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Collage from left to right: Donald Trump, Abdul el Sayed, and JD Vance

Trump, Vance, and the ‘jihadist’ el Sayed

Byron York · October 28, 2026 6:19 pm

Democrats caught in Alaska ‘Decoy Dan’ lie

Echoes of 1776 in today’s divisive politics

El Sayed and the art of conning voters

Gov. Josh Shapiro at a campaign rally in Beaver, Pennsylvania.

Josh Shapiro promises restraint as Democrats eye a Pennsylvania sweep

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney delivers a foreign policy speech at Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in Lexington, Va., Monday, Oct. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Needed: A new foreign policy

Cal Thomas October 10, 2012 4:00 am

$FILE -In this Sept. 26, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama points to supporters before speaking at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. So much for Mitt Romney's plan to compete for Democratic-leaning Michigan or Pennsylvania. And what about President Barack Obama's early hopes of fighting it out for GOP-tilting Arizona, Georgia or Texas? Forget them. The presidential battleground map is as compact as it's been in decades, with just nine states seeing the bulk of candidate visits, TV ads and get-out-the-vote efforts. A small fraction of Americans will determine the outcome of the race for 270 Electoral votes. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)$