Former Congresswoman Debbie Lesko, upon taking office as a Maricopa County Supervisor Monday, announced plans to audit Maricopa County’s election system. 

“It is very important to a lot of my constituents,” she said.

This is a major departure from former Maricopa County officials’ stance that the elections are run with integrity despite major issues in the last three elections. Recall that former Maricopa County Chairman Bill Gates, following the 2022 election, which was stolen from Trump-Endorsed statewide candidates like Kari Lake and Abe Hamadeh, said the election “was run extremely well.” This is despite 60% of vote counting machines across Maricopa County breaking down on election day and disenfranchising in-person voters who were mostly Republicans.

This also came after the forensic audit of the 2020 election discovered major discrepancies in ballot chain of custody documentation, mail-in ballot signature verification, and ballot printing, as well as numerous election law violations. While serving in the U.S. House, Lesko was one of the brave 139 Republicans who voted to stop the certification of the stolen 2020 election.

Then, last November, Kari Lake was robbed of victory once again in a race where President Trump and Republicans dominated up and down the ballot. Despite Trump winning the presidential race in Maricopa County by over 70,000 votes, Justin Heap winning the County Recorder’s race by over 80,000 votes, Jerry Sheridan winning the County Sheriff’s race by over 130,000 votes, and other Republicans seeing similar turnout, we’re asked to believe that Kari Lake had a more than 100,000 vote deficit against far-left Democrat Ruben Gallego. The Gateway Pundit reported on the bogus numbers during Maricopa County’s two-week-long vote-counting process that began coming in right when it was believed Lake would take the lead in the race.

Additionally, recall that the top election official in Maricopa County, where over 60% of voters reside, even sued Kari Lake for defamation ahead of the 2024 election, which he oversaw. It was recently revealed in court documents that Richer is a self-proclaimed “anti-MAGA” individual whose life mission, in his own words, is to “make life hell for Kari Lake.” How can anybody trust this guy to run a fair election?

Maricopa County Chairman Thomas Galvin also agreed that the board will audit the election system. However, Galvin is not the best choice to lead this effort as he defended the previous three elections, and he was appointed by former board members, likely because he would not challenge their administration of elections. Galvin was appointed to the board in 2021 after former Maricopa County Supervisor Steve Chucri resigned from office due to The Gateway Pundit’s exclusive reporting on audio tapes where he admitted that the elections are rigged through “multifaceted” election fraud.

Lesko was sworn in as a Supervisor Monday along with Republicans Kate Brophy Mcgee, Mark Stewart, incumbent Thomas Galvin, who was picked to Chair the Board of Supervisors, and Justin Heap as County Recorder. Incumbent Supervisor Steve Gallardo remains the only Democrat election official in Maricopa County.

Incumbent County Attorney Rachel Mitchell and new County Sheriff Republican Jerry Sheridan were also sworn in to serve in their respective roles.

After she was sworn in, Lesko gave a speech outlining her priorities while in office. Among those priorities was election integrity and pushing for a “comprehensive audit of the entire election system in Maricopa County.”

Lesko also said that she and Thomas Galvin had already spoken with the Arizona Senate President, Arizona House Speaker, and the Florida Secretary of State to discuss “the differences between the state’s election system and see if there’s any areas where we can improve.”

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Lesko: Another priority is election integrity. It is very important to a lot of my constituents. I will be pushing and have talked to people about it for a comprehensive audit of the entire election system in Maricopa County from a reputable firm.

I’ve already had a conference call; Tom and I have been on it with the Senate President, the Speaker of the House of Arizona, and the Florida Secretary of State, where we have discussed the differences between the state’s election system and see if there’s any areas where we can improve.

Lesko told 12 News’ Brahm Resnik that she wants to “make sure that everything is run right” after he questioned her objection to the 2020 election results in Arizona.

Watch below:

Resnik: Four years ago today, you voted to reject Arizona’s election results. A lot of people can hear you talking now and question your motives. What do you say to them?

Lesko: My motives are very pure. I want to make sure that everything is run right… The constituents want to make sure that our election system is reliable, and I am elected, and that was one of my promises, and that’s what I’m following up on.

Galvin: We’re going to look at reputable companies that know what they’re doing that we can have them peek under the hood and say, you can do X, Y or Z better.

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In a fiery appearance on The War Room with Natalie Winters, political commentator Mike Cernovich laid bare his frustrations over California’s wildfire devastation and the Democrat lunacy that he believes has driven the state to ruin.

During his rant, Cernovich called on President Donald Trump to intervene in California, urging federal action to restore civil rights, reconstruct the state’s failing infrastructure, and save it from Democrat policies and election fraud.

Cernovich wants the Trump administration to come in and fix all of the election fraud.

In California, voter ID is outlawed, voter rolls are bloated with dead and ineligible voters, and Election Day lasts a month until Democrats can find and manufacture enough ballots to win a race four weeks later.

These aren’t elections. This is organized crime and everyone knows it.

During the segment, Cernovich urged Trump to appoint a “special czar” to take control of California’s election systems and governance.

He even floated the names of Ric Grenell and Nicole Shanahan as potential leaders for this effort.

Mike Cernovich:   The writers and the Hollywood people who live in the Palisades and have profited off of the corruption in California, it’s 70/30 Democrat.

They didn’t want to recall Newsom. They voted for Kamala Harris. My God, imagine if they had gotten their way! They supported Karen Bass. The Kennedy family, City Council members in Santa Monica. They did this. We’re just supposed to pretend like they didn’t. We’re just supposed to say, ‘Oh, I don’t want to bring up the fact that this is a Democrat supermajority. Let’s just kumbayya and pretend like they didn’t do it, didn’t vote for it.’

They did. I don’t want to see people like Maria Shriver showing her face, saying anything. I want to see people saying, What are you talking about? You voted for it. They go, Well, we didn’t vote for fires. Oh, but you voted for Karen Bass instead of Caruso. You voted for people who can’t keep water in fire hydrants!…

…So this is what Democrat supermajority gets us. So that’s the case that I’m making for federal takeover of California.

I know that Trump is being a little cheeky when he talks about Canada being a 51st state, and I think the reaction that Pierre, the Apple leader, and others have is amusing.

But, California is a state. Under the Constitution, there’s a case to be made that the federal government needs to come in to enforce the civil rights of the people to act in a reconstruction kind of manner.

So I want the Trump administration, and I’m a citizen I’ve been a resident in California. I want the Trump administration to exercise its constitutional power to come in and fix all the election fraud. They have this authority.

They have this authority under the 14th Amendment, Section 5. They have the authority to enforce the rights, the civil rights of me, the citizen, which is being deprived by the state government of California, where people can’t trust the elections, where somehow these Orange County Republican areas all went Democrat, even though everywhere else was trending for Trump.

Via Mike Cernovich on X:

Democrat supermajorities have run a train on this great state. Election results cannot be trusted. Federal oversight is needed. Trump could appoint a special Czar. Ric Grenell and maybe Nicole Shanahan. ???

Full federal authority to clean it up!

pic.twitter.com/9jJQ6rmgLy

— Cernovich (@Cernovich) January 8, 2025

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Actor James Woods joined Laura Ingraham after the heartbreaking 24 hours he lived through last night as fires swept through his neighborhood in Pacific Palisades and firemen ran out of water in the hydrants.

The incompetence of the lunatic left was on display again this week in California. If only they had real, fair elections, then some of these wackos might be removed from office.

Woods, a rare vocal Republican Hollywood actor, is not yet certain if his home was lost in the fires. He praised his neighbors and community for coming together during the catastrophe.

The Hollywood actor tweeted out a video as he was leaving his home yesterday as the fires had engulfed his neighborhood.

Leaving pic.twitter.com/yJDQ8xIhbI

— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) January 7, 2025

Woods was understandably emotional earlier when he joined CNN to discuss the disaster.

James Woods breaks down in tears on CNN pic.twitter.com/Hw1nxQkBTu

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 8, 2025

On Wednesday night, he praised his neighbors and then went after the failed California leadership that is destroying the state.

James Woods to Laura Ingraham:  “Laura, with all due respect, if it is true that things were handled this way if it is true that Gavin Newsom is the absolute blithering idiot that I believe he is in the way… This isn’t a wake-up call… This is the kind of thing they have tribunals for.

Well, they try people and say, you had an oath of office to perform certain duties. When you’re the fire chief, this isn’t a social justice exercise that you’re in charge of. This is you getting water to areas that need water because there are fires in a hundred-mile-an-hour winds burning houses to the ground.”

Via Midnight Rider:

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A massive fire erupted in North Fort Worth following an explosion at a power substation on Wednesday evening, prompting voluntary evacuations in the surrounding area.

Emergency crews responded promptly to the incident. No injuries have been reported.

The explosion’s cause remains under investigation, with authorities urging residents to avoid the area and adhere to any evacuation advisories.

“The Fort Worth Fire Department Public Information Officer (PIO) will be on scene of the large fire at the electrical substation off Seventeen Lakes Boulevard/Henrietta Creek Road in north Fort Worth,” Fort Worth Fire Department said in a statement on social media.

“This is a very active scene with multiple first responders on scene. Please avoid the area and leave room for emergency vehicles.”

“Additional FWFD crews are joining crews already on scene, as well as the Saginaw FD. The PIO will be compiling all known details and providing them soon. Again, we urge the public to please avoid this area for their safety and the safety of the first responders,” the post read.

8:45PM Update: Additional FWFD crews are joining crews already on scene as well as the Saginaw FD.

The PIO will be compiling all known details and providing them soon.

Again, we urge the public to please avoid this area for their safety and the safety of the first responders. pic.twitter.com/ePBJK4pbl6

— Fort Worth Fire Department (@FortWorthFire) January 9, 2025

CBS News reported:

The incident off Seventeen Lakes Boulevard and Henrietta Creek Road was reported at about 7:15 p.m.

Just before 10 p.m., Fort Worth Fire Department spokesman Craig Trojacek said firefighters were in a “holding position,” determining the next step of whether to let the blaze continue burning or suppress it.

Trojacek said 20 homes were approached, but there was no mandatory evacuation.

An investigation will be conducted, but Trojacek stated there was no immediate evidence of foul play.

Explosion and fire at a power substation off Henrietta Creek Road in north Fort Worth. Video courtesy Ryan Karrenbrock pic.twitter.com/Qgtp8zJX2F

— DFW Scanner (@DFWscanner) January 9, 2025

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Eco-terrorism?

A new fire in Los Angeles erupted late Wednesday night shortly after a fire exploded in the Hollywood Hills.

Several structures are on fire in Studio City.

A spox for the LAFD told KTLA the Hollywood Hills fire and Studio City fire are not connected.

NEW FIRE IN CALIFORNIA

Inferno blazing in Studio City, with several structures engulfed pic.twitter.com/6BaEoijpxP

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) January 9, 2025

KTLA reported:

A four-story structure fire in Studio City erupted and quickly spread to nearby hillside homes on Wednesday night.

The Los Angeles Fire Department reported the fire on the 3000 block of North Sunswept Drive at 8:52 p.m., saying the residence was “well involved in fire with exposures and vegetation.”

The four-story home collapsed from the flames and the wind picked up the embers to nearby brush, according to officials.

“We did just have the winds pick up again so we are seeing some ember casting from that four-story structure,” Adam Vangerpen, a spokesperson with LAFD, told KTLA around 9:30 p.m. “Our hope is to hit it hard, and we’re trying to keep it out of the brush right now.”

Vangerpen said this fire was not connected to the Sunset Fire currently burning in the Hollywood Hills.

A massive fire broke out in the Hollywood Hills near Runyon Canyon and the “Hollywood” sign Wednesday night.

The new fire dubbed “The Sunset Fire” came out of nowhere and exploded.

Local news in LA describes this new Hollywood Hills fire as happening “out of nowhere.” pic.twitter.com/JBX4GJxEmH

— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) January 9, 2025

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