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Election reform candidates are not the threat. The threat to democracy is to leave things the way they are. In a society that retains trust in its institutions, the most authoritative source for news and information would probably be the publicly funded media property that is supposed to adhere to the highest standards of journalistic objectivity. Here in America, that would have been PBS. Except it isn’t. The American media, by and large, along with Silicon Valley’s social media communications oligopolies, are doing everything they can to deny American voters the opportunity to politically realign their nation. It’s always useful...

SALEM, Va., Saturday, Nov. 8 -- 12 o'clock, noon. The order relieving Major-Gen. McCLELLAN from the command of the army of the Potomac was received at headquarters at 11 o’clock last night. It was entirely unexpected to all, and therefore every one was taken by surprise. On its receipt, the command was immediately turned over to Gen. BURNSIDE. Gen. MCCLELLAN and his Staff will leave to-morrow for Trenton, where he is ordered to report. The order was delivered to him by Gen. BUCKINGHAM, in person. His last official act was the issuing of an address to his soldiers, informing them...

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer defeated Republican challenger Tudor Dixon on Tuesday, securing her bid for re-election and keeping a Democrat atop the critical swing state, NBC News projects. Whitmer, who gained a national following during the early days of the pandemic and is viewed as a future contender for higher office, had been seen as a top target for Republicans in 2022. Polls tightened over the closing weeks. But Whitmer held on, boosted by tens of millions of dollars in ad spending that Dixon, a former right-wing commentator endorsed by former President Donald Trump, never matched. [snip]

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As vote counts continue to be posted, it is clear that Republican hopes and dreams of a huge wave election have been dashed. Instead of a large House majority and solid control of the Senate, Republicans will be lucky to have small majorities in each chamber, and even that outcome is not secure at this moment. But in one state, Florida, Republicans have triumphed in tsunami-like proportions. With 98% of the vote counted, Marco Rubio has a 16.4% landslide lead over Senate challenger Val Demings, and Governor Ron DeSantis has a 19.4% lead, a gigantic increase over his fraction of...

Governor/Senator Pairing Results New Hampshire Sununu – 250,267 Bolduc - 196,600 Pennsylvania Mastriano – 2,207,541 Oz – 2,451,028 Georgia Kemp – 2,102,341 Walker – 1,900,186 Florida DeSantis – 4,604,337 Rubio – 4,465,369 Arizona Lake – 855,212 Masters – 802,933 New Mexico Ronchetti – 320,435 Laxalt – 418,461 Ohio DeWine – 2,434,524 Vance – 2,074,340 Wisconsin Michels – 1,243,914 Johnson – 1,311,336 There's no getting around these numbers. If it's all about fraud, then why didn't the votes have similar results? Look at New Hampshire, that's a MASSIVE percentage difference between the two. Ohio is officially Red, as is Florida. McConnell...

Predictions and observations regarding last night's GOP collapse.

EU member states are standing resolutely firm against President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act amid fears it will harm their domestic companies and economies. The sweeping U.S. legislation, which was approved by U.S. lawmakers in August and includes a record $369 billion in spending on climate and energy policies, was discussed by the 27 EU finance ministers on Tuesday. This came after the European Commission, the executive arm of the EU, said there are “serious concerns” about the design of the financial incentives in the package. “Each minister agreed that this is a subject of concern at the European level...

As we venture forth down the 2024 road to the White House, do not forget that the Establishment's most important goal is to obliterate MAGA. There are videos making the rounds showing President Trump standing on stage in Miami's pouring rain while imploring Americans to get out and vote. The metaphor is striking. There's Trump, battling the elements, lively as ever, refusing to give up, insisting on finishing what he's started. Citizen Free Press appropriately notes that "President Trump is truly a force of nature." I know that the months ahead will make for some spirited political debate among friends,...

Problems with vote-counting machines at some polling locations in Maricopa County, home to more than half of Arizona’s voters, became grist for prominent right-wing voices who deny the legitimacy of the 2020 election to claim without evidence that Tuesday’s vote was also fraudulent. Tabulators at about a quarter of the 223 voting locations in the county experienced problems, county officials said. Elections officials were fixing the problems and advised voters to either wait for tabulators to come back online, go to another voting location or to drop ballots in secure slots. Ballots dropped in the slots are counted either at...

My guess is that they are utilizing EBU (Eligible But Unregistered) voters, and systematiucally producing more Democrat votes. With Florida being stricter with election laws, they weren't able to do that there. In reality there was a red wave like what we saw in Florida. There are leftist groups like ERIC (Electronic Registration Information Center) that utilize these EBU. My theory is there is irregularity in the number of mail-in ballots.

California, Michigan and Vermont voters vote to protect abortion; Kentucky votes 'no' on "no right to an abortion" and Montana votes down Born-Alive Infants Regulation.

Former President Trump in a new interview warned Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) against running for president in 2024. “I don’t know if he is running. I think if he runs, he could hurt himself very badly. I really believe he could hurt himself badly,” Trump told Fox News in an interview late Monday after a rally in Ohio. “I think he would be making a mistake. I think the base would not like it. I don’t think it would be good for the party.” “Any of that stuff is not good. You have other people that possibly will run,...

The Hill & Bloomberg have called the race for Kean with 95% reporting. Nothing official yet. (R) Kean - 153,082 (52.3 %) (D) Malinowski - 139,404 (47.7 %)

Top Republicans including Senators Lindsey Graham and Ted Cruz admitted that the predicted 'red wave' had not materialized as Democrats were victorious in crucial House races and won a Senate seats in Nevada. 'Definitely not a Republican wave, that's for darn sure,' GOP Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina told NBC News just hours after the GOP started the night strong with Ron DeSantis' landslide victory in the Florida Governor race. And Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas said: 'It hasn't been as big of a wave as I'd hoped it would be. We've had some close races go the...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' resounding victory over Democrat Charlie Crist — fueled by the strongest GOP showing in Miami-Dade County in two decades — has cemented his position as a 2024 presidential contender. Why it matters: The big, broad win is a massive show of force against former President Trump, whose blessing propelled DeSantis to office. DeSantis is the first GOP governor to win Miami-Dade County, a Democratic stronghold, since Jeb Bush's re-election in 2002. He did so by double digits. "Never seen a race that big in my history of working in Florida politics. That's an absolute bloodbath," a...

Media coverage of inflationary effects primarily focuses on the impact of rising price levels upon consumers and producers, but there are clearly effects beyond those. As monetary authorities initiate policies intending to stem the upward trend of prices, financial markets may become more volatile than normal. Should inflation prove stubborn, or particularly unpredictable and thus difficult for contractionary monetary policy to counteract, financial markets may become excessively volatile. High levels of volatility dissuade investment, and at very high levels, careening markets may pose a threat to financial stability. In either case, the prices that guide economic calculation become less reliable....

After much speculation, Honda has unveiled the new XL750 Transalp for 2023, bringing yet another competitor into the middleweight adventure bike category. The first Transalp arrived back in 1987 and proved popular around the world before disappearing from the Honda lineup in 2012. The Transalp name has always been synonymous with reliability and the ability to get from A to B, wherever A or B may be. The return of Honda’s Transalp will be welcomed by its devoted fans, but may put fear into the hearts of other manufacturers as they compete for glory at the top of the middleweight...

Republican Rep. Mayra Flores, who won a special election earlier this year but then lost Tuesday against Democratic incumbent Rep. Vicente Gonzales, had a sharp tweet after her loss saying the Red Wave expected by some election watchers didn't happen. She tweeted: "The RED WAVE did not happen. Republicans and Independents stayed home. DO NOT COMPLAIN ABOUT THE RESULTS IF YOU DID NOT DO YOUR PART!"