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Category: Election 2024
November 22, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024
Media

Morning Joe Hits Lowest Ratings Since 2021 Amid Mounting Backlash Over Trump Meeting.

MSNBC’s Morning Joe hit its lowest viewership since 2021 after husband-and-wife co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski acknowledged traveling to Mar-a-Lago for a meeting with President-elect Donald J. Trump following his landslide election victory earlier this month. The announcement, made on Monday, triggered an immediate meltdown among MSNBC’s left-wing viewers, as well as Democratic Party-aligned media apparachiks on other networks.

The Nielsen research company’s data indicates that Morning Joe has lost about 16 percent of its viewers since the Monday announcement regarding the Trump meeting. Among viewers aged 25 to 54—a demographic important to advertisers—the morning show has lost 41 percent of its viewership since Monday.

Even more shocking, the drop off in viewers was almost immediate after Scarborough and Brzezinski gave their rationale for traveling to Trump’s private club and residence in Palm Beach, Florida. Morning Joe viewership plunged 17 percent (839,000 to 694,000) in the hour after the meeting’s announcement, with 25 to 54-year-olds dropping off at 38 percent (113,000 people to 70,000).

The negative viewer trends for Morning Joe reflect a broader problem for MSNBC—whose parent company, Comast, is reportedly looking to sell off the network and several other media properties. Since Trump’s landslide election victory, the left-wing news network has seen a 54 percent drop in viewership (a 1.1 million decrease from last month).

Prior to the 2024 election, Scarborough and Brzezinski made numerous outlandish claims about Trump, including the bizarre assertion that he would execute his political enemies in a second term of office. This resulted in MSNBC pulling the show briefly following the first assassination attempt against Trump, fearing unhinged reactions by the hosts or their guests.

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MSNBC's Morning Joe hit its lowest viewership since 2021 after husband-and-wife co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski acknowledged traveling to Mar-a-Lago for a meeting with President-elect Donald J. Trump following his landslide election victory earlier this month. The announcement, made on Monday, triggered an immediate meltdown among MSNBC's left-wing viewers, as well as Democratic Party-aligned media apparachiks on other networks. show more
November 21, 2024
Election 2024

WINNING: Ellen DeGeneres Moves to the UK After Trump Victory.

Former talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and partner Portia de Rossi have reportedly relocated to the Cotswolds in the United Kingdom. This move follows President-elect Donald J. Trump’s recent election victory over Kamala Harris. According to DeGeneres, the decision to leave the United States stems from dissatisfaction with the political climate—namely Trump’s re-election. The Cotswolds property purchase reportedly occurred before the election, though exact details remain unclear.

Largely driven out of Hollywood and show business following a string of allegations regarding her perpetuation of a toxic work environment, DeGeneres says she intends to sell her California residence in Montecito. Despite her reputation in the studio, DeGeneres has tried to integrate into the local Cotswolds social scene, where she has been spotted at various exclusive gatherings in the area.

One such event in November 2023 featured DeGeneres joining actor Idris Elba in a DJ booth at a North Oxfordshire stately home party. Recently, she was seen at Jeremy Clarkson’s Farmer’s Dog pub, accompanied by Rossi and singer James Blunt, as shown in a video shared by Lisa Hogan on Instagram.

DeGeneres had previously expressed strong support for Kamala Harris, urging women to vote in the election. Her criticism of Trump’s political views was well-documented, with remarks in 2017 stating that his policies contradicted her principles. She is not the only celebrity considering a move abroad due to political concerns. Actress Eva Longoria has also announced plans to leave the U.S., opting to split her time between Spain and Mexico, citing Trump’s return to the presidency as her reason.

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Former talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and partner Portia de Rossi have reportedly relocated to the Cotswolds in the United Kingdom. This move follows President-elect Donald J. Trump's recent election victory over Kamala Harris. According to DeGeneres, the decision to leave the United States stems from dissatisfaction with the political climate—namely Trump's re-election. The Cotswolds property purchase reportedly occurred before the election, though exact details remain unclear. show more
November 20, 2024
Election 2024

Voters Reject $18 Minimum Wage Proposal, First Pay Hike to Fail on a Ballot Since 1996.

California voters have turned down a proposal to raise the state’s minimum wage to $18 per hour in a narrow vote. This marks the first failure of a minimum wage hike initiative in the United States in nearly three decades. The final results, delayed by two weeks of counting due to close margins, showed 49.2 percent in favor of the increase, not meeting the required threshold for passage.

The voting results displayed significant regional differences. While the majority of Bay Area and coastal counties backed the measure, exceptions included San Luis Obispo, Orange, Ventura, and Del Norte counties. In contrast, most inland counties opposed the raise, except for Alpine and Imperial.

Currently, California’s minimum wage stands at $16 per hour. However, in 2023, Governor Gavin Newsom approved a $20 per hour minimum wage for certain fast-food establishments, affecting those with over 60 locations. This led to a surge in automation and worker layoffs. Governor Newsom has consistently defended wage increases, arguing they empower workers.

Rebekah Paxton, research director for the Employment Policies Institute, stated that the perceived negative economic impacts of the fast-food minimum wage law swayed voters. “Californians are sending Gavin Newsom and the [Service Employees International Union] a clear message: They’re sick of being lab rats for their pet projects,” she said.

This is the first minimum wage hike taken up by a state that has been defeated since 1996, when voters rejected initiatives in Missouri and Montana.

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California voters have turned down a proposal to raise the state's minimum wage to $18 per hour in a narrow vote. This marks the first failure of a minimum wage hike initiative in the United States in nearly three decades. The final results, delayed by two weeks of counting due to close margins, showed 49.2 percent in favor of the increase, not meeting the required threshold for passage. show more
November 20, 2024
Election 2024
Media

Poor Allan Lichtman Just Had His Messiah Complex SHATTERED.

During a recent segment on Piers Morgan Uncensored, a heated exchange occurred between historian Allan Lichtman and Cenk Uygur, host of leftist news show The Young Turks. The discussion grew tense when Uygur questioned Lichtman’s prediction regarding the 2024 presidential election, where Lichtman’s “13 Keys to the White House” model projected a win for Vice President Kamala Harris over Donald J. Trump.

Uygur challenged Lichtman, expressing disagreement with his theory and how it was applied to the election. Uygur asserted, “I told him his theories about the keys were absurd. I was right. He was wrong.” Clearly agitated by the accusation, Lichtman exclaimed, “No, you were not right, and I was not wrong!” and demanded respect for his professional contributions over decades, including the authorship of 15 books. Uygur responded, “Well, who won [the election], brother? … You live in a total world of denial.”

The argument escalated as Uygur continued his critique, describing Lichtman’s predictions as “preposterously and stupidly wrong. ” Lichtman raged that he was being “personally attacked.”

“I admitted he was wrong,” he shouted, despite having said he was “not wrong” moments previously. “I will not sit here and stand for personal attacks, for blasphemy against me,” he added.

“Blasphemy against you? Who the hell are you? Are you Jesus Christ, you loser?” Uyguy exploded.

The clip of the exchange attracted considerable commentary on X, formerly Twitter. Lichtman announced his departure from the platform shortly afterward.

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During a recent segment on Piers Morgan Uncensored, a heated exchange occurred between historian Allan Lichtman and Cenk Uygur, host of leftist news show The Young Turks. The discussion grew tense when Uygur questioned Lichtman's prediction regarding the 2024 presidential election, where Lichtman's "13 Keys to the White House" model projected a win for Vice President Kamala Harris over Donald J. Trump. show more
November 18, 2024
Election 2024
Election Integrity

Election Judge Charged with Felony for Accepting Unregistered Votes.

A Minnesota election judge faces criminal charges following allegations of allowing people not properly registered before the 2024 elections to vote. Timothy Michael Scouton, who operated as the head election judge for Badoura Township Precinct in Hubbard County, has been charged with two felonies: accepting votes from unregistered individuals and neglecting his duties as an election official.

An election auditor alerted authorities that at least 11 individuals were permitted to vote despite not completing the required registration forms intended to verify voter identity. Another judge working with Scouton on election night informed the police that Scouton instructed her to bypass the proper registration procedures.

Local officials, including the Minnesota Secretary of State, have expressed concern over the allegations. The Secretary of State’s office described the charges as “very serious,” emphasizing the importance of all election judges adhering to election laws.

Election fraud and voter integrity were a major issue during the 2024 presidential race, with states purging many ineligible voters leading up to the vote. North Carolina announced it purged over 747,000 ineligible voters in September, which included nearly 200,000 deceased people. Texas, likewise, stated they removed over a million voters from the state rolls, including illegal aliens.

However, the Biden-Harris Department of Justice (DOJ) issued guidelines for state and local officials that one former DOJ attorney said were tantamount to political intimidation. Gene Hamilton, a former attorney with the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security, stated that the guidelines discourage officials from effectively ensuring that only eligible voters can participate in the election.

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A Minnesota election judge faces criminal charges following allegations of allowing people not properly registered before the 2024 elections to vote. Timothy Michael Scouton, who operated as the head election judge for Badoura Township Precinct in Hubbard County, has been charged with two felonies: accepting votes from unregistered individuals and neglecting his duties as an election official. show more
November 18, 2024
Corruption
Election 2024

Trump Is Right, Ann Selzer Should be Investigated.

President-elect Donald J. Trump has called for an investigation into Iowa pollster Ann Selzer, whose pre-election survey predicted a loss for him in Iowa, a state he actually won by a significant margin. The Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll, conducted by Selzer & Company, placed Vice President Kamala Harris three percentage points ahead of Trump in the Hawkeye State. After his decisive victory, 56 percent to 42.7 percent, he expressed distrust in the Selzer poll on his Truth Social platform, suggesting election fraud.

“A totally Fake poll that caused great distrust and uncertainty at a very critical time,” Trump said, alleging: “She knew exactly what she was doing.”

He continued: “Thank you to the GREAT PEOPLE OF IOWA for giving me such a record breaking vote, despite possible ELECTION FRAUD by Ann Selzer and the now discredited ‘newspaper’ for which she works. An investigation is fully called for!”

Ann Selzer, described as “the best pollster in politics” as recently as 2016, announced her retirement from the polling industry the Sunday following the election. However, she claims that her methodology in Iowa was consistent with previous successful predictions.

The pollster claims her Iowa survey was accurate, suggesting its publication increased conservative turnout. “I told more than one news outlet that the findings from this last poll could actually energize and activate Republican voters who thought they would likely coast to victory. Maybe that’s what happened,” she argued.

If Selzer’s poll was fraudulent, as Trump argues, it could have diverted key campaign resources in what was expected to be a close race, making an investigation into possible attempted election interference fully warranted.

Image by John Pemble.

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President-elect Donald J. Trump has called for an investigation into Iowa pollster Ann Selzer, whose pre-election survey predicted a loss for him in Iowa, a state he actually won by a significant margin. The Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll, conducted by Selzer & Company, placed Vice President Kamala Harris three percentage points ahead of Trump in the Hawkeye State. After his decisive victory, 56 percent to 42.7 percent, he expressed distrust in the Selzer poll on his Truth Social platform, suggesting election fraud. show more
November 18, 2024
William Upton
Breaking
Election 2024

BREAKING: PA Supreme Court Delivers Final Blow to Democrat ‘Recount’ Efforts.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has sided with the Republican National Committee (RNC) and U.S. Senator-elect Dave McCormick (R-PA), issuing a ruling that county election boards must comply with the high court’s prior rulings regarding mail-in ballot requirements. Incumbent Sen. Bob Casey Jr. (D-PA) attempted to challenge a prior high court ruling that disqualifies mail-in ballots that lack required signatures, postmarks, dates, and return addresses.

“The Court hereby ASSUMES its King’s Bench authority over the instant Application, see 42 Pa.C.S. § 502, only to DIRECT that all Respondents, including the Boards of Elections in Bucks County, Montgomery County, and Philadelphia County, SHALL COMPLY with the prior rulings of this Court in which we have clarified that mail-in and absentee ballots that fail to comply with the requirements of the Pennsylvania Election Code, see 25 P.S. §§ 3146.6(a), 3150.16(a), SHALL NOT BE COUNTED for purposes of the election held on November 5, 2024,” the judges ordered in their ruling.

Last Thursday, Bucks County, Pennsylvania Election Commissioner Diane Ellis-Marseglia voted with a Democrat colleague to count the ballots that had been previously disqualified by the state Supreme Court. “I think we all know that precedent by a court doesn’t matter anymore in this country,” she argued at the time, continuing: “People violate laws any time they want. So, for me, if I violate this law, it’s because I want a court to pay attention. There’s nothing more important than counting votes.”

Meanwhile, with around 24,000 votes separating McCormick and Casey Jr., the Pennsylvania Department of State says the race will head to an automatic recount. There have only been a handful of successful state-wide recounts since 2000, and among those, only a few hundred votes separated the candidates.

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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has sided with the Republican National Committee (RNC) and U.S. Senator-elect Dave McCormick (R-PA), issuing a ruling that county election boards must comply with the high court's prior rulings regarding mail-in ballot requirements. Incumbent Sen. Bob Casey Jr. (D-PA) attempted to challenge a prior high court ruling that disqualifies mail-in ballots that lack required signatures, postmarks, dates, and return addresses. show more
November 18, 2024
Election 2024

Dem Election Deniers in Pennsylvania and Iowa Refuse to Concede.

Democrat candidates in Pennsylvania and Iowa are refusing to concede races they have clearly lost, instead opting to try to force costly recounts—and, in one instance, blatantly breaking the law in the hopes of titling the election results in their favor. Despite losing his re-election bid by around 24,000 votes, Senator Bob Casey Jr. (D-PA) is demanding the state engage in an expensive recount process even though past recounts suggest it is statistically improbable for him to make up enough votes to overcome Dave McCormick’s lead.

Meanwhile, in Iowa, Democrat Christina Bohannan is also attempting to force a recount against Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA). The latter won re-election by just under 1,000 votes. Since the infamous 2000 Florida recount, there have been an additional 36 stateside recounts of election results. Of those 36, only three were successful in changing the results. All three races were decided by a matter of just a few hundred votes, not thousands.

However, more concerning than the push for frivolous recounts is Democratic effort in Pennsylvania to count votes that the state’s Supreme Court has disqualified. In September, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court—whose majority is controlled by Democrats—ruled that mail-in ballots must include a proper date, signatures, and return address on to be valid.

Despite the ruling, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, elections commissioner Diane Ellis-Marseglia is forcing her locality to count the disqualified ballots. The National Pulse previously reported that Ellis-Marseglia is citing the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision—which overturned Roe v. Wade—as the grounds for her decision: “I think we all know that precedent by a court doesn’t matter anymore in this country,” she said.

Pennsylvania Department of State guidance directs county election officials to keep the questioned ballots segregated from the official count until they can be reviewed.

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Democrat candidates in Pennsylvania and Iowa are refusing to concede races they have clearly lost, instead opting to try to force costly recounts—and, in one instance, blatantly breaking the law in the hopes of titling the election results in their favor. Despite losing his re-election bid by around 24,000 votes, Senator Bob Casey Jr. (D-PA) is demanding the state engage in an expensive recount process even though past recounts suggest it is statistically improbable for him to make up enough votes to overcome Dave McCormick's lead. show more
November 17, 2024
Corruption
Election 2024

‘Local’ Left-Wing Groups Funded by D.C. Dark Money Operation, Tax Forms Reveal.

An analysis of tax filings shows left-leaning groups significantly benefiting from the Sixteen Thirty Fund, a Washington, D.C.-based dark money entity. The fund distributed over $18 million in 2023 to organizations aiming to sway elections in critical states.

Operating as local advocacy groups, recipients of these funds reportedly focused on election influence campaigns, digital messaging, and voter mobilization efforts. Key states receiving substantial investment included Alaska, Arizona, and Wisconsin, all of which hosted crucial elections on November 5. These elections involved both presidential pathways and congressional races pivotal to legislative control. Arizona was the primary target, receiving nearly $4 million. Advancing Arizona, a political group self-identified as a grassroots coalition, used this funding to oppose Republican policies and candidates.

The fund also directed attention towards New York, anticipating its potential impact on House control. Empire State Voices garnered about $3.5 million, which was utilized for aggressive ad campaigns against GOP Representatives Marc Molinaro and Anthony D’Esposito.

In Virginia, the Sixteen Thirty Fund, alongside other liberal financiers, contributed around $1.4 million to sustain Democratic power.

Despite reduced fundraising and spending compared to previous years, the Sixteen Thirty Fund’s role in financing Democratic-aligned super PACs and organizations remains significant. Controversy surrounds the fund’s backing, being linked to contributions from Swiss billionaire Hansjorg Wyss, raising concerns over compliance with federal laws on foreign donations.

“Federal law prohibits foreign nationals from contributing to PACs in the United States, [but] the Sixteen Thirty Fund contributes millions every year to Democrats-aligned PACs,” commented Capital Research Center analyst Parker Thayer.

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An analysis of tax filings shows left-leaning groups significantly benefiting from the Sixteen Thirty Fund, a Washington, D.C.-based dark money entity. The fund distributed over $18 million in 2023 to organizations aiming to sway elections in critical states. show more
November 16, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024
Lawfare

Top Democrat Litigator: Cases Against Trump Should Be Dropped.

A top Democratic Party election lawyer and Supreme Court litigator who served as counsel to Vice President Al Gore during the 2000 presidential election recount in Florida argues that his colleagues should end the legal cases against President-elect Donald J. Trump. Thomas Goldstein, who now publishes the legal commentary website SCOTUSblog, echoes an argument made last week by former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr, contending that the 2024 Election serves as its own verdict on the prosecutions.

“Democracy’s ultimate verdict on these prosecutions was rendered by voters on Election Day,” Goldstein writes in an essay for the New York Times. The long-time Democrat litigator continues: “The charges were front and center in the campaign. The president-elect made a central feature of his candidacy that the cases were political and calculated to stop him from being re-elected.”

He adds: “Despite the prosecutions, more than 75 million people, a majority of the popular vote counted so far, decided to send him back to the White House.”

DUBIOUS LEGAL THEORIES.

Goldstein contends that the two federal cases against Trump “are history” as Biden-Harris Department of Justice (DOJ) special counsel Jack Smith has indicated that he intends to resign from his constitutionally questionable appointment. Interestingly, Goldstein contends that the two state-level prosecutions against the President-elect in New York and Georgia “invoke legal strategies that had never been used to criminalize the behavior that prosecutors charge.” He notes both cases “…carry the stench of politics and, if pursued, could lay the groundwork for political prosecutions of future presidents.”

A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY. 

The SCOTUSblog publisher also agrees with Trump’s legal team’s contention that the “prosecutors’ legal theories were and are unusual” and that they “are fundamentally federal, not state, concerns.” Additionally, Goldstein argues that the continued pursuit of the charges would threaten the U.S. Constitution and American democracy.

“Inviting prosecutors of the opposing political party to pursue these kinds of charges in the wake of a presidential election can only make things worse,” he states.

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A top Democratic Party election lawyer and Supreme Court litigator who served as counsel to Vice President Al Gore during the 2000 presidential election recount in Florida argues that his colleagues should end the legal cases against President-elect Donald J. Trump. Thomas Goldstein, who now publishes the legal commentary website SCOTUSblog, echoes an argument made last week by former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr, contending that the 2024 Election serves as its own verdict on the prosecutions. show more