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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 …

Courthouse News reports: It was early on a Friday evening. The onetime lawmaker was hauling uphill. He was attempting with some difficulty to rendezvous with his teammate, an avatar wearing a Buffalo Bills football kit emblazoned with the number of the late NFL running back O. J. Simpson. This all might sound like a fever dream — but not quite. …

Politico reports: Florida Rep. Carlos Gimenez said Wednesday that GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and others who think like her that humans can control the weather need “to have their head examined.” Gimenez’s rebuke of his conspiratorially minded Republican colleague comes as Hurricane Milton bears down on Florida’s Gulf Coast and in the wake of Hurricane Helene, which made landfall …

Sen. JD Vance writes for the Wall Street Journal: A week went by while the citizens of North Carolina suffered without the equipment and soldiers needed to save lives and begin recovery. This is the sort of bureaucratic hiccup that engaged political leaders solve. A competent leader would have ordered those men and women into motion earlier, bureaucracy be damned. …

CBS News reports: Rep. Chuck Edwards, a North Carolina Republican, sent a letter to his constituents debunking the misinformation and conspiracy theories that have spread in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, telling them, “Nobody can control the weather.” Edwards, who represents western North Carolina, which was devastated by Hurricane Helene, urged his constituents not to believe everything they see on …

“I’m married now, I have children, but I wasn’t married that long ago. I was single and I was on the market. If you’re a young man – it’s very important in an election season – who’s looking to impress ladies, to be the alpha, to be attractive, the best thing you can do is to wear your Trump support …

The Meidas Touch reports: Donald Trump says he always wanted to “win” the Purple Heart. Alas, his pesky bone spurs prevented him from being able to serve in the military. None of Trump’s children ever served nor did his father or grandfather – either in the military or in law enforcement. Eric Trump said that he always wanted to be …