Katy Tur suggests John Fetterman could potentially be a future presidential nominee



Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman defeated GOP candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz in the Keystone State's U.S. Senate election, and media personality Katy Tur has already suggested that perhaps the Democratic politician could have a future as a presidential candidate.

"Fetterman as a nominee at some point for president," Tur, an NBC News correspondent who anchors a program on MSNBC, said, floating the idea, while also acknowledging that there would clearly be "variables."

Fetterman managed to win the contest even after suffering a stroke earlier this year.

Fetterman's campaign insisted that a debate with Oz include closed-captioning in order to accommodate Fetterman — following the event, Fetterman's communications director, Joe Calvello, claimed that there had been "delayed captions filled with errors."

"The closed captioning process functioned as expected during rehearsal and again during tonight's debate. We regret that Mr. Fetterman and his campaign feel otherwise," Nexstar chief communications officer Gary Weitman said in a statement.

During that debate, Fetterman declined to pledge to release his stroke-related medical records.

Former President Donald Trump had backed Oz in the contest. Oprah Winfrey said if she lived in Pennsylvania, she would have voted for Fetterman.

Oz noted in a statement that he congratulated Fetterman on the win.

"This morning I called John Fetterman and congratulated him. I wish him and his family all the best, both personally and as our next United States Senator," Oz said in a statement. "Campaigning throughout our great Commonwealth was the honor of a lifetime, and I will cherish the memories and the people I met. Pennsylvanians showed up with passion and a vision for a bright future that I found inspiring every day. I want to thank my supporters, so many of whom worked tirelessly to spread our message and support me and my family."

\u201cNEW: Mehmet Oz says in a statement that he called Democrat John Fetterman to congratulate him after projected win in Pennsylvania. \n\n\u201cI\u00a0wish him and his family all the best, both personally and as our next United States Senator.\u201d https://t.co/slvezFWlqd #Election2022\u201d
— ABC News Politics (@ABC News Politics) 1668011710

Arizona election officials report issues with vote-counting machines at 20% of polling locations in Maricopa County



Maricopa County Board of Supervisors chairman Bill Gates reported on Tuesday morning that approximately 20% of the voting centers in Arizona's largest county are experiencing issues with vote-counting tabulators.

"About 20% of the locations out there where there's an issue with the tabulator where some of the ballots that after people have voted them, they try and run them through the tabulator and they're not going through," Gates stated.

\u201c#BREAKING Chairman @maricopacounty Board of Supervisors @billgatesaz says 20% voting centers are having issues w/tabulators. He says the ballot can still be dropped in the box, it will just get centrally tabulated tonight. He says they\u2019re working to fix the issue. #Election2022\u201d
— Ali Bradley (@Ali Bradley) 1667925045

Gates stated that if the tabulator does not accept a ballot, voters can place their ballots inside a "secure box," and they will be manually counted in the evening at a central counting location. A majority of Arizona counties tabulate ballots this way, Gates added.

"This will function much like early voting functions, in that we would get your ballot back, once we've signature-verified it, we would send it to our central tabulators," Gates said. "Ballots that are [at the central location] will already be signature-verified, so we won't need to confirm identity but we will central-tabulate them."

Voters across the county took to social media to report tabulator malfunctions at multiple Maricopa County locations. Residents captured videos of election workers announcing issues with the vote-counting machines.

"We have two tabulators. One of the tabulators is not working," an election worker at one Maricopa voting center explained to voters waiting in line to cast their ballots. "The other tabulator is taking about 75% successful. So, 25% of them are being misread. And it could be a printer issue, or it could be the tabulator itself. So, when it's misread, you have an option to put it into what's called box three, and it gets read. Whether it goes downtown and gets read manually or whether it gets refed into our tabulator."

\u201cBREAKING: Reports out of Maricopa county of Machines \u201cnot working\u201d and ballots being \u201cmisread\u201d\n\nWHAT IS GOING ON?\n\u201d
— Benny Johnson (@Benny Johnson) 1667917997

Another video shared on social media captured an election worker explaining how ballots placed into box three will be counted.

"Tonight, a Republican and a Democrat will sit and go through all of the misread ballots all over the county and count them," the election worker explained. She added that none of the tabulators at the voting location were working correctly.

"Nothing's working for the last half hour," she noted.

\u201cPoll worker in Maricopa County confirms "nothing's working" for the last half hour. Explains misread ballots will get counted downtown tonight.\u201d
— Charlie Kirk (@Charlie Kirk) 1667925913

According to the elections department, as of Tuesday, there were 2,463,264 active voters in Maricopa County. As of 11 a.m. ET, roughly 44,000 voters had cast their ballots in person.

Katie Hobbs (D), Arizona's current secretary of state and a gubernatorial candidate, refused calls to recuse herself from overseeing the midterm elections.

The tabulator issues in Maricopa County are expected to delay the announcement of the results in the critical gubernatorial race between Democrat Katie Hobbs and Republican Kari Lake and the Senate race between Democrat Mark Kelly and Republican Blake Masters.

\u201cScottsdale Arizona: 11735 N SCOTTSDALE RD\u2026 Machines are down all over the place.. Many COULDN\u2019T even get their votes counted.. \n\nThis is happening all just Maricopa county not just at this location.. Why is this happening @stephen_richer @katiehobbs ??\u201d
— DoBetterAZ.com (@DoBetterAZ.com) 1667929271

Kathy Griffin's Twitter account gets suspended after impersonating Elon Musk, new CEO announces strict rules against impersonations



Comedian and progressive activist Kathy Griffin had her Twitter account suspended on Sunday after violating the social media platform's terms of service. Griffin had been impersonating Elon Musk on Twitter.

Griffin altered her Twitter account to make it appear that it was Musk's official page. She changed her feature image to the same photo that Musk has and renamed her account to "Elon Musk."

Screenshots show Griffin was also impersonating Musk in her tweets. In the impersonating tweets, Griffin instructed people to vote for Democrats in the midterm elections.

\u201cThese celebrities impersonating @elonmusk to attempt and influence people on how to vote is the weirdest celebrity trend. The latest is d lister @kathygriffin.\u201d
— Russian Bot Barbie \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83d\udc71\ud83c\udffc\u200d\u2640\ufe0f (@Russian Bot Barbie \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83d\udc71\ud83c\udffc\u200d\u2640\ufe0f) 1667762910
\u201cWelp, Kathy Griffin is about to be deleted from Twitter for impersonating @ElonMusk. And of course, she is trying to manipulate people to think he wants them to vote for the Democrats. Typical dirty tricks. #Midterms2022 #Election2022 #MAGA\u201d
— Gays For TRUMP (@Gays For TRUMP) 1667763547

Griffin's Twitter account was suspended.

\u201cBREAKING: @KathyGriffin has been permanently suspended from Twitter for impersonating @ElonMusk\u201d
— Benny Johnson (@Benny Johnson) 1667777736

Even before Musk took over Twitter, it was against the social media network's terms of service to impersonate someone.

You may not impersonate individuals, groups, or organizations to mislead, confuse, or deceive others, nor use a fake identity in a manner that disrupts the experience of others on Twitter.

We want Twitter to be a place where people can find authentic voices. That means one should be able to trust that the person or organization featured in an account’s profile genuinely represents the account owner. While you are not required to display your real name or image on your profile, your account should not engage in impersonation or pose as someone who doesn’t exist in order to deceive others. Accounts that use deceptive identities can create confusion, as well as undermine the integrity of conversations on Twitter. For this reason, you may not misappropriate the identity of another person, group, or organization, or create a fake identity for deceptive purposes.

Accounts that impersonate others face profile modifications, temporary account suspension, and permanent suspension.

On Sunday, Musk issued a stern warning for anyone thinking about impersonating other accounts.

"Going forward, any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying 'parody' will be permanently suspended," Musk tweeted. "Previously, we issued a warning before suspension, but now that we are rolling out widespread verification, there will be no warning."

"This wil l be clearly identified as a condition for signing up to Twitter Blue," the Twitter CEO stated.

\u201cPreviously, we issued a warning before suspension, but now that we are rolling out widespread verification, there will be no warning. \n\nThis will be clearly identified as a condition for signing up to Twitter Blue.\u201d
— Elon Musk (@Elon Musk) 1667775222

Griffin previously besmirched Musk as a "white supremacist."

"Think of the damage Zuckerberg has done. Musk is a Piers Morgan level media thirsty, vindictive, white supremacist who is looking to convince you he is an innovative disruptor," Griffin said in April.

Musk replied, "The extreme antibody reaction from those who fear free speech says it all."

Musk added, "By 'free speech', I simply mean that which matches the law. I am against censorship that goes far beyond the law. If people want less free speech, they will ask government to pass laws to that effect. Therefore, going beyond the law is contrary to the will of the people."