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RFK Jr.’s Quest to Remove Name from Ballot Hits Snags, Sees Some Victories as Lawsuits Continue

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr

Former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., is working to get his name removed from presidential ballots across various states, which has resulted in lawsuits in swing states where his requests were initially denied. While those lawsuits started as losses for him, upon appeal, Kennedy has seen success in removing his name from some of the ballots.

Following his withdrawal from the presidential race and endorsement of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump, Kennedy has tried to get his name removed from presidential ballots in swing states. However, in some of those states, Democrats have attempted to prevent him from doing so, even after they had initially tried to keep him from being placed on the ballot.

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Federal Judge Blocks New Biden-Harris Student Loan Forgiveness Plan from Implementation

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College Graduation

A federal judge in Georgia on Thursday temporarily blocked the Biden administration’s proposal to forgive federal student loans for nearly 30 million borrowers after a group of seven state sued.

According to the ruling from U.S. District Judge J. Randal Hall, the seven states that sued the Biden administration have established a valid case that’s likely to prove the Department of Education lacks the constitutional authority to implement the student loan cancellation proposal.

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Secretary of State Blinken Signals He Wouldn’t Stay on If Harris Wins

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Anthony Blinken and Kamala Harris

Secretary of State Tony Blinken signaled on Wednesday that he wouldn’t stay in his role if Vice President Kamala Harris wins the 2024 presidential election. 

“As to my own future, all I’m looking at right now is the balance of this administration and January. And I can tell you from having spent some time over the last week on … break with my kids, I will relish having a lot more time with them,” he said at a news conference.

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Ballot Drop Box Battles: States, Municipalities Seek to Ban Them as November Election Nears

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Two months out from Election Day and less than two weeks before early voting begins, states and municipalities are fighting over whether to implement ballot drop boxes, amid election integrity and practical concerns.

Ballot drop boxes, a method of voting that became more widespread during the 2020 presidential election as COVID-19 lockdowns continued, are facing a pushback in several municipalities and states ahead of the November election.

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RFK Jr. Reverses Course, Tells Supporters in Every State to Vote for Trump

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RFK Jr and Donald Trump

Robert Kennedy Jr., a former independent presidential candidate, reversed course and told his supporters in every state to vote for former President Trump, the GOP presidential nominee.

He previously said his supporters could still vote for him on the ballot in uncompetitive states, despite his endorsement of Trump.

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Former 2016 Trump Campaign Adviser Charged for Work with Sanctioned Russian TV Outlet Since 2022

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The U.S. government charged Dimitri Simes, former adviser to Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and a Russian-born U.S. citizen, and his wife for allegedly violating “sanctions that were put in place in response to Russia’s illegal aggression in Ukraine,” according to the indictment.

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Activist Group Launches Amendment Campaign in Eight States to Block Non-Citizen Voting

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The eight states with these constitutional amendments on the ballot in November are Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Wisconsin.

The nonprofit Americans for Citizen Voting (ACV) launched a campaign on Wednesday to pass constitutional amendments in eight states this November to prevent non-citizens from voting in those states’ elections.

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Watchdog Sues Arizona Counties for Allegedly Not Removing Non-Citizens from Voter Rolls

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As of July 1, there are 42,301 voters without proof of citizenship on Arizona’s voter rolls, which increased from 35,273 as of April 1.

America First Legal (AFL) filed an amended lawsuit against all 15 of Arizona’s counties for allegedly failing to remove non-citizens from their voter rolls.

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Early and Mail-In Voting Begins Two Months Before Election Day amid Lawsuits, Integrity Concerns

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Absentee voting for the presidential election will begin this week, two months before Election Day, as early in-person voting starts nationwide later this month amid lawsuits over election administration and election integrity concerns.

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Professor Paid $2.4 Million to Settle First Amendment Retaliation Suit Goes After HR Chief’s New Contract

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Matthew Garrett

A month after Matthew Garrett secured a $2.4 million settlement from the Kern Community College District over termination proceedings for the “dishonesty” of disagreeing with colleagues on diversity issues and “unprofessional conduct” of questioning the data used to create a “racial climate task force,” the former Bakersfield College tenured history professor isn’t done yet. 

He has started a campaign to pressure the KCCD Board of Trustees to rescind a contract extension and pay boost for the human resources official who oversaw his proceedings, citing newly obtained sworn testimony of the colleague who he says sicced students on Garrett with racially charged complaints that were “ultimately found to be baseless” – and used class time to do it.

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Government’s Entrenched ‘Disinformation’ Policing Infrastructure Will Take a Decade to Dismantle, Free Speech Expert Says

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As the 2024 election fast approaches, a former State Department official turned free speech advocate told Just the News that the entrenched censorship regime created to police disinformation and misinformation along ideological lines will take considerable work to reverse. 

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TikTok May Be Held Liable for Girl’s Death, Upending Three Decades of Tech Immunity

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Montana TikTok Ruling

The Twenty-Six Words That Created the Internet” may not be as powerful as believed by the bipartisan chorus demanding reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.

TikTok’s biggest immediate problem now may be its own users, their parents, and state attorneys general, rather than the state and federal lawmakers seeking to ban the Chinese-owned company and force ByteDance to sell it to an American entity, following a 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling Aug. 27 that denies TikTok legal immunity for an algorithm choice.

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Big Tech Liable for Breaking Promises to Users that Led to Suicide, Death Threats: Appeals Court

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Smart Phone Filled with Apps

Days before the Philadelphia-based 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sent Big Tech lawyers scrambling by upending three decades of judicial precedents on Section 230 immunity from liability, its West Coast counterpart warned platforms their immunity had limits, too.

While far smaller in scope than the 3rd Circuit’s ruling that TikTok could be held liable for a little girl’s death by algorithmically recommending the video she fatally copied, likely to provoke Supreme Court intervention, the 9th Circuit ruling Aug. 22 against third-party Snapchat app developer Yolo also suggests judges are growing skeptical of maximalist views of the 1996 law.

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U.S. Surgeon General Warns Parents’ Stress Levels Are an ‘Urgent Public Health Issue’

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Stressed Parent

United States Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on Wednesday issued a public health advisory that emphasized the importance of mental health in parents.

Murthy claimed in a post by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that parents over the past decade have consistently been more likely to report high stress levels than in the past.

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Pro-Vaccine Doctors Skeptical of New COVID-19 Boosters: ‘I’d Really Like to See the Data’

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Vaccine

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is pushing new COVID-19 boosters, claiming that people who don’t stay “up to date” with shots – regardless of how many they’ve already taken – “are more likely to get very sick” while those who take them annually are “much less likely to get very ill, be hospitalized, or even die” from COVID.

The Democratic nominee for president is so committed to staying up to date on jabs that Vice President Kamala Harris made COVID boosting a requirement to work on her campaign, “unless otherwise prohibited by applicable law.” They can also ask the human resources department for a “reasonable accommodation … prior to reporting to an office location.”

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Pushback on VP Kamala Harris’ Tax Proposal Plan Grows as Costs Are Counted

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Kamala Harris

Vice President Kamala Harris’s tax proposal plan is getting significant pushback from Congress members and others as the costs of tax hikes on the American people across the political spectrum are being examined.

Upon a closer look at Harris’s tax proposals, an economist, a New York Times reporter, a small business owner advocate, and members of Congress all voiced their concerns over what the plan entails. Most of them note how the economy will be negatively impacted by her plan and the real-world implications for everyday Americans.

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Cell Phone Bans, Restrictions Are on the Rise in School Districts as Mental Health Concerns Arise

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Kid on Cell Phone

Mental health has been widely discussed in the public sphere over the past few years, specifically how technology may play a role in it particularly for young people.

Recently, districts in different states have been implementing restrictions and bans on cell phones in schools in order to tackle the mental health crisis rising among teenagers and young adults. 

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Harris’s Vague Presidential Campaign Launch Opens the Door to Bipartisan Criticism

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Kamala Harris campaign

The rough start to Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign has been criticized by conservatives and normally supportive mainstream media alike, as they note her unwillingness to talk to reporters, extreme policy proposals, and severe reversals on key policy issues.

Since Harris started her presidential campaign less than four months before the presidential election, she has purposely avoided the media and been light on specifics of policy proposals. The few policy issues she has addressed have either been extremely left-wing or a 180-degree turnaround to more closely align with those of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump.

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FBI: ‘Clear Idea’ of Trump Shooter’s Mindset, But Still Has ‘No Definitive Motive’

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On Wednesday, an FBI spokesman declared that while the FBI has put together a “clear idea” of the thought process behind actions of the 20-year-old man who tried to assassinate President Donald Trump, the agency still cannot officially determine what his motive was.

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Justice Jackson Says ‘Prepared as Anyone Can Be’ for Supreme Court to Respond to 2024 Election

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Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson says she is prepared “as anyone can be” for this year’s presidential election ending up before the high court .

In an interview with CBS News’ Norah O’Donnell aired on Tuesday, the Biden-appointed judge was asked whether she is prepared for this election to end up before the Supreme Court.

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At Least Nine States Have Pro-Abortion Ballot Measures for November, with Some Facing Lawsuits

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At least nine states will have pro-abortion constitutional amendment proposals on ballots in November, during a presidential election with high voter turnout, with some states facing lawsuits from conservatives and pro-life groups.

Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade and sent the question of abortion legalization back to the states, some states are facing ballot measures over whether to ensure that abortion is codified in state constitutions.

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‘Totally Failed:’ Pelosi Admitted in Secret Video She Should Have Sought National Guard for January 6

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Nancy Pelosi in front of January 6 protesters (composite image)

As she fled the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot, then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made clear she did not want to evacuate the building and expressed regret that the National Guard had not been pre-positioned to protect Congress ahead of the contentious certification of the 2020 election results, according to video footage turned over this week to House Republican investigators and obtained by Just the News.

“We’re calling the National Guard now?  They should have been here to start out,” Pelosi can be heard saying as she flees through a tunnel under the Capitol on the afternoon of Jan. 6, 2021, as her daughter Alexandra videotaped her for an eventual HBO movie.

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Secret Service Bombshell: Mike Pence Escape Car Left Its Position During January 6, Redactions Reveal

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Mike Pence

The Secret Service failures at last month’s Trump rally were foreshadowed in once-redacted passages from a Jan. 6 after-action report that was shared with agency brass weeks before the Butler, Pa., assassination attempt and exposed harrowing blunders that may have put the lives of Mike Pence and Kamala Harris in jeopardy.

The redacted sections from a recently released Homeland Security inspector general report, obtained by Just the News, chronicle how Pence’s escape vehicle left its post without explicit permission and left him stranded at an increasingly violent scene at the Capitol.

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Georgia Democrats, DNC Sue State Election Board, Warn New Rules Could Block Final Vote Certification

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Georgia Rep. Lucy McBath in front of the Georgia State Capitol Building (composite image)

Georgia Democrats have sued the state Election Board, arguing new measures implemented by the agency regarding the election-certification process are illegal.

According to the lawsuit filed Monday in state court, local election officials are now able to “hunt for purported election irregularities of any kind, potentially delaying certification and displacing longstanding (and court-supervised) processes for addressing fraud.”

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Trump Announces Agreement on ABC Debate Rules

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Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday revealed that he agreed to debate rules from ABC News ahead of his presidential debate with Vice President Kamala Harris next month. The debate will take place on Sept. 10, in Philadelphia. It will be moderated by ABC News’ “World News Tonight” anchor and managing editor David Muir and ABC News Live “Prime” anchor Linsey Davis and will be the first debate between Trump and Harris. The first presidential debate in May was between Trump and President Joe Biden.

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‘Energy Bad Boys’ Analysts are Exposing the Impacts of Green Energy on Reliability, Affordability

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Mitch Rolling and Isaac Orr in front of the EPA headquarters (composite image)

Critics of the Biden administration’s energy policies have often pointed out the lack of forethought that goes into the challenges in bringing President Joe Biden’s vision to fruition. Whether it’s the misguided effort to build out charging stations to support its EV mandate, or the impacts of its offshore wind goals on marine wildlife, the administration has seemed more interested in goals than thoughtful planning and analysis of impacts.

A pair of analysts have been conducting research on federal and state green energy policies on the grid and finding what they call short-sighted thinking when it comes to the policies’ impacts on energy reliability and affordability. The business they’ve founded offering these services, Always On Energy Research, had so much demand, they didn’t start advertising until a few months after they opened their doors.

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Judge in Arizona ‘Fake Elector’ Case Sets Trial Date for 2026

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Arizona Superior Court Judge Bruce Cohen on Monday set the trial date in the “fake electors” case, which saw charges brought against multiple allies of former President Donald Trump, for January 5, 2026.

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Media Narratives on Climate Change Driving ‘Climate Anxiety’ and Harming Young People, According to Experts

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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

In the wake of widespread fears of climate change, an entire new field of psychotherapy has sprung up to treat what is being called “climate anxiety.”

Climate-aware therapists are specialists who treat people whose anxiety about climate change interferes with their enjoyment of life. These specialists are now available in just about every major city across the United States.

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Trump Can Now Deploy Ex-Democrat ‘Power Rangers’ RFK Jr., Musk and Gabbard to Prod Bigger Exodus

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When Robert F Kennedy Jr. formally divorced the party his family once ruled as kingmakers, he opened the door for more Democrats to follow suit in embracing Donald Trump in 2024 and creating a “unity party” where Americans can disagree and debate without destroying each other.

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Trump Unveils Two Initiatives He Would Start as President If Elected in November

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Donald Trump

Former President Donald Trump on Friday promised to start two new initiatives and commissions if he’s elected back to the White House this November.

The two projects are in honor of former independent presidential contender Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who dropped his own bid for the White House earlier Friday and endorsed Trump. Kennedy also joined Trump at his Arizona rally.

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Anti-Immigration Panama Repatriates Illegal Immigrants to South America and U.S. Funds Flights

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Jose Raul Mulino

To stem the flow of illegal immigrants, Panama on Tuesday began repatriating illegal immigrants to South America on U.S.-funded flights.

The U.S. coordinated the effort with the new anti-immigration government of Panama led by newly sworn-in President José Raúl Mulino, ADN America reported.

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Almost 50 Percent of Voters Think Illegal Immigration Will Increase Under a Harris Presidency

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Illegal Immigrants

A new survey finds 47% of American voters believe that illegal immigration will increase if Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris becomes the president. 

The survey by the Napolitan News Service also showed 60% of those surveyed believed that illegal immigration would likely decrease under GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump. 

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ACLU Struggles to Explain Why California’s Conversion Therapy Ban Doesn’t Protect Idaho’s Trans Ban

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What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.

Because the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld California outlawing talk therapy for minors with unwanted same-sex attraction, it must likewise uphold Idaho’s ban on invasive and potentially irreversible medical treatments to make gender-confused minors resemble the opposite sex, the Gem State’s outside lawyer told a three-judge panel Thursday.

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