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RED TSUNAMI…. I SAY FILIBUSTER-PROOF SENATE

With control of the House, a filibuster-proof Senate majority could empower President Trump and his congressional allies to push through legislation and approve high-level appointees, such as Supreme Court nominees, with Democrats in the minority powerless to stop them.

After Democrats netted two seats in the Senate last year, Republicans hold a 52-48 majority, meaning the GOP would need a gain of eight seats to reach a filibuster-proof margin.

*How many Senate seats will be contested?

Thirty-four, or just more than a third of the Senate.

Why are Republicans strongly positioned starting out?

Because Democrats will have to defend 25 seats to just nine for the GOP.

Would an eight-seat pickup be a lot? A little?

Gaining eight seats would be on the upper end of achievement, based on election results going back the last 60 years. Republicans picked up nine Senate seats in 2014, but that was in Obama's second midterm election, a time of particular political weakness. It would be pretty remarkable for the GOP to post that sort of gain with a member of their own party sitting in the White House.

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-2018-senate-20170217-story.html

Pope Francis Allegedly Told Michael Moore (A Socialist) That Capitalism Is Sin

Pope Francis allegedly told left-wing propagandist Michael Moore that capitalism is “sin” during their private meeting last month.Michael Moore is an avowed socialist who has spent his entire career promoting pro-abortion politicians

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Speaking with “Late-Night” host Seth Meyers on Thursday, the Academy Award-winning filmmaker recounted the exchange he had with the head of the Catholic Church, a Church he has had no affiliation with since his youth. According to Moore, it was Pope Francis who sought the meeting, not himself.

I went to the weekly audience, and then he asked to speak to me privately. It was an amazing moment, and I asked him if I could ask him a question. And he said, ‘Yes.’…

https://truepundit.com/pope-francis-allegedly-told-michael-moore-a-socialist-that-capitalism-is-sin/

An Arizona man plead guilty in a federal court in Manhattan Friday to creating six political action committees (PACs) and misrepresenting their activities to potential donors, resulting in tens of thousands of donors being defrauded.

The Justice Department said in a press release that William Tierney, who was arrested and charged along with another family member related to the scheme earlier this year, plead guilty this week to conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/414715-arizona-man-pleads-guilty-to-using-scam-pacs-to-defraud-donors

At least 4 people were injured after a car crashed into a water heater, causing a gas explosion at an apartment complex in Westminster, California.

The vehicle crashed into the water heater that was in the carport area, sparking the explosion. The explosion prompted the evacuation of the apartment complex, and led to 3 of the injured to be taken to the hospital. The fourth was able to be treated at the scene.

https://alboenews.net/2018/11/03/breaking-multiple-people-injured-after-car-crash-causes-an-explosion-at-westminster-california-apartment-complex/