US Appeals Court Upholds Injunction Blocking WeChat Ban

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected a US Department of Justice (DoJ) request to overturn a September 20 ruling that found the federal government's ban on WeChat violates free speech.

The three-judge panel moved Monday to uphold US Magistrate Laurel Beeler's Friday ruling in favor of a collection of WeChat users. The referenced ruling blocked the Trump-ordered, immediate ban on the popular social media app in the web stores of Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc.

The US judges wrote that the federal government failed to demonstrate it would "suffer an imminent, irreparable injury during the pendency of this appeal, which is being expedited," as reported by Reuters.

https://sputniknews.com/us/202010261080885310-us-appeals-court-upholds-injunction-blocking-wechat-ban/

Suspicious Package Arrives at US Capitol Before the Amy Coney Barrett Confirmation Vote

A suspicious package turned up at the US Capitol just before the Amy Coney Barrett confirmation vote.

The US Capitol Police is responding to a suspicious package at the East Front of the U.S. Capitol Building.

As a reminder — leading leftists promised violence if Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed to Supreme Court.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/10/breaking-suspicious-package-arrives-us-capitol-amy-coney-barrett-confirmation-vote/

San Diego Public Schools Change Grading To ‘Combat Racism’

The San Diego Unified District School Board voted to change the district grading system to ‘combat racism’ and students will be allowed to turn in assignments without any penalties for late submissions.

SDUSD Vice President Richard Berrera said, “It’s not fair. It should never have been that way, but it persists. I think this reflects, you know, a reality that our students have described to us, and it’s a change that’s a long time coming.”

Zachary Patterson who is a student board member said, “I know a lot of my friends and students all across our district are excited about this. And especially in the time of COVID right now, we’re seeing that the inequities in our communities are so strong and it is not fair of us to put forth policies that only cater to the students that are able to meet these requirements.”

Patterson also said, “I know my friends are excited about the idea that, hey, maybe if I’m, if I have something going on in my life at that moment and maybe I just can’t turn in the assignment on time that singular day. Well, next morning it’s going to be OK.”

The student board member argued that students caught cheating should not get disciplined for academic dishonesty.

Zachary Patterson said, “When students do something wrong, we are, instead of looking to punish them harshly, we’re looking to evaluate why this happened and then seek a way to move forward effectively. I think the word ‘disciplinary’ solely really fails to emphasize what we’re trying to do in a restorative practice. And the idea that a student cheating, for example, gets them a zero, ruins their grade for the semester and really does, um, makes them unfocused on the ability to be successful in that class anymore. That’s not productive and that’s not what we want to do.”

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/10/watch-san-diego-public-schools-change-grading-combat-racism-video/

US Supreme Court Sides with GOP, Rejects Dem Calls to Extend Wisconsin Deadline For Absentee Ballots Received After Election Day

The US Supreme Court on Monday in a 5-3 vote rejected Democrat calls to reinstate the six-day extension for the receipt of mail ballots in Wisconsin.

This is a huge win for President Trump, the GOP and the American people.

President Trump won the historically blue state of Wisconsin in 2016 against Hillary Clinton by a razor thin margin.

The Democrats fought to reinstate the six-day extension for absentee ballots and lost big time on Monday.

Below is a key passage from Chief Justice Roberts, who voted to block the Wisconsin extension but allowed a three-day extension in Pennsylvania.

“While the Pennsylvania applications implicated the authority of state courts to apply their own constitutions to election regulations, this case involves federal intrusion on state lawmaking processes. Different bodies of law and different precedents govern these two situations and require, in these particular circumstances, that we allow the modification of election rules in Pennsylvania but not Wisconsin,” Roberts said.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/10/breaking-us-supreme-court-sides-gop-rejects-dem-calls-extend-wisconsin-deadline-absentee-ballots-received-election-day/

Trump Campaign Calls On Supreme Court To Block North Carolina’s Absentee Ballot Plan

Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has once again called on the Supreme Court to block North Carolina’s absentee ballot play after failing to strike it down in U.S. federal appeals court.

Trump Calls On Supreme Court To Step In

Trump is determined to block North Carolina in the state’s plan to count absentee ballots that arrive after the Nov. 3 Election Day, according to Reuters. This comes after the Trump campaign suffered a defeat last week when the U.S. federal appeals court left the plan in place in North Carolina.

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in 12-3 vote last Tuesday to deny the Trump campaign’s request to stop the North Carolina State Board of Elections from tallying ballots postmarked by Nov. 3 that arrive before Nov. 12. The Trump campaign had teamed up with the North Carolina Republican Party to argue in court that the plan violated the state’s election code.

The Trump campaign sent a filing to the Supreme Court on Sunday calling for the plan to be halted.

“An emergency injunction is urgently needed to ensure that our federal election is governed by the statutes enacted by the people’s duly elected representatives, and not by the whims of an unelected state agency,” the Trump campaign wrote in the filing.

RELATED: Supreme Court Reinstates Witness Signatures For South Carolina Mail-In Ballots

Democrats Fire Back

Fourteen Democratic state attorney generals, plus Karl Racine of Washington, D.C., spoke out on Monday in a friend-of-the-court brief to urge the Supreme Court to deny Trump’s request. They argued that North Carolina’s new deadline was a reasonable accommodation amidst COVID-19 and possible delays with the Postal Service.

“As the primary managers of the election process and protectors of the public health, states have an obligation to protect each citizen’s constitutional right to vote while ensuring that this right can be exercised safely,” they wrote, according to The Hill.

https://thepoliticalinsider.com/trump-campaign-calls-on-supreme-court-to-block-north-carolinas-absentee-ballot-plan/?utm_campaign=TPI10262020BR1&utm_source=criticalimpact&utm_medium=email&utm_content=1d09840caddec138a6473c7b9fa19141&source=TPICI

Trump threatens to destroy any Iranian missiles shipped to Venezuela after President Maduro announced plan to buy more weapons after UN arms embargo expired

'The transfer of long-range missiles from Iran to Venezuela is not acceptable and will not be tolerated or permitted,' State Department Special Rep. said

A UN embargo on Iran buying and selling arms expired last week after the Trump admin failed to get it extended

Last week Venezuela President Nicholas Maduro announced the creation of a Scientific and Technological Military Council

The council will seek the independence of the country in terms of its weapons system with the help of 'sister' nations, including China, Russia, Iran and Cuba

Maduro also told the armed national forced to stand by as he claimed they expected attacks from Colombia

'Every delivery of Iranian arms destabilizes South America and the Caribbean,' the State Department Special Representative for Iran and Venezuela said

It bears similarities to 1962 when President John F. Kennedy blockaded Cuba to stop the Soviet Union from shipping missiles there

The United States has threatened to destroy any long-range missiles sent to Venezuela from Iran, after a UN embargo on Iran buying or selling weapons expired last week.

The warning comes a few days after Venezuela President Nicholas Maduro announced the creation of a Scientific and Technological Military Council that will seek the independence of the country in terms of its weapons system with the help of 'sister' nations, among which he mentioned China, Russia, Iran and Cuba.

There's no confirmation that a shipment is imminent however a US official said the countries are likely to do arms deals.

'The transfer of long-range missiles from Iran to Venezuela is not acceptable and will not be tolerated or permitted.' Elliot Abrams, State Department Special Representative for both countries, told Fox News. 'We will make every effort to stop shipments of long-range missiles, and if somehow they get to Venezuela they will be eliminated there.'

The proposed blockade bears similarities to 1962 when President John F. Kennedy blockaded Cuba to stop the Soviet Union from shipping missiles there.

It nearly sparked a nuclear war on October 27, 58 years ago, but the countries came to an agreement at the last minute.

The Trump admin recently tried to convince the UN Security Council to extend an embargo on Iran trading arms but was unsuccessful.

Last week Maduro bragged that his military council would have the 'greatest minds' and that other countries around the world would be impressed.

Senior administration official, Abrams, continued: 'Iran has announced its intention to engage in arms sales, and Venezuela is an obvious target because those two pariah regimes already have a relationship.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8880997/US-threatens-destroy-Iranian-missiles-shipped-Venezuela.html

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