DIY: Thanksgiving Appetizers

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I know, I know Thanksgiving isn’t for weeks yet, but hear me out.  You’ve got family and friends coming over for dinner, you’re busy in the kitchen making a magnificent feast, and everyone keeps wandering into the kitchen to “see what smells so good”.  They’re family, they’re friends, they’re in the way!  So, plan ahead to make these cute and simple appetizers to keep them in another room while you perform your magic!

Let’s start with the basic Turkey appetizer.  There are dozens of varieties and all are easy to make.  The most difficult part is the arranging.

If you have some time, you can attempt a pizza dough cornucopia to fill with veggies, fruits, breadsticks.

(Short version instructions: create a foil cone; wrap slices of pizza crust dough around the cone overwrapping edges; brush with an egg wash and bake.)

For a lighter fare, you could make acorns!

These adorable acorns are just 3 ingredients: use some melted chocolate chips (or peanut butter, your choice) to attach a mini nutterbutter cookie to the flat end of a Hershey kiss.  Let them set a few minutes, then use more melted chocolate to attach a mini chocolate chip (or peanut butter chip) to the other end.  Done!

Another easy appetizer is a pilgrim hat!

Any type of chocolate cookie will work—a plain chocolate wafer or fudge striped cookie will do.  With a bit of frosting attach the chocolate side to a mini peanut butter cup, add some frosting details, and you’re done!

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  3. Morning All!
    i couldn’t sleep past the new 4 o’clock, which was the old 5 o’clock which was ironically the older 4 o’clock. confused? try thinking about all that without coffee!
    lol
    this madness needs to end

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    1. Morning, Pat! I agree – enough with this silliness. Oddly, no Wheezer yet but his food is waiting. 51 and the sidewalk is wet this morning altho it isn’t raining at the moment. Our usual up/down fall weather.

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  8. Tala Smith ⚔️
    @Tala_NoExcuses
    Updated info on the wrongfully euthanized squirrel Peanut, & raccoon Fred…

    Some ridiculous judge DID sign a warrant. For a squirrel? On a called -in “complaint” by this photog Monica Keasler to the DEC, for unknown reasons. The woman proceeded to brag on her now deleted FB account – she’s also ditched IG & Linked In because people found out who she is.

    Reviewing facts, it’s a pathetic case of government waste, overreach, & misuse of resources.

    These people rescued & raised Peanut as an orphaned kit. They had him for 7 years. The man created an animal rescue sanctuary as a result, and had allll the app. process done, & it was SIGNED. The only thing waiting on approval was an enclosure. This animal was not capable of wild survival. They tried that initially, but Peanut came back with injuries. Some rescued wildlife is not releasable – this is exactly why rehab sanctuaries will keep select animals after rehab capability is maxed.

    A few potential reasons:
    Missing limbs
    Birds with lack of flight
    Loss of vision or hearing
    Predators unable to hunt sufficiently
    Prey unable to evade predators
    Failure to thrive due to health deficits
    Captivity-raised lack of survival instincts
    Conditions requiring ongoing medication

    This RAID involved making the victims sit outside their home for 5 hours while these maniacs tore up everything. They were denied the right to call legal counsel. Feds went thru closets, leaving a complete mess. They broke soap bottles in the bathroom. They took apart the man’s TOILET upon escorting him before he could use it because apparently there could be some important squirrel propaganda hidden in there (I’m assuming in the tank). 😒 Please make it make sense.

    They further questioned his wife’s immigration status (Germany), in spite of her having all necessary docs & ID.

    Because these psychos descended unannounced & hunted down these ordinarily docile rescues in their normally peaceful home, somebody supposedly got bitten. They used that as justification for killing them to examine brain tissue for signs of rabies.

    (Let’s be clear… they were observed putting on gloves. Was anyone ACTUALLY bitten?)

    What’s really going on here?

    We all want to know.

    If you are thinking, “It’s just a squirrel “, look at your pets. Do it right now. Why do you think you are exempt from over-reach like this, & what’s different from your dog or cat?

    WHAT???

    I am a feline rescuer. I’ve also rescued other animals to either be rehab-released, or homed as appropriate. I have been doing this most of my life, in fact. Birds, including a baby hummingbird once. Rabbits. Lizards. Snakes. Dogs. What’s the difference, I ask you. This is NOT about permits. He had the paperwork. Signed. It was in final process.

    Why do Feds have the time & resources for one MF squirrel that’s not bothering anybody? If they need something to do, I have a few suggestions. Some legit tasks first… and a couple of impolite instructions after that.

    I usually try to avoid posting things that end up in the political arena, but here we are. This is as far as I’m concerned a bipartisan concern anyway, so today I am speaking up. NONE of us should be ok with this type of abusive home invasion. Do you want to be treated like a criminal, like a drug dealer, on your own property.. when you have done nothing harmful to anyone? I’m absolutely certain that I don’t.

    AS a rescuer MYSELF, this hits hard. I’ve had tragic abuses committed by other organizations that I had to then correct & be the responsible party – costing me hundreds in the aftermath, plus deciding under duress of the situation to adopt as a result. Over the lifetime of a pet, that’s thousands. I continue to do this, in spite of not having a donation for it in 4 years. So to me, it’s an important issue. We talk all the time about being responsible citizens, but when it comes to actually demonstrating it, who steps up? In my neighborhood, it’s just me. Out of pocket.

    So YEAH… #JusticeForPeanut

    THAT^^^ was in response to this
    Sarah Fields
    @SarahisCensored
    Monica Keasler is the one who called in the complaint about Peanut. She has now deleted all of her social media. Make her famous.

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  13. I see the word “Tyrant” being thrown around a lot today. I figured it may be useful to take a stroll down memory lane and examine some of the more tyrannical actions taken over the last couple of years in the United States. 

    – The weaponization of our justice system to take down political opponents. 

    – Government censorship of critical information during the 2020 presidential campaign and COVID pandemic. 

    – Government mandated vaccinations and firings for non compliance. 

    – Spy programs established against Americans of faith over fear of “extremism.” 

    – The labeling of political opponents as “Nazis” and “threats to democracy” at the highest levels. To the point where assassination attempts have taken place. 

    – Eliminating choice in the market place and enacting a timeline to force the American people to buy EVs. 

    – The labeling of concerned American parents as “domestic terrorists” for voicing their concerns over their children’s education. 

    – Supporting a proposal to eliminate the filibuster to overcome legislative opposition. 

    -Supporting the packing of the Supreme Court to eliminate checks on executive action. 

    Liz_Cheney , that is what you are campaigning for. So please spare us from your newfound concern over a quote being spun by a media that has been complicit in echoing or covering up all of the above tyrannical acts/proposals. 

    The American people are done with the gaslighting. We are not your subjects. We are hard working, patriotic people that will rebuke your elitist and totalitarian vision for the country next Tuesday at the ballot box. 

    God bless.

    I see the word “Tyrant” being thrown around a lot today. I figured it may be useful to take a stroll down memory lane and examine some of the more tyrannical actions taken over the last couple of years in the United States.

    – The weaponization of our justice system to take down…

    — Ben & Candy Carson (@RealBenCarson) November 1, 2024

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  16. “There’s never been a man like Trump in world history: ‘What we’ve all seen, experienced and witnessed over the past year is simply stunning’”

    By Wayne Allyn Root, November 1, 2024

    ENTIRE ARTICLE: “We’ve all been blessed to be born in the greatest country in the history of civilization. God bless America. The saying goes, “May you be blessed to live in interesting times.” We are all blessed to be living through the most interesting times in world history. And we have a rare chance to change our future and make America great again.

    Now think about why this is all happening. A simple answer: President Donald J. Trump.

    First, Trump showed up in 2015 and caught the attention of the entire world – the neglected and demonized working man and woman, the middle class, the media, the GOP and, of course, the deep state and Democratic Party. All the central characters of our times were shocked by the appearance on the scene of Trump and his MAGA movement.

    Second, we all experienced a remarkable Reagan-like turnaround of America in Trump’s first term. We witnessed a booming economic revival; one of the most dramatic increases in middle-class incomes in history; the lowest unemployment in history for blacks and Latinos; a rebirth of manufacturing; both inflation and interest rates at among the lowest rates in history; a secure border; and peace around the world. It doesn’t get any better than that.

    But what we’ve all seen, experienced and witnessed over the past year is simply stunning. None of it has ever been seen before. None of it will ever happen again in our lifetimes. There has NEVER been anyone like Trump in history. Just think of the dramatic one-in-a-billion developments of the past year.

    Let’s start with Trump’s iconic “mug shot seen and heard around the world.” Has there ever been a cooler mug shot in history? Has any president or presidential candidate ever been in a mug shot before? Has any human being in history ever turned a mug shot into a political movement? Only Trump.

    Four insane indictments, plus absurd civil charges against Trump. Then two convictions with rigged judges and rigged juries, in witch-hunt trials, in a city suffering from severe mental illness called “Trump Derangement Syndrome.” And then in response to each indictment and each conviction, Trump goes up in the polls. Has America ever experienced anything like this in our 248-year existence? Never, not even close. Only Trump.

    The iconic images of Trump after an assassination attempt, with blood on his face, his first clenched, screaming the most iconic chant in history, “Fight, Fight, Fight.” Who has ever been shot, and then has the balls and brains at that moment to turn an almost-assassination into a positive political movement? Only Trump.

    The long-awaited presidential debate with President Joe Biden – where the entire world finally realized we’d all been scammed about Biden’s mental condition. Stunning. All of America suddenly asked the same question, at the same time, “Who is running the country?” Has anything like this ever happened before? Once again, Trump made it happen.

    Faced with devastating poll and approval numbers, faced with a surefire loss to Trump, Biden was suddenly forced to step down from his presidential reelection campaign by his own Democratic leaders. Has anything like this ever happened in history? Once again, Trump made it happen.

    Next, Democratic leaders anointed Kamala Harris, the most unlikable, unpopular, unelectable, incompetent, radical vice president in history as the new presidential nominee, without her ever getting one vote in the primary. Just like that. Has anything like this ever happened in history?

    Now picture the unprecedented images of Trump in an apron, serving food at the drive-thru window at McDonald’s, to bring home the point that he is a man of the people, while Harris is a lying fraud who never worked a day at McDonald’s in her life. The next day, McDonald’s announced they have no record of her ever working there. Brutal takedown – “the emperor has no clothes.”

    This instantly became the greatest political stunt in history. Has any candidate ever done something like this? Not even once, not even close. Only Trump.

    Finally, just days ago, after confused old Biden stunned the nation by calling Trump voters “garbage,” we all experienced the iconic images of Trump riding in a garbage truck, wearing a sanitation worker vest, to remind us all that Election Day is “TAKE OUT THE TRASH DAY,” and Trump will be the new head of the Federal Sanitation Department to clean up the deep state and D.C. swamp. Brilliant. Trump’s McDonald’s stunt must move out of the way – there is a new leader in the clubhouse. “TRUMP THE TRASH MAN” instantly becomes the new greatest political stunt in history. The hits just keep on coming!

    Enjoy it. Feel the excitement. Feel the nervous energy. Feel yourself ALIVE like never before. And understand we will never see anything like this again in our lifetimes. The saying comes true. We are living in the most interesting times in history.

    WE ARE WITNESSING AND LIVING HISTORY.

    And there will never be another superhuman hero, and superhuman fighter, and political leader and legend like President Donald J. Trump.”

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  19. she makes a GREAT point in this comment. all these people bringing their “emotional support” pets everywhere–they don’t have to show that the animals have vaccination papers or do not have rabies.

    Clarion

    Clarion

    November 3, 2024 8:13 am

    I think that the covid psyop contributed to the murder of a couple of pets, because it enabled the fearful nuts to feel entitled to have the government bust in and legitimize their mental health issues.

    The hydrophobia phobics start to freak out and demand action whenever someone sees a wild animal in the daytime, or someone gets scratched by a feral kitten.

    Now they feel justified and empowered. Think of the flight attendants actually asking the age of babies, so they can demand that their airways be blocked with a rag.

    Think of the reactions to the Black Death in medieval times.

    There were multiple complaints about the squirrel. The owner says he was getting the squirrel certified as an education animal.

    The tiny thing could not harm anyone.

    Ironically, we see people nowadays, the fearful, bringing dogs into places the rest of us cannot bring out pets, and they don’t have to show any certification that these animals are even trained to be safe around people and other pets, and no one demands to see their rabies “vaccination status”.

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  20. “Sunday Strip: First They Came for Peanut; Then they came for our guns.”

    Robert W Malone MD, MS, Nov 03, 2024

    In the end, this is not about a squirrel. It is all about government overreach, illegal and overbearing search and seizure, arbitrary and capricious bureaucracies.

    Has our republic really been reduced to murdering pet squirrels? God save America

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  25. EXCERPT: “Big Tech platforms had shockingly frank internal conversations about their efforts to sway the 2020 presidential election, even stating explicitly they wanted to be on the good side of a Biden-Harris administration, according to communications released by the House Judiciary Committee days before an election in which mainstream media are promoting censorship of conservative voices.

    The Republican-led Weaponization of the Federal Government Subcommittee published an 82- interim staff report Wednesday on how the FBI “prebunked” allegations about Biden family “corruption,” and 641-page version with the full communications, providing the clearest evidence yet that tech platforms understood their role inevitably paved the way for the Democratic ticket.

    “[W]hen we get hauled up to [Capitol] hill to testify on why we influenced the 2020 elections, we can say we have been meeting for YEARS with USG [the U.S. government] to plan for it,” a member of Facebook’s Trust and Safety team messaged colleagues during a July 15, 2020, meeting among tech companies and feds including the FBI.

    “Obviously, our calls on this could colour the way an incoming Biden administration views us more than almost anything else,” U.K-based Nick Clegg, then-Facebook vice president of global affairs, told Vice President of Global Public Policy Joel Kaplan as the Meta-owned company debated whether to stop demoting a New York Post expose on then-Democratic nominee Joe Biden.

    “From the beginning, the platforms understood what the FBI was doing” even if “Big Tech may not have known that the FBI was priming them to censor a true story,” the GOP report says of the internal communications committee staff obtained. Companies knew “their meetings with the U.S. government regarding online speech could very well influence the 2020 election.”

    A week before this year’s election, prominent conservatives blasted The Washington Post for laying the groundwork to censor them through an analysis that claims their podcasts are superspreaders of “unfounded assertions including that the election will be rigged or stolen.”

    Ben Shapiro and Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton posted the Post queries they received. Shapiro noted the financially hemorrhaging newspaper didn’t specify what supposed misinformation he spread, and Fitton – flagged for his appearance on Charlie Kirk’s show – scolded reporter Cat Zakrzewski for asking him after 5 p.m. with an 8 p.m. deadline.

    Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan also accused YouTube of “censor[ing]” GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump’s interview with Joe Rogan, likely the nation’s most influential podcaster, and sibling company Google elevating “material critical of the interview” in search results.

    Jordan cited a New York Post report that said “YouTube users reported difficulty searching for the video” three days after it quickly racked up “tens of millions of views” Oct. 25 and that the full interview was “missing” from its trending videos page the day after….”

    https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/big-tech-knew-biden-laptop-suppression-would-influence-2020-election

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  26. EXCERPT: “…..Though the race remains in tossup territory, the Trump campaign is quite optimistic. Campaign pollster Tony Fabrizio, this week, released a memo highlighting the difference in polling between this election and 2020. The key point was that, in every swing state, Trump is polling better than in 2020 by a significant margin.

    “I point this out NOT to stoke overconfidence or complacency, but to illustrate just how close this election is and that victory is within our reach,” he wrote. “It is crucial we do not get distracted by the media noise and remain focused on our closing message, persuading the few remaining undecided voters and turning out our base.”

    The Trump campaign appears to have taken his words to heart.

    Trump’s final week

    Kicking off the week with his blowout rally at Madison Square Garden, Trump proceeded to hold event after event all across all the key battlegrounds, often doing two rallies per day. Election weekend will see him go beyond that and hold three rallies each on Saturday and Sunday, with four more scheduled for Monday.

    While two are set for North Carolina, Trump plans to appear in Salem, Va., as the Old Dominion appears competitive. His Saturday events come off of Friday rallies in Michigan and Wisconsin.  His Sunday will feature rallies in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Georgia while his Monday will see him hold four more, two in Pennsylvania and one each in North Carolina and Michigan.

    Trump opened his Michigan rally, by applauding the crowd sizes and positive energy of his events, including stunts such as driving a garbage truck after President Biden called his supporters “garbage.”

    “They’ll never be anything like what we’ve done,” he said of Democratic rallies. “We’ve done something that’s unprecedented, and we’ve had fun, but now we have to get, hopefully, to work.”

    The final sprint comes as the Trump campaign has carefully crafted its closing argument of “Kamala broke it, but Trump will fix it.” That line has increasingly become prominent among Trump’s surrogates and at his rallies, functioning as a de facto second slogan.

    “Trump is talking about solving problems for Americans while Kamala Harris is focused exclusively on attacking him,” one campaign official said. He is “asking people to vote for something, while she is asking for people to vote against something.”….

    https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/sata-tale-two-rallies-final-candidate-tours-feature-flustered-harris-joyful-trump

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  27. I voted no on overturning it in NE – I’ve always believed parents have a right to make that choice and their tax $$$’s should follow them.

    EXCERPT: “The school choice movement that came to the political forefront in the 1990’s where parents could use taxpayer money to fund private education is returning to the ballot next week in three key states, which will determine how education will be run in Colorado, Kentucky and Nebraska. 

    Voters in Nebraska are going to vote on whether or not to overturn LB1402, which is legislation from 2023 that provides financial assistance through a federal program to help families attend private schools. 

    The legislation has been backed by allies of former President Donald Trump and Nebraska GOP Gov. Jim Pillen, opposed by teachers’ unions and challenged at the state Supreme Court. 

    State Democrats have argued the legislation is all about politics while Republicans have insisted it is about giving families a choice on how to educate their kids, and to what their kids are exposed to in schools’ syllabi.

    “This is very political to drive votes, to turn out CD-2, and to make a broader statement, regardless of the kids it hurts,” Democratic state Sen. Justin Wayne said about the legislation, according to Politico. 

    Republican State Sen. Lou Ann Linehan argued that other states around Nebraska also have school choice and there’s no reason their state shouldn’t as well. 

    Meanwhile, voters in Kentucky will vote “yes” or “no” on Amendment 2 also known as the “Allow State Funding for Non-Public Education Amendment.”

    If the amendment passes, the Kentucky constitution will be amended to have the General Assembly provide funding for non-public education. The amendment is backed by GOP Sen. Rand Paul and other conservative groups such as Empower Kentucky Parents and Americans for Prosperity Kentucky, according to The Lexington Herald Leader. 

    However, dozens of local superintendents have opposed the amendment, arguing that it would cause public schools to lose funding. 

    “The arts, dual credit, extracurricular, sports, and vocational classes could be eliminated,” Marshall County Schools Superintendent Bill Thorpe said, according to local media. “Any school offerings that are not a state requirement will have to be reviewed.” …….

    https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/education/school-choice-ballot-three-key-states-revisiting-ongoing-debate-about

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    1. Bet there’s an agenda behind this – a way to get LBGT grooming gender garbage into the curriculum – officially, permanently and paid for and to mandate attendance in these ‘classes’.

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  28. Just The News: “The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Friday that mail-in ballots without a handwritten date on them could not be counted in the 2024 election. 

    The court sided with the GOP in the ruling, overturning a previous decision by a Commonwealth Court that stated requiring a handwritten date was unconstitutional. 

    “This Court will neither impose nor countenance substantial alterations to existing laws and procedures during the pendency of an ongoing election,” Justice Kevin Dougherty wrote in an opinion following the ruling, according to Fox News.

    “We said those carefully chosen words only weeks ago. Yet they apparently were not heard in the Commonwealth Court, the very court where the bulk of election litigation unfolds,” he continued. 

    Pennsylvania Republicans praised the ruling, saying that the Supreme Court upheld the law. 

    “Democrats have repeatedly tried to eliminate this important ballot safeguard, and we have stopped them each time,” Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley said in a statement. “We are committed to protecting critical ballot safeguards to ensure every ballot is cast and counted properly and will continue to fight across Pennsylvania to Protect the Vote.”

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    1. sigh…the fact that they haven’t arrested anyone for failure to follow a PA SCOTUS ruling is proof they are not serious in PA…such a frickin game.
      btw, our SCOTUS is majority dem so they do not care if their rulings are upheld imo

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  29. Just The News: “Republican National Committee poll watchers have now been allowed into the buildings in Georgia counties necessary to observe the election process, according to Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley. 

    “Following our pressure campaign, our poll watchers have now been let into the building in all four Georgia counties,” Whatley wrote on the social media platform, X on Saturday. “Our lawsuit over the offices remaining open is still pending, but we have eyes in the room as votes are being counted. We will continue our aggressive efforts to enforce Georgia law and protect the vote.”

    Whatley announced earlier that the election integrity wing of the RNC had filed a lawsuit against counties in Georgia. “Fulton, Cobb, DeKalb, and Gwinnett counties decided at the last minute to accept ballots over the weekend — which disregards the law,” Whatley wrote on the social media platform, X.

    “They have also failed to let our poll observers in to watch the process,” he added. “The Secretary of State has issued guidance to allow Republican poll watchers in but local officials REFUSE. Our election integrity operation has filed a lawsuit.”

    Whatley said that Democratic officials are playing “fast and loose” with election law. “Georgia voters demand that the state and courts ensure that these reckless counties administer fair, transparent, and secure elections,” Whatley said. “Anything less undermines public trust.”

    This is not the first time counties in the Peach State have been sued this year regarding elections. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Southern Poverty Law Center sued a Georgia county over allegations that it failed to send out approximately 3,000 absentee ballots by a requested deadline.”

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  30. Oh, my…..but it was something that we all expected he WOULD say!!!

    Just The News: “An anti-Donald Trump website shared a fake post from former President Donald Trump regarding the death of “Peanut the Squirrel” in an article before deleting it. A spokesperson from Trump’s team confirmed to the New York Post that the statement was fake.

    Mediaite published a now-deleted story about the death of an internet-famous squirrel that was confiscated and later killed by New York state officials.

    The fake post, made to look like it came from the Trump campaign, said in part, “If Peanut could have told them that he was from Mexico, they would have sent him on his way and given him a hotel room and a $500 gift card to Buddy Squirrel.”

    The Trump spokesperson called Mediaite “fake news.”

    Peanut’s death sparked social media outrage. Peanut’s owner, Mark Longo, owns an animal sanctuary that has other pets. The New York Department of Environmental Conservation said it received complaints that wildlife was being kept there illegally, according to Fox News.

    Besides Peanut, Longo’s pet raccoon Fred was also seized and killed by authorities, both over concerns about rabies. Memes erupted all over social media following the death of Peanut. 

    “President @realDonaldTrump will save the squirrels,” Elon Musk wrote on the social media platform, X.

    Reps. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., and Mike Collins, R-Ga., also posted their condolences about Peanut.” 

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  31. GGGGGggggrrrrrrrrrrr
    November 3, 2024 9:44 am

    ELECTION INTERFERENCE https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/svg/1f6a8.svg

    CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Indiana Department of Transportation removing Donald Trump signs from roads BUT NOT KAMALA HARRIS SIGNS

    “The only political signs that they’ve been picking up are the Trump ones. Indiana Department of Transportation. Look at that. Look.”

    — “Those are the only political signs that we’ve seen them take. We’ve been behind them for a half hour.”

    ELECTION INTERFERENCE 🚨

    CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Indiana Department of Transportation removing Donald Trump signs from roads BUT NOT KAMALA HARRIS SIGNS

    “The only political signs that they’ve been picking up are the Trump ones. Indiana Department of Transportation. Look at that.… pic.twitter.com/NBGpbCjFsp

    — Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) November 1, 2024

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  34. Just The News: “While Vice President Kamala Harris’s appearance in the opening segment of “Saturday Night Live” on the Saturday before the presidential election drew massive attention in social and mainstream media, it drew criticism from the senior Republican commissioner on the Federal Communications Commission who called it a “clear and blatant effort” to evade the Equal Time rule.

    Brendan Carr tweeted on X that the FCC’s “equal time” requirements require opposing candidates to get the same air time, and said that NBC “structured this appearance in a way that evades these requirements,” reported the New York Post. 

    “This is a clear and blatant effort to evade the FCC’s Equal Time rule. The purpose of the rule is to avoid exactly this type of biased and partisan conduct — a licensed broadcaster using the public airwaves to exert its influence for one candidate on the eve of an election,” Carr wrote on X.

    He added that “In the 2016 cycle, President Obama’s FCC Chair made clear that the agency would enforce the Equal Time rule when candidate Trump went on SNL.”

    While news reports earlier in the evening announced her upcoming appearance, Harris came face-to-face with SNL veteran Maya Rudolph who returned to the show this season to play Harris during the show’s skits related to the upcoming election. Near the end of the skit, Rudolph, as Harris, arm-in-arm with the real Harris, said “I’m going to vote for us.” 

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  36. Post Millennial: “At a rally in Salem, Virginia, former President Donald Trump applauded the Roanoke College women’s swim team for standing up to the “transgender fanatics” and policies allowing transgender-identifying biological men to compete in women’s sports.

    Trump addressed the situation that occurred last year when a trans-identified male requested to join the Roanoke College women’s swim team after previously competing as a man just one year prior. The swimmer ultimately stepped down following growing public scrutiny, but the incident led to some of the female swimmers to joining in a lawsuit against the NCAA seeking “damages for pain and suffering, mental and emotional distress” because the league allegedly allowing “naked men possessing full male genitalia to disrobe in front of non-consenting college women.”

    NF: Sheesh – it took 25 tries just to get it to embed….

    “The brave members of the swim team stood up to the transgender fanatics,” Trump declared to an energized crowd. The swimmers had joined the lawsuit in March with women’s rights activist and speaker Riley Gaines. 

    Several members of the swim team attended the rally, including team captain Lily Mullens, who took the stage to express her gratitude. “I would like to thank you President Trump for standing with women and protecting the rights of all of us,” Mullens said. 

    Some of the swimmers who were plaintiffs in the March lawsuit were also up the stage with Trump, they included Mullens as well as Susanna Price, Carter Satterfield, Kate Pearson, Katie Blankinship, and Julianna Morrow.

    Mullens emphasized the competitive imbalance that exists when biological men compete in women’s sports. “As female athletes especially, we know that men have an inherent advantage over women in sports, and due to current policies though, men are competing against women of all ages in all sports,” she stated, drawing boos from the crowd at the mention of these policies. Mullens also criticized President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for advocating policies she described as “anti-women.” 

    Point blank, it’s unfair,” she added, before thanking Trump again for supporting women’s sports. “We are so lucky to have a leader like Donald Trump with common sense who knows what a strong woman is and will fight for generations of girls to come,” Mullens concluded, to cheers from the audience.

    Trump expressed his appreciation for Mullens’ words and proceeded to introduce each swimmer present at the rally.

    The issue of transgender athletes in women’s sports has become a significant topic in the 2024 election. Trump’s campaign has released several ads targeting Democratic leaders for supporting policies that permit biological males to compete in women’s sports. A Gallup poll conducted in June indicated that an overwhelming 69 percent of adults believe transgender-identifying athletes should only participate on teams that align with their biological sex.”

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    1. there’s that 50 year old man competing on a female college basketball team? he was in the NAVY for pete’s sake–never cut off his penis–not transitioning as far as i remember…that’s bullshit

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  37. “Polls vs Early Voting: the real data is bullish for Trump — Polls can only tell you so much, while votes are what count.”

    Jordan Schachtel, Nov 03, 2024

    “The corporate media has gone into overdrive attempting to psyop and demoralize the general public into heeding their demands. Don’t take the bait.

    In the days and hours in the run up to Election Day, we are being met with endless amounts of propaganda, both in polling and in media programming, which is intended to paint a picture of a surging Harris campaign. The propaganda operation seeks to dissuade Trump voters from showing up, while motivating Harris voters to turn out.

    There’s been endless chatter about the state of the polls, and how much to an extent they are corrupted.

    Winning an election is simple. It comes down to collective turnout. In the U.S. two-party system, we are still very much split down the middle. Whichever side can motivate their side to turn out (in key areas) wins.

    The Trump campaign has made a wise and concerted effort to ensure voters cast their ballots before Election Day, and the early returns on that data look promising. By far their biggest mistake of 2020 was the insistence upon the traditional method of voting merely on Election Day, after the Dems weaponized the Covid hysteria era to redraw the rules.

    Instead of embracing the “new rules,” as unsavory as they might be, conservatives sometimes fall into the trap of maintaining “traditions” that handicap their political aspirations. In this election, the new strategy of working within the whole of the new ruleset is paying dividends. Republican voters are breaking records across many states, and especially in swing states.

    Polls are the polls, but the early voting returns are much better data than polls conducted by a variety of corrupted and deceitful corporate media outlets.

    Trump supporters are super motivated. This does not appear to be the case with Harris supporters. No amount of “polling” information operation can change that reality.

    We remain super bullish that President Trump is going to win this one decisively, even with the very real possibility of robust fraud occurring within the “election integrity” space.”

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  43. almost forgot to tell you…on our ride yesterday? someone had their Christmas decorations out and ON already.
    And just now there was a tv ad with Jennifer Hudson signing a Christmas carol!!!

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  44. Red State: “Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s former running mate Nicole Shanahan has a crew that has a great talent for making marvelous videos supporting former President Donald Trump — Make America Great Again, and Make America Healthy Again. 

    What makes them special is how the ads are about you. They’re not like every political ad that preaches at you and tells you what you should be thinking. They’re not like Kamala Harris doing a skit ripping off both Trump and Hillary Clinton that was all about herself and not at all funny. 

    It takes you inside the ad to what it is that you want. They’re something like the “Morning in America” ads where you see the opportunities before you. You can make it happen. “What will we do with this moment?” Trump asks. “Look at the opportunities before us.”

    Then come in all the folks on the unity team. Tulsi Gabbard saying it isn’t about left and right; really, it’s about freedom versus tyranny. Then there’s Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Shanahan, and JD Vance talking about coming together, it’s about our kids, and making America healthy again. Vivek Ramaswamy chiming in that being a rebel on a college campuses today essentially means declaring yourself a conservative. Elon inspires us, saying America is going to reach heights it’s never reached before, showing his SpaceX rocket. “The future is going to be amazing!” he roars. And we know it can be because these are people who have achieved so much. 

    The ad shows Shanahan explaining how she will become a first-time Trump voter that night, filling out the ballot before everyone, as the crowd cheers its approval. She is just one example of the many who have crossed the aisle for a better way. And that’s all it takes, just getting out and doing that one simple act, if we all do it, in force. We’re seeing it, with the early voting sounding like it’s going well for Republicans in the swing states. 

    The ad also depicts some of the fun and the joy that the campaign has brought in the final days — from Trump and Vivek with the garbage trucks in response to Joe Biden’s demonizing of Trump supporters as “garbage” to the fun and joy of Trump being on Joe Rogan’s show and the McDonald’s experience.  

    “The people dreamed this country. And it’s the people who are making this country great again,” Trump declares at the end. 

    There’s the closing argument. Unity over division. Cackling and self-interest versus the people and greatness. Standing in the breach against the tyranny that would come otherwise. Whatever it takes, stay in that line and get your vote in. 

    It’s all within our grasp.” 

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  45. “Hi everyone. I just wanted to update all of you, but I would first like to say how grateful I am for all of the love and support you guys have no idea how much you have gotten me through the day and a half of just torment and a nightmare. I can’t believe what transpired yesterday. I’m going to leave the details out of it, but we have the understanding that the DDC will not tell us whether or not Peanut is alive or not so.  

    I can’t give you a definitive answer of whether or not he’s still here with us. I hope we have an opportunity to take him back and continue this journey on starting a nonprofit in a squirrel’s name, you know, starting this nonprofit has been a dream come true. Showing the life of a squirrel has been nothing but incredible and I can’t thank you all for the love and support, so please continue to check the GoFundMe out. Please donate if you can. We have hired a legal team, so there’s going to be a lot of expenses coming our way. So I just want to say thank you for everybody who signed petitions and emailed and called and and really supported us. Hopefully we could bring Peanut home, but I can’t do it without you guys. 

    So thank you so so much from the bottom of my heart. I love each and every one of you. Thank you for looking out for me and my family and the animals here at Peanut Freedom Farm. You know it. It means the world to me. So thank you and. I will keep you updated as we go along.” 

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