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Judge Nixes Progressive Assault on North Carolina Election Integrity

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The progressives were hoping to use Judgefare to loosen absentee ballot laws in North Carolina. Their efforts were halted by U.S. District Judge Thomas Shroeder, who threw their lawsuit out.

GOP Foils Dems’ Election Integrity Shenanigans In North Carolina– thefederalist.com
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As President Donald Trump rallied the Republican troops Tuesday in the Tar Heel State two weeks ahead of next month’s midterms, the GOP was coming fresh off a big election integrity victory.

The RNC and the North Carolina Republican Party stopped a last-minute attempt by left-wingers to water down safeguards for absentee ballots.

U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Schroeder denied a motion for preliminary injunction filed by the North Carolina Alliance for Retired Americans, part of a national network of big labor-sponsored activists that advocate for leftist causes, and other leftist groups. Schroeder ruled that the groups sought to block the election integrity directives too late in the game.

As the judge noted, the U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly admonished lower courts they “should ordinarily not alter the election rules on the eve of an election.” That particularly holds for injunctions seeking to change the rules of engagement in the eleventh hour. In this case, the “election is not merely upcoming; it has already started,’” the judge wrote in quoting a past SCOTUS decision.

“Plaintiffs have also delayed. They waited eighteen days afterthe 2026 Numbered Memo was issued to bring this action, and they did not file their motion for preliminary injunction until the day before the counting of absentee ballots would begin,” Schroeder wrote.

Another Huge Migrant Caravan Heads for America Ahead of The Mid-Terms, Banking on a Democrat Win– gellerreport.com

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Another Huge Migrant Caravan Heads for America Ahead of The Mid-Terms, Banking on a Democrat Win– gellerreport.com
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Another migrant caravan has reportedly left Mexico’s southern border heading toward the United States—and, according to Julio Rosas, some participants are hoping Democrats win the midterms. That political calculation deserves Americans’ attention: a Democratic victory means illegal entry into this country . The administration’s message must remain unequivocal: joining a caravan creates no entitlement to admission. Voters should demand equally clear answers from congressional candidates. Democrats will not fund immigration enforcement, support ICE or uphold the border. Border security is on the ballot, and promises mean nothing without enforcement.

Vote like your life and your children’s lives depends on it, because it does.

Trump Goes All Out to Save America: $400 Million Midterm Blitz, Back-to-Back Rallies to Save the Republic– gellerreport.com

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Trump Goes All Out to Save America: $400 Million Midterm Blitz, Back-to-Back Rallies to Save the Republic– gellerreport.com
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Trump is pouring everything into the final stretch of the midterms, which he calls the most important in the country’s history. He rallied in Greenville, North Carolina, with NASCAR legend Richard Petty, announced a $1.5 billion chip plant for the state, and is heading to South Carolina next. He says he’ll spend over $400 million by Election Day, and Elon Musk has put in hundreds of millions more, making this one of the most heavily funded midterm pushes ever. Democrats still lead in the key North Carolina Senate race, where Roy Cooper is ahead of Trump’s pick, Michael Whatley.

President Trump on Tuesday morning: I am pleased to announce that, having to do with the Most Important Midterm Elections in our Country’s History, I have spent, or will be spending, over 400 Million Dollars by Election Day. More than 300 Million Dollars has already been spent on Advertising, Direct and Indirect Voter Contact, Rallies, Rally Arenas, Telerallies, Get Out the Vote Programs, Election Integrity, and more (Truth).

Cameron Arcand adds: Trump ally and tech billionaire Elon Musk has also poured in roughly $366 million into the election to help Republicans cross the finish line (Townhall). Reuters on the mechanisms Trump is using: Trump’s super PAC, MAGA Inc., and an affiliated group, No Going Back PAC, have spent ⁠at least $226 million on the elections so far, campaign filings show (Reuters).

And, the New York Times on Musk: Elon Musk has quietly funneled more than $276 million into Republican groups and his super PAC since the start of July, building a huge turnout operation to help the party battle headwinds in the midterm elections. The staggering amount of money makes Mr. Musk, the richest person in the world, by far the largest known donor in the midterms (New York Times).

Florida Democrat Arrested After Threatening to Behead Fellow Dems Who Don’t Support DSA Senate Candidate Angie Nixon › American Greatness– amgreatness.com

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Florida Democrat Arrested After Threatening to Behead Fellow Dems Who Don’t Support DSA Senate Candidate Angie Nixon › American Greatness– amgreatness.com
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A former Florida Democrat congressional candidate was arrested and charged with two felony counts of intimidation after he allegedly threatened to behead fellow Democrats and burn down their houses if they refused to support Marxist U.S. Senate candidate Angie Nixon.

Elijah Manley, 27, posted the unhinged threats on Facebook in August targeting two people, according to the arrest affidavit.

The Broward Sheriff’s Office was notified about two social media posts on August 21, the day after they were posted.

One of the victims provided screenshots of the messages to investigators.

In one of the posts, Manley stated: “I’m talking to yall. I saw yall comments earlier. I’m already pissed off, do not piss me off more. I swear to God, take me to war over this black woman and I promise yall I will burn y’all mf castle to the ground and anyone else in my way,” according to the affidavit.

Manley went on to post in another message: “This is the type of shii that will make me snap.”

Tech Billionaire John Doerr Funnels Millions to Democrats Through New ‘Dark Money’ Group– readsludge.com

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Tech Billionaire John Doerr Funnels Millions to Democrats Through New ‘Dark Money’ Group– readsludge.com
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John Doerr, the billionaire tech venture capitalist whose firm Kleiner Perkins is heavily invested in artificial intelligence, has set up a new “dark money” group that gave more than $10 million in grants last year to Democratic Party network groups, including $7.5 million to the nonprofits aligned with Senate and House Democratic leadership, according to a tax filing reviewed by Sludge.

The donations came as TechNet, the industry lobbying group where Doerr is a co-founder and was an executive council member for over 25 years, pushed Congress to pass a federal framework on AI of narrow, “risk-based” rules that would preempt state laws. In 2023, Doerr told a Senate AI forum convened by Sen. Chuck Schumer that proposals to change antitrust rules were chilling the venture capital industry by making it harder for startups to be acquired.

New fake polling scandal riles Democrats ahead of midterm elections– www.washingtonexaminer.com

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New fake polling scandal riles Democrats ahead of midterm elections– www.washingtonexaminer.com
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Another fake polling scandal has hit less than two weeks before the midterm elections, ripping open old wounds about the Michigan Democratic Senate primary and renewing skepticism about pollsters as they increasingly forecast a blue wave on Nov. 3.

An outfit called Wedgewood Polls released a statement on social media Tuesday acknowledging most of its results were not legitimate, but rather some kind of experiment designed to show serious problems with how polls are conducted and then reported on by the media.

Federal agents knock on doors to track down possible noncitizen voters ahead of midterms– www.cbsnews.com

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Federal agents knock on doors to track down possible noncitizen voters ahead of midterms– www.cbsnews.com
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Armed and in uniform, federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security have been knocking on doors in several states to ask residents about their immigration status — and to inquire if they have registered to vote or cast votes in past elections, a CBS News Investigation has found.

The operation is part of an effort to root out potential noncitizen voters ahead of the midterms. DHS has alleged that there could be as many as 250,000 citizens illegally registered to vote, although election experts have disputed the accuracy of this figure. Just 156 people have been charged with voting-fraud related offenses since the beginning of the Trump administration, according to the Department of Justice. There are 227 million registered voters in the U.S.

Critics say that sending armed federal agents to the doors of U.S. residents could be intimidating for legal voters.

“What we’re seeing now is the federal government is inserting itself into the state process for verifying their voter roles in an unprecedented way,” said Jessica Marsden, a lawyer for Protect Democracy, a left-leaning advocacy group that is suing the federal agency over the door-knocking campaign. “And they are doing it in a way that seems maximally designed to scare lawful voters from participating.”

NY Times Journo on MSNOW Sounds Alarm for Democrats – Says Lifelong Democrats in Michigan Are Crossing Over and Voting Republican (VIDEO)– www.thegatewaypundit.com

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NY Times Journo on MSNOW Sounds Alarm for Democrats – Says Lifelong Democrats in Michigan Are Crossing Over and Voting Republican (VIDEO)– www.thegatewaypundit.com
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New York Times journalist Jeremy Peters recently appeared on MSNOW and told hosts Joe and Mika that large numbers of lifelong Democrats in Michigan, particularly Jewish Democrats, are crossing party lines to vote Republican for the first time.

Peters describes this as a ‘big deal’ and goes on to say that he can’t think of a race where the opposite is happening. He is right about that. There is no race in this election cycle that is causing Republicans to vote for a Democrat candidate.

In Michigan, this is happening because a huge number of voters in the state simply do not trust Abdul El-Sayed.

Hannity.com has more details:

Even a New York Times reporter sees it. Mike Rogers is winning over lifelong Democrats.

Times national reporter Jeremy Peters dropped the bombshell Monday morning on MS NOW’s “Morning Joe.” He pointed to “lifelong Jewish Democrats, especially in the Detroit suburbs, who are saying for the first time in their lives they’re voting Republican.”

“That’s a big deal,” Peters said. “I don’t know of any other marquee race in the country right now where the Republican candidate is converting Democrats.”

Rogers, the Republican, faces far-left Democrat Abdul El-Sayed for Michigan’s open Senate seat. Voters decide Nov. 3.

Peters knows the turf. “I grew up not far from where El-Sayed is from,” he told the hosts.

He called it “really quite striking” that some Democrats are “so concerned about their party’s nominee” that they’re “willing to vote for the candidate who’s aligned with Donald Trump.”

Fox Downgrades Florida Governor Race—Byron Donalds Says Its Hispanic Shift Is Wrong– wltreport.com

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Fox Downgrades Florida Governor Race—Byron Donalds Says Its Hispanic Shift Is Wrong– wltreport.com
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Florida is still red. But if Republicans treat that fact like a permission slip to sleep through the final two weeks, they may wake up to the biggest political shock of 2026.

Fox News has moved the governor’s race between Republican Byron Donalds and Democrat David Jolly from Likely Republican to Lean Republican.

Fox still favors Donalds. The new rating warns that the race in President Trump’s home state has become competitive enough that a serious upset can no longer be dismissed.

The reason Fox highlighted should command every Republican’s attention: Hispanic support for the GOP appears to be sliding after becoming a central part of Trump’s winning Florida coalition.

Donalds went on Fox and rejected the premise. He said his campaign’s internal numbers show Hispanic support growing, not shrinking, and that support among voters overall is moving his way.

One of those assessments will be proven right on November 3. The margin between them is the entire story.

CNN’s Tapper: House Dems Haven’t Given ‘Cohesive Plan’ to Legislate if They Win Majority– www.breitbart.com

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CNN’s Tapper: House Dems Haven’t Given ‘Cohesive Plan’ to Legislate if They Win Majority– www.breitbart.com
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On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” host Jake Tapper stated that House Democrats “have not presented any sort of cohesive plan for how you guys are going to legislate” if they win the House in the midterms.

While speaking to Rep. Don Davis (D-NC), Tapper said, “So, House Democrats, as a whole, have not presented any sort of cohesive plan for how you guys are going to legislate if you do win the House, which many people think is likely to happen. What would you say is priority number one, legislatively? What’s the plan to get it done, knowing that you’re going to have to have President Trump either veto it or sign it into law? What’s number one?”

Davis responded, “What I’ve been — begin to hear on all sides, whether they be Republican or Democrats, affordability costs, and as I said, survival. If you are a seventh-generation farmer and you are wondering right now if you can keep that farm, that family farm going, that’s what this is about. And we cannot lose focus. We should, everyone, show up in the 120th Congress, laser-focused on helping to address costs. These are the concerns I’m hearing. I hear it from our farmers. I hear it from commercial fishermen. Right now, the price of fuel is so high. And we have to make sure that we are addressing the issues that are on the minds of the American people. And if we’re just saying this around election time, and then typical politicians show up and do anything else, then we’re doing a disservice to the families that we are elected to serve.”

Los Angeles County Officials Offer Conflicting Accounts of Voter Citizenship Checks– legalinsurrection.com

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Los Angeles County Officials Offer Conflicting Accounts of Voter Citizenship Checks– legalinsurrection.com
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I don’t know how Leslie stays in California.

The Trump administration asked a court for a temporary restraining order to stop California from counting 20,000 ballots from people the feds believe aren’t legally allowed to vote.

Most of those people live in Los Angeles County.

Monica Flores, an assistant registrar-recorder for the Candidate and Voter
Services Bureau of the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, wrote a declaration to oppose the TRO.

Flores made a shocking admission (emphasis mine):

The DOJ’s proposed order would also require the Registrar to verify the citizenship of each affected voter. The Registrar is not equipped or authorized to verify voter citizenship because it does not independently house citizenship-related information beyond the voter attestation as identified in federal and state law (such as, among other things, immigration records, travel records, naturalization records, etc.) and certainly is not equipped to do so within the election period. California has not authorized use of the federal Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (“SAVE”) program for the 2026 General Election, and the Registrar has no direct access to federal citizenship data. The DOJ has not explained what information would be provided to the Registrar to assist with this determination nor described any process by which the Registrar would be given information or authority such that it could verify citizenship. Further, while the DOJ has stated that it would also verify citizenship, it has stated, despite its investigative authority, it cannot investigate the people on its list before the election concludes. It is not clear how Los Angeles County, in the middle of the election cycle, would be better positioned to verify U.S. citizenship than the Federal Government or that it has any identified authority to do so. And it is certainly not clear how Los Angeles County can be expected to complete this verification within the election period when the government itself has stated it cannot do so.

Schumer-Backed Veterans Group Backs Non-Veteran Dems Over Decorated Republican– www.dailysignal.com

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Schumer-Backed Veterans Group Backs Non-Veteran Dems Over Decorated Republican– www.dailysignal.com
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During his three-decade career as a Marine, Sen. Dan Sullivan lived out the Marine Corps’ motto, Semper Fidelis, “always faithful,” retiring as a colonel in 2024 after several deployments across the Middle East and Asia.

But now, in a reelection bid, the Alaskan senator is receiving no such loyalty from a Democrat, Chuck Schumer-aligned super PAC that claims to help “veterans and national security experts win elected office.” Rather than supporting a decorated veteran, Schumer’s VoteVets is opting to rally behind Democrats, including Sullivan’s opponent, former Rep. Mary Peltola and Iowa state Rep. Josh Turek, neither of whom served in the military.

Sullivan’s race for reelection against Peltola is as tight as they come. A recent RealClearPolling average has the Democrat up by 1.2 points, while other polls have Sullivan, a Republican, leading by as much as 3 points. VoteVets, meanwhile, has poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into attacks against Sullivan and hosted an event with Peltola. Additionally, the Democrat organization spent millions launching Turek and helped him secure the Democrat nomination.

Vice President JD Vance highlighted Sullivan’s service during a campaign rally in Fairbanks last week, introducing Sullivan as “a guy who cares about whether he fights for the men and women of this state. That is Marine Corps veteran and your great senator, Dan Sullivan.”

During his three-decade military career, Sullivan was deployed to the Taiwan Strait, the South China Sea, the Middle East, the Horn of Africa, and Central Asia. Sullivan served on a 2013 Joint Task Force in Afghanistan targeting terrorist networks in the Taliban.

“I’m Alaska’s junior U.S. Senator, but with the exception of husband and father, the title ‘Marine’ is my proudest achievement. Always has been. Always will be,” Sullivan said in a statement at the time of his retirement.

Top Democrat Politician’s Campaigner Steals Resident’s Package While Canvassing– trendingpoliticsnews.com

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Top Democrat Politician’s Campaigner Steals Resident’s Package While Canvassing– trendingpoliticsnews.com
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A video recorded by a residential doorbell camera depicts an individual approaching a home in Arizona, interacting with a package on the porch, and departing with the item while carrying printed materials associated with Democratic Party candidates.

The footage, which was initially posted by Robert Contreras of Turning Point Action with the caption “Katie Hobbs volunteer steals package off someone’s porch while knocking,” shows the person walking toward the front door, appearing to knock or check for a response, handling a package that had been left near the entrance, and then walking away with it. A second angle from the same property confirms the individual leaves the premises carrying the package.

The person can also seen placing Democratic Party campaign literature at the door.

The materials visible in the video have been identified in subsequent posts and commentary as LUCHA Blue flyers. LUCHA, or Living United for Change in Arizona, is a Phoenix-based progressive 501(c)(4) organization that conducts door-to-door canvassing and voter engagement efforts supporting Democratic Party candidates, including Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs.

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Pandermonium: Dems Continue to Show Insulting Disregard for Blacks in Jaw-Dropping Vids, Interviews – RedState– redstate.com

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Pandermonium: Dems Continue to Show Insulting Disregard for Blacks in Jaw-Dropping Vids, Interviews – RedState– redstate.com
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It’s government cheese time, y’all.

When I was a youngin’, just after the dinosaurs stopped roaming the earth, a few weeks before the elections, our alderman would pop into the neighborhood with government cheese, powdered milk, and a claim about how much he’d done for the neighborhood and to make sure we vote for him. He kept getting re-elected every year, so I assumed it worked.

The pandering from Democrat candidates has changed forms over the years, but the approach is still the same: the handouts are as fake and inauthentic as that cheese, and promises made will never be promises kept.

KBLA talk radio host Tavis Smiley got to field some of that cheese and promises from former Biden HHS Secretary and Democrat nominee for California governor Xavier Becerra. When Smiley asked Becerra what he would do for Black Californians, Becerra did the then-Senator Kamala Harris dodge when she was asked in her 2019 presidential run about reparations: “I’m not gonna sit here and say I’m going to do something that only gonna benefit Black people!”

WATCH:

Becerra dug real deep — all the way back to Reconstruction, for his answer:

And Tavis, I want every Black voter in California to look at me and say, “We gotta vote for this guy,” because he’s gonna to give us an opportunity. What I’m not going to do is, I’m not gonna to promise you 40 acres and a mule, ’cause I know what happens when you make those kinds of promises. I want to deliver. When I was an AG, I wanted to deliver results. That’s why I I took on this issue of cash bail.

Former Top Democrat Makes Unexpected Move In Major Senate Race– trendingpoliticsnews.com

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Former Top Democrat Makes Unexpected Move In Major Senate Race– trendingpoliticsnews.com
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Former Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin is crossing party lines to campaign alongside Republican Sen. Susan Collins in Maine, delivering a significant boost to the GOP incumbent as she fights to retain her seat in one of the nation’s most closely watched Senate races.

Collins’ campaign confirmed Monday that Manchin, who represented West Virginia for more than a decade before leaving the Democratic Party, will join her Wednesday for campaign appearances in Lewiston and Norway.

The unusual alliance comes just two weeks before the November 3 midterm elections, when Republicans will attempt to maintain control of the Senate against a determined Democratic effort to flip several competitive seats.

Collins is seeking a sixth term against Democrat Troy Jackson, a former Maine Senate president who has attracted support from prominent progressive figures, including Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.

Manchin, who became an independent in 2024 before retiring from Congress, has emerged as an outspoken defender of Collins despite her Republican affiliation.

The former senator endorsed Collins in September, describing her as “the soul of the Senate” and praising her willingness to work across party lines.

CNNs Jeff Zeleny Says Abdul El-Sayed Strongly Condemned Muslim Brotherhood– www.newsbusters.org

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CNNs Jeff Zeleny Says Abdul El-Sayed Strongly Condemned Muslim Brotherhood– www.newsbusters.org
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It’s two weeks away from the midterms, and judging from much of their coverage, the liberal media seems to believe they need to push Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed over the finish line, in order to take control of the U.S. Senate. On CNN’s Inside Politics Sunday from Washington, Chief National Security Correspondent Jeff Zeleny seemed to loss sight of this, but he more than made up for it hours later on CNN’s Newsroom.

Saturday, at a town hall in Caro, Michigan, El-Sayed was asked whether he would disavow the Muslim Brotherhood, and gave a dismissive answer of, “Sure. Yeah, absolutely”, before turning the tables on the questioner and pressing him on why he would ask such a question. Inside Politics Sunday host Manu Raju played the question and then a small portion of El-Sayed’s response.

CLIP OF UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Will you disavow the Muslim Brotherhood?

EL-SAYED: Sure. Yeah, absolutely. You’re asking the question because implicitly you assume that I’ll have dual loyalties, right? You assume that somehow I wouldn’t disavow or that I’ll have some higher order allegiance than to the Constitution. For me, that Constitution is the guiding light.

Raju first turned to CNN Analyst Zolan Kanno-Youngs, with a surprising question.

RAJU: How do you think, Zolan, he has handled these questions through the course of this campaign? Here he was. He tried to go after this voter who was asking him a question. Will you disavow the Muslim Brotherhood?

KANNO-YOUNGS: That’s right. Concern from Jewish voters as well. I think we can also state that and that there is concern there.

And then also state that also there has been a lot of attacks as well from the Republican Party that has dipped into Islamophobia as well, you know, specifying full name as well, trying to make these —

RAJU: Trump calling him Mohammed.

KANNO-YOUNGS: Right, right. Trump calling —

RAJU: His name is Abdul.

Abdul El-Sayed basically admits you can say goodbye to your 2nd Amendment Rights if he’s elected– www.louderwithcrowder.com

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Abdul El-Sayed basically admits you can say goodbye to your 2nd Amendment Rights if he’s elected– www.louderwithcrowder.com
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The problem with the government infringing on our rights is that they were never given that power. This is why our founding documents explicitly state that our rights come from God, making them inalienable. This is not rocket science, but anyone who disagrees is a tyrannical buffoon who should be automatically barred from holding office. Abdul El-Sayed is that person.

According to El-Sayed, there is this little thing called context. And when the Constitution was written, the context was that guns were nothing like they are today. He believes innovation is not allowed when it comes to the Second Amendment. You can kiss your guns goodbye, and maybe the government will allow you to own a musket or two, but only if you are good.

 

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Democrats are Lying About Miscarriage to Promote Unlimited Abortions– www.lifenews.com

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Democrats are Lying About Miscarriage to Promote Unlimited Abortions– www.lifenews.com
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The Pennsylvania Democratic Party is misleading voters in a mailer about miscarriage.

The Democrats are falsely claiming that a woman experiencing a miscarriage died because of a Texas pro-life law. The mailer, authorized by pro-abortion Democrat Congressional candidate Janelle Stelson, says, “When Joselli was 28 she had a miscarriage. Because of an abortion ban, she died 3 days later.”

But, as Ashley Solano of Texas Right to Life noted in National Right to Life News Today, “Texas’ Pro-Life laws allow for medical intervention in cases of miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy. In a miscarriage, the baby dies naturally and must be removed from the mother’s womb due to possible risks of infection like sepsis.”

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The scare tactics launched by Stelson and her Democrat allies are unconscionable. Miscarriage treatment is not an abortion; women should not be told otherwise.

Stelson is involved in a race to defeat pro-life incumbent GOP Congressman Scott Perry. Perry notes that Stelson has repeatedly lied about his remarks and his record.

The hotly-contested 10th Congressional seat could determine leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives, since Republicans currently hold the majority by a razor-thin margin.

LifeNews.com Note: Maria Gallagher is the Executive Director and Political Action Committee Director for the Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation and she has written and reported for various broadcast and print media outlets, including National Public Radio, CBS Radio, and AP Radio.


Texas Senate Race Tightens as Talarico and Paxton Battle for Votes in Austin– www.newsbusters.org

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Texas Senate Race Tightens as Talarico and Paxton Battle for Votes in Austin– www.newsbusters.org
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This week’s Washington Week with The Atlantic hailed from Austin, Texas, the liberal heart of the state, before a live studio audience with presumably Democratic sympathies (much like the show’s television audience). : The positive prospects of the state’s Democratic U.S. Senate candidate, Texas State Rep. James Talarico, neck and neck in polls with the Republican candidate, Attorney General Ken Paxton.

All five pundits on stage were from The Atlantic. Their top editor and moderator Jeffrey Goldberg set the ominous tone in his introduction:

Jeffrey Goldberg: The biggest questions are on the table tonight. Is there a blue wave coming? What would the Democrats do if they managed to take control of one or both chambers of Congress? And how will Donald Trump rule in the last two years of his presidency should he find himself living down the street from a Democratic-controlled Capitol? There’s an even more immediate question before the country. Will Trump or his supporters challenge the election results in conventional or unconventionally dangerous ways should they lose the House or the Senate?

Goldberg asked the panel if they should worry about Trump conducting midterm “shenanigans,” saying “we’ve gotten many signs that when Trump doesn’t like the outcome of an election, he says so and also tries to manipulate the systems to get the outcome he wants.” His Atlantic colleague, White House reporter Ashley Parker (and former White House correspondent for the Washington Post), responded with a “chilling” hypothetical.

Ashley Parker: ….I would add there’s the actual crisis of, you know, the people around the president, as we, my colleagues, at The Atlantic reported trying to get him to declare martial law, right? Like there’s the crisis of real shenanigans, and shenanigans is not a strong enough word. But then there is the crisis of confidence in Trump –

Defund the Police 2.0? Leftist group circulating plan for blue cities to repeal laws that criminalize resisting arrest: report | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com

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Defund the Police 2.0? Leftist group circulating plan for blue cities to repeal laws that criminalize resisting arrest: report | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com
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Local Progress Impact Lab updated its guidance in November of 2025 with recommendations that include banning tear gas and rubber bullets, limiting police dispersal orders, and releasing people arrested at public assemblies.

A left-wing network of elected officials is circulating policy recommendations encouraging Democratic-led cities to repeal laws criminalizing resistance to arrest. The recommendations also call for restrictions on police crowd-control tactics to protect activists arrested during demonstrations.

According to a report by journalist Natalie Winters, Local Progress Impact Lab updated its guidance in November 2025 with recommendations that include banning tear gas and rubber bullets, limiting police dispersal orders, and releasing people arrested at public assemblies. The network’s recommendations extend to preparations for the 2026 elections.

Its August 2026 election bulletin instructs officials to “Create an expedited permitting process for election-related demonstrations” and to “Pre-designate public assembly areas near civic buildings and polling locations and publish them clearly in advance.”

Feds Arrest 28 Registered Noncitizen Voters, All From List of 20,000 Sent to California – PJ Media– pjmedia.com

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Feds Arrest 28 Registered Noncitizen Voters, All From List of 20,000 Sent to California – PJ Media– pjmedia.com
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Remember how California Dems sneered at the list the Trump administration sent of 20,000 registered noncitizen voters who received ballots? Feds just arrested more than two dozen of them while Democrats continue to deny any of the voters are noncitizens.

Bill Essayli, first assistant U.S. attorney for the Central District of California, is tired of the lying propaganda coming from the likes of Secretary of State Shirley Weber (D-Calif.) and Attorney General Rob Bonta (D-Calif.). So on October 19, he pointed out that the most recently arrested registered noncitizen voters are just a drop in the bucket of the tens of thousands the feds identified in the blue state.

He posted, “28 people charged today. All 28 are on the list of 20,000+ likely noncitizen registrants we gave California last week. All 28 are still registered voters, and ballots are going out now. No, this isn’t the total number of noncitizen voters in California. Police can’t catch every speeder, but that doesn’t mean speeding isn’t widespread. 28 is what we could charge in a week. California must verify those 20,000 registrations before counting ballots. One illegal vote is too many.”

Justice Department seeks to BLOCK ballots of 20,000 alleged noncitizen voters in California– www.theblaze.com

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Justice Department seeks to BLOCK ballots of 20,000 alleged noncitizen voters in California– www.theblaze.com
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The U.S. Dept. of Justice escalated its feud with California officials on Monday when it filed for a temporary restraining order over 20,000 likely noncitizen voters.

The DOJ is demanding that officials set aside the ballots from the list of people registered to vote but tagged by the Trump administration as possible noncitizens.

‘Once illegally cast ballots are counted and commingled with lawful votes, the resulting harm may be impossible to remedy.’

California previously refused the request from the Trump administration to either confirm the voters’ eligibility or set aside the 20,000 voters.

The DOJ filed for the temporary restraining order in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

“California not just refused to act; it made clear that it is committed to treating ballots from those likely noncitizens equal to ballots from American citizens, prompting this suit and motion that seeks commonplace election relief when ballots are called into question,” reads the filing from the DOJ.

Hostin: Trump Calling El-Sayed a Jihadist ‘Islamophobic’ and ‘Despicable’– www.breitbart.com

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Hostin: Trump Calling El-Sayed a Jihadist ‘Islamophobic’ and ‘Despicable’– www.breitbart.com
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Monday on ABC’s “The View,” co-host Sunny Hostin said President Donald Trump’s remarks calling Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed a jihadist is Islamophobic and despicable.

Hostin said, “I loved that comparison because when John F. Kennedy was asked, he said, I am not running to be a Catholic president, I’m running to be a president who happens to be Catholic. And El-Sayed said the same thing. I am running to be a senator who happens to be Muslim. And I think with his candidacy, we were just talking about qualifications. This is a man who holds a medical degree from Columbia University. This is a man who was a Rhodes Scholar, who got his doctorate in public health from Oxford University. I feel like he is one of the most qualified Senate candidates that we’ve seen in a long time. I think he does politics extremely well. And there has been these constant Islamophobic, these Islamophobic comments, around his candidacy. Trump called him a jihadist.

Trump’s attack on California voting is false, and a bit funny– www.latimes.com

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In what may be one of the most comical self-owns in recent politics, the esteemed attorneys of the U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday that despite the extravagant and terrifying misuse of their investigative power under the Trump administration, they have so far been able to identify only 28 people in all of California who may have voted illegally.

“The announcement today by the United States DOJ makes the point that there is no widespread voter fraud,” California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta said after the news conference announcing the results of “Operation Protect the Vote.”

Twenty-eight people out of about 23 million registered voters in the state — and not all of them even tried to vote, according to the feds. That’s about 1 in 820,000 folks allegedly registering or voting illegally, a rate that roughly matches how often people in the United States get struck by lightning in a given year.

So much for Trump’s endless claims that there is a vast, organized conspiracy between Democrats and undocumented people to have them vote in large numbers to steal elections. I’ll point out here that none of those charged Monday have been accused of colluding with one another or with Democratic overlords.

Abdul El-Sayed is So Radical Some Democrats Refuse to Vote for Him– www.lifenews.com

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We are two weeks and one day out and something I have written about repeatedly is coming increasingly to the fore. To quote HotAir’s Ed Morrissey:

And that may once again prompt the question of who exactly answers polls in Michigan in this cycle – and in Texas, Maine, Wisconsin, and other battlegrounds where radical Democrats hold inexplicable leads at RCP.

Morrissey is talking about how pro-abortion Democrat Abdul El-Sayed supposedly can lead in Michigan when David Kramer and Lon Johnson wrote over the weekend that

Some may then conclude we, or loyal Democrats, need to vote for a different party, but for many of us, leaving the ballot blank is an act of dignity. Party unity does not require silence, and no nomination entitles anyone to our votes.

Note: These are not some run-of-the mill Democrats. According to the Detroit News

David Kramer served in senior leadership roles for Michigan Democrats running for Senate. Lon Johnson is a former Chairman of the Michigan Democratic Party.

Kramer and Johnson are worried that