Happy Thursday!

We are only 19 days out from “Finally the Political Texts Stop Day.”

As we continue to fast and pray for the election, can we add a prayer request from Samaritan’s Purse?

Prayer Request: Please join us in praying for fire departments, churches, and local organizations in areas impacted by Hurricane Helene. Pray that the Lord blesses and is glorified in their hard work and dedication to care for their communities amidst dropping temperatures. Ask… pic.twitter.com/UcReYgbxsR

— Samaritan's Purse (@SamaritansPurse) October 15, 2024

Lord, lift the weary arms of those helping to lift all these hurting communities. Bless all those houses of God showing the strength of Samson and the love of the Lamb.

Triple the Trafficking of Immigrant Children Under Biden-Harris

Opening the borders opened the gates of hell for immigrant children in our country. According to a new report, the sex trafficking of immigrant children has tripled under the Biden-Harris administration. At least that’s what one government data point is indicating.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issues certification and eligibility letters to illegal migrant children found to have been subjected to sex traffickers. (Obviously, this would include only those who have escaped or been rescued.)

The Free Press reports an organization called Shepherd’s Watch discovered the number of such letters issued has tripled since Kamala Harris became the nation’s “border czar.” It also took a Freedom of Information Act request to pry that info out of HHS.

The mission of Shepherd’s Watch is to bring down trafficking rings. Founder “Lisa” explained to Free Press the way gangs smuggle the girls into the country with promises of jobs, then force them into prostitution. Traffickers use social media to lure customers. And business boomed when Joe Biden took office.

“The ads exploded within the first three months of the border being open,” she said. “We started noticing new sites and ads in Spanish. That was very few before. Then sites dedicated to Latino girls popped up everywhere.”

The sheer number of ads is astounding: “Each week, we track over 12,000 ads for women in Houston, 2,600 in San Antonio, 3,500 in Austin, and 14,000 in Dallas.

“If I wanted to, I could order a girl in 15 minutes,” Lisa said. “It’s that easy.”

The HHS certification letters are but one indicator of the problem. Keep in mind, according to a DHS inspector general’s report, the administration has lost track or never kept track of some 300,000 children illegally brought across the border. So the number of minors actually being trafficked is unthinkable.

Who again is the danger to women and girls?

Transgender Models at Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show?

The famous Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show returned Wednesday. The show known for scantily clad models in elaborate attire was canceled in 2019, a victim of the woke mob who decried the annual event for its “misogyny.”

However, after six years, models returned to the Victoria’s Secret catwalk Wednesday. You know what comes next, this being 2024: The show starred two transgender models, and as Post Millennium reports, those two males — Alex Consani and Valentina Sampaio — hoovered all the media attention away from the female models.

Yup, males took over an event that had been canceled for its misogyny.

The connection between the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show and the election is clear. Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are in full support of trans activists invading women’s spaces, be it in girls’ sports or women’s fashion. CNN commentator Scott Jennings noted the other day that this is one reason Harris is having trouble with men.

“A lot of men think Democrats care more about dudes who want to become women than dudes who just want to be dudes,” Jennings said. “And no hunting, cosplay, or cringy videos are going to change that. The bed is made.”

The rest of the CNN panel is still weeping and gnashing their teeth over that one.

Polymarket Shows Money’s on Trump … But What the Candidates Are Doing Says More About State of Election

Folks putting their money on the election are putting their money behind Trump. In the Polymarket, Trump is now the favorite by over 20 points. Yesterday, he had 60.1% chance of winning versus Harris’s 39.9%.

BREAKING: Trump leads by a staggering 20 points, an all-time high, in Polymarket odds. pic.twitter.com/2zQ8cgMCPF

— Leading Report (@LeadingReport) October 16, 2024

One school of thought says where people are putting their money is a solid indication of voter sentiment. Another school says it is merely how people feel at this moment about who they think will win, so therefore doesn’t tell you anything about what’s really happening with voters. Another school of thought argues that the Polymarket is being manipulated to try to create the perception of Trump momentum and inevitability.

A better indicator of how an election is going is observing what the candidates are saying and doing. Like a football game, you can tell whose offense is operating smoothly versus who is stumbling all over the field, throwing Hail Mary passes while frustrated players stomp around on the sidelines.

For example, Harris is desperately trying to woo back black supporters who were supposed to be crucial to her base. (If you are working to regain voters you should already have at this point, you are in trouble.) Plus, Harris wants Trump to get his cholesterol checked and is suggesting he’s losing his mind because he shared some tunes at an event with his supporters.

Another indicator: Politico reported Wednesday that “finger-pointing” is going on within the Harris campaign because “Pennsylvania is a mess.” Harris needs the Keystone State desperately. Plus Axios reported Sunday on the growing tension between the Harris campaign and Joe Biden’s people at the White House.

Political analyst Mark Halperin raised complaints from Democratic strategists that Harris just isn’t putting in the work.

“Why isn’t she in three battleground states a day? Why isn’t she in four media markets in Pennsylvania today rather than one?” he asked. “If you assume she’s behind, which, again, I think she is right now, not by a lot, why isn’t she working harder?”

Tuesday, the only thing Harris had on her official schedule was her 5 p.m. town hall meeting with Charlamagne Tha God. And it’s not like she’s busy doing relief work in western North Carolina.

When part of your campaign is claiming Trump’s too old to run for office, how does it look to be outhustled by grandpa?

Trump is holding massive rallies in blue states, cutting it up on podcasts favored by young voters who are supposed to be solidly with Harris, and is currently showing up in more places than pumpkin spice.

Harris’s big-ticket item yesterday was her interview on Fox News with Brett Baier. We’ll have details on that later today on Al’s Afternoon Tea.

British Man Sentenced for Praying Silently Near Abortion Center as Another Pro-Life Activist Goes to Prison

How Britain has fallen. A British army vet named Adam Smith-Conner has been convicted of praying silently across the street from an abortion mill, in what’s called an abortion “buffer zone.” He was even standing behind a tree with his back toward the facility at the time.

And yet Smith-Connor has been convicted and fined 9,000 pounds. Alliance Defending Freedom UK is considering an appeal. They call it the first conviction for a “thought crime” in modern British history.

BREAKING: British Army veteran Adam Smith-Connor has just been found GUILTY of praying silently.

He was praying for his dead son, out of the way, by a tree on a public green across the street from an abortion facility.

This is the first conviction for a thought crime in the UK. https://t.co/IsLOkhRkva

— Billboard Chris 🇨🇦🇺🇸 (@BillboardChris) October 16, 2024

Thank God, we don’t live in a country where you could go to prison for praying near an abortion mill. Oh wait … never mind.

Yesterday, Bevelyn Beatty Williams reported to a federal prison to serve a three-and-a-half-year sentence.

Her crime? Arson? Armed robbery? Throwing bricks at cops? Roughing up tourists in Times Square? No. The Biden-Harris Department of Justice is locking up the young mother of a two-year-old for praying, preaching, and protesting at an abortion facility.

This is my surrender paperwork! I just want you guys to know what the media said about me being violent is a lie! My category of offense is unlawful assembly! Please share this people need to know the truth 41 months, 3 1/2 years for unlawful assembly under the Biden Harris… pic.twitter.com/kXEueW1cvh

— Bevelyn Williams (@MrsBevelynW) October 16, 2024

As the National Catholic Register reports, Williams is among many, including the elderly and a Catholic priest, who have been imprisoned by the Biden-Harris administration under the FACE Act.

🚨 ATTENTION AMERICANS: Kamala Harris' DoJ is sending a black woman to prison for 3.5 years for peacefully protesting outside of an abortion clinic. @hodgetwins

"Tomorrow I will drive my wife to a federal prison in Alabama as her offense is “unlawful assembly” 3 1/2 years in… pic.twitter.com/oRm1EEYKDR

— Publius (@OcrazioCornPop) October 16, 2024

Along The Stream

Dr. Michael Brown writes about our need for “A Deeper Spiritual Hunger.”

Coming at 9 a.m., Chenyuan Snider gives her reasons “Why Christians Are Obligated to Vote.”

Al Perrotta is The Stream’s Washington bureau chief, coauthor with John Zmirak of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Immigration, and coauthor of the counterterrorism memoir Hostile Intent: Protecting Yourself Against Terrorism.