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Trump Ups 2024 Tease: 'Very, Very, Very, Probably Do It Again' (Newsmax)

By Eric Mack | Thursday, 03 November 2022 10:26 PM EDT

As the final days count down to the 2022 midterm elections, former President Donald Trump has ratcheted up his 2024 presidential campaign tease.

And his Save America rally line Thursday night in Sioux City, Iowa, was the closest he has come to officially declaring his intentions to run for the White House again.

"In order to make our country successful and safe and glorious, I will very, very, very, probably do it again, OK?" Trump told the crowd, taking the former "We may have to do it again," and "I probably will have to do it again" the last time out to this latest one.

The line always comes after his oft-repeated rally cry in the middle of his stump speeches.

"I ran twice, I won twice, and did much better the second time than I did the first, getting millions more votes in 2020 than I got in 2016 — and likewise, getting more votes than any sitting president in the history of our country by far," Trump said Thursday, keeping most of the canned lines in the speech.

Trump was stumping Thursday night for Iowa GOP Gov. Kim Reynolds and Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Brenna Bird, who is running for Iowa attorney general. Reynolds and Grassley are running for reelection, while Bird is a new candidate backed by Trump.

Trump is maintaining a busy schedule in the final weekend before Tuesday's vote. He will be in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, on Saturday night for a Save America rally that will be aired live on Newsmax, with the preview show beginning at 6 p.m. ET.

Then, Sunday evening, Trump will be in Miami, Florida, for a Save America rally that will also air live on Newsmax, with coverage starting at 5 p.m. ET.

Trump will finish his busy weekend Monday night in Dayton, Ohio, for an 8 p.m. ET rally.

The locations are popular for Trump-backed candidates and midterm battlegrounds, particularly Pennsylvania with Dr. Mehmet Oz and Ohio with J.D. Vance both seeking to hold Senate seats for Republicans as they seek to flip the upper chamber from Democrat control.

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Trump Ups 2024 Tease: 'Very, Very, Very, Probably Do It Again' (Newsmax)

By Eric Mack | Thursday, 03 November 2022 10:26 PM EDT

As the final days count down to the 2022 midterm elections, former President Donald Trump has ratcheted up his 2024 presidential campaign tease.

And his Save America rally line Thursday night in Sioux City, Iowa, was the closest he has come to officially declaring his intentions to run for the White House again.

"In order to make our country successful and safe and glorious, I will very, very, very, probably do it again, OK?" Trump told the crowd, taking the former "We may have to do it again," and "I probably will have to do it again" the last time out to this latest one.

The line always comes after his oft-repeated rally cry in the middle of his stump speeches.

"I ran twice, I won twice, and did much better the second time than I did the first, getting millions more votes in 2020 than I got in 2016 — and likewise, getting more votes than any sitting president in the history of our country by far," Trump said Thursday, keeping most of the canned lines in the speech.

Trump was stumping Thursday night for Iowa GOP Gov. Kim Reynolds and Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Brenna Bird, who is running for Iowa attorney general. Reynolds and Grassley are running for reelection, while Bird is a new candidate backed by Trump.

Trump is maintaining a busy schedule in the final weekend before Tuesday's vote. He will be in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, on Saturday night for a Save America rally that will be aired live on Newsmax, with the preview show beginning at 6 p.m. ET.

Then, Sunday evening, Trump will be in Miami, Florida, for a Save America rally that will also air live on Newsmax, with coverage starting at 5 p.m. ET.

Trump will finish his busy weekend Monday night in Dayton, Ohio, for an 8 p.m. ET rally.

The locations are popular for Trump-backed candidates and midterm battlegrounds, particularly Pennsylvania with Dr. Mehmet Oz and Ohio with J.D. Vance both seeking to hold Senate seats for Republicans as they seek to flip the upper chamber from Democrat control.

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UPDATED 3:24 PM PT – Thursday, November 3, 2022

CNN’s Jake Tapper is the latest anchor of the far-left outlet to say goodbye to primetime.

According to reports on Wednesday, Tapper will move back down to the afternoon slot, citing poor ratings for his primetime show.

He was given the 9 pm eastern time slot, where he interviewed high-profile politicians and celebrities, including Joe Biden and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.

Tapper is the latest person to get reshuffled at the outlet after Chris Cuomo was fired, Don Lemon was forced into a morning slot and Brian Stelter had to resign.

Since former President Donald J. Trump left the White House, CNN has been struggling to find an identity. The company’s new president is pushing to restore its image.

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Kean Should Win N.J. 'War Of The Patricians' for Congressional Seat

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By John Gizzi | Thursday, 03 November 2022 10:12 PM EDT

Two years ago, in one of the last U.S. House races to be decided, Rep. Tom Malinowski, D-N.J., eked out a second term by just over 5,000 votes against his Republican opponent, then-state Sen. Tom Kean Jr.

In days, Malinowski will again face Kean in New Jersey's 7th District — with the fifth-highest median income in the nation, easily one of the most affluent U.S. House districts anywhere. To students of history, the Malinowski-Kean race is a true "war of the patricians." The Democratic incumbent is the stepson of Blair Clark, a Harvard friend of John F. Kennedy, editor of The Nation and campaign manager of Minnesota Sen. Eugene McCarthy's storied run for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1968.

Kean, 54, is the scion of the Garden State's most durable political dynasty. His namesake father was a popular two-term GOP governor, serving from 1982-90. His grandfather Robert Kean served in the House from 1939-59. His great-grandfather Hamilton Fish Kean was the state’s U.S. senator from 1929-35. And his ancestor John Kean was a member of the Continental Congress.

But with all that legacy, the youngest Kean has so far not made it to Congress.

"Tom Kean should win this time," Kellyanne Conway, Donald Trump's former campaign manager and a native of New Jersey, told Newsmax Wednesday. "He's got to get it right on his third try." Along with his narrow 2020 defeat, Kean lost a primary for Congress in 2000.

Conway was joking; but turning serious, she emphasized, "As a New Jerseyan and someone who walked [New Jersey's Democrat-turned-Republican Rep.] Jeff Van Drew to the White House when he announced he was switching parties [in 2020], I saw how a Democrat in our state got fed up with his national party's move to the left. And Tom Malinowski can say all he wants [that] he doesn't support issues such as 'Defund the Police,' but voters will say, 'Your party does.' That will help Tom Kean."

Long considered a moderate in the mold of his father and ancestors, Kean has been hitting on issues such as crime and Malinowski's votes for excessive spending on COVID-19 — which helped cause today's inflation, he charged. Although insisting he supports "a woman's right to choose," Kean says he supports exceptions to abortion bans such as rape, incest and to save the life of a mother.

Hanging over the race is the talk that Malinowski was late in disclosing stock trades he made while in Congress.

The race in New Jersey's 7th District will likely go down to the wire as it did in 2020. But this time, the slight favorite going into the last days of the campaign is Kean.

John Gizzi is chief political columnist and White House correspondent for Newsmax. For more of his reports, Go Here Now.

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Kean Should Win N.J. 'War of the Patricians' for Congressional Seat (Newsmax/"Spicer & Co.")

By John Gizzi Thursday, 03 November 2022 10:43 PM EDT Current | Bio | Archive

Two years ago, in one of the last U.S. House races to be decided, Rep. Tom Malinowski, D-N.J., eked out a second term by just over 5,000 votes against his Republican opponent, then-state Sen. Tom Kean Jr.

In days, Malinowski will again face Kean in New Jersey's 7th District — with the fifth-highest median income in the nation, easily one of the most affluent U.S. House districts anywhere. To students of history, the Malinowski-Kean race is a true "war of the patricians." The Democrat incumbent is the stepson of Blair Clark, a Harvard friend of John F. Kennedy, editor of The Nation and campaign manager of Minnesota Sen. Eugene McCarthy's storied run for the Democrat presidential nomination in 1968.

Kean, 54, is the scion of the Garden State's most durable political dynasty. His namesake father was a popular two-term GOP governor, serving from 1982-90. His grandfather Robert Kean served in the House from 1939-59. His great-grandfather Hamilton Fish Kean was the state's U.S. senator from 1929-35. And his ancestor John Kean was a member of the Continental Congress.

But with all that legacy, the youngest Kean has so far not made it to Congress.

"Tom Kean should win this time," Kellyanne Conway, Donald Trump's former campaign manager and a native of New Jersey, told Newsmax on Wednesday. "He's got to get it right on his third try."

Along with his narrow 2020 defeat, Kean lost a primary for Congress in 2000.

Conway was joking; but turning serious, she emphasized, "As a New Jerseyan and someone who walked [New Jersey's Democrat-turned-Republican Rep.] Jeff Van Drew to the White House when he announced he was switching parties [in 2020], I saw how a Democrat in our state got fed up with his national party's move to the left. And Tom Malinowski can say all he wants [that] he doesn't support issues such as 'defund the police,' but voters will say, 'Your party does.' That will help Tom Kean."

Long considered a moderate in the mold of his father and ancestors, Kean has been hitting on issues such as crime and Malinowski's votes for excessive spending on COVID-19 — which helped cause today's inflation, he charged. Insisting he supports "a woman's right to choose," Kean says he is behind the exceptions to abortion bans such as rape, incest and to save the life of a mother.

Hanging over the race is the talk Malinowski was late in disclosing stock trades he made while in Congress.

The race in New Jersey's 7th District will likely go down to the wire as it did in 2020. But this time, the slight favorite going into the last days of the campaign is Kean.

John Gizzi is chief political columnist and White House correspondent for Newsmax. For more of his reports, Go Here Now.

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Kimmel Admits He Lost 'Half' His Fans Bashing Trump

(Newsmax/"Eric Bolling The Balance")

By Luca Cacciatore | Thursday, 03 November 2022 09:30 PM EDT

ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel admitted on a podcast this week that constant bashing of former President Donald Trump has cost him half of his fans — "maybe more than that."

Kimmel made the claim while joining the Naked Lunch podcast, where he defended his decision to tear into the former president, even when the network allegedly pushed back against it.

"There was at one time, maybe, I don't know, like right around the beginning of this whole like Trump thing where … that was kind of hinted at," Kimmel said of his network bosses pressuring him to lay off the Trump hate.

"But I just said, 'Listen, I get it. I don't disagree. I mean, you're right.' I have lost half of my fans — maybe more than that," he conceded. "Ten years ago, among Republicans, I was the most popular talk show host, at least according to the research that they did."

However, Kimmel stated ABC backed off after he delivered an ultimatium: "If you want somebody else to host the show, then that's fine. That's OK with me. I'm just not going to do it like that.

"They knew I was serious," he said. "I just couldn't live with myself."

Kimmel defended President Joe Biden later in the program, saying he was a "decent human being" who was doing the best he could for the country.

"Joe Biden — look, whatever you think about him … he's a decent human being. He's a nice old man who quite plainly cared about people through his whole life," the comedian said. "He's certainly not evil. If you believe that, you've got some real problems."

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Kimmel Admits He Lost 'Half' His Fans Bashing Trump (Newsmax/"Eric Bolling The Balance")

By Luca Cacciatore | Thursday, 03 November 2022 09:30 PM EDT

ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel admitted on a podcast this week that constant bashing of former President Donald Trump has cost him half of his fans — "maybe more than that."

Kimmel made the claim while joining the Naked Lunch podcast, where he defended his decision to tear into the former president, even when the network allegedly pushed back against it.

"There was at one time, maybe, I don't know, like right around the beginning of this whole like Trump thing where … that was kind of hinted at," Kimmel said of his network bosses pressuring him to lay off the Trump hate.

"But I just said, 'Listen, I get it. I don't disagree. I mean, you're right.' I have lost half of my fans — maybe more than that," he conceded. "Ten years ago, among Republicans, I was the most popular talk show host, at least according to the research that they did."

However, Kimmel stated ABC backed off after he delivered an ultimatum: "If you want somebody else to host the show, then that's fine. That's OK with me. I'm just not going to do it like that.

"They knew I was serious," he said. "I just couldn't live with myself."

Kimmel defended President Joe Biden later in the program, saying he was a "decent human being" who was doing the best he could for the country.

"Joe Biden — look, whatever you think about him … he's a decent human being. He's a nice old man who quite plainly cared about people through his whole life," the comedian said. "He's certainly not evil. If you believe that, you've got some real problems."

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House GOP Preps 1,000-Page Report on Politicized DOJ Under Biden (Newsmax)

By Eric Mack | Thursday, 03 November 2022 09:05 PM EDT

Republican members of the House Judiciary Committee are reportedly preparing to release a 1,000-page road map Friday of potential investigations into how the Biden administration has politicized the Justice Department and the FBI.

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, is the ranking member of the committee and he has been gathering information from FBI and DOJ whistleblowers, detailing allegations of politicized justice under President Joe Biden.

"This report is a road map of where [Jordan] will go," a GOP House Judiciary staffer told Axios. "Lots of whistleblowers are coming out of the woodwork to complain about the FBI. Jordan is pursuing these vectors into the FBI."

"This is just the information that Jordan accumulated while in the minority. Just wait until he has the full power [of the chairmanship] to gather real information."

Democrats hold a slim majority in the House and most projections have the Republican Party taking the majority and the committee gavels in the next Congress come January. Jordan would be in position to chair the powerful House Judiciary Committee.

The table of contents, according to the document posted by Axios, references Hunter Biden, school boards, pro-life protests, and Big Tech.

Among the bolded items in the report's executive summary in the first four pages:

• "The FBI is artificially inflating statistics about domestic violent extremism in the nation."
• "The FBI is abusing its counterterrorism authorities to investigate parents who spoke at school board meetings."
• "The FBI has abused its foreign intelligence authorities to spy on American citizens, including people associated with the campaign of President Trump in 2016."
• "The FBI is clearing the Bureau of employees who dissent from its woke, leftist agenda."
• "Whistleblowers have explained how the FBI's 'political meddling' 'is dragging the criminal side [of the Bureau] down' as resources are 'pulled away' from real law- enforcement duties."

"This report presents what is known so far about the extent of problems festering within the FBI's Washington bureaucracy," the summary concluded on Page 4. "There is likely much more to be uncovered in the months ahead. But from what is known, it is clear the FBI needs repair.

"Too many whistleblowers have said that they are 'saddened' by what they see happening at the bureau. Too much is at stake to sacrifice the trust and accountability in our federal law-enforcement apparatus. The necessary first step in fixing the FBI's broken culture and out-of-control hierarchy is to identify and understand the problem.

"This report begins to do just that."

The timing of the report – the Friday of the final weekend of campaigns before Tuesday's midterm polls close – suggests the report will be used by Republicans making final pitches.

Conversely, Democrats might use the report to appeal to their voters to keep them in the chairs of the House committees to keep the Biden administration's next two years locked up in oversight and investigations by a GOP-led Congress.

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House GOP Preps 1,000-Page Report on Politicized DOJ Under Biden (Newsmax)

By Eric Mack | Thursday, 03 November 2022 09:05 PM EDT

Republican members of the House Judiciary Committee are reportedly preparing to release a 1,000-page road map Friday of potential investigations into how the Biden administration has politicized the Justice Department and the FBI.

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, is the ranking member of the committee and he has been gathering information from FBI and DOJ whistleblowers, detailing allegations of politicized justice under President Joe Biden.

"This report is a road map of where [Jordan] will go," a GOP House Judiciary staffer told Axios. "Lots of whistleblowers are coming out of the woodwork to complain about the FBI. Jordan is pursuing these vectors into the FBI."

"This is just the information that Jordan accumulated while in the minority. Just wait until he has the full power [of the chairmanship] to gather real information."

Democrats hold a slim majority in the House and most projections have the Republican Party taking the majority and the committee gavels in the next Congress come January. Jordan would be in position to chair the powerful House Judiciary Committee.

The table of contents, according to the document posted by Axios, references Hunter Biden, school boards, pro-life protests, and Big Tech.

Among the bolded items in the report's executive summary in the first four pages:

• "The FBI is artificially inflating statistics about domestic violent extremism in the nation."
• "The FBI is abusing its counterterrorism authorities to investigate parents who spoke at school board meetings."
• "The FBI has abused its foreign intelligence authorities to spy on American citizens, including people associated with the campaign of President Trump in 2016."
• "The FBI is clearing the Bureau of employees who dissent from its woke, leftist agenda."
• "Whistleblowers have explained how the FBI's 'political meddling' 'is dragging the criminal side [of the Bureau] down' as resources are 'pulled away' from real law- enforcement duties."

"This report presents what is known so far about the extent of problems festering within the FBI's Washington bureaucracy," the summary concluded on Page 4. "There is likely much more to be uncovered in the months ahead. But from what is known, it is clear the FBI needs repair.

"Too many whistleblowers have said that they are 'saddened' by what they see happening at the bureau. Too much is at stake to sacrifice the trust and accountability in our federal law-enforcement apparatus. The necessary first step in fixing the FBI's broken culture and out-of-control hierarchy is to identify and understand the problem.

"This report begins to do just that."

The timing of the report – the Friday of the final weekend of campaigns before Tuesday's midterm polls close – suggests the report will be used by Republicans making final pitches.

Conversely, Democrats might use the report to appeal to their voters to keep them in the chairs of the House committees to keep the Biden administration's next two years locked up in oversight and investigations by a GOP-led Congress.

Poll: Most Independents Believe Family, Friends Conceal Election Picks

(Newsmax/"Wake Up America")

By Jay Clemons | Thursday, 03 November 2022 08:59 PM EDT

A new national poll reveals that more than 6 in 10 independent voters believe their friends and family are reluctant to share their true voting preferences ahead of Tuesday's midterm elections.

For the Convention of States Action/Trafalgar Group survey, 66.3% of independent respondents were reasonably certain of family and friends being "afraid" to declare their voting intentions.

And among those who identified as Republicans, the same fear factor stands at 51.4%.

Convention of States President Mark Meckler said this particular survey went a different route in determining midterms voting preferences.

"Our pollster Robert Cahaly is famous for having devised a method to ask voters what they themselves think by asking what their neighbors think, and we wanted to apply that principle to understanding how voters feel in the current climate," said Meckler in a statement.

Meckler also noted the majority of independents appeared "to be breaking for Republicans in this poll, and interestingly that's about the same number who are afraid to say who they’ll vote for."

As a possible conclusion, Meckler added: "This indicates that the theory of the 'submerged voter' — voters so concerned about people finding out who they voted for that pollsters cannot detect them — will come into play in this midterm in a major way."

Another component to the poll: 60.1% of independents believe their family and friends will favor Republican candidates next week — nearly double the rate of surveygoers who surmise their friends and family will side with Democrat candidates (30.5%).

Also, 27% of surveygoers who identify as Democrats believe their friends and neighbors will focus on Republican candidates next week.

It's worth noting: This Trafalgar poll didn't list how many respondents were queried on the subject matter. However, the company traditionally implements a blend of live calls, text messages, emails and integrated voice responses for its surveys.

Prospective voters concealing candidate preferences seems to be a common theme these days.

As Newsmax chronicled two weeks ago, various Democratic polling groups have been exploring ways to find more accuracy with political surveys, after "understating support" for Donald Trump and other Republican candidates from the past two presidential elections.

As a starting point, the pollsters wanted to identify the root problem for inaccurate polling — aside from political leanings.

The No. 1 concern among pollsters and researchers, according to The Wall Street Journal: It involves consistently contacting hidden Republican voters who often shy away from taking political surveys — or even publicly touting their support for Trump and the "America First," or Make American Great Again agenda.

One Democrat pollster, Tom Bonier, injected a dose of commonsense reality into his data collections.

For example, Bonier admitted to being skeptical of the Ohio Senate polling showing a virtual tie between candidates J.D. Vance (Republican) and Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio — given that Trump defeated Joe Biden by 8.1 percentage points in the 2020 presidential election and that Biden's job-approval numbers remain low in the Buckeye state.

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Dershowitz to Newsmax: Trump Mar-a-Lago Case Doesn't Meet Clinton, Nixon Standards (Newsmax/"The Record with Greta Van Susteren")

By Luca Cacciatore | Thursday, 03 November 2022 07:50 PM EDT

Legal expert Alan Dershowitz argued Thursday on Newsmax that the Mar-a-Lago classified document case against former President Donald Trump fails to meet two key standards.

On "The Record with Greta Van Susteren," Dershowitz argued that – whichever way Trump adviser Kash Patel's potential testimony plays out – the case fails to meet Hillary Clinton's email server or former President Richard Nixon's Watergate standard.

"The Clinton standard is: 'Why are you going after him [Trump] for improper use of classified or other material when you didn't go after Clinton,'" Dershowitz explained. "And second, the only way that they ever went after Nixon is when Republicans came and said to Nixon, 'You have to leave.'

"And until and unless some Republicans indicate that Trump has crossed the line into criminality, I just don't think there's going to be an indictment on this."

His comments follow Patel being granted immunity by the Justice Department in exchange for testimony on if Trump declassified the files obtained during the Federal Bureau of Investigation's raid earlier this year, The New York Times reported.

Last month, Patel invoked his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination in front of Judge Beryl A. Howell of the Federal District Court in Washington, detailing that he would only testify through immunity.

"The issue is, was he talking to the president in an official capacity?" Dershowitz queried, noting that executive privilege complicates things. "Does the president have a claim of immunity? Can the new, current president wave the old president's claims of immunity?"

"So, this is not a fait accompli that he's necessarily going to testify. And we also don't know whether he will testify because the one thing you don't get immunity for is perjury," he added.

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Dick Morris to Newsmax: Dems 'Will Lose All 60' Tight House Races

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By Jay Clemons | Thursday, 03 November 2022 08:11 PM EDT

Dick Morris, a political strategist, best-selling author, TV host and former adviser to presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump, estimates there are 60 House races in next week's midterm elections that are categorized as "toss-ups" or "slight leans" to either Republican or Democratic Party candidates.

But the way Morris — author of "The Return: Trump's Big 2024 Comeback" — sees it, only one side stands to profit from the so-called 50/50 races.

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"I think the Democrats will lose all 60," Morris told Newsmax Thursday afternoon, while appearing on "American Agenda" with hosts Bob Sellers and Katrina Szish.

"I think the [Republicans] are going to win a solid 60 seats in the House," said Morris.

Right now, Democrats control the House and Senate chambers, along with the White House. However, next week's elections could lead to wholesale leadership changes for 2023.

For the Senate races, Morris doesn't anticipate the current 50-all deadlock — with Vice President Kamala Harris, a Democrat, breaking all tiebreakers — remaining intact come January.

In fact, at a minimum, Morris predicts the Republicans will pick up a net positive of four Senate seats; and for the maximum count, it could balloon to 57 Senate seats on the GOP side.

Here's Morris' breakdown of the Senate races worth watching:

• Morris estimates the Republicans will hold on to Senate seats in Wisconsin (incumbent Sen. Ron Johnson), North Carolina (Rep. Ted Budd), Ohio (J.D. Vance) and Pennsylvania (Dr. Mehmet Oz) — even though Budd, Vance and Oz are contending for open seats.
• For the "upset" category, Morris asserts that Senate candidates in Colorado (Joe O'Dea), Connecticut (Leora Levy) and Washington (Tiffany Smiley) could put Republicans in a dominant position, if any of the three prevail in traditionally left-leaning states.
• Morris opines the four novice Republicans vying for Senate seats in Georgia (Herschel Walker), Nevada (Adam Laxalt), Arizona (Blake Masters) and New Hampshire (Don Bolduc) are all "looking good."

Bolduc, a retired U.S. Army brigadier general, has been surging in the most recent New Hampshire polls.

Also, Morris — host of Newsmax's "Dick Morris Democracy" — said Bolduc could get a voter-approval bump from a recent incident, in which someone allegedly attempted to "punch" Bolduc on the campaign trail.

"I think [the alleged assault attempt] will be good for Bolduc … it'll bring attention to his race," said Morris, while adding that "tiny" New Hampshire seldom grabs the media spotlight — outside of presidential primary season.

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Dick Morris to Newsmax: Dems 'Will Lose All 60' Tight House Races (Newsmax/"American Agenda")

By Jay Clemons | Thursday, 03 November 2022 08:11 PM EDT

Dick Morris, a political strategist, best-selling author, TV host and former adviser to presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump, estimates there are 60 House races in next week's midterm elections that are categorized as "toss-ups" or "slight leans" to either Republican or Democratic Party candidates.

But the way Morris — author of "The Return: Trump's Big 2024 Comeback" — sees it, only one side stands to profit from the so-called 50/50 races.

Note: Get Dick Morris' new book "The Return" on Trump's secret plan for 2024. See It Here!

"I think the Democrats will lose all 60," Morris told Newsmax on Thursday afternoon, while appearing on "American Agenda" with hosts Bob Sellers and Katrina Szish.

"I think the [Republicans] are going to win a solid 60 seats in the House," said Morris.

Right now, Democrats control the House and Senate chambers, along with the White House. However, next week's elections could lead to wholesale leadership changes for 2023.

For the Senate races, Morris doesn't anticipate the current 50-all deadlock — with Vice President Kamala Harris, a Democrat, breaking all tiebreakers — remaining intact come January.

In fact, at a minimum, Morris predicts the Republicans will pick up a net positive of four Senate seats; and for the maximum count, it could balloon to 57 Senate seats on the GOP side.

Here's Morris' breakdown of the Senate races worth watching:

• Morris estimates the Republicans will hold on to Senate seats in Wisconsin (incumbent Sen. Ron Johnson), North Carolina (Rep. Ted Budd), Ohio (J.D. Vance), and Pennsylvania (Dr. Mehmet Oz) — even though Budd, Vance, and Oz are contending for open seats.
• For the "upset" category, Morris asserts that Senate candidates in Colorado (Joe O'Dea), Connecticut (Leora Levy), and Washington (Tiffany Smiley) could put Republicans in a dominant position, if any of the three prevail in traditionally left-leaning states.
• Morris opines the four novice Republicans vying for Senate seats in Georgia (Herschel Walker), Nevada (Adam Laxalt), Arizona (Blake Masters), and New Hampshire (Don Bolduc) are all "looking good."

Bolduc, a retired U.S. Army brigadier general, has been surging in the most recent New Hampshire polls.

Also, Morris — host of Newsmax's "Dick Morris Democracy" — said Bolduc could get a voter-approval bump from a recent incident, in which someone allegedly attempted to "punch" Bolduc on the campaign trail.

"I think [the alleged assault attempt] will be good for Bolduc … it'll bring attention to his race," said Morris, while adding that "tiny" New Hampshire seldom grabs the media spotlight — outside of presidential primary season.

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UPDATED 12:48 PM PT – Thursday, November 3, 2022

On November 1st, Jexit become the world’s first Jewish organization to present a U.S. President, Donald Trump, with the American Defender of Zion Award.

President Trump accepted the award at Mar-a-Lago. Jexit acknowledged that President Trump has done more than any other U.S. President for the State of Israel and for the Jewish people. During his presidency, Trump moved the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, recognized Israeli sovereignty of the Golan Heights and brokered the Abraham Accords.

“I have a great love for the Jewish people, and for the state of Israel, always have and always will,” President Trump said during his acceptance speech.

“When I was president, the world knew I would stand by Israel,” Trump added.

President Trump accepted the award in front of 120 attendees. Jexit members say they recognize the unquestioned relationship between the United States and Israel and together the two nations are stronger.

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Kari Lake to Newsmax: 'I'm Running for Governor' in Arizona, 'Not Emperor' (Newsmax/"Spicer & Co.")

By Jay Clemons | Thursday, 03 November 2022 06:40 PM EDT

Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake offered a blunt response to media critics who claim the Republican has been sending so-called "mixed" messages about her stance on abortion heading into Tuesday's midterm elections.

"First of all, that's a bunch of garbage. I have spoken out very plainly … I'm pro-life. I want to save as many babies as possible," Lake told Newsmax Thursday afternoon, while appearing on "Spicer & Co." with hosts Sean Spicer and Lyndsay Keith.

Despite being a relative novice to the political game, Lake — a former TV anchor — has quickly learned to combat her critics with open-floor discussions on various issues.

Also, her ability to hold court with the media — often for sustained periods of time — has prompted pronouncements of Lake becoming the "new face" of the Make America Great Again movement.

One publication, however, also labeled her a "very dangerous candidate."

"The radicals on the [abortion] issue are the Democrats … and they want to have absolutely no restrictions on abortion," says Lake, while adding the Democrats' proposed abortion bill would serve no purpose with the principals involved.

"Women are being hurt, and babies' lives are being taken," says Lake.

Right now, the Arizona courts are working through the various arguments — and legislation — involving abortion rights.

In the meantime, Arizona's attorney general recently determined the placeholder law (beginning in 2023) would ban abortions after 15 weeks of a woman's pregnancy.

"I'm running for governor — not emperor" of Arizona, says Lake, while adding, "[As governor], I would have to execute the laws that are on the books."

Of course, Lake still has to win next week's gubernatorial election against Democrat challenger Katie Hobbs, currently Arizona's secretary of state.

In the runup to Election Day, Hobbs has steadfastly refused to debate Lake, reasoning that doing so would only add to the "spectacle" of her opponent's campaign for governor.

However, Lake posited a different theory, when asked about Hobbs' avoidance tactics, despite trailing in most polls coming down the stretch.

"[Hobbs'] strategy is to just hide in the basement, and hope and pray that the dark money from Planned Parenthood — and the activist groups that support defunding the police — will save the day," says Lake.

Leading into her Newsmax interview, one poll showed Lake holding a slim lead of 2 percentage points.

However, the Republican seemingly didn't put much stock into that survey, saying "we're up in every poll" … including some "in the double digits."

"[Our campaign believes] there'll be a 'red wave' here," says Lake, likely alluding to the state's House and Senate races, as well.

Sweeping "Katie Hobbs out of office, for once and for all … [would be] good for the people of Arizona," added Lake.

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Republican Ted Bud’s lead continues to grow in North Carolina’s Senate race.

According to the latest Emerson poll Wednesday, Democrat candidate Cheri Beasley trails Budd (R-N.C) by five points, with only 45% support.

Favorability ratings are playing a big role in the race. Budd has a net positive favorability of 13-points while Beasley is underwater by two.

This comes after earlier polling showed the potential for a toss-up race.

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The war on free speech rages on as the Treasury Department seeks to investigate Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter. Democrats across the country are blaming the Paul Pelosi attack on “right-wing social media sites and vitriolic rhetoric by Pelosi’s political opponents.”

One of those critics is Rita Katz, the founder of the website “Search for International Terrorist Entities.” She claims websites that promote free speech and are out of the mainstream media’s control will only lead to the radicalization of those sites’ populations.

“When you put people that have been removed from Twitter, have been removed from Instagram and Facebook, from the mainstream media to one small, one radical location that people can say and do whatever they want, hear the incitements and shout out for incitement that’s going to be leading to a more radical community that calls for violence,” she said.

The idea that allowing people to speak their mind will only cause violence and extremism in a country founded on free speech, is one Conservatives have been fighting for years. It is with companies like Twitter, recently acquired by Elon Musk, that have been silencing Americans with minority opinions for years, even going as far as to de-platform a sitting president.

Fortunately, the era of extreme censorship on Twitter is coming to an end. Musk has removed previous content moderating policies which kept many Americans from freely expressing their discontent with the mainstream media.

Musk tweeted on Wednesday that his goal is to make Twitter the most accurate source of information on earth without regard to political affiliation.

This sentiment angered Democrats who prefer to see anyone with an ideation other than their own silenced.

“When Trump, for instance, was pushed away from Twitter, from Facebook and from other platforms, media organizations stopped even using his quotes. He created his own platform, Truth Social. There he can say whatever he wants,” Katz said.

Musk’s crusade for freedom and truth appears to have put a target on his back as Biden’s Treasury Department is now seeking to put Musk’s acquisition of Twitter under a microscope. The Treasury is looking into the legality of them opening up an investigation due to the Tesla CEO’s ties to foreign investors and governments. However, the committee, which typically investigates such potential national security risks, are meant to probe foreign nationals. Elon Musk is a U.S. citizen.

This comes while concerns about the Biden family and their known ties to Russia and China are swept under the rug.

“Our biggest threat remains the sick, sinister, and evil people from within our country,” Katz said. “But no matter how big or powerful the corrupt radical left Democrats that we are fighting against may be, you must never forget this nation does not belong to them. This nation belongs to you. This nation belongs to you.”

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Hillary Clinton Won't Quit Twitter If Trump Returns, Says Kari Lake Should 'Never' Be In Power (Newsmax)

By Solange Reyner | Thursday, 03 November 2022 05:32 PM EDT

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during an appearance on Sirius XM's Mornings with Zerlina Thursday slammed Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake for "laughing" about the attack on Paul Pelosi and said she has no plans to quit Twitter even if former President Donald Trump's ban is lifted.

"I don't want (Lake) anywhere near power," Clinton said.

Lake, a Republican, appeared to joke about the attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband in remarks at a campaign event Monday, drawing laughter from the audience. She was asked about school security when she suggested protection afforded to lawmakers should be available to students.

"Nancy Pelosi, well, she's got protection when she's in D.C. — apparently her house doesn't have a lot of protection," Lake said at a campaign event in Scottsdale.

"If our lawmakers can have protection, if our politicians can have protection, if our athletes, then certainly the most important people in our lives — our children — should have protection."

Lake later said she "never made light" of the attack and that her comments were taken out of context by the "fake news media."

"Go back and look at the tape and don't do any creative editing, like the fake media tends to do, and you'll see what I was saying," the GOP candidate told the Daiy Mail.

On Trump potentially coming back to Twitter after billionaire Elon Musk's takeover of the social media company, Clinton said she didn't think she would quit "at least for that reason."

"You know, I think that it's not easy, but we have to be present in these echo chambers, these information ecosystems, in order to compete in the marketplace of ideas. It's not easy, and, you know, I don't think people who incite violence should be allowed on to privately owned media platforms. But we'll see how that unfolds."

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GOP's Bolduc, Incumbent Sen. Hassan a Tossup in New Hampshire Don Bolduc (AP)

By John Gizzi | Thursday, 03 November 2022 04:38 PM EDT

The two latest polls to come out of New Hampshire show the heated Senate contest to be a virtual tie.

The just-completed Trafalgar Poll showed Republican nominee and retired Army Brig. Gen. Don Bolduc eking out a 47% to 46% lead over Democrat Sen. Maggie Hassan.

Trafalgar released its findings days after a St. Anselm College poll found near-identical results, with likely Granite State voters favoring Bolduc over Hassan by 48% to 47%.

These stunning figures come barely three weeks after Bolduc, a fierce supporter of Donald Trump, was being widely written off. At that time, the Senate Leadership Political Action Committee of Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell, decided to end its commitment to an independent expenditure on Bolduc's behalf and put its resources in other Senate contests.

This sudden about face by McConnell's PAC almost surely had to do with Bolduc's repeated vow that he would not support the Kentuckian for Senate leader.

Then, in the final week of October, the Sentinel Action Fund suddenly deployed over $1 million on an anti-Hassan TV spot. The actions by the fund, the PAC for the conservative Heritage Action For America, came as National Republican Senatorial Committee Chair Rick Scott of Florida arrived in New Hampshire to campaign with Bolduc.

Republicans who spoke to Newsmax were upbeat about the last-minute momentum for their Senate hopeful.

"I was at Republican headquarters in Keene," veteran GOP activist and contributor Augusta Petrone of Peterborough said Wednesday morning, "Things look so encouraging, we were all pinching ourselves. There's a feeling of cautious optimism for the party, and especially for Bolduc. Of course [popular GOP Gov. Chris] Sununu gives us blatant optimism."

Like the conservative Petrone, moderate former Rep. Charles Bass, R-N.H., said he sensed momentum.

"I think it's quite possible that we could sweep three of the four seats as the [St. Anselm] poll indicate." Said Bass, referring to the races for governor, Senate, and the state's two House districts.

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Judge Says He'll Appoint Monitor for Donald Trump's Company (AP)

MICHAEL R. SISAK Thursday, 03 November 2022 04:31 PM EDT

A Manhattan judge said Thursday he will appoint an independent monitor for former President Donald Trump’s real estate empire, restricting his company's ability to freely make deals, sell assets and change its corporate structure.

Judge Arthur Engoron ordered the outside watchdog for the Trump Organization as he presides over a lawsuit in which New York Attorney General Letitia James alleges Trump and the company routinely misled banks and others about the value of prized assets, including golf courses and hotels bearing his name.

James' office says the Trump Organization is continuing to engage in fraud and has taken steps to dodge potential penalties from the lawsuit, such as incorporating a new entity in Delaware named Trump Organization LLC — almost identical to the original company’s name — in September, just before the lawsuit was filed.

Engoron, in an 11-page order, barred the Trump Organization from selling or transferring any noncash assets without giving the court and James’ office 14 days' notice. The to-be-named monitor will be charged with ensuring the company's compliance and will immediately report any violations to the court and lawyers for both sides.

The Trump Organization must also grant the monitor access to its financial statements, asset valuations and other disclosures, must provide a full and accurate description of the company's structure and must give the monitor at least 30 days notice of any potential restructuring, refinancing or asset sales, Engoron said.

The company must also pay for the monitor, he said.

Engoron's decision to appoint a monitor is just the latest ruling he's made against Trump or his interest. While presiding over disputes over subpoenas issued in James’ investigation, the judge, a Democrat, held Trump in contempt and fined him $110,000 after he was slow to turn over documents, and he forced him to sit for a deposition. In that testimony, Trump invoked his Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination more than 400 times.

James, also a Democrat, is seeking $250 million and a permanent ban on Trump, a Republican, doing business in the state. In the interim, she wants an independent monitor to review and sign off on some of the company's core business decisions, including any asset sales or transfers and potential corporate restructuring.

“Our goal in doing this is not to impact the day-to-day operations of the Trump Organization," said James’ senior enforcement counsel, Kevin Wallace. He said the desired oversight would be “limited” and wouldn't involve intricacies, such as how many rounds of golf or hotel rooms they were booking in a given year.

“The Trump Organization has a persistent record of not complying with existing court orders,” Wallace said. “It should not be incumbent on the court or the attorney general to spend the next year looking over their shoulder, making sure assets aren’t sold or the company restructured.”

Trump sued James in Florida on Wednesday, seeking to block her from having any oversight over the family trust that controls his company. Trump’s 35-page complaint rehashed some claims from his previously dismissed lawsuit against James in federal court in New York, including that her investigation of him is a “political witch hunt.”

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