Trump vows to end mail-in ballots with executive order
President Donald Trump said Monday that he plans to sign an executive order aimed at ending mail-in voting and eliminating voting machines, a proposal that election experts note he cannot carry out on his own. Trump has long criticized mail-in ballots, calling them fraudulent. On his Truth Social account, Trump wrote: “THE MAIL-IN BALLOT HOAX, USING VOTING MACHINES THAT ARE A COMPLETE AND TOTAL DISASTER, MUST END, NOW!!!” Continue reading at KIRO 7. (KIRO 7)
Ferguson pushes back after Bondi designates WA a ‘sanctuary jurisdiction’
Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson is pushing back against U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, who last week identified the state as a “sanctuary” jurisdiction that impedes federal immigration enforcement. Bondi sent Ferguson a letter on August 13, in which she told him to repeal laws that she said obstruct federal efforts. In the letter, posted by Ferguson on X, she cited a Trump administration executive order that could tie federal funding to immigration cooperation. Continue reading at MyNorthwest. (AP)
Change to state’s suicide and crisis line has driven large increases in contacts
During Dianna Caber’s 15-year tenure at South Sound 911 – the public safety answering center for a majority of fire and law enforcement agencies in Pierce County – dispatchers have rarely transferred anyone to a regional crisis and suicide hotline. Practically every call that reached their Tacoma communication center was handled by first responders. “The only caller we were transferring to a crisis line before was someone who called and said ‘can I talk to crisis?’” Caber, manager of the center, said. “Outside of that, it was getting entered for a law enforcement or fire department response.” Continue reading at Kitsap Sun. (South Sound 911)
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