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Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said on a staff call Wednesday that he will not run for minority leader, according to two GOP staffers, heading off what will likely be a bitter fight over the party’s future in the next Congress as Republicans reel from a seismic election defeat. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) and House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) are both expected to launch bids for minority leader, setting up a potentially contentious contest as Republicans grapple with their diminished standing. Johnson has had a rocky tenure as Speaker, often marked by internal GOP fighting, a razor-thin...

Initial thoughts of the election - winners and losers

Here are some:

It is shocking that stock market futures are booming,,,up over 1,000 points! Who would ever dreamed that? Unbelievable.

Longtime Republican incumbent Senator Susan Collins was unseated by Democrat Troy Jackson in Maine's Senate race on Tuesday evening. RINO Susan Collins served five consecutive terms as a Maine Senator. Troy Jackson, the Democrat who married his cousin, booted Susan Collins. BREAKING: The Fox News Decision Desk can project that Democrat Troy Jackson will defeat Republican Sen. Susan Collins in Maine. The state has backed Democrats in every presidential election since 1992, but voters also elected Republican Susan Collins to five consecutive Senate terms. That record ends tonight. — Fox News (@FoxNews) November 4, 2026 Democrats flipped the US Senate...

Keisha Lance Bottoms has been projected as the winner against Republican Rick Jackson in the Georgia gubernatorial election. Jackson, a billionaire health care executive, previously won in a close primary race against Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones. Trump congratulated Jackson for running a "great TRUMP Campaign," calling him "very smart." Trump added, "He won against a great guy, Burt Jones, who has a fantastic future!!!" Rick Jackson ran a great TRUMP Campaign. Very smart! Was with me on Saturday Night making a pitch. Amazing!!! He won against a great guy, Burt Jones, who has a fantastic future!!! President DJT Lance...

The Democrats are projected to flip the US House of Representatives after four years of Republican leadership. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries will likely become Speaker of the House. Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters will become the next Chairwoman of the Financial Services Committee. Republicans have had control of the House since 2022. The Hill reported: John Solomon and Steve Bannon weighed in on this developing story. WATCH: Democrats on Tuesday seized control of the U.S. House, flipping the chamber after four years in the minority wilderness to usher in a new era of divided government, Decision Desk HQ projects. The...

Far-left Texas Senate candidate James Talarico has defeated GOP candidate Ken Paxton. President Trump endorsed Ken Paxton earlier this year. Decision Desk HQ projects James Talarico wins the TX US Senate General Election #DecisionMade: 10:14 PM EST Follow live results here: https://t.co/O6f6RF1XKc https://t.co/lxmiHe8EJH — Decision Desk HQ (@DecisionDeskHQ) November 4, 2026

Election Day is already off to a disastrous start in Kansas, where a polling location in Leavenworth County ran out of ballots Tuesday morning, leaving frustrated voters waiting more than an hour and reportedly forcing some to leave without casting their votes. The stunning election administration failure unfolded at the Linwood Community Building in downtown Linwood, where voters arrived Tuesday morning expecting to participate in the crucial 2026 midterm elections. Instead, they discovered that county election officials had failed to provide enough ballots for their precinct. According to KCTV5's Election Day report, the polling location was short of ballots for...

---SNIP-- The leaflet said: “No business for Zionists! These Zionist establishments must go! Not in our city!”. The rally is planned for Saturday, the eve of the anniversary of Kristallnacht, the Nazi pogrom that took place between November 9 and 10, 1938. On that night, mobs destroyed thousands of Jewish businesses, homes and synagogues in Germany and Austria, while thousands of Jews were beaten, assaulted and sent to concentration camps.

President Trump delivered a closing message from the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C., on the eve of the midterm election, highlighting the administration's renovation of the Reflecting Pool and outlining additional projects he plans to pursue with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. He also addressed public safety and urged voters to support Republican candidates in Tuesday's election.

Texas voter: “I’m a Republican. I’m an old school Reagan Republican, and I believe personal integrity means things. And so I support people that have good personal integrity, and I like James Talarico. He is the kind of guy we need in office.”

In the resurfaced clip, Mohamed says the community’s political goal is to present a united front to lobby for Somalia. Mohamed has previously faced backlash for his Somali-language videos speaking to his fellow foreign constituents, including one about efforts related to naming streets after Somali historical figures. In the subtitled clips that went viral after Libs of TikTok posted them on X, Mohamed, speaking in Somali, said, "Our aim is a united front to lobby for Somalia." WATCH: "Our aim is a united front to lobby for Somalia" - Rep Ismail Mohamed He just endorsed Amy Acton. https://t.co/laY4vzrPou — Libs...

American Revolution 2.0Have you already seen how far the country has been pulled off course?Are You Counting the Days Until the Election?A nation in decline does not correct itself by accident. What you are reading is the product of years of quiet work by people who refused to stay inside the stable of group-think: researchers, memers, prayer warriors, and ordinary citizens who left the old media matrix, compared notes, and kept a watch. Five hundred threads ago many of us were still alone, ranging from half-asleep to already on duty. Small enclaves formed, drops were read for clues, and a...

A video of a police van marked "Polizei" on a Polish road is spreading online. Some posts claim Germany sent police to put down the protest outside Poland's Constitutional Tribunal. We checked the footage.-'Why were they there? We do not know. We have found no explanation from Poland's interior ministry or from the Polish or German police.-The video is not new. It was online by 27 October, three days before Friday's events at the Tribunal.-It was not filmed near Warsaw. The Hotel Górski seen in the video stands on the S8 expressway at Proszenie, about 127 km by road from...

Abdul El-Sayed argues that boys should be allowed in girls’ locker rooms "because they are going to find out about it on the internet anyway." According to him, it's not our job as parents to protect our kids - in fact we're hindering them if we do. Instead, we need to let our kids have access to EVERYTHING... and then have a conversation about what they saw and heard. Pure evil. Vote RED like your child depends on it.

I'll show you mine if you show me yours...

Hoping FR will take the hint... Latency, in the realm of technology and network communication, is a critical factor that influences the time delay between input and output. This article explores the concept of latency, its real-world implications, common reasons for latency, and methods to reduce it. Whether you're a gamer, a streamer, or simply looking to optimize your internet experience, understanding and managing latency is key to a smoother digital journey.

Chilling audio captured the moments before a Learjet crashed into a huge fireball in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sunday. A Learjet that departed Austin, Texas, en route to the Bahamas plunged at a high rate of speed and nosedived into a mobile home part nine miles from Mar-a-Lago. The doomed plane erupted into a giant fireball and left a massive crater in the road. All nine people aboard the doomed aircraft are dead. The victims have not been identified. Here is the Learjet crashing on Palm Beach. Frame by frame https://t.co/nCoRIIDXGP — Jon Nicosia (@NewsPolitics) November 1, 2026 The...

Pity that totalitarian leftists have taken over the words FASCISM and FASCISTS to describe conservatives. As usual they use Alinsky rules to end run around conservatives and are owning the language. While conservatives here and elsewhere parse what FASCIST MEANS they are being tarred with it. Think about this.... THE REAL FASCISTS OF OUR WORLD TODAY... THE ANTIFAS... THE ISLAMISTS....THE SOCIALISTS....THE DEMOCRATS ....THE ANARCHISTS..... ALL ARE USING the term FASCIST in unison to market and sell the idea that you and other conservatives are a murdererous group WHO SHOULD BE KILLED. Madison Avenue never did it better. Solution grab the...