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Jose Garcia's JournalDonald Trump 'Groping' Allegations Detailed by Model Stacey Williams
Source: Newsweek
Former model Stacey Williams has alleged former President Donald Trump groped her at his New York penthouse after Jeffrey Epstein, the late financier and convicted sex offender, introduced her to him. Trump has denied the allegations.
Williams, a model in the 1990s, detailed the allegations during a call on Monday organized by Survivors for Kamala. The group is made up of more than 200 survivors of sexual and gender-based violence advocating for Vice President Kamala Harris to win the upcoming presidential election.
According to The Guardian, which first reported the call, Williams alleged that Trump, then a real estate mogul, groped different parts of her body while smiling at Epstein, who later "berated" her. Williams said Epstein asked her after the alleged incident why she "let [Trump] do that," which made her feel like "a piece of meat."
Trump's national press secretary for his 2024 campaign, Karoline Leavitt, told the British newspaper: "These accusations, made by a former activist for Barack Obama and announced on a Harris campaign call two weeks before the election, are unequivocally false. It's obvious this fake story was contrived by the Harris campaign."
Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/stacey-williams-donald-trump-groping-allegations-jeffrey-epstein-1974151
Power goes out on entire island of Cuba, leaving 10 million people without electricity
Source: NBC News
HAVANA — The electricity went out Friday in Cuba, affecting the entire island's population of 10 million after one of its main power plants failed, according to Cuba’s energy ministry.
The government had tried to keep the lights on earlier in the day by closing schools and having most state workers stay home in an effort to conserve energy. But it wasn’t enough, and by 11 a.m. the largest power plant went offline, causing a grid failure.
The communist-run country’s president, Miguel Díaz-Canel, wrote on X that they are giving “absolute priority” to solving the problem, and that “there won’t be any rest” until the power comes back on.
Cubans have been grappling with rolling blackouts for months. In some provinces outside the capital, Havana, many people have been facing power outages that last up to 12 hours at a time.
Read more: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna176169
Wisconsin DOJ now leading investigation into drop box removal by Wausau Mayor Doug Diny
Source: Wausau Daily Herald
WAUSAU – The Wisconsin Department of Justice’s Division of Criminal Investigation will be serving as lead investigator on the Sept. 22 removal of the absentee ballot drop box by Wausau Mayor Doug Diny.
The state-level investigation was confirmed Thursday morning via email by the Wisconsin Office of the Attorney General. The drop box was returned to its regular location on Monday.
The investigation comes after City Clerk Kaitlyn Bernarde made two reports of an election irregularity on Sept. 23 and Sept. 27. The Portage County Sheriff’s Department was deployed for the initial investigation, according to a Friday news release from Marathon County District Attorney Theresa Wetzsteon.
On Wednesday, a group of four Wausau residents delivered a formal request to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Wisconsin, according to a release from the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign. Marathon County Supervisor Randy Radtke, who represents District 10, was one of the residents named in the request.
Read more: https://www.wausaudailyherald.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/10/03/wisconsin-department-justice-leading-investigation-into-drop-box-removal-by-wausau-mayor-doug-diny/75497526007/
DeSantis orders Florida National Guard, State Guard to intervene in port strike
Source: Freight Waves
Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday he will deploy the Florida National Guard and Florida State Guard to ports affected by the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) strike.
In an X/Twitter post, the governor stated that guard members will be deployed to ports affected by the strike “to maintain order and, where possible, resume operations at ports which are otherwise shut down.”
“Disrupting the distribution of food, equipment, and supplies as the Southeast U.S. recovers from Hurricane Helene is unacceptable,” DeSantis said in the post. “Floridians need a reliable, steady supply of resources and building materials to keep their families fed and rebuild their homes and businesses.”
In the post, DeSantis said the Florida Highway Patrol will manage the flow of traffic from all Florida seaports as needed to further speed the flow of goods held up by the strike. He said the Highway Patrol will provide escorts for commercial motor vehicles upon request.
Read more: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.freightwaves.com/news/desantis-orders-florida-national-guard-state-guard-to-intervene-in-port-strike%3famp
Biden and Harris call the Israeli strike killing Hezbollah's Nasrallah a 'measure of justice'
Source: Associated Press
REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — The Israeli strike that killed Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah was a “measure of justice” for victims of a four-decade “reign of terror,” President Joe Biden said Saturday.
The comments came after Lebanon’s Hezbollah group confirmed earlier Saturday that Nasrallah, one of the group’s founders, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut the previous day.
Biden noted that the operation to take out Nasrallah took place in the broader context of the conflict that began with Hamas’ massacre of Israelis on Oct. 7, 2023.
“Nasrallah, the next day, made the fateful decision to join hands with Hamas and open what he called a ‘northern front’ against Israel,” Biden said in a statement.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/biden-hezbollah-nasrallah-israel-lebanon-024756fb7c2b7bdda93454db97659a19
Florida Rep. Carolina Amesty indicted on forgery charges
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. —
Florida Rep. Carolina Amesty is behind bars in Orange County, facing multiple forgery charges.
According to jail records, Amesty, R-Windermere, is charged with forgery, uttering forgery, false certificate by a notary public, and notarizing signature.
These charges stem from evidence that she knowingly notarized a document with a forged signature in 2021 while serving as an administrator at Central Christian Academy, a nonprofit school run by her family.
All four charges are classified as third-degree felonies under Florida Statute section 117.05.
More: https://www.wesh.com/article/florida-state-representative-carolina-amesty-facing-forgery-charges/62008633
DC councilmember known for pushing antisemitic conspiracy theories is arrested on bribery charge
Source: Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — A District of Columbia councilmember known for promoting antisemitic conspiracy theories accepted over $150,000 in bribes in exchange for pressuring D.C. employees to extend city contracts for violence intervention services, authorities alleged in court records unsealed Monday.
Trayon White Sr., a Democrat who ran an unsuccessful mayoral campaign in 2022, was arrested Sunday on a federal bribery charge and released from custody after a brief court appearance Monday. His attorney declined to comment on the allegations against him.
White agreed in June to accept roughly $156,000 in kickbacks and cash payments in exchange for pressuring government agency employees to extend two companies’ contracts worth over $5 million, prosecutors said.
Authorities say they have secretly recorded conversations between White and an FBI informant who gave White $35,000 in cash on four occasions between June and August. A photo included in court papers shows White stuffing what the FBI says is an envelope filled with $15,000 in cash in his jacket pocket.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/dc-councilmember-trayon-white-bribery-db31eda0ec3f64922b7459d79332afb9
Jill Stein recruiting Palestinian Americans for her running mate position
Source: NBC News
Green Party nominee Jill Stein has been recruiting Palestinian Americans to be her vice presidential running mate as the left-wing presidential candidate looks to exploit the community’s frustrations with Democrats' support for Israel during its war in Gaza.
Two potential candidates told NBC News Friday they had multiple conversations with Stein about the job. A spokesperson for a third potential candidate, the Democratic mayor of Dearborn, Michigan, Abdullah Hammoud, confirmed Stein asked him if he was willing to be considered for the job — before realizing Hammoud is too young to be constitutionally eligible.
Stein is planning to announce her running mate next Friday. It’s unclear whom she has chosen or if she has made her decision yet. The Stein campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
“It’s an honor to be considered for the position and something that I strongly considered and weighed heavily,” said Abed Ayoub, the executive director of the Washington-based American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, which calls itself as the largest Arab American grassroots organization in the U.S. “She’s looking for someone that really understands and expresses what our community is feeling.”
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/jill-stein-recruiting-palestinian-americans-running-mate-position-rcna165984
Shapiro cancels weekend events as VP search narrows
A spokesperson for Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, who is among those being vetted as Harris' potential running mate, confirmed the governor has canceled fundraisers in the Hamptons this weekend that were originally scheduled to raise money for his PAC.
“The Governor’s trip was planned several weeks ago and included several fundraisers for his own campaign committee,” Shapiro spokesperson Manuel Bonder said. "His schedule has changed and he is no longer traveling to the Hamptons this weekend."
Shapiro, a first-term governor, is considered a top contender to be Harris’ running mate and discussed the role with Harris’ team on Wednesday.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/live-blog/harris-trump-presidential-election-live-updates-rcna164124#rcrd50063
Exit polling in Venezuela shows opposition beating Maduro by wide margin
Source: Washington Post
CARACAS, Venezuela — The Venezuelan opposition was hopeful of an election victory Sunday that could bring an end to the authoritarian government of Nicolás Maduro and the socialist state that has controlled this crisis-stricken South American nation for a quarter-century.
Exit polling released after voting centers began to close Sunday evening showed opposition candidate Edmundo González taking 65 percent of the vote, more than doubling Maduro’s 31 percent, Edison Research reported. Venezuelans were waiting for official results.
The opposition, suffocated by Maduro’s autocratic rule and historically hobbled by infighting, sees its best chance in more than a decade to unseat the strongman, whom many here blame for this oil-rich country’s economic collapse and the exodus of millions of migrants, hundreds of thousands of them to the United States.
Maduro has barred the opposition’s chosen candidate, arrested campaign workers and blocked access to state media. Still, the opposition says it can win — and by a landslide. A high turnout could provide a significant boost; by 4 p.m., González’s campaign estimated that 11.7 million Venezuelans had voted, a participation rate of more than 54 percent.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/07/28/venezuela-election-maduro-gonzalez/
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