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Netanyahu Claims ‘Decisive Majority,’ Vows ‘National Right-Wing Government’ — ‘Historic’ Chance to End Iran Threat

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed a “clear, decisive majority” among Jewish and Zionist voters early Wednesday, calling for a strong right-wing government as revised election night projections shifted in his favor and declaring a “historic” opportunity alongside President Donald Trump to eliminate the Iranian threat.

Addressing cheering Likud supporters in Jerusalem following Israel’s first parliamentary election since the October 7, 2023, Hamas massacre, Netanyahu asserted a mandate to govern even as exit polls showed neither his bloc nor the opposition securing the 61 seats needed for a majority in the 120-member Knesset.

Netanyahu pointed to what he called a “clear, decisive majority” for the right-wing bloc among Jewish and Zionist voters, arguing that the result demonstrated broad support for a government committed to preserving Israel as a Jewish state.

“We must establish a strong national right-wing government,” he said. “That is what needs to be done.”

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Vance Says El-Sayed Lied About Not Being Born in America

Vice President JD Vance said at a Michigan campaign rally that Democrat Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed lied about being an immigrant from another continent, pointing to the candidate’s past statements about his own origins.

Vance, stumping for Republican nominee Mike Rogers, told the crowd that El-Sayed had misrepresented where he came from, according to video posted by the Trump War Room. The vice president framed the race as a test of national loyalty.

“We have to understand what happens when our nation gives in to these kinds of people, to young men with zero attachment to its land or to its history, with a man who would lie, who is so ashamed of this state that he would lie about being an immigrant from another continent,” Vance said.

El-Sayed was born in Michigan in 1984 to Egyptian immigrants. At the Michigan Democratic Party’s 2017 convention, he told the party’s Progressive Caucus he “may be an immigrant from North Africa,” according to video obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. He listed U.S. and Egyptian citizenship on a 2014 Columbia University résumé and stated onstage at a 2016 Detroit conference that he held “dual citizenship.”

El-Sayed’s campaign has denied he ever held Egyptian citizenship. Spokeswoman Roxie Richner told the Free Beacon the candidate was misinformed by a relative and called the claim “an error based on what he was told by family members secondhand.” Richner said El-Sayed “is not a dual citizen by any verifiable metric and never has been.”

Responding to Vance at an earlier stop, El-Sayed described himself as “a Wolverine, not a weasel” who was born and raised in the state, and his campaign has said Republicans lift his past comments out of context.

The exchange comes as Vance campaigns for Rogers, whose toss-up race against El-Sayed could determine Senate control. Vance told supporters at an earlier Monroe rally that El-Sayed is “one of the craziest, one of the most far-left, and one of the most radical people running for high office in the history of the United States of America.”

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North Carolina Libertarian Senate Candidate Arrested After Live-Blogging Armed Standoff With Police

Jonathan D. Miller, the Libertarian Party’s nominee for a North Carolina state Senate seat covering much of Cary, was arrested at about 3 p.m. Monday after an hours-long standoff with police that ended in the woods behind his apartment, according to WRAL. No shots were fired, and no one was reported hurt.

Cary police say it began with calls from people worried about social media posts in which Miller threatened to harm himself. Officers could not reach him earlier in the morning, then an officer encountered him on another welfare check. WRAL puts the visit to his home on Glen Echo Lane at about 8:26 a.m. Police Chief Terry Sult told reporters: “At that point, he had a firearm. He was ordered not to touch it. He got it and then he took off running.”

Miller gave a different account in several calls to WRAL from the woods. He said he was outside smoking when an officer saw a holstered revolver on his hip and drew his own weapon. “I told him I was going to refuse that order, and I backed away slowly until I was far enough away from him to turn and run, and then I turned and ran into the woods,” he told the station.

He kept posting on X as the standoff went on, describing his efforts to evade police and his talks with a negotiator. “I’ve got six shots and the high ground. I hope they don’t find me, but if they do it’s going to be a hell of a show,” he wrote in one post, according to BNO. WRAL reports that his posts from Sunday night onward also described suicidal feelings. Libertarian presidential nominee Chase Oliver was among those who urged him not to take his own life or fight police.

Sult said police monitored the posts while negotiators, the Wake Regional SWAT team and tactical medics worked the scene. Glen Echo Lane and Audubon Parc Drive were closed, and nearby Resurrection Lutheran School, a private school, was under a code yellow lockdown for part of the day. Miller told WRAL he was hiding because he did not want to be taken into custody and confined to a hospital, and that he hoped police would give up so he could leave Cary.

The chief thanked WRAL for taking the calls, saying police listened in with the station’s permission and gave guidance to the person talking with Miller. He described Miller as “in a dark place,” WRAL reports.

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Hundreds of Maine Absentee Ballot Envelopes Mysteriously Shipped to Soros-Linked Nonprofit at Maryland Residence — Democrat AG’s Office Declines Subpoena, Investigation CLOSED Without Answers

A box of blank Maine absentee ballot return envelopes, part of a shipment of sensitive election materials that never arrived at the state’s Bureau of Corporations, Elections, and Commissions, was delivered to a residential house in Cambridge, Maryland.

That house is the listed headquarters address for the Center for Civic Design, a left-wing election-design nonprofit with documented funding ties to George Soros-backed grantmakers and the Arabella Advisors network, as well as direct connections to Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows.

State investigative records obtained by The Maine Wire and detailed in reporting by Steve Robinson show detectives recovered 498 of the 500 missing envelopes from the group. The investigation was closed without determining how or why the package was redirected. UPS told authorities a subpoena would be required for additional tracking and surveillance records.

The Attorney General’s office concluded there was not enough information to issue one. The case was marked closed pending further information, with officials concluding the reason for the redirection “remains speculative.” Bellows never publicly announced the end of the probe.

On September 10, 2025, Adam Graphic Corp. of North Attleboro, Massachusetts, shipped 62 boxes, each containing 500 blank absentee voter ballot return envelopes, to Maine election officials in Augusta.

By the next day, the elections office had received 61 of the boxes; one was missing. Around September 13, the box arrived at the Center for Civic Design’s Cambridge address, marked return-to-sender from a UPS facility in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.

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Minnesota Official Tells Somalis How to Vote With No ID and Same-Day Registration – All They Need is a Phone, TV, or Internet Bill!

A Minnesota election official went on a Somali TV station on Monday to advertise Minnesota’s nonexistent voter ID requirements by telling all of the illegals that they don’t even need an ID or an active voter registration to vote.

Minnesota law requires voters to be citizens of the United States to vote in state and local elections, but they require no proof. A phone, TV or internet bill qualifies documentation to register– even on the same day.

In an interview posted to Somali TV of Minnesota on Monday, Minnesota Secretary of State Voter Outreach Director Melanie Hezlip was asked by the station’s Abdirizak Diis what Somali viewers need to bring to the polls this election.

Her answer: nothing.

“If you’re already registered to vote, you don’t need to bring anything with you,” Hezlip said.

“You just show up to your early voting location, which is usually the county office or a city hall. Minneapolis and the bigger jurisdictions have a lot of extra places where you can go, like a lot of libraries or community centers.”

“As long as you’re registered to vote, you don’t need to bring anything with you,” she added.

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Brazilian Justice Alexandre Moraes Orders Flavio Bolsonaro to Surrender His Passport! – The Commies Are Going to Jail Him Like They Did His Father!

Conservative leader Flávio Bolsonaro has been summoned by the Federal Police to hand over his passport within 24 hours.

The order was issued by the wicked Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes.

Moraes argues that there is a risk that Flavio Bolsonaro could flee abroad to avoid prosecution.

Lula and Moraes want to jail Flavio with his father Jair Bolsonaro – There crime was daring to oppose them in an election and forcing the communists to make an obvious steal.

This is sickening! It took less than 24 hours following the very controversial election that allowed Lula to keep polling stations open late.

Conservative Flavio Bolsonaro called for Sunday’s presidential results to be annulled in Brazil.

This comes after socialist tyrant Lula da Silva callled his personal attorney and Brazilian Justice Christiano Zanin to hold the polls open for two extra hours. Lula arrested the former pro-American leader Jair Bolsonaro following the previous election and is still persecuting the man – like a typical communist.

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Supreme Court Justice Who Extended Polling in Brazil Election Was Lula’s Personal Lawyer

Brazilian Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF) Justice Cristiano Zanin, the judge who issued the sudden ruling on Sunday extending the voting times during the presidential runoff election, was socialist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s personal lawyer during his corruption trial – in which Lula was found guilty.

President Lula was reelected for a fourth four-year term on Sunday, narrowly defeating conservative Senator Flávio Bolsonaro. Lula’s surprise victory marked the first time in roughly four decades that a Brazilian candidate who lost in the first round of the election managed to ultimately win in the runoff. Lula lost against Bolsonaro in the October 4 first round of the election — however, the conservative Senator was not able to cross the 50-percent vote threshold to win in the first round.

Sunday’s election was largely marked by an unprecedented ruling issued by Justice Zanin extending the voting time by an additional two hours, leading to some voting stations closing at 7:00 p.m. (local time) rather than at 5:00 p.m. as the nation’s electoral regulations state.

Brazil’s top election authority, the Superior Electoral Tribunal (TSE), took note of the ruling and extended the voting hours for an additional two hours, while accordingly delaying the vote tallying process until after 7:00 p.m. Local outlets, however, pointed out that Zanin reportedly ruled that only polling stations that had not already closed by the time of the ruling were to remain open for the extra two hours.

The order stems from a request issued by the Lula campaign, who requested the extension on grounds that an alleged bus shortage led to transportation issues that prevented voters from reaching their corresponding voting station. The affected areas, according to the request, were all in northeastern Brazil — an area widely considered to be a strong bastion of support for Lula and his far-left Workers’ Party (PT). The Brazilian outlet Poder 360 published a copy of Zanin’s ruling, which states that the STF became aware of the request at “4:32:49 p.m.” just minutes before the stablished 5:00 p.m. voting station closing time.

As Breitbart News noted on Sunday, critics of Zanin’s unprecedented ruling altering the closing hours of polling places allege that the Justice’s court order has “marred” the runoff election. The controversy and criticism over the ruling have been further fueled by the fact that Zanin was President Lula’s defense attorney during the trial of the socialist president that was part of the massive Operação Lava Jato (“Operation Car Wash”) corruption investigation.

As part of the broader Operation Car Wash investigation, Lula was ultimately charged, convicted, and sentenced in 2019 to roughly 20 years in prison on charges of misusing public funds during his first two presidential terms (2003-2010). However, in a highly controversial decision, the STF overturned his conviction on procedural grounds, allowing Lula to be released from prison. The Supreme Court’s ruling, however, did not present any new information or evidence that could exonerate Lula of the crimes he was convicted for.

The ruling nevertheless allowed Lula to run for president again in 2022, narrowly defeating then-incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro, who is currently serving a 27-year prison sentence on dubious “crimes against democracy” charges.

President Lula began his third term on January 1, 2023. Months later, in June 2023, Lula nominated Zanin to the Brazilian Supreme Court (STF), presenting him as a replacement for former Justice Ricardo Lewandowski, who retired from the court earlier that year. Zanin was sworn in as an STF Justice just two months later, in August 2023.

Former Justice Lewandowski would go on to serve as Lula’s Justice Minister between February 2024 and January 2026 — himself replacing communist (Lula’s own descriptor) former Justice Minister Flávio Dino, who was also appointed to the STF by Lula in February 2024. Both Zanin and Dino were among the STF Justices who voted alongside “anti-fake news crusader” Justice Alexandre de Moraes to convict Jair Bolsonaro of “crimes against democracy” in 2025.

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Something’s Rotten in Brasília: Did Lula Just Use Biden’s Playbook?

After elections held earlier this month, Brazil looked like it could swing to the right and away from a fourth term for its little communist dictator, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Lula’s opponent, Flávio Bolsonaro, son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, achieved far more of the vote than expected. However, neither candidate received enough to avoid a runoff.

But it wasn’t just that. What happened down the ballot looked like a good indicator of what was to come. A win for Flávio, a win for the right, and a win for Brazil and the entire Western Hemisphere. I’ll admit that I’ve been analyzing this for a year and felt very confident about it (and I’ve yet to be wrong about these things; not to toot my own horn), but I also knew it was possible that Lula would cheat. Commies gonna commie, right?  

For many of us here in the United States, it reeked of 2020. An incumbent who trailed in the first round staged a late surge to claim victory after a last-minute judicial intervention extended voting hours, transport disruptions appeared in areas favorable to the eventual winner, and the losing candidate immediately refused to concede while alleging the rules had been changed midstream. Several Spanish-speaking media outlets have quoted Donald Trump as saying it was like something out of the “Joe Biden playbook,” but I haven’t been able to confirm that quote myself, though he wouldn’t be wrong. It’s also giving me 2024 Nicolás Maduro vibes.

Many are calling the win “historic” because it’s been nearly four decades since an incumbent who trailed in the first round made such a comeback. But is it historic? Or did someone have this planned all along?

On October 4, Lula finished second with roughly 45.16% to Bolsonaro’s 47.03%. Three weeks later, the certified totals showed Lula at 51.79%, with about 64.3 million votes, and Bolsonaro at 48.21%.

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Serbia’s Nationalist Leader Concedes Defeat to ‘Deep State’-Backed Student Movement, Vows to Return

Aleksandar Vučić, the longtime nationalist and populist leader of Serbia, conceded defeat in the country’s parliamentary election while arguing that the student-led movement that won was backed by the same “deep American state” that works “against President Trump.”

Vučić made the announcement shortly after the polls closed on Sunday evening, saying, “Based on the stratified sample, it is clear that we have lost the election” to the Student List that was born from anti-government student protests.

“The Student List has won and will have between 135 and 140 seats, while we will have around 105,” the former president and prime minister added.

While he admitted he was beaten in the recent election, Vučić vowed to make a comeback.

“I love Serbia. I will never leave Serbia. From freedom and from prison, from any place, I will defeat them much faster than they think,” an English translation from the Clash Report reads:

“From tonight, we start preparing. We are going to defeat them,” Vučić told supporters from his podium after the preliminary results showed the opposition movement with a strong lead.

He continued, saying, “You will see in six months, no one will be happy and joyful anymore.”

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Nearly 100 Election Ballots Discovered Among Discarded Mail in Seattle Dumpster

Nearly 100 voters in Washington state have been issued replacement ballots after election workers recovered a large collection of undelivered mail from a dumpster at a Seattle park, just days before the midterm elections, according to KOMO News.

The incident came to light when a resident alerted King County Elections to suspicious mail disposal at Golden Gardens Park. County employees investigated and discovered two containers of discarded correspondence, including 92 election ballots that had never reached their intended recipients.

The KOMO report says that all 92 ballots have since been replaced, while federal postal authorities have been notified and are examining the circumstances surrounding the discovery.

King County Elections Chief of Staff Kendall Hodson said stolen mail occasionally turns up in public places during election season. According to Hodson, investigators generally find that criminals are searching for valuables or sensitive personal information rather than attempting to interfere with voting. Ballots are often simply thrown away with the rest of the stolen correspondence.

The U.S. Postal Service confirmed it was aware of the Seattle incident and indicated that its Office of Inspector General was handling the matter.

Election administrators also sought to reassure residents that the discovery does not mean the missing ballots could be used to cast fraudulent votes. Washington’s election system uses individual tracking identifiers for voters and ballots, along with a review process intended to prevent duplicate submissions.

Officials examine the signature accompanying every returned ballot against the voter’s registration records. Employees conducting those reviews receive instruction from the Washington State Patrol, and any questionable signatures trigger an additional verification process.

Rather than immediately rejecting a ballot with an uncertain signature, election workers contact the voter and provide an opportunity to establish that the ballot was legitimately submitted. Those discrepancies can be addressed until the day preceding the election’s official certification.

KCE spokesperson Halei Watkins explained that these overlapping controls are intended to prevent anyone from successfully submitting a ballot on another person’s behalf, even if election mail falls into the wrong hands.

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