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BREAKING: FBI Has Identified Efforts by Russia and Iran to Interfere in 2020 Election
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Wednesday evening the FBI held a surprise press conference, saying they would make a major announcement on election security.
Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe spoke first, followed by FBI Director Christopher Wray. The TL;DR version is that both Russia and Iran have obtained voter registration data, and that...
California AG Wants Name, Address, Birthdate of Voters Who Used CAGOP Ballot Return Boxes
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2020/10/21/california-ag-seeks-information-n266436
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Last week there was a big brouhaha over the pandemic-friendly ballot harvesting boxes deployed in numerous California counties by the California Republican Party and the efforts of CA Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Secretary of State Alex Padilla to shut them down. As we covered, although state officials characterized the...
San Francisco Poised to Designate Additional "Sanctioned Tent Encampments" For Homeless
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2020/10/21/san-francisco-poi…additional-sanctioned-tent-encampments-for-homeless-n266757
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Never think that the people running San Francisco have run out of stupid ideas.
Even though students aren’t back on campus in any meaningful fashion, due to Wuhan coronavirus fears, the ever-wise elected officials are getting ready to expand their list of “sanctioned” tent encampment areas to include more...
After Biden Campaign Dumps Him From Surrogate Appearance, Garcetti Addresses City Hall Sex Scandal
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As we covered both in July and on Monday, the man who served as “Executive Mayor” to Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and is still his most-trusted advisor, has been accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting multiple men who were employed either in the Mayor’s office or as part of his...
President Trump Walks Out on Lesley Stahl, 60 Minutes Interview, Threatens to Go to the Tape
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After reports surfaced that President Trump had “walked out” of an interview with “60 Minutes'” Lesley Stahl Tuesday, POTUS tweeted a video of Stahl not wearing a mask after the interview, saying, “Much more to come.”
Lesley Stahl of 60 Minutes not wearing a mask in the White House after...
EYEROLL: BLM Sues LA District Attorney Jackie Lacey, Husband For 'Infliction of Emotional Distress'
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2020/10/20/eyeroll-blm-sues…e-lacey-husband-for-infliction-of-emotional-distress-n263953
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In the early morning hours (5:40 a.m., to be exact) of Monday, March 2, the day before the California primary, a group of 30 to 40 Black Lives Matter protesters showed up at the home of Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey demanding to...
Study: 110,000 Guns Have Been Sold in California Since Pandemic Began
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(AP Photo/ Rick Bowmer)
Researchers studying the effects of the coronavirus pandemic shutdowns on violence and firearms purchases in California have released findings indicating that 110,000 guns were sold in the state from mid-March through mid-July, and that 47,000 of those guns were sold to first-time gun owners....
UPDATE: LA Mayor Garcetti "Repeatedly" Witnessed Top Advisor Commit Sexual Assault
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2020/10/20/update-la-mayor-g…peatedly-witnessed-top-advisor-commit-sexual-assault-n262878
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In July 2020, an LAPD officer assigned to Mayor Eric Garcetti’s security detail filed a lawsuit against the city claiming that one of Garcetti’s top advisors, Rick Jacobs, repeatedly sexually harassed and assaulted him in Garcetti’s presence. Officer Matthew Garza alleges that Garcetti “took no action...
VIDEO: LA Mayor Garcetti Likens Homeless People to Horses**t
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Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti talks during an interview with the Associated Press in Los Angeles on Thursday Aug. 16, 2018. Garcetti, who already has visited the important presidential states of Iowa and New Hampshire, told The Associated Press he’ll likely make a decision on his candidacy in the first...
'We Have Been Reimagining Policing in Los Angeles for Decades,' Councilmember Argues
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(RedState/Jennifer Van Laar)
On Saturday, October 17, the second community-organized “Defend The LAPD” rally took place in Elysian…
New Poll Shows CA Republicans Solidifying Behind One Candidate to Beat Gavin Newsom in 2022
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Results of a poll conducted from October 10 through October 12 showed that probable California Republican gubernatorial candidate John Cox has three times the support among likely voters over the party’s other likely candidate, San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer.
Republican likely voters are solidly behind Cox, according to the...
Ric Grenell Tells Reporters in Vegas to Do Their Jobs, Says Non-Residents Voted In NV
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2020/11/05/ric-grenell-tells…egas-to-do-their-jobs-says-non-residents-voted-in-nv-n275766
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Several members of the Trump campaign, including Ric Grenell and Matt Schlapp, held a press conference in Las Vegas Thursday announcing the filing of a federal lawsuit over a lack of meaningful access for GOP ballot counting observers, and alleging that more than 10,000 non-residents illegally voted on November 3....
Good News! California's Prop 22 Passes Decisively, Defeating Big Labor's Power Grab
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2020/11/04/good-news-califor…22-passes-decisively-defeating-big-labors-power-grab-n275054
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While Californians re-elected some extremely questionable super progressive Democrats, and possibly even replaced a Democrat District Attorney in Los Angeles County with a Soros DA, in the only statewide contests on the ballot they overwhelmingly voted for the conservative position.
In addition to rejecting a return to affirmative action,...
Eric Trump Claims PA Trump Victory, Giuliani Says Officials Are Preventing Observers From Doing Their Job
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Members of the Trump campaign held a press conference in Philadelphia Wednesday afternoon to announce a number of legal challenges that will be pursued in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin and possibly other states, and to describe the numerous ways they claim Democrats and election officials are attempting to fraudulently swing the...
Claiming Lack of "Meaningful Access" to Ballot Counting Locations, Trump Campaign Sues to Halt MI Count
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2020/11/04/claiming-lack-of…nting-locations-trump-campaign-sues-to-halt-mi-count-n274985
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(UPDATE: According to Decision Desk, the claim that over 100,000 mail-in ballots went exclusively to Joe Biden was due to a data error, and the results have since been updated.)
Election results in Michigan, both for the presidential and US Senate races, have been much more favorable for the...
Trump Campaign Requests Recount in Wisconsin
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2020/11/04/trump-campaign-requests-recount-in-wisconsin-n274948
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As my colleague Brandon Morse reported, there was record voter turnout in Wisconsin and some very curious mail-in ballot results in Milwaukee County.
According to current results turnout seems to be around 90 percent, a massive increase over the typical 70 percent. However, despite some claims on social media,...
Trump Speaks at WH: 'Frankly, We Did Win This Election'
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2020/11/04/trump-speaks-at-wh-frankly-we-did-win-this-election-n274808
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In the early hours of Wednesday morning, and after Joe Biden had been roused out of bed to give a dog-whistle speech to his followers, President Trump addressed his supporters and the country to claim victory and vowed to “ensure the integrity [of the election] for the good of this...
2018 Déjà vu? Possible Voter Fraud in Orange County
https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2020/11/03/2018-deja-vu-possible-voter-fraud-in-orange-county-n274528
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Our perspicacious managing editor Jennifer Van Laar knows how the polls work, and she let me know that this is not standard procedure…
RedState Contributor Predictions for Election 2020
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Jennifer Oliver O’Connell, Contributor-at-Large (Quite Large)
Winner: Donald J. … Jennifer Van Laar, Deputy Managing Editor
Since I’m a Gemini, my life is a constant struggle between playing it safe and saying,…
Sounds Right: CA State Sen. Melissa Melendez on CAGOP's Private Ballot Boxes
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2020/11/02/sounds-right-ca-s…sen-melissa-melendez-on-cagops-private-ballot-boxes-n274125
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California State Sen. Melissa Melendez (R-Lake Elsinore) has been one of the few unwaveringly conservative and unapologetic voices in the California legislature and the California GOP since she was first elected to the State Assembly in 2012. When the CAGOP deployed private ballot collection boxes in swing districts throughout the...
Gavin Newsom's Abuse of Power Declared Unconstitutional; Permanent Injunction Issued
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2020/11/02/breaking-gavin-ne…eclared-unconstitutional-permanent-injunction-issued-n274021
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-PrivateJet) was Whitmered in spectacular fashion by a Sutter County Superior Court Judge in a just-released ruling; an Executive Order Newsom issued June 3 that amended sections of the state’s Elections Code was declared unconstitutional and a permanent injunction has been issued, barring Newsom from issuing...
EXCLUSIVE: Alleged Chinese Asset Tried to Penetrate RNC, Now Runs Asian.GOP Sham Org Stumping for Biden
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(The story of how Cliff Li, now suspected of being a Chinese asset, and his associate Cindy Yang attempted to infiltrate the RNC to gather data on GOP elected officials and to illegally funnel Chinese money to Trump’s campaign in order to compromise him is a cautionary tale for anyone...
Sounds Right: Meet Houman Salem, Immigrant Entrepreneur Candidate For CA State Senate
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On our latest episode of Sounds Right With Jen and Scott, we talk to California State Senate candidate (and “in real life” friend of Jen) Houman Salem. Houman is an entrepreneur who – get this – owns a fashion design and garment manufacturing company in the San Fernando Valley of...
Hunter Biden Left Behind a Second Laptop - at the Office of a Doctor Accused of Pill Pushing
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2020/11/01/hunter-biden-left…op-at-the-office-of-a-doctor-accused-of-pill-pushing-n273405
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When news that Hunter Biden had abandoned a laptop at a repair shop in Delaware first broke, one question a lot of people asked was, “Why would someone leave a laptop filled with incriminating evidence at a repair shop and never pick it up?” There are a lot of theories...
Why Californians Should Vote Yes on Prop 22
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2020/11/01/why-californians-should-vote-yes-on-prop-22-n270686
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As many are aware, when California’s disastrous anti-freelancing law, AB5, was being discussed and negotiated in Sacramento in 2018 and 2019, it was characterized as a law that would protect Uber and Lyft drivers from being exploited by greedy Silicon Valley billionaires by making them employees and guaranteeing they receive...