The Daily Populous

Wednesday January 3rd, 2024 day edition

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Rep. Scott Perry, chair of the House Freedom Caucus, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington in July.

A former Pennsylvania congressional candidate filed a lawsuit on Tuesday to remove Republican U.S. Rep. Scott Perry from the state primary ballot, arguing that Perry’s role challenging the results of the 2020 election should make him ineligible to run for office.

Gene Stilp filed the suit as a voter in Perry’s 10th District, calling on Secretary of State Al Schmidt to remove Perry from the ballot for engaging in insurrection.

The lawsuit mimics challenges to former President Donald Trump’s candidacy in several states, including in Colorado, where the state Supreme Court last month removed Trump from the ballot.

A campaign spokesperson for Perry called the lawsuit frivolous, “filed by a fringe activist whose claim to fame is an inflatable pink pig.”.

The lawsuit also requests a referral of “information of any possible criminal activity by Scott Perry or any other party discovered in this case to the Pennsylvania attorney general for prosecution.”.

Perry, who has been in office since 2013, is one of the few potentially vulnerable Republican members of Congress up for reelection in Pennsylvania this year. »

Bernie Sanders Calls on Congress to Reject Unconditional Military Aid to Israel

Authored by themessenger.com

Sen. Bernie Sanders called on Congress Tuesday to reject the $10.1 billion in unconditional military aid to Israel, citing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Netanyahu’s illegal and immoral war against the Palestinian People.”.

In a statement, Sanders said the supplemental funding bill gives aid “for the right-wing Netanyahu government to continue its brutal war against the Palestinian people.”.

Sanders, one of the first members of Congress to call for a humanitarian pause, is now one of the first to call for the end to unconditional aid to Israel. »

Crocs CEO says business is booming because people just don’t want to dress smartly anymore

Authored by fortune.com

Now, Crocs CEO Andrew Rees says, the pandemic move to his casual footwear was not a passing fad but rather part of a long-term trend.

People were at home, and in my view it accelerated that casualization trend we’ve seen for some time,” Rees told CNN.

In its most recent update for investors, Crocs revealed Q2 2023 revenue of $1 billion, up 12% compared with the year prior. »

Matt Colville's indie RPG, a direct challenge to D&D's jack-of-all-trades fumbling, has earned nearly $4 million on BackerKit

Authored by pcgamer.com

At the time of writing, the BackerKit looks like it could hit $4 million in funding, or at least come very close.

ICON gives every character 'fray' damage, which applies whether you hit or miss—its engine is fueled by powers-style abilities, too.

I'm glad to see more designers avoiding 5e's jack-of-all-trades pitfalls, as well as borrowing from Wizard of the Coast's black sheep. »