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'Trump vs Obama By Proxy' in Florida's 13th District Florida map (Dreamstime)

By John Gizzi Tuesday, 01 November 2022 02:52 PM EDT Current | Bio | Archive

One of the most closely watched U.S. House races in the nation and one frequently billed by pundits as "Trump vs. Obama by Proxy" is now a standoff.

According to a just-completed St. Pete Poll of Florida's open 13th District (St. Petersburg), Trump Republican Anna Paulina Luna has a wafer-thin edge of 45.9% to 45.3% over liberal Democrat and former Obama administration official Eric Lynn.

In a state where early voting is popular, the poll found, 56% of Lynn's supporters say they have already voted. In contrast, St. Pete Polls found only 39% of Luna's backers have voted early.

The new 13th is one Republicans have been strongly counting on as a pickup. Two years ago, U.S. Air Force veteran and conservative firebrand Luna stunned local observers by drawing 48 percent of the vote against Democrat Rep. Charlie Crist.

With Crist leaving the seat open to run for governor, "[r]edistricting has since shifted district boundaries to favor Republicans," according to Peter Schorsch, publisher of FloridaPolitics.com, "Under previous district boundaries, Democrats had about a 16,000-voter advantage. Under new boundaries, which shifted north to include areas with a heavy GOP advantage, Republicans now have about 33,000 more voters than Democrats."

Luna, whose husband Andy is also an Air Force veteran and winner of the Bronze Star for his time in Afghanistan, most recently ran the Hispanic outreach arm of the charity known as Turning Point, USA.

Lynn got his political start in Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign and served in both the State Department and Pentagon under President Obama.

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

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SCOTUS Rejects Lindsey Graham's Bid Avoid Testifying in Georgia (Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)

Tuesday, 01 November 2022 02:44 PM EDT

The Supreme Court on Tuesday lifted a temporary hold on Sen. Lindsey Graham's testimony in a Georgia investigation of possible illegal interference in the 2020 election by then-President Donald Trump and his allies in the state.

The court left no legal impediments in the way of Graham's appearance before a special grand jury, now scheduled for Nov. 17.

But in an unsigned order, the justices noted that Graham still could raise objections to some questions.

The South Carolina senator, a top Trump ally, had argued that a provision of the Constitution, the speech and debate clause, shields him from being forced to testify.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis had told the justices that “the delay resulting from a stay would be unavoidably harmful” to the grand jury investigation.

Lower courts had rebuffed Graham’s plea for a pause while the legal case plays out.

Tuesday's order dissolved a temporary hold that Justice Clarence Thomas had placed on the testimony while he and his colleagues weighed the arguments.

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Biden CISA Director: Expect 'Errors,' 'Glitches' as 'Normal' in Elections Jen Easterly, Director of Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. (Christina Almeida Cassidy/AP)

By Eric Mack | Tuesday, 01 November 2022 02:12 PM EDT

The Biden administration's cyber defense agency director is warning midterm election voters to expect "errors" and "glitches" that "happen in every election" — like a "pipe will burst" — but she says that is "normal" and "not nefarious" and the media should fall in line on that narrative.

"There are going to be errors, there are going to be glitches — it happens in every election," according to Jen Easterly, director for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in the Department of Homeland Security, speaking at the Center for Strategic and International Studies symposium Tuesday.

"But that's why there are multiple layers of security controls and resilience built into the system."

Easterly added an urge for the media to not suggest "glitches" are "nefarious."

"So, to the media, that's where I really want to ask for everybody's help, because these things are going to happen," she continued. "Somebody will forget their key to the polling place. A water pipe will burst.

"These are normal things. They're not nefarious. It's super important that folks get the word out on how elections work."

Easterly's mention of a water pipe burst is a reference to the 2020 presidential election concern of former President Donald Trump, which reportedly led to ballot counters to be sent home in the middle of the night.

"Elections are not over when the polling place closes," Easterly continued. "There's so much work to be done to ensure there is reconciliation of provisional ballots, counting of absentee ballots, military voters.

"We all need to let the machinery of democracy work."

Among other noteworthy remarks from Easterly on Tuesday related to election security and integrity:

• "There is no information, credible or specific, about efforts to disrupt or compromise that election infrastructure" before the midterms.
• "I am very confident that we have done everything we can to make election infrastructure as secure and as resilient as possible," despite "a more complex environment than I think we've ever experienced."
• On election worker safety: "You've got these horrible physical security concerns at an unprecedented level, threats of intimidation of violence, of harassment against election officials, polling places, voters."
• Foreign adversaries are hoping for division and integrity questions in our elections, she said: "That's what foreign adversaries want. They want to have disruption. They want to sow discord. They love the partisan rancor. They love tearing apart America."
• And election disinformation "can be used by foreign adversaries to sow discord among the American people to undermine confidence in the integrity of our elections and to incite violence against election officials."
• "We are concerned about #Russia & #Iran & #China trying to influence our elections," adding, "it's a significant concern."
• The Russian war in Ukraine might only heighten election interference operations from adversaries, she concluded: "We need to be prepared for potential activity, disruptive, destructive activity," she said, "given what's happening in Russia, what's happening in Ukraine, some of the rhetoric," and concluding, "it's not the time to put our shields down."

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Sabato's Crystal Ball: Georgia Gov. Kemp 'Likely' Winner (Newsmax/"National Report")

By Theodore Bunker | Tuesday, 01 November 2022 02:13 PM EDT

Sabato's Crystal Ball, which analyzes and handicaps elections, has moved Georgia's gubernatorial race to "likely Republican" from "lean Republican" as the midterm elections approach.

"Our thinking remains that the Senate race probably goes to a runoff, but we think it's reasonable to make Kemp a clearer favorite in the gubernatorial contest," Sabato's Crystal Ball associate editor J. Miles Coleman wrote in an update. "Georgia is going to Likely Republican."

Coleman noted Kemp might have "been the governor who has most overperformed our early election cycle expectations," since Georgia had previously voted for President Joe Biden over former President Donald Trump and voted out former Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga.

However, the governor easily defeated a primary challenger, Trump-supporting former Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., and the organization "upgraded Kemp to Leans Republican immediately following his primary win."

Sabato's Crystal Ball also noted Kemp's Democrat opponent, former Georgia House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams, has not "been able to replicate the energy that underpinned her 2018 effort," and "Kemp now has incumbency, and the national environment is simply redder now than it was 4 years ago."

Coleman later noted, while the Senate race will "probably" be settled by a runoff election, "we think it's reasonable to make Kemp a clearer favorite in the gubernatorial contest."

He continues, "Georgia is going to Likely Republican. Even if the gubernatorial contest went to a runoff (the presence of a Libertarian on the ballot makes the scenario a possibility), we would probably still favor the incumbent, although the dynamics of a runoff would naturally be different."

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Kemp Victory Could Test Trump's Influence Over GOP Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (Getty Images)

By Brian Pfail | Tuesday, 01 November 2022 01:05 PM EDT

Former President Donald Trump has balked at endorsing Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, who might represent a pathway forward in a post-Trump GOP.

In an interview, CNN's Kaitlan Collins asked Kemp why he thinks Trump has not visited for a rally or public endorsement.

Kemp responded, "I don't know, you"d have to ask him that question. Look, I'm focusing on getting our vote out."

He added: "I appreciate what President Trump did for the state of Georgia. His administration was incredible to work with. … They did a lot of things to help us during the pandemic and many other issues that we dealt with.

"We also did a lot of things to help them, to help the federal administration during" the early portion of the pandemic.

Trump still holds a grudge against Kemp, who refused to overturn the 2020 elections. Trump even recruited and campaigned for Kemp's primary challenger, Sen. David Perdue.

Kemp's primary victory has proven that he is immune to the whims of Trump. Kemp is favored to win a second term as he faces Stacey Abrams for a second time.

If victorious, Kemp could prove that Republicans do not need the "Trump-approved" stamp, leaving the groundwork for other GOP candidates to stand against Trump. If Kemp wins, he could be the possible avenue for a post-Trump era, at least within the Republican party.

Trump lost Georgia during the 2020 election. His endorsement would help Kemp avoid a repeat of 2018 where the race against Abrams is extremely tight.

Herschel Walker, a Trump-endorsed candidate marred in past controversy, could swing the balance of power back to Republicans only two years after they lost it in a pair of runoff elections.

Walker is looking to unseat Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock. Kemp has remained relatively silent on Walker's race, though he's endorsed him and plans to vote for him.

"In that race, you're going to vote for a guy, our current senator that's voted with Joe Biden 96% of the time," said Kemp to CNN, "or you're going to vote for somebody that's going to go up there [to Capitol Hill] and try to do something about 40-year high inflation, terrible domestic energy policy that's led to high gas prices, literally a disaster at the border."

Early voting has reached record numbers in Georgia. Kemp says he is confident in a victory.

"We're going to do a property tax-relief grant. We're going to continue to be in the fight with our men and women in law enforcement," said Kemp to CNN. "We're going to keep working on rural broadband."

Regardless of the election, Kemp will appear before a special grand jury for Trump's alleged attempts to undermine the 2020 election. Kemp says he will rely on the truth and laws bounded by the constitution of the state.

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Sununu Pushes Back at CNN Host Trying to Blame GOP for Pelosi Attack (Newsmax)

By Eric Mack | Tuesday, 01 November 2022 12:48 PM EDT

New Hampshire GOP Gov. Chris Sununu pushed back on CNN's Don Lemon blaming Republicans for political division that led to the attack on Paul Pelosi last week, calling to "bring the temperature down" on divisive, dangerous political rhetoric.

"Whether you're a governor, a president, or an elected official in Washington, everyone should be speaking out about horrific actions of what happened," Sununu told Lemon on Tuesday morning.

Sununu pointed to the congressional baseball game shooting where Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., was shot by a Democrat extremist and the potential attack thwarted that targeted conservative Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh just this summer.

"Justice Kavanaugh was almost assassinated outside his home just a few months ago," Sununu continued. "So, there is danger on both sides. No one is immune."

Lemon suggested Democrats are better because they denounce it and "Republicans don't do that."

"Are they afraid of Don Jr., are they afraid of Donald Trump, are they afraid to come out and lose votes?" Lemon asked.

But Sununu said the tack taken by Lemon only further exacerbates political division.

"I'm here as a member of the Republican Party; you denounce it wholeheartedly, and I think a lot of folks have," Sununu said. "I totally get it.

"Whatever the issue and the action of the day is — unfortunately this week it happened to Speaker [Nancy] Pelosi and her husband and her family. That's real. Does that mean it's going to stop today? Probably not, unfortunately, right?

"It's going to potentially continue and so, as a whole, the media, the social media, elected officials, everyone within their community needs to bring that temperature down."

Sununu, whose father John Sununu was the White House chief of staff under President George H.W. Bush, has been on mainstream media frequently of late, including taking CNN's "State of the Union" host Jake Tapper to task Sunday for suggesting 2020 election questions should be a key voting issue in 2022 over the economy and inflation.

"You're in a bubble, man!" Sununu told Tapper.

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Brian Andersson Exposes Pelosi Cover-Up, Chris Cuomo Fall Brian Andersson (Newsmax)

By Sandy Fitzgerald | Tuesday, 01 November 2022 12:30 PM EDT

The mainstream media is creating the narrative that David DePape, the man accused of beating House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband Paul Pelosi with a hammer, is an "ultra-MAGA person" to drum up claims a week before the election that supporters of former President Donald Trump are violent people who are committing criminal acts across the country, former New York City Commissioner of Records Brian Andersson tells Newsmax.

"As far as I know, the only person to die on Jan. 6 was an unarmed protester killed by Capitol Police," Andersson said in an interview Monday on Newsmax's "The Chris Salcedo Show." "If you're looking for responsibility from the mainstream media, hold your breath."

DePape, who lives in California, was charged Monday with attempted murder and attempted kidnapping of a public official after the assault early Friday, which has been described by a lead prosecutor as being "politically motivated."

The Department of Justice said in a court filing that DePape allegedly broke into the Pelosis' San Fransisco mansion intending to tie up the House speaker and break her kneecaps with a hammer if she didn't confess to Democrat "lies." He instead only found her husband, who is hospitalized after he was hit in the head with a hammer.

However, Andersson agreed with show host Chris Salcedo that the news coming out about the attack "doesn't match the left-wing narrative."

"This was totally the media spin," Andersson said. "San Francisco is one of the most crime-ridden cities. Homelessness is out of control. The liberal policies are failing its residents."

A former girlfriend of DePape's said in an interview that he suffers from mental illness and that he's been a progressive, "but nobody in the biased press wants to pay attention to what she has to say," said Salcedo.

"Crime is so out of control," Andersson responded. "Even liberal residents in San Francisco joined in and just recalled the woke district attorney. Even they realize they've created a cesspool."

The statements made by DePape's ex-girlfriend means "we find out he's not a MAGA person or an ultra-MAGA person," Andersson said. "He's a radical leftist who's a known nudist activist. He walks around naked in San Francisco and now we know he's in the U.S. illegally. None of that says MAGA to me. He is in the U.S. illegally. None of that says MAGA to me. His political beliefs seem to be all over the map, like the woman said. He's mentally ill."

Andersson also discussed the news that former CNN star Chris Cuomo, who is now working for NewsNation, says he wants his time slot changed to a different period because Newsmax is beating him in the ratings.

"NewsNation came out of the old WGN America," said Andersson. "They hired liberal hosts like Cuomo and Dan Abrams and Ashleigh Banfield, both from MSNBC, and now they are a very liberal network and their ratings are low."

Newsmax, he added, has "10 times their ratings … I think the lesson is that NewsNation's liberalism just doesn't sell to the public. But Newsmax is rising and we're giving people the truth."

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Kari Lake Says She's Raised Over $500,000 Since Cheney's 'Anti-Endorsement' Kari Lake (Getty Images)

By Peter Malbin | Tuesday, 01 November 2022 11:57 AM EDT

Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake claimed on Monday that her campaign has raised over $500,000 since outgoing Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., recently attempted to derail it in an "anti-endorsement" effort.

Cheney targeted Lake and Republican candidate for Arizona's secretary of state Rep. Mark Finchem in a 30-second ad in which she urged voters to reject the two candidates because "they'll only honor the results of an election if they agree with it," The Epoch Times reported.

Appearing on Fox News' "Tucker Carlson Tonight" on Monday, Lake said Cheney has now officially become her "biggest fundraiser."

"We raised a half a million dollars since she did the anti-endorsement, and people are still flocking to our website, karilake.com, and donating. It has been an incredible boom for us in fundraising. So I have to extend a big thank you to Liz," Lake said, adding that her campaign should consider inviting Cheney "to our inaugural ball because we have to thank her for bringing in so much fundraising money for us."

Lake told Carlson that legacy media have been attacking her for "speaking the truth."

"You can't talk about [COVID-19] vaccines, you can't talk about elections, you can't talk about Paul Pelosi … and I am talking about all those things because I still believe we have a little bit of the First Amendment left," she said.

Cheney has said she would do everything in her power to defeat Lake because the candidate publicly questioned the legitimacy of President Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election.

"If you care about the survival of our republic, we cannot give people power who will not honor elections," Cheney said in a statement on a multi-candidate political action committee attacking the GOP nominees for governor and secretary of state.

Lake, a former television anchor, leads Democrat Katie Hobbs by 9 percentage points in a recent FOX 10 InsiderAdvantage news poll, The Epoch Times reported.

"In fact, my team tells me your commercial should add another 10 points to our lead!" Lake said mockingly in a letter responding to Cheney's effort to derail her campaign. "I guess that's why they call the Cheney anti-endorsement the gift that keeps on giving."

In early September, Hobbs' campaign office announced that Hobbs won't participate in a debate against Lake because of the way the commission ran primary debates. Hobbs' campaign pointed to news articles that called the GOP primary debate "pure chaos" and having "near-constant interruptions."

The Washington Post recently wrote: "The Kari Lake campaign has become a phenomenon in Arizona. It spans multiple demographics. It draws huge crowds on a day's notice. People arrive in Lake gear, in Trump T-shirts, in cowboy hats. Lake works the crowd, and an eddy of staff and security circles the woman at its center. Before she faces the press, a posse of supporters appears as if out of nowhere, lining up behind the candidate to form a human backdrop. When the cameras roll, they grip their Kari Lake signs and smile. And here, Lake takes over."

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Poll: Voter Pessimism on Economy Helping GOP (Newsmax)

By Theodore Bunker | Tuesday, 01 November 2022 11:33 AM EDT

Republicans have received a slight bump in recent polls before the midterm elections mostly due to voters' unfavorable outlook on the economy, according to a new survey from The Wall Street Journal.

The poll asked voters to say why "this election is more important than most elections":

• 16% said the country needs to change direction.
• 13% said protecting election integrity and democracy.
• 12% said to remove President Joe Biden.
• 12% said to prevent Republicans from winning.
• 11% said to keep Democrats from winning.
• 11% said the economy.
• 9% said abortion or women's rights.

Voters also were asked to name the issue that "has made you MOST likely to vote in the upcoming Congressional election in November":

• 34% said inflation and rising prices.
• 28% said threats to democracy.
• 17% said the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
• 11% said illegal immigration and border security.
• 8% said crime.
• 2% don't know or refused to answer.

Republican pollster Tony Fabrizio, who conducted the survey with Democrat John Anzalone, said "the focus on the economic stuff, particularly inflation, is helpful to the GOP headed into the final stretch."

Fabrizio noted that undecided voters are more likely to express concerns about the economy, meaning they "look more likely to break Republican than they do Democrat, if they vote."

If the election were held today:

• 46% in total support Republicans.
• 44% in total support Democrats.
• 9% are undecided.

Anzalone said that no matter what party holds control over Congress or the White House, unaffiliated voters "break against the party when you have economic diagnostics like we're seeing. End of story, done."

He added: "Voters trust the Republicans on that, right now. That's tough sledding for us."

The poll also found that in a hypothetical head-to-head matchup, Biden and former President Donald Trump would be tied if the 2024 presidential election were held today:

• 46% would vote for Biden.
• 46% would vote for Trump.
• 8% are undecided.

The Journal polled 1,500 registered voters across the country Oct. 22-26 with a margin of error of plus/minus 2.5 percentage points.

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Doug Mastriano to Newsmax: Biggest Upset Coming in PA Governor Race Doug Mastriano (Getty Images)

By Sandy Fitzgerald | Tuesday, 01 November 2022 10:47 AM EDT

Pennsylvania State Sen. Doug Mastriano, the state's GOP nominee for governor, said Tuesday on Newsmax he is looking forward to pulling off "one of the biggest upsets" in the state next week by defeating his Democrat challenger, Attorney General Josh Shapiro, to win the neck-and-neck governor's race.

"The latest polls have us in a statistical dead heat, and although we're being outspent, we're just outworking the other side, which is fantastic," Mastriano said on Newsmax's "Wake Up America," but he also lambasted Shapiro for refusing to debate with him.

He noted the debate in the U.S. Senate race between Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz and his Democrat opponent, Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, completely changed the environment for that election because of Fetterman's apparent difficulties after having suffered a stroke earlier this year.

"That debate performance was absolutely superb," Mastriano said of Oz. "This is why I'm a bit frustrated that my opponent has absolutely refused to debate me because I'll make him look worse than John Fetterman. I'd smoke him like a cheap cigar. But he's a chicken. He won't go on the stage with me because he's terrified that that's going to happen to him, too."

Mastriano said that the governor's race will likely come down to undecided and independent voters, "and we're reaching them, talking about 'kitchen table' topics, law and order and crime, and specifically what I'm going to do about."

And while there is a lot of "background noise" about the Oz-Fetterman election, Mastriano said, the gubernatorial election has a more direct bearing on his state.

"There's nothing a federal senator can do about crime and the economy in Pennsylvania," said Mastriano. "I'm talking about that, talking about school choice, talking about inflation, and how I'm going to have an economic renaissance in our state by unleashing our energy sector. The last we checked, independents are breaking for me, you know, by six or seven to one."

Mastriano further on Tuesday called claims from the left on his being an "election denier" concerning the 2020 presidential race "ridiculous."

"I'm a senator, and under the U.S. and state constitutions, as a legislator, I have oversight on the matter of conduct of elections," he said. "It's my job to ask questions, and simply asking questions about an election makes you intellectually curious. It doesn't make you an election denier. I mean, these people are so ridiculous on the left … no, we just want to have answers. People across the state have questions. We want to make things better and more secure."

Mastriano, though, said he doesn't think such claims have hurt him among his voting base, as most are talking about crime, the economy, and other topics beyond election integrity.

Meanwhile, President Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama will be in Pennsylvania this weekend to hold last-minute election rallies, as will be former President Donald Trump, and Mastriano said the Biden-Obama appearance will hurt Democrats because they will remind voters "of the dark times."

"Obama is tied to Biden who was his vice president for eight years, and Obama worked hard to get 'Sleepy Joe' in," he said. "You'll see 10,000 or 20,000 people at our rally outside of Pittsburgh, and you'll see maybe 100 or less over, you know, attending Biden's or Obama's rallies when they come into town. It does not help them at all, because everything is falling apart under this current administration."

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Chief Justice Roberts Pauses Handover of Trump Tax Returns to House Panel (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Tuesday, 01 November 2022 10:05 AM EDT

Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday put a temporary hold on the handover of former President Donald Trump's tax returns to a congressional committee.

Roberts' order gives the Supreme Court time to weigh the legal issues in Trump's emergency appeal to the high court, filed Monday.

Without court intervention, the tax returns could have been provided as early as Thursday by the Treasury Department to the Democrat-controlled House Ways and Means Committee.

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Rep. Tenney to Newsmax: 'Huge Shift' Points to N.Y. 'Red Wave' Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y. (Getty Images)

By Sandy Fitzgerald | Tuesday, 01 November 2022 09:00 AM EDT

A "huge shift" is happening in New York's politics, particularly in the gubernatorial race between Rep. Lee Zeldin and Gov. Kathy Hochul, and "we're seeing a potential red wave, maybe a tsunami," Rep. Claudia Tenney, who is seeking reelection, said on Newsmax on Tuesday.

"People are finally starting to kind of wake up to what's going on in the elections," the New York Republican told Newsmax's "Wake Up America." "I think the biggest indicator that we have is that the Democrats are starting to pour money into these races. How desperate is Kathy hopeful that she's going to roll out Hillary Clinton, who was beaten by Donald Trump?"

The Democrats also just dropped another $250,000 into the race in New York's 25th Congressional District between Republican La'Ron Singletary and Democrat Joseph Morelle, "so you know that they're nervous," Tenney added.

She also noted that the support that is coming in for Zeldin is strong, with Govs. Ron DeSantis of Florida and Glenn Youngkin of Virginia, who she called "rock stars," campaigning for him.

"I think this does help because the big issue is we're seeing great polling, but it's going to come down to turnout and who is going to get their voters out," said Tenney. "The Republicans are surging right now, so you're seeing a lot of interest from a lot of Republicans across the state. If you drive anywhere in upstate New York, there are Zeldin signs everywhere. Very rarely do you see a Hochul sign anywhere in upstate New York, and we're even hearing that's the case in some of the blue areas like even Albany and other cities."

The main thing, Tenney said, is the importance of getting people out to vote.

"We are in free fall under Kathy Hochul and one-party rule in Albany," said Tenney. "I just can't implore people enough to get out and vote, especially Republicans, moderate Democrats, independents, people who know that the state of New York is in their hands."

Meanwhile, former President Barack Obama has been out campaigning, rather than President Joe Biden, and that's because Biden's ratings are so low, said Tenney.

"There hasn't been a president with lower approval ratings at this point in office than (Harry) Truman," said Tenney. "That takes us back to 1946. Even President (Donald) Trump had higher ratings at this point in his term, so Joe Biden is a liability for the Democrats."

The issue of election integrity is also an indicator in this year's midterms, said Tenney.

In 2020, at this point, 60,000 absentee ballots had been requested and 40,000 were Democrats, she said, noting the difference between a presidential election period versus a midterm.

"We now have 16,000 requested and only 7,000 were Democrats," said Tenney. "Republicans, as they say, who don't vote elect Democrats, so I say the election integrity is there. Just make sure you vote and make sure that you are aware of what's happening at the polls."

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Sen. Tommy Tuberville to Newsmax: Border 'Disaster' Under Biden, Dems (Newsmax/"Eric Bolling The Balance")

By Charles Kim | Monday, 31 October 2022 10:47 PM EDT

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., told Newsmax he witnessed the "complete disaster" taking place at the southern border following a trip there about a year ago.

"It's a disaster," Tuberville told Monday's "Eric Bolling: The Balance." "I was there about a year ago. You got to give the Border Patrol credit and what they're doing down there, understaffed. They're losing people every day. It's just amazing."

Biden administration claims of a secure border are "just a big lie," Tuberville told hos Eric Bolling.

Many of the more than 2 million illegal migrants that came into the country this year wanted to come "for the right reasons," but they have to come in "by the law," Tuberville noted.

He said the border started really becoming a problem after former President Barack Obama took office in 2009 but was stopped during the administration of former President Donald Trump, and became a bigger problem when Biden took office, reversing Trump's policies and refusing to keep building the wall.

"[Democrats] just pick up where they left off," Tuberville continued. "It's just that they want to change this country. They want to reset it to something that it's not. The election next week is not about Republican and Democrat. It's about capitalism, freedom in America, versus socialism and dictatorship. That's exactly what it's about."

He said Democrats want "to control everything" people do and they are not scared to buy votes with a variety of handouts to different groups.

"It's hard to beat Santa Claus," he said. "They're giving away entitlements, they're allowing them to do crime. They're doing everything they possibly can to get as many people coming across the border."

Tuberville said the scariest part of the border crisis is the number of "gotaways," the people that were never detected when they came across.

"The people coming across is one thing, but the ones that we don't know that are coming across, bringing the drugs, human trafficking, and the terrorists coming across," he said. "Those are scary, and it's forever."

He said the number of those illegal migrants could be around 10% of those that are caught.

"When you are running from Border Patrol, you are running for a reason," he said.

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Sen. Tommy Tuberville to Newsmax: Border 'Disaster' Under Biden, Dems (Newsmax/"Eric Bolling The Balance")

By Charles Kim | Monday, 31 October 2022 10:47 PM EDT

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., told Newsmax he witnessed the "complete disaster" taking place at the southern border following a trip there about a year ago.

"It's a disaster," Tuberville told Monday's "Eric Bolling: The Balance." "I was there about a year ago. You got to give the Border Patrol credit and what they're doing down there, understaffed. They're losing people every day. It's just amazing."

Biden administration claims of a secure border are "just a big lie," Tuberville told hos Eric Bolling.

Many of the more than 2 million illegal migrants that came into the country this year wanted to come "for the right reasons," but they have to come in "by the law," Tuberville noted.

He said the border started really becoming a problem after former President Barack Obama took office in 2009 but was stopped during the administration of former President Donald Trump, and became a bigger problem when Biden took office, reversing Trump's policies and refusing to keep building the wall.

"[Democrats] just pick up where they left off," Tuberville continued. "It's just that they want to change this country. They want to reset it to something that it's not. The election next week is not about Republican and Democrat. It's about capitalism, freedom in America, versus socialism and dictatorship. That's exactly what it's about."

He said Democrats want "to control everything" people do and they are not scared to buy votes with a variety of handouts to different groups.

"It's hard to beat Santa Claus," he said. "They're giving away entitlements, they're allowing them to do crime. They're doing everything they possibly can to get as many people coming across the border."

Tuberville said the scariest part of the border crisis is the number of "gotaways," the people that were never detected when they came across.

"The people coming across is one thing, but the ones that we don't know that are coming across, bringing the drugs, human trafficking, and the terrorists coming across," he said. "Those are scary, and it's forever."

He said the number of those illegal migrants could be around 10% of those that are caught.

"When you are running from Border Patrol, you are running for a reason," he said.

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DC Court Dismisses Meadows' Lawsuit to Block Jan. 6 Subpoena (Newsmax)

By Eric Mack | Monday, 31 October 2022 09:54 PM EDT

A U.S. District Court judge in Washington, D.C., has dismissed former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows' lawsuit against the House Jan. 6 Select Committee on Monday.

Judge Carl Nichols ruled the Speech or Debate Clause bars Meadows' lawsuit seeking to block the committee's subpoena and "therefore dismisses Meadows' claims for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction."

"The record makes clear that the challenged subpoenas are protected legislative acts," Nichols ruled.

The ruling will be appealed, though, and that will effectively halt any Meadows compliance of the subpoena before the new Congress is seated in January. Assuming Republicans retake the House majority, the speakership, and the committee gavels, the House Jan. 6 Select Committee's time will be over by the end of the year.

"We will review the decision carefully and consider any further steps that may be appropriate," Meadows' attorney George Terwilliger told Politico.

Meadows was challenging the validity of the House Jan. 6 Select Committee subpoena, including whether a senior aide to a former president can be compelled to testify before Congress, whether a former president can validly assert executive privilege, and whether a sitting president can override a former president's claim of privilege.

Nichols, a judge appointed by former President Donald Trump, warned the House Jan. 6 Select Committee could raise the "speech or debate" on any appeal if it got an unfavorable opinion.

"Such an outcome could cause a significant waste of time and resources, especially considering the novel constitutional questions that this case presents on the merits," Nichols' opinion read.

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DC Court Dismisses Meadows' Lawsuit to Block Jan. 6 Subpoena (Newsmax)

By Eric Mack | Monday, 31 October 2022 09:54 PM EDT

A U.S. District Court judge in Washington, D.C., has dismissed former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows' lawsuit against the House Jan. 6 Select Committee on Monday.

Judge Carl Nichols ruled the Speech or Debate Clause bars Meadows' lawsuit seeking to block the committee's subpoena and "therefore dismisses Meadows' claims for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction."

"The record makes clear that the challenged subpoenas are protected legislative acts," Nichols ruled.

The ruling will be appealed, though, and that will effectively halt any Meadows compliance of the subpoena before the new Congress is seated in January. Assuming Republicans retake the House majority, the speakership, and the committee gavels, the House Jan. 6 Select Committee's time will be over by the end of the year.

"We will review the decision carefully and consider any further steps that may be appropriate," Meadows' attorney George Terwilliger told Politico.

Meadows was challenging the validity of the House Jan. 6 Select Committee subpoena, including whether a senior aide to a former president can be compelled to testify before Congress, whether a former president can validly assert executive privilege, and whether a sitting president can override a former president's claim of privilege.

Nichols, a judge appointed by former President Donald Trump, warned the House Jan. 6 Select Committee could raise the "speech or debate" on any appeal if it got an unfavorable opinion.

"Such an outcome could cause a significant waste of time and resources, especially considering the novel constitutional questions that this case presents on the merits," Nichols' opinion read.

Trump Weighs In on N.M. Race for Governor Ronchetti (AP)

Monday, 31 October 2022 08:27 PM EDT

Former President Donald Trump has endorsed Republican nominee for governor Mark Ronchetti in a social media post.

It's unclear how the endorsement influences Ronchetti's prospects in the Nov. 8 general election in a state that Trump lost twice. President Joe Biden won the New Mexico vote by roughly 11 percentage points in 2020.

In a post on the Truth Social social media network, Trump called incumbent Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham “absolutely terrible” and said that Ronchetti “will be tough & smart on Crime, the Border & everything else. Mark (h)as my Total Endorsement!"

Ronchetti has campaigned for governor at arms length from Trump. The two have never spoken, said Ronchetti's campaign spokesman Ryan Sabel.

In a statement, Sabel highlighted a gamut of high-profile endorsements for Ronchetti, including Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, former U.N. Ambassador Nicki Haley, former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson “and now former President Trump.”

“Mark is supported by people from all walks of life and all different viewpoints,” he said.

President Biden has announced plans to visit New Mexico on Thursday in support of Lujan Grisham's campaign as she runs for reelection.

Prominent endorsements for Lujan Grisham's include Vice President Kamala Harris, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and former President Barack Obama.

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Trump Weighs In on N.M. Race for Governor Mark Ronchetti (AP)

Monday, 31 October 2022 08:27 PM EDT

Former President Donald Trump has endorsed Republican nominee for governor Mark Ronchetti in a social media post.

It's unclear how the endorsement influences Ronchetti's prospects in the Nov. 8 general election in a state that Trump lost twice. President Joe Biden won the New Mexico vote by roughly 11 percentage points in 2020.

In a post on the Truth Social social media network, Trump called incumbent Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham "absolutely terrible" and said that Ronchetti "will be tough & smart on Crime, the Border & everything else. Mark (h)as my Total Endorsement!"

Ronchetti has campaigned for governor at arms length from Trump. The two have never spoken, said Ronchetti's campaign spokesman Ryan Sabel.

In a statement, Sabel highlighted a gamut of high-profile endorsements for Ronchetti, including Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, former U.N. Ambassador Nicki Haley, former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson, "and now former President Trump."

"Mark is supported by people from all walks of life and all different viewpoints," he said.

President Biden has announced plans to visit New Mexico on Thursday in support of Lujan Grisham's campaign as she runs for reelection.

Prominent endorsements for Lujan Grisham's include Vice President Kamala Harris, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, and former President Barack Obama.

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Pennsylvania Republican Senate nominee Dr. Mehmet Oz says the state needs high-paying energy jobs.

During an interview with Breitbart News over the weekend, Oz commented on the matter while slamming his opponent, John Fetterman. Oz claimed that left-wing politicians like Fetterman are mistakenly focusing on increasing the federal minimum wage.

Oz added that his goal is to help people earn more than just the minimum wage by unleashing energy sector jobs with good benefits and opportunities for pay increases.

The Trump-endorsed candidate said the Keystone State has the opportunity to build a facility in Philadelphia, which would bring tens of thousands of high-quality trade jobs.

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John Bolton to Newsmax: Outgoing Brazil President Had 'Pro-American' Views (Newsmax/"The Record With Greta Van Susteren")

By Jay Clemons | Monday, 31 October 2022 08:05 PM EDT

John Bolton, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, says Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's projected victory over conservative incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in the Brazil presidential election could have an interesting impact with American leaders moving forward.

"Bolsonaro was pro-American," Bolton told Newsmax's "The Record with Greta Van Susteren."I think people get lost in the haze of the comparisons to [former President Donald] Trump.

"But Bolsonaro's outlook of the world was pro-American. He was very concerned about China's economic influence inside Brazil."

Bolton, a onetime national security adviser to President Trump, added Bolsonaro initially wanted "Brazil to join NATO, which would have been quite something, if it had happened."

At the last reported tally, 98.8% of the votes have been counted in Brazil, with Lula da Silva collecting approximately 50.8% of support.

To exacerbate his point about future relations, Bolton noted how the Biden administration preferred the left-leaning Lula de Silva to prevail over the Trump-friendly Bolsonaro — even though it could greatly affect Israel's relationship with Brazil and the U.S.

Bolsonaro was always "pro-Israel," says Bolton, while adding the Brazilian leader even opened up a trade office in Jerusalem — the acknowledged capital city for Jewish leaders in Israel.

"And now, it's not clear with what Lula will do, if elected," in terms of whether he will recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

During his first stint as Brazil's president (2003-10), Lula de Silva was "pro-Palestine" and also "very negative on Israel," according to Bolton.

Lula de Silva was also friendly with Iran's leaders during his time as Brazil's president, he added.

"[Lula's] record before, I think, should give [Americans] a lot of concern," Bolton noted.

At the time of Bolton's Newsmax interview, Bolsonaro had yet to offer any public acknowledgment of his projected defeat.

However, Bolton called for the Brazilian president having sufficient time to process the events of the past 48 hours — before "jumping to any conclusions" of election denial.

When asked about a number of South American countries — such as Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Venezuela, and potentially Brazil — having presidents that fall into the left-of-center category, Bolton bluntly said, "Well, they're going the wrong direction yet again."

From Bolton's perspective, instead of aligning with economic powers such as the U.S, Germany, Japan, etc., some South American countries are buying into the promises of socialist leadership.

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