentee ballot counting is happening. She says they do this every time they eject a GOP poll watcher & that Dem watchers outnumber GOP 3:1. https://t.co/Sx1aHCoChY
— Aric Nesbitt (@aricnesbitt) November 4, 2020

And then came the count of the “military ballots.”
134 Counting Boards Were Filled With Thousands of “Military” Ballots Daniel Baxter Said Election Workers Had To Sort Through
One election official looked up the voter to see if they were in the QVF or Qualified Voter Files. If the voter wasn’t found in the QVF, the election worker looked them up in the Supplemental poll book (used to record same-day registrants). If the voter wasn’t found in either poll book, the election worker entered a registration date of 1-1-1900 to override the system and automatically register them to vote. Previously, poll challengers were told election workers entered a birth date to override the system and allow them to process ballots for “military voters” who couldn’t be found in the qualified voter files, but we have since discovered it was, instead, a registration date. Several GOP poll challengers testified that they saw this happen at counting boards across the room.
Once the voter was “entered” into the system, one of the workers would hold up the ballot (which, in my case, looked like a ballot on a piece of fax paper) and read off the name of each candidate the “voter” chose, and the other election worker would fill out a new ballot that could be put through the tabulator, since the “military” ballots were not on official paper.
Most GOP poll challengers reported on affidavits that the “military” voters they watched being processed voted either straight-ticket Democratic Party or for Joe Biden. Typically, military voters vote Republican. According to Pew Research, in the 2024 election, about 61% of veteran registered voters supported Trump (vs. 37% for Harris). Similar margins appeared in 2020 (~60% Trump) and 2016 (~61% Trump).
Here is my testimony in front of the Michigan Senate Oversight Committee:
(During my testimony, I misspoke and said the birthdate entered was 1-1-2020. I meant to say 1-1-1900, which we now know was entered as a registration date.) 

I testified before the MI Sen Oversight Cmt in 2020 about UOCAVA votes I watched being processed @ the TCF Center
Election workers couldn’t find any of the voters in the voter rolls, so they assigned them birthdates of 1/1/1900 to override the system & allow their votes to be counted.
— PattyMI (@PattyLovesTruth) September 19, 2024

Based on the Detroit 2020 Election Inspection team’s stunning findings, there was fewer than one “military” ballot counted at each table (according to documents we received from the City of Detroit and the QVF supplied by the Michigan Secretary of State’s office)
Here is the BOMBSHELL evidence we uncovered:
Only 746 UOCAVA ballots were cast in the November 2020 election.
Of that number, only 132 “MILITARY” UOCAVA Overseas ballots were cast.
616 CIVILIAN UOCAVA Overseas ballots were cast.
Only 125 have accompanying envelopes
24 of the 125 absentee envelopes were sent to Detroit addresses, not overseas.
So, if there were only 132 “military” ballots, where did the thousands of ballots in the postal trays election officials called “military” ballots come from?
Here is an example of one of the 125 UOCAVA ballots (red print vs. black print) from the City of Detroit FOIA lawsuit. There appear to be 3 different ballot #’s attached to the voter (outlined in blue). The address, which is an iconic office building in Detroit and NOT a residential building, is also outlined in blue. In any serious election, excluding Michigan, whose elections under Jocelyn Benson are anything but serious, an address for an “overseas” voter that reads APT# 111-259 would be disqualified.

The “overseas” voter has no forwarding address on his envelope. If this is truly an “overseas voter,” why is his ballot going to a Detroit address? This is one of 24 UOCAVA envelopes being sent to Detroit.
Is the FVAP (Federal Voting Assistance Program) allowing “overseas” voters to vote at a domestic address with no forwarding overseas address?
Did you know that when a “voter” registers on the FVAP website, they can skip the section that asks them to prove their identity if they don’t have a license or Social Security number?
It almost seems too good to be true. If someone wanted to vote in Detroit without proof of identity, wouldn’t registering to vote UOCAVA and then voting from an office building be a great way to avoid getting caught?

There is a UPS inside the Buhl Building at 535 Griswold St. in Detroit, but Michigan election law doesn’t allow voters to vote from a UPS location. So, if this isn’t a residence, how are voters getting ballots sent there, and who filled out and returned the ballot for this “overseas” voter?
And what about these voters who are all registered to vote at the same address?

And here’s another UOCAVA voter who, according to her voting record, is a regular voter. She also has no overseas address, yet is registered to vote as an “Overseas Civilian” at this 535 Griswold St address:

Here’s another example of a “UOCAVA” ballot envelope. This “voter’s”history shows he has only voted in one election, November 2020, and disappears after that.

As a longtime poll challenger who has worked multiple elections and trained other challengers to identify issues and properly raise objections, and as someone who actually went through the training to become an election worker in Detroit, coupled with the fact that I’m an investigative reporter who pays close attention to detail, I am confident in claiming we have opened the door to a major scheme to inject last-minute votes into the vote total on the day after the election. I have uncovered some of the most important voter fraud stories in Michigan, including the statewide GBI Strategies fraudulent voter registration scheme funded by Senator Gary Peters and Joe Biden in the 2020 election and hidden from the public, including clerks, and from Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and Attorney General Dana Nessel.
Our team of investigators is formally calling on the FBI and DOJ to investigate what we believe was an organized scheme to affect the outcome of the election by removing as many Republican poll challengers from the room as possible while the “military” ballots were being processed.
WHERE DID THESE BALLOTS COME FROM AND WHY WERE THEY BEING CALLED “MILITARY BALLOTS?”
Yehuda Miller, a New Jersey citizen, won a FOIA lawsuit last year that compelled the City of Detroit to turn over nearly one million documents from the 2020 election. With access to those records through Phani Mantravadi’s Check My Vote site, more than 100 volunteers reviewed the November and December 2020 voter rolls and entered data from over 155,000 absentee ballot envelopes, allowing them to identify how many “military ballots” were processed in the November election.
Where did the rest of the ballots come from? Why were outside agitators constantly berating us for  “challenging military ballots” that were not found in the QVF or the updated Supplemental poll books?
Will Detroit Election Workers Intimidate and Threaten GOP Poll Challengers Again on Tuesday When Absentee Ballots Are Being Counted 
Republican poll challenger Hima Kolingareddy exposed the intimidation and harassment she faced at the hands of Democrat poll challengers and outside agitators working with the Democrats to threaten Republicans.

Poll challenger at TCF Center mistaken for a Democrat, told to get Republican challengers (“the MFs”) out.
“When I pulled off my tag she said, ‘You’re on the wrong side.’
“How can you say I’m on the ‘wrong side’? I pick whoever I want because this is a free country.”
https://t.co/jO142ZSDNE
— Liz Harrington (@realLizUSA) December 1, 2020

For years, I have been documenting how UOCAVA (Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act) loopholes have been exploited in Detroit to facilitate mass absentee ballot fraud. Overseas civilians, not active-duty military, cast the majority of these ballots. After I alerted Michigan Republican Party officials to these specific vulnerabilities, the Michigan GOP and the Republican National Committee filed a joint lawsuit against Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson over the state’s UOCAVA practices and her allowing overseas voters to vote in Michigan elections with no ties to the state.
 

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Jim Cramer has a new way of thinking about the biggest tech stocks

Filed Under: SUCCESS, The Street

Some companies are so big that they stop behaving like ordinary stocks. That’s the case Jim Cramer made on October 28, telling “Mad Money” viewers that a small club of tech giants has grown so powerful its reach now extends far beyond share prices.

He picked a telling night to say it.

Oil prices were climbing on renewed worries about the conflict with Iran, Fed Chair Kevin Warsh warned that inflation was still elevated, and two of the biggest names in tech reported results that sent their shares in opposite directions.

Cramer’s argument is that these companies can ride out rough seas better than most. He just isn’t claiming they’re unsinkable.

Cramer’s ‘nation states’ and their aircraft carriers

Cramer listed 10 companies that fit his description: Alphabet (GOOGL), Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL), Meta Platforms (META), Microsoft (MSFT), Nvidia (NVDA), Tesla (TSLA), SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI.

He likened them to “nation states,” pointing to their dominant market positions, their ability to churn out big profits and their willingness to pour money into new technology.

“Their heft is so extraordinary that ‘Mad Money’ cannot go without covering them,” he said.

Also read: What Jim Cramer is watching as Anthropic heads to Nasdaq

The list stretches beyond the usual Magnificent Seven. Two of its members, Anthropic and OpenAI, still aren’t publicly traded, though that’s starting to change. Anthropic filed to go public on October 26 and plans to list on the Nasdaq under the ticker ANT.

Their weight in the market is hard to overstate. The Magnificent Seven alone made up about 33.7% of the S&P 500 earlier this year, up from 12.5% a decade ago, TheStreet reported. When those stocks move, the whole index tends to follow.

Still, Cramer was careful not to call them bulletproof. He compared the group to aircraft carriers, which handle storms better than smaller boats but can still be pushed around by strong economic currents. Cramer’s Charitable Trust, the portfolio run by CNBC’s Investing Club, owns shares of six of the companies on his list.

Microsoft makes Cramer’s case

Microsoft gave him his best example. The software giant reported revenue of $92.3 billion for its fiscal first quarter, up 19% from a year earlier, with its Azure cloud business growing 48%. Net income jumped 32% to $36.6 billion.

Investors liked what they saw. Shares climbed about 4% after hours as earnings and revenue topped estimates, and capital spending, including finance leases, came in at $45.2 billion, below what analysts had expected.

For the first time, Microsoft put a dollar figure on Azure, at approximately $33.2 billion for the quarter. It also guided for Azure growth of 49% to 50% next quarter, ahead of forecasts, and said Copilot users rose 50% from the prior quarter.

“We still have demand that exceeds supply,” CFO Amy Hood said,

Azure’s growth sped up from 42% in the prior quarter, and Cramer called Microsoft “the winner from tonight’s two big Magnificent 7 reports,” while warning that the conference call and guidance could still shift investors’ view, as reported by CNBC.

He added that the stock was “justifying its monster move off the bottom back at the end of June.”

That rebound came after a rough stretch. Microsoft was down more than 20% for the year heading into its July earnings report, then jumped about 9% once results came out, according to TheStreet. Wells Fargo’s Michael Turrin argued at the time that the company was “better positioned at the software layer than it’s getting credit for.”

Cramer’s argument is that these companies can ride out rough seas better than most.Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images

Alphabet shows even giants can stumble

Alphabet told a very different story. The Google parent’s revenue of $127.6 billion fell short of the $128.2 billion analysts expected, and free cash flow came in at negative $9.1 billion, its second straight quarter in the red. Shares fell more than 9% in after-hours trading.

The bright spot was cloud.

Google Cloud revenue more than doubled to $30.7 billion, beating estimates, while search revenue rose 12% but missed forecasts, according to Reuters. Adjusted earnings of $2.67 a share also landed well below expectations.

Alphabet kept its 2026 capital spending forecast at $195 billion to $205 billion, and expects to spend more than $300 billion in fiscal 2027.

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Search is the part that worries investors most. Sundar Pichai said AI investments helped drive the highest search query growth rate in five years, but search revenue still missed forecasts, raising fresh questions about whether AI is eating into Google’s core ad business.

Cramer didn’t sugarcoat it. “Alphabet’s going to catch a downgrade or two, search could really be hurting,” he said, even as he insisted, “We saw nothing that shocked us. Nothing that enraged us.” His bigger point was that you ignore these stocks “at your own peril.” 

The currents that could still rock the boats

The economic backdrop is far from calm.

The Fed held rates at 3.75% to 4% on October 28 in a split decision, with Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack and Governor Lisa Cook both preferring another hike.

Consumer prices rose 3.7% in September, keeping pressure on policymakers. Warsh had already said inflation was too high, with many price categories rising faster than 3%, as reported by TheStreet.

Energy adds another layer of risk. Oil climbed in late October as fears grew that the war with Iran could resume after the midterm elections. The S&P 500 fell 1.2% on October 22, with communication services and tech stocks hit hardest.

Even so, Cramer sees the biggest companies holding their course. “I listened, and I didn’t hear anything that could derail the biggest companies,” he said after Warsh spoke. For investors, his message is that these giants deserve attention, but even aircraft carriers can take on water.

Related: Jim Cramer raises a red flag to stock market investors

Walmart’s $175 baker’s rack with 3 outlets and 5 storage shelves is on sale for $78

Filed Under: SUCCESS, The Street

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Why we love this deal

Small kitchens can easily get cluttered, as there isn’t enough counter space or cabinet room to properly organize your appliances, pantry staples, or cookware. If your kitchen’s floor plan has any free space, a baker’s rack is an efficient and cost-effective storage solution. It will provide additional shelving to organize your coffee mugs or microwave, while tidying up your countertops and improving the functionality and flow of your space. You can find many variations on this classic design, but there’s one feature that maximizes its convenience even further, and that’s a built-in power strip, giving you a handy spot to plug in the espresso machine or blender.

Compared to kitchen pantries or storage cabinets, baker’s racks are almost always more affordable. That’s especially true with the highly rated Biemlerfn 39-Inch Large Baker’s Rack, which is on clearance for $78, saving shoppers nearly $100 with over half off. 

Biemlerfn 39-Inch Large Baker’s Rack, $78 (was $175) at Walmart

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Why do shoppers love it?

Measuring 38.8 inches long, 15.2 inches deep, and 62.6 inches tall, this baker’s rack is spacious without taking up a huge footprint. It has five tiers of shelving, three slide-out wire baskets, and five fixed hanging hooks. If you want to display your decorative teacups or create a meal prep workspace, there are also 10 removable S-hooks you can utilize to hang mugs or cooking utensils. You can feel confident about stacking on the heavy microwave or slow cooker, because the sturdy metal frame is strong enough to hold up to 120 pounds. 

“Everything has a home now, and the kitchen looks so much cleaner,” wrote one shopper. They highlighted: “The built-in power outlets are a game changer.”

Related: Amazon is selling a 2-drawer farmhouse storage cabinet for just $61

A standout feature of a baker’s rack is its versatility. With Thanksgiving soon arriving, you can use it the traditional way, using the additional counter surface to roll out pie crusts or assemble your sweet potato casserole. You can also use this storage rack to create a coffee bar with your coffee pot, espresso maker, and flavored syrups all in one place. You also don’t have to search for outlet space to plug in these appliances, thanks to the built-in power strip with three outlets. If you plan to throw winter parties or holiday dinners, you can also use the baker’s rack to create a festive hot cocoa bar with marshmallows and candy canes. 

Details to know 

Dimensions: 38.8 inches long, 15.2 inches deep, and 62.6 inches tall.

Materials: Engineered wood and a metal frame.

Colors: The baker’s rack comes in three colors, all of which are on sale for $86 or less.

Is assembly required?: Yes.

With over 800 perfect five-star ratings, this baker’s rack is shopper-approved. “This is well made and easy to assemble,” said one reviewer. “It is well organized with plenty of storage space. I am using it as a kitchenette, and it works perfectly.”

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The Biemlerfn 39-Inch Large Baker’s Rack is a budget-friendly way to organize a cluttered kitchen, and if you act now, you can add it to your cart for as low as $78 on clearance.

Alert: Beware of Fake ‘Veterans Savings Program’ Mailers Targeting Military Families

Filed Under: Clark Howard, SUCCESS

If you are a veteran — or you have a family member or friend who served — listen up and spread the word. Federal authorities and consumer advocates are warning about a phony notice targeting veterans right in their mailboxes, and I want to make sure none of our service members get taken by it.

Here is what you need to know about this scam and how to protect yourself.

What the Scam Looks Like

Scammers are sending out official-looking letters in the mail advertising something called a “Veterans Savings Program.”

Let me be completely clear: There is no such program.

Despite that, the mailer is designed to look authentic. It claims to come directly from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and warns that it is an “official government notice.” To make it seem legitimate, the mailer often lists specific details they already have about you, along with references to standard VA benefits that almost any veteran might receive.

Because it includes real details and government logos, it looks convincing at first glance. The letter then pressures you to act immediately, insisting that you must call a phone number right away to claim your benefits.

Why Scammers Target Military Members

Do not respond to this notice. It is completely phony.

It infuriates me how often crooks specifically target active-duty service members and veterans. We often see a gray area with active-duty personnel, where companies aren’t outright scammers, but they push terrible financial products and exploit systems like military allotments. But this fake VA mailer isn’t a bad deal — it is an outright criminal scheme.

What the Scammers Are Really After

This scam comes in a couple of different flavors, but both end in theft:

Identity theft: The operators on the other end of the line are trying to trick you into coughing up sensitive personal details, like your Social Security number or date of birth.

Direct financial theft: They may claim they need your bank routing and checking account numbers to “deposit” your supposed benefit, when in reality, they plan to drain your account.

How to Protect Yourself and Your Loved Ones

Do not call the number on the mailer: If you receive a letter referencing a “Veterans Savings Program,” throw it directly into the recycling bin.

Verify directly with the VA: If you receive correspondence in the future and wonder whether it’s legitimate, never use the contact information printed on the letter. Go directly to VA.gov or call the official VA hotline.

Never give out financial details over an unsolicited call: The VA will not call you out of the blue demanding your bank credentials or Social Security number to provide benefits you already earn.

Pass the word along: The best way to stop scammers is to look out for one another. If you have military members or veterans in your circle, give them a heads-up so they don’t fall for this scheme.

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Koe Wetzel surprises fans with new country rock track ‘Hard Way’ featuring Stephen Wilson Jr.

Filed Under: THE NEWS

Koe Wetzel dropped some new music for his fans.Wetzel is one of the most popular singers in the country music world, and for good reason.His music can be incredibly emotional and heartbreaking, and it can also be unbelievably high-tempo and fun. The “Jaded” singer also is impressively able to blend rock vibes with traditional country music.That’s exactly what he did with his latest release.KOE WETZEL GOES VIRAL WITH STRIPPED-DOWN ‘WHEN I’M GONE’ PERFORMANCE THAT HAS FANS BUZZINGWetzel surprised fans on Wednesday when he released a collaboration with Stephen Wilson Jr. The track is titled “Hard Way,” and is now included on the deluxe version of Wetzel’s “The Night Champion” album.The upbeat country/rock blend tells the story of needing to learn lessons in life the hard way in order to grow as a person.It’s definitely going to be a massive hit with fans of Wetzel’s music. Give it a listen below, and let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com.KOE WETZEL AND ELLA LANGLEY’S ‘THAT’S WHY WE FIGHT’ PERFORMANCE AT REDWEST FESTIVAL GOES VIRALPretty solid, right? This is an immediate addition to my “Liked Songs” playlist on Spotify. Judging from the comments on YouTube, I won’t be the only one.One person wrote, “Another banger!! Who agrees??”Another added, “Man that first chorus had some Alice In Chains vibes. Love this s***.”SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTERA third commented, “Koe dropped another banger.”Koe Wetzel teaming up with Stephen Wilson Jr. is exactly what country fans want to see, and both delivered. Let me know your thoughts on “Hard Way” at David.Hookstead@outkick.com.

Casual basketball fans gobsmacked at horrible Angel Reese highlights from an actual WNBA Finals game

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Here’s the bad news: The Golden State Valkyries beat the Atlanta Dream on Thursday to force a Game 7.The good news? Regardless of what happens on Saturday, there will be no more WNBA until next May. That’s right. Our long, national nightmare of trans debates and Sophie Cunningham slander and national anthem nonsense will go into hibernation for seven glorious months.And, frankly, we’ve earned it. It’s exhausting. This whole season has been exhausting. It’s also been the longest season in the history of sports. It just won’t end!FROM ANTHEMS TO DEFINITIONS, THE WNBA KEEPS DOING DUMB THINGS, AND THE REASON FOR IT WILL LEAVE YOU SPEECHLESSNow, don’t get me wrong — I enjoyed the content during the summer months. It kept the lights on around here when there was no football. We needed a spark, and Sophie Cunningham gave us one because she’s a patriot.God bless her.SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM ACTED LIKE AN ADULT THIS WEEKEND WHILE ANGEL REESE PANDERED, RED-HOT RED SOX & CUBS SMACK!Everyone else, though? I’m out on them. Thank goodness that league is on the doorstep of the offseason. It can’t get here fast enough.Before we go, though, I do have one final collection of Angel Reese highlights that are currently going mega-viral on social media in the wake of yesterday’s loss.Reese … did not have her best game:Thoughts? First impressions?Look, it was a tough game for Angel Reese. No sugarcoating it. No hiding it. Just to show you how truly bad everyone else was, Reese somehow finished with a +/- of +10, which is stunning given she turned the ball over six times and made just 27% of her shots.Feels like that shouldn’t equate to positive play on the court, but what do I know?Sometimes, you just have a tough day at the office. That’s what Angel experienced yesterday afternoon in a potential close-out WNBA Finals game.And yes — there was an actual WNBA Finals game played at noon yesterday. Amazing. That’s another story in itself, and one I don’t care much about.What I do care about is Angel Reese. She was solid early on in these finals, but the last few games have been a struggle. Perhaps she’s getting tired of having to field questions from OutKick’s Dan Zaksheske every other night when the league actually grants us a question?CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGEWNBA PLAYERS, COACHES REFUSE TO EXPLAIN NATIONAL ANTHEM ABSENCES AMID MOUNTING CRITICISMCould be.Or, perhaps the pressure-cooker that is the WNBA Finals is just getting to her? Seems like a real possibility.THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW!Again, yesterday wasn’t her best:Oh well. What’s done is done. The series shifts back to Golden State for one final WNBA game in 2026. This one is for all the marbles, folks.Will Angel rise to the moment? Will both teams disrespect our great national anthem for the 400th time? Will some gaslighting coach wear a “Trans Kids Lives Matters” shirt on the sideline? Better yet, will Angel wear another “Protect Black Women” shirt in 2026?SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTERMost importantly, will anyone watch since it’s at 8 p.m. on a college football Saturday night and it’s also Halloween night?Stay tuned!

The President Who Kept His Word to the American Builder

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The founders held that a free republic must be a productive one. Citizens who build, make, and trade keep a nation independent. That conviction is why President Donald J. Trump’s economic record deserves a clear-eyed look from every voter, whatever their party.
Start with the money. Capital goes where it expects to win, and this year it has gone to America. In the second quarter, business investment in plants, equipment, and software ran at an annual pace of $4.62 trillion. Spending tied to artificial intelligence alone reached about $1.5 trillion, up 25 percent from a year earlier.
Over the past year, overall business investment rose 6.1 percent. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent credits the Trump tax cuts and the provisions that let companies write off new equipment immediately. The logic is simple: let businesses keep what they earn, and they will invest it here.
That investment is showing up in steel, concrete, and payrolls. President Trump promised on Inauguration Day that “America will be a manufacturing nation once again.”
The Institute for Supply Management’s index of factory activity now reads 54.5, its ninth straight month of expansion, with new orders and employment both growing. Manufacturing has added 58,000 jobs since its low last December, and industrial output is up 1.4 percent from a year ago.
Then there is work itself. Since the President took office, the private sector has added more than 900,000 jobs, while government payrolls have shrunk. The unemployment rate has fallen to 4.2 percent from 4.4 percent a year ago. These are jobs with a purpose: pouring foundations, wiring plants, running machines, and moving goods that Americans make and sell.
The same story holds in energy. On the campaign trail, the President vowed “We will drill, baby, drill,” and America is on track to produce a record 13.8 million barrels of crude oil per day this year. A nation that powers itself cannot be blackmailed by anyone.
Meanwhile, Americans’ savings are growing. President Trump said at a Las Vegas rally in August that the stock market “just keeps setting records,” and on October 6 the S&P 500 closed at its 28th record of the year.
Earlier, at the Detroit Economic Club, he described what those gains mean for working families, saying they were “boosting 401(k)s and retirement accounts for millions and millions of Americans.” Analysts expect third-quarter corporate earnings to grow nearly 30 percent, and companies earning more are companies that can hire and expand.
An honest account must face prices. Inflation has been stubborn, energy costs have squeezed family budgets, and job growth has been slower than many hoped. Anyone who pretends otherwise isn’t talking to real people at the grocery store or the gas pump. Announced investments must also turn into real plants, because a pledge is not a paycheck.
But the cure for high prices and thin hiring is the same: more energy drilled, more homes built, more goods made here at home. Every achievement above moves the country in that direction, and each traces back to an administration that chose building over managing decline.
Voters have heard promises from both parties for decades. This year gives them something to measure. The President promised a manufacturing revival, and factory activity is expanding. He promised energy dominance, and production is at a record. He promised to protect the savings of ordinary families, and the markets are at all-time highs.
Much remains unfinished, but a foundation is where every great structure begins, and this administration is pouring it. Treasury Secretary Bessent put the point best when he described what these investments look like on the ground: “Thanks to President Trump, a new factory has moved in.”

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