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Over 125 homes and businesses were evacuated.<\/span><\/p>\n A massive explosion at a northern Illinois chemical plant ignited a fire and prompted evacuations Monday, less than a month after the plant was inspected by a federal agency. The fires continued to burn as of Tuesday.<\/p>\n The fire at Chemtool has forced over 125 homes and businesses within a one-mile radius to evacuate as a precaution. Two firefighters suffered minor injuries, according to authorities. All 70 workers were able to get out safely.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is a large-scale operation that’s going to take some time,\u201d said Rockton Fire Protection District chief Kirk Wilson.<\/p>\n Bob Snyder, the vice president of operations at the parent company Lubrizol Corporation, addressed the fire during a press conference on Tuesday. He said the focus is on the community.<\/p>\n \u201cWe’re going to do everything we can to do the right thing and support, not only Chief Wilson and all the other resources in terms of addressing the fire and affecting the right emergency response, but also in supporting the community in the aftermath of the cleanup,\u201d said Snyder.<\/p>\n A nonprofit organization in New York City has been caught on camera advising a supposed noncitizen to illegally vote in the mayoral election for Zohran Mamdani.<\/p>\n According to footage released by O\u2019Keefe Media Group (OMG), an undercover journalist posing as an unregistered immigrant approached the nonprofit\u2019s director, asking how to cast a ballot \u2014 and who to vote for.<\/p>\n The director allegedly explained how the journalist could navigate the system to vote despite not being a citizen and hinted at which candidate to choose, saying he should vote for the one whose name starts with \u201cM.\u201d<\/p>\n James O\u2019Keefe, founder of the undercover investigative journalism organization, posted the video to X, with the caption: \u201cLa Jornada Executive Director Pedro Rodriguez Tells Undercover OMG Journalist Posing as an Unregistered Migrant to \u2018Vote for the Guy That Starts with \u2018M\u2019 \u2013 Despite 501(c)(3) Regulation Prohibiting Political Activity by Tax-Exempt Organizations. Rodriguez Acknowledges Knowing the Individual Is \u2018Not Registered\u2019 Before Advising him How to Vote \u2013 a Potential Violation of Federal & State Election Laws.\u201d<\/p>\n It\u2019s illegal to vote in New York City elections as a non-citizen, but the voter ID mechanisms are not particularly strong, either.<\/p>\n The video shows the director of the nonprofit \u201cLa Jornada\u201d \u2013 which boasts a focus on \u201cassisting migrants with their paperwork and legal needs\u201d \u2013 talking to the journalist posing as the immigrant.<\/p>\n Mike Casey, the correspondent, told Rodriguez, \u201cYes, I\u2019m an immigrant. They sent me here to vote. I was recommended to come here to find information to vote. I was given two, dos locations. Forgive me, I am, no Espanol.\u201d<\/p>\n Rodriguez responded, \u201cNo, this is perfect for me,\u201d before asking the undercover journalist when he registered to vote.<\/p>\n \u201cI did not, I didn\u2019t sign anything. They just told me to come here to vote,\u201d Casey said.<\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019re not registered? Okay,\u201d the director says. OMG reported that even though the journalist posing as the unregistered immigrant was not in a legal voting status, he was nonetheless instructed to go vote at a local community college.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s three guys. The guy that starts with \u2018M,\u2019\u201d Rodriguez instructed.<\/p>\n The only candidate in the race was Zohran Mamdani, who wound up blowing out his opponents to become mayor-elect on Tuesday.<\/p>\n When O\u2019Keefe and his team later confronted Rodriguez, the nonprofit\u2019s director, he denied ever instructing the undercover journalist to vote for Mamdani \u2014 despite the fact that the reporter had clearly posed as an illegal immigrant in the recorded exchange.<\/p>\n Mamdani, a self-described \u201cdemocratic socialist,\u201d is now\u00a0set to run New York City, the financial capital of America and, arguably, of the free world.<\/p>\n Just the News has reportedly obtained internal documents from the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) outlining how the group\u2019s New York City chapter, to which Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani belongs, plans to pressure him into implementing sweeping anti-Israel policies throughout city governance and public life.<\/p>\n Mamdani, who defeated former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa on Tuesday, has long been a fixture in the DSA, where he\u2019s listed as one of nine \u201cNew York State Socialists in Office.\u201d The organization, which is decidedly anti-Israel, played a key role in his campaign, backing him in both the Democratic primary and the general election.<\/p>\n During the mayoral race, Mamdani attempted to downplay his ties to the group\u2019s more radical and revolutionary platform \u2014 and, according to Politico, the NYC DSA branch actively helped him do so by providing public cover to make his campaign appear more moderate than it truly was.<\/p>\n According to the \u201cSocialists in Office\u201d website, the group is composed of \u201cDSA-endorsed elected officials who work together in the New York State Legislature to advance a socialist vision for working-class people across our state\u201d \u2014 and among those featured is Mamdani.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Thank you for reading this post, don’t forget to subscribe! 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