Category: votes

[PREMIERING NOW] Who Controls the Minds, Controls the Votes

June 2, 2023
2024 electionCrossroadsdocumentEpochTVFeatured TopicsLive VideosmilitaryPolicies & ImpactsUSUS NewsVideovoteswarfare
0 Comment

The Intercept revealed a document from February 2023 released by U.S. Special Operations Command. It detailed how the elite warfighters of the United States are looking into new tools for psychological warfare operations. In particular, it seems they want to use “deepfake” videos for military operations. Deepfakes are a type of fake, but very realistic-looking,…

Read More

Who Controls the Minds, Controls the Votes

June 2, 2023
2024 electionCrossroadsdocumentEpochTVFeatured TopicsLive VideosmilitaryPolicies & ImpactsUSUS NewsVideovoteswarfare
0 Comment

The Intercept revealed a document from February 2023 released by U.S. Special Operations Command. It detailed how the elite warfighters of the United States are looking into new tools for psychological warfare operations. In particular, it seems they want to use “deepfake” videos for military operations. Deepfakes are a type of fake, but very realistic-looking,…

Read More

[PREMIERING 7:00PM ET] Who Controls the Minds, Controls the Votes

June 2, 2023
2024 electionCrossroadsdocumentEpochTVFeatured TopicsLive VideosmilitaryPolicies & ImpactsUSUS NewsVideovoteswarfare
0 Comment

The Intercept revealed a document from February 2023 released by U.S. Special Operations Command. It detailed how the elite warfighters of the United States are looking into new tools for psychological warfare operations. In particular, it seems they want to use “deepfake” videos for military operations. Deepfakes are a type of fake, but very realistic-looking,…

Read More

Utah Bans Transgender Surgeries and Puberty Blockers for Children

January 28, 2023
BanTransgender SurgeriesPoliticsRegional & State NewsState NewsUSUtahUtah Legislaturevotes
0 Comment

Utah has become the first state in 2023 to ban most youth from receiving transgender surgery and puberty blockers. The legislation, SB16, passed the state Senate on Friday with a vote of 20–8; two Republican state senators joined with the chamber’s six Democrats in voting against the bill. Republican Utah Gov. Spencer Cox had ten days…

Read More

Utah Bans Transgender Surgeries, Puberty Blockers for Children

January 28, 2023
BanTransgender SurgeriesPoliticsRegional & State NewsState NewsUSUtahUtah Legislaturevotes
0 Comment

Utah is the first U.S. state this year to ban most minors from receiving body-altering transgender surgeries or puberty blockers. Republican Gov. Spencer Cox signed the legislation on Jan. 28, after the measure, SB16, received final approval by the state Senate a day earlier on a 20–8 vote; two Republican state senators joined with the chamber’s…

Read More

Utah Legislature Votes to Ban Transgender Surgeries and Puberty Blockers for Children

January 27, 2023
BanTransgender SurgeriesPoliticsRegional & State NewsState NewsUSUtahUtah Legislaturevotes
0 Comment

Utah lawmakers voted on Friday to ban most youth from receiving transgender surgery and puberty blockers. The bill, SB16, passed the state Senate with a vote of 20–8; two Republican state senators joined with the chamber’s six Democrats in voting against the bill. Republican Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has ten days to decide whether to…

Read More

Texas Supreme Court Rules Harris County Should Count Over 2,000 Votes Cast Late on Election day

November 23, 2022
2022 Midterm ElectionselectionLocal NewsPoliticsRegional-Local NewsTexasUSUS Newsvotes
0 Comment

The Texas Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that Harris County should include over 2,000 votes that were cast during an extended one-hour period of voting on Election Day in its certified election results. The court also ordered the county to determine whether the votes cast later would affect the outcome of any races. In a temporary order (pdf), the…

Read More

Mexican President Wins 90 Percent Backing in Leadership Vote He Sought

April 12, 2022
AmericasAndres Manuel Lopez ObradorInternationalMexicanpresidentvotesWorld
0 Comment

MEXICO CITY—Nine out of ten Mexicans voting on Sunday in an unprecedented recall election engineered by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador backed him to stay in office, underlining his domination of a polarized political agenda. Both critics and supporters alike had viewed his victory as a foregone conclusion in a ballot that had fed speculation…

Read More

Maxime Bernier, Peoples’ Party of Canada Founder, Handily Holds on to Leadership

December 5, 2021
BernierCanadaleadershipMaxime BernierPeople's Party of CanadavotesvotingWorld
0 Comment

OTTAWA—Maxime Bernier has easily held on to the leadership of the party he founded. Almost 96 percent of votes cast in a leadership review were in favour of Bernier staying at the helm of the People’s Party of Canada. Voting started Nov. 12, wrapped up on Friday, and was only open to members with a…

Read More

Senate Votes to Begin Debate on Democrats’ $3.5 Trillion Package

August 10, 2021
congressDemocratsPoliticsSenateUSUS Newsvotes
0 Comment

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) moved quickly on Tuesday to advance Democrats’ $3.5 trillion budget resolution bill, coming soon after the Senate voted to pass a $1.2 trillion infrastructure measure. No GOP senators voted in favor of the budget measure, although 19 of them voted for the infrastructure measure. Ahead of the second vote,…

Read More