Footage shows a 14-year-old Palestinian terrorist-in-training cross a busy road and approach a Border Police officer at a checkpoint in the West Bank. When the officer started to question him‚ the teenage assailant pulled out a knife and tried to stab him several times. When he failed to kill the officer‚ the boy ran away‚ […]

Hamas-linked CAIR (Council on American Islamic Relations) sends a letter to the Sacramento City Council DEMANDING it pass a resolution ordering a ceasefire in Gaza. Well‚ that should put the fear of God in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. While in Minneapolis…CAIR condemns Mayor Frey’s veto of a Gaza Ceasefire Resolution by the City Council.

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on Monday that he opposes a bipartisan Senate bill coupling border security reforms with funds for Ukraine‚ Israel‚ and other foreign causes. In a post to X featuring a photo of President Joe Biden with his hand on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s shoulder‚ Kennedy took particular issue with the $118 billion package‘s $60 billion in wartime aid to Ukraine nearly two years after Russia launched an invasion. “The new Senate Bill is a disaster. We’ve already spent $113 [billion] on this proxy war in Ukraine‚” Kennedy said in a post to X. “Requesting an additional $60 [billion] when we have so many problems at home including inflation and the border crisis is reckless. No more money for Ukraine until we have a secure border‚ a booming economy and pay off some of our $34 [trillion] of debt.” The new Senate Bill is a disaster. We’ve already spent $113B on this proxy war in Ukraine. Requesting an additional $60B when we have so many problems at home including inflation and the border crisis is reckless. No more money for Ukraine until we have a… pic.twitter.com/HiVauGjslu — Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) February 5‚ 2024 In another post‚ Kennedy said the “Senate just struck a $118 billion deal including another $60 billion in military ‘aid’ to Ukraine. In reality‚ the aid goes to US defense contractors and the offshore bank accounts of corrupt Ukrainian officials. Can you think of a better use for $60 billion? I can.” Some polls show Kennedy getting double-digit support in a match-up against Biden and former President Donald Trump‚ which comes as surveys find voters are not enthusiastic about a 2020 rematch. During a recent discussion on CNN about ballot access‚ Kennedy said he was open to joining with the Libertarian Party. In response to one of Kennedy’s posts to X‚ the party criticized the Senate bill by voicing opposition not just to Ukraine aid‚ but support for Israel as well. CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP “Ukraine is not the only foreign country funded by this bill… No more money for Ukraine OR ISRAEL. Sending the hard-earned money stolen from Americans abroad when we have so many problems at home is reckless. No. More. Foreign. Aid. Period‚” the Libertarian Party’s account said. While Trump discouraged GOP lawmakers from supporting the Senate bill‚ noting its timing ahead of the 2024 election and calling for a border measure separate from foreign aid‚ his Republican rival Nikki Haley told Fox Business that she liked some of the asylum changes in the legislation‚ but disliked other aspects‚ adding that Congress should stay in Washington and make adjustments until they figure out a viable compromise. Biden‚ whose administration helped the Senate negotiators devise the contents of the compromise bill‚ urged lawmakers to embrace the legislation. “We’ve reached an agreement on a bipartisan deal that includes the toughest and fairest set of border reforms in decades. And it includes support for Ukraine and Israel and provides humanitarian assistance for the Palestinian people‚” Biden said in a post to X. “I urge Congress to pass this bill immediately.”

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Mail-in ballots would be required to include a bar code when being processed by the Postal Service‚ as an extra level of election security under a measure set to be advanced Tuesday by the House Oversight and Accountability Committee.  Oversight Chairman James Comer‚ R-Ky.‚ announced Friday that his committee would hold a markup on several bills‚ including this one called the Vote by Mail Tracking Act. At a time when almost any election bill is highly divisive and mail-in voting has become increasingly contentious‚ HR 5658 has attracted broad bipartisan support.  As noted in my book “The Myth of Voter Suppression‚” mail-in and absentee voting account for the largest number of adjudicated cases of voter fraud‚ ballot harvesting‚ and overturned election results.   A December poll conducted by Rasmussen Results‚ sponsored by the conservative Heartland Institute‚ found that 1 in 5 voters who voted by mail in 2020 admitted to election fraud of some sort.  The bipartisan support behind mandating bar codes on mail-in ballots doesn’t mean it’s a certainty that the bill will pass. A nearly identical bill was advanced by the committee in 2022‚ cosponsored by then-ranking member Comer and then-Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney‚ D-N.Y. However‚ that bill didn’t pass either the House or Senate.  The legislation slated for action Tuesday differs from the earlier version in carving out an exception for overseas military ballots‚ where absentee ballots often originate by other means than the Postal Service‚ such as military or international mail. The bill clarifies that “ballots mailed within the United States for all federal elections be mailed in an envelope with a unique Postal Service bar code that allows the ballot to be tracked in the mail.” The legislation also requires that the bar code used by election officials meets the Postal Service’s design requirements and standards for mail-processing machines to read‚ and includes an official election mail logo.  This year’s bill is co-sponsored by Reps. Nancy Mace‚ R-S.C.; Byron Donalds‚ R-Fla.;  Brian Fitzpatrick‚ R-Pa.‚ Juan Ciscomani‚ R-Ariz.; Katie Porter‚ D-Calif.; Kweisi Mfume‚ D-Md.; and Gerry Connolly‚ D-Va.; as well as the District of Columbia’s nonvoting delegate‚ Eleanor Holmes Norton‚ a Democrat. As voting by mail increases‚ supporters of the bill note that the legislation is at least a step forward to increasing confidence in mail-in ballots. They also say it would require accountability on the part of state and local governments that expand voting by mail.  Republicans who back the measure say they support having a better idea of where mail-in votes originated.  “Americans’ faith in our electoral system is foundational to our democracy and we must do everything possible to restore and maintain confidence in that institution‚” Fitzpatrick said in September when the bill was introduced. “Our bipartisan legislation will ensure that every mail-in ballot is up to [the Postal Service’s] standards‚ able to be tracked‚ and marked as official election mail.” Democrats also voiced support for ensuring that votes will be counted.  “We need to make voting more accessible for the American public‚” Connolly said. “As more people choose to vote absentee by mail‚ this simple measure will ensure all ballots are trackable and every valid vote is counted.” The National Association of Counties‚ which represents the jurisdictions that run most elections in America‚ posted in November that the legislation “would improve efficiency and transparency in order to allow voters to see that their vote is delivered and maintain confidence in our elections.” Have an opinion about this article? To sound off‚ please email letters@DailySignal.com‚ and we’ll consider publishing your edited remarks in our regular “We Hear You” feature. Remember to include the URL or headline of the article plus your name and town and/or state.  The post House Panel Set to Advance Bar Codes as Ballot Requirement for Mail-In Voting appeared first on The Daily Signal.