theblaze--2020-11-04--Knife-wielding suspects reportedly stab multiple 'Proud Boys' in Washington, D.C.: 'We just got jump

Knife-wielding suspects reportedly stab multiple 'Proud Boys' in Washington, D.C.: 'We just got jumped by Black Lives Matter'

Knife-wielding suspects reportedly stab multiple 'Proud Boys ' in Washington , D.C. : 'We just got jumped by Black Lives @ @

Reports say that multiple "Proud Boys" were stabbed during a knife attack Tuesday night in Washington, D.C.
What are the details?
According to Newsweek, one of the victims is purported to be Enrique Tarrio, who is chairman of the group. Activist Bevelyn Beatty was also reported to have been stabbed.
The outlet reported that the D.C. Police Department confirmed there were four victims and that the stabbings took place on the 700 block of 14th Street Northwest.
All four victims are reportedly being treated for injuries that were not life-threatening.
Police are seeking three suspects in connection with the incident — two black males wearing all-black clothing, and one black female wearing black pants with white stripes, orange leggings, and a dark gray coat.
Newsweek reported, "Footage allegedly showing an altercation that led to the stabbing has been posted on social media. Clips have also been posted to channels connected to the Proud Boys on encrypted messaging app Telegram."
The outlet reported that Barrio said he and his group were "helping some guy" who was being stabbed.
"We were helping some guy that was getting stabbed by two black males and one female," he recalled. "Bevelyn got stabbed as well as two Proud Boys and the guy they were attacking. I got slashed, but it's not serious. We were walking to our cars."
According to a Wednesday report from the New York Post, Tarrio identified the attackers as belonging to Black Lives Matter.
Tarrio said that he and the other members of the group were going home after watching election coverage at a D.C. bar when they were "jumped and knifed."
"Livestreamed video caught part of the scuffle," the outlet reported, "with one man walking back to the videographer and saying, 'I'm bleeding.' After the attackers fled, Bevelyn Beatty — a black woman who previously dumped paint over the Black Lives Matter mural outside Trump Tower — was seen holding her lower back, saying, 'They stabbed me.'"
The videographer — identified by the Post as Jen Loh, a former vice president for Latinos for Trump — gasped, "She's bleeding really badly!"
The woman named Loh then added, "We just got jumped by Black Lives Matter and they just stabbed Bevelyn Beatty."
The Post pointed out that the group was able to flag down police as well as medics, and told the first responders, "We just got jumped by Black Lives Matter."
"If it wasn't for the three or four Proud Boys that were there, she would have been stabbed and really brutally beaten had they not saved her from the attack," Loh admitted.
You can watch one of the relevant videos here.
What else?
Beatty shared video from her hospital room, blasting the Black Lives Matter movement over the attack and revealing that she was stabbed three times in the back. She told viewers that one of her lungs was partially collapsed because of the attack, and her liver had been damaged.
"This is the one time I was being careful and just hanging my friends and trying to figure out what was happening with the election," Beatty said from her hospital bed. "These kids came out to attack and fight. I think they were planning to rob the man. These were kids from the hood. These are the kids that BLM protects."


theblaze--2020-11-06--New batch of Arizona votes nets Trump over 10,000 additional votes

In the key state of Arizona, the latest batch of votes that have been counted have reduced Joe Biden's lead even further, to the point where it has shrunk to less than 47,000 votes.
Arizona has become a hot point of contention in the 2020 race after Fox News called the state on Tuesday night in a move that was hotly contested by the Trump campaign. At the time, President Donald Trump trailed former Vice President Biden by over 100,000 votes, with substantial remaining votes in Maricopa County, which was trending blue.
However, the Trump campaign insisted that the remaining mail-in votes to be counted would break the president's way, and thus far, the numbers have borne that out. Over the last two days, Biden's once-formidable lead in Arizona has frittered away to less than half of what it once was.
The batch that was dropped on Thursday night consisted largely of Maricopa County votes, and President Trump carried those votes by a margin of 42,476 to 31,700 for Biden, meaning that Trump made up over 10,000 votes in a county that was widely expected to break for Biden.
It remains unclear whether the remaining votes will be sufficient to put President Trump over the top in Arizona.
As of this moment, Fox News has stood by its call of Arizona for Biden.
Arizona has become such a critical battleground because of the fact that, in addition to holding on to precarious leads in Georgia and Pennsylvania, Trump would also have to win either Arizona or Nevada in order to prevent Biden from reaching 270 electoral votes. Most election observers believe that Nevada — where the overwhelming bulk of remaining votes are in heavily Democratic Clark County — is already out of Trump's reach.


theblaze--2020-11-06--MSNBC cuts live broadcast of Trump briefing after 40 seconds; Brian Williams calls his statement 'da

MSNBC cuts live broadcast of Trump briefing after 40 seconds; Brian Williams calls his statement 'dangerous'

MSNBC cuts live broadcast of Trump briefing after 40 seconds ; Brian Williams calls his statement 'dangerous' Nicolle Wallace said @ @ @ @ @ did n't air his comments

Cable news network MSNBC cut away from a media briefing by President Donald Trump about the ongoing election vote count and host Brian Williams explained that, in his view, the president's statements were dangerous to the country.
The president claimed that he had won the election, despite the vote count continuing, when MSNBC cut the feed and asked their legal correspondent Ari Melber to address his claims.
"OK. Here we are again in the unusual position of not only interrupting the president of the United States, but correcting the president of the United States," Williams said.
"There are no illegal votes that we know of," he added. "There has been no Trump victory that we know of."
Here's the moment that MSNBC cut away from the president:
Ari Melber Fact Checks Trump's Latest False Claims About 'Illegal Votes' | MSNBC www.youtube.com
Williams later defended the action they took after the president's media briefing ended.
"A word about our decision to dive out of the president's remarks. It was not done as a stunt or theatrics, we just can't have it," said Williams.
"It was not rooted in reality — and at this point, in where our country is, it's dangerous," he added.
Williams said that MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace watched the address to fill in their viewers on what he said.
"You remained watching and listening and you're gonna be our briefer on just how deep it got and what we missed," Williams said to Wallace.
"Well, I'm so glad that we kinda show our work because I'm proud I work at a network that didn't contribute to what the president just did and I have the only show on the network named after the White House so I felt if part of my job to watch it for our viewers," said Wallace.
"It is a speech that represents one of the more dangerous acts that Donald Trump has undertaken as president," she claimed.
Fox News and CNN aired the 17-minute address from the president in full. Some on the left excoriated CNN for airing the comments.
Here's Williams explaining why they cut away from the president:


theblaze--2020-11-06--Defiant Trump declares victory, promises 'a lot of litigation'

A somber but defiant President Donald Trump announced in a hastily-called news conference on Thursday that his campaign believes that they have won all the votes that have been legally cast , and promised `` a lot of litigation '' regarding the outcome of the election .
`` If you count the legal votes , I easily win , '' Trump said .
Trump harshly criticized the mail-in voting system , as he has all year , and blamed the system for what he viewed as widespread election fraud .
`` They want to find out how many votes they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ able to find them .
They wait and wait and then they find them and you see that on election night , '' Trump said .
`` It 's amazing how those mail-in ballots are so one-sided .
They are trying to steal an election .
They are trying to rig an election and we ca n't let that happen , '' Trump continued .
Trump also blasted what he called `` corrupt Democrat machines '' in Pennsylvania and Michigan , and blamed them for the process .
He also specifically called out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ saying that they `` can not be responsible for engineering the outcome of a presidential race , a very important presidential race . ''
He further promised an aggressive legal challenge to the outcome of several races , and promised that his team would provide evidence of fraud .
He specifically claimed that his campaign had found evidence that people had voted in Nevada even though they no longer lived in the state .
Trump 's comments come as his margins in several key states appear to be moving in a critical direction @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of this article , his lead in Pennsylvania has shrunk to less than 100,000 votes , as the state continues to count mail-in ballots .
Additionally , as the vote is being finalized in Georgia , Trump 's lead in the deep red state had shrunk to less than 4,000 votes .
If Trump loses either state , he will likely be mathematically eliminated from contention .

A somber but defiant President Donald Trump announced in a hastily-called news conference on Thursday that his campaign believes that they have won all the votes that have been legally cast, and promised "a lot of litigation" regarding the outcome of the election.
"If you count the legal votes, I easily win," Trump said.
Trump harshly criticized the mail-in voting system, as he has all year, and blamed the system for what he viewed as widespread election fraud.
"They want to find out how many votes they need and then they seem to be able to find them. They wait and wait and then they find them and you see that on election night," Trump said.
"It's amazing how those mail-in ballots are so one-sided. They are trying to steal an election. They are trying to rig an election and we can't let that happen," Trump continued.
Trump also blasted what he called "corrupt Democrat machines" in Pennsylvania and Michigan, and blamed them for the process. He also specifically called out the cities of Detroit and Philadelphia, saying that they "cannot be responsible for engineering the outcome of a presidential race, a very important presidential race."
He further promised an aggressive legal challenge to the outcome of several races, and promised that his team would provide evidence of fraud. He specifically claimed that his campaign had found evidence that people had voted in Nevada even though they no longer lived in the state.
Trump's comments come as his margins in several key states appear to be moving in a critical direction. As of the time of publication of this article, his lead in Pennsylvania has shrunk to less than 100,000 votes, as the state continues to count mail-in ballots. Also, as the vote is being finalized in Georgia, Trump's lead in the deep red state had shrunk to less than 4,000 votes. If Trump loses either state, he will likely be mathematically eliminated from contention.


theblaze--2020-11-05--Chris Wallace defiantly says Fox News decision desk is 'not wavering' on Arizona call despite  'hear

Chris Wallace defiantly says Fox News decision desk is 'not wavering' on Arizona call despite  'heartburn' for Republicans

Chris Wallace defiantly says Fox News decision desk is 'not wavering ' on Arizona call despite 'heartburn ' for Republicans @ @ @ @ @ criticized for the call

Fox News host Chris Wallace said that the network's controversial early call on the presidential election in Arizona was unwavering despite social media outrage and anger from the Trump campaign.
Wallace made the comments on Thursday to Dana Perino on her Fox News show as ballots were still being counted in some states.
"At this point, the president is still trailing," Wallace said.
"Fox News has already called Arizona, it's caused a lot of heartburn in the Republican Party, but I did check in with our decision desk earlier today and they're not wavering. They say that our call on Arizona is right, which puts him at 264 [electoral votes].
"And if Biden wins at this point, with 264, any of the three states I've talked about, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Georgia, he goes over the top."
Fox News appeared to call Arizona, a key swing state in the election, early on election night for Joe Biden, the Democratic challenger, despite numerous other news outlets declining to make a call.
Wallace went on to address accusations of voter fraud by the president and many of his supporters.
"Is there any hard evidence of fraud? There doesn't seem to be so far," Wallace said.
"There seem to be some allegations, but not hard evidence," he added. "And there is nothing that rises to the level that it could be enough fraud to switch votes when you're talking about thousands and thousands of vote difference between the two candidates."
Earlier Thursday, Tim Murtaugh, the Trump campaign communications director, accused the director of the Fox News decision desk of being biased against Republicans and demanded that the channel rescind its call.
Notably, many independent and Dem-leaning pollsters, including FiveThirtyEight's Nate Silver, have also criticized Fox News' decision to call Arizona and have maintained that the race remains too close to call.
Wallace also said that the polling industry was "broken" by the margin between their predictions for the election and the actual results. Wallace said Democrats expected a "blue wave" but instead got a "blue ripple."
Here's the video of the comments from Wallace:


theblaze--2020-11-05--Elijah Schaffer: 2020 election plagued with mayhem, malfunctions, and claims of foul play

Elijah Schaffer : 2020 election plagued with mayhem , malfunctions , and claims of foul play

In this episode of "Slightly Offens*ve", Elijah Schaffer is joined by fellow BlazeTV host Lauren Chen to update us on the latest election results, and discuss the ongoing mayhem, delays, and claims of foul play as we wait to find out who will be the next president of the United States of America. Elijah also reveals that the FBI confirmed an election-night threat to assassinate him was credible.
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theblaze--2020-11-05--Trump campaign wins another battle in Pennsylvania court; certain ballots lacking some voter informa

Trump campaign wins another battle in Pennsylvania court; certain ballots lacking some voter information will not be counted for now

Trump campaign wins another battle in Pennsylvania court ; certain ballots lacking some voter information will not be counted for @

The presidential campaign for President Donald Trump notched another legal victory in Pennsylvania, securing an order requiring Pennsylvania election officials to set aside certain ballots that are lacking some voter information and not include them in the final tally until litigation concerning them can be resolved.
The ruling comes in response to one of the lawsuits filed by the Trump campaign earlier this week, which sought to have certain mail-in ballots that lacked certain voter identification information thrown out. The judge has not yet ruled on the campaign's lawsuit, but did agree in an order released Thursday afternoon to segregate the contested ballots and keep them from being counted in the official tally until the litigation is resolved.
The Trump campaign hopes that this will help prevent former Vice President Joe Biden from taking a lead in the first count of ballots, which would make their battle significantly more difficult from a political and public relations standpoint.
The number of ballots currently expected to be affected by the order is almost certain to be relatively small, and would likely not matter unless the final margin in Pennsylvania is 10,000 votes or less. The Trump campaign, meanwhile, remains hopeful that the race will, indeed, be close enough for this ruling to matter in the final analysis.
This litigation is separate from the lawsuit concerning the vote count in Philly, in which the campaign scored yet another victory on Thursday, securing an order that theoretically allows them to observe counting in Philadelphia from close range. The campaign had complained that their observer was kept over 100 feet away from some of the counting tables, which prevented them from verifying that ballots that were being counted were in conformity with the law. However, Trump campaign operative Corey Lewandowski has complained that the Trump campaign is not being given the access they are supposed to have pursuant to the order.


theblaze--2020-11-05--Analysis: Why Fox News was wrong and President Trump still has a legitimate chance to take Arizona

Analysis : Why Fox News was wrong and President Trump still has a legitimate chance to take Arizona

Immediately after Fox News — and then later the Associated Press — called Arizona for Biden in the very early stages of Election Day reporting, the Trump campaign and many supporters of President Trump cried foul and insisted their candidate still had a path to victory in the Sun Belt state.
On Thursday, while roughly 600,000 votes still remained to be counted, a defiant Trump campaign doubled down and told reporters they were still predicting victory in the state by a margin of 30,000 votes.
At first, their insistence seemed desperate since the remaining ballots to be counted in the state were early voter ballots, which pretty much everywhere else in the country were going to Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden at a 2:1 ratio.
But then the results started coming in Thursday and sure enough, Trump appeared to be cutting into Biden's lead by taking close to 60% of the votes. After Wednesday's reporting, Biden's lead was cut in Arizona to 67,906.
The reason for this is that, though they are in fact early voters, the group of voters yet to be counted in Arizona could be called "late early voters," and they tend to skew Republican by a pretty significant margin. These late early voters are voters who dropped off their mail-in ballots only a day or two before Election Day.
Tom Bonier, the CEO of Target Smart uploaded a data graph that shows how votes broke down in Arizona by the dates they were filed. The closer it gets to Election Day, the more the party registration skews towards Republican.
That data squares with what Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien told reporters Wednesday: "Based on the math that we have been seeing as these late-arriving ballots are counted, anywhere from two-thirds to 70 percent of these votes are coming to the president, that math adds up to a margin of around 30,000 in the president's favor."
For what it's worth, MSNBC actually did a great job explaining this, as well:
This is why most news outlets predicting the race have yet to project a Biden win in the state and why President Trump still has a legitimate chance to win it.
Should the president carry Arizona and maintain his lead in Pennsylvania and Georgia, that would get him the 270 electoral college votes need to secure a second term.


theblaze--2020-11-05--Horowitz: How Republican-controlled state legislatures can rectify election fraud committed by court

Horowitz: How Republican-controlled state legislatures can rectify election fraud committed by courts and governors

Horowitz : How Republican-controlled state legislatures can rectify election fraud committed by courts and governors By the proper power our @ @ @

Who determines the outcome of the presidential election in a given state? Governors? Secretaries of state or boards of election superintendents? The courts? Fox News' decision desk? Nope. The president wins a state when electors selected by state legislatures conduct a vote in their respective states on Dec. 14. Thus, ultimately, according to the Constitution, the state legislators wind up serving as the kingmakers in a disputed election.
Endless pots of unverified mail-in ballots that often fail to meet state election law standards weren't created overnight at 3 a.m. on Nov. 4. They were created by a mix of illegal administrative actions taken by Democrat administrations in the key states and state and lower federal courts overriding long-standing state election laws. This has been going on for years, but accelerated to a fever pitch over the past few months.
The Constitution, in Art. I, §4, cl. 1, gives state legislatures the power over the times, methods, and procedures of elections and provides no "public health emergency" exception that enables governors or judges to override them and create a new system for elections. At its core, this is why we have such post-election chaos, and it was by design – set in motion for years by the courts and crystalized over the past few months by using COVID-19 to remake the in-person voting electorate into a postal ballot free-for-all, in what Justice Gorsuch described as the greatest judicial intervention in elections in 230 years.
Well, now state legislatures can have their revenge and have the final say, as intended by the Constitution. Mark Levin reminded his audience today that state legislatures are the ones who choose the electors who directly vote for president in each state.
In case you think this is some desperate tactic Levin has concocted because he doesn't like the impending results of the state ballot tallies, he has been warning about this for months. While everyone slept as the courts rewrote election law, Levin, a constitutional lawyer, warned on Sept. 18, "As in Pennsylvania, the Michigan legislature is controlled by the Republicans. They must meet in emergency session and exercise their Article II power under the federal Constitution and seize back control over the election system."
In the run-up to the election, courts have allowed "late voting, namely submission of ballots after Election Day so long as they are postmarked before. In addition, a Michigan court allowed ballot-harvesting under certain circumstances, which appears to have occurred late at night in Wayne County. There has been a series of rulings or administrative decisions in numerous states, which are contrary to state law and in some cases federal election law, that enabled Democrats to upend the electoral process – putting aside questions of additional fraud in the early morning of Nov. 4.
Liberals say they want every vote to count, but having votes submitted by insidious special-interest groups that violate the terms and conditions of absentee balloting ensures that the lawfully cast votes of individuals indeed do not count. We can debate the policy merits of some of these anomalous voting procedures, but everyone agrees that state legislatures control the process. In many blue states, they have already codified Democrat priorities on ballot-harvesting, registration deadlines (or lack thereof), and weak voter verification systems. But in states like Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania, there were laws on the books that were illegally ignored by the Democrat governors and the courts.
In his 2005 book "Men in Black," Levin noted that the reason the Supreme Court ruling on the Florida recount in 2000 was final was not because the courts are supreme over the electoral process. Quite the contrary, the Supreme Court was merely rectifying a mistake the state court made, because Democrats were the ones who involved the courts in the election process to begin with. But why did Al Gore ultimately accept the decision in Bush v. Gore?
"The Florida legislature could have (and, in fact, was preparing) to intervene and name a slate of electors if the Florida Supreme Court continued to interfere with the election," wrote Levin on page 170. "The legislature, which was controlled by the Republican Party in 2000, had absolute authority under the Constitution to choose Florida's members of the electoral college."
Art. II, Sec. 1, §2 of the Constitution stipulates that "Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct" the electors to vote for president. The Constitution gives Congress the authority to set the date of that vote, which, pursuant to 3 U.S.C. §7, is the Monday after the second Wednesday in December of presidential election years. This year it is Dec. 14.
Notice how the Constitution specifically gives the job of choosing electors to the legislature, and unlike with standard legislation, there is no shared jurisdiction or responsibility with the governor, much less some random state or federal judge. Charles Pinckney, one of the signers of the Constitution from South Carolina, reiterated on the Senate floor on Jan. 23, 1800, how careful the framers were to cut Congress out of the process.
"The Electors are to be appointed by each State, and the whole direction as to the manner of their appointment is given to the State Legislatures," said Pinckney during a Senate debate. "Nothing was more clear … that Congress had no right to meddle with it at all; as the whole was entrusted to the State Legislatures, they must make provision for all questions arising on the occasion."
Technically, this means that state legislatures could even appoint electors and completely avoid or cancel out popular election ballots we have today, at least for the president and vice president. This was the practice in some states in the early days of the republic. As Justice Joseph Story wrote in his 1833 "Commentaries on the Constitution," state legislatures choosing the electors themselves "has been firmly established in practice, ever since the adoption of the constitution, and does not now seem to admit of controversy, even if a suitable tribunal existed to adjudicate upon it."
Indeed, in 1892 (McPherson v. Blacker), in upholding Michigan's practice of dividing the state's electors by congressional district (as done today in Maine and Nebraska), the Supreme Court wrote, "The legislature possesses plenary authority to direct the manner of appointment, and might itself exercise the appointing power by joint ballot or concurrence of the two houses, or according to such mode as it designated." In Bush v. Gore, the high court reiterated that any state legislature "may, if it so chooses, select the electors itself."
Obviously, none of us wants to abolish popular elections, but why would the Constitution even grant state legislatures such power? Well, the framers understood that, unlike Congress, these are the bodies that are closest and most accountable to the people, and unlike judges or executives (state or federal), they are numerous in a deliberative body and won't wield unilateral authority without some degree of consensus.
By overriding the legislatures in how to properly conduct the popular elections that choose these presidential electors, the courts and governors have disenfranchised their voters. A Michigan court extended Election Day for two weeks. A Pennsylvania court, along with the Democrat secretary of state, essentially nullified signature verification for mail-in ballots.
Thus, if there is ample evidence of voter fraud that would be sufficient to alter the will of the people through this popular election, it is incumbent upon the state legislatures in those states to reclaim their authority over the Electoral College and rectify the fraud that has upended our election process.


theblaze--2020-11-05--Election-night tweet warns BlazeTV reporter of a threat on his life

BlazeTV host Chad Prather spoke with Glenn Beck about a threat made against a BlazeTV reporter during an election night protest in Washington, D.C.
In this clip, Chad and Glenn expressed concern for BlazeTV reporter Elijah Schaffer who just minutes earlier had a threat made on his life.
Glenn explained why Elijah and his team had to be pulled from the field after rumors, and a tweet gave a valid reason for alarm.
A screenshot of a tweet outlining a potential assassination plot.
Elijah is best known for his coverage of Antifa protests and Black Lives Matter riots.
Watch the clip for details.
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theblaze--2020-11-05--Pro-Trump ‘Stop the Steal’ group with over 360K members gets shut down by Facebook: 'This is outrage

Pro-Trump ‘Stop the Steal’ group with over 360K members gets shut down by Facebook: 'This is outrageous!'

Pro-Trump ‘ Stop the Steal ’ group with over 360K members gets shut down by Facebook : 'This is outrageous @ @ @ @ @ page was adding 1,000 new members every 10 seconds before being banned

A massive pro-Trump Facebook group named "Stop the Steal" was shut down by the social media company after quickly amassing over 360,000 followers since it was created on Wednesday. The group described itself as pledging to "do whatever it takes to ensure the integrity of this election for the good of the nation."
Amy Kremer, a former Tea Party activist and co-founder of Women for Trump, started the Stop the Steal Facebook group. The group page was run by the Women for America First, an organization led by Kremer that describes itself as: "Engaging, inspiring and empowering women to make a difference."
The description of the now-deleted page reads: "Democrats are scheming to disenfranchise and nullify Republican votes. It's up to us, the American People, to fight and to put a stop to it."
On Thursday morning, Kremer warned that "Facebook is flagging almost every post as false," and added that the social network is "probably going to shut us down."
Shortly before 2 p.m., Kremer announced that the Stop the Steal Facebook group had been removed.
"Wow. @Facebook just shut down the @america1stwomen #StoptheSteal group The group wasn't even 24 hours old and had over 350K members," Kremer wrote on Twitter. "The left is trying to steal an election and Social media is complicit. This is outrageous!"
According to a screenshot of the group's page, it had attracted 365,000 followers in 22 hours. Reuters noted that the page was adding 1,000 new members every 10 seconds.
"The group was organized around the delegitimization of the election process, and we saw worrying calls for violence from some members of the group," a Facebook spokeswoman said in a statement.
The group was organizing protests and called for "boots on the ground to protect the integrity of the vote."
Before Facebook banned the Stop the Steal group, several media outlets were calling for the page to be de-platformed:
Media Matters wrote an article with the headline, "Right-wing influencers are using the #StopTheSteal hashtag to buoy Trump's attempts to undercut democracy."
Rolling Stone stated that the group was "spreading dangerous misinformation" in an article titled, "Pro-Trump 'Stop the Steal' Group Is Rapidly Expanding, and Facebook Is Letting It."
Mother Jones published an article titled, "A Massive "Stop the Count" Facebook Group Has Ties to Republican Operatives."
When Facebook users clicked on the group's page, they were encouraged to sign up for updates through the StolenElection.us website. The domain for the site is registered to the Liberty Lab, which was involved in Newt Gingrich's 2012 presidential campaign.
Social media censorship of conservatives has been a hot topic. During testimony before the Senate last month, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg claimed that he was not aware that the company's head election integrity official had previously worked as a policy adviser to Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.
Twitter has slapped a label on any tweet that makes claims about election results before they're officially called and any other "misleading information."


theblaze--2020-11-05--Anguished Democrats blame anti-police and socialist messaging for election failures during emotional

Anguished Democrats blame anti-police and socialist messaging for election failures during emotional caucus phone conference Some Democrats were angry at @ @ @ @ @

Democrats got emotional over their losses in the 2020 election during an anguished private Democratic Party phone conference on Thursday that was reported by several reporters on social media.
House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) said on the call that if the Democrats "are going to run on Medicare for All, defund the police, socialized medicine, we're not going to win," according to Politico.
Moderate Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger of Virginia agreed and scolded the party for pushing extreme messages that almost cost her a re-election bid.
"We need to be pretty clear," she reportedly said on the call, "It was a failure. It was not a success. We lost incredible members of Congress."
Spanberger specifically cited the "defund the police" messaging adopted from the "Black Lives Matter" movement as damaging to her election.
"We have to commit to not saying the words 'defund the police' ever again," she said.
"We need to not ever use the words socialist or socialism ever again," she says. "It does matter, and we have lost good members because of that.
"If we run this race again we will get f***ing torn apart again in 2022," she added, according to a Washington Post reporter.
Looked a lot like 2016
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-Ill.) promised to commission a post-mortem on the election, and blamed bad polling.
"Something went wrong," she said of the polls. "They all pointed to one political environment — but voters who turned out look a lot like 2016."
Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-Fla.), who lost her re-election bid to a Republican challenger, reportedly cried on the call and complained that people didn't know how to pronounce her name. She also told Democrats to stop being mean on Twitter.
Pelosi claims Biden has a mandate
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appeared to be locked into a narrative that despite their losses in the House of Representatives that Democrats had achieved a mandate from the voters for Joe Biden, whom she assumed would win the presidential election.
"Just remember: Joe Biden has a mandate. We have a mandate," she reportedly said before leaving the caucus call.
"We need to stop this nonsense"
At least one member complained publicly that Democrats were leaking details of the call to the press during the call.
"Some of my colleagues are literally live-leaking our internal Dem Caucus call right now to CNN, The Hill, NBC, Politico, etc," tweeted Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.).
"I've gotten texts from 3 different reporters asking me to live-leak juicy details to them. No. We (Dems and the media) need to stop this nonsense," he added.
Here's more about the Democrats' disappointment:


theblaze--2020-11-05--Trump campaign allegedly being prevented from watching vote count in Philadelphia despite court orde

Trump campaign allegedly being prevented from watching vote count in Philadelphia despite court order allowing them to do so

Members of President Donald Trump's campaign Thursday allegedly were not being permitted to observe ballot counting in the Philadelphia Convention Center despite a court order issued earlier in the day allowing them to do so.
What are the details?
A Philadelphia court ruled Thursday morning that poll watchers were allowed to be within six feet of ballot counting at the Pennsylvania Convention Center rather than the previous 20-foot perimeter, KYW-TV reported.
Pam Bondi and Corey Lewandowski of the Trump Campaign presented the order, which went into effect at 10:30 a.m., the station said, adding that the pair said it allows them access inside and up to six feet of the vote-counters. KYW reported that they then walked inside the convention center.
However, two videos posted to social media show Trump campaign representatives — including Lewandowski — declaring that they were being blocked from observing the count:
Lewandowski said in the above clip that Philadelphia officials "refuse to honor the judge's order" giving them access and that it "flies in the face of democracy." He added that "the attorney for the city said they are going to evaluate ... the judge's order."
A woman who said she's an attorney representing Philadelphia stated in the above clip that the city is "evaluating" the judge's order and determining "what the order means" and "when they're ready to talk to you about it, they will." The woman also said the city isn't violating the court order by its actions.
Ballot counting in Philadelphia was halted for about an hour Thursday morning due to legal challenges, KYW said in a separate story. It isn't clear if above videos were recorded when counting was paused or not.
City commissioners tweeted later that the count was back on:
However, TheBlaze looked at the livestream referred to in the above tweet just before 4:30 p.m. Thursday, and it didn't appear to show poll watchers standing within six feet of ballot counters.
Still, Republican Philadelphia City Commissioner Al Schmidt told KYW that representatives from both the Trump campaign and from Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's campaign were watching the vote count.
"They're observing all of it," Schmidt noted to the station.
None of the three Philadelphia commissioners on Thursday immediately responded to TheBlaze's request for comment on the allegations that Trump officials were being prevented from observing the vote count despite the court order allowing them to do so.
Anything else?
The Associated Press reported late Wednesday that Trump's campaign sued to stop the Pennsylvania vote count over lack of "transparency" and was seeking to intervene in the Supreme Court case. Fox News said the lawsuit was meant to overturn a SCOTUS decision that allows Pennsylvania to continue counting mail-in ballots received after Tuesday until Friday, as long as they were postmarked by Nov. 3.
An NBC News reporter said Thursday she incorrectly tweeted that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overruled the lower court's decision favoring the Trump campaign and added that the state's high court hasn't "weighed in" on the case yet.
Pennsylvania officials on Thursday were still counting mail-in ballots for Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. Winning the state's 20 electoral votes would put Biden above the 270-vote threshold that determines the winner of the election.


theblaze--2020-11-05--Two conservative Oregon counties vote to join Idaho

It 's a long shot bid , but the people demand better representation

Tired of Democratic dominance in Oregon, some rural voters on Tuesday endorsed a plan to split off from the liberal state and join their conservative-friendly neighbor Idaho.
Two conservative counties approved a non-binding ballot measure to "Move Oregon's Borders" as Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden easily carried the rest of the state, AFP reports. The measure failed in two other counties.
"In the United States, the differences between liberal and conservative... there's hatred there," said Mike McCarter, the chief petitioner of the ballot measure in Union and Jefferson counties.
"Populated urban areas are controlling the mass of everybody," he told AFP.
The Democratic stronghold of Portland dominates Oregon politics statewide. The last Republican presidential candidate to win the state was Ronald Reagan in 1984. Idaho, on the other hand, is a reliable Republican state that has not voted for a Democratic president since 1964.
Neither county that approved the ballot measure borders Idaho. Union County is in the northeastern part of the state while Jefferson County is in the middle on the western half.
The ballot measure requires local officials to hold meetings about becoming part of Idaho. Forbes reports that advocates with "Move Oregon's Border for a Greater Idaho" got the measure on the ballot as part of a "peaceful revolution" led by state conservatives.
Any proposal to change Oregon's borders would require the consent of the state government and of Congress, making the vote largely symbolic as it is unlikely either would do so.
McCarter said his movement speaks to what rural conservatives across America feel as Democratic strongholds in cities with large populations tend to control state politics nationwide.
"It's a definite clash between blue and red," he told AFP. "Indiana and Illinois have got the same issue because Chicago controls all Illinois. In New York (state), New York City controls all New York."
"It is just these large population bases," he said. "There's a constant rub going back-and forth on life values between urban and rural."
The evidence for this is clear as the 2020 presidential election results become more clear. States where President Donald Trump held an early lead on election night like Georgia, Michigan, and Pennsylvania have seen that lead diminish or flip in favor of Democratic candidate Joe Biden as major cities like Atlanta, Detroit, and Pittsburgh count their votes.
This effort to get two Oregon counties to secede and join Idaho is part of a larger dream McCarter and others have to see rural counties from Oregon, northern California, and even Nevada become "Greater Idaho" to better represent their interests.


theblaze--2020-11-05--School reportedly forces 9-year-old to remove 'Jesus loves me' mask. Now her parents are suing.

School reportedly forces 9-year-old to remove 'Jesus loves me ' mask .
Now her parents are suing .

The parents of a Mississippi third grader are suing a school district after they say an elementary school principal violated the child's free speech and discriminated against her on the basis of religion.
What's a brief history?
According to the New York Post, the principal at Simpson Central School in Pinola directed the child, 9-year-old Lydia Booth, to remove her face mask, which said "Jesus Loves Me," in October.
WLBT-TV reported that school officials advised the child that the mask went against district policy.
Immediately following the move, the school issued a statement on new mask policies, revealing that no masks displaying "political, religious, sexual, or any inappropriate symbols, gestures, or statements that may be offensive, disruptive, or deemed distractive to the school environment" would be permitted within the district.
The Booth family insists that the school not only singled out Lydia for her beliefs — which were evident based on her mask — but also changed the policy to prohibit such masks only after they objected to their child's forced removal of the mask.
What's happening now?
On Monday, the Alliance Defending Freedom filed a federal lawsuit on Lydia and her family's behalf, insisting that the district violated the child's right to free speech.
Alliance Defending Freedom Attorney Michael Ross said, "Public schools have a duty to respect the free expression of students that the First Amendment guarantees to them. Other students within the school district have freely worn masks with the logos of local sports teams or even the words 'Black Lives Matter.' This student deserves an equal opportunity to peacefully express her beliefs."
Alliance Defending Freedom Attorney Tyson Langhofer told WBRC-TV that the move is unfair.
"When the school is discriminating against individuals who want to wear masks expressing religious beliefs but are allowing students and faculty to wear masks expressing messages with other beliefs and that's not allowable in the First Amendment," Langhofer said.
"[Lydia has] told her parents she wants to be a missionary and that's why she wants to wear this mask. It made her really sad when she was forced to remove this mask, because the message means something to her and it's her choice to wear it," he added.
An attorney for the Simpson County school board told the station that the district has not yet been served in the suit, and provided no further comment.


theblaze--2020-11-05--Trump campaign files lawsuit in Nevada alleging 'illegal votes' from nonresidents and deceased peopl

Trump campaign files lawsuit in Nevada alleging 'illegal votes' from nonresidents and deceased people

Trump campaign files lawsuit in Nevada alleging 'illegal votes ' from nonresidents and deceased people And they claim they 're @ @ @ @ @ ' ballots

The Trump campaign has filed a federal lawsuit in Nevada in an attempt to stop the counting of "illegal votes," claiming to have evidence that tens of thousands of nonresidents and deceased people have cast ballots in the state.
"We're asking the judges to go through all the irregularities to stop the counting" of the disputed ballots, former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt told reporters in a news conference announcing the lawsuit on Thursday.
Former Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell — who was joined during the conference by Laxalt, American Conservative Union Chairman Matt Schlapp, and Nevada GOP Chairman Michael McDonald — claimed that Republicans in Clark County, Nevada, have been prevented from verifying the ballots.
"Ballots are not automatically legal votes until they are checked," Grenell said. "We are not being allowed to check.
"It is unacceptable in this country to have illegal votes counted, and that's what's happening in the state of Nevada," he added.
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A source familiar with the details of the lawsuit reportedly told Fox News that campaign officials have evidence that ballots have been accepted from people who have died and people who have moved out of state.
The source added that Nevada election officials have not provided the campaign with answers as to why they have not been allowed to "check" the mail-in absentee ballots. The campaign says such ballots were often sent to apartments where the targeted individuals no longer live but were still filled out and cast.
Nevada voter, Jill Stokke, was also in attendance at the conference. Stokke said when she went to vote in person she was informed that her ballot had already been cast.
"I always voted in person, this time, they mailed out the ballot and somebody took my ballot," she said. "They also took the ballot of my roommate."
WATCH: Nevada voter Jill Stokke on how her ballot was stolen youtu.be
According to CNBC, Clark County Registrar of Voters Joe Gloria said at a news conference Thursday that he was not aware of any improper ballots being counted.
When reportedly asked about the Stokke's issue, Gloria said he feels confident in how it was handled.
"I personally dealt with [her issue]. She brought her claim to me. We reviewed her ballot, and in our opinion, it is her signature. We also gave her an opportunity to provide a statement, if she wanted to object to that and provide a challenge to that. She refused to do so. A member of the Nevada Secretary of State's Office investigations team also interviewed her, and they had no issue with the assistance we tried to give her," Gloria said.
In Nevada, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is leading President Donald Trump by about 11,500 votes, or roughly 1 percentage point, with an estimated 76% of the vote reported. Depending on the results in other battleground states, Nevada's 6 Electoral College votes could become especially consequential in determining the next president.
Nevada has been notoriously slow to turn in results this election and it may take until the weekend until a winner can be projected. In fact, Gloria said Clark County results will likely not be finalized until Nov. 12.


theblaze--2020-11-05--What can Americans do moving forward after the election?

What can Americans do moving forward after the election ?

On Wednesday's episode of "Pat Gray Unleashed," Pat took a call from James and discussed how Americans should move forward after the election?
In this clip, Pat explained that Americans must first wait until the election is officially called. Then, if Biden wins, Trump's only recourse is a court battle.
Later, Pat and the guys recapped a powerful moment from BlazeTV's election night coverage between Steve Deace and Glenn Beck.
Watch the clip below for more details.
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theblaze--2020-11-05--Phil Robertson shares powerful prayer for Trump to be re-elected as president

"Duck Dynasty" star Phil Robertson, an outspoken Christian commentator, author, and BlazeTV host, says it's important for Christians to hold fast to prayer during the 2020 presidential election and its ongoing fallout over vote counting.
Robertson in August published a new book, "Jesus Politics: How to Win Back the Soul of America."
What are the details?
Robertson on Wednesday shared a now-viral video of him praying for President Donald Trump's re-election.
The 74-year-old dynamo — an avid Trump supporter — captioned the video, "We're at a crossroads. Here's my prayer today for our country and our president."
In the video, Robertson says, "Here in America, many of our people, Father, have fallen the ways of the evil one. I pray that you give us time to repent as a nation to turn back to you, Father. My prayer is that you be with one Mr. Donald J. Trump. You know him, Father. We started with him early. We told him what you told us to tell him — that Jesus died for him, was raised from the dead. I would pray, Father, give us four more years with him."
He concluded, "Help us, Father. Protect us from the evil one each and every day we live."
At the time of this writing, Fox News reports that Democratic nominee Joe Biden has 264 of 270 votes to win. Trump has just 214.
Jesus politics
Ahead of the election, Robertson tweeted that his followers should "vote Godly."
The accompanying photo read, "Vote for leaders who will promote religious liberty, protect our rights to practice Christianity in every public square, and live lives aligned with Jesus politics."
'Caustically brilliant'
In August, Robertson described Trump as "caustically brilliant."
"I'm a Trump supporter. I weigh a man in politics, I judge them by what they've done," Robertson said at the time. "That's how I judge them politicians. I preached the gospel to Donald J. Trump. He's heard the good news because I told him. He listened.
"My definition for him in two words," Robertson added. “This is what seems to fit the way he rolls: caustically brilliant. Now you can get on both sides of that. You can accentuate the caustic part of a man, or you can look at irregardless the caustic nature of some of his wordage, he's brilliant."
Robertson said that Trump is also "remarkably shrewd."
"He is remarkably shrewd when it comes to his policy. It's remarkable," Robertson noted. “I've never seen a president get that much done in the face of this much blowback and opposition. I've never seen a guy do what this dude has done."


theblaze--2020-11-05--After social media posts appear to show deceased individuals voting in Michigan, the Michigan secret

After social media posts appear to show deceased individuals voting in Michigan, the Michigan secretary of state responds

After social media posts appear to show deceased individuals voting in Michigan , the Michigan secretary of state responds Viral @ @ @ @ @ show dead registered voters cast absentee ballots in Michigan

The Michigan secretary of state's office on Thursday responded to a viral social media post showing what appears to be a deceased man who would be 118 years old voting absentee in Michigan.
YouTube personality Fleccas on Thursday posted screenshots taken from the Michigan Voter Information Center website appearing to show a man named William Bradley, born in 1902, having applied for and cast an absentee ballot in the 2020 election. An additional screenshot of what appears to be U.S. Social Security records show that Bradley died in 1984.
Fleccas posted a link to the Michigan voter index and invited his followers to try to look up Bradley's voter registration information themselves.
TheBlaze searched for "William Bradley" using Michigan's voter registration index and successfully found his registration information.
Bradley is registered to vote in Detroit, Michigan, at Precinct 141. His polling location is Plymouth United Church of Christ at 600 E. Warren Ave, Detroit, Michigan, 48201. His election clerk is Janice WInfrey.
According to the secretary of state's website, Bradley requested an absentee ballot on September 11, 2020. The ballot was received by election officials on October 2, 2020.
TheBlaze contacted the Michigan secretary of state's office, which gave the following statement:
Ballots of voters who have died are rejected in Michigan, even if the voter cast an absentee ballot and then died before Election Day. On rare occasions, a ballot received for a living voter may be recorded in a way that makes it appear as if the voter is dead.
This can be because of voters with similar names, where the ballot is accidentally recorded as voted by John Smith Sr when it was actually voted by John Smith Jr; or because of inaccurately recorded birth dates in the qualified voter file; for example, someone born in 1990 accidentally recorded as born in 1890. In such scenarios, no one ineligible has actually voted, and there is no impact on the outcome of the election.
Local clerks can correct the issue when it is brought to their attention.
TheBlaze also reached out to the local clerk, Janice Winfrey, for comment, but she did not immediately respond.
Fleccas posted several more videos of incredibly aged individuals who are still registered to vote and have apparently cast absentee ballots.
Democratic candidate for president Joe Biden was declared the winner of the Michigan presidential election by multiple media outlets Wednesday.
Biden held a reported 70,000 vote lead over President Donald Trump when the election was called. The Trump campaign has filed a lawsuit in Michigan challenging the results, seeking to halt ballot-counting until the campaign is given "meaningful access to numerous counting locations to observe the opening of ballots and the counting process."


theblaze--2020-11-05--Florida man arrested for threatening to kill Trump supporters and 7 Republican politicians: Police

Florida man arrested for threatening to kill Trump supporters and 7 Republican politicians : Police The investigation involved the FBI @ @ @ @

A Florida man has been arrested for allegedly threatening to kill supporters of President Donald Trump and politicians who are allies of the president.
Police arrested Richard Szala, from Clearwater, a suburb of Tampa. Szala, a registered Democrat, reportedly threatened to kill seven prominent Republican politicians who are Trump allies, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.),Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.), Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.), Sen. Rick Scott (Fla.), and Rep. Matt Gaetz.
Szala, 61, also allegedly threatened to kill Trump supporters, including his neighbor.
"We were going to plant signs and what have you, but I thought, you know what, in this environment, maybe not a good idea ... and now, oh my God," Szala's neighbor John Clayton, a Trump supporter, told WFLA-TV. "No clue. Cause you have no idea who your neighbors are."
Szala reportedly made online threats against the GOP politicians and Trump supporters on YouTube, according to Clearwater police.
Someone tipped off the Florida Fusion Center about the online threats early Wednesday morning, according to officials. The Florida Fusion Center says it "protects citizens, visitors, resources, and critical infrastructure of Florida by enhancing information sharing, intelligence, capabilities, and preparedness operations for all local, state, and federal agencies in accordance with Florida's Domestic Security Strategy."
Law enforcement did a search of the IP address, which led to Szala's address in Clearwater.
"We got a credible tip from an information intelligence gather source about him posting threatening comments on YouTube," Clearwater Lt. Michael Walek told WTVT. "His comments were directed to the Republican party, specific people in the Republican party. ... He was threatening to shoot them."
Szala allegedly claimed he was making empty threats and did not intend to carry out any politically inspired violence against Trump supporters.
"He admitted to making the statements out of anger and just shouldn't have said it, didn't mean it, but he still said it," Walek added. "Anytime somebody threatens to shoot somebody and kill somebody because he's upset with them, it's inappropriate and not going to be tolerated.
"We take all written threats seriously. It doesn't matter if it's a political rant, a school, a neighbor, a friend...anytime you threaten somebody, we can establish probable cause you're going to jail," Walek said. "We don't know if you're joking. We don't know what your actions are going to be."
On Wednesday, Clearwater police went to Szala's home after learning of the threats. Authorities seized his gun, phone, and computer. Szala was arrested and charged with making a false report concerning the use of a firearm in a violent manner. The arrest happened hours after the 2020 presidential election results started to roll in.
The investigation involved Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the FBI, and the Secret Service.
Szala was charged with harassment by phone in Illinois in 1989, according to public records.


theblaze--2020-11-05--Without evidence, CNN reports that Trump-backing protesters are a threat to vote-counters in Arizona

Without evidence, CNN reports that Trump-backing protesters are a threat to vote-counters in Arizona, noting that it's 'an open-carry state'

Without evidence , CNN reports that Trump-backing protesters are a threat to vote-counters in Arizona , noting that it 's @ @ @ @ @ did not appear to have this same level of concern during BLM riots

CNN reporter Kyung Lah and host Chris Cuomo were scared about the situation in Maricopa County, Arizona, Wednesday night as the 2020 election vote counting there continued. They were scared because protesters supporting President Donald Trump had gathered outside the building where votes were being tabulated.
Lah was on the ground at the Maricopa County Elections Department Wednesday night, covering the ongoing vote-counting and giving her take during a hit with Cuomo.
She began by telling Cuomo that she and her team were coming up with an "exit plan" to leave the building as they were trying to escape what she called a "very big" crowd. Aerial footage of the protest showed a gathering of protesters in the facility's parking lot.
"There is an exit plan being formed, because what's happening beyond those doors right there," she said, adding, "Outside there is a very sizable protest."
"If you look at the aerial pictures from our affiliate, it's very big," she added.
As she spoke, CNN ran footage of the "sizable" protest standing around in the parking lot.
Image source: Twitter/CurtisHouck video screenshot
Lah went on to share how concerned she was for the vote-counters, pointing to the workers and saying, "Let's start here. These people parked in that parking lot. How are they going to get the cars out of there?"
And then she made it serious, indicating the real threat was found in Arizona's gun laws.
"I should add, that this is a crowd that is armed," Lah said. "There are a number of people out there who have been seen with long guns, semi-automatic rifles, because this is an open-carry state."
"So, there are a lot of security concerns," she added.
She noted that there were no problems in the building, but that all the "problems" were coming from the pro-Trump protesters outside.
"The problems are happening outside and just trying to keep things under control," she said.
"There's a lot chanting," she said, along with flag waving and singing "Y.M.C.A."
Cuomo went on to blame Trump for "chilling the democracy" in a way that would lead to such an allegedly dangerous protest.
Neither Cuomo nor Lah offered a single example of specific threats. They did not point to any actions even remotely like what the nation saw during multiple BLM riots, such as burning buildings, looting, firing weapons, threatening the media or bystanders, or breaking into government facilities.
What evidence did Lah have that there was a scary crowd outside?
Well, she did tweet footage of a good-sized crowd chanting, "Count the vote!" and waving flags, as she had breathlessly noted earlier.
But what might have put her over the edge was video evidence she captured of the people praying and then chanting "USA! USA! USA!"


theblaze--2020-11-05--Latest Nevada results show Biden widening lead over Trump as president's campaign claims illegal vot

Latest Nevada results show Biden widening lead over Trump as president's campaign claims illegal voting

Latest Nevada results show Biden widening lead over Trump as president 's campaign claims illegal voting Biden is now leading @ @ @ @

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden expanded his lead in Nevada after several outstanding mail-in ballots were counted Thursday, as President Donald Trump's campaign makes allegations of illegal voting in the state.
Biden and Trump have so far run neck and neck in the state, with Biden holding a slight lead over Trump before the latest results were announced. As of Wednesday, Biden led Trump by just .64%, a little more than 8,000 votes. At noon on Thursday, Biden's lead grew to 12,042 votes, according to multiple reports.
Many of the ballots still to be counted are from Clark County, a Democratic stronghold.
Whichever candidate wins Nevada will gain six Electoral College votes of the needed 270 Electoral College votes to win the White House.
On Wednesday, Nevada elections officials announced that all in-person early votes, all in-person Election Day votes, and all mail-in ballots through Nov. 2 had been counted. Still to come are mail ballots received on Election Day and those received over the next week, officials said.
Voters casting mail-in absentee ballots needed to postmark their ballots by Tuesday, Nov. 3. State elections officials will receive postmarked ballots until Nov. 10. With the large volume of absentee ballots because of the coronavirus pandemic, the final vote count may remain unknown until next week.
During a Wednesday press briefing, Biden campaign manager Jen O'Malley Dillon predicted Democrats would win the state.
The Trump campaign is filing a federal lawsuit in Las Vegas Thursday to stop the counting of "illegal votes" in Nevada, Fox News reported. The campaign claims to have evidence of deceased and nonresident voters casting ballots in the 2020 election.
Former Director of National Intelligence Ric Grenell, former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt, American Conservative Union Chairman Matt Schlapp, and Nevada GOP Chairman Michael McDonald announced the lawsuit at a news conference.
"We are confident that when all legal votes are tallied — and only legal votes are tallied — President Trump will win the state of Nevada," Grenell told Fox News.
An anonymous source that spoke to Fox News about the lawsuit claims the campaign has evidence that "tens of thousands" of people voted in Nevada illegally.
With the margin for victory so narrow in several states, the Trump campaign has vowed to demand a recount anywhere the campaign loses within a 1% margin or less. The campaign has already demanded a recount in Wisconsin, where Biden defeated Trump by a little over 20,000 votes.


theblaze--2020-11-05--Georgia secretary of state said this morning there were under 25K uncounted ballots remaining. Now h

Georgia secretary of state said this morning there were under 25K uncounted ballots remaining. Now his office claims there are over 60K.

Georgia secretary of state said this morning there were under 25K uncounted ballots remaining .
Now his office claims there @ @ @ @

There are still about 60,000 ballots left to count in Georgia as the presidential race there comes down to the wire, the Georgia secretary of state's office announced in a press conference Thursday morning.
In a press release, the office confirmed that as of 9:15 a.m. ET, there were approximately 61,367 outstanding mail-in absentee ballots that remain uncounted.
The updated number came as a surprise to many watching the election closely, as only hours before, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger indicated that the number of uncounted ballots was under 25,000.
During the press conference, when asked about the discrepancy, Georgia's statewide voting system implementation manager, Gabriel Sterling, explained that the number could fluctuate as counties intermittently report results. He even said that some of the discrepancy could be due to the simple human error of precinct workers forgetting to hit "upload."
He also described the number of absentee ballots as a "moving target," but assured that all things are proceeding smoothly and accurately.
As it stands, President Trump still leads Democratic challenger Joe Biden by a margin of roughly 18,500 votes, but his lead has narrowed considerably as mail-in absentee ballots flow in, especially from predominantly Democratic counties like Fulton and Clayton counties.
Sterling said that as of Thursday morning, Fulton County, home to Atlanta, still had slightly over 11,000 ballots to count and Clayton County had roughly 7,000.
Sterling stressed that while state workers want to turn in results quickly, accuracy was far more important. He added that in addition to absentee ballots and provisional ballots, overseas military ballots would still need to be counted. Given the extremely narrow margin in the state, it is becoming increasingly likely that an official projection of who won the state will be delayed significantly and will likely be contested.
Under Georgia state law, if the final tally is within half of a percentage point, the losing candidate can request a recount.
The Trump campaign has already filed a lawsuit in Georgia over allegations that precinct workers in Democratic Chatham County mixed unprocessed absentee ballots into processed absentee ballots waiting to be tabulated. Lawsuits are expected in a dozen more Georgia counties.
If Biden were to win the typically Republican state, it would be a major pickup and almost assuredly point to a Biden presidency. Should Trump lose Georgia, he would need to win the remaining undetermined states — Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Arizona, and Nevada — to force an electoral tie.


theblaze--2020-11-05--Teen reportedly assaulted during California Trump rally; police seek video of incident

Authorities in Pasadena , California , are looking for video of an alleged assault on a teenage girl , according to Newsweek .
The purported attack was said to have taken place Sunday during a Trump rally in South Pasadena .
What are the details ?
The unnamed 16-year-old girl was reportedly in attendance at the rally when an unidentified suspect attacked the teen .
It is not known at the time of this reporting whether the teen was a Trump supporter or an antagonizer .
The South Pasadenan reported that the teenage girl said a woman — reportedly some @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by the hair during the rally .
The street vendor reportedly told authorities that the unnamed teen knocked over merchandise sitting on a display table .
Sgt .
Robert Bartl of the South Pasadena Police Department told the outlet that an `` adult woman operating a Trump paraphernalia concession booth accused a 16-year-old girl of knocking over merchandise that had been sitting on a table . ''
A second woman , who Bartl identified as a Black Lives Matter demonstrator , then reportedly shoved a male who was with the street vendor .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the purported Black Lives Matter supporter will be charged with misdemeanor assault and battery .
Eyewitness Ixchel Carrizales De Lara said that the teen reportedly `` knocked over a couple of the hats out of frustration and she began to walk away .
That 's when they grabbed her hair , and started pulling her back and pulling her down . ''
The Pasadenan reported that the rally — which was described as full of `` happy warriors who wanted to participate in a nice , peaceful rally in support of our country @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and President Trump '' — drew about 350 demonstrators .
The South Pasadena Police Department is asking any witnesses of the alleged incident to come forward with information or video footage .
In a statement shared on Twitter , the department wrote , `` SPPD Detectives Requesting Video of Altercation Between Juvenile and Sidewalk Vendor During Rally on 11/1 . ''
A portion of the advisory on the incident read , `` South Pasadena Police Department Detectives are currently investigating an altercation between a juvenile and sidewalk vendor during a rally at Fair @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sunday , November 1st , at about 5:45 pm . ''
`` If you or somebody you know is in possession of video of the actual altercation , SPPD Detectives would like to obtain it , '' the advisory added .
The department requests that anyone with information on the incident call detectives at 626-403-7280 or send an email to pddetectives @ southpasadenaca.gov .

Authorities in Pasadena, California, are looking for video of an alleged assault on a teenage girl, according to Newsweek.
The purported attack was said to have taken place Sunday during a Trump rally in South Pasadena.
What are the details?
The unnamed 16-year-old girl was reportedly in attendance at the rally when an unidentified suspect attacked the teen.
It is not known at the time of this reporting whether the teen was a Trump supporter or an antagonizer.
The South Pasadenan reported that the teenage girl said a woman — reportedly some type of street vendor — grabbed her by the hair during the rally. The street vendor reportedly told authorities that the unnamed teen knocked over merchandise sitting on a display table.
Sgt. Robert Bartl of the South Pasadena Police Department told the outlet that an "adult woman operating a Trump paraphernalia concession booth accused a 16-year-old girl of knocking over merchandise that had been sitting on a table."
A second woman, who Bartl identified as a Black Lives Matter demonstrator, then reportedly shoved a male who was with the street vendor.
Bartl added that the street vendor and the purported Black Lives Matter supporter will be charged with misdemeanor assault and battery.
Eyewitness Ixchel Carrizales De Lara said that the teen reportedly "knocked over a couple of the hats out of frustration and she began to walk away. That's when they grabbed her hair, and started pulling her back and pulling her down."
The Pasadenan reported that the rally — which was described as full of "happy warriors who wanted to participate in a nice, peaceful rally in support of our country, the South Pasadena Police Department, and President Trump" — drew about 350 demonstrators.
Now what?
The South Pasadena Police Department is asking any witnesses of the alleged incident to come forward with information or video footage.
In a statement shared on Twitter, the department wrote, "SPPD Detectives Requesting Video of Altercation Between Juvenile and Sidewalk Vendor During Rally on 11/1."
A portion of the advisory on the incident read, "South Pasadena Police Department Detectives are currently investigating an altercation between a juvenile and sidewalk vendor during a rally at Fair Oaks Av. and Mission St. on Sunday, November 1st, at about 5:45 pm."
"If you or somebody you know is in possession of video of the actual altercation, SPPD Detectives would like to obtain it," the advisory added.
The department requests that anyone with information on the incident call detectives at 626-403-7280 or send an email to pddetectives@southpasadenaca.gov.


theblaze--2020-11-05--Oregon governor finally activates National Guard to counter violent riots in Portland

After months of near-nightly riots , the Oregon governor finally calls in the National Guard

The Oregon National Guard was called into Portland after violent riots erupted in the city on Wednesday night. A riot was declared by the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office around 7 p.m. after vandals caused damage in the city.
Police said there were two groups that marched through the streets of Portland, where there have been near-nightly protests and riots since George Floyd's death in late May. Protesters shouted obscenities about Portland's mayor: "F*** Ted Wheeler!"
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Rioters smashed windows, including a business that had a sign with a Martin Luther King Jr. quote that read: "Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." Protesters dressed in all black burned American flags.
The Multnomah County Sheriff's Office said that a "large group of people created a significant risk to public safety." An unlawful assembly was declared, and ultimately a riot was declared by authorities. The Unified Command, which comprises the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office and the Oregon State Police, engaged protesters.
After months of violent and dangerous riots in Portland, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown finally activated the National Guard to deal with the riots.
Brown deployed 50 National Guard troops in June, but she promised that they were only in Portland as "support personnel" to "care for the injured, processing arrests, directing traffic – much as they do when they are asked to respond to wildfires."
"They will not be on the front lines making arrests or doing crowd control," Brown said. "You don't diffuse violence by having soldiers on our streets. Having soldiers on our streets around America is exactly what President Trump wants. ... I want to ensure that the public can safely raise their voices in this much-needed call for reform."
On Wednesday, the National Guard was on the ground in Portland to help police control the rioters.
The Unified Command issued a statement on the deployment of the National Guard.
"Widespread violence is occurring in Downtown Portland. In the interest of public safety, Governor Kate Brown, under advice of the Unified Command, has activated the use of the Oregon National Guard to assist local law enforcement in responding to any acts of violence, and to maintain public order and ensure community safety. Guard members are trained in crowd control and will be riding with local response teams. They are dressed in military style garb, which is their uniform Oregon National Guard members are civilian community members helping to protect us. We don't take this decision lightly. Under the Governor's Order, we continue to work together and share our resources and information to address any public safety concerns.
At least 10 people were arrested, including a man allegedly with a loaded rifle, as well as a man suspected to have thrown a Molotov cocktail at police officers. Police also seized gun magazines, commercial-grade fireworks, hammers, and knives.
Prior to Wednesday's violence, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown extended Monday's executive order calling for the Unified Command, a "joint incident command structure allowing multiple agencies to respond to election-related unrest," according to KOIN. The order was set to expire at 5 p.m. on Wednesday and will now run through 5 p.m. on Friday.
"Across the United States, elections officials are working hard to ensure that every vote is counted, and it may be several days until we know the results of this election," Brown said in a press release on Wednesday. "It's important to trust the process, and the system that has ensured free and fair elections in this country through the decades, even in times of great crisis."


theblaze--2020-11-05--Horowitz: Is it time for a two-state solution?

Horowitz : Is it time for a two-state solution ?
Today , the two sides disagree over every facet of @ @ @ @ @ rights

For years, everyone was sure that the solution to the endless terror attacks against Israelis was to create a two-state solution for the Jews and the Arabs living in the region. Donald Trump proved this 30-year obsession to be a false god by bringing peace between Israel and its neighbors without forcing Israel to cede more land. Perhaps what we have all missed all along is that the real two-state solution is needed right here at home in the once united states.
During the time of the Revolutionary War, the Patriots and Tories really only disagreed on one fundamental question: whether the existing power grabs by King George were worth further agitating the British and risking their lives against a military much stronger than the American colonies'. They all, however, understood fundamental rights. The question forced some of the colonists to self-separate before and during the war.
During the lead-up to the Civil War, the two sides disagreed on one vital question of fundamental rights of black people living in America. It led to a bloody war.
Today, the two sides disagree over every facet of life: the economy, theology, natural law, constitutional rights, and the purpose of America. Perhaps we need to self-separate before the Marxist political dominance and street violence become reciprocal.
How can we bridge the divide with a group of people who believe that men can be women?
How can we bridge the divide with those who believe government can shut down the First Amendment rights of Americans to work and pray, but it can't stop illegal aliens from coming here and securing welfare?
How can we bridge the divide with those who believe it's cruel and unusual punishment not to offer sex-change operations to criminals in prison but that it's not cruel to vacuum the brains out of unborn babies?
How can we bridge the divide with those who criminalize children who don't place masks on their mouths, but advocate for release of those who rob and maim with masks?
How can we bridge the divide with those who believe certain people and causes have a right to riot, loot, maim, and trap and attack random motorists with impunity, but those who defend themselves against it have no right to live?
Most importantly, how can we bridge the divide when the other side seeks to dominate us at all costs, while we merely seek to abide by the Constitution and don't impose our will on them?
When we win a national election, they can always retreat to their states and pretty much do whatever they want. Life in California and New York didn't change one iota during the Trump presidency. In fact, those states have gotten even more loony. Whereas when they win, we have nowhere to go to practice our faith and earn a living without being molested with coronavirus fascism, life-destroying regulations and taxes, and risks to our safety and security.
Is it perhaps time to divide permanently so that we can actually live in peace?
If they want to abolish the Border Patrol, the military, and the police, let them live in the part of the country without those institutions and most certainly without the nukes. We will have them.
If they want to give illegal aliens more rights than Americans, take away guns from law-abiding citizens, and refuse to lock up violent criminals, including gun felons, let them live with the consequences, while we use our governments for the few core functions it is supposed to serve.
If they want to crush small businesses with illogical regulations, let them try to start business and attract commerce in their states with those onerous rules but leave us free to govern ourselves elsewhere.
If they believe there is a fundamental right to camp out on public streets, let them live on those streets, but don't come to our states when the going gets rough to transform our paradise into your existing hell.
If they feel they could live without fossil fuels, let them take all the windmills, and we will take the oil and gas.
In many ways, this would be the easiest custody battle of any divorce. We are not fighting over the same money, materials, and children. We want the unborn children, while they want MS-13 and the Muslim Brotherhood. We want the energy sources that work, while they want those that are impotent. We want the jails filled with dangerous people, while they want them filled with those who dare to deviate from the COVID religion. We want the police and they want the social workers.
President Lincoln presciently warned in 1858 that "a house divided against itself cannot stand" without reaching a crisis point. "I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free," he famously told Republican delegates at their first convention in Springfield, Illinois. Given that today we are divided over infinitely more issues, how can we stand together in the same house without reaching that crisis point?
Perhaps we need two separate houses. After all, unlike in past conflicts, we are unlikely to brawl over the same furniture.


theblaze--2020-11-05--Leftist woman screams, 'F*** you, fascist!' at cop — then spits in his face. And boy, does she ever

Leftist woman screams, 'F*** you, fascist!' at cop — then spits in his face. And boy, does she ever pay for it.

Leftist woman screams , ' F*** you , fascist ! '
at cop — then spits in his face .
@ @ @ @ @ ever pay for it .
Saliva projectiles in officers ' faces — especially in the @ @ @ @ @ n't likely to win friends and influence people on the force

Violent leftists have been emboldened of late to openly abuse police officers on the streets — everything from the relatively mundane act of screaming profanities in their faces to stuff like trying to set them on fire and attempting to murder them in ambushes.
Well, one woman decided to add to the we-can-do-whatever-we-want trend — along with a throng of other demonstrators — while bellowing curses Wednesday night at New York City Police Department officers.
What happened?
"F*** you, fascist!" she screamed in an officer's face. And in case he didn't hear her the first time, she offered a reprise: "F*** you, fascist!"
Image source: Twitter video screenshot via @elizameryl
OK then, message received. But, hey, it was nothing these cops haven't endured before.
However, the angry leftist took things a little bit too far: She proceeded to spit in the officer's face.
Image source: Twitter video screenshot via @elizameryl
And oh was it ever a major miscalculation.
The officer lunged forward, grabbed the woman, and appeared to throw her to the ground.
Image source: Twitter video screenshot via @elizameryl
The typical entitled cries of outrage followed: "You don't attack a woman!" one detractor yelled, according the New York Post.
Here's the clip. (Content warning: Language):
What happened next?
Devina Singh, 24, was arrested and charged with obstruction of governmental administration, violation of local law, and harassment, the paper said.
Singh — who hails from Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, which is about 45 minutes northwest of Philadelphia — apparently likes the civil unrest scene in the Big Apple. She was charged with resisting during a protest there in September and unlawful assembly during a protest there in October, police told the Post.
The paper added that on her since-deleted Instagram page Singh posted a photo of her arrest in New York City on Sept. 18, writing, "im so f—— mad … probs bc behind me (white shirt) is Deputy Inspector Elias J. Nikas AKA Little Dick Nik." Classy!
Anything else?
The incident was one of a number of clashes between police in protesters in Manhattan, which included a fire set in the street and taunts directed toward diners, the Post said in a separate story.
"F*** your dinner!" some chanted as they passed Jeffrey's Grocery in the West Village, the paper said.
There were 60 arrests, the Post added.
But it wasn't that way earlier, the paper said, when protesters gathered peacefully in Washington Square Park and chanted, "Count the vote."


theblaze--2020-11-05--POLL: Who do you think will be president in one year's time?

POLL : Who do you think will be president in one year 's time ?
Cast your vote and do @ @ @ @ @

POLL: Who do you think will be president in one year's time?
Cast your vote and don't forget to share!


theblaze--2020-11-05--Joy Reid complains that the close election only means there is 'great amount of racism and anti-blac

Joy Reid complains that the close election only means there is 'great amount of racism and anti-blackness' in US

Joy Reid complains that the close election only means there is 'great amount of racism and anti-blackness ' in US

MSNBC host Joy Reid says that there's a "great amount of racism and anti-blackness" in the United States as evidenced by the fact that the 2020 presidential election is so close.
What are the details?
As highlighted by The Hill, Reid said Wednesday that the amount of racism in the country is staggering, and the fact that the presidential election is so close is both "aggravating" and "disappointing."
"I think partly because we knew the red wave was a thing, the red mirage, I should say, we all knew it was coming," Reid told fellow MSNBC host Rachel Maddow. "In the moment, it's aggravating. And I think partly, and I said this last night, I do think it's because we've been reporting for five years, Rachel, about Russia ... undermining our national security, the impeachment, the racism, the Nazis, all of it and then COVID laying on top of it, [it] felt like a repudiation was coming."
Reid added that a lot of people also believe that political correctness is "some scheme to destroy white America."
“I think even though we intellectually understand what America is at its base, right?" she continued. "That there is a great amount of racism, anti-blackness, anti-wokeness, this idea that political correctness is some scheme to destroy white America, right? We know what this country is, but still part of you, I think part of your heart says, you know what, maybe the country's going to pay off all of this pain, the children that were stolen with a repudiation. And as the night wore on and I realized and it sunk in, OK, that's not happening, we are still who we thought, unfortunately."
Reid said that on the whole, she's vastly disappointed in the election, and in U.S. voters as a whole.
“It's disappointing," she admitted. "And I emerged from this disappointed."
What else?
Reid took fire Wednesday after she referred to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas as "Uncle Clarence" — a clear nod to the racist term "Uncle Tom."
In social media remarks, Reid addressed President Donald Trump's insistence that he plans to take close races to the Supreme Court.
"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 her followers. "No. It's a completely politicized Supreme Court that you can't just trust they'll do the right thing. ... Now, so far, the courts have actually been pretty good. So we'll see."
Needless to say, Reid's remarks didn't go over well, and many of her fellow Twitter users called her out for what they said was blatant racism.


theblaze--2020-11-05--Biden vows to rejoin Paris climate agreement on first day of presidency

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden pledged to rejoin the Paris climate agreement on his first day in office should he be elected to the presidency.
What are the details?
The former vice president tweeted the news on the same day that the United States officially withdrew from the landmark climate change agreement. President Trump began the process of withdrawal last year, but it finalized Wednesday.
"Today, the Trump Administration officially left the Paris Climate Agreement. And in exactly 77 days, a Biden Administration will rejoin it," Biden tweeted.
Should Biden win the presidency and recommit the country to the agreement, it would mark one of likely many Trump initiatives that Biden would seek to reverse in his first 100 days in office.
What's the background?
President Trump has been a staunch critic of the United States' participation in the international agreement, which commenced under the Obama administration, arguing it "hamstrings the United States while empowering some of the world's top-polluting countries."
The agreement, which aims to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions and limit global temperature rise, would require the U.S. to reduce its emissions by 28% below 2005 levels by 2025, while other countries such as China are required to do comparatively little.
Biden, on the other hand, has made tackling climate change, one of the most important issues to the left wing of the Democratic Party, a central part of his campaign.
He outlined a $1.7 trillion plan to invest in clean energy infrastructure over the next decade and in May tapped progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.) to lead his campaign's climate change task force and promote the "Green New Deal."
On his website, Biden calls climate change an "existential threat — not just to our environment, but to our health, our communities, our national security, and our economic well-being" and vowed not only to recommit the U.S. to the Paris agreement but to "go much further than that."
He warned during a campaign event last month that four more years of Trump would lead to the utter destruction of America's suburbs through "hellish" fires, floods, hurricanes, and superstorms.


theblaze--2020-11-05--Hillsong Church fires celebrity Pastor Carl Lentz for 'leadership issues,' 'breaches of trust,' and

Hillsong Church fires celebrity Pastor Carl Lentz for 'leadership issues,' 'breaches of trust,' and 'moral failures'

Hillsong Church fires celebrity Pastor Carl Lentz for 'leadership issues , ' 'breaches of trust , ' and 'moral failures @

Hillsong Church East Coast announced Wednesday that it has fired Pastor Carl Lentz — famous for palling around with celebrities like Justin Bieber and the Jenner sisters, Kendall and Kylie — for "leadership issues," "breaches of trust," and "moral failures."
In an email sent to church staff and later published on the megachurch's website, Hillsong's founding Senior Pastor Brian Houston said that Lentz, 41, will no longer serve as lead pastor for the New York City location.
What are the details?
In a statement on the church's website, Houston announced that the church opted to terminate Lentz's employment for the "best interests of everyone" involved.
"The action has been taken following ongoing discussions in relationship to leadership issues and breaches of trust, plus a recent revelation of moral failures," the statement added. "It would not be appropriate to go into detail about the events that led to this decision."
The church pointed out that it will not publicly comment further following the statement.
The full statement said:
Today Hillsong Church East Coast advised our congregation that we have terminated the employment of Pastor Carl Lentz. This action was not taken lightly and was done in the best interests of everyone, including Pastor Carl.
We thank Pastors Carl and Laura for the way they have served faithfully and sacrificially since the start of Hillsong NYC and for contributing so significantly to the countless lives that have been transformed for Jesus Christ through this ministry. They have a heart for people and we are confident that after a time of rest and restoration, God will use Carl in another way outside of Hillsong church. In terminating his tenure, we in no way want to diminish the good work he did here.
This action has been taken following ongoing discussions in relation to leadership issues and breaches of trust, plus a recent revelation of moral failures.
It would not be appropriate for us to go into detail about the events that led to this decision. Our focus at this time is to honor God and pastorally care for our East Coast church community as well as the Lentz family.
While I have no doubt that this is the right course of action, I must mention Bobbie's and my personal sadness, as we have known Laura her entire life and Carl for well over 20 years.
Hillsong East Coast services and all of our ministries will proceed as usual, and we will continue to be a place of hope, love and faith through the powerful and transforming message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This is a message our nation and the world need to hear more than ever during a time of such instability and uncertainty.
I appreciate the great team of people who serve here, and as we embark on the process of selecting new leadership, we are praying that God would bring about an exciting new season for our church and this region.
Hillsong Church will not be making further public comments on this matter.
Lentz — who has been fairly active on Instagram — has not issued and remarks about the firing, and has not updated his page since Sept. 19.
In 2017, the former megachurch pastor took heavy fire after refusing to call abortion a "sin" during an appearance on "The View."
(H/T: Religion News Service)


theblaze--2020-11-06--Russian President Vladimir Putin stepping down amid health concerns: Report

Russian President Vladimir Putin is purportedly planning to step down in 2021 amid reports of health concerns , according to a new report from the Sun .
What are the details ?
Putin is reportedly planning to step down next year amid health concerns that the 68-year-old — who has been the Russian president off and on for the last two decades — is suffering from Parkinson 's disease .
Moscow political scientist Valery Solovei told the outlet that Putin 's girlfriend , Alina Kabaeva , and his two adult daughters are pushing him to leave office come January .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ has a great influence on him , '' Solovei told the outlet .
`` He intends to make public his handover plans in January . ''
Solovei also appeared to suggest that the Russian president is suffering from Parkinson 's disease or a similar musculoskeletal condition .
The Sun reported , `` Kremlin watchers said recent tell-tale footage showed the 68-year-old strongman had possible symptoms of Parkinson 's disease . ''
`` Observers who studied recent footage of Putin noted his legs appeared to be in constant motion and he looked to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a chair , '' the outlet continued .
`` His fingers are also seen to be twitching as he held a pen and gripped a cup believed to contain a cocktail of painkillers . ''
The New York Post reported that speculation over Putin 's plans and alleged medical condition comes as Russian lawmakers consider Putin-proposed legislation that would grant former Russian presidents a lifetime of immunity from any and all criminal prosecution .
If approved , the legislation would entitle a former president to a lifetime seat as a senator in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time of this reporting , Russian presidents are only protected from convictions while maintaining presidential office .
A spokesperson for the Kremlin told the Sun that speculation on Putin 's alleged medical condition is `` nonsense '' and that the Russian president is in `` excellent health '' and that `` everything is fine . ''
`` Putin '' quickly became a top-trending term on Twitter Thursday night as news of the allegations broke .

Russian President Vladimir Putin is purportedly planning to step down in 2021 amid reports of health concerns, according to a new report from the Sun.
What are the details?
Putin is reportedly planning to step down next year amid health concerns that the 68-year-old — who has been the Russian president off and on for the last two decades — is suffering from Parkinson's disease.
Moscow political scientist Valery Solovei told the outlet that Putin's girlfriend, Alina Kabaeva, and his two adult daughters are pushing him to leave office come January.
"There is a family, it has a great influence on him," Solovei told the outlet. "He intends to make public his handover plans in January."
Solovei also appeared to suggest that the Russian president is suffering from Parkinson's disease or a similar musculoskeletal condition.
The Sun reported, "Kremlin watchers said recent tell-tale footage showed the 68-year-old strongman had possible symptoms of Parkinson's disease."
"Observers who studied recent footage of Putin noted his legs appeared to be in constant motion and he looked to be in pain while clutching the armrest of a chair," the outlet continued. "His fingers are also seen to be twitching as he held a pen and gripped a cup believed to contain a cocktail of painkillers."
The New York Post reported that speculation over Putin's plans and alleged medical condition comes as Russian lawmakers consider Putin-proposed legislation that would grant former Russian presidents a lifetime of immunity from any and all criminal prosecution.
If approved, the legislation would entitle a former president to a lifetime seat as a senator in the country's federation council.
At the time of this reporting, Russian presidents are only protected from convictions while maintaining presidential office.
A spokesperson for the Kremlin told the Sun that speculation on Putin's alleged medical condition is "nonsense" and that the Russian president is in "excellent health" and that "everything is fine."
"Putin" quickly became a top-trending term on Twitter Thursday night as news of the allegations broke.