Morning Wire - Friday Afternoon Update | 10.28.22

Episode Date: October 28, 2022

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I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley. It's Friday, October 28th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update. Paul Pelosi, husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was assaulted this morning in his San Francisco home by an attacker with a hammer who is shouting, where is Nancy? According to Pelosi's spokesperson, the assailant is in custody and the motivation for the attack is under investigation. Mr. Pelosi is expected to make a full recovery. The Office of the Special Council has ruled that White House Chief of Staff Ron Clayne violated the Hatch Act, a rule that restricts government officials from using their official position to engage on behalf of political organizations or candidates.

Claim retweeted an account urging people to buy Democrats deliver merchandise. Claim was given a warning to not do it again. The L.A. City Council held a unanimous vote this week in favor of censuring three current and past council members due to their involvement in a discussion that included racist and offensive comments. Democrats have begun pouring millions of dollars into the Senate race in deep blue Washington State after recent polls suggest Republicans could win the seat. Republican Tiffany Smiley is now within striking distance of Democrat Senator Pat Murray. The GOP hasn't occupied the seat since 2001.

More than 100 lawsuits have been filed around the country in anticipation of the 2022 elections. The majority of the legal challenges were filed by Republicans and about a quarter were filed by Democrats. The suits largely address voting procedures and rules around drop boxes, registration, absentee ballots, and access for partisan poll watchers. New data distributed this week shows that over 104,000 students in New York City's public school system were homeless over the last school year. The overall number of students enrolling in public schools in the city went down at the same time. Almost 1 in 10 students in the city were living in conditions that were not their own homes. The New York Times reported. The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the COVID-19 pandemic began, is once again in partial lockdown over the virus.

The 800,000 residents of the city are being told to stay at home after the city saw about 25 new cases of COVID per day this week. A Washington state judge fined Facebook parent company meta nearly $25 million this week for repeatedly and intentionally violating campaign finance disclosure law. And the Powerball jackpot has reached 800 million. The next drawing is Saturday. So, John, do you feel lucky? Always. Those are your drive home updates this afternoon. To learn more about these stories, go to DailyWire.com,

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