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‘SHUT THE SPIGOT OFF’: Ben Shapiro Reveals The New York Times’ Strategy to Silence the Right Ahead of Election Day
Ben Shapiro, co-founder of The Daily Wire, explained what he sees as The New York Times’ strategy to silence conservatives and interfere in the election by pressuring YouTube to take adverse action against conservatives who allegedly spread “election misinformation.” New York Times reporter Nico Grant reached out to numerous conservative figures, including Shapiro, former Fox…Tyler O’Neil -
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BREAKING: Supreme Court Blocks Lower Court Order Forcing Virginia to Add Aliens to Voter Rolls
The U.S. Supreme Court issued an emergency stay, blocking a lower court order requiring Virginia to add aliens back to the voter rolls after the state’s Republican governor, Glenn Youngkin, had ordered them removed. “The application for stay presented to The Chief Justice and by him referred to the Court is granted,” the Supreme Court…Tyler O’Neil -
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When Will We Know Who Won the Election?
It’s a race to 270. With just six days until the 2024 presidential election, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are seeking to motivate voters in key swing states across the nation in hopes of picking up enough support to earn 270 electoral votes and claim victory. Trump will speak to voters Wednesday afternoon in North…Virginia Allen -
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‘I Don’t Trust Kamala Harris to Change Things for the Better,’ Swing State Businessman Says
GREENVILLE, N.C.—Entrepreneurship is in Fred George’s bloodline. “Every ancestor I know was a businessman,” George told The Daily Signal, as he stood on the floor of one of his five secondhand Trade It! retail stores in North Carolina. “I've got decades of experience, and the things that I learned growing up from my dad, who's a businessman,…Virginia Allen -
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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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Meet Voters in This Swing County in a Swing State
ROCKY MOUNT, N.C.—The 2024 presidential election is only the second election in which 38-year-old Cody Morris has voted. He says he chose to vote this time because he remembers a “way of life” he'd like to see again. Despite having “the best job I've ever had and [making] the most money I've ever had,” Morris told The…Virginia Allen -
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DA Larry Krasner, 2-Time Campaign Finance Violator, Sues Elon Musk Over Voter Lottery
Philadelphia’s rogue prosecutor, Larry Krasner, has sued billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, arguing that he conducted an illegal lottery under Pennsylvania law because he said he would pay individuals $1 million a day to sign a petition supporting the First and Second amendments. But the one case Krasner relies on to support his legal theory actually…Cully Stimson -
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Virginia Appeals Order to Return Noncitizens to Voter Rolls
THE CENTER SQUARE—Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares announced late Sunday the commonwealth will file an emergency appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court in a last-ditch effort to block the return of more than 1,500 noncitizens to voter rolls. The appeal follows a unanimous panel ruling Sunday from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejecting…Sarah Roderick-Fitch -
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Is FBI Still Colluding With Big Tech to Interfere in Our Elections?
Four years ago this month, the FBI worked with Facebook and Twitter to suppress a New York Post story detailing the contents of Hunter Biden’s laptop, just weeks before the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Today, on the eve of another contentious election, America could see a repeat of what federal District Court Judge Terry Doughty…Kara Frederick -
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Pollster Scott Rasmussen’s Predictions for 2024 Election
With just eight days until Election Day, former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are making their final sprint to win over voters in the seven crucial swing states. According to the latest RealClearPolitics polling average, Trump holds a razor-thin lead in each of those states—Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and…Rob Bluey -
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Swing-State Republicans Are Leaning Into Ballot Harvesting—and It Seems to Be Working
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—LAS VEGAS—For thousands of attendees at a Trump rally Thursday in Las Vegas, volunteers stood ready to collect mail-in ballots on-site. The strategy is a major shift for Nevada Republicans, who opposed the legalization of ballot harvesting in 2020. Now, conservative activists and GOP operatives are leaning into the new rules, asking voters to bring ballots to rallies…Katelynn Richardson -
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Who Requested 30,084 Mail-In Ballots From Fishy Addresses in Wisconsin?
In what remains a nail-bitingly close presidential race, fewer than 25,000 votes could decide Wisconsin and its 10 Electoral College votes. Donald Trump won the Badger State in 2016 by 22,748 ballots. In 2020, he lost it by 20,982 votes. Given these low numbers and high stakes, this week’s findings by CommonSense Elections/StopBogusBallots.com are deeply…Deroy Murdock -
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Voters in 4 States Will Decide on Raising Minimum Wage
Voters in four states will decide the fate of ballot questions Nov. 5 proposing to raise the minimum wage, while voters in two other states will resolve related issues. Here is a breakdown of what’s happening where on the ballot. Arizona Arizona’s ballot proposition would require tipped workers to be paid 25% less than…Ann Moreno -
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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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‘What Better Way to Rig an Election’: The Media’s War for Your Mind
On this week’s episode of “The Signal Sitdown,” I’m joined by Vince Coglianese, host of WMAL’s “The Vince Coglianese Show.” As a radio host in the Washington, D.C., area, Coglianese intimately knows how Washington interacts with the media, and how the corporate media does the bidding of uniparty interests. The corporate media, Coglianese told me,…Bradley Devlin -
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Harris Campaign Craters as Voters Grow More Dissatisfied With Kamalanomics
Vice President Kamala Harris keeps slipping in presidential Electoral College tallies against her rival, former President Donald Trump, in large part due to her poor management of America’s nearly $29 trillion economy. Under her incompetent leadership in the Biden-Harris administration, voters on Nov. 5 will send her packing—in no small part thanks to failed economic…Carrie Sheffield -
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How 7 Battleground States Rank on Election Integrity
The seven states most likely to decide the presidential race Nov. 5 vary in election security, with Georgia and Nevada showing the starkest contrast. Georgia has the highest score of any swing state on The Heritage Foundation’s Election Integrity Scorecard, tied for the second-highest score in the nation. Nevada ranks 50th in the nation, beating…Fred Lucas -
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‘Unacceptable’: County Fires Election Worker After Republican Spots Ballot Security Lapse in Real Time
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Hennepin County, Minnesota, fired an election worker who left several boxes of mail-in ballots unattended after a local GOP group exposed the alleged negligence, according to a statement from county officials released Friday. Minnesota Senate District 50 Republicans—the Republican Party’s official political unit for portions of Minnesota cities Edina and Bloomington—snapped a photo outside of…Owen Klinsky -
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No, Elon Musk Is NOT Breaking Federal Election Law
Despite what you may hear from leftist so-called election law “experts,” Elon Musk is not violating federal law with his America PAC’s million-dollar lottery for registered voters who sign his “Petition in Favor of Free Speech and the Rights to Bear Arms.” Those who mistakenly claim otherwise are ignoring the terms of the petition and…Hans von Spakovsky -
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Unseen Middle-Class Black Voters Moving Right
Barbara Clark is the perfect example of a voter—whether black, white, Hispanic, or from any other ethnic group—who defies stereotypes. This defiance often leads to voters such as her being overlooked as people who could change not just the presidential election, but also the majority in the Senate. Clark is a black female who has…Salena Zito