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 NBC: Over 200 unqualified Texas educators had someone else take their exams in cheating scandal, officials say People would typically pay $2,500 to the scheme's fixer, who would bribe test officials and have proxies take their certification tests, prosecutors said. Five people have been charged in Texas with organizing and participating in an illegal cheating scheme that certified more than 200 unqualified teachers and helped the plot’s “kingpin” rake in more than $1 million, prosecutors said. In the scheme, people would typically pay $2,500 to have proxies take certification tests for them at two testing centers in Houston. The scandal involved bribing a testing proctor to allow test applicants and their proxies to switch places, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said at a news conference Monday. ... Investigators noticed a pattern, they said: Numerous teacher certification candidates who previously failed certification exams would drive from faraway Texas cities to the Ho

 Washington Free Beacon: As Iran's Proxies Target US Troops, Biden-Harris Admin Privately Claims No Iranians Have Launched Drone Attacks on Americans in Past Year 'The US government is not keen to openly state that Iran is functionally at war with the US,' expert says This is another reason why voters should support Donald Trump.  He is capable of intimidating the Islamic religious bigots who rule Iran as a hostile power to the US. 

 DC Daily Journal: Whistleblower exposes the FBI’s infiltration of the Trump campaign ... The House Judiciary Committee is now digging into an explosive whistleblower report that alleges the FBI targeted Donald Trump shortly after he announced his presidential campaign in 2015. The report points to an off-the-books operation initiated by then-FBI Director James B. Comey, even before the now-notorious Crossfire Hurricane investigation. According to a protected disclosure sent to the committee, an FBI agent revealed that this shadowy investigation was aimed squarely at Trump, raising serious questions about government overreach and bias against the former president. The whistleblower report claims that two female FBI undercover agents infiltrated Trump’s 2016 campaign at high levels, instructed to act as “honeypots” while traveling alongside Trump and his staff. Unlike the later Crossfire Hurricane probe into alleged Russian collusion, this earlier investigation, according to the whistl

 The Federalist Wire: ... The Biden-Harris administration’s reported figures on illegal immigration reveal a significant discrepancy when accounting for “gotaways”—migrants who cross the border undetected by Border Patrol. According to The Telegraph, these overlooked figures push the actual number of illegal immigrants entering the U.S. up by 25% beyond official statistics. Official data from the Biden-Harris administration notes around 7.15 million illegal entry attempts since President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris assumed office. However, a Freedom of Information request obtained by The Telegraph suggests that Border Patrol estimates an additional 1.8 million illegal immigrants slipped through undetected, bringing the true total closer to 8.95 million. ... The Biden-Harris regime is deliberately ignoring US immigration law to let illegals into the country.  They reversed Trump's policy which did a better job of containing the illegal problem.  They now face an elect

 Daily Torch: 64 percent says U.S. on the wrong track as Trump maintains battleground state lead, GOP gains early voting edge This wrong track number is bad news for Democrats.  Not only does it indicate a Trump win but it also suggests Republicans have a strong chance of controlling Congress.  See also: Donald Trump just received a huge endorsement that no one was expecting And:   Shock Poll in PA and More Intriguing News on Toss-Up States   ... ... And: GORDON SONDLAND: I was wrong about Trump and Democrats can't stand it The Biden-Harris administration weakened our power, our pocketbooks and our values

 AP: Afghan women are forbidden from praying loudly or reciting the Quran in front of other women, according to a Taliban government minister. It’s the latest restriction on women following morality laws that ban them from raising their voice and baring their faces outside the home. They are already excluded from education after sixth grade, many public spaces and most jobs. ... I get the impression that Taliban morality laws are instituted by very insecure men.  They don't appear to appreciate the women in their community. 

 DC Daily Journal: ... A new report about a key U.S. Senate race has dropped that is only adding fuel to the fire of the Democrats’ panic right now. The bad news for the Democrats just keeps coming in, this time it comes out of the Arizona U.S. Senate race between Kari Lake and Ruben Gallego. A recent poll indicates a significant shift in the Arizona Senate race, with Republican candidate Kari Lake pulling ahead of Democratic Representative Ruben Gallego. The Tuesday Data Orbital survey, which included responses from 550 likely voters and has a margin of error of 4.26%, showed Lake garnering 45.2% support, while Gallego received 44.5%. This marks a notable change in a contest where Gallego had maintained a steady lead. ... However, the poll results may not be entirely indicative of the race’s trajectory. A separate CNN survey, involving 781 likely voters, found Lake trailing by approximately 8%. Additionally, RealClearPolitics (RCP) reports an average lead for Gallego of 4%. What’s not

 Newsmax: ... On "The View" Thursday, billionaire Mark Cuban said , "Donald Trump, you never see him around strong, intelligent women ever. It's just that simple. They're intimidating to him. He doesn't like to be challenged by them and, you know, Nikki Haley will call him on his nonsense with reproductive rights, and how he sees and treats and talks about women. I mean, he just can't have her around. It wouldn't work." Noem appeared on " The Chris Salcedo Show " on Thursday to respond. "You know, I'm shocked by it, actually," Noem said. "It's offensive. And I don't get offended very often. "But my goodness, if you watch that video of Mark Cuban, he looks extremely emotional. I think that what is really showing us how the left and the campaign of Kamala Harris and her supporters are melting down. "It's not just Mark Cuban," she continued. "Joe Biden, Bill Clinton — one after another is

 Paul Bedard: In its effort to catch election fraud, the Conservative Political Action Conference this week claimed it had photographic evidence of illegal “ballot harvesting” in Wisconsin. Chairman Matt Schlapp said his CPAC Foundation filed a complaint on Wednesday with the Wisconsin Elections Commission, complete with a witness account of the alleged crime conducted in broad daylight outside Milwaukee City Hall. The witness said in a statement that he saw somebody jam up to 500 ballots into an unguarded ballot box and then flee once he realized that he was being photographed. In Wisconsin, the law requires that voters personally handle their ballots. It bans the collection, or harvesting, of ballots by others, CPAC said. ... I recently voted in Texas and was given a ballot to mark up.  After filling in the circles by the candidate I supported the paper ballot was then fed into a machine to record the vote as clerks oversaw the the process.  There was literally no way a ballot-har

 The Federalist: In part one of this investigation into how Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign is deceptively manipulating online platforms, it was revealed that the campaign is operating a Discord server that directs hordes of volunteers to use their social media accounts to deceptively push election propaganda. The goal is to artificially manufacture consensus by making pro-Kamala Harris messages on social media appear more popular than they are, and it is often done in violation of the Terms of Service of the social media platforms. In more extreme cases, they are encouraging people to skirt election laws and using these “astroturfing” campaigns to spread disinformation they think will help win the upcoming election. Yesterday’s report documented how the Harris-Walz campaign has seen great success in manipulating Reddit’s algorithm , but that isn’t the only social media site they’re manipulating. The campaign has also been targeting Elon Musk’s X, perhaps the most influential sit