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It’s Friday, Dippers,
Here’s the rundown before the weekend: Alaska’s governor orders an investigation into Mary Peltola’s Senate campaign, Haley Stevens criticizes Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign, and more.
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**On this day in 1938, Orson Welles’ radio drama described an invasion from which planet? **(answer revealed below!)
(hint: little green men)
In today’s issue:
Alaska orders probeof Peltola campaign. 🏛️Stevens criticizesEl-Sayed’s campaign. 🏛️Hackers post****dataon 41,000 DHS workers. 💻
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Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy ordered a state criminal investigation into whether Democrat Mary Peltola’s Senate campaign broke the law. A New York Times report says her campaign sought out people named Dan Sullivan to run against Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan and draw away his votes.
A retired teacher named Dan Sullivan is on the ballot, and the Times says a Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee operative met with him. Peltola’s campaign and the DSCC deny recruiting candidates, and a key source later tried to withdraw her statements.
**The stakes:**President Trump and Vice President JD Vance called it fraud. Ballot-stacking is generally legal and has been used by both parties, but the DOJ has sued to block certification if Senator Sullivan narrowly loses.
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U.S. Representative Haley Stevens, who lost the Democratic primary to Abdul El-Sayed, criticized his campaign on CNN days before the election. She said she still plans to vote for him but won’t campaign with him in the race’s final week.
Stevens, a strong supporter of Israel, objected to an El-Sayed ad featuring conservatives like Tucker Carlson, and an outside PAC ad she said blamed Jews for grocery prices. El-Sayed’s campaign says it has no ties to that ad.
**The household split:**Her fiancé, Jason Turkish, says he’ll vote for Republican Mike Rogers. El-Sayed said voters can make their own choices in a race considered a toss-up.
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Today’s Poll:Frightful FiancésHaley Stevens plans to vote for Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, while her fiancé is voting for Republican Mike Rogers. Like many couples, they’re a household divided on politics, which for some people is scarier than anything they’ll see this Halloween. 👻
Could you be in a long-term relationship with someone who votes for the other party?
A hacktivist group called the Department of Peace says it accessed records on more than 41,000 Department of Homeland Security employees, including immigration officers, border agents and undercover investigators.
The group Distributed Denial of Secrets and Swiss hacker maia arson crimew then posted the data online in a database called Icepick, listing employee names, offices and assignments. The Washington Post said current and former DHS officials confirmed the data is authentic.
**The response:**Supporters say it brings oversight to agents who often work masked, while critics warn it endangers officers and criminal investigations. DHS says it is working to address the breach and protect its employees.
After a heavy news cycle this week, Friday calls for some more sweet news to end it on a good note:
Twenty-five eighth graders
turned 9-year-old Kaelyn’s wheelchair into a “princess angel” thronefor her school’s trunk-or-treat, learning to sew and laser-cut the wings themselves! Best costume crew ever. 🦋👑Divers in South Australia
rescued an exhausted young kangaroofound swimming more than a mile and a half out to sea! It napped in a rescuer's arms, then hopped off the beach on its own. 🦘🌊A driver's GPS sent him down the wrong road, right past a Georgia house on fire, and
he woke the family of 14 inside! The Burkes say they've fostered more than 500 kids, and everyone made it out safely. 🚗❤️
🎃 Traditions: The first jack-o’-lanterns were carved from turnips, not pumpkins, in Ireland and Scotland. Pumpkins got the job later.
🌽 Food: Candy corn was originally sold as “Chicken Feed” in the 1880s. The marketing team has since improved.
🧛 Literature: Bram Stoker never visited Transylvania, the setting of Dracula. He relied on library books instead.
🤯 WTF: Harry Houdini’s widow held a séance every Halloween for 10 years to try to contact him. He never escaped back.
TODAY’S QUIZ ANSWER:
Mars
Orson Welles’ The War of the Worlds aired on CBS as a Halloween special, using realistic “news bulletins” about Martians landing in New Jersey. Newspapers reported widespread panic, but historians now say those reports were mostly exaggerated. Relatively few people were even listening.
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