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No one doubts that the midterm elections this week did not result in the “red wave” many—including yours truly—were expecting. Polls and the political environment all pointed to “red wave” that never materialized. However, not dominating an election cycle does not mean losing an election cycle.

Ron DeSantis had a commanding win in Florida. 

At the moment, it appears clear that the GOP will control the House of Representatives. That alone will stop Joe Biden and his team from pushing their progressive agenda for the next two years and force them to negotiate. 

Control of the Senate is still outstanding—and still could result in Republican control of the upper chamber as well.

A red wave would have been satisfying, and a measure of justice after two years of demagogic incompetence from Biden. But a narrow win is still a win, and a learning experience on how to build for a bigger win in 2024.

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Call it the “Chicken Little” election. According to the media, the sky was going to fall if the nation voted Republican in anything, God forbid, that could be considered a wave.

President Biden kicked off the apocalyptic party with his “red speech,” trashing MAGA Republicans as an existential threat to American democracy. His media sycophants faithfully picked up the refrain.

By late October, MSNBC personalities had used the words fascism or fascist more than sixteen hundred times this year.  The “View’s” Sunny Hostin compared suburban women who vote Republican to roaches. “Historian” Michael Beschloss wins some sort the prize, though. What’s at stake? He said: “whether we will be a democracy in the future, whether our children will be arrested and conceivably killed.” 

The press has become a laughingstock. What will they say a year from now?—when our children are still alive and we’re amid a routine presidential election season?

These people have jumped the shark. They’re responsible for the collapse of their own credibility—and it is richly deserved.

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So here we are: Election Day 2022. And the choices before us are stark.

For the past two years, we’ve had the House, the Senate and the Presidency controlled by one party.

And we have seen—and felt—the fruits of that.

Control of both Houses of Congress is now at stake. The contrast of worldviews and policy agendas separating the Democrats from the Republicans has never been more stark.

Moral issues are on the table. Religious liberty is on the table.

Decades-high inflation and financial issues are on the table. In fact, they dominate the cycle. 

But the protection of liberty, religious liberty, is also part of the equation—I’m speaking about the classical defense of liberty, the vital importance of free associations, and the necessary alignment of human government with human nature.

Many of you have already voted.

For the rest of you: Let me ask you to do your part. Don’t let the hot nature of our tense public debate prevent you from being faithful with your vote.

Your vote is your voice, and it is your stewardship.

Please, vote today.

Thank you.

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We are in the midst of what is properly labeled a “bottom up” election. 

Legacy media keeps pushing media narratives from the top down—“momentum is with the Democrats” we’ve heard; and the GOP is riddled with “white Christian nationalists”; then, Republicans are somehow guilty of every random act of violence and over and over we’ve heard: This election is really all about Donald Trump. But—I bet you’ve noticed: Trump isn’t on the ballot this year.

Americans can see for themselves what is: skyrocketing consumer prices, falling real wages, and disruptions in goods and services. And that’s just the economics. Crime is rising. We have a crisis in public education. Then there’s the new hordes of homeless. The question this election asks you is who are you going to believe? the propaganda outlets for the ruling class or your own two eyes?

Remember, it’s not enough to gripe, you have to act. 

Make sure that your vote is part of the final tally. 

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You see it in the polling. You feel in your pocketbook. And you sense it in your community.

Something big is happening.

It’s not your average midterm. Oregon could elect a Republican governor for the first time in 40 years! New York and California Democrats are suddenly in competitive races.

No one thought Texas Republican Mayra Flores—running in a special election to represent a deep blue district—would be competitive.
Biden carried the district by 16 points! But she won and could win again—hastening the movement of Hispanics toward the Republicans.

The other woman to watch is the mama bear—perhaps in your home and certainly in your community.

Suburban mothers are done with the radical agenda being forced on their kids…

We could be on the cusp of a realignment election.

Don’t just sit back and watch. Make sure your vote—and the vote of all eligible voters in your household—is part of the final tally.

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As Election Day approaches, analysts and pundits debate whether the “red wave” of Republican wins will actually materialize. But the term “wave” may not fully capture the unique political environment of 2022. The confluence of catastrophes created and facilitated by Democrats and Joe Biden has presented the worst electoral context for a governing party in decades—if ever.

Inflation rages at its highest levels since Jimmy Carter’s landslide loss in 1980. Crime rates have skyrocketed back to levels last seen more than a generation ago. The southern border is being overwhelmed. 

Add to that the education issue—the radical sexual and political indoctrination of children in public schools. That issue alone turned the 2021 elections in Virginia and New Jersey into an unexpected revolt at the ballot box.

We may never have seen this perfect storm of outrage in electoral politics. Rather than a red wave, we may instead see a black swan election—a full-scale repudiation unparalleled in modern American history. It will never have been more deserved.

Please: Make sure your vote is part of the final tally.

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We are in the midst of what is properly labeled a “bottom up” election. 

Legacy media keeps pushing media narratives from the top down—“momentum is with the Democrats” we’ve heard; and the GOP is riddled with “white Christian nationalists”; then, Republicans are somehow guilty of every random act of violence and over and over we’ve heard: This election is really all about Donald Trump. But—I bet you’ve noticed: Trump isn’t on the ballot this year.

Americans can see for themselves what is: skyrocketing consumer prices, falling real wages, and disruptions in goods and services. And that’s just the economics. Crime is rising. We have a crisis in public education. Then there’s the new hordes of homeless. The question this election asks you is who are you going to believe? the propaganda outlets for the ruling class or your own two eyes?

Remember, it’s not enough to gripe, you have to act. 

Please: Make sure that your vote is part of the final tally. 

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Well, that was a close one. 

Democrats recently proposed a bill in Virginia, now withdrawn, that would have allowed parents who didn’t affirm their child’s “gender identity” to be criminally prosecuted. The goal of the law, according to its chief sponsor, was to “educate parents.”

This law was another attempt to establish the principle that it’s the government, not their parents, who are the actual decision-makers when it comes to our children. It’s not surprising parents pushed back … and hard.

In fact, if Republicans outperform expectations this November, education issues will be a big reason why. During the pandemic, parents saw what their children were learning – or not learning. In its aftermath, with ACT test scores at their lowest levels in 30 years, there’s no patience for “woke” race and gender obsessions replacing basic instruction our children will need to succeed in life.

American parents are angry and disgusted—and rightfully so.

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It’s clear that there is something happening in the American electorate. Of course, the primary part of it are the pocketbook issues. But—after 2 ½ years of pandemic—the anger and distrust from our elites is palpable.

From distrust of Fauci and the CDC to distrust of school boards, from politicians endorsing the medical transition of children to the same politicians claiming the unborn child in the womb is just a clump of cells. Trust the science, we’re told, but the emperor has no clothes—and voters are looking for some sort of reckoning.

We are fortunate to live in a system of government where we can do that: We can make a course correction. From inflation and a poor market, to issues of education and human dignity—you have a choice.

Engage with hope that we can make a course correction. Make sure you’re ready to do your part. Please: be sure to vote.

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In a recent NBC interview, Pennsylvania Senate Candidate John Fetterman claimed he’s always supported fracking. Now: I’m from Pennsylvania. I’ve been a Fetterman-watcher since he first ran for local mayor. I can tell you that’s complete nonsense. He’s been hard-green from the beginning. He even called—explicitly—for a moratorium from fracking. 

Fetterman has been basically making one argument: That Oz is from adjoining New Jersey. Okay, but I don't care which state Oz is from. I care which state he is for. And no one can be for Pennsylvania and against our single most successful industry. 

After decades of deindustrialization, Pennsylvania was given a second chance because of the Marcellus Shale deposits, and the only way to effectively mine them is fracking. It doesn't matter if Fetterman is from Pennsylvania if his policies are from fantasyland.

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