In the swing state of Florida an ex-felon can have their voting rights returned if all fines have been paid off. Billionaire Michael Bloomberg is paying thousands of dollars to pay off these fines, to enable them to regain their voting rights in time for the election.
The amendment, known as the Voting Rights Restoration for Felons Initiative, would see the voting rights of 1.4 million felons reinstated. The amendment was championed by American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Brennan Center for Justice. Both organizations are heavily funded by George Soros.
Bloomberg has already raised $16,000 to pay the fines of 32,000 felons it has been reported.
Amazon have rolled out their Amazon One payment system in two of their physical shops in Seattle. The payment system allows shoppers to pay using a wave of their hand over the device.
Amazon have said that they are in talks with other companies who are interested in the device.
“In most retail environments, Amazon One could become an alternate payment or loyalty card option with a device at the checkout counter next to a traditional point of sale system,” it said.
The technology could be used as an alternative form of ID and be applied in many situations, beyond retail.
It works by scanning the unique vein pattern under the user’s skin, this is unique to each person. The technology is more secure than fingerprints, and extremely hard to forge.
The President has nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the Supreme Court.
Barrett, a staunch conservative, is one of the youngest to be nominated to the post. And if elected could be in the lifetime role for decades. She is a similar figure in the judiciary to the late conservative Antonin Scalia,
“His judicial philosophy is mine too: a judge must apply the law as written. Judges are not policymakers,” Barrett said.
Judicial Watch announced today that it filed a lawsuit against the state of Illinois, the Illinois State Board of Elections, and its director for failing to allow public access to its voter roll data in violation of the federal National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA).
State officials refused the non-profit Conservative Union and three registered Illinois voters copies of the voter registration list.
Federal law provides that states “shall make available for public inspection and, where available, photocopying at a reasonable cost, all records concerning the implementation of programs and activities conducted for the purpose of ensuring the accuracy and currency of official lists of eligible voters.”
Cuties is the latest release from Netflix. According to Netflix it is a “social commentary” about the sexualization of young girls. It depicts underage girls twerking and touching themselves highly suggestive ways. The film has received widespread condemnation.
“Cuties is a social commentary against the sexualization of young children,” a Netflix spokesperson said. “It’s an award-winning film and a powerful story about the pressure young girls face on social media and from society more generally growing up — and we’d encourage anyone who cares about these important issues to watch the movie.”
The movie follows the story of a Sudanese girl trying to escape her repressive Muslim family by joining a twerking troupe.
Netflix acquired the movie earlier this year after it was well-received at the Sundance Film Festival.
The President has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize twice. Firstly for his work in fascinating a peace deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, and also for his work between Kosovo and Serbia.
Magnus Jacobson a member of the Swedish parliament who nominated him said, “I have nominated the US Gov. and the governments of Kosovo and Serbia for the Nobel Peace Prize for their joint work for peace and economic development, through the cooperation agreement signed in the White House,” he wrote in English on Twitter. “Trade and communications are important building blocks for peace.”
“This is a hard-earned and well-deserved honor for this president,” White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said on Wednesday. “Career politicians merely talk about the kind of results that this president has achieved on the world stage.”
The President was nominated in 2018 for his work between North and South Korea.
Former National Security Advisor John Bolton has rejected claims that Trump called fallen World War 1 veterans “losers”. Bolton said in response to the story, “I was there” and “I didn’t hear that.”
The Atlantic story also claims Trump cancelled a trip, in 2018, to the site where soldiers from the battle of Belleau Wood are buried, claiming he didn’t want to ruin his hair. However, four different sources have been revealed saying the trip was cancelled due to bad weather.
The Atlantic story by Jeffery Goldberg entitled “Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are ‘Losers’ and ‘Suckers’.” Was complied from sources who were all anonymous.
Bolton has been an adversary of the President since leaving the administration, but has criticized the media for their false reporting of this story.
The UN’s Nuclear Watchdog, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has issued a report saying that Iran’s stockpile of Uranium is 10x higher than is permitted by the nuclear deal brokered by Obama.
According to the report the stockpile of Uranium is growing and that Iran is preparing to install new centrifuges, which is a direct violation of the deal.
The watchdog have also claimed that Iran’s break-out time to have a nuclear weapon could be a short as 3.5 months.
A bill that would remove the requirement for offenders to register if they have had relations with a minor where the age difference is 10 years or less has passed by houses. And has been sent to Gov. Newsom’s desk.
“If signed into law, a 24-year-old could have sexual relations with a 15-year-old child without being required to register as a sex offender,” Senate Republican Leader Shannon Grove tweeted Tuesday.
State Senator Scott Wiener, who introduced the bill, claims it treats LGBT sex offenders the same as heterosexual ones. As a similar law already exists for a sexual offence involving vaginal sex.