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    Time to Put the Left’s ‘Trump Is a Threat to Democracy’ Lie to Rest 

    Now that President-elect Donald Trump has built a resounding red wave to crash over the supposed blue wall, it’s time to put the Left’s false claim that Trump is a “threat to democracy” to rest.  “But he’s a convicted felon!”  “But he’s been indicted!” Those cries fell flat last night as voters saw through the…
    Carrie Sheffield
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    Trump Is President-Elect. So What Happens to Those Indictments?

    Election Day wasn’t the only item on President-elect Donald Trump’s calendar in November. The once and future president has a date Nov. 26 with a New York judge for his sentencing hearing. One day after the election, the Justice Department reportedly determined that special counsel Jack Smith’s investigations—of Trump’s contesting the results of the 2020…
    Fred Lucas
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    The Left’s 6 Enormous Transgressions That Helped Propel Trump to Victory

    Donald Trump seems likely not just to win the Electoral College but also the popular vote to return to the White House, delivering a massive rebuke to Vice President Kamala Harris and the Left more generally. Trump’s genius—in raising his fist amid an assassination attempt, donning the apron of a McDonald’s fry cook, and riding…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    How Leftists Reacted to Trump Win

    As it looked increasingly likely that Donald Trump would once again become president, liberals once again had trouble grappling with that possibility. Here’s some of the most telling reactions. David Corn, Washington bureau chief of Mother Jones, suggested that Russia had intervened. (Yes, Russia collusion is already back. Which side is the one about conspiracy…
    Katrina Trinko
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    Trump Heralds ‘Unprecedented and Powerful Mandate’ in Victory Speech

    President-elect Donald Trump asserted that American voters have “given us an unprecedented and powerful mandate” with his election to a second term.  Trump took the stage for a victory speech in front of supporters just before 2:30 a.m. after the 45th president defeated Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election.  “Frankly, I believe…
    Fred Lucas
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    Scenes From Trump’s Florida Election Night Party

    WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.—A room full of MAGA hat-wearing Americans cheered loudly at 1:47 a.m. Wednesday when Fox News announced that former President Donald Trump had enough electoral votes to win back the White House. The news came shortly after pollsters called multiple swing states for the former president, including North Carolina, Georgia, and Pennsylvania….
    Virginia Allen
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    Why Trump Carried Pennsylvania on Path Back to Presidency

    Donald Trump’s hard-fought win in Pennsylvania was key to his apparent victory Tuesday over Kamala Harris in the presidential race.   Trump defeated Harris in Pennsylvania, 51% to 48.1%, with about 95% of the vote counted, The Associated Press reported. Fox News first called Pennsylvania for Trump at 1:22 a.m. Wednesday. Decision Desk HQ called it…
    Fred Lucas
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    How Trump Won Swing State of North Carolina

    Donald Trump secured North Carolina’s 16 electoral votes Tuesday night in what looks like a successful bid to reclaim the presidency he lost in 2020. Trump, the Republican nominee, and Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, held multiple rallies in the swing state before Election Day. Trump was leading Harris by 51% to 47.8%,…
    Virginia Allen
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    Why More Hispanics Voted for Trump

    This election it appears that more Hispanics have voted for Donald Trump than in past elections. This year, in the state of Pennsylvania, Trump picked up more Latino votes than in 2020, according to an exit poll conducted by NBC. Four in 10 Hispanics from the state voted for Trump versus three in 10 four…
    Ann Moreno
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    Exit Polls Find Significant Shift in Black Vote Toward Trump

    Former President Donald Trump appears to have made significant inroads with black Americans. That’s according to several state exit polls that show the former president picking up a larger percentage of the black vote than he did in either 2020 or 2016. While exit polls aren’t predictive of the outcome of an election and should be taken…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Why Trump Won Georgia

    Former President Donald Trump won the Peach State on Tuesday night, Decision Desk projected, clinching Georgia’s 16 electoral votes after Joe Biden won the state by a hair in 2020. Trump, the Republican nominee, prevailed after benefiting from high turnout in rural areas, running on issues that resonate with voters, and courting racial minorities more…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Minority Voters Are Moving to Trump

    Is Donald Trump making massive gains among minority voters this year? Some exit polls and an early result suggest so. “Latino men are breaking for Trump by a 10-point margin, 54% to 44%, in a major reversal from four years ago, according to the NBC News Exit Poll. In 2020, Latino men backed [Joe] Biden over…
    Katrina Trinko
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    Why Trump Is Likely to Win Pennsylvania

    LATROBE, Pennsylvania— “If we win Pennsylvania, we win the whole damn thing.” Two weeks ago, former President Donald Trump announced these words to rallygoers in this Westmoreland County town at a packed event, which included several former Pittsburgh Steelers and steelworkers taking the stage to endorse him; the steelworkers even got the former president to…
    Salena Zito
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    Calling Trump ‘Hitler’ Has Done Permanent Damage to the Moral Realm

    It may be impossible to overstate the damage done to morality by the Democrats and other leftists calling Donald Trump a fascist and a Nazi and declaring him “Hitler.” Asked by Anderson Cooper on CNN if she believes Trump is a “fascist,” Kamala Harris said, “Yes, I do.” With regard to calling Trump “Hitler,” Newsweek’s…
    Dennis Prager
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    Harris Says She’s Got Joy, but Trump Is Having All the Fun

    While Vice President Kamala Harris claims she’s embracing the politics of joy, former President Donald Trump seems to be the one having truckloads of fun in the lead-up to Election Day. Known for entering rallies to Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the U.S.A.” and dancing to the Village People’s “Y.M.C.A.,” the former president had audiences laughing at…
    Christina Lewis
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    Trump’s Podcast Strategy Has Him Well Positioned to Win

    The time for choosing is tomorrow: The American people will head to the polls Tuesday to choose the next president of the United States. It has been a sprint to the finish for Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, and the former president has been on an all-out media blitz to make…
    Bradley Devlin
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    Crazy Talk About Media Favoring Trump Over Harris

    The Left has a tendency to grade the media’s performance based on results. It doesn’t matter if you favor the Democrats aggressively if they don’t win—or if the polls seem tied. Recently, Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson was celebrated on “Morning Joe” for writing a column that complained the media were rougher on Vice President…
    Tim Graham
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    Here’s Why More Catholics May Vote for Trump

    Kamala Harris and company are all in with radical, anti-life policies that could unsettle swing voters who might describe themselves as “moderately pro-choice” but hardly pro-abortion. The amorphous terminology built around the concept of personal autonomy has different meanings to different ears. In conversations with family members, friends, co-workers, and neighbors who are saturated with…
    Mario Enzler
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    Trash Talk: Harris or Trump Could Still Make a Big Mistake

    “The only garbage I see out there is his supporters,” said President Joe Biden on Tuesday evening, referencing a comedian’s comment at former President Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally. Biden said this as Vice President Kamala Harris delivered on the Ellipse, visible from the White House windows, what her campaign described as her campaign’s…
    Michael Barone
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    Trump Wants to Abolish a Tax That Costs Americans $2.4T a Year

    Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of the accompanying video from professor Peter St. Onge. It’s official: Donald Trump wants to abolish the income tax. In a much-anticipated interview with Joe Rogan on his podcast, Trump said the country should return to the late 19th century when we had no income tax at…
    Peter St. Onge
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