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TODAY IS VETERANS DAY

Today we honor the sacrifice and dedication of those who have served in our military. God, please let every veteran of our nation’s armed forces feel truly and appropriately honored by the attention and appreciation of their fellow citizens. Let no one feel forgotten or neglected. Let every man and woman, young or old, feel the deep and enduring gratitude of our nation, for those who now serve and those who have served to protect it.

General Douglas McArthur told West Point cadets, May 1962: “The soldier, above all other men, is required to practice the greatest act of religious training – sacrifice. In battle and in the face of danger and death, he discloses those Divine attributes which his Maker gave when He created man in His own image … No physical courage and no brute instinct can take the place of Divine help which alone can sustain him. However horrible the incidents of war may be, the soldier who is called upon to offer and to give his life for his country is the noblest development of mankind.”

Capt. James R. Poplar, III, USN (ret.).: On Veterans’ Day please thank a veteran for his service, and do not be surprised if he responds: “Thank you, you were worth it,” because at the end of the day, that is what it is all about — one’s selfless service to preserve your individual freedom and liberty.

Veteran Shannon Kawane: On this Veterans’ Day, I ask that we all spend some time thinking about the Constitution and what it stands for, rededicate ourselves to exercising and protecting our constitutional rights, and ensure that the sacrifices of our veterans have not been in vain.

James Poplar: . . .we should honor all but especially the overlooked veterans of Vietnam. They fought in a war that was not popular and returned to a country where many of them were shunned because of their faithful and honorable service. Rest assured that you are not forgotten — you will always have a place of honor in American history.

Ethel C. Fenig: Our country, our entire world is safer because of their commitment. Remember their sacrifice. Honor their duty. Thank them.

NOTABLE QUOTES

Paul Frijtes contributor to Brownstone Institute: The reality is that people do still vote for their captors. They really do not want to admit the damage they have been party to, even if that damage is to their own children, their own businesses, and their own communities. The big takeaway is that what Charles MacKay said in 1841 really does hold: “Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.” Recovering senses takes years, not months.

Sundance co-founder of The Last Refuge: If you are trying to win votes you could never fathom campaign success by refusing to debate an opponent. However, if your focus is centered around ballot collection, the debate is essentially irrelevant. It’s time for voters to start seeing the difference between elections decided by ballots and elections decided by votes. Perhaps the 2022 midterm election will awaken people to the two completely different election systems.

Daniel Greenfield contributor to Frontpage Magazine: Elections work when everyone votes by the same rules. But we now vote in two different systems. And those systems are on a collision course. When one group of people vote by standing in line on Election Day, as was always the case, and another vote with the help of a ballot harvester who has a quota to fill, they’re not voting in the same system. And they’re not going to respect each other’s results. Why should they?

John Hayward’s Threadreader: Want to know how Dems won PA with a guy who has serious brain damage? Same way they put a senile disaster in the White House and then weathered the midterms. Party power, institutional control, ideological unity, a machine that spits out votes even if the candidate is a turnip.

Kurt Schlichter contributor to TownHall: Election night 2022 sucked, and that’s not what we were expecting. The Democrats, for their part, will be able to put off a much-needed personal inventory for a couple more years. The lesson they will take is that nothing matters – they can screw up and move up, and that seems to be true. Biden certainly runs – that senile weirdo thinks this is a personal vindication. It’s not, but that does not matter. We conservatives, however, need to think through clearly how the hell we can keep election night 2024 from being another letdown.

Kurt Schlichter contributor to TownHall: . . .much of America is more liberal than we want to accept, and a whole lot of Americans are willing to tolerate the garbage policies Democrats push. Some people just don’t want freedom – they liked the COVID crap and support woke fascism. There are a lot of these people, though not in Florida, and liberals are gonna liberal no matter how poor and miserable that makes them and everyone else.

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Katersky: Judge won’t block monitor to oversee Trump Organization

A New York appellate court has declined, at least for now, to stay a judge’s order appointing an independent monitor to oversee former President Donald Trump’s family real estate firm. Trump and the New York Attorney General’s office were supposed to begin submitting candidates for the monitor job this week. The decision, issued Wednesday, said the Appellate Division’s First Department would reconsider the matter at a later time.

Ballasy: Gingrich suspects Trump rethinking 2024: He’s ‘got to look at the results and be troubled’

“I mean, just in my own emails today, the number of people who want somebody other than Trump who have decided, literally overnight, that person is going to be DeSantis, he’s going to find it almost impossible to avoid running,” Gingrich said on Wednesday. “I think Trump’s got to look at the results and be troubled,” he added. “I can tell you, for me, this was not the result I expected. I thought we’d win a lot more seats.” Gingrich added that Republicans have to look at the results and ask themselves what they did wrong and where they go from here.

Skeet: DeSantis in 2024

With the midterms behind us and 2024 already shaping up, the elephant in the room needs to be addressed. Trump has all but announced his intention to run, and there is no reason to think DeSantis won’t do the same. There are other possible contenders (Haley, Pompeo, Pence, Noemi, etc.) but Trump and DeSantis have already emerged as the clear front runners. And with the information available to us now, I would argue that DeSantis is the better choice. Let me be clear, I am very grateful to Trump for what he accomplished during his presidency. I voted for Trump in the 2016 primary, in the 2016 election, in the 2020 election, and would wholeheartedly vote for him again in 2024 if he is the nominee. I support almost everything he did during his tenure, I loved how he took the media to task, and I felt the Deep State-media alliance against him was one of the most despicable, unconstitutional stains on our nation’s history. He exposed Conservative Caribbean Cruises Inc. for the weathervane fraud that it was. He destroyed the Bush, Cheney, and Clinton dynasties. He changed American politics forever, and try as they might, neither the Left nor their NeverTrump sock puppets can put the toothpaste back in the tube.

Trump was exactly the right man for 2016. But Trump is currently devolving into more of a permanent liability than anything else, and he’s reached a point where his faults outweigh his virtues. AGE . . . INFLUENCE . . . PERMANENT INSTABILITY . . . EGO . . .ELECTABILITY . . .

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Just the News Staff: Biden vows to ‘try like the devil’ to enact federal ban on ‘assault weapons’

President Joe Biden on Wednesday suggested that he plans to mount a major effort to outlaw broad classes of firearms in the United States just one day after a better-than-expected showing of Democrats in the 2022 midterms. At a press conference at the White House on Wednesday afternoon, responding to a question from the Associated Press’s Zeke Miller about what he “intend[s] to do differently” to persuade more voters to back his various agendas, Biden said: “Nothing. Because they’re finding out what we’re doing. The more they know about what we’re doing, the more support there is.”

Winslow: Oregon Voters Narrowly Pass Highly Restrictive Gun Control Measure That Creates ‘Database’ Of Gun Owners

The ballot measure passed 51% to 49%, with 77% reporting, according to the Oregonian. Though the results were close with just over three-fourths of the vote tallied, the remaining counties of Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas all heavily favor the measure. Measure 114, often referred to as the Reduction of Gun Violence Act, will require background checks, firearm training, fingerprint collection and a permit to purchase any firearm. Alongside heightened restrictions, the National Rifle Association (NRA) believes the legislation’s ambiguous language fails to safeguard gun owner information by creating a searchable gun owner database.

2022 MIDTERM ELECTION HEADLINE UPDATES

Reese: ‘Vote Like A Mother’: Parental Rights Groups Notch Key School Board Wins Across The Countryhttps://dailycaller.com/2022/11/09/grassroots-organizations-school-board-wins/

(ARIZONA) ADI: Crane, Ciscomani Flip Blue Seats Red https://arizonadailyindependent.com/2022/11/09/crane-ciscomani-flip-blue-seats-red/

(ARIZONA) War Room: Caroline Wren: Game Day Votes Still Coming In For Kari Lake Watch the 13:04 minute interview:https://warroom.org/2022/11/09/caroline-wren-game-day-votes-still-coming-in-for-kari-lake/

(ARIZONA) CFP: Libertarian who dropped out too late is screwing Blake Masters… https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/libertarian-who-dropped-out-too-late-is-screwing-blake-masters/

Arizona Secretary of State Election Results 2022 Thee race has not been called. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-elections/arizona-secretary-of-state-results?icid=election_usmap

Republican Young Kim Wins in California https://www.breitbart.com/midterm-election/2022/11/09/republican-young-kim-wins-california-2022-midterms/

(Colorado) Republican Lauren Boebert trails by 60 votes https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-elections/colorado-house-results

Veteran John James Flips Suburban Michigan District https://dailycaller.com/2022/11/09/veteran-john-james-flips-suburban-michigan-district/

Trump-Backed Kelly Tshibaka Pulls Ahead of RINO Lisa Murkowski in Tight AK Senate Race https://100percentfedup.com/trump-backed-kelly-tshibaka-pulls-ahead-of-rino-lisa-murkowski-in-tight-ak-senate-race/

Nevada Secretary of State Election Results 2022: Republican Jim Marchant leading Democrat Aguilar with 82% of the votes counted https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-elections/nevada-secretary-of-state-results

Congressional Seat Held By New York Lieutenant Gov. Antonio Delgado Flips Red https://dailycaller.com/2022/11/09/congressional-seat-held-new-york-lieutenant-governor-antonio-delgado-flips-red-marc-molinaro/

Top House Democrat Maloney concedes defeat to GOP challenger Maloney was the Democrat in charge of electing, reelecting Democrats to preserve the party’s House majority. https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/top-democrat-maloney-concedes-defeat-gop-challenger

Democrat wins Michigan House race to replace GOP Rep. Peter Meijer https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3718252-democrat-wins-michigan-house-race-to-replace-gop-rep-peter-meijer/

Republicans take all 3 open seats on Ohio Supreme Court https://www.wcpo.com/election-results/republicans-take-all-3-open-seats-on-ohio-supreme-court

Deceased Pennsylvania Democrat state representative reelected State Rep. Anthony “Tony” DeLuca won 85.89% of the vote in the 32nd Legislative DeLuca passed away on Oct. 9 at the age of 85 . . . https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/deceased-pennsylvania-democrat-state-representative-reelected

Sarah Palin is trailing big in Alaska… 100% because of ranked choice voting… https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/sarah-palin-is-going-to-lose-in-alaska-100-because-of-ranked-choice-voting/

Minnesota elects first transgender state lawmaker https://www.foxnews.com/politics/minnesota-elects-first-transgender-lawmaker-into-office

Southwest Washington congressional race too close to call as vote counting continues Marie Gluesenkamp Perez jumped out to a narrow, early lead Tuesday night over Donald Trump-endorsed Joe Kenthttps://www.opb.org/article/2022/11/08/washington-3rd-congressional-district-2022-election-joe-kent-marie-gluesenkamp-perez/

2022 ELECTION POST MORTEM

Greenfield: Bring Back ‘Election Day’, Save America

How about we just bring back Election Day? We don’t have Election Day anymore. We have Election Week and Election Month. Over 42 million early votes were cast this election. That’s not as bad as the catastrophic 2020 election of over 100 million votes where the deciding electorate seemed to be ballot harvesters, but it takes us back to 2018. And that was bad enough because it’s becoming the new normal. In 2014, there were 21 million early votes. We’re at double that. […] What happens when you have Election Month? The dead vote and the dead get elected. Rep. Tony DeLuca died in October at the age of 85. The longest serving representative was reelected anyway.[…] It’s no surprise that Democrat votes are far more likely to come in ‘early’ and ‘late’. Elections work when everyone votes by the same rules. But we now vote in two different systems. And those systems are on a collision course. When one group of people vote by standing in line on Election Day, as was always the case, and another vote with the help of a ballot harvester who has a quota to fill, they’re not voting in the same system. And they’re not going to respect each other’s results. Why should they?

(H/T GC) Sundance: Big Picture, 2022 Midterm Elections Highlight the Distinct Difference Between Ballots and Votes

As the political discussion centers on the 2022 wins and losses from the midterm election, one thing that stands out in similarity to the 2020 general election is the difference between ballots and votes. It appears in some states this is the ‘new normal.’ Where votes were the focus, the Biden administration suffered losses. Where ballots were the focus, the Biden administration won. Perhaps the two states most reflective of ‘ballots’ being more important than ‘votes’ are Michigan and Pennsylvania. Despite negative polling and public opinion toward two specific candidates in those states, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman achieved victories. […] Republicans are running around trying to convince people and win votes. Meanwhile, who needs voters? Democrats have skipped all of that old fashioned stuff, and they have modified all of their electioneering systems to quietly and efficiently collecting ballots. Haven’t you noticed? It really is that simple.

VDH: Tuesday Takeaways

What, if anything, did the midterms tell us about the country—other than underwhelming Republicans could still take the House and Senate? During the COVID lockdowns, American elections radically changed to mail-in and early voting. They did so in a wild variety of state-by-state ways. Add ranked voting and a required majority margin to the mess and the result is that once cherished Election Day balloting becomes increasingly irrelevant. Election Night also no longer exists. Returns are not counted for days. It is intolerable for a modern democracy to wait and wait for all sorts of different ballots both cast and counted under radically different and sometimes dubious conditions. The Democrats—with overwhelming media and money advantages—have mastered these arts of massive and unprecedented early, mail-in, and absentee voting. Old-fashioned Republicans count on riling up their voters to show up on Election Day. But it is far easier to finesse and control the mail-in ballots than to “get out the vote.”

Downey, Jr.: What Happened on Election Night? I Think I Have Some Answers

Here is what I think went wrong — and right — in our elections. Principles For starters, conservatives have principles, and the lefties do not. Die-hard libskanks are dedicated to their party communism. They will happily vote for anyone, even a pedophile — or, as they call them, Minor Attracted Persons (MAP) — as long as they have a “D” before their name. Conservatives are not the same. I know a few never-Trumpers who pinched their noses and voted for Trump, but I know many who stayed home on election night, twice. True Democrats wouldn’t consider not voting for their candidate, even if he looks like the guy from Sling Blade and can’t put a sentence together. Dr. Oz . . .[…] Conservatives love their children Today, Facebook is full of working-class libs celebrating Tuesday’s elections, even though their kids could get raped due to cashless bail laws or an accidental overdose on a Percocet they bought off the street, having no idea it was laced with Chinese fentanyl. Another “problem” we conservatives face is that we, unlike the communists, are not . . . Fake news The commie brainwashing game is strong. Whereas conservatives want the truth, liberals want to hear what they want to hear and believe what they are told to believe. The true leftists have been . . . […] Making it rain . . .[…] Potential cheating . . .[…] Abortion Conservatives hate abortion, and libs love it. Pink-haired, non-binary freakshow chicks have abortions simply because they think they are hurting us. They flout it. Again, acceptable collateral damage in the name of sticking it to the right. Libs hate you for your . . . What have we learned?

(Biden’s war) Wilkerson: Why Are We Not Being Told the Truth About Ukraine?

While I wish it were otherwise, the unpleasant fact is that Ukraine cannot win the war against Russia. The Biden Administration and the leaders of the U.K. and European Union know this full well. The question is, how much longer will they persist in deceiving the public and wasting the resources of their nations on an unwinnable proxy war? There is precedent for this behavior. As historian Barbara Tuchman writes in The March of Folly:. . . . […] We are watching history repeat itself. A new generation of American leadership is rushing headlong into the same traps that ensnared the Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon administrations in Vietnam.

BIDEN/HARRIS/OBAMA REGIME: TRANSFORMING AMERICA

Weber: Inflation in October up 7.7% from previous year

The figures come from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The CPI is a broad-based measure of goods and services costs. Wall Street projected a 7.9% increase, compared to October 2021, and a 0.6% increase from September to October.

Kliegman: As Biden celebrates election results, corporate America lays off workers with recession looming

The tangible impacts of companies anticipating a possible recession next year come as exit polls from Tuesday’s voting show the economy, particularly inflation, ranked across the board as the top issue for voters — reinforcing what countless polls showed for months leading up to Election Day. The combination of corporate fears of a recession and voter concerns about the economy indicate President Biden won’t be able to rest easy after he celebrates Democrats performing better than expected in the election.

Just the News Staff: Biden touts his party’s midterm successes: ‘Democrats had a strong night’

The predicted red wave “didn’t happen,” Biden noted, recalling his “incessant optimism” prior to the election. “Democrats had a strong night,” Biden said. “We lost fewer seats in the House of Represenatives than any Democratic president’s first midterm election in the last 40 years. We had the best midterm for governors since 1986.”

Sabes: Biden laughs off notion that Trump’s political movement is still ‘strong’

When a reporter asked Biden about how he can assure G-7 leaders that Trump will not be elected president again, Biden laughed after the reporter commented on the strength of former President Trump’s influence. […] “Well, we just have to demonstrate that he will not take power if he does run, making sure he, under legitimate efforts of our Constitution, does not become the next president again,” Biden said. The president’s comments came one day after the midterm elections, which he says went well for Democrats.

Citizen Free Press: John Kerry shakes hands with Narcoterrorist…

The State Department excused a handshake between John Kerry and accused narco-terrorist Nicolas Maduro as an “unplanned interaction.”

Read more/Watch the 22 second video: https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/john-kerry-shakes-hands-with-narcoterrorist/

LaChance: Majority of Student Loan Bailout Plan Recipients to Spend Money on Travel, Eating Out

Advocates of student loan forgiveness have told us it is needed because people with this crippling debt are having trouble affording basic things like food and rent. Yet, according to new reporting, the people who will benefit from Biden’s program are planning to spend the extra cash on vacations and meals in restaurants. Once again, reality does not match what taxpayers are being told. From CNBC: . . .

OTHER NEWS

Bliss: Republican Steve Scalise Announces Post-Election Run for House Majority Leader

“I am so proud to be a part of this House Republican team. Two years ago, we unified around a single goal – taking back the House. Through all the ups and downs, challenges, and adversity, we never lost sight of our target,” Scalise wrote in a letter on Wednesday, the day after the midterm elections, with many races still left uncalled across the country.

UPDATE – East Coast Florida Residents Prepare for Arrival of TS Nicole at Hurricane Status

The National Hurricane Center is advising Florida east coast residents to prepare for hurricane conditions during the Wednesday overnight hours. [NHC Website] Tropical Storm Nicole is moving quickly toward the Bahamas and will approach the Florida east coast late Wednesday. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has declared a state of emergency to release resources and trigger support mechanisms.

Kaufman: Islamist Infiltration of the Broward County Sheriff’s Office

In 2014, then-Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel set a terrible precedent, when he hired Nezar Hamze, a representative from CAIR, a group with numerous links to terrorism, as a Deputy at the Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO). Hamze ‘opened doors’ for Sheriff Israel, by introducing the Sheriff at radical mosques. Five years later, Israel was removed from his position and replaced with Gregory Tony. Yet, not only has Tony kept Hamze on the force, but he has gone much further in his embrace of Islamists, even having them participate in his 9/11 memorial. Why is Sheriff Tony legitimizing these sinister entities and exposing the BSO to such security threats? The BSO has found a dangerous partner in the Islamic Center of South Florida (ICOSF), a radical mosque located in Pompano Beach. This past April, Sheriff Tony and a number of BSO officers showed up to ICOSF for a Ramadan ‘Break the Fast.’ In June, it looked as if the entire BSO showed up to the mosque’s 2022 Summer Camp. In October, the ICOSF Sisterhood sponsored a BSO event at the mosque, where the female BSO representatives donned hijabs.

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