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US Gulf Allies Prepare For Heavy US Bombardment Of Iran And Iranian Retaliation; Report

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US Gulf Allies Prepare For Heavy US Bombardment Of Iran And Iranian Retaliation; Report

Authored by Dave DeCamp via Antiwar.com,The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that the US’s Gulf Arab allies are preparing for heavy US strikes against Iran that they expect to provoke major Iranian retaliation against their infrastructure.The report said that the Gulf states believe that the US attacks could come as early as this week. President Trump has made clear that he’s considering restarting the bombing campaign after Tuesday’s midterm elections.The Journal report said that governments in the region, including the UAE and Qatar, have been running security drills at airports and other facilities to prepare for the potential major escalation. Saudi Arabia is already facing heavy attacks against its airports and oil infrastructure from Ansar Allah in Yemen, a war Riyadh reignited in July by bombing the Sanaa International Airport.Amid the threats of escalation, some Gulf Arab states have been scrambling to find a diplomatic solution, but three days of talks between Iranian officials and Qatari mediators held over the weekend didn’t result in a breakthrough. During the talks, Iran said it was willing to open the Strait of Hormuz if the US agreed to its conditions, but there’s no sign that the Trump administration is willing to do so.Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Monday that Tehran remains open to a diplomatic solution, but it depends on the US’s position.”We have presented our conditions and proposal, and everything depends on Washington’s political wisdom. If they choose genuine diplomacy, we are ready to engage. But if they intend to deceive us and launch military operations, they will face a response more bitter and more severe than before,” Araghchi said.
Tyler Durden
Tue, 11/03/2026 – 12:30

Hamilton County, Indiana, Voter Reports ‘Five of Six Voting Machines Down’ 14 Minutes After Polls Opened

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A voter in Hamilton County, Indiana, reported voting machine failures shortly after polls opened on Election Day, saying five of six machines at a polling location went down 14 minutes after opening.
Activist and former Nuclear Scientist for the U.S. Department of Energy,  Matt Van Swol, posted a report from a voter on X, writing that people were finding polling stations down across the county and quoting the message, “14 minutes after the polls opened, 5 of the 6 voting machines at my polling location were down. God bless these poll workers. It’s going to be a long day.”

#BREAKING: People are now reporting that their polling stations in Hamilton County Indiana are down.
“14 minutes after the polls opened, 5 of the 6 voting machines at my polling location were down. God bless these poll workers. It’s going to be a long day.”
— Matt Van Swol (@mattvanswol) November 3, 2026

No official statement from the Hamilton County Clerk or Election Board confirmed machine failures as of mid-morning.
WTHR reported that more than 70,000 people had already cast early ballots in the county and that election officials had deployed the maximum number of voting machines in anticipation of high turnout.
Hamilton County operates more than 100 polling locations under its current precinct-based system and is scheduled to transition to vote centers in 2027.
The county uses direct-recording electronic voting machines.

@mattvanswol Hamilton County Indiana, they must give you a Ballot to vote. It’s the law. Stay in place! Stay in line. Vote!
Its Voter Disenfranchisement! But stay in Line!
— Jerry* Jeff (@JeffWal33019675) November 3, 2026

Indiana law requires counties to maintain accessible voting equipment and follow contingency procedures when machines malfunction, including allowing voters to cast ballots by other approved methods if necessary.
The Gateway Pundit will update this article if or when an official statement is issued.

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OF COURSE: Maricopa County Faces Polling Center Shut Downs, Printer and Tabulator Malfunctions – County GOP Chairman Says “That’s Just Bullsh*t!” (Exclusive)

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Maricopa County machine failure locations in 2022 election.
What’s new?
As voting centers opened across Maricopa County at 6 am, some voters were turned away at multiple locations amid reported power outages and what The Gateway Pundit has learned were printer and voting machine malfunctions. 
Maricopa County announced that one location was “temporarily closed” early this morning before the polls opened. They later announced that the voting center was “successfully opened at 6 a.m.”

Due to a power outage, the Vote Center located at the Laveen Elementary School District Office is
temporarily closed. Please visit https://t.co/2Hs9CznmWK to find a nearby voting location. https://t.co/4RgNWqTRhT
— Maricopa County Elections (@MaricopaVote) November 3, 2026

In another post, the county wrote, “All 254 Vote Centers across Maricopa County were open on time at 6:00 am.”
However, Maricopa County Republican Party Chairman Craig Berland told The Gateway Pundit that there were issues at several polling locations, including inoperable ballot printers and tabulators unable to read ballots.
“I started texting the elections department at 530 this morning with problems,” he said.
“The Board of Supervisors and their cronies have been holding the banner that they’re doing what they’re doing so as not to disenfranchise voters and make it easy to vote.”
According to Berland, the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors made a seemingly pointless change to the poll books, which contain voter data including voting precincts and districts, and the printers that were already on site and working during early voting.
“For example, and I mean this isn’t opinion; this is fact. All the early voting sites, they had election equipment, and I’m specifically talking about poll books and printers that were put in there by the Recorder’s Office because it’s early voting,” Berland explained.
“Then, on Friday night, which was the end of early voting, all the poll workers had to remove all of the poll books and all the printers and replace all that equipment with identical board of supervisors equipment. And I don’t know exactly what it costs, but I’ve heard as much as $34 million is what you and I paid for that to happen.”
Berland said all of the problems with printers at the voting locations “could have all been preempted because you had 30 days or 15 days or 10 days or whatever it might have been of the site being open using existing equipment.”
Berland further confirmed that some voters are experiencing problems with vote tabulators in the case of undervotes, where they don’t fill out every single race on the ballot. Just like during the 2022 elections in Maricopa County, tabulators in at least one voting location are misreading ballots and not counting votes. Instead, voters are being told to place their uncounted ballot in a mysterious “drawer 3” to be counted off-site later. “That’s just bullshit,” Berland said with frustration over the tabulator errors. “You’ve got a hundred different judges, and I’m sure 90% of the people don’t fill them all out.”
Some locations are experiencing printer or tabulator malfunctions on all equipment at the site, while others are experiencing only some equipment failures, which are likely to delay the voting process and cause longer lines.
“I’m definitely concerned that apathy is going to contribute to the races,” Berland said, noting the lower turnout in midterm elections and slamming the county for contributing to voter discouragement. “I can’t tell you the number of people that I’ve talked to that, you know, I’m trying to pull them off the edge before they jump,” he said, as voters ask, “Why should I bother voting? It doesn’t count anyhow.”
“Obviously,” he said, the issues are “going to hurt the Republicans more than the Democrats historically because Republicans vote on election day.”
Still, “Our message to all of Maricopa County and to the people that follow us globally is: No matter what, vote,” he said. “My position is that no vote is a vote for communism.”
According to election data analysts at Stealth Analytics, roughly 45,000 people had voted in person across Maricopa County as of 10 am local time, with Republicans accounting for 44.5% of voters and Democrats making up nearly half at just 22.9% of the total. Independents are turning out at 32.6%.

Maricopa County general – Election Day poll voters (11/3):
10 AM update.
44,637 have voted in person across 254 vote centers.
Reps 19,861 (44.5%)
Dems 10,227 (22.9%)
Ind/Other 14,549 (32.6%)
Reps lead by 9,634 ballots (+21.6 pp) of 44,637 in. https://t.co/diuWg5JKkz
— Stealth Analytics (@StealthPolling) November 3, 2026

Maricopa County Communications Manager Jessie Caraveo declined to immediately comment but said she would call back with more information. We have not heard back yet.
We are also hearing reports of issues in Pima County, the second largest county by population in the state.
This comes after Maricopa County announced that multiple voting locations were closed due to “power related issues” on Monday.
Berland told The Gateway Pundit that at one location “somebody triggered a fire alarm and forced an evacuation of the polling center,” and another person “shut the power off” in what he described as “apparent sabotage.”
Here We Go: Maricopa County Claims “Power Related Issues” Causing Vote Center Closures – Resident Says He Was Turned Away From 3 Different Locations: “We’re Getting F*cked With Again”

This comes after Republican Kari Lake ran against Democrat Katie Hobbs for governor in 2022 and had the election stolen by less than 1% after catastrophic voting machine failures at 60% of polling locations in Maricopa disenfranchised tens of thousands of voters.
Lake told The Gateway Pundit on Monday, “Maricopa County is up to its old tricks again. Vote centers are closing over supposed power issues, a fire alarm got pulled at a site in heavily Republican Mesa, voters are being told during ballot curing that ballots were cast they didn’t know about, and we’re still dealing with the same late-night activity at the tabulation center.”
“Arizonans are done with the Board of Supervisors’ ‘nothing to see here’ routine while trust keeps eroding. We the people deserve clean, transparent elections. It’s past time for the DOJ and FBI to step in and investigate,” she added.
Lake also responded to this morning’s news on X, writing, “The bullshit continues.”
“PRO-TIP: Maricopa County voters, find a voting center in the most liberal part of town and go there. My gut tells me you’ll find fewer equipment malfunctions, shorter lines, no electricity issues, plenty of ballots, etc,” she added.

The bullshit continues….
PRO-TIP: Maricopa County voters, find a voting center in the most liberal part of town and go there. My gut tells me you’ll find fewer equipment malfunctions, shorter lines, no electricity issues, plenty of ballots, etc..
— Kari Lake (@KariLake) November 3, 2026

This is a developing story.

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Pennsylvania Voters Report Ballot Scanners Down in Three Counties, Ballots Being Dropped in Boxes for Later Scanning

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Voters in three Pennsylvania counties reported ballot scanner problems on Election Day that forced ballots into holding boxes or folders instead of being scanned on the spot.
In Beaver County, a voter said the machine to scan ballots “isn’t working,” and that ballots have to go into a box to be scanned after polls close.
Election integrity activist Scott Presler posted on X that he received a message from a voter in Beaver County saying, “Scott we need help in Beaver County! They are saying that the machine to scan ballots isn’t working and the ballots have to go in a box and then they are going to scan them all after polls close!!!!”

Just received this message from a voter:
“Scott we need help in Beaver County! They are saying that the machine to scan ballots isn’t working and the ballots have to go in a box and then they are going to scan them all after polls close!!!!”
Beaver County, Pennsylvania
— ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) November 3, 2026

In Luzerne County, the same county that ran out of paper in 2022, a screenshotted Facebook post described the Butler Township District 8 scanner having no ballot bin attached, so ballots went into a holding box.

Problem in Luzerne County, PA
Yes, this is the county that ran out of paper in 2022.
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania https://t.co/jNIYcXYSuj
— ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) November 3, 2026

In Williamson in Franklin County a Facebook post claimed the machine was down at 7 a.m., some voters were turned away and could not return because of work, and ballots were later put “in a folder.”

Pennsylvania voters disenfranchised in Williamson.
Franklin is a very red county.
Williamson, PA https://t.co/f6pCSgwiRs
— ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) November 3, 2026

Presler noted that Franklin “is a very red county.”
Local news outlets had not published independent confirmation of these specific scanner failures as of mid-morning.
Votebeat Pennsylvania reporter Carter Walker noted on X that there had been scattered reports of machines jamming or not scanning across the state, but that he had not seen county-wide issues such as ballot shortages or improperly programmed machines.

It’s past 10 AM, and while there have been scattered reports of machines jamming or not scanning, I haven’t seen any county-wide issues like ballot shortages, misprinted poll books, or improperly programmed machines. Typically those issues are noticed first thing in the AM.
— Carter Walker (@ByCarterWalker) November 3, 2026

Pennsylvania counties must have contingency plans for equipment failures, including emergency ballot boxes or folders at polling places so voting can continue while technicians address problems or ballots are scanned later.
Luzerne County switched this year to a new Hart InterCivic Vanguard system that uses hand-marked paper ballots fed into scanners, after previously using Dominion touchscreen ballot-marking devices.
The Gateway Pundit will continue to monitor for reports on midterm election issues or irregularities.

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Why Lost Earning Capacity Can Affect Motorcycle Accident Compensation

Filed Under: Addicted2Success, SUCCESS

A motorcycle accident can take away more than a person’s ability to ride. It can change how they work, earn money, and support their family. A broken leg may keep a worker away from a job for months, while a head injury may make it hard to focus or complete daily tasks. Even after returning to work, an injured rider may not earn what they once did. These financial losses can affect a motorcycle accident compensation claim. Lost earning capacity deserves attention because an injury can change not only today’s paycheck but also a person’s ability to earn a living.
What Is Lost Earning Capacity After a Motorcycle Accident?
Lost earning capacity refers to a person’s reduced ability to earn money because of injuries from an accident. It differs from simply missing work during recovery. A rider may return to a job but struggle with duties that were once easy to manage. Someone who worked in construction may no longer be able to lift heavy materials, while a delivery worker may find it difficult to ride for long periods.
The main concern is how the injury affects the person’s ability to earn income. Even if a person still receives a paycheck, lasting physical or mental limits may reduce their working hours, job choices, or chances of earning a higher salary.
How Lost Earning Capacity Differs From Lost Wages
Lost wages and lost earning capacity describe two different types of financial loss. Lost wages cover the income a person misses while recovering from an injury. Lost earning capacity concerns the money they may be unable to earn because the injury limits their work.
For example, a worker may miss six weeks of work after breaking a leg in a motorcycle crash. The pay lost during those weeks falls under lost wages. If the injury later prevents the worker from returning to a physically demanding job, the difference in possible future earnings may also matter.
Both losses may be included in a claim if the available evidence supports them. However, future income loss cannot be based only on guesses about what someone might have earned.
How Motorcycle Injuries Can Affect Future Income
Motorcycle accidents can cause serious injuries because riders have little physical protection during a crash. Some injuries heal with time, while others leave lasting problems that affect a person’s ability to work.
Broken bones may limit movement, spinal injuries may cause ongoing pain, and nerve damage may reduce strength or coordination. A head injury can also affect memory, focus, or decision-making, making certain jobs harder to perform safely.
The effect depends on the person’s health, job duties, and recovery. A worker who spends the day standing may face different limits from someone who works at a desk. If an injury forces a person to accept fewer hours, change careers, or leave a job they can no longer perform, the loss of earning capacity may become a major part of the financial claim.
Factors That Can Affect Compensation
The value of a lost earning capacity claim depends on several details. No single factor determines the amount, and each claim needs evidence showing how the injury affects the person’s ability to earn.
Important factors may include:

Previous income: Pay stubs, tax returns, and employment records can show past earnings and work history.
Injury severity: Lasting pain, reduced movement, or problems with memory may limit job performance.
Job duties: Physical work may become harder after injuries that affect lifting, standing, balance, or movement.
Work experience: A person’s skills, training, and career history may help show the types of jobs they could perform before the accident.
Career opportunities: Missed promotions, reduced hours, or the need to accept lower-paying work may affect earning ability.

The effect of these factors depends on the facts of the case and the laws that apply.
How to Prove Lost Earning Capacity
An insurance claim needs clear evidence connecting the accident injuries to reduced earning ability. Medical records can describe the injury and explain any lasting limits. Employment records and tax returns can show previous income, while statements from an employer may confirm changes in duties, hours, or pay.
Medical assessments may help explain which work tasks a person can no longer perform. Vocational assessments can also examine how an injury affects available job options. In some cases, financial professionals may estimate how the loss could affect earnings over time.
Keeping records of missed work, job changes, reduced hours, and changes in pay can help create a clearer picture of the financial impact. Evidence should support the claimed loss rather than rely on assumptions about future income.
Looking Beyond the Missing Paychecks
Motorcycle accident compensation may need to account for financial losses that continue long after the first missed paycheck. Reduced earning ability can affect rent, household bills, savings, and other regular expenses. Focusing only on wages lost during recovery may overlook a significant part of the financial impact caused by lasting injuries.
Understanding the difference between lost wages and lost earning capacity can help injured riders identify the types of income loss that may be considered in a motorcycle accident compensation claim. Medical records, employment history, and reliable financial evidence can help demonstrate the extent of those losses. The compensation available ultimately depends on the circumstances of the accident, the supporting evidence, and the applicable law.
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SNL Runs Defense For El-Sayed, Decoy Dan, But Accuses Israel Of Genocide

Filed Under: Commentary Culture Investigations

NBC’s Saturday Night Live Weekend Update anchors Michael Che and Colin Jost wrapped up their midterm campaigning recently by suggesting that Republicans are getting people killed because of their welfare reform programs and that the real comedy with the Decoy Dan scandal in Alaska is not with Democratic trickery but with Boston, Massachusetts. Sandwiched in-between those jokes, Che’s anti-Semitism resurfaced with a bit about alleged Israeli genocide.Che began by recalling Sen. Ted Cruz’s closing arguments against Michigan’s Abdul El-Sayed, “Ted Cruz said that if Abdul El-Sayed is elected to Senate, there is a very real risk Americans will die as a result. Then he went back to the Senate to cut health care and food stamps.”Of course, Che left out the part of Cruz’s statement where he was talking about El-Sayed’s affinity for the Muslim Brotherhood. However, Che kept rolling in order to talk about another country’s elections, “This week, a record number of people voted in Israel’s election, which is great to see regardless if you’re on the right side or the left side or the genocide.” SNL’s Michael Che had a couple whoppers recently, including one about Republicans killing people and another about Israel, “Ted Cruz said if Abdul El-Sayed is elected to Senate, there is a very real risk Americans will die as a result. Then he went back to the Senate to cut… pic.twitter.com/BGP4xzB8vU— Alex Christy (@alexchristy17) November 3, 2026 Che’s Israel remarks went viral on social media, and one particularly dumb response came from a Variety article by Marlow Stern headlined, ‘“SNL’ Weekend Update Finally Weighs in on Israel.’”Stern is the same guy who recently got triggered at Bill Maher for interviewing former White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. While it may be tempting to argue that nobody was actually waiting with bated breath for SNL to talk about Israel, the truth is that Michael Che can’t shut up about it.While Che engages in libelous talk about genocide, he has also repeatedly trafficked in puppeteering tropes where he claims that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is actually the one in charge of America’s military. Back in September, he also declared, “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed an almost empty chamber at the U.N. After delegates walked out in protest over Israel’s war in Gaza. I guess wherever Netanyahu shows up, there’s gonna be some relocating.” Che’s nasty remarks about Israel did not begin post-October 7. Back during COVID in 2021, he lied, “Israel is reporting that they vaccinated half of their population, and I’m going to guess it’s the Jewish half.”A year before that, he claimed, “GoDaddy has shut down a website that hosts a ‘Miss Hitler’ beauty pageant. Coincidentally, ‘Miss Hitler Beauty Pageant’ was the working title for The Ingraham Angle. By the way, Colin, if you’re wondering who the winner of the ‘Miss Hitler’ pageant was: Miss Israel.”Back in the present day, Jost kept up the fake news, “Vice President JD Vance, seen here letting Ozempic take the wheel, said that Alaska having two candidates with the last name Sullivan is the definition of electoral fraud. Which, if true, would invalidate every election in Boston history.”The scandal in Alaska isn’t that there are two candidates with the same last name. It is that Democrats actively recruited someone with the same first and last name to try to be a spoiler. Jost also didn’t accurately depict what Vance said. What he actually talked about was the dirty trick aspect of the situation, “When you put a person on the ballot explicitly to try to confuse voters, I think that’s the definition of electoral fraud.”Coincidently, trying to trick the voters is exactly what Jost and Che tried to do by omitting crucial context from their “jokes.”Here is a transcript for the October 31-November 1 show:NBC Saturday Night Live11/1/202612:41 AM ETMICHAEL CHE: Ted Cruz said that if Abdul El-Sayed is elected to Senate, there is a very real risk Americans will die as a result. Then he went back to the Senate to cut health care and food stamps. This week, a record number of people voted in Israel’s election, which is great to see regardless if you’re on the right side or the left side or the genocide.COLIN JOST: Vice President JD Vance, seen here letting Ozempic take the wheel, said that Alaska having two candidates with the last name Sullivan is the definition of electoral fraud. Which, if true, would invalidate every election in Boston history.