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☆ Meth-Fentanyl Combo Emerges as New Driver of Overdose Deaths
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Jon Kamp | Arian Campo-Flores | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

WEST JORDAN, Utah—When Jeannette Martinez hugged her grandson on the last night of his life, she could feel his heart pounding. “Rio, are you doing meth?” she asked.

☆ Ron DeSantis Rout Shows Florida, Once a Battleground, Turning a Deeper Shade of Red
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Arian Campo-Flores | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Ron DeSantis ’s overwhelming re-election win in Florida, following other strong Republican results in the state in recent years, raises a question with profound implications for the national parties: Is Florida now a deep-red state? Many party strategists and political analysts say that while it is premature to declare the change permanent, the combination of a popular governor, heavy GOP investment in voter outreach, years of Democratic dysfunction and slowly building demographic changes have given Republicans an advantage that will be difficult to overcome.

☆ Elon Musk has donated more to Republicans than Democrats over the past 2 decades
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-13 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk has given $574,500 to Republicans and $542,000 to the Democrats, per OpenSecrets. He has given a total of $574,500 to Republicans and $542,000 to the Democrats in that period, according to the data. "Hardcore Democrats or Republicans never vote for the other side, so independent voters are the ones who actually decide who's in charge!" In 2015 the world's richest man only donated to Democrats, but the following year only gave to the GOP. Through SpaceX, he set up a PAC that donated just over half of its $30,000 to Democrats, with the remainder going to Republicans, per OpenSecrets.

Forum, founded in 1948 to ensure that Mexican American World War II veterans could access their government benefits. “Latinos have a long and honorable tradition of military service,” he said, “only somehow it is not as well-known as that of other groups. According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, there are nearly 1.3 million Latino veterans, or about 8 percent of the veteran population. Issues for Latino veterans, Vazquez-Contes noted, range from accessing medical care through the Veterans Administration system to homelessness to suicide. “The promotion rates for the top enlisted ranks, and the top officer ranks, are just basically void of Hispanic names.”Ricardo Aponte of the Hispanic Veterans Leadership Alliance.

☆ 'Bogus,' 'ridiculous,' and 'made-up crap': DOJ veterans throw cold water on Trump's claim that he 'sent in the FBI' to help Ron DeSantis
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Sonam Sheth | C. Ryan Barber | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

DOJ veterans shot down Trump's claim that he "sent in" the FBI to help Ron DeSantis win the 2018 Florida gubernatorial race. The feds are now investigating if "Stop The Steal" protests surrounding the 2018 Florida election served as a roadmap for the Capitol riot. But in another post, Trump went beyond simply relitigating the 2018 election to making a new, remarkable claim about his past support for DeSantis. It prompted eye-rolling, and with some, public denials that the Justice Department and FBI ever investigated 2018 election fraud at Trump's behest. Activities surrounding the 2018 Florida elections have attracted federal scrutiny — but not for the reasons the former president spouted off about on social media.

☆ Tropical Storm Nicole Leaves Two Dead, 200,000 Without Power in Florida
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Arian Campo-Flores | Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Nicole made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane in eastern Florida early Thursday, causing at least two deaths, knocking down some homes and cutting off power for hundreds of thousands of customers around the state. Two people died in Conway, near Orlando, after they were electrocuted by a downed power line Thursday morning, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.

The congressional races were seen as tests of what has become conventional wisdom and a GOP mantra: that Latino voters are shifting to the Republican Party after President Donald Trump made inroads in the region in 2020. Vallejo won 55.3% of the vote to De La Cruz’s 42.7%, according to unofficial results from the Texas secretary of state. Gilbert Hinojosa, the Texas Democratic Party chairman, said Wednesday that Republicans' "red wave didn’t materialize." In the 34th District, Democratic Rep. Vicente Gonzalez ended Republican Rep. Mayra Flores' short stint in Congress. Suzanne Gamboa / NBC NewsAs voter Benjamin Garza saw it, the Rio Grande Valley is a Democratic oasis in Republican Texas.

☆ Orlando, Palm Beach Airports Close Ahead of Tropical Storm Nicole’s Expected Hit on Florida
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Arian Campo-Flores | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Tropical Storm Nicole neared the Bahamas on Wednesday morning and was projected to become a hurricane later in the day before striking the eastern coast of Florida in the night, according to the National Hurricane Center. The storm will likely snarl travel in the Sunshine State, with at least two airports canceling flights ahead of the expected hit.

☆ Nicole Becomes a Hurricane Ahead of Expected Hit on Florida
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Arian Campo-Flores | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Nicole strengthened to a hurricane Wednesday evening while making landfall on Grand Bahama Island in the Bahamas, before taking aim at the eastern coast of Florida later in the night, according to the National Hurricane Center. Nicole, which was a tropical storm as it approached the Bahamas, became a Category 1 hurricane, with winds of 75 miles an hour, the hurricane center said. A hurricane warning is in effect for parts of the northwestern Bahamas and a roughly 225-mile stretch of Florida’s coast from Boca Raton in the southeast to the border of Volusia and Flagler counties in the state’s northeast.

Democrat Vicente Gonzalez is the winner of Texas's 34th Congressional District race in South Texas, defeating Republican Rep. Mayra Flores. The win is critical for Democrats who faced tougher than expected competition from Republicans in the traditionally Democratic and heavily Latino South Texas region. With 85% of the votes in, Gonzalez garnered 52.7% and Flores received 44.2%, according to the NBC News Decision Desk. Flores won the 34th District seat in a special election held after the incumbent, Filemon Vela, retired. Gonzalez jumped from the 15th District to run in the 34th after his district was redrawn to favor Republicans and his home was moved into the 34th District.

☆ GOP Rep. Mayra Flores immediately blamed voters for staying home after she lost a competitive House seat
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

GOP Rep. Mayra Flores slammed voters for staying home after she lost a competitive House seat. Democratic Rep. Vicente Gonzalez defeated Flores in Texas' 34th Congressional District. Flores lost to Democratic Rep. Vicente Gonzalez on Tuesday in Texas' 34th Congressional District, which was a rare contest between two sitting members of Congress. But early election results show Democrats holding stronger than expected, picking up toss-up races and holding competitive districts. Early Wednesday morning after the race was called against her, Flores thanked those who "invested" in her campaign.

☆ The House member who received Elon Musk's first vote for a Republican lost her seat after only 5 months
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The GOP candidate whom Elon Musk says got his first Republican vote lost her race. Musk said he voted for Mayra Flores in the June special election she won in Texas. Texas GOP Rep. Mayra Flores lost her seat in the state's 34th Congressional District to Democratic Rep. Vicente Gonzalez by a wide margin. "I voted for Mayra Flores – first time I ever voted Republican," he said in June, adding: "Massive red wave in 2022." It's unclear who Musk voted for in this election, though on Monday he tweeted to advocate voting Republican in Congressional races.

By the end of Election Day, approximately 21,000 total interviews will be conducted. Civil rights groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union and the NAACP, filed a similar complaint Friday against state election officials. The app and portal had been down for part of the morning and the state's election hotline also briefly experienced issues. In Columbus County, election officials allegedly were harassed by an “observer following one-stop workers” and photographing or filming the workers, it said. Share this -Link copiedSunny weather in most battleground states on Election Day It’s a bright and sunny Election Day in many battleground states!

☆ Nicole Strengthens to Tropical Storm, Expected to Hit Florida on Wednesday Night
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Arian Campo-Flores | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Tropical storm Nicole strengthened Tuesday morning over the Atlantic Ocean as it approached the Bahamas and is projected to reach hurricane strength before bearing down on the eastern coast of Florida on Wednesday, according to the National Hurricane Center. Forecasters said the storm is likely to generate heavy rainfall, storm surge and flooding. A hurricane warning—meaning hurricane conditions are expected within about 36 hours—was in effect for a roughly 225-mile stretch of Florida’s coast from Boca Raton in the southeast to the border of Volusia and Flagler counties in the northeast.

☆ Tropical Storm Nicole Poised to Become Hurricane as Path Points Toward Florida
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Arian Campo-Flores | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Tropical storm Nicole strengthened Tuesday over the Atlantic Ocean and is projected to become a hurricane as it nears the Bahamas on Wednesday and then bears down on the eastern coast of Florida later that night or early Thursday, according to the National Hurricane Center. Forecasters said the storm is likely to generate heavy rainfall, storm surge and flooding. A hurricane warning—meaning hurricane conditions are expected within about 36 hours—was in effect for a roughly 225-mile stretch of Florida’s coast from Boca Raton in the southeast to the border of Volusia and Flagler counties in the northeast.

Vallejo is one of three South Texas Democrats locked in highly competitive congressional races with Republicans who are Latina. “This is South Texas fighting for South Texas, and I need everybody in this fight with me,” Vallejo said at the event Monday. Clinton praised gains and growth in the Rio Grande Valley and South Texas. McCarthy, R-Calif., was in South Texas on Sunday for an event on behalf of the three Republican Latina congressional candidates who call themselves the Triple Threat. “We think it’s great that Bill Clinton is campaigning for Texas Democrats.

☆ Florida’s East Coast Braces for Possible Hurricane
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Arian Campo-Flores | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Subtropical storm Nicole formed early Monday over the Atlantic Ocean and is projected to reach hurricane strength before striking somewhere along the eastern coast of Florida later this week, according to the National Hurricane Center. The center said the storm could produce heavy rainfall, storm surge and flooding. It issued a hurricane watch—meaning hurricane conditions are possible within about 48 hours—for a roughly 200-mile stretch of the state’s southeastern and central-eastern coast from Hallandale Beach to the border of Volusia and Brevard counties, as well as Lake Okeechobee. It declared a storm surge watch from Hallandale Beach to Altamaha Sound in Georgia.

☆ Subtropical Storm Nicole Expected to Become Hurricane, Heads Toward Florida’s East Coast
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Arian Campo-Flores | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ Exxon faces $2 billion loss on sale of troubled California oil properties
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-06 | by ( Gary Mcwilliams | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File PhotoSummarySummary Companies Exxon will finance sale of offshore California oil fieldBlank-check firm to restart operation idled by 2015 spillHOUSTON, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) will take up to a $2 billion loss on the highly leveraged sale of a troubled California offshore oil and gas field that have been idled since a 2015 pipeline spill. A subsea pipeline leak seven years ago sent 2,400 barrels of the Santa Ynez oil into the Pacific Ocean, leading to a shutdown. The Santa Ynez sale includes three oil and gas platforms that sit up to 9 miles (14 km) off the California coast, a pipeline and oil and gas processing facilities. He has run five U.S. oil companies beginning with Flores & Rucks Inc in 1992, and often sold his companies at sizeable gains. Last year, he raised $287.5 million through an initial public offering for the company that became Sable Offshore.

☆ How Diverse Are the Candidates in the Midterm Elections?
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( Maggie Astor | Eleanor Lutz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +11 min

The House of RepresentativesThere are at least 403 people of color, women or nonbinary candidates running for seats in the House of Representatives in Tuesday’s midterm elections. Incumbent Democrat Republican White men women Black men women Hispanic men women Other and multiple race men womenThere are 11 Senate candidates who are Black this year. Democrat Black candidates Republican Ga. Raphael Warnock Ala. Will Boyd Ark. Incumbent Democrat Republican White men women Black men women Other and multiple race men womenThere are 25 women nominated for governor — 16 Democrats and nine Republicans. Democrat Black candidates Republican Ala. Yolanda Flowers Ark.

This week, the final week of polling before the Nov. 8 election, shows Latinos backing Democratic candidates for Congress nationally. NALEO projects about 11.6 million Latinos will vote on Nov. 8 — about the same as in 2018. "I don't know if (concern about abortion) is going to be strong enough to overcome how important economic issues are to Latino voters," Vargas said. In that race, the Republican incumbent, Maria Salazar, is in a contentious race with Democratic challenger and state Sen. Annette Taddeo. On abortion, Democratic candidates are hammering Republicans on the rise in bans and restrictions following the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade in June.

"Joe Biden and his political allies are indoctrinating your children," the flier, which NBC News reviewed, says in bold red letters translated from Spanish. "The primary motive behind that is to suppress Latino voters," he said. The Latino vote could be a factor in the outcome. Citizens for Sanity, a group associated with America First Legal, has also recently broadcast anti-immigration ads in California and Arizona. "Putting this out there could prevent a kid from receiving help that could prevent them from going down a darker path."

☆ Parkland Shooter Nikolas Cruz Is Expected to Get Life Without Parole
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Arian Campo-Flores | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Nikolas Cruz is expected to be sentenced to life in prison without parole Wednesday for the murders of 17 people at a Parkland, Fla., high school in 2018, concluding a case that was emotionally grueling for victims’ families and whose outcome left them fuming. A jury in October spared him the death penalty and instead recommended that he spend the rest of his life in prison. At the request of prosecutors, Broward County Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer scheduled a hearing that began Tuesday to allow victims’ family members to express themselves before the court and the defendant. It is scheduled to resume Wednesday, and once concluded, the judge is expected to sentence Cruz.

☆ Parkland Shooter Nikolas Cruz Sentenced to Life Without Parole
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Arian Campo-Flores | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Nikolas Cruz was sentenced to life in prison without parole Wednesday for the murders of 17 people at a Parkland, Fla., high school in 2018, concluding a case that was emotionally grueling for victims’ families and whose outcome left them fuming. A jury in October spared him the death penalty and instead recommended that he spend the rest of his life in prison. At the request of prosecutors, Broward County Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer scheduled a two-day hearing that began Tuesday to allow victims’ family members to express themselves before the court and the defendant.

☆ Republican Rep. Mayra Flores faces off against Democratic Rep. Vicente Gonzalez in Texas' 34th Congressional District election
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Republican Rep. Mayra Flores is running against Democratic Rep. Vicente Gonzalez in Texas' 34th Congressional District. Texas' 34th Congressional District candidatesIn June, Flores flipped the 34th District seat previously held by Democrat Rep. Filemon Vela during a special election after Vela resigned in March. Gonzalez, a three-term congressman who currently represents Texas' 15th Congressional District, serves on the Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth. He chose to seek reelection in the 34th Congressional District after the state legislature placed his home, and much of his old district's urban core, in the newly drawn district. Voting history for Texas' 34th Congressional DistrictTexas' 34th Congressional District stretches from Kleberg County on the Gulf Coast to Cameron County and includes a part of Hidalgo County.

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