Former Democratic Party leader paid women in alleged Tarrant voter fraud ring, AG says

A Fort Worth woman recently indicted on voter fraud charges paid others involved in the scheme with funds provided by a former Tarrant County Democratic Party leader, court documents filed this week say.

After learning about a state investigation, Leticia Sanchez — one of four women arrested and indicted on voter fraud charges — allegedly directed her daughter to send a text message to others in the scheme, urging them not to cooperate with investigators, state officials say.

The allegations are made in the state’s notice of intent to introduce evidence in Sanchez’s criminal case, where state officials say she was among those who collaborated to vote for certain down-ballot candidates with a number of north side residents’ mail-in ballots.

The notice, filed Tuesday, states that Sanchez engaged in organized criminal activity in collaboration with her three co-defendants; Stuart Clegg, a former executive director for the Tarrant County Democratic Party; and others.

Leticia Sanchez
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It also includes allegations that Sanchez faxed applications for mail-in ballots — many obtained fraudulently — using a fax machine belonging to former Fort Worth councilman Sal Espino. The notice does not implicate Espino as being part of the scheme.

This is the latest development in a case the Texas attorney general’s office describes as an ”organized voter fraud ring” in Fort Worth.

Local Democrats say canvassing voters occurs every election cycle. Attorneys for Sanchez say they believe this case is politically motivated and they expect it to eventually be dismissed.

Earlier this month, four women were arrested — Sanchez, her daughter, Leticia Sanchez Tepichin, and Rosa Solis and Laura Parra — after being indicted on more than two dozen felony counts of voter fraud.

Officials allege the women were paid to target older voters on the city’s north side “in a scheme to generate a large number of mail ballots and then harvest those ballots for specific candidates in 2016.”

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DUI related collision
Date and Time: 11/4/2018 at 0105 hours
Location: Route 13 Bypass north of St. Lukes Rd, Fruitland, MD 21822

Vehicle(s): 2010 Chevrolet pickup truck

Driver/passengers(s)/pedestrian: Mackenzie Martin, 25 year old W/F from Laurel, DE

Victim(s)/Injuries: None reported

Accused: Mackenzie Martin

Charges: Driving under the influence of alcohol, driving while impaired by alcohol, negligent driving and driving on median strip of divided highway.

Disposition: Released on traffic citations

On 11/4/2018 at 0105 hours troopers responded to the area of the Salisbury Bypass north of St Lukes Road for a report of a vehicle in the median. Upon arrival, it was learned that a 2010 Chevrolet truck being operated by Mackenzie Martin was traveling north on the Bypass when she attempted to make a U-turn through the grass median. Due to the incline of the median and recent rain, the vehicle became stuck in the mud.

When troopers made contact with Martin they were able to smell a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage while speaking with her. Martin completed field sobriety tests poorly and was subsequently arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol. She was released with dui related citations.

IN 2016, SOROS BOASTED OF SPENDING $500 MILLION ON MIGRANTS

Democratic donor George Soros earmarked half a billion dollars in 2016 to support migrants, writing that “harnessing the power of the private sector” is critical to support the “tens of millions of people [who] are on the move, fleeing their home countries in search of a better life abroad.”

“I have decided to earmark $500 million for investments that specifically address the needs of migrants, refugees and host communities,” Soros wrote in The Wall Street Journal. “I will invest in startups, established companies, social-impact initiatives and businesses founded by migrants and refugees themselves. Although my main concern is to help migrants and refugees arriving in Europe, I will be looking for good investment ideas that will benefit migrants all over the world.”

“We will also work closely with organizations such as the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Rescue Committee to establish principles to guide our investments,” he added.

The New York Times reported on Oct. 31 that “Mr. Soros is being heatedly, if implausibly,cast as the financier of the immigrant caravan, a deep-state presence in the federal bureaucracy and the hidden hand behind the protests against Mr. Trump’s Supreme Court nominee.”

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Suspect in Vandalism Attack on New York Synagogue Is Democrat Activist

James Polite, the 26-year-old man who was arrested Friday for allegedly vandalizing a synagogue in Brooklyn Thursday, is a Democratic activist who once worked for New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, and also volunteered for Barack Obama.

The New York Times reported Saturday:

Mr. Polite was arrested on Friday and charged with criminal mischief as a hate crime for writing “Die Jew Rats,” “Hitler,” “End It Now” and “Jew Better Be Ready” in marker on walls of the Union Temple of Brooklyn.

The police said surveillance video captured Mr. Polite, of Brooklyn, inside the synagogue.

He was taken into custody on Friday morning at the scene of a fire that had been set inside the coat room of Yeshiva Beth Hillel of Williamsburg, officials said.

Mr. Polite was charged with arson, reckless endangerment and criminal mischief — all as hate crimes — for setting fires at four other locations affiliated with the Jewish community, including another school. The police recognized Mr. Polite from the surveillance video at Union Temple.

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Baltimore tornado is first-ever fatal tornado in colder months on record

WASHINGTON — The tornado that touched down in Baltimore, Maryland, Friday night whichkilled two people and injured another, is the first fatal tornado that occurred in the fall and winter months in the state on record.

Baltimore Fire identified the two victims Saturday as Andrew Lindsay, 54, and Israel Espana Argote.

On Saturday, the National Weather Service confirmed that the EF-1 tornado with an estimated maximum wind speed of 105 mph touched down in Baltimore just before 10 p.m. Friday.

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Brooklyn Heights Vandalized with Swastikas

The New York Daily News reports the NYPD wants to talk to two people in connection to the discovery of anti-Semitic writings in Brooklyn Heights this week.

On Saturday evening, authorities released photos of two men they say may have been present at the scene when the incident occurred.

On Wednesday shortly after 9:00 a.m. EST, several swastikas were found scribbled on a black garage door on Garden Place. Sandy Maltzman, a senior producer for CNBC, shared a photo of the vandalism to social media, tweeting: “Today was the day I woke up to swastikas on my beautiful block in Brooklyn Heights. Praying they’re gone before all our children flood the street to celebrate Halloween tonight.”

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Senate Committee Kavanaugh Report: ‘No Evidence’ of Sexual Misconduct

The Senate Judiciary Committee released its full and final report Saturday into the allegations of sexual misconduct against U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, finding “no evidence” to corroborate them.

The report is 414 printed pages long, of which 28 are the report itself and the rest are 53 exhibits.

The report declares:

After an extensive investigation that included the thorough review of all potentially credible evidence submitted and interviews of more than 40 individuals with information relating to the allegations, including classmates and friends of all those involved, Committee investigators found no witness who could provide any verifiable evidence to support any of the allegations brought against Justice Kavanaugh. In other words, following the separate and extensive investigations by both the Committee and the FBI, there was no evidence to substantiate any of the claims of sexual assault made against Justice Kavanaugh.

The report notes that the committee has referred several individuals to the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation who seemed to have made false statements against Kavanaugh to the committee.

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Moms for America: Illegal Immigration Is Hurting Women and Children

A group of moms from across the United States are traveling to Texas to meet with mothers who live on the U.S. border with Mexico. The coalition is calling for the federal government to secure the border so that the thousands of migrants marching through Mexico aren’t allowed to enter the country.

Moms for America will hold a press conference on Sunday to express their support for sending the military to the border, the construction of a wall on the border, and for federal immigration law to be enforced to protect American families from criminals or other bad actors who could be embedded in the migrant caravan.

“Women and children are most at risk on both sides of the border,” Kimberly Fletcher, founder and president of Moms for America told Breitbart News. “Our lack of border security has actually created an industry which brutalizes women, criminalizes children, and rips families apart.”

She also questioned why men seeking asylum because their home country is 'too dangerous' are leaving their wives and children behind to fend for themselves...

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NYC Synagogue Vandalism Suspect Is Former City Hall Anti-Hate Crime Intern

The suspect in the vandalism of a New York synagogue was a Democratic activist and former City Hall intern who worked on anti-hate crime issues, The Daily Caller News Foundation has learned.

He is a “queer” black man informally adopted by a Jewish couple, and The New York Times’ charity, the Neediest Cases, helped pay for him to go to college where his focus was African American studies, according to a 2017 New York Times profile.

A political event with two Democratic candidates at the Union Temple of Brooklyn wascanceled Friday after attendees found graffiti saying “Die Jew Rats” and “Hitler,” which one of the candidates said highlighted the need to vote out “hate.” Police arrested 26-year old James Polite later that night based on surveillance footage.

A year ago, The New York Times profiled Polite, noting that he was an LGBT foster youth who “could defy the statistics” after becoming the “adopted child of the Quinn administration,” as Christine Quinn, then the speaker of the New York city council, put it. “And it wasn’t just me. It was the entire City Council staff.”

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Six Ways Donald Trump Has Defeated Democrat Mobs with More Jobs

The Republican National Committee (RNC) announced six ways that President Donald Trump has defeated Democrat mob tactics with a strong economy and jobs for the American people. This comes just days ahead of the midterm elections, when voters decide the party that will be in power in the House of Representatives and the Senate.

According to the announcement:

Democrat attempts to sell an anti-Trump economic message have fallen flat as the booming economy makes their doom and gloom message increasingly less believable.
In the absence of a coherent message, Democrats have resorted to encouraging “extremist” ideas, harassment, and mob-like behavior as part of their 2018 midterm strategy.
While Democratic leaders are busy fomenting agitation, President Trump and Congressional Republicans have created the “strongest labor market in a generation.”
Though it is “extremely rare” for unemployment to dip below 4%, it currently sits at 3.7% and has averaged 3.9% in 2018.
GDP hit 3.5% in the third quarter of 2018, marking the best back-to-back quarters of growth since 2014, and putting the U.S. on track to hit 3% annual growth for the first time since 2005.
The labor market has been strong under President Trump, adding nearly 4 million jobs since he took office, and consumer confidence reached nearly a two-decade high in October.
President Trump’s thriving economy is reaching those previously left out of the economic recovery.
Minorities, especially young minorities, have experienced record low unemployment.
Low-income households are increasingly confident about their economic future as the economic recovery has begun to help all population groups.

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ICE: Illegal Alien Charged with Wife's Murder 7 Months After Release

An illegal alien from Mexico accused of stabbing his wife to death on Sunday was released from an Oregon county jail seven months ago despite federal immigration authorities’ request to deport him, immigration officials said.

Martin Gallo-Gallardo, 45, is facing murder charges in connection with the death of Coral Rodriguez-Lorenzo, 38, after authorities discovered her body in a ditch near a river east of Portland on October 28.

Authorities say Gallo-Gallardo was charged with murder for fatally stabbing Rodriguez-Lorenzo multiple times after an argument. The Mexican national pleaded not guilty to the murder charges Tuesday

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Trump calls Andrew Gillum 'not equipped' to be governor and says he'll destroy Florida

President Donald Trump ripped a pair of Florida Democrats at a Pensacola rally Saturday night, saying Andrew Gillum would ruin the state 'that I live in.'

Trump tore into Gillum, who holds a narrow polling lead in the governor's race, as a 'socialist' and said Tallahassee, where Gillum is mayor, was 'one of the worst' cities in the country.

The president also called the Democratic mayor 'not equipped' to be governor.

Trump said Gillum, who is locked in a dead-heat in the critical swing state, would ruin the state 'that I live in' – in a reference to Mar-a-Lago, where he has spent dozens of days as president.

The president also has a home in Trump Tower in Manhattan and moved into the White House in 2017.

Trump flew to Florida in hopes of taking down Democrat Sen. Bill Nelson, who faces Gov. Rick Scott, and also to try to sway the governor's race, where Gillum is facing former GOP Rep. Ron DeSantis.

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