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Delaware Republicans Celebrate Court Ruling: Vote-By-Mail Unconstitutional https://digitalarkansasnews.com/delaware-republicans-celebrate-court-ruling-vote-by-mail-unconstitutional/ DEWEY BEACH, Del.—“There will be no vote-by-mail on November 8! There will be no same-day voter registration!” said M. Jane Brady, the chair of the Delaware Republican Party on Friday. Brady was overjoyed on sharing the news about a ruling by the Delaware Supreme Court with some 100 people who had gathered at the Rusty Rudder restaurant for a Freedom Festival Banquet. Earlier that day, the court had stated in its ruling that both Delaware’s vote-by-mail and same-day registration statutes violate the state’s Constitution. When the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020, Delaware Governor John Carney, Democratic Party, declared a public health emergency, and the General Assembly passed laws to allow people to vote by mail. “We are working hard to protect the integrity of our elections in Delaware,” said Brady. “The way they’ve been for a very long time, that’s trying to be undermined and undone, and I won’t let it happen on my watch.” Brady is a former Delaware attorney general and a former Delaware Superior Court judge. “The Supreme Court ruled that vote-by-mail statutes that were passed in June and signed by the governor in July are unconstitutional under Delaware’s Constitution,” Brady told an Epoch Times reporter during the banquet. Brady said that Delaware had not permitted universal vote-by-mail before June, but allows absentee ballots. If someone is unable to go to one’s designated polling station due to military service, illness, injury, or travel, the person can request an absentee ballot. “But they can’t just for no reason not show up to vote and ask for a ballot to be sent to them,” said Brady. Stephen Moore, former senior economic advisor to President Donald Trump and senior economist at FreedomWorks, was keynote speaker at the Freedom Festival Banquet at the Rusty Rudder on Oct.  7, 2022. (Lily Sun/The Epoch Times) Brady expressed admiration for Delaware’s top court. “I’m very happy we have a great court. Our courts are like the federal courts. If you’re once appointed, you cannot be involved in partisan political activity. We don’t elect our judges,” she said. “They’re much more true to the law than in some states where they have to answer politically for their job.” Brady said that as a lawyer, she believes in the rule of law. “The law is very clear to me, not ambiguous at all. You cannot vote by mail; you cannot register to vote on the same day as the election. The court agreed with me.” Brady encourages people to go out to vote on Nov. 8. “Every one of us who cares about our kids, and education, and then inflation, and gas prices, and our national security, and energy independence, needs to be at those ballot boxes.” ‘Level the Playing Field’ Lee Murphy, the Republican candidate for Delaware’s only seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, said that he is happy with the court’s decision. “The big news today in Delaware is that the Supreme Court ruled that there are no mail-in ballots, and no election-day registration, which will really level the playing field for all the candidates in the state,” Murphy said. “The court understands the Constitution, the Delaware Constitution, and everyone here tonight, and especially myself as a candidate for Congress. We’re very happy about what we feel was the absolute right decision.” Murphy shared his own election story related to mail-in-voting. He ran for Congress in 2020 but lost to incumbent Democratic Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester. “It’s very important because in 2020, as you know, we had mail-in ballots. I ran in 2020. I won the machine ballots on election day, I’m proud to say,” he said. “However, we lost the mail-in ballots in 2020.” Murphy said he is happy that people will once again be able to go to the polls, cast their vote, or cast an absentee ballot. Other attendees were excited about the news. Ruth Briggs King, the state representative from the 37th District, said: “We’re celebrating in Delaware tonight the finding of our Supreme Court of some unconstitutional laws that they tried to pass this year.” Follow Lily Sun is an Epoch Times reporter who covers the tri-state of Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Follow Read More Here

Former President Donald Trump Stumps For Nevada Republicans At Minden Rally https://digitalarkansasnews.com/former-president-donald-trump-stumps-for-nevada-republicans-at-minden-rally/ Former President Donald Trump stumps for Nevada Republicans at Minden rally  KRNV Read More Here

Twitter Tests New Pop-Up Prompts To Dissuade Screenshots Of Tweets https://digitalarkansasnews.com/twitter-tests-new-pop-up-prompts-to-dissuade-screenshots-of-tweets/ Amidst the turmoil of the Elon Musk experience, Twitter has continued to deploy new elements and updates, as it seeks to both maximize usage and revenue potential for the business – whoever ends up owning it. Twitter’s also working to prove that it’s even more valuable, and significant, than its raw user count may suggest, by highlighting, where it can, the reach of tweets to non-users, which could number a lot more than its official active user stats. Twitter’s latest effort on this front is a new prompt which pops up when you go to screenshot a tweet, asking you to either share in the app, or share a link to the tweet instead. As you can see in this example, posted by app researcher Jane Manchun Wong, Twitter wants to stop users sharing tweets outside of the app, which then results in reach and usage that it can’t track. That means that its usage data looks lower than it is, which is damaging for the business. And it could actually be significant – according to this chart, which tracks meme origins based on ‘Know Your Meme’ data, Twitter is actually a key source of many, many web trends. TikTok, as you might expect, is now on the rise for this element, but Twitter remains a key source of viral web trends. Which many probably wouldn’t expect, given that Twitter’s user count is currently sitting on 238 million monetizable daily active users, putting it well behind Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat. Twitter’s usage has remained relatively low, despite its efforts to reframe its stats and shift the discussion to more meaningful numbers. But Twitter maintains that the actual reach of tweets is far more significant than the numbers suggest – which it’s actually been trying to prove for years. Back in 2015, Twitter unveiled a new plan to monetize the more than 500 million people who saw tweets each month but never actually logged-into the app. 500 million is more than double Twitter’s current user count, and in Twitter’s view, that’s more indicative of the level of influence the app actually has, despite the official numbers being comparatively low. And it may have a point. Due to its fast-paced, real-time nature, Twitter is especially popular among journalists, who then aggregate the information sourced from tweets across many, many more platforms. This was especially true during the Trump presidency, in which the former President used his Twitter account to communicate policy decisions, and everything else, which had every news platform monitoring the app constantly. As such, tweets likely do reach much further, and have much more influential impact than its active user count would suggest. But if Twitter can’t quantify that in actual numbers, the market can only go on the data that it has. Which is why it’s now trying to find new ways to keep more activity in the app, which also includes experiments with new prompts to share tweets with people, even if they aren’t signed up for the app, tweet view counts for broader engagement context, and an enhanced experience for non logged-in Twitter users. If Twitter can get more people sharing in app, via these new prompts and tools, that could be a big win for the app, in showing that many more users are actually engaging with tweets than what it may seem. But then again, if the app ends up going private under Elon Musk, which is apparently his plan, that might not matter for too much longer either way. We’ll have to wait and see what comes next.   Read More Here

As Mar-A-Lago Case Advances, Trump’s Initial Success Could Fade https://digitalarkansasnews.com/as-mar-a-lago-case-advances-trumps-initial-success-could-fade-2/ Former President Trump’s battle against the Justice Department investigation into the mishandling of government records at Mar-a-Lago has now reached the highest court, but legal experts say he may not fare as well as his case is pushed before new judges.  Trump scored an initial victory before a federal district court judge in Florida, who granted his request to appoint a special master to review the more than 10,000 government documents seized at his home to determine whether any might be protected by executive or attorney-client privileges.  But as the case works its way through the court system, other judges seem more hesitant to grant Trump’s requests.  The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals served the Department of Justice (DOJ) an initial victory in the case, siphoning off the more than 100 classified records from special master review and later agreeing to an expedited schedule to review DOJ’s challenge to Judge Aileen Cannon’s decision to approve the special master process.  But Trump’s emergency appeal to the Supreme Court wasn’t treated like an urgent matter — Justice Clarence Thomas gave DOJ a week to respond.   “All indications are that the appellate litigation continues to move in the government’s direction,” Brad Moss, a national security law expert, told The Hill.  “The 11th Circuit is expediting the appeal of the special master appointment, and the Supreme Court is conversely taking its sweet time considering Mr. Trump’s appeal of the lifting of Judge Cannon’s injunction. If nothing else, the appellate judges are making clear how serious they take the government’s national security concerns and how little credence they place in Mr. Trump’s legal theories.”  Trump’s appeal to the Supreme Court to intervene in the case was the latest step from a legal team that’s taken an aggressive posture in its battle with the Justice Department.  But the filing itself was actually quite narrow.  The request from Trump asks that the classified records in question are returned to the pool of documents included under the special master review, opting not to ask the court to exclude those documents from being used by the Justice Department as they continue their investigation — something Cannon had included in her original order.  “This is a very specific and narrow request by Trump, the merits of which turn on a technical jurisdictional question, but which runs into fatal procedural obstacles long before that. It’s not laughable, but only because it’s small,” Steve Vladeck, a professor at the University of Texas School of Law specializing in federal courts and national security law, wrote on Twitter.   “This is what good lawyers who are stuck do to appease bad clients….It’s a way of filing *something* in the Supreme Court without going all the way to crazytown and/or acting unethically,” Vladeck added.  Trump’s lawyers argued that the federal appeals court erred by allowing the Department of Justice to appeal a move that was procedural in nature.  They argued the appeal “impairs substantially the ongoing, time-sensitive work of the special master” and said the 11th Circuit’s intervention “effectively compromis[es] the integrity of the well-established policy against piecemeal appellate review.”  Trump’s team also recycled legal arguments from earlier briefs insinuating that he could have declassified the records in his home but stopped short of doing so. It’s a statement that generated skepticism from the special master, who initially asked the legal team to back the claim before Cannon stepped in and said Trump did not need to comply with the request.  Even if Trump convinced the court, the DOJ would still be able to use the documents in its investigation even as the special master reviewed them.  Moss, likewise, suspected the filing is likely to accomplish little for Trump.  “The appeal to the Supreme Court by the Trump legal team was done for one reason: Mr. Trump no doubt demanded something be filed. The narrowness of the appeal reflects the efforts by his lawyers to craft something — anything — they could justify as non-frivolous. Even if it succeeds, it would likely come too late in the special master process anyway to matter,” he said.  Brian Greer, a former attorney for the CIA, sees one potential upside for Trump — but only if the Department of Justice decides to prosecute him.  “Even if Trump is granted the relief they’re seeking, it’s not clear how helpful it’s going to be to them other than getting early access to those classified records,” he told The Hill.   “To me, the only real end game with the Supreme Court litigation, other than delay, is getting access to those records prior to an indictment so that they can start building their defense.”  The 11th Circuit agreement to an expedited review for the Justice Department’s case could also prove helpful for the government.  In its initial ruling, a three-judge panel for the court suggested Cannon erred by appointing the special master, a sign it may be convinced Trump has little claim as a former executive to any of the documents.  But as a practical matter it also aids their investigation.  “The Justice Department is correct in asserting that being unable to use the unclassified documents currently before the special master could hinder its ongoing investigation into the classified records,” Greer said.  “That’s because, as the Justice Department asserted, they may want to explore how those unclassified documents were commingled with the classified records, whether there are fingerprints on those documents, and to ask witnesses about those documents, all of which might be relevant to investigating the classified records,” he continued.  But the victories for the Department of Justice still delay the ultimate determination on the records.  The process before the 11th Circuit and Supreme Court could take months, and a ruling from the appeals court would likely come in December at the earliest.  “The timing is still not great for DOJ as they would likely want to complete any investigation involving the relevance of the unclassified records prior to bringing charges on the classified records,” Greer said.  Read More Here

UAFS Wind Ensemble To Perform https://digitalarkansasnews.com/uafs-wind-ensemble-to-perform/ Events | Arts and SciencesOctober 10, 2022 UAFS Wind Ensemble to Perform Audiences of the 2022-2023 Season of Entertainment will have a chance to see the UAFS Wind Ensemble in concert later this month. The concert, which will take place at 7 p.m., Oct. 25, at the ArcBest Corp. Performing Arts Center, will be under the direction of Dr. Alexandra Zacharella, Director of Bands and Associate Professor of Low Brass at the university. The Wind Ensemble will perform works by Grainger, Schuman, Markowski, and others. “The concert mixes classic wind band repertoire and modern, cutting-edge sounds of symphonic winds that are sure to please concert-goers,” said Zacharella. “The UAFS Wind Ensemble is primed and ready to present an extraordinary concert experience.” Students performing in the concert are: Alma: Trent Gregory, Sydney Alegria Cedarville: Jack Garner Charleston: Cole Sanders, Erika Verkamp, Elijah Slaton Elkins: Tahlia Bergeron Fort Smith: Aanika Reilly, Sophia Praphan, Cristian Salinas, Joseph Herrera, Dillon Pike, Billy Marts, Luyen Lee, Daniel Simon, Shane Winford, Tommy Thavonekham, Jesus Sanchez, Daniela Quebedo, Alex Drummond, Miguel Barroso-Zepeda, Gavin Green, Kolton Savage  Greenwood: Ethan Williams, Andrew Hardin, Michael Dunham, Gustavo Martinez  Lavaca: Justin Hobbs, Bryanna Hamm  Magazine: Ciera Grijalva Muldrow, Oklahoma: Destiny Riddle, Ashton Nichols, Lily King, Kaydon Chisum, Bailey Brown, Ray Brown Muskogee, Oklahoma: Leighanne Ashby  Ozark: Philip Vega-Ramirez Poteau, Oklahoma: Dylan Richmond Rudy: Mason Sangster Sallisaw, Oklahoma: Cameron Sprinkle, Kyler Mendiola, Sam Glover Van Buren: Arturo Hernandez, James Estrada, Katie Lockhart, Gian Trejo, Jasmine Rosa, Landon Brady,  Noah Dieter, Olivia Steele Velma-Alma, Oklahoma: Bradyn Sanders Waldron: Sean Moore, Lupita Morales The concert is part of the Season of Entertainment – New Horizons, a year-long lineup of entertainment sponsored by the University of Arkansas – Fort Smith featuring plays, musicals, and symphonic performances featuring UAFS students and faculty.  Read More Here

Pennsylvania Senate Race: GOP Shows Signs Of Coming Home For Oz As Fetterman Lead Shrinks https://digitalarkansasnews.com/pennsylvania-senate-race-gop-shows-signs-of-coming-home-for-oz-as-fetterman-lead-shrinks/ It took a while, but Republicans are finally coming home for Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania, putting him squarely in striking distance of Lt. Gov. John Fetterman (D) in the state’s Senate contest.   Over the last month, national and Pennsylvania Republicans alike have grown increasingly bullish over Oz’s chances as attacks on Fetterman’s campaign strategy amid his stroke recovery and stance on crime have helped vault Oz back into contention.   Recent polls show just as much. In less than two months, Oz has chopped Fetterman’s lead nearly in half, with the lieutenant governor now leading by roughly 4 percentage points. Additionally, Republican operatives and strategists across the board are convinced Oz will get the job done, a far cry from only weeks ago.   “I feel a lot better about Pennsylvania than I did four or five weeks ago. That’s for sure,” one Pennsylvania-based GOP operative told The Hill, adding that there was a “panic” that set in amongst Pennsylvania and national Republicans and extended into the world of former President Trump.   According to a recent Fox News poll, 83 percent of Republicans are now behind Oz, up from 73 percent from the previous poll taken in July. Not coincidentally, Fetterman only leads by 4 percentage points in the recent survey compared to 11 points in the summer, and the pundits have taken notice.   The Cook Political Report on Tuesday shifted the race from “lean Republican” to one of the four toss-up contests left on the map.   However, some top Republicans still worry about Oz’s ability to fully bring Republican voters completely into the tent.   “His biggest problem is to get conservatives to vote for him. They don’t like Fetterman, but they’re not sure about Oz either,” former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) told The Hill in an interview. “He’s not really running as a conservative. He’s running as someone who will make things work in Washington,” he continued, likening Oz’s pitch to Keystone State voters to those made by the state’s former Republican Sens. Arlen Specter and John Heinz.   Perhaps the biggest part of Oz’s independent outreach, however, remains his attacks against Fetterman on crime, an issue that has galvanized the GOP base not just in Pennsylvania, but across the country.   Oz’s latest ad, released on Friday, charges that Fetterman’s plan would “release murderers into our community,” pointing to his work as head of the Board of Pardons during his tenure as lieutenant governor.  “That’s a prescription for pain,” Oz says in the 30-second spot.   Keystone State Democrats are well aware of the damage the attacks are inflicting the former Braddock, Pa., mayor. One senior Pennsylvania Democrat told The Hill that the ads are “working” and conceded that the issue is a “big liability” for Democratic chances to win back the seat. Other state Democrats are concerned that there wasn’t enough pushback early to combat the aerial assault.   “I thought [Fetterman] was a little late responding to the ads,” former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D) told The Hill. “It was a decent response, but it was a little late.”   Looking ahead, the planned debate between the two candidates is slated for Oct. 25 in what is shaping up to be one of the most anticipated moments of the midterm cycle. For months, Republicans heaped pressure on Fetterman to take the stage alongside Oz in the aftermath of the stroke he suffered shortly before the May primary, and did so with a significant amount of success. According to GOP operatives, part of that is due to Oz’s background as a cardiologist and his ability to speak on the subject with a level of authority.  However, Democrats sense opportunity as expectations for Fetterman heading into the showdown have been lowered significantly. Rendell argued the messaging surrounding the debate could turn out to be a “double-edged sword” for the GOP if the lieutenant governor puts on a “solid performance.”  Get the latest Pennsylvania politics and election news with abc27 newsletters While the debate stands as Fetterman’s mountain to climb in the final month, Oz has little control over his as state Sen. Doug Mastriano’s (R) gubernatorial campaign continues to struggle and has shown little life against state Attorney General Josh Shapiro (D). In survey after survey, Shapiro leads by double digits and is outspending the GOP nominee by a 60 to 1 margin on the airwaves, potentially creating a significant drag on Oz’s chances.   Some Republicans don’t think Mastriano’s sagging campaign will cause much of an impact, and are quick to note that the Senate contest is the race that is on top of the physical ballot instead of governor and that straight-ticket voting is no longer a practice in the state. However, others remain alarmed.   “The big issue is Doug Mastriano isn’t introducing Doug Mastriano to the voters. Josh Shapiro is,” a second Pennsylvania-based Republican strategist said, pointing to the $31 million in ad reservations Shapiro has made as of late last week.   “If Doug can get his race into single digits, then Oz has a good fighting shot,” the strategist continued, taking aim at Mastriano’s unconventional strategy of campaigning outside the 12 to 15 most populous counties that will likely make or break his chances. “You don’t want to be campaigning in places where there are more deer than voters.”   Notably, outside of the nearly universal belief that Mastriano will lose, the expectations for him are all over the map on the GOP side. Some strategists speculated that he could win as little as 40 percent, opening the door to a complete blowout, while others believe Shapiro’s margin could be as small as 5 percent. When asked how much of a drag Mastriano could be on Oz, Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) demurred, sidestepping the gubernatorial contest.  “People are going to evaluate each race separately and Dr. Oz is in a good position to win,” Toomey recently told The Hill. The incumbent senator has endorsed Oz but has not done so for Mastriano.  ¡Recibe noticias locales y el pronóstico del tiempo directamente en tu buzón de email! Regístrate aquí para recibir los boletines diarias de AL DÍA CON ABC27. Other Republicans were less charitable.   “Establishment Republicans don’t want Mastriano out there doing stuff. They don’t want him out there making the news,” a third Pennsylvania-based GOP strategist said. “They want him to stick with this 40 days of fast and prayer because it means he’s not out there doing stuff. They want him to bury his head in the sand.”  Read More Here

North Korea Fires Two Ballistic Missiles In Seventh Of Recent Launches https://digitalarkansasnews.com/north-korea-fires-two-ballistic-missiles-in-seventh-of-recent-launches/ TOKYO, Oct 9 (Reuters) – North Korea fired two ballistic missiles early on Sunday, authorities in neighbouring countries said, the seventh such launch by Pyongyang in recent days that added to widespread alarm in Washington and its allies in Tokyo and Seoul. Officials in the South Korean capital have said the uptick in the North’s missile launches could signal it is closer than ever to resuming nuclear testing for the first time since 2017, with preparations observed at its test site for months. Both of Sunday’s missiles reached an altitude of 100 km (60 miles) and covered 350 km (218 miles), Japan’s state minister of defence, Toshiro Ino, told reporters. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com The first was fired at about 1:47 a.m. (1647 GMT) and the second some six minutes later. They fell outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone, and authorities were looking into what type they were, including the possibility that they were submarine-launched ballistic missiles, he added. The U.S. military said it was consulting closely with allies and partners following the launches, which it said highlighted the “destabilizing impact” of the North Korean nuclear arms and ballistic missile programs. Still, the United States assessed that the latest launches did not pose a threat to U.S. personnel or American allies. “The U.S. commitments to the defence of the Republic of Korea and Japan remain ironclad,” the Hawaii-based U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said in a statement. The latest missile launches from the Muncheon area on North Korea’s east coast are a “serious provocation” that harms peace, South Korean authorities said. On Tuesday, North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile farther than ever before, sending it soaring over Japan for the first time in five years and prompting a warning to residents there to take cover. Ino said Tokyo would not tolerate the repeated actions by North Korea. The incident was the seventh such launch since Sept. 25. Japan’s foreign ministry said the nuclear envoys of the United States, South Korea and Japan held a telephone call and shared the view that the North’s ballistic missile launches threatened the peace and security of the region and the international community, besides posing a civil aviation risk. North Korea, which has pursued missile and nuclear tests in defiance of U.N. sanctions, said on Saturday its missile tests were for self-defence against direct U.S. military threats and had not harmed the safety of neighbours. “Our missile tests are a normal, planned self-defence measure to protect our country’s security and regional peace from direct U.S. military threats,” said state media KCNA, citing an aviation administration spokesperson. South Korea and the United States held joint maritime exercises on Friday, a day after Seoul scrambled fighter jets in reaction to an apparent North Korean bombing drill. The United States also announced new sanctions on Friday in response to North Korea’s latest missile launches. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Reporting by Nobuhiro Kubo and David Dolan in Tokyo, Phil Stewart in Washington; Additional reporting by Daniel Leussink; Editing by Leslie Adler and Clarence Fernandez Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. Read More Here

Arkansas Children’s Hospital Hosts 5K Race At State Capitol https://digitalarkansasnews.com/arkansas-childrens-hospital-hosts-5k-race-at-state-capitol/ by: Brandon Ringo Posted: Oct 8, 2022 / 09:13 PM CDT Updated: Oct 8, 2022 / 09:13 PM CDT LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Runners gathered at the Arkansas State Capitol Saturday morning for a good cause. The Arkansas Children’s Hospital auxiliary and community volunteers hosted the family-friendly timed 5k race and family walk. For Jay Taylor and Jennifer Carr of the Arkansas Children’s Hospital, the purpose of the event is to contribute to the hospital. “This is one way we can contribute as employees. We can do something for the hospital. This was a nice little run, a beatuful day a perfect day.loved it” Arkansans from all four corners were invited to participate in the physical race, or as a virtual runner, or with a personal online fundraising page. Read More…

Trump’s Hard-Line Policies Toward Iran May Have Led To Current Protests https://digitalarkansasnews.com/trumps-hard-line-policies-toward-iran-may-have-led-to-current-protests/ Protests in Iran have spread like wildfire and former President Donald Trump’s hard-line policies may have provided the kindling. The protests that have rocked Iran for three weeks are the largest the country has seen in over a decade, fueled by women angry over the increasingly repressive measures of the regime and a growing sense of hopelessness about the country’s economic future. Watching the unrest unfold, some have asked whether Trump’s “maximum pressure” campaign paved the way for the current anti-government uprisings.  Trita Parsi, executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and an expert on U.S.-Iran relations, said Trump’s implementation of harsh sanctions following his exit from the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran may have been an important factor in creating the conditions for the current protests. “The combination of the regime’s mismanagement, repression and economic mismanagement, and on top of that sanctions that have really devastated the economy creates an explosive situation that makes protests more likely,” Parsi said.  The protests began on Sept. 16, sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman who had been arrested three days earlier by the country’s morality police for violating strict rules on head coverings. A photo of Amini lying unconscious in a hospital bed went viral as her family claimed she had been beaten by dress code-enforcing officials, resulting in a nationwide protest that has since spread to over 80 cities.  Like other recent protests in Iran, this has been met by a harsh response from law enforcement. There have been at least 154 confirmed deaths since the protests began, according to the Norway-based Iran Human Rights. Even with the government’s eagerness to quell the protests, they seem to be intensifying. Dozens of videos have surfaced on social media showing large crowds confronting law enforcement officers, tearing down pictures of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, yelling “death to the dictator,” and repeating the slogan “Woman. Life. Freedom.” Most dramatically, there are  videos showing women removing their mandatory headwear, the hijab, and throwing them into the flames.  Though this round of protests stands apart from others in Iran’s recent history — because of its inclusion of the middle class, clear revolutionary aspirations and focus on women — the underlying motivations are not new, according to Parsi.  “You have 40 years of repression, corruption, mismanagement by the government and a continuous depriving of the population of any hope and faith that the system can be reformed,” Parsi said.  Despite these long-standing grievances, it’s likely the current uprising was accelerated by Trump’s rejection of Obama-era foreign policy, Parsi said.  In May 2018, Trump followed through with a campaign promise to end the United States’ participation in a 2015 nuclear deal negotiated by the Obama administration. The deal was meant to limit the Iran nuclear program in exchange for relaxed U.S. sanctions. But, according to Trump, the deal was inherently flawed and “failed to protect America’s national security interests.”  Upon exiting the deal, Trump announced that previous sanctions would be reimposed on Iran and throughout the remainder of his presidency additional sanctions were levied, making it the toughest sanctions regime ever applied to the country. In the two years following Trump’s decision, the sanctions, which levied fines on Iran’s oil exports and hundreds of individuals and companies, caused Iran’s economy to contract by almost 12%, pushing roughly 10 million people from the middle class into poverty, Parsi said, citing Hadi Kahalzadeh of Brandeis University. According to Parsi, the failure of the Iran nuclear deal and the economic turmoil brought on by the reimposition of sanctions undermined the arguments of reformers, such as former Iran president Hassan Rouhani, 2013-2021, and paved the way for hard-liners to come to power, such as current president Ebrahim Raisi, who was elected in 2021 after the country’s Guardian Council disqualified all other serious contenders.  Since becoming president, Raisi has refused to compromise in negotiations over a revised nuclear deal and has increased enforcement of the Islamic dress code, something Raisi’s moderate predecessor had discouraged. With a failing economy and a more repressive regime in place, hope for reform has disappeared, Parsi said.  “With the manner in which the hard-liners have increasingly closed the space for change and reform from within, it is not surprising to see that people are increasingly losing confidence and faith in that it is reformable and as a result feel, rightly or wrongly, that protests and a complete overhaul of the government is the only way, the only option they have,” Parsi said.  While Trump’s policies were an important factor in creating the conditions that resulted in the current protests, they may have also decreased the chances of success, he said. A 2012 study, co-authored by Parsi, found that almost no authoritarian regimes under broad economic sanctions have experienced a successful transition to democracy. Economic sanctions have actually helped consolidate authoritarian rule and weaken opposition, Parsi said, by making it more difficult for an impoverished population to sustain protests and by destroying the institutions and norms needed for a successful transition to democracy. Economic sanctions against Iran remain in place under the Biden administration as negotiations over a revised nuclear deal have stalled and uncertainty over the future of the current regime continues to grow. While it’s unlikely the regime will collapse in the near term, Parsi has no doubt that the protests will have a lasting effect. “I don’t think things can go back to the way they were.” Read More Here

Tuberville: ’Pro-Crime’ Democrats Want ‘reparations’ For ‘people Who Do The Crime’ https://digitalarkansasnews.com/tuberville-pro-crime-democrats-want-reparations-for-people-who-do-the-crime/ News Updated: Oct. 08, 2022, 9:39 p.m.| Published: Oct. 08, 2022, 9:20 p.m. WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 21: Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) rides in a Senate elevator near the Senate Chambers in the U.S. Capitol on July 21, 2022 in Washington, DC. The Senate wrapped up their votes for the week and is expected to consider legislation for legalizing marijuana and the House-approved bill protecting same-sex marriage. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)Getty Images U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville on Saturday said Democrats are in favor of “reparations” because they are “pro-crime.” Tuberville, R-Ala., made the comments while at a rally held by former President Donald Trump in Nevada. “They want reparations because they think the people who do the crime are owed that,” Tuberville said as the crowd cheered behind him. “Bullshit!” he added. Tuberville’s office did not immediately reply to a request for comment. Tuberville joined Trump and other Republicans speaking at a rally near Lake Tahoe in Nevada in support of Adam Laxalt, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate and Joe Lombardo, a candidate in the state’s governor’s race. “We’re going to take our country back and we’re going to straighten up education and we’re going to close the border,” Tuberville said. “We’re going to get inflation under control, and we’re going to stop this damn crime. You have to select and get Adam Laxalt elected senator of the state of Alabam-of Nevada.” During the rally, Tuberville also said the U.S. cannot afford food stamps and “people need to go back to work.” Reparations typically refer to “financial recompense for African-Americans whose ancestors were slaves and lived through the Jim Crow era,” according to the NAACP. The association has called for a national apology, as well as financial payments, social service benefits and land grants to every descendant of enslaved African Americans. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. Read More Here

Critics Sound Alarm Over ‘Twitter Troll’ Elon Musk’s Company Takeover https://digitalarkansasnews.com/critics-sound-alarm-over-twitter-troll-elon-musks-company-takeover-2/ Elon Musk’s looming Twitter takeover has triggered warnings on the left that under his leadership the platform will be flooded with hate speech and misinformation, especially ahead of coming election cycles. Musk hasn’t provided a detailed picture of the version of Twitter he plans to run, but he’s foreshadowed creating a platform focused on what he deems “free speech,” meaning there would be less content moderation and a strong likelihood of former President Trump regaining access to his once favored account. With the deal barreling ahead after Musk agreed to follow through on his purchase of the company and a judge halted the trial in Twitter’s lawsuit against the billionaire, those changes could be fast approaching — and they have critics worried. “Even if you don’t use Twitter, this is going to affect you,” Angelo Carusone, president of the left-leaning watchdog group Media Matters, told The Hill. He likened the potential Musk acquisition of Twitter to when Fox News launched more than two decades ago, offering an alternative to balance what its founders viewed as a media landscape that catered to liberals. “That’s what Fox became — and it had a profound distorting effect on the news media, on our society. And if you look at what Musk says about social media, we are in the same moment, just updated 30 years later,” Carusone said. “[Musk] sees Twitter, and the policies that he wants to put in place and the way that he wants to use the platform, as a way to balance out those other social networks,” he added. The changes Musk could make at Twitter are “going to start to reshape and influence” how other platforms interact with disinformation, extremism, harassment and abuse, he said. The billionaire Tesla and SpaceX CEO came to an agreement with Twitter to buy the company for $44 billion in April, but over the summer he backed out of the deal and accused Twitter of not being forthcoming with information about spam bots on the platform. Twitter denied the allegations and sued Musk to hold him accountable for his agreement. This week Musk said he would, again, agree to his offer and tried to get the case dismissed. Twitter is still pushing for its trial against Musk, but a judge halted the case and gave Musk until Oct. 28 to close the deal or face a November trial date. One constant throughout the five-month process has been Musk’s pledge to embrace his vision of free speech, one that appears to be in line with the lax content moderation measures Republicans have been advocating for. “I’m not doing Twitter for the money. It’s not like I’m trying to buy some yacht and I can’t afford it. I don’t own any boats. But I think it’s important that people have a maximally trusted and inclusive means of exchanging ideas and that it should be as trusted and transparent as possible,” Musk, who has previously dubbed himself a “free speech absolutist,” said in an interview with the Financial Times published Friday. At the same time, he seems to be trying to separate his view from that governing the fringe sites that have popped up to cater to right-wing users — including Trump’s Truth Social. He called the former president’s app “essentially a rightwing echo chamber.” “It might as well be called Trumpet,” Musk said. Musk’s own style of using Twitter may guide how he leads the company. Throughout the on-and-off-again deal, he used his account on the platform to call out top executives. At one point in May, for instance, he tweeted a lone poop emoji in response to a lengthy explanation from Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal about bots. “He’s a premier Twitter troll himself,” said Paul Barrett, a deputy director of New York University Stern’s Center for Business and Human Rights. “He loves to insult people on Twitter and I think the fact that that’s his motivation as opposed to a clear business plan for Twitter, or even a clear ideological plan … makes the situation very volatile and difficult to forecast. Because I think a lot of it has to do with his whims and what he’s feeling like when he wakes up on any given day,” Barrett added. That troll-like approach could lead Twitter to “slide back toward” the “real cesspool” it was five to 10 years ago, Barrett said. As Twitter grew in those years, it implemented more moderation measures to rein in harassment and other forms of hate speech. Feminist group UltraViolet warned Musk’s changes could especially harm marginalized communities online. “If this deal goes through, Twitter will become an even more dangerous place for women, threats of violence online against Black women and women of color will skyrocket, and anti-trans content will take hold of user feeds,” UltraViolet communications director Bridget Todd said in a statement. Musk has offered the most concrete glimpse into his plans for Twitter changes when it comes to the fate of Trump’s account. Twitter took among the most stringent steps of any tech company regarding Trump’s social media accounts following the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack last year, putting in place a permanent ban after deeming the former president’s tweets about the riot that day violated Twitter’s glorification of violence policy. Company executives doubled down repeatedly that the ban would be permanent, even if Trump runs for office again. But Musk has other plans. In May he said he would reverse the ban, calling it a “morally bad decision” and “foolish in the extreme.” If Trump is allowed back onto Twitter, it would give him access to the account he used most to post online when he was running for president and while in office. It could also influence other platforms to lift their bans on Trump. “Twitter easing up and allowing the former president to return to the platform would put pressure on the other platforms to do the same,” Barrett said. Meta, the new parent company name for Facebook, has already teased potentially letting Trump back on in January. The platform said its temporary suspension of Trump would be reevaluated in 2023, two years after it was put in place. “It is likely that Meta is going to restore Donald Trump’s Facebook account, but it’s not certain, there’s clearly a window of engagement there. It’s a guarantee that they will restore his Facebook account if Twitter does, it’s a fact,” Carusone said. Letting Trump, or other figures that have been banned, back on could play a key role in the lead up to the 2024 election, and in earlier contests. Carusone said Twitter changing hands may impact the midterm races, and the narratives about their results, pending the completion of the deal on its new October deadline. “I don’t think he’s going to allow Twitter to enforce those policies early on, even in the immediacy. So I think the effects will be smaller, certainly, into the midterms than they will be for 2024, but they will feel them. Especially in the races that are very tight and contested,” he said. While figures on the left lament the potential changes, Musk’s vision for Twitter has been embraced on the right. Republicans, including Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), poised to take control of the House Judiciary Committee if the GOP wins the House in November, cheered Musk’s push to buy the company. “Two things the Left hates: Elon Musk and the First Amendment,” Jordan tweeted Wednesday. Musk’s renewed takeover effort comes as online content moderation faces an inflection point. Motivated by accusations that tech companies are censoring content with an anti-conservative bias, Republican-led states are trying to put in place laws that would tie the hands of those companies when they seek to remove posts or accounts that violate their policies. Florida and Texas are entrenched in legal challenges with tech industry groups over the laws, and one of the cases is expected to wind up before the Supreme Court. At the same time, another case involving tech companies’ controversial liability shield, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, is already slated to be heard by the nation’s high court this session. “The social media industry is now subject to kind of a legal pincer maneuver with people coming at it from very different orientations, but all of those approaches, those assaults are threatening to how the social media industry does business —and I think Elon Musk is a third threat,” Barrett said. “He’s not legislation, and he’s not litigation, but he’s a threat via a volatile personality coming to own a major platform and possibly disrupting the general direction toward more self regulation on the part of that platform in particular. For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to The Hill. 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Student No Longer Attending Trinity High School Following Racist Social Media Post https://digitalarkansasnews.com/student-no-longer-attending-trinity-high-school-following-racist-social-media-post/ A student who was seen on an Instagram post with a racist poster referencing slavery is no longer a student at Trinity High School.In a statement sent Saturday morning, superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Diocese of Manchester, Dr. David Thibault, said privacy prevents from providing certain information, but said that the individual is no longer a student at Trinity High School.The statement also said that there is a narrative that is baseless of a rumor of a “one-day suspension” and allowing the student to continue participating in athletics is not true and never has been. News 9 has opted not to show the Instagram post depicting a former Trinity High School boy posing with a girl, along with the racist sign referencing slavery.”The sentiment expressed in that photo has no place in our community,” Thibault said in the statement. NAACP Manchester President James McKim said the post was “totally inappropriate and offensive.””I think that it’s a reflection on our culture that makes students — some students, not all but some students — feel like that is an appropriate kind of statement to make or remark to make,” McKim said.School president Nathan Stanton said the picture was taken a few weeks ago out of state but was brought to his attention Thursday afternoon. He did not go into detail about repercussions for the student involved, but he said Trinity has a no-tolerance policy and that swift action was taken.”We actually escorted the student out of the school at the end of the day, before school ended, and we met as a team and met with the diocese, and I would say within two hours, we made a decision and contacted the family,” Stanton said.Stanton said the girl in the photo does not go to Trinity. He said the focus is on supporting students.McKim said he has been in contact with Trinity leadership and thinks the statement they put out was very good. He said more can be done.”To me, expelling someone, removing them from the school in the situation, is really akin to sweeping the matter under the rug, just pushing it away, saying, ‘we’re not going to deal with it.’ And that doesn’t help the student, that doesn’t help the community in the long term,” McKim said. “So, what I like to advocate for, is restorative justice, and to say, let’s bring all the parties together, the perpetrator and the victims — and the victims are people of color in the community in Trinity and outside of Trinity. Let’s bring them all together and discuss what this student is going to do to repair the harm that he has done.”One student, who asked to remain anonymous, said seeing the post circulate made her feel angry and hurt.”It’s terrible. It’s terrible,” she said. “I shouldn’t have to go to school, go throughout my day and then see someone who I pass in the halls or pass at lunch post something like this. It hurts. And it’s like, OK, so that’s what you think of me.'”McKim said the focus should not fully center on the student.”A lot of the focus may be on the student in his actions. A lot of the focus may be on the school and the leadership in the Catholic Diocese and district and their actions. But we also need to center the experiences and the feelings of the Black men and boys who are starting to get their identity and all of a sudden, see this kind of post that makes it seem like they’re less than human, even though we’re in 2022 and we’re not picking cotton anymore,” McKim said. “By seeing that, and the sense that that’s been put out there as a way that someone thinks today in 2022, that’s traumatic.””We view everything that we do in our Catholic schools through the Catholic lens, and so Catholic teaching tells us that students – all people – are created in the likeness of God,” said Alison Mueller, director of marketing for the Diocese of Manchester. “And because they’re created in the image and likeness of God, they have inherent dignity and inherent values. So, when things like this happen, as unfortunate and uncommon as they are, it’s an opportunity for all of us to do some work with our students.”In a letter to the Trinity community, Stanton said there have been external violent threats made against the high school, so out of an abundance of caution, they are canceling all scheduled sporting events this weekend. MANCHESTER, N.H. — A student who was seen on an Instagram post with a racist poster referencing slavery is no longer a student at Trinity High School. In a statement sent Saturday morning, superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Diocese of Manchester, Dr. David Thibault, said privacy prevents from providing certain information, but said that the individual is no longer a student at Trinity High School. The statement also said that there is a narrative that is baseless of a rumor of a “one-day suspension” and allowing the student to continue participating in athletics is not true and never has been. News 9 has opted not to show the Instagram post depicting a former Trinity High School boy posing with a girl, along with the racist sign referencing slavery. “The sentiment expressed in that photo has no place in our community,” Thibault said in the statement. NAACP Manchester President James McKim said the post was “totally inappropriate and offensive.” “I think that it’s a reflection on our culture that makes students — some students, not all but some students — feel like that is an appropriate kind of statement to make or remark to make,” McKim said. School president Nathan Stanton said the picture was taken a few weeks ago out of state but was brought to his attention Thursday afternoon. He did not go into detail about repercussions for the student involved, but he said Trinity has a no-tolerance policy and that swift action was taken. “We actually escorted the student out of the school at the end of the day, before school ended, and we met as a team and met with the diocese, and I would say within two hours, we made a decision and contacted the family,” Stanton said. Stanton said the girl in the photo does not go to Trinity. He said the focus is on supporting students. McKim said he has been in contact with Trinity leadership and thinks the statement they put out was very good. He said more can be done. “To me, expelling someone, removing them from the school in the situation, is really akin to sweeping the matter under the rug, just pushing it away, saying, ‘we’re not going to deal with it.’ And that doesn’t help the student, that doesn’t help the community in the long term,” McKim said. “So, what I like to advocate for, is restorative justice, and to say, let’s bring all the parties together, the perpetrator and the victims — and the victims are people of color in the community in Trinity and outside of Trinity. Let’s bring them all together and discuss what this student is going to do to repair the harm that he has done.” One student, who asked to remain anonymous, said seeing the post circulate made her feel angry and hurt. “It’s terrible. It’s terrible,” she said. “I shouldn’t have to go to school, go throughout my day and then see someone who I pass in the halls or pass at lunch post something like this. It hurts. And it’s like, OK, so that’s what you think of me.'” McKim said the focus should not fully center on the student. “A lot of the focus may be on the student in his actions. A lot of the focus may be on the school and the leadership in the Catholic Diocese and district and their actions. But we also need to center the experiences and the feelings of the Black men and boys who are starting to get their identity and all of a sudden, see this kind of post that makes it seem like they’re less than human, even though we’re in 2022 and we’re not picking cotton anymore,” McKim said. “By seeing that, and the sense that that’s been put out there as a way that someone thinks today in 2022, that’s traumatic.” “We view everything that we do in our Catholic schools through the Catholic lens, and so Catholic teaching tells us that students – all people – are created in the likeness of God,” said Alison Mueller, director of marketing for the Diocese of Manchester. “And because they’re created in the image and likeness of God, they have inherent dignity and inherent values. So, when things like this happen, as unfortunate and uncommon as they are, it’s an opportunity for all of us to do some work with our students.” In a letter to the Trinity community, Stanton said there have been external violent threats made against the high school, so out of an abundance of caution, they are canceling all scheduled sporting events this weekend. Read More Here

Critics Sound Alarm Over ‘Twitter Troll’ Elon Musk’s Company Takeover https://digitalarkansasnews.com/critics-sound-alarm-over-twitter-troll-elon-musks-company-takeover/ Elon Musk’s looming Twitter takeover has triggered warnings on the left that under his leadership the platform will be flooded with hate speech and misinformation, especially ahead of coming election cycles.  Musk hasn’t provided a detailed picture of the version of Twitter he plans to run, but he’s foreshadowed creating a platform focused on what he deems “free speech,” meaning there would be less content moderation and a strong likelihood of former President Trump regaining access to his once favored account. With the deal barreling ahead after Musk agreed to follow through on his purchase of the company and a judge halted the trial in Twitter’s lawsuit against the billionaire, those changes could be fast approaching — and they have critics worried.  “Even if you don’t use Twitter, this is going to affect you,” Angelo Carusone, president of the left-leaning watchdog group Media Matters, told The Hill.  He likened the potential Musk acquisition of Twitter to when Fox News launched more than two decades ago, offering an alternative to balance what its founders viewed as a media landscape that catered to liberals.  “That’s what Fox became — and it had a profound distorting effect on the news media, on our society. And if you look at what Musk says about social media, we are in the same moment, just updated 30 years later,” Carusone said.  “[Musk] sees Twitter, and the policies that he wants to put in place and the way that he wants to use the platform, as a way to balance out those other social networks,” he added.  The changes Musk could make at Twitter are “going to start to reshape and influence” how other platforms interact with disinformation, extremism, harassment and abuse, he said.  The billionaire Tesla and SpaceX CEO came to an agreement with Twitter to buy the company for $44 billion in April, but over the summer he backed out of the deal and accused Twitter of not being forthcoming with information about spam bots on the platform. Twitter denied the allegations and sued Musk to hold him accountable for his agreement.  This week Musk said he would, again, agree to his offer and tried to get the case dismissed. Twitter is still pushing for its trial against Musk, but a judge halted the case and gave Musk until Oct. 28 to close the deal or face a November trial date.  One constant throughout the five-month process has been Musk’s pledge to embrace his vision of free speech, one that appears to be in line with the lax content moderation measures Republicans have been advocating for. “I’m not doing Twitter for the money. It’s not like I’m trying to buy some yacht and I can’t afford it. I don’t own any boats. But I think it’s important that people have a maximally trusted and inclusive means of exchanging ideas and that it should be as trusted and transparent as possible,” Musk, who has previously dubbed himself a “free speech absolutist,” said in an interview with the Financial Times published Friday. At the same time, he seems to be trying to separate his view from that governing the fringe sites that have popped up to cater to right-wing users — including Trump’s Truth Social. He called the former president’s app “essentially a rightwing echo chamber.”  “It might as well be called Trumpet,” Musk said.  Musk’s own style of using Twitter may guide how he leads the company. Throughout the on-and-off-again deal, he used his account on the platform to call out top executives. At one point in May, for instance, he tweeted a lone poop emoji in response to a lengthy explanation from Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal about bots.  “He’s a premier Twitter troll himself,” said Paul Barrett, a deputy director of New York University Stern’s Center for Business and Human Rights. “He loves to insult people on Twitter and I think the fact that that’s his motivation as opposed to a clear business plan for Twitter, or even a clear ideological plan … makes the situation very volatile and difficult to forecast. Because I think a lot of it has to do with his whims and what he’s feeling like when he wakes up on any given day,” Barrett added. That troll-like approach could lead Twitter to “slide back toward” the “real cesspool” it was five to 10 years ago, Barrett said. As Twitter grew in those years, it implemented more moderation measures to rein in harassment and other forms of hate speech.  Feminist group UltraViolet warned Musk’s changes could especially harm marginalized communities online.  “If this deal goes through, Twitter will become an even more dangerous place for women, threats of violence online against Black women and women of color will skyrocket, and anti-trans content will take hold of user feeds,” UltraViolet communications director Bridget Todd said in a statement.  Musk has offered the most concrete glimpse into his plans for Twitter changes when it comes to the fate of Trump’s account.  Twitter took among the most stringent steps of any tech company regarding Trump’s social media accounts following the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack last year, putting in place a permanent ban after deeming the former president’s tweets about the riot that day violated Twitter’s glorification of violence policy. Company executives doubled down repeatedly that the ban would be permanent, even if Trump runs for office again.  But Musk has other plans. In May he said he would reverse the ban, calling it a “morally bad decision” and “foolish in the extreme.”   If Trump is allowed back onto Twitter, it would give him access to the account he used most to post online when he was running for president and while in office.  It could also influence other platforms to lift their bans on Trump.  “Twitter easing up and allowing the former president to return to the platform would put pressure on the other platforms to do the same,” Barrett said.  Meta, the new parent company name for Facebook, has already teased potentially letting Trump back on in January. The platform said its temporary suspension of Trump would be reevaluated in 2023, two years after it was put in place. “It is likely that Meta is going to restore Donald Trump’s Facebook account, but it’s not certain, there’s clearly a window of engagement there. It’s a guarantee that they will restore his Facebook account if Twitter does, it’s a fact,” Carusone said.  Letting Trump, or other figures that have been banned, back on could play a key role in the lead up to the 2024 election, and in earlier contests.  Carusone said Twitter changing hands may impact the midterm races, and the narratives about their results, pending the completion of the deal on its new October deadline.  “I don’t think he’s going to allow Twitter to enforce those policies early on, even in the immediacy. So I think the effects will be smaller, certainly, into the midterms than they will be for 2024, but they will feel them. Especially in the races that are very tight and contested,” he said.  While figures on the left lament the potential changes, Musk’s vision for Twitter has been embraced on the right. Republicans, including Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), poised to take control of the House Judiciary Committee if the GOP wins the House in November, cheered Musk’s push to buy the company.  “Two things the Left hates: Elon Musk and the First Amendment,” Jordan tweeted Wednesday.  Musk’s renewed takeover effort comes as online content moderation faces an inflection point.  Motivated by accusations that tech companies are censoring content with an anti-conservative bias, Republican-led states are trying to put in place laws that would tie the hands of those companies when they seek to remove posts or accounts that violate their policies. Florida and Texas are entrenched in legal challenges with tech industry groups over the laws, and one of the cases is expected to wind up before the Supreme Court.  At the same time, another case involving tech companies’ controversial liability shield, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, is already slated to be heard by the nation’s high court this session.  “The social media industry is now subject to kind of a legal pincer maneuver with people coming at it from very different orientations, but all of those approaches, those assaults are threatening to how the social media industry does business —and I think Elon Musk is a third threat,” Barrett said. “He’s not legislation, and he’s not litigation, but he’s a threat via a volatile personality coming to own a major platform and possibly disrupting the general direction toward more self regulation on the part of that platform in particular. Read More Here

Kanye West's Instagram Account Gets Restricted For Violating Platform's Rules And Guidelines https://digitalarkansasnews.com/kanye-wests-instagram-account-gets-restricted-for-violating-platforms-rules-and-guidelines/ Kanye West attends Sean Combs 50th Birthday Bash presented by Ciroc Vodka on December 14, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. Kevin Mazur/Getty Kanye West Kanye West is facing action from Meta after sharing what some have deemed an anti-Semitic post. Instagram restricted the Grammy Award winner’s account and deleted content from his page after he violated the social media platform’s rules and guidelines, according to NBC News and CNN, although a Meta spokesperson did not confirm to either outlet what content violated their rules. In a now-deleted post from Friday, West shared a screenshot of a text exchange between himself and Diddy, in which allegedly appeared to show West claiming that Combs was controlled by Jewish people. “Jesus is Jew,” he wrote in the caption, reported NBC News. RELATED: Kanye West Turns on Jared Kushner in New Interview, Says He Was ‘Holding Trump Back’ The American Jewish Committee (AJC) on Friday called out West’s language for perpetuating “anti-Semitic tropes like greed and control,” writing in a statement: “Kanye West should figure out how to make a point without using antisemitism. Over the last week, the musician has fomented hatred of Jews.” They also referenced his appearance this week on Tucker Carlson Tonight, in which he said that Jared Kushner‘s work with Israel that resulted in a peace treaty with the United Arab Emirates “was to make money.” “The greed theme has led to a long list of Jewish stereotypes, such as being money-oriented or controlling the world’s finances. The control theme seeks to falsely portray Jews as secret puppet masters ruling over others,” AJC continued. “Ye needs to learn that words matter.” RELATED VIDEO: Gigi Hadid Slams Kanye West for Attacking Fashion Editor Gabriella Karefa-Johnson: ‘You’re a Bully’ Following his controversial two-part interview on the Fox News show in which he talked about the blowback from wearing a “White Lives Matter” shirt for his Yeezy show Monday at Paris Fashion Week, West’s social media activity abruptly moved from Instagram to Twitter on Friday night, where he called out Meta owner Mark Zuckerberg. West was last on Twitter in November 2020, Election Day. “Look at this Mark. How you gone kick me off instagram?,” he wrote in part, sharing a throwback photo of the two of them singing karaoke. Elon Musk responded to the tweet with the reception, “Welcome back to Twitter, my friend!” Read More Here

Your Turn, Oct. 9: When Does A Fence Become A Wall? https://digitalarkansasnews.com/your-turn-oct-9-when-does-a-fence-become-a-wall/ Dear Gov. Greg Abbott: During the Sept. 30 debate, in your response to the draconian state abortion bill you signed into law, you said you are a Catholic and you were the first person to hold your adopted newborn daughter. You stated everyone should be able to have that precious moment, and you said you govern on your personal principles. Thus the new abortion law in Texas. You do not allow, however, for others to act on their principles. Under the law you signed, you have tied the hands of obstetricians and doctors who treat and care for women so they can have safe deliveries of their babies. Beyond arguing against the law because it omits abortions for rape victims, including 11-year-old girls, you are neglecting to see the myriad reasons an abortion might be medically necessary to keep the mother from dying. These mothers would love to have that “precious moment” holding their babies, but in many instances, they may die or lose their ability to have another child. This is all due to the “lawful neglect” created by this law. It is shameful for you not to take into account the pain, damage and despair of women and their families. Women deserve to be treated with care, especially during vulnerable times. Erin Strauss debt relief Students need help, too I have heard people complain about students having their school debt forgiven. “Why bail them out?” they ask. How selfish are some who seem to think, “I didn’t get help, so why should someone else get it?” Does anyone want to bet that the same people who are complaining about student debt relief don’t say a thing when the government helps big business? Think about the bailouts for Wall Street and corporate farms. No complaints then. I wonder why some have no problems with a business getting help but object to American citizens getting it. David Maurice, Schertz politics Trump a clear danger If former President Donald Trump, with his hyperbolic, insulting and brutal language is not calling for violence, I don’t know what else to label his rhetoric. If he has not been, and is not still, the most dangerous man to have been in the White House and to seek it still, I don’t know who is. He is the most irresponsible, unprofessional and least diplomatic person I’ve experienced in politics in the United States. God bless those who recognize the clear and present danger he and those like him represent as they work to keep him from doing more damage to this country. Valerie Overstreet How parties see America In every election the character and policies of each candidate are important, but so is the vision of the party they represent. The GOP sees today’s America as a very dark place, full of conspiracies and rigged elections, full of people who hate them, God and America. Its leaders claim that only they can make our country great again as it once was. The Democratic Party sees our country as already great, even with its flaws, with optimism that together we can build a future brighter for all people. Vote for the party focused on an inclusive future. John Fehlauer Immigration More analysis like this Re: “Political theatrics muddle immigration debate,” Another View, Oct. 1: University of Texas at San Antonio professor Jon Taylor’s guest column was very helpful. I appreciate thoughtful analysis like this. I would like to read an article on the various status types of visas given to immigrants. What, for instance, is temporary protected status and which immigrants receive it? Thanks for your continuing coverage of this important issue. Francille Radmann When a fence is a wall Whatever is going up at the border in Texas, it’s not a wall. You’d think that cowboys and farmers would know the difference. Someday, maybe, I can visit the Great Fence of China, and hopefully I won’t slip through the slots. Lucia Casares Uvalde Let the town heal The grief period for the victims of the Uvalde school shooting will last for a long time because of the media coverage. Maybe it’s time to back off from coverage and let people in Uvalde have a breather so time can help heal some of their hurt. Our prayers continue for all those caught up in this tragedy. Bill Ault Read More Here

Blast Damages Crimea Bridge, Key Supply Route In Russia https://digitalarkansasnews.com/blast-damages-crimea-bridge-key-supply-route-in-russia/ An explosion caused the partial collapse of a bridge linking the Crimean Peninsula with Russia on Saturday, damaging a key supply artery for the Kremlin’s faltering war effort in southern Ukraine. Russian authorities said a truck bomb caused the blast and that three people were killed. Images on social media Saturday showed the Kerch Bridge, which has train and automobile sections, in flames. The railway bridge was ablaze and a section of the parallel road bridge collapsed into the sea. The bombing came a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin turned 70, dealing him a humiliating blow that could lead him to up the ante in his war on Ukraine. One military analyst called it a punch in the face for Putin on his birthday, CBS News’ Charlie D’Agata reports. Black smoke billows from a fire on the Kerch Bridge that links Crimea to Russia, after a truck exploded, on Oct. 8, 2022.  AFP via Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree late Saturday tightening security for the Kerch Bridge and for energy infrastructure between Crimea and Russia. Russia’s federal security service, the FSB, was put in charge of the effort, according to a Kremlin statement. The speaker of the Russian-backed regional parliament in Crimea accused Ukraine of the bombing, but Moscow didn’t apportion blame. Ukrainian officials have repeatedly threatened to strike the bridge, and some lauded the destruction on Saturday. But Kyiv stopped short of claiming responsibility. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in a video address, indirectly acknowledged the attack on the bridge by talking about the weather in Crimea but did not address its cause. “Today was a good and mostly sunny day on the territory of our state,” he said. “Unfortunately, it was cloudy in Crimea.” He said Ukraine wants a future “without occupiers. Throughout our territory, in particular in Crimea.” The speaker of Crimea’s Kremlin-backed regional parliament immediately accused Ukraine, though the Kremlin didn’t apportion blame. Ukrainian officials have repeatedly threatened to strike the bridge and some lauded the attack, but Kyiv stopped short of claiming responsibility.  The explosion risked a sharp escalation in Russia’s eight-month war, with some Russian lawmakers calling for Putin to declare a “counterterrorism operation” in retaliation, shedding the term “special military operation” that had downplayed the scope of fighting to ordinary Russians. Such a move could be used by the Kremlin to further broaden the powers of security agencies, ban rallies, tighten censorship, introduce restrictions on travel and expand a partial military mobilization that Putin ordered last month.  Hours after the explosion, Russia’s Defense Ministry announced that the air force chief, Gen. Sergei Surovikin, would be named commander of all Russian troops fighting in Ukraine. It was the first official appointment of a single commander for all Russian forces in Ukraine.  Surovikin had led Russian forces in Syria and was accused of overseeing a brutal bombardment that destroyed much of the city of Aleppo. CBS News The Kerch Bridge opened in 2018 and is a tangible symbol of Moscow’s claims on Crimea. It has provided an essential link to the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014. The $3.6 billion bridge, the longest in Europe, is vital to sustaining Russia’s military operations in southern Ukraine. Putin himself presided over the bridge’s opening in 2018.  The attack on it “will have a further sapping effort on Russian morale, (and) will give an extra boost to Ukraine’s,” said James Nixey of Chatham House, a think tank in London. “Conceivably the Russians can rebuild it, but they can’t defend it while losing a war.” Russia’s National Anti-Terrorism Committee said the truck bomb caused seven railway cars carrying fuel to catch fire, resulting in a “partial collapse of two sections of the bridge.” A man and a woman riding in a vehicle across the bridge were killed by the explosion, Russia’s Investigative Committee said. It didn’t provide details on the third victim or what happened to the truck driver. The blast occurred even though all vehicles crossing the bridge undergo checks for explosives by state-of-the-art control systems, drawing a stream of critical comments from Russian war bloggers who urged Moscow to retaliate by striking Ukrainian civilian infrastructure. The truck that exploded was owned by a resident of the Krasnodar region in southern Russia. Russia’s Investigative Committee said investigators searched the man’s home and were looking at the truck’s route. Train and automobile traffic over the bridge was temporarily suspended. Automobile traffic resumed Saturday afternoon on one of the two links that remained intact from the blast, with the flow alternating in each direction and vehicles undergoing a “full inspection procedure,” Crimea’s Russia-backed regional leader, Sergey Aksyonov, wrote on Telegram. Rail traffic was resuming slowly. Two passenger trains departed from the Crimean cities of Sevastopol and Simferopol and headed toward the bridge Saturday evening. Passenger ferry links between Crimea and the Russian mainland were being relaunched Sunday. The Russian Defense Ministry said troops in the south were receiving necessary supplies through the land corridor along the Sea of Azov and by sea. Russia’s Energy Ministry said Crimea has enough fuel for 15 days. Putin was informed about the explosion and he ordered the creation of a government panel to deal with the emergency. Gennady Zyuganov, head of the Russian Communist Party, said the “terror attack” should serve as a wake-up call. “The special operation must be turned into a counterterrorist operation,” he declared.   Leonid Slutsky, head of the foreign affairs committee in the Russian parliament’s lower house, said “consequences will be imminent” if Ukraine was responsible. And Sergei Mironov, leader of the Just Russia faction, said Russia should respond by attacking key Ukrainian infrastructure, including power plants, bridges and railways.   Such statements may herald a decision by Putin to declare a counterterrorism operation.   The parliamentary leader of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s party stopped short of claiming that Kyiv was responsible, but cast the bridge explosion as a consequence of Moscow’s takeover of Crimea.   “Russian illegal construction is starting to fall apart and catch fire. The reason is simple: If you build something explosive, then sooner or later it will explode,” said David Arakhamia of the Servant of the People party.   The Ukrainian postal service announced it would issue stamps commemorating the blast, as it did after the sinking of the Moskva, a Russian flagship cruiser, by a Ukrainian strike.   The secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, Oleksiy Danilov, tweeted a video with the Kerch Bridge on fire and Marilyn Monroe singing her “Happy Birthday Mr. President” song.    In Moscow, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said “the reaction of the Kyiv regime to the destruction of civilian infrastructure shows its terrorist nature.”   Local authorities in Crimea made conflicting statements about what the damaged bridge would mean for residents. The peninsula is a popular destination for Russian tourists and home to a Russian naval base. A Russian tourist association estimated that 50,000 tourists were in Crimea on vacation on Saturday. Moscow, meanwhile, continues to suffer battlefield losses. On Saturday, a Kremlin-backed official in Ukraine’s Kherson region announced a partial evacuation of civilians from the southern province, one of four illegally annexed by Moscow last week. Kirill Stremousov told Russia’s state-run RIA Novosti agency that young children and the elderly could be relocated because Kherson was getting “ready for a difficult period.” In: Ukraine Russia Vladimir Putin Read More Here

Mindy Kaling Explains The Decision To Change Velma’s Race In HBO Max’s Scooby-Doo Spinoff https://digitalarkansasnews.com/mindy-kaling-explains-the-decision-to-change-velmas-race-in-hbo-maxs-scooby-doo-spinoff/ Velma Dinkley has really been popping as of late. Her position as an LGBTQ+ icon was finally cemented in a recently released Scooby-Doo movie, and the character is set to be the center of the HBO Max spinoff series Velma, which stars Mindy Kaling in the lead role. The show will change things up a bit, as the titular sleuth has been race bent — a creative decision drew backlash that Kaling has since addressed it. Now, the Never Have I Ever creator has shed some light on her decision to alter the character’s race for the production. © Fox null Everyone’s favorite bespectacled know-it-all has been white since the franchise began in the 1960s. But the adult-animated series will portray the character as South Asian, which mirrors Mindy Kaling’s own racial background. The Office alum addressed the change while at New York Comic-Con and explained to EW that there were a lot of discussions regarding Velma’s race. She said: The success of productions like Into the Spider-Verse have definitely opened the door for different takes on classic characters. And those revamped heroes, like Miles Morales’ Spider-Man, have become very popular. In short, this version of Velma is just one of multiple iterations of the braniac, like the one from Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo! The decision to change her ethnic background should make things fresh though, based on the show’s first trailer, her personality will definitely stay intact. And Ms. Dinkley isn’t the only one who’s going to look different in the animated series. Sam Richardson, Constance Wu, and Glenn Howerton will join Mindy Kaling on the adult-themed Scooby-Doo series. Richardson will play an African-American version of resident goofball Norville “Shaggy” Rogers, while Wu takes on the fashion-savvy Daphne, who will be portrayed as Asian. Howerton, meanwhile will play Mystery Inc. leader Fred, who will still be white. The adult-animated series will cover Velma’s life before she and the gang became teenage supersleuths and will do so with a humorous and complicated spin. All in all, it’ll be exciting to see what Mindy Kaling has planned for this new interpretation of the beloved heroine and her friends. Velma’s 10-episode first season will premiere in 2023, so make sure you have an HBO Max subscription by then if you want to check it out. Those in need of something to watch right now can check out CinemaBlend’s 2022 TV schedule. And if you specifically have a passion for the iconic Hanna-Barbera-birthed franchise, watch the first two live-action Scooby-Doo films using a Netflix subscription. Microsoft and partners may be compensated if you purchase something through recommended links in this article. Read More Here

Man Shot In Estérel Had Met With FBI About Ties To Woman Who Gained Access To Trump https://digitalarkansasnews.com/man-shot-in-esterel-had-met-with-fbi-about-ties-to-woman-who-gained-access-to-trump/ Valeriy Tarasenko, 44, is a former associate of Inna Yashchyshyn, who circulated at Mar-a-Lago by pretending to be a Rothschild family heiress. Quebec police set up roadblocks and searched cars after shootings near a resort in Estérel on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. Photo by Hayley Juhl /Montreal Gazette A man shot near a lakeside hotel in the Laurentians on Friday and linked to a fake heiress who gained access to former U.S. president Donald Trump at his Florida estate was once described by his wife’s step-father as being “involved in some unclear activities.” Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Valeriy Tarasenko, who is about to turn 45, survived the shooting, which occurred in Estérel, about 95 kilometres north of Montreal. However, the suspect or suspects in what has been described as a “targeted shooting” are still at large, the Sûreté du Québec reported on Saturday. Montreal Gazette Headline News Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Montreal Gazette, a division of Postmedia Network Inc. By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails. Postmedia Network Inc. | 365 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 3L4 | 416-383-2300 “We have nothing more to say than it’s a 44-year-old man who was injured, his life is not in danger and an investigation is underway,” SQ Sgt. Marythé Bolduc said. The police would not say, for example, if they have leads on the suspect or suspects, whether Tarasenko was, as initially reported, shot in the hotel’s parking lot and whether Tarasenko was accompanied at the time of the shooting. “As far as I know, Valery [sic] has never worked and he is involved in some unclear activities,” Tarasenko’s step father-in-law, Yury Manakhov, stated in an affidavit filed in Quebec Superior Court in 2012. Manakhov successfully sued his step-daughter, Anna Kovalenko Tarasenko, claiming $370,000 in unpaid loans. Advertisement 3 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Tarasenko is a former associate of Inna Yashchyshyn, who made international headlines this year after it was revealed she had gained access to Trump and members of his inner circle at his Mar-a-Lago estate by pretending to be a Rothschild family heiress. A picture taken of her next to the former president on his golf course was widely published. Tarasenko, who had businesses with Yaschyshyn, told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette this year he had met with the FBI and turned over documents and photos tied to an investigation into Yashchyshyn, her trips to Trump’s residence and businesses she set up over the past seven years. The Post-Gazette, in collaboration with the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), quoted Tarasenko as saying he had hired Yaschyshyn in 2014 to live in his Miami condo and watch his daughter while he travelled. The pair fell out, however, and he accused Yaschyshyn of abusing his daughter. Yaschyshyn vigorously denies the allegation and claims Tarasenko was violent and effectively held her hostage, the Post-Gazette and OCCRP reported. Advertisement 4 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Quebec business records show a non-profit company, the United Hearts of Mercy, still registered at a downtown Montreal condo Tarasenko’s wife, Anna Kovalenko Tarasenko, sold this past June. The non-profit, created in 2010 and also called Coeurs unis de la miséricorde, lists Yaschyshyn as president and Kovalenko Tarasenko as treasurer. The vice-president is listed as Tatiana Verzilina, whom the Post-Gazette and OCCRP reported to be the certified public accountant of an organization in Florida also called United Hearts of Mercy.  The Post-Gazette and OCCRP reported Verzilina alleged in a 2021 sworn statement, which was turned over to the FBI, the Florida-registered United Hearts of Mercy, now inactive, was a source of illicit funds for organized crime. Advertisement 5 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Valeriy Tarasenko was president of the Quebec-based United Hearts of Mercy until 2015, while two other people are listed as past vice-presidents, the Quebec business record shows. The record lists the non-profit’s activity in Quebec as charity. However, the name doesn’t currently appear in the charities registry of the Canada Revenue Agency. The Quebec courts have ordered bailiffs to sell certain of the Tarasenkos’ properties, including a chalet in Estérel, to repay Kovalenko Tarasenko’s debt to her step-father, Manakhov. The Tarasenkos’ current real estate holdings — which also include parcels of land in Estérel — are registered to Kovalenko Tarasenko. A for-profit Quebec company, Bastion-M Inc., which lists its activities as residential construction and management consulting, shows Kovalenko Tarasenko as first shareholder and Verzilina as second shareholder. Valeriy Tarasenko was president of the company from 2007 to 2011. Advertisement 6 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Anna Kovalenko Tarasenko married Valeriy Tarasenko in Russia in 2003 and they had a child together, according to one of the rulings in the case involving her step-father. Kovalenko Tarasenko told her mother and step-father in 2006 she had divorced Tarasenko in 2005 and wished to emigrate to Canada to study at a Montreal university, it said. Kovalenko Tarasenko arrived to Montreal in 2006, and her step-father loaned her $250,000 U.S. in 2007 to buy a condo in the city and set her up, the ruling said. She later remarried Valeriy Tarasenko, who arrived in Montreal in 2008, it said. Manakhov, who eventually emigrated to Montreal with Kovalenko Tarasenko’s mother, claimed in his 2012 affidavit that his step-daughter was “under the negative influence of her husband, Valery Tarasenko [sic]” and “was constantly lying to me about the real nature of her relation with Valery Tarasenko.” Advertisement 7 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manakhov claimed in his affidavit his step-daughter said in 2011 she wanted to divorce her husband and needed money. Manakhov said he continued to loan his step-daughter money “to pay her debts and help her with divorce,” but that she “lied to me pretending that she was preparing to divorce with Tarasenko … (and) made no action to obtain divorce.” Manakhov won his case against his step-daughter in 2019. The judgement ordered Kovalenko Tarasenko to pay Manakhov $370,000 with interest and an additional indemnity and allowed Manakhov to seize his step-daughter’s properties. Kovalenko Tarasenko unsuccessfully sued her step-father last year for alleged defamation during their legal battle. La Presse reported Saturday that Valeriy Tarasenko was charged in 2015 with death threats against Manakhov. The newspaper said the case was settled by a peace order that prohibited Tarasenko from approaching his stepfather. lgyulai@postmedia.com Read More Here

Reuters US Domestic News Summary | Law-Order https://digitalarkansasnews.com/reuters-us-domestic-news-summary-law-order-2/ Following is a summary of current US domestic news briefs. Uvalde school district suspends entire police force after May shooting The school district in Uvalde, Texas, suspended its entire police force on Friday, pending the outcome of a probe following the mass shooting in May that killed 19 students and two teachers, the district said in a statement. The district said it suspended all activities of the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police Department “for a period of time.” The police force consisted of five officers and one security guard, according to its website. Sandy Hook jurors end first day of deliberations in Alex Jones damages case A Connecticut jury on Friday ended its first full day of deliberations without a decision on how much conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay families of victims for falsely claiming the Sandy Hook mass shooting in 2012 was a hoax. Deliberations will resume on Tuesday in Waterbury, Connecticut state court, not far from where a gunman killed 20 children and six staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December 2012. Jones claimed for years that the massacre was staged with actors by the government as part of a plot to seize Americans’ guns. U.S. Treasury sets new tax credit rule to expand affordable housing The U.S. Treasury moved to preserve and expand the supply of affordable housing on Friday by finalizing a new tax credit income rule that may qualify more housing projects and extending deadlines for when they must be placed in service. The finalized income-averaging rule for the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit now allows a broader mix of income levels among residents of qualifying projects, by using an average, rather than fixed limits for all units. Kevin Spacey accuser testifies at sex abuse trial about ‘alarming’ encounter Anthony Rapp, who has accused Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey of making an unwanted sexual advance in 1986 when Rapp was 14, testified on Friday at a civil trial that he felt like a “deer in the headlights” when Spacey climbed on top of him at a party. Rapp, who sued Spacey in November 2020 and is seeking $40 million in damages for battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress, said on the witness stand in Manhattan federal court that he was able to “swerve my way out” from under an intoxicated Spacey, who was then 26 and acting on Broadway. Factbox-Voters in five U.S. states to decide on legalizing marijuana in November midterms Voters in five states will decide whether to legalize adult-use marijuana in November’s midterm elections, as 19 other states and the District of Columbia have done. Public support for legalizing the drug has risen in recent years, and President Joe Biden on Thursday announced he was pardoning thousands of people who had been convicted of federal marijuana possession charges. ‘Big shrimping family’ in Florida left homeless by Hurricane Ian Ricky Moran, a shrimper who worked and slept on the boat he captained out of Fort Myers Beach, lost both a secure livelihood and a safe place to live when Hurricane Ian roared into southwest Florida and smashed the trawler he calls home. The Category 4 storm lifted the craft from its moorings like it was a toy and left it in a twisted heap on shore along with a half dozen other battered boats, most flipped on their sides or with the hulls facing the sky. Moran now finds himself without a safe place to live or a means to make a living. Appeals court temporarily blocks Arizona’s abortion ban An appeals court on Friday temporarily blocked Arizona from enforcing a 1901 ban on nearly all abortions in the state, overruling a trial court’s decision last month to let the ban proceed. The Arizona Court of Appeals granted Planned Parenthood’s request for an emergency stay of Pima County Superior Court’s ruling on Sept. 23 that lifted an injunction on the ban. The appeals court said the abortion-rights advocacy group “demonstrated a substantial likelihood of success” in its challenge of that decision. NYC mayor declares state of emergency amid migrant busing crisis New York City Mayor Eric Adams declared a state of emergency on Friday in response to thousands of migrants bused to the city in recent months from the U.S. southern border in a political dispute over border security. The city expects to spend $1 billion to manage the influx of the migrants, Adams said in a speech at City Hall. More than 17,000 have arrived in New York since April; an average of five or six buses each day since early September, with nine buses pulling into the city on Thursday, said Adams, a Democrat, straining the city’s homeless shelter system. Oath Keepers founder spoke of ‘bloody’ war ahead of U.S. Capitol attack Prosecutors in the trial of five Oath Keepers members on Friday showed a jury fresh evidence that the right-wing militia group’s founder Stewart Rhodes told his followers ahead of last year’s U.S. Capitol attack there would be a “bloody” war if then-President Donald Trump failed to reverse his 2020 election loss. In numerous text messages, online postings and speeches shown as evidence, Rhodes promoted the use of force and implored Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act, a 19th century U.S. law that empowers presidents to deploy troops to quell civil unrest. Gray whale numbers along North America’s west coast down nearly 40% since 2016 The number of gray whales migrating along the Pacific Coast of North America has steadily declined by nearly 40% from a 2016 peak, and the population produced its fewest calves on record this year, according to U.S. research released on Friday. The 38% drop from the population’s 2016 high of 27,000 whales to 16,650 this year resembles previous fluctuations but warrants further attention, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Research Administration (NOAA) report said. (This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.) Read More Here

Herschel Walker Centers Pitch To Republicans On ‘wokeness’ https://digitalarkansasnews.com/herschel-walker-centers-pitch-to-republicans-on-wokeness/ EMERSON, Ga. Herschel Walker pitches himself as a politician who can bridge America’s racial and cultural divides because he loves everyone and overlooks differences. “I don’t care what color you are,” Georgia’s Republican Senate nominee, who is Black, told an overwhelmingly white crowd recently in Bartow County, north of Atlanta. “This is a good place,” Walker said of the United States, “and a way we make it better is by coming together.” Yet the former University of Georgia football star who calls all Georgians “my family” has staked out familiar conservative ground on the nation’s most glaring societal fissures, seemingly contradicting his promises of unity. Walker says those who do not share his vision of the country can leave and he blasts his opponent, Sen. Raphael Warnock, and the Democratic Party as the real purveyors of division. Their “wokeness” on race, transgender rights and other issues, Walker insists, threatens U.S. power and identity. “Sen. Warnock believes America is a bad country full of racist people,” Walker says in one ad. It’s a claim based on the fact that Warnock, who is also Black, has acknowledged institutional racism during his sermons as a Baptist minister. “I believe we’re a great country full of generous people,” Walker concludes. That approach is not surprising in a state controlled for most of its history by white cultural conservatives and it aligns Walker with many high-profile Republicans, including former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. But Walker’s arguments make for a striking contrast in a Senate contest featuring two Black men born in the Deep South during or immediately following the civil rights movement. The strategy will face its fiercest test in the closing weeks of the campaign as Walker vehemently denies reports from The Daily Beast that he encouraged and paid for a woman’s 2009 abortion and later fathered a child with her. The New York Times reported Friday that he urged her to have a second abortion, a request she refused. The Daily Beast also published new details provided by the woman about Walker’s lack of involvement with their child. Such developments would typically sink a Republican candidate, but Walker is betting the conservative ground he has staked out throughout the campaign will ultimately win over voters who are singularly interested in flipping a Democratic seat and retaking the Senate majority. His advisers believe Walker’s rhetoric reflects the views of many Georgians, at least most who will vote this fall. Most specifically, it is an appeal to whites, including moderates who may be wary of the first-time candidate yet believe Democrats push too much social change. The outcome could turn on how Walker’s pitch lands in an electorate that’s gotten younger, more urban, less white and less native to Georgia since Walker, 60, and Warnock, 53, grew up in the state. Mark Rountree, a Republican pollster, said a narrow but solid majority of Georgia voters “responds favorably to Republican messaging broadly,” including socially conservative rhetoric. “I don’t know that they all use that ‘wokeness’ terminology but they’re not completely happy with all the cultural changes that have gone on in America,” he said, stressing that group includes metro Atlanta white voters who helped President Joe Biden win Georgia in 2020. Warnock, as minister of Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, where Martin Luther King Jr. preached, has long linked the civil rights leader’s vision of a “beloved community” to 21st century discussions of diversity and justice, including religious pluralism, LGBTQ rights, ballot access, racial equity, law enforcement and other issues. But in Warnock’s paid advertising, where most of the state’s 7 million-plus registered voters encounter the candidates, the pastor-politician casts himself mostly as a hardworking senator who has delivered results and federal money for Georgia. Walker saves his hottest rhetoric for campaign events, where crowds are measured in dozens or hundreds, rather than the thousands and millions watching carefully cultivated ads. In one such ad, a smiling Walker talks of unity after a string of Democrats — Warnock, Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and Georgia’s Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams — are heard discussing racism. Addressing fellow Republicans, Walker maintains the smile but goes harder at the left, especially on transgender rights. “They’re bringing wokeness in our military,” Walker said during a stop in Cumming, part of the critical northern suburbs of metro Atlanta. It was an apparent reference to the Pentagon allowing transgender people to serve and have access to medical care. “The greatest fighting force ever assembled before God (and) they’re talking about pronouns,” Walker said. “Are you serious? How do you identify? I can promise you right now China ain’t talking about how you can identify. They’re talking about war.” Walker sometimes presents his mores as humor. “Y’all see it. They telling you what is a woman. Think about it,” he said in Bartow County, drawing laughter from voters. “That’s right,” he continued with a broad smile. “They’re telling you a man can get pregnant. Hey, I’m gone tell you right now, a man can’t get pregnant.” Warnock, Walker says, “wants men in women’s sports.” Walker’s campaign aides point separately to a Senate vote on a Republican amendment that would have limited federal money for any educational institutions “that permit any student whose biological sex is male to participate in an athletic program or activity designated for women or girls.” The amendment failed on a party-line vote. “That’s sort of like saying you want Herschel Walker to compete against your daughters,” Walker said in Norcross, eliciting more laughs. Children, Walker argued in Emerson, are especially vulnerable: “Our kids are behind because they want to be woke. What about teaching them how to write? … How to read? … How to spell?” Walker rarely identifies the policies he opposes or explains counterproposals. He sticks instead with broader cultural branding, and in perhaps the most direct contradiction of his unity messaging, recommends that those with a different vision for America consider moving. “If you don’t like the rules under our roof, you can go somewhere else,” he said in Bartow County, after recalling a similar message his father once delivered to him. Warnock seems reluctant to answer Walker’s broadsides directly. “My job is to represent all the people of Georgia across racial and ethnic and religious line, and all corner of this state,” he told reporters last week. Asked specifically about Walker’s emphasis on transgender politics, Warnock said: “People love their children and they want to make sure that their children are safe from hatred and bigotry. So, you know, I will remain focused on all our young people and, at the same time, creating opportunities for young people.” Geoff Wetrosky, campaign director at the Human Rights Campaign, a national organization that advocates for LGBTQ rights, said Walker is recycling the well-worn political strategy of scaring voters using a marginalized minority. “He is spreading propaganda and creating more stigma, discrimination and violence against LGBTQ people,” Wetrosky said. “Their rhetoric is not about keeping kids safe, it’s about riling up a small number of base voters while interfering with the rights of parents of LGBT kids to provide stable, happy and healthy homes for the kids.” Walker does not link every cultural complaint to Warnock but comes at the incumbent aggressively on race and racism, even invoking King to suggest Georgia’s first Black U.S. senator is subservient to a white president. “Martin Luther King, he said when your back is bent, people can ride your back. Straighten up and quit letting people ride your back,” Walker said in Cumming, loosely quoting Warnock’s iconic predecessor at Ebenezer. “That’s what (Warnock) been doing all the time, 96% of the time he voted with Joe Biden.” After a recent campaign stop in suburban Atlanta, Walker told reporters “institutional racism still exists because you continue to talk about it.” He added, “It always exists (but) things have changed from years ago.” Pressed on whether government should combat racism and other discrimination, Walker insisted the Constitution already does. “If you do what it says on the paper, that means every man would be treated fair,” he said without elaborating. “Do we need to get better? Yes,” he allowed. “But right now we’re talking about separation. … You have to bring together.” Walker’s methods, especially trying to use King against Warnock, rankle the senator’s aides and allies. Campaign manager Quentin Fulks said Warnock has “brought people together from the pulpit and in the U.S. Senate to get things done,” adding that Walker has “no vision” for Georgians. That’s a twist on a line from Warnock’s standard campaign speech: “People who have no vision traffic in division.” At the Human Rights Campaign, Wetrosky argues that sweeping attacks on “wokeness” will not sway the middle of the electorate and could ultimately backfire. “We see this as a desperate attempt by politicians to either hold on to the power that they have or gain power by trying to rile up extremists in their base,” he said. Nonetheless, Walker’s rhetoric solidifies strong support from voters such as Roy Taylor, a Canton resident who came to hear the GOP nominee speak in Cumming. Taylor said his opposition to “huge, massive government” drives his support for Walker. But his loyalties are intensified because he is “tired of Democrats trying to make Republicans out … like we’re all bigots. “That,” Taylor said, “is just not true.” Read More Here

Protests In Iran: State-Run Live TV Hacked By Protesters https://digitalarkansasnews.com/protests-in-iran-state-run-live-tv-hacked-by-protesters/ Media caption, Watch: Iran state broadcaster hacked live on air Iran’s state-run broadcaster was apparently hacked on air Saturday, with a news bulletin interrupted by a protest against the country’s leader. A mask appeared on the screen, followed by an image of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei with flames around him. The group called itself “Adalat Ali”, or Ali’s Justice. It comes after at least three people were shot dead when protesters clashed with security forces in new unrest over the death of Mahsa Amini. Ms Amini was detained in Tehran by morality police for allegedly not covering her hair properly. The 22-year-old Iranian Kurd died in custody on 16 September, three days after her arrest. Her death has sparked an unprecedented wave of protest across the country. Saturday’s TV news bulletin was interrupted at about 18:00 local time with images which included Iran’s supreme leader with a target on his head, photos of Ms Amini and three other women killed in recent protests. One of the captions read “join us and rise up”, whilst another said “our youths’ blood is dripping off your paws”. The interruption lasted only a few seconds before being cut off. Such displays of rebellion against Ayatollah Ali Khamenei are historically rare, and he wields almost complete power within Iran. But following Ms Amini’s death, there has been some open dissent. Also on Saturday, social media videos emerged which seemed to show female students at a university in Tehran chanting “get lost” during a visit by President Ebrahim Raisi. Earlier in the day, two people were killed in Sanandaj, including a man shot in his car after he sounded his horn in support of protesters. A video shared online also showed a woman shot in the neck lying unconscious on the ground in Mashhad. In Sanandaj, a police official said a man had been killed by “counter-revolutionaries”, the state-run news agency IRNA reported. On Friday, Iran’s Forensic Medicine Organisation said Ms Amini had died from multiple organ failure caused by cerebral hypoxia – and not from blows to the head, as her family and protesters contend. Rights groups say more than 150 people have been killed since the protests in the Islamic Republic began on 17 September. Shops in several cities have shut in support of the protesters, including in Tehran’s bazaar where some set fire to a police kiosk and chased the security forces away. The protests reaching the bazaar in Tehran will ring alarm bells with Iranian leaders who have counted the merchants as among their supporters. Media caption, Watch: The protests currently sweeping the country have their roots in changes made after the 1979 revolution Read More Here

Tropical Storm Julia Strengthens Into Category 1 Hurricane https://digitalarkansasnews.com/tropical-storm-julia-strengthens-into-category-1-hurricane/ MIDDLE AND LET HER HALF OF THE WORKWEEK ASKED WEEK. THE LATEST ON JULIA, IT IS NOW A HURRICANE AT THAT IS BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO PLANES IN THE SYSTEM RIGHT NOW. AS THEY WERE INVESTIGATED THIS STORM THEY DID FIND HURRICANE STRENGTH WINDS. IT WAS JUST ISSUED A SPECIAL ADVISORY AT 7:00. WINDS SUSTAINING AT 75 MILES PER HOUR. RIGHT NOW IT IS ABOUT 140 MILES OFF THE COAST OF NICARAGUA. THIS WILL MOVE WEST AND MAKE LANDFALL EARLY TOMORROW MORNING AS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE AND WEAKEN INTO A TROPICAL STORM AS IT MOVES INLAND. IT COULD ACTUALLY MOVE OUT TOWARDS THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND IT HAS A LOW CHANCE OF REDEVELOPING IN THE PACIFIC. WE WILL KEEP AN EYE ON THAT PART RIGHT NOW THE CHANCES LOOK FAIRLY LOW. IT IS EXPECTED TO BRING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS CENTRAL AMERICA. SOME AREAS WILL PICK UP OVER A FOOT OF RAINFALL AND THAT COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. NO IMPACTS HERE AT HOME IN TERMS OF JULIA BUT LOOK AT OUR LOCAL FORECAST. FEBRUARY — FABULOUS FALL WEATHER STICKS AROUND AN BEAST OR TO SEE THE RAIN CHANCES INCREASE BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. Tropical Storm Julia strengthens into Category 1 hurricane Tropical Storm Julia strengthened into a hurricane on Saturday and is forecast to move toward Central America. As of Saturday night, the system was 10 miles south of San Andres Island, Colombia and 140 miles east of Bluefields, Nicaragua.Julia had winds of 75 mph, and the system was moving west at 17 mph.”On the forecast track, the center of Julia is expected to pass near or over San Andres and Providencia Islands later today and then move inland along the coast of Nicaragua early Sunday morning,” the National Hurricane Center said.This storm is not expected to impact Florida.SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:A hurricane warning is in effect for…* San Andres, Providencia, and Santa Catalina Islands Colombia* Nicaragua from Bluefields to Puerto CabezasA hurricane watch is in effect for…* Nicaragua north of Puerto Cabezas to the Honduras/Nicaragua borderA tropical storm warning is in effect for…* Nicaragua south of Bluefields to the Nicaragua/Costa Rica border* Nicaragua north of Puerto Cabezas to the Honduras/Nicaragua border* Pacific coast of Nicaragua* Pacific coast of HondurasA tropical storm watch is in effect for…* Honduras from the Nicaragua/Honduras border to Punta Patuca* Coast of El SalvadorKNOW WHAT TO DO WHEN A HURRICANE WATCH IS ISSUEDStay tuned to WESH 2 News, WESH.COM, or NOAA Weather Radio for storm updates.Prepare to bring inside any lawn furniture, outdoor decorations or ornaments, trash cans, hanging plants, and anything else that can be picked up by the wind.Understand hurricane forecast models and cones.Prepare to cover all windows of your home. If shutters have not been installed, use precut plywood.Check batteries and stock up on canned food, first-aid supplies, drinking water, and medications.The WESH 2 First Warning Weather Team recommends you have these items ready before the storm strikes.Bottled water: One gallon of water per person per dayCanned food and soup, such as beans and chiliCan opener for the cans without the easy-open lidsAssemble a first-aid kitTwo weeks’ worth of prescription medicationsBaby/children’s needs, such as formula and diapersFlashlight and batteriesBattery-operated weather radioWHAT TO DO WHEN A HURRICANE WARNING IS ISSUEDListen to the advice of local officials. If you are advised to evacuate, leave.Complete preparation activities.If you are not advised to evacuate, stay indoors, away from windows.Be alert for tornadoes. Tornadoes can happen during a hurricane and after it passes over. Remain indoors, in the center of your home, in a closet or bathroom without windows.HOW YOUR SMARTPHONE CAN HELP DURING A HURRICANEA smartphone can be your best friend in a hurricane — with the right websites and apps, you can turn it into a powerful tool for guiding you through a storm’s approach, arrival and aftermath.Download the WESH 2 News app for iOS | AndroidEnable emergency alerts — if you have an iPhone, select settings, then go into notifications. From there, look for government alerts and enable emergency alerts.If you have an Android phone, from the home page of the app, scroll to the right along the bottom and click on “settings.” On the settings menu, click on “severe weather alerts.” From the menu, select from most severe, moderate-severe, or all alerts.PET AND ANIMAL SAFETYYour pet should be a part of your family plan. If you must evacuate, the most important thing you can do to protect your pets is to evacuate them too. Leaving pets behind, even if you try to create a safe space for them, could result in injury or death.Contact hotels and motels outside of your immediate area to see if they take pets.Ask friends, relatives and others outside of the affected area whether they could shelter your animal. Tropical Storm Julia strengthened into a hurricane on Saturday and is forecast to move toward Central America. As of Saturday night, the system was 10 miles south of San Andres Island, Colombia and 140 miles east of Bluefields, Nicaragua. Julia had winds of 75 mph, and the system was moving west at 17 mph. This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. “On the forecast track, the center of Julia is expected to pass near or over San Andres and Providencia Islands later today and then move inland along the coast of Nicaragua early Sunday morning,” the National Hurricane Center said. This storm is not expected to impact Florida. SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT: A hurricane warning is in effect for… * San Andres, Providencia, and Santa Catalina Islands Colombia * Nicaragua from Bluefields to Puerto Cabezas A hurricane watch is in effect for… * Nicaragua north of Puerto Cabezas to the Honduras/Nicaragua border A tropical storm warning is in effect for… * Nicaragua south of Bluefields to the Nicaragua/Costa Rica border * Nicaragua north of Puerto Cabezas to the Honduras/Nicaragua border * Pacific coast of Nicaragua * Pacific coast of Honduras A tropical storm watch is in effect for… * Honduras from the Nicaragua/Honduras border to Punta Patuca * Coast of El Salvador KNOW WHAT TO DO WHEN A HURRICANE WATCH IS ISSUED Stay tuned to WESH 2 News, WESH.COM, or NOAA Weather Radio for storm updates. Prepare to bring inside any lawn furniture, outdoor decorations or ornaments, trash cans, hanging plants, and anything else that can be picked up by the wind. Understand hurricane forecast models and cones. Prepare to cover all windows of your home. If shutters have not been installed, use precut plywood. Check batteries and stock up on canned food, first-aid supplies, drinking water, and medications. The WESH 2 First Warning Weather Team recommends you have these items ready before the storm strikes. Bottled water: One gallon of water per person per day Canned food and soup, such as beans and chili Can opener for the cans without the easy-open lids Assemble a first-aid kit Two weeks’ worth of prescription medications Baby/children’s needs, such as formula and diapers Flashlight and batteries Battery-operated weather radio WHAT TO DO WHEN A HURRICANE WARNING IS ISSUED Listen to the advice of local officials. If you are advised to evacuate, leave. Complete preparation activities. If you are not advised to evacuate, stay indoors, away from windows. Be alert for tornadoes. Tornadoes can happen during a hurricane and after it passes over. Remain indoors, in the center of your home, in a closet or bathroom without windows. HOW YOUR SMARTPHONE CAN HELP DURING A HURRICANE A smartphone can be your best friend in a hurricane — with the right websites and apps, you can turn it into a powerful tool for guiding you through a storm’s approach, arrival and aftermath. Download the WESH 2 News app for iOS | Android Enable emergency alerts — if you have an iPhone, select settings, then go into notifications. From there, look for government alerts and enable emergency alerts. If you have an Android phone, from the home page of the app, scroll to the right along the bottom and click on “settings.” On the settings menu, click on “severe weather alerts.” From the menu, select from most severe, moderate-severe, or all alerts. PET AND ANIMAL SAFETY Your pet should be a part of your family plan. If you must evacuate, the most important thing you can do to protect your pets is to evacuate them too. Leaving pets behind, even if you try to create a safe space for them, could result in injury or death. Contact hotels and motels outside of your immediate area to see if they take pets. Ask friends, relatives and others outside of the affected area whether they could shelter your animal. Read More Here

How The St. Louis Cardinals Empowered The Dallas Cowboys https://digitalarkansasnews.com/how-the-st-louis-cardinals-empowered-the-dallas-cowboys/ Jerry Jones’s interview on 105.3 The Fan revealed some details tying the St. Louis baseball Cardinals to the Dallas Cowboys that people may not have been so keen to. The question was posed what Jerry would have done if he had caught the 62nd homerun ball hit by Aaron Judge. To paraphrase, Jerry said it would depend on if he was poor or not. Which is about the answer one might get from anybody. But it’s nice to see that his booming wealth hasn’t dissolved his rationale. His answer unbundled further memories from long, long ago. According to classmates.com, Jerral “Jerry” Wayne Jones graduated in 1960 from North Little Rock High School in North Little Rock, Arkansas. He had played on the high school football team where he was also the captain. Additionally, he was on the track team as well as the publications staff. Many in the south were Cardinals fans About two thirds of the way through the last century, when he was still young, Jerry recalled that many in the south were Cardinals fans. He implied that, like everyone else around him, he was also a Cardinals fan. Jerry can be known to beat around the bush. He did eventually get to the point after a verbal bush beating routine. His answer shed light onto an interesting tidbit about the Cardinals. The ramblings of Jerry Jones are almost always a bundle of joy to unpack. See below for further details: “My part of the world in Arkansas you couldn’t go down the street in a subdivision or you couldn’t go down the street in just a street and people would be sitting on the porch, and they’d be sitting there in a chair and gathered around listening to the radio and listening to the St. Louis Cardinals. It was just like the sun going down.” Jerry was really in full form telling the story to the podcast’s listeners. After wading through all the “ums” to shake some hesitation and uncertainty from the story, it was about to get more interesting. Jerry continued. “As a matter of fact, the extent of the sophistication of my purchase of the Cowboys was that the Cowboys were losing so much money… about a million dollars a month to be exact…that my idea was… that the way to right that ship was to do something like the Cardinals had done in their association with Anheuser Busch and Budweiser. And that surely that association… that made Anheuser Busch and Budweiser what they were, and I dropped it at that, that was enough for me to go and be involve with the Cowboys.” The veins of the Cowboys Jerry Jones is not known for his ability to get directly to the point. Even by his own admission, he is known to ramble on. Seemingly more often than not, he will share more information than he had planned. Even if it were the case in this instance, he’d probably not regret it. Jerry continued. “…I never dreamed that as time would follow, I knew I had to have something other than tickets and television to make it work. So, they were in their own way a little role model for me as to maybe how to justify somehow getting the juice to flow through the veins of the cowboys.” The process of translating Jerry’s murmurs can sometimes feel like driving through the mud with bald tires. But one doesn’t have to spin their wheels too long to read between those lines. The Cowboys were bleeding money. Emboldened by their success, Jerry stood on the shoulders of the Cardinals branding wisdom and used their success as mental fuel for his bold investment. After some brutal personnel decisions, he made the team profitable; and the world would never view him or the Cowboys in the same light again. This article first appeared on Gridiron Heroics and was syndicated with permission. More must-reads: Magic G Jalen Suggs has knee sprain, bone bruise Cowboys OL Jason Peters could miss a few weeks with chest injury The ‘Most postseason home runs by team’ quiz Read More…

Watch MEGADETH Guitarist KIKO LOUREIRO Jam The Drums With Bassist JAMES LOMENZO https://digitalarkansasnews.com/watch-megadeth-guitarist-kiko-loureiro-jam-the-drums-with-bassist-james-lomenzo/ October 8, 2022, an hour ago news megadeth heavy metal Megadeth guitarist Kiko Loureiro has shared a new behind-the-scenes video from the band’s latest US tour with Five Finger Death Punch. Check out a jam session where is playing drums alongside bassist James LoMenzo. Remaining dates on the tour are as follows: October 8 – St. Louis, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheater 10 – Atlanta, GA – Ameris Bank Amphitheatre 12 – Rogers, AR – Walmart AMP 14 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena 15 – Salt Lake City, UT – USANA Amphitheatre Megadeth’s The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead! is Megadeth’s highest global charting record of all time, charting Top 10 in 13 countries around the world including #1 in Finland, #2 in Australia, Scotland & Switzerland, and #3 in the UK. Read More Here

GOP Leaders Silent After Trump Says McConnell Has A ‘Deathwish’ & Slurs Wife https://digitalarkansasnews.com/gop-leaders-silent-after-trump-says-mcconnell-has-a-deathwish-slurs-wife/ GOP leaders have been silent after former President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to criticize Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for not attempting to block the spending package to prevent a government shutdown. The former president, in his post, described McConnell as an avid supporter of “Democratic sponsored bills. He has a DEATH WISH. Must immediately seek help and advise from his China loving wife, Coco Chow!” This is not the first time Trump has attacked McConnell. After Senate Republican leader voted for President Joe Biden‘s bipartisan infrastructure package Trump wrote, “Is McConnell approving all of these Trillions of Dollars worth of Democrat sponsored Bills, without even the slightest bit of negotiation, because he hates Donald J. Trump, and he knows I am strongly opposed to them, or is he doing it because he believes in the Fake and Highly Destructive Green New Deal, and is willing to take the Country down with him?” Neither McConnell nor his wife Elaine Chao, who is Taiwanese born not Chinese, responded to the racist jab. Trump has gone back and forth on the issue of government spending. In 2020, he supported Democratic backed $2,000 stimulus checks, instead of the $600 planned by his party. Back when this debate was raging, he also accused Republicans of having a “death wish.” In fact, McConnell has blocked various attempts by Democrats to get much of their agenda passed during Biden’s presidency. A feud has been brewing between the former president and Senate minority leader since the January 6 insurrection when McConnell blasted Trump for not doing more. One of the only Republicans to speak out against Trump’s racist rant was defeated Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming), who has led the investigation into Trump in the January 6 hearings, who called Trump’s words “absolutely despicable.” Read more about: Read More Here

Lindsey Graham Wanted Jan. 6 Rioters Shot Dead, Book Claims https://digitalarkansasnews.com/lindsey-graham-wanted-jan-6-rioters-shot-dead-book-claims/ Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told Capitol police officers they should have shot and killed rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, a former police officer claims in his new book Hold the Line. “We gave you guys guns, and you should have used them,” Michael Fanone quoted Graham as saying during a May 2021 discussion with law enforcement. “You guys should have shot them all in the head,” the Republican lawmaker was quoted saying, according to excerpts of the book obtained by Politico. Graham denounced the insurrection on the Senate floor at the time but quickly returned to his role as a hardcore Trump loyalist. Fanone was almost killed on Jan. 6 as rioters attacked him while trying to enter the Capitol. He left his job less than a year after the attack, slamming Republican politicians for downplaying the attack. Read it at Politico Read More Here

Once-Hopeful Iowa Democrats Running Uphill Vs. Sen. Grassley https://digitalarkansasnews.com/once-hopeful-iowa-democrats-running-uphill-vs-sen-grassley/ Republican incumbent, 89, has spent four decades in office By Thomas Beaumont, Associated Press Published: October 8, 2022, 3:39pm 8 Photos Iowa Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Michael Franken greets supporters with his wife Jordan, right, after a rally in West Des Moines, Iowa, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. Franken is facing an uphill final month in his challenge of seven-term Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley. (AP Photo/Thomas Beaumont) Photo Gallery WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — When Michael Franken won the Democratic nomination for the Senate in June, many in Iowa’s disillusioned party thought they landed on a candidate who could reverse their humbling slide in the state. After all, the retired Navy admiral won 76 of 99 counties, in every region of the state, notably conservative northern and western Iowa. His hesitancy during the primary campaign to back weapons bans and college loan forgiveness were signs that he aimed to appeal to moderate Democrats and even some Republicans tired of incumbent Chuck Grassley after four decades in office. But those ambitions are beginning to fade as Election Day, Nov. 8, approaches. Franken’s quest to unseat the most senior Republican in the Senate has been wounded by allegations that the Democrat kissed a former campaign aide without permission. Franken’s campaign has denied the claim. He’s defied skeptics before, beating the better-known and better-funded former Rep. Abby Finkenauer in the primary. Nonetheless, many Democrats acknowledge that a race always considered a long shot is at risk of slipping firmly out of reach. To Democrat Marcia Nichols, the former longtime political director for Iowa’s largest public employees union, the allegation, “whatever it is, it’s made it tougher now.” But she noted that Franken took on Finkenauer, “who was pretty popular, and beat her by a lot. I’m not writing him off.” The obstacles seemed distant during a recent campaign stop as Franken, in his standard Navy ball cap, urged hundreds of supporters on a warm early-autumn afternoon in suburban Des Moines to rally Republicans who might want a change after 42 years of Grassley in the Senate. “Iowans wake up every day doing hard things,” Franken said. “That takes, in today’s environment, a lot of guts.” To win, Franken would have to have to share voters with Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds, a devout social conservative and fervent Donald Trump supporter who is favored in her reelection campaign. He would have to defy a decadelong Republican ascendency in Iowa, made harder in an election year when majority Democrats in Congress are facing economic headwinds and tepid approval of Democratic President Joe Biden. Franken’s challenges are part of a broader reversal of fortunes for Democrats. A decade ago, Grassley and five-term progressive Democrat Tom Harkin were Iowa’s senators. Democrats held three of five U.S. House seats and a thin majority in the state Senate. Today, Rep. Cindy Axne of West Des Moines is Iowa’s lone Democrat in Congress, and she is considered among the most vulnerable in her party this fall. The GOP’s hold on the statehouse is the party’s longest in more than six decades. Franken’s resounding primary victory offered a glimmer of a chance for Democrats. A month after the primary, Franken trailed Grassley by just 8 percentage points among likely voters in a Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll. That pointed to a potentially closer race than Grassley has faced since he defeated Democratic Sen. John Culver in 1980. With no help from the Democrats’ national Senate campaign arm, Franken has raised a noteworthy $8.3 million this year, including $3.6 million in the third quarter. Grassley had reported raising $7.5 million through the end of July but had not released his total for July-September period. That report is due by Oct. 15. The majority job approval that Grassley had owned for roughly two decades of Des Moines Register polling has recently fallen: It has hovered in unfamiliar territory and was at 46 percent in the July poll. Also telling of the shift, 64 percent of likely voters said in a June 2021 Des Moines Register poll they did not want him to run again, given the choice of seeing someone else hold office or reelecting the senator for another term. The change in mood comes as Grassley, who entered the Senate as a Ronald Reagan-era fiscal conservative, has tried to adapt to the hyper-partisan politics of the Trump era. Facing pointed questions from voters last year about why he had declined to say Democrat Joe Biden won the 2020 election, Grassley parsed his language to obliquely suggest Biden is president as the result of the Electoral College vote count. About two-thirds of Republicans nationally said they do not think Biden was legitimately elected, according to an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll in July 2021. A year ago, Grassley beamed when Trump endorsed him at a Des Moines rally that drew 10,000 to the Iowa state fairgrounds, where the former president argued falsely that he had won the 2020 election. “I’m smart enough to accept that endorsement,” Grassley told the audience, noting Trump’s comfortable victory in Iowa in that race. Grassley has campaigned little in public. He has relied more on television advertising, much of it critical of Franken for comments he made about the direction of the state under Republican leadership. Grassley turned 89 last month and says he has no concerns about being able to finish another six-year term — he would be 95 at the end of an eighth term. “Absolutely not,” he said during a Wednesday news conference. He ticked through his daily schedule, which he said includes rising at 4 a.m., running 2 miles six days a week and arriving at his office by 6 a.m. The Columbian is becoming a rare example of a news organization with local, family ownership. Subscribe today to support local journalism and help us to build a stronger community. “Unless God intervenes, I’m going to be in the Senate for six years,” he added. Franken has steered clear of Grassley’s age and instead has cast Grassley’s time in office as his chief liability. “We deserve better than a senator for life,” the Democrat said. Franken has characterized Grassley’s praise of the Supreme Court decision stripping women of their constitutional right to an abortion as out of step with Iowa, where polls show a majority of voters support keeping abortion legal. Franken, who supports enacting legislation making abortion a federal right, held a modest advantage with women likely voters in the July Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll. But the publication of a police report detailing the unwanted kiss with the former campaign staffer has prompted questions from some would-be Franken supporters. The campaign manager issued a public statement that the allegation in the report was untrue, and the police called it unfounded. Elizabeth Sibers, a 22-year-old Iowa State University student from Waukee who attended Franken’s rally, said she would like him, at a minimum, to speak out against harassment. “It does trouble me. He needs to take the time to address it,” she said. Sibers remains open to voting for him and said she wants to “give Franken the chance to grow from this, and not just look past it.” Grassley said he does not plan to raise it as a campaign issue. But when Franken called him “anti-woman,” for supporting the overturning of Roe v. Wade, Grassley replied quickly and curtly. “You’re in no position to lecture me about women,” he said. “You’re in no position to do that.” Read More Here

Fort Smith Car Crash Leads To Injuries And Delays https://digitalarkansasnews.com/fort-smith-car-crash-leads-to-injuries-and-delays/ by: Elena Ramirez Posted: Oct 8, 2022 / 03:45 PM CDT Updated: Oct 8, 2022 / 03:45 PM CDT by: Elena Ramirez Posted: Oct 8, 2022 / 03:45 PM CDT Updated: Oct 8, 2022 / 03:45 PM CDT FORT SMITH, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — Fort Smith Police Department reported a two-car accident with injuries on North 10th Street and H Street. Delays are expected for a few hours according to a press release. First responders arrived at the scene around 3 p.m. The severity of the injuries is unknown. Residents should expect delays for the next few hours as first responders work the scene. FPD says to please consider alternate routes if traveling through the affected area. Latest Video Bentonville hosts Oktoberfest for First Friday Luther George Park renovation in Springdale Latco truss warehouse owner speaks up about massive … Walmart Museum temporarily moving Meet the candidates for Washington County Judge Fearless Friday Team of the Week — Elkins High School Trending Stories Read More Here

NC Senate Nominees Parry Over Abortion, Inflation In Debate – Salisbury Post https://digitalarkansasnews.com/nc-senate-nominees-parry-over-abortion-inflation-in-debate-salisbury-post/ Published 4:35 pm Saturday, October 8, 2022 By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH — The major-party candidates to succeed retiring North Carolina Republican Sen. Richard Burr parried over inflation, abortion and election integrity on Friday night in their only expected debate. Democratic nominee Cheri Beasley and Republican U.S. Rep. Ted Budd met at a Raleigh cable television studio for nearly an hour of questions. This election outcome in North Carolina, where statewide elections are usually evenly divided but where Democrats haven’t won a Senate race since 2008, could decide which party takes a majority in the current 50-50 Senate. Mail-in absentee voting started last month, and early in-person voting begins Oct. 20. Democratic hopes this time are in Beasley, a former chief justice of the state Supreme Court who would be the state’s first Black senator if elected. Budd, a gun shop and range owner first elected to Congress in 2016, relied heavily on President Donald Trump’s endorsement and on outside spending to win the Republican primary in May. Trump rallied with Budd two weeks ago in North Carolina. Beasley, who went on offense early in the debate, said Trump “represents the most extremist policies and ideology … the reality is Congressman Budd has aligned himself with somebody who is truly extremist in this race, and that’s a reflection on him.” Budd defended Trump’s help, pointing to the low unemployment and low inflation during the former president’s term and Trump’s victories in North Carolina in 2016 and 2020 — compared with higher inflation today. Trump “had a lot of wins here in this state, including for our economy,” Budd said. In turn, Budd said Beasley was running from President Joe Biden and would be a rubber stamp for his policies. “Joe Biden is on the ballot on Nov. 8 and he goes by the name this year of Cheri Beasley,” Budd said. Beasley didn’t directly answer the moderator’s question about whether she would appear with Biden if he agreed to campaign for him: “President Biden is certainly welcome … We want him to know and meet folks and hear from folks here in the state.” Beasley also criticized Budd for voting in the House in early 2021 to attempt to delay the 2020 presidential election certification. He stood by that, saying “the core of that vote … was to inspire more debate because I think debate is healthy for democracy.” Budd also said he would accept the results of next month’s election. Beasley said it was “outrageous” that Budd has tried to compare the 2020 presidential election challenge to her 2020 campaign for chief justice, which questioned the counting or rejection of many specific absentee ballots. Beasley ended up losing by 401 votes from 5.4 million ballots cast. Beasley said she requested “a free and fair recount and legal recount to make sure that every single vote was counted.” Beasley also pounded Budd’s opposition to abortion, an issue greatly elevated by the U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down Roe v. Wade. Budd co-sponsored a recent measure to ban abortion nationally after 15 weeks of pregnancy, with some exceptions. He previously backed a bill that would ban abortions after cardiac activity is detected, usually around six weeks of fertilization. “The bottom line is Congressman Budd wants to be in between a woman and her doctor, and there is no place in the exam room for Congressman Budd,” she said. When asked what his ideal abortion bill would look like, he responded: “I’ve always been about protecting the life of the mother. I want to save as many unborn lives as possible.” Budd accused Beasley of being extreme on abortion for supporting a federal bill that would codify the previous Supreme Court standard. While Beasley’s campaign has outraised Budd entering the summer, national Senate Republican groups have neutralized that advantage already spending over $26 million against her, according to campaign reports. National Democrats, in turn, have spent a small fraction of that amount for Beasley or against Budd. Beasley’s supporters hoped her debate performance Friday would attract more outside help. Beasley said Budd has repeatedly voted against the needs of North Carolina residents, including opposing bills that would have capped the cost of insulin for seniors and letting the federal government to negotiate lower drug prices for Medicare. On inflation, Beasley was willing to criticize Biden, but not solely. “I certainly believe that the president and Congress can work a whole lot harder to make sure that prices are being lowered,” she said, but with Budd in Congress for six years, “he’s partly to blame as well.” Budd and Beasley have tried to portray themselves as allies of law enforcement. Budd has received key endorsements from groups representing troopers, police officers and border patrol agents. Budd declined to participate in any of the four GOP primary debates. In the Democratic primary, the field had been cleared of Beasley’s leading competitors during the campaign’s final months. The Libertarian and Green party Senate candidates didn’t participate in Friday’s debate. Read More Here

US Forecast https://digitalarkansasnews.com/us-forecast-18/ City/Town, State;Yesterday’s High Temp (F);Yesterday’s Low Temp (F);Today’s High Temp (F);Today’s Low Temp (F);Weather Condition;Wind Direction;Wind Speed (MPH);Humidity (%);Chance of Precip. (%);UV Index Albany, NY;56;37;61;41;Clouds and sun;S;9;57%;6%;4 Albuquerque, NM;61;52;67;52;A stray t-shower;SE;7;61%;57%;2 Anchorage, AK;55;43;48;31;Rain tapering off;SW;7;86%;98%;0 Asheville, NC;64;39;65;41;Mostly sunny;NNW;5;64%;8%;5 Atlanta, GA;74;46;73;46;Sunny and pleasant;NW;6;48%;9%;5 Atlantic City, NJ;61;45;65;47;Sunny and breezy;W;14;47%;3%;4 Austin, TX;89;63;88;64;Mostly sunny;SSE;5;47%;5%;6 Baltimore, MD;61;44;66;47;Plenty of sunshine;W;8;44%;6%;4 Baton Rouge, LA;87;57;84;56;Sunny and pleasant;NE;7;49%;8%;6 Billings, MT;70;46;75;46;Partly sunny, warm;NE;7;43%;0%;4 Birmingham, AL;73;43;74;45;Sunny and pleasant;N;8;38%;5%;5 Bismarck, ND;71;39;66;39;Mostly sunny;SE;6;55%;2%;3 Boise, ID;80;50;80;49;Sunny and very warm;NE;7;31%;0%;4 Boston, MA;61;44;64;46;Mostly sunny;WSW;11;44%;2%;4 Bridgeport, CT;60;41;63;44;Plenty of sunshine;W;9;49%;4%;4 Buffalo, NY;52;45;61;45;Windy with a shower;SW;18;50%;78%;4 Burlington, VT;51;40;55;37;A couple of showers;N;11;58%;86%;1 Caribou, ME;49;35;50;28;A shower;W;10;64%;83%;2 Casper, WY;67;37;74;39;Mostly sunny, warm;WSW;9;31%;0%;4 Charleston, SC;76;61;76;62;Nice with sunshine;ENE;9;75%;29%;4 Charleston, WV;59;34;64;38;Mostly sunny;SSE;5;57%;2%;4 Charlotte, NC;71;47;67;50;Lots of sun, nice;N;6;57%;25%;4 Cheyenne, WY;63;37;70;41;Sunshine, pleasant;SW;6;31%;0%;4 Chicago, IL;57;43;66;51;Partly sunny, milder;N;11;40%;2%;4 Cleveland, OH;54;44;62;48;Breezy and warmer;SSW;15;48%;56%;4 Columbia, SC;78;54;74;59;Sunshine and nice;NNE;6;68%;59%;4 Columbus, OH;57;35;63;41;Plenty of sunshine;SSW;9;46%;4%;4 Concord, NH;60;33;61;37;Partly sunny;W;10;55%;5%;4 Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX;77;59;82;64;Mostly sunny;SE;5;50%;24%;5 Denver, CO;66;44;73;46;Sunshine, pleasant;SSW;6;36%;2%;4 Des Moines, IA;61;42;73;46;Mostly sunny, warmer;ENE;9;45%;5%;4 Detroit, MI;56;40;63;46;Partly sunny, warmer;WSW;8;46%;81%;3 Dodge City, KS;61;44;77;49;Mostly sunny, warmer;E;6;53%;1%;5 Duluth, MN;63;41;55;39;Partly sunny;E;8;65%;7%;2 El Paso, TX;73;59;74;59;Some sun, a t-storm;SSE;8;57%;88%;4 Fairbanks, AK;49;38;44;27;Snow and rain;WSW;7;82%;96%;0 Fargo, ND;67;41;63;40;Partly sunny;ESE;8;64%;7%;3 Grand Junction, CO;75;49;75;48;Partly sunny;E;8;38%;3%;5 Grand Rapids, MI;54;41;64;40;Warmer with some sun;NNW;9;50%;33%;4 Hartford, CT;60;38;63;43;Mostly sunny;WSW;8;52%;3%;4 Helena, MT;69;40;71;45;Mostly sunny;SSW;4;48%;0%;3 Honolulu, HI;88;71;85;71;Clouds and sunshine;SSE;6;64%;39%;8 Houston, TX;89;65;87;64;Mostly sunny;S;7;49%;7%;6 Indianapolis, IN;58;38;67;45;Mostly sunny;SSW;9;46%;3%;4 Jackson, MS;80;50;79;53;Sunny and delightful;ESE;6;47%;3%;5 Jacksonville, FL;89;64;84;65;Mostly sunny, nice;NNE;8;64%;8%;6 Juneau, AK;53;53;57;45;Breezy with rain;SSW;14;90%;100%;0 Kansas City, MO;63;48;77;50;Warmer with some sun;ESE;8;47%;0%;4 Knoxville, TN;66;38;68;39;Brilliant sunshine;NE;5;51%;7%;5 Las Vegas, NV;91;65;90;66;Partly sunny;NNW;6;32%;1%;5 Lexington, KY;59;35;65;40;Mostly sunny;SSW;7;50%;0%;4 Little Rock, AR;76;49;79;57;Mostly sunny;SSW;6;52%;13%;5 Long Beach, CA;80;66;79;65;Clouds breaking;SSW;6;68%;2%;5 Los Angeles, CA;83;63;82;63;Clouds breaking;S;6;69%;1%;5 Louisville, KY;61;39;68;44;Mostly sunny;S;7;47%;0%;4 Madison, WI;57;37;66;38;Partly sunny, milder;N;6;44%;10%;4 Memphis, TN;69;49;77;56;Sunny and nice;SSE;5;42%;5%;5 Miami, FL;83;78;85;78;Humid with a t-storm;ENE;11;80%;98%;3 Milwaukee, WI;57;41;65;47;Partly sunny, milder;NNE;8;43%;30%;4 Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN;62;41;64;42;Sun and some clouds;ESE;7;54%;27%;3 Mobile, AL;85;55;81;56;Sunny and pleasant;N;9;41%;5%;5 Montgomery, AL;80;46;77;47;Sunny and nice;N;7;39%;5%;5 Mt. Washington, NH;27;21;28;20;Very windy, cold;WNW;48;95%;31%;2 Nashville, TN;65;36;70;43;Sunny and nice;S;5;46%;1%;5 New Orleans, LA;86;65;81;64;Sunny and pleasant;NE;9;46%;6%;6 New York, NY;60;46;63;48;Plenty of sunshine;WSW;10;41%;3%;4 Newark, NJ;60;42;64;44;Plenty of sunshine;WSW;9;44%;4%;4 Norfolk, VA;63;46;68;49;Plenty of sunshine;S;6;53%;2%;4 Oklahoma City, OK;68;53;76;59;Clouds and sun;SSW;10;64%;26%;3 Olympia, WA;77;47;78;46;Mostly sunny;NNE;6;68%;5%;3 Omaha, NE;65;42;76;44;Sunny and warmer;ENE;7;46%;5%;4 Orlando, FL;85;67;86;70;Sunshine and nice;NNE;9;63%;13%;6 Philadelphia, PA;61;43;64;45;Plenty of sun;SW;9;43%;4%;4 Phoenix, AZ;86;71;90;71;A t-storm around;E;7;36%;64%;5 Pittsburgh, PA;57;38;61;42;Brilliant sunshine;SSW;9;44%;2%;4 Portland, ME;58;38;61;40;Sun and some clouds;NW;12;54%;6%;3 Portland, OR;83;54;84;53;Mostly sunny;N;6;51%;5%;3 Providence, RI;61;37;63;42;Mostly sunny;W;8;47%;3%;4 Raleigh, NC;67;43;69;51;Mostly sunny;SE;4;57%;16%;5 Reno, NV;83;47;81;47;Lots of sun, warm;W;4;27%;31%;4 Richmond, VA;64;39;69;43;Plenty of sun;SE;6;54%;3%;4 Roswell, NM;67;55;70;55;A stray t-shower;S;6;63%;75%;2 Sacramento, CA;93;57;90;56;Partly sunny, warm;S;5;44%;4%;4 Salt Lake City, UT;79;53;78;52;Partly sunny, warm;ESE;7;34%;0%;4 San Antonio, TX;88;64;88;65;Clouds and sun;SSE;8;55%;10%;6 San Diego, CA;75;67;77;65;Humid;SW;7;74%;6%;4 San Francisco, CA;65;55;65;54;Partly sunny;WSW;10;75%;2%;3 Savannah, GA;86;61;80;60;Partly sunny;NNE;8;77%;19%;5 Seattle-Tacoma, WA;78;56;77;55;Mostly sunny;NNE;8;57%;4%;3 Sioux Falls, SD;64;37;71;39;Nice with sunshine;ESE;7;48%;4%;4 Spokane, WA;78;46;78;48;Mostly sunny;SSE;4;51%;1%;3 Springfield, IL;60;37;72;43;Mostly sunny, warmer;SW;9;45%;2%;4 St. Louis, MO;62;38;74;47;Warmer;SSW;7;44%;2%;4 Tampa, FL;90;65;89;70;Mostly sunny, nice;NE;8;64%;12%;6 Toledo, OH;57;38;63;42;Partly sunny;SW;8;47%;88%;4 Tucson, AZ;82;63;82;62;A t-storm around;ESE;8;48%;64%;5 Tulsa, OK;71;51;80;58;Cloudy;SSW;7;59%;13%;2 Vero Beach, FL;84;74;85;75;A stray t-shower;NE;12;72%;91%;3 Washington, DC;61;43;65;45;Plenty of sunshine;SW;7;48%;2%;4 Wichita, KS;66;50;79;52;Warmer;ENE;7;56%;3%;4 Wilmington, DE;61;40;65;42;Plenty of sunshine;SW;10;45%;3%;4 _____ Copyright 2022 AccuWeather Read More…