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More than 30,000 ballots in Milwaukee need to be recounted after a likely “human error,” according to local election officials.

Approximately 31,000 ballots need to be retabulated in Milwaukee after issues were reportedly discovered with tabulator seals.

‘This is an unacceptable example of incompetent election administration in a key swing state.’

The tens of thousands of early absentee and in-person ballots were allegedly affected by all 13 tabulators.

According to WITI-TV, Milwaukee spokesperson Jeff Fleming said the tabulators were sealed, but the doors to the machines were not closed properly. Fleming added that the issue could cause major delays.

“It’s just out of an abundance of caution,” Fleming stated. “We have no reason to believe that there was any compromise to any of the machines. But because they were not fully sealed, human error, and not fully sealed, we are going to zero them all out again, the 13 machines around, and then re-run the ballots that had already been processed.”

Fleming added, “What has to be redone is just what’s happening against the wall at the machines. It is gonna extend the time that we will get the totals here, we don’t know how much longer that will be. So it’s not insignificant.”

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley and co-Chair Lara Trump issued a statement on Tuesday: “Throughout the day we have been monitoring slow ballot counting in Milwaukee. Now, our legal team has learned that the counting took place in insecure conditions and the city now has to start over, wildly extending the counting timeline. This is an unacceptable example of incompetent election administration in a key swing state: voters deserve better and we are unambiguously calling on Milwaukee’s officials to do their jobs and count ballots quickly and effectively. Anything less undermines voter confidence.”

Election workers in Milwaukee have been counting ballots since 9 a.m. on Election Day.

Wisconsin is a battleground state with a razor-tight margin between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump.

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After President Joe Biden labeled half the country as “garbage,” Roseanne Barr has taken on a new title. That is the “Queen of the Garbage People,” and she’s proud of it.

“I’m feeling royal,” Barr tells Glenn Beck of “The Glenn Beck Program.” “That Biden guy, he is the gift that keeps on giving.” However, while she identifies with the “garbage” Trump supporters, she is concerned that the country is only getting more divided.

“We don’t all have to think exactly alike because this is a free country where we have liberty and freedom of speech,” she tells Glenn.

But what will happen after the election?

“If he wins, the mainstream media I think is over. There won’t be a government to save them and bail them out,” Glenn says, adding, “If she wins, I think we’re doomed.”

Barr is in full agreement, telling Glenn that if Kamala wins, we’re looking at a “Planet of the Apes” situation.

“It’s a very popular movie, but it’s about a militarized police force that comes and locks you up for saying the wrong thing. That’s what it’s basically about. It’s about fascism, and if she wins, number one, or two, there’ll be another lockdown immediately,” she warns.

“They’ve got to get their ducks in a row for what they’re doing, which is siphoning public money and putting it into private pockets. That’s what they’re about, that’s what Marxism is, and I wish people would understand that,” she adds.

Glenn is on the same page, noting that everything the liberals used to stand for is what conservatives stand for now.

“It’s amazing to me how really, the conservatives and liberals have switched places on almost everything,” he tells Barr. “It’s crazy how we’re not with the big business, they are. We’re not for big war, they are.”

“We’re not for forced injections by people that are headquartered in Germany, hello,” Barr adds.

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Around 8:00 p.m. ET on Election Day, with 88% of the vote tallied, NBC News and the Associated Press declared former President Donald Trump the projected winner of the key state of Florida.

As of that reporting, Trump received 55.8% of the votes to opponent Vice President Kamala Harris’ 43.4%.

The victory scored Trump 30 electoral votes. Candidates will need to receive 270 electoral votes — a majority of the 538 total — to secure the presidency.

In 2020, Trump won the battleground state with 51.2% of the vote.

This time around, Trump flipped Duval and Pinellas Counties red. Trump previously lost both of the counties to President Joe Biden. Duval County is considered a bellwether for Georgia.

Trump wiped the floor with Harris in Miami-Dade County by 11 points after previously losing to Biden by seven points.

Governor Ron DeSantis wrote on X, “Polls have closed in Florida. @realDonaldTrump has carried the state of Florida and has earned 30 electoral votes.”

Hillsborough County, a Democratic stronghold in previous presidential election cycles, also appeared to flip for Trump by the time the results were called.

Also in Florida, Republican incumbent Senator Rick Scott defeated Democrat Debbie Mucarsel-Powell by 11 points. In the House race, Republicans secured 17 seats, and Democrats walked away with six. Five seats were still up for grabs around 8:00 p.m. ET.

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A coalition comprising the ACLU of Florida, Planned Parenthood, Florida Women’s Freedom Coalition, and various other radical outfits campaigned to scrap legal protections for the unborn and effectively legalize late-term abortion through a constitutional amendment to Florida’s Declaration of Rights.

They failed.

The voters had their say Tuesday and said “no” to
Amendment 4.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who campaigned against the amendment, announced its defeat just after 8 p.m., prompting a flood of appreciative comments online as well as a
meme from his press secretary depicting DeSantis lording over the Florida Democratic Party’s symbolic grave.

At the time of publication, 88% of votes were in, and the amendment had netted less than 57.2% of the vote. 42.9% of voters opposed the amendment. 60% of the vote was needed for passage.

“Thank you, Florida!”
tweeted Florida’s first lady Casey DeSantis. “And God bless @GovRonDesantis!”

Christina Pushaw, an aide to DeSantis,
wrote, “Florida makes history again. We have defeated the Soros-backed abortion amendment and the corporate-backed weed amendment.”

‘Amendment 4 is a radical, gruesome abortion policy that would allow abortion up to the moment of birth.’

It appears that the rest of the state was not nearly as keen on stripping unborn children of legal protections as the residents of Broward, Leon, Orange, and Palm Beach Counties.

Had the ballot measure secured the 60% of the vote needed to pass, the people’s democratically elected representatives would be prohibited from passing any law banning, penalizing, delaying, or restricting abortion “before viability or when necessary to protect the patient’s health, as determined by the patient’s healthcare provider.”

Critics noted that the wording of the amendment was intentionally vague, setting the stage for virtually unrestricted abortion in the Sunshine State.

Taryn Fenske, a spokeswoman for the group that fought the amendment to the end, Vote No on Amendment 4, previously
told Blaze News that the reason for the amendment’s “misleading language” was “because the Soros-backed radicals pushing Amendment 4 know that they need to conceal the shocking reality of how their scheme would endanger women and children in Florida.”

Amendment 4 would also have undone the Heartbeat Protection Act, which bans the slaying of unborn babies after six weeks of pregnancy, unless the mother is a victim of rape, incest, or human trafficking; the mother’s life is in danger; or the baby has a fatal fetal abnormality.

Since the amendment has failed, the Heartbeat Protection Act remains the law of the land.

Liz Wheeler, host of BlazeTV’s “The Liz Wheeler Show,” previously told Blaze News, “Amendment 4 is a radical, gruesome abortion policy that would allow abortion up to the moment of birth. This means big, healthy, full-term babies would be aborted for any reason.”

“Amendment 4 is dishonestly presented as allowing abortion ‘just’ until viability — but what is viability?” continued Wheeler. “The term viability is not defined in the legislation, and viability is not a scientific or ethical concept about when a human life begins anyway, but simply a term that defines, on a moving scale as medical knowledge advances, our capacity to keep that baby alive outside the womb before the baby reaches full term.”

‘Tens of thousands of babies will now be saved.’

DeSantis
said in August, “If you care about building a culture of life in this state or this country, them winning in Florida, I think, really represents the end of the pro-life movement.”

The Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops condemned the amendment,
calling it “an extreme proposal that legalizes full-term abortion with no protections for the preborn child.”

“We urge all Floridians of goodwill to stand against the legalization of late-term abortion and oppose the abortion amendment,” continued the bishops’ statement. “In doing so, we will not only protect the weakest, most innocent, and defenseless of human life among us but also countless women throughout the state from the harms of abortion.”

As it became clear early on Tuesday that Amendment 4 would fail, CatholicVote
noted on X, “Huge win for Ron DeSantis. Huge win for life.”

Archbishop Thomas Wenski of the Archdiocese of Miami told Blaze News in advance that the defeat of Amendment 4 “would be a tremendous victory for Life and the rights of the unborn.”

“Tens of thousands of babies will now be saved because Florida’s Amendment 4 failed,”
tweeted Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life. “PRAISE GOD!”

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There were bomb threats made at five voting locations in Georgia, according to local authorities. Because of the bomb threats, voting was suspended.

The official website of DeKalb County released a statement regarding the seven bomb threats, including seven made in five voting precincts on Election Day.

County officials said the suspension of voting was a ‘precautionary measure for the safety of voters and poll workers.’

DeKalb County officials listed the following precincts as having received bomb threats:

New Bethel AME Church, 8350 Rockbridge Road, LithoniaNew Life Community Center, 3592 Flat Shoals Road, DecaturNorth DeKalb Senior Center, 3393 Malone Drive, ChambleeReid H. Cofer Library, 5234 Lavista Road, TuckerWesley Chapel Library, 2861 Wesley Chapel Road, Decatur

County officials noted that two other locations received bomb threats: the Salem Panola Library at 5137 Salem Road in Lithonia and the Old Sam’s Club in Stonecrest — which is not an active polling location.

The DeKalb County Police Department conducted bomb sweeps at the locations.

Voting was suspended at the locations targeted by the multiple bomb threats.

“Rest assured that we are working quickly to ensure every voter will have an opportunity to cast their ballot despite these bomb threats,” said DeKalb Voter Registration and Elections Executive Director Keisha Smith. “Out of an abundance of caution, we are suspending voting at these polling locations until we have clearance from DeKalb Police to reopen the facilities.”

DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond added, “Every asset that we have will be deployed to ensure that every citizen who wants to vote will be given that opportunity and every vote cast will be counted.”

County officials said the suspension of voting was a “precautionary measure for the safety of voters and poll workers.”

DeKalb County officials stated, “Once each location is cleared, voters will be able to re-enter the facility and cast their ballots.”

County officials noted, “The DeKalb County Law Department is in the process of seeking an emergency order extending the voting times at the affected polling locations.”

On Tuesday, the FBI said there had been fake “Russian bomb threats” made to polling places in the swing states of Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin.

“The FBI is aware of bomb threats to polling locations in several states, many of which appear to originate from Russian email domains,” the FBI said in a press release, according to the Daily Mail.

The FBI noted that none of the threats have been “determined to be credible thus far.”

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said earlier on Tuesday, “Georgia is not going to be intimidated. Russia just decided they picked on the wrong Georgia. They need to pick on the other one in the Black Sea because we’re no going to be intimidated, but we’re just excited about where we are right now.”

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Republican Gov. Jim Justice of West Virginia defeated Democratic challenger Glenn Elliott Tuesday in the race to replace retiring Democratic turned independent U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin.

Although the seat was previously held by a Democrat, Republicans easily flipped the seat red, giving the GOP an edge to regain the Senate majority.

Manchin first won the seat as a Democrat in 2010 and has served in the Senate ever since. Manchin later switched his party affiliation from Democrat to independent in May of this year.

“I have never seen America through a partisan lens,” Manchin said in a statement. “However, since becoming a United States Senator in 2010, I have seen both the Democrat and Republican parties leave West Virginia and our country behind for partisan extremism while jeopardizing our democracy.

“Today, our national politics are broken, and neither party is willing to compromise to find common ground,” Manchin continued. “To stay true to myself and remain committed to put country before party, I have decided to register as an independent with no party affiliation and continue to fight for America’s sensible majority.

Although Justice’s predecessor was previously a Democrat, West Virginia was projected to be an overwhelming win for Republicans leading up to the election.

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Renowned television therapist Dr. Phil McGraw told BlazeTV host Glenn Beck that he and Oprah Winfrey have completely different political views but have never clashed over them.

Dr. Phil’s hit television show carrying his name was originally produced by Winfrey, who showed herself to be a staunch Democrat supporter since at least President Barack Obama.

On Election Day, Beck asked McGraw if Winfrey took issue with his recent appearance at a Donald Trump campaign rally.

“Is Oprah pissed at you?” Beck laughed.

“You mean [about] the fact that we see things politically differently?” McGraw quickly replied.

“She has the right to see things the way she sees them. I have the right to see things the way I see them. You know what? I think we are the perfect example of how we need to understand that people are not their beliefs.”

“Amen,” Beck agreed.

McGraw then explained that in all their years working together, he and Winfrey have never had a spat over politics or anything else.

“We get along great. We don’t always talk about politics, but I have total respect for her. She and I haven’t had a cross word in 30 years.”

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According to Variety, McGraw has not officially endorsed Trump, and an endorsement was not the reason he spoke at Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally.

McGraw reportedly called his Trump rally speech an “act of rebellion” after requesting “25-plus times to speak to Kamala Harris” and getting nowhere.

Dr. Phil said he “never got so much as a yes, no, maybe.”

Following his speech at Trump’s rally, McGraw claimed, a Kamala Harris campaign staffer reached out to him about possibly speaking at an event in Washington, D.C.

He told them, “Absolutely, tell me when and where to be, and I will bring a transcript of the speech and give it at a Harris rally.”

“Never heard another word once they found out I was serious,” McGraw said.

As for Winfrey, her interview with Harris was seen as a disaster, with the vice president seemingly unable to answer even the most softball questions from the host and audience members.

Harris took an audience question about what steps she would take to secure the border if elected.

“It’s a wonderful and important question,” Harris replied. “I, you know my background was as a prosecutor, and I was also the elected attorney general for two terms of a border state. So this is not a theoretical issue for me. This is something I’ve actually worked on.”

“I take very seriously the importance of having a secure border,” Harris continued, “and ensuring the safety of the American people.”

McGraw said he doesn’t agree with everything Trump says and that he doesn’t like celebrity endorsements for politicians.

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President Joe Biden will not attend the election night watch party of his vice president — Kamala Harris.

A White House official told the Washington Examiner, “Tonight, the president and first lady will watch election results in the White House residence with longtime aides and senior White House staff. The president will receive regular updates on the state of races across the country.”

Kamala’s election night watch party is being held at her alma mater, Howard University, which is located less than two miles from the White House.

The relationship between Harris and Biden seems to have been strained in recent months.

Harris attempted to distance herself from her boss after Biden seemingly called Trump supporters “garbage,” a gaffe that was a gift to the Trump campaign.

“Listen, I think, first of all, he clarified his comments, but let me be clear: I strongly disagree with any criticism of people based on who they vote for. You heard my speech last night and continuously throughout my career. I believe that the work that I do is about representing all the people whether they support me or not,” Harris said.

In September, Biden jokingly put on a “Trump 2024” hat.

There were many raised eyebrows by social media users over Jill Biden’s choice of an all-red outfit to wear to cast her vote in Delaware on Election Day.

During her interview with Fox News’ Bret Baier, Harris declared, “My presidency will not be a continuation of Joe Biden’s presidency.”

‘He’s angry at her and he hates her.’

Biden said of his relationship with Harris in October, “Well, she’s — I’m in constant contact with her. She’s aware of where — we all — we’re singing from the same song sheet. We — she helped pass the, all the laws that are being employed now. She was a major player in everything we’ve done, including passage of legislation, which we were told we could never pass. And so, she’s been — and her — her staff is interlocked with mine in terms of all the things we’re doing.”

Biden has done very limited campaigning for Harris in recent months.

President Biden and Harris have not been at a campaign event together since Sept. 2 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump will hold his election night watch party at his Mar-a-Largo estate in Florida. Trump and Elon Musk will reportedly watch the presidential election results together.

Trump cast his ballot on Tuesday afternoon in Palm Beach, Florida.

Trump told the press that the latest presidential campaign was his best ever.

“I ran a great campaign. I think it was maybe the best of the three. We did great in the first one. We did much better in the second one, but something happened. I would say this is the best campaign we’ve run,” Trump said on Tuesday.

“It looks like we have a very substantial lead. It looks like we have many more Republicans voting today than Democrats,” Trump added.

When asked about the reality that this would likely be his last campaign, Trump replied that he felt “sad. Sad and very fulfilled. I think we’re going to have a very big victory today.”

During an October Trump rally, the former president proclaimed that Biden “hates” Kamala.

“He’s angry at her and he hates her. The only question is, I think he hates her almost as much as he hates me,” Trump told the crowd. “No. And I think he might be willing to — he can’t take much more. It was an overthrow, OK? It was an overthrow. And he’s having a hard time saying, you know, he did it voluntarily, he didn’t. They pulled out — you know what they did, right? Article, what? 25. That’s what they did.”

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Joe Rogan’s interview with JD Vance continues to rack up views. It’s raw, honest, and real — everything that the Kamala Harris campaign is not.

One subject the duo covered in their over three-hour interview was the left’s hypocritical response to the looming issue of Americans’ declining health.

Dave Rubin and Dr. Phil react to the clip where JD Vance explains his not-at-all weird viewpoint on the importance of what RFK Jr. is doing for the Trump campaign.

“I’ve seen, like, people on the left that are trying to dismiss a lot of the things that he says about additives in food, about atrazine, fluoride in the water. All these different things because now they’re connecting not having toxins in your food with a right-wing idea.”

“It’s crazy,” JD Vance agreed. “It’s mind-blowing.”

“It’s so bananas!” Rogan exclaimed.

“Even fitness – they’re connecting fitness with a right-wing idea,” he added.

“One of my sort of core political beliefs is that our politics is focused on fake s**t and distractions to distract us from the real stuff,” said Vance.

“It’s interesting that the environmental movement in America, the only thing that it talks about is the carbon footprint and it never talks about like why do we have the highest rates of obesity in the world right now? Why is it that American kids spend less time outdoors in nature than they ever have in the history of our 250 years civilization?” Vance asked.

Vance then recalled an incident in his native state of Ohio where a chemical explosion put all kinds of toxins and pollutants into the water.

“The environmental movement almost could not have cared less about a chemical explosion in rural Ohio that was potentially poisoning thousands of people, but they were really, really concerned about the carbon footprint of those same people,” he told Rogan, “I’m sick of the distraction. I think we should focus on the real stuff.”

Dr. Phil, who’s spoken with RFK Jr. both on and off camera, thinks highly of him.

“We truly do have the ability to change the health of America, and we can do it in a generation because the actual ingredients in the food that we’re eating research tells us very strongly that this changed back in the late ’80s and early ’90s, and chronic diseases in children just skyrocketed to the point that we’re now spending more money on managing chronic disease than I think our defense budget.”

To hear more of the conversation, watch the clip above.

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Kamala Harris dropped by the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C., before polls closed to gift a box of Doritos to staffers finishing off a phone-banking session, to hazard some remarks without the help of a teleprompter, and to engage in some make-believe.

“This is just the best, best, best, and I thank you all very much,” said Harris.

After signaling her appreciation for her staffers’ last-ditch efforts to turn out the vote, Harris walked over and grabbed a mobile phone, which supposedly had someone on the other end.

“Andrea, it’s Kamala Harris,” said the vice president. “How you doing? Have you voted already? … You did? Thank you!”

‘It’s all fake all the way down.’

Harris raised the phone as if to capture the applause of the Democratic organizers in the room but accidentally revealed that she was apparently not on a call, but rather on the phone’s photo application, with no on-screen indication of an ongoing call.

Despite killing the illusion, Harris made clear that she was committed to finishing her one-sided conversation with the photo app, saying, “Thank you so very much. You know, it’s so important that everybody participates, and I thank you because I’m sure you’ve got a lot of other things you could be doing. … Thank you. And you enjoy your day, okay?”

Critics rushed to mock Harris over her latest gaffe.

“The democrats are supporting a fake candidate running a fake campaign propped up by fake media,” wrote Blaze Media digital strategist Logan Hall. “It’s all fake all the way down.”

‘She truly is bad at this.’

Conservative producer Alex Lorusso quipped, “Those voices are coming from your head, not the phone.”

The Virginia Project, a Republican PAC, tweeted, “We’ve reached the point on Election Day when losing candidates start talking to themselves in public.”

All-American swim star Riley Gaines wrote, “There’s nothing authentic about Kamala or her campaign.”

This would not be the first time that Harris has strategically used fake phone calls.

On Sept. 2, Harris dodged reporters’ questions about Hamas terrorists’ execution of Israeli prisoners when boarding Air Force Two. The New York Post indicated that she had her headphones firmly inserted into both ears, but when skirting past the press, she also held the phone up to one ear as though that would achieve what the headphones apparently had failed to.

“PRO TIP: When pretending to be on the phone when you walk past the press to your plane, do not plug in the headphones so others can see and ALSO HOLD THE PHONE TO YOUR EAR,” tweeted former Trump 2020 campaign communications director Tim Murtaugh. “This destroys the illusion and tells everyone you’re full of it … again. She truly is bad at this.”

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In a matter of hours, the ballot boxes will close and the trajectory of the nation will be decided. The Biden administration has failed Americans in every single area — the economy, immigration, disaster relief, crime, and the protection of our constitutional rights. It has weaponized the government against its political opponent. It has partnered with Big Tech, Big Pharma, and the mainstream media to control Americans and the narrative.

It’s time to begin a new chapter.

Donald Trump and the diverse coalition that has formed around him offer the opportunity to secure our borders, protect our communities, and ensure that we have a government that is pro-America.

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The FBI has arrested a Michigan man for allegedly threatening to murder conservative Christians if Donald Trump wins the election.

In a press release, the Justice Department said the FBI National Threat Operations Center received “an anonymous online threatening submission” on Nov. 2.

‘Sissel said that he hated conservative Christians, who he enjoyed threatening.’

That message promised to attack Christians:

I shall carry out an attack against conservative christan, [sic] filth in the event trump wins the election. I have a stolen ar15 and a target I refuse to name so I can continue to get away with my plans. Without a specific victim or ability to find the place I hid the gun, there’s not a thing the FBI can do until I complete the attack

Officials reportedly traced the message via phone records and an IP address to 25-year-old Isaac Sissel.

Sissel is now charged with one count of making a threatening interstate communication. The crime is a felony that carries a five-year prison sentence if convicted.

When officials located Sissel, court documents show that he told authorities that he believes Trump is a grave threat that progressives and liberals have not sufficiently confronted, according to MLive. Sissel allegedly believes violence is necessary to stop Trump and his Christian supporters.

“Sissel … stated that former President Trump was a threat, a ‘piece of s***’ that should have been assassinated, and that everything would be better if Trump was dead,” the criminal complaint said. “Sissel said that he wouldn’t kill Trump, but if he knew someone was going to assassinate Trump that it was his (Sissel’s) duty to not intervene.”

The criminal complaint also stated, “Sissel said that he hated conservative Christians, who he enjoyed threatening.”

Sissel, moreover, reportedly told authorities that he “wouldn’t rule out joining Antifa to protest” the election.

Officials reportedly connected Sissel to several social media accounts with ominous usernames highlighting his alleged intentions: “ShootUpTrumpRally,” “PlanningToShootTrump,” and “WillShootTrumpSoon.”

Sissel appeared in federal court on Tuesday. A judge ordered him held without bond until a second hearing on Thursday.

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Just 21 days before the start of early voting, Hurricane Helene delivered biblical-level destruction to the hills, hollows, and mountains of North Carolina. The massive storm brought devastating floods that killed 232 people — half of them in this state — and buried entire riverside communities in rivers of mud.

Now, residents struggle for basic supplies. More than 2,500 families are homeless. Crowded shelters are well above capacity. Hundreds of road and bridge closures are disrupting transportation and the delivery of crucial aid.

One-fifth of the state’s 7.3 million registered voters reside in the disaster area. Are candidate visits and pledges of support resonating with voters?

Two days after the storm, Gov. Roy Cooper requested a major disaster declaration from the federal government in order to surge assistance to state and local agencies and provide immediate relief to suffering North Carolinians. FEMA claimed in a news release that it sent 25 trailer loads of food and 60 trailer loads of water to North Carolina. But Hendersonville resident Andrea Corn says she has not seen a state or federal worker yet.

After the storm, Corn — a 55-year-old accountant who is more accustomed to preparing tax forms for local businesses than organizing relief missions — formed an ATV group to rescue elderly victims in Henderson County. Most roads and bridges had crumbled or washed away, and many folks could be reached only by going off-road.

Andrea and her husband, a volunteer fireman, brought supplies to victims stranded in remote “hollers.” Many residents were without power for more than a month following Helene’s visit. Samaritan’s Purse, a nondenominational evangelical Christian charity, distributed solar-powered lights to light the dark nights.

Abandoned by the state

Well before the storm hit, these Western North Carolina mountain towns were imbued with a culture of self-reliance. Residents call it “WNC Strong.” But in the wake of Helene, residents needed critical help that only government can supply: large-scale search and rescue operations, power and water restoration, and infrastructure repair.

Today, many of these residents feel abandoned by state and federal government officials. One question looming over the recovery efforts is whether it will impact voting behavior in Tuesday’s elections. “They are supposed to stand up for us, and we feel forgotten,” Corn said. “We’re going to need lots of money to recover, and our government is sending it to Ukraine.”

Chuck Edwards, Republican congressman representing Western North Carolina, said state emergency officials cannot account for the whereabouts of 400 pallets of FEMA-supplied food and water meant for hurricane relief. He has requested 1,180 FEMA trailers to house thousands of displaced people.

In Buncombe County, local artist and photographer Anna Hitrova said that volunteers — not government workers — brought her necessary supplies after the storm. “The only people I’ve seen on the ground in Buncombe,” she said, “are churches and Samaritan’s Purse.”

Hitrova said she had a “black-pilled moment” when she drove through neighboring Swannanoa. She saw families camping on the lots where their homes once stood. They were without generators, phones, or anything else. “It was a shock; I was crying,” she explained. “It hit me how bad it was to be cut off from the world. The government waited to respond while people were dying.”

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has reported that most of the state’s deaths were in Buncombe County, home of Asheville and Swannanoa. “When I found out that FEMA had used money for housing illegal migrants and saw our government giving billions to Ukraine while families were getting $750, I was furious,” said Hitrova.

Some assistance came from unlikely sources. Billionaire Elon Musk, for instance, stepped up to help. The SpaceX CEO donated 500 Starlink internet receivers to groups across the devastated area. Musk’s donation came after the urging of local state Rep. Danny Britt and former President Donald Trump.

“Here, people had lost their homes and had nothing, but they had painted signs that read ‘God Bless Elon,’” Hitrova said. “I realized that Elon gave these people a lifeline that the government could not.”

Election Day implications

North Carolina is a key battleground state with 16 electoral votes. Trump won the state narrowly in 2016 and by an even smaller margin in 2020. The current RCP average has the former president leading by only 1.5 points. Both Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris have visited the storm-ravaged region while campaigning.

During her Oct. 5 visit, Harris met with Asheville’s mayor and leaders of progressive groups such as NC Counts. After attending a local FEMA briefing, the vice president praised state and federal workers for the “nobility of their work and their calling.”

Two weeks later, Trump appeared at an Asheville recovery site flanked by Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley, an area native, and numerous North Carolina politicians and local business owners.

The former president said the American people were the real heroes of the recovery efforts and that the state and local governments had let storm victims down. Trump said he had come to express a simple message to the region: “I’m with you, and the American people are with you all the way.”

One-fifth of the state’s 7.3 million registered voters reside in the disaster area. Are the visits and pledges of support resonating with voters? In Henderson, a predominantly red county, it appears so. “I was shocked to see the level of highly motivated people out here voting this year despite their difficulties,” said Henderson County GOP Chair Brett Calloway.

Andrea Corn said that access to voting was the number-one concern for Helene victims. “Some folks needed food, others had lost their home, and the first thing they were asking about was voting,” she said. “It was truly all that mattered for them.” Some residents told her they hadn’t voted in two decades.

Corn recently closed her accounting office so that her employees could help staff election sites. Calloway also says people are eager to help in the election campaign. A week after the storm, a man came into the GOP office to ask about volunteering. “I’ll have to do it around my wife’s funeral,” the teary-eyed man said. “My country needs me.”

As of Friday, nearly 58% of registered voters in the county had cast their vote. Turnout this year is 19% higher than in 2020. “Many of the voters we’re seeing are on the inactive voter rolls,” says Calloway. “Only 7% of our voters are Election Day voters, so there is no danger of Election Day votes being cannibalized,” he said.

By Friday morning, 3.7 million North Carolinians had voted, surpassing the 2020 early voting total. Later, the State Board of Elections reported over 4 million votes cast in 2024, with over half of registered voters participating.

“This year, voting is a symbolic act for me,” declared Anna Hitrova. A onetime Democrat who now publicly identifies as a conservative activist, she says she has “given up” on the current government. “I am going to vote, I am going to vote for Trump, and I am going to do it on the first day of early voting in the progressive city of Asheville.”

Editor’s note:This article was originally published by RealClearPolitics and made available via RealClearWire.

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Entrepreneur and Donald Trump supporter Elon Musk will reportedly watch the presidential election results with Trump at one of his resorts.

Musk plans to be at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, where Trump and a small group of people are watching election coverage as votes are tallied.

A New York Times report cited three people with knowledge of Musk’s schedule as sources for his attendance, while two people were the alleged sources regarding the viewing plan.

‘Men are voting in record numbers. They now realize everything is at stake.’

Musk has been commenting on polling throughout Election Day using his platform, X, responding to posts about an alleged uptick in male turnout.

“Hearing reports from all over the country that men are showing up in huge numbers. The line at my polling station here in Florida is almost all young men,” a post shared by Musk read.

“This is a massive sea change,” Musk replied.

Later that afternoon, Musk further asserted that male turnout was happening in record numbers.

“The cavalry has arrived. Men are voting in record numbers. They now realize everything is at stake,” the X owner wrote.

— (@)

Trump is reportedly hosting several parties with varying levels of inclusivity. A dinner for a select few donors at Mar-A-Lago was reported as one example, while a smaller gathering in an evening setting will likely watch the results.

Prospectively, this smaller group would include Musk but could also include podcaster Joe Rogan, who recently endorsed Trump and interviewed Musk. It is also likely that this group could include Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other close allies like Byron Donald and Tulsi Gabbard.

— (@)

Musk has also promoted an Election Integrity Community on X, which is linked to his pro-Trump America PAC. The community allows voters to share “potential incidents of voter fraud or irregularities.”

The group has over 63,000 members at the time of this writing.

As reported by Blaze News, the simple social media community has sparked outrage among leftist sources.

Wired described the group as “a cesspool of election conspiracy theories.”

Paul Barrett, deputy director of the Center for Business and Human Rights at New York University, called the community “an election denier jamboree.”

Outlet the Guardian likened the group to an “alt-right” message board that perpetuated “the baseless claim that the election was being stolen from Donald Trump” in 2020.

CBS also weighed in, suggesting the group is a digital space where “false claims proliferate.”

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Election Day “self-care suites” — filled with milk and cookies, hot chocolate, coloring books, and even a Legos station — reportedly were offered to students at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy, the New York Post reported.

The specialized school at the elite Washington, D.C., institution of higher learning is tasked with training our next generation of elected officials and diplomats, the Post said, adding that the tab for attending is just over $61,000 annually.

‘What kind of lives have these people led that makes them think that this is the right way to handle young people?’

“In recognition of these stressful times, all McCourt community members are welcome to gather … in the 3rd floor Commons to take a much needed break,” wrote Jaclyn Clevenger — the school’s director of student engagement — in an email to students that the Free Press obtained, according to the Post.

Also on tap at the self-care suites are “mindfulness activities,” the email also said, according to the paper, which added that the the suites are open Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The Post said Clevenger didn’t respond to its request for comment Tuesday.

There’s more where that came from!

The paper also said similar amenities are offered not just on Election Day but all week long at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington.

The Post said students there can partake of cupcakes in a campus lobby before traveling to the campus rotunda, where they can take part in a “walkable labyrinth” featuring “calming lighting and music.”

What’s more, students can indulge in arts and crafts that include beading, canvas-bag decorating, and painting while noshing on snacks, the paper said, adding that students also can visit a “Pause for Paws,” event where they can cuddle with animals and sip hot chocolate.

Finally, the University of Puget Sound is offering a “post-election processing space” where students can create collages, journal using self-care writing prompts, and eat comfort food from a baked potato bar, the Post reported.

The paper also noted that Jerry Seinfeld last week blasted the Ethical Culture Fieldston School in New York City — where the comedian’s kids attended — for letting students who become “emotionally distressed” skip classes the day after the election.

“What kind of lives have these people led that makes them think that this is the right way to handle young people?” Seinfeld asked the New York Times. “To encourage them to buckle. This is the lesson they are providing for ungodly sums of money.”

Remember when?

Readers of Blaze News may recall that this sort of coddling goes back a ways.

Just prior to Donald Trump’s 2017 inauguration, a Georgetown University LGBT student group planned on hosting a “Self-Care Night” featuring “Legos, juice boxes, and more!“Later in 2017, a “Meeting of Healing” took place at the University of Connecticut in response to a conservative speaker’s appearance at the school.Marquette University’s counseling center advertised a safe space for students to “de-stress” from the ravages of the 2018 midterm elections.

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It’s Election Day 2024, and Americans across the country are beelining for the ballot boxes to ensure their voice is heard — and praying that their voice matches the masses.

Stu Burguiere of “Stu Does America” accurately predicted the unfavorable outcome of the 2020 election, and he’s here to calm the minds of those dropping a vote for former President Donald Trump in 2024.

“Gun to my head here, it’s time to make last-minute predictions,” Burguiere says. “We’re going to give Georgia and the 16 electoral votes over to Donald Trump.” While Trump only has a slight but consistent polling lead in Georgia, Burguiere explains that “the fundamentals of the state lean a little bit red.”

Stu also predicts that North Carolina, a state whose citizens are still reeling from the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, will vote in favor of Trump.

“Donald Trump wins North Carolina with 16. Again, same situation roughly as Georgia, it’s a very close state, it could go either way,” he explains. “But I think Donald Trump again, with a small but persistent lead in the polls, holds onto North Carolina in a very close margin.”

He believes the clearest state going to Donald Trump is Arizona, with 11 electoral votes.

“It’s still a traditional red state,” Stu says, before setting his sights on Nevada.

“This is one of these states I went back and forth on multiple times,” he explains. “I wound up going with Kamala Harris winning Nevada with 6 electoral votes. OK, I know everyone loves that, they love when I pick Kamala Harris in these states.”

Stu believes that the traditionally blue state of Michigan will go to Kamala Harris, and Wisconsin will go to Donald Trump.

Pennsylvania, the biggest swing state, is the most concerning — but if Stu is right — he has good news.

“I’ve decided to put Donald Trump in control of those 19 electoral votes,” he says. “The final count, Kamala Harris, 247 electoral votes. Donald Trump, 291 electoral votes. All of that to say that the official prediction of the ‘Stu Does America’ program, with incredibly limited confidence, is Donald Trump.”

“Donald Trump becomes the second president in history to have a presidential term, take one off, and then get the gig back,” he adds.

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The Legislature of Guam, comprising 15 senators of whom nine are presently Democrats and six are Republicans, has been under Democratic control since March 2008 — but will be no longer.

According to the unofficial results
released Tuesday and finalized early Wednesday by the Guam Election Commission, Republicans will control the legislature come January.

The Pacific Daily News
noted that while Democrats clinched three of the top five spots in the race for the legislature, Republicans ultimately secured a majority with all precincts counted, such that in January, the territory’s Senate will be flipped 9-6 in their favor.

Extra to flipping the legislature, Republican James Moylan, a member of Congress representing Guam’s at-large congressional district, defeated his Democratic challenger, Ginger Cruz, 52.69% to 46.81%.

‘The winds of change are blowing.’

While the residents of Guam cannot vote in American presidential elections, they nevertheless conduct a straw poll. In the 2020 presidential election, Joe Biden beat President Donald Trump in the straw poll 55.38% to 41.91%. This time around, Trump nearly closed the gap. Kamala Harris beat him in the straw poll Tuesday 49.56% to 46.22%.

Former CNN contributor Ryan Girdusky
suggested that a “political realignment” appears to be under way, highlighting that in 2012, Barack Obama beat Mitt Romney in the straw poll by roughly 46 percentage points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton beat Trump in the poll by 47 points. In this election, the Republican candidate was within three points.

Conservative filmmaker Robby Starbuck appeared to agree,
writing, “While meaningless for electoral votes, the winds of change are blowing.”

Republican gains in the Pacific are not limited to Guam. Kimberlyn King-Hinds appears to have successfully beat Democrat Edwin Propst to represent Northern Mariana Islands’ at-large congressional district.

According to the Saipan Tribune, Propst conceded the race early on Wednesday and congratulated King-Hinds, writing, “I wish you the very best.”

At the time of publication, King-Hinds had
secured 40.34% of the vote, whereas Probst netted only 33.27%.

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Megyn Kelly campaigned alongside former President Donald Trump at his rally in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Monday evening.

During her speech, Kelly explained why she has chosen to vote for Trump, citing his stance on immigration as the reason.

“And people like Laken Riley,” Kelly said. “I’ll be thinking about her tomorrow all day. Twenty-two years old, killed in Georgia, a young nursing student, by an illegal. I’ll be thinking about Jocelyn Nungaray, 12 years old in Texas, murdered by two Venezuelan illegals.”

‘Oh, wait, I’m talking about Kamala and Doug.’

Kelly declared that Trump’s opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, opened the nation’s borders “by choice” and that it “wasn’t accidental.”

“She said it would be humane,” Kelly stated. “That’s what she and her boss believed. Tell it to Laken Riley’s family.”

She also praised Trump for protecting women.

“The boys should not be in the girls’ locker rooms. Payton McNabb, North Carolina sophomore in high school, slammed so hard in the face by a volleyball hit at her by a boy pretending to be a girl. She suffered traumatic brain injury and permanent paralysis,” Kelly continued.

“Kamala Harris looks at her and says, ‘Be kind. Suck it up.’ And, ‘That’s what’s right.’ Why do our girls have to face brain damage in order to be kind to boys who want to invade their sports?” she questioned.

Kelly slammed Harris for changing the laws in California to allow prisoners to receive taxpayer-funded gender mutilation surgeries.

“She was not just following the law; she changed the law. President Trump will stop it,” she added.

“He got mocked by the left for saying he would be a protector of women,” Kelly declared. “He will be a protector of women, and it’s why I’m voting for him. He will close the border. He will keep the boys out of girls’ sports and where they don’t belong.”

She noted that Trump “will look out for our boys too.”

“He will not look at our boys like they’re second-class citizens. And ladies out there who want a bit of girl power in this election, let me tell you something: How can you win when the sons and the husbands and the brothers and the dads that you love are losing?” Kelly asked.

She took a jab at the left for backward views on masculinity and marriage, citing a campaign ad that encouraged wives to vote for Harris behind the backs of their Trump-supporting husbands.

“That’s their version of what marriage looks like,” Kelly told the audience. “An overbearing husband who bullies his wife into saying she voted one way, as opposed to an honest, open relationship.”

“Oh, wait, I’m talking about Kamala and Doug [Emhoff],” Kelly jeered.

She further slammed the liberal media for failing to press Emhoff on allegations of abuse.

“Vote Trump,” Kelly concluded. “And get 10 friends to vote Trump, too.”

Kelly’s endorsement of Trump marked a complete turnaround from their once-contentious past.

During the first 2016 Republican primary debate, then-Fox News host Kelly confronted Trump regarding his controversial comments about women.

“You’ve called women you don’t like fat pigs, dogs, slobs, and disgusting animals,” Kelly said to Trump.

He quipped, “Only Rosie O’Donnell.”

“For the record, it was well beyond Rosie O’Donnell,” Kelly replied.

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The Libertarian Party of New Hampshire — the self-described most libertarian party in the most libertarian state — snubbed its party’s own candidate to endorse former President Donald Trump.

The Libertarian Party of New Hampshire rejected the Libertarian Party’s presidential candidate, Chase Oliver, and instead endorsed Trump in the 2024 election. Oliver is a progressive libertarian on several key issues.

‘The barbarians are at the gates. We must make sure that New Hampshire continues to repel progressives, socialists, communists, and leftists of all stripes.’

“There is, technically, a Libertarian on the ballot,” the LPNH said of Oliver. “This Libertarian spends his time supporting tax-funded trans surgery for prisoners, advocating for literal murderers, and trying to kick our members out of the Libertarian Party entirely. We cannot support him, and he cannot win.”

According to the RealClearPolitics average of polls, Oliver is polling at 0.8%.

The Libertarian Party of New Hampshire noted that the endorsement of Trump “was not a light decision” but added, “We feel it is the right one for ourselves, for our children, and for the best future of a Free State of New Hampshire.”

The political group admitted that Trump is not a libertarian but stressed the Republican was “the best candidate for libertarians.”

The Libertarian Party of New Hampshire pointed out that Trump promised to commute the sentence of Ross Ulbricht — the founder of the online illegal drug marketplace Silk Road — during his appearance at the Libertarian National Convention in May.

It also highlighted that Trump started no new wars — a first in over three decades.

The Libertarian Party of New Hampshire touted that Trump could appoint libertarian icon Ron Paul, as well as Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, to reduce the size of the federal government.

The group applauded Trump’s proposal to end the Department of Education.

The statement by the LPNH posted to the X social media platform highlighted that Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) – whom it describes as one of the “greatest libertarians in America” — gave his endorsement of Trump last month.

Massie said last month, “I want to be part of the alignment that puts the focus back on regular people instead of corporations and bureaucracy. One of the other pressing issues of our day is that our meddling overseas has put us on the brink of war, and I believe Trump is the only one who can pull us back from that. For these reasons and those mentioned in my endorsement, I came to the conclusion that this presidential election is too important for me not to weigh-in on.”

Trump and Massie butted heads in March 2020 when the former president called for the Kentucky representative to be thrown out of the Republican Party. Trump did endorse Massie in the 2022 election.

The Libertarian Party of New Hampshire was excited that Trump welcomed Bitcoin and cryptocurrency.

The libertarian group was also interested in Trump’s “flirting” with the elimination of individual income taxes.

“Trump promises much and we are skeptical of promises from politicians,” the group said.

The Libertarian Party of New Hampshire then warned about the dangers of the Democrats winning the 2024 presidential election.

“However, we know for certain what the Democrat alternative is: more socialism, more censorship, more taxes, more authoritarianism,” the statement read.

“The barbarians are at the gates. We must make sure that New Hampshire continues to repel progressives, socialists, communists, and leftists of all stripes,” the LPNH stated. “New Hampshire, being the only red state in a blue New England, helps achieve that goal. For these reasons and more, the most popular Libertarian state affiliate in the country is endorsing Donald Trump for President. Now get out there and vote!”

The last time a Republican presidential candidate won New Hampshire was in 2000.

President Joe Biden won the state by 7% in 2020.

Trump lost New Hampshire to Hillary Clinton in 2016 by fewer than 3,000 votes.

Prominent libertarian and stand-up comedian Dave Smith also recently announced that he was supporting Trump in the 2024 election.

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Jillian Michaels became a household name years ago as she built a fitness empire, but she’s only recently woken up politically — which she tells Dave Rubin of “The Rubin Report” “started as a COVID moment.”

Michaels recalls the Los Angeles restaurant policy requiring that “you had to wear a mask when you walked to the table, but as soon as you sat down you were below the COVID layer and you were all good.”

“It was the stupidest f***ing thing I had ever seen in my adult life. It was utterly nonsensical,” she tells Rubin.

“So, from that moment then, you started in essence seeing the lies, right? And then once you see the lies in one way, it’s everywhere,” Rubin comments.

“Not only do you begin to see the lies everywhere, they were growing at an exponential pace, Dave. It was just, it was bananas. We weren’t allowed to have conversations, and we were saying things I knew were true,” she responds.

Four years after waking up, Michaels — who is gay and married to a woman — is faced with a decision.

“So, you’ve woken up. You were, let’s say, a moderate lefty your entire life, not particularly political. You’ve now seen the light, all of the stuff. The election is in a couple days from now. Will you be voting for Donald Trump?” Rubin asks.

“I’m not influencing anyone’s vote, right? I’m not telling anyone who to vote for,” Michaels responds, adding, “I did vote for Donald Trump.”

“He was not my choice for the candidates that were running for the primary. I do understand his flaws, trust me, I could list all of them. But the problem for me is that it becomes a question of lesser evils,” she continues, listing the First Amendment, never-ending wars, and Big Pharma as several issues on the ballot.

Michaels believes these issues are especially important, considering that not only have they all been censored so heavily over the past four years but those who speak about them often face consequences.

“Then they shut down your social media, and then they fire you from your job. It will come for you,” she adds.

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