State abortion amendments get mixed results as millions voted on ballot measures across the country

(Worthy Insights) – Abortion amendments that were a major focus of Democratic campaigns this cycle saw mixed results Tuesday with one of the prime targets, Florida, narrowly rejecting a ballot measure that would have overturned the state’s six week abortion ban.

The Florida result, the first of election night, fell short of the required 60% threshold in the increasingly Republican state, dooming the initiative and handing another victory to Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis and the pro-life movement.

The rejection of the amendment followed GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump’s 13-point victory, improving on his statewide performance in 2020. [ Source (Read More…) ]

Fox News Decision Desk projects Bernie Moreno will flip Ohio Senate seat for GOP

(Worthy Insights) – The Fox News Decision Desk projected Republican businessman Bernie Moreno will win his race for Senate in Ohio against Democratic incumbent Sen. Sherrod Brown.

Brown, who was considered one of the most vulnerable Senate Democrats, is projected to lose in a race that will have significant implications on which party takes control of the Senate.

Brown, 71, is a native of Mansfield, Ohio, who has held political office since 1975 and is the chair of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Moreno, 57, is a Cleveland area businessman who was born in Colombia and moved to the United States at the age of five. [ Source (Read More…) ]

Florida ballot measure to legalize recreational marijuana fails

(Worthy Insights) – A ballot measure to legalize recreational marijuana in the state of Florida is projected to fall short, according to Decision Desk HQ, although medicinal use is still legal in the Sunshine State.

Florida Amendment 3 would have allowed adults aged 21 and older to possess, purchase and use marijuana for nonmedical consumption. Per state law, a 60 percent supermajority was required for the amendment to pass.

Medicinal cannabis use was legalized in Florida back in 2016 after an amendment passed with a 71 percent approval rating. Under that amendment, possession is limited to 3 ounces. The amendment would not have changed the possession limits or other restrictions regarding marijuana use in the state constitution. [ Source (Read More…) ]

Report: Police raided Netanyahu’s office on Saturday night

(Worthy Insights) – Police raided Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office on Saturday night, Channel 12 reports, saying that the raid was unprecedented.

The report says it was not immediately clear if the raid was connected to a probe into leaks of war intelligence from the PMO, or a second investigation that was revealed today, apparently linked to reported efforts by Netanyahu to doctor minutes of war meetings. [ Source: Times of Israel (Read More…) ]

Openly transgender candidate Sarah McBride wins Delaware seat in congressional first

(Worthy Insights) – Delaware state Sen. Sarah McBride becomes the first openly transgender person to be elected to Congress, according to reports.

Democratic candidate McBride defeated Republican candidate John Whalen III at 57.6% with 63% reporting, NBC News reports.

Some of McBride’s main issues include affordable healthcare, increasing minimum wage and abortion. [ Source (Read More…) ]

Breaking: Unborn Babies Are the Biggest Election-Night Winners in Florida

(Worthy Insights) – Two different sets of people in Florida picked up crucial wins in the early returns of election night in America.

First and very much foremost, unborn children — God’s most vulnerable creations — got a massive Sunshine State win when Amendment 4 failed to pass in Florida.

The measure needed 60 percent of the votes to go in favor, a “supermajority” according to The Hill. [ Source: Western Journal (Read More…) ]

Republican Jim Justice Wins Senate Seat in West Virginia, Taking Seat from Democrats

(Worthy Insights) – The results are in for West Virginia’s U.S. Senate race between Republican Gov. Jim Justice and Democrat Glenn Elliot. Justice has been declared the winner which means Republicans could be on track to take control of the Senate.

Before today’s election, Democrats controlled the Senate with a breakdown of 51-49. With the Justice win, that moves the Senate to a 50-50 split.

With West Virginia trending toward being a reliable red state, incumbent Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin had chosen not to run for reelection this year. [ Source: CBN News (Read More…) ]

Leak case timeline shows foreign reports dovetailed with PM’s claims against hostage deal

(Worthy Insights) – On Sunday, a judge revealed that Eli Feldstein, a spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was arrested last week on suspicion of removing sensitive info from an Israel Defense Forces database and leaking it to a news outlet.

According to the suspicions, Feldstein was involved in leaking a document to the German tabloid Bild ostensibly showing Hamas as unwilling to reach a hostage release deal in Gaza.

A second story, published and later removed by the Jewish Chronicle, alleged that Hamas would try to smuggle terrorists and hostages out of Gaza to Iran via Egypt. [ Source (Read More…) ]

‘God of chaos’ asteroid may be transformed by tremors and landslides during 2029 flyby of Earth, study finds

(Worthy Insights) – Landslides and tremors may transform the asteroid Apophis during its 2029 brush with Earth, according to a new study.

Named after Apep, the ancient Egyptian god of chaos, Apophis is a 1,100-foot-long (340 meters), peanut-shaped asteroid. Although an impact with a space rock that size wouldn’t annihilate our planet, it could easily destroy a city.

When Apophis was discovered in 2004, astronomers calculated that it could pass extremely close to Earth in 2029. More detailed observations in 2021 allowed scientists to determine Apophis’ path with greater accuracy, revealing that it had a smaller chance of hitting Earth than researchers initially estimated. At present, Apophis is predicted to sail as close as 20,000 miles (32,000 kilometers) to Earth on April 13, 2029, bringing it closer than some artificial satellites. [ Source (Read More…) ]

With eyes on winning war, building third Jewish Temple, Ark replica shown in Jerusalem

(Worthy Insights) – A replica of the Ark of the Covenant, painstakingly constructed, its creators say, to the Torah specifications of the sacred vessel that was the First Temple’s central fixture, was displayed in Jerusalem on Sunday evening, during the intermediate days of the Sukkot holiday.

The ark described in the Torah, which housed the Ten Commandments tablets among other holy objects, was hidden after the destruction of the First Temple, per rabbinic tradition. At Jerusalem’s King David Hotel, the replica shown in the hotel’s sukkah contained a refurbished Torah scroll, which survived the Holocaust, from Thessaloniki, Greece.

Several members of the Knesset and Israeli activists were on hand at the hotel for an event and festive meal—a stop on the replica’s journey retracing the steps of the biblical prototype. [ Source (Read More…) ]