From theepochtimes.com

The paper has issued endorsements for decades.

The Washington Post will not make an endorsement in the 2024 presidential race, the paper’s publisher said on Oct. 25.

The Washington Post did not offer endorsements for presidential candidates until 1976. Since then, the paper has endorsed Democrats in each election. The only exception was 1988, when the paper did not endorse any of the candidates.

Former President Donald Trump, a Republican, is running against Vice President Kamala Harris, a Democrat. Some minor party candidates are also vying for the presidency.

Lewis said the paper would refrain from endorsing presidential candidates this year, and moving forward.

“We recognize that this will be read in a range of ways, including as a tacit endorsement of one candidate, or as a condemnation of another, or as an abdication of responsibility. That is inevitable. We don’t see it that way. We see it as consistent with the values The Post has always stood for and what we hope for in a leader: character and courage in service to the American ethic, veneration for the rule of law, and respect for human freedom in all its aspects,” he wrote.

“We also see it as a statement in support of our readers’ ability to make up their own minds on this, the most consequential of American decisions—whom to vote for as the next president,” he added.

Lewis indicated that stepping away from endorsements would help the Washington Post be an independent paper in the nation’s capital. He said he sees the paper as providing nonpartisan news for all Americans.

Lewis, formerly the publisher of the Wall Street Journal and an editor at the UK’s Daily Telegraph, joined the Washington Post in January. The paper is owned by Amazon founder and billionaire Jeff Bezos.

The Washington Post declining to endorse a presidential candidate came after the Los Angeles Times did not issue an endorsement.

From americanthinker.com

The United States Postal Service and mail thieves are both getting better at their trade.  The USPS now saves time by delivering mail to one master mailbox serving an entire neighborhood, apartment building, or other centralized location.  The problem is that this supposed increase in mail efficiency also makes it easier to steal dozens, hundreds, and even thousands of mail-in ballots.

Thieves have broken into mailboxes for years.  Their favorite targets were checks or someone foolish enough to mail cash.  The advent of electronic banking with its associated credit and debit cards made marauding through mailboxes more profitable.  Thieves steal new bank cards and quickly run up charges, buying easily resalable items.  They then list the fraudulently bought item on sites such as eBay or Craig’s List.  The stolen cards quickly become cash.

But the mailbox burglars found a better way than prying into mailboxes one at a time.  They now steal the Postal Service’s master keys to hundreds of mailboxes.  Rather than breaking into mailboxes one at a time, they can now access the back of a group of mailboxes, turn the stolen key in the lock, and collect the cash.  Stolen keys sell for as much as $7,000 on the black market.

Recently, thieves found even more gold in the illegally entered mailboxes.  Mail-in ballots are easily stolen and sold.  A few hundred purloined ballots can easily tip the tide in a local election, and hundreds of thieves can change a state’s results.  How lucrative is this?  The target list is virtually endless.  In California, Colorado, and other states, voters do not even have to request a mail-in ballot.  The state sends them to every registered voter!

This is not just a potential problem.  The Postal Service admits that more than 8,000 of the so-called “arrow” master keys are missing.  That total does not include the stolen keys.  Those 8,000 missing keys are exactly that: 8,000 express-lane illegal entryways to your mail that our Postal Service confesses it cannot find!

(I think it would be justified to add a sentence here complaining about increasing postal rates, but what’s the use?)

According to Scripps News, the problem is so severe that the USPS will replace 28,000 arrow master keys with more secure electronic locks.

This problem could be eliminated by returning to the system of citizens caring enough to show up on Election Day and putting an X next to the name of their chosen candidate.  Notice that the last sentence refers to each voter marking a paper ballot.  We already know how insecure some gee-whiz electronic voting machines are!

Brethren, we know that cheating and stealing will take place in this election. That is a given.

But we must always keep in mind that God is in control, and He is allowing whatever the outcome!

HOW CAN I BE SAVED?

MARANATHA!