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Oct 03 2023
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Arrests and Handouts: How Egypt’s Sisi Is Engineering Another Election Victory
CAIRO—As Egypt prepares for a presidential election, authorities have detained dozens of opposition figures. Potential challengers to President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi say they are facing obstacles getting on the ballot. And some Egyptians have received food vouchers in exchange for their support. Sisi, the 68-year-old general who came to power in a military coup a decade ago and this week
Wall Street Journal (News)
Oct 03 2023
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Olivia Hill sworn in as Tennessee's first-ever trans elected official
Tennessee has made LGBTQ+ history after the state’s first transgender elected representative, Olivia Hill, was sworn into office. Nashville’s Metro councillor, Olivia Hill, joined guests at The Hermitage Hotel’s ballroom to witness the historic swearing-in ceremony on Monday (2 October). “I am elated,” she said. “For every trans kid in the state of Tennessee who has felt discomfort or that
PinkNews
Sep 21 2023
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Karen Lunsford: In municipal elections, your vote is vital
Indiana Municipal Election Day is Nov. 7. Local elections affect our daily lives more directly than presidential and congressional elections. Your vote is vital because during municipal elections we elect mayors, clerk-treasurers, town or city council members, and judges. The people we elect in the 2023 Johnson County Municipal Election will make decisions that directly impact our daily lives
Daily Journal Indiana
Sep 30 2023
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Supreme Court to review Big Tech anti-censorship laws in Texas and Florida
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a free speech case challenging anti-censorship laws passed by Republicans in Texas and Florida that target social media companies. Industry trade groups representing Facebook parent Meta, Alphabet, which owns YouTube, TikTok and X, formerly known as Twitter, claim that laws restricting content-moderation policies of large social media platforms
Fox Business
Sep 25 2023
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Egypt sets December presidential election date
Egypt will hold a presidential election over three days in December, officials announced Monday, with President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi highly likely to remain in power until 2030. Waleed Hamza, the chairman of the National Election Authority, said the vote will take place on Dec. 10-12, with a runoff on Jan. 8-10 if no candidate secures more than 50% of the vote. Egyptian expatriates will vote
Fox News (Online News)
Sep 15 2023
News
State elections officer doubts vote to fire her will restore trust in elections
State elections officer doubts vote to fire her will restore trust in elections MADISON, Wis. (CBS 58) -- The state's top election official expressed doubts new leadership at the agency in charge of nearly 2,000 municipal and county clerks would restore trust in elections after Republicans voted to fire her. Senate Republicans voted Thursday to fire Wisconsin's Elections Administrator Meagan
CBS 58
Sep 27 2023
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Montana judge temporarily blocks enforcement of law to ban gender-affirming medical care for minors
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana law banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors is temporarily blocked, a state judge ruled Wednesday, just four days before it was to take effect. Legislative debate over Montana’s bill drew national attention this spring after Republicans punished Democratic Rep. Zooey Zephyr — the first transgender woman elected to the state’s Legislature —
The Joplin Globe
Oct 02 2023
News
Dem Party Officials Are Increasingly Terrified That Biden Will Cost Them The Election
Democratic party officials are becoming increasingly more terrified that President Joe Biden is going to cost them the 2024 election, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Concerns regarding 80-year-old Biden’s age and stamina have continued to increase with 73% of voters viewing him as “too old to run for president,” according to a poll by the WSJ. While Democratic officials publicly
The Daily Caller
Sep 27 2023
News
Montana judge temporarily blocks enforcement of law to ban gender-affirming medical care for minors
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana law banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors is temporarily blocked, a state judge ruled Wednesday, just four days before it was to take effect. Legislative debate over Montana’s bill drew national attention this spring after Republicans punished Democratic Rep. Zooey Zephyr — the first transgender woman elected to the state’s Legislature —
KSTP