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https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/fbi-investigating-letters-containing-suspicious-powders-sent-election
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger says the election office in Fulton County is among those across the U.S. that have received a suspicious letter – including some laced with fentanyl.
"Domestic terrorists will not trample on our right to free and fair elections," Raffensperger said Thursday about the letter reportedly intercepted by officials before it arrived at the office.
In 2020, then-President Trump lost reelection in large part because he narrowly lost Georgia on Election Day. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has since brought a case against Trump and 18 co-defendants alleged they tried to subvert the state's election results.
The FBI and U.S. Postal Service are investigating the series of suspicious letters recently sent to election offices in California, Georgia, Nevada, Oregon, Texas and Washington, according to NBC News.
Several counties in Washington received letters containing “unknown powdery substances,” according to a statement Thursday from Secretary of State Steve Hobbs.
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/ohio-gop-rep-wenstrup-announces-he-wont-seek-reelection
Congressman Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, announced on Thursday that he would not be seeking reelection in 2024.
He posted a video message on the social media platform X, saying he wants to spend more time with his family.
"At home, that's where my amazing wife Monica and two young children, Brad and Sophia, are. That's the place where I really want to be somebody," Wenstrup said in the video.
Wenstrup was first elected in 2012 and served in Ohio's second Congressional district for five terms.
He did not say what his next move would be.
"Throughout my life, I've heard the call to duty. Duty called me to medicine, then to the Army, then to Congress," he said. "Duty to those I love most now calls me back home."
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/ramaswamy-debuts-rebel-scum-merch-after-debate-spat-haley
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy on Friday debuted a line of "Rebel SCUM" merchandise after former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley calling him "scum" on-air during the third Republican primary debate on Wednesday.
"The Establishment in both parties is corrupt to the core and is alive more than ever. It’s time to fight: now is the moment for freedom-loving American patriots everywhere to stand up and take back the country we love from a corrupt group of politicians who are marching us toward World War III. This is our 1776 Revolution," he posted on X, announcing the merchandise line's debut.
The lineup currently includes beer cozies and t-shirts. Ramaswamy Communications Director Tricia McLaughlin confirmed to Just the News that the campaign plans to unveil additional merchandise at a later date. She further confirmed that the "Rebel SCUM" branding was a loose reference to a line from Star Wars.
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/health/ny-gov-hochul-appoints-sex-therapist-dr-ruth-state-loneliness-ambassador
New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday announced the appointment of a famous sex therapist to serve as the state's honorary Ambassador to Loneliness, the first such appointment in the United States.
Born in Weimar Germany, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, 95, survived the Holocaust and went on to become an iconic sex therapist and talk show host. Her appointment means she will "help New Yorkers of all ages address the growing issue of social isolation."
"“As New York works to fight the loneliness epidemic, some help from honorary Ambassador Ruth Westheimer may be just what the doctor ordered," the governor declared. "Dr. Ruth Westheimer has offered her services to help older adults and all New Yorkers cope with the loneliness epidemic and I will be appointing her to serve as the nation's first state-level honorary Ambassador to Loneliness. Studies show individuals experiencing loneliness had a 32 percent higher risk of dying early and we need leaders like Dr. Ruth to help address this critical component of our mental health crisis."
https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/covid-vaccine-mandates-woke-ideology-military-members-fight-dod
Current and former military members are speaking out against what they call the politicization of the Defense Department — from the COVID-19 vaccine mandates to transgender surgeries — in a new documentary being rolled out this month.
As many military members were kicked out of service for refusing to receive the COVID vaccine, some current and former service members are warning of an ideological push that they believe is harming U.S. defense. A few of these members are in a multi-part documentary series called "SEALs Beat Biden," which is being released this month. The documentary is a project of The Sentinel, an online publication that describes itself as producing "straightforward news and conservative inside commentary on American culture, politics, and business."
One former service member and one current service member who feature in the documentary each told Just the News about some of their experiences fighting the COVID vaccine mandate and their concerns about how the military is being run.
Former Navy SEAL Asa Miller chose to not take the COVID-19 vaccine, along with about 20 other SEALs from his team, SEAL Team Four. Miller told Just the News on Tuesday that for six months, they were never told to go to work, and their equipment was taken away from them so they couldn’t train or go to the shooting range.
https://justthenews.com/accountability/political-ethics/satweiss-says-charges-burisma-tax-evasion-expired-hunter-biden
In an interview with Congress, Special Counsel David Weiss corroborated key parts of the IRS whistleblowers’ story, including that the statute of limitations had expired on charges that Hunter Biden evaded taxes a decade ago on some of his Burisma Holdings income in Ukraine.
But the prosecutor also strongly signaled the first son still faces serious legal jeopardy beyond the gun charges he already is fighting.
Weiss this week told House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, in a transcribed interview reviewed by Just the News, that his office is still ramping up staff and that even if Hunter Biden’s prison-sparing, now-scuttled plea deal had been consummated this summer, there was a likelihood of additional criminal charges and investigation.
“I can say that at no time was it coming to a close,” Weiss answered when asked about the impact of the plea deal rejected by the court this summer. “I think, as I stated in the one statement I made at the time the investigation was continuing. So it wasn’t ending there in any event.”
“When the judge would’ve accepted the agreement, it wasn’t over?” he was asked.
“Our efforts were not concluded; that’s correct,” he answered.
To date, Hunter Biden has been indicted on three felony gun charges in Delaware and law enforcement officials told Just the News that Weiss asked this fall to be named a special counsel with broader independence and powers because he is still investigating allegations of illegal foreign lobbying and tax evasion.
https://justthenews.com/nation/economy/moodys-downgrades-us-outlook-negative
Moody's Investor Service on Friday downgraded its outlook for the U.S. to "negative" from "stable" while maintaining the nation's AAA credit rating.
"In the context of higher interest rates, without effective fiscal policy measures to reduce government spending or increase revenues, Moody's expects that the US' fiscal deficits will remain very large, significantly weakening debt affordability," the service announced. "Continued political polarization within US Congress raises the risk that successive governments will not be able to reach consensus on a fiscal plan to slow the decline in debt affordability."
Moody's asserted that the nation's "exceptional economic strength" and potential for positive growth could at least slow the mounting cost of maintaining its debt. It further insisted the maintained prominence of the dollar in global markets would mitigate risks.
"While the adjustment of the US economy and financial sector to higher-for-longer interest rates is underway, policymakers have facilitated the transition through transparent and effective policy," the service added. "Finally, the unique and central roles of the US dollar and Treasury bond market in the global financial system provide extraordinary funding capacity and significantly reduce the risk of a sudden spiraling of funding costs, which is particularly relevant in the context of high debt levels and weakening debt affordability."
While Moody's declined to downgrade the U.S. credit rating, other firms have already done so. Fitch Ratings, in August, assigned the U.S. a "stable" outlook rating, but dropped the nation's credit from AAA to AA+. S&P Global made the same downgrade in 2011.