wnd--2020-10-29--The left doesn't fear Justice Barrett, it fears the Constitution

Nothing threatens the progressive project more than the existence of a Supreme Court that adheres to the Constitution .
It 's really that simple .
That 's what the tantrum over Justice Amy Coney Barrett 's confirmation is all about .
The notion that the same Democrats who shelved the judicial filibuster and now threaten to destroy the separation of powers with a revenge scheme to pack the Supreme Court – the same people , incidentally , so fond of smear-drenched confirmation hearings – are sticklers for process or decorum is simply ludicrous .
For one thing , no norms @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Barrett .
If Democrats had held a Senate majority in 2016 , Merrick Garland would already be ensconced in the Supreme Court , election or no election .
Many of the same Democrats now feigning outrage over Barrett 's confirmation , including Joe Biden , argued back then that it was the constitutional duty of the Senate to take up a vote .
Our living Constitution apparently offers contradicting directions from one election to the next .
If Trump had nominated Garland to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg , Democrats would n't have any @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not even on Nov. 2 .
Liberals act as if they are imbued with a theological right to dictate not only the terms but also the nominees , of confirmation hearings whether they win or lose elections .
And when you 're under the impression that the system exists solely to facilitate your partisan agenda , something will seem `` broken '' every time you lose .
When Barack Obama was unable to pass his agenda after 2010 , the system suffered from `` dysfunction . ''
But now that Democrats are in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ same tools to slow the president , we must `` fix '' the Electoral College , the Senate and , most recently , the Supreme Court .
If Democrats win back the presidency in 2020 , the opposition will no longer be `` resisting , '' it will be `` obstructing . ''
The filibuster will need fixing again .
The media will again obsess over the problem of `` gridlock . ''
History 's trajectory arcs left , and everything else is just an impediment .
The left has been relying on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ judges for nearly 40 years .
Ahead of the Barrett vote , Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer claimed this `` will go down as one of the darkest days in the 231-year history of the United States Senate . ''
For contemporary Democrats , the day the GOP confirmed a wholly capable and highly accomplished woman to the highest court in the land – using the process prescribed under which every justice in history has been confirmed – is as infamous as the filibuster of the Civil Rights Act or the caning of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Schumer argued that a resolution against Trump 's removal earlier this year was also `` one of the darker moments in Senate history '' and also that passage of the watered-down Republican tax-reform passage was `` one of the darkest ... days in the long history of this Senate . ''
So , basically , any time Chuck Schumer loses is the new darkest day in history .
Once Barrett 's confirmation became a reality , however , Democrats began turning to the real problem .
Originalism is the stick in the spoke @ @ @ @ @ @ @ demagogues leading the idiots .
The former are people such as Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey , who alleges that `` originalism is racist .
Originalism is sexist .
Originalism is homophobic .
Originalism is just a fancy word for discrimination . ''
The latter are the minions who regurgitate this kind of vacuous talking point because they lack a basic comprehension of legal philosophies or civic education that includes an explainer on `` amendments . ''
None of which is to say the radicalized contemporary left has nothing to fear .
Yesterday , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Workers falling behind .
Dark money flooding politics .
The curtailing of the right to choose .
The limiting of voting rights .
Those are the consequences of this nomination . ''
What he means , of course , is that an originalist-majority Supreme Court may slow progressive environmentalist policies that undermine personal freedom and local sovereignty .
He means that the court may make it more difficult for Democrats to adopt policies that compel workers to join and fund unions and chip away at the Janus decision .
He means lawmakers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at Citizens United and weakening First Amendment protections .
He means that unlimited third-trimester abortions on demand and funded by the state might be in trouble , that attacks on religious freedom might be blunted , and that states may be obligated to follow their own laws on Election Day rather than concoct rules as they go along .
Now , I have little doubt that a textualist court will let down partisan Republicans as well .
Originalists disagree with one another quite often .
But it is unlikely to overturn the traditional @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
None of which means that liberals have to lose , only that to win , they 'll have to do so on the Constitution 's terms .
The problem is that many would rather destroy it than do so .
That 's what this debate is about .
The rest is just noise .

Nothing threatens the progressive project more than the existence of a Supreme Court that adheres to the Constitution. It's really that simple.
That's what the tantrum over Justice Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation is all about. The notion that the same Democrats who shelved the judicial filibuster and now threaten to destroy the separation of powers with a revenge scheme to pack the Supreme Court – the same people, incidentally, so fond of smear-drenched confirmation hearings – are sticklers for process or decorum is simply ludicrous.
For one thing, no norms have been undone by the confirmation of Barrett. If Democrats had held a Senate majority in 2016, Merrick Garland would already be ensconced in the Supreme Court, election or no election. Many of the same Democrats now feigning outrage over Barrett's confirmation, including Joe Biden, argued back then that it was the constitutional duty of the Senate to take up a vote. Our living Constitution apparently offers contradicting directions from one election to the next.
If Trump had nominated Garland to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Democrats wouldn't have any problem placing him on the court – not even on Nov. 2. Liberals act as if they are imbued with a theological right to dictate not only the terms but also the nominees, of confirmation hearings whether they win or lose elections.
And when you're under the impression that the system exists solely to facilitate your partisan agenda, something will seem "broken" every time you lose. When Barack Obama was unable to pass his agenda after 2010, the system suffered from "dysfunction." But now that Democrats are in the Senate minority, employing the very same tools to slow the president, we must "fix" the Electoral College, the Senate and, most recently, the Supreme Court. If Democrats win back the presidency in 2020, the opposition will no longer be "resisting," it will be "obstructing." The filibuster will need fixing again. The media will again obsess over the problem of "gridlock." History's trajectory arcs left, and everything else is just an impediment.
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The left has been relying on the same brand of fearmongering over Republican-appointed judges for nearly 40 years. Ahead of the Barrett vote, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer claimed this "will go down as one of the darkest days in the 231-year history of the United States Senate." For contemporary Democrats, the day the GOP confirmed a wholly capable and highly accomplished woman to the highest court in the land – using the process prescribed under which every justice in history has been confirmed – is as infamous as the filibuster of the Civil Rights Act or the caning of Charles Sumner.
To be fair, Schumer argued that a resolution against Trump's removal earlier this year was also "one of the darker moments in Senate history" and also that passage of the watered-down Republican tax-reform passage was "one of the darkest ... days in the long history of this Senate." So, basically, any time Chuck Schumer loses is the new darkest day in history.
Once Barrett's confirmation became a reality, however, Democrats began turning to the real problem. Originalism is the stick in the spoke of progressivism. This crusade has the demagogues leading the idiots. The former are people such as Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey, who alleges that "originalism is racist. Originalism is sexist. Originalism is homophobic. Originalism is just a fancy word for discrimination." The latter are the minions who regurgitate this kind of vacuous talking point because they lack a basic comprehension of legal philosophies or civic education that includes an explainer on "amendments."
None of which is to say the radicalized contemporary left has nothing to fear. Yesterday, Schumer warned: "A warming planet. Workers falling behind. Dark money flooding politics. The curtailing of the right to choose. The limiting of voting rights. Those are the consequences of this nomination."
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What he means, of course, is that an originalist-majority Supreme Court may slow progressive environmentalist policies that undermine personal freedom and local sovereignty. He means that the court may make it more difficult for Democrats to adopt policies that compel workers to join and fund unions and chip away at the Janus decision. He means lawmakers may not be able to continue gnawing at Citizens United and weakening First Amendment protections. He means that unlimited third-trimester abortions on demand and funded by the state might be in trouble, that attacks on religious freedom might be blunted, and that states may be obligated to follow their own laws on Election Day rather than concoct rules as they go along.
Now, I have little doubt that a textualist court will let down partisan Republicans as well. Originalists disagree with one another quite often. But it is unlikely to overturn the traditional role of the state in American life. None of which means that liberals have to lose, only that to win, they'll have to do so on the Constitution's terms. The problem is that many would rather destroy it than do so. That's what this debate is about. The rest is just noise.


wnd--2020-10-29--The most 2020 ending for 2020? President Mike Pence

Most of us are counting down the days until 2020 ends .
This is a painful , agonizing , excruciating year .
Failed impeachment , political paralysis , a global pandemic , massive social and economic dislocation from seemingly endless shutdowns of schools , churches and business disrupting all our lives .
Combined with nationwide protests for social justice , violent riots and Antifa chaos , 2020 has been so 2020 , I ca n't even .
2020 may still have much more in store for us .
The most expensive election ever – $ 11 billion – is still @ @ @ @ @ @ @ abound of another dose of chaos following the vote .
2020 's last gasp may yet be the most 2020 ending possible : a Mike Pence presidency .
Let me explain .
The presidential campaign culminates in Electoral College math – a candidate must get 270 votes out of 538 to win .
Each candidate has several paths to victory .
There are also several ways the battleground states might shake out to deliver the unprecedented outcome of a TIE – 269-269 .
The good news is the possibility of a tie is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ next Congress decides the winner .
However , it is not a simple majority vote .
Rather , the House votes by state delegation .
Each of the 50 states gets one vote ( sorry , D.C. , none for you ) , which is determined by the majority from each state delegation .
Currently , the House delegation count is split 26 Republican to 24 Democrat .
This is an election year for representatives too , making it very possible for Democrats to pick up additional delegation majorities .
In fact , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Pennsylvania away .
Unbound by the popular vote , the party with the most delegations chooses the new president .
This should alert both Trump and Biden voters who are unenthusiastic about some of those down-ticket options .
It has never been more important to vote the straight ticket to ensure your desired presidential candidate actually wins .
Just as likely as an Electoral College tie is for Democrats to pick up one delegation .
The resulting even 25-25 split in delegations lacks a prescribed tie-breaker – sorry , Nancy .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ struck , a strategically placed special election occurs , or 2022 rolls around .
So … then what ?
Now this gets fun .
While the 12th Amendment establishes that the House chooses the president-elect in the event of an Electoral College tie , the Senate chooses the vice president-elect .
So , yes , a Democratic delegate controlled House and Republican controlled Senate could produce a President Biden and Vice President Pence .
Or a crazy conflux of red and blue waves might produce President Trump and Vice President Harris ( a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ As the late Billy Mays would say , `` but , wait , there 's more ! ''
In the Senate , unlike the House , each senator votes for vice president individually .
If Republicans lose a net of just three Senate seats – very much in the realm of possibility – the Senate will be split 50-50 .
So , when the Senate goes to vote for the vice president-elect , a 50-50 tie results , and the president of the Senate exercises one of his only two constitutional roles – @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Senate , in those lost days between the new Congress and the Inaugural , is still the then-sitting Vice President of the United States , Mike Pence .
For those who say he must recuse himself – a statement without any merit or foundation – keep in mind that would apply equally to vice presidential candidate and then-still U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris .
And so , it comes to be : Vice President Mike Pence would be irrevocably elected by the Senate as the vice president-elect .
If the House is still @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that 's not a deal I 'd put money on – then under the 20th Amendment to the Constitution , the Vice President-elect , Mike Pence , is sworn in as acting president until they do ( which if they ca n't in the first place is unlikely to change until the next midterm election in 2022 ) .
This means ( as we do the math and show our work ) , that Mike Pence will be sworn on Inauguration Day as the , 45th and a half ( ? )
, @ @ @ @ @ @ @ States .
And you know what is really crazy about all this ?
The craziest part is that it 's not even all that crazy for 2020 to end in the MOST 2020 way possible .
Dan Backer is a veteran campaign counsel , having served more than 100 candidates , PACs , and political organizations .
He is founding attorney of political.law , a campaign finance and political law firm in Alexandria , VA .
This column originally appeared at RealClear Policy .

By Dan Backer
Most of us are counting down the days until 2020 ends. This is a painful, agonizing, excruciating year. Failed impeachment, political paralysis, a global pandemic, massive social and economic dislocation from seemingly endless shutdowns of schools, churches and business disrupting all our lives. Combined with nationwide protests for social justice, violent riots and Antifa chaos, 2020 has been so 2020, I can't even.
2020 may still have much more in store for us. The most expensive election ever – $11 billion – is still a few days ahead, and predictions abound of another dose of chaos following the vote.
2020's last gasp may yet be the most 2020 ending possible: a Mike Pence presidency. Let me explain.
The presidential campaign culminates in Electoral College math – a candidate must get 270 votes out of 538 to win. Each candidate has several paths to victory. There are also several ways the battleground states might shake out to deliver the unprecedented outcome of a TIE – 269-269.
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Then what?
The good news is the possibility of a tie is planned for in the Constitution. The next Congress decides the winner. However, it is not a simple majority vote. Rather, the House votes by state delegation. Each of the 50 states gets one vote (sorry, D.C., none for you), which is determined by the majority from each state delegation.
Currently, the House delegation count is split 26 Republican to 24 Democrat. This is an election year for representatives too, making it very possible for Democrats to pick up additional delegation majorities. In fact, it is a single seat in Florida and Pennsylvania away. Unbound by the popular vote, the party with the most delegations chooses the new president.
This should alert both Trump and Biden voters who are unenthusiastic about some of those down-ticket options. It has never been more important to vote the straight ticket to ensure your desired presidential candidate actually wins.
Just as likely as an Electoral College tie is for Democrats to pick up one delegation. The resulting even 25-25 split in delegations lacks a prescribed tie-breaker – sorry, Nancy. The deadlock could continue until a deal is struck, a strategically placed special election occurs, or 2022 rolls around. So … then what?
Now this gets fun.
While the 12th Amendment establishes that the House chooses the president-elect in the event of an Electoral College tie, the Senate chooses the vice president-elect. So, yes, a Democratic delegate controlled House and Republican controlled Senate could produce a President Biden and Vice President Pence. Or a crazy conflux of red and blue waves might produce President Trump and Vice President Harris (a reality show for the ages).
As the late Billy Mays would say, "but, wait, there's more!"
In the Senate, unlike the House, each senator votes for vice president individually. If Republicans lose a net of just three Senate seats – very much in the realm of possibility – the Senate will be split 50-50. So, when the Senate goes to vote for the vice president-elect, a 50-50 tie results, and the president of the Senate exercises one of his only two constitutional roles – casting tie-breaking votes. The president of the Senate, in those lost days between the new Congress and the Inaugural, is still the then-sitting Vice President of the United States, Mike Pence. For those who say he must recuse himself – a statement without any merit or foundation – keep in mind that would apply equally to vice presidential candidate and then-still U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris.
And so, it comes to be: Vice President Mike Pence would be irrevocably elected by the Senate as the vice president-elect.
If the House is still unable to name a president-elect – and that's not a deal I'd put money on – then under the 20th Amendment to the Constitution, the Vice President-elect, Mike Pence, is sworn in as acting president until they do (which if they can't in the first place is unlikely to change until the next midterm election in 2022).
This means (as we do the math and show our work), that Mike Pence will be sworn on Inauguration Day as the, 45th and a half (?), (acting) president of the United States.
And you know what is really crazy about all this? The craziest part is that it's not even all that crazy for 2020 to end in the MOST 2020 way possible.
Dan Backer is a veteran campaign counsel, having served more than 100 candidates, PACs, and political organizations. He is founding attorney of political.law, a campaign finance and political law firm in Alexandria, VA. This column originally appeared at RealClear Policy.


wnd--2020-10-29--Challenges the next president faces

Challenges the next president faces

Of the presidents in the modern era , many have been dealt a difficult hand by history , but perhaps none more so than Donald Trump .
In 1952 , Harry Truman was in his third year of a stalemated war in Korea that was costing 200 American lives every week .
He lost the New Hampshire primary to Sen. Estes Kefauver and decided to pack it in .
In 1968 , Lyndon B. Johnson had also been challenged in New Hampshire , by Sen. Eugene McCarthy .
And , he , too , had on his hands a seemingly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prepared to escalate militarily and add hundreds of thousands more troops to the 500,000 already in Vietnam .
Like Truman before him , LBJ stood down .
In 1980 , Jimmy Carter also had a challenge from within his party – Edward Kennedy .
And for the entire last year of his presidency , 52 U.S. hostages were held in Tehran while Carter presided over an economy where the interest rates had hit 21 % and inflation 13 % .
Trump had no primary challenger .
He had not taken us into any @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2020 with the U.S. economy firing on all cylinders .
But it all crashed in March and April in the worst pandemic in a century , which destroyed his economy and has since consumed a quarter of a million American lives .
October of Trump 's reelection year saw a new wave of COVID-19 infections and the bottom fall out of the stock market .
Given the cards he has been dealt in 2020 , and the hatred of the media he daily confronts , it is astonishing that Trump retains his energy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ presidents would have long ago been broken .
Thus it is that , four days before the election , Trump is decidedly the underdog .
With the popular vote surely lost , Trump has to sweep almost all the battleground states – Florida , Georgia , North Carolina , Arizona , Ohio , Wisconsin , Michigan and Pennsylvania – while holding onto all the states he won in 2016 .
A tall order .
Should Joe Biden win , he would be , on Jan. 20 , 2021 , the oldest and most @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the history of the republic , with the possible exception of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1945 .
Biden would have to deal with an economy that , if the stock market remains a reliable lead indicator , may be tanking anew even as the COVID-19 epidemic consumes a thousand American lives daily .
And foreign policy , that lost issue of the campaign of 2020 , will be clamoring anew for the president 's attention .
In the Asia-Pacific region , China is increasingly defiant of the U.S. and openly applying military @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sales to the island with ever more direct threats .
Earlier this month , Beijing celebrated the 75th anniversary of China 's intervention in the Korean War , where its troops suffered heavy losses but caused most of the 36,000 U.S. dead in that conflict .
And , this fall , a war broke out in the South Caucasus that , if not contained , could draw in Russia , Turkey and Iran .
The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh – an Armenian-populated enclave contained wholly within Azerbaijan 's borders – @ @ @ @ @ @ @ U.S. to mediate a truce .
The Azeris appear determined to resolve the territorial dispute in the way Narendra Modi of India lately resolved the dispute with Pakistan over Kashmir .
Russia has an alliance with Armenia and bases inside .
The Turks are supporting Muslim Azerbaijan , and , with the Israelis , have been providing the Azeris with modern weaponry such as advanced drones , which have taken a devastating toll on Armenian troops and armor .
On the cultural war front , France and Turkey , both members of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ over a crackdown on Islamists by President Emmanuel Macron after a Chechen Muslim beheaded a French teacher who used the Charlie Hebdo cartoons of the prophet as examples of protected speech and press freedoms in secular France .
Macron 's perceived attacks on Islam triggered a personal insult from Turkey 's President Erdogan .
This led to the recall of the French ambassador to Turkey .
The clash over the blasphemous cartoons and the beheading of the teacher have provoked anti-French demonstrations across the Muslim world .
In the latest affront , Charlie @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the burqa of a woman , similar to the cartoon of the prophet that precipitated the 2015 massacre at the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo .
European nations are lining up behind France , while the leaders of Muslim nations such as Bangladesh and Pakistan are damning the French for tolerating the ridicule of their religious beliefs .
`` I disapprove of what you say , but I will defend to the death your right to say it , '' Voltaire is said to have responded to Rousseau .
That may reflect French @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , `` East is East , and West is West , and never the twain shall meet , Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God 's great Judgment Seat . ''

Of the presidents in the modern era, many have been dealt a difficult hand by history, but perhaps none more so than Donald Trump.
In 1952, Harry Truman was in his third year of a stalemated war in Korea that was costing 200 American lives every week. He lost the New Hampshire primary to Sen. Estes Kefauver and decided to pack it in.
In 1968, Lyndon B. Johnson had also been challenged in New Hampshire, by Sen. Eugene McCarthy. And, he, too, had on his hands a seemingly endless Asian war if he was not prepared to escalate militarily and add hundreds of thousands more troops to the 500,000 already in Vietnam.
Like Truman before him, LBJ stood down.
In 1980, Jimmy Carter also had a challenge from within his party – Edward Kennedy. And for the entire last year of his presidency, 52 U.S. hostages were held in Tehran while Carter presided over an economy where the interest rates had hit 21% and inflation 13%.
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Trump had no primary challenger. He had not taken us into any new wars. And he had begun 2020 with the U.S. economy firing on all cylinders. But it all crashed in March and April in the worst pandemic in a century, which destroyed his economy and has since consumed a quarter of a million American lives.
October of Trump's reelection year saw a new wave of COVID-19 infections and the bottom fall out of the stock market.
Given the cards he has been dealt in 2020, and the hatred of the media he daily confronts, it is astonishing that Trump retains his energy and enthusiasm for the battle. Most presidents would have long ago been broken.
Thus it is that, four days before the election, Trump is decidedly the underdog. With the popular vote surely lost, Trump has to sweep almost all the battleground states – Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Arizona, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania – while holding onto all the states he won in 2016. A tall order.
Should Joe Biden win, he would be, on Jan. 20, 2021, the oldest and most visibly enfeebled leader to win the presidency in the history of the republic, with the possible exception of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1945.
Biden would have to deal with an economy that, if the stock market remains a reliable lead indicator, may be tanking anew even as the COVID-19 epidemic consumes a thousand American lives daily.
And foreign policy, that lost issue of the campaign of 2020, will be clamoring anew for the president's attention.
In the Asia-Pacific region, China is increasingly defiant of the U.S. and openly applying military pressure upon Taiwan, matching U.S. arms sales to the island with ever more direct threats.
Earlier this month, Beijing celebrated the 75th anniversary of China's intervention in the Korean War, where its troops suffered heavy losses but caused most of the 36,000 U.S. dead in that conflict.
And, this fall, a war broke out in the South Caucasus that, if not contained, could draw in Russia, Turkey and Iran.
The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh – an Armenian-populated enclave contained wholly within Azerbaijan's borders – has resisted efforts by Russia and the U.S. to mediate a truce. The Azeris appear determined to resolve the territorial dispute in the way Narendra Modi of India lately resolved the dispute with Pakistan over Kashmir.
Russia has an alliance with Armenia and bases inside. The Turks are supporting Muslim Azerbaijan, and, with the Israelis, have been providing the Azeris with modern weaponry such as advanced drones, which have taken a devastating toll on Armenian troops and armor.
On the cultural war front, France and Turkey, both members of the NATO alliance, are trading national insults over a crackdown on Islamists by President Emmanuel Macron after a Chechen Muslim beheaded a French teacher who used the Charlie Hebdo cartoons of the prophet as examples of protected speech and press freedoms in secular France.
Macron's perceived attacks on Islam triggered a personal insult from Turkey's President Erdogan. This led to the recall of the French ambassador to Turkey. The clash over the blasphemous cartoons and the beheading of the teacher have provoked anti-French demonstrations across the Muslim world.
In the latest affront, Charlie Hebdo published a cartoon of Erdogan lifting the burqa of a woman, similar to the cartoon of the prophet that precipitated the 2015 massacre at the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo.
European nations are lining up behind France, while the leaders of Muslim nations such as Bangladesh and Pakistan are damning the French for tolerating the ridicule of their religious beliefs.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it," Voltaire is said to have responded to Rousseau.
That may reflect French values. But, as Kipling wrote, "East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's great Judgment Seat."


wnd--2020-10-30--Former Dem Dave Rubin reveals he voted for Trump: Trump is the only way to stop the radical left

The left has become so radical in their political battle against the right that they are facing the consequence of losing voters in the middle .
Longtime Democrat Dave Rubin , known for hosting his YouTube talk show `` The Rubin Report , '' revealed this week he voted for President Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election .
Rubin said Thursday on the Fox News morning program `` Fox & Friends '' that he voted in the past for former President Barack Obama and failed Democratic presidential nominees John Kerry and Al Gore .
Now , for the first @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Republican presidential nominee .
`` As most of your audience knows , '' Rubin told Fox , `` I 've been a lifelong Democrat : I voted for Obama twice , I voted for Gore , I voted for John Kerry .
This is the first time I 've ever voted for a Republican president . ''
Although Rubin does n't necessarily see Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden as a radical himself , he sees the Biden-Harris campaign as a Trojan horse for the radical doctrine spouted by the likes of liberals like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ilhan Omar of Minnesota .
And Trump is `` the last bulwark '' to stop it , he said .
`` I see Trump as basically the last bulwark to stop the radical left , '' Rubin said .
`` Joe Biden himself may not be radically left -- it 's a little unclear what Joe Biden is and what he stands for at this point -- but what 's coming behind him , what the future of the Democratic Party is , is this progressivist left , this collectivist left , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's ] just the guy that they 're smuggling it in with and I think that is the worst set of ideas possible .
`` It 's counter to everything America is all about . ''
But Rubin 's vote for Trump is n't simply a `` counter-vote '' against radical Democrats , he said .
He also believes the president is indeed the right person for the preservation and prosperity of America .
`` On top of that , by the way , this is n't just a counter-vote .
I think @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of good , '' Rubin said , `` You know , until the last two months , I thought peace in the Middle East -- I thought that was something we all wanted .
`` Apparently , that 's not something we all want . ''
Trump has indeed done remarkably well in leading our country when it comes to foreign policy .
Moreover , despite the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic , Rubin indicated that Trump has handled the economy admirably .
`` Before COVID , the economy was doing well @ @ @ @ @ @ @ well again , and there are signs that it will do well again , '' he said .
`` I think [ Trump 's ] done things internationally where suddenly countries are realizing , 'Oh , you 've got to play by the rules .
The U.S. is n't going to pay for everything . '
'' According to Rubin 's experience as an ex-Democratic voter , there 's a fundamental difference between leftists and Trump supporters -- patriotism .
`` You know , part of me also likes kind of being patriotic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that on the left anymore , '' Rubin said .
`` This is a great country .
For 250 years we 've given more opportunity than any other country in the history of the world and I think we can continue that , but we can only continue it if we have a president that believes in the Constitution and believes that America is fundamentally good . ''
A political party riddled with anti-American sentiment and doctrine can and will gut and replace the values and rights expressed in the very Constitution that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Look , I 'm here in LA , in California , so this is lefty crazy town , '' Rubin added .
`` You see the Biden-Harris signs ; You do n't really see Trump signs .
You see them at the parades now and they 've had this huge weekly one in Beverly Hills that I went to , which was absolutely unbelievable and a lovefest and tons of great people of every background were there . ''
`` But usually now , at this point , when I see American flags @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I 'm just driving around town , that to me signals somehow Trump support , because why would you put up and American flag if you 're a Democrat at this point ?
Because they 're telling you that the system is racist , America was founded on slavery , they want to change all of the rules of the past and tell you how bad everything is .
`` So , the American flag , in an odd way , has become a proxy flag for Trump 2020 , which is sort @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but it 's just sort of where we 're at . ''
If the left despises everything America stands for , then who are they ?
Could their political endgame be anything other than replacing America with something else ?
Trump supporters , including ex-Democratic voters like Rubin , are voting to protect the welfare of America from falling into the hands of leftist radicals this presidential election .
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal .

The left has become so radical in their political battle against the right that they are facing the consequence of losing voters in the middle.
Longtime Democrat Dave Rubin, known for hosting his YouTube talk show "The Rubin Report," revealed this week he voted for President Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election.
Rubin said Thursday on the Fox News morning program "Fox & Friends" that he voted in the past for former President Barack Obama and failed Democratic presidential nominees John Kerry and Al Gore.
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Now, for the first time ever, he's supporting a Republican presidential nominee.
"As most of your audience knows," Rubin told Fox, "I've been a lifelong Democrat: I voted for Obama twice, I voted for Gore, I voted for John Kerry. This is the first time I've ever voted for a Republican president."
Although Rubin doesn't necessarily see Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden as a radical himself, he sees the Biden-Harris campaign as a Trojan horse for the radical doctrine spouted by the likes of liberals like Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota.
And Trump is "the last bulwark" to stop it, he said.
"I see Trump as basically the last bulwark to stop the radical left," Rubin said. "Joe Biden himself may not be radically left -- it's a little unclear what Joe Biden is and what he stands for at this point -- but what's coming behind him, what the future of the Democratic Party is, is this progressivist left, this collectivist left, the AOC-Ilhan Omar Democrats, and [Biden's] just the guy that they're smuggling it in with and I think that is the worst set of ideas possible.
"It's counter to everything America is all about."
But Rubin's vote for Trump isn't simply a "counter-vote" against radical Democrats, he said. He also believes the president is indeed the right person for the preservation and prosperity of America.
"On top of that, by the way, this isn't just a counter-vote. I think Donald Trump has actually done a lot of good," Rubin said, "You know, until the last two months, I thought peace in the Middle East -- I thought that was something we all wanted.
"Apparently, that's not something we all want."
Trump has indeed done remarkably well in leading our country when it comes to foreign policy.
Moreover, despite the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, Rubin indicated that Trump has handled the economy admirably.
"Before COVID, the economy was doing well, and I think it will do well again, and there are signs that it will do well again," he said.
"I think [Trump's] done things internationally where suddenly countries are realizing, 'Oh, you've got to play by the rules. The U.S. isn't going to pay for everything.'"
According to Rubin's experience as an ex-Democratic voter, there's a fundamental difference between leftists and Trump supporters -- patriotism.
"You know, part of me also likes kind of being patriotic, and there's no feeling of that on the left anymore," Rubin said.
"This is a great country. For 250 years we've given more opportunity than any other country in the history of the world and I think we can continue that, but we can only continue it if we have a president that believes in the Constitution and believes that America is fundamentally good."
A political party riddled with anti-American sentiment and doctrine can and will gut and replace the values and rights expressed in the very Constitution that is meant to protect them.
"Look, I'm here in LA, in California, so this is lefty crazy town," Rubin added.
"You see the Biden-Harris signs; You don't really see Trump signs. You see them at the parades now and they've had this huge weekly one in Beverly Hills that I went to, which was absolutely unbelievable and a lovefest and tons of great people of every background were there."
"But usually now, at this point, when I see American flags in my neighbors' yards or when I'm just driving around town, that to me signals somehow Trump support, because why would you put up and American flag if you're a Democrat at this point? Because they're telling you that the system is racist, America was founded on slavery, they want to change all of the rules of the past and tell you how bad everything is.
"So, the American flag, in an odd way, has become a proxy flag for Trump 2020, which is sort of an unfortunate state of things, but it's just sort of where we're at."
If the left despises everything America stands for, then who are they?
Could their political endgame be anything other than replacing America with something else?
Trump supporters, including ex-Democratic voters like Rubin, are voting to protect the welfare of America from falling into the hands of leftist radicals this presidential election.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.


wnd--2020-10-29--Democrat Rep. Debbie Dingell warns Biden campaign autoworkers are going for Trump

Democrats already counting on the restoration of liberal rule in the nation ’ s capital should try listening to Rep. Debbie Dingell in the nation ’ s heartland .
They might not like what they hear , but at least they won ’ t be so surprised come Tuesday if the polls they ’ ve been banking on for the entire presidential election season turn out to be just as useless as they were in 2016 , when Donald Trump ’ s then-improbable victory changed the course of American history .
“ It ’ s tightening here in Michigan , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s Alisyn Camerota on Thursday morning .
“ I am out there … And yesterday , I had some of the autoworkers , who I thought were going to go back to Joe Biden , were very clear with me last night that they ’ re voting for President Trump.
” Check out the interview below .
Dingell might be a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat , like her late husband , the veteran Congressman John Dingell , but here she makes more sense alone than the rest of her party put together : The main @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which comes through loud and clear to anyone listening to Dingell with a mind that ’ s not poisoned by hatred of the president -- is that to any sane American , it ’ s obvious that Democrats left the concerns of ordinary voters behind long ago .
Despite the laughably empty boast Biden made during the second presidential debate , when he declared “ I am the Democratic Party , ” anyone following the news even casually knows that Democrats have long since been overtaken by the party ’ s woke wing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have come to accept it as normal that the country ’ s inner cities are destroyed by rioting mobs -- and even defend it on the flimsiest of grounds .
Obsessed with “ climate change , ” Democrats push a Green New Deal that will destroy the American economy , while bragging about eliminating entire industries built on fossil fuels ( not a way to win industrial states like Michigan and Pennsylvania ) .
Obsessed with their need to blame Trump for the worldwide disaster of the Chinese coronavirus , they ’ re @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the economy a distant second to hiding from the possibility of illness .
Those are ideas that might play well to leftist young adults who ’ ve had months to riot because their college classes were canceled .
Those ideas might play well with liberal editorial boards and Hollywood starlets .
But those groups aren ’ t the Americans who decide elections .
“ What we ’ re seeing now is that on the ground people have to turn out the vote , ” Dingell told Camerota ( who did n't appear @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ As you know , President Trump ’ s coming back on Friday , my grapevine tells me he ’ ll probably be back again before Election Day , President Obama and Joe Biden will be here .
“ And it ’ s coming down to who they ’ re targeting and who ’ s going to turn out .
I think Democrats need to talk to the working men and women of the auto industry , the good , hard-core workers that have always been the backbone of our economy.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Party was actually built on those “ hard-core workers.
” But that time has been passing since “ Reagan Democrats ” became part of the country ’ s political lexicon .
The Bill Clinton strategy of recapturing the working-class vote by feigning moderation is passe now in a Democratic Party where socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders has made a serious drive for the party ’ s nomination in two elections running .
It ’ s important to remember that in 2016 , Dingell was sounding the same warning , one of the few nationally @ @ @ @ @ @ @ party that it was heading for defeat .
“ The ordinary working man or woman in this country isn ’ t asking for a lot .
They want to make a decent living .
They want to be able to provide for their family , buy a home in a safe neighborhood , put food on the table , go the doctor when they need to , afford their medicines and educate their children , ” Dingell wrote in a post-mortem of the 2016 Democrat defeat for The Washington Post .
“ What @ @ @ @ @ @ @ these things are in danger of becoming unattainable for too many Americans.
” That ’ s a paragraph far too few Trump haters can understand , whether it ’ s the trendy , millennial socialist followers of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , the NeverTrump grifters of the Lincoln Project , or the biggest stars of Hollywood and late-night television .
But it 's the `` ordinary working man or woman '' who are the Americans showing up by the tens of thousands at Trump rallies , massive auto convoys and boat parades , even heading @ @ @ @ @ @ @ polls forecast defeat .
And those are the Americans whose votes are going to show up to vote in numbers that are likely to astonish the world .
“ We can not , and I ’ m saying that strongly now after the last few days on the ground , we can not forget that autoworker .
The steelworker .
The Teamster , whose job they ’ ve lost and are worried about , and they want to know what Democrats will do , ” she said .
But Democrats have already left @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t likely that a weekend swing by a cadaverous Joe Biden , with his own influence-peddling scandal hanging over his head , is going to make anyone forget that .
Democrats and the media might not like what Dingell had to say on Thursday , but they should listen anyway .
That way , if they 're as disappointed this year as they were in 2016 , at least they wo n't be surprised .
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal .

Democrats already counting on the restoration of liberal rule in the nation’s capital should try listening to Rep. Debbie Dingell in the nation’s heartland.
They might not like what they hear, but at least they won’t be so surprised come Tuesday if the polls they’ve been banking on for the entire presidential election season turn out to be just as useless as they were in 2016, when Donald Trump’s then-improbable victory changed the course of American history.
“It’s tightening here in Michigan,” the Michigan congresswoman told CNN’s Alisyn Camerota on Thursday morning. “I am out there … And yesterday, I had some of the autoworkers, who I thought were going to go back to Joe Biden, were very clear with me last night that they’re voting for President Trump.”
Check out the interview below. Dingell might be a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat, like her late husband, the veteran Congressman John Dingell, but here she makes more sense alone than the rest of her party put together:
Debbie Dingell, (D) warns of a tightening race in Michigan. She hits the nail on the head about why some workers flock to Trump...They feel looked down upon by Democrats. If only they knew who’s really looking down on them. #DemVoice1 pic.twitter.com/31nAdMDnEU — Dr. Comments-A-Lot 🇺🇸🇨🇺•••👁👁••• (@WDCreports) October 29, 2020
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The main reason for the support for Trump -- which comes through loud and clear to anyone listening to Dingell with a mind that’s not poisoned by hatred of the president -- is that to any sane American, it’s obvious that Democrats left the concerns of ordinary voters behind long ago.
Despite the laughably empty boast Biden made during the second presidential debate, when he declared “I am the Democratic Party,” anyone following the news even casually knows that Democrats have long since been overtaken by the party’s woke wing.
Obsessed with racial injustice, Democrats have come to accept it as normal that the country’s inner cities are destroyed by rioting mobs -- and even defend it on the flimsiest of grounds.
Obsessed with “climate change,” Democrats push a Green New Deal that will destroy the American economy, while bragging about eliminating entire industries built on fossil fuels (not a way to win industrial states like Michigan and Pennsylvania).
Obsessed with their need to blame Trump for the worldwide disaster of the Chinese coronavirus, they’re backing a candidate who places the health of the economy a distant second to hiding from the possibility of illness.
Those are ideas that might play well to leftist young adults who’ve had months to riot because their college classes were canceled. Those ideas might play well with liberal editorial boards and Hollywood starlets.
But those groups aren’t the Americans who decide elections.
“What we’re seeing now is that on the ground people have to turn out the vote,” Dingell told Camerota (who didn't appear at all happy with the message).
“As you know, President Trump’s coming back on Friday, my grapevine tells me he’ll probably be back again before Election Day, President Obama and Joe Biden will be here.
“And it’s coming down to who they’re targeting and who’s going to turn out. I think Democrats need to talk to the working men and women of the auto industry, the good, hard-core workers that have always been the backbone of our economy.”
There was a time when the Democratic Party was actually built on those “hard-core workers.” But that time has been passing since “Reagan Democrats” became part of the country’s political lexicon.
The Bill Clinton strategy of recapturing the working-class vote by feigning moderation is passe now in a Democratic Party where socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders has made a serious drive for the party’s nomination in two elections running.
It’s important to remember that in 2016, Dingell was sounding the same warning, one of the few nationally prominent Democrats who tried to tell her party that it was heading for defeat.
“The ordinary working man or woman in this country isn’t asking for a lot. They want to make a decent living. They want to be able to provide for their family, buy a home in a safe neighborhood, put food on the table, go the doctor when they need to, afford their medicines and educate their children,” Dingell wrote in a post-mortem of the 2016 Democrat defeat for The Washington Post. “What many don’t understand is how these things are in danger of becoming unattainable for too many Americans.”
That’s a paragraph far too few Trump haters can understand, whether it’s the trendy, millennial socialist followers of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the NeverTrump grifters of the Lincoln Project, or the biggest stars of Hollywood and late-night television.
But it's the "ordinary working man or woman" who are the Americans showing up by the tens of thousands at Trump rallies, massive auto convoys and boat parades, even heading into an election where the majority of polls forecast defeat. And those are the Americans whose votes are going to show up to vote in numbers that are likely to astonish the world.
Dingell's warning to Democrats was clear:
“We cannot, and I’m saying that strongly now after the last few days on the ground, we cannot forget that autoworker. The steelworker. The Teamster, whose job they’ve lost and are worried about, and they want to know what Democrats will do,” she said.
But Democrats have already left those voters behind, and it isn’t likely that a weekend swing by a cadaverous Joe Biden, with his own influence-peddling scandal hanging over his head, is going to make anyone forget that.
Democrats and the media might not like what Dingell had to say on Thursday, but they should listen anyway.
That way, if they're as disappointed this year as they were in 2016, at least they won't be surprised.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.


wnd--2020-10-31--How tweet it is: Twitter backs down, unlocks N.Y. Post's account

( NEW YORK POST ) Twitter backed down Friday in its battle with The Post and unlocked its main account @ @ @ @ @ the Hunter Biden exposé .
The move came after The Post refused Twitter ’ s @ @ @ @ @ tweets that linked to stories that the company claimed — without any evidence — were @ @ @ @ @ The Post never budged , and kept the tweets on the account during the standoff @ @ @ @ @ them from view .

(NEW YORK POST) Twitter backed down Friday in its battle with The Post and unlocked its main account after a two-week stalemate over the Hunter Biden exposé.
The move came after The Post refused Twitter’s demand that it delete six tweets that linked to stories that the company claimed — without any evidence — were based on hacked information.
The Post never budged, and kept the tweets on the account during the standoff — even as Twitter obscured them from view.
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wnd--2020-10-31--Twitter stock crashes 20% as user growth fizzles

( BREITBART ) Social media giant Twitter suffered a stock price crash of more than 21 percent in intraday trading @ @ @ @ @ the company ’ s Q3 report .
The company reported its slowest growth in years @ @ @ @ @ less advertising on the platform at the same time .
Variety reports that despite beating @ @ @ @ @ the third quarter of 2020 , Twitter ’ s poor user growth for the time @ @ @ @ @ advertising forecast for Q4 has caused the company ’ s stock to crash more than @ @ @

(BREITBART) Social media giant Twitter suffered a stock price crash of more than 21 percent in intraday trading today following the release of the company’s Q3 report. The company reported its slowest growth in years as many companies also bought less advertising on the platform at the same time.
Variety reports that despite beating Wall Street financial forecasts for the third quarter of 2020, Twitter’s poor user growth for the time period and an extremely uncertain advertising forecast for Q4 has caused the company’s stock to crash more than 20 percent.
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wnd--2020-10-31--Judge rules Rittenhouse should be extradited to Wisconsin to face murder charges

( FOX NEWS ) An Illinois judge ruled Friday that a teenager accused of fatally shooting two people and wounding @ @ @ @ @ a night of unrest in Kenosha , Wis. , should be extradited to the Wisconsin @ @ @ @ @ .
Kyle Rittenhouse , 17 , of Antioch , Ill. , was in a courtroom @ @ @ @ @ morning court hearing unshackled , wearing a blue button-down shirt , a dark tie and @ @ @ @ @ lawyers indicated before the hearing in Waukegan that they would call witnesses , including Rittenhouse @ @ @ @ @ Rittenhouse , to try to block his extradition .
But they did n't , instead @ @ @ @ @ the case .

(FOX NEWS) An Illinois judge ruled Friday that a teenager accused of fatally shooting two people and wounding a third in August during a night of unrest in Kenosha, Wis., should be extradited to the Wisconsin city to face homicide charges.
Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, of Antioch, Ill., was in a courtroom hours earlier for a Friday morning court hearing unshackled, wearing a blue button-down shirt, a dark tie and a face mask.
Defense lawyers indicated before the hearing in Waukegan that they would call witnesses, including Rittenhouse’s mother, Wendy Rittenhouse, to try to block his extradition. But they didn't, instead focusing on the legalities of the case.
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wnd--2020-10-31--Elementary schooler asked by administrator to remove most of his Trump costume for 'Super Hero Day'

( THE BLAZE ) Things are tough all over for supporters of President Donald Trump — and apparently no matter @ @ @ @ @ An administrator at Oglethorpe Point Elementary in St. Simons , Georgia , asked a student @ @ @ @ @ Trump costume during `` Super Hero Day , '' which took place earlier in the @ @ @ @ @ reported .
The male preteen 's costume included a `` Trump 2020 '' hat , @ @ @ @ @ cape , and a red T-shirt with a blue `` T '' on it , @ @ @ @ @ that the student was asked to remove the cape and hat — which he did @

(THE BLAZE) Things are tough all over for supporters of President Donald Trump — and apparently no matter how old they are.
An administrator at Oglethorpe Point Elementary in St. Simons, Georgia, asked a student to remove most of his Trump costume during "Super Hero Day," which took place earlier in the week, the Brunswick News reported.
The male preteen's costume included a "Trump 2020" hat, a Trump flag as a cape, and a red T-shirt with a blue "T" on it, the paper said, adding that the student was asked to remove the cape and hat — which he did.
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wnd--2020-10-31--National Police Association: Antifa is structured like 'Islamic terror cell'

( NATIONAL FILE ) Antifa , the organization that Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden said was more an “ idea @ @ @ @ @ has a structure that resembles that of a sophisticated Islamofascist terror cell one national law @ @ @ @ @ Retired Sargent and spokeswoman for the National Police Association , Betsy Brandner Smith , refuted @ @ @ @ @ of Antifa stating that it is a dangerous organization with an organizational structure akin to @ @ @ @ @ “ Antifa is more than just an idea , Antifa has quite a history , @ @ @ @ @ and 30s and Hitler ’ s brown shirts and then we come into the anarchists @ @ @ @ @ today , ” Smith said in an online interview .

(NATIONAL FILE) Antifa, the organization that Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden said was more an “idea” than anything else, has a structure that resembles that of a sophisticated Islamofascist terror cell one national law enforcement organization has declared.
Retired Sargent and spokeswoman for the National Police Association, Betsy Brandner Smith, refuted Biden’s off-the-cuff dismissal of Antifa stating that it is a dangerous organization with an organizational structure akin to an Islamic terror cell.
“Antifa is more than just an idea, Antifa has quite a history, going back to the 20s and 30s and Hitler’s brown shirts and then we come into the anarchists of the 60s through to today,” Smith said in an online interview.
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wnd--2020-10-31--Scientists: 'Fireball' that fell to earth is full of pristine extraterrestrial organic compounds

( LONDON INDEPENDENT ) A fireball that fell to Earth in 2018 contains “ pristine extraterrestrial organic compounds ” that @ @ @ @ @ life formed , scientists say .
The meteor arrived on Earth in January 2018 , @ @ @ @ @ across the sky of the US Midwest .
Scientists were able to track it using @ @ @ @ @ picked the meteorite up from the ground before its chemical makeup was changed by exposure @ @ @ @ @ researchers say the material they recovered offers them the ability to explore such rocks as @ @ @ @ @ are still in space , but using the equipment they have down on Earth .

(LONDON INDEPENDENT) A fireball that fell to Earth in 2018 contains “pristine extraterrestrial organic compounds” that could help tell us how life formed, scientists say.
The meteor arrived on Earth in January 2018, as a streaking fireball visible across the sky of the US Midwest. Scientists were able to track it using weather radar, and hunters picked the meteorite up from the ground before its chemical makeup was changed by exposure to liquid water.
Now researchers say the material they recovered offers them the ability to explore such rocks as they might appear when they are still in space, but using the equipment they have down on Earth.
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wnd--2020-10-31--It's back! How to grab KFC's fried chicken-scented firelog before it sells out

( NEXSTAR ) While 2020 has robbed us of plenty of our favorite things , there ’ s at least @ @ @ @ @ we end the year on a positive note .
The 11 Herbs & Spices Firelog @ @ @ @ @ two years , so you ’ re going to watch to act fast if you @ @ @ @ @ with the smell of fried delight .
This year , it ’ s being sold @ @ @ @ @ cost you $ 15.88 .

(NEXSTAR) While 2020 has robbed us of plenty of our favorite things, there’s at least one thing that will ensure we end the year on a positive note.
Yes, KFC’s fried chicken-scented yule long is back.
The 11 Herbs & Spices Firelog has sold out the past two years, so you’re going to watch to act fast if you hope to fill you home with the smell of fried delight.
This year, it’s being sold exclusively through Walmart and will cost you $15.88.
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wnd--2020-10-31--10-foot python found under hood of Ford Mustang in Florida

( NEW YORK POST ) A Burmese python was found underneath the hood of a Ford Mustang in Florida , @ @ @ @ @ 10-foot snake was captured by officers from Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission without any @ @ @ @ @ city of Dania Beach , the agency wrote on Facebook .

(NEW YORK POST) A Burmese python was found underneath the hood of a Ford Mustang in Florida, authorities announced Thursday.
The 10-foot snake was captured by officers from Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission without any reports of injuries in the city of Dania Beach, the agency wrote on Facebook.
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wnd--2020-10-31--Dow closes more than 150 points lower

Dow closes more than 150 points lower

( CNBC ) Stocks fell on Friday , led by major tech shares , as Wall Street wrapped up a @ @ @ @ @ cases rose , U.S. fiscal stimulus talks broke down and traders braced for next week @ @ @ @ @ The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 157.51 points lower , or 0.6 % , at @ @ @ @ @ , the Dow was down more than 500 points .
The S & P 500 @ @ @ @ @ and the Nasdaq Composite pulled back 2.5 % to 10,911.59 .
The Dow and S @ @ @ @ @ % and 5.6 % , respectively , and posted their biggest weekly losses since March @ @ @ @ @ than 5 % over that time period and also had its worst one-week performance since @ @

(CNBC) Stocks fell on Friday, led by major tech shares, as Wall Street wrapped up a difficult week in which coronavirus cases rose, U.S. fiscal stimulus talks broke down and traders braced for next week’s presidential election.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 157.51 points lower, or 0.6%, at 26,501.60. At one point, the Dow was down more than 500 points. The S&P 500 dropped 1.2% to 3,269.96 and the Nasdaq Composite pulled back 2.5% to 10,911.59.
The Dow and S&P 500 fell 6.5% and 5.6%, respectively, and posted their biggest weekly losses since March. The Nasdaq lost more than 5% over that time period and also had its worst one-week performance since March.
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wnd--2020-10-30--Jonathan Cahn calls for day of prayer and fasting on Nov. 3

After leading a massive gathering on the National Mall one month ago , Messianic rabbi Jonathan Cahn is calling on Americans to pray and fast on Election Day , warning the nation is `` standing at a crossroad and a precipice . ''
`` We are standing at a most critical moment .
In a short time , America will be deciding its future .
It is undoubtedly the most pivotal election of our lifetime .
And never in our lifetime has this nation been as divided as it is now , '' he says in a video message .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , including `` The Harbinger , '' Cahn believes the nation has been given a `` window of time '' to return to God that could shut and `` seal our nation ’ s departure , its fall , its apostasy – and its progression to judgment . ''
He urges Americans to make next Tuesday `` God 's Day , '' `` The Day of Prayer and Fasting . ''
`` Millions of us joined together on 'The Day of Return ' one month ago according to 2 Chronicles 7:14 , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' he says in the video .
`` Let us now commit to seal it all on November 3 .
`` Spread the word , tell your friends , your pastors , commit that day in your homes , on your jobs , in your churches , your fellowships , to humble ourselves , to pray , to seek His face , and to turn from our evil ways , that He will hear from heaven and answer us . ''
Cahn urges praying that `` the will of God will be done @ @ @ @ @ @ @ government those of His choosing , and that no matter what it takes , revival will come to this land . ''
He says the election is `` not about people , personalities , or parties : It 's about the issues , and the issues could not be any more clear or stark . ''
On Friday , Cahn told WND that `` politics are important but the answer is revival , the answer is God . ''
`` Politics can maintain a window or it can close a window , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the light of God , '' he said .
`` Even under a conservative administration we 've watched America 's culture race away from God . ''
In an interview in September before 'The Return ' event in Washington , Cahn pointed to another crucial time in America , during the Civil War , when Abraham Lincoln declared a solemn assembly `` and it changed the course of history . ''
`` We are at a more dangerous point than ever .
We have an election that can change the course of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so many signs are pointing to danger of judgment , '' he told WND .
`` I believe that if we do not rise to this now , here , embodied by the return , we may pass the point of no return . ''

After leading a massive gathering on the National Mall one month ago, Messianic rabbi Jonathan Cahn is calling on Americans to pray and fast on Election Day, warning the nation is "standing at a crossroad and a precipice."
"We are standing at a most critical moment. In a short time, America will be deciding its future. It is undoubtedly the most pivotal election of our lifetime. And never in our lifetime has this nation been as divided as it is now," he says in a video message.
Known for his New York Times bestsellers, including "The Harbinger," Cahn believes the nation has been given a "window of time" to return to God that could shut and "seal our nation’s departure, its fall, its apostasy – and its progression to judgment."
He urges Americans to make next Tuesday "God's Day," "The Day of Prayer and Fasting."
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"Millions of us joined together on 'The Day of Return' one month ago according to 2 Chronicles 7:14, and in movements of prayer since then," he says in the video. "Let us now commit to seal it all on November 3.
"Spread the word, tell your friends, your pastors, commit that day in your homes, on your jobs, in your churches, your fellowships, to humble ourselves, to pray, to seek His face, and to turn from our evil ways, that He will hear from heaven and answer us."
Cahn urges praying that "the will of God will be done, and that He will elect to government those of His choosing, and that no matter what it takes, revival will come to this land."
He says the election is "not about people, personalities, or parties: It's about the issues, and the issues could not be any more clear or stark."
On Friday, Cahn told WND that "politics are important but the answer is revival, the answer is God."
"Politics can maintain a window or it can close a window, but ultimately it's the Gospel, prayer and the light of God," he said.
"Even under a conservative administration we've watched America's culture race away from God."
See the video:
In an interview in September before 'The Return' event in Washington, Cahn pointed to another crucial time in America, during the Civil War, when Abraham Lincoln declared a solemn assembly "and it changed the course of history."
"We are at a more dangerous point than ever. We have an election that can change the course of the nation at such a time when so many signs are pointing to danger of judgment," he told WND.
"I believe that if we do not rise to this now, here, embodied by the return, we may pass the point of no return."


wnd--2020-10-31--USMC corrects WaPo correspondent, points out Marine One flight crew acted professionally

One journalist 's smug mockery of a Marine One flight was shut down by the United States Marine Corps itself , which issued a no-nonsense fact check in less than 24 hours .
The supposed controversy came after President Donald Trump shared a video to Twitter on Wednesday .
In the top half of the clip , taken during an October 23 rally in Florida , Marine One appears to hover over a pro-Trump crowd while Creedence Clearwater Revival 's `` Fortunate Son '' plays over the footage .
In contrast to the high-energy MAGA rally , the bottom half @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a small gathering of socially distanced people at an event of his own .
The epic footage soon ended up in the establishment media 's crosshairs .
`` Is Marine One really swooping over rally crowds to whip up supporters of the president ? ''
Washington Post national security correspondent Greg Miller asked in a Twitter post .
`` ( Or is this a new way to disperse covid droplets ? )
'' This assessment carries an apparent accusation of recklessness on the part of Marine One 's flight crew .
After all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ skilled pilots , mechanical failures and accidents do happen .
When these disasters do happen , hovering over a crowd of hundreds is not the best place to be .
Thankfully , it seems any question about the crew 's ability was quickly put to rest by the USMC .
`` The flight did not fly over ( or hover over ) the assembled crowd , '' the USMC wrote in a reply to Miller .
`` The entire flight was conducted in accordance with [ U.S. Navy ] and Marine Corps regulations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Marine One landed a safe distance from the crowd . ''
The crew of any Marine One flight , a designation given to any USMC aircraft carrying the president , is guaranteed to be of the highest caliber .
For the Marine flight carrying Trump in Florida last week , it appears that this was still the case .
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal .

One journalist's smug mockery of a Marine One flight was shut down by the United States Marine Corps itself, which issued a no-nonsense fact check in less than 24 hours.
The supposed controversy came after President Donald Trump shared a video to Twitter on Wednesday.
In the top half of the clip, taken during an October 23 rally in Florida, Marine One appears to hover over a pro-Trump crowd while Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Fortunate Son" plays over the footage.
In contrast to the high-energy MAGA rally, the bottom half shows Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden approaching a small gathering of socially distanced people at an event of his own.
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The epic footage soon ended up in the establishment media's crosshairs.
"Is Marine One really swooping over rally crowds to whip up supporters of the president?" Washington Post national security correspondent Greg Miller asked in a Twitter post.
"(Or is this a new way to disperse covid droplets?)"
Is Marine One really swooping over rally crowds to whip up supporters of the president? (Or is this a new way to disperse covid droplets?) https://t.co/hvKbtIl1VZ — Greg Miller (@gregpmiller) October 28, 2020
This assessment carries an apparent accusation of recklessness on the part of Marine One's flight crew.
After all, even with the world's most skilled pilots, mechanical failures and accidents do happen. When these disasters do happen, hovering over a crowd of hundreds is not the best place to be.
Thankfully, it seems any question about the crew's ability was quickly put to rest by the USMC.
"The flight did not fly over (or hover over) the assembled crowd," the USMC wrote in a reply to Miller.
"The entire flight was conducted in accordance with [U.S. Navy] and Marine Corps regulations, operating procedures and safety protocols. Marine One landed a safe distance from the crowd."
The flight did not fly over (or hover over) the assembled crowd. The entire flight was conducted in accordance with @USNavy and Marine Corps regulations, operating procedures and safety protocols. Marine One landed a safe distance from the crowd. — U.S. Marines (@USMC) October 29, 2020
The crew of any Marine One flight, a designation given to any USMC aircraft carrying the president, is guaranteed to be of the highest caliber.
For the Marine flight carrying Trump in Florida last week, it appears that this was still the case.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.


wnd--2020-10-31--Can you hear what Biden meant by 'truinnerashuvaduprezure' in viral gaffe-clip?

Joe Biden , the human gaffe machine , has struck again .
This might be the worst verbal blunder yet that the 77-year-old Democratic candidate for president has blurted out .
While reading from a teleprompter on Saturday , the best Joe Biden could do was this embarrassing line of nonsensical gibberish : '' I 'll lead an effective strategy to mobilize truinnerashuvaduprezure , isolate and punish China . ''
The Trump War Room did n't even attempt to spell out the gaffe , instead tweeting out `` Joe Biden : `` I 'll lead an effective strategy to mobilize @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the video .
A transcript later released by CNN revealed what the full statement from Biden was supposed to be .
`` I 'll lead an effective strategy to mobilize true international pressure , isolate and punish China , '' the transcript reads .
This latest example of Biden 's inability to form coherent sentences has further fueled the notion that the former vice president may not be in full command of his mental faculties .
The fact that it has been less than one week since Biden 's last huge gaffe does @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
On Sunday , after calling a surprise lid on all campaign activities ( or maybe not much of a surprise given how consistently prevalent and embarrassing these verbal gaffes have become ) , the former vice president appeared to mistake President Donald Trump for former President George Bush .
In fairness , Biden was speaking with comedian George Lopez during the event , so he may have just accidentally referred to Trump as Lopez .
But calling Trump “ George ” is a major gaffe , regardless .
“ The character of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is literally on the ballot .
What kind of country we are going to be , ” Biden said during the Sunday event .
“ Four more years of George , uh , George , uh , he , uh , we ’ re going to find ourselves in a position where if , uh , Trump gets elected , we ’ re uh , we ’ re going to be in a different world.
” It 's entirely possible that Biden is completely capable , mentally and physically , of assuming the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the sheer number of verbal blunders and incoherent statements that have come from him during this campaign , however , it is also true that such assumptions about his mental faculties can not be completely ruled out either .
Over the past few years , it has become increasingly clear that the man is an absolute gaffe machine .
However , adding Biden 's advanced age and apparent mental decline to the equation is starting to make this attempt at a presidential run look incredibly sad .
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Joe Biden, the human gaffe machine, has struck again.
This might be the worst verbal blunder yet that the 77-year-old Democratic candidate for president has blurted out.
While reading from a teleprompter on Saturday, the best Joe Biden could do was this embarrassing line of nonsensical gibberish:
"I'll lead an effective strategy to mobilize truinnerashuvaduprezure, isolate and punish China."
Joe Biden: "I'll lead an effective strategy to mobilize [unintelligible]!" pic.twitter.com/cggH79eZB1 — Trump War Room - Text TRUMP to 88022 (@TrumpWarRoom) October 30, 2020
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The Trump War Room didn't even attempt to spell out the gaffe, instead tweeting out "Joe Biden: "I'll lead an effective strategy to mobilize [unintelligible]!" along with the video.
A transcript later released by CNN revealed what the full statement from Biden was supposed to be.
"I'll lead an effective strategy to mobilize true international pressure, isolate and punish China," the transcript reads.
This latest example of Biden's inability to form coherent sentences has further fueled the notion that the former vice president may not be in full command of his mental faculties.
The fact that it has been less than one week since Biden's last huge gaffe doesn't help the Democratic nominee's case.
On Sunday, after calling a surprise lid on all campaign activities (or maybe not much of a surprise given how consistently prevalent and embarrassing these verbal gaffes have become), the former vice president appeared to mistake President Donald Trump for former President George Bush.
In fairness, Biden was speaking with comedian George Lopez during the event, so he may have just accidentally referred to Trump as Lopez.
But calling Trump “George” is a major gaffe, regardless.
WATCH: Joe Biden confuses President Trump with George Bush. "4 more years of George, uh, George..." pic.twitter.com/Zzt2brIaYS — Trump War Room - Text TRUMP to 88022 (@TrumpWarRoom) October 26, 2020
“The character of the country, in my view, is literally on the ballot. What kind of country we are going to be,” Biden said during the Sunday event.
“Four more years of George, uh, George, uh, he, uh, we’re going to find ourselves in a position where if, uh, Trump gets elected, we’re uh, we’re going to be in a different world.”
It's entirely possible that Biden is completely capable, mentally and physically, of assuming the responsibilities of the White House.
Given the sheer number of verbal blunders and incoherent statements that have come from him during this campaign, however, it is also true that such assumptions about his mental faculties cannot be completely ruled out either.
Over the past few years, it has become increasingly clear that the man is an absolute gaffe machine.
However, adding Biden's advanced age and apparent mental decline to the equation is starting to make this attempt at a presidential run look incredibly sad.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.


wnd--2020-10-31--As border wall proves effective on land, arrests at sea skyrocket near San Diego

Whether it 's the walls of your house , the walls surrounding a business , or walls along the border of a country , it should be a common-sense conclusion that walls are an effective means of protection and defense .
Reasonable human beings have realized this for hundreds , if not thousands , of years -- just look at the Great Wall of China or any number of medieval fortresses .
Even the simple fact that we live in enclosed dwellings with locks on the doors is a testament to the fact that physical barriers deter unauthorized entry .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of walls , the American left would have you believe that border walls between the United States and Mexico are both ineffective and immoral .
That assertion is belied by reality : In southern California , the addition of miles of new border wall since 2017 has led to a striking increase in the number of smugglers and illegal immigrants arrested as they attempt to enter the country , as reported by the Washington Examiner .
On Thursday , the Trump administration celebrated the completion of 400 miles of U.S.-Mexico border wall , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ San Diego region , which stretches 60 miles , has added 53 miles of border wall ( including duplicate fencing ) over the past few years , the majority of which was funded by the Trump administration .
The walls are made from steel fence posts filled with concrete and rebar , reach up to 10 feet below ground , and stand 18 to 30 feet high .
A portion of the wall in this area also stretches approximately 100 feet into the ocean .
The new walls -- significantly larger and sturdier @ @ @ @ @ @ @ difficult to dig shallow tunnels across the border or to enter the U.S. by water .
While individuals can still swim or boat across the border , the wall into the ocean makes it more difficult .
More importantly , the enhanced physical barriers funnel illegal immigrants and smugglers to the more vulnerable areas of the border , where border patrol agents lie in wait .
This has dramatically increased the number of arrests .
According to the Examiner , in the San Diego region in the 2020 fiscal year ( which ran @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sept. 30 , 2020 ) , border patrol agents on jet skis and boats made 302 arrests -- up from 195 in fiscal year 2019 , and just 88 in 2015 .
Across the country , arrests of illegal immigrants and smugglers rose to 1,271 in 2020 , up from 662 in 2019 and 219 in 2015 .
Clearly , walls work .
If they do n't deter border jumpers and smugglers , they at least help limit their spread so that border patrol can intercede .
This is a win , both @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a whole .
As a country , we have a right -- even a duty -- to know who and what is entering our borders .
Those who excuse illegal immigration often contend that those entering the country illegally are just well-intentioned foreigners seeking a better life .
That may be true for many illegal immigrants , but certainly not all .
For instance , Santa Barbara County authorities earlier this year arrested 33 people aboard a boat containing more than 3,000 pounds of methamphetamine , according to the Ventura County Star .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Americans that authorities confiscated those drugs before they were distributed into the country .
Moreover , an immigrant 's intentions are largely irrelevant to the conversation about illegal immigration .
Regardless of why someone is coming to America , there is a right ( legal ) and wrong ( illegal ) way to get here .
Many Democrats claim conservatives are anti-immigrant .
That 's simply not true .
Most conservatives happily welcome legal immigrants .
Additionally , legal immigration is more beneficial to the immigrants Democrats say are just seeking a shot @ @ @ @ @ @ @ allows those immigrants to fully participate in American society .
Illegal immigration , on the other hand , often forces immigrants to live in the shadows .
Hopefully , the success seen so far from the new barriers in San Diego continues to be seen across the country .
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal .

Walls work.
Whether it's the walls of your house, the walls surrounding a business, or walls along the border of a country, it should be a common-sense conclusion that walls are an effective means of protection and defense.
Reasonable human beings have realized this for hundreds, if not thousands, of years -- just look at the Great Wall of China or any number of medieval fortresses. Even the simple fact that we live in enclosed dwellings with locks on the doors is a testament to the fact that physical barriers deter unauthorized entry.
Despite literally centuries of evidence in favor of walls, the American left would have you believe that border walls between the United States and Mexico are both ineffective and immoral.
That assertion is belied by reality: In southern California, the addition of miles of new border wall since 2017 has led to a striking increase in the number of smugglers and illegal immigrants arrested as they attempt to enter the country, as reported by the Washington Examiner.
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On Thursday, the Trump administration celebrated the completion of 400 miles of U.S.-Mexico border wall, according to KFMB-TV. Border Patrol's San Diego region, which stretches 60 miles, has added 53 miles of border wall (including duplicate fencing) over the past few years, the majority of which was funded by the Trump administration.
The walls are made from steel fence posts filled with concrete and rebar, reach up to 10 feet below ground, and stand 18 to 30 feet high. A portion of the wall in this area also stretches approximately 100 feet into the ocean.
The new walls -- significantly larger and sturdier than earlier versions -- make it more difficult to dig shallow tunnels across the border or to enter the U.S. by water. While individuals can still swim or boat across the border, the wall into the ocean makes it more difficult.
More importantly, the enhanced physical barriers funnel illegal immigrants and smugglers to the more vulnerable areas of the border, where border patrol agents lie in wait.
This has dramatically increased the number of arrests. According to the Examiner, in the San Diego region in the 2020 fiscal year (which ran from Oct. 1, 2019, to Sept. 30, 2020), border patrol agents on jet skis and boats made 302 arrests -- up from 195 in fiscal year 2019, and just 88 in 2015.
Across the country, arrests of illegal immigrants and smugglers rose to 1,271 in 2020, up from 662 in 2019 and 219 in 2015.
Clearly, walls work. If they don't deter border jumpers and smugglers, they at least help limit their spread so that border patrol can intercede.
This is a win, both for President Trump and for America as a whole.
As a country, we have a right -- even a duty -- to know who and what is entering our borders.
Those who excuse illegal immigration often contend that those entering the country illegally are just well-intentioned foreigners seeking a better life.
That may be true for many illegal immigrants, but certainly not all. For instance, Santa Barbara County authorities earlier this year arrested 33 people aboard a boat containing more than 3,000 pounds of methamphetamine, according to the Ventura County Star.
It is unquestionably good for America and Americans that authorities confiscated those drugs before they were distributed into the country.
Moreover, an immigrant's intentions are largely irrelevant to the conversation about illegal immigration. Regardless of why someone is coming to America, there is a right (legal) and wrong (illegal) way to get here.
Many Democrats claim conservatives are anti-immigrant. That's simply not true. Most conservatives happily welcome legal immigrants.
Additionally, legal immigration is more beneficial to the immigrants Democrats say are just seeking a shot at a better life, because it allows those immigrants to fully participate in American society. Illegal immigration, on the other hand, often forces immigrants to live in the shadows.
Hopefully, the success seen so far from the new barriers in San Diego continues to be seen across the country.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.


wnd--2020-10-31--Trump campaign schedules whopping 14 scheduled rallies in final 3 days before election

As media pundits grudgingly acknowledge that President Donald Trump could win re-election , an upbeat Trump , who on Friday predicted `` a victory like none other , '' is launching a high-velocity effort to close the deal with America 's voters .
CNN 's Ryan Struyk tweeted the schedule that will send Trump to Pennsylvania , Michigan , Iowa , North Caroline , Georgia , Florida and Wisconsin for 14 rallies over three days .
First lady Melania Trump will appear in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania on Saturday , according to ABC News .
Democratic candidate Joe Biden , who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will be in Michigan on Saturday for an appearance with former President Barack Obama , according to The Hill .
Biden will be in Pennsylvania on Sunday and Monday .
Trump noted on Friday that Election Day travel is not out of the question .
`` I ’ ll give you that answer in the next couple of days , '' he told reporters .
On Friday , during a rally in Waterford , Michigan , Trump said he expects to win on Tuesday .
`` Four days from now , we are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are going on to win four more great years in the White House .
We ’ re going to have it .
We ’ re going to have it , '' he said , adding , `` I ’ m watching these Biden rallies .
It ’ s like there ’ s nobody .
Of course , he says that they want to do it that way on purpose .
The problem is nobody shows up . ''
During the rally , Trump contrasted his approach with that of Biden .
`` Joe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , painful winter .
Did you see him at the debate ?
Did anybody see the debate by any chance ?
No , he said , ' A long , dark winter . '
Oh , that ’ s great .
That ’ s wonderful , '' Trump said .
`` That ’ s just what our country needs is a long , dark winter and a leader that talks about it .
I didn ’ t have the privilege of going to my basement in the White House .
I didn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a beautiful room on the second or third floor and staying there for a year and a half because I ’ m president of the United States .
So I didn ’ t have that .
I had to do my job . ''
`` Joe Biden is going to lock down your state , wipe out your factories , ship out your jobs , bring things to China , whatever they can , punish your family with a trillion -- think of this -- a trillion dollars times four , $ 4 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said .
`` We gave you the biggest tax reduction in the history of our country .
That ’ s the good news .
The bad news is he wants to give you the biggest tax hike in the history of our country . ''
Trump said Michigan can not allow a vestige of the Obama administration to return to the White House .
`` At every turn Biden twisted knife into the back of Michigan workers and workers all over the country , '' he said .
`` In 2016 , Michigan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and you elected an outsider as president who is finally putting America first . ''
`` If I don ’ t sound like a typical Washington politician , it ’ s because I ’ m not a politician .
And if I don ’ t always play by the rules of Washington and the Washington establishment , it ’ s because I was elected to fight for you and I fight harder than any president has ever fought for the great people of this country , '' Trump added .
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As media pundits grudgingly acknowledge that President Donald Trump could win re-election, an upbeat Trump, who on Friday predicted "a victory like none other," is launching a high-velocity effort to close the deal with America's voters.
CNN's Ryan Struyk tweeted the schedule that will send Trump to Pennsylvania, Michigan, Iowa, North Caroline, Georgia, Florida and Wisconsin for 14 rallies over three days.
"Saturday: Bucks County, PA ... Reading, PA ... Butler, PA ... Montoursville, PA," he tweeted.
"Sunday: Washington, MI ... Dubuque, IA ... Hickory, NC ... Rome, GA ... Miami, FL ... Monday: Fayetteville, NC ... Scranton, PA ... Traverse City, MI ... Kenosha, WI ... Grand Rapids, MI."
Trump rally schedule just out: Saturday:
Bucks County, PA
Reading, PA
Butler, PA
Montoursville, PA Sunday:
Washington, MI
Dubuque, IA
Hickory, NC
Rome, GA
Miami, FL Monday:
Fayetteville, NC
Scranton, PA
Traverse City, MI
Kenosha, WI
Grand Rapids, MI — Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) October 30, 2020
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First lady Melania Trump will appear in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania on Saturday, according to ABC News.
Democratic candidate Joe Biden, who has maintained a much slower-paced schedule, will be in Michigan on Saturday for an appearance with former President Barack Obama, according to The Hill. Biden will be in Pennsylvania on Sunday and Monday.
Trump noted on Friday that Election Day travel is not out of the question.
"I’ll give you that answer in the next couple of days," he told reporters.
On Friday, during a rally in Waterford, Michigan, Trump said he expects to win on Tuesday.
"Four days from now, we are going to win this state and we are going on to win four more great years in the White House. We’re going to have it. We’re going to have it," he said, adding, "I’m watching these Biden rallies. It’s like there’s nobody. Of course, he says that they want to do it that way on purpose. The problem is nobody shows up."
During the rally, Trump contrasted his approach with that of Biden.
"Joe Biden is promising a long, dark, painful winter. Did you see him at the debate? Did anybody see the debate by any chance? No, he said, 'A long, dark winter.' Oh, that’s great. That’s wonderful," Trump said.
"That’s just what our country needs is a long, dark winter and a leader that talks about it. I didn’t have the privilege of going to my basement in the White House. I didn’t have the privilege of going to a beautiful room on the second or third floor and staying there for a year and a half because I’m president of the United States. So I didn’t have that. I had to do my job."
"Joe Biden is going to lock down your state, wipe out your factories, ship out your jobs, bring things to China, whatever they can, punish your family with a trillion -- think of this -- a trillion dollars times four, $4 trillion tax hike," the president said.
"We gave you the biggest tax reduction in the history of our country. That’s the good news. The bad news is he wants to give you the biggest tax hike in the history of our country."
Trump said Michigan cannot allow a vestige of the Obama administration to return to the White House.
"At every turn Biden twisted knife into the back of Michigan workers and workers all over the country," he said.
"In 2016, Michigan voted to fire this corrupt political establishment and you elected an outsider as president who is finally putting America first."
"If I don’t sound like a typical Washington politician, it’s because I’m not a politician. And if I don’t always play by the rules of Washington and the Washington establishment, it’s because I was elected to fight for you and I fight harder than any president has ever fought for the great people of this country," Trump added.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.


wnd--2020-10-31--Here are all the leading anti-Semites who have endorsed Biden, and he's touted them

No where is the left 's hypocrisy more obvious then when it comes to their condemnation of `` racism '' and `` bigotry . ''
While many on the far-left ( which has seemingly overtaken the mainstream Democratic party ) are quick to claim Republicans are racist for not agreeing with the efficacy of equity policies , those same leftists often overlook bigotry that can be found within their own ranks .
The argument can be easily made that the most pervasive form of bigotry within the American left today is antisemitism and the left 's current figurehead , Joe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has received from many of the group 's most egregious anti-Semites .
In a July message , Joe Biden thanked the members and supports of Emgage for their endorsement .
Emgage is an anti-Israel Muslim PAC , largely funded by George Soros , that has been ensconced in controversy over the past several years for defending terrorist groups and collaborating with Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated organizations .
As an official co-host of the Islamic Society of North America 's ( ISNA ) conferences , Emgage associated itself with various anti-Semitic and Islamist extremists .
At @ @ @ @ @ @ @ apologists , homophobes and individuals calling for the eradication of the state of Israel were in attendance .
Terror apologists in attendance included : Linda Sarsour , the Women 's March co-founder who in 2014 called for a violent `` intifada '' in America and during 2018 's ISNA conference warned against `` humanizing '' Israelis ; Hatem Bazian , the leader of American Muslims for Palestine , a group which has defended terrorists in court ; and Zahra Billoo , who defended the terroristic Hamas as `` freedom fighters . ''
Sarsour @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Israel , with Sarsour once claiming the state `` is built on the idea that Jews are supreme to everyone else , '' according to the Washington Examiner .
Biden 's embrace of a group so closely associated with anti-Semitic bigotry is not the only point of blatant hypocrisy in this instance .
In his approval of Engage , the allegedly pro-LGBT candidate is also approving of an organization that has used 2018 's ISNA conference to platform various individuals with an extremely radical anti-gay position .
As ISNA 's official co-host , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ including Muzammil Siddiqi , who once supported laws in countries where homosexuality is punishable by death and Omar Suleiman , an imam who described homosexuality as a `` disease '' which would `` destroy your children . ''
Biden 's thanks to Emgage is n't his only seemingly tacit approval of anti-Semitic endorsers .
In all fairness , the Biden campaign has distanced itself from one of the most notorious anti-semites associated with Emgage , Linda Sarsour , in the past , with one campaign spokesperson condemning `` her views '' as well @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sanctions ( BDS ) movement .
However , the former vice-president 's campaign has failed to take such action with respect to the vast majority of additional anti-Semitic and homophobic individuals associated with Emgage .
If you 're going to preach to the American people about equality and falsely claim that Donald Trump has failed to condemn white supremacists , it 's probably not the best look to get in bed with so many people who hate Jews and homosexuals .
Then again , it could also be argued that the anti-Semitic coalition @ @ @ @ @ @ @ important segment of Biden 's base .
Best not offend them .
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal .

No where is the left's hypocrisy more obvious then when it comes to their condemnation of "racism" and "bigotry."
While many on the far-left (which has seemingly overtaken the mainstream Democratic party) are quick to claim Republicans are racist for not agreeing with the efficacy of equity policies, those same leftists often overlook bigotry that can be found within their own ranks.
The argument can be easily made that the most pervasive form of bigotry within the American left today is antisemitism and the left's current figurehead, Joe Biden, has touted the endorsements he has received from many of the group's most egregious anti-Semites.
In a July message, Joe Biden thanked the members and supports of Emgage for their endorsement.
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Emgage is an anti-Israel Muslim PAC, largely funded by George Soros, that has been ensconced in controversy over the past several years for defending terrorist groups and collaborating with Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated organizations.
As an official co-host of the Islamic Society of North America's conferences, Emgage associated itself with various anti-Semitic and Islamist extremists.
At ISNA's 2018 conference, various terror apologists, homophobes and individuals calling for the eradication of the state of Israel were in attendance.
Terror apologists in attendance included: Linda Sarsour, the Women's March co-founder who in 2014 called for a violent "intifada" in America and during 2018's ISNA conference warned against "humanizing" Israelis; Hatem Bazian, the leader of American Muslims for Palestine, a group which has defended terrorists in court; and Zahra Billoo, who defended the terroristic Hamas as "freedom fighters."
Sarsour has also advocated for the destruction of Israel, with Sarsour once claiming the state "is built on the idea that Jews are supreme to everyone else," according to the Washington Examiner.
Biden's embrace of a group so closely associated with anti-Semitic bigotry is not the only point of blatant hypocrisy in this instance.
In his approval of Emgage, the allegedly pro-LGBT candidate is also approving of an organization that has used 2018's ISNA conference to platform various individuals with an extremely radical anti-gay position.
As ISNA's official co-host, Emgage also featured a number of extremists including Muzammil Siddiqi, who once supported laws in countries where homosexuality is punishable by death and Omar Suleiman, an imam who described homosexuality as a "disease" which would "destroy your children."
Biden's thanks to Emgage isn't his only seemingly tacit approval of anti-Semitic endorsers.
In all fairness, the Biden campaign has distanced itself from one of the most notorious anti-semites associated with Emgage, Linda Sarsour, in the past, with one campaign spokesperson condemning "her views" as well as the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.
However, the former vice-president's campaign has failed to take such action with respect to the vast majority of additional anti-Semitic and homophobic individuals associated with Emgage.
If you're going to preach to the American people about equality and falsely claim that Donald Trump has failed to condemn white supremacists, it's probably not the best look to get in bed with so many people who hate Jews and homosexuals.
Then again, it could also be argued that the anti-Semitic coalition amidst the left's ranks is an important segment of Biden's base.
Best not offend them.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.