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2018 Midterm elections

2019-02-05T20:20:51Z

Maga97: We're hypocrites if we blame dems for fraud and then excuse the GOP for it in NC. The margin ov victory was also bigger than the tea party wave. We got destroyed in the rust belt. Facts over feelings. Next time work harder

[[File:Congressional-baseball-practice-shooting-June-14-2017-twitter-640x480.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Death threats and [[leftist]] mob violence caused 36 incumbent House Republicans not itto seek re-election in 2018.<ref>https://www.bustle.com/p/republican-lawmakers-are-retiring-out-of-fear-of-assassination-this-congressman-thinks-8930196</ref>]]
The '''2018 Midterm elections''' for the 116th Congress were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.

Democrat poll workers stored blank ballots in boxes labeled "provisional ballots" which supposedly had been cast, and filled in the blank ballots during recounts.

With 36 Republican members retiring from the House, Democrats won many open seats and took control of the chamber. [[Nancy Pelosi]] again became Speaker of the House. Democrats gained 40 seats total, their largest gain since 1974. One race in North Carolina's 9th District is still undecided after allegations of fraud against Republican Mark Harris. Democrats also gained 7 Governors, including a sweep of the upper midwest. Overall Democrats picked up Nevada, New Mexico, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Maine, and Kansas. The GOP picked up Alaska from an independent. No Democratic governors lost reelection. Democrats won the congressional vote by 8.6%, the largest midterm margin since 1986, beating out the 1994, 2006, and 2010 "waves".

Republicans were wiped out in the upper midwest, losing every statewide office available in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania.

The Republicans retained control of the Senate. They picked up Missouri, North Dakota, Indiana, and Florida, while losing seats in Nevada and Arizona.
The alleged "Blue wave" did not materialize; however, rampant [[voter fraud]] in heavy Democrat districts did occur.<ref>https://twitter.com/Str8DonLemon/status/1061991384369020929</ref>

In the 115th Congress the [[Republican Party]] held 235 seats House of Representatives to [[Democrat]]s' 193 seats, with seven seats vacant. In the Senate the Republican Party held 51 seats. The Democrats held 47 seats after gaining a seat in Alabama, and the remaining two were held by Independents too ashamed to call themselves Democrats publicly, though they caucus with the Democratic party. Of the 33 seats up for reelection, the Democrats had to defend 25 (two of which are held by Independents), while Republicans had only eight seats to defend. This senate map was the worst map for a political party in the history of popular election of senators. The Democratic Party had to defend 10 seats in states that [[Donald Trump]] won over [[Hillary Clinton]] in 2016. Of these they swept the Rust belt, while losing in Florida and several deep red states. However Democrats flipped blue leaning Nevada, and after decades of trying, flipped Arizona blue. The GOP managed to hold onto an open seat in Tennessee.

Despite [[liberal media]] [[fake news]], the Democrats had to win 48 House seats and seven Senate seats to qualify historically as a "wave election."<ref>[https://ballotpedia.org/Scott_Rasmussen%27s_Number_of_the_Day_for_June_25,_2018]</ref> Increasing [[leftist]] violence and resistance to accepting the results of the [[2016 presidential election]] was an important issue. <ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/trump-resistance-continues-slide-toward-violence/</ref><ref>Although analysis by the [[Cato Institute]] and ''[[New York Times]]'' showed leftist-motivated violence on the rise since 2016 with killings 2.5 times higher than right wing extremists, https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/term-alt-left-came the numbers ''do not'' include murders of [[police officer]]s by [[Black Lives Matter]] activists. https://www.cnn.com/2016/08/14/us/police-officers-fatal-shooting-line-duty-nationwide/index.html</ref> Democrats relied on [[corrupt]] local election officials and their corrupt media allies' failure to report and expose it, and [[social media]] [[censorship]] of [[conservative]] voices for their limited success.

Democrat [[Beto O'Rourke]], having squandered a record $70 million of other people's money in a losing bid against [[Ted Cruz]] for the [[Texas]] Senate seat, is now considered a qualified leading contender for President by Democrats and the liberal media.

==Issues==
[[File:Democrats 2018.png|right|300px|thumb|Democrats took their message of chaos and disruption to the street.]] An election eve poll of registered voters one week before the election found 30% view Trump as the most important issue, while 22% rated the economy, followed by 15% who rank [[illegal immigration]] and 14% who say the same of Obamacare. 51% gave the President good or excellent marks for his handling of the [[economy]], while 33% rated his performance in this area as poor. Overall, Trump's approval rating was higher than [[Barack Obama]]’s at this stage of his Presidency.<ref> [http://m.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/rating_president_trump_on_the_issues_oct29]</ref>

Despite a $50 million fundraising advantage from [[Hollywood]], [[Wall Street]], and [[globalism|global]] [[elitism|elites]], the Democratic party leadership's advocacy of mob [[violence]] to advance [[socialism]] became a key issue.<ref>https://youtu.be/hlMIyae9-ZU</ref> The [[Kavanaugh smear]], Democrat disruptions of the orderly working of [[Congress]], and the Democrats' denial of [[due process]] rights energized the Republican base.<ref>https://youtu.be/iW4YwZtRAUY</ref>

Democrat [[Beto O'Rourke]] of [[Texas]] is now considered a qualified leading contender by Democrats and the liberal media for 2020 Presidential nomination.

===Supreme Court===
:{{See also|Kavanaugh smear|MeToo movement}}
[[File:Sarsour hearing-500x281.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Linda Sarsour]] removed from the hearing room. Sarsour is a notorious [[anti-Semite]] and spokesperson for leftist causes.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/01/opinion/womens-march-progressives-hate.html</ref>]]
''[[The New Yorker]]'' publicized in March 2012 that [[Brett Kavanaugh]] was the most likely next nominee if a Republican were to win the election.<ref>https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/03/26/holding-court</ref> Within a few months, [[Christine Blasey Ford]] for the first time allegedly told her therapist that she had been fondled at a drinking party and felt threatened. The therapist's notes, however, do not name Kavanaugh.

In the Spring of 2018, [[President Donald Trump]] nominated Judge Kavanaugh to the [[Supreme Court]]. Ricki Seidman, who orchestrated the 1991 [[Clarence Thomas]] smear, mapped out the plan to defame Kavanaugh in July 2018: {{quotebox|"Over the coming days and weeks there will be a strategy that will emerge, and I think it’s possible that that strategy might ultimately defeat the nominee."<ref>[https://youtu.be/zRttpJxj59A Begins at 3:20.]</ref>}} Like the attack on Justice Thomas, outrageous last minute personal smears were intended to erroneously waste the time of Congress.

''[[The Washington Post]]'' first published Blasey Ford's allegations in a letter under an anonymous op-ed byline. The op-ed named Kavanaugh as one of the boys at the drinking party in high school. Sen. [[Dianne Feinstein]] did not ask the FBI to investigate when she received the letter in July 2018, held it for two months during hearings, then passed the anonymous slanders along to ''WaPo'' when the regular hearings ended.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/news/dianne-feinstein-falsely-claims-gop-blocking-fbi-probe-of-kavanaugh-allegation/</ref><ref>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/msn/how-feinstein-is-conspiring-to-destroy-kavanaugh/ar-AAAuxh9</ref> In the interim, Blasey Ford was directed by unknown operatives to take a polygraph test in August 2018. The allegations were withheld by Feinstein and the Democrats from the [[FBI]] during the FBI's pre-hearing investigation and vetting process.<ref>https://hotair.com/archives/2018/09/18/lindsey-graham-ford-no-intention-coming-forward-whyd-take-polygraph-early-august/</ref>

Then, during the period in which the Senate Judiciary Committee delayed the vote 10 days to accommodate Blasey Ford's testimony, the ''[[New Yorker]]'' published an allegation that Kavanaugh exposed himself at a drinking party at [[Yale]] to a female classmate.<ref>https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/senate-democrats-investigate-a-new-allegation-of-sexual-misconduct-from-the-supreme-court-nominee-brett-kavanaughs-college-years-deborah-ramirez</ref> The ''New Yorker'' wrote: {{quotebox|"The magazine contacted several dozen classmates of Ramirez and Kavanaugh regarding the incident...''The New Yorker'' has not confirmed with other eyewitnesses that Kavanaugh was present at the party."}} The accuser did give the ''New Yorker'' six names to support her claim- six witnesses Deborah Ramirez stated could substantiate her accusation. And when the ''New Yorker'' interviewed them, '''''all six''''' said it never happened, and although 100% of the evidence discovered by the ''New Yorker'' refuted the claim, the ''New Yorker'' still published the article.

In the end, Judge Kavanaugh was confirmed, and the Democrats were roundly condemned for their sickening conduct.

===Abolishing ICE===
[[File:Mexico-Caravan-Horde-Adolfo-Flores.jpg|thumbnail|The caravan as it moves through Mexico|300px]]
Many [[Leftist]]s ran on a platform of abolishing the nation's [[Immigration and Customs Enforcement|imigration enforcement]] authority and moving toward a policy of unrestricted immigration and open borders.

[[ICE]] was created on a recommendation of the [[9/11]] Commission after 19 [[Islam]]ic [[jihad]]is entered the United States under the [[Clinton administration]] and murdered 3,000 Americans.

In 2018, Democrat representatives entered bills in Congress to abolish ICE.

====Migrant caravan====
[[File:Migrant-caravan-collage 451.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Migrant caravan clashes with Mexican border police.]]
:{{Main article|2018 Migrant caravan}}
Weeks before the election, [[George Soros]] [[front group]]s and human traffickers organized a migrant mob in [[Honduras]] to storm U.S. border control.<ref>https://youtu.be/fLJ3p8yHdWk</ref> Soros employed similar tactics in the [[European migrant crisis]] which has destabilized European society.

The heavily financed horde overwhelmed the token resistance from the Mexican police and advanced north toward the Southern U.S. border. The ''[[Associated Press]]'' described a “growing army of migrants resumes march toward US.”<ref>https://www.apnews.com/b709e05ec83c49e6876ff612141ae942</ref> The group has been enjoined by [[ideological]] [[comrade]]s from within Mexico. The group claims to be fleeing [[violence]] in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, yet the group deployed violence against the Mexican police who were vastly outnumbered.<ref>https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1058685478164144128</ref>

====MS-13 and others====
By October 21, reports estimated the number of economic migrants at between 7,200 and 10,000. The numbers seemingly doubled and tripled upon entering Mexico. No further resistance was met once passed the border. Migrants from [[Haiti]], [[Congo]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Angola]], [[Cameroon]], and [[Bangladesh]] have swelled the ranks.<ref>https://twitter.com/TomFitton/status/1054441145886035977</ref> The crowd is mostly men, ages 16-40. There are [[MS-13]] gang members among them.<ref>https://twitter.com/SaraCarterDC/status/1054481882484801538</ref> The caravan was now over two miles long.

Mexican authorities issued a warning about migrants in Guatemala who were preparing [[Molotov cocktail]]s and acquiring firearms to use against police officers. Two migrants were arrested, one a minor, after shooting at police. They were arrested carrying a loaded firearm.<ref>https://www.gob.mx/segob/prensa/detienen-a-dos-hondurenos-tras-ataque-armado-a-policias-federales</ref>

====Child traffickers====
Guatemalan authorities rescued seven unaccompanied minors from human smugglers working inside the caravan. The smugglers were arrested and a broader investigation into [[criminal]] activity in the caravan continued.<ref>https://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2018/10/guatemalan-authorities-rescue-group-of-minors-from-human-smugglers-in-caravan/</ref>

===Healthcare===
:{{Main article|Obamacare}}
Healthcare continued to be a major issue, with 56% of voters in pre-election surveys saying [[free market]] competition between insurance companies would do more to reduce health care costs, whereas only 29% of registered voters thought government intervention would be better at reducing costs. Survey results on this question have changed little since April 2013.<ref>[http://m.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/healthcare/health_care_law_oct22]</ref>

One of President Trump's first actions was repealing the requirement of Democrats on everyone to purchase health insurance policies for coverage they may never need (for example, men were required to buy [[abortion]] coverage and women to buy [[prostate]] [[cancer]] coverage) and [[monetary]] penalties for failure to comply with government dictates.<ref>Obamacare was wholly a Democrat mandate. No Republicans voted for Obamacare. There was no [[bipartisan]] nationwide [[consensus]] by any measure. Costs escalated dramatically after passage.</ref>

====Falling premiums====
As of 2018, health insurance rates fell for the first in history.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/11/politics/obamacare-premiums-2019/index.html</ref> The average premiums of $124 per month dramatically contrasted with Obamacare plans, whose monthly premiums averaged $393.<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/407158-how-the-gop-fixed-the-worst-of-obamacare</ref> Even the liberal think tank the Urban Institute proclaimed that what Trump did allowed 1.7 million previously uninsured Americans to receive insurance coverage, while enabling 2.5 million more to benefit from much lower premiums.<ref>https://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/liberal-think-tank-refutes-case-against-trumps-health-insurance-deregulation-10976.html</ref>

====Medicare and Medicaid====
As of 2018, Medicare and Medicaid's increase in cost is $1.50.<ref>https://goldrushcam.com/sierrasuntimes/index.php/news/local-news/16025-centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services-announces-2019-medicare-parts-a-b-premiums-and-deductibles</ref> [[Progressive]] [[socialist]]s and Democrats proposed a doubling of taxes for a [[collectivist]] single-payer system they called "Medicate for All."<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2018-07-30/study-medicare-for-all-bill-estimated-at-32-6-trillion</ref>

===Leftist mobs and violence===
[[File:Maddogpac.jpeg|right|350px|thumb|Democratic fundraisers openly called for the murder of elected Republican officials.]]
:{{See also|Left-wing violence in the Trump era}}
When one uses [[Google]] to investigate "leftist violence" and other associated terms, the majority of search results (thanks to selective liberal-biased censorship and manipulating of those results by Google) return "right-wing violence," as if the phenomena of leftist motivated attacks do not exist or is unmonitored; yet daily, for two years, leftists have openly practiced criminal behavior in the forms of violence, intimidation and threats - often worn as a badge of "honor" by [[liberal elite]]s in media, [[Hollywood]], academia, and the Democrat Party,<ref>
https://dailycaller.com/2017/06/16/this-list-of-attacks-against-conservatives-is-mind-blowing/</ref> although common sense dictates that such behavior is, in fact, a badge of shame against them as seen by the majority of the public.

====Incidents====
*Georgetown Prof. Carol Christine Fair tweeted during the [[Kavanaugh smear]] hearings that Republican Senators {{quotebox|"deserve miserable deaths while feminists laugh as they take their last gasps. Bonus: we castrate their corpses and feed them to swine? Yes."<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/georgetown-professor-white-gop-senators-kavanaugh-hearing-deserve-miserable-deaths/amp/</ref>}}

[[File:Doors-1012-x-526.jpg.cf 773.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Far left]]ists who now are the mainstream of the Democrat Party attempted to pry open the 13 ton bronze doors of the Supreme Court with their fingertips while chanting "Shut it down!" on a weekend when the building is usually closed.<ref>https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/james-woods-pathetic-leftists/amp/</ref>]]
*A leftist mob attempted to take over the Capital during [[Brett Kavanaugh]]'s [[SCOTUS]] hearings. At least 500 were arrested.

*Congressional aide to Rep. [[Sheila Jackson Lee]] was arrested and charged with doxxing during the [[Kavanaugh smear|Kavanaugh hearings]],<ref>https://youtu.be/PNXji4z7TyE</ref> 

*An Antifa and [[Black Lives Matter]] mob were allowed by Portland officials to take over a street in that city, blocking traffic and inciting anarchy.<ref>https://pjmedia.com/trending/blm-and-antifa-agitators-take-over-street-in-portland-to-protest-police-shooting/</ref>


*Ole Miss Sociology professor James Thomas advocated acts of aggression against Republican senators.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/us/ole-miss-professor-condemned-for-claiming-senators-dont-deserve-your-civility Ole Miss professor condemned for claiming senators ‘don’t deserve your civility’]</ref>

*Minnesota special education [[teacher]] Sam Ness tweeted, {{quotebox|"So whose gonna take one for the team and kill Kavanaugh."<ref>http://thefederalist.com/2018/10/10/minnesota-teacher-resigns-tweeting-killing-justice-kavanaugh/</ref>}}

*Long Island native arrested for death threats against two senators who supported Brett Kavanaugh.<ref>[https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/new-york-man-arrested-for-kavanaugh-confirmation-death-threats New York Man Arrested for Kavanaugh Confirmation Death Threats]</ref>

*[[Susan Rice]]'s son John David Rice-Cameron, President of the Stanford College Republicans, was violently assaulted at [[Stanford University]].<ref>https://pjmedia.com/trending/susan-rices-conservative-son-allegedly-assaulted-at-stanford/</ref>

*[[Hillary Clinton]] openly committed to mass violence.<ref>www.investmentwatchblog.com/hillary-clinton-commits-to-mass-violence-across-america-if-dems-dont-win-mid-terms/</ref>

*[[Eric Holder]] – the only U.S. [[Attorney General]] ever held in Contempt of Congress – called for violence.<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/10/eric-holder-calls-for-violence-when-republicans-go-low-we-kick-them-video/ ERIC HOLDER: When Republicans Go Low, ‘We Kick Them’ …Crowd Chants, “Fight! Fight! Fight!” (VIDEO)] at The Gateway Pundit</ref><ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/10/eric-holder-backs-off-call-for-violence-against-republicans-after-spanking-by-michelle-obama/ Eric Holder Backs Off Call For Violence Against Republicans After Spanking By Michelle Obama] at The Gateway Pundit</ref>

*Antifa attacked the GOP headquarters in NYC and warned this is ‘merely the beginning’.<ref>https://saraacarter.com/breaking-antifa-attacks-gop-headquarters-in-nyc-warns-merely-the-beginning/</ref>

*Antifa goons jumped a [[African American|Black man]] in [[New York]].<ref>https://youtu.be/iERNWFxwCoI</ref>

*Leftist mob rioted in [[Portland, Oregon]] continue into the second week.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/a-leftist-mob-polices-portland-1539298766</ref>

*Antifa rioters attack Patriot Prayer group, again.<ref>https://youtu.be/nSQrM3R-0HA</ref><ref>www.investmentwatchblog.com/chaos-in-the-streets-the-civil-unrest-that-so-many-have-been-predicting-is-coming-to-america-is-now-here/</ref>

*Pro-life protester assaulted by pro-abortionist.<ref>https://youtu.be/NppY0LtIvM4</ref>

*Minnesota Republican State Rep. Sarah Anderson assaulted by leftwing [[anarchist]].<ref>https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2018/10/15/campaign-sign-vandal-assaulted-house-rep/</ref>

*Soros goon arrested for violent assault on female Republican gubernatorial campaign manager in [[Nevada]]. The paid thug also is employed by [[David Brock]].<ref>[https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/17/soros-funded-operative-nevada-assault/ "Stop Hurting Me!" Soros-Funded Male Democratic Operative Arrested for Assaulting Female Campaign Manager, Leaving Bruises] at the Daily Caller</ref><ref>Rodriguez, Katherine (October 17, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/10/17/soros-operative-accused-battery-nevada-gop-campaign-manager/ Soros Operative Accused of ‘Battery’ Against Nevada GOP Campaign Manager]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 17, 2018.</ref>

*On the streets of [[Brooklyn]], an Hasidic Jew walking to his [[synagogue]] was viciously beaten by a [[radical]].<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-metro-driver-brutally-beats-up-elderly-man-20181014-story.html</ref>

*Racist Democrat mob targeted an interracial couple.<ref>Sen. [[Mitch McConnell]] and Sec. [[Elaine Chao]]. https://www.tmz.com/2018/10/20/senator-mitch-mcconnell-confronted-restaurant-protesters/</ref><ref>Kirkwood, R. Cort (October 20, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/30390-anti-gop-harassment-campaign-continues-with-unhinged-attack-on-mcconnell-wife Anti-GOP Harassment Campaign Continues With Unhinged Attack On McConnell, Wife]. ''The New American''. Retrieved October 21, 2018.</ref>

*Leftist [[bigot]]s assault [[gay]] journalist covering Florida Democrat gubernatorial candidate [[Andrew Gillum]] rally.<ref>https://twitter.com/JacobEngels/status/1053489127407128576</ref>

*Liberal racist assaults black man at [[Starbucks]].<ref>https://youtu.be/lBQJf4NTRH0</ref>

*[[Tennessee]] restaurant owner and staff received death threats after hosting Republican Senate candidate [[Marsha Blackburn]] event.<ref>https://youtu.be/knibvUBlaf0</ref>

*Heeding the call to incivility, a large rock was thrown through the window of Republican Majority Leader [[Kevin McCarthy]]'s district office.<ref>https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/10/23/politics/kevin-mccarthy-office-vandalized/index.html</ref>

*[[Minnesota]] state house Republican candidate Shane Mekeland suffered a concussion in 'politically motivated' attack by violent leftist.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/minnesota-republican-house-candidate-says-he-suffered-concussion-in-attack-at-restaurant.amp</ref>

*Opponent of Democratic Rep. [[Eric Swalwell]] was attacked with a knife.<ref>https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2018/09/11/man-arrested-for-attempting-to-stab-republican-congressional-candidate-made-disparaging-remarks-about-gop/</ref>

*[[Vermont]] state house Republican candidate Deserae Morin received rape and death threats in an anonymous letter.<ref>which also threatened death against all Vermont Republicans and claimed that Republicans had "no rights".[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/10/we-will-rape-you-for-days-says-threat-to-vermont-state-house-candidate-open-season-for-republican-death/ “We Will Rape You For Days” Says Threat To Vermont State House Candidate – “Open Season For Republican Death”] at the Gateway Pundit</ref> The letter reads, {{quotebox|"My comrades will kill you and the Constitution. … [[Socialism]] is here. Open season for Republican death in Vermont.”"}}

*Hazmat team investigated a letter sent to Sen. [[Susan Collins]] home.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/15/hazmat-team-susan-collins-maine/</ref>

*Invoking the words of [[Timothy McVeigh]], Democrat Leader [[Nancy Pelosi]] threatened {{quotebox|"if there's [[collateral damage]], so be it."<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/pelosi-collateral-damage-dont-share-view/</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/2BWzfEh9mEs</ref>}}

*[[Miami]] Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo received a death threat.<ref>http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/carlos-curbelo-receives-death-threat</ref>
[[File:Farrakhanclinton.jpg|right|350ox|thumb|[[Bill Clinton]] brought anti-Semitism into the mainstream of the Democratic party. Clinton appears on stage with notorious anti-Semite [[Louis Farrakhan]],<ref>https://youtu.be/Q4FoXPZDDqQ</ref> September 2018. A month later America suffered its worse mass killing of Jews in its history.<ref>https://www.jta.org/2018/09/07/news-opinion/bill-clinton-shared-stage-louis-farrakhan-aretha-franklins-funeral</ref>]]
*A crazed Trump hater killed 11 worshippers in a [[Conservative]] Jewish synagogue in [[Pittsburgh]].<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-suspect-identified-as-robert-bowers-what-we-know-2018-10-27/</ref>

*[[DCCC]] chairman Benny Ray Lujan refused to condemn [[liberal]] [[anti-Semitic]] [[hate speech]] on ''[[Meet the Press]]''.<ref>https://youtu.be/-q0nxstzDu4</ref>
*Rabbi receives hate mail after welcoming President Trump to the Tree of Life synagogue.<ref>https://www.westernjournal.com/rabbi-receives-hate-mail-welcoming-trump-synagogue-memorial/</ref>

*Violent protesters disrupt Marsha Blackburn rally in [[Nashville]].<ref>https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2018/10/28/un-freaking-believable-protesters-heckle-martha-blackburn-during-moment-of-silence-for-tree-of-life-victims/</ref>

*South Daytona, [[Florida]] Republicans' office shot up by gunfire.<ref>https://amp.local10.com/news/florida/republican-office-in-south-daytona-target-of-shooting</ref>

===Blexit and WalkAway===
[[File:Maxresdefault (1).jpg|right|350px|thumb|Many young blacks, sick of Democrat party racism, embraced the call to Make America Great Again.]]
:{{Main article|WalkAway}}
Because of [[racism]] and [[intolerance]] on the [[Left]], and within the Democratic party, many traditional liberals and Blacks began leaving the party. The far-Left and those advocating for resistance, [[censorship]] and ostracizing opposing political views - the [[progressives]] and [[socialist]]s - have become the mainstream base of the Democrat Party.

African-Americans in particular, who have achieved the lowest [[unemployment]] rate in history are not willing to open the flood gates of [[illegal immigration]] which has kept them depressed, suppressed, and dependent on White Democrats for handouts since unemployment records have been kept beginning in 1949. Many joined the Blexit movement.

Traditional liberals, ideological do-gooders, once had a healthy respect for [[democracy]], opposition, and the two party system. As a traditional ideological minority, they understood the importance of allowing dissent and opposing voices. Since the [[Marxist]] takeover of the Democrat party and the eradication of all opposing views, many traditional liberals abandoned the party and either converted to [[conservatism]], centrism, or retained the label of liberal while rejecting the Democratic party's shift to the [[extremism|extreme]] Left. Many just [[WalkAway]] from the Democrats.<ref>https://www.thenation.com/article/millennials-to-democrats-its-the-economy-stupid/</ref>

===MAGAnomics===
[[File:GDP rate 2015-2018.png|right|300px|thumb|Despite Resistance, real GDP growth returned.]]
:{{See also|MAGAnomics}}
The Republicans ran on a platform of economic recovery, jobs, equality and fairness; Democrats ran on [[socialism]], resistance and mob violence.

President Obama tried to claim credit for the recovery, however it was the Obama individual mandate attached to Obamacare that retarded economic growth throughout the Obama years,<ref>The redirection of worker productivity gains from job creation to entitlement spending and wealth transfer through the individual mandate created a "jobless recovery."</ref> and Obama had nothing to do with the Tax Reform Act of 2017. The peeling back of Obama anti-growth, anti-job, socialist regulations and Executive Orders in service of the [[globalism|globalist agenda]] equally was a key factor in restoring America's new found prosperity.

====Jobs====
[[File:Fredgraph.png|rights|350px|thumb|Real Personal income rose in mid-2018, for the first time since Obama took office.]]ADP reported a gain of 227,000 payroll in October, well over the estimated 189,000 forecasted, reflective of a sound, healthy, robust economy.<ref>https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/10/31/private-payrolls-gain-227k-in-oct-vs-189k-est-adpmoodys.html</ref> Overall, more than 4 million jobs have been created under MAGAnomics, with the biggest increases seen in manufacturing jobs.<ref>https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/NPPMNF</ref> This is important because manufacturing - jobs were value is added to the workproduct greater than the cost of labor in producing the product - spawn service sector jobs. [[Marxist]]s object to this concept, yet have never produced a workable alternative theory to feed and clothe whole nations and societies. Each new manufacturing job spawns 1.5 to 2.5 new services sector jobs - jobs were the workproduct vanishes in the instant it is performed and leaves nothing behind to be traded for equal value.

[[Globalism|Globalists]] have made the United States a service economy with 70% of all [[employment]] in service industries. American services are traded for foreign manufactured goods, leaving huge trade deficits, and bankrupting the nation. Reversing these trends, and President Trump's insistence that [[NATO]] partners carry their fair share of the cost burden, are the primary reasons why globalists have such intense hatred and opposition to Donald Trump.

====Trade deficit====
The trade deficit is a jobs issue. It represents an outflow of American capital to purchase foreign goods that just as easily could be manufactured by American workers.

America has been running a trade deficit since 1967 (when the U.S. became dependent on foreign oil and the American auto industry was booming).<ref>Prior to that, the [[Marshall Plan]] - loans, grants, and gifts to foreigners, represented a trade surplus.</ref> This outflow of capital earned America the reputation as the "engine of the global economy." However this reputation was gained out of largess, not of necessity.<ref>https://youtu.be/CS6ozmWSutY</ref>

====Trade relations and defense====
[[File:20180710 NATO Expenditure-3.jpg|right|350px|thumb|NATO spending in 2018.]]
The only reason [[Europe]]an liberal [[social democratic]] [[welfare state]]s have free healthcare, and the [[United States]] does not, is because the American taxpayer has been paying European defense costs for nearly 70 years - a fact often omitted by liberals in debates over the U.S. healthcare system.

NATO was created as a defense alliance to [[containment|contain Soviet expansionism]] after 1945, and not to wage a War of Aggression in [[Africa]] against [[Libya]],<ref>https://www.pambazuka.org/human-security/libya-natos-war-aggression-sovereign-african-state</ref> as [[Barack Obama]], [[Hillary Clinton]], [[John Brennan]], and [[John McCain]] authorized in 2011. After the reckless misuse of such a powerful [[military]] alliance resulting in a massive humanitarian and [[refugee]] crisis - including the resurgence of black African [[slave]] markets<ref>[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2017/11/27/africans_are_being_sold_in_libya_thank_clintonobama_427490.html Africans Are Being Sold in Libya. Thank Clinton/Obama.] Glenn Reynolds, [[USA Today]], November 27, 2017</ref> - the future of a military establishment created to defend against the [[Soviet Union]] (which hasn't existed since 1991) is front and center before American voters. Indeed, the [[Trump-Russia collusion hoax]] was an effort by power entrenched [[globalism|global]] interests of the [[military industrial complex]] to keep up the myth of the aggressive Russian bogeyman, to maintain the [[status quo]] and justify keeping the cost burden on U.S. taxpayers for European defense and Europe's bloated social welfare state.

===Heated rhetoric===
After President Trump's first 100 days a [[Harvard]] study found CNN and [[NBC]]'s coverage 93 percent negative, more than three times that of Obama, and only 5 percent positive.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/byron-york-harvard-study-cnn-nbc-trump-coverage-93-percent-negative?_amp=true</ref> By December 2017 a Pew Research study found 63 percent negative coverage of Trump by all [[mainstream media]].<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/pew-trump-media-three-times-more-negative-than-for-obama-just-5-percent-positive?_amp=true</ref>

As 2018 progressed and President Trump's approval ratings gained, the incendiary rhetoric was ramped up again, with a Media Research Center study finding 92 percent of all mainstream media coverage was negative,<ref>https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/rich-noyes/2018/10/09/study-econ-boom-ignored-tv-trump-coverage-hits-92-percent-negative</ref> as domestic, economic and [[foreign policy]] successes and words were simply ignored or bent and twisted out of shape so as to make them unrecognizable. ''The Washington Post'' urged increased unfounded and inflammatory attacks on President Trump in mid Summer.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/the-fix/wp/2018/06/01/the-case-for-even-tougher-media-coverage-of-trump/</ref>

====Pittsburgh shooting====
A crazed 46 year old white male Trump hater killed 11 worshippers in a [[Conservative]] Jewish synagogue in [[Pittsburgh]].<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-suspect-identified-as-robert-bowers-what-we-know-2018-10-27/</ref> At least 6 were wounded. Trump, whose daughter and 4 grandchildren are Jewish, consoled the nation and condemned [[anti-Semitism]] as "pure evil,"<ref>https://www.theindychannel.com/news/politics/trump-calls-shooting-at-pittsburgh-synagogue-attack-evil-anti-semitism-before-ffa-speech</ref> after which the liberal media attacked him for doing so.

The next day on ''[[Meet the Press]]'', [[Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee]] chairman Rep. Benny Ray Lujan refused to condemn liberal anti-Semitic [[hate speech]].<ref>https://youtu.be/-q0nxstzDu4</ref> The Democrats continue to fund the campaigns of Leslie Cockburn in [[Virginia]] and Scott Wallace in [[Pennsylvania]].<ref>https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/virginias-5th-district-sign-democrats-expanding-house-battlefield</ref> According to the ''[[New York Times]]'' review of Cockburn's book, “Its first message is that, win or lose, smart or dumb, right or wrong, suave or boorish, [[Israel]]is are a menace. The second is that the Israeli-American connection is somewhere behind just about everything that ails us.”<ref>http://thefederalist.com/2018/08/20/democrats-fielding-even-anti-semitic-candidates-congress/</ref> ''[[Commentary]]'' magazine says Cockburn claim's that [[Saddam Hussein]] started the [[Gulf War]] over his belief in ‘a [[conspiracy]] between Israel and the U.S. to attack him’—a belief that her book says is ‘correct.’ And then there is Israel's culpability for [[Idi Amin]], [[Mobutu]], [[Manuel Noriega|Noriega]], the plight of the [[Kurd]]s, the suffering of [[Guatemala]]ns, and much, much more." Scott Wallace, a [[liberal]] millionaire, was a member of a controversial private club in [[Apartheid]] [[South Africa]] that discriminated against [[African American|Black]]s and [[Jew]]s and has given hundreds of thousands of dollars to anti-Jewish hate groups.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-candidate-was-member-of-anti-semitic-anti-black-club-in-south-africa-that-invited-apartheid-figure-dr-death-for-motivational-talk.amp</ref><ref>https://forward.com/news/national/401309/exclusive-democratic-rising-star-in-swing-district-gave-300k-to-pro-bds/</ref><ref>https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bds-is-continuing-to-spread-hate-and-anti-semitism_us_592dab59e4b075342b52c080</ref>

Despite CNN's Alisyn Camerota's incessant baiting, Rabbi Jeffrey Myers of the Tree of Life synagogue refused to blame anyone other than the shooter, Robert Bowers.<ref>https://www.dailywire.com/news/37729/watch-cnn-anchor-tries-fails-get-tree-life-rabbi-emily-zanotti</ref><ref>https://www.thedailybeast.com/robert-bowers-is-neo-nazi-who-posted-about-killing-jews-on-gab</ref> [[Andrea Mitchell]] of NBC News of coarse, attacked the President for consoling the nation.<ref>https://www.trendsmap.com/twitter/tweet/1057042231679434757</ref> [[Joe Biden]] blamed Trump. America's Rabbi Shmuley Boteach responded:<ref>https://shmuley.com</ref> {{quotebox|"Hatred of the Jews, it springs up almost anywhere and everywhere. It’s the world’s oldest most insidious, most malicious hatred. But what we dare not do is politicize it. When I look at someone like Joe Biden, I just saw on your airwaves he was speaking about Charlottesville, etc. With all due respect, the [[Obama administration]] also [[Iran nuclear deal|legitimized Iran]], who spoke openly about annihilating the Jewish people. And did not once condemn that kind of [[genocide|genocidal]] rhetoric we’ve seen from [[Hamas]] as well."<ref>https://youtu.be/Rqpf6jQUJGQ</ref>}}

====Alleged bomb scare====
[[File:5bd0bc7adda4c861428b45db.jpg|right|300px|thumb|CNN opened up John Brennan's mail, did an on-air studio evacuation, then went on a rant for days trying to flip the narrative and blame Trump for mob violence.]]
Just when things looked desperate for Democrats with unhinged mobs responding to the party's leadership, CNN reported it had received a mail bomb addressed to [[John Brennan]], who actually works for [[NBC]]. Nonetheless, CNN opened John Brennan's mail anyway, paused to take pictures of the alleged bomb, before evacuting the building in a panic. Despite postage, there were no postal cancellations. CNN alleged it was "hand delivered." Others received packages as well.

Republicans were quick to condemn political violence,<ref>https://youtu.be/KwSGYUDQSuY</ref> unlike Democrat leaders, who encouraged it.<ref>https://m.imdb.com/title/tt9115480/</ref> President Trump vowed to use all the resources of the federal government to find who was responsible.

As soon as NYPD feed into the news cycle that the bombs were active giving breaking reports a life of their own, within hours the ''[[Associated Press]]'' reported, {{quotebox|"tests have determined that a powder found inside an envelope delivered to CNN along with a pipe bomb was harmless."<ref><big>7:50 p.m.

A law enforcement official says tests have determined that a powder found inside an envelope delivered to CNN along with a pipe bomb was harmless.

The official wasn’t authorized to discuss the investigation publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

New York City’s police commissioner said earlier Wednesday that the package sent to CNN’s offices in Manhattan contained a live explosive and an envelope containing white powder.

The FBI said the package was similar to explosives sent to former President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, former Attorney General Eric Holder and billionaire [[George Soros]].

The package sent to CNN was addressed to former CIA Director John Brennan, a frequent guest on the channel. The official says that parcel contained no note or claim of responsibility.</big> [https://www.apnews.com/5c93ac06309c4ce88e8cd5023f89feca Tom Hays, ''Associated Press'', October 24, 2018].</ref>}} None of this stopped CNN and other mainstream sources from failing to report the facts or whipping up anti-Trump hysteria.

None of the bombs were active, and the alleged bomber didn't know how to build a bomb anyway. The alleged bombs lacked a detonator device, were made with PVC tubing instead of lead, and packed with a harmless powder.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/news/cnn-pipe-bomb-white-powder-harmless-law-enforcement-report/</ref> No one was killed.

After President Trump ordered a nationwide man-hunt, a 56 year old homeless former male stripper person of color, Cesar Sayoc, was arrested. Being that the alleged "bombs" we're all duds, Sayoc's lawyer said the case against him was weak. As fate would have it, Sayoc worked st the same strip club as [[Stormy Daniels]].<ref>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2018/10/29/craziness-bomb-suspect-cesar-sayoc-and-stormy-daniels-worked-at-the-same-strip-c-n2533093</ref>

===Fake news: Russia collusion hoax===
[[File:Steele dossier fingerprint cartoon 2017.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Democrats [[collude]]d with Russia to try to affect the outcome of the 2016 election. Obama, Hillary, and John Brennan were all involved. Fake news was routinely broadcast by [[CNN]].]]
:{{See also|Russiagate timeline 2018 reckoning|Mueller office|Deep State coup}}
The 2016 elections and aftermath were married by Democrats and the mainstream media's fake news Russia collusion hoax to cover up wrongdoing within the Obama Department of Justice and FBI to interfere in American elections.

After two years of fake news about Russian collusion, scarcely a word was breathed by Democrats or mainstream news sources when the Obama administration, Democrats, and Hillary Clinton's collusion with Putin's minions became exposed.<ref>[[Christpoher Steele]] received unverified information from Russian sources, including [[Oleg Deripaska]]. Steele worked for Hillary Clinton, the DNC, and the Obama FBI. The FBI also used informants posing as Russians to entrap Trump campaign workers to justify illegal surveillance and leak false news stories.</ref> By contrast, Donald Trump has never been connected to Russian election interference after investigations by five Congressional committees and a Special Counsel.

====Commingling of two narratives====
Russian hackers did attempt to hack into state election boards in 2016. All investigations agree the attempt failed, no voter rolls were accessed, and no final tallies changed.

There is no evidence however, that Russians' hacked the [[DNC]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]. The suggestion that Russians were responsible for a hack, rather than a whistleblower who conveyed the information to [[WikiLeaks]], came from a third party contractor of both the FBI and DNC - [[CrowdStrike]]. The alleged DNC "hack" was never investigated. The DNC refused the FBI's offer to investigate what was essentially a civil matter.

A forensic investigation by retired [[NSA]] analysts determined DNC emails published by WikiLeaks were copied and downloaded on a flash drive, and not "hacked" from outside.

A DNC press release, coupled with [[mainstream media]] journalists working with [[Hillary Clinton]] operatives in [[FusionGPS]] and the [[FBI]], spread the [[fake news]] narrative that state election board hacking attempts were related to DNC materials appearing on WikiLeaks. The false narrative was melded into the catch-all phrase, "Russian meddling." FusionGPS, like CrowdStrike, was a contractor for ''both'' the DNC ''and'' the FBI.

====State elections====
The underlying issue is federalization of elections, taking the electoral process out of the hands of the states and placing it in the hands of the [[Department of Homeland Security]] in Washington, where it would be easier for [[Democrat]] [[Civil Service Commission|civil servant]]s to manipulate outcomes. This could only be done through [[bi-partisan]] [[legislation]] declaring voting machines as [[national security]] "critical infrastructure."

====FISA abuse====
:{{See also|FISA abuse}}
CrowdStrike is an outside contractor for NATO, the FBI, and the DNC. FusionGPS is a contractor for the FBI and DNC. Both CrowdStrike and FusionGPS had access to the [[NSA]]'s FISA database. The conclusions of an NSA audit and the [[FISA court]] agreed, that the FBI deliberately allowed its contractors to access the [[FISA]] database in order to illegally surveil and violate the [[Fourth Amendment]] rights of American citizens. 85% of all FISA database search queries after [[Donald Trump]] declared his candidacy in 2015 were illegal.

The inherent [[conflict of interest]] of [[partisan]]s in U.S [[law enforcement]], with partisans holding contractor access to national security secrets, then colluding with partisans in fake news media goes unreported by fake news media.

====Trump and Russia====
:{{See also|Trump-Russia collusion hoax}}
Since Donald Trump was elected President, Trump has:
:*Killed hundreds of Russian special forces in [[Syria]] in direct confrontation with U.S. forces.<ref>http://time.com/5237922/mike-pompeo-russia-confirmation/</ref>
:*Tore up the [[Iranian nuke deal]] in which [[Obama]] allowed [[Putin]] to build a nuclear facility in [[Iran]], Putin's ally, enhancing Iran's nuclear weapons program.
:*Trump approved sale of lethal weapon to [[Ukraine]]. [[Obama]] denied lethal assistance, and limited U.S. aid to humanitarian assistance.<ref>https://abcnews.go.com/International/trump-approves-sale-arms-ukraine-amid-escalated-fighting/story?id=51923454</ref>
:*Encouraged NATO allies to increase defense spending to guard against Russia.<ref>https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/11/trump-demands-nato-countries-meet-defense-spending-goals-immediately.html</ref>
:*Trump chastized Germany for paying billions to Russia for energy which aids Russia's military budget.<ref>https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/07/09/spare-a-thought-for-the-bundeswehr-germany-generals/</ref>
:*Trump imposed harsher sanctions on Russian businesses and individuals.<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/397212-president-trump-is-tougher-on-russia-in-18-months-than-obama-in-eight</ref>

==Results==
===Florida===
Sen. [[Marco Rubio]] called out Broward County two days after the election after the corrupt Democrat elections officials manufactured over 80,000 new ballots after Election Day.

Democrat leaders in Florida directed staffers and volunteers to shear altered election forms to fix improper absentee ballots after the deadline.

The plan was to have Florida voters fix and submit as many absentee votes as possible in hopes of including them in the vote totals.

An email was sent out to Democrat activists before defeated incumbent Sen. [[Bill Nelson]] and his party allies filed a series of lawsuits challenging some voting rules that applied during the election, claiming they disenfranchised voters.<ref>https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/politics/2018/11/15/florida-recount-democrats-launch-plan-altered-state-form-fix-ballots/2009178002/</ref>

==See also==
*[[Donald Trump achievements]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

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[[Category:Democratic Party]]
[[Category:2018 Midterm Elections]]

Fake news

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'''"Fake news"''' refers to liberal bias in the media that is so misleading that it is actually false. It can also include assertions of a non-political nature that seem believable but are untrue.

Generally, fake news falls into two categories: [[mainstream media|mainstream]] fake news with a [[liberal bias]] that goes beyond reporting of facts and commentary; it can take the form of headlining a manufactured crisis to obscure real news in the daily news cycle. The other category is [[clickbait]] - a sensational headline with a body of reporting based on half-truths designed to lure a reader into a commercial website.

The motive of fake news is to manipulate public opinion using false reporting and [[bias]]. It can be sourced to anonymous government [[leak]]ers or political operatives. The motive can be as simple as [[confirmation bias]] - pandering to an ideological viewership to distribute talking points or maintain ratings.

Examples of major mainstream fake news stories in the recent past are:
*the deliberate manipulation of [[President Trump]]'s live [[Oval Office]] broadcast by a local [[Fox]] affiliate editor/technician;<ref>https://youtu.be/UZLs11uSg-A</ref>
*the uncorroborated, obscene sexual allegation published by ''[[The New Yorker]]'' as part of the [[Kavanaugh smear]];
*the panic reporting for several days prior to the [[2018 Midterm elections]] that a dozen fake bombs mailed to prominent [[Democrat]]s were real;<ref>Officials had determined within two hours, and the ''[[Associated Press]]'' reported that the alleged bombs were fake, however days later most prominent mainstream sources continued to allege the packages contained real bombs.</ref>
*the ''[[New York Times]]'' story that the investigation of President Trump began after [[James Comey]] was fired and not in the Spring of 2016.

Political fake news is designed to push an agenda, typically the [[liberal]] one. Non-political clickbait is designed to attract internet traffic, attention, or sales. Clickbait websites often lack known publishers hindering lawsuits against them for [[libel]] or [[slander]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/12/05/opinions/suing-fake-news-not-so-fast-callan/index.html|title=Sue over fake news? Not so fast|last=Callan|first=Paul|website=CNN|accessdate=April 6, 2017}}</ref> In many cases, clickbait websites resolve to [[IP address]]es located outside the United States.

==History==
"News articles" that are completely fictional have a long history. The motivation is often for the amusement of the author, or the desire to make money by selling the newspaper or handbill based on its entertainment value. Such "news articles" are sometimes purely satirical (something that has a long history), or intentionally malicious, often for political reasons. For example, malicious claims about Presidential candidates (illegitimate children, etc.) have a long history in the United States. The falsehoods have sufficient emotional impact to assure that they will be magnified in various [[Media|mediums]]. It is debated whether or not this includes [[Satire|satiric]] news.<ref>"Tall Tale or Satire? Authors of So-Called "Fake News" Feel Misjudged". ''NBC News''. http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tall-tale-or-satire-authors-so-called-fake-news-feel-n689421</ref><ref>''Fake News Watch''. http://fakenewswatch.com/</ref>

[[Walter Lippmann]], a prominent [[socialist]], indicated that the press is supposed to utilize fake news to spin a narrative and thus manufacture public consent, claiming that news and truth are not the same thing, that it requires no real training to deal with the small pool, and that everything else is in the journalist's own discretion, which includes even promoting stereotypes.<ref>http://progressingamerica.blogspot.com/2012/02/journalism-and-manufacturing-of-consent.html</ref><ref>http://progressingamerica.blogspot.com/2013/03/walter-lippmann-explains-how.html</ref><ref>http://progressingamerica.blogspot.com/2017/01/who-is-founding-father-of-fake-news.html</ref>

The explosive growth of the internet in the early years of the 21st century, and the political divisiveness of the 2016 Presidential election, saw an explosive growth in fake news, far beyond supermarket tabloids, and the use of the term "fake news" to describe this.

===Tabloids, hoaxes, etc===
In the more recent past, but before the advent of the widespread propagation of false information through the internet, the most visible instances of "fake news" were the "supermarket tabloids" ("rag mags") that could be found at checkout counters of supermarkets. These were often full of blatant nonsense, and (nearly) everyone knew that, and bought them only for their entertainment value. Perhaps the most blatant of these was ''Weekly World News'', which seemed obsessed with some half-human half-bat creature named "bat boy", and with extraterrestrials. They sometimes devoted entire issues to extraterrestrials, and, in one instance, had three articles relating that each of the Presidential candidates in the 1992 Presidential election ([[George H. W. Bush]], [[Bill Clinton]], and [[Ross Perot]]) had been taken for a personal ride in a flying saucer to see Washington, D.C. from the air.

These fake articles continue, often with an extreme political slant. Recent issues of the ''National Enquirer'' (perhaps the most blatant fake newspaper since the demise of Weekly World News) had completely false articles about Special Forces raids, carpet bombing, drone strikes, and naval assaults by American forces in the Middle East. The ''Globe'' has run headlines alleging that Hillary Clinton is a Russian spy and has a "new treason indictment", which is not supported by the corresponding article. Another headline, unsupported by any evidence in the article, stated that Hillary Clinton and Huma Abedin were stopped trying to escape from the country. And there were numerous headlines during the 2016 Presidential campaign stating that they were in possession of evidence that would put Ms. Clinton in prison.

=== Early examples of fake news ===
Here are some early examples of fake news:

#The false claim, based on manipulation of the data, by Sir [[Arthur Eddington]] that the 1919 total eclipse of the sun proved the [[General Theory of Relativity]].
#The false reporting by the bigot [[H.L. Mencken]] on the [[Scopes Trial]].
#[[The War of the Worlds]] broadcast on [[Halloween]] night, 1938, in which Orson Wells dramatically described an invasion by hostile Martians in [[New Jersey]].
#The fake claim that President [[George H. W. Bush]] did not know what a grocery scanner was, implying that he was out of touch.<ref>[https://www.mrc.org/articles/great-george-bush-sr-grocery-scanner-urban-legend-lives The Great George Bush Sr. "Grocery Scanner" Urban Legend Lives On]. ''Media Research Center''. Retrieved December 5, 2018.</ref>

===Internet age===
Cybersecurity experts began using the term "fake news" to describe social media postings that attempted to spread false information regardless of the political ramifications of its content.

The widespread public use of the phrase by non-experts probably originated on November 14, 2016 in an announcement by [[Google]]. They said their advertising service was being pulled from sites whose purpose was to present as news what was solely designed to attract attention rather than conducted in a factual manner by a responsible party.<ref>Nicas, Jack (November 14, 2016). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-to-bar-fake-news-websites-from-using-its-ad-selling-software-1479164646 "Google to bar fake-news websites from using its ad-selling software"]. ''Wall Street Journal''.</ref> Fake news is also a form of "click bait". A photo would appear in an ad implying that there was a news story about the death of a celebrity, and computer users would click on the link to be taken to a website that carried heavy advertising, but no news story about the death of the living celebrity.

== Identifying fake news ==
The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) has a checklist to assist people to recognize fake news:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://blogs.ifla.org/lpa/files/2017/01/How-to-Spot-Fake-News-1.jpg|title=How to Spot Fake News|date=January 27, 2017|website=IFLA blogs|access-date=February 16, 2017}}</ref>
# Consider the source (to understand its mission and purpose)
# Read beyond the headline (to understand the whole story)
# Check the authors (to see if they are real and credible)
# Assess the supporting sources (to ensure they support the claims)
# Check the date of publication (to see if the story is relevant and up to date)
# Ask if it is a joke (to determine if it is meant to be [[satire]])
# Review your own biases (to see if they are affecting your judgment)
# Ask experts (to get confirmation from independent people with knowledge).

===Reputation of the author===
Ultimately, a judgement about fake news rests on the reputation of its author, and the reputation and editorial stance of a news organization or book publisher. Longevity is not in and of itself proof a publication or publishing house is an established reputable service. ''[[Newsweek]]'' magazine for instance, was once established as a "moderate" or right-leaning weekly news source to counter the perceived leftwing bias of ''[[Time magazine|Time]]'' magazine. It has since ceased publication as a print journal, and the name - ''Newsweek'' - was sold as an established, existing tradename, only to reappear online as a mainstream news source for some of the most outrageous left wing lunacy.

In the United States the ''[[New Republic]]'', established before World War I, is considered the granddaddy of modern liberal thought, whereas the ''[[National Review]]'' established in the 1950s is considered its modern conservative counterpart. ''[[The Nation]]'' has long been deemed the voice of more marginalized [[progressive]] thinking. While staff management and editorial views have evolved over many decades, any author moving from one of these publications to another generally have professional reputations as traditional ethical journalists, unlike modern broadcast journalists, or what passes as "ethics" taught in some of the nation's most prestigious journalism and broadcast schools today.

Among book publishers, St. Martin's Press is considered a mainstream book publisher for [[Democrat]]s which no other mainstream publisher would stake its reputation on, and Regnery is considered its [[Republican]] counterpart.

The challenge for young readers is to discern good, solid, factual reporting in the internet era, at a time when an explosion of anonymous blog sites are threatening the existence of a dying print and cable news broadcast industry.<ref>A prime example of [[Joseph Schumpeter]]'s [[creative destruction]].</ref> Again the reputation of the author is all pervasive. This requires follow-up and holding the author (whether anonymous or a pseudonym) accountable, and not seeking [[confirmation bias]] in how a reader informs themself.

===Holding the author accountable===
As can be seen, the reputation of a news organization or individual journalist can change over time, to either improve or loose credibility.

''[[The New Yorker]]'' for example, once had a reputation for vigorous fact checking. However, after such stories on the credibility of [[Wikipedia]], its fictionalized account of the death of [[bin Laden]], its hit piece on the person and character of ''American Sniper'' hero [[Chris Kyle]], and it's partisan, sloppy, and outrageous attacks on [[Brett Kavanaugh]], have called ''The New Yorker's'' viability as a reputable source into question.

Ronan Farrow, who writes for the ''New Yorker'' appeared as a bright and shining rising star in the field of investigative journalism, at a moment when public perception of journalists was at its lowest. Farrow fearlessly wrote about the deviant sexual predations of Democrat kingpins and mega-donors such as [[Harvey Weinstein]] and others, for which he won a [[Pulitzer Prize]]. Farrow even described the intimidation tactics wealthy predators use against female victims and himself by hired thugs and ex-intelligence agents to silence people. Farrow was a hero of the [[MeToo movement]]. Then Farrow tossed his reputation to the wind by signing his name to unsubstantiated smears, which his own reporting debunked, in a vicious partisan smear of [[Judge Brett Kavanaugh]]. Farrow sold out, and his actions now have the opposite effect of adding credibility to the defense and rehabilitation of Harvey Weinstein.

===Wrap up smear===
A '''wrap up smear''',<ref>https://youtu.be/SMJdDwQlcc8</ref> also known as a '''circular reporting''' or an '''echo chamber''', occurs when [[partisan]] sources [[leak]] false information to journalists then use those same published accounts to validate their claims.

Several instances in recent memory illustrate the technique during the [[Trump-Russia collusion hoax]] and the [[Kavanaugh smear]]. In Trump-Russia, a false allegation that Trump colluded with Russia was [[leak]]ed by Democratic operatives to get news organizations to publicize the claim, then biased [[Obama administration]] employees used those news stories as supposed evidence to obtain FBI [[surveillance]] warrants on the Trump campaign.

CNN, the ''Washington Post'', the ''New York Times'' and numerous other organizations reported fabricated information by anonymous sources throughout 2016, 2017, and 2018. The published reports became the basis of the [[Trump-Russia conspiracy hoax]] and [[FISA abuse]] scandal. When mainstream media published the false information, the Obama FBI, Justice Department, CIA and [[DNI]] used the fake news (originating with themselves) as supposed corroboration from "independent journalists" to begin investigations, interviews, perjury traps, seek warrants, perform [[Gang of Eight]] briefings, and appoint a [[Mueller office|Special Prosecutor]] to pursue political objectives.
*[[Michael Sussmann]] who worked with the general counsel of the Clinton campaign and the DNC gave fake evidence to the FBI and ''New York Times'' that a webserver in Trump Tower was communicating with a Russian bank. The smears were found to be without foundation.<ref>https://themarketswork.com/2019/01/21/baker-testimony-reveals-perkins-coie-lawyer-provided-fbi-with-information-on-alfa-bank-allegations/</ref>
*[[Christopher Steele]] who worked for Hillary Clinton gave false evidence to the FBI and numerous mainstream media outlets that [[Carter Page]] was a Russian spy, when in fact Page was a former FBI informant who helped jail Russian spies.
*Steele gave bogus sexual innuendo about Trump to the FBI; [[DNI]] [[ James Clapper]] leaked to CNN than that Trump had been briefed on the information, thus creating a "Breaking News" story.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/04/20/anatomy-of-a-political-smear-confirmed-james-comey-january-briefing-was-scripted-by-clapper-and-brennan-to-create-media-narrative/</ref>

In the Kavanaugh smear, false sexual abuse allegations were leaked by Senate Democrat committee staffers to produce sensationalized headlines and martial public pressure in an emotional cause.

Sen. [[Dianne Feinstein]] or a staffer leaked a letter from Dr. [[Christine Blasey Ford]] to the ''Washington Post'' alleging notes from a therapist and a polygraph exam were material evidence of a sexual assault, sparking a hue and cry on the [[Left]] for extended nomination hearings and FBI investigation of [[Judge Kavanaugh]]. The alleged "material evidence" was never provided to the FBI or Senate Judiciary Committee for examination and consideration, and the accuser caught in a series of conflicting sworn public statements.

===Participants in the Russia collusion hoax===
These mainstream news organizations in one capacity or other were willing participants in the [[Trump-Russia collusion hoax]]. The plan to exonerate Hillary Clinton of criminal charges, sabotage Donald Trump's election chances, and later his presidency, originated with corrupt elements of the Obama administration in collusion with the Democratic party. Allies opposed to Trump's demand that [[NATO]] members give more to fund the alliance, and Russian sources feeding Democrats false information also contributed.

These uncorroborated allegations violated every tenet of traditional, respectable [[journalism]]. None of it would have been possible without the help of several global media organizations willingly publicizing the false narrative of Trump collusion with the Russian government.<ref>https://themarketswork.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/inforgraphic-838x1024.jpg</ref> Willing participants were:
[[CNN]], ''[[The New Yorker]]'', ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[The Washington Post]]'', [[BBC]], [[NBC]], [[BuzzFeed]], ''[[The Guardian]]'', ''[[Huffington Post]]'', ''[[Newsweek]]'', [[MSNBC]], ''[[Politico]]'', [[ABC]], ''[[Vanity Fair]]'', ''[[Slate]]'', ''[[McClatchy]]'', [[Yahoo News]] and ''[[Mother Jones]]''.

===Participants in the Kavanaugh smear===
[[NBC News]], ''[[The New Yorker]]'', ''[[The Washington Post]]'', [[Stephen Colbert]], [[ABC News]], [[CBS News]], [[USA Today]].

===Participants in the Covington Catholic kids smear===
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''[[The Washington Post]]'', ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[Cable News Network]]'' (CNN), ''[[The Guardian]]'', ''[[National Public Radio]]'', [[TMZ]], [[Atlantic Media]], [[Capitol Hill Publishing]], [[Ann Cabrera]] (CNN), [[Sara Sidner]] (CNN), [[Erin Burnett]] (CNN), [[S. E. Cupp]] (CNN), [[Elliot C. McLaughlin]] (CNN), [[Amanda Watts]] (CNN), [[Emmanuella Grinberg]] (CNN), [[Michelle Boorstein]] (''Washington Post''), [[Cleve R. Wootson Jr.]] (''Washington Post''), [[Antonio Olivo]] (''Washington Post''), [[Joe Heim]] (''Washington Post''), [[Michael E. Miller]] (''Washington Post''), [[Eli Rosenberg]] (''Washington Post''), [[Isaac Stanley-Becker]] (''Washington Post''), [[Kristine Philips]] (''Washington Post''), [[Sarah Mervosh]] (''Washington Post''), [[Emily S. Roeb]] (''New York Times''), [[Maggie Haberman]] (''New York Times''), [[David Brooks]] (''New York Times''), [[Shannon Doyne]], [[Kurt Eichenwald]], [[Andrea Mitchell]] (''[[NBC]]/[[MSNBC]]''), [[Savannah Guthrie]] (NBC), [[Joy Reid]] (MSNBC), [[Chuck Todd]] (NBC), [[Noah Berlatsky]], [[Elisha Fieldstadt]] (NBC), [[Eun Kyung Kim]], [[HBO]], [[Bill Maher]], [[Warner Media]], [[Condé Nast]], ''[[GQ]]'', [[Heavy.com]], [[The Hill]], ''[[The Atlantic]]'', Bustle.com, [[Kathy Griffin]], [[Alyssa Milano]] and [[Jim Carrey]].<ref>https://www.dailywire.com/news/42988/nick-sandmanns-lawyer-sends-letters-these-54-ryan-saavedra?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=benshapiro</ref>

==President Trump and "fake news"==
:{{main|Mainstream media and Donald Trump}}

===2016 election and aftermath===
It has been confirmed that many fake news sites were actually created and managed by liberal Democrats ("false flag" operations) who support [[Hillary Clinton]] and oppose [[Donald Trump]] who engage in their [[Deceit|deception]] in an attempt to discredit conservatives and Trump.<ref name="NPR"/><ref>Dewey, Caitlin (November 17, 2016). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2016/11/17/facebook-fake-news-writer-i-think-donald-trump-is-in-the-white-house-because-of-me/?utm_term=.b3656316a9a1 Facebook fake-news writer: ‘I think Donald Trump is in the White House because of me’]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved December 8, 2016.</ref> One of them, Jestin Coler, a Democrat and Clinton supporter who owns the company Disinfomedia, runs several fake news sites that create "conservative" fake news stories.<ref name="NPR">Sydell, Laura (November 23, 2016). "[http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/11/23/503146770/npr-finds-the-head-of-a-covert-fake-news-operation-in-the-suburbs We Tracked Down A Fake-News Creator In The Suburbs. Here's What We Learned]." ''NPR''. Retrieved December 8, 2016.</ref>

A topic of fake news stories after the 2016 election was whether there was violence between Trump supporters and opponents. After the 2016 election, several violent and disturbing anti-Trump attacks occurred throughout the nation against Trump supporters or supposed Trump supporters. Despite these attacks, liberals and leftists only focused on alleged "attacks" by Trump supporters against minorities and others (the leftist narrative, although being blatantly false and one-sided, fits their manufactured narrative that Trump supporters are "racist" and "evil" and that leftists are "tolerant" and "forgiving"). Fox News found that despite the number of real anti-Trump attacks which went largely unreported, several of the "pro-Trump" attacks were hoaxes.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/05/facebook-live-attack-latest-in-string-anti-trump-assaults.html Facebook Live attack the latest in string of anti-Trump assaults]. ''Fox News''. January 5, 2017. Retrieved January 8, 2017.</ref>

One widely shared fake story, spread by the mainstream media, that Trump's election had led to a rise in anti-Semitism by white supremcists—it turned out that bomb threats at a synagogue were actually carried out by "an African-American left-wing journalist" and a "Jewish teenager in Israel, with dual citizenship in the U.S."<ref>Pollak, Joel (March 29, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/03/29/fake-news-donald-trump-antisemitism-vindicated/ Donald Trump Vindicated: Antisemitism Surge ‘Fake News’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 29, 2017.</ref>

Following the 2016 election in which Trump won, [[liberals]], the [[mainstream media]], and [[social media]] had misapplied the term "fake news" to make the false accusation that [[Alternative Media|alternative news]] and Russian sources are "deliberately lying" to their readers, listeners, and viewers, and that these "lies" helped elect [[Donald Trump]] [[President of the United States]]. The liberal-pushed "fake news" accusations are a form of [[conspiracy theory]]. However, the [[mainstream media]] itself publishes and promotes fake news stories,<ref>Heinlein, Peter (May 30, 2017). [https://www.voanews.com/a/donald-trump-frustrated-fake-news-overlooks-accomplishments/3878266.html Trump Frustrated by 'Fake News' That Overlooks His Accomplishments]. ''Voice of America''. Retrieved June 26, 2017.</ref> from appearing in its nightly network newscasts, on its cable news channels, in its newspapers and on its websites (including Facebook). The MSM has allegedly been adopting safeguards to prevent itself from reporting fake news stories,<ref name="Tech Crunch"/><ref name="Barron"/> but it has been unsuccessful based on more recent examples.

===Russia hacked the DNC===
No evidence has ever been presented the Russians, Russian entities, or the Russian government ever hacked, or attempted to hack, the servers of the [[Democratic National Committee]]. Russians did however make failed efforts to hack into the voter rolls of state election boards, notably those maintained by [[Georgia]] Secretary of State [[Brian Kemp]]. The Obama White House however, at the direction of [[Susan Rice]] and others, conflated the issue of Russian attempted hacking of state election boards with the release of DNC emails by [[WikiLeaks]].

FBI director [[James Comey]] testified to Congress that the [[FBI]] never examined DNC servers to determine if they had indeed been hacked, and by who. Evidence suggests the public disclosure of [[John Podesta]], [[Debbie Wasserman Schultz]], and other Democratic operatives' emails came from an inside [[whistleblower]] source. Some speculate the inside [[leak]]er was [[Seth Rich]], whose murder, like the DNC breach itself, was never fully investigated. The fake news narrative of "Russia hacked the DNC," was coined by [[CrowdStrike|a private security firm hired by the DNC]] after the security breach was discovered.

The only known evidence that exists points to an inside leaker, who downloaded the DNC emails on a flash drive and likely forwarded them to WikiLeaks.

===Presidency===
At his first press conference as president-elect, [[Donald Trump]] described [[CNN]] as "fake news." Since becoming president, Trump has accused major news organizations with "fake news" and "very fake news." On February 17, 2017, Trump tweeted:<ref>Greenwood, Mark (February 17, 2017). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/320168-trump-the-media-is-the-enemy-of-the-american-people Trump tweets: The media is the 'enemy of the American people']. ''The Hill''. Retrieved February 27, 2017.</ref>

{{cquote|The FAKE NEWS media (failing @nytimes, @NBCNews, @ABC, @CBS, @CNN) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People!}}

On November 27, 2017, President Trump tweeted:<ref>Spiering, Charlie (November 27, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/11/27/trump-proposes-fake-news-trophy-tv-networks-cnn/ Donald Trump Proposes ‘Fake News Trophy’ for TV Networks and CNN]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 28, 2017.</ref><ref>Fabian, Jordan (November 27, 2017). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/361932-trump-media-should-compete-for-fake-news-trophy Trump: Media should compete for 'FAKE NEWS TROPHY']. ''The Hill''. Retrieved November 28, 2017.</ref>

{{cquote|We should have a contest as to which of the Networks, plus CNN and not including Fox, is the most dishonest, corrupt and/or distorted in its political coverage of your favorite President (me). They are all bad. Winner to receive the FAKE NEWS TROPHY!}}

''The Washington Post'' reported in June 2017 of a meeting held between President Trump and [[Federal Communications Commission]] Chairman [[Ajit Pai]] that never occurred.<ref>Moran, Sean (June 23, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/06/23/fake-news-washington-post-invents-meeting-between-fcc-chair-ajit-pai-and-president-trump/ Fake News: Washington Post Invents Meeting Between FCC Chair Ajit Pai and President Trump]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 24, 2017.</ref>

Also in June 2017, ''The New York Times'' falsely stated that 17 U.S. intelligence agencies agreed with an assessment that Russia made hacks into the 2016 presidential election – the actual number was four, with one dissenting from the report's conclusions.<ref>Mason, Ian (June 30, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/06/30/nyt-turns-out-17-intelligence-agencies-was-fake-news/ New York Times: Turns Out ‘17 Intelligence Agencies’ Was Fake News]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 1, 2017.</ref> The Associated Press reported, and retracted, the same falsehood.<ref>Klein, Aaron (July 1, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/07/01/fake-news-associated-press-clarifies-17-intel-agencies-did-not-assess-alleged-russia-interference/ Fake News: Associated Press Clarifies 17 U.S. Intel Agencies Did Not Assess Russia ‘Interference’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 1, 2017.</ref> Obama Administration [[Director of National Intelligence]] confirmed that "the report itself makes it clear that it was the three agencies plus the Office of the Director of National Intelligence that put this intelligence community assessment together."<ref>Poor, Jeff (July 7, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/07/07/fmr-obama-dni-clapper-3-4-intelligence-agencies-agreed-russian-interference-wasnt-17/ Fmr Obama DNI Clapper: Only 3 or 4 Intelligence Agencies Agreed on Russian Interference — ‘It Wasn’t 17’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 7, 2017.</ref>

In May 2018, left-wing activists and some members of the mainstream media, such as New York Times Magazine editor-in-chief Jake Silverstein and NPR, shared pictures of detained illegal immigrant children sleeping in cages and blamed the Trump Administration for it despite those pictures having been taken during the Obama Administration.<ref>Multiple references:
*Flood, Brian (May 29, 2018). [http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/05/29/embarrassment-for-new-york-times-as-top-editor-falls-for-old-photo-amid-weekend-misleading-anti-trump-tweets.html Embarrassment for New York Times as top editor falls for old photo amid weekend of misleading anti-Trump tweets]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
*Starr, Penny (May 30, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/05/30/aclu-npr-use-2014-claims-to-trash-trump-policy/ ACLU, NPR Use 2014 Immigration Claims to Trash Trump Policy]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
*Mikelionis, Lukas (May 28, 2018). [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/05/28/former-obama-official-liberal-activists-share-2014-photos-from-detention-facility-as-swipe-at-trump.html Former Obama official, liberal activists share 2014 photos from detention facility as swipe at Trump]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
*Spiering, Charlie (May 29, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/05/29/donald-trump-rips-democrats-for-tweeting-border-pictures-from-2014/ Donald Trump Rips Democrats for Tweeting Border Pictures from 2014]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 29, 2018.</ref> An Associated Press report discussing alleged abuse at an illegal immigrant detention center left out the fact that Obama was president when the abuse happened.<ref>Scarry, Eddie (June 21, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/ap-report-on-alleged-illegal-immigrant-abuse-at-detention-centers-omits-obama-was-president-at-time AP report on alleged illegal immigrant abuse at detention centers omits Obama was president at time]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved June 21, 2018.</ref> Other media sources have published fake news about President Trump's immigration policies.<ref>Binder, John (June 1, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2018/06/01/establishment-media-issues-four-corrections-after-falsely-claiming-trump-separating-families-at-border/ Establishment Media Issues Four Corrections After Falsely Claiming Trump Separating Families at Border]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 2, 2018.</ref><ref>Nolte, John (July 9, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2018/07/09/associated-press-becomes-fake-news-factory-with-immigration-lies/ Associated Press Becomes Fake News Factory with Immigration Lies]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 9, 2018.</ref>

When President Trump criticized liberal environmental idiocy and forest management for failure to clean up fallen dead wood which provided the fuel for deadly California wildfires,<ref>https://www.fresnobee.com/opinion/editorials/article216320500.html</ref> mainstream fake news organizations reported it as if the President was criticizing firefighters.<ref>https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/11/11/politics/california-wildfires-trump-tweets/index.html</ref> CNN reported the bald face lies that the President had "attacked firefighters" and was "threatening to withhold aid to the victims."

===Russia and James Comey===
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Former FBI Director [[James Comey]], during his testimony to Congress, debunked two fake news stories on ''The New York Times''<ref>Scarborough, Rowan (June 8, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/8/james-comey-debunks-new-york-times-story-fueled-un/ James Comey debunks New York Times story that fueled unproven Trump-Russia collusion]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved June 9, 2017.</ref> and CNN,<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (June 7, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2017/06/07/james-comey-testimony-proves-trump-right-cnn-wrong/ James Comey Testimony Proves Trump Right, CNN Wrong]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 9, 2017.</ref> respectively.

After several inaccuracies and flaws were found in a [[CNN]] article that attacked Trump and his allies over a Russia fund, CNN retracted the article.<ref>Boyle, Matthew (June 23, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/06/23/very-fake-news-after-breitbart-investigation-cnn-retracts-conspiracy-theory-hit-piece-attacking-trump-associates-over-russian-fund/ Very Fake News: After Breitbart Investigation, CNN Retracts Conspiracy Theory Hit Piece Attacking Trump, Associates Over Russian Fund]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 24, 2017.</ref><ref>Boyle, Matthew (June 24, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/06/24/cnn-under-fire-very-fake-news-network-hit-from-all-sides-as-breitbart-investigation-forces-rare-retraction/ CNN Under Fire: ‘Very Fake News’ Network Hit from All Sides as Breitbart Investigation Forces Rare Retraction]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 25, 2017.</ref> Three CNN employees resigned due to the resulting scandal.<ref>Boyle, Matthew (June 26, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2017/06/26/three-employees-resign-from-cnn-amid-very-fake-news-scandal/ Three Employees Resign from CNN Amid Very Fake News Scandal]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 27, 2017.</ref><ref>Adams, Becket (June 26, 2017). [http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/three-cnn-staffers-quit-over-retracted-story/article/2627155 Three CNN staffers quit over retracted story]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved June 27, 2017.</ref>

ABC News ran a banner headline claiming [[Paul Manafort]] pled guilty to five counts of [[manslaughter]].

''The Washington Post'' falsely reported in August 2018 that the Trump Administration was denying passports to Hispanic Americans along the border with Mexico,<ref>Multiple references:
*Munro, Neil (August 30, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/30/state-dept-slams-wapo-claim-texas-latinos-are-being-denied-passports/ State Dept. Slams WaPo Claim Texas Latinos Are Being Denied Passports]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 18, 2018.
*Munro, Neil (September 17, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/09/17/huffpo-whacks-washpo-for-claiming-trump-blocks-latino-passports/ Washington Post Busted for Fake News of Trump Admin ‘Denying Passports’ to Latinos]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 18, 2018.
*Adams, Becket (September 17, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-washington-posts-scoop-on-trump-revoking-visas-at-the-border-it-was-a-pile-of-garbage The Washington Post's 'scoop' on Trump revoking visas at the border — it was a pile of garbage]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved September 18, 2018.</ref><ref name="NYTWaPoFake">Stoltzfoos, Rachel (September 18, 2018). [https://thefederalist.com/2018/09/18/legacy-outlets-add-two-botched-hit-pieces-pile-stinky-reporting-trump/ Legacy Outlets Add Two More Botched Hit Pieces To A Pile Of Stinky Reporting On Trump]. ''The Federalist''. Retrieved September 18, 2018.</ref> and ''The New York Times'' falsely reported in September 2018 that UN Ambassador [[Nikki Haley]] spent $53,000 on curtains when they actually were approved during the Obama Administration.<ref name="NYTWaPoFake"/><ref>Multiple references:
*Flood, Brian (September 14, 2018). [http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/09/14/new-york-times-admits-creating-unfair-impression-about-nikki-haleys-53g-curtains-that-were-okd-by-obama-administration.html New York Times admits creating 'unfair impression' about Nikki Haley's $53G curtains that were OK'd by Obama administration]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved September 18, 2018.
*Nolte, John (September 14, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2018/09/14/new-york-times-spreads-fake-news-about-nikki-haleys-52701-curtains/ New York Times Spreads Fake News About Nikki Haley’s $52,701 Curtains]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 18, 2018.</ref>

==Examples of fake news==
While many examples of fake news appeared during Donald Trump's presidency, the problem existed long before his election.<ref>Miller, S.A. (December 30, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/dec/30/donald-trumps-fake-news-call-often-real/ 'Fake news' a real problem long before Trump era, media watchdogs say]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved December 31, 2018.</ref>

One of the more infamous examples of fake news was when former CBS News anchor [[Dan Rather]] used forgeries of the Killian Documents on George W. Bush's service record in order to sway the 2004 election, which resulted in his firing after being exposed. See [[Rathergate]] for more details.

[[File:Rice Benghazi.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Obama National Security Advisor Susan Rice putting out the fake news narrative that a planned terrorist attack and massacre of Americans was only a spontaneous riot spawned out of a peaceful demonstration.]]
Obama National Security Advisor [[Susan Rice]] appeared on the five major network Sunday talk shows to put out an official fake news narrative that a [[terrorist]] attack against Americans two months before a presidential election was only a peaceful demonstration that turned into a riot. Despite evidence the contrary, many mainstream news organizations adopted the fake news narrative as fact for its viewers and readers and branded skeptics as conspiracy theorists and racists who opposed a black president.

The most common example of fake news are the "click bait" ads that appear on social media sites saying "Hollywood prepares to say good-bye to [name of celebrity]" implying that the celebrity has just died. People then click on the ad to visit a website to learn about the celebrity's death, which boosts the number of page views on that site. However, the fake news will trend if more people start re-tweeting or sharing the item without visiting the underlying website in the belief that the celebrity has just died.

Fake news is frequently used by radical Islamic terrorists to recruit new adherents. The terrorists will either create or embellish fake news accounts of anti-Islamic acts to radicalize members in target populations. For example, terrorists would spread news accounts of people urinating on the Koran at U.S. military prisons. Another fake news item was that a U.S. company was hiring mercenaries to kill ISIS militants.<ref name=snopes/> Again, the emotional impact of the fake news assured that it would spread quickly through social media.

According to FBI cyber experts, during the 2016 presidential election, Russians used armies of Twitter bots to spread fake news using accounts that seem to be Midwestern swing-voter Republicans.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2017/04/03/522503844/how-russian-twitter-bots-pumped-out-fake-news-during-the-2016-election|title=How Russian Twitter Bots Pumped Out Fake News During The 2016 Election|date=April 3, 2017|work=NPR|accessdate=April 4, 2017}}</ref> Leading up to the March 15, 2017 election in the Netherlands, Russia was found to use social media to spread "fake news" to influence public opinion.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-spread-fake-news-during-dutch-election-report-putin/|title=Russia spread fake news during Dutch election: report|date=April 4, 2017|work=Politico|accessdate=April 4, 2017}}</ref>

One possible example of fake news was the announcement by the [[mainstream media]] that [[Fidel Castro]] died at age 90 on November 25, 2016.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2016/11/26/americas/fidel-castro-obit/</ref> In fact, the [[Obama Administration]] and major news outlets were likely aware that Castro had died of a terminal illness many years earlier. Indeed, [[Obama]] did not even mention, let alone visit, Castro during Obama's visit to Cuba in March 2016, and neither the president, vice-president, or other high-ranking elected official of the United States attended Castro's "funeral".

One fake news item from ''Freedom Daily'' in February 2017 was: "BREAKING: Federal Judge Just Officially Ruled CNN Is FAKE NEWS And Forces SHOCKING Punishment On Them!" However, this was a mis-reporting of a Georgia federal district court judge denying CNN's motion for summary judgment in a defamation action filed by a hospital executive against CNN. No "shocking punishment" was involved and the case will go to trial on the merits.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.snopes.com/cnn-fake-news/|title=Did a Judge Rule That CNN Is 'Fake News'?|date=Feb 17, 2017|accessdate=April 5, 2017|work=Snopes}}</ref>

A poorly-sourced February 4 ''Washington Post'' article claimed a feud existed between DHS Secretary [[John F. Kelly]] and [[Steve Bannon]], when in fact, none existed. The article's author was forced to admit his error.<ref>Hayward, John (February 8, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/02/08/fake-news-dhs-secretary-calls-wapo-john-kelly-steve-bannon-feud-a-fantasy-story/ Fake News: DHS Secretary Calls WaPo ‘John Kelly-Steve Bannon Feud’ a ‘Fantasy Story’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 18, 2017.</ref> In June 2017, the [[Associated Press]] reported, and later corrected, a story that EPA Administrator [[Scott Pruitt]] met with Dow Chemical CEO Andrew Liveris – something which did not actually happen.<ref>Boyle, Matthew (June 30, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/06/30/fake-news-associated-press-engulfed-in-cnn-level-scandal-as-it-covers-up-invention-of-imaginary-pruitt-meeting/ Fake News: Associated Press Engulfed in CNN-Level Scandal as It Covers Up Invention of Imaginary Pruitt Meeting]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 1, 2017.</ref>

In November 2017, ''The Washington Post'' claimed that the conservative [[Breitbart News]] created the nickname "Mr. Perfect" when referring to [[Jared Kushner]], while in reality, Kushner's own companies created the nickname to promote themselves in China.<ref>Mason, Ian (November 27, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/11/27/wapo-forgets-kushners-came-up-with-mr-perfect-on-their-own/ WaPo Forgets Kushners Came Up with ‘Mr. Perfect’ on Their Own]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 27, 2017.</ref> Also in November 2017, [[MSNBC]]'s ''Morning Joe'' show was caught broadcasting a pre-taped post-Thanksgiving show while pretending on air to be broadcasting live.<ref>Rodriguez, Katherine (November 26, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2017/11/26/fake-news-morning-joe-caught-pretending-pre-taped-day-thanksgiving-show-live/ Fake News: Morning Joe Caught Pretending Pre-Taped Day After Thanksgiving Show Was Live]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 27, 2017.</ref>

In April 2018, the Associated Press and ''The Washington Post'' falsely claimed that the NRA decided to ban concealed carry at an upcoming speech by Vice President [[Mike Pence]] at its convention, when it was actually the Secret Service that forced the organization to do so.<ref>Multiple references:
*Hawkins, Awr (April 30, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/04/30/fake-news-ap-wapo-claim-nra-bans-guns-at-mike-pence-speech/ Fake News: AP, WaPo Claim NRA Bans Guns at Mike Pence Speech]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
*Adelmann, Bob (May 1, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/item/28948-more-fake-news-nra-bans-guns-at-its-own-convention More Fake News: NRA Bans Guns at Its Own Convention!] ''The New American''. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
*Richardson, Bradford (April 30, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/30/associated-press-issues-correction-report-nra-bann/ AP issues correction on report that NRA banned guns for Mike Pence speech]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
*Concha, Joe (April 30, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/media/385563-ap-corrects-earlier-report-that-nra-banned-guns-at-pence-speech AP corrects earlier report that NRA banned guns at Pence speech]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved April 30, 2018.</ref>

=== CNN and fake news ===
[[File:Ralph Northam (D-VA) in blackface.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Democrat shill Don Lemon (left); Democratic Governor Ralph Northam (in blackface (right).]]
In first half of 2017, [[CNN]]'s market share relative to its competitors saw a marked decline.<ref>[http://www.dailywire.com/news/18088/death-spiral-along-its-credibility-cnn-ratings-john-nolte Death Spiral: Along With Its Credibility, CNN Ratings Collapse], Daily Wire, 2017.</ref> In addition, it faced repeated losses of its credibility through its lapses of journalistic judgment and ethical lapses.<ref>
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FpMb6dATfo CNN faces credibility crisis over Trump coverage]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-X2jG5hdl4 Tucker: When did CNN become internet morality police?]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOOYIa-sOB4 CNN IS FAKE NEWS] by Stefan Molyneux
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjkdfdFbeFk The news keeps getting worse for CNN as #CNNBlackmail trends]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCewpjd2Yfc CNN Threatens Reddit User For Exercising Free Speech | #CNNBlackmail]
</ref> President [[Donald Trump]] publicly says CNN produces "fake news" and he also told a CNN reporter that CNN produces "very fake news".<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-7nkj26edA Trump to CNN: "Very Fake News"]</ref> Subsequently, CNN has been derided as being "FNN: Fake News Network".<ref>[http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/06/27/president-trump-blasts-cnn-retracted-russia-story-fake-news 'Fake News Network': Trump Blasts CNN for Retracted Russia Story], Fox News Network</ref>

In May 2017, a CNN program claimed that [[Islam]] "has always been part of the American fabric" even as far back as the American Revolution, despite the apparent contradiction with the historical record.<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (May 29, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2017/05/29/cnns-crusade-declare-islam-part-americas-founding/ CNN’s W. Kamau Bell: Islam Part of America’s Founding]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 29, 2017.</ref>

On March 28, 2018, CNN anchor Chris Cuomo falsely claimed that "no one [is] calling for Second Amendment repeal", even though, former Supreme Court Justice [[John Paul Stevens]], among other left-wingers, had very recently and notably called for just that.<ref>Multiple references:
*Nolte, John (March 28, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2018/03/28/fake-news-cnns-cuomo-says-no-one-calling-for-2nd-amendment-repeal-they-are/ Fake News: CNN’s Cuomo Says ‘No One Calling for 2nd Amendment Repeal’ (They Are)]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
*Kugle, Andrew (March 28, 2018). [https://freebeacon.com/issues/cnns-cuomo-no-one-calling-repeal-second-amendment/ CNN’s Cuomo: No One Is Calling for Repeal of Second Amendment]. ''The Washington Free Beacon''. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
*Adams, Becket (March 28, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/cnn-host-apparently-unaware-that-several-people-have-called-for-the-repeal-of-the-second-amendment CNN host apparently unaware that people have indeed called for the repeal of the Second Amendment]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved March 28, 2018.</ref>

Sometime before January 6, 2017, [[DNI]] [[James Clapper]] briefed opposition research talking points, manufactured by the Clinton campaign in the ''[[Steele dossier]]'', to [[Jake Tapper]] of CNN. The salacious innuendo lacked verification and a " news hook" for CNN to report. Clapper instructed [[FBI]] Director [[James Comey]] to brief President-elect Trump on the allegations. Clapper immediately leaked the fact Trump had been briefed, creating the "news hook" CNN was looking for to publicize the existence of the ''Steele dossier''. FBI counter-intelligence investigator [[Peter Strzok]] then used the fake news report to justify interviewing [[National Security Advisor]] [[Michael Flynn]] and lay a perjury trap,<ref>https://saraacarter.com/who-will-investigate-the-fbi-and-doj-top-secret-leaks-to-the-media/?utm=pushnami</ref> thwarting the new president's [[foreign policy]] agenda. Clapper was rewarded with a job at CNN afterward.<ref>''[https://www.scribd.com/document/377590825/HPSCI-Final-Report-on-Russian-Active-Measures-Redacted-Release Russian Active Measures in the 2016 Election''], House Permanent Sub Committee on Intelligence, March 22, 2017, pp. 107-108.</ref><ref>[https://www.themarketswork.com/2018/04/27/clapper-leaks-twice-to-cnn-brennan-stands-in-the-shadows-a-russian-narrative-is-born/ Clapper Leaks Twice to CNN. Brennan Stands in the Shadows. A Russian Narrative is Born,] Jeff Carlson, April 27, 2018.</ref><ref>[https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/04/20/anatomy-of-a-political-smear-confirmed-james-comey-january-briefing-was-scripted-by-clapper-and-brennan-to-create-media-narrative/ Anatomy of a Political Smear Confirmed – James Comey January Briefing Was Scripted by Clapper and Brennan To Create Media Narrative], by Sundance, April 20, 2018. theconservativetreehouse.com</ref>

In 2019, CNN falsely labeled liberal [[Democratic party|Democrat Virginia governor]] [[Ralph Northam]] a "Republican" when reporting a racist photo of himself while in medical school.<ref>Gualtieri, Allison Elyse (February 2, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/cnn-misidentifies-virginia-gov-ralph-northam-as-a-republican-during-his-apology-for-racist-yearbook-photo CNN misidentifies Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam as a Republican during his apology for racist yearbook photo]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved February 2, 2019.</ref><ref>Rodriguez, Katherine (February 1, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/01/watch-cnn-chyron-labels-virginia-gov-ralph-northam-a-republican/ WATCH: CNN Chyron Labels Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam a Republican]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 2, 2019.</ref>

===Deep state and fake news===
:{{See also|Media intelligence complex}}
The [[mainstream media]] has worked with the deep state intelligence agencies to promote fake news regarding the supposed [[Trump-Russia scandal]], <ref>Jasper, William F. (April 25, 2017). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/25863-deep-state-and-fake-news Deep State and Fake News]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref> and the alleged Russian hacking of John Podesta and DNC emails.

===2018 bomb hoax===
Just when things looked desperate for Democrats with unhinged mobs responding to the party's leadership, CNN reported it had received a mail bomb addressed to [[John Brennan]], who actually works for [[NBC]]. Nonetheless, CNN opened John Brennan's mail anyway, paused to take pictures of the alleged bomb resembling a Hollywood prop, before evacuting the building in a panic. Others received mailings as well.

Republicans were quick to condemn political violence,<ref>https://youtu.be/KwSGYUDQSuY</ref> unlike Democrat leaders, who were encouraging it.<ref>https://m.imdb.com/title/tt9115480/</ref> President Trump vowed to use all the resources of the federal government to find who was responsible.

As soon as CNN feed into the news cycle that the bombs were active, giving breaking news reports a life of their own, within hours the ''[[Associated Press]]'' reported, {{quotebox|"tests have determined that a powder found inside an envelope delivered to CNN along with a pipe bomb was harmless."<ref><big>7:50 p.m.

A law enforcement official says tests have determined that a powder found inside an envelope delivered to CNN along with a pipe bomb was harmless.

The official wasn’t authorized to discuss the investigation publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

New York City’s police commissioner said earlier Wednesday that the package sent to CNN’s offices in Manhattan contained a live explosive and an envelope containing white powder.

The FBI said the package was similar to explosives sent to former President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, former Attorney General Eric Holder and billionaire [[George Soros]].

The package sent to CNN was addressed to former CIA Director John Brennan, a frequent guest on the channel. The official says that parcel contained no note or claim of responsibility.</big> [https://www.apnews.com/5c93ac06309c4ce88e8 cd5023f89feca Tom Hays, ''Associated Press'', October 24, 2018].</ref>}} None of this stopped CNN and other mainstream sources from failing to clarify the facts, or whipping up anti-Trump hysteria.

None of the bombs were active, and the alleged bomber didn't know how to build a bomb anyway. The alleged bombs lacked a detonator device, were made with PVC tubing instead of lead, and packed with a harmless powder.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/news/cnn-pipe-bomb-white-powder-harmless-law-enforcement-report/</ref>

The bomber was a major Trump supporter, owning a car covered with GOP and Trump decal.

===Mangled statistics===
A ''Washington Post'' article claimed that 4.2 percent of American children had witnessed a shooting<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/06/20/19-children-are-shot-every-day-in-the-united-states/?utm_term=.0a9e83f8c5a9 19 kids are shot every day in the United States]</ref> (this in one in 24). This was based on a survey question which they (deliberately? negligently?) misinterpreted:
:The actual question the researchers asked was, "At any time in (your child’s/your) life, (was your child/were you) in any place in real life where (he/she/you) could see or hear people being shot, bombs going off, or street riots?"<ref>[https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2017/06/27/news-organizations-including-one-unintentionally-misinformed-public-guns How news organizations, including this one, unintentionally misinformed the public on guns]</ref>
So they mixed in "witnessed a shooting" with "heard a street riot", etc.

==Liberal responses==
When the term first came into common usages immediately after the 2016 elections, [[liberals]], the [[mainstream media]], and [[social media]] misapplied the term to make the false accusation that [[Alternative Media|alternative news]] sources were "deliberately lying" to their readers, listeners, and viewers, and that these "lies" helped elect [[Donald Trump]] [[President of the United States]]. The liberal-pushed "fake news" accusations are a form of [[conspiracy theory]].

The [[mainstream media]] itself publishes and promotes fake news stories appearing in nightly network newscasts, on its cable news channels, in its newspapers and on its websites (including Facebook).<ref name="Tech Crunch">{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/02/14/facebook-fake-news-code-media/|title=Facebook is still figuring out how to tackle fake news|date=Feb 14, 2017|accessdate=June 29, 2017|work=Tech Crunch}}</ref><ref name="Barron">{{cite news|url=http://ajr.org/2015/04/03/news-sites-fall-for-fake-news|title=Even News Sites Fall for Fake News|first=Rachel|last=Barron|date=April 3, 2017|accessdate=June 29, 2017|work=American Journalism Review}}</ref>
When fake news sites misuse the "ABC News" logo<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.snopes.com/2016/08/07/breitbart-duped-by-fake-news-again/|title=Breitbart Duped by Fake News (Again)|date=September 1, 2016|accessdate=April 5, 2017|work=Snopes}}</ref> or are designed to appear to be sponsored by a TV news channel, the mainstream media may also appear to publish and promote fake news stories.

The mainstream media itself can be rife with government leaked fake news stories, such as a fictional ''Washington Post'' story that Russia hacked the U.S. power grid in 2016.<ref>Leetaru, Kalev, "[http://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2017/01/01/fake-news-and-how-the-washington-post-rewrote-its-story-on-russian-hacking-of-the-power-grid/ 'Fake News' And How The Washington Post Rewrote Its Story On Russian Hacking Of The Power Grid]," ''Forbes'', Jan 1, 2017.</ref> While leftists accuse conservatives of being behind fake news stories, the evidence shows the exact opposite, although fake news is designed to appeal to audiences all across the political spectrum.

===''WaPo''===
One attempt at broadening the meaning of the term as well as professing the likelihood of the use of what the term describes appeared on November 23, 2016 in the ''Washington Post'':{{cquote|In the wake of Donald Trump’s shock Nov. 2016 electoral victory, attention fell on the extent to which voter opinions could have been shaped by an epidemic of "fake news" websites that masqueraded as legitimate media outlets...Many fake stories proved more viral on social media than important articles from real sources.<ref name=Merkel>[https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2016/11/23/fake-news-threatens-german-election-merkel.html Fake news threatens German election: Merkel]</ref>}}

Ishaan Tharoor, the author who wrote the piece, lets the reader know that he assumes Trump's election win is so surprising (although it wasn't) that any explanation deserves to be looked at if the event has not been fully explained already. This would allow the subject which follows—his allegations of "fake news" being epidemic as well as his suggestions that they were isolated to media outlets that weren't "real sources" (by some unstated body's estimation)—to be plausible or even to be considered an especially good candidate as an explanation (to the uninformed), despite being unfounded or at least founded on exaggeration.

The election results prompted German Chancellor [[Angela Merkel]], who represents a, [[establishment]]-[[globalist]] political party, to caution against "fake news" circulated in [[Social media]]:{{cquote|Something has changed — as globalization has marched on, debate is taking place in a completely new media environment. Opinions aren’t formed the way they were 25 years ago ... Today we have fake sites, bots, trolls — things that regenerate themselves, reinforcing opinions with certain algorithms, and we have to learn to deal with them. I believe we should not underestimate what is happening in the context of the Internet and with digitalization; this is part of our reality ... We have regulations that allow for our press freedom, including the requirement for due diligence from journalists. Today we have many that experience a media that is based on very different foundations and is much less regulated.<ref name=Merkel/>}}

===Facebook===
[[Facebook]] has also responded to the alleged problem by developing a system wherein readers can flag a post they find suspicious. Once flagged the post will be reviewed by a [[mainstream media]] representative, who decides whether the news is "real" or "fake."<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebooks-fake-fix-for-fake-news-1481932361</ref>

===Snopes===
On January 14, 2016, the Snopes website, itself considered a fake news site by some experts, published its "Snopes’ Field Guide to Fake News Sites and Hoax Purveyors"<ref name=snopes>{{cite web|title=Snopes’ Field Guide to Fake News Sites and Hoax Purveyors|date=January 14, 2016|url=http://www.snopes.com/2016/01/14/fake-news-sites/|accessdate=April 4, 2017}}</ref>

===DFRLab definition===
The [[Atlantic Council]]'s Digital Forensic Research Lab which is partnering with [[Facebook]] to promote [[internet]] [[censorship]] defines fake news as {{quotebox|“deliberately presenting false information as news.”

We differentiate this from '''[[disinformation]]''', which we consider to be “deliberately spreading false information;” fake news is thus a subset of disinformation. We further distinguish it from '''misinformation''', which we take to mean the unintentional spreading of false information.<ref>https://medium.com/dfrlab/fake-news-defining-and-defeating-43830a2ab0af</ref>}}

===European Commission===
In 2018, the [[European Commission]] proposed the creation of an "independent fact-checking network" that would fight what it views as "fake news." However, this network, if created, would be funded by left-wing organizations connected to [[George Soros]].<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (April 28, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/04/28/european-union-advocates-independent-fact-checkers-combat-fake-news/ European Union Advocates For Soros-Funded ‘Independent Fact Checkers’ to Combat ‘Fake News’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 28, 2018.</ref>

==Conservative responses==
''"Undoubtedly the new main psyop against independent media is flooding the web with fake news, and mainstream media putting out fake news, and setting themselves up like a super-Snopes, to be the arbiter of what’s real and what’s not,"'' countered [[Alex Jones]] from Infowars in the wake of criticism of the [[Alternative Media]] on the part of [[Democrat]] presidential candidate [[Hillary Clinton]] supporters following Trump's win.<ref>[http://nymag.com/selectall/2016/11/finally-someone-is-standing-up-to-fake-news-infowars.html Finally, Someone Is Standing Up to Fake News: Infowars]</ref>

[[Answers in Genesis]] President [[Ken Ham]] noted that one of the most prominent and blatant examples of fake news is the media's treatment of [[evolution]] and an [[old Earth]] as undisputed scientific fact, even though numerous counterexamples exist [[Counterexamples to Evolution|to evolution]] and [[Counterexamples to an Old Earth|an old Earth]].<ref>Ham, Ken (March 21, 2017). [https://answersingenesis.org/blogs/ken-ham/2017/03/21/real-fake-news/ The Real Fake News]. ''Answers in Genesis''. Retrieved March 21, 2017.</ref>

According to a 2017 Poynter Media Trust Survey, 44% of Americans believe the media creates "fake news" stories against Trump to make him look bad.<ref>Richardson, Bradford (December 28, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/dec/28/fake-news-half-all-americans-believe-media-make-an/ ‘Fake News’: Half of all Americans believe the media make up anti-Trump stories]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved December 29, 2017.</ref> A Monmouth University poll released in April 2018 found that 77% of Americans believe the mainstream media reports fake news.<ref>Multiple references:
*Manchester, Julia (April 2, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/media/381225-more-than-3-in-4-believe-traditional-media-outlets-report-fake-news-poll More than 3 in 4 believe traditional media reports ‘fake news’: poll]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
*Persons, Sally (April 2, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/2/over-70-percent-of-americans-see-media-as-fake-new/ Over 70 percent of Americans see media as ‘fake news,’ a Monmouth University poll shows]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
*Church, Nate (April 2, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2018/04/02/poll-77-percent-believe-traditional-media-guilty-of-fake-news/ Poll: 77 Percent Believe Traditional Media Guilty of Fake News]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
*Lima, Cristiano (April 2, 2018). [https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/02/poll-fake-news-494421 Poll: 77 percent say major news outlets report 'fake news']. ''Politico''. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
*Byas, Steve (April 4, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/item/28659-poll-public-believes-media-reports-fake-news-to-advance-their-own-agenda Poll: Public Convinced That Media Reports Fake News to Advance Their Own Agenda]. ''The New American''. Retrieved April 4, 2018.</ref>

==Attempts at censorship==
[[Melissa Zimdars]], a [[far-Left]] professor had compiled a list of supposedly "fake and misleading" news websites that was heavily promoted in the Mainstream Media,<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/11/breaking-media-list-fake-news-websites-includes-breitbart-infowars-zerohedge-twitchy-blaze/ BREAKING: Liberals Create List of "Fake" News Websites Including: Breitbart, Infowars, Zerohedge, Twitchy, The Blaze]</ref> including [[Breitbart]], [[Infowars]], Twitchy, [[The Blaze]], and Bizpac Review. Even liberals, such as Will Oremus on [[Slate.com]], criticized the list and the term itself for being far too broad, unfairly targeting numerous sites, and being an overreaction.<ref>Oremus, Will (December 6, 2016). [http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2016/12/stop_calling_everything_fake_news.html Stop Calling Everything “Fake News”]. ''Slate.com''. Retrieved December 8, 2016.</ref> Zimdars later removed her "Fake News" list, claiming she had been "harassed" and "doxed".<ref>[https://inews.co.uk/essentials/news/technology/melissa-zimdars-removes-fake-news-list-claiming-harassed-doxed/ Dr Melissa Zimdars removes fake news list and claims she was ‘harassed’]</ref>

A 2017 Yale University study found that flagging news stories as "fake news" is ineffective due to the general mistrust of the media by Americans that already exists.<ref>Church, Nate (September 12, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2017/09/12/study-flagging-stories-as-fake-news-ineffective-people-no-longer-trust-media/ Study: Flagging Stories as ‘Fake News’ Ineffective; People No Longer Trust Media]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 13, 2017.</ref>

==Hypocrisy==
While liberals frequently accuse conservative or alternate media sites of being dishonest, they typically gloss over the massive failings of the mainstream media to accurately and fairly cover the news, as well as its own propensity to post and report fake news itself (such as the polls they released which falsely claimed that [[Hillary Clinton]] was "well ahead" of Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election campaign in order to discourage conservative voters, despite the attendance figures of the Trump campaign rallies vs. the Clinton campaign rallies, which the mainstream media chose to ignore, proving otherwise). Although the polls may have correctly predicted Clinton's 3 million vote margin in the national popular vote, commenters ignored the fact that the election is determined state-by-state in the [[Electoral College]]. In fact, within days after Trump's victory in the election, Wikipedia's liberal editors propagated a far from neutral and heavily liberal-biased "Fake news website" article.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fake_news_website&oldid=752584598 "Fake news website" article] at Wikipedia, December 2, 2016.</ref>

==See also==
*[[Alternative facts]]
*[[Deep State]]
*[[Fake science]]
*[[Obama FBI/DOJ scandal]]

== Notes ==
{{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}

==External links==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOZ0irgLwxU What is Fake News video by Prager University]
*[https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeperlis/2017/03/09/fake-news-its-just-so-un-civil/ Forbes: Fake News Is So Un-civil]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jh8qDR9Zm4 Fake News], by Bill Whittle
*[https://www.breitbart.com/milo/2017/02/02/fake-news-cnn-ties-milo-to-white-nationalists-despite-explicit-rejection-of-racism/ FAKE NEWS: CNN Ties MILO to White Nationalists Despite Explicit Rejection of Racism] at Breitbart News Network
*[http://www.fakehatecrimes.org/ Fakehatecrimes.org]. A database of reported instances of fake hate crimes.
*[http://www.snopes.com/2016/01/21/6-quick-ways-spot-fake-news/ 6 Quick Ways to Spot Fake News]

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2018 Midterm elections

2019-02-05T17:13:16Z

Maga97: edits - motivation

2018 Midterm elections

2019-01-30T17:31:59Z

Maga97: Why are you being a snowflake? Rasmussen was off by 10 this election. Worst polling in decades. Stop quoting people who are wrong. Instead we need to work harder to improve approval ratings and win. Stop lying. You help no one

[[File:Congressional-baseball-practice-shooting-June-14-2017-twitter-640x480.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Death threats and [[leftist]] mob violence caused 36 incumbent House Republicans not itto seek re-election in 2018.<ref>https://www.bustle.com/p/republican-lawmakers-are-retiring-out-of-fear-of-assassination-this-congressman-thinks-8930196</ref>]]
The '''2018 Midterm elections''' for the 116th Congress were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.

Democrat poll workers stored blank ballots in boxes labeled "provisional ballots" which supposedly had been cast, and filled in the blank ballots during recounts.

With 36 Republican members retiring from the House, Democrats won many open seats and took control of the chamber. [[Nancy Pelosi]] again became Speaker of the House. Democrats gained 40 seats total, their largest gain since 1974. One race in North Carolina's 9th District is still undecided. Democrats also gained 7 Governors, including a sweep of the upper midwest. Overall Democrats picked up Nevada, New Mexico, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Maine, and Kansas. The GOP picked up Alaska from an independent. No Democratic governors lost reelection.

Democrats won the congressional vote by 8.6%, the largest midterm margin since 1986.

The Republicans retained control of the Senate. They picked up Missouri, North Dakota, Indiana, and Florida, while losing seats in Nevada and Arizona.
The alleged "Blue wave" did not materialize; however, rampant [[voter fraud]] in heavy Democrat districts did occur.<ref>https://twitter.com/Str8DonLemon/status/1061991384369020929</ref>

In the 115th Congress the [[Republican Party]] held 235 seats House of Representatives to [[Democrat]]s' 193 seats, with seven seats vacant. In the Senate the Republican Party held 51 seats. The Democrats held 47 seats after gaining a seat in Alabama, and the remaining two were held by Independents too ashamed to call themselves Democrats publicly, though they caucus with the Democrat party. Of the 33 seats up for reelection, the Democrats had to defend 25 (two of which are held by Independents), while Republicans had only eight seats to defend. The Democrat Party tried to defend 10 seats in states that [[Donald Trump]] won over [[Hillary Clinton]] in 2016.

Despite [[liberal media]] [[fake news]], the Democrats had to win 48 House seats and seven Senate seats to qualify historically as a "wave election."<ref>[https://ballotpedia.org/Scott_Rasmussen%27s_Number_of_the_Day_for_June_25,_2018]</ref> Increasing [[leftist]] violence and resistance to accepting the results of the [[2016 presidential election]] was an important issue. <ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/trump-resistance-continues-slide-toward-violence/</ref><ref>Although analysis by the [[Cato Institute]] and ''[[New York Times]]'' showed leftist-motivated violence on the rise since 2016 with killings 2.5 times higher than right wing extremists, https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/term-alt-left-came the numbers ''do not'' include murders of [[police officer]]s by [[Black Lives Matter]] activists. https://www.cnn.com/2016/08/14/us/police-officers-fatal-shooting-line-duty-nationwide/index.html</ref> Democrats relied on [[corrupt]] local election officials and their corrupt media allies' failure to report and expose it, and [[social media]] [[censorship]] of [[conservative]] voices for their limited success.

Democrat [[Beto O'Rourke]], having squandered a record $70 million of other people's money in a losing bid against [[Ted Cruz]] for the [[Texas]] Senate seat, is now considered a qualified leading contender for President by Democrats and the liberal media.

==Issues==
[[File:Democrats 2018.png|right|300px|thumb|Democrats took their message of chaos and disruption to the street.]] An election eve poll of registered voters one week before the election found 30% view Trump as the most important issue, while 22% rated the economy, followed by 15% who rank [[illegal immigration]] and 14% who say the same of Obamacare. 51% gave the President good or excellent marks for his handling of the [[economy]], while 33% rated his performance in this area as poor. Overall, Trump's approval rating was higher than [[Barack Obama]]’s at this stage of his Presidency.<ref> [http://m.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/rating_president_trump_on_the_issues_oct29]</ref>

Despite a $50 million fundraising advantage from [[Hollywood]], [[Wall Street]], and [[globalism|global]] [[elitism|elites]], the Democratic party leadership's advocacy of mob [[violence]] to advance [[socialism]] became a key issue.<ref>https://youtu.be/hlMIyae9-ZU</ref> The [[Kavanaugh smear]], Democrat disruptions of the orderly working of [[Congress]], and the Democrats' denial of [[due process]] rights energized the Republican base.<ref>https://youtu.be/iW4YwZtRAUY</ref>

Democrat [[Beto O'Rourke]] of [[Texas]] is now considered a qualified leading contender by Democrats and the liberal media for 2020 Presidential nomination.

===Supreme Court===
:{{See also|Kavanaugh smear|MeToo movement}}
[[File:Sarsour hearing-500x281.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Linda Sarsour]] removed from the hearing room. Sarsour is a notorious [[anti-Semite]] and spokesperson for leftist causes.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/01/opinion/womens-march-progressives-hate.html</ref>]]
''[[The New Yorker]]'' publicized in March 2012 that [[Brett Kavanaugh]] was the most likely next nominee if a Republican were to win the election.<ref>https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/03/26/holding-court</ref> Within a few months, [[Christine Blasey Ford]] for the first time allegedly told her therapist that she had been fondled at a drinking party and felt threatened. The therapist's notes, however, do not name Kavanaugh.

In the Spring of 2018, [[President Donald Trump]] nominated Judge Kavanaugh to the [[Supreme Court]]. Ricki Seidman, who orchestrated the 1991 [[Clarence Thomas]] smear, mapped out the plan to defame Kavanaugh in July 2018: {{quotebox|"Over the coming days and weeks there will be a strategy that will emerge, and I think it’s possible that that strategy might ultimately defeat the nominee."<ref>[https://youtu.be/zRttpJxj59A Begins at 3:20.]</ref>}} Like the attack on Justice Thomas, outrageous last minute personal smears were intended to erroneously waste the time of Congress.

''[[The Washington Post]]'' first published Blasey Ford's allegations in a letter under an anonymous op-ed byline. The op-ed named Kavanaugh as one of the boys at the drinking party in high school. Sen. [[Dianne Feinstein]] did not ask the FBI to investigate when she received the letter in July 2018, held it for two months during hearings, then passed the anonymous slanders along to ''WaPo'' when the regular hearings ended.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/news/dianne-feinstein-falsely-claims-gop-blocking-fbi-probe-of-kavanaugh-allegation/</ref><ref>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/msn/how-feinstein-is-conspiring-to-destroy-kavanaugh/ar-AAAuxh9</ref> In the interim, Blasey Ford was directed by unknown operatives to take a polygraph test in August 2018. The allegations were withheld by Feinstein and the Democrats from the [[FBI]] during the FBI's pre-hearing investigation and vetting process.<ref>https://hotair.com/archives/2018/09/18/lindsey-graham-ford-no-intention-coming-forward-whyd-take-polygraph-early-august/</ref>

Then, during the period in which the Senate Judiciary Committee delayed the vote 10 days to accommodate Blasey Ford's testimony, the ''[[New Yorker]]'' published an allegation that Kavanaugh exposed himself at a drinking party at [[Yale]] to a female classmate.<ref>https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/senate-democrats-investigate-a-new-allegation-of-sexual-misconduct-from-the-supreme-court-nominee-brett-kavanaughs-college-years-deborah-ramirez</ref> The ''New Yorker'' wrote: {{quotebox|"The magazine contacted several dozen classmates of Ramirez and Kavanaugh regarding the incident...''The New Yorker'' has not confirmed with other eyewitnesses that Kavanaugh was present at the party."}} The accuser did give the ''New Yorker'' six names to support her claim- six witnesses Deborah Ramirez stated could substantiate her accusation. And when the ''New Yorker'' interviewed them, '''''all six''''' said it never happened, and although 100% of the evidence discovered by the ''New Yorker'' refuted the claim, the ''New Yorker'' still published the article.

In the end, Judge Kavanaugh was confirmed, and the Democrats were roundly condemned for their sickening conduct.

===Abolishing ICE===
[[File:Mexico-Caravan-Horde-Adolfo-Flores.jpg|thumbnail|The caravan as it moves through Mexico|300px]]
Many [[Leftist]]s ran on a platform of abolishing the nation's [[Immigration and Customs Enforcement|imigration enforcement]] authority and moving toward a policy of unrestricted immigration and open borders.

[[ICE]] was created on a recommendation of the [[9/11]] Commission after 19 [[Islam]]ic [[jihad]]is entered the United States under the [[Clinton administration]] and murdered 3,000 Americans.

In 2018, Democrat representatives entered bills in Congress to abolish ICE.

====Migrant caravan====
[[File:Migrant-caravan-collage 451.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Migrant caravan clashes with Mexican border police.]]
:{{Main article|2018 Migrant caravan}}
Weeks before the election, [[George Soros]] [[front group]]s and human traffickers organized a migrant mob in [[Honduras]] to storm U.S. border control.<ref>https://youtu.be/fLJ3p8yHdWk</ref> Soros employed similar tactics in the [[European migrant crisis]] which has destabilized European society.

The heavily financed horde overwhelmed the token resistance from the Mexican police and advanced north toward the Southern U.S. border. The ''[[Associated Press]]'' described a “growing army of migrants resumes march toward US.”<ref>https://www.apnews.com/b709e05ec83c49e6876ff612141ae942</ref> The group has been enjoined by [[ideological]] [[comrade]]s from within Mexico. The group claims to be fleeing [[violence]] in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, yet the group deployed violence against the Mexican police who were vastly outnumbered.<ref>https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1058685478164144128</ref>

====MS-13 and others====
By October 21, reports estimated the number of economic migrants at between 7,200 and 10,000. The numbers seemingly doubled and tripled upon entering Mexico. No further resistance was met once passed the border. Migrants from [[Haiti]], [[Congo]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Angola]], [[Cameroon]], and [[Bangladesh]] have swelled the ranks.<ref>https://twitter.com/TomFitton/status/1054441145886035977</ref> The crowd is mostly men, ages 16-40. There are [[MS-13]] gang members among them.<ref>https://twitter.com/SaraCarterDC/status/1054481882484801538</ref> The caravan was now over two miles long.

Mexican authorities issued a warning about migrants in Guatemala who were preparing [[Molotov cocktail]]s and acquiring firearms to use against police officers. Two migrants were arrested, one a minor, after shooting at police. They were arrested carrying a loaded firearm.<ref>https://www.gob.mx/segob/prensa/detienen-a-dos-hondurenos-tras-ataque-armado-a-policias-federales</ref>

====Child traffickers====
Guatemalan authorities rescued seven unaccompanied minors from human smugglers working inside the caravan. The smugglers were arrested and a broader investigation into [[criminal]] activity in the caravan continued.<ref>https://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2018/10/guatemalan-authorities-rescue-group-of-minors-from-human-smugglers-in-caravan/</ref>

===Healthcare===
:{{Main article|Obamacare}}
Healthcare continued to be a major issue, with 56% of voters in pre-election surveys saying [[free market]] competition between insurance companies would do more to reduce health care costs, whereas only 29% of registered voters thought government intervention would be better at reducing costs. Survey results on this question have changed little since April 2013.<ref>[http://m.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/healthcare/health_care_law_oct22]</ref>

One of President Trump's first actions was repealing the requirement of Democrats on everyone to purchase health insurance policies for coverage they may never need (for example, men were required to buy [[abortion]] coverage and women to buy [[prostate]] [[cancer]] coverage) and [[monetary]] penalties for failure to comply with government dictates.<ref>Obamacare was wholly a Democrat mandate. No Republicans voted for Obamacare. There was no [[bipartisan]] nationwide [[consensus]] by any measure. Costs escalated dramatically after passage.</ref>

====Falling premiums====
As of 2018, health insurance rates fell for the first in history.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/11/politics/obamacare-premiums-2019/index.html</ref> The average premiums of $124 per month dramatically contrasted with Obamacare plans, whose monthly premiums averaged $393.<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/407158-how-the-gop-fixed-the-worst-of-obamacare</ref> Even the liberal think tank the Urban Institute proclaimed that what Trump did allowed 1.7 million previously uninsured Americans to receive insurance coverage, while enabling 2.5 million more to benefit from much lower premiums.<ref>https://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/liberal-think-tank-refutes-case-against-trumps-health-insurance-deregulation-10976.html</ref>

====Medicare and Medicaid====
As of 2018, Medicare and Medicaid's increase in cost is $1.50.<ref>https://goldrushcam.com/sierrasuntimes/index.php/news/local-news/16025-centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services-announces-2019-medicare-parts-a-b-premiums-and-deductibles</ref> [[Progressive]] [[socialist]]s and Democrats proposed a doubling of taxes for a [[collectivist]] single-payer system they called "Medicate for All."<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2018-07-30/study-medicare-for-all-bill-estimated-at-32-6-trillion</ref>

===Leftist mobs and violence===
[[File:Maddogpac.jpeg|right|350px|thumb|Democratic fundraisers openly called for the murder of elected Republican officials.]]
:{{See also|Left-wing violence in the Trump era}}
When one uses [[Google]] to investigate "leftist violence" and other associated terms, the majority of search results (thanks to selective liberal-biased censorship and manipulating of those results by Google) return "right-wing violence," as if the phenomena of leftist motivated attacks do not exist or is unmonitored; yet daily, for two years, leftists have openly practiced criminal behavior in the forms of violence, intimidation and threats - often worn as a badge of "honor" by [[liberal elite]]s in media, [[Hollywood]], academia, and the Democrat Party,<ref>
https://dailycaller.com/2017/06/16/this-list-of-attacks-against-conservatives-is-mind-blowing/</ref> although common sense dictates that such behavior is, in fact, a badge of shame against them as seen by the majority of the public.

====Incidents====
*Georgetown Prof. Carol Christine Fair tweeted during the [[Kavanaugh smear]] hearings that Republican Senators {{quotebox|"deserve miserable deaths while feminists laugh as they take their last gasps. Bonus: we castrate their corpses and feed them to swine? Yes."<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/georgetown-professor-white-gop-senators-kavanaugh-hearing-deserve-miserable-deaths/amp/</ref>}}

[[File:Doors-1012-x-526.jpg.cf 773.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Far left]]ists who now are the mainstream of the Democrat Party attempted to pry open the 13 ton bronze doors of the Supreme Court with their fingertips while chanting "Shut it down!" on a weekend when the building is usually closed.<ref>https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/james-woods-pathetic-leftists/amp/</ref>]]
*A leftist mob attempted to take over the Capital during [[Brett Kavanaugh]]'s [[SCOTUS]] hearings. At least 500 were arrested.

*Congressional aide to Rep. [[Sheila Jackson Lee]] was arrested and charged with doxxing during the [[Kavanaugh smear|Kavanaugh hearings]],<ref>https://youtu.be/PNXji4z7TyE</ref> 

*An Antifa and [[Black Lives Matter]] mob were allowed by Portland officials to take over a street in that city, blocking traffic and inciting anarchy.<ref>https://pjmedia.com/trending/blm-and-antifa-agitators-take-over-street-in-portland-to-protest-police-shooting/</ref>


*Ole Miss Sociology professor James Thomas advocated acts of aggression against Republican senators.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/us/ole-miss-professor-condemned-for-claiming-senators-dont-deserve-your-civility Ole Miss professor condemned for claiming senators ‘don’t deserve your civility’]</ref>

*Minnesota special education [[teacher]] Sam Ness tweeted, {{quotebox|"So whose gonna take one for the team and kill Kavanaugh."<ref>http://thefederalist.com/2018/10/10/minnesota-teacher-resigns-tweeting-killing-justice-kavanaugh/</ref>}}

*Long Island native arrested for death threats against two senators who supported Brett Kavanaugh.<ref>[https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/new-york-man-arrested-for-kavanaugh-confirmation-death-threats New York Man Arrested for Kavanaugh Confirmation Death Threats]</ref>

*[[Susan Rice]]'s son John David Rice-Cameron, President of the Stanford College Republicans, was violently assaulted at [[Stanford University]].<ref>https://pjmedia.com/trending/susan-rices-conservative-son-allegedly-assaulted-at-stanford/</ref>

*[[Hillary Clinton]] openly committed to mass violence.<ref>www.investmentwatchblog.com/hillary-clinton-commits-to-mass-violence-across-america-if-dems-dont-win-mid-terms/</ref>

*[[Eric Holder]] – the only U.S. [[Attorney General]] ever held in Contempt of Congress – called for violence.<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/10/eric-holder-calls-for-violence-when-republicans-go-low-we-kick-them-video/ ERIC HOLDER: When Republicans Go Low, ‘We Kick Them’ …Crowd Chants, “Fight! Fight! Fight!” (VIDEO)] at The Gateway Pundit</ref><ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/10/eric-holder-backs-off-call-for-violence-against-republicans-after-spanking-by-michelle-obama/ Eric Holder Backs Off Call For Violence Against Republicans After Spanking By Michelle Obama] at The Gateway Pundit</ref>

*Antifa attacked the GOP headquarters in NYC and warned this is ‘merely the beginning’.<ref>https://saraacarter.com/breaking-antifa-attacks-gop-headquarters-in-nyc-warns-merely-the-beginning/</ref>

*Antifa goons jumped a [[African American|Black man]] in [[New York]].<ref>https://youtu.be/iERNWFxwCoI</ref>

*Leftist mob rioted in [[Portland, Oregon]] continue into the second week.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/a-leftist-mob-polices-portland-1539298766</ref>

*Antifa rioters attack Patriot Prayer group, again.<ref>https://youtu.be/nSQrM3R-0HA</ref><ref>www.investmentwatchblog.com/chaos-in-the-streets-the-civil-unrest-that-so-many-have-been-predicting-is-coming-to-america-is-now-here/</ref>

*Pro-life protester assaulted by pro-abortionist.<ref>https://youtu.be/NppY0LtIvM4</ref>

*Minnesota Republican State Rep. Sarah Anderson assaulted by leftwing [[anarchist]].<ref>https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2018/10/15/campaign-sign-vandal-assaulted-house-rep/</ref>

*Soros goon arrested for violent assault on female Republican gubernatorial campaign manager in [[Nevada]]. The paid thug also is employed by [[David Brock]].<ref>[https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/17/soros-funded-operative-nevada-assault/ "Stop Hurting Me!" Soros-Funded Male Democratic Operative Arrested for Assaulting Female Campaign Manager, Leaving Bruises] at the Daily Caller</ref><ref>Rodriguez, Katherine (October 17, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/10/17/soros-operative-accused-battery-nevada-gop-campaign-manager/ Soros Operative Accused of ‘Battery’ Against Nevada GOP Campaign Manager]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 17, 2018.</ref>

*On the streets of [[Brooklyn]], an Hasidic Jew walking to his [[synagogue]] was viciously beaten by a [[radical]].<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-metro-driver-brutally-beats-up-elderly-man-20181014-story.html</ref>

*Racist Democrat mob targeted an interracial couple.<ref>Sen. [[Mitch McConnell]] and Sec. [[Elaine Chao]]. https://www.tmz.com/2018/10/20/senator-mitch-mcconnell-confronted-restaurant-protesters/</ref><ref>Kirkwood, R. Cort (October 20, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/30390-anti-gop-harassment-campaign-continues-with-unhinged-attack-on-mcconnell-wife Anti-GOP Harassment Campaign Continues With Unhinged Attack On McConnell, Wife]. ''The New American''. Retrieved October 21, 2018.</ref>

*Leftist [[bigot]]s assault [[gay]] journalist covering Florida Democrat gubernatorial candidate [[Andrew Gillum]] rally.<ref>https://twitter.com/JacobEngels/status/1053489127407128576</ref>

*Liberal racist assaults black man at [[Starbucks]].<ref>https://youtu.be/lBQJf4NTRH0</ref>

*[[Tennessee]] restaurant owner and staff received death threats after hosting Republican Senate candidate [[Marsha Blackburn]] event.<ref>https://youtu.be/knibvUBlaf0</ref>

*Heeding the call to incivility, a large rock was thrown through the window of Republican Majority Leader [[Kevin McCarthy]]'s district office.<ref>https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/10/23/politics/kevin-mccarthy-office-vandalized/index.html</ref>

*[[Minnesota]] state house Republican candidate Shane Mekeland suffered a concussion in 'politically motivated' attack by violent leftist.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/minnesota-republican-house-candidate-says-he-suffered-concussion-in-attack-at-restaurant.amp</ref>

*Opponent of Democratic Rep. [[Eric Swalwell]] was attacked with a knife.<ref>https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2018/09/11/man-arrested-for-attempting-to-stab-republican-congressional-candidate-made-disparaging-remarks-about-gop/</ref>

*[[Vermont]] state house Republican candidate Deserae Morin received rape and death threats in an anonymous letter.<ref>which also threatened death against all Vermont Republicans and claimed that Republicans had "no rights".[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/10/we-will-rape-you-for-days-says-threat-to-vermont-state-house-candidate-open-season-for-republican-death/ “We Will Rape You For Days” Says Threat To Vermont State House Candidate – “Open Season For Republican Death”] at the Gateway Pundit</ref> The letter reads, {{quotebox|"My comrades will kill you and the Constitution. … [[Socialism]] is here. Open season for Republican death in Vermont.”"}}

*Hazmat team investigated a letter sent to Sen. [[Susan Collins]] home.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/15/hazmat-team-susan-collins-maine/</ref>

*Invoking the words of [[Timothy McVeigh]], Democrat Leader [[Nancy Pelosi]] threatened {{quotebox|"if there's [[collateral damage]], so be it."<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/pelosi-collateral-damage-dont-share-view/</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/2BWzfEh9mEs</ref>}}

*[[Miami]] Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo received a death threat.<ref>http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/carlos-curbelo-receives-death-threat</ref>
[[File:Farrakhanclinton.jpg|right|350ox|thumb|[[Bill Clinton]] brought anti-Semitism into the mainstream of the Democratic party. Clinton appears on stage with notorious anti-Semite [[Louis Farrakhan]],<ref>https://youtu.be/Q4FoXPZDDqQ</ref> September 2018. A month later America suffered its worse mass killing of Jews in its history.<ref>https://www.jta.org/2018/09/07/news-opinion/bill-clinton-shared-stage-louis-farrakhan-aretha-franklins-funeral</ref>]]
*A crazed Trump hater killed 11 worshippers in a [[Conservative]] Jewish synagogue in [[Pittsburgh]].<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-suspect-identified-as-robert-bowers-what-we-know-2018-10-27/</ref>

*[[DCCC]] chairman Benny Ray Lujan refused to condemn [[liberal]] [[anti-Semitic]] [[hate speech]] on ''[[Meet the Press]]''.<ref>https://youtu.be/-q0nxstzDu4</ref>
*Rabbi receives hate mail after welcoming President Trump to the Tree of Life synagogue.<ref>https://www.westernjournal.com/rabbi-receives-hate-mail-welcoming-trump-synagogue-memorial/</ref>

*Violent protesters disrupt Marsha Blackburn rally in [[Nashville]].<ref>https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2018/10/28/un-freaking-believable-protesters-heckle-martha-blackburn-during-moment-of-silence-for-tree-of-life-victims/</ref>

*South Daytona, [[Florida]] Republicans' office shot up by gunfire.<ref>https://amp.local10.com/news/florida/republican-office-in-south-daytona-target-of-shooting</ref>

===Blexit and WalkAway===
[[File:Maxresdefault (1).jpg|right|350px|thumb|Many young blacks, sick of Democrat party racism, embraced the call to Make America Great Again.]]
:{{Main article|WalkAway}}
Because of [[racism]] and [[intolerance]] on the [[Left]], and within the Democratic party, many traditional liberals and Blacks began leaving the party. The far-Left and those advocating for resistance, [[censorship]] and ostracizing opposing political views - the [[progressives]] and [[socialist]]s - have become the mainstream base of the Democrat Party.

African-Americans in particular, who have achieved the lowest [[unemployment]] rate in history are not willing to open the flood gates of [[illegal immigration]] which has kept them depressed, suppressed, and dependent on White Democrats for handouts since unemployment records have been kept beginning in 1949. Many joined the Blexit movement.

Traditional liberals, ideological do-gooders, once had a healthy respect for [[democracy]], opposition, and the two party system. As a traditional ideological minority, they understood the importance of allowing dissent and opposing voices. Since the [[Marxist]] takeover of the Democrat party and the eradication of all opposing views, many traditional liberals abandoned the party and either converted to [[conservatism]], centrism, or retained the label of liberal while rejecting the Democratic party's shift to the [[extremism|extreme]] Left. Many just [[WalkAway]] from the Democrats.<ref>https://www.thenation.com/article/millennials-to-democrats-its-the-economy-stupid/</ref>

===MAGAnomics===
[[File:GDP rate 2015-2018.png|right|300px|thumb|Despite Resistance, real GDP growth returned.]]
:{{See also|MAGAnomics}}
The Republicans ran on a platform of economic recovery, jobs, equality and fairness; Democrats ran on [[socialism]], resistance and mob violence.

President Obama tried to claim credit for the recovery, however it was the Obama individual mandate attached to Obamacare that retarded economic growth throughout the Obama years,<ref>The redirection of worker productivity gains from job creation to entitlement spending and wealth transfer through the individual mandate created a "jobless recovery."</ref> and Obama had nothing to do with the Tax Reform Act of 2017. The peeling back of Obama anti-growth, anti-job, socialist regulations and Executive Orders in service of the [[globalism|globalist agenda]] equally was a key factor in restoring America's new found prosperity.

====Jobs====
[[File:Fredgraph.png|rights|350px|thumb|Real Personal income rose in mid-2018, for the first time since Obama took office.]]ADP reported a gain of 227,000 payroll in October, well over the estimated 189,000 forecasted, reflective of a sound, healthy, robust economy.<ref>https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/10/31/private-payrolls-gain-227k-in-oct-vs-189k-est-adpmoodys.html</ref> Overall, more than 4 million jobs have been created under MAGAnomics, with the biggest increases seen in manufacturing jobs.<ref>https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/NPPMNF</ref> This is important because manufacturing - jobs were value is added to the workproduct greater than the cost of labor in producing the product - spawn service sector jobs. [[Marxist]]s object to this concept, yet have never produced a workable alternative theory to feed and clothe whole nations and societies. Each new manufacturing job spawns 1.5 to 2.5 new services sector jobs - jobs were the workproduct vanishes in the instant it is performed and leaves nothing behind to be traded for equal value.

[[Globalism|Globalists]] have made the United States a service economy with 70% of all [[employment]] in service industries. American services are traded for foreign manufactured goods, leaving huge trade deficits, and bankrupting the nation. Reversing these trends, and President Trump's insistence that [[NATO]] partners carry their fair share of the cost burden, are the primary reasons why globalists have such intense hatred and opposition to Donald Trump.

====Trade deficit====
The trade deficit is a jobs issue. It represents an outflow of American capital to purchase foreign goods that just as easily could be manufactured by American workers.

America has been running a trade deficit since 1967 (when the U.S. became dependent on foreign oil and the American auto industry was booming).<ref>Prior to that, the [[Marshall Plan]] - loans, grants, and gifts to foreigners, represented a trade surplus.</ref> This outflow of capital earned America the reputation as the "engine of the global economy." However this reputation was gained out of largess, not of necessity.<ref>https://youtu.be/CS6ozmWSutY</ref>

====Trade relations and defense====
[[File:20180710 NATO Expenditure-3.jpg|right|350px|thumb|NATO spending in 2018.]]
The only reason [[Europe]]an liberal [[social democratic]] [[welfare state]]s have free healthcare, and the [[United States]] does not, is because the American taxpayer has been paying European defense costs for nearly 70 years - a fact often omitted by liberals in debates over the U.S. healthcare system.

NATO was created as a defense alliance to [[containment|contain Soviet expansionism]] after 1945, and not to wage a War of Aggression in [[Africa]] against [[Libya]],<ref>https://www.pambazuka.org/human-security/libya-natos-war-aggression-sovereign-african-state</ref> as [[Barack Obama]], [[Hillary Clinton]], [[John Brennan]], and [[John McCain]] authorized in 2011. After the reckless misuse of such a powerful [[military]] alliance resulting in a massive humanitarian and [[refugee]] crisis - including the resurgence of black African [[slave]] markets<ref>[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2017/11/27/africans_are_being_sold_in_libya_thank_clintonobama_427490.html Africans Are Being Sold in Libya. Thank Clinton/Obama.] Glenn Reynolds, [[USA Today]], November 27, 2017</ref> - the future of a military establishment created to defend against the [[Soviet Union]] (which hasn't existed since 1991) is front and center before American voters. Indeed, the [[Trump-Russia collusion hoax]] was an effort by power entrenched [[globalism|global]] interests of the [[military industrial complex]] to keep up the myth of the aggressive Russian bogeyman, to maintain the [[status quo]] and justify keeping the cost burden on U.S. taxpayers for European defense and Europe's bloated social welfare state.

===Heated rhetoric===
After President Trump's first 100 days a [[Harvard]] study found CNN and [[NBC]]'s coverage 93 percent negative, more than three times that of Obama, and only 5 percent positive.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/byron-york-harvard-study-cnn-nbc-trump-coverage-93-percent-negative?_amp=true</ref> By December 2017 a Pew Research study found 63 percent negative coverage of Trump by all [[mainstream media]].<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/pew-trump-media-three-times-more-negative-than-for-obama-just-5-percent-positive?_amp=true</ref>

As 2018 progressed and President Trump's approval ratings gained, the incendiary rhetoric was ramped up again, with a Media Research Center study finding 92 percent of all mainstream media coverage was negative,<ref>https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/rich-noyes/2018/10/09/study-econ-boom-ignored-tv-trump-coverage-hits-92-percent-negative</ref> as domestic, economic and [[foreign policy]] successes and words were simply ignored or bent and twisted out of shape so as to make them unrecognizable. ''The Washington Post'' urged increased unfounded and inflammatory attacks on President Trump in mid Summer.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/the-fix/wp/2018/06/01/the-case-for-even-tougher-media-coverage-of-trump/</ref>

====Pittsburgh shooting====
A crazed 46 year old white male Trump hater killed 11 worshippers in a [[Conservative]] Jewish synagogue in [[Pittsburgh]].<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-suspect-identified-as-robert-bowers-what-we-know-2018-10-27/</ref> At least 6 were wounded. Trump, whose daughter and 4 grandchildren are Jewish, consoled the nation and condemned [[anti-Semitism]] as "pure evil,"<ref>https://www.theindychannel.com/news/politics/trump-calls-shooting-at-pittsburgh-synagogue-attack-evil-anti-semitism-before-ffa-speech</ref> after which the liberal media attacked him for doing so.

The next day on ''[[Meet the Press]]'', [[Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee]] chairman Rep. Benny Ray Lujan refused to condemn liberal anti-Semitic [[hate speech]].<ref>https://youtu.be/-q0nxstzDu4</ref> The Democrats continue to fund the campaigns of Leslie Cockburn in [[Virginia]] and Scott Wallace in [[Pennsylvania]].<ref>https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/virginias-5th-district-sign-democrats-expanding-house-battlefield</ref> According to the ''[[New York Times]]'' review of Cockburn's book, “Its first message is that, win or lose, smart or dumb, right or wrong, suave or boorish, [[Israel]]is are a menace. The second is that the Israeli-American connection is somewhere behind just about everything that ails us.”<ref>http://thefederalist.com/2018/08/20/democrats-fielding-even-anti-semitic-candidates-congress/</ref> ''[[Commentary]]'' magazine says Cockburn claim's that [[Saddam Hussein]] started the [[Gulf War]] over his belief in ‘a [[conspiracy]] between Israel and the U.S. to attack him’—a belief that her book says is ‘correct.’ And then there is Israel's culpability for [[Idi Amin]], [[Mobutu]], [[Manuel Noriega|Noriega]], the plight of the [[Kurd]]s, the suffering of [[Guatemala]]ns, and much, much more." Scott Wallace, a [[liberal]] millionaire, was a member of a controversial private club in [[Apartheid]] [[South Africa]] that discriminated against [[African American|Black]]s and [[Jew]]s and has given hundreds of thousands of dollars to anti-Jewish hate groups.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-candidate-was-member-of-anti-semitic-anti-black-club-in-south-africa-that-invited-apartheid-figure-dr-death-for-motivational-talk.amp</ref><ref>https://forward.com/news/national/401309/exclusive-democratic-rising-star-in-swing-district-gave-300k-to-pro-bds/</ref><ref>https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bds-is-continuing-to-spread-hate-and-anti-semitism_us_592dab59e4b075342b52c080</ref>

Despite CNN's Alisyn Camerota's incessant baiting, Rabbi Jeffrey Myers of the Tree of Life synagogue refused to blame anyone other than the shooter, Robert Bowers.<ref>https://www.dailywire.com/news/37729/watch-cnn-anchor-tries-fails-get-tree-life-rabbi-emily-zanotti</ref><ref>https://www.thedailybeast.com/robert-bowers-is-neo-nazi-who-posted-about-killing-jews-on-gab</ref> [[Andrea Mitchell]] of NBC News of coarse, attacked the President for consoling the nation.<ref>https://www.trendsmap.com/twitter/tweet/1057042231679434757</ref> [[Joe Biden]] blamed Trump. America's Rabbi Shmuley Boteach responded:<ref>https://shmuley.com</ref> {{quotebox|"Hatred of the Jews, it springs up almost anywhere and everywhere. It’s the world’s oldest most insidious, most malicious hatred. But what we dare not do is politicize it. When I look at someone like Joe Biden, I just saw on your airwaves he was speaking about Charlottesville, etc. With all due respect, the [[Obama administration]] also [[Iran nuclear deal|legitimized Iran]], who spoke openly about annihilating the Jewish people. And did not once condemn that kind of [[genocide|genocidal]] rhetoric we’ve seen from [[Hamas]] as well."<ref>https://youtu.be/Rqpf6jQUJGQ</ref>}}

====Alleged bomb scare====
[[File:5bd0bc7adda4c861428b45db.jpg|right|300px|thumb|CNN opened up John Brennan's mail, did an on-air studio evacuation, then went on a rant for days trying to flip the narrative and blame Trump for mob violence.]]
Just when things looked desperate for Democrats with unhinged mobs responding to the party's leadership, CNN reported it had received a mail bomb addressed to [[John Brennan]], who actually works for [[NBC]]. Nonetheless, CNN opened John Brennan's mail anyway, paused to take pictures of the alleged bomb, before evacuting the building in a panic. Despite postage, there were no postal cancellations. CNN alleged it was "hand delivered." Others received packages as well.

Republicans were quick to condemn political violence,<ref>https://youtu.be/KwSGYUDQSuY</ref> unlike Democrat leaders, who encouraged it.<ref>https://m.imdb.com/title/tt9115480/</ref> President Trump vowed to use all the resources of the federal government to find who was responsible.

As soon as NYPD feed into the news cycle that the bombs were active giving breaking reports a life of their own, within hours the ''[[Associated Press]]'' reported, {{quotebox|"tests have determined that a powder found inside an envelope delivered to CNN along with a pipe bomb was harmless."<ref><big>7:50 p.m.

A law enforcement official says tests have determined that a powder found inside an envelope delivered to CNN along with a pipe bomb was harmless.

The official wasn’t authorized to discuss the investigation publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

New York City’s police commissioner said earlier Wednesday that the package sent to CNN’s offices in Manhattan contained a live explosive and an envelope containing white powder.

The FBI said the package was similar to explosives sent to former President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, former Attorney General Eric Holder and billionaire [[George Soros]].

The package sent to CNN was addressed to former CIA Director John Brennan, a frequent guest on the channel. The official says that parcel contained no note or claim of responsibility.</big> [https://www.apnews.com/5c93ac06309c4ce88e8cd5023f89feca Tom Hays, ''Associated Press'', October 24, 2018].</ref>}} None of this stopped CNN and other mainstream sources from failing to report the facts or whipping up anti-Trump hysteria.

None of the bombs were active, and the alleged bomber didn't know how to build a bomb anyway. The alleged bombs lacked a detonator device, were made with PVC tubing instead of lead, and packed with a harmless powder.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/news/cnn-pipe-bomb-white-powder-harmless-law-enforcement-report/</ref> No one was killed.

After President Trump ordered a nationwide man-hunt, a 56 year old homeless former male stripper person of color, Cesar Sayoc, was arrested. Being that the alleged "bombs" we're all duds, Sayoc's lawyer said the case against him was weak. As fate would have it, Sayoc worked st the same strip club as [[Stormy Daniels]].<ref>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2018/10/29/craziness-bomb-suspect-cesar-sayoc-and-stormy-daniels-worked-at-the-same-strip-c-n2533093</ref>

===Fake news: Russia collusion hoax===
[[File:Steele dossier fingerprint cartoon 2017.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Democrats [[collude]]d with Russia to try to affect the outcome of the 2016 election. Obama, Hillary, and John Brennan were all involved. Fake news was routinely broadcast by [[CNN]].]]
:{{See also|Russiagate timeline 2018 reckoning|Mueller office|Deep State coup}}
The 2016 elections and aftermath were married by Democrats and the mainstream media's fake news Russia collusion hoax to cover up wrongdoing within the Obama Department of Justice and FBI to interfere in American elections.

After two years of fake news about Russian collusion, scarcely a word was breathed by Democrats or mainstream news sources when the Obama administration, Democrats, and Hillary Clinton's collusion with Putin's minions became exposed.<ref>[[Christpoher Steele]] received unverified information from Russian sources, including [[Oleg Deripaska]]. Steele worked for Hillary Clinton, the DNC, and the Obama FBI. The FBI also used informants posing as Russians to entrap Trump campaign workers to justify illegal surveillance and leak false news stories.</ref> By contrast, Donald Trump has never been connected to Russian election interference after investigations by five Congressional committees and a Special Counsel.

====Commingling of two narratives====
Russian hackers did attempt to hack into state election boards in 2016. All investigations agree the attempt failed, no voter rolls were accessed, and no final tallies changed.

There is no evidence however, that Russians' hacked the [[DNC]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]. The suggestion that Russians were responsible for a hack, rather than a whistleblower who conveyed the information to [[WikiLeaks]], came from a third party contractor of both the FBI and DNC - [[CrowdStrike]]. The alleged DNC "hack" was never investigated. The DNC refused the FBI's offer to investigate what was essentially a civil matter.

A forensic investigation by retired [[NSA]] analysts determined DNC emails published by WikiLeaks were copied and downloaded on a flash drive, and not "hacked" from outside.

A DNC press release, coupled with [[mainstream media]] journalists working with [[Hillary Clinton]] operatives in [[FusionGPS]] and the [[FBI]], spread the [[fake news]] narrative that state election board hacking attempts were related to DNC materials appearing on WikiLeaks. The false narrative was melded into the catch-all phrase, "Russian meddling." FusionGPS, like CrowdStrike, was a contractor for ''both'' the DNC ''and'' the FBI.

====State elections====
The underlying issue is federalization of elections, taking the electoral process out of the hands of the states and placing it in the hands of the [[Department of Homeland Security]] in Washington, where it would be easier for [[Democrat]] [[Civil Service Commission|civil servant]]s to manipulate outcomes. This could only be done through [[bi-partisan]] [[legislation]] declaring voting machines as [[national security]] "critical infrastructure."

====FISA abuse====
:{{See also|FISA abuse}}
CrowdStrike is an outside contractor for NATO, the FBI, and the DNC. FusionGPS is a contractor for the FBI and DNC. Both CrowdStrike and FusionGPS had access to the [[NSA]]'s FISA database. The conclusions of an NSA audit and the [[FISA court]] agreed, that the FBI deliberately allowed its contractors to access the [[FISA]] database in order to illegally surveil and violate the [[Fourth Amendment]] rights of American citizens. 85% of all FISA database search queries after [[Donald Trump]] declared his candidacy in 2015 were illegal.

The inherent [[conflict of interest]] of [[partisan]]s in U.S [[law enforcement]], with partisans holding contractor access to national security secrets, then colluding with partisans in fake news media goes unreported by fake news media.

====Trump and Russia====
:{{See also|Trump-Russia collusion hoax}}
Since Donald Trump was elected President, Trump has:
:*Killed hundreds of Russian special forces in [[Syria]] in direct confrontation with U.S. forces.<ref>http://time.com/5237922/mike-pompeo-russia-confirmation/</ref>
:*Tore up the [[Iranian nuke deal]] in which [[Obama]] allowed [[Putin]] to build a nuclear facility in [[Iran]], Putin's ally, enhancing Iran's nuclear weapons program.
:*Trump approved sale of lethal weapon to [[Ukraine]]. [[Obama]] denied lethal assistance, and limited U.S. aid to humanitarian assistance.<ref>https://abcnews.go.com/International/trump-approves-sale-arms-ukraine-amid-escalated-fighting/story?id=51923454</ref>
:*Encouraged NATO allies to increase defense spending to guard against Russia.<ref>https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/11/trump-demands-nato-countries-meet-defense-spending-goals-immediately.html</ref>
:*Trump chastized Germany for paying billions to Russia for energy which aids Russia's military budget.<ref>https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/07/09/spare-a-thought-for-the-bundeswehr-germany-generals/</ref>
:*Trump imposed harsher sanctions on Russian businesses and individuals.<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/397212-president-trump-is-tougher-on-russia-in-18-months-than-obama-in-eight</ref>

==Results==
===Florida===
Sen. [[Marco Rubio]] called out Broward County two days after the election after the corrupt Democrat elections officials manufactured over 80,000 new ballots after Election Day.

Democrat leaders in Florida directed staffers and volunteers to shear altered election forms to fix improper absentee ballots after the deadline.

The plan was to have Florida voters fix and submit as many absentee votes as possible in hopes of including them in the vote totals.

An email was sent out to Democrat activists before defeated incumbent Sen. [[Bill Nelson]] and his party allies filed a series of lawsuits challenging some voting rules that applied during the election, claiming they disenfranchised voters.<ref>https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/politics/2018/11/15/florida-recount-democrats-launch-plan-altered-state-form-fix-ballots/2009178002/</ref>

==See also==
*[[Donald Trump achievements]]

==References==
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2018 Midterm elections

2019-01-30T16:28:46Z

Maga97: 2020 motivation

[[File:Congressional-baseball-practice-shooting-June-14-2017-twitter-640x480.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Death threats and [[leftist]] mob violence caused 36 incumbent House Republicans not itto seek re-election in 2018.<ref>https://www.bustle.com/p/republican-lawmakers-are-retiring-out-of-fear-of-assassination-this-congressman-thinks-8930196</ref>]]
The '''2018 Midterm elections''' for the 116th Congress were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.

Democrat poll workers stored blank ballots in boxes labeled "provisional ballots" which supposedly had been cast, and filled in the blank ballots during recounts.

With 36 Republican members retiring from the House, Democrats won many open seats and took control of the chamber. [[Nancy Pelosi]] again became Speaker of the House. Democrats gained 40 seats total, their largest gain since 1974. One race in North Carolina's 9th District is still undecided. Democrats also gained 7 Governors, including a sweep of the upper midwest. Overall Democrats picked up Nevada, New Mexico, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Maine, and Kansas. The GOP picked up Alaska from an independent. No Democratic governors lost reelection.

Democrats won the congressional vote by 8.6%, the largest midterm margin since 1986.

The Republicans retained control of the Senate. They picked up Missouri, North Dakota, Indiana, and Florida, while losing seats in Nevada and Arizona.
The alleged "Blue wave" did not materialize; however, rampant [[voter fraud]] in heavy Democrat districts did occur.<ref>https://twitter.com/Str8DonLemon/status/1061991384369020929</ref>

In the 115th Congress the [[Republican Party]] held 235 seats House of Representatives to [[Democrat]]s' 193 seats, with seven seats vacant. In the Senate the Republican Party held 51 seats. The Democrats held 47 seats after gaining a seat in Alabama, and the remaining two were held by Independents too ashamed to call themselves Democrats publicly, though they caucus with the Democrat party. Of the 33 seats up for reelection, the Democrats had to defend 25 (two of which are held by Independents), while Republicans had only eight seats to defend. The Democrat Party tried to defend 10 seats in states that [[Donald Trump]] won over [[Hillary Clinton]] in 2016.

Despite [[liberal media]] [[fake news]], the Democrats had to win 48 House seats and seven Senate seats to qualify historically as a "wave election."<ref>[https://ballotpedia.org/Scott_Rasmussen%27s_Number_of_the_Day_for_June_25,_2018]</ref> Increasing [[leftist]] violence and resistance to accepting the results of the [[2016 presidential election]] was an important issue. <ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/trump-resistance-continues-slide-toward-violence/</ref><ref>Although analysis by the [[Cato Institute]] and ''[[New York Times]]'' showed leftist-motivated violence on the rise since 2016 with killings 2.5 times higher than right wing extremists, https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/term-alt-left-came the numbers ''do not'' include murders of [[police officer]]s by [[Black Lives Matter]] activists. https://www.cnn.com/2016/08/14/us/police-officers-fatal-shooting-line-duty-nationwide/index.html</ref> Democrats relied on [[corrupt]] local election officials and their corrupt media allies' failure to report and expose it, and [[social media]] [[censorship]] of [[conservative]] voices for their limited success.

Democrat [[Beto O'Rourke]], having squandered a record $70 million of other people's money in a losing bid against [[Ted Cruz]] for the [[Texas]] Senate seat, is now considered a qualified leading contender for President by Democrats and the liberal media.

==Issues==
[[File:Democrats 2018.png|right|300px|thumb|Democrats took their message of chaos and disruption to the street.]] An election eve poll of registered voters one week before the election found 30% view Trump as the most important issue, while 22% rated the economy, followed by 15% who rank [[illegal immigration]] and 14% who say the same of Obamacare. 51% gave the President good or excellent marks for his handling of the [[economy]], while 33% rated his performance in this area as poor. Overall, Trump's approval rating was higher than [[Barack Obama]]’s at this stage of his Presidency.<ref> [http://m.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/rating_president_trump_on_the_issues_oct29]</ref>
President Trump's approval rating was 41.8% on election day. President Obama's was 44.8% on election day of 2010. Noted pollster Rasmussen was off by 10 points during this midterm, the worst performance by a pollster in almost two decades. They should be discredited by all conservative voices and pundits.

Despite a $50 million fundraising advantage from [[Hollywood]], [[Wall Street]], and [[globalism|global]] [[elitism|elites]], the Democratic party leadership's advocacy of mob [[violence]] to advance [[socialism]] became a key issue.<ref>https://youtu.be/hlMIyae9-ZU</ref> The [[Kavanaugh smear]], Democrat disruptions of the orderly working of [[Congress]], and the Democrats' denial of [[due process]] rights energized the Republican base.<ref>https://youtu.be/iW4YwZtRAUY</ref>

Democrat [[Beto O'Rourke]] of [[Texas]] is now considered a qualified leading contender by Democrats and the liberal media for 2020 Presidential nomination.

===Supreme Court===
:{{See also|Kavanaugh smear|MeToo movement}}
[[File:Sarsour hearing-500x281.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Linda Sarsour]] removed from the hearing room. Sarsour is a notorious [[anti-Semite]] and spokesperson for leftist causes.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/01/opinion/womens-march-progressives-hate.html</ref>]]
''[[The New Yorker]]'' publicized in March 2012 that [[Brett Kavanaugh]] was the most likely next nominee if a Republican were to win the election.<ref>https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/03/26/holding-court</ref> Within a few months, [[Christine Blasey Ford]] for the first time allegedly told her therapist that she had been fondled at a drinking party and felt threatened. The therapist's notes, however, do not name Kavanaugh.

In the Spring of 2018, [[President Donald Trump]] nominated Judge Kavanaugh to the [[Supreme Court]]. Ricki Seidman, who orchestrated the 1991 [[Clarence Thomas]] smear, mapped out the plan to defame Kavanaugh in July 2018: {{quotebox|"Over the coming days and weeks there will be a strategy that will emerge, and I think it’s possible that that strategy might ultimately defeat the nominee."<ref>[https://youtu.be/zRttpJxj59A Begins at 3:20.]</ref>}} Like the attack on Justice Thomas, outrageous last minute personal smears were intended to erroneously waste the time of Congress.

''[[The Washington Post]]'' first published Blasey Ford's allegations in a letter under an anonymous op-ed byline. The op-ed named Kavanaugh as one of the boys at the drinking party in high school. Sen. [[Dianne Feinstein]] did not ask the FBI to investigate when she received the letter in July 2018, held it for two months during hearings, then passed the anonymous slanders along to ''WaPo'' when the regular hearings ended.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/news/dianne-feinstein-falsely-claims-gop-blocking-fbi-probe-of-kavanaugh-allegation/</ref><ref>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/msn/how-feinstein-is-conspiring-to-destroy-kavanaugh/ar-AAAuxh9</ref> In the interim, Blasey Ford was directed by unknown operatives to take a polygraph test in August 2018. The allegations were withheld by Feinstein and the Democrats from the [[FBI]] during the FBI's pre-hearing investigation and vetting process.<ref>https://hotair.com/archives/2018/09/18/lindsey-graham-ford-no-intention-coming-forward-whyd-take-polygraph-early-august/</ref>

Then, during the period in which the Senate Judiciary Committee delayed the vote 10 days to accommodate Blasey Ford's testimony, the ''[[New Yorker]]'' published an allegation that Kavanaugh exposed himself at a drinking party at [[Yale]] to a female classmate.<ref>https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/senate-democrats-investigate-a-new-allegation-of-sexual-misconduct-from-the-supreme-court-nominee-brett-kavanaughs-college-years-deborah-ramirez</ref> The ''New Yorker'' wrote: {{quotebox|"The magazine contacted several dozen classmates of Ramirez and Kavanaugh regarding the incident...''The New Yorker'' has not confirmed with other eyewitnesses that Kavanaugh was present at the party."}} The accuser did give the ''New Yorker'' six names to support her claim- six witnesses Deborah Ramirez stated could substantiate her accusation. And when the ''New Yorker'' interviewed them, '''''all six''''' said it never happened, and although 100% of the evidence discovered by the ''New Yorker'' refuted the claim, the ''New Yorker'' still published the article.

In the end, Judge Kavanaugh was confirmed, and the Democrats were roundly condemned for their sickening conduct.

===Abolishing ICE===
[[File:Mexico-Caravan-Horde-Adolfo-Flores.jpg|thumbnail|The caravan as it moves through Mexico|300px]]
Many [[Leftist]]s ran on a platform of abolishing the nation's [[Immigration and Customs Enforcement|imigration enforcement]] authority and moving toward a policy of unrestricted immigration and open borders.

[[ICE]] was created on a recommendation of the [[9/11]] Commission after 19 [[Islam]]ic [[jihad]]is entered the United States under the [[Clinton administration]] and murdered 3,000 Americans.

In 2018, Democrat representatives entered bills in Congress to abolish ICE.

====Migrant caravan====
[[File:Migrant-caravan-collage 451.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Migrant caravan clashes with Mexican border police.]]
:{{Main article|2018 Migrant caravan}}
Weeks before the election, [[George Soros]] [[front group]]s and human traffickers organized a migrant mob in [[Honduras]] to storm U.S. border control.<ref>https://youtu.be/fLJ3p8yHdWk</ref> Soros employed similar tactics in the [[European migrant crisis]] which has destabilized European society.

The heavily financed horde overwhelmed the token resistance from the Mexican police and advanced north toward the Southern U.S. border. The ''[[Associated Press]]'' described a “growing army of migrants resumes march toward US.”<ref>https://www.apnews.com/b709e05ec83c49e6876ff612141ae942</ref> The group has been enjoined by [[ideological]] [[comrade]]s from within Mexico. The group claims to be fleeing [[violence]] in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, yet the group deployed violence against the Mexican police who were vastly outnumbered.<ref>https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1058685478164144128</ref>

====MS-13 and others====
By October 21, reports estimated the number of economic migrants at between 7,200 and 10,000. The numbers seemingly doubled and tripled upon entering Mexico. No further resistance was met once passed the border. Migrants from [[Haiti]], [[Congo]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Angola]], [[Cameroon]], and [[Bangladesh]] have swelled the ranks.<ref>https://twitter.com/TomFitton/status/1054441145886035977</ref> The crowd is mostly men, ages 16-40. There are [[MS-13]] gang members among them.<ref>https://twitter.com/SaraCarterDC/status/1054481882484801538</ref> The caravan was now over two miles long.

Mexican authorities issued a warning about migrants in Guatemala who were preparing [[Molotov cocktail]]s and acquiring firearms to use against police officers. Two migrants were arrested, one a minor, after shooting at police. They were arrested carrying a loaded firearm.<ref>https://www.gob.mx/segob/prensa/detienen-a-dos-hondurenos-tras-ataque-armado-a-policias-federales</ref>

====Child traffickers====
Guatemalan authorities rescued seven unaccompanied minors from human smugglers working inside the caravan. The smugglers were arrested and a broader investigation into [[criminal]] activity in the caravan continued.<ref>https://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2018/10/guatemalan-authorities-rescue-group-of-minors-from-human-smugglers-in-caravan/</ref>

===Healthcare===
:{{Main article|Obamacare}}
Healthcare continued to be a major issue, with 56% of voters in pre-election surveys saying [[free market]] competition between insurance companies would do more to reduce health care costs, whereas only 29% of registered voters thought government intervention would be better at reducing costs. Survey results on this question have changed little since April 2013.<ref>[http://m.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/healthcare/health_care_law_oct22]</ref>

One of President Trump's first actions was repealing the requirement of Democrats on everyone to purchase health insurance policies for coverage they may never need (for example, men were required to buy [[abortion]] coverage and women to buy [[prostate]] [[cancer]] coverage) and [[monetary]] penalties for failure to comply with government dictates.<ref>Obamacare was wholly a Democrat mandate. No Republicans voted for Obamacare. There was no [[bipartisan]] nationwide [[consensus]] by any measure. Costs escalated dramatically after passage.</ref>

====Falling premiums====
As of 2018, health insurance rates fell for the first in history.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/11/politics/obamacare-premiums-2019/index.html</ref> The average premiums of $124 per month dramatically contrasted with Obamacare plans, whose monthly premiums averaged $393.<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/407158-how-the-gop-fixed-the-worst-of-obamacare</ref> Even the liberal think tank the Urban Institute proclaimed that what Trump did allowed 1.7 million previously uninsured Americans to receive insurance coverage, while enabling 2.5 million more to benefit from much lower premiums.<ref>https://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/liberal-think-tank-refutes-case-against-trumps-health-insurance-deregulation-10976.html</ref>

====Medicare and Medicaid====
As of 2018, Medicare and Medicaid's increase in cost is $1.50.<ref>https://goldrushcam.com/sierrasuntimes/index.php/news/local-news/16025-centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services-announces-2019-medicare-parts-a-b-premiums-and-deductibles</ref> [[Progressive]] [[socialist]]s and Democrats proposed a doubling of taxes for a [[collectivist]] single-payer system they called "Medicate for All."<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2018-07-30/study-medicare-for-all-bill-estimated-at-32-6-trillion</ref>

===Leftist mobs and violence===
[[File:Maddogpac.jpeg|right|350px|thumb|Democratic fundraisers openly called for the murder of elected Republican officials.]]
:{{See also|Left-wing violence in the Trump era}}
When one uses [[Google]] to investigate "leftist violence" and other associated terms, the majority of search results (thanks to selective liberal-biased censorship and manipulating of those results by Google) return "right-wing violence," as if the phenomena of leftist motivated attacks do not exist or is unmonitored; yet daily, for two years, leftists have openly practiced criminal behavior in the forms of violence, intimidation and threats - often worn as a badge of "honor" by [[liberal elite]]s in media, [[Hollywood]], academia, and the Democrat Party,<ref>
https://dailycaller.com/2017/06/16/this-list-of-attacks-against-conservatives-is-mind-blowing/</ref> although common sense dictates that such behavior is, in fact, a badge of shame against them as seen by the majority of the public.

====Incidents====
*Georgetown Prof. Carol Christine Fair tweeted during the [[Kavanaugh smear]] hearings that Republican Senators {{quotebox|"deserve miserable deaths while feminists laugh as they take their last gasps. Bonus: we castrate their corpses and feed them to swine? Yes."<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/georgetown-professor-white-gop-senators-kavanaugh-hearing-deserve-miserable-deaths/amp/</ref>}}

[[File:Doors-1012-x-526.jpg.cf 773.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Far left]]ists who now are the mainstream of the Democrat Party attempted to pry open the 13 ton bronze doors of the Supreme Court with their fingertips while chanting "Shut it down!" on a weekend when the building is usually closed.<ref>https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/james-woods-pathetic-leftists/amp/</ref>]]
*A leftist mob attempted to take over the Capital during [[Brett Kavanaugh]]'s [[SCOTUS]] hearings. At least 500 were arrested.

*Congressional aide to Rep. [[Sheila Jackson Lee]] was arrested and charged with doxxing during the [[Kavanaugh smear|Kavanaugh hearings]],<ref>https://youtu.be/PNXji4z7TyE</ref> 

*An Antifa and [[Black Lives Matter]] mob were allowed by Portland officials to take over a street in that city, blocking traffic and inciting anarchy.<ref>https://pjmedia.com/trending/blm-and-antifa-agitators-take-over-street-in-portland-to-protest-police-shooting/</ref>


*Ole Miss Sociology professor James Thomas advocated acts of aggression against Republican senators.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/us/ole-miss-professor-condemned-for-claiming-senators-dont-deserve-your-civility Ole Miss professor condemned for claiming senators ‘don’t deserve your civility’]</ref>

*Minnesota special education [[teacher]] Sam Ness tweeted, {{quotebox|"So whose gonna take one for the team and kill Kavanaugh."<ref>http://thefederalist.com/2018/10/10/minnesota-teacher-resigns-tweeting-killing-justice-kavanaugh/</ref>}}

*Long Island native arrested for death threats against two senators who supported Brett Kavanaugh.<ref>[https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/new-york-man-arrested-for-kavanaugh-confirmation-death-threats New York Man Arrested for Kavanaugh Confirmation Death Threats]</ref>

*[[Susan Rice]]'s son John David Rice-Cameron, President of the Stanford College Republicans, was violently assaulted at [[Stanford University]].<ref>https://pjmedia.com/trending/susan-rices-conservative-son-allegedly-assaulted-at-stanford/</ref>

*[[Hillary Clinton]] openly committed to mass violence.<ref>www.investmentwatchblog.com/hillary-clinton-commits-to-mass-violence-across-america-if-dems-dont-win-mid-terms/</ref>

*[[Eric Holder]] – the only U.S. [[Attorney General]] ever held in Contempt of Congress – called for violence.<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/10/eric-holder-calls-for-violence-when-republicans-go-low-we-kick-them-video/ ERIC HOLDER: When Republicans Go Low, ‘We Kick Them’ …Crowd Chants, “Fight! Fight! Fight!” (VIDEO)] at The Gateway Pundit</ref><ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/10/eric-holder-backs-off-call-for-violence-against-republicans-after-spanking-by-michelle-obama/ Eric Holder Backs Off Call For Violence Against Republicans After Spanking By Michelle Obama] at The Gateway Pundit</ref>

*Antifa attacked the GOP headquarters in NYC and warned this is ‘merely the beginning’.<ref>https://saraacarter.com/breaking-antifa-attacks-gop-headquarters-in-nyc-warns-merely-the-beginning/</ref>

*Antifa goons jumped a [[African American|Black man]] in [[New York]].<ref>https://youtu.be/iERNWFxwCoI</ref>

*Leftist mob rioted in [[Portland, Oregon]] continue into the second week.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/a-leftist-mob-polices-portland-1539298766</ref>

*Antifa rioters attack Patriot Prayer group, again.<ref>https://youtu.be/nSQrM3R-0HA</ref><ref>www.investmentwatchblog.com/chaos-in-the-streets-the-civil-unrest-that-so-many-have-been-predicting-is-coming-to-america-is-now-here/</ref>

*Pro-life protester assaulted by pro-abortionist.<ref>https://youtu.be/NppY0LtIvM4</ref>

*Minnesota Republican State Rep. Sarah Anderson assaulted by leftwing [[anarchist]].<ref>https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2018/10/15/campaign-sign-vandal-assaulted-house-rep/</ref>

*Soros goon arrested for violent assault on female Republican gubernatorial campaign manager in [[Nevada]]. The paid thug also is employed by [[David Brock]].<ref>[https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/17/soros-funded-operative-nevada-assault/ "Stop Hurting Me!" Soros-Funded Male Democratic Operative Arrested for Assaulting Female Campaign Manager, Leaving Bruises] at the Daily Caller</ref><ref>Rodriguez, Katherine (October 17, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/10/17/soros-operative-accused-battery-nevada-gop-campaign-manager/ Soros Operative Accused of ‘Battery’ Against Nevada GOP Campaign Manager]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 17, 2018.</ref>

*On the streets of [[Brooklyn]], an Hasidic Jew walking to his [[synagogue]] was viciously beaten by a [[radical]].<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-metro-driver-brutally-beats-up-elderly-man-20181014-story.html</ref>

*Racist Democrat mob targeted an interracial couple.<ref>Sen. [[Mitch McConnell]] and Sec. [[Elaine Chao]]. https://www.tmz.com/2018/10/20/senator-mitch-mcconnell-confronted-restaurant-protesters/</ref><ref>Kirkwood, R. Cort (October 20, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/30390-anti-gop-harassment-campaign-continues-with-unhinged-attack-on-mcconnell-wife Anti-GOP Harassment Campaign Continues With Unhinged Attack On McConnell, Wife]. ''The New American''. Retrieved October 21, 2018.</ref>

*Leftist [[bigot]]s assault [[gay]] journalist covering Florida Democrat gubernatorial candidate [[Andrew Gillum]] rally.<ref>https://twitter.com/JacobEngels/status/1053489127407128576</ref>

*Liberal racist assaults black man at [[Starbucks]].<ref>https://youtu.be/lBQJf4NTRH0</ref>

*[[Tennessee]] restaurant owner and staff received death threats after hosting Republican Senate candidate [[Marsha Blackburn]] event.<ref>https://youtu.be/knibvUBlaf0</ref>

*Heeding the call to incivility, a large rock was thrown through the window of Republican Majority Leader [[Kevin McCarthy]]'s district office.<ref>https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/10/23/politics/kevin-mccarthy-office-vandalized/index.html</ref>

*[[Minnesota]] state house Republican candidate Shane Mekeland suffered a concussion in 'politically motivated' attack by violent leftist.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/minnesota-republican-house-candidate-says-he-suffered-concussion-in-attack-at-restaurant.amp</ref>

*Opponent of Democratic Rep. [[Eric Swalwell]] was attacked with a knife.<ref>https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2018/09/11/man-arrested-for-attempting-to-stab-republican-congressional-candidate-made-disparaging-remarks-about-gop/</ref>

*[[Vermont]] state house Republican candidate Deserae Morin received rape and death threats in an anonymous letter.<ref>which also threatened death against all Vermont Republicans and claimed that Republicans had "no rights".[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/10/we-will-rape-you-for-days-says-threat-to-vermont-state-house-candidate-open-season-for-republican-death/ “We Will Rape You For Days” Says Threat To Vermont State House Candidate – “Open Season For Republican Death”] at the Gateway Pundit</ref> The letter reads, {{quotebox|"My comrades will kill you and the Constitution. … [[Socialism]] is here. Open season for Republican death in Vermont.”"}}

*Hazmat team investigated a letter sent to Sen. [[Susan Collins]] home.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/15/hazmat-team-susan-collins-maine/</ref>

*Invoking the words of [[Timothy McVeigh]], Democrat Leader [[Nancy Pelosi]] threatened {{quotebox|"if there's [[collateral damage]], so be it."<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/pelosi-collateral-damage-dont-share-view/</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/2BWzfEh9mEs</ref>}}

*[[Miami]] Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo received a death threat.<ref>http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/carlos-curbelo-receives-death-threat</ref>
[[File:Farrakhanclinton.jpg|right|350ox|thumb|[[Bill Clinton]] brought anti-Semitism into the mainstream of the Democratic party. Clinton appears on stage with notorious anti-Semite [[Louis Farrakhan]],<ref>https://youtu.be/Q4FoXPZDDqQ</ref> September 2018. A month later America suffered its worse mass killing of Jews in its history.<ref>https://www.jta.org/2018/09/07/news-opinion/bill-clinton-shared-stage-louis-farrakhan-aretha-franklins-funeral</ref>]]
*A crazed Trump hater killed 11 worshippers in a [[Conservative]] Jewish synagogue in [[Pittsburgh]].<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-suspect-identified-as-robert-bowers-what-we-know-2018-10-27/</ref>

*[[DCCC]] chairman Benny Ray Lujan refused to condemn [[liberal]] [[anti-Semitic]] [[hate speech]] on ''[[Meet the Press]]''.<ref>https://youtu.be/-q0nxstzDu4</ref>
*Rabbi receives hate mail after welcoming President Trump to the Tree of Life synagogue.<ref>https://www.westernjournal.com/rabbi-receives-hate-mail-welcoming-trump-synagogue-memorial/</ref>

*Violent protesters disrupt Marsha Blackburn rally in [[Nashville]].<ref>https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2018/10/28/un-freaking-believable-protesters-heckle-martha-blackburn-during-moment-of-silence-for-tree-of-life-victims/</ref>

*South Daytona, [[Florida]] Republicans' office shot up by gunfire.<ref>https://amp.local10.com/news/florida/republican-office-in-south-daytona-target-of-shooting</ref>

===Blexit and WalkAway===
[[File:Maxresdefault (1).jpg|right|350px|thumb|Many young blacks, sick of Democrat party racism, embraced the call to Make America Great Again.]]
:{{Main article|WalkAway}}
Because of [[racism]] and [[intolerance]] on the [[Left]], and within the Democratic party, many traditional liberals and Blacks began leaving the party. The far-Left and those advocating for resistance, [[censorship]] and ostracizing opposing political views - the [[progressives]] and [[socialist]]s - have become the mainstream base of the Democrat Party.

African-Americans in particular, who have achieved the lowest [[unemployment]] rate in history are not willing to open the flood gates of [[illegal immigration]] which has kept them depressed, suppressed, and dependent on White Democrats for handouts since unemployment records have been kept beginning in 1949. Many joined the Blexit movement.

Traditional liberals, ideological do-gooders, once had a healthy respect for [[democracy]], opposition, and the two party system. As a traditional ideological minority, they understood the importance of allowing dissent and opposing voices. Since the [[Marxist]] takeover of the Democrat party and the eradication of all opposing views, many traditional liberals abandoned the party and either converted to [[conservatism]], centrism, or retained the label of liberal while rejecting the Democratic party's shift to the [[extremism|extreme]] Left. Many just [[WalkAway]] from the Democrats.<ref>https://www.thenation.com/article/millennials-to-democrats-its-the-economy-stupid/</ref>

===MAGAnomics===
[[File:GDP rate 2015-2018.png|right|300px|thumb|Despite Resistance, real GDP growth returned.]]
:{{See also|MAGAnomics}}
The Republicans ran on a platform of economic recovery, jobs, equality and fairness; Democrats ran on [[socialism]], resistance and mob violence.

President Obama tried to claim credit for the recovery, however it was the Obama individual mandate attached to Obamacare that retarded economic growth throughout the Obama years,<ref>The redirection of worker productivity gains from job creation to entitlement spending and wealth transfer through the individual mandate created a "jobless recovery."</ref> and Obama had nothing to do with the Tax Reform Act of 2017. The peeling back of Obama anti-growth, anti-job, socialist regulations and Executive Orders in service of the [[globalism|globalist agenda]] equally was a key factor in restoring America's new found prosperity.

====Jobs====
[[File:Fredgraph.png|rights|350px|thumb|Real Personal income rose in mid-2018, for the first time since Obama took office.]]ADP reported a gain of 227,000 payroll in October, well over the estimated 189,000 forecasted, reflective of a sound, healthy, robust economy.<ref>https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/10/31/private-payrolls-gain-227k-in-oct-vs-189k-est-adpmoodys.html</ref> Overall, more than 4 million jobs have been created under MAGAnomics, with the biggest increases seen in manufacturing jobs.<ref>https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/NPPMNF</ref> This is important because manufacturing - jobs were value is added to the workproduct greater than the cost of labor in producing the product - spawn service sector jobs. [[Marxist]]s object to this concept, yet have never produced a workable alternative theory to feed and clothe whole nations and societies. Each new manufacturing job spawns 1.5 to 2.5 new services sector jobs - jobs were the workproduct vanishes in the instant it is performed and leaves nothing behind to be traded for equal value.

[[Globalism|Globalists]] have made the United States a service economy with 70% of all [[employment]] in service industries. American services are traded for foreign manufactured goods, leaving huge trade deficits, and bankrupting the nation. Reversing these trends, and President Trump's insistence that [[NATO]] partners carry their fair share of the cost burden, are the primary reasons why globalists have such intense hatred and opposition to Donald Trump.

====Trade deficit====
The trade deficit is a jobs issue. It represents an outflow of American capital to purchase foreign goods that just as easily could be manufactured by American workers.

America has been running a trade deficit since 1967 (when the U.S. became dependent on foreign oil and the American auto industry was booming).<ref>Prior to that, the [[Marshall Plan]] - loans, grants, and gifts to foreigners, represented a trade surplus.</ref> This outflow of capital earned America the reputation as the "engine of the global economy." However this reputation was gained out of largess, not of necessity.<ref>https://youtu.be/CS6ozmWSutY</ref>

====Trade relations and defense====
[[File:20180710 NATO Expenditure-3.jpg|right|350px|thumb|NATO spending in 2018.]]
The only reason [[Europe]]an liberal [[social democratic]] [[welfare state]]s have free healthcare, and the [[United States]] does not, is because the American taxpayer has been paying European defense costs for nearly 70 years - a fact often omitted by liberals in debates over the U.S. healthcare system.

NATO was created as a defense alliance to [[containment|contain Soviet expansionism]] after 1945, and not to wage a War of Aggression in [[Africa]] against [[Libya]],<ref>https://www.pambazuka.org/human-security/libya-natos-war-aggression-sovereign-african-state</ref> as [[Barack Obama]], [[Hillary Clinton]], [[John Brennan]], and [[John McCain]] authorized in 2011. After the reckless misuse of such a powerful [[military]] alliance resulting in a massive humanitarian and [[refugee]] crisis - including the resurgence of black African [[slave]] markets<ref>[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2017/11/27/africans_are_being_sold_in_libya_thank_clintonobama_427490.html Africans Are Being Sold in Libya. Thank Clinton/Obama.] Glenn Reynolds, [[USA Today]], November 27, 2017</ref> - the future of a military establishment created to defend against the [[Soviet Union]] (which hasn't existed since 1991) is front and center before American voters. Indeed, the [[Trump-Russia collusion hoax]] was an effort by power entrenched [[globalism|global]] interests of the [[military industrial complex]] to keep up the myth of the aggressive Russian bogeyman, to maintain the [[status quo]] and justify keeping the cost burden on U.S. taxpayers for European defense and Europe's bloated social welfare state.

===Heated rhetoric===
After President Trump's first 100 days a [[Harvard]] study found CNN and [[NBC]]'s coverage 93 percent negative, more than three times that of Obama, and only 5 percent positive.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/byron-york-harvard-study-cnn-nbc-trump-coverage-93-percent-negative?_amp=true</ref> By December 2017 a Pew Research study found 63 percent negative coverage of Trump by all [[mainstream media]].<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/pew-trump-media-three-times-more-negative-than-for-obama-just-5-percent-positive?_amp=true</ref>

As 2018 progressed and President Trump's approval ratings gained, the incendiary rhetoric was ramped up again, with a Media Research Center study finding 92 percent of all mainstream media coverage was negative,<ref>https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/rich-noyes/2018/10/09/study-econ-boom-ignored-tv-trump-coverage-hits-92-percent-negative</ref> as domestic, economic and [[foreign policy]] successes and words were simply ignored or bent and twisted out of shape so as to make them unrecognizable. ''The Washington Post'' urged increased unfounded and inflammatory attacks on President Trump in mid Summer.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/the-fix/wp/2018/06/01/the-case-for-even-tougher-media-coverage-of-trump/</ref>

====Pittsburgh shooting====
A crazed 46 year old white male Trump hater killed 11 worshippers in a [[Conservative]] Jewish synagogue in [[Pittsburgh]].<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-suspect-identified-as-robert-bowers-what-we-know-2018-10-27/</ref> At least 6 were wounded. Trump, whose daughter and 4 grandchildren are Jewish, consoled the nation and condemned [[anti-Semitism]] as "pure evil,"<ref>https://www.theindychannel.com/news/politics/trump-calls-shooting-at-pittsburgh-synagogue-attack-evil-anti-semitism-before-ffa-speech</ref> after which the liberal media attacked him for doing so.

The next day on ''[[Meet the Press]]'', [[Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee]] chairman Rep. Benny Ray Lujan refused to condemn liberal anti-Semitic [[hate speech]].<ref>https://youtu.be/-q0nxstzDu4</ref> The Democrats continue to fund the campaigns of Leslie Cockburn in [[Virginia]] and Scott Wallace in [[Pennsylvania]].<ref>https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/virginias-5th-district-sign-democrats-expanding-house-battlefield</ref> According to the ''[[New York Times]]'' review of Cockburn's book, “Its first message is that, win or lose, smart or dumb, right or wrong, suave or boorish, [[Israel]]is are a menace. The second is that the Israeli-American connection is somewhere behind just about everything that ails us.”<ref>http://thefederalist.com/2018/08/20/democrats-fielding-even-anti-semitic-candidates-congress/</ref> ''[[Commentary]]'' magazine says Cockburn claim's that [[Saddam Hussein]] started the [[Gulf War]] over his belief in ‘a [[conspiracy]] between Israel and the U.S. to attack him’—a belief that her book says is ‘correct.’ And then there is Israel's culpability for [[Idi Amin]], [[Mobutu]], [[Manuel Noriega|Noriega]], the plight of the [[Kurd]]s, the suffering of [[Guatemala]]ns, and much, much more." Scott Wallace, a [[liberal]] millionaire, was a member of a controversial private club in [[Apartheid]] [[South Africa]] that discriminated against [[African American|Black]]s and [[Jew]]s and has given hundreds of thousands of dollars to anti-Jewish hate groups.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-candidate-was-member-of-anti-semitic-anti-black-club-in-south-africa-that-invited-apartheid-figure-dr-death-for-motivational-talk.amp</ref><ref>https://forward.com/news/national/401309/exclusive-democratic-rising-star-in-swing-district-gave-300k-to-pro-bds/</ref><ref>https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bds-is-continuing-to-spread-hate-and-anti-semitism_us_592dab59e4b075342b52c080</ref>

Despite CNN's Alisyn Camerota's incessant baiting, Rabbi Jeffrey Myers of the Tree of Life synagogue refused to blame anyone other than the shooter, Robert Bowers.<ref>https://www.dailywire.com/news/37729/watch-cnn-anchor-tries-fails-get-tree-life-rabbi-emily-zanotti</ref><ref>https://www.thedailybeast.com/robert-bowers-is-neo-nazi-who-posted-about-killing-jews-on-gab</ref> [[Andrea Mitchell]] of NBC News of coarse, attacked the President for consoling the nation.<ref>https://www.trendsmap.com/twitter/tweet/1057042231679434757</ref> [[Joe Biden]] blamed Trump. America's Rabbi Shmuley Boteach responded:<ref>https://shmuley.com</ref> {{quotebox|"Hatred of the Jews, it springs up almost anywhere and everywhere. It’s the world’s oldest most insidious, most malicious hatred. But what we dare not do is politicize it. When I look at someone like Joe Biden, I just saw on your airwaves he was speaking about Charlottesville, etc. With all due respect, the [[Obama administration]] also [[Iran nuclear deal|legitimized Iran]], who spoke openly about annihilating the Jewish people. And did not once condemn that kind of [[genocide|genocidal]] rhetoric we’ve seen from [[Hamas]] as well."<ref>https://youtu.be/Rqpf6jQUJGQ</ref>}}

====Alleged bomb scare====
[[File:5bd0bc7adda4c861428b45db.jpg|right|300px|thumb|CNN opened up John Brennan's mail, did an on-air studio evacuation, then went on a rant for days trying to flip the narrative and blame Trump for mob violence.]]
Just when things looked desperate for Democrats with unhinged mobs responding to the party's leadership, CNN reported it had received a mail bomb addressed to [[John Brennan]], who actually works for [[NBC]]. Nonetheless, CNN opened John Brennan's mail anyway, paused to take pictures of the alleged bomb, before evacuting the building in a panic. Despite postage, there were no postal cancellations. CNN alleged it was "hand delivered." Others received packages as well.

Republicans were quick to condemn political violence,<ref>https://youtu.be/KwSGYUDQSuY</ref> unlike Democrat leaders, who encouraged it.<ref>https://m.imdb.com/title/tt9115480/</ref> President Trump vowed to use all the resources of the federal government to find who was responsible.

As soon as NYPD feed into the news cycle that the bombs were active giving breaking reports a life of their own, within hours the ''[[Associated Press]]'' reported, {{quotebox|"tests have determined that a powder found inside an envelope delivered to CNN along with a pipe bomb was harmless."<ref><big>7:50 p.m.

A law enforcement official says tests have determined that a powder found inside an envelope delivered to CNN along with a pipe bomb was harmless.

The official wasn’t authorized to discuss the investigation publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

New York City’s police commissioner said earlier Wednesday that the package sent to CNN’s offices in Manhattan contained a live explosive and an envelope containing white powder.

The FBI said the package was similar to explosives sent to former President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, former Attorney General Eric Holder and billionaire [[George Soros]].

The package sent to CNN was addressed to former CIA Director John Brennan, a frequent guest on the channel. The official says that parcel contained no note or claim of responsibility.</big> [https://www.apnews.com/5c93ac06309c4ce88e8cd5023f89feca Tom Hays, ''Associated Press'', October 24, 2018].</ref>}} None of this stopped CNN and other mainstream sources from failing to report the facts or whipping up anti-Trump hysteria.

None of the bombs were active, and the alleged bomber didn't know how to build a bomb anyway. The alleged bombs lacked a detonator device, were made with PVC tubing instead of lead, and packed with a harmless powder.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/news/cnn-pipe-bomb-white-powder-harmless-law-enforcement-report/</ref> No one was killed.

After President Trump ordered a nationwide man-hunt, a 56 year old homeless former male stripper person of color, Cesar Sayoc, was arrested. Being that the alleged "bombs" we're all duds, Sayoc's lawyer said the case against him was weak. As fate would have it, Sayoc worked st the same strip club as [[Stormy Daniels]].<ref>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2018/10/29/craziness-bomb-suspect-cesar-sayoc-and-stormy-daniels-worked-at-the-same-strip-c-n2533093</ref>

===Fake news: Russia collusion hoax===
[[File:Steele dossier fingerprint cartoon 2017.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Democrats [[collude]]d with Russia to try to affect the outcome of the 2016 election. Obama, Hillary, and John Brennan were all involved. Fake news was routinely broadcast by [[CNN]].]]
:{{See also|Russiagate timeline 2018 reckoning|Mueller office|Deep State coup}}
The 2016 elections and aftermath were married by Democrats and the mainstream media's fake news Russia collusion hoax to cover up wrongdoing within the Obama Department of Justice and FBI to interfere in American elections.

After two years of fake news about Russian collusion, scarcely a word was breathed by Democrats or mainstream news sources when the Obama administration, Democrats, and Hillary Clinton's collusion with Putin's minions became exposed.<ref>[[Christpoher Steele]] received unverified information from Russian sources, including [[Oleg Deripaska]]. Steele worked for Hillary Clinton, the DNC, and the Obama FBI. The FBI also used informants posing as Russians to entrap Trump campaign workers to justify illegal surveillance and leak false news stories.</ref> By contrast, Donald Trump has never been connected to Russian election interference after investigations by five Congressional committees and a Special Counsel.

====Commingling of two narratives====
Russian hackers did attempt to hack into state election boards in 2016. All investigations agree the attempt failed, no voter rolls were accessed, and no final tallies changed.

There is no evidence however, that Russians' hacked the [[DNC]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]. The suggestion that Russians were responsible for a hack, rather than a whistleblower who conveyed the information to [[WikiLeaks]], came from a third party contractor of both the FBI and DNC - [[CrowdStrike]]. The alleged DNC "hack" was never investigated. The DNC refused the FBI's offer to investigate what was essentially a civil matter.

A forensic investigation by retired [[NSA]] analysts determined DNC emails published by WikiLeaks were copied and downloaded on a flash drive, and not "hacked" from outside.

A DNC press release, coupled with [[mainstream media]] journalists working with [[Hillary Clinton]] operatives in [[FusionGPS]] and the [[FBI]], spread the [[fake news]] narrative that state election board hacking attempts were related to DNC materials appearing on WikiLeaks. The false narrative was melded into the catch-all phrase, "Russian meddling." FusionGPS, like CrowdStrike, was a contractor for ''both'' the DNC ''and'' the FBI.

====State elections====
The underlying issue is federalization of elections, taking the electoral process out of the hands of the states and placing it in the hands of the [[Department of Homeland Security]] in Washington, where it would be easier for [[Democrat]] [[Civil Service Commission|civil servant]]s to manipulate outcomes. This could only be done through [[bi-partisan]] [[legislation]] declaring voting machines as [[national security]] "critical infrastructure."

====FISA abuse====
:{{See also|FISA abuse}}
CrowdStrike is an outside contractor for NATO, the FBI, and the DNC. FusionGPS is a contractor for the FBI and DNC. Both CrowdStrike and FusionGPS had access to the [[NSA]]'s FISA database. The conclusions of an NSA audit and the [[FISA court]] agreed, that the FBI deliberately allowed its contractors to access the [[FISA]] database in order to illegally surveil and violate the [[Fourth Amendment]] rights of American citizens. 85% of all FISA database search queries after [[Donald Trump]] declared his candidacy in 2015 were illegal.

The inherent [[conflict of interest]] of [[partisan]]s in U.S [[law enforcement]], with partisans holding contractor access to national security secrets, then colluding with partisans in fake news media goes unreported by fake news media.

====Trump and Russia====
:{{See also|Trump-Russia collusion hoax}}
Since Donald Trump was elected President, Trump has:
:*Killed hundreds of Russian special forces in [[Syria]] in direct confrontation with U.S. forces.<ref>http://time.com/5237922/mike-pompeo-russia-confirmation/</ref>
:*Tore up the [[Iranian nuke deal]] in which [[Obama]] allowed [[Putin]] to build a nuclear facility in [[Iran]], Putin's ally, enhancing Iran's nuclear weapons program.
:*Trump approved sale of lethal weapon to [[Ukraine]]. [[Obama]] denied lethal assistance, and limited U.S. aid to humanitarian assistance.<ref>https://abcnews.go.com/International/trump-approves-sale-arms-ukraine-amid-escalated-fighting/story?id=51923454</ref>
:*Encouraged NATO allies to increase defense spending to guard against Russia.<ref>https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/11/trump-demands-nato-countries-meet-defense-spending-goals-immediately.html</ref>
:*Trump chastized Germany for paying billions to Russia for energy which aids Russia's military budget.<ref>https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/07/09/spare-a-thought-for-the-bundeswehr-germany-generals/</ref>
:*Trump imposed harsher sanctions on Russian businesses and individuals.<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/397212-president-trump-is-tougher-on-russia-in-18-months-than-obama-in-eight</ref>

==Results==
===Florida===
Sen. [[Marco Rubio]] called out Broward County two days after the election after the corrupt Democrat elections officials manufactured over 80,000 new ballots after Election Day.

Democrat leaders in Florida directed staffers and volunteers to shear altered election forms to fix improper absentee ballots after the deadline.

The plan was to have Florida voters fix and submit as many absentee votes as possible in hopes of including them in the vote totals.

An email was sent out to Democrat activists before defeated incumbent Sen. [[Bill Nelson]] and his party allies filed a series of lawsuits challenging some voting rules that applied during the election, claiming they disenfranchised voters.<ref>https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/politics/2018/11/15/florida-recount-democrats-launch-plan-altered-state-form-fix-ballots/2009178002/</ref>

==See also==
*[[Donald Trump achievements]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

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Michigan

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Maga97: 2020 motivation

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[[Image:Michigan ref 2001.jpg|300 px|thumb|right|Michigan]]
'''Michigan''' was the twenty-sixth state to enter into the union, on Jan. 26, 1837. It is known for its interesting geographical location, bordering four of the five [[Great Lakes]] (it does not border Lake Ontario). It also comprises two parts, the Upper Peninsula (known as the U.P.) and the Lower Peninsula (which is by far the larger of the two). The two are separated by water. Its capital is [[Lansing]], and its largest city is [[Detroit]].

Though traditionally controlled by [[Democrat]]s, with disastrous [[economic]] results, Michigan stunned the [[liberal media]] by voting for [[Donald Trump]] for president in 2016. In the final days of the campaign Democrat leaders rushed to Michigan to try unsuccessfully to keep it from switching to the [[Republican]] side. They elected a Democratic Governor in 2018 however.

While it was a territory, Michigan's militia fought the [[Toledo War]] with Ohio's militia. This border dispute delayed recognition of Michigan as a state, and the dispute was settled as a condition of Michigan attaining statehood.

The state Constitution of Michigan, like all of the other 50 states, acknowledges [[God]] or our Creator or the ''Sovereign Ruler of the Universe''. It says:
:''We, the people of the State of Michigan, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of freedom, and earnestly desiring to secure these blessings undiminished to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this constitution.''

==Elected Officials==

===Federal===
*Sen. [[Gary Peters]] (D)
*Sen. [[Debbie Stabenow]] (D)
*Rep. [[Jack Bergman]] [R, MI-01]
*Rep. [[Bill Huizenga]] [R, MI-02]
*Rep. [[Justin Amash]] [R, MI-03]
*Rep. [[John Moolenaar]] [R, MI-04]
*Rep. [[Dale Kildee]] [D, MI-05]
*Rep. [[Fred Upton]] [R, MI-06]
*Rep. [[Tim Walberg]] [R, MI-07]
*Rep. [[Elissa Slotkin]] [D, MI-08]
*Rep. [[Andy Levin]] [D, MI-09]
*Rep. [[Paul Mitchell]] [R, MI-10]
*Rep. [[Haley Stevens]] [D, MI-11]
*Rep. [[Debbie Dingell]] [D, MI-12]
*Rep. [[Rashida Tlaib]] [D, MI-13]
*Rep. [[Brenda Lawrence]] [D, MI-14]

===Statewide===
*Governor [[Gretchen Whitmer]] (D)
*Lt. Governor [[Garlin Gilchrist]] (D)
*Attorney General [[Dana Nessel]] (D)
*Secretary of State [[Joceyln Benson]] (D)

==Notable people from Michigan==
*Neurosurgeon and 2016 Republican Primary candidate [[Ben Carson]] is from Detroit
*Singer Alice Cooper
*Inventor [[Thomas Edison]] lived in Port Huron.
*President [[Gerald Ford]] grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan and represented the state in the [[House of Representatives]] before replacing [[Spiro Agnew]] as Vice President.
*Automaker [[Henry Ford]] was born in what is now Dearborn.
*Aviator [[Charles Lindbergh]] was born in Detroit.
* Singer [[Ted Nugent]]
* Singer [[Kid Rock]]
* Politician [[Mitt Romney]]
* Actor [[Tom Selleck]]
*Pro-life activist and Domino's Pizza Founder [[Tom Monaghan]] was born in Ann Arbor.
*Civil rights pioneer [[Rosa Parks]] lived in Detroit for some of her life.
*[[Bob Seger]]
* Historian [[Bruce Catton]]
* Comedian [[Danny Thomas]]
*General [[George Custer]]
*Liberal filmmaker [[Michael Moore]] was born in Flint.
*Ex-[[Metallica]] bassist Jason Newsted

==Sports==

Michigan is home to the [[NBA]]'s Detroit Pistons, the [[NFL]]'s Detroit Lions, the [[NHL]]'s [[Detroit Red Wings]], and [[Major League Baseball]]'s [[Detroit Tigers]].

New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter grew up and attended high school in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

[[File:Livingston County Courthouse.jpg|thumb|320px|left|Livingston County Courthouse, Howell, Michigan.]]

==See also==
*[[1821 Treaty of Chicago]]

{{USstates}}
[[Category:States of the United States]]

2018 Midterm elections

2019-01-25T18:04:24Z

Maga97: Results by %

[[File:Congressional-baseball-practice-shooting-June-14-2017-twitter-640x480.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Death threats and [[leftist]] mob violence caused 36 incumbant House Republicans not itto seek re-election in 2018.<ref>https://www.bustle.com/p/republican-lawmakers-are-retiring-out-of-fear-of-assassination-this-congressman-thinks-8930196</ref>]]
The '''2018 Midterm elections''' for the 116th Congress were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.

Democrat poll workers stored blank ballots in boxes labeled "provisional ballots" which supposedly had been cast, and filled in the blank ballots during recounts.

With 36 Republican members retiring from the House, Democrats won many open seats and took control of the chamber. [[Nancy Pelosi]] again became Speaker of the House. Democrats gained 40 seats total, their largest gain since 1974. One race in North Carolina's 9th District is still undecided. Democrats also gained 7 Governors, including a sweep of the upper midwest. Overall Democrats picked up Nevada, New Mexico, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Maine, and Kansas. The GOP picked up Alaska from an independent. No Democratic governors lost reelection.

Democrats won the congressional vote by 8.6%, the largest midterm margin since 1986.

The Republicans retained control of the Senate. They picked up Missouri, North Dakota, Indiana, and Florida, while losing seats in Nevada and Arizona.
The alleged "Blue wave" did not materialize; however, rampant [[voter fraud]] in heavy Democrat districts did occur.<ref>https://twitter.com/Str8DonLemon/status/1061991384369020929</ref>

In the 115th Congress the [[Republican Party]] held 235 seats House of Representatives to [[Democrat]]s' 193 seats, with seven seats vacant. In the Senate the Republican Party held 51 seats. The Democrats held 47 seats after gaining a seat in Alabama, and the remaining two were held by Independents too ashamed to call themselves Democrats publicly, though they caucus with the Democrat party. Of the 33 seats up for reelection, the Democrats had to defend 25 (two of which are held by Independents), while Republicans had only eight seats to defend. The Democrat Party tried to defend 10 seats in states that [[Donald Trump]] won over [[Hillary Clinton]] in 2016.

Despite [[liberal media]] [[fake news]], the Democrats had to win 48 House seats and seven Senate seats to qualify historically as a "wave election."<ref>[https://ballotpedia.org/Scott_Rasmussen%27s_Number_of_the_Day_for_June_25,_2018]</ref> Increasing [[leftist]] violence and resistance to accepting the results of the [[2016 presidential election]] was an important issue. <ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/trump-resistance-continues-slide-toward-violence/</ref><ref>Although analysis by the [[Cato Institute]] and ''[[New York Times]]'' showed leftist-motivated violence on the rise since 2016 with killings 2.5 times higher than right wing extremists, https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/term-alt-left-came the numbers ''do not'' include murders of [[police officer]]s by [[Black Lives Matter]] activists. https://www.cnn.com/2016/08/14/us/police-officers-fatal-shooting-line-duty-nationwide/index.html</ref> Democrats relied on [[corrupt]] local election officials and their corrupt media allies' failure to report and expose it, and [[social media]] [[censorship]] of [[conservative]] voices for their limited success.

Democrat [[Beto O'Rourke]], having squandered a record $70 million of other people's money in a losing bid against [[Ted Cruz]] for the [[Texas]] Senate seat, is now considered a qualified leading contender for President by Democrats and the liberal media.

==Issues==
[[File:Democrats 2018.png|right|300px|thumb|Democrats took their message of chaos and disruption to the street.]] An election eve poll of registered voters one week before the election found 30% view Trump as the most important issue, while 22% rated the economy, followed by 15% who rank [[illegal immigration]] and 14% who say the same of Obamacare. 51% gave the President good or excellent marks for his handling of the [[economy]], while 33% rated his performance in this area as poor. Overall, Trump’s approval rating was higher than [[Barack Obama]]’s at this stage of his Presidency.<ref> [http://m.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/rating_president_trump_on_the_issues_oct29]</ref>

Despite a $50 million fundraising advantage from [[Hollywood]], [[Wall Street]], and [[globalism|global]] [[elitism|elites]], the Democratic party leadership's advocacy of mob [[violence]] to advance [[socialism]] became a key issue.<ref>https://youtu.be/hlMIyae9-ZU</ref> The [[Kavanaugh smear]], Democrat disruptions of the orderly working of [[Congress]], and the Democrats' denial of [[due process]] rights energized the Republican base.<ref>https://youtu.be/iW4YwZtRAUY</ref>

Democrat [[Beto O'Rourke]] of [[Texas]] is now considered a qualified leading contender by Democrats and the liberal media for 2020 Presidential nomination.

===Supreme Court===
:{{See also|Kavanaugh smear|MeToo movement}}
[[File:Sarsour hearing-500x281.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Linda Sarsour]] removed from the hearing room. Sarsour is a notorious [[anti-Semite]] and spokesperson for leftist causes.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/01/opinion/womens-march-progressives-hate.html</ref>]]
''[[The New Yorker]]'' publicized in March 2012 that [[Brett Kavanaugh]] was the most likely next nominee if a Republican were to win the election.<ref>https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/03/26/holding-court</ref> Within a few months, [[Christine Blasey Ford]] for the first time allegedly told her therapist that she had been fondled at a drinking party and felt threatened. The therapist's notes, however, do not name Kavanaugh.

In the Spring of 2018, [[President Donald Trump]] nominated Judge Kavanaugh to the [[Supreme Court]]. Ricki Seidman, who orchestrated the 1991 [[Clarence Thomas]] smear, mapped out the plan to defame Kavanaugh in July 2018: {{quotebox|"Over the coming days and weeks there will be a strategy that will emerge, and I think it’s possible that that strategy might ultimately defeat the nominee."<ref>[https://youtu.be/zRttpJxj59A Begins at 3:20.]</ref>}} Like the attack on Justice Thomas, outrageous last minute personal smears were intended to erroneously waste the time of Congress.

''[[The Washington Post]]'' first published Blasey Ford's allegations in a letter under an anonymous op-ed byline. The op-ed named Kavanaugh as one of the boys at the drinking party in high school. Sen. [[Dianne Feinstein]] did not ask the FBI to investigate when she received the letter in July 2018, held it for two months during hearings, then passed the anonymous slanders along to ''WaPo'' when the regular hearings ended.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/news/dianne-feinstein-falsely-claims-gop-blocking-fbi-probe-of-kavanaugh-allegation/</ref><ref>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/msn/how-feinstein-is-conspiring-to-destroy-kavanaugh/ar-AAAuxh9</ref> In the interim, Blasey Ford was directed by unknown operatives to take a polygraph test in August 2018. The allegations were withheld by Feinstein and the Democrats from the [[FBI]] during the FBI's pre-hearing investigation and vetting process.<ref>https://hotair.com/archives/2018/09/18/lindsey-graham-ford-no-intention-coming-forward-whyd-take-polygraph-early-august/</ref>

Then, during the period in which the Senate Judiciary Committee delayed the vote 10 days to accommodate Blasey Ford's testimony, the ''[[New Yorker]]'' published an allegation that Kavanaugh exposed himself at a drinking party at [[Yale]] to a female classmate.<ref>https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/senate-democrats-investigate-a-new-allegation-of-sexual-misconduct-from-the-supreme-court-nominee-brett-kavanaughs-college-years-deborah-ramirez</ref> The ''New Yorker'' wrote: {{quotebox|"The magazine contacted several dozen classmates of Ramirez and Kavanaugh regarding the incident...''The New Yorker'' has not confirmed with other eyewitnesses that Kavanaugh was present at the party."}} The accuser did give the ''New Yorker'' six names to support her claim- six witnesses Deborah Ramirez stated could substantiate her accusation. And when the ''New Yorker'' interviewed them, '''''all six''''' said it never happened, and although 100% of the evidence discovered by the ''New Yorker'' refuted the claim, the ''New Yorker'' still published the article.

In the end, Judge Kavanaugh was confirmed, and the Democrats were roundly condemned for their sickening conduct.

===Abolishing ICE===
[[File:Mexico-Caravan-Horde-Adolfo-Flores.jpg|thumbnail|The caravan as it moves through Mexico|300px]]
Many [[Leftist]]s ran on a platform of abolishing the nation's [[Immigration and Customs Enforcement|imigration enforcement]] authority and moving toward a policy of unrestricted immigration and open borders.

[[ICE]] was created on a recommendation of the [[9/11]] Commission after 19 [[Islam]]ic [[jihad]]is entered the United States under the [[Clinton administration]] and murdered 3,000 Americans.

In 2018, Democrat representatives entered bills in Congress to abolish ICE.

====Migrant caravan====
[[File:Migrant-caravan-collage 451.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Migrant caravan clashes with Mexican border police.]]
:{{Main article|2018 Migrant caravan}}
Weeks before the election, [[George Soros]] [[front group]]s and human traffickers organized a migrant mob in [[Honduras]] to storm U.S. border control.<ref>https://youtu.be/fLJ3p8yHdWk</ref> Soros employed similiar tactics in the [[European migrant crisis]] which has destabilized European society.

The heavily financed horde overwhelmed the token resistance from the Mexican police and advanced north toward the Southern U.S. border. The ''[[Associated Press]]'' described a “growing army of migrants resumes march toward US.”<ref>https://www.apnews.com/b709e05ec83c49e6876ff612141ae942</ref> The group has been enjoined by [[ideological]] [[comrade]]s from within Mexico. The group claims to be fleeing [[violence]] in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, yet the group deployed violence against the Mexican police who were vastly outnumbered.<ref>https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1058685478164144128</ref>

====MS-13 and others====
By October 21, reports estimated the number of economic migrants at between 7,200 and 10,000. The numbers seemingly doubled and tripled upon entering Mexico. No further resistance was met once passed the border. Migrants from [[Haiti]], [[Congo]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Angola]], [[Cameroon]], and [[Bangladesh]] have swelled the ranks.<ref>https://twitter.com/TomFitton/status/1054441145886035977</ref> The crowd is mostly men, ages 16-40. There are [[MS-13]] gang members among them.<ref>https://twitter.com/SaraCarterDC/status/1054481882484801538</ref> The caravan was now over two miles long.

Mexican authorities issued a warning about migrants in Guatemala who were preparing [[Molotov cocktail]]s and acquiring firearms to use against police officers. Two migrants were arrested, one a minor, after shooting at police. They were arrested carrying a loaded firearm.<ref>https://www.gob.mx/segob/prensa/detienen-a-dos-hondurenos-tras-ataque-armado-a-policias-federales</ref>

====Child traffickers====
Guatemalan authorities rescued seven unaccompanied minors from human smugglers working inside the caravan. The smugglers were arrested and a broader investigation into [[criminal]] activity in the caravan continued.<ref>https://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2018/10/guatemalan-authorities-rescue-group-of-minors-from-human-smugglers-in-caravan/</ref>

===Healthcare===
:{{Main article|Obamacare}}
Healthcare continued to be a major issue, with 56% of voters in pre-election surveys saying [[free market]] competition between insurance companies would do more to reduce health care costs, whereas only 29% of registered voters thought government intervention would be better at reducing costs. Survey results on this question have changed little since April 2013.<ref>[http://m.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/healthcare/health_care_law_oct22]</ref>

One of President Trump's first actions was repealing the requirement of Democrats on everyone to purchase health insurance policies for coverage they may never need (for example, men were required to buy [[abortion]] coverage and women to buy [[prostate]] [[cancer]] coverage) and [[monetary]] penalties for failure to comply with government dictates.<ref>Obamacare was wholly a Democrat mandate. No Republicans voted for Obamacare. There was no [[bipartisan]] nationwide [[consensus]] by any measure. Costs escalated dramatically after passage.</ref>

====Falling premiums====
As of 2018, health insurance rates fell for the first in history.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/11/politics/obamacare-premiums-2019/index.html</ref> The average premiums of $124 per month dramatically contrasted with Obamacare plans, whose monthly premiums averaged $393.<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/407158-how-the-gop-fixed-the-worst-of-obamacare</ref> Even the liberal think tank the Urban Institute proclaimed that what Trump did allowed 1.7 million previously uninsured Americans to receive insurance coverage, while enabling 2.5 million more to benefit from much lower premiums.<ref>https://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/liberal-think-tank-refutes-case-against-trumps-health-insurance-deregulation-10976.html</ref>

====Medicare and Medicaid====
As of 2018, Medicare and Medicaid's increase in cost is $1.50.<ref>https://goldrushcam.com/sierrasuntimes/index.php/news/local-news/16025-centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services-announces-2019-medicare-parts-a-b-premiums-and-deductibles</ref> [[Progressive]] [[socialist]]s and Democrats proposed a doubling of taxes for a [[collectivist]] single-payer system they called "Medicate for All."<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2018-07-30/study-medicare-for-all-bill-estimated-at-32-6-trillion</ref>

===Leftist mobs and violence===
[[File:Maddogpac.jpeg|right|350px|thumb|Democratic fundraisers openly called for the murder of elected Republican officials.]]
:{{See also|Left-wing violence in the Trump era}}
When one uses [[Google]] to investigate "leftist violence" and other associated terms, the majority of search results (thanks to selective liberal-biased censorship and manipulating of those results by Google) return "right-wing violence," as if the phenomena of leftist motivated attacks do not exist or is unmonitored; yet daily, for two years, leftists have openly practiced criminal behavior in the forms of violence, intimidation and threats - often worn as a badge of "honor" by [[liberal elite]]s in media, [[Hollywood]], academia, and the Democrat Party,<ref>
https://dailycaller.com/2017/06/16/this-list-of-attacks-against-conservatives-is-mind-blowing/</ref> although common sense dictates that such behavior is, in fact, a badge of shame against them as seen by the majority of the public.

====Incidents====
*Georgetown Prof. Carol Christine Fair tweeted during the [[Kavanaugh smear]] hearings that Republican Senators {{quotebox|"deserve miserable deaths while feminists laugh as they take their last gasps. Bonus: we castrate their corpses and feed them to swine? Yes."<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/georgetown-professor-white-gop-senators-kavanaugh-hearing-deserve-miserable-deaths/amp/</ref>}}

[[File:Doors-1012-x-526.jpg.cf 773.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Far left]]ists who now are the mainstream of the Democrat Party attempted to pry open the 13 ton bronze doors of the Supreme Court with their fingertips while chanting "Shut it down!" on a weekend when the building is usually closed.<ref>https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/james-woods-pathetic-leftists/amp/</ref>]]
*A leftist mob attempted to take over the Capital during [[Brett Kavanaugh]]'s [[SCOTUS]] hearings. At least 500 were arrested.

*Congressional aide to Rep. [[Sheila Jackson Lee]] was arrested and charged with doxxing during the [[Kavanaugh smear|Kavanaugh hearings]],<ref>https://youtu.be/PNXji4z7TyE</ref> 

*An Antifa and [[Black Lives Matter]] mob were allowed by Portland officials to take over a street in that city, blocking traffic and inciting anarchy.<ref>https://pjmedia.com/trending/blm-and-antifa-agitators-take-over-street-in-portland-to-protest-police-shooting/</ref>


*Ole Miss Sociology professor James Thomas advocated acts of aggression against Republican senators.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/us/ole-miss-professor-condemned-for-claiming-senators-dont-deserve-your-civility Ole Miss professor condemned for claiming senators ‘don’t deserve your civility’]</ref>

*Minnesota special education [[teacher]] Sam Ness tweeted, {{quotebox|"So whose gonna take one for the team and kill Kavanaugh."<ref>http://thefederalist.com/2018/10/10/minnesota-teacher-resigns-tweeting-killing-justice-kavanaugh/</ref>}}

*Long Island native arrested for death threats against two senators who supported Brett Kavanaugh.<ref>[https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/new-york-man-arrested-for-kavanaugh-confirmation-death-threats New York Man Arrested for Kavanaugh Confirmation Death Threats]</ref>

*[[Susan Rice]]'s son John David Rice-Cameron, President of the Stanford College Republicans, was violently assaulted at [[Stanford University]].<ref>https://pjmedia.com/trending/susan-rices-conservative-son-allegedly-assaulted-at-stanford/</ref>

*[[Hillary Clinton]] openly committed to mass violence.<ref>www.investmentwatchblog.com/hillary-clinton-commits-to-mass-violence-across-america-if-dems-dont-win-mid-terms/</ref>

*[[Eric Holder]] – the only U.S. [[Attorney General]] ever held in Contempt of Congress – called for violence.<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/10/eric-holder-calls-for-violence-when-republicans-go-low-we-kick-them-video/ ERIC HOLDER: When Republicans Go Low, ‘We Kick Them’ …Crowd Chants, “Fight! Fight! Fight!” (VIDEO)] at The Gateway Pundit</ref><ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/10/eric-holder-backs-off-call-for-violence-against-republicans-after-spanking-by-michelle-obama/ Eric Holder Backs Off Call For Violence Against Republicans After Spanking By Michelle Obama] at The Gateway Pundit</ref>

*Antifa attacked the GOP headquarters in NYC and warned this is ‘merely the beginning’.<ref>https://saraacarter.com/breaking-antifa-attacks-gop-headquarters-in-nyc-warns-merely-the-beginning/</ref>

*Antifa goons jumped a [[African American|Black man]] in [[New York]].<ref>https://youtu.be/iERNWFxwCoI</ref>

*Leftist mob rioted in [[Portland, Oregon]] continue into the second week.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/a-leftist-mob-polices-portland-1539298766</ref>

*Antifa rioters attack Patriot Prayer group, again.<ref>https://youtu.be/nSQrM3R-0HA</ref><ref>www.investmentwatchblog.com/chaos-in-the-streets-the-civil-unrest-that-so-many-have-been-predicting-is-coming-to-america-is-now-here/</ref>

*Pro-life protester assaulted by pro-abortionist.<ref>https://youtu.be/NppY0LtIvM4</ref>

*Minnesota Republican State Rep. Sarah Anderson assaulted by leftwing [[anarchist]].<ref>https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2018/10/15/campaign-sign-vandal-assaulted-house-rep/</ref>

*Soros goon arrested for violent assault on female Republican gubernatorial campaign manager in [[Nevada]]. The paid thug also is employed by [[David Brock]].<ref>[https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/17/soros-funded-operative-nevada-assault/ "Stop Hurting Me!" Soros-Funded Male Democratic Operative Arrested for Assaulting Female Campaign Manager, Leaving Bruises] at the Daily Caller</ref><ref>Rodriguez, Katherine (October 17, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/10/17/soros-operative-accused-battery-nevada-gop-campaign-manager/ Soros Operative Accused of ‘Battery’ Against Nevada GOP Campaign Manager]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 17, 2018.</ref>

*On the streets of [[Brooklyn]], an Hasidic Jew walking to his [[synagogue]] was viciously beaten by a [[radical]].<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-metro-driver-brutally-beats-up-elderly-man-20181014-story.html</ref>

*Racist Democrat mob targeted an interracial couple.<ref>Sen. [[Mitch McConnell]] and Sec. [[Elaine Chao]]. https://www.tmz.com/2018/10/20/senator-mitch-mcconnell-confronted-restaurant-protesters/</ref><ref>Kirkwood, R. Cort (October 20, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/30390-anti-gop-harassment-campaign-continues-with-unhinged-attack-on-mcconnell-wife Anti-GOP Harassment Campaign Continues With Unhinged Attack On McConnell, Wife]. ''The New American''. Retrieved October 21, 2018.</ref>

*Leftist [[bigot]]s assault [[gay]] journalist covering Florida Democrat gubernatorial candidate [[Andrew Gillum]] rally.<ref>https://twitter.com/JacobEngels/status/1053489127407128576</ref>

*Liberal racist assaults black man at [[Starbucks]].<ref>https://youtu.be/lBQJf4NTRH0</ref>

*[[Tennessee]] restaurant owner and staff received death threats after hosting Republican Senate candidate [[Marsha Blackburn]] event.<ref>https://youtu.be/knibvUBlaf0</ref>

*Heeding the call to incivility, a large rock was thrown through the window of Republican Majority Leader [[Kevin McCarthy]]'s district office.<ref>https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/10/23/politics/kevin-mccarthy-office-vandalized/index.html</ref>

*[[Minnesota]] state house Republican candidate Shane Mekeland suffered a concussion in 'politically motivated' attack by violent leftist.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/minnesota-republican-house-candidate-says-he-suffered-concussion-in-attack-at-restaurant.amp</ref>

*Opponent of Democratic Rep. [[Eric Swalwell]] was attacked with a knife.<ref>https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2018/09/11/man-arrested-for-attempting-to-stab-republican-congressional-candidate-made-disparaging-remarks-about-gop/</ref>

*[[Vermont]] state house Republican candidate Deserae Morin received rape and death threats in an anonymous letter.<ref>which also threatened death against all Vermont Republicans and claimed that Republicans had "no rights".[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/10/we-will-rape-you-for-days-says-threat-to-vermont-state-house-candidate-open-season-for-republican-death/ “We Will Rape You For Days” Says Threat To Vermont State House Candidate – “Open Season For Republican Death”] at the Gateway Pundit</ref> The letter reads, {{quotebox|"My comrades will kill you and the Constitution. … [[Socialism]] is here. Open season for Republican death in Vermont.”"}}

*Hazmat team investigated a letter sent to Sen. [[Susan Collins]] home.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/15/hazmat-team-susan-collins-maine/</ref>

*Invoking the words of [[Timothy McVeigh]], Democrat Leader [[Nancy Pelosi]] threatened {{quotebox|"if there's [[collateral damage]], so be it."<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/pelosi-collateral-damage-dont-share-view/</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/2BWzfEh9mEs</ref>}}

*[[Miami]] Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo received a death threat.<ref>http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/carlos-curbelo-receives-death-threat</ref>
[[File:Farrakhanclinton.jpg|right|350ox|thumb|[[Bill Clinton]] brought anti-Semitism into the mainstream of the Democratic party. Clinton appears on stage with notorious anti-Semite [[Louis Farrakhan]],<ref>https://youtu.be/Q4FoXPZDDqQ</ref> September 2018. A month later America suffered its worse mass killing of Jews in its history.<ref>https://www.jta.org/2018/09/07/news-opinion/bill-clinton-shared-stage-louis-farrakhan-aretha-franklins-funeral</ref>]]
*A crazed Trump hater killed 11 worshippers in a [[Conservative]] Jewish synagogue in [[Pittsburgh]].<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-suspect-identified-as-robert-bowers-what-we-know-2018-10-27/</ref>

*[[DCCC]] chairman Benny Ray Lujan refused to condemn [[liberal]] [[anti-Semitic]] [[hate speech]] on ''[[Meet the Press]]''.<ref>https://youtu.be/-q0nxstzDu4</ref>
*Rabbi receives hate mail after welcoming President Trump to the Tree of Life synagogue.<ref>https://www.westernjournal.com/rabbi-receives-hate-mail-welcoming-trump-synagogue-memorial/</ref>

*Violent protesters disrupt Marsha Blackburn rally in [[Nashville]].<ref>https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2018/10/28/un-freaking-believable-protesters-heckle-martha-blackburn-during-moment-of-silence-for-tree-of-life-victims/</ref>

*South Daytona, [[Florida]] Republicans' office shot up by gunfire.<ref>https://amp.local10.com/news/florida/republican-office-in-south-daytona-target-of-shooting</ref>

===Blexit and WalkAway===
[[File:Maxresdefault (1).jpg|right|350px|thumb|Many young blacks, sick of Democrat party racism, embraced the call to Make America Great Again.]]
:{{Main article|WalkAway}}
Because of [[racism]] and [[intolerance]] on the [[Left]], and within the Democratic party, many traditional liberals and Blacks began leaving the party. The far-Left and those advocating for resistance, [[censorship]] and ostracizing opposing political views - the [[progressives]] and [[socialist]]s - have become the mainstream base of the Democrat Party.

African-Americans in particular, who have achieved the lowest [[unemployment]] rate in history are not willing to open the flood gates of [[illegal immigration]] which has kept them depressed, suppressed, and dependent on White Democrats for handouts since unemployment records have been kept beginning in 1949. Many joined the Blexit movement.

Traditional liberals, ideological do-gooders, once had a healthy respect for [[democracy]], opposition, and the two party system. As a traditional ideological minority, they understood the importance of allowing dissent and opposing voices. Since the [[Marxist]] takeover of the Democrat party and the eradication of all opposing views, many traditional liberals abandoned the party and either converted to [[conservatism]], centrism, or retained the label of liberal while rejecting the Democratic party's shift to the [[extremism|extreme]] Left. Many just [[WalkAway]] from the Democrats.<ref>https://www.thenation.com/article/millennials-to-democrats-its-the-economy-stupid/</ref>

===MAGAnomics===
[[File:GDP rate 2015-2018.png|right|300px|thumb|Despite Resistance, real GDP growth returned.]]
:{{See also|MAGAnomics}}
The Republicans ran on a platform of economic recovery, jobs, equality and fairness; Democrats ran on [[socialism]], resistance and mob violence.

President Obama tried to claim credit for the recovery, however it was the Obama individual mandate attached to Obamacare that retarded economic growth throughout the Obama years,<ref>The redirection of worker productivity gains from job creation to entitlement spending and wealth transfer through the individual mandate created a "jobless recovery."</ref> and Obama had nothing to do with the Tax Reform Act of 2017. The peeling back of Obama anti-growth, anti-job, socialist regulations and Executive Orders in service of the [[globalism|globalist agenda]] equally was a key factor in restoring America's new found prosperity.

====Jobs====
[[File:Fredgraph.png|rights|350px|thumb|Real Personal income rose in mid-2018, for the first time since Obama took office.]]ADP reported a gain of 227,000 payroll in October, well over the estimated 189,000 forecasted, reflective of a sound, healthy, robust economy.<ref>https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/10/31/private-payrolls-gain-227k-in-oct-vs-189k-est-adpmoodys.html</ref> Overall, more than 4 million jobs have been created under MAGAnomics, with the biggest increases seen in manufacturing jobs.<ref>https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/NPPMNF</ref> This is important because manufacturing - jobs were value is added to the workproduct greater than the cost of labor in producing the product - spawn service sector jobs. [[Marxist]]s object to this concept, yet have never produced a workable alternative theory to feed and clothe whole nations and societies. Each new manufacturing job spawns 1.5 to 2.5 new services sector jobs - jobs were the workproduct vanishes in the instant it is performed and leaves nothing behind to be traded for equal value.

[[Globalism|Globalists]] have made the United States a service economy with 70% of all [[employment]] in service industries. American services are traded for foreign manufactured goods, leaving huge trade deficits, and bankrupting the nation. Reversing these trends, and President Trump's insistance that [[NATO]] partners carry their fair share of the cost burden, are the primary reasons why globalists have such intense hatred and opposition to Donald Trump.

====Trade deficit====
The trade deficit is a jobs issue. It represents an outflow of American capital to purchase foreign goods that just as easily could be manufactured by American workers.

America has been running a trade deficit since 1967 (when the U.S. became dependent on foreign oil and the American auto industry was booming).<ref>Prior to that, the [[Marshall Plan]] - loans, grants, and gifts to foreigners, represented a trade surplus.</ref> This outflow of capital earned America the reputation as the "engine of the global economy." However this reputation was gained out of largess, not of necessity.<ref>https://youtu.be/CS6ozmWSutY</ref>

====Trade relations and defense====
[[File:20180710 NATO Expenditure-3.jpg|right|350px|thumb|NATO spending in 2018.]]
The only reason [[Europe]]an liberal [[social democratic]] [[welfare state]]s have free healthcare, and the [[United States]] does not, is because the American taxpayer has been paying European defense costs for nearly 70 years - a fact often omitted by liberals in debates over the U.S. healthcare system.

NATO was created as a defense alliance to [[containment|contain Soviet expansionism]] after 1945, and not to wage a War of Aggression in [[Africa]] against [[Libya]],<ref>https://www.pambazuka.org/human-security/libya-natos-war-aggression-sovereign-african-state</ref> as [[Barack Obama]], [[Hillary Clinton]], [[John Brennan]], and [[John McCain]] authorized in 2011. After the reckless misuse of such a powerful [[military]] alliance resulting in a massive humanitarian and [[refugee]] crisis - including the resurgence of black African [[slave]] markets<ref>[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2017/11/27/africans_are_being_sold_in_libya_thank_clintonobama_427490.html Africans Are Being Sold in Libya. Thank Clinton/Obama.] Glenn Reynolds, [[USA Today]], November 27, 2017</ref> - the future of a military establishment created to defend against the [[Soviet Union]] (which hasn't existed since 1991) is front and center before American voters. Indeed, the [[Trump-Russia collusion hoax]] was an effort by power entrenched [[globalism|global]] interests of the [[military industrial complex]] to keep up the myth of the aggressive Russian bogeyman, to maintain the [[status quo]] and justify keeping the cost burden on U.S. taxpayers for European defense and Europe's bloated social welfare state.

===Heated rhetoric===
After President Trump's first 100 days a [[Harvard]] study found CNN and [[NBC]]'s coverage 93 percent negative, more than three times that of Obama, and only 5 percent positive.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/byron-york-harvard-study-cnn-nbc-trump-coverage-93-percent-negative?_amp=true</ref> By December 2017 a Pew Research study found 63 percent negative coverage of Trump by all [[mainstream media]].<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/pew-trump-media-three-times-more-negative-than-for-obama-just-5-percent-positive?_amp=true</ref>

As 2018 progressed and President Trump's approval ratings gained, the incendiary rhetoric was ramped up again, with a Media Research Center study finding 92 percent of all mainstream media coverage was negative,<ref>https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/rich-noyes/2018/10/09/study-econ-boom-ignored-tv-trump-coverage-hits-92-percent-negative</ref> as domestic, economic and [[foreign policy]] successes and words were simply ignored or bent and twisted out of shape so as to make them unrecognizable. ''The Washington Post'' urged increased unfounded and inflammatory attacks on President Trump in mid Summer.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/the-fix/wp/2018/06/01/the-case-for-even-tougher-media-coverage-of-trump/</ref>

====Pittsburgh shooting====
A crazed 46 year old white male Trump hater killed 11 worshippers in a [[Conservative]] Jewish synagogue in [[Pittsburgh]].<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-suspect-identified-as-robert-bowers-what-we-know-2018-10-27/</ref> At least 6 were wounded. Trump, whose daughter and 4 grandchildren are Jewish, consoled the nation and condemned [[anti-Semitism]] as "pure evil,"<ref>https://www.theindychannel.com/news/politics/trump-calls-shooting-at-pittsburgh-synagogue-attack-evil-anti-semitism-before-ffa-speech</ref> after which the liberal media attacked him for doing so.

The next day on ''[[Meet the Press]]'', [[Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee]] chairman Rep. Benny Ray Lujan refused to condemn liberal anti-Semitic [[hate speech]].<ref>https://youtu.be/-q0nxstzDu4</ref> The Democrats continue to fund the campaigns of Leslie Cockburn in [[Virginia]] and Scott Wallace in [[Pennsylvania]].<ref>https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/virginias-5th-district-sign-democrats-expanding-house-battlefield</ref> According to the ''[[New York Times]]'' review of Cockburn's book, “Its first message is that, win or lose, smart or dumb, right or wrong, suave or boorish, [[Israel]]is are a menace. The second is that the Israeli-American connection is somewhere behind just about everything that ails us.”<ref>http://thefederalist.com/2018/08/20/democrats-fielding-even-anti-semitic-candidates-congress/</ref> ''[[Commentary]]'' magazine says Cockburn claim's that [[Saddam Hussein]] started the [[Gulf War]] over his belief in ‘a [[conspiracy]] between Israel and the U.S. to attack him’—a belief that her book says is ‘correct.’ And then there is Israel’s culpability for [[Idi Amin]], [[Mobutu]], [[Manuel Noriega|Noriega]], the plight of the [[Kurd]]s, the suffering of [[Guatemala]]ns, and much, much more." Scott Wallace, a [[liberal]] millionaire, was a member of a controversial private club in [[Apartheid]] [[South Africa]] that discriminated against [[African American|Black]]s and [[Jew]]s and has given hundreds of thousands of dollars to anti-Jewish hate groups.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-candidate-was-member-of-anti-semitic-anti-black-club-in-south-africa-that-invited-apartheid-figure-dr-death-for-motivational-talk.amp</ref><ref>https://forward.com/news/national/401309/exclusive-democratic-rising-star-in-swing-district-gave-300k-to-pro-bds/</ref><ref>https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bds-is-continuing-to-spread-hate-and-anti-semitism_us_592dab59e4b075342b52c080</ref>

Despite CNN's Alisyn Camerota's incessant baiting, Rabbi Jeffrey Myers of the Tree of Life synagogue refused to blame anyone other than the shooter, Robert Bowers.<ref>https://www.dailywire.com/news/37729/watch-cnn-anchor-tries-fails-get-tree-life-rabbi-emily-zanotti</ref><ref>https://www.thedailybeast.com/robert-bowers-is-neo-nazi-who-posted-about-killing-jews-on-gab</ref> [[Andrea Mitchell]] of NBC News of coarse, attacked the President for consoling the nation.<ref>https://www.trendsmap.com/twitter/tweet/1057042231679434757</ref> [[Joe Biden]] blamed Trump. America's Rabbi Shmuley Boteach responded:<ref>https://shmuley.com</ref> {{quotebox|"Hatred of the Jews, it springs up almost anywhere and everywhere. It’s the world’s oldest most insidious, most malicious hatred. But what we dare not do is politicize it. When I look at someone like Joe Biden, I just saw on your airwaves he was speaking about Charlottesville, etc. With all due respect, the [[Obama administration]] also [[Iran nuclear deal|legitimized Iran]], who spoke openly about annihilating the Jewish people. And did not once condemn that kind of [[genocide|genocidal]] rhetoric we’ve seen from [[Hamas]] as well."<ref>https://youtu.be/Rqpf6jQUJGQ</ref>}}

====Alleged bomb scare====
[[File:5bd0bc7adda4c861428b45db.jpg|right|300px|thumb|CNN opened up John Brennan's mail, did an on-air studio evacuation, then went on a rant for days trying to flip the narrative and blame Trump for mob violence.]]
Just when things looked desperate for Democrats with unhinged mobs responding to the party's leadership, CNN reported it had received a mail bomb addressed to [[John Brennan]], who actually works for [[NBC]]. Nonetheless, CNN opened John Brennan's mail anyway, paused to take pictures of the alleged bomb, before evacuting the building in a panic. Despite postage, there were no postal cancellations. CNN alleged it was "hand delivered." Others received packages as well.

Republicans were quick to condemn political violence,<ref>https://youtu.be/KwSGYUDQSuY</ref> unlike Democrat leaders, who encouraged it.<ref>https://m.imdb.com/title/tt9115480/</ref> President Trump vowed to use all the resources of the federal government to find who was responsible.

As soon as NYPD feed into the news cycle that the bombs were active giving breaking reports a life of their own, within hours the ''[[Associated Press]]'' reported, {{quotebox|"tests have determined that a powder found inside an envelope delivered to CNN along with a pipe bomb was harmless."<ref><big>7:50 p.m.

A law enforcement official says tests have determined that a powder found inside an envelope delivered to CNN along with a pipe bomb was harmless.

The official wasn’t authorized to discuss the investigation publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

New York City’s police commissioner said earlier Wednesday that the package sent to CNN’s offices in Manhattan contained a live explosive and an envelope containing white powder.

The FBI said the package was similar to explosives sent to former President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, former Attorney General Eric Holder and billionaire [[George Soros]].

The package sent to CNN was addressed to former CIA Director John Brennan, a frequent guest on the channel. The official says that parcel contained no note or claim of responsibility.</big> [https://www.apnews.com/5c93ac06309c4ce88e8cd5023f89feca Tom Hays, ''Associated Press'', October 24, 2018].</ref>}} None of this stopped CNN and other mainstream sources from failing to report the facts or whipping up anti-Trump hysteria.

None of the bombs were active, and the alleged bomber didn't know how to build a bomb anyway. The alleged bombs lacked a detonator device, were made with PVC tubing instead of lead, and packed with a harmless powder.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/news/cnn-pipe-bomb-white-powder-harmless-law-enforcement-report/</ref> No one was killed.

After President Trump ordered a nationwide man-hunt, a 56 year old homeless former male stripper person of color, Cesar Sayoc, was arrested. Being that the alleged "bombs" we're all duds, Sayoc's lawyer said the case against him was weak. As fate would would have it, Sayoc worked st the same strip club as [[Stormy Daniels]].<ref>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2018/10/29/craziness-bomb-suspect-cesar-sayoc-and-stormy-daniels-worked-at-the-same-strip-c-n2533093</ref>

===Fake news: Russia collusion hoax===
[[File:Steele dossier fingerprint cartoon 2017.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Democrats [[collude]]d with Russia to try to affect the outcome of the 2016 election. Obama, Hillary, and John Brennan were all involved. Fake news was routinely broadcast by [[CNN]].]]
:{{See also|Russiagate timeline 2018 reckoning|Mueller office|Deep State coup}}
The 2016 elections and aftermath were married by Democrats and the mainstream media's fake news Russia collusion hoax to cover up wrongdoing within the Obama Department of Justice and FBI to interfere in American elections.

After two years of fake news about Russian collusion, scarcely a word was breathed by Democrats or mainstream news sources when the Obama administration, Democrats, and Hillary Clinton's collusion with Putin's minions became exposed.<ref>[[Christpoher Steele]] received unverified information from Russian sources, including [[Oleg Deripaska]]. Steele worked for Hillary Clinton, the DNC, and the Obama FBI. The FBI also used informants posing as Russians to entrap Trump campaign workers to justify illegal surveillance and leak false news stories.</ref> By contrast, Donald Trump has never been connected to Russian election interference after investigations by five Congressional committees and a Special Counsel.

====Commingling of two narratives====
Russian hackers did attempt to hack into state election boards in 2016. All investigations agree the attempt failed, no voter rolls were accessed, and no final tallies changed.

There is no evidence however, that Russians' hacked the [[DNC]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]. The suggestion that Russians were responsible for a hack, rather than a whistleblower who conveyed the information to [[WikiLeaks]], came from a third party contractor of both the FBI and DNC - [[CrowdStrike]]. The alleged DNC "hack" was never investigated. The DNC refused the FBI's offer to investigate what was essentially a civil matter.

A forensic investigation by retired [[NSA]] analysts determined DNC emails published by WikiLeaks were copied and downloaded on a flash drive, and not "hacked" from outside.

A DNC press release, coupled with [[mainstream media]] journalists working with [[Hillary Clinton]] operatives in [[FusionGPS]] and the [[FBI]], spread the [[fake news]] narrative that state election board hacking attempts were related to DNC materials appearing on WikiLeaks. The false narrative was melded into the catch-all phrase, "Russian meddling." FusionGPS, like CrowdStrike, was a contractor for ''both'' the DNC ''and'' the FBI.

====State elections====
The underlying issue is federalization of elections, taking the electoral process out of the hands of the states and placing it in the hands of the [[Department of Homeland Security]] in Washington, where it would be easier for [[Democrat]] [[Civil Service Commission|civil servant]]s to manipulate outcomes. This could only be done through [[bi-partisan]] [[legislation]] declaring voting machines as [[national security]] "critical infrastructure."

====FISA abuse====
:{{See also|FISA abuse}}
CrowdStrike is an outside contractor for NATO, the FBI, and the DNC. FusionGPS is a contractor for the FBI and DNC. Both CrowdStrike and FusionGPS had access to the [[NSA]]'s FISA database. The conclusions of an NSA audit and the [[FISA court]] agreed, that the FBI deliberately allowed its contractors to access the [[FISA]] database in order to illegally surveil and violate the [[Fourth Amendment]] rights of American citizens. 85% of all FISA database search queries after [[Donald Trump]] declared his candidacy in 2015 were illegal.

The inherent [[conflict of interest]] of [[partisan]]s in U.S [[law enforcement]], with partisans holding contractor access to national security secrets, then colluding with partisans in fake news media goes unreported by fake news media.

====Trump and Russia====
:{{See also|Trump-Russia collusion hoax}}
Since Donald Trump was elected President, Trump has:
:*Killed hundreds of Russian special forces in [[Syria]] in direct confrontation with U.S. forces.<ref>http://time.com/5237922/mike-pompeo-russia-confirmation/</ref>
:*Tore up the [[Iranian nuke deal]] in which [[Obama]] allowed [[Putin]] to build a nuclear facility in [[Iran]], Putin's ally, enhancing Iran's nuclear weapons program.
:*Trump approved sale of lethal weapon to [[Ukraine]]. [[Obama]] denied lethal assistance, and limited U.S. aid to humanitarian assistance.<ref>https://abcnews.go.com/International/trump-approves-sale-arms-ukraine-amid-escalated-fighting/story?id=51923454</ref>
:*Encouraged NATO allies to increase defense spending to guard against Russia.<ref>https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/11/trump-demands-nato-countries-meet-defense-spending-goals-immediately.html</ref>
:*Trump chastized Germany for paying billions to Russia for energy which aids Russia's military budget.<ref>https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/07/09/spare-a-thought-for-the-bundeswehr-germany-generals/</ref>
:*Trump imposed harsher sanctions on Russian businesses and individuals.<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/397212-president-trump-is-tougher-on-russia-in-18-months-than-obama-in-eight</ref>

==Results==
===Florida===
Sen. [[Marco Rubio]] called out Broward County two days after the election after the corrupt Democrat elections officials manufactured over 80,000 new ballots after Election Day.

Democrat leaders in Florida directed staffers and volunteers to shear altered election forms to fix improper absentee ballots after the deadline.

The plan was to have Florida voters fix and submit as many absentee votes as possible in hopes of including them in the vote totals.

An email was sent out to Democrat activists before defeated incumbant Sen. [[Bill Nelson]] and his party allies filed a series of lawsuits challenging some voting rules that applied during the election, claiming they disenfranchised voters.<ref>https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/politics/2018/11/15/florida-recount-democrats-launch-plan-altered-state-form-fix-ballots/2009178002/</ref>

==See also==
*[[Donald Trump achievements]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

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[[Category:Democratic Party]]
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Kansas

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{{USState
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|governor=Laura Kelly
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'''Kansas''' is a Midwestern state which became the 34th state admitted to the Union on January 29, 1861. Its capital is [[Topeka]], and its largest cities are, in order, [[Wichita]], Overland Park, and Kansas City. The name ''Kansas'' comes from a Sioux word meaning "people of the south wind." Its most prominent state college is the [[University of Kansas]], long a basketball powerhouse.

The state Constitution of Kansas, like all of the other 50 states, acknowledges God or our Creator or the ''Sovereign Ruler of the Universe''. It says:
:''We, the people of Kansas, grateful to Almighty God for our civil and religious privileges, in order to insure the full enjoyment of our rights as American citizens, do ordain and establish this constitution of the state of Kansas, with the following boundaries, to wit: Beginning at a point on the western boundary of the state of Missouri, where the thirty-seventh parallel of north latitude crosses the same; thence running west on said parallel to the twenty-fifth meridian of longitude west from Washington; thence north on said meridian to the fortieth parallel of north latitude; thence east on said parallel to the western boundary of the state of Missouri; thence south with the western boundary of said state to the place of beginning.''

==History==
Kansas was admitted as a [[free state]] in the midst of [[Bleeding Kansas|guerilla warfare]] between pro-slavery and abolitionist forces that erupted in the wake of the passage of the [[Kansas-Nebraska Act]] of 1854.<ref>http://www.legendsofamerica.com/OZ-BleedingKansas.html</ref> This act had provided for an election to determine whether Kansas would be a free state or a slave state, and many people flooded into the state to vote. The vote process was not easy, and was rife with accusations of voter fraud.<ref>http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/kansas.htm</ref> Noted abolitionist [[John Brown]] led anti-slavery forces during some of this time period. This violence continued after Kansas was admitted to the union on January 29, 1861, and the worst example was the virtual destruction of the city of [[Lawrence]] by pro-slavery guerilla [[William Quantrill]] on August 21, 1863, which killed most of the male population of the town.<ref>http://www.legendsofamerica.com/OZ-Lawrence2.html</ref>

==Politics==
Kansas is a reliable example of a conservative state, having voted for the [[Republican]] candidate in every Presidential election since 1968. Their federal delegation is mostly Republican, [[Pat Roberts]] and [[Sam Brownback]], are Republicans. Pat Roberts' current term of office is up in 2008. However, the state had a Democratic governor, Kathleen Sebelius, from 2003 until 2009, and elected a new Democratic governor in 2018. The past ten Governors have alternated between Republican and Democrats, which shows the independent nature of Kansans in politics going back to pre-statehood. Kansas has a rich history of influence on the Republican party going back to [[William Allen White]] to [[Bob Dole]].

==Elected Officials==

===Federal===
*Sen. [[Pat Roberts]] (R)
*Sen. [[Jerry Moran]] (R)
*Rep. [[Roger Marshall]] [R, KS-01]
*Rep. [[Steve Watkins]] [R, KS-02]
*Rep. [[Sharice Davids]] [D, KS-03]
*Rep. [[Ron Estes]] [R, KS-04]

===Statewide===
*Governor [[Laura Kelly]] (D)
*Lt. Governor [[Tracey Mann]] (R)
*Secretary of State [[Kris Kobach]] (R)
*Attorney General [[Derek Schmidt]] (R)
*State Treasurer [[Jacob LaTurner]] (R)
*Insurance Commissioner [[Ken Selzer]] (R)

==Miscellaneous==
Kansas exports more wheat than any other state. Kansas's economy is heavily dependent upon agriculture.<ref>http://www.fas.usda.gov/info/factsheets/CAFTA/ks.html</ref>

Kansas's motto is ''ad astra per aspera'', which is Latin for "to the stars through difficulties." Its state flower is the sunflower, its state tree is the cottonwood, and its state bird is the Western meadowlark.

[[Helium]] was first found in natural gas at the University of Kansas in Lawrence in 1905.<ref>http://www.news.ku.edu/2000/00N/AprNews/Apr7/bailey.html</ref>

The term "What would Jesus do?" was first used by Charles Sheldon, a Topeka minister, in 1896.<ref>http://www.mastersimage.com/articles/ihs.htm</ref>

Cawker City is home to the world's largest ball of twine, which has a 40-foot circumference,<ref>http://skyways.lib.ks.us/towns/Cawker/twine.html</ref> and Greensburg is home to the world's deepest hand dug well, which is 109 feet deep.<ref>http://www.bigwell.org/bigwell.html</ref> This well survived a large [[tornado]] that destroyed most of the town on May 4, 2007.<ref>http://www.kansas.com/233/story/65407.html</ref>

Although Dorothy Gale, in the 1900 book and 1939 film ''The Wizard of Oz'', is from Kansas, L. Frank Baum, the author of the Oz books, had never been to Kansas, and based his description of a state where 'everything was grey' on his experiences as a newspaper man in [[North Dakota]].

The operational headquarters of telecommunications giant Sprint Nextel is located in Overland Park.

The default position for the mapping program [[Google Earth]] is Lawrence.<ref>http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2005/dec/21/lawrence_pinpointed_center_google_earth/</ref>

The largest tallgrass prairie reserve remaining in the [[United States]] is the [[Flint Hills]] in eastern Kansas.

The state flower of Kansas is the [[Sunflower]].

==Notable Kansans==

[[Sam Brownback]], current US Senator and former 2008 Presidential candidate, was born in Parker, attended Kansas State University, and currently represents Kansas in the Senate.

[[Bob Dole]], former US Senator and the 1996 Republican nominee for President, grew up in Russell.

[[Amelia Earhart]], the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, was from Abilene.

[[Dwight Eisenhower]], president of the United States from 1952 to 1960, grew up in Abilene.

[[Thomas Frank]], an author who is most well known for his book ''What's the Matter with Kansas?'', a look at the political history of Kansas written from a liberal perspective.

[[Dwight Frye]], actor, best known for playing as Renfield in Dracula and Igor in Frankenstein (both in 1931), was from Salina

[[Dennis Hopper]], actor, was from Dodge City

[[James Naismith]], inventor of the game of basketball, was a professor and coach at the University of Kansas in Lawrence.

[[Gordon Parks]], an award-winning African-American photographer and writer, was from Fort Scott.

[[Fred Phelps]], founder of the [[Westboro Baptist Church]]

[[Jim Ryun]], a three time Olympic gold medalist who held the world record in the mile run and served several terms in the House of Representatives, is originally from Wichita but now lives in Lawrence.

[[William Allen White]], a journalist who is most well known for his bitter piece of conservative satire, ''What's the Matter With Kansas?'', lived in Emporia. (Note: The title of the aforementioned Frank book is a reference to the article by White, which precedes Frank's book by over 100 years.)

The 1970s progressive rock band [[Kansas (band)|Kansas]], known for the songs [[Carry On My Wayward Son]] and [[Dust in the Wind]] takes its name from the state.

==Sports==

The [[University of Kansas]]'s men's basketball team is a traditional powerhouse, having produced such NBA greats as Wilt Chamberlain and Danny Manning, and having won the 1988 national championship. The [[Kansas State University]] football team has also been relatively successful as of late. The Wildcats have advanced to the Big XII Championship game twice.

[[Wichita]] has been home to many minor level sports including the Wichita Wings(indoor soccer), Wichita Wind (hockey), Wichita Aeros,(Baseball), Wichita Wranglers, (baseball), Wichita Stealth,(football), Wichita Aviators (football), Wichita Wild (football). Wichita is also the annual home to the [http://www.nbcbaseball.com/index.cfm?NavID=1&SubNavID=0 National Baseball Congress] tournament. The NBC hosts teams from though out the country in a two-week 24 hour a day tournament.

==Education==

The Kansas Board of Regents supervises six public universities in Kansas: The University of Kansas, Kansas State University, Emporia State University, Fort Hays State University, and Pittsburg State University. There are also several private universities in Kansas, including Washburn University in [[Topeka]], which is known for its law school. Just a few of the others include MidAmerica Nazarene University in [[Olathe]], Friends University in [[Wichita]], and Baker University in Baldwin City.

==See also==
*[[Pullman Co. v. Kansas]]

==References==
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Denver

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'''Denver''' is the capital of [[Colorado]], and the state's largest city. Technically its name is "The City and County of Denver" as the two jurisdictions have merged into a consolidated city-county (in a geographical quirk, the city of Glendale and the unincorporated neighborhood of Holly Hills, both of which are completely surrounded by Denver, are actually part of Arapahoe County which is south of Denver).

The city sits on the eastern edge of the [[Rocky Mountains]]. Its nicknames include "The Mile-High City" (its downtown is 5286 feet above sea level), "Queen City of the Rockies," "Gateway to the Rockies," and "The Climate Capital of the World."

"Denver" is also the name of the metropolitan area surrounding the city of Denver. The metropolitan area of 4,531 square miles is the 17th largest in the nation; it includes Adams County, Arapahoe County, Boulder County, City and County of Broomfield, City and County of Denver, Douglas County, and Jefferson County

==Geography==
The city itself covers 107 square miles (277 km2), 5,280 feet (1,610 meters). Winding through Denver are the South Platte River and Cherry Creek. The Rockies provide a spectacular backdrop for the city, and they also protect it from high winds.

Denver is a spacious city of parks, tree-lined streets, broad avenues, old buildings, and modern skyscrapers. Its climate is mild and dry, primarily because the Rockies divert moisture-bearing winds away from the area. Formerly known for its clear sunny skies it was long a destination for people suffering from [[tuberculosis]]. Since 1950, however, exhaust fumes from automobiles and trucks have caused serious air pollution. The average temperature in July, the warmest month, is 73 °F (23 °C.), and the average temperature in January, the coldest month, is 28.5 °F. (-2 °C.). Annual precipitation is only 15 inches (380 mm), and the city has an average of 250 clear or partly cloudy days a year. The sunshine makes it a very popular tourist destination; it is also a gateway to the ski resorts 25 to 100 miles to the west.

==Demography==
The metropolitan area had a population of 2,663,000 in 2006 in 1,034,000 households; the median age was 34.4 years. The labor force was 1,442,000, of whom 1,303,000 were employed at an average annual wage of $45,629. The growth rate 1996-2006 was 2.1% per year, with a special attraction for young college graduates who enjoy the moderately expensive, informal, upscale life style, and the outdoor opportunities. The Phoenix metropolitan area is the chief competitor for these migrants.

The city's population was 567,000 in 2006. Minority communities in Denver include a rapidly growing [[Latino history|Latino]] population chiefly of Mexican ancestry

Suburban '''Aurora''', founded in 1891, exploded in population after 1990, reaching 300,000 in 2006, with 102,000 people employed in its 10,400 businesses, and others commuting to jobs in Denver or at the airport.

The first Chinese settlers arrived in 1869; two Chinatowns emerged, one a commercial area, the other a residential ghetto. The Chinese population peaked at 1000 in, then declined to 100 in 1940. In the 1950s urban renewal projects demolished the Chinatowns. A new wave of 15,000 highly educated Chinese arrived after 1965, but they were widely dispersed in the metro area.<ref>William Wei, "History and Memory: the Story of Denver's Chinatown." ''Colorado Heritage'' 2002 (Aut): 2-13. Issn: 0272-9377</ref>

==Economy==
Metro Denver is a major manufacturing center of the western United States. It is also a major market for the ranch products (especially beef) of the surrounding area and a gateway for skiers headed to the nearby Rockies.

Semiconductors is the top export category, growing 70% (statewide) from $763 million in 2005, to $1.3 billion in 2006. Other top exports are Computers and Peripherals ($937 million), and Office Machine Components ($657 million). The state's exports were $8.0 billion in 2006; the largest trading partners were Canada ($1.85 billion), Mexico ($1.02 billion), China ($800 million), Taiwan ($707 million), and Japan ($400 million). Denver is home to 32 foreign consulates. Six are staffed by career diplomats from the countries of Guatemala, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Canada and the United Kingdom. The consulates provide information and service regarding international trade promotion, tourism, and cultural exchange.

Employment growth in Metro Denver has outpaced the nation since January 2005. Metro Denver added 26,000 jobs in 2006 for an estimated gain of 1.9%; growth in 2007 will be about 1.6%. All sectors added jobs in 2006 except for the Information sector, which has struggled with losses for six consecutive years. The largest increases were in Natural Resources, Mining & Construction (+4.6%), Transportation, Warehousing & Utilities (+3.2%), and Professional & Business Services (+3.1%) sectors.

==Transportation==
Denver was at a disadvantage in the 19th century because the transcontinental routes ran 200 miles north of the city, through Cheyenne, Wyoming, which became the primary way station for wagon trains, stage lines, and rail lines passing through the northern Rockies. Pilots at first preferred Cheyenne, and it won the first round of competition when the US Post Office decided to fly mail through Wyoming in 1920. Denver business leaders never stopped competing, however, and struggled to get a share of the traffic. By the mid-1930s they convinced some passenger airlines to move their operations to Colorado. After World War II, Denver wrested full control of Rocky Mountain air traffic from Cheyenne, making the city's Stapleton airport the major regional hub.<ref>Roger D. Launius, and Jessie L. Embry, "Cheyenne Versus Denver: City Rivalry and the Quest for Transcontinental Air Routes." ''Annals of Wyoming'' 1996 68(3): 8-23. Issn: 1086-7368</ref>

Denver International Airport (DIA) is one of the world's ten busiest facilities and is the hub for United and Frontier airlines. DIA has four north-south runways and two east-west runways. The concourses and Jeppesen Terminal (with its Teflon-coated fiberglass roof) are in the center of the airfield. 95 airlines operated 1175 passenger flights daily in 2006, with 130,000 passengers a day. The airport is operating close to capacity and plans to spend $1 billion through 2013 on its concourses, concession areas, security checkpoints, parking lots and baggage system.<ref>See Chris Walsh, "DIA bursting at the seams," ''Rocky Mountain News'' September 29, 2007 at [http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/airlines/article/0,2777,DRMN_23912_5710157,00.html]</ref> There are numerous flights to Mexico and Canada, and three to Europe. 44% of the passengers are making connections in Denver; Los Angeles is the chief point of origin. DIA replaced inner-city Stapleton International Airport (1929-1995). Once open range country, the area near DIA is undergoing rapid construction of homes, hotels and warehouses.

In 2006 the $1.67 billion T-REX project widened Interstates 25 and I-225 and added 19 miles of light rail connecting Metro Denver's two largest employment centers: The Central Business District and the Denver Tech Center.

==Downtown==
At the center of downtown is the Denver Civic Center, a 40-acre (16-hectare) complex of parks and government buildings. At opposite ends of the Center are the City-County Building and the State Capitol. The Capitol is 272 feet (83 meters) high and has a dome covered with local gold. By the time the capitol was completed in 1900 (at 170% over budget) the building—a difficult-to-maintain hodgepodge of dirt-collecting nooks and crannies, grumblers said—was instantly too small. In the 21st century the debate is whether Colorado's aging yet "most important building" deserves a mere nip and tuck or an extreme makeover.<ref>Derek R. Everett, ''The Colorado State Capitol: History, Politics, Preservation.'' 2005.</ref> Nearby are the Art Museum, and the Denver Public Library (which contains more than one million volumes, especially famous for its research collection in western history). The United States Mint makes half the nation's coins.

Until the 1950s buildings in Denver could not be higher than 12 stories, but since then a number of skyscrapers more than 40 stories tall have been added to the city skyline, including the Arco Tower, Anaconda Tower, Great West Plaza, and the Amoco Building. During the 1970s an extensive urban renewal program was undertaken in downtown Denver, leading to the creation of a three-square block convention center and an elaborate theater complex, the Denver Center for the Performing Arts.

==Medical==
Across the western landscape of the United States, health was a natural resource, mined and sold by late-19th- and 20th century town boosters and physicians to those afflicted with such chronic pulmonary illnesses as tuberculosis and asthma. Denver was especially important as a destination and the city became the largest medical center for the mountain states by 1900.<ref>Gregg Mitman, "Geographies of Hope: Mining the Frontiers of Health in Denver and Beyond, 1870-1965." ''Osiris'' 2004 19: 93-111. Issn: 0369-7827</ref> Religious and ethnic groups established the most important hospitals. St. Luke's Hospital was established by the Episcopal Church in 1881; Presbyterian Hospital opened in 1926. Both operated nursing schools . In 1992 St. Luke's merged with Presbyterian Hospital, which subsequently merged with others to form the HealthONE hospital system.<ref>Rebecca Hunt, "Healers on the Hill: St. Luke's and Presbyterian Hospitals of Denver." ''Colorado Heritage'' 2005 (Sum): 2-17. Issn: 0272-9377</ref> The Denver Homeopathic Hospital opened in 1894 to offer alternatives to the medical practices of "allopathic" medicine, the mainstream treatments of the day. Friction arose among the homeopathic physicians, and the hospital closed in 1909.<ref>Steve Grinstead, "Alternative Healing At The Crossroads: Denver's Homeopathic Hospital Succumbs To Modern Medicine." ''Colorado Heritage'' 2005 (Sum): 18-29. Issn: 0272-9377</ref> The Swedish National Sanatorium was established in 1905 by the Swedish community, as a national tuberculosis sanatorium. It was reorganized in 1956 and later became the Swedish Medical Center.<ref>Rebecca Hunt, "Swedish National Sanatorium: Building Community in a Swedish-American Tuberculosis Sanatorium, 1905-59." ''Colorado Heritage'' 2005 (Sum): 30-46. ISSN: 0272-9377</ref> Seraphine Pisko was first woman to head a major Jewish hospital when she was appointed in 1911 as secretary of Denver's National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives, Pisko skillfully and efficiently managed the institution, while advancing a personalized and nurturing philosophy of charity in contrast to efforts to centralize fund-raising and administration.
After World War II the Jewish National Home for Asthmatic Children became the Children's Asthma Research Institute and Hospital. To the dismay of the city of Denver, the University of Colorado Medical School and associated hospitals left the city in 2007, taking 30,000 high-paying jobs, for a huge new campus in Aurora centered on the former Fitzsimons Army Medical Center. It solidified the Denver Metro Area as the premier medical center in a thousand-mile radius, but brought into debate the state's sharply reduced budget for medical education and higher education generally.

==History==
Denver was started during the turbulent Pikes Peak gold rush of 1859-1860, when thousands walked across the plains in search of wealth. Two small settlements, Denver City and Auraria, were consolidated in 1860; the city was named after the governor of Kansas. Population reached 4700 in 1860 and remained the same a decade later. The first city hall was built on stilts in the middle of a stream. Boom and bust characterized the early years, 1859-1870. In 1863 a fire destroyed much of Denver, and the next year a flash flood destroyed the precariously built city hall on stilts.

In 1861 Colorado became a territory, with a governor appointed by President [[Abraham Lincoln]]. In 1867 Denver became the capital. The major obstacles to the city's growth were its isolation from the East and the Midwest and the lack of a stable income-producing economy. The Indian wars on the plains and heavy winter snowstorms east of the city were a constant threat to the connections with Kansas and points eastward. In 1863 the telegraph arrived. The coming of the railroads integrated the city further with the rest of the nation. In 1870 the Denver Pacific Railroad north to Cheyenne, Wyoming, linked into the transcontinental [[Union Pacific Railroad]], while the Kansas Pacific Railroad linked across the plains to Kansas City. The [[Denver and Rio Grande Railroad]] south to Pueblo opened in 1871, thus making Denver the hub of all mining and ranching areas in Colorado; the population hit 36,000 in 1880.

The city provided lavishly for the lusts of the rich miners visiting the city. There was a range of bawdy houses to fit every pocketbook, from the sumptuous quarters of renowned madams such as Mattie Silks and Jenny Rogers to the most squalid "cribs" located a few blocks farther north along Market Street. Gambling flourished as sharp-eyed bunco artists exploited every chance to separate miners from their hard-earned gold. Edward Chase ran scrupulously honest games in several elegant establishments and regularly entertained many of Denver's most influential leaders. By 1880 Denver's vice district ranked only slightly behind San Francisco's Barbary Coast and New Orleans's Storyville. Most of the city's seamiest attractions were within a few steps of Union Station, but newsstands sold guidebooks that provided additional addresses. Sin was good for business; visitors spent lavishly, then left town. As long as madams conducted their business discreetly, and "crib girls" did not advertise their availability too crudely, authorities took their bribes and looked the other way. Occasional cleanups and cracked downs satisfied the demands for reform.<ref>Clark Secrest. ''Hell's Belles: Prostitution, Vice, and Crime in Early Denver, with a Biography of Sam Howe, Frontier Lawman.'' 2nd ed 2002, heavily illustrated.</ref>

In legitimate entertainment, music stood high, beginning with the Apollo Hall in 1859. The Denver Theatre, home of the city's first opera performance in 1864, the Tabor Grand Opera House (1881)and the Broadway Theatre (1890-1955) brought in internationally renown performers. Many other theaters were built, most of which did not last very long. Denver churches were also important venues for music performances in the last half of the 19th century.<ref>Henry Miles, "Where Music Dwells: Denver's Earliest Concert Spaces." ''Colorado Heritage'' 2002 (Sum): 32-46.</ref>

In the 1880s silver was discovered in the nearby mountains, leading Denver to a new surge of gaudiness and opulence, typified by Tabor's fancy opera house. The silver madness was as economically unstable as the gold rush 20 years before. The 10-story Brown Palace Hotel in 1893, designed by noted local architect Frank Edbrooke. In 1893 financial panic swept the nation, and the silver boom collapsed. By this time, however, the city's economy had a more stable base rooted in the agriculture of the surrounding area. Between 1870 and 1890 the city's population increased from less than 5,000 to over 100,000.

===Progressive era===
The city's population doubled between 1900 and 1920, reaching 256,000 population. Growth slowed somewhat, as the total in 1940 was 322,000, with only a few suburbs as yet.

Denver's Myron W. Reed was the leading Christian socialist in the American west in the last two decades of the nineteenth century. He came to the city in 1884 as pastor of the affluent First Congregational Church. Christian socialism, for Reed, meant that the state should manage production and instill cooperation to provide what he called "the comfortable life" for all. He was a leader in the city's Charity Organization Society, even while questioning that organization's efforts to distinguish the "worthy" from the "unworthy" poor. Reed spoke out for the rights of labor unions and was voted out of his pulpit during the bitter 1894 strike at Cripple Creek. He ran for Congress as a Democrat in 1886 and worked for Colorado's Populist party in the 1890s. A former abolitionist Reed spoke out for African American and Native American rights while denouncing Chinese and eastern European immigrants as dependent tools of corporations who were lowering "American" standards of living.<ref>James A. Denton, ''Rocky Mountain Radical: Myron W. Reed, Christian Socialist.'' 1997.</ref>

Local boosters created the National Stock Growers Conventions in 1898 and 1899. The National Western Stock Show began in 1907 as an annual event attracting cattlemen from a wide region. The [[Progressive Era]] brought an [[Efficiency Movement]], typified in 1902 when the city and Denver County were made [[coextensive]];<ref>Since then both the city and the county have been governed by a nonpartisan mayor and nine-member council.</ref> Denver pioneered the juvenile court movement under Judge [[Ben Lindsey]] (1869-1943), a nationally famous reformer.<ref>[http://100.juvenilelaw.net/Judges/Lindsay.htm See]</ref> Mayor Robert Speer was a prominent progressive who gave the city world leadership in building parks. Boasting itself the "Queen City of the Plains," Denver hosted the Democratic National Convention in 1908, then waited 100 years for its return.

Women suffrage came early, in 1893, led by married middle class women who organized first for prohibition and then for suffrage, with the goal of upholding [[Republicanism, U.S.|republican citizenship]] for women and purifying society. The Denver Fortnighly Club played a major role. Caroline Nichols Churchill, edited and published the ''Colorado Antelope'', subsequently the ''Queen Bee'', beginning in 1879 and boasted that she and her journal played a crucial role in the passage of the referendum in 1893 that granted the vote to women in Colorado. There was a strained relationship between the radical and eccentric Churchill and the mainstream women, as Churchill was a confrontational and outspoken proponent of the equal rights of minority ethnic groups.<ref>Jennifer A. Thompson, "From Travel Writer to Newspaper Editor: Caroline Churchill and the Development of Her Political Ideology Within the Public Sphere." ''Frontiers'' 1999 20(3): 42-63. Issn: 0160-9009 Fulltext: [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0160-9009%281999%2920%3A3%3C42%3AFTWTNE%3E2.0.CO%3B2-K in Jstor]</ref>

===1920-1980===
Up until World War II, Denver's economy was dependent mainly on the processing and shipping of minerals and ranch products, especially beef and lamb. During the war and in the years following, specialized industries were introduced into the city, making it a major manufacturing center. Population expanded rapidly, and many old buildings were torn down to make way for new housing projects. Many of Denver's finest buildings of the frontier era were demolished, such as the Tabor Opera House, as the city has expanded upward and outward and acquired new lands for buildings and parking lots.

===Recent politics===
[[Federico Peña]] (1983-1991) became the city's first [[Latino history|Latino mayor]] in 1983. One of his central campaign messages was a promise of inclusiveness targeted at minorities. His promises of diverse minority appointments represented a stark contrast from prior administration policies.. Latino turnout reached 73% in 1983, a striking contrast to the usually low Latino rates elsewhere. In 1991, at a time the city was 12% Black and 20% Latino, [[Wellington Webb]] (1991-2003) won a stunning come-from-behind victory as the city's first black mayor. The Hispanic and Black minority communities supported each other's candidates at the 75-85% levels.<ref>Karen M. Kaufmann, "Black and Latino Voters in Denver: Responses to Each Other's Political Leadership." ''Political Science Quarterly'' 2003 118(1): 107-125. ISSN: 0032-3195 Fulltext: [[Ebsco]]</ref> Webb, who won 44% of the white vote, systematically reached out to the white business community, promoting downtown economic development and major projects such as the world class new airport, Coors Field, and a new convention center. During his administrations municipal employment, public schools, police accountability, and affordable housing worsened, for Denver's poor and working-class neighborhoods.<ref>Hermon George, Jr. "Community Development and the Politics of Deracialization: The Case Of Denver, Colorado, 1991-2003." ''Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science'' 2004 594: 143-157. ISSN: 0002-7162</ref> Businessman [[John Hickenlooper]] was elected mayor in 2003 and reelected in 2007 with 87% of the vote.

===2008===
Denver hosted the Democratic National Convention in August 2008. Due to strong planning and a large police presence, the city avoided the violence that occurred later at the Republican convention in St. Paul.

==Sports==
In sports, Denver is home to the [[NHL]]'s [[Colorado Avalanche]], the [[NFL]]'s [[Denver Broncos]], [[MLB]]'s [[Colorado Rockies]], and the [[NBA]]'s [[Denver Nuggets]]. Denver is the smallest city to house teams from all four major sports franchises (it is successful due to being the center of a much larger metropolitan market as well as the largest city in several states).

Other teams include the Colorado Rapids (MLS), The Colorado Crush (AFL), and The Colorado Mammoth (Indoor Lacrosse) and The Colorado Outlaws (Outdoor Lacrosse).

The Denver Broncos have played in eight super bowls and won three. Voters in 1998 raised $270 million in taxes to build the $360 million Invesco Field at Mile High, a new football stadium. In 2001 it joined Coors Field, which opened for Major League Baseball's Colorado Rockies in 1995, the Pepsi Center, which opened as the new home of the NHL Colorado Avalanche and the NBA Denver Nuggets in October 1999 and Dick's Sporting Goods Park, home of the Rapids, opened in 2006. Denver's Lower Downtown district (referred to as LODO), has been attracting new residents and businesses to the downtown area.

The first baseball park was Broadway Grounds, where baseball games were being played by 1862. Some early baseball parks were located in the middle of local horse racing tracks. Broadway Park was the home of Denver's first professional teams for about thirty years, into the 1910s. Merchants Park was built in 1922 as the home of the Denver Bears and of the Denver Post Baseball Tournament. When the Denver Bears team was revived after World War II, a replacement for the aging Merchants Park was needed, and Bears Stadium, later renamed Mile High Stadium, was built in 1948. Coors Field, opened in 1993, is the latest Denver baseball field.

==Education==
Denver is also home to several universities, including:
*The Art Institute of Colorado
*Community College of Denver
*Denver Seminary
*Johnson & Wales University, branch campus
*Lincoln College of Technology FKA Denver Automotive and Diesel College
*Metropolitan State College of Denver
*Regis University
*Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design
*University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center
*University of Denver

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== External links ==
*[http://www.denvergov.org/ City and County of Denver]
*[http://www.cityguide.travel-guides.com/city/41/statistics/North-America/Denver.html World Travel Guide]
*[http://www.metrodenver.org/DataCenter/CityCountyProfiles/CityCountyProfiles.icm Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation]
*[http://www.rtd-denver.com Denver's Regional Transportation District] Includes links to other Denver sites.

==References===
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Scott Walker

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:For the [[Texas]] judge, see ''[[Scott Walker (Texas)]]''.

'''Scott Kevin Walker''' (born November 2, 1967) was governor of [[Wisconsin]] and was a candidate in the [[2016 presidential election]]. Previously he was executive of Milwaukee County and a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, and while in college he ran a student [[pro-life]] organization.

Despite being governor of a [[blue state]], Walker successfully passed a large amount of solidly conservative legislation with the help of the GOP-controlled legislature. Despite strong opposition from [[leftists]], Walker's accomplishments include expanding [[gun rights]], protecting the [[right to life]], and making Wisconsin more business-friendly. Wisconsin's economic position has strengthened due to his policies.<ref name="WSJ"/>

==Early life==
Walker was born on November 2, 1967 in [[Colorado Springs]], [[Colorado]].<ref name="Bio">[http://www.biography.com/people/scott-walker-20941829 Scott Walker]. ''Biography.com''. Retrieved October 20, 2016.</ref> His father was a Baptist minister, and the Walker family moved to Plainfield, [[Iowa]] and then to the small town of Delavan, Wisconsin when Walker was nine.<ref name="Timeline">Stein, Kate (July 19, 2015). [http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/timeline-the-life-and-career-of-scott-walker/html_4c4013e6-9bfe-5cdd-b494-2ba6bcf88827.html Timeline: The life and career of Scott Walker]. ''Wisconsin State Journal''. Retrieved October 20, 2016.</ref><ref name="Bio"/> Walker was active in school sports and other activities as a kid, and he was an [[Eagle Scout]].<ref name="Barbour">Barbour, Clay (October 24, 2010). [http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/elections/article_da67cf2c-df74-11df-acf0-001cc4c002e0.html From preacher’s kid to front-runner: Scott Walker’s small-town roots led to reputation as fiscal hawk]. ''Wisconsin State Journal''. Retrieved October 20, 2016.</ref> In 1985, he was one of two boys chosen to represent Wisconsin for the Boys Nation, an event in [[Washington D.C.]] sponsored by the American Legion.<ref name="Bio"/> At the event, Walker was able to meet United States President [[Ronald Reagan]], "who he said inspired him and became his role model",<ref name="Bio"/> and he has stated that the even gave "him the political bug."<ref name="Barbour"/> Walker graduated from Delavan-Darien High School in 1986.<ref name="Timeline"/>

The same year he graduated high school, Walker entered Marquette University, and he would be a student there until the spring of 1990.<ref name="Bio"/> Walker was very active in student government, and he unsuccessfully ran for student president in 1988.<ref name="Timeline"/> In addition, he led the pro-life Students for Life group at Marquette.<ref name="Ben-Meir">Ben-Meir, Ilan (August 25, 2015). [https://www.buzzfeed.com/ilanbenmeir/scott-walkers-remarkably-consistent-two-decade-fight-against?utm_term=.wxBMQ2pnD2#.aja3QyqGay Scott Walker’s Remarkably Consistent, Two Decade Fight Against Abortion]. ''[[BuzzFeed News]]''. Retrieved November 19, 2016.</ref> Walker earned good grades, had a clean record, and was only 34 credits away from graduating, however he voluntarily dropped out after he received a well-paying job at American Red Cross.<ref name="Barbour"/><ref>Viser, Matt (February 11, 2015). [https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2015/02/11/scott-walker-dropped-out-marquette-but-his-education-campus-politics-set-him-ambitious-path/m41BjqIY9xAltlCgR6z5CM/story.html Scott Walker’s political ambitions fostered at Marquette]. ''The Boston Globe''. Retrieved October 20, 2016.</ref> Liberals tried to mock him because of this in 2015, but Marquette made clear that he was "a senior in good standing when he voluntarily withdrew".<ref name="Bio"/>

==Early political career==
In 1990, Walker unsuccessfully ran for the Wisconsin State Assembly.<ref name="Timeline"/> In 1993, he was successfully elected to the state assembly in a special election.<ref name="Barbour"/> He was re-elected four times, serving until 2002.<ref name="Timeline"/><ref name="Bio"/> As early as his first election campaign and his tenure as state representative, it was clear that Walker was a solid fiscal and social conservative.<ref name="Timeline"/><ref name="Bio"/> In addition, he sponsored or cosponsored nearly every pro-life bill in the Assembly.<ref name="Ben-Meir"/>

In 2002, the Democrat Milwaukee County Executive, Tom Ament, decided to retire rather than face a recall election due to a pension scandal.<ref name="Timeline"/><ref name="Barbour"/> Walker won the election in a historic victory, becoming "the youngest person and first Republican [ever] elected to the position"<ref name="Timeline"/> in a liberal county.<ref name="Barbour"/> As Milwaukee County Executive, Walker again showed his strong conservative values by shrinking the government workforce by 20 percent, by cutting over $44 million in proposed spending through his veto powers, and returning $370,000 of his government salary back to the county, among many other decisions.<ref name="Barbour"/> Walker was re-elected to the position in 2004 and 2008,<ref name="Timeline"/><ref name="Bio"/> and despite being in a liberal county, he ran as a conservative.<ref name="Bio"/>

In January 2005, Walker announced he would run for Wisconsin Governor in the 2006 election.<ref name="Isenstadt2015">Isenstadt, Alex (March 29, 2015). [https://www.politico.com/story/2015/03/the-crushing-defeat-that-shaped-scott-walker-116490 The crushing defeat that shaped Scott Walker]. ''Politico''. Retrieved November 20, 2016.</ref> In March 2006, after 14 months of campaigning and due to low campaign funds and support, Walker dropped out of the race and endorsed his Republican primary opponent, Congressman [[Mark Green]], actively campaigning for him.<ref name="Isenstadt2015"/> Green lost the election, and this helped position Walker as the frontrunner in the 2010 election.<ref name="Isenstadt2015"/>

==Governor of Wisconsin==
===2010 election===
Walker ran for and was elected Governor of Wisconsin, defeating liberal, [[pro-abortion]] Democrat Tom Barrett with over 52 percent of the vote.<ref name="Bio"/><ref>[http://elections.wi.gov/sites/default/files/percent%20results%20post%20recount_120710.pdf Government Accountability Canvas Reporting System, 2010 Election Results]. ''State of Wisconsin''. Pg. 1. December 8, 2010. Retrieved November 5, 2016.</ref> As with his previous campaigns, Walker ran on a strong conservative platform, including support for gun-rights, life, marriage between a man and a woman, among other issues.<ref name="Timeline"/> Walker's victory came amid a massive series of GOP victories, as conservative Republican [[Ron Johnson]] won the contested U.S. Senate seat, and the party gained majorities in the U.S. House delegation, State Assembly, and State Senate.<ref>[http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/politics/2010-11-02-wi-full-election-results_N.htm Wisconsin: GOP wins Senate, House, gov. seats, ousting Feingold]. ''USA Today'' (from ''AP''). November 3, 2010. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref><ref>Stein, Jason & Johnson, Annysa (November 3, 2010). [http://archive.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/106582898.html Republicans take over state Senate, Assembly]. ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref>

===Right to work and 2012 recall election===
:''See also: [[Wisconsin budget controversy]]''
Scott Walker became a leader of [[conservatives]] nationwide when he supported and then signed into law a repeal of most of the [[collective bargaining]] privileges of most government workers.<ref name="Timeline"/><ref name="Bio"/> Walker took this historic step to prevent the State from continuing on a path of financial ruin and overspending.<ref>Lieb, David & Ramde, Dinesh (March 1, 2011). [https://web.archive.org/web/20110304202127/http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=13017077&page=1 Wis. Gov. to Outline Ultimate Intentions in Budget]. ''ABC News'' (from ''AP'', archived at ''archive.org''). Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref>

[[Labor union|Union]]-controlled leftist politicians went berserk at the commonsense bill to reduce union control over the state, and they blocked the bill for three weeks by fleeing to [[Illinois]] until the Senate removed "some financial elements from the bill", making it legal to pass it without the missing Democrats.<ref>Marley, Patrick & Lee Bergquist, Lee (March 9, 2011). [http://archive.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/117656563.html With Democrats absent, Republicans advance collective bargaining changes]. ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> Leftists continued to fight the bill, but it was ultimately declared to be legal, twice, by the Wisconsin Supreme Court.<ref name="Timeline"/><ref>Marley, Patrick & Lee Bergquist, Lee (June 14, 2011). [http://archive.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/123859034.html Supreme Court reinstates collective bargaining law]. ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref>

Walker faced a [[liberal]]-promoted [[recall election]] on June 5, 2012, but won it by a landslide—53 percent of the vote, even more than in 2010.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/06/05/polls-close-in-wisconsin-voter-turnout-reported-heavy.html Wisconsin's Walker survives recall by wide margin]. ''Fox News''. June 6, 2012. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> By late May, [[liberals]] were already beginning to blame each other for Walker's lead in the polls: "Top [[union]] officials are lashing out at Washington [[Democrat]]s, claiming they haven't done enough to help them unseat Gov. Scott Walker in [[Wisconsin]]'s [[recall]] election."<ref>Joseph, Cameron & Bogardus, Kevin (May 25, 2012). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/229485-unions-angry-with-washington-democrats-over-lack-of-help-in-wisconsin Unions angry with Democrats over lack of help in Wisconsin governor's recall]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> Walker became the first governor in United States history to survive a recall election.<ref>Montopoli, Brian (June 6, 2012). [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/scott-walker-wins-wisconsin-recall-election/ Scott Walker wins Wisconsin recall election]. ''CBS News''. Retrieved November 20, 2016.</ref>

===2014 election===
[[File:Scott Walker 2014 Wisconsin Governor Victory Party.jpg|thumb|200px|Scott Walker celebrating his 2014 re-election.]]
Scott Walker was reelected again in 2014—his third successful gubernatorial election in four years—with over 52 percent of the vote, defeating liberal Mary Burke.<ref>Higgins, Sean (November 5, 2014). [http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/scott-walker-wins-br-re-election-in-wisconsin/article/2555742 Gov. Scott Walker wins re-election in Wisconsin]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref><ref>Rocha, Polo (November 6, 2014). [https://badgerherald.com/news/2014/11/06/how-scott-walker-won-his-third-governors-race-in-four-years/ How Scott Walker won his third governor’s race in four years]. ''The Badger Herald''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref>

===Reforms===
When Scott Walker took office, Wisconsin had a budget deficit of $3.6 billion.<ref name="Helped">Szafir, CJ (April 22, 2016). [http://www.nationalreview.com/article/434401/ Walker’s Union Reforms Have Helped, Not Hurt, Wisconsinites]. ''National Review''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> Instead of raising taxes, the governor has set out on a mission to reduce costs across the board, make Wisconsin a business-friendly state, and give local governments the ability to make their own spending decisions.<ref name="Helped"/> The state's [[labor union]]s were in an uproar and protested Walker's decision to end union [[collective bargaining]] and weaken the tight grip they had on the state and its people.

Due to Walker's reforms, Wisconsin taxpayers have saved over $5.24 billion as of 2016, or $2,291 per household.<ref name="Helped"/><ref>[http://www.maciverinstitute.com/2016/02/act-10-saves-wisconsin-taxpayers-more-than-5-billion-over-5-years-maciver-analysis-finds/ Act 10 Saves Wisconsin Taxpayers More Than $5 Billion Over 5 Years, MacIver Analysis Finds]. ''MacIver Institute''. February 25, 2016. Retrieved July 4, 2018.</ref> In addition, the state has saved over $3.36 billion and has increased its revenue by $404.8 million.<ref name="Helped"/> Despite leftist claims that Wisconsin's economy has stagnated under Walker, the evidence is overwhelming that the opposite is the case.<ref name="WSJ">Puzder, Andy (May 3, 2015). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-closer-look-at-scott-walkers-record-on-jobs-1430688558 A Closer Look at Scott Walker’s Record on Jobs]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref>

Walker has been a strong advocate for the [[unborn]]. In 2011, he signed the Wisconsin state budget into law, which defunded [[Planned Parenthood]], making Wisconsin the fourth state to defund the illegal program.<ref>Zagorski, Sarah (August 24, 2015). [https://www.lifenews.com/2015/08/24/scott-walker-pushes-bill-to-de-fund-planned-parenthood-after-it-sells-aborted-baby-parts/ Scott Walker Pushes Bill to De-Fund Planned Parenthood After It Sells Aborted Baby Parts]. ''LifeNews.com''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> In addition, Walker has signed other [[pro-life]] bills into law,<ref>[http://archive.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/scott-walker-outlines-abortion-gay-marriage-positions-in-letter-b99375704z1-279975922.html Scott Walker outlines abortion, gay marriage positions in letter]. ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel'' (from ''AP''). October 22, 2014. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> including one to ban abortion after the 20th week of pregnancy.<ref>Stein, Jason (July 20, 2015). [http://archive.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/scott-walker-signs-bill-banning-abortions-after-20-weeks-b99540949z1-317539131.html Scott Walker signs 20-week abortion ban, trooper pay raise]. ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> He has criticized the notion that abortion is necessary to save the life of the mother in certain cases, calling it a "false choice."<ref>Spicuzza, Mary (August 8, 2015). [http://archive.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/scott-walker-calls-abortion-to-save-a-womans-life-a-false-choice-b99553080z1-321141741.html Scott Walker calls abortion to save a woman's life a 'false choice']. ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel''. Retrieved November 19, 2016.</ref> On April 3, 2018, Walker signed a bill into law that excluded abortion coverage from state health insurance plans.<ref>Freiburger, Calvin (April 3, 2018). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/wisconsin-governor-signs-bill-banning-abortion-insurance-coverage-for-state Wisconsin governor signs bill banning abortion insurance coverage for state employees]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved April 4, 2018.</ref>

On March 9, 2015, Walker signed into law a bill making Wisconsin a [[right to work]] state.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/03/09/wisconsin-gov-walker-to-sign-right-to-work-bill.html Gov. Walker signs bill making Wisconsin right-to-work state]. ''Fox News'' (from ''AP''). March 9, 2015. Retrieved October 21, 2015.</ref> Once again, the unions went wild in opposition due to the loss of their massive power and filed a lawsuit against the law. As of May 2016, the law is still in effect but in a vulnerable position.<ref>[http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/midwest/ct-wisconsin-right-to-work-law-20160524-story.html Court puts ruling striking down Wisconsin's right-to-work law on hold]. ''Chicago Tribune''. May 24, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref>

Walker also has greatly expanded [[gun rights]] for Wisconsin residents. In 2011, he signed [[concealed carry]]<ref>Stein, Jason (July 8, 2011). [http://archive.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/125235719.html Walker signs concealed-carry measure into law]. ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> and the [[Castle Doctrine]]<ref>Stein, Jason (December 7, 2011). [http://archive.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/walker-to-sign-castle-doctrine-bill-wednesday-bh3brej-135197918.html Walker signs 'castle doctrine' bill, other measures]. ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> into law. Walker's support for gun rights did not end there. On June 24, 2015, Walker signed two bills into law that removed Wisconsin's 48-hour waiting period for buying guns and gave retired or off-duty law enforcement officials the legal right to carry concealed guns into public schools.<ref>Strauss, Daniel (June 24, 2015). [https://www.politico.com/story/2015/06/scott-walker-two-gun-bills-119380 Scott Walker signs two pro-gun bills]. ''Politico''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> He has earned an "A+" rating from the [[National Rifle Association]].<ref>[https://www.nrapvf.org/articles/20140922/nra-endorses-scott-walker-for-governor-in-wisconsin NRA Endorses Scott Walker for Governor in Wisconsin]. ''NRA-PVF''. September 22, 2014. Retrieved October 22, 2016.</ref>

Walker has supported [[Israel]], and in October 2017, he signed an executive order to ban state agencies from doing business with firms with ties to the anti-Israel [[Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions]] movement.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2017/10/31/wisconsin-governor-scott-walker-signs-bill-barring-israel-boycotts/ Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Signs Bill Barring Israel Boycotts]. ''Breitbart News''. October 31, 2017. Retrieved October 31, 2017.</ref>

===2016 presidential primaries===
Walker announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination in the [[2016 presidential election]] on July 13, 2015.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/07/13/walker-announces-2016-white-house-bid.html Walker announces 2016 White House bid, vows to 'fight for America']. ''Fox News''. July 13, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> Despite his popularity, strong position, and early lead in the polls, Walker dropped out on September 21 after the rise of [[Donald Trump]].<ref>Lowry, Rich & Johnson, Eliana (September 8, 2015). [http://www.nationalreview.com/article/423725/ Scott Walker: What Went Wrong?]. ''National Review''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref><ref>Eric Bradner, John King, Dana Bash and Jeff Zeleny (September 21, 2015). [https://www.cnn.com/2015/09/21/politics/scott-walker-drops-out-2016-election/ Scott Walker drops out of 2016 presidential race]. ''CNN''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> He endorsed [[Texas]] Senator [[Ted Cruz]] for the GOP nomination,<ref>Glueck, Katie & Gass, Nick (March 29, 2016). [https://www.politico.com/story/2016/03/scott-walker-endorses-ted-cruz-221327 Scott Walker endorses Ted Cruz]. ''Politico''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> but he put his full support behind Trump after he won the primary.<ref>Gass, Nick (July 20, 2016). [https://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/rnc-2016-scott-walker-donald-trump-endorsement-225914 Walker 'absolutely' endorses Trump]. ''Politico''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref><ref>Gilbert, Craig (July 21, 2016). [http://archive.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/scott-walker-joins-backlash-over-cruz-refusal-to-endorse-trump-b99765830z1-387827571.html Scott Walker joins backlash over Cruz refusal to endorse Trump]. ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> Walker helped conservative [[Indiana]] governor and GOP vice presidential nominee [[Mike Pence]] prepare for the vice presidential debate against [[Virginia]] Senator [[Tim Kaine]], which Pence decisively won.<ref>Shih, Adrienne (October 5, 2016). [https://www.cnn.com/2016/10/05/politics/scott-walker-mike-pence-debate/ Gov. Scott Walker: Mike Pence didn't 'take the bait' at debate]. ''CNN''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref>

===Trump carries state===
Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election in a historic and massive upset.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/11/08/first-polls-close-in-2016-race-trump-projected-to-win-ind-ky-clinton-wins-vt.html Trump wins presidency, defeats Clinton in historic election upset]. ''Fox News''. November 8, 2016. Retrieved November 9, 2016.</ref><ref name="Build">Bauer, Scott (November 9, 2016). [http://www.charlotteobserver.com/entertainment/tv/article113209848.html Republicans build majorities in Legislature]. ''The Charlotte Observer'' (from ''AP''). Retrieved November 9, 2016.</ref> In addition, Trump won Wisconsin in an equally surprising upset, becoming the first Republican to do so since [[United States presidential election, 1984|1984]].<ref name="Build"/><ref>Kueppers, Courtney (November 8, 2016). [http://www.wpr.org/trump-becomes-1st-republican-presidential-candidate-1984-win-wisconsin Trump Becomes First Republican Presidential Candidate Since 1984 To Win Wisconsin]. ''Wisconsin Public Radio''. Retrieved November 9, 2016.</ref> Also, the state GOP won historic victories in the state legislature, building their largest majorities since 1957,<ref name="Build"/><ref>Marley, Patrick & Stein, Jason (November 9, 2016). [http://www.sheboyganpress.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/11/08/gop-retains-hold-legislature/93163322/ GOP strengthens hold on Legislature]. ''Sheboygan Press''. Retrieved November 9, 2016.</ref> and conservative Republican U.S. Senator [[Ron Johnson]] defeated liberal [[Russ Feingold]] a second time for a second term.<ref name="Build"/><ref>Schleifer, Theodore (November 8, 2016). [https://www.cnn.com/2016/11/08/politics/ron-johnson-russ-feingold-wisconsin-senate-election-results/ Ron Johnson earns surprise GOP win in Wisconsin Senate race]. ''CNN''. Retrieved November 9, 2016.</ref> This put Walker and the Wisconsin Republican Party in a very strong position,<ref>Litke, Eric (November 10, 2016). [http://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/11/10/5-wisconsin-winners-trump-tidal-wave/93550526/ 5 Wisconsin winners in Trump tidal wave]. ''Post-Crescent''. Retrieved November 12, 2016.</ref> and it coincided with major electoral gains for the GOP.<ref>Bosman, Julie & Davey, Monica (November 11, 2016). [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/12/us/republicans-expand-control-in-a-deeply-divided-nation.html Republicans Expand Control in a Deeply Divided Nation]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved November 14, 2016.</ref>

===2018 election===
Walker faced a tough re-election campaign in 2018.<ref>Lucas, Fred (October 11, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/is-scott-walkers-winning-streak-nearing-an-end-wisconsin-race-poses-challenge Is Scott Walker's winning streak nearing an end? Wisconsin race poses challenge]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved October 11, 2018.</ref><ref>Finley, Allysia (October 26, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/scott-walkers-toughest-campaign-1540594583 Scott Walker’s Toughest Campaign]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved October 26, 2018.</ref> Walker ultimately lost the election by a narrow margin.<ref>Darrah, Nicole (November 7, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/scott-walker-concedes-to-democrat-tony-evers-in-wisconsin-gubernatorial-race Scott Walker concedes to Democrat Tony Evers in Wisconsin gubernatorial race]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved November 11, 2018.</ref><ref>Wilson, Reid (November 7, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/414904-dem-defeats-scott-walker-in-wisconsin-governors-race Dem defeats Scott Walker in Wisconsin governor’s race]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved November 11, 2018.</ref> Voting irregularities and mishandling of ballots in Milwaukee county occurred.<ref>https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/11/07/scott-walker-eyes-damaged-absentee-ballots-recount-decision/1918944002/</ref>

==Personal life==
Walker married his wife, Tonette, in 1993, and together they have two sons.<ref name="JordanWaPo">Jordan, Mary (July 5, 2015). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/scott-walkers-wife-toughened-by-life-adds-steel-to-the-gop-candidates-spine/2015/07/05/61337f5d-2513-4698-8f27-647e28b3c8cc_story.html Scott Walker’s wife, toughened by life, is ready for fires of a campaign]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> Walker is a [[born-again Christian]].<ref>Erickson, Doug (January 3, 2011). [http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_17ec4e3a-1775-11e0-9756-001cc4c002e0.html Inauguration day starts with prayer breakfast]. ''Wisconsin State Journal''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> Despite his strong Christian and conservative stances, Walker's wife and sons disagree with him both on certain political and religious issues.<ref name="JordanWaPo"/>

==External links==
*[http://www.wisgov.state.wi.us/ Governor of Wisconsin Official Site]
*[https://www.scottwalker.com Scott Walker 2016 campaign website]
*[https://ballotpedia.org/Scott_Walker Profile] on Ballotpedia

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:''Scott Walker was [[Conservative of the Year 2014]]''
:For the [[Texas]] judge, see ''[[Scott Walker (Texas)]]''.

'''Scott Kevin Walker''' (born November 2, 1967) was the current [[conservative]] [[Republican]] governor of [[Wisconsin]] and was a candidate in the [[2016 presidential election]]. Previously he was executive of Milwaukee County and a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, and while in college he ran a student [[pro-life]] organization.

Despite being governor of a [[blue state]], Walker successfully passed a large amount of solidly conservative legislation with the help of the GOP-controlled legislature. Despite strong opposition from [[leftists]], Walker's accomplishments include expanding [[gun rights]], protecting the [[right to life]], and making Wisconsin more business-friendly. Wisconsin's economic position has strengthened due to his policies.<ref name="WSJ"/>

==Early life==
Walker was born on November 2, 1967 in [[Colorado Springs]], [[Colorado]].<ref name="Bio">[http://www.biography.com/people/scott-walker-20941829 Scott Walker]. ''Biography.com''. Retrieved October 20, 2016.</ref> His father was a Baptist minister, and the Walker family moved to Plainfield, [[Iowa]] and then to the small town of Delavan, Wisconsin when Walker was nine.<ref name="Timeline">Stein, Kate (July 19, 2015). [http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/timeline-the-life-and-career-of-scott-walker/html_4c4013e6-9bfe-5cdd-b494-2ba6bcf88827.html Timeline: The life and career of Scott Walker]. ''Wisconsin State Journal''. Retrieved October 20, 2016.</ref><ref name="Bio"/> Walker was active in school sports and other activities as a kid, and he was an [[Eagle Scout]].<ref name="Barbour">Barbour, Clay (October 24, 2010). [http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/elections/article_da67cf2c-df74-11df-acf0-001cc4c002e0.html From preacher’s kid to front-runner: Scott Walker’s small-town roots led to reputation as fiscal hawk]. ''Wisconsin State Journal''. Retrieved October 20, 2016.</ref> In 1985, he was one of two boys chosen to represent Wisconsin for the Boys Nation, an event in [[Washington D.C.]] sponsored by the American Legion.<ref name="Bio"/> At the event, Walker was able to meet United States President [[Ronald Reagan]], "who he said inspired him and became his role model",<ref name="Bio"/> and he has stated that the even gave "him the political bug."<ref name="Barbour"/> Walker graduated from Delavan-Darien High School in 1986.<ref name="Timeline"/>

The same year he graduated high school, Walker entered Marquette University, and he would be a student there until the spring of 1990.<ref name="Bio"/> Walker was very active in student government, and he unsuccessfully ran for student president in 1988.<ref name="Timeline"/> In addition, he led the pro-life Students for Life group at Marquette.<ref name="Ben-Meir">Ben-Meir, Ilan (August 25, 2015). [https://www.buzzfeed.com/ilanbenmeir/scott-walkers-remarkably-consistent-two-decade-fight-against?utm_term=.wxBMQ2pnD2#.aja3QyqGay Scott Walker’s Remarkably Consistent, Two Decade Fight Against Abortion]. ''[[BuzzFeed News]]''. Retrieved November 19, 2016.</ref> Walker earned good grades, had a clean record, and was only 34 credits away from graduating, however he voluntarily dropped out after he received a well-paying job at American Red Cross.<ref name="Barbour"/><ref>Viser, Matt (February 11, 2015). [https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2015/02/11/scott-walker-dropped-out-marquette-but-his-education-campus-politics-set-him-ambitious-path/m41BjqIY9xAltlCgR6z5CM/story.html Scott Walker’s political ambitions fostered at Marquette]. ''The Boston Globe''. Retrieved October 20, 2016.</ref> Liberals tried to mock him because of this in 2015, but Marquette made clear that he was "a senior in good standing when he voluntarily withdrew".<ref name="Bio"/>

==Early political career==
In 1990, Walker unsuccessfully ran for the Wisconsin State Assembly.<ref name="Timeline"/> In 1993, he was successfully elected to the state assembly in a special election.<ref name="Barbour"/> He was re-elected four times, serving until 2002.<ref name="Timeline"/><ref name="Bio"/> As early as his first election campaign and his tenure as state representative, it was clear that Walker was a solid fiscal and social conservative.<ref name="Timeline"/><ref name="Bio"/> In addition, he sponsored or cosponsored nearly every pro-life bill in the Assembly.<ref name="Ben-Meir"/>

In 2002, the Democrat Milwaukee County Executive, Tom Ament, decided to retire rather than face a recall election due to a pension scandal.<ref name="Timeline"/><ref name="Barbour"/> Walker won the election in a historic victory, becoming "the youngest person and first Republican [ever] elected to the position"<ref name="Timeline"/> in a liberal county.<ref name="Barbour"/> As Milwaukee County Executive, Walker again showed his strong conservative values by shrinking the government workforce by 20 percent, by cutting over $44 million in proposed spending through his veto powers, and returning $370,000 of his government salary back to the county, among many other decisions.<ref name="Barbour"/> Walker was re-elected to the position in 2004 and 2008,<ref name="Timeline"/><ref name="Bio"/> and despite being in a liberal county, he ran as a conservative.<ref name="Bio"/>

In January 2005, Walker announced he would run for Wisconsin Governor in the 2006 election.<ref name="Isenstadt2015">Isenstadt, Alex (March 29, 2015). [https://www.politico.com/story/2015/03/the-crushing-defeat-that-shaped-scott-walker-116490 The crushing defeat that shaped Scott Walker]. ''Politico''. Retrieved November 20, 2016.</ref> In March 2006, after 14 months of campaigning and due to low campaign funds and support, Walker dropped out of the race and endorsed his Republican primary opponent, Congressman [[Mark Green]], actively campaigning for him.<ref name="Isenstadt2015"/> Green lost the election, and this helped position Walker as the frontrunner in the 2010 election.<ref name="Isenstadt2015"/>

==Governor of Wisconsin==
===2010 election===
Walker ran for and was elected Governor of Wisconsin, defeating liberal, [[pro-abortion]] Democrat Tom Barrett with over 52 percent of the vote.<ref name="Bio"/><ref>[http://elections.wi.gov/sites/default/files/percent%20results%20post%20recount_120710.pdf Government Accountability Canvas Reporting System, 2010 Election Results]. ''State of Wisconsin''. Pg. 1. December 8, 2010. Retrieved November 5, 2016.</ref> As with his previous campaigns, Walker ran on a strong conservative platform, including support for gun-rights, life, marriage between a man and a woman, among other issues.<ref name="Timeline"/> Walker's victory came amid a massive series of GOP victories, as conservative Republican [[Ron Johnson]] won the contested U.S. Senate seat, and the party gained majorities in the U.S. House delegation, State Assembly, and State Senate.<ref>[http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/politics/2010-11-02-wi-full-election-results_N.htm Wisconsin: GOP wins Senate, House, gov. seats, ousting Feingold]. ''USA Today'' (from ''AP''). November 3, 2010. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref><ref>Stein, Jason & Johnson, Annysa (November 3, 2010). [http://archive.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/106582898.html Republicans take over state Senate, Assembly]. ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref>

===Right to work and 2012 recall election===
:''See also: [[Wisconsin budget controversy]]''
Scott Walker became a leader of [[conservatives]] nationwide when he supported and then signed into law a repeal of most of the [[collective bargaining]] privileges of most government workers.<ref name="Timeline"/><ref name="Bio"/> Walker took this historic step to prevent the State from continuing on a path of financial ruin and overspending.<ref>Lieb, David & Ramde, Dinesh (March 1, 2011). [https://web.archive.org/web/20110304202127/http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=13017077&page=1 Wis. Gov. to Outline Ultimate Intentions in Budget]. ''ABC News'' (from ''AP'', archived at ''archive.org''). Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref>

[[Labor union|Union]]-controlled leftist politicians went berserk at the commonsense bill to reduce union control over the state, and they blocked the bill for three weeks by fleeing to [[Illinois]] until the Senate removed "some financial elements from the bill", making it legal to pass it without the missing Democrats.<ref>Marley, Patrick & Lee Bergquist, Lee (March 9, 2011). [http://archive.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/117656563.html With Democrats absent, Republicans advance collective bargaining changes]. ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> Leftists continued to fight the bill, but it was ultimately declared to be legal, twice, by the Wisconsin Supreme Court.<ref name="Timeline"/><ref>Marley, Patrick & Lee Bergquist, Lee (June 14, 2011). [http://archive.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/123859034.html Supreme Court reinstates collective bargaining law]. ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref>

Walker faced a [[liberal]]-promoted [[recall election]] on June 5, 2012, but won it by a landslide—53 percent of the vote, even more than in 2010.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/06/05/polls-close-in-wisconsin-voter-turnout-reported-heavy.html Wisconsin's Walker survives recall by wide margin]. ''Fox News''. June 6, 2012. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> By late May, [[liberals]] were already beginning to blame each other for Walker's lead in the polls: "Top [[union]] officials are lashing out at Washington [[Democrat]]s, claiming they haven't done enough to help them unseat Gov. Scott Walker in [[Wisconsin]]'s [[recall]] election."<ref>Joseph, Cameron & Bogardus, Kevin (May 25, 2012). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/229485-unions-angry-with-washington-democrats-over-lack-of-help-in-wisconsin Unions angry with Democrats over lack of help in Wisconsin governor's recall]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> Walker became the first governor in United States history to survive a recall election.<ref>Montopoli, Brian (June 6, 2012). [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/scott-walker-wins-wisconsin-recall-election/ Scott Walker wins Wisconsin recall election]. ''CBS News''. Retrieved November 20, 2016.</ref>

===2014 election===
[[File:Scott Walker 2014 Wisconsin Governor Victory Party.jpg|thumb|200px|Scott Walker celebrating his 2014 re-election.]]
Scott Walker was reelected again in 2014—his third successful gubernatorial election in four years—with over 52 percent of the vote, defeating liberal Mary Burke.<ref>Higgins, Sean (November 5, 2014). [http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/scott-walker-wins-br-re-election-in-wisconsin/article/2555742 Gov. Scott Walker wins re-election in Wisconsin]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref><ref>Rocha, Polo (November 6, 2014). [https://badgerherald.com/news/2014/11/06/how-scott-walker-won-his-third-governors-race-in-four-years/ How Scott Walker won his third governor’s race in four years]. ''The Badger Herald''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref>

===Reforms===
When Scott Walker took office, Wisconsin had a budget deficit of $3.6 billion.<ref name="Helped">Szafir, CJ (April 22, 2016). [http://www.nationalreview.com/article/434401/ Walker’s Union Reforms Have Helped, Not Hurt, Wisconsinites]. ''National Review''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> Instead of raising taxes, the governor has set out on a mission to reduce costs across the board, make Wisconsin a business-friendly state, and give local governments the ability to make their own spending decisions.<ref name="Helped"/> The state's [[labor union]]s were in an uproar and protested Walker's decision to end union [[collective bargaining]] and weaken the tight grip they had on the state and its people.

Due to Walker's reforms, Wisconsin taxpayers have saved over $5.24 billion as of 2016, or $2,291 per household.<ref name="Helped"/><ref>[http://www.maciverinstitute.com/2016/02/act-10-saves-wisconsin-taxpayers-more-than-5-billion-over-5-years-maciver-analysis-finds/ Act 10 Saves Wisconsin Taxpayers More Than $5 Billion Over 5 Years, MacIver Analysis Finds]. ''MacIver Institute''. February 25, 2016. Retrieved July 4, 2018.</ref> In addition, the state has saved over $3.36 billion and has increased its revenue by $404.8 million.<ref name="Helped"/> Despite leftist claims that Wisconsin's economy has stagnated under Walker, the evidence is overwhelming that the opposite is the case.<ref name="WSJ">Puzder, Andy (May 3, 2015). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-closer-look-at-scott-walkers-record-on-jobs-1430688558 A Closer Look at Scott Walker’s Record on Jobs]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref>

Walker has been a strong advocate for the [[unborn]]. In 2011, he signed the Wisconsin state budget into law, which defunded [[Planned Parenthood]], making Wisconsin the fourth state to defund the illegal program.<ref>Zagorski, Sarah (August 24, 2015). [https://www.lifenews.com/2015/08/24/scott-walker-pushes-bill-to-de-fund-planned-parenthood-after-it-sells-aborted-baby-parts/ Scott Walker Pushes Bill to De-Fund Planned Parenthood After It Sells Aborted Baby Parts]. ''LifeNews.com''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> In addition, Walker has signed other [[pro-life]] bills into law,<ref>[http://archive.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/scott-walker-outlines-abortion-gay-marriage-positions-in-letter-b99375704z1-279975922.html Scott Walker outlines abortion, gay marriage positions in letter]. ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel'' (from ''AP''). October 22, 2014. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> including one to ban abortion after the 20th week of pregnancy.<ref>Stein, Jason (July 20, 2015). [http://archive.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/scott-walker-signs-bill-banning-abortions-after-20-weeks-b99540949z1-317539131.html Scott Walker signs 20-week abortion ban, trooper pay raise]. ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> He has criticized the notion that abortion is necessary to save the life of the mother in certain cases, calling it a "false choice."<ref>Spicuzza, Mary (August 8, 2015). [http://archive.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/scott-walker-calls-abortion-to-save-a-womans-life-a-false-choice-b99553080z1-321141741.html Scott Walker calls abortion to save a woman's life a 'false choice']. ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel''. Retrieved November 19, 2016.</ref> On April 3, 2018, Walker signed a bill into law that excluded abortion coverage from state health insurance plans.<ref>Freiburger, Calvin (April 3, 2018). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/wisconsin-governor-signs-bill-banning-abortion-insurance-coverage-for-state Wisconsin governor signs bill banning abortion insurance coverage for state employees]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved April 4, 2018.</ref>

On March 9, 2015, Walker signed into law a bill making Wisconsin a [[right to work]] state.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/03/09/wisconsin-gov-walker-to-sign-right-to-work-bill.html Gov. Walker signs bill making Wisconsin right-to-work state]. ''Fox News'' (from ''AP''). March 9, 2015. Retrieved October 21, 2015.</ref> Once again, the unions went wild in opposition due to the loss of their massive power and filed a lawsuit against the law. As of May 2016, the law is still in effect but in a vulnerable position.<ref>[http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/midwest/ct-wisconsin-right-to-work-law-20160524-story.html Court puts ruling striking down Wisconsin's right-to-work law on hold]. ''Chicago Tribune''. May 24, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref>

Walker also has greatly expanded [[gun rights]] for Wisconsin residents. In 2011, he signed [[concealed carry]]<ref>Stein, Jason (July 8, 2011). [http://archive.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/125235719.html Walker signs concealed-carry measure into law]. ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> and the [[Castle Doctrine]]<ref>Stein, Jason (December 7, 2011). [http://archive.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/walker-to-sign-castle-doctrine-bill-wednesday-bh3brej-135197918.html Walker signs 'castle doctrine' bill, other measures]. ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> into law. Walker's support for gun rights did not end there. On June 24, 2015, Walker signed two bills into law that removed Wisconsin's 48-hour waiting period for buying guns and gave retired or off-duty law enforcement officials the legal right to carry concealed guns into public schools.<ref>Strauss, Daniel (June 24, 2015). [https://www.politico.com/story/2015/06/scott-walker-two-gun-bills-119380 Scott Walker signs two pro-gun bills]. ''Politico''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> He has earned an "A+" rating from the [[National Rifle Association]].<ref>[https://www.nrapvf.org/articles/20140922/nra-endorses-scott-walker-for-governor-in-wisconsin NRA Endorses Scott Walker for Governor in Wisconsin]. ''NRA-PVF''. September 22, 2014. Retrieved October 22, 2016.</ref>

Walker has supported [[Israel]], and in October 2017, he signed an executive order to ban state agencies from doing business with firms with ties to the anti-Israel [[Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions]] movement.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2017/10/31/wisconsin-governor-scott-walker-signs-bill-barring-israel-boycotts/ Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Signs Bill Barring Israel Boycotts]. ''Breitbart News''. October 31, 2017. Retrieved October 31, 2017.</ref>

===2016 presidential primaries===
Walker announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination in the [[2016 presidential election]] on July 13, 2015.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/07/13/walker-announces-2016-white-house-bid.html Walker announces 2016 White House bid, vows to 'fight for America']. ''Fox News''. July 13, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> Despite his popularity, strong position, and early lead in the polls, Walker dropped out on September 21 after the rise of [[Donald Trump]].<ref>Lowry, Rich & Johnson, Eliana (September 8, 2015). [http://www.nationalreview.com/article/423725/ Scott Walker: What Went Wrong?]. ''National Review''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref><ref>Eric Bradner, John King, Dana Bash and Jeff Zeleny (September 21, 2015). [https://www.cnn.com/2015/09/21/politics/scott-walker-drops-out-2016-election/ Scott Walker drops out of 2016 presidential race]. ''CNN''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> He endorsed [[Texas]] Senator [[Ted Cruz]] for the GOP nomination,<ref>Glueck, Katie & Gass, Nick (March 29, 2016). [https://www.politico.com/story/2016/03/scott-walker-endorses-ted-cruz-221327 Scott Walker endorses Ted Cruz]. ''Politico''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> but he put his full support behind Trump after he won the primary.<ref>Gass, Nick (July 20, 2016). [https://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/rnc-2016-scott-walker-donald-trump-endorsement-225914 Walker 'absolutely' endorses Trump]. ''Politico''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref><ref>Gilbert, Craig (July 21, 2016). [http://archive.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/scott-walker-joins-backlash-over-cruz-refusal-to-endorse-trump-b99765830z1-387827571.html Scott Walker joins backlash over Cruz refusal to endorse Trump]. ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> Walker helped conservative [[Indiana]] governor and GOP vice presidential nominee [[Mike Pence]] prepare for the vice presidential debate against [[Virginia]] Senator [[Tim Kaine]], which Pence decisively won.<ref>Shih, Adrienne (October 5, 2016). [https://www.cnn.com/2016/10/05/politics/scott-walker-mike-pence-debate/ Gov. Scott Walker: Mike Pence didn't 'take the bait' at debate]. ''CNN''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref>

===Trump carries state===
Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election in a historic and massive upset.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/11/08/first-polls-close-in-2016-race-trump-projected-to-win-ind-ky-clinton-wins-vt.html Trump wins presidency, defeats Clinton in historic election upset]. ''Fox News''. November 8, 2016. Retrieved November 9, 2016.</ref><ref name="Build">Bauer, Scott (November 9, 2016). [http://www.charlotteobserver.com/entertainment/tv/article113209848.html Republicans build majorities in Legislature]. ''The Charlotte Observer'' (from ''AP''). Retrieved November 9, 2016.</ref> In addition, Trump won Wisconsin in an equally surprising upset, becoming the first Republican to do so since [[United States presidential election, 1984|1984]].<ref name="Build"/><ref>Kueppers, Courtney (November 8, 2016). [http://www.wpr.org/trump-becomes-1st-republican-presidential-candidate-1984-win-wisconsin Trump Becomes First Republican Presidential Candidate Since 1984 To Win Wisconsin]. ''Wisconsin Public Radio''. Retrieved November 9, 2016.</ref> Also, the state GOP won historic victories in the state legislature, building their largest majorities since 1957,<ref name="Build"/><ref>Marley, Patrick & Stein, Jason (November 9, 2016). [http://www.sheboyganpress.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/11/08/gop-retains-hold-legislature/93163322/ GOP strengthens hold on Legislature]. ''Sheboygan Press''. Retrieved November 9, 2016.</ref> and conservative Republican U.S. Senator [[Ron Johnson]] defeated liberal [[Russ Feingold]] a second time for a second term.<ref name="Build"/><ref>Schleifer, Theodore (November 8, 2016). [https://www.cnn.com/2016/11/08/politics/ron-johnson-russ-feingold-wisconsin-senate-election-results/ Ron Johnson earns surprise GOP win in Wisconsin Senate race]. ''CNN''. Retrieved November 9, 2016.</ref> This put Walker and the Wisconsin Republican Party in a very strong position,<ref>Litke, Eric (November 10, 2016). [http://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/11/10/5-wisconsin-winners-trump-tidal-wave/93550526/ 5 Wisconsin winners in Trump tidal wave]. ''Post-Crescent''. Retrieved November 12, 2016.</ref> and it coincided with major electoral gains for the GOP.<ref>Bosman, Julie & Davey, Monica (November 11, 2016). [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/12/us/republicans-expand-control-in-a-deeply-divided-nation.html Republicans Expand Control in a Deeply Divided Nation]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved November 14, 2016.</ref>

===2018 election===
Walker faced a tough re-election campaign in 2018.<ref>Lucas, Fred (October 11, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/is-scott-walkers-winning-streak-nearing-an-end-wisconsin-race-poses-challenge Is Scott Walker's winning streak nearing an end? Wisconsin race poses challenge]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved October 11, 2018.</ref><ref>Finley, Allysia (October 26, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/scott-walkers-toughest-campaign-1540594583 Scott Walker’s Toughest Campaign]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved October 26, 2018.</ref> Walker ultimately lost the election by a narrow margin.<ref>Darrah, Nicole (November 7, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/scott-walker-concedes-to-democrat-tony-evers-in-wisconsin-gubernatorial-race Scott Walker concedes to Democrat Tony Evers in Wisconsin gubernatorial race]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved November 11, 2018.</ref><ref>Wilson, Reid (November 7, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/414904-dem-defeats-scott-walker-in-wisconsin-governors-race Dem defeats Scott Walker in Wisconsin governor’s race]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved November 11, 2018.</ref> Voting irregularities and mishandling of ballots in Milwaukee county occurred.<ref>https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/11/07/scott-walker-eyes-damaged-absentee-ballots-recount-decision/1918944002/</ref>

==Personal life==
Walker married his wife, Tonette, in 1993, and together they have two sons.<ref name="JordanWaPo">Jordan, Mary (July 5, 2015). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/scott-walkers-wife-toughened-by-life-adds-steel-to-the-gop-candidates-spine/2015/07/05/61337f5d-2513-4698-8f27-647e28b3c8cc_story.html Scott Walker’s wife, toughened by life, is ready for fires of a campaign]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> Walker is a [[born-again Christian]].<ref>Erickson, Doug (January 3, 2011). [http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_17ec4e3a-1775-11e0-9756-001cc4c002e0.html Inauguration day starts with prayer breakfast]. ''Wisconsin State Journal''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> Despite his strong Christian and conservative stances, Walker's wife and sons disagree with him both on certain political and religious issues.<ref name="JordanWaPo"/>

==External links==
*[http://www.wisgov.state.wi.us/ Governor of Wisconsin Official Site]
*[https://www.scottwalker.com Scott Walker 2016 campaign website]
*[https://ballotpedia.org/Scott_Walker Profile] on Ballotpedia

==References==
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'''Arizona''' on February 14, 1912 became the forty-eighth state to enter the union, and the last of the "lower 48" (contiguous) states to enter. It is known as the [[Grand Canyon]] State. Its capital and largest city is [[Phoenix (city)|Phoenix]].<ref>http://az.gov/</ref>

Arizona has always been politically conservative, but until 1952 the conservative Democrats were in control. Thanks to [[Barry Goldwater]], Republicans built a strong base and controlled the electoral vote. In recent years, the state has gained population rapidly and the two parties are evenly matched.

The growth engine of large scale immigration from California and Mexico, and housing construction collapsed with the [[Recession of 2008]], and the economy is struggling.

The state Constitution of Arizona, like all of the other 50 states, acknowledges God or our Creator or the ''Sovereign Ruler of the Universe''. It says:
:''We the people of the State of Arizona, grateful to Almighty God for our liberties, do ordain this Constitution.''

== Geography & Population ==

*The state is bordered by the following states: [[California]], [[Nevada]], [[Utah]], [[Colorado]], and [[New Mexico]] (the latter three meet at a single point known as the "Four Corners", the only place where four states meet; the site is a popular tourist attraction which allows people to photograph themselves physically in four states), as well as Mexico.
[[File:Tucson1.jpg|thumb|120px]]
*Total Land Area: 113,635 square miles

*Highest Elevation: 12,633 ft (Humphreys Peak)

*Population (in 2005): 5,939,292

*Most populated cities in Arizona:

:[[Phoenix (city)|Phoenix]], Population: 1,321,045
:[[Tucson]], Population: 486,699
:Mesa, Population: 396,375
:Glendale, Population: 218,812
:Scottsdale, Population: 202,705 <ref>http://www.theus50.com/arizona/cities.php</ref>

Arizona has a large population of people of [[Native American]] descent. The Indian tribes who inhabited the land that is now Arizona include the [[Apache]], [[Navajo]], [[Mojave]] and [[Yavapai]].<ref>http://www.theus50.com/arizona/history.shtml</ref>

==Political culture==
In more recent years, the [[Republican Party]] has generally dominated Arizona politics and the [[Arizona legislature|state legislature]]. In 2004, President [[George W. Bush]] won the state's ten electoral votes by a margin of 10 percentage points with 55% of the vote, and in 2008 [[John McCain]] won the state with 54% of the vote. Republicans control both chambers of the state legislature. Their two [[United States Senator]]s are Republican and no Democrat holds statewide office. This was until 2018 when the voters elected Democrat Kyrsten Sinema over Martha McSally. However, Arizona became the first U.S. state to vote against an anti-gay marriage amendment in the 2006 midterm elections. Although [[gay marriage]] is still illegal in Arizona, this amendment would have abolished civil unions and domestic partnerships for [[homosexual]] couples. Arizona has consistently been a [[red state]] in presidential elections since 1952, except in 1996 when [[Bill Clinton]] won the state. Excepting Clinton, the last [[Democrat]] to win Arizona in a presidential election was [[Harry Truman]] in 1948.

== Notable Arizonans ==

*[[Barry Goldwater]] (Conservative leader), GOP presidential nominee in 1964
* [[John McCain]] (Republican leader), GOP presidential nominee in 2008
*[[Frank Lloyd Wright]] (Architect)
*[[Stewart Udall]] (former Congressman and Secretary of the Interior)
*[[Erma Bombeck]] (Writer)
*[[William Rehnquist]] (Supreme Court chief justice)
*[[Sandra Day O'Connor]] (Supreme Court justice)
*[[James Rhodes]] (Republican leader in Congress)

==Elected Officials==
===Federal===
*Senator [[John Kyl]] (R)
*Senator [[Jeff Flake]] (R)
*Rep. [[Tom O'Halleran]] [D, AZ-1]
*Rep. [[Ann Kirpatrick]] [D, AZ-2]
*Rep. [[Raul Grijalva]] [D, AZ-3]
*Rep. [[Paul Gosar]] [R, AZ-4]
*Rep. [[Andy Biggs]] [R, AZ-5]
*Rep. [[David Schweikert]] [R, AZ-6]
*Rep. [[Ruben Gallego]] [D, AZ-7]
*Rep. [[Debbie Lesko]] [R, AZ-8]
*Rep. [[Greg Stanton]] [D, AZ-9]
[[Image:Jan Brewer.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Governor Jan Brewer]]
===Statewide===
*Governor [[Doug Ducey]] (R)
*Attorney General [[Mark Brnovich]] (R)
*Secretary of State [[Katie Hobbs]] (D)
*State Treasurer [[Eileen Klein]] (R)
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==See also==
* [[Senator from Arizona]]
* [[Survivalism]] and [[Survivalist retreat]]s

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

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Wisconsin

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|language=English
|governor=Tony Evers
|gparty=Democrat
|senator1=Ron Johnson
|s1party=Republican
|s1phone=(202) 224-5323
|s1email=https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/email-the-senator Contact
|senator2=Tammy Baldwin
|s2party=Democrat
|s2phone=(202) 224-5653
|s2email=https://www.baldwin.senate.gov/feedback Contact
|population=
|date=May 29, 1848 (30th)
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[[Image:Wisconsin ref 2001.jpg|300 px|thumb|right|Geographic map of Wisconsin]]
'''Wisconsin''', the "Badger State", or unofficially "America's Dairyland", was the thirtieth state to enter the union, on May 29, 1848. The capital city of Wisconsin is [[Madison]].

The town of Ripon in Wisconsin was "The Birthplace of the [[Republican Party]]" in 1854.

The state tree is the sugar maple, the state song is "[[On Wisconsin]]", the state flower is the wood violet, the state bird is the American [[robin]], the state animal is the [[badger]], the state [[fossil]] is the [[trilobite]], and the state fish is the [[muskellunge]].<ref>http://www.legis.state.wi.us/senate/scc/kids/facts.htm</ref>

The state Constitution of Wisconsin, like all of the other 50 states, acknowledges God or our Creator or the ''Sovereign Ruler of the Universe''. It says:
:''We, the people of Wisconsin, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, in order to secure its blessings, form a more perfect government, insure domestic tranquility and promote the general welfare, do establish this constitution.''

==History==
===Prior to U.S. independence===
The first people believed to have inhabited Wisconsin are called "Paleo-Indians", adaptable communities believed by those who accept [[evolution]] to have lived around 12,500 to 8,000 years ago,<ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-002/?action=more_essay First Peoples]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 22, 2016.</ref> although evidence strongly points to a more recent timeframe.<ref>answersingenesis.org and other sources</ref> In the centuries surrounding the life of [[Jesus Christ|Christ]], the natives began to domesticate and build great mounds—culminating in the Effigy Mounds culture during the [[Early Middle Ages]].<ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-004/?action=more_essay Effigy Mounds Culture]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 22, 2016.</ref> Around AD 1000, a new people and a relatively advanced culture, the Middle Mississippian culture, penetrated the area, emigrating from ceremonial city of Cahokia, which is estimated to have had tens-of-thousands of inhabitants.<ref name="Mississippian">[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-003/?action=more_essay Mississippian Culture and Aztalan]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 22, 2016.</ref> They built several communities in Wisconsin, which was at the far north of their reach, and they lasted until about AD 1200.<ref name="Mississippian"/> After European settlers started advancing inward, numerous native peoples moved westward, many of them settling in Wisconsin.<ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-005/?action=more_essay Iroquois Wars of the 17th Century]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 22, 2016.</ref>

Europeans began exploring Wisconsin around the 1620s-30s, with Etienne Brule widely believed to have been the first European explorer to visit in 1622, although the authenticity of the account is disputed.<ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-006/?action=more_essay Arrival of the First Europeans]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 22, 2016.</ref> Wisconsin was under [[France|French]] influence until 1760, when the [[British Empire|British]] took over.<ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-008/?action=more_essay Colonialism Transforms Indian Life]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 22, 2016.</ref> The [[fur trade]] dominated economic activity in Wisconsin during the colonial period, where Europeans sold various items to the natives for [[beaver]] skins.<ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-007/?action=more_essay The French Fur Trade]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 22, 2016.</ref>

===U.S. territory===
On July 13, 1787, the [[Northwest Ordinance]] was adopted by the American [[Second Continental Congress]], which created a provisional government over the land northwest of the [[Ohio River]], including present-day Wisconsin.<ref name="Northwest1787">[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-009/?action=more_essay The Northwest Ordinance, 1787]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 22, 2016.</ref> [[Slavery]] was prohibited in this territory.<ref name="Northwest1787"/> Wisconsin only saw one conflict on its territory during the [[War of 1812]] at Fort Shelby on St. Feriole Island at Prairie du Chien in 1814.<ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-010/?action=more_essay The War of 1812]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 22, 2016.</ref> Several battles of the 1832 [[Black Hawk War]], including the [[Battle of Wisconsin Heights]], were fought in Wisconsin.<ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-012/?action=more_essay The Black Hawk War]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 22, 2016.</ref> The first territorial capital was Belmont,<ref>[http://www.belmontwi.com/pages/1/index.htm Belmont Wisconsin] town website</ref> located about thirty miles from Dubuque, Iowa.

During the first half of the 19th Century, natives lost control over Wisconsin land and whites settled the land.<ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-013/?action=more_essay Treaty Councils, from Prairie du Chien to Madeline Island]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 22, 2016.</ref><ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-011/?action=more_essay Early U.S. Settlement]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 22, 2016.</ref> A major survey of Wisconsin began in 1832 in order to measure and subdivide the land, and this would not be complete until 1866.<ref name="Northwest1787"/> On July 4, 1836, due to sufficient population growth, Wisconsin Territory was formed, created out of Michigan Territory.<ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-014/?action=more_essay The Creation of Wisconsin Territory]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 22, 2016.</ref>

Wisconsin enjoyed a lead mining boom in the 1830s and 40s until the [[California]] gold rush of 1849 drew many miners away. It was a mining state before it became a predominantly agricultural state. Metallic lead could be picked up from the ground without digging. Cornish miners (from Britain) were some of the earliest European settlers of the state.<ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-026/?action=more_essay Lead Mining in Southwestern Wisconsin]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved November 2, 2016.</ref>

===Statehood===
In 1846, Wisconsin voters passed a referendum to become a U.S. state.<ref name="WSconstitution">[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-015/?action=more_essay The State Constitutions of 1846 and 1848]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 22, 2016.</ref> A constitutional convention met in [[Madison, Wisconsin]], drafting a very "advanced and progressive" constitution in December 1846 that included several controversial measures, such as allowing immigrants who applied for citizenship to vote and black suffrage.<ref name="WSconstitution"/> The proposed constitution was defeated in an April 1847 referendum, and a new convention drafted "a more acceptable and moderate" constitution, which was accepted by the voters in March 1848.<ref name="WSconstitution"/> Wisconsin was admitted into the Union as the 30th state on May 29, 1848.<ref>[http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/wisconsin-enters-the-union Wisconsin enters the Union - This Day in History]. ''History.com''. Retrieved November 22, 2016.</ref>

Prior to the [[Civil War]], Wisconsin was an important stop on the [[Underground Railroad]].<ref name="History.com">[http://www.history.com/topics/us-states/wisconsin Wisconsin]. ''History.com''. Retrieved November 22, 2016.</ref> "Wisconsin soldiers fought in every major battle of the Civil War," with the Iron Brigade being the most well-known unit from the state.<ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-023/?action=more_essay The Iron Brigade, Old Abe and Military Affairs]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 23, 2016.</ref>

Between 1840 and 1880, Wisconsin was considered "America's breadbasket", with 1/6th of all [[wheat]] grown in the U.S. coming from the state.<ref name="Dairy">[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-028/?action=more_essay The Rise of Dairy Farming]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 22, 2016.</ref> However, by the end of the 19th Century, dairy farming was becoming prevalent, with mainly [[Germany|German]] and [[Scandinavian]] immigrants taking up the industry.<ref name="Dairy"/> By 1915, Wisconsin produced the most butter and cheese out of every other state.<ref name="Dairy"/> In addition, skilled manufacturing became prevalent in the state.<ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-044/?action=more_essay The Rise of Skilled Manufacturing]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 22, 2016.</ref> The state also had a major logging industry during the late 19th and early 20th Centuries.<ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-027/?action=more_essay Logging and Forest Products]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 23, 2016.</ref>

In 1889, the Wisconsin legislature enacted the [[Bennett Law]], which required that schools use only [[English language|English]] in classes and enacted several schooling regulations.<ref name="BennettL.">[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-031/?action=more_essay Americanization and the Bennett Law]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 23, 2016.</ref> Propoents of the law hoped it would help German immigrants assimilate into American culture and society, but the law provoked a backlash from Germans and other ethnic groups against the [[Republican Party|GOP]], which had supported the law.<ref name="BennettL."/> In the next elections, Republicans were voted out and the law was eventually repealed.<ref>[https://emke.uwm.edu/entry/bennett-law/ Bennett Law]. ''Encyclopedia of Milwaukee''. Retrieved Novmeber 23, 2016.</ref> Despite this, German schools, which had once only taught in German, started also using English in teaching.<ref name="BennettL."/> Similar assimilation attempts were attempted in regards with [[North American Indians|Native Americans]] between the late 19th Century through the 1920s.<ref name="BennettL."/>

Despite having been previously rejected attempts at [[women's suffrage]], Wisconsin became the first state to ratify the [[19th Amendment]] on June 10, 1919.<ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-032/?action=more_essay The Woman's Suffrage Movement]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 23, 2016.</ref>

===Political history===
Wisconsin has an interesting political history that is not easy to define. Prominent political leaders from Wisconsin have come from all sides of the political spectrum,<ref>Vogeler, Ingolf K. & Finley, Robert W. [https://www.britannica.com/place/Wisconsin/Government-and-society Constitutional framework - Wisconin]. ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Retrieved November 24, 2016.</ref> from staunch conservatives like [[Scott Walker]] to Socialists like [[Victor Berger]]. The Republican Party dominated Wisconsin politics from the party's formation until the [[Great Depression]],<ref name="Maturity">Vogeler, Ingolf K. & Finley, Robert W. [https://www.britannica.com/place/Wisconsin/Government-and-society Political and economic maturity - Wisconin]. ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Retrieved November 24, 2016.</ref> but both Republicans and Democrats have performed well in Wisconsin, especially since the Depression.<ref name="Maturity"/><ref name="WSencyc"/><ref>[http://www.270towin.com/states/Wisconsin Wisconsin]. ''270towin.com''. Retrieved November 24, 2016.</ref> It is often considered a [[swing state]].

The [[Free Soil Party]] performed above average in Wisconsin in the [[United States presidential election, 1848|1848]]<ref>[http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/national.php?year=1848 1848 Presidential General Election Results]. ''uselectionatlas.org''. Retrieved November 23, 2016.</ref> and [[United States presidential election, 1852|1852]]<ref>[http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/national.php?year=1852 1852 Presidential General Election Results]. ''uselectionatlas.org''. Retrieved November 23, 2016.</ref> presidential elections.<ref name="RiponGOP">[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-022/?action=more_essay Wisconsin and the Republican Party]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 23, 2016.</ref>

====Formation of the Republican Party====
[[File:C-library.jpg|thumb|290px|The Carnegie Library in Ripon, built 1910]]
When the 1854 [[Kansas-Nebraska Act|Kansas-Nebraska bill]], which became law that same year, was proposed, it met very strong opposition in Wisconsin, regardless of one's political affiliation.<ref name="RiponGOP"/> Numerous meeting were held against the bill, and in one of them held in Ripon, Wisconsin on March 20, 1854,<ref name="History.com"/><ref>According to Encyclopedia.com, the date was February 28, 1854 [http://www.encyclopedia.com/places/united-states-and-canada/us-political-geography/wisconsin].</ref> political leaders under the leadership of lawyer [[Alvan E. Bovay]] proposed the creation of a new political party.<ref name="RiponGOP"/> Other similar meetings also supported creating a new party, and "in July of 1854, a convention was held in [[Madison, Wisconsin|Madison]] to organize the new party"—the [[Republican Party]].<ref name="RiponGOP"/> Ripon is thus considered by many to be birthplace of the party.<ref name="RiponGOP"/> From the beginning, the Republican Party performed very well in the state.<ref name="RiponGOP"/>

====Wisconsin Progressivism====
Beginning around the turn of the 20th Century, the ideology of [[Progressivism]] became prominent in Wisconsin politics, with Progressivists taking control of the Republican Party, which was dominant in state politics, around 1900.<ref name="WSidea">[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-036/?action=more_essay Progressivism and the Wisconsin Idea]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 23, 2016.</ref> While Republican Wisconsin governor and senator [[Robert M. La Follette]] led the movement on the state and national level, there were numerous other Progressivist leaders in Wisconsin, including governor [[James Davidson]].<ref name="WSidea"/> Progressivists enacted much legislation during this time, on both the state and federal level, which [[Big government|massively increased]] the size and scope of the government.<ref name="WSidea"/> Despite the successes of Progressivism, numerous people, including within the Republican Party, disagreed with Progressivist policies, although for differing reasons.<ref name="WSidea"/> The "[[Wisconsin Idea]]" was developed during this time.<ref name="WSidea"/>

During the [[Great Depression]] in the 1930s, Progressivists continued to enact legislation in Wisconsin that expanded government programs and power, this time under the leadership of Robert La Follette's two sons, Robert La Follette Jr. and Phil La Follette.<ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-045/?action=more_essay Depression and Unemployment]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 23, 2016.</ref> In 1934, Progressivist Republicans, who were dissatisfied with the conservatism of both the GOP and the Democrats, split from the GOP and formed the [[Wisconsin Progressive Party]].<ref name="WPP">[http://www.encyclopedia.com/economics/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/wisconsin-progressive-party Wisconsin Progressive Party]. ''Encyclopedia.com''. Retrieved November 23, 2016.</ref> The party performed very well in the succeeding elections at first, capturing the governorship and state legislature, and was able to enact a "Little New Deal".<ref name="WPP"/> However, the party eventually lost support and was dissolved in 1946.<ref name="WPP"/>

Later in the 20th Century, the [[Democratic Party]] continued its support for big government, Progressivist policies, and during this time it increased in size and power in the state.<ref name="WSencyc">[http://www.encyclopedia.com/places/united-states-and-canada/us-political-geography/wisconsin Wisconsin]. ''Encyclopedia.com''. Retrieved November 24, 2016.</ref>

====Socialism====
While Progressivists supported government intervention in the economy and society, the [[leftist]] Socialists, who dominated especially in [[Milwaukee]] around the same time, were more extreme, supporting the total replacement of [[capitalism]] with a very expansive government, as well as "a [[planned economy]] of state-owned industries."<ref name="SewerS">[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-043/?action=more_essay Milwaukee Sewer Socialism]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 23, 2016.</ref> While there was socialist political activity for years prior, "the first formal manifestation of Socialism in Milwaukee came with the establishment of the Social-Democratic Party in 1897,"<ref name="SewerS"/> which eventually became the [[Socialist Party of America]]. The party was led by [[Victor Berger]], who in 1910 became the first Socialist Party candidate elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.<ref name="SewerS"/> In that same election, the Socialist Party took complete control over Milwaukee city and county.<ref name="SewerS"/> While the Socialists, including Berger and Milwaukee mayor Emil Seidel, were defeated in the 1912 election, Socialists were soon elected again and would continue to play a prominent but reduced role in Milwaukee politics for several decades.<ref name="SewerS"/>

Due to their emphasis on the basics of municipal service, Milwaukee Socialists were often called "sewer socialists".<ref name="SewerS"/> The last Socialist mayor in Milwaukee was Frank P. Zeidler, who was mayor from 1948 to 1960.<ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Content.aspx?dsNav=N:4294963828-4294963805&dsRecordDetails=R:CS346 Frank P. Zeidler — The Last Socialist to Run a Major American City]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 24, 2016.</ref>

====Conservatism in Wisconsin====
While Wisconsin is notable for its left-wing Progressivist and Socialist movements, numerous prominent conservatives also came from the state. One of them, [[Joseph McCarthy]], is notable for his strong [[Anti-Communist|anti-communism]] and his active attempts to uncover Communist subversives in the U.S. government.<ref>[http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1774.html Joseph McCarthy]. ''u-s-history.com''. Retrieved November 24, 2016.</ref><ref>de Toledano, Ralph (April 25, 2005). [http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-real-mccarthy/ The Real McCarthy]. ''The American Conservative''. Retrieved November 24, 2016.</ref>

[[Tommy Thompson]] was another prominent conservative, although he has also been considered a moderate.<ref>Walker, Dan (November 7, 2012). [http://archive.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/after-a-long-career-tommy-makes-his-political-exit-n77hmjj-177593341.html After a long career, Tommy makes his political exit]. ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel''. Retrieved November 24, 2016.</ref> He most prominently served as governor of Wisconsin from 1987 to 2001, and is famous for reforming the state's welfare system in order to reduce dependence on government, reducing the state's welfare [[caseload]] by 93 percent.<ref name="Thompson">[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-060/?action=more_essay Tommy Thompson and the Conservative Revolution]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 24, 2016.</ref><ref>Perlman, Ellen (1997). [http://www.governing.com/poy/Tommy-Thompson.html Tommy G. Thompson]. ''Governing''. Retrieved November 24, 2016.</ref> He also "created the nation's first school choice program" in 1990.<ref name="Thompson"/>

====Scott Walker and the conservative surge====
:''For further information, see [[Scott Walker]]''
[[File:Scott Walker 2014 Wisconsin Governor Victory Party.jpg|thumb|left|175px|Scott Walker celebrating his 2014 re-election.]]
Despite Thompson's accomplishments, the conservative [[Scott Walker]], who was first elected governor in 2010 has surpassed them. In the 2010 elections, conservative Republicans made large gains in Wisconsin, with Republicans taking control of the state legislature, the U.S. House delegation, and one U.S. Senate seat, all in addition to the governorship.<ref>[http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/politics/2010-11-02-wi-full-election-results_N.htm Wisconsin: GOP wins Senate, House, gov. seats, ousting Feingold]. ''USA Today'' (from ''AP''). November 3, 2010. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref><ref>Stein, Jason & Johnson, Annysa (November 3, 2010). [http://archive.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/106582898.html Republicans take over state Senate, Assembly]. ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref>

Walker became a leader of [[conservatives]] nationwide when he supported and then signed into law a repeal of most of the [[collective bargaining]] privileges of most government workers.<ref name="Bio">[http://www.biography.com/people/scott-walker-20941829 Scott Walker]. ''Biography.com''. Retrieved October 20, 2016.</ref> While liberals and [[labor unions]] strong opposed this move, Walker became the first governor to survive a recall election in 2012.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/06/05/polls-close-in-wisconsin-voter-turnout-reported-heavy.html Wisconsin's Walker survives recall by wide margin]. ''Fox News''. June 6, 2012. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> The GOP continued to make major gains, including in the 2016 elections,<ref name="Build">Bauer, Scott (November 9, 2016). [http://www.charlotteobserver.com/entertainment/tv/article113209848.html Republicans build majorities in Legislature]. ''The Charlotte Observer'' (from ''AP''). Retrieved November 9, 2016.</ref> when [[Donald Trump]] became the first Republican since 1984 to win the state, among other GOP victories.<ref>Kueppers, Courtney (November 8, 2016). [http://www.wpr.org/trump-becomes-1st-republican-presidential-candidate-1984-win-wisconsin Trump Becomes First Republican Presidential Candidate Since 1984 To Win Wisconsin]. ''Wisconsin Public Radio''. Retrieved November 9, 2016.</ref>

Walker and the other conservative Republicans made major changes in other areas, including abortion, [[gun rights]], and fiscal conservatism. Walker lost re election in 2018 to Democrat Tony Evers.

==Economy==
Southwestern Wisconsin is now a less heavily populated agricultural region even though for a while it was the economic center of the state. The Southeast, which includes Milwaukee and the suburban corridor running south to Chicago, is now the most populous section of the state.

Wisconsin is well known for its dairy industry and is a top producer of [[cheese]] in the US.

==Elected Officials==
As of 2017.

===Federal===
*Sen. [[Ron Johnson]] (R)
*Sen. [[Tammy Baldwin]] (D)
*Rep. [[Paul Ryan]] [R, WI-01]
*Rep. [[Mark Pocan]] [D, WI-02]
*Rep. [[Ron Kind]] [D, WI-03]
*Rep. [[Gwen Moore]] [D, WI-04]
*Rep. [[Jim Sensenbrenner]] [R, WI-05]
*Rep. [[Glenn Grothman]] [R, WI-06]
*Rep. [[Sean Duffy]] [R, WI-07]
*Rep. [[Mike Gallagher]] [R, WI-08]

===Statewide===
*Governor [[Tony Evers]] (D)
*Lt. Governor [[Mandela Barnes]] (D)
*Attorney General [[Josh Kaull]] (D)
*Secretary of State [[Doug La Follette]] (D)
*State Treasurer [[Sarah Godlewski]] (D)

===Legislature===

Wisconsin's legislative branch consists of a senate and an assembly.

In February 2011, 14 Democrat senators left the state to boycott a controversial Senate vote.<ref>http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/116381289.html</ref> See [[Wisconsin budget controversy]].

==Sports in Wisconsin==

[[Milwaukee]] is home to three professional sports teams. The [[Milwaukee Brewers|Brewers]] (baseball), the [[Milwaukee Bucks|Bucks]] (basketball), and the Admirals (hockey). Wisconsin is also home to the [[Green Bay Packers]] football team which has largest following, in the smallest city, of any professional sports team. Wisconsin is also home to various college sports programs, most notably the Wisconsin Badgers and the Marquette Golden Eagles.

== Abortion in Wisconsin ==

Wisconsin has the 8th lowest [[abortion rankings|abortion rate]] in the United States, and it has declined to a record low since 1974, the first year after ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'':<ref>Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com (Apr. 9, 2007)
https://www.lifenews.com/state2218.html</ref>

:There were 9,580 [[abortion]]s done in the state in 2006, down from 9,817 in 2005. This is the third year in a row that abortions in the Midwestern state have decreased and the number is the lowest since 1974.

:"Wisconsin Right to Life is ecstatic that Wisconsin abortion numbers continue to decline," Barbara Lyons, the group's director, told LifeNews.com in a statement.

:"In addition, the abortion rate (which represents the number of abortions per 1000 women of childbearing age) remains at 8, which is one of the lowest abortion rates in the nation," Lyons added. The national abortion rate is about 15 per 1,000 women.

:In the statement, Wisconsin Right to Life<ref>http://www.wisconsinrighttolife.org</ref> suggests that the abortions are on the decline because of its work and pro-life legislation the state has enacted and polls showing that younger Americans are more pro-life than previous generations. ...

:There are 14 abortions per 100 life births in Wisconsin, lower than the 24 per 100 live births nationwide.

:In 2006, there were 596 abortions on minors. Written consent (usually by a parent) was provided in 530 of these; the patient was an emancipated minor in 24; and a court granted a petition to waive the parental consent requirement in 42. There were no teens who got abortions after being victimized by sexual assault. ...

:Some 85 percent of the abortions were surgical and 15 percent involved abortion drugs, an increase of one percent over 2005.

===Pro-life legislation===
In 2011, conservative governor [[Scott Walker]] signed the Wisconsin state budget into law, which defunded [[Planned Parenthood]], making Wisconsin the fourth state to defund the illegal program.<ref>Zagorski, Sarah (August 24, 2015). [https://www.lifenews.com/2015/08/24/scott-walker-pushes-bill-to-de-fund-planned-parenthood-after-it-sells-aborted-baby-parts/ Scott Walker Pushes Bill to De-Fund Planned Parenthood After It Sells Aborted Baby Parts]. ''LifeNews.com''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> Walker also signed other [[pro-life]] bills into law,<ref>[http://archive.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/scott-walker-outlines-abortion-gay-marriage-positions-in-letter-b99375704z1-279975922.html Scott Walker outlines abortion, gay marriage positions in letter]. ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel'' (from ''AP''). October 22, 2014. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> including one banning abortion after the 20th week of pregnancy.<ref>Stein, Jason (July 20, 2015). [http://archive.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/scott-walker-signs-bill-banning-abortions-after-20-weeks-b99540949z1-317539131.html Scott Walker signs 20-week abortion ban, trooper pay raise]. ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref>

==Bibliography==
===Surveys===
* Campbell, Henry C. ''Wisconsin in Three Centuries, 1684-1905'' (4 vols., 1906), highly detailed popular history
* James K. Conant. ''Wisconsin Politics And Government: America's Laboratory of Democracy'' (2006)
* Richard Current, ''Wisconsin: A History'' (2001)
* Larry Gara; ''A Short History of Wisconsin'' 1962
* Holmes, Fred L. ''Wisconsin'' (5 vols., Chicago, 1946), detailed popular history with many biographies
* Robert C. Nesbit, ''Wisconsin: A History'' (rev. ed. 1989)
* Quaife, Milo M. ''Wisconsin, Its History and Its People, 1634-1924'' (4 vols., 1924), detailed popular history & biographies
* Raney, William Francis. ''Wisconsin: A Story of Progress'' (1940),
* A. H. Robinson and J. B. Culver, ed., ''The Atlas of Wisconsin'' (1974)
* I. Vogeler, ''Wisconsin: A Geography'' (1986);
* WPA, ''Wisconsin: A Guide to the Badger State'' 1941; detailed guide to every town and city, and cultural history

===Detailed scholarly studies===
* Anderson, Theodore A. ''A Century of Banking in Wisconsin'' (1954)
* Braun, John A ''Together in Christ: A history of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod'' (2000), 55 pp
* Buenker, John D. ''The History of Wisconsin. Volume IV The Progressive Era, 1893-1914'' (1998), highly detailed history
* Brøndal, Jørn. ''Ethnic Leadership and Midwestern Politics: Scandinavian Americans and the Progressive Movement in Wisconsin, 1890-1914.'' University of Illinois Press, 2004 ISBN 0-87732-095-0.
* Bungert, Heike, Cora Lee Kluge, and Robert Ostergren, eds. ''Wisconsin: German Land and Life.'' (Madison: Max Kade Institute, 2006. 260 pp. isbn 0-92411-926-8.)
* Butts, Porter. ''Art in Wisconsin'' ( Madison, 1936).
* Clark, James I. ''Education in Wisconsin'' (1958).
* Cochran, Thomas C. ''The Pabst Brewing Company'' (1948), the best history of any brewery
* Mike Corenthal. ''Illustrated History of Wisconsin Music 1840-1990: 150 Years'' (1991)
* Richard Nelson Current. ''History of Wisconsin: The Civil War Era, 1848-1873'' (1976) standard state history
* Curti, Merle and Carstensen, Vernon. ''The University of Wisconsin: A History'' (2 vols., 1949)
* Curti, Merle. ''The Making of an American Community A Case Study of Democracy in a Frontier County'' (1969), in-depth quantitative social history
* Fries, Robert F. ''Empire in Pine: The Story of Lumbering in Wisconsin, 1830-1900'' (1951).
* Paul Geib; "From Mississippi to Milwaukee: A Case Study of the Southern Black Migration to Milwaukee, 1940-1970" ''The Journal of Negro History'', Vol. 83, 1998
* Glad, Paul W. ''The History of Wisconsin, Volume 5: War, a New Era and Depression, 1914-1940'', standard state history
* Haney, Richard C. ''A History of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin since World War II''
* Jensen, Richard. ''The Winning of the Midwest: Social and Political Conflict, 1888-1896'' (1971)
* Lampard, Eric E. ''The Rise of the Dairy Industry in Wisconsin'' (1962).
* McBride, Genevieve G. ''On Wisconsin Women: Working for Their Rights from Settlement to Suffrage''
* [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=96272178 Herbert F. Margulies; ''The Decline of the Progressive Movement in Wisconsin, 1890-1920'' (1968)]
* Merrill, Horace S. ''William Freeman Vilas: Doctrinaire Democrat'' (1954) Democratic leader in 1880s and 1890s
* Olson, Frederick I. ''Milwaukee: At the Gathering of the Waters''
*[http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.HistAgSchaf ''A History of Agriculture in Wisconsin''], by Schafer, Joseph (1922)
* Schafer, Joseph. "The Yankee and Teuton in Wisconsin", ''Wisconsin Magazine of History,'' Vol. 6, No. 2, Dec. 1922, pp. 125–145, compares Yankee and German settlers
* Still, Bayrd. ''Milwaukee, the History of a City'' 1948 [http://www.questia.com/library/book/milwaukee-the-history-of-a-city-by-bayrd-still.jsp online edition]
* Thelen, David. ''Robert M. LaFollette and the Insurgent Spirit'' 1976.
* Unger, Nancy C. ''Fighting Bob LaFollette: The Righteous Reformer'' (2000)

===Primary sources===
*[http://www.library.wisc.edu/etext/WIReader/Contents.html Wisconsin Electronic Reader] full text of many primary source books
* ''The Badger State: A documentary history of Wisconsin'' (1979)
*[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=750 La Follette's Autobiography, a personal narrative of political experiences, 1913]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.wisconsin.gov/Pages/home.aspx Official State of Wisconsin website]
*[https://www.britannica.com/place/Wisconsin Profile] at ''Encyclopædia Britannica''
*[http://www.encyclopedia.com/places/united-states-and-canada/us-political-geography/wisconsin Profile] at ''Encyclopedia.com''

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