Earthquake swarm rattles Calif., more than 100 quakes reported in 24 hours

A swarm of earthquakes, the largest a magnitude-4.9, rattled Southern California near the Mexico border Wednesday evening into Thursday morning. No damage or injuries were reported. More than 100 quakes of magnitude 2.5 and above have struck the remote Imperial County since 9 a.m. Thursday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Seismologist Lucy Jones said this is one of the largest swarms ever in the Imperial Valley - and this region historically sees the most active swarms in Southern California. The 4.9-magnitude temblor hit just after 5:30 p.m. and was centered about 2 1/2 miles northeast of Westmorland, a city of around 2,300 people near the Salton Sea, an inland desert lake. A 3.6-magnitude quake was reported five miles from Brawley, Calif. as recently as 7:46 a.m. Thursday. Jones said the quakes were in the Brawley seismic zone, where such swarms are common. It produced a magnitude-5.8 earthquake in 1981, Jones said in a tweet.

The zone is a network of small faults connecting the larger Imperial fault and the huge San Andreas fault. However, Jones said the current swarm was too far away to raise the low odds of affecting the San Andreas. "Today's M4.9 fault is ~2 miles across, so it can affect quakes within ~5 miles," Jones wrote on Twitter. "The only faults nearby are small. In other words, there is no scientific reason to predict a big quake in another location today." An average of 234 earthquakes with magnitudes between 3.0 and 4.0 occur per year in California and Nevada, according to a recent three-year data sample, the LA Times reported.

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Earthquake-swarm-California-Imperial-Brawley-15612222.php

More than 1 Million People Registered to Vote Using Snapchat; 65 Percent Under 25 Years Old

Snapchat has helped more than one million people register to vote in November’s presidential elections, with 65 percent of those aged 24 or younger. About 64.5 percent of Snapchat users who signed up to vote using the app are in the 18-24 age bracket, Forbes reported. Snapchat told Forbes that it had seen more sign-ups in Texas than in any other state, although North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida have also seen a huge bump in voter registration sign-ups. During the 2018 midterm elections, more than 750,000 voters registered using Snapchat, and the company estimated that 57 percent of likely voters cast a ballot in those elections.

While 2.5 million voters registered through Facebook, Snapchat’s demographic is way younger and more likely to lean Democrat. Among the one million people who registered to vote in November’s election, 56 percent are first-time voters, according to Snapchat. All major social media platforms have released voter turnout related initiatives to get out the vote and decrease misinformation. Facebook introduced its voting resource guide for its American users in August. Twitter has also included voter registration tools and allowed users to view other election-related information through the app. TikTok also launched a voter information guide within its mobile app with candidate information and how to vote by state. Unlike its other social media counterparts, the Chinese social media company only gives out information about voting instead of directly offering voter registration through its platform.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/10/01/more-than-1-million-people-registered-to-vote-using-snapchat-65-percent-under-25-years-old/

https://about.fb.com/news/2020/06/voting-information-center/

https://techcrunch.com/2020/09/15/twitter-election-hub-voting-tools/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2020/09/29/tiktok-launches-in-app-guide-on-us-elections/#76c834ac2dae

State's attorney from Jussie Smollett case backs out of debate due to 'Trump-like' name calling

Her opponent called her a 'social worker, not a prosecutor'

Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx announced Wednesday that she pulled out of a campaign debate due to attacks from her Republican rival. Judge Pat O’Brien last month called Foxx a “social worker, not a prosecutor,” at a fiery debate between the two candidates. Cook County, which is home to Chicago and many of its surrounding suburbs, is the second-most populated county in the U.S. with 5.15 million residents, trailing only Los Angeles County in California. “We learned during the recent Ed board interviews, that the State’s Attorney participated in with Mr. O’Brien, that he will instead use the time for Trump-like name calling and fear mongering,” Foxx spokesperson Alex Sims told the Chicago Tribune in a statement. “During this nationwide crisis, she will not sit across the stage from a Republican that exploits tragedy to win a campaign.”

O’Brien told the Tribune in a statement that the campaign is “one of the most important and high-profile races in the state,” and that voters “deserve to know the substantial differences” between him and Foxx. A fifth debate is scheduled for Oct. 25, but it is not known if that will be held. Foxx, who has come under fire for her handling of the recent wave of violence and crime, made headlines in March 2019 after she dropped charges against “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett, who was accused of staging an alleged racist and homophobic attack against himself. Smollett, who was neither required to plead guilty to any crimes nor admit wrongdoing, was ordered to perform 15 hours of community service and forfeit his $10,000 bond as restitution to the city. The City of Chicago said it paid $130,106.15 in police overtime after beefing up its staff “solely due to Mr. Smollett's false statements.”

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/states-attorney-from-jussie-smollett-case-backs-out-of-debate-due-to-trump-like-name-calling

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Nancy Pelosi Details ‘Wrap-Up Smear’ Technique

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