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Former congressman and Tea Party darling Joe Walsh (R-IL) has just threatened violence if Donald Trump loses this presidential election.

“On November 8th, I’m voting for Trump,” the Illinois Republican tweeted. “On November 9th, if Trump loses, I’m grabbing my musket. You in?”

On November 8th, I’m voting for Trump.

On November 9th, if Trump loses, I’m grabbing my musket.

Donald Trump is now claiming that the whole military has endorsed his presidential campaign, at least “conceptually.”

During an interview Tuesday morning with WJXT in Jacksonville, Florida, Trump, said: “I’ve been endorsed by virtually every police department and police group. And I’ve been endorsed largely, at least conceptually, by the military.... Read Original Article

The California Military Department issued a statement on Tuesday announcing that they had informed Congress about overpayments in National Guard bonuses as far back as 2014. Those overpayments are now being cited as the reason why the Pentagon is demanding reimbursement.

“The California National Guard cannot waive debts unilaterally, as that authority rests at the federal level,” the group said in a release.... Read Original Article

The gender pay gap in economic opportunity and participation, education, health, and political activity may take 170 years to completely close, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report released on Tuesday.

The annual report, which surveyed 144 countries, analyzed the gender gap between men and women and concluded that women are on average worse off than men by 31.7 percent.... Read Original Article

The stock market continues to suffer from a perfect storm of setbacks, as reports come in of Asian stocks losing value on Wednesday.

In the wake of Wall Street pulling back last night due to disappointing earnings, Asian shares by and large fell today. Japan’s Nikkei managed to reverse earlier losses and close up 0.15 percent, but South Korea’s KOSPI dropped 1.25 percent, China’s Shanghai Composite index lost 0.5 percent, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng lost 0.8 percent, and Australia fell 1.5 percent.... Read Original Article

Chipotle continues to struggle in the wake of an E. coli scare last year.

The Mexican restaurant chain reported on Tuesday that sales had fallen 21.9 percent at established restaurants during the third quarter. This is worse than the 18.3 percent drop that Wall Street analysts anticipated and the fourth consecutive quarter in which sales have declined.... Read Original Article

Despite a much-publicized factory defect in which the smartphone catches fire and a subsequent recall, owners of Galaxy Note 7 are not returning their smartphones. So Samsung is creating another incentive for them to do so, by making the flawed phones perform worse.

Samsung is releasing a new software update that will limit the battery charge to 60 percent of its full capacity.... Read Original Article

In the latest sign that Sen. Marco Rubio’s once-bright political future has started to dim, there’s this: The Florida Republican was booed off the stage during a Puerto Rican-themed festival.

The booing occurred when Rubio, the Cuban-American son of refugees, was giving a speech at Calle Orange, an event that’s a huge draw for the Hispanic and Latino community.... Read Original Article

After months, if not years, of attacking Hillary Clinton over scandals real and imagined, a conservative watchdog group says it will push to have the Democratic presidential nominee impeached.

The prospect of a Clinton impeachment — there’s a throwback term! — was raised Wednesday morning by Judicial Watch.

“You’re going to still have a clamor for a serious criminal investigation of Mrs.... Read Original Article

Donald Trump’s Facebook TV show broke down on Tuesday night.

Instead of broadcasting pro-Trump propaganda from the campaign’s designated Facebook page, Trump’s nightly program instead went to black, then showed a setting configuration error. Prior to the program going down, it was in the middle of broadcasting commentary from former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Boris Epshteyn, a lawyer who serves as a senior adviser to the Trump campaign.... Read Original Article

Kellyanne Conway, working for and against her boss at times, says she’ll talk to Donald Trump about about defusing his violent rhetoric toward journalists.

“Yes, I will tell him that,” Conway told Wolf Blitzer on Tuesday, in response for a request from the CNN host that Trump tone down the attacks against the media.... Read Original Article

Americans have seen their vice presidents physically harm other people — Aaron Burr murdering Alexander Hamilton in a duel, Dick Cheney shooting his friend in the face during a quail hunt — but if Donald Trump had his way, that dynamic would be reversed. Speaking at a rally in Tallahassee, Florida, Trump has declared that he would love to beat up Joe Biden.... Read Original Article

With less than two weeks to go before Election Day, there are more and more indications that Donald Trump is focused more on promoting his brand at this point than his political life.

On Wednesday, Trump’s main event will be attending the ribbon-cutting at one of his new hotels in Washington D.C.... Read Original Article

Companies are starting to turn to their employees for social media advertising, a trend that could very well take off in the future, at least if a series of interviews conducted by an article this week in AdWeek is any indication.

Specifically, the companies pay employees to share news and other content about their employers across their personal social media platforms.... Read Original Article

Detroit’s Big Three automakers may not all be flourishing… but two out of three are and that’s still pretty good news for the Motor City.

Both General Motors and Chrysler had good news for investors when issuing their quarterly reports earlier today. General Motors anticipates that its full-year results will be on the “high end” of its $5.50 to $6.00 a share forecast, and the company increased its share of sales to individual consumers and reduced the cost of discounts during the quarter itself.... Read Original Article

Republican presidential candidates have hated the media since the days of Richard Nixon, but things have gotten a whole lot uglier during Donald Trump’s campaign.

In a powerful op-ed for CNN, reporter Sara Murray described how the animus between Trump’s crowds and the press that covered them has gotten worse and worse as the election slowly crawled toward November, and how she was targeted.... Read Original Article

Could Texas, a state synonymous with Big Oil, wind up leading a renewable-energy revolution?

If the Texans interviewed by Voice of America in an article published Tuesday are to be believed, the answer could be yes, particularly when it comes to wind and solar power.

“A lot of wind companies have evolved to include solar and wind because solar has become so cheap.... Read Original Article