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Former county clerk gets 9 years in prison for tampering with voting machines

Former county clerk gets 9 years in prison for tampering with voting machines

The New York Times reports: Tina Peters, the former clerk of Mesa County, Colo., was sentenced on Thursday to nine years in prison after being found guilty in August of tampering with voting machines under her control in a failed attempt to prove that they had been used to rig the 2020 election against former President Donald J. Trump. At a hearing in Grand Junction, Colo., Judge Matthew D. Barrett scolded Ms. Peters sternly from the bench, telling her he…

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Trump initially refused to give California wildfire aid because it’s a blue state, former aide says

Trump initially refused to give California wildfire aid because it’s a blue state, former aide says

E&E News reports: In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, former President Donald Trump has blasted the Biden administration for its handling of the disaster — going so far as to accuse Democratic leaders of ignoring the needs of Republican storm victims. But a review of Trump’s record by POLITICO’s E&E News and interviews with two former Trump White House officials show that the former president was flagrantly partisan at times in response to disasters and on at least three occasions…

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Harris holds a 66-electoral-vote lead over Trump, calculates prominent data scientist

Harris holds a 66-electoral-vote lead over Trump, calculates prominent data scientist

Fortune reports: Data scientist Thomas Miller has crafted a model for forecasting the 2024 presidential election that, he says, is far more reliable than the polling that’s constantly cited in the media as the best guide to the outcome on Nov. 5. Instead, the Northwestern University professor deploys a framework based on the betting odds set by folks wagering their dollars not on the candidate they intend to vote for, but the one they expect to win. This writer began…

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Regional war feared as Biden backs Israel’s threat to retaliate after Iranian missile attack

Regional war feared as Biden backs Israel’s threat to retaliate after Iranian missile attack

  Israel has announced it is sending more troops into southern Lebanon as the Middle East moves closer to a full-scale regional war. On Tuesday, Iran fired at least 180 ballistic missiles at Israel that Iran says targeted Israeli military and security sites, a response that comes after a series of escalating Israeli attacks in recent months against Hezbollah, Hamas and Iranian leaders. The United States aided Israel in intercepting many of the Iranian missiles on Tuesday, and President Joe…

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‘Make them riot’ — Trump election case judge unseals special counsel motion on immunity

‘Make them riot’ — Trump election case judge unseals special counsel motion on immunity

CNBC reports: A federal judge on Wednesday unsealed a redacted motion by Special Counsel Jack Smith detailing evidence against former President Donald Trump in his criminal election interference case in Washington, D.C. The 165-page document was filed by Smith as part of his argument that Trump can still be prosecuted for efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss despite a Supreme Court ruling in July that he has presumptive presidential immunity for official acts. Judge Tanya Chutkan unsealed the filing…

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Melania Trump passionately defends abortion rights in upcoming memoir

Melania Trump passionately defends abortion rights in upcoming memoir

The Guardian reports: Melania Trump made an extraordinary declaration in an eagerly awaited memoir to be published a month from election day: she is a passionate supporter of a woman’s right to control her own body – including the right to abortion. “It is imperative to guarantee that women have autonomy in deciding their preference of having children, based on their own convictions, free from any intervention or pressure from the government,” the Republican nominee’s wife writes, amid a campaign…

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Multiple women claiming romantic relationships with RFK Jr. threaten his standing in Trump orbit

Multiple women claiming romantic relationships with RFK Jr. threaten his standing in Trump orbit

Mediaite reports: At least three women are claiming to have had romantic relationships with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in just the last year, as he pursued a long-shot bid for the presidency, Mediaite has learned. People close to Kennedy now fear the revelation of those alleged relationships could jeopardize his standing in Donald Trump’s orbit, particularly as the former president and 2024 Republican nominee fights to win over suburban women. Two sources with direct knowledge of the three women’s accounts…

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Musk funded right-wing political non-profit years before he endorsed Trump, sources say

Musk funded right-wing political non-profit years before he endorsed Trump, sources say

Reuters reports: Elon Musk secretly funded a conservative political group in recent years, according to four people familiar with his donations, illustrating quiet financial support for right-wing causes even before the billionaire entrepreneur in July endorsed former President Donald Trump’s bid for re-election. Two of the people familiar with the donations told Reuters that Musk’s contributions to the organization, Building America’s Future, had started by 2022. One of those people and a third source said the donations amounted to millions…

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Israel vows to retaliate after Iran launches unprecedented missile attack

Israel vows to retaliate after Iran launches unprecedented missile attack

Julian Borger writes: The sight of missiles descending on Tel Aviv on Tuesday night was the clearest sign imaginable that the regional conflict so widely feared over the past year may finally have ignited. This is the second Iranian aerial attack on Israel in less than six months, but last time there was several days’ notice; the much slower drones and cruise missiles arrived first, and the principal target was a military base in the underpopulated Negev desert. This time,…

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White House backed Israeli attacks on Hezbollah despite opposition from Pentagon, State and intelligence community

White House backed Israeli attacks on Hezbollah despite opposition from Pentagon, State and intelligence community

Politico reports: Senior White House figures privately told Israel that the U.S. would support its decision to ramp up military pressure against Hezbollah — even as the Biden administration publicly urged the Israeli government in recent weeks to curtail its strikes, according to American and Israeli officials. Presidential adviser Amos Hochstein and Brett McGurk, the White House coordinator for the Middle East, told top Israeli officials in recent weeks that the U.S. agreed with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s broad…

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Can Israel root out Hezbollah?

Can Israel root out Hezbollah?

  Israel says its army has launched a ground operation in southern Lebanon to target Hezbollah. It’s the latest escalation after more than a week of air strikes across the country, which have killed hundreds of Lebanese civilians, and the group’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah. It comes as Israeli allies, including US President Joe Biden, urge it to agree to a ceasefire with Hezbollah. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has voiced support for the Israeli military’s goals in Lebanon. So. does America…

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Trump lies about federal response as he campaigns in area ravaged by Hurricane Helene

Trump lies about federal response as he campaigns in area ravaged by Hurricane Helene

The Associated Press reports: Donald Trump repeatedly spread falsehoods Monday about the federal response to Hurricane Helene despite claiming not to be politicizing the disaster as he toured hard-hit areas in south Georgia. The former president and Republican nominee claimed upon landing in Valdosta that President Joe Biden was “sleeping” and not responding to Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, who he said was “calling the president and hasn’t been able to get him.” He repeated the claim at an event with…

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U.S. is ‘fully complicit’ in Israel’s attacks on Lebanon and Gaza

U.S. is ‘fully complicit’ in Israel’s attacks on Lebanon and Gaza

  “Everybody [in Lebanon] is talking about … this $9 billion that the US has just promised the Israelis now in the middle of this invasion.” On this week’s ‘Mehdi Unfiltered,’ American University of Beirut professor Karim Makdisi joins the show to discuss Israel’s latest attacks on Lebanon – including Israel’s explosive pager attacks – and how Israel’s offensive is only increasing Lebanese support for Hezbollah. Also joining the panel discussion is the Center for International Policy’s Matt Duss, a…

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Drunk with power, Israel’s ‘victory’ opens the gates for war without end

Drunk with power, Israel’s ‘victory’ opens the gates for war without end

Lubna Masarwa writes: The media in Israel reacted to the assassination of Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah with euphoria. On Channel 12’s “Meet the Press”, Amit Segal and Ben Caspit raised a glass of arak to mark Nasrallah’s death. Paz Robinson, Channel 13’s reporter, distributed chocolates in Karmiel. Channel 13 is considered left wing. Channel 14’s flagship programme, The Patriots, opened with singing and celebration led by presenter Yinon Magal. Nadav Eyal wrote in Ynet:”[Nasrallah’s] assassination is an event…

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‘Just not right’: A GOP governor confronts Trump’s lies

‘Just not right’: A GOP governor confronts Trump’s lies

Jonathan Martin writes: Springfield was once a manufacturing hub. Perched on the interstate between Dayton and Columbus, it had tire and farm implement factories. Like a lot of Midwestern towns, that economy declined in the 1970s and 1980s. Yet in recent years, a number of jobs have been created in the area and with that a demand for more workers. It’s the same story in all of Ohio, which is why [Ohio Gov. Mike] DeWine made a point in his…

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An Ohio businessman faces death threats for praising his Haitian workers

An Ohio businessman faces death threats for praising his Haitian workers

The New York Times reports: For Jamie McGregor, a businessman in Springfield, Ohio, speaking favorably about the Haitian immigrants he employs has come to this: death threats, a lockdown at his company and posters around town branding him a traitor for hiring immigrants. To defend himself and his family, Mr. McGregor has had to violate his own vow to never own a gun. “I have struggled with the fact that now we’re going to have firearms in our house —…

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