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As Anti-LGBTQ Censorship Expands, These Cities Have Cancelled Pride This Year
With red states cracking down on LGBTQ+ events, groups in several cities say organizing Pride is dangerous.
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New York Post
Jet fuel costs soar 78% in past year as Strait of Hormuz remains shut
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The cost of fuel for US airlines ballooned to a staggering $6.5 billion in April as the Strait of Hormuz remains shut, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics found in its latest report.
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Blaze Media
‘Absolutely RIGGED’: Critics question Raman’s ‘statistically impossible’ surge past Pratt in LA mayor race
Former reality TV star Spencer Pratt remains optimistic about his chances in the Los Angeles mayoral race despite losing his 40,000-vote lead and second-place position to far-left L.A. City Councilwoman Nithya Raman.Critics of California’s delayed vote-counting are raising concerns that the primary election may have been stolen from Pratt, as the process has already dragged on for nearly a week.'Raman has conveniently received a WILDLY disproportionate amount of "late mail-in ballots" compared to both Bass and Pratt.'Pratt’s nearly 10-point advantage over Raman on Election Day slowly shrank in the days following, with Raman eventually taking the lead. As of Monday, Raman is up 3,000 votes, according to the Associated Press.“Folks, we’re dealing with a fraction of a percentage point difference, there’s still hundreds of thousands of votes outstanding, and LA officials have given us the next 3 weeks to count! Let’s git-r-dun!” Pratt wrote in a post on social media on Monday.President Donald Trump chimed in on the latest ballot results, calling it “not possible” for Pratt to have lost to Raman “after the big lead he had.”“3rd World Nation. Rigged Elections!” Trump wrote. “Won’t have results for, possibly, TWO WEEKS, according to officials.”RELATED: Spencer Pratt’s 40,000-vote lead vanishes in Los Angeles mayor race as California continues counting ballots Nithya Raman. Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesPolitical commentator Benny Johnson stated that the recent ballot drops heavily favoring Raman were “statistically impossible.”Conservative activist Robby Starbuck noted that Raman, a third-place candidate, “suddenly” began winning “1st in every new ballot drop.” He shared a graph showing incumbent Karen Bass gaining roughly the same percentage of votes with each new ballot drop while Raman surged. Journalist Nick Sortor declared the election “absolutely RIGGED” and called for authorities to open an investigation.“Raman has conveniently received a WILDLY disproportionate amount of ‘late mail-in ballots’ compared to both Bass and Pratt,” Sortor wrote.RELATED: ‘BIG cheating’: Trump drops bombshell on California for vote-counting delays Spencer Pratt. Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times/Getty ImagesTrump announced last week that the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles was investigating California’s vote-counting delay. On Sunday, U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California Bill Essayli stated that California allows residents to register to vote using gym membership cards, employee ID cards, credit and debit cards, insurance cards, and prescription drug labels.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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New York Post
Spencer Pratt issues bold rallying cry after Nithya Raman suddenly soars past him in LA mayor’s race
As more mail-in votes were counted over the weekend, Raman gained ground and is now leading by 0.4 percentage points, or 3,113 votes, with nearly 83% of the votes counted.
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The Gateway Pundit
Confirmed: Governor Tim Walz and AG Keith Ellison Knew FOR 6 YEARS of Rampant Minnesota Fraud But Said Nothing in Order to ‘Keep Somali Votes’
The scandal that has rocked Minnesota politics just got even worse. The post Confirmed: Governor Tim Walz and AG Keith Ellison Knew FOR 6 YEARS of Rampant Minnesota Fraud But Said Nothing in Order to ‘Keep Somali Votes’ appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
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Pink at Tony Awards: 'Our Trans Siblings' Lost 'Even More Rights' This Year
Pop star Pink, real name Alecia Moore, delivered a speech at the Tony Awards on Sunday night wherein she said that transgender people lost "more rights" in the past year. The post Pink at Tony Awards: ‘Our Trans Siblings’ Lost ‘Even More Rights’ This Year appeared first on Breitbart.
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Ocasio-Cortez calls Trump’s presence at the Knicks game a ‘vibe killer’ for shutting down watch parties
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Sunday criticized President Trump for planning to attend Game 3 of the NBA finals in his hometown of New York, which shut down watch parties previously slated to occur outside of Madison Square Garden. “It already has been a vibe killer, because now the city has to shut down all the…
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Live updates: Trump tells Israel, Iran to hold their fire; Pratt shut out of LA mayoral runoff between Bass, Raman
President Trump early Monday morning demanded that Israel and Iran stop “shooting,” after a weekend that saw the sides trading strikes. Iran shortly thereafter announced an end to hostilities, which it says were resumed when Israel attacked Lebanon. Trump later said in a Truth Social post that while both sides sought a ceasefire, “Final negotiations…
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Mother Jones
World Cup Players’ Worst Foe on the Pitch This Year May Be the Extreme Heat
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Sávio Bortolini Pimentel just missed getting on the roster to represent his national team, Brazil, at the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States. At the time, he was a 20-year-old professional player with the Rio de Janeiro […]
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