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… [J]on Tester is a divisive leftist who bragged that he “loved” violent, inciting messaging depicting their beloved President Trump dead in front of the White House. *** Tester ... is polling competitively against Republican Tim Sheehy with Trump on the ballot. Tester’s ability to close polling gaps late in the campaign demonstrates that his resilience in this race must not be underestimated, making the upcoming election extremely important. *** Tester’s overall voting record is abysmal. According to a report in the Daily Caller from March 2023, “Tester supported President Joe Biden’s position on legislation and nominees more than 99%...

[C]olumbus Day is worth keeping and honoring as a great American holiday because it remains foundational to the establishment of a new nation by people who largely shared his qualities of character: self-made, adventurous, and reverent toward God. …***Columbus left voluminous writings that reveal what motivated him to do what he did. Born and raised in Genoa, Italy, he was the consummate self-made man who went to sea crewing on various ships at an early age. As an inspired Christian, Columbus was deeply affected by the militant face of Islam at the eastern end of the Mediterranean that created a...

The longtime Democratic Party lawyer has already filed more than 60 preelection lawsuits to stop Trump from becoming president again by combatting what he calls Republican “voter suppression” efforts such as requiring voters to provide identification at the polls. Echoing a standard Democratic talking point, Elias maintains that such requirements are “racist” strategies designed to make it harder for minorities to vote.At the same time, Elias has been sending letters to election officials in Georgia and other key swing states threatening legal action if they uphold challenges to voter rolls to remove noncitizens and other ineligible registrants. Some Georgia officials...

Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips’ over 12-year legal battle to defend his free speech rights ended Tuesday.The Colorado Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit against Phillips after finding the attorney who challenged him in 2017 for declining to create a cake celebrating a male-to-female gender transition did not properly file the case.“Enough is enough. Jack has been dragged through courts for over a decade. It’s time to leave him alone,” ADF senior counsel Jake Warner said in a statement. “Free speech is for everyone.”The attorney, Autumn Scardina, called Masterpiece Cakeshop to request a “a pink birthday cake with blue frosting” symbolizing...

The Republican National Committee and Michigan GOP on Monday announced another win for election integrity in the Wolverine State.After suing Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson for giving election officials improper guidance—telling local clerks and election inspectors to process and count mail ballots that did not include stub numbers—the court held that the absentee ballots must be corrected.Secretary Benson even acknowledged at the hearing that voter fraud could be committed through ballots that do not have matching serial numbers, the RNC noted.“The RNC applauds the finding by the Court requiring Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson to follow Michigan law...

President Donald Trump is coming to California this weekend, and plans to speak near Coachella. The question is why, given that no Republican presidential candidate has won the state in more than three decades, nor will he.The answer is that there are several close congressional races in California that could determine control of the House of Representatives. Plus, there is lots of fundraising cash in California, even among the remaining Republicans.In 2018, during the midterm elections that were held while Trump was president, Democrats won seven seats in California, using a hitherto-unknown practice called ballot harvesting, which the state first...

Republican Senate nominee Bernie Moreno is tied with Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) in Ohio after eroding the incumbent Democrats’ once-substantial lead.Moreno has fought through both a bruising primary and tens of millions in attack ads from Brown and Democrat groups in what has become the most expensive Senate race of the cycle.An internal poll from the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) has Moreno tied with Brown at 46 percent, the Hill reported.In April, that same poll had Moreno down seven points to Brown.Republicans have rushed to support Moreno in the deepening red state, outspending Democratic groups by $41 million during...

The Shia militia’s ability to reconstitute itself after Israeli attacks depends on Iran restocking its arsenal Even Iranian ballistic missile strikes targeting Israel cannot mask the fact that Hezbollah, the jewel in the crown of Tehran’s “Axis of Resistance”, no longer exists as we knew it. And since Hezbollah was the backbone of this network of militant proxies, Iran’s strategy of arming and deploying these groups throughout the region is suddenly at risk. And yet, while its leadership has been decimated and its military capabilities severely degraded, Hezbollah still maintains an arsenal of rockets and a cadre of several thousand...

Minnesota Governor and Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz appeared on a segment of Fox News Sunday for an interview by Shannon Bream yesterday. I have posted the video at the bottom.The interview was notable insofar as it constituted Walz’s first appearance on one of the Sunday morning gabfests since he was named Kamala Harris’s running mate. Walz’s continuing lies and evasions are of interest in themselves, but his appearance on Fox News Sunday suggests that the old Obama hands managing Harris’s campaign do not necessarily believe that the campaign is going swimmingly.The whole thing is worth watching. I don’t...

Kamala Harris has deployed a gaggle of Hollywood celebrities — whose estimated personal net worths exceed $200 million — to campaign for her in Arizona as former President Donald Trump’s lead in the Grand Canyon state continues to grow, with one recent poll showing him leading 48 percent to 42 percent in the crucial swing state.Actresses including Kerry Washington, Jessica Alba, and Fatal Attraction’s Glenn Close lent their star power to a Kamala Harris campaign event in Phoenix. on Sunday, while Jennifer Garner put in a separate appearance on Saturday, according to a report from the Arizona Republic.***The celebrities didn’t...

Former Rep. Peter Deutsch (D-FL) announced on Monday that he is “100 percent comfortable” endorsing former President Donald Trump, with a desire for “world peace” as the “driving force” for his support.Deutsch revealed his endorsement on a press call with the Trump Campaign and the Republican National Committee (RNC) regarding the first anniversary of Hamas’s terrorist attack on Israel.“I feel very comfortable today publicly announcing that I’m endorsing Donald Trump to be reelected as president. I’m planning on voting for him on November 5, and I take this decision very, very seriously. I also feel 100% comfortable with the decision,”...

The National Border Patrol Union, representing more than 18,000 agents, endorsed Ohio Senate Republican candidate Bernie Moreno on Friday.National Border Patrol Council President Paul Perez said in a written statement:The National Border Patrol Council is proud to endorse Bernie Moreno for U.S. Senate. With an unprecedented crisis of illegal border crossings – numbering millions of apprehensions during the Biden-Harris Administration – we need strong partners in Congress who will stand up and fight to secure our borders. As the brave men and women of the NBPC face the consequences of the Biden-Harris Administration’s failed border policies, we need proven leaders...

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) has referenced allegations from a Secret Service whistleblower who claims the recent cancelation of Donald Trump‘s planned campaign rally in the battleground state of Wisconsin was due to sabotage from his political opponent.According to the whistleblower, the cancellation was due to the agency’s lack of “sufficient assets” to ensure Trump’s safety.“I write concerning new whistleblower allegations that the U.S. Secret Service effectively forced the Trump campaign to cancel an upcoming event in Wisconsin,” Josh Hawley wrote.“This new information calls into question your recent public statements regarding the level of security your agency is providing to the...

The House Judiciary Committee has so far been unable to locate Nathan Wade in order to serve him a subpoena, a spokesperson told the Daily Caller News Foundation.The committee’s difficulty in serving a subpoena to Wade, whose testimony they are seeking as part of their probe into Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, is “extremely unusual,” spokesperson Russell Dye told the DCNF. After defendants tried to disqualify Willis from the case over her relationship with Wade, a judge ordered Wade in March to step down from his position on the election interference case against former President Donald Trump as a...

Thanks to a Trump-era executive order, Oberlin could lose millions of dollars in federal funding.After years of fighting antisemitism at her alma mater, Oberlin College graduate Melissa Landa has finally had a breakthrough. In September, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) announced it is investigating the charges she filed against the school back in 2019.Thanks to a Trump-era executive order, the OCR probe could cost the school millions of dollars in federal funding.***And it comes as no surprise that a left-leaning woke liberal arts school like Oberlin is an antisemitic hotbed. Landa has...

This is one of those videos I watch over and over. AI mission impossible trailer 🔊 up for 🎶 pic.twitter.com/QVDmaxjPPI — APOCTOZ (@Apoctoz) September 16, 2024On the satirical front, it doesn't get any funnier:The satirical trailer, by an artist who goes by the handle APOCTOZ, tracks the old Mission: Impossible opening credits, starting with Hunter Biden's flaming joint playing the role of the fuse, and various action sequences, spyings, science-fiction scenarios, and perils of the protagonists carried through as the famous music plays through.

Readers of the New York Times know the news may change, but the message is always the same in their paper of record. It will play up every Republican kerfuffle and downplay Democratic scandals while presenting the choice between the two parties as a Manichean struggle between good and evil. Now clad in rainbow colors, the Gray Lady will, in the name of inclusion, celebrate a wide range of heretofore marginal behaviors – homosexuality, polyamory and transgenderism – while sowing divisions by separating Americans into warring camps based on race, gender, and ethnicity.The transformation of the Times, and much of...

*** Here's another one that can fit right into the Make America Great restoration: Requiring unions to recertify with the workers they purport to represent.Sean Higgins, a former colleague at Investor's Business Daily, now at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, has a great new piece on just how badly this cleanup is needed.He begins it this way: Imagine if you lived in a country where a vote held decades previous determined which party held control of the government and people had little to no say over who ran the party. That’s the situation many workers must deal with if they’re unionized....

Grand Rapids, MI, (9/12/24) –Today, The LIBRE Initiative Action, a political group committed to supporting candidates who want to advance freedom-minded solutions, announced its support for Mike Rogers’ U.S. Senate campaign and Congressman John James’ congressional race.LIBRE Action, with its dedicated grassroots army, is poised to play a crucial role in mobilizing Latino voters in Michigan. Their commitment to this cause is unwavering, and they are ready to take charge of supporting Rogers and James.It is important to note that the Latino community in Michigan holds significant potential. With more than 300,000 eligible voters, their collective voice can make a...

DETROIT — A Democrat running for Congress in one of America’s top manufacturing districts once called auto “a dying industry,” a comment sure to tick off his Motown-area voters — and they’ll be reminded of it over and over again in a 30-second ad his Republican opponent launched Tuesday, which The Post viewed exclusively.GOP incumbent Rep. John James is facing a rematch in Michigan’s 10th Congressional District against Democrat Carl Marlinga, whom he defeated in 2022 by just 1,601 votes.The race is expected to be just as close this year — and James is determined to hold onto his seat,...