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Court ruling, World Series catch, aluminum tariff

The Ninth Circuit's two-to-one ruling leaves roughly twenty thousand mailed California ballots in play ahead of the November third midterm; the government's list method stays unexplained.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA federal appeals court has ruled against the Trump administration in a California voting case.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit denied the government's request to hold back roughly twenty thousand mailed ballots before the November third election.

  3. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe vote was two to one, and the court said the administration had not given lower courts enough time to review the case.

  4. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe panel even held an emergency hearing on Zoom on Sunday.

  5. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorAn emergency hearing on Zoom. Somebody was on mute, and somebody always is.

  6. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe Justice Department said on October nineteenth that the list included twenty-eight people who had been criminally charged with illegally voting.

  7. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAl Jazeera reports the administration has not publicly revealed how it built the list.

  8. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIn the World Series, Rays left fielder Chandler Simpson crashed into the wall in Game 3 and held on to the ball, robbing the Brewers of extra bases.

  9. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHe lay on the turf, waved off the trainer, and still threw it in.

  10. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSame man got picked off sliding past second base an inning earlier. He has two speeds, and neither one includes stopping.

  11. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnd the Journal reports America's aluminum habit runs through Quebec, where smelters run on cheap hydroelectric power.

  12. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe fifty percent tariff has pushed up prices for American industry.

  13. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorHank, I'm saving you a seat in my bunker. It has a very nice view of the wall.

  14. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorKind of you, Dale. I've already got a bunker of my own, and it's stocked with the Ninth Circuit's ballot rulings, so I'll be fine.

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