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Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) on Sunday acknowledged President Biden was “legitimately elected president” as Republicans continue to be peppered with questions about whether the 2020 election was legitimate. Pressed by ABC News’ George Stephanopoulus on whether the 2020 election was stolen, Youngkin said, “Well, I’ve consistently said that Joe Biden was legitimately elected president. He’s sleeping in the White House. I wish he weren’t.”

What is Gen Z? Officially, Generation Z was born between the mid 1990s and the early 2010s, meaning their ages range from about 11 to 27. Their age is only a small part of what defines their generation, instead it is the events they’ve lived through that have shaped their worldview. “they've grown up in a much more fragmented, less cohesive society in America,” says Morley Winograd, a senior fellow at the USC Annenberg School of Communication, Leadership and Policy and author of three books on millennials. Since they’ve come to understand the world, Gen Z has felt the effects...

SCRANTON, Pa. — President Biden has long touted his roots in this former coal-mining town, where he was born and lived for the first decade of his life. But a little more than a year before voters will determine whether the 80-year-old commander-in-chief will receive a second four-year term of office, denizens of Scranton’s Biden Street don’t feel so proud of their most famous native son. SCRANTON, Pa. — President Biden has long touted his roots in this former coal-mining town, where he was born and lived for the first decade of his life. But a little more than a...

Senator Tim Scott spoke recently about anticipating a red wave in 2024. I personally don't want to hear it until there is more understanding about the red trickle in 2022. I have not seen legitimate root cause analysis about 2022 from conservatives. RNC leadership remain in place, sipping expensive champagne, eating lobster and filet. I have not seen any serious discussion about what exactly went wrong. Who had the best prediction in 2022? Hold on to your electronic device: Nancy Pelosi. I can't believe I just typed her name. She was pretty confident she was going to hold the House...

I remember the song by the 80s new wave group Missing Persons called “Words.” The refrain went like this: "What are words for, when no one listens anymore, What are words for, when no one listens, What are words for, when no one listens and no one's talking at all... Do you hear me, do you care, do you hear me, do you care, tell me what are words for?" Words and language have meaning and when used imprecisely cause more confusion and angst, or even advantage to those attempting to manipulate language. For example: Patient Protection, Affordable Care Act,...

There's a big question confronting all right-wingers about American conservatism & our national future. In six months we are going to be heading into the 2024 election cycle. Another presidential election, congressional elections & state & local elections are all approaching. To say that it's a pivotal year almost produces a shoulder shrug with most people because that's been said about every election for the last 25 years. Though I was only a toddler during his term, President Reagan, much like Thatcher in Britain was a solid & immovable champion of modern day conservatism. He was a happy warrior as...

It is becoming obvious to 'me' that abortion is the one thing that is making elections these days. I think this wedge issue may in fact be the one issue that will keep Trump or the GOP nominee out of office. Is there enough support on the right to bend one the issue?

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday offered his strongest dismissal of the election fraud theories at the heart of former President Donald Trump's push to overturn the 2020 election. Asked by a reporter during a campaign stop in Iowa whether the 2020 election was "stolen," DeSantis said the fraud theories "did not prove to be true." He did not, however, mention the name of his top rival for the GOP nomination, who was just indicted for allegedly working to overturn the last presidential election. "I've said many times the election is what it is," DeSantis said. "All those theories that...

DC_Draino @DC_Draino 🚨BREAKING: Pence implicitly admits he had the power to reject fraudulent votes on J6 He knew there was fraud and if he sent EC votes back to state legislatures for further review, 12th Amendment would’ve kicked in where GOP House of Reps would’ve voted for Trump Pence didn’t want that He certified the fraud and that’s why he will never be elected to federal office again This is also why the Electoral College Act was amended last year - to make sure no VP could send fraudulent votes back to states Pence had the ability to do so...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sat down with "Special Report" on Monday for a wide-ranging interview, offering insight into whether former President Donald Trump can win in a general election. DeSantis said he doesn’t believe Trump can win in 2024 because there are "too many voters who just aren't going to vote for him going forward." "I saw it in Florida in my re-election. You know, I won the first time by less than a percent, second time by ‘20. Why did people vote against me in ‘18 but then voted for me in ‘22? The number one reason they gave...

VIVEK RAMASWAMY: Well, I started at 0.0 percent in March. I'm now at an unambiguous third in this race. And we're just getting warmed up ahead of the first debate stage. The thing about me is, I'm not attacking any of my fellow candidates. I am not running against them. I am running for this country. And that's what I see on the ground in Iowa and elsewhere. People are hungry for an actual affirmative vision, not, what are we running from? What are we running to? For my part, I stand for the America first agenda. I believe I...

Liz Wheeler did ask Vivek about the 2020 election. Here was his response “I have personally not seen evidence of widespread voter fraud of the kind that you usually get with the stolen election narrative” —about 5 min mark (below link) . And when Liz asked Vivek if he would reinstate President Trump’s ban on transgenders in the military, Vivek said no. (above link)

Yusef Salaam, a member of the exonerated “Central Park Five,” has officially won the Democratic primary for a seat on the New York city council, almost ensuring his eventual election to the seat. Salaam had a significant lead over his opponents, New York Assembly members Inez Dickens and Al Taylor, for the nomination to represent Council District 9 in Central Harlem, but he needed additional votes released Wednesday to clinch victory. Initial unofficial results put Salaam as the clear leader with 50.14 percent of the vote, while Dickens and Taylor had about 25 and 14 percent, respectively. Incumbent Kristin Jordan,...

The 2024 battle for the Senate started with a bang earlier this year and has not let up, as candidates in top races continue to roll out their campaigns and incumbents scratch and claw to win reelection. Their efforts will determine who will control the upper chamber for the next two years. Democrats are trying to play defense in a number of red-leaning states to hold on to their one-seat majority, while Republicans fight recruiting battles in several states to give them the best shot at winning a majority.

The first half of 2023 will come to a close on Friday. And when it does, one of Wall Street's big predictions for 2023 will officially be a bust — the stock market did not fall and the US economy did not enter recession. When the year began, we flagged a "surprising consensus" among Wall Street strategists, many of whom expected a dip in the stock market in early '23 as the economy fell into a downturn before a rebound over the second half of the year. Instead, investors have been treated to a stock market rally accentuated by AI...

The union called Florida Gov Ron DeSantis the 'most effective' governor in the country The largest police union in the state of Florida announced Monday that it is backing Gov. Ron DeSantis for president after previously supporting former President Trump. In a press release announcing the presidential endorsement, Florida Police Benevolent Association President John Kazanjian called DeSantis the "most effective governor in the nation" who will "make public safety a top priority in the White House." "In major cities and communities across America, many Americans are grappling with increased crime rates that not only jeopardize public safety, but also threaten...

Voters are souring on the state of the nation, with a stunning 74% saying the US is on the wrong track, according to a survey released Sunday. The NBC poll found just 20% of respondents say America is moving in the right direction. The last time voters were that bitter about the nation’s course — in 1992 and 2008 — the party in control of the White House changed hands, NBC’s Chuck Todd noted in unveiling the results.

Elections are supposed to be about the future, but Donald Trump is stuck in the past. He is dead set on running for president in 2024 by campaigning on the very worst part of his record. In his much-hyped return to the mainstream media, a CNN town hall on May 11, Trump doubled down on his claims that millions of fraudulent votes were the cause of his defeat in 2020. He said he had no regrets about his behavior before and during the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, and that he does not owe Mike Pence an apology for...

Donald Trump criticized Brexit leader Nigel Farage, Wednesday during their interview on GB News for bringing up the 2020 election and then accusing the former president of talking about it too much. Discussing Fox News settling a defamation case with Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million, Farge said, “Fox, which has been an incredibly important channel in the States, just paid out a large sum of money.”

I’m interested in starting a creative discussion on the topic of voting integrity. Should Republicans create a transparent, legally valid, and unassailable voting system, a standard for accurate and verifiability, contrasted to our current unverifiable voting fraud system? Should Republicans prepare to challenge voter fraud by contrasting this standard with current examples of corrupt systems. Should Republicans prepare to fight with law-fare or other tactics necessary to discredit Democrat alternatives? The Republicans could create a pre-voting election before the national election which provides a baseline of valid votes. These votes would be released after the general election for purposes of...