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The Texas Tribune reports: Attorney General Ken Paxton can’t use a state statute that he repeatedly relies on to scrutinize various companies and nonprofits — including an El Paso migrant shelter network and a nonprofit focused on increasing Latinos’ civic participation — after a federal magistrate judge on Friday ruled the tool unconstitutional, according to Bloomberg Law. Judge Mark Lane …

ABC News reports: GOP vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance is standing by former President Donald Trump’s false claims that Venezuelan gangs have invaded and conquered Aurora, Colorado. Trump has repeatedly claimed that members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang have “taken over” apartment complexes and “overrun” the city, as he did in a rally in the city on …

Axios reports: Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo) said Sunday she does not trust House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to certify the 2024 election if Vice President Harris wins. “I do not have faith that Mike Johnson will fulfill his constitutional obligations,” Cheney said on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” referring to Congress’ role in certifying presidential elections on Jan. 6. Cheney …

The Daily Beast reports: Florida’s Democratic chairwoman posted footage alleging hurricane debris was deliberately being placed behind an area where the Florida governor was set to hold a press conference. DeSantis was visiting Treasure Island–a community that weathered both Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton–when Nikki Fried posted footage of what appeared to be workers piling debris from the aftermath directly …

The Huffington Post reports: The St. Louis Post-Dispatch pulled no punches with a damning assessment of Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) as “quite possibly the worst sitting senator in America right now.” The Missouri newspaper’s editorial board said Sunday that Donald Trump acolyte Hawley “stands apart for his singular role in spurring the violence” of Jan. 6, 2021. Hawley was “the …

“I think there is going to be some cheating in this election. I think non-citizens are going to vote. It’s the actions of the Biden-Harris administration and some of these states. “Non-citizens are not allowed to vote under federal law. But the states have prohibited it. We passed the SAVE act. In the House, the SAVE Act says you gotta …

Salon reports: In a last-minute effort to kill a proposed ballot amendment that would restore abortion rights in Florida, state officials are accusing a group that gathered signatures to get the amendment on this year’s ballot fraud. Florida Deputy Secretary of State Brad McVay claimed in a 348-page report released on Friday night that Floridians Protecting Freedom paid out-of-state petition …

Florida Politics reports: More than 1.5 million remain without power almost three days after feeling the first effects of Hurricane Milton. Most major utility providers have now provided timelines for when service should come back online. Outages include more than 581,000 Duke Energy customers, almost 428,000 Florida Power & Light (FPL) accounts and more than 420,000 Tampa Electric Company (TECO) …

The Associated Press reports: The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Virginia election officials Friday that accuses the state of striking names from voter rolls in violation of federal election law. The lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Alexandria says that an executive order issued in August by Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin requiring daily updates to …

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports: Six Republican members of Congress are suing the Pennsylvania Department of State, arguing that ballots from overseas voters — including members of the U.S. military — are susceptible to fraud because those voters are not subject to ID requirements applied to U.S.-based absentee voters. None of the six lawmakers, who represent Pennsylvania, voted to certify the …

“People had their property. They have a right to do with what they want to do with it. And it is tough when you have two back-to-back storms. No question. “The reality is people work their whole lives and work hard to be able to live in environments that are really, really nice. “And they have a right to make …

Kylee Griswold writes for The Federalist: Stupid people — people who know nothing of civic responsibility or common sense — do threaten the fabric of our self-government, especially when they hold power, and Kamala Harris is the poster child. She’s frankly too stupid to be president. Not only is Harris inarticulate, but she’s also unlikable. She’s like Barack Obama without …

Denver’s Fox affiliate reports: Tyler Boebert – the oldest son of Rep. Lauren Boebert – received a two-year deferred sentence Thursday after entering a guilty plea stemming from an incident earlier this year. At the Garfield County Courthouse, Boebert – whose family was in attendance which included his mom – pleaded guilty to one count of identity theft with the …

Politico reports: Hurricane Milton’s rampage is not swaying House Republican leaders who oppose returning to Washington to approve billions of dollars for disaster assistance. President Joe Biden on Thursday said lawmakers should return to Capitol Hill “immediately” from their preelection recess, echoing pleas from both Republican and Democratic lawmakers from the afflicted states. “To be clear: Congress will act again …

Florida Politics reports: Despite the massive onslaught of tornadoes from this late-season storm, DeSantis noted that it is “kind of normal” with each storm and “to be expected” that with “every hurricane we have a lot of tornadoes spun off,” as “things churn off with these weather systems.” And climate change or global warming? Nothing to do with it, said …

Axios reports: Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-Fla.), who represents a Hurricane-prone district in South Florida, replied to one of Greene’s posts writing, “NEW FLASH —> Humans cannot create or control hurricanes.” Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) told Axios in a statement that Greene’s rhetoric “doesn’t dignify a response — other than to say, of course no one can control the weather.” Said …

Courthouse News reports: U.S. Representative Jeff Jackson’s campaign is being sued for defamation by his opponent for the office of North Carolina attorney general. Dan Bishop and his campaign filed suit against Jackson’s campaign and the North Carolina Democratic Party on Oct. 3, claiming that they defamed him and framed him as representing clients who stole from the elderly. Democrat …

The Guardian reports: David McCormick, the Republican candidate for US Senate in Pennsylvania, led the largest hedge fund in the world while it managed and advised funds holding hundreds of millions of dollars in Russian debt, documents obtained by the Guardian show. Filings with the US Department of Labor, known as form 5500s, show that from 2017 to 2021, Bridgewater …

The Raleigh News & Observer reports: An advertisement featuring artificially generated video and audio of the Republican nominee for North Carolina governor could be a sign of what’s to come in political attacks. The ad begins with a disclaimer that artificial intelligence was used, but the statements are parodies of comments made by Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson. An AI-generated Robinson, …

NBC News reports: Republican Kari Lake and Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego faced off in Arizona’s feisty first and only Senate debate Wednesday evening, trading shots over the border, abortion, tax policy and more. “We are at a crossroads, Arizona,” Gallego said in his opening statement, highlighting Lake’s repeated election denialism. “We’re going to see and talk to somebody who has …