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S2 E35 Madam Secretary Bob Cutler welcomes Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows to the Bistro for a convo about Real ID, the switch from Maine's Chickadee to the Pine Tree license plate, and America's upcoming 250th birthday celebrations. Bellows provides insight into Maine's stance on privacy, the regulation of vanity plates, and the importance of bipartisan community efforts. They discuss Paul Revere's ride, Maine's role in early American history, and a new cocktail featuring local ingredients that could officially represent the state! Key Topics Maine's Real ID Transition and License Plate Changes and the impact of federal regulations and how Maine is adapting. Historical Commemorations and Maine's Role in American History, including Paul Revere's ride to Benedict Arnold's march and how Maine's rich past plays into its present. Crafting the Ultimate Maine Cocktail: Exploring how local flavors can define what Bob think should be Maine's official drink. Episode Index [00:02:30] – Real ID and Maine's Resistance Bellows explains Maine's historical opposition to Real ID due to privacy concerns, how federal pressure led to compliance, and what Mainers need to do before the May deadline. [00:10:45] – Taming Naughty License Plates Maine is retiring the chickadee plate, replacing it with a pine tree version, and enforcing stricter vanity plate regulations, sparking mixed reactions among residents. [00:20:10] – Paul Revere and America's 250th Birthday Statehouses nationwide will commemorate Paul Revere's ride by lighting two lanterns on April 18th, tying Maine into the broader national celebration. [00:32:15] – The Power of Community and Bipartisanship Bellows and Bob discuss how Mainers work together beyond party lines, emphasizing shared goals like education, infrastructure, and local business support. [00:40:50] – Creating Maine's Signature Cocktail Bob and Bellows brainstorm a drink that captures Maine's essence, considering ingredients like Blue Baron gin, Wyman's blueberry syrup, and fresh lemon juice.  

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows discusses top issues, from voter ID to Real ID

Host: Ann Luther, League of Women Voters of Maine Production Assistance: Linda Washburn, Amy Browne Discussion held on Saturday, September 28, at the Moore Center in Ellsworth by the League of Women Voters – Downeast. Audio by Linda Washburn Democracy Forum: Participatory Democracy, encouraging citizens to take an active role in government and politics. This month: Answering questions about the many ways in which Maine has excellent pro-voter election laws that are well administered and free from fraud, etc. Guest/s: 1. Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows 2. Joann Bautista, Deputy Secretary of State – Policy Advisor 3. Bangor City Clerk, Lisa Goodwin 4. Moderated by Ann Luther, League of Women Voters Downeast/ To learn more about this topic: Visit LWVME.org About the host: Ann Luther currently serves as Treasurer of the League of Women Voters of Maine and leads the LWVME Advocacy Team. She served as President of LWVME from 2003 to 2007 and as co-president from 2007-2009. The post Democracy Forum Special 10/23/24: Voting Rights and the Integrity of Elections in Maine first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.

Former President Donald Trump, hot off his New Hampshire primary victory, heads to a Manhattan federal court today for the ongoing defamation case with writer E. Jean Carroll. At the heart of the trial, Carroll accuses Trump of defamation following his 2019 remarks about her. Trump's defense team argues that Carroll saw financial gain from her public accusations. The courtroom drama is not his only challenge. His behavior has previously drawn a judge's warning for potential ejection due to misconduct. Simultaneously, Trump's political future faces scrutiny as Maine's Supreme Judicial Court ruled he can stay on the state's primary ballot pending a U.S. Supreme Court decision on a related case. This stems from Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows' attempt to block Trump's candidacy under the 14th Amendment, citing the former president's alleged involvement in the January 6th Capitol attack. As he navigates these legal battles, the implications for Trump's 2024 presidential run are profound, with the Maine primary decision adding another layer of uncertainty to an already tumultuous campaign season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host: Ann Luther, League of Women Voters of Maine The mostly volunteer team at the League of Women Voters – Downeast who plan and coordinate this series includes: Martha Dickinson, Michael Fisher, Claire Fox, Starr Gilmartin, Maggie Harling, Ann Luther, Rick Lyles, Judith Lyles, Wendilee O'Brien, Lane Sturtevant, Leah Taylor, and Linda Washburn. Democracy Forum: Participatory Democracy, encouraging citizens to take an active role in government and politics This month: We'll talk about the roll-out of semi-open primaries. Maine will be running semi-open primaries for the first time in 2024. We'll explain to voters what to expect and what important deadlines and new procedures may pertain. And we'll talk about how semi-open primaries might affect voter behavior and election outcomes. Guest/s: Shenna Bellows, Maine Secretary of State www.maine.gov/sos/about/bio.html Jill Goldthwait, Hancock County journalist and political columnist, former Maine state senator (unenrolled) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Goldthwait Laurel Harbridge-Yong, Professor of Political Science; Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research; Northwestern University www.ipr.northwestern.edu/who-we-are/faculty-experts/harbridge.html To learn more about this topic: 1. LWV Of Tennessee | League of Women Voters LWVTN sues over Bona Fide Primary Voting Law, November, 2023 www.lwv.org/newsroom/press-releases/lwvtn-tennessee-voters-file-federal-lawsuit-challenging-state-bona-fide 2. Understanding the Partisan Divide: How Demographics and Policy Views Shape Party Coalitions | New America, February, 2023 www.newamerica.org/political-reform/reports/understanding-the-partisan-divide/ 3. The Success Story Behind Maine’s Adoption of Semi-Open Primaries | Independent Voter News, August, 2022 ivn.us/posts/the-success-story-behind-maines-adoption-of-semi-open-primaries 4. State Primary Election Systems | National Council of State Legislators, June, 2021 documents.ncsl.org/wwwncsl/Elections/Primary-Types-Table_2021.pdf 5. Why Do Legislators Reject ‘Half-Loaf' Compromises? | Northwestern Institute for Policy Research, April, 2020 www.ipr.northwestern.edu/news/2020/harbridge-yong-half-loaf-compromises.html 6. Rejecting Compromise: Legislators' Fear of Primary Voters. Anderson, S., D. Butler, and Harbridge-Yong, Cambridge University Press, 2020 www.cambridge.org/core/books/rejecting-compromise/01F2DA900C72ACF02E1B3ECF4EED43D3 7. LWVME Study Guide on Primaries, 2017-2018 www.lwvme.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/Primary_Study_Guide.pdf 8. 9 media myths about independent voters, debunked | Vox, January 2016 www.vox.com/2016/1/22/10814522/independents-voters-facts-myths 9. How Do You Like Me Now? The desirability of Political Independence, Klar S, Krupnikov Y., Independent Politics: How American Disdain for Parties Leads to Political Inaction, Cambridge University Press, 2016. www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/independent-politics/how-do-you-like-me-now-the-desirability-of-political-independence/312BD7BFCC87D43FFACADAA264E261FB About the host: Ann currently serves as Treasurer of the League of Women Voters of Maine and leads the LWVME Advocacy Team. She served as President of LWVME from 2003 to 2007 and as co-president from 2007-2009. In her work for the League, Ann has worked for greater public understanding of public policy issues and for the League's priority issues in Clean Elections & Campaign Finance Reform, Voting Rights, Ethics in Government, Ranked Choice Voting, and Repeal of Term Limits. Representing LWVME at Maine Citizens for Clean Elections, she served that coalition as co-president from 2006 to 2011. She remains on the board of MCCE and serves as Treasurer. She is active in the LWV-Downeast and hosts their monthly radio show, The Democracy Forum, on WERU FM Community Radio -which started out in 2004 as an recurring special, and became a regular monthly program in 2012. She was the 2013 recipient of the Baldwin Award from the ACLU of Maine for her work on voting rights and elections. She joined the League in 1998 when she retired as Senior Vice President at SEI Investments. Ann was a founder of the MDI Restorative Justice Program, 1999 – 2000, and served on its Executive Board. The post Democracy Forum 1/19/24: Who Gets to Vote in Maine Primaries? Change is coming… first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.

This Day in Legal History: Paris Peace ConferenceOn this day, January 18, in 1919, a significant chapter in international legal and political history began with the opening of the Paris Peace Conference at Versailles, France. This conference, convened in the aftermath of World War I, was a monumental gathering of the victorious Allied Powers, setting the stage for negotiations that would profoundly reshape the geopolitical landscape of Europe and lay the groundwork for modern international law.Over six months of intense deliberations followed, marking one of the longest and most complex diplomatic events in history. The primary objective was to establish a lasting peace and prevent the recurrence of such a devastating conflict. The leaders of the 'Big Four' – Woodrow Wilson of the United States, David Lloyd George of the United Kingdom, Georges Clemenceau of France, and Vittorio Emanuele Orlando of Italy – played pivotal roles in shaping the Treaty of Versailles.The Treaty of Versailles, signed on June 28, 1919, dramatically redrew the borders of Europe. It imposed severe reparations and territorial losses on Germany, an aspect later criticized for possibly sowing the seeds of World War II. The treaty also resulted in the disbandment of empires, the creation of new nations, and significant territorial adjustments.A landmark outcome of the conference was the establishment of the League of Nations, an intergovernmental organization aimed at ensuring world peace and cooperation. Although the League ultimately failed to prevent another world war, it represented a groundbreaking step towards the development of international organizations and international law.The Paris Peace Conference and the Treaty of Versailles had far-reaching legal implications. They introduced principles of self-determination, held nations accountable for aggression, and set precedents for international diplomacy and conflict resolution. While the conference's decisions were controversial and its impacts debated for decades, its role in shaping the 20th-century legal and political order remains undeniable.On this day, as we reflect on the 105th anniversary of the Paris Peace Conference, we recognize the complex legacy of these efforts to create a lasting peace and their profound impact on international law and global relations.Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of Facebook, is likely to face additional claims in a lawsuit concerning its Facebook "pixel" tracking tool. This tool is alleged to have violated the health-care privacy of millions by tracking and sharing protected health information without consent. The plaintiffs, anonymous Facebook users from various U.S. states, argue that Meta encouraged health-care providers to install the pixel on their websites, thereby violating federal and state laws. The tool reportedly matches collected information with Facebook user IDs for targeted advertising.Judge William H. Orrick of the US District Court for the Northern District of California found the plaintiffs' invasion of privacy claims under the California Constitution and common law to be plausible, considering the privileged relationship between patients and health-care providers. He also acknowledged potential injuries related to common law trespass to chattels and violation of the California Computer Data Access and Fraud Act.In a previous ruling, Orrick had dismissed several claims in the plaintiffs' original complaint but rejected Meta's motion to dismiss five other claims. These included breach of contract, breach of the duty of good faith and fair dealing, unjust enrichment, and violations of specific privacy acts.During a hearing on Meta's motion to dismiss the amended complaint, Meta's attorney argued that the content of the plaintiffs' website searches did not reveal sensitive health information sufficient for an invasion of privacy claim. This was based on a Ninth Circuit ruling in a similar case. However, the plaintiffs' attorney countered, citing the Federal Trade Commission's broader definition of health information, which includes data that can infer a consumer's health status.Furthermore, Meta's attorney argued that the intrusion by the Facebook pixel was not significant enough to support the plaintiffs' trespass claims, stating that the alleged harms were minimal. Conversely, the plaintiffs' attorney maintained that under California law, any measurable harm to a computer system can be grounds for a compensable trespass injury, as demonstrated in previous legal cases.The lawsuit, representing a proposed class, includes several law firms on both sides. The case, In re Meta Pixel Healthcare Litigation, continues in the Northern District of California, with ongoing debates over the scope and nature of the alleged privacy violations and damages.Meta Likely to Face Additional Claims in Pixel Health-Care SuitThe Maine State Superior Court has delayed a decision regarding former U.S. President Donald Trump's eligibility for the state's Republican primary ballot, pending a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court on a similar case in Colorado. The court's directive, issued by Judge Michaela Murphy, orders Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows to reassess her decision to disqualify Trump within 30 days following the Supreme Court's verdict.Bellows, a Democrat, had determined in December that Trump was ineligible to hold office under a U.S. Constitution provision barring individuals who have engaged in "insurrection or rebellion" from holding office. This decision was based on the allegation that Trump incited an insurrection in an attempt to retain power following his defeat in the 2020 election, highlighted by the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.Trump's spokesperson criticized the disqualification as a "bad-faith sham," while Trump himself appealed the ruling, arguing that Bellows was biased and that he was denied a fair opportunity to defend himself. He has consistently denied engaging in insurrection.The upcoming Supreme Court ruling, with oral arguments scheduled for February 8, is expected to be politically significant. It could potentially clarify the role of state officials and courts in handling ballot challenges under the U.S. Constitution and might resolve the issue nationwide.Maine and Colorado are currently the only states to have disqualified Trump under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. Courts and election officials in several other states have rejected similar challenges to Trump's candidacy. Proponents of Trump's disqualification argue that enforcing the constitutional provision supports democratic values, while Trump and his supporters view these efforts as undemocratic election interference. Maine's primary is set for March 5, adding urgency to the Supreme Court's impending decision.Maine court puts Trump ballot decision on hold until after Supreme Court acts | ReutersThe U.S. Justice Department is set to release a report on the delayed police response to the 2022 Uvalde, Texas school shooting, which resulted in the deaths of 19 children and two teachers. Initiated at the request of Uvalde's mayor just days after the tragedy at Robb Elementary School, this report is part of the department's "Critical Incident Review." The police response faced severe criticism for the officers' prolonged wait in a hallway while the gunman was active in a classroom, despite receiving desperate 911 calls from students.In July 2022, a report by Texas lawmakers described an "atmosphere of chaos" at the scene and criticized law enforcement for not prioritizing the lives of victims. The Justice Department's review, led by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services with support from external experts in emergency management and school safety, aims to provide an independent analysis and draw lessons for future mass shooting responses.Attorney General Merrick Garland and other top Justice Department officials visited Uvalde on Wednesday, touring a mural memorializing the victims ahead of the report's release. This report is expected to shed light on the law enforcement actions during the shooting and offer insights for handling similar incidents in the future.US Justice Dept to release report on Uvalde school shooting response | ReutersApple Inc. announced that it will remove the blood oxygen monitoring feature from two of its flagship Apple Watch models in the U.S., the Series 9 and Ultra 2, as a result of an ongoing legal battle over patent infringement with medical technology company Masimo. This decision comes after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled against Apple selling these models. The issue stemmed from a December decision by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), which ordered a halt to the imports of the devices following a complaint by Masimo.Masimo accused Apple of stealing its pulse oximetry technology and poaching its employees to use in Apple Watches. The ITC initially imposed an import ban on the affected Apple Watch models, but the Federal Circuit briefly lifted this ban while considering Apple's request for a long-term pause. Apple resumed sales of the smartwatches shortly after the temporary lift of the ban.Apple has expressed strong disagreement with the ITC's decision and is seeking to reverse it. Meanwhile, existing Apple Watches and devices sold outside the United States are not affected by the order. The Series 9 and Ultra 2 models sold in the U.S. from Thursday will still display an app icon for the blood oxygen features, but upon accessing, users will be informed that the feature is unavailable.The legal dispute is expected to take months to resolve, during which time Apple has requested the ban be kept on hold. The company argues that maintaining the ban would harm not only Apple but also its suppliers and the public. Apple's wearables, home, and accessory segment, which includes the Apple Watch, is a significant part of its revenue, making the outcome of this legal battle crucial for the company.Apple to sell some watches without blood oxygen feature after US court ruling | Reuters Get full access to Minimum Competence - Daily Legal News Podcast at www.minimumcomp.com/subscribe

SGT BETSY BRANTNER SMITH JOINS DAWN LIVE! BETSY EXPANDS ON THE STATE OF PHILADELPHIA LEADERSHIP AS NEW MAYOR CHERELLE PARKER SETS A POLICE PRESENCE IN INFAMOUS KENSINGTON DISTRICT... HOW CAN KEVIN BETHEL AND PARKER FIND A WAY TO ENFORCE LAW & ORDER... BETSY ALSO EXPANDS ON THE RECENT TREND OF "SWATTING" AND FINDING A WAY TO COMBAT THIS PROBLEM THAT WASTES TIME, EFFORT, AND RESOURCES FROM MANY POLICE DEPTS NATIONWIDE...  According to Morning Brew, incidents of swatting involving politicians and judges are on the rise across the U.S.On Sunday, swatters targeted Tanya Chutkan, the federal judge presiding over the case concerning Donald Trump's alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election, claiming there was a shooting at her house (there wasn't). And she's just the latest in a recent wave of swatting—a form of harassment that involves calling the police under false pretenses to send a SWAT team to someone's home. Federal lawmakers including Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, New York Rep. Brandon Williams, and Florida Sen. Rick Scott have been swatted recently.Jack Smith, the special counsel who's prosecuting former President Trump in two cases, was swatted on Christmas Day.A 911 caller pretended to have broken into the home of Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows the day after she disqualified Trump from being on the state's primary ballot...The fake calls often claim a bomb threat, murder, or burglary, creating a dangerous situation as law enforcement arrives prepared to deal with potentially armed criminals... What's being done about it: Multiple politicians have called for legislation that would make it easier to identify those responsible for swatting and levy stronger penalties. For now, no arrests have been made in connection with these crimes as the callers almost always use fake caller ID or phone spoofing software to remain untraceable. For perspective on what can be done to stop this, turn to a 29-year law enforcement veteran who now trains officers around the world. Sgt. Betsy Brantner Smith (Ret.) is spokesperson for National Police Association, a non profit that supports law enforcement officers across the U.S. She began her career as a police dispatcher at age 17 and has held positions in patrol, investigations, narcotics, juvenile, hostage negotiation, crime prevention, K-9 and field training. She has been a law enforcement trainer for over 20 years.  Tune in 10 AM - 12 PM EST weekdays on Talk Radio 1210 WPHT; or on the Audacy app!

Last month, the Colorado Supreme Court and the Maine Secretary of State determined that President Trump “engaged in an insurrection” after taking an oath to uphold the Constitution and that he is therefore disqualified from serving as president under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. In this episode, professors Josh Blackman of the South Texas College of Law Houston and Gerard Magliocca of the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law dive into the meaning and purpose of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment and the arguments for and against Trump's eligibility to run for a second term this fall. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates.   Resources:  Jeffrey Rosen, “The Supreme Court's Election Dilemma,” WSJ (Jan. 5, 2024)  Gerard Magliocca, “Background as Foreground: Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment and January Sixth,” (Dec. 21, 2022)  Gerard Magliocca, “Amnesty and Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment,” (July 20, 2021)  Gerard Magliocca, “What the Supreme Court Should Not Do in Trump's Disqualification Case,” NY Times (Jan. 5, 2024)   Josh Blackman & Seth Tillman, “Sweeping and Forcing the President into Section Three,” (Sept. 19, 2023)   Josh Blackman & Seth Tillman, “Is the President an ‘Officer of the United States' for Purposes of Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment?” (Dec. 20, 2021)   Josh Blackman & Seth Tillman, Amicus Brief in Support of Trump in Trump v. Anderson  Griffin's Case (1869)   The Slaughterhouse Cases (1873)   Bradwell v. Illinois (1873)   Questions or comments about the show? Email us at podcast@constitutioncenter.org.   Continue today's conversation on Facebook and Twitter using @ConstitutionCtr.   Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate, at bit.ly/constitutionweekly.  You can find transcripts for each episode on the podcast pages in our Media Library. 

In this episode, we speak with Shenna Bellows, Maine Secretary of State, about crisis management in the wake of October's mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine. Host: Ian Grossman Producer: Claire Jeffrey and Chelsey Hadwin Music: Gibson Arthur This episode is brought to you by GET Mobile ID - the smart choice for mDL implementations. Put citizens in control with GET Mobile ID. Fully ISO compliant and UL certified for all transaction modes. Learn more at getgroupna.com.

Jen Psaki is joined by Congressman Jamie Raskin to discuss the Supreme Court's decision to take up the case surrounding Donald Trump's ballot eligibility after his role in the insurrection. Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows also joins Jen to talk about her ruling that bars Trump him from the state's primary ballot. Plus with voters in Iowa days away from the caucuses, Jen talks to Sarah Longwell, who has been conducting focus groups of GOP voters, for some insight into what's on their minds. And Jen breaks down the legacy of embattled NRA leader Wayne LaPierre on the heels of his resignation. Check out our social pages below:https://twitter.com/InsideWithPsakihttps://www.instagram.com/InsideWithPsaki/https://www.tiktok.com/@insidewithpsakihttps://www.msnbc.com/jen-psaki

Florida's esteemed Governor, Ron DeSantis, in his commitment to uphold the principles of sovereignty and national security, recently expressed that he might contemplate the exclusion of Joe Biden from the Florida ballot. This comes as a response to Biden's evidently insufficient response to the substantial influx of unauthorized immigrants on the southern frontier, a number surging to an estimated eight million individuals. Speaking to the press after a vigorous campaign event in Iowa, Governor DeSantis explained his conviction that the US Supreme Court will have to consider this matter of utmost importance. The court is expected to accept this pressing issue for deliberation as early as February. As DeSantis perceptively pointed out, due to the immense differences of opinion on this subject, judicial overview is indispensable. Deeply concerned about the escalating crisis at the border, DeSantis underlined that his administration is thoroughly deliberating the prospect of making a plausible legal argument pertaining to this 'invasion'. With an unwavering devotion to the rule of law and national security, DeSantis thinks it crucial to examine whether Biden's handling of the border crisis could allow for a possible legal case. Defending the democratic right to candidacy, Governor DeSantis expressed his disagreement with barring any candidate from election ballots. This instinctive inclination towards fairness and democracy, however, does not undermine his resolve to counteract unfair tactics that are increasingly being employed by left-wing political figures. As DeSantis rightly declared, standing up against such tactics is imperative. Adopting an assertive stance, the Florida Governor pledged to uphold the same rules imposed on his party by the opposition. In his words, 'Whatever the rules applied to us, we're prepared to contest them and employ a similar strategy'. There's a certain parity in his approach - a refusal to be embroiled in a fight with a proverbial hand tied behind the back. Further revealing his future plans, DeSantis advocated boldly against the increasingly common politicization and misuse of the justice system by the Democrats. He reassured his supporters, emphasizing a better, fairer approach that doesn't involve such controversial and divisive tactics when he assumes office. 'You know, we've found a more promising course. We're not going to be concerned with these dubious issues. As president, I'll be equipped to deal with all the politicization, and we'll put an end to this once and for all,' he declared, offering a reassuring vision of a well-regulated, balanced, and disarmed justice system. Intriguingly, a recent lawsuit in Wisconsin suggests a brewing push to keep former president Trump off the state's Republican primary ticket. It is the brainchild of Kirk Bangstad, owner of the Minocqua Brewing Company, while potentially employing a similar strategic model used in comparable lawsuits across various states. This development surely resounds the echo of a Colorado Supreme Court verdict, which favored a lawsuit of a similar nature. The United States Supreme Court, respecting the gravity of these concerns, has agreed to listen to an appeal in the case. It underscores the necessity for a national discourse on this highly contentious issue. Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has passionately seized on the opportunity to proscribe Trump from the Republican primary ballot in her jurisdiction. This move has notably caused the uniformly spirited former president to file an appeal against her decision on Tuesday. The aforementioned lawsuits critically refer to Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, established after the Civil War. It is these litigations' claims that former President Trump is 'ineligible' to hold office for participating in an 'insurrection,' regardless of the fact that he has neither been officially accused of nor placed on trial for such a charge. In this intricate weave of legal and political tactics, it is clear that understanding constitutional constructs and their implications are crucial for a robust democratic structure. On one side stands Governor DeSantis, keen to ensure a secure border, while on the other, there exists an orchestrated effort to disqualify former President Trump from future electoral considerations. Like threads in a complex political tapestry, the actions of DeSantis, Bellows, and Bangstad all intersect, providing fertile ground for the Supreme Court's upcoming calendar. The nation waits, and watches closely, as these legal actions unfurl themselves in unpredictable and fascinating ways. Amidst these nuanced political maneuverings, what remains clear is the unwavering commitment to uphold the democratic process and the rule of law. It is essential now, more than ever, that discourse and debate build understanding and unity in these turbulent times. While expressing their unique standpoints in the political landscape, these events inherently underline a shared commitment to sustaining America's constitutional legacy. They highlight the resilience of democratic mechanisms in these unprecedented times, allowing for contrasting perspectives to emerge, flourish, and compete in the very spirit of democracy. All eyes remain set on how these developments unfold in the coming times and this forthcoming Supreme Court argument will likely ignite a vigorous debate on an array of constitutional issues and their effective application in contemporary politics. 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We've seen this movie before: some government official, some prosecutor, some law enforcement agent does something to hold Donald Trump accountable for his crimes, and Trump posts things about the person designed to inspire his supporters to threats and violence against that person. Most recently, Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows followed Maine's elections laws and her oath of office, and disqualified Trump from the Maine ballot. So, of course, Trump posted Secretary Bellows' bio and the threats started pouring in. Trump is on pretrial release in four felony cases. The law provides that, when there is clear and convincing evidence that a person under felony indictment poses a threat to the community or any person in the community, that defendant is to be detained pending trial. Glenn says it's long past time that the institutions of government apply the nation's pretrial detention laws to Trump as those laws are applied to every other person who is pending trial in a felony case. Trump should be detained pending trial.If you're interested in supporting our all-volunteer efforts and mission, you can becoming a Team Justice patron at: / glennkirschner For our Team Justice and Justice Matters merchandise visit:https://shop.spreadshirt.com/glennkir...Check out Glenn's website at glennkirschner.comFollow Glenn on:Threads: https://www.threads.net/glennkirschner2Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/glennkirschner2Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/glennkirschner2Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glennkirsch...See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief for Friday, January 5th, 2024. Download our new app!: You guys are aware that we have a new app right? If not you should download it right now! Head on over to your app store, and type in “CrossPolitic”, “Fight Laugh Feast”, or “PubTV”. Once you find the app, you may need to update your app, or if you have a droid phone, you may need to delete your current FLF app, and re-download it! Once downloaded you’ll be able to view or listen to our content right on your mobile device! As always, if you’d like to sign up for a pub membership, you can head on over to fightlaughfeast.com… that’s fightlaughfeast.com. https://www.foxnews.com/us/police-investigating-active-shooter-scene-high-school-perry-iowa Multiple people injured in shooting at Perry, Iowa, high school Multiple people were injured in a shooting at an Iowa high school on Thursday morning, authorities said. At approximately 7:37 a.m., police received reports of an active scene at Perry High School in Perry. Officers responded within seven minutes of the active shooter alarm, Dallas County Sheriff Adam Infante told reporters. The total number of victims and their status have not been confirmed. Infante said authorities are working to determine that information and that there is no further danger to the public. "The community is safe," the sheriff said. "We're just now working backwards, trying to figure out everything that happened and make notifications. There will be another update later on today." The Associated Press reported two gunshot victims were taken by ambulance to Iowa Methodist Medical Center in the state capital of Des Moines. A law enforcement source told the AP the suspect in the shooting has died of what investigators believe is a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Infante said the shooting happened before school began. "Luckily, there was very few students and faculty in the building, which I think contributed to a good outcome in that sense," he said. Zander Shelley, 15, was in a hallway waiting for the school day to start when he heard gunshots and dashed into a classroom, his father, Kevin Shelley, told the AP. Zander was grazed twice and hid in the classroom before texting his father at 7:36 a.m. Kevin Shelley, who drives a garbage truck, told his boss he had to run. "It was the most scared I’ve been in my entire life," he said. Rachael Kares, an 18-year-old senior, told the AP she was at jazz band practice when students heard what sounded like four gunshots, spaced apart. "We all just jumped," Kares said. "My band teacher looked at us and yelled, ‘Run!’ So we ran." Kares said students and faculty ran out past the football field, with people yelling, "Get out! Get out!" as they ran. She said she heard additional shots while she fled, but was most concerned about getting home to her 3-year-old son. "At that moment I didn’t care about anything except getting out because I had to get home with my son," she told the AP. The sheriff's office, Perry Police Department and multiple federal agencies also responded to the shooting. Authorities have identified a suspect but have not released their name at this time, the sheriff said. Multiple EMS vehicles were sent to the scene at 1200 18th Street, according to public safety radio traffic. Federal agents from the FBI and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) also said they were on the ground. Perry High School belongs to the Perry Community School District, about 25 miles northwest of Des Moines. About 1,785 students are enrolled in the school district, according to its website. Thursday was the first day of school after the winter break, according to the school's calendar. "Our hearts are broken by this senseless tragedy. Our prayers are with the students, teachers & families of the Perry Community," Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said in a statement. "I have been in contact with law enforcement agencies & am continuing to monitor the situation. I will be joining their press conference today." https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/federal-judge-dismisses-trump-ballot-disqualification-case-with-prejudice-5558227?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=BonginoReport Federal Judge Dismisses Trump Ballot Disqualification Case ‘With Prejudice’ A federal judge in California on Jan. 3 dismissed a lawsuit that sought to keep former President Donald Trump off the 2024 Republican primary ballot in that state. District Judge David Carter granted a motion to dismiss the lawsuit “with prejudice,” which means that it can’t be submitted to the same court again, according to court papers. A plaintiff attempted to argue that they suffered “emotional injury” as a result of the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, while watching the events unfold on television, on the radio, and in various publications. They then argued that the incident caused them “severe emotional distress” and then filed a lawsuit to keep the former president off California’s ballot. However, the judge wrote that because the events occurred “more than two years before the plaintiff” filed suit, it was outside of the two-year statute of limitations. The decision by Judge Carter, a Clinton-appointed jurist who has ruled against President Trump in a separate case, was posted online by former Republican National Committee for California Chair Harmeet Dhillon. “The remnants of the last California case to keep President Trump off the ballot here were dismissed today by Judge David O. Carter!!” she wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Jan. 3. In recent days and weeks, a number of lawsuits have been filed in different states seeking to bar President Trump from appearing on the ballot ahead of the 2024 election. Those suits have claimed that the former president engaged in “insurrection or rebellion” against the United States under an interpretation of the Constitution’s 14th Amendment’s Section 3, which was written in the immediate aftermath of the U.S. Civil War. At least two of those challenges have seen some success in Maine and Colorado, although there has been widespread speculation that higher courts or even the U.S. Supreme Court will strike those rulings down. Days before Christmas, Colorado’s highest court ruled to keep the former president off the primary ballot in the state, which was promptly appealed to the Supreme Court. Last week, Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, a Democrat, unilaterally decided to keep President Trump off the ballot, which also has been appealed. Ahead of the Supreme Court appeal, Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said that “unsurprisingly, the all-Democrat-appointed Colorado Supreme Court has ruled against President Trump, supporting a Soros-funded, left-wing group’s scheme to interfere in an election on behalf of Crooked Joe Biden by removing President Trump’s name from the ballot and eliminating the rights of Colorado voters to vote for the candidate of their choice.” Legal analysts have suggested that the U.S. Supreme Court would take up those two cases and likely would rule against the plaintiffs at least on procedural grounds. However, it isn’t clear whether the court will take up the more thorny questions presented under the 14th Amendment’s insurrection clause. “It seems a certainty that SCOTUS will have to address the merits sooner or later,” Rick Hasen, a law professor at the University of California–Los Angeles, wrote on his website last month, referring to the Supreme Court. Several other federal judges have also dismissed attempts to block the former president from appearing on ballots. In a ruling issued in late December 2023, U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema wrote that the plaintiffs—two activists—who filed suit against President Trump in Virginia to keep him on that state’s ballot lacked standing. https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2024/01/03/trans-murderer-sent-to-womens-prison-n602445 Trans Murderer Sent to Women's Prison In 2012 and 2013, a man named Steven Buchanan murdered two handymen he had hired to do some labor around his farm in Oregon. After killing them, he fed their corpses to his pigs. He was eventually discovered and arrested for the crimes. In 2015 he was convicted, with the judge telling him that he was “a cold-blooded killer” who “valued pigs more than you value human life.” Buchanan was sentenced to fifty years in prison. But then things reportedly took a turn for the strange. The killer was no longer Steven Buchanan. Instead, he was “Susan Monica,” claiming to be a transgender woman. As our colleague Madeline Lessman reports this week at Townhall, Monica nee Buchanan is now being housed at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, a women’s prison located in Wilsonville, Oregon. A “transgender” biological male who was convicted of murdering two men is serving a 50-year sentence in a women’s prison, according to a report from Reduxx. The prisoner, Steven Buchanan, who goes by “Susan Monica,” dismembered the bodies of his victims and fed them to pigs on a 20-acre farm he owned in Oregon, Reduxx noted. Buchanan bought the farm in 1991 and killed two handymen in 2012 and 2013. In 2015, he was reportedly sentenced to a minimum of 50 years behind bars. “You shot two people and fed them to your pigs,” Judge Tim Barnack told Buchanan during sentencing. “I don’t know how else I can put it. You valued pigs more than you value people. It may sound harsh, but you are a cold-blooded killer.” By this time, we’ve covered enough of these transgender prisoner stories that you should have already noticed a pattern emerging. There are men behaving badly who never seemed to have any problem living as men. Then, why they are facing the possibility of a long stretch in the Crowbar Motel, they suddenly “realize” that they are actually women trapped in men’s bodies and they demand special accommodations. And if they live in a blue state on the West Coast, those demands are almost always met. If the details of those two killings don’t do enough to send chills down your spine and make you realize how dangerous this guy almost certainly is (even at the age of 75), there is more. During court proceedings, the lead detective in the case told the judge that Buchanan had said he was worried that if police found “the other seventeen” bodies on his farm, he might never get out of jail. Police searched and did some digging, but additional bodies were not located. That doesn’t mean they’re not there, though. This guy is a certifiable lunatic who told the police “I do not value human life very much.” This is the sort of person we’re putting in a women’s prison? I’m sure some of the actual females at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility did some bad things to wind up there, though hopefully not involving feeding body parts to swine. But do they deserve to be exposed to a proven homicidal maniac who is pretending to be a woman? Townhall has been covering stories like this for a while and it never seems to end well. One trans inmate in New Jersey wound up impregnating two female inmates. (His own mother said that the trans thing was a scam allowing him access to women.) Another inmate was sexually assaulted by a trans inmate.. https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/01/03/sweden-records-coldest-january-evening-in-25-years/ Sweden Records Coldest January Evening in 25 Years Europe experienced stark weather contrasts on Wednesday, with extreme cold and snowstorms disrupting transportation and closing schools in Scandinavia while strong winds and heavy rain in western Europe caused flooding and at least one death. Temperatures fell below minus 40 degrees Celsius (minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit) in the Nordic region for a second day in a row Wednesday. In Kvikkjokk-Årrenjarka in Swedish Lapland, the mercury dropped to minus 43.6 C (minus 46.5 F), the lowest January temperature recorded in Sweden in 25 years, Sweden’s TT news agency reported. Extremely cold temperatures, snow and gale-force winds disrupted transportation throughout the Nordic region, with several bridges closed and some train and ferry services suspended. Several schools in Scandinavia were closed. Police across most of Denmark urged motorists to avoid unnecessary trips as wind and snow battered the northern and western parts of the country. Mild but wet and windy conditions prevailed further south, where a storm wreaked havoc in parts of western Europe. In Britain, a driver died after a tree fell on his car in western England. Gloucestershire Police said the man died in the incident near the town of Kemble on Tuesday afternoon. The storm, which has been named Henk by the official weather services of Britain, Ireland and the Netherlands, has caused power cuts, transport troubles, property damage and disruption across the U.K. More than 300 flood warnings were in place across England and Wales on Wednesday, while 10,000 homes remained without power. A severe flood alert, meaning a danger to life, was announced for the River Nene in Northampton in central England. Several residents were evacuated from houseboats and caravans at the nearby Billing Aquadrome. The U.K.’s rail network was hit by flooding and power cuts, with many operators reporting ongoing issues for the Wednesday morning commute into work. The strongest gales in the U.K. were recorded on the Isle of Wight, just off the coast in southern England, where wind speeds reached 94 miles per hour (151 kilometers per hour). In the Netherlands, police near the city of Eindhoven said strong winds may have played a role in the death of a 75-year-old man who fell off his bicycle late Tuesday as high winds lashed much of the country. Parts of Germany were also grappling with flooding, which could be aggravated by more rain falling in the worst-affected northwestern state of Lower Saxony. https://www.boundingintosports.com/2024/01/aaron-rodgers-says-jimmy-kimmel-is-worried-about-the-jeffrey-epstein-files-suggests-nfl-is-rigged/ Aaron Rodgers Says Jimmy Kimmel Is Worried About The Jeffrey Epstein Files, Suggests NFL Is Rigged If you thought New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers had any designs on pulling back on his opinions in the new year, think again. During an appearance on The Pat McAfee Show, the 40-year-old future NFL Hall of Famer suggested late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel might be nervous about the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Oh, and he also floated the idea that the NFL is rigged. Aaron Rodgers kicked off a segment with the host by embracing a conspiracy theory that the Super Bowl logo features the colors of the teams that eventually end up playing in the game. An X post by NFL Memes in September included an image that explained the theory and showed recent examples. The group also predicted that based on this theory, the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers would be facing each other in Super Bowl LVIII. “If the Super Bowl Baltimore and San Fran, I’ll tell you what, that Super Bowl 59 emblem better have Jet green on it,” Rodgers said. “I know you’ve seen that one … that’s a real interesting one,” Rodgers said of the conspiracy theory. https://twitter.com/i/status/1742256969883492467 - Play Video

This is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief for Friday, January 5th, 2024. Download our new app!: You guys are aware that we have a new app right? If not you should download it right now! Head on over to your app store, and type in “CrossPolitic”, “Fight Laugh Feast”, or “PubTV”. Once you find the app, you may need to update your app, or if you have a droid phone, you may need to delete your current FLF app, and re-download it! Once downloaded you’ll be able to view or listen to our content right on your mobile device! As always, if you’d like to sign up for a pub membership, you can head on over to fightlaughfeast.com… that’s fightlaughfeast.com. https://www.foxnews.com/us/police-investigating-active-shooter-scene-high-school-perry-iowa Multiple people injured in shooting at Perry, Iowa, high school Multiple people were injured in a shooting at an Iowa high school on Thursday morning, authorities said. At approximately 7:37 a.m., police received reports of an active scene at Perry High School in Perry. Officers responded within seven minutes of the active shooter alarm, Dallas County Sheriff Adam Infante told reporters. The total number of victims and their status have not been confirmed. Infante said authorities are working to determine that information and that there is no further danger to the public. "The community is safe," the sheriff said. "We're just now working backwards, trying to figure out everything that happened and make notifications. There will be another update later on today." The Associated Press reported two gunshot victims were taken by ambulance to Iowa Methodist Medical Center in the state capital of Des Moines. A law enforcement source told the AP the suspect in the shooting has died of what investigators believe is a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Infante said the shooting happened before school began. "Luckily, there was very few students and faculty in the building, which I think contributed to a good outcome in that sense," he said. Zander Shelley, 15, was in a hallway waiting for the school day to start when he heard gunshots and dashed into a classroom, his father, Kevin Shelley, told the AP. Zander was grazed twice and hid in the classroom before texting his father at 7:36 a.m. Kevin Shelley, who drives a garbage truck, told his boss he had to run. "It was the most scared I’ve been in my entire life," he said. Rachael Kares, an 18-year-old senior, told the AP she was at jazz band practice when students heard what sounded like four gunshots, spaced apart. "We all just jumped," Kares said. "My band teacher looked at us and yelled, ‘Run!’ So we ran." Kares said students and faculty ran out past the football field, with people yelling, "Get out! Get out!" as they ran. She said she heard additional shots while she fled, but was most concerned about getting home to her 3-year-old son. "At that moment I didn’t care about anything except getting out because I had to get home with my son," she told the AP. The sheriff's office, Perry Police Department and multiple federal agencies also responded to the shooting. Authorities have identified a suspect but have not released their name at this time, the sheriff said. Multiple EMS vehicles were sent to the scene at 1200 18th Street, according to public safety radio traffic. Federal agents from the FBI and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) also said they were on the ground. Perry High School belongs to the Perry Community School District, about 25 miles northwest of Des Moines. About 1,785 students are enrolled in the school district, according to its website. Thursday was the first day of school after the winter break, according to the school's calendar. "Our hearts are broken by this senseless tragedy. Our prayers are with the students, teachers & families of the Perry Community," Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said in a statement. "I have been in contact with law enforcement agencies & am continuing to monitor the situation. I will be joining their press conference today." https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/federal-judge-dismisses-trump-ballot-disqualification-case-with-prejudice-5558227?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=BonginoReport Federal Judge Dismisses Trump Ballot Disqualification Case ‘With Prejudice’ A federal judge in California on Jan. 3 dismissed a lawsuit that sought to keep former President Donald Trump off the 2024 Republican primary ballot in that state. District Judge David Carter granted a motion to dismiss the lawsuit “with prejudice,” which means that it can’t be submitted to the same court again, according to court papers. A plaintiff attempted to argue that they suffered “emotional injury” as a result of the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, while watching the events unfold on television, on the radio, and in various publications. They then argued that the incident caused them “severe emotional distress” and then filed a lawsuit to keep the former president off California’s ballot. However, the judge wrote that because the events occurred “more than two years before the plaintiff” filed suit, it was outside of the two-year statute of limitations. The decision by Judge Carter, a Clinton-appointed jurist who has ruled against President Trump in a separate case, was posted online by former Republican National Committee for California Chair Harmeet Dhillon. “The remnants of the last California case to keep President Trump off the ballot here were dismissed today by Judge David O. Carter!!” she wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Jan. 3. In recent days and weeks, a number of lawsuits have been filed in different states seeking to bar President Trump from appearing on the ballot ahead of the 2024 election. Those suits have claimed that the former president engaged in “insurrection or rebellion” against the United States under an interpretation of the Constitution’s 14th Amendment’s Section 3, which was written in the immediate aftermath of the U.S. Civil War. At least two of those challenges have seen some success in Maine and Colorado, although there has been widespread speculation that higher courts or even the U.S. Supreme Court will strike those rulings down. Days before Christmas, Colorado’s highest court ruled to keep the former president off the primary ballot in the state, which was promptly appealed to the Supreme Court. Last week, Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, a Democrat, unilaterally decided to keep President Trump off the ballot, which also has been appealed. Ahead of the Supreme Court appeal, Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said that “unsurprisingly, the all-Democrat-appointed Colorado Supreme Court has ruled against President Trump, supporting a Soros-funded, left-wing group’s scheme to interfere in an election on behalf of Crooked Joe Biden by removing President Trump’s name from the ballot and eliminating the rights of Colorado voters to vote for the candidate of their choice.” Legal analysts have suggested that the U.S. Supreme Court would take up those two cases and likely would rule against the plaintiffs at least on procedural grounds. However, it isn’t clear whether the court will take up the more thorny questions presented under the 14th Amendment’s insurrection clause. “It seems a certainty that SCOTUS will have to address the merits sooner or later,” Rick Hasen, a law professor at the University of California–Los Angeles, wrote on his website last month, referring to the Supreme Court. Several other federal judges have also dismissed attempts to block the former president from appearing on ballots. In a ruling issued in late December 2023, U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema wrote that the plaintiffs—two activists—who filed suit against President Trump in Virginia to keep him on that state’s ballot lacked standing. https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2024/01/03/trans-murderer-sent-to-womens-prison-n602445 Trans Murderer Sent to Women's Prison In 2012 and 2013, a man named Steven Buchanan murdered two handymen he had hired to do some labor around his farm in Oregon. After killing them, he fed their corpses to his pigs. He was eventually discovered and arrested for the crimes. In 2015 he was convicted, with the judge telling him that he was “a cold-blooded killer” who “valued pigs more than you value human life.” Buchanan was sentenced to fifty years in prison. But then things reportedly took a turn for the strange. The killer was no longer Steven Buchanan. Instead, he was “Susan Monica,” claiming to be a transgender woman. As our colleague Madeline Lessman reports this week at Townhall, Monica nee Buchanan is now being housed at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, a women’s prison located in Wilsonville, Oregon. A “transgender” biological male who was convicted of murdering two men is serving a 50-year sentence in a women’s prison, according to a report from Reduxx. The prisoner, Steven Buchanan, who goes by “Susan Monica,” dismembered the bodies of his victims and fed them to pigs on a 20-acre farm he owned in Oregon, Reduxx noted. Buchanan bought the farm in 1991 and killed two handymen in 2012 and 2013. In 2015, he was reportedly sentenced to a minimum of 50 years behind bars. “You shot two people and fed them to your pigs,” Judge Tim Barnack told Buchanan during sentencing. “I don’t know how else I can put it. You valued pigs more than you value people. It may sound harsh, but you are a cold-blooded killer.” By this time, we’ve covered enough of these transgender prisoner stories that you should have already noticed a pattern emerging. There are men behaving badly who never seemed to have any problem living as men. Then, why they are facing the possibility of a long stretch in the Crowbar Motel, they suddenly “realize” that they are actually women trapped in men’s bodies and they demand special accommodations. And if they live in a blue state on the West Coast, those demands are almost always met. If the details of those two killings don’t do enough to send chills down your spine and make you realize how dangerous this guy almost certainly is (even at the age of 75), there is more. During court proceedings, the lead detective in the case told the judge that Buchanan had said he was worried that if police found “the other seventeen” bodies on his farm, he might never get out of jail. Police searched and did some digging, but additional bodies were not located. That doesn’t mean they’re not there, though. This guy is a certifiable lunatic who told the police “I do not value human life very much.” This is the sort of person we’re putting in a women’s prison? I’m sure some of the actual females at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility did some bad things to wind up there, though hopefully not involving feeding body parts to swine. But do they deserve to be exposed to a proven homicidal maniac who is pretending to be a woman? Townhall has been covering stories like this for a while and it never seems to end well. One trans inmate in New Jersey wound up impregnating two female inmates. (His own mother said that the trans thing was a scam allowing him access to women.) Another inmate was sexually assaulted by a trans inmate.. https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/01/03/sweden-records-coldest-january-evening-in-25-years/ Sweden Records Coldest January Evening in 25 Years Europe experienced stark weather contrasts on Wednesday, with extreme cold and snowstorms disrupting transportation and closing schools in Scandinavia while strong winds and heavy rain in western Europe caused flooding and at least one death. Temperatures fell below minus 40 degrees Celsius (minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit) in the Nordic region for a second day in a row Wednesday. In Kvikkjokk-Årrenjarka in Swedish Lapland, the mercury dropped to minus 43.6 C (minus 46.5 F), the lowest January temperature recorded in Sweden in 25 years, Sweden’s TT news agency reported. Extremely cold temperatures, snow and gale-force winds disrupted transportation throughout the Nordic region, with several bridges closed and some train and ferry services suspended. Several schools in Scandinavia were closed. Police across most of Denmark urged motorists to avoid unnecessary trips as wind and snow battered the northern and western parts of the country. Mild but wet and windy conditions prevailed further south, where a storm wreaked havoc in parts of western Europe. In Britain, a driver died after a tree fell on his car in western England. Gloucestershire Police said the man died in the incident near the town of Kemble on Tuesday afternoon. The storm, which has been named Henk by the official weather services of Britain, Ireland and the Netherlands, has caused power cuts, transport troubles, property damage and disruption across the U.K. More than 300 flood warnings were in place across England and Wales on Wednesday, while 10,000 homes remained without power. A severe flood alert, meaning a danger to life, was announced for the River Nene in Northampton in central England. Several residents were evacuated from houseboats and caravans at the nearby Billing Aquadrome. The U.K.’s rail network was hit by flooding and power cuts, with many operators reporting ongoing issues for the Wednesday morning commute into work. The strongest gales in the U.K. were recorded on the Isle of Wight, just off the coast in southern England, where wind speeds reached 94 miles per hour (151 kilometers per hour). In the Netherlands, police near the city of Eindhoven said strong winds may have played a role in the death of a 75-year-old man who fell off his bicycle late Tuesday as high winds lashed much of the country. Parts of Germany were also grappling with flooding, which could be aggravated by more rain falling in the worst-affected northwestern state of Lower Saxony. https://www.boundingintosports.com/2024/01/aaron-rodgers-says-jimmy-kimmel-is-worried-about-the-jeffrey-epstein-files-suggests-nfl-is-rigged/ Aaron Rodgers Says Jimmy Kimmel Is Worried About The Jeffrey Epstein Files, Suggests NFL Is Rigged If you thought New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers had any designs on pulling back on his opinions in the new year, think again. During an appearance on The Pat McAfee Show, the 40-year-old future NFL Hall of Famer suggested late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel might be nervous about the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Oh, and he also floated the idea that the NFL is rigged. Aaron Rodgers kicked off a segment with the host by embracing a conspiracy theory that the Super Bowl logo features the colors of the teams that eventually end up playing in the game. An X post by NFL Memes in September included an image that explained the theory and showed recent examples. The group also predicted that based on this theory, the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers would be facing each other in Super Bowl LVIII. “If the Super Bowl Baltimore and San Fran, I’ll tell you what, that Super Bowl 59 emblem better have Jet green on it,” Rodgers said. “I know you’ve seen that one … that’s a real interesting one,” Rodgers said of the conspiracy theory. https://twitter.com/i/status/1742256969883492467 - Play Video

Former President Donald Trump's name is back on the Colorado primary ballot, pending two appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court. Was the 14th Amendment misused by both the Colorado Supreme Court and the Maine Secretary of State to keep former President Donald Trump off the ballot? We talk to an election and voting rights expert about these issues and more. A fierce battle is taking shape over border and government funding. Some Republicans are now insisting President Joe Biden has two options. A group of voters is now seeking to remove former President Donald Trump from the primary ballot in Illinois. How are similar challenges playing out, and will President Trump appear on the Colorado ballots to be certified Friday? From thefts and robberies to dealing drugs in broad daylight—D.C.'s Chinatown is seeing a surge in criminal activities. What impact does this have on small and large businesses there, and do people feel safe? A defendant attacks a Nevada judge in court during sentencing. We have the footage and the details of what happened. ⭕️ Watch in-depth videos based on Truth & Tradition at Epoch TV

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The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (01/03/2024): 3:05pm- Stefanos Chen and Jeffery C. Mays of The New York Times write: “Hundreds of migrants bound for New York City took a detour in New Jersey over the holiday weekend, in an apparent attempt to bypass a city order that seeks to limit the chaotic flow of arrivals…The surge in New Jersey arrivals appears to be an end-run around an emergency executive order last week by New York City's mayor, Eric Adams, requiring charter bus companies to provide 32 hours' advance notice of the arrival of migrants and restricting the times of day when they can be dropped off.” You can read more here: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/01/nyregion/ny-nj-migrants-buses.html 3:15pm- While speaking with WABC in New York, the Democrat Mayor of Edison, New Jersey Sam Joshi said that migrants arriving in his township via buses sent from Texas posed a “major security risk” because “they couldn't be identified.” Additionally, officials were unable to determine whether the people on the buses were carrying weapons, according to Mayor Joshi.   3:20pm- Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas basely blamed the migrant crisis at the U.S. Southern border on Texas Governor Greg Abbott—failing to accept any blame for the Biden Administration's relaxed border security policies. 3:30pm- CNN reports that the House Committee on Homeland Security is expected to formally begin impeachment proceedings against Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas for his failures to secure the U.S. Southern border. 3:40pm- On Tuesday, Cherelle Parker was sworn in as the 100th Mayor of Philadelphia. On her first day, she signed an executive order declaring a public safety emergency—calling for the development of a strategy that will reduce the unmitigated violence and open drug use currently plaguing the city. But can Mayor Parker's plan be effective while Larry Krasner remains the city's District Attorney? 4:05pm- A new USA Today/Suffolk University poll indicates that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump currently has greater support within the Hispanic American community than does President Joe Biden—39% to 34%. In 2020, Biden won that demographic by 33%—65% to 32%. You can read more here: https://www.mediaite.com/news/shock-poll-biden-who-won-the-hispanic-vote-by-33-points-in-2020-now-trails-trump-by-5-among-hispanics/ 4:10pm- Despite polling that indicates his reelection hopes are in jeopardy, President Joe Biden spent seven days vacationing in the U.S. Virgin Islands—flying back to Washington D.C. on Tuesday with noticeable sunburn. 4:15pm- Andrew Mark Miller writes, “A Georgetown University professor who spent 12 years as a CIA intelligence analyst is warning that diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts and the overall politicization of the intelligence community have become a ‘significant' problem and that he is confident those agencies will attempt to interfere with the 2024 election similar to their efforts in 2020.” You can read the full article here: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ex-cia-analyst-says-intel-agencies-politically-active-again-2024-election-significant-problem 4:35pm- Disney has announced a new director for its Star Wars franchise—Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy. Obaid-Chinoy has won two Academy Awards for short-films examining injustice in Pakistan, but does that make her the ideal selection for a sci-fi franchise? Obaid-Chinoy said that her goal as a filmmaker has been to “make men uncomfortable,” but aren't most Star Wars fans just looking for an enjoyable two-hour movie? 5:05pm- Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows determined that the U.S. Constitution bars Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump from appearing on the state's primary ballot—citing his involvement in riots outside the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, 2021. In her 34-page decision, Secretary Bellows accuses Trump of engaging in insurrection and, consequently, determines he is ineligible to hold office under the Fourteenth Amendment. Interestingly, despite calls from the Lieutenant Governor to “explore every legal option” to remove Trump from the ballot, California Secretary of State Shirley Weber said the former president would remain on the state's primary ballot. Trump has officially appealed Maine's decision. 5:10pm- Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas basely blamed the migrant crisis at the U.S. Southern border on Texas Governor Greg Abbott—failing to accept any blame for the Biden Administration's relaxed border security policies. 5:15pm- Speaking to the press on Capitol Hill, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said that H.R.2- Secure the Border Act of 2023, which has passed in the House, will not pass in the Senate. 5:20pm- CNN reports that the House Committee on Homeland Security is expected to formally begin impeachment proceedings against Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas for his failures to secure the U.S. Southern border. 5:25pm- During Wednesday's White House press briefing, Fox News journalist Jacqui Heinrich grilled Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre over the Biden Administration's failed U.S. Southern border policies which have resulted in a record number of unlawful border crossings. 5:40pm- Shauneen Miranda of Axios wties: “A federal judge will unseal hundreds of court documents from a lawsuit related to deceased convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Wednesday…Those documents include over 150 names deriving from a civil lawsuit against Ghislaine Maxwell, who was sentenced last year to 20 years in prison on sex trafficking and other charges for helping Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls.” You can read the full article here: https://www.axios.com/2024/01/02/jeffrey-epstein-list-names-court-documents-associates 6:05pm- Wadi Gaitan—Communications Director for the LIBRE Initiative—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to react to a new USA Today/Suffolk University poll indicates that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump currently has greater support within the Hispanic American community than does President Joe Biden—39% to 34%. In 2020, Biden won that demographic by 33%—65% to 32%. 6:30pm- Fox News has announced a new show—“Fox News Saturday with Jimmy Failla.” It is set to debut on January 13th. 6:35pm- Virginia Kruta of The Daily Wire writes: “A Tuesday segment on MSNBC's “Deadline White House” got awkward when new allegations surfaced against embattled Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ)—and his daughter was guest-hosting the show. Alicia Menendez was sitting in for regular host Nicolle Wallace, and just before the show went to a commercial break, she announced that a breaking news update was imminent. ‘We have to take a quick break. And we'll be back with some breaking news right after this,' she said. When they returned, however, MSNBC host Ari Melber was in the anchor's chair to deliver the news.” You can read the full story here: https://www.dailywire.com/news/msnbc-segment-goes-sideways-new-menendez-allegations-surface-while-his-daughter-is-guest-hosting 6:40pm- While appearing on Newsmax, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem said it would be a mistake for Donald Trump to select Nikki Haley to be his Vice President.

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The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (01/02/2024): 3:05pm- Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows determined that the U.S. Constitution bars Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump from appearing on the state's primary ballot—citing his involvement in riots outside the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, 2021. In her 34-page decision, Secretary Bellows accuses Trump of engaging in insurrection and, consequently, determines he is ineligible to hold office under the Fourteenth Amendment. Interestingly, despite calls from the Lieutenant Governor to “explore every legal option” to remove Trump from the ballot, California Secretary of State Shirley Weber said the former president would remain on the state's primary ballot. 3:20pm- While appearing on CNN, David Axelrod—former Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama—said “I do think it would rip the county apart if [Trump] were prevented from running because tens-of-millions of people want to vote for him.” 3:25pm- A new USA Today/Suffolk University poll indicates that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump currently has greater support within the Hispanic American community than does President Joe Biden—39% to 34%. In 2020, Biden won that demographic by 33%—65% to 32%. You can read more here: https://www.mediaite.com/news/shock-poll-biden-who-won-the-hispanic-vote-by-33-points-in-2020-now-trails-trump-by-5-among-hispanics/ 3:40pm- Stefanos Chen and Jeffery C. Mays of The New York Times write: “Hundreds of migrants bound for New York City took a detour in New Jersey over the holiday weekend, in an apparent attempt to bypass a city order that seeks to limit the chaotic flow of arrivals…The surge in New Jersey arrivals appears to be an end-run around an emergency executive order last week by New York City's mayor, Eric Adams, requiring charter bus companies to provide 32 hours' advance notice of the arrival of migrants and restricting the times of day when they can be dropped off.” You can read more here: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/01/nyregion/ny-nj-migrants-buses.html 3:50pm- According to a Fox News report, migrants who have entered the United States illegally are currently lined up in New York City to receive taxpayer-funded housing. New York City, which previously declared itself a “sanctuary city,” guarantees free housing to migrants. 4:05pm- Claudine Gay has resigned as President of Harvard University—making her the shortest tenured president in the school's nearly 400-hundred-year history. Last month, Gay testified before the House Education and Workforce Committee. During one noteworthy exchange with Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Gay refused to say calls for the genocide of Jews is speech that is violative of the school's code of conduct. Gay also faces dozens of credible plagiarism allegations. 4:15pm- In a recently surfaced video, former Director of the National Institutes of Health Dr. Francis Collins conceded that the federal government made mistakes with its public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic. He explains, “if you're a public health person…you attach zero value to whether this actually totally disrupts people's lives, ruins the economy.” In November of 2021, Dr. Collins, who is now serving as an advisor to President Joe Biden, infamously performed “Somewhere Past the Pandemic”—an original song to the tune of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.” Rich, Matt, and Henry will find any excuse to play it. 4:35pm- On Monday, Rich appeared on Fox News to preview the 2024 presidential election. The clip went viral on social media, but Matt didn't include it on today's cut sheet! 4:50pm- Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows determined that the U.S. Constitution bars Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump from appearing on the state's primary ballot—citing his involvement in riots outside the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, 2021. In her 34-page decision, Secretary Bellows accuses Trump of engaging in insurrection and, consequently, determines he is ineligible to hold office under the Fourteenth Amendment. Interestingly, despite calls from the Lieutenant Governor to “explore every legal option” to remove Trump from the ballot, California Secretary of State Shirley Weber said the former president would remain on the state's primary ballot. 5:05pm- Congressman Guy Reschenthaler— U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 14th Congressional District & House Republican Chief Deputy Whip—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss Claudine Gay's resignation as President of Harvard University making her the shortest tenured president in the school's nearly 400-hundred-year history. Last month, Gay testified before the House Education and Workforce Committee. During one noteworthy exchange with Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Gay refused to say calls for the genocide of Jews is speech that is violative of the school's code of conduct. Gay also faces dozens of credible plagiarism allegations. Will this resignation have an impact on the radical leftist teaching agenda at America's oldest university? 5:25pm- The New York Times reports: “Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey—already accused of using his political influence to benefit Egypt—was newly charged on Tuesday with using his power to help the government of Qatar.” You can read the full report from Tracey Tully, Benjamin Weiser, and Nicholas Fandos here: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/02/nyregion/robert-menendez-qatar-influence.html 5:40pm- Anna Betts of The New York Times writes: “Al Sharpton, the civil rights leader, expressed disappointment in Claudine Gay's resignation in a statement to CNN, blaming a relentless campaign against her led by the financier Bill Ackman. ‘This is an attack on every Black woman in this country who has put a crack in the glass ceiling,' Sharpton said, adding that his organization, the National Action Network, would picket outside Ackman's New York office on Thursday.” You can read more here: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/01/02/us/claudine-gay-harvard/404581e4-b049-5652-9b24-3bc104a53fe5?smid=url-share 5:50pm- The Pop-Tarts Bowl vs the Duke's Mayo Bowl: which college football game was weirder? 6:05pm- Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows determined that the U.S. Constitution bars Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump from appearing on the state's primary ballot—citing his involvement in riots outside the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, 2021. In her 34-page decision, Secretary Bellows accuses Trump of engaging in insurrection and, consequently, determines he is ineligible to hold office under the Fourteenth Amendment. Interestingly, despite calls from the Lieutenant Governor to “explore every legal option” to remove Trump from the ballot, California Secretary of State Shirley Weber said the former president would remain on the state's primary ballot. 6:15pm- While appearing on CNN, David Axelrod—former Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama—said “I do think it would rip the county apart if [Trump] were prevented from running because tens-of-millions of people want to vote for him.” 6:30pm- CNN legal analyst Elie Honig said that Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows barred Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump from the state's primary ballot based on “things that would never pass the bat in a normal court”—like relying on YouTube clips. 6:45pm- A new USA Today/Suffolk University poll indicates that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump currently has greater support within the Hispanic American community than does President Joe Biden—39% to 34%. In 2020, Biden won that demographic by 33%—65% to 32%. You can read more here: https://www.mediaite.com/news/shock-poll-biden-who-won-the-hispanic-vote-by-33-points-in-2020-now-trails-trump-by-5-among-hispanics/

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 3: Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows determined that the U.S. Constitution bars Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump from appearing on the state's primary ballot—citing his involvement in riots outside the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, 2021. In her 34-page decision, Secretary Bellows accuses Trump of engaging in insurrection and, consequently, determines he is ineligible to hold office under the Fourteenth Amendment. Interestingly, despite calls from the Lieutenant Governor to “explore every legal option” to remove Trump from the ballot, California Secretary of State Shirley Weber said the former president would remain on the state's primary ballot. Trump has officially appealed Maine's decision. Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas basely blamed the migrant crisis at the U.S. Southern border on Texas Governor Greg Abbott—failing to accept any blame for the Biden Administration's relaxed border security policies. Speaking to the press on Capitol Hill, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said that H.R.2- Secure the Border Act of 2023, which has passed in the House, will not pass in the Senate. CNN reports that the House Committee on Homeland Security is expected to formally begin impeachment proceedings against Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas for his failures to secure the U.S. Southern border. During Wednesday's White House press briefing, Fox News journalist Jacqui Heinrich grilled Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre over the Biden Administration's failed U.S. Southern border policies which have resulted in a record number of unlawful border crossings. Shauneen Miranda of Axios wties: “A federal judge will unseal hundreds of court documents from a lawsuit related to deceased convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Wednesday…Those documents include over 150 names deriving from a civil lawsuit against Ghislaine Maxwell, who was sentenced last year to 20 years in prison on sex trafficking and other charges for helping Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls.” You can read the full article here: https://www.axios.com/2024/01/02/jeffrey-epstein-list-names-court-documents-associates

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 4: Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows determined that the U.S. Constitution bars Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump from appearing on the state's primary ballot—citing his involvement in riots outside the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, 2021. In her 34-page decision, Secretary Bellows accuses Trump of engaging in insurrection and, consequently, determines he is ineligible to hold office under the Fourteenth Amendment. Interestingly, despite calls from the Lieutenant Governor to “explore every legal option” to remove Trump from the ballot, California Secretary of State Shirley Weber said the former president would remain on the state's primary ballot. While appearing on CNN, David Axelrod—former Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama—said “I do think it would rip the county apart if [Trump] were prevented from running because tens-of-millions of people want to vote for him.” CNN legal analyst Elie Honig said that Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows barred Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump from the state's primary ballot based on “things that would never pass the bat in a normal court”—like relying on YouTube clips. A new USA Today/Suffolk University poll indicates that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump currently has greater support within the Hispanic American community than does President Joe Biden—39% to 34%. In 2020, Biden won that demographic by 33%—65% to 32%. You can read more here: https://www.mediaite.com/news/shock-poll-biden-who-won-the-hispanic-vote-by-33-points-in-2020-now-trails-trump-by-5-among-hispanics/

A couple of independent journalists take a rare scalp from woke academia. The caucus approaches. Trump wants to build a "spectacular" new FBI building. DeWine is DeWorst. A record-breaking December at the southern border. Learning more about the Maine Secretary of State. Japan gets rocked. Rainbow jihad activists tell on themselves. And my resolution for the new year.

Live from STUDIO G- in the heart of America- I'm STEVE GRUBER- saying the things you wish you could -every day- Fighting for you from the Foxhole of Freedom and defending this great nation— AND looking forward to a new year! This is THE STEVE GRUBER SHOW!   Here are 3 big things you need to know right now—   Number One— Democrat Senator Bob Menendez gets hit with more accusations of accepting bribes to help out foreign countries—this time Qatar—he's already facing charges of taking bribes from Egypt—   Number Two— Former President Donald Trump hits back at Maine Secretary of State for making the unilateral decision to remove him from the states ballot—something she doesn't have the power to do— Plus charges are dropped against him—in another big case—   Number Three— Welcome to the new year with many of the same old problems—and some new ones too—depending on who you are of course—   First for some problems that have been solved already this year—Claudine Gay has finally decided to step down from her role as President of Harvard following a massive blowback on her refusal to condemn antisemitism on campus—followed by a barrage of accusations that she has a long and checkered past of taking credit for work she never did—when it comes to a massive amount of plagiarism that kept coming to light over the past few weeks—so that problem is apparently solved—BUT Harvard still has to contend with the institutional damage to its reputation—and the massive amount of money that has been taken back by Jewish alumni—hundreds of millions of dollars—   Another issue that has apparently been solved at least in part is the secrecy surrounding Jeffrey Epstein's travel and flight logs—that have thus far been kept out of public sight—it seems that as many as 200 names of prominent men and women who travelled aboard the convicted pedophile and sex offenders private jet to his private island where numerous sexual assaults of underaged girls and maybe boys too took place—well those names are about to become public—and this should provide a storm of coverage—well, depending on who gets identified in the release—we have now learned from numerous sources that Bill Clinton is John Doe 36—and he is apparently fingered at least 50 times in a lawsuit that was filed by one of the most prominent victims back in 2015, Virginia Giuffre—who claims she was raped by Prince Andrew of England—and other high profile men—   It sure makes you think about the painting of Bill Clinton wearing a blue dress that adorned one of Epstein's walls in his New York Mansion—   It makes you think—Epstein was sending a clear warning—that the infamous blue dress was nothing compared to what he knew about the former President—and a whole herd of other ballers in the political and business world of New York and DC— and around the globe—   I expect we will have a field day with that one— well, I can tell you I am going to have a ball with the list as it oozes out—one tawdry detail at a time— And its just the beginning as the vault begins to crack—you can expect more incriminating information to come falling out of the closet—I wonder how many high-profile divorces could be on deck right now—and the spouses still have no idea what's coming—   Here's a quick reminder, Jeffrey Epstein DID NOT kill himself!    It could create an all new TV series too— ‘The sex lives of the Rich and Famous— with Robin Leach—   This could become the new binge worthy docu-series on Netflix—and I can assure you, they are already getting the checkbooks ready to pay the freight— I mean, this will be streaming Gold!   And again—Jeffrey Epstein DID NOT kill himself!   So, now a list of things that still need to be solved—and first and foremost are by far the two biggest problems—the border and the curse of Bidenomics—   Both are a disaster and both are being ignored, or denied by the clowns in the West Wing—and apparently they are not figuring out—even with Joe Biden's worst-of-all-time poll numbers that nobody is buying this act at all—not young people, not old people—not tall people, short people, skinny or fat… black or white—big or small—they are being rejected by each and all—and the numbers are getting worse by the day—   You see if your message is flooded with things that people know are simply not true—you have no chance of selling that snake oil—and now the foundational voters of the Democrat Party—blacks, Hispanics and young people are all dumping and running—now, they aren't all running to Donald Trump—some are—BUT others will either stay home—or vote for a third party candidate like RFK Jr. or Jill Stein—BUT they will not vote for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris now, or ever!   SO lets run through more of the problems that the socialists lie about—when everyone knows better—   Yeah crime is high on the list—   So is foreign policy—   The border like I said is among the top concerns for millions—and its one of the drivers that is sending former Biden and Democrat voters looking for something else—and yet— Team Biden just keeps lying about it—    And even though its Joe Bidens refusal… along with other Democrats to address the border—they actually want to blame the problem on Republicans in border states—    And that brings me back to the cost of living in this country—when they print money so fast that what you have is worth less every day—and soon could be worthless altogether—   And instead of doing the right thing—and facing up to the failures that have stacked up like cord wood—the Democrats keep pointing their boney fingers at anyone and everyone they think they can blame—   And when that wasn't working—well they decided to try something else altogether—undermine the Republic altogether—by subverting Democracy in the name of saving Democracy—it is one of the more ballsy moves—I will give them that—BUT every time they try to attack and smear Donald Trump—he just gets stronger—and using inflated, and if I may Trumped up political attacks and claim they are following the law—the former President gets stronger—   So, there you go—some of the good and the bad—and a lot of its certainly ugly—   But you must be heard in 2024—the most consequential year of our lives—   OH, AND, not to leave it all on a negative note—there is some very good news and reason for plenty of hope for at least one person in Michigan—who is fixing to be my new best friend— even though they probably don't even know it—   There is one person who will soon lay claim to the single winning Power Ball ticket worth $843 Million Dollars! Taking the cash option and paying taxes will still leave a guy with about $300 million to play around with—surely they would like to invest in a company dedicated to telling the truth about whats happening in the news—and the truth about America—so hey New Best friend—just call me!   God Bless America!  

Live from STUDIO G- in the heart of America- I'm STEVE GRUBER- saying the things you wish you could -every day- Fighting for you from the Foxhole of Freedom and defending this great nation— AND looking forward to a new year! This is THE STEVE GRUBER SHOW!   Here are 3 big things you need to know right now—   Number One— Democrat Senator Bob Menendez gets hit with more accusations of accepting bribes to help out foreign countries—this time Qatar—he's already facing charges of taking bribes from Egypt—   Number Two— Former President Donald Trump hits back at Maine Secretary of State for making the unilateral decision to remove him from the states ballot—something she doesn't have the power to do— Plus charges are dropped against him—in another big case—   Number Three— Welcome to the new year with many of the same old problems—and some new ones too—depending on who you are of course—   First for some problems that have been solved already this year—Claudine Gay has finally decided to step down from her role as President of Harvard following a massive blowback on her refusal to condemn antisemitism on campus—followed by a barrage of accusations that she has a long and checkered past of taking credit for work she never did—when it comes to a massive amount of plagiarism that kept coming to light over the past few weeks—so that problem is apparently solved—BUT Harvard still has to contend with the institutional damage to its reputation—and the massive amount of money that has been taken back by Jewish alumni—hundreds of millions of dollars—   Another issue that has apparently been solved at least in part is the secrecy surrounding Jeffrey Epstein's travel and flight logs—that have thus far been kept out of public sight—it seems that as many as 200 names of prominent men and women who travelled aboard the convicted pedophile and sex offenders private jet to his private island where numerous sexual assaults of underaged girls and maybe boys too took place—well those names are about to become public—and this should provide a storm of coverage—well, depending on who gets identified in the release—we have now learned from numerous sources that Bill Clinton is John Doe 36—and he is apparently fingered at least 50 times in a lawsuit that was filed by one of the most prominent victims back in 2015, Virginia Giuffre—who claims she was raped by Prince Andrew of England—and other high profile men—   It sure makes you think about the painting of Bill Clinton wearing a blue dress that adorned one of Epstein's walls in his New York Mansion—   It makes you think—Epstein was sending a clear warning—that the infamous blue dress was nothing compared to what he knew about the former President—and a whole herd of other ballers in the political and business world of New York and DC— and around the globe—   I expect we will have a field day with that one— well, I can tell you I am going to have a ball with the list as it oozes out—one tawdry detail at a time— And its just the beginning as the vault begins to crack—you can expect more incriminating information to come falling out of the closet—I wonder how many high-profile divorces could be on deck right now—and the spouses still have no idea what's coming—   Here's a quick reminder, Jeffrey Epstein DID NOT kill himself!    It could create an all new TV series too— ‘The sex lives of the Rich and Famous— with Robin Leach—   This could become the new binge worthy docu-series on Netflix—and I can assure you, they are already getting the checkbooks ready to pay the freight— I mean, this will be streaming Gold!   And again—Jeffrey Epstein DID NOT kill himself!   So, now a list of things that still need to be solved—and first and foremost are by far the two biggest problems—the border and the curse of Bidenomics—   Both are a disaster and both are being ignored, or denied by the clowns in the West Wing—and apparently they are not figuring out—even with Joe Biden's worst-of-all-time poll numbers that nobody is buying this act at all—not young people, not old people—not tall people, short people, skinny or fat… black or white—big or small—they are being rejected by each and all—and the numbers are getting worse by the day—   You see if your message is flooded with things that people know are simply not true—you have no chance of selling that snake oil—and now the foundational voters of the Democrat Party—blacks, Hispanics and young people are all dumping and running—now, they aren't all running to Donald Trump—some are—BUT others will either stay home—or vote for a third party candidate like RFK Jr. or Jill Stein—BUT they will not vote for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris now, or ever!   SO lets run through more of the problems that the socialists lie about—when everyone knows better—    Yeah crime is high on the list—   So is foreign policy—   The border like I said is among the top concerns for millions—and its one of the drivers that is sending former Biden and Democrat voters looking for something else—and yet— Team Biden just keeps lying about it—   And even though its Joe Bidens refusal… along with other Democrats to address the border—they actually want to blame the problem on Republicans in border states—   And that brings me back to the cost of living in this country—when they print money so fast that what you have is worth less every day—and soon could be worthless altogether—   And instead of doing the right thing—and facing up to the failures that have stacked up like cord wood—the Democrats keep pointing their boney fingers at anyone and everyone they think they can blame—   And when that wasn't working—well they decided to try something else altogether—undermine the Republic altogether—by subverting Democracy in the name of saving Democracy—it is one of the more ballsy moves—I will give them that—BUT every time they try to attack and smear Donald Trump—he just gets stronger—and using inflated, and if I may Trumped up political attacks and claim they are following the law—the former President gets stronger—   So, there you go—some of the good and the bad—and a lot of its certainly ugly—   But you must be heard in 2024—the most consequential year of our lives—   OH, AND, not to leave it all on a negative note—there is some very good news and reason for plenty of hope for at least one person in Michigan—who is fixing to be my new best friend— even though they probably don't even know it—   There is one person who will soon lay claim to the single winning Power Ball ticket worth $843 Million Dollars! Taking the cash option and paying taxes will still leave a guy with about $300 million to play around with—surely they would like to invest in a company dedicated to telling the truth about whats happening in the news—and the truth about America—so hey New Best friend—just call me!   God Bless America!  

Today on America in the Morning   Gay Resigns Harvard President Claudine Gay has resigned amid allegations she committed plagiarism and following Congressional testimony in which she refused to outright say anti-Semitic protests were against school policy. John Stolnis has the details.     Trump Appeals Maine Ballot Ruling Donald Trump has appealed a Maine ruling keeping him off the state's presidential primary ballot, and is likely to also challenge a similar ruling made by Colorado's highest court. As Washington correspondent Sagar Meghani reports, the former president wants the decisions to be reversed, but as Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows told TV station WGME, she believes there is a precedent in this case.     New Troubles For Menendez Democrat Senator Bob Menendez is facing new allegations of corruption related to a second nation in the Middle East. Correspondent Clayton Neville reports.      Record Debt It's an important topic of the 2024 election, and it just reached a milestone. Correspondent Norman Hall reports the U.S. national debt has hit a record $34 trillion dollars.     Business News The annual airline report from Cirium (pronounced SEER-ee-um) found Air Canada had the worst on-time performance among large North American carriers. Delta Airlines led the list for North America's punctuality with over one point six million flights arriving on time 85 percent of the time. Here's CNBC's Jessica Ettinger with Wednesday business.      House Majority To Narrow The already slim majority held by House Republicans will become razor-thin in about two weeks, as Ohio Congressman Bill Johnson announced he's leaving two months earlier than planned.      Pill Stockpiling New research shows that thousands of women stocked up on abortion pills just in case they needed them.  Correspondent Shelley Adler reports.       Iowa Campaigns Ramp Up We are now 11 months away from the 2024 election, and presidential campaigning is ramping up ahead of the Iowa caucus, scheduled for later this month and an important first-step for candidates who want to lead the GOP against President Biden. Correspondent Clayton Neville reports.      Terrorism Not Considered In NY Crash Police and the FBI are looking for a motive behind a deadly crash by a man driving an SUV full of gas canisters as a New Year's Eve concert in Rochester, New York was ending.  The latest from correspondent Julie Walker.     Court Rules Clerk Must Pay For Denying Marriage Licenses A federal judge has ruled that a former Kentucky clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex applicants must pay the legal fees of one of those couples. The details from correspondent Pamela Furr.      No Fries With That A man has been arrested at a McDonald's in North Carolina. As correspondent Rita Foley reports, that man – a pastor – attempted to push a cook's head into a deep fryer.     Tech News The SEC could approve new Electronic Traded Fund applications to sell Bitcoin futures as soon as this week, which has sent cryptocurrency prices soaring.  Here's Chuck Palm with today's tech news.     Sports – Robert Workman  Basketball and more.      Finally  The earliest version of Mickey Mouse is officially in the public domain, and two horror films based on him are now in the works.  Entertainment correspondent Margie Szaroleta has more.      Warren Buffett tops a list of charity donors in 2023.  Ed Donahue reports.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Claudine Gay, leftists blame racism for attacks against the Harvard University president, trash Christopher Rufo. DEI agenda is being exposed. IDF pulls back some forces from Gaza, kills senior Hamas leader in Beirut. Maine Secretary of State suspends removal of Trump from ballot until courts rule. Buck takes calls.Follow Clay & Buck on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/clayandbuckSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former President and likely Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has been kicked off primary ballots in Maine and Colorado. His name on the ballot is being challenged in several other states across the country. All the challenges are based on the insurrection clause in the 14th amendment and stem from Trump's involvement in the January 6th attack on the US Capitol. Trump is appealing the Maine decision, and is expected to appeal the Colorado decision.Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, a democrat, told All Things Considered that Trump's actions on January 6th are what drove her decision to remove him from the ballot. NPR's Juana Summers, talks to Senior Editor and Correspondent Domenico Montanaro about the decisions to remove Trump, whether they'll stand, and what these challenges could mean for the outcome of the Presidential election.Email us at considerthis@npr.org

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 1: Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows determined that the U.S. Constitution bars Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump from appearing on the state's primary ballot—citing his involvement in riots outside the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, 2021. In her 34-page decision, Secretary Bellows accuses Trump of engaging in insurrection and, consequently, determines he is ineligible to hold office under the Fourteenth Amendment. Interestingly, despite calls from the Lieutenant Governor to “explore every legal option” to remove Trump from the ballot, California Secretary of State Shirley Weber said the former president would remain on the state's primary ballot. While appearing on CNN, David Axelrod—former Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama—said “I do think it would rip the county apart if [Trump] were prevented from running because tens-of-millions of people want to vote for him.” A new USA Today/Suffolk University poll indicates that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump currently has greater support within the Hispanic American community than does President Joe Biden—39% to 34%. In 2020, Biden won that demographic by 33%—65% to 32%. You can read more here: https://www.mediaite.com/news/shock-poll-biden-who-won-the-hispanic-vote-by-33-points-in-2020-now-trails-trump-by-5-among-hispanics/ Stefanos Chen and Jeffery C. Mays of The New York Times write: “Hundreds of migrants bound for New York City took a detour in New Jersey over the holiday weekend, in an apparent attempt to bypass a city order that seeks to limit the chaotic flow of arrivals…The surge in New Jersey arrivals appears to be an end-run around an emergency executive order last week by New York City's mayor, Eric Adams, requiring charter bus companies to provide 32 hours' advance notice of the arrival of migrants and restricting the times of day when they can be dropped off.” You can read more here: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/01/nyregion/ny-nj-migrants-buses.html According to a Fox News report, migrants who have entered the United States illegally are currently lined up in New York City to receive taxpayer-funded housing. New York City, which previously declared itself a “sanctuary city,” guarantees free housing to migrants.

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 2: Claudine Gay has resigned as President of Harvard University—making her the shortest tenured president in the school's nearly 400-hundred-year history. Last month, Gay testified before the House Education and Workforce Committee. During one noteworthy exchange with Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Gay refused to say calls for the genocide of Jews is speech that is violative of the school's code of conduct. Gay also faces dozens of credible plagiarism allegations. In a recently surfaced video, former Director of the National Institutes of Health Dr. Francis Collins conceded that the federal government made mistakes with its public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic. He explains, “if you're a public health person…you attach zero value to whether this actually totally disrupts people's lives, ruins the economy.” In November of 2021, Dr. Collins, who is now serving as an advisor to President Joe Biden, infamously performed “Somewhere Past the Pandemic”—an original song to the tune of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.” Rich, Matt, and Henry will find any excuse to play it. On Monday, Rich appeared on Fox News to preview the 2024 presidential election. The clip went viral on social media, but Matt didn't include it on today's cut sheet! Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows determined that the U.S. Constitution bars Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump from appearing on the state's primary ballot—citing his involvement in riots outside the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, 2021. In her 34-page decision, Secretary Bellows accuses Trump of engaging in insurrection and, consequently, determines he is ineligible to hold office under the Fourteenth Amendment. Interestingly, despite calls from the Lieutenant Governor to “explore every legal option” to remove Trump from the ballot, California Secretary of State Shirley Weber said the former president would remain on the state's primary ballot.

A second state has removed Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot, after Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows rules that the Jan. 6 riot was an insurrection. Will the Supreme Court decide this question for good, as other states consider following the lead of Maine and Colorado? Plus, the House passes a bill to increase transparency on foreign money going to U.S. universities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy New Year! Well, after nearly two weeks since our last regular episode, we have found nothing resembling a good martini. Not the greatest omen for 2024. But we do have three important bad martinis, at least one of which has a whole lot of crazy to it as well.First, they weigh in on the Maine Secretary of State unilaterally deciding that former President Trump is disqualified from this year's primary ballot. Plus, they respond to Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin - himself an election denier in 2016 - stating that Justice Clarence Thomas must recuse himself from any decisions on Trump's ballot access and hinting that there may be consequences if he doesn't.They're also disgusted (but not at all surprised) that Congress spent $7.5 billion to produce 500,000 electric vehicle chargers and so far, it either has one or none to show for it. Jim also breaks down how this is another example of how why free market is far better than central planning.Finally, Jim details the shady decision by a Biden official to overrule the unanimous recommendation to build the new FBI headquarters in Virginia and award it to Maryland instead.Please visit our great sponsors:4Patriothttps://4Patriots.com/martiniCatch the deal of the day before it is gone!

NTD Good Morning—1/2/20241. S. Korean Opposition Leader Stabbed in the Neck2. Japan Earthquake Death Toll Rises to at Least 483. Kim Jong Un Says Military Should 'Thoroughly Annihilate' US4. Analysis: Why is N. Korea Ramping Up War Rhetoric?5. Iranian Warship Enters the Red Sea6. New Year, Same Bottlenecks on Capitol Hill7. Harvard's Claudine Gay Facing New Accusations of Plagiarism8. Texas Starts 2024 By Flying Hundreds of Migrants to Illinois9. Gaza Protests Cause Dozens of Flight Delays at JFK10. USS Gerald R. Ford Strike Group Set to Return Home11. Analysis: Are Two Carriers Necessary in the Middle East?12. Hamas Releases Terrorist Video on New Year's Day13. Israeli Supreme Court Strikes Down Judicial Overhaul Law14. Most Anticipated Movies of 202415. Disney's US Copyright Expires on Early Mickey Mouse16. New Year's Day Rose Parade in California17. Husky Sledding Offers Top Lapland Tourist Attraction18. Maine Secretary of State Becomes Swatting Target19. Outlook Into 2024 Election Year20. Texas Sends New Years Flight of Migrants to Illinois21. Harvard's President Facing New Accusations of Plagiarism22. Protests at JFK Cause Dozens of Delays23. South Korea Opposition Leader Stabbed24. At Least 48 Dead as Japan Earthquake Death Toll Rises25. Iran Sends Warship Into the Red Sea26. US Pulls Aircraft Carrier Strike Group Out of Middle East27. Analysis: Are Houthis Serving China's Interests?28. Massive Solar Flare Captured on New Year's Eve

Maine Secretary of State stands her ground on removing  former President Trump from the ballot. Chris Christie calls out Niki Haley for her Civil War comments and a North Dakota election official warns of long waits under hand counting.

Music courtesy of Tuba Christmas Nashville, Tennessee, used with permission. Your recent decision to bar any candidate is more from the Neo-Fascist Left.Any election with a single candidate is not an election  at all, its a Plebiscite, invented by your friend Adolf Hitler!The only “crime” of Donald Trump is that he's a “birther”. As such he is a threat to the cult of “diversity”!Liberty & Justice, Two commodities in short supply in Colorado & Maine.  Heads up to our LameStream media, Electoral Votes may not be apportioned. If Donald Trump received only 1 vote then  two electors failed to do their duty! That's a fact Jack!

Maine Secretary of State stands her ground on removing former President Trump from the ballot. Chris Christie calls out Niki Haley for her Civil War comments and a North Dakota election official warns of long waits under hand counting.Podcast from January 1, 2024, on the Heartland Newsfeed Radio Network, online at heartlandnewsfeed.com, Spreaker, the Heartland Newsfeed Alexa radio skill, and other platforms. Now available on Google Assistant speakers!Listen Live: https://www.heartlandnewsfeed.com/listenliveFollow us on social mediaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/hlnfradionetworkTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/HLNF_BulletinInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/heartlandnewsfeedMastadon: https://liberdon.com/@heartlandnewsfeedDiscord: https://discord.gg/6b6u6DTSupport us with your financial supportStreamlabs: https://streamlabs.com/heartlandmediaPayPal: https://www.paypal.me/heartlandmediaSquare Cash: https://cash.app/$heartlandnewsfeedPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/heartlandnewsfeedCrypto via 1UpCoin: https://1upcoin.com/donate/heartlandmediaBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/heartland-newsfeed-radio-network--2904397/support.

Legal commentator Harold Lawley voices his view that the methodologies implemented by Maine Secretary of State, Shenna Bellows, to disqualify the ex-President Donald Trump from the Republican primary ballot might falter under legal scrutiny. Bellows defended her decision by stating it was based on the same merits the Colorado Supreme Court used. She implies that if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns the Colorado decision, it would consequently invalidate her ruling against Trump too. However, Lawley argues that the way she utilized snippets from YouTube to determine the ex-president's association with insurrection and consequently disqualify him from the ballot would not withstand court examination. During the discussion, broadcast presenter Charles Day questioned, 'The Third Section of the 14th Amendment explicitly states that if a person partakes in an insurrection, they're barred from holding public office. Bellows interprets it to mean that if she determines Trump to have instigated an insurrection, he should not be allowed to be a part of the Maine primary ballot. Is the matter that simple?' Lawley responded that the legal complexities involved in this case couldn't be oversimplified. 'Indeed, the 14th Amendment's Section 3 states that involvement in insurrection results in disqualification. However, the real challenge lies in deciding who has the authority to enforce this punitive measure, and the process to be followed,' Lawley expounded. 'Bellows highlights in her decision that she followed the same legal logic employed by the Colorado Supreme Court recently. She states that if the Colorado judgment is overturned, her ruling would automatically succumb to the same fate.'  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Police were called to the home of Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows Friday night after a caller claimed he had broken into Bellows home in Manchester, Maine. First Night Boston festivities begin today at 11AM. The Red Sox traded Chris Sale to the Atlanta Braves yesterday. Five minutes of news to keep you in “The Loop”.

Another year, another host of cultural moments and phenomena. Some represented not much more than a passing fad, while others could herald a paradigm shift in American society and politics. Judge Stephen Locher, a federal judge in Iowa, blocked a law intended to keep sexually explicit books out of schools and prevent elementary school students from being taught gender ideology in the classroom. A report published by The Daily Caller News Foundation might explain why Governor Mike DeWine vetoed a bill that would have prevented biological males from participating in women's athletics and barred doctors from prescribing puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to children. Maine State Rep. John Andrews has moved to impeach Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows after she announced that former President Donald Trump would be disqualified from her state's presidential primary ballot. Please vote for the "Best of" categories of Tapp into the Truth for 2023.Visit 4Patriots and prepare for whatever life sends your way.The 'Digital Dollar' = Full Government Control. Get your gold from my gold dealer, America's Premiere Conservative Gold Company, Harvard Gold Group.VNSH holster fits 99% of all semi-auto handguns, works without a tactical belt, and carries two fully loaded magazines. Go to http://vnsh.com/tapp to activate a $40 discount today.MyPillow's 20-year Anniversary! Go to My Pillow and use promo code: TAPPA Very Convenient WarmingAssisted Suicide Horror: A Girl Known as STVote for the "Best of" Tapp into the Truth Episodes:1.) Representing ME, the Mysteries of a Manhattan Indictment, & Patriot Music2.) The Great Deception, Pandemonium, and Parents of the World Unite!3.) Rediscovering the American Covenant & GIPPR AI Starts Chatting on TUSK4.) F*** Capitalism and Other Things School Teachers Might Say5.) When China Attacks: A Warning to America & Ramaswamy 2024Vote for the "Best of" Tim Tapp Published Articles of 2023:1.) Biden's ‘Back to Work' Orders Are Too Little, Too Late2.) Legal Standing: Meaningful Legal Principle or Convenient Tool for Activist Judges3.) The Rebranding of ESG4.) Americans Who Need Medication Can't Afford Biden's PrescriptionHero SoapPatriot DepotBlue CoolersFire & FlavorKoa CoffeeBrainMDDiamond CBD2nd SkullEinstokBeanstoxBelle IsleMomento AIHoneyFund"Homegrown" Boone's BourbonIsland BrandsBlackout Coffee Co.Full Circle Brewing Co.Pasmosa Sangria

Maine's Secretary of State Shenna Bellows refused to recuse herself before issuing an "opinion" despite having a long history open Democrat partisanship and a record of pre-judging Trump as an insurrectionist. Massie has a warning for States engaging in this removal  madness and the Trump campaign responds.Maine State Rep. John Andrews calls for the impeachment of the Secretary of State Shenna Bellows for disenfranchising over 300,000 Maine voters via her "opinion." House Chair Stefanik and Vivek respond.Michael Cohen admits he was responsible for creating the fake case citations that ended up in Court filings. In a new affidavit submitted by his lawyer, Cohen says he didn't know the cases we fake.

AP correspondent Ben Thomas reports on Maine-Trump-Insurrection Amendment.

KTAR Legal Analyst Barry Markson joins Bruce St. James and Kristin Bentz (filling in for Gaydos & Chad) to discuss how the Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows justified her decision to drop Trump from the ballot in the Maine primary election.

Maine Secretary of State, Shenna Bellows, says Trump is disqualified under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. KTAR Legal Analyst Barry Markson breaks it down for Bruce St. James and Kristin Bentz filling in for the guys.

Tonight on The Last Word: Maine becomes the second state to bar Donald Trump from the ballot. Plus, Rep. Lauren Boebert switches her House district for the 2024 election. And Audrino Kayipa shares how she's been able to achieve her dreams thanks to the K.I.N.D. Fund. David Blight, Eugene Robinson, Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, Barbara McQuade, Glenn Kirschner and Adam Frisch join Lawrence O'Donnell.

Following the Colorado Supreme Court's lead, the Maine Secretary of State has banned President Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot, citing the 14th Amendment. The Sekulow team discusses the ACLJ's appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to preserve election integrity, other possible states that might remove Trump from the ballot, and much more.

RR The Wire 2200Z December 29, 2023PRECEDENCE: ROUTINE RRDTG: 220029Z DEC 23ICOD: 210029Z DEC 23CONTROLS: Public ReleaseQQQQBLUF: USS BATAAN TRANSITS INTO MED. ELECTORAL INFLUENCING OPERATIONS CONTINUE IN THE U.S. -----BEGIN TEARLINE------International Events-Red Sea/HOA: The USS BATAAN and USS CARTER HALL have transited north through the Suez Canal into the Mediterranean Sea, and will reform as a full ARG. As a reminder, these vessels were deployed for counter-piracy operations in the southern Red Sea and Gulf of Aden in direct response to Yemeni targeting. AC: These vessels, while technically not operating as a full ARG, were in effect acting as such over the past few weeks. As the ARG is one of the more flexible unit structures in the military, one of the main standard missions for U.S. Marines onboard these vessels is to provide onboard security teams for merchant vessels passing through high-risk areas, if the situation calls for it. This is a long-standing mission set, and one that even China has routinely employed themselves for over a decade as part of their enduring counter-piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden. The departure of the BATAAN rules this out as a COA for countering the threats in the region. The only security missions provided by the U.S. Navy during this crisis have involved missile defense.-Homefront-USA: Events regarding ballots continue as the Maine Secretary of State unilaterally removes Trump from their state's primary ballot. This follows Colorado re-admitting Trump to their state's primary ballot. Several conservative-led states have threatened to remove Biden from their state's primary ballots, though it is not yet clear as to how any of these moves will actually work out.Analyst Comments: At the risk of laying unnecessary criticism on the forces involved, the USS BATAAN leaving theatre at a high-risk juncture does not fit with the U.S. Navy's mission of power projection and deterrence, and provides a morale boost for Yemeni forces, who have already interpreted this move as both a victory, and as confirmation that the U.S. will not be conducting any amphibious operations within Yemen. Allowing credit where credit is due, the fleet of DDGs still O/S in the region continue to engage Yemeni drones and cruise missiles.In the U.S. electoral shenanigans will likely continue well into the new year, but at the moment it's not possible to determine how this situation will shake out. Until concrete actions are undertaken, the claims being made are just talk. Virtually no one is under the impression that legitimacy will be a factor in the 2024 election season, but the recent battles regarding primary ballots will likely be used as a jumping off point for more serious actions later in the year.-----END TEARLINE-----Analyst: S2AEND REPORTNNNN

The main secretary of state decided to remove Donald Trump from the ballot. This is treasonous behavior. She is a traitor. She has betrayed the phenomenal people of Maine. She needs to be removed from office immediately!

4pm - The 10 ‘Dumbest Conspiracy Theories’ of 2023 // Nicki Haley backtracks; says ‘of course the civil war was about slavery’ after fumble at town hall // Mike’s perspective on the NYT’s lawsuit against OpenAI & Microsoft // BREAKING: Maine Secretary of State moves to ban Trump from the ballot // Death by Doctor May Soon Be Available for the Mentally Ill in Canada // How to declutter your digital life for 2024

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows bars former President Trump from the Maine's primary ballot.

Trump is back on the ballot in Colorado now that the state GOP filed their appeal and petition with the Supreme Court of the United States. Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold says she will follow the Court order and stay the removal of the Former President from the ballot until the Supreme Court rules otherwise.Trump's defense is demanding access to secret CIPA filings being submitted by Jack Smith's team in the Florida documents case. Trump's lawyers say the defense team needs to know the substance of these filings in order to prepare a proper defense prior to the trial date.The Maine Secretary of State considering Trump's ballot removal must be recused from the case, according to Trump's defense team. In a new letter to SoS Sheena Bellows, Trump attorneys say her past tweets prove her bias and make her unqualified to render an opinion in this matter.

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has removed President Trump from the state's 2024 Republican primary ballot. What does "Auld Lang Syne" mean? More on the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico Border. Conservatives we lost in 2023. Josh Hammer's Newsweek piece "A 2024 Wish List: Sanity at Home and Stability Abroad." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ep #666 Of The Clay Edwards Show W/ Shaun Yurtkuran On 103.9 WYAB (12/29/23) 1. We end the year discussing the Maine Secretary of State removing Trump for the primary ballot, the potential fallout and more. 2. We discuss some of the biggest blunders in the city Jackson for 2023 Check out my website at Www.ClayEdwardsShow.Com for all things Clay

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has decided to keep former President Donald Trump off the state's Republican primary ballot. Here's why.

Maine joins Colorado in disqualifying Trump from the 2024 GOP primary for his role on January 6. Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows joins to talk about why she made the decision. Plus, CNN exclusively obtains recordings and emails showing how Trump operatives flew fake elector ballots to DC in a final push to overturn the 2020 election. And, damage control on the campaign trail. Nikki Haley now says “of course” the Civil War was about slavery. Also this morning: Russia launches its largest aerial assault on Ukraine since the war began, 30-foot waves pound California, and mushroom hunting brings a spike in poison control calls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NTD Good Morning—12/29/20231. Maine Election Official Removes Trump From Ballot2. Reactions to Unilateral Action By Maine Secretary of State 3. Analysis: Ballot Challenges Against Trump in CO, Maine4. DOJ Says New TX Immigration Law Violates Constitution5. 40-Foot Waves Crash California Coastline6. American-Israeli Believed Taken Hostage Declared Dead7. Hostage Crisis Continues: Israel-Hamas War8. IDF Willing to Use Any Weapons or Means on Hezbollah9. Russia Unleashes Huge Aerial Barrage Against Ukraine10. Americans Will Save Billions on Fuel in 202411. 2023 Year in News Review - Oct.-Dec.12. People Bid Bad Tidings Farewell in NYC Tradition13. Life as a Shen Yun Dancer - Exclusive Interview14. Maine Election Official Disqualifies Trump From Ballot15. Maine Secretary of State Decision Paused Pending Appeal16. Key Senate Races That Could Determine Balance of Power17. DOJ Threatens to Sue Texas Over New Immigration Law18. American Hostage Declared Dead19. IDF Willing to Use Any Weapons Against Hezbollah20. SpaceX Falcon Launches Military's X-37B Space Plane21. Americans Share New Year's Resolutions22. How to Make and Keep Healthy New Year's Resolutions23. Big Ben's 100th Anniversary as New Year Rolls in24. Bartlett, Tennessee Police Escort Beaver Out of Hospital

John Hancock and Michael Kelley join Debbie Monterrey and Scott Jagow discussing Maine Secretary of State saying that Donald Trump is off the ballot, and who will be on the ballot when we reach the election in November.  

Host of CBS Face the Nation Margaret Brennan joins Scott Jagow discussing Maine Secretary of State banning Trump from the ballot and White House desire to give ad to Israel and Ukraine 

ABC News National Correspondent Steven Portnoy talks about Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows was slated to issue a ruling on Trump 14th Amendment challenges filed through her office last Friday, but the decision was delayed until this week due to technical difficulties and in light of the Colorado Supreme Court ruling on the matter.

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows bars former President Trump from the Maine's primary ballot.

ABC News National Correspondent Steven Portnoy talks about Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows was slated to issue a ruling on Trump 14th Amendment challenges filed through her office last Friday, but the decision was delayed until this week due to technical difficulties and in light of the Colorado Supreme Court ruling on the matter.

Trump may be banned by the Maine Secretary of State from the presidential ballot next week under a quirk in Maine law. Michael Popok of Legal AF explains how the fact that 8 different Colorado judges each agreed that Donald Trump engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the Constitution of the United States and violation of the 14th amendment, may influence the secretary of state's decision next week as well the likely appeal to the United States Supreme Court. Thanks to HIMS! Start your free online visit today at hims.com/legalaf for your personalized ED treatment options. Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast The Influence Continuum: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show Burn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 Political Beatdown: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown Lights On with Jessica Denson: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/lights-on-with-jessica-denson On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Look at that. Rumble dropped a static stream key. Here's to progress. . Norm and Mike spend a few extra minutes to make up for yesterday's impromptu cancellation. On the docket: . › Norm and Mike made 5 predictions for the calendar year 2023 back on January 2nd. What were those predictions and how have they aged? . › The Maine Secretary of State has delayed including Trump's name on the primary ballot following Colorado's Supreme Court ruling of disqualification. . › After a jury award of more than $100MM, Rudy Giuliani becomes the latest high profile attorney and Trump affiliate to become a victim of what Justice Clarence Thomas once upon a time termed a "high tech lynching." . Join us. . Daily livestreams beginning at 8:00 am EST on: › Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/LawandLegitimacy › Youtube: / @lawandlegitimacy › X: / lawpoddaily . Subscribe and turn on notifications! . Support Law and Legitimacy: . - Locals: https://lawandlegitimacy.locals.com/ - X: @LawPodDaily, @PattisNorm, and @MichaelBoyer_ - Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Audible, Spotify, or wherever you receive podcasts and rate LAL 5 stars. - Subscribe here on our Rumble and Youtube channels, give us a Rumble, and join our active community of free-thinkers, contrarians, and the unafraid on Locals!

Look at that. Rumble dropped a static stream key. Here's to progress. . Norm and Mike spend a few extra minutes to make up for yesterday's impromptu cancellation. On the docket: . › Norm and Mike made 5 predictions for the calendar year 2023 back on January 2nd. What were those predictions and how have they aged? . › The Maine Secretary of State has delayed including Trump's name on the primary ballot following Colorado's Supreme Court ruling of disqualification. . › After a jury award of more than $100MM, Rudy Giuliani becomes the latest high profile attorney and Trump affiliate to become a victim of what Justice Clarence Thomas once upon a time termed a "high tech lynching." . Join us. . Daily livestreams beginning at 8:00 am EST on: › Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/LawandLegitimacy › Youtube: / @lawandlegitimacy › X: / lawpoddaily . Subscribe and turn on notifications! . Support Law and Legitimacy: . - Locals: https://lawandlegitimacy.locals.com/ - X: @LawPodDaily, @PattisNorm, and @MichaelBoyer_ - Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Audible, Spotify, or wherever you receive podcasts and rate LAL 5 stars. - Subscribe here on our Rumble and Youtube channels, give us a Rumble, and join our active community of free-thinkers, contrarians, and the unafraid on Locals!

Host: Ann Luther, League of Women Voters of Maine The mostly volunteer team at the League of Women Voters – Downeast who plan and coordinate this series includes: Martha Dickinson, Michael Fisher, Starr Gilmartin, Maggie Harling, Lisa Leaverton, Ann Luther, Rick Lyles, Judith Lyles, Wendilee O'Brien, Maryann Ogonowski, emerita, Lane Sturtevant, Leah Taylor, and Linda Washburn. Democracy Forum: Participatory Democracy, encouraging citizens to take an active role in government and politics This month: We’ll talk about what happened in the November 7 election. Who were the winners and losers, and what does it mean for the future? Guest/s: Shenna Bellows, Maine Secretary of State www.maine.gov/sos/about/bio.html Michael Shepherd, Political Editor at the Bangor Daily News www.bangordailynews.com/author/mshepherd/ To learn more about this topic: Mike Shepherd in the BDN www.bangordailynews.com/2023/11/08/politics/maine-2023-election-surprises-n6hjn1me0n/?mc_cid=3b4ae1f6a5&mc_eid=a2b49da37d www.bangordailynews.com/2023/11/08/morning-update/here-are-results-of-the-biggest-maine-races-from-tuesdays-election/ www.pressherald.com/2023-election/ www.vote411.org/ www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/upcoming/ballotquestionsnov2023.html 2023 Citizen's Guide to the Referendum Election www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/upcoming/pdf/citizensguide23.pdf www.mainepublic.org/tags/political-pulse archives.weru.org/democracy-forum/2023/10/democracy-forum-10-20-23-yikes-8-ballot-questions/ archives.weru.org/democracy-forum/2023/04/democracy-forum-4-21-23-ballot-questions-whose-initiatives-are-they/ About the host: Ann currently serves as Treasurer of the League of Women Voters of Maine and leads the LWVME Advocacy Team. She served as President of LWVME from 2003 to 2007 and as co-president from 2007-2009. In her work for the League, Ann has worked for greater public understanding of public policy issues and for the League's priority issues in Clean Elections & Campaign Finance Reform, Voting Rights, Ethics in Government, Ranked Choice Voting, and Repeal of Term Limits. Representing LWVME at Maine Citizens for Clean Elections, she served that coalition as co-president from 2006 to 2011. She remains on the board of MCCE and serves as Treasurer. She is active in the LWV-Downeast and hosts their monthly radio show, The Democracy Forum, on WERU FM Community Radio -which started out in 2004 as an recurring special, and became a regular monthly program in 2012. She was the 2013 recipient of the Baldwin Award from the ACLU of Maine for her work on voting rights and elections. She joined the League in 1998 when she retired as Senior Vice President at SEI Investments. Ann was a founder of the MDI Restorative Justice Program, 1999 – 2000, and served on its Executive Board. The post Democracy Forum 11/17/23: What Happened on Election Day? – And What Does It Mean? first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.

This week we are highlighting one of the conversations from MMA's 87th Annual Convention held at the Augusta Civic Center, October 4 & 5, 2023. This year's convention theme was "Lead, Motivate, Communicate" and featured dynamic speakers like Leila Brammer, Director of Outreach and Instructional Development of the Parrhesia Program for Public Discourse, University of Chicago on "Civic Leadership and the Imperative of Effective Communication" and Yellow Light Breen, President & CEO, Maine Development Foundation on "Leading for Economic Innovation and Prosperity", and an uplifting reminder of why we serve local government and how to not despair in these unprecedented times with a presentation from Ron Holifield, Chief Executive Officer, Strategic Government Resources and former City Manager, "It's Not About Me, It's Not About Now". An elections update session was one of many offered and provided by Julie Flynn, Deputy Secretary of State, Maine Secretary of State.  In this episode we chat with Secretary of State, Shenna Bellows about security issues facing Maine's town and city clerks this election season on the convention floor. The audio quality is not the best, and for this we apologize but the message is still important and one we think is worth a listen. 

Host: Ann Luther, League of Women Voters of Maine The mostly volunteer team at the League of Women Voters – Downeast who plan and coordinate this series includes: Martha Dickinson, Michael Fisher, Starr Gilmartin, Maggie Harling, Lisa Leaverton, Ann Luther, Rick Lyles, Judith Lyles, Wendilee O'Brien, Maryann Ogonowski, emerita, Lane Sturtevant, Leah Taylor, and Linda Washburn. Democracy Forum: Participatory Democracy, encouraging citizens to take an active role in government and politics This month: Ballot Questions: Whose Initiatives Are They? We’ll talk about the citizen initiative process in Maine: the sheer number of them, the money behind them, their strengths and shortcomings, home-grown vs. “from away.” How does the initiative process work, and how is it working for Maine? Can ordinary citizens can still run a ballot question? Guest/s: Shenna Bellows, Maine Secretary of State Todd Donovan, Professor of Political Science, Western Washington University To learn more about this topic: As Abortion Measures Loom, GOP Raises New Barriers to Ballot Initiatives | The Pew Charitable Trusts, February, 2023 Missouri House Passes Bill Making It Harder for Voters To Amend State Constitution – Democracy Docket, February, 2023 Policy Matters: Ballot initiatives – Press Herald, November 17,2022 League Study On Maine’s Citizens’ Initiatives And People’s Veto Referenda, Fall, 2020 Initiatives without Engagement: A Realistic Appraisal of Direct Democracy's Secondary Effects, Joshua J. Dyck & Edward L. Lascher, Jr., Jr., 2019 Democracy Forum – Citizen Initiatives: The Devil's in the Details, April 19, 2019 Initiative and Referendum Overview and Resources | NCSL Citizen Initiatives & Peoples Veto | Maine Secretary of State Citizens as Legislators: Direct Democracy in the United States, Todd Donovan and Shaun Bowler, 1998 About the host: Ann currently serves as Treasurer of the League of Women Voters of Maine and leads the LWVME Advocacy Team. She served as President of LWVME from 2003 to 2007 and as co-president from 2007-2009. In her work for the League, Ann has worked for greater public understanding of public policy issues and for the League's priority issues in Clean Elections & Campaign Finance Reform, Voting Rights, Ethics in Government, Ranked Choice Voting, and Repeal of Term Limits. Representing LWVME at Maine Citizens for Clean Elections, she served that coalition as co-president from 2006 to 2011. She remains on the board of MCCE and serves as Treasurer. She is active in the LWV-Downeast and hosts their monthly radio show, The Democracy Forum, on WERU FM Community Radio -which started out in 2004 as an recurring special, and became a regular monthly program in 2012. She was the 2013 recipient of the Baldwin Award from the ACLU of Maine for her work on voting rights and elections. She joined the League in 1998 when she retired as Senior Vice President at SEI Investments. Ann was a founder of the MDI Restorative Justice Program, 1999 – 2000, and served on its Executive Board. The post Democracy Forum 8/18/23: Ballot Questions: Whose Initiatives Are They? (REBROADCAST) first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.

In today's episode, Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows discusses protecting the win in Maine (ME), handling continuing education of elections and ranked choice voting (RCV), fighting against efforts to repeal RCV in ME, and looking ahead to RCV in 2024. Tune in to learn more! Resources mentioned in this episode: - Resources for RCV page - Maine SOS: https://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/upcoming/rcv.html - A Timeline of RCV in Maine (PDF) - Maine SOS: https://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/upcoming/pdf/RCVpowerpointtimeline.UpdateJAN2021.pdf - Director, Division of Election Audits & Training - Public Service Manager II (job posting) - Maine SOS: https://mainebhr.hire.trakstar.com/jobs/fk0xoib/ - Final Round: Ben & Jerry's RCV Practice Election - Better Ballot VT (VPIRG project): https://www.betterballotvermont.org/ben-jerrys-practice-election

Host: Ann Luther, League of Women Voters of Maine The mostly volunteer team at the League of Women Voters – Downeast who plan and coordinate this series includes: Martha Dickinson, Michael Fisher, Starr Gilmartin, Maggie Harling, Lisa Leaverton, Ann Luther, Rick Lyles, Judith Lyles, Wendilee O'Brien, Maryann Ogonowski, emerita, Lane Sturtevant, Leah Taylor, and Linda Washburn. Democracy Forum: Participatory Democracy, encouraging citizens to take an active role in government and politics This month: Ballot Questions: Whose Initiatives Are They? We’ll talk about the citizen initiative process in Maine: the sheer number of them, the money behind them, their strengths and shortcomings, home-grown vs. “from away.” How does the initiative process work, and how is it working for Maine? Can ordinary citizens can still run a ballot question? Guest/s: Shenna Bellows, Maine Secretary of State Todd Donovan, Professor of Political Science, Western Washington University To learn more about this topic: As Abortion Measures Loom, GOP Raises New Barriers to Ballot Initiatives | The Pew Charitable Trusts, February, 2023 Missouri House Passes Bill Making It Harder for Voters To Amend State Constitution – Democracy Docket, February, 2023 Policy Matters: Ballot initiatives – Press Herald, November 17,2022 League Study On Maine’s Citizens’ Initiatives And People’s Veto Referenda, Fall, 2020 Initiatives without Engagement: A Realistic Appraisal of Direct Democracy's Secondary Effects, Joshua J. Dyck & Edward L. Lascher, Jr., Jr., 2019 Democracy Forum – Citizen Initiatives: The Devil's in the Details, April 19, 2019 Initiative and Referendum Overview and Resources | NCSL Citizen Initiatives & Peoples Veto | Maine Secretary of State Citizens as Legislators: Direct Democracy in the United States, Todd Donovan and Shaun Bowler, 1998 About the host: Ann currently serves as Treasurer of the League of Women Voters of Maine and leads the LWVME Advocacy Team. She served as President of LWVME from 2003 to 2007 and as co-president from 2007-2009. In her work for the League, Ann has worked for greater public understanding of public policy issues and for the League's priority issues in Clean Elections & Campaign Finance Reform, Voting Rights, Ethics in Government, Ranked Choice Voting, and Repeal of Term Limits. Representing LWVME at Maine Citizens for Clean Elections, she served that coalition as co-president from 2006 to 2011. She remains on the board of MCCE and serves as Treasurer. She is active in the LWV-Downeast and hosts their monthly radio show, The Democracy Forum, on WERU FM Community Radio -which started out in 2004 as an recurring special, and became a regular monthly program in 2012. She was the 2013 recipient of the Baldwin Award from the ACLU of Maine for her work on voting rights and elections. She joined the League in 1998 when she retired as Senior Vice President at SEI Investments. Ann was a founder of the MDI Restorative Justice Program, 1999 – 2000, and served on its Executive Board. The post Democracy Forum 4/21/23: Ballot Questions: Whose Initiatives Are They? first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows answers questions about voting & elections, motor vehicles and more

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows discusses election security, motor vehicles, RealID and other priorities.

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows discusses election security, motor vehicles, RealID and other priorities.

In a survey conducted by the Brennan Center last month, three-quarters of local election officials said they think threats against them have increased. One in six say they have personally been threatened because of their work. In Maine, a new law now makes those threats against election workers a misdemeanor. Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows joins William Brangham to discuss. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

In a survey conducted by the Brennan Center last month, three-quarters of local election officials said they think threats against them have increased. One in six say they have personally been threatened because of their work. In Maine, a new law now makes those threats against election workers a misdemeanor. Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows joins William Brangham to discuss. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Today's interview is with former Maine State Senator Eric Brakey. Brakey is the host of the Free America Now podcast, and Senior Spokesperson for Young Americans for Liberty. Listen to Free America Now! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/free-america-now/id1587215364 https://open.spotify.com/show/4KwPFT7xIyGZ8UVMHcKwjU?si=4aec1acb9ade4ff2 Eric Brakey became a grassroots liberty activist during his senior year of college. In 2012, Eric Brakey served as the Maine State Director of the Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign, organizing the grassroots effort that one reporter called the “biggest political coup in recent Maine history,” winning the state for Ron Paul and electing liberty activists to a majority on the Maine GOP State Committee.   Following the Ron Paul Campaign, Eric Brakey founded the Defense of Liberty PAC to help liberty candidates win election to the Maine State Legislature. In 2014, Eric threw his own hat into the ring and won election to the Maine State Senate, defeating a longtime Democrat incumbent and becoming the youngest State Senator in America at the age of 26. During his two terms of office, Senator Brakey served as the Senate Chairman for the Health and Human Services Committee. Brakey also spearheaded successful efforts through a bipartisan legislature to pass Constitutional Carry, Welfare Reform, Right to Try, the deregulation of medical cannabis, and the legalization of hedgehog ownership.   In 2016, Senator Brakey served as the Maine State Chair for the Rand Paul Presidential Campaign. Senator Brakey also represented Maine as a delegate on the 2016 Republican National Platform Committee. Eric authored many GOP's platform planks, including abolishing the IRS, auditing the Pentagon, instituting a federal Right to Try law, deregulating nuclear energy, and reasserting a constitutional foreign policy in which only Congress can declare war.   Instead of running for re-election in 2018, Senator Brakey opted to challenge incumbent Angus King for U.S. Senate, earning the Maine Republican nomination for the office. With a strong grassroots campaign featuring dozens of liberty activists knocking doors across all corners of the state, Brakey won a greater share of the vote against the popular incumbent than anyone in state history.   Following the 2018 election, Brakey founded the Free Maine Campaign and organized grassroots pressure campaigns to defeat proposals in the Democrat-majority Maine legislature for “Red Flag” Gun Confiscation Orders and the National Popular Vote.   In 2020, Eric Brakey served as the Republican nominee for Maine Secretary of State. Follow the Bound by Oath podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bound-by-oath-by-ij/id1445199346 https://shortcircuit.org/center-for-judicial-engagement/sc/14th-at-150-podcast/ https://open.spotify.com/show/5ZvIXD8PvVg2E8Dplk8Lvn?si=8de80094bedd4023 Based-Politics Podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/5UgGGp9G5WupDgfccWTuKZ?si=f4eded8e5a35491e https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/based-politics/id1535704082 Need someone to talk to? Betterhelp.com/gml Subscribe on Youtube http://www.youtube.com/goodmorningliberty Interested in learning how to Day Trade? Mastermytrades.com Chat LIVE during the show! https://goodmorningliberty.locals.com/ Like our intro song? https://www.3pillmorning.com Advertise on our podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

(Intro) Weekend Recap (Topic) What's the worst Christmas gift you've ever received. (Dirty) Drakeo The Ruler stabbed and killed at “Once Upon A Time In L.A.” Jake Paul knocked out Tyron Woodley. Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson did dinner & a movie in Staten Island. SNL Christmas show spoiled by Covid-19. (5TYNTK) Sen. Joe Manchin said no on the Build Back Better Act. COVID-19 ICU patients at an all-time high in Maine. Canada is reinstating testing requirements for the border. Maine Secretary of State is warning residents of a scammer claiming to represent the “Maine DMV.” Go Caroling Day. (Outro) Castine's Holiday Poem. Star vs. Angel. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows answers questions about voting changes and motor vehicles

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows answers questions about voting changes and motor vehicles

This week, Alex is joined by Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows. Secretary Bellows discusses her past work in Maine politics and nonprofits and her new role as a nonpartisan constitutional officer. Learn more about the Secretary Bellows and her work at SOS: maine.gov/sos Serra Speaks is a production of Serra Public Affairs. If you haven't already, please review us on Apple Podcasts! It's an important way to help new listeners discover the show. Episode transcripts are available on our website. Say hello on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

Producer/Host: Amy Browne It's the 3rd Tuesday of the month, so it's once again time for our Elections 2020 edition of Maine Currents, with guests, Professor Amy Fried, Chair of the Political Science Department at the University of Maine, former State Representative Ralph Chapman Ann Luther, board member for the League of Women Voters of Maine, and host of the Democracy Forum here on WERU, and Will Hayward, Advocacy Program Coordinator for the League of Women Voters, joining us for a discussion of the recent debates and town halls, voting deadlines, ballots, efforts to prevent voter suppression and intimidation, and more! Have an election or voter question? Call or text the League of Women Voters of Maine Hotline at 207-558-3333 or email vote@lwvme.org More information is also available on the Maine Secretary of State’s website Maine Attorney General Frey’s Advisory Concerning Poll Monitoring and Voter Intimidation can be viewed here Taped via Zoom on Monday, 10/19/20 About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-producing RadioActive with Meredith DeFrancesco. She joined the team of Voices producers a few years later, and has been WERU’s News & Public Affairs Manager since January, 2006. In addition to RadioActive, Voices and Maine Currents, she also produced and hosted the WERU News Report for several years. She has produced segments for national programs including Free Speech Radio News, This Way Out, Making Contact, Workers Independent News, Pacifica PeaceWatch, and Live Wire News, and has contributed to Democracy Now and the WBAI News Report. She is the recipient of the 2014 Excellence in Environmental Journalism Award from the Sierra Club of Maine, and the First Place 2017 Radio News Award from the Maine Association of Broadcasters. The post Maine Currents 10/20/20 Elections 2020 Edition: Debates, Voting Deadlines, Voter Suppression and more first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.

Maine's Secretary of State Matt Dunlap talks about what it is that a Secretary of State does, the uniqueness of how the Maine Secretary of State is chosen, and how he got interested in politics.  He also shares some of his thoughts on the current mood of the country as it pertains to elections and election integrity, as well as some stories about his own work and experience as a former Maine state legislator.