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GA Audit Finds Just 20 Noncitizens Registered To Vote

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: An audit uncovered 20 noncitizens out of 8.2 million registered voters in Georgia, according to findings announced by Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Wednesday. Nine of those 20 noncitizens cast ballots years ago, before ID verification checks were in place, while the other 11 were registered but never actually voted, the audit showed. Election officials …

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Court Hears Challenge To LA Ten Commandments Law

Courthouse News reports: Represented by several civil liberties groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Louisiana, Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the Freedom from Religion Foundation, the plaintiffs brought in Steven Green, a professor of law, religious studies and history at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, as a witness in their bid for …

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47% Support Military-Guarded Camps For Migrants

Axios reports: A policy proposed by former President Trump to round up and deport undocumented immigrants — even if it requires using military-guarded encampments — has Americans divided, per a new survey. The survey results come as Trump is promising to carry out mass deportations using a 226-year-old law that allows the federal government to detain “enemy aliens” in times …

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DeSantis Holds Anti-Abortion Rally At State Expense

The Associated Press reports: After a month of updating Floridians on hurricanes, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is now focusing his official office on fighting an abortion rights amendment, holding a campaign-like rally at state expense two weeks before the election. DeSantis’ event Monday, which was capped with a prayer from the archbishop of Miami and the lieutenant governor asking people …

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AZ Republican Pleads Guilty To Certification Refusal

The Huffington Post reports: One of two rural Arizona county supervisors who faced criminal charges for refusing to certify the 2022 midterm results by a state deadline pleaded guilty Monday to a misdemeanor of failing to perform her duty as an election officer. Coming two weeks before the Nov. 5 general election, the acknowledgment of guilt by Cochise County Supervisor …

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Musk’s First Two $1M Winners Had Already Voted

Politico reports: Elon Musk is doing a good job of drawing attention with his $1 million giveaways to Pennsylvania voters. But will the project actually boost Donald Trump? Two Pennsylvania voters have won the billionaire’s super PAC lottery so far — and both are Republican voters who had participated in recent non-presidential elections and already cast their ballots by mail …

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Officials Petition Garland: Investigate Musk’s Giveaway

The Washington Post reports: Former Republican lawmakers, advisers and Justice Department officials have called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate tech billionaire Elon Musk for awarding cash prizes to voters in swing states if they sign his political organization’s petition, according to a letter obtained by The Washington Post and sent to Garland on Monday. The letter argues that …

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Paxton Goes After Dem Fundraising Platform ActBlue

The Hill reports: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday called on federal regulators to make it more difficult for donors to use ActBlue, a popular progressive fundraising platform that has collected record donations for the Harris campaign. In a letter to the Federal Election Commission, Paxton accused the platform of failing to keep off “straw donors,” people who use …

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Vance Has Missed All Senate Votes Since Joining Ticket

The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports: Since becoming Donald Trump’s vice-presidential running mate in July, U.S. Sen. JD Vance hasn’t cast a single vote in Congress. The 42 votes the Cincinnati Republican missed while on the campaign trail for Trump were mostly to confirm federal appointees but they also included measures to expand the child tax credit, create a right to …

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Rick Scott: Vote Early, Another Hurricane Could Hit FL

Florida Politics reports: During an interview on Clay & Buck, U.S. Sen. Rick Scott urged listeners to “look at these storms we’ve had, and what if we have another storm Nov. 4? What’s going to happen? You don’t want to take a chance.” Scott, who holds a margin-of-error lead over Democrat Debbie Mucarsel-Powell in polls released by the University of …

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Johnson And Liz Cheney Have “Tense” Text Exchange

Axios reports: Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) engaged in a tense text exchange last week, Axios has learned. Johnson told Axios in an exclusive interview on Saturday that he reached out to Cheney — a former close ally and friend — after she took aim at him on NBC’s “Meet the Press” over certifying the …

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Lindsey Graham Attacks Republicans Backing Harris: “I Just Can’t Take Four More Years Of This Crap” [VIDEO]

NBC News reports: South Carolina GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham on Sunday slammed members of his own party who are supporting Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential bid, asking them, “What the hell are you doing? You’re supporting the most radical nominee in the history of American politics,” Graham said on NBC News’ “Meet the Press.” “The danger to this country is …

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Johnson Accuses CNN Of “Cherry Picking” Trump’s Boasting About The Size Arnold Palmer’s Penis [VIDEO]

Jake Tapper: “I’m sure that you think that a policy debate would be better than a personality debate, but if President Biden had gone on stage and spoke about the size of a pro golfer’s penis, I think you would be on this show right now saying you were shocked and appalled and you would suggest it was evidence of …

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Dominion Threatens To Sue After Claims By MTG, Musk

The Huffington Post reports: Dominion Voting Systems released a pointed statement Saturday following remarks from billionaire Elon Musk and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), who have reiterated debunked conspiracy theories that the 2020 election was stolen from Republican nominee Donald Trump. “We strongly encourage people to rely upon verified, credible sources of election information – sources that can explain the …

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X Changes TOS So Lawsuits Go To Musk’s Pet TX Court

Ars Technica reports: Elon Musk’s X updated its terms of service to steer user lawsuits to US District Court for the Northern District of Texas, the same court where a judge who bought Tesla stock is overseeing an X lawsuit against the nonprofit Media Matters for America. The new terms that apply to users of the X social network say …

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DeSantis Lawyer Quits Over Threats To TV Stations

The Miami Herald reports: When he abruptly resigned from his post last week, the top attorney for the Florida Department of Health suggested in a resignation letter that he was uncomfortable with decisions taken by the state agency, which days earlier had threatened to prosecute television stations over political advertisements. “A man is nothing without his conscience,” John Wilson wrote. …

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Graham Money-Begs On Fox: “We’re Getting Creamed”

“The United States Senate needs to have enough Republicans to help this president enact his agenda. I don’t want 51. I want more. So, I’m here tonight to give you a wake-up call. You said every vote counts. Well, every donation counts, too. “We’re getting creamed on the Senate when it comes to raising money. Wisconsin, Ohio, and Michigan, our …

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House Candidate: Require Texans To Carry Passports

The Texas Tribune reports: Former U.S. Rep. Mayra Flores said she has no problem with requiring South Texans to carry passports to prove their citizenship. Flores, a Republican running to recapture the congressional seat she briefly held in 2022, made that assertion Thursday night during a debate with U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, the Democrat incumbent. Gonzalez was explaining why he …

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2020’s Big Lie Lawyers Are Again Behind Election Suits

The Intercept reports: Across battleground states, attorneys who helped former President Donald Trump undermine confidence in the 2020 election results are back at it, filing lawsuits that seed doubt in advance about this year’s outcome. Some of Trump’s attorneys from the 2020 election cycle were disbarred, indicted, or otherwise sanctioned for their roles, including Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, and Sidney …

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Senate Nominee Sticks By “Shot In Afghanistan” Story

The Washington Post reports: A former SEAL colleague, Dave Madden, who had what he described as a close relationship with Mr. Sheehy before they deployed to Afghanistan, said that Mr. Sheehy never mentioned a gunshot wound to him, and almost certainly would have done so in a conversation they had during their deployment if he had indeed been wounded. On …

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