The Missouri Supreme Court on Thursday threw out the state’s new congressional map that favored the GOP and eliminated one Democrat seat.

The new map will only go into effect in 2028 if voters approve it during the 2026 midterms.

The Hill reported:

The Missouri Supreme Court dealt a blow to President Trump and Republicans on Thursday, ruling the GOP could not issue a new map aimed at giving the party an additional seat in the House until the congressional lines are approved by voters in November.

The decision is a setback for Republicans, who had sought to quickly pass a new GOP-friendly 7-1 map in the House this cycle, meant to dismantle Rep. Emanuel Cleaver’s (D-Mo.) district and give the Republican Party one more pickup opportunity.

Instead, the high court ruled that organizers of a referendum that looked to halt the implementation of the map and put it to a vote in November could proceed.

Last year, the Missouri House of Representatives, controlled by Republicans, passed a sweeping new congressional map that will likely reduce Democratic representation to just one seat in the U.S. House delegation.

The “Missouri First” map promised a fierce partisan restructuring ahead of the 2026 midterms.

In a 90-65 vote, GOP legislators approved a redistricting plan that dismantled the Democrat stronghold of the 5th District in Kansas City, and partitioned it across rural Republican-dominated districts, according to AP News.

Republicans were poised to secure seven of the state’s eight congressional seats.

President Trump previously praised Missouri’s Republican State Legislators in a Truth Social post.

Congratulations to Missouri’s incredible Republican State Legislators, who just overwhelmingly voted to pass their new, much fairer, and improved, Congressional Map.

It was my Great Honor to win Missouri six times, including Primaries, in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (Getting the Highest Number of Votes for any Office in the History of the State!), and this new Map will give the wonderful people of Missouri the opportunity to elect an additional MAGA Republican in the 2026 Midterm Elections.

The Missouri Senate must pass this Map now, AS IS, to deliver a gigantic Victory for Republicans in the “Show Me State,” and across the Country. I will be watching closely. THANK YOU MISSOURI — MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

Update: Missouri AG Catherine Hanaway said she will immediately seek relief at the Supreme Court.

“Never before in American history has a court overturned a congressional map after a primary and before a general election. This unprecedented decision clearly violates federal law and has thrust our state into a full‑fledged constitutional crisis,” Hanaway said.

“Our office will move immediately to seek relief from SCOTUS. We are confident that the federal courts will not allow every Missouri voter to be disenfranchised—which is what today’s decision does,” she said.

“A republic, if you can keep it.” – Benjamin Franklin

Never before in American history has a court overturned a congressional map after a primary and before a general election. This unprecedented decision clearly violates federal law and has thrust our state into a full‑fledged…

— Attorney General Catherine L. Hanaway (@AGCHanaway) September 3, 2026

Later Thursday, President Trump released a statement on the Missouri Supreme Court ruling:

The Missouri Supreme Court just ridiculously ruled in favor of changing the maps back to what they were a long time ago. It’s called, Ancient History! The problem is, according to Legal Scholars, that not only was the ruling horrible, ridiculous, and unConstitutional, but there won’t be enough time to change the map back with the Election coming up in a very short period of time. The Election Process, as usual, is being disturbed in America! Missouri must be able to use the map that was in effect just a couple of months ago, in the Primary. This is a Dark Day for “Justice” in Missouri! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP

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A deceased man was found hanging from a bridge near the Dodgers stadium in Los Angeles, California, Wednesday evening during a game.

An unidentified man was found hanging just before 9 pm on Wednesday night during the Dodgers vs. St. Louis Cardinals game.

911 calls flooded in about a dead man “in plain sight.”

LAPD is responding Code 3 to Stadium Way/Bernard, near Dodger Stadium, for body in plain view. The subject is reported to be a male, who is “Hanging from a bridge” per radio traffic.

— CodeThreeNews (@CodeThreeNews) September 3, 2026

Video posted to social media shows first responders, including paramedics and police officers at the scene.

Paramedics lifted the deceased man into the back of an emergency vehicle and transported him to a hospital.

Los Angeles Police said foul play is not suspected.

The California Post reported:

A dead man was found hanging from a bridge outside Dodger Stadium as the team played, an LAPD spokesperson told The California Post.

The unidentified male was found just off of Bernard Street and Stadium Way near Dodger Stadium at around 8:48 p.m. Wednesday night, the LAPD rep said.

The location is just a few hundred yards away from where the Los Angeles Dodgers were taking on the St. Louis Cardinals.

The Dodgers vs. Cardinals game began at 7:10 p.m. and concluded at around 10:10 p.m.

Cops were initially called out to the scene after 911 callers said they saw a dead body “in plain sight,” according to police audio reviewed by The Post.

Police discovered a dead body hanging from a bridge outside of Dodger Stadium as the Dodgers were playing the Cardinals on Wednesday night. https://t.co/9q7XR4dLi8 pic.twitter.com/4jJZ2mcP0z

— California Post (@californiapost) September 3, 2026

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Republican Heather Scott Ellison is now running unopposed for a Democrat-held seat after the New Mexico Supreme Court rejected the party’s attempt to install replacement candidates past the statutory deadline.

Republicans have effectively flipped a seat in the New Mexico House of Representatives before a single Election Day vote has been counted.

The New Mexico Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Democratic replacement candidates Matthew Wayne Herman and Anthony Allison cannot appear on the November ballot in House Districts 23 and 4, ABQJournal reported.

In a 4-1 order, the court sided with election officials in Sandoval and San Juan counties, who argued that state law barred Democrats from filling vacancies created fewer than 90 days before the general election, according to NM Political Report.

The ruling leaves Republican Heather Scott Ellison as the only candidate on the ballot in House District 4, a seat currently held by Democrat state Rep. Joseph Franklin Hernandez.

In other words, Republicans have effectively secured a Democrat-held seat before Election Day.

House District 23 will remain in Republican hands, with incumbent House Minority Whip Alan T. Martinez now running without a Democratic opponent.

Democrats created the ballot crisis after both of their original nominees abruptly abandoned their campaigns.

Elise Falanga Taylor, the Democratic challenger in District 23, withdrew on August 17, just 78 days before the November 3 election. Democrats attempted to replace her with Matthew Herman.

Hernandez, a first-term Democrat representing District 4, withdrew on August 25, exactly 70 days before the election, after reports emerged about an alleged alcohol-related incident at a Chicago hotel during a legislative conference.

Hernandez reportedly acknowledged that he was seeking professional assistance for “challenges with alcohol.” Democrats then attempted to install former state Rep. Anthony Allison as his replacement.

But there was one major problem: They were too late.

New Mexico law permits a political party to fill a post-primary vacancy only when that vacancy occurs at least 90 days before the general election.

Democrats argued that a separate 70-day paperwork deadline allowed their replacement candidates to qualify. The courts rejected that strained interpretation.

Thirteenth Judicial District Court Judge James Noel ruled Wednesday that the 70-day filing deadline applies only when the underlying vacancy was legally eligible to be filled under the 90-day rule.

Because Taylor and Hernandez withdrew after the 90-day cutoff, the Democratic Party never had the legal authority to replace them.

The state Supreme Court upheld Noel’s reasoning in the District 23 dispute and directed Eleventh Judicial District Court Judge Curtis Gurley to issue a consistent order in the District 4 case.

Even Democrat Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver’s office sided with the county clerks’ interpretation of the statute while asking the Supreme Court to settle the dispute before the September 4 ballot-certification deadline.

Democratic attorney Kate Ferlic argued that excluding the replacement candidates would deny voters a “meaningful choice.”

But election deadlines apparently matter, even when Democrats find them politically inconvenient.

The consequences are enormous.

District 23 was already represented by Republican Alan Martinez, meaning the ruling protects a Republican-held seat.

District 4, however, is currently controlled by Democrats. With Allison barred from the ballot, Republican Heather Ellison is positioned to take the seat without a Democratic opponent.

The New Mexico Legislature currently lists 42 Democrats and 26 Republicans in the 70-seat House, with two seats classified outside those totals. Ellison’s victory would give Republicans a crucial pickup in a chamber long dominated by Democrats.

The ruling also delivers a brutal reminder that ballot deadlines can decide elections before voters ever reach the polls.

As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, Democrats effectively captured Florida House District 47 after Republican incumbent Paula Stark failed to submit a required financial disclosure before the qualifying deadline.

In that case, a paperwork failure benefited Democrats. Now, the tables have turned in New Mexico.

Democrats tried to rescue two collapsing campaigns through last-minute substitutions.

The courts said no.

Republicans have now protected one seat, and effectively flipped another, before Election Day.

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The cowardly Georgia police officer who killed a poor baby donkey has been officially revealed, and he is sharing his excuse for pulling the trigger.

The Daily Mail reviewed an incident report on Thursday, which stated that Cedartown Police Department Officer Trenton Garner was the ‘man’ who fatally shot a donkey named Heehaw. He had been called to assist a bloodhound team that was searching for a missing 12-year-old girl.

The report goes on to say that due to the “exigency of locating this missing juvenile,” the police officers entered a pasture owned by Elsberry Riding and Farm. This local business offers petting zoos, pony rides, and trail rides.

They were met by horses that became scared and ran away into the pasture. Garner then claimed Heehaw charged at them.

The K-9 handler then tased the animal. When that allegedly failed to work, Garner took out his Glock 17 and proceeded to shoot the donkey.

Per the report, Garner said this was the only way to protect himself, the K-9 officer, and the team of bloodhounds from Heehaw. Garner later stated that he informed his sergeant and the animal’s owner.

Of course, the officer’s excuse for killing HeeHaw holds little water, given the animal’s small size.

As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, Elsberry farm owner Hannah Israel revealed that Georgia police entered her family’s pasture and killed HeeHaw after they perceived him as a “threat.”

In a post on Facebook, Israel wrote, “At 12:45 am cops entered my pasture searching for a missing person WITHOUT permission or warning and shot and killed my bottle-raised BABY donkey.”

She added, “HeeHaw was raised in the house and did petting zoos; he never knew a stranger. And was shot and killed in his OWN pasture for doing what donkeys do. Alerting to a stranger.”

“There is no way this is legal! I will be taking legal action.”

The Cedartown Police Department in Georgia has since placed Garner on leave and is investigating the shooting.

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Only moments ago, Justice Brett Kavanaugh denied Americans for Citizen Voting–Michigan’s emergency request that the U.S. Supreme Court order their proof-of-citizenship and photo-ID constitutional amendment onto Michigan’s November 3 ballot.

The ACVM group had collected more than 700,000 signatures—well above the 446,198 required number to appear on the ballot.

Staff members on the Michigan Board of Elections allegedly took a “random“ sampling of 1,000 signatures and determined that 17 did not meet the required standard.

The problem is, the Michigan Board of Elections, which is under the direction of Michigan’s dirty Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, sat on the petition signatures for 5 1/2 months before even looking at it.

By the time they notified the petition organization, there was an issue with a small number of them; they only had a very short window to try to prove the names and signatures on the petition pages were valid.

Fortunately, the attorneys for the petitioners were able to come up with 23 affidavits from individuals attesting that the signatures on the petitions were theirs, which should have satisfied the MI Board of Canvassers demand. But on Aug 4, during a contentious back and forth, the MI Board of State Canvassers deadlocked 2–2 during a public hearing.

Two radical Democrats sitting on the board refused signatures that they both agreed were “perfect matches” with Michigan’s qualified voter file but dismissed them.

Even though they were received on Saturday, the two Democratic board members, who are also ACLU lawyers, claimed the signatures were received after the 10 AM deadline, so they refused to accept them.

In a normal world, this would go to the state Supreme Court, and they would rule in favor of the petitioners, as the Secretary of State‘s office has clearly gone out of their way to ensure that this proposal did not make it on the ballot.

If the signatures were perfectly matched, why were they being challenged in the first place? And why did they wait so long to tell the petitioners there was even a problem? And who made the decision about which random pages would be pulled from the boxes of petitions?

This situation is even more tragic when one considers that Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson told clerks in 2020 to ignore signature matching on absentee ballots for the November election.

Organizers argued the Board’s delay, its refusal to count late voter affidavits, and the Michigan Supreme Court’s failure to act violated due process and equal protection. Kavanaugh asked the State for a response, received a briefing on September 2, and issued a one-line denial on September 3 with no written opinion and no referral to the full Court.

The denial means the federal courts will not force the measure onto this year’s ballot. The Board of State Canvassers can finalize the November ballot at its Friday, September 4, meeting.

The only remaining path for 2026 is the still-pending Michigan Supreme Court case (No. 170595). The extremely liberal and partisan MI Supreme Court has not scheduled an argument or issued an order. If it does not act before ballots are locked by the MI Board of Canvassers tomorrow and subsequently printed, the proposal is off the November ballot and would most likely return, if at all, in 2028.

Sadly, this is yet another blow from the courts that allows Democrats to destroy the sanctity of Michigan’s elections.

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