Notices by Steve Herman (w7voa@journa.host), page 2

"We are very pleased to have secured the completion of the case against Newsmax. We are now looking forward to our court day against Fox and Fox News for their disinformation campaign. Lying to the American people has consequences. Smartmatic will not stop until the perpetrators are held accountable.” - Statement from Smartmatic

Newsmax says it has settled its lawsuit with Smartmatic. https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/newsmax-litigation-smartmatic/2024/09/26/id/1181875/

FCC set to fine political operative Steve Kramer $6 million for illegal robocalls using deepfakes of President Biden’s voice telling voters not to vote.

The entire BBC sound effects library is now accessible. https://sound-effects.bbcrewind.co.uk/search

President Biden announces “a surge in security assistance for Ukraine and a series of additional actions to help Ukraine win this war.” https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/09/26/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-u-s-support-for-ukraine/

NYC mayor indicted. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/09/25/nyregion/eric-adams-indicted-corruption/heres-the-latest-on-the-mayors-indictment?smid=url-share

Republican-backed mayor under scrutiny after carting Wasau's outdoor ballot drop box inside while wearing a Department of Public Works jacket and hard hat. https://www.waow.com/news/top-stories/absentee-ballot-box-removed-by-wausau-mayor-after-being-found-unsecure/article_caf9fc82-7aeb-11ef-967a-bbc3604bdf25.html

US House of Representatives passes a short-term spending bill to avert a government shutdown. https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4899423-house-stopgap-bill-government-shutdown/

NOAA - For the first time, the public has access to a whole-of-government, comprehensive online resource all about sea level rise: SeaLevel.GlobalChange.gov

A total of over 2,200 hotel workers are now on strike at Hilton, Hyatt, and Marriott hotels in San Diego and San Francisco, according to their union. https://unitehere.org/press-releases/hilton-hyatt-and-marriott-hotel-workers-strike-in-san-francisco/

The Wilmington Declaration from the leaders of Australia, India, Japan and the US. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/09/21/the-wilmington-declaration-joint-statement-from-the-leaders-of-australia-india-japan-and-the-united-states/

(AP) — Congressional leaders announced an agreement Sunday on a short-term spending bill that will fund federal agencies for about three months, averting a possible partial government shutdown when the new budget year begins Oct. 1 and pushing final decisions until after the November election. https://apnews.com/article/d51de0cd895db687a6f5b35fc0dab13e

"I accepted an invitation to debate in October, which my opponent seems to be looking for an excuse to avoid when he should accept. In all seriousness, he should accept because I feel very strongly that we owe it to the American people, to the voters, to meet once more before Election Day," says VP Kamala Harris.

Vietnam has released two prominent political prisoners, just before its top leader To Lam headed to the US to speak before the UN General Assembly. https://www.rfa.org/english/news/vietnam/activists-freed-to-lam-us-09212024014942.html

Republican nominee Donald Trump says if elected president he’ll immediately surge federal law enforcement to every city in North Carolina “that is failing to turn over criminal aliens.”

There is going to be an attempt to bring back online Three Mile Island, where one of the reactors of the nuclear plant partially melted down in 1979. https://www.pennlive.com/news/2024/09/plan-to-restart-three-mile-island-nuclear-plant-unveiled.html

The Twitter/X share button on The Verge website is gone and replaced with one for Threads. https://www.theverge.com/24247538/apple-iphone-16-pro-review

(Reuters) - The death toll from exploding pagers in Lebanon rose to 12 including two children, according to the Lebanese health minister.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/death-toll-rises-12-lebanon-pager-blasts-2024-09-18/

RAF's siege of Darfur "has become a full-on assault in recent days," says President Biden in a statement. "I call on the belligerents responsible for Sudanese suffering—the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)—to pull back their forces, facilitate unhindered humanitarian access, and re-engage in negotiations to end this war." https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/09/17/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-sudan/

NY Times - Israel carried out its operation against Hezbollah on Tuesday by hiding explosive material within a new batch of Taiwanese-made pagers imported into Lebanon, according to American and other officials briefed on the operation. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/17/world/middleeast/israel-hezbollah-pagers-explosives.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&ngrp=mnp&pvid=26FD393A-D585-4F52-A35D-5DD761B19CA9