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Florida GOP Seriously Considers Backing Effort to Oust RNC Chair

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The Florida Republican Party is seriously considering turning its back on current Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel, who is currently seeking re-election.

According to Politico, Former state Rep. Anthony Sabatini, the newly-elected chair of the Lake County Republican Party and an avid Trump supporter, secured enough signatures from party officials to call a special meeting to decide whether McDaniel should be terminated as RNC chair.

“Ronna McDaniel failed in her position as RNC Chair in the 2022 election cycle and has yielded extremely unimpressive election results for the GOP in the last 3 election cycles,” read the petition for a special meeting.

Republican Party of Florida Chair Joe Gruters is now obligated to at least call a special meeting because 30 members of the executive committee signed onto the petition. It does not guarantee a vote would be taken. Gruters on Wednesday endorsed McDaniel in a letter to party officials, calling her a “successful RNC Chair & the party would be well served by her continued leadership.”

Sabatini previously served in the state House before losing this year’s bid to represent Florida’s 7th Congressional District.

The RNC’s leadership election is scheduled for Jan. 27.

So far Trump has stayed away from commenting on the RNC leadership contest, however, some of his top advisers have announced their support for McDaniel serving for another two-year term.

Among the biggest names who signed onto Sabatini’s push for a special meeting is Rep. Matt Gaetzone of Trump’s biggest congressional allies.

“Look what we’ve got from Ronna McDaniel?” Gaetz said last weekend at Turning Point USA’s Americafest 2022 conference in Arizona. “Someone who probably spent more of their time promoting their own podcast.”

Biden’s Totally Intentional Open Border Disaster

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ANALYSIS – I have long argued that Joe Biden’s border crisis is absolutely self-created, and it has become increasingly obvious that he in fact has essentially opened the border.

And worse this is absolutely intentional.

There can be no other explanation.

Biden’s shameful denials that there is no border crisis show that he is either delusional or a pathological liar. 

Or both.

But his appointment of Kamala Harris, who can barely find Mexico on a map, as his border czar, also speaks volumes. 

Neither has visited the border since coming to office two years ago.

Yet the illegal migrant numbers and incidents are only mushrooming in magnitude. 

And getting worse every day.

The border is going from disastrous to cataclysmic.

And it’s not just incompetence or bad policy.

It is part of a plan. 

Mark Morgan, former acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection says Team Biden “intentionally unsecured” the southern border because “they see a perceived political benefit from open borders.” 

In a recent podcast with the Heritage Foundation, Morgan said of the border:

It’s a total disaster, simply getting worse. And I think what’s important is we really need to compare it to the last year under the Trump administration. Now, look, this is not a Right or Left thing for me. This is about factual data.

So if you look in the last fiscal year under the Trump administration, I think we were around 400,000 total encounters. What we saw the first fiscal year under the Biden administration, as you said, over 2 million. This last fiscal year, we had 2.7 million total encounters. In the first 23, now almost 24 months under this administration, we’ve seen over 4.7 million total encounters with another 1.2 million “got-aways.” So we’re actually getting close to 6 million total encounters, plus got-aways, in the first 24 months of this administration.

Those data points, Virginia, alone are staggering. It’s the worst self-inflicted border crisis we’ve ever seen on our southern border and our lifetime and the data is undeniable.

In response to a question about what the future may hold for the border under Team Biden’s remaining two years, Morgan said worst case things stay the same.

Horrible.

And that is unacceptable. As he added :

It’s insanity. It’s absolutely unsustainable. And again, it’s jeopardizing every aspect of our nation’s safety and national security. We cannot allow this to happen.GAND

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Best Homemade Christmas Eggnog: An Incredibly Easy Recipe That Works for All

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    Christmas and the holiday season are about friends, family and nostalgia, and nothing is more nostalgic than eggnog. It is comforting, it is soothing, it is creamy and it is boozy.

    This recipe uses bourbon, but feel free to use any dark liquor like rum or brandy. It can also be prepared two ways, cooked and uncooked.

    INGREDIENTS:

    8 Egg Yolks

    8 egg whites*

    ⅔ cup sugar, plus 2 tablespoons

    4 cups whole milk

    4 cups heavy cream

    6 ounces of bourbon, plus more to taste, let’s be honest

    2 teaspoons freshly grated nutmeg

    1 tablespoon vanilla

    ½ teaspoon salt

    DIRECTIONS (Uncooked):

    1. In a bowl or stand mixer, beat the egg yolks until they come together. Once combined add in sugar and beat until completely dissolved. Once dissolved, add in the milk, cream, bourbon, vanilla, nutmeg, and salt, and stir to combine.
    2. Place egg whites in a bowl or stand mixer and beat until soft peaks form. Once the soft peaks form add in the 2 tablespoons of sugar and beat until stiff peaks form.
    3. Whisk egg whites into the mixture.
    4. Chill in a big mason jar and serve.

    Directions (Cooked):

    1. In a bowl or stand mixer, beat the egg yolks until they come together. Once combined add in sugar and beat until completely dissolved.
    2. In a large saucepan, over high heat, combine milk, cream, nutmeg, salt, and vanilla and bring to a boil stirring occasionally.
    3. Remove mixture from heat and temper in egg and sugar mixture. (This is done by slowly adding the hot mixture into the bowl with the eggs and sugar while whisking,)
    4. Return mixture to saucepan and cook until mixture reaches 160 degrees F.
    5. Remove from heat, stir in bourbon, and pour into a mixing bowl. Set in the refrigerator to chill.
    6. Place egg whites in a bowl or stand mixer and beat until soft peaks form. Once the soft peaks form add in the 2 tablespoons of sugar and beat until stiff peaks form.
    7. Whisk egg whites into the chilled mixture.

    ENJOY!

    Fighting Back Against Trans ‘Drag Story Time’ Imposed on Our Kids in Public Libraries

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    ANALYSIS – Conservatives are finally fighting back against the trans agenda being imposed on our children at public libraries and bookstores via ‘Drag Queen Story Times.’ 

    This bizarre and offensive program sends outrageously outfitted cross-dressing men into public libraries to read stories to small impressionable children. 

    The goal? To indoctrinate, if not groom, these children into accepting and exploring the trans lifestyle. 

    The secondary effect, exposing children to sexual themes, including mock stripping, they have no right to be exposing them to. 

    In some cases, these grown men dressed as women have been caught fondling children or acting inappropriately.

    And yet, our taxpayer-funded public libraries across the country allow these bizarre events.

    And too many ignorant, brainwashed, horrible parents allow their children to attend.

    They are also increasingly occurring at other venues as well. But the goals are always the same.

    Thankfully, conservatives are finally fighting back.

    One way has been by loudly and publicly calling out examples of sexual abuse, and inappropriate touching or sexual behavior by these drag queens, and by protesting their presence in front of small children.

    In early December one Trans-friendly venue, The Starlighter, in Texas was forced to cancel a slew of drag queen story hours after a public outcry over the outrageous antics of some of these cross-dressing men.

    Most of it was due to video and images taken at an event and widely shared by conservative critics.

    The Christian Post reported that this event featured a showing of the 1960s TV classic “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” while a rainbow flag with the number “666” hung on the walls.

    What was worse, a video taken at this event showed a young girl no older than 7, who appeared unattended, with these men in drag dancing suggestively and singing lyrics such as, “Under the mistletoe/ Yes, everybody knows/ We will take off our clothes.”

    One of the cross-dressing men was also recorded touching and stroking the young girl’s hair. The little girl is also seen handing money to one of the drag performers, as if at a strip club.

    Another video clip, reports the Christian Post, “showed the young child visibly shrink back as a drag queen in all black leather, devil horns and face makeup as the man in drag sings, ‘Get your tickets to the freak show, baby / Step right up to watch the freak go crazy.’”

    Another way conservatives are fighting back is protesting loudly and aggressively like the Left does, constantly, and at the drop of a hat.

    But doing so peacefully.

    In one case in early December reported NBC News:

    The hosts of a “Drag Queen Story Hour”-style event for children in Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday pulled the plug because of what they described as the intimidating presence of right-wing demonstrators.

    The scheduled holiday themed “Holi-Drag Storytime” at the First Unitarian Church of Columbus, which runs the K-5 institution behind the event, Red Oak Community School, was canceled at the last-minute Saturday morning following internal discussions, organizers said.

    Members of Ohio’s Proud Boys organization and other right-wing groups made good on promises to make waves outside the venue Saturday. More than 50 demonstrators, including members of the Proud Boys, gathered near the church Saturday morning and shouted, chanted and held up signs. Some were armed with long guns.

    This appears to be a very effective technique, learned from the Left. Speak loudly, and carry a big stick.

    But then there is another way to counter this insidiously harmful movement’s efforts targeting our children. 

    That way is to promote a wholesome, Christian, family-focused counter-narrative and events at these same venues. And threaten legal action if they discriminate against you, or refuse to allow it.

    As Newsmax reported, actor and author Kirk Cameron said recently: “Conservatives need to stop being on defense against the culture and start going on offense to take it back.

    He added:

    Just complaining about the culture doesn’t change the culture. We’ve got to get off the defense, to get on the offense. And I think for decades, we as concerned citizens, as people who understand the importance of faith and morality, have been asleep. And when we’re asleep, we’re unaware and we’re unengaged.

    Cameron added that now that we’ve woken up, if we remain unengaged, “that’s on us.”

    Newsmax continued:

    Cameron then called on every parent and grandparent to take their favorite children’s book that has wholesome values, good and godly morals, and call their library if it has hosted a Drag Story Hour and ask if they can read their book during story hour.

    “If they say ‘no,'” Cameron said, “they’re likely breaking the law; and you can contact us at Bravebooks.com. We’ll show you how to host your own story hour, will donate to you a free book with all the instructions and guidance.

    “And I personally put some of these libraries on notice with a public letter that says, ‘I hope you’ll reconsider; here’s a free book. But if you double down, I’m prepared to assert my constitutional rights in court,'” Cameron stated.

    So, the peaceful fight against depravity continues. Pick your fighting style, and get engaged. GAND

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    Amanda Head: New Poll Reveals Depressing Facts

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    The latest Rasmussen poll is reporting some unfortunate facts about the state of America. A plurality of those polled said that our country’s best days are behind it…Do you agree?

    Watch Amanda break down the problem below:

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    Amanda Head: RINO Alabama Senator Screws Americans

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    Alabama Sen.-elect Katie Britt was a bad call and it looks like Americans are already learning the hard way…

    The massive $1.7 trillion omnibus bill was released with the expectation that Congress shall vote on it Wednesday. Several Republican figures, including House Speaker hopeful Kevin McCarthy, criticized the 4,200-page bill as more wasteful spending from the federal government.

    Watch Amanda explain the latest controversy:

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    Mike L*ndell to Audit DeSantis Election Win

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    MyPillow CEO and staunch Trump loyalist Mike L*ndell indicated he doesn’t think Florida Governor Ron DeSantis won his re-election battle by the blow-out margins that have been reported.

    DeSantis dominated his Democrat opponent Charlie Crist in his midterm election blowout, winning by more than 1.5 million votes, a 19.4% margin of victory.

    The Florida Governor won 62 of Florida’s 67 counties, including 59 counties by double digits. DeSantis won Miami-Dade County, the largest county in the state and a Democrat stronghold, by 11 points. He won Palm Beach County, the third largest county in the state and another Democrat stronghold, by three points.

    “What we’re doing now is, I’m going after Dade County in the 2022 el*ction. And everyone says, ‘Well, why would you go after Dade County?’” L*ndell said. “This is where Ron DeSantis won Dade County, that’s a Republican won Dade County. Well, for me, I look at deviations, everybody. That’s a deviation.”

    “I don’t believe it,” L*ndell claimed. “So I want to show, it’s gonna show everybody just like we always say about Democrats where they st*le their el*ctions, just like they did, the one nice lady in Georgia that got zero votes in her own precinct. I want to find out in Dade County, what happened there because it’s, it’s a deviation from norm, you know, it’s very much a deviation.”

    DeSantis has been widely considered to be a top contender for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination and could pose a major threat to Trump’s campaign if he announces his own campaign.

    A series of recent polls have shown DeSantis soaring past Trump in hypothetical matchups.

    Last week a Wall Street Journal poll found ​Gov. Ron DeSantis leads former President Donald Trump among Republican primary voters as a potential 2024 nominee and outpaces him in favorability, according to a poll released on Wednesday.

    The Florida Republican defeats Trump 52% to 38% among GOP primary voters in a hypothetical head-to-head matchup for the nomination, with 36% saying they would “definitely” vote for DeSantis compared with 29% who are definite for Trump, 

    ‘If I Run, I Win’ Romney Teases Re-election Bid

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    Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

    First-term Utah Senator Mitt Romney (R) isn’t ready to announce his re-election bid yet but he’s confident in the outcome.

    During an interview with Politico, Sen. Romney wouldn’t reveal if he plans to seek another term in the Senate in 2024 but expressed his confidence in leading another successful campaign.

    “I’ve faced long odds: Getting the nomination in 2012 was a long shot, becoming a Republican governor in one of the most liberal states in America, Massachusetts. … So I’m convinced that if I run, I win. But that’s a decision I’ll make,” the first-term Utah senator told the news outlet.

    Romney previously served as the Massachusetts governor and 2012 GOP presidential nominee. However, the Republican has made a name for himself by bucking his own party and his repeated criticism of former President Trump.

    Romney voted to convict the former president in both impeachment trials, the single GOP senator to do so in the first trial and among one of seven GOP senators the second time around. Trump was ultimately acquitted in both trials.

    High-profile Republicans have stayed quiet over Romney’s potential re-election bid but have signaled they plan to support his next campaign.

    “He’s been a really important part of our conference. People respect his intelligence, his assessment of the era we find ourselves in. And I think his running for reelection would be very important,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told Politico. “It’s important for the Republican Party and the country that he runs again.”

    Boebert Says She Won’t Support McCarthy Speaker Bid Without This

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    Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

    Colorado Congresswoman Lauren Boebert is on the fence about supporting Kevin McCarthy but one condition could push her over the edge.

    Boebert, who recently won a razor-thin re-election bid, says that she will only support the California Republican if there is a mechanism to easily remove him from the top post.

    According to The Hill, while at a Turning Point USA conference in Phoenix, Boebert said, “We have to have an accountability mechanism on the Speaker of the House.”

    “This is third in command for the presidency of the United States of American,” she said in an interview with “Real America’s Voice,” a conservative channel. “And we are going to strip away the one check-and-balance that members of Congress have?”

    Some House Republicans have expressed the desire for any lawmaker to call a motion to vacate the Speaker chair to make it easier to remove someone from the leadership post.

    Earlier this month, House Freedom Caucus member Rep. Scott Perry along with six other Republicans released a list of conditions for the next Speaker.

    The requests in the letter include:

    • Restore any member’s ability to make a “Motion to Vacate the Chair” and force a vote on removing the Speaker. Former Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), a founding Freedom Caucus member, helped propel former Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) toward retirement by making a motion to vacate the chair in 2015.
    • Require at least 72 hours from release of final bill text before it gets a vote on the House floor.
    • Bar House GOP leadership and leadership-affiliated PACs from getting involved in primaries. The McCarthy-aligned Congressional Leadership Fund was active in many House primaries boosting McCarthy-friendly candidates in the 2022 cycle.
    • Increase the number of Freedom Caucus members in committee chairmanships and on the House Rules Committee.
    • Decline to raise debt ceiling without a plan to cap spending and balance the federal budget in 10 years.
    • Do not “return to the blind embrace of earmarks.” The practice of directing federal spending to a specific recipient or project was brought back in this Congress as “community project funding” after a decadelong ban. The House Republican Conference last month overwhelmingly voted against an internal proposal to ban the practice.
    • Use “must-pass” bills like the annual defense authorization bill and the farm bill as leverage to secure conservative priorities and “check the Biden administration.”
    • Create a “Church Committee”-style panel to target “weaponized government.” While McCarthy and House Republicans have promised extensive investigations into the Biden administration and alleged politicization of federal agencies, some, like Roy, think the plans do not go far enough.

    “Negotiations after that are just a wish list,” she said. “There’s no accountability attached to the promises.”

    Is Musk Creating an Alternative Right Media Ecosphere?

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    ANALYSIS – Most conservatives and even some liberal free speech advocates applauded Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, a Big Tech hotbed of leftist narratives and anti-conservative censorship.

    Many leftists, outraged that they could no longer simply cancel opposing conservative views, squealed and threatened to leave Twitter.

    Of course, they made their threats on Twitter, then waited on Twitter to see the reactions on Twitter.

    However, since his tumultuous takeover, Musk has worried some supporters by apparently quickly engaging in the same capricious censorship he so strongly decried.

    Going after critics, including the college kid who tracks his plane using publicly available open-source information.

    Most recently Musk put his Twitter CEO-ship on the line by asking Twitter users to vote online about whether he should remain ‘Chief Twit.’

    Not surprisingly, considering residual leftism left at Twitter, Musk lost that poll and may soon step down and appoint someone else to run the Twitter show.

    Still, despite the turmoil and concerns brought on by Musk’s Twitter takeover, many see this dramatic move as an even more dramatic shift in the media ecosphere.

    A momentous move to the right and against the dominant liberal media megaphone.

    Axios writes: “Elon Musk and allies are building a new anti-left media ecosystem almost overnight.”

    It continues:

    Why it matters: It’s as if the New York Times editorial page suddenly flipped to the right.

    With the reins in Musk’s hands, the right is gaining power in online spaces the left once dominated, Axios’ Erica Pandey reports.

    Axios adds: “Look who’s driving the news on Twitter…”

    And notes:

    Anti-mainstream-media journalists — like Bari Weiss and Matt Taibbi — are driving the narrative, getting the clicks and earning new followers on Musk’s Twitter. They’re thriving in an environment where alternative, anti-left and anti-establishment media has taken center stage.

    To the folks at Axios, “Musk’s moves at Twitter are part of a larger — growing — anti-left, alternative media ecosystem.”

    To buttress their case, they point to Joe Rogan’s populist podcast, which has a heavily conservative fan base and was the most listened-to show of the second half of 2022, according to Edison Research.

    Not to be outdone, Axios notes, Ben Shapiro’s more intellectual conservative podcast is now No. 7 — and rising.

    As a conservative, I can only hope this is the beginning of a major shift from the leftist-dominated media landscape to a far more balanced one where conservative points of view are given the respect they deserve.

    Let’s see where this all leads as we head into the 2024 election.

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