Biden admits the border will be 'chaotic for a while' with Title 42 just hours away from expiring



President Joe Biden admitted Tuesday that the southern border will be "chaotic for a while," starting when Title 42 expires on May 11.

Over 5 million illegal aliens have stolen across the border in the years Biden has been in office. Various American communities along the border are presently in crisis. Illegal immigration is already costing taxpayers $151 billion per year. Thousands of criminal noncitizens are committing grievous crimes in the homeland every year. It is, therefore, unclear by what measure the president qualifies chaos.

Biden suggested that his administration, which has incentivized illegal immigration, is presently working to make the break with Title 42 orderly, "but it remains to be seen," reported the Associated Press.

The president's suggestion this week that chaos is imminent conflicts with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' claim last week that the Biden administration has "been preparing for quite some time and we are ready."

Title 42, first implemented under Republican then-President Donald Trump in March 2020, has been used to great effect in recent years, ejecting roughly 2.8 million illegal immigrants to date.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre claimed that the Biden administration has a "robust process to deal with what is going to occur after Title 42 lifts," but shifted blame for the border crisis to the Republican-held Congress, claiming lawmakers "refuses to do their job as it relates to the border."

The White House announced Monday that President Biden would veto the latest effort by Republicans in Congress to bolster American sovereignty and address the border crisis, reported Fox News Digital.

"While we welcome Congress’ engagement on meaningful steps to address immigration and the challenges at the border, this bill would make things worse, not better," said the White House. "Because this bill does very little to actually increase border security while doing a great deal to trample on the Nation’s core values and international obligations, it should be rejected."

The bill in question, sponsored by Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.) and Tom McClintock (R-Calif.), would prompt the resumption of border wall construction, add more Border Patrol agents, end catch-and-release policies, and better enable federal agencies to manage illegal immigration at the southern border.

Rather than pursuing this and other meaningful options, Biden has dispatched 1,500 active-duty troops to the border — troops who are prohibited from curbing the influx of migrants.

Pentagon press secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder noted that the troops sent to reinforce border security will be primarily used as observers and are "not there in any way to be interacting with migrants."

The 2,500 National Guard members, while highly capable, appear to have been similarly preventing from repelling the coming mass migration, tasked instead with monitoring, detection, and air transportation, according to the Associated Press.

While the Biden administration opposes solutions from Congress and handicaps America's armed response, masses of foreign nationals march towards the border.

Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) told Fox News that the Guatemalan president, Alejandro Giammattei, has warned of over 80,000 migrants, primarily from Venezuela, heading toward the southern border.

The Associated Press reported that thousands of Panamanians, Colombians, Haitians, Chinese, and Ecuadorians are similarly contributing to the northbound flow of migrants keen on exploiting Title 42's expiration.

El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser estimated that at least 10,000 migrants are waiting in Juárez for Title 42 to fall before rushing the border, reported PBS.

July Rodriguez, the director of Support for Venezuelan Migrants, told the Miami Herald, "There are media reports in Mexico that there might be around 600,000 migrants heading to the border."

Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) picked up on a similar report, suggesting in late April that Mexican cartels were preparing to flood the border with between 700,000 and 1 million illegal aliens in an effort to overwhelm Border Patrol, reported American Military News.

\u201cBREAKING NEWS: Cartels Plan to Overwhelm the Southern Border with 700,000 to a Million Illegal Immigrants Once Title42 Ends \n\n@RepAndyBiggsAZ \nhttps://t.co/NzF2hIG5Fm\u201d
— Grace Chong \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@Grace Chong \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8) 1682644504

"This is a big crisis. No one knows what is going to happen the day after the end of Title 42," said Rodriguez. "This is getting out of hand."

Rodriguez noted, "There are a lot of rumors that people are being able to get into the United States and they believe that people are lying when they say that the border is closed."

Despite Biden's admission that the border will soon be roiled, extra to the precedent set under his watch, a senior official in his administration told reporters Tuesday, "We do expect to see an increase [in illegal aliens arriving at the border]. ... But we do believe over time that these programs that expand legal pathways, that increase consequences for irregular migration, will have a sustainable and long-standing impact on our flows."

The administration has planned but has yet to open processing centers in Guatemala and Colombia to pre-screen migrants for eligibility and has also announced that its CBP One program will be expanded to handle more appointments with illegal aliens.

Apparently, thousands of migrants missed the memo and are already massing at the border.

Drone footage shows just some of the thousands of illegal aliens who have already poured in this week, in this case in Brownsville, Texas:

\u201cNEW: Our Fox drone over another enormous group of migrants who crossed illegally into Brownsville yesterday evening. As of yesterday, CBP sources tell us Border Patrol\u2019s Rio Grande Valley sector was already running at 140% capacity in its facilities, and T42 hasn\u2019t dropped yet.\u201d
— Bill Melugin (@Bill Melugin) 1683724037

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Konnech withdraws defamation lawsuit against watchdog group that accused it of subverting US elections with Chinese communists



An election software company based in Michigan sued an election integrity watchdog group and its leaders last year for defamation over claims it had conspired with the Chinese Communist Party and subverted American elections.

After months of denial and litigation, the company has withdrawn it suit.

What's the background?

Konnech is an election software company based in Michigan. It licenses election software utilized by various municipalities and counties across America.

TheBlaze previously reported that Eugene Yu, the founder and CEO of Konnech, was arrested on Oct. 4 and charged on suspicion of data theft, having allegedly stored "critical information that [U.S. election] workers provided on servers in China."

Yu was also charged with grand theft by embezzlement of funds exceeding $2.6 million.

According to prosecutor Eric Neff, the crimes allegedly committed by Konnech amounted to the "largest data breach in United States history."

The Los Angeles District Attorney's Office dropped the charges in November, citing "potential bias" in the investigation.

The alleged bias was in reference to the nature of the complaint that first prompted prosecutors to take a hard look at Konnech. According to the DAO, the complainant was Gregg Phillips of the Texas-based voter integrity group True the Vote.

Konnech had sued Phillips and True the Vote's founder, Catherine Engelbrecht, for defamation prior to Yu's arrest.

Engelbrecht and Phillips claimed "Konnech, its founder, and employees are 'Chinese operatives,' who are spearheading a 'Red Chinese communist op against the United States,' that Konnech is tired to the Confucius Institute,' ... that Konnech obtained contracts with certain U.S. city and county voting districts after bribing public officials, and that the Chinese Communist Party is somehow controlling elections through Konnech," according to the Sept. 12 suit.

The Houston Chronicle reported that the lawsuit also responded to the accusation that Konnech had enabled Chinese state actors to access a server in China that contained sensitive personal information belonging to over 2 million U.S. election workers.

Konnech backs off

Lawyers for Konnech contacted True the Vote on April 18 indicating that the company was dropping its suit, then asked the federal judge who had replaced former presiding Judge Kenneth M. Hoyt to dismiss the case "without prejudice" the following day.

Uncover DC indicated that the withdrawal took place one day after the Engelbrecht and Phillips launched Open.Ink, an indexed repository of historical and national security documents for citizen journals, which includes a special collection of Konnech documents.

Following the withdrawal, True the Vote stated, "Konnech's litigation was meritless and intended to harass this organization. They have failed."

The group indicated it is now "evaluating our options with regard to holding them accountable for their unwarranted actions. We believe Konnech dismissed its lawsuit because it saw that it would lose."

Engelbrecht said in a statement, "Konnech's aggressive litigation to shut down all conversation about their activities resulted in the wrongful imprisonment of Gregg Phillips and me. It required the intervention of a higher court to release us. We are more dedicated than ever to our mission of fostering a public conversation about voting integrity."

Former presiding Judge Hoyt had both Engelbrecht and Phillips thrown in jail on Oct. 31 after they refused to give up the name of one of their confidential sources as the defamation case unfolded. Their source had reportedly provided them with proof that the scandal-plagued election software company Konnech had compromised and stored American data in China.

Hoyt ultimately recused himself from the case in February.

"This was an unfounded defamation and unlawful computer access case that saw us strip-searched and placed in solitary confinement," Phillips said. "While it is encouraging to see progress being made, the serious issues surrounding the spread of misinformation, improper detainment, and judicial misconduct cannot be overlooked. Our commitment to seeking justice remains steadfast."

Phillips recently told Steve Bannon on his "War Room" podcast that the Konnech saga is far from being over, stressing, "[Konnech] cannot get out of this. There is no way possible out of this."

He added that Yu, although let off the hook in November, may also be in for more trouble: "LA District Attorney and prosecutors have every single thing they need to put this guy in jail for the rest of his life — all of this election data and all of the private information [on American poll workers] are on Chinese servers," added Phillips.

\u201cVoting Integrity Prevails | Charges DROPPED Against @TrueTheVote After Judicial Misconduct \nhttps://t.co/wZp4YWmhfp\u201d
— Grace Chong \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@Grace Chong \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8) 1682096302

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Former patients of 'Dr. Teetus Deletus' — the Miami surgeon who mutilates transsexuals — speak out about post-op problems



The victims of a Miami-based sex-change surgeon have begun to speak out about the horrific aftermath of their operations.

Sidhbh Gallagher, the Irish surgeon who has called herself "Dr. Teetus Deletus" in reference to her profitable removal of patients' healthy breasts, runs the Gallagher Plastic Surgery clinic.

The clinic, based in the Coral Gables neighborhood, offers mastectomies, "body surgery," and so-called "gender confirmation" operations and reportedly executes between 400 and 500 dysphoria-affirming mutilations a year.

According to the Independent.ie, Gallagher puts a minor under the knife at least once a month, having boasted to the New York Times in September that she performed 13 breast removals on minors in 2021. Some of her patients have been as young as 13 and 14.

Gallagher claims on her website to want to "raise the bar for surgical treatment of transgender patients." The mortifying stories shared by former patients would suggest she has a long way to go in that endeavor.

Nightmare after nightmare

Reddit hosts a page that lists the various doctors across the globe who are willing to transmogrify people suffering from body dysphoria. In addition to providing recommendations, it also aggregates stories from former patients.

Gallagher is featured on the subpage for sex-change surgeons in the American South along with the testimonies from some of those who have allegedly suffered at her hands.

Rylan, a biological woman from Ohio whose Twitter account has been deleted but whose tweets were archived, wrote in on Aug. 22, "In August, I flew to Miami to get top surgery from Dr. Gallagher. 3 weeks later, a local surgeon had to rush me in to remove over half a foot of dead, rotted tissue. Gallagher dismissed every concern, including hollow cavities that formed on my ripped-open incision."

"Complications started 4 days after surgery, a hematoma on my left side that I sent her a photo of. She said was 'just bruising,'" continued Rylan. "The next day, my incision tore open and bled significantly. It was agony. I went in for my post-op the day before I flew home, anxious for a solution."

According to Rylan, Gallagher's team blamed the issue on her weight, giving the wound the nickname "blowhole."

This alleged patient of the TikTok surgeon noted that she had been bleeding interminably, dropping golf-ball-sized blood clots. Ultimately, she indicated that she had been rushed to the ER.

Rylan noted that after doctors did what they could for her in the ER, she wrote to Gallagher's clinic detailing the ordeal. An assistant at the clinic allegedly quipped that Rylan had merely been "menstruating" out of her side.

Rylan detailed the ordeal in full via a TikTok video that went viral, in which she underscored how lucky she was to still be alive.

As a result, Gallagher was met with significant backlash online.

Prompted to publicly address Rylan's suffering, Gallagher confirmed that "this patient's experience was valid. ... We cannot have a situation where a patient feels disrespected, joked about, and that we will put them in any sort of danger, and that's on me that that was this patient's experience."

One redditor, u/dinosaur-rainbow, posted on Nov. 25, "I had top surgery with Dr. Gallagher over four months ago and am STILL having complications after my incisions opened in two places and got infected, which I ended up having to go to the ER for."

The alleged former patient noted, "I didn’t find out until after surgery that her practice has only been open since 2020 and she is not a member of ASPS (American Society of Plastic Surgeons)."

One transsexual patient posted to the plastic surgery website RealSelf noting (warning: the page contains extremely graphic images) that he would be best off selling his "body to science and let[ting] my wife put me on display in a vat of formaldehyde at Ripley's, Believe It or Not, museum."

"My vulva looks like it was attacked by a shark and the incisions are coming apart," said the patient, suggesting Gallagher had told him, "That's what I do for all my girls."

Other alleged patients complained of gruesome scars and never-ending recoveries, with one calling Gallagher, "the latest surgery hustler to roll into town with a scalpel looking for crash test surgery dummies."

Christina Buttons of the Daily Wire reported that a week after a double mastectomy, one Gallagher patient stated, "The infection I got from surgery has been getting steadily worse despite antibiotics to the point that now my incision is open and cannot be reclosed."

Gallagher told the New York Times, "I can say this honestly: I don’t know of a single case of regret."

The Times confronted her with the fact that Grace Lidinsky-Smith, whose breast Gallagher's clinic cut off, later noted that the surgery "had been a mistake born out of a mental health crisis."

Preying on the vulnerable

The Daily Mail reported in October that a complaint had been filed with the Federal Trade Commission accusing Gallagher of luring "vulnerable and impressionable" adolescents on TikTok to seek mastectomies and genital mutilations.

The surgeon apparently runs two TikTok accounts: "thevagicianmd" and "gendersurgeon."

In one TikTok post, Gallagher pouted with the caption "Just realized I only get to Yeet 4 Teets next week."

\u201cTurns out my surgeon is on tiktok advertising her services (username: gendersurgeon). She loves talking about "yeeting the teets", which I guess is the, uh... professional term for double mastectomy these days?\u201d
— Grace (@Grace) 1613226576

The complaint claims that Gallagher and her clinic have "engaged in unfair, false, and deceptive practices in the aggressive advertising and marketing to minors of their plastic surgery services, namely mastectomies of healthy female breasts, as proven safe, effective, and medically necessary."

Gallagher was further accused of obfuscating the mental and physical dangers involved in the surgeries she otherwise made light of and peddled online.

While the Irish surgeon appears to still be in business, Florida is making it harder for people like her to mutilate children.

The state’s Board of Medicine and Board of Osteopathic Medicine adopted rules on Nov. 4 prohibiting doctors from conferring puberty blockers to children and performing sex-change operations on minors.

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Lapado said the decisions would "protect our children from irreversible surgeries and highly experimental treatments."

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Ayanna Pressley tweets 'I don't endorse violence' after stealth deleting tweet endorsing violence



On “The Rubin Report,” BlazeTV host Dave Rubin called out Democratic Rep. Ayanna Pressley who tweeted — then deleted — support for violent solutions after actor Will Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock for making an offensive joke at the Oscars.

Pressley tweeted and then promptly deleted support for Smith's violent reaction to Rock's about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s alopecia areata.

""#Alopecia nation stand up! Thank you #WillSmith,” Pressley, who also has alopecia, tweeted. “Shout out to all the husbands who defend their wives living with alopecia in the face of daily ignorance & insults ... Women with baldies are for real men only only. boys need not apply."

Just-deleted tweet from Rep. Ayanna Pressley #mapoli #Oscarspic.twitter.com/gGFlStTQ3D
— Grace Panetta (@Grace Panetta) 1648435754

After deleting her initial tweet, Pressley changed her tune and posted a new tweet saying she does not "endorse violence in any form."

My life's work has always been about trauma & healing.\n\nI\u2019m a survivor - I don\u2019t endorse violence in any form.
— Ayanna Pressley (@Ayanna Pressley) 1648481554

Dave shared his own experience with alopecia but emphasized that the leftist message "violence is okay when you're offended" is anything but okay.

"You're allowed to joke about people, and then people are allowed to make fun of you. They're allowed to not associate with you. They're allowed to mock you ... they're not allowed to physically assault you," Dave said. "This is what laws are. We have freedom of speech and if someone says something mean to you, you can ignore them or you can say something mean to them, but you can't attack them."

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Far-left Democrat Ayanna Pressley tweets praise for Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at Oscars — then tweet is gone moments later



Democratic U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley tweeted praise for actor Will Smith slapping comedian Chris Rock onstage during the Academy Awards ceremony Sunday night, then apparently deleted the tweet moments later, Politico reported.

Smith slapped Rock after the comedian joked about the lack of hair on Jada Pinkett Smith's head. Pinkett Smith, Will Smith's wife, revealed in 2018 her diagnosis of alopecia, an autoimmune disease that results in hair loss, NBC News reported.

Pressely, a Massachusetts politician, also has alopecia.

What did Pressley's tweet say?

"#Alopecia nation stand up! Thank you #WillSmith,” Pressley tweeted, according to NBC News. “Shout out to all the husbands who defend their wives living with alopecia in the face of daily ignorance & insults.” The network reported that Pressley's tweet also said, “Women with baldies are for real men only … boys need not apply."

Just-deleted tweet from Rep. Ayanna Pressley #mapoli #Oscarspic.twitter.com/gGFlStTQ3D
— Grace Panetta (@Grace Panetta) 1648435754

Pressley — whose tweet included a photo of herself with her husband Conan Harris — apparently deleted the tweet shortly after posting it, Politico said.

Another Democrat — U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman of New York — also tweeted what seemed to be support for Smith's slap before apparently scrubbing it from Twitter, NBC News said.

"Teachable Moment: Don't joke about a Black Woman's hair," the tweet read, according to the network.

Jamaal Bowman also briefly tweeted about Will Smith assaulting Chris Rock before deleting itpic.twitter.com/KLKXbI4o9E
— Ben Jacobs (@Ben Jacobs) 1648436039

Neither Pressley nor Bowman explained why their tweets were deleted, NBC News said, adding that requests for comment from their offices were not immediately returned.

Anything else?

After Smith slapped Rock, Smith turned around and walked back to his seat, sat down, and twice hollered at Rock, "Keep my wife's name out your f***ing mouth!"

Content warning: Profanity:

VIA JAPANESE TELEVISION: The uncensored exchange between Will Smith and Chris Rockpic.twitter.com/j0Z184ZyXa
— Timothy Burke (@Timothy Burke) 1648434735

Minutes later, Smith received a best actor Oscar for "King Richard," in which he portrays Richard Williams, the father of tennis legends Venus and Serena Williams.

Smith got a standing ovation as he took the stage, after which he said as part of his acceptance speech that "Richard Williams was a fierce defender of his family." Smith added that "I am overwhelmed by what God is calling on me to do and be in this world" and that he's "being called on in my life to love people, and to protect people, and to be a river to my people."

Smith added, "Now I know that to do what we do; you gotta be able to take abuse, you gotta be able to have people talk crazy about you in this business; you’ve got to be able to have people disrespecting you. You’ve got to smile and pretend like that’s OK." Smith also thanked fellow actor Denzel Washington for telling him minutes before, "At your highest moment, be careful. That’s when the devil comes for you."

The actor also issued an apology — but not to Rock.

"I want to apologize to the Academy. I want to apologize to all my fellow nominees," Smith said, adding that "art imitates life ... I look like the crazy father, just like they said about Richard Williams. Love will make you do crazy things. ... Thank you, I hope the Academy invites me back."

Portland rioters barricade door and set fire to ICE building with federal agents inside: 'Burn the precinct to the ground!'



The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland was vandalized and set on fire late Saturday night. Videos show federal agents reacting by firing crowd control munitions at the crowd of black bloc rioters in Oregon's most populated city.

Shortly before midnight, nearly 100 black bloc demonstrators gathered at the ICE building in Portland for a planned protest, according to independent journalist Grace Morgan.

(Content Warning: Graphic video):

I’m at the ICE facility in Portland OR, for a big planned protest. So far close to 100 black bloc have gathered and… https://t.co/EBGnxWtdSe
— Grace Morgan (@Grace Morgan)1618114429.0

The ICE building was vandalized with graffiti, including "DHS murders." Agitators barricaded the front door of the building with a chain link fence.

Parts of the fence around the ICE facility in Portland OR have been dismantled by protesters & laid against the mai… https://t.co/DYS0vh3uZb
— Grace Morgan (@Grace Morgan)1618120383.0

Someone put a traffic cone on the security camera to prevent the rioters from being identified. Fireworks were launched at the ICE building.

Antifa now shooting Roman Candles at the ICE Building https://t.co/BRqiTMPJsB
— 🐺FVCK MLB🐺 (@🐺FVCK MLB🐺)1618119227.0

Video shared by BlazeTV personality Elijah Schaffer showed rioters set the front of the ICE building on fire.

Far left Antifa extremists attempted to burn down a federal building in Portland, againWaiting patiently for the… https://t.co/CKGgyCi1NO
— ELIJAH SCHAFFER (@ELIJAH SCHAFFER)1618127676.0

Footage posted by Post Millennial editor-at-large Andy Ngo showed federal agents attempting to get out of the building, but the barricade prevented them from exiting. Law enforcement was forced to exit out of the rear of the building.

Last night, #antifa in Portland barricaded the front of the @ICEgov building. They then set it on fire while federa… https://t.co/coiA3rbW6z
— Andy Ngô (@Andy Ngô)1618146973.0


Watch the moment federal officers rushed out to respond after #antifa set the @ICEgov facility on fire last night.… https://t.co/cuLjPrRuOe
— Andy Ngô (@Andy Ngô)1618147201.0

"An #antifa gives the #BLM fist salute while the crowd cheers on the burning of the @ICEgov Portland facility last night," Ngo wrote on Twitter. "Officers were trapped inside when antifa set the building on fire."

The mob chanted, "Every city, every town, burn the precinct to the ground!"

“Every city, every town, burn the precinct to the ground”An #antifa gives the #BLM fist salute while the crowd ch… https://t.co/1BaxztbUhR
— Andy Ngô (@Andy Ngô)1618147369.0

Federal agents fired crowd control munitions, including pepper balls, on the mob outside the ICE building.

ICE agents have come out to face off with protesters in order to put the fire out. #Portland #PDX #ICE https://t.co/Vm8xOBlkha
— Independent Media PDX (@Independent Media PDX)1618125214.0


Portland ICE facility https://t.co/wrvFF1iUHE
— Grace Morgan (@Grace Morgan)1618123861.0

One black bloc member challenged a Department of Homeland Security officer to a fistfight.

“Let’s go, bitch”After officers rushed out from back of the @ICEgov facility to put out the fires on the building… https://t.co/oYTx3RUiMf
— Andy Ngô (@Andy Ngô)1618148519.0

The Portland Police Bureau did not mention Saturday night's unrest and did not announce any arrests regarding the riot.

Despite President Joe Biden succeeding Donald Trump as president, protests and riots have been occurring regularly in Portland. Last month, violence erupted at the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse in Portland, which was also set ablaze.

There has been a soaring crime rate in Portland, and city council members responded by planning to use unarmed park rangers to combat gun violence.

Breaking: MLB pulls All-Star Game out of Georgia over state's new voting law



Major League Baseball announced Friday that it will no longer hold the 2021 All-Star Game in Atlanta, citing Georgia's recently passed law that implemented voting reforms.

But reporters say the league's bold move might put them in a "tricky" spot, given that other states — including the last host of the All-Star Game — have greater voting restrictions than the Peach State.

What are the details?

MLB Commissioner Robert Manfred Jr., issued a statement saying that after consulting with "Clubs, former and current players, the Players Association, and The Players Alliance," he has "decided that the best way to demonstrate our values as a sport is by relocating this year's All-Star Game and MLB Draft."

Manfred went on to say that the MLB "fundamentally supports voting rights for all Americans and opposes restrictions at the ballot box," adding that "fair access to voting continues to have our game's unwavering support."

He concluded by saying that the league is "finalizing a new host city and details about these events will be announced shortly."

BREAKING: The MLB is moving the All Star game out of Atlanta in response to Georgia's election bill https://t.co/CoVfrjyQVf
— Daily Caller (@Daily Caller)1617390110.0

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) signed the state's sweeping new election reforms into law last week, which includes changes such as requiring absentee ballots be verified with a photo I.D. , and expanding early voting for primary and general elections.

But Democratic politicians are furious over the legislation's passage, with some calling for a boycott of Georgia over their new law, calling it restrictive.

As the news broke of MLB's decision to pull the All-Star Game out of Georgia for political reasons, several journalists were quick to point out that the league might have put itself in a tough position with the move.

The Dispatch associate editor Declan Garvey noted on Twitter, "The last MLB All Star Game was held in Cleveland in 2019. Ohio requires voters applying for an absentee ballot to provide the same thing Georgia does. Ohio offers 22 days of early voting, Georgia offers at least 17, up to 19."

The last MLB All Star Game was held in Cleveland in 2019.Ohio requires voters applying for an absentee ballot to… https://t.co/z79h0v6YMf
— Declan Garvey (@Declan Garvey)1617391066.0

Business Insider senior reporter Grace Panetta tweeted that the "MLB may be putting themselves in a tricky situation here w/ a voting angle for host places for all-star games — do you base it on a state's laws or their recent legislative actions? Bc if it's the former, there are lot more states w more restrictive laws than GA."

She added, "like, if Georgia is now out by this standard, all of Texas kinda has to be for.....a while."

w/ that said, the MLB may be putting themselves in a tricky situation here w/ a voting angle for host places for al… https://t.co/7JoSWn55C4
— Grace Panetta (@Grace Panetta)1617391090.0

Crowd at Trump rally in Georgia lashes out at 'traitor' Fox News: 'We trusted you!'



Trump supporters blasted Fox News correspondents on Saturday at a spirited rally in Georgia. At the event in Valdosta, Trump followers lambasted the cable news network for it's presidential election coverage.

President Donald Trump addressed a large crowd at his "Victory Rally" in Georgia, where he voiced his support of Republican senatorial candidates David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler in their battle against Democratic candidates Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock ahead of the Jan. 5 runoff elections.

Trump also used the high-energy rally to spotlight his challenge of the 2020 presidential election results, especially in the state of Georgia.

"We can fight for the presidency and fight to elect our two great senators and we can do it at the same time. We can do it at the same time, it's alright," Trump told the crowd.

President @realDonaldTrump speaks to Georgia voters at the FIRST rally since the election! I’ve never seen a crowd… https://t.co/vzKByJJRYJ
— Grace Saldana (@Grace Saldana)1607216367.0

Perdue and Loeffler briefly took to the stage to garner support from the pro-Trump crowd but were drowned out by boisterous chants of "Fight for Trump!" and "Stop the steal!"

“Fight for Trump!” chants as the President speaks onstage with Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue #TrumpRally… https://t.co/iinJ2DqhaK
— Brendan Gutenschwager (@Brendan Gutenschwager)1607223139.0


Trump supporters chant “Stop the steal!” as Senator Kelly Loeffler takes the stage to campaign today in Georgia… https://t.co/ehNlzcpPbq
— Brendan Gutenschwager (@Brendan Gutenschwager)1607208136.0

Before the event took place, numerous Trump supporters spotted and then confronted members of Fox News. Trump devotees slammed Fox News for their coverage of the 2020 presidential election, especially early calling the state of Arizona in favor of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.

One Trump supporter is seen on video telling a Fox News reporter, "Fox News does not call the election."

According to Sky News producer Sarah Gough, the "Fox News journalists were getting the most abuse" from the pro-Trump crowd, a dubious honor that is usually dedicated to CNN. There were also shouts of "We trusted you!" and "Traitors!" aimed at the cable news network.

Fox News journalists are getting the most abuse from the crowd lining up for Trump’s rally in Valdosta, Georgia. Cr… https://t.co/4DTmurmDmL
— Sarah Gough (@Sarah Gough)1607191974.0

There was a chant of "Fox is fake news!"

Fox is Fake News #FoxNews #TrumpRally #FakeNewsMedia #Valdosta #StopTheSteel2020 https://t.co/sxCsZBwgdy
— Saundra Kiczenski (@Saundra Kiczenski)1607191749.0

Jennifer Jacobs, the senior White House reporter for Bloomberg News, noted that one man was shouting, "The truth is all we want!" He was reportedly escorted out of the rally, while the crowd yelled at security to "leave him alone!"

Man in crowd at Trump "victory rally" in Georgia next to press pen (guy in hat) was shouting at top of his lungs ab… https://t.co/MNBIA0ylCx
— Jennifer Jacobs (@Jennifer Jacobs)1607219558.0

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As many as 140,000 New Yorkers receive absentee ballots with wrong names and addresses



Voters in New York City are sounding the alarm after several have reported receiving absentee ballots containing either the wrong name and address, or another person's ballot altogether — and officials estimate as many as 140,000 mismatched absentee mailings were sent out.

What are the details?

The Gothamist reported Monday that multiple voters in Brooklyn said "they have received a mislabeled 'official absentee ballot envelope.' Normally, the voter inserts their completed ballot into the envelope and signs the outside. But in these cases, their ballot envelopes bear the wrong name and address. If a person signs their own name to this faulty ballot envelope, the ballot would be voided."

The outlet noted that "the New York City Board of Elections has mailed out nearly half a million absentee ballots ahead of Election Day this November," and "more than 140,000 absentee ballots have gone out across the borough."

Business Insider reporter Grace Panetta tweeted, "And it looks like some people are getting not just the wrong return envelopes with their ballot, but other's people's ballots entirely. I can only hope this isn't a widespread problem bc it's a pretty serious safety/privacy issue."

And it looks like some people are getting not just the wrong return envelopes with their ballot, but other’s people… https://t.co/Tji8eG1s3T
— Grace Panetta (@Grace Panetta)1601333420.0

Impacted New Yorkers also took to social media to sound the alarm. One Brooklyn resident called out her city councilman, Brad Lander, tweeting, "I, too, received somebody else's absentee ballot. Pls help your constituents/our democracy, @bradlander?"

Lander responded, "Sigh. You and apparently as many as 140,000 others. Here's what we know so far," pointing to his own Twitter feed where he had linked to the Gothamist article. He had written earlier, "Emerging from Yom Kippur to dozens of emails from Brooklyn voters who were mailed absentee ballots with the wrong name/address on the return envelope. Just so enraging & depressing."

"Voting absentee is going to work. It really is," he also tweeted, followed by a "fingers crossed" emoji.

Voting absentee is going to work. It really is. (🤞)But if you're immunocompromised or out-of-town or uncomfortabl… https://t.co/3KDVlU5Tsh
— Brad Lander (@Brad Lander)1601338031.0

He added, "As @commoncauseny's Susan Lerner says: 'Look, this is a stupid error, but there is time to get it fixed.' And I know it won't affect the Presidential race (fortunately, swing states have been doing mail-in ballots longer & better). But still, [New York City Board of Elections], please. I can't take it."


As @commoncauseny's Susan Lerner says: “Look, this is a stupid error, but there is time to get it fixed.”And I kn… https://t.co/zpsHZ2mPHW
— Brad Lander (@Brad Lander)1601338031.0

The New York City Board of Elections blamed an outside vendor for the error, and advised voters to send them a private message, email them, or call to rectify the problem.