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Polish boxer-turned-historian Karol Nawrocki met last month with President Donald Trump and attended an event at the White House marking the National Day of Prayer. Nawrocki reportedly shared with Polish media that Trump told him he would win the Polish presidential election.
Trump was right again.
Nawrocki, backed by Poland's national-conservative opposition Law and Justice (PiS) Party, defeated the liberal mayor of Warsaw — whom Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem deemed a "train wreck" — in Poland's presidential election runoff on Sunday. The results, published on Monday, showed that Nawrocki beat Rafał Trzaskowski 50.89% to 49.11%, thereby securing a five-year term.
'You picked a WINNER!'
Upon taking office on Aug. 6, Nawrocki can continue former President Andrzej Duda's work of preventing Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk's "globalist liberal government" from simultaneously advancing its leftist, pro-European Union agenda and from undoing the reforms undertaken by the previous PiS government.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio congratulated Nawrocki on his "hard-earned victory," noting that "together, the United States and Poland will forge the most ambitious alliance in our shared history on defense, energy, and commerce."
Trump said in a Truth Social post, "Congratulations Poland, you picked a WINNER!"
Nawrocki noted in response that his top priorities are a "strong alliance with the USA, as well as partnership based on close cooperation."
In addition to opposing illegal immigration and the EU's ruinous migration frameworks, the former boxer made abundantly clear on the campaign trail his opposition to leftist social policies, promising to axe any legislation that threatens to weaken Poland's pro-life legislation or normalize non-heterosexual unions, reported the Catholic News Agency.
Nawrocki also emphasized that Poland's national culture is rooted in traditional Catholic values, telling supporters, "Poland's strength lies in its faith and family values."
'It's bad news for the EU, Ukraine and women.'
Homeland Security Secretary Noem likened Nawrocki to Trump last month at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Poland and suggested that under his leadership, Poland could "steer Europe back toward conservative values."
Various European conservatives and populists celebrated Nawrocki's victory, including Jordan Bardella, the president of France's right-wing populist National Rally party, who tweeted, "The Polish people have spoken and their free and democratic choice must be respected, including by the Brussels leaders who ardently hoped for their defeat."
"Faced with a European Commission whose authoritarian policies and federalist ambitions are brutalizing national sovereignty, Karol Nawrocki's victory in the Polish presidential election is welcome news," said Marine Le Pen, former National Rally president. "It is a rebuff to the Brussels oligarchy, which intends to impose a standardization of legislation on member states, contrary to any democratic will."
Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán Viktor called the election a "nail-biter," calling the outcome a "fantastic victory."
Western liberals, meanwhile, clutched pearls and ramped up their fear-mongering.
Adam Simpson, a lecturer at the University of South Australia, wrote, "Nawrocki's win has given pro-Donald Trump, anti-liberal, anti-EU forces across the continent a shot in the arm. It's bad news for the EU, Ukraine and women."
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Simpson acknowledged that it's harder to frame Nawrocki as "Russia-friendly" — a framing routinely used by critics of other national conservatives and populists in the region.
'More anti-European, nationalist and pro-Trump.'
It'd be an especially hard case to make that Nawrocki is sympathetic to Moscow given he has called Russia a "barbaric state," recommended cutting off diplomatic relations with the Kremlin, and has personally been put on a Russian wanted list after leading efforts to topple Soviet monuments while director of the Museum of the Second World War and head of the Institute of National Remembrance, reported ABC News.
Nevertheless, critics have made hay out of the incoming Polish president's vow to oppose NATO membership for Ukraine and suggestion that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy "treats Poland badly."
Piotr Buras, head of the European Council on Foreign Relations' Warsaw office, told the Washington Post that Nawrocki will be a "much more radical politician" than his predecessor — "more anti-European, nationalist and pro-Trump."
Anne Applebaum, the Atlantic staff writer who smeared as propagandists early proponents of the pandemic lab-leak theory and wasted ink last year imagining parallels between Trump and various 20th-century dictators, made sure to repeatedly label Nawrocki as an "authoritarian populist."
In the wake of the election, Tusk, now facing some calls to step down, indicated the Polish parliament will hold a confidence vote on his government.
Jacek Sasin, a PiS parliamentarian, suggested that Tusk was a "completely frivolous man who got a red card from the Poles."
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All of Arizona's 15 counties are preparing to purge up to 50,000 noncitizens from their voter rolls as a result of a settlement with America First Legal.
On behalf of EZAZ.org and Yvonne Cahill, a registered voter and naturalized citizen, AFL filed a lawsuit in August against the counties, arguing that they violated state law by failing to require proof of citizenship to vote in local and state elections. The counties were also accused of failing to perform monthly noncitizen voter roll checks.
'It will also potentially enfranchise federal-only voters whose citizenship is confirmed, which would allow them to vote in state and local elections.'
The complaint was terminated on April 9 after the parties reached a stipulation of dismissal.
As a result, all 15 counties sent requests to the Department of Homeland Security to assist them in cleaning up their voter rolls by verifying citizenship status.
Nearly 50,000 "federal-only" registered voters on the counties' rolls have not provided proof of citizenship, Fox News Digital reported.
AFL senior counsel James Rogers called the settlement "a great result for all Arizonans."
He told Fox News Digital that the counties' partnership with the DHS "will help County Recorders find and remove any aliens on their voter rolls."
"It will also potentially enfranchise federal-only voters whose citizenship is confirmed, which would allow them to vote in state and local elections. AFL congratulates each of Arizona's 15 county recorders for taking this bold and important step for election integrity in the state," Rogers stated.
On April 8, Maricopa County confirmed that the recorder's office had "initiated communications" with the DHS.
The county said, "The Office is seeking assistance to verify the citizenship status of registered voters who have not provided Documentary Proof of Citizenship (DPOC). This action aligns with Arizona law and underscores the Recorder's responsibility to maintain accurate voter registration rolls."
Maricopa County recorder Justin Heap stated, "I promised the voters of Maricopa County that I would pursue every avenue to clean up our voter rolls, and that's exactly what we're doing. Ensuring only citizens can cast a ballot in future elections is essential to restoring trust in Maricopa County elections. It is my sincere hope that DHS will respond affirmatively and provide the resources we need to run comprehensive checks of our voter registration system against their non-citizen database. 'One citizen, one vote' isn't just a slogan, it is the right of every American citizen."
Anything else?
In September, Maricopa County's then-recorder Stephen Richer explained that state officials had discovered a decade-old "flaw" that allowed 97,000 individuals to register to vote without providing proof of citizenship. He noted that the error had impacted every county since 2004.
"Unfortunately, the way the system was designed allowed for one group of voters through the cracks," Richer said.
The Secretary of State's Office later found that the number of registered voters with non-verified citizenship was actually closer to 218,000.
"This data set includes approximately 79,000 Republicans, 61,000 Democrats, and 76,000 Other Party (OTH), bringing the total of impacted individuals to approximately 218,000," the office stated.
AFL sued the office for "illegally withholding" the list of voters. Arizona's secretary of state turned over the list to AFL in November.
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'You know why': Schumer clowned for suing to block Trump order that prevents noncitizens from voting in US elections
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on March 25 meant to protect the integrity of American elections.
Trump's order is aimed at shoring up voter citizenship verification; prioritizing the prosecution of noncitizen voting and related crimes; conditioning federal election-related funds on states' compliance with integrity measures set forth by federal law; and ensuring that agencies such as the Department of Homeland Security provide states with access to federal databases so that they can verify the eligibility of individuals registering to vote.
Sen. Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) and other Democrats were apparently unable to stomach the prospect of more secure and trustworthy elections.
The Democratic National Committee, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the Democratic Governors Association, and the leftist party’s congressional leaders filed a lawsuit against Trump and his administration in a D.C.-based U.S. District court on Monday.
Democrats suggested in their complaint that by requiring voters to prove they are American citizens and by preventing states from counting mail-in ballots submitted after Election Day, Trump was threatening to "disenfranchise lawful voters." The lawsuit downplayed the threat of foreign nationals voting in American elections, suggesting that "non-citizen voting is exceedingly rare."
'You are literally suing to allow illegals to be left on the voter [rolls].'
"Because the Order does not 'stem either from an act of Congress or from the Constitution itself,' it is an unlawful exercise of authority that must be declared invalid," said the complaint, adding that provisions of the order violate the Constitution, the Administrative Procedure Act, the National Voter Registration Act, and other laws.
Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) said in response to the lawsuit, "Why are top Democrats suing to allow non-citizens to vote in American elections. You know why."
Elon Musk replied, "Fraud."
Musk's comment clearly got under the skin of Schumer, one of the plaintiffs named in the suit, who tweeted, "Republicans are denying elections. That's the fraud. That's what our lawsuit is about. Trump's election-denying executive order."
'Democrats oppose any attempt to enforce citizen-only voting.'
Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt (R) seized upon Schumer's quote, tweeting, "Democrats want illegal immigrants to vote. That's the fraud. That's what your lawsuit is about."
"After the 2030 census, Democrats will never win the presidency again. ... Unless they continue to flood swing states with illegals. That's what this is about," noted the Republican Party of New York.
Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett (R) told Schumer, "You are literally suing to allow illegals to be left on the voter [rolls]."
Lee also hit Schumer over his bizarre message, writing, "So you're suing to make sure noncitizens can vote — because 'Republicans are denying elections'?"
In a subsequent message, the Utah Republican wrote, "Last year, 143 House Democrats voted to allow non-citizen voting in our nation's capital. Democrat leaders have explicitly argued for non-citizen voting rights in the past. Democrats oppose any attempt to enforce citizen-only voting. Americans know what they're up to."
The Democrats' lawsuit requests that the court block the Trump administration from taking any action to implement Trump's order and to declare that elements of it violate both the constitutional separation of powers and various federal laws.
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