
Beth Brelje
Elections Writer at The Federalist
The Federalist - Elections Correspondent
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5 days ago |
thefederalist.com | Beth Brelje
When a school program tells students not to tell their religious parents about an activity, there is a problem. That is what reportedly happened in Chicago Public Schools when it allegedly forced students to practice Hindu-based Transcendental Meditation (TM) twice a day.
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6 days ago |
thefederalist.com | Beth Brelje
When President Donald Trump announced tariffs on most countries, the propaganda press reported that he was dangerously offending allied nations like the United Kingdom. The sky was falling. It would be a disaster!And while they doubted much good would come of Trump’s strategy to renegotiate U.S. trade agreements, the media complained it was taking him too long to show any results.
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1 week ago |
thefederalist.com | Beth Brelje
Whoops! Pennsylvania’s Lackawanna County election office mailed last year’s ballots to 545 Republican primary voters in Scranton for the May 20, 2025 election. Voters caught the mistake and the county has now sent the correct ballot to those voters, the county said in a statement. Voters with a faulty ballot should toss it in the trash, including the envelope, the county says.
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1 week ago |
thefederalist.com | Beth Brelje
A former Mesa County, Colorado, postal worker awaits sentencing after admitting she stole and cast mail-in ballots in the 2024 general election. It is one of those election crimes we are told does not happen, despite so many opportunities for fraud in the ballot chain of custody. Vicki Stuart, 64, and her alleged accomplice Sally Jane Maxedon, 60, were accused of identity theft, attempt to influence a public servant, and forgery.
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1 week ago |
thefederalist.com | Beth Brelje
Three members Congress sent a joint letter to the Judicial Conference signaling they are considering judicial “reforms” in response to outrageous behavior in a case challenging one of President Donald Trump’s executive orders on immigration. An attorney personally phoned a judge asking for his favor, then tried to assert a timeline for the case. “The Committee has jurisdiction over federal courts and judicial proceedings,” the letter reads.
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