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    ‘CRAZY’: Vance Addresses Whether Trump Administration Would Ban Sex-Change Surgeries for Kids

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Sen. JD Vance told The Daily Signal transgender medical interventions for minors are “crazy” at a rally in Holland, Michigan, on Tuesday. “I think sex changes for minors, permanently altering, either chemically or surgically, the body of young child, is crazy,” the Republican vice presidential nominee said. “I can’t believe that…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Victor Davis Hanson Explains Why Trump ‘Terrifies’ the ‘Out-Of-Touch Wealthy Elite’ of Both Parties

    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Victor Davis Hanson said Monday on Fox News that former President Donald Trump “terrifies” the “out-of-touch wealthy elite” because they lack compassion and understanding of the average American’s concerns. Hanson argued that Trump has redefined the Republican Party by recasting it as a coalition of upper-middle- and lower-middle-class citizens, leaving both traditional Republicans and…
    Mariane Angela
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    Trump and Vance Target Swing States, Seek to Expand Map in Final Push to Election Day

    Time is running out for former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris to court voters before Nov. 5.   With just one week until Election Day, the Trump-Vance campaign is not only looking to shore up its support in the all-important swing states, but also seeking to expand the electoral map.  The former…
    Christina Lewis
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    Steve Bannon Unchained: Federal Prison ‘Empowered Me,’ Former Trump Advisor Says After Serving Sentence

    Steve Bannon, a political pundit and former White House chief strategist for President Donald Trump, was released from prison Tuesday morning after serving a four-month sentence for refusing to comply with a Jan. 6 House committee subpoena. Bannon departed from the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, Connecticut, on Tuesday morning, and mere hours later was…
    Bradley Devlin
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    Former Democrats, First-Time Voters Flock to Trump Rally in Michigan

    NOVI, Michigan—Concerns about the economy, religious freedom, and border security are driving unlikely Michigan voters to the polls to vote Republican for the first time. One of the most hotly contested swing states, with its 15 Electoral College votes, Michigan may determine the outcome of the 2024 presidential election. Members of Naomi Steury’s Amish community in…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Former Trump Adviser Steve Bannon Released from Prison

    Conservative podcaster and former Trump political adviser Steve Bannon was released from prison Tuesday morning. Bannon served four months in a federal prison in Connecticut for defying a subpoena to appear before Congress to testify as part of its investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. His scheduled release was announced by the Bureau…
    Joseph Weber
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    OVERFLOW CROWDS: What Trump Gets and Harris Can Only Hope For

    On the latest episode of “The Tony Kinnett Cast,” we examine one of the greatest dichotomies in a two-party presidential election. Former President Donald Trump canvasses the nation seeking to create as big a tent for the Republican Party as possible, resulting in massive events sold out, even in traditionally blue cities. Vice President Kamala…
    Tony Kinnett
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    Likening Trump, Other Republicans to Hitler: The First and Last Refuge of Democratic Scoundrels

    Top Democrats and Trumpophobes scream that former President Donald Trump is Adolf Hitler’s fascist twin. English translation: Trump is a Republican. John Kelly, Trump’s disgruntled former chief of staff, said last week that Trump matches “the general definition of fascist” and “certainly prefers the dictator approach to government.” Relying, as usual, on anonymous sources, The Atlantic’s fabulist-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, “reported” that Trump said…
    Deroy Murdock
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    3 Big Takeaways From Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden Rally

    With nine days until the 2024 election, Donald Trump kicked off the final full week of his campaign for president in front of a packed arena at the iconic Madison Square Garden in New York City.   The rally started at 5 p.m. with an A-lister lineup including Tucker Carlson, Dr. Phil McGraw, Robert F….
    Virginia Allen
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    Donald Trump, Class Traitor Par Excellence

    If there is one data point above all that suggests Donald Trump and JD Vance are headed for a resounding victory on Nov. 5, it is this: By a nearly 40-point margin in the polling average, Americans are more inclined to believe the country is currently on the wrong track than the right track. There…
    Josh Hammer
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    CEASE AND DESIST: Trump Sends a Legal Warning to Anyone Trying to Cheat in the Election

    Former President Donald Trump sent a “cease and desist” message on Truth Social and X, issuing a legal warning to anyone attempting to cheat in the 2024 presidential election. “CEASE & DESIST: I, together with many Attorneys and Legal Scholars, am watching the Sanctity of the 2024 Presidential Election very closely because I know, better…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Lame-Duck McConnell Lashes Out at Trump as Senate Turns Away From His Leadership Style

    Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell had one job in 2022: reclaim the Senate majority from Democrats. The longtime Kentucky Republican had a lot going for him in that cause. Two years ago, electoral map heavily advantaged Republicans, with vulnerable Democrat seats up for grabs in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Arizona, and Wisconsin. Joe Biden’s approval rating dropped…
    Bradley Devlin
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    Harris’ Open Border Has Turned US Into ‘Garbage Can for the World,’ Trump Says

    Under the Biden-Harris administration, the United States has become a “garbage can for the world,” former President Donald Trump said at a campaign rally Thursday in Tempe, Arizona.  “When [Vice President Kamala Harris] came in, she deliberately dismantled our border and threw open the gates … to an invasion of criminal migrants from prisons and…
    Virginia Allen
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    ‘Winning Issue’?: Michigan Dems Hope Abortion Will Help Harris Thwart Trump in Swing State

    With the Kamala Harris campaign reportedly fearing it will lose Michigan, Democratic strategists in the key Midwestern swing state are placing their hopes on the issue of abortion to give the vice president an edge on Nov. 5. Democrats participated in a Monday webinar, co-hosted by midwestern lobbying firm Kelley Cawthorne and news service Gongwer…
    Christina Lewis
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    Why Trump at McDonald’s Matters

    This week, Donald Trump set the political world afire with an appearance at a McDonald's in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. There, he donned the famous McDonald's apron, cooked up some fries and served customers at a drive-thru window. All the while, he looked like he was enjoying himself thoroughly—which he certainly was. Trump has the momentum,…
    Ben Shapiro
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    Christians Will Help America End Biden-Harris ‘Horror Show,’ Trump Says at Georgia Faith Event

    If more Christians and gun owners voted, Republicans never would lose an election, former President Donald Trump said Wednesday at a campaign event in battleground Georgia focused on faith and religious freedom.  “I think we’ve really energized a lot of [Christians] this time because they’ve seen how bad it is,” Trump told the crowd at…
    Christina Lewis
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    ‘MAJOR REALIGNMENT’: Michigan Moves Toward Trump in Final Stretch Before Election

    Bread crumbs in the polls may point to a likely victory by Donald Trump over Kamala Harris in the swing state of Michigan, nationally known pollster Steve Mitchell says. "There's been a major realignment in Michigan and national politics, with former Democrats now becoming Republicans and former Republicans becoming Democrats," Mitchell, president of Mitchell Research &…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Trump’s Last-Minute Message for Latinos Undermines the Left’s Narrative

    Former President Donald Trump named the border crisis as the “single-biggest problem” America is facing after nearly four years under the Biden-Harris administration. “I really think that the biggest problem this country has is what they’ve allowed to happen to us on the border,” Trump said at a “Latino Roundtable” in Doral, Florida, on Tuesday….
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    New Details Emerge About Secret Service and Attempted Assassination of Donald Trump

    A preliminary report by the House task force on the attempted assassination of Donald Trump provides new detail about the lack of coordination between the Secret Service and state and local law enforcement officers that contributed to Trump nearly being killed and the murder of rallygoer Corey Comperatore. The report, released early Monday, also asserts…
    Susan Crabtree
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    Who Wants to Increase the National Debt? Both Trump and Harris

    It’s been a little over a week since the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget sent a letter to Kamala Harris and Donald Trump suggesting the two presidential candidates get serious about “skyrocketing” national debt, which now exceeds $35 trillion.  Washington is spending $1.8 trillion more than it collects annually.  “Our publicly held debt will…
    Debra Saunders
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