The incumbent president spoke early Wednesday morning at the White House, claiming victory in several states, including Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina, and Wisconsin, where the media has so far not projected victory for either candidate. READ MORE: Trump calls results ‘big WIN’ & accuses opponents of ‘trying to STEAL’ election, gets …
Read More »Trump may well grab the power however the election goes – and the establishment Democrats don’t have the will to stop him
But the United States does not select its top elected official on the basis of a national popular vote. The Electoral College, devised by slave-owning constitutional framers for whom democracy was the ultimate nightmare, restricts the presidential election to the contest for all-or-nothing Elector slates in a relatively small number …
Read More »‘Rigged Election?’ Trump seizes on Biden’s latest gaffe, boasting about ‘most extensive and inclusive VOTER FRAUD’ organization
“We’re in a situation where we have put together – and you guys did it for our admi . . ., the president, Obama’s administration before this – we have put together, I think, the most extensive and inclusive voter fraud organization in the history of American politics,” Biden says …
Read More »‘If Trump wins, my profession is done’: Pollsters hedge bets for ANOTHER potential election day upset
Democratic candidate Joe Biden is leading President Donald Trump by up to 10 points nationwide. Yet polls can be wrong, and for all the talk of a Biden “landslide” in the media, Trump’s supporters likely remember 2016, when their candidate pulled off a shock victory against Hillary Clinton, despite being …
Read More »No matter who wins the US election, expect more sabre-rattling. The only question is when and where the next conflict will begin
And, this lack of debate does not accurately reflect the American electorate’s concern about such matters, with a recent Pew Research Center poll showing a solid 57 percent of registered American voters consider “foreign policy” a “very important” issue. Of course, this should be an important issue, given the US …
Read More »Iran issues diplomatic protest over ‘absurd’ accusation of US election meddling
Iran summoned the Swiss ambassador in Tehran, who serves as a diplomatic go-between for the two rivals, to file a formal complaint against Washington’s “baseless” claim that the Islamic Republic has been meddling in the upcoming election. Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe announced on Wednesday that Iran and Russia …
Read More »Asteroid that may hit Earth day before US election is ‘not big enough to cause harm,’ Neil deGrasse Tyson reassures earthlings
With an estimated diameter of 2 meters (6.5 feet, or roughly one ‘refrigerator’), the asteroid known as 2018VP1 is just “not big enough to cause harm” when it buzz-cuts within 5,000 kilometres of Earth on November 2, celebrity scientist deGrasse Tyson wrote on Twitter and Instagram. So if the World …
Read More »New Zealand party accuses Facebook of election interference after being removed from platform for Covid-19 ‘misinformation’
In a statement, Facebook said that the page had been scrubbed due to “repeated violations” of its policy prohibiting misinformation about Covid-19 that could lead to physical harm. The move comes just two days before New Zealand holds a general election. A spokesperson for Facebook insisted that the decision was …
Read More »America on cusp of a Civil War: No matter who wins the election, there will be no peaceful transfer of power
A foiled plot by 13 self-described “militia” to allegedly kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer underscores just how dangerous the political divide is in America today. Words that address areas of legitimate political disagreement run the risk of fueling partisan rancor in a country that appears to be on the cusp …
Read More »Protesters over ‘rigged’ election break into government headquarters in Kyrgyzstan capital (VIDEO)
Protesters have “captured” the White House, Sputnik Kyrgyzstan confirmed just after 3:30 am local time, accompanied by photos of the compound. The palace was stormed after day-long demonstrations in Bishkek and other Kyrgyz cities, with angry opposition activists denouncing this weekend’s parliamentary election as stolen and accusing the government of …
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