15 Democrats Arrested For Election Fraud

Six people, including Frio County Judge, two city council members, indicted in elections investigation

Other defendants include current and former city officials, school board members, and county commissioners across Frio County. The charges range from vote harvesting to tampering with government records, all tied to the same alleged coordinated ballot-collection network.

Court filings reviewed in the case describe how vote harvesters allegedly approached voters, particularly the elderly, under the pretext of offering assistance, then took possession of ballots before they were mailed.

In some instances, investigators say, those involved exchanged cash or electronic payments via apps like Cash App to secure ballots or voter information. Under Texas law, offering or accepting compensation for ballot collection is a third-degree felony.

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>>23450986

Had a look it's a bit stretchy for me

Magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes Turkey, causing about a dozen buildings to collapse

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Turkey’s northwestern province of Balikesir on Sunday, causing about a dozen buildings to collapse, an official said. At least one person was trapped in the debris of a collapsed building.

The earthquake, with an epicentre in the town of Sindirgi, sent shocks that were felt some 200 kilometres (125 miles) to the north in Istanbul, a city of more than 16 million people.

Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya told the nationwide NTV broadcaster that five people, including an elderly woman, were rescued from a collapsed building in Sindirgi, while rescuers were trying to reach another person trapped the structure.

Several houses also collapsed in the nearby village of Golcuk, Sindirgi Mayor Serkan Sak said. The minaret of a mosque also tumbled down in the village.

Health Minister Kemal Memisoglu said on X that four people were being treated in hospital. None of them were in life-threatening condition, he said.

“Our hope is to get through this without any loss of life," Ahmet Akin, the mayor of the provincial capital, which is also called Balikesir, told HaberTurk news channel.

https://www.9news.com.au/world/magnitude-61-earthquake-strikes-turkey-causing-about-a-dozen-buildings-to-collapse/f8ab905a-a3e9-4b5c-8b3c-7b21999775f1

Broadcaster Al Jazeera says its correspondent has been killed in Gaza

Israel's military said it killed Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al Sharif, whom it claimed headed a Hamas cell, in a strike on Gaza City.

The Qatari broadcaster said three other of its journalists were also killed, and an official at nearby Shifa Hospital said there were seven people killed in total.

"Anas Al Sharif served as the head of a terrorist cell in the Hamas terrorist organization and was responsible for advancing rocket attacks against Israeli civilians and IDF (Israeli) troops," the Israeli military said in a statement.

Palestinian journalists' groups condemned the killings.

A press freedom group and a UN expert previously warned that Al Sharif's life was in danger due to his reporting from Gaza. UN Special Rapporteur Irene Khan said last month Israel's claims against him were unsubstantiated.

In July, the Committee to Protect Journalists urged the international community to protect Al Sharif.

https://www.9news.com.au/world/broadcaster-al-jazeera-says-its-correspondent-anas-alsharif-has-been-killed-in-gaza/ae67ac34-51a8-4f0e-90c1-bf6fbd6ba7aa

Ukrainian FM rejects Trump’s peace suggestion

Andrey Sibiga has dismissed the idea that Kiev and Moscow could swap territory to end the conflict

Ukraine will not agree to make any concessions to Russia, Kiev's Foreign Minister Andrey Sibiga has stated. His remark came shortly after US President Donald Trump suggested ahead of Friday's upcoming summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin that a peace agreement between the conflicting nations would likely involve “some swapping of territories.”

The Lugansk People’s Republic, Donetsk People’s Republic, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions became part of Russia following referendums held in 2022. Crimea voted to join the country in 2014, following the armed Western-backed Maidan coup in Kiev.

In a post on X on Sunday, Sibiga wrote: “No rewards or gifts to the aggressor to appease him,” adding that “every concession invites further aggression.”

His comment echoed a string of posts published on X by Vladimir Zelensky the previous day, in which he vowed not to “allow this second attempt to partition Ukraine” and the “legalization of the occupation of our land.”

According to Zelensky, the first “partition” took place when Crimea, the majority Russia-speaking territory which is also home to Russia's Black Sea fleet, voted to join the Russian Federation in a referendum that the new Ukrainian leadership and the West have never accepted.

Weeks later, an uprising began in predominantly Russian-speaking Donetsk Region and Lugansk Region. Citing the threat of forced Ukrainization, the secessionists established their own independent republics with the intention of eventually following Crimea’s example. A bloody military conflict followed in which thousands of civilians died between 2014 and 2022, often at the hands of Western-backed neo-Nazi militias, but Kiev failed to completely regain control of either territory by force.

Sibiga’s statements came after Trump announced earlier this week that he would meet with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in Alaska on August 15.

Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, and the Russian president met in Moscow on Wednesday. According to Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov, Washington had made an “acceptable” offer, but he declined to provide further details.

Moscow has long accused Zelensky of denying reality and unnecessarily prolonging a conflict he cannot win.

https://www.rt.com/russia/622729-ukrainian-fm-calls-trump-suggestion-into-question/

>>23451488

>D.C. police

are comped af