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On Wednesday, MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” co-host Joe Scarborough said Democrats’ “intellectual laziness” and “groupthink” are making them “lose elections.” Harvard professor Arthur C. Brooks said, “The truth of the matter is, we need more people that actually think differently than the masses. We need more people than just sort of 20 to 1 liberals to conservatives, and we need to be on top of that and see this as an opportunity to get more ideological balance. Why? Not because we believe that you have to go 1 to 1 in fairness, none of that. We don’t need affirmative action for...

During an interview with Telemundo 47 on Friday, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) argued that the state is going to lose money under the Republican tax and spending bill and people will lose health care and responded to if she’ll have to cut services to some immigrants by saying, “I don’t want to go there.” And “This is something we have to look at very seriously for how we can not leave these people without essential care.” Hochul said that “no state will be able to make up those kind of cuts. We just don’t have enough money. And...

On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” ABC News Contributor and former Democratic National Committee Chair Donna Brazile said that Democrats didn’t hold an open primary to determine their nominee in 2024 after then-President Joe Biden dropped out of the race because there was an assumption that then-candidate Trump’s convictions would tarnish him enough to ensure he lost “And they thought that it was going to be an easier task and that it wouldn’t matter.” While discussing Biden’s recent interviews and the 2024 presidential race, Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) stated, “I think, for the Democrats, if they had an open...

On Wednesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “The Hill,” Hawaii Gov. Josh Green (D) reacted to the Trump administration’s push to turn education over to the states by stating, “I’ll take it” as long as states don’t lose money. He also stated that, among Democrats, “there’s a lot of concern that the changes are too quick and we don’t like to see anyone lose jobs.” Host Blake Burman asked, “So, it’s kind of interesting, because I essentially just heard the Republican president basically say, give it to the states, the governors are doing a great job. You’re a Democratic Governor. So, that’s...

Some national news outlets worry — without irony — that President Volodymyr Zelensky could be voted out of office if Ukraine holds elections. Uhm… “Donald Trump is demanding Volodymyr Zelensky hold elections that could oust him from office as the price of peace,” laments the Telegraph. “There are concerns that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky could be ousted from office after President Donald Trump said that Kyiv should hold elections,” writes Newsweek. What? Back in late 2023, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told his people that the very idea of holding a presidential election the following year was “absolutely irresponsible” while fighting...

In 2022, Kari Lake narrowly lost the race for Arizona governor to Katie Hobbs. Many pundits predicted a bright future for the outspoken former television news broadcaster in the MAGA Republican Party. But this month, Lake came up short again, this time by a larger margin, in her Senate race against Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.). She ran eight points behind Donald Trump and six points behind GOP candidates for the House of Representatives in Arizona.

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) slammed Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) for “blaming” President Joe Biden for Vice President Kamala Harris’s election loss, noting that she got what she wanted when Biden dropped out of the race. In an interview with Politico, Fetterman pointed out that Pelosi, 84, could not “have it both ways,” adding that she and others within the Democrat Party had got what they wanted when Biden dropped out of the presidential race after his disastrous performance at the presidential debate on June 27.

The presidential election might be slipping away from Vice President Kamala Harris, Democrats indicated Wednesday. With preliminary early voting trends on Tuesday suggesting that Republicans are outperforming Democrats in key swing states, the Harris campaign will likely hit the panic button in the coming days with ramped-up rhetoric meant to drive turnout. Both Harris and Barack Obama claimed Tuesday that former President Donald Trump is unhinged and incompetent “with no guardrails.” “Everyone keeps saying, ‘It’s close.’ Yes, it’s close, but are things trending our way? No. And no one wants to openly admit that,” a Democrat strategist told the Hill’s...

Republicans have taken the lead in two of the most consequential U.S. House races in the country, which will have large roles in deciding which party takes control of the 119th House of Representatives. An internal poll for California Republican Scott Baugh, conducted by WPA Intelligence October 17-18, finds him leading Democrat Dave Min in California’s 47th Congressional District, a seat currently occupied by Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA). Baugh has 43 percent support to Min’s 40 percent, with an advantage among independent voters, Hispanic voters, and white voters. Min has slid five points since a September WPA Intelligence poll, while...

**SNIP** The first big blunder for Harris and her team was taking the Keystone State for granted. “Uncle Joe” is from Scranton and loves to tell stories about his family’s days there. That has helped secure thousands of blue Democratic votes in an increasingly red northeastern Pennsylvania. Take away Biden, and San Francisco Harris has little chance of keeping those voters. Add to it that for three decades, voters in Philadelphia and its suburbs saw Biden as our “third senator.” He showed up at the Navy Yard, at ballgames, at ribbon cuttings — you name it. In 2020, when the...

Embattled Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau came under even more pressure to resign on Tuesday after his Liberal Party lost a “safe seat” in Montreal to the Bloc Quebecois. Current polling suggests Pierre Poilievre and his Conservative Party would obliterate the Liberal Party if the election were held today. The Liberals fear a vote of no confidence could knock Trudeau out of office long before the next scheduled election in October 2025. The Montreal vote was held to replace Liberal Party Minister David Lametti, who won the seat in 2015. Trudeau appointed Lametti federal justice minister and attorney general in...

Friday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” host Joe Kernen and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) debated Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris’ policy suggestion of implementing price controls during a 20-minute contentious interview. Warren said, “Look at what happened to their profit margins. If they had just been passing along costs profit margins would have stayed about the same, but for some industries, some companies, profit margins shot up. Do you know where they shot up most often? It was in industries where there was a lot of concentration, a lot of market power, places where the market is not functioning...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is Jewish, but in July he approved a law moving Christmas in Ukraine from January 7, the date in the Eastern Orthodox calendar, to the Western celebration day of December 25. See that, Moscow? All the indications are, however, that while Christmas may come sooner in Ukraine this year, it is going to be a bleak one. Mike McCord, the comptroller of the U.S. Department of Defense, informed Congress on December 15 that $1 billion of military aid will be released by the end of the month but, without legislative authorization, there is no more money...

President Joe Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden have been branded as 'inconsiderate, entitled and lousy' by Politico for letting two of their dogs repeatedly bite staff. Both dogs made headlines for their violent behavior toward staff - in particular Secret Service agents, with one journalist now claiming the incidents reflect badly on the Bidens - and that there'd have been outrage if the Reagans dogs had done the same. The White House is now giving, one pooch named 'Commander,' extra training after being involved in 10 White House and Delaware attacks going back to last year.

The floundering Walt Disney Company’s Disney+ streaming service is expected to record a $800 million third-quarter loss. That’s nearly a billion dollars lost in a single quarter. I tell ya, Disney’s slow-motion collapse is more entertaining than anything these child predators have created in years. Apparently, grooming little kids doesn’t pay. Who knew? In better news, Disney stock took a dive after it was announced disgraced CEO Bob Iger extended his contract to 2026. The smart money knows Groomer Bob is not good for business. Wanna good laugh? The Disney sycophants in the corporate media have been portraying these massive...

During an interview aired Friday’s broadcast of “The Issue Is,” Rep. and U.S. Senate candidate Barbara Lee (D-CA) stated that negotiations over an agreement to raise the debt limit were “lose-lose” for President Joe Biden and she voted against the bill to raise the debt ceiling because “discretionary domestic spending is going to go down a billion dollars,” the work requirements, and the end to the student loan payment pause.

President Volodymyr Zelensky has claimed that defeat in Bakhmut, despite the narrative that it is strategically unimportant, would result in the international community and a “tired” Ukrainian public pressuring him to compromise with Russia – which he does not want to do. In an interview with Associated Press executive Julie Pace, Zelensky made not only a frank admission that the Joe Biden administration in the United States “really understands that if they stop helping us, we will not win,” but warned that defeat in Bakhmut could be a bigger blow to the Ukrainian war effort than some analysts believe —...

Former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that with former President Donald Trump caused the Republican Party to lose, so he will not win the presidential nomination in 2024. Host Jon Karl said, “The midterms, you had, I think I saw you had predicted that at least 15 seats were probably Republicans pickups. What happened?”

Former acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said Tuesday on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360” that his old boss, former President Donald Trump is the only Republican who can’t win the 2024 general election. After Trump announced his candidacy, Cooper asked, “Do you think this is good for the Republican Party?” Mulvaney said, “No, I don’t. Because I think he’s the only Republican who could lose. If he wins in 2024, now he’s the candidate. He is the likely Republican nominee. Can he be beaten head-to-head by Ron Desantis or Tim Scott? Sure. But it’s not going to be...

CNN warned that Democrat John Fetterman would lose the upcoming Pennsylvania Senate race this coming November if he continued refusing to “come out and play,” accusing the Democratic frontrunner of being “shielded from the media” while hiding from Pennsylvania residents following his stated unwillingness to debate his Republican opponent Mehmet Oz. Speaking with co-anchor of CNN’s Newsroom Victor Blackwell, CNN political analyst Michael Smerconish called out Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Fetterman for relying heavily on media while investing little in live appearances before crowds, saying that “in the end, I think he’s going to have to come out and play.”