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Former President Donald Trump is projected to win the key swing state of Pennsylvania, securing the state’s 19 Electoral College votes, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ. The race was called for Trump with 91% of the vote in as he lead Harris 51.2% to 47.8%. Trump has now secured 270 votes in the Electoral College. In 2020, Pennsylvania was the state that put President Joe Biden over the edge against Trump in the election as the country grappled with the coronavirus pandemic and had experienced months of far-Left riots in cities across the U.S. that caused billions of dollars in damage. An automatic recount for statewide races in Pennsylvania is triggered if the final results show the winner with a margin of victory that is 0.5 percentage points or less. MATT WALSH’S ‘AM I RACIST?’ NOW STREAMING ON DAILYWIRE+ Polls leading up to election had showed a tight race between the two candidates, with Trump leading Harris in the RealClearPolitics average by 0.4 points headed into Election Day. Pennsylvania has seen the largest amount of spending on campaign ads during the 2024 election cycle for all political races in the state with Democrats spending at least $637 million and Republicans spending $543 million. The $1.2 billion in spending is the first time that a state has ever seen more than a billion dollars in political advertising during an election. The figure — which includes ads on TV, radio, cable, digital, and more — nearly triples the combined $440 million that was spent in the state by both parties in 2020. For the presidential race during the 2024 election cycle, Democrats outspent Republicans $308 million to $267 million.

WEST PALM BEACH—Former President Donald Trump won the 2024 election, Decision Desk HQ predicts, completing what is likely the biggest political comeback in American history.  Despite suggestions that the race would be incredibly close, Trump took off with an early lead, quickly winning majorities in the key swing states of Georgia and North Carolina, and showing early dominance in Pennsylvania. When the race was called just past 1:00 a.m. on the east coast, Trump had won three of seven swing states — Georgia, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania — putting him at 270 Electoral College votes. He is set to take the stage at his election night party early morning on Wednesday. Campaign officials and advisers celebrated Trump’s victory late into the night on Tuesday and early Wednesday in West Palm Beach, Florida, at an election night party for the former and future president.  Trump, who also won the 2016 presidential election, will return to the White House after a four-year absence,  after Harris and President Joe Biden won in 2020. For years, critics on the right protested that Biden’s mental acuity made him unfit to serve as president. Media and top Democrats turned a blind eye to the president’s decline until this summer, when he was ousted as the Democratic nominee and replaced with Harris. Harris accepted Trump’s victory in remarks made late Tuesday night, expressing deep disappointment that her party would not take the White House, and warning, as she has throughout the election cycle, that Trump will bring fascism to the United States. This presidential election cycle has been one of the most vitriolic and aggressive in American history. Trump faced not one but two assassination attempts, and was shot in the ear by an assassin who narrowly missed the president’s head.  In a tense moment, the bloodied Trump fell to the ground as the Secret Service dove to protect him. He then rose, and in a historic, viral moment, defiantly shook his fist to the crowd, shouting, “Fight, Fight, Fight!” Trump supporters saw the moment as a show of strength, and a refusal to give in to political persecution. Trump ran on a platform that promised to Make America Great Again. He has promised to seal the border and stop the immigration crisis by carrying out the largest deportation operation in American history. He promises to “make America affordable again” by ending the inflation Americans have seen throughout the Biden administration.  He’s also promised to make America the dominant energy producer in the world, to turn the United States into a “manufacturing superpower,” to cut tax on tips for workers, clean up American cities, strengthen and modernize the military, and more.  The next president similarly promises to defend the Constitution and fundamental American freedoms, such as freedom of speech, of religion, the right to keep and bear arms, and more.  He promises to cut federal funding for any school pushing radical ideology, whether racial, sexual, or political, upon children, and to keep men out of women’s sports.  Trump also has vowed to prevent another world war, to restore peace in both Europe and the Middle East, and to deport “pro-Hamas radicals” active on American campuses. He promises to secure American elections, and to end the weaponization of the government against United States citizens.  His campaign platform’s final promise is to “unite our country by bringing it to new and record levels of success.” Republicans also took back control of the Senate, clinching at least 51 seats.

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An old friend who’s a church planter reached out recently asking if I had a few minutes to chat about a popular women’s Bible study author. A woman in his church came across one of this author’s studies and asked him for help. She wanted to know if he thought it was a sound resource or if she should look elsewhere. Since he wasn’t familiar with the author, he called me. I shared my assessment and offered alternative studies I thought might better serve this woman and others in his church. I hung up the phone encouraged. I love that this church member wanted to exercise discernment about the resources she uses and that she went to her pastor for help. I love that he found a way to help her even though he didn’t have personal knowledge of the writer or study. But as I reflected on the situation, I realized many pastors don’t have a friend to call or a women’s ministry director on staff who can help field these questions from church members. And I’m sure no pastor has the capacity to keep tabs on all the new women’s resources published each year. So how can pastors help vet women’s resources? At a Glance Let’s say a woman in your church walks up to you, book in hand, asking if it’s a good resource for her to use. Or perhaps you’re meeting with a women’s ministry leader who wants your input on a new study she’s considering teaching. As a pastor, you’ll likely be able to make helpful inferences from the standard information included on a book cover that might not be meaningful to the average reader. Start with the author’s bio. Share with the woman what you know about the seminary, denomination, or local church listed there, and explain how these influences might shape the book’s content. As a pastor, you’ll likely be able to make helpful inferences from the standard information included on a book cover that might not be meaningful to the average reader. Next, point the woman to the publisher and endorsements. Perhaps you recognize the publisher and can offer the woman your general assessment of their resources. If you don’t recognize the publisher, a quick scroll of its website to see other books they’ve published might give you a sense of the sorts of authors and content they tend to engage. And you might recognize some names in the book’s endorsements to offer additional clues. Of course, you won’t be able to make a definitive assessment of the book from these bits of information, but you might glean enough to generally categorize the book as either likely to be a sound resource or likely not to be the best option. Over Time You might also consider increasing your familiarity with women’s resources. From time to time, ask godly women of different ages and stages what Christian books and teachers they’ve found helpful. Also ask them if there are popular books and teachers they’d advise women to avoid. You’ll likely find common threads in their answers. Doing this will communicate that you care about women’s resources and want to hear from women about them. Reading The Gospel Coalition’s reviews of women’s resources will also help. A few minutes spent here and there to read a review from TGC or other trusted sources can help you build a base of knowledge about who’s writing and what they’re saying in the women’s space. I’d encourage you to occasionally read books written by and for women in the church. Even reading one book each year that you find helpful and sound could lead to a fruitful conversation with a church member. If asked about an author and book you’re unfamiliar with, you still have something to recommend—“I’m not familiar with that book or author, but I recently read a great book by Nancy Guthrie. Maybe you’d like to try one of her books.” Why It Matters Perhaps you’ve rarely, or never, been asked to help vet women’s resources, and you’re wondering if it’s worth your time to be prepared. Though it may seem like a minor aspect of your call to shepherd women, there are several reasons it can be helpful to be familiar with women’s resources. Women are increasingly looking to social media influencers to tell them what to read, what to believe, and how to live. When women go looking for answers and recommendations online, they’ll find them. But too often, the advice is unbiblical. Though it may be rare for a woman to seek a pastor’s advice on resources, if she does and he’s prepared to help her—or at least to seek help for her as my friend did—it’ll encourage her to seek wise counsel again. And it’ll likely have ripple effects in the congregation. Even reading one book each year that you find helpful and sound could lead to a fruitful conversation with a church member. Consider the church member who approached my friend. She now knows that the Bible study author she asked her pastor about isn’t aligned with their church’s doctrine. As she interacts with other women in the church and someone mentions this author, she might say something like this: “I was interested in that study too because I saw a lot of Instagram posts about it, but I asked the pastor what he thought, and he pointed out that the author teaches some things that aren’t biblically sound. He recommended a study by another author and I’m really enjoying it—I’ll send you a link.” In that brief exchange, a few important things have happened. First, the pastor helping one woman equipped her to help another woman, so now two women are using a better resource than they might have without the pastor’s help. Second, the church has been established as a place to find resource recommendations. The second woman might never have considered asking the pastor about a Bible study, but now she knows he’s both willing and prepared to help. Hopefully this interaction will encourage her to do some digging before she orders the next book or Bible study that’s all over social media. And third, both women have seen that their pastor values and supports women and their pursuit of biblical understanding. A pastor growing in knowledge and awareness of women’s resources isn’t just being prepared to answer direct questions. As you learn more about what women are reading and who they’re following, you’ll also be better prepared to shepherd them. You’ll have insight to inform your sermon application and conversations with women after church, and you’ll be better equipped to pray for the women in your congregation. Helping vet women’s resources probably involves less work than you thought. But it also has the potential to bear much more fruit than you might imagine.