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Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes briefed the media at approximately 6:15 p.m. EST and announced that and announced that his office is monitoring “a particular threat” and has received information from the FBI that there have been bomb threats made in Arizona pertaining to four specific locations in Navajo County. Fontes called the threats “unsubstantiated,” and said, “we have no reason to believe that any of our voters or any of our polling places are in any sort of jeopardy.” He added, “I was briefed just moments ago by my security team and some folks with state law enforcement who are working in conjunction with the Feds. This is another, what we believe, probing attack. And we also have reason to believe although I won’t get into specifics that this comes from one of our foreign enemies, namely Russia.” “They’ve been busy lately I suppose,” he quipped alluding to similar threats made against polling locations in Georgia, Minnesota, Michigan and Wisconsin. He added, “Russia wants to sow a lot of mistrust and distrust. They’ve been increasing their repetitiveness and their sort of directness in these attacks, spreading misinformation and disinformation. And, you know, Vladimir Putin would love for us to hate one another, so that doesn’t surprise me that it is. I don’t know that I’m at liberty to reveal anything more than my solid suspicion grounded in information that I’m not able to share yet.” Fontes also reported some an ePoll book and printer problem in Apache County, Arizona noting that technical teams have been dispatched and that most voting sites are up and running well. Fontes reportedly met with the Navajo Nation Council and is working with the tribal government to resolve the matter. According to The Hill , the emails the threats originated from were noted to come from Russian domains, in the same vein as threats that caused two polling location evacuations in Georgia. Fontes emphasized that Arizonans should not expect any results prior to 8 p.m. local time for the first “bucket” of three “buckets” of returns, “Early, early ballots.” The subsequent buckets are “Election Day ballots,” that will be revealed through the evening “well after 8 p.m.” and depend on “central tabulation,” for many counties and the final being “all of the early ballots that are handed in on Election Day or which have not been processed yet,” which is expected to go on for several days. Matthew Holloway is a contributor for  Conservative HQ .  Follow him on X  for his latest stories, or email tips to  Matthew@theconservativefreelancer.com .

When the Democrats lose today, they will be saddled with and searching for yet another excuse as to why they lost. Again. Democrats. obsessed with power, naturally see Stalinist-like plots wherever they look while searching fruitlessly for the real reason as to why they lost yet another presidential campaign. Joe Biden's foolish, stupid and heartless comments about the supporters of Donald Trump as ”garbage" is one for the history books and will shortly become enshrined in Democrat lore as the reason why they lost to such an obviously inferior candidate. And they may be right. It’s already become a tired cliché that his gaffe is the equivalent to Hillary’s infamous “deplorables” slur. And they may be right. Of course, slow thinking left wing careerists like Nancy Pelosi will say the reason why Kamala lost is because she didn’t drill down hard enough on collectivism. That she should have gone full “nanny start.” And no, they won’t be right. The closest this country has ever come to full on socialism was during the New Deal when the federal government actually got into regulating baby diapers. Talk about a Nanny State. But the foolish Democrats look for any excuse every four years when they lose, and they have been doing it since 1968. Vice President Hubert Humphrey supposedly lost because of Richard Nixon’s “Secret Plan” to end the Vietnam War and not because the incumbent Lyndon Johnson had so screwed up the country, any change was acceptable. Of course, the mythology in 1972 was George McGovern lost because of Watergate and not because their nominee George McGovern was a total bozo. Ronald Reagan won in 1980 over incumbent Jimmy Carter because of “Debategate” or an “October Surprise” or because Carter had halitosis. The left has never been able to accept that a Hollywood movie star could beat their intellectual titan Carter into the ground and go on to become one of our greatest presidents. To the left, to run government, you must be in government, Or academia. Or anything that smacks of collectivism. Certainly not a businessman, or a farmer, or a soldier or a Hollywood actor. And who can forget Willie Horton? Surely Michael Dukakis lost because of the Willie Horton issue and not because he was a lefty so out of touch with average Americans, he could not even screw up anger at the hypothetical raping of his wife. This is the problem with Democrats. They keep looking for excuses when the fault is not in the stars but themselves. This is a center right country rooted in common sense and they keep pitching leftist, wacko anti American woke ideas. They offend people and they scare people. They have little in common with the average American. When they lose, there will be the usual finger pointing again, as there always is when Democrats lose. There will be panels and discussions and white papers and polling and incessant talking but they need to realize once and for all their exhausted, ultra left-wing politics are not suitable for America now, or ever. They need to come to grips with the fact that our ideas are better than their ideas. Author Craig Shirley  is the author of eleven best-selling books including six on Ronald Reagan and two on World War II as well as the definitive biography of Mary Bell Washington, George Washington’s mother. His latest book is, The Search for Reagan . 2024 Election Kamala Harris campaign Military Readiness Cultural Marxism Hispanic male voters Male African-American voters Democrat contributions price gouging price controls first-time home buyers 25th Amendment public housing ActBlue donations Donald Trump campaign Kamala Harris campaign Kamala Harris senate record

“For we are not contending against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.” (Ephesians 6:12 RSV) And a great storm of wind arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that the boat was already filling. 38 But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke him and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care if we perish?” 39 And he awoke and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. 40 He said to them, “Why are you afraid? Have you no faith?’” (Mark 4:37-40 RSV) In the past, in times of great crisis, Americans have turned to prayer to plead for divine intervention to save the Nation, and no President has faced a greater national crisis than did Abraham Lincoln. Yet, in the many Lincoln prayers passed down to us one thing stands out: Lincoln didn’t pray for victory, he prayed for the wisdom to divine God’s purpose and to align himself with it. After the Union lost the Second Battle of Bull Run, on a battlefield just a few miles from our office, Lincoln wrote:   The will of God prevails. In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong. God cannot be for and against the same thing at the same time. In the present civil war, it is quite possible that God’s purpose is something different from the purpose of either party — and yet the human instrumentalities, working just as they do, are of the best adaptation to effect His purpose.   In that vein, throughout that great and terrible war Lincoln continued to view the suffering of Americans on both sides as part of God’s plan. In 1863, when the war appeared to be going against the Union, Lincoln issued a proclamation declaring a day of prayer and fasting, saying in part:   And insomuch as we know that by His divine law nations, like individuals, are subjected to punishments and chastisements in this world, may we not justly fear that the awful calamity of civil war which now desolates the land may be but a punishment inflicted upon us for our presumptuous sins, to the needful end of our national reformation as a whole people? We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of Heaven. We have been preserved, these many years, in peace and prosperity. We have grown in numbers, wealth, and power as no other nation has ever grown; but we have forgotten God. We have forgotten the gracious land, which preserved us in peace, and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us; and we have vainly imagined in the deceitfulness of our hearts, that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own. Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God who made us:   It behooves us then, to humble ourselves before the offended Power, to confess our national sins, and to pray for clemency and forgiveness. Today, we stand on the precipice of another great national conflagration. And like Lincoln, we search Scripture for the reasons for the punishments and chastisements visited upon our Nation and many of its most faithful citizens. And if we look for reasons why God might withdraw his favor from us, there is no doubt that as a Nation we have vainly attempted to take upon ourselves many of the powers God reserved to himself. It is undeniable that as a Nation we have taken upon ourselves the power of life and death, the creation of new forms of life, the remaking of ourselves, not in God’s image, but in new and unnatural forms, and we have enabled, and even set into law, other clear violations of God’s commandments. And, just as in Lincoln’s time, many Americans have vainly imagined in the deceitfulness of their hearts they are acting according to Scripture and celebrate those transgressions. But as Lincoln correctly understood, God cannot be for and against the same thing at the same time, nor can a Nation working against his scriptural laws expect to forever receive his protection and bounty. Today, many will be praying for the victory of their preferred candidate for President, Vice President and other offices. But God cannot be on both sides in this great contest. The trials and tribulations many Believers have endured at the hands of our political opponents are part of God’s plan, but to what end? Lincoln searched his heart and Scripture and came to this conclusion: “The ways of God are mysterious and profound beyond all comprehension — ‘Who by searching can find Him out?’ God only knows the issue of this business. He has destroyed nations from the map of history for their sins. Nevertheless, my hopes prevail generally above my fears for our Republic. The times are dark, the spirits of ruin are abroad in all their power, and the mercy of God alone can save us.” Today, as in Lincoln’s time, the spirits of ruin are abroad in all their power. In the great spiritual battle of this election let all our actions align themselves with God’s purpose and let our prayers not be for the victory of any man, but for the restoration of God’s laws in our Nation, so that, as a Nation living according to God’s laws, in His mercy we may be restored to peace, prosperity and unity. CHQ Editor George Rasley  is an ordained Elder of the Presbyterian Church and a member of Faith Leaders for America. The views expressed in this column are his own and not necessarily the views of any denomination, congregation or religious organization. 2024 Election Get out the vote Trump campaign American economy jobs created government jobs labor market health insurance cost inflation shrinkflation savings rate

On the day we’ve all been waiting/working for, here’s the way I see it:   “How did you go bankrupt?" Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises   Or, more aptly in contemporary parlance, someone could ask Kamala Harris how she lost the 2024 presidential race. “Slowly… then all at once.” Of course, today being Election Day, Harris hasn’t lost the race. Yet. But the signs of failure are everywhere, be it in Kamala’s sinking stature in opinion polls, the erratic and desperate behavior of the candidate herself and the Democrat partisans around her, or in the perceptible sense of optimism exhibited by Donald J. Trump and Republicans as they’re asked to comment on their thoughts going into today.   As the race nears its finish line, the Harris effort appears to be unravelling, the finger-pointing and blame game having already begun, the undoing having accelerated recently, propelled and fueled by president senile Joe Biden’s unprompted remark last week calling Trump supporters “garbage” simply because they back a man in the presidential race who’d won one national election and was beaten – maybe – in another one under mysterious circumstances.   The New York Yankees were caught shaking their heads after they blew a five-run lead to winner the LA Dodgers to close out this year’s World Series, none of them quite able to articulate the factor or factors that contributed to their crushing collapse. Such will likely be the case in the coming days at campaign headquarters in Democrat-land. For now, the finger-pointing and ugly invective has already begun.   In an article titled “Democrats start to point fingers even as they hope for Harris win”, Amie Parnes reported at The Hill  last week :   “Vice President Harris could win the presidential election next week. But fingers in Democratic circles are already being pointed behind the scenes, in the event that she falls to former President Trump. While some Democrats say they are increasingly hopeful that Harris will win, others have expressed mounting frustration about a string of factors that have plagued the campaign from the outset.   “Fingers are being pointed at Harris and her campaign when it comes to disappointment over her messaging, particularly on the economy. But some Democrats have already looked to pin the blame on President Biden, who some think took too long to step aside.   “’People are nervous and they’re trying to cover their ass and get a little ahead of Election Day,’ one Democratic strategist said of the sniping. ‘It’s based on anxiety, stakes and the unique nature of this cycle. We didn’t have a traditional process for this election. We didn’t have a primary. People just had to fall in line,’ the strategist added, saying ‘it’s not surprising to me’ that some of the blame game is happening even before Election Day.”   Let it burn. That’s another common refrain when something that once looked promising comes apart like a space vehicle returning without a heat shield to protect it from the super-heated gases that would doom it. ( Note : This is not an allusion to the tragic accident that ended the Space Shuttle Columbia, more like a reference to Skylab, which was scheduled to come apart upon reentry.)   Many of the things the “experts” are now citing as failures of the Kamala Harris campaign were eminently foreseeable and were basically inevitable from the beginning. Starting with the candidate herself, the Democrat presidential operation of 2024 will be remembered as the campaign that couldn’t beat the imminently (to them, at least) beatable Donald Trump. Trump, as everyone recalls, left office a couple weeks after the sad riot of January 6th, 2021, under a cloud of disgrace probably only exceeded by the circumstances that forced Richard Nixon from office.   Fair or not, the world was awfully angry at Trump in those days. Not only had he behaved badly after the election, all of the angst millions of conservatives were feeling were concentrated in his person. Republicans needed someone to focus their anger on. Trump provided a convenient means to express it. Who will forget how Trump didn’t attend senile Joe Biden’s inauguration and was basically long gone before the transfer of power even took place?   So bad was the mood of Republicans after Biden took over that Trump essentially disappeared for a couple months to offer conservatives a “cooling off” period to heal – and mourn. All the good work Trump had done during his administration seemingly disappeared within a matter of hours. Commentators were jumping ship faster than lifeboat-less passengers off the deck of the Titanic.   That seems like a long time ago, doesn’t it? Trump did indeed stay out of view for a good long while, not answering in the affirmative or negative whether he was considering a comeback. Meanwhile, the Democrats’ January 6 Commission was doing its dirty work. Biden, Kamala and the Democrat-controlled Congress was running roughshod over the Constitution, basically dictating changes (COVID and otherwise) while stifling contrary voices.   The conditions for a dramatic reemergence for Trump were already being cultivated.   Trump did make his reappearance. Kind of like Douglas MacArthur making good on his vow to return in World War II, the 45th president ascertained that the Democrats’ overreach and horrific economic decisions built a foundation for Trump’s second act. Biden’s popularity was already beginning to wane within the first year of his presidency (Afghanistan and Lets go Brandon! ). The old goat was out-of-touch. The truth started coming out about what really happened on January 6th. The second Trump impeachment fell flat. It was so blatant that Chief Justice Roberts didn’t even preside over it.   It all led to today. Time for a prediction? Donald Trump will win and it won’t be as close as many of the polling pros and pundits have said it would be. This is going out on a limb, of course, and I expect/invite a rebuke if I’m wrong. But Trump’s victory will be complete – with more than 300 Electoral Votes , just like in 2016 – and cackling Kamala will be sent packing back to California. Or wherever political jurisdiction will offer her sanctuary.   The popular vote will be close. Trump may even lose there. There are a lot of angry liberals out there.   Further, there will be at least one “surprise” Trump state win, such as in New Mexico or Virginia, both having large numbers of Hispanics who were turned off by Kamala Harris and her condescending final pitch to minority groups who usually back Democrats.   A deposed dictator often has to find a country that will take him or her. That’s Kamala Harris now. A woman without a job. Or a country.   My arguments in favor of forecasting a big Trump win:   One , the 2024 election is the difference between voting for a candidate versus voting against one. Simply stated, Trump supporters actually like their candidate and his combativeness. Sure, there will be millions of marginal Republicans, independents and disaffected former Democrats (black men, Hispanics, union members, etc.) who choose Trump because of his issue platform, but a vote is a vote and these groups favor Trump for positive reasons.   Most of cackling Kamala’s support, on the other hand, stems from the “hold your nose” syndrome where they’re settling for Harris because she’s not  Trump. The sizes of the two clusters are very close, but a preponderance of voters in the key states is coming out to vote because they want competent government. Radical feminists, abortion lovers, the young and ignorant and uninformed think Kamala is “cool” and they like her “joy” and “vibe”. But they’re a minority of Harris voters.   Two , Trump was weighed down in 2020 by the COVID pandemic, which was a lose-lose situation no matter how you looked at it. I had acquaintances tell me four years ago they voted for Biden because the pandemic was “Trump’s fault” and he was solely responsible for all  of the American deaths. Was that fair?   In 2024, Kamala must own the Biden/Harris record, whether she wants to or not. No matter how many times Harris claimed she represents a “New way forward” or a “new generation of leaders”, voters looked at her and still saw Joe Biden. The senile president uttered the “garbage” remark last week, but it might as well have come from Kamala herself.   Harris couldn’t shake senile Joe Biden’s shadow. She couldn’t have it both ways – take the nomination from him and also spontaneously inherit the entirety of the Democrat coalition.   Three , Trump is expanding the “map” and Harris, in the final days, battled to hold on in the swing states only. It’s a traditional sign that Trump is confident; Harris just hopes to squeak by in the Electoral College.   Last week, Trump traveled to New Mexico and Virginia to hold rallies. He also spoke at New York City’s Madison Square Garden and other states with heavy blue populations.   Four , Kamala Harris will be weighed down by the war in Israel. The Democrat tried to play both sides, but in the process, turned off thousands of Jewish voters and upper Midwest Muslims who expected greater enthusiasm in representing their side. It’s a problem of Democrat making. Trying to please everyone in politics pleases no one.   Trump shaped his message to appeal to every American, not just one group or constituency. America First foreign policy is liberating – it allows Trump to only serve one master, the American people. No wonder his platform overcame some of his personality limitations.   Lastly , when the epilogue is eventually written for the 2024 campaign, senile Joe Biden will be deemed the determining factor. Democrats thought they had eliminated Biden from the campaign by taking away his fairly won primary nomination, but they were wrong. They couldn’t “bench” the president without angering him, yet permitting the aged fool to continue invited gaffes and “garbage” that they could not have foreseen.   What comes around, goes around.   It could be said Donald Trump won the 2024 election through pure grit and determination. It hasn’t been easy; he almost lost his life in the process. Trump is the poster boy for perseverance and overcoming obstacles. And if he does win today as I predict, he’ll have four more years to make America Great Again. Brace yourself for a bumpy ride.   And if I’m wrong, we’ve got bigger problems than heaping scorn on the overly optimistic for it. 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This is an article written before the election on why we lost the White House. I wrote a similar article  regarding the "Red Wave" that never came and why it did not come to fruition. We didn’t learn from the past and we repeated the mistakes of the last two election cycles. We will lose the House, White House and win the Senate. There were red flags of problems, but we ignored them all. We spoke of winning before we even won, and we practiced a great amount of hubris. Democrats did not show their hand and led us to believe we were ahead. The Democrats did a lot of polling and took the voters’ word on why they like Trump and then used those words, like freedom, defending your rights, protecting the second amendment, etc. Harris used the words like opportunity, but she has little commitment to keeping her word. Repeatedly, we lost pro-life ballot initiatives even in heavy Republican areas. And as mentioned before in my other article TikTok and the Democrat Party are hand-in-glove. TikTok uses very advanced algorithms to target young impressionable women, pushing the emotion and guilt button again and again. It was not just here in America that TikTok (the CCP) interfered with elections. The CCP via TikTok repeated their propaganda around the world, changing fair elections into rigged elections. Turning supporters of the CCP into elected officials. Whoever in the United States extended the sale of TikTok until after the election must have ties to the CCP. I advocated and did not get support for talking about all the wars Kamala and company have gotten us into. The world is on fire and the myopic vision of abortion all the time is missing a greater threat to the younger generation.  Wars and the draft are two items that motivate young people and overrides the abortion debate. We lose the debate when we ignore and do not counter message the abortion debate. The Democrats never let their foot off the gas in preaching to young single women. TikTok had nine to one ads against Trump. They pushed the false narrative that abortion was all but banned. When in fact, more abortions are occurring now than before the Dobbs decision by the Supreme Court. It's an old campaign fact: when you are tied in the polls (or in a runoff) it's no longer a message of persuasion but a turnout effort. Those Trump rallies should have signed people up to get people to block walk, calling and driving them to the polls. It's called drop and drag. Reportedly the Obama team had over 125,000 people getting the vote out in Pennsylvania and they knocked on over a million doors. Ironically, people came from California to knock on doors. In other words, turning our nation into a mess just like California. You can save this election, but you must be prepared to do the hard work – people who will knock on doors and get their neighbors to the polls are the ones who will save America. Get the Republican list and subtract those who voted and push all day until the polls close. Please vote and prove me wrong… I want to be wrong - in the worst way.   Author Steve Stockman  is a former Member of Congress, longtime conservative activist and campaign educator. 2024 Election 2024 Election Kamala Harris campaign Military Readiness Cultural Marxism Hispanic male voters Male African-American voters Democrat contributions price gouging price controls first-time home buyers 25th Amendment public housing ActBlue donations Donald Trump campaign Kamala Harris campaign Kamala Harris senate record

There is growing concern over possible violence if Trump wins the election. What will happen the day after Election Day? While I obviously can’t know for sure, I can tell you from personal experience what can happen when an entrenched tyranny refuses to concede after a sound defeat. In May 1989, I helped sponsor the only privately funded election observation team for the Panamanian presidential election. Dictator Manual Noriega was running for re-election. My team was there to watch for and report any voter irregularities. In other words, keep the vote as honest as possible. Noriega did all he could to control who came into the country to observe the election, allowing the availability of only one consulate in Florida from which to apply for visas. One woman, under strict orders, was given the task of approving who could obtain permission to enter the country. Even the White House was unable to gain the document. But I did. I sent one of my team to that Florida consulate. As he entered, there was a horde of news media and others demanding visas to cover the election. The lady in charge was trying to explain the restrictions as she was systematically turning them down. My team member stood quietly and waited. Finally, she turned to him as he said, in Spanish, it looks like you are having a very bad day, and he smiled sympathetically. Those were the first kind words she had heard in weeks. She replied that she was not feeling well but had a job to do. Then she asked why he was there, and he replied, “I need visas.” Unexpectedly, she invited him into the conference room. they talked for a few minutes, and she said, “I’m going to grant you the visas.” Shocked – we were on our way. The White House even called one day and asked how we did it. Now, we were in Panama, a nation that was suffering under one of the worst dictators in South or Central America. Soldiers were stationed on nearly every street corner.  Everything was under strict surveillance, from the actions of local citizens to communications with the U.S. military base. I know this because one of my team members was a staffer for a U.S. Senator. On our first night in the country, we were invited to a reception at the home of the head of the Panama City Chamber of Commerce. While there, the Senate staffer wanted to find out if his boss had arrived. He was coming to the country through the U.S. military base. So, he called it from the home phone of our host. Suddenly the host asked who he called and was horrified to learn it was the base. Hang up, hang up, he pleaded. One week after we were gone, soldiers arrived and arrested the head of the Chamber of Commerce. That’s what happens when you live under tyranny. Now to the election. First, the rules. On election day, everyone was restricted from traveling outside of their precinct and required to stay in their area until the polls closed. Second, every candidate for each office being voted on had their own ballot. As you entered the voting booth you selected the ballots of the candidates you supported and put them in an envelope then dropped it in the ballot box. Now, with everything in place, my team was provided with a local driver to take us around the city and inspect voting areas, to look for any irregularities. It didn’t take long to find them. First, it should be noted that most Panamanian voting sites were outside. That’s normal for an area in the warm tropics. Most of the voting sites were in schools and they were also outside classrooms. The initial thing we noticed were huge gatherings of people standing around the voting site. We quickly learned why. Noriega had figured out quickly how to control the vote – don’t deliver the opposition ballots. Second, since citizens can’t leave their precincts on Election Day, authorities simply put citizens’ names on voter rolls in a different precinct across town, so they couldn’t get there to vote. These were the problems we began to run into as we traveled through Panama City. Citizens, noticing our Election Observer badges began to confront us with such problems. As we traveled from precinct to precinct we came in contact with the opposition candidates. These included MOLIRENA Party Presidential candidate Guillermo Endara and his Vice-Presidential running mate, Guillermo Ford. They were desperately rushing to every polling place to plead with citizens to stay in line and not leave. It was an incredible sight to witness candidate Endara arrive. He would simply put his hands in the air and the huge crowd of hundreds would immediately rush to him, cheering. He would shout to the crowd, “We are working to get the ballots to you.”  Then on to the next. At one such stop I was standing right in front of him as he was almost crushed by the enthusiastic crowd. Our eyes met as he just shook his head. During a couple of breaks in our hotel lobby, we encountered a CBS News team covering the events. We talked with them, and finally, I said to the head of the news team, “you are seeing the exact same vote fraud we are witnessing. Why is this not being reported on the news?” His frustrated response was, “news editors in New York.” Yep, that explained it all. Meanwhile, as we passed public televisions in hotel lobbies, nearly every set was tuned to CNN, showing Former President and self-proclaimed “election expert” Jimmy Carter reporting that everything was going just fine. At one of the main polling places in town, which just happened to be the home area for both Noreiga and opposition candidate Endara, I stood on a platform, observing the now familiar scene of frustrated voters standing in line, waiting for ballots. Meanwhile, buses began to arrive, delivering what were called Noriega’s “Dignity Battalions.” They began to surround the citizens. Then, almost like someone had set off a starter pistol, they instantly began to chant and then attack the voters. Yet the people stood their ground and refused to leave. Just before the polls were to close, a report of ballot fraud came in from a voting place located outside the city. We saw Jimmy Carter rush to his limo and head out there. Later, when I addressed the CPAC conference about this whole experience, I was asked how bad the election fraud was. My answer was, “It was so bad that eventually EVEN Jimmy Carter could see it.” However, even after the polls closed, dictator Noriega wasn’t done. The MOLIRENA Party planned a news conference at its headquarters. As we drove up to the building to attend, we saw some people standing outside looking frustrated. They told us that all the power in that end of town had been cut off. So, the news conference was to be held at a hotel on the other side of town. Upon arriving at the hotel, we found that the event would be held in the open rooftop event space above the hotel. I found it a little scary to see that the only way up or down was a very narrow staircase or an elevator that would hold only two or three people. As we entered the meeting space, there was everyone Noriega would like to remove from his country – the opposition candidates, news media, and the election observers. As I sat through what seemed like the longest news conference in memory, I kept thinking, all he had to do was send a helicopter armed with a machine gun and eliminate all his problems. He didn’t act that night, but the next day was another story. As I was preparing to fly back to Washington, DC, a couple members of my team decided to stay another day. There was to be a demonstration sponsored by the MOLIRENA Party and others to protest the fraudulent election. Thousands gathered to march. Local citizens saw my team and insisted they come in off the streets NOW! And then they saw why. On came the Dignity Battalions of Noriega thugs. Opposition Vice Presidential candidate Guillermo Ford was personally attacked. His bodyguard was killed, and Ford was stabbed and beaten, along with hundreds of others, by the Dignity Battalions. Meanwhile, I was at the airport where I saw the latest addition of the government newspaper offering the headline, “Noriega Wins by 55%.” The counting of the votes had stopped as Endara and Ford were leading by a three-to-one margin. Will history repeat itself on November 5th? Are the Harris Dignity Battalions preparing to maintain their status quo? We must stand strong like the Panamanian people and refuse to leave, even if our polling place is threatened. We need poll watchers to oversee all aspects of the vote counting process. And we need to stay at the polling site all night, if necessary, to make sure surprise boxes of ballots don’t just suddenly appear without verification. Tyranny hates a bright spotlight. Freedom shines bright! Author Tom DeWeese is President of the American Policy Center and National Grassroots Coordinator for CFACT (Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow) working to help local activists organize into Freedom Pods ( www.CFACT.org ). He is also the author of three books, including Now Tell Me I Was Wrong, ERASE, and Sustainable: the WAR on Free Enterprise, Private Property, and Individuals. 2024 Election Get out the vote Trump campaign American economy jobs created government jobs labor market health insurance cost inflation shrinkflation savings rate

Seeing this is the Monday before the first Tuesday in November, it means today marks the day before the “traditional” Election Day in the United States. If this were a “normal” year in America, the entire country would be gearing up to go to their appointed voting precincts, likely wait in lengthy lines, and cast their ballots on the morrow. However, in our post-COVID 19 twenty-first century world, roughly half of the people who will likely vote this time around have already done so. Reports tell us that the people who’ve voted early are basically high-propensity voters – or those who voted in 2020 and would’ve gone to cast a ballot on Election Day – so the “experts” are working overtime to try and determine who waited until tomorrow to decide the outcome.   Needless to say, both campaigns have been trying to squeeze every vote from the leftover pool of registered citizens. Republican Donald J. Trump and Democrat cackling Kamala Harris technically already presented their “closing arguments” to the electorate last week. Trump held a huge rally at Madison Square Garden and Kamala elected to speak on the Ellipse in Washington, D.C.   Thus, all the effort expended by both parties over the past couple years basically boils down to a matter of hours now, with countdown clocks already in motion. It feels a little like New Year’s Eve, doesn’t it? The world will change tomorrow, or in the days after. Mountains of polling data suggest some late breaking trends. Both candidates claim confidence, but as 2020 demonstrated, there can only be one winner.   If Trump succeeds in becoming only the second man to win non-consecutive presidential terms, he’d be in rare company. And history will be made in other ways, too. In an article titled, “Trump would make history if inaugurated at age 78, but busy schedule diffuses Harris’ age attacks”, Tom Howell Jr. reported at The Washington Times  recently :   “Former President Donald Trump would make history as the oldest person ever to be inaugurated to the presidency if he wins [this] week, a fact Democrats are trying to exploit as they describe him as unfit for office. Mr. Trump turned 78 in June while President Biden reached age 78 a couple of weeks after Election Day in 2020.   “Mr. Biden was chased from the race due to concerns about his age and cognitive abilities. Now, Democrats are trying to flip the script by highlighting Mr. Trump’s senior status and meandering speeches. ‘Elect a new generation of leadership, not a nearly 80-year-old man screaming at clouds every day,’ Ms. Harris’ running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, told a Wisconsin crowd...   “Should he win and serve a full term, Mr. Trump would be poised to eclipse Mr. Biden’s record as the oldest sitting president in U.S. history — something he is playing down at times. ‘I’m not that close to 80,’ Mr. Trump said at an event in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.”   Therein lies the problem for Kamala’s crew. When sitting around the conference table one day, they probably came up with the “he’s old” line of attack because they couldn’t get anything beyond January 6, 2021 and a bunch of lies about the Trump economy to stick to the man. While it’s true Trump is noticeably weathered since he first came down the escalator at Trump Tower in June, 2015 (on or near his 69th birthday, I believe), Trump still gives better than he gets in terms of tossing out invective and pinning brands on his opponent.   There’s a rationale for why Trump’s 2024 intra-party rivals, save for Nikki Haley, disdained talking about Trump’s age in detail earlier this year. They realized it was a loser of an argument then, just as it is for cackling Kamala now.   There are reasons why the Kamala campaign has only made a half-hearted effort to bring attention to Trump’s numeric age prior to recently. First , if Americans are reminded that Trump is as old as he is, they’re implicitly told, again, that Democrat primary voters chose senile Joe Biden as their nominee (despite his purported age issues) and that cackling Kamala Harris hasn’t yet earned any votes for president – ever.   I’m not counting the millions of general election votes cast early thus far. Technically speaking, she hasn’t earned anything yet. Kamala’s been going around spouting her typical “I’ve never asked anyone if they’re a Democrat or a Republican in either of my two runs for president”, and the reason for this is because none of her campaigns even got off the runway. Except when she was handed the title last summer, because Biden himself was deemed too darned ancient to do it again.   Second , Trump may have attained the age senile Joe was when he was inaugurated, but there isn’t an objective commenter in the country who would equate the New Yorker with the broken-down, mentally faltering Delawarean, the same one who last week remarked that the only “garbage” he knows are Trump supporters. What a crock.   Trump is renowned for keeping strenuous schedules and this campaign has been no different. The Republican nominee is embarking on another last-minute rally marathon that will take him to several hotly contested states today, so if you’ve got a hankering to catch just one more Trump event on TV, there should be something, somewhere, to accommodate your urge.   Third , dredging up the age issues brings more unwanted scrutiny on Harris herself. Though the woman just turned 60, she’s not regarded as an especially vigorous “spring chicken”, either. Kamala’s campaign schedule contained several days-long breaks from the trail where she allegedly “practiced” up for media appearances, wasted time for a candidate who supposedly understands what she believes.   News flash: Kamala doesn’t know what to say because somebody made it up for her along the way. Judging by the number of contradictory soundbites that exist from her last presidential run in 2019 (she never made it to 2020, remember?), Harris felt unburdened to champion any number of leftist fringe causes back then, positions that she now disavows.   Despite outward appearances and common experience, Democrats have maintained since the beginning that Trump is “losing it”, that he has dementia, exhibits signs of decline and could become a prime candidate for invoking the 25th Amendment if he wins the election. Only it’s not clear how enthusiastic Trump-haters will be about removing him from this point forward when they realize that 40-year-old uninhibited firebrand J.D. Vance would become the new commander-in-chief.   The same labels Democrats love pinning to Trump don’t work – at all – with Vance. Democrats may argue Trump is too old to be elected to the top job, but here’s thinking they’ll change their tune if the 45th president becomes the 47th president in a couple months’ time. The alternative for them is to anoint a younger, just as aggressive replacement.   Fourth , reviving the age issue, again, shines the unwanted spotlight on Kamala’s “new generation of leaders” argument, scrutiny she’s probably not going to want when people realize just how awful the “new generation” is compared with the old guard.   Senile Joe Biden may not be the sharpest stick in the stack and certainly will never be known as a competent truth-teller whose ethics are squeaky clean, but in his day, Biden was seen as a reputable politician who related well with “ordinary” people and who fit in with the working folks. Kamala’s new generation , on the other hand, is a collection of snobby, entitled leftists who pretend to know everything and believe they deserve to rule because of who they are.   Resumes don’t matter a darn to this type.   Lastly , Kamala’s age-related assaults on Trump haven’t worked – and won’t work -- to spook voters – because she herself can’t even get her story straight about why Biden had to be replaced as the party nominee. A couple weeks ago when Fox News’s Brett Baier asked her, “When did you first realize that President Biden was faltering and it would be in the country’s best interest for him to step down from the presidential race?” – Kamala sidestepped the query without answering it.   Why? Because Harris can’t  answer it and still retain the goodwill of the man who could singlehandedly crash her campaign if he so chose.   Rumors have it that Biden and Harris aren’t on the best of terms as the campaign concludes, and no doubt Kamala’s “new way forward” and “a new generation of leaders” themes have something to do with it.   Senile Joe Biden is convinced his was the best one-term presidency of all-time, and he not only would’ve won this year’s election if given the chance to campaign for it, he would’ve had the mandate he feels he’d need to “finish the job.” Senile Joe’s ego wouldn’t allow him to admit he ever did anything wrong, and his “garbage” view of Trump supporters discounted any chance Trump would’ve had to beat him.   Thanks to Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Kamala Harris, senile Joe Biden will never have the opportunity to know if he would’ve won tomorrow or not. Democrats have pulled out all the stops against Trump, including more recently attempting to brand him as a fascist Nazi and “unstable” madman, familiar refrains from previous campaigns that didn’t work.   It could be said the only person who could stop Donald Trump is Donald Trump.   The 2024 nominee has mostly stayed away from the pitfalls that would’ve felled his campaign. Aided by Harris herself, who is a truly hideous politician, unlikable person and complete empty-pantsuit, Trump seemingly had a much easier time of it in 2024. Polls have showed him consistently within the margin of error this cycle, and if he wasn’t felled by two (minimum) assassination attempts, a legion of antagonistic establishment media haters and the other intangibles of political campaigning… what would do the trick?   Age wasn’t going to slow Trump down, neither literally nor figuratively.   With tomorrow being Election Day, it’s basically all over but the shoutin’. Trump has done hundreds of interviews, traveled the country, done battle with a gaggle of hater-Democrats and wrestled with the variables that go along with ten years’ worth of non-stop politicking. Trump has proved over and over that he deserves a second term to Make America Great Again.   Will he get one? Joe Biden economy inflation Biden cognitive decline gas prices, Nancy Pelosi Biden senile Kamala Harris candidacy Donald Trump campaign Harris Trump debates J.D. Vance Kamala vice president Speaker Mike Johnson Donald Trump assassination Donald Trump 2024 presidential election Tim Walz

We’ve been getting a steady stream of questions from conservatives asking, “What can I do to elect Donald Trump and save America?” The reality is this election remains close, too close for polls to assure victory to either candidate, and much remains to be done for Donald Trump to close the deal with the voters necessary to achieve a 270 Electoral College vote majority and be reelected President of the United States. Hard-Left “resistance” organizations and other Leftwing groups – funded in large measure by billionaire Nazi collaborator and convicted currency manipulator George Soros – have created a permanent campaign machine to undercut voter ID laws, attack the integrity and security of the ballot, engage in election fraud and create chaos on Election Day. The pro-Kamala Harris super PAC Future Forward is launching another huge $100 million flight of ads to broadcast her closing message to voters across every major platform in the campaign’s final week. So, the #1 thing you can do is to make sure every conservative, every Reagan Democrat, every Make America Healthy Again Kennedy supporter, and every Pro-Trump Republican turns in their ballot or shows up to vote in person on Election Day. One easy way to make sure everyone on your contact list votes, and votes for Donald Trump and conservative candidates for other offices is to use the Tea Party Patriots Citizen Fund app, which you can download through this link . There is still time for conservatives to engage in legitimate and entirely appropriate ballot security measures using poll watchers to verify the ID of voters so that conservative candidates can win outside the margin of fraud. Contact your local Republican headquarters, Trump campaign field office or go to https://whoscounting.us/  to see if there’s still time for the Election Integrity Network to plug you into their ballot security operation. Finally, recognize the power of peer pressure and engagement. Research has shown  that social pressure is an effective way to convince people to vote. A 2008 study published in the American Political Science Review analyzed how various mailers impacted voter turnout. The most effective mailer indicated whether members of the recipient’s household voted in previous elections—as well as whether their neighbors had. That message resulted in an 8.1 percentage-point gain over the control group, according to the study. If you haven't voted yet, find your sample ballot and make a plan to vote! Don't leave it up to chance or leftwing shenanigans. From the Oval Office to state legislatures and ballot issues, we need every single vote cast this year. Take a friend with you! If you've voted already don’t be bashful: Check in with friends, family, coworkers, and church family. Offer to drive an elderly or ailing neighbor. Make yourself the polling place taxi service for conservatives from your neighborhood, church or precinct. Conservatives, we are in a battle for the survival of a free America established and created under God’s laws.  None should stay on the sidelines in this election.  Working together we can save America for our children, grandchildren, and future generations. Please forward this and other CHQ articles to your contact list to inform and educate family, friends, neighbors, and others on what’s at stake in this election. 2024 Election 2024 Election Kamala Harris campaign Military Readiness Cultural Marxism Hispanic male voters Male African-American voters Democrat contributions price gouging price controls first-time home buyers 25th Amendment public housing ActBlue donations Donald Trump campaign Kamala Harris campaign Kamala Harris senate record

As the 2024 Presidential election draws closer to its conclusion the issues driving the American people to the polls have crystalized and clarified and most clearly of all shines the stark contrast between the visions offered by President Donald J. Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. Based upon polling from Statista/YouGov in July, The Economist/YouGov  in August, Pew Research  in September and Marist in October, analysts have gleaned that the Economy, Inflation and Consumer Prices are most consistently the most important combined issue in the election by a wide margin. Other top issues which vie for prominence from month to month are Immigration/Border Security, Healthcare, Crime, and Foreign Policy. In a remarkable departure from previous races, the political hot-button issue of Abortion is almost an afterthought in most polls. Both parties have published their platforms addressing these issues which have been analyzed, scrutinized and of course, deliberately misinterpreted by pundits and their opponents alike for months, this is an election after all. But each candidate’s position can be condensed relatively simply.   Economy, Inflation and Consumer Prices Donald J. Trump:  President Trump’s platform calls for the President and Congress to “commit to unleashing American Energy, reining in wasteful spending, cutting excessive Regulations, securing our Borders, and restoring Peace through Strength,” in order to correct the spiraling economy and reduce inflation. Specifically, Trump places domestic energy production center stage and prescribes “lifting restrictions on American Energy Production and terminating the Socialist Green New Deal,” as well as “Energy Production from all sources, including nuclear, to immediately slash Inflation and power American homes, cars, and factories with reliable, abundant, and affordable Energy.” Trump also broke new ground with a vow to eliminate Taxes on Tips for American service workers, no taxes on Social Security and no taxes on Overtime as well as “mak(ing) permanent the provisions of the Trump Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that doubled the standard deduction, expanded the Child Tax Credit, and spurred Economic Growth for all Americans.” This is a major condensation as well, Trump’s platform spends four entire chapters on economic, trade and job building reforms. Kamala Harris: Vice President Harris’ platform  conversely lays the blame upon “anti-competitive practices that let big corporations jack up prices and undermine the competition,” as the root cause of the high cost of living and slow growth for Main Street America. Harris promises to correct this through an effort to “go after bad actors who exploit an emergency to rip off consumers by calling for the first-ever federal ban on corporate price gouging on food and groceries.” She further calls for “making our tax system fairer and prioritizing investment and innovation,” promising to “ensure the wealthiest Americans and the largest corporations pay their fair share, so we can take action to build up the middle class while reducing the deficit,” and pitching expanded Child Tax Credits and Earned Income Tax Credits.   Immigration/Border Security Donald J. Trump:  Trump’s policy on immigration and border security is largely unchanged since his initial 2016 Presidential run calling for a restoration of the border policies he enacted during his first term including a halt of all releases of illegal immigrants into the country and deployment of the U.S. military to interdict drug and human smuggling across maritime borders. A new addition is a vow to launch the “Largest Deportation Program in American History,” in concert with his Travel Ban for unvetted migrants, and use Title 42 to combat child trafficking crisis by “returning all trafficked children to their families in their Home Countries immediately.” Kamala Harris:  Harris in a departure from boilerplate Democrat rhetoric has pivoted to a stance of “tough, smart solutions to secure the border, keep communities safe, and reform(ing) our broken immigration system.” She also touts her previous role as Attorney General of California  as proof of her capability to wrangle with “international drug gangs, human traffickers and cartels.” However, Harris focuses on an allegedly “bi-partisan” border security bill that met with widespread scorn and derision from Republicans and only held token support from anti-Trump Republicans on the hill with several calling it a “sham.” According to Congressman Don Davis’s (D-NC) website even Washington state Democrat and chair of the Progressive Congressional Caucus Pramila Jayapal condemned the bill as pointless saying, “The majority could barely pass this legislation last year,” referring to the party-line vote in 2023. “And now it’s going to magically pass it in the House with a two-thirds majority? Give me a break. This bill is going nowhere, so let’s just be clear about that.” Harris’ campaign vows to “bring back the bipartisan border security bill and sign it into law.” Crime Donald J. Trump:  In President Trump’s platform to “Renew The Pillars Of American Civilization,”  extensively refers to restoring law and order. “Republicans will restore safety in our neighborhoods by replenishing Police Departments, restoring Common Sense Policing, and protecting Officers from frivolous lawsuits. We will stand up to Marxist Prosecutors, vigorously defend the Right of every American to live in peace, and we will compassionately address homelessness to restore order to our streets.” In his Agenda47 plan, Trump also calls for the firing of “Radical Marxist Prosecutors,” and the appoint 100 U.S. Attorneys adding, “As part of this effort, there should be a federal inquiry into the Soros prosecutor in Austin, Texas, who charged a veteran with murder for defending himself against a threat by a heavily armed member of a radical left mob.” Kamala Harris:  Vice President Harris focuses on efforts begun under the Biden Administration for federal-level investment and thereby control of “local law enforcement and community safety programs across 1,000 cities, towns, and counties, and placing more mental health professionals in schools. Overwhelmingly however, Harris’ crime policies revolve around gun control and confiscatory laws declaring on her website, “She’ll ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, require universal background checks, and support red flag laws.” Harris also suggested that she would continue to target her opponent in particular noting, “She’ll fight to ensure that no former president has immunity for crimes committed while in the White House.” She also called for “common-sense Supreme Court reforms — like requiring Justices to comply with ethics rules that other federal judges are bound by and imposing term limits — to address the crisis of confidence facing the Supreme Court.”   Healthcare: Donald J. Trump: While the RNC platform itself is rather brief on the subject of healthcare, in Trump’s Agenda47 , the President is detailed in his policy plans to the point of being verbose targeting major pharmaceutical companies. “Every year, we spend hundreds of billions of dollars to treat these chronic problems rather than looking at what is causing them in the first place,” Trump said. “Too often, our public health establishment is too close to Big Pharma—they make a lot of money, Big Pharma—big corporations, and other special interests, and does not want to ask the tough questions about what is happening to our children’s health.” He also called out “the scourge of Drug Addiction in America” adding, “If Big Pharma defrauds American patients and taxpayers or puts profits above people, they must be investigated and held accountable.” He further called for major reforms tackling “homelessness, the drug addicted, and the dangerously deranged,” promising to “use every tool, lever, and authority to get the homeless off our streets. We want to take care of them, but they have to be off our streets. There is nothing compassionate about letting these individuals live in filth and squalor rather than getting them the help they need. We need professionals to help them.” Kamala Harris: Harris’ healthcare policy is largely predicated on “expanding and strengthening the Affordable Care Act,” and levying tax credits for healthcare premiums and government price restrictions on pharmaceuticals. She also pitches the fallacy of cancelling medical debt, which is effectively a taxpayer funded bailout. The Vice President also leverages heavily on forcing “millionaires and billionaires pay their fair share in taxes,” in order to fund Social Security and Medicare, expanding these programs to encompass government subsidized child care and long-term medical care. In terms of combatting drug dependency Harris leans once again on the “bipartisan border bill” to combat drug-smuggling and touts making the overdose-reversal drug naloxone available over-the-counter.   Foreign Policy Donald J. Trump: The Trump foreign policy we can expect is one that would largely mirror the President’s first term with two notable exceptions: the Russo-Ukrainian War and the Israel-Hamas War. In the RNC platform Trump’s campaign promises a “return Peace through Strength, rebuilding our Military and Alliances, countering China, defeating terrorism, building an Iron Dome Missile Defense Shield, promoting American Values, securing our Homeland and Borders, and reviving our Defense Industrial Base.” Trump has also in several media appearances promised to address the Russo-Ukrainian conflict before even taking office and reportedly has asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to wrap up operations in the conflict with Hamas prior to his inauguration according to Fox News  citing the Times of Israel. In February Trump also called for stern measures to rebuke increased espionage being conducted by China saying , “As President, I took the most dramatic action of any administration to curtail China’s ability to conduct espionage in the United States,” President Trump said. “And when I’m back in the White House, those efforts will be expanded in a very, very big way. Instead of hunting down Republicans, a reformed FBI and Justice Department will be hunting down Chinese spies.” Kamala Harris: The Harris campaign’s strategy leans heavily upon work conducted under the Biden-Harris Administration while leaving her responses to both the Russo-Ukrainian and Israeli-Hamas conflicts ambiguous. The only forward looking statements she offers on her campaign site is that “Vice President Harris will never hesitate to take whatever action is necessary to protect U.S. forces and interests from Iran and Iran-backed terrorist groups,” and ” Vice President Harris will always stand up for Israel’s right to defend itself and she will always ensure Israel has the ability to defend itself.” Regarding China she adds, “She has met with China’s Xi Jinping, making clear she will always stand up for American interests in the face of China’s threats,” but regarding the Russo-Ukrainian conflict she presents no policy plan on the page. According to the Associated Press , “The vice president has yet to specify how her positions on  Russia’s war with Ukraine  might differ from Biden’s,” suggesting that she is likely to continue Biden’s policy of pouring billions of American tax dollars into weapons, ammunition and other assistance  without pushing for a peace settlement between Kyiv and Moscow. Conservatives, we are in a battle for the survival of a free America established and created under God’s laws.  None should stay on the sidelines in this election.  Working together we can save America for our children, grandchildren, and future generations. Please forward this and other CHQ articles to your contact list to inform and educate family, friends, neighbors, and others on what’s at stake in this election.     Matthew Holloway is a contributor for  Conservative HQ .  Follow him on X  for his latest stories, or email tips to  Matthew@theconservativefreelancer.com . 2024 Election Get out the vote Trump campaign American economy jobs created government jobs labor market health insurance cost inflation shrinkflation savings rate

Everyone knows, looks can be deceiving, especially in politics. Take the recent 2024 campaign dynamic as an example. If you’ve been paying attention to the news and the world around us, you may have sensed the presidential race has entered its final phase with Republican Donald Trump riding momentum into Election Day next week. Early voting has been going on for weeks in many spots, so, as Sean Hannity argued, Election Day is practically every day, but still, there’s something about “the” day that provides irrefutable evidence that something’s happening.   For those who caught Trump’s astonishingly well done “closing” rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City last weekend, if you’re like me, you probably concluded it doesn’t get much better than that. Granted I didn’t catch each speaker’s presentation in its entirety, but I tried ascertaining how a political event could improve on the model.   Literally, within hours came the cavalcade of negative condemnation from liberals looking to downplay Trump’s advantage, mostly belligerent about the “insult comedian” who made off color/tasteless remarks about Puerto Rico, among other smears. The Trump campaign disavowed the man’s presentation, but yet it was evident the damage may already have been done.   Trump is a master showman. He’s proven it time and again. But his formula for conducting live events sometimes lands him in trouble. In an opinion piece titled “The pros and cons of Trump’s political showmanship”, the usually on-point W. James Antle III wrote at the Washington Examiner  the other day :   “[T]he main takeaway from the event was an insult comic’s disparaging reference to Puerto Rico. The commonwealth island doesn’t get a vote in the presidential election, though Trump won more than 96% of the vote in its Republican primary. (It should be noted that only a little over 1,000 people voted and the other candidates on the ballot had already withdrawn.) Hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans living in the battleground states do, however.   “The Trump campaign distanced itself from the joke, which clearly fell flat with the audience as well. This has so far invited scrutiny of which other remarks at the sprawling multi-speaker rally the former president disavows or endorses.   “It is the paradox of Trump’s live events. A reality TV star, Trump nevertheless prioritizes entertaining and exciting his supporters in the arena no matter what the impact on the viewers at home. This was on display in his 90-minute acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.”   Yes, indeed. We’ve seen it all before. Trump holds one of his “standard” mass rallies and the establishment news media’s producers and commentators sift through the hours of “regular” footage to pinpoint one moment or collection of spliced together tidbits to show on the evening news and imply that the candidate was either off his game or acting like the Democrats say he does – namely, as a racist, sexist, “fascist” or generally an off-putting cad who gets people’s dander up.   It's an illusion, mostly, but the left has honed the impression carefully. They make it seem as though just about everyone despises Trump. They also say his fans will vote for him because conservative MAGA proponents are mind-numbed zombies, or just hate people, or are uninformed, misguided, propelled by “misinformation” or are consumed with dislike for women of color and/or ex-high school football coaches who served “honorably” for 24 years in the National Guard and never told a lie in his life.   Listening to the noise, a reasonable person may surmise Trump is way behind, and his political ship is listing badly and in danger of foundering and disappearing beneath the waves, never to be seen again except by a submersible searching for it. One that doesn’t implode, that is.   In other words, it’s not always easy to spot the clues that one of the candidates has established separation. If liberals are truly able to look at an event like what took place in Trump’s hometown last Sunday night and isolate one speaker from the rest of the who’s who of American political and cultural figures and find negativity, they just might have you believing the sky is falling in Trump world rather than correctly concluding Democrats are panicking and searching the landscape for something that will deliver them political life support.   Obsessing on the incremental – and slow – movement of opinion polls leads to insanity. After nearly ten years of Donald Trump residing in the realm of politics, we just can’t make heads or tails of how Americans really feel about him. On one side we’ve got the leftist establishment media and RINO establishment Republicans telling us Trump isn’t so well loved. On the other we have scenes on TV depicting gobs of red, white and blue adorned Trump fans turning out by the tens of thousands at nearly every Trump rally hoping to get in to see their candidate speak – something they could easily catch on TV if they really needed a Trump fix.   It's confusing and frustrating to say the least. So, in the interest of promoting mental stability just a few days before the election, here are indicators that reality isn’t so impossible, and sometimes seeing and living is believing.   Signs you can tell Trump is winning and/or you can detect that cackling Kamala and “Tampon Tim” are losing:   Number one : The volume of campaign text messages  imploring you to answer them and provide token assurance their candidate is still on your mind and in your heart. And that you’re possibly willing to dig deep and pad their war chest for the final stage – or provide substantive fuel for their post-election challenges.   Somehow, the Harris/Walz campaign got my telephone number and I was added to some Democrat list for donors and supporters. Actually, I should clarify – it was my wife’s name that was put on the rolls, since Kamala n’ Tim have personally  (written in the first person) reached out dozens of times over the past couple months, each of the urgently worded messages begging her/me to reply and confirm that I still intended to vote for them. Lately, the number of texts has increased dramatically, yet another sign of heavy breathing and desperation at Democrat campaign HQ.   As a side note, I’m sick to death of these practically hourly interruptions, but have kept my phone number on their roster to serve as a small bit of inside intelligence on their campaign and insight into what arguments they’re using. Does it matter to them? Probably not. But I can decipher the depth of their GOTV effort by the tone of their messages.   I get the Trump campaign messages, too, and they’re somewhat similar in style. But ever since I voted earlier this month, they’re much less frequent. But not from the Democrats. It means I’m not on their list of “supporters” who’ve already voted.   Number two : Your mother should know .   Contrary to the popular legend, mothers don’t know everything, but their innate intuition usually has a pretty good sense about things. For example, my mom was way more worried than I was in 2020, and her fears were justified on Election Night. Kind of like Fox News’s Jessie Waters, whose mom is a liberal (and he talks about a lot), mothers know when something ain’t right.   My mom seems happy about Trump’s chances this year. Does her prediction carry as much weight as Karl Rove’s does, with his white board in tow? You be the judge.   Number three : Who’s winning the yard sign/bumper sticker/campaign paraphernalia race ?   Similar to mom’s intuition, a greater number of yard signs in a neighborhood or bumper stickers on cars or quantity of hats and t-shirts isn’t dispositive of true support numbers, but they all provide clues as to the confidence people have in showing their “colors” with other folks around. Judging by the number of honks and thumbs up I receive when simply driving along – or being rudely cut off in traffic – my Trump bumper sticker is generally positively accepted.   Further, I talked with a group of MAGA hat wearing grandparents at a travel baseball tournament last weekend, and none of them harped on Trump cutting social security or Medicare. But they did express cautious optimism about the upcoming election outcome. To quote one gentleman: “Kamala Harris cannot win. People know it. Can you imagine her  in a meeting with Vladimir Putin?” No, I can’t.   Number four : Who’s showing their cards in the   Facebook public relations battle ? I’ve mentioned it before – I don’t personally post to Facebook. Haven’t in years. But I do enjoy “lurking” to see what others are posting. And based on the unrestrained worry exhibited by liberal friends, they’re terrified that cackling Kamala is lagging her MAGA opponent. Substantially behind. Trump social media backers display no such apprehensions.   One note – social media active liberals seem unaware that they have conservative friends, based on their heavily biased messages against Trump and not so veiled preaching regarding morals and conscience and responsibilities to our fellow human beings to vote for a woman/Democrat like cackling Kamala Harris. They’re so self-righteous, and their musings are all about personality and “fascism” and treating people as you would yourself. A couple of them are liberal “woke” church clergy, too. Is God punishing them for their ignorance?   We’ll discover the answer soon. I can’t wait to see what they post late next week if the election forecasts play out.   Other sure signs of Trump’s staying power:   Democrats have amped up the racism/sexism talk. If you haven’t caught it yet, check out Michelle Obama’s recent speech shaming men in Michigan . Man, they’re reaching. One almost feels sorry for Democrats being forced to watch them struggle. Almost.   Finally, some Democrat candidates are disassociating themselves with cackling Kamala – and outwardly praising Trump . You wouldn’t normally do this if you’re confident of victory, would you?   So yes, looks do deceive, especially when it comes to what the heinous, untrustworthy media shows. Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden certainly won him a lot more votes than it might’ve lost him by having one idiot who no one’s ever heard of insult a suspect racial classification. Don’t believe the boo birds. Look for the “signs” – and then decide for yourself. Joe Biden economy inflation Biden cognitive decline gas prices, Nancy Pelosi Biden senile Kamala Harris candidacy Donald Trump campaign Harris Trump debates J.D. Vance Kamala vice president Speaker Mike Johnson Donald Trump assassination Donald Trump 2024 presidential election Tim Walz

Someone recently asked me why I like Trump. My answer was that I don't really like a lot of things about Trump, but this election is not about choosing the most likable person.   We are voting between two vastly different ideologies. We are voting for the country we want to leave our children and grandchildren.   Trump has proven that he can deliver. He is a patriot to the core and even served his country for four years without pay. When someone says, "I can't believe you're voting for Trump," I simply reply, “I'm NOT voting for Trump!”   I'm voting for the First Amendment and freedom of speech. I'm voting for the right to speak my opinion and not be censored.   I’m voting for secure borders and LEGAL immigration.   I am voting for election integrity (which should include mandatory voter ID).   I'm voting for the Second Amendment and my right to defend my life and my family.   I'm voting for the police to be respected once again.   I am voting for law & order and an end to allowing protesters to trespass and burn our cities, destroying innocent small business.   I am voting for personal responsibility and the end of the revolving door where criminals are being put back on the street.   I'm voting for the Electoral College, and for the Republic in which we live.   I'm voting for the next Supreme Court Justice(s) to protect the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.   I’m voting for the continued appointment of Federal Judges who respect the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.   I’m voting for keeping our jobs to remain in America and not be outsourced all over the world - to China, Mexico and other foreign countries.   I am voting for doing away with all of the freebies given to all of the illegals while not looking after the needs of the American citizens and homeless veterans.   I'm voting to keep men out of women's sports.   I'm voting for the military & the veterans who fought for this country   I’m voting for peace progress in the Middle East, a return of our troops from foreign countries and minimizing America’s involvement in foreign conflicts.   I’m voting to fight against human/child trafficking.   I'm voting for Freedom of Religion.   I am voting for the return of teaching math, history, and science in K-12 schools, instead of the Woke indoctrination of our children.   I'm voting for my children and my grandchildren to ensure their freedoms   America is the greatest country in the world, which is why everyone wants to immigrate here. So why do you want to change it?   Why do politicians want to enact policies that have failed in other countries throughout history?   I'm not voting for Trump.   I'm voting for America. 2024 Election Get out the vote Trump campaign American economy jobs created government jobs labor market health insurance cost inflation shrinkflation savings rate

In a call organized by the Democrat-oriented Hispanic advocacy group Voto Latino, alleged President Joe Biden said, in reference to former President Trump's weekend rally at Madison Square Garden, “The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters. His demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it’s un-American. It’s totally contrary to everything we’ve done, everything we’ve been.” So, let’s unpack this. D list comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, who is an entertainer, not a campaign spokesman, makes a crack about the island of Puerto Rico being a “floating island of garbage” and suddenly, according to the President of all Americans, half of the country’s voters are “garbage”? Biden’s remark, and Harris’s refusal to disavow it, really tells you pretty much all you need to know about what leading Democrats (we won’t fall into the same trap and say all Democrats) think about the people they aspire to lead. To them, those of us who support President Trump for reelection aren’t the loyal opposition, or simply mistaken, or misinformed and can be brought around through logic and persuasion – we are garbage to be discarded. This isn’t the first time a leading Democrat has denigrated conservatives, Republicans, and other supporters of President Trump, so, you have to give Democrats credit for not hiding their true opinions; they never miss an opportunity to let the rest of us know they are the elite and we conservatives are the Untermenschen. Leading Democrats, including Biden, Harris, and her running mate Tim Walz, have regularly referred to President Trump and his supporters as Nazis and Fascists. Republican turned Democrat Charlie Crist once charged that Florida’s principled limited government constitutional conservative Republican Governor Ron DeSantis was appealing to the "hard right, toothless crowd."   And who can forget Hillary Clinton’s 2016 remarks putting Donald Trump’s supporters into two “baskets” and that half of them were in what she called “the basket of deplorables” including, as she put it, “The racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic — you name it.”    This idea that conservatives, Republicans and Trump supporters are beneath contempt has filtered down from the top to Democrats at the grassroots. If America is so bad and full of “Nazis” and “garbage” why would Joe Biden and Kamala Harris want to lead such a country one might ask. The late Angelo Codevilla supplies an answer in the logic of revolutions : “Progressives deplore the ‘deplorables’ not to improve them, but to feel good about themselves. Hating people for what they are and because it feels good to hate them, is hate in its unalloyed form.” What Prof. Codevilla found after reviewing the history of the logic of revolutions is this insight about today’s radical Progressive Left:   The logic that drives each turn of our revolutionary spiral is Progressive Americans’ inherently insatiable desire to exercise their superiority over those they deem inferior. With Newtonian necessity, each such exercise causes a corresponding and opposite reaction. The logic’s force comes not from the substance of the Progressives’ demands. If that were the case, acquiescing to or compromising with them could cut it short. Rather, it comes from that which moves, changes, and multiplies their demands without end. That is the Progressives’ affirmation of superior worth, to be pursued by exercising dominance: superior identity affirmed via the inferior’s humiliation. It is an inherently endless pursuit.   The logic is rooted in disdain, but not so much of any of the supposed inferiors’ features or habits. If it were, the deplored could change their status by improving. But the Progressives deplore the “deplorables” not to improve them, but to feel good about themselves. Hating people for what they are and because it feels good to hate them, is hate in its unalloyed form. People of good will might be inclined to object to that characterization of Democrats: Surely “public service” or a desire to help the less fortunate or other eleemosynary ideals motivate most people seeking public office they would argue.   Biden, Harris and Walz have, without apology, proven that idealistic view to be complete bunk. In Presidential politics and in marketing, the general rule is that you criticize your competition, not the consumers who buy the competing product. Joe Biden’s characterization of Trump supporters as “garbage,” revealed once again the Democrats’ elitist contempt for the millions of Americans who legitimately recognize that American exceptionalism, American culture and their own economic futures are at risk because of what Donald Trump has called a politician made disaster, of which Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are the chief architects. The best revenge we garbage people can extract from those who hold us in such contempt is to vote Donald Trump into a second term as President.   Conservatives, we are in a battle for the survival of a free America established and created under God’s laws.  None should stay on the sidelines in this election.  Working together we can save America for our children, grandchildren, and future generations. Please forward this and other CHQ articles to your contact list to inform and educate family, friends, neighbors, and others on what’s at stake in this election.