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President Donald Trump saw his 2024 election victory certified by the U.S. Senate, with Vice President Kamala Harris having to preside over the whole affair. She said of the process that “It’s a peaceful transition of power. It’s a good day.” The President won the election 312 electoral votes to 226, 77 million votes to 75 million votes.

Harris calls it a ‘good day’ for democracy as she oversees peaceful certification of Trump’s victory – wnyt.com
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After less than a half hour, she formally announced that Trump had won the election. She smiled tightly as Republicans applauded.

“The chair declares this joint session dissolved,” Harris said. “Thank you.”

The process was vastly different than four years ago, when Trump’s supporters rioted at the U.S. Capitol as lawmakers were certifying his defeat to Joe Biden. This time, everyone honored the results of the election.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-AR) is facing a potentially tough battle this Friday, January 3, 2025 when the new House votes for next session’s speaker. Facing a number of critics, Johnson’s re-election has been in doubt, but now the Speaker has an official endorsement from President-elect Trump.

The President said, “Speaker Mike Johnson is a good, hard working, religious man. He will do the right thing, and we will continue to WIN. Mike has my Complete & Total Endorsement. MAGA!!!”

BREAKING: Trump Endorses Unpopular House Speaker Mike Johnson for Speaker in Suprising Move | The Gateway Pundit– www.thegatewaypundit.com
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President Trump made a surprising endorsement on Monday for House Speaker Mike Johnson to be reelected as Speaker as he faces challenges from other GOP lawmakers. 

“Speaker Mike Johnson is a good, hard working, religious man. He will do the right thing, and we will continue to WIN. Mike has my Complete & Total Endorsement. MAGA!!!” Trump said after touting his own accomplishments on the campaign trail– no thanks to Mike Johnson.

Trump: We are the Party of COMMON SENSE, a primary reason that we WON, in a landslide, the magnificent and historic Presidential Election of 2024. ALL SEVEN SWING STATES, 312 ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES, AND THE POPULAR VOTE BY MILLIONS OF VOTERS (Despite large scale voter fraud taking place in numerous states, including California, where votes are ridiculously still being counted, or under review!), ALL WON WITH EASE, CALM, & PROFESSIONALISM. Republicans are being praised for having run a “legendary” campaign! Democrats are being excoriated for their effort, having wasted 2.5 Billion Dollars, much of it unaccounted for, with some being used to illegally buy endorsements ($11,000,000 to Beyoncé, who never even sang a song, $2,000,000 to Oprah for doing next to nothing, and even $500,000 to Reverend AL, a professional con man and instigator, who agreed to “interview” their “star spangled” candidates, Kamala and Joe). We ran a flawless campaign, having spent FAR LESS, with lots of money left over. They ran a very expensive “sinking ship,” embracing DOJ & FBI WEAPONIZATION against their political opponent, ME. BUT IT DIDN’T WORK, IT WAS A DISASTER!!! LETS NOT BLOW THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY WHICH WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN. The American people need IMMEDIATE relief from all of the destructive policies of the last Administration. Speaker Mike Johnson is a good, hard working, religious man. He will do the right thing, and we will continue to WIN. Mike has my Complete & Total Endorsement. MAGA!!!

The DNC-serving content market “The Hill” published an “op-ed” from two lawyers who appear to have been tasked with the job of testing a narrative to see if a new coercive method of precenting Trump from taking office might be viable. The two lawyers are Evan A. Davis and David M. Shulte. Their narrative is being picked up by the other DNC content marketing companies, like MSNBC and CNN.

The lawyers’ central claim is this: “The Constitution provides that an oath-breaking insurrectionist is ineligible to be president. This is the plain wording of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution…. This disability can be removed by a two-thirds vote in each House.  Disqualification is based on insurrection against the Constitution and not the government. The evidence of Donald Trump’s engaging in such insurrection is overwhelming. The matter has been decided in three separate forums, two of which were fully contested with the active participation of Trump’s counsel.”

Congress Must Stop Trump From Being Sworn In, Argues Column in The Hill– legalinsurrection.com
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An op-ed in The Hill by two lawyers argues that Congress has the right and the duty to prevent Trump from taking office because he allegedly committed insurrection and is disqualified:

The Constitution provides that an oath-breaking insurrectionist is ineligible to be president. This is the plain wording of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. “No person shall … hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath … to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.” This disability can be removed by a two-thirds vote in each House.

Disqualification is based on insurrection against the Constitution and not the government. The evidence of Donald Trump’s engaging in such insurrection is overwhelming. The matter has been decided in three separate forums, two of which were fully contested with the active participation of Trump’s counsel.

The first fully contested proceeding was Trump’s second impeachment trial. On Jan. 13, 2021, then-President Trump was impeached for “incitement of insurrection.” At the trial in the Senate, seven Republicans joined all Democrats to provide a majority for conviction but failed to reach the two-thirds vote required for removal from office. Inciting insurrection encompasses “engaging in insurrection” against the Constitution “or giving aid and comfort to the enemies thereof,” the grounds for disqualification specified in Section 3.

The Biden administration is trying to hire as many as 1,200 “DEI” employees that they believe President Trump will not be able to fire in an attempt to cripple the Federal government from within before Americans regain control of the Executive branch.

Federal Government to Hire 1200 New ‘Woke’ Bureaucrats Before Trump Returns to White House– slaynews.com
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The federal government is scrambling to hire as many “woke” bureaucrats as possible before President Donald Trump is sworn into power next month.

The Biden administration is currently in the process of hiring as many as 1,200 employees to work on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).

Those employees would be embedded into the permanent federal workforce headed by the Trump administration.

The news hires were revealed by the Daily Wire following an analysis of federal job opportunities.

The jobs have annual salaries of up to $310,000 and could add up to total salary payouts of $160 million a year.

PA Dems are still counting alleged votes in an effort to protect Bob Casey (D-PA) from losing his seat to Dave McCormick (R-PA). Now, the drawn-out process is moving to the “recount phase.”

Recount begins in Pennsylvania Senate race with McCormick leading Casey by about 16,000 votes – cbsnews.com
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The race for one of Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate seats still isn’t over. An automatic recount started Wednesday and state law requires all counties to complete their recount by Nov. 26.

Officials in Philadelphia say it could take up to four days to tabulate all the ballots cast in the state’s largest city. Election staffers in Philadelphia got back to work Wednesday in a warehouse in Northeast Philly counting ballots for the second time.

According to unofficial results, Republican Dave McCormick leads incumbent Democrat Bob Casey by roughly 16,000 votes.

“That is a staggeringly close number considering that 36,604 Philadelphians chose to undervote the race,” said Philadelphia Commissioner Lisa M Deeley (D), meaning they voted for President but skipped over the Senate race.

“This should serve as a wake-up call for all voters in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania. These down-ballot races, they matter,” she added.

During a recount, state law requires that ballots get counted on a different machine than was used the first time as a way to verify accuracy.

City Commissioner Seth Bluestein (R) said: “We want to make sure the ballots are being scanned on different types of technology so we can be confident in the results.”

The state will publish the final results of the recount the day before Thanksgiving. Casey has not conceded but McCormick has already declared victory in this race.

This is the fourth time the state has conducted a recount in an election since 2004. None of those times did the recount change the outcome.

Senate can call Gaetz investigation witnesses in lieu of ethics report– www.washingtonexaminer.com
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Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) suggested that Senate Republicans could call the witnesses involved in former Rep. Matt Gaetz’s sexual misconduct case if the House Ethics Committee does not release its report.

Gaetz is facing an uphill battle to be confirmed as President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general, and his past alleged misconduct has been the main catalyst for the complications in his appointment.

The former congressman has been connected with a sex trafficking investigation and an allegation that he had sex with a 17-year-old girl. The House report is expected to shed light on Gaetz’s involvement.

Cornyn told the Wall Street Journal that he “absolutely” supported a full background check into Trump’s nominees but that they did not need to depend on the committee to release its report because they “roughly” know who the witnesses are and can call them to testify before the Judiciary Committee.

“In order to do our job, we need to get access to all the information, but also to protect the president against any surprises that might damage his administration,” Cornyn said.

PA Governor Josh Shapiro (D) has come out to urge PA County PA Election Boards to stop their effort to illegally count unregistered ballots after the PA SCOTUS ordered them to stop. Shapiro said “Any insinuation that our laws can be ignored or do not matter is irresponsible and does damage to faith in our electoral process. The rule of law matters in Pennsylvania. … It is critical for counties in both parties to respect it with both their rhetoric and their actions.”

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro sides with state’s high court over ballot counting – Fox News
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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is siding with the state’s high court after the justices ruled that faulty mail-in ballots can’t be counted amid a contentious recount, delivering a victory to Republican Party officials.

The state Supreme Court reaffirmed its prior decision in a 4–3 ruling Monday that counties cannot count incorrectly dated or undated ballots. The decision singled out the Boards of Elections in Bucks County, Montgomery County, and Philadelphia County, whom they said “SHALL COMPLY with the prior rulings of this Court in which we have clarified” for mail-in and absentee ballots in their Nov. 1 ruling.

“Any insinuation that our laws can be ignored or do not matter is irresponsible and does damage to faith in our electoral process,” said Shapiro, a Democrat. “The rule of law matters in Pennsylvania. … It is critical for counties in both parties to respect it with both their rhetoric and their actions.”

As governor, Shapiro said he would “continue working to protect our democracy and the votes of all eligible Pennsylvanians.”

REPUBLICANS FILE 12 PENNSYLVANIA LAWSUITS IN ‘AGGRESSIVE’ PUSH TO END RECOUNT

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks before Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris. On Monday, Shapiro sided with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court over its ruling concerning the counting of faulty mail-in ballots.  (AP Photo/Joe Lamberti)

The high court initially ruled on Nov. 1 that mail-in ballots without formally required signatures or dates should not be counted. Democratic-led election boards, however — including in Philadelphia, Bucks County, Montgomery County, and Centre County — balked at the ruling and voted to include such ballots in the recount.

“People violate laws any time they want,” Democratic Bucks County commissioner Diane Ellis-Marseglia said last week, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. “So, for me, if I violate this law it’s because I want a court to pay attention. There’s nothing more important than counting votes.”

Monday’s ruling came amid a slew of lawsuits filed by Republican Party officials in the midst of an aggressive Senate recount effort following the narrow victory of GOP candidate David McCormick over three-term Democrat Sen. Bob Casey.

‘ABSOLUTE LAWLESSNESS’: GOP BLASTS PA. DEMS’ RECOUNT EFFORT IN CASEY SENATE LOSS

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court reaffirmed its prior decision in a 4–3 ruling Monday that counties cannot count incorrectly dated or undated ballots.  (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

McCormick had defeated Casey by some 17,000 ballots in the state, or within the 0.5% margin of error. The narrow victory allowed Casey to qualify for an automatic recount under Pennsylvania law.

The Republican National Committee criticized Shapiro for not speaking up sooner in defense of the court’s actions.

“Heartening to see. Once Democrats came to the conclusion that even ignoring the Pennsylvania Supreme Court can’t scrape up enough ballots to win…,” RNC Chair Michael Whatley wrote on X. “Governor Shapiro suddenly discovers that he stands with the rule of law. Better late than never.”

Democrat Sen. Bob Casey and Republican Dave McCormick, who defeated Casey by some 17,000 votes in the race for the Senate.  (Getty Images)

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Trump campaign official Chris LaCivita said Pennsylvania elections officials would face jail time for counting incorrect mail-in ballots.  

“They will go to jail,” he wrote Sunday evening on X. “Count on it.”

Fox News Digital’s Breanne Deppisch contributed to this report. 

 

President Donald Trump has chosen Brendan Carr to be the next char of the Federal Communications Commission. Trump called him “a warrior for Free Speech.”

Carr is pledging to “impose transparency rules on Big Tech” and seek to support legislations that “scraps Section 230’s current approach. He wants “reforms that prohibit discrimination against core political viewpoints (that) would track the approach taken in a social medial law passed in Texas.”

Trump’s FCC Pick Would Restrict Editorial Discretion of Social Media Platforms – Reason
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Announcing his choice of Brendan Carr as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Sunday, President-elect Donald Trump described him as “a warrior for Free Speech,” which sounds good until you ask what Trump means by that. Carr, who has served as a Republican FCC commissioner since Trump appointed him during his first term in August 2017, believes that promoting freedom of speech requires curtailing liability protections for social media platforms and restricting their editorial discretion.

Carr’s agenda for “reining in Big Tech,” as described in the chapter that he contributed to the Heritage Foundation’s 2025 Mandate for Leadership, includes new FCC rules aimed at restricting the liability protection offered by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Carr also supports regulations that would “impose transparency rules on Big Tech” and legislation that “scraps Section 230’s current approach.” He favors “reforms that prohibit discrimination against core political viewpoints,” which he says “would track the approach taken in a social media law passed in Texas.”

In 1989, Tim Walz had a secret affair with the daughter of a powerful member of the Chinese Communist Party. This was during one of his long stays in China where he taught High School. Jenna Wang, 59, spilled the beans on Walz recently, claiming the relationship broke off when Tim failed to commit. She called Walz’ behavior “very selfish.”

Tim Walz Once Had An Affair With Daughter of Top Chinese Communist Official – PJ Media– pjmedia.com
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… According to the report, Walz had a secret romance with the daughter of a high-ranking Communist Party official during his 1989 teaching stint in China. Jenna Wang, now 59, recounts how Walz wooed her with thoughtful gifts and late-night encounters in his modest staff accommodation at Foshan’s No. 1 High School in Guangdong Province.

The couple naturally kept their relationship under wraps, aware that public displays of affection were off-limits given Wang’s father’s powerful position in the Chinese Communist Party, which forbade relationships with Westerners. But behind closed doors, their bond grew as they shared tea, George Michael songs (hilarious), and quiet moments together, fueling the then 24-year-old Wang’s dreams of marriage and a fresh start in the United States.

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No proposal was forthcoming from the future Minnesota governor, however, and the shame of being treated ‘like a prostitute’ eventually left Wang feeling angry and suicidal, she claims.

‘Tim was very passionate and very romantic. I can still remember dancing with him to our favorite song, Careless Whisper,’ she told DailyMail.com in an exclusive interview.

‘The fact we couldn’t touch or kiss in public just made it all the more exciting and intense when we were finally alone.

‘We were deeply in love and I wanted to marry him and start a family. When it didn’t happen, I felt very unhappy and sad. Tim’s behavior was very selfish.’

Walz’s time in China is already a source of controversy after he misleadingly claimed in interviews and congressional transcripts that he was in Hong Kong when the Tiananmen Square protests erupted from April to June of 1989.