thetennesseestar--2020-11-06--Milwaukee’s Sky-High Voter Turnout Raises Questions, Prompts Lawsuit Seeking Explanation

More than 90 of the 400-plus voting wards in Milwaukee County , a key Wisconsin battleground where Joe Biden beat President Trump on Tuesday , recorded voter turnout of over 90 % of registered voters this year , a remarkable outcome in a nation where 68 % turnout this election will set a 120-year record .
Astronomical voting rates are often red flags for U.S. voter fraud watchdogs , who see highly elevated local turnout as a possible sign of election malfeasance .
But Milwaukee itself is an unusual voting machine , at least for the last two presidential elections @ @ @ @ @ @ @ voter turnout wards in 2016 as well , with some over 90 % that year too .
And no one questioned it then .
Now a lawsuit filed Thursday by the Amistad Project is poised to explore whether the extraordinary turnout figures can be explained merely by civic-minded residents or by a political machine that should warrant suspicion .
Ward-by-ward voting data from this year 's election shows that numerous Milwaukee County voting precincts registered close to 100 % voter turnout : Many saw 95 % voter engagement , while more saw registered @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more .
One ward saw 98 % of voters cast a ballot .
Those numbers are not without some precedent .
Turnout for many of those wards in 2016 hovered around the 85 % -89 % range .
Many broke 90 % , though nowhere near as many as did this year .
In either case , those rates for both elections , when compared to the average turnout of the U.S. populace , are astronomical : The nationwide voting rate since 2000 has ranged from 50 % to about 60 % .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ citizens vote nationwide , many areas of Milwaukee County see almost double that number .
Kathleen Dolan , a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee , cautions that those rates are not very surprising .
`` There are some villages in the Milwaukee County area where turnout is usually above 80 % , '' she said .
`` Whitefish Bay and Shorewood are good examples .
If statewide turnout is around 70-plus % , these villages will be much higher . ''
`` This year 's turnout was really high @ @ @ @ @ @ @ she continued .
`` But these are high-education , high-earner areas near a major urban market , so they are primed for high turnout in an election like this one . ''
The city itself has been solidly Democratic for six decades .
Its last non-Democratic mayor , an avowed socialist , left office in 1960 .
The city , of course , is forever at the center of the quadrennial presidential effort to win Wisconsin 's electoral votes , though Milwaukee 's own status as a blue island is essentially never in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ city and its suburbs contributes heavily to Democratic victories in the state .
`` We know that there 's an issue in the city , '' Republican Party of Wisconsin Executive Director Mark Jefferson told Just the News .
Jefferson said the local GOP recently set up operations roughly in the center of the city in an effort to reach a broader range of constituents .
`` The idea was to talk to groups and coalitions that we really have n't interacted with as a party , and develop new conversations , '' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ run into a few things , '' he said .
`` It 's been very difficult for people who think differently in Milwaukee , '' he added .
`` It seems when people go against the party line , there are repercussions . ''
This year , the city was among the recipients of millions of dollars in funding from the Center for Tech and Civic Life ; that funding was meant to bolster the city 's get-out-the-vote operations , with Milwaukee receiving nearly $ 1 million to `` dramatically expand '' voter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , '' and recruit poll workers throughout the city .
The CTCL announced earlier this year that it had received a quarter of a billion dollars from Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan , money that was intended to go to `` local election jurisdictions across the country '' in an effort to shore up local voting systems .

More than 90 of the 400-plus voting wards in Milwaukee County, a key Wisconsin battleground where Joe Biden beat President Trump on Tuesday, recorded voter turnout of over 90% of registered voters this year, a remarkable outcome in a nation where 68% turnout this election will set a 120-year record.
Astronomical voting rates are often red flags for U.S. voter fraud watchdogs, who see highly elevated local turnout as a possible sign of election malfeasance. But Milwaukee itself is an unusual voting machine, at least for the last two presidential elections. There were many 80%-plus voter turnout wards in 2016 as well, with some over 90% that year too. And no one questioned it then.
Now a lawsuit filed Thursday by the Amistad Project is poised to explore whether the extraordinary turnout figures can be explained merely by civic-minded residents or by a political machine that should warrant suspicion.
Ward-by-ward voting data from this year's election shows that numerous Milwaukee County voting precincts registered close to 100% voter turnout: Many saw 95% voter engagement, while more saw registered voters turn out at 90% or more. One ward saw 98% of voters cast a ballot.
Those numbers are not without some precedent. Turnout for many of those wards in 2016 hovered around the 85%-89% range. Many broke 90%, though nowhere near as many as did this year.
In either case, those rates for both elections, when compared to the average turnout of the U.S. populace, are astronomical: The nationwide voting rate since 2000 has ranged from 50% to about 60%. Where around five out of ten U.S. citizens vote nationwide, many areas of Milwaukee County see almost double that number.
Kathleen Dolan, a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, cautions that those rates are not very surprising.
"There are some villages in the Milwaukee County area where turnout is usually above 80%," she said. "Whitefish Bay and Shorewood are good examples. If statewide turnout is around 70-plus%, these villages will be much higher."
"This year's turnout was really high in some places like this," she continued. "But these are high-education, high-earner areas near a major urban market, so they are primed for high turnout in an election like this one."
The city itself has been solidly Democratic for six decades. Its last non-Democratic mayor, an avowed socialist, left office in 1960. The city, of course, is forever at the center of the quadrennial presidential effort to win Wisconsin's electoral votes, though Milwaukee's own status as a blue island is essentially never in doubt. Strong voter turnout within the city and its suburbs contributes heavily to Democratic victories in the state.
"We know that there's an issue in the city," Republican Party of Wisconsin Executive Director Mark Jefferson told Just the News.
Jefferson said the local GOP recently set up operations roughly in the center of the city in an effort to reach a broader range of constituents.
"The idea was to talk to groups and coalitions that we really haven't interacted with as a party, and develop new conversations," he said. But "we've run into a few things," he said.
"It's been very difficult for people who think differently in Milwaukee," he added. "It seems when people go against the party line, there are repercussions."
This year, the city was among the recipients of millions of dollars in funding from the Center for Tech and Civic Life; that funding was meant to bolster the city's get-out-the-vote operations, with Milwaukee receiving nearly $1 million to "dramatically expand" voter outreach, "encourage ... absentee voting," and recruit poll workers throughout the city.
The CTCL announced earlier this year that it had received a quarter of a billion dollars from Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan, money that was intended to go to "local election jurisdictions across the country" in an effort to shore up local voting systems.


thetennesseestar--2020-11-07--Tennessee Congressman Suggests ‘Legislative Fix’ to Reform Elections

U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais ( R-TN-04 ) said this week that Congress might need to step in to reform America ’ s election system .
DesJarlais said this on his Facebook page Thursday as officials in Pennsylvania , Georgia , Nevada , and Arizona continue to count votes for Tuesday ’ s presidential election .
U.S. President Donald Trump alleges voter fraud took place in those swing states .
“ No one should sit here and say that this process doesn ’ t stink .
And to not allow observers — from both sides — to witness the process of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ must change ASAP !
Election reform is needed and the mail-in process will always be vulnerable to delays and the suggestion that foul play is involved — especially with the evidence being presented , ” DesJarlais wrote .
“ I have offered to help the President in any other state where problems exist .
We ’ re very fortunate in Tennessee to do it the right way — and we did .
And , while I am traditionally a supporter of states ’ rights , if some are unable to create a free @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to engage in a legislative fix for election reform .
And , Tennessee ’ s success should be a part of that discussion.
” DesJarlais said America needs “ a defined in person voting process that includes early voting.
” “ We need voter ID requirements .
We need a limited mail in ballot process that allows for absentee votes for military personnel serving overseas or away from their homes , people traveling abroad for extended periods , and those that have serious health issues that would legitimately keep them from being able @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” DesJarlais said .
“ Beyond that , people should take a brief moment out of their lives to show up and make an informed vote for the candidates and issues on the ballot.
” Meanwhile , U.S. Rep. Mark Green ( R-TN-07 ) said this week that constituents in his district want “ a fair accounting ” of votes in this year ’ s presidential election .
“ Even Democrats that I bump into that are friends are saying they just want legal votes to count and non-legal votes to not count @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We love a good fight , but we also don ’ t want deflated footballs .
We want the rules to be followed , ” Green said in a video he uploaded to his Facebook page .
“ As the various states work this out and make sure that the votes are appropriately counted I think this may take us a few days .
I understand that , but we want the right person to win and we want it to be fair .
I just want to reiterate that , at least @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , people want a fair fight .
We have a values system in this country .
You don ’ t cheat .
You don ’ t lie .
You don ’ t steal .
Duty , honor , country.
” Chris Butler is an investigative journalist at The Tennessee Star .
Follow Chris on Facebook .
Email tips to [ email protected ] Photo “ Mark Green ” by Mark Green .

U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R-TN-04) said this week that Congress might need to step in to reform America’s election system.
DesJarlais said this on his Facebook page Thursday as officials in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Nevada, and Arizona continue to count votes for Tuesday’s presidential election. U.S. President Donald Trump alleges voter fraud took place in those swing states.
DesJarlais said the current situation “is absurd.”
“No one should sit here and say that this process doesn’t stink. And to not allow observers — from both sides — to witness the process of counting is just downright unacceptable. That must change ASAP! Election reform is needed and the mail-in process will always be vulnerable to delays and the suggestion that foul play is involved — especially with the evidence being presented,” DesJarlais wrote.
“I have offered to help the President in any other state where problems exist. We’re very fortunate in Tennessee to do it the right way — and we did. And, while I am traditionally a supporter of states’ rights, if some are unable to create a free and fair process, then we need to engage in a legislative fix for election reform. And, Tennessee’s success should be a part of that discussion.”
DesJarlais said America needs “a defined in person voting process that includes early voting.”
“We need voter ID requirements. We need a limited mail in ballot process that allows for absentee votes for military personnel serving overseas or away from their homes, people traveling abroad for extended periods, and those that have serious health issues that would legitimately keep them from being able to make it to the polls,” DesJarlais said.
“Beyond that, people should take a brief moment out of their lives to show up and make an informed vote for the candidates and issues on the ballot.”
Meanwhile, U.S. Rep. Mark Green (R-TN-07) said this week that constituents in his district want “a fair accounting” of votes in this year’s presidential election.
“Even Democrats that I bump into that are friends are saying they just want legal votes to count and non-legal votes to not count. We are a competitive country. We love a good fight, but we also don’t want deflated footballs. We want the rules to be followed,” Green said in a video he uploaded to his Facebook page.
“As the various states work this out and make sure that the votes are appropriately counted I think this may take us a few days. I understand that, but we want the right person to win and we want it to be fair. I just want to reiterate that, at least what I am seeing here in Tennessee, people want a fair fight. We have a values system in this country. You don’t cheat. You don’t lie. You don’t steal. Duty, honor, country.”
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Chris Butler is an investigative journalist at The Tennessee Star. Follow Chris on Facebook. Email tips to [email protected]
Photo “Mark Green” by Mark Green.


thetennesseestar--2020-11-07--Commentary: A Republican Senate Will Keep Biden in Check? Oh, Please!

In February 2020 , Mitt Romney became the first U.S. senator in history to vote to convict the president of his own party .
Despite a laughable impeachment case concocted by House Democrats and clear evidence of corruption tied to the Democratic presidential candidate whom the impeachment effort was designed to protect , Romney nonetheless supported the removal of Donald Trump from the White House .
“ My faith is at the heart of who I am , ” Utah ’ s junior senator claimed while working up tears from the Senate floor on February 5 .
“ The grave @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is whether the president committed an act so extreme and egregious that it rises to the level of high crime and misdemeanor .
Yes , he did.
” But Romney didn ’ t just pontificate about the president ’ s behavior .
In that very same soliloquy , Romney defended the actions of both Joe and Hunter Biden .
“ Taking excessive advantage of his father ’ s name is unsavory , it is not a crime.
” Romney concluded , therefore , that since no crime had been committed by the Bidens @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s request that Ukrainian officials look into their shady business dealings was “ political.
” With that , Mitt Romney secured his place in political history for something other than losing two campaigns for president .
In many respects , Romney is the poster child for the present-day Republican U.S. Senate : pandering , feckless , disloyal , and weak .
Yes , Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell ’ s record on confirming federal judges , including three Supreme Court nominees , is laudable .
But the four-year reign of the Republican @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shameful account of missed opportunities , broken promises , and straight-up subversion of Donald Trump .
During one of the most fraught , destructive periods in American history , Senate Republicans squandered rather than wielded their immense political power .
Longtime pledges to reform immigration laws and repeal the Affordable Care Act were cast aside .
When the president used his legal authority to attempt to secure the southern border in the spring of 2019 , a dozen Senate Republicans vetoed his emergency order .
Rather than stand up to the Democratic Party @ @ @ @ @ @ @ McConnell—condemned the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor as racially motivated even when evidence contradicted those claims .
A few Republican senators sponsored legislation to replace Columbus Day with Juneteenth as a sop to the Left .
As lawless thugs tore down statues of America ’ s Founders and Antifa mobs occupied swaths of major U.S. cities , some Republican senators didn ’ t even bother to attend a public hearing about Antifa ’ s ongoing threat to the country .
President Trump often was the lone voice defending America ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ July 4 address at Mount Rushmore , where he unapologetically confronted America ’ s domestic enemies , Republican Senators were silent .
Of course , there ’ s no greater example of the Senate Republicans ’ abdication of power than its complete and total failure to hold accountable any of the perpetrators of so-called Obamagate for orchestrating the biggest American political scandal of all time .
Republicans knew early on that the Steele dossier was garbage ; Senator Lindsey Graham ( R-S.C. ) and the late Senator John McCain ( R-Ariz. ) were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ propaganda sourced from a foreign operative paid by the Clinton campaign and Democratic National Committee but legitimized its use as the pretext for the collusion scam .
Rather than put a stop to the phony Trump-Russia collusion plotline , Senate Republicans played along with their Democratic counterparts .
Every single Republican senator supported the appointment of Robert Mueller , a Beltway crony and BFF of James Comey .
The Senate Judiciary Committee , headed by Senator Charles Grassley ( R-Iowa ) then by Graham , performed no oversight of Mueller ’ s destructive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ When the president justifiably expressed his frustration at Mueller ’ s “ witch hunt , ” instead of defending the president , Senate Republicans vowed to “ protect the Special Counsel.
” At the same time , top Republicans did nothing more than write stern letters and give Fox News interviews threatening to “ get to the bottom ” of the real scandal .
Subpoenas were blocked ; criminal referrals were ignored by the Justice Department ; public interrogations were canceled or delayed until public interest waned .
The flagrantly corrupt chiefs of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ intelligence apparatus , rather than face jail time or at least a public tribunal of sorts similar to what House Democrats did to Donald Trump and his loyalists for two years , continue to demean the president on cable news shows and on social media .
The current composition of the Republican-held Senate is a tower of Jello , a quivering , wavering ship of fools , an embarrassing collection of dunces , dupes , and paper tigers .
For example , in a pre-Election Day tirade , Senator Ben Sasse ( R-Neb @ @ @ @ @ @ @ major GOP losses as voters across the country rejected his antics and tweets .
“ We are staring down the barrel of a blue tsunami , ” Sasse told supporters .
Not only did Republicans hold the Senate but they ’ ve picked up at least six House seats with more victories predicted .
Even now , as the president is fighting widespread election irregularities and suspected fraud , he is on his own .
“ Where is the GOP ?
!
” Eric Trump tweeted Thursday afternoon .
“ Our voters will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Late Thursday , Graham announced he would donate $ 500,000 to Trump ’ s legal defense fund . )
It ’ s pure folly to think this Republican Senate will act as a bulwark against a Biden-Harris Administration .
Armed with a slim majority , Senate Republicans undoubtedly will play footsie with their former colleagues under the solemn banner of “ bringing the country together.
” There is no reason to believe Senate Republicans won ’ t sign off on a Democrat-backed coronavirus relief package that includes a partial bailout of bankrupted blue @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Green New Deal or at least “ climate change mitigation ” legislation , expanded Obamacare coverage , more flexible immigration laws , and a variety of taxpayer-funded goodies from college debt forgiveness to some form of racial reparations .
McConnell already is ready to work with Biden on his cabinet after Democrats made life a living hell for every Trump appointee .
According to a report by Axios , McConnell is signaling to Team Biden that he will approve “ centrist options ” and fight the nomination of any progressive candidates .
But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Democratic Party base ; Biden owes them .
And once the media goes scorched earth on Republican senators who won ’ t acquiesce , don ’ t be surprised when they cave .
Expect the Biden Corruption Scandals to Go “ Poof ” !
Oh , and the little matter of Hunter Biden and the overwhelming evidence of the Biden family ’ s pay-to-play schemes with hostile foreign entities ?
Don ’ t hold your breath waiting for any follow-up investigation .
Both Graham and Senator Ron Johnson ( R-Wis. ) recently refused @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the younger Biden .
“ And this election did not give the Democrats power , ” Ben Shapiro tweeted Thursday morning .
“ Biden ’ s most progressive priorities are DOA in a McConnell-run Senate.
” Only people who haven ’ t paid close attention to a McConnell-run Senate believe that to be true .
Do they really believe folks like Susan Collins ( R-Maine ) and Lisa Murkowski ( R-Alaska ) and Ben Sasse and Lindsey Graham will hold their ground against Biden ?
Do they really think Mitt Romney won ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Conscience of the Senate ” role that lets him find common ground with Biden and Harris for the “ betterment of democracy ” or some nonsense ?
I hope I ’ m wrong , but I doubt I am .
Listening to the deafening silence of Senate Republicans this week only reinforces my cynical analysis .
If you ’ re disappointed with McConnell and company now , just wait until next year if Joe Biden is president .
Julie Kelly is a political commentator and senior contributor to American Greatness .
She @ @ @ @ @ @ @ How the NeverTrump Right Tried―And Failed―To Take Down the President .
Photo “ Joe Biden ” by Gage Skidmore .
CC BY-SA 2.0 .

by Julie Kelly
In February 2020, Mitt Romney became the first U.S. senator in history to vote to convict the president of his own party. Despite a laughable impeachment case concocted by House Democrats and clear evidence of corruption tied to the Democratic presidential candidate whom the impeachment effort was designed to protect, Romney nonetheless supported the removal of Donald Trump from the White House.
“My faith is at the heart of who I am,” Utah’s junior senator claimed while working up tears from the Senate floor on February 5. “The grave question the Constitution tasks senators to answer is whether the president committed an act so extreme and egregious that it rises to the level of high crime and misdemeanor. Yes, he did.”
But Romney didn’t just pontificate about the president’s behavior. In that very same soliloquy, Romney defended the actions of both Joe and Hunter Biden.
“Taking excessive advantage of his father’s name is unsavory, it is not a crime.” Romney concluded, therefore, that since no crime had been committed by the Bidens, in his opinion, the president’s request that Ukrainian officials look into their shady business dealings was “political.”
With that, Mitt Romney secured his place in political history for something other than losing two campaigns for president.
In many respects, Romney is the poster child for the present-day Republican U.S. Senate: pandering, feckless, disloyal, and weak.
Squandered Opportunities
Yes, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s record on confirming federal judges, including three Supreme Court nominees, is laudable. But the four-year reign of the Republican Senate under a Republican president is a shameful account of missed opportunities, broken promises, and straight-up subversion of Donald Trump. During one of the most fraught, destructive periods in American history, Senate Republicans squandered rather than wielded their immense political power.
Longtime pledges to reform immigration laws and repeal the Affordable Care Act were cast aside. When the president used his legal authority to attempt to secure the southern border in the spring of 2019, a dozen Senate Republicans vetoed his emergency order.
Rather than stand up to the Democratic Party’s race hustlers, Senate Republicans—including McConnell—condemned the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor as racially motivated even when evidence contradicted those claims. A few Republican senators sponsored legislation to replace Columbus Day with Juneteenth as a sop to the Left.
As lawless thugs tore down statues of America’s Founders and Antifa mobs occupied swaths of major U.S. cities, some Republican senators didn’t even bother to attend a public hearing about Antifa’s ongoing threat to the country. President Trump often was the lone voice defending America’s history and ideals; following his riveting July 4 address at Mount Rushmore, where he unapologetically confronted America’s domestic enemies, Republican Senators were silent.
Bungling Obamagate and Russian Collusion
Of course, there’s no greater example of the Senate Republicans’ abdication of power than its complete and total failure to hold accountable any of the perpetrators of so-called Obamagate for orchestrating the biggest American political scandal of all time.
Republicans knew early on that the Steele dossier was garbage; Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and the late Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) were fully aware that the dossier was political propaganda sourced from a foreign operative paid by the Clinton campaign and Democratic National Committee but legitimized its use as the pretext for the collusion scam.
Rather than put a stop to the phony Trump-Russia collusion plotline, Senate Republicans played along with their Democratic counterparts. Every single Republican senator supported the appointment of Robert Mueller, a Beltway crony and BFF of James Comey. The Senate Judiciary Committee, headed by Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) then by Graham, performed no oversight of Mueller’s destructive probe despite holding the purse strings. When the president justifiably expressed his frustration at Mueller’s “witch hunt,” instead of defending the president, Senate Republicans vowed to “protect the Special Counsel.”
At the same time, top Republicans did nothing more than write stern letters and give Fox News interviews threatening to “get to the bottom” of the real scandal. Subpoenas were blocked; criminal referrals were ignored by the Justice Department; public interrogations were canceled or delayed until public interest waned.
The flagrantly corrupt chiefs of the country’s law enforcement and intelligence apparatus, rather than face jail time or at least a public tribunal of sorts similar to what House Democrats did to Donald Trump and his loyalists for two years, continue to demean the president on cable news shows and on social media.
“Where Is the GOP?!”
The current composition of the Republican-held Senate is a tower of Jello, a quivering, wavering ship of fools, an embarrassing collection of dunces, dupes, and paper tigers.
For example, in a pre-Election Day tirade, Senator Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) insisted the president would cause major GOP losses as voters across the country rejected his antics and tweets. “We are staring down the barrel of a blue tsunami,” Sasse told supporters.
Not only did Republicans hold the Senate but they’ve picked up at least six House seats with more victories predicted.
Even now, as the president is fighting widespread election irregularities and suspected fraud, he is on his own. “Where is the GOP?!” Eric Trump tweeted Thursday afternoon. “Our voters will never forget . . .” (Late Thursday, Graham announced he would donate $500,000 to Trump’s legal defense fund.)
It’s pure folly to think this Republican Senate will act as a bulwark against a Biden-Harris Administration. Armed with a slim majority, Senate Republicans undoubtedly will play footsie with their former colleagues under the solemn banner of “bringing the country together.”
There is no reason to believe Senate Republicans won’t sign off on a Democrat-backed coronavirus relief package that includes a partial bailout of bankrupted blue states, a lite version of the Green New Deal or at least “climate change mitigation” legislation, expanded Obamacare coverage, more flexible immigration laws, and a variety of taxpayer-funded goodies from college debt forgiveness to some form of racial reparations.
McConnell already is ready to work with Biden on his cabinet after Democrats made life a living hell for every Trump appointee. According to a report by Axios, McConnell is signaling to Team Biden that he will approve “centrist options” and fight the nomination of any progressive candidates. But that won’t fly with the Democratic Party base; Biden owes them. And once the media goes scorched earth on Republican senators who won’t acquiesce, don’t be surprised when they cave.
Expect the Biden Corruption Scandals to Go “Poof”!
Oh, and the little matter of Hunter Biden and the overwhelming evidence of the Biden family’s pay-to-play schemes with hostile foreign entities? Don’t hold your breath waiting for any follow-up investigation. Both Graham and Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) recently refused to commit to issuing a subpoena for the younger Biden.
“And this election did not give the Democrats power,” Ben Shapiro tweeted Thursday morning. “Biden’s most progressive priorities are DOA in a McConnell-run Senate.”
Only people who haven’t paid close attention to a McConnell-run Senate believe that to be true. Do they really believe folks like Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Ben Sasse and Lindsey Graham will hold their ground against Biden? Do they really think Mitt Romney won’t attempt to carve out some simpish “Conscience of the Senate” role that lets him find common ground with Biden and Harris for the “betterment of democracy” or some nonsense?
Pure fantasy.
I hope I’m wrong, but I doubt I am. Listening to the deafening silence of Senate Republicans this week only reinforces my cynical analysis. If you’re disappointed with McConnell and company now, just wait until next year if Joe Biden is president.
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Julie Kelly is a political commentator and senior contributor to American Greatness. She is the author of Disloyal Opposition: How the NeverTrump Right Tried―And Failed―To Take Down the President.
Photo “Joe Biden” by Gage Skidmore. CC BY-SA 2.0.


thetennesseestar--2020-11-07--Supreme Court Orders Pennsylvania Counties to Separate Mail-in Ballots Received After November 3

Supreme Court of the United States ( SCOTUS ) Associate Justice Samuel A. Alito , Jr. issued an Order on Friday evening requiring all of Pennsylvania ’ s 67 counties to keep all ballots received after 8:00 p.m. on November 3 “ in a secure , safe , sealed container separated from other voted ballots ” and that “ if counted , be counted separately.
” The Order was issued in a case already before the SCOTUS – Pennsylvania Republican Party v. Kathy Boockvar , Secretary of Pennsylvania , et.al .
That case was brought through a writ of certiorari @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a decision the Pennsylvania Supreme Court made that trumped a law the Pennsylvania Legislature enacted that requires ballots to be received on election day in order to be counted .
America ’ s high court was unable to issue a ruling as they were deadlocked 4-4 .
However , in a dissenting opinion ( written by Alito on his own behalf and Justices Thomas and Gorsuch ) in response to the request for review , Alito made it clear that the Pennsylvania court created a potential hazard in this general election .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ constitutional issue raised by this matter has needlessly created conditions that could lead to serious post-election problems .
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has issued a decree that squarely alters an important statutory provision enacted by the Pennsylvania Legislature pursuant to its authority under the Constitution of the United States to make rules governing the conduct of elections for federal office .
Friday night ’ s SCOTUS Order requires all 67 county boards in the Keystone State to respond to the Order by 2:00 p.m. on Saturday , November 7 .
In his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not aware that all county election boards weren ’ t complying with the October 28 guidance issued by the Pennsylvania of State Kathy Boockvar .
Speculation indicated a small number of mail-in ballots were received after election day and already being set aside .
However , the Order also indicates that neither Secretary of State Boockvar , nor the Pennsylvania Republican Party is able to determine whether all of the state ’ s 67 boards were complying – this order will mandate it .
Even if ballots are postmarked November 3 , undercover @ @ @ @ @ @ @ video the group claims shows election fraud and mail tampering .
There is one case in Pennsylvania involving United States Postal Service Whistleblower Richard Hopkins .
Hopkins alleges he overheard his supervisor discussing backdating ballots that were received well after November 3 .
If the whistleblower is correct it will be there is no telling how the ballots truly received before November 3 will be separated from ballots that were predated .
Hopkins also claims that federal investigators have talked with him and that he was asked to not report to work tomorrow @ @ @ @ @ @ @ both The Ohio Star and The Michigan Star .
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Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) Associate Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. issued an Order on Friday evening requiring all of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties to keep all ballots received after 8:00 p.m. on November 3 “in a secure, safe, sealed container separated from other voted ballots” and that “if counted, be counted separately.”
The Order was issued in a case already before the SCOTUS – Pennsylvania Republican Party v. Kathy Boockvar, Secretary of Pennsylvania, et.al.

That case was brought through a writ of certiorari – a request for SCOTUS to review a decision the Pennsylvania Supreme Court made that trumped a law the Pennsylvania Legislature enacted that requires ballots to be received on election day in order to be counted.
America’s high court was unable to issue a ruling as they were deadlocked 4-4.
However, in a dissenting opinion (written by Alito on his own behalf and Justices Thomas and Gorsuch) in response to the request for review, Alito made it clear that the Pennsylvania court created a potential hazard in this general election.
The Court’s handling of the important constitutional issue raised by this matter has needlessly created conditions that could lead to serious post-election problems. The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has issued a decree that squarely alters an important statutory provision enacted by the Pennsylvania Legislature pursuant to its authority under the Constitution of the United States to make rules governing the conduct of elections for federal office.
Friday night’s SCOTUS Order requires all 67 county boards in the Keystone State to respond to the Order by 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 7.
In his Order Alito noted that the Court was not aware that all county election boards weren’t complying with the October 28 guidance issued by the Pennsylvania of State Kathy Boockvar.
Speculation indicated a small number of mail-in ballots were received after election day and already being set aside.
However, the Order also indicates that neither Secretary of State Boockvar, nor the Pennsylvania Republican Party is able to determine whether all of the state’s 67 boards were complying – this order will mandate it.
Even if ballots are postmarked November 3, undercover news source Project Veritas has released a video the group claims shows election fraud and mail tampering.
There is one case in Pennsylvania involving United States Postal Service Whistleblower Richard Hopkins.
Hopkins alleges he overheard his supervisor discussing backdating ballots that were received well after November 3.
BREAKING: Pennsylvania @USPS Whistleblower Richard Hopkins Goes Public; Confirms Federal Investigators Have Spoken With Him About Postmaster Rob Weisenbach's Order To Backdate Ballots To November 3rd, 2020#ExposeUSPS pic.twitter.com/wdO8vUx2Vj — James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) November 6, 2020
If the whistleblower is correct it will be there is no telling how the ballots truly received before November 3 will be separated from ballots that were predated.
Hopkins also claims that federal investigators have talked with him and that he was asked to not report to work tomorrow.
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Jack Windsor is Managing Editor at both The Ohio Star and The Michigan Star. Windsor is also an Investigative Reporter at WMFD-TV and The Virginia Star. Follow Jack on Twitter. Email tips to [email protected].


thetennesseestar--2020-11-07--Michigan Secretary of State Spokesperson: Post Alleging 118-Year-Old Man Who Voted by Absentee Ballo

Michigan Secretary of State Spokesperson: Post Alleging 118-Year-Old Man Who Voted by Absentee Ballot Was Probably Just a Mistyped Entry

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson ’ s spokesperson stated that a viral post alleging that a 118-year-old man voted was true , but was probably due to a mistyped entry .
Fact-checkers said that they discovered another individual with the same name in the area .
The post featured a screen recording : an individual typed in “ William Bradley ” into the state ’ s voter information page , followed by a birth date and zip code .
Immediately , the search returned with Bradley ’ s city clerk information as well as a confirmation that an absentee @ @ @ @ @ @ @ identified in the search return was born in 1902 .
He allegedly died in 1984 – no obituary records return in regular online searches .
Genealogy and records websites return with some matches – on one site , two “ William Bradley ” individuals with the same birth and death dates appeared .
These two individuals were last located in Alabama and Michigan , respectively , but no “ William Bradley ” appeared in Alabama ’ s voter registration database .
PolitiFact shared that they contacted another man with the same name and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The man confirmed that the voter information referred to his deceased father .
He also reported that a ballot had arrived for his father , but he ’ d thrown it away .
In the fact-checker ’ s report , election officials attributed the mixup to the identical names and addresses .
Benson ’ s spokesperson assured citizens that these incidents rarely occur .
“ In such scenarios , no one ineligible has actually voted , and there is no impact on the outcome of the election , ” she said .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it is brought to their attention.
” At the time of press , the record wasn ’ t corrected .
Typos and “ run-of-the-mill clerical errors ” have been the basis for many of the flagged voter registration and ballot count issues .
A surge of votes – all for Joe Biden and none for President Donald Trump – was cited as a data entry error and adjusted after widespread outcry .
Government officials ’ assurances of the validity of Biden ’ s sudden leads in Michigan and Wisconsin haven ’ t assuaged @ @ @ @ @ @ @ concerns , especially as analysts began to compare voting results within counties and precincts .
That same day , skepticism arose over the irregularity of Wisconsin voting patterns .
There are other allegations of registered dead voters .
However , media and officials continue to dismiss concerns , citing or assuming clerical errors as the reason for discrepancies in every case .
Corinne Murdock is a reporter at The Tennessee Star and the Star News Network .
Follow her latest on Twitter , or email tips to [ email protected ] .

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s spokesperson stated that a viral post alleging that a 118-year-old man voted was true, but was probably due to a mistyped entry. Fact-checkers said that they discovered another individual with the same name in the area.
The post featured a screen recording: an individual typed in “William Bradley” into the state’s voter information page, followed by a birth date and zip code. Immediately, the search returned with Bradley’s city clerk information as well as a confirmation that an absentee ballot had been received.
The individual identified in the search return was born in 1902. He allegedly died in 1984 – no obituary records return in regular online searches. Genealogy and records websites return with some matches – on one site, two “William Bradley” individuals with the same birth and death dates appeared. These two individuals were last located in Alabama and Michigan, respectively, but no “William Bradley” appeared in Alabama’s voter registration database.
PolitiFact shared that they contacted another man with the same name and zip code as the deceased Bradley. The man confirmed that the voter information referred to his deceased father. He also reported that a ballot had arrived for his father, but he’d thrown it away.
In the fact-checker’s report, election officials attributed the mixup to the identical names and addresses. Benson’s spokesperson assured citizens that these incidents rarely occur.
“In such scenarios, no one ineligible has actually voted, and there is no impact on the outcome of the election,” she said. “Local clerks can correct the issue when it is brought to their attention.”
At the time of press, the record wasn’t corrected.
Typos and “run-of-the-mill clerical errors” have been the basis for many of the flagged voter registration and ballot count issues. A surge of votes – all for Joe Biden and none for President Donald Trump – was cited as a data entry error and adjusted after widespread outcry.
Government officials’ assurances of the validity of Biden’s sudden leads in Michigan and Wisconsin haven’t assuaged skeptics.
The ballot dump incident sparked concerns, especially as analysts began to compare voting results within counties and precincts. That same day, skepticism arose over the irregularity of Wisconsin voting patterns.
There are other allegations of registered dead voters. However, media and officials continue to dismiss concerns, citing or assuming clerical errors as the reason for discrepancies in every case.
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Corinne Murdock is a reporter at The Tennessee Star and the Star News Network. Follow her latest on Twitter, or email tips to [email protected].


thetennesseestar--2020-11-07--‘Come Back to Haunt’: Pennsylvania Lawsuit Alleges 21,000 Dead People Still on Voter Rolls

A legal group filed a lawsuit in Pennsylvania alleging that the state has tens of thousands of deceased people on its voter rolls and that there is evidence of voting activity among the deceased .
The Public Interest Legal Foundation ( PILF ) , which is not associated with President Donald Trump ’ s campaign , filed the lawsuit Thursday arguing that Pennsylvania has failed to maintain voter registration records in violation of federal and state law , according to a press release .
PILF alleged that in an October analysis it found at least 21,000 apparently deceased citizens on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ according to the complaint .
“ This case is about ensuring that those deceased registrants are not receiving ballots , ” said J. Christian Adams , PILF president and general counsel , according to the press release .
“ This case isn ’ t complicated .
For nearly a year , we ’ ve been offering specific data on deceased registrants to Pennsylvania officials for proper handling ahead of what was expected to be a tight outcome on Election Day.
” “ When you push mail voting , your voter list maintenance mistakes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ haunt in the form of unnecessary recipients and nagging questions about unreturned or outstanding ballots , ” he continued .
The lawsuit further alleged that 92 % of the apparently deceased individuals identified have been dead since October 2019 , according to the press release .
More than 200 of the individuals identified voted in 2016 and 2018 , after federally listed dates of death , the lawsuit alleged .
The office of Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar declined to comment on the active litigation .
Pennsylvania code requires ballots issued by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ says if a ballot from a deceased individual is counted , it should not invalidate any election .
The Michigan Department of State issued a statement Thursday denying allegations shared online that deceased citizens had voted in Michigan .
While it may sometimes appear that deceased people voted , that is because of clerical errors , the statement said .
“ Ballots of voters who have died are rejected in Michigan , even if the voter cast an absentee ballot and then died before Election Day , ” the Department of State said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ occasions , a ballot received for a living voter may be recorded in a way that makes it appear as if the voter is dead.
” Meanwhile , Trump ’ s campaign has filed lawsuits related to vote tallies in multiple states .
Trump has tweeted several allegations of voter fraud in swing states , many of which have been flagged by Twitter .
The 2020 presidential election remains undecided , according to The New York Times .
As of Friday afternoon , former Vice President Joe Biden leads Trump in the presidential @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Thomas Catenacci is a reporter for the Daily Caller News Foundation .
Photo “ People Voting ” by Wyofile Wyofile .
CC BY 2.0 .

by Thomas Catenacci
A legal group filed a lawsuit in Pennsylvania alleging that the state has tens of thousands of deceased people on its voter rolls and that there is evidence of voting activity among the deceased.
The Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF), which is not associated with President Donald Trump’s campaign, filed the lawsuit Thursday arguing that Pennsylvania has failed to maintain voter registration records in violation of federal and state law, according to a press release. PILF alleged that in an October analysis it found at least 21,000 apparently deceased citizens on the state’s voter rolls, according to the complaint.
“This case is about ensuring that those deceased registrants are not receiving ballots,” said J. Christian Adams, PILF president and general counsel, according to the press release. “This case isn’t complicated. For nearly a year, we’ve been offering specific data on deceased registrants to Pennsylvania officials for proper handling ahead of what was expected to be a tight outcome on Election Day.”
“When you push mail voting, your voter list maintenance mistakes made years ago will come back to haunt in the form of unnecessary recipients and nagging questions about unreturned or outstanding ballots,” he continued.
The lawsuit further alleged that 92% of the apparently deceased individuals identified have been dead since October 2019, according to the press release. More than 200 of the individuals identified voted in 2016 and 2018, after federally listed dates of death, the lawsuit alleged.
The office of Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar declined to comment on the active litigation.
Pennsylvania code requires ballots issued by deceased individuals to be rejected, but says if a ballot from a deceased individual is counted, it should not invalidate any election.
The Michigan Department of State issued a statement Thursday denying allegations shared online that deceased citizens had voted in Michigan. While it may sometimes appear that deceased people voted, that is because of clerical errors, the statement said.
“Ballots of voters who have died are rejected in Michigan, even if the voter cast an absentee ballot and then died before Election Day,” the Department of State said in the statement. “On rare occasions, a ballot received for a living voter may be recorded in a way that makes it appear as if the voter is dead.”
Meanwhile, Trump’s campaign has filed lawsuits related to vote tallies in multiple states. Trump has tweeted several allegations of voter fraud in swing states, many of which have been flagged by Twitter.
The 2020 presidential election remains undecided, according to The New York Times. As of Friday afternoon, former Vice President Joe Biden leads Trump in the presidential race by 9,746 votes in Pennsylvania.
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Thomas Catenacci is a reporter for the Daily Caller News Foundation.
Photo “People Voting” by Wyofile Wyofile. CC BY 2.0.


thetennesseestar--2020-11-07--Georgia Election Officials Say Recount Likely in Presidential Race

The razor-thin margin between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden in Georgia likely will necessitate a recount , Georgia elections officials said Friday .
“ Right now , Georgia remains too close to call , ” Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Friday afternoon .
“ Out of the approximately 5 million votes cast , we ’ ll have a margin of a few thousand .
… With a margin that small , there likely will be a recount in Georgia.
” As of 4 p.m. Friday , Biden had 2,450,524 votes ( 49.40 % ) , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) – a difference of 1,538 votes .
“ Free and fair elections are the foundation of our American government .
Any allegations of intentional fraud or violations of election law must be taken seriously and investigated , ” Georgia Gov .
Brian Kemp and House Speaker David Ralston said in a joint statement .
“ We trust that our Secretary of State will ensure that the law is followed as written and that Georgia ’ s election result includes all legally-cast ballots – and only legally-cast ballots .
We will continue to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and transparent process.
” Georgia is one of five states still not called by The Associated Press in the race for president of the Unites States .
A winner still has not been declared in Alaska , Georgia , Nevada , North Carolina and Pennsylvania .
In races that have been called , Biden has 264 electoral votes , and Trump has 214 .
A candidate needs 270 electoral votes to win the presidency .
Jason Schaumburg is an award-winning , veteran editor who has been a journalist for more than 20 years @ @ @ @ @ @ @ top editor in three northern Illinois newsrooms for Shaw Media and Pioneer Press .
Schaumburg is a regional editor for The Center Square .
Background Photo “ Georgia Capitol ” by DXR .
CC BY-SA 4.0 .

by Jason Schaumburg
The razor-thin margin between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden in Georgia likely will necessitate a recount, Georgia elections officials said Friday.
“Right now, Georgia remains too close to call,” Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Friday afternoon. “Out of the approximately 5 million votes cast, we’ll have a margin of a few thousand. … With a margin that small, there likely will be a recount in Georgia.”
As of 4 p.m. Friday, Biden had 2,450,524 votes (49.40%), and Trump had 2,448,986 (49.37%) – a difference of 1,538 votes.
“Free and fair elections are the foundation of our American government. Any allegations of intentional fraud or violations of election law must be taken seriously and investigated,” Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and House Speaker David Ralston said in a joint statement. “We trust that our Secretary of State will ensure that the law is followed as written and that Georgia’s election result includes all legally-cast ballots – and only legally-cast ballots. We will continue to follow this situation to ensure a fair and transparent process.”
Georgia is one of five states still not called by The Associated Press in the race for president of the Unites States. A winner still has not been declared in Alaska, Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.
In races that have been called, Biden has 264 electoral votes, and Trump has 214. A candidate needs 270 electoral votes to win the presidency.
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Jason Schaumburg is an award-winning, veteran editor who has been a journalist for more than 20 years. He spent a decade as the top editor in three northern Illinois newsrooms for Shaw Media and Pioneer Press. Schaumburg is a regional editor for The Center Square.
Background Photo “Georgia Capitol” by DXR. CC BY-SA 4.0.


thetennesseestar--2020-11-07--Commentary: Europe Has Been Rocked Once Again by a Series of Islamist Terror Attacks

There ’ s been a reprisal in the past month of a disturbing trend in Europe : Islamist terror attacks .
On Oct. 4 , a migrant from Syria attacked two tourists in the German city of Dresden , killing one .
He had arrived in 2015 and had recently finished a three-year juvenile sentence for assaulting a police officer and causing bodily harm .
On Oct. 16 , French teacher Samuel Paty was beheaded in a terror attack in the Parisian suburb of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine .
Paty after he had shown cartoons of Mohammed published in Charlie Hebdo magazine to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ terrorist responsible had been in contact with Islamist fighters in Syria and reportedly paid around $ 350 to two students to identify Paty .
On Oct. 29 , three people were killed at the Notre Dame Basilica in Nice , France , by a 21-year-old Tunisian who illegally entered the European Union on Sept. 20 through the Italian island of Lampedusa , a favored landing site for migrants coming from North Africa .
After trying once before to reach Europe and not succeeding , he returned , and on his second attempt was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Italian mainland where he was put into COVID-19 quarantine .
Tunisian authorities did not flag him as a threat and cited him for minor crimes .
He was given an expulsion order on Oct. 9 , but because he was not flagged as a terror threat , he was allowed to leave and traveled shortly thereafter to France .
More than 11,000 Tunisian migrants have arrived in Italy in 2020 alone , yet Italy has only successfully repatriated 1,186 , via twice-weekly flights carrying 40 people .
Many migrants arrive without documents @ @ @ @ @ @ @ take their citizens back , or from which European nations either have no repatriation agreement or refuse to repatriate migrants because of humanitarian concerns .
Italian reception centers are overwhelmed with migrants whose home nations have flagged them as potential security threats and can not hold others .
On Monday , a terror attack in Vienna killed four people and injured 22 before the 20-year-old attacker was shot dead by police .
The perpetrator had been imprisoned for trying to travel to Syria to fight with ISIS .
An ethnic Albanian born in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ last December , along with a subsidized apartment on account of good behavior and participation in a non-profit-run deradicalization program .
Karl Nehammer , Austria ’ s interior minister , stated that he had “ deceived ” his handlers .
Robin Simcox , director of the Counter Extremism Group in the U.K. , last July wrote about the threat to Europe posed by frustrated travelers who could not travel to Syria and instead were planning attacks on the countries where they resided , warning , “ Frustrated traveler plots have outlived the existence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , there is a possibility there may even be a very small uptick in Europe.
” French Minister of the Interior Gerald Darmanin said in August the country had 8,132 people on its terrorism watch lists and that the threat “ remains extremely high in the country.
” Following the terror attack in Vienna , Austrian Chancellor Kurz called for a Europe-wide anti-terror pact targeting Islamism .
Whether anything comes from it remains to be seen .
What ’ s for certain is that Europe remains in the crosshair for Islamist terrorists , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has overwhelmed security services and made it likely this horrific recent trend will continue .
Daniel Kochis is a policy analyst for European affairs at The Heritage Foundation ’ s Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom .

by Daniel Kochis
There’s been a reprisal in the past month of a disturbing trend in Europe: Islamist terror attacks.
On Oct. 4, a migrant from Syria attacked two tourists in the German city of Dresden, killing one. He had arrived in 2015 and had recently finished a three-year juvenile sentence for assaulting a police officer and causing bodily harm.
On Oct. 16, French teacher Samuel Paty was beheaded in a terror attack in the Parisian suburb of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine. Paty after he had shown cartoons of Mohammed published in Charlie Hebdo magazine to his class on free speech.
The terrorist responsible had been in contact with Islamist fighters in Syria and reportedly paid around $350 to two students to identify Paty.
On Oct. 29, three people were killed at the Notre Dame Basilica in Nice, France, by a 21-year-old Tunisian who illegally entered the European Union on Sept. 20 through the Italian island of Lampedusa, a favored landing site for migrants coming from North Africa. After trying once before to reach Europe and not succeeding, he returned, and on his second attempt was transferred to the city of Bari on the Italian mainland where he was put into COVID-19 quarantine.
Tunisian authorities did not flag him as a threat and cited him for minor crimes. He was given an expulsion order on Oct. 9, but because he was not flagged as a terror threat, he was allowed to leave and traveled shortly thereafter to France.
More than 11,000 Tunisian migrants have arrived in Italy in 2020 alone, yet Italy has only successfully repatriated 1,186, via twice-weekly flights carrying 40 people. Many migrants arrive without documents, are from nations which refuse to take their citizens back, or from which European nations either have no repatriation agreement or refuse to repatriate migrants because of humanitarian concerns.
Italian reception centers are overwhelmed with migrants whose home nations have flagged them as potential security threats and cannot hold others.
On Monday, a terror attack in Vienna killed four people and injured 22 before the 20-year-old attacker was shot dead by police. The perpetrator had been imprisoned for trying to travel to Syria to fight with ISIS. An ethnic Albanian born in Austria, he was given early release last December, along with a subsidized apartment on account of good behavior and participation in a non-profit-run deradicalization program. Karl Nehammer, Austria’s interior minister, stated that he had “deceived” his handlers.
Robin Simcox, director of the Counter Extremism Group in the U.K., last July wrote about the threat to Europe posed by frustrated travelers who could not travel to Syria and instead were planning attacks on the countries where they resided, warning, “Frustrated traveler plots have outlived the existence of the caliphate. In current form, there is a possibility there may even be a very small uptick in Europe.”
French Minister of the Interior Gerald Darmanin said in August the country had 8,132 people on its terrorism watch lists and that the threat “remains extremely high in the country.”
Following the terror attack in Vienna, Austrian Chancellor Kurz called for a Europe-wide anti-terror pact targeting Islamism. Whether anything comes from it remains to be seen.
What’s for certain is that Europe remains in the crosshair for Islamist terrorists, and the sheer scale of the problem has overwhelmed security services and made it likely this horrific recent trend will continue.
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Daniel Kochis is a policy analyst for European affairs at The Heritage Foundation’s Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom.


thetennesseestar--2020-11-07--Crom Carmichael: The Democratic Party Is Now the Party of White Supremacist’s With White Hearts and

Crom Carmichael: The Democratic Party Is Now the Party of White Supremacist’s With White Hearts and Will Cheat at Any Cost

Live from Music Row Friday morning on The Tennessee Star Report with Michael Patrick Leahy – broadcast on Nashville ’ s Talk Radio 98.3 and 1510 WLAC weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. – host Leahy welcomed the original all-star panelist Crom Carmichael to the studio to discuss how Democrats will cheat whatever the cost .
Leahy : We are joined in Studio by our good friend the original All-Star panelist , Crom Carmichael .
Crom , good morning .
Carmichael : Michael , How are you , sir ?
Leahy : Crom , last you were in here @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
And you know at about 11 o ’ clock , we looked around and I think there was a pretty good level of confidence that it was looking pretty good for President Trump in Wisconsin .
In Wisconsin with like 93 percent of the votes of the precincts reporting he was leading by five percent .
By the time I got back into the studio , five hours later at five o ’ clock in the morning , all of a sudden Joe Biden was leading .
And he ’ d made @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leading by like nine-tenths of a percent .
They came up with the cup but over a hundred thousand votes that were almost all dropped in the middle of the night in Milwaukee .
I think it was a hundred seventy thousand votes and I think they were almost all for Biden .
Carmichael : Well , let me ask you a question , Michael .
Do you believe that a White supremacist would cheat at all costs ?
Carmichael : Yeah , the Democrat Party now has the heart of a White @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hearted .
They are white hearted .
That ’ s what they are .
They will cheat at any cost .
Leahy : Yeah looks like that ’ s what ’ s going on .
Carmichael : And here ’ s what we need to recognize right now .
Let ’ s look at the lay of the land .
You had cheating in Wisconsin and there ’ s so much evidence to that that only George Stephanopoulos can continue to say there ’ s no evidence .
Carmichael : Yeah , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ immediately just knee-jerked and said there ’ s no evidence to that .
Well , if you won ’ t look at the evidence , then you can I guess claim there ’ s no evidence .
Leahy : And that ’ s that ’ s what the mainstream media is in the Democratic party is going to do .
Carmichael : 87 percent of the registered voters voted in Wisconsin according to the count .
Leahy : Kimberley Strassel reported that in The Wall Street Journal .
Carmichael : That ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ me saying Michael , guess what ?
I just flipped a coin a hundred times and I guessed it right a hundred times in a row .
Leahy : Well Crom , you have special powers .
Carmichael : Well you and I both know that anybody who says that is that ’ s not as simply not believable .
The odds are that that ’ s simply not believable .
And at some point in life , you have to go with logic .
Leahy : Well , they argue to argue @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the same day .
Carmichael : But I don ’ t care what they ’ re arguing .
What I ’ m saying is when it ’ s that much more than the national average and when it ’ s that much of an outlier .
And then in Milwaukee , the vote count was even higher than that as a percentage of registered voters .
same thing in certain areas of Detroit .
Probably the same thing will be true in Pennsylvania .
And in Pennsylvania , the Republicans who had a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ kept from observing the vote .
So what I don ’ t want to do is I don ’ t want to dwell on the cheating .
I just want to stipulate that it happened .
Leahy : I think I can accept that stipulation .
Carmichael : Now I ’ m going to look forward and what I ’ m worried about is is what ’ s going on in North Carolina because Thom Tillis , I don ’ t care about the presidential race at this point .
I think Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is not going to go away .
And so I ’ m really now worried more about the future than I am the past because I don ’ t think that I do not think the Supreme Court is going to get into the middle of the muck on seven different states .
I just think that ’ s I think that ’ s more than can be expected .
Leahy : I won ’ t disagree with that .
So so I think that Biden is likely to be our next president @ @ @ @ @ @ @ get there .
And I think the Democrats helped him .
Now , that ’ s just where I stand .
And that ’ s the end of that part .
Leahy : Well , but let me just add , 40 percent of voters voted for President Trump .
More than 40 percent of legally eligible voters .
Carmichael : Yes , that ’ s what I ’ m saying .
Leahy : And add to that virtually every single one of them believes and agrees with the statement you just made @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s not the point .
That ’ s not the point .
Carmichael : What I ’ m saying is is we have to now start looking to the future and the most immediate future is in there ’ s nothing you and I can do about it is the North Carolina Senate race .
They ’ ve been stuck at 93 percent of the vote for two days .
Why ?
Aren ’ t they supposed to be counting ?
Why wouldn ’ t they be reporting more ?
But they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ m very nervous .
Even though Tillis has a two percent lead with only seven percent left outstanding .
I think that something may be going on there .
Leahy : There is cheating there .
Carmichael : You ’ d have to have to be massive cheating in a state where it ’ s more difficult to do .
And by the way just here locally , isn ’ t Steve Dickerson ’ s Senate seat District 20 ?
Leahy : That ’ s our lead story .
Well Sunday Monday , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The voter turnout there was huge .
Carmichael : Well , what I ’ m saying is that you don ’ t know whether or not the people who broke in the post office dumped a bunch of ballots given the white hearted nature of the Democrat Party , that would not surprise me .
Leahy : There is a pattern of behavior among all Democrats .
Carmichael : Among the Democrat Party , not among all Democrats the party leaders .
It ’ s like the Communist Chinese Party .
It ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The leadership of the Democrat party has concluded that they like a White supremacist and should win at all costs .
Carmichael : So they ’ re white hearted .
They are now white .
They have white hearts .
And they should be called out for having white hearts .
And that ’ s the most despicable thing these days that you can call somebody which is a White supremacist .
And they have white hearts .
It ’ s because they think like a White supremacist .
Now having said that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Carolina .
Thom Tillis , let ’ s hope that he gets over the finish line and he wins .
Then the next thing we have to do is we have the two Senate seats up in Georgia .
And you notice that in Georgia they stopped the count there so Purdue would not reach 50 percent .
Leahy : Now it ’ s gone down at 49.8 percent for him .
47.8 percent Ossoff .
In Georgia , you have to get a majority plus one in order to be elected .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ a tad below that .
Carmichael : So they slowed down and so now he fell under 50 percent .
So they ’ ll be two runoffs to Senate seats in play on the same day .
And I ’ ve checked and you can start requesting a ballot on November 18th .
So we ’ re going to go through a similar process in Georgia .
And I just hope since the Republicans control the legislature and the governor ’ s office , but they don ’ t control the election process @ @ @ @ @ @ @ come back into session and they have the right to change the laws .
Leahy : We have a clip actually from Fulton County Georgia , which is very interesting , Crom .
It is the director of the Fulton County Georgia Board of Elections .
now the head of the Board of Elections is supposed to be somebody Crom that is unbiased and not acting like the chairman of the democratic party .
here is a clip of what he said last night .
Leahy : That ’ s the head of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and not the head of the Democratic Party .
Carmichael : Yeah , but this one of the same .
Well , that ’ s why I ’ m saying .
The Senate race in Georgia is I thought that it was a one-day deal .
It ’ s not .
It ’ s the same process .
It ’ ll be early voting .
You can request an absentee .
And if the Republicans do not do their job down there and if the Republican officials and legislators do not do their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ country .
We could literally lose the whole country .
Leahy : Well , there ’ s one other element to this .
Right now at the moment if you were to the balance in the Senate right now is without the Tillis race decided it would be 49 Republican and 48 Democrat .
That ’ s right now .
Because you put Alaska in the count for Republicans .
If Tillis were to win which he ’ s ahead by 1.4 percent now , it ’ d be 50 to 48 .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ are going to be up at the same time January fifth in Georgia would determine whether the Senate is , you know , basically if it ’ s tied .
Carmichael : If it ’ s tied it ’ s in the Democrats control .
Leahy : If they win both of those it ’ s under Democratic control .
Carmichael : And by the way , they ’ re not going to Republicans are not going to win one race and lose the other yeah in Georgia .
They ’ re going @ @ @ @ @ @ @ na lose both because the white hearted Democrats will end up either cheating their way to victory down there or not .
And it really is up to the Republicans in Georgia to focus their energies on changing the legislation if necessary and putting criminal offenses on election officials who do not let both parties observe the count .
Criminal .
Let me make that clear .
That guy that just spoke , if he keeps Republicans from watching , he should go to jail for 20 years .
Listen to the second @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 5:00 – 8:00 a.m. to the Tennessee Star Report with Michael Patrick Leahy on Talk Radio 98.3 FM WLAC 1510 .
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Live from Music Row Friday morning on The Tennessee Star Report with Michael Patrick Leahy – broadcast on Nashville’s Talk Radio 98.3 and 1510 WLAC weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. – host Leahy welcomed the original all-star panelist Crom Carmichael to the studio to discuss how Democrats will cheat whatever the cost.
Leahy: We are joined in Studio by our good friend the original All-Star panelist, Crom Carmichael. Crom, good morning.
Carmichael: Michael, How are you, sir?
Leahy: Crom, last you were in here in this studio it was election night. And you know at about 11 o’clock, we looked around and I think there was a pretty good level of confidence that it was looking pretty good for President Trump in Wisconsin. In Wisconsin with like 93 percent of the votes of the precincts reporting he was leading by five percent.
By the time I got back into the studio, five hours later at five o’clock in the morning, all of a sudden Joe Biden was leading. And he’d made up that 5 percent. He was leading by like nine-tenths of a percent. They came up with the cup but over a hundred thousand votes that were almost all dropped in the middle of the night in Milwaukee. I think it was a hundred seventy thousand votes and I think they were almost all for Biden.
Carmichael: Well, let me ask you a question, Michael. Do you believe that a White supremacist would cheat at all costs?
Leahy: Oh, yes. Absolutely.
Carmichael: Yeah, the Democrat Party now has the heart of a White supremacist. So they’re white hearted. They are white hearted. That’s what they are. They will cheat at any cost.
Leahy: Yeah looks like that’s what’s going on.
Carmichael: And here’s what we need to recognize right now. Let’s look at the lay of the land. You had cheating in Wisconsin and there’s so much evidence to that that only George Stephanopoulos can continue to say there’s no evidence.
Leahy: Or Jim Acosta at CNN.
Carmichael: Yeah, but I’m just saying George Stephanopoulos immediately just knee-jerked and said there’s no evidence to that. Well, if you won’t look at the evidence, then you can I guess claim there’s no evidence.
Leahy: And that’s that’s what the mainstream media is in the Democratic party is going to do.
Carmichael: 87 percent of the registered voters voted in Wisconsin according to the count.
Leahy: Kimberley Strassel reported that in The Wall Street Journal.
Carmichael: That’s not possible. That’s like me saying Michael, guess what? I just flipped a coin a hundred times and I guessed it right a hundred times in a row.
Leahy: Well Crom, you have special powers.
Carmichael: Well you and I both know that anybody who says that is that’s not as simply not believable. The odds are that that’s simply not believable. And at some point in life, you have to go with logic.
Leahy: Well, they argue to argue that in Wisconsin that you can register the same day.
Carmichael: But I don’t care what they’re arguing. What I’m saying is when it’s that much more than the national average and when it’s that much of an outlier. And then in Milwaukee, the vote count was even higher than that as a percentage of registered voters. same thing in certain areas of Detroit. Probably the same thing will be true in Pennsylvania. And in Pennsylvania, the Republicans who had a legal right to observe the vote were kept from observing the vote. So what I don’t want to do is I don’t want to dwell on the cheating. I just want to stipulate that it happened.
Leahy: I think I can accept that stipulation.
Carmichael: Now I’m going to look forward and what I’m worried about is is what’s going on in North Carolina because Thom Tillis, I don’t care about the presidential race at this point. I think Trump has changed the Republican Party. Trump is not going to go away. And so I’m really now worried more about the future than I am the past because I don’t think that I do not think the Supreme Court is going to get into the middle of the muck on seven different states. I just think that’s I think that’s more than can be expected.
Leahy: I won’t disagree with that. So so I think that Biden is likely to be our next president. And I think he cheated to get there. And I think the Democrats helped him. Now, that’s just where I stand. And that’s the end of that part.
Leahy: Well, but let me just add, 40 percent of voters voted for President Trump. More than 40 percent of legally eligible voters.
Carmichael: Yes, that’s what I’m saying.
Leahy: And add to that virtually every single one of them believes and agrees with the statement you just made.
Carmichael: Yeah, but that’s not the point. That’s not the point.
Leahy: I know where you’re headed.
Carmichael: What I’m saying is is we have to now start looking to the future and the most immediate future is in there’s nothing you and I can do about it is the North Carolina Senate race. They’ve been stuck at 93 percent of the vote for two days. Why? Aren’t they supposed to be counting? Why wouldn’t they be reporting more? But they haven’t. So I’m very nervous. Even though Tillis has a two percent lead with only seven percent left outstanding. I think that something may be going on there.
Leahy: There is cheating there.
Carmichael: You’d have to have to be massive cheating in a state where it’s more difficult to do. And by the way just here locally, isn’t Steve Dickerson’s Senate seat District 20?
Leahy: Yes.
Carmichael: Wasn’t those post offices broken into?
Leahy: That’s our lead story. Well Sunday Monday, he lost 52 to 48 percent. The voter turnout there was huge.
Carmichael: Well, what I’m saying is that you don’t know whether or not the people who broke in the post office dumped a bunch of ballots given the white hearted nature of the Democrat Party, that would not surprise me.
Leahy: There is a pattern of behavior among all Democrats.
Carmichael: Among the Democrat Party, not among all Democrats the party leaders. It’s like the Communist Chinese Party. It’s is a bunch of thugs. The leadership of the Democrat party has concluded that they like a White supremacist and should win at all costs.
Leahy: Yes.
Carmichael: So they’re white hearted. They are now white. They have white hearts. And they should be called out for having white hearts. And that’s the most despicable thing these days that you can call somebody which is a White supremacist. And they have white hearts. It’s because they think like a White supremacist. Now having said that, let’s look at North Carolina. Thom Tillis, let’s hope that he gets over the finish line and he wins. Then the next thing we have to do is we have the two Senate seats up in Georgia. And you notice that in Georgia they stopped the count there so Purdue would not reach 50 percent.
Leahy: Now it’s gone down at 49.8 percent for him. 47.8 percent Ossoff. In Georgia, you have to get a majority plus one in order to be elected. And he just magically happened to go a tad below that.
Carmichael: So they slowed down and so now he fell under 50 percent. So they’ll be two runoffs to Senate seats in play on the same day. And I’ve checked and you can start requesting a ballot on November 18th. So we’re going to go through a similar process in Georgia. And I just hope since the Republicans control the legislature and the governor’s office, but they don’t control the election process. And so the Republican legislature could come back into session and they have the right to change the laws.
Leahy: We have a clip actually from Fulton County Georgia, which is very interesting, Crom. It is the director of the Fulton County Georgia Board of Elections. now the head of the Board of Elections is supposed to be somebody Crom that is unbiased and not acting like the chairman of the democratic party. here is a clip of what he said last night.
(Georgia Director of Board of Elections Robert Pitts clip)
I could not be more pleased with the results that we have here today. Nor though could I have ever imagined that Fulton County, Georgia would mean at this point in time, at this moment in history what it appears to be with respect to the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.
Leahy: That’s the head of the Board of Elections in Fulton County and not the head of the Democratic Party.
Carmichael: Yeah, but this one of the same. Well, that’s why I’m saying. The Senate race in Georgia is I thought that it was a one-day deal. It’s not. It’s the same process. It’ll be early voting. You can request an absentee. And if the Republicans do not do their job down there and if the Republican officials and legislators do not do their job. We could lose the whole country. We could literally lose the whole country.
Leahy: Well, there’s one other element to this. Right now at the moment if you were to the balance in the Senate right now is without the Tillis race decided it would be 49 Republican and 48 Democrat. That’s right now. Because you put Alaska in the count for Republicans. If Tillis were to win which he’s ahead by 1.4 percent now, it’d be 50 to 48. And then those two Senate races that are going to be up at the same time January fifth in Georgia would determine whether the Senate is, you know, basically if it’s tied.
Carmichael: If it’s tied it’s in the Democrats control.
Leahy: If they win both of those it’s under Democratic control.
Carmichael: And by the way, they’re not going to Republicans are not going to win one race and lose the other yeah in Georgia. They’re going to either win both of their gonna lose both because the white hearted Democrats will end up either cheating their way to victory down there or not. And it really is up to the Republicans in Georgia to focus their energies on changing the legislation if necessary and putting criminal offenses on election officials who do not let both parties observe the count. Criminal. Let me make that clear. That guy that just spoke, if he keeps Republicans from watching, he should go to jail for 20 years.
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‘This Election is Not Over’: Team Trump Vows to Fight On as Biden Takes Narrow Leads in Georgia and Pennsylvania

As Joe Biden took narrow leads in Pennsylvania and Georgia Friday , President Trump ’ s campaign vowed to keep fighting , confident that once all the legal votes are counted , President Trump will be reelected .
Three days after the election , Biden took a 5,500-vote lead in the Keystone State , after trailing President Trump there for days .
He also took a narrow lead in Georgia , a state that hasn ’ t voted for a Democrat for president since Bill Clinton was on the ticket in 1992 .
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recount in the state due to the narrow margin .
“ With a margin that small , there will be a recount , ” Raffensperger told reporters .
Senator Pat Toomey ( R-Penn . )
said that ballots that arrived past the November 3rd deadline should be segregated while Trump ’ s legal challenges are being litigated in court .
“ It ’ s really important that those ballots be segregated because it is against the law , it is unconstitutional , and one part of this process is litigating these kinds of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ TODAY show Friday .
“ This election is not over .
The false projection of Joe Biden as the winner is based on results in four states that are far from final , ” the Trump Campaign said in a statement Friday morning .
Georgia is headed for a recount , where we are confident we will find ballots improperly harvested , and where President Trump will ultimately prevail .
There were many irregularities in Pennsylvania , including having election officials prevent our volunteer legal observers from having meaningful access to vote counting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ our challenge , but were deprived of valuable time and denied the transparency we are entitled to under state law .
In Nevada , there appear to be thousands of individuals who improperly cast mail ballots .
Finally , the President is on course to win Arizona outright , despite the irresponsible and erroneous ‘ calling ’ of the state for Biden by Fox News and the Associated Press .
Biden is relying on these states for his phony claim on the White House , but once the election is final , President @ @ @ @ @ @ @ press conference in Atlanta , Thursday night , Donald Trump Jr. Atlanta said that Democrats have gotten used to a GOP that doesn ’ t have the backbone to fight corruption .
“ I think the Democrats are used to this from a Republican party that hasn ’ t had a backbone , ” Don Jr. told the crowd .
“ You ’ re not going to see that this time around !
” he exclaimed .
“ That party is gone and anyone that doesn ’ t fight like that should go @ @ @ @

by Debra Heine
As Joe Biden took narrow leads in Pennsylvania and Georgia Friday, President Trump’s campaign vowed to keep fighting, confident that once all the legal votes are counted, President Trump will be reelected.
If you count the legal votes, President @realDonaldTrump easily wins this race. PASS IT ON before Twitter censors this! — Team Trump (Text VOTE to 88022) (@TeamTrump) November 6, 2020
Three days after the election, Biden took a 5,500-vote lead in the Keystone State, after trailing President Trump there for days. He also took a narrow lead in Georgia, a state that hasn’t voted for a Democrat for president since Bill Clinton was on the ticket in 1992. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced Friday morning that there will be a recount in the state due to the narrow margin.
“With a margin that small, there will be a recount,” Raffensperger told reporters.
"There will be a recount," Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger says pic.twitter.com/EZyAqJaoQ6 — Trump War Room – Text TRUMP to 88022 (@TrumpWarRoom) November 6, 2020
Senator Pat Toomey (R-Penn.) said that ballots that arrived past the November 3rd deadline should be segregated while Trump’s legal challenges are being litigated in court.
“It’s really important that those ballots be segregated because it is against the law, it is unconstitutional, and one part of this process is litigating these kinds of issues,” he said on the TODAY show Friday.
The PA Supreme Court "went rogue and decided to violate the U.S. Constitution, ignore Pennsylvania law, and just rewrite the law themselves," says U.S. Senator Pat Toomey. The court "suggested that ballots that arrive too late should nevertheless be counted. No they shouldn't!" pic.twitter.com/MBqOjy3KfU — Trump War Room – Text TRUMP to 88022 (@TrumpWarRoom) November 6, 2020
“This election is not over. The false projection of Joe Biden as the winner is based on results in four states that are far from final,” the Trump Campaign said in a statement Friday morning.
Georgia is headed for a recount, where we are confident we will find ballots improperly harvested, and where President Trump will ultimately prevail. There were many irregularities in Pennsylvania, including having election officials prevent our volunteer legal observers from having meaningful access to vote counting locations. We prevailed in court on our challenge, but were deprived of valuable time and denied the transparency we are entitled to under state law. In Nevada, there appear to be thousands of individuals who improperly cast mail ballots. Finally, the President is on course to win Arizona outright, despite the irresponsible and erroneous ‘calling’ of the state for Biden by Fox News and the Associated Press. Biden is relying on these states for his phony claim on the White House, but once the election is final, President Trump will be re-elected.
During a press conference in Atlanta, Thursday night, Donald Trump Jr. Atlanta said that Democrats have gotten used to a GOP that doesn’t have the backbone to fight corruption.
“I think the Democrats are used to this from a Republican party that hasn’t had a backbone,” Don Jr. told the crowd.
“You’re not going to see that this time around!” he exclaimed. “That party is gone and anyone that doesn’t fight like that should go with it!”
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Debra Heine reports for American Greatness.
Photo “Donald Trump Jr. Georgia Press Conference” by WSAV3.