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Election day is almost here. Some things will end, like incessant campaign commercials, much to the relief of voters on both sides of the aisle. Other things will continue, including protests and riots, as we are seeing in Philadelphia, and as Kamala Harris promised. Despite more than five years of slings and arrows hurled at President Trump, to derail his campaign, transition, and administration, Trump has a spring in his step. Not just when he is dancing to YMCA song at the end of each rally, but in his entire demeanor. He is cool, confident, and on top of his...

I recently argued that the toss-up states may be different from what media and pollsters present and what you think. Based my view from the 2016 results, I have the race at 231 electoral votes for President Trump, 183 electoral votes for Mr. Biden, and 124 electoral votes as toss-ups.   This implies that there are several paths to 270 electoral votes for a Trump victory. The Blue Wall Falls Again If, as in the last time, President Trump sweeps Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, he will have 277 electoral votes.  This is without Trump carrying Florida or blue wall holdout Minnesota.  In fact,...

Reader Stéphane Mercier writes: Starting a novena this very weekend... We all know Trump isn’t a saint, but he’s certainly the one whom the sane world NEEDS to win this election. Like in the Batman movie, “he’s not the hero we deserve, but the one we need right now.” Excellent idea, and many thanks to you, Stéphane! Instead of praying on our own, why not star a big common Novena? I suggest we start on Sunday, 25 October It will end on Monday, 2 November. This is exactly the day before the election, so the timing is excellent. Please forward...

Mike Lindell, inventor and CEO of My Pillow Inc., told Breitbart News Tonight that President Donald Trump will flip Minnesota red in November — something that has not occurred in 48 years. Lindell, the Chairman of Trump’s reelection campaign in Minnesota, laid out Trump’s path to victory in the state during a Tuesday appearance on Breitbart News Tonight, explaining that the president’s accomplishments speak for themselves.

Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ" (2 Tim.2:3)! "If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God" (Col 3:1)! "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings (godly laud and praises) in heavenly places in Christ" (Eph 1:3)! "For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith" (1 John 5:4)! "Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and...

The media pounds the same drum every single day, citing polls that show Joe Biden in the lead over President Trump.In some ways, it feels like we’re living in a repeat of 2016. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich recently pointed out that things are now swinging in Trump’s favor, and he believes Trump will not only win, but will win big.FOX News reports:Newt Gingrich says Trump win will be ‘dramatically bigger’ than expectedThe chances of President Trump getting reelected in November are looking extremely good, Newt Gingrich said Saturday night. “I’m predicting that it will be a dramatically bigger victory...

POTUS, Donald J. Trump will actively pursue the political victory of the once great state of New York. The Trump campaign organization will make serious effort & action to produce a political victory in New York State, which has has been destroyed by the Democrat Party!!! All New Yorkers would be wise to heed and respond positively, by giving Trump their votes, come November 3rd, 2020. If you good folks in NY & NYC want to prosper and be the number one state/city in the world, once again, then cast your votes for POTUS, Donald J. Trump!!! If not and...

The Supreme Court has allowed President Trump to defy Congress and continue to spend more than $6 billion diverted from military funds to pay for the construction of a border wall in parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and California.

"The fight against the epidemic is not finished," French President Emmanuel Macron said today in an address to the nation, "but I am happy about this first victory against the virus." As reported in The Guardian, all of mainland France including Paris will be designated a "green zone" as of tomorrow. As such, cafes and restaurants will be permitted to open as normal; family visits will be permitted at retirement homes; and schools (except high schools) will reopen fully...

Beloved, daily bombardments from this demonic world seek to rattle and destroy the faith of the men and women of Almighty God (John 16:33; Eph. 6:10-12, 1 Peter 5:8). It is so easy to look inwardly and subjectively and see ourselves as poor wretched victims. It is sad to say that many blood brought children of Almighty God in Christ today choose unbelief which results in the shipwrecked life on the rocks of lawless consequences, subjectivism, and self-pity. Truly there are no utopias here on planet earth even for God's redeemed (Matt. 6:27-33, John 16:33, Phil. 4:6-7), but we are...

There will be no tanks, no parade of soldiers and veterans in the heart of Moscow to mark the 75th anniversary of victory in World War Two. The Red Square 9 May parade has been cancelled because of the pandemic. But in neighbouring Belarus the parade will go ahead, complete with a concert in the centre of the capital Minsk and festive fireworks. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko appears unfazed by the pandemic. He has not followed the European pattern of imposing sweeping restrictions. Russia is still under lockdown, and for six days it has recorded more than 10,000 new Covid-19...

The taking of trophies and the building of memorials to mark military victories has been common throughout the history of warfare. The English word “trophy” is derived from the ancient Greek tropaion, which was a display of captured weapons, armor and standards commemorating the defeat of an enemy.

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Boris Johnson’s dominant election victory in the U.K. national election this week is great news for the U.S., yet terrible news for the Democratic Party. Defying the pundits, Johnson romped to a majority government in the biggest conservative victory since Lady Thatcher in the 1980s. The win was just the latest for the silent majority that wants good governance in contrast to the bellicose activists who desire socialism.

Over 600 Daesh/ISIS affiliates, including Pakistanis, Central Asians and Iranians, surrendered over the past two weeks in Afghanistan, said the country’s Defense Ministry on Saturday. Days after Afghan officials announced clearing the long-held bastions of Daesh/ISIS in the country’s east, along the disputed Durand Line border with Pakistan, the Defense Ministry said 18 more militants, accompanied by 24 women and 31 children, surrendered on Friday. With this, the total number of those associated with the group surrendering surpassed 600, it said. The ministry said the robust clean-up operation forced militants to surrender.

One Year From Today... Is Election Day 2020. Let's speak life and prayers over our President, his administration, our Congress, our Supreme Court, and all state and local houses of governance. For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith. -Habakkuk 2:3-4

During a speech on the Senate floor on Thursday, Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) stated that while he welcomes the announcement of a ceasefire in Syria, “It is far from a victory.” Romney said, “I welcome the vice president’s announcement of a ceasefire, which will prevent further loss of life. I hope the agreement is honored. … The announcement today is being portrayed as a victory. It is far from a victory. Serious questions remain about how the decision was reached to precipitously withdraw from Syria and why that decision was reached.”

“Actually I am a Christian,” Tolkien wrote of himself, “and indeed a Roman Catholic, so that I do not expect ‘history’ to be anything but a ‘long defeat’— though it contains (and in legend may contain more clearly and movingly) some samples or glimpses of final victory” (Letters 255). +++ History as a long defeat – I can think of nothing that is more anti-modern than this sentiment expressed by J.R.R. Tolkien. It is a thought perfectly in line with the fathers and the whole of Classical Christian teaching. And it’s anti-modernism reveals much about the dominant heresy of our...