05A-08 U.S. Elections More News

Top Conservative Senators Vow To Support All Trump Cabinet Nominees– trendingpoliticsnews.com
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U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) have both vowed to support all of President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees and called for confirmation hearings to be scheduled immediately.

“A majority of voters decided that the America First agenda championed by Donald Trump and J.D. Vance is a playbook for American greatness. As a part of that playbook, President Trump has already put together a strong, very strong list of qualified Cabinet members,” Tuberville, who was a highly successful college football coach before running for office, told his colleagues on the Senate floor Wednesday.

“At defense, he’s tapped Pete Hegseth, a veteran who served two tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, is an Ivy League educated businessman background. That’s what we need in the Pentagon right now to restore order in our finances. At HHS, he’s assigned Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who has single-handedly brought attention to the many public health crises facing Americans. He’s Harvard educated, has authored multiple books, and has a four-decade career in public health and environmental law,” he continued.

For the First Time in State History, California Voters Say No to Another Minimum Wage Hike– townhall.com
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California voters rejected a measure that would gradually increase the statewide minimum wage to $18 per hour by 2026.

Two weeks after the election, Proposition 32 narrowly failed, 50.82 percent to 49.18 percent.

According to the Employment Policies Institute, “the rejection marks the first time in California history that a statewide minimum wage ballot measure has failed.”

The outcome was the latest indication of a rightward shift in the reliably blue state, which saw a number of surprising results from the Nov. 5 election. Voters overwhelmingly supported a ballot measure to undo a decade of progressive criminal justice reform, and rejected an initiative that would have banned forced prison labor.

Opponents and economists said that by striking down the proposed minimum-wage increase, voters signaled that they were nervous about businesses raising prices to offset their added labor expenses. The prospect of paying more for consumer goods was especially unappealing after years of high inflation, which has led to a persistent feeling among many people that they’re on shaky financial footing. (Los Angeles Times)

 

Republican Nick Begich wins election to U.S. House in Alaska’s at-large Congressional District, beating incumbent Mary Peltola – ABC News
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Republican Nick Begich wins election to U.S. House in Alaska’s at-large Congressional District, beating incumbent Mary Peltola.

Influential Pollster Nate Silver Calls On Joe Biden To Resign– wltreport.com
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After Democratic Party insiders pressured Joe Biden to withdraw from the 2024 election, many Americans across the political spectrum began to argue that he wasn’t cognitively fit to complete the remainder of his current term in office.

From there, a handful of pundits publicly called on Biden to step down, either for the good of the country or to give Kamala Harris an opportunity to serve for a few weeks as commander-in-chief.

Among the most recent examples of this trend came in the form of a statement by prolific pollster Nate Silver.

Matt Gaetz news: House GOP reject releasing ethics report– www.ctvnews.ca
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House Ethics Committee Republicans voted Wednesday against releasing the panel’s long-running investigation into U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, former Rep. Matt Gaetz, the top Democrat on the panel said.

The outcome, however, is only a temporary reprieve for Gaetz, who faces allegations of sexual misconduct, as he works to personally secure his embattled nomination to be the nation’s top law enforcement official.

The House panel expects to meet again Dec. 5 to reconsider releasing its findings.

“There was no consensus on this issue,” said Rep. Susan Wild of Pennsylvania, the panel’s ranking Democrat, who said the vote fell along party lines on the evenly split committee.

Kamala Harris Refused to Prosecute Voter Fraud Case Involving Chinese Communist Party Spy– slaynews.com
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While serving as California’s attorney general, Vice President Kamala Harris refused to investigate and prosecute an election fraud case involving a suspected Chinese Communist Party spy.

Harris’s refusal to investigate the election tampering and interference scheme was exposed in a report from Breitbart.

Some of those same actors linked to the scheme had reportedly donated to Harris.

However, the report reveals that while serving as California’s top prosecutor, Harris only pursued Republicans for such infractions.

Harris, the Democrat presidential candidate, has tried to use her experience as the California attorney general to her advantage in the 2024 election.

She claims to have helped prevent Russian interference during the 2016 election in the name of ensuring “free and fair and open elections.”

Unfortunately, the reality is shaping up to be much different than her version.

DOJ warns Musk that $1M petition giveaway could be illegal
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The Justice Department has sent a letter to tech billionaire Elon Musk’s super PAC, America PAC, warning that its $1 million daily giveaway in battleground states may run afoul of federal law, a source familiar with the matter told NBC News.

The letter came from the department’s Public Integrity Section, the source said. That section handles election-related prosecutions and related cases.

The Justice Department declined to comment, and the super PAC’s treasurer did not immediately return a voicemail message requesting comment.

The letter, which was earlier reported by CNN, follows mounting pressure on state and federal authorities to investigate Musk’s lottery as a potential violation of election laws, including a ban on paying people to register to vote. On Monday, a group of ex-prosecutors and other former government officials sent a letter to the Justice Department requesting an investigation.

Top election official in politically crucial Nevada county says she was forced out – Washington Times
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The top election official in one of the nation’s most politically important counties said Wednesday she was forced out of her role just weeks before the November presidential election, disputing an official statement that she asked for a leave after experiencing “stress issues.”

The abrupt departure of Cari-Ann Burgess as the interim registrar of voters in northern Nevada’s Washoe County one month ago is the latest sign of turmoil in a county that has been roiled for four years by people pushing election conspiracy theories. Washoe, which includes Reno, is a swing county in a state where this year’s presidential contest is expected to be narrowly decided.

Burgess told The Associated Press in an interview that she had refused personnel changes sought by the county manager’s office and had offered to step down and return to her prior position as deputy. She said she was told that was not possible.

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Allows More Voters To Cast Ballots
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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that voters whose mail-in ballots are rejected can still cast provisional ballots, after the Republican National Committee sued to stop the practice, as courts across the country are issuing a flurry of last-minute rulings on ballots and how elections are run in the month before Election Day as parties seek to expand or limit voter access.

Trump campaign files FEC complaint accusing UK Labour Party of ‘foreign interference’ for aiding Kamala’s presidential campaign | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com
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“Ms. Patel’s posts and press reporting surrounding the relationship between the Harris campaign and the Labour Party create a reasonable inference that the Labour Party has made, and the Harris campaign has accepted, illegal foreign national contributions.”

The Trump-Vance campaign has filed a formal complaint with the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) accusing the Labour Party of the United Kingdom and the Harris-Walz campaign of making and accepting illegal foreign national contributions.

Dhillon Law Group filed the complaint Monday on behalf of the Trump campaign, alleging that the British Labour Party made illegal foreign campaign contributions and that the Harris-Walz campaign accepted them. The complaint cites evidence related to Sofia Patel, the Labour Party’s head of operations, and her recent announcement on social media that the party’s current and former staff members would be traveling to US swing states to campaign for Vice President Kamala Harris. At the time of writing the LinkedIn post that has since been deleted, Patel indicated that around 100 staff members had already committed to traveling to the US to knock on doors and promote the Democratic presidential nominee.