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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his fellow Republicans appeared poised to keep control of the upper chamber of Congress early Wednesday morning, as three GOP lawmakers were projected to win re-election races that had been considered toss-ups.

German police say they have arrested an asylum seeker suspected of killing one person and wounding another in Dresden two weeks ago. Prosecutors are now treating the deadly stabbing as a possible terrorist attack. A 20-year-old Syrian who stabbed one person to death and wounded another in Dresden was likely motivated by Islamic extremism, German prosecutors said on Wednesday. The man was arrested on Tuesday evening, police and prosecutors in the eastern German city said. They said the suspect came to authorities' attention as a result of examining evidence at the crime scene. "Investigations have shown that the dreadful killing...

Democrat-controlled Oregon has become the first state to decriminalize hard drugs, including meth, heroin, and cocaine, according to reports. The state's lawmakers passed legislation early on Wednesday morning in a 59-41% vote, according to the Associated Press. The "Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act" seeks to transition Oregon's drug policy from a punitive, criminal approach to "a humane, cost-effective, health approach."

The Associated Press says voters in five states have approved measures to legalize medical or recreational marijuana, or both, in Tuesday’s election. Voters in Arizona, New Jersey, Montana and South Dakota voted to legalize recreational marijuana for people ages 21 or older, joining 11 other states and Washington, D.C. South Dakotans also approved a measure to establish a medical marijuana program in the state for “individuals with a debilitating medical condition.” According to the Marijuana Policy Project, that makes South Dakota the first state to legalize medical and adult-use marijuana on the same day. In Mississippi, two versions of a...

North Carolina Republican Congressman-elect Madison Cawthorn tells 'Fox & Friends' what he plans to prioritize when he arrives in Washington, D.C. Video...

Joseph R. Biden Jr. is leading in the swing state, which has been shading blue in recent elections as its electorate becomes more diverse. But President Trump has fought hard to flip Nevada, which he narrowly lost in 2016.

CNN’s Van Jones said Tuesday that “it hurts” that the presidential race between Joe Biden and Donald Trump was so close. Jones said, “I think a lot of Democrats are hurt tonight. I think there’s a lot of hurt out there. There’s a moral victory, and there’s a political victory. They’re not the same thing.”

Conservatives and the Trump administration have railed against Fox News after the network called Arizona for Joe Biden.

What a pretty lie a poll is. And what a pack of conmen the reporters are. And what an impotent tyranny the progressives run. That’s the takeaway on this uncertain morning after. While an asterisk hangs over the most important results, some conclusions are clear. We don’t yet know who the president will be, but we do know who the charlatans were. They were the people peddling the polls that reflected not public opinion, but public manipulation. They were the reporters who strung an orchestrated narrative of dishonesty, driven not by data but by dogma, not by our truth but...

From chads to Sharpies. Lawsuits incoming. Matt Schlapp: AZ update: apparently the use of sharpie pens in gop precincts is causing ballots to be invalidated. Could be huge numbers of mostly Trump supporters. More to come

For those readers who may be unfamiliar with the term “Color Revolution”, it refers to what has now become the standard technique for promoting “regime change” in targeted nations. The term may have its origins in the works of Gene Sharp, who wrote some guidebooks on how to organize popular revolts using Madison Avenue-style marketing techniques. He recommended to the sponsors that rather than confusing or boring the participants with too much political theory, they should motivate their budding revolutionaries with pop culture, using catchy, content-free slogans, logos, and team colors. Color Revolutions are expensive ($5 billion in the case...

Biden Now an Overwhelming Favorite in the Betting Markets After a Night of Wild Odds Swings

Oregon will become the first state in the country to legalize psilocybin Tuesday with the passage of Measure 109. Measure 109 was passing by 56.12% Tuesday at 8:50 p.m. with 1,832,513 votes counted.

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To all, Over the years there have been many people who have read the various letters and posts I have written. Many were emailed and hand delivered, along with being posted on various sites. I thank you all. The intent of this information has, and will continue to be, providing an informed perspective that you may evaluate the litany of insurrections inflicted upon the American populous, and deal with them in a timely and informed manner, rather than react out of fear and anger. The Democrat governance, and their myriad co-conspirators, have taken us for quite a ride. They have...

A federal judge in Pennsylvania on Wednesday weighed arguments by Republicans seeking to stop a suburban Philadelphia county from counting mail-in and absentee ballots that voters had been permitted to correct. U.S. District Judge Timothy Savage in Philadelphia appeared skeptical of arguments by the plaintiffs’ lawyer, which lawyers for Montgomery County election officials and the Democratic National Committee said could disenfranchise voters. The Pennsylvania lawsuit had been filed by Kathy Barnette, a conservative political commentator projected to lose her race for a House seat in the state’s 4th Congressional district, and Clay Breece, chairman of the Republican Committee in Berks...

OK, so here's the deal folks. The call for Biden on Arizona may very well be REVERSED, which makes this a whole new ball game. If we get AZ, NC, PA, and GA, Trump wins. NC looks good. PA looks somewhat good. And now here's the update on GA. (Caveat: could be a handful more ballots other than those listed below). Trump leads by just over 100K. About 180K ballots out. Outstanding counties/ballots 7K Forsyth (very good for Trump) 70K Fulton (Atlanta--really bad) 52-54K DeKalb (Atlanta-really bad) 20K Houston (good) 15K Chatham (bad) 15K smattering of other counties. (neutral to...

The South Pole of the Moon. (NASA GSFC Scientific Visualisation Studio) =========================================================================== A distant asteroid trailing in the gravitational wake of Mars has been observed in greater detail than ever before, and the close-up reveals a surprising resemblance – one that raises some interesting questions about the object's ancient origins. The asteroid in question, called (101429) 1998 VF31, is part of a group of trojan asteroids sharing the orbit of Mars. Trojans are celestial bodies that fall into gravitationally balanced regions of space in the vicinity of other planets, located 60 degrees in front of and behind the planet. Most...

We need to reinstitute another committee with a different name. And this time look at processes instead of data. The last committee failed because they went after voter data and were trying to prove voter fraud existed. They were blocked by too many states. Democrat states refused to work with them, and in at least some cases there were state laws already on the book preventing them from complying. They need to be focused on auditing the process and operational controls to prevent fraud not on voter records or proving past fraud. They need to identify all the ways that...

Every vote is counted in Wisconsin, its Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe announced Wednesday morning, and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has a healthy lead. Just before noon on Wednesday, Wolfe told NBC News that every vote in the state had been counted. Biden was up by more than 20,000 votes in the vital swing state after the votes were counted, suggesting he had wrapped the state's 10 electoral votes. That would leave Biden with a projected 237 of the 270 Electoral College votes he needs to win the presidency, though no news source has called the race in his...