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A saint is someone who gives up his own life to serve others. He leaves behind a comfortable, secure life because of a specific calling from God that he chooses to accept, even if he knows it will catapult him into the Colosseum amphitheater of hardship, the circus where the roaring lions are waiting to devour him.

Donald Trump, so successful and wealthy, could have lived the rest of his life comfortably at the national historic landmark in Florida, Mar-a-Lago, enjoying golf and famous friends in a welcoming environment, traveling the world on expensive yachts. It would have been the epitaph of his successful life, with graceful Melania by his side.

Yet, while watching American society deteriorate, watching the corporate elite increasingly gaining control over the political establishment, assembling wealth into their own hands at the expense of the regular American worker; watching the hatred grow against the United States and its endless wars internationally, multi-polarism rising as a consequence of injustice and horrible political U.S. leadership, Donald Trump must have concluded that he was willing to lose it all in an attempt to save America from its downward spiral of corruption and greed.

The history of saints shows us the people we should admire, with qualities we should copy, since they demonstrate selflessness, strength, and obedience in taking up their cross in order to walk into the arena of wild beasts. With an exceptional degree of closeness to God, their desire is to alleviate pain, help the suffering, and mend the broken.

Yet, the saints in history were marked by imperfection. Some were former warlords and army generals, others were thieves or harlots, but they made their mark by giving it all up to attain holiness. They were willing to endure persecution, being lied about, scorned, and belittled. Many of them were killed, publicly flogged, their properties expropriated by evil emperors, or, as in the Soviet Union, by the Communist elite that tolerated no freedom of speech or opinions that differed from the atheist state narrative that permeated the propaganda media structures.

Donald Trump has become the most demonized president in U.S. history, yet now enjoys a historic comeback that will resound in the decades to come. To quote the Daily Mail, "he's been shot, sued, put on trial, written off and endlessly branded a fascist," yet "Donald Trump's resounding U.S. election victory is far more comprehensive than anyone had predicted, as he rode a wave of support from black and Latino voters to retake the White House. Donald Trump has defied his critics to crush his opponents once more."

So, what has been the main driving force behind the immense demonization of Trump? As many now comprehend, he instantly became enemy No. 1 to the established globalist elite who own the media and most of corporate America when he launched a massive attack on their growing empire. As I have pointed out in my book, "Trump. The Battle for America," this economic elite has since the 1980s profited from the outsourcing of jobs and wealth to Communist China and the ultra-rich – all at the expense of the regular American worker.

Over 90% of the U.S. media is now monopolized into only six corporations with an interest in the development of a globalist, transnational economic system that profits from the lack of national sovereignty. The globalist business model is dependent on weak nation-states that may be overrun by global corporations, crushing the middle class and local businesses.

And globalism has worked, it has reinforced an international economic model that departs from the nation-based capitalist system. It benefits the ultra-rich on an unprecedented scale.

Globalism has produced a system in which a few individuals now own most of the world's assets, made possible by its refusal to redistribute wealth when outsourcing jobs to cheap labor countries. This system depends on the open border strategy, which gives access to cheap labor and pushes down the minimum wage level; while the corporations are registered in tax havens and therefore have no tax burden to any specific country.

So, when President Joe Biden chose to label Trump's millions of supporters the "only garbage I see floating out there," he demonstrated contempt for precisely the regular workers and everyday citizens who suffer from the globalist takeover.

It is deeply problematic that the mainstream media, owned by these elitist corporations, has become a propaganda smoke screen that completely disguises these real driving forces that cause injustice and cultural deterioration in the West. With Trumpism triumphant, many now hope for a more just world and a better future.

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With the political, social, and even religious future of America at stake the 2024 election results for president started arriving as soon as polling stations closed on Tuesday.

Some states were warning their final result might not be available for a day, or more, after the Constitution's specified Election Day, but within an hour, state elections in Oklahoma, Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina, and Florida all went to President Donald Trump.

Wyoming, North and South Dakota, Ohio, Arkansas, and Louisiana soon followed, giving Trump 137 Electoral College votes.

He collected a stunning 25.6 million votes.

While Kamala Harris was leading, often by insignificant markets in a handful of other states, she had won 99 Electoral College votes from Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maryland Connecticut, New York, and Illinois.

She had 22.6 million votes.

Vote numbers were watched by a coalition of legacy wire service members.

Earlier, exit polling suggested what voters were thinking.

As already had been documented throughout the 2024 presidential election in the U.S., exit polling on Election Day confirms vast numbers of voters are unhappy with where their country is and what direction it is going.

Over the last four years of the Joe Biden-Kamala Harris regime, consumers have been bludgeoned by 20% plus inflation, a wide-open southern border with millions of illegal aliens carrying their needs to U.S. taxpayers, and a White House agenda that is obsessed with transgenderism and abortion.

A report in the Daily Mail cited APVoteCast exit polling that confirmed "the economy and immigration" are the top issues facing the nation.

The report said the polling "found a country mired in negativity and desperation."

Further, 8 in 10 voters want "substantial change" in the way the nation is run and some 70% said the U.S. right now is on the wrong track.

Other exit polling, by a network, found 51% of respondents trust Trump on the economy, to Harris' 47%, and 72% said they are "angry" or "dissatisfied" with the state of the nation. That, the report confirmed, is "a bad sign for the vice president."

All eyes will be on seven swing states, Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Arizona, Michigan, and Nevada, with analysts giving Trump more than a dozen combinations that would give him victory; Harris has a few less.

The Mail noted, "Bucks County, Pennsylvania, is one of the most watched parts of the commonwealth as it was once traditionally a Republican county but has since gained more Democrat voters. At the Warrington Fire Company No. 1, Station 29 polling station, the number of voters was picking up as the sun began to set … Lou, Jeri, and Bunny, three Republican women handing out sample ballots here are thrilled with the turnout, judging by the sample ballots they have handed out. 'A lot of Democrats are switching over,' Jeri says … I would say 70-30."

Jeri, whose No. 1 issue is the economy, added, "We're asking God to keep it all in his hands, whoever he wants in, please God, without any interference."

Further polling showed that 26% of the voters in Arizona are Hispanic, up from 19% in 2020, and in Pennsylvania, 83% of the voters were white, up from 81% in 2020.

CNN reported only 7% of the country was enthusiastic about its status, while 19% said they were satisfied. Forty-three percent said they were dissatisfied and another 29% were angry.

The first results, from eastern states, are expected shortly after the traditional 7 p.m. closing time for polling locations.

The Electoral College count, which determines the next American president, totals the number of members of the U.S. House and Senate so that a candidate requires 270 to be assured a victory.

Democrat pundits had assured voters that Kamala Harris undoubtedly would win. Some pollsters said the result would be closer than any presidential election before, but there were a few that predicted a significant win for Trump, up to and including a sweep of the swing states.

President Donald Trump voted in Palm Beach, Florida, stating, "I'd like the Republicans to stay in line. Democrats, if they like, they can leave, but I'd like the Republicans to stay in line."

Voters across America on Tuesday were faced with what has been described, accurately in this instance, as the biggest election the nation ever has faced.

The choice was between giving Trump a second, non-consecutive, term to work on his agenda of Making America Great Again, or a second, consecutive, term for Kamala Harris, who would change nothing from the four years of the Joe Biden-Kamala Harris regime and take the nation further, perhaps irretrievably further, into green, LGBT, abortion, high inflation and an economy that punishes consumers and, leftist to the point of being communist, agendas.

Franklin Graham, head of Samaritan's Purse, one of the largest charities in the world, said the dispute was not just a political war this time, it was spiritual.

Quoting from James Dobson's Family Talk organization, he said voters were deciding on "the right to praise God without fear," "for every unborn soul that is at risk of being aborted," "for good against evil."

Also included in those topics would be voting "for" the Second Amendment, "the Electoral College, "the police – and law and order, "the military and the veterans, "the flag that is often missing from public events," and "for" the right "to speak my opinion and not be censored for it."

It was the latest battle in the war between the two ideologies represented by Trump, a billionaire businessman who now has dedicated his life to creating good for the American people – and the rest of the world – and the idea that the government knows best what you can say, what you can do, even what you can think or pray, and is willing to enforce that.

The contrasts between the two campaigns could not be more stark.

There have been two assassination attempts against President Trump, including one where a sniper successfully hit his ear, giving rise to the 2024 election's iconic image of him with a fist raised in the air, telling his packed rally crowd to "Fight, fight, fight."

He stunned the entire political world with his first election victory when in 2016 he handed Democrat Party elder Hillary Clinton her second straight loss in her campaign to take the White House.

He governed like he campaigned, with powerful statements, forceful ideas, and a no-holds-barred attitude.

Trump's loss to Biden in the 2020 race was influenced by Mark Zuckerberg's decision to hand out, like candy, $400 million plus to election officials who often used it to recruit voters in Democrat districts. Further, the FBI and Washington's Deep State interfered with the election by lying to legacy and social media outlets, telling them that the Biden family scandals documented in Hunter Biden's abandoned laptop were disinformation.

But Trump's first term in office, and Biden's sliver-thin victory, even with outside influences, terrified Democrats who immediately ramped up their campaign of rhetoric that Trump was a "Hitler." And they went further, launching a long list of lawfare legal cases against him, over how he did business (experts called his methods standard for the industry), what he said was his opinion (the election wasn't fair), and much, much more.

They were stunned when they didn't stop him, and they've been escalating their war on him throughout the campaign, with several even demanding that he be jailed.

Harris, on the other hand, was picked as Biden's vice president after having failed to get any support during the early part of the 2020 race when she dropped out, and she included the attributes of being black, or Indian depending on her own claims, and female.

She then was hand-picked by Democrat party elites to be their presidential candidate this year after they tossed a mentally and physically failing octogenarian Joe Biden under the bus. That was after the Biden-Harris White House gave Americans inflation of more than 20%, sky-high gas prices, an open southern border that is decimating American social programs, and their obsession with LGBT ideology and abortion.

Harris has made it clear her "kill-the-unborn" agenda even includes demolishing the Constitution's protection for religious liberty.

The party's process for picking her could not have been less democratic, as Biden had won enough delegates for the nomination for this election. He started campaigning, but shortly after the catastrophic presidential debate performance, he was out.

Commentators have described Trump's political career rally as "the greatest comeback in modern politics,"

According to a Real Clear Wire analysis, even Democrats had rejoiced at Trump's comeback, initially.

"State Sen. Dick Harpootlian, a South Carolina Democrat and Biden family friend, told RealClearPolitics two summers ago that he prayed for the return of Trump who 'embodies everything we need in a Republican candidate,'" the report said. "If the Almighty would just answer that prayer, Democrats could take it from there. Trump had baggage. President Biden, experience. A rematch, they felt, had to favor the incumbent. It did not."

Key to the shafting of Biden by Democrats was his mental decline, which was cited by a federal prosecutor as a reason for not charging him when he violated federal law with his illegal handling of government documents.

Democrats unanimously had tried to claim Biden's mental acuity was top-flight. Democrat California Gov. Gavin Newsom said, "He meets these moments. I have not seen an exception."

But the truth revealed confirmed that Democrats had been hiding evidence of Biden's decline – up until they decided they would replace him.

After the injury from the attempted assassination in Butler, Republicans turned their focus on the Democrats' pro-violence rhetoric, blaming the constant false comparisons to Nazis, to Hitler, to a dictator, for the criminal activity.

Trump, in fact, was riding fairly high in the polls when the Democrats suddenly experienced a rejuvenation when Harris replaced Biden.

While she generated excitement for the party for a time, her inability to speak – her "word salads" are legend, her lack of specificity about her vision for America, her adherence to Biden's failed agenda, and more left the party without a lasting support structure.

So the 2024 race ended up being Trump's vision for a surging America and a Harris vision that "I'm not Trump."

Biden announced the end of his campaign with a statement on social media.

"He had lost the confidence of his party after former President Barack Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi let it be known that they also saw the obvious: The elder statesman was too old and too diminished to fend off Trump," Real Clear reported.

The sudden interest in Harris failed to develop into a lasting support because she was all about "vibes" and little about the nation itself.

She prompted Trump to create nicknames for her like, "Crazy Kamala" and "Comrade Kamala," reflecting her extreme left agenda.

Harris was forced to flip-flop on a long list of issues to try to remake herself into a mainstream candidate, downplaying her advocate for gun confiscation and more.

She repeatedly claimed, "We are not going back," without mentioning that Americans were better off, more secure, and more at liberty in the time of "back."

The result was that Harris refused to answer questions for weeks after her coronation by the Democrats.

While Republicans took to the obvious, tying Harris to Biden, Democrats continued their rhetoric, repeating over and over false claims, like the trope that Trump called white supremacists "good people," a claim that has been debunked over and over.

The networks joined with Harris in the attacks on Trump, fact-checking him during his debate with Harris while leaving her lies unchallenged.

Trump chose Sen. JD Vance as their running mate while Harris picked Tim Walz, the leftist Minnesota governor who was appointed to a state post as a Critical Race Theory expert who openly advocates for the destruction of America.

Vance has proven over and over his ability to reduce opponents of the GOP ticket who are in the media to silence, while Walz has made himself an issue by calling Republicans "weird." During their debate, Walz excused some of his lies by calling himself a "knucklehead."

Then Biden, whether meaning to or not, undermined Harris' campaign by calling Trump supporters "garbage," much like Clinton said they are "deplorables" and Barack Obama said they are bitter and cling to their guns and Bibles.

Biden, in fact, earlier, had undermined Harris several times, praising Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' work after hurricanes there just at the same time Harris was criticizing DeSantis. And Biden assured Americans that Harris was part and parcel of all of his big decisions, at a time when she was trying to distance herself as a "new" way forward.

Even Obama was featured in a Trump ad, when he insisted that the nation was not going back to four years of mismanagement, without noting that for the past four years, his party has run the country.

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It was only days ago that twice-failed White House wannabe Hillary Clinton was discussing how Democrats must control the information Americans have, through the press and social media.

Now one of her compatriots-in-arms in the agenda to make America over into the "just and equal society" they want has confirmed that agenda, with actions that including her ownership of The Atlantic, a far-left publication that repeatedly has done hit pieces on President Donald Trump, and her expressed interest in ownership of the New York Times: "Is it for sale?"

That person is Laurene Powell Jobs, widow of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and the inheritor of his billions.

She continued, "These are early days for us but that's the idea behind it. We want to inspire the kind of stories that we'd like to see told."

She was sitting next to Kamala Harris when she described her agenda to control what information to which people have access.

WND previously has reported on Clinton's related agenda.

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There is no doubt that media outlets have played a large role in the shaping of American political opinions in recent years. Just look at the orchestrated attacks on President Donald Trump even while he was a candidate and there were all those reports about the Democrat-manufactured claims of "Russian collusion."

We know now there was no substance to those wild diatribes, but that's not how the legacy media wrote it at the time.

That campaign, apparently is as strong today as ever has been.

A new report from Washington Examiner columnist Paul Bedard explains that since Kamala Harris was anointed by her party's elite, who had just finished throwing Joe Biden under the bus, as their presidential candidate, 84% of stories about her have been positive.

And 89% of the reports about President Donald Trump have been negative.

"The media have gone on a Kamala Harris binge since the vice president moved swiftly to replace President Joe Biden as the Democratic Party's 2024 candidate of choice, giving her the most positive coverage in modern history," he explained. "At the same time, and nearly as expected, the same media have gone on a scorched-earth campaign against former President Donald Trump, giving the Republican nominee what is likely to be a historic level of negative coverage."

He cited the polling results from the Media Research Center.

"Not only has Harris received 66% more airtime than former President Donald Trump, but the spin of Harris's coverage has been more positive (84%) than any other major party nominee, even as Trump's coverage has been nearly entirely hostile (89% negative)," that organization reported.

"Add it all up, and the networks have granted the combined Democratic ticket of Harris-Walz 82% positive press, while Trump-Vance has faced 90% negative coverage," explained the report author, Rich Noyes.

Bedard noted the media's "cheerleading" likely will continue this week, as the Democratic National Convention takes off, amid fears of rioting, in Chicago.

However, he noted that the public is not being bamboozled.

"Polls and social media posts appear to show that as drunk as reporters and news anchors are for Harris and her running mate, Gov. Tim Walz, R-Minn., the public sees through it. In a Rasmussen Reports poll shared with Secrets, 60% of likely voters said they believe the media tries to help the candidate they want to win.' And that is Harris, according to 57% of those polled."

Noyes also confirmed the biggest three outlets simply don't question Harris's positions and suppress Democrat problems such as Walz's lies about his military service.

Noyes explained, "As the Democratic National Convention begins, the Big Three evening newscasts have delivered Kamala Harris the most positive start to a general election campaign of any presidential nominee in recent memory. Not only is she getting the most coverage, she's also getting by far the most positive press. The question is whether the public will be swayed by this extraordinarily lopsided coverage, or will they see this as just more evidence of a partisan news media taking sides."

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U.S. Secret Service Director Kim Cheatle resigned her position Tuesday after coming under heavy fire for her agency's colossal failures protecting President Trump during his assassination attempt Jully 13 in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Her resignation letter to the Secret Service states:

To the Men and Women of the U.S. Secret Service,

The Secret Service's solemn mission is to protect our nation's leaders and financial infrastructure.

On July 13th, we fell short on that mission. The scrutiny over the last week has been intense and will continue to remain as our operational tempo increases. As your Director, I take full responsibility for the security lapse.

However, this incident does not define us. We remain an organization based on integrity and staffed by individuals of exceptional dedication and talent. As I've stated, the Secret Service will move forward with our investigatory and protective mission in a steadfast manner. We do not retreat from challenge. However, I do not want my calls for resignation to be a distraction from the great work each and every one of you do towards our vital mission.

When I got the call asking if I would return to the Secret Service after my brief retirement, I did not hesitate. I love this agency, our mission, and the great men and women who sacrifice so much every day. I have, and will always, put the needs of this agency first.

In light of recent events, it is with a heavy heart that, I have made the difficult decision to step down as your Director

When I assumed the role as your Director, I pledged to do so with honor and integrity. These values have guided my entire career for 29 years.

As many of you know, I served as a special agent for 27 years – securing events for FPOTUS Clinton, working as a supervisor on VP Cheney's detail, leading RTC, operating as the SAIC of ATL, supervising VP Biden's detail, and finally overseeing the agency's protective mission under the Trump Administration as AD-OPO.

As I stated in the hearing yesterday, all of you are worthy of trust and confidence. You deserve the nation's support in carrying out our critical mission. One of my favorite things about this workforce is that the men and women are fiercely committed to our mission.

Thank you for all that you do, and will continue to do, for our great nation.

President Trump said on Truth Social: "The Biden/Harris Administration did not properly protect me, and I was forced to take a bullet for Democracy. IT WAS MY GREAT HONOR TO DO SO!"

Joe Biden issued a statement saying Cheatle "has selflessly dedicated and risked her life to protect our nation throughout her career."

Regarding the assassination attempt on July 13, Biden said: "We all know what happened that day can never happen again. As we move forward, I wish Kim all the best, and I will plan to appoint a new director soon."

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My prediction in the summer of 2023 was that Joe Biden would retire from president of the USA by the end of 2023 so that Kamala Harris could run as the incumbent president and serve for up to 10 years.

My prediction was wrong. My assumption that the oligarchs and super delegates who run the Democrat party wanted Harris was wrong.

Last April, about three months ago, my prediction changed to that Biden would drop out of the race immediately after the Republican convention so that Democrats would have six weeks to dominate the media before the Democrat convention. My prediction missed it by two days.

So who will replace Joe? The battle to be the Democrat nominee will be fought in the black churches. And Democrats will not complain about violating the separation between church and state. Why will they not be complaining? Because Democrats will be violating the separation now just as they did with Barack Obama and Reverend Wright.

Of the seven battleground states (Georgia, North Carolina, Arizona, Nevada, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan), Trump needs to win four of the seven, and Democrats need to win four of the seven. Currently, Trump leads in all seven. Since Hispanics are switching in droves from the Democrat party to the Republican Party (macho machismo), Trump has a lock on Nevada and Arizona, and only needs two additional states from the remaining five, while Democrats need four of the remaining five.

Que Mala Harris should not be the Democrat nominee. Democrats would be foolish to nominate her. The oligarchs and super delegates who control the Democrat party know that she is a loser, otherwise she would already be running as the incumbent. Far left extremist. Failure as border czar. Dumb. And the Democrat party is not democratic, even if they try to make the nomination process look democratic. Gaslighting.

Open convention? Mini primary elections? All so that the oligarchs and super delegates can claim that Harris is not the nominee because Democrats used a democrat process to pick someone else. A lie. The fix is in.

In 2020, Biden received more than 92% of black votes and Trump received eight percent. About 90% of black men and 94% of black women voted for Biden. Today, black men are voting for Trump at more than 40%, so that the total black vote is 23% for Trump. Twenty-three, up from eight percent. Why are black men switching to Trump? Emasculated. Dominated by women. Gender push back.

So what does Harris offer? Nothing. With 94% of black women votes, she does not add anything to help Democrats unless she can bring in black male voters.

Instead, Democrats need to nominate a black man to pull black male votes back to the Democrat party. Black women and other feminists will vote for the Democrat no matter who is the candidate or what are the issues.

Watch closely how the black gender war erupts in black churches across America. Black men are rejecting being dominated by black women.

How about Andy Beshear? or Roy Cooper? or Joe Manchin for president? Probably not. All are white guys. Christians. Pro-life. Exactly what those Democrat feminists oppose.

As stated by me about a month ago, Wes Moore is the logical pick. Black male. Military veteran. Married with two children. Religious. Governor from Maryland. Business Executive. The only reason why he may not be the nominee is if he rejects being the nominee for fear of losing to Trump and ruining his chance to run for president in 2028 without Trump in the race in 2028. Then Democrats are probably stuck with Que Mala. Those discussions with Wes Moore are happening right now.