Monthly Archives: October 2024

The Supreme Court Upheld The U.S. Constitution

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On Wednesday, The Supreme Court ruled that Virginia will be allowed to remove non-citizens from its voter rolls.

The National Review reported:

The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that Virginia is entitled to remove noncitizen aliens from its voter rolls, siding with the commonwealth over lower courts less than a week out from the election.

The order comes two days after Virginia attorney general Jason Miyares filed an emergency application, requesting that the Court stay an injunction that ordered Virginia to restore some 1,600 suspected noncitizens who are ineligible to vote to the state’s voter rolls. A federal appeals court upheld the injunction on Sunday, quickly prompting the attorney general to appeal to the Supreme Court.

The Court released the one-page order Wednesday morning, noting that liberal-leaning Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson would have denied Virginia’s emergency request for an appeal.

Governor Youngkin noted:

“This is a victory for commonsense and election fairness,” Youngkin said in a statement. “I am grateful for the work of Attorney General Jason Miyares on this critical fight to protect the fundamental rights of U.S. citizens. Clean voter rolls are one important part of a comprehensive approach we are taking to ensure the fairness of our elections.”

Our Constitution states that the right to vote in federal elections is reserved for citizens. To deny a state the right to remove non citizens from its voter rolls is contrary to that concept. This case should not have had to go to the Supreme Court, but it did, and it was ruled on correctly.

An Interesting Turn In The Campaign For President

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Follow the money is a principle that works in a lot of different settings. In politics it sometimes tells us who is behind certain policies and laws, and in business it sometimes explains decisions that seem to have no logical basis. In elections, it can provide information into what a campaign’s internal polling numbers are telling them.

On Tuesday, Townhall reported:

While we’ve been saying that this election will likely come down to seven key battleground states, and it still could, former and potentially future President Donald Trump is enjoying momentum so strong he may not just win in most or in all of those states, but in other states not traditionally considered to be battleground states. Now, in the final days before the election, there looks to be more states seriously in play, and it looks like Vice President Kamala Harris knows it too, which may explain why she’s pulling her ads from North Carolina markets.

The article concludes:

This always was going to be one of the potentially trickier swing states, given how other than Trump’s win in 2016, it’s gone for the Democratic nominee every year since 1984. RCP still has Trump leading by +0.5, while Silver has Harris up by +0.4 there, though the state has trended Republican as well, by +0.3 over the last week and by +1.5 over the past month. 

Beyond the polls, though, the momentum from the Trump campaign is undeniable, as is the panic from the Harris campaign. As Kinnett himself has predicted, we could very well end up finding out the results by the very next afternoon after Election Day, with Wisconsin a win for Trump and Virginia coming close to it.

There is a lot more early voting this year than usual. Part of that is due to what happened on election day in 2020 when election machines failed and people waited in line for hours in some states. Part of that is also due to the Trump campaign’s encouraging voters to vote early. It will be interesting to see how many people will have voted by election day and how quickly the votes can be tabulated.

When The Rhetoric Is Ridiculous

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On Tuesday, Breitbart posted an article about some of Vice-President Kamala Harris’ comments on Tuesday night in Washington, D.C.

The article notes:

CLAIM: Vice President Kamala Harris claimed that former President Donald Trump “sent an armed mob” to the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021.

VERDICT: False.

The article reports:

While speaking from the Ellipse in Washington, DC, on Tuesday night, Harris delivered her closing statements. In her closing statement, Harris claimed that Trump had “sent an armed mob” to the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, though the riot had started even before Trump finished speaking.

“We know who Donald Trump is,” Harris told the crowd. “He is the person who stood at this very spot nearly four years ago and sent an armed mob to the United States Capitol to overturn the will of the people in a free and fair election. An election that he knew he lost.”

I guess there are people who believe that, but it is a false and slanderous statement.

The article explains:

As Breitbart News’s Bradley Jaye has previously reported, Trump has previously “countered that not only did he authorize additional security after protesters entered the Capitol but in fact had requested and approved National Guard troops in advance”:

Trump countered that not only did he authorize additional security after protestors entered the Capitol but in fact had requested and approved National Guard troops in advance — information which was omitted by Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s anti-Trump J6 Committee.

“I was all set to bring in the National Guard,” Trump said, bashing the committee for only releasing information strategically to damage Trump. “They heard that, they say them coming, and they left immediately.”

Breitbart News’s Joel Pollak has previously reported that former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) ended up walking back a claim that Trump “incited” the riot on January 6.

Pollak noted that “the question of incitement” was key to Democrats’ argument against Trump during his second impeachment trial, adding that Trump’s defense team, at the time, pointed out that the riot had already started prior to Trump finishing his speech:

The article concludes with President Trump’s Twitter post from that day:

“I am asking for everyone at the U.S. Capitol to remain peaceful,” Trump wrote. “No violence! Remember, WE are the Party of Law & Order – respect the Law and our great men and women in Blue. Thank you!”

As more and more information is revealed, we are learning that the riot was incited by people with connections to the deep state. That really shouldn’t surprise anyone.

Why Oil Prices Have Remained Stable Despite The Israeli-Hamas-Hezbollah-Iran War

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On Tuesday, mrcTV posted an article about oil prices–they have remained relatively stable despite the unrest in the Middle East.

The article reports:

Sudden, violent, disruptive events in the Middle East cause big oil price jumps and front-page headlines about gasoline prices – don’t they? But, not lately. Like the dog that did not bark, why not?

Russia, one of the world’s three largest oil producers, invaded Ukraine and started a war which has been going for two-and-a-half years now. Europe imposed sanctions on Russian oil and gas supplies and caused re-arrangement of oil and gas supply relationships worldwide. Hamas, an Iranian subsidiary, attacks Israel and initiates Israeli military action in Gaza. Houthis in Yemen, another Iranian subsidiary, supplemented Hamas’ efforts by attacking shipping coming down from the Suez Canal into the Red Sea.

Hezbollah, a third Iranian subsidiary, fired missiles into Israel from its bases in Lebanon. Those attacks increased in recent months. Israeli Defense Forces crossed into Lebanon and are reducing Hezbollah’s ability to threaten them.

Israel killed leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah. Iran fired 160 missiles into Israel. Everybody wondered: How will Israel respond? Reportedly, the Biden-Harris Administration demanded that Israel not attack Iran’s oil export or refining facilities or their nuclear facilities. Israel struck Iranian military, Iran Revolutionary Guard, and weapons manufacturing facilities.

All this turmoil and disruption is in the Middle East, which produces over 30% of the world’s oil.

No big change of oil prices, however. No front-page screaming headlines (or today’s online equivalent) about oil or gasoline price increases. Television talking heads do not mention oil prices. They are down a bit.

After years of oil and gasoline price sensitivity to Middle East instability, what is different? The United States oil industry rode to rescue the world economy from its hostage status to Middle East and Russian producers. United States oil production increased from about five million barrels/day (mb/d) to over 13 mb/d over the past 20 years. The U.S. is now the world’s largest oil producer. That eight mb/d increase is more than twice the Iranian production rate and is all actively marketed. That production increase developed a five mb/d surplus capacity in OPEC producers alone.

Energy independence makes a difference. We are not drilling enough to bring the prices down to where they were in 2020, but we are drilling enough to keep oil prices stable when the Middle East is at war (or when a country simply raises the price).

Oil prices never really go back to where they were–the 40-and-50-cents-a-gallon prices before the Arab oil embargo are never coming back, but at least we are producing enough oil to avoid the price hikes of an embargo.

Finding Our Way Back

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On Friday, USA Today posted an article about inflation and the impact it has had on the lower and middle classes in America.

The article notes:

Putting “fun” back into low- and middle-income Americans’ budgets could be years away with most of their income barely covering the surge in costs for bare necessities, economists said.

Even with annual inflation last month cooling to the lowest level since February 2021 and wages rising faster than inflation, low- and middle-income Americans are just barely covering their essentials, which include groceries, shelter, utilities and gasoline, economists say.

That’s because when inflation slows, it only means prices aren’t rising as quickly, not that prices are declining. So, Americans continue to pay higher prices for everyday needs.

Low- and middle-income Americans were hit disproportionately harder than their higher-income peers because essentials account for a larger share of their budgets, and their discretionary spending, or spending on nonessential items like dining out, vacations and entertainment, is only just recovering, economists say.

…Middle-income Americans’ purchasing power, after being sharply eroded during the 2021-2022 inflation shock, just recently moved above 2019 levels, according to the monthly Primerica Household Budget Index (HBI). HBI assesses whether families can get ahead financially or if they may fall behind based on the affordability of everyday necessities needed to manage their homes and changes in their earned income.

…Air conditioning, watering the garden and visiting family were “luxuries” Amy Aaroen, 63, cut back on last summer.

The article asks the question:

Will upcoming holiday spending be affected?

Low and middle-income consumers will probably still be bargain-hunting this holiday season, analysts said.

“We are continuing to see inflation’s impact on the middle-class consumer,” said Adam Davis, managing director at Wells Fargo Retail Finance. “Discretionary spending on larger ticket items is down, which could indicate holiday budgets may tighten, and certain consumers might even trade down on items, with many actively looking for bargains.”

Aaroen says that through belt-tightening during the year, “we’ve somehow managed to keep a budget that will probably not affect our coming holidays too much. We have 11 grandchildren and usually spend $25 to $30 on each of them. And we will probably this year as well. We may need to use the credit card though.”

And “yes, we will definitely see family for the holidays,” she said. “But not as often in between.”

Elections have consequences. If you want four more years of inflation and increased government spending, vote for Kamala Harris.

An Obvious Move That Should Have Happened A Long Time Ago

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On Tuesday, The Jewish News Syndicate reported that the Israeli Knesset banned the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) from operating in Israel. There were several UNRWA workers involved in the October 7th attack, and an UNRWA teacher was found guarding Yahya Sinwar. UNRWA is not an instrument of peace or of any help to the ‘refugees’ or the Israelis.

The article reports:

Israel’s Knesset on Monday made it illegal for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) to operate in Israeli territory, and for state officials to cooperate with the agency.

The two laws were passed by a large majority following the exposure of UNRWA staff complicity in Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023 massacre, and despite pressure from the United States and other countries against the move.

The Biden Administration was “deeply concerned” about the legislation, according to an unnamed U.S. State Department official cited by Axios. This echoes language used by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken prior to the vote.

Josep Borrell, the E.U. High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, tweeted that the new laws “would de facto render UNRWA’s vital operations in Gaza impossible, and seriously hamper its provision of services in the West Bank.” The laws stand “in stark contradiction to international law and the fundamental principle of humanity,” he added.

Has it occurred to these people that UNRWA was acting in contradiction to international law and the fundamental principle of humanity? In the past, I have posted pictures of kindergarten classes in Gaza (here). The children in these classes are in camouflage dress and being taught to be martyrs in the fight against Israel. Many of their teachers are UNRWA workers.

The article concludes:

“The more complicated thing is the prohibition on dealing with UNRWA in Gaza and Judea and Samaria. It is not clear what will happen next, it’s not entirely clear. There will be a few months for the law to go into effect and there will be a lot of pressure on Israel to somehow freeze the law. I don’t think Israel should surrender,” he said.

“The important thing to remember is that Palestinians are prisoners of assistance that keeps them in permanent dependency. UNRWA dooms Palestinians to a cycle of dependency. It calls itself an aid agency but it is a Palestinian war agency. The whole point of UNRWA is to tell Palestinians that their future is to dismantle Israel,” he concluded.

UNRWA has long passed its useful life span (if it was ever useful).

Fighting Fraud Before The Voting Ends

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On Friday, Just the News posted an article about some of the challenges some areas of the country are experiencing in keeping our elections honest.

The article notes:

In the aftermath of the messy 2020 election, Michigan police sent to the FBI a strong body of evidence documenting a multi-state scheme to submit fraudulent voter applications. Three years later, nobody can explain what the bureau did with the case as a similar scheme has now surfaced in the battleground state of Pennsylvania with less than two weeks to go before Election Day.

If criminals are charged for their actions, those actions tend not be be repeated.

The article reports:

Prosecutors in Lancaster County said Friday they had uncovered a large-scale scheme to submit fraudulent voter applications that were collected at shopping malls and other locations. Lancaster County District Attorney Heather Adams told a news conference that detectives have found about 60% of some 2,500 voter registrations submitted in recent days to the county’s election office were fraudulent.

“At this point, it is believed that the fraudulent voter registrations are connected to a large-scale canvassing operation for voter registrations that date back to June,” Adams said. The prosecutor said that while detectives continue to review applications, they have confirmed fake names, identifications, and signatures were used to submit applications and create potentially fake voters. In some cases, real voters’ names were used but the voter said they neither approved nor signed the registrations.

…”Staff noticed that numerous applications appeared to have the same handwriting (and) were filled out on the same day,” Adams said during the press conference. “The confirmed indicators of fraud that detectives came across were inaccuracies with the addresses listed on the applications, fake and false personal identification information, as well as false names,” she continued. “Also, applications that had names that did not match the provided Social Security information.”

Lancaster is a politically influential county in the battleground state and home to a large Amish population that both parties have courted. Pennsylvania’s State Department, which oversees elections, praised Lancaster County for its quick actions.

It has been reported that much of the Amish population is supporting President Trump because of government over-regulation of their farms.

The article also details some of the fraud found in Michigan. Please follow the link to the article for further details.

A Call To Restore New York City

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New York City used to be a fun place to visit. I went to school there many years ago. There was an energy to the city. There was culture and knowledge available to visitors in whatever area they wanted to pursue. The museums were wonderful, the buildings were fascinating, and the culture was diverse and interesting. I rode the subway to school every day and never thought twice about it. Today I would be afraid to walk down the street.

On Sunday, Breitbart posted an article about President Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden. I only watched part of the rally, but like everyone else, have seen a lot of the short videos from the rally. One of the people who spoke that impressed me was Melania Trump. She said what many of us who have spent time in New York City in the past are thinking–let’s restore our city.

The article reports:

During former President Donald Trump’s rally in Madison Square Garden, his wife, Melania Trump, praised New York City for being the place where “architectural symbols of strength, courage, and unity” made a “canvas for the world’s undisputed capital of industry.”

Melania encouraged voters to “envision a wonderful America where the seats of security, prosperity, and health” would be sewn.

“Hello, Madison Square Garden, our hometown, where architectural symbols of strength, courage, and unity create a canvas for the world’s undisputed capital of industry,” the former first lady said. “Where titans of finance, fashion, and entertainment convene among an iconic range of superior design, structures, and artistic accomplishments. And, American ingenuity blossoms among determined citizens who race across city streets and between offices striving for success. It is you who are the heartbeat of this great metropolis. It is you who are the pulse of this America.”

…“Crime is on the rise, while public safety diminishes creating an environment where families with young children chose to relocate” Melania added. “And this story repeats itself from coast to coast, across our nation: This is America. For generations, this town has produced America’s most fearless leaders, whose mark changed the course of the world. New York City and America needs their magic back. A country of tomorrow that will shape our future and reset expectations for the generations. Envision a wonderful America where the seats of security, prosperity, and health are sewn once again for benefit of our families. Let us charge together with a shared vision that builds on American greatness.”

It is time to bring our cities back to being places where families can live and work in safety and enjoy the diverse cultures around them. New York City has people from every country and most of the time they have all lived in peace. Some of my ancestors were Irish chauffeurs and Czech maids in the mansions of New York City at the beginning of the twentieth century. My husband’s French and Swiss ancestors lived in New York City in the beginning of the twentieth century when they immigrated here.

Let’s make New York City a place of peace, safety, diverse cultures, and great food again.

The Pictures Tell The Story

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On Sunday, PJ Media posted an article about some prominent Democrats referring to President Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden as a Nazi Rally. We have all heard the quotes, so there is no need for me to repeat them. If you haven’t heard them, the article includes some of them.

The article includes some screenshots from X that tell a very different story.

Unfortunately there were some Nazi signs there:

It’s kind of sad that Hitler seems to be the Democrats’ closing argument. If they are proud of their policy ideas, they should be talking about them.

When You Aren’t Willing To Walk Into The Trap

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Last week I posted an article about President Trump’s refusal to accept the help of the federal transition team. We all remember what happened in 2016–the official transition team worked very hard to undermine the new administration. There is no reason to repeat that mistake. However, not everyone is happy that President Trump is refusing to make the same mistake twice.

On Friday, The Conservative Treehouse posted an article about the fallout from that decision.

The article posts the following headline:

The article reports:

I’m going to skip most of the nonsense about the “Raskin Letter” [SEE HERE] to focus on the part that few will notice or report.

The process that Jamie Raskin is angry about, is a transition process that was created by Barack Obama and his GSA administrative state allies, to control all aspects of an incoming administration in opposition to the system that Obama created.  This was the reinforcement cement in the “fundamental change” pillar.

The “transition process” that Raskin talks about was created in 2010.  The only presidential transitions that have taken place since then were Trump in ’16 and Biden in ’20.  That’s it.  This is not a historically used process.  In fact, Barack Obama never used it in 2009 when he came into office, because it never existed.

The article includes the letter Jamie Raskin wrote to President Trump and Vice-Presidential Candidate Vance. It includes the left’s basic lies and inflammatory statements.

The article notes:

Raskin is an angry bitter man of intemperate disposition, the archetype nihilist.  As hate consumes him, his physical persona changes with the manifestation of evil enterprise.  While his cancer is in reported remission, I would anticipate it to resurface in early 2025, after Baal has finished using him.

All of that said, Raskin pledged to purposefully trigger a civil war within the United States if Donald Trump wins the 2024 presidential election.  {Direct Rumble Link Here} Raskin is prepared to work with Democrats and block any certification of any vote that has President Trump declared the winner.

Who is the threat to our Republic?

Before You Take His Statements Too Seriously, Look At His Record

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Somehow a lot of the rules in the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) were ignored when President Trump was in office. One of the people who broke a lot of those rules but was never held accountable was the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley. On Saturday, Townhall posted an article about some of his past actions and some of his recent statements.

The article reports:

Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, recently called Donald Trump a “fascist to the core” and “a wannabe dictator.” That such a senior military leader would feel comfortable saying this about his former boss is remarkable given that similar statements by officers have, in the past, resulted in severe punishment. The U.S. Constitution makes the president—the only democratically elected leader in the chain of command—commander in chief. Military leaders serving under the president owe him both deference and respect, regardless of whether their policy preferences differ.  

General Milley is challenging this foundational principle of American government. Although General Milley’s recent statements are not subject to Article 88 because President Trump was no longer in office at the time the general made them, his previous attempts to undermine Trump’s authority could be. Indeed, General Milley has recognized as much, expressing concern that he may yet face court-martial for his conduct during the Trump administration. Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has revealed that General Milley discussed with her ways in which the military could ignore a hypothetical order from President Trump to deploy nuclear weapons, and that he agreed with the speaker’s suggestion that President Trump was “crazy.”

The article notes what I consider the most egregious act of General Milley:

Others have alleged that General Milley worked behind the scenes to frustrate the Trump administration’s plan to pull troops out of Afghanistan, ultimately succeeding in delaying withdrawal until President Biden was in office. Most egregiously, a 2021 book by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa details how General Milley—without knowledge or authorization from the president—offered to warn a senior Chinese military official “ahead of time” in the event that President Trump ordered an attack against the communist state. This latter conduct, if true, goes beyond even insubordination—it borders on outright treason, which can be prosecuted through court-martial or by the Department of Justice under Title 18, Section 2381 of the U.S. Code.

General Milley is a disgrace to the uniform.

A Victory For Election Integrity

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Election fraud is not a new thing. There were some real questions in 1960 as to whether or not John Kennedy won Illinois–Chicago just kept those votes coming. However, we are somewhat more sophisticated now, so we do better most of the time.

On Friday, PJ Media posted an article about a recent decision by the Fifth Circuit Court.

The article reports:

On Oct. 25, the Fifth Circuit Court ruling in Republican National Committee v. Wetzel reversed a former judgment and affirmed that Mississippi’s statute allowing the state to receive ballots up to five days after federal Election Day is not consistent with the Constitution or federal law. It is not even consistent with Mississippi’s own law, the ruling states! Indeed, the ruling is a hopeful sign coming just after the discouraging news that a Biden-appointed judge ordered Virginia to reinstate non-citizens on voter rolls. The fight for election integrity is challenging but most certainly not doomed.

“Congress statutorily designated a singular ‘day for the election’ of members of Congress and the appointment of presidential electors. Text, precedent, and historical practice confirm this ‘day for the election’ is the day by which ballots must be both cast by voters and received by state officials,” the ruling announces. “Because Mississippi’s statute allows ballot receipt up to five days after the federal election day, it is preempted by federal law. We reverse the district court’s contrary judgment and remand for further proceedings.”

A ballot is “cast,” the ruling explains, “when the State takes custody of it.” While ballots might be counted after Election Day, “the result is fixed when all of the ballots are received and the proverbial ballot box is closed,” namely Election Day. Thus “the election concludes when the final ballots are received and the electorate, not the individual selector, has chosen.”

The article concludes:

As noted above, the ruling also explains why the state must in fact receive ballots by Election Day for them to be considered validly cast. If only more courts and judges based their decisions on what the Constitution says, not on whatever political pressures leftist radicals are currently bringing to bear.

Hopefully, this ruling will secure elections not just in Mississippi, but provide a legal basis for securing elections in other states too.

We all need to be working toward honest elections!

Coincidence?

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On October 21, three Senators, Elizabeth Warren, Ron Wyden, and Robert P. Casey, Jr., all Democrats, wrote a letter to Chris Kempczinski, President and Chief Executive Officer at McDonald’s. We are to assume that is was pure coincidence that the letter came the day after the campaign appearance of President Trump working the Fries Station. This is how government intimidation works. The letter questioned McDonald’s price hikes in recent years, questioning whether they were engaged in price-gouging. (Somehow it didn’t mention how inflation might have impacted these prices.) Bur there is a more interesting aspect of the letter.

The source of this information is an article posted at The Conservative Treehouse on October 24th.

Some excerpts from the letter:

2. Earlier this summer, in an effort to combat lagging sales, McDonald’s announced a $5 Meal Deal.15 Although initially introduced as a limited-time offer, Mr. Erlinger recently said the company is extending the deal because its availability has helped shift “sentiment towards the brand around value and affordability.”16 Apart from the $5 Meal Deal, has McDonald’s lowered prices on individual menu items? If no, please explain why not.

…5. Did McDonald’s executives receive bonuses or other incentive-based compensation between 2020 and 2024? If yes, please provide the total dollar amount of these bonuses or other incentives for each year, and the specific reason these bonuses or incentive payments were awarded. Were any of these bonuses or incentives based upon executives’ ability to increase per-customer revenue or per-customer profits? Does McDonald’s award any bonuses based upon reducing prices or increasing value for customers?

That is between McDonald’s and its stockholders. That is none of the government’s business.

The article at The Conservative Treehouse concludes:

The leftists are now railing against private sector price increases they created with government policy. Of course, in order to advance their ideological agenda, they must pretend not to know things.

Additionally, remember Elizabeth Warren is the person who constructed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), a quasi-legislatively authorized targeting silo established to threaten, blackmail and ultimately coerce payments from the private sector. Warren is essentially the secretary of the CFPB fund, constructed inside government that reaches outside government, to assemble funds that are then repurposed back to leftist community activist groups.

President Trump’s move to showcase the McDonald element of his political attachment to the ‘common working person’, the ordinary American, shattered the well-organized construct and fabrications of him by the leftist deep state. Trump caught them completely unprepared to counter this “blue collar billionaire” move.

They are lashing out desperately against President Trump as he continues to crush their fabricated Kamala Harris construct.

The CDC also released a report of e-coli in McDonald’s quarter-pounders. I wonder if the report is true, and if it is, how long they sat on it.

We Have To Overpower The Fraud

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If Republicans intend to elect President Trump, they are going to have to turn out in numbers large enough to overcome the fraud that is already in the works. Right now there is a judge in Virginia that is preventing the Commonwealth of Virginia from removing people who have stated that they are not United States citizens from voter rolls. Since the U.S. Constitution states that only citizens may vote in federal elections, this case may go higher than that judge.

On Friday, The New York Post reported:

Lancaster County officials announced an investigation Friday after election workers found some 2,500 voter applications that they suspect are fraudulent.

Two batches of applications were dropped off last-minute at the county elections office to meet Pennsylvania’s Oct. 21 voter registration deadline, officials reported at a Friday news conference.

District Attorney Heather Adams said investigators found problems with 60% of the voter registration forms they’ve reviewed so far, including incorrect addresses, false identification information, false names and names that don’t match Social Security information.

“Staff noticed that numerous applications appeared to have the same handwriting [and] were filled out on the same day,” Adams said.

The article mentions that the registrations include both political parties. I wonder if by bringing in the applications at the last minute, the people who dropped them off thought that the applications would not be closely examined.

Voter fraud exists. Any fraudulent vote cancels out a legitimate vote. Voter fraud is something all of us need to be aware of and report when we see.

We Need A Victory Too Big To Steal

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There will be (and already has been) cheating by the Democrats in the 2024 presidential election. The cheating is taking a few different forms.

On Thursday, The Gateway Pundit reported:

Ballots found in an Orange County, Florida storm drain were stolen from mailboxes with a USPS master key.

Fox 35 Orlando reported that the ballots were taken from mailboxes by an unidentified suspect using an arrow key, also known as a master key, that was stolen from the United States Postal Service.

Orange County Supervisor of Elections Glen Gilzean shared, “Recently, Orange County voters and the United States Postal Service made our office aware that a stolen USPS Arrow Key was used to access cluster mailboxes in the county.”

“During the theft, several vote-by-mail ballots our office mailed days earlier to voters were discarded on the ground,” added Gilzean.

…The USPS said, “The U.S. Postal Inspection Service cannot confirm, deny, or otherwise comment on the existence of ongoing investigations.”

As The Gateway Pundit reported last week, a resident of Sierra Madre, California, also discovered nearly a dozen ballots in a storm drain while doing yard work.

Last week, Jay Senese of Sierra Madre, California, discovered nearly a dozen ballots and a handful of junk mail in a storm drain near his residence.

On Thursday, The Gateway Pundit reported:

Footage has emerged showing a disturbing trend of non-citizens being registered to vote in Minnesota.

The footage, obtained by Anthony Rubin, CEO of Muckraker, exposes the ease with which non-citizens are being swept into the state’s voter rolls, thanks in part to Governor Tim Walz’s policies that are undermining the integrity of Minnesota’s elections.

In the video published by Oversight Project, 31% of those interviewed at a single apartment complex admitted to being non-citizens who are nonetheless registered to vote.

This comes on the heels of two controversial laws passed by the Minnesota state legislature under Walz’s leadership.

The first, the Driver’s License for All bill, allows non-citizens—regardless of immigration status—to obtain driver’s licenses.

…The second, the Democracy for the People Act, automatically registers individuals to vote through the state’s Driver and Vehicle Services, raising serious concerns about the potential for non-citizens, including illegal immigrants, to be mistakenly or even intentionally added to the voter rolls.

Please follow the links above to read both stories. There is cheating going on, and every Trump supporter needs to vote to overcome the cheating.

The Leader Of The October 7 Attack Worked For UNRWA

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On Thursday, Breitbart posted the following:

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced Thursday that it had killed a Hamas commander who led the attack on dozens of civilians on October 7, 2023, who had fled the Nova music festival and hidden in roadside shelters.

In addition to being a mass murderer, the IDF said, Mohammad Abu Itiwi had also worked for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA).

The IDF and Israel Security Agency (ISA, or Shabak, or Shin Bet) said in a statement:

Yesterday (Wednesday), in a joint IDF and ISA operation, the IAF struck and eliminated the terrorist Mohammad Abu Itiwi, a Nukhba commander in the Al Bureij Battalion of Hamas’ Central Camps Brigade. Mohammad Abu Itiwi has also been employed by UNRWA since July 2022.

On October 7th, Mohammad Abu Itiwi was involved in the murder and abduction of Israeli civilians. Abu Itiwi led the murderous attack on the bomb shelter on Route 232 in the area of Re’im in southern Israel.

Throughout the war, Abu Itiwi directed and carried out numerous attacks on IDF troops operating in the Gaza Strip.

Following the incident, representatives of COGAT solicited clarifications from senior officials in the UN and international community and requested an urgent investigation into the involvement of UNRWA employees in the October 7th Massacre.

Keep in mind that we are still sending aid to Hamas in Gaza. It’s supposed to be humanitarian aid to the civilians there, but I wouldn’t make any heavy bets on who is actually getting the aid and what it is being used for.

The United Nations has forgotten its stated purpose. It is time for it to be disbanded and removed from New York City. The location of the building would make beautiful high-rise apartments for the residents of the city.

Why The Secrecy?

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On Wednesday, Guy Benson posted an article at Townhall wondering why CBS News is so reluctant to release the full audio of its interview with Vice-President Kamala Harris.

The article reports:

As we recently outlined, it has been a damaging, credibility-harming few weeks for CBS News.  The network violated its own debate rules with a disputed-to-misleading ‘fact check’ of JD Vance at the Vice Presidential debate, then cut off his microphone as he calmly picked apart their assertion.  Their morning show was thrown into chaos when some employees melted down over an anchor asking pointed, tough questions of an anti-Israel zealot, resulting in angry recriminations, tears, and a series of embarrassing leaks.  Then there was the curious 60 Minutes edit of Kamala Harris’ answer regarding US-Israeli relations, which looked completely different in a teaser clip, compared to what aired on the broadcast itself.  As a refresher, here’s the side-by-side juxtaposition:

Neither answer really said anything!

The article includes a quote from The Federalist reminds us why President Trump was not interested in sitting down for an interview with CBS News:

During the interview [with Trump] — which aired on Oct. 25, the week before the 2020 election, and garnered nearly 17 million views — longtime anchor [Leslie Stahl] flat-out denied that the Biden family was under any sort of scandal at all. The interview was so combative that the Trump campaign released the full raw footage before network publication. “He’s in the midst of a scandal,” Trump said in reference to emails from the laptop revealing Joe Biden was lying about involvement with Hunter’s overseas business ventures. “He’s not,” Stahl said, interrupting the president to outright dismiss the criticism. “He’s not, no.” Stahl went on to deny that then-Vice President Joe Biden spied on the Trump campaign in 2016, and claimed Hunter Biden’s laptop couldn’t be verified.

We all know that was lies. The other part of that story is that numerous sources have claimed that there was child pornography on Hunter’s laptop. Why has he not been charged for that? The mainstream media is not the friend of the American people.

A Tale Of Two Administrations

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On Thursday, Victor Davis Hanson posted an article at America Greatness about the current presidential campaign. The records and beliefs of the two candidates are very different, but some of the talking points don’t reflect that.

The article reports:

Now Harris asserts that Trump is a “fascist,” a “dictator,” and “unfit” for office. But this new talking point will also not stop the Harris campaign’s hemorrhaging—and for a variety of reasons.

First, voters see the election as a conflict of two absolutely antithetical visions.

On the one hand, is the prior Trump 2017-20 concrete record: border security, no major wars abroad, calm in the Middle East, a deterred Russia, Iran, and China, low inflation, low interest rates, lower crime, lower taxes, strong deterrent military—and opposition to mandatory electric vehicle mandates, biological males competing in women’s sports, and the woke/DEI agenda.

On the other hand, is the Biden-Harris 2021-2024 record: the unchecked entry of 12-20 million illegal aliens and a destroyed border. People still struggle under Biden-Harris’s earlier hyperinflation and high interest rates. The horrific regional wars in Ukraine and the Middle East continue. Biden-Harris embraces the unpopular DEI/Woke agenda.

Harris herself knows that the Biden-Harris years were a failure. That is why she has shed almost all of their hard left-wing agendas—policies she has embraced for much of her adult life.

So suddenly, in the last 90 or so days, Harris has completely flipped and flopped.

Now she is for more of, not defunding, the police. She pivots for a secure border, not 20 million illegal aliens pouring across it. Harris brags about fossil fuel energy, not banning fracking, and for increasing, not cutting, defense.

The article reminds us:

Trump and the Republicans never coercively removed the party’s primary-winning nominee. They did not nullify the will of 14 million primary voters. And in backroom fashion, they did not anoint a candidate who had never entered a single primary in her life.

Nor did Trump support packing the Supreme Court. He does not seek unconstitutional means of destroying the Electoral College. He is not demanding an end to the Senate filibuster or the creation of two new states to obtain four partisan senate seats.

Third, as for Trump being “unfit” and lacking “decorum,” it depends on what were the Biden-Harris standards?

Having a trans activist reveal his breasts on camera at a White House “pride party?”

Biden’s reportedly calling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “a f—ing idiot” and “son of a b—ch?” Bragging about locking Trump up, while waging lawfare against him?

The article concludes:

The election will not be decided on these empty talking points or fake media-generated narratives.

Instead, only two criteria matter: Which candidate’s past record and current agenda best appeal to voters? And which candidate seems the most authentic and genuine?

If the voters are informed and the election is honest, President Trump wins.

The Impact Of A Possible Trump Victory

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As usual, follow the money. Look at the corporate boards some of our current top military figures sit on. Follow the money trail as the money moves from companies that make munitions to companies that rebuild after peace is declared. I don’t mean to be cynical, but much of what goes on in the world is decided by a group of elites that are heavily invested in munitions and companies that rebuild war zones after peace is declared. President Trump is a threat to the ongoing income of this group of elites–there were no new wars while he was in office. He knew how to use economic leverage to avoid war.

On Thursday, Zero Hedge reported the following:

In a huge and surprise development, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has specified and verbalized what could be a first concrete step toward ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.

He told journalists in Kiev this week that both sides should mutually agree on halting all aerial attacks on energy targets and cargo ships, and that this could pave the way for negotiations to end the war.

The comments were first reported by Financial Times on Tuesday, which quoted the Monday remarks as follows: “when it comes to energy and freedom of navigation, getting a result on these points would be a signal that Russia may be ready to end the war.”

The article concludes:

And yet recent escalations appear to have made it less likely that direct negotiations would happen, at least according to public statements from officials on both sides. But on the ground in the east, in the Donbass, Russian forces are clearly on the advance, and Ukraine’s severe manpower problems have become more and more obvious and public.

Zelensky’s potential ‘offer’ of mutually halting aerial attacks on energy sites comes as he’s been promoting his five-point ‘victory plan’ – which so far has received a muted response in Washington and among NATO leaders. The quiet signals from the Western allies appear to be pushing Kiev toward winding down the conflict, at the negotiating table, as opposed to escalation which could lead to direct Russia-NATO fighting.

This is a significant turn, given that up until this week Zelensky had always rejected the very idea of talks with Putin, saying he would not negotiate with Moscow so long as the Russian strongman remains in power. That thinking appears to have changed, likely a reflection of the increasing desperation Ukraine’s armed forces are feeling.

I believe that if President Trump is elected, he will find a way to end the war. I believe that is why Zelensky is moving in the direction he is moving. Understand that Zelensky would love to see Kamala Harris elected so that the money train will continue and never be audited. If he ends the war now, it will be the ultimate October surprise and may influence the election. Actually, if the war ends now and Kamala Harris is elected, the gravy train will continue under the guise of reconstruction and the American taxpayer will again get fleeced. If President Trump wins, the money going to Ukraine will probably be audited, and that could be very awkward. That is where we are.

Where The Money In The Inflation Reduction Act Actually Went

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On Wednesday, Townhall posted an article detailing where some of the money the government spent in the Inflation Reduction Act actually went. It wasn’t only a green energy bill, it was also a left wing political activism bill.

The article reports:

A glaring example comes from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA,) which distributed grants to organizations that train activists to oppose infrastructure projects under the guise of “environmental justice.” For instance, the EPA sent $50 million to the Climate Justice Alliance, which has a network of 90 affiliates. Last November, the group organized a march in Washington, D.C. where protestors proclaimed “Free Palestine Is a Climate Justice Issue.” Your tax dollars at work.

In another instance, the Gulf of Maine Research Institute received $500,000 to build “capacity” for disadvantaged waterfront communities, which is essentially code for teaching activists how to block offshore wind development—ironically, a project supported by the Biden administration. So, the same taxpayer dollars funding offshore wind are also protesting the same offshore wind. It’s government efficiency at its finest. 

Worse still, some of the most troubling beneficiaries of this funding have nothing to do with the environment at all. As U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) has pointed out, millions of dollars are being funneled to radical anti-immigration enforcement groups. The New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice and the New York Immigration Coalition, both recipients of IRA funds, advocate against federal immigration enforcement and border control, further highlighting how poorly aligned these investments are with reducing inflation. However, they always seem magically aligned with paying organizations that support the political left. Or more specifically, funding paychecks for potential Harris voters.

The article concludes:

It is a convenient scenario for Harris where activists are funded to organize, and bureaucratic inertia prevents effective oversight. All the while, the broader public is left holding the bag—facing higher costs and fewer jobs. Surprising absolutely no one, the Climate Justice Alliance has endorsed Kamala for President.

It turns out if you rob Peter to pay Paul, then Paul will surely support you for president. In that sense, the Inflation Reduction Act is working exactly as Kamala Harris wants.

If we had a media that actually reported on corruption, the Inflation Reduction Act would never have passed.

The Latest October Surprise

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Today, Hot Air posted an article about the latest charge against President Trump–that he is an admirer of Adolf Hitler. As long as we are talking about Hitler, should we mention that Hitler was an admirer of Margaret Sanger, who is worshiped by Hillary Clinton and Planned Parenthood? Should we mention that abortion clinics are purposefully placed in minority neighborhoods in keeping with Margaret Sanger’s belief in eugenics and racial purity? However, I digress.

The headline of the article is:

General Kelly, If You ‘Knew’ Trump Admired Hitler Why Didn’t You Resign?

The article notes:

It’s the elites toward which he aims his fire. And it is the elites who aim their fire at him, often using hoaxes. The Steele Dossier, the RUSSIA RUSSIA RUSSIA hoax, the “fine people” hoax, the inject bleach hoax, the 51 intelligence agents hoax… It has been hoaxes all the way down. All day, every day the transnational elites perpetrate hoaxes aimed at discrediting Donald Trump. It is what they do.

The article includes the following Tweets:

What the Democrats seem to forget is that President Trump was President for four years. He had a very successful presidency. He reduced taxes ON THE MIDDLE CLASS (statistics here), reduced regulation, and lowered the cost of insulin (which the Biden administration raised back up then claimed credit for lowering).

The article concludes:

After all, your evidence for this slander is thin and self-contradictory: one man says this when EVERYBODY around Trump denies it wholeheartedly. 

Either that man is lying, or he is a moral monster who knowingly worked for a Nazi. 

So your star witness is a man who admits he would work for a Nazi. Good luck with that. 

If you believe his story, you are a sucker and a loser.

Expect to hear more of this garbage in the coming days before the election. This is what desperation looks like.

The War On Women In Sports

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The political left has declared war on women in sports. They are supposed to share their locker rooms and their private spaces with men, and they are expected to compete with men in various sports. In some cases, competing with men has caused serious injuries to the women involved, but those pushing the transgender movement do not seem to be concerned about that. Seeing an Olympic competition where a man was actually hitting a women was totally offensive to me. The political left has chosen to ignore the basic differences between men and women. However, the statistics on athletic awards tell the story.

On Tuesday, BizPacReview reported:

Arguments about the rarity of men and boys stealing opportunities from women and girls crumbled as a United Nations report quantified the growing number of medals lost.

Too often, leftist claims of troubling matters being rare and of little consequence have proven to be neither. Now, according to the findings of U.N. special rapporteur Reem Alsalem, such was the case for gender ideology’s impact on sports as nearly 900 medals that would have been awarded to females had gone to males as of March 2024.

In the report initially published in August, Alsalem indicated, “The replacement of the female sports category with a mixed-sex category has resulted in an increasing number of female athletes losing opportunities, including medals when competing against males.”

“According to information received, by 30 March 2024, over 600 female athletes in more than 400 competitions have lost more than 890 medals in 29 different sports,” she continued marking the minimum number of incidents.

The article concludes:

As far as concerns regarding how to police the matter, Alsalem recognized the sensitivity of the issue for some and proposed, “In cases where the sex of an athlete is unknown or uncertain, a dignified, swift, non-invasive and accurate sex screening method (such as a cheek swab) or, where necessary for exceptional reasons, genetic testing should be applied to confirm the athlete’s sex. In non-professional sports spaces, the original birth certificate for verification may be appropriate. In some exceptional circumstances, such tests may need to be followed up by more complex tests.”

Most recently, bureaucratic decisions to allow men to compete with women found the University of Nevada-Reno volleyball team at odds with their own school as they became the fifth team to choose forfeiture over competing against San Jose State University with a male athlete as their star player.

While the rapporteur argued “the failure to protect the female category is one of the most egregious forms of violence against women and girls” Waggoner (Alliance Defending Freedom International CEO Kristen Waggoner) contended, “Our plea to the world is to learn from the mistakes that have been made — and that are now being corrected — so that your daughters can walk into a future of fair and safe sports.”

A man competing in women’s sports is not a whole lot different than a teenager playing on a kid’s t-ball team. They simply do not belong there.