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It was the moment he had fantasized about for four years. At 2:24 a.m. on Nov. 6, Donald Trump strutted on stage in a Florida ballroom, surrounded by advisers, party leaders, family and friends. The Associated Press had yet to call the race, but it was clear by then that the voters had swept him back into power. Staring out at a sea of supporters sporting red MAGA hats, Trump basked in the all-but-certain triumph. “We’ve achieved the most incredible political thing,” Trump said. “America has given us an unprecedented and powerful mandate.” How Trump, 78, won re-election will be...

Pollster J. Ann Selzer is "reviewing her data" to determine why her pre-election poll, which set off a multi-day media firestorm, inaccurately showed Vice President Kamala Harris leading in Iowa. Selzer is "reviewing her data to determine why a Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll released just days before the election produced results so far out of line with former President Donald Trump's resounding victory," according to the Des Moines Register.

The captain is supposed to go down with his ship. That's not what Kamala Harris did when she lost the presidency. She jumped ship on Election Night, leaving her supporters adrift in a sea of liberal tears. Cedric Richmond, the campaign co-chair, was trotted out to speak on her behalf. On social media, election hawks said she'll go down in history as the "Coward of Howard."

While we are all still in a good mood from the Trump victory, I hope everybody realizes how important FR has been not only by letting us follow the news and get real-time info and discussion on important events, but also by blazing a new trail in conservative media. It looks like the payment processing changes are having a serious negative effect on the Freepathon this quarter. If you are a monthly donor, there is a good chance your October autopay didn't process (mine didn't). I am challenging all of the monthly donors to double your payment in November to...

An author of an infamous revisionist historic work that paints the United States as racist has blamed 'anti-blackness' for Donald Trump's electoral success with Latinos. Nikole Hannah-Jones, creator of The 1619 Project, made the remarks Wednesday in response to Trump's win. The president-elect emphatically beat Kamala Harris after being backed by 46 percent of all Latino voters - the most by any Republican in modern history.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In his first public speech following Donald Trump's landslide victory on Tuesday, an emotional President Joe Biden was clearly devastated over Kamala Harris's lopsided loss. The outgoing president appeared before the media today, showing clear signs that he was despondent and sorrowful after his one-time running mate was handed a crushing defeat at the hands of the American voters. "It's a sad day for the United States, folks," Biden said, smiling broadly. "The idea… that the… the… the gal they had replace me on the Democratic ticket would lose so badly to the man I beat four...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, who will become the minority leader in January when a string of new Republicans are sworn in, encouraged Senate Republicans on Wednesday to pass bipartisan bills when they gain control of the upper chamber. Republicans flipped control of the Senate on Tuesday night, after taking seats from Democrats in West Virginia, Ohio, and Montana. The GOP is also leading in a Pennsylvania Senate race, that would oust incumbent Democratic Sen. Bob Casey. They additionally kept major contested seats in Texas and Nebraska. Schumer, who was not up for reelection, said Senate Democrats were still "committed"...

Democratic strategist and CNN contributor Julie Roginsky said Thursday on CNN’s “Newsroom” that her party cannot speak to “normal people,” stating that it was “not the party of common sense.” Roginsky said, “You know, I’m going to speak some hard truths to my friends in the Democratic Party. This is not Joe Biden’s fault. It’s not Kamala Harris fault. It’s not Barack Obama’s fault. It is the fault of the Democratic Party in not knowing how to communicate effectively to voters. We are not the party of common sense, which is the message that voters sent to us. For a...

A clearly dejected Rosie O’Donnell is pushing for the abolishment of the Electoral College following President-elect Donald Trump’s resounding win over Kamala Harris — neglecting to mention the fact that Trump won both the electoral and popular votes on Tuesday. Rosie O’Donnell — whose long-standing Trump rivalry goes back years, if not decades — posted a TikTok video following Trump’s victory. Suffering from what appeared to be the flu, the former talkshow host was in a somber mood but managed to keep it together until part way through the video, when she called the Electoral College “racist. “And how ’bout...

President Joe Biden appeared in high spirits as he addressed the nation following President-elect Trump’s landslide victory. “We accept the choice the country made,” Biden said Thursday in the Rose Garden. “I’ve said many times you can’t love your country only when you win. You can’t love your neighbor only when you agree. Something I hope we can do, no matter who you voted for, to see each other, not as adversaries,” he continued. Biden also encouraged Americans to bring down the temperature of rhetoric. In the final weeks of the campaign, Harris called Trump a threat to democracy and...

This election season has been something, hasn’t it? There have been more twists and turns in the 2024 campaign than in all the amusement parks in the world. So I had a thought experiment: How would you explain this year to somebody who hadn’t experienced it? Come with me to a room at St. Mary’s Hospital in Athens, Ga., as coma patient Jeff O’Connor wakes up and his (blessedly conservative) physician, Dr. Jacob Taylor, talks with him. Dr. Taylor: Good morning, Jeff. We’re glad you’re awake. Your wife Paige is on the way with some of your personal items. Jeff:...

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A billionaire hedge fund boss is positioning himself to become Donald Trump's Treasury Secretary. Scott Bessent - who previously served as an economic adviser to Trump - is currently vetting potential candidates for a deputy role, The Financial Times reported. The news comes the day after JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, often called America's most powerful banker, ruled himself out of consideration for the role. Although Bessent - who stirred controversy over his financial backing of a conservative publishing house - hasn't confirmed an interest in joining Trump's cabinet, he hinted at his willingness on Wednesday. 'I'm going to do whatever...

“Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan," said President Kennedy following the Bay of Pigs fiasco. Obviously, JFK didn't know his own party. Democrats don't bother with mundane means of execution like circular firing squads. Following a defeat that the entire party believed couldn't happen, Democrats created a mass extinction event — a dinosaur-killing asteroid — that hit prominent party luminaries from every direction all at once. There's already blood on the floor, and there won't be much left to "autopsy" if any Democrats actually wanted to examine the reasons why they lost. "Instead of saying, 'How...

President Donald Trump has a wicked sense of humor that he's had throughout his life, and that was much in evidence during the campaign. We saw it particularly with two humorous moves in response to his political opponents. After Joe Biden called millions of Trump supporters "garbage," Trump climbed into a garbage truck with an orange vest and had a few things to say about that.

The Tarrant County Sheriff is up for re-election following a contentious year filled with controversy surrounding deaths at the Tarrant County Jail. Sheriff Bill Waybourn, who first took office as a Republican in 2017, is facing a challenge from Democrat Patrick Moses, a retired law enforcement officer. Waybourn won with 53% of the vote, according to unofficial results. Since Waybourn took office, more than 60 people have died in the Tarrant County Jail, about half from natural causes, which has spurred numerous calls for Waybourn to resign.

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After Trump’s Victory, There Can Be No Unity Without A ReckoningWe can’t just say ‘Oh well we’re all Americans in the end’ and pretend that everything is okay. Everything is not okay.Back in July after the first Trump assassination attempt, I wrote that there can be no national unity, no burying the hatchet or cooling the rhetoric with people who have been encouraging political violence and pushing assassination prep for years. You can’t smack someone in the face with a hammer and then insist everyone calm down.Trump’s election victory doesn’t change that. Those in the news media who spent years...

President-Elect Donald Trump’s landslide victory will likely go down in the books as the greatest political comeback in American history. With every win, there is a loser. The biggest loser of the presidential race was Vice President Kamala Harris. But her failed campaign, once propped up by Democrats and media allies, also left many others with egg on their faces. Below are five big losers after Trump’s massive victory. Media Elites The credibility of the establishment media appears to have hit rock bottom after it tried to smear Trump as fascist and a threat to democracy. In the final weeks...