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#10 Georgia Election Board Approves Controversial Rule Change Requiring Ballots Be Hand-Counted - Lalee Ibssa for ABC News, Liz Harrington, Jeeper2000, and Dawn on X
The Republican-led Georgia State Election Board on Friday passed a major rule change just a few weeks before the November election requiring the hand-counting of all ballots, prompting fears from both sides of the aisle of potential long delays in the reporting of election results. The rule, passed 3-2 with the Republican members leading the way, now requires the hand counting of ballots at each precinct in addition to the customary machine count. Under the new rule, poll workers would need to unseal and remove ballots cast on Election Day from the machine scanners, and three poll officers would need to independently hand count the total number of ballots in stacks, arriving at the same total...
#9 Oklahoma Removes 450,000 Ineligible Voters From Rolls, Including More Than 5,000 Felons - Logan Washburn for The Federalist, The Epoch Times, Mario Nawfal, and MJTruthUltra on X
Oklahoma election officials have removed more than 450,000 ineligible voters from the state’s rolls ahead of November’s election. “Voting is our most sacred duty as Americans — and every Oklahoman wants to know their vote is securely cast and properly counted,” said Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt in a press release. State election officials have removed 453,000 total ineligible voters since 2021, Stitt’s office announced Wednesday. As part of “routine voter list maintenance,” the state has removed 5,607 felons, 14,993 duplicate registrations, 97,065 dead voters, and 143,682 voters who moved out of state, according to the release. During address verification, officials also canceled 194,962 inactive voters...
#8 Arab American Democrat Mayor Endorses Trump: He Is the ‘Right Choice’ for President - Elizabeth Weibel for Breitbart, Collin Rugg, Joseph Dalli, and Eric Daugherty on X
The Democrat mayor of a Michigan community with a large population of Arab Americans endorsed former President Donald Trump, saying he is the “right choice” during a “critical time.” Ameer Ghalib, who serves as the Mayor of Hamtramck City, admitted in a Facebook post on Sunday that, while he and Trump “may not agree on everything,” Trump is a “man of principles.” “Ladies and Gentlemen,” Ghalib began. “Let me be clear, so our expectations are realistic. President Trump and I may not agree on everything, but I know he is a man of principles. Though it’s looking good, he may or may not win the election and be the 47th president of the United States, but I believe he is the right choice for this critical time.”
#7 "The Biggest Wild Card In The Presidential Election": Just Days Left Until A Crippling Port Strike Paralyzes The East Coast - Tyler Durden Zero Hedge, McLaughlin, NAM, and Robert Waloven on X
Late last week, the CEO of Flexport - one of the largest US supply-chain logistics operators - warned that "the biggest wild card in the presidential election that nobody’s talking about? The looming port strike that could shut down all East and Gulf Coast ports just 36 days before the election.” With just over a week to go until D-Day, authorities are gearing up as a threatened strike by dockworkers at ports along the East Coast and Gulf Coast draws closer. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is "coordinating with partners across the supply chain to prepare for any impacts" from a possible work stoppage by workers represented by the International Longshoremen's Association as they negotiate with the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX), a Port Authority spokesperson told CBS MoneyWatch on Friday...#6 Spending Deal Averts a Possible Federal Shutdown and Funds the Government Into December - Kevin Freking for AP News, The Denver Post, ABC15 Arizona, and Dean Guillory on X
Congressional leaders announced an agreement Sunday on a short-term spending bill that will fund federal agencies for about three months, averting a possible partial government shutdown when the new budget year begins Oct. 1 and pushing final decisions until after the November election. Temporary spending bills generally fund agencies at current levels, but an additional $231 million was included to bolster the Secret Service after the two assassination attempts against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, and additional money was added to aid with the presidential transition, among other things...
#5 Alsobrooks Took Improper Tax Breaks on DC and Maryland Properties: Report - Rachel Schilke For Washington Examiner, Scott Taylor 7 News WJLA, and Stephanie Ramirez
Angela Alsobrooks, Maryland’s Democratic Senate candidate, is facing scrutiny over her improperly receiving tax breaks that she did not qualify for, allowing her to save thousands in taxes on her properties in Washington, D.C., and Maryland. According to property records and tax bills reviewed by CNN, Alsobrooks saved almost $14,000 in taxes between 2005 and 2017 on her Washington property by using tax exemptions intended for primary residents of the district, lower-income residents, and senior citizens...
#4 Congressman Says Homeland Whistleblower Claims Five Assassin Teams Hunting Trump - Ben Whedon Just the News, Andrew C 1776 TM, Kyle Becker
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., said Thursday that a senior Homeland Security Department official approached him as a whistleblower shortly before the second assassination attempt on Donald Trump's life and alleged U.S. officials are aware that five different "assassination teams" are pursuing the former president. Gaetz told Just the News Editor in Chief John Solomon during an interview on the Human Events Daily television show on Real America's Voice network that he believes three of the teams are foreign inspired and two are domestic based...
#3 Chicago School Board Approves Measure to Do Away With ‘Ranking’ Schools After ‘Longstanding Structural Racism' - Joshua Q. Nelson for Fox News and on X
Chicago Public Schools on Wednesday voted unanimously to pass a 5-year strategic plan that vows a "renewed focus on equity" and moves away from ranking schools based on student outcomes. "Everything is done through an equity lens," CPS Chief Executive Officer Pedro Martinez said at the Special Board Meeting on Wednesday before the vote. Martinez went on to say, "Our new approach does away with school rankings and labels, and just like our shift in defining student success, we’re not just going to look at a narrow set of outcome data…" He continued, "we’re going to be tracking and focusing the inputs on practices, conditions, resources, supports, and putting the onus back on the district to ensure that each school has the components to drive student success." Portland Public Schools has adopted a new rule barring teachers from displaying their personal views on a "political or personal issue" in the classroom. According to The Oregonian, the new guidance was "quietly" adopted under an administrative directive on August 24. "Content on classroom walls, bulletin boards or otherwise displayed in the classroom must be related to the curriculum or district sponsored pursuant to [the district's academic freedom policy]," the rule says. "Those spaces cannot be used for an employee’s personal expression whether that is related to a political or personal issue." Fall has officially begun, which means we’re just a few weeks away from one of America’s least favorite traditions: the end of daylight saving time. While not a holiday, November’s changing of the clocks is often more celebrated than March’s, thanks in part to the fact that we gain an hour of sleep. Unfortunately, it also means we’re entering a time of earlier sunsets and colder temperatures. (The latter isn’t daylight saving time’s fault; they’re just correlated.) Poll after poll and survey after survey have found that Americans, regardless of political party, dislike the bi-annual practice of changing the clocks and want to make daylight saving time permanent... Francis Apraku, a custodian at James Madison High School, was overwhelmed with emotion when students surprised him with his dream car, a Jeep Wrangler, during a heartwarming event Monday. "I will give thanks to Almighty God for making today for me. Today is a great day for me, and I didn’t believe this would happen in my life," Apraku said, beaming with gratitude.
#2 Portland Public Schools Bars Teachers From ‘Personal or Political’ Classroom Displays Amid Anti-Israel Clash - Kristine Parks for Fox News, and New York Post on X
#1 Daylight Saving Time: Why the US Still Changes the Clocks Twice a Year - Addy Bink for The Hill, Double Bubble, Michael Sealym, Fox 4 News Kansas City, and Lisa Marie on X
And Now for Something Special
The kindness of children...Students at Virginia High School Surprise Custodian With Dream Car - Gwen Tolbart for Fox 5, and CBS Evening News on X
