Republican Larry Hogan wins governorship against "the most incompetent man in Maryland"

WaPo tells the truth here, twenty-eight paragraphs in:

Both campaigns went negative from the outset. On the day after his primary win, Hogan released a Web ad calling Brown “the most incompetent man in Maryland.” It was a reference, in part, to Brown’s role in the state’s botched rollout of the online health insurance marketplace established under the federal Affordable Care Act.

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And it is said this election wasn't about ObamaCare.

Justin Amash, typical libertarian: For illegal immigration amnesty, unless he's talking to conservatives

Americans elect 9 senators liberal on illegal immigration, but 14 for strong borders and against amnesty

Americans elected the following Republicans last night who are for strong border security and against amnesty for illegal aliens:

Sessions (AL), Cotton (AR), Perdue (GA), Risch (ID), Roberts (KS), McConnell (KY), Cochran (MS), Daines (MT), Tillis (NC-may be strong), Inhofe (OK), Lankford (OK), Scott (SC), Capito (WV) and Enzi (WY).

A grades from NumbersUSA: Sessions, Risch, Roberts, Lankford, Scott, Enzi

B grades: Cotton, McConnell, Cochran, Inhofe

C grades: Daines, Capito

no grade: Tillis

True reformer: Perdue

Republican Senator-elect John Cornyn of Texas also has a divided mind on illegal immigration

According to NumbersUSA.com.

Republican Senator-elect Lamar Alexander from Tennessee is another illegal immigration nightmare for America

According to NumbersUSA.com.

They don't call Republican Senator-elect Lindsey Graham of South Carolina "Lindsey Grahamnesty" for nothing

According to NumbersUSA.com.

Republican Senator-elect Susan Collins in Maine is a disaster on illegal immigration and illegal alien amnesty

According to NumbersUSA.com.

Republican Senator-elect Mike Rounds in South Dakota is definitely not opposed to illegal alien amnesty and wants more immigration

According to NumbersUSA.com.

Republican Senator-elect Ben Sasse in Nebraska has a very divided mind on illegal immigration

According to NumbersUSA.com.

Republican Senator-elect Dan Sullivan in Alaska will not oppose illegal alien amnesty

According to NumbersUSA.com.

Republican Senator-elect Cory Gardner in Colorado definitely does not oppose illegal alien amnesty

According to NumbersUSA here.

Republican Senator-elect Joni Ernst from Iowa leans toward voting for illegal alien amnesty

So says NumbersUSA, here.

Rep. Justin Amash, MI-3, drops "conservative" from his campaign mailer

The new Amash drops "conservative" but still claims to be consistent. 

The old Amash claimed to be conservative.

Too bad it didn't hit Washington DC

Measuring your increasing worthlessness

In 1787 the anti-federalists wanted you to have 21,132 US representatives today.

In 1789 the federalists who dominated the writing of the constitution cut it to 10,566 (but if we were all negro slaves today, then to just 6,340).

After 1920 the Northeast liberal establishment cut it to 435.

And people like Obama want to cut it to 1.

And they still call it America.

Told ya: Exports decline 1.5% in September, imports at record levels, signaling GDP of 3.5% will be revised lower

And to think just five days ago our masters of deception had no idea this was coming. As usual, this was unexpected.

Reported here:

The U.S. trade deficit unexpectedly widened in September as exports hit a five-month low, suggesting slowing global demand could undercut economic growth in the final three months of the year. ...

September's shortfall in the overall trade balance is bigger than the $38.1 billion deficit that the government had assumed in its advance gross domestic product (GDP) estimate for the third quarter published last week. This suggests the 3.5 percent annual growth pace it estimated will probably be trimmed when the government publishes its revisions later this month. Trade was reported to have contributed 1.32 percentage points to GDP growth. Exports in September fell 1.5 percent to $195.59 billion, the lowest since April, a sign that weakening demand in key markets such as China and the euro zone was starting to weigh. ...

Apart from slowing global demand, export growth is seen crimped by a strong dollar, which has so far this year strengthened by about 4 percent against the currencies of the country's main trading partners. ...

Consumer goods imports, however, were the highest on record, as were non-petroleum imports. Imports from China also hit an all-time high, leaving the politically sensitive trade gap at $35.6 billion, the highest on record. Imports from Canada were the highest since July 2008.

Ask yourself this . . .

h/t imao.us

CEO of the barnyard says "I'm proud to eat hay"

Researchers repeatedly prove electronic voting machines like in Cook County, Illinois can be hacked to take votes for one and give them to another

Reported here by The Hill, sixteen paragraphs in:

Some voters might welcome the return to punch voting, given that researchers have repeatedly proved the fallibility of individual e-voting machines. One group from Princeton needed only seven minutes and simple hacking tools to install a computer program on a voting machine that took votes for one candidate and gave them to another.

Gold falls below $1,200 to end the week 3% undervalued relative to oil

1171.60 / 80.54 = 14.54