Polling shows American voters value border security far more highly than the Ukrainian or even the Israeli war effort, with almost 70 percent of respondents to a Morning Consult survey saying they approve of more funding for the U.S.-Mexico border.
Sixty-eight percent of respondents backed more money for border protection, compared to 61 percent who backed aid for Israel and 58 percent who backed aid for Ukraine. In terms of voters’ top issues going into the 2024 election, only the economy ranked higher than border security, ranking number one for three times as many people as the Israel-Hamas war.
The Joe Biden regime has this exactly backwards, however, and is currently pushing Congress to approve a funding package worth well in excess of $100 billion that would give over $60 billion to Ukraine, over $14.3 billion to Israel, and just $13.6 billion to the border – and this would funding to provide accommodation and services to migrants, not just deterrent measures.
Morning Consult found Donald Trump is more trusted than Joe Biden to handle the Israel-Hamas War, the Russia-Ukraine War, U.S.-China relations, and especially immigration.
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Polling shows American voters value border security far more highly than the Ukrainian or even the Israeli war effort, with almost 70 percent of respondents to a Morning Consult survey saying they approve of more funding for the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Physician and climate change advocate Jill Stein announced her intent on Thursday to run for the Green Party’s nomination in the 2024 presidential election, marking potentially her third bid for the presidency, following campaigns in 2012 and 2016. She declared her candidacy via social media, promising to challenge the two-party system in place, address the ongoing climate crisis, and promote a Green New Deal. Stein’s official campaign launch is expected on November 21.
During her 2012 and 2016 presidential campaigns, Stein garnered 0.36 percent and 1.07 percent of the popular vote respectively. Stein’s 2016 run ended amidst critiques from some Democrats who alleged her presence split votes favoring Hillary Clinton. Stein also initiated recounts in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania—states where former President Donald Trump secured his win against Hillary Clinton.
Alongside Stein are several other long-shot contenders, including Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Cornel West, both running as independents, as well as progressives Marianne Williamson and Cenk Uygur. Stein’s 2024 platform is expected to be largely centered on the establishment of an Economic Bill of Rights and the execution of a Green New Deal.
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Physician and climate change advocate Jill Stein announced her intent on Thursday to run for the Green Party’s nomination in the 2024 presidential election, marking potentially her third bid for the presidency, following campaigns in 2012 and 2016. She declared her candidacy via social media, promising to challenge the two-party system in place, address the ongoing climate crisis, and promote a Green New Deal. Stein's official campaign launch is expected on November 21.
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This is a small gift to whomever the Republican nominee is, and is already causing consternation amongst Democrats who thought they could avoid such a scenario
This is a small gift to whomever the Republican nominee is, and is already causing consternation amongst Democrats who thought they could avoid such a scenario show more
Donald Trump has told Spanish-language news network Univision that Big Pharma is “a villian” in many respects, and had unquestionably done “some very bad things” when it comes to the drugs crises in the Americas.
After first being questioned on whether he supported military intervention in Mexico to stop fentanyl trafficking, Trump was asked if he accepted “there’s a shared responsibility on this issue,” with his interviewer citing “the role Big Pharma has played in creating [the] opioid overdose crisis.”
Trump agreed immediately: “Yeah, Big Pharma is a villain in many different ways,” he said.
“I know them better than anybody, they weren’t fans of mine,” he added.
“I got them to do things that nobody thought anybody could really get them to do, and they’ve done some good things, [but] they’ve done some very bad things also – there’s no question about it.”
Trump says Mexico is a victim of the border and drug trafficking crises, too – and Big Pharma is "a villain in many different ways." pic.twitter.com/MawaohPKZM
On the question of military intervention in Mexico, the 45th President had been diplomatic, saying he would “certainly deal with Mexico” and that “Mexico doesn’t like what’s happening either, with fentanyl and with all of the other things that are passing over the border.”
“Mexico’s a victim of it also,” he explained. “You have a tremendous drug problem for your people… The drugs, the destruction of families, the death.”
“Something had to be done about it. We’re losing I think probably 250,000 people a year; that’s like a big military intervention,” he stressed.
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Donald Trump has told Spanish-language news network Univision that Big Pharma is "a villian" in many respects, and had unquestionably done "some very bad things" when it comes to the drugs crises in the Americas.
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Another poll has found Donald Trump dominating Joe Biden in five of the six key swing states, building on the resounding lead the former President has over the incumbent President with less than 12 months before the 2024 presidential election.
The survey, conducted by Emerson College, shows Donald Trump leading in Arizona with 43 points compared to Biden at 41, Georgia with 47 points compared to Biden’s 40, Nevada at 46 points compared to a miserly 39 for Biden, Pennsylvania at 46 points compared to 43, and Wisconsin with 44 to 43. Minnesota is the only exception, with Biden polling at 43 points compared to Trump’s 41.
Nearly half of Trump supporters – 44 percent – told pollsters their main priority going into the election next year was inflation, followed by the economy and jobs at 27 percent. Democrats are more divided, however, with 21 percent answering inflation, 16 percent threats to democracy, ten percent healthcare, and nine percent for abortion access, the environment, and gun control.
“Biden is generally underperforming his 2020 support with voters under 30, whereas Trump has locked in his support with middle-aged voters,” stated Executive Director of Emerson College Polling Spencer Kimball.
Emerson College’s results almost mirror those published by The New York Times/Siena College last week, which found that Trump would receive more than 300 Electoral College votes – way above the necessary 270 – if the results remain the same next year.
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Another poll has found Donald Trump dominating Joe Biden in five of the six key swing states, building on the resounding lead the former President has over the incumbent President with less than 12 months before the 2024 presidential election.
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Representative Elise Stefanik, Chairwoman of the House Republican Conference, has filed an official judicial complaint against Judge Arthur Engoron, the Democrat donor judge overseeing Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial in New York. She accuses Engoron of “inappropriate bias and judicial intemperance in New York’s disgraceful lawsuit” against the former president and his business empire.
“This judge’s bizarre behavior has no place in our judicial system,” Rep. Stefanik wrote in her complaint to the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct, which she shared on X (formerly Twitter).
The Congresswoman highlighted incidents including Engoron’s statement in February 2022 that Trump was not being singled out by New York Attorney General Letitia James but is “just a bad guy,” and his recent courtroom tirades against the former president and his counsel, respectively, that “we are not here to listen to what you have to say” and “I am not here to hear what he has to say.”
Stefanik also questioned the judge’s donations to the Democrats, and the donations of his staff to the Democrats, alleging they broke judicial rules. She also said a gag order Engoron imposed on Trump to prevent commentary on his law clerk’s political bias is unlawful.
“To gag a defendant is un-American. It’s an illegal prior restraint on the defendant’s First Amendment rights, which even the progressive ACLU felt compelled to acknowledge,” Stefanik stressed.
🚨🚨🚨 I just filed an official judicial complaint against Judge Arthur Engoron for his inappropriate bias and judicial intemperance in New York’s disgraceful lawsuit against President Donald J. Trump and the Trump Organization.
Representative Elise Stefanik, Chairwoman of the House Republican Conference, has filed an official judicial complaint against Judge Arthur Engoron, the Democrat donor judge overseeing Donald Trump's civil fraud trial in New York. She accuses Engoron of "inappropriate bias and judicial intemperance in New York's disgraceful lawsuit" against the former president and his business empire.
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Here’s the full statement, in an easier format than an X post, or an embedded image: Dear Commission Members: I write today to express my serious concerns about the inappropriate bias and judicial intemperance shown by Judge Arthur F
Here’s the full statement, in an easier format than an X post, or an embedded image: Dear Commission Members: I write today to express my serious concerns about the inappropriate bias and judicial intemperance shown by Judge Arthur F show more
Vivek Ramaswamy commanded the stand out moments during the third GOP presidential debate in Miami on Wednesday night. Following the event, the dominant conversation concerned Ronna McDaniel’s stewardship of the Republican National Committee, a failed tenure raised by Ramaswamy in his first comments of the night.
“We’ve become a party of losers. Since Ronna McDaniel took over as chairwoman of the RNC in 2017, we have lost 2018, 2020, 2022, [the] red wave that never came. We got trounced last night in 2023,” Ramaswamy said. “And I think that we have to have accountability in our party. For that matter, Ronna, if you want to come on stage tonight, you want to look the GOP voters in the eye and tell them you resign, I will yield my time to you.”
Asked how he would approach the Israel-Hamas conflict, Ramaswamy broke with the hawkish positions of Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley, the latter who has claimed “Israel doesn’t need America, America needs Israel”. Ramaswamy, instead, said the American homeland would be his focus.
“The founding vision of Israel was based on the idea that they don’t want to depend on anybody else’s sympathy or direction in defending themselves,” Ramaswamy said.
“So what I would tell [Prime Minister Benjamin Neyanyahu] is that Israel has the right and the responsibility to defend itself; I would tell him to smoke those terrorists on his southern border, and as President of the United States I’ll be smoking the terrorists on our southern border. That’s his responsibility, this is our responsibility,” the entrepreneur continued.
“I want to be careful to avoid making the mistakes [of] the neocon establishment of the past,” he explained. “Nikki Haley… stepped down from her time at the UN bankrupt or in debt… then she becomes a military contractor, she joins the board of Boeing and otherwise, and is now a multi-millionaire.”
“So I think that’s wrong when Republicans do it or Democrats do it. That’s the choice we face: Do you want a leader from a different generation who’s going to put this country first, or do you want Dick Cheney in three-inch heels? In which case, we’ve got two of ’em on this stage.”
Florida Governor DeSantis has grown increasingly sensitive over allegations he wears lifts to increase his height, accusing his critics of having “foot fetishes”.
The choice should be clear: We can elect a president who will keep us out of World War III or we can elect a Dick Cheney in 3-inch heels. Because there are two of them on stage with me tonight. @RonDeSantis@NikkiHaleypic.twitter.com/i21U4tErmU
Vivek Ramaswamy commanded the stand out moments during the third GOP presidential debate in Miami on Wednesday night. Following the event, the dominant conversation concerned Ronna McDaniel's stewardship of the Republican National Committee, a failed tenure raised by Ramaswamy in his first comments of the night.
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A poll conducted by the University of North Florida (UNF) is suggesting Casey DeSantis, the state’s first lady and wife of Governor Ron DeSantis, is the early favorite to replace her husband when his term expires in 2026. In a hypothetical Republican primary matchup, Florida’s first lady leads the field with 22 percent of the vote while Republican Congressmen Matt Gaetz and Byron Donalds – both considered likely to enter Florida’s gubernatorial race – laughably tied for for second at nine percent.
The risible poll from UNF comes after months of scrutiny over the current DeSantis administration’s transactional politics. The 2023-2024 Florida budget, approved by DeSantis in June, allocated over $30 million in new funding to UNF for several major expansions of the campus.
The political ambitions of Casey DeSantis – who changed her name from Jill, as well as changing how “DeSantis” is pronounced – are somewhat of an ‘open secret’ among Republicans in both Tallahassee and Washington, D.C. While previous first ladies in Florida largely avoided the limelight and wielded little influence over the day-to-day operations in the Governor’s Office, Casey DeSantis has done the opposite. Unafraid to wield the political power she’s accumulated, Casey DeSantis has come to hold significant influence over her husband’s gubernatorial administration and his 2024 presidential campaign. A glowing corporate media profile even suggested she’s more ‘Florida’s co-governor’ than first lady.
The outsized role and influence of Casey DeSantis in Florida politics has left some veteran Republican strategist concerned and even fearful. A former DeSantis administration staffer told POLITICO, “He’s a leader who makes political decisions with the assistance of his wife, who was elected by nobody, who’s blindly ambitious.” A senior staffer who served on one of Ron DeSantis’s congressional campaigns was more blunt, “He’s a vindictive motherfucker. She’s twice that. She’s the scorekeeper.”
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A poll conducted by the University of North Florida (UNF) is suggesting Casey DeSantis, the state's first lady and wife of Governor Ron DeSantis, is the early favorite to replace her husband when his term expires in 2026. In a hypothetical Republican primary matchup, Florida's first lady leads the field with 22 percent of the vote while Republican Congressmen Matt Gaetz and Byron Donalds – both considered likely to enter Florida's gubernatorial race – laughably tied for for second at nine percent.
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Rep. James Comer (R-KY), chairman of the House Oversight Committee, has issued subpoenas for two members of President Joe Biden’s family along with a business associate. The move legally compels the President’s son Hunter Biden and brother James Biden to appear before the Oversight Committee for depositions on December 13th and December 6th respectively. Rob Walker, a business associate of the Biden family and the third subpoena recipient, will be deposed on November 29th.
“The House Oversight Committee has followed the money and built a record of evidence revealing how Joe Biden knew, was involved, and benefited from his family’s influence peddling schemes,” Chairman Comer said in a statement, adding: “Now, the House Oversight Committee is going to bring in members of the Biden family and their associates to question them on this record of evidence.”
The subpoenas, which House Republicans have threatened to issuefor weeks, focus on the Biden family’s numerous business dealings and any role Joe Biden had in them while serving in public office. Four other members of the Biden family, while not the target of subpoenas, were sent requests to appear before Chairman Comer’s committee for transcribed interviews. Those family members include Sara Biden, James Biden’s wife; Melissa Cohen, Hunter Biden’s wife; Hallie Biden, the late Beau Biden’s widow, and Elizabeth Secundy, Hallie Biden’s sister.
Also asked to appear is Tony Bobulinski, a former business associate of Hunter Biden. Bobulinski has publicly stated Hunter was referring to his father, then-Vice President Joe Biden, when he directed business partners divvying up profits from a Chinese energy venture to ‘set aside 10 percent for the Big Guy‘.
The White House was quick to denounce the House subpoenas as a smear campaign against President Biden and his family. The haste over the matter follows the ouster of Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who is believed to have been holding up the process in a bid to hurt Donald Trump in the 2024 election.
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Rep. James Comer (R-KY), chairman of the House Oversight Committee, has issued subpoenas for two members of President Joe Biden's family along with a business associate. The move legally compels the President's son Hunter Biden and brother James Biden to appear before the Oversight Committee for depositions on December 13th and December 6th respectively. Rob Walker, a business associate of the Biden family and the third subpoena recipient, will be deposed on November 29th.
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With few legislative days left before the end of the year, Democrat and Republican leaders in the U.S. Senate are considering combining their nine remaining appropriations bills into a single, easier-to-pass $1 trillion omnibus. The move could end up jamming the Republican controlled House, right in the middle of the holiday season, with the very sort of massive spending bill they have tried to avoid. Last week, the Senate combined three of their appropriations bills into a ‘minibus’, and sent the budget measure to the House by a 82-15 vote.
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) – vice-chair of the Senate Appropriations committee – said while she prefers sticking with the Senate’s original plan to pass four minibus appropriations bills, time constraints may leave no choice but passing an omnibus.
“That has been discussed,” Collins said regarding the possible Senate omnibus. “I think it would be better to keep proceeding with minibuses but we could have gone on to one last week and we didn’t.”
Both Republican and Democrat leaders in the Senate have been careful to downplay idea of single, massive spending bill as an omnibus. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) likened the possible legislation to the minibus the Senate just passed: “Instead of a minibus, it’s a maxi-bus. I’m in favor of it. I think it’s the right thing to do.” Collins said that if Senate leadership does combine the nine spending bills “… at least they’re bills that have gone through committee [and] will be subject to amendment.”
In the House, Republican SpeakerMike Johnson (R-LA) has floated the idea of of moving a ‘laddered’ continuing resolution (CR). The stop gap measure would extend government funding under the four less controversial spending bills until December, while the remaining eight spending bills would be extended into early next year. The ‘ladder’ CR concept, originating with the House Freedom Caucus, is intended to protect House Republicans from getting stuck with a Senate omnibus by forcing the two legislative bodies to negotiate on all twelve appropriations bills.
The government is currently set to shutdown on November 17th. It is likely the House will take up a short-term stop-gap funding bill next week regardless of what the Senate decides to do.
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With few legislative days left before the end of the year, Democrat and Republican leaders in the U.S. Senate are considering combining their nine remaining appropriations bills into a single, easier-to-pass $1 trillion omnibus. The move could end up jamming the Republican controlled House, right in the middle of the holiday season, with the very sort of massive spending bill they have tried to avoid. Last week, the Senate combined three of their appropriations bills into a 'minibus', and sent the budget measure to the House by a 82-15 vote.
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The Minnesota Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit brought by residents of the state asking former President Donald Trump be barred from from the state’s primary election ballot. The petitioners argued the 14th Amendment’s ‘insurrection clause’ constitutionally bars the former Republican President from holding office. The crux of the lawsuit revolved around the petitioners claim that Trump’s attempt to challenge the 2020 presidential election results was tantamount to engaging in insurrection against the United States.
Former President Trump celebrated the legal victory, posting on Truth Social: “Ridiculous 14th Amendment lawsuit just thrown out by Minnesota Supreme Court. ‘Without Merit, Unconstitutional.’ Congratulations to all who fought this HOAX!”
Justices on the state court didn’t go as far as Trump’s legal team would have liked in their ruling, leaving the door open to renewed challenges as to his eligibility for the 2024 general election ballot. According to the court’s ruling: “There is no state statute that prohibits a major political party from placing on the presidential nomination primary ballot, or sending delegates to the national convention supporting, a candidate who is ineligible to hold office.”
A similar constitutional challenge to Trump’s presidential candidacy was filed in Colorado by petitioners backed by George Soros funded group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. Legal proceedings in the Colorado court concluded this past Monday and a ruling is expected around Thanksgiving.
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The Minnesota Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit brought by residents of the state asking former President Donald Trump be barred from from the state's primary election ballot. The petitioners argued the 14th Amendment's 'insurrection clause' constitutionally bars the former Republican President from holding office. The crux of the lawsuit revolved around the petitioners claim that Trump's attempt to challenge the 2020 presidential election results was tantamount to engaging in insurrection against the United States.
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