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Bloomberg News has a new “scoop” up quoting anonymous Biden advisers who are deeply worried about the campaign GOTV effort aimed at Black and Hispanic voters:

Very strong day in early voting. Democrats had about a 96k vote margin lead in 2016 so we should be surpass 2016 performance by tomorrow and start with the advantage. The final early vote Democrat lead will likely be between 0 to 50k votes. Gains are expected to slow down on Sunday because many republican counties are closed for early voting but this has been a strange year so who knows. Republicans are winning in person early voting in core democrat counties because democrats are scared of going to the polls. They aren't willing to die for a Biden vote.

For America’s seniors, the presidency of Donald Trump has led to more choice, better benefits, and significant savings. This President fights for older Americans, taking steps to ensure they have quality, affordable care.In fact, since President Trump took office: Average Medicare health plan premiums have dropped by 34%.Some states have experienced price reductions of over 50% or more.Medicare prescription drug prices have declined, with premiums down 12% on average.The number of Medicare Advantage plans available for seniors has surged to 4,800—a 77% increase under President Trump. “I stood up to Big Pharma, and that’s not easy,” President Trump said. “They...

San Francisco pausing its reopening plans due to increasing coronavirus case and hospitalization reports, early signs that the surge that has swept over most of the United States is starting to seep into the Bay Area. Almost all activities that were scheduled to reopen or expand capacity on Tuesday are now delayed, city and public health officials said Friday. That includes indoor swimming pools, bowling alleys and gym locker rooms. Restaurants and places of worship must remain at 25% capacity instead of bumping up to 50% as planned. “Throughout our response to COVID-19, San Francisco demonstrated our willingness to make...

It’s hard to believe that just five years ago, Americans watched in horror as ISIS gained power and territory throughout the Middle East and terrorists killed 14 Americans on U.S. soil in San Bernardino, California.Today, the ISIS caliphate is destroyed. Terrorist leaders Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and Qasem Soleimani are dead. And instead of sending American troops to fight in endless wars or giving cash to terrorist sponsors in Iran, the United States is securing peace deals with our real allies across the Middle East, including Israel.“The facts speak for themselves,” foreign policy expert Harry Kazianis writes. “Trump has successfully aligned U.S....

Gov. Tony Evers urged Wisconsin voters to come to the polls on Election Day, discouraging them from mailing in their ballots with just four days remaining in the presidential campaign. "We need everyone to make their vote count," Evers said at a press conference on Friday. He reminded voters that they can also return their absentee ballots at a county clerk's office or at an early voting location.

11.4 million. That’s how many new jobs the U.S. economy has added since May—when experts were still predicting the unemployment rate would hit 20 percent and that American job losses would continue to mount for months to come.Instead, President Trump has led what is on track to be the fastest economic recovery in American history, the Council of Economic Advisers says. During the past five months, more than half of all job losses from the pandemic have already been recovered.📖 NEW: Trump Administration takes action on foreign worker visasThat’s no accident. Following the Great Recession, the Obama-led “recovery” required over two years to achieve...

President Donald Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame has been destroyed once again, but this time the vandal turned himself in. According to TMZ, the individual is allegedly James Otis. Otis, who has previously attacked the star, took a pickax to it Friday. Just four weeks ago, Otis dressed up in a Hulk costume and smashed the star. This time the star was covered with plywood and had fencing around it but that didn't stop Otis, who dressed in a suit for the occasion.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi claimed Joe Biden will win the election no matter what the end count of the election is next week.Pelosi (D-Calif.) made the remarks during a press briefing Wednesday, where she detailed how Democrats are ready to transition to a new president.“I feel very confident that Joe Biden will be elected president on Tuesday, whatever the end count is on the election that occurs on Tuesday,” Pelosi stated. “He will be elected, on January 20. he will be inaugurated president.”https://twitter.com/SVNewsAlerts/status/1321920125751185409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1321920125751185409%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_3&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.infowars.com%2F“On Jan. 20, he will be inaugurated president of the United States. So while we don’t want to be...

Santa Clara County is suing a San Jose-based church in an attempt to bring the church into compliance with the county's COVID-19 health orders. The county District Attorney's Office and County Counsel filed a joint action in Superior Court this week targeting Calvary Chapel San Jose, an evangelical Christian church. County attorneys allege the church has been hosting weekly indoor church services that draw 600 people without any use of masks or social distancing. Under Santa Clara County's current health order, attendance at indoor religious gatherings is capped at 100 people, and places of worship must implement mask and social...

American leaders from both parties stood down to China for 40 years. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) broke the rules on global trade, allowed Chinese firms to steal technology from American companies, and in turn destroyed entire sectors of our economy.The corporate class and its chosen “experts” turned a blind eye to China’s human rights abuses and crackdowns on speech. Washington politicians fell in line: Just open America’s markets to China, they said, and the CCP will change its ways and become a responsible global citizen as it grows richer and stronger.They were wrong. Under President Trump, America is fighting back.Earlier this...

In the tight-knit, Shelocta, Pa., coal mining community, American flags flap gently in the fall breeze; children peddle bicycles through the wide-open streets set against the neat wooden homesteads and plots of green grass dusted in fall leaves -- it is the essence of suburban American. But there is a lingering veil of uncertainty. Tuesday's Presidential vote could bring about significant changes for the strong and proud, who for generations have lurched far below the earth's surface into the sooty pleats of the underground to extract vital sources of energy. "The mine is the lifeblood of our entire town; 85%...

The race for Iowa’s Senate seat, the second-most expensive contest in U.S. history, is neck-and-neck and the outcome may decide which party wields more power in Washington after Election Day. Heated fights are underway for a number of Senate seats this year, and each one is critical for control of the upper chamber of Congress, which signs off on both cabinet nominations and judgeships. The Iowa seat could mean the difference between a Democratic sweep and Republicans retaining a majority. In Iowa, polls indicate enthusiasm has been building for incumbent GOP Sen. Joni Ernst, a former combat company commander. Her...

Maricopa County Republican 541,263 (59.3% Turnout) Democrats 535,246 (65.9% Turnout) Other 380,847 (44.2% Turnout)

We now know most of the bowl season schedule. ESPN released the dates and times for 35 bowl games on Friday. The list includes a game on Christmas Day and a bowl season that begins as conference championship games are being played. The first bowl of the 2020 postseason will be on Dec. 19. The Frisco Bowl is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. ET while the ACC, Big Ten and SEC are playing their championship games. As you know, those title games are two weeks later than normal because of the coronavirus pandemic.

The Iranian Missiles Were Confiscated and the Iranian Petroleum Was Transferred From Ships in International Waters The Justice Department today announced the filing of a complaint to forfeit two shipments of Iranian missiles that the U.S. Navy seized in transit from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to militant groups in Yemen, as well as the sale of approximately 1.1 million barrels of Iranian petroleum that the United States previously obtained from four foreign-flagged oil tankers bound for Venezuela. These actions represent the government’s largest-ever forfeitures actions for fuel and weapons shipments from Iran. “The two forfeiture complaints allege sophisticated schemes...

Good morning.  Today, I am joined by Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Michael Sherwin and the State Department’s Special Representative for Iran and Venezuela Elliott Abrams to announce two civil seizure court actions that have disrupted malign, and in one instance, potentially deadly, activities undertaken by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)-Quds Force, a Foreign Terrorist Organization.  Special Representative Abrams will also be announcing sanctions that the State Department and the Department of the Treasury have imposed on the responsible individuals and entities.First, in November 2019 and February 2020, two U.S. warships – the USS Forrest...

Under the Trump administration, I have witnessed a significant improvement of Native American lives, particularly our rural tribal citizens and urban Indians. Like all Americans under this administration, we benefited from an overall increase in wages, a return of manufacturing jobs, lower health care premiums, and the ability to buy a home. We now have a president who encourages an expedited entrance to a career through technical training and enrolling in two-year colleges. To me, this speaks to our Native communities. Many of us saw an increase in job opportunities, especially in 2018-2019. If you wanted a job, you could...

Continuing a longstanding Justice Department tradition, Attorney General William P. Barr today issued the following statement: “Americans have the opportunity once again to help shape the future of this nation by exercising their right to vote.  It is a right that forms the foundation of our democratic system of government, and is precious to all Americans.  The Department of Justice will work tirelessly alongside other federal, state, and local agencies to protect that right as it is administered by state and local jurisdictions across the nation.”In anticipation of the upcoming general elections, the Department of Justice today provided information...

VATICAN CITY — Vatican Cardinal Robert Sarah said Thursday that the West must wake up to the threat of Islamism after three people were killed at a French church by an attacker shouting “Allahu Akbar.” The Guinean cardinal wrote on Twitter Oct. 29 that “Islamism is a monstrous fanaticism which must be fought with force and determination.” “It will not stop its war. Unfortunately, we Africans know this all too well. The barbarians are always the enemies of peace,” the prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments wrote. “The West, today France, must understand...