No, no funny business going on at all…

Via Politico:

The Florida Department of State last week asked federal prosecutors to investigate dates that were changed on official state election documents, the first voting “irregularities” it has flagged in the wake of the 2018 elections.

The concerns, which the department says can be tied to the Florida Democratic Party, center around date changes on forms used to fix vote-by-mail ballots sent with incorrect or missing information. Known as “cure affidavits,” those documents used to fix mail ballots were due no later than 5 p.m. on Nov. 5 — the day before the election. But affidavits released on Tuesday by the DOS show that documents from four different counties said the ballots could be returned by 5 p.m. on Thursday, which is not accurate.

Audio of a Florida Democratic Party caller leaving a voicemail message asking a Palm Beach County voter to fix their vote by mail ballot after Election Day, which is not allowed, was also sent to POLITICO separately. It was not part of the information turned over to federal prosecutors.

Among the counties in question is Broward, which emerged as the epicenter of controversy as three statewide races and three local legislative races went into recounts following the Nov. 6 elections. Republicans have pointed to embattled Broward Elections chief Brenda Snipes’ record of past election gaffes in arguing that the largely Democratic country is tilted against them — perhaps fraudulently so.

DOS officials have repeatedly told the media that the monitors they sent to Broward County saw no election fraud. It wasn’t until Tuesday that the office revealed publicly that it had turned over information to federal prosecutors.

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Controlling the narrative.

Via Washington Examiner:

Nearly three-quarters of the country believes that the media is “dividing Americans” along political, racial, and gender lines, a stunning condemnation of the press, according to a new national survey.

What’s more, the Zogby Analytics poll provided to Secrets said that the media bias is sparking hate and misunderstanding.

And while Americans also blame President Trump for dividing voters, the survey analysis said the media is worse. Those surveyed, said Zogby Analytics, “felt the mainstream media spreads hate and misunderstanding, also felt that President Trump is responsible for the spread of hate and misunderstanding, but more voters overall, and in most sub-groups, blame the media slightly more!”

Overall, 72 percent said “the mainstream media has played a major role in dividing Americans along racial, gender and political lines. This has led to a spread of hate and misunderstanding among some people.”

Only two-thirds said the same about Trump.

While 7-in-10 men and women agreed that the media is to blame for dividing the nation, Republicans were nearly unanimous while just 51 percent of Democrats said the press was to blame.

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HT: Huck Funn

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November 13, 2018 5:01 pm

Judge Karen Geivers ruled Tuesday to extend the recount deadline for Palm Beach County until November 20 in Florida’s U.S. Senate race, according to reports.

The extension comes after Sen. Bill Nelson’s (D-FL) legal team filed a lawsuit in a federal court earlier Tuesday in a bid to extend the deadline for recounting votes statewide.

 

This story is developing. 

It’s no secret that Disney is a left-leaning company that wears its political correctness and liberal beliefs proudly on their sleeves.

Given that, it’s a little funny how the far left loves to extol the virtue of things like freedom of speech, but only when it serves them — like when NFL players kneel for the national anthem.

When it doesn’t suit their agenda? They conveniently forget the dangers of censorship.

One of the latest examples of this brazen hypocrisy comes from Disney World, where a proud Trump supporter has been banned for life after holding up a “Trump 2020” sign.

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According to multiple outlets, such as the Orlando-based Spectrum News 13,  Dion Cini has been permanently banned from all Disney properties after brandishing a “Trump 2020” sign while on Splash Mountain at Disney World.

Naturally, Disney claimed that this has nothing to do with politics.

“Walt Disney World welcomes all guests to enjoy our parks; however, demonstrations and the display of signs and banners is not permitted on the premises. We have previously reminded this guest about our rules,” a Disney spokeswoman told Spectrum News in a statement.

I’m sorry, but banning a man over a sign endorsing the president is inherently political.

Now, to be perfectly fair, Cini had reportedly been kicked out of Disney World before for unfurling a banner in September that read “Re-Elect Donald J. Trump. Keep America Great. 2020.”

But according to WOFL, Disney eventually allowed Cini back into the park so long as he didn’t carry any signs that would “incite crowds.” So, again, apparently supporting your president is tantamount to inciting crowds?

Check out the WOFL report here:

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The cynic in me thinks that Disney’s response to Cini wouldn’t have been nearly as harsh had he carried a “Hillary 2020” sign.

To his credit, Cini denies inciting anything, but is willing to accept Disney’s ban. Claiming he does not want to break any laws by trespassing, Cini will not go to any Disney properties ever again.

That being said, Cini also told WOFL that he has no plans to curtail his enthusiastic support of President Donald Trump.

He’s already made a name for himself with pro-Trump demonstrations in New York City, as reported by CNN last year. And it doesn’t sound like anything’s going to change.

Cini said he will continue to proudly unfurl flags and banners supporting Trump. In fact, he said that his flags and banners will only get bigger.

Good for him for sticking with his beliefs, no matter what the far left tries to do to him.

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Far be it from me to ever perpetuate a stereotype, but sometimes the caricature of a snooty and arrogant Frenchman cuts astonishingly close to the real thing.

Take, for example, French President Emmanuel Macron.

The French president recently spoke at a ceremony honoring the 100th anniversary of the World War I armistice and exuded a smug attitude about how superior his way of thinking was.

“Patriotism is the exact opposite of nationalism,” Macron said. “Nationalism is a betrayal of patriotism. By saying ‘our interests first, who cares about the others,’ we erase what a nation holds dearest, what gives it life, what makes it great and what is essential: its moral values.”’

Parroting a far-left talking about about how patriotism and nationalism are so different, Macron was clearly taking a not-so-veiled shot at President Donald Trump.

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Trump has made no secret about his desire to put “America first,” and it’s been a rallying cry for many of his constituents.

AMERICA FIRST!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 14, 2016

Macron further dug in against Trump, alluding to “old demons.”

“I know there are old demons which are coming back to the surface,” Macron said at the ceremony. “They are ready to wreak chaos and death. History sometimes threatens to take its sinister course once again.”

It doesn’t take a historian to figure out that Macron, ever subtly, was trying to conflate Trump’s brand of patriotism with Nazism.

Further alluding to the world wars, Macron recently claimed that he wanted a “real, true European army,” echoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel, according to the Guardian.

The mere hint that Europe might need a way to stand up against America certainly wasn’t lost on Trump, who fired back as only he can on Twitter and gave a little history lesson of his own against Macron.

Emmanuel Macron suggests building its own army to protect Europe against the U.S., China and Russia. But it was Germany in World Wars One & Two – How did that work out for France? They were starting to learn German in Paris before the U.S. came along. Pay for NATO or not!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 13, 2018

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“Emmanuel Macron suggests building its own army to protect Europe against the U.S., China and Russia,” Trump said on Twitter. “But it was Germany in World Wars One & Two – How did that work out for France? They were starting to learn German in Paris before the U.S. came along. Pay for NATO or not!”

Ouch. That, my friends, is what the young people call a “burn” these days.

That tweet certainly won’t help Macron’s ego, which should already be pretty bruised considering Trump’s popularity in France is rising while Macron’s is plummeting.

Leave it to a proud American to knock a Frenchman down a peg or two.

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