wnd--2020-11-03--Consider abortion numbers when voting

Consider abortion numbers when voting

[ Editor 's note : This story originally was published by Real Clear Politics . ]
According to a recent Morning Consult 3 % of eligible voters are still undecided as to whether they will vote for Donald Trump or Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election .
This is a low number compared to the 2016 election , but considering how clearly and diametrically opposed the two candidates are on practically every issue , one still wonders what might be going on in the minds of the undecided .
In any case , I have a suggestion for these @ @ @ @ @ @ @ contempt for Trump ’ s harsh , “ narcissistic ” and “ unpresidential ” rhetoric , and alarm over Biden ’ s inappropriate “ sniffing and groping ” and inability to speak English coherently , perhaps these folks should forget personal biases altogether and simply vote according to the numbers .
Numbers have always played an important role in American politics .
The 58,000 U.S. casualties in Vietnam were a major factor in determining two presidential elections .
The 52 American hostages in Iran doomed any chances of President Jimmy Carter ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 3,000 people killed in the September 11 terrorist attacks eventually led to the unpopular Iraq War , which caused George W. Bush ’ s approval rating to plummet to 19 % , a record low for any U.S. president .
And today , the media is obsessed with the number of Americans killed by COVID-19 — a death toll now topping 225,000 .
How that figure will affect the presidential election remains to be seen .
But there is another number that ’ s not being reported — a number that makes all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ And that is the number of abortions performed every year in this country and throughout the world .
Abortion is the most divisive , controversial , and emotionally charged issue under the sun .
But one effective way to deal with it is to just stick strictly to the numbers — the cold , bare , hard numbers .
According to the Guttmacher Institute — a research and policy organization committed to advancing abortion rights in the United States and globally — the number of U.S. abortions that occurred between the years 2000 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to 862,000 annually — an average of approximately 900,000 abortions per year .
Between 1973 and 2019 , there have been 61,328,524 total abortions in the United States .
Yes , over sixty-one million .
To understand what this means , let ’ s look at another number .
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , in 2018 , a total of 2,839,205 deaths were registered in the United States .
Therefore , the number of surgical and medical abortions — 900,000 — represents a number equal to one third @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It also dwarfs all subcategory statistics for causes of death .
For instance , heart disease kills approximately 647,000 people per year ; cancer , 599,000 ; accidents and injuries , 169,000 ; respiratory diseases , 160,000 ; Alzheimer ’ s , 121,000 ; diabetes , 83,000 ; influenza and pneumonia , 55,000 .
The number of annual abortions far exceeds all of these figures — including this year ’ s 225,000 from COVID .
Bear in mind these statistics only represent the number of surgical and medical abortions .
They do not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ contraceptive measures are actually abortifacients — drugs that induce abortions .
It ’ s estimated that an average of 11 million American women currently use abortifacient methods of birth control .
Thus , it ’ s probable that millions of chemical abortions occur in this country annually that are not counted in any statistics .
Worldwide , the numbers are even more staggering .
According to “ Abortion : Worldwide Report , ” put together recently by researchers Thomas Jacobson and William Robert Johnson , the last century saw 100 countries kill a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
I know it ’ s hard for most people to wrap their minds around such huge numbers .
And yet , how can they be ignored ?
Think closely about this : 3,000 people were killed on September 11 and , as a country , we still haven ’ t completely healed .
Yet 56 million unborn children around the world and 900,000 right here in the United States are killed every year , but because they ’ re not shown on the nightly news or reported regularly by the media , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an eye .
Consider the irony .
Right now , NFL audio engineers are piping fake crowd noises to broadcast games because of the decreased number of fans attending due to COVID .
The networks are understandably trying to make TV viewers feel the humanity that ’ s missing from spectator sports .
And yet the number of babies aborted in the United States each year would fill 13 of those football stadiums !
We hear it said all the time — even from some misguided clerics in the church —t hat it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ single-issue ” person .
But even a cursory glance at these statistics reveals why so many Americans find it unthinkable to cast their votes for any pro-abortion candidate for office — no matter where he or she stands on immigration , the economy or health care .
Which leads me back to my initial suggestion .
Undecided voters in this election should take a long , hard look at the numbers .
If they ’ re waffling because they don ’ t like their perception of Donald Trump ’ s personality , they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ maxim , Salus populi suprema lex esto — “ The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law . ''
In the United States today , we need a president who knows the difference between serving the public and killing the public by abortion .
And no president has had a more compelling commitment to the pro-life cause than Donald J. Trump .

[Editor's note: This story originally was published by Real Clear Politics.]
Father Frank Pavone
Real Clear Politics
According to a recent Morning Consult poll, 3% of eligible voters are still undecided as to whether they will vote for Donald Trump or Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. This is a low number compared to the 2016 election, but considering how clearly and diametrically opposed the two candidates are on practically every issue, one still wonders what might be going on in the minds of the undecided.
In any case, I have a suggestion for these wavering fence-sitters. Instead of vacillating between contempt for Trump’s harsh, “narcissistic” and “unpresidential” rhetoric, and alarm over Biden’s inappropriate “sniffing and groping” and inability to speak English coherently, perhaps these folks should forget personal biases altogether and simply vote according to the numbers.
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Numbers have always played an important role in American politics. The 58,000 U.S. casualties in Vietnam were a major factor in determining two presidential elections. The 52 American hostages in Iran doomed any chances of President Jimmy Carter’s reelection to a second term. The 3,000 people killed in the September 11 terrorist attacks eventually led to the unpopular Iraq War, which caused George W. Bush’s approval rating to plummet to 19%, a record low for any U.S. president. And today, the media is obsessed with the number of Americans killed by COVID-19 — a death toll now topping 225,000. How that figure will affect the presidential election remains to be seen.
But there is another number that’s not being reported — a number that makes all these others seem miniscule by comparison. And that is the number of abortions performed every year in this country and throughout the world.
Abortion is the most divisive, controversial, and emotionally charged issue under the sun. But one effective way to deal with it is to just stick strictly to the numbers — the cold, bare, hard numbers.
According to the Guttmacher Institute — a research and policy organization committed to advancing abortion rights in the United States and globally — the number of U.S. abortions that occurred between the years 2000 and 2018 has ranged from 1.3 million to 862,000 annually — an average of approximately 900,000 abortions per year. Between 1973 and 2019, there have been 61,328,524 total abortions in the United States. Yes, over sixty-one million.
To understand what this means, let’s look at another number. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2018, a total of 2,839,205 deaths were registered in the United States. Therefore, the number of surgical and medical abortions — 900,000 — represents a number equal to one third the total number of American deaths.
It also dwarfs all subcategory statistics for causes of death. For instance, heart disease kills approximately 647,000 people per year; cancer, 599,000; accidents and injuries, 169,000; respiratory diseases, 160,000; Alzheimer’s, 121,000; diabetes, 83,000; influenza and pneumonia, 55,000. The number of annual abortions far exceeds all of these figures — including this year’s 225,000 from COVID.
Bear in mind these statistics only represent the number of surgical and medical abortions. They do not take into account the fact that many contraceptive measures are actually abortifacients — drugs that induce abortions. It’s estimated that an average of 11 million American women currently use abortifacient methods of birth control. Thus, it’s probable that millions of chemical abortions occur in this country annually that are not counted in any statistics.
Worldwide, the numbers are even more staggering. According to “Abortion: Worldwide Report,” put together recently by researchers Thomas Jacobson and William Robert Johnson, the last century saw 100 countries kill a total of one billion children by abortion.
I know it’s hard for most people to wrap their minds around such huge numbers. And yet, how can they be ignored? Think closely about this: 3,000 people were killed on September 11 and, as a country, we still haven’t completely healed. Yet 56 million unborn children around the world and 900,000 right here in the United States are killed every year, but because they’re not shown on the nightly news or reported regularly by the media, a large portion of Americans hardly bats an eye.
Consider the irony. Right now, NFL audio engineers are piping fake crowd noises to broadcast games because of the decreased number of fans attending due to COVID. The networks are understandably trying to make TV viewers feel the humanity that’s missing from spectator sports. And yet the number of babies aborted in the United States each year would fill 13 of those football stadiums!
We hear it said all the time — even from some misguided clerics in the church —t hat it’s wrong to be a “single-issue” person. But even a cursory glance at these statistics reveals why so many Americans find it unthinkable to cast their votes for any pro-abortion candidate for office — no matter where he or she stands on immigration, the economy or health care.
Which leads me back to my initial suggestion. Undecided voters in this election should take a long, hard look at the numbers. If they’re waffling because they don’t like their perception of Donald Trump’s personality, they should remind themselves of the old Roman maxim, Salus populi suprema lex esto — “The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law."
In the United States today, we need a president who knows the difference between serving the public and killing the public by abortion. And no president has had a more compelling commitment to the pro-life cause than Donald J. Trump.


wnd--2020-11-03--On the line in election: 'American greatness vs. age of decline'

[ Editor 's note : This story originally was published by Real Clear Energy . ]
The news that the United States ’ GDP grew 33 % in the third quarter breathed some life into a worried nation still reeling economically and psychologically from the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdowns .
Americans are tired : tired of the four walls of home , tired of masks and social distancing , tired of isolation and uncertainty .
We long for a return to normal .
These economic numbers suggest that we ’ re headed in the right direction .
Such staggering @ @ @ @ @ @ @ because of the economic climate created over the past four years .
Low taxes and historic cuts in regulations gave businesses confidence .
Multiple COVID relief and stimulus packages pumped liquidity into the markets and put cash in Americans ’ hands .
And though much remains to be done , and unemployment remains high at 7.9 % , signs of economic hope abound .
There ’ s another reason our economy is rallying : energy .
Abundant , reliable , inexpensive , domestic energy .
It ’ s cheap oil that allows for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s cheap natural gas that keeps utility bills low .
It ’ s cheap coal that powers more than 20 % of the nation ’ s electric grid and enables all those Zoom meetings and virtual classrooms .
Inexpensive energy kept the nation up and running , even when government was ordering it to shut down .
For this we should thank the millions of energy workers .
They aren ’ t hailed as heroes or celebrated as “ front line ” workers – but really , is there anyone more “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trouble if the hospital went dark .
Respirators are not plugged into good intentions .
The factories making this equipment and critical PPE would be useless if their machinery didn ’ t turn on .
I ’ ve had a COVID test , and every part of the process – from getting into my car to the plexiglass at the doctor ’ s office to the plastic device inserted up my nose to the logging on through my smart phone to check the results – was made possible by energy , and by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ election of our lifetime : ” we ’ ve heard that message many times before .
Well , as elections go , this one is pretty important .
One candidate is pushing energy dominance and an economic climate of low taxes and fewer regulations .
Another candidate is pushing a state-run takeover of energy , a fracking ban , a blockade of energy exploration on federal land and offshore , and a Green New Deal – well , sometimes he supports it and sometimes not – that would cost American households tens of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ buying “ green energy ” products from China .
What happens to our economy and our nation if we adopt those policies ?
Have we forgotten the days of $ 166 a barrel oil ?
It was only 12 years and two presidents ago .
Gas prices hit an average $ 4.10 per gallon .
In today ’ s dollars , that ’ s $ 4.96 .
For comparison , the other day I filled up my truck at $ 2.09 per gallon .
That ’ s quite a difference .
If we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more for gas , so , too , will the farmers who plant , grow , irrigate , and harvest our food .
So , too , will the manufacturing plants that make our goods , the tankers and trucks that deliver them , and so on .
All those costs get passed on to consumers – to us .
High oil prices also fill the coffers of countries like Iran , Russia , and Venezuela .
It was not long ago that we saw videos of ISIS burning people alive in cages @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , flush with cash , ISIS destroyed villages and used chemical weapons .
And yet , in 2020 , the Middle East was barely discussed in the presidential debates .
Why ?
Answer : energy .
Domestic energy .
American energy , which made us energy independent and energy dominant .
President Trump ’ s aggressive military action destroyed the ISIS caliphate , and essential to that military victory was an energy agenda that stripped the group of its funding .
Why would Americans want to return to the failed energy and national @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lies behind everything .
You ’ re reading this article because of fossil fuels : electricity , plastics , mining of materials , manufacturing , powering of the Internet .
The first things you did this morning involved energy : turn off the alarm , turn on the light , brew the coffee , take a hot shower .
All of that , under a Biden administration , could become three or four times as expensive .
Then add a reinvigorated ISIS and a cash-rich Russia to the mix .
And you thought @ @ @ @ @ @ @ too much longer , America could turn a corner and return to the heady days of 2019 , with low unemployment , wage growth , and economic opportunity .
But we can do that only if we maintain our energy dominance and keep our energy abundant , reliable , inexpensive – and domestic .
That ’ s a formula for American greatness for generations to come .
And it ’ s on the line in Tuesday ’ s election .
Daniel Turner is the founder and executive director of Power The Future , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ American energy jobs .
Contact him at [ email protected ] and follow him on Twitter @ DanielTurnerPTF [ Editor 's note : This story originally was published by Real Clear Energy . ]

[Editor's note: This story originally was published by Real Clear Energy.]
Daniel Turner
Real Clear Energy
The news that the United States’ GDP grew 33% in the third quarter breathed some life into a worried nation still reeling economically and psychologically from the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdowns. Americans are tired: tired of the four walls of home, tired of masks and social distancing, tired of isolation and uncertainty. We long for a return to normal. These economic numbers suggest that we’re headed in the right direction.
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Such staggering growth is only possible, though, because of the economic climate created over the past four years. Low taxes and historic cuts in regulations gave businesses confidence. Multiple COVID relief and stimulus packages pumped liquidity into the markets and put cash in Americans’ hands. And though much remains to be done, and unemployment remains high at 7.9%, signs of economic hope abound.
There’s another reason our economy is rallying: energy. Abundant, reliable, inexpensive, domestic energy. It’s cheap oil that allows for delivery services to remain affordable. It’s cheap natural gas that keeps utility bills low. It’s cheap coal that powers more than 20% of the nation’s electric grid and enables all those Zoom meetings and virtual classrooms. Inexpensive energy kept the nation up and running, even when government was ordering it to shut down.
For this we should thank the millions of energy workers. They aren’t hailed as heroes or celebrated as “front line” workers – but really, is there anyone more “essential?” Doctors would be in trouble if the hospital went dark. Respirators are not plugged into good intentions. The factories making this equipment and critical PPE would be useless if their machinery didn’t turn on. I’ve had a COVID test, and every part of the process – from getting into my car to the plexiglass at the doctor’s office to the plastic device inserted up my nose to the logging on through my smart phone to check the results – was made possible by energy, and by energy workers.
“The most important election of our lifetime:” we’ve heard that message many times before. Well, as elections go, this one is pretty important. One candidate is pushing energy dominance and an economic climate of low taxes and fewer regulations. Another candidate is pushing a state-run takeover of energy, a fracking ban, a blockade of energy exploration on federal land and offshore, and a Green New Deal – well, sometimes he supports it and sometimes not – that would cost American households tens of thousands of dollars annually in perpetuity while buying “green energy” products from China.
What happens to our economy and our nation if we adopt those policies? Have we forgotten the days of $166 a barrel oil? It was only 12 years and two presidents ago. Gas prices hit an average $4.10 per gallon. In today’s dollars, that’s $4.96. For comparison, the other day I filled up my truck at $2.09 per gallon. That’s quite a difference.
If we start paying 50% or 60% more for gas, so, too, will the farmers who plant, grow, irrigate, and harvest our food. So, too, will the manufacturing plants that make our goods, the tankers and trucks that deliver them, and so on. All those costs get passed on to consumers – to us.
High oil prices also fill the coffers of countries like Iran, Russia, and Venezuela. It was not long ago that we saw videos of ISIS burning people alive in cages. It was not long ago that, flush with cash, ISIS destroyed villages and used chemical weapons. And yet, in 2020, the Middle East was barely discussed in the presidential debates. Why? Answer: energy. Domestic energy. American energy, which made us energy independent and energy dominant. President Trump’s aggressive military action destroyed the ISIS caliphate, and essential to that military victory was an energy agenda that stripped the group of its funding.
Why would Americans want to return to the failed energy and national security policies of the past?
Energy lies behind everything. You’re reading this article because of fossil fuels: electricity, plastics, mining of materials, manufacturing, powering of the Internet. The first things you did this morning involved energy: turn off the alarm, turn on the light, brew the coffee, take a hot shower.
All of that, under a Biden administration, could become three or four times as expensive. Then add a reinvigorated ISIS and a cash-rich Russia to the mix. And you thought 2020 was a bad year.
Before too much longer, America could turn a corner and return to the heady days of 2019, with low unemployment, wage growth, and economic opportunity. But we can do that only if we maintain our energy dominance and keep our energy abundant, reliable, inexpensive – and domestic.
That’s a formula for American greatness for generations to come. And it’s on the line in Tuesday’s election.
Daniel Turner is the founder and executive director of Power The Future, a national nonprofit organization that advocates for American energy jobs. Contact him at [email protected] and follow him on Twitter @DanielTurnerPTF
[Editor's note: This story originally was published by Real Clear Energy.]


wnd--2020-11-03--Social media attack Trump on election eve

( FOX NEWS ) -- Twitter and Facebook cracked down on President Trump 's account yet again Monday , this @ @ @ @ @ a recent Supreme Court ruling on Pennsylvania 's extension for ballot counting .
All eyes @ @ @ @ @ recent weeks as polls between Trump and Joe Biden have tightened in the Keystone State @ @ @ @ @ Court ruled last week that Pennsylvania officials will be able to count ballots received up @ @ @ @ @ election .
On Monday evening , Trump sounded the alarm on the `` dangerous '' @ @ @ @ @

(FOX NEWS) -- Twitter and Facebook cracked down on President Trump's account yet again Monday, this time over a post slamming a recent Supreme Court ruling on Pennsylvania's extension for ballot counting.
All eyes have been on Pennsylvania in recent weeks as polls between Trump and Joe Biden have tightened in the Keystone State. However, the Supreme Court ruled last week that Pennsylvania officials will be able to count ballots received up to three days after the election.
On Monday evening, Trump sounded the alarm on the "dangerous" precedent that was set.
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wnd--2020-11-03--Hatred of Trump vs. hatred of the left

Hatred of Trump vs. hatred of the left

One way in which today 's presidential election can be summarized is this : It is a contest between those who hate Donald Trump and those who hate the left ( as I always point out , I am referring to the left , not to liberals or liberalism ) .
This is so accurate an assessment I suspect even most Democrats would agree with it .
They know they hate President Donald Trump .
And they know conservatives ( and a few courageous liberals ) hate the left .
When you put it this way , it shows how @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We who are not on the left base our opposition to the Democratic Party on ideas , values and our love for America , not on antipathy toward an individual .
And let me assure Democrats : Most Republicans had just as much contempt for former President Barack Obama and have as much contempt for Joe Biden as Democrats have for Donald Trump .
But we do n't obsess over personalities ; we obsess over America .
Leftists – and the naive liberals who do not recognize the left as the mortal enemy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ president 's persona .
In their endlessly repeated , hate-filled descriptions of him , he is the apotheosis of evil : a dictator , narcissist , misogynist , racist , xenophobe , anti-Semite and white supremacist .
He is morally and financially corrupt .
He is mentally incompetent .
He 's unrefined .
He uses the presidency solely in order to enrich himself .
His reelection will mean the end of American democracy .
He has told more than 22,000 lies .
He loves dictators and has contempt for America 's allies .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ undermine and `` steal '' the presidential election .
He said there are `` very fine '' Nazis .
To top it all off , he is responsible for more than 200,000 American deaths due to COVID-19 .
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Virtually every charge is either wildly exaggerated or outright false .
For instance , regarding Trump 's alleged responsibility for the American deaths due to COVID-19 : Do these people hold @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Brazil , Bolivia , Chile and Ecuador – all of whom have a higher rate of death from COVID-19 than America – responsible for all of their respective countries ' deaths ?
Do these people hold any other leaders in the world responsible for the COVID-19 deaths in their countries ?
Do these people hold New York Gov .
Andrew Cuomo responsible for the deaths in New York , the state that has had by far the highest death rate in America ?
If one cared about truth , one would hold Cuomo @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's virus deaths than Trump for America 's virus deaths .
But what is truth compared to hatred of Trump ?
To those who hate Trump because they regard him as such a defective human being , there is nothing good he can do .
A particularly pathologic example is American Jewry , which is expected to vote 3 to 1 for Joe Biden .
Presidential candidates since Bill Clinton have vowed to recognize Jerusalem as Israel 's capital , which would entail moving our embassy there .
Israel was the only country @ @ @ @ @ @ @ States had its embassy in a city other than the capital .
Only Donald Trump kept his promise by actually moving the embassy .
And he did so despite the dire warnings of `` experts '' – a group that is frequently wrong on almost every issue – that the Arab and Muslim worlds would erupt in violence .
The opposite happened : His policies have led to peace between Israel and three Arab countries , with more likely to follow unless Biden and the Democratic appeasers of Iran and the Palestinians come @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Arab countries , moving the American embassy to Jerusalem , and the fact that Trump has a Jewish daughter , Jewish son-in-law and Jewish grandchildren all mean nothing to most American Jews , for whom The New York Times means far more than the Torah .
( The proof , if needed , is that the Jews who believe in the Torah will vote overwhelmingly for Trump . )
Meanwhile , 70 % of Israel 's Jews support Trump .
In addition , Trump did more for black America than any president @ @ @ @ @ @ @ course , that 's only true if you think the lowest black unemployment rate ever recorded , prison reform , opportunity zones , support for school choice and second chances for those convicted of crimes matter .
But none of this matters to Trump haters .
Their only concern for blacks is that blacks be as angry at America as possible .
Angry blacks are Democratic voters .
Blacks grateful to be Americans are Republican voters .
Which brings me to the competing hatred : hatred of the left .
Those who hate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dislike for any individual but because everything the left touches it ruins .
As I have written about this at length , I will only list examples : Freedom of speech – for the first time in American history .
Nothing in life is left unscathed .
And the Democratic Party is now the party of the left .
So , while the Democrats and their media focus on Donald Trump , the rest of us focus on the left and the list above .
That strikes me as the more moral concern @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the left 's assault on liberty ; left-wing elected officials standing by as leftists smash windows and burn cities ; and the left 's rewrite of American history to ensure that our children have contempt for America , a vote for Trump should be an easy call to make for anyone who loves this country .

One way in which today's presidential election can be summarized is this: It is a contest between those who hate Donald Trump and those who hate the left (as I always point out, I am referring to the left, not to liberals or liberalism).
This is so accurate an assessment I suspect even most Democrats would agree with it.
They know they hate President Donald Trump. And they know conservatives (and a few courageous liberals) hate the left.
When you put it this way, it shows how superficial the anti-Trump electoral argument is. We who are not on the left base our opposition to the Democratic Party on ideas, values and our love for America, not on antipathy toward an individual. And let me assure Democrats: Most Republicans had just as much contempt for former President Barack Obama and have as much contempt for Joe Biden as Democrats have for Donald Trump. But we don't obsess over personalities; we obsess over America.
Leftists – and the naive liberals who do not recognize the left as the mortal enemy of liberalism – are obsessed with the president's persona. In their endlessly repeated, hate-filled descriptions of him, he is the apotheosis of evil: a dictator, narcissist, misogynist, racist, xenophobe, anti-Semite and white supremacist. He is morally and financially corrupt. He is mentally incompetent. He's unrefined. He uses the presidency solely in order to enrich himself. His reelection will mean the end of American democracy. He has told more than 22,000 lies. He loves dictators and has contempt for America's allies. His 2016 campaign colluded with Russia to undermine and "steal" the presidential election. He said there are "very fine" Nazis. To top it all off, he is responsible for more than 200,000 American deaths due to COVID-19.
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And that's just a partial list.
Virtually every charge is either wildly exaggerated or outright false. For instance, regarding Trump's alleged responsibility for the American deaths due to COVID-19: Do these people hold the leaders of Belgium, Spain, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile and Ecuador – all of whom have a higher rate of death from COVID-19 than America – responsible for all of their respective countries' deaths?
Do these people hold any other leaders in the world responsible for the COVID-19 deaths in their countries?
Do these people hold New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo responsible for the deaths in New York, the state that has had by far the highest death rate in America?
If one cared about truth, one would hold Cuomo far more responsible for New York City's virus deaths than Trump for America's virus deaths. But what is truth compared to hatred of Trump?
To those who hate Trump because they regard him as such a defective human being, there is nothing good he can do.
A particularly pathologic example is American Jewry, which is expected to vote 3 to 1 for Joe Biden. Presidential candidates since Bill Clinton have vowed to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, which would entail moving our embassy there. Israel was the only country in the world in which the United States had its embassy in a city other than the capital. Only Donald Trump kept his promise by actually moving the embassy. And he did so despite the dire warnings of "experts" – a group that is frequently wrong on almost every issue – that the Arab and Muslim worlds would erupt in violence. The opposite happened: His policies have led to peace between Israel and three Arab countries, with more likely to follow unless Biden and the Democratic appeasers of Iran and the Palestinians come to power.
But peace between Israel and Arab countries, moving the American embassy to Jerusalem, and the fact that Trump has a Jewish daughter, Jewish son-in-law and Jewish grandchildren all mean nothing to most American Jews, for whom The New York Times means far more than the Torah. (The proof, if needed, is that the Jews who believe in the Torah will vote overwhelmingly for Trump.) Meanwhile, 70% of Israel's Jews support Trump.
In addition, Trump did more for black America than any president since Abraham Lincoln – but, of course, that's only true if you think the lowest black unemployment rate ever recorded, prison reform, opportunity zones, support for school choice and second chances for those convicted of crimes matter. But none of this matters to Trump haters. Their only concern for blacks is that blacks be as angry at America as possible. Angry blacks are Democratic voters. Blacks grateful to be Americans are Republican voters.
Which brings me to the competing hatred: hatred of the left.
Those who hate the left do so not because of dislike for any individual but because everything the left touches it ruins. As I have written about this at length, I will only list examples:
Universities.
High schools.
Elementary schools.
Journalism.
Art, music, architecture.
Late-night comedy.
Mainstream Christianity and Judaism.
Sports.
Marriage and family.
Happiness – especially among women.
The police.
Crime rates.
Children's innocence.
Freedom of speech – for the first time in American history.
Law and order.
Race relations.
History.
Nothing in life is left unscathed.
In a nutshell, liberals build; conservatives build; leftists destroy.
And the Democratic Party is now the party of the left.
So, while the Democrats and their media focus on Donald Trump, the rest of us focus on the left and the list above.
That strikes me as the more moral concern. Between Donald Trump's narcissism and the left's assault on liberty; left-wing elected officials standing by as leftists smash windows and burn cities; and the left's rewrite of American history to ensure that our children have contempt for America, a vote for Trump should be an easy call to make for anyone who loves this country.


wnd--2020-11-05--Eyewitness confirms plan to backdate ballots so they count

President Trump has warned repeatedly about vote fraud through mail-in ballots this presidential election .
Now an eyewitness has gone on video to confirm it 's actually happening .
According to the whistleblower , a man who describes himself as a postal employee in Michigan , one of several states where anomalous vote tabulating has raised concerns about the election integrity , there 's fraud in the mail-in voting system .
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That would make them count , O'Keefe explained .
Dating them accurately would disqualify them .
`` We were issued a directive this morning to collect any ballots we find in mailboxes , collection boxes , just outgoing mail in general , separate them at the end of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them with the previous day 's date .
Today is November 4th for clarification . ''
He identified his boss as Jonathan , and when O'Keefe called him to ask questions , that person hung up on O'Keefe .
O'Keefe explained , `` So , 8 p.m. election day , November 3rd , the court of appeals ruled ballots have to be received by that time .
And what were you told ? ''
`` To separate them today , so they can mark them with yesterday 's date and send them through @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to go , '' the whistleblower said .
Asked what made him come forward , the whistleblower said , `` That 's sketchy .
I do n't like sketchy .
It screams corruption .
Also , knowing the post office 's leanings politically it did n't seem quite right . ''
Michigan is , in fact , one of the contested election results that could determine the presidential race .
There , like in several other states , `` sketchy '' activities have been reported regarding vote-counting and the ballots .
Trump has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for fraud .
The GOP has opposed the vast expansion of mail voting in several states this election season .
It has been promoted by Democrats in state and national offices .
The Gateway Pundit reported it has found `` numerous instances of blatant voter fraud in Michigan . ''
`` Workers at Detroit ’ s absentee ballot counting center are now covering the windows to prevent any transparency during the vote counting process .
Fox News reporter Matt Finn tweeted a video of the windows being blocked out , writing that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' the report said .

As ballots are being counted in the crucial battleground state of Michigan, a postal worker is alleging he was ordered to backdate late mail-in ballots to make them valid, according to a Project Veritas investigation.
"We were issued a directive this morning to collect any ballots we find in mailboxes, collection boxes, just outgoing mail in general, separate them at the end of the day so that they could hand stamp them with the previous day's date," the postal worker said. "Today is November 4th for clarification."
The employee of the Traverse City Post Office identified his boss as Jonathan. Project Veritas founder James O'Keefe called Jonathan to ask questions, but Jonathan hung up.
O'Keefe asked the whistleblower: "So, 8 p.m. election day, November 3rd, the court of appeals ruled ballots have to be received by that time. And what were you told?"
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"To separate them today, so they can mark them with yesterday's date and send them through the express system to wherever they needed to go," he replied.
Asked what made him come forward, the whistleblower said: "That's sketchy. I don't like sketchy. It screams corruption. Also, knowing the post office's leanings politically it didn't seem quite right."
See the Project Veritas video report:
BREAKING: Michigan @USPS Whistleblower Details Directive From Superiors: Back-Date Late Mail-In-Ballots As Received November 3rd, 2020 So They Are Accepted “Separate them from standard letter mail so they can hand stamp them with YESTERDAY'S DATE & put them through"#MailFraud pic.twitter.com/n7AcNwpq80 — James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) November 5, 2020
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The Trump campaign has filed several lawsuits and joined in others alleging vote fraud in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.
President Trump long has argued mail-in voting opens the door to fraud, and the GOP has opposed its expansion by Democrats who insist it's necessary because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Gateway Pundit has reported numerous instances of voter fraud in Michigan.
Workers at a Detroit absentee-ballot counting center on Wednesday covered their windows during vote counting, according to Fox News reporter Matt Finn, who described the situation as "heated."


wnd--2020-11-05--European police in coordinated raids against online hate speech

( FOX NEWS ) -- The European Union police agency coordinated raids against online hate speech that promote racism and @ @ @ @ @ Europe , according to a report .
German prosecutors said 96 suspects are being investigated @ @ @ @ @ after cops searched 83 buildings to seize smartphones and laptops .
One suspect is charged @ @ @ @ @ and another suspect is charged with insulting a politician online .

(FOX NEWS) -- The European Union police agency coordinated raids against online hate speech that promote racism and xenophobia in seven countries in Europe, according to a report.
German prosecutors said 96 suspects are being investigated for posts of hate, after cops searched 83 buildings to seize smartphones and laptops.
One suspect is charged with making anti-Semitic comments online and another suspect is charged with insulting a politician online.
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wnd--2020-11-05--Actor jabs at co-star Jon Voight over Trump support

( FOX NEWS ) -- “ Ray Donovan ” actor Eddie Marsan seemingly took a jab at his co-star Jon @ @ @ @ @ of President Donald Trump .
The actor played Terry Donovan on the popular Showtime series @ @ @ @ @ episode in January , for seven seasons .
He co-starred alongside Voight and shared a @ @ @ @ @ them on set along with an endorsement of Joe Biden Tuesday .
“ Hey America @ @ @ @ @ the most important election ever & the survival of your democratic institutions and the soul @ @ @ @ @ but ... can we just take it back to me for a second , ” @ @ @ @ @ “ Please vote for Joe Biden , I can ’ t spend another 4 years @ @ @ @ @ -- .
”

(FOX NEWS) -- “Ray Donovan” actor Eddie Marsan seemingly took a jab at his co-star Jon Voight over his staunch support of President Donald Trump.
The actor played Terry Donovan on the popular Showtime series, which aired its final episode in January, for seven seasons. He co-starred alongside Voight and shared a photo of the two of them on set along with an endorsement of Joe Biden Tuesday.
“Hey America, I know this is the most important election ever & the survival of your democratic institutions and the soul of America is at stake but...can we just take it back to me for a second,” Marsan wrote on Twitter. “Please vote for Joe Biden, I can’t spend another 4 years listening to this bull----.”
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wnd--2020-11-05--Spirituality may lead to improved quality of life for stroke survivors, caregivers

( STUDY FINDS ) -- DALLAS , Texas — For many people , the power of faith can be just @ @ @ @ @ as the most potent medication .
For stroke victims and their caregivers , a study @ @ @ @ @ their every day life as well .
The American Heart Association ( AHA ) released @ @ @ @ @ of 200 stroke survivors in Italy .
All of these participants suffered from low-to-medium health @ @ @ @ @ study also surveyed caregivers , with a focus on their levels of spirituality , depression @ @ @ @ @ between 2016 and 2018 .
The average age of the group was 71 years-old .
@ @ @ @ @ victims was fairly split however , two-thirds of caregivers were women around the age of @ @ @ @ @ that spirituality may help some patients cope with illness , yet few studies have looked @ @ @ @ @ of life among stroke survivors and their long-term care partners , who are at increased @ @ @ @ @ says lead study author Gianluca Pucciarelli in an AHA release .

(STUDY FINDS) -- DALLAS, Texas — For many people, the power of faith can be just as important to their health as the most potent medication. For stroke victims and their caregivers, a study finds being spiritual can improve their every day life as well.
The American Heart Association (AHA) released a study using an analysis of 200 stroke survivors in Italy. All of these participants suffered from low-to-medium health issues or disabilities. The study also surveyed caregivers, with a focus on their levels of spirituality, depression, and quality of life between 2016 and 2018. The average age of the group was 71 years-old. While the mix of stroke victims was fairly split however, two-thirds of caregivers were women around the age of 52.
“Research shows that spirituality may help some patients cope with illness, yet few studies have looked at its effects on quality of life among stroke survivors and their long-term care partners, who are at increased risk for depression,” says lead study author Gianluca Pucciarelli in an AHA release.
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wnd--2020-11-05--New Alzheimer's treatment proves 'very effective' at fighting disease's main cause

( STUDY FINDS ) -- UPPSALA , Sweden — Alzheimer ’ s disease has a devastating effect on the brain @ @ @ @ @ symptom and that ’ s plaque building up in the brain .
A Swedish study @ @ @ @ @ possible , but getting them to the brain isn ’ t so easy .
Researchers @ @ @ @ @ developed a treatment that can break up these plaques inside the brain .
A team @ @ @ @ @ new therapy increases the body ’ s ability to degrade the building blocks which form @ @ @ @ @ the plaques which clump up in a patient ’ s brain and disrupt neurons .
@ @ @ @ @ destruction of brain cells , memory loss , cognitive decline , and eventually death .
@ @ @ @ @ as aggregation and protein clumps as aggregates .
Alzheimer ’ s research usually focuses on @ @ @ @ @ aggregates and eliminate them .
The problem is many small aggregates avoid these treatments and @ @ @ @ @ more toxic to brain cells .

(STUDY FINDS) -- UPPSALA, Sweden — Alzheimer’s disease has a devastating effect on the brain, characterized by one main symptom and that’s plaque building up in the brain. A Swedish study finds attacking these buildups is possible, but getting them to the brain isn’t so easy. Researchers say they’ve now developed a treatment that can break up these plaques inside the brain.
A team from Uppsala University reveals this new therapy increases the body’s ability to degrade the building blocks which form amyloid-beta proteins. These are the plaques which clump up in a patient’s brain and disrupt neurons. The result leads to the destruction of brain cells, memory loss, cognitive decline, and eventually death. Scientists refer to this buildup as aggregation and protein clumps as aggregates.
Alzheimer’s research usually focuses on treatments which bind to the aggregates and eliminate them. The problem is many small aggregates avoid these treatments and scientists believe they’re more toxic to brain cells.
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wnd--2020-11-05--Biden launches 'transition team' website

( WINS RADIO ) -- NEW YORK -- Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris on @ @ @ @ @ team '' website after securing projected wins in several key battleground states .
The website @ @ @ @ @ just a landing page , says that the `` American people will determine who will @ @ @ @ @ of the United States . ''
`` Votes are still being counted in several states @ @ @ @ @ crises facing the country are severe -- from a pandemic to an economic recession , @ @ @ @ @ -- and the transition team will continue preparing at full speed so that the Biden-Harris @ @ @ @ @ running on Day One , '' the site adds .

(WINS RADIO) -- NEW YORK -- Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris on Wednesday launched a "transition team" website after securing projected wins in several key battleground states.
The website, which currently consists of just a landing page, says that the "American people will determine who will serve as the next President of the United States."
"Votes are still being counted in several states around the country. The crises facing the country are severe -- from a pandemic to an economic recession, climate change to racial injustice -- and the transition team will continue preparing at full speed so that the Biden-Harris administration can hit the ground running on Day One," the site adds.
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wnd--2020-11-05--Unhinged Joy Reid lashes out, calls Justice Clarence Thomas 'Uncle Clarence'

Far-left MSNBC host Joy Reid made what appeared to be a racially charged remark directed at Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas during her network ’ s Tuesday election coverage .
Reid , who is black , was painting a scenario in which the contested election might go to the high court , where Republican-appointed justices hold a 6-3 majority .
Justice Thomas , of course , sits on that court , as he has since being confirmed in 1991 as the second African-American Supreme Court justice in the nation 's history .
But despite Thomas ’ pedigree , his great @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a black man on the court , Reid attacked the justice over his propensity for applying the law as it was written , which she seemingly equates with political leanings that are not in line with her own .
Reid was very concerned Tuesday that President Donald Trump 's campaign could take the presidential race to the Supreme Court , where in her mind , the campaign 's arguments might be favorably received .
TRENDING : Woman behind Trump breaks out anti-Democrat stunt , totally steals the show '' If somehow they manage @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do any of you guys expect Uncle Clarence and Amy Coney Barrett and those guys to actually follow the letter of the law ? ''
Reid asked .
It ’ s probably not a stretch to assume the “ Uncle Clarence ” comment was a knock against the justice ’ s refusal to embrace wokeism , and an attempt to connect him to the `` Uncle Tom '' racial trope .
Leftists have resorted for years to racial attacks against black Americans with whom they disagree politically .
According to Reid ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of thinking for himself because he is apparently being held hostage by the legal philosophies of his white masters .
Thomas has sat on the bench with honor for almost three decades .
While tempers are certainly flaring over Tuesday ’ s election , any attempt to diminish the great justice through racial attacks are another low for leftists such as Reid and her dishonest establishment media ilk , who let the comment slide .
Leftists are consumed by a sickening desire for power .
They will lie , cheat , steal and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ They can not fathom the idea of opposing viewpoints , and they see people as a means to obtain control .
Never mind Thomas ’ decades of service to this country and his historic appointment -- Joy Reid was willing to reduce his legacy to rubble to make an argument in favor of the mainstream media 's preferred outcome in the election .
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal .

Far-left MSNBC host Joy Reid made what appeared to be a racially charged remark directed at Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas during her network’s Tuesday election coverage.
Reid, who is black, was painting a scenario in which the contested election might go to the high court, where Republican-appointed justices hold a 6-3 majority.
Justice Thomas, of course, sits on that court, as he has since being confirmed in 1991 as the second African-American Supreme Court justice in the nation's history.
But despite Thomas’ pedigree, his great legal mind and his historic standing a a black man on the court, Reid attacked the justice over his propensity for applying the law as it was written, which she seemingly equates with political leanings that are not in line with her own.
Reid was very concerned Tuesday that President Donald Trump's campaign could take the presidential race to the Supreme Court, where in her mind, the campaign's arguments might be favorably received.
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Reid was absolutely unhinged.
"If somehow they manage to stumble into the Supreme Court, do any of you guys expect Uncle Clarence and Amy Coney Barrett and those guys to actually follow the letter of the law?" Reid asked.
It’s probably not a stretch to assume the “Uncle Clarence” comment was a knock against the justice’s refusal to embrace wokeism, and an attempt to connect him to the "Uncle Tom" racial trope.
Leftists have resorted for years to racial attacks against black Americans with whom they disagree politically.
According to Reid’s apparent logic here, Thomas is incapable of thinking for himself because he is apparently being held hostage by the legal philosophies of his white masters.
Reid's comment was disgraceful.
Thomas has sat on the bench with honor for almost three decades. While tempers are certainly flaring over Tuesday’s election, any attempt to diminish the great justice through racial attacks are another low for leftists such as Reid and her dishonest establishment media ilk, who let the comment slide.
Leftists are consumed by a sickening desire for power.
They will lie, cheat, steal and gaslight people into agreeing with them.
They cannot fathom the idea of opposing viewpoints, and they see people as a means to obtain control.
Never mind Thomas’ decades of service to this country and his historic appointment -- Joy Reid was willing to reduce his legacy to rubble to make an argument in favor of the mainstream media's preferred outcome in the election.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.


wnd--2020-11-05--Biden's strategy was always to create confusion & chaos

A striking feature of the 2016 presidential election cycle was Hillary Clinton 's disappearance from the campaign trail for long stretches of time and her infrequent interviews .
Her campaign was largely conducted by surrogates and relied heavily on major media to attack and harass Donald Trump on her behalf .
Overconfidence in her inevitable victory is generally blamed for this strategy .
The Biden campaign 's repeat of Hillary 's hide-the-candidate approach showed that Democrats had a strategy to win back the White House that did not involve their candidate exposing himself to gaffes , missteps or challenging voter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is now on display .
The 2020 presidential campaign was always going to come down to fraud .
Besides the Biden campaign 's telegraphing its plans by hiding the candidate from the public and the media for extended periods in the middle of a presidential campaign , much of their strategy was out in the open .
Democrats pushed a full-court press in every state possible to open as many avenues for fraud as possible to give the greatest possible chance of overcoming Trump 's incredible voter enthusiasm and actual voter turnout .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ America all year to : 1 ) Create as many new ways to vote as possible ; 2 ) Extend early voting as long as possible before Election Day ; 3 ) Continue counting votes after Election Day ; 4 ) Create as much chaos as possible ; and 5 ) Prepare an army of attorneys to file lawsuits casting GOP efforts to ensure election integrity as `` voter suppression '' or otherwise run interference to allow as many of their myriad voting and vote-counting schemes as possible to produce the maximum impact @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a football analogy , it would be like extending the sidelines as wide as possible and giving the offense several more footballs .
Eventually , it becomes impossible for any defense to keep the other team out of the end zone .
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In a way , Democrats have been working toward their 2020 election strategy for years .
In the 2000 presidential election Democrats in Broward County , Florida , used an early version of this we're-confused-and-can't-declare-a-winner strategy by claiming voter confusion over the county 's own `` butterfly ballots , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in many places without issue .
This resulted in the flurry of lawsuits , recounts , examination of ballots , arguments over whether to count `` hanging chads '' and the delay of the presidential election result for weeks , as Florida 's electoral votes would determine the winner of the general election .
In 2009 , Democratic comedian Al Franken was declared the winner of a U.S. Senate seat in Minnesota by 312 votes eight months after initially losing to Republican incumbent Norm Coleman in the November 2008 election .
In 2018 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ races in Arizona and California were reversed days or weeks after Election Day as Democrats continued `` finding '' boxes of Democratic ballots to keep counting until the outcomes were reversed .
In 2016 and 2018 , Broward County election officials made news for several instances of ballot tampering in support of establishment Democrats , including illegally destroying ballots .
All of these efforts are augmented by major media , of course .
First , with a constant stream of polls leading up to the election showing ridiculous leads for the Democratic candidate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ narratives to harass President Trump , including constant demands he promise to accept an election loss in advance .
Democrats are never pressed to commit to accepting an electoral defeat , in spite of blatant statements by Hillary Clinton that Biden should never concede the election under any circumstances and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi 's recent insistence that `` Whatever the end count is on the election … he [ Joe Biden ] will be elected .
On January 20th he will be inaugurated president of the United States . ''
The basic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ win is this : Attack Republicans , defend Democrats .
The 2000 presidential election was not decided for several weeks based on contested ballots in one county in one state .
Incredibly , in 2020 , vote counting was simply stopped in Pennsylvania , a key state for both campaigns , on election night !
Not because there were no ballots to count or any other rational reason .
It was simply stopped in Democratic strongholds Philadelphia and Pittsburgh as President Trump held a 700,000 vote lead in the state .
Other battleground @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , as well .
Create as many new ways to vote as possible ; extend voting as long as possible ; extend ballot counting as long as possible ; create chaos .
This strategy will pay dividends for Democrats whether Biden wins or not .
Even if President Trump is declared the winner , Democrats will have successfully created a narrative for themselves that Trump did not actually win .
Twenty years later , many Democrats still claim George W. Bush did not win the 2000 presidential election because he cheated through the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This despite numerous subsequent recounts and analyses that showed Bush defeating Al Gore in Florida with or without the contested ballots .
Whatever the outcome , the 2020 election has been set up to either deny President Trump reelection , or continue their narrative from 2016 that his election was illegitimate .

A striking feature of the 2016 presidential election cycle was Hillary Clinton's disappearance from the campaign trail for long stretches of time and her infrequent interviews. Her campaign was largely conducted by surrogates and relied heavily on major media to attack and harass Donald Trump on her behalf. Overconfidence in her inevitable victory is generally blamed for this strategy.
The Biden campaign's repeat of Hillary's hide-the-candidate approach showed that Democrats had a strategy to win back the White House that did not involve their candidate exposing himself to gaffes, missteps or challenging voter questions. The Biden campaign's strategy is now on display.
The 2020 presidential campaign was always going to come down to fraud.
Besides the Biden campaign's telegraphing its plans by hiding the candidate from the public and the media for extended periods in the middle of a presidential campaign, much of their strategy was out in the open. Democrats pushed a full-court press in every state possible to open as many avenues for fraud as possible to give the greatest possible chance of overcoming Trump's incredible voter enthusiasm and actual voter turnout. Democrats have been on the offensive across America all year to: 1) Create as many new ways to vote as possible; 2) Extend early voting as long as possible before Election Day; 3) Continue counting votes after Election Day; 4) Create as much chaos as possible; and 5) Prepare an army of attorneys to file lawsuits casting GOP efforts to ensure election integrity as "voter suppression" or otherwise run interference to allow as many of their myriad voting and vote-counting schemes as possible to produce the maximum impact for Biden and Democrats.
To make a football analogy, it would be like extending the sidelines as wide as possible and giving the offense several more footballs. Eventually, it becomes impossible for any defense to keep the other team out of the end zone.
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While the short-term goal was to change every conceivable rule to set the conditions for fraud, the intermediate goal was to create as much confusion as possible in as many key states as possible on Election Day. This supported the ultimate goal of giving ammunition to Democratic election officials, lawyers and major media to pound the table and angrily portray Democrats as victims and the process as illegitimate long enough to count enough ballots in enough targeted states to put Biden over the top.
In a way, Democrats have been working toward their 2020 election strategy for years. In the 2000 presidential election Democrats in Broward County, Florida, used an early version of this we're-confused-and-can't-declare-a-winner strategy by claiming voter confusion over the county's own "butterfly ballots," even though similar ballots were used in many places without issue. This resulted in the flurry of lawsuits, recounts, examination of ballots, arguments over whether to count "hanging chads" and the delay of the presidential election result for weeks, as Florida's electoral votes would determine the winner of the general election. In 2009, Democratic comedian Al Franken was declared the winner of a U.S. Senate seat in Minnesota by 312 votes eight months after initially losing to Republican incumbent Norm Coleman in the November 2008 election. In 2018, Republican victories in Senate and House races in Arizona and California were reversed days or weeks after Election Day as Democrats continued "finding" boxes of Democratic ballots to keep counting until the outcomes were reversed. In 2016 and 2018, Broward County election officials made news for several instances of ballot tampering in support of establishment Democrats, including illegally destroying ballots.
All of these efforts are augmented by major media, of course. First, with a constant stream of polls leading up to the election showing ridiculous leads for the Democratic candidate. Next, mainstream media promote Democratic narratives to harass President Trump, including constant demands he promise to accept an election loss in advance. Democrats are never pressed to commit to accepting an electoral defeat, in spite of blatant statements by Hillary Clinton that Biden should never concede the election under any circumstances and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's recent insistence that "Whatever the end count is on the election … he [Joe Biden] will be elected. On January 20th he will be inaugurated president of the United States." The basic role of major media in helping Democrats win is this: Attack Republicans, defend Democrats.
The 2000 presidential election was not decided for several weeks based on contested ballots in one county in one state. Incredibly, in 2020, vote counting was simply stopped in Pennsylvania, a key state for both campaigns, on election night! Not because there were no ballots to count or any other rational reason. It was simply stopped in Democratic strongholds Philadelphia and Pittsburgh as President Trump held a 700,000 vote lead in the state. Other battleground states stopped counting ballots on election night, as well.
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Create as many new ways to vote as possible; extend voting as long as possible; extend ballot counting as long as possible; create chaos.
This strategy will pay dividends for Democrats whether Biden wins or not. Even if President Trump is declared the winner, Democrats will have successfully created a narrative for themselves that Trump did not actually win. Twenty years later, many Democrats still claim George W. Bush did not win the 2000 presidential election because he cheated through the courts to disenfranchise Broward County voters. This despite numerous subsequent recounts and analyses that showed Bush defeating Al Gore in Florida with or without the contested ballots.
Whatever the outcome, the 2020 election has been set up to either deny President Trump reelection, or continue their narrative from 2016 that his election was illegitimate.


wnd--2020-11-05--Rudy Giuliani 'en route' to Philadelphia with legal team, alleges 'massive cheating'

Attorney Rudy Giuliani traveled to Philadelphia , alleging `` massive cheating '' as more votes are counted in the battleground state Wednesday .
`` En route to Philadelphia with legal team .
Massive cheating , '' the personal lawyer to President Donald Trump tweeted .
He added : `` @ realDonaldTrump up by 550,000 with 75 % counted .
Will not let Philly Democrat hacks steal it ! ''
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Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar told reporters Wednesday that nearly 50 percent of the state 's mail-in ballots had been counted , CNN reported .
There have been roughly 10 times as many mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania this year than in years past because of the coronavirus pandemic .
Pennsylvania is also among a handful of states that did not begin counting absentee ballots until Election Day , according to ABC News .
`` We @ @ @ @ @ @ @ successful in-person election on Election Day , '' said Lisa Schaefer , the executive director of the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania .
`` Trying to add processing of mail-in ballots on Election Day basically means we ’ re trying to run two elections at the same time . ''
At least eight counties also reportedly waited until Wednesday to start processing and counting mail-in absentee ballots .
President Donald Trump won seven of those eight counties in 2016 .
Over 65 million voters cast mail-in or absentee ballots this year , USA @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Wisconsin were also not allowed to start processing many absentee ballots until Election Day or just before .
The Trump campaign has already said it would request a recount in Wisconsin , which candidates are allowed to do if they are within 1 percentage point of the winner 's total , CNN reported .
`` We have thousands of volunteer lawyers and several law firms already on retainer in these battleground states , '' RNC spokesperson Mandi Merritt said .
Pennsylvania Gov .
Tom Wolf said he is prepared to defend the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to count ballots .
`` Pennsylvania will have a fair election .
And that election will be free of outside influences , '' Wolf said .
`` I will vigorously and we all will vigorously defend against any attempt to attack that vote in Pennsylvania . ''
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal .

Attorney Rudy Giuliani traveled to Philadelphia, alleging "massive cheating" as more votes are counted in the battleground state Wednesday.
"En route to Philadelphia with legal team. Massive cheating," the personal lawyer to President Donald Trump tweeted.
He added: "@realDonaldTrump up by 550,000 with 75% counted. Will not let Philly Democrat hacks steal it!"
En route to Philadelphia with legal team. Massive cheating.@realDonaldTrump up by 550,000 with 75% counted. Will not let Philly Democrat hacks steal it! — Rudy W. Giuliani (@RudyGiuliani) November 4, 2020
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Giuliani's announcement came as many battleground states like Pennsylvania slowly count their ballots to decide the winner of the 2020 election. Trump was leading in the state by a roughly 2 percentage point margin as of Wednesday afternoon.
Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar told reporters Wednesday that nearly 50 percent of the state's mail-in ballots had been counted, CNN reported.
There have been roughly 10 times as many mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania this year than in years past because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Pennsylvania is also among a handful of states that did not begin counting absentee ballots until Election Day, according to ABC News.
"We’re already trying to run a successful in-person election on Election Day," said Lisa Schaefer, the executive director of the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania.
"Trying to add processing of mail-in ballots on Election Day basically means we’re trying to run two elections at the same time."
At least eight counties also reportedly waited until Wednesday to start processing and counting mail-in absentee ballots. President Donald Trump won seven of those eight counties in 2016.
Over 65 million voters cast mail-in or absentee ballots this year, USA Today reported.
Election officials in Michigan and Wisconsin were also not allowed to start processing many absentee ballots until Election Day or just before.
The Trump campaign has already said it would request a recount in Wisconsin, which candidates are allowed to do if they are within 1 percentage point of the winner's total, CNN reported.
"We have thousands of volunteer lawyers and several law firms already on retainer in these battleground states," RNC spokesperson Mandi Merritt said.
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf said he is prepared to defend the votes in his state as officials continue to count ballots.
"Pennsylvania will have a fair election. And that election will be free of outside influences," Wolf said.
"I will vigorously and we all will vigorously defend against any attempt to attack that vote in Pennsylvania."
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.


wnd--2020-11-05--Boy, Hillary must be seething

Boy, Hillary must be seething

As she has watched the events of the past month unfold – or , more accurately , not unfold – Hillary Clinton had to have been seething .
If Big Media , Big Tech and the deep state had provided her the cover it provided Joe Biden , she would have shattered the glass ceiling in 2016 and swanned her way into the White House .
Unlike Biden , Hillary actually had fans .
Those young women who thronged the Javits Center waiting for the balloons to drop really cared about her , identified with her , hoped their children @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – would look to Hillary as a role model .
Instead , they got a night full of tears and four years of regret .
With the hotel rooms for the Inauguration prepaid , they did get to march around Washington for a day and vent their anguish , but that anguish netted them as a candidate only Joe Biden , a # MeToo nightmare .
Unlike Hillary , Biden had no fans .
He drew no crowds .
Even those who sported his yard signs knew him to be a veteran plagiarist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as well , yeah , Bill Clinton .
Yet all the big boys circled their wagons around him .
Sexism , pure and simple ?
What else ?
OK , admittedly , Hillary was n't the best of candidates .
As charmless as she was clueless , she thought she could dismiss half of all America as `` deplorable '' and get away with it .
TRENDING : Woman behind Trump breaks out anti-Democrat stunt , totally steals the show Then , too , for years she enabled a husband who was in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ And , yes , thanks to her deep state allies , she barely ducked an indictment for her secret server , but compared to the senile old pedophile her `` friends '' rallied around down the home stretch , Hillary was JFK , maybe even FDR .
Hillary had to know she was an awful candidate , but Biden was magnitudes worse .
He was the guy caught on video groping little girls , not her .
He was the guy who ( allegedly ) digitally raped a Senate staffer , not her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not remember what office he was running for , but Hillary never forgot .
So why then did her party and the media and the deep state protect him in ways they did not protect her ?
The New York Times , for instance , daintily dismissed Joe 's chronic groping as a `` relationship with personal space '' issue .
That 's it ?
And yes , `` 60 Minutes '' did interview the entirely credible Tara Reade , the Senate staffer Biden sexually assaulted , but it was `` 60 Minutes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hell , she and Bill got grilled on the real `` 60 Minutes '' about Gennifer `` with a G '' Flowers , and Bill never even assaulted her .
Kathleen Willey got a whole damn hour on `` 60 Minutes '' just for getting groped .
Monica Lewinsky , Paul Jones , Juanita Broaddrick – they all became household names , but who has ever heard of Tara Reade ?
Crocodile Dundee ?
And where were the Democrats ' ballot harvesters and fraud enablers when she needed them ?
The party merely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ votes in Pennsylvania , Michigan and Wisconsin , and she would have shattered that ceiling and swept into the history books .
And yet they found millions of more votes for that doddering old fool than they did for her .
But the thing that really had to bug Hillary were the dueling laptops .
Here she was cruising to an easy win , maybe even turning Texas blue , when FBI Director James Comey decides to reopen the investigation into her server .
If other Democrats think of James Comey as a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hillary can only think of him as the oversized showboater who derailed her campaign 11 days before the election .
Worse , her emails were found on the laptop of BFF Huma Abedin 's husband , Anthony Weiner , still another Democratic perv .
Then the media actually went and reported this as though it were news .
The nerve !
All momentum died with the discovery .
This reversal of fortune was hard enough to swallow , but when the New York Post unearthed Hunter Biden 's laptop , whose secrets were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Weiner 's secrets were to her , the media went totally dark to protect him .
`` Where were you in 2016 , Jack Dorsey ? ''
one can almost hear Hillary shrieking .
`` Where were you , CBS , NBC , ABC , CNN , New York Times , Washington Post ? ''
Why , Hillary wonders to this day , did the media have to report on her laptop at all ?
OK , it was a critical moment in the middle of a presidential election , but how could @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they saw so clearly in 2020 ?
Democracy dies in darkness – that 's the point , is n't it ?

As she has watched the events of the past month unfold – or, more accurately, not unfold – Hillary Clinton had to have been seething. If Big Media, Big Tech and the deep state had provided her the cover it provided Joe Biden, she would have shattered the glass ceiling in 2016 and swanned her way into the White House.
Unlike Biden, Hillary actually had fans. Those young women who thronged the Javits Center waiting for the balloons to drop really cared about her, identified with her, hoped their children – if they ever bothered having any – would look to Hillary as a role model.
Instead, they got a night full of tears and four years of regret. With the hotel rooms for the Inauguration prepaid, they did get to march around Washington for a day and vent their anguish, but that anguish netted them as a candidate only Joe Biden, a #MeToo nightmare.
Unlike Hillary, Biden had no fans. He drew no crowds. Even those who sported his yard signs knew him to be a veteran plagiarist and sexual predator as corrupt and self-serving as well, yeah, Bill Clinton. Yet all the big boys circled their wagons around him. Sexism, pure and simple? What else?
OK, admittedly, Hillary wasn't the best of candidates. As charmless as she was clueless, she thought she could dismiss half of all America as "deplorable" and get away with it.
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Then, too, for years she enabled a husband who was in the Epstein-Weinstein class of sexual deviancy. And, yes, thanks to her deep state allies, she barely ducked an indictment for her secret server, but compared to the senile old pedophile her "friends" rallied around down the home stretch, Hillary was JFK, maybe even FDR.
Hillary had to know she was an awful candidate, but Biden was magnitudes worse. He was the guy caught on video groping little girls, not her. He was the guy who (allegedly) digitally raped a Senate staffer, not her. He was the guy who could not remember what office he was running for, but Hillary never forgot.
So why then did her party and the media and the deep state protect him in ways they did not protect her? The New York Times, for instance, daintily dismissed Joe's chronic groping as a "relationship with personal space" issue. That's it?
And yes, "60 Minutes" did interview the entirely credible Tara Reade, the Senate staffer Biden sexually assaulted, but it was "60 Minutes Australia." Australia? WTF?
Hell, she and Bill got grilled on the real "60 Minutes" about Gennifer "with a G" Flowers, and Bill never even assaulted her. Kathleen Willey got a whole damn hour on "60 Minutes" just for getting groped.
Monica Lewinsky, Paul Jones, Juanita Broaddrick – they all became household names, but who has ever heard of Tara Reade? Crocodile Dundee?
And where were the Democrats' ballot harvesters and fraud enablers when she needed them? The party merely had to manufacture a few thousand more votes in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin, and she would have shattered that ceiling and swept into the history books. And yet they found millions of more votes for that doddering old fool than they did for her.
But the thing that really had to bug Hillary were the dueling laptops. Here she was cruising to an easy win, maybe even turning Texas blue, when FBI Director James Comey decides to reopen the investigation into her server.
If other Democrats think of James Comey as a rock star for ratting out Trump, Hillary can only think of him as the oversized showboater who derailed her campaign 11 days before the election.
Worse, her emails were found on the laptop of BFF Huma Abedin's husband, Anthony Weiner, still another Democratic perv. Then the media actually went and reported this as though it were news. The nerve! All momentum died with the discovery.
This reversal of fortune was hard enough to swallow, but when the New York Post unearthed Hunter Biden's laptop, whose secrets were many times more damaging to Biden than Weiner's secrets were to her, the media went totally dark to protect him.
"Where were you in 2016, Jack Dorsey?" one can almost hear Hillary shrieking. "Where were you, CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, New York Times, Washington Post?"
Why, Hillary wonders to this day, did the media have to report on her laptop at all? OK, it was a critical moment in the middle of a presidential election, but how could the media not have seen then what they saw so clearly in 2020?
Democracy dies in darkness – that's the point, isn't it?


wnd--2020-11-06--U.S. cracks down on Iranian 'fake news' websites

A U.S. law enforcement campaign to crack down on Iran 's internet `` influence '' agenda has netted more than 100 domain names .
The Department of Justice announced the seizure of 27 domain names on top of the nearly 100 taken last month belonging to Iran 's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps , the radical unit behind the murder of many Americans .
The Iranians unlawfully used the websites `` to further a global covert influence campaign , '' the DOJ said .
`` Within the last month we have announced seizures of Iran ’ s weapons , fuel , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ John C. Demers , assistant attorney general .
`` As long as Iran 's leaders are trying to destabilize the world through the state-sponsorship of terrorism and the taking of hostages , we will continue to enforce U.S. sanctions and take other legal steps to counter them . ''
The most recent seizures `` were being used in violation of U.S. sanctions targeting both the government of Iran and the IRGC .
Four of the domains purported to be genuine news outlets but were actually controlled by the IRGC and targeted audiences in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ United States policy and public opinion , in violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act .
The remainder targeted audiences in other parts of the world . ''
`` The FBI is aggressively investigating any evidence of foreign influence and the unlawful spread of disinformation by hostile nations , '' said FBI spokesman Craig D. Fair .
The warrant allowing the seizure this week said the domain names were being run by the IRGC in violation of the International Emergency and Economic Powers Act and the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the government of Iran without a license .
`` Further , the United States has found that the IRGC has provided material support to a number of terrorist groups , including Hezbollah , Hamas , and the Taliban .
As such , the Department of the Treasury 's Office of Foreign Assets Control added the IRGC to its list of Specially Designated Nationals , imposing additional licensing requirements , '' the DOJ said .
While the web domains were registered with U.S.-based registrars and used top-level domains , no one in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ domains -- rpfront.com , ahtribune.com , awdnews.com and criticalstudies.org -- were illegal because they were not registered as foreign agents .
The law requires , among other things , the submission of periodic registration statements containing truthful information about a site 's activities and the income earned from it .
The objective of the `` news sites '' was `` to covertly influence the American people to change United States policy concerning Iran and the Middle East . ''
`` Fake news organizations have become a new outlet for disinformation spread by authoritarian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ undermine our democracy , '' Demers said .

A U.S. law enforcement campaign to crack down on Iran's internet "influence" agenda has netted more than 100 domain names.
The Department of Justice announced the seizure of 27 domain names on top of the nearly 100 taken last month belonging to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the radical unit behind the murder of many Americans.
The Iranians unlawfully used the websites "to further a global covert influence campaign," the DOJ said.
"Within the last month we have announced seizures of Iran’s weapons, fuel, and covert influence infrastructure," said John C. Demers, assistant attorney general. "As long as Iran's leaders are trying to destabilize the world through the state-sponsorship of terrorism and the taking of hostages, we will continue to enforce U.S. sanctions and take other legal steps to counter them."
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The most recent seizures "were being used in violation of U.S. sanctions targeting both the government of Iran and the IRGC. Four of the domains purported to be genuine news outlets but were actually controlled by the IRGC and targeted audiences in the United States, to covertly influence United States policy and public opinion, in violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act. The remainder targeted audiences in other parts of the world."
"The FBI is aggressively investigating any evidence of foreign influence and the unlawful spread of disinformation by hostile nations," said FBI spokesman Craig D. Fair.
The warrant allowing the seizure this week said the domain names were being run by the IRGC in violation of the International Emergency and Economic Powers Act and the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations.
The laws forbid U.S. persons from providing services to the government of Iran without a license.
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"Further, the United States has found that the IRGC has provided material support to a number of terrorist groups, including Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Taliban. As such, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control added the IRGC to its list of Specially Designated Nationals, imposing additional licensing requirements," the DOJ said.
While the web domains were registered with U.S.-based registrars and used top-level domains, no one in the U.S. had granted a license.
Four domains -- rpfront.com, ahtribune.com, awdnews.com and criticalstudies.org -- were illegal because they were not registered as foreign agents.
The law requires, among other things, the submission of periodic registration statements containing truthful information about a site's activities and the income earned from it.
The objective of the "news sites" was "to covertly influence the American people to change United States policy concerning Iran and the Middle East."
"Fake news organizations have become a new outlet for disinformation spread by authoritarian countries as they continue to try to undermine our democracy," Demers said.


wnd--2020-11-06--Ballot-count watcher claims 130,000 votes dumped for Biden

President Trump has cited the alleged dump of more than 130,000 ballots in Detroit early Wednesday morning that all went @ @ @ @ @ the reasons to contest the vote count in Michigan .
The allegation is part of @ @ @ @ @ Now , a ballot-count watcher is reporting she spoke to witnesses who described the ballot @ @ @ @ @ on a major scale ... that was very well organized , '' the Gateway Punditreported @ @ @ @ @ posted to Facebook Live , corroborates videos and photos from Kellye SoRelle , a Texas @ @ @ @ @ for Trump , of vehicles pulling up and unloading large coolers and suitcases onto wagons @ @ @ @ @ secure area .
The monitor said the ballot counters were preparing to shut down when @ @ @ @ @ van and a Ferrari pulled up with more than 130,000 additional ballots .

President Trump has cited the alleged dump of more than 130,000 ballots in Detroit early Wednesday morning that all went for Joe Biden as among the reasons to contest the vote count in Michigan.
The allegation is part of a Trump campaign lawsuit.
Now, a ballot-count watcher is reporting she spoke to witnesses who described the ballot dump as "major fraud on a major scale ... that was very well organized," the Gateway Punditreported.
Her report, orignally posted to Facebook Live, corroborates videos and photos from Kellye SoRelle, a Texas lawyer and member of Lawyers for Trump, of vehicles pulling up and unloading large coolers and suitcases onto wagons and roll them into the secure area.
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The monitor said the ballot counters were preparing to shut down when suddenly a white Chrysler 300 van and a Ferrari pulled up with more than 130,000 additional ballots.
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wnd--2020-11-06--Coloradans vote to bypass Electoral College

Voters in Colorado , which is led by progressive Democrats in the governor 's office , the state Senate and the state House , have adopted a plan designed to allow the national popular vote for to determine the state 's votes for president .
Called the National Popular Vote movement , it would bypass the Electoral College , in which electors from each state cast the vote for president , based on the vote of the populace in the state .
Colorado voters chose Tuesday to join the movement , which critics say would allow the votes in small @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's large population centers in New York , Texas and California .
The compact is supposed to take effect when enough states sign up to total at least 270 Electoral College votes .
Proponents of the campaign argue it 's their best chance to effectively eliminate the Electoral College .
Removing it from the Constitution would require an amendment ratified by three-fourths of the states .
But the plan could face court challenges if it ever took effect .
The Washington Examiner reported Colorado joined the compact with the Democratic-majority states of Maryland @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Washington , Massachusetts , the District of Columbia , Vermont , California , Rhode Island , New York , Connecticut , Delaware , New Mexico and Oregon .
An opponent of the compact , former Republican state House Speaker Frank McNulty , argued Colorado 's votes `` should be decided by Coloradans . ''
`` This is going to reduce Colorado ’ s clout , and it 's going to reduce our influence on issues like transportation , water , health care , and funding for our military bases , '' he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 4.4 million campaign funded by outsiders .
McNulty said voters `` were tricked by California billionaires , who spend millions of dollars to buy our votes for president . ''
Part of the drive behind the campaign was the resentment of Colorado Democrats who saw Hillary Clinton lose the Electoral College vote while garnering more popular votes nationally .
However her margin of 2.8 million votes nationally was smaller than her advantage of 4.3 million votes in California .
Congresswoman-elect Lauren Boebert accused the Democratic governor , Jared Polis , of stealing Coloradans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ McNulty said the reason Colorado , with nine Electoral College votes , has any clout on national issues is `` because the way we allocate our electoral votes matters . ''
Don Wilson , the mayor of Monument , Colorado , said the national popular vote `` would make the entire middle of the country flyover states . ''
`` You , as a presidential candidate , are going to try and get the most bang for your buck and go to California and New York , '' he said .
`` Compare @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to go to the rural areas of Colorado where there are five acres between people , and I ’ m worried that those people will get lost in the shuffle if we do a popular vote . ''

Voters in Colorado, which is led by progressive Democrats in the governor's office, the state Senate and the state House, have adopted a plan designed to allow the national popular vote for to determine the state's votes for president.
Called the National Popular Vote movement, it would bypass the Electoral College, in which electors from each state cast the vote for president, based on the vote of the populace in the state.
Colorado voters chose Tuesday to join the movement, which critics say would allow the votes in small states to be swallowed by the nation's large population centers in New York, Texas and California.
The compact is supposed to take effect when enough states sign up to total at least 270 Electoral College votes.
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Proponents of the campaign argue it's their best chance to effectively eliminate the Electoral College. Removing it from the Constitution would require an amendment ratified by three-fourths of the states.
But the plan could face court challenges if it ever took effect.
The Washington Examiner reported Colorado joined the compact with the Democratic-majority states of Maryland, New Jersey, Illinois, Hawaii, Washington, Massachusetts, the District of Columbia, Vermont, California, Rhode Island, New York, Connecticut, Delaware, New Mexico and Oregon.
An opponent of the compact, former Republican state House Speaker Frank McNulty, argued Colorado's votes "should be decided by Coloradans."
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"This is going to reduce Colorado’s clout, and it's going to reduce our influence on issues like transportation, water, health care, and funding for our military bases," he said.
The vote followed a $4.4 million campaign funded by outsiders.
McNulty said voters "were tricked by California billionaires, who spend millions of dollars to buy our votes for president."
Part of the drive behind the campaign was the resentment of Colorado Democrats who saw Hillary Clinton lose the Electoral College vote while garnering more popular votes nationally. However her margin of 2.8 million votes nationally was smaller than her advantage of 4.3 million votes in California.
Congresswoman-elect Lauren Boebert accused the Democratic governor, Jared Polis, of stealing Coloradans' votes to give to California.
McNulty said the reason Colorado, with nine Electoral College votes, has any clout on national issues is "because the way we allocate our electoral votes matters."
Don Wilson, the mayor of Monument, Colorado, said the national popular vote "would make the entire middle of the country flyover states."
"You, as a presidential candidate, are going to try and get the most bang for your buck and go to California and New York," he said.
"Compare that to the money it would cost to go to the rural areas of Colorado where there are five acres between people, and I’m worried that those people will get lost in the shuffle if we do a popular vote."


wnd--2020-11-06--DOJ: Armed agents could be sent to ballot-counting locations

The Department of Justice sent a memo to prosecutors Wednesday saying it could send armed agents to ballot-counting locations to investigate potential voter fraud , The New York Times reported .
While federal law prohibits armed troops or law enforcement from stationing at any place an election is held unless force is determined “ necessary , ” the Department of Justice ( DOJ ) believes the law allows agents to station at places that are counting votes following the election , three unnamed officials familiar told The New York Times .
“ [ The statute ] does not prevent armed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , investigate , or prevent federal crimes at closed polling places or at other locations where votes are being counted , ” senior DOJ official Richard P. Donoghue told prosecutors in an email Wednesday , according to The Times .
A DOJ official said Thursday that the memo was sent in anticipation of “ disruption.
” “ DOJ wanted to make sure that it was clear federal law enforcement is available to help state and locals , ” the official said .
“ DOJ was not sending federal law enforcement anywhere , just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ federal government was available to help.
” Donoghue ’ s message to prosecutors comes as the 2020 presidential election remains undecided , according to Decision Desk HQ .
Key battleground states Pennsylvania , Georgia and Arizona have been contested since Tuesday .
President Donald Trump ’ s campaign has filed lawsuits related to vote tallies in multiple states .
Trump has tweeted several allegations of voter fraud in swing states , many of which have been flagged by Twitter .
“ Elections are a state matter , and we have authority as state @ @ @ @ @ @ @ where ballots are being counted , ” Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey told The Times .
“ Anything else is a radical reinterpretation of the law .
States can handle elections , and we will ensure the people decide the outcome.
” Vanita Gupta , the former acting head of the DOJ Civil Rights Division said the email might be a “ messaging tactic ” from Attorney General William Barr , according to The Times .
“ Lawfully , the Justice Department can ’ t interfere in the vote count , enter polling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the course of an investigation , ” Gupta told The Times .
The DOJ didn ’ t immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation ’ s request for comment .
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By Thomas Catenacci
Daily Caller News Foundation
The Department of Justice sent a memo to prosecutors Wednesday saying it could send armed agents to ballot-counting locations to investigate potential voter fraud, The New York Times reported.
While federal law prohibits armed troops or law enforcement from stationing at any place an election is held unless force is determined “necessary,” the Department of Justice (DOJ) believes the law allows agents to station at places that are counting votes following the election, three unnamed officials familiar told The New York Times.
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“[The statute] does not prevent armed federal law enforcement persons from responding to, investigate, or prevent federal crimes at closed polling places or at other locations where votes are being counted,” senior DOJ official Richard P. Donoghue told prosecutors in an email Wednesday, according to The Times.
A DOJ official said Thursday that the memo was sent in anticipation of “disruption.”
“DOJ wanted to make sure that it was clear federal law enforcement is available to help state and locals,” the official said. “DOJ was not sending federal law enforcement anywhere, just making sure state and local officials knew federal government was available to help.”
Donoghue’s message to prosecutors comes as the 2020 presidential election remains undecided, according to Decision Desk HQ. Key battleground states Pennsylvania, Georgia and Arizona have been contested since Tuesday.
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President Donald Trump’s campaign has filed lawsuits related to vote tallies in multiple states. Trump has tweeted several allegations of voter fraud in swing states, many of which have been flagged by Twitter.
“Elections are a state matter, and we have authority as state officials over anyone trying to enter locations where ballots are being counted,” Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey told The Times. “Anything else is a radical reinterpretation of the law. States can handle elections, and we will ensure the people decide the outcome.”
Vanita Gupta, the former acting head of the DOJ Civil Rights Division said the email might be a “messaging tactic” from Attorney General William Barr, according to The Times.
“Lawfully, the Justice Department can’t interfere in the vote count, enter polling places or take ballots, even in the course of an investigation,” Gupta told The Times.
The DOJ didn’t immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
This story originally was published by the Daily Caller News Foundation.
Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact [email protected].