Voting:
Oprah Winfrey started cold calling Texans to encourage Texas voters to get to the polls.
Footage showing long lines of enthusiastic early voters in a Georgia county drew predictable cries of “voter suppression” from Democrats and Twitter pundits, while election experts said such allegations were baseless and lacked context.
- Long Lines at Georgia Polling Place Prompt Hysterical Accusations of GOP ‘Voter Suppression’ (National Review)
Many young black voters are questioning party loyalty.
Prayer:
The Jasper School District has launched an investigation following a recent complaint that prayers were led by the head football coach.
- Jasper football coach accused of leading students in prayer; district opens investigation (Joplin Globe)
Alaska:
Anchorage, Alaska, Mayor Ethan Berkowitz resigned Tuesday, a day after apologizing for what he described as a “consensual, inappropriate messaging relationship,” with a local television anchor.
- Anchorage, Alaska, mayor resigns over sex scandal: ‘I am deeply sorry’ (Fox News)
- Anchorage mayor admits to ‘inappropriate messaging relationship’ with news anchor (Anchorage Daily News)
In a disturbing voicemail, reporter Maria Athens threatens to kill Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz and his wife. The voicemail was left on Friday morning, before Athens posted a video on her official Facebook page in which she makes an unsubstantiated claim that Berkowitz posted inappropriate photos to an underage girl’s website.
- Bombshell: Reporter Maria Athens threatens to kill Mayor Berkowitz in disturbing voicemail (The Alaskan Landmine)
