The Republican National Committee secured a significant legal victory for election integrity on Monday in a Democrat-run county outside of Atlanta, Georgia.

The Georgia Supreme Court ruled that Cobb County, the third largest country in the state, cannot accept absentee ballots after the Election Day deadline, according to RNC chairman Michael Whatley.

‘Election Day is Election Day.’

In a Monday afternoon post on X, he wrote, “HUGE election integrity victory in Georgia.”

He explained that the county wanted to accept 3,000 late absentee ballots, but the court has blocked it.

“We just got word that we WON the case. Election Day is Election Day — not the week after,” Whatley stated. “We will keep fighting, keep winning, and keep sharing updates.”

RNC co-chair Lara Trump called it a “YUGE victory.”

Last week, Cobb County officials admitted they were behind in mailing out more than 3,000 absentee ballots. Approximately a third of those ballots were requested by people outside of Georgia.

Board of Elections Chairwoman Tori Silas blamed faulty equipment and a surge in late requests in the days leading up to the October 25 deadline, the Associated Press reported.

“We want to maintain voter trust by being transparent about the situation,” Silas said. “We are taking every possible step to get these ballots to the voters who requested them.”

Georgia’s early voting period ran from October 15 through November 1. However, some counties sought to extend hours for turning in absentee ballots in violation of the state’s laws.

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger stated, “Under state law, election officials can receive absentee ballots in person at govt facilities if the county chooses. Several counties have chosen to do this. We are working with the counties and the political parties to ensure this is done transparently and within Georgia law.”

The RNC filed a lawsuit last week against several blue counties in Georgia, Blaze News previously reported.

On Saturday, Whatley accused Democratic officials of “playing fast and loose with election law.”

“Fulton, Cobb, DeKalb, and Gwinnett counties decided at the last minute to accept ballots over the weekend — which disregards the law,” he explained. “They have also failed to let our poll observers in to watch the process. The Secretary of State has issued guidance to allow Republican poll watchers in but local officials REFUSE.”

The counties’ refusal to allow poll watchers extended to both Republicans and Democrats, Fox News Digital reported.

Later that same day, Whatley provided an update, stating that the RNC’s poll watchers were being allowed into voting locations in all four counties.

Lara Trump also provided an update on the matter, writing on X, “Working with the [Georgia Secretary of State] and [state Attorney General], we have been able to confirm that our observers WILL be allowed in the room while these ballots are being processed.”

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Tomorrow is the day. It’s been nearly four years of weak leadership, higher prices, lies, authoritarian dictatorship, open borders, and just all-around bad policy that makes America less American.

And I know there is a certain sector of people who call themselves Republican who don’t consider Trump “their guy.” Many of you say you’re sitting it out. You’re sitting on the sidelines because Trump isn’t perfectly as conservative as you’d like, because he’s flawed. And so this protest is supposed to be a signal to the Republican Party that you reject this movement, so we can one day go back to your idea of conservatism. OK.

Donald Trump took a bullet for you. The least you can do is show up and vote.

Well, today, I’d like for anyone who insists on staying home, or anyone who is on the fence, to just hear me out.

On every issue, Donald Trump would perform leaps and bounds better than Kamala Harris. This is truly a choice between Trump and communism. Let’s examine the issues facing our country, and you decide: Is it really worth risking a President Kamala to prove a point?

Start with illegal immigration. Conservative estimates of the number of unvetted illegal aliens allowed into the country under Kamala’s watch in nearly four years put it at 12 million. Personally, I believe the number is closer to 20 million. At least 99 potential Islamic terrorists are roaming freely.

Venezuelan gangs are taking over apartment complexes with rifles and holding residents hostage. But legacy media hacks like Martha Raddatz want you to take solace in the idea that “it’s only a handful of apartment complexes.” Here. In America. Which is supposed to be a sovereign first-world country.

Ask yourself: Is sitting this one out because Trump isn’t your perfect ideal utopia of conservatism worth the lives of more Laken Rileys or Jocelyn Nungarays, murdered in cold blood by people who shouldn’t be here but who waltzed right in under Kamala’s watch? Sure, maybe it wasn’t your child — but next time, it could be.

And that’s not even factoring in the economic ramifications we will see for decades if we don’t do something now.

Economic turmoil

Inflation was up 20.1% over the first 45 months of Biden’s term, compared to 7.1% during Trump’s first 45 months, which equates to annualized inflation rates of 5.4% under Biden and 1.9% under Trump. I think we can all agree it feels even higher than that when we look at our bank accounts.

Oh, but don’t worry! Kamala has a plan: price controls. Which undoubtedly leads to supply shortages, which leads to rationing, which leads to bread lines. Just ask Venezuela. Is your protest worth bread lines?

How about gas? You know, for as much as the Washington Post and the New York Times want to publish stories about how “gas prices are heading toward a three-year low,” that’s simply because we have suffered astronomical highs at the gas pump under Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, not because gas is actually cheaper than before. And remember, as much as Kamala wants you to forget she ever said she’d ban fracking, she is on record telling America she would ban fracking.

She’s also part of the current administration that wants to mandate electric vehicles. If you like Teslas, totally fine, I get it, but forbidding us to drive gas-powered vehicles is the stuff of dictators.

Under Trump’s energy policies, we were energy-independent for the first time ever, and our gas prices reflected that. We were paying less than $2 per gallon on average. Oil and gas can flourish in this country again. You can help right the wrong tomorrow. All you have to do is show up.

Abortion

This is the one I hear cited the most as a reason for conservatives to sit out the election, which is, in and of itself, so ironic, because without Donald Trump, Roe v. Wade would still be the law of the land. Has he made comments that don’t reflect the strongest pro-life stance ever? Sure.

But do you know what sitting out gets you? A woman who firmly believes in abortion up until the point of birth. A woman who voted against protecting babies who were born alive in a botched abortion attempt. That’s who you would have leading the country. Is that a win for the pro-life movement?

Foreign conflict

The world is an unstable mess. Israel and Iran continue escalating their conflict. Thanks to Biden and Harris, we’re funding both sides of that conflict. We’re giving Iran access to billions of dollars to fund its terrorism, money that Iran didn’t have access to under Donald Trump.

Ukraine and Russia continue fighting, and under Biden and Harris, our leaders have approved nearly $175 billion of your money to pay for a war in which you have no vested interest. But the swamp does. Swamp creatures have been profiting from war for a very long time. I have a feeling you don’t approve.

The “America Last” gravy train to foreign countries will continue with Kamala, not only bankrupting us but also bringing us closer and closer to World War III. Is sitting out the election worth the risk?

The fact is that we had more world peace during Donald Trump’s first term than ever before. The Abraham Accords brought the promise of never-before-seen peace in the Middle East, and Russia didn’t dare make a move in Ukraine on Trump’s watch.

And so we have two track records to compare. Which do you prefer?

Domestic order

Violent crime is up under Kamala Harris. While Trump made the mistake of banning bump stocks, Harris has called for gun confiscation. Is your protest worth that?

Your life was markedly better under Trump, and it wasn’t even close. You could fault him for how he handled COVID-19 and Operation Warp Speed. I certainly did. But rather than giving you a personal apology, which you may or may not have believed, he did something way more important. He teamed up with COVID and Big Pharma critic Robert F. Kennedy Jr., which will ensure that the COVID calamity isn’t repeated in a second Trump administration.

A lot of haters call me a Trump shill. I’m not. I’ve criticized him when he deserved it and also celebrated his wins. But my desire to see Trump in the White House in January is not because I belong to a cult, or I’m obsessed, or anything like it.

It’s because I am fighting every day to make this country a better place for my kids. It’s because I don’t have time or energy or money to stay home just to “prove a point” to the Republican party. I have skin in the game right now. And I have a responsibility to my children to do everything I can to secure a brighter future for them. So if not for you, do it for them. Our future.

We are on the cusp of something incredible happening in this country. So it’s either communism, or, if that isn’t what you want, here’s an alternative:

— (@)

Donald Trump took a bullet for you. The least you can do is show up and vote.

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Muslim community leaders in Minnesota made the best possible closing argument for Donald Trump over the weekend.

Speaking at the Minnesota Capitol on Saturday, Muslim and Somali leaders gathered behind a lectern adorned with a “Trump Make America Great Again” sign to explain why they cannot possibly support Kamala Harris for president.

‘The Democratic Party is now the party of war. It’s the party of the billionaires. It’s the party of silencing free speech.’

“We’re gathered here today to fully support and endorse President Trump and JD Vance,” one of the men said.

The leaders felt compelled to endorse Trump because they believe he is the best candidate to lead America after four years under the leadership of Harris and President Joe Biden. Specifically, they praised Trump for his vision and record on the economy, education, immigration, personal freedom, crime and safety, and foreign policy and for promoting conservative family values.

Interestingly, nearly every speaker said they feel that the Democratic Party has abandoned them — becoming a party that doesn’t care about the concerns of every day Americans.

One of the most interesting individuals who spoke at the event was Abshir Omar, a man who once worked on Democrat Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign.

In no uncertain terms, Omar explained he now supports Trump because the Democratic Party has become everything it once claimed to stand against.

“You see all these people in this room were former Democrats — we were die-hard supporters,” he said. “We were loyal to the Democratic Party, but that party is no longer loyal to us and no longer loyal to this country. We send billions overseas to prosecute wars against innocent people, yet we can’t prosecute war against poverty in this country. We spend billions giving to lobbyists, yet we can’t help homelessness in our community.

“The Democratic Party is now the party of war. It’s the party of the billionaires. It’s the party of silencing free speech,” he continued. “That is not who I am, and that is not my values. My values are still my values, but the party of the Democratic Party no longer holds those values to be true, and today, in front of my own community and the rest of our society, I’m telling you I am no longer a Democrat. I have left that party. I have left that party, and I’m sticking to my conscience. I don’t care what is politically expedient. I don’t care what you look like, who you pray to.”

Omar went on to say:

I’m a person of deep Muslim faith. I have Abrahamic religion. I love my Jewish brothers and sisters. I love my Christian brothers and sisters. People come from different communities and backgrounds. We’re all the same. We live in a country where we should be working together. Not hurting each other, not defaming each other. We should be protecting the rights of every person to speak. Because today if I am supporting the censorship of a segment of this country — guess what — tomorrow I will be censored too. And I don’t want that for myself or for my family.

And that’s why it’s surprising to say Trump is kind of an a**hole. He says a lot of things. He’s not the nicest person in the room. He’s not going to sugarcoat things for you. But guess what: The four years he was president, nothing happened to me personally. I was safe; this community was safe. This country was safe.

Another man who spoke at the event said he loves Trump because “he’s a fighter.”

“More importantly, the left left us. They left us,” that man continued. “Thirty-three percent of our kids cannot read — cannot read at grade level. Minnesota in education? We are failing in every standard. Eighth-graders — 60% cannot do math at grade level. These are our kids. We are talking about economic conditions here. Our conditions is [sic] horrible. We can’t afford anything as working-class and middle-class people. Now please understand this: We love our brothers and sisters who are Democrats, but you left us.

“And because the left left us, join the right and vote for Trump 2024,” he declared.

Harris
is facing a well-known problem with Arab-American and Muslim voters, and Trump is benefiting from it.

Not only is Harris viewed as the pro-war candidate, but Muslim voters are often socially conservative, holding values that traditionally align with the Republican Party.

Harris’ far-left record and progressive vision, moreover, are weighty baggage that blocs of traditionally Democratic voters — like the Muslims endorsing Trump in Minnesota — can no longer ignore.

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The Donald Trump campaign published early-voting numbers that showed a massive decrease in both urban and female voters. Both categories tend to vote Democrat.

Trump press secretary Karoline Leavitt posted a campaign memo that stated: “Democrats are facing a massive turnout deficit.”

“In every single battleground state, we see President Trump and Republicans outperforming elections past in absentee ballots and early votes cast,” the memo claimed.

“Democrats are facing a precipitous decline in urban turnout according to their own ‘data experts’ and we are tracking an uptick in rural turnout.”

The Trump campaign published numbers from Tom Bonier from TargetSmart, which the party described as a “Democrat data expert.”

The data was a comparison of early-voter turnout in 2024 compared to the 2020 presidential election.

For Arizona, urban early-voter turnout was down over 385,000 while female turnout was down about 170,000. At the same time, rural turnout was up more than 14,000.

Other stark contrasts were shown for Michigan, where 320,000 fewer urban citizens voted early. There were also 200,000 fewer women who voted, as well. Additionally, rural turnout was up 55,000 in Michigan.

Pennsylvania, where many think the election will be decided, saw a decrease in early urban voters by more than 380,000. Meanwhile, a whopping 450,000 fewer women voted early in the swing state.

— (@)

‘There is a whole lot of spinning going on.’

Bonier himself denied the characterization of the data, calling it “not shocking” that the Trump campaign was spinning the numbers in its favor.

“There is a whole lot of spinning going on in this Trump campaign memo that mischaracterizes our data, and I’m pretty sure I know why,” he said on X.

However, on its face, the data seems to obviously favor Trump and the Republicans.

In 2020, two out of three urban voters reportedly voted for Joe Biden over Trump, a 33-point advantage according to Pew Research.

However, the number has narrowed since 2018, when it was a 48-point advantage for Democrats. It was 46 points for Hillary Clinton in 2016.

At the same time, Trump took the rural vote by 32 points in 2020, with 65% of the share. He has widened that gap since 2016 when he had just a 25-point advantage over Hillary Clinton among rural voters.

According to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers, women favored Biden with their 2020 vote at an average of 56%, while male voters favored Trump at around 52%.

The numbers were generally the same with the gender gap at around 10-11 points in both the 2016 and 2020 elections.

Despite the claim that the Trump campaign has misrepresented the numbers, it stands to reason that, in general, a decrease in turnout for urban and female voters in swing states would at the very least result in fewer overall votes for Democrats than it would Republicans based on historical voting.

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Do Christians have a spiritual responsibility to vote? Allie Beth Stuckey of “Relatable” and the senior pastor of Lakepointe Church, Josh Howerton, believe the answer to that question is a resounding “yes.”

“I’ll gently venture out on a limb,” Howerton tells Stuckey. “I think Christians have a spiritual responsibility to vote.”

Howerton, who says that we live in a constitutional republic and not a democracy, explains that “the voters are at the top of the org chart,” which is something that “a lot of well-meaning” but “a little naive” Christians forget.

“Romans 13 says that God has established the governments and governing leaders in our constitutional republic. If you are a voting Christian, God has placed you at this time, in this place, at the top of the constitutional republic org chart in which you find yourself,” Howerton says.

“So I would gently say in the same way that if a man won’t lead his family, we messed up. If a pastor won’t lead his church, we messed up. If the Christian voters of a nation refuse to lead that nation and abdicate their spiritual responsibility to lead, I think we’re messing up,” he continues.

And the biblical case for voting only gets stronger.

“Whatever God creates, Satan tries to co-opt,” Howerton says. “So in Genesis 2 and 3, Adam refuses to lead his family. So I’ll just say this to any husbands listening. The first thing that happens, Adam refuses to lead, so Satan does.”

“Fast forward, all the way to the end of the Bible. In Revelation 2 and 3, you’ve got the seven letters of the church,” he continues. “It literally addresses this, you had some passive pastors who instead of leading their churches to repent of sin, they led their churches to tolerate sin. So in their passivity, and Romans 2 and 3 literally says, those churches became quote ‘a Synagogue of Satan.’”

“So hey, pastors, if you won’t lead your church, Satan will be happy,” he says, adding, “In the same way, if Spirit-filled, godly people will not lead their nation by voting, godless people will.”

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The
Biden-Harris administration euthanized a 50-year-old elephant in Washington, D.C., on Friday. Its name was Kamala.

While zookeepers, members of Kamala’s herd, and distant animal lovers mourned the creature’s death, some commentators suggested online that Kamala’s demise — so soon after the New York Department of Environmental Conservation’s
slaying of Peanut the squirrel and on the eve of the election — might constitute some sort of omen.

The National Zoo, one of the many
federally owned Smithsonian Institution facilities in the D.C. area, announced Saturday that after helping manage Kamala’s osteoarthritis for 10 years, the creature’s keepers elected to “humanely” dispose of her.

According to the zoo, Kamala — not an African elephant but rather an endangered Asian elephant from Sri Lanka that was orphaned as a calf then raised by humans — found it increasingly difficult over the past several weeks to move, suffering limited motion in her wrists, hips, and shoulders. The elephant’s degenerative disease affected her joint cartilage and the underlying bone, leaving her stiff and in constant pain.

‘The elephant grew up in a middle class family.’

Hoping the flat terrain might help, the zoo let Kamala and her herd mates parade around the Elephant Community Center and neighboring outdoor habitat. Unfortunately, this change of scenery didn’t help as the old elephant “increasingly chose to stand in one spot rather than move about.”

The zoo also indicated that Kamala’s pain medications were no longer a match for her osteoarthritis.

On account of her limited mobility and increasing discomfort, Kamala’s keepers euthanized her in the Elephant Barn.

“The elephant care team fondly remembers Kamala as a smart and inquisitive individual who held a dominant role within the herd,” the zoo said in a release. “She built strong bonds with her keepers and enjoyed their attention. Whenever keepers approached, she would rumble and squeak, behaviors that indicated her happiness and excitement.”

Kamala was born in Sri Lanka in the mid-1970s, moved to Canada for a period during which she birthed two offspring, then was transferred with her daughter to the National Zoo in 2014.

Owing to the late elephant’s namesake in the United States Naval Observatory, superstitious commentators online suggested Kamala’s death had greater meaning while others made jokes at the vice president’s expense.

Rob Eno, Blaze Media’s director of content marketing,
tweeted, “The die has been cast. The omens have been read.”

Social media influencer Douglass Mackey, the man
sentenced to prison last year for Hillary Clinton memes, wrote, “Ominous.”

Since the elephant has long been a symbol for the Republican Party, it’s unsure precisely what such an omen might portend regarding the election.

“The elephant grew up in a middle class family,”
wrote one X user.

“Only 50% of the country loved this elephant,”
quipped another user.

“Her name is Kamala, she lives in DC, is of Indian descent (but is often mistaken as African), has never worked at McDonald’s, is claimed to be beloved by many (but is frankly not doing well) and is saying goodbye to supporters this week after a losing battle. She is an elephant,”
wrote X user Jolly Brandon.

The British political commentator Carl Benjamin, also known as Sargon of Akkad,
noted that as news of Kamala’s euthanization was spreading, there was also a trending video showing a baby hippopotamus “choos[ing] the Trump cake.”

The video,
reshared by the New York Post Monday, shows baby pygmy hippo Moo Deng of Thailand presented with a choice of two cakes, then eating the option emblazoned with President Donald Trump’s name.

Jimmy von Thron, producer for BlazeTV’s “Prime Time with Alex Stein,”
joked that his confidence was significantly shored up by the hippo’s selection, writing, “Just put my mortgage on Trump.”

Former NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch
said of the hippo’s prediction, “More accurate than most.”

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