Author: Freedom Watch

Biden, Democrats celebrate keeping control of the Senate NBC News November 13, 2022 President Joe Biden on Sunday touted the results of the midterm elections, with Democrats projected to maintain control of the U.S. Senate following Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto’s narrow defeat of Republican Adam Laxalt to win re-election in Nevada. “We feel good about where we are. And I know I’m a cockeyed optimist,” Biden told reporters in Cambodia after NBC News and other news outlets projected that his party would keep a majority in the Senate. He added that he was “not surprised” by the…

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Republican rivals start planning a post-Trump future Washington Post November 13, 2022 Five days after a disappointing midterm election result and two days before former president Donald Trump is expected to announce a 2024 presidential bid, Republicans are grappling with an almost existential quandary: Who can lead the party to a post-Trump future? In private conversations among donors, operatives and other 2024 presidential hopefuls, a growing number of Republicans are trying to seize what they believe may be their best opportunity to sideline Trump and usher in a new generation of party leaders. Many blame Tuesday’s midterm results…

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Democrats pin Senate hopes on Nevada as count continues in key races By Lauren Aratani the Guardian November 13, 2022 After the Democrat Mark Kelly was declared the winner of his Senate re-election race in Arizona, the outcome of a tight race in Nevada will determine whether Democrats can secure a majority in the upper congressional chamber without having to hold their breath until the December runoff in Georgia. The race between Nevada’s Democratic incumbent, Catherine Cortez Masto, and her Republican challenger Adam Laxalt, the state’s former attorney general, got even closer on Saturday when a batch of…

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Trump sues Jan. 6 committee to fight subpoena By Andrew Solender Axios November 12, 2022 Former President Trump filed a lawsuit on Friday to counter a subpoena from the Jan. 6 select committee. Why it matters: Trump’s move likely eliminates the possibility of him testifying before the panel, which is set to release its final report in the coming months and dissolve by the end of the year. Fighting the lawsuit would draw the committee into a protracted court battle. Continue Reading…..

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Sen. Rick Scott calls 2022 election a ‘complete disappointment’ The Hill November 12, 2022 Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) said on Friday that the 2022 midterm elections were a “complete disappointment” for Republicans, lamenting low voter turnout on Election Day. “Here’s what happened to us. Election Day, our voters didn’t show up. We didn’t get enough voters. It was a complete disappointment,” Scott told Fox News host Sean Hannity during his prime-time show. Hannity asked Scott, “Where did all this pie-in-the-sky talk about a wave and a tsunami election come from? Because I never saw it.” Continue Reading…..

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‘It’s going to be pretty bad’: This part of the US is hurtling towards a winter heating crisis and consumers could pay the highest prices in decades Yahoo News November 10, 2022 In the most densely populated corner of the US, temperatures are about to drop after a stretch of unusually warm weather. And the signs of a winter crisis are already multiplying. Heating oil delivered to New York is the priciest ever. Retailers in Connecticut are rationing it to prevent panic buying. New England’s stockpiles of diesel and heating oil — the same product, taxed differently —…

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By Larry Klayman American Greatness November 10, 2022 Several weeks ago, I turned on NBC’s Golf Channel to find PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan threatening professional golfers who would dare participate in the upstart LIV Golf Tour. Conceived by golfing icon Greg Norman and financed by the Saudi Investment Fund, Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund chaired by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, LIV Golf made global headlines this summer when it hosted a major tournament at Donald Trump’s National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey. Monahan accused PGA Tour players who joined LIV Golf of accepting “blood money” and…

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Biden wishes Republicans ‘lots of luck’ in plans to investigate son Hunter if they take the House By Brooke Singman Fox News November 10, 2022 President Biden wished House Republicans “lots of luck” if they follow through on their commitments to use a GOP majority to investigate his son Hunter’s business dealings, saying that he “can’t control what they’re going to do.” Biden, taking questions from the White House on Wednesday as the balance of power hangs in limbo in Congress, was asked about congressional Republicans’ intentions to launch a number of investigations into his presidency, cabinet officials,…

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