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Vice President Joe Biden this week told reporters he hopes to carry Pennsylvania by the “grace of God” and called it a “big deal to me personally as well as politically.” His top campaign strategists are more confident — at least outwardly — that Biden would carry the state of his birth because they added final trips for him and for surrogates to the traditionally Republican states of Georgia and Texas while boasting about expanding his electoral campaign map. Flush with cash, the Biden team is putting up new ads in Georgia, Iowa, and Ohio, another state that few predicted...

Statements & ReleasesPresident Donald J. Trump Approves Mississippi Emergency Declaration Land & Agriculture Oct 28, 2020Today, President Donald J. Trump declared that an emergency exists in the State of Mississippi and ordered Federal assistance to supplement State, tribal, and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from Hurricane Zeta beginning on October 27, 2020, and continuing.The President’s action authorizes the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to coordinate all disaster relief efforts which have the purpose of alleviating the hardship and suffering caused by the emergency on the local population, and to provide appropriate...

Extension to include restrictions targeting gatherings that have rapidly spread COVID-19

Today, the Trump Administration finalized the most far-reaching price transparency reform in the history of American healthcare – fulfilling a commitment President Donald J. Trump made to the American people. As a result of today’s action, health insurance companies will finally be required to disclose to the public the price they pay for covered services and prescription drugs. Further, insurance companies will be required to disclose the estimated cost a patient will have to pay, prior to that patient receiving care. In June of last year, President Trump signed the healthcare transparency Executive Order and promised the American people he...

Tuesday, October 27, a senior Trump Administration delegation met with executive and legislative leaders of the Navajo Nation.  As a sign of respect for the largest Native American Tribe in the United States, the delegation visited Window Rock, the seat of government for the Navajo Nation in Northeast Arizona.Last week, President Trump released his policy agenda for Indian Country entitled, “Putting America’s First Peoples First: Forgotten No More.”  The agenda outlines President Trump’s core principles to fight for Native American communities: respecting tribal sovereignty and self-determination, promoting safe communities, building a thriving economy with improved infrastructure, honoring Native American heritage...

After releasing his plan to reopen America safely in April, President Trump remarked that prior to the Coronavirus pandemic, the United States had “built the greatest economy anywhere in the world . . .  and we’re going to build it again.”At that time, the consensus among economic forecasters was that pandemic-induced lockdowns would result in a sharp economic contraction in the second quarter, and that the economy would experience tepid growth in the third quarter as it slowly clawed back pandemic losses. But because of the President’s pro-growth policies that set a strong pre-pandemic foundation—and the extraordinary speed and...

Arizona Democrats are leading in the total number of ballots cast so far in the November election, comprising 40 percent of ballots returned in the state, according to election data last updated Tuesday. Over 1.9 million Arizonians have already cast their ballot in the presidential election, according to the data last updated Tuesday — one week from the election. At that time, Democrats edged out Republicans, representing 39.7 of total ballots returned (or 787,173 ballots) to the GOP’s 35.6 percent (or 704,549). The October 27 update showed 3,353,533 ballots requested and 1,980,689 retuned. The U.S. Elections Projects clarifies that the...

HA HA Course, this doesn't surprise us.... because informed Freepers have done an excellent job of deciphering the Florida numbers for us.

#MESen: Gideon (D) 46% Collins (R-inc) 45% Savage (I) 4% Linn (I) 1% 2-Way: Gideon (D) 51% Collins (R-Inc) 49% SurveyUSA 10/23-10/27

Something hit me yesterday about the Biden campaign, and today I saw it again - “Does Biden Ever Smile?” My point about Reagan and “the media” is that in the 1984 campaign, “the media” did a hit piece on Reagan, and after it was aired a journalist gloatingly nudged a Reagan guy (Ed Rollins, I think) bragging about the hit they had done on Reagan. Ed Rollins replied by thanking him for that piece! Rollins explained that people turn on a TV, and they don’t listen to the commentary nearly as much as they notice the imagery. And although...

With less than a week before the election, Iowans are losing places to cast ballots. Voters in Iowa are facing shuttered polling locations less than a week away from Election Day, largely due to the various outbreaks of COVID-19 that have gripped the state. Iowa is one of the several Midwest states experiencing record upticks in new coronavirus infections, with 1,133 Iowans testing positive for the virus yesterday. Two days prior, Iowa set a record for the number of new cases, reporting 2,691 on Oct. 26. In total, more than 121,000 people in Iowa tested positive for the coronavirus. The...

The final jobless claims report before the election showed the latest weekly total of Americans applying for unemployment benefits dropped slightly to 751,000. While that number was slightly better than expected, the job losses racked up through the pandemic have contributed to a lumpy employment picture with some states recovering more quickly than others. Unemployment applications nationally have receded from the record high of more than 6 million weekly claims back in April, but a closer look at the state-level filings reveals some regions continue to suffer from stubbornly high job losses months into the recovery. According to the Department...

Maine voters also favor Vice President Joe Biden over President Trump, 51-38 percent, although Biden's lead shrinks to 4 points in the 2nd Congressional District. In what could be one of the final polls of the U.S. Senate race before Election Day, Democrat Sara Gideon continues to hold a narrow 3-point lead over Republican incumbent Susan Collins among likely Maine voters. A survey of 879 individuals, developed and fielded by Colby College of Waterville, revealed that 46.6 percent of voters said they plan to vote for Gideon, compared to 43.4 percent for Collins. Independents Lisa Savage and Max Linn received...

Presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden has said that he wants to lower taxes for the middle class. His plan would raise the corporate tax rate to 28%, require a true minimum tax of 21% on all foreign earnings on U.S. companies, levy a tax penalty on corporations that move jobs overseas, place a 15% minimum tax on book income, raise the top individual income tax rate to 39.6% (the current maximum is 37%), and require those who make more than $1 million annually to pay the same rate on investment income as they do on their wages....

The Navy and Marine Corps' top civilian leader says China poses a greater threat to the U.S. than many Americans may realize. Navy Secretary Kenneth Braithwaite recently wrapped up a weeklong trip to the Asia-Pacific region, where he met with local leaders in Japan, Singapore, Guam and Palau, along with sailors and Marines operating there. Now back in Washington, D.C., Braithwaite said the U.S. is behind when it comes to competing with China -- and it must catch up quickly. "I think [China] is probably the greatest threat to our country that Americans, writ large, do not understand," Braithwaite said...

Last Updated Oct 29th, 2020 at 2:15 pm Jessica Yaniv, a biologically male transgender activist who identifies as a woman, has filed a complaint with the Human Rights Tribunal in Ontario after he says that Canada Galaxy Pageants discriminated against him. Yaniv says he was prevented from participating in the female-only pageant because he has male genitals. The complaint alleges "discrimination on the basis of gender identity, gender expression, and sex," and seeks $10,000 in damages for "injury to dignity and feelings." Yaniv also wants the tribunal to rule that possessing male genitalia can no longer be the sole basis...

Chinese and U.S. military chiefs held talks on crisis communication this week, amid heightened tensions between the two military superpowers this year in the South China Sea, with the United States denying a report on a possible drone attack. The exchange, days ahead of the U.S. elections, came as U.S. Defence Secretary Mark Esper toured Asia with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo where they had urged countries to cooperate with the United States to confront the security threats posed by China, a position China has criticised as a Cold War mentality and zero-sum mindset. Chinese and U.S. militaries held a...

How should genuine Christians vote in the up-coming presidential election? Recently a group called “pro-life evangelicals for Biden” sought to answer that question. The group includes many prominent evangelical leaders whom I respect who believe “that a biblically shaped commitment to the sanctity of human life compels us to a consistent ethic of life that affirms the sanctity of human life from beginning to end.”[1] Essentially in using the formulation, “from beginning to end,” they mean that (apart from abortion, which they oppose), the socialist state in Biden’s program is “pro-life,” supported by the Bible, whereas Trump’s system kills. I...

My friends, the EXPONENTIAL demonic movement behind all mediums of information today is absolutely EXPONENTIALLY ASTOUNDING to me! Lawless men are all in for lawlessness and are whole heartedly available and open to demonic deception and use (John 8:44, Eph. 2:1-2)! We can especially see and observe this EXPONENTIAL demonic movement in all facets of mediain today in light of our nation's 2020 elections and in light of the Biden crime family scandals etc. In light of the Left's super aggression, "Fake News", critical theory agenda, coordinated narratives and unified montages, envy, love of lawlessness, rebellion and demonic defamation against...

Bigfoot conspiracy theorists and flat-earthers on Wednesday sought distance between themselves and those claiming the Hunter Biden pay-for-play scandal is “Russian disinformation.” Written off as skullduggery, the New York Post’s Hunter Biden story now entangles his father, Joe Biden. On Tuesday night, Tony Bobulinski, Hunter’s ex-business partner, confirmed in an appearance on “Tucker Carlson Tonight” that Joe Biden as Barack Obama’s vice president was deeply involved in his son’s murky dealings in China. Carlson aired more recordings between Bobulinski and the Biden family on Wednesday night. The final week is not a cozy one for Joe Biden, as 2016’s most...