Former President Donald Trump promised mass deportations while speaking at a rally in Reading, Pennsylvania, Just the News reported. Trump's platform has always included a commitment to stopping illegal immigration, but he made this his final pitch to voters Monday in a heavily Latino city in a crucial swing state.
Conventional wisdom says that Trump must win Pennsylvania's 19 electoral votes to become president again. Conventional wisdom also says that Latino voters are turned off by candidates who crack down on illegal immigration.
However, Democrats seem to be losing ground as Trump told an enthusiastic crowd about his plans one day before Election Day. "The United States is now an occupied country, but it will soon be an occupied country no longer," Trump said to uproarious applause.
Trump was not shy about reiterating his hardline immigration position. "On day one, I will launch the largest deportation program of criminals in American history," Trump told rallygoers.
"We're going to get them out," he added. Trump pointed out that "Dwight Eisenhower has the record" for the most deportations.
"He was a very moderate kind of a guy who's a good general [and] a good president... did a good job, but he hated the concept of people pouring into our country, and he has the record, but we're going to, unfortunately, beat the records, not something I want to do. But this is not sustainable by any country," Trump lamented.
"They're taking over your towns, your schools, your hospitals," he added. Trump mentioned the desperate situation in Springfield, Ohio, where a surge of illegal immigration has overwhelmed the small city.
"I will rescue every city and town that has been invaded and conquered. The United States is now an occupied country, but it will soon be an occupied country no longer," Trump added.
Trump's pushback against illegal immigration was supposed to be a stance that made him unpopular with Latinos. Perhaps there was a case to be made in past elections, but not so for 2024.
Now, according to Politico, Trump has picked up support in the community. Although Vice President Kamala Harris still enjoys a majority 55% support compared to Trump's 36% in Pennsylvania among Latinos, she's trailing President Joe Biden's numbers from 2020.
Even in Reading, where Latinos make up 68.5% of the population, there are signs that it isn't the slam dunk for Harris that it was for Biden as people suffer under Democrats' leadership. "Housing cost, utilities, groceries: it’s all gone up," Michael Rivera, who is the Burks County commissioner and is half Puerto Rican, pointed out.
"My wife is on the board of a shelter, and she mentioned to me the other day that they’ve gone up to 60 inquiries a month from women and children looking for a place to stay because of housing insecurity. There’s a huge need," he added.
The policies of the last three-plus years have impacted all Americans, including the Latino population. Trump is the president for all Americans who will fix the problems the previous administration has created, and everyone knows it.
Oliver Anthony, the musician whose song "Rich Men North of Richmond" went viral last year, said in a long YouTube video that he plans to leave the music industry to start a traveling ministry.
Anthony, whose real name is Christopher Anthony Lunsford, said in the video, "I’ve decided that moving forward, I don’t need a Nashville management company. I don’t even need to exist within the space of music. So, I’m looking at switching my whole business over to a traveling ministry."
He added that "our system is broken."
He also shared that his grandfather had been a traveling minister as well.
"I have this vision for this thing that I’m calling the Real Revival Project, and it’s basically going to start as a grassroots music festival, but hopefully it grows into something that can literally change our landscape and our culture and the way we live," he said.
He said that he wants to bypass the "monopolies" of Ticketmaster and LiveNation in a setup that parallels the Nashville circuit, and he had his first "thrown-together" show on Saturday.
His plan is to stimulate small-town economies and bring music to places that haven't had it in a long time.
He further wants to help musicians in these towns find success.
Anthony said in the video that he made enough money in the last year to last him the rest of his life. He has more than a million subscribers on YouTube and his song broke records on the Billboard charts.
"I never have to work another day in my life. I have everything that I wanted," he said.
He said he felt a "calling" from God "to make a real impact in this world, to make a real change, to help light a fire that no one really can extinguish in my lifetime or after."
"I’m just somebody who thinks the whole way we live is a--backward and so stupid, and it serves nobody but the people at the top of the hierarchy that we no longer really need to serve," he explained.
Anthony said he was already trying to get out of the music industry when his song about D.C. politicians went viral.
He said he is conservative, but isn't a Republican or a Democrat.
After enjoying a childhood that was largely kept out of the limelight, former first son Barron Trump has been making headlines lately for the noteworthy influence he has had on a key aspect of his father's presidential campaign strategy, namely, his appearances on several popular podcasts.
With that notoriety has come more frequent mentions by Donald Trump of his youngest son, with one recent chat focusing on the amusing -- and rather sweet -- explanation he gave for the 18-year-old's impressive height, as Inquisitr reports.
Typically reported as somewhere between 6' 7” and 6' 8” inches, Barron Trump's height is truly something to behold, and while both his parents are taller than average, the young man has exceeded expectations in this key physical metric.
Earlier this year, Donald Trump mused on what could possibly explain his son's outlier status when it comes to height, and his explanation was a mix of humor and admiration for a recently departed member of his family.
According to the former president, Barron's height was solely attributable to the culinary talents of his Slovenian maternal grandmother, Amalija Knavs, who passed away early this year, and to whom the young man was extremely close.
“That's how he got so tall, he only ate her food,” Donald Trump joked.
His commentary on Barron's stature did not stop there, as he recalled once suggesting that his son take up basketball as his sport of choice, noting that the young man rebuffed the notion, saying, “Well, I like soccer, dad.”
Little has been known about Barron Trump's life until quite recently, as the young man entered the spotlight not just as a result of his father's presidential campaign, but also because he graduated from high school and began studies at New York University this fall.
With an increasing presence in the public eye, speculation about his height continues apace, with essayist Nicholas Russell – himself a tall man – offering some insight into the situation, as Slate noted.
“To me, it's pretty apparent that [Barron] is still getting used to it and is not super comfortable. But that could also be an artifact of just not liking being in front of the cameras and freezing up a little bit.”
Russell went on, “His height is sort of just an added layer of surreality to his existence. He's still Donald Trump's son. He's probably got a very cushy life.”
Professor Tim Cole, who studies such matters, has suggested that Barron may not have even reached his final adult height yet, adding to what is sure to be an ongoing public interest in the young man's development over the next few years.
Regardless of whether Barron Trump stays at his current height or grows a bit more, it is apparent that he beginning to define himself both inside and outside his famous family, with seemingly limitless opportunities ahead.
As senior Trump campaign adviser Jason Miller recently observed about Barron's assistance in shaping his father's media approach, “hats off to the young man. Every single recommendation he's had has turned out to be absolute ratings gold that's broke the internet,” and that is an undeniably promising start, indeed.
America First Legal notched a "huge win" Friday after an Arizona court ruled that Maripoca County must provide the names of hundreds of thousands of ineligible voters currently on the rolls, Breitbart reported. Secretary of State Adrian Fontes is required to hand over the list by Monday.
The conservative public interest group had requested the list after Fontes revealed that an error in the registration system allowed 98,000 voters through without proof of residency. Several thousand have been discovered since, but the Secretary of State has still failed to release the records.
AFL filed a lawsuit requiring the entire list of 218,000 ineligible voters to be released. "As the Court admonished the parties prior to and during the hearing, the issue for the Court to decide is whether the records that Plaintiff requested must be released pursuant to Arizona’s public records law," the decision said.
The problem was facilitated by Arizona's practice of allowing noncitizens to vote in federal elections. Only citizens are allowed to vote in state elections, which creates a system whereby some voters can register and cast ballots in federal elections, but not for Arizona.
In a post to X, formerly Twitter, Thursday, AFL touted a "huge win" in the state. "We just WON our lawsuit against the AZ Secretary of State for illegally withholding his list of the 218K+ registered voters who did not provide proof of citizenship," the post said.
"He must produce his complete list of these voters by MONDAY — before Election Day," the post added. Attached is an image of the order showing the information must be shared by noon on November 4.
🚨🗳️BREAKING NEWS — HUGE WIN
We just WON our lawsuit against the AZ Secretary of State for illegally withholding his list of the 218K+ registered voters who did not provide proof of citizenship.
He must produce his complete list of these voters by MONDAY — before Election Day. pic.twitter.com/RN7G6xU6RL
— America First Legal (@America1stLegal) October 31, 2024
Meanwhile, the good news could persist for former President Donald Trump in the Grand Canyon State. Kari Lake, who is running for U.S. Senate, thinks Trump could flip the state.
"I believe we’re going to see a big number of Democrats in Arizona vote for Trump and vote for Kari Lake because they recognize the Democrat Party is not the old Democrat party," Lake predicted. However, it's difficult to know how elections will turn out when there's evidence that people casting ballots may be ineligible to do so.
By all indications, the presidential race is locked in a statistical tie going into Election Day. Even in Arizona, where FiveThirtyEight is currently predicting +2.1 for Trump, the presidential race is nowhere near tied up for either candidate.
Because it will be so close, any fraud or ineligible voters casting ballots could sway an election. This list from Arizona comes as other states are having similar problems with pushback on purging ineligible voters.
On Friday, a Virginia judge sided with the Department of Justice in blocking the state from removing voters who aren't citizens from the rolls, NBC reported. Trump, who has repeatedly warned against noncitizens voting, railed against the decision by the "radical judge" following the ruling.
"The outrageous decision goes against the very bedrock of our democracy," Trump said. Virginia GOP Gov. Glenn Younkin has vowed to appeal, but it won't come in time for this week's presidential election.
There's no reason voting should be this chaotic in the U.S. in modern times. It's almost as if one political side is unwilling to address a problem that benefits them.
House Speaker Mike Johnson said a congressional investigation is about to uncover a "massive scandal" in Democratic fundraising platform, an exclusive in Just the News revealed. Johnson said Thursday that they may be hiding donations from adversarial foreign nations in a money laundering scheme.
Johnson spoke about this to the media after House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer issued a confidential memo outlining evidence of the problem. Comer said the Treasury is looking into hundreds of Suspicious Activity Reports surrounding ActBlue.
The Democratic fundraising platform has been implicated in a scheme where large donations are falsely attributed to several individual small donors. Johnson suspects this may be a way for the Democratic Party to launder shady contributions from America's adversaries.
"This is a massive scandal," Johnson said. The House Speaker believes this will be so big that "very soon everyone will have to" report on the story.
The scheme may be uncovered soon as Comer, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil, and 19 state attorneys general are investigating ActBlue's fundraising. They believe the platform may have used the identities of American citizens to hide foreign donations.
On Wednesday, Steil subpoenaed ActBlue's records on suspicions that the platform acts as an intermediary for collecting donations from foreign nations and masking them with American identities. ActBlue must show how it will safeguard identities and stop fraudulent donations.
Notably, ActBlue has admitted that it does not require the CVV codes in credit card transactions, which would add a layer of protection to donors. It has raised $16 billion in modest contributions in the last 10 years to fund leftist causes and candidates.
"My theory is that they're taking money from foreign nationals, primarily Iran, Russia, China, and Venezuela, and they're breaking down the donations into smaller gifts and making it look as though these are, you know, this is a wave of new donors, American people, that are doing this. And I don't think it's true," Johnson said.
The House Speaker was quick to note that the investigation is ongoing. "These are all allegations. They'll be investigated and have to be proven," Johnson added.
Johnson believes that there may be leftists who knew about the scheme but were complicit in hiding it. "I think somewhere at, you know, liberal High Command, they made the decision like, well, you know that the benefit outweighs the risk," Johnson said.
"We'll have a couple fall guys who will go to jail eventually. But you know, we'll have this avalanche of cash, and we'll make sure we win the election. They'll never be able to unwind the results," the Louisiana Republican pointed out.
"I mean, it's very serious. It has huge implications for the country," he added. Despite that fact, Johnson believes there are senior intelligence officials who knew about the Treasury Department's reports but did nothing.
"If they ever made that available, I didn't know about it. Nobody brought it to my attention. We had to do it in reverse," Johnson said. He is hopeful that "there'll be a big appetite" for a "bipartisan" investigation.
If it's true that ActBlue was laundering donations from America's adversaries to get Democrats elected, it will be the biggest scandal in generations. Unfortunately, it won't counteract the scheme's impact on elections to date, including next week's presidential contest.
The Colorado Secretary of State's Office acknowledged Wednesday that the spreadsheet posted on its website contained passwords to the state's voting system, Fox News reported. The Colorado Department of State claimed it "does not pose an immediate security threat to Colorado’s elections, nor will it impact how ballots are counted."
With the presidential election just days away, the state downplayed the significance of the error. "The Colorado Department of State is aware that a spreadsheet located on the Department’s website improperly included a hidden tab including partial passwords to certain components of Colorado voting systems," a statement from the department read.
"This does not pose an immediate security threat to Colorado’s elections, nor will it impact how ballots are counted," the statement claimed. The department said it "took immediate action as soon as it was aware of this and informed the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency," which oversees security.
"The Department is working to remedy this situation where necessary," the statement added. However, it's worrisome that the statement's tone does not match the gravity of the situation.
The state office claims this isn't an immediate threat to election integrity as passwords can only be used on physical machines. "Under Colorado law, voting equipment must be stored in secure rooms that require a secure ID badge to access," the state office said.
"That ID badge creates an access log that tracks who enters a secure area and when. Clerks are required to maintain restricted access to secure ballot areas, and may only share access information with background-checked individuals. No person may be present in a secure area unless they are authorized to do so or are supervised by an authorized and background-checked employee," the office said.
In Colorado, all votes are cast on paper ballots and can be reviewed by the Risk Limiting Audit. Even with these assurances, Dave Williams, Colorado Republican Party chairman, was rightly outraged by this situation.
"We hear all the time in Colorado from Secretary Griswold and Governor Polis that we represent the ‘Gold Standard’ for election integrity, a model for the nation. One can only hope that by the Secretary of State posting our most sensitive passwords online to the world dispels that myth," Williams told Fox31 in a statement.
The state's Republican Party demands proof that the "exposed system" lives up to the "trusted build" standard in light of the leak. Unfortunately, that trust will likely remain elusive with Secretary of State Jena Griswold still in place.
Griswold's office knew about the leak and did nothing, which could be chalked up to incompetence. However, as Libs of TikTok pointed out in a post Wednesday to X, formerly Twitter, Griswold "is the same person who tried to remove Trump from the ballot."
BTW the lady who leaked passwords for voting systems in Colorado is the same person who tried to remove Trump from the ballot.
This is who’s running Colorado elections. https://t.co/Ob4wPn5FlI pic.twitter.com/lQRsx2R54l
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) October 30, 2024
The Secretary of State fought to disenfranchise Trump's voters at the Supreme Court. "Just as Colorado cannot be forced to place on its presidential primary ballot a naturalized citizen, a minor, or someone twice elected to the presidency, it also should not be forced to include a candidate found by its courts to have violated his oath to support the Constitution by engaging in insurrection," Griswold said.
Now Griswold is the one attempting to reassure those same voters that the leak won't impact the election. Republicans have called on Griswold to resign, but Griswold has said "absolutely not" to date, the Denver Gazette reported.
These people charged with state elections have no interest in ensuring they are free and fair. So-called "election deniers" were maligned, but situations such as the one in Colorado prove that there are major problems with how votes are cast and counted throughout the U.S.
Actress Teri Garr, who starred in "Young Frankenstein" and "Tootsie," has died, the New York Post reported. The 79-year-old actress succumbed to complications from her long battle with multiple sclerosis.
Garr passed away Tuesday in Los Angeles, leaving behind her 30-year-old daughter, Molly O'Neil, and six-year-old grandson, Tyryn. The actress suffered from the neurodegenerative disease for decades.
She first revealed her diagnosis in 2002 after battling multiple sclerosis privately. "I really didn’t think there was any reason to come out and say anything about it," Garr told CNN's Larry King.
"I think now, the good news is there is a lot of good medicine out there. If I can just help people to feel better," Garr said.
Garr's career spanned decades and included an Academy Award nomination. She had several hit films and television roles under her belt when she retired from showbusiness in 2011.
The actress had her first speaking role in the 1968 comedy film "Head," written and produced by Jack Nicholson and starring the Monkees. Garr was also on the small screen in "The New Dick Van Dyke Show," "Star Trek," and "The Sonny & Share Comedy Hour," and later "Friends."
However, America would fall in love with Garr's beauty and comedic timing in Mel Brooks' 1974 flick "Young Frankenstein." Garr starred alongside comedic greats Cloris Leachman, Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, and Peter Boyle.
Garr made "The Conversation," a thriller by famed director Francis Ford Coppola that same year. In 1977, the actress landed a leading role in "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," Steven Spielberg's follow-up after his "Jaws" smash hit.
In 1982, Garr's portrayal of Sandy Lester in Tootsie earned her an Acadamy Award nomination, the only one of her career. In her 2005 memoir, the actress said she was "proud" of the achievement. "The academy not only knew I existed, they thought I was good!" Garr recalled.
Garr's "Tootsie" co-star made a touching tribute to Garr in a separate New York Post exclusive. "Teri was brilliant and singular in all she did, and had a heart of gold," the 87-year-old actor said in as statement.
"Working with her was one of the great highs. There was no one like her," Hoffman added. Director Mel Brooks also remembered Garr fondly in a post to X, formerly Twitter, on Tuesday.
"So very sorry to hear about Teri Garr’s passing. She was so talented and so funny. Her humor and lively spirit made the YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN set a pleasure to work on. Her 'German' accent had us all in stitches! She will be greatly missed," Brooks posted.
So very sorry to hear about Teri Garr’s passing. She was so talented and so funny. Her humor and lively spirit made the YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN set a pleasure to work on. Her 'German' accent had us all in stitches! She will be greatly missed.
— Mel Brooks (@MelBrooks) October 29, 2024
Garr was a unique blend of talent and beauty and possessed comedic instincts. She left behind performances in some of the most iconic films of her day, and there will never be another like her.
Andre Soriano, the dress designer who created the infamous "Make America Great Again" worn at the 2017 Grammy Awards, has been forced to take down signs supporting former President Donald Trump, Fox News reported. The city of Occoquan, Virginia, cited Soriano for the signs after "Karens" made trouble and complained.
Philippines immigrant Soriano said he was trying to express his First Amendment rights by hanging signs in favor of Trump at the building where he has both his business and residence. Unfortunately, local women made it impossible for him.
One woman complained to the police, who issued a notice to take down the signs. The dress designer said, "I actually started a flag war here in Occoquan, Virginia."
Soriano would display his signs and the infamous dress in front of the store but found that they attracted hostility. "The reason I put my Trump dress outside is, so I don't have to encounter [this]," the designer shared.
Prior to creating the infamous gown, Soriano dressed the likes of Courtney Love, Miley Cyrus, Pharrell Williams, and Rhianna. Once singer and songwriter Joy Villa donned the pro-Trump gown at the music awards show, his career suffered.
The navy blue trumpet gown was patterned after a Trump campaign banner and features the then-president's slogan bedazzled in white sparkles. The crisscross back leads to the body of the dress down to a train featuring Trump's name.
Singer Joy Villa Wears MAGA dress to the Grammy Awards ceremony!
Troll level 5000 ! Snowflakes will be triggered ! 😂#ERedCarpet pic.twitter.com/BJi2f9rPZ3
— Unfiltered☢Boss (@Unfilteredboss1) February 12, 2017
The red carpet exposure that most designers clamor for to raise their profiles led to a very different result for Soriano. "That's when our lives changed. We had death threats," the designer shared.
"There are a lot of celebrities in Hollywood that are very divisive, and they didn't really like President Trump," Soriano added. Still, Soriano was determined to have his say.
Soriano's dress and signs caused one woman so much distress that she confronted him outside the store. A friend and political activist Audra Johnson came to film the dust-up after Soriano asked for her help. "I have a video of her hiding in a bush. I don’t know what she was doing," Johnson explained.
Soriano can be heard on one of the videos saying, "This wokeism is real. The ‘Karens’ are real. They're crying for nothing. Because of a sign. Come on." The term "Karen" is an insult applied to entitled white women, and it seemed to fit this time.
The confrontation with this woman resulted in her being coddled by police officers and later supported by the city in her bid to limit Soriano's free speech. The dressmaker received two citations despite America being the "land of the free, not the land of what people think."
Soriano added, "I'm an American designer. I am free to express and create whatever I want." Besides this incident, Soriano said he is subject to other types of harassment, including women throwing stink bombs in the store and hurling insults.
Trump's name triggers leftists, who call for all sorts of limits on free speech so they don't have to see something they don't agree with. Soriano is correct that this is antithetical to American ideals, and Trump is the only politician who is furiously working to restore these norms.
Abortion doctors who appeared on stage at Democrat presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris's rally on Sunday seemed confused and failed to help a woman with an actual medical problem.
The rally, which attracted thousands of people primarily by advertising a free concert by Beyonce and then angered them when she didn't actually perform, featured several abortion doctors speaking in support of abortion rights.
Dr. Richard Todd Ivy finally noticed the woman's medical need and said, "I think someone needs some medical assistance over here," pointing to the rallygoer.
After a little while, someone did go over to the woman and provide medical attention, after which Ivy confirmed, "They're okay."
The rally then continued with its pro-abortion spiel.
Democrats have latched onto abortion as their central issue, capitalizing on public opinion that Republicans might be taking restrictions and bans a little too far.
As usual, however, Democrats are the ones taking things too far by demanding rights for women to have abortions on demand.
Sure, some women are pro-choice and believe not all abortions should be banned, but there are two problems with the Democrat strategy.
First, most people including women don't see abortion as a primary election issue. Even if they do care about it, they care more about the economy, jobs, inflation, and the current unchecked illegal immigration than they do about abortion.
Second, the majority of voters are not in support of unrestricted late-term abortions. Many favor a ban after 15 weeks or 20 weeks, a time when with medical intervention, many unborn babies can survive outside the womb.
At the rally, abortion doctors came across as uncaring when they didn't go and help the rallygoer.
Where is their compassion? Did the many abortions they have performed strip it from them?
Harris actually got booed at the rally because people thought Beyonce was going to perform, but instead she showed up "as a mom" and praised Harris.
The bait-and-switch was said to be the only way Harris could fill seats.
The world of professional sports finds itself in mourning this weekend amid news that a talented young player in the ranks of Major League Soccer has passed away.
As Fox News reports, Holden Trent, a 25-year-old goalkeeper with the Philadelphia Union squad, died on Saturday after what was said to be a stay of undetermined length in a hospital's intensive care unit.
Officials from Trent's team did not specify any details about the young player's cause of death, though his family did reveal the fact of his hospitalization in a post to his Instagram account.
In announcing Trent's death, members of his family expressed their gratitude for the outpouring of support received in recent days amid the young man's apparent health crisis.
“We want to thank everyone for your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time. Holden passed away this afternoon surrounded by his family and friends,” the message declared.
Amid their grief, the athlete's relatives added, “Details on services and celebration of life are forthcoming. Our family is deeply touched to see and experience the love you all have for Holden.”
As ESPN reported, Trent was a Greensboro, North Carolina, native who was selected by the Philadelphia Union as the 28th pick in the 2023 MLS Super Draft.
The talented young goalie entered the professional draft after spending time playing at High Point University, according to the outlet.
Though he had not yet appeared as a goalkeeper in a first-team game, he did appear in six matches for the organization's second team in the MLS Next Pro arm.
Trent's team posted a statement in response to the goalkeeper's death, declaring, “The Philadelphia Union is devastated by the heartbreaking passing of Holden Trent. While he was a wonderful player and fierce competitor, he was more importantly a devoted son, brother fiancé, and teammate who made those around him better.”
The team statement went on, “He embodied the true meaning of determination, dedication and perseverance, and he will be deeply missed. We extend our greatest sympathies to his family, his fiancée, and his friends.”
Major League Soccer also issued a statement of its own, saying that the organization “joins the Philadelphia Union and our entire soccer community in mourning the tragic passing of Union goalkeeper Holden Trent.”
The organization went on to describe Trent as a “young goalkeeper with a bright future” and someone who “showcased determination and professionalism every day as he contributed to the close-knit goalkeeping unit at Philadelphia.”
The soccer community and the larger world of sports surely join together in offering condolences and sympathies to all those who loved Holden Trent, whose life ended far too soon.