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Kent continues asking President Trump to grant a pardon before he leaves – “He may not be leaving”.  That leads right into a discussion of Dominion Voting “changing the way people vote”.  For what it is worth the Dominion logo Hovind shows is not what is on Dominion’s site.  Hovind shows a logo of a red ballot going in and a blue ballot going out.

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Law Professor Argues Opportunity Zone Program Is Harmful

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Kent Hovind’s Hail Mary Pardon Pass

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As I write this Kent’s vote fraud video is at 5,500 views.  There are a lot of ifs, but if it takes off and gets some love from people actually connected with Trump, who knows?  President Trump has been complaining about how mean the IRS has been to him, why not do something for Doctor Hovind?

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