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NY Governor Hochul Calls Herself ‘Underdog’ in Upcoming Elections

October 30, 2022
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New York’s Democrat Governor Kathy Hochul, who is up for reelection, has raised eyebrows by calling herself an “underdog” in the race. Hochul became the 57th governor of New York in August last year. In the upcoming November election, she will go against Republican candidate Rep. Lee Zeldin. While speaking to reporters in Queens on…

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New York Will Become a ‘Law-and-Order State’ Under Zeldin: DeSantis

October 30, 2022
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LONG ISLAND, N.Y.—Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Oct. 29 told a dense crowd of New Yorkers that Republican gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin can turn their crime-ridden state into a “law-and-order” state just like Florida. “Florida is a law-and-order state. I am a law-and-order governor. If Lee Zeldin gets into office, New York will become a…

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Texas Election Integrity Inspectors Sent to Harris County to Monitor Vote

October 30, 2022
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Inspectors from the Texas Secretary of State and Attorney General’s Election Integrity Team have been sent to Harris County to observe and monitor voting processes. Inspectors were sent after numerous voting irregularities were reported after the 2020 election and 2022 March primary election and after the state began auditing Harris County’s 2020 election procedures. In…

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‘I’m a Warrior for God’: Herschel Walker Dismisses Obama’s Claim He’s a Celebrity Politician

October 30, 2022
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Republican Senate nominee in Georgia Herschel Walker called himself “a warrior for God” on Saturday in the wake of former President Barack Obama’s criticism of him. It came after the first-time U.S. Senate hopeful drew fire from the former Democrat commander-in-chief a day earlier, who said the former football player is “a celebrity who wants…

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Pennsylvania’s Department of State Has Sent Out 249,000 Ballots to Unverified Voters in 2022 Election

October 30, 2022
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If you tie your shoes before they go on your feet, it’s harder to put them on. The order in which things are done matters. In Pennsylvania, the Department of State has allowed at least 249,000 unverified voters to receive mail-in ballots so far in the 2022 general election, due to an odd process for…

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Indiana Teacher With ‘Kill List’ Agrees to No-contact Order

October 29, 2022
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CROWN POINT, Ind.—A fifth-grade teacher in northwestern Indiana charged with felony intimidation after authorities say she told a student she had a “kill list” of students and staff has agreed to stay away from the school. Angelica Carrasquillo, 25, of Griffith signed a no-contact order Friday without objection when she appeared wearing a green jail…

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Judge Orders Meta to Pay $10.5 Million in Legal Fees to Washington

October 29, 2022
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SEATTLE—Facebook parent company Meta has been ordered to pay $10.5 million in legal fees to Washington state atop a nearly $25 million fine for repeated and intentional violations of campaign finance disclosure laws. King County Superior Court Judge Douglass North issued the legal-fee order Friday, two days after he hit the social media giant with…

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Federal Judge Grants Alabama Conservative Nonprofit’s Motion to Quash ‘Overly Broad, Unduly Burdensome’ DOJ Subpoena

October 29, 2022
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A federal judge has granted an Alabama conservative nonprofit’s motion to quash a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) subpoena that demanded all information related to the nonprofit’s efforts to promote a bill prohibiting puberty blockers and gender-reassignment surgery on people under 19 years of age. The Eagle Forum of Alabama filed the motion in U.S….

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Nancy Pelosi Issues Statement, Says Husband’s Attacker ‘Wanted to Confront Me’

October 29, 2022
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in her first statement since her husband was attacked said that the attacker was looking for her. “Yesterday morning, a violent man broke into our family home, demanded to confront me and brutally attacked my husband Paul,” Nancy Pelosi said in an Oct. 29 note to colleagues that was also…

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Florida Ranks First in National ‘Education Freedom Report Card’

October 29, 2022
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MESA, Ariz.—Florida came in as the winner on a national report card that measures how well states provide access to school choice and parental input into children’s education. Parents not only have a right to choose where children learn but what they learn, according to the 2022 Education Freedom Report Card of The Heritage Foundation,…

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