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Please forgive this rare vanity, but I read the news every day (I avoid Pravda), but I have seen nothing about early voting that has been going on for awhile in Virginia. Has anybody seen evidence of heavy early voting in Republican districts, perhaps, or trends? Yes, I know I won’t be flooded here with predictions of Democrat fraud, But do we have any information that would give us realistic hope?

Biden might have inappropriately employed S Corporation to avoid his owed Medicare taxes before taking office. According to a report that Congressional Research Service released, the president could owe the IRS up to $500,000 in back taxes. Biden wants the rich to pay their “fair share” while he wrongly exploited S Corporations to avoid taxes.Chairman of the Republican Study Committee, Rep. Jim Banks, highlighted how Biden intends to raise taxes in the country up to $2.1 trillion. He’s insisting the rich have to pay their supposedly “fair share.” Yet, back in 2017, Biden improperly avoided paying self-employment taxes, the very...

I am not like a lot of my friends and acquaintances who worked for the government in some capacity and retired on big government pensions (with healthcare) on top of their Social Security. No, I worked all my life in the private sector, teaching in private schools and sometimes (to save money) in boarding schools. Other than the equity I have in my home, my entire retirement is in the stock market . . . in one IRA or another. I have worked hard and I have assiduously saved, investing wisely and somewhat conservatively, enjoying President Trump's transformation of the...

You know, the news that Stacey Abrams says she had 600,000 requests for mail-in ballots for the Senate run-off has depressed me no end. Just another set-up for fraud. But, although I live in North Carolina and cannot vote in Georgia, I am a former resident of Georgia. And today, in my mail, straight from the Republican Party, was a "Request a Mail-in Ballot for the Senate Runn-off" form. I must still be on the rolls down there. But, at least I am encouraged that the Republican Party is doing this. I just hope they have sense enough to demand...

Today, on vacation in South Florida, I was sitting on the beach in Fort Lauderdale when a long and loud and boisterous Trump convoy, flags flying, horns honking, rolled down Highway A1A past all the hotels and restaurants and bars. The reaction from the crowded beach and those sitting at outside tables across the street was more applause than boos, and I was warmed by the thought that these people driving by were so cheerful and hopeful. One negative man near me mumbled “they’re a little late to the party,” and I turned to him and said “apparently, the party...

So, there's WI, GA, MI, PA . . . the largest of the fraud states. There was such obvious fraud, whether it was computer based county by county, or from lack of poll watchers, or from illegal and dead voters, or from stopping the counting and dumping hundreds of thousands of illegal ballots in the middle of the night. A massive attack on the election system. But, it we could prove, and I mean PROVE, massive fraud in just one of these states . . . I think Biden's whole house of cards would come tumbling down. We may get...

With an estimated 172,000 potential ballots left to count, North Carolina’s election results are far from final. But the updated tally is unlikely to change the results of the state’s two biggest races. An analysis of state data by The News & Observer shows at least 97% of votes cast have already been counted in the state. As of Thursday, major news organizations had yet to call either the presidential or U.S. Senate race. President Donald Trump currently holds a 76,701 vote lead over Democrat Joe Biden, according to the State Board of Elections. GOP Sen. Thom Tillis leads Democrat...

How long can the media ignore this story? They’re trying to suffocate it with a pillow a la One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. It’s a story. Sorry, you may not like it. I know you hate the timing, liberal media, but Joe Biden, his son Hunter, and his brother Jim might all be dirty. The Biden camp has yet to refute the scores of emails from Hunter Biden that weave a sordid and wide-reaching web of corruption. You already know about Hunter’s Burisma gig in Ukraine, where he was getting $50k/month to reportedly sell access to top Obama officials....

Assuming that Joe Biden has been involved in money laundering and monetary gain from influence peddling, as well as treasonous activity in compromising his office with foreign powers, it stands to reason that the money involved has to go somewhere. Yes, this is true for his son, his brother, and others in the Biden crime family, too. But, where does Biden stash his take?

I am totally confused by all these emails that say they will double, triple, quadruple, or more if I make a political donation. Fine. But where would that money come from? I don’t understand.

A Catholic group is launching a multi-million dollar effort to educate Catholic voters in key battleground states about Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s “anti-Catholic record and policy agenda” ahead of the general election in November. CatholicVote, a national Catholic political advocacy group, on Tuesday announced the $9.7 million campaign to discourage Catholics from voting for Biden. The organization is producing an “in-depth report on Biden’s record on issues Catholics care about,” including a shortened “voter guide” version, that it plans to send to five million Catholic voters. The effort will also kick off with a $350,000 digital ad buy in...

In the world of campaign ads, I have recently read two articles in the fake media saying that the Trump campaign is in a budget crunch because of pulling ads out of Pennsylvania and Michigan. The truth, apparently, is simply that the campaign has decided to shift gears, from messages about law and order to messages about the booming economy. Stay tuned. Meanwhile, I have to admit that a couple of Biden ads that I have seen just today are pretty effective. He has some good ad people. He lies in those ads, of course, but Pravda will never point...

All these Media polls out there suggesting a Biden win are discouraging. That is their purpose. Most, however, over sample Democrats by 8% or more. Ridiculous. The two parties achieved relative parity years ago. But, the Atlanta-based Trafalgar Group was the most accurate state pollster four years ago. In fact, they were the only pollster to predict candidate Trump’s 2016 wins in both Pennsylvania and Michigan. Think about that. Quite a feat! So, Don’t let yourself get discouraged. Be of good cheer! A few of their most recent polls are below.

Is Lafayette Park on the north side of the White House, or the south?

Why is Kamala getting free time to give this long speech critical of Trump? This is like a campaign contribution.

A study conducted by professor Yaakov Nahmias at Hebrew University in Israel has found that an existing cholesterol drug, fenofibrate, could ‘downgrade’ Covid-19 threat level to that of a common cold. The findings allegedly come from lab tests on human lung tissue infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19 . . .

Former Vice President Joe Biden leads President Trump by 4 percentage points nationwide in a new Hill-HarrisX general election poll. Forty-three percent of registered voters said they would support Biden for president if the election were held today. By contrast, 39 percent of voters in the July 3-4 survey said the same of Trump. Five percent of voters said they prefer someone else. . . .

Does anyone have any real information on what the real numbers are for COVID-19 cases and deaths? On the one hand, I have read that the number of cases is inflated by “probable“ cases. For example, you become infected and your wife and three children are suddenly considered “probable” and thrown into the count. Is that true?On the other hand, I have also read that the number of deaths is exaggerated because many, although infected, die of other causes and yet are counted in the total Is that true?Please chime in. Thanks.

By my count, there were 21 such killings. There my be more.

I do own a gun, but it doesn’t get much use, and I am not up to speed on what the law allows. Here’s my question: Am I right to conclude that the right to shoot someone attacking you or your property depends on the state in which you live? For example, I have heard that in North Carolina, where I have friends who carry, an intruder must be inside the door of your home for you to have the right to shoot him; if he is taking an ax to your front door but he’s not inside your home,...