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Category: Election 2024
October 21, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024

Over 15 Million People Have Already Voted in America’s Presidential Election.

With just two weeks until Election Day, over 15 million people have already voted in the U.S. election. According to data from the University of Florida’s Election Lab, five million people have voted early in person, and another 10 million have voted by mail. There are over 56 million mail-in ballot requests, meaning around 46 million remain outstanding.

During the 2020 presidential election, over 65.5 million mail-in ballots were cast. In total, 2020 saw over 155 million people vote, the highest turnout—by percentage—since 1900. While turnout in the 2024 election may not match that seen in 2020, early indications suggest the presidential contest will still see a significant number of votes cast—and that should actually bode well for former President Donald J. Trump.

ARIZONA & NEVADA.

In Arizona, early vote totals show Republicans outpacing Democrats and Independents in terms of ballots returned by low-propensity voters. These Americans, who have not voted or only voted once in the last several elections, are anticipated to play an outsized role in the 2024 election and determine whether President Trump or his Democratic Party opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, takes the White House.

Similarly to Arizona, Nevada’s early vote appears to be breaking fairly heavily towards Republicans—while Democrats hold the advantage on the state’s mail-in ballots.

Again—like Arizona—Republicans in Nevada appear to be moving low-propensity voters, while Democrats seem to be mostly reliant on voters who have consistently voted in the past several elections.

PENNSYLVANIA.

Meanwhile, one state where turnout appears to be lagging—and where lower turnout could be a good sign for Republicans—is Pennslyvania. As of noon on October 21, Republicans continue to outpace Democrats in absentee ballot requests. Interestingly, the total number of requests among Democrats is currently down from their 2020 totals by around 1.2 million, while Republicans are only off by about 250,000.

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With just two weeks until Election Day, over 15 million people have already voted in the U.S. election. According to data from the University of Florida's Election Lab, five million people have voted early in person, and another 10 million have voted by mail. There are over 56 million mail-in ballot requests, meaning around 46 million remain outstanding. show more
October 21, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Education
Election 2024

Tim Walz Gave Top Job to Prof Who Said ‘Irreversibly Racist’ U.S. Must Be ‘Overthrown.’

Macalester College Professor Brian Lozenski, appointed by Democratic vice presidential hopeful Governor Tim Walz (D-MN) to devise an “implementation framework” for “ethnic studies” in Minnesota, has argued the United States must be “overthrown” and “deconstructed, period,” because it is “irreversibly racist.”

Lozenski, a self-proclaimed critical race theorist, made the comments in Spring 2022. They are going viral on X (formerly Twitter) again after being shared by Donald Trump ally and former Republican primary candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.

“[W]e can’t be like, ‘Oh, no, Critical Race Theory is just about telling our stories and diversity’—it’s not about that. It’s about overthrow; it’s insurgent,” Lozenski said, insisting that while critics of CRT do not, in his view, understand it, they “actually tell some truth” when they describe it as “anti-state.”

“You can’t be a critical race theorist and be pro-U.S.,” he explained. “[I]t says the United States needs to be deconstructed, period.”

“Now ask yourself who’s the threat to our democracy & vote accordingly,” Ramaswamy said of the Walz appointee’s remarks.

Walz has a controversial background in education himself, promoting political systems antithetical to the United States to schoolchildren. For instance, he praised Chinese communism in 1991 as a system where “everyone is the same and everyone shares.”

Image by Gage Skidmore.

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Macalester College Professor Brian Lozenski, appointed by Democratic vice presidential hopeful Governor Tim Walz (D-MN) to devise an "implementation framework" for "ethnic studies" in Minnesota, has argued the United States must be "overthrown" and "deconstructed, period," because it is "irreversibly racist." show more
October 21, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024
Religion

Kamala Kicks Christians Out of Event: ‘You Guys Are at the Wrong Rally.’

Vice President Kamala Harris, the 2024 Democratic Party’s presidential nominee, publicly dismissed two Christian rallygoers during a rally in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. Grant Beth and Luke Polaske, students at the University of Wisconsin’s LaCrosse campus, attended Harris’s rally—and after a Democratic presidential nominee praised abortion—the two can be hard shouting “Christ is Lord.” A briefly startled Harris snaps back, “Oh, you guys are at the wrong rally,” while appearing to form the shape of two ‘horns’ with one of her hands.

While this part of the exchange with Harris was caught on video, the rally crowd’s interactions with Beth and Polaske didn’t end with the Democratic Party nominee’s quip. Both were booed and heckled by the crowd, though they insisted during an appearance on Fox & Friends Weekend that they were “there for the right reasons.”

“I was pushed by an elderly woman. We were heckled at, we were cursed at, we were mocked, and that’s the biggest thing for me personally,” Grant Beth said regarding the aftermath. “Jesus was mocked. You know, His disciples were mocked.”

For Christian members of the Democratic Party, Harris’s remarks appear to suggest they and their beliefs are not welcome—and consequently, they would be more at home with President Donald J. Trump and his supporters.

A CHRISTIAN CREDAL AFFIRMATION.

The Kingship of Christ is a common phrase and declaration in Christianity—with variations including “Christ is King” and the announcement that “He is the Prince of Peace.” In addition, the phrase “Jesus is Lord” is actually a Christian credal affirmation—a declaration of one’s belief in the dual nature of Christ as both man and God.

The phrase is primarily attributed to Saint Paul and his letters to various Christian groups found in the Bible, with no less than five passages specifically referencing the phrase. These include 1 Corinthians 12:3, Romans 10:9-13, Philippians 2:11, 1 Corinthians 15:3-7, and Romans 1:3-4.

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Vice President Kamala Harris, the 2024 Democratic Party's presidential nominee, publicly dismissed two Christian rallygoers during a rally in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. Grant Beth and Luke Polaske, students at the University of Wisconsin's LaCrosse campus, attended Harris's rally—and after a Democratic presidential nominee praised abortion—the two can be hard shouting "Christ is Lord." A briefly startled Harris snaps back, "Oh, you guys are at the wrong rally," while appearing to form the shape of two 'horns' with one of her hands. show more
October 21, 2024
Christopher Tomlinson
Election 2024
Election Integrity

Voting Machines Fail Integrity Tests But Will Be Used Anyway.

Voting machines in Dallas, Texas, have reportedly failed to pass integrity tests according to local Republicans who state that despite failing the tests, the machines will still be used in the upcoming presidential election next month. Lt. Col. Allen West, chair of the Dallas County Republican Party (DCRP), released a letter stating that the tests showed the machines failing on several fronts, including tabulation errors and vote flipping, and that only four machines were tested in total.

West says that Attorney General personnel also refused to allow a third party to examine the voting machines or provide a forensic audit of equipment that failed the tests, and they refused to allow pictures of the machines to be taken.

Last year, the 2021 Halderman Report noted that voting machines had several critical vulnerabilities.

Voting machine guidelines changed later that year, but reports noted that it was unlikely many of the voting machines used this year would be able to adhere to new standards and be federally certified.

Dominion voting machines came under scrutiny again this year after hundreds of discrepancies were detected in a primary vote in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico. Some machines reversed count totals or reported zero votes for certain candidates.

Coding errors have been blamed for voting machine discrepancies in the past, including during a 2023 Pennsylvania ballot question that saw machines malfunction when tabulating votes.

Texas is not the only state failing to address major concerns about voting machines. In Georgia, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has likewise refused to address serious concerns, including those raised in the Halderman Report.

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Voting machines in Dallas, Texas, have reportedly failed to pass integrity tests according to local Republicans who state that despite failing the tests, the machines will still be used in the upcoming presidential election next month. Lt. Col. Allen West, chair of the Dallas County Republican Party (DCRP), released a letter stating that the tests showed the machines failing on several fronts, including tabulation errors and vote flipping, and that only four machines were tested in total. show more
October 21, 2024
William Upton
Economy
Election 2024

Kamala Flip Flops on Fracking Pledge Just Weeks Before Polling Day.

Vice President Kamala Harris is again reversing course on her stance regarding hydraulic fracturing—a.k.a fracking—just two-and-a-half weeks before the 2024 presidential election. The Democratic Party’s presidential nominee, according to an environmental policy staffer on her campaign, now no longer supports the expansion of fracking leases in the United States—a rejection of a policy stance Harris herself has touted on the campaign trail.

“Just to be clear, Vice President Harris hasn’t said anything that the administration hasn’t already said. She is not promoting expansion,” the anonymous staffer said in an exchange with POLITICO. The Harris campaign policy advisor added: “She’s just said that they wouldn’t ban fracking and the fact that anyone could look up is that the IRA required leases, and that was not something she promoted.”

The National Pulse reported in late August that Harris—a long-time opponent of fracking and American energy independence—was misleading members of the corporate media regarding her stance on the fossil fuel extraction method. During a softball interview with CNN, Harris claimed she “made [it]t clear on the debate stage in 2020 that I would not ban fracking.”

However, during her failed presidential primary run in 2019, Harris told a CNN town hall there is “no question I’m in favor of banning fracking,” vowing she would begin the process on “day one” of a Harris presidency. She bragged this was “something [she had] taken on in California,” where she was a Senator and Attorney General.

Harris had repeatedly and falsely claimed she made her stance on fracking known during the 2020 vice presidential debate. However, Harris only stated that “Joe Biden will not end fracking” and “the American people know that Joe Biden will not ban fracking.”

Image by Gage Skidmore.

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Vice President Kamala Harris is again reversing course on her stance regarding hydraulic fracturing—a.k.a fracking—just two-and-a-half weeks before the 2024 presidential election. The Democratic Party's presidential nominee, according to an environmental policy staffer on her campaign, now no longer supports the expansion of fracking leases in the United States—a rejection of a policy stance Harris herself has touted on the campaign trail. show more
October 21, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Election 2024
Lawfare

Mitch McConnell Backs Jack Smith, Says Trump Must ‘Pay a Price.’

In a biography set to release just before the election, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell openly sides with Biden-Harris special counsel Jack Smith and expresses his hope that former President Donald J. Trump will “pay a price” for his alleged role in January 6. McConnell’s statements to journalist Michael Tackett for The Price of Power reflect the 82-year-old’s ongoing antipathy to Trump, despite their shared party affiliation.

McConnell’s endorsement of the lawfare campaign against the America First leader reveals just how deep his bitterness runs. “If he hasn’t committed indictable offenses, I don’t know what one is,” McConnell complains. He insists, “…there’s no doubt who inspired [January 6], and I just hope that he’ll have to pay a price for it.”

The book also reveals that McConnell seriously considered voting to convict Trump during his second impeachment in 2021.

Other excerpts from the book reveal McConnell complaining Trump is “a despicable human being” and that he “started to sob softly” as he addressed staffers following January 6.

Despite his public statements and private criticisms, McConnell endorsed Trump for president in March 2024, stating passive-aggressively that “Whatever I may have said about President Trump pales in comparison to what J.D. Vance, Lindsey Graham, and others have said about him, but we are all on the same team now.”

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In a biography set to release just before the election, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell openly sides with Biden-Harris special counsel Jack Smith and expresses his hope that former President Donald J. Trump will "pay a price" for his alleged role in January 6. McConnell’s statements to journalist Michael Tackett for The Price of Power reflect the 82-year-old's ongoing antipathy to Trump, despite their shared party affiliation. show more

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October 20, 2024
Election 2024
NatSec

Trump Refuses to Embroil U.S. in Regime Change for Iran.

Former President Donald J. Trump says the United States should take a cautious approach to Iran and not get overly involved in any attempts to forcibly change the country’s government. Speaking with podcaster Patrick Bet-David on October 17, Trump was asked whether the U.S. government should back efforts to restore the family of the late Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, to power.

“We can’t get totally involved in all that. We can’t run ourselves, let’s face it,” Trump said.

During the discussion, Trump addressed the Iran nuclear deal, which he terminated during his presidency. He also touched on the sanctions imposed on Iran and the nature of his administration’s interactions with it. Despite his stance against Iran having nuclear capabilities, Trump expressed a desire for the nation to prosper, stating, “I’d like to see Iran be very successful. The only thing is, they can’t have a nuclear weapon.”

The sanctions regime against Iran, instituted under then-President Trump in 2019, crippled the Islamic Republic’s ability to sell oil abroad and finance its terrorist proxies across the Middle East. Instead of just hitting Iranian exporters, Trump’s sanctions also targeted other countries that purchased the rogue nation’s oil.

Iran went from exporting roughly 1.8 million barrels of crude oil daily in 2017 to a historic low of under 500,000 barrels per day in 2020. In addition, the Trump sanctions cut Iran’s GPD nearly in half between 2017 and 2020, dropping from almost $500 billion to just $240 billion.

However, following the 2020 election, the Biden-Harris government removed many of the Trump sanctions, allowing the Iranian economy and its terror financing to rebound. Currently, Iran exports around 1.5 million barrels of oil per day, and its GDP had recovered to $413 billion as of 2022.

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Former President Donald J. Trump says the United States should take a cautious approach to Iran and not get overly involved in any attempts to forcibly change the country's government. Speaking with podcaster Patrick Bet-David on October 17, Trump was asked whether the U.S. government should back efforts to restore the family of the late Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, to power. show more
October 19, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Election 2024
Media
UK

‘Conservative’ Editor of ‘Conservative’ Spectator Magazine Endorses Kamala Harris.

Michael Gove, the newly installed editor of the notionally conservative Spectator magazine, has endorsed Kamala Harris for President, citing issues with former President Donald J. Trump’s “character.”

“I would follow Dick Cheney’s advice, and I would vote for Kamala Harris,” said the former Conservative Party politician, who served in multiple senior Cabinet positions under multiple prime ministers before exiting Parliament earlier this year.

Gove, who backed Hillary Clinton in 2016, told the BBC that Harris has “significant weaknesses” and praised Trump’s foreign policy successes on the Abraham Accords and the lack of wars under his leadership. However, he quoted an American friend who said, “I’m bringing up my son, I want him to tell the truth, respect women, and be proud of America’s traditions, and I want him to be humble and respectful… If Donald Trump is President, then how can I say to him that the most important man in the country, the most important man in this world, is operating in defiance of all those virtues, and expect him to believe that our democratic system is working?”

Gove’s invocation of Dick Cheney in his endorsement of Harris speaks to his neoconservative credentials. He wrote an article titled ‘I can’t fight my feelings any more: I love Tony’ in 2003, praising then-Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair for his own role in starting that disastrous conflict. He also flew into a rage in Parliament when lawmakers voted down a proposal to go to war with Bashar al-Assad in Syria in 2013.

Sir Paul Marshall, a former Liberal Democrat and investor in GB News, recently took over The Spectator. Despite its conservative credentials, the magazine often pushed globalist and left-wing positions under now-former chairman Andrew Neil, who described its ideology as pro-mass migration and pro-amnesty for illegals.

Image by Pippa Fowles/No 10 Downing Street.

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Michael Gove, the newly installed editor of the notionally conservative Spectator magazine, has endorsed Kamala Harris for President, citing issues with former President Donald J. Trump's "character." show more
October 18, 2024
Election 2024

Could Nikki Haley Be an October Surprise?

Nikki Haley is in talks to join President Donald J. Trump on the campaign trail, to appeal to soft-Republican and women voters. While specific plans have not been finalized, it is anticipated they may appear together at a town hall event later this month. This event could potentially involve Fox News host Sean Hannity.

The Trump campaign has worked to close the gap with Vice President Kamala Harris in terms of support among women voters. As part of the effort, Trump has held town halls moderated by female political figures since August.

After Haley ended a personally bruising primary campaign as the last Republican contender against Trump, she belatedly endorsed him, speaking at the Republican National Convention in July. However, she has not publicly appeared with Trump since then.

During the Republican presidential primary, Haley relied predominantly on moderate and, in states with open primaries, Democratic voters to keep her long-shot bid for the party’s nomination alive. Along with Haley’s alignment with the anti-Trump Kochs, her campaign’s strategy to cultivate anti-Trump Democrats became a point of tension for many Republicans.

While suggesting on her new SiriusXM satellite radio program last month that tensions still exist between her and Trump, Haley affirmed she is backing the Republican nominee in November.

The Trump campaign is also aware of outreach efforts by Vice President Kamala Harris, who is attempting to sway Haley’s former supporters. Harris’s team has emphasized courting Republicans, going so far as to tout endorsements from the deeply unpopular former Republican Vice President Dick Cheney and his daughter, former Representative Liz Cheney.

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Nikki Haley is in talks to join President Donald J. Trump on the campaign trail, to appeal to soft-Republican and women voters. While specific plans have not been finalized, it is anticipated they may appear together at a town hall event later this month. This event could potentially involve Fox News host Sean Hannity. show more
October 18, 2024
Crime
Election 2024

Kamala’s ‘Dear Friend’ Sought to Downgrade Child Porn Possession.

Vice President Kamala Harris’s long-standing association with former California State Senator Mark Leno has come under scrutiny due to a controversial bill he once proposed. The former Democratic Party lawmaker—described as a “dear friend” by Harris—attempted to amend the law concerning child pornography penalties to allow an offender to possess up to 99 illegal pornographic items before felony charges could be filed.

The revelations come from former U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. At the time of Leno’s child pornography amendment, McCarthy served in the California State Assembly as the Republican leader. McCarthy recalls criticizing the bill—Assembly Bill 50—at the time, noting that a compact disc containing numerous illegal images would only count as one item under the proposed law.

The Leno-amended legislation faced significant criticism, even within Democratic circles. Pat Caddell, a Democrat pollster who served under President Jimmy Carter, labeled the proposal as excessive, questioning how it might impact public perception of the Democratic Party. An editorial in the Los Angeles Daily News condemned the Leno-amended provisions, pointing out that it created loopholes for reduced charges in child pornography cases.

Harris and Leno have maintained a professional relationship for over two decades, as indicated by their social media interactions and public accounts by other California officials and media. In 2003, Leno backed Harris in her campaign for San Francisco District Attorney, actively supporting her during campaigning events. On election night that year, Leno reportedly shared a meal with Harris.

In 2016, as Leno concluded his legislative career, Harris praised his “passionate and collaborative service” on social media. Subsequent interactions, including exchanges on X (formerly Twitter) and public appearances, further illustrate the close ties between the two California Democrats.

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Vice President Kamala Harris’s long-standing association with former California State Senator Mark Leno has come under scrutiny due to a controversial bill he once proposed. The former Democratic Party lawmaker—described as a "dear friend" by Harris—attempted to amend the law concerning child pornography penalties to allow an offender to possess up to 99 illegal pornographic items before felony charges could be filed. show more