Relief groups using planes, mules to deliver aid in North Carolina

Desperate residents of Hurricane Helene-ravaged western North Carolina are relying on homegrown rescue efforts instead of waiting for the Biden-Harris administration's financially depleted FEMA to get its act together.

Not content to hold out hope for help that some fear might not arrive in time, a handful of grassroots rescue operations have sprung up to render assistance by air, land and even on four legs.

With hundreds more missing in the remote, unforgiving terrain and communication services damaged or nonexistent, the search for survivors grows more dire with each passing hour.

In yet another blatant display of political persecution, former Mesa County, Colorado Clerk Tina Peters, 68 — a gold star mother — has been sentenced to 9 years in prison.

After bravely raising questions about election irregularities, Peters was relentlessly pursued by local and federal authorities, culminating in charges that were politically motivated from the outset.

Peters' crime? Exposing the truth about what happened in the 2020 election.

Last month, Tina Peters was found guilty on seven of ten charges for preserving critical election data.

The Gateway Pundit's Brian Lupo attended the trial.

Tina Peters is the Election Clerk from Mesa County, Colorado. She made a copy of her machines' information before performing the action requested by Griswald, who demanded that all voting machines's election data should be erased (which is against the law) after the 2020 election.

Ms. Peters was attacked for her actions.

A World War II-era U.S. bomb exploded Wednesday, Oct. 2, at Miyazaki Airport in southwestern Japan. The explosion created a large crater on a taxiway and forced the cancellation of over 80 flights. No injuries were reported.

Japanese officials confirmed that the 500-pound U.S. bomb had been buried for decades before its sudden detonation.

Videos recorded by a nearby aviation school and broadcast on Japanese television showed debris flying through the air and a crater approximately 23 feet wide and 3 feet deep.

Moderna has been rebuked by regulators after offering children £1,500 cash to test the Covid vaccine. The Telegraph has more.

The pharmaceutical company was ordered to pay £14,000 after it emerged that a representative had sent a WhatsApp message offering £1,500 to children to take part in Covid booster trials.

The U.K. Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority (PMCPA) ruled that the offer amounted to "inappropriate financial inducement" and found the company had brought "discredit upon the pharmaceutical industry".

The offer was made by a paediatrician from an unnamed NHS trust, inviting those aged between 12 and 18 years old to enrol in the NextCove trial, which was examining the efficacy of Moderna's booster jab.

The inducement was made even though a research ethics committee had warned about the "large amount of money" that Moderna was offering participants, and voiced concern it was "much higher than would be considered a reasonable reimbursement".

Moderna later amended the offer to just £185, but despite the change, at least one trial centre carried on offering the original sum.

Under The Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations it is prohibited for incentives or financial inducements to be given to children or their parents.

The Biden-Harris administration's 'America Last' policies have left the country vulnerable. Between draining the strategic petroleum reserve, sending hundreds of billions in cash and equipment to Ukraine (such as electrical transformers that are now needed for Hurricane Helene), and FEMA spending $640 million to help migrants, the agency tasked with emergency preparedness is now 'broke,' and doesn't have enough money to get through hurricane season which typically lasts through November.

According to AP,

The agency is being stretched as it works with states to assess damage from Hurricane Helene and delivers meals, water, generators and other critical supplies. The storm struck Florida last week, then plowed through several states in the Southeast, flooding towns and killing more than 160 people.

Mayorkas was not specific about how much additional money the agency may need, but his remarks on Air Force One underscored concerns voiced by President Joe Biden and some lawmakers earlier this week that Congress may need to pass a supplemental spending bill this fall to help states with recovery efforts.

Twice in August 2022 the American playwright, satirist and longtime Berlin resident C.J. Hopkins tweeted cover art from his book on The Rise of the New Normal Reich. This art featured an image of a Covid-era medical mask with a barely-visible white swastika superimposed upon it. In his first tweet, Hopkins wrote that "Masks are symbols of ideological conformity. That's all that they are, and that's all they ever were. Stop pretending that they were ever anything else or get used to wearing them." In his second tweet, Hopkins simply quoted Health Minister Karl Lauterbach's notorious statement that "Masks always send a signal".

A South Carolina pilot who flew stranded Hurricane Helene victims in flood-ravaged North Carolina to safety claims he was told he would be arrested if he continued the rescue missions.

Jordan Seidhom was flying victims out of the devastation over the weekend when local leaders told him there was a flight restriction on the area and that they would have to arrest him if he continued making flights.

"There were other victims. As we were flying out leaving the area, we spotted within 300, 400 yards of their location [people] were waving for help as my son and I were leaving," Seidhom told Queen City News.

As a group, gay people may overwhelmingly hate Donald Trump. But they couldn't help but fall in love with JD Vance on the debate stage Tuesday night.

In the words of Gay America, he came out looking snatched.

Now, these poll numbers might be made up, but they're making fun of a very real phenomenon: Gay Twitter absolutely lost their minds for Vance last night. Some said he'd make a "hot AF VP" while others said he's "[g]iving the gays everything we want." Some speculated the "pink tie" was sending a signal, wink wink. What that signal is, I can't share here — but the consensus was overwhelmingly suggestive. As noted conservative activist (and gay man) Andy Ngo noted, "I was not expecting gay X responses to the VP debate to be so XXX."

California governor Gavin Newsom has just signed a new law banning local governments from requiring residents to present identification to vote in elections.

The legislation - introduced by Sen. Dave Min (D-Orange County) - is a direct response to a ballot measure approved this year by voters in Huntington Beach which required people to show photo identification at the polls.

The Republican-led city, whose leaders often tussle with Sacramento Democrats, has maintained that its status as a charter city gives it home rule over elections administration.

But Attorney General Rob Bonta and Secretary of State Shirley Weber aren't buying it: The officials sued Huntington Beach in April to invalidate the law, arguing it interferes with state voting rights protections.
- Politico

California is one of 14 states that does not require voter ID at the polls - so, if a person wants to operate a car, hop on a plane, or rent an apartment in California - you need ID. Voting? Not so much.

The proposed law would prohibit the sale of nicotine and vaping products to teens in a bid to curb new addictions.

The head of Russia's parliament announced on Wednesday he expects MPs to support a bill to outlaw smoking and vaping for the next generation. It would mean that those born after 2009 will never be legally able to buy tobacco, to vape or use hookahs.

The draft law would make it illegal to sell cigarettes, vapes and similar goods to anyone born after December 31, 2009. The New People faction in the parliament, which penned the legislation, sent it to the cabinet on Wednesday.

State Duma Chair Vyacheslav Volodin backed the draft law during a parliament session later in the day.

"You say some people want to boost the budget [by taxing tobacco]. Trust me, nobody does. Everyone in this chamber will vote for and support your initiative," he promised.

The legislation tabled by the left-leaning New People faction means the legal smoking age will increase every year, eventually leading to a total prohibition for the entire population.