thestream--2020-11-04--Will Biden’s Coup Be Successful?

Will Biden’s Coup Be Successful?

If Joe Biden is named the victor in the 2020 election , it will mean the first coup in American history has succeeded .
I am not talking so much about the horrific and obvious fraud that is underway with yesterday ’ s vote .
But let ’ s start with that for a second , since Twitter is working hard to bury much of this information .
Taking just one example of the jaw-dropping subterfuge , one batch of ballots in Michigan overnight counted 138,399 votes for Joe Biden .
And ZERO for Donald Trump .
( Or anyone @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out impossibility .
There is some indication that the astonishing number may be the result of a typo .
( 153,710 when it should have been 15,371 . )
How many other “ typos ” are out there ?
Also astonishingly , in Wisconsin another vote dump suddenly added 100K to Biden ’ s total … or almost precisely Trump ’ s margin at the time .
And Wisconsin now has just about as many votes totaled as they do registered voters .
When have you heard of a 90 % turnout in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ By comparison , the highest nationwide percentage of registered voters taking part in a presidential election is 62.8 % in 1960 . )
It is also unprecedented for a group of states — swing states all , Democratic-run states all — to suddenly cease their vote tabulations .
They all did so at roughly the same time .
At a time when Trump had commanding leads .
And how about voters in GOP-heavy precincts in Arizona being forced to use sharpies by poll workers , which invalidates the ballots ?
Why would we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his “ voter fraud ” operation two weeks ago : This weekend he told voters “ I don ’ t need you to get me elected.
” Apparently not .
May God be with the lawyers and president fighting to stop this .
Still , I ’ m not talking about what is happening right now .
I am talking about the fact that Joe Biden was neck deep in the seditious effort to undermine and sabotage then President-Elect Donald Trump .
Biden Was a Key Player in the Russia Hoax I first @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , in an article called “ Joe Biden and the Framing of President Trump : He Was In the Room.
” That was well over a year ago ; we ’ ve learned so much more since .
Joe Biden was in the January 5 , 2017 Oval Office meeting where Barack Obama and his co-conspirators strategized how to continue using the bogus “ Trump Russia Collusion ” investigation to undermine Trump .
Everyone in the room knew the allegation was fake .
Everybody in the room knew Hillary Clinton had been behind @ @ @ @ @ @ @ some idea that Russians had been feeding false information Steele ’ s way , knowing what Hillary was up to .
No matter .
Obama and Biden were going to go forward .
One aspect ?
Comey would meet with Trump the following day , and tell him only about the salacious details of this dossier .
Not that Hillary was behind it , or that no evidence had been found in six months to tie him or anyone on his staff to any Russian Collusion operation .
Comey would lie when asked @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had his meeting .
It was leaked to CNN by the time Comey reached the lobby of Trump Tower .
And CNN would run with the Trump Russia Collusion story , which would then cripple the administration for three years .
Also , a day prior to that meeting , FBI agents had cleared incoming National Security Advisor Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn of any wrongdoing , including colluding with Russia .
They tried to close the case .
But then FBI Director James Comey ( on whose orders ? )
insisted the case @ @ @ @ @ @ @ notes of the White House meeting , Joe Biden himself suggested that the DOJ go after Michael Flynn on a Logan Act violation .
This law has never , in the entire history of the United States , been successfully prosecuted against anybody .
And it didn ’ t even apply to the Flynn situation , since it was perfectly appropriate for Flynn to be talking to his Russian counterpart .
Rather than saying , “ Great !
Flynn is clean , ” they went after him .
A perjury trap was set @ @ @ @ @ @ @ those of you hoping Joe Biden pulls out a win : He took active part in the framing of a military hero .
Joe Biden also unmasked Lt. Gen. Flynn several times in the final weeks before Trump took office .
Why was Joe Biden doing that ?
He ’ s never been asked .
Why did Biden want to persecute a military hero when FBI agents had already declared him clean as the driven snow ?
He never has been forced to answer .
Why didn ’ t Biden yell and scream @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Dossier was not only fraudulent , but had been paid for by Hillary Clinton ?
The why is obvious : Joe Biden was a co-conspirator in the effort to sabotage the duly elected President of the United States .
Therefore , if he is allowed to be elected and take office , it means the seditious operation to overthrow Donald Trump was successful .
One of the great horrors of this election season is that nobody has been imprisoned for this black op against Trump .
Neither Biden , nor Obama , or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
It is unfathomable that John Durham , who has been investigating this for two years , would hold off revealing what he ’ d found , given that the 2nd highest person involved in the scandal was running against the victim of crime .
In this representative democracy , we deserve to know .
But when you ’ re Joe Biden and his allies , whether it ’ s a position on court packing or the details of how he helped depose a president , voters apparently do not deserve to know @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Joe Biden will not last in office .
He is too senile , too corrupt , and too weak to last .
But the damage he and his co-conspirators have done to this country , to the rule of law , and to democracy may well be permanent .
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If Joe Biden is named the victor in the 2020 election, it will mean the first coup in American history has succeeded.
I am not talking so much about the horrific and obvious fraud that is underway with yesterday’s vote. But let’s start with that for a second, since Twitter is working hard to bury much of this information.
The Current Corruption
Taking just one example of the jaw-dropping subterfuge, one batch of ballots in Michigan overnight counted 138,399 votes for Joe Biden. And ZERO for Donald Trump. (Or anyone else.) This is a flat out impossibility. There is some indication that the astonishing number may be the result of a typo. (153,710 when it should have been 15,371.) How many other “typos” are out there?
Also astonishingly, in Wisconsin another vote dump suddenly added 100K to Biden’s total … or almost precisely Trump’s margin at the time. And Wisconsin now has just about as many votes totaled as they do registered voters. When have you heard of a 90% turnout in an American election? Never. (By comparison, the highest nationwide percentage of registered voters taking part in a presidential election is 62.8% in 1960.)
It is also unprecedented for a group of states — swing states all, Democratic-run states all — to suddenly cease their vote tabulations. They all did so at roughly the same time. At a time when Trump had commanding leads.
And how about voters in GOP-heavy precincts in Arizona being forced to use sharpies by poll workers, which invalidates the ballots?
https://twitter.com/m1dn7ghtrider/status/1323878419277533184
Why would we be surprised? Joe Biden bragged about his “voter fraud” operation two weeks ago:
This weekend he told voters “I don’t need you to get me elected.” Apparently not.
May God be with the lawyers and president fighting to stop this. Still, I’m not talking about what is happening right now.
I am talking about the fact that Joe Biden was neck deep in the seditious effort to undermine and sabotage then President-Elect Donald Trump.
Biden Was a Key Player in the Russia Hoax
I first wrote about this in April of 2019, in an article called “Joe Biden and the Framing of President Trump: He Was In the Room.” That was well over a year ago; we’ve learned so much more since.
Joe Biden was in the January 5, 2017 Oval Office meeting where Barack Obama and his co-conspirators strategized how to continue using the bogus “Trump Russia Collusion” investigation to undermine Trump. Everyone in the room knew the allegation was fake. Everybody in the room knew Hillary Clinton had been behind the Steele dossier. They even had some idea that Russians had been feeding false information Steele’s way, knowing what Hillary was up to. No matter. Obama and Biden were going to go forward.
One aspect? Comey would meet with Trump the following day, and tell him only about the salacious details of this dossier. Not that Hillary was behind it, or that no evidence had been found in six months to tie him or anyone on his staff to any Russian Collusion operation. Comey would lie when asked if Trump was under investigation. He had his meeting. It was leaked to CNN by the time Comey reached the lobby of Trump Tower. And CNN would run with the Trump Russia Collusion story, which would then cripple the administration for three years.
Also, a day prior to that meeting, FBI agents had cleared incoming National Security Advisor Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn of any wrongdoing, including colluding with Russia. They tried to close the case. But then FBI Director James Comey (on whose orders?) insisted the case be left open. And according to notes of the White House meeting, Joe Biden himself suggested that the DOJ go after Michael Flynn on a Logan Act violation. This law has never, in the entire history of the United States, been successfully prosecuted against anybody. And it didn’t even apply to the Flynn situation, since it was perfectly appropriate for Flynn to be talking to his Russian counterpart. Rather than saying, “Great! Flynn is clean,” they went after him. A perjury trap was set up against Flynn.
Please understand, those of you hoping Joe Biden pulls out a win: He took active part in the framing of a military hero.
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Joe Biden also unmasked Lt. Gen. Flynn several times in the final weeks before Trump took office. Why was Joe Biden doing that? He’s never been asked. Why did Biden want to persecute a military hero when FBI agents had already declared him clean as the driven snow? He never has been forced to answer. Why didn’t Biden yell and scream when it became public that the Steele Dossier was not only fraudulent, but had been paid for by Hillary Clinton?
The why is obvious:
Joe Biden was a co-conspirator in the effort to sabotage the duly elected President of the United States. Therefore, if he is allowed to be elected and take office, it means the seditious operation to overthrow Donald Trump was successful.
The Great Crime
One of the great horrors of this election season is that nobody has been imprisoned for this black op against Trump. Neither Biden, nor Obama, or their accomplices have been held to account. It is unfathomable that John Durham, who has been investigating this for two years, would hold off revealing what he’d found, given that the 2nd highest person involved in the scandal was running against the victim of crime.
In this representative democracy, we deserve to know.
But when you’re Joe Biden and his allies, whether it’s a position on court packing or the details of how he helped depose a president, voters apparently do not deserve to know.
If this election trickery succeeds, Joe Biden will not last in office. He is too senile, too corrupt, and too weak to last. But the damage he and his co-conspirators have done to this country, to the rule of law, and to democracy may well be permanent.
Al Perrotta is the Managing Editor of The Stream and co-author, with @JZmirak, of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Immigration. You can follow him at @StreamingAl. And if you aren’t already, please follow The Stream at @Streamdotorg.


thestream--2020-11-04--No Winner Yet: Fight for White House Could Drag on for Days or Weeks

For the first time in years , Americans will wake up Wednesday morning after the presidential election uncertain of who their president will be on Jan. 20 .
President Donald Trump , a Republican , overperformed expectations in winning Florida .
His Democratic opponent , former Vice President Joe Biden , flipped longtime Republican stronghold Arizona .
But the key battleground states of Georgia , Michigan , North Carolina , Pennsylvania , and Wisconsin still had not been called by 6 a.m. Wednesday .
Neither the Republican ticket of Trump and Vice President Mike Pence nor the Democratic ticket of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , a senator from California , had reached the necessary 270 electoral votes .
The results in Pennsylvania may not be known for days or longer .
That ’ s at least in part due to the prevalence of mail-in and absentee voting this year in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic .
Before 1 a.m. , Biden addressed horn-honking supporters in a parking lot in Wilmington , Delaware , speaking for just over three minutes .
“ I ’ m here to tell you tonight we believe we are on a track @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said .
“ We knew because of the unprecedented early voting — the mail-in vote — [ and ] it ’ s going to take a while .
We ’ re going to have to be patient until the hard work of tallying votes is finished .
It ain ’ t over until every vote is counted , every ballot is counted.
” At about the same time , Trump tweeted a warning of an attempt to steal the election .
Trump spoke to supporters in the East Room of the White House @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at 2:21 a.m. Wednesday .
“ I want to thank the American people for their tremendous support .
Millions and millions of people voted for us tonight , and a very sad group of people is trying to disenfranchise that group of people , and we won ’ t stand for it , ” Trump told his extended family and supporters .
Trump referred to his leads in Georgia , Michigan , North Carolina , Pennsylvania , and Wisconsin , and added , “ They can ’ t catch us.
” “ We @ @ @ @ @ @ @ take a look at all of these states that we ’ ve won tonight .
Then you take a look at the kind of margins we ’ ve won them by , ” Trump said .
The president predicted that Democrats now will go to court , saying : This is a fraud on the American public .
This is an embarrassment to our country .
We were getting ready to win this election .
Frankly , we did win this election .
… We ’ ll be going to the U.S. Supreme @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stop .
We don ’ t want them to find ballots at 4 a.m. in the morning and add them to the list .
In 2000 , the election dispute between Republican George W. Bush and Democrat Al Gore over Florida ’ s 25 Electoral College votes was litigated all the way to the Supreme Court .
Litigation could be more complicated this time , with multiple states at stake and more electoral votes in question .
If mail-in voting delays the outcome , some of those issues should have been predictable , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Heritage ’ s Election Law Reform Project .
“ In a New York primary [ in June ] , there was a large number — an unacceptably large number , in my view — of absentee ballots that were rejected , ” von Spakovsky told The Daily Signal .
“ In key states , if the number of rejected ballots is larger than the margin of victory , you will see litigation over every one of those ballots.
” In that New York congressional primary , about 84,000 absentee ballots were rejected for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Carolyn Maloney , D-N.Y. , declare victory after about six weeks in her primary contest in New York ’ s 12th Congressional District against progressive insurgent challenger Suraj Patel .
Different states have different standards for accepting or disqualifying absentee ballots , and as such , the high court will likely have to hear the cases for most states individually , von Spakovsky said .
That ’ s unlike the postelection dispute in 2000 that saw just one state , Florida , in dispute .
Bush eventually won the state by just 537 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the states in question could certify competing electoral returns , as happened in the 1876 election , in which the states of Louisiana , South Carolina , Florida , and one electoral vote in Oregon were in dispute .
Congress appointed a bipartisan commission of eight Republicans and seven Democrats made up of members of the House , Senate , and the Supreme Court .
After the commission issued predictable 8-7 votes awarding the disputed votes to Republican Rutherford B. Hayes over Democrat Samuel Tilden , the Democrat-controlled House and Republican-controlled Senate fought @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reaching a deal that involved ending Reconstruction in the South .
In the elections of 1800 and 1824 , no candidate had a majority of electoral votes , which threw the election to the House of Representatives to decide .
Fred Lucas is the White House correspondent for The Daily Signal and co-host of “ The Right Side of History ” podcast .
Lucas is also the author of Tainted by Suspicion : The Secret Deals and Electoral Chaos of Disputed Presidential Elections .
Send an email to Fred .

For the first time in years, Americans will wake up Wednesday morning after the presidential election uncertain of who their president will be on Jan. 20.
President Donald Trump, a Republican, overperformed expectations in winning Florida. His Democratic opponent, former Vice President Joe Biden, flipped longtime Republican stronghold Arizona.
But the key battleground states of Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin still had not been called by 6 a.m. Wednesday.
Neither the Republican ticket of Trump and Vice President Mike Pence nor the Democratic ticket of Biden and vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris, a senator from California, had reached the necessary 270 electoral votes.
The results in Pennsylvania may not be known for days or longer. That’s at least in part due to the prevalence of mail-in and absentee voting this year in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Before 1 a.m., Biden addressed horn-honking supporters in a parking lot in Wilmington, Delaware, speaking for just over three minutes.
“I’m here to tell you tonight we believe we are on a track to win this election,” Biden said. “We knew because of the unprecedented early voting — the mail-in vote — [and] it’s going to take a while. We’re going to have to be patient until the hard work of tallying votes is finished. It ain’t over until every vote is counted, every ballot is counted.”
At about the same time, Trump tweeted a warning of an attempt to steal the election.
We are up BIG, but they are trying to STEAL the Election. We will never let them do it. Votes cannot be cast after the Polls are closed! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 4, 2020
Trump spoke to supporters in the East Room of the White House for more than 10 minutes, starting at 2:21 a.m. Wednesday.
“I want to thank the American people for their tremendous support. Millions and millions of people voted for us tonight, and a very sad group of people is trying to disenfranchise that group of people, and we won’t stand for it,” Trump told his extended family and supporters.
Trump referred to his leads in Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, and added, “They can’t catch us.”
“We had such a big night. Just take a look at all of these states that we’ve won tonight. Then you take a look at the kind of margins we’ve won them by,” Trump said.
The president predicted that Democrats now will go to court, saying:
This is a fraud on the American public. This is an embarrassment to our country. We were getting ready to win this election. Frankly, we did win this election. … We’ll be going to the U.S. Supreme Court. We want all voting to stop. We don’t want them to find ballots at 4 a.m. in the morning and add them to the list.
In 2000, the election dispute between Republican George W. Bush and Democrat Al Gore over Florida’s 25 Electoral College votes was litigated all the way to the Supreme Court.
Litigation could be more complicated this time, with multiple states at stake and more electoral votes in question.
If mail-in voting delays the outcome, some of those issues should have been predictable, said Hans von Spakovsky, manager of Heritage’s Election Law Reform Project.
“In a New York primary [in June], there was a large number — an unacceptably large number, in my view — of absentee ballots that were rejected,” von Spakovsky told The Daily Signal. “In key states, if the number of rejected ballots is larger than the margin of victory, you will see litigation over every one of those ballots.”
In that New York congressional primary, about 84,000 absentee ballots were rejected for various reasons. The contest saw Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., declare victory after about six weeks in her primary contest in New York’s 12th Congressional District against progressive insurgent challenger Suraj Patel.
Different states have different standards for accepting or disqualifying absentee ballots, and as such, the high court will likely have to hear the cases for most states individually, von Spakovsky said. That’s unlike the postelection dispute in 2000 that saw just one state, Florida, in dispute. Bush eventually won the state by just 537 votes.
Another potential scenario would be the states in question could certify competing electoral returns, as happened in the 1876 election, in which the states of Louisiana, South Carolina, Florida, and one electoral vote in Oregon were in dispute. Congress appointed a bipartisan commission of eight Republicans and seven Democrats made up of members of the House, Senate, and the Supreme Court.
After the commission issued predictable 8-7 votes awarding the disputed votes to Republican Rutherford B. Hayes over Democrat Samuel Tilden, the Democrat-controlled House and Republican-controlled Senate fought over whether to accept the recommendations before reaching a deal that involved ending Reconstruction in the South.
In the elections of 1800 and 1824, no candidate had a majority of electoral votes, which threw the election to the House of Representatives to decide.
Fred Lucas is the White House correspondent for The Daily Signal and co-host of “The Right Side of History” podcast. Lucas is also the author of Tainted by Suspicion: The Secret Deals and Electoral Chaos of Disputed Presidential Elections. Send an email to Fred.
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thestream--2020-11-04--Louisiana Passes Amendment Saying There Is No Constitutional Right to Abortion

Louisiana voters passed an amendment to the state constitution Tuesday evening establishing that there is no constitutional right to an abortion .
The New York Times reported that 62 % of Louisiana voters supported Amendment 1 , “ Love Life Amendment , ” an amendment stating that nothing in the Louisiana state constitution protects the right to abortion or abortion funding .
Louisiana also has a trigger law automatically banning all abortions if Roe v. Wade is overturned , according to NBC News .
“ We are protecting our state ’ s taxpayer dollars and reaffirming Louisiana ’ s pro-life @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people should have a say in this , ” said the sponsor of the measure , Democratic state Sen. Katrina Jackson , NBC News reported .
“ We ’ ve been working hard to get the word out about what this amendment does and what it doesn ’ t do , ” added Louisiana Right to Life Associate Director Angie Thomas .
“ This amendment will make sure that Louisiana ’ s current pro-life laws are protected and can ’ t be undermined by a couple of judges.
” Abortion advocates argued that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the amendment unfairly impacts access to abortion .
“ We have several cases heading towards the Supreme Court , and any one of them could be a case that undermines abortion rights or overturns abortion protections , ” associate director of state issues at the Guttmacher Institute Elizabeth Nash told NBC News .
Michelle Erenberg , executive director of the abortion-rights group Lift Louisiana , said the amendment is part of a long strategy to strip the right to an abortion .
“ This is a critical moment for an amendment like this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ added Michelle Erenberg , executive director of the abortion-rights group Lift Louisiana .
“ If we do see Roe v. Wade overturned , it would be used to bolster and solidify the Legislature ’ s efforts to outright ban abortion in the state.
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Louisiana voters passed an amendment to the state constitution Tuesday evening establishing that there is no constitutional right to an abortion.
The New York Times reported that 62% of Louisiana voters supported Amendment 1, “Love Life Amendment,” an amendment stating that nothing in the Louisiana state constitution protects the right to abortion or abortion funding. Louisiana also has a trigger law automatically banning all abortions if Roe v. Wade is overturned, according to NBC News.
“We are protecting our state’s taxpayer dollars and reaffirming Louisiana’s pro-life stance. We also believe that our people should have a say in this,” said the sponsor of the measure, Democratic state Sen. Katrina Jackson, NBC News reported.
“We’ve been working hard to get the word out about what this amendment does and what it doesn’t do,” added Louisiana Right to Life Associate Director Angie Thomas. “This amendment will make sure that Louisiana’s current pro-life laws are protected and can’t be undermined by a couple of judges.”
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Abortion advocates argued that if Roe v. Wade is overturned, the amendment unfairly impacts access to abortion.
“We have several cases heading towards the Supreme Court, and any one of them could be a case that undermines abortion rights or overturns abortion protections,” associate director of state issues at the Guttmacher Institute Elizabeth Nash told NBC News.
Michelle Erenberg, executive director of the abortion-rights group Lift Louisiana, said the amendment is part of a long strategy to strip the right to an abortion.
“This is a critical moment for an amendment like this to be on the ballot,” added Michelle Erenberg, executive director of the abortion-rights group Lift Louisiana. “If we do see Roe v. Wade overturned, it would be used to bolster and solidify the Legislature’s efforts to outright ban abortion in the state.”
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thestream--2020-11-04--#Election2020: GOP Women and Candidates of Color Have Big Night

Although the Presidential race is the big kahuna , with more drama than a century of Lifetime movies , it wasn ’ t the only election that took place yesterday .
Amid the craziness of three Democratic-run swing states that were going Trump ’ s way suddenly stopping the vote count , some good news kind of slipped on by .
It looks like Democratic dreams of taking over the Senate have been dashed .
Although it appears astronaut Mark Kelly has knocked off Sen. Martha McSally ( R-Ariz. ) , the GOP has flipped Jeff Sessions ’ old seat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , John James appears to have won in Michigan over incumbent Gary Peters , becoming the second black Republican in the Senate .
Also , Susan Collins , Thom Tillis and Lindsay Graham are on paths to re-election , despite very challenging races .
Democrats spent over $ 100 million trying to oust Graham .
And Collins has been on Democrats ’ target list for years , especially after she cast a crucial vote for then-Judge Brett Kavanaugh .
This interactive map from the NY Times gives the details .
A final count @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Pelosi won ’ t be getting an expanded majority she was expecting .
The GOP actually flipped a number of interesting seats in the House , including Michelle Fischbach ousting 15-term Democrat Rep. Collin Peterson of Minnesota .
The GOP also picked up two seats in Miami-Dade County .
Former Clinton cabinet member Donna Shalala got beaten by broadcast journalist Maria Elvira Salazar .
Democratic Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell was bumped off by Carlos Gimenez .
Both Salazar and Gimenez are Cuban America .
Said Gimenez : “ Today was a rejection of extremism @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Today was a rejection of socialism and the evils of socialism and communism , ” Gimenez said at a victory party Tuesday night .
“ This country needs to start to work together because we have threats from outside and inside and for us to keep fighting , it makes no sense whatsoever.
” Those two wins help highlight one of the big stories of the night : Latinos and Blacks getting elected as — and helping elect — Republicans .
Meanwhile , move over Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez .
You are no longer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Cawthorn , the 25-year-old who blew away the GOP convention when he rose out of his wheelchair in support of President Trump , defeated Democratic incumbent Moe Davis .
“ The days of AOC and the far left misleading the next generation of Americans are numbered , ” Cawthorn said in a prepared victory statement .
“ Tonight , the voters of Western North Carolina chose to stand for freedom and a new generation of leadership in Washington.
” Also winning , and guaranteed to draw fire in Washington , was Marjorie Taylor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s a follower of QAnon , she will be derided and attacked the minute she sets foot inside the Beltway .
But Marjorie Taylor Green is now a Representative-elect of the United States Congress .
Democrats entered the day holding a 232-to-197 majority over Republicans ( with five vacancies ) .
Since many races are left to be decided , and projections have been pretty worthless , we ’ ll have to see how that final split shakes out .
But no doubt tonight was a banner night for Republican women and candidates @ @ @ @ @ @ @ President Trump is this morning at the presidential election tallies , and regardless of what happens , Donald Trump can be very proud he has ushered in a new , younger , stronger , more ethnically diverse … and frankly , more fun … Republican Party .
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Although the Presidential race is the big kahuna, with more drama than a century of Lifetime movies, it wasn’t the only election that took place yesterday.
Amid the craziness of three Democratic-run swing states that were going Trump’s way suddenly stopping the vote count, some good news kind of slipped on by.
The Senate
It looks like Democratic dreams of taking over the Senate have been dashed. Although it appears astronaut Mark Kelly has knocked off Sen. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.), the GOP has flipped Jeff Sessions’ old seat back Red.
And in huge news, John James appears to have won in Michigan over incumbent Gary Peters, becoming the second black Republican in the Senate.
Also, Susan Collins, Thom Tillis and Lindsay Graham are on paths to re-election, despite very challenging races. Democrats spent over $100 million trying to oust Graham. And Collins has been on Democrats’ target list for years, especially after she cast a crucial vote for then-Judge Brett Kavanaugh.
This interactive map from the NY Times gives the details.
The House of Representatives
A final count is far from over, but Nancy Pelosi won’t be getting an expanded majority she was expecting. The GOP actually flipped a number of interesting seats in the House, including Michelle Fischbach ousting 15-term Democrat Rep. Collin Peterson of Minnesota.
The GOP also picked up two seats in Miami-Dade County. Former Clinton cabinet member Donna Shalala got beaten by broadcast journalist Maria Elvira Salazar. Democratic Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell was bumped off by Carlos Gimenez. Both Salazar and Gimenez are Cuban America.
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Said Gimenez: “Today was a rejection of extremism. Today was a rejection of partisanship. Today was a rejection of socialism and the evils of socialism and communism,” Gimenez said at a victory party Tuesday night. “This country needs to start to work together because we have threats from outside and inside and for us to keep fighting, it makes no sense whatsoever.”
Those two wins help highlight one of the big stories of the night: Latinos and Blacks getting elected as — and helping elect — Republicans.
Meanwhile, move over Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. You are no longer the youngest person in Congress. Madison Cawthorn, the 25-year-old who blew away the GOP convention when he rose out of his wheelchair in support of President Trump, defeated Democratic incumbent Moe Davis.
“The days of AOC and the far left misleading the next generation of Americans are numbered,” Cawthorn said in a prepared victory statement. “Tonight, the voters of Western North Carolina chose to stand for freedom and a new generation of leadership in Washington.”
Also winning, and guaranteed to draw fire in Washington, was Marjorie Taylor Green in Georgia. Because she’s a follower of QAnon, she will be derided and attacked the minute she sets foot inside the Beltway. But Marjorie Taylor Green is now a Representative-elect of the United States Congress.
Democrats entered the day holding a 232-to-197 majority over Republicans (with five vacancies). Since many races are left to be decided, and projections have been pretty worthless, we’ll have to see how that final split shakes out.
But no doubt tonight was a banner night for Republican women and candidates of color.
As rightfully frustrated as President Trump is this morning at the presidential election tallies, and regardless of what happens, Donald Trump can be very proud he has ushered in a new, younger, stronger, more ethnically diverse … and frankly, more fun … Republican Party.
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thestream--2020-11-06--I Believe Joe Biden Has Legitimately Won This Election

Here is some of what you need to believe to believe this election has been legitimate : I believe Joe Biden is winning this election fair and square .
I believe that the man I have been calling a racist and misogynist for four years suddenly lost support among white men and white men only .
I believe that Donald Trump can double his support among blacks , dramatically increase his support among Latinos , and lose .
I believe Joe Biden earned seven million votes more than Barack Obama did in his massive 2008 landslide , despite not campaigning @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he did campaign .
I believe it is perfectly logical that swing states with GOP governors could get their votes counted election night , but there ’ s nothing suspicious about states run by Democrats being incapable of finishing their counts even days after the election .
I believe there is nothing suspicious at all about several of these Democratic states suddenly shutting down their counting for the night before midnight .
Even though that has never happened before .
I believe there is nothing suspicious at all about races being called quickly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump .
I believe there is nothing suspicious at all about Fox News ’ decision desk chief ( a Democratic supporter ) declaring Arizona — a 2016 Trump state where his supporters have just held a 100 mile long car rally — for Biden before the votes had barely begun being counted .
I believe it is possible for there to be a 130K dump of votes at 4 a.m. for Joe Biden in Michigan without a single vote going to Donald Trump or anybody else .
I believe it is possible that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up at 4 a.m in Wisconsin .
I believe that it is completely legit that the longer vote counts go , the more ballots seem to show up marked for Joe Biden .
I believe ballots marked for Joe Biden and not a single other candidate in any other race are totally legit .
I believe it is okay for the dead to vote .
I believe it is not suspicious at all that a Pennsylvania voting official ordered workers to backdate new mail-ins to Election Day .
Or that all Democrats voted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ illegal .
I believe the Democratic voting officials in Detroit had a perfectly good explanation for boarding up their windows .
I believe there is a perfectly good explanation for folks seen rolling in wagons and coolers into a Detroit counting facility in the dead dark of night .
( Three vehicles loaded with at least 130,000 ballots , according to one observer . )
Maybe they were just bringing in cookies and milk .
I believe there is a perfectly good explanation for why Democratic officials are hellbent on stopping Trump supporters @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
I believe it is perfectly fine for Philadelphia officials to ignore a court order to allow Trump observers .
I believe there is nothing at all wrong with these officials blocking the doors and pushing observers out .
I believe this registered Democrat and poll watcher is a lying liar .
I believe it is not suspicious that Twitter doesn ’ t want you to listen to this guy .
I believe the family of five in Nevada who say they all voted for Trump but are now being told they are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vote are lying liars .
I believe James O ’ Keefe made up all his videos , including the new one showing a USPS carrier pledging to commit voter fraud to remove Trump .
I believe it is horrible to even think that certain members of the USPS union that pledged its support to Biden would do anything to help him .
I believe it makes sense that 56 % of Americans can say they are better off now than they were four years ago — in the middle of the COVID shutdown @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the # 2 guy in the previous administration .
I believe it is logical for there to be over 100,000 more votes for Biden for president than there are votes for Democratic congressional candidates in Wisconsin .
In other words… I believe 100,000 people would vote straight Republican , but vote for Biden over Trump .
I believe that almost 100,000 more people in Virginia ’ s District 1 voted for Joe Biden , but didn ’ t vote for the Democratic congressional candidate .
I believe Joe Biden could win the presidency @ @ @ @ @ @ @ members with him ; that there could be a small red wave in House races but Trump is losing .
I believe there is nothing sinister about voting officials in Arizona forcing voters in GOP districts to use sharpie pens , which can and did invalidate their ballots .
I believe it is completely on the up-and-up that the same people who fought against cleaning up voter registration rolls used those voter registration rolls to send out ballots .
I believe there is nothing suspicious about there being more ballots cast than there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
That even if you add in late registrations , the voter turnout would be far above historic highs .
When voter enthusiasm for Biden is non-existent .
I believe Biden benefited from late voter registrations , even though more new Republicans registered .
I believe Facebook is perfectly justified shutting down a # StopTheSteal page started by concerned women .
I believe Twitter is right to suspend John Doyle for promoting protests in favor of fair vote counts .
I believe the same media that told me the Trump Russia Collusion was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ media that trumpeted the impeachment of Trump for his call to Ukraine , then censored stories proving Trump ’ s concern about the Biden family corruption was legit .
I believe America would , indeed , elect a man whose two previous efforts failed in disgrace , and only got his nomination in this election because the DNC arranged it .
I believe a man who refused to campaign , and thinks I don ’ t deserve to know his positions , has earned the presidency .
I believe America would give the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a man who has fallen into such a mental state that he forgets what office he ’ s running for , who he is running against , and what state he ’ s in .
However , I do not believe Joe Biden himself when he said , “ We have put together I think the most extensive and inclusive voter fraud organization in the history of politics.
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Here is some of what you need to believe to believe this election has been legitimate:
I believe Joe Biden is winning this election fair and square.
I believe that the man I have been calling a racist and misogynist for four years suddenly lost support among white men and white men only.
I believe that Donald Trump can double his support among blacks, dramatically increase his support among Latinos, and lose.
I believe Joe Biden earned seven million votes more than Barack Obama did in his massive 2008 landslide, despite not campaigning and making a mess of things when he did campaign.
I believe it is perfectly logical that swing states with GOP governors could get their votes counted election night, but there’s nothing suspicious about states run by Democrats being incapable of finishing their counts even days after the election.
For more on this, see Al Perrotta’s Suppose You Wanted to Steal an Election. How Would You Do It?
I believe there is nothing suspicious at all about several of these Democratic states suddenly shutting down their counting for the night before midnight. Even though that has never happened before.
I believe there is nothing suspicious at all about races being called quickly for Biden, but not called for Trump.
I believe there is nothing suspicious at all about Fox News’ decision desk chief (a Democratic supporter) declaring Arizona — a 2016 Trump state where his supporters have just held a 100 mile long car rally — for Biden before the votes had barely begun being counted.
I believe it is possible for there to be a 130K dump of votes at 4 a.m. for Joe Biden in Michigan without a single vote going to Donald Trump or anybody else.
I believe it is possible that 100,000 votes for Joe Biden could pop up at 4 a.m in Wisconsin.
I believe that it is completely legit that the longer vote counts go, the more ballots seem to show up marked for Joe Biden.
I believe ballots marked for Joe Biden and not a single other candidate in any other race are totally legit.
I believe it is okay for the dead to vote.
2/3 I have personally spoken with people who work at funeral homes in Pennsylvania because they reached out to me. A quick search revealed that 13 individuals they've buried in last few months…7 were sent mail in ballots on 9/28. — Adam Housley (@adamhousley) November 5, 2020
I believe it is not suspicious at all that a Pennsylvania voting official ordered workers to backdate new mail-ins to Election Day. Or that all Democrats voted against legislation that would have made that illegal.
I believe the Democratic voting officials in Detroit had a perfectly good explanation for boarding up their windows.
I believe there is a perfectly good explanation for folks seen rolling in wagons and coolers into a Detroit counting facility in the dead dark of night. (Three vehicles loaded with at least 130,000 ballots, according to one observer.) Maybe they were just bringing in cookies and milk.
I believe there is a perfectly good explanation for why Democratic officials are hellbent on stopping Trump supporters from overseeing vote counts and examining ballots.
I believe it is perfectly fine for Philadelphia officials to ignore a court order to allow Trump observers.
I believe there is nothing at all wrong with these officials blocking the doors and pushing observers out.
I believe this registered Democrat and poll watcher is a lying liar.
I believe it is not suspicious that Twitter doesn’t want you to listen to this guy.
I believe the family of five in Nevada who say they all voted for Trump but are now being told they are not registered voters and didn’t vote are lying liars.
I believe James O’Keefe made up all his videos, including the new one showing a USPS carrier pledging to commit voter fraud to remove Trump.
I believe it is horrible to even think that certain members of the USPS union that pledged its support to Biden would do anything to help him.
I believe it makes sense that 56% of Americans can say they are better off now than they were four years ago — in the middle of the COVID shutdown — but want to replace Trump with the #2 guy in the previous administration.
I believe it is logical for there to be over 100,000 more votes for Biden for president than there are votes for Democratic congressional candidates in Wisconsin. In other words…
I believe 100,000 people would vote straight Republican, but vote for Biden over Trump.
I believe that almost 100,000 more people in Virginia’s District 1 voted for Joe Biden, but didn’t vote for the Democratic congressional candidate.
I believe Joe Biden could win the presidency, but not bring more Democratic House members with him; that there could be a small red wave in House races but Trump is losing.
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I believe there is nothing sinister about voting officials in Arizona forcing voters in GOP districts to use sharpie pens, which can and did invalidate their ballots.
I believe it is completely on the up-and-up that the same people who fought against cleaning up voter registration rolls used those voter registration rolls to send out ballots.
I believe there is nothing suspicious about there being more ballots cast than there are registered voters in many swing states. That even if you add in late registrations, the voter turnout would be far above historic highs. When voter enthusiasm for Biden is non-existent.
I believe Biden benefited from late voter registrations, even though more new Republicans registered.
I believe Facebook is perfectly justified shutting down a #StopTheSteal page started by concerned women.
I believe Twitter is right to suspend John Doyle for promoting protests in favor of fair vote counts.
I believe the same media that told me that Trump-Russia Collusion was a fact.
I believe the same media that trumpeted the impeachment of Trump for his call to Ukraine, then censored stories proving Trump’s concern about the Biden family corruption was legit.
I believe America would, indeed, elect a man whose two previous efforts failed in disgrace, and only got his nomination in this election because the DNC arranged it.
I believe a man who refused to campaign, and thinks I don’t deserve to know his positions, has earned the presidency.
I believe America would give the most powerful job on the planet to a man who has fallen into such a mental state that he forgets what office he’s running for, who he is running against, and what state he’s in.
However, I do not believe Joe Biden himself when he said, “We have put together I think the most extensive and inclusive voter fraud organization in the history of politics.”
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thestream--2020-11-06--Prayer Request: Evangelist Lou Engle Asks for Prayer That God Would Expose Election Fraud

“ I believe in the God of sudden reversals , ” said evangelist and church planter Lou Engle .
He ’ s asking for prayer that everything that is hidden surrounding the election would be revealed .
“ If you ’ ve been looking at the news , you may have just recently seen , that in both Wisconsin and in Michigan , we see the same thing happening : 140,000 mail-in votes , all for Biden , none for President Trump .
You ’ ve got to ask the question , ‘ What are the odds that that could @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the co-founder of TheCall , a prayer and fasting movement , said he has hope .
“ My heart is deeply encouraged this morning .
First of all , that God rules over the affairs of men and we can deeply trust Him.
” At the same time , He calls us to pray and to act in times of crisis .
“ Would you pray with us in these days … would you decree an exposure of everything that is hidden ?
We want a righteous election — an election that is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I believe that God is rising now .
This exposure could actually bring forth a sudden shift of events , even in America .
So , today , we say for Zion ’ s sake , ‘ Expose , expose voter fraud .
Expose , in Jesus ’ name . '
” He added , “ I have great hope and I have great trust in the God that rules history.
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“I believe in the God of sudden reversals,” said evangelist and church planter Lou Engle. He’s asking for prayer that everything that is hidden surrounding the election would be revealed.
“If you’ve been looking at the news, you may have just recently seen, that in both Wisconsin and in Michigan, we see the same thing happening: 140,000 mail-in votes, all for Biden, none for President Trump. You’ve got to ask the question, ‘What are the odds that that could actually happen?'”
Engle, the co-founder of TheCall, a prayer and fasting movement, said he has hope. “My heart is deeply encouraged this morning. First of all, that God rules over the affairs of men and we can deeply trust Him.” At the same time, He calls us to pray and to act in times of crisis.
“Would you pray with us in these days … would you decree an exposure of everything that is hidden? We want a righteous election — an election that is true and right before God. And I believe that God is rising now. This exposure could actually bring forth a sudden shift of events, even in America. So, today, we say for Zion’s sake, ‘Expose, expose voter fraud. Expose, in Jesus’ name.'”
He added, “I have great hope and I have great trust in the God that rules history.”
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thestream--2020-11-05--‘Pray With the Certainty of Our Lord’s Promise’: A New Message From Archbishop Viganò on the Uncerta

‘Pray With the Certainty of Our Lord’s Promise’: A New Message From Archbishop Viganò on the Uncertain Election Results

Last week , we published an open letter from Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò to President Trump .
It was a warning about the Great Reset , a global conspiracy to usher in a New World Order , a movement of global elites to abolish private property rights using the coronavirus pandemic as a pretext .
Yesterday , in the midst of the election confusion and apparent voter fraud , he released a powerful new letter urging all Americans to pray : As devout Christians and faithful citizens of the United States of America , you have intense and heartfelt concern @ @ @ @ @ @ @ while the final results of the Presidential election are still uncertain .
News of electoral fraud is multiplying , despite the shameful attempts of the mainstream media to censor the truth of the facts in order to give their candidate the advantage .
There are states in which the number of votes is greater than the number of voters ; others in which the mail-in vote seems to be exclusively in favor of Joe Biden ; others in which the counting of ballots has been suspended for no reason or where sensational tampering @ @ @ @ @ @ @ against President Donald J. Trump , always and only in favor of Biden .
Archbishop Viganò ’ s time as an ambassador from the Vatican showed him the power and influence of the Deep State .
He applauds President Trump ’ s strenuous work against the political establishment and the deceptive media .
In truth , for months now we have been witnessing a continuous trickle of staggered news , of manipulated or censored information , of crimes that have been silenced or covered up in the face of striking evidence and irrefutable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ state organize itself , well in advance , to carry out the most colossal electoral fraud in history , in order to ensure the defeat of the man who has strenuously opposed the establishment of the New World Order that is wanted by the children of darkness .
In this battle , you have not failed , as is your sacred duty , to make your own contribution by taking the side of the Good .
Others , enslaved by vices or blinded by infernal hatred against Our Lord , have taken the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the children of darkness act with honesty , and do not be scandalized if they operate with deception .
Do you perhaps believe that Satan ’ s followers are honest , sincere , and loyal ?
The Lord has warned us against the Devil : “ He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in truth , because there is no truth in him .
When he tells a lie , he speaks in character , because he is a liar and the father of lies ” ( Jn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ while the gates of Hell seem to prevail , allow me to address myself to you with an appeal , which I trust that you will respond to promptly and with generosity .
With Certainty of Being Heard and Answered The good Archbishop then turns his appeal that we should all pray “ with a sincere soul , ” knowing that we will be heard .
He prays not just for victory , but “ to inflict a humiliating defeat on the forces of Evil.
” Have your children pray , using the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : those confident prayers will rise to God and will not remain unheard .
Have the elderly and sick pray , so that they may offer their sufferings in union with the sufferings that Our Lord suffered on the Cross when he shed His Precious Blood for Our Redemption .
Have young ladies and women pray , so that they turn to her who is the model of purity and motherhood .
And you , men , must also pray : your courage , your honor and your boldness will be refreshed and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be discouraged by the deceptions of the Enemy , even more so in this terrible hour in which the impudence of lying and fraud dares to challenge Heaven .
Our adversaries ’ hours are numbered if you will pray , if we will all pray with Faith and with the true ardor of Charity .
May the Lord grant that one single devout and faithful voice rise from your homes , your churches , and your streets !
This voice will not remain unheard , because it will be the voice of a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ moment when the storm rages most fiercely , “ Save us , Lord , we are perishing !
” ( Mt 8:25 ) .
This is a “ precious occasion , ” he says for all of us to be united to our Lord in prayer , to participate in the victory of the spiritual battle .
And we have confidence : Pray with the certainty of Our Lord ’ s promise : “ Ask and it shall be given unto you , seek and you shall find , knock and the door @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Lk 11:9 ) .
The King of Kings , from whom you ask the salvation of your Nation , will reward your Faith .
Your testimony , remember this , will touch the heart of Our Lord , multiplying the heavenly Graces which are , more than ever , indispensable in order to achieve victory .
May my appeal , which I address to you and to all people who recognize the Lordship of God , find you to be generous apostles and courageous witnesses of the spiritual rebirth of your beloved country @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The gates of hell will not prevail !
Click here to read the full letter .

Last week, we published an open letter from Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò to President Trump. It was a warning about the Great Reset, a global conspiracy to usher in a New World Order, a movement of global elites to abolish private property rights using the coronavirus pandemic as a pretext.
Yesterday, in the midst of the election confusion and apparent voter fraud, he released a powerful new letter urging all Americans to pray:
As devout Christians and faithful citizens of the United States of America, you have intense and heartfelt concern for the fate of your beloved country while the final results of the Presidential election are still uncertain. News of electoral fraud is multiplying, despite the shameful attempts of the mainstream media to censor the truth of the facts in order to give their candidate the advantage. There are states in which the number of votes is greater than the number of voters; others in which the mail-in vote seems to be exclusively in favor of Joe Biden; others in which the counting of ballots has been suspended for no reason or where sensational tampering has been discovered: always and only against President Donald J. Trump, always and only in favor of Biden.
Children of Darkness
Archbishop Viganò’s time as an ambassador from the Vatican showed him the power and influence of the Deep State. He applauds President Trump’s strenuous work against the political establishment and the deceptive media.
In truth, for months now we have been witnessing a continuous trickle of staggered news, of manipulated or censored information, of crimes that have been silenced or covered up in the face of striking evidence and irrefutable testimony. We have seen the deep state organize itself, well in advance, to carry out the most colossal electoral fraud in history, in order to ensure the defeat of the man who has strenuously opposed the establishment of the New World Order that is wanted by the children of darkness. In this battle, you have not failed, as is your sacred duty, to make your own contribution by taking the side of the Good. Others, enslaved by vices or blinded by infernal hatred against Our Lord, have taken the side of Evil. Do not think that the children of darkness act with honesty, and do not be scandalized if they operate with deception. Do you perhaps believe that Satan’s followers are honest, sincere, and loyal? The Lord has warned us against the Devil: “He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks in character, because he is a liar and the father of lies” (Jn 8:44). In these hours, while the gates of Hell seem to prevail, allow me to address myself to you with an appeal, which I trust that you will respond to promptly and with generosity.
With Certainty of Being Heard and Answered
The good Archbishop then turns his appeal that we should all pray “with a sincere soul,” knowing that we will be heard. He prays not just for victory, but “to inflict a humiliating defeat on the forces of Evil.”
Have your children pray, using the holy words that you have taught them: those confident prayers will rise to God and will not remain unheard. Have the elderly and sick pray, so that they may offer their sufferings in union with the sufferings that Our Lord suffered on the Cross when he shed His Precious Blood for Our Redemption. Have young ladies and women pray, so that they turn to her who is the model of purity and motherhood. And you, men, must also pray: your courage, your honor and your boldness will be refreshed and strengthened. … Do not allow yourselves to be discouraged by the deceptions of the Enemy, even more so in this terrible hour in which the impudence of lying and fraud dares to challenge Heaven. Our adversaries’ hours are numbered if you will pray, if we will all pray with Faith and with the true ardor of Charity. May the Lord grant that one single devout and faithful voice rise from your homes, your churches, and your streets! This voice will not remain unheard, because it will be the voice of a people that cries out, in the moment when the storm rages most fiercely, “Save us, Lord, we are perishing!” (Mt 8:25).
This is a “precious occasion,” he says for all of us to be united to our Lord in prayer, to participate in the victory of the spiritual battle. And we have confidence:
Pray with the certainty of Our Lord’s promise: “Ask and it shall be given unto you, seek and you shall find, knock and the door shall be opened unto you” (Lk 11:9). The King of Kings, from whom you ask the salvation of your Nation, will reward your Faith. Your testimony, remember this, will touch the heart of Our Lord, multiplying the heavenly Graces which are, more than ever, indispensable in order to achieve victory. May my appeal, which I address to you and to all people who recognize the Lordship of God, find you to be generous apostles and courageous witnesses of the spiritual rebirth of your beloved country, and with it the entire world.
The gates of hell will not prevail!
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thestream--2020-11-05--Evidence Of Cheating: Report From Campaign for Working Families

Editor ’ s note : The following is an email update sent to friends and partners of Campaign for Working Families .
I don ’ t know about you , but I ’ m getting more than a little frustrated with network commentators who keep asking , “ Why do you assume the Democrats are cheating ?
” My response is that the modern Democrat Party is built on the lie that an unborn baby is not a human being , so nothing is off the table .
Not every Democrat is pro-abortion .
But every voter who believes in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ votes Democrat .
That issue is the most important thing to Joe Biden ’ s party .
Why would anybody doubt that a party that believes it ’ s okay to kill an unborn child in the ninth month of pregnancy would have a problem cheating on Election Day ?
If I were getting ready to hire a babysitter to watch my grandchildren and discovered that she supports late-term abortion , I wouldn ’ t hire her .
I couldn ’ t trust her .
And I can not trust members of a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ abortion to count votes unless people of good character are watching them .
The default position of every Republican should be that there is cheating in these big Democrat cities .
Shame on Chris Christie and Rick Santorum for criticizing the president and his team .
And some Republican politicians might want to think before they speak or tweet next time .
Everything they say is being spun by the media as a “ rebuke ” of the president .
There are multiple reports from all of the key states that appear highly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ evidence that postal workers are forging post marks so mystery ballots can be fed into the legitimate stream of mail-in votes .
• There were ballot dumps in Michigan and Wisconsin yesterday .
More than 100,000 new Biden votes were “ found ” and there wasn ’ t one Trump vote among them .
Amazing how that happens .
• Turnout in some areas is suspiciously off the charts .
• There were attempts to register dead people .
• There are reports of dead people voting .
• In Detroit , city @ @ @ @ @ @ @ counting center .
For a better understanding of the legal issues at play , read this column by former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy .
On a positive note , an appellate court has ordered the city of Philadelphia to allow GOP representatives to observe the ballot counting process from a distance of six feet .
Transparency is a good thing , but Democrat officials are aggressively resisting it .
Is denying access and covering windows an indication that a fair count is taking place ?
Of course not !
As you know , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Biden on election night .
( See next item . )
That call was highly disputed by the Trump campaign and Republican officials in Arizona .
While Fox has defended the call , there are many others who disagree .
For example , the founder of the left-wing site Daily Kos tweeted yesterday , ” Arizona should not have been called .
It ’ s not over.
” Well , here ’ s the latest : Maricopa County , which Trump carried by four points four years ago , released the results from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ % of them , taking a big bite out of Biden ’ s lead .
By some estimates , that ’ s exactly the margin he would need to overcome Biden once all remaining ballots are counted .
Fox News rose to the top of the cable news industry by promising to be “ fair and balanced.
” Conservatives and moderates flocked to the one network that wasn ’ t part of the left-wing echo chamber .
But I ’ m not so sure if Fox is “ fair and balanced ” anymore @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shows like Sean Hannity , Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham .
I like Fox & Friends most of the time .
But much of their regular news is quickly becoming an echo chamber of the liberal news .
It ’ s not funny to hear Fox News hosts mocking polls from CNN , the Washington Post and other outlets , while failing to mention that their own polls were just as bad !
Throughout the entire campaign , conservatives were routinely demoralized by Fox News polls , and Fox hosts routinely pressed Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their positions in view of Fox ’ s bogus polls .
For whatever reason , Fox News eagerly called Arizona for Biden much more quickly than they were willing to call Florida for Trump .
Talk about a gut punch to the conservative base !
And they have dug in their heels even as Biden ’ s lead is eroding .
Even now CNN does not have Arizona in Biden ’ s column .
And Nate Silver , the left ’ s favorite numbers cruncher , said , “ I sure as heck @ @ @ @ @ @ @ should have been called by anyone , and I think the calls that were previously made should be retracted now.
” Yesterday , I was somewhat encouraged by the initial Senate results .
But as the counting continues , it ’ s clear we can ’ t assume we have secured our majority in the Senate .
We thought we had a rising star 24 hours ago in John James .
But as more Democrat votes in Michigan were found , not only did the president fall behind , so did John James @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and only one pick-up in Alabama , the Senate majority currently stands at 52 .
While Sen. Thom Tillis leads in North Carolina , the state will continue counting ballots well into next week .
His race may not be called for days , and who knows what ballots might suddenly turn up .
And as of this writing , Georgia Sen. David Perdue has fallen below or is close to falling below the 50 % threshold to avoid a January 5th run-off election .
That means both of Georgia ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in a matter of weeks , and we won ’ t know which party controls the Senate until then .
If Joe Biden prevails in the presidential election , don ’ t be surprised if there ’ s another economic shutdown in January .
COVID cases hit a record yesterday , and Biden has already indicated that he is willing to shut down the country again .
And that would guarantee another massive stimulus bill , adding trillions to the national debt .
Gary Bauer served in President Reagan ’ s administration as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Policy Advisor .
He ’ s the former President of Family Research Council and former Senior Vice President of Focus on the Family .
Bauer is currently the President of American Values and leads the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom , appointed by President Trump .
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All rights reserved .
Reprinted by permission of the author .

Editor’s note: The following is an email update sent to friends and partners of Campaign for Working Families.
I don’t know about you, but I’m getting more than a little frustrated with network commentators who keep asking, “Why do you assume the Democrats are cheating?”
My response is that the modern Democrat Party is built on the lie that an unborn baby is not a human being, so nothing is off the table.
Not every Democrat is pro-abortion. But every voter who believes in abortion during all nine months of pregnancy votes Democrat. That issue is the most important thing to Joe Biden’s party.
Why would anybody doubt that a party that believes it’s okay to kill an unborn child in the ninth month of pregnancy would have a problem cheating on Election Day?
If I were getting ready to hire a babysitter to watch my grandchildren and discovered that she supports late-term abortion, I wouldn’t hire her. I couldn’t trust her. And I cannot trust members of a party that worships at the altar of abortion to count votes unless people of good character are watching them.
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The default position of every Republican should be that there is cheating in these big Democrat cities. Shame on Chris Christie and Rick Santorum for criticizing the president and his team.
And some Republican politicians might want to think before they speak or tweet next time. Everything they say is being spun by the media as a “rebuke” of the president.
There are multiple reports from all of the key states that appear highly suspicious.
Project Veritas has uncovered evidence that postal workers are forging post marks so mystery ballots can be fed into the legitimate stream of mail-in votes.
There were ballot dumps in Michigan and Wisconsin yesterday. More than 100,000 new Biden votes were “found” and there wasn’t one Trump vote among them. Amazing how that happens.
Turnout in some areas is suspiciously off the charts.
There were attempts to register dead people.
There are reports of dead people voting.
Poll watchers were denied access to voting locations.
In Detroit, city workers covered the windows of one ballot counting center.
For a better understanding of the legal issues at play, read this column by former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy.
On a positive note, an appellate court has ordered the city of Philadelphia to allow GOP representatives to observe the ballot counting process from a distance of six feet.
Transparency is a good thing, but Democrat officials are aggressively resisting it. Is denying access and covering windows an indication that a fair count is taking place? Of course not!
Arizona Update
As you know, Fox News quickly called Arizona for Joe Biden on election night. (See next item.) That call was highly disputed by the Trump campaign and Republican officials in Arizona.
While Fox has defended the call, there are many others who disagree. For example, the founder of the left-wing site Daily Kos tweeted yesterday, ” Arizona should not have been called. It’s not over.”
Well, here’s the latest: Maricopa County, which Trump carried by four points four years ago, released the results from 140,000 ballots and President Trump won 57% of them, taking a big bite out of Biden’s lead. By some estimates, that’s exactly the margin he would need to overcome Biden once all remaining ballots are counted.
What’s Up With Fox?
Fox News rose to the top of the cable news industry by promising to be “fair and balanced.” Conservatives and moderates flocked to the one network that wasn’t part of the left-wing echo chamber. But I’m not so sure if Fox is “fair and balanced” anymore.
The best thing on Fox are shows like Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham. I like Fox & Friends most of the time. But much of their regular news is quickly becoming an echo chamber of the liberal news.
It’s not funny to hear Fox News hosts mocking polls from CNN, the Washington Post and other outlets, while failing to mention that their own polls were just as bad!
Throughout the entire campaign, conservatives were routinely demoralized by Fox News polls, and Fox hosts routinely pressed Trump campaign aides and Republican officials to justify their positions in view of Fox’s bogus polls.
For whatever reason, Fox News eagerly called Arizona for Biden much more quickly than they were willing to call Florida for Trump. Talk about a gut punch to the conservative base! And they have dug in their heels even as Biden’s lead is eroding.
Even now CNN does not have Arizona in Biden’s column. And Nate Silver, the left’s favorite numbers cruncher, said, “I sure as heck don’t think [Arizona] should have been called by anyone, and I think the calls that were previously made should be retracted now.”
Fox’s camouflage is slowly slipping away.
Senate Update
Yesterday, I was somewhat encouraged by the initial Senate results. But as the counting continues, it’s clear we can’t assume we have secured our majority in the Senate.
We thought we had a rising star 24 hours ago in John James. But as more Democrat votes in Michigan were found, not only did the president fall behind, so did John James.
With losses in Arizona and Colorado, and only one pick-up in Alabama, the Senate majority currently stands at 52.
While Sen. Thom Tillis leads in North Carolina, the state will continue counting ballots well into next week. His race may not be called for days, and who knows what ballots might suddenly turn up.
And as of this writing, Georgia Sen. David Perdue has fallen below or is close to falling below the 50% threshold to avoid a January 5th run-off election. That means both of Georgia’s senators will be on the ballot again in a matter of weeks, and we won’t know which party controls the Senate until then.
Another Shutdown?
If Joe Biden prevails in the presidential election, don’t be surprised if there’s another economic shutdown in January. COVID cases hit a record yesterday, and Biden has already indicated that he is willing to shut down the country again. And that would guarantee another massive stimulus bill, adding trillions to the national debt.
Gary Bauer served in President Reagan’s administration as Under Secretary of Education and Chief Domestic Policy Advisor. He’s the former President of Family Research Council and former Senior Vice President of Focus on the Family. Bauer is currently the President of American Values and leads the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, appointed by President Trump.
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The Trump campaign seeks a recount in Wisconsin and has gone to court in Georgia , Pennsylvania and Michigan over ballot counting rules to settle a presidential election that remains undecided .
As of Wednesday evening , Fox News Channel had former Vice President Joe Biden just six votes shy of the 270 needed in the Electoral College to defeat President Donald Trump and win the White House .
The Trump campaign and some other news organizations disputed Fox ’ s Arizona call for Biden .
Most news outlets called both Wisconsin and Michigan for the Democratic nominee Wednesday .
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On Oct. 19 , the U.S. Supreme Court ’ s 4-4 deadlock left in place a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling in a lawsuit brought by the state ’ s Democratic Party .
That ruling requires state election officials to count absentee ballots received up to three days after the election , even without a postmark showing a ballot had been mailed by Election Day .
With Nevada , North Carolina , and Georgia still too close to call , Biden had a lead of 264 electoral votes to Trump ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , according to Fox News Channel .
The New York Times , however , gave Biden 253 electoral votes .
Biden led Trump in Wisconsin 49.4 % to 48.8 % as of Wednesday evening , The New York Times reported .
The former vice president also led in Michigan , 50.3 % to 48.1 % .
In Pennsylvania , Trump led 51 % to 47.7 % as of Wednesday evening .
In Georgia , the president held a lead of 49.9 % to 48.9 % .
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In Arizona , already called for Biden , he led 51 % to 47.6 % .
Independent groups also will sue the state of Michigan , said Gordon Pennington , a poll watcher for the Election Integrity Fund , which advocates clean elections in Michigan .
Pennington said more than a recount is necessary in Michigan ; a thorough examination should determine whether ballots are legitimate , he said .
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About 38,000 votes in the presidential election came in at 3:45 a.m. Wednesday without anyone explaining the point of origin or chain of custody for the ballots , he said .
Under Michigan law , he added , ballots harvested or collected after 8 p.m. on Election Day are not supposed to be valid .
“ If you are recounting fake ballots , what ’ s the point of a recount ?
” Pennington told The Daily Signal .
“ We need more forensics.
” The Trump campaign ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it with proper access to observe the opening of absentee ballots , and asks for a temporary halt to the counting until the campaign has “ meaningful access ” and the opportunity to review ballots .
FOX 2 Detroit reported that election staff prevented GOP poll watchers from entering TCF Center in Detroit , a convention center where workers are counting hundreds of thousands of ballots .
Trump led in Pennsylvania , Wisconsin , and Michigan early Wednesday based on in-person voting .
But Biden announced in a brief speech just before 1 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the presidency .
After 2 a.m. , Trump essentially declared victory at the White House , accusing the other side of fraud .
Trump campaign officials say the president has a strong chance of putting Arizona in his column ; many news outlets called the state for Biden .
During his early morning remarks in the East Room of the White House , Trump said : “ We ’ ll be going to the U.S. Supreme Court — we want all voting to stop.
” The Trump campaign filed a lawsuit to halt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of transparency , asking the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene .
A Pennsylvania Republican Party appeal already was before the Supreme Court on the question of whether the state may count votes that arrive in the mail from Wednesday through Friday .
Although it ’ s likely the Supreme Court would prefer to avoid weighing in on the presidential contest , it may be forced to decide , said Jason Snead , executive director of the organization Honest Elections .
Snead noted that the high court previously punted on Pennsylvania ’ s ballot-counting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ court will have to hear the case after the election .
“ It is utterly ridiculous , because Pennsylvania had time to prepare for Election Day , ” Snead told The Daily Signal .
“ The court , if it gets to that point , had the opportunity before the election to put the pin in the grenade and didn ’ t take it .
They may regret that.
” Even though Trump seemed to have a significant lead , Snead said he anticipates that Biden could flip Pennsylvania .
“ A massive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” Snead said .
“ It ’ s very likely Pennsylvania will go blue.
” The Trump campaign has asserted irregularities in several Wisconsin counties and is asking for a recount in the state .
But Snead said he doesn ’ t anticipate this effort will go far .
“ In Wisconsin , it is their right to ask for a recount .
But I don ’ t see a change there happening , ” Snead said .
“ The margin is too great in Wisconsin .
Recounts don ’ t usually @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Snead added that he doesn ’ t see evidence of fraud at this point .
“ Just because it takes longer to count does not mean there is massive fraud or malfeasance , ” he said .
“ It could be bureaucratic incompetence.
” Asked about Michigan , he said it is likely a matter of counting absentee ballots .
Snead said Trump likely will carry Georgia and North Carolina , but that litigation could expand to Nevada and Arizona .
“ If it is close in any of these [ states ] @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Snead said .
“ If Arizona flips red — I ’ m not sure it would , but the Trump campaign is bullish about it — the Biden campaign could initiate litigation.
” Fred Lucas is the White House correspondent for The Daily Signal and co-host of “ The Right Side of History ” podcast .
Lucas is also the author of Tainted by Suspicion : The Secret Deals and Electoral Chaos of Disputed Presidential Elections .
Send an email to Fred .

The Trump campaign seeks a recount in Wisconsin and has gone to court in Georgia, Pennsylvania and Michigan over ballot counting rules to settle a presidential election that remains undecided.
As of Wednesday evening, Fox News Channel had former Vice President Joe Biden just six votes shy of the 270 needed in the Electoral College to defeat President Donald Trump and win the White House.
The Trump campaign and some other news organizations disputed Fox’s Arizona call for Biden.
Most news outlets called both Wisconsin and Michigan for the Democratic nominee Wednesday. Ballots in Pennsylvania are still arriving in the mail.
On Oct. 19, the U.S. Supreme Court’s 4-4 deadlock left in place a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling in a lawsuit brought by the state’s Democratic Party. That ruling requires state election officials to count absentee ballots received up to three days after the election, even without a postmark showing a ballot had been mailed by Election Day.
With Nevada, North Carolina, and Georgia still too close to call, Biden had a lead of 264 electoral votes to Trump’s 214 votes as of Wednesday evening, according to Fox News Channel. The New York Times, however, gave Biden 253 electoral votes.
Biden led Trump in Wisconsin 49.4% to 48.8% as of Wednesday evening, The New York Times reported. The former vice president also led in Michigan, 50.3% to 48.1%.
In Pennsylvania, Trump led 51% to 47.7% as of Wednesday evening. In Georgia, the president held a lead of 49.9% to 48.9%. In North Carolina, Trump led 50.1% to 48.7%.
In Nevada, Biden led 49.3% to 48.7%. In Arizona, already called for Biden, he led 51% to 47.6%.
Independent groups also will sue the state of Michigan, said Gordon Pennington, a poll watcher for the Election Integrity Fund, which advocates clean elections in Michigan.
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Pennington said more than a recount is necessary in Michigan; a thorough examination should determine whether ballots are legitimate, he said.
Pennington, speaking from Cobo Arena in Detroit where Wayne County officials are counting ballots, accused them of not following the rules.
About 38,000 votes in the presidential election came in at 3:45 a.m. Wednesday without anyone explaining the point of origin or chain of custody for the ballots, he said. Under Michigan law, he added, ballots harvested or collected after 8 p.m. on Election Day are not supposed to be valid.
“If you are recounting fake ballots, what’s the point of a recount?” Pennington told The Daily Signal. “We need more forensics.”
The Trump campaign’s lawsuit argues that Michigan did not provide it with proper access to observe the opening of absentee ballots, and asks for a temporary halt to the counting until the campaign has “meaningful access” and the opportunity to review ballots.
FOX 2 Detroit reported that election staff prevented GOP poll watchers from entering TCF Center in Detroit, a convention center where workers are counting hundreds of thousands of ballots.
Trump led in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan early Wednesday based on in-person voting. But Biden announced in a brief speech just before 1 a.m. that he believed he would win the presidency.
After 2 a.m., Trump essentially declared victory at the White House, accusing the other side of fraud.
Trump campaign officials say the president has a strong chance of putting Arizona in his column; many news outlets called the state for Biden.
During his early morning remarks in the East Room of the White House, Trump said: “We’ll be going to the U.S. Supreme Court — we want all voting to stop.”
The Trump campaign filed a lawsuit to halt vote counting in Pennsylvania over a lack of transparency, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene.
A Pennsylvania Republican Party appeal already was before the Supreme Court on the question of whether the state may count votes that arrive in the mail from Wednesday through Friday.
Although it’s likely the Supreme Court would prefer to avoid weighing in on the presidential contest, it may be forced to decide, said Jason Snead, executive director of the organization Honest Elections.
Snead noted that the high court previously punted on Pennsylvania’s ballot-counting rules, making it more likely the court will have to hear the case after the election.
“It is utterly ridiculous, because Pennsylvania had time to prepare for Election Day,” Snead told The Daily Signal. “The court, if it gets to that point, had the opportunity before the election to put the pin in the grenade and didn’t take it. They may regret that.”
Even though Trump seemed to have a significant lead, Snead said he anticipates that Biden could flip Pennsylvania.
“A massive amount of ballots are uncounted in Pennsylvania,” Snead said. “It’s very likely Pennsylvania will go blue.”
The Trump campaign has asserted irregularities in several Wisconsin counties and is asking for a recount in the state. But Snead said he doesn’t anticipate this effort will go far.
“In Wisconsin, it is their right to ask for a recount. But I don’t see a change there happening,” Snead said. “The margin is too great in Wisconsin. Recounts don’t usually change the outcome at that amount.”
Snead added that he doesn’t see evidence of fraud at this point.
“Just because it takes longer to count does not mean there is massive fraud or malfeasance,” he said. “It could be bureaucratic incompetence.”
Asked about Michigan, he said it is likely a matter of counting absentee ballots.
Snead said Trump likely will carry Georgia and North Carolina, but that litigation could expand to Nevada and Arizona.
“If it is close in any of these [states], there could be litigation,” Snead said. “If Arizona flips red — I’m not sure it would, but the Trump campaign is bullish about it — the Biden campaign could initiate litigation.”
Fred Lucas is the White House correspondent for The Daily Signal and co-host of “The Right Side of History” podcast. Lucas is also the author of Tainted by Suspicion: The Secret Deals and Electoral Chaos of Disputed Presidential Elections. Send an email to Fred.
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