Also, Trump signs executive order targeting mail-in voting
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| | | WHAT WE'RE WATCHING | | ✍️ Trump signed an executive order targeting mail-in ballot fraud. The order directs federal agencies to compile lists of eligible voters using DHS, Social Security, and other federal databases, then share them with state election officials. It also instructs the Postal Service to develop barcode tracking and verification measures for mail ballots. Oregon and Arizona officials pledged to sue within minutes of the signing. | 📸 Photos emerge of Kristi Noem's husband in cross-dressing fetish gear. Newly surfaced images show Bryon Noem wearing oversized fake breasts in messages sent to women in an online "bimbofication" community. National security experts warned the photographs could have made the former DHS Secretary vulnerable to blackmail by hostile intelligence services. Noem called the revelation "devastating" and asked for privacy. | 🇮🇶 American journalist kidnapped in Baghdad. Armed men pulled Shelly Kittleson from her car in broad daylight, with Iraqi security forces unable to intercept the kidnappers despite an immediate pursuit. The State Department confirmed the journalist had previously been warned about threats against her and noted that an individual tied to Kataib Hezbollah has been detained by Iraqi authorities. | ❌ Federal judge halted Trump's White House ballroom construction. US District Judge Richard Leon sided with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, ruling the project lacked congressional authorization. Trump blasted the decision on Truth Social, noting the ballroom was under budget, ahead of schedule, and built at no taxpayer expense. The administration has 14 days to appeal. |
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| | | WORLD NEWS | Trump threatens to withdraw from NATO | | Behind the paywall: Europe's urgent message to EU citizens, Israel spars with France, and Australia investigates Big Tech. |
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| | | MEDIA BIAS SPOTTER | The biggest stories underreported on the left and right | | | Behind the paywall: Four major stories that were overlooked by both left and right news outlets. |
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| | | HOAX TRACKER | NY Times rejects Christian genocide in Nigeria | |
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| | | QUICK AND IMPORTANT | President Trump will address the nation tonight at 9 pm EST on the situation in Iran. Health Secretary RFK Jr. announced that hospitals must serve healthier food to patients, aligning menus with new dietary guidelines that emphasize whole foods over ultra-processed options. Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed told staffers he wanted to avoid commenting on the assassination of Ayatollah Khamenei because "there are a lot of people in Dearborn who are sad." Providence Mayor Brett Smiley (D) demanded the removal of a mural honoring murdered Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska, calling it "divisive." The most clicked link in our last newsletter was Zohran Mamdani attending a "postmodern" Passover Seder with Don Lemon and a drag queen rabbi.
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| | | THE MAIN STORY | Supreme Court defends First Amendment by striking down "conversion therapy" law | | _WHAT'S HAPPENING_ | The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 on Tuesday that Colorado's ban on so-called "conversion therapy" for minors violates the First Amendment as applied to talk therapy. | The case centered on Kaley Chiles, a licensed Christian counselor who argued the 2019 law prevented her from helping clients who sought to resolve unwanted feelings about their sexual orientation or gender identity. |
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| _IN THIS ARTICLE, WE COVER:_ | What the Supreme Court's majority had to say about Colorado's "conversion therapy" law How the Court said the ban affected the First Amendment How the justices — including one lone dissent — split on the issue And what this decision could mean for similar laws across the country
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| TODAY'S DEBATE | 📊 Which, if any, concern you about Trump's mail-in voting order?Want your comment to be featured? Be sure to include your name. | |
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| POLL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY | Should the US send ground troops into Iran to seize Uranium? | 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 👍 Yes (712)
🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️ 👎 No (383)
🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🤔 Unsure (327) | 👍 Yes: "Do the job right: Go in hard and fast, kill whoever opposes, grab the uranium, destroy the production facilities, and get out." — George 👎 No: "The uranium is not the problem. It's the regime and and it's evil ideology. Regime change, ugly as that is on a geopolitical scale, is the only long therm solution." — Glen 🤔 Unsure: "Boots on the ground is a whole different battle than controlling the skies. The loss of American life will be significant." — Mark | | | | 1,422 votes |
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