The House of Representatives is launching a new phase of the Election Observer Program designed to enhance transparency in the competitive fight for control of Congress. The initiative focuses on increasing accountability at the polls, particularly for races anticipated to have narrow margins in November.
Representative Bryan Steil (R-WI), Chair of the House Committee on Administration, expressed enthusiasm about the program’s expansion as the election approaches. “We’re excited to really ramp the program up, roll it out, as we come into the final eight weeks before the election,” Steil said. The program, which has been in use for several election cycles, allows congressional staffers to volunteer for poll watcher training. Upon request from congressional candidates, these trained observers can then be deployed to districts outside their own.
The Election Observer Program is part of a broader suite of efforts to maintain election security, which Steil prioritized during his tenure. “This is a program that’s been around for some time, and it’s been a successful program. My staff has participated in it, and I think it’s an important piece of the puzzle as we work to enhance the integrity and Americans’ confidence in our elections,” he stated.
Steil also highlighted the need to elevate the program’s visibility to ensure that candidates from both parties are aware of its availability. While the program has seen bipartisan participation in the past, Steil acknowledged that election integrity issues have become increasingly politicized.
In addition to the Election Observer Program, Steil has voiced concerns over a June executive order from Joe Biden to augment voter access with federal resources. He criticized the Biden-Harris government for what he perceives as a lack of transparency about its efforts, particularly in relation to noncitizenvoting.
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The House of Representatives is launching a new phase of the Election Observer Program designed to enhance transparency in the competitive fight for control of Congress. The initiative focuses on increasing accountability at the polls, particularly for races anticipated to have narrow margins in November.
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U.S. election officials again claim widespread delivery problems with the country’s mail system could cause election delays and disenfranchise voters. Similar claims were made by federal, state, and local election officials in the lead to the 2020 presidential election, though no significant delays occurred.
Claims of delayed mail processes that could impact the election have been used in the past—especially during the 2020 election—to obtain court orders or executive action to extend the early voting window or allow ballots received well after election day to be counted. Over the last several years, a series of court rulings found that many of these extensions and emergency changes in state election laws without the legislature’s approval were done unconstitutionally.
In a letter to U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, the officials claim issues they say happened during the recent primary elections were “not one-off mistakes or a problem with specific facilities. Instead, it demonstrates a pervasive lack of understanding and enforcement of USPS policies among its employees.” ‘
“We implore you to take immediate and tangible corrective action to address the ongoing performance issues with USPS election mail service,” the letter reads before adding: “Failure to do so will risk limiting voter participation and trust in the election process.”
The two organizations behind the letter are the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) and the National Association of State Election Directors (NASED). The former’s election committee comprises some of the country’s most partisan Secretaries of State, including Adrian Fontes. (D-AZ), Jena Griswold (D-CO), and anti-Trumper Brad Raffensperger (R-GA). Mary Vigil, a former Democrat aide in the New Mexico Attorney General’s office, serves as the current head of NASED.
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U.S. election officials again claim widespread delivery problems with the country's mail system could cause election delays and disenfranchise voters. Similar claims were made by federal, state, and local election officials in the lead to the 2020 presidential election, though no significant delays occurred.
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New York City is paying illegal immigrants upwards of $4,000 to leave the city’s taxpayer-funded shelters in hopes of alleviating its overstressed temporary housing system. The pilot program, launched last December, has now paid out approximately $600,000 to about 150 illegal immigrant families.
At the moment, approximately 65,000 illegals are housed in the city’s temporary shelter system. One of the largest temporary shelter facilities is located at Floyd Bennett Field, situated in the Marine Park neighborhood of Brooklyn. The National Pulse reported in March that drone footage of the area indicates the tent complex likely houses well over 2,000 illegal immigrants. Meanwhile, in July, the city moved to issue over 7,300 illegal immigrants pre-paid debit cards at the cost of $2.6 million.
“The city is employing all available strategies to offer innovative and cost-effective solutions for recently arrived asylum seekers residing in shelters,” a spokesman for the New York Department of Social Services said in a statement, defending the city’s payouts to illegals for clearing out of shelters. They added, “One hundred fifty households have moved out of shelter and benefitted from this pilot over the last seven months.”
City-contracted agencies administer the grants, which require detailed tracking and receipts from landlords and moving companies. Up to $1,000 of the grant money is designated for purchasing household supplies. City officials have indicated that if the pilot program proves successful, it could be expanded, potentially increasing costs further.
‘SLAP IN THE FACE.’
The influx of illegal immigrants, estimated at over 210,000 since spring 2022, has posed significant financial challenges for New York City. Local lawmakers have criticized the cost of the pilot. Council Minority Leader Joe Borelli described the program as “ridiculous,” raising concerns about ongoing taxpayer expenses. Council Member Robert Holden called the payments “a complete slap in the face to every New Yorker,” criticizing the financial burden on residents.
Officials acknowledge that more than $5 billion has already been spent addressing the illegal immigrant crisis.
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New York City is paying illegal immigrants upwards of $4,000 to leave the city's taxpayer-funded shelters in hopes of alleviating its overstressed temporary housing system. The pilot program, launched last December, has now paid out approximately $600,000 to about 150 illegal immigrant families.
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According to a report released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) this week, Americans lost a staggering $5.6 billion to cryptocurrency scams in 2023. James Barnacle, deputy assistant director of the FBI’s criminal investigative division, explained that scammers invest considerable time in building relationships with potential victims.
“Over time, the victim is being cultivated, and the fraudsters are building confidence in the victim. They’re friends. They met on the internet, or they met on social media. They’ve met on text message,” Barnacle said in a recent interview. “Everyone reads about all these crypto millionaires, so people are looking for the next big investment opportunities, and fraudsters take advantage of that.”
Once trust is established, fraudsters present investment opportunities, often proposing participation in exclusive cryptocurrency groups. Victims are then directed to web applications where they are encouraged to invest.
The financial damage from these scams is severe. Many victims deplete their savings or take out substantial loans, including mortgages and equity lines of credit. “People withdraw or liquidate from their 401(k) or their IRA, and they’ll put money into these investment schemes, keep putting in more and more and more,” Barnacle said. Consequently, losses can range from thousands to millions of dollars.
Elderly people are the most affected, with those over 60 losing nearly $1.6 billion in 2023. Barnacle said older victims have more free time and are thus easier targets. Fraudsters are adept at providing step-by-step instructions for victims to transfer money through cryptocurrency kiosks, a tactic that even the elderly fall for frequently.
“The chances that someone recovers the money are slim,” Barnacle said. Meanwhile, since January, the FBI has notified 3,000 people they were fraud victims, though many more scams likely go unreported.
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According to a report released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) this week, Americans lost a staggering $5.6 billion to cryptocurrency scams in 2023. James Barnacle, deputy assistant director of the FBI’s criminal investigative division, explained that scammers invest considerable time in building relationships with potential victims.
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An MS-13gang member attended Edgewood High School in Harford County, Maryland, while under investigation for murder. Walter Martinez, 16, enrolled without school administration or parents being alerted by state or federal officials to his involvement in the July 2022 killing of Kayla Hamilton. Martinez, in the U.S. illegally, was previously identified as the primary suspect in her death, and later convicted of her murder.
“It’s the worst pain that a parent can ever get,” Tammy Nobles, Kayla Hamilton’s mother, said in an interview regarding her daughter’s death. She continued, describing how her daughter was murdered: “She was just found with a cord wrapped around her neck and her mouth. Then just left her on the floor, like trash.”
“It makes me angry. You’re sitting there putting this monster into high school with other people’s children, and you’re putting children at risk. Look what he did to Kayla,” Nobles added.
Martinez, originally from El Salvador, entered the country as an unaccompanied minor in March 2022, eventually moving to Maryland to live with a sponsor. Four months later, residing in a mobile home in Aberdeen, he was accused of Hamilton’s murder.
‘SOMEBODY NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.’
Despite being detained as the prime suspect, it took six months for DNA evidence to confirm his involvement. During this period, Martinez was able to enroll at Edgewood High School.
“HCPS is not afforded unfettered access to information held by law enforcement which may suggest that a potential student is dangerous, gang-affiliated, or suspected of heinous and disturbing crimes,” Harford County Public Schools said in a statement.
Authorities had no legal obligation to disclose Martinez’s suspect status in Democrat-run Maryland, and the law allowed his school attendance. Despite this, Nobles said, “Why did you put him in a public school? Somebody needs to be held accountable.”
In January 2023, DNA results confirmed Martinez’s guilt, leading to his arrest. He pleaded guilty to murder and was sentenced to 70 years in prison in August 2024.
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An MS-13 gang member attended Edgewood High School in Harford County, Maryland, while under investigation for murder. Walter Martinez, 16, enrolled without school administration or parents being alerted by state or federal officials to his involvement in the July 2022 killing of Kayla Hamilton. Martinez, in the U.S. illegally, was previously identified as the primary suspect in her death, and later convicted of her murder.
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Adolescent girls experienced more rapid brain aging than boys during the COVID-19 lockdowns, according to a recent study. MRI scans indicate premature brain aging for both sexes, but girls’ brains aged approximately 4.2 years more than expected, compared to 1.4 years for boys. The study has raised concerns regarding potential implications on adolescents’ mental health and learning abilities.
“We were shocked by these data that the difference is so dramatic,” said Prof Patricia Kuhl, co-director of the Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences at the University of Washington.
The research team began by collecting MRI scans from 160 children aged 9 to 17 in 2018. This data was used to model normal cortical thinning, a natural maturation process of the brain during adolescence. In 2021 and 2022, the team revisited the same group, now aged 12 to 16, to collect further scans. The post-lockdown scans revealed accelerated cortical thinning in one brain region for boys, but cortical thinning was observed in multiple brain areas for girls. These areas are critical for social cognition, emotion processing, facial recognition, and language comprehension.
Kuhl suggested that girls’ greater dependence on social interactions might explain their disproportionate brain aging. She notes the essential role of social scenes in girls’ neural, physical, and emotional development.
Other researchers, including Ian Gotlib from Stanford University, reinforced the importance of mental health support for youth, citing lasting stress from the pandemic. Similarly, Dr. Lina van Drunen from Leiden University highlighted the need to understand the factors behind premature brain aging and its long-term impacts.
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Adolescent girls experienced more rapid brain aging than boys during the COVID-19 lockdowns, according to a recent study. MRI scans indicate premature brain aging for both sexes, but girls' brains aged approximately 4.2 years more than expected, compared to 1.4 years for boys. The study has raised concerns regarding potential implications on adolescents' mental health and learning abilities.
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Evidence is mounting that Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, are behind the disappearance of geese—and possibly ducks—in the town. A recording of a phone call between a local resident and Springfield police reveals several Haitians being reported for illegal poaching several weeks ago. Additionally, the poaching allegations appear in a Springfield police report.
“I’m sitting here, I’m riding on the trail, I’m going to my orientation for my job today, and I see a group of Haitian people, there was about four of ’em, they all had geese in their hand,” a man can be heard telling the emergency services center for Clark County, Ohio.
“I was trying to get my phone out, and I was trying to make it to this orientation on time. I’m time crunching here, and I saw that, I’m like, ‘Yeah, this has got to be reported,” he adds.
“How many geese did they have?” the dispatcher asks.
The recording reinforces allegations that geese and ducks are being poached for food by the Haitianswho have arrived in the Ohio town over the past year.
“There’s a recorded police call from a witness who saw immigrants capturing geese for food in Springfield. Citizens testified to City Council,” Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost wrote in a post on X, responding to the corporate media’s insistence that no poaching has happened. Meanwhile, he notes: “These people would be competent witnesses in court.”
Yost adds: “Why does the media find a carefully worded City Hall press release better evidence?”
Ohio has strict anti-poaching laws, and violators can face steep fines.
There’s a recorded police call from a witness who saw immigrants capturing geese for food in Springfield. Citizens testified to City Council.
These people would be competent witnesses in court.
Why does the media find a carefully worded City Hall press release better evidence?
Evidence is mounting that Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, are behind the disappearance of geese—and possibly ducks—in the town. A recording of a phone call between a local resident and Springfield police reveals several Haitians being reported for illegal poaching several weeks ago. Additionally, the poaching allegations appear in a Springfield police report.
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Foreign media outlets are spinning hard for Kamala Harris following her debate against Donald Trump on Tuesday, feeding a narrative that she “got under his skin” and rubbishing his remarks about Haitian migrants killing pets in Ohio—an emphasis that could come back to haunt them if the allegations are substantiated. However, many conceded ABC News skewed the debate and that Harris did not outline a clear vision. There are also signs her pro-Israel remarks alienated Muslim voters key to winning swing states such as Michigan.
MOTHER COUNTRY.
Britain’s Telegraph, a notionally right-wing broadsheet, damned Harris with faint praise, with U.S. editor Tony Diver claiming she “made [Trump] look ridiculous” but “gave woolly and unclear answers on questions about the economy, and could not convincingly shrug off accusations from both Trump and the moderator that she has abandoned many of her beliefs in favour of the pursuit of power.”
Telegraph columnist Tim Stanley, who has long advocated for censoring Trump online, described the debate as a case of “he was crazy and she was insufferable,” giving a “narrow win” to the former president overall.
Telegraph readers gave Harris a slight edge, at 56 percent, but—like Stanley—suggested the ABC moderators tipped the scales in favor of the Vice President. “[T]he moderators were doing the debating for Harris,” said one.
The Daily Mail commissioned a poll of 800 independents, with 49 percent saying Harris won the debate against 43 percent who gave the nod to Trump. However, Harris only gained two points in terms of voting intention, rising from 36 percent to 38 percent. Trump also rose, from 44 percent to 45 percent.
‘SUPPORTING GENOCIDE.’
Qatar-owned Al Jazeera interviewed a number of “experts” post-debate. Predictably, none of the mostly left-leaning observers gave a clear advantage to Trump, but support for Harris was not effusive. Barbara Perry of the University of Virginia merely said, “At the very least, she didn’t put [undecided, moderate] voters off or make any disqualifying gaffes.”
However, in a sign of trouble for Harris in swing states, she received criticism for her stance on the Israel-Hamas war. “Vice President Harris has been pretty clear in previous statements, as she was tonight, that she will continue Biden’s policy of unconditional military and financial support for Israel’s war on Gaza,” said Reem Abuelhaj, of the No Ceasefire No Vote organization, referencing voters who feel “unable to cast their ballot for a candidate who is actively supporting genocide.”
Oh man they’re gonna pump Michigan with that clip of her saying she loves Israel 4eva https://t.co/QSEA78VLP1
SBS News, owned by the Australian state, said Harris won the debate—citing a CNN poll—and insisted, like many media outlets, that the Vice President got “under Trump’s skin.” However, the state media organ could not help but betray its clear bias, asserting Trump has “spent weeks insulting [Harris] with racist and sexist attacks.”
Sky News Australia, which leans right, stressed the bias of the ABC moderators. “I didn’t know whether I was watching Trump versus Kamala Harris or if I was watching Trump versus the ABC and Kamala Harris,” said one host. “Every single time they could, they gave her an assist.”
DO-OVER.
While many foreign media outlets claim the Harris camp expressing its willingness to do a second debate in October shows they are confident she won on Tuesday, Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse, believes it shows they want a do-over.
Previously, ABC—which has a 100 percent positive spin score for Harris—was the only venue the Vice President’s team was willing to accept for a debate, with Fox News and even NBC rejected.
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Foreign media outlets are spinning hard for Kamala Harris following her debate against Donald Trump on Tuesday, feeding a narrative that she "got under his skin" and rubbishing his remarks about Haitian migrants killing pets in Ohio—an emphasis that could come back to haunt them if the allegations are substantiated. However, many conceded ABC News skewed the debate and that Harris did not outline a clear vision. There are also signs her pro-Israel remarks alienated Muslim voters key to winning swing states such as Michigan.
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Eric and Melania Trump have raised grave concerns about the investigation into the July 2023 assassination attempt on Donald Trump, suggesting key details are being concealed from the public. Melania Trump, normally private and reserved, released a video expressing deep dissatisfaction with the way the situation has been handled.
“The attempt to end my husband’s life was a horrible, distressing experience,” she said. “Now, the silence around it feels heavy. I can’t help but wonder: Why didn’t law enforcement officials arrest the shooter before the speech? There is definitely more to this story, and we need to uncover the truth.”
Her statement referred to the July 13th incident in Butler, Pennsylvania, when 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks fired eight rounds during one of Donald Trump’s rallies. One of the bullets struck Trump’s right ear, causing profuse bleeding and almost killing the 45th President.
Though Crooks was shot and killed by a Secret Service sniper, Melania’s recent remarks imply that the investigation may have left critical questions unanswered. The shooter’s motives remain “unknown,” and while Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned shortly after the incident, taking responsibility for the security failure, the Trump family suggests that this may not be the end of the story.
Eric Trump followed Melania’s lead, posting on social media shortly after her video was released. “I want answers as well,” he wrote. “Something is being hidden.” This statement adds fuel to the growing speculation within Trump’s circle that certain details have not been fully disclosed to the public.
As public pressure mounts, law enforcement agencies may face increasing calls for more transparency on the assassination attempt and Crooks’ potential motivations. The Trump family’s insistence on uncovering the truth continues to raise questions about what, if anything, remains hidden from public view.
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Eric and Melania Trump have raised grave concerns about the investigation into the July 2023 assassination attempt on Donald Trump, suggesting key details are being concealed from the public. Melania Trump, normally private and reserved, released a video expressing deep dissatisfaction with the way the situation has been handled.
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Reports have spread across the media and social media of Haitianmigrantseating people’s pets and local wildlife in Springfield, Ohio. While some mainstream outlets claim the reports are false, such cases are not uncommon worldwide.
Migrants who come to the West are often taken care of by local governments and NGOs and are rarely in a position where they need to resort to eating local wildlife or pets to survive.
However, in 2010, a group of Eastern European migrants in the British city of Peterborough were caught trapping and eating local swans, roasting them over fires on the banks of the River Nene. Swans are legally protected animals in Britain and are the property of the reigning monarch.
Experts and the media initially denied reports of the swan killings, but investigations revealed that migrants were killing and eating the birds.
A similar case was reported in New York in 2015 when three refugees from Myanmar, formerly Burma, were arrested for killing and eating a swan.
Elsewhere in Europe, there have been numerous reports of migrants engaging in cruelty to animals, including Muslims slaughtering sheep in parking lots or bathtubs. Some countries, like Sweden, have admitted animal cruelty is much more prevalent in migrant-dense areas.
GLOBAL ISSUE?
Elsewhere in the world, similar reports have emerged. In Taiwan, several Vietnamese migrants were fined around $33,000 in 2020 for killing and eating a local dog and served jail sentences of 30 to 40 days each. Authorities rescued three other dogs they assumed were also being kept to be eaten later on.
Chinese workers in the Middle Eastern state of Jordan were likewise accused of killing and eating street dogs in 2019, with the NGO Network for Animals claiming it represented a rising trend in the torture and killing of dogs in the region.
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Reports have spread across the media and social media of Haitian migrants eating people's pets and local wildlife in Springfield, Ohio. While some mainstream outlets claim the reports are false, such cases are not uncommon worldwide.
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