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Rory McIlroy appeared to be in contention after carding a 4-under 68 in Thursday’s opening round of the Abu Dhabi Championship on the DP World Tour. His lone blemish on the scorecard was a double bogey on the Par 4 12th hole, but his six on the hole turned into an eight after being assessed a two-shot penalty after the round, which resulted in a day-one total of 70, putting him eight shots back of the lead.What unfolded on the 12th hole on day one was a nightmare even before the two-stroke penalty was assessed.Left with just 113 yards to the flag after finding the fairway off the tee, McIlroy airmailed the green with a flip wedge in hand. His golf ball nestled in the rough beyond the green, and from there he proceeded to leave his chip shot short of the putting surface and had to watch his golf ball roll back to his feet into the divot he had made seconds before.RORY MCILROY SHOULD BE THE LAST GOLFER TO CRITICIZE OTHERS FOR ‘PERFORMATIVE’ BEHAVIORDuring his pre-shot routine to hit what was his fourth shot on the hole, McIlroy placed his wedge behind the golf ball. A close-up video of the moment clearly showed a tuft of grass not returning to its original position behind the ball.Speaking with the media after the penalty had been assessed, McIlroy explained that rules officials had shown him video of the moment on No. 12. The six-time major champion emphasized that he was not intentionally seeking to improve his lie and was “happy” to take on the two-shot penalty.”Obviously there’s no intent. I play by the rules. I feel like this is never really — I try to do everything that I can to never end up in these positions,” McIlroy said, according to Golf Channel. “But just by looking at the video, like it doesn’t look — it doesn’t look very good. Obviously, that wasn’t my intent.””The ball is in a sort of bottom of a sandy divot,” he continued. “I’m trying to feel like if I can get a 54-degree, like, onto the back of the ball, but in the process, this piece of grass has sort of laid down, and it doesn’t — you know, the technical — I guess the technical term for the rule is if you press down on the piece. I’m happy to take a two-shot penalty and move on and move into tomorrow.”THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW!McIlroy was caught up in some rules drama during this summer’s Open Championship, although it was more so him inserting himself into another player’s business and not him cheating the rules of the game.During the third round of the year’s final major, Bryson DeChambeau was assessed a two-shot penalty for stomping around the area near his golf ball, with rules officials deeming that the American had improved the line for his backswing.McIlroy did not mince words when reacting to the moment.”I won’t pretend to be up here and defend Bryson,” McIlroy explained. “I’m not particularly fond of him. I think a lot of it is performative. I think a lot of it’s for attention.”To hold the tournament hostage like that and to have all of us — players, volunteers, everyone — waiting on him to depart, I didn’t feel like it was a great look.”DeChambeau ultimately finished T-14 at The Open, while McIlroy finished T-40.

Left: Dan Sullivan, an Alaska Republican senator. Right: “Republican” Senate candidate Dan Sullivan (Composite: CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images; Sullivan for Senate)
President Trump weighed in on the Alaska Senate race this morning, calling for Incumbent Senator Dan S. Sullivan to be given his thousands of stolen votes, as the vote counting continues and Democrat Mary Peltola holds an extremely slim lead. 
Daniel J. Sullivan, a crackpot lifelong Democrat, was recruited to run against Incumbent Senator Dan S. Sullivan by a staffer for Democrat Mary Peltola, who searched the state to find as many Dan Sullivans in Alaska as possible to rig the election with their fake candidate.
The Department of Justice previously sued Alaska to prevent certification if Sullivan loses but would have won “had all votes cast for Daniel J. Sullivan been cast instead for Senator Sullivan and Alaska’s rank-choice process played out accordingly.” However, an Obama-appointed District Court judge tossed the lawsuit this week, sparking an immediate appeal by the Justice Department to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, Peltola took a lead of just 626 votes on Wednesday morning, with the fake Daniel J. Sullivan stealing 3,583 votes from Senator Dan S. Sullivan. Republican Gerald Heikes, who Trump called “the other ‘slug’ that the Dems put on the Ballot,” also took 4,821 of Senator Sullivan’s votes.
Via CNN:

As of this morning, Peltola still leads by about 600 votes, while the fake Dan Sullivan and Heikes hold a combined 8,446 of the total.
Vua NBC:

In a head-to-head race, Dan S. Sullivan would have thousands of votes over Peltola.

“The vote totals for the Fake Dan Sullivan, plus the other ‘slug’ that the Dems put on the Ballot, should be immediately given to the REAL Dan Sullivan, and the Election is over – He easily wins,” Trump said this morning.
“There is no other fair solution! President DJT”

After it was revealed that Daniel J. Sullivan was a Democratic plant, his own neighbors also trashed him and revealed that he’s a lifelong Democrat.
“He’s been a Democrat his entire life. Every election we drive by there, and he’s always been a Bernie Sanders or a, you know, Kamala Harris supporter,” one of the phony Daniel Sullivan’s neighbors said.
“I think he could probably make money off this if he sold his story or maybe did a movie. He could call it the Useful Idiot.”
MORE:
WATCH: Nick Sortor Goes to Decoy Daniel J. Sullivan’s Home in Alaska, Neighbor Says “He’s Been a Democrat His Entire Life… Always Been a Bernie Sanders or Kamala Harris Supporter”

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Investors continued to rotate away from technology stocks and into more defensive areas of the market.

Disney’s Marvel movie star Mark Ruffalo is crashing the Democrats’ midterm party, pushing a petition meant to put pressure on U.S. House Democrats to not vote House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) as House Speaker.
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On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” DNC Chair Ken Martin responded to Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) saying people should lawyer up now that Democrats have won the House by saying that it’s not what some Democratic
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President Donald Trump has reportedly been speaking with advisers about firing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in the wake of crushing Democrat victories during the midterms.
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The number of people filing initial claims for unemployment benefits sank by 6,000 to 189,000 in the final week of October, tying the July 18 reading that was the lowest level of claims since 1969. The four-week average of initial
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Comedian and Hollywood actor Russell Brand was found guilty of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault Thursday morning as his weeks-long trial concluded.
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