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“Iowa law guarantees that every eligible voter can vote and every legal vote will count. But now, with only a few days until the election, and many Iowans already voting, LULAC is trying to derail our election integrity systems to let noncitizens illegally vote. Every noncitizen who illegally votes cancels out an Iowan’s valid vote. We won’t let that happen. …

“I don’t really do endorsements. I’m not shy about sharing my views, but I hate politics and don’t trust most politicians. I also understand that people want to hear from me because I am not just a celebrity, I am a former Republican Governor. “My time as Governor taught me to love policy and ignore politics. I’m proud of the …

Media Matters reports: Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) campaigned for his reelection bid and for the Republican Senate leader position on the streaming show of Laura Loomer, who said a few months ago that Puerto Ricans shouldn’t be allowed to serve as federal judges because they supposedly aren’t “from this country.” (They are.) The bigoted remarks are part of a long …

The New York Times reports: Two local election officials in Michigan have been removed from overseeing the vote, state officials said on Tuesday, in a forceful move to keep Trump-aligned officials from trying to subvert election rules. Tom Schierkolk, the clerk of Rock River Township in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, and his deputy, David LaMere, were removed after telling state officials …

The Hill reports: President Biden sparked backlash on Tuesday when he appeared to compare supporters of former President Trump to garbage after commenting on a racist joke a comedian made at a Trump rally days earlier likening Puerto Rico to an “island of garbage.” The White House in a statement argued that the president was referring to the rhetoric at …

“You’ve got Americans who are absolutely going to vote for Trump, you’ve got Americans who are absolutely not going to vote for Trump, and then you’ve got a percentage in the middle who like Trump policies but don’t like his style. That is what they need to focus on. “So, when you look at these things, it has got to …

NBC News reports: House Speaker Mike Johnson took a dig at Obamacare during an event in Pennsylvania on Monday, telling a crowd there will be “massive” health care changes in America if Donald Trump wins the election. “Health care reform’s going to be a big part of the agenda. When I say we’re going to have a very aggressive first …

“So, remember when JD Vance pointed out that the Haitians were eating animals in Springfield, Ohio? So that’s based on reports to that effect. Now it may not be true. It may be exaggerated. It may be insane. It may be whatever. “But here’s what it accomplished. It brought attention to Springfield, which is overwhelmed with traffic accidents, including a …

The Meidas Touch reports: Elon Musk has offered a sobering preview of Donald Trump’s economic plan for America if he is re-elected, revealing that a period of intentional “temporary hardship” is on the horizon for American households. Rather than cautioning against it, Musk described this hardship as necessary and inevitable, supporting Trump’s blueprint for restructuring the economy by slashing government …

Florida Politics reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis recruited former Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Tony Dungy to join him at a rally targeting the Amendment 4 abortion rights initiative. DeSantis attacked the doctors supporting Amendment 4 Tuesday, saying they should be sued or lose their medical license if they aren’t treating patients. “If they are in a situation where a mother has …

The Texas Tribune reports: Mary Howard-Elley fervently believes illegal immigration in the U.S. is a critical problem that only former President Donald Trump can solve. She says the continuation of his border wall and promised mass deportations will make the country safer. She agrees with Trump’s unfounded claims that Democrats are opening the borders to allow noncitizens to vote, fearing …

CNN reports: A federal judge on Tuesday tossed out a Republican lawsuit that sought to segregate overseas ballots in Pennsylvania for additional vetting. US District Judge Chris Cooper said that the challengers to Pennsylvania’s policies for overseas ballots filed by GOP members of the Pennsylvania congressional delegation and an outside group came too late and that it was too close …

The Delaware Valley Journal reports: Ryan Herlinger, a spokesperson for Delaware County said, “On Monday, October 28, 2024, an incident occurred at the Voter Service Center located at the Government Center Building in Media, PA, resulting in the arrest and removal of a woman who, according to multiple eyewitnesses, was disruptive, belligerent, and attempting to influence voters waiting in line. …

“This Puerto Rican has something to say about the island that I love, where my family is from. Puerto Rico is trash? We are Americans, Donald Trump. Americans. We voluntarily serve disproportionally high in the military, while you have bone spurs. “And we vote. We vote, Donald Trump. Trash? And by the way, Jennifer Lopez, Ricky Martin, Bad Bunny, Luis …

Mediaite reports: NewsNation host Dan Abrams clashed with House Judiciary Committee chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) on Monday over whether he would ask former President Donald Trump to concede if he loses the 2024 election. During an interview, Abrams asked bluntly, “If Trump loses, will you tell him to concede?” Jordan replied, “Well, he’s not gonna lose, and if he loses, …

The Washington Post reports: The attack ad in Virginia’s most competitive congressional race starts off like something out of a sitcom. An actor resembling Derrick Anderson, a Republican looking to flip Virginia’s battleground 7th District, comes home to greet life-size cardboard cutouts of a woman and three young girls. The stand-in Anderson eats dinner with the pictures, plays board games …

SCOTUSblog reports: The Republican National Committee and the Republican Party of Pennsylvania came to the Supreme Court on Monday, asking the justices to block a ruling by Pennsylvania’s highest court requiring election boards to count provisional ballots submitted by voters whose mail-in ballots had been deemed invalid. The RNC and the Pennsylvania Republicans argue that the state supreme court had …

CNN reports: Arizona Republican Senate nominee Kari Lake on Monday repeatedly refused to answer whether she lost the 2022 gubernatorial race to Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs. “Why are we looking backward? I’m looking forward,” Lake said during an interview on CNN’s “The Source with Kaitlan Collins” when asked if she lost the 2022 governor’s race. Pressed again by Collins, Lake …

The Huffington Post reports: The archbishop of San Juan, Puerto Rico, called Monday for former President Donald Trump to personally apologize for a series of racist remarks made by a comedian at his campaign rally in New York City. “I enjoy a good joke,” the archbishop, Roberto O. González Nieves, wrote in a letter posted to Facebook. “However, humor has …

The Independent reports: CNN has said it will no longer feature appearances from writer Ryan Girdusky, after he made a comment amid a chaotic and bad tempered panel discussion appearing to say he hoped that a Muslim journalist got blown up in a bomb attack. The incident began during a panel on Monday, when Girdusky and fellow panelist Mehdi Hasan …