HORROR: Two Women Brutally Beat, Kick, Stomp on Chicago Waitress Over Bill Dispute After Eating Food and Demanding Refund (VIDEO)

Chicago waitress badly beaten

A waitress was badly beaten by two disgruntled patrons at Mexican restaurant El Taco Azteca in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood last Friday.

Two women punched, kicked, and dragged the waitress for nearly two minutes over a $50 bill.

The customers reportedly ate nearly all of the takeout food they ordered but still demanded a refund.

When the waitress pushed back on the women, they became enraged and began destroying items in the restaurant. The women began beating and kicking the waitress after she threatened to dial 911.

“I came in when I heard what was going on, and I was able to pull off one of her attackers. When I finally got them separated, one of them then turned to me and started swinging,” one of the restaurant’s owners, Marta Garcia, said.

The victim suffered bruises to her head and arms and a broken finger, according to NBC Chicago.

The horrific beating was caught on the restaurant’s surveillance video.

The two suspects are still at large, but the restaurant owner vowed to find them “whatever it takes.”

WATCH:

NEW: Two women brutally punched, kicked, stomped, and dragged a Chicago waitress for two minutes over a $50 bill after eating the food and demanding a refund

Restaurant owners and employees say the customers returned after eating most of their takeout order to demand a refund… pic.twitter.com/hpFjHLv11C

— Unlimited L’s (@unlimited_ls) April 11, 2025

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Fauci, Birx, Walensky, and Other Top COVID Officials Face Criminal Referral Requests in Seven States for Alleged Murder and Medical Terrorism

Credit: Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post via Getty Images file

Criminal referral requests have been formally filed in seven U.S. states—Arizona and Pennsylvania being the latest—accusing Fauci and others of heinous crimes, including murder, medical coercion, and even terrorism stemming from their COVID-era policies and decisions.

Arizona and Pennsylvania have joined Florida, Texas, Louisiana, Missouri, and Oklahoma.

The Vires Law Group and the Former Feds Group Freedom Foundation submitted the explosive referrals this week, urging state attorneys general to pursue criminal investigations into Fauci and his pandemic-era cohorts, according to Nicolas Hulscher, MPH.

The filings represent a growing grassroots and legal effort to hold COVID-19 tyrants accountable for the damage wrought by deadly hospital protocols, the suppression of early treatments, and the coercive push for experimental vaccines.

The list of individuals is:

Dr. Anthony Fauci – Former NIAID Director

Dr. Deborah Birx – Former White House COVID Coordinator

Dr. Rochelle Walensky – Former CDC Director

Dr. Francis Collins – Former NIH Director

Dr. Cliff Lane – Deputy Director, NIAID

Dr. Stephen Hahn – Former FDA Commissioner

Dr. Janet Woodcock – Principal Deputy Commissioner, FDA (Arizona-specific)

Dr. Peter Hotez – Baylor vaccine promoter (Arizona-specific)

Dr. Robert Redfield – Former CDC Director

Dr. Peter Daszak – EcoHealth Alliance president and Wuhan collaborator

Dr. Ralph Baric – UNC virologist linked to gain-of-function research

Dr. Rick Bright – Former BARDA Director

Hospital administrators and care providers across Arizona and Pennsylvania

The referral letters outline a jaw-dropping list of charges, including:

Murder

Negligent Homicide

Involuntary Manslaughter

Medical Coercion and Abuse

Kidnapping

Human Trafficking for Forced Labor

Racketeering

Operating a Corrupt Organization

Terrorism

You can find the previous filing here at Vires Law Group.

In February, seventeen state attorneys general formally requested aid from Republican congressional leaders to investigate the origins of COVID-19 and explore possible legal actions against Dr. Anthony Fauci at the state level.

This concerted effort, spearheaded by South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, aims to circumvent the preemptive pardon issued by Joe Biden on his last day in office, which sought to shield Fauci from federal prosecution.

The state attorneys general emphasize that the federal pardon does not preclude state-level legal actions and are actively seeking further details from Congress to facilitate state investigations and potential prosecutions.

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War Room’s Steve Bannon Discusses the CCP’s Manipulation of the Chinese People with Chinese Activist Ava Chen (VIDEO)

War Room’s Steve Bannon talks with NFSC member Ava Chen. 4/12/25

War Room’s Steve Bannon talked with NFSC member Ava Chen about the CCP’s propaganda machine against the United States and the West.

“Tell me about the propaganda that he is prepping the Chinese people against the foreign devils,” Bannon asked.

“This is all coming against the Trump’s American first investment policy and the tariff policies,” Chen said.

“Their economy is on the brink. So, they are circumventing it, hoping, you know, on the other battlefront of this unrestricted warfare, which is narrative warfare, and they know they do this the best,” Chen said.

“Their goal is to feel the strong emotion, a tense emotion that are brought by pride and hatred,” Chen warned.

Chen explained this goes back to Chairman Mao and his murder of millions of Chinese people during his reign.

“Even Chairman Mao resurrected. The guy that has killed 150 million Chinese in his 30, 40 reign over the CCP,” Chen said.

“They are pumping up those false pride of the Chinese people who have been lied to,” Chen explained in regards to what CCP loyalists are doing.

Chen also explained that part of the propaganda the CCP is using is to claim that the MAGA movement is at the expense of other people.

“So, they are saying that Trump’s MAGA policy is basically aiming at, you know, at the expense of the rest of the people. So, they criticize the tariff policy, and they are asking the whole world, especially those Marxist, and communist and radical left to rally against, rally around the CCP under the anti-America sentiment,” Chen warned.

Watch:

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Trump Indicates USA Will Boycott November G20 Summit in South Africa over Farm Murders and Land Expropriation — Marxist Malema Calls Him “Delusional Barbarian”

“Brr! Pow! Kill the Boer, the farmer!” Julius Malema sings at his rallies

President Donald Trump has signaled the United States will not attend the G20 Summit in South Africa on 22 to 23 November 2025, the first G20 on the African continent.

Trump accused South Africa of taking “the land of white farmers and then killing them and their families.”

Radical Marxist politician Julius Malema shot back, calling Trump “delusional” and a “tariff-wielding barbarian,” saying that he “would be lucky to still be President of the USA by the time the G20 Summit occurs in South Africa.”

“How could we be expected to go to South Africa for the very important G20 Meeting when Land Confiscation and Genocide is the primary topic of conversation? They are taking the land of white Farmers, and then killing them and their families.

“The Media refuses to report on this. The United States has held back all contributions to South Africa. Is this where we want to be for the G20? I don’t think so!”, Trump posted on Truth Social on April 12 along with a video of radical Marxist opposition politician Julius Malema threatening in parliament to “occupy land,” demanding “killing,” and singing the song “Kill the Boer!” in front of 90,000 supporters in Johannesburg, and at multiple other occasions.

The South African government recently enacted Expropriation Act 13 of 2024, to enable the government of South Africa to seize ethnic minority Afrikaners’ agricultural property without compensation.

On Friday, April 10, South African Deputy President Paul Mashatile confirmed that “the government is committed to … expropriation without compensation.”

Julius Malema’s Economic Freedom Fighters party shot back at Trump, stating:

“In his usual delusional manner, Trump cites land confiscations and genocide in South Africa as his reason and attaches to his ridiculous claim a video of the Commander in Chief and President of the EFF Julius Malema debating the land question in the Parliament of South Africa.

In a clear indication of a man who has lost all sense and touch with reality, Donald Trump has decided to return to his disinformation campaign against South Africa, to distract the public from the mess he has created globally with his uneducated reciprocal tariff system.

The EFF takes serious exception to Donald Trump’s connection of his false claims of land confiscations and a genocide against white South African families with the President of the EFF, especially since we know that Donald Trump governs through social media.

As the EFF, we would like to tell the “tariff wielding barbarian” that he would be lucky to still be President of the USA by the time the G20 Summit occurs in South Africa, following his recklessness and economic illiteracy which has plunged the US-economy into a recession and launched them into a trade war with China and Europe.

The G20 summit in South Africa should be the least of Donald Trump’s concerns, and he should focus on the allegations against him of manipulating the US stock market by imposing tariffs on numerous countries across the world and then giving trading advice to his billionaire friends before pausing the tariffs for 90-days.

Trump essentially used the US economy as a means to practice insider trading and defraud the American people of billions in their life savings and pensions. He himself has committed an economic genocide on the ordinary American people and the US economy.

As the EFF we condemn Donald Trump for the havoc he has caused to the global economy and view his utterances against South Africa as part of a premeditated strategy to impose sanctions on our country and our political leadership.

It is the strategy of imperialism to frame a nation it intends to invade and disrupt politically and economically as a nation that is violating human rights, before making an intervention that disrupts that nations’ prosperity for decades to come.

We have seen this strategy in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Cuba, Venezuela and many other nations. Today, because South Africa and the President of the EFF has correctly condemned the USA’s role in funding the genocide of Palestinian people by Apartheid Israel, Trump has turned his attention to South Africa.

It is no coincidence that he uses the images of the President of the EFF to make his claims, because the President of the EFF is at the forefront of demanding the return of the land to the African majority and he has pursued this using constitutional means.”

Kallie Kriel, head of Afrikaner civil rights organization Afriforum, said that

“This video and text posted on social media by President Trump is likely another result of the South African Constitutional Court’s legalisation of the “Kill the Boer” chant, which is a call for Afrikaners and farmers to be murdered, as well as the ANC-led government’s refusal to condemn this gross violation of the human rights of Afrikaners and farmers.

President Ramaphosa’s signing of the Expropriation Act, which legalises the violation of property rights, has only added fuel to the fire. The BELA Act also infringes upon the human rights of Afrikaners and other Afrikaans speakers, as its attack on Afrikaans schools threatens our cultural survival. A change in direction is urgently needed in South Africa, towards a society that respects everyone’s human rights, including those of Afrikaners, farmers, and Afrikaans speakers.”

South Africa currently holds the G20 Chair until 30 November 2025. The Trump administration has been engaged in a diplomatic feud with the Republic of South Africa since February

On Feb. 2, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced he would boycott the February 20-21 meeting of G20 foreign ministers in Johannesburg, stating that:

“I will NOT attend the G20 summit in Johannesburg. South Africa is doing very bad things. Expropriating private property. Using G20 to promote “solidarity, equality, & sustainability.” In other words: DEI and climate change. My job is to advance America’s national interests, not waste taxpayer money or coddle anti-Americanism.”

The Trump administration announced it was suspending US aid to South Africa on February 8 over its race-based expropriation law and persecution of ethnic minorities.

South Africa’s US Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool was kicked out of the USA after accusing US President Donald Trump of leading a “global white supremacy movement.”

Afrikaner representatives have been lobbying the MAGA movement, with Afrikaner activist Ernst Roets and the mayor of Afrikaner community Orania Joost Strydom visiting the New York Young Republicans Club on Saturday.

The South African police organized crime unit Hawks are investigating AfriForum and the Solidarity movement for “treason” and “crimes against the state” for meeting with the Trump administration, Hawks boss Godfrey Lebeya said on Friday:

“We can just indicate that the investigation on the four cases that have been reported is continuing. We have also had an opportunity to revisit some of the witnesses and that is the normal process of gathering evidence,” Lebeya said during a media briefing in Pretoria.

Lebeya said once the investigation is complete, the National Prosecuting Authority would decide whether to prosecute or not.

Ernst Roets also spoke to Jordan Peterson, which will be published on Monday.

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THIS IS BIG: Rudy Giuliani Criticizes Kash Patel and Pam Bondi: ‘I’m Very Upset Right Now’

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In a bombshell interview with Eric Bolling on The Balance, former New York City Mayor and Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani stunned conservatives by publicly expressing deep frustration with key decisions made under the Trump-era Department of Justice and FBI.

Giuliani — long viewed as a stalwart ally of the MAGA movement — admitted he is “very upset” with recent actions by officials at the Department of Justice and FBI.

This comes after FBI Director Kash Patel reportedly appointed Steven Jensen to lead the coveted FBI Washington Field Office. According to the New York Times, Jensen “played a key role in responding to the attack on the Capitol” on January 6th.

Jensen was then tasked as the Section Chief of the Domestic Terrorism Operations Section, according to former FBI Agent Kyle Seraphin. Seraphin, a whistleblower and member of a group of persecuted federal agent whistleblowers known as “The Suspendables,” said that the Domestic Terrorism group was “fixated” on Jan. 6.

Jensen conducted two daily calls with law enforcement across the country regarding the protest, where he “breathlessly exclaimed the country was under attack by J6ers,” according to a former FBI National Security Intelligence Supervisor.

In response to The New York Times report, The Gateway Pundit initially published an article citing a high-ranking FBI official who stated the story was “fake news.”

However, further confirmation from multiple federal sources now verifies that Steven Jensen has, in fact, been appointed Assistant Director of the Washington Field Office. While the FBI has not made a formal public announcement at the time of this writing, a post on X shared by the official FBI account of Director Kash Patel—reposting a mention of Jensen in his new role—effectively confirms the appointment.

When asked for clarification, the high-ranking official referenced in our original piece explained that his “fake news” comment was directed at the Times’ portrayal of Jensen’s role on January 6th—not the appointment itself. He added that Jensen is regarded internally as a “rockstar.”

While praising Trump’s Justice Department in general, Giuliani made it clear that something is very wrong with some of the personnel moves being made.

Transcript:

Eric Bolling:
Speaking of lawfare—you were under a lot of scrutiny. You got a lot of heat. How are you? The last I read was that they finally backed off and said, “You can keep your Manhattan apartment. You can keep your World Series rings.” It was insane what they were doing to you.

And by the way, the reason I brought this up—in the break, we were talking about the way they’ve treated Bannon and Peter Navarro as well. So talk to us a little bit.

Rudy Giuliani:
Well, I get a lot of sympathy and a lot of support. And there’s no question I was beaten up pretty bad. But my friends Steve and Peter Navarro—much worse, in being put in jail. I mean, four months in jail.

How about putting leg irons on Peter Navarro? I must have arrested 5,000 people. I probably used leg irons once or twice. I can’t even recall it. It’d probably have to have been a five-times murderer. That was just done because the FBI was crooked.

I’m very upset now because Kash Patel and Pam Bondi have taken one of the people who was running the unit going after Catholics in the Justice Department—and also going after J6 people—and put them in charge of the Washington office of the FBI.

I tried to reach them today, and they didn’t call me back. I want to know why. They say there’s an explanation for it. It better be damn good.

Eric Bolling:
So tell us—do you think Kash and Pam are doing the job that we’re doing?

Rudy Giuliani:
I do. Up until now, I was over-the-top enthusiastic, particularly about the Justice Department. Wow—Justice Department did a great job.

So I’m going to assume there’s a reason for this that I don’t know, but I can’t give it, and I’m getting hundreds of calls about it—particularly from the J6 group, because as you can imagine, they’re very tight.

This guy—some of them tell me—this guy was mean and vicious to them. Horrible. Now he’s going to run the Washington office for the FBI? I don’t know. Maybe he was a whistleblower. I don’t know. I have to see.

Eric Bolling:
Yeah, I have to see. Let us know if they get back to you.

You can watch the full video below:

A few great minutes with AMERICA’s Mayor @RudyGiuliani pic.twitter.com/ZkokBjmVFN

— ERIC BOLLING (@ericbolling) April 11, 2025

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‘Be Cool’ and ‘Let Him Cook’ — White House Makes Multiple Memeworthy Posts Amid Trump Stock Market Rally

Image: @thewhitehouse/X

The White House Communications team responded to the historic stock market rally on Wednesday, April 9, by sharing colorful content that hyped up President Trump’s singular ability to move markets.

At the close of trading hours on the third-largest single day gain for the S&P 500 since World War II, The White House posted, “DO NOT RETALIATE AND YOU WILL BE REWARDED.”

DO NOT RETALIATE AND YOU WILL BE REWARDED

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) April 9, 2025

This post referred to President Trump’s 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs for all countries with the exception of China, paving the way for the largest stock market trading day in 17 years – with the S&P 500 booming by 9.52%.

President Trump “rewarded” the countries demonstrating their willingness to negotiate with the United States, while increasing the tariffs rate on China to 125%.

The White House praised President Trump’s deal-making prowess by posting a vintage tweet in which Trump quoted himself from The Art of the Deal.

https://t.co/SuDxYTx63W

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) April 9, 2025

Shortly thereafter, the White House continued its celebration in the West Wing by posting President Trump’s famous presidential portrait next to Vice President Vance’s portrait, with the caption: “LET HIM COOK!”

LET HIM COOK! pic.twitter.com/3sEU5UtU6X

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) April 9, 2025

The use of modern language and emojis by the official White House account signifies a marked shift away from the more unapproachable, corporate lingo that was the hallmark of all past presidential administrations.

President Trump’s White House continues to deliver its official releases with a dignified professionalism, while also writing in the more populist vernacular that underpins the MAGA movement.

At the end of its hour-long populist media blitz celebrating the stock market rally, the White House quoted President Trump’s advice to Americans from days before on Truth Social, saying, “BE COOL.”

BE COOL.@SecScottBessent @HowardLutnick pic.twitter.com/1z7eNoAteO

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) April 9, 2025

While millions of Americans panic due to the unknown effects of reciprocal tariffs on global markets, the White House’s advice is clear: trust the experts in the White House, be cool, and let President Trump cook.

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Sven von Storch: Donald Trump Wants to Free the USA from the Globalist Empire

On April 2, Donald Trump announced sweeping reciprocal tariffs (Screenshot)

President Donald Trump shook up markets this week with his announcement of global reciprocal tariffs. Over 70 world leaders calle the president this week to curry favor, Trump stated, paving the way for a global rest of trade policies that Trump claims have disadvantaged US workers for years.

While many European center-left politicians were outraged and vowed retribution, conservative leaders like Javier Milei, Viktor Orban, and Benjamin Netanyahu have signaled their cooperation and found an open ear with President Trump. Writing for Gateway Pundit, leading German-Chilean conservative Sven von Storch explains why Trump’s policies can “end the globalist empire’s monetary and financial monopoly”:

With US President Donald Trump’s re-election in 2024, he has received a mandate and carte blanche from US voters to reorganize and shape politics. Having taken office just over two months ago, President Trump is now beginning to implement this mandate internationally with his tariff policy as a first step.

With his tariff policy, President Trump is beginning to end the globalist economic model. With his tariff policy, Trump is paving the way for an economic model that will restore nation-states to their economic sovereignty and prosperity.

Trump doesn’t just want short-term economic reforms or a short-term increase in the US’s economic efficiency. He is ending one world order and beginning a new one.

Trump is the visible face of a new, alternative, civilizational politics. And this civilizational alternative politics has now begun to have an international impact.

Trump wants to make the USA sovereign again from globalist institutions and actors, just as the Founding Fathers of the USA, George Washington, and Alexander Hamilton, once sought to do when the USA gained independence from the British Empire in 1776.

Just as George Washington and Alexander Hamilton made the USA independent and free from the British pound and British banks, i.e., from the monetary and financial system of the British Empire, Donald Trump now wants to free the USA from the global monetary and financial system, from the globalist empire.

Trump first began with DOGE to purge the USA of corrupt domestic structures in politics, economics, and security. Trump has begun to defend the USA from its internal enemies, which, as DOGE’s educational work has shown, have plundered and impoverished the USA and its citizens over the past decades.

Trump wants to save the USA by ending the Deep State. These are the corrupt domestic structures that serve the globalist empire at the expense of US citizens.

Trump wants to restore a new world order based on nation-state sovereignty, as well as end the globalist empire’s monetary and financial monopoly and create an alternative. His tariff policy was his first international move toward this goal. This is just the beginning.

Guest contributor Sven von Storch is the head of the conservative NGO Zivile Allianz based in Berlin and the husband of AfD co-chair Beatrix von Storch.

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DHS Chief Kristi Noem Announces All Adult U.S. Citizens Must Have REAL ID to Fly Starting May — Here Are Other Forms of Identification You Can Use

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has announced that effective May 7, 2025, all adult U.S. citizens must present a REAL ID-compliant form of identification or a valid passport to board domestic flights and access federal facilities.

This enforcement marks the culmination of the REAL ID Act, originally passed in 2005 following the 9/11 Commission’s recommendations to enhance the integrity and security of state-issued identification documents. ​

On December 17, 2018, President Trump signed the REAL ID Act Modification for Freely Associated States Act, Public Law 115-323.

“If you plan on traveling, we need your help to prevent delays and to prove your identity. Get a REAL ID. Starting May 7th, you will need a REAL ID to travel by air or to visit federal buildings in the United States,” Noem said in a video statement.

“These IDs keep our country safe because they help prevent fraud and enhance security. Please do your part to protect our country. Go today, and don’t delay.”

Starting May 7, you will need a Real ID to fly. Real IDs make identification harder to forge, thwarting criminals and terrorists. If you plan to fly, make sure you get a Real ID so you won’t be denied from your flight or face travel delays!https://t.co/rmP0renGHs pic.twitter.com/f92iT0uygA

— Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) April 11, 2025

Examples of REAL IDs:

There are several other forms of identification you can use to fly.

According to TSA:

State-issued Enhanced Driver’s License
U.S. passport
U.S. passport card
DHS trusted traveler cards (Global Entry, NEXUS, SENTRI, FAST)
U.S. Department of Defense ID, including IDs issued to dependents
Permanent resident card
Border crossing card
An acceptable photo ID issued by a federally recognized Tribal Nation/Indian Tribe, including Enhanced Tribal Cards (ETCs).
HSPD-12 PIV card
Foreign government-issued passport
Canadian provincial driver’s license or Indian and Northern Affairs Canada card
Transportation worker identification credential
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Employment Authorization Card (I-766)
U.S. Merchant Mariner Credential
Veteran Health Identification Card (VHIC)

Children

TSA does not require children under 18 to provide identification when traveling within the United States. Contact the airline for questions regarding specific ID requirements for travelers under 18.

Don’t Have Your Acceptable ID?

In the event you arrive at the airport without acceptable identification (whether lost, stolen, or otherwise), you may still be allowed to fly.

The TSA officer may ask you to complete an identity verification process which includes collecting information such as your name and current address to confirm your identity. If your identity is confirmed, you will be allowed to enter the screening checkpoint, where you may be subject to additional screening.

You will not be allowed to enter the security checkpoint if you choose to not provide acceptable identification, you decline to cooperate with the identity verification process, or your identity cannot be confirmed.

TSA recommends individuals without acceptable identification arrive at least three hours in advance of their flight time.

Travelers are advised to check their current identification for REAL ID compliance and, if necessary, obtain an alternative acceptable form of ID before the deadline to avoid travel disruptions.

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North Carolina Supreme Court Rules Most of the 65,000 Questionable Ballots Must Count in Hotly Contested Judicial Race

Judge Jefferson Griffin (L); Judge Allison Riggs (R) (Credit: North Carolina Judicial Branch)

The North Carolina Supreme Court on Friday ruled that most of the 65,000 questionable ballots must count in the hotly contested judicial race.

Earlier this week the North Carolina Supreme Court halted a previous order from the state appeals court requiring the verification of 65,000 questionable ballots.

This case has been bouncing around between state and federal courts.

The North Carolina Supreme Court race headed for a recount due to a close final tally as the Democrat pulled ahead two weeks after Election Day.

Democrat incumbent Sarah Riggs closed the race with 2,770,818 votes to GOP challenger Jefferson Griffin’s 2,770,193 votes.

The race went to a recount since the vote difference is fewer than 10,000 votes.

Republican Griffin was leading the race until all of a sudden Democrat Riggs overcame her opponent weeks after the election.

In January, the North Carolina Supreme Court in a 5-1 vote blocked the state from certifying Democrat incumbent justice Allison Riggs as the winner of the race as her GOP opponent, Jefferson Griffin, challenges the election.

Last week the North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that approximately 65,000 ballots — cast by voters with incomplete registration information, missing photo identification, or submitted by individuals who have never lived in North Carolina — may be invalid under state and federal election law.

The 2-1 decision was authored by Judges John Tyson and Fred Gore, both registered Republicans. Judge Tobias Hampson, a Democrat, dissented.

On Friday the state’s high court ruled 4-2 that most of the challenged ballots must be counted.

Because the race is so close, even if a small percent of the questionable ballots are tossed out, Republican candidate Griffin can overcome the Democrat and win.

The Hill reported:

North Carolina’s Supreme Court ruled Friday that most of the contested ballots challenged by the Republican candidate must be counted in the high court’s recent seat race.

The Tar Heel state’s top court said in a 4-2 ruling that a majority of ballots cast by around 60,000 voters, who had some of their information missing, such as Social Security numbers or numbers on their driver’s licenses, have to be counted in the still-uncertified election.

The state’s Supreme Court, which has a Republican majority, held the state board of elections responsible in the Friday decision, which in part overturns the lower court’s ruling from last week that sided with Republican state Court of Appeals Judge Jefferson Griffin.

“Under this Court’s longstanding precedent, mistakes made by negligent election officials in registering citizens who are otherwise eligible to vote will not deprive the citizens of their right to vote or render their vote void after they have been cast,” North Carolina’s highest court said.

But the court also said that some ballots could end up being tossed out, giving Griffin, who is challenging the outcome of the November election, an opportunity to overturn Democratic Associate Justice Allison Riggs’ narrow win.

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Xi Jinping Vows to Boost Ties with Neighbors as Tariff War Pounds Chinese Economy

Xi Jinping leads a meeting under the communist hammer and sickle – Fundacion Disenso

Xi Jinping announced he will visit southeast Asian neighbors as Trump’s tariff war heats up at home.

Jinping is expected to discuss a high-speed rail project between China and Vietnam.

Xi Jinping is also expected to hold summits in Cambodia and Malaysia.

NKH World reported.

Trading Economics reported: China stocks gained on Friday as optimism around potential state-backed equity purchases helped offset concerns about an intensifying Sino-U.S. trade war.

China did set limits on net share sales by hedge funds and large retail investors to protect their markets.

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