The New York City Council is asking <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York&#8217;s</a> highest court to reverse a pair of rulings in a move that could ultimately allow non-citizens to vote in local elections.
The controversial law would allow 800,000 non-citizens with green cards to vote.
“Today’s filing to appeal the Second Department’s recent decision seeks a determination from the state’s highest court that the law is consistent with the State Constitution, Election Law, and the Municipal Home Rule Law,” <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/25/us-news/city-council-asks-highest-court-to-allow-non-citizens-to-vote/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> City Council spokesperson Rendy Desamours.
“Empowering New Yorkers to participate in our local democratic process can only strengthen New York City by increasing civic engagement,” he said.
The election law has been winding its way through the court system since it was passed by the City Council back in 2021 and signed into law by then-Mayor Bill de Blasio (D).
Last month, the law was struck down as unconstitutional by an appeals court. The appeals court&#8217;s decision <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/02/21/us-news/nyc-non-citizen-voting-law-struck-down-as-unconstitutional/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">upheld</a> a lower court&#8217;s ruling in 2022 that was appealed by Mayor Eric Adams and the City Council.
Adams, a Democrat, said at the beginning of 2022 that he had initially had some concerns about the bill, but that he was reassured after speaking with colleagues.
“I believe allowing the legislation to be enacted is by far the best choice, and look forward to bringing millions more into the democratic process,” Adams <a href="https://www.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/021-22/mayor-adams-on-our-city-our-vote-legislation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> at the time.
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The appeals court judge wrote in his ruling last month that if non-citizens could vote, they could also potentially run for mayor.
Assemblyman Michael Tannousis, a Republican representing Staten Island, was one of the plaintiffs in that case.
“During a time where nearly 200,000 migrants have flooded our city and streets, disrupting the public and attacking our police officers, my colleagues and I have worked tirelessly to protect our voting laws which were created for citizens of the United States,” Tannousis said last month.
Illegal migrants would not be able to vote under the bill, but they remain a major concern for the city. More than 183,000 migrants have shown up in New York City since the spring of 2022, straining the city&#8217;s shelter space and causing budget cuts.
The City Council argues, however, that non-citizens in the U.S. legally, such as those with green cards, should be allowed to vote since they pay taxes.
“In plain English, the New York state constitution says only citizens have a right to vote in these elections,” <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/25/us-news/city-council-asks-highest-court-to-allow-non-citizens-to-vote/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Staten Island President Vito Fossella, who filed the legal challenge to the law along with other lawmakers.
“The city council has no authority to do what they did,” Fossella said, adding that, “We are not surprised.”

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Former Rep. George <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/george-santos">Santos</a> (R-NY) has filed a lawsuit against Jimmy Kimmel accusing the ABC late-night talk show host of tricking him into making videos that made him the subject of ridicule on national television.
In a suit filed Saturday in U.S. district court for the southern district of New York, Santos accuses ABC, Walt Disney Co., and Kimmel, of copyright infringement, fraudulent inducement, breach of contract, and unjust enrichment, <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/18/santos-sues-jimmy-kimmel-for-tricking-him-into-making-videos-to-ridicule-him-00142059">POLITICO</a> reported.
In the suit, Santos alleged Kimmel misrepresented himself in order to get Santos to create videos on the Cameo app &#8220;capitalizing on and ridiculing&#8221; his &#8220;gregarious personality.&#8221; Cameo connects famous people with fans who can request personalized video messages.
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The ex-rep claimed he received at least 14 &#8220;fake requests&#8221; from Kimmel&#8217;s show under &#8220;phony names&#8221; used to deceive Santos. 
Unbeknownst to Santos, the videos started being broadcast in December on &#8220;Jimmy Kimmel Live!&#8221; in a segment called &#8220;Will Santos Say It?,&#8221; the suit said.
One such clip included Santos congratulating a fake winner of a beef-eating contest, calling the purported feat of consuming six pounds of loose ground beef in less than 30 minutes &#8220;amazing and impressive.&#8221; 
Santos&#8217; attorney, Robert Fantone, admitted in an email to POLITICO that the fake requests were funny, but were still a &#8220;clear violation of copyright law.&#8221;
In the suit, the ex-rep is seeking damages totaling $750,000 for the five special Cameo videos he made that ended up being broadcast on Kimmel&#8217;s late-night show and were also played on various social media platforms.
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Santos was expelled from Congress in December after a House ethics report accused him of criminal activity. He faces 23 federal charges related to allegations of fraud, misusing campaign funds, and lying about his personal finances on House disclosure reports. He pleaded not guilty to all charges. The House Ethics Committee released a <a href="https://ethics.house.gov/sites/ethics.house.gov/files/documents/Committee%20Report_53.pdf">report</a> in November that was heavily critical of the then-congressman&#8217;s conduct, saying that a &#8220;review of the allegations and charges&#8221; showed &#8220;overwhelming evidence of his misconduct.&#8221;
Zach Jewell contributed to this piece.

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The Biden campaign is attempting to tie former President Donald Trump to state abortion bans in a new ad as a part of a broader campaign strategy to hammer the abortion issue as the 2024 race heats up.
On Sunday, the Biden campaign debuted a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrtvE4bSwKY" target="_blank" rel="noopener">new spot</a> titled &#8220;Forced,&#8221; which features Dr. Austin Dennard, a Dallas OBGYN and mother of three, who obtained an abortion out of state for an unborn child she says had a fetal condition with &#8220;absolutely no chance of survival.&#8221;
&#8220;In Texas, you are forced to carry that pregnancy, and that is because of Donald Trump overturning Roe v. Wade,&#8221; Dennard says in the 60-second video.
&#8220;I was to continue my pregnancy, putting my life at risk,&#8221; she adds.
&#8220;We need leaders who will protect our rights and not take them away, and that&#8217;s Joe Biden and Kamala Harris,&#8221; Dennard says.
Dennard&#8217;s baby was <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/21/us/politics/biden-abortion-ad.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> diagnosed at 11 weeks with anencephaly, a condition where a baby is born without parts of the brain and skull.
Dennard is one of several women suing Texas to clarify the “medical emergency” exception to the state’s abortion ban.
She <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/20/us/texas-abortion-ban-doctor-testimony/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">testified</a> in July that her pregnancy would have put her at “significant risk,&#8221; but that she did not think she would be granted an abortion under the exception because she was not &#8220;critically ill.&#8221;
“I was not hemorrhaging, I was not septic. I was pregnant with a lethal anomaly, and I did not believe that I would be able to receive an abortion in my state at that time for the sole purpose of my lethal anomaly,” she said at the time.
It is not clear what specific health risks the pregnancy posed to Dennard.
Texas had a six-week abortion ban that was triggered into effect when the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade in 2022. The law bans all abortions after six weeks, except those performed to protect the life of the mother.
The new Biden ad will run for a week in seven battleground states — Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
The campaign <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/21/politics/biden-campaign-abortion-rights-donald-trump/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hopes</a> to target suburban women and young voters, so the ad will run on programs and channels known to attract women, including the season premiere of &#8220;The Bachelor&#8221; and HGTV, TLC, Bravo, Hallmark, and the Food Network. It will also run during Sunday&#8217;s NFL conference championship games.
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The ad&#8217;s release comes around the 51st anniversary of Roe v. Wade&#8217;s decision in 1973.
Trump has vaunted Roe vs. Wade&#8217;s demise on the campaign trail, emphasizing that he appointed the justices that gave the court the conservative majority needed to overturn it.
“For 54 years they were trying to get Roe v. Wade terminated, and I did it. And I’m proud to have done it,” the former president said during a recent Fox News town hall.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/justin-amash" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Justin Amash</a>, a former Michigan congressman who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-justin-amash-congressman-who-left-gop-suggests-hes-considering-presidential-run" target="_blank" rel="noopener">left the Republican Party</a>, announced on Thursday he is mulling a run for the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">U.S. Senate</a>.
A post to X from Amash <a href="https://twitter.com/justinamash/status/1748012374865412458" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> he is launching an exploratory committee after being &#8220;humbled&#8221; by people urging him to run for the upper chamber and compete in the already-crowded Republican primary to replace <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/stabenows-retirement-announcement-fuels-2024-senate-election-rumors-here-are-the-names-being-floated" target="_blank" rel="noopener">retiring Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)</a>.
&#8220;They see what I see: contenders for the seat who are uninspired, unserious, and unprepared to tackle the chief impediment to liberty and economic prosperity—an overgrown and abusive government that strives to centralize power and snuff out individualism,&#8221; Amash said. &#8220;The people of Michigan and our country deserve better.&#8221;
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I’ve been humbled in recent weeks by the many people who have urged me to run for Senate in Michigan and to do so by joining the Republican primary.
They see what I see: contenders for the seat who are uninspired, unserious, and unprepared to tackle the chief impediment to…
&mdash; Justin Amash (@justinamash) <a href="https://twitter.com/justinamash/status/1748012374865412458?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 18, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Amash served in the House <a href="https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2023/01/justin-amash-touts-himself-as-alternative-independent-choice-for-house-speaker.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">representing</a> a Grand Rapids district from 2011 to 2021. Toward the end of his tenure, in 2019, Amash became the lone Republican congressman to support the first impeachment against former President Donald Trump and declared in a <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/justin-amash-our-politics-is-in-a-partisan-death-spiral-thats-why-im-leaving-the-gop/2019/07/04/afbe0480-9e3d-11e9-b27f-ed2942f73d70_story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Washington Post op-ed</a> that he was leaving the GOP.
Since announcing his break with the Republican Party, Amash has voiced opposition to the two-party binary dominating U.S. politics. In 2020, Amash began <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/29/justin-amash-presidential-bid-libertarian" target="_blank" rel="noopener">exploring</a> a bid for the presidency as a Libertarian, but <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/16/politics/justin-amash-will-not-run-president/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">quickly opted</a> not to run for the White House even as he continued to argue a third-party candidate could be viable. Amash <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/justin-amash-ex-republican-who-supported-trumps-impeachment-will-not-run-for-reelection" target="_blank" rel="noopener">chose</a> not to seek re-election in 2020.
The 2024 race for Michigan&#8217;s U.S. Senate seat already includes former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-michigan-rep-peter-meijer-jumps-in-race-for-retiring-dem-sen-stabenows-seat" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rep. Peter Meijer (R-MI)</a>, another Trump critic who <a href="https://www.mlive.com/politics/2020/11/republican-peter-meijer-wins-race-to-replace-justin-amash-in-michigans-3rd-congressional-district.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">succeeded</a> Amash; former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI), former Detroit Police Chief James Craig, and businessman Sandy Pensler on the Republican side. Among the Democrat candidates is Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), who is <a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2024/01/10/michigans-u-s-senate-race-starts-as-a-toss-up-poll-finds/72153501007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">considered the frontrunner</a>. A recent statewide poll found the race to be a &#8220;toss-up&#8221; with a sizable number of independent voters undecided, <a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2024/01/10/michigans-u-s-senate-race-starts-as-a-toss-up-poll-finds/72153501007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to The Detroit News</a>.
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The winner of the election may help determine which party controls the Senate, which currently has a <a href="https://www.senate.gov/history/partydiv.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">narrow</a> Democratic Party majority that is made possible by three independents who caucus with Democrats, with a number of <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/01/politics/senate-race-rankings-january-2024/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">seats that could flip</a>. The contest is also taking place during a presidential election year in which Trump is seeking another term in the White House as the GOP frontrunner, possibly leading up to a rematch against President Joe Biden, who <a href="https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-senate-elections-gary-peters-19decf3108373883409fae7e6e810ac6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">won Michigan</a> in 2020.
&#8220;We need a principled, consistent constitutional conservative in the Senate — someone with a record of taking on the bipartisan oligarchy, defending sound money and free speech, fighting the surveillance state and military-industrial complex, and protecting all our rights. The stakes are high: freedom, social cooperation, and human progress itself,&#8221; Amash said in his post to X. &#8220;Let me know if you’re ready to meet this challenge with me, and thanks for your continuing encouragement.&#8221;

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A black Republican lawmaker from Texas responded to a heckler who accused him of being &#8220;racist&#8221; as he campaigned for former President Trump in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/iowa" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Iowa</a> on Monday.
Texas state Representative Wesley Hunt (R) appeared unfazed by the disruptive audience member, who accused Hunt of &#8220;degrading himself&#8221; and &#8220;turning his back&#8221; on black people as he spoke at a caucus site near Des Moines.
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Tonight, at the Timberline Caucus, as I spoke on behalf of President Trump an enraged man attempted to stop my speech. 
He shouted Trump was “racist.” You know, the same tired trope we’ve heard over and over again. 
But on this day, of all days, Martin Luther King Day, the… <a href="https://t.co/TrFnc7vZar">pic.twitter.com/TrFnc7vZar</a>
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&#8220;How can a black man do this on Martin Luther King day?&#8221; the man, who appeared to be black as well, shouted at Hunt as he walked toward him. &#8220;How can a black man stand here and talk to us about a racist?&#8221;
Members of the audience quickly grabbed the man and escorted him out.
&#8220;I was saying,&#8221; Hunt continued after the heckler was removed. &#8220;I come from a district in Houston, Texas, that&#8217;s a majority white district, and I won by 30 points.&#8221;
&#8220;Because on days like this I realize I am literally being judged not by the color of my skin, but by the content of my character,&#8221; Hunt said, invoking a line from Martin Luther King Jr.&#8217;s &#8220;I Have a Dream&#8221; speech.
&#8220;And when I walk into rooms like this, I don&#8217;t see race, color, or creed, I see my fellow Americans that must join together in the fight to save our country,&#8221; Hunt said. &#8220;And the same loyalty that we have to you is the same loyalty that I have seen from President Trump.&#8221;
Later on Monday evening, Hunt posted about the incident on social media, saying an &#8220;enraged man&#8221; attempted to stop his speech shouting Trump was &#8220;racist.&#8221;
&#8220;You know, the same tired trope we’ve heard over and over again,&#8221; Hunt posted on X Monday evening.
&#8220;But on this day, of all days, Martin Luther King Day, the people of Iowa, just like President Trump, judge me not by the color of my skin, but by the content of my character. The anti-Trump movement is in full blown meltdown,&#8221; Hunt wrote.
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Hunt is a West Point graduate and flew Apache helicopters in the U.S. Army before running for office.
Trump won the Iowa caucuses Monday in a record landslide victory, garnering 51% of the vote with 99% of votes counted, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-iowa-caucus-haley-desantis-cold-voting-begins-0af10f1ba21d488af54776b2c8d4028c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Associated Press.
The former president&#8217;s win was about 30 points ahead of the second place finisher, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who got just over 21% of the vote. Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley came in third with 19%.
Trump&#8217;s performance in Iowa gives him a strong early primary lead and brings him closer to clinching the GOP presidential nomination, although a formal nominee will not be declared for several months.

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A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/house-democrats" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House Democrat</a> running to become the next mayor of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/houston" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Houston</a>, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/texas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Texas</a>, appeared in a campaign advertisement showing the wrong date.
The ad featuring Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sheila-jackson-lee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sheila Jackson Lee</a> (D-TX), which <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/news/oops-democratic-congresswoman-puts-out-new-ad-urging-her-supporters-to-vote-on-the-wrong-day/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mediaite reported</a> had made it to air in Houston television markets, encouraged supporters to vote on December 7 or earlier — even though the run-off election is set to take place on Saturday, December 9.
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Sheila Jackson Lee is up with this TV ad in the general election runoff for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HoustonMayor?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HoustonMayor</a> &#8212; <a href="https://t.co/DszWP4csPg">pic.twitter.com/DszWP4csPg</a>
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Angelica Luna-Kaufman, a spokesperson for Jackson Lee&#8217;s campaign, offered an explanation <a href="https://www.chron.com/news/article/sheila-jackson-lee-houston-texas-18532403.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener">to local news outlet Chron</a>.
&#8220;New ads were shipped out immediately. Once we were made aware we contacted our ad agency &#8230; and they made the change and immediately sent them out,&#8221; the spokesperson said, adding, &#8220;The news stations did not pull the commercial as we had requested.&#8221;
Jackson Lee and state senator John Whitmire, both Democrats, are set to face-off in the run-off this weekend. They took the top two spots in last month&#8217;s election. No one in a crowded field of more <a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/11/08/1211323730/houston-mayor-runoff-election-john-whitmire-sheila-jackson-lee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">than a dozen candidates</a> reached the 50% threshold to outright win and replace term-limited Mayor Sylvester Turner, who <a href="https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/houston/article/houston-mayor-turner-endorses-jackson-lee-runoff-18478351.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener">endorsed</a> Jackson Lee in the run-off.
The botched ad featured comments from Jackson Lee explaining her background and top issues.
&#8220;Houston, I’ve spent my entire career fighting for you from fighting to keep our kids safe from guns when I was on city council, to my days in Congress fighting to protect women’s reproductive freedom and for funding for our police, schools, and small businesses,&#8221; Jackson Lee said.
&#8220;Now I&#8217;m running to be your mayor because if we&#8217;re going to bring down crime, fix our streets, and bring good-paying jobs here, then Houston needs a champion who is ready to fight for what is right. And I am,&#8221; she added.
In the run-up to the November election, Jackson Lee faced controversy with the release of a tape that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-sheila-jackson-lee-allegedly-caught-berating-staff-two-gd-big-a-fing-idiots" target="_blank" rel="noopener">allegedly contained audio</a> of the congresswoman berating her staff. Jackson Lee <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sheila-jackson-lee-addresses-leaked-audio-tape-of-her-viciously-berating-staff" target="_blank" rel="noopener">responded</a> with a statement conceding that she is &#8220;not perfect&#8221; and imploring voters to judge her at the polls based on her public service rather than &#8220;something trotted out by a political opponent that worked to exploit this, and backed by extreme Republican supporters.&#8221;

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The father of Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/matt-gaetz">Matt Gaetz</a> (R-FL) announced on Monday that he intends to make a comeback to the Florida Senate, a chamber he once led.
Don Gaetz, 75, reportedly said he will prepare the necessary paperwork for a run in next year&#8217;s election to succeed outgoing state Sen. Doug Broxson after another Republican, former state Rep. Frank White, agreed to end his campaign for the Florida Panhandle seat.
&#8220;I told him &#8216;I don&#8217;t have any plans to run for the Senate&#8217; but I told people I would listen. So I&#8217;m listening. That spread,&#8221; Gaetz said, <a href="https://www.pnj.com/story/news/local/2023/10/02/don-gaetz-is-seeking-second-stint-as-florida-senator-replacing-broxson/71031152007/">according to the Pensacola News Journal</a>. &#8220;Then three or four days ago Frank (White) said &#8216;Don, if you run I will withdraw.&#8217; That made the decision a lot easier.&#8221;
The news outlet noted White said in a text message that the elder Gaetz is a &#8220;living legend&#8221; and has his &#8220;full support.&#8221; Broxson, who had previously <a href="https://www.pnj.com/story/news/politics/2023/03/01/frank-white-candidate-for-florida-senate-district-1-seat-in-2024-has-broxson-endorsement/69939953007/">endorsed</a> White to represent Senate District 1, also rallied behind Gaetz.
Don Gaetz indicated that, if elected back into office, he will focus on fighting high costs, helping people people find good-paying jobs, and championing parents being able to decide on reading materials for their children. He reportedly voiced support for the effort by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to &#8220;beat woke-ism out of the Florida Education System.&#8221;
The elder Gaetz previously worked as a healthcare executive and politician. He served as a member of the Florida Senate from 2006 to 2016, including a stint as the chamber&#8217;s president. He helped create the Triumph Gulf Coast Board of Directors to oversee the $1.5 billion settlement fund stemming from the 2010 BP oil spill and later <a href="https://www.wuwf.org/local-news/2017-07-07/don-gaetz-named-to-triumph-gulf-coast-board">joined the board</a> after he left office.
Don Gaetz <a href="https://www.pnj.com/story/news/2016/03/15/don-gaetz-wont-run-congress/81823612/">opted not to run</a> for U.S. Congress in 2016, but his son Matt, who had been serving in the state House of Representatives, did run and got elected while closely aligning himself with former President Donald Trump and his &#8220;Make America Great Again&#8221; movement.
The younger Gaetz is now making headlines for his clash against House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) in a government spending fight. Matt Gaetz has threatened to file a &#8220;motion to vacate&#8221; against McCarthy this week which could lead to a no-confidence vote in the speaker.
McCarthy has shrugged off the challenge, telling CBS News on Sunday, &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/speaker-mccarthy-responds-to-ouster-threat-ill-survive">I&#8217;ll survive</a>.&#8221; There is also a push among some GOP lawmakers to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/some-house-republicans-seek-to-expel-matt-gaetz-pending-report-from-ethics-committee">try and expel</a> Matt Gaetz from Congress depending on the findings of an Ethics Committee inquiry.
Don Gaetz said his son was supportive of his plan to again seek office and pushed back against <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/-100-matt-gaetz-widely-expected-run-florida-governor-rcna105629">reports</a> that Matt Gaetz might run for governor in 2026.
“Matt has encouraged me to run for the Senate, but I know in Washington he is laser focused on the budget issues, trying to control spending, trying to pass term limits,” Don Gaetz, <a href="https://twitter.com/fineout/status/1708913433091944484">according to POLITICO</a>. “He is not focused on running for governor. He has no plans to run for governor.”

Rep. Matt Gaetz

Matt Gaetz’s Father Seeks Return To Florida Senate

Matt Gaetz's Father Seeks Return To Florida Senate

Florida

Matt Gaetz

Ohio voters said “no” to a proposal backed by conservatives and pro-life organizations seeking to make it harder to amend the state&#8217;s constitution.
More than three million voters in the red state cast a ballot Tuesday, and 57% of them <a href="https://liveresults.ohiosos.gov/">rejected</a> the GOP-backed Issue 1, which sought to raise the standards for passing a constitutional amendment from a simple majority to a 60% supermajority. The proposal, while not specifically mentioning abortion, was strongly opposed by pro-abortion activists seeking to give women more abortion access after the state passed a heartbeat bill last year. Ohioans will vote on a citizen initiative in November seeking to enshrine abortion in the state’s constitution. 
President Joe Biden celebrated the defeat of Issue 1 with a Tuesday night <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1689102585263722496" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>, saying, “Today, Ohio voters rejected an effort by Republican lawmakers and special interests to change the state’s constitutional amendment process. This measure was a blatant attempt to weaken voters’ voices and further erode the freedom of women to make their own health care decisions. Ohioans spoke loud and clear, and tonight democracy won.”
Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, which supported the measure, released a statement slamming the “pro-abortion Left” that “funneled in millions from outside groups to mislead the people of Ohio.”
“It is a sad day for Ohio and a warning for pro-life states across the nation,” the organization said. “Millions of dollars and liberal dark money flooded Ohio to ensure they have a path to buy their extreme policies in a pro-life state. Tragically, some sat on the sideline while outsider liberal groups poured millions into Ohio.” 
The special election attracted millions of dollars from outside groups on both sides of the issue. Those supporting Issue 1 were almost entirely funded by Illinois billionaire and business owner Richard Uihlein. Of the campaign’s $4.8 million, Uihlein contributed $4 million, according to campaign filings, the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/abortion-rights-ohio-election-constitution-special-interests-06217130060cd97d398169052b6d511a" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The campaign opposing Issue 1 raised $10 million more than those supporting the initiative with nearly all of its contributions coming from outside groups such as the leftist dark money group, Sixteen Thirty Fund.
Abortion activists are optimistic that the defeat of Issue 1 paves the way for Ohio to enshrine legal abortion in the state’s constitution in November after other conservative states have voted to protect abortion access following the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v Wade. Last year, Kansas overwhelmingly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pro-life-amendment-in-kansas-was-first-abortion-test-since-roe-v-wade-overturned-heres-how-it-fared" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voted</a> against an amendment to remove the right to abortion from the state’s constitution. A few months later, voters in Kentucky <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/kentucky-voters-reject-anti-abortion-ballot-measure-rcna56313" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rejected</a> a similar ballot proposal. 
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Protect Ohio Women, the campaign seeking to defeat the November abortion initiative, said it would continue fighting to protect the unborn. 
“Our pro-life, pro-parent coalition is more motivated than ever,” the group said.

Abortion Activists

Ohio Voters Reject Proposal Seeking To Make It Harder To Add Abortion Rights To State Constitution

Ohio

Pro-Abortion

Pro-Life Movement

Actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">Hill Harper</a> announced Monday that he’s running for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/michigan">Michigan</a>’s open U.S. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-senate">Senate seat</a>, challenging U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) for the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/democrat">Democratic</a> nomination.
The actor, who is known for his role on the ABC drama series “The Good Doctor,” owns a home and a coffee shop in Detroit and describes himself as a small business owner and activist. Harper said that because he’s not a “career politician,” it will give him better perspective for the job. 
“It’s not about party. It’s about people feeling represented,” Harper told the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/hill-harper-senate-michigan-csi-good-doctor-b820a0f56cf445830f1f086c235318a1">Associated Press</a> in an interview while announcing his candidacy. “And being an independent voice in the U.S. Senate is something I believe Michiganders want right now.”
Besides playing Dr. Marcus Andrews  on “The Good Doctor” since 2017, Harper is known for his work on “City of Angels,” “CSI: NY,” “Covert Affairs,” “Limitless,” and “Homeland.” He attended Brown University and Harvard Law School. He’s been acting since the age of 7. 
Harper is the sixth Democratic candidate to enter the race, per <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/the-good-doctor-actor-hill-harper-announces-run-us-senate-michigan">Fox News</a>. Other candidates besides Slotkin include former Michigan state Rep. Leslie Love, Michigan State Education Board member Pamela Pugh, attorney Zack Burns, and civil rights advocate Nasser Beydoun.
In 2012, Harper was appointed to then-President Barack Obama&#8217;s cancer panel in 2012. 
Michigan Board of Education member Nikki Snyder and business owner Michael Hoover are both seeking the Republican nomination.
A Republican hasn&#8217;t won an open Senate seat in the state since 1994. 
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Harper previously discussed some of his thoughts on the racial wealth gap when he was keynote speaker at Providence College in February.
“I think these next five to 10 years are going to determine [the trajectory of things]. If we really are going to be honest and break down what’s happening, it’s no coincidence that the billionaires of this world are figuring out how they’re traveling to different planets,” the actor <a href="https://business.providence.edu/a-conversation-with-hill-harper/">said</a>. 
“People are setting things up that this planet’s going to get left in the dust. I mean that’s where we’re headed. And it’s the microcosms happening in many countries. You go to so many countries where you have all these gated communities and then people living in shanties right out there. If we don’t, that’s going to happen here. That’s where we’re heading. What does that look like? It looks like police states. It’s gross, and it’s unconscionable.”

Hill Harper

‘The Good Doctor’ Actor Will Run For Senate In Michigan

'The Good Doctor’ Actor Hill Harper Will Run For Senate In Michigan

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Senate

A 22-year-old campaign volunteer for One PA, a Left-wing political organization, allegedly fatally <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/guns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shot</a> a 46-year-old fellow volunteer on Monday afternoon as the individuals were garnering <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/elections" target="_blank" rel="noopener">support</a> for Helen Gym, a Democratic candidate for the <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/philadelphia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Philadelphia</a> mayoral primary.
Police did not reveal why the volunteer, who was in legal possession of his handgun, allegedly fired at the other volunteer, although the two had possibly been engaged in a dispute, according to a <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/news/philly-gun-violence-onepa-shooting-homicide-20230508.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from the Philadelphia Inquirer. The men had each been canvassing in the East Germantown neighborhood in the northern portion of Philadelphia.
Philadelphia Police Department Chief Inspector Scott Small told the outlet that the 22-year-old had remained at the scene to be questioned by detectives, while Deputy Commissioner Frank Vanore said the two individuals “happened upon each other.”
Staff Inspector Ernest Ransom added that the men “had always had a beef.”
The 46-year-old allegedly pulled a firearm that was unregistered to him when he met the 22-year-old on the street, allegedly prompting the latter to draw his handgun and shoot the man in the armpit. The younger canvasser told officers that he had acted in self-defense.
“Today, a One PA team member tragically lost their life,” the organization said in a <a href="https://twitter.com/OnePennsylvania/status/1655735268459118595" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>. “We are heartbroken, and our condolences and sympathy are with their family. We are mourning this senseless loss, and continuing to gather the facts and investigate what happened.”
The One PA <a href="https://onepa.org/our-story/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a> said the group was initially launched as part of the Service Employees International Union, also known as the SEIU, but is now an independent “multiracial, intergenerational, and multi-issue membership organization.”
Gym is widely regarded as one of the more Left-wing candidates in the mayoral primary, which is slated to occur next week. The former councilwoman’s campaign <a href="https://helengym.com/issues/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">platform</a> centers on community safety and supports declaring a state of emergency over gun violence.
“I was devastated to hear about the tragic death of a canvasser today,” Gym <a href="https://twitter.com/HelenGymPHL/status/1655726646144520199" target="_blank" rel="noopener">commented</a> on social media. “My thoughts are with the family of the victim, the One PA community, and everyone impacted by this irrevocable loss. Though the canvasser was not part of our campaign, this loss is deeply felt by all of us.”
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Gym has received <a href="https://helengym.com/endorsements/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">endorsements</a> from prominent democratic socialists Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT). Back in 2017, Gym endorsed Philadelphia Democratic District Attorney Larry Krasner, who has drawn <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/philadelphia-district-attorney-larry-krasner-impeached-he-blames-racism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">controversy</a> for advancing lax bail policies and reduced prosecutions for certain crimes, prompting hundreds of attorneys to leave his office.
Elevated crime levels are a core issue in the mayoral elections. Philadelphia saw 516 homicides last year, just below the 2021 total of 562 homicides, which was a decades-long high in the City of Brotherly Love, according to <a href="https://www.phillypolice.com/crime-maps-stats/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> from the Philadelphia Police Department.

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Volunteer Campaigning For Far-Left Philly Mayoral Candidate Fatally Shoots Another Volunteer: Police

Campaign Volunteer For Far-Left Philadelphia Group Fatally Shoots Fellow Volunteer

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Guns

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia

Shooting

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/virginia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Virginia</a> officials announced this week that they found nearly 20,000 dead people <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/voting" target="_blank" rel="noopener">registered to vote</a> as they look for ways to clean up the voter rolls. 
The discovery was announced on Monday by the Virginia Department of Elections, <a href="https://www.elections.virginia.gov/news-releases/department-of-elections-updates-list-maintenance-practices-for-deceased-voters.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">which said</a> that election officials found 18,990 dead people on the voter rolls, a mistake that was described as a “computer coding error.”
“It was a computer coding error that missed between the date of the death being reported and the date of the death certificate,” Virginia elections commissioner Susan Beals <a href="https://wtop.com/virginia/2023/04/virginia-discovers-nearly-19000-dead-people-on-voter-rolls/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “We are in the process of building a new statewide voter registration system, and I want to make sure that the data we put into that system is as up-to-date as it can possibly be.”
Beals said that the names would be removed from the rolls and that she did not realize the magnitude of the problem. “I knew that there was something there, but I didn’t know that it was this big,” Beals said, according to local outlet WTOP. 
The elections department said that it had obtained death records from the Virginia Department of Health, dating back to 1960, to check the system. “As a result of these findings and process improvements, citizens can expect to see a significant number of names removed from Virginia’s voter rolls,” a press release from the department said. 
The dead voters were discovered as the state works to update its system, including giving local registrars more jurisdiction to take dead people off. The streamlined process will allow an obituary or family member’s notification to be used to take a voter out of the system, a process that required an official death certificate in the past. 
“We have made it easier to identify and remove deceased voters more quickly,” Beals said. “This is actually something that registrars have requested.”
The state elections department also said that it would be working to clean up the process for residents who live in areas of Virginia that border other states like West Virginia and Tennessee or Washington, D.C.
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“Through a national database, general registrars may now verify if the death of a registered voter occurred outside of the Commonwealth. In the past, general registrars experienced difficulties confirming the death of Virginia voters who died in out-of-state hospitals or facilities,” the department explained. 
Beals was appointed by Governor Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) in March 2022 to head up the department. She had previously worked for several Virginia Republicans and served on the Chesterfield Electoral Board. 
“I am committed to promoting and supporting secure, accurate, open, and fair elections in the Commonwealth of Virginia,” Beals <a href="https://www.wric.com/news/virginia-news/youngkin-appoints-susan-beals-as-virginias-new-elections-commissioner/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement at the time. “I will strive to meet the goals of the department’s strategic plan which seeks to increase voter confidence in the election process and strengthen the security of the Commonwealth’s elections.”

Misty Cemetery

Nearly 20,000 Dead People Registered As Voters In Virginia, Election Officials Say

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Virginia

Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson was elected on Tuesday as the next mayor of <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/chicago" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chicago</a>, defeating moderate rival and former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas to succeed the incumbent <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/lori-lightfoot" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lori Lightfoot</a>.
The three Democrats competed in a February primary election which disqualified Lightfoot, who finished third against Johnson and Vallas, rendering her the first Chicago mayor in four decades to lose her re-election bid. Johnson had clinched 51.4% of the tabulated <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/04/us/elections/chicago-mayor-election-brandon-johnson.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">vote</a> as of late Tuesday night with 91% of expected ballots reporting, while Vallas had 48.6%.
“Tonight is the beginning of a Chicago that truly invests in all of its people,” Johnson said in his victory <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmGYSAx5E_8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">speech</a>. “The heart of this movement has always been about investing in people.”
Johnson garnered criticism throughout the campaign, which centered largely on the city’s struggles to handle rising violent crime, for his description of the “defund the police” movement as an “actual, real political goal” in a 2020 radio interview. He <a href="https://blockclubchicago.org/2023/03/16/im-not-going-to-defund-the-police-brandon-johnson-tries-to-set-the-record-straight-on-his-public-safety-plan/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">denounced</a> the statement in later interviews, which Vallas made a feature in his campaign advertisements.
Lawlessness indeed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/wake-of-destruction-the-legacy-of-chicagos-departing-mayor-lori-lightfoot" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rose</a> dramatically during Lightfoot’s four-year tenure. There were 490 homicides in the Windy City as of 2019, the year in which Lightfoot assumed office, while murders soared to 772 in 2020 and 800 in 2021, marking an increase of more than 58% as nationwide Black Lives Matter protests occurred in the wake of the death of George Floyd. Lightfoot, who has a personal police unit with 71 officers assigned to protect her life, meanwhile <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chicago-mayor-lightfoot-has-71-person-police-unit-to-protect-her-blames-trump-for-being-in-danger" target="_blank" rel="noopener">proposed</a> eliminating $80 million from the Chicago Police Department budget in 2020.
Johnson said on his campaign <a href="https://www.brandonforchicago.com/on-the-issues" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a> that he will “work with police and first responders to invest in community-based interventions that de-escalate conflict, reduce violence and make our neighborhoods safer.” Vallas, on the other hand, vowed on his <a href="https://www.paulvallas2023.com/publicsafety" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a> that he would increase the number of sworn officers and consider public safety a “basic human right.”
Vallas was endorsed by the Chicago Police Union, while Johnson was endorsed by the Chicago Teachers Union, which provoked <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/they-can-cancel-school-until-june-and-ill-be-fine-chicago-teachers-union-forces-290000-children-out-of-normal-school" target="_blank" rel="noopener">criticism</a> in the wake of government lockdowns for opposing the rollback of virtual instruction.
Prominent businesses such as food processing company Tyson, airplane manufacturer Boeing, and construction machinery firm Caterpillar have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/another-large-company-announces-departure-from-chicago" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> that they would shutter major offices or move their headquarters from Chicago in recent months. Lightfoot, who excused her primary election loss by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lightfoot-out-as-mayor-says-she-was-treated-unfairly-as-a-black-woman" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noting</a> that she is a “black woman in America,” nevertheless said on her campaign <a href="https://lightfootforchicago.com/economic-development/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a> that she was “committed to attracting new businesses” and “creating an environment that supports and sustains entrepreneurs and workers.”
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The “tax fairness plan” released by Johnson would <a href="https://www.brandonforchicago.com/issues/city-budget-and-revenue#:~:text=BRANDON%20JOHNSON'S%20PLAN%20TO%20STOP,all%20without%20raising%20property%20taxes." target="_blank" rel="noopener">increase</a> taxes on “big corporations and the ultra-rich” through a per-employee “head tax” and new fees on hotel reservations. Chicago has the second-highest tax burden in the nation for combined state and local sales tax rates, according to a 2021 <a href="https://taxfoundation.org/sales-tax-rates-by-city-2021/?utm_source=Tax+Foundation+Newsletters&amp;utm_campaign=7f2ef02e5b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_10_17_07_28_COPY_01&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_8387957ec9-7f2ef02e5b-429489705&amp;mc_cid=7f2ef02e5b&amp;mc_eid=a9b206fa6a#_ftn13" target="_blank" rel="noopener">study</a> from the Tax Foundation.
Businesses have also fled the city in response to higher crime rates. Ken Griffin, the former richest man in Illinois and current chief executive of hedge fund Citadel, moved much of his personal estate and business to Miami in response to the phenomenon. He indicated during one <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/illinois-former-wealthiest-man-reveals-the-breaking-points-that-prompted-his-move-to-florida" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> that a breaking point was the violent assault of two separate colleagues: the former was robbed after a person put “a gun to his head” during a coffee run, and another was attacked by “some random lunatic just trying to punch him in the head” while he was waiting for a car.

Chicago Mayoral Candidate Brandon Johnson Holds Election Night Event

Leftist Chicago Mayoral Candidate Defeats Moderate Rival, Will Succeed Lori Lightfoot

Leftist Chicago Mayoral Candidate Defeats Moderate Rival

Chicago

Lori Lightfoot

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