Trump faces an inherent problem that 'magnifies the risk' of failure in Iran: ex-insider

A lower-court judge ruled that polling places should remain open for an additional two hours due to the confusion. The Texas Supreme Court overruled the lower court and ordered that any ballots turned in after the deadline be separated.

Joyce Vance, a law professor at the University of Alabama, argued in a new Substack essay that voters were denied their right to vote.

"On Tuesday in Texas, Democratic voters in Dallas and Williamson Counties, Texas, had their work cut out for them if they wanted to vote," Vance wrote. "They had to figure out, on the day of, where their polling places were."

"That’s because the local Republican parties backed out of the years-long tradition of holding joint primaries, and that information wasn’t communicated widely," she added. "One voter reported showing up at his polling place and being sent somewhere else, a 15-minute drive away, only to be told to return to the original location. This is just flat-out voter suppression— designed to deny people their right to vote."

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Hegseth's response was "unsettling" because someone in his position is expected to "carry this news to the American public and mourn with them," Tom Nichols, professor emeritus of national-security affairs at the U.S. Naval War College and a staff writer for The Atlantic, wrote in a new article on Wednesday.

Instead, Hegseth showed that he is more concerned with "drama-laden antics," Nichols argued. That shows the Defense secretary is "unable to grasp that the deaths of Americans are not merely a public-relations problem," he added.

Nichols also noted that Hegseth's remarks seemed to horrify his own staff.

"My colleague Nancy Youssef was at the Pentagon this morning, sitting just three rows from the podium," Nichols wrote. "I asked her what the atmosphere was like after Hegseth’s heartless remark. She told me that his comments 'sent a stunned silence through the briefing room.'"

"Even members of Hegseth’s staff, she said, seemed to flinch at what he was saying. 'Some put their heads down,' she said, while others just looked around. Someone in the room then said: 'That was one of the most insulting things I have ever heard,' quietly but audibly and, as far as Nancy could tell, to no one in particular," he added.

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"Oh, I want to offer condolences to your boss. I know he’s all broke up about the Ayatollah," Fetterman retorted.

Hasan, who has Pakistani and British roots and is now a naturalized U.S. citizen, has repeatedly condemned Israel's military actions in Gaza, calling them "genocide."

After a brief exchange, Thakker, taken aback by the remark, asked, "You're offering your condolences to my boss?"

Fetterman replied, "I know who you work for."

"It's very anti-Israel," he said. "It is very anti-Israel, and I'm very pro-Israel. So we can agree to disagree on things."

When asked again his thoughts on the attack on the naval ship in international waters, Fetterman replied he thinks the "world is better" now that Ali Khamenei is dead.

As Fetterman continued to ignore the question, the senator became agitated.

"I support killing the Iranian leadership! Why wasn't he upset about the way they killed all the Iranians? He wasn't angry about the killing of thousands and thousands of young Iranians! He didn't seem bothered by that," Fetterman railed.

The senator's remarks left progressives aghast.

Briahna Joy Gray, former national press secretary for Bernie Sanders's 2020 campaign, wrote on X, "This man is welcomed in the Democratic Party but Rashida Tlaib gets censured."

Sean Kitchen, Pennsylvania political correspondent with The Keystone, wrote on X, "This a great example of how petty and thin skinned Fetterman has always been. He's never been able to handle criticism by people."

Zaid Jilani, author ofThe American Saga substack, wrote on X, "Fetterman seems like a wicked man."

Julian Andreone of Drop Site wrote on X, "Very unstable."

Pulitzer finalist Ted Rall wrote on X, "I hope Fetterman will dress up properly for his war crimes trial," referring to the senator's choice to wear a hooded sweatshirt in the clip.

Meanwhile, the right cheered Fetterman.

Will Chamberlain, senior counsel of the right-wing Article III Project, wrote on X, "Can we just bring Fetterman into the GOP? This is incredibly based."