…”and we will win, and you will win, and we will keep on winning, and eventually you will say we can’t take all of this winning, …please Mr. Trump  …and I will say, NO, we will win, and we will keep on winning”. ~ Donald Trump

THE TRUMP EFFECT – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has already announced the Canadian government’s willingness to renegotiate NAFTA.   In addition, President Trump’s energy agenda plans to triple domestic U.S. energy production, no carbon tax, and the Trump tax proposal drops the corporate tax rate to 15%.
One Canadian economist realizes exactly what this confluence of events adds up to:

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Prayers for the people of Tennessee as they deal with a horrific dry season.  The tourist site and historic town of Gatlinburg is currently under serious threat.  Things are really bad.  There’s a video below showing two guys and a dog escaping –  watch it and you’ll see just how bad it is:

GATLINBURG, Tenn. — Hillbilly Golf, Arrowmont Arts and Crafts School, major hotels, a good portion of Regan Drive and countless other businesses and homes have been destroyed in a blaze that has firefighters continuing their efforts overnight in Gatlinburg, Tenn.

“The center of Gatlinburg looks good for now,” said Newmansville Volunteer Fire Department Lt. Bobby Balding. “It’s the apocalypse on both sides (of downtown).”
An estimated 40 to 50 fire units from volunteer agencies across East and Middle Tennessee were helping fight the fires, with a command center set up at Gatlinburg-Pittman High School. (more…)

In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “2016 Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the Trump/Pence presidential victory.

Transition Website HERE

This thread will refresh daily and appear above the Open Discussion Thread.

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †

Remember when candidate Donald Trump said:

…”and we will win, and you will win, and we will keep on winning, and eventually you will say we can’t take all of this winning, …please Mr. Trump  …and I will say, NO, we will win, and we will keep on winning”…

Remember that?  Good.  Now ask yourself: “have I lost yet”?…
No, and you won’t.

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump has selected Representative Tom Price, a six-term Republican congressman from Georgia who has led opposition to the Affordable Care Act, to be secretary of health and human services, according to a transition team official.

Mr. Price, an orthopedic surgeon, has been a severe critic of the health law, saying it interferes with the ability of patients and doctors to make medical decisions.

And he says that events have borne out his warnings.  “Premiums have gone up, not down,” Mr. Price said recently. “Many Americans lost the health coverage they were told time and time again by the president that they could keep. Choices are fewer.”

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Taxpayer Funded Jihad

The potential for Unvetted Islamic Refugees becoming ISIS terrorists was a hot-button issue within the 2016 Presidential race.  Candidate Donald Trump promised to halt the program; candidate Hillary Clinton and President Obama promised to increase the refugee influx.

In addition, various religious “humanitarian” organizations have been at the tip of the spear promoting refugee and illegal immigration status.  The business model for ‘Baptist Child and Family Services’ as well as ‘Catholic Charities’ are dependent on hundreds of millions from the taxpayers via immigration/refugee resettlement programs.

To give you an idea of the scope: so far in 2016 BCFS has been granted over two hundred million.  $201,069,016 to be precise.  The scope of awards given to Catholic Charities is even more jaw dropping (SEE HERE)

Glenn Beck and Senator Ted Cruz have both advocated for the illegal alien/refugee programs in the summer of 2014, coincidentally the exact same time Abdul Razak Ali Artan gained entry into the U.S.

There are currently estimated to be more than 100,000 Somalian refugees living in the United States. (link)  […]  Between 2013 and 2015 alone, the United States accepted more than 25,000 Somalian refugees.  […]  The suspect, Abdul Razak Ali Artan, lived briefly in a temporary shelter in Dallas before settling in Ohio, according to Catholic Charities records, obtained by NBC

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https://twitter.com/dmartosko/status/803394143351427072
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A Michigan elections panel has certified Donald Trump as the winner in the state’s presidential election today. Donald Trump won Michigan by 10,704 votes:

• Trump 2,279,543 (47.6%)
• Clinton 2,268,839 (47.4%)
• Johnson 172,136 (3.6%)
• Stein 51,463 (1.1%)

The result pushes Donald Trump’s total to a massive 306 electoral vote win with only 232 electoral votes for Hillary Clinton. The Michigan State Board of Canvassers certified the election results shortly after 2 p.m. today. (link)

At approximately 9:52am a Somali male, suspected to be 18-year-old Abdul Razak Ali Artan (pictured left), a Somali refugee with a legal alien status (green card), drove a vehicle into a crowd of students on the campus of Ohio State University.
After exiting his vehicle Artan attacked the surrounding crowd with a large butchers knife injuring nine people before a campus police officer shot and killed the rampaging suspect.
Here is the suspect vehicle 2002 Honda (silver). In the police scanner below the vehicle registration (GHL-6769) checks backs back to Ali Mohammed, 20-year-old Somali Refugee (Listen to audio at 06:00 – 06:20)

Law enforcement officials told NBC News the suspect’s name is Abdul Artan, an 18-year-old student at the university. He was a Somali refugee who left his homeland with his family in 2007, lived in Pakistan and then came to the United States in 2014 as a legal permanent resident of the United States, officials said. (link)

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Funny. Hilariously the Trump Tower cam is actually a big deal now.  Yes, the Trump Tower Elevator Cam is officially a continual live-stream.  RSBN is providing a live-stream feed:

Team Trump are anticipated to continue working work around the traditional media. There are also expected to be several high-profile visitors today, and for the next several days, as the President-Elect is anticipated to announce more cabinet members.
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