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Des Moines Election Proves Once Again You Can’t Fix Stupid

As the old man used to say, you can’t fix stupid. He had a cupboard full of old man aphorisms, but that one remains one of my favorites. 

The expression definitely fits the blue states and blue cities that just elected — or reelected — far-left politicians to lead them deeper into the promised land of failure. Apparently, these voters said, “We don’t have enough crime, homelessness, poverty, misery. Let’s throw some gas on this dumpster fire and see what happens.”

If anything, Tuesday’s elections underscored the left’s disinterest in accountability, at least when it comes to their candidates. Case in point, the Democrats of Des Moines. 

‘Radical Empathy’

Voters in Iowa’s capital city rewarded the people who hired an illegal immigrant with a long rap sheet to serve as the school district’s superintendent. Incumbents Maria Alonzo and Skylar Mayberry-Mayes were reelected to four-year terms in Tuesday’s school board election. Mayberry-Mayes ran uncontested. 

The incumbents were part of the seven-member board that unanimously voted in 2023 to hire DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) candidate Ian Roberts as superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools. In late September, the board members apparently were surprised to learn that the walking fraud they once gushed over was not only an illegal immigrant from Guyana, but that he had been in possession of a loaded handgun and $3,000 cash when he was apprehended in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement enforcement operation. 

The coming days would be difficult for a district led by School Board Chairwoman Jackie Norris, Michelle Obama’s former chief of staff and a Democrat with higher political aspirations. Even as evidence of Roberts’ not-so-secret past came to light, Norris called on Des Moines residents to “take a page out of Dr. Roberts’ book and ask the community to engage in radical empathy as we work through the situation together.”

Norris and the nation would soon learn that Roberts was no doctor. He had lied about receiving his doctoral degree from Morgan State University years before, among other suspect accomplishments on his resume. The Des Moines School Board knew that when they hired him to lead Iowa’s largest public school district, yet district officials frequently referred to him as Dr. Roberts, Iowa Public Radio reported. 

DEI Champion

Roberts certainly wasn’t forthcoming about his lengthy criminal record, which should have precluded him from remaining in the United States years ago. His rap sheet includes charges of criminal possession of narcotics with intent to sell dating back to 1996. Roberts has been convicted of reckless driving, multiple criminal weapons charges, and, in September, the accompanying charge of possession of firearms by an illegal immigrant. 

To be fair, Roberts had long slipped through the cracks, it seems. School systems that hired him, including Des Moines Public Schools, are now suing the consultant that recommended Roberts.

But district officials were more interested in what Roberts represented than the potential skeletons in his closet. In introducing the black educrat as Des Moines’ new superintendent in 2023, Teree Caldwell-Johnson, Des Moines Public Schools Board chairwoman at the time, emphasized Roberts’ DEI bona fides. 

“There is no question that our search yielded a strong and diverse pool of candidates — Cultural, racial, ethnic, gender and orientation diversity were represented in the candidates that we considered. The bottom line: this board delivered on all fronts,” Caldwell-Johnson said. The former school board president, who died last year following a battle with cancer, celebrated the fact that the board was looking for candidates with “diverse urban experience,” someone who “would champion DEI at all levels of the organization.” 

Checking to see whether that DEI champion might be an illegal alien with a troubling criminal record was less a priority. 

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Reelected Kansas Mayor Faces Charges Of Voting As Noncitizen  

The day after Coldwater, Kansas, Mayor ​Joe Ceballos was reelected to a second four-year term this week, Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach filed election fraud charges against him. Ceballos, 54, is not a U.S. citizen, but he is not in the country illegally; “he is a legal permanent resident of the United States and a citizen of Mexico,” Kobach said.

“In Kansas, it is against the law to vote if you are not a U.S. citizen. We allege that Mr. Ceballos did it multiple times,” Kobach said in a statement.  

Ceballos faces three counts of voting without being qualified and three counts of election perjury. The charges are “nonperson felonies” that could cost Ceballos more than five years in prison. He is alleged to have voted at least in the 2022 and 2023 general elections and the 2024 primary election, although he has apparently been registered to vote since 1990.

He was not charged for holding office, although it is a problem.

“Kansas law at KSA 15-209 requires a city officer to be a qualified elector. And being a qualified elector requires that person to be a United States citizen,” Kobach said during a press conference. “It is not a criminal offense to be in violation of that law, but it is worth noting.”

According to KWCH, Ceballos ran unopposed for his second term in Coldwater, population 687. The rural town is an hour outside of Dodge City and more than 200 miles from the nearest major city, Oklahoma City.

“State law generally requires that candidates for elected city office must be a qualified elector, or eligible to vote, and be a resident of the city,” Kobach’s statement reads. “However, cities have home rule power. It will be up to the city attorney to decide whether Ceballos is eligible to continue in his role as mayor.”

Coldwater City Attorney Skip Herd told local television outlet KWCH that Ceballos “is a green card holder and there were red flags raised with his interest in pursuing permanent citizenship. ‘He’s been a registered voter since 1990. He applied for citizenship in February of this year, and through that, raised the issue of whether he was a legal citizen,’ Herd said.”

According to KWCH, Coldwater officials decided that Ceballos can finish his term, which ends in two months, and, unless his citizenship is approved during that time, council President Britt Lenertz will be named mayor.

“While the recent allegations involving the mayor are understandably concerning, we will allow the proper legal process to take its course before making any further comments. It’s important that we respect both due process and the integrity of our local government,” Lenertz posted on Coldwater’s Facebook page.

Kobach and Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab are using the moment to highlight the problem of noncitizens registering to vote and participating in U.S. elections.

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Dems Try To Sabotage Push For Proof Of Citizenship To Vote

Democrats in Congress have fought against every bill that would ensure only U.S. citizens vote in U.S. elections. They voted against the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act in the House, and they’ve chloroformed it in the Senate. They’ve sued to stop President Donald Trump’s executive order requiring documentary proof of citizenship when registering to vote.

Why would Democrats and left-wing activists fight so hard and spend so much money trying to kill a basic election safeguard that the vast majority of Americans support? 

They want noncitizens to vote in U.S. elections. And, as always, they’re willing to game the system to get what they want. 

‘We Expect to be Vindicated’

On Halloween, scary leftist U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, an 82-year-old Clinton nominee who has sentenced pro-life activists to prison under the unconstitutional FACE Act — declared the proof of citizenship requirement unconstitutional. She said Trump had infringed upon Congress’ role in election regulation. Kollar-Kotelly’s ruling also blocks the U.S. Election Assistance Commission from enforcing the election integrity provision. 

“President Trump has exercised his lawful authority to ensure only American citizens are casting ballots in American elections. This is so commonsense that only the Democrat Party would file a lawsuit against it. We expect to be vindicated by a higher court,” Deputy White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson told Newsweek following the ruling. 

In the meantime, the EAC is considering an America First Legal Foundation petition calling for the commission to adopt a proof of citizenship rule by amending EAC regulations and the National Mail Voter Registration Form. 

‘The Honor System Is Not Enough’

Before the close of the public comment period on Oct. 20, the petition had garnered more than 350,000 comments. America First Legal announced the proof of citizenship proposal earned support from 14 states, led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Republican members of Congress, leading election integrity organizations, and state election administrators. The coalition, AFL said, represents “one of the broadest demonstrations of public demand for commonsense ballot protection measures in modern history.”

“America First Legal’s petition sparked a nationwide movement,” Gene Hamilton, president of the nonprofit law firm, said in a press release. “From state leaders to the grassroots, the message is clear: the honor system is not enough. The EAC must act to defend the rule of law, protect the integrity of our elections, and restore confidence in the ballot box.”

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Trump Drafting Executive Order On Election Integrity After Alleging Ballot Fraud In California

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said an executive order is being drafted to strengthen U.S. elections and curb mail-in ballot fraud, after President Donald Trump alleged that California’s mail voting system “is rigged” and parts of it are under “legal and criminal review.”

“The White House is working on an executive order to strengthen our elections in this country and to ensure that there cannot be blatant fraud, as we’ve seen in California with their universal mail-in voting system,” Leavitt told reporters during a Nov. 4 briefing. “It’s absolutely true that … there is fraud in California’s elections. It’s just a fact.”

Leavitt’s comments followed a Truth Social post by Trump earlier in the day, in which he renewed his criticism of mail-in voting and suggested criminal investigations were underway.

“The Unconstitutional Redistricting Vote in California is a GIANT SCAM in that the entire process, in particular the Voting itself, is RIGGED,” Trump wrote.

“All ‘Mail-In’ Ballots, where the Republicans in that State are ‘Shut Out,’ is under very serious legal and criminal review.”

When asked what evidence the White House had to support those claims and which authorities were conducting the purported reviews, Leavitt said she would provide evidence of fraud to reporters after the briefing, alleging that “fraudulent ballots are being mailed in the names of other people, in the names of illegal aliens who shouldn’t be voting in American elections.”

The White House has not disclosed details of the upcoming executive order. The president has repeatedly promised sweeping changes to election procedures, including a nationwide ban on universal mail-in voting and electronic voting machines.

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Prop 50 Passes: California Voters Approve Newsom’s Power Grab to Eliminate 5 Congressional Seats

As expected, California voters approved Prop 50 which could help the Democrats flip 5 congressional seats in 2026.

Thanks to ballot drop boxes, mail-in ballots, ballot harvesting, and illegal aliens, voters approved Newsom’s power grab to eliminate five GOP congressional seats through 2030.

“The five California Republicans targeted by the redistricting plan include Representatives Doug LaMalfa in District 1, Kevin Kiley in District 3, David Valadao in District 22, Ken Calvert in District 41, and Darrell Issa in District 48,” KCRA reported.

Earlier Tuesday, President Trump called the redistricting vote in California a “giant scam” and said it is under criminal review.

“The Unconstitutional Redistricting Vote in California is a GIANT SCAM in that the entire process, in particular the Voting itself, is RIGGED. All “Mail-In” Ballots, where the Republicans in that State are “Shut Out,” is under very serious legal and criminal review. STAY TUNED!” President Trump wrote on Truth Social.

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Democrats Flip Two Georgia Seats Seen as Key Predictors for 2026 Midterms

Democrats flipped two Georgia seats that election analysts deemed key predictors for the 2026 midterms.

“Democratic candidates Alicia Johnson and Peter Hubbard, who ran for Georgia Public Service commissioner in Districts 2 and 3, respectively, have defeated GOP incumbents Tim Echols and Fitz Johnson,” the Hill reported on Tuesday.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that the flip marks the first time since 2000 that Democrats won a Public Service Commission race.

Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin hailed the victories as a “direct response to Trump’s cost-raising agenda that is squeezing pocketbooks in Georgia and across the country.”

“Johnson and Hubbard won tonight’s Georgia Public Service Commissioner race by focusing on the issue that matters most to Georgians: lowering costs,” declared Martin.

Republicans still hold a 3-2 majority on the commissioner and went into Tuesday holding onto all five seats. Analysts say the results could be a harbinger of things to come in 2026.

“Republicans were able to stave off a challenge earlier this year in a special election for a Georgia Senate seat after Democrat Debra Shigley forced Republicans into a runoff during the general election for District 21. Republican Jason Dickerson ultimately won the seat in the runoff,” noted the Hill.

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Someone Hijacked the Screen at Mamdani HQ’s Victory Party…the Image Posted Was Hilarious

We knew Zohran Mamdani was going to win, and it was to all our horror. At the same time, we deserve to lose that race. If the best we could muster to fight Mamdani’s leftist clown show is Eric Adams, Curtis Sliwa, and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, we deserve to get creamed. Mamdani, like most of the races last night, was declared the winner quickly. He wasn’t at the victory party initially, opting to stay home and watch the returns with his family, but someone did hijack the screen with a hilarious post that read, “Trump is your president,” which drew boos from the crowd. 

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Socialist Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani Declares War on President Trump, Capitalism, and Traditional America in Radical New York City Victory Speech

The radical left’s takeover of America’s largest city is complete, and it comes with open attacks on President Donald Trump, capitalism, and even the very foundations of Western civilization.

Zohran Mamdani, a self-described “democratic socialist” and the first Muslim mayor-elect of New York City, delivered a fiery, Marxist-tinged victory speech that sounded less like an American mayor and more like a disciple of Bernie Sanders, Ilhan Omar, and Eugene Debs rolled into one.

Mamdani not only quoted socialist Eugene Debs but also invoked Jawaharlal Nehru, the Marxist “founding father” of socialist India, who “crushed Hindus and empowered Jihadis.”

Mamdani also declared his intention to “freeze rents,” make “buses fast and free,” and bring “universal childcare” to New York — an agenda right out of a socialist manifesto.

Calling himself a “Muslim democratic socialist,” Mamdani celebrated toppling what he called “a political dynasty” and said his victory marked the “dawn of a better day for humanity.”

He vowed to make New York a city where “the Donald Trumps of our city have grown far too comfortable taking advantage of their tenants.”

Translation: higher taxes, more regulation, and open hostility toward landlords, small businesses, and anyone daring to succeed under the free market.

Mamdani couldn’t finish his remarks without unleashing a tirade against President Trump, the city’s most famous native son.
“If anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him,” he boasted, “It is the city that gave rise to him.”

He went on to mock Trump and his supporters as “billionaires and bosses who seek to extort workers,” calling his administration “a despot” and promising that “to get to any of us, you’ll have to get through all of us.”

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NYC polling locations swatted: report

New York City polling locations for the mayoral race in the Big Apple were reportedly hit with swattings on Election Day, with hours to go for in-person voting. This comes after there were bomb threats sent to polling locations in New Jersey earlier in the morning as well. 

According to a report from the New York Post, the FBI and other authorities are investigating swatting incidents, which include a polling site in Harlem, New York. Authorities are probing the emails, which were sent to election workers. 

An NYPD source told the New York Daily News, “We believe it’s an elaborate swatting attempt. The emails make terroristic threats.” 

Polling sites have not been shut down in response to the swatting emails, but the emails were reportedly sent between 6 am and 9:30 am to the Board of Elections, and workers opened up the email in Harlem Greenwich, Village, and Midtown East.  

The threat in the email was deemed “not credible” by the NYPD, per the outlet. The emails were similar to the emails that were sent to muliple school locations where polls were set to take place in New Jersey. At least seven polling locations were hit with bomb threats in New Jersey, sparking some closures, however, the New Jersey attorney general said that each location was secured, and voting will proceed. 

The emails did not reference the candidates in the election, the outlet said, but socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani made comments in reference to the bomb threats in New Jersey after they became publicized, where he also blamed President Donald Trump. 

He said that the bomb threats were “part of the general approach the Trump administration has taken to trying to intimidate voters with baseless allegations of voter fraud as a means of trying to repress the voice of Americans across this country.”

There have not been disruptions at the polling locations in New York unlike the initial disruptions in New Jersey that resolved with hours. The seven counties in New Jersey that saw bomb threats included Bergen County, Essex County, Mercer County, Middlesex County, Monmouth County, Ocean County, and Passaic County.

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Dark clouds Over Moldova

The recent elections in Moldova have shown there are no changes in terms of democratic rights in that country. Everything that happened in the referendum on constitutional changes and presidential elections in 2024 was repeated.

Until the votes from the diaspora arrive, the election result shows the opposition to the ruling majority gathered around Maia Sandu is leading by a couple of percentage points. But, when the votes from the diaspora arrive, the final outcome changes, and the “narrow majority” goes to the side of the current government.

The government’s rating has further declined over the past year, and now they have resorted to additional political engineering: the number of polling stations in Transnistria was halved, bridges over the Dniester were closed on election day so that voters would not accidentally go to “separated” polling stations, “media noise” was increased to the maximum, and “special operations” were conducted with the aim of convincing the public that it was a fateful vote between the promising EU and the sinister Russia.

In total, compared to the second round of the presidential elections a year ago, the opposition won about 30,000 votes more, and the ruling party even 150,000 votes less (Maia Sandu in October 2024 in the presidential elections had 930,000 votes, and now the result of her list is about 780,000).

In addition, the government’s result was influenced by the “meddling” of George Simion from Romania in the Moldovan elections. The anti-system presidential candidate from Romania, who “jumped” into the race after the brutal elimination of Calin Georgescu, somehow he got revenge against opponents from Brussels by “pushing” Vasile Costiuc’s party called Democrația Acasă (translated – Democracy at Home) into parliament. Until yesterday, the party, which pollsters did not find above one percent, won 5.6 percent of the vote thanks to a social media campaign led by Simion.

This may represent a hint that in Moldova Euroscepticism is taking shape on completely different grounds than before, i.e. that it is not all about the constructed polarization “EU or Russia”. This is a new and significant detail for the Moldovan political system.

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