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NBC News reports: A Georgia judge on Tuesday blocked a new rule from the state’s election board that would have required counties to count ballots cast on Election Day by hand, a provision critics had said would cause delays and disruptions in reporting results in the battleground state. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney wrote in his decision that …

ABC News reports: As part of its ongoing investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz, the House Ethics Committee recently issued a subpoena for documents from a civil lawsuit brought by one of the Florida congressman’s longtime friends against several third parties, ABC News has learned. The subpoena, which has not been previously reported, requests all documents related to Gaetz that are …

Atlanta First News reports: A Fulton County Superior Court judge has ruled that election results must be certified in Georgia, according to an order handed down on Monday. The order comes as a response to a lawsuit by Julie Adams, a member of the Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections. Adams argued she should be able to forego certifying …

Politico Magazine reports: You might have missed it, but in August, Gorsuch published a book titled Over Ruled, which argues that there are too many laws on the books and that government officials at both the federal and state levels are enforcing them in increasingly unpredictable and unjust ways. Gorsuch went on a monthslong publicity tour to promote the book …

The Tallahassee Democrat reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis’ latest attempt to defeat the abortion rights ballot measure, known as Amendment 4, emerged in a report from the office of his elections chief, alleging a host of violations involving the campaign’s petition signature-gathering. The 348-page report comes from the office of Florida Secretary of State Cord Byrd, a Republican former state House …

“I don’t need some lily-livered, jelly-backed, spineless toad like Thom Tillis wanting to cross his legs. I called him ‘spineless. And here’s why I called him spineless: cause he’s more concerned about standing up against Mark Robinson and other Republicans like me than he is to standing with us to fight these Democrats who are trying to destroy this nation.” …

“I’m so appreciative of your viewers going to Ted Cruz dot org, Ted Cruz dot org, and contributing 25 bucks, 50, 100, maybe somebody giving $500 or $1,000, but go to Ted Cruz dot org because when you’ve got a $100 million, wild-eyed liberals that wanna buy Texas. “And here’s what Schumer thinks. If he can flip Texas, he wins …

The New York Times reports: Of all the conspiracy theories and disinformation that have circulated, meteorologists say one falsehood that has especially gotten out of hand is the claim that the government is creating or controlling the storms. Forecasters have been harassed for either failing to promote these claims or for disseminating accurate information that counters them. Matthew Cappucci, a …

Politico reports: Florida’s public universities are purging the list of general education courses they will offer next year to fall in line with a state law pushed for by Gov. Ron DeSantis targeting “woke ideologies” in higher education. The state’s involvement in a curriculum process — which has historically been left to universities — is riling academics and students who …

The Daily Beast reports: Ted Cruz could screw up his party’s chance of flipping the Senate. A memo from the Senate Leadership Fund shows the PAC’s own internal polling has  Cruz at 48 percent, leading opponent Colin Allred by a single percentage point Cruz is the subject of FEC complaints alleging he struck a sketchy deal to funnel hundreds of …

Washington, NC’s NBC affiliate reports: Lt. Governor Mark Robinson continues to campaign across eastern Carolina for the Governor’s race, stopping Sunday in Craven and Onslow counties. He talked with WITN for an exclusive interview on the issues, and the recent CNN report saying he wrote numerous lewd and racist posts on a pornographic website some ten years ago. Robinson said …

Politico reports: Ron DeSantis skipped meeting with Joe Biden on Sunday, the second time in as many weeks that the Republican governor did not meet with the outgoing Democratic president while in Florida touring storm damage. Biden traveled to the state to survey the aftermath of Hurricane Milton, which wreaked havoc on Florida earlier this week. Biden told reporters before …

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) …