The View from Here

Today’s featured image is of Pratt’s falls. The falls are located near Manlius in Onondaga county NY.


Here’s a quick update on the state of the presidential race. In the states left to be called:

BidenTrump
Arizona (11)49.948.6(90%)
Georgia (16)49.449.3(99%)
North Carolina (15)48.750.1(96%)
Pennsylvania (20)49.549.3(95%)
Nevada (6)49.748.1(92%)
from RCP

North Carolina will it be updating their numbers until the 12th, while Georgia and Pennsylvania are both headed to a recount.

In the Senate, it looks like the Republicans have 50 firm seats with a possibility of 2 more out of Georgia, where both races have gone to a run off.

The House, at least right now, is still in play. If the races where the Republicans lead at the moment shake out that way, the Republicans will flip the house with a razor thin margin. Of the 26 races that have not been called yet, the Republicans hold leads in 16. At the very least, they will have gained 12 seats.



This just in, the Trump campaign has won a legal victory in PA, preventing the counting of certain provisional ballots, about 12,000 of them.


Portland resident Hawazen Sameer Mothafar, 31, has been indicted in 5 charges relating to his material support of daesh. He was charged with two counts of conspiracy to provide material support to a designated terrorist organization and one count of providing and attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2339B(a)(1). In addition, the indictment charges Mothafar with one count of false statements in an immigration application in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1546(a) and one count of false statement to a government agency in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1001(a)(2).


Montana voters approved a ballot initiative that prevents local governments from enforcing more restrictive gun control regulations with 51% of the vote. The referendum will go into effect on January 1, 2021. At that point, localities will no longer be able to enforce policies that conflict with state and federal laws.


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