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#10 Supreme Court Tosses Out Decision Letting 18-Year-Olds Carry Guns During Emergencies in Pennsylvania - Lindsay Whitehurst for AP News, Alex Swoyer, and Reuters Legal on X
The Supreme Court on Tuesday tossed out a decision allowing 18-year-olds to openly carry guns during emergencies in Pennsylvania. There were no noted dissents in the high court’s brief order. It lets stand a ban on people aged 18 to 20 carrying guns in public during a declared state of emergency. The case comes amid major shifts in the firearm legal landscape following an influential Supreme Court decision in 2022 that expanded gun rights. The high court said any firearm restrictions must have a strong basis in history. Multiple gun laws have been struck down in the wake of that ruling, including age restrictions, by judges in states like Minnesota, Virginia, and Texas. The Pennsylvania challengers argued that younger people weren’t barred from carrying guns at the time of the nation’s founding, so they shouldn’t be barred today...#9 Arizona Counties Won’t Be Forced to Do Citizenship Checks Before the Election, a Judge Rules - ABC News, KVOA News for Tucson, and Daniel O'Conner on X
Judge has rejected a request to require Arizona's 15 counties to verify the citizenship of some 42,000 voters registered only to vote in federal elections in the presidential battleground state, concluding those who sought the checks made their request too close to the Nov. 5 election and didn’t have legal standing. A lawsuit filed on behalf of an Arizona voter and the conservative advocacy group Strong Communities Foundation of Arizona sought a court order requiring county recorders to ask federal authorities to verify the citizenship of those voters. Arizona requires voters to prove their citizenship to participate in local and state races. Voters who don’t provide proof of citizenship yet still swear they are U.S. citizens are allowed to vote only for president, the U.S. House, or Senate...
#8 Georgia Judge Blocks Ballot Hand Count Rule From Taking Effect Before Election - Ella Lee for The Hill, Mario Nawfal, Fox News, and Prodigal on X
A new Georgia election rule that would require a hand count of ballots on election night will not take effect before November’s contest, a state judge ruled. In a decision late Tuesday, Fulton County Superior Judge Robert McBurney agreed to block the rule’s application, writing that the public is “not disserved by pressing pause.” “This election season is fraught; memories of January 6 have not faded away, regardless of one’s view of that date’s fame or infamy,” McBurney wrote in an 8-page ruling. “Anything that adds uncertainty and disorder to the electoral process disserves the public.” The rule, passed by the Republican State Election Board, was set to go into effect Oct. 22, just two weeks before the election, and after early voting in the state is underway...
#7 Record Number of Early Votes Cast in Georgia as Election Gets Underway in Battleground State - CNN, Island News, OSZ, The Real Political Savvy, and Virgil L. Walker on X
A record number of early votes have been cast in Georgia on Tuesday as residents headed to the polls in a critical battleground state that is grappling with the fallout from Hurricane Helene and controversial election administration changes that have spurred a flurry of lawsuits. More than 328,000 ballots were cast Tuesday, Gabe Sterling of the Georgia secretary of state’s office said on X. “So with the record breaking 1st day of early voting and accepted absentees we have had over 328,000 total votes cast so far,” he said. The previous first day record was 136,000 in 2020, Sterling said...
#6 Youngkin Defends Virginia Removing Non-Citizens From Voter Rolls: ‘This Is Common Sense’ - Daily Wire News, Salty Conservative, The Bottom Line, Christian Martinez, and The American Conservative on X
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin defended his decision to remove non-citizens from the state’s voter rolls in accordance with state law that was passed by Democrats, saying that doing so was “common sense.” Youngkin made the remarks during an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper this week in response to the Biden-Harris administration filing a lawsuit to stop Youngkin from removing non-citizens from the rolls within 90 days of an election. “First and foremost, this is a law that’s been on our books since 2006,” Youngkin said. “It was a law that was signed by then Democrat Governor Tim Kaine, and it requires our election process and governors to use DMV data when an individual self-identifies as a non-citizen and there is a match with that person on the voter rolls to then notify that person that they have 14 days to affirm that they’re a citizen or not, and if they’re not, then they are removed.”
#5 West Virginia Secretary Of State Demands Feds Answer For 2020 Election Interference - Logan Washburn for The Federalist, Paul Phillips, and Conservative News Daily on X
West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner is demanding answers from federal agencies about their suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story. West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner, a Republican, is calling on federal agencies to apologize for their role in suppressing information that could have changed the 2020 election outcome. He warned the government might do similar things again. “I want the federal government — one of these agencies, or all these agencies — to admit that there was a problem, and that would be the first step toward restoring confidence in both our federal government and in our elections,” Warner told The Federalist. “If you don’t acknowledge the problem, then it’s likely to happen again.”#4 Republican Candidate Mark Robinson Slaps CNN With $50 Million Defamation Lawsuit - Blaze News, The New York Post, Mark Robinson, and Laureen Trent on X
The CNN report claimed to have linked Robinson to an account that made very lewd and racist comments online. Republican North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson announced Tuesday that he filed a $50 million defamation lawsuit against the Cable News Network over accusations the outlet made against him. The CNN report claimed to have identified a screen name on a pornography community website that the network said belonged to Robinson. The screen name made various racist and very lewd comments on the message board. Robinson denied that he was tied to the screen name, accused CNN of participating in "a coordinated attack aimed at derailing his campaign for governor," and sought up to $50 million in damages...
#3 Desantis Says Owner of Dog Abandoned in Viral Hurricane Milton Video Arrested - Garrett Phillips and Rachel Tucker for News Nation, WBRC 6 News, Only One Life to Live, and Nick Sortor on X
The owner of Trooper, the dog found tied to a pole shortly before Hurricane Milton made landfall, will be charged with aggravated animal cruelty charges, according to Florida’s state attorney. While speaking at a news conference at the Falkenburg Road Jail Assembly Room, State Attorney Susan Lopez and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said crimes committed before and after Hurricane Milton will not be tolerated. Giovanny Garcia will be charged with aggravated animal cruelty, which is a third-degree felony punishable by up to five years in prison. According to the State Attorney’s Office, Garcia told police he abandoned his dog, “Jumbo,” while on his way to Georgia because he “couldn’t find anyone to pick the dog up.”
#2 As IV Shortage Continues After Hurricane, U.S. Invokes Wartime Power to Speed Recovery - Alexander Tin for CBS News, Xpostfactoid, WABC7 News, and Dave Johnson on X
The Biden administration says it has invoked the wartime powers of the Defense Production Act to speed rebuilding of a major American factory of intravenous fluids that was wrecked by Hurricane Helene last month. Damage to the plant in North Carolina has worsened a nationwide shortage of IV fluids, and hospitals say they are still postponing some surgeries and other procedures as a result. Some 60% of the nation's IV supplies had relied on production from the plant, run by medical supplier Baxter before it was damaged by the storm...
#1 Disaster Relief Loan Program Out of Money Until Congress Returns After the November Election - WTHR for Associated Press, Fox61, Katshuu, 10 Tampa Bay, Jamal Nelson, and The Washington Times on X
The Small Business Administration has run out of money for the disaster assistance loans it offers small businesses, homeowners, and renters, delaying much-needed relief for people applying for aid in the wake of the destruction caused by Hurricanes Helene and Milton. The SBA offers Economic Injury Disaster Loans to businesses and people affected by disasters. The SBA warned earlier this month that it could run out of funding, given the anticipated surge in claims from Hurricane Helene, without additional funding from Congress...
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Beloved Brooklyn Pizzeria Saves Dying Customer by Finding Him a Kidney Donor: ‘I Don’t Know How I Got to Be So Lucky’ -
Jeanette Settembre for The New York Post and on X
One of Brooklyn’s most famous pizza men cooked up a miracle for a customer in need. When Mark Iacono, owner of wood-fired-pizza institution Lucali in Carroll Gardens, learned his patron and friend Theo Alano, 54, was suffering from end-stage kidney disease, he was devastated. Desperate to help in some way, Iacono shared a post with his 245,000 Instagram followers in December of 2023, writing that Alano, a creative director, was looking for a kidney donor...
