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What is going on in Opa-Locka, Florida? The same mail processing facility that is allegedly holding uncounted absentee ballots, was also responsible for sending Cesar Sayoc’s fake pipe bombs through the system. The postal service is currently investigating ballots mailed through the Opa-locka processing center, as reported by The Miami Herald:

The election is a month in the rear-view mirror, but all the votes have yet to be counted, and Democrats are still picking up seats with mysterious improvements in their ballot counts. It's a mystery wrapped up in an enigma. A sixth grader could get the votes counted in some of these elections in less time than it takes California to tabulate the ballots, and in places like Minnesota we are still finding out about ballots that mysteriously disappeared into trash cans, with the result being that a Democrat flipped a state legislative seat. 20 ballots weren't counted in a...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has avoided a snap election so far but sooner or later his time is going to run out and when it does, polls suggest he and his party are going to face a big loss to the conservatives. Today the Free Press published a story helping to explain why so many young voters have turned on Trudeau. As the saying goes, it's the economy, stupid.At University Hospital in London, Ontario, Amanda Vanderley, 25, works grueling 12-hour shifts as an emergency room nurse. Each day includes not just providing critical care and assisting doctors with emergency...

President-elect Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he has nominated Monica Crowley for Ambassador, Assistant Secretary of State, and Chief of Protocol of the United States of America. Trump wrote that Crowley "will be the Administration Representative for major U.S. hosted events, including America’s 250th Birthday in 2026, the FIFA World Cup in 2026, and the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 2028." "During my First Term, Monica did an incredible job as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Public Affairs," he added. "For her exceptional service, she received the Alexander Hamilton Award, the highest honor bestowed by the Department.

A federal judge has paused an attempt by the Biden administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) to imprison Christian pro-life activists for up to ten years. Judge Matthew Leitman, an Obama appointee, paused the DOJ’s FACE Act and felony conspiracy case against seven pro-life activists who are awaiting sentencing over a peaceful protest at a Michigan abortion clinic, citing the results of the 2024 election and the potential for the next presidential administration to handle such cases differently. “As further discussed on the record, the Court will conduct another status conference during the week of March 24, 2025, to receive a...

Being a member of the President’s cabinet is an important job: in their roles as the leaders of key executive-branch agencies, the 15 department heads who work with the Vice President to advise the President can end up driving vital policies. So it makes sense that cabinet nominees must first go through tough questioning from the Senate, which ultimately decides whether or not they get the job. President Trump’s opponents got a hint of hope this week that the process may trip up some of his nominees, as two Republican Senators announced they would not support the candidacy of Betsy...

Many Evangelical leaders have increasingly aligned with the leftist ruling class, while many in the pews maintain more conservative views.Over the past decade, a clear political divide has emerged within American evangelical Christianity. Institutional leaders have increasingly aligned their organizations with the leftist ruling class, while many in the pews maintain more conservative views and resist these shifts. Trump’s recent victory has intensified this balancing act for leaders and further deepened the divide within the movement.Signaling approval for the left’s cultural dominance while maintaining Religious Right credentials has never been easy. In the 2010s, the strategy was to expand the...

For the first time, a Wisconsin court has approved a subpoena to the massive Democrat fund-raising platform ActBlue, saying it owes an explanation to a Republican whose email identity was used to make liberal donations he did not authorize. “Something is not right,” Waukesha County Circuit Court Judge Brad D. Schimel declared as he approved a limited demand for documents and opened a new front into a widening fund-raising probe begun earlier this year by Congress and 19 attorneys general. Schimel rejected ActBlue’s arguments that it was onerous to require it to comply a subpoena for third-party donations it processed...

How can anyone vote for someone so… fill in the blank… racist, sexist, unconstitutional, hateful, unhinged? This is the question asked frequently in the UK and here in the States, where I have spent the past three weeks trying to understand the Trump phenomenon. Behind the question is an implied superiority; that we, the clever people, have identified the monster that is Donald Trump, but the deluded masses are too stupid to see it. But what I have found at the Trump rallies I’ve been to is not stupidity, but frustration, pain and a longing for respect. Tucker Carlson at...

Former US President Bill Clinton admitted Tuesday that he intervened in the Israeli elections in 1996 to help then-Prime Minister Shimon Peres defeat rival Binyamin Netanyahu. "It would be fair to say that I tried to help Peres win the elections, and I tried to help him in such a way that I would not be openly involved," Clinton said in an interview with Israel's Channel 10 News. "I tried to help him, because I thought he was a bigger supporter of the peace process, and I tried to do it in a way that served, in my opinion, Israel's...

“Frankly, America’s daughters are just as capable of defending liberty and freedom as her sons.” —Senator Tammy Duckworth There is no doubt that women can serve in the military and make great contributions to success on the battlefield. This does not mean that it is a good idea to put them into combat arms units, where they would be required to go face to face with the enemy and ultimately be capable of fighting hand to hand and coming out alive. There is no second place in combat. It is not a coincidence that our two biggest adversaries, the...

As early voting results came in, the Oregon Secretary of State gave a small notice that 300 illegal voters had voted in the election. As time went on, the number of these illicit votes grew almost daily: 1200, 1800, 2500, until now, three weeks after the election, the count stands at over 62,500 and change. It appears that the Oregon Secretary of State will try to certify this election's results. The Democrats now hold supermajorities in both the State House of Representatives and the State Senate, along with a Democrat governor, attorney general, and treasurer. This is what you get...

There he goes again. "He" being Pennsylvania Democrat Sen. John Fetterman, and "goes again" being the unpredictable senator ripping his own party again. This time, Fetterman took his fellow Democrats to task for "freaking out" over President-elect Trump's decisive win over Vice President Kamala Harris in the presidential election. In a new interview with The New York Times, Fetterman said the irrational outrage the Democrats have displayed following Trump’s win has only served to make him stronger and liberals irrelevant. "If you freak out on everything, you lose any kind of relevance."We’re not even at Thanksgiving, and Democrats just can’t...

The Amish vote received significant attention throughout the 2024 election cycle as Republican activists worked to mobilize the traditionally low-turnout group. As the frenzy settles, curiosity about its impact continues. The hyper-focus was fueled by extensive communities in battleground states, most of all Pennsylvania. It was also an opportunity to bring the historically politically adverse and traditionalist culture under the Grand Old Party’s umbrella. Some Amish refrain from voting due to beliefs emphasizing separation from "worldly" influences, though a desire for religious freedom and protection from government overreach has drawn more to the polls in recent years. Republican U.S. Rep....

A recent event announcement has triggered online speculation that Hillary Clinton may run for president in 2028. US NewsUK NewsWorld NewsPoliticsRoyalsScienceSpace NewsWeatherWeird NewsHealth HomeNewsPolitics Hillary Clinton's upcoming event sparks wild speculation about 2028 presidential run A recent event announcement has triggered online speculation that Hillary Clinton may run for president in 2028. By Hannah Broughton 06:43 ET, Thu, Nov 28, 2024 | UPDATED: 06:46 ET, Thu, Nov 28, 2024 Bookmark Hillary Clinton Will Hillary Clinton run in 2028? (Image: Getty) Many have speculated online whether Hillary Clinton may run for President again in 2028 after a speaking event was announced...

He alleges that the goal was to ensure that only a small number of large companies would survive, and all agreed to be completely regulated and controlled by the government. “We had meetings this spring that were the most alarming meetings where [regulators] were taking us through their plans: Basically just full government control,” he claimed. “They told us, ‘Just don’t even start startups, don’t even bother, there’s no way they can succeed, there’s no way we’re going to permit that to happen.’” One tactic he claimed he personally witnessed was the federal government’s attempt to coerce his business partners...

'It is absurd for California to accept ballots by mail up to 7 days after Election Day,' RNC chairman rails The Republican National Committee (RNC) said it has filed national lawsuits to stop several states from counting mail-in-ballots after Election Day, as California has taken nearly a month to certify some races. "It is absurd for California to accept ballots by mail up to 7 days after Election Day and take almost a month to count them," RNC Chairman Michael Whatley wrote on X. Whatley said the RNC, alongside the California Republican Party, "will continue to fight aggressively to force...

Proponents of ranked-choice voting are recalibrating after Americans across the country broadly rejected measures intended to implement the system. ... ...overall, election reform measures that would have set up ranked-choice systems or done away with partisan primaries — or, in some cases, both — had a bad night in November. Such measures failed in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon and South Dakota on Election Day, prompting organizers to look for new routes to grow their movement, such as educational efforts and action through the state legislature.

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey said a state law requiring a photo ID to vote being upheld in court is a "huge win for election security. The Missouri court’s decision to uphold the voter ID law came after heavy criticism from groups arguing that such requirements could disenfranchise voters. However, Bailey’s office successfully presented evidence supporting the law’s necessity and effectiveness in maintaining the integrity of the voting process. The court’s ruling confirmed that the voter ID law does not impose a burden on voters.

Mitch McConnell and Brian Kemp's loser choice for US Senate (lost then lost again, much like Martha McSally in Arizona) will not be promoted to a high executive position. GOOD!