Pennsylvania Motor Voter System Will Be Audited for Noncitizen Voters

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Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro got mixed reviews in September 2023 when he announced Pennsylvania had implemented automatic voter registration for “eligible Commonwealth residents obtaining driver’s licenses and ID cards at Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) driver and photo license centers.”

Before Shapiro switched to automatic voter registration, anyone getting a driver’s license was given the option to register to vote. But now all applying for driver’s licenses are automatically registered and must opt out if they don’t want to be — or cannot be — registered to vote.

Opponents of the move worried that people who are not eligible to vote, such as those who are not citizens of the United States, would not opt out and would be registered anyway.

In Pennsylvania, at least 628,234 noncitizens had a state driver’s license or a non-driver’s license photo identification, according to a Right-to-Know request response obtained by Heather Honey, executive director of the Election Research Institute and co-founder of Verity Vote.

Now an investigation has been announced to look at how the state is keeping illegal voters from registering in the process of getting a driver’s license.

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Hezbollah Vows to Punish Israel After Pager Explosions Across Lebanon

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Militant group Hezbollah promised to retaliate against Israel after accusing it of detonating pagers across Lebanon on Tuesday, killing nine people and wounding nearly 3,000 others who included fighters and Iran’s envoy to Beirut.

Lebanese Information Minister Ziad Makary condemned the late-afternoon detonation of the pagers – handheld devices that Hezbollah and others in Lebanon use to send messages – as an “Israeli aggression”. Hezbollah said Israel would receive “its fair punishment” for the blasts.

The Israeli military, which has been engaged in cross-border fighting with Iran-backed Hezbollah since the start of the Gaza war in October, declined to respond to questions about the detonations.

The death toll rose from eight to nine on Tuesday night while the number of injured remained at 2,750, Lebanon’s health ministry said.

Hezbollah confirmed in an earlier statement that the deaths included at least two of its fighters and a young girl.

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Trump Shooter, a Registered Democrat, Revealed; Son of Alleged Would-Be Assassin Says His Dad Hates Trump Like ‘all Reasonable People’

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By Daily Mail. Ryan Wesley Routh, the man named as the suspect in a possible assassination attempt near Donald Trump’s Florida golf club, was calm and emotionless when he was arrested Sunday.

Registered Democrat Routh, 58 is in custody after the terrifying incident at Trump International Club almost exactly two months after a separate assassination attempt against Trump during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

The suspect was found unarmed, as a backpack, GoPro camera and AK-47 style rifle that a gunman left behind when fleeing the scene have already been located.

Martin County Sherriff William D. Snyder said Routh ‘was not displaying a lot of emotions’ when police arrested him.

Snyder added that the suspected shooter was ‘relatively calm’ and ‘never asked’ why he was being detained. (Read more from “Trump Shooter Revealed” HERE)

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Alleged Would-Be Trump Assassin Ryan Routh, 58, of Hawaii Echoed Harris, Biden’s Anti-Trump Rhetoric as He Backed Dem Candidates

By New York Post. The alleged gunman who authorities said targeted former President Trump while he golfed in Florida Sunday afternoon previously declared on social media that “Democracy is on the ballot” this year, and “we cannot lose” — echoing the anti-Trump rhetoric used by Vice President Kamala Harris and President Biden. . .

Routh, who has a lengthy criminal record from North Carolina, frequently posted about politics and exclusively donated to Democratic candidates and causes dating back to 2019. . .

He also bashed Trump in an April 22 post on X in which he declared, “DEMOCRACY is on the ballot and we cannot lose.”

He advised Biden, 81, in an April 22 X post when he was still running for reelection, to run a campaign around keeping “America democratic and free.”

He claimed Trump wants to “make Americans slaves against master.” (Read more from “Alleged Would-Be Trump Assassin Ryan Routh, 58, of Hawaii Echoed Harris, Biden’s Anti-Trump Rhetoric as He Backed Dem Candidates” HERE)

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Son of Alleged Would-Be Assassin Says His Dad Hates Trump Like ‘all Reasonable People’ but He’s Never Owned a Gun and Wouldn’t Do Anything Bats*** Crazy

By Daily Mail. The son of Ryan Wesley Routh, the man named as the suspect in a possible assassination attempt near Donald Trump’s Florida golf club on Sunday, has said his father is not a violent person and did not even believe him to own a gun.

Routh’s son, Oran Routh, reached by DailyMail.com shortly after Sunday’s shooting, said this was the first he’d heard of the alleged assassination attempt.

‘This was the first I heard about it,’ the 35-year-old exclusively told DailyMail.com. ‘Was my father shot or injured?’

He said his father hates Trump as ‘every reasonable person does.

‘I don’t like Trump either,’ the son added. (Read more from “Son of Alleged Would-Be Assassin Says His Dad Hates Trump Like ‘all Reasonable People’ but He’s Never Owned a Gun and Wouldn’t Do Anything Bats*** Crazy” HERE)

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‘Perhaps It’s God:’ Trump Offers Spiritual Reason for Surviving Assassination Attempts

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By USA Today. Former President Donald Trump offered political and spiritual reasons Monday for surviving two assassination attempts in two months.

While again criticizing the “rhetoric” of Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden, Trump said during an X Spaces interview that something else may be going on: “I mean, perhaps it’s God wanting me to be president to save this country; nobody knows.”

Trump discussed the pair of attempted murders during an X program otherwise devoted to the launch of a new cryptocurrency project that involves his two eldest sons. . .

“That was some crazy day,” Trump said. “And then yesterday, you had another one.”

Trump also confirmed that Biden called him to discuss the latest incident, and said that “he couldn’t have been nicer.” (Read more from “‘Perhaps It’s God:’ Trump Offers Spiritual Reason for Surviving Assassination Attempts” HERE)

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Suspect in Trump Assassination Attempt May Have Lain in Wait for 12 Hours

By Reuters. A man suspected of hiding for nearly 12 hours in an apparent attempt to assassinate Donald Trump at his Florida golf course was charged with two gun-related crimes on Monday, a day after authorities say he was spotted in the bushes with a rifle as the former U.S. president played nearby. . .

Trump’s visit to his golf course in West Palm Beach was not on his public schedule, acting U.S. Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe told reporters on Monday afternoon, and it was not clear whether the suspect knew Trump would be there.

“All of a sudden we heard shots being fired in the air. I guess probably four or five,” Trump said during an event on X Spaces. “Secret Service knew immediately it was bullets, and they grabbed me. … We got into the carts and we moved along pretty, pretty good. I was with an agent, and the agent did a fantastic job.”

The Secret Service opened fire after an agent sweeping the course saw a rifle barrel poking out of the bushes a few hundred yards away from the former president, who was on the fairway of the fifth hole.

“All of a sudden we heard shots being fired in the air. I guess probably four or five,” Trump said during an event on X Spaces. “Secret Service knew immediately it was bullets, and they grabbed me. … We got into the carts and we moved along pretty, pretty good. I was with an agent, and the agent did a fantastic job.” (Read more from “Suspect in Trump Assassination Attempt May Have Lain in Wait for 12 Hours” HERE)

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Suspect Seen in Azov Commercial

The alleged failed assassin is at 1:50 of the below commercial for Ukraine’s Azov battalion:

MSNBC’s Lie: ‘Both’ Would-Be Trump Assassins ‘Are White, American, Trump-Supporting Men’

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On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “ReidOut,” claimed that both of the would-be assassins of 2024 Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump “are white, American, Trump-supporting men with guns.”

During her show’s opening monologue, Reid said, “What better way to replace the embarrassing memes about JD’s cat lady fixation and his weird possible amorous relationship with couches than to get Americans to instead post memes about Haitians eating the dogs and cats?”

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Later, she concluded, “All of this as Trump faces his second brush with death, via a gunman shooting at him in Palm Beach, Florida, just as happened in Pennsylvania, neither of whom were Haitian or any kind of immigrant. Both of whom are white, American, Trump-supporting men with guns.” (Read more from “MSNBC’s Lie: ‘Both’ Would-Be Trump Assassins ‘Are White, American, Trump-Supporting Men’” HERE)

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Police Say They Found Vast Arsenal in Raid Against 11-Year-Old

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Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood announced Monday that his office arrested a 11-year-old middle school student who allegedly threatened to shoot up his school.

Chitwood shared a photo and video allegedly showing the Florida middle schooler’s arsenal.

The officer wrote that the middle schooler, Carlo “Kingston” Dorelli, “had written a list of names and targets” and tried to play it off like “it was all a joke.”

Chitwood listed the recovered weapons as “airsoft guns, fake ammunition, knives, swords and other weapons he was showing off to other students on video” and said that the student was “charged with a felony (making a written threat of a mass shooting).” Chitwood released a mug shot of the 11-year-old. (Read more from “Police Say They Found Vast Arsenal in Raid Against 11-Year-Old” HERE)

Shoplifting and Vehicle Thefts Soared as Haitian Migrants Poured Into Ohio Town, Police Data Shows

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Reports of shoplifting and vehicle theft increased considerably in Springfield, Ohio, following the arrival of thousands of Haitian refugees, according to data obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation through a records request.

The town, which had a population of 58,622 in 2020, has taken in between 12,000 and 20,000 Haitian refugees over the past three years, marking a population increase of between 20.4% and 34.1%. From 2021 to 2023, Springfield also saw a 51.5% jump in motor vehicle theft reports and a 112.8% spike in reports of shoplifting, data provided by the Springfield Police Division shows.

Springfield residents previously told the DCNF that the influx of Haitians has resulted in an uptick in car accidents, increased housing prices and strained public services. Bryan Heck, Springfield’s city manager, sent a letter to Democratic Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown, Republican Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance and Republican South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott in July requesting federal assistance to deal with the pressure migrants had placed on the housing supply.

Inhabitants of the town also told the DCNF that they had observed Haitians engaging in sex acts and other vices in public. The DCNF was unable to verify claims made by the town’s residents about Haitians engaging in public debauchery. (Read more from “Shoplifting and Vehicle Thefts Soared as Haitian Migrants Poured Into Ohio Town, Police Data Shows” HERE)

Kamala Harris Sr. Adviser Previously Called for Extermination of Donald Trump and ‘His Kind’

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Kamala Harris senior adviser David Plouffe once called for the extermination of former President Donald Trump and “his kind,” according to a 2016 post on X — another example of Democrats calling for harm against the former president that has been highlighted in the wake of another assassination attempt.

Plouffe, a former adviser to then-President Barack Obama, posted on June 13, 2016, “It is not enough to simply beat Trump. He must be destroyed thoroughly. His kind must not rise again.”

The Trump campaign highlighted the post in the wake of a second assassination attempt against him on Sunday, which was thwarted when Secret Service agents spotted a man with a rifle pointed through a fence where Trump was golfing at his private course in Florida.

The Trump campaign posted, “This guy is now a top official on Kamala Harris’ campaign”:

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Vladimir Putin Says American Conservatives Can Immigrate to Russia if They Oppose ‘Neoliberal Ideals’

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After Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested that American conservatives who are trying to escape the “neoliberal ideals” of the West should move to his country, many conservatives are considering the proposition.

Putin said that anyone who is trying to flee the liberal ideals of the United States would be issued with a three-month visa without having to demonstrate any “knowledge of the Russian language, Russian history and basic laws,” according to Russian news agency Tass.

The decree says applicants can apply based on their commitment to “imposing destructive neoliberal ideals on people, which run counter to traditional Russian spiritual and moral values.”

Russia’s Foreign Ministry has been ordered to issue visas as soon as September. Many American conservatives seem to be in favor of Putin’s offer; conspiracy theorist Alex Jones promoted the news on X, formerly Twitter.

“BREAKING: PUTIN JUST DROPPED A BOMBSHELL DECREE – INVITING PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE WHO ARE FED UP WITH THE GLOBALIST, NEOLIBERAL NIGHTMARE TO SEEK SANCUTARY IN TRADITIONAL RUSSIA!” he wrote. “This decree blows the lid off the establishment’s agenda, letting freedom-loving folks bypass the usual bureaucratic nonsense like language tests or history exams.”

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VP Debate Host CBS News’ Leadership Is Riddled With Democratic Donors

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The leadership of CBS News, the network set to host 2024’s only vice presidential debate, is rife with Democratic donors, FEC records show.

In what could be the last debate of the election cycle, Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz are set to face off on Oct. 1 in a vice presidential debate hosted by CBS News. Leadership of the network and its parent company, Paramount, have previously made donations to the Biden and Harris campaigns and numerous other Democrats, according to public records reviewed by the Daily Caller.

Among those who have donated to Democrats is Charles E. Phillips Jr., a member of Paramount’s board of directors. Between 2020 and 2023, Phillips donated $100,000 each to Biden, Harris and Pelosi’s victory fund, FEC records show.

Judith A. McHale, another member of Paramount’s board who chairs the compensation committee, donated $47,900 to the Biden Victory Fund in May of 2023, $50,000 to the Biden Victory Fund in 2020 and more than $150,000 to the Democratic National Committee, according to public records. McHale has also donated tens of thousands of dollars to support various Democratic candidates and groups including Pennsylvania Senators Bob Casey and John Fetterman and the Pennsylvania Democratic Party.

Linda Griego, a member of the Paramount board of directors and the compensation and governance committees, also appears to also be a Democratic donor. Thousands of dollars have been given to Democrats by a “Linda Griego” from New Mexico in recent years, including more than $10,000 to the Biden Victory Fund, FEC records show. Records list the donor’s occupation as a retired executive, and she revealed she moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico, in early 2020. (Read more from “VP Debate Host CBS News’ Leadership Is Riddled With Democratic Donors” HERE)