Posts on Tuesday, November 3, 2020
It’s exactly the opposite of an embarrassment of riches. Portland voters re-elected Ted Wheeler in Tuesday’s election but that’s only because he was less odious and scary than his antifa opposition. Wheeler and Sarah Iannarone, his challenger, spent more than $1.4 million in the race, with Iannarone taking advantage of taxpayer support like the good communist she is. Wheeler and Iannarone were two of 19 candidates facing off in the May 19 primary, with Wheeler missing the 50% win threshold by less than a point, forcing the November runoff.
NEW ORLEANS - Louisiana voters have approved an amendment to the state constitution that makes clear the document does not grant the right to an abortion.
The question before voters Tuesday was whether to explicitly state that “a right to abortion and the funding of abortion shall not be found in the Louisiana Constitution.”
Ahead of the vote, analysts said passage would have little immediate effect.
However, if the Supreme Court were to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision on abortion rights, the amendment would ensure against any court ruling that language in the Louisiana Constitution grants abortion rights.
Republican Rep. Roger Marshall defeated Democrat Barbara Bollier for a Senate seat in Kansas, protecting the seat for his party despite a massive effort by Democrats to pull a second statewide upset in two years. Bollier, a state legislator and former Republican, was hoping to emulate Gov. Laura Kelly, a Democrat who surprisingly won the governorship in the heavily Republican state in 2018. But Marshall was able to recover, after a slog of a GOP primary, to win the race. The election for retiring Republican Sen. Pat Roberts’ seat
Republicans ousted two Florida Democratic lawmakers from their seats in Tuesday's elections. Florida Republican candidate Carlos Gimenez defeated freshman Democratic Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell -- the first flip of a House seat Tuesday night.
And then Republican Maria Elvira Salazar defeated freshman Democratic Rep. Donna Shalala.
Gimenez, the mayor of Miami-Dade County, flipped the seat from blue to red -- a sign of the Democratic Party's struggles in southern Florida. Mucarsel-Powell flipped the seat from red to blue during the 2018 midterm election.
STATEN ISLAND, New York City -- Republican Nicole Malliotakis has declared victory over Democrat Max Rose in the contentious House race in New York City's only swing district.
The Associated Press has not yet called the race.
"You know, today Staten Island and southern Brooklyn sent a loud and clear message. And that message will resonate from the halls of City Hall to the halls of Congress," Malliotakis said in her speech on Tuesday night.
Malliotakis went on to say that she entered the race 'with eyes wide open,' knowing it was going to be an uphill battle.
Cornyn wins reelection in Texas
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Republican Sen. John Cornyn won reelection Tuesday night in Texas, beating Democratic challenger MJ Hegar in a race that grew competitive toward the end but saw Cornyn steer clear of trouble in the state.
Democrats have spoken of flipping once-solid-red Texas for a generation, but the state somewhat suddenly became contested territory under President Donald Trump, with GOP Sen. Ted Cruz hanging on by less than 3 points in 2018 as Texas’ diverse suburbs swung hard against the Republican Party.
A lot of the air seems to be coming out of the Democratic balloon with the calling of Mitch McConnell’s Senate race in Kentucky. The best sign of that was when CNN’s Chris Cillizza seemed to throw up his hands in frustration. “Let’s just stop talking about how *this* time things will be different for Democrats against McConnell.
The guy is unbeatable in the state. Period.“ Can I just remind everyone of how the Democrats and their media allies kept giving Mitch McConnell increasingly cool nicknames? Cocaine Mitch. Midnight Mitch. Apex Predator of Politics Mitch?
In the end, it wasn’t even close.
From the sidelines to the Senate chambers.
Tommy Tuberville, the Republican nominee in Alabama's U.S. Senate race, won the seat over Democratic incumbent Doug Jones, the AP called Tuesday.
The interest in this particular U.S. Senate race is heightened by the public profile of Tuberville, the former Auburn football coach who has aligned himself as a social conservative that would be in lockstep with President Donald Trump should Trump be reelected.
As of this writing (@9:30 eastern), it is clear there isn’t going to be a Biden landslide, as many liberals were hoping. My sources close to the RNC war room say there is great optimism at this time, but it’s likely to be close like 2o16.
Looking around the Twitterverse (though mostly drawn from the Washington Post’s election feed), it is already evident that the left is freaking out. First, let’s note that Henry Olsen (no leftist, just to be clear) is backtracking from his Biden call:
As Florida turned sour for the Democrats and Joe Biden on election night, worry crept in at MSNBC. Al Sharpton slimed Cuban voters as dupes who are susceptible to “propaganda.” Nicolle Wallace fretted that the liberal network’s viewers might be heading to the “liquor cabinet.”
At 8:55 PM ET, Al Sharpton smeared, “We don't have the same dynamics that we have in Florida where you have like in Miami-Dade. I think as Joy pointed out a large Cuban influence in terms of Cuban voters who look more to the propaganda that we're dealing with socialism and all that offset a large black turnout.”
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Tuesday defeated Democratic nominee Jaime Harrison, securing a fourth term.
The Associated Press called the race for Graham shortly before 10 p.m. ET.
Graham’s win fends off a Democratic upset as the red state emerged as a late toss-up battle amid record fundraising. Graham, 65, has done a 180 since 2016, going from a vocal critic of President Trump—who he once called a “race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot”—to one of his strongest allies in the Senate.
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden led President Donald Trump in Miami-Dade County by fewer than 10 percentage points as early in-person and a large chunk of vote-by-mail results were published around 7:15 p.m. Tuesday night, a smaller margin than Democrats are hoping Biden will garner in Florida’s largest county. In 2016, Trump overcame a strong showing by Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in Miami-Dade to win Florida by 1.2%. Clinton dominated the county by 30 points and 290,000 votes. Neither party expected Biden to perform as well as Clinton in Miami-Dade in 2020. But the question was whether Trump could into
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell won a seventh term on Tuesday, turning back a challenge from Democrat Amy McGrath, according to a projection announced by Fox News.McConnell, a six-term Republican, has been the Senate majority leader since the GOP took control of the upper chamber of Congress in 2015.His victory came just weeks after he shepherded President Trump’s nomination of appeals court Judge Amy Coney Barrett to succeed the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and strengthen the high court’s conservative majority, 6-3.
Democratic Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has mobilized the National Guard to Chicago in preparation for potential unrest in the days following the 2020 general election.Pritzker said he’s putting the military personnel “in state of readiness,” as he claimed the election results for the state may not be available until “Wednesday, or Thursday, or even Friday,” according to the Chicago Tribune.The move to station the National Guard is reminiscent of an earlier decision by the city in September, which followed the controversial verdict to charge one of three Louisville, Kentucky, officers involved in the death of Breonna Taylor, the local outlet reported.“It will possibly take until Wednesday, or Thursday, or
First Lady Melania Trump cast her vote in Palm Beach, Florida on Tuesday in a look that shouted glamour with European, high fashion luxury.Melania Trump said she felt “great” as she exited the polls wearing a pleated, sleeveless Gucci silk-twill dress that featured the Italian brand’s signature pattern of equestrian-inspired stirrups. A version of the dress retails for $3,200. Mrs. Trump paired the Gucci frock with a pair of Celine square sunglasses, tan Christian Louboutin stilettos, and — perhaps one of her most luxurious accessories to date — a Kelly Sellier bag with gold in brown leather and a shade of linen by Hermès.
What did we just watch? Joe Biden on Tuesday rattled off a bizarre and impossible to understand story about working as a kid with black lifeguards.Biden made remarks in Wilmington, Delaware Tuesday afternoon ahead of his return home.“I had a job with a nice country club kind of pool as a lifeguard– I wanted to work on the east side because I knew I played ball with a lot of great black athletes but I didn’t know them,” said Biden. “I mean, we knew each other. They were friends. But I didn’t know them. And it was a great education. It was
Joe Biden made an embarrassing gaffe during his final pit stop on election day as he introduced his granddaughter Finnegan as his late son Beau Biden, then called her by her cousin Natalie's name, before finally correctly introducing Natalie as Beau's daughter to a crowd of supporters in Philadelphia. 'This is my son, Beau Biden who a lot of you helped elect to the Senate in Delaware,' he said as he put his arm around Finnegan's shoulder. He then continued with the slip-up by calling her Natalie and saying she is Beau's daughter. Natalie, 16, is Beau's daughter while Finnegan, 20, is actually the daughter
Jake Tapper stunned by exit polling,
voters OK with Trump virus response:
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voters OK with Trump virus response:
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CNN’s Jake Tapper was taken aback on Tuesday as Election Day exit polling confirmed that nearly half of voters are OK with President Trump’s handling of coronavirus.
The host of “The Lead” and his panel of guests were dumbfounded over the 48% of voters who said the administration is doing “well” in its response to the global pandemic.
“Uh, 48% of the country, Dana, saying that the handling of the pandemic is going well,” he told colleague Dana Bash. “Uh, that’s a very high number considering that empirically, uh, it is not going well! I mean, there is no health official who says it’s going well at all.”
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Tuesday made a pair of Election Day gaffes during a rare in-person campaign stop in Philadelphia, saying his late son Beau Biden was a senator and mixing up his granddaughters’ names. Just hours before potentially becoming the nation’s oldest-ever president-elect, Biden spoke about his family to a crowd of supporters in swing state Pennsylvania’s largest city. “This is my son, Beau Biden, who a lot of you helped elect to the Senate in Delaware, this is my granddaughter Natalie—no wait, I’ve got the wrong one. This is Natalie, this is Beau’s daughter,” Biden said
Washington—Former President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, will not make public how they voted in this year’s presidential race, four years after the couple revealed on Election Day that they had selected “none of the above” in the 2016 White House contest. Bush spokesman Freddy Ford—who has stressed repeatedly over the 2020 campaign cycle that the former president is “retired from presidential politics”—on Monday confirmed that the Dallas residents are keeping their ballot box decisions to themselves this year. That it’s even a question is remarkable, underscoring yet again how Trump has transformed the Republican Party from the party it was under Bush.
In traditional presidential campaigns, the two major parties offer contrasting ideas and policies.(Snip)
Not this year. (Snip) An inert Biden is playing the role of good ol’ Joe from Scranton, while his supporters hope not to just to change presidency, but to alter the very rules of how America has been governed for decades and even centuries.(Snip the 2020 election is not just about Joe Biden sitting on a perceived lead and trying to run out the clock against barnstorming incumbent President Trump.
It is really a choice between changing rules when they are deemed inconvenient and respecting constitutional norms and long-held traditions that have served America well for many years.
Of all the Twitter attacks on President Trump -- and there are thousands every day -- one stood out on election eve. Here it is:
(Tweet) Who is Aya Hijazi? Here is the story behind the tweet: Aya Hijazi is an Egyptian-American activist who grew up in Falls Church, Virginia, (Sbuo( In 2011, after graduation, she moved to Egypt and founded the Belady Foundation, "an organization that aims to shelter and rehabilitate marginalized street children,”(Snip)
In 2014, Egyptian police raided the office of the Belady Foundation and arrested Hijazi. She was held without charge and eventually accused of "operating an unlicensed organization, inciting street children to join pro-Muslim Brotherhood protests
During his rally last night in Grand Rapids, Michigan, President Trump discussed Big Tech and its efforts to influence the presidential election. Trump pointed out: “Well they say you can’t win without Big Tech, well we’re going to find out tomorrow, wouldn’t that be wonderful?”President Donald Trump spoke last night in Grand Rapids, Michigan, as he continued to campaign across the nation hitting critical swing states right up until today’s election.During the rally, President Trump discussed Big Tech companies and its efforts to influence the upcoming presidential election. President Trump stated: “The fake news, and Big Tech,
Former Vice President Joe Biden will “address the nation as its new leader, even if President Trump continues to fight in court” if the media declare him the mathematical winner on Election Day. “We’re not really concerned about what Donald Trump says,” Biden campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon told reporters Monday. “We’re going to use our data, our understanding of where this is headed, and make sure that the vice president is addressing the American people.” Axios reported on the development that Biden, if elected, will lay claim to being in charge of the country even before he is inaugurated:
Last Call for the Pollsters?
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As Americans make their way to the voting booths, only one thing is certain: someone is very wrong about this election.According to big media polls, Joe Biden is set for either a modest win over President Trump, or an Obama-besting landslide and total refutation of President Trump’s four years in the White House.A divide never greater. And the polls agree. One pollster embodies both sides of this divide.The USC Dornsife Daybreak tracking poll has Joe Biden 11 points ahead of President Trump with 53 percent of the vote.That poll also finds President Trump within either three or 0.4 percentage points of Joe Biden and on course for
One Trucker may have just clued us into how this election is going to go down.There’s a lot of anxiety in the air right now. Nobody knows who will come out on top as various news outlets are telling you that Biden has overwhelming support. Only little tidbits here and there shed any hope that Trump will come out on top. But we’ve seen this before. The media likes to tell people stories that aren’t true all the time. They’re highly practiced at pushing narratives and have proven to be highly untrustworthy. Those same polls that told us Hillary Clinton was going to win in 2016 proved to be
After nearly two dozen celebrities vowed to leave the U.S. in 2016 if Donald Trump was elected president, there are still a few promising to leave the country should Trump win re-election.In the 2016 cycle, celebrities including Bryan Cranston, Samuel L. Jackson, Whoopi Goldberg, Lena Dunham, Miley Cyrus, Amy Schumer, Barbra Streisand, Jon Stewart, Cher, Chelsea Handler, and many others said they would leave the country if Trump won.Here’s a round up of the celebrities who’ve said they will leave the U.S if Trump wins the White House again. Bruce Springsteen (Photo) The rocker recently said in an interview with Australian media that he would consider moving to the Outback
The day has arrived for Americans across the country to have their voices heard, as they vote for president and vice president of the United States while anxiously awaiting the culmination of a year and a half of feverish campaigning. An increasingly polarized electorate appears to be resulting in record-setting numbers of Americans casting ballots in 2020. A staggering 100 million people had already cast their ballots before Tuesday, according to data from the University of Florida's Election Project. This a combination of in-person early voting and expanded absentee ballot opportunities afforded to voters in many states due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Early voting in the very important state of Florida is showing a very strong turnout for President Trump.President Trump visited Democrat stronghold two nights ago and held a huge rally after midnight:(Tweet/Video) Today early voting out of Florida shows a likely Red Wave by day’s end: (Tweet) A Florida County which Obama won in 2012 is currently showing President Trump annihilating Sleepy Joe Biden: In 2012, Obama won Pinellas County, Florida. Today, Trump is ANNIHILATING Biden about 75%-25% in Pinellas. pic.twitter.com/BzbZZjdSUq — AirBoss Analytics (@AirBossUT5) November 3, 2020
Maybe I’m reading into this, but it sounds like the Biden campaign is worried about Pennsylvania.
According to Charlie Spiering, White House correspondent for Breitbart News, Trump’s Director of Battleground Strategy Nick Trainer told reporters that the “Biden campaign just outlined on a zoom call that said Trump was within one state of winning” the election. And what state is that? I have a guess. Among other factors that bode well for Trump, Biden’s lead in the RealClearPolitics average is now +1.2, which is less than Hillary Clinton’s in 2016, when she had a +2.1 lead in the RealClearPolitics average.
The Biden campaign does not seem very confident.
Biden campaign scrambles for 270
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Radio host Bill Mitchell parlayed, "I thought Joe Biden was supposed to win in a landslide? Why is his campaign manager talking about the fact they 'still have paths the 270?'"
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Mitchell referred to briefings to reporters -- talking points -- instructions to the flying monkeys -- on the election.
Whereas President Donald John Trump ended his campaign upbeat and laughing at a rally in Grand Rapids, the Biden campaign spent Monday telling reporters Who Needs Florida? (Snip) Campaign manager Jen O'Malley Dillon told the press, "We can get to 270 without Florida, which is a significant advantage."
Well, if they can win without Florida, why did they spend all that time, money
Max Boot’s claim of nobility with his tribe sounds like yelling from the back seat in a squad car.
To call him the most insufferable member of the never-Trumpers is difficult; how does one determine which fish head in a rotting barrel is the most aromatic, after all? (Snip) Max just wrote a piece that tries to elevate him, and his fellow cranks, to a mythic level, while carrying a very notable tone of defeat. (Snip) In his piece entitled ”The Work Of The Never Trumpers Is Just Beginning’’, Boot attempts to paint his cantankerous cabal as a group of heroes, all while sounding as if he is justifying their
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett is an “illegitimate” member of the court Tuesday.
In a press conference with Democratic Illinois Rep. Cheri Bustos, Pelosi mentioned Barrett’s confirmation, saying, “the president is installing an illegitimate Supreme Court Justice one week before the election, after 60 million Americans have voted, who will dismantle the ACA, and won’t say, by the way, when asked, by Senator Feinstein, do you think Medicare is constitutional? She said she really couldn’t say.”
Every Democrat opposed Barrett’s confirmation. Republican Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski was on the fence about how she was going to vote but ended up
If they’re wrong, no one will ever let them live this down. If they’re right, they will turn the polling industry on its head. And whether people factor these polls into their predictions today likely depends on which outcome they prefer. Trafalgar has consistently used its own methodology to get around the “shy Trump voter” issue, which it used successfully to predict the 2016 election outcome. Last week Trafalgar had polls showing Trump winning key swing states, and told Newsweek yesterday that they see another Trump win in the offing: One of the few pollsters who accurately predicted that President Donald Trump would win the 2016 presidential election told Newsweek
It is Election Day eve as I begin to write this column. It was originally scheduled to be written this past weekend but I was distracted by a few things and wanted there to be some real quiet time to think about this. The eerie calm before the storm is happening right now so it’s the perfect time to reflect before several days that will likely be purely reactive.I should begin this by saying I haven’t the slightest idea how the election will turn out. My conservative friends and colleagues all seem to be rather confident that President Trump will be reelected.
Election Day kicked off with a bout of chaos in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with poll watchers reportedly denied access and witnesses alleging “illegal campaigning” at various polling locations.According to Trump 2020 EDO director Mike Roman, Democrat election officials are banning Trump poll watchers all across the city, as one video shows. Another photo on social media shows a physical barrier, which Roman says Democrat officials are using to keep poll watchers far from the counting tables:Tweet/Video)
New York—My wife and I wanted to be counted so we voted in person on Election Day. This was not part of our voting plan. We have a child under one, busy schedules and COVID-19 concerns. So we, like many, requested absentee ballots. With some well-reported concerns about the speed of mail, our intent was to directly drop them off at our early voting location. This has always been legal in New York, but this year, it was more directly encouraged with the presence of actual drop boxes.(Snip) During the next few days we looked on the online ballot tracker
The entrance to the National World War One Museum and Memorial in Kansas City was marked with anti-voting messages on Election Day before voters arrived at the polls. The museum said that its stonework was defaced early Tuesday, which also serves as a polling location. "We are proud to be a polling location & condemn this attempt at voter intimidation," the museum said in a statement. "Our democracy is something that generations of veterans, including those in WWI, have fought to defend." "Don't vote," the graffiti stated. "Fight for revolution!" The spray paint also included a picture of a hammer and sickle.
If it is possible, President Donald Trump has seemed to gain energy at the end of the campaign.(Snip)Joe Biden showed up for his final campaign rally with Lady Gaga last night in Pittsburgh.
It was classic Biden, rambling on and on, (Snip)So he ripped the mask back off and said, “By the way, one last thing.” But as he did that, the music started playing as it does at awards shows to tell the people to stop speaking and get off the stage. Biden decides to not even try and just packs it in.
The Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) is cresting as the election approaches. In one of the most reprehensible statements to come from the Left in this Year of the Left Behaving Reprehensibly was spoken on Friday by the famous atheist Sam Harris, who claims to be a “rationalist.” During an episode of his Making Sense podcast, Harris said: “Osama bin Laden, as a person, is far more understandable to me and far less reprehensible, personally, psychologically, than Trump.” This was no gaffe or momentary slip-up.
President Trump said Tuesday that the biggest difference in this “season” compared to four years ago is how Fox News has covered him.
“Fox has changed a lot. Somebody said, what’s the biggest difference between this and four years ago, and I say, Fox. It’s much different,” Mr. Trump said in a phone interview on “Fox & Friends.”
The president said the network still has great hosts such as Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Tucker Carlson and the “Fox & Friends” crew.
The ‘Big Guy’ and the Big House
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Joe Biden’s voice speaks only for the Biden family, not for Americans. Does Joe Biden still believe a quarter is worth a nickel? That is to say, is his treatment for addiction nothing more than pain without medication? (snip) or does his change of heart mean he opposes mandatory sentences that harden the souls of the sick and stop the hearts of the wicked?
To ask these questions is to question whether Joe Biden would send his son, Hunter, to prison for smoking crack?
It would be a delicious irony if, like every other effort made to kneecap this president by Democrat operatives over the past four years, this one blows up in their faces as well.
Right on schedule, the panic pornsters are shrieking in unison that COVID-19 cases in the United States are on the rise. Virtually overnight, dozens of stories have appeared in the press, on the internet, or broadcast on the nightly news about the renewed danger.(Snip) this whole media campaign—I say “campaign” because it’s clearly orchestrated—is designed to generate fear among the American public. (Snip) whenever our Progressive elites call upon their media partners to gin up fear, they
Britain's terrorism threat level has been raised to 'severe', Home Secretary Priti Patel said today, meaning an attack is now seen as 'highly likely'.
The change comes after a gunman in Vienna identified as a convicted jihadist killed four people in a rampage overnight. 'This is a precautionary measure and is not based on any specific threat,' Patel said on Twitter. 'The British public should be in no doubt that we will take the strongest possible action to protect our national security.'(Snip) Britain's threat level is assessed by the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre which is accountable to the domestic intelligence agency MI5 and made
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is soaring Tuesday morning with shares of Walgreens Boots and JPMorgan Chase delivering strong returns for the price-weighted average. The Dow DJIA, 2.12% was most recently trading 586 points, or 2.2%, higher, as shares of Walgreens Boots WBA, +3.91% and JPMorgan Chase JPM, +3.18% have contributed to the index's intraday rally. Walgreens Boots's shares have risen $1.46, or 4.1%, while those of JPMorgan Chase have climbed $4.03 (4.0%), combining for a roughly 36-point bump for the Dow. Also contributing significantly to the gain are Goldman Sachs GS, +4.18%, Cisco CSCO, +2.98%, and UnitedHealth UNH, +3.17%.
A Grim—and Ignored—Body Count
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The latest anti-cop riots to convulse an American city hit Philadelphia last week, part of a stream of such violence since the early summer. This bout of looting and assault broke out after the fatal police shooting of Walter Wallace, Jr., on October 26. The shooting of the 27-year-old Wallace appears justified, if tragic. Wallace had been threatening his mother with a knife, resulting in two previous 911 calls that day. When the police arrived, he ignored repeated requests to drop the knife as he approached the officers. The officers had not been equipped with Tasers; in that situation, they had no other option,
This Is Not the End
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We regret to inform you that this is not, in fact, all going to be over soon.
Those who still need convincing that we are in for a protracted election struggle may refer to our most recent feature and the shockingly brazen developments we’ve been tracking among Democrats for some time.
But in your heart, you probably don’t need convincing. You’ve seen businesses in cities across America fortifying their buildings as best they can against what everyone knows, but no one can say, will be anti-Trump political violence.
"We need to have a conversation about the fact that DC, arguably the most heavily-Democratic part of the country, is currently boarded up like a hurricane is coming. And we all know that the plywood isn't up in the event of a Biden win." - Patrick Hedger
“Donald Trump is quite simply the most policy ignorant presidential candidate to ever emerge from the Republican primaries.” That’s what I wrote on November 6, 2016, just two days before the presidential elections.(Snip)Up front, I’ll make a case that I was wrong about Trump. Despite rhetoric that frequently leaves a great deal to be desired, Trump has punched
Many of us have been experiencing debilitating election-based anxiety for months, and we know that tomorrow it will only get worse. Some of us are even setting up plans for how to endure the hours between when the polls close and when we know the election results. It could all be over tomorrow night, easy-peasy. Or, there could be days of vote counting and court arguments! Who can say?
Personally, I will be spending tomorrow with my two-and-a-half-year-old niece and one-year-old nephew—whose mere existence gives me a semblance of hope for the future—while also probably eating Mr. Gatti’s pizza for the first time in years,
When the Republicans took both chambers of Congress in the historic 1994 elections, ABC news anchor Peter Jennings said “the voters had a temper tantrum.” He felt it necessary to portray GOP voters as children. But they did it the right way. If Americans want change, and feel the need to act up, the ballot box is the place to do it. Democratic comrades, however, have decided that violence how they are going to get their way.
What we’ve already had plenty of is likely to erupt even more violently tonight and Wednesday morning, and continue for some time. The
Joe Biden is planning to strike a pose as the president-elect on election night if the corporate media decides that he has an insurmountable lead, even as President Trump challenges late mail-in ballots in court.
(Tweet)Democrats say they have “learned the lesson” of the contested 2000 election, when they say George W. Bush declared victory and “acted like the winner” while votes were still being counted and his Democrat opponent Al Gore “hung back.”
In reality, Gore, then the vice president, didn’t hang back at all. Although the networks initially called the race for Gore while the polls were still open in the heavily Republican panhandle, (costing Bush untold numbers of
Joe Biden started election day Tuesday by attending morning mass and visiting his son Beau's grave in Delaware, before he headed to Pennsylvania to make a final play for the crucial battleground state. The Democratic presidential candidate was seen walking into St. Joseph On the Brandywine Catholic Church in Wilmington with his wife Jill and granddaughters Finnegan and Natalie soon after 7 a.m. Tuesday. The family attended mass at their local church before paying a visit to the grave of Biden's late son Beau, an Iraq War veteran and Delaware attorney general, who was laid to rest there following his death in 2015
YouTuber Adam Crigler hopped on a flight to Arizona on Monday after realizing that he wasn't registered to vote in his home state of Maryland. Following a call to his manager, the 36-year-old social media influencer posted updates about his journey on Twitter. In a series of tweets describing his journey, Crigler admitted his registration to vote "didn't go through" in the Old Line State.
"I was pissed," he wrote. "I checked it out and turns out I am still registered to vote in Arizona. SO I JUST BOOKED A FLIGHT AND I LEAVE IN 2 HOURS."
Protests in Portland continued on Monday as BLM demonstrators destroyed a Starbucks and clashed with police, amid fears that further violence could be sparked by the election. At least two people were arrested amid the violence during which windows at Portland State University's public safety office were smashed. Protesters also threw a flammable liquid inside the Starbucks, whose walls were graffitied with 'BLM' and 'ACAB', which stands for 'all cops are b******s'.(Snip) Protesters had gathered in a park at 9pm and marched together chanting the name of Jason Washington, a black man shot and killed by PSU campus police in 2018.
Joe Biden has made it clear that he is on the same page as the radicals who seek to defund and dismantle the police and on Monday, he vowed "justice" for the criminals who have become martyrs to the left. On the eve of the election. good old Joe from Scranton schlepped his carcass to the critical Pittsburgh area where he raged against President Trump and invoked the hallowed names of George Floyd, Jacob Blake, and Walter Wallace.Three were shot by the police and instantly granted sainthood by Democrats and the Marxist-inspired Black Lives Matter movement that now drives the party's agenda.Additionally, the shootings of all three of the men
On Sunday, Vice Presidential candidate Kamala Harris was asked by an illegal immigrant about what they can do this election since they aren't allowed to vote.“I’m undocumented … I can’t vote …What can we do during this election to help make sure that we get you elected?” asked Astrid Silva, an illegal immigrant who was brought to the United States by her illegal migrant parents.“You can tell people who can vote what life is like for you now, and what life can be like,” said Harris."We are committed to shutting down private detention centers and ending policies that have been about separating children from their parents at the border,"
An effort driven by celebrities such as former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and NBA star LeBron James paid off court fines for tens of thousands of felons in Florida ahead of election day.An analysis by the Tampa Bay Times/Miami Herald and ProPublica found that the effort may have paid off the fines of about 40,000 felons, assuming that those felons so not also have other unpaid fees that would bar them from voting. It is unclear how large an impact it may have on the election in Florida, a key swing state, but the effort is believed to advantage Democrats.
Joe Biden secured the first Election Day victory while Trump took the second as two tiny New Hampshire towns with a combined population of 26 announced the first US results just after midnight. Dixville Notch posted its final tally - with all five votes going to Biden - on a handwritten poster board at 12.03am on Tuesday, as most Americans get some shut-eye before polls open nationwide this morning. (Snip) Meanwhile 12 miles away in Millsfield, ballot boxes also opened at 12.01am, with all votes coming in just after Dixville Notch. President Donald Trump won that contest, with 16 votes to Biden's five.
All eyes remain on the U.S. election, and on fathoming its consequences. But in the shadow of ‘The Election’, there are other ‘moving parts’: Germany just offered Washington ‘a sweetheart deal’ in which, Europe – with Germany leading – accepts to leverage America’s full-spectrum strategy of isolating and weakening Russia and China. And in return it is asking the U.S. to acquiesce to German leadership of a ‘power-political’, European entity that is raised to parity with the U.S. That, bluntly, is to say, Germany is angling for ‘superpower’ status, atop an EU ‘empire’ for the new era. Putin recognised such a possibility (Snip) during his recent speech to Valdai.
The ISM manufacturing survey was released today showing exceptional economic news on the manufacturing front. New orders for manufactured goods jumped to their highest level in 17 years and were 3.4 percent higher than pre-pandemic levels. That data matches our earlier ground reports from across the nation.The manufacturing sector inventories are low, that means this cycle of replenishment will continue for some time. Orders for customer goods continues to drive expansion, investment and operational increases in productivity. That customer demand drives the need for increased hiring in manufacturing…. that demand drives wages… and so the middle-class is again on track for a fantastic rebound. That’s MAGAnomics.
A Pennsylvania bakery that has successfully predicted the last three presidential elections with its cookie poll has revealed the final tally in its Trump-Biden contest ahead of Election Day.
The results as of Sunday afternoon, while not the official tally, were the final numbers released by Lochel’s Bakery of Hatboro, Pa., before Americans find out who has won the actual presidential election.
They show President Trump leading former Vice President Joe Biden handily, with a staggering 27,903 red Trump cookies sold compared to just 5,114 blue Biden cookies.
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During one of his final pre-Election Day rallies Monday evening, President Donald Trump warned “Biden’s far-left supporters” that federal justice awaits them if they choose to “loot and riot” either during or after Tuesday’s pivotal election. He issued the remarks from Kenosha, Wisconsin, where in August violent riots by Black Lives Matter extremists erupted following the non-fatal police shooting of a black suspect who’d had an open warrant for felony sexual assault, among other charges.
There is one clear leading indicator pointing to Donald Trump still having a chance to win the election — stores around America are fortifying themselves in anticipation of election-related violence.
Businesses in cities like New York City, Washington, DC, Los Angeles and Chicago are boarding up as if a Category 5 hurricane is bearing down.
Everyone tends to be coy about the reason why. The cops in Beverly Hills worry about “protest activity.” Tiffany refers to “potential election-related activity.” Saks Fifth Avenue says it’s taking precautions “in the event of civil unrest due to the current election.”
Reporters for Reuters covering the elections in the US will have protective gear in anticipation of protests after several incidents in which journalists were targeted during summer demonstrations.Stephen Adler, the editor-in-chief of the global news service that employs 2,500 journalists, told the Press Gazette that his reporters were supplied with flak vests, helmets and gas masks, as well as COVID-19 personal protective equipment including N95 masks, the newspaper reported.“Our concern about the safety of journalists in the US is unprecedentedly high,” Adler said. “My own observation, both here and around the world, is that wearing that big ‘PRESS’ on your chest is no longer as much of a protection
I’ve been a voter for almost 30 years, and I’ve worked in politics for more than 20. During my time at EMILY’s List, I’ve called, counseled and campaigned for hundreds of phenomenal women candidates, so I know what a good candidate looks like. A few key qualities set the best candidates apart – their grasp of the issues and concerns of voters, a capacity to meet the moment and an ability to assemble the right team.
For all of these reasons, I voted early for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
The number of COVID cases in America is well into the millions and the number of dead is now well over 220,000
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Surveillance video released by police captured a gang of bicycle-riding vandals targeting the home of Rudy Giuliani’s one-time chief of staff who is helping efforts to boot homeless people out of the Upper West Side.
The footage released late Monday shows more than a dozen black-clad figures pull up on bikes on E. 83 St and Madison Ave. around 1 a.m. Oct. 21st.
The house they targeted belongs to Randy Mastro, 64, the former chief of staff and deputy mayor under Giuliani. He presently works as a lawyer for several Upper West Side residents who’ve campaigned against moving homeless people
President Trump warned on the morning of Election Day that his Democratic opponent Joe Biden will have a "hard time" dealing with four progressive congresswomen popularly known as "the Squad" if he's elected to the White House. "He’s not going to be able to handle them," Trump said during an interview on "Fox & Friends."
Trump's comments came on the heels of an interview over the weekend between left-wing Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.; Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.; Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich.; Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass.; and Vermont Sen Bernie Sanders, a self-declared democratic socialist.
A British gambler has reportedly staked $5 million on President Trump winning Tuesday’s election — a wager believed to be the largest-ever political bet.The former banker used private bookmakers registered on the Caribbean island of Curacao for the bet at odds of 37/20 — meaning he could get a $15 million payout, sources told the Sun.The mystery gambler confidently went all-in after consulting with “Trump camp insiders,” according to the report.“Word of this bet has done the rounds and we think it’s the biggest ever made on politics,” one betting industry source told the UK paper.
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President Trump, in an Election Day appearance on "Fox & Friends," expressed confidence in his chances of securing reelection, saying he believes he has a "solid chance of winning" another four years in the White House while insisting he won't "play games" in declaring victory. The president made his last-minute pitch to viewers Tuesday in a final push as Americans headed to the polls.
“Well, we feel very good," Trump said by phone, pointing to the large crowds at recent events in Michigan as a positive sign. He later stated that he believes he has a "solid chance of winning."
Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday offered her services and that of the House of Representatives to play a “prominent role” in deciding the outcome of the presidential election if disputes mar the final count.In the event of a tie in the Electoral College the “newly seated House of Representatives” would be called upon to hold a decisive, complicated vote, the New York Times reported, which is where Pelosi sees a role for her possible intervention.In a rarely seen scenario, the House decides with one vote for each state.“But let’s not worry about that right now,” Pelosi told NPR. “What we want to be ready for is a big vote tomorrow
A new website is leaking internal documents, images, and videos from radical left groups and people working inside the federal government planning a coup if President Trump wins re-election. The only way to defeat these people and their ideology is for Trump to have an overwhelming victory that establishes his mandate to restore America's constitutional order. The website is called "Sunrise Exposed," and it went live on Sunday. The site explains: This website houses leaked internal documents, images, videos, and internal communications from The Sunrise Movement and other radical left affinity groups. What's gotten the most play since the website went live are two videos,
The ISIS wannabe who gunned down four people and wounded several others in Vienna posted a chilling photo of himself shortly before the rampage—clutching an AK-47 assault rifle, a handgun and a machete. Kujtim Fezjulai, 20, an Austrian-North Macedonian dual citizen with a previous terror conviction, shared the image on Instagram as he pledged his allegiance to the jihadists and their leader, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, the UK’s Mirror reported. The radicalized gunman was jailed for trying to join the terror group in Syria and was released in December 2019, according to the news outlet. He was convicted in April 2019
Finally — finally — we're there: Election Day.
But here's some potentially bad news: The whole thing may not actually end on Tuesday.
You've all seen the nightmare scenarios -- one actually ends with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) as temporary acting president. And of course, no one really knows what's going to happen (least of all the pollsters -- remember 2016?). But here's what you might expect to happen on Election Day.
First, a ray of optimism: President Trump shocked the world last time by sweeping to victory over heavy frontrunner Hillary Clinton — all before midnight.
The Attorney General of Pennsylvania Josh Shapiro, who is a Democrat, has sparked outrage after suggesting on Twitter that President Trump may have lost the ability to win the crucial swing state, with 20 electoral votes, more than 24 hours before the polls even close. 'If all the votes are added up in PA, Trump is going to lose,' Shapiro wrote on Twitter on Monday evening. 'That's why he's working overtime to subtract as many votes as possible from this process.'(Snip) 'Suffice to say if a Republican Attorney General of a swing state took the position that it was impossible for Joe
I don’t know. The main thing I know about Harris is that she’s an opportunist. If you don’t think so, check with some of the people she prosecuted in California.
The following statements by Harris have been cited as evidence that she’s a Marxist:
"Equality suggests, oh, everyone should get the same amount. The problem with that, not everybody’s starting out from the same place. So if we’re all getting the same amount, but you started out back there and I started out over here, we could get the same amount, but you’re still going to be that far back behind me."
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden will travel to Pennsylvania on Tuesday and his running mate Sen. Kamala Harris of California will campaign in Michigan for their final push to get out the vote on Election Day. The Biden campaign announced Monday that the former vice president will travel to Scranton and Philadelphia on Tuesday in his final pitch to voters, while Harris will be in Detroit. Meanwhile, former second lady Jill Biden will travel to Tampa and St. Petersburg, Fla., and Wake County, N.C. Harris’s husband, Doug Emhoff, will travel to Columbus, Ohio. It is unclear if the president and
American elections, especially presidential ones, are specifically designed to create deep divisions across society, camps labeled Us and Them. You may have noticed this in the tumultuous 2016 upset shockwave that has endured ever since. In this cycle, the election featured two dozen Democrats and a lone Republican who out-talked and out-tweeted them all. In terms of the work put into campaigning, this cycle has been no contest. The 74-year-old Donald Trump has campaigned basically nonstop since the convention in late August. [Snip] His challenger, 77-year-old Joe Biden, on some days might campaign as late as 9 or 10 in the morning
With merchants in Democrat-run cities boarding up their storefront windows, the possibility of serious urban violence is well-understood. (snip) the progressive fascists appear to have a plan in place to make it even worse: disguising their rioters as Trump supporters (snip) A source that has always been reliable was able to photograph an Antifa flyer (snip) What makes all of this particularly chilling is that progressives already are absurdly claiming that the threat of violence comes from our side. Portland’s Mayor Ted Wheeler warns of white racist rioters inspired by the rhetoric from Washington, DC (i.e., Trump)
For years, the left has denied that voter fraud is a problem by setting a curious standard: It’s not “widespread.” Never mind that voter fraud never is “widespread.” It’s always targeted at key races.
Case in point is Pennsylvania, which could be, if you will pardon the pun, the keystone state of the 2020 elections, and which Democrats have carefully laid the groundwork to commit targeted fraud.
Let’s assume that President Donald Trump takes the toss-up states where he is currently ahead in the Real Clear Politics average, and that Trump takes Florida and Arizona (where Joe Biden is barely
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After a couple years of this perma-campaign, we’re finally poised to utterly humiliate them once again. Look, I think we win and I don’t think it’s going to be close. Most people in the know – whatever the hell that means – agree. We can feel the enthusiasm, we see the Dems solemnly trudging towards defeat. We all recognize the utter absence of any statistically significant move from Trump to Biden since 2016, while the opposite shift is manifest. The only thing that doesn’t support a Trump rout are some of the polls, but what the CNN/Weenis Strategy poll of living and/or dead Democrat voters says means nothing.
President Donald Trump suggested to a Florida rally crowd he might fire Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, once Election Day has passed.
This is called an About Time moment. Fauci should’ve been fired long ago.
Truth be told, Fauci never should have been granted the wide-scale, nationwide public platform at the White House in the first place. He should’ve been kept behind scenes, as one of many COVID-19 advisers to the president. He only should have been given the media platform when he was speaking a tightly controlled administration-penned message. Why?
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In a fifty-second animated feature that she tweeted out this weekend, vice-presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris offers a glimpse of how she views the concept of equality.
The video begins with Harris casually stating, “So, there’s a big difference between equality and equity,” above the piping sounds of synthesized music. “Equality suggests, ‘oh everyone should get the same amount.’ The problem with that, not everybody’s starting out from the same place.”
Sleepy and creepy Joe Biden invited Pop star Lady Gaga to his final ‘drive in’ rally held in Pennsylvania but Lady Gaga is anti-fracking. It’s as if Biden is trying to lose the race.Former Vice President Joe Biden held his final pathetic rally of his 2020 Presidential Campaign tonight with anti-fracker pop star Lady Gaga in Pittsburgh:(Tweet/Video) Biden received criticism from the Trump team for inviting Lady Gaga: (Snip) Conservative Mama on Twitter did her rendition of Lady Gaga’s video – she did it better: (Tweet/Video) What a mess the Biden Campaign was. It will go down in history as a scary joke.
Last Wednesday evening, Tucker Carlson informed his audience that a source came forward with "damning" documents linked to the Bidens. Those documents were shipped to Los Angeles, where Carlson was preparing his interview with former Biden business associate Tony Bobulinski. They disappeared en route. (snip) The shocking revelations confirm a familiar pattern of liberal sympathizers breaking the law in order to sabotage President Trump’s chances at reelection. Whether it’s Antifa beating up reporters or FBI agents hashing out an “insurance policy,” the rise of the illiberal left and the deep state is what is on voters’ minds.
We’re about to make a decision as a country in a presidential election that is fundamental.
It’s fundamental on a number of levels.
Ideologically, we’re about to choose between a president who aggressively champions America as founded, or at least as close to it as modern realities allow, and a Democrat challenger whose handlers are openly socialist.
In foreign policy, we’re about to choose between an America First stance demanding that our allies pull their weight, that trade deals don’t sell out our workers, that Islamic militants and other international villains not be coddled, that we stand up to China, and that the UN not eat our sovereignty …
Walmart is parting ways with robots used to monitor store inventory as the retail giant realized humans are just as capable, a new report said.
The robot layoff is the result of the company cutting ties with startup Bossa Nova Robotics, which over the last five years provided six-foot-tall inventory-tracking machines to roughly 500 Walmart stores, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Sources familiar with the move told the newspaper that company executives determined they can use their own store employees to effectively keep tabs of inventory.
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In the beginning, I tried to convince people to vote for Trump because I knew that, no matter how bad Trump might be, Hillary would be worse.
Since Trump took office, I’ve been delighted with his governance. I don’t care about his tweets and rough edges, because I find him amusing and genuine. I don’t care that he’s mean because Trump is a counterpuncher. He never throws the first punch. If you attack him, though, he’ll destroy you.
I love Trump because he has the right enemies.
I love Trump because he keeps his promises.
I love Trump because he loves America and her people.
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Here are three disparate observations, the common denominator being optimism.
First: The polls are shifting in the last days before the election, just as they did in 2016. From Townhall, “If New Batch of Polls are Correct, Trump Will Soar Past 300 Electoral Votes.” Check out the polls cited there. They include Michigan (Trump 48/46), Pennsylvania (Trump 49/47), Wisconsin (Trump 50/49), Florida (Trump 49/45), and so on. We are at the point where polls are pretty much meaningless, but I don’t think it is coincidental that 2020 is just about a carbon copy of 2016.
Americans take for granted that, when we step into the voting booth and cast our ballots, the choices we make will remain secret unless we voluntarily reveal them. Moreover, regardless of ideological bent, very few voters would approve of any attempt to lift that veil of privacy from the process. Yet the secret ballot was essentially unheard of in the United States until the mid-19th century, and it wasn’t adopted throughout the country until the 1890s. Before then, elections were conducted by voice or by color-coded tickets. The “shy Trump voter” could never survive in such an electoral environment. Thus, it’s unlikely that Trump could have been elected in 2016.
For months now, disappointed liberals have been scratching their heads and bemoaning one question hanging over the 2020 elections. Why aren’t Democrats talking about gun control? It was all the rage last year, but now you don’t hear a peep about if from almost any of their candidates and it wasn’t even mentioned at the Democratic National Convention. The reasons seemed fairly obvious to me and it looked as if the issue had been put to rest for this cycle. But then, only this weekend, Democratic candidate Joe Biden broke the mold and ended the silence. His Twitter account chimed in, seemingly out of nowhere, with a promise
The official tally isn’t in just yet, but one candidate can safely claim victory in a Pennsylvania bakery’s cookie poll.
Lochel’s, a family-owned bakery located in the town of Hatboro, tells Fox News that the shop’s Trump-themed cookies are “vastly” outselling its Biden-themed cookies by a margin of almost 6 to 1, with some customers driving from neighboring states in order to get their hands on the treats.
“We had one guy drive twice from Staten Island for them,” said bakery owner Kathleen Lochel.
What’s more, Kathleen had previously touted that the informal “cookie poll” — which she’s held for the past four election cycles — has accurately predicted
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I have been favorably disposed toward “The Donald” ever since he restored the ice skating rink in Central Park back in the 1980s, a quintessential New York spot that I had enjoyed when I was younger. The rink was out of commission for years and the city never seemed able to address it despite spending plenty of money. Trump had it fixed and working in a matter of months, ahead of schedule and well under budget.Clearly a man of action who says what he’ll do and does what he says, Trump was a mover and shaker in a bureaucratically sluggish city. He is a man who keeps his promises,
An unidentified British businessman apparently thinks President Trump will be re-elected and he’s willing to put his money where his mouth is, a report said. The Sun newspaper reported Monday the ex-banker bet $5 million through private bookies located in Curacao and it is believed to be the largest political bet ever made. The report said the individual did his research and consulted with “Trump camp insiders.”
The bet can result in a $15 million payout, the report said.
Joe Biden continues to lead in national polls, but the Trump campaign appears optimistic and sees the polls tightening in the key battleground states.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said on Monday’s broadcast out MSNBC’s “The Beat” that President Donald Trump was attempting to undermine the election results because he knew he couldn’t win.Pelosi said, “I feel confident that we will win the House. It’s very possible we will win the Senate, and on January 20, Joe Biden will be inaugurated president of the United States.”She continued, “This president, of all the presidents I’ve seen and studied in American history, is the most insecure. He knows he can’t win by letting the people speak their voices, so he’s trying to disrupt the election. We are concerned about foreign powers coming in and
Tens of thousands of supporters of President Donald Trump gathered under a red evening sky in Kenosha, Wisconsin, for the penultimate rally of the 2020 presidential campaign.With temperatures at 47º Fahrenheit, and the wind blowing steadily from the west, the weather was cold, with the wind chill at 41º. But that did not deter the faithful from attending a rally in a town that was devastated by Black Lives Matter riots in August — as Democratic Party nominee Joe Biden criticized police.Much of the damage in the town is still visible, with rubble in the central business district, and public buildings boarded up.
Joe Biden nabbed the first tiny victory of Election Day — winning all 5 votes in a small New Hampshire town that holds a tradition of counting their votes at midnight.The final vote tally at Dixville Notch, New Hampshire — which is among three towns that tally their election results after midnight — was drawn on a poster board moments after the clock struck 12 a.m.In the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton won the Dixville Notch vote. Then, the town, which is close to the Canadian border, had a total of 8 voters.
Two other areas in the state, Hart’s Location and Millsfield, have also historically offered midnight voting.
A coalition of 14 conservative European parliamentarians, led by the Sweden Democrats, on Monday nominated U.S President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. ”For his courage and commitment to the cause of peace in the Middle East, the Balkans, and on the Korean Peninsula, we wish to nominate United States President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize,” the coalition said in a statement. ”In support of America’s global leadership for peace and prosperity under President Donald J. Trump. Our nomination is the largest nomination yet, with 14 parliamentarians from 11 different European nations nominating Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize,” it said.
BUTLER, Pennsylvania — A man who came to President Trump's giant rally at a local airport Saturday night said he knew someone who planned to vote for Trump but felt too intimidated to say so publicly. I asked who it was. It was his mother, he answered, but she would kill him if she found out that he told anyone.
"There are a lot of people who are too afraid to put up a sign [for Trump]," he said, explaining that his neighborhood, more than an hour away, was mixed between Trump and Biden voters, and black and white voters.
Fox News host Tucker Carlson dedicated a segment of his top-rated show on the eve of the 2020 election to mocking the way Sen. Kamala Harris spoke during recent campaign stops in Florida and Georgia.
Carlson compared Harris, the vice presidential candidate born in California and raised in Quebec, Canada, to Hillary Clinton affecting a Southern accent on the campaign trail in the past.
"In Florida on Saturday, Kamala revealed a new lived experience. Turns out, she’s a proud, lifelong resident of the Deep South here in the United States," Carlson said on Monday before playing one clip of Harris.
There is a vaunted prize in American politics: the undecided, apolitical “middle.” These are the independents and late bloomers who make their voting decisions in the last few days before going to the polls.
Apparently, you people decide elections. This is for you.
I am not going to name any political party. I’m not even going to mention a specific politician or candidate. I will only ask you about your principles.
We are told that style matters. How a politician speaks in public, how he talks about other Americans, how he tweets. We have been told that this election is about “character.” So let’s talk about character, shall we?
VIENNA — Austria’s top security official says a third person has died following Vienna shooting. Austrian Interior Minister Karl Nehammenr told reporters that two men and a woman have died from their injuries. A suspected attacker was also shot and killed by police.
Nehammer said that initial investigations indicate that the suspect who was killed had sympathized with the Islamic State group. Authorities are still trying to determine whether further attackers may be on the run. People in Vienna have been urged to stay at home Tuesday.
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“You know, Joe. I ran because of you.”
On June 16, 2015, after decades of being fed up with what was happening to our country, President Trump decided to come down that golden escalator and do something about it.
He spoke plain truths. America didn’t have victories anymore. Our economy was in shambles, GDP was shrinking into negative territory. We weren’t beating China. All Americans were getting was rhetoric from politicians, when they just wanted a job.
President Trump didn’t need the job or money. He wasn’t beholden to any big donors or foreign nations. He lived the American Dream. He wanted it for others,
The famous “Dewey defeats Truman” presidential election was 72 years ago and reminders of what was an epic polling failure echo to this day. For pollsters, pundits, and the press, Democrat Harry Truman’s surprise victory over Republican Thomas E. Dewey in 1948 is, or ought to be, an enduring reminder about the perils of extreme overconfidence.
The 1948 election also may offer a lens by which to understand the outcome of the Trump-Biden race. Here’s how:
If Joe Biden blows what has been a solid lead in pre-election polls, his loss may be attributable to having pursued something akin to Dewey’s glide-path campaign
It’s an easy yes for me – a yes to four more years of Donald J. Trump as commander in chief. I know it’s an easy yes for tens of millions of patriotic Americans, too.
I’m saying yes to the great American comeback, built upon one of the strongest economies the world has ever seen. Under President Trump, our nation's unemployment levels reached historic lows with the employment levels at historic highs. And this wasn’t just for a select few – it was for every single demographic in our country. Wages went up, jobs were brought back from overseas, and trade deals were implemented to hold China accountable
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When the first American edition of my Coup d’État: a Practical Handbook was published in 1969, the United States was in great turmoil. Anti-Vietnam War demonstrations had grown increasingly aggressive—a process culminating in the Kent State demonstrations of the following year, during which beleaguered National Guardsmen in imminent physical danger killed four and wounded others in self-defense, as multiple courts unambiguously determined. The publisher’s press agent had no trouble at all lining up media interviews. These I handled as best I could, having just arrived in the U.S. for the first time and being greatly ill-prepared for the peculiar nature of American provincialism.
CNN’s hatred for President Trump and Republicans was boiling over on the eve of Election Day. Their animus was perfectly summed up during a Monday segment of Cuomo PrimeTime which featured New York Times columnist, the insufferably pompous Tom Friedman. According to the duo, the Republicans were just a bunch of “manure” eating racists and whores trying to stir up a Lebanese-style civil war while trying to suppress votes, while President Trump was trying to “put a bullet into the country.”
Nothing about that description is an exaggeration. With just hours until polls opened, they were throwing everything they had at the all.
Via RCP, he’s not speaking on behalf of NBC or MSNBC — I think. He and his team will be doing election-night coverage on “Peacock,” NBC’s streaming platform. That’s the feed which he claims won’t carry Trump. And as I understand him, he’s not describing a scenario where Trump really does legitimately win tomorrow night. If the surprise to end all surprises happens and Trump romps through the battlegrounds by margins so wide that Biden can’t possibly make up the gap with not-yet-counted mail ballots, then of course Peacock and every other platform should carry Trump’s victory speech live. What he’s talking about here is
John James’ Closing Argument to Black Voters:
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Whatever the outcome of the Michigan Senate Race, Republican candidate John James has run a focused, inspirational and forward-thinking campaign.
My colleague Sister Toldjah described James’s campaign and rapid response as “beast mode”:
“James has run such an impressive campaign that mainstream media outlets like CNN have tried to spread lies about his record, while social media platforms like Twitter have tried to suppress news of important endorsements in the state.
“Despite all that, his message is resonating enough that Joe Biden is paying attention.
Kenosha, Wisconsin. It's a town that made headlines earlier this year when riots broke out there following the police shooting of Jacob Blake. Buildings and businesses were set ablaze and livelihoods were destroyed. When I traveled to the area one month later, at the end of September, the small town was still in ruins, as though the riots took place the day before. "Black Lives Matter" posters and painting covered businesses and buildings. People were doing their best to rebuild and bring hope back to their community.
The city was one of President Donald Trump's final campaign stops on the eve of Election Day,