The White House is working on a plan to do away with mail-in voting and voting machines, press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday. A reporter asked how can the White House plan to eliminate mail-in voting since states administeer elections. President Donald Trump posted on TruthSocial on Monday, saying: “I am going to lead a movement to get rid of MAIL-IN BALLOTS, and also, while we’re at it, Highly ‘Inaccurate,’ Very Expensive, and Seriously Controversial VOTING MACHINES.” Leavitt said the Trump administration will be working with friends on Capitol Hill and in state legislatures to “ensure that we’re protecting the integrity of the vote for the American people.” “I think Republicans generally, and the President generally, wants to make it easier for Americans to vote and harder for people to cheat in our elections,” she said. “And it’s quite mind-boggling that the Democrat Party could stand in opposition to common sense.” Leavitt assured reporters that election integrity in the 2026 midterms remains a “priority,” adding: “There were great efforts that were made in 2024.” The post Easier to Vote, Harder to Cheat: White House Outlines Plan to Phase Out Mail-In Voting appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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America’s new auditor doesn’t speak. It just charges.America is sleepwalking into a surveillance economy where artificial intelligence doesn't just watch — it charges. Every rental car return, hotel checkout, and restaurant visit now feeds data to systems designed to find fault and extract payment. The age of algorithmic auditing has arrived, and it's coming for your cash, your credit, and your capacity to remain calm.Hertz pioneered this model with ruthless efficiency. Customers return rental cars to face AI-powered damage scanners that detect microscopic scratches invisible to the naked eye. No human mediator softens the blow. The algorithm identifies, the system charges, and the customer pays. What once required a damage assessment by a trained employee now happens automatically, instantly, and without appeal.Smart toilets might soon snitch on your stool, flagging you for noncompliant fiber intake and slapping a fee on your next flush.This represents a seismic shift. Customers are no longer served. They’re monitored, scored, and corrected. Where human judgment once provided a buffer between minor imperfections and financial penalties, algorithms eliminate that mercy. As one industry analyst noted to CNBC, the critical question becomes "whether businesses should charge customers for every microscopic imperfection that algorithms can identify but human judgment might reasonably overlook as normal wear and tear." It’s China’s social credit system meets America’s corporate cheerfulness. “Have a great day!” as the fine hits your inbox.The hotel industry is next. Smart sensors now monitor room conditions with unprecedented precision. Use a hair dryer for too long, and air-quality sensors might flag unusual particulate levels, triggering smoking penalties. Leave a wet towel on furniture, and moisture detectors could generate damage fees. Touch the thermostat too frequently, and energy consumption algorithms might classify you as wasteful, adding surcharges to your bill.Restaurants are quietly implementing similar systems. In the not-so-distant future, send back that overcooked burger and the point-of-sale system might log it as “food waste” tied to your customer profile. Order a substitution, and it’s tagged under “difficult customer” metrics. Eat too slowly, and turnover algorithms may flag you for “extended occupancy.” And for those who think I’m being overdramatic, let me remind you that surveillance doesn’t kick down the door. It slips in unnoticed, makes itself at home, and rewrites the rules while you’re still digesting your dinner.The rideshare economy offers a preview of this adversarial future. Drivers and passengers rate each other, but increasingly, AI systems analyze trip data to identify "problematic" behavior. Take an extra minute to find your ride? That's inefficiency. Ask the driver to change the route? That's noncompliance. These micro-infractions accumulate into profile scores that affect future pricing and availability.RELATED: Big Tech’s charm campaign flops as Trump’s DOJ brings the heat Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty ImagesFinancial institutions are watching closely. Credit card companies already analyze spending patterns to assess risk, but algorithmic auditing takes this farther. Every purchase location, timing, and amount feeds machine learning models that adjust credit limits and interest rates in real time. The algorithm never sleeps, never forgives, and always charges.Health care presents the most troubling possibilities. Insurance companies are experimenting with wearable device data to adjust premiums based on lifestyle choices. Miss your daily step goal? Pay more. Eat at fast-food restaurants too frequently? Pay more. Sleep poorly for a week? Pay more.Smart toilets might soon snitch on your stool, flagging you for noncompliant fiber intake and slapping a fee on your next flush. The algorithm turns every aspect of human behavior into a billing opportunity. Imagine a world where your bathroom scale reports to your health insurer — where a few extra pounds trigger premium hikes, not privacy warnings. Step on, upload, get penalized. If this trajectory holds, you won’t have to imagine it for long. That future is less science fiction than it is a draft regulation.The expansion seems unstoppable because the economics are irresistible. Businesses operate on razor-thin margins while facing rising labor costs and inflation pressures. Algorithmic auditing promises to recover revenue from previously unmonetized customer interactions. Every minor inconvenience becomes a profit center. Every imperfection becomes a charge.Corporate executives justify this shift as efficiency and fairness. Why should responsible customers subsidize careless ones? If technology can identify who caused what damage, shouldn't they pay? The logic sounds fair, right up until it strips out the human element that once separated service from surveillance.Pushing back means more than complaining. It takes defiance on the ground and disruption at the top. Personally, document everything. Photograph rental cars from every angle before and after use. Video-record hotel room conditions upon arrival. Keep receipts for every interaction. When algorithmic charges appear, dispute them immediately and demand human review. Many companies will quietly reverse charges when challenged because fighting costs more than the fees.This also requires regulatory intervention. Consumer protection agencies need updated authority to oversee algorithmic auditing systems. Transparency requirements should force companies to disclose when AI systems determine charges. Appeals processes must include human review options.State legislatures could mandate "reasonable wear and tear" standards that algorithms cannot override. Federal agencies could investigate algorithmic pricing as a potential unfair business practice. Consumer advocacy groups should sue companies that implement obviously punitive AI systems.The future doesn't have to be adversarial. Technology should serve customers, not hunt them. But that requires choosing resistance over resignation. The algorithm is watching. The question is whether we'll let it bill us for the privilege.

There are approximately 25 million foreign-born individuals in the U.S. who are naturalized citizens. The country naturalized roughly 8 million citizens over the past decade. Last year, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services welcomed 815,500 new citizens during naturalization ceremonies.To successfully secure U.S. citizenship, these individuals had to evidence GMC — "good moral character" — especially in the five years immediately preceding the filing of their applications.'USCIS officers must account for an alien's positive attributes and not simply the absence of misconduct.'Up until this month, GMC meant not having a record of certain criminal offenses — such as a murder conviction or an aggravated felony conviction — or of disqualifying conduct such as taking part in prostitution or commercialized vice, practicing polygamy, earning a living off of illegal gambling activities, failing to support dependents, or being a drunkard.The Trump administration is taking steps to ensure that prospective citizens aren't just meeting the bare minimum for civility but are actually poised to make a positive contribution.The USCIS issued a new policy on Friday in a memo titled "Restoring a Rigorous, Holistic, and Comprehensive Good Moral Character Evaluation Standard for Aliens Applying for Naturalization" that instructs officers to consider positive behavior along with possible disqualifying behavior."Becoming a naturalized U.S. citizen means being an active and responsible member of society instead of just having a right to live and work in the United States," the memo reads. "Evaluating GMC involves more than a cursory mechanical review focused on the absence of wrongdoing. It entails a holistic assessment of an alien's behavior, adherence to societal norms, and positive contributions that affirmatively demonstrate good moral character."RELATED: ‘Paperwork Americans’ are not your countrymen Photographer: Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesThe memo noted that prior to the early 1990s, Immigration and Naturalization Service officers would consider felony convictions and other bars "as the minimum disqualifiers, not as exclusive criteria. Officers considered rehabilitative evidence, volunteer service, family responsibilities, and other positive traits in weighing GMC."However, the minimum disqualifiers became over time a "firm checklist that equated GMC with the absence of statutory disqualifications rather than the presence of positive moral conduct and character."'It should only be offered to the world's best of the best.'The new policy indicates that an alien may lack GMC even if he or she has not committed one of the disqualifying acts, that "USCIS officers must account for an alien's positive attributes and not simply the absence of misconduct."Before granting or denying naturalization, officers will now consider various positive factors including educational attainment; family care-giving and ties in the U.S.; stable and lawful employment history and achievements; compliance with tax obligations; financial responsibility in the U.S.; and sustained community involvement and contributions.In addition to looking for positive factors, officers will also apply greater scrutiny when looking at possible disqualifying behavior.Applicants can now also be disqualified for unlawful voter registration, unlawful voting, convictions for driving under the influence, drug violations, reckless or habitual traffic infractions, and harassment.When pressed for comment, the White House referred Blaze News to USCIS.USCIS spokesman Matthew Tragesser said in a statement, "U.S. citizenship is the gold standard of citizenship — it should only be offered to the world's best of the best."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

A former Tennessee police officer will avoid a jail sentence after he made a plea deal regarding an incident involving his appearance in an X-rated video. As Blaze News reported in May 2024, the Metro Nashville Police Department was notified that one of the department's officers allegedly appeared in an OnlyFans video titled: "Can't believe he didn't arrest me."'That was one of the most outrageous, disrespectful acts that a person here could do ...'The video — posted on the adult-oriented subscription online platform — reportedly shows a police officer pulling a woman over. The officer's police cruiser is seen in the sexual video. During the fake traffic stop, the cop identifies himself as "Officer Johnson."The woman in the video allegedly pulls down her top to expose her breasts and offers that the officer may touch her. WTVF-TV reported that the OnlyFans model offered for the "officer to grope her breasts, which he does while she is seen grabbing his crotch."RELATED: Transracial hustler Rachel Dolezal fired from teaching job after reportedly posting explicit content to her risqué OnlyFans page Image source: Metropolitan Nashville Police Department In the video, the officer appears to have a Metro Nashville Police Department patch on the shoulder of his uniform.Investigators determined that the cop in the X-rated video was 35-year-old Sean Herman, an officer with the Metro Nashville Police Department.Nashville police said in June 2024, "Specialized Investigations Division detectives discovered the video and identified him as the person in an MNPD uniform, seen in the video from the chest down, who took part in a mock traffic stop in an OnlyFans skit during which he groped the exposed breast of the female driver."Investigators determined that the video was filmed in a warehouse parking lot on April 26, 2024, while Herman was "on duty as a patrol officer in the Madison Precinct."Herman was fired from the department on May 9, 2024. He had been employed with the Metro Nashville Police Department for three years. "That was one of the most outrageous, disrespectful acts that a person here could do, and by disrespectful, I mean to all the MNPD employees and this agency," Metro Nashville Police Department spokesperson Don Aaron told WTVF in May 2024.RELATED: Ohio teacher, 50, resigns after her secret OnlyFans account is discovered, defends X-rated side hustle by quoting Shakespeare In June 2024, Herman was arrested and charged with two counts of official misconduct. He was later released on a $3,000 bond.On Thursday, Herman avoided a jail sentence by entering a "best interest" plea in Nashville criminal court for a felony count of official misconduct, according to the Associated Press."The best interest plea means that a defendant pleads guilty while maintaining factual innocence of the crime," according to the AP.The second count of official misconduct was dropped, and Herman was sentenced to one year of supervised probation.CBS News reported, "Additionally, he was granted judicial diversion, which means that certain eligible defendants who successfully finish probation under the judge's conditions will have their cases dismissed. They can also then request that charges be expunged from their record."The AP added that a state board indefinitely suspended Herman's law enforcement officer certification, although he could petition for reinstatement following closure of the criminal case.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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