October 10, 2024
Polls Trend Slightly Trump as Senate Leans GOP – mindfulintelligence.com
Rasmussen Reports is showing Donald Trump maintaining a 2-point lead in their poll over Kamala Harris for five weeks straight, a symbol of how little polling has changed at the national level, but not indicative of the polls moving towards Trump in the swing states. The Senate fight looks to be leaning the GOP way while the House remains a toss-up. A last-minute offer by Fox News for a second Presidential debate was rebuffed by Donald Trump.
Trump maintains 2-point lead for fifth straight week– www.washingtonexaminer.com
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In a sign that all of Vice President Kamala Harris’s efforts to bust open the 2024 election have failed, Rasmussen Reports said on Thursday that former President Donald Trump has maintained a 2-point lead for a fifth straight week.
In its latest survey shared with Secrets, Rasmussen had Trump at 48% to 46% for Harris.
Trump has led in the Rasmussen survey for 12 straight weeks, back to the weekend President Joe Biden dropped out of the race on July 21 under pressure from top Democrats who felt he couldn’t win. At that point, Trump was leading Biden by 7 points.
What makes the Rasmussen poll different from many others is that it has not changed its formula, which is based on the 2020 turnout and gives the Democrats a slight edge based on Biden’s victory. It is also of likely voters.
Republicans Appear Poised to Take Control of Senate, New Poll Shows – The New York Times
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Control of the Senate appears likely to flip from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party this fall, as one of the nation’s most endangered Democrats, Senator Jon Tester of Montana, trails his Republican challenger in his bid for re-election, according to a new poll from The New York Times and Siena College.
Mr. Tester, who first won election to the Senate in 2006, is winning over moderate and independent voters and running far ahead of the Democrat at the top of the ticket, Vice President Kamala Harris. But as of now, that does not appear to be enough to survive in Montana, a conservative state where former President Donald J. Trump is ahead by 17 percentage points and where control of the Senate hangs in the balance.
Fox News Makes Last-Minute Offer to Both the Kamala Harris and Donald Trump Campaigns– www.westernjournal.com
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Fox News made a last-minute pitch Wednesday to both the Donald Trump and the Kamala Harris campaigns for one more presidential debate before next month’s election.
Fox reported that it sent a letter from the network’s executives proposing to host a debate in Pennsylvania either Oct. 24 or 27, with Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum as moderators.
“This would present an opportunity for each candidate to make his or her closing arguments,” Fox News Media president and executive editor Jay Wallace and vice president of politics Jessica Loker wrote.
In their letter to the campaigns, the two referenced a recent column in The New York Times arguing Harris should appear on the conservative news outlet before the election.
“She hasn’t made her closing argument yet. And the best way for her to do that is in another debate. To persuade Donald Trump to join her, she should offer to hold that debate on Fox News,” opinion editor David Swerdlick wrote.
NEW: Kamala asked if she would change any of Biden’s policies: ‘There is not a thing that comes to mind’ | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com
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When Kamala Harris went on “The View” as part of her media blitz this week, she told the hosts she couldn’t think of doing anything differently than President Joe Biden did in his tenure.
“Would you have done something differently than President Biden during the past four years?” Sunny Hostin asked Harris.
Harris responded, “There is not a thing that comes to mind,” adding, “I’ve been a part of most of the decisions that have had impact.”
The comment from Harris may prove to be unhelpful to her campaign message due the Biden’s declining favorability rating over the course of his presidency. Many have thought that Harris was taking the tact of moving more to the center on issues such as illegal immigration and government spending, but the comment appearing to endorse everything Biden has done as president would suggest that she is not set to change the status quo.
The polls in the US presidential election are neck and neck but election whisperer Dr Allan Lichtman says America has already decided (He picked Kamala) – abc.net.au
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Most political analysts in the US are reluctant to project a winner in this year’s race for the White House. Not Professor Allan Lichtman.
Since 1984, Lichtman has been predicting presidential elections. In 10 races over four decades, he has a near-perfect record.
Nicknamed “Nostradamus”, he’s credited with being one of the few experts to project a Donald Trump victory in 2016, although critics say he predicted Trump would win the popular vote, which he lost.
… This year, he says, the keys point to Ms Harris being able to unlock the White House.
“It’s real simple. If five or fewer keys go against the White House Party, they’re predicted winners. If six or more go against the White House Party, they’re predicted losers. So, six strikes and you’re out,” he said.
“I deliberately made my prediction before the Harris-Trump debate … because I wanted to make my big point that the keys are pretty much set because they’re based primarily on governing.”
Trump surges ahead of Harris in election betting odds– www.washingtonexaminer.com
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Former President Donald Trump saw a sizable surge in the election betting markets Monday, and his momentum has carried into the week. Despite this, Vice President Kamala Harris remains in a position to win the popular vote, according to recent polls.
After trailing Harris in the betting markets for 26 consecutive days, Trump first pulled ahead Sunday before getting a bigger boost Monday. As of Wednesday, the markets give Trump a 51.3% chance to win the White House, compared to 47.3% for Harris.
Just a couple of weeks ago, Trump was trailing by 7.3%, but he cut his deficit to 2.5% by the start of October. On Sunday, Trump pulled 0.1% ahead. He shot up to a 3.5% lead Monday, corrected down to a 3.2% lead Tuesday, and bounced back up to a 4% lead Wednesday.
Wisconsin Senate Race Shifts to ‘Toss Up’ as Incumbent Tammy Baldwin Slips: Cook Political Report– freebeacon.com
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A new rating from the Cook Political Report has shifted the Senate race in battleground Wisconsin from “lean Democrat” to a “toss up,” as incumbent Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D.) loses ground to her Republican challenger.
The shift towards the right comes after recent polling from the nonpartisan election forecaster indicated Republican candidate Eric Hovde is gaining on Baldwin. After maintaining a 7-percentage-point lead over her challenger in Cook’s August survey, new polling found Baldwin now only has a 2-percentage-point advantage, 49 percent to 47 percent.
Internal polling from both parties reflected the Cook Political Report’s findings, indicating that this race is within the margin of error, the Cook Political Report said Tuesday.
‘There will be an out and out brawl’: AOC calls for political violence if Kamala Harris were to win election, remove current FTC Chair | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com
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“Anyone goes near Lina Khan and there will be an out and out brawl. And that is a promise.”
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) was threatening political violence Wednesday against “anyone” attempting to remove Lina Khan as the chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC),
“Let me make this clear, since billionaires have been trying to play footsie with the ticket: Anyone goes near Lina Khan and there will be an out and out brawl. And that is a promise. She proves this admin fights for working people. It would be terrible leadership to remove her.”
CNN Data Guru: Trump Beats Kamala Harris ‘in a Blowout’ If Polling Is ‘Like We Had in 2020’– slaynews.com
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CNN’s data expert Harry Enten has warned Democrats that President Donald Trump will win “the election in a blowout with 312 electoral votes” if the polling this year is “like we had in 2020.”
Currently, Trump is neck-in-neck with Democrat presidential nominee Kamala Harris in multiple polls.
However, Enten said that an even race is very good for Trump.
He noted that Trump historically underperforms in polling and does far better at the ballot box.
On Tuesday, Enten explained:
“If the polls are exactly right, Kamala Harris gets 276 electoral votes to Donald Trump’s 262 because she carries those Great Lake battleground states despite losing North Carolina, Georgia, and Arizona.
“But let’s say we have a polling miss like we had in 2020.
“What happens then?” he continued.
“Well, then Donald Trump wins the election in a blowout with 312 electoral votes because he carries all these Great Lake battleground states plus Nevada, plus the other states he was leading in — Arizona, North Carolina, and Georgia.”
Gallego holds 10-point lead over Lake in Arizona Senate race survey – The Hill
October 9, 2024
Kamala Harris Refuses to Admit It Was a ‘Mistake’ to ‘Flood’ America with Illegal Aliens– slaynews.com
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Democrat presidential nominee Kamala Harris repeatedly refused to admit her failed open border policies were a “mistake” during a new interview.
Harris was interviewed during a special election episode of CBS News’s “60 Minutes” that aired on Monday night.
However, Vice President Harris struggled to answer questions about her disastrous decision to “flood” America with millions of illegal aliens.
Harris faced questions about her record in dealing with security at the southern border.
In the early days of the administration, President Joe Biden assigned Harris the role of “border czar.”
October 7, 2024
Biden and Obama Lawyers Block Release of Potentially Damning Biden V.P. Records Until After the Election – American Greatness- amgreatness.com
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Joe Biden and Barack Obama’s lawyers have succeeded in blocking the release of potentially incriminating records involving Hunter and James Biden until after the election, according to Just the News.
In September 2022, America First Legal sued the National Archives for all of Biden’s Obama era vice presidential communications related to the Biden clan’s influence peddling operations. The National Archives have been stonewalling the release of the information, releasing only “a trickle of documents” in the the ensuing two years.
Record released thus far have revealed that then-Vice President Biden used a private email for official business, Hunter Biden was in violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), the Obama regime had concerns about Hunter Biden’s appointment to Burisma, and Biden’s office had direct coordination with Hunter Biden’s business on press inquiries.
The records being blocked reportedly include ”email messages with James Biden …, Lion Hall …, and [Hunter’s firm] Rosemont Seneca,” about “photographs from a White House visit of Vice President Biden with James Biden … [and] preparation of Vice President and Biden’s final tax forms and financial disclosures for the year 2015.”
JUST IN: George W. Bush-Appointed Judge Gives Biden a Win Before Election, Rules He Can Move Forward with Student Loan Forgiveness Plan | The Gateway Pundit– www.thegatewaypundit.com
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A federal judge late Wednesday gave Joe Biden a win a few weeks before the election and said he can move forward with his student loan forgiveness plan.
US District Judge in Georgia, Randall Hall, a George W. Bush appointee will allow a restraining order against the Biden-Harris Regime’s student loan forgiveness scheme to expire.
The US Supreme Court last year crushed Joe Biden’s student loan bailout program.
Joe Biden unilaterally announced a massive forgiveness of student loans last August to buy the Gen Z-Millennial vote in the 2022 midterms.
Biden canceled over $400 billion in student loans which turned out to be up to $10,000 in student debt for borrowers who earn $125,000 a year or less and up to $20,000 for recipients of Pell Grants.
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 against Joe Biden’s student loan relief program so the Department of Education rolled out a workaround plan to cancel $39 billion in student loans by counting non-payments as payments for a period of time.
Seven Republican states – Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, North Dakota and Ohio – sued the Biden Regime over its student loan bailout workaround after the Supreme Court struck down the plan.
October 3, 2024
Smith Drops October Surprise on Trump with Court Filing Release
“Special Counsel” Jack Smith, who may or may not have the legal authority he is assuming, filed a 165-page “complaint” against Donald Trump claiming he committed crimes by challenging the legitimacy of a mass mailer election (which is no election at all). Critics are accusing Smith’s filing of being filled with misinformation of out-of-context “facts.”
Smith claimed “Ultimately, the defendant and his co-conspirators would use these fraudulent electoral votes—mere pieces of paper without the lawful imprimatur of a state executive—to falsely claim that in his ministerial role presiding over the January 6 certification, Pence had the authority to choose the fraudulent slates over the legitimate ones, or to send the purportedly ‘dueling’ slates to the state legislatures for consideration anew.”
Jack Smith Parrots Phony ‘Fake Electors’ Smear In Get-Trump Brief– thefederalist.com
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Special Counsel Jack Smith regurgitated Democrats’ phony “fake electors” smear in his latest brief filed against Donald Trump in federal court on Wednesday. Smith previously indicted Trump for questioning the administration of the 2020 election.
Writing in his 165-page screed about Trump’s legal efforts challenging the results of the 2020 contest, Smith claimed that Trump engaged in criminal activity by, among other alleged actions, “manufacturing fraudulent electoral votes in the targeted states.” This “plan,” the Merrick Garland appointee contended, was designed to “cause” Trump electors in these states to “sign and send to [Vice President Mike Pence], as President of the Senate, certifications in which they falsely represented themselves as legitimate electors who had cast electoral votes for [Trump].”
“Ultimately, the defendant and his co-conspirators would use these fraudulent electoral votes—mere pieces of paper without the lawful imprimatur of a state executive—to falsely claim that in his ministerial role presiding over the January 6 certification, Pence had the authority to choose the fraudulent slates over the legitimate ones, or to send the purportedly ‘dueling’ slates to the state legislatures for consideration anew,” the brief reads.
Contrary to Smith’s claims, the naming of contingent Republican electors during the 2020 election cycle was neither unprecedented nor unlawful. In fact, the process conducted in contested states like Georgia parallels a similar endeavor that occurred during the 1960 presidential contest between Democrat John F. Kennedy and Republican Richard Nixon.
As The Federalist’s Margot Cleveland previously reported, Kennedy and Nixon electors cast their votes for their respective candidates when a disagreement arose over who won Hawaii’s electoral votes. While the state’s acting governor certified the election for Nixon initially, a legal challenge followed by a court decision ultimately resulted in Kennedy receiving the electoral votes.
APPEALS COURT SIGNALING TRUMP FRAUD CONVICTION MIGHT BE OVERTURNED – Leticia James had a bad day at court this week, with appellate court judges questioning the legitimacy of the charges being filed in the first place given the first overriding fact that there were no victims in this “fraud.” One U.S. attorney, Joyce Vance, is convinced it is more likely than not the charges are about to be thrown out.
Vance declared in her podcast, “My crystal ball is never very good on appellate courts. It sounds like an outright reversal, right, as opposed to a reduction. Whether they’ll ultimately debate among themselves and split the baby in some way remains to be seen. This was not a good day in court for Tish James.”
Mayor Adams asks court to dismiss bribery charge, says favors for Turkish government were legal – gothamist.com
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Less than a week into his federal corruption case, lawyers for Mayor Eric Adams filed a motion Monday to dismiss a charge that Adams accepted bribes from Turkish officials, citing a three-month-old Supreme Court decision that weakened federal enforcement of bribery.
Attorney Alex Spiro’s motion attempts to undermine federal prosecutors’ argument that Adams accepted luxury travel in exchange for pressuring FDNY officials to allow a new Turkish consulate to open even while the 36-story skyscraper was riddled with dozens of safety defects.
“That extraordinarily vague allegation encompasses a wide array of normal and perfectly lawful acts that many city officials would undertake for the consulate of an important foreign nation, such as arranging meetings with regulators, offering advice about how to navigate the city’s bureaucracy, and referring diplomatic personnel to attorneys who specialize in regulatory affairs or building-code disputes,” Spiro wrote.
The U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York indicted Adams Thursday on federal charges including bribery, wire fraud and conspiracy. The indictment capped one of at least five investigations swirling around the mayor and members of his inner circle over the last year and a half.
In another possible probe, the office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg — which first indicted Adams fundraisers in July 2023 — seized yet another Adams official’s phone Friday, the same day federal law enforcement served her a subpoena.
Leticia James had a bad day at court this week, with appellate court judges questioning the legitimacy of the charges being filed in the first place given the first overriding fact that there were no victims in this “fraud.” One U.S. attorney, Joyce Vance, is convinced it is more likely than not the charges are about to be thrown out.