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The wife of a Woodbury County, Iowa, supervisor was convicted Tuesday of all 52 counts related to a voter fraud scheme during the 2020 primary and general elections in Iowa. Kim Phuong Taylor, 49, of Sioux City, is married to Jeremy Taylor, who unsuccessfully ran in the Republican primary for Iowa’s 4th Congressional District to replace Rep. Steve King in 2020. She was found guilty of perpetrating a scheme to generate votes for her husband during the 4th Congressional District election and again later when he ran for Woodbury County supervisor in 2020, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a press release. The DOJ states that Ms. Taylor had submitted or caused others to submit voter registrations, absentee ballot request forms, and absentee ballots containing false information. She was arrested in January. The DOJ said that the jury convicted Ms. Taylor of 26 counts of providing false information in registering and voting, three counts of fraudulent registration, and 23 counts of fraudulent voting. She faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison for each count. According to the press release, Ms. Taylor allegedly "completed and signed voter forms without voters’ permission and told others that they could sign on behalf of relatives who were not present." Her husband has not faced any charges so far but has been named as an "unindicted co-conspirator" in the case. Mr. Taylor finished in third place after garnering just over 6,400 votes in the GOP primary for Iowa's 4th Congressional District. However, he was successful in the Woodbury County Board of Supervisors race and currently serves as the board's vice chairperson.

https://www.npr.org/2023/11/19/1214092698/javier-milei-a-radical-libertarian-populist-elected-president-of-argentina https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/20/who-is-javier-milei-argentina-new-president-far-right-what-does-he-stand-for

https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/court-limits-ability-to-bring-race-based-lawsuits-against-congressional-maps-5532897?utm_source=News&src_src=News&utm_campaign=breaking-2023-11-21-1&src_cmp=breaking-2023-11-21-1&utm_medium=email&est=ToAGawCygnuOSxrTFk1%2FbdE6g2vLGOaa1s8djdaKikuR2N05FvULzcikhRvk9JSB A federal appeals court has issued a key ruling that prohibits private citizens and entities from filing lawsuits under a section of the Voting Rights Act that has been used extensively to bring legal challenges to redistricting processes on the premise that they're racist. In a 2–1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit ruled on Nov. 20 that only the federal government can bring legal challenges under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, upholding an earlier ruling by an Arkansas judge that private citizens or civil rights groups cannot bring Section 2 lawsuits. The vast majority of lawsuits filed under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act—which prohibits discrimination based on race—have been brought by private individuals and groups who did not represent the U.S. government. In legal terms, the ability of non-government entities to bring lawsuits is called a "private right of action," also referred to as a "private cause of action." In February 2022, U.S. District Judge Lee Rudofsky, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, ruled that only the Department of Justice (DOJ) can bring Section 2 lawsuits, which private entities have for decades filed on the premise that moves like redistricting or other elections processes disenfranchised voters of color. Mr. Rudofsky's ruling was appealed, resulting in the Nov. 20 decision that bars "private right of action" in relation to Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in the seven states under the jurisdiction of the 8th Circuit appeals court. "For much of the last half-century, courts have assumed that [Section 2] is privately enforceable. A deeper look has revealed that this assumption rests on flimsy footing," wrote Circuit Judge David Stras, a Trump appointee, in the majority opinion in which he was joined by Judge Raymond Gruender, an appointee of former President George W. Bush. Chief Circuit Judge Lavenski Smith, another Bush appointee, issued a dissenting opinion. "Until the [Supreme] Court rules or Congress amends the statute, I would follow existing precedent that permits citizens to seek a judicial remedy. Rights so foundational to self-government and citizenship should not depend solely on the discretion or availability of the government's agents for protection," Mr. Smith wrote. While the full 8th circuit could be asked to review the three-judge decision, a number of legal observers expect that the case will be brought before the U.S. Supreme Court. More Details The case stems from a challenge brought in 2021 by the Arkansas chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the Arkansas Public Policy Panel over Arkansas' state House map, with the plaintiffs arguing that a redistricting plan put forward by Republicans diluted the voting power of black people. Racial vote-dilution claims are typically brought on the premise that electoral map drawers "packed" a given state's minority voters into a smaller number of districts and "cracked" them among other districts in order to weaken the overall voting power of the block. In the Arkansas lawsuit, the plaintiffs claimed that five additional majority-black state House districts could be drawn across the state in order to more accurately reflect the state's black population. Specifically, the lawsuit cited 2020 census data showing that 16.5 percent of Arkansas' population is black but only 11 out of the state's 100 state House districts in the GOP-led redistricting plan were majority-black districts. Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, meant to protect against race-based vote dilution, has been widely leveraged by private individuals and groups against federal, state, and local electoral maps. But with the Nov. 20 decision, the 8th Circuit court has effectively ruled that there is no "private right of action" for Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The ruling drew mixed reactions, with some conservatives taking to X to call for the abolishment of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act entirely. Some argued that the provision is applied to the benefit of every race except whites. Others, including the left-leaning Democracy Docket, expressed opposition to the Nov. 20 ruling against the "private right of action." "This is a catastrophic decision that will impact organizations' ability to use Section 2 to protect voters from racial discrimination in voting in all the states under the 8th Circuit's jurisdiction: Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota," the Democracy Docket account wrote in a post on X. Nicholas Stephanopoulos, a Harvard Law School professor, also raised objections. "The brazenness of this decision is something else," he wrote in a post on X. "The thousands of litigants who have brought Section 2 claims? The thousands of courts who have decided these cases? Somehow they all missed what these two judges, in their infinite wisdom, finally saw." The case is widely expected to head to the U.S. Supreme Court, which recently ruled in favor of a Section 2 lawsuit brought by private entities in a legal challenge to Alabama's congressional map. The Supreme Court ruled on June 8 to affirm a district court's ruling that Alabama's congressional map drawn in 2021 likely violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, requiring the state to redraw its congressional map to include an additional majority-black district. At the same time, the Supreme Court rejected Alabama's "race-neutral" approach to Section 2 litigation, essentially affirming that race can be considered in the redistricting process. There are numerous legal challenges across the country to congressional district maps, including Kentucky, Louisiana, New Mexico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Utah.

The latest NBC News poll shows President Joe Biden’s lowest approval rating ever at 40%, with 57% disapproving, marking a significant drop from earlier in the year. The poll also indicates a shift in foreign policy approval, particularly related to the Israel-Hamas conflict. Notably, the poll suggests that Donald Trump is leading among potential Republican nominees for the next election, with significant momentum for Nikki Haley. In a potential 2024 rematch, Trump is shown to be ahead of Biden by a small margin, marking a shift from previous polls. “As the war between Israel and Hamas rages, it is having a transformative impact on our politics. We have a brand new NBC News poll out this morning, which shows the toll it is taking on the president,” said NBC’s Kristen Welker. Steve Kornacki agreed, saying, “I think you’re right to set it up that way. What’s happening in the Middle East really does seem to be connecting with what’s happening domestically in our politics. Let’s start with the bottom line here. President Biden, what is his job approval rating? We measure it now at 40%, with 57% disapproving.” “The significance is that is the lowest President Biden has ever measured in our poll in terms of job approval. Just look at the sea change from the start of this year. Recall, remember, Democrats coming off strong from the 2020 midterms, he was almost even. Now he’s 17 points underwater.” “If you look by party, it’s significant for two reasons. One, independents, obviously, more than two to one disapprove. You don’t want to be there as an incumbent president. But equally significant, no surprise, 7% of Republicans approve of Joe Biden’s job performance, but three times as many Democrats, 21%, more than one in five, say they disapprove.” “You need much more unified support in your own party than if you’ll have a successful re-election campaign. We mentioned the drop in that approval rating and the connection of the Middle East. Here it is: on foreign policy, 33% approve of Joe Biden’s job performance. Just in September, we asked the same question, and it was 41-53.” “These numbers surprised our own pollsters with one saying he cannot remember a time when a foreign entanglement that didn’t involve U.S. troops had the power to transform the electorate, and that’s not the case in this poll,” Welker said. “To go a step further, this jumps out at you, too,” Kornacki added. “Overall, this is the handling of the Israel-Hamas war. It kind of measures overall with Biden’s foreign policy approval, but look at this. Among the oldest group of voters, 65+, there’s a majority that approve how Biden is handling this, that’s +12. Look at the youngest group of voters: 20 approve, 70% disapprove — he’s 50% underwater with the youngest voters. That’s a 62-point net swing between youngest and oldest on this topic of Israel and Hamas.” Additionally, there’s a notable change in the likability ratings between Biden and Trump, as well as a shift in support among younger voters. The poll also indicates a significant shift in support when Biden is pitted against an unnamed Republican, suggesting a potential challenge for Bidem. _

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A TV network in Ireland showed a fictitious news broadcast about global warming and it plays out like a globalist checklist. It is called “Tomorrow Tonight: Ireland 2050.” https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29889035/ It’s meant to be a cautionary warning about the climate but it is plays out more like a warning about totalitarian governments. The broadcast shows people eating bugs and synthetic milk, answering to “green helmet” police to enforce climate action, and living in small controlled cities. They present it as an awesome solution to climate change. Researcher Ivor Cummins takes an in-depth look at this and it’s worth watching. He calls it a globalist Bingo and vile propaganda. Watch for yourself. https://twitter.com/FatEmperor/status/17255220787climate

Zombie’ deer disease confirmed at Yellowstone — officials warn to avoid wildlife! Yellowstone National Park officials are warning travelers to steer clear of wildlife after a “zombie” deer was found dead near Yellowstone Lake, a hotspot inside the heavily-visited natural landmark. The deceased adult mule deer suffered from chronic wasting disease, or CWD, a contagious and fatal sickness that infects deer, reindeer, elk and moose, causing zombie-like symptoms including excessive drooling, drooping ears, head tremors, teeth grinding, and reluctance to move. There is currently no vaccine or known treatment for the disease. The deer, previously captured and tagged by the state’s Game and Fish Department (WGFD) in March, died sometime in October, according to its GPS collar. Officials collected the carcass for testing at the Wildlife Health Laboratory where samples tested positive for CWD. The rare disease has been detected in free-ranging and captive animals in at least 31 US states, two Canadian provinces, South Korea, and in Europe, where it so far has impacted reindeer and moose. CWD has been spreading through Wyoming since the ’80s and currently infects 10 to 15 percent of mule deer in Wyoming, but has never before been recorded in the national park. Animals can contract the disease through direct animal-to-animal contact, or indirectly by contact with an infected environment such as feces, soil or vegetation. It can take more than a year for animals to develop symptoms and some animals may die without ever fully showing signs of the disease. experts warn that infected meat should not enter the food chain.

The New York Times has admitted that school closures during the pandemic “may prove to be the most damaging disruption in the history of American education.” And yet the Times was an advocate for pandemic lockdowns and censorship of people who criticized them. That’s interesting, right? This is an opinion piece but one that would have been unimaginable during the pandemic. It is an admission that the learning loss during the pandemic will effect this generation for a lifetime with “diminished lifetime earnings and become a significant drag on the economy." This also points to the problem of “chronic absenteeism,” which has persisted in the two “normal” years since pandemic closures. This shows students falling off what is called a “school engagement cliff, at which point they no longer care.”

Investors are selling out of ESG stocks because ESGs are a gimmick. An ESG is a label for investments referring to their “environmental, social and corporate-governance” rating. It means about as much as a “natural” label on packaged foods. According to the Wall Street Journal, investors have pulled more than $14 billion out of ESG funds to put their cash flow into the red. Is this because investors don’t care about a “good cause”? No. It’s because these funds did not perform well. It also could be because ESG is a dubious distinction of “social good.” With this label, you have no idea what you’re getting or what criteria these companies were evaluated on. The SEC has begun cracking down on these labels and in September, Deutsche Bank agreed to pay a $25 million fine for “misstatements regarding its Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investment process.”

Is President Biden spreading misinformation? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/internal-memo-accuses-biden-of-spreading-misinformation/ar-AA1k2EzW?ocid=msedgntp&pc=ASTS&cvid=59993807a7c641ac90cc47ffc8636abe&ei=13

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/2024-election-eligibility-supreme-court-throws-out-case-challenging-trump-s-presidential-suitability/ss-AA1knatK In recent legal developments, the U.S. Supreme Court has denied several challenges to Donald Trump’s eligibility to run for the White House in 2024 based on the 14th amendment.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/new-email-shows-fauci-adviser-suggesting-he-destroyed-records-5531024?utm_source=Goodevening&src_src=Goodevening&utm_campaign=gv-2023-11-16&src_cmp=gv-2023-11-16&utm_medium=email&est=4Fn8pVMJYjcqsVHtlJmWCMM%2FEvEGAeyMTwDB2En57MIotrpMAZA5cqCF%2B1Pitud7 So what did Dr. Anthony Fauci adviser actually suggest? What can we do about this?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/pennsylvania-voting-machines-changing-votes-sparks-outrage/ar-AA1jyQY8?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=7f7ed84307e94be999b370cfe116c74e&ei=12 An error with voting machines in Pennsylvania, causing votes to change amid an output print error, is sparking outrage online Tuesday. Officials with the Northampton County Elections Office released a statement Tuesday saying that it appears when voters select "Yes" or "No" for one of the candidates for Pennsylvania Superior Court, the vote is recorded for the other candidate. The issue is limited to the retention of Pennsylvania Superior Court, affecting Judge Jack Panella and Judge Victor P. Stabile, county officials said. According to the Associated Press (AP), Northampton County Executive Lamont McClure said voters first noticed the error on the printed voting records produced by the touchscreen machines. In the release on Tuesday, officials said that the Elections Division of the County of Northampton "notified all poll workers by text message that they are to instruct voters before the voter enters the voting booth that there is an issue with the recording of their vote for the candidates for retention to the Pennsylvania Superior Court." In response to news of the error, Congressman Byron Donalds, a Florida Republican, took to X, formerly Twitter, saying, "This is why Americans have a growing distrust of the system. It baffles me how Democrats consistently screw up the execution of elections to the peril and misfortune of the voter. Make Elections Safe and Secure AGAIN!!!" Rogan O'Handley, a pro-Trump conservative commentator, said on X, "BREAKING: Voting machines in Pennsylvania shut down after getting caught flipping votes Democrats run that state and will cheat in *any* way possible ENOUGH IS ENOUGH - Get rid of these damn rigged machines!!" Conservative commentator Laura Loomer also responded on X, saying, "BREAKING: Voting machines in Pennsylvania flipped votes for judges in a tabulation error! Proof the machines flip votes. Election machines cannot be trusted!" Benny Johnson, conservative commentator, also reacted to the news on X, saying, "Voting machines in Pennsylvania are now being shut down after reports of machines 'flipping votes.' And this is why Americans have lost all faith in our electoral process. Add this to the list of election fraud cases we've recently learned about: -Ballot stuffing schemes in Connecticut -Voter fraud strategies in New Jersey -Ballot harvesting operations in Michigan -Illegal ballot drops in Georgia When will America acknowledge that our election system has been compromised?" Newsweek cannot independently confirm Johnson's claims of election fraud. Northampton County obtained a court order Tuesday, according to AP, after the issue with the voting machines was discovered. The court order allowed the machines to continue to be used. When the votes are tabulated, they will be corrected, McClure said, so "Panella's votes will be returned to Panella, and Stabile's will be returned to Stabile."`n a news conference on Tuesday, a representative for Election Systems & Software, the election machine manufacturer, said an error was caused by an employee of ES&S and they "regret the situation" and are committed to "fair, accurate results." Previous voting machine issues in 2019 were also mentioned in the news conference on Tuesday. According to AP, Northampton County had problems with the company's ExpressVoteXL touchscreen system when an incorrectly formatted ballot in a judicial race forced election workers to count paper ballots. When reached by Newsweek for comment Tuesday, Northampton County Deputy Director of Administration Brittney Waylen referred Newsweek to the news conference.

New Jersey Democrats, including Paterson City Council President Alex Mendez and Dr. Henrilynn Ibezim, are facing state election fraud charges related to voter registration and mail-in ballots. Mendez is accused of collecting mail-in ballots, checking them for votes in his favor, destroying those that weren’t, and replacing them with fraudulent ballots. He also allegedly tampered with witnesses and evidence. Ibezim is charged with bringing fake voter registration applications to the post office. Both defendants deny the charges. “According to the attorney general’s office, Paterson City Council President Alex Mendez (D) is facing additional charges in a 2020 election fraud case, after having previously been charged in June 2020 and February 2021,” the outlet reported. “On Wednesday, Platkin announced that new charges have been brought against Mendez and his associates regarding mail-in ballot election fraud, which occurred during the 2020 election that was mostly conducted by mail,” the report continued. “Dr. Henrilynn Ibezim, who was a candidate for Plainfield mayor in 2021, has been charged with directing his associates to fill out blank voter registration applications and bringing nearly 1,000 of them to a post office,” the report added. The attorney general’s office alleges that Mendez and his associates engaged in unlawful activities to gain an advantage in the election. Ibezim “has been charged with election fraud and other crimes after allegedly bringing a trash bag stuffed with” 954 fake “voter registration applications to the post office to mail them to the Union County Commissioner of Registration,” according to the attorney general’s office. “This is unfair. They rushed to charge me four years ago, and when they knew those charges weren’t working and were going nowhere, they charge me with something else,” Mendez said last week, according to NorthJersey.com. “I’m looking forward to my day in court,” he added. “I’m fighting this to the end.” Thomas Eicher, the executive director of the attorney general’s Office of Public Integrity and Accountability, responded: “We allege that Mendez and his associates unlawfully collected ballots and tampered with ballots to give him an unfair edge in the race for the 3rd Ward seat on the Paterson City Council. He then allegedly set about undermining our investigation into his and his campaign workers’ unlawful activities.”

https://www.theepochtimes.com/china/chinese-warplane-comes-within-feet-to-colliding-with-us-bomber-over-south-china-sea-5517933?utm_source=News&src_src=News&utm_campaign=breaking-2023-10-27-2&src_cmp=breaking-2023-10-27-2&utm_medium=email&cta_utm_source=News&est=cgskVlKXtV12FPLTv2x4D7Mhkle%2F32X8kk4XA6FjNiqaasHAeSzrSXcxVGsZfbU%2F A Chinese fighter jet came within 10 feet of a U.S. bomber in a nighttime intercept over the South China Sea on Oct. 24, putting both aircraft "in danger of collision," the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) said. INDOPACOM said the pilot of a Shenyang J-11 "flew in an unsafe and unprofessional manner" and "demonstrated poor airmanship by closing with uncontrolled excessive speed" near the U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber. "We are concerned this pilot was unaware of how close he came to causing a collision," the U.S. military said in a statement. Footage released by INDOPACOM shows the Chinese J-11 fighter flying in close proximity, within 10 feet of the B-52 bomber that was "lawfully conducting routine operations" over the South China Sea. The Chinese aircraft intercepted the U.S. Air Force bomber at night when there was limited visibility and "in a manner contrary to international air safety rules and norms," according to INDOPACOM. Ely Ratner, assistant secretary of defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs, said there have been over 180 instances of Chinese aircraft engaging in "coercive and risky operational behavior" since the fall of 2021. In those cases, Chinese aircraft conducted "reckless maneuvers, discharged chaff, shot off flares, approached too rapidly or too close to U.S. aircraft" in attempts to interfere with the ability of U.S. forces to operate in places where international law allows, Mr. Ratner said. "And when you take into account cases of coercive and risky PLA [People's Liberation Army] intercepts against other states, the number increases to nearly 300 cases against U.S., allied, and partner aircraft over the last two years," he told reporters on Oct. 26. In one instance on May 26, a Chinese J-16 fighter jet "flew directly in front of the nose" of a U.S. RC-135 aircraft over the South China Sea, forcing the U.S. aircraft to fly through the Chinese plane's wake turbulence, according to the Pentagon's Oct. 17 report. In another case on July 12, a Chinese fighter jet conducted a "coercive and risky intercept" against a U.S. aircraft in the East China Sea, including by deploying eight flares at a distance of 900 feet from the U.S. aircraft. "The bottom line is that, in many cases, this type of operational behavior can cause accidents, and dangerous accidents can lead to inadvertent conflict," Mr. Ratner said. Mr. Ratner said these incidents occurred at a time when the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has declined U.S. invitations to open lines of military-to-military communication at the senior-most levels.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ukrainian-drone-crashes-into-nuclear-plant-as-russia-threatens-serious-retaliation/ar-AA1iZYPi?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=a4ff033b6ccb4c79855b095d2673bde1&ei=24 Ukrainian drone has struck a nuclear power plant in Russia as top Kremlin officials have warned there could be serious consequences after the alleged attack. Posting on an official Telegram channel, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said: "The Russian Federation calls on all governments to strongly condemn Kyiv's attack on the Kursk nuclear power plant." The Russian Foreign Ministry is also claiming the attack couldn't have been carried out "without permission of Western handlers" before adding that Ukrainian troops were "on a par with the most odious terrorist organizations." It comes after Russian drones targeted a nuclear power plant in Ukraine on Wedneday. The attack took place in the western Khmelnitskyi region near the plant, far from the frontlines. Windows at the plant were shattered and 20 people were injured in the blasts. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN's nuclear watchdog, said that the explosions did not affect the plant's operations but that some off-site radiation stations did lose power. Speaking during his nightly address, Volodymyr Zelensky said: "The Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant, however, was the most likely target of this Russian drone strike. The shock wave also shattered windows on its premises." Ukraine claimed to have destroyed all 11 drones launched by Vladimir Putin's forces overnight and said that the damage was caused by the blasts and falling debris. The Energy Ministry wrote on the Telegram: "At night, the enemy struck territory near the Khmelnytskyi nuclear power plant. As a result of the explosion, windows in administrative and laboratory buildings have been damaged."

https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/10/24/election-integrity-wins-in-louisiana-georgia-north-carolina-and-tennessee-but-trouble-brews-in-pennsylvania/?utm_source=TDS_Email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MorningBell&mkt_tok=ODI0LU1IVC0zMDQAAAGPCnmjUmBZRcJWLYLmqG8nXV8Ad9aFo4Al1VyGR0M5lLHoS3owRBi7X7qIY5EPmfoyL4wjwXY_aITN9S-IvDHwh5JDIo8x5kbip5pgbYe0KPTtn7P9vw Citizens of Louisiana overwhelmingly voted, by a margin of 72.6% to 27.4%, to prohibit private or foreign funding to administer and conduct elections. The voters’ decision bans the so-called Zuck Bucks that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg donated, via a pass-through nonprofit, to many local election officials during the 2020 cycle. Of course, the entity charged with distributing these supposedly nonpartisan grants “consistently gave bigger grants and more money per capita to counties that voted for [Joe] Biden” that year, according to the Washington-based Capital Research Center. In essence, this private funding moved the get-out-the-vote campaigns of the Democrat Party into official government offices to manipulate turnout and election results. In North Carolina, the Legislature overrode the veto of the state’s Democrat governor, Roy Cooper, a long-time enemy of election integrity, so that SB 747 can go into effect and become law. Among other actions, the bill provides additional safeguards for the absentee voting process. It will require any absentee ballots to arrive by the close of polling places on Election Day in order to be counted. It also will provide greater access for election observers to monitor what’s happening at local polls. Cooper apparently also didn’t like the fact that the new North Carolina law makes local election boards bipartisan, which the governor termed a “threat” to democracy because it takes away the governor’s partisan control of local election administrators. In Georgia, a federal judge declined to issue a preliminary injunction against, or halt enforcement of, a law passed by the Legislature, which enacted several election integrity measures. The judge found that those bringing the challenge were not substantially likely to succeed in showing that the new Georgia law intentionally discriminated against black voters. According to Courthouse News Service: … the groups sought to enjoin enforcement of five provisions of the law, which govern the use and availability of drop boxes, prohibit the distribution of food, drinks, and other gifts to voters waiting in line at polling places, set a deadline for submitting applications to vote absentee, prohibit out-of-precinct provisional voting before 5 p.m., and require absentee ballots to include the voter’s drivers license or state identification card number. Despite Biden’s arguing that laws such as these are “Jim Crow 2.0,” voter turnout during the last election doesn’t support that claim. And thankfully, the judge recognized the legal infirmities of these claims, too, which included his labeling some statistical evidence presented by the challengers as “misleading.” A review of similar laws passed by Florida’s Legislature around the same time also found no adverse impacts on black or other minorities. Finally, in Tennessee, a law prohibiting third parties from passing out the state’s official form requesting an absentee ballot can remain on the books. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit rightly rejected a challenge to this law. Several groups had argued that Tennessee’s prohibition on passing out the forms violated their First Amendment rights. But a majority of the panel of judges that heard the challenge noted that this wasn’t the case, since the distribution of forms qualifies only as conduct and not speech, and that the state had a legitimate interest in avoiding voter confusion. Although all of this is good news, it’s important to remain vigilant. Last month, Pennsylvania’s governor, Democrat Josh Shapiro, said he “implemented automatic voter registration [to] save taxpayers money and streamline the voter registration process,” without any apparent legal authority to do so. But despite the assurances of Shapiro and Pennsylvania election officials, past experiences with this type of registration shows, in the words of a Heritage Foundation report, that it “could result in the registration of large numbers of ineligible voters as well as multiple or duplicate registrations of the same individuals.” It also “presents a sure formula for registration and voter fraud that could damage the integrity of elections,” the report said. Moreover, Pennsylvania is the same place where the secretary of state, Democrat Pedro Cortés, was forced to resign some years ago after his office admitted that a glitch in the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles system allowed illegal aliens to register to vote for decades. However, the state so far has successfully refused to disclose how many aliens registered and voted

Israel, Hammas, and the Gaza Strip

https://miamiindependent.com/breaking-11th-circuit-emergency-writ-accepted-to-hear-case-to-invalidate-fraudulent-2020-2022-elections-justice-clarence-thomas-to-rule/ https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2023/10/24/congress/emmer-drops-out-00123306

https://ktla.com/news/california/cannabis-cafes-bill-sent-to-gov-newsom-heres-what-it-would-allow-if-signed-into-law/ (FOX40.COM) — A bill that would allow “Amsterdam-style cannabis cafés” to open in California cities that allow them has been approved by both chambers of the state Legislature and only needs the signature of the governor to be turned into law. AB 374 by Assemblymember Matt Haney (D-San Francisco) would allow local governments such as cities and counties to license cannabis businesses that would let the public purchase and consume other products on the premises. The bill was introduced as a way to help existing dispensaries and cannabis businesses offer more services, as well as to help bring more tourists, according to a statement from Haney’s office. The bill was modeled on the cafés in Amsterdam and across the Netherlands, renowned for offering cannabis, coffee and other drinks, food and even live music. “Lots of people want to enjoy legal cannabis in the company of others,” Haney said in a statement. “…There’s absolutely no good reason from an economic, health, or safety standpoint that the state should make that illegal. If an authorized cannabis retail store wants to also sell a cup of coffee and a sandwich, we should allow cities to make that possible and stop holding back these small businesses.” Haney’s office said that consuming cannabis at a cannabis retailer is technically legal in the state, but selling other products is not. Recreational use of marijuana was legalized for adults over 21 in California in 2016 through the voter-approved Proposition 64, but dispensaries function only as a point of sale. Haney’s office said that while legal marijuana sales in the state in 2020 were $4 billion, illegal marijuana sales across the state that year were projected to be above $8 billion. AB 374 still needs Governor Gavin Newsom’s signature to become law. If Newsom does sign the bill, it will come into effect on Jan. 1, 2024, and the “cafés” would only be allowed in cities and counties that approve them. West Hollywood has already passed ordinances that would allow for a licensing system, and similar ordinances are being crafted in San Francisco, Haney’s office said.

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