As the dust settles from election-night upheavals, a phone call between President-elect Donald Trump and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum stands out as a telling hint about how our southern neighbor might be dealt with over the next four years. Sheinbaum was among the first world leaders to congratulate Trump in...

President-elect Donald Trump was present at the ringside after Jon “Bones” Jones defeated Stipe Miocic and kept his UFC world heavyweight champion title.

Border Czar Tom Homan promises that the new president will treat the Mexican drug cartels like he treated ISIS and “wipe them off the face of the earth.” Homan, who led ICE during the first Trump administration, was speaking to Donald Trump Jr. on his podcast, Triggered. “But the cartels are like a Fortune 500 […] The post Tom Homan: We Will “Wipe the Cartels Off the Face of the Earth” appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

According to the Wall Street Journal, smugglers are rushing illegal migrants to the border before Donald Trump takes office. Biden-Harris still has the border open with criminals and terrorists coming into the country. Many illegals are coming in via the App. Smugglers worldwide are spreading the message: Hurry up and sneak in before President-elect Donald Trump takes […] The post Smugglers Are Telling Illegal Migrants to Rush the Border appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Pollster J. Ann Selzer announced over the weekend that she would be stepping away from election polling after her survey in Iowa, which had been widely regarded as a “gold-standard” poll in political forecasting, fumbled the 2024 presidential election. “Over a year ago I advised the Register I would not renew when my 2024 contract expired with the latest election poll as I transition to other ventures and opportunities,” Selzer wrote in a guest column published on Sunday by the Des Moines Register. “Would I have liked to make this announcement after a final poll aligned with Election Day results? Of course,” she added. “It’s ironic that it’s just the opposite.” Selzer & Company’s final poll of the 2024 election cycle for the Register and Mediacom found Vice President Kamala Harris leading President-elect Donald Trump 47% to 44% among likely voters in Iowa, while other surveys conducted in the final stretch of the 2024 campaign showed Trump ahead of Harris. Ultimately, Trump defeated Harris 56% to 42.7% in Iowa, marking his third general election victory in the Hawkeye State in a row. Trump’s campaign released a statement mocking Selzer after it became clear that Trump would beat Harris in Iowa. “Congratulations to Donald J. Trump and J.D. Vance on their victory,” Trump Campaign Deputy Political Director Alex Latcham said in a statement. “After four years under Kamala Harris, Hawkeye state voters are eager for President Trump to fix what Kamala Harris broke. Starting on Day 1, President Trump and Vice President JD Vance will help to ease costs, secure the border, and protect Social Security for retirees like Ann Selzer.” On Election Night, Selzer said that she would be reviewing the data from her “outlier” poll that showed Harris leading Trump by 3 percentage points when it became clear that it had missed the mark. And Register Executive Editor Carol Hunter said her newspaper would also be “closely reviewing the disparity.” In her guest column on Sunday, Selzer wrote that her “history of accuracy” might have “made the outlier position too comfortable.” She said that polling “is a science of estimation, and science has a way of periodically humbling the scientist. So, I’m humbled, yet always willing to learn from unexpected findings.” Selzer also shared her future plans, saying, “My work will continue for current clients and for clients yet to come. In addition, I’m thinking about how to put other talents to work for the benefit of new clients.”

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