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By Robin Itzler

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In New Jersey, Virginia, and New York City we're seeing off year elections this year, and off year elections are looked at as bellwethers for the following year’s midterm elections..... well..... maybe, yes, and maybe no.  Let’s look at the three biggies and the races stand at this moment. 

New York City Mayoral Race: The only way to keep the communist Muslim from winning the race in a city that averages 25 percent turnout in its mayoral elections, is by having ONE anti-communist candidate. And even that would be an uphill climb.

So far, Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat running as an independent (which shows you bad the Democrat party is), dropped out. That leaves disgraced former Governor Andrew “nursing home murders” Cuomo, another Democrat forced to run as an independent, and Guardian Angels Republican Curtis Sliwa. Otherwise, the communist will move into Gracie Mansion and make New York the Rotten Apple.

Virginia's Gubernatorial Race:  Democrat former Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger is up in the polls against Republican Lt. Governor Winsome Earle-Sears, but the gap continues to get tighter. Recent events have been helping Earle-Sears: 

Spanberger now has a reputation for NOT answering questions, especially on the unpopular trans issue.  With early voting, Republican turnout (so far) has been much greater than in previous years, including the 2021 gubernatorial election when Governor Glenn Youngkin won. 

However, a government shutdown could hurt Republicans since much of northern Virginia are federal government employees. This was Spanberger in 2018: 

“I support and I would support legislation that legalizes the right to die with dignity of a person’s choosing. That would include allowing for medical providers to provide prescriptions for life-ending prescriptions.”

The truth of the matter is that's just the tip of the iceberg with her, and it's showing in the polls, and now it's come out the Democrat running for the state's Attorney General job, Jay Jones, said three years ago he's like to put two bullets in the head of then House Speaker Todd Gilbert, "followed by a wish that the Republican lawmaker’s children “die in their mother’s arms”, and "wished police officers would die".  How insane is that?  Even the far left media says he needs to do everyone a favor and drop out.  

But where's the public outcry from the Democrat party?  As of now, there is none?  Why?  Because he is the Democrat party, a party of violence. 

New Jersey Gubernatorial Race: Democrat Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill is running against Republican Jack Ciattarelli. While polls have shown Sherrill ahead, some other polls are showing they are tied. Democrats are worried. The Democrat National Committee recently DOUBLED its campaign spending to $3 million. This is the most money the DNC has ever spent in the Garden State for an off-year election. 

Recent events have helped Ciattarelli: 

• Speaking on a left-wing show, Sherrill was not able to provide a good explanation as to how she made MILLIONS OF DOLLARS as a congresswoman. (If YOU made $7 MILLION, YOU would know how!) 
• News came out that Sherrill was barred from walking at her Naval Academy graduation because of a cheating scandal. Sherrill refuses to allow the release of her school records. 
• Sherrill voted against the House resolution following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and her reason made little sense. 
• It appears Sherrill used her influence to get her twins appointed to the Naval Academy.

With less than one month to the official “Election Day,” much can still happen to change the dynamics of any of these off-year elections.

Senator or President, Comrade Alexandria Cortez:  Yup, the former bartender who appears to have martinis between her ears, has a decision to make: primary out Senate Minority Leader Chuck “Palestinian” Schumer in 2026 or try for the White House in 2028. Just what America needs, another communist in the Senate or even worse, running the United States. For those laughing, surf Zohran Mandani.

How long before the United States is called Little Arabia? In an American Thinker article, Vince Coyner writes: 

“In 2001, the year of 9/11, there were 1.5 million Muslims in America. Today, there are four million, an increase of 150 percent, eight times what the population at large grew. This, while Christianity declined from 78 percent to 63 percent of the population in the US and dropped by both a percentage of the population and absolute numbers in Europe.”

Missouri: Missouri Republican Governor Mike Kehoe signed redistricting legislation (“Missouri First Map”) that should give Republicans another House seat. Legal challenges were filed even before Kehoe signed the bill. See, it’s okay to do redistricting in blue states, but not in red states.

Philadelphia:  The five-star red flag, symbol of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), flew over City Hall. The city’s Office of Immigrant Affairs claimed it was to mark the anniversary of the founding of the CCP and promote cultural exchange between the city of brotherly love and its Chinese sister city Tianjin. Sounds as reasonable as replacing your bar of soap with Brillo soap pads.

California: It’s already pathetic that Governor Gavin “Hair Gel” Newsom is spending close to $300 million on this unnecessary special election regarding redistricting, but now we learn that there was a MISTAKE in the voter guides! The secretary of state is going to mail postcards ($$$$) with the correct information to voters as one Congressional district was mislabeled on the statewide map.

According to the Secretary of State, through September 20, Governor Gavin “Hair Gel” Newsom’s campaign supporting the deceitful Prop. 50 gerrymandering has raised $77 million. The two campaign committees that are opposing the measure have raised a combined $35 million. Since this is “communist” California, where lunatics run the insane asylum, the November 4 special election results might not surprise anyone. However, volunteers are working up and down the state on behalf of the “NO ON 50” campaign.

Maine:  The Pine Tree State also has a special election on November 4. A woman received a BOX filled with 250 ballots! Is anyone surprised that this happens with mail in voting??? The Maine Wire shared a photo that showed the ballots were inside the box with household items the woman had ordered. There are calls for the Department of Justice to investigate what happened. Let’s all say, “Mail in ballots equals voter fraud!” 

NFL: Conservatives could stop this madness. The NFL knows they could have a Nazi marching band, and millions of Americans (including millions of CONSERVATIVES) will still watch the Super Bowl. Oh yeah, Conservatives say, "I turn the sound off during the halftime show." 

Keeping the sound on or off does not matter to the NFL - your TV is on, and you are watching the Super Bowl, even if ignoring the halftime craziness. That is why the NFL selected an alphabet loving “Bad Bunny” who sings in Spanish as the halftime entertainment. 

The ONLY way the NFL will give a damn about the United States of America is when conservatives refuse to attend the Super Bowl game and refuse to watch the Super Bowl on television. Until that happens, it is a waste of time to howl about the lunatic who will be the star of the 2026 halftime program. 

The Super Bowl proves that often Conservatives talk the talk but only walk the walk when it is easy to follow through. For instance, it is easy to switch beer (Budweiser). shop at a different store (Target) or eat at another restaurant (Cracker Barrel). It's not so easy to skip the Super Bowl. 

To share your thoughts with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodall: Email: support@nfl.com, Phone: 800-635-5300,  Write: 345 Park Ave, New York, NY 10154 

Events from around the globe

Hamas:  According to reports, the Palestinian delegation at the United Nations begged those nations planning to rudely walk out on Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s September 25 speech to pack the hall with more than their usual staffers so it would appear that more people were walking out. Many nations did NOT leave the assembly hall.

Britain:  “Show me your papers” … Feeling the heat of the growing anti-immigration movement, its leftist Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer comes out with a leftist suggestion. Starmer wants workers to hold compulsory digital identity card to tackle illegal immigration. Considering how Britain is moving closer to a tyrannical government, identity cards would fit in. Nigel Farage's populist Reform UK party, which is ahead in the polls, calls for mass deportations of asylum seekers.

Argentina:  President Javier Milei, who has led his country since December 2023, is trying to control the destabilization of the nation’s peso. One way that America can help its friend in South America is with their soybean production; however, that hurts AMERICAN soybean farmers. American Soybean Association President Caleb Ragland posted to X: 

“U.S. soybean prices are falling, harvest is underway, and farmers read headlines not about securing a trade agreement with China, but that the U.S. is extending $20 billion in economic support to Argentina.”

Those who are upset with this action say helping Argentina is not putting America First. Those who support it say that keeping China’s influence out of South America IS putting America First. Milei will be visiting President Trump at the White House in a few weeks, and we will learn more.