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Supreme Court flooded with prayers for relief from groups eager to erode the division of church and state	1ftjzbv	https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/30/politics/supreme-court-religious-freedom-church-state/index.html	2024-10-01T09:29:07	BobbyLucero	politics		122	27	Supreme Court flooded with prayers for relief from groups eager to erode the division of church and state \| CNN Politics CNN values your feedback 1. How relevant is this ad to you? 2. Did you encounter any technical issues? Video player was slow to load content Video content never loaded Ad froze or did not finish loading Video content did not start after ad Audio on ad was too loud Other issues Ad never loaded Ad prevented/slowed the page from loading Content moved around while ad loaded Ad was repetitive to ads I've seen previously Other issues Cancel Submit Thank You! Your effort and contribution in providing this feedback is much appreciated. Close Ad Feedback Close icon Politics SCOTUS Congress Facts First 2024 Elections More SCOTUS Congress Facts First 2024 Elections Watch Listen Live TV Subscribe Sign in My Account Settings Newsletters Topics You Follow Sign Out Your CNN account Sign in to your CNN account Sign in My Account Settings Newsletters Topics You Follow Sign Out Your CNN account Sign in to your CNN account Live TV Listen Watch Edition US International Arabic Español Edition US International Arabic Español SCOTUS Congress Facts First 2024 Elections Follow CNN Politics US Crime + Justice World Africa Americas Asia Australia China Europe India Middle East United Kingdom Politics SCOTUS Congress Facts First 2024 Elections Business Tech Media Calculators Videos Markets Pre-markets After-Hours Fear & Greed Investing Markets Now Nightcap Health Life, But Better Fitness Food Sleep Mindfulness Relationships Entertainment Movies Television Celebrity Tech Innovate Foreseeable Future Mission: Ahead Work Transformed Innovative Cities Style Arts Design Fashion Architecture Luxury Beauty Video Travel Destinations Food & Drink Stay Videos Sports Pro Football College Football Basketball Baseball Soccer Olympics Hockey Science Space Life Unearthed Climate Solutions Weather Weather Video Climate Ukraine-Russia War Israel-Hamas War Watch Live TV CNN Headlines CNN Shorts Shows A-Z CNN10 CNN Max CNN TV Schedules FlashDocs Listen CNN 5 Things Chasing Life with Dr. Sanjay Gupta The Assignment with Audie Cornish One Thing Tug of War CNN Political Briefing The Axe Files All There Is with Anderson Cooper All CNN Audio podcasts CNN Underscored Electronics Fashion Beauty Health & Fitness Home Reviews Deals Gifts Travel Outdoors Pets Games CNN Crossword Jumble Crossword Photo Shuffle Sudoblock Sudoku 5 Things Quiz About CNN Subscribe Photos Investigations CNN Profiles CNN Leadership CNN Newsletters Work for CNN Ad Feedback Supreme Court flooded with prayers for relief from groups eager to promote religion By John Fritze, CNN 8 minute read Published 6:00 AM EDT, Mon September 30, 2024 Link Copied! Follow: Religion See your latest updates Anti-abortion activists protest outside the US Supreme Court during the 44th annual March for Life on January 27, 2017 in Washington, DC. ZACH GIBSON/AFP/AFP via Getty Images CNN — Religious interest groups are queuing up a series of high-profile appeals at the Supreme Court this fall that could further tear down the wall separating church and state, seeking to take advantage of a friendly 6-3 conservative majority that has rapidly pushed the law in their favor in recent years. Catholic groups are challenging a New York State requirement that health insurance plans cover medically necessary abortions, for instance. A group of Muslim and Eastern Orthodox parents in Maryland want to opt their elementary school children out of reading books about gender and sexuality. And a Tampa synagogue hopes to advertise its annual ice-skating themed Hannukah celebration on public buses. US Supreme Court Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson speaks with CNN's Abby Phillip during an interview. CNN Related article Justice Jackson says she might have left legal career had she known the challenges of caring for daughter After winning a string of major victories from the court in recent years, several of the groups involved are anxious for a further expansion of the First Amendment’s free exercise clause, which guarantees the right to practice religion free of government interference. “The free exercise litigators think they’ve got the votes now and they’re being pretty aggressive about pushing cases up there,” said Douglas Laycock, a University of Virginia law professor and a leading authority on religious law. “What you’re seeing is a response to the conservatives’ enthusiasm for free exercise.” Some of the cases will be on the agenda Monday when the justices return to consider appeals that have piled up during their summer recess. In coming days, the court will announce which of those appeals it will take up and decide by next summer. Expanding protections for religion under the First Amendment has been a goal for some of the court’s conservatives for years. Justice Samuel Alito, for instance, told an audience in Ohio this year that freedom of religion is “imperiled.” Days later, an activist released secret recordings of Alito at a Supreme Court event agreeing with the premise that faithful Americans should “return our country to a place of godliness.” Speaking at Catholic University of America on Thursday, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said he believes the court has made “correct and important strides” on religion during the six years he’s been on the bench. “We’ve reinforced – maybe built – but certainly at a minimum reinforced a critical principle of religious equality and religious liberty,” Kavanaugh said. Justice Neil Gorsuch dedicated a portion of a book he published this summer to the issue of religion, highlighting a unanimous decision from the court in 2021 that backed a Catholic foster care agency that declined to screen same-sex parents. “The right to think and express religious beliefs is a kind of canary in the First Amendment coal mine,” Gorsuch wrote in the book. “When the spirit of the times breeds censure, it is often the first to go.” Few groups back many appeals The Supreme Court last decided a case with ties to religion in 2023, siding with a graphic designer in Colorado who wanted to decline to make websites for same-sex weddings. That case was decided as a matter of free speech, not religion, but the designer said she didn’t want to make the websites because same-sex marriage violated her religious convictions. When the justices meet on Monday to consider additional appeals at its so-called “long conference,” they will be confronted with at least six cases that involve religion or that have ties to religious groups. One involves a Rastafarian man, Damon Landor, who wants to sue for damages after corrections officers in Louisiana cut off his dreadlocks. Landor had handed officials a copy of an appeals court ruling from 2017 allowing prisoners to have dreadlocks. The guards tossed it in the trash. They then handcuffed him to a chair and shaved his head. The New Orleans-based 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Landor last year, saying it “emphatically” condemned “the treatment that Landor endured,” but an earlier appeals court precedent settled the case against him. Another appeal the justices will discuss at their Monday meeting comes from an Orthodox synagogue, Young Israel of Tampa, which sued the regional transit authority for declining to accept advertising promoting a “Chanukah on Ice” celebration at a local ice rink. The synagogue framed the transit authority’s decision as “blatant viewpoint discrimination” in violation of the First Amendment. The Atlanta-based 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals didn’t take up that broader argument but nevertheless sided with the synagogue in January, a decision that allowed the transportation authority to tinker with its ban on religious advertising. The synagogue appealed to the Supreme Court, looking to shut down the ban entirely. Many of the current cases come from a handful of groups that have had considerable success at the Supreme Court in recent years. Becket, a Washington, DC, public interest legal group, is behind the New York abortion case, the appeal over Hannukah ads and a case from parents who want to take their children out of the classroom when books about gender identity and sexuality are read. Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian legal advocacy group based in Arizona, is challenging Biden administration guidance that requires emergency abortions in some situations. Earlier this year, officials in Idaho filed an appeal at the Supreme Court over that same guidance. The Supreme Court ultimately dismissed the case because it was unclear whether the state’s ban directly conflicted with the Biden administration’s policy. ADF is also defending South Carolina’s decision in 2018 to cut off Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood. Abortion returns? Becket has landed several significant appeals at the Supreme Court just this month, including the case challenging New York’s insurance requirement for certain abortions – a policy that is in place in at least nine other blue states, according to the National Women’s Law Center. A group of New York nuns are among those challenging that law, arguing it imposes an “immense” burden on their “deep-seated religious conviction.” If the court agrees to hear that appeal, it would mark the second year in a row in which abortion has featured prominently on its docket since the conservative justices overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. Earlier this year, the court rejected a lawsuit challenging the Food and Drug Administration’s approach to regulating the abortion pill mifepristone and it allowed abortions in medical emergencies in Idaho, despite a strict state ban on the procedure in that state. Becket also filed an appeal this month challenging the federal government’s decision to transfer a 2,422-acre parcel of land in Tonto National Forest in Arizona to a mining company. The land sits atop the world’s third-largest deposit of copper ore. But it is also home to a sacred site for the Western Apache tribe. Mining the land would destroy that site. The case could implicate other religious practices on federal land. Dozens of churches are situated within national parks, according to Becket. Targeting a controversial precedent? Religious interests have won seven major cases since 2021, not including several significant victories on the high court’s emergency docket during the Covid-19 pandemic. Last year, the court backed a mail carrier and evangelical Christian who said the United States Postal Service violated federal law by failing to reasonably accommodate his inability to work on Sundays. A year before that, the court’s conservatives aligned to throw out a Maine prohibition that barred schools offering religious instruction from receiving taxpayer funding. The conservative majority coalesced again that year to reinstate a high school football coach near Seattle who lost his job after offering prayers on the 50-yard line. Luke Goodrich, senior counsel at Becket, said that religious liberty shouldn’t be a partisan issue. Nor, he said, is it necessarily a Christian issue. “The goal is to shape the law in the way that religion and religious expression is accepted as a natural part of human culture,” he told CNN. “As a matter of principle, it extends to people of all faiths.” Critics say the court’s march toward expanding religious rights – often in cases decided along ideological lines – is reshaping the way Americans have for decades understood the relationship between the government and religion. “We are bracing ourselves for more rulings in lockstep with the White Christian nationalist agenda that is becoming more clear to more Americans every day,” said Rachel Laser, president of the Americans United for Separation of Church and State. “When the Roberts court rules on religion, it’s almost always coming down in support of not just religion, but of mainstream Christian interests.” In 2021, a unanimous court ruled that Philadelphia violated the First Amendment when it froze the contract of a Catholic foster care agency that refused to work with same-sex foster parents. What the court declined to do then was overturn a 1990 precedent, Employment Division v. Smith, that makes it easier for government to burden religious exercise as long as the law at issue applies equally to everyone. Justice Amy Coney Barrett, in a concurrence joined by Kavanaugh, said she had concerns with the precedent – but also seemed wary of what might replace it. Though overturning Smith has long been a goal for conservative Christians, most of the religious appeals pending at the Supreme Court today do not explicitly ask for that. That may partly be because, while the Supreme Court has declined to bury the precedent, it has already significantly weakened it. Jim Campbell, chief legal counsel for ADF, said that the court has created “many opportunities to navigate Smith, without going through it.” Campbell denied that religious advocates were disappointed by the lack of cases involving the free exercise clause in the Supreme Court term that ended in July. “But I do hope that there are more religious liberty cases up there this term,” he said. 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Where Harris and Trump stand on the issues	1ftkay5	https://apnews.com/article/trump-harris-issue-positions-worlds-apart-3f80a342c790da64e3de92a4f5760991	2024-10-01T09:52:41	peterst28	politics		0	16	Election 2024: Where Donald Trump and Kamala Harris stand on issues \| AP News Menu Menu World U.S. Politics Sports Entertainment Business Science Fact Check Oddities Be Well Newsletters Newsletters AP News Alerts Keep your pulse on the news with breaking news alerts from The AP. The Morning Wire Our flagship newsletter breaks down the biggest headlines of the day. Ground Game Exclusive insights and key stories from the world of politics. Beyond the Story Executive Editor Julie Pace brings you behind the scenes of the AP newsroom. AP Entertainment Wire Get AP's first personalized newsletter delivering you entertainment news twice a week. AP Top 25 Women's Basketball Poll Alerts Women's college basketball poll alerts and updates. 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Politics Harris and Trump offer worlds-apart contrasts on top issues in presidential race This combination photo shows Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at an event, Aug. 15, 2024, in Bedminster, N.J., left, and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris at a campaign event in Raleigh, N.C., Aug. 16, 2024. (AP Photo) By JOSH BOAK, JILL COLVIN and SEUNG MIN KIM Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Voters in this year’s presidential election are choosing between two conflicting visions of the United States offered by Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump. The outcome will affect how the country sees itself and how it’s viewed across the world, with repercussions that could echo for decades.Since replacing President Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee, Harris has pledged to blaze her own path forward. But many of the vice president’s ideas are well trod by Biden: middle-class tax cuts, tax increases on the wealthy and corporations, a restoration of abortion rights, a government that aggressively addresses climate change. and a commitment to uphold democratic values and the rule of law.Trump has pledged retaliation against rivals as he pushes to fulfill an agenda sidetracked during his previous term by the global pandemic. The former president wants to undertake a mass deportation of migrants who are living in the United States illegally, extend and expand his 2017 tax cuts, greatly increase tariffs and offer more support for fossil fuels and less support for renewable energy. He has attacked transgender rights and pledged to end Russia’s war with Ukraine while suggesting Ukraine must make territorial concessions. He also is seeking to concentrate more government power within the White House.The candidates have spelled out their ideas in speeches, advertisements and other venues. Both say that their approach would do more to lift up workers, the middle class and the promises that have defined America. While Trump and Harris agree on not taxing workers’ tips, the similarities largely stop there — a further sign of how the election’s outcome could reshape the country.A look at where each candidate stands on 10 top issues:AbortionHARRIS: She has called on Congress to pass legislation guaranteeing abortion access in federal law, a right that stood for nearly 50 years before being overturned by the Supreme Court in 2022. She has campaigned on how the patchwork of state laws limiting abortion have hurt women’s access to medical care, in one prominent case leading to the death in Georgia of Amber Nicole Thurman.Harris has promoted the administration’s efforts short of federal law, including steps to protect women who travel to access the procedure and limit how law enforcement collects medical records. Her argument to the public is rooted in the concept of freedom, saying “the freedom to make decisions about one’s own body should not be made by the government.”TRUMP: He often brags about nominating the Supreme Court justices who overturned Roe v. Wade. After dodging questions about when in pregnancy he believed abortion should be restricted, Trump announced last spring that decisions on access and cutoffs should be left to the states. He has praised the patchwork of restrictions that have emerged across Republican-led states, saying the people are deciding.He has said he would not sign a national abortion ban into law and would not try to block access to abortion medication, after initially waffling. He told Time magazine that it should also be left up to states to determine whether to prosecute women for abortions or to monitor their pregnancies, but he has not rejected the idea outright. He has said that, if he wins, he wants to make in vitro fertilization treatment free for women. He has even claimed that he is the “father” of the treatment, first used in 1978, even though it has only come under threat because of the overturning of Roe v. Wade. EXPLAINING THE U.S. ELECTIONHow does America vote? What’s the media’s role in the U.S. election? And more ins and outs of U.S. elections, explained. Elections, explained: Answers to all of your election questions.Guidebook: These are the 25 people, places, races, dates and things to know about Election Day.Latest news: Find our complete coverage of the 2024 Election.Stay informed: Keep up-to-date with all things politics with AP’s Ground Game newsletter. Sign up here. Climate and energyHARRIS: She has done something of an about-face, saying in her campaign that it’s possible to continue hydraulic fracturing for fossil fuels even as she embraces policies that favor renewable energy resources. Republicans are quick to point out that Harris opposed offshore drilling and fracking during her short-lived campaign for the 2020 presidential nomination.As a senator from California, Harris was an early sponsor of the Green New Deal, a sweeping series of proposals meant to swiftly move the U.S. to fully green energy. It was a plan championed by the Democratic Party’s most progressive wing. But during her tenure as vice president, Harris has adopted more moderate positions, focusing on implementing the climate provisions of the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act. That provided nearly $375 billion for things such as financial incentives for electric cars and clean energy projects.The Biden administration has also enlisted more than 20,000 young people in a national Climate Corps, a Peace Corps-like program to promote conservation through projects such as weatherizing homes and repairing wetlands. Despite that, it’s unlikely that the U.S. will be on track to meet Biden’s goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030.TRUMP: His mantra for one of his top policy priorities: “DRILL, BABY, DRILL.” Trump, who in the past said climate change was a “hoax” and harbors a particular disdain for wind power, says it’s his goal for the U.S. to have the cheapest energy and electricity in the world. He has claimed he will cut prices in half within a year of his potential return to office. While he often criticizes the Biden administration for its policies, domestic oil production has already been at near-record highs since late 2023, according to the Energy Information Administration.Trump wants to push that higher by increasing oil drilling on public lands, offering tax breaks to oil, gas and coal producers, speeding the approval of natural gas pipelines, opening dozens of new power plants, including nuclear facilities, and rolling back the Biden administration’s aggressive efforts to get people to switch to electric cars, which he argues have a place but shouldn’t be forced on consumers. He has also pledged to re-exit the Paris climate agreement, end wind subsidies and eliminate regulations imposed and proposed by the Biden administration targeting energy-inefficient kinds of lightbulbs, stoves, dishwashers and shower heads.Democracy and the rule of lawHARRIS: Like Biden, Harris has decried Trump as a threat to the nation’s democracy. She has agreed with former Trump administration officials who labeled him a “fascist.”Harris has leaned more heavily into her personal background as a prosecutor and contrasted that with Trump being found guilty of 34 felony counts in a New York hush money case and being found liable for fraudulent business practices and sexual abuse in civil court. Harris initially talked less frequently than Biden did about Trump’s denial of his 2020 loss and his incitement of the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol. But in the closing weeks of the 2024 campaign, she increasingly has framed the prospect of another Trump term as “dangerous.”TRUMP: After refusing to accept that Biden won, Trump hasn’t committed to accepting the 2024 results. He’s repeatedly promised to pardon the Jan. 6 defendants jailed for assaulting police officers and other crimes during the attack on the Capitol, and recently threatened to jail lawyers, election officials, donors and others “involved in unscrupulous behavior” surrounding November’s vote. He has lashed out at media organizations, threatening their broadcast licenses in response to debate questions and coverage he’s deemed unfair.Trump has called his Democratic rivals the “enemy within” who are “more dangerous than China, Russia and all these countries.” He pledges to overhaul the Justice Department and FBI “from the ground up,” aggrieved by the criminal charges the department has brought against him. He promises to deploy the National Guard to cities such as Chicago that are struggling with violent crime and in response to protests, and has also pledged to appoint a special prosecutor to go after Biden.Federal government HARRIS: Like Biden, Harris has campaigned hard against “Project 2025" — a plan that Trump has denounced but that was written by leading conservatives and many of his former administration officials.The plan lays out how to move as swiftly as possible to dramatically remake the federal government and push it to the right if Trump wins the White House. She is also part of an administration that is taking steps to make it harder for any mass firings of civil servants to happen. In April, the Office of Personnel Management issued a new rule that would ban federal workers from being reclassified as political appointees or other at-will employees, thus making them easier to dismiss. That was in response to Schedule F, a 2020 executive order from Trump that reclassified tens of thousands of federal workers to make firing them easier.TRUMP: The former president has tried to distance himself from Project 2025, despite his close ties to many of its key architects. He has nonetheless pledged to undertake his own overhaul of the federal bureaucracy, which he has long blamed for blocking his first-term agenda, saying: “I will totally obliterate the deep state.” He plans to reissue the Schedule F order stripping civil service protections. He says he would then act to fire “rogue bureaucrats,” including those who ”weaponized our justice system,” and the “warmongers and America-Last globalists in the Deep State, the Pentagon, the State Department, and the national security industrial complex.”Trump has pledged to terminate the Education Department and wants to curtail the independence of regulatory agencies such as the Federal Communications Commission. As part of his effort to cut government waste and red tape, he has promised to eliminate at least 10 federal regulations for every new one imposed. What to know about the 2024 election:Turning promises into policy: Americans frustrated over high prices await the change Trump has promised. Proponents of school choice will have an ally in the White House once again, but private schooling suffered high-profile defeats in several states.Balance of power: Republicans won control of the U.S. Senate, giving the GOP a major power center in Washington. Control over the House of Representatives is still up for grabs.AP VoteCast: Democracy was a motivating factor for both Harris and Trump voters, but for very different reasons.Voto a voto: Sigue la cobertura de AP en español de las elecciones en EEUU.News outlets globally count on the AP for accurate U.S. election results. Since 1848, the AP has been calling races up and down the ballot. Support us. Donate to the AP. ImmigrationHARRIS: Trying to defuse GOP criticism, Harris has said she would sign into law a bipartisan Senate compromise killed by Republican lawmakers at Trump’s request. It would have toughened asylum standards and meant more border agents, immigration judges and asylum officers. She said she would bring back that bill and sign it, saying that Trump “talks the talk, but doesn’t walk the walk” on immigration.Harris likes to talk up her experience as California attorney general, saying she walked drug smuggler tunnels and successfully prosecuted gangs that moved narcotics and people across the U.S.-Mexico border. Early in his term, Biden made Harris his administration’s point person on the root causes of migration. Trump and top Republicans now blame Harris for a situation at that border, which they say is out of control due to policies that were too lenient. Harris has endorsed a comprehensive immigration overhaul, seeking paths to citizenship for immigrants in the U.S. without legal status, with a faster track for young immigrants living in the country illegally who arrived as children.TRUMP: He has returned to the harsh immigration rhetoric that marked his previous campaigns. He promises to mount the largest domestic deportation in U.S. history, an operation that could involve detention camps and the National Guard. He would bring back policies he put in place during his first term, like the Remain in Mexico program and Title 42, which placed curbs on migrants on public health grounds. He has called for the death penalty for any migrant who kills a U.S. citizen.Trump would revive and expand the travel ban that originally targeted citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries. After the Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas on Israel, Trump pledged new “ideological screening” for immigrants to bar “dangerous lunatics, haters, bigots, and maniacs.” He would try to deport people who are in the U.S. legally but harbor “jihadist sympathies.” He would seek to end birthright citizenship for people born in the U.S. whose parents are both in the country illegally.Israel and GazaHARRIS: Harris says Israel has a right to defend itself, and she’s repeatedly decried Hamas as a terrorist organization. But the vice president might have helped defuse some backlash from progressives by being more vocal about the need to better protect civilians during fighting in Gaza.More than 42,000 Palestinians have been killed in the war in Gaza, according to the Health Ministry in the Hamas-ruled territory. The ministry does not distinguish between civilians and militants in its count, but says that women and children make up just over half of the dead. Israel says it has killed more than 17,000 militants in the war.Like Biden, Harris supports a proposed hostage-for-extended cease-fire deal that aims to bring all remaining hostages and Israeli dead home. Biden and Harris say the deal could lead to a permanent end to the war and they have endorsed a two-state solution, which would have Israel existing alongside an independent Palestinian state. But Biden is also confronting the prospect of a widening conflict in Lebanon and attacks by Iran even as they both see Israel’s recent killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar as a reason for a cease-fire to be more likely.TRUMP: He has expressed support for Israel’s efforts to “destroy” Hamas, but he’s also been critical of some of Israel’s tactics. He says the country must finish the job quickly and get back to peace. He has called for more aggressive responses to pro-Palestinian protests at college campuses and applauded police efforts to clear encampments. Trump also proposes to revoke the student visas of those who espouse antisemitic or anti-American views and deport those who support Hamas.LGBTQ+ issuesHARRIS: During her rallies, Harris accuses Trump and his party of seeking to roll back a long list of freedoms, including the ability “to love who you love openly and with pride.” She leads audiences in chants of “We’re not going back.”While her campaign has yet to produce specifics on its plans, she has been part of a Biden administration that regularly denounces discrimination and attacks against the LGBTQ+ community. Early in Biden’s term, his administration reversed an executive order from Trump that had largely banned transgender people from military service. His Education Department issued a rule that says Title IX, the 1972 law protecting women’s rights, also bars discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. That rule was silent on the issue of transgender athletes.TRUMP: He has pledged to keep transgender women out of women’s sports and says he will ask Congress to pass a bill establishing that “only two genders,” as determined at birth, are recognized by the United States. He promises to “defeat the toxic poison of gender ideology.”As part of his crackdown on gender-affirming care, he would declare that any health care provider participating in the “chemical or physical mutilation of minor youth” no longer meets federal health and safety standards and is barred from receiving federal money. He would take similarly punitive steps in schools against any teacher or school official who “suggests to a child that they could be trapped in the wrong body.”Trump would support a national prohibition of hormonal or surgical intervention for transgender minors and bar transgender people from military service.NATO and UkraineHARRIS: The vice president has yet to specify how her positions on Russia’s war with Ukraine might differ from Biden’s, other than to praise his efforts to rebuild alliances unraveled by Trump, particularly NATO, the military alliance that is a critical bulwark against Russian aggression.The Biden administration has pledged unceasing support for Ukraine against Russia’s invasion. Washington has sent tens of billions of dollars in military and other aid to Ukraine, including $61 billion in weapons, ammunition and other assistance that is expected to last through the end of this year. The government has also reached an agreement with allies to provide Ukraine with a $50 billion loan — with $20 billion from the United States — that would be backed by frozen Russian financial assets.The administration has maintained that continuing U.S. assistance is critical because Russian leader Vladimir Putin will not stop at invading Ukraine. Harris has said previously that it would be foolish to risk global alliances the U.S. has established and decried Putin’s “brutality.”TRUMP: The former president has repeatedly taken issue with U.S. aid to Ukraine and says he will continue to “fundamentally reevaluate” the mission and purpose of the NATO alliance if he returns to office. He has claimed, without explanation, that he will be able to end the war before his inauguration by bringing both sides to the negotiating table. (His approach seems to hinge on Ukraine giving up at least some of its Russian-occupied territory in exchange for a cease-fire.)On NATO, he has assailed member nations for years for failing to meet agreed-upon military spending targets. Trump drew alarms this year when he said that, as president, he had warned leaders that he would not only refuse to defend nations that don’t hit those targets, but that he also “would encourage” Russia “to do whatever the hell they want” to countries that are “delinquent.”Tariffs and tradeHARRIS: The Biden-Harris administration has tried to boost trade with allies in Europe, Asia and North America, while using tariffs and other targeted tools to go after rivals such as China. The Democratic administration kept Trump’s tariffs on China in place, while adding a ban on exporting advanced computer chips to that country and providing incentives to boost U.S. industries.In May, the administration specifically targeted China with increased tariffs on electric vehicles and steel and aluminum, among other products.TRUMP: He wants a dramatic expansion of tariffs on nearly all imported foreign goods, saying that “we’re going to have 10% to 20% tariffs on foreign countries that have been ripping us off for years.” He has suggested tariffs of 100% or more on Chinese goods. He treats these taxes as a way to fund other tax cuts, lower the deficit and possibly fund child care — though economists say the tariffs could raise prices for consumers without generating the revenues Trump promises.Trump would urge Congress to pass legislation giving the president authority to impose a reciprocal tariff on any country that imposes one on the U.S. Much of his trade agenda has focused on China. Trump has proposed phasing out Chinese imports of essential goods including electronics, steel and pharmaceuticals and wants to ban Chinese companies from owning U.S. infrastructure in sectors such as energy, technology and farmland.TaxesHARRIS: With much of the 2017 tax overhaul expiring at end of next year, Harris is pledging tax cuts for more than 100 million working and middle class households. In addition to preserving some of the expiring cuts, she wants to make permanent a tax credit of as much as $3,600 per child and offer a special $6,000 tax credit for new parents.Harris says her administration would expand tax credits for first-time homebuyers and would push to build 3 million new housing units in four years, while wiping out taxes on tips and endorsing tax breaks for entrepreneurs. Like Biden, she wants to raise the corporate tax rate to 28% and the corporate minimum tax to 21%. The current corporate rate is 21% and the corporate minimum, raised under the Inflation Reduction Act, is at 15% for companies making more than $1 billion a year. But Harris would not increase the capital gains tax as much as Biden had proposed on investors with more than $1 million in income.TRUMP: Trump has promised a slew of new tax cuts aimed at groups he has been trying to win over this election, including eliminating taxes on tips received by workers — a policy later embraced by Harris, who would also raise the minimum wage for tipped workers. Trump wants to eliminate taxes on Social Security benefits and taxes on overtime pay, and has pledged to make interest on car loans tax-deductible like mortgage payments -– but only for cars built in the U.S.The former president has promised to extend and even expand all of the 2017 tax cuts that he signed into law, while also paying down the debt. He has proposed cutting the overall corporate tax rate to 15% from 21%, but only for companies that make their products in the U.S. He would repeal any tax increases signed into law by Biden. 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JD Vance Says His “Mamaw” Had Eight Miscarriages. His Policies Deny Women Like Her Lifesaving Care.	1ftkg0l	https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/10/jd-vance-says-his-mamaw-had-eight-miscarriages/	2024-10-01T10:02:42	freddledgruntbugly	politics		7,616	199	JD Vance Says His “Mamaw” Had Eight Miscarriages. His Policies Deny Women Like Her Lifesaving Care. – Mother Jones Skip to main content Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on BlueskyEmailComments Donate Donate Subscribe Trump Immigration Democrats Elon Musk Newsletters Politics Environment Criminal Justice Guns Race Gender + Sexuality Food Podcast Video Magazine Trump Immigration Democrats Elon Musk Subscribe to our magazine Donate Monthly Donate Smart, Fearless Journalism Politics Environment Criminal Justice Guns Race Gender Food Podcast Video Magazine Newsletters PoliticsOctober 1, 2024JD Vance Says His “Mamaw” Had Eight Miscarriages. His Policies Deny Women Like Her Lifesaving Care.His position is curious for someone whose story begins with the pregnancy of a 13-year-old girl. Stephanie MencimerSenior ReporterBio \| Follow Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on BlueskyEmailComments JD Vance speaks to supporters during a campaign event at the Northwestern Michigan Fair grounds.Scott Olson/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. One in every 10 pregnancies in the US ends in a miscarriage, a common medical event for which there are safe and effective treatments should there be complications. But over the past two years, having a miscarriage in many states has become far more dangerous, thanks in part to the Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs decision overturning Roe v Wade. Thirteen states have passed total abortion bans. Three others ban abortion after six weeks—a de facto ban. These laws have resulted in a rash of horror stories—not about the anticipated illegal backroom abortion deaths, but about ordinary women having ordinary but occasionally life-threatening pregnancy complications, while hospitals and doctors refuse to treat them for fear of being prosecuted. Reporters and lawyers have chronicled stories of miscarrying women nearly dying from blood loss and infection, suffering debilitating injuries, and future infertility because of delayed care. One Texas hospital, the AP reported, even left a woman to miscarry in the ER restroom because the staff refused to treat her. Her husband had to call 911 from the ER for help. Among the legion of GOP anti-abortion politicians in the US who’ve helped create this carnage, there is one you might expect to have some sympathy for the suffering of these women: Vice presidential candidate and Ohio Sen. JD Vance. On the surface, the politician who denigrated Democrats as the party of “childless cat ladies” and suggested that “the whole purpose of the postmenopausal female, in theory,” was to take care of children, would not be an obvious softie for the victims of policies that have left women bleeding out in hospital restrooms. And yet, he might understand the situation better than many of his Republican colleagues. Vance owes much of his fame and political career to his bestselling 2016 memoir, Hillbilly Elegy, a coming-of-age story about his triumph over family dysfunction, addiction, absent fathers, and cycles of abuse. The memoir’s beating heart is Bonnie Blanton Vance, or “Mamaw,” the maternal grandmother Vance called his “guardian angel” in his July acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention. Blanton helped raise the future Yale Law School grad when his drug-addicted mother could not, saving him from becoming just another entry in a long family history of shiftless angry men. In Hillbilly Elegy, Vance holds Blanton up as the force of nature behind his successes. But the book also suggests she may be an unintended case study of something quite different: the importance of reproductive health care for everyone. In his memoir, Vance says that his beloved grandmother suffered eight miscarriages over 10 years, plus four pregnancies that came to term. Today, many of the women suffering from denied miscarriages and abortion care “have similar life stories to his grandmother,” says Debra Stulberg, a professor of family medicine at the University of Chicago who studies miscarriage care. The word “abortion” never appears in Hillbilly Elegy, and Vance doesn’t seem to have ever spoken publicly about the particular chapter of his grandmother’s difficult life. (A spokesperson for Vance did not respond to questions for this story by publication.) But his grandmother’s story, which helped make him famous, seems to underly Vance’s intense opposition to abortion—one that’s even more extreme than the man he shares the GOP ticket with. In 2023, Vance signed on to a letter to the secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services, along with 29 other Republican lawmakers, urging the agency to reverse a new rule that bars law enforcement officers from accessing patients’ reproductive healthcare records, particularly those trying to prosecute women for crossing state lines for abortion care. “Abortion is not health care,” the letter said. “It is a brutal act that destroys the life of an unborn child and hurts women.” Vance supports a national abortion ban, and he doesn’t believe in exceptions for rape and incest. “Two wrongs don’t make a right,” he said in an interview during his 2022 Ohio Senate campaign. “It’s not whether a woman should be forced to bring a child to term, it’s whether a child should be allowed to live, even though the circumstances of that child’s birth are somehow inconvenient or a problem to the society.” “It’s not whether a woman should be forced to bring a child to term, it’s whether a child should be allowed to live, even though the circumstances of that child’s birth are somehow inconvenient or a problem to the society.” Vance’s position is a curious one for someone whose origin story begins with the pregnancy of a 13-year-old girl. In his memoir, Vance writes that his grandfather, Jim Vance, and his grandmother’s best friend, Bonnie Smith, were lovers. At some point, he writes, 16-year-old Jim cheated on Bonnie Smith with 13-year-old Bonnie Blanton. The “affair” resulted in a pregnancy that prompted the couple to flee Appalachian Kentucky for Dayton, Ohio, to escape Blanton’s murderously protective brothers. Today, Blanton’s first pregnancy would be considered the result of statutory rape in many states, and a felony carrying prison time. The pregnancy was also exceedingly dangerous. “Teen pregnancies, especially 15 and under, are by definition high risk,” says Stulberg. Perhaps no surprise, then, that Blanton’s baby died a week after she was born. It seems clear from Hillbilly Elegy that Blanton’s unplanned pregnancy at 13 was a singular catastrophic event that trapped her in a violent marriage for decades. “Mamaw never spent a day in high school,” Vance writes. “She’d given birth to and buried a child before she could legally drive a car.” Her husband was an abusive alcoholic; Blanton famously once tried to set him on fire when he had passed out drunk on the couch. Yet Vance seems to view Mamaw’s adolescent pregnancy not as a catastrophe but as the catalyst that launched his family out of Hatfield and McCoy territory and into suburban Ohio, where there were more opportunities. “Mamaw’s entire life—and the trajectory of our family—may have changed for a baby who lived only six days,” he writes. Blanton died in 2005, at the age of 72, when Vance was only 20 and still in the Marines. As a result, “We don’t get to hear her take on this story,” Stulberg says. “That could be very different from his.” Having a baby at 13 may have set in motion Vance’s path to the vice president’s office. But it also may have set up Blanton for the years of fertility issues Vance describes in his memoir. According to him, she had eight miscarriages in the decade between the live birth of an uncle in 1951 and the birth of his mother in 1961. But in his book, Vance displays a striking lack of curiosity about the details of those miscarriages, other than to speculate that they may have been triggered by the stress of being married to an abusive alcoholic. Without Blanton around to fill in the details, such as how far along in her pregnancies she was when she miscarried, we can only speculate. But experts I spoke with found it highly unlikely that a woman who’d had eight miscarriages, plus four pregnancies, the first at 13, would not at some point have needed either a therapeutic abortion or the sort of miscarriage treatment that Vance’s preferred reproductive health policies now make difficult to obtain in many states. Having a history of multiple pregnancies itself is a risk factor, Stulberg notes. “The risks of preterm labor and postpartum hemorrhage are higher,” she says. Preterm labor is a common reason for miscarriage management, including what is essentially the abortion of a nonviable fetus. “Politicians may say very easily that there’s no reason why miscarriage should be affected by these [abortion bans],” says Daniel Grossman, an OB-GYN at the University of California, San Francisco, and head of a research program that has been tracking the state of reproductive health care since the overturning of Roe. “But in fact, the treatments that are done for miscarriage are almost identical to the treatments for abortion, including the abortion pill.” “The treatments that are done for miscarriage are almost identical to the treatments for abortion, including the abortion pill.” Grossman recently co-authored a study that compiled accounts from dozens of clinicians who had observed the horrific treatment of pregnant women in need of medical care that they were either denied or forced to obtain at great expense because of strict state abortion bans, often with great trauma. Consider this account from a clinician in a state with an abortion ban, describing what happened to a woman who was 19 to 20 weeks pregnant. When she arrived at the ER, doctors found that the amniotic sac was protruding through her cervix—evidence of a doomed pregnancy. But they sent her home. The next day, she showed up at the ER in the immense pain of advanced labor. Anesthesiologists refused to provide her an epidural for pain because they believed it “could be considered [a crime] under the new law,” the clinician reported. Instead, they gave her some IV morphine as she labored for several more hours to deliver a dead fetus. “I overheard the primary provider say to a nurse that so much as offering a helping hand to a patient getting onto the gurney while in the throes of a miscarriage could be construed as ‘aiding and abetting an abortion,’” the horrified clinician reported. “Best not to so much as touch the patient who is miscarrying.” Even before Roe v. Wade, doctors didn’t treat pregnant patients like this, says Mary Ziegler, a law professor at the University of California Davis who studies the history of abortion care in the United States. Back then, doctors were given more deference to decide when a woman’s life was in danger. She says even in 1946, when Blanton first got pregnant, a family doctor would likely have been able to quietly perform an abortion on a 13-year-old without running afoul of the authorities. Indeed, it was exactly these sorts of child pregnancies that led to legal reforms that created exceptions to anti-abortion laws in the first place, she says. Today, however, 10 states now have abortion bans with no exceptions for rape or incest, and six have no exceptions for the health of patients, even if they’re children. Politicians like Vance “don’t see exceptions [to abortion bans] as being necessary to address tragedies,” Ziegler says. “They see them as loopholes.” For Stulberg, Vance may be misreading his grandmother’s story. She says research shows that women who want abortions but can’t get them fare much more poorly than women who do. But they also manage to survive, as Vance’s grandmother did. “It’s almost like women’s resilience protects society from seeing the harm,” she says. “To be that educated,” Stulberg says of Vance, and to have his life experience, and “then choose to support these policies is not caring that women are going to die.” Women just like his grandmother. Update, October 1: After this story published, Taylor Van Kirk, a spokeswoman for Vance, sent this comment: “Throughout his campaign for U.S. Senate and during his time in office, Senator Vance has consistently made clear that he supports reasonable exceptions for rape, incest, and life of the mother. 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(AP Photo/Laurence Kesterson) By BRIAN SLODYSKO Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print WASHINGTON (AP) — As he campaigned for the Senate two years ago, JD Vance harshly criticized a bipartisan 2021 law to invest more than $1 trillion in America’s crumbling infrastructure, calling it a “huge mistake” shaped by Democrats who want to spend big taxpayer dollars on “really crazy stuff.”That hasn’t stopped the first-term Ohio senator and Republican vice-presidential nominee from seeking more than $200 million in federal money made available through the law for projects across his state, according to records reviewed by The Associated Press.Vance is hardly alone among Republicans who have condemned spending enacted under Democratic President Joe Biden, only to later reap the benefit when government funds flow to popular projects back home. In this case, he also was criticizing the achievement of one of the bill’s authors — former Sen. Rob Portman, the Ohio Republican he succeeded. “I believe you should campaign how you govern so that you are consistent in your message and voters know what they are going to get,” said Ohio state Sen. Matt Dolan, one of Vance’s 2022 Republican primary rivals, who was the only GOP candidate to support the bill. More election coverage Arizona’s Democratic governor faces uphill battle as Republicans control Legislature Biden says he’s leaving Trump with a ‘strong hand to play’ in world conflicts West Virginia’s conservative shift could sharpen under its new governor Parker Magid, a spokesperson for Vance said, “Senators are elected by their constituents to fight for them in Washington, regardless of the party in charge. The fact is that this bill was a wish list of destructive Biden-Harris policy proposals and over 1,000 pages long, but as his constituents expect of him, Senator Vance successfully advocated for full and fair consideration of legitimate expenditures on Ohio projects by the federal government.” To the man Vance defeated in the general election, former Democratic congressman Tim Ryan, Vance’s pivot “fits the general pattern of him being two-faced on just about everything.”“Look at the Trump stuff,” Ryan said. “He was ‘America’s Hitler’” in Vance’s estimation, ”then when it didn’t benefit him anymore to have that view, he changed it.” Trump had vowed to pass an infrastructure bill when he was president, but did not offer a plan, and “Infrastructure Week” became something of a punch line. That changed after Biden became president. A bipartisan group of senators including Portman and Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, then a Democrat, hashed out a roughly $1 trillion package that passed with 19 Republicans joining Democrats. Vance criticized the bill as a boondoggle tainted by Democrats’ preoccupation with racial justice.“I’m reading through this new infrastructure bill, and it includes all these ridiculous references to things called transportation equity, which is basically just importing critical race theory into our nation’s infrastructure programs,” Vance tweeted in August 2021. “It’s totally ridiculous and it’s obvious that Republicans have been had in supporting this bill.”During a September 2021 interview with CBS News, Vance said that the “mistake that Republicans have recently made on bipartisanship is that we gave Democrats a huge win.”“We do have infrastructure problems, but I don’t think this bill actually spends the money on the things that we need,” he said of the legislation, which Trump opposed. Portman, who cited “partisan gridlock” as a reason he retired from the Senate, was unavailable for comment.After taking office in January 2023, Vance appears to have warmed to the legislation his predecessor helped write — though not publicly. In 10 letters addressed to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg that were sent between 2023 and 2024, Vance requested more than $213 million made available through the law for Ohio projects, according to copies of his correspondence obtained by the AP. At least four of those projects were approved and are slated to get about $130 million, federal records show. Toledo received nearly $20 million to revitalize a majority Black area that was isolated from the city’s downtown when Interstate 75 was built in the 1960s. Toledo officials described the planning decision behind the location of the freeway as “discriminatory” in their federal application for the funding. “These once-thriving communities now suffer from some of the city’s highest rates of poverty, unemployment, and blight,” the application states. “Historically, this majority-Black area has been disproportionately impacted by harmful transportation policy decisions.” The application said those policies “caused displacement from which the area has never fully recovered.”Vance had previously mocked a journalist who asked Buttigieg about bias that went into decades-old planning decisions. “Nothing in our country works,” he tweeted in November 2021. “And our reporters ask about the racism of our roads?”As a senator he wrote that the project in Toledo had potentially “far-reaching” benefits, though he did include a disclaimer that he opposed “the Biden Administration’s emphasis on diversity, equity, and inclusion over outcomes of meaningful infrastructure improvements.” In another instance, Vance sought $29 million for low or no emissions buses. Vance has repeatedly railed against Democratic efforts to reduce emissions. In a recent opinion article in The Wall Street Journal, he singled out Vice President Kamala Harris and the Biden administration’s support for zero-emission efforts, arguing that they were “stifling investment in the coal, natural gas, and nuclear plants that Americans rely on.”Dolan, Vance’s 2022 primary rival, said he’s glad the senator seems to have changed his mind about the bill. “The talking points during a campaign sometimes don’t match the responsibility of governing,” Dolan said. “I think the two should be indistinguishable. That’s what it means to be a public servant.”He said if lawmakers were to “reject those dollars for political reasons, Ohio would suffer.” BRIAN SLODYSKO Slodysko is an investigative reporter for the Associated Press based in Washington. mailto Most read Trump administration gives schools a deadline to end DEI programs or risk losing federal money A deeper look at the talks between US and Russian officials as Trump suggests Ukraine is to blame Russia and US agree to work toward ending Ukraine war in a remarkable diplomatic shift A$AP Rocky dives into Rihanna’s arms as not guilty verdict is read at felony assault trial White House says Elon Musk is not in charge at DOGE, but is advising the president The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting. Founded in 1846, AP today remains the most trusted source of fast, accurate, unbiased news in all formats and the essential provider of the technology and services vital to the news business. 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JD Vance isn't just thin-skinned — he thinks whining is a winning political strategy	1ftkmkv	https://www.salon.com/2024/10/01/jd-vance-isnt-just-thin-skinned--he-thinks-whining-is-a-winning-political-strategy/	2024-10-01T10:15:29	zsreport	politics		1,499	109	JD Vance isn't just thin-skinned — he thinks whining is a winning political strategy \| Salon.com News & PoliticsCultureFoodScience & HealthMoneyLife StoriesVideoReviewsLifestyleThe New Sober BoomGetting Hooked on QuittingEducationLiberal Arts Cuts Are DangerousIs College Necessary?FinanceDying Parents Costing Millennials DearGen Z Investing In Le CreusetCryptoInvestingSEC vs Celebrity Crypto Promoters'Dark' Personalities Drawn to BTC Profile Log In/Sign Up Sticky Header Night Mode Saved Articles Go Ad-Free Logout subscribe Help keep Salon independent Newsletter Profile Login/Sign Up Sticky Header Night Mode Saved Articles Go Ad-Free Logout News & Politics Culture Food Science & Health Money Video COMMENTARY JD Vance isn't just thin-skinned — he thinks whining is a winning political strategy Trump's running mate soaks in the online culture of MAGA self-pity and doesn't realize it annoys normal people By Amanda Marcotte Senior Writer Published October 1, 2024 6:00AM (EDT) Republican vice presidential nominee, U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) speaks to a crowd during a rally at the Berks County Fairgrounds on September 21, 2024 in Leesport, Pennsylvania. (Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images) -- Shares Facebook Twitter Reddit Email To know Sen. JD Vance is to dislike him. The Ohio Republican was relatively unknown to most Americans before Donald Trump picked him as a running mate, and few, if any, politicians have garnered such a negative reaction in such a short period. It's not just his rants about "childless cat ladies." Focus groups show that voters are well aware that, while Vance publicly praises Trump like he's a god, he talks smack about his boss behind his back. But I suspect, like Heather "Digby" Parton wrote at Salon Monday, "his nasty, cold personality" is a factor in Vance's unpopularity. Vance can't seem to speak without whining. Every interview with him is a grievance-fest where he plays the victim of "the media," lies while falsely accusing his opponents of lying, and acts put out by inconsequential nonsense. He's as full of self-pity as Trump. Vance can be even more aggravating because, by all accounts, has a great life well beyond what he deserves: a beautiful family he doesn't appear to appreciate, a Senate seat purchased for him by a tech billionaire, and millions of dollars, despite not offering any real value to society or the economy. Vance's tendency to whine ad nauseam has not gone unnoticed. Jess Bidgood of the New York Times wrote a report Friday of how Vance reacts to even the most minor press questions with a torrent of complaining, such as when a local TV station reporter asked Vance about Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, whose Republican campaign for North Carolina's gubernatorial seat has been gone up in smoke after it was revealed he bragged about being a "black NAZI." “I knew I’d get this,” Vance said, throwing one hand up with the air of a parent allowing a troublesome child to have his say, instead of a candidate for vice president answering a reasonable question. As Bidgood notes, Vance reacts to practically every question this way, as if he can't believe reporters are even allowed to ask questions, even though they usually only do so after Vance invites them. Adam Wren of Politico also wrote on Saturday about Vance's relentless bellyaching. Often, reporters don't even get the question out before Vance is crying about it, encouraging the crowd of MAGA supporters to boo so loudly that the reporter can't be heard. Want more Amanda Marcotte on politics? Subscribe to her newsletter Standing Room Only. On Sunday, David Frum of the Atlantic argued that Vance "seethes with petty peevishness." But Frum also appears to believe that Vance is acting like a brat on accident. For instance, Vance threw a fit on CNN after host Dana Bash asked him why he lies about Haitians eating cats. The freshman senator insisted he was forced to lie by "the media," because they otherwise won't cover the stories he wants them to. Frum paints this tantrum as a "mistake," an impulsive admission by a thin-skinned bully who let his ego get the better of him. Frum also views Vance's aggrieved responses whenever he's asked about "cat ladies" in the same light, as Vance's childish inability to control his petulant emotions. The would-be vice president is a man who spends an excessive amount of time online and in conversation with alt-right, incel-adjacent posters and Elon Musk. Perhaps, but looking at the reporting from the New York Times and Politico — and adding my own experience observing Vance — I'd say the likelier explanation is that Vance thinks whining is a political strategy. The would-be vice president is a man who spends an excessive amount of time online and in conversation with alt-right, incel-adjacent posters and Elon Musk. He inhabits a space populated by right-wing windbags who have convinced each other, through endless repetition, that they are the most put-upon people in history. Having spent that much time in that toxic brew, Vance has come to believe that griping non-stop is political gold. It's been well-documented how much of Vance's linguistic tics, allusions, and ideas stem from what Martyn Wendell Jones of the Bulwark describes as the "hyper-online far-right milieu." Vance was mentored and funded by Silicon Valley billionaires who imagine themselves to be bold and edgy thinkers because they embrace "neo-reactionary" views, which is just a fancy term for fascism. It's a movement that imagines itself to be intellectually heady, replete with allusions to ancient writers and philosophers that mostly go unread. In practice, as Ginny Hogan at the Nation wrote, it's mostly defined by the childish behavior of men who should have outgrown this long ago: silly memes, lazy trolling and lots of whining. Related Why Republican attacks on Kamala Harris’ family keep falling flat Nothing is too small or light to avoid being sucked into the vortex of the extremely online right's decade-plus of endless griping. As Hogan documents, Vance caterwauled about everything, from TV shows being "woke" to — always — "cat ladies." It's a world full of men like Musk and Vance, who think they are unbearably clever but are incapable of even coming up with a new way to insult people, beyond accusing them of having pets. The result is a life of perpetual outrage because the rest of the world seems uninterested in flattering them endlessly about how they are the greatest, smartest, funniest, best boys of all time. In the dull world of the extremely online right, where "cat lady" is forever the sickest of burns, it is also common to mistake throwing a tantrum for strength. "Free speech" is defined as "we speak, you listen — and faint in adoration." Live in that space long enough and you start to think that yelling at a reporter for asking a question isn't embarrassing behavior. No, in the online MAGA world, sputtering "How dare you!" at a journalist for doing their job is regarded as a feat of strength on par with storming the beach at Normandy. It's tempting to see Vance whining yet again and assume that he's sorely in need of therapy. That may be so, but it's also true that his online space is a culture where whimpering like a spoiled child is mistaken for toughness, and he's forgotten that most people are rightfully grossed out by it. Social media generally breeds this problem of people getting so enmeshed in their subcultures that they forget that most people don't share their jargon or euphemisms. That can be relatively innocent, such as Swifties forgetting most people haven't memorized all the details of Taylor Swift's dating career. It can be self-defeating, such as Twitter-addicted leftists who forget most people don't see socialism as the obvious solution to all problems. It can turn into cults like QAnon. But what Vance's special sandbox of alt-right dudes shares is this bottomless sense of grievance, which they mistake for a manly virtue, instead of a sign of arrested development. As I've written about before, many on the left and in the media assume the Trump campaign regrets the Vance pick, but in truth, it seems Trump and his allies are pleased since they share Vance's view that petulance is strength. We were reminded of this again on Sunday when Donald Trump Jr. told Fox Business that Vance is "outstanding" and "Every time I watch him, whether it’s the Sunday morning shows, just dismantling the left on their home turf — I just feel totally vindicated in all of that decision." He might be BS-ing, but really, I think he means it. Trump Jr. is also a consummate crybaby, complaining to every camera about every little thing. So of course he feels this way. But it's hard to imagine that most Americans will start liking Vance after they hear him pull the "woe is me" act for the full length of tonight's debate. Read more about this topic "The map looks easier for her": Ipsos pollsters find "Harris is more effective" on voters' top issue "Pride paradox": Sociologist Arlie Hochschild on Trump's manipulation of white working class voters "Misinformation superspreaders": Elon Musk is personally boosting conspiracy theorists on X By Amanda Marcotte Amanda Marcotte is a senior politics writer at Salon and the author of "Troll Nation: How The Right Became Trump-Worshipping Monsters Set On Rat-F*cking Liberals, America, and Truth Itself." Follow her on Bluesky @AmandaMarcotte and sign up for her biweekly politics newsletter, Standing Room Only. MORE FROM Amanda Marcotte Related Topics ------------------------------------------ 2024 Election Commentary Donald Trump Elections Jd Vance Maga Related Articles Advertisement: Home About Staff Contact Privacy Terms of Service Archive Go Ad Free Copyright © 2025 Salon.com, LLC. 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Georgia judge overturns state’s six-week abortion law	1ftkxbs	https://www.foxnews.com/politics/georgia-judge-overturns-states-six-week-heartbeat-abortion-law-calls-unconstitutional	2024-10-01T10:35:39	WarmingNow	politics		1	1	Georgia judge overturns state’s six-week abortion law \| Fox News Fox News Media Fox News MediaFox BusinessFox NationFox News AudioFox WeatherOutkickFox NoticiasBooks Fox News U.S. Crime Immigration Terror True Crime Bryan Kohberger Politics Trump's First 100 Days Senate House Judiciary Foreign Policy Fox News Polls Elections World U.N. 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A judge in Fulton County, Georgia, has overturned the state’s "Heartbeat Law" on abortion, which made it illegal to terminate a pregnancy after six weeks. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney issued the order on Monday, saying abortions must be regulated the way they were before the "Heartbeat Law" went into effect, meaning abortions could be allowed until the 22-week mark."The authors of our Constitutions, state and federal, entrusted to future generations a charter protecting the right of all persons to enjoy liberty as we learn its meaning," McBurney wrote in his final order. "A review of our higher courts' interpretations of ‘liberty’ demonstrates that liberty in Georgia includes in its meaning, in its protections, and in its bundle of rights the power of a woman to control her own body, to decide what happens to it and in it, and to reject state interference with her healthcare choices. "That power is not, however, unlimited," the judge added. "When a fetus growing inside a woman reaches viability, when society can assume care and responsibility for that separate life, then – and only then – may society intervene." GEORGIA SUPREME COURT REJECTS CHALLENGE TO ABORTION LAW Anit-abortion activists hold signs outside the U.S. Supreme Court after overturning of Roe Vs. Wade, in Washington, D.C., on June 24, 2022. (Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images) McBurney continued, saying a law that prevents abortions after six weeks was inconsistent with those rights as well as the proper balance that a viability rule establishes between a woman’s rights and society’s interests in protecting and caring for unborn infants.He then declared the "Life Act" as "unconstitutional." Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, a Republican, signed the "Heartbeat" abortion bill, also known as the Living Infants Fairness and Equality Act," into law in 2019. The law made abortions after the six-week mark illegal.GEORGIA GOV. BRIAN KEMP SIGNS CONTROVERSIAL 'HEARTBEAT' BILL INTO LAW An abortion-rights demonstrator holds a sign during a rally, May 14, 2022. (AP) There were exceptions written into the law, including rape and incest, as long as a police report was filed. Another exception to the law allowed for abortions after six weeks if the mother’s life was at risk or if a serious medical condition rendered a fetus inviable. The law signed by Kemp was blocked by a federal judge in October 2019 — before it went into effect — and ruled it violated the right to abortion established by Roe. v. Wade in 1973.The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, which cleared the way for Georgia’s law on abortion to go into effect.GEORGIA ABORTION LAW: A LOOK BACK AT WHAT HOLLYWOOD PRODUCTION COMPANIES HAVE SAID ABOUT FILMING IN THE STATE Georgia's Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed the "Heartbeat" abortion bill in 2019, though a Fulton County judge called the law unconstitutional. (Megan Varner/Getty Images) McBurney, in November 2022, ruled the law was "unequivocally unconstitutional" because it was enacted in 2019 when Roe v. Wade allowed abortions after six weeks.But in October 2023, the Georgia Supreme Court rejected the ruling in a 6-1 decision, saying McBurney was wrong."When the United States Supreme Court overrules its own precedent interpreting the United States Constitution, we are then obligated to apply the Court’s new interpretation of the Constitution’s meaning on matters of federal constitutional law," Justice Verda Colvin wrote for the majority. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP McBurney’s ruling on Monday stated that the state, county, municipal and other local authorities are "enjoined" from seeking to enforce the six-week abortion law.The Associated Press contributed to this report. Greg Wehner is a breaking news reporter for Fox News Digital.Story tips and ideas can be sent to [email protected] and on Twitter @GregWehner. 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5 possible October surprises that could roil the Trump-Harris race	1ftl0mk	https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4907731-5-october-surprises-trump-harris-race/	2024-10-01T10:41:53	malcolm58	politics		0	53	null	127
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California sues Catholic hospital for denying emergency abortion	1ftl660	https://www.reuters.com/legal/california-sues-catholic-hospital-refusing-provide-emergency-abortion-2024-09-30/	2024-10-01T10:52:01	RollSafer	politics		633	76	null	130
Republicans have a history of voting NO on disaster relief funds for thier own states. Even as hurricanes loom for thier own states or other states. They're pretending through thier social media they're leading and fighting for thier constituents. They're using disasters for political gain.	1ftl85m	https://www.nationalmemo.com/disaster-relief	2024-10-01T10:55:34	doubtfulisland	politics		1	1	null	131
J.D. Vance’s Leaked DMs Reveal Brutal Verdict on Trump’s First Term	1ftl9r9	https://newrepublic.com/post/186439/jd-vance-criticize-trump-failed-to-deliver?09292024	2024-10-01T10:58:35	P_a_s_g_i_t_24	politics		2,344	101	J.D. Vance’s Leaked DMs Reveal Brutal Verdict on Trump’s First Term \| The New Republic You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browserand improve your visit to our site. Skip NavigationThe New RepublicThe New RepublicLATESTBREAKING NEWSPOLITICSCLIMATECULTUREMAGAZINENEWSLETTERSPODCASTSGAMESThe New Republic The New RepublicThe New RepublicThe New RepublicThe New RepublicLATESTBREAKING NEWSPOLITICSCLIMATECULTUREMAGAZINENEWSLETTERSPODCASTSGAMESThe New Republic The New Republic The New RepublicBreaking News Breaking Newsfrom Washington and beyondMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 27, 2024/9:31 a.m. ETShare This StoryJ.D. Vance’s Leaked DMs Reveal Brutal Verdict on Trump’s First TermJ.D. Vance privately claimed that Donald Trump “thoroughly failed to deliver” in newly leaked messages.Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesIt turns out that as recently as 2020, J.D. Vance was critical of Donald Trump. The Washington Post reported Friday that the Republican vice presidential nominee called out Trump as having “just so thoroughly failed to deliver on his economic populism (excepting a disjointed China policy),” in one of multiple direct messages on Twitter (now X) back in February 2020. Vance has explained his shift from being a “Never Trump” conservative in 2016, promoting his book Hillbilly Elegy, to supporting Trump in 2020 by saying Trump’s presidential term changed his mind. But apparently, that wasn’t really the case. In another message in June 2020, just months before the election, Vance wrote, “I think Trump will probably lose.” When Trump did lose, Vance claimed the election was stolen by the Democrats. The messages were shared with the Post by their recipient anonymously out of fear of retaliation. They were also sent years after Vance was critical of Trump during his 2016 campaign for president, when he called Trump “reprehensible” and “America’s Hitler.” A Vance spokesperson told the Post the Ohio senator wasn’t actually criticizing Trump but “establishment Republicans who thwarted much of Trump’s populist economic agenda to increase tariffs and boost domestic manufacturing in Congress.”“Fortunately, Sen. Vance believes that Republicans in Congress are much more aligned with President Trump’s agenda today than they were back then, so he is confident that they won’t run into those same issues within the party,” said William Martin. But this statement doesn’t take into account that Vance also correctly predicted that Trump would lose the 2020 election, only to deny that after the fact. Vance has never been particularly clear on when he started to support Trump, the Post notes, begging the question of whether it was him actually changing his mind or making a calculated political decision. In another direct message, Vance even seemed open to government-run universal health care, saying Medicare for All “is a net positive, maybe not (details matter).” But Martin told the Post that Vance now believes “the Democrats[’] top-down Medicare for All plan would make healthcare worse for Americans,” which is backed up by Vance and Trump’s regressive health care proposals. Whatever the case may be, Vance is fully defending Trump and providing his own defenses for the former president’s proposed policies, nonsensical as they may be. But the Post’s revelations suggest that Vance could just be saying whatever he thinks will satisfy the MAGA faithful. Share This StoryMore on Politics:Trump’s Sudden Eruption of Rage at Jack Smith Reveals a Deeper FearMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/September 26, 2024/6:15 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Majorly Fumbles Harris’s Current Job in Weird, Droning SpeechDonald Trump appeared to forget that Kamala Harris isn’t currently president.Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty ImagesDonald Trump appeared to completely forget Thursday that Kamala Harris wasn’t the president for the past four years, during a breathless, lengthy rant on immigration.After a hearing at a New York City appeals court, Trump delivered a low-energy stump speech, where he attempted to hold his opponent solely responsible for every beat of the Biden administration’s immigration policy. “Four years ago, Kamala inherited the most secure border in U.S. history, with the lowest illegal immigration on record,” Trump said.“Those who violated our borders were captured, detained, and quickly sent back home under the Trump administration. But on her first day in office, Kamala Harris terminated every single Trump policy that sealed and secured the border.”Already, it was startlingly clear that Harris’s name could be replaced at any point with President Joe Biden’s. Trump then complained that Harris had been the one to order an “immediate stop” to the construction on the border wall when it was “almost complete.” He claimed that Harris had suspended all deportations, instituted catch and release “across the entire southern border,” and “sent Congress a bill demanding amnesty for all illegal aliens, every single illegal alien, even if they’re criminals, even if they’re murderers, even if they’re drug dealers … human traffickers.… She wanted amnesty for everybody.”Trump also seemed disappointed that Harris had “canceled” his Remain in Mexico policy. There’s only one problem: Harris isn’t solely responsible for any of this stuff because she isn’t president. She didn’t “order” or “terminate” or “cancel” any Trump policy because she didn’t have the authority. For example, the disastrous Remain in Mexico program, which was used to send nearly 70,000 migrants back into Mexico, was suspended by Biden after there were widespread reports of severe human rights violations and serious logistical issues. Of course, this isn’t the first time Trump has seemingly forgotten whom exactly he’s running against. When Harris first became the nominee, there was plenty of evidence to suggest that Trump was having a hard time adjusting—three months later, and he still doesn’t seem to have gotten a grasp on things. Later in his speech, Trump took aim at Harris for slamming his efforts to kill a bipartisan border bill earlier this year, which would’ve granted $20 billion in emergency spending at the southern border, in the most restrictive border legislation pushed by a Democratic president in recent memory. “She keeps talking about this law that they tried to put through Congress, but fortunately Congress was too smart for her,” Trump said “It would’ve been a disaster.“The damage was done, they’re trying to make it look better now. But the damage was done over the first three years. They’re trying to do anything to make it look better. Because it doesn’t poll very well for them—but it polls very well for me.” Trump seemingly can’t help but give away the game for his motivation for killing the bill: A weakened border hurts Harris among voters but gives him and his fearmongering, anti-immigrant platform a boost. A less than coherent Trump claimed that he won in 2016 because “I fix the border,” and whined that in 2020, “I couldn’t talk about the border because I fixed it, it was great.“But now we can talk about the border because this border, they un-fixed it,” Trump said. “This border is the worst border. And by the way, 25 times worse and more deadly, than the border in 2016.” It is unclear where he got that number. According to Customs and Border Protection, the agency had a total of 408,807 encounters along the southwest border in 2016. In 2023, that number was about 2.5 million—only about six times greater.Share This StoryRead more about Trump:Trump Appears to Have Lost a Total Grasp on ThingsMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 26, 2024/4:46 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Is on the Brink of a Win in His Massive New York Fraud CaseAn appeals court seems skeptical about Donald Trump’s $454 million civil fraud judgment.Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesDonald Trump may soon get a reduced penalty in his civil fraud case, if oral arguments in an appeals court Thursday are any indication. The intermediate appeals court in Manhattan heard Trump’s appeal against a New York ruling from February where he was not only fined $450 million plus interest but also barred from doing business in New York. Some of the judges on the five-member panel seemed at least receptive to the former president. “The immense penalty in this case is troubling,” said Justice Peter Moulton. “How do you tether the amount that was assessed by the Supreme Court to the harm that was caused here where the parties left these transactions happy?”Deputy New York Solicitor General Judith Vale, representing the state, was ready with a response, though. “Although this is a large number, it’s a large number for a couple reasons. One, because there was a lot of fraud and illegality,” Vale said. “That is an enormous benefit they got from this conduct” of falsifying financial statements to obtain better loan rates, she added, referring to the Trump Organization. Justice David Friedman argued that the ruling against Trump was undercut by Deutsche Bank saying Trump’s actions did not harm them. “It hardly seems to justify bringing an action to protect Deutsche Bank against President Trump, which is what you have here,” Friedman said. “You have two really sophisticated players, in which no one lost any money.”Vale said that state law did not require being harmed, and also noted that the bank actually complained when it heard about false statements and pulled out of its agreement with Trump. At one point, Trump’s lawyer John Sauer tried to argue that the former president and his businesses were following “generally accepted accounting principles,” only to be rebuked by Justice Peter H. Moulton. “It’s the factual inaccuracies that are important,” Moulton countered. “You might be following GAAP principles, but if your data is terrible, you’re creating a fallacious statement.”The former president and convicted felon had to pony up a $175 million bond in April to stop the judgment while he appeals. His fine, thanks to 9 percent interest accruing every year, has now grown to more than $478 million. If he wins, it will be dropped, and Trump has had some success in New York courts as of late.Share This StoryMeanwhile:Trump’s Newest Grift Just Dropped—and It’s HideousMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/September 26, 2024/4:41 p.m. ETShare This StoryMTG Freaks Out That Republicans Don’t “Deserve to Be Reelected”Marjorie Taylor Greene is furious that Mike Johnson is doing his job.Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesRepresentative Marjorie Taylor Greene is so angry at House Speaker Mike Johnson that she said she doesn’t think Republicans deserve to keep the majority in the House. The House passed a three-month stopgap bill Wednesday to prevent a government shutdown, amid loud opposition from the Georgia Republican and her far-right pals. In getting the spending bill passed, Johnson went against the wishes of Donald Trump and MAGA. During a call into Steve Bannon’s War Room, Greene railed against Johnson and made a startling remark, according to RawStory. “Mike Johnson is not our speaker. He is the speaker for the Democrats,” Greene ranted.Greene blamed Johnson for funding the Biden-Harris administration, the “weaponized” Department of Justice, and the FBI that “raided Mar-a-Lago and has raided a lot of January 6 defendant homes.” It doesn’t seem apparent to Greene that funding the government is not only Johnson’s job but hers as well. She claimed Johnson had “fully funded the invasion at our border that is, that is killing Americans every single day.” “He’s been a great speaker of the House for Democrats, and he has absolutely helped the Biden-Harris administration destroy this country,” Greene continued. “I share the anger and frustration, and I don’t think Republicans deserve to be reelected to hold a majority,” Greene admitted.“We have to elect President Trump in order to control the federal government,” Greene said. She immediately walked back her remark, insisting that Republicans needed to be reelected because if Democrats got control of the House, they would “rewrite the tax codes.” She urged voters to “hold your nose and vote for that RINO that you absolutely hate, because we need a good tax code in place.”Last week, Greene went on a tear against Johnson for his plan to attach the SAVE Act, which is based on faulty election data and seeks to solve the practically nonexistent problem of widespread noncitizen voting, to a six-month continuing resolution to fund the government. The move would have been a nonstarter for Democrats. This is far from the first time the two have butted heads. In May, Greene tried to have Johnson removed from the speakership, but was quickly shot down. At the end of the day, Greene and Johnson are both far-right congressional proxies for Trump. It’s just that only one of them seems to actually care about doing their job. Share This StoryRead about the stopgap:Trump Must Be Fuming About Mike Johnson’s Spending Deal Blow to MAGAMost Recent PostPaige Oamek/September 26, 2024/4:16 p.m. ETShare This StoryElon Musk’s X Suspends Journalist Who Reported Leaked J.D. Vance DocsIndependent journalist Ken Klippenstein was suspended from X shortly after sharing a leaked dossier on Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance.Jean Catuffe/GC ImagesFree speech hero Elon Musk is yet again silencing his perceived opponents. This time, he is doing J.D. Vance’s dirty work. Independent journalist Ken Klippenstein on Thursday reported on the leaked 271-page dossier on Vance, allegedly from the Trump campaign’s research team, which mainstream media outlets had refused to publish. Just hours later, Klippenstein was banned from X, where he’d shared a link to his reporting and to the dossier. X users have found that they are unable to even post the link to Klippenstein’s Substack newsletter on X without receiving a message that the link is “potentially harmful.”For ease, here is Klippenstein’s reporting on the dossier: https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/read-the-jd-vance-dossier This isn’t the first time Musk has used X to meddle with progressive accounts on the platform. X has come under fire for banning or limiting an NPR story critical of Trump, the Uncommitted Movement account, and even KamalaHQ. In January, Musk temporarily banned Klippenstein, who worked for The Intercept at the time, and a handful of other journalists. The only connection between them: their left-wing politics and their criticism of Musk. Though some may try to argue that Klippenstein’s post broke X guidelines by publishing hacked materials and is thus “doxxing” Vance, Twitter actually changed its terms of service years ago, in part thanks to the Hunter Biden laptop story and claims of “anti-conservative” bias. The page regarding the platform’s hacked materials policy no longer exists. Musk heavily criticized Twitter’s supposed suppression of the laptop story, later elevating the so-called “Twitter Files” with right-wing journalists Matt Taibbi and Bari Weiss to expose the social media company’s previous content-moderation strategies.At the time of publication, Klippenstein’s account is still suspended.Share This StoryUnfortunately more on MAGA:MAGA Is Already Spinning Wild Conspiracies on Eric Adams’s IndictmentMost Recent PostPaige Oamek/September 26, 2024/3:12 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Would Totally Demolish Economy With His Plans, Says New ReportA grim report reveals that if Donald Trump becomes president and carries out his plans, we’ll suffer the repercussions for a long time to come.Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesDonald Trump says he has a plan for the economy, but that doesn’t mean it’s any good. According to independent nonprofit nonpartisan researchers, Trump’s policies on tariffs, deportations, and the Federal Reserve would, if put in action, seriously hike inflation, wipe out jobs, and slow U.S. production and economic growth. In even the most generous modeling, inflation would reach 6 percent by 2026 and consumer prices would balloon 20 percent by 2028. According to an analysis from the Peterson Institute for International Economics published Thursday, the devastating effects on the economy could last through 2040. Trump promises to carry out “mass deportations” if elected president. Doing so could “cause a large inflationary impulse and a significant loss of employment (particularly in manufacturing and agriculture) in the US economy,” the researchers found. The deportation plan on its own would provide no economic benefit to Americans. Warwick McKibbin, a senior fellow and co-author of the study, told CNN that the institute estimates that deporting undocumented workers would cause a pandemic-like “shock,” especially in the agriculture industry. “Can you imagine taking 16 percent out of the labor force in agriculture?” McKibbin said, who noted the ripple effects would include rising cost of food or even permanent loss of supply. Trump’s isolationist approach to the economy through deportations and tariffs on U.S. imports would hurt the American people most. “We find that ironically, despite his ‘make the foreigners pay’ rhetoric, this package of policies does more damage to the US economy than to any other in the world,” wrote the authors. Of course, the Trump team denied the findings, with Trump campaign senior adviser Brian Hughes telling CNN the exact opposite: “Trump policies will fuel growth, drive down inflation, inspire American manufacturing, all while protecting the working men and women of our nation from lopsided policies tilted in favor of other countries.”Share This StoryMore on Trump’s diastrous economic plans:How Trump’s Tariffs Would Radically Redistribute Wealth UpwardMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 26, 2024/2:59 p.m. ETShare This StoryCornell Student at Risk of Deportation After Pro-Palestine ProtestAn international graduate student at Cornell University is one step closer to being deported. Bing Guan/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesA Cornell University student is on the verge of losing his student visa and being deported over taking part in a pro-Palestine protest. Mamadou Taal, a Ph.D. student in Africana Studies, was suspended Monday by the university after he took part in a protest against a career fair attended by defense contractors L3Harris and Boeing last week. Taal is studying at Cornell on an F-1 student visa, which can be terminated by a suspension. On Thursday, Taal posted on X that his appeal to the university was rejected by the vice president of student and campus life, Ryan Lombardi, and that there was no investigation or due process. “I maintain that all my actions have been peaceful and in accordance with my First Amendment rights,” Taal’s post reads. “This is a deliberate targeting of a Black Muslim student at an institution where those two identities are increasingly unwelcome. When it comes to Palestine the university will abandon all commitments to academic freedom and free speech to protect its corporate interests.”Taal is still able to appeal to the university’s provost, but believes he’ll be deported if that appeal is rejected. The university accuses Taal and other protesters of entering the career fair by pushing and shoving campus police officers, but Taal told The Nation he had no part in this. According to student journalists at the Cornell Daily Sun, there wasn’t any physical violence toward police, although recruiters, students, and administrators appeared to be distressed.“I can say categorically that I shoved no police officer, nor did I not listen to a lawful directive, like they’re claiming,” Taal said. He told the Sun that he only gave a speech outside before taking part in the career fair protest, and only attended that protest for five minutes before leaving. If Taal is deported, it would be a drastic new step in university attempts across the country to tamp down on pro-Palestinian protests. Taal’s case has already drawn backlash, with a petition calling on the university to reverse its suspension drawing 2,700 signatures from Cornell students and faculty. It seems that many campuses will go to any lengths to make these protests go away, even if it means deporting students and ignoring the First Amendment.Share This StoryMore on Palestine:How Antony Blinken Said No to Saving Countless Lives in Gaza Most Recent PostEdith Olmsted/September 26, 2024/2:08 p.m. ETShare This StoryEric Adams’s Press Conference on Charges Goes Totally Off the RailsAdams’s was brutally dragged by hecklers during his press conference.Timothy A. Clary/POOL/AFP/Getty ImagesNew York City Mayor Eric Adams held a chaotic, short-lived press conference Thursday morning to address his damning public corruption indictment—only for the charges to be made public while he was speaking to the press.Adams was indicted Wednesday in a federal case, though the specific charges against him were not immediately released. “I always knew that if I stood my ground for New Yorkers that I would be a target—and a target I became,” Adams said in a statement that night. He said that charges against him were “entirely false, based on lies,” though it was not yet clear what those charges were. “Despite our pleas when the federal government did nothing as its broken immigration policies overloaded our shelter system with no relief, I put the people of New York before party and politics,” said Adams, suggesting this might be the reason he’d been “targeted.”The next morning, the mayor held an official press conference on a public street outside of Gracie Mansion in Manhattan. Flanked by supporters, who were there to voice their confidence in the embattled mayor, Adams was also greeted by protesters. “This is not a Black thing! This is not a Black thing! This is a you thing! This is a you thing, Eric Adams!” shouted one protester as Adams chuckled awkwardly. “Your policies are anti-Black. You are a disgrace to all Black people in this city!” the protester continued. “This is not a Black thing, this is a justice thing!”As Adams began speaking, he insisted he was “not surprised” by the indictment. “This is not surprising to us at all. The actions that have unfolded over the last 10 months. The leaks. The commentary. The demonizing,” he said.Adams confirmed that he would not be stepping down as New York City’s mayor but instead “continue to do the job for 8.3 million New Yorkers that I was elected to do.” (The indictment alleges that Adams swindled more than $10 million in public funds for his 2021 mayoral campaign.) Adams enlisted several speakers, including the Reverend Herbert Daughtry; Hazel Dukes, head of the NAACP New York State Conference; and activist Jackie Rowe Adams, who had to scream to be heard above the hecklers and protesters. When a reporter notified Adams that the indictment had been unsealed, his face fell. The reporter also asked him to clarify his suggestion that he’d been targeted by the federal government. “I think we should ask the federal investigators and prosecutors who directed them to the actions that we are witnessing right now,” Adams responded. “You know I have ran many campaigns. I have been part of many campaigns. And um, the scrutiny of those campaigns always revealed the same thing. I follow the rules, I follow the law. I do not do anything that’s going to participate in illegal campaign activity. And I will not do that.“And I’ve instructed not only in writing, but in verbal conversations with the team, we do not participate in straw donors, we do not participate in foreign donors,” Adams said. “We know what those rules are, we comply with those rules. And I think that my attorneys are going to reveal that as we move forward.”The 57-page indictment alleged precisely the opposite, claiming that Adams had sought out and received luxurious trips and straw-man payments facilitated by a senior Turkish official. Those perks were then allegedly covered up by Adams and members of his staff. In return for all the favors, Adams allegedly pressured the New York Fire Department to sign off on a new Turkish consulate skyscraper without a fire inspection. The full indictment includes other charges as well, alleging hefty straw-man payments from a construction company owner and the owner of a Turkish university.One reporter asked Adams to respond to the charges, which went back to before his 2021 mayoral campaign, despite Adams implying the indictment was payback for complaining that the federal government had helped to create an immigration surge in New York City. The mayor was also asked, point-blank, whether he had taken kickbacks from foreign countries or intervened on behalf of the Turkish government—and that seemed to be all he could take. “My legal team will peruse the entire indictment. We got it today when it was released,” said a pained-looking Adams. “The news media received information before we did.”“It appears as though the goal is to try to try this case publicly, and not in the criminal justice system that’s in place,” he said. “If it’s campaign violations, I know I don’t violate the campaign. If it’s foreign donors, I know I don’t take money from foreign donors,” Adams said. Adams then abruptly ended the news conference and shuffled away with his herd of supporters, as some in the crowd cheered, “RESIGN! RESIGN! RESIGN!”Share This StoryRead about the charges against Eric Adams:Here Are the Damning Charges Against New York Mayor Eric AdamsMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 26, 2024/12:56 p.m. ETShare This StorySweeping Bill Would Completely Overhaul Supreme Court as We Know ItSenator Ron Wyden has introduced the boldest proposal yet to reform the high court.Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesPeople protest in front of the Supreme Court after the Dobbs v. Jackson ruling overturning abortion rights.Democratic Senator Ron Wyden proposed a new bill Wednesday that would pack the Supreme Court and dramatically overhaul the nation’s highest court. Wyden’s bill would expand the court from nine justices to 15 over 12 years, and require two-thirds of the Supreme Court and federal circuit courts of appeals to overturn any law passed by Congress. The bill would require the Senate to automatically schedule a vote on nominees to the high court if they are held up in committee for more than 180 days. Senators would be barred from blocking nominees to the court by refusing to vote on them. Federal judicial circuits would be expanded to 15 from 13, which would add 60 appellate court judges and 100 to district courts. The bill would also increase financial transparency measures for Supreme Court justices, requiring them to make their tax filings public. The IRS would be required to audit their tax returns and release the results. Anyone nominated to the court would have to disclose three years of tax returns. Court proceedings would also be affected, with a two-thirds majority of the court having the ability to force a fellow justice to recuse themselves from a case. Justices would be required to release opinions to the public and detail their votes on issues decided on an emergency basis, upending the infamous “shadow docket.”The bill stands little chance of passing, particularly in the Republican-controlled House. But it is the strongest proposal from Democrats for reforming the judiciary, not only tackling the Supreme Court but making changes to the federal circuit as well. In July, President Biden announced his own ideas for judicial reform, but only called for 18-year term limits for Supreme Court justices as well as a binding code of conduct. Calls for court reform blew up after April 2023, when a ProPublica investigation revealed Thomas received previously undisclosed luxury vacations from billionaire Republican donor Harlan Crow. Four months later, more revelations of undisclosed gifts followed, including at least 38 vacations and 26 private jet flights given to Thomas from an array of right-wing billionaires. Thomas in 2003 also accepted a free trip to visit Vladimir Putin’s hometown in Russia.Justice Samuel Alito has had his own scandals, involving political advocacy in the form of political flags flying outside of his home, and he was also implicated for receiving gifts from Crow and other right-wing billionaires. Wyden’s proposal may not survive Congress or even legal challenges, but it is the first serious proposal to expand the court. The question is whether Wyden can get any other Democrats to sign on. Share This StoryMore on the courts:Trump May Have Just Handed Jack Smith a Massive WinMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/September 26, 2024/11:55 a.m. ETShare This StoryHere Are the Damning Charges Against New York Mayor Eric AdamsThe New York City mayor is accused of fraud.Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesNew York City Mayor Eric Adams’s indictment was unsealed Wednesday, revealing his five damning public corruption charges. Adams, who was once lauded as the future of the Democratic Party, was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, federal program bribery, and to receive campaign contributions by foreign nationals. He was also charged with one count of wire fraud, two counts of solicitation of a contribution by a foreign national, and one count of bribery. The 57-page indictment alleged that starting in 2014, when Adams was the Brooklyn borough president, he “sought and accepted improper valuable benefits” as contributions, including luxury travel. In 2015, Adams traveled to Turkey and began to “establish corrupt relationships,” according to the filing. The indictment refers to “a senior official in the Turkish diplomatic establishment” who “facilitated many straw donations” to Adams. Adams allegedly sought and received benefits from this Turkish official, who apparently organized for Adams and associates to fly for free, or at a discount, on Turkish Airlines and set them up with lavish accommodations around the world. Adams allegedly provided “favorable treatment in exchange for the illicit benefits he received” from his foreign-national benefactors, according to the indictment. Throughout 2016 and 2017, Adams allegedly received free flights and discounted hotel accommodations (he once paid only $600 for a $7,000 room at the St. Regis Istanbul), but he did not report receiving any gifts to New York City’s Conflicts of Interest Board.Adams allegedly received more than $60,000 worth of free or discounted airline tickets on Turkish Airlines between October 2016 and November 2017.In 2018, when Adams made clear his intention to run for mayor in 2021, he allegedly received unlawful campaign contributions through “straw” donors, who contributed money to his campaign on behalf of foreign nationals and businesses.Through New York City’s program to match small-dollar campaign contributions from New York City residents, Adams also allegedly misused public funds while falsely certifying their compliance with campaign finance law. “As a result of those false certifications, ADAMS’s 2021 mayoral campaign received more than $10,000,000 in public funds,” the indictment alleged. In 2021, Adams’s campaign employees allegedly coordinated with the head of a construction company, who was not Turkish but “a prominent member of a different ethnic community in New York City,” to contribute $10,000 worth of straw-man contributions. The businessman purportedly donated $2,000 and had four of his employees donate the rest, which he then reimbursed—and was matched by the city. In return, Adams helped the businessman to organize events and appeared to assist him in lifting a work-stop order, according to text messages between the two.The indictment alleged that Adams and some others working at his behest attempted to conceal his wrongdoing by insisting that they had actually paid for free services, creating a fake paper trail and even deleting text conversations. Adams allegedly “deleted messages with others involved in his misconduct, including, in one instance, assuring a co-conspirator in writing that he ‘always’ deleted her messages.”In September 2021, the senior Turkish official who’d allegedly plied Adams with free trips attempted to cash in on all of the favors to Adams. The official asked the mayor to pressure the New York City Fire Department to open a new Turkish consular building, a 36-story skyscraper, without a fire inspection. Adams allegedly acquiesced.“Because of ADAMS’S pressure on the FDNY, the FDNY official responsible for the FDNY’s assessment of the skyscraper’s fire safety was told that he would lose his job if he failed to acquiesce,” the indictment said. “And, after ADAMS intervened, the skyscraper opened as requested by the Turkish Official.”Share This StoryRead more about Adams:MAGA Is Already Spinning Wild Conspiracies on Eric Adams’s IndictmentView More PostsRead More: Politics, Law, Supreme Court, Constitution, Foreign Policy, Health Care, Economic Inequality, Taxes, WashingtonBREAKING NEWS POLITICS CLIMATE CULTURE MAGAZINE PODCASTS GAMESEventsTravelBookstoreDonateAdvertiseFAQPressJobsSubmissionsSubscribe to The New RepublicSign Up for Our Newsletters Terms and ConditionsPrivacy PolicyCookie SettingsCopyright 2025 © The New Republic. All rights reserved.	132
JD Vance isn't ready	1ftladi	https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/jd-vance-trump-vice-president-job-qualifications-rcna173109	2024-10-01T10:59:42	iymcool	politics		1,046	187	JD Vance's debate performance will be about convincing voters he's up for the jobIE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.Skip to ContentMSNBC LogoLatestRachel MaddowMorning JoeInside with Jen PsakiDeadline: Legal BlogRACHEL MADDOW PRESENTS: ULTRATrump on Trial The ReidOut BlogTrump Documents LibraryColumnistsMSNBC FilmsTrump Transition Share this —SearchSearchFeatured ShowsThe Rachel Maddow ShowMondays 9PM ETMorning JoeWeekdays 6am ETDeadline: White House with Nicolle WallaceWeekdays 4PM ETThe Beat with Ari MelberWeeknights 6PM ETThe ReidOut with Joy ReidWeeknights 7PM ETAll In with Chris HayesTUESDAY-FRIDAY 8PM ETThe Last Word with Lawrence O’DonnellWeeknights 10PM ETThe 11th Hour with Stephanie RuhleWeeknights 11PM ETAlex Wagner TonightTuesday-Friday 9PM ETMSNBC TVWatch LiveListen LiveMoreMSNBC Live EventsMSNBC on PeacockMSNBC ColumnistsTV ScheduleMSNBC NewslettersPodcastsTranscriptsMSNBC Insights CommunityMSNBC StoreHelpTrump Trials Documents LibraryFollow msnbcMore BrandsToday LogoNBC News LogoMore ShowsWay Too EarlyAna Cabrera ReportsJosé Díaz-Balart ReportsChris Jansing ReportsKaty Tur ReportsSymoneThe Katie Phang ShowVelshiInside with Jen PsakiWeekends with Jonathan CapehartAlex Witt ReportsPoliticsNationAymanSearchSearchFacebookTwitterEmailSMSPrintWhatsappRedditPocketFlipboardPinterestLinkedinOpinionJD Vance isn't readyThe first-term senator doesn't have nearly the experience necessary to be a heartbeat away from the presidency.By Hayes Brown, MSNBC Opinion Writer/EditorGov. Tim Walz and Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, hope to use Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate to bolster their respective running mates’ chances in November. Facing a yawning favorability gap with Walz, Vance is readying via both traditional mock debates — with Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., standing in for Walz — and the constant back-and-forth Vance keeps up with reporters on the trail.But as vice president, Vance would have to be ready for one main task: assuming the presidency. It is a duty that nine vice presidents before him have had to fulfill. It is also a possibility we need to discuss given that if Donald Trump returns to the White House, he would be the oldest person ever sworn in as president. Unfortunately, Vance is in no way ready to step in should Trump be no longer able to function as president.But as vice president, Vance would have to be ready for one main task: assuming the presidency. It’s true that the vice presidency itself was originally something of an afterthought for the country’s founders. They tasked the vice president with presiding over the Senate only to give the role something concrete to do besides be a backup executive. But Article II, which supposedly lays out what happens if a vacancy occurs in the presidency, isn’t crystal clear: It says only “In Case of the Removal of the President from Office, or of his Death, Resignation, or Inability to discharge the Powers and Duties of the said Office, the Same shall devolve on the Vice President.”Follow live updates covering the 2024 vice presidential debate between JD Vance and Tim Walz. The lack of specificity was a problem from its first major test, when President William Henry Harrison died in 1841 after just 31 days in office. The question that Vice President John Tyler faced was whether he would be an “acting” or “temporary” president, one who merely took on the tasks of the presidency, or would he succeed to the office himself. Tyler decided on the latter, immediately taking the presidential oath of office. And though he was never a popular chief executive, nobody seemed inclined to challenge this new precedent regarding presidential succession.In modern times, the vice president’s role has grown beyond the constitutional duties assigned to include whatever policy portfolios the president delegates. But the essential duty remains stepping into the presidency if required. It’s almost certain that the debate moderators will ask Vance and Walz whether they feel up to the job at some point during the debate.Of course, both candidates will say “yes” if they are asked; what matters is how many viewers believe their answers. And looking at the experience the two candidates have, there’s much more evidence to support Walz’s readiness than that of Vance. The Democrat is in his second term as governor of Minnesota, giving him years of practice running an executive office. Before that, he spent 12 years in the House, getting an up-close look at how the federal government functions and the way the legislative sausage gets made.In contrast, Vance is in just his second year as an elected official. He has passed no major legislation, and several of those bills that he has submitted have had no co-sponsors at all. Before winning his seat in 2022, he was an author and a Silicon Valley gadabout and served four years in the Marines, mostly as a war correspondent.This makes Vance the least experienced vice presidential candidate since then-Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska was tapped to join the GOP ticket in 2008. The public was deeply skeptical of Palin’s readiness to lead after less than two years as governor, according to a USA Today/Gallup poll taken the day Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., chose her as his running mate. Of those surveyed, 39% said she was “ready to serve as president if needed,” with 33% saying she wasn’t and 29% having “no opinion” about the then-unknown governor. At the time, that was “the lowest vote of confidence in a running mate since the elder George Bush chose then-Indiana senator Dan Quayle to join his ticket in 1988,” according to ABC News.Despite this, if elected Vance could very well become the latest vice president to ascend to the Oval Office in the middle of an administration.Incredibly, Vance has managed to beat that record. According to a late July poll from YouGov, only 29% of respondents believed Vance ready to serve as president, with 38% percent saying he isn’t and another 33% unsure. Vance performed slightly better in YouGov’s August poll — climbing to 30% who thought he’s ready — but still trailed Walz on that front.Despite this, if elected Vance could very well become the latest vice president to ascend to the Oval Office in the middle of an administration. It’s true that Trump himself had never served in office and held almost no experience to become president when he was inaugurated in 2017. But after four years in the White House, even he has more qualifications than Vance. It’s even more striking when you consider Vice President Kamala Harris’ résumé. She’s spent her entire career in public service, going from being San Francisco’s district attorney to attorney general of California to a four-year senator before her current place a heartbeat away from the presidency. President Joe Biden’s quick endorsement of her after he dropped out speaks to his confidence in her. Meanwhile, when Trump was asked whether Vance could step into his shoes “on day one, if necessary,” the former president changed the topic entirely to be about himself.And yet even with that massive gap in their experience, when Harris took over the top of the ticket in late July, Vance claimed to be upset he wouldn’t be facing her himself. “Talk about take-backs,” he said. “I was told I was going to get to debate Kamala Harris, and now President Trump’s going to get to debate her. I’m kind of pissed off about that if I’m being honest with you.”That’s a level of self-regard that I couldn’t even begin to muster. Can you imagine, seeing how well Harris handled Trump while arguing to become the next president, how thoroughly she would have dismantled Vance in an undercard event? Instead, we’ll have to settle for Walz’s performance on Tuesday, as he makes clear that only one person on that stage can be trusted to take on the second-highest office in the land.Hayes BrownHayes Brown is a writer and editor for MSNBC Daily, where he helps frame the news of the day for readers. He was previously at BuzzFeed News and holds a degree in international relations from Michigan State University.AboutContactHelpCareersMSNBC StoreAD ChoicesPrivacy PolicyDo Not Sell My Personal InformationCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)MSNBC SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseJoin the MSNBC Community© 2025 MSNBC Cable, L.L.C.NBC News LogoMSNBC LogoToday Logo	133
House subpoenas Mayorkas over Walz’s alleged ties to Chinese Communist Party	1ftlekf	https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/sep/30/house-subpoenas-alejandro-mayorkas-over-tim-walzs-/	2024-10-01T11:06:22	velocipus	politics		0	107	null	134
JD Vance doesn't think he needs debate prep to defeat Tim Walz	1ftllx7	https://politi.co/4drV2Vx	2024-10-01T11:18:55	scarymonst	politics		1	1	null	135
Transcript: Trump Already Pushing Ugly, Hateful Lie About Hurricane	1ftlnvu	https://newrepublic.com/article/186553/transcript-trump-already-pushing-ugly-hateful-lie-hurricane	2024-10-01T11:22:01	Stup1dMan3000	politics		1,827	77	Transcript: Trump Already Pushing Ugly, Hateful Lie About Hurricane \| The New Republic You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browserand improve your visit to our site. Skip NavigationThe New RepublicThe New RepublicLATESTBREAKING NEWSPOLITICSCLIMATECULTUREMAGAZINENEWSLETTERSPODCASTSGAMESThe New Republic The New RepublicPodcasts HomepageThe New RepublicThe New RepublicLATESTBREAKING NEWSPOLITICSCLIMATECULTUREMAGAZINENEWSLETTERSPODCASTSGAMESThe New Republic The New Republic Podcasts HomepageThe Daily Blast with Greg Sargent/October 1, 2024PODCASTTranscript: Trump Already Pushing Ugly, Hateful Lie About HurricaneAn interview with the chairperson of the North Carolina Democratic Party, who offers an emotional account of Hurricane Helene's devastation—and responds to Trump's vicious lies about it.Jeff Swensen/Getty ImagesFormer President Donald Trump in Erie, Pennsylvania on September 29, 2024.The following is a lightly-edited transcript of the October 1, 2024 episode of The Daily Blast podcast. To listen to it, click here.This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network. I’m your host, Greg Sargent.Greg Sargent: Right now, western North Carolina is in the midst of a full-blown catastrophe. Due to extreme damage unleashed by Hurricane Helene, towns have been destroyed, roads have been washed out, people are frantically trying to locate friends and relatives, and there have been dozens of deaths. Enter Donald Trump. In a pair of truly ghoulish messages on social media, Trump declared that the federal government and North Carolina’s Democratic governor, Roy Cooper, are deliberately neglecting MAGA parts of the state. Trump said President Biden and Vice President Harris are deliberately letting Americans drown in the state and elsewhere in the South. Today, we’re talking to North Carolina’s Democratic Party chair, Anderson Clayton, about the horrors that the state is going through and about Trump’s reaction to it. Thanks so much for taking the time to talk to us, Anderson.Anderson Clayton: Thank you for uplifting an important part of our state right now that needs it, Greg.Sargent: Anderson, the stories coming out of the western part of the state are just heartbreaking. Can you bring us up to date on what’s going on? Clayton: As folks know, almost 35 counties across western North Carolina are under a federal advisement right now for emergency services after Hurricane Helene came through and ultimately destroyed huge parts of the western part of the state. Asheville and Barnardsville and places like that being the closest impacted, places like Spruce Pine and Mitchell County right now that are still going to be impacted. Folks who are needing help or would like to know more or are being impacted by it can go to readync.gov and be able to find out more information on the ground about how you can access shelters, traffic. Right now they’ve closed off I-40 when you hit Statesville, which is in Iredell County in North Carolina, telling people not to travel to the western part of the state because the terrain out there is not traversable yet, and we want to make sure that emergency personnel are the folks that are getting to have the priority of the roadways right now throughout the western part. Sargent: It’s looking like the rescue of residents is being complicated by cell phone services being down, rescue vehicles are having trouble getting through, gas supplies are running low, and people are having to make these really hard choices about whether to try to move with the gas they have. I think Asheville’s mayor described this as “historic devastation.” The pictures we’re seeing of Asheville underwater, whole towns destroyed. It’s just a horror. What can we all do? Listeners and anyone else, what can we all do right now to make a difference? Clayton: Governor Roy Cooper has opened up a way that you can donate directly to Hurricane Relief. So folks can go to nc.gov/donate, and we’ll make sure we’ve got it on the state party website, too, for the North Carolina Dems. The website’s been published on the governor’s website front page just to make sure that people know where they can support if you are out of state. Supplies is the biggest thing right now. We’re hearing out of Asheville the need for water. We know that water treatment plants were flooded from this crisis, so they’re having to either rebuild treatment plants or wait for the water to go down in them to be able to actually fix whatever may be wrong with them right now. So we’re expecting water delays for at least and up to two weeks in Asheville and surrounding counties. But it wasn’t just places like Buncombe County that got hit, which is one of the hardest things to note. To your point, cell phone access has been down across that entire region. Places like Polk and Henderson counties still have not heard from some folks out there yet that have been lacking that access. We know that it is a true tragedy for just the infrastructure that we’re seeing lost. This changed the entire geography of western North Carolina. Roadways entirely were wiped out. We have bridges going to homes that are up in the hollers in the mountains that are not able to be accessible right now. So we definitely still see this as a full search and rescue in North Carolina and trying to make sure that we’re getting out to people that may be in the more rural and remote and isolated locations in western North Carolina. It’s going to take time. We are really grateful though; the National Guard and over 11 states have sent in folks to help us out. We know that Governor Cooper is on the ground today in Asheville. He waited until the roads were safe to travel to be honest and to make sure that he was not going at a time that would be inconvenient for emergency personnel out there, which we thought was definitely important. He’s going to make sure that our FEMA director is staying out there with him until the situation stabilizes more and that we’ve rescued everyone that we need to. I’ve gotten calls from folks all over the country right now: if you’re missing somebody in western North Carolina or have not heard from them, you can call 211, and please fill out the missing persons with their location and their full description. Make sure that you do a wellness check on somebody if you heard from them two days ago, but you haven’t heard from them since, and that you also dial that number 211 in the state. Sargent: As far as I can tell: Republicans and Democrats pulling together at a time of disaster, not attacking each other, with one exception. Donald Trump. He enters the picture. Now look, I get that people are not going to want to think about Trump at a time like this, but Trump is running for president, and what he’s just done is a reminder of what kind of president he has been and would be again. He figured out a way to pretend that MAGA parts of the state are being neglected deliberately. He claimed that a photo on social media showing Vice President Harris working the phones on the disaster had been staged. What’s your response to all this?Clayton: No one right now should be stoking division at a time where we still have missing people in a state like this. To your point, we have seen Republicans working together, local elected state legislative leaders, and Democrats and Republicans that have been making sure that resources get up to the western part of the state, doing supply drives together. What you see on the ground is a lot different than what you see represented in the Republican Party nationally right now for just how communities are rallying. Roy Cooper as a governor does not care whether you’re a Republican or a Democrat right now. He cares that you’re a North Carolinian and that you’re struggling or that you need help or that someone in your family is still missing and you don’t know where they are. We have definitely had folks that we know are still out there that may have walked or had to leave their cars because of flooding. There was someone that we heard the other day, his son had walked almost 11 miles to get home. He had no idea where he was or if he was all right, but he had gotten there through the woods. Just making sure that we’re taking care of people, and Donald Trump doesn’t seem to have any interest in doing that or making sure that people in North Carolina are OK. Sargent: He’s just doing something altogether different from what most Republicans are doing. Republicans are calling for everyone to pull together. Republicans are not saying what Trump is saying. Trump claimed Governor Brian Kemp of Georgia, which is also getting hammered, had trouble getting President Biden on the phone. But Kemp then said he got Biden quickly and Biden offered Kemp whatever he needs. I think Kemp said he appreciated that. Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, also praised the federal response. It’s Trump and MAGA influencers who are using this disaster to inflame their people. Republicans aren’t doing this. Democrats aren’t doing this. What are you personally hearing from other Republicans on the ground? What’s the chatter?Clayton: I’ll be honest, today I was talking with the Iredell Dems chair, Beth Kendall. Anybody that’s interested, if you’re in Statesville right now or any of the surrounding areas…Like I said earlier, I-40 is closed getting out to the western part of the state through Statesville, but our Democratic headquarters out there is still doing supply drives and actually making sure that we’ve got tractor trailers that are busing supplies up to Watauga County and counties surrounding like Polk County as well in that region. I was on the phone with Beth Kendall talking about what we could do to coordinate more resources, and she had someone, a Moms for Liberty voter, that came in and she said, I wish that our side was doing this and had their headquarters open. It doesn’t have to be something that’s polarizing to folks. Sargent: It doesn’t, but that’s what Trump does. I think we need to talk a little bit about what this says about a second Trump term, what it would be like. He was president during a global disaster, Covid. His incompetence and derangement caused untold numbers of needless deaths. But additionally, he used Covid as a chance to divide people. He said nasty and vicious things about blue states and their need for federal help and so forth. We don’t need to recap all that here. But when Trump falsely claims Biden and Harris are doing the thing he actually did do, it’s not only a grotesque lie, it’s also a reminder that this is how he sees the world, including at times of disaster. Shouldn’t people take that under advisement right now? Clayton: I think that folks have to look at the fact that something like Project 2025 that’s been endorsed by Donald Trump wants to disband something like the National Weather Service that actually targeted where this hurricane would hit landfall right within 25 miles of where it actually did. Something like that has been a huge resource federally. You look at FEMA right now, that’s coming into North Carolina heavily too. That’s going to be here throughout the next couple of months as people get their bearings about them and also make their cases about why they need help and relief, which because President Biden has declared and given us federal emergency, we are able to access FEMA powers right now too. It is important for folks to understand that these natural devastations do mean that we need government’s assistance and help and we don’t want to delegitimize what government help is doing for people across western North Carolina and what it will do to help rebuild it in the next coming years.Sargent: What you’re saying is so important because their project is to try and seduce people into thinking that there’s no such thing as government being neutral in situations like this. What’s deadly to someone like Trump and MAGA and Project 2025 is that people could actually realize that government is being fair to everyone and trying to help everyone regardless of party. They can’t have that. They can’t allow for people to think that. Clayton: Well, and it’s not like every government employee either is a Democrat that’s hired right now. There’s a lot of federal employees that are Republicans that have been in their jobs for a long time. Genuinely, the people that are with the Department of Health and Human Services, our emergency management services in North Carolina. You’ve got national guardsmen out there. It doesn’t matter what political party you are. It just matters that you’re a person that needs help. And that is how everyone is trying to treat this right now, at least within the state of North Carolina. It does not matter what your party affiliation is, it matters the fact that we want to make sure that people are going to nc.gov/donate, and that if people are needing to find someone in the state that they’re dialing 211. That’s what we’re trying to do right now. Sargent: Another thing we need to think about is that this could have a big impact on the election. With the polls of dead heat in North Carolina, a few thousand votes here and there changes the outcome. Western North Carolina, which is facing severe devastation right now, is mostly red, and Trump has to run up big numbers there. But some parts are blue. Broadly speaking, red or blue, do you expect voters to leave the state and what are the challenges that you anticipate in terms of getting people to vote again, whether they’re Republican or Democrat? Clayton: To be honest, we are still again in search and rescue mode in North Carolina. I think that we are having to do strong assessments of what polling locations and what voting will look like afterwards. We know that right now the devastation is hitting hard and that is what our main priority is focused on: making sure that people are OK. I know that there are resources that are trying to be put into backup plans, but there’s also some counties that, like I said, still don’t have cell phone service, still have access to the internet. We don’t know how some polling locations right now are even, if they’re going to be operable. It is a large way back, but we do know we’ve got a great voter protection team at the state party that is going to lean in and help as much as humanly possible. We have a lot of really, really good election officials across the state that we know we’re going to try to make sure that every single vote is counted and matters this year. But our first priority is just making sure that people are safe. Sargent: I want to remind everybody that we had an election during another national disaster in 2020 and elections officials performed heroically. These are nonpartisan. They’re devoted to running the election well for both Republicans and Democrats alike. I do want to ask you this though. Republicans in the North Carolina legislature changed the law to require mail-in ballots to arrive by 7:30 p.m. on election day rather than within three days after election day. Republicans overrode Governor Cooper’s veto. Right now you could have a lot of displaced people in North Carolina. Is it possible that this change in the law could become a bigger issue and what will happen? How will people deal with that?Clayton: We already knew that law was going to disenfranchise voters anyway, dealing with how slow the postal service just is right now, thanks to Donald Trump and his taking over of the postal service in that regard during his first term. There is a huge impact right now on that. We also saw the state, the Republican Court of Appeals in North Carolina delay mail-in ballots in order to get RFK Jr.’s name off the ballot, and the Republican Supreme Court that also held up and backed up the Court of Appeals. There is a lot of postal zip codes that the postal service, or the postal offices, that are there that are not able to actually still take or receive mail. And so there’s going to be a problem making sure that we’re reaching folks like that too. Like I said, we’re still in an assessment phase. I am definitely leaving that up to the State Board of Elections and to our county boards. We are here and we’re going to be able to help figure that out, but we are still in a phase of trying to figure out what this looks like on the ground and the immediacy of it. Again, folks can go to readync.gov if you are in need of help or you would like to see resources in the state for hurricane relief right now. So far we’re going to be monitoring what voter protection efforts look like across the state henceforth.Sargent: So let’s go back to close out to what people are enduring right now in western North Carolina. Where are you from in the state? Do you have friends, relatives, loved ones that you’re in communication with? What are you hearing from there? Clayton: Right now, folks are just trying to make sure everybody is OK. I’m really lucky. My aunt lives in Madison County in Mars Hill and that got hit pretty hard, but she’s OK. I’ve heard from our folks in Morganton and we’ve also heard from a lot of our county party chairs. Some of their homes look flooded, but we’re lucky that they are OK. Some of our county party headquarters are also going to open up as places where folks can come get supplies, especially when the roadways open back up. Make no mistake, we’re in this for the long haul, and the North Carolina Democratic Party is going to be dedicated, especially in those counties that got impacted and hit the hardest. We’re going to do everything we can to help over the next month, two months, two years, because we know it’s going to take a long time to rebuild in communities. That’s what western North Carolina does though. That’s what Appalachia does. They’re resilient. They’re good people, and they deserve all the attention and time that we can give them. Sargent: The rebuilding is just going to be such an epic challenge. It’s really almost unthinkable to see those pictures of whole towns washed out. Tell us one more time what listeners can do to be helpful here. Clayton: If you’re a listener and you’ve got money to give and to donate to hurricane relief, you can go to nc.gov/donate. If you are someone or you know someone in the state of North Carolina that needs resources and needs help right now, you can go to readync.gov. And if you are someone that needs to file a missing persons report or needs a wellness check on anyone that you love or know someone that does in the state, you can dial 211 in North Carolina. Sargent: Folks, please help out if you can. Anderson Clayton, thanks so much for coming on with us today and good luck to you all, really. Clayton: Thanks, Greg.Sargent: Folks, make sure to check out some new content we have up at tnr.com: Kate Aronoff arguing that Hurricane Helene shows that there are no havens from climate change, and Michael Tomasky looking at yet another example of the mainstream media burying a big Trump outrage. And over on the DSR network, check out the latest episode of Above Average Intelligence featuring the justice and intelligence correspondent for NBC News, Ken Dilanian, to talk national security, election interference, and more. We’ll see you all tomorrow.The Daily Blast with Greg SargentTNR’s Greg Sargent takes a critical look at the day’s political news and the stories leading NewRepublic.com, and speaks to leading journalists and newsmakers. 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Jimmy Carter turns 100	1ftlohl	https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/jimmy-carter-turns-100-rcna172235	2024-10-01T11:23:01	nbcnews	politics		14,469	302	Former president Jimmy Carter celebrates his 100th birthdayIE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.Skip to ContentNBC News LogoTrump adminPoliticsLocalNew YorkLos AngelesChicagoDallas-Fort WorthPhiladelphiaWashington, D.C.BostonBay AreaSouth FloridaSan DiegoConnecticutU.S. NewsWorldBusinessEditors' picksShoppingTiplineSportsHealthScienceCulture & TrendsShare & Save —My NewsManage ProfileEmail PreferencesSign OutSearchSearchProfile My NewsSign Out Sign InCreate your free profileSectionsU.S. NewsDecision 2024PoliticsWorldBusinessSportsInvestigationsCulture & TrendsHealthScienceTech & MediaWeatherVideo FeaturesPhotosNBC SelectNBC Asian AmericaNBC BLKNBC LatinoNBC OUTLocalNew YorkLos AngelesChicagoDallas-Fort WorthPhiladelphiaWashington, D.C.BostonBay AreaSouth FloridaSan DiegoConnecticuttvTodayNightly NewsMSNBCMeet the PressDatelineFeaturedNBC News NowNightly FilmsStay TunedSpecial FeaturesNewslettersPodcastsListen NowMore From NBCCNBCNBC.COMNBCU AcademyPeacockNEXT STEPS FOR VETSNBC News Site MapHelpFollow NBC News news AlertsThere are no new alerts at this timeSearchSearchFacebookTwitterEmailSMSPrintWhatsappRedditPocketFlipboardPinterestLinkedinLatest StoriesTrump adminPoliticsU.S. NewsWorldBusinessEditors' picksShoppingTiplineSportsHealthScienceCulture & TrendsU.S. newsJimmy Carter turns 100The first former president to reach the milestone, he has said he wants to hang on until Oct. 15, when he can vote for fellow Democrat Kamala Harris. Get more newsLiveon / Updated By Corky SiemaszkoJimmy Carter has accomplished something no other former U.S. president has — he notched a 100th birthday.Carter, who served one term in the White House, hit the milestone Tuesday at his home in Plains, Georgia, where he has been receiving hospice care for the last 19 months.The proud Democrat, who has grown increasingly weaker in recent months, has told relatives he wants to hang on until Oct. 15, when early voting begins in Georgia, so he can cast his ballot in the 2024 presidential election.“I’m only trying to make it to vote for Kamala Harris,” Carter said, his grandson Jason Carter told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. A former peanut farmer and Navy veteran, Carter has lived nearly six years longer than another age-defying former president, George H.W. Bush, a Republican who was 94 years and 171 days old when he died on Nov. 30, 2018.Some of Carter's other successors went online to wish him a Happy Birthday. "To put it simply: I admire you so darn much," President Joe Biden posted. Former President Barack Obama, in an online post, lauded Carter's "accomplishments in the White House, his incredible impact since leaving office, his fundamental decency.""You've had a heckuva life," former President George W. Bush said on X. "May God bless you in your final years. May you have peace of mind and peace in your heart. "Carter marked his 100th birthday 10 days after his life and legacy was celebrated with a star-studded concert at the Fox Theater in Atlanta that featured performances of “Love Shack” by Georgia’s own B-52’s and covers of some of the best-known songs by The Allman Brothers, a Southern rock band that raised money for Carter’s successful presidential campaign in 1976.The involvement of what was then one of the nation’s most popular bands in Carter's campaign earned the famously strait-laced candidate the unlikely nickname of “the rock ‘n’ roll president.”While the guest of honor couldn’t be in Atlanta for his shindig, the concert was intended to be a gift for the 39th president, and Carter was expected to watch the special on Georgia Public Television as part of his private family celebration. Not in attendance at his 100th birthday bash was the love of his long, long life, his wife, Rosalynn Carter, who died last November at 96. He made an appearance at her tribute service in a wheelchair, his legs covered in a blanket adorned with both their faces on it.President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, dance at the annual Congressional Christmas Ball at the White House in 1978.Ira Schwarz / AP fileTheir last public appearance together was in September 2023, when they were spotted riding in a black SUV at the Plains Peanut Festival. Carter served in the White House from 1977 to 1981, during which he presided over the Camp David Accords that ended years of conflict between Israel and Egypt, made human rights integral to U.S. foreign policy and took a hard line against the Soviet Union.After losing his bid for re-election to Ronald Reagan, Carter helped turn Habitat for Humanity into a worldwide force for good. And he established the Carter Center to promote and expand human rights, an effort that earned him a Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. Promoting democracy was, in many ways, Carter's life's work. A year after supporters of former President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol to try to stop the certification of President Joe Biden's election, Carter wrote in an opinion piece for The New York Times that "promoters of the lie that the election was stolen have taken over one political party and stoked distrust in our electoral systems."Ever the Southern gentleman, Carter did not mention Trump by name.Corky SiemaszkoCorky Siemaszko is a senior reporter for NBC News Digital.AboutContactHelpCareersAd ChoicesPrivacy PolicyYour Privacy ChoicesCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)NBC News SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseSelect Shopping© 2025 NBCUniversal Media, LLCNBC News LogoMSNBC LogoToday Logo	137
Donald Trump, whose Project 2025 would gut FEMA, tries to score points on Helene	1ftlr5p	https://augustafreepress.com/news/donald-trump-whose-project-2025-would-gut-fema-tries-to-score-points-on-helene/	2024-10-01T11:27:43	HungryHAP	politics		1	1	null	139
How Project 2025 would treat Helene survivors	1ftlthn	https://www.eenews.net/articles/how-project-2025-would-treat-helene-survivors/	2024-10-01T11:31:25	HungryHAP	politics		366	55	null	140
Trump Calls for Day of Violence to Stop Imaginary Crime Wave	1ftlxwo	https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trump-calls-for-day-of-violence-to-stop-imaginary-crime-wave.html	2024-10-01T11:38:50	CookMotor	politics		1	1	Trump Calls for Day of Violence to Stop Imaginary Crime Wave Intelligencer The Cut Vulture The Strategist Curbed Grub Street Magazine Subscribe to the Magazine Give a Gift Subscription Buy Back Issues Current Issue Contents New York Shop Subscribe Sign In Account Profile Sign Out Menu Menu Close Close Politics Business Technology Ideas About Intelligencer Newsletters New York App Like Us Follow Us NYMag.com New York Magazine Intelligencer Vulture The Cut The Strategist Grub Street Curbed Search Search Close Subscribe Give A Gift Menu Menu Close Close Politics Business Technology Ideas About Intelligencer Newsletters New York App Like Us Follow Us NYMag.com New York Magazine Intelligencer Vulture The Cut The Strategist Grub Street Curbed Leave a Comment Search Search Close Things you buy through our links may earn Vox Media a commission. early and often Sept. 30, 2024 Trump Calls for ‘Nasty’ Day of Violence to Stop Imaginary Crime Wave By Ed Kilgore, political columnist for Intelligencer since 2015 The mendacity, cruelty, and rage are so on brand. Photo: Jeff Swensen/Getty Images One of the central narratives of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign is that America is awash in violent crime, much of it from migrants deliberately invited across the border by the Biden-Harris administration in order to harvest their illegal votes, and that a Trump restoration will put an abrupt end to all this carnage. It’s quite a false narrative, to be sure, since (1) crime rates are actually dropping steadily; (2) so too are border crossings by migrants; (3) there’s is virtually no evidence of noncitizen voting in any recent national election; and (4) Trump has no real plan to address this phantom menace other than bringing peace and order via his awe-inspiring “strength.” But he keeps saying these things and a lot of people believe them. No Trump 2024 campaign theme, however, is complete without a personal dig at Kamala Harris, and accordingly the former president has added to his “American carnage” rap of massive runaway crime by migrants a variation that attributes a shoplifting spike in San Francisco to Harris’s tenure as district attorney, epitomizing her “left liberal” hatred for law enforcement and the police. Fortunately for victimized store owners, a magic Trump solution is available: a “real rough, nasty … day of violence” by unleashed police officers would take care of the problem, as he explained at his latest rally in Erie, Pennsylvania: The problems with this rant go on and on. Yes, there was a spike in shoplifting in San Francisco in 2021, but it has subsided, and both the rise and fall of property crimes in that city occurred long after Harris’s left the D.A.’s office in 2011. The 2014 voter-approved law (in response to a prison-overcrowding crisis) he is apparently blaming for the shoplifting spike, California’s Prop 47, did not prevent police from arresting people for minor property crimes, much less threaten police jobs and benefits; it simply reduced the penalties from state prison to county jail time. As it happens, Kamala Harris didn’t even endorse Prop 47. As for Trump’s “solution,” it’s about as realistic as his earlier demand that shoplifters be shot on the spot. What does any of this law-and-order demagoguery have to do with the job of being president of the United States? Is Trump going to send the U.S. military into cities to deal with retail theft, one of the most local responsibilities imaginable? The real pièce de résistance of Trump’s latest pyramid of lies on crime was the reaction (per Politico) of his campaign to complaints that he was once again just making stuff up: Asked whether the former president’s idea amounted to a new proposal and how such an operation would work, a campaign official said Trump was “clearly just floating it in jest.”“President Trump has always been the law and order President and he continues to reiterate the importance of enforcing existing laws.” A “day of violence” by vengeful police is not, of course, authorized by existing laws anywhere. But beyond that, it’s striking that whenever the 45th president really goes over the line into open incitement of violence, which is often, we are told he’s just, you know, being himself, with his crude sense of humor. The “just kidding” defense also extends to his underlings, like MAGA social-media warrior (and possible Trump 2.0 attorney general) Mike Davis, as Politico recently explained: Here is a list of things the Republican lawyer turned MAGA-media talking head Mike Davis has said: He wants to send journalists to the “gulag.”He wants to put migrant children in “cages.”He wants to “rain hell” on Washington.He wants the Supreme Court to “dismantle most of the federal government.”How much of it does he actually mean? Well, it’s unclear, because he often says he’s “trolling.” …What is the line between trolling and reality? “Whatever you can get passed,” Davis says. Journalist Salena Zito once famously said that Trump’s supporters take him “seriously, but not literally,” an interpretation that gave him a lot of leeway to say horrible things to “own the libs” and titillate his followers without any accountability for untruthfulness or incitement to violence. But in this campaign, it’s harder than ever to separate the MAGA message from the mendacity, cruelty, and rage on which it monotonously relies. It’s a problem anyone who enjoys the former president’s dangerous rhetorical habits should take seriously. What if he means every word? More on politics Adams, DOJ Due for Court Showdown: Live Updates Trump Blows Up Senate Budget Bill at the Last Minute Trump Cabinet: Hearings Schedule & Who’s Confirmed See All Sign Up for the Intelligencer Newsletter Daily news about the politics, business, and technology shaping our world. Email This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Vox Media, LLC Terms and Privacy Notice By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Notice and to receive email correspondence from us. 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US Presidential Polls Tracker: Trump vs. Harris Latest National Averages	1ftlzrg	https://usanewstoday-latest.blogspot.com/2024/10/us-presidential-polls-tracker-trump-vs.html	2024-10-01T11:41:38	Useful-Tap-6266	politics		1	1	US Presidential Polls Tracker: Trump vs. Harris Latest National Averages Skip to main content Search This Blog USA News Today US Presidential Polls Tracker: Trump vs. Harris Latest National Averages Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps October 01, 2024 US Presidential Polls Tracker: Trump vs. Harris Latest National AveragesPhotos: CollectedPaul :The 2024 presidential race is heating up, with less than a year to go. Every camp has already chosen its key issues and is pushing ahead at full speed. Recent surveys point to a neck-and-neck battle between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. This piece outlines recent national averages in polling, covering recent trends, voter demographics, and what those might mean for both candidates.Overview of Current Polling Data As of October 2024, various polls indicate that the race between Trump and Harris promises to be very tight. The national averages of polling from renowned organizations show Trump is leading by a slight margin. During a recent aggregate of the polls, Trump captures around 47% of the vote, while Harris gets 45%. The numbers obviously say how extremely close this race is, but even more so when considering all the ups and downs in public opinion before the election. Key Polling Sources A number of organizations are actively tracking polling data. Among them: * Gallup * FiveThirtyEight * RealClearPolitics * YouGov While the methodologies differ, they largely coalesce around the same high-level narrative: a competitive election with partisan divides. Voter Demographics and Trends # Key Demographics Understanding the demographic breakdown of the electorate is essential to understanding any polling data. Some key demographic insights from recent polls include the following: - Age: Harris tends to have younger voters on her side, as about 55% of voters in the age category 18-29 give support for the candidate. Trump captures around 40% in this category. On the other hand, Trump leads among older voters, ages 65+, at about 52%. - Race: Harris holds a firm sense of support from Black voters at around 80% of the group supporting her. Trump has support among this group of around 15%. Trump comes out stronger among white voters, especially those in rural areas. - Gender: Harris makes up firm ground with women who come out for her at about 54% supporting her, while men are more likely to support Trump at about 51% of the male voters. ### Geographic Trends Regional dynamics also play a considerable role in defining the race. Trump leads by a much healthier margin in the Midwest and Southern states, while Harris has stronger showings in the Northeast and West Coast. The swing states continue to be extremely vital, especially Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin. As a matter of fact, polls conducted in these states reflect a near even split, something that states the high stake involved.Photos: Collected## Analysis of Polling Trends ### Shifts in Public Opinion The two candidates over these months have both gained and lost ground with the public. Harris has been enjoying several increases in her approval ratings after key legislative victories on infrastructure and healthcare matters. Trump, of course, has benefited from his ongoing popularity among Republican voters despite controversies related to his past presidency. Impact of Key Issues There are some issues that define voter preference in this election cycle: Economy: Economic performance and inflation are the concerns of every other voter. To this, about 60% of the respondents consider the economy a very important issue. The clue for Trump was in economic recovery, while Harris emphasized the relevance of equitable growth with social programs. Abortion Rights: Few would question that abortion rights, in high question since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade of 1973, have become galvanizing for many, particularly women voters. Harris is loud and clear on championing reproductive rights, hence the ability of firing up her base and giving her a reason for high support among younger and female voters. Climate Change: Another factor at play is that climate action has increasingly grown to become one of the top voter priorities. This would serve to benefit Harris. Her Administration is deeply committed to taking action on climate change, and this is probably going to appeal to a large extent to the ecologically sensitive urban base. Harris would most likely consolidate support from key demographic groups: women, young people, and minorities. Her efforts to underline social justice, reproductive rights, and economic equity could strengthen her positions in some crucial swing states. Besides that, another important moment will be the mobilization of grassroots movements and actions for her campaign at the local level. (_PCM) It will be about solidifying his base and making appeals to undecided voters. His messaging will be deeply focused on economic recovery, national security, and other conservative traditional values. The momentum for Trump will be of essence in these three battleground states, as small losses in these areas might jeopardize his chances. Forward Glance: Key Dates and Upcoming Polls As the date of the election draws nearer, a sequence of important milestones will shape this political landscape, including: Presidential Debates: These are going to be some imminent presidential debates, with the potential of being most telling in shaping public opinion. Indeed, both contestants will find ample opportunities to detail their manifesto to the people and debunk their rival's story. Early Voting: Casting ballots has become the go-to way to take part in an election. This means voter turnout in the weeks before Election Day will play a crucial role. Harris's team plans to shape their campaign to boost early voter involvement among young people and minority groups. Election Day: On November 5, 2024, it will be sealed after a year-long campaign. Closer polls to this date may give a better sense of the voter sentiments; yet, one thing about American politics is that one could almost expect anything. Conclusion Thus, the presidential contest between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris in 2024 becomes one of the most contentious and closely watched elections in recent times. With national averages reflecting that, it's shaping up to be a close race, and key demographic trends will influence voter preference. That would mean that both candidates need to iron out strategies going into the final stretch. With public opinion still in flux, mobilization, addressing critical issues, and a dent in the trust of the American electorate will remain the focus of attention in these last days. With Election Day just over a month away, every vote will be more important than ever. Harris Kamala Most popular News Resent post Special Trump Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps Comments Post a Comment Popular posts from this blog Goldberg: The political strategy behind Donald Trump's increasingly dark and disturbing rhetoric October 01, 2024 Goldberg: The political strategy behind Donald Trump's increasingly dark and disturbing rhetoric Photos: Collected Last weekend, Donald Trump delivered what even he admitted was a “dark” speech. Beyond the usual nonsense about America ceasing to exist if he loses, he called immigrants here illegally “vile animals” and “monsters” who “will walk into your kitchen, they'll cut your throat.” The supposed enemy of censorship said that the media, including Fox News, shouldn’t “be allowed” to cover Kamala Harris’ speech on immigration. He called Harris “mentally disabled.” And he mused that if police were allowed an hour of “real rough, nasty,” unrestrained violence against shoplifters, the problem would go away. As strange as it sounds, Trump’s increasingly repugnant rhetoric is an effort to win over undecided voters. This might seem like an odd thing to say given that pundits (including me) have said the presidential race is extremely close and that few undecided vot... Read more After a Year of War in Gaza: Reporter's Notebook October 09, 2024 After a Year of War in Gaza Photos: Collected Paul: The Gaza Strip, once a tapestry of vibrant life and community, has irrevocably changed. A year ago, I reveled in the simplicity of routine as a teacher and freelance journalist, nurturing my students and chronicling the stories of a beautiful land. My life was marked by the laughter of children, a thriving cultural landscape, and the warmth of friendships shared along the picturesque coastline. All this seemed plucked from a dream, a reality unburdened by the threats of conflict. The abrupt awakening on October 7, 2023, shattered that dream. 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Video Out of North Carolina After Hurricane Helene Is Tough Viewing \| Meanwhile, eighty-two Republicans voted to shut down the government as a catastrophic storm prepared to devastate a quarter of the country.	1ftmdoh	https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a62449008/hurricane-helene-north-carolina-impact/	2024-10-01T12:02:55	1900grs	politics		8,424	283	Hurricane Helene Devastated North Carolina Towns and Brought Catastrophic FloodsSearchSubscribeMy BookmarksEntertainmentStyleFoodDrinksSportsLifestyleNews & PoliticsArchiveNewsletterAbout UsFollowOther EditionsYour Privacy ChoicesPrivacy NoticeTerms Of UseSkip to ContentEntertainmentStyleLifestyleShoppingNews & PoliticsSubscribesign inSearch'The White Lotus' Is BackSeth Rogen is the BossBest Single Blade RazorsBest Sketches From SNL50The Best Button-Down EverNewsPolitics With Charles P. PierceVideo Out of North Carolina After Hurricane Helene Is Tough ViewingVideo Out of North Carolina After Hurricane Helene Is Tough ViewingMeanwhile, eighty-two Republicans voted to shut down the government as a catastrophic storm prepared to devastate a quarter of the country. By Charles P. PiercePublished: Sep 30, 2024 1:13 PM EDTSave ArticleSean Rayford//Getty ImagesThe video evidence from western North Carolina looks like something Matthew Brady would have sent back from Antietam. Asheville is currently doing business as a lagoon with coffee shops. And the smaller, outlying towns like Mill Spring and Lake Lure are simply gone, literally blown off what maps they were on in the first place. The storm’s overall butcher’s bill is now more than one hundred all over the southeast. From the Charlotte News & Observer:Many badly pummeled communities in the western part of the state have been isolated since heavy rains struck, due to power outages, missing cell phone signals and absent internet connections. Images from newsrooms and social media show houses floating down a muddied French Broad River, submerged cars and the town of Chimney Rock seemingly erased by a mudslide. More than 200 people were rescued from flood waters, according to Cooper’s office, with North Carolina’s search and rescue teams helped by 19 federal and out-of-state teams. Many mountain locations were pelted with rain totaling more than 10 inches, some as much as 29 inches. That brought catastrophic flooding, Cooper’s office said, with winds that gusted up to hurricane strength.Last week, as Helene was winding up in the Gulf of Mexico, strengthening almost by the minute, the House of Representatives voted on a spending package that would have prevented a government shutdown. Eighty-two Republicans voted to shut down the government as a catastrophic storm prepared to devastate a quarter of the country. Let’s look at the box score.The no votes included eleven members of the House from Florida, including thoroughgoing blowhard Rep. Byron Donald; three from Tennessee; and all five of the Republican members from South Carolina. North Carolina’s delegation remarkably showed good sense; only Rep. Dan Bishop voted against the spending package.Project 2025, the conservative wish list that all good Republicans have never heard of, proposes radical changes in how the Federal Emergency Management Agency does its business, most of which seem to be oriented toward having state and local governments foot most of the bill for natural disasters and raising the criteria for FEMA involvement. This, of course, is at the same time that Project 2025 is crippling NOAA, the National Weather Service, and the National Hurricane Center.And then there’s the inevitable Leonard Leo. The redoubtable Digby hipped us to a report in The Guardian about Leo’s new project—building the same kind of network he’s used to deform the federal judiciary for the purpose of institutionalizing climate denialism in the courts. From The Guardian:The Washington DC-based non-profit Environmental Law Institute (ELI)’s Climate Judiciary Project holds seminars for lawyers and judges about the climate crisis. It aims to “provide neutral, objective information to the judiciary about the science of climate change as it is understood by the expert scientific community and relevant to current and future litigation,” according to ELI’s website....The American Energy Institute (AEI), a rightwing, pro-fossil fuel thinktank, has been attacking ELI and their climate trainings in recent months. 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Trump Claims ‘Nobody Thought’ a Hurricane Would Hit This Time of Year Despite It Being Peak Hurricane Season	1ftmfde	https://www.mediaite.com/trump/trump-claims-nobody-thought-a-hurricane-would-hit-this-time-of-year-despite-it-being-peak-hurricane-season/	2024-10-01T12:05:31	javelin3000	politics		1	1	null	145
Ohio businessman getting MAGA death threats for supporting Haitian workers.	1ftmjoo	https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/30/us/springfield-ohio-haitians-threats.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Ok4.nHUi.agqohRmk-27j&smid=em-share	2024-10-01T12:12:04	javelin3000	politics		2,308	147	null	148
Congress members press Biden for intelligence briefing, independent investigation of Seattleite's killing by Israeli forces	1ftmsj3	https://www.kuow.org/stories/congress-members-press-biden-to-investigate-seattleite-s-killing-by-israeli-forces	2024-10-01T12:25:20	newsspotter	politics		0	36	KUOW - Congress members press Biden for intelligence briefing, independent investigation of Seattleite's killing by Israeli forces Skip to main content News & Stories Race & Identity Congress members press Biden for intelligence briefing, independent investigation of Seattleite's killing by Israeli forces Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez September 26, 2024 / 2:02 pm Aysenur Eygi on UW graduation day Courtesy of Aysenur's family Joined by more than 100 Congress members, a Seattle family continues to call for an independent U.S. investigation into the killing of their 26-year-old daughter, Ayşenur Eygi. Eygi was shot in the head by Israeli defense forces after observing a pro-Palestinian protest in the West Bank on Sept. 6.Israeli government officials said in the days following Eygi’s death that the country’s military "likely" and "unintentionally" killed her. RELATED: Israel says its forces likely unintentionally shot and killed an American activist in the West BankPresident Biden called the shooting "unacceptable" in a written statement published Sept. 11, and said his administration "had full access to Israel’s preliminary investigation" and that it "indicated that [Eygi’s death] was the result of a tragic error resulting from an unnecessary escalation."While President Biden expressed an intention to continue monitoring Israel’s investigation into Eygi's death, her family and various elected officials say that’s not enough.Washington state Democratic Congressman Adam Smith sent a letter, co-signed by 102 Congress members, to Biden, U.S. Secretary Antony Blinken, and Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday casting doubt over Israel’s characterization of the shooting. "This contradicts credible, independent eyewitness accounts that suggest the shooting was intentional without provocation," the letter reads. "A Washington Post investigation based on interviews with eyewitnesses and West Bank residents, photos, and videos indicates the shooting occurred 'more than a half-hour after the height of confrontations in Beita, and some 20 minutes after protesters had moved down the main road — more than 200 yards away from Israeli forces.'" RELATED: Hundreds attend vigil remembering Seattle woman killed by Israeli military in the West Bank Smith requested that the administration commit to and provide a timeline for an independent investigation, and provide a written explanation by Oct. 4 of what U.S. officials currently know about Eygi’s death, and how they’ll hold Israel accountable. "This investigation should include all evidence found and rationale for how findings were determined in a written report to the family," the letter continues. In a response posted online, Eygi’s family members said they were grateful for the support, and reiterated their demands for an independent criminal investigation and accountability. The family still hasn’t received a call from the Biden administration as of Thursday morning, said Juliette Majid, a friend of Eygi’s who is acting as her family’s spokesperson. RELATED: Following Seattle woman's killing in West Bank, local officials respond "The U.S. has the leverage and the power to bring accountability and justice. So why aren't they doing that? Why aren't they fighting for accountability and justice for Ayşenur?" she said. Eygi was planning to come back home to Seattle after her two-leg trip to visit family in Turkey and volunteer with the nonprofit Palestinian advocacy group International Solidarity Group in the West Bank. Reuters reported Monday that Turkish government officials have submitted documents related to their investigation into Eygi’s killing to the International Criminal Court and the United Nations. Read More from Race & Identity or: race and equity international politics Seattle Why you can trust KUOW Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez Race & Identity Reporter Gustavo covers the intersection of race and identity for KUOW, writing stories that center voices often not catered to in typical news. He's most interested in covering how communities effect the levers of power they hold, to effect change. More stories from Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez » Recommended Stories Video appears to show ICE agents targeting Latinos in Washington state, but are mass deportations coming? February 18, 2025 Trump has vowed to end DEI. 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In Nevada, where hospitality rules, tipping is not the issue	1ftmuyg	https://www.reuters.com/world/us/nevada-where-hospitality-rules-tipping-is-not-issue-2024-10-01/	2024-10-01T12:28:54	Exciting_Teacher6258	politics		0	1	null	150
'Americans Abroad' launch campaign against 'unfair' US tax system	1ftmzr3		2024-10-01T12:35:42	[deleted]	politics	[removed]	1	1	null	151
'Americans Abroad' launch campaign against 'unfair' US tax system	1ftmzzp	https://www.brusselstimes.com/1114698/accidental-americans-launch-campaign-against-unfair-us-tax-system	2024-10-01T12:36:03	ti84tetris	politics		1	1	'Americans Abroad' launch campaign against 'unfair' US tax system Wednesday 19 February 2025 Magazine Brussels Belgium Business Art & Culture EU Affairs World Belgium Unlocked Jobs 'Americans Abroad' launch campaign against 'unfair' US tax systemMost Read'Americans Abroad' launch campaign against 'unfair' US tax systemMonday 1 July 2024 By Maïthé ChiniIllustration image of a man with American flag, March 2014. Credit: Belga/Yorick JansensA group of American citizens living outside the United States have launched a new global "Tax Fairness for Americans" campaign, with the aim of ending the US' discriminatory tax system for those living abroad.As the United States tax system is based on citizenship rather than residency, so-called "accidental Americans" must still pay taxes in the US. These are people who acquired American nationality because they were born in the United States, but have no other ties to the country. The system also affects all other Americans living abroad."Our mission is to free Americans abroad from discrimination by fighting for Residence-Based Taxation, which is the law of the land in nearly every other country in the world," said Brandon Mitchener, Executive Director of the non-profit organisation."American citizens should not have to renounce their US citizenship to avoid discrimination, double-taxation and everyday hassles just for being an American who chooses to live abroad," he added.Lobbying for changeThe "Tax Fairness for Americans Abroad" initiative represents the estimated 9 million Americans living outside the country, for years or permanently. They represent ordinary Americans who moved away, as well as "accidental" ones who were born in the US but only lived there as young children or were born to American parents abroad.The initiative was inspired by Fabien Lehagre, who was born in California and lived there as an infant. He is now the President of the Association of Accidental Americans (AAA), which represents US citizens born abroad or born to non-US parents in the United States."Being American should be a source of pride," he said. "Unfortunately, US legislation and regulations have made being American a financial nightmare for millions of 'accidental Americans' living in other countries." The US flag and the Belgian flag. Credit: Belga/Eric LalmandThe organisation intends to collect and share stories of expat Americans' experience with citizenship-based taxation (CBT) and lobby for changes in US law and regulations. More than 1,300 individual Americans abroad have already donated to the cause with donations averaging $65."We will call on Congress and the US Treasury to ensure Americans abroad are treated fairly and not treated as second-class citizens simply because they choose to live abroad," Mitchener said. "Contrary to popular belief in the United States, the vast majority of the estimated 9 million Americans who live abroad are ordinary Americans – no richer or poorer on average than their counterparts in the US."Americans move abroad to study, to work, for love, for retirement or lots of other normal reasons, for years or permanently, the press release said. "Many were born abroad or grew up outside the United States and do not even speak English."Related News 'Accidental Americans': Court order for Belgium to stop sharing tax data with US annulled 'Accidental' Americans sue US over 'exorbitant' citizenship renunciation fee 'Accidental' and expat Americans join forces to combat unfair US tax law The tax and financial discrimination against Americans abroad results from the 18th Century policy of Citizenship-Based Taxation (CBT). This sees Americans being taxed on their worldwide income – even if they already declare income in the country where they live.This CBT system can be highly complex for Americans living abroad, as it requires them to navigate both the US tax code and the tax laws of the country where they live. "That often means expensive professional tax advice and high compliance costs, usually for little or no US tax liability at the end of the year."Copyright © 2025 The Brussels Times. All Rights Reserved. Advertise Become a Contributor Privacy Policy Careers About Us	152
Donald Trump: My Plan to Make America Affordable Again—and Bring Back the American Dream	1ftn1t6	https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-my-plan-make-america-affordable-again-bring-back-american-dream-opinion-1961727	2024-10-01T12:38:41	Old_Pen9843	politics		0	90	null	153
Louisiana becomes 1st state to list abortion drugs as controlled substances	1ftn46l	https://www.axios.com/local/new-orleans/2024/10/01/abortion-drugs-louisiana-controlled-substances	2024-10-01T12:42:02	IWantPizza555	politics		295	35	null	154
Matt Gaetz Votes Against Disaster Relief Days After Hurricane Ian Hits	1ftn4v4	https://www.newsweek.com/matt-gaetz-votes-against-disaster-relief-hurricane-ian-1748055	2024-10-01T12:42:59	infinitum3d	politics		1	1	null	155
Tim Walz has a secret weapon. It’s Sex.	1ftn5kq	https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/10/walz-vance-debate-cbs-trump-democrats-republicans.html?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark&pay=1727786512625&support_journalism=please	2024-10-01T12:43:59	trevdak2	politics		0	33	Walz-Vance debate CBS: How the Minnesota governor can make Democrats sexy again. Advertisement Advertisement Skip to the content Slate Shop Games Newsletters Sign In Account Activating this button will toggle the display of additional content Account Sign out Slate homepage News & Politics Culture Technology Business Life Advice Podcasts Menu Open menu Close menu Menu News & Politics Culture Technology Business Life Advice Podcasts Search Activating this button will toggle the display of additional content Light Dark Auto Subscribe Slate Shop Games Newsletters Sign in Account Sign out Slate homepage Account * On a Golden Hamster Wheel Submit search Enter query Activating this button will toggle the display of additional content Light Dark Auto Politics Tim Walz Has a Secret Weapon. It’s Sex. Hear me out. By Steven Reisner Oct 01, 20245:45 AM Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has a chance to tap into Americans’ deepest subconscious desires. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Tweet Share Share Comment Tweet Share Share Comment The battle for the presidency has taken on mythic proportions. Trump, promising vengeance and retribution, is a modern Hydra, whose many heads spew increasingly venomous lies, about Haitians, women, Jews, and enemies of all races, creeds, and genders. Democrats are looking to their new hero, Kamala Harris, sword in hand, to decapitate each lying head, only to discover that, like the Hydra, Trump sprouts two heads for every one that she cuts off. There is no dent in Trump’s popularity. If anything, it seems to be improving, according to certain polls. If the Democrats are to win, Harris and Tim Walz must find an alternative to combating the Hydra on the monster’s terms. Neither of them has Trump’s killer instincts, but they do have one thing on their side. As Sigmund Freud argued a century ago, on the most primitive level, humans are subject to two primal passions: killing and sex. As we mature, these two drives are sublimated into higher-order emotions: the will to power and the capacity to love, but in the unconscious, the primal passions survive in their primitive form, ready to emerge under stress (or inebriation). In these stressful times, Republicans have become masterful at provoking one of these primitive passions. The fateful question is: Can Democrats mobilize the other in the service of their politics of “joy”? In other words, for Democrats to overcome the politics of killing, they have to find a way to make their campaign exude, well, sex. To be clear, I don’t mean to imply that Walz should get up on the debate stage on Tuesday and wink or blow air-kisses or strip. But I do mean that Walz has to tap into what Freud, in his famous letter to Einstein, called the erotic, in the sense that Plato uses the word Eros: the human instinct to preserve and unite. Freud explained elsewhere that it is this instinct that not only gives us the pleasure of sex, but at the same time brings together “families, then races, peoples and nations, into one great unity, the unity of mankind.” Trump’s campaign is not about the future, or even—Trump’s motto notwithstanding—about the nostalgic past; it’s all about excitement in the here and now. Trump is the master of delivering the titillating pleasure of pure power to his public. But something changed in the most recent debate: Trump abandoned titillation and went all-in with the rhetoric of killing and death. Gone was the teasing aggression, the hints of sexuality mixed with innuendos of destruction. Gone, too, was the shrugging, devil-may-care plausible deniability. In its place, Trump presented an apocalyptic vision of murder and mass destruction: “execution after birth, execution, no longer abortion”; “13 people who were just killed, viciously and violently killed”; killers and “rapists” are “pouring” across the border; “we’re going to end up in a third World War. And it will be a war like no other.” Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Where once, “You’re fired,” was code for killing, now Trump no longer bothers with code. His talk is infused unabashedly with what Freud called the death-drive: “the blindest fury of destructiveness … accompanied by an extraordinarily high degree of narcissistic enjoyment, owing to its presenting the ego with a fulfilment of the latter’s old wishes for omnipotence.” Whether we like it or not, we have to recognize that nearly half of America is ready to align with Trump’s death-drive, because it feels genuinely powerful, and they see no other real choice in these frightening times. The burning question facing America is: Will the other basic drive, which Freud called Eros and Harris and Walz call joy, provide us with an alternative? We all know that Kamala Harris bested Donald Trump in their debate. With her steady confidence and bemused attitude, Harris countered Trump’s spectacle of death with a spectacle of life. On Oct. 1, in the coming vice presidential debate, Democrats will have another opportunity to pit these two drives head-to-head. And, as with the previous debate, each candidate will be vying for an archetypal position in the American unconscious. J.D. Vance’s position, or at least the position he wants to present to the American public, is that of the favorite son who stands ready to step into the father’s shoes. To maintain that role, Vance must defend and magnify every utterance of Trump’s. So, like Trump, he tries to energize his base with talk of violence and horror (when actually, his strengths lie in another direction). Advertisement Advertisement But the archetype Vance wants us to accept is not necessarily the one that we receive.We all know that, in fact, Vance is not Trump’s anointed son, because Trump refuses the possibility of being replaced, and as a result, when he is not ignoring Vance, Trump is contradicting him. Advertisement This gives Walz the opportunity to puncture Vance’s projected image, and transform it to one closer to the emotional truth—that of the rejected child who wants to be the favorite. Walz should do everything he can to make Vance look like a wannabe of meanness and aggression looking for the narcissistic father’s approval. Walz himself presents the polar opposite of narcissism: His archetype of father who wants a better life for his children comes quite naturally. He appears as the loving coach who celebrates the success of others and takes pleasure when his children actually do better than he did; the attentive parent who chides, without rejecting, the child who goes astray. Vance made his political reputation by positioning Democrats as coastal elites who are insensitive to the real struggles of his people, the working class of middle America. Kamala Harris, because she studiously avoids referring to the working class altogether and focuses instead on the middle class, has subliminally been reinforcing Vance’s position. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Walz is just the guy who can change this. But it will require more than avuncular acceptance and more than condemning Republicans’ murder and mayhem stories; it will require an equally passionate, joyful, and yes, sexy, counternarrative. Related From Slate Molly Olmstead I Went to a Pro-Trump Christian Revival. It Completely Changed My Understanding of Jan. 6. Read More Walz already speaks passionately of the values of the working class, the dignity of work, the benefit of unions, and the power of communities. He doesn’t speak of college and the middle class, but of career opportunities and technical training for struggling workers, often quoting his mentor Sen. Paul Wellstone: “We all do better when we all do better.” And he has shown that he can communicate compassionately to young, white working-class men. His good nature and joy are clearly infectious. He only needs to make overt what is not often enough acknowledged, that there is a unique pleasure in the dignity of hard work that does not have to be contextualized as anything else. There is honor and self-respect and (yes, again!) sexuality in being a fit and productive worker. Advertisement Popular in News & Politics He’s Hot. He’s “Dangerous.” He Never Stops Talking. Is the Answer to Trump Hiding in Plain Sight? This Content is Available for Slate Plus members only I Just Figured Out What Elon Musk’s DOGE Really Is Trump Is Rolling Out a Huge Part of Project 2025’s Proposed Attacks on Elections It Would Be Hard. It Would Be Illegal. It Might Be the Only Thing That Can Save the Country. Rather than taking Vance’s playbook and attacking the coastal elites, he can turn the tables and offer the wealthy and middle class something to be envious of, something that money doesn’t buy: the sheer energy of workers’ pride in an honest day’s work and a decent wage, the joy in being able to provide for spouses, children, and friends, and the passion that arises when a person feels that they are contributing to their community. If the Harris-Walz campaign is a campaign of joy and opportunity, this is the joy that all working people can connect to. Advertisement Advertisement In a strange twist, American society, in this era, appears to have gotten itself completely out of touch with what makes people happy. If Walz can offer an alternative to the bitter gratifications of cruelty and resentment that Republicans foster—by welcoming all disaffected Americans into a society that values their Eros and believes in their capacity to be productive—he just might attract enough of them to the Democratic Party in time for the coming election. Need advice on living through this historic and nerve-racking presidential election? Slate wants to help. Submit your questions to Wedge Issues here. It’s anonymous! No question is too dumb—or too existential. Tweet Share Share Comment Democrats Donald Trump Republicans Kamala Harris 2024 Campaign J.D. 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The Vance-Walz Debate Is Hardly ‘High-Stakes’	1ftn62q	https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-10-01/walz-vance-debate-vice-presidential-candidates-don-t-win-elections	2024-10-01T12:44:43	bloombergopinion	politics		120	75	null	157
Trump falsely says Georgia's governor was unable to talk to Biden about storm damage	1ftn83i	https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-georgia-governor-brian-kemp-unable-talk-biden-hurricane-helene-rcna173236	2024-10-01T12:47:32	HeHateMe337	politics		4,774	153	Trump falsely says Georgia's governor was unable to talk to Biden about storm damageIE 11 is not supported. 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Brian Kemp said President Joe Biden offered any help the state needs.Get more newsLiveon / Updated By Matt Dixon, Adam Edelman and Megan LebowitzFormer President Donald Trump falsely claimed that Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp hasn’t been able to reach President Joe Biden to discuss Hurricane Helene's impacts on his state.“He has been calling the president, but has not been able to get him,” Trump said at a news conference at a furniture store in Valdosta, Georgia.Yet earlier in the day Kemp, a Republican, said that he initially missed Biden’s call but that he called back and that the two were able to connect Sunday evening.“He just said, 'Hey, what do you need?'” Kemp told reporters. “And I told him, you know, we got what we need. We will work through the federal process.”Kemp said Biden told him to call directly if he needed any additional resources. Kemp said he has “been playing phone tag” with Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee for president, but praised the bipartisan response.Biden ripped Trump over the false claim Monday."He’s lying, and the governor told him he was lying," Biden told reporters in the Oval Office. "I don’t know why he does this. And the reason I get so angry about — I don’t care about what he says about me, I care what he what he communicates to people that are in need, implies that we’re not doing everything possible. We are.""So that’s simply not true, and it’s irresponsible," Biden added of Trump. He also said he plans to survey storm damage in North Carolina on Wednesday.Harris told reporters at Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters later in the day that she, too, had connected with Kemp, as well as North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper and other local officials."I have shared with them that we will do everything in our power to help communities respond and recover. And I’ve shared with them that I plan to be on the ground as soon as possible. But as soon as possible without disrupting any emergency response operations, because that must be the highest priority and the first order of business," Harris said.Storm damage at a furniture store in Valdosta, Ga., on Saturday after Hurricane Helene.Sean Rayford / Getty Images fileHurricane Helene made landfall Thursday night in the Florida Panhandle before it ripped through Georgia, leaving more than 500,000 customers without power. It then continued north, causing record flooding in eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina.The death toll now stands at 116 across six states, according to a count by NBC News. A third of the deaths were reported in North Carolina. The number is likely to increase as recovery and search efforts continue.Just before he falsely said Kemp and Biden hadn’t spoken, Trump acknowledged the storm hit just weeks before a major presidential election but said he wasn’t thinking about politics.“At a time like this, when a crisis hits, when our fellow citizens cry out in need, none of that matters,” Trump said. “We are not talking about politics.”Trump, though, has been taking to social media to take overt political shots at Harris, who put up a post on X that she had been briefed by the head of FEMA, accompanied by a photo.Republicans have mocked the photo, saying the sheets of paper look empty and claiming that the headphones aren’t plugged into anything.“Another FAKE and STAGED photo from someone who has no clue what she is doing,” Trump posted. “You have to plug the cord into the phone for it to work!”The Harris campaign didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.Trump has also said the federal government and Democratic governors, including Cooper, are “going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas.”When NBC News asked Trump about that remark after his Valdosta news conference, he said, “Just take a look,” but did not respond to follow-up questions.In an interview with his former adviser Kellyanne Conway, taped shortly before visiting Valdosta, Trump claimed without evidence that the Biden-Harris administration was “going out of their way to hurt” Trump voters in rural North Carolina and declining to provide assistance to Republican areas of the state."They're not getting water, they're not getting anything," Trump said in the interview that aired Monday night.Outside of falsely stating that Kemp had been unable to make contact with Biden, Trump’s brief remarks in Valdosta focused largely on the truckloads of supplies that arrived with him, including water and fuel.“We brought a lot of things ... trailers, many trailers,” he said.Trump also gave a direct shoutout to Elon Musk, whom he said he spoke to directly about trying to set up Starlink, portable internet devices owned by SpaceX, a Musk-run aerospace company.“I just spoke to Elon. We want to get Starlink hooked up,” Trump said. “They have no communication whatsoever.”Local lawmakers in Georgia praised Trump for coming — but some also said they wished that he would have held off visiting the region until more order had been restored from the destruction wrought by the storm.Scott James Matheson, the nonpartisan mayor of Valdosta, said he would have preferred that Trump come later in the week to allow for emergency operations to proceed longer. Still, he said that he was “pretty excited” and that “we want the attention, and I certainly love the aid he’s bringing.”“I would have loved it Wednesday, Thursday or Friday,” he told NBC News said ahead of Trump’s visit, adding, “We’re not going to say ‘no.’”“We’ll get through it, and we’ll get right back to work,” he said.He added, however, that if Trump left the city with "a truckload of water, a tanker full of gas," then it would be "the better for it by a mile."Matheson added that Biden called him Sunday night and “offered every level of support.”“He said there’s just nothing you can ask for that we’re not going to supply,” Matheson said. “He assured me that, he said, nothing’s too hard. It was just a wonderfully supportive phone call.”Meanwhile, state Rep. John LaHood, a Republican who represents a Valdosta-area district, said he was “good with” Trump’s visit — even if it commanded resources that could otherwise have been devoted to emergency operations."I think it brings more attention to the severity of the problems here,” he said before the visit. “I understand resources will be needed, but it’s going to be a quick trip.”LaHood said that he hadn’t yet heard from Biden or Harris or their teams but that he wouldn’t oppose their visiting, either.State House Majority Whip James Burchett, a Republican who represents an area just northeast of Valdosta, praised Trump for “being here and bringing awareness to this devastating storm."Burchett said he hadn’t heard from Biden or Harris or their teams but was “100% supportive of them coming down.”“I would welcome any assistance right now,” he said. “This is not a political issue. We need every asset possible.”Harris canceled planned campaign stops in Las Vegas on Monday and flew back to Washington for a FEMA briefing on the hurricane.Officials in North Carolina were also clear about wanting national politicians to put off prospective visits.Sadie Weiner, a spokesperson for Cooper, said he spoke with both Biden and Harris over the weekend and told them not to come “immediately.”The message “was received positively” by both Biden and Harris, Weiner said, adding that they discussed timing a visit later.Anderson Clayton, the North Carolina Democratic Party chair, reposted a message on X on Saturday that had said “there is absolutely no reason to have a presidential motorcade/presence in a disaster zone while search & rescue is still underway.”Clayton didn’t respond to questions from NBC News.Matt DixonMatt Dixon is a senior national politics reporter for NBC News, based in Florida.Adam EdelmanAdam Edelman is a politics reporter for NBC News. 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Tim Walz’s state became a ‘trans refuge.’ Here’s what that means and how it happened	1ftnits	https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/10/01/nx-s1-5103113/minnesota-trans-refuge-walz-vance-transgender-rights	2024-10-01T13:01:43	aresef	politics		95	33	Tim Walz’s state became a ‘trans refuge.’ Here’s what that means : Shots - Health News : NPR Accessibility links Skip to main content Keyboard shortcuts for audio player Open Navigation Menu Newsletters NPR Shop Close Navigation Menu Home News Expand/collapse submenu for News National World Politics Business Health Science Climate Race Culture Expand/collapse submenu for Culture Books Movies Television Pop Culture Food Art & Design Performing Arts Life Kit Gaming Music Expand/collapse submenu for Music Best Music of 2024 All Songs Considered Tiny Desk Music Features Live Sessions Podcasts & Shows Expand/collapse submenu for Podcasts & Shows Daily Morning Edition Weekend Edition Saturday Weekend Edition Sunday All Things Considered Fresh Air Up First Featured The NPR Politics Podcast Throughline Trump's Terms Wild Card with Rachel Martin More Podcasts & Shows Search Newsletters NPR Shop Best Music of 2024 All Songs Considered Tiny Desk Music Features Live Sessions About NPR Diversity Support Careers Press Ethics Tim Walz’s state became a ‘trans refuge.’ Here’s what that means : Shots - Health News As states around it were passing bathroom bills and trans health care bans, Minnesota, under Gov. Tim Walz, went in the other direction, protecting transgender rights. Shots Health News From NPR Your Health Treatments & Tests Health Inc. Policy-ish Public Health Twitter Shots - Health News Tim Walz's state became a 'trans refuge.' Here's what that means and how it happened October 1, 20245:00 AM ET Heard on All Things Considered Selena Simmons-Duffin Minnesota trans refuge Listen · 4:18 4:18 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/nx-s1-5103113/nx-s1-5202541-1" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript Rep. Leigh Finke, Minnesota's first openly trans legislator, arrives to cheers from supporters just before before the Minnesota Senate introduced the trans refuge bill at the state capitol building in Saint Paul in April 2023. Transgender rights may come up in the vice presidential debate on Tuesday. Stephen Maturen/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Stephen Maturen/AFP via Getty Images MINNEAPOLIS — As Gov. Tim Walz prepares to debate Sen. JD Vance Tuesday night, Minnesota's status as a "trans refuge" state will likely be in the spotlight. "He's very heavy into transgender, anything transgender he thinks is great," former President Trump said on Fox the day after Walz was announced as Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate. (Trump has pledged, if elected, to end gender-affirming care for youth nationally.) In Arizona earlier this month, Vance falsely claimed the "trans refuge" law Walz signed allows the state to "take children away from their parents if their parents don't want to do sex changes." He added, "that is not small government, that is disgusting, and he should be ashamed of himself." Gov. Tim Walz signed three progressive priorities into Minnesota law on April 27, 2023: a ban on conversion therapy for gay people, and two bills that make Minnesota a refuge for people who travel there for abortion and gender affirming care. Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via Getty Images Here's what the "trans refuge" law in Minnesota is, how it's working, and how involved Walz was in getting the law passed. Sponsor Message A Democratic trifecta The first thing to understand about how politically purple Minnesota came to pass this law, is that in 2022, voters elected Democratic majorities in both houses of the legislature and the governorship. It was the first Democratic trifecta in a decade, and lawmakers came in with a list of priorities. Making the state a "trans refuge" wasn't on that list. But freshman Rep. Leigh Finke, the first transgender member of Minnesota's state legislature, made sure it was added. "I knew that we had to do something because the national, coordinated anti-trans wave was building steam," Finke says. Shots - Health News In just a few years, half of all states passed bans on trans health care for kids In 2023, between January and May, 15 states across the country enacted laws banning gender-affirming care for youth, including Minnesota's neighboring states of Iowa, North Dakota and South Dakota. "The dominoes fell in 2023," Finke says. "The self-evident urgency became clear to the members of the Minnesota legislature." Walz's support was key to passage Walz, from the governor's mansion, was an active ally in the effort to protect transgender people in the state and not a newcomer to the issues, Finke says. "Walz is a teacher and his history includes being the Gay Straight Alliance advisor at Mankato West [high school]," she points out. "People who are around young people and have seen what it means to deny people their authentic fullness — they understand it." Sponsor Message He was "clear eyed in his support for this all along," Finke says, and quickly signed an executive order to put some protections in place in case the bill didn't get through the legislature. Because her party had only a very slim majority, Finke says she spoke to "every single Democrat in the legislature — and some of them for hours and hours," about the bill and its importance. The day of the vote in the House, protestors arguing for and against the bill filled the state house. Debate on the floor was contentious and many hours long. "We voted at 5:45 in the morning in the House — it was a filibuster situation — and everybody stayed up and made it happen," she said. In the end, the bill passed in both the house and the senate, and only two Democrats across the legislature voted against it, she says. "I feel incredibly proud and grateful." Walz signed the bill in front of cameras. As he signed, he said "Love wins," and handed one pen to preteen Hildie Edwards, who had testified in support of the law, and another to Rep. Finke. What the law says The text of the law protects the privacy of both patients and clinicians when it comes to gender-affirming care in Minnesota. "If you are trying to access health care for transition-related reasons, you can access that care in the state of Minnesota no matter where you live, and while you are in the state of Minnesota, our laws will protect you," Finke explains. The law also protects medical providers from out-of-state subpoenas. Finke points to how Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton tried to get medical records for transgender Texans from Seattle Children's Hospital. "Under our bill, the attorney general is tasked with protecting people in Minnesota to receive gender-affirming care," she says, so hospitals and doctors in the state don't need to worry about that kind of effort. Rep. Leigh Finke discusses the trans refuge law in Minneapolis' Loring Park. Selena Simmons-Duffin/NPR hide caption toggle caption Selena Simmons-Duffin/NPR The law does not regulate the care itself — it was already legal in Minnesota, and the details of a patient's treatment are governed by standards of care, and by an individual's choices, made in consultation with their family and doctor. Sponsor Message One provision of the law concerns custody cases, which Vance pointed to when he claimed the state of Minnesota could kidnap kids. "There's nothing like that anywhere around this law — it's a made up lie," Finke says. The bill allows certain custody cases to be heard in family court in Minnesota and judges to issue temporary orders, but it does not determine which parent gets custody or hand custody to the state. "The state cannot claim jurisdiction or custody of a child," she says. "Of course it can't." A trans influx Since Minnesota's trans refuge law was in response to anti-trans legislation in states across the country, the circumstances are "much more tragic than celebratory," Finke says. Many trans people and their families living in states with bans feel like they're being driven out. "Hundreds of people and families within the first six months moved to Minnesota — I'm sure that's a major undercount," Finke says. "And I know as the election comes, we're getting more and more." She says trans people and their families are worried about what another Trump presidency could mean for their rights, not just in relation to health care access, but also military service, housing and employment discrimination, among other issues. Policy-ish Her state bans gender-affirming care for teenagers. So she travels 450 miles for it Since Minnesota's law took effect last spring, it has affected health care providers in the state. Children's Minnesota, which runs a gender program for youth, has seen an increase of about 30% in calls from patients in neighboring states. The hospital tells NPR their waitlist is about a year long for new patients, and they have hired new clinicians to keep up with demand. Family Tree Clinic, a Minneapolis provider of gender-affirming care, has begun a program to help train more physicians on this kind of care around the state. Some families who can't relocate end up driving hundreds of miles to see gender-affirming care providers in Minnesota. One Minneapolis doctor told NPR he currently has 15 patients who do so. Sponsor Message Walz leans in On the presidential campaign trail, Walz isn't shy about his support for LGBTQ+ rights. He headlined the recent Human Rights Campaign annual dinner and proudly enumerated the ways that both he and Harris have supported LGBTQ+ rights through their careers. He told the crowd, as he has said many times on the campaign trail, that there's a saying in Minnesota: "Everything works better if you just mind your own damn business and I'll mind mine." Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, running for vice president, addresses the 2024 Human Rights Campaign National Dinner in September. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alex Wong/Getty Images "That's truly a long standing Minnesota value here," says Finke, who was born and raised in the state. "People don't necessarily want to get involved, for better or worse, in their neighbors' lives, and that has allowed us to do a lot of good progressive work." Politics Why Republicans are calling Walz 'Tampon Tim' — and why Democrats embrace it "Some of the earliest trans action for civil rights was done here," she adds. "In 1978, there was a case argued by the ACLU for a trans woman in the Army to be able to stay and keep her job. We were the first state to protect trans people in our Human Rights Act. It's always just been a part of the fabric here." The personal is political Rep. Leigh Finke has faced fierce opposition to her trans legislative work — including threats and harassment. In a way, that has helped fuel her own political rise. "I'm a little bit famous in the Midwest," she grins. "There were some viral moments from the House floor from conservatives going on tirades against me and against trans people, and it provided an opportunity for us to be able to stand strong, to be able to say, 'Here we are, queer forever, you can't just yell at us and have us go away,'" she says. She's had positive attention, too. Last year, she was named the USA Today "Woman of the Year" for Minnesota, and she was recognized as a "Health Hero" by Children's Minnesota. "You can't be what you can't see," Rep. Leigh Finke says, pictured here with young supporters. Stephen Maturen/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Stephen Maturen/AFP via Getty Images And she is happy that there is more representation of trans people in public life than when she was growing up in the 80s and 90s in suburban Minnesota. "You can't be what you can't see," she says, noting that she didn't come out as trans until adulthood. "And I'm so grateful that I did. And I'm so grateful that I get to be in a position now where other people can see not just that there are trans people, but that we're succeeding." Sponsor Message But when she knocks on doors for her re-election bid this fall, Finke says trans issues are not what voters are concerned about. "I think that, in general, people don't want to be talking about trans kids, they would rather just let us live our lives." She's happy to talk about her other political priorities, like housing and the arts and urban tree policy, instead. 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Trump 2024 campaign has raised only 52% of 2020 total	1ftnnc7	https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/steve-rattner-harris-at-top-of-ticket-sends-donations-soaring-220534853863	2024-10-01T13:07:24	spacebarcafelatte	politics	[removed]	1	2	Steve Rattner: Harris at top of ticket sends donations soaringIE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.Skip to ContentMSNBC LogoLatestRachel MaddowMorning JoeInside with Jen PsakiDeadline: Legal BlogRACHEL MADDOW PRESENTS: ULTRATrump on Trial The ReidOut BlogTrump Documents LibraryColumnistsMSNBC FilmsTrump Transition Share this —SearchSearchFeatured ShowsThe Rachel Maddow ShowMondays 9PM ETMorning JoeWeekdays 6am ETDeadline: White House with Nicolle WallaceWeekdays 4PM ETThe Beat with Ari MelberWeeknights 6PM ETThe ReidOut with Joy ReidWeeknights 7PM ETAll In with Chris HayesTUESDAY-FRIDAY 8PM ETThe Last Word with Lawrence O’DonnellWeeknights 10PM ETThe 11th Hour with Stephanie RuhleWeeknights 11PM ETAlex Wagner TonightTuesday-Friday 9PM ETMSNBC TVWatch LiveListen LiveMoreMSNBC Live EventsMSNBC on PeacockMSNBC ColumnistsTV ScheduleMSNBC NewslettersPodcastsTranscriptsMSNBC Insights CommunityMSNBC StoreHelpTrump Trials Documents LibraryFollow msnbcMore BrandsToday LogoNBC News LogoMore ShowsWay Too EarlyAna Cabrera ReportsJosé Díaz-Balart ReportsChris Jansing ReportsKaty Tur ReportsSymoneThe Katie Phang ShowVelshiInside with Jen PsakiWeekends with Jonathan CapehartAlex Witt ReportsPoliticsNationAymanSearchSearchFacebookTwitterEmailSMSPrintWhatsappRedditPocketFlipboardPinterestLinkedinSteve Rattner: Harris at top of ticket sends donations soaringOct. 1, 202405:45UP NEXT'Factually wrong and insulting': David Ignatius slams Trump's remarks about Ukraine10:14New docuseries 'David Frost Vs' explores career of legendary journalist07:32'This is incomprehensible': Retired general on Trump blaming Ukraine for Russia's invasion07:34'I Am the Cage' focuses on healing after medical trauma04:54See Joe Scarborough fact check Trump on debt, inflation05:54Sen. Coons on how Trump could come to be regarded as 'biggest loser of the 21st Century'09:50NYT: DOGE claims it saved $8B in one contract, but it was only $8M07:57'Craziest way' to make government more efficient: Hidden costs of Musk's cuts08:06Richard Engel: Ukrainian soldiers worried Trump, Putin are 'chopping up' the country02:22Mara Gay: Federal cuts part of an effort to 'destroy' government, not make it efficient11:49'An unwarranted attack': Planned Parenthood pushes back against NYT reporting05:40Luddite Club members still living 'fulfilling, offline lives' in college06:01Russian negotiator says 'positive dialogue' happening during Saudi Arabia talks07:46Four top NYC deputy mayors resign amid Adams controversy07:22Joe: Democrats need to fight to keep Americans safe09:32Department of Homeland Security preparing to fire hundreds of senior leaders this week05:4818 injured after Delta plane landing at Toronto Airport overturns11:28'Very difficult talks': U.S. and Russian officials meeting in Saudi Arabia07:12A 'personal, painful story': Son of Rupert Murdoch on his 'family's unraveling'07:11'A true fighter': Oscar-nominated actress on her character in 'Anora'05:42Morning JoeSteve Rattner: Harris at top of ticket sends donations soaring05:45Share this -CopiedMorning Joe economic analyst Steve Rattner discusses the money race in the 2024 election just five weeks ahead of the election.Oct. 1, 2024Read MoreUP NEXT'Factually wrong and insulting': David Ignatius slams Trump's remarks about Ukraine10:14New docuseries 'David Frost Vs' explores career of legendary journalist07:32'This is incomprehensible': Retired general on Trump blaming Ukraine for Russia's invasion07:34'I Am the Cage' focuses on healing after medical trauma04:54See Joe Scarborough fact check Trump on debt, inflation05:54Sen. Coons on how Trump could come to be regarded as 'biggest loser of the 21st Century'09:50MSNBC HIGHLIGHTS (BEST OF MSNBC)Play AllMorning JoeNew docuseries 'David Frost Vs' explores career of legendary journalistMorning Joe'This is incomprehensible': Retired general on Trump blaming Ukraine for Russia's invasionMorning Joe'I Am the Cage' focuses on healing after medical traumaMorning JoeSee Joe Scarborough fact check Trump on debt, inflationMorning JoeSen. Coons on how Trump could come to be regarded as 'biggest loser of the 21st Century'Morning JoeNYT: DOGE claims it saved $8B in one contract, but it was only $8MPlay AllAboutContactHelpCareersMSNBC StoreAD ChoicesPrivacy PolicyDo Not Sell My Personal InformationCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)MSNBC SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseJoin the MSNBC Community© 2025 MSNBC Cable, L.L.C.NBC News LogoMSNBC LogoToday Logo	163
The attack dog and the folk hero: Vance and Walz gear up for debate showdow	1ftnpt3	https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/01/vance-walz-vice-presidential-debate	2024-10-01T13:10:42	legendsking	politics		77	30	US voters want to hear about economy and immigration in Walz-Vance debate \| US elections 2024 \| The Guardian Skip to main contentSkip to navigationClose dialogue1/2Next imagePrevious imageToggle captionSkip to navigationPrint subscriptionsNewsletters Sign inUSUS editionUK editionAustralia editionEurope editionInternational editionThe Guardian - Back to homeThe GuardianNewsOpinionSportCultureLifestyleShow moreHide expanded menuNewsView all NewsUS newsUS politicsWorld newsClimate crisisMiddle EastUkraineSoccerBusinessEnvironmentTechScienceNewslettersWellnessOpinionView all OpinionThe Guardian viewColumnistsLettersOpinion videosCartoonsSportView all SportSoccerNFLTennisMLBMLSNBAWNBANHLF1GolfCultureView all CultureFilmBooksMusicArt & designTV & radioStageClassicalGamesLifestyleView all LifestyleWellnessFashionFoodRecipesLove & sexHome & gardenHealth & fitnessFamilyTravelMoneySearch input google-search SearchSupport usPrint subscriptionsNewslettersDownload the appSearch jobsDigital ArchiveGuardian LicensingAbout UsThe Guardian appVideoPodcastsPicturesInside the GuardianGuardian WeeklyCrosswordsWordiplyCorrectionsSearch input google-search SearchSearch jobsDigital ArchiveGuardian LicensingAbout Us JD Vance and Tim Walz. Composite: Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenJD Vance and Tim Walz. Composite: Getty ImagesUS elections 2024 This article is more than 4 months oldUS voters want to hear about economy and immigration in Walz-Vance debateThis article is more than 4 months oldThe pair, who have had sharp words for each other at a distance, will debate in close quarters at CBS event TuesdayRobert Tait in Washington DCTue 1 Oct 2024 04.00 EDTLast modified on Tue 1 Oct 2024 19.51 EDTShareTim Walz and JD Vance, the US Democratic and Republican candidates for vice-president, will face off on Tuesday in what is likely to be the last debate showdown between the two parties’ tickets before election day in exactly five weeks’ time.The pair – who have had sharp words for each other at a distance – will engage in verbal combat in close quarters at a CBS-hosted event in New York, with the stakes raised by polling evidence that shows the contest between the two presidential nominees, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, poised on a knife edge.What time is the Walz-Vance vice-presidential debate tonight? Here’s what to knowRead moreWith Trump, the Republican nominee, continuing to refuse demands from Harris, his Democratic opponent, for a second presidential debate, much may ride on how the clash between Walz and Vance unfolds.The 90-minute duel will have added piquancy after Walz, the 60-year-old governor of Minnesota, memorably described Vance as “weird” while casting him as a key architect of Project 2025, a conservative blueprint for a radical shake-up of American government and society that would crack down intensely on immigration, vanquish LGBTQ+ and abortion rights, diminish environmental protections, overhaul financial policy and take aggressive action against China.Vance, 40, a senator for Ohio who has reinvented himself as a political attack dog for Trump despite disparaging him before entering politics, has hit back by depicting his opponent as a far-left liberal and accusing him of serially misrepresenting aspects of his military service in the national guard.He has also thrown the “weird” jibe back at Walz after the Democratic vice-presidential nominee said his children had been born with the help of IVF – which Vance once voted as a senator to oppose – before it emerged that he and his wife had used a different form of fertility treatment.View image in fullscreenCan’t get enough of the US election? Scan or click here to get our free app and sign up for election alerts.A new poll released on Monday found that US voters specifically want the duo to debate immigration and economic policies – two of the top election issues this year. American voters may also be looking to hear from both sides on handling the unfolding devastation and aftermath of Hurricane Helene, with Trump and Harris visiting affected states this week.The potential for fireworks could be further raised by the fact that CBS’s rules of engagement preclude its moderators, Norah O’Donnell and Margaret Brennan, from factchecking the candidates in real time – as happened at last month’s ABC debate between Harris and Trump in Philadelphia. Instead, the two men will be expected to fact-check each other.Vance enters the debate with arguably more to gain. Since his selection as Trump’s running mate, his approval figures have been consistently in the negatives amid a string of disclosures over derogatory comments about childless women, whom he branded “childless cat ladies”.He has also drawn fire for his role in promoting a debunked rumour about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, eating pets, before later telling CNN – unapologetically – that he’s willing to “create” stories for the purpose of calling attention to “the suffering of the American people”.What we know so far about JD Vance and Tim Walz’s debate stylesRead moreAmid the opprobrium, the Yale-educated Vance – who has prepared for the debate by holding rehearsals with a small team that includes the House Republican whip, Tom Emmer, playing the role of Walz, and his wife, Usha, as an adviser – has gained a high profile by embracing the role of articulator of Trump’s fiercely anti-immigrant America-first populism.Walz, by contrast, has achieved more encouraging polling numbers yet has adopted a low-key posture since Harris chose him as her running mate after being promoted to the top of the Democratic ticket following Joe Biden’s decision to step aside in July.He has given few media interviews and had settled for a lower profile following the acerbic attacks on Vance and other Maga Republicans that were first brought to national attention in the summer – and prompted Harris to select him.Walz, who projects an image of folksiness, has admitted to nervousness about Tuesday’s debate while preparing with the help of Pete Buttigieg, the transportation secretary. He has voiced fears to associates that he may let Harris down and reportedly warned her when she chose him that he was a poor debater.While there is little evidence historically of vice-presidential debates affecting the outcome of presidential elections, past encounters have been notable for producing memorable moments and soundbites.Walz v Vance: two midwesterners miles apart in politics ready for debateRead moreIn 2020, Harris herself was the source of one when she told Mike Pence – Vance’s predecessor as Trump’s running mate and, at the time, the vice president – after he interrupted her. She said: “Mr Vice-President, I’m speaking.”In the 1988 vice-presidential debate, Lloyd Bentsen, running mate to the Democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis, had a ready rejoinder when Dan Quayle, the Republican nominee behind George HW Bush, when quizzed, at age 41 – a year older than Vance – about his relative youth, responded by invoking John F Kennedy.“Senator, I served with Jack Kennedy,” replied Bentsen. “I knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. 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The leaked dossier on JD Vance is revealing in all the things it doesn’t say \| US elections 2024	1ftntbw	https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/01/jd-vance-dossier-leak-trump-campaign	2024-10-01T13:15:12	SirNeverEvil	politics		453	18	The leaked dossier on JD Vance is revealing in all the things it doesn’t say \| Moira Donegan \| The Guardian Skip to main contentSkip to navigationClose dialogue1/1Next imagePrevious imageToggle captionSkip to navigationPrint subscriptionsNewsletters Sign inUSUS editionUK editionAustralia editionEurope editionInternational editionThe Guardian - Back to homeThe GuardianNewsOpinionSportCultureLifestyleShow moreHide expanded menuNewsView all NewsUS newsUS politicsWorld newsClimate crisisMiddle EastUkraineSoccerBusinessEnvironmentTechScienceNewslettersWellnessOpinionView all OpinionThe Guardian viewColumnistsLettersOpinion videosCartoonsSportView all SportSoccerNFLTennisMLBMLSNBAWNBANHLF1GolfCultureView all CultureFilmBooksMusicArt & designTV & radioStageClassicalGamesLifestyleView all LifestyleWellnessFashionFoodRecipesLove & sexHome & gardenHealth & fitnessFamilyTravelMoneySearch input google-search SearchSupport usPrint subscriptionsNewslettersDownload the appSearch jobsDigital ArchiveGuardian LicensingAbout UsThe Guardian appVideoPodcastsPicturesInside the GuardianGuardian WeeklyCrosswordsWordiplyCorrectionsSearch input google-search SearchSearch jobsDigital ArchiveGuardian LicensingAbout Us ‘The dossier concerns many worries that Vance is not conservative enough. It also seems preoccupied with how the senator has wounded Trump’s ego.’ Photograph: David Muse/EPAView image in fullscreen‘The dossier concerns many worries that Vance is not conservative enough. It also seems preoccupied with how the senator has wounded Trump’s ego.’ Photograph: David Muse/EPAOpinionUS elections 2024 This article is more than 4 months oldThe leaked dossier on JD Vance is revealing in all the things it doesn’t sayThis article is more than 4 months oldMoira DoneganThe 271-page file overlooks almost everything that average voters, especially women, might find distasteful about VanceTue 1 Oct 2024 06.00 EDTLast modified on Wed 2 Oct 2024 06.49 EDTShareThe public got a peek into the inner workings of the Trump campaign last week, when the independent journalist Ken Klippenstein did what major news outlets refused to: he published the opposition research dossier on JD Vance’s electoral vulnerabilities that was written by the Trump campaign in the lead-up to the VP announcement.The dossier, which was obtained in a hack thought to have been perpetrated by Iranian state interests, would have been compiled by Donald Trump’s camp as part of a routine vetting process as the Republican campaign surveilled possible VP picks and assessed their strengths and weaknesses. It is thorough: at 271 pages, it contains a robust and factual accounting of the vice-presidential candidate’s public statements and associations going back years. As such, it offers a unique perspective into how the Trump campaign views the race – and how they understand the controversial man who is now in their No 2 spot.It’s not just Trump v Harris: America’s men and women are also locked in battle now \| Jonathan FreedlandRead moreBut the document, a litany of everything the Trump camp thinks is wrong with Vance, is maybe most revealing for what it omits: there is almost nothing about his comments on women, and nothing at all about his extensive, repeated and impassioned hatred for childless women, including the “cat ladies” comment that has been Vance’s stickiest scandal and perhaps his greatest contribution to the campaign thus far. The comments that provoked the ire of thousands of women – including no less influential a figure than Taylor Swift – and turned the race partly into a referendum on the purpose and value of women’s lives were nowhere to be found in the document.Instead, the dossier was largely focused on comments by Vance that make him vulnerable with an audience of one: that is, his past negative statements about Trump.The mainstream news organizations that declined to publish this hacked document justified this decision by saying that much of the information was not newsworthy. If this is their standard, it seems to be a new one: in 2016, when Russian-backed hackers obtained emails from the Hillary Clinton campaign, one of the disclosures included risotto cooking tips from campaign chair John Podesta. (He says that adding the liquid slowly helps the rice become creamier, in case you’re interested.) But the Vance dossier is newsworthy, though not because of what it reveals about Vance. What the document says about Vance himself is largely a matter of public record. What is newsworthy, instead, is what the document exposes about the Trump campaign’s priorities.The dossier concerns many worries that Vance is not conservative enough. It also seems preoccupied with how the Ohio senator has wounded Trump’s ego. The absence of Vance’s extreme gender views from the document suggests that the Trump campaign did not understand his comments on women to even be controversial: they don’t seem to have thought that it would come up.Maybe the Trump campaign is staffed with people, including the apparatchiks who do its vetting, who have so little exposure to feminism (or, perhaps, to women more broadly) that it simply did not occur to them that anyone would find Vance’s ravings about women offensive. Maybe the Trump camp made the calculation – one certainly not exclusive to the political right – that women’s investment in their own rights is partial and unserious, and that they would not be moved by gendered insults to their dignity in anything like meaningful numbers. Maybe they assumed that gender politics is now a man’s game, and that appeals to masculine woundedness and grievance now carry much more sway than appeals to women’s rights do. If this is what they think – that misogyny can be an asset for them but never a liability – it would certainly explain some of their actions.As the election looms, can Harris’s campaign juggle joy with a sense of gravity? \| Osita NwanevuRead moreBut the salience of the comments also signals something else that has changed this election: Trump no longer solely sets the terms of the conversation. Trump’s ability to command attention and to dictate the news cycle has noticeably waned this term – think, for instance, of how quickly and decisively each of his not one but two assassination attempts disappeared from the front pages, and how little an impact they seem to have ultimately had on his support. Trump has been unable to get a nickname to stick to Kamala Harris; he has been unsuccessful in his efforts to generate vulgar distractions about her sexual history or the authenticity of her racial identity.So far, all he has managed to do is spread lurid and racist lies that have made life hell for the residents of Springfield, Ohio. Trump’s vulgarity, his hysterics, his domineering indifference to the truth – all these used to fascinate voters, or at least the national media. But Trump has lost his juice.Which brings us to the other reason why the dossier may not have contained many of Vance’s most potent vulnerabilities: perhaps Trump’s staff overlooked them because they assumed that they would be able to generate the narrative on their own, assuming that it was they, and they alone, who would dictate what the media covered and what the public cared about. Those days are over. Just ask your local cat lady. 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Watch: Rachel Maddow lays out why you should care about JD Vance's real agenda	1ftnx4o	https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/watch-rachel-maddow-lays-out-why-you-should-care-about-jd-vance-s-real-agenda-220521029601	2024-10-01T13:19:54	deviousmajik	politics		582	25	Watch: Rachel Maddow lays out why you should care about JD Vance's real agendaIE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.Skip to ContentMSNBC LogoLatestRachel MaddowMorning JoeInside with Jen PsakiDeadline: Legal BlogRACHEL MADDOW PRESENTS: ULTRATrump on Trial The ReidOut BlogTrump Documents LibraryColumnistsMSNBC FilmsTrump Transition Share this —SearchSearchFeatured ShowsThe Rachel Maddow ShowMondays 9PM ETMorning JoeWeekdays 6am ETDeadline: White House with Nicolle WallaceWeekdays 4PM ETThe Beat with Ari MelberWeeknights 6PM ETThe ReidOut with Joy ReidWeeknights 7PM ETAll In with Chris HayesTUESDAY-FRIDAY 8PM ETThe Last Word with Lawrence O’DonnellWeeknights 10PM ETThe 11th Hour with Stephanie RuhleWeeknights 11PM ETAlex Wagner TonightTuesday-Friday 9PM ETMSNBC TVWatch LiveListen LiveMoreMSNBC Live EventsMSNBC on PeacockMSNBC ColumnistsTV ScheduleMSNBC NewslettersPodcastsTranscriptsMSNBC Insights CommunityMSNBC StoreHelpTrump Trials Documents LibraryFollow msnbcMore BrandsToday LogoNBC News LogoMore ShowsWay Too EarlyAna Cabrera ReportsJosé Díaz-Balart ReportsChris Jansing ReportsKaty Tur ReportsSymoneThe Katie Phang ShowVelshiInside with Jen PsakiWeekends with Jonathan CapehartAlex Witt ReportsPoliticsNationAymanSearchSearchFacebookTwitterEmailSMSPrintWhatsappRedditPocketFlipboardPinterestLinkedinWatch: Rachel Maddow lays out why you should care about JD Vance's real agendaOct. 1, 202411:13UP NEXTTrump oddly squeamish under questioning about contact with Putin07:55Musk's clueless job slashing backfires again; principled protest resignations stymie Trump's agenda05:06'Biggest mistake of my life': Regret sets in for Trump voters as Republican politicians panic 06:55'The IRS is freaking out': Trump pushes to give Musk acolyte access to Americans' personal tax data04:32Debunked explanations for Musk's reckless firings expose true goal of wrecking the government08:27'Have you considered resigning?': Maddow calls out Trump staffers who fired nuclear safety personnel07:02DOJ's Eric Adams drama may enter new chapter as judge considers attempt to dismiss case04:47'Not well received': Hegseth, Vance embarrass themselves on international stage08:54'Tech genius' image wears thin after series of errors calls DOGE competence into question06:34Gov. 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This is part two of two clips cut from the Monday, September 30, 2024 Rachel Maddow Show. Find part one and other Maddow clips on YouTube at MSNBC.com/Rachel.Oct. 1, 2024Read MoreUP NEXTTrump oddly squeamish under questioning about contact with Putin07:55Musk's clueless job slashing backfires again; principled protest resignations stymie Trump's agenda05:06'Biggest mistake of my life': Regret sets in for Trump voters as Republican politicians panic 06:55'The IRS is freaking out': Trump pushes to give Musk acolyte access to Americans' personal tax data04:32Debunked explanations for Musk's reckless firings expose true goal of wrecking the government08:27'Have you considered resigning?': Maddow calls out Trump staffers who fired nuclear safety personnel07:02MSNBC HIGHLIGHTS (BEST OF MSNBC)Play AllMorning JoeNew docuseries 'David Frost Vs' explores career of legendary journalistMorning Joe'This is incomprehensible': Retired general on Trump blaming Ukraine for Russia's invasionMorning Joe'I Am the Cage' focuses on healing after medical traumaMorning JoeSee Joe Scarborough fact check Trump on debt, inflationMorning JoeSen. 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Steve Rattner: Harris at top of ticket sends donations soaring	1ftnxav	https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/steve-rattner-harris-at-top-of-ticket-sends-donations-soaring-220534853863	2024-10-01T13:20:08	spacebarcafelatte	politics		719	19	Steve Rattner: Harris at top of ticket sends donations soaringIE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.Skip to ContentMSNBC LogoLatestRachel MaddowMorning JoeInside with Jen PsakiDeadline: Legal BlogRACHEL MADDOW PRESENTS: ULTRATrump on Trial The ReidOut BlogTrump Documents LibraryColumnistsMSNBC FilmsTrump Transition Share this —SearchSearchFeatured ShowsThe Rachel Maddow ShowMondays 9PM ETMorning JoeWeekdays 6am ETDeadline: White House with Nicolle WallaceWeekdays 4PM ETThe Beat with Ari MelberWeeknights 6PM ETThe ReidOut with Joy ReidWeeknights 7PM ETAll In with Chris HayesTUESDAY-FRIDAY 8PM ETThe Last Word with Lawrence O’DonnellWeeknights 10PM ETThe 11th Hour with Stephanie RuhleWeeknights 11PM ETAlex Wagner TonightTuesday-Friday 9PM ETMSNBC TVWatch LiveListen LiveMoreMSNBC Live EventsMSNBC on PeacockMSNBC ColumnistsTV ScheduleMSNBC NewslettersPodcastsTranscriptsMSNBC Insights CommunityMSNBC StoreHelpTrump Trials Documents LibraryFollow msnbcMore BrandsToday LogoNBC News LogoMore ShowsWay Too EarlyAna Cabrera ReportsJosé Díaz-Balart ReportsChris Jansing ReportsKaty Tur ReportsSymoneThe Katie Phang ShowVelshiInside with Jen PsakiWeekends with Jonathan CapehartAlex Witt ReportsPoliticsNationAymanSearchSearchFacebookTwitterEmailSMSPrintWhatsappRedditPocketFlipboardPinterestLinkedinSteve Rattner: Harris at top of ticket sends donations soaringOct. 1, 202405:45UP NEXT'Factually wrong and insulting': David Ignatius slams Trump's remarks about Ukraine10:14New docuseries 'David Frost Vs' explores career of legendary journalist07:32'This is incomprehensible': Retired general on Trump blaming Ukraine for Russia's invasion07:34'I Am the Cage' focuses on healing after medical trauma04:54See Joe Scarborough fact check Trump on debt, inflation05:54Sen. Coons on how Trump could come to be regarded as 'biggest loser of the 21st Century'09:50NYT: DOGE claims it saved $8B in one contract, but it was only $8M07:57'Craziest way' to make government more efficient: Hidden costs of Musk's cuts08:06Richard Engel: Ukrainian soldiers worried Trump, Putin are 'chopping up' the country02:22Mara Gay: Federal cuts part of an effort to 'destroy' government, not make it efficient11:49'An unwarranted attack': Planned Parenthood pushes back against NYT reporting05:40Luddite Club members still living 'fulfilling, offline lives' in college06:01Russian negotiator says 'positive dialogue' happening during Saudi Arabia talks07:46Four top NYC deputy mayors resign amid Adams controversy07:22Joe: Democrats need to fight to keep Americans safe09:32Department of Homeland Security preparing to fire hundreds of senior leaders this week05:4818 injured after Delta plane landing at Toronto Airport overturns11:28'Very difficult talks': U.S. and Russian officials meeting in Saudi Arabia07:12A 'personal, painful story': Son of Rupert Murdoch on his 'family's unraveling'07:11'A true fighter': Oscar-nominated actress on her character in 'Anora'05:42Morning JoeSteve Rattner: Harris at top of ticket sends donations soaring05:45Share this -CopiedMorning Joe economic analyst Steve Rattner discusses the money race in the 2024 election just five weeks ahead of the election.Oct. 1, 2024Read MoreUP NEXT'Factually wrong and insulting': David Ignatius slams Trump's remarks about Ukraine10:14New docuseries 'David Frost Vs' explores career of legendary journalist07:32'This is incomprehensible': Retired general on Trump blaming Ukraine for Russia's invasion07:34'I Am the Cage' focuses on healing after medical trauma04:54See Joe Scarborough fact check Trump on debt, inflation05:54Sen. Coons on how Trump could come to be regarded as 'biggest loser of the 21st Century'09:50MSNBC HIGHLIGHTS (BEST OF MSNBC)Play AllMorning JoeNew docuseries 'David Frost Vs' explores career of legendary journalistMorning Joe'This is incomprehensible': Retired general on Trump blaming Ukraine for Russia's invasionMorning Joe'I Am the Cage' focuses on healing after medical traumaMorning JoeSee Joe Scarborough fact check Trump on debt, inflationMorning JoeSen. Coons on how Trump could come to be regarded as 'biggest loser of the 21st Century'Morning JoeNYT: DOGE claims it saved $8B in one contract, but it was only $8MPlay AllAboutContactHelpCareersMSNBC StoreAD ChoicesPrivacy PolicyDo Not Sell My Personal InformationCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)MSNBC SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseJoin the MSNBC Community© 2025 MSNBC Cable, L.L.C.NBC News LogoMSNBC LogoToday Logo	169
East and Gulf coast ports shut down as thousands of workers go on strike: Longshoremen are demanding higher pay and protections against automation.	1ftnxjm	https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna173319	2024-10-01T13:20:28	ironthrownaways	politics	[removed]	0	2	East and Gulf coast ports shut down as thousands of workers go on strike NBC News Logo2024 ElectionU.S. NewsLocalWorldBusinessSportsShoppingHealthTiplineCulture & TrendsScienceNBC News LogoSectionsU.S. NewsDecision 2024PoliticsWorldBusinessSportsInvestigationsCulture & TrendsHealthScienceTech & MediaWeatherVideo FeaturesPhotosNBC SelectNBC Asian AmericaNBC BLKNBC LatinoNBC OUTLocalNew YorkLos AngelesChicagoDallas-Fort WorthPhiladelphiaWashington, D.C.BostonBay AreaSouth FloridaSan DiegoConnecticutFeaturedNBC News NowNightly FilmsStay TunedSpecial FeaturesNewslettersPodcastsListen NowtvTodayNightly NewsMSNBCMeet the PressDatelineFollow NBC NewsMore From NBCCNBCNBC.COMNBCU AcademyPeacockNEXT STEPS FOR VETSNBC News Site MapHelpAboutContactHelpCareersAd ChoicesPrivacy PolicyYour Privacy ChoicesCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)NBC News SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseSelect ShoppingSelect Personal Finance© 2024 NBCNEWS.COMBusiness NewsEast and Gulf coast ports shut down as thousands of workers go on strikeLongshoremen are demanding higher pay and protections against automation.SHARE THIS —Sep. 30, 2024, 4:21 PM EDT / Updated Oct. 1, 2024, 12:27 PM EDTBy Mike Calia, Steve Kopack and Jason AbbruzzeseTens of thousands of longshoremen went on strike at midnight ET, shutting down major ports along the East and Gulf coasts and choking off deliveries of everything from produce to auto parts.Consumers aren’t likely to feel the pinch unless a walkout lasts for multiple weeks, because businesses and logistics firms took pre-emptive steps to blunt the impact with the holiday shopping season about to kick off. But a work stoppage could still cost the U.S. economy anywhere from several hundred million dollars to $4.5 billion a day, analysts and business groups say. Costs from redirecting goods along longer routes would be passed on to consumers.The ports handle about half the ocean imports in the U.S. Varying estimates say the strike encompasses 25,000 to 50,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association. All told, the ILA has 85,000 members. Union leaders argue that big global cargo carriers have raked in huge profits since pandemic-era supply-chain snags drove up freight rates, saying workers haven’t sufficiently shared in those gains.In a video posted to an ILA Instagram account, Harold J. Daggett addressed union workers at Maher Terminals in Elizabeth, New Jersey. "This is going down in history what we're doing here," he said. "They can't survive too long," he added.Read moreThe strike caps months of heated rhetoric between the union and the United States Maritime Alliance, or USMX, which represents major ocean freight and port operators. The union is seeking raises, as well as limits on automation at ports that it says could cost jobs. The two sides hadn’t negotiated in the days leading up to the potential stoppage.“The Ocean Carriers represented by USMX want to enjoy rich billion-dollar profits that they are making in 2024, while they offer ILA Longshore Workers an unacceptable wage package that we reject,” the union said in a statement Monday.The USMX, meanwhile, said that it had been exchanging offers with the union and had hoped to avoid a work stoppage. A container ship left the Port of Newark, N.J., on Monday hours before a threatened strike halted operations.Spencer Platt / Getty Images“Our offer would increase wages by nearly 50 percent, triple employer contributions to employee retirement plans, strengthen our health care options, and retain the current language around automation and semi-automation,” it said in a news release.Several industries are prepared for the strike, having ordered goods in advance when it became apparent that a stoppage could start Tuesday, but analysts expect more serious impacts if the walkout lasts several weeks or longer. Trucking and other logistics companies raced in recent days to get as many goods as possible out of ports before a potential strike.The vast port operations of New York and New Jersey stand to be most affected, with about 4,500 workers. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said in a news release that she urged the two sides to come to an agreement but that preparations had been made to keep shelves stocked."In preparation for this moment, New York has been working around the clock to ensure that our grocery stores and medical facilities have the essential products they need," she said. "It’s critical for USMX and the ILA to reach a fair agreement soon that respects workers and ensures a flow of commerce through our ports. In the meantime, we will continue our efforts to minimize disruption for New Yorkers."Read moreBusiness groups, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, have urged President Joe Biden to intervene using the 1947 Taft-Hartley Act. Under that authority, Biden could seek a so-called 80-day cooling-off period that would force dockworkers to stay on the job.But while the White House has been in touch with the ILA and the USMX in recent days, Biden has said he isn’t looking to invoke the law. An intervention could also unsettle relations with organized labor 35 days before Election Day, as Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris looks to maximize her union support against Republican former President Donald Trump.“Because it’s collective bargaining, I don’t believe in Taft-Hartley,” Biden told reporters Sunday.On Tuesday, Biden called for negotiations to continue and urged USMX to increase worker wages in line with executive compensation."It is time for USMX to negotiate a fair contract with the longshoremen that reflects the substantial contribution they’ve been making to our economic comeback," Biden said in a statement.Mike CaliaMike Calia is the managing editor for business and the economy at NBC News.Steve KopackSteve Kopack is a producer at NBC News covering business and the economy.Jason AbbruzzeseJason Abbruzzese is the assistant managing editor of tech and science for NBC News Digital.Lori Ann LaRocco, CNBC, Kyla Guilfoil and Josh Cradduck contributed.CONTINUE READINGwe and our partners use cookies on this site to improve our service, perform analytics, personalize advertising, measure advertising performance, and remember website preferences. by using the site, you consent to these cookies. for more information on cookies including how to manage your consent visit our cookie policy.continueAboutContactHelpCareersAd ChoicesPrivacy PolicyYour Privacy ChoicesCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)NBC News SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseSelect ShoppingSelect Personal Finance© 2024 NBC UNIVERSALNBC News LogoMSNBC LogoToday Logo	170
East and Gulf coast ports shut down as thousands of workers go on strike: Longshoremen are demanding higher pay and protections against automation.	1ftnycd	https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna173319	2024-10-01T13:21:25	ironthrownaways	politics		156	87	East and Gulf coast ports shut down as thousands of workers go on strike NBC News Logo2024 ElectionU.S. NewsLocalWorldBusinessSportsShoppingHealthTiplineCulture & TrendsScienceNBC News LogoSectionsU.S. NewsDecision 2024PoliticsWorldBusinessSportsInvestigationsCulture & TrendsHealthScienceTech & MediaWeatherVideo FeaturesPhotosNBC SelectNBC Asian AmericaNBC BLKNBC LatinoNBC OUTLocalNew YorkLos AngelesChicagoDallas-Fort WorthPhiladelphiaWashington, D.C.BostonBay AreaSouth FloridaSan DiegoConnecticutFeaturedNBC News NowNightly FilmsStay TunedSpecial FeaturesNewslettersPodcastsListen NowtvTodayNightly NewsMSNBCMeet the PressDatelineFollow NBC NewsMore From NBCCNBCNBC.COMNBCU AcademyPeacockNEXT STEPS FOR VETSNBC News Site MapHelpAboutContactHelpCareersAd ChoicesPrivacy PolicyYour Privacy ChoicesCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)NBC News SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseSelect ShoppingSelect Personal Finance© 2024 NBCNEWS.COMBusiness NewsEast and Gulf coast ports shut down as thousands of workers go on strikeLongshoremen are demanding higher pay and protections against automation.SHARE THIS —Sep. 30, 2024, 4:21 PM EDT / Updated Oct. 1, 2024, 12:27 PM EDTBy Mike Calia, Steve Kopack and Jason AbbruzzeseTens of thousands of longshoremen went on strike at midnight ET, shutting down major ports along the East and Gulf coasts and choking off deliveries of everything from produce to auto parts.Consumers aren’t likely to feel the pinch unless a walkout lasts for multiple weeks, because businesses and logistics firms took pre-emptive steps to blunt the impact with the holiday shopping season about to kick off. But a work stoppage could still cost the U.S. economy anywhere from several hundred million dollars to $4.5 billion a day, analysts and business groups say. Costs from redirecting goods along longer routes would be passed on to consumers.The ports handle about half the ocean imports in the U.S. Varying estimates say the strike encompasses 25,000 to 50,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association. All told, the ILA has 85,000 members. Union leaders argue that big global cargo carriers have raked in huge profits since pandemic-era supply-chain snags drove up freight rates, saying workers haven’t sufficiently shared in those gains.In a video posted to an ILA Instagram account, Harold J. Daggett addressed union workers at Maher Terminals in Elizabeth, New Jersey. "This is going down in history what we're doing here," he said. "They can't survive too long," he added.Read moreThe strike caps months of heated rhetoric between the union and the United States Maritime Alliance, or USMX, which represents major ocean freight and port operators. The union is seeking raises, as well as limits on automation at ports that it says could cost jobs. The two sides hadn’t negotiated in the days leading up to the potential stoppage.“The Ocean Carriers represented by USMX want to enjoy rich billion-dollar profits that they are making in 2024, while they offer ILA Longshore Workers an unacceptable wage package that we reject,” the union said in a statement Monday.The USMX, meanwhile, said that it had been exchanging offers with the union and had hoped to avoid a work stoppage. A container ship left the Port of Newark, N.J., on Monday hours before a threatened strike halted operations.Spencer Platt / Getty Images“Our offer would increase wages by nearly 50 percent, triple employer contributions to employee retirement plans, strengthen our health care options, and retain the current language around automation and semi-automation,” it said in a news release.Several industries are prepared for the strike, having ordered goods in advance when it became apparent that a stoppage could start Tuesday, but analysts expect more serious impacts if the walkout lasts several weeks or longer. Trucking and other logistics companies raced in recent days to get as many goods as possible out of ports before a potential strike.The vast port operations of New York and New Jersey stand to be most affected, with about 4,500 workers. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said in a news release that she urged the two sides to come to an agreement but that preparations had been made to keep shelves stocked."In preparation for this moment, New York has been working around the clock to ensure that our grocery stores and medical facilities have the essential products they need," she said. "It’s critical for USMX and the ILA to reach a fair agreement soon that respects workers and ensures a flow of commerce through our ports. In the meantime, we will continue our efforts to minimize disruption for New Yorkers."Read moreBusiness groups, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, have urged President Joe Biden to intervene using the 1947 Taft-Hartley Act. Under that authority, Biden could seek a so-called 80-day cooling-off period that would force dockworkers to stay on the job.But while the White House has been in touch with the ILA and the USMX in recent days, Biden has said he isn’t looking to invoke the law. An intervention could also unsettle relations with organized labor 35 days before Election Day, as Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris looks to maximize her union support against Republican former President Donald Trump.“Because it’s collective bargaining, I don’t believe in Taft-Hartley,” Biden told reporters Sunday.On Tuesday, Biden called for negotiations to continue and urged USMX to increase worker wages in line with executive compensation."It is time for USMX to negotiate a fair contract with the longshoremen that reflects the substantial contribution they’ve been making to our economic comeback," Biden said in a statement.Mike CaliaMike Calia is the managing editor for business and the economy at NBC News.Steve KopackSteve Kopack is a producer at NBC News covering business and the economy.Jason AbbruzzeseJason Abbruzzese is the assistant managing editor of tech and science for NBC News Digital.Lori Ann LaRocco, CNBC, Kyla Guilfoil and Josh Cradduck contributed.CONTINUE READINGwe and our partners use cookies on this site to improve our service, perform analytics, personalize advertising, measure advertising performance, and remember website preferences. by using the site, you consent to these cookies. for more information on cookies including how to manage your consent visit our cookie policy.continueAboutContactHelpCareersAd ChoicesPrivacy PolicyYour Privacy ChoicesCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)NBC News SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseSelect ShoppingSelect Personal Finance© 2024 NBC UNIVERSALNBC News LogoMSNBC LogoToday Logo	171
JD Vance’s time on the trail has often been overshadowed by self-made controversy	1ftoaje	https://www.npr.org/2024/10/01/nx-s1-5060281/vp-debate-jd-vance-haitian-migrants-abortion-childless-cat-ladies	2024-10-01T13:37:02	nosotros_road_sodium	politics		111	20	VP debate offers JD Vance an opportunity to overcome campaign trail struggles : NPR Accessibility links Skip to main content Keyboard shortcuts for audio player Open Navigation Menu Newsletters NPR Shop Close Navigation Menu Home News Expand/collapse submenu for News National World Politics Business Health Science Climate Race Culture Expand/collapse submenu for Culture Books Movies Television Pop Culture Food Art & Design Performing Arts Life Kit Gaming Music Expand/collapse submenu for Music Best Music of 2024 All Songs Considered Tiny Desk Music Features Live Sessions Podcasts & Shows Expand/collapse submenu for Podcasts & Shows Daily Morning Edition Weekend Edition Saturday Weekend Edition Sunday All Things Considered Fresh Air Up First Featured The NPR Politics Podcast Throughline Trump's Terms Wild Card with Rachel Martin More Podcasts & Shows Search Newsletters NPR Shop Best Music of 2024 All Songs Considered Tiny Desk Music Features Live Sessions About NPR Diversity Support Careers Press Ethics VP debate offers JD Vance an opportunity to overcome campaign trail struggles Republican Ohio Sen. JD Vance is prolific on the campaign trail with speeches and talking to reporters, but his messaging has at times been overshadowed by controversy often of his own making. Politics JD Vance's time on the trail has often been overshadowed by self-made controversy October 1, 20245:00 AM ET Heard on Morning Edition Stephen Fowler VANCE BACKGROUND Listen · 3:36 3:36 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/nx-s1-5060281/nx-s1-09fc7405-b23d-443f-825e-9b7320bf01d6" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance speaks to a crowd during a rally at the Berks County Fairgrounds on Sept. 21, in Leesport, Penn. Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images Republican vice presidential nominee Ohio Sen. JD Vance has been an aggressive messenger for Donald Trump's campaign vision for the future and is a constant fixture on the trail, doing interviews and taking questions from the press. But in the 11 weeks since Vance joined the GOP presidential ticket, that message has been overshadowed by controversy — often of Vance's own making. His acceptance speech in Milwaukee at the Republican National Convention was heavy on biography and nodded towards a more polished take on Trump's often dire rhetoric. "My friends, tonight is a night of hope," he said. "A celebration of what America once was, and with God's grace, what it will soon be again. And it is a reminder of the sacred duty we have to preserve the American experiment, to choose a new path for our children and grandchildren." Sponsor Message News JD Vance vows to fight for 'forgotten communities' in hometown rally Vance's selection came at a moment when Trump was leading in key battleground polls after President Biden's poor debate performance and the GOP was rallying around Trump after an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania. The freshman Ohio senator was viewed as the MAGA heir apparent to the party's future. But in the run-up to Tuesday's vice presidential debate between Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, there have been two conflicting forces at work on the trail: the message that Vance wants to get out, and what actually sticks. Take his first solo campaign rally in his hometown, just days after the RNC, where he delivered a populist speech vowing to help lift up "forgotten communities all across our country." "We're going to fight for every single worker in this country," he said. "If you work hard and play by the rules, you ought to be able to put a good dinner on the table and send your kids to whatever vacation and whatever school you want to." But another line that broke through to the public — and not for good reason — was a comment about Diet Mountain Dew. "Democrats say that it is racist to believe — well, they say it's racist to do anything," he said. "I had a Diet Mountain Dew yesterday and one today. I'm sure they're going to call that racist, too." Sponsor Message Older comments have drawn blowback In the days that followed, Trump struggled to quickly pivot his campaign message to address Vice President Harris after President Biden dropped out of the race, but Vance was quick to fill in the gaps to question her record and make her the focus of attacks on immigration, inflation and other top Republican issues. When Harris named Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate and the pair embarked on a swing state blitz, Vance was there, too, countering the Democratic message with the case for a Republican presidency. Elections As Democrats barnstorm battleground states, so does JD Vance "It is normal people who suffer when Kamala Harris refuses to do her job, and it is normal people who stand to benefit the most when we re-elect Donald J. Trump president of the United States," he said in Philadelphia. But Vance's rapid ascension in politics means he has relatively less experience as a campaigner, delivering stump speeches or handling the intense scrutiny on past and present statements. So the prebuttal tour came as Vance was also dealing with uproar over old comments he made deriding Democrats in charge as quote "childless cat ladies." Politics What Tim Walz's past debate performances reveal about how he may take on JD Vance "It's not a criticism of people who don't have children," Vance said in an interview with Megyn Kelly. "I explicitly said in my remarks despite the fact the media has lied about this that this is not about criticizing people who for various reasons didn't have kids. This is about criticizing the Democratic Party for becoming anti-family and anti-child." But the damage was done, as Vance's old comments provided Democrats an opening to attack the GOP ticket as sexist and out of touch. His false claims about migrants have caused controversy, too Then, there's more recent remarks, like a weeks-long inflammatory crusade against Haitian migrants living in Springfield, Ohio that Vance has sought to use as a cudgel to attack Democrats over immigration. Sponsor Message "The American media totally ignored this stuff until Donald Trump and I started talking about cat memes," Vance said in a Sept. 15 CNN interview. "If I have to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people, then that's what I'm going to do." State and local Republican leaders in Ohio have rejected claims made by Trump and Vance about Haitian migrants in Springfield. The city's mayor told news outlets that Vance's staff knew the conspiracies about eating pets were false before Trump uttered the lies on the debate stage last month. Several times, Vance has also staked out policy positions for the ticket that Trump has later disagreed with or shot down, like when Vance said that Trump would veto a national abortion ban. "I didn't discuss it with JD, in all fairness," Trump said on the debate stage. "And I don't mind if he has a certain view, but I don't think he was speaking for me." Where Trump offered a "concept of a plan" for health care, Vance answered a question after a Raleigh, North Carolina campaign speech with more details of how Republicans would overhaul health insurance risk pools under the Affordable Care Act, a broadly unpopular proposal. Vance's exchanges with reporters can turn testy Elsewhere on the campaign trail, Vance has also been prolific when it comes to messaging campaign goals, frequently doing media interviews, delivering speeches and taking questions after most every stop — prioritizing local journalists. But those Q and A sessions can turn contentious, with the crowd often booing questions from journalists as Vance takes the opportunity to paint himself as a pugilist for Trump, whether it be queries about interest rate cuts or questions about the campaign's support of North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, who allegedly called himself a "Black Nazi" among other things on a porn forum more than a decade ago. (Robinson has denied the allegation.) Sponsor Message Vance, who was a combat correspondent in the Marine Corps, regularly lectures reporters about what he perceives to be unfair coverage of him and frequently directs them to ask Harris questions instead. Even in more casual campaign settings, Vance has struggled at times to connect. At one stop at a doughnut shop in Valdosta, Georgia, an employee was awkwardly put on the spot by the candidate — she then asked not to be filmed on camera. On another visit to a Pennsylvania sandwich shop last weekend, Vance was left standing outside in a parking lot after some initial confusion because staff at the shop were never given advance notice of his visit. All of these things have contributed to Vance having the lowest favorability rating on this year's presidential ballot — and one of the lowest of any VP pick in recent history. 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'Admire you so darn much' \| President Biden delivers birthday message for Jimmy Carter	1ftoc8g	https://www.11alive.com/article/news/politics/jimmy-carter/president-biden-birthday-message-jimmy-carter/85-32b12cdf-40cd-4e69-be54-0527f94e20ef	2024-10-01T13:39:15	plz-let-me-in	politics		3,288	63	President Biden birthday wish for Jimmy Carter \| What he said \| 11alive.com Skip Navigation Share on Facebook Share on SMS Share on Email Navigation News Back Local Near Me Politics Crime Nation World Traffic Investigations Features Atlanta & Company Entertainment Latest News Stories MARTA faces $89 million in budget 'challenges' under possible federal funding cuts, agency CEO says Senate confirms Kelly Loeffler, former Georgia senator, to lead Small Business Administration Weather Back Forecast Radar 10-Day Webcams Maps Closings & Delays Submit a Closing Latest Weather Stories North Georgia braces for decade-low February temperatures Weather Impact Forecast \| Arctic Blast sends wind chills into the 0s, 10s early Thursday Sports Back High School Sports Atlanta Braves Atlanta Falcons Atlanta Hawks Atlanta United Atlanta Dream College Football AJC Peachtree Road Race Olympics Locked on Podcast Network Latest Stories William Byron joins the likes of Richard Petty, Cale Yarborough with second straight Daytona 500 win Dawsonville's Chase Elliott looking to match his dad's 1987 feat at Daytona 500 VERIFY Search Search: Search Right Now Atlanta, GA » 43° Atlanta, GA » Weather Closings Advertise With Us 11Alive News Investigates Atlanta & Company Better Work The Georgia Vote Contests Locked On Sports Atlanta Community Companies That Care Breaking News More () » Jimmy Carter Here's what Joe Biden posted to celebrate Jimmy Carter's 100th birthday Biden praised Carter's conviction and compassion, as well as his being a beloved friend for him and his family. Credit: ASSOCIATED PRESS Former President Jimmy Carter, right, is seen with Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) Author: Jesse Nussman Published: 9:20 AM EDT October 1, 2024 Updated: 9:20 AM EDT October 1, 2024 ATLANTA — Folks around the nation, including the current occupant of the White House, are wishing former President Jimmy Carter a happy birthday as he turns 100 on Tuesday. In a video posted to X, Biden told Carter, "You've always been a moral force for our nation in the world." Biden praised Carter's conviction and compassion, as well as his being a beloved friend for him and his family. A benefit concert and the construction of 30 new homes are among the many events marking President Jimmy Carter's 100th birthday on Oct. 1. Happy 100th Birthday, President Carter.To put it simply: I admire you so darn much. pic.twitter.com/09DUDUlz9d— President Biden (@POTUS) October 1, 2024 There's also a virtual card online, courtesy of the Carter Center, which you can sign to show your support. More on Carter legacy Presidential historian Cassandra Newby-Alexander, professor of Virginia Black history and culture at Norfolk State University, said the strength of Carter’s legacy is in his morality. Unlike many who claim to care about the disadvantaged, Carter has shown that they — and not power or money — are his main concern, Newby-Alexander said. “I think he has probably done more personally in his post-presidency than anyone else because he’s not out there looking for attention,” she said. “He’s looking to change things. He’s not out there trying to make money for himself. He’s out there trying to live the life of a Christian — a true Christian, one who cares about the poor and the homeless and the children.” While leadership in philanthropy is often gauged by the size of donations or the heft of assets under management, Carter’s giving came in the form of his seemingly ceaseless personal effort. From building homes to monitoring elections and pursuing the elimination of a painful but neglected disease, Carter used his stature and presence to rally resources and attention to his causes. “In so many ways, he set the standard for how presidents should be in their post-presidency, as someone who is going to continue to do good, someone who’s going to continue to positively impact society,” Newby-Alexander said. Carter’s legacy of giving back also includes working to eradicate Guinea worm, a commitment The Carter Center has made since 1986. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had identified the disease as a candidate for eradication after smallpox. Carter took up the mantle, vowing to outlive the last such parasite. “To the demise of the worm” is the catchphrase, according to Dr. Jordan Tappero, deputy director for neglected tropical diseases at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which has given $263 million to The Carter Center since 2000, mostly to support its work on Guinea worm. The number of cases has fallen from 3.5 million when the center started to only 13 known cases in humans in 2022, and now focuses on closing the “last mile” of infections in several African countries. Even after Carter entered hospice in February 2023, Tappero said, Carter was still contacting his team. “He still wants updates and wants to know what’s going on because his mind will never stop until the last heartbeat,” Tappero said, speaking in March 2023. 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North Carolina Officials Begin Post-Helene Election Planning (Gift Article)	1ftofpw	https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/30/us/helene-north-carolina-elections.html?unlocked_article_code=1.O04.vQ2b.YuB2gHwtUd47&smid=url-share	2024-10-01T13:43:55	foffl	politics		1	1	null	176
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Trump and Harris Step Up Efforts to Woo Mormon Voters	1ftoj9y	https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/27/us/politics/trump-harris-mormon-voters.html	2024-10-01T13:48:25	4blockhead	politics		113	51	null	178
CBS offers QR code to fact check VP Debate in real time.	1ftol5f	https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/cbs-offers-qr-code-to-fact-check-vp-debate-in-real-time	2024-10-01T13:50:42	Heart_Throb_	politics		1	1	CBS Offers QR Code to Fact-Check VP Debate in Real Time \| TV Tech Skip to main content Open menu Close menu TV Tech Search Search TV Tech RSS News Opinions Products Events Resource Center Subscribe TrendingNAB ShowAI for M&ENextGen TVFCCFebruary 2025 Issue News Miscellaneous CBS Offers QR Code to Fact-Check VP Debate in Real Time By Tom Butts published 1 October 2024 Debate between JD Vance and Tim Walz takes place tonight at 9 PM ET When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Getty Images) Viewers of the Vice Presidential debate on CBS tonight will be able to use QR codes to fact check Republican VP Candidate JD Vance and Democratic VP Candidate Tim Walz.Fact-checking has had a rather checkered history in recent campaign debates, with certain presidential candidates advocating the process—which allows moderators to correct incorrect statements from the debate stage—while others claim biased moderators corrupt the events.Former President Donald Trump, for example, severely criticized moderators of the only debate between himself and Vice President Kamala Harris last month, calling for one of the moderators—ABC News Anchor David Muir—to be fired and for the FCC to repeal ABC’s broadcast license, eliciting this response from FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel:“The First Amendment is a cornerstone of our democracy,” she said. “The FCC does not revoke licenses for broadcast stations simply because a political candidate disagrees with or dislikes content or coverage.”CBS News, which will air the debate live tonight at 9:00 p.m. ET, is taking another approach—offering up a QR code for viewers to scan with their devices that wil take them to a CBS News website where about 20 CBS journalists will fact-check the debaters comments in real-time, according to the New York Times. Although the debate will be simulcast on most major broadcast and news networks, the code will only appear on CBS.“The idea is to give people that second-screen experience,” said Claudia Milne, the senior vice president for standards and practices at CBS News told the Times, adding, “The audience can get the takeaway they need in a responsible and smart way.”The debate will be moderated by Norah O’Donnell, the anchor of “CBS Evening News” and Margaret Brennan, host of CBS’s Sunday morning political talk show “Face the Nation,” and marks the first time a presidential or vice presidential debate has been moderated by two women. Ms O’Donnell will be stepping down after the election.Get the TV Tech NewsletterThe professional video industry's #1 source for news, trends and product and tech information. 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This is what we are up against! And it is scary as h*ll.	1ftolkv	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeVhHNSe9Ks	2024-10-01T13:51:15	whiteroseatCH	politics		1	1	Watch: Rachel Maddow lays out why you should care about JD Vance's real agenda - YouTubeAboutPressCopyrightContact usCreatorsAdvertiseDevelopersTermsPrivacyPolicy & SafetyHow YouTube worksTest new featuresNFL Sunday Ticket© 2025 Google LLC	180
Kamala Harris says insomnia hit after Biden dropped out, she was sleep-deprived the day of Walz pick	1ftoocj	https://nypost.com/2024/09/30/us-news/kamala-harris-says-insomnia-hit-after-biden-dropped-out-was-sleep-deprived-the-day-of-walz-pick/?utm_source=reddit.com	2024-10-01T13:54:40	CryptographerDeep373	politics		0	67	null	181
Watch: Rachel Maddow lays out why you should care about JD Vance's real agenda.	1ftoomd	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeVhHNSe9Ks	2024-10-01T13:54:59	whiteroseatCH	politics		1	1	Watch: Rachel Maddow lays out why you should care about JD Vance's real agenda - YouTubeAboutPressCopyrightContact usCreatorsAdvertiseDevelopersTermsPrivacyPolicy & SafetyHow YouTube worksTest new featuresNFL Sunday Ticket© 2025 Google LLC	182
Iran preparing imminent missile attack against Israel: Senior U.S. official	1ftotlk	https://ssnews.page.link/MnjgNT6CE5bk6GPi7	2024-10-01T14:01:06	CookMotor	politics		1	1	Iran preparing imminent missile attack against Israel: Senior U.S. official	183
Port Workers Strike Turns Violent in Baltimore	1ftp0jv	https://www.fox5dc.com/news/port-workers-strike-turns-violent-baltimore	2024-10-01T14:09:19	Cartagraph	politics		0	10	Port workers strike turns violent in Baltimore \| FOX 5 DC LiveNewsWeatherThings To DoContests More Watch Live Expand / Collapse search ☰ Search site News Washington, D.C.VirginiaMarylandNational NewsCrimeSportsBusinessConsumerHealthPersonal FinanceFOX News SundayWeather ForecastFOX 5 SkycamsTrafficSchool Closings & DelaysFOX 5 Weather AppFOX WeatherGood Day LION Lunch HourCooking With ComoLights! Camera! McCarthy!DMV DestinationsPay It ForwardZip Trip 2024FOX 5 DC Originals LION Lunch HourDMV ZoneLike It Or Not!The Final 5On The HillIn The CourtsFOX 5 Live ZoneThree Weeks of Hell: The DC SnipersMotivation with MarissaThe Good WordMissing PiecesRegional News New York News - FOX 5 NYPhiladelphia News - FOX 29 PhiladelphiaNew Jersey News - My9NJPolitics ElectionElection ResultsKamala HarrisDonald J. TrumpD.C. 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BALTIMORE - The port workers strike turned violent in Baltimore Tuesday just hours after the contract between the ports and about 45,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association expired at midnight. FOX 5’s Melanie Alnwick was at the Broening Highway Dundalk Marine Terminal and says initially there was confusion and anger as picketers allegedly tried to stop trucks from entering the complex. She spoke with Robin, a trash hauler, who told her he had been attacked by some of the workers overnight. "I come here for seven years. I've pulled the trash and the debris out of here for the Port of Baltimore," he told Alnwick. "The officer told me to come back and go in there and get out of my way, and they attacked me and broke the windshield and lacerated my face. Look at it." Union members at the scene told Alnwick the truck hit one of the picketers as they swarmed around it. FOX 5 crews did see an ambulance come to assist, and we know that Robin did speak with police officers. Baltimore police warned picketers that they cannot block the entrance to the port. READ MORE: Port strike: Dockworkers at East and Gulf Coast ports walk picket lines over wages, automation Image 1 of 13 ▼ Port workers strike turns violent in Baltimore Workers began picketing at the Port of Baltimore shortly after midnight, walking in a circle holding signs that read "Machines Don’t Feed Families Support ILA Worker" and "No Work Without A Fair Contract." The union initially demanded a 77% pay raise over six years, citing inflation and years of minimal increases, according to President Harold Daggett. ILA members earn a base salary of about $81,000 annually, with some exceeding $200,000 due to overtime. On Monday evening, the alliance countered with a 50% raise over six years and promised to maintain existing limits on automation. The union, however, seeks a complete ban on automation. The exact gap between the two sides remains unclear. Early Tuesday, the union rejected the alliance’s latest proposal, stating it "fell far short of what ILA rank-and-file members are demanding in wages and protections against automation." Formal negotiations have not occurred since June. "We are prepared to fight as long as necessary, to stay out on strike for whatever period of time it takes, to get the wages and protections against automation our ILA members deserve," Daggett said in the statement. "They must now meet our demands for this strike to end." The alliance’s offer also included tripling employer contributions to retirement plans and enhancing health care options. Supply chain experts suggest consumers won’t immediately feel the strike’s impact, as retailers have preemptively stocked up on goods, including holiday items. The strike is expected to quickly impact perishable imports, such as bananas. Ports affected by the strike handle 3.8 million metric tons of bananas annually, accounting for 75% of the U.S. supply, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation. The strike could also disrupt exports from East Coast ports and cause congestion at West Coast ports, where workers belong to a different union. While railroads claim they can increase freight capacity from the West Coast, analysts believe it won’t be enough to compensate for the closure of Eastern ports. 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Poll shows a tight race in Pennsylvania, with warning signs for Harris among older voters	1ftp1cy	https://www.politico.com/news/2024/10/01/pennsylvania-aarp-poll-september-00181788	2024-10-01T14:10:19	PizzaMan22554	politics		0	53	null	185
Dockworkers go on strike that could reignite inflation and cause shortages in the holiday season	1ftp2c6	https://apnews.com/article/dockworkers-strike-ports-ila-longshoremen-91703e4798dbc9ee82185e983f31a3f6	2024-10-01T14:11:29	TyMsy227	politics		9	19	Dockworkers may have negotiating advantage in ports strike \| AP News Menu Menu World U.S. Politics Sports Entertainment Business Science Fact Check Oddities Be Well Newsletters Newsletters AP News Alerts Keep your pulse on the news with breaking news alerts from The AP. The Morning Wire Our flagship newsletter breaks down the biggest headlines of the day. Ground Game Exclusive insights and key stories from the world of politics. Beyond the Story Executive Editor Julie Pace brings you behind the scenes of the AP newsroom. AP Entertainment Wire Get AP's first personalized newsletter delivering you entertainment news twice a week. AP Top 25 Women's Basketball Poll Alerts Women's college basketball poll alerts and updates. 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Business Dockworkers may have the negotiating advantage in their strike against US ports Dockworkers may have the negotiating advantage in their strike against US ports 1 of 28 \| The 45,000 dockworkers who went on strike Tuesday for the first time in decades at 36 U.S. ports from Maine to Texas may wield the upper hand in their standoff with port operators over wages and the use of automation. Read More 2 of 28 \| Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas began walking picket lines early Tuesday in a strike over wages and automation that could reignite inflation and cause shortages of goods if it goes on more than a few weeks. (AP Video: Tassanee Vejpongsa) Read More 3 of 28 \| Dockworkers at 36 ports across the eastern U.S. are now on strike for the first time in decades. And the work stoppage could snarl supply chains — leading to shortages and higher prices if it stretches on for more than a few weeks. (AP Video - Lekan Oyekanmi) Read More 4 of 28 \| Dockworker Meikysha Wright and others strike outside the Virginia International Gateway in Portsmouth, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (Billy Schuerman/The Virginian-Pilot via AP) Read More 5 of 28 \| Workers take part in a port strike at Port Newark, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Bayonne, N.J. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez) Read More 6 of 28 \| Dockworkers strike in front of an entrance to a container terminal near Boston Harbor, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) Read More 7 of 28 \| Cranes and shipping containers are seen at Port Jersey during a port strike, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Bayonne. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez) Read More 8 of 28 \| Dockworkers strike in front an entrance to a container terminal near Boston Harbor, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) Read More 9 of 28 \| Hundreds of longshoremen strike together outside of the Virginia International Gateway in Portsmouth, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (Billy Schuerman/The Virginian-Pilot via AP) Read More 10 of 28 \| Striking Philadelphia longshoremen picket outside the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal Port, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ryan Collerd) Read More 11 of 28 \| The International Longshoremen’s Association flag and an American flag fly together outside the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal Port as workers prepare to strike as their contract runs out at midnight, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Ryan Collerd) Read More 12 of 28 \| Cranes and shipping containers are seen at Port Newark during a port strike, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Bayonne. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez) Read More 13 of 28 \| FILE - Shipping containers are stacked in the Port of New York and New Jersey in Elizabeth, N.J., May 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) Read More 14 of 28 \| Longshoremen strike at midnight at Bayport Terminal on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/Annie Mulligan) Read More 15 of 28 \| Boise Butler, president of Local 1291, with an American flag on his wheelchair, pickets with his fellow longshoremen outside the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal Port in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ryan Collerd) Read More 16 of 28 \| Philadelphia longshoremen assembled outside the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal Port begin to strike as their contract runs out at midnight, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ryan Collerd) Read More 17 of 28 \| Hundreds of longshoremen strike together outside of the Virginia International Gateway in Portsmouth, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (Billy Schuerman/The Virginian-Pilot via AP) Read More 18 of 28 \| Boise Butler, president of ILA Local 1291, speaks to the press outside the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal Port in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ryan Collerd) Read More 19 of 28 \| Boise Butler, president of Local 1291, chants along with his fellow longshoremen outside the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal Port in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ryan Collerd) Read More 20 of 28 \| Philadelphia longshoremen assembled outside the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal Port begin to strike as their contract runs out at midnight, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ryan Collerd) Read More 21 of 28 \| FILE - Containers are moved at the Port of New York and New Jersey in Elizabeth, N.J., on June 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) Read More 22 of 28 \| Longshoremen strike at midnight at Bayport Terminal on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/Annie Mulligan) Read More 23 of 28 \| Longshoremen strike at midnight at Bayport Terminal on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/Annie Mulligan) Read More 24 of 28 \| Hundreds of longshoremen strike together outside of the Virginia International Gateway in Portsmouth, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (Billy Schuerman/The Virginian-Pilot via AP) Read More 25 of 28 \| Striking Philadelphia longshoreman picket outside the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal Port, Tuesday, Oct. 01, 2024.(AP Photo/Ryan Collerd) Read More 26 of 28 \| Striking Philadelphia longshoreman picket outside the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal Port, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024.(AP Photo/Ryan Collerd) Read More 27 of 28 \| Longshoremen strike at midnight at Bayport Terminal on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/Annie Mulligan) Read More 28 of 28 \| Longshoremen pose for a photo while picketing at Bayport Terminal on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/Annie Mulligan) Read More By TOM KRISHER, TASSANEE VEJPONGSA and WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Read the latest on the port strikes: How port strikes could affect retail prices and shortages in the U.S. PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The 45,000 dockworkers who went on strike Tuesday for the first time in decades at 36 U.S. ports from Maine to Texas may wield the upper hand in their standoff with port operators over wages and the use of automation.Organized labor enjoys rising public support and has had a string of recent victories in other industries, in addition to the backing of the pro-union administration of President Joe Biden. The dockworkers’ negotiating stand is likely further strengthened by the nation’s supply chain of goods being under pressure in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, which has coincided with the peak shipping season for holiday goods.The union is also pointing to shipping companies’ record profits, which have come in part because of shortages resulting from the pandemic, and to a more generous contract that West Coast dockworkers achieved last year. The longshoremen’s workloads also have increased, and the effects of inflation have eroded their pay in recent years.In addition, commerce into and out of the United States has been growing, playing to the union’s advantage. Further enhancing its leverage is a still-tight job market, with workers in some industries demanding, and in some cases receiving, a larger share of companies’ outsize profits. RELATED COVERAGE A comprehensive look at DOGE’s firings and layoffs so far Trump’s Labor Department pick has union support. Worker advocates wonder how much power she’d have DOGE is getting lists of the military’s probationary workers from the Pentagon “I think this work group has a lot of bargaining power,” said Harry Katz, a professor of collective bargaining at Cornell University. “They’re essential workers that can’t be replaced, and also the ports are doing well.”The dockworkers’ strike, their first since 1977, could snarl supply chains and cause shortages and higher prices if it stretches on for more than a few weeks. Beginning after midnight, the workers walked picket lines Tuesday and carried signs calling for more money and a ban on automation that could cost workers their jobs. AP AUDIO: Dockworkers may have the negotiating advantage in their strike against US ports Dockworkers in the U.S. are on strike. AP correspondent Donna Warder reports. Experts say consumers won’t likely notice shortages for at least a few weeks, if the strike lasts that long, though some perishable items such as bananas could disappear from grocery stores — although at this time of year, most other fruits and vegetables are domestically grown and not processed at ports, according to Alan Siger, president of the Produce Distributors Association.In anticipation of a strike, most major retailers also stocked up on goods, moving ahead shipments of holiday gift items. The strike, coming weeks before a tight presidential election, could also become a factor in the race if shortages begin to affect many voters. Pressure could eventually grow for the Biden administration to intervene to try to force a temporary suspension of the strike. Longshoremen strike at midnight at Bayport Terminal on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/Annie Mulligan) Little progress was reported in the talks until just hours before the strike began at 12:01 a.m. The U.S. Maritime Alliance, the group negotiating for the ports, said both sides did budge from their initial positions. The alliance offered 50% raises over the six-year life of the contract. Comments from the union’s leadership had briefly suggested a move to 61.5%, but the union has since signaled that it’s sticking with its initial demand for a 77% pay increase over six years.“We have demonstrated a commitment to doing our part to end the completely avoidable ILA strike,” the alliance said Tuesday. The ports’ pay offer is more than every other recent union settlement, the group said. “We look forward to hearing from the Union about how we can return to the table and actually bargain, which is the only way to reach a resolution,” the statement said.In early picketing, workers outside the Port of Philadelphia walked in a circle and chanted, “No work without a fair contract.” The union posted message boards on the side of a truck reading: “Automation Hurts Families: ILA Stands For Job Protection.” Boise Butler, president of the union local, asserted that the workers want a contract that doesn’t allow for the automation of their jobs. The shipping companies, he argued, made billions during the pandemic by charging high prices.“Now,” Butler said, “we want them to pay back. They’re going to pay back.”And in New Orleans, Henry Glover Jr., a fourth-generation dockworker who is president of the union local, said he can recall the days when longshoremen unloaded 150-pound sacks of sugar by hand. He acknowledges that machinery has made the job easier, but he worries that the ports need fewer people to handle the equipment.“Automation could be good, but they’re using it to kill jobs,” Glover said. “We don’t want them to implement anything that would take our jobs out.” William Brucher, an assistant professor of labor studies and employment relations at Rutgers University, noted that “this is a very opportune time” for striking workers.The contract agreement reached last year with West Coast dockworkers, who are represented by a different union, shows that “higher wages are definitely possible” for the longshoremen and has enhanced their bargaining power, Brucher said. Striking Philadelphia longshoremen picket outside the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal Port, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ryan Collerd) Hundreds of longshoremen strike together outside of the Virginia International Gateway in Portsmouth, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (Billy Schuerman/The Virginian-Pilot via AP) Under the Taft-Hartley Act, Biden could seek a court order for an 80-day cooling-off period that would end the strike at least temporarily, but he has told reporters that he wouldn’t take that step. The administration could risk losing union support if it exercised such power, which experts say could be particularly detrimental for Democrats ahead of next month’s election. On Tuesday, the White House continued to ask the alliance to negotiate a fair contract that reflects the longshoremen’s contribution to the economy.“As our nation climbs out of the aftermath of Hurricane Helene,” Biden said in a statement, “dockworkers will play an essential role in getting communities the resources they need. Now is not the time for ocean carriers to refuse to negotiate a fair wage for these essential workers while raking in record profits.” Containers are moved at the Port of New York and New Jersey in Elizabeth, N.J., on June 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) Ben Nolan, a transportation analyst with Stifel, said the administration isn’t likely to intervene until consumers start to see empty shelves or can’t find critical goods like medicines.“Medications and other things come in on containers,” Nolan said. “I think if the administration wanted to have a reason to get involved, it’s stuff like that.”___Krisher reported from Detroit, Grantham-Philips from New York. Associated Press journalists Ben Finley in Norfolk, Virginia, Jack Brook in New Orleans, Anne D’Innocenzio and Mae Anderson in New York, Dee-Ann Durbin in Detroit, Josh Boak in Washington, and Annie Mulligan in Houston contributed to this report. TASSANEE VEJPONGSA Vejpongsa is a video journalist for The Associated Press in Philadelphia. She was previously based in Taipei and Bangkok. twitter WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS Grantham-Philips is a business reporter who covers trending news for The Associated Press. 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Team Harris Hilariously Trolls Trump and J.D. Vance Ahead of Debate \| The Democratic National Committee projected messages such as “Weird as Hell” and “Trump is a chicken” onto Donald Trump’s New York property.	1ftp5ex	https://newrepublic.com/post/186554/kamala-harris-donald-trump-jd-vance-dnc-troll-debate	2024-10-01T14:15:18	Murky-Site7468	politics		832	29	Team Harris Kicks Off Debate With Epic Trolls of Trump and J.D. Vance \| The New Republic You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browserand improve your visit to our site. 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Vance, is scheduled to go toe-to-toe against Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.On Monday night, the liberal party projected a series of biting taglines onto a panel outside Trump’s New York City residence on Fifth Avenue.“Trump is a chicken,” the projection read.The projection reportedly appeared just hours after Vance arrived at Trump Tower for the debate, which will take place Tuesday night, without an audience, at CBS Broadcast Center in Manhattan.Some of the other jabs flashed through the projection included references to Vance’s old tweets, including one in which he referred to Trump as an “idiot,” and stabs at Trump’s ongoing affinity for Project 2025, a 920-page Christian nationalist manifesto intended to help him to install far-right policies in the executive branch as seamlessly as possible should he win in November.“Vance on Trump: ‘What an idiot’,” the signage said.Democrats did something similar in August, branding Trump Tower in Chicago with giant messages during the Democratic National Convention. Those phrases included: “Trump-Vance: Out for Themselves,” as well as “Trump-Vance: ‘Weird as Hell,’” “Harris-Walz: Fighting for You,” and “Project 2025 HQ.”But Monday night’s prank has a more direct objective than simply trolling the Republican ticket. Instead, it’s transparent bait for Trump, who has flat-out rejected the idea of debating Vice President Kamala Harris again after his first performance against her turned unbelievably sour, frustrating his team, allies, and donors.“As Vance takes the debate stage to attempt to make up for Trump’s own lackluster debate performance, these projections on Trump Tower NYC are a reminder that Trump and Vance are out for themselves while Trump remains afraid to go back on that debate stage and be held accountable by Vice President Harris for his failed record and his dangerous agenda,” DNC spokesperson Abhi Rahman said in a statement.Share This StoryRead more about the debate:J.D. Vance Is Getting Debate Help From a Project 2025 ContributorMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/October 1, 2024/9:22 a.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Is Already Preparing for J.D. Vance to Lose the V.P. DebateDonald Trump is already claiming the vice presidential debate between J.D. Vance and Tim Walz is “rigged.”Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesDonald Trump is already explaining away J.D. Vance’s performance during the vice presidential debate, and it hasn’t even happened yet. During an interview on Fox Business Monday, Kellyanne Conway asked Trump whether he would consider doing another debate. The former president tried to downplay his outright refusal to go head-to-head with Kamala Harris again, and implied that Vance would face the same treatment Tuesday night. “I would love to have two or three more debates, I like it, I enjoy it. But they’re so rigged and so stacked,” Trump said. “You’ll see it tomorrow with J.D., it’ll be stacked.”Trump says the VP debate tomorrow night will be rigged against Vance, and he would love to have more debates against Kamala Harris but they are too rigged and unfair to him. pic.twitter.com/ZrZ4WPhTFx— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) October 1, 2024 Trump has used a similar playbook to undermine the outcomes of his own debates, both before and after they happened. Before the first presidential debate in June, the Republican nominee attacked CNN’s hosts, and then walked back his claims after they didn’t fact-check him on air. Before his debate with Harris, he claimed that ABC News would be biased against him. He and his MAGA acolytes continued to insist this was the case after the debate moderators fact-checked him on air for his outlandish lies about babies being aborted after they’re already born and Haitian immigrants eating their neighbors’ pets in Springfield, Ohio.Now Trump is claiming the debate will be rigged as a safety net for Vance, who has his own problems with the truth to contend with. CBS News, which is hosting the debate, said that it will be up to the candidates to fact-check each other. Conway went on to say that when asked about doing a second debate, Trump “said no, but he didn’t totally say no,” according to The Hill. Crucially, in Trump speak, that was a definite no.Harris previously accepted CNN’s invitation to appear in another presidential debate on October 23, but Trump claimed last week that it was “too late” for another debate because early voting had already begun in some states. Before that, Trump had a different excuse, declaring that he wouldn’t seek a rematch because only someone “beaten” would ask for one. Instead, the former president has run scared from a second matchup. The vice presidential debate will take place at 9 p.m. at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York.Share This StoryRead about the debate:The Walz-Vance V.P. Debate Rules Are Out—and They Guarantee ChaosMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/5:38 p.m. ETShare This StoryMAGA Is Claiming “Political Violence” Over a Giant Nude Trump StatueConservatives are properly freaking out over a debut of a 43-foot-tall statue of a naked Donald Trump.RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP/Getty ImagesOn Saturday, a 43-foot-tall nude statue of Donald Trump was installed near Interstate 15 just outside of Las Vegas, immediately drawing a backlash from the former president’s supporters. The foam-and-rebar art installation, weighing about 6,000 pounds, is titled Crooked and Obscene and is expected to travel to other cities, although dates and cities for the tour have not been announced, according to The Wrap. RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP/Getty ImagesThe artists behind the “anatomically correct” statue, who want to stay anonymous, said in a statement that the former president’s nudity was “intentional, serving as a bold statement on transparency, vulnerability, and the public personas of political figures.” But Republicans, as one might expect, are livid. “While families drive through Las Vegas, they are forced to view this offensive marionette, designed intentionally for shock value rather than meaningful dialogue,” the Nevada Republican Party said in a statement, according to The Telegraph. Right-wing influencer Ian Miles Cheong posted on X that Trump, if elected president, “should jail everyone who was a part of this effigy’s creation.” Fellow right-wing conspiracy theorist Catturd (real name Phillip Buchanan) called the people behind the statue “demons,” piggybacking on yet another right-wing influencer’s post calling the art piece “POLITICAL VIOLENCE.” While these right-wing figures are freaking out, this isn’t even the first instance where a nude Trump statue has been erected. In 2016, just before the election, five small naked Trump statues went up on street corners in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Seattle, and New York City, only to be taken down by local authorities because the artist didn’t secure a permit. The artists behind this latest art project are pretty tight-lipped, so there’s no word on whether they secured a permit themselves. On a related note, Trump on Sunday told supporters in Wisconsin that if he wasn’t campaigning, “I could’ve been sunbathing on the beach. You have never seen a body so beautiful. Much better than Sleepy Joe.” He probably won’t like this statue, though, and definitely won’t add it to his NFT trading card collection.Share This StoryMore on conservatives losing it:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/4:59 p.m. ETShare This StoryHypocrite MTG Now Demanding Hurricane Relief Funds She Tried to BlockMarjorie Taylor Greene is suddenly all for government spending.Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty ImagesGeorgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene is begging the federal government to urgently “send the funds” to help the American Southeast recover in the wake of Hurricane Helene, even though she herself stood in the way of emergency relief funds just last week.“The storm was supposed to come directly across my district, but when it came through Georgia, it went to the east, and we mainly just got a lot of rain,” Greene told Real America’s Voice’s Terrance Bates. “When we go back to Washington, we will be working hard to make sure that states like Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, North Carolina get the funding that they need.”Greene was one of 82 Republicans who voted last week against a continuing resolution to keep the government funded. If she had been successful, the government would have been in shutdown mode from Tuesday onward, preventing any region from receiving the critical assistance.“We’ve already signed a letter,” Greene told Bates. “We sent that letter to Joe Biden requesting relief that Brian Kemp, our governor, has already requested. So our entire delegation in Georgia has signed onto that letter.”“We need them to step in and send the funds and the relief that these people deserve,” she added.But Greene’s public demands ring a little hollow. During the storm, she was spotted gleefully attending a football game alongside Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, while Kemp revealed earlier Monday that President Joe Biden had called him over the weekend to assess the state’s needs. Greene also took the opportunity to take a stab at the Biden administration, even while lobbying for federal aid from the executive branch.“President Trump is a man of action,” she told the right-wing network. “We don’t need a sleepy Joe in the White House. We don’t need Kamala Harris, who they’re propping up.”Share This StoryRead about Biden’s response:Georgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/September 30, 2024/4:58 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Pushes Hurricane Helene Lie Even After Republicans Debunk HimDonald Trump continues to insist that Democrats have abandoned areas affected by Hurricane Helene.Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesDonald Trump flailed Monday when asked to produce any evidence to support his claim that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were purposefully withholding aid from people affected by Hurricane Helene. Trump suggested in a Truth Social post earlier Monday that he’d received “reports” from North Carolina claiming that the Biden administration and Democratic Governor Roy Cooper were “going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas” in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. The western region of North Carolina is currently experiencing severe flooding. MSNBC reporter Garrett Haake attempted to press Trump during a stop in Valdosta, Georgia, asking him what, if any, evidence he had to back up his outlandish claim.“Take a look,” Trump responded, walking away. Haake translated the flippant response to mean, “essentially, I’ve got nothing to show you right now, why don’t you go find it yourself.”So in short, Trump has absolutely no evidence, and these so-called “reports” seem even less legitimate than the debunked ones claiming that Haitian immigrants were eating their neighbors’ pets.In a second post about hurricane relief, Trump claimed that Biden and Harris had “left Americans to drown in North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, and elsewhere in the South.”Trump also claimed that Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, with whom he has his own uneasy alliance, had a “hard time” reaching Biden to discuss disaster relief, and that the president had been “very non-responsive.” That was also a lie. Kemp said that he’d already spoken to Biden. “The president just called me yesterday afternoon. I missed him, and called him right back,” Kemp said Monday. “And he just said, ‘What do you need?’”It’s taken the Republican nominee no time at all to pull focus away from disaster relief, trying instead to enrage voters in two key battleground states responding to a deadly natural disaster.Share This StoryRead about the conspiracy:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostPaige Oamek/September 30, 2024/4:32 p.m. ETShare This StoryGeorgia Judge Strikes Down State’s Abortion Ban in Stunning RulingA Fulton County judge has said abortions in the state must resume as they did when Roe v. Wade was still the law of the land.TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty ImagesA Georgia judge on Monday struck down the state’s six-week abortion ban. Fulton County Superior Judge Robert McBurney quoted “liberty” in a ruling that rejected the controversial ban outlawing abortion after six weeks, before many people know they are pregnant. Abortions in the state will now be allowed until 22 weeks, as they were before the reversal of Roe v. Wade in 2022, when Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed into law the six-week ban. McBurney had some choice words for politicians in his ruling, writing, “It is not for a legislator, a judge, or a Commander from The Handmaid’s Tale to tell these women what to do with their bodies during this period when the fetus cannot survive outside the womb any more so than society could – or should – force them to serve as a human tissue bank or to give up a kidney for the benefit of another.” He added, “our higher courts’ interpretations of ‘liberty’ demonstrates that liberty in Georgia includes in its meaning, in its protections, and in its bundle of rights the power of a woman to control her own body, to decide what happens to it and in it, and to reject state interference with her healthcare choices.”The state law prohibited abortions after six weeks, based on the misleading notion that a “heartbeat” could be detected in an embryo around that time. In reality, an embryo does not have a heart at six weeks, let alone cardiac activity. A fetus is also not viable outside the body till much later in a pregnancy.McBurney got the chance to rule on the law after it was sent back to Fulton County court by the state Supreme Court last year. Georgia’s restrictive abortion ban killed at least two women since its passage and caused Georgia’s monthly abortion totals to drop by roughly half. This story has been updated.Share This StoryMore on Georgia:Georgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/4:25 p.m. ETShare This StoryWatch: Trump Appears Not to Understand How Hurricanes WorkDonald Trump, who wants to dismantle storm prediction services, seemed caught off guard by the completely predictable Hurricane Helene.Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesIn just three days, Hurricane Helene gas killed at least 119 people as it trailed its way along the Southeast, making it one of the deadliest storms in modern U.S. history.The real scope of devastation is difficult to define before such an unprecedented hurricane hits land, but it’s not impossible to predict a storm’s scale, timing, and general path. Somehow, that information isn’t obvious to Donald Trump, who, after surveying some of the storm’s devastation in Georgia, told reporters Monday that “nobody” could have forecast Helene.“That’s a big one. And the devastation wrought by this storm is incredible,” Trump said during a presser in Valdosta, Georgia. “It’s so extensive, nobody thought this would be happening, especially now it’s so late in the season for the hurricanes.”Trump: Nobody thought this would be happening, especially now it’s so late in the season for hurricanes pic.twitter.com/tnLCkwKSXM— Acyn (@Acyn) September 30, 2024 It is, of course, not late in the season for hurricanes: September tends to be the most active month in the calendar year for the superstorms.But Trump’s own policy proposals are likely to keep him—and every other American—from obtaining such life-saving weather forecasts and emergency weather alerts in the future. Trump has touted elements of Project 2025, a 920-page Christian nationalist manifesto that proposes completely demolishing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, whose responsibilities as a federal agency include tracking the weather and predicting hurricanes.“The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) should be dismantled and many of its functions eliminated, sent to other agencies, privatized, or placed under the control of states and territories,” the far-right proposal reads on page 664.That would effectively privatize weather forecasts, forcing U.S. citizens to pay for weather subscriptions that would include crucial national weather alert systems for emergencies such as flash flooding, extreme heat, earthquakes, or otherwise.Trump has spent months trying to distance his campaign from Project 2025, but a flurry of the Republican presidential nominee’s recent comments, which include supporting demolishing the Department of Education, have practically glued himself to its policy points.Share This StoryRead more about Trump’s hurricane response:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/4:05 p.m. ETShare This StoryRudy Giuliani’s Daughter Backs Harris in Dire Warning on TrumpCaroline Rose Giuliani wrote a harrowing piece on how Donald Trump ruined her relationship with her dad—and how he could ruin the country next.Alex Wong/Getty ImagesRudolph Giuliani’s daughter, Caroline Rose Giuliani, endorsed Kamala Harris Monday, writing for Vanity Fair about how she has watched her father’s life “crumble since he joined forces with [Donald] Trump.” Caroline Giuliani wrote an article for the magazine warning of the dangers of another Trump presidency, saying his first term “was the worst thing that ever happened to my dad, to my family, and to our nation’s modern history.” “The consequences will only be more severe—and irreversible—a second time around. Thanks to the extremist Supreme Court he stacked, Trump would take office with full immunity: no checks on his power whatsoever,” Giuliani said. “If the president isn’t going to be subject to the law like every other citizen, which remains incomprehensible to me, then our president had better have a moral compass.”The article carries the headline “Trump Took My Dad From Me. Please Don’t Let Him Take Our Country, Too,” and Giuliani not only mentions the danger that Trump presents to the country, but also how her father’s work for the former president and convicted felon has brought him down and hurt their relationship. “I spent a lot of my life wishing my father had less power. But I never wanted it to happen like this. And selfishly, the deeper my dad gets stuck in the quicksand of his problems, the more fleeting our opportunities to connect as father and daughter become,” Giuliani said, alluding to her father’s financial and legal difficulties. “After months of feeling the type of sorrow that comes from the death of a loved one, it dawned on me that I’ve been grieving the loss of my dad to Trump. I cannot bear to lose our country to him too,” Giuliani wrote. Giuliani also praised Harris for her understanding of the climate crisis and her support for reproductive rights, calling the vice president “a life-long public servant who has spent her career upholding justice and fighting for those who cannot fight for themselves.” Endorsing Harris is a big step for the daughter of a close confidant of Trump who also served as his lawyer. But as she wrote, Rudy Giuliani’s work for Trump has indeed imploded his life. He has been disbarred in Washington, D.C., and New York state. He’s on the verge of losing his assets thanks to a defamation lawsuit from Georgia poll workers and is facing criminal charges in Georgia and Arizona for election interference, as well as a pending sexual harassment lawsuit from one of his former assistants. Now, his daughter is openly expressing her sadness and shame over his support for Trump and where it has taken him. Will he listen to her?Share This StoryMore on Politics:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostPaige Oamek/September 30, 2024/3:52 p.m. ETShare This StoryGeorgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyDonald Trump is trying to spread a new lie about Hurricane Helene—but Georgia Governor Brian Kemp isn’t playing games.Alex Wong/Getty ImagesIn the wake of Hurricane Helene’s destruction, Donald Trump is eager to spread rumors about President Joe Biden’s inaction. The problem is, at least one Republican politician on the front lines is willing to call Trump out on his lies. On Monday, Trump visited Georgia, one of the six states seriously hit by the natural disaster, and claimed that while Governor Brian Kemp was “doing a very good job,” he was “having a hard time getting the president on the phone.”“I guess they’re not being responsive, the federal government is not being responsive,” he continued. “They’re having a very hard time getting the president on the phone. He won’t get on it.” While it’s true that the federal response to the hurricane leaves much to be desired, Trump was stretching the truth when he said that Kemp hadn’t heard from Biden.Just a few hours earlier on Monday, Kemp told press that Biden called yesterday afternoon and asked the Georgia governor what further support his state needed. Biden last week also declared a state of emergency in Georgia, approving federal disaster assistance for the state.Has Trump told Gov. Kemp, who said this today?"The President just called me yesterday afternoon." "And he just said ‘hey, what do you need?’" "He offered that if there's other things we need, just to call him directly, which, I appreciate that." https://t.co/ABiE0AE0GS pic.twitter.com/Y9WcwULJes— Andrew Bates (@AndrewJBates46) September 30, 2024 As Trump tours Georgia and North Carolina, Republicans continue to slam Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for not showing face in disaster zones. But perhaps while roads remain closed and many remain without power, it’s a better use of resources for the federal government to provide actual disaster relief, rather than divert resources for a tour bus. At least, that’s what many residents in Georgia thought about Trump’s publicity stunt Monday.Share This StoryMore on this dangerous conspiracy:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/September 30, 2024/2:37 p.m. ETShare This StoryEric Adams’s Idiot Lawyer Just Undermined His Own DefenseAlex Spiro appeared to admit that the New York City mayor accepted bribes.Michael Nagle/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesNew York City Mayor Eric Adams’s lawyer is trying to get his federal bribery allegations dismissed by arguing that even if the mayor did accept gifts and favors from one Turkish official for years, it didn’t constitute bribery because it happened before Adams was elected mayor. Alex Spiro, Adams’s attorney with a long list of celebrity clients, argued in a filing Monday that the bribery charge against Adams should be dismissed. He argued that the alleged scheme did not satisfy the definition of bribery because Adams’s agreement to receive free and discounted travel and accommodations from a senior Turkish official was not quid pro quo in exchange for an official act.Rather, Spiro argued that Adams’s indictment simply alleged that he had “agreed to generally assist with the ‘operation’ or ‘regulation’ of a Turkish consulate building in Manhattan, where he had no authority whatsoever, in exchange for travel benefits.”Spiro cited the Supreme Court’s ruling in Snyder v. United States in June, which found that it is not illegal under federal anti-bribery law for state and local officials to accept gratuities for acts they have already taken. This decision, which overturned the conviction of a former Indiana mayor, substantially weakened the government’s ability to pursue federal anti-bribery complaints and challenge corruption.According to the indictment, Adams had been receiving benefits in the form of travel perks and straw-man donations long before the Turkish official allegedly tried to cash in on them. But Spiro argued that because one favor did not directly result in another, Adams’s alleged behavior does not constitute bribery, as the government accused in the indictment. During a press conference Monday, Spiro tried to downplay the allegations against Adams, while seeming to confirm that the mayor had in fact received travel perks, as alleged. “In the events in question, Mayor Adams was the Brooklyn borough president. He was not the mayor, he wasn’t even the mayor-elect, and the position of Brooklyn borough president does not have vast powers,” Spiro said. “It has, frankly, very little.”Spiro made no mention of allegations that those very same Turkish officials, who had allegedly given Adams so many freebies, had helped to illegally fund his ascendancy to a higher office. Adams, who was once lauded as the future of the Democratic Party, has been charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, federal program bribery, and to receive campaign contributions by foreign nationals. He was also charged with one count of wire fraud, two counts of solicitation of a contribution by a foreign national, and one count of bribery.Share This StoryRead more about Eric Adams:Eric Adams’s Press Conference on Charges Goes Totally Off the RailsView More PostsRead More: Politics, Law, Supreme Court, Constitution, Foreign Policy, Health Care, Economic Inequality, Taxes, WashingtonBREAKING NEWS POLITICS CLIMATE CULTURE MAGAZINE PODCASTS GAMESEventsTravelBookstoreDonateAdvertiseFAQPressJobsSubmissionsSubscribe to The New RepublicSign Up for Our Newsletters Terms and ConditionsPrivacy PolicyCookie SettingsCopyright 2025 © The New Republic. All rights reserved.	187
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What Israel’s ground operation into Lebanon drives home about America	1ftpdv5	https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/30/politics/america-israel-lebanon-war-analysis/index.html	2024-10-01T14:25:31	SnoozeDoggyDog	politics		0	37	What Israel’s ground operation into Lebanon drives home about America \| CNN Politics CNN values your feedback 1. How relevant is this ad to you? 2. Did you encounter any technical issues? Video player was slow to load content Video content never loaded Ad froze or did not finish loading Video content did not start after ad Audio on ad was too loud Other issues Ad never loaded Ad prevented/slowed the page from loading Content moved around while ad loaded Ad was repetitive to ads I've seen previously Other issues Cancel Submit Thank You! Your effort and contribution in providing this feedback is much appreciated. 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Follow: The Middle East See your latest updates Video Ad Feedback Video shows Israel and Hezbollah trading strikes amid IDF’s ground operation 03:35 - Source: CNN Video shows Israel and Hezbollah trading strikes amid IDF’s ground operation 03:35 World News 11 videos Video Ad Feedback Video shows Israel and Hezbollah trading strikes amid IDF’s ground operation 03:35 Now playing - Source: CNN Video shows Israel and Hezbollah trading strikes amid IDF’s ground operation 03:35 Video Ad Feedback Kyiv air defense fire interrupts Nick Paton Walsh's report about US-Russia discussions on Ukraine 03:09 Now playing - Source: CNN Kyiv air defense fire interrupts Nick Paton Walsh's report about US-Russia discussions on Ukraine 03:09 Video Ad Feedback Expert says Putin just got a massive win from Trump 02:29 Now playing - Source: CNN Expert says Putin just got a massive win from Trump 02:29 Video Ad Feedback In video, the latest on Pope Francis as supporters gather in Rome with candles and prayers 00:38 Now playing - Source: CNN In video, the latest on Pope Francis as supporters gather in Rome with candles and prayers 00:38 Here's what we know about the Toronto airport crash 01:47 Now playing - Source: CNN Here's what we know about the Toronto airport crash 01:47 Video Ad Feedback Peace talks ‘not at all’ about lifting US sanctions, Russian negotiator says 01:32 Now playing - Source: CNN Peace talks ‘not at all’ about lifting US sanctions, Russian negotiator says 01:32 Video Ad Feedback See moment Israeli-American released by Hamas reunites with family 04:49 Now playing - Source: CNN See moment Israeli-American released by Hamas reunites with family 04:49 Video Ad Feedback Pope Francis' biographer explains what's motivating his recovery in hospital 01:21 Now playing - Source: CNN Pope Francis' biographer explains what's motivating his recovery in hospital 01:21 Video Ad Feedback Trump administration ‘absolutely committed’ to NATO, Secretary General says 01:58 Now playing - Source: CNN Trump administration ‘absolutely committed’ to NATO, Secretary General says 01:58 Video Ad Feedback Russians mourn Navalny, one of Putin's biggest critics, on anniversary of his death 01:01 Now playing - Source: CNN Russians mourn Navalny, one of Putin's biggest critics, on anniversary of his death 01:01 Video Ad Feedback Iran ‘behind everything that threatens peace’ in Middle East, Rubio says 01:06 Now playing - Source: CNN Iran ‘behind everything that threatens peace’ in Middle East, Rubio says 01:06 See More Videos CNN — Israel’s expected ground incursion into Lebanon will drive home a new strategic reality of a year of war — the once-mighty US is powerless to rein in its ally or to influence other major belligerents in a fast-worsening regional crisis. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government on Monday launched the next stage of its onslaught against Hezbollah with what the Israel Defense Forces called a “limited ground operation” into Lebanon — despite weeks of requests from Washington for restraint and familiar (and spurned) calls for de-escalation. This came just hours after President Joe Biden said “we should have a ceasefire now,” when asked what he knew about Israeli special forces’ previous raids into southern Lebanon. “I’m comfortable with them stopping,” the president said. His comments only underscored the chasm between the US and Israeli governments on a day when Netanyahu told Iranians in a broadcast, “There is nowhere in the Middle East Israel cannot reach.” The disconnect is widening as it coincides with the endgame of a cliffhanger US election. Biden’s room for maneuver is limited if he is to avoid exacerbating the domestic political impact of war in the Middle East — a factor Netanyahu, a consummate operator in US politics, surely understands. The Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, has largely stuck to the administration line — despite earlier comments that suggested she might take a slightly harder rhetorical stance toward Netanyahu while emphasizing the plight of Palestinian civilians. Video Ad Feedback Sen. Chris Van Hollen: 'Unacceptable' to transfer offensive weapons to Israel unless our values are met 13:55 - Source: CNN Sen. Chris Van Hollen: 'Unacceptable' to transfer offensive weapons to Israel unless our values are met 13:55 A humiliating pattern for the US on repeat The pattern of American impotency and Israeli defiance has played repeatedly since the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel that killed about 1,200 people, which prompted the Israeli pounding of Gaza and the more recent attempt to destroy Hezbollah in Lebanon. Netanyahu often acts first and consults the US later, even when his actions are certain to buckle American diplomatic efforts and compound fears the US will get dragged into a disastrous regional war. The US was not informed in advance, for example, about the Israeli airstrike Friday that killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah even though its global shockwaves were bound to be severe. This Israeli approach has often made the Biden administration appear a spectator rather than an active player in events, as should befit a superpower. Months of grueling shuttle diplomacy by Secretary of State Antony Blinken have mostly drawn a blank. And the US has incessantly pushed for a Gaza ceasefire that neither Netanyahu nor Hamas seems to want. This is not just a diplomatic embarrassment. Any time an American president is publicly spurned, there is a cost to their personal prestige and perceptions of US global power. And the likelihood is growing that Biden, who came to office professing to be a foreign policy expert, will leave the White House in a few months with a raging Middle East war set to stain his legacy. But the Israeli leader’s bet that, for all its reservations, the Biden administration will remain the guarantor of the Jewish state’s security has paid off. For instance, the US and its allies helped repel a massive Iranian missile and drone attack against Israel in April. The strikes followed an Israeli strike that the US didn’t know about in advance on an Iranian diplomatic compound in Damascus that killed eight senior Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officers. And so far, Biden, who has long prided himself on being one of the most pro-Israeli politicians in US history, has been loath to use the leverage he does have — for instance, permanently cutting off US military supplies for Israel, a step that would have huge political reverberations ahead of the election and leave him accused of deserting an ally fighting terror. Netanyahu often seems to be taking conscious advantage of Biden’s instincts, reasoning he’ll swallow any level of provocation. A deep symbolic irony encapsulates the duality of the US position in the conflict: a CNN analysis found that American-manufactured 2,000-pound bombs were likely used in the attack on Nasrallah, which threatens to ignite the regional conflagration that would be so ruinous to US interests and diplomatic goals. The price of US-Israeli tensions But the months of Israeli disregard for the administration’s political and strategic concerns have come at a stiff cost. Relations between Biden and Netanyahu are very tense. And growing antagonism often bursts into the open — most recently when US officials were furious the Israeli leader dissed an Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire proposal by a groups of nations led by the US. Washington demanded the Israelis put out a statement to remedy the diplomatic embarrassment, CNN’s MJ Lee, Kylie Atwood and Jennifer Hansler reported last week. Ret. Col. Cedric Leighton, a CNN military analyst, said on “CNN This Morning” that conversations between Israeli and US officials ahead of the expected Israeli move into southern Lebanon were “pretty tense … especially at the upper levels.” He added: “The key thing to keep in mind is that Israel has basically deliberately kept the US uninformed when it came to the details of their operations.” On the one side, Leighton said, “The US is trying to restrain the Israelis; they’re trying to limit the scope of military action that the Israelis are conducting. The Israelis are looking at this from a military standpoint right now, and they’re seeing the capability and the possibility of going and basically eliminating Hezbollah as a threat to northern Israel and potentially as a threat at all.” Why has the US-Israeli split widened? The last year’s events have forced the United States and Israel into a situation in which the critical national interests of each state as perceived by its elected leaders are in direct conflict. The Netanyahu government interpreted the October 7 attacks as a graphic manifestation of an existential threat to the state of Israel and Jews in the Middle East. With that mindset, even intense ill feeling with the White House can be tolerated. And the sense that Israel is waging a battle for its survival makes it easier for leaders to justify to themselves the massive Palestinian civilian casualties from Israeli actions against Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, even if the rest of the world sees the carnage as heinously disproportionate. The United States might warn against the threat of a regional war, but Israel believes it’s been embroiled in such a conflict for years against proxy groups taking direction or inspiration from its enemies in Iran’s clerical leadership. But events look different through Washington’s wider strategic and historic lens amid worries that Israel’s short-term victories are not sustainable and may simply be laying the predicate for decades more insecurity and warfare. America’s national interests do not just lie in the preservation of Israel. The White House is desperate to avoid being sucked into another bitter conflict in the Middle East, given the two decades it took to extract American troops from Iraq and Afghanistan. Outposts of US soldiers still in the region, including in Syria and Iraq, also remain highly vulnerable to attacks by Iranian proxies as the deaths of three US service personnel in a drone attack on Jordan in January showed. The global and political implications of the year of rage in the region are also huge. For instance, months of attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea have seen US and allied naval forces often under fire and intercepting missiles from Iran-backed Houthi rebels. Cascading economic impacts from slowed supply chains, as shipping lines send cargo on a longer route around Africa, are also considerable. The clashes are unlikely to end while Israel blasts Gaza and Lebanon. Israeli thinks it’s winning, fueling its reluctance to stop There are also contrasting military perceptions between Israel and the US. Israel has wiped out many of its most dangerous enemies in stunning intelligence and military actions. In addition to the elimination of Nasrallah, who built Hezbollah into a grave threat to Israel in 30 years, Hamas has also accused Israel of killing Ismail Haniyeh, one of its top leaders, in Tehran. Israel has neither confirmed nor denied its involvement. It has also killed other senior members of the two groups in strikes in Syria, Lebanon, Iran and in Gaza. Israeli-detonated attacks on pagers and walkie-talkies injured or killed thousands of Hezbollah operatives. So why would Netanyahu not press ahead with the greatest Israeli strategic success in decades whatever Biden says? But Washington has much wider concerns. They include the horrendous civilian casualties and humanitarian disasters in Gaza and Lebanon, a state that has enjoyed a few decades of comparative stability after a murderous civil war, which raged between 1975 and 1990, and caused considerable US bloodshed. The deaths of thousands of civilians is not just a tragedy in itself, it creates severe pressure on the US from its allies and tarnishes America’s image by association. The longer the war goes on, the greater the threat that conflicts intensifying across the region could all join into one perilous multi-front war and that a direct conflict could break out between the US and its arch enemy Iran. A regional war would have disastrous economic consequences and could further deflect from the US goal of mobilizing for its new superpower showdown with China. Venomous politics are changing long-held truths about the US-Israel relationship There are also intractable political factors pulling the governments apart. For most of Israel’s existence, it would have been politically and strategically ruinous for a prime minister to show such contempt for a US president. But Netanyahu’s own march to the far right and the reliance of his coalition on ultra-orthodox parties means that his priority is appeasing the most extreme domestic elements to stay in power. The weakness of centrist and left-wing parties in Israel means a dearth of alternative leaders like late prime ministers Yitzhak Rabin or Shimon Peres, who were ideologically and temperamentally in tune with US presidents. The rise of incendiary and radical leaders like Nasrallah and Hamas officials also means there are no partners on the other side open to traditional US peacemaking. Even legendary US secretary of state and peace-shuttler James Baker would have struggled with this regional cast of characters. American calls for a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict may ultimately reflect the only possible route to an ending of a generationslong confrontation — but they also seem utterly divorced from the realities of the blood-soaked Middle East in 2024. And many observers in Washington have long suspected that Netanyahu has a strong personal interest in perpetually waging war to redeem his own failure to stop the October 7 attacks and to keep postponing his legal reckoning as he faces serious criminal charges. America’s own venomous political reality is also eroding US power in the Middle East. Support for Israel was once an unshakable principle that united Republicans and Democrats. But Netanyahu’s meddling in US politics for years — over the Iranian nuclear issue, for instance — has alienated many Democrats and their party’s move to the left has further tempered backing for Israel. Ex-President Donald Trump indulged and encouraged the most radical of Netanyahu’s policies — further politicizing the US-Israel relationship. And pro-Trump Republicans are goading him to go further — at least partly to weaken Biden and his chosen successor, Harris. Biden and Harris are in a dicey political spot a month before the election. Biden’s failure to rein in Israel in Gaza and now Lebanon – and the consequential human carnage – has split the Democratic Party and threatens to drive down turnout among progressives and Arab American voters, especially in swing states like Michigan. But any move to punish Israel could damage Harris among moderate and swing state voters, who are being barraged with negative Trump ads claiming she and Biden are weak and leading the United States into World War III. This is just one of many reasons why Netanyahu is incentivized to expand his war no matter how powerless it makes America look. This story has been updated with additional developments. 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JD Vance doesn’t think he needs debate prep to defeat Tim Walz	1ftpgck	https://www.politico.com/news/2024/10/01/jd-vance-vp-debate-prep-00181340	2024-10-01T14:28:32	CompetitiveNovel8990	politics		253	168	null	192
Donald Trump is gaining on Kamala Harris in the polls. I have some theories why \| US elections 2024 \| The Guardian	1ftpi0c	https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/01/trump-gaining-on-harris-polls-theories	2024-10-01T14:30:24	Available_Reason7795	politics		0	63	Donald Trump is gaining on Kamala Harris in the polls. I have some theories why \| Robert Reich \| The Guardian Skip to main contentSkip to navigationClose dialogue1/1Next imagePrevious imageToggle captionSkip to navigationPrint subscriptionsNewsletters Sign inUSUS editionUK editionAustralia editionEurope editionInternational editionThe Guardian - Back to homeThe GuardianNewsOpinionSportCultureLifestyleShow moreHide expanded menuNewsView all NewsUS newsUS politicsWorld newsClimate crisisMiddle EastUkraineSoccerBusinessEnvironmentTechScienceNewslettersWellnessOpinionView all OpinionThe Guardian viewColumnistsLettersOpinion videosCartoonsSportView all SportSoccerNFLTennisMLBMLSNBAWNBANHLF1GolfCultureView all CultureFilmBooksMusicArt & designTV & radioStageClassicalGamesLifestyleView all LifestyleWellnessFashionFoodRecipesLove & sexHome & gardenHealth & fitnessFamilyTravelMoneySearch input google-search SearchSupport usPrint subscriptionsNewslettersDownload the appSearch jobsDigital ArchiveGuardian LicensingAbout UsThe Guardian appVideoPodcastsPicturesInside the GuardianGuardian WeeklyCrosswordsWordiplyCorrectionsSearch input google-search SearchSearch jobsDigital ArchiveGuardian LicensingAbout Us ‘How can Trump have chiseled away Harris’s advantage from early August?’ Photograph: Brian Snyder/ReutersView image in fullscreen‘How can Trump have chiseled away Harris’s advantage from early August?’ Photograph: Brian Snyder/ReutersOpinionUS elections 2024 This article is more than 4 months oldDonald Trump is gaining on Kamala Harris in the polls. I have some theories whyThis article is more than 4 months oldRobert ReichTrump, widely regarded as the sleaziest person to ever run for president, is leading or tied with Harris in crucial swing statesTue 1 Oct 2024 08.00 EDTLast modified on Tue 1 Oct 2024 11.31 EDTShareWith less than 40 days until election day, how can it be that Trump has taken a small lead in Arizona and Georgia – two swing states he lost to Biden in 2020? How can he be narrowly leading Harris in the swing state of North Carolina? How can he now be essentially tied with her in the other key swing states of Michigan and Wisconsin?More generally, how can Trump have chiseled away Harris’s advantage from early August? How is it possible that more voters appear to view Trump favorably now than they did several months ago when he was in the race against Biden?How can Trump – the sleaziest person ever to run for president, who has already been convicted on 34 felony charges and impeached twice, whose failures of character and leadership were experienced directly by the American public during his four years at the helm – be running neck-and-neck with a young, talented, intelligent person with a commendable record of public service?It’s not just Trump v Harris: America’s men and women are also locked in battle now \| Jonathan FreedlandRead moreSince his horrid performance debating Harris, he’s doubled down on false claims that Haitian migrants are eating pets in Ohio. He’s been accompanied almost everywhere by rightwing conspiracy nutcase Laura Loomer. He said he “hates” Taylor Swift after she endorsed Harris; that Jewish people will be responsible if he loses the election; that the second attempt on his life was incited by the “Communist left rhetoric” of Biden and Harris. And so on.He’s become so incoherent in public that Republican advisers are begging him to get back “on message”.So why is he neck-and-neck with Harris?Before we get to what I think is the reason, let’s dismiss other explanations being offered.One is that the polls are understating voters’ support for Harris and overstating their support for Trump. But if the polls are systematically biased, you’d think it would be the other way around, since some non-college voters are probably reluctant to admit to professional pollsters their preference for Trump.Another is that the media is intentionally creating a nail-bitingly close race in order to sell more ads. But this can’t be right because, if anything, more Americans appear to be tuning out politics altogether.A final theory holds that Harris has not yet put to rest voters’ fears about inflation and the economy. But given that the American economy has rebounded, inflation is way down, interest rates are falling, wages are up and the job engine continues, you’d think voters at the margin would be moving toward her rather than toward Trump.The easiest explanation has to do with asymmetric information.By now, almost everyone in America knows Trump and has made up their minds about him. Recent polls have found that nearly 90% of voters say they do not need to learn more about Trump to decide their vote.But they don’t yet know Harris, or remain undecided about her. More on this in a moment.Trump is exploiting this asymmetry so that when it comes to choosing between Trump and Harris, voters will choose the devil they know.This requires, first, that Trump suck all the media oxygen out of the air so Harris has fewer opportunities to define herself positively.Americans who have become overwhelmed by the chaos are tuning out politics altogether, especially in swing states where political advertising is nonstop. And as they tune out both Trump and Harris, Trump is the beneficiary, because, again, he’s the devil they know.In other words, Trump is running neck-and-neck with Harris not despite the mess he’s created over the last few weeks but because of it.skip past newsletter promotionSign up to Follow Robert ReichFree newsletterGet Robert Reich’s latest columns delivered straight to your inboxEnter your email address Sign upPrivacy Notice: Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. For more information see our Privacy Policy. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.after newsletter promotionTrump’s strategy also requires that he and his allies simultaneously flood the airwaves and social media with negative ads about Harris, which are then amplified by the rightwing ecosystem of Fox News, Newsmax and Sinclair radio.Trump’s campaign has given up trying to promote him positively. The Wesleyan Media Project estimates that the Trump team is now spending almost zero on ads that show him in a positive light. There’s no point, because everyone has already made up their minds about him.Instead, the ads aired by Trump and his allies in swing states are overwhelmingly negative about Harris – emphasizing, for example, her past support for gender transition surgery for incarcerated people.Researchers on cognition have long known that negative messages have a bigger impact than positive ones, probably because in evolutionary terms, our brains are hard-wired to respond more to frightening than to positive stimuli (which might explain why social media and even mainstream media are filled with negative stories).Finally, Trump’s strategy necessitates that he refuse to debate her again, lest she get additional positive exposure (hence he has turned down CNN’s invitation for a 23 October debate, which she has accepted).Behind the information asymmetry lie racism and misogyny. I can’t help wondering how many Americans who continue saying they “don’t know” or are “undecided” about Harris are concealing something from pollsters and possibly from themselves: they feel uncomfortable voting for a Black woman.Having said all this, I’m cautiously optimistic about the outcome of the election. Why? Because Trump is deteriorating rapidly; lately he’s barely been able to string sentences together coherently.Harris, by contrast, is gaining strength and confidence by the day, and despite Trump’s attempts to shut her out, more Americans are learning about her. As she gets more exposure, Trump’s “devil-you-know” advantage disappears.Perhaps it’s more accurate to say I’m nauseously optimistic, because, to be candid, I go into the next five weeks feeling a bit sick to my stomach. Even if Harris wins, the fact that so many Americans seem prepared to vote for Trump makes me worry for the future of my country. Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is a professor of public policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and the author of Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few and The Common Good. His newest book, The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It, is out now. He is a Guardian US columnist. 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N.C. presidential race close as Helene recovery begins, Post poll finds	1ftpoto	https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/01/harris-trump-north-carolina-washington-post-poll/	2024-10-01T14:38:31	RocketFuel29	politics		0	2	null	194
Trump Is Already Preparing for J.D. Vance to Lose the V.P. Debate	1ftpx12	https://newrepublic.com/post/186555/donald-trump-jd-vance-preparing-lose-vp-debate	2024-10-01T14:48:20	Quirkie	politics		6,462	647	Trump Is Already Preparing for J.D. Vance to Lose the V.P. Debate \| The New Republic You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browserand improve your visit to our site. Skip NavigationThe New RepublicThe New RepublicLATESTBREAKING NEWSPOLITICSCLIMATECULTUREMAGAZINENEWSLETTERSPODCASTSGAMESThe New Republic The New RepublicThe New RepublicThe New RepublicThe New RepublicLATESTBREAKING NEWSPOLITICSCLIMATECULTUREMAGAZINENEWSLETTERSPODCASTSGAMESThe New Republic The New Republic The New RepublicBreaking News Breaking Newsfrom Washington and beyondMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/October 1, 2024/9:22 a.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Is Already Preparing for J.D. Vance to Lose the V.P. DebateDonald Trump is already claiming the vice presidential debate between J.D. Vance and Tim Walz is “rigged.”Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesDonald Trump is already explaining away J.D. Vance’s performance during the vice presidential debate, and it hasn’t even happened yet. During an interview on Fox Business Monday, Kellyanne Conway asked Trump whether he would consider doing another debate. The former president tried to downplay his outright refusal to go head-to-head with Kamala Harris again, and implied that Vance would face the same treatment Tuesday night. “I would love to have two or three more debates, I like it, I enjoy it. But they’re so rigged and so stacked,” Trump said. “You’ll see it tomorrow with J.D., it’ll be stacked.”Trump says the VP debate tomorrow night will be rigged against Vance, and he would love to have more debates against Kamala Harris but they are too rigged and unfair to him. pic.twitter.com/ZrZ4WPhTFx— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) October 1, 2024 Trump has used a similar playbook to undermine the outcomes of his own debates, both before and after they happened. Before the first presidential debate in June, the Republican nominee attacked CNN’s hosts, and then walked back his claims after they didn’t fact-check him on air. Before his debate with Harris, he claimed that ABC News would be biased against him. He and his MAGA acolytes continued to insist this was the case after the debate moderators fact-checked him on air for his outlandish lies about babies being aborted after they’re already born and Haitian immigrants eating their neighbors’ pets in Springfield, Ohio.Now Trump is claiming the debate will be rigged as a safety net for Vance, who has his own problems with the truth to contend with. CBS News, which is hosting the debate, said that it will be up to the candidates to fact-check each other. Conway went on to say that when asked about doing a second debate, Trump “said no, but he didn’t totally say no,” according to The Hill. Crucially, in Trump speak, that was a definite no.Harris previously accepted CNN’s invitation to appear in another presidential debate on October 23, but Trump claimed last week that it was “too late” for another debate because early voting had already begun in some states. Before that, Trump had a different excuse, declaring that he wouldn’t seek a rematch because only someone “beaten” would ask for one. Instead, the former president has run scared from a second matchup. The vice presidential debate will take place at 9 p.m. at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York.Share This StoryRead about the debate:The Walz-Vance V.P. Debate Rules Are Out—and They Guarantee ChaosMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/5:38 p.m. ETShare This StoryMAGA Is Claiming “Political Violence” Over a Giant Nude Trump StatueConservatives are properly freaking out over a debut of a 43-foot-tall statue of a naked Donald Trump.RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP/Getty ImagesOn Saturday, a 43-foot-tall nude statue of Donald Trump was installed near Interstate 15 just outside of Las Vegas, immediately drawing a backlash from the former president’s supporters. The foam-and-rebar art installation, weighing about 6,000 pounds, is titled Crooked and Obscene and is expected to travel to other cities, although dates and cities for the tour have not been announced, according to The Wrap. RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP/Getty ImagesThe artists behind the “anatomically correct” statue, who want to stay anonymous, said in a statement that the former president’s nudity was “intentional, serving as a bold statement on transparency, vulnerability, and the public personas of political figures.” But Republicans, as one might expect, are livid. “While families drive through Las Vegas, they are forced to view this offensive marionette, designed intentionally for shock value rather than meaningful dialogue,” the Nevada Republican Party said in a statement, according to The Telegraph. Right-wing influencer Ian Miles Cheong posted on X that Trump, if elected president, “should jail everyone who was a part of this effigy’s creation.” Fellow right-wing conspiracy theorist Catturd (real name Phillip Buchanan) called the people behind the statue “demons,” piggybacking on yet another right-wing influencer’s post calling the art piece “POLITICAL VIOLENCE.” While these right-wing figures are freaking out, this isn’t even the first instance where a nude Trump statue has been erected. In 2016, just before the election, five small naked Trump statues went up on street corners in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Seattle, and New York City, only to be taken down by local authorities because the artist didn’t secure a permit. The artists behind this latest art project are pretty tight-lipped, so there’s no word on whether they secured a permit themselves. On a related note, Trump on Sunday told supporters in Wisconsin that if he wasn’t campaigning, “I could’ve been sunbathing on the beach. You have never seen a body so beautiful. Much better than Sleepy Joe.” He probably won’t like this statue, though, and definitely won’t add it to his NFT trading card collection.Share This StoryMore on conservatives losing it:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/4:59 p.m. ETShare This StoryHypocrite MTG Now Demanding Hurricane Relief Funds She Tried to BlockMarjorie Taylor Greene is suddenly all for government spending.Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty ImagesGeorgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene is begging the federal government to urgently “send the funds” to help the American Southeast recover in the wake of Hurricane Helene, even though she herself stood in the way of emergency relief funds just last week.“The storm was supposed to come directly across my district, but when it came through Georgia, it went to the east, and we mainly just got a lot of rain,” Greene told Real America’s Voice’s Terrance Bates. “When we go back to Washington, we will be working hard to make sure that states like Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, North Carolina get the funding that they need.”Greene was one of 82 Republicans who voted last week against a continuing resolution to keep the government funded. If she had been successful, the government would have been in shutdown mode from Tuesday onward, preventing any region from receiving the critical assistance.“We’ve already signed a letter,” Greene told Bates. “We sent that letter to Joe Biden requesting relief that Brian Kemp, our governor, has already requested. So our entire delegation in Georgia has signed onto that letter.”“We need them to step in and send the funds and the relief that these people deserve,” she added.But Greene’s public demands ring a little hollow. During the storm, she was spotted gleefully attending a football game alongside Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, while Kemp revealed earlier Monday that President Joe Biden had called him over the weekend to assess the state’s needs. Greene also took the opportunity to take a stab at the Biden administration, even while lobbying for federal aid from the executive branch.“President Trump is a man of action,” she told the right-wing network. “We don’t need a sleepy Joe in the White House. We don’t need Kamala Harris, who they’re propping up.”Share This StoryRead about Biden’s response:Georgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/September 30, 2024/4:58 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Pushes Hurricane Helene Lie Even After Republicans Debunk HimDonald Trump continues to insist that Democrats have abandoned areas affected by Hurricane Helene.Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesDonald Trump flailed Monday when asked to produce any evidence to support his claim that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were purposefully withholding aid from people affected by Hurricane Helene. Trump suggested in a Truth Social post earlier Monday that he’d received “reports” from North Carolina claiming that the Biden administration and Democratic Governor Roy Cooper were “going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas” in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. The western region of North Carolina is currently experiencing severe flooding. MSNBC reporter Garrett Haake attempted to press Trump during a stop in Valdosta, Georgia, asking him what, if any, evidence he had to back up his outlandish claim.“Take a look,” Trump responded, walking away. Haake translated the flippant response to mean, “essentially, I’ve got nothing to show you right now, why don’t you go find it yourself.”So in short, Trump has absolutely no evidence, and these so-called “reports” seem even less legitimate than the debunked ones claiming that Haitian immigrants were eating their neighbors’ pets.In a second post about hurricane relief, Trump claimed that Biden and Harris had “left Americans to drown in North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, and elsewhere in the South.”Trump also claimed that Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, with whom he has his own uneasy alliance, had a “hard time” reaching Biden to discuss disaster relief, and that the president had been “very non-responsive.” That was also a lie. Kemp said that he’d already spoken to Biden. “The president just called me yesterday afternoon. I missed him, and called him right back,” Kemp said Monday. “And he just said, ‘What do you need?’”It’s taken the Republican nominee no time at all to pull focus away from disaster relief, trying instead to enrage voters in two key battleground states responding to a deadly natural disaster.Share This StoryRead about the conspiracy:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostPaige Oamek/September 30, 2024/4:32 p.m. ETShare This StoryGeorgia Judge Strikes Down State’s Abortion Ban in Stunning RulingA Fulton County judge has said abortions in the state must resume as they did when Roe v. Wade was still the law of the land.TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty ImagesA Georgia judge on Monday struck down the state’s six-week abortion ban. Fulton County Superior Judge Robert McBurney quoted “liberty” in a ruling that rejected the controversial ban outlawing abortion after six weeks, before many people know they are pregnant. Abortions in the state will now be allowed until 22 weeks, as they were before the reversal of Roe v. Wade in 2022, when Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed into law the six-week ban. McBurney had some choice words for politicians in his ruling, writing, “It is not for a legislator, a judge, or a Commander from The Handmaid’s Tale to tell these women what to do with their bodies during this period when the fetus cannot survive outside the womb any more so than society could – or should – force them to serve as a human tissue bank or to give up a kidney for the benefit of another.” He added, “our higher courts’ interpretations of ‘liberty’ demonstrates that liberty in Georgia includes in its meaning, in its protections, and in its bundle of rights the power of a woman to control her own body, to decide what happens to it and in it, and to reject state interference with her healthcare choices.”The state law prohibited abortions after six weeks, based on the misleading notion that a “heartbeat” could be detected in an embryo around that time. In reality, an embryo does not have a heart at six weeks, let alone cardiac activity. A fetus is also not viable outside the body till much later in a pregnancy.McBurney got the chance to rule on the law after it was sent back to Fulton County court by the state Supreme Court last year. Georgia’s restrictive abortion ban killed at least two women since its passage and caused Georgia’s monthly abortion totals to drop by roughly half. This story has been updated.Share This StoryMore on Georgia:Georgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/4:25 p.m. ETShare This StoryWatch: Trump Appears Not to Understand How Hurricanes WorkDonald Trump, who wants to dismantle storm prediction services, seemed caught off guard by the completely predictable Hurricane Helene.Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesIn just three days, Hurricane Helene gas killed at least 119 people as it trailed its way along the Southeast, making it one of the deadliest storms in modern U.S. history.The real scope of devastation is difficult to define before such an unprecedented hurricane hits land, but it’s not impossible to predict a storm’s scale, timing, and general path. Somehow, that information isn’t obvious to Donald Trump, who, after surveying some of the storm’s devastation in Georgia, told reporters Monday that “nobody” could have forecast Helene.“That’s a big one. And the devastation wrought by this storm is incredible,” Trump said during a presser in Valdosta, Georgia. “It’s so extensive, nobody thought this would be happening, especially now it’s so late in the season for the hurricanes.”Trump: Nobody thought this would be happening, especially now it’s so late in the season for hurricanes pic.twitter.com/tnLCkwKSXM— Acyn (@Acyn) September 30, 2024 It is, of course, not late in the season for hurricanes: September tends to be the most active month in the calendar year for the superstorms.But Trump’s own policy proposals are likely to keep him—and every other American—from obtaining such life-saving weather forecasts and emergency weather alerts in the future. Trump has touted elements of Project 2025, a 920-page Christian nationalist manifesto that proposes completely demolishing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, whose responsibilities as a federal agency include tracking the weather and predicting hurricanes.“The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) should be dismantled and many of its functions eliminated, sent to other agencies, privatized, or placed under the control of states and territories,” the far-right proposal reads on page 664.That would effectively privatize weather forecasts, forcing U.S. citizens to pay for weather subscriptions that would include crucial national weather alert systems for emergencies such as flash flooding, extreme heat, earthquakes, or otherwise.Trump has spent months trying to distance his campaign from Project 2025, but a flurry of the Republican presidential nominee’s recent comments, which include supporting demolishing the Department of Education, have practically glued himself to its policy points.Share This StoryRead more about Trump’s hurricane response:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/4:05 p.m. ETShare This StoryRudy Giuliani’s Daughter Backs Harris in Dire Warning on TrumpCaroline Rose Giuliani wrote a harrowing piece on how Donald Trump ruined her relationship with her dad—and how he could ruin the country next.Alex Wong/Getty ImagesRudolph Giuliani’s daughter, Caroline Rose Giuliani, endorsed Kamala Harris Monday, writing for Vanity Fair about how she has watched her father’s life “crumble since he joined forces with [Donald] Trump.” Caroline Giuliani wrote an article for the magazine warning of the dangers of another Trump presidency, saying his first term “was the worst thing that ever happened to my dad, to my family, and to our nation’s modern history.” “The consequences will only be more severe—and irreversible—a second time around. Thanks to the extremist Supreme Court he stacked, Trump would take office with full immunity: no checks on his power whatsoever,” Giuliani said. “If the president isn’t going to be subject to the law like every other citizen, which remains incomprehensible to me, then our president had better have a moral compass.”The article carries the headline “Trump Took My Dad From Me. Please Don’t Let Him Take Our Country, Too,” and Giuliani not only mentions the danger that Trump presents to the country, but also how her father’s work for the former president and convicted felon has brought him down and hurt their relationship. “I spent a lot of my life wishing my father had less power. But I never wanted it to happen like this. And selfishly, the deeper my dad gets stuck in the quicksand of his problems, the more fleeting our opportunities to connect as father and daughter become,” Giuliani said, alluding to her father’s financial and legal difficulties. “After months of feeling the type of sorrow that comes from the death of a loved one, it dawned on me that I’ve been grieving the loss of my dad to Trump. I cannot bear to lose our country to him too,” Giuliani wrote. Giuliani also praised Harris for her understanding of the climate crisis and her support for reproductive rights, calling the vice president “a life-long public servant who has spent her career upholding justice and fighting for those who cannot fight for themselves.” Endorsing Harris is a big step for the daughter of a close confidant of Trump who also served as his lawyer. But as she wrote, Rudy Giuliani’s work for Trump has indeed imploded his life. He has been disbarred in Washington, D.C., and New York state. He’s on the verge of losing his assets thanks to a defamation lawsuit from Georgia poll workers and is facing criminal charges in Georgia and Arizona for election interference, as well as a pending sexual harassment lawsuit from one of his former assistants. Now, his daughter is openly expressing her sadness and shame over his support for Trump and where it has taken him. Will he listen to her?Share This StoryMore on Politics:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostPaige Oamek/September 30, 2024/3:52 p.m. ETShare This StoryGeorgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyDonald Trump is trying to spread a new lie about Hurricane Helene—but Georgia Governor Brian Kemp isn’t playing games.Alex Wong/Getty ImagesIn the wake of Hurricane Helene’s destruction, Donald Trump is eager to spread rumors about President Joe Biden’s inaction. The problem is, at least one Republican politician on the front lines is willing to call Trump out on his lies. On Monday, Trump visited Georgia, one of the six states seriously hit by the natural disaster, and claimed that while Governor Brian Kemp was “doing a very good job,” he was “having a hard time getting the president on the phone.”“I guess they’re not being responsive, the federal government is not being responsive,” he continued. “They’re having a very hard time getting the president on the phone. He won’t get on it.” While it’s true that the federal response to the hurricane leaves much to be desired, Trump was stretching the truth when he said that Kemp hadn’t heard from Biden.Just a few hours earlier on Monday, Kemp told press that Biden called yesterday afternoon and asked the Georgia governor what further support his state needed. Biden last week also declared a state of emergency in Georgia, approving federal disaster assistance for the state.Has Trump told Gov. Kemp, who said this today?"The President just called me yesterday afternoon." "And he just said ‘hey, what do you need?’" "He offered that if there's other things we need, just to call him directly, which, I appreciate that." https://t.co/ABiE0AE0GS pic.twitter.com/Y9WcwULJes— Andrew Bates (@AndrewJBates46) September 30, 2024 As Trump tours Georgia and North Carolina, Republicans continue to slam Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for not showing face in disaster zones. But perhaps while roads remain closed and many remain without power, it’s a better use of resources for the federal government to provide actual disaster relief, rather than divert resources for a tour bus. At least, that’s what many residents in Georgia thought about Trump’s publicity stunt Monday.Share This StoryMore on this dangerous conspiracy:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/September 30, 2024/2:37 p.m. ETShare This StoryEric Adams’s Idiot Lawyer Just Undermined His Own DefenseAlex Spiro appeared to admit that the New York City mayor accepted bribes.Michael Nagle/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesNew York City Mayor Eric Adams’s lawyer is trying to get his federal bribery allegations dismissed by arguing that even if the mayor did accept gifts and favors from one Turkish official for years, it didn’t constitute bribery because it happened before Adams was elected mayor. Alex Spiro, Adams’s attorney with a long list of celebrity clients, argued in a filing Monday that the bribery charge against Adams should be dismissed. He argued that the alleged scheme did not satisfy the definition of bribery because Adams’s agreement to receive free and discounted travel and accommodations from a senior Turkish official was not quid pro quo in exchange for an official act.Rather, Spiro argued that Adams’s indictment simply alleged that he had “agreed to generally assist with the ‘operation’ or ‘regulation’ of a Turkish consulate building in Manhattan, where he had no authority whatsoever, in exchange for travel benefits.”Spiro cited the Supreme Court’s ruling in Snyder v. United States in June, which found that it is not illegal under federal anti-bribery law for state and local officials to accept gratuities for acts they have already taken. This decision, which overturned the conviction of a former Indiana mayor, substantially weakened the government’s ability to pursue federal anti-bribery complaints and challenge corruption.According to the indictment, Adams had been receiving benefits in the form of travel perks and straw-man donations long before the Turkish official allegedly tried to cash in on them. But Spiro argued that because one favor did not directly result in another, Adams’s alleged behavior does not constitute bribery, as the government accused in the indictment. During a press conference Monday, Spiro tried to downplay the allegations against Adams, while seeming to confirm that the mayor had in fact received travel perks, as alleged. “In the events in question, Mayor Adams was the Brooklyn borough president. He was not the mayor, he wasn’t even the mayor-elect, and the position of Brooklyn borough president does not have vast powers,” Spiro said. “It has, frankly, very little.”Spiro made no mention of allegations that those very same Turkish officials, who had allegedly given Adams so many freebies, had helped to illegally fund his ascendancy to a higher office. Adams, who was once lauded as the future of the Democratic Party, has been charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, federal program bribery, and to receive campaign contributions by foreign nationals. He was also charged with one count of wire fraud, two counts of solicitation of a contribution by a foreign national, and one count of bribery.Share This StoryRead more about Eric Adams:Eric Adams’s Press Conference on Charges Goes Totally Off the RailsMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/1:32 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyAs people are dying, Donald Trump has begun pushing a menacing, self-serving conspiracy theory about the hurricane response.Emily Elconin/Getty ImagesHurricane Helene has devastated much of the American Southeast, and yet Donald Trump thinks it’s a good time to push a new conspiracy theory against Democrats. The former president posted a long message on Truth Social Monday that he was headed to Georgia “to pay my respects and bring lots of relief material, including fuel, equipment, water, and other things, to the State.” But he added an unproven accusation to the end of that message, claiming that he received reports of “the Federal Government, and the Democrat Governor of [North Carolina], going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas.” Trump didn’t elaborate on where these “reports” were coming from, which don’t seem to have any factual basis. Much of North Carolina votes Republican, so it would be near impossible for any relief efforts to occur that would neglect conservatives. Roy Cooper, the state’s Democratic governor since 2017, has deployed the National Guard and undertaken statewide efforts to help those affected by the hurricane, which has hit his state hardest, killing nearly 50 people and leaving hundreds of thousands of homes without power. President Biden has pledged “every available resource, as fast as possible, to your communities, to rescue, recover, and to begin rebuilding,” and even plans to visit communities affected by the hurricane later this week. On Sunday, Biden approved disaster declarations for both Florida and North Carolina, which allows immediate access to emergency funds for recovery efforts. Trump is clearly attempting to play politics with a natural disaster in a state where Kamala Harris is polling neck and neck with him. It’s a disturbing and familiar move for the former president, who, while in office, sought to withhold federal help from areas where people didn’t support him. As president, Trump deliberately downplayed the damage from wildfires in Oregon and California, and said he didn’t want “another single dollar going to [Puerto Rico],” even as the U.S. territory struggled to recover from Hurricane Maria. Perhaps he doesn’t think the public remembers how he handled those disasters and thinks projecting his old actions onto Biden, Harris, and the rest of the Democrats is a winning strategy. In any case, it does nothing to help people trying to recover from Hurricane Helene. Share This StoryMore on Hurricane Helene:MTG Dragged for Ditching Georgia as Hurricane Helene Hits the StateView More PostsRead More: Politics, Law, Supreme Court, Constitution, Foreign Policy, Health Care, Economic Inequality, Taxes, WashingtonBREAKING NEWS POLITICS CLIMATE CULTURE MAGAZINE PODCASTS GAMESEventsTravelBookstoreDonateAdvertiseFAQPressJobsSubmissionsSubscribe to The New RepublicSign Up for Our Newsletters Terms and ConditionsPrivacy PolicyCookie SettingsCopyright 2025 © The New Republic. All rights reserved.	196
Harris leading Trump by 2 points in Pennsylvania: Poll	1ftpztl	https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4908987-kamala-harris-donald-trump-pennsylvania-survey-aarp/	2024-10-01T14:51:29	WhileFalseRepeat	politics		4,993	415	null	197
With Newsom’s Veto, Big Tech Beats Democracy \| California governor Gavin Newsom just killed the most significant AI safety legislation in the United States. His veto of SB 1047 is the result of a tech industry pressure campaign that puts us all in danger.	1ftq097	https://jacobin.com/2024/09/gavin-newsom-ai-tech-bill-sb-1047	2024-10-01T14:52:00	MetaKnowing	politics		0	12	With Newsom’s Veto, Big Tech Beats Democracy Jacobin Logo Jacobin Icon A/V Icon Jacobin Subscribe Magazine Donate Catalyst Facebook Icon Twitter Icon Email Icon Print Icon With Newsom’s Veto, Big Tech Beats Democracy Search Icon Login Icon Login J Subscribe Back Issues Donate Store Magazine Blog Catalyst About Contact Us Advertise Search Icon Jacobin relies on your donations to publish. Contribute today. 09.30.2024 United States Policy Science and Technology Facebook Icon Twitter Icon Email Icon Print Icon With Newsom’s Veto, Big Tech Beats Democracy By Garrison Lovely California governor Gavin Newsom just killed the most significant AI safety legislation in the United States. His veto of SB 1047 is the result of a tech industry pressure campaign that puts us all in danger. California governor Gavin Newsom speaks at Salesforce's Dreamforce event in September in San Francisco, California. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images) Our new issue, “Bye Bye Bidenism,” is out now. Subscribe to our print edition at a discounted rate today. Shawn Fain: Workers Deserve More Time for Themselves Shawn Fain Why Bidenism Failed Brent Cebul Lily Geismer Inflation Kills Governments Isabella Weber The Working Class Has Left the Building Jared Abbott The whole story of SB 1047 is long and complicated, but the gist of it is actually quite simple. By and large, the artificial intelligence industry does not want to be regulated. It especially doesn’t want to be liable for harms caused by its AI models. Since SB 1047 regulates the industry and uses liability to enforce those regulations, much of the industry doesn’t want the bill. Industry insiders can’t say this explicitly, so they make other arguments instead (often arguing against versions of the bill that don’t exist). It’s not super surprising that these arguments don’t really hold up to scrutiny. What the Bill Would Have Done SB 1047 mainly mandated that the largest AI developers implement safeguards to mitigate catastrophic risks. If a covered company’s AI model causes a disaster, defined as “mass casualties” or $500 million or more in damage and the company’s safeguards were not in line with industry best practices and/or relevant government standards, then the company could be liable for damages and additional financial penalties. The bill also included protections for AI whistleblowers. It would have been the first law in the United States to mandate that these companies implement safeguards to mitigate catastrophic risks, breaking from the tradition of using the voluntary AI safety commitments preferred by the industry and national lawmakers. Faced with the California Senate bill, OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft, and Google argued that AI regulations should happen at the federal level instead. However, Republicans have committed to obstruct significant national legislation and undo Joe Biden’s executive order on AI, the nearest thing to a national AI regulation. These companies also have far less to fear from federal lawmakers, who are in their pocket to a greater degree. In August, eight House Democrats from California published a letter against the bill that was full of industry talking points. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi shortly followed the congressional letter with her own statement against the bill, in what appears to be the first time she’s opposed a piece of state-level legislation from a member of her own party. Pelosi’s 2023 financial disclosure reports her husband owns between $16 and $80 million in stocks and options in Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Nvidia. And Pelosi’s daughter Christine is expected to run against the bill’s author, state senator Scott Wiener, for the former Speaker’s congressional seat upon her retirement. This belief has prompted speculation that she is trying to damage Wiener and elevate Christine. Pelosi’s odd pattern of San Francisco endorsements also makes more sense when you realize they have all fought with Wiener. Pelosi has conspicuously not endorsed Wiener in his reelection campaign. Coalitions As I discussed previously in the Nation, opponents of SB 1047 assert that there is a “massive public outcry” against the bill and highlight imagined and unsubstantiated harms that will befall sympathetic victims like academics and open-source developers. However, the bill aims squarely at the largest AI developers in the world and has statewide popular support, with even stronger support from tech workers. This fundamental dynamic remained mostly the same but ultimately resulted in some strange bedfellows: billionaire Elon Musk is lined up with social justice groups and labor unions in supporting the bill, while former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, progressive House Congressman Ro Khanna, Trump-supporting venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, and AI “godmother” Fei-Fei Li are all opposed. Yet since the congressional letter and Pelosi’s opposition statement in August, the momentum was almost entirely with bill supporters. Anthropic differentiated itself from other leading AI companies by writing in an open letter that the revised bill’s “benefits likely outweigh its costs.” Its letter followed a round of amendments made directly in response to the company’s earlier concerns. SB 1047 passed both chambers of California’s legislature with strong majorities, and it continued to poll well. These polls were all conducted by a pro-regulation nonprofit, but the top-line result didn’t change when the polling shop let an opponent write the con arguments. Over 110 current and former employees of the top five AI companies (all of which are based in California) published a letter in favor of the bill, arguing that “the most powerful AI models may soon pose severe risks, such as expanded access to biological weapons and cyberattacks on critical infrastructure.” Letters urging Newsom’s signature were signed by SAG-AFTRA and Hollywood stars like Ava DuVernay, Jane Fonda, J. J. Abrams, Shonda Rhimes, Alec Baldwin, Pedro Pascal, Jessica Chastain, Adam McKay, and Ron Perlman. Late-stage endorsements came in from powerful groups like ParentsTogether and the California branch of the AFL-CIO, joining earlier support from groups like the SEIU, the Latino Community Foundation, and the National Organization for Women. This expansive coalition was ultimately not enough to overcome the bitter opposition of the tech industry and powerful national Democrats like Pelosi. Industry Opposition OpenAI, Meta, and Google all argued that the bill could spook AI companies into leaving California. However, SB 1047 would have applied to any covered AI company doing business in the state, which is the world’s fifth-largest economy and home to the top five generative AI companies. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei dismissed this notion as “just theater.” The most powerful allies of industry were national Democrats who came out against the bill. But they had a big assist from “godmother of AI” and Stanford professor Fei-Fei Li, who published an op-ed in Fortune falsely claiming that SB 1047’s “kill switch” would effectively destroy the open-source AI community. Li’s op-ed was prominently cited in the congressional letter and Pelosi’s statement, where the former Speaker said that Li is “viewed as California’s top AI academic and researcher and one of the top AI thinkers globally.” Nowhere in Fortune or these congressional statements was it mentioned that Li founded a billion-dollar AI startup backed by Andreessen Horowitz, the venture fund behind a scorched-earth smear campaign against the bill. The same day he vetoed SB 1047, Newsom announced a new board of advisers on AI governance for the state. Li is the first name mentioned. Newsom’s Letter Newsom published a three-page letter explaining his veto, where he takes a generally pro-regulation tack while making arguments that also don’t withstand scrutiny. For example, he writes: By focusing only on the most expensive and large-scale models, SB 1047 establishes a regulatory framework that could give the public a false sense of security about controlling this fast-moving technology. Smaller, specialized models may emerge as equally or even more dangerous than the models targeted by SB 1047. In other words, AI models large and small can both be risky — so we shouldn’t regulate either? Also, the discovery that has underpinned the entire explosion of generative AI is that model capabilities scale with model size. There are high-risk applications of AI, like its use in welfare, hiring, and parole decisions, that should be scrutinized, strictly regulated, or banned entirely. But the risk of a model causing the kinds of catastrophes SB 1047 was targeting — like enabling a large-scale cyberattack or aiding in the creation of novel bioweapons — is far greater in systems that are larger and more powerful than the current state of the art. And if you think Newsom would have signed a more expansive version of the bill that targets smaller models as well, I have a bridge to sell you. Later, he writes: Let me be clear — I agree with the author — we cannot afford to wait for a major catastrophe to occur before taking action to protect the public. California will not abandon its responsibility. Safety protocols must be adopted. Proactive guardrails should be implemented, and severe consequences for bad actors must be clear and enforceable. Let me be clear, Newsom’s decision means that there will be no mandatory safety protocols for the development of the largest and most powerful AI models. The dozen-plus AI bills Newsom signed don’t address this, and none of them faced anywhere near the industry resistance that SB 1047 received. Unlike Newsom, the smartest critics of the legislation, like AI journalist Timothy B. Lee, merely argue that it may be premature, saying, “We should wait until more advanced models exist so we have a better idea of how to regulate them.” Dean W. Ball, a research fellow at George Mason University’s libertarian-leaning Mercatus Center, told me in a phone interview, “There’s a legitimate disagreement about whether regulation at this time is necessary.” The whole debate, in his view, is about whether near-future AI systems will be capable of causing the kind of disasters the bill aims to prevent. Ball thinks that if “model capabilities develop in the way that certainly SB 1047 supporters seem to think they will, the need for such regulation will become more apparent.” Supporters tend to be more worried about being too late than too early. Bill cosponsor Teri Olle, director of Economic Security California, said in a phone interview, “The last time we had this kind of a moment was with social media,” but “we blinked and as a result we are now still trying to pick up the pieces.” What Comes Next? The Congressional letter claimed: Unfortunately, SB 1047 is skewed toward addressing extreme misuse scenarios and hypothetical existential risks while largely ignoring demonstrable AI risks like misinformation, discrimination, nonconsensual deepfakes, environmental impacts, and workforce displacement. Newsom took a similar tack in his veto letter, writing: A California-only approach may well be warranted — especially absent federal action by Congress — but it must be based on empirical evidence and science. The U.S. Al Safety Institute, under the National Institute of Science and Technology, is developing guidance on national security risks, informed by evidence-based approaches, to guard against demonstrable risks to public safety. He touts other efforts to manage AI risks “that are rooted in science and fact,” and the dozen-plus bills “regulating specific, known risks posed by Al” that he’s signed in the last thirty days. Opponents of AI safety regulations want you to believe that they come at the expense of regulating existing harms of the technology. But as I wrote in Jacobin in January: The debate playing out in the public square may lead you to believe that we have to choose between addressing AI’s immediate harms and its inherently speculative existential risks. And there are certainly trade-offs that require careful consideration. But when you look at the material forces at play, a different picture emerges: in one corner are trillion-dollar companies trying to make AI models more powerful and profitable; in another, you find civil society groups trying to make AI reflect values that routinely clash with profit maximization. In short, it’s capitalism versus humanity. Even though SB 1047 failed to become law, it succeeded in bringing this picture into focus. SB 1047 was the product of a long, deliberative, democratic process. In response to attacks by AI investors, Wiener wrote in July, “SB 1047 is the product of hundreds of conversations my team and I have had with a broad range of experts, including both supporters and critics and including startup founders, large tech companies, academics, open source advocates, and others.” One Big Tech lobbyist told me that Wiener is “extremely earnest in the way he approaches this, like a lot of politicians I deal with are not.” Wiener hosted multiple town halls with tech founders, amending the bill significantly in response to their feedback. The bill had consistent, strong support in the legislature and polled well, with support rising over time as its core components were clarified. All of that work was nullified by the decision of a single man, whose incoherent stated objections mask his real motivations. But in another sense, this was just another mask-off moment for Gavin Newsom, who hand-delivered a massive victory to Big Tech, at the expense of democracy and every person who might someday be harmed by AI models built by companies locked in a fierce race for primacy and profit. Share this article Facebook Twitter Email Contributors Garrison Lovely is a Brooklyn-based freelance writer and host of the podcast The Most Interesting People I Know. Filed Under United States Policy Science and Technology Silicon Valley California Big Tech Gavin Newsom artificial intelligence Remove Icon Jacobin Logo Sign up for our mailing list {{ message }} Submit Thanks for signing up! → Already on our list? Get our print magazine for just $20 a year. Remove Icon ESC Select a text size Small The whole story of SB 1047 is long and complicated, but the gist of it is actually quite simple. By and large, the artificial intelligence industry does not want to be regulated. It especially doesn’t want to be liable for harms caused by its AI models. Since SB 1047 regulates the industry and uses liability […] Medium The whole story of SB 1047 is long and complicated, but the gist of it is actually quite simple. By and large, the artificial intelligence industry does not want to be regulated. It especially doesn’t want to be liable for harms caused by its AI models. Since SB 1047 regulates the industry and uses liability […] Large The whole story of SB 1047 is long and complicated, but the gist of it is actually quite simple. By and large, the artificial intelligence industry does not want to be regulated. It especially doesn’t want to be liable for harms caused by its AI models. Since SB 1047 regulates the industry and uses liability […] Further Reading The Silicon-Tongued Devil Leif Weatherby Can Humanity Survive AI? 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Trump caught lying repeatedly about response to Hurricane Helene	1ftq0x4	https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-caught-lying-repeatedly-response-hurricane-helene-rcna173407	2024-10-01T14:52:46	plz-let-me-in	politics		8,143	285	Trump caught lying repeatedly about response to Hurricane HeleneIE 11 is not supported. 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When it comes to Donald Trump and Hurricane Helene, it's not a rhetorical question.By Steve BenenWhen it comes to hurricanes, Donald Trump’s record is an embarrassment. Indeed, some of the low points of the Republican’s failed presidency were directly related to his bizarre reactions to brutal storms: From “Sharpiegate“ to “big water,” from his odd unfamiliarity with Category 5 hurricanes to lobbing paper towels as if he were having fun shooting free throws, the GOP candidate’s background is tough to defend.But it wasn’t just a matter of gaffes and photo ops gone awry. As a New York Times report explained, “As president, he viewed federal aid through the prism of his personal politics, threatening to withhold money from governors of blue states whom he saw as enemies, and promising ‘A-plus’ treatment for his allies.”But that doesn’t mean his record can’t get worse. NBC News reported:Former President Donald Trump falsely claimed that Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp hasn’t been able to reach President Joe Biden to discuss Hurricane Helene’s impacts on his state. “He has been calling the president, but has not been able to get him,” Trump said at a news conference at a furniture store in Valdosta, Georgia.Hours earlier, the Republican governor said the opposite, describing the helpful and constructive conversation he had with Biden and letting the public know that he appreciated the president’s offer of support.It’d be easier to overlook if this were Trump’s only break with reality, but it is not. The former president also falsely argued that the Biden administration and North Carolina’s Democratic governor are “going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas,” which is absurd on its face and made worse by the fact that Asheville and the surrounding area is heavily Democratic.When NBC News asked the Republican to substantiate his aid-related conspiracy theories, he walked away.Trump also baselessly accused Vice President Kamala Harris of staging a photograph of her talking on the phone with FEMA officials, and his claims immediately fell apart.Alas, we can keep going. Trump told reporters that “nobody” could have forecast Hurricane Helene, which isn’t true, before he added that it’s “late in the season for the hurricanes,” which also isn’t true.My personal favorite was Trump, during an appearance in Georgia, telling reporters, “We’re not talking about politics now,” even as he talked about politics. As an Associated Press report summarized, “Donald Trump repeatedly spread falsehoods Monday about the federal response to Hurricane Helene despite claiming not to be politicizing the disaster as he toured hard-hit areas in south Georgia.”Part of the problem, of course, is that the GOP nominee was lying to the public about an important crisis five weeks before Election Day. Another part of the problem was Trump’s apparent instinct to try to divide people rather than pulling people together in a time of need.But just as notable is the broader question hanging overhead: What kind of would-be leader lies about a deadly natural disaster?At a campaign event last week, Republican Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, Trump’s controversial running mate, insisted that the “most important thing” is “having a person of character” in the Oval Office. It was an easy sentiment to agree with. It also set a standard that his running mate can’t meet.Steve BenenSteve Benen is a producer for "The Rachel Maddow Show," the editor of MaddowBlog and an MSNBC political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of "Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans' War on the Recent Past."Previous PostMonday’s Mini-Report, 9.30.24Next PostJudge strikes down Georgia’s abortion ban, but not quickly enough for someLatest PostAs errors pile up, Musk and DOGE appear increasingly incompetentAboutContactHelpCareersMSNBC StoreAD ChoicesPrivacy PolicyDo Not Sell My Personal InformationCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)MSNBC SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseJoin the MSNBC Community© 2025 MSNBC Cable, L.L.C.NBC News LogoMSNBC LogoToday Logo	199
Arizona prisoner: Inmates were given do-not-resuscitate status against their will during COVID-19	1ftq1hp	https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-investigations/i-arizona-prisoner-inmates-were-given-do-not-resuscitate-status-against-their-will-during-covid-19/	2024-10-01T14:53:26	citizensforethics	politics		371	19	null	200
Maddow: Vance Has Spent His Entire Adult Life Being Financially Supported By Eccentric Right-Wing Tech Billionaires	1ftq2aj	https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/09/30/maddow_vance_has_spent_his_entire_adult_life_being_financially_supported_by_eccentric_right-wing_tech_billionaires.html	2024-10-01T14:54:21	RoachedCoach	politics		1	1	null	201
Talks make progress between Eastern and Gulf ports and dockworkers as strike looms	1ftqbtv	https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/talks-make-progress-between-eastern-and-gulf-ports-and-dockworkers-as-strike-looms	2024-10-01T15:05:23	I-Might-Be-Something	politics		22	8	Talks make progress between Eastern and Gulf ports and dockworkers as strike looms \| PBS News Full Episode Tuesday, Feb 18 Close Menu PBS NewsHour Episodes Podcasts Newsletters The Latest Politics Brooks and Capehart Politics Monday Supreme Court Arts CANVAS Poetry Now Read This Nation Supreme Court Race Matters Essays Brief But Spectacular World Agents for Change Economy Making Sen$e Paul Solman Science The Leading Edge ScienceScope Basic Research Innovation and Invention Health Long-Term Care Education Teachers' Lounge Student Reporting Labs For Teachers Newshour Classroom About Feedback Funders Support Jobs Close Menu Close Popup Share your email and we’ll share the latest trusted news Enter your email address Subscribe No Thanks Form error message goes here. Thank you. Please check your inbox to confirm. Close PBS News Menu Notifications Get news alerts from PBS News Turn on desktop notifications? Yes Not now Full Episodes Podcasts Newsletters Live By — Tom Krisher, Associated Press Tom Krisher, Associated Press By — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Associated Press Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Associated Press Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/talks-make-progress-between-eastern-and-gulf-ports-and-dockworkers-as-strike-looms Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Talks make progress between Eastern and Gulf ports and dockworkers as strike looms Economy Sep 30, 2024 7:24 PM EST NEW YORK (AP) — With a strike deadline looming, the union for 45,000 dockworkers and the group representing East and Gulf Coast ports have exchanged wage offers, leaving a ray of hope that a deal can be reached without a major work stoppage. In a statement, the U.S. Maritime Alliance, which represents 36 ports from Maine to Texas, said that both sides have moved from their previous positions. The alliance said it also asked the union to extend the current contract. The International Longshoremen’s Association is threatening to strike at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday in a move that could silence ports that handle about half the ship cargo coming in and going out of the U.S. A message was left Monday evening seeking comment from the union. “We are hopeful that this could allow us to fully resume collective bargaining around the other outstanding issues in an effort to reach an agreement,” the alliance statement said. The Alliance said its latest offer would increases wages by nearly 50 percent over the six-year contract, and triple employer contributions to retirement plans. The offer also would strengthen health care options and keep current language that limits automation. The union has demanded 77 percent pay raises over six years to help deal with inflation. Many of the ILA workers can make over $200,000 per year, but the union says they must work large amounts of overtime to reach that figure. The two sides had not held formal negotiations since June, and a strike appeared imminent. In a statement Monday morning, the union said the ports had refused its demands for a fair contract and the alliance seemed intent on a strike. The alliance has said it was willing to bargain. A work stoppage would significantly snarl the nation’s supply chain, potentially leading to higher prices and delays in goods reaching households and businesses if it drags on for weeks. If drawn out, the strike would force businesses to pay shippers for delays and cause some goods to arrive late for peak holiday shopping season — potentially impacting delivery of anything from toys or artificial Christmas trees, to cars, coffee and fruit. A strike could have an almost immediate impact on supplies of perishable imports like bananas, for example. The ports that could be affected by the strike handle 3.8 million metric tons of bananas each year, or 75 percent of the nation’s supply, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation. Americans could also face higher prices as retailers feel the supply squeeze. “If the strikes go ahead, they will cause enormous delays across the supply chain, a ripple effect which will no doubt roll into 2025 and cause chaos across the industry,” noted Jay Dhokia, founder of supply chain management and logistics firm Pro3PL. Dhokia added that East Coast ports aren’t the only ones at risk for disruption, as concern leading up to the strike has already diverted many shipments out West, adding to route congestion and more pressure on demand. Impacts will also be felt internationally — particularly in places like the United Kingdom, he said, where the U.S. is its largest trading partner. In addition to higher wages, ILA members want a total ban on the automation of cranes, gates and container-moving trucks used in the loading or unloading of freight. A strike by the ILA workers — set to impact ports from Maine to Texas — would be the first by the union since 1977. West Coast dockworkers belong to a different union and aren’t involved in the strike. If a strike were deemed a danger to U.S. economic health, President Joe Biden could, under the 1947 Taft-Hartley Act, seek a court order for an 80-day cooling-off period. That would suspend the strike. All eyes are on what, if any, action the administration might take — particularly just weeks ahead of a tight presidential election. But Biden has signaled that he will not exercise this power. During an exchange with reporters on Sunday, Biden said “no” when asked if he planned to intervene in the potential work stoppage. “Because it’s collective bargaining, I don’t believe in Taft-Hartley,” he said. At a briefing Monday, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre reiterated that the administration had never invoked Taft-Hartley “to break a strike and are not considering doing so now.” She added that top officials were still urging both parties to return to the bargaining table and negotiate in good faith. Krisher in reported from Detroit. AP Writers Mae Anderson in New York, Stephen Groves in Dover, Delaware, Dee-Ann Durbin in Detroit and Zeke Miller in Washington contributed to this report. Left: A container ship at a facility in Bayonne, New Jersey, as East Coast Ports may shut down due to a potential dockworker strike. Photo by BRYAN R. 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Thousands of people purged from Georgia’s voter rolls reregistered after Kamala Harris’ rally in Atlanta	1ftqcm1	https://www.ajc.com/politics/thousands-of-people-purged-from-georgias-voter-rolls-reregistered-after-kamala-harris-rally-in-atlanta/WR4MXBW3LZBIJKLVUNZZE3MXAU/?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ajcnews_tw	2024-10-01T15:06:19	OkayButFoRealz	politics		45,990	1,613	Thousands purged from Georgia rolls reregistered after Harris’ rally in Atlanta Breaking: 1 killed, 1 in custody after incident near Gwinnett McDonald’sLog InLog InLog InePaperNewslettersAJC EventsHelp CenterPoliticsPolitically GeorgiaThe First 100 DaysLegislatureLegislative NavigatorQuick LinksePaperNewslettersAJC EventsHelp CenterPoliticsPolitically GeorgiaThe First 100 DaysLegislatureLegislative NavigatorThe Trump InvestigationsElectionsPatricia MurphyJamie DupreeNewsMetro AtlantaGeorgia NewsNational & World NewsBlack History MonthEducationHealth NewsInspire AtlantaPartner ContentTrafficWeatherBusinessGeorgia CompaniesGrowth and DevelopmentJobs and EconomyClimate and EnvironmentMedia and Entertainment IndustryTech and InnovationAtlanta Airport NewsSportsBravesUGAFalconsGeorgia TechUnitedHawksDreamHigh School SportsState Sports ReportAJC Super 11Food & DiningFood & DrinkDiningDining GuidesDestination DinersVegan & Vegetarian GuideOpenings & ClosingsUATLNewsEntertainmentFashionFoodThe LineUpThings to DoArts & CultureEvents in AtlantaGeorgia Entertainment SceneAJC Peachtree Road RaceHome & GardenPuzzles & GamesTravelOpinionReaders WriteAJC ColumnistsMike LuckovichGet SchooledReal Life with Nedra RhoneTorpy at LargeContact the AJC Editorial BoardInvestigationsData JournalismDangerous Dwellings: An AJC investigationUnprotected: Senior CareBreakdownPodcastsBreakdownPolitically GeorgiaMoreDaily SavingsClassifiedsJobsObituariesPolitically Georgia NewsletterPhoto GalleriesPulseVideosAboutHelp CenterAbout the Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionNewsroom Ethics CodeCareersArchiveContact UsContact UsSend a News TipAdvertiseAJC NewsroomOur ProductsePaperNewslettersAll AJC PodcastsAJC EventsDownload iOS AppDownload Android AppSubscriptionDigital SubscriptionPrint SubscriptionManage SubscriptionGroup SubscriptionsSubscription TermsNIE/Newspapers in EducationFollow Us© 2025 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. All Rights Reserved.By using this website, you accept the terms of our Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, CCPA, and understand your options regarding Ad Choices.Learn about Careers at Cox Enterprises.PoliticsPoliticsThousands removed from Georgia’s voter rolls reregistered after Kamala Harris’ rally in AtlantaMore than 40,000 people have filled out paperwork to regain eligibility to vote on Election Day in November.Credit: Natrice Miller / Natrice.Miller@Credit: Natrice Miller / Natrice.Miller@Georgia voter stickers are shown at the Roswell Library on Friday, May 20, 2022. (Natrice Miller/AJC)By Phoebe QuintonUpdated Oct 1, 2024Stanlecia Johnson, 48, registered to vote when she turned 18 years old, but she almost immediately lost the right when she was convicted of a felony around the same time.She did not vote for 30 years. But after registering again last month, Johnson plans to vote in Fulton County in November.Johnson is one of over 40,000 voters who have reregistered this year ahead of Georgia’s deadline Monday. Most of them last updated their registration after Vice President Kamala Harris joined the race, with roughly 25% doing so on the day of her July rally in Atlanta, according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution analysis of the state’s voter roll.“She seems like a strong woman,” Johnson said. “It seems like she’s for the people, for my people, regular people.”ExploreJudge says election boards in Georgia must certify the state’s election resultsThe Georgia secretary of state canceled thousands of voter registrations before the beginning of the year for varying reasons — some were removed from the rolls for not voting or responding to mail from election officials in two general election cycles, others were deleted following a conviction with a felony sentence, and still others for moving to another state.Now, many of these voters are eligible again and back on Georgia’s voter rolls.In the same period of time, the state has removed more than 100,000 names from Georgia’s list of eligible voters. Death and duplicate entries are the two main reasons for removal so far this year.“This maintenance isn’t evil,” said Mitchell Brown, a political scientist at Auburn University. “It’s good administrative practice.”ExplorePatricia Murphy: Are Trump’s Georgia allies ‘Starting the Steal?’Brown said the timing of the updated registrations could reflect increased interest in Harris as a candidate or coincide with more outreach to voters around that time.Lauren Groh-Wargo, CEO of the voting rights organization Fair Fight Action, interpreted the reregistrations as a sign that there is strong enthusiasm to vote this year, especially among the 60% of reregistrants who had been inactive in Georgia’s elections for several years.“These folks were registered before. They didn’t vote for a set of years,” she said. “They decided to vote again, but they had to take that additional step and burden of reregistering.”This burden of reregistering is made easier by voter outreach by organizations such as Women on the Rise, which is dedicated to empowering formerly incarcerated women. They reached out to Johnson and informed her of her right to vote.Greater Georgia, a Republican-led effort, said that it reaches out to voters who have not participated in elections for a long time. These voters might include those who were removed from the rolls for inactivity.“It’s not just first-time voters who are getting involved this cycle,” Greater Georgia spokesperson Caitlin O’Dea said in a statement. “After making over 100,000 phone calls, we’ve helped reregister many Georgians who haven’t voted in decades.”A voter’s registration can be updated when moving to another county, getting married and changing a last name or renewing a driver’s license. Some voters listed as updating their registration in July may have reregistered earlier in the year and then made one of these smaller changes later on.That was the case for Alan Overton. The 58-year-old had lived in Georgia before and reregistered after moving back to the state from Florida in January. When he settled in and relocated to Cobb County over the summer, he updated his registration again.Overton said he has been voting for 30 years and his primary motivation is to stop former President Donald Trump from regaining power. He also said Harris represents an opportunity for change.“A return to intelligence, a return to logic, a return to responsibility to your neighbors, a return to inclusiveness,” he said. “All these things that we just sort of took for granted when I was growing up.”About the Author Phoebe QuintonPhoebe Quinton is a politics data reporter for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.More StoriesKeep ReadingCredit: [email protected] accuracy group ERIC targeted by Republican bill in GeorgiaGeorgia Republican legislators advanced a bill Tuesday that would withdraw the state from an organization that identifies outdated voter registrations.Readers writeFewer people supported Marjorie Taylor Greene than Donald Trump in Georgia’s most pro-Trump districtAn analysis of 2024 election data found U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene lagged behind Donald Trump with voters in her district.The LatestCredit: Arvin Temkar/AJCSenate confirms Kelly Loeffler to lead Small Business Administration1h agoStaffers at embattled New Georgia Project say they were fired after trying to unionize2h agoVoter accuracy group ERIC targeted by Republican bill in GeorgiaFeaturedCredit: Christina Matacotta for the AJCStaffers at embattled New Georgia Project say they were fired after trying to unionizeStaffers at the New Georgia Project say they were fired after attempting to unionize.2h agoGullah Geechee-led referendum on Sapelo Island: What you need to knowA voter referendum organized by Gullah Geechee residents of Sapelo Island aimed at repealing a Georgia county zoning change is set for Oct. 1. 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White House believes Iran is preparing imminent ballistic missile attack against Israel	1ftqgdh	https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/01/politics/iran-missile-attack-israel/index.html	2024-10-01T15:10:43	moderatenerd	politics		286	261	Israel says Iran ‘will pay’ for launching a major missile attack against it \| CNN Politics CNN values your feedback 1. How relevant is this ad to you? 2. Did you encounter any technical issues? Video player was slow to load content Video content never loaded Ad froze or did not finish loading Video content did not start after ad Audio on ad was too loud Other issues Ad never loaded Ad prevented/slowed the page from loading Content moved around while ad loaded Ad was repetitive to ads I've seen previously Other issues Cancel Submit Thank You! Your effort and contribution in providing this feedback is much appreciated. 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CNN teams on the ground in multiple locations in Israel observed dozens of missiles piercing through the skies as sirens blasted across the country. At least one person was killed and several were injured during the attack, according to the Israeli military. The IDF’s international spokesman Nadav Shoshani told CNN’s Jake Tapper that one Palestinian was killed in Jericho as a result of the attacks. Israel has vowed to respond to the attack – sparking worries among its allies that the conflict in the Middle East could escalate further. Speaking hours after the assault, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said: “Iran made a big mistake tonight - and it will pay for it. The regime in Iran does not understand our determination to defend ourselves and our determination to retaliate against our enemies.” Video shows Iranian missiles in the skies across Israel 01:16 - Source: CNN Video shows Iranian missiles in the skies across Israel 01:16 The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it estimated that Iran fired 180 “projectiles” at the country. It said it intercepted many of the missiles, although some landed on the ground in Israel and the occupied West Bank. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said later on Tuesday that the attack by Iran was “effectively defeated.” While the attack was over relatively quickly, it is clear that it has further raised the stakes in what is already an extremely tense moment. World leaders have long warned the conflict between Israel and Iran’s proxies Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon could spiral into a wider regional war. All eyes will now be on how Israel responds. US President Joe Biden said the United States was “fully supportive” of Israel. But he said his administration was still discussing with Israel what kind of response would be appropriate. “We’re going to get all the data straight, we’re in constant contact with the Israeli government and our counterparts and that remains to be seen,” he said. Israel is already fighting on two fronts. It has been at war with Hamas in Gaza since the deadly October 7 terrorist attack by the group on southern Israel. Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, with much of the strip reduced to rubble. And while Israel and Hezbollah have been trading cross-border fire for much of the past year, Iran launched the barrage on Tuesday just hours after Israel announced it launched a “limited and localized” ground operation in Lebanon. Sending Israeli troops into Lebanon would have been seen as a major escalation by Iran. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it targeted Israel in response to the killing of Nasrallah and others, according to Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency. After the barrage of missiles was launched, the Iranian mission to the United Nations said that Tehran carried out a response to “the terrorist acts of the Zionist regime.” The mission said on X that if Israel should “dare to respond or commit further acts of malevolence, a subsequent and crushing response will ensue.” US warned about ‘imminent attack’ The White House warned earlier on Tuesday that Iran was poised to launch a ballistic missile attack on Israel soon, instantly ratcheting up fears of all-out war in the region. People in Tel Aviv and other cities have been told to stay near shelters or other protected areas and the atmosphere on the streets was noticeably tense. Video Ad Feedback National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan gives an update on Iran's attack 01:43 - Source: CNN National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan gives an update on Iran's attack 01:43 In a statement released mid-morning, just hours before Tehran launched the attack, the White House said it had “indications that Iran is preparing to imminently launch a ballistic missile attack against Israel,” adding the United States was “actively supporting defensive preparations to defend Israel against this attack.” Israel assessed that Iran was likely to attack three Israeli air bases and an intelligence base located just north of Tel Aviv, a person briefed on the matter said before the attack. The IRGC said it targeted three Israeli military bases around Tel Aviv, according to the semi-official Iranian media outlet Mehr News. The intelligence base in Glilot was evacuated Tuesday afternoon, the person said, and the Israeli military has put contingency plans for the safety of personnel at those bases into effect. Two videos from the attack geolocated by CNN showed a number of Iranian missiles striking Nevatim air base in southern Israel based. CNN has reached out to the IDF for comment on the videos, but did not immediately receive a response. Iran previously targeted the same base during a similar April 13 attack. Israel weighing its response US and Arab diplomats have been concerned about the scale of Israel’s response. One major concern on their mind is Israel possibly using a forthcoming Iranian strike to respond by striking inside Iran, potentially against its nuclear facilities. “There is no place in Iran that the long arm of Israel cannot reach, and that’s true of the entire Middle East,” Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said during his speech at the United Nations last week. The US was earlier prepared to do whatever it can to help Israel intercept anything Iran directed its way, similar to how the US offered its assistance in April, when Iran launched a wave of drones and missiles towards Israel — the vast majority of which were successfully intercepted, a US official said. After the attack, Biden praised the role US played in thwarting Iran’s missiles, calling the attack “defeated and ineffective.” “This is testament to Israeli military capability, and US military. It’s also a testament to intensive planning between the United States and Israel to anticipate and defend against the brazen attack we expected,” he said. Vice President Kamala Harris also condemned the attack and said she supported Biden’s decision to direct US military to help Israel shoot down Iranian missiles. Harris, who is the Democratic presidential nominee, said she was in the Situation Room earlier on Tuesday alongside Biden, and received updates from their national security team, adding that they “ensured that the protection of US personnel in the region is paramount.” Meanwhile, former president and the Republican nominee Donald Trump argued Iran launched the attack because “they don’t respect our country anymore,” and argued the US was diminished on the world stage because of Biden and Harris’ leadership. Video Ad Feedback Will Israel strike Iran's nuclear sites? Hear what expert thinks 03:25 - Source: CNN Will Israel strike Iran's nuclear sites? Hear what expert thinks 03:25 Top officials from France, Britain, Germany and the European Union have all condemned Iran’s missile attacks on Israel, warning of potentially disastrous consequences for the wider region. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer denounced what he called an “attempt by the Iranian regime to harm innocent Israelis” and “escalate this dangerous situation” in the Middle East. Germany’s foreign minister Annalena Baerbock said Germany has “urgently warned Iran against this dangerous escalation.” She said the attack by Iran was “leading the region further into the abyss.” The EU’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, warned a “dangerous cycle of attacks and retaliation” is underway that risks “spiraling out of control.” This story has been updated with additional developments. CNN’s Pauline Lockwood and Niamh Kennedy contributed reporting. 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Alleged Sex Tapes of Donald Trump Revealed in Newly Unsealed Email: Epstein Documents	1ftqich	https://dailyboulder.com/alleged-sex-tapes-of-donald-trump-revealed-in-newly-unsealed-email-epstein-documents/	2024-10-01T15:13:03	KabbalahDad	politics		1	1	Alleged Sex Tapes of Donald Trump Revealed in Newly Unsealed Email: Epstein Documents By using this site, you agree to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.Accept NEWS POLITICS BLUNT ENTERTAINMENT FLORIDA FILE 51 Home NEWS BLUNT ENTERTAINMENT FLORIDA NEWS POLITICS BLUNT ENTERTAINMENT FLORIDA FILE 51 - Advertisement - Latest Stories Trump Approval Drops as Americans Worry About Economy: Poll Deadly Aircraft Crash Reported in Arizona Trump Insists Zelensky Started War With Russia: ‘He Has Done a Terrible Job’ Former Social Security Chief Torches ‘Co-Presidents’ Trump and Musk, Slams DOGE ‘Nitwits’ For Breaking The Law and Calls Them ‘Biggest Threat’ to SS 11-Year-Old Girl in Texas Takes Her Life After Classmates Threatened to Call ICE on Her Family, Devastated Mother Says Follow US © Daily Boulder 2025. All Rights Reserved. NEWS Alleged Sex Tapes of Donald Trump Revealed in Newly Unsealed Email: Epstein Documents July 10, 2024 11:35 am By Staff Writer 7 months ago Share SHARE Recently unsealed documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein case have revealed intriguing details, including a bombshell email from Sarah Ransome, an alleged victim of Epstein, asserting the existence of sex tapes implicating high-profile figures such as former President Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, and Britain’s Prince Andrew. In 2016, Ransome claimed to possess these tapes and expressed willingness to testify under oath about their contents. - Advertisement - Her emails alleged that Jeffrey Epstein had filmed sex tapes on numerous occasions, including instances involving Donald Trump. She accused the former presidnet of having sexual relations with her friend at Epstein’s New York mansion. RELATED: Deadly Aircraft Crash Reported in Arizona Trump Insists Zelensky Started War With Russia: ‘He Has Done a Terrible Job’ 11-Year-Old Girl in Texas Takes Her Life After Classmates Threatened to Call ICE on Her Family, Devastated Mother Says “Sex tapes were in fact filmed on each separate occasion by Jeffrey,” Ransome wrote in the emails, which include allegations against Donald Trump, accusing him of “having sexual relations with [her friend] at Jeffrey’s New York mansion on numerous occasions.” However, she later withdrew her claims, saying: “When my friend eventually had the courage to speak out and went to the police in 2008 to report what had happened, nothing was done and she was utterly humiliated by the police department where she went to report what had happened.” - Advertisement - “I want to walk away from this … I shouldn’t have contacted you and I’m sorry I wasted your time,” she continued. “It’s not worth coming forward and I will never be heard anyhow and only bad things will happen as a consequence of me going public.” In the email extracts from Ransome she also took aim at Hillary Clinton, with one saying: “I will make sure that neither that evil bitch Hillary or that paedophile Trump gets elected.” “I will also make sure that everyone on the God damn planet sees that footage and photos and will release them to WikiLeaks by Sunday.” - Advertisement - Ransome later claimed that her emails had been hacked. People have been meticulously combing through these documents day by day. This latest batch features transcripts suggesting a relationship between Epstein and Trump, supported by phone call records and other interactions. Critics argue that this evidence establishes a substantial link between Trump and Epstein. “This era demands we speak the truth. Facts: Donald Trump is a pedophile who raped 12 AND 13 year old’s – Jeffrey Epstein was the pimp,” one user posted, while another wrote, “Trump and Epstein were closer than we thought.” This era demands we speak the truth. Facts: Donald Trump is a pedophile who raped 12 AND 13 year old's – Jeffrey Epstein was the pimp. How did then POTUS-elect Trump's circle get it dropped? Death AND Bomb threats. READ IT FOR YOURSELF (share widely):https://t.co/ERL54ax8eY pic.twitter.com/7Z2gZhxUm3 — E pluribus unum – Qui tacet consentit (@HRRevels1) July 2, 2024 - Advertisement - Despite these allegations, Trump’s spokesperson has vehemently denied any wrongdoing or close ties with Epstein, dismissing the accusations as baseless. The release of these documents, made possible by a recent legal decision in Florida, has sparked intense interest and scrutiny. Legal and political observers are closely monitoring the fallout from these revelations, as they have generated widespread public debate and speculation about Epstein’s operations and the individuals linked to him, including Trump. Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his cell at a federal jail in Manhattan, New York, in August 2019, while awaiting trial for sex-trafficking charges. His death was officially ruled a suicide. Ghislaine Maxwell, a close associate of Epstein, has been in custody since July 2020, despite attempts by her legal team to secure bail. In June 2022, she received a 20-year prison sentence at the federal court in the Southern District of New York, with an appeal scheduled for November next year. 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Kellyanne Conway Urges Trump to Man Up and Debate Harris	1ftqqll	https://www.thedailybeast.com/kellyanne-conway-is-pushing-donald-trump-to-man-up-and-debate-kamala-harris-again?ref=home?ref=home	2024-10-01T15:22:43	jsar33	politics		2,409	171	Kellyanne Conway Is Pushing Donald Trump to Man Up and Debate Kamala Harris Again Skip to Main ContentNewslettersCrosswordSUBSCRIBEALLCSCHEAT SHEETNEWSLETTERSLOG INCheat SheetMediaObsessedRoyalsPoliticsOpinionInnovationU.S. NewsScoutedMy AccountManage NewslettersSubscription OffersNeed Help?LogOutHOMEPAGEPoliticsKellyanne Conway Is Pushing Donald Trump to Man Up and Debate Kamala Harris AgainROUND TWO?Trump’s former adviser said she tried to juice Trump’s ego by telling him he’s like Major League Baseball standout Shohei Ohtani.Sean CraigPublished Oct. 1 2024 9:32AM EDT Fox News Sean [email protected] a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here.Trending NowPoliticsTrump Signs New Order to Vastly Expand His Presidential PowersYasmeen HamadehMediaCNN Host Asks Hysterical Stephen Miller to ‘Calm Down’ in Live InterviewYasmeen HamadehMediaAnti-Trump Podcast Dethrones Joe Rogan at Top of the ChartsJulia OrnedoPoliticsDOGE’s Shocking $8 Billion Dollar Mistake Called OutJosh FialloU.S. NewsJFK’s Grandson Freaks Out After Trump Order Closes Kennedy LibraryKenneal PattersonTrending NowPoliticsTrump Signs New Order to Vastly Expand His Presidential PowersYasmeen HamadehMediaCNN Host Asks Hysterical Stephen Miller to ‘Calm Down’ in Live InterviewYasmeen HamadehMediaAnti-Trump Podcast Dethrones Joe Rogan at Top of the ChartsJulia OrnedoPoliticsDOGE’s Shocking $8 Billion Dollar Mistake Called OutJosh FialloU.S. NewsJFK’s Grandson Freaks Out After Trump Order Closes Kennedy LibraryKenneal Patterson ADVERTISEMENTADVERTISEMENTBACK TO TOP ↑Cheat SheetPoliticsObsessedMediaWorldCultureU.S. NewsScoutedInnovationTravelSUBSCRIPTIONCROSSWORDNEWSLETTERSPODCASTSGET THE APPFOLLOW USAboutContactTipsJobsAdvertiseHelpPrivacyCode of Ethics & StandardsDiversityTerms & conditionsCopyright & TrademarkCookie Settings© 2024 The Daily Beast Company LLC	210
Lev Parnas, a self-described “hustler” who became a campaign operative for Donald Trump, has become the latest remorseful hero of the resistance left	1ftr197	https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/10/01/lev-parnas-trump-redemption-profile-00181013	2024-10-01T15:35:07	lucygetz	politics		102	21	null	211
Biden Fumes After Reporter Parrots Trump Lies on Hurricane Helene \| Joe Biden angrily hit back at “lying” Donald Trump over his hateful conspiracy on Hurricane Helene.	1ftr2l0	https://newrepublic.com/post/186557/biden-fumes-trump-hurricane-helene-lies	2024-10-01T15:36:40	Murky-Site7468	politics		9,169	282	Biden Fumes After Reporter Parrots Trump Lies on Hurricane Helene \| The New Republic You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browserand improve your visit to our site. 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Speaking to reporters Monday night along with North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, who was present via teleconference, Biden sharply responded to a question from one reporter who noted that Trump accused the pair of ignoring the state. “He’s lying, and the governor told him he was lying,” Biden said. “I don’t know why he does this, and the reason I get so angry about it, I don’t care what he says about me, but I care what he communicates to the people that are in need. He implies that we’re not doing everything possible. We are. We are.” Reporter: Trump has accused you of ignoring—Biden: He's lying and the governor told him he was lying. I've spoken to the governor.. I don't know why he does this and the reason I get so angry about it, I don't care about what he says about me, but I care what he communicates to… pic.twitter.com/zZuZH3nXKe— Acyn (@Acyn) September 30, 2024 Another question concerned whether Biden wished he had spent the weekend in Washington instead of Delaware, and if he wished in retrospect that there were more resources available for the hurricane response. “Come on, stop with the game will you? [Delaware is] 90 miles from here, I was on the phone the whole time,” Biden responded, noting that the question was not of more resources but how to get the resources there amid the devastation. “It’s hard to get it from point A to point B. It’s hard to get it [there] if some of these roads are wiped out. Communities are wiped out. There’s no ability to land, there’s no ability to get trucks through. There’s no ability to get a whole range of things through,” Biden said. “If I sound frustrated, I am.” Reporter: In retrospect… do you wish you had spent the weekend here in Washington instead of Delaware Biden: Come on. Stop with the game will you.. It’s 90 miles from here. I was on the phone the whole time pic.twitter.com/OboCchMuGj— Acyn (@Acyn) September 30, 2024 Biden is rightfully angry over the conspiracy theories egged on by Trump about Hurricane Helene that the president and Cooper are neglecting people in Republican areas. These theories have been debunked by Georgia’s Republican Governor Brian Kemp, but of course the former president has doubled down. Meanwhile, it appears that four years in the White House dealing with natural disasters didn’t teach Trump anything about how hurricanes are forecast and how preparations are made. Perhaps Trump should leave relief efforts to the adults who are actually trying to help the victims instead of pushing his self-serving agenda.Share This StoryMore on this lie:Transcript: Trump Already Pushing Ugly, Hateful Lie About HurricaneMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/October 1, 2024/9:40 a.m. ETShare This StoryTeam Harris Kicks Off Debate With Epic Trolls of Trump and J.D. VanceThe Democratic National Committee projected messages such as “Weird as Hell” and “Trump is a chicken” onto Donald Trump’s New York property.Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for DNCThe Democratic National Convention is apparently trying to goad Donald Trump, resurrecting old pranks against the Republican presidential nominee just hours before his vice presidential pick, J.D. Vance, is scheduled to go toe-to-toe against Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.On Monday night, the liberal party projected a series of biting taglines onto a panel outside Trump’s New York City residence on Fifth Avenue.“Trump is a chicken,” the projection read.The projection reportedly appeared just hours after Vance arrived at Trump Tower for the debate, which will take place Tuesday night, without an audience, at CBS Broadcast Center in Manhattan.Some of the other jabs flashed through the projection included references to Vance’s old tweets, including one in which he referred to Trump as an “idiot,” and stabs at Trump’s ongoing affinity for Project 2025, a 920-page Christian nationalist manifesto intended to help him to install far-right policies in the executive branch as seamlessly as possible should he win in November.“Vance on Trump: ‘What an idiot’,” the signage said.Democrats did something similar in August, branding Trump Tower in Chicago with giant messages during the Democratic National Convention. Those phrases included: “Trump-Vance: Out for Themselves,” as well as “Trump-Vance: ‘Weird as Hell,’” “Harris-Walz: Fighting for You,” and “Project 2025 HQ.”But Monday night’s prank has a more direct objective than simply trolling the Republican ticket. Instead, it’s transparent bait for Trump, who has flat-out rejected the idea of debating Vice President Kamala Harris again after his first performance against her turned unbelievably sour, frustrating his team, allies, and donors.“As Vance takes the debate stage to attempt to make up for Trump’s own lackluster debate performance, these projections on Trump Tower NYC are a reminder that Trump and Vance are out for themselves while Trump remains afraid to go back on that debate stage and be held accountable by Vice President Harris for his failed record and his dangerous agenda,” DNC spokesperson Abhi Rahman said in a statement.Share This StoryRead more about the debate:J.D. Vance Is Getting Debate Help From a Project 2025 ContributorMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/October 1, 2024/9:22 a.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Is Already Preparing for J.D. Vance to Lose the V.P. DebateDonald Trump is already claiming the vice presidential debate between J.D. Vance and Tim Walz is “rigged.”Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesDonald Trump is already explaining away J.D. Vance’s performance during the vice presidential debate, and it hasn’t even happened yet. During an interview on Fox Business Monday, Kellyanne Conway asked Trump whether he would consider doing another debate. The former president tried to downplay his outright refusal to go head-to-head with Kamala Harris again, and implied that Vance would face the same treatment Tuesday night. “I would love to have two or three more debates, I like it, I enjoy it. But they’re so rigged and so stacked,” Trump said. “You’ll see it tomorrow with J.D., it’ll be stacked.”Trump says the VP debate tomorrow night will be rigged against Vance, and he would love to have more debates against Kamala Harris but they are too rigged and unfair to him. pic.twitter.com/ZrZ4WPhTFx— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) October 1, 2024 Trump has used a similar playbook to undermine the outcomes of his own debates, both before and after they happened. Before the first presidential debate in June, the Republican nominee attacked CNN’s hosts, and then walked back his claims after they didn’t fact-check him on air. Before his debate with Harris, he claimed that ABC News would be biased against him. He and his MAGA acolytes continued to insist this was the case after the debate moderators fact-checked him on air for his outlandish lies about babies being aborted after they’re already born and Haitian immigrants eating their neighbors’ pets in Springfield, Ohio.Now Trump is claiming the debate will be rigged as a safety net for Vance, who has his own problems with the truth to contend with. CBS News, which is hosting the debate, said that it will be up to the candidates to fact-check each other. Conway went on to say that when asked about doing a second debate, Trump “said no, but he didn’t totally say no,” according to The Hill. Crucially, in Trump speak, that was a definite no.Harris previously accepted CNN’s invitation to appear in another presidential debate on October 23, but Trump claimed last week that it was “too late” for another debate because early voting had already begun in some states. Before that, Trump had a different excuse, declaring that he wouldn’t seek a rematch because only someone “beaten” would ask for one. Instead, the former president has run scared from a second matchup. The vice presidential debate will take place at 9 p.m. at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York.Share This StoryRead about the debate:The Walz-Vance V.P. Debate Rules Are Out—and They Guarantee ChaosMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/5:38 p.m. ETShare This StoryMAGA Is Claiming “Political Violence” Over a Giant Nude Trump StatueConservatives are properly freaking out over a debut of a 43-foot-tall statue of a naked Donald Trump.RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP/Getty ImagesOn Saturday, a 43-foot-tall nude statue of Donald Trump was installed near Interstate 15 just outside of Las Vegas, immediately drawing a backlash from the former president’s supporters. The foam-and-rebar art installation, weighing about 6,000 pounds, is titled Crooked and Obscene and is expected to travel to other cities, although dates and cities for the tour have not been announced, according to The Wrap. RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP/Getty ImagesThe artists behind the “anatomically correct” statue, who want to stay anonymous, said in a statement that the former president’s nudity was “intentional, serving as a bold statement on transparency, vulnerability, and the public personas of political figures.” But Republicans, as one might expect, are livid. “While families drive through Las Vegas, they are forced to view this offensive marionette, designed intentionally for shock value rather than meaningful dialogue,” the Nevada Republican Party said in a statement, according to The Telegraph. Right-wing influencer Ian Miles Cheong posted on X that Trump, if elected president, “should jail everyone who was a part of this effigy’s creation.” Fellow right-wing conspiracy theorist Catturd (real name Phillip Buchanan) called the people behind the statue “demons,” piggybacking on yet another right-wing influencer’s post calling the art piece “POLITICAL VIOLENCE.” While these right-wing figures are freaking out, this isn’t even the first instance where a nude Trump statue has been erected. In 2016, just before the election, five small naked Trump statues went up on street corners in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Seattle, and New York City, only to be taken down by local authorities because the artist didn’t secure a permit. The artists behind this latest art project are pretty tight-lipped, so there’s no word on whether they secured a permit themselves. On a related note, Trump on Sunday told supporters in Wisconsin that if he wasn’t campaigning, “I could’ve been sunbathing on the beach. You have never seen a body so beautiful. Much better than Sleepy Joe.” He probably won’t like this statue, though, and definitely won’t add it to his NFT trading card collection.Share This StoryMore on conservatives losing it:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/4:59 p.m. ETShare This StoryHypocrite MTG Now Demanding Hurricane Relief Funds She Tried to BlockMarjorie Taylor Greene is suddenly all for government spending.Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty ImagesGeorgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene is begging the federal government to urgently “send the funds” to help the American Southeast recover in the wake of Hurricane Helene, even though she herself stood in the way of emergency relief funds just last week.“The storm was supposed to come directly across my district, but when it came through Georgia, it went to the east, and we mainly just got a lot of rain,” Greene told Real America’s Voice’s Terrance Bates. “When we go back to Washington, we will be working hard to make sure that states like Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, North Carolina get the funding that they need.”Greene was one of 82 Republicans who voted last week against a continuing resolution to keep the government funded. If she had been successful, the government would have been in shutdown mode from Tuesday onward, preventing any region from receiving the critical assistance.“We’ve already signed a letter,” Greene told Bates. “We sent that letter to Joe Biden requesting relief that Brian Kemp, our governor, has already requested. So our entire delegation in Georgia has signed onto that letter.”“We need them to step in and send the funds and the relief that these people deserve,” she added.But Greene’s public demands ring a little hollow. During the storm, she was spotted gleefully attending a football game alongside Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, while Kemp revealed earlier Monday that President Joe Biden had called him over the weekend to assess the state’s needs. Greene also took the opportunity to take a stab at the Biden administration, even while lobbying for federal aid from the executive branch.“President Trump is a man of action,” she told the right-wing network. “We don’t need a sleepy Joe in the White House. We don’t need Kamala Harris, who they’re propping up.”Share This StoryRead about Biden’s response:Georgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/September 30, 2024/4:58 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Pushes Hurricane Helene Lie Even After Republicans Debunk HimDonald Trump continues to insist that Democrats have abandoned areas affected by Hurricane Helene.Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesDonald Trump flailed Monday when asked to produce any evidence to support his claim that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were purposefully withholding aid from people affected by Hurricane Helene. Trump suggested in a Truth Social post earlier Monday that he’d received “reports” from North Carolina claiming that the Biden administration and Democratic Governor Roy Cooper were “going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas” in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. The western region of North Carolina is currently experiencing severe flooding. MSNBC reporter Garrett Haake attempted to press Trump during a stop in Valdosta, Georgia, asking him what, if any, evidence he had to back up his outlandish claim.“Take a look,” Trump responded, walking away. Haake translated the flippant response to mean, “essentially, I’ve got nothing to show you right now, why don’t you go find it yourself.”So in short, Trump has absolutely no evidence, and these so-called “reports” seem even less legitimate than the debunked ones claiming that Haitian immigrants were eating their neighbors’ pets.In a second post about hurricane relief, Trump claimed that Biden and Harris had “left Americans to drown in North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, and elsewhere in the South.”Trump also claimed that Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, with whom he has his own uneasy alliance, had a “hard time” reaching Biden to discuss disaster relief, and that the president had been “very non-responsive.” That was also a lie. Kemp said that he’d already spoken to Biden. “The president just called me yesterday afternoon. I missed him, and called him right back,” Kemp said Monday. “And he just said, ‘What do you need?’”It’s taken the Republican nominee no time at all to pull focus away from disaster relief, trying instead to enrage voters in two key battleground states responding to a deadly natural disaster.Share This StoryRead about the conspiracy:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostPaige Oamek/September 30, 2024/4:32 p.m. ETShare This StoryGeorgia Judge Strikes Down State’s Abortion Ban in Stunning RulingA Fulton County judge has said abortions in the state must resume as they did when Roe v. Wade was still the law of the land.TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty ImagesA Georgia judge on Monday struck down the state’s six-week abortion ban. Fulton County Superior Judge Robert McBurney quoted “liberty” in a ruling that rejected the controversial ban outlawing abortion after six weeks, before many people know they are pregnant. Abortions in the state will now be allowed until 22 weeks, as they were before the reversal of Roe v. Wade in 2022, when Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed into law the six-week ban. McBurney had some choice words for politicians in his ruling, writing, “It is not for a legislator, a judge, or a Commander from The Handmaid’s Tale to tell these women what to do with their bodies during this period when the fetus cannot survive outside the womb any more so than society could – or should – force them to serve as a human tissue bank or to give up a kidney for the benefit of another.” He added, “our higher courts’ interpretations of ‘liberty’ demonstrates that liberty in Georgia includes in its meaning, in its protections, and in its bundle of rights the power of a woman to control her own body, to decide what happens to it and in it, and to reject state interference with her healthcare choices.”The state law prohibited abortions after six weeks, based on the misleading notion that a “heartbeat” could be detected in an embryo around that time. In reality, an embryo does not have a heart at six weeks, let alone cardiac activity. A fetus is also not viable outside the body till much later in a pregnancy.McBurney got the chance to rule on the law after it was sent back to Fulton County court by the state Supreme Court last year. Georgia’s restrictive abortion ban killed at least two women since its passage and caused Georgia’s monthly abortion totals to drop by roughly half. This story has been updated.Share This StoryMore on Georgia:Georgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/4:25 p.m. ETShare This StoryWatch: Trump Appears Not to Understand How Hurricanes WorkDonald Trump, who wants to dismantle storm prediction services, seemed caught off guard by the completely predictable Hurricane Helene.Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesIn just three days, Hurricane Helene gas killed at least 119 people as it trailed its way along the Southeast, making it one of the deadliest storms in modern U.S. history.The real scope of devastation is difficult to define before such an unprecedented hurricane hits land, but it’s not impossible to predict a storm’s scale, timing, and general path. Somehow, that information isn’t obvious to Donald Trump, who, after surveying some of the storm’s devastation in Georgia, told reporters Monday that “nobody” could have forecast Helene.“That’s a big one. And the devastation wrought by this storm is incredible,” Trump said during a presser in Valdosta, Georgia. “It’s so extensive, nobody thought this would be happening, especially now it’s so late in the season for the hurricanes.”Trump: Nobody thought this would be happening, especially now it’s so late in the season for hurricanes pic.twitter.com/tnLCkwKSXM— Acyn (@Acyn) September 30, 2024 It is, of course, not late in the season for hurricanes: September tends to be the most active month in the calendar year for the superstorms.But Trump’s own policy proposals are likely to keep him—and every other American—from obtaining such life-saving weather forecasts and emergency weather alerts in the future. Trump has touted elements of Project 2025, a 920-page Christian nationalist manifesto that proposes completely demolishing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, whose responsibilities as a federal agency include tracking the weather and predicting hurricanes.“The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) should be dismantled and many of its functions eliminated, sent to other agencies, privatized, or placed under the control of states and territories,” the far-right proposal reads on page 664.That would effectively privatize weather forecasts, forcing U.S. citizens to pay for weather subscriptions that would include crucial national weather alert systems for emergencies such as flash flooding, extreme heat, earthquakes, or otherwise.Trump has spent months trying to distance his campaign from Project 2025, but a flurry of the Republican presidential nominee’s recent comments, which include supporting demolishing the Department of Education, have practically glued himself to its policy points.Share This StoryRead more about Trump’s hurricane response:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/4:05 p.m. ETShare This StoryRudy Giuliani’s Daughter Backs Harris in Dire Warning on TrumpCaroline Rose Giuliani wrote a harrowing piece on how Donald Trump ruined her relationship with her dad—and how he could ruin the country next.Alex Wong/Getty ImagesRudolph Giuliani’s daughter, Caroline Rose Giuliani, endorsed Kamala Harris Monday, writing for Vanity Fair about how she has watched her father’s life “crumble since he joined forces with [Donald] Trump.” Caroline Giuliani wrote an article for the magazine warning of the dangers of another Trump presidency, saying his first term “was the worst thing that ever happened to my dad, to my family, and to our nation’s modern history.” “The consequences will only be more severe—and irreversible—a second time around. Thanks to the extremist Supreme Court he stacked, Trump would take office with full immunity: no checks on his power whatsoever,” Giuliani said. “If the president isn’t going to be subject to the law like every other citizen, which remains incomprehensible to me, then our president had better have a moral compass.”The article carries the headline “Trump Took My Dad From Me. Please Don’t Let Him Take Our Country, Too,” and Giuliani not only mentions the danger that Trump presents to the country, but also how her father’s work for the former president and convicted felon has brought him down and hurt their relationship. “I spent a lot of my life wishing my father had less power. But I never wanted it to happen like this. And selfishly, the deeper my dad gets stuck in the quicksand of his problems, the more fleeting our opportunities to connect as father and daughter become,” Giuliani said, alluding to her father’s financial and legal difficulties. “After months of feeling the type of sorrow that comes from the death of a loved one, it dawned on me that I’ve been grieving the loss of my dad to Trump. I cannot bear to lose our country to him too,” Giuliani wrote. Giuliani also praised Harris for her understanding of the climate crisis and her support for reproductive rights, calling the vice president “a life-long public servant who has spent her career upholding justice and fighting for those who cannot fight for themselves.” Endorsing Harris is a big step for the daughter of a close confidant of Trump who also served as his lawyer. But as she wrote, Rudy Giuliani’s work for Trump has indeed imploded his life. He has been disbarred in Washington, D.C., and New York state. He’s on the verge of losing his assets thanks to a defamation lawsuit from Georgia poll workers and is facing criminal charges in Georgia and Arizona for election interference, as well as a pending sexual harassment lawsuit from one of his former assistants. Now, his daughter is openly expressing her sadness and shame over his support for Trump and where it has taken him. Will he listen to her?Share This StoryMore on Politics:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostPaige Oamek/September 30, 2024/3:52 p.m. ETShare This StoryGeorgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyDonald Trump is trying to spread a new lie about Hurricane Helene—but Georgia Governor Brian Kemp isn’t playing games.Alex Wong/Getty ImagesIn the wake of Hurricane Helene’s destruction, Donald Trump is eager to spread rumors about President Joe Biden’s inaction. The problem is, at least one Republican politician on the front lines is willing to call Trump out on his lies. On Monday, Trump visited Georgia, one of the six states seriously hit by the natural disaster, and claimed that while Governor Brian Kemp was “doing a very good job,” he was “having a hard time getting the president on the phone.”“I guess they’re not being responsive, the federal government is not being responsive,” he continued. “They’re having a very hard time getting the president on the phone. He won’t get on it.” While it’s true that the federal response to the hurricane leaves much to be desired, Trump was stretching the truth when he said that Kemp hadn’t heard from Biden.Just a few hours earlier on Monday, Kemp told press that Biden called yesterday afternoon and asked the Georgia governor what further support his state needed. Biden last week also declared a state of emergency in Georgia, approving federal disaster assistance for the state.Has Trump told Gov. Kemp, who said this today?"The President just called me yesterday afternoon." "And he just said ‘hey, what do you need?’" "He offered that if there's other things we need, just to call him directly, which, I appreciate that." https://t.co/ABiE0AE0GS pic.twitter.com/Y9WcwULJes— Andrew Bates (@AndrewJBates46) September 30, 2024 As Trump tours Georgia and North Carolina, Republicans continue to slam Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for not showing face in disaster zones. But perhaps while roads remain closed and many remain without power, it’s a better use of resources for the federal government to provide actual disaster relief, rather than divert resources for a tour bus. At least, that’s what many residents in Georgia thought about Trump’s publicity stunt Monday.Share This StoryMore on this dangerous conspiracy:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyView More PostsRead More: Politics, Law, Supreme Court, Constitution, Foreign Policy, Health Care, Economic Inequality, Taxes, WashingtonBREAKING NEWS POLITICS CLIMATE CULTURE MAGAZINE PODCASTS GAMESEventsTravelBookstoreDonateAdvertiseFAQPressJobsSubmissionsSubscribe to The New RepublicSign Up for Our Newsletters Terms and ConditionsPrivacy PolicyCookie SettingsCopyright 2025 © The New Republic. All rights reserved.	212
Kamala Harris Edges Ahead in Pennsylvania With Trump Pollster	1ftr6t6	https://www.newsweek.com/kamala-harris-edges-ahead-pennsylvania-trump-pollster-1961994	2024-10-01T15:41:35	Reddit_guard	politics		689	53	null	213
President Biden approves Georgia disaster declaration	1ftrar8	https://www.wsav.com/news/local-news/georgia-news/president-biden-approves-georgia-disaster-declaration/amp/	2024-10-01T15:46:03	yoppee	politics		1,862	22	President Biden approves Georgia disaster declaration \| WSAV-TV WSAV-TV President Biden approves Georgia disaster declaration Eric Dorsch 5 months ago (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) – President Joe Biden has approved the disaster declaration for the State of Georgia. The declaration comes following major power outages and significant damage to the state following Helene. On Monday morning, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp requested an official expedited emergency disaster declaration from FEMA. The approval of the declaration allows for federal funding to be made available to affected individuals in specific counties. Counties receiving Individual Assistance are Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Chatham, Clinch, Coffee, Colquitt, Columbia, Cook, Echols, Emanuel, Evans, Glascock, Irwin, Jeff Davis, Jefferson, Jenkins, Johnson, Lanier, Laurens, Liberty, Lincoln, Lowndes, McDuffie, Montgomery, Pierce, Richmond, Screven, Tattnall, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Ware, Washington, and Wheeler Counties Public Assistance-Designated Counties are Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Chatham, Clinch, Coffee, Colquitt, Columbia, Cook, Echols, Emanuel, Evans, Glascock, Irwin, Jeff Davis, Jefferson, Jenkins, Johnson, Lanier, Laurens, Liberty, Lincoln, Lowndes, McDuffie, Montgomery, Pierce, Richmond, Screven, Tattnall, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Ware, Washington, and Wheeler Counties for debris removal and emergency protective measures, including direct federal assistance under the Public Assistance program. Categories: Georgia News, Local News, News Tags: Helene WSAV-TV Back to top	214
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AP’s Decision Team is waiting for election officials to report additional results of votes cast on Election Day, particularly in Democratic-leaning areas of the state. /u/SpaceElevatorMusic06 Nov 02:11The AP reports Donald Trump wins North Dakota, South Dakota, Louisiana, Wyoming, and Ohio /u/Ganon_Cubana06 Nov 02:11The AP reports Kamala Harris wins New York. /u/Ganon_Cubana06 Nov 02:11AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins North Dakota AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins the statewide vote in Nebraska and two electoral votes AP Race Call: Kamala Harris wins New York AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins South Dakota AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins Louisiana AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins Wyoming /u/SpaceElevatorMusic06 Nov 02:00‘No credible threat’ in Pennsylvania, says Gov. Shapiro Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said there had been multiple bomb threats called into polling locations across the state, but said so far there is “no credible threat” to the public. /u/SpaceElevatorMusic06 Nov 01:39The AP reports Kamala Harris wins Illinois. /u/Ganon_Cubana06 Nov 01:35The AP reports Kamala Harris wins Delaware. /u/Ganon_Cubana06 Nov 01:32The AP reports Kamala Harris wins New Jersey. /u/Ganon_Cubana06 Nov 01:32The AP reports Donald Trump wins Arkansas. /u/Ganon_Cubanaview more: next ›aboutblogaboutadvertisingcareershelpsite rulesReddit help centerreddiquettemod guidelinescontact usapps & toolsReddit for iPhoneReddit for Androidmobile website<3reddit premiumUse of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy. © 2025 reddit inc. All rights reserved.REDDIT and the ALIEN Logo are registered trademarks of reddit inc.π Rendered by PID 38722 on reddit-service-r2-loggedout-b5c869b5d-jflw9 at 2025-02-19 19:49:13.552006+00:00 running 65c8872 country code: US.	215
Doctors issue stark warning as Louisiana reclassifies abortion pills	1ftrf98	https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/01/louisiana-abortion-pills	2024-10-01T15:51:16	Libertarian4lifebro	politics		200	12	Doctors issue stark warning as Louisiana reclassifies abortion pills \| Louisiana \| The Guardian Skip to main contentSkip to navigationClose dialogue1/1Next imagePrevious imageToggle captionSkip to navigationPrint subscriptionsNewsletters Sign inUSUS editionUK editionAustralia editionEurope editionInternational editionThe Guardian - Back to homeThe GuardianNewsOpinionSportCultureLifestyleShow moreHide expanded menuNewsView all NewsUS newsUS politicsWorld newsClimate crisisMiddle EastUkraineSoccerBusinessEnvironmentTechScienceNewslettersWellnessOpinionView all OpinionThe Guardian viewColumnistsLettersOpinion videosCartoonsSportView all SportSoccerNFLTennisMLBMLSNBAWNBANHLF1GolfCultureView all CultureFilmBooksMusicArt & designTV & radioStageClassicalGamesLifestyleView all LifestyleWellnessFashionFoodRecipesLove & sexHome & gardenHealth & fitnessFamilyTravelMoneySearch input google-search SearchSupport usPrint subscriptionsNewslettersDownload the appSearch jobsDigital ArchiveGuardian LicensingAbout UsThe Guardian appVideoPodcastsPicturesInside the GuardianGuardian WeeklyCrosswordsWordiplyCorrectionsSearch input google-search SearchSearch jobsDigital ArchiveGuardian LicensingAbout UsUSUS politicsWorldClimate crisisMiddle EastUkraineSoccerBusinessEnvironmentTechScienceNewslettersWellness Mifepristone and misoprostol have been reclassified as schedule IV drugs in Louisiana. Photograph: NurPhoto/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenMifepristone and misoprostol have been reclassified as schedule IV drugs in Louisiana. Photograph: NurPhoto/Getty ImagesLouisiana This article is more than 4 months oldDoctors issue stark warning as Louisiana reclassifies abortion pillsThis article is more than 4 months oldOfficials class mifepristone and misoprostol as ‘controlled substances’ – which medics say could imperil women’s livesCarter ShermanTue 1 Oct 2024 07.00 EDTLast modified on Tue 1 Oct 2024 07.58 EDTShareTwo common abortion pills are, as of Tuesday, classified as “controlled substances” in Louisiana, due to a first-of-its-kind law that medical professionals warn will endanger the lives of women by restricting medication used to treat postpartum hemorrhage and other conditions.Georgia judge strikes down state’s abortion ban, allowing care to resumeRead moreLouisiana, which already bans abortion, passed a law reclassifying mifepristone and misoprostol as schedule IV drugs – a designation typically reserved for drugs that carry a risk of abuse or dependence. People caught with the drugs without a valid prescription could face up to five years in prison, although pregnant women who procure it for their own use are exempted from punishment under the law.Although the drugs are typically used in US medication abortions, they are also regularly used in an array of other circumstances, such as to help with miscarriage management, treat ulcers and soften the cervix during labor and other procedures.Normally, at the Louisiana hospital where OB-GYN Dr Nicole Freehill works, misoprostol is kept in so-called hemorrhage carts, which can be easily wheeled into the rooms where patients deliver babies and which carry medications normally used to treat hemorrhaging, including misoprostol. It takes about 15 seconds to pull the misoprostol out of the cart, Freehill said.Now, due to the security requirements placed on schedule IV drugs, the hospital must keep misoprostol stocked outside of patients’ rooms. When the hospital ran a drill to see how long it took nurses to grab the misoprostol under the new rules, it took nurses two minutes, Freehill said.“A lot of people might go: ‘Oh, two minutes, that’s really fast.’ And yes, in the long scheme of things, that’s fast. But when you have someone who is actively hemorrhaging – in two minutes, they can lose hundreds of cc’s of blood,” Freehill said. “So those seconds count. I’m definitely worried about what’s going to happen to patients who are hemorrhaging.”Compared to other wealthy nations, the United States already has a far higher maternal mortality rate, particularly among Black Americans.Before the law’s passage, more than 200 doctors wrote a letter to the state legislator behind the law, asking him to reconsider it. “Controlled substances require more complex coordination by pharmacists, patients and providers, with increased documentation and often longer waits for patients,” they wrote. “Overall, this results in fear and confusion among patients, doctors, and pharmacists, which delays care and worsens outcomes.”In the two years since the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade, more than a dozen states, including Louisiana, have banned almost all abortions. However, the number of abortions performed in US clinics rose, as did the number of self-induced abortions using pills. (Self-managed abortions are usually safe and effective in the first trimester of pregnancy.) In response, anti-abortion activists have tried to narrow access to abortion pills, which are used in two-thirds of all US abortions.However, there is no medical reason to reclassify mifepristone and misoprostol as schedule IV drugs, Freehill said.“It could be five out of seven days of the week that I’m utilizing this medication, and obviously not for abortion care,” Freehill said. “I don’t see how this is going to help my patients be safer.”Explore more on these topicsLouisianaAbortionRoe v WadeHealthWomenReproductive rightsnewsShareReuse this contentMost viewedMost viewedUSUS politicsWorldClimate crisisMiddle EastUkraineSoccerBusinessEnvironmentTechScienceNewslettersWellnessNewsOpinionSportCultureLifestyleOriginal reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morningSign up for our emailAbout usHelpComplaints & correctionsSecureDropWork for us Privacy policyCookie policyTerms & conditionsContact usAll topicsAll writersDigital newspaper archiveTax strategyFacebookYouTubeInstagramLinkedInNewslettersAdvertise with usGuardian LabsSearch jobsBack to top© 2025 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. 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Democrats Troll Trump On His Own Building With 'Idiot' Message From JD Vance	1ftrg30	https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-tower-jd-vance-debate_n_66fbf91ce4b0ccc050c4a7ce	2024-10-01T15:52:14	UWCG	politics		203	4	Democrats Troll Trump On His Own Building With 'Idiot' Message From JD Vance \| HuffPost Latest News Skip to Main Content×Main MenuU.S. EditionNewsU.S. NewsWorld NewsBusinessEnvironmentHealthSocial JusticeCrimePoliticsCongressExtremismOpinionEntertainmentCulture & ArtsMediaCelebrityTV & FilmBooksLifeWellnessTravelTechStyle & BeautyFood & DrinkParentingRelationshipsMoneyHome & LivingWork/LifeShoppingVoicesBlack VoicesQueer VoicesLatino VoicesIndigenous VoicesAsian VoicesWomen's VoicesHuffPost PersonalNEW: GamesHoroscopesVideoFrom Our PartnersMy 5-To-9NewslettersInternationalU.S.U.K.EspañaFranceΕλλάδα (Greece)Italia日本 (Japan)한국 (Korea)Follow UsTerms \| Privacy PolicyPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2025 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×What's Hot Log InGo Ad-FreeNEWSPOLITICSENTERTAINMENTLIFEPERSONALVOICESSHOPPINGGAMESU.S. EditionOpen editions submenuPoliticsDonald Trump2024 electionstrump towerDemocrats Troll Trump On His Own Building With 'Idiot' Message From JD VanceThe projection reportedly appeared hours after Vance arrived at Trump Tower in New York ahead of the vice presidential debate.By Josephine HarveyAssignment Editor, HuffPostOct 1, 2024, 11:20 AM EDTLEAVE A COMMENTLOADINGERROR LOADINGDemocrats taunted Donald Trump with messages projected on Trump Tower in New York City ahead of Tuesday’s vice presidential debate.“Vance on Trump: ‘What an idiot,’” one of the projections says.Other messages read “Project 2025 HQ,” “Go Coach Walz!” and “Trump is a chicken.”In an October 2016 tweet, JD Vance wrote “My god what an idiot” about Trump. That was one of many scathing critiques he made of Trump — other included “noxious,” “reprehensible” and “unfit” — before he entered Republican politics and changed his tune.Advertisement Vance, now the junior U.S. senator from Ohio and former President Trump’s running mate in the 2024 election, has since said he regrets what he said about Trump.The Democratic National Committee projected messages on Trump Tower in New York City on the eve of Tuesday's vice presidential debate.Eugene Gologursky via Getty ImagesA Democratic National Committee spokesperson told CBS News on Monday that the projections are intended to catch Trump and Vance’s attention, and to remind Americans that Trump won’t agree to another debate against Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee.Advertisement “As Vance takes the debate stage to attempt to make up for Trump’s own lackluster debate performance, these projections on Trump Tower NYC are a reminder that Trump and Vance are out for themselves while Trump remains afraid to go back on that debate stage and be held accountable by Vice President Harris for his failed record and his dangerous agenda,” DNC spokesperson Abhi Rahman told CBS News.The projections reportedly started to appear hours after Vance arrived at Trump Tower on Monday. 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Donald Trump is gaining on Kamala Harris in the polls. I have some theories why	1ftrgq3	https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/01/trump-gaining-on-harris-polls-theories	2024-10-01T15:53:00	acrimoniousone	politics		0	19	Donald Trump is gaining on Kamala Harris in the polls. I have some theories why \| Robert Reich \| The Guardian Skip to main contentSkip to navigationClose dialogue1/1Next imagePrevious imageToggle captionSkip to navigationPrint subscriptionsNewsletters Sign inUSUS editionUK editionAustralia editionEurope editionInternational editionThe Guardian - Back to homeThe GuardianNewsOpinionSportCultureLifestyleShow moreHide expanded menuNewsView all NewsUS newsUS politicsWorld newsClimate crisisMiddle EastUkraineSoccerBusinessEnvironmentTechScienceNewslettersWellnessOpinionView all OpinionThe Guardian viewColumnistsLettersOpinion videosCartoonsSportView all SportSoccerNFLTennisMLBMLSNBAWNBANHLF1GolfCultureView all CultureFilmBooksMusicArt & designTV & radioStageClassicalGamesLifestyleView all LifestyleWellnessFashionFoodRecipesLove & sexHome & gardenHealth & fitnessFamilyTravelMoneySearch input google-search SearchSupport usPrint subscriptionsNewslettersDownload the appSearch jobsDigital ArchiveGuardian LicensingAbout UsThe Guardian appVideoPodcastsPicturesInside the GuardianGuardian WeeklyCrosswordsWordiplyCorrectionsSearch input google-search SearchSearch jobsDigital ArchiveGuardian LicensingAbout Us ‘How can Trump have chiseled away Harris’s advantage from early August?’ Photograph: Brian Snyder/ReutersView image in fullscreen‘How can Trump have chiseled away Harris’s advantage from early August?’ Photograph: Brian Snyder/ReutersOpinionUS elections 2024 This article is more than 4 months oldDonald Trump is gaining on Kamala Harris in the polls. I have some theories whyThis article is more than 4 months oldRobert ReichTrump, widely regarded as the sleaziest person to ever run for president, is leading or tied with Harris in crucial swing statesTue 1 Oct 2024 08.00 EDTLast modified on Tue 1 Oct 2024 11.31 EDTShareWith less than 40 days until election day, how can it be that Trump has taken a small lead in Arizona and Georgia – two swing states he lost to Biden in 2020? How can he be narrowly leading Harris in the swing state of North Carolina? How can he now be essentially tied with her in the other key swing states of Michigan and Wisconsin?More generally, how can Trump have chiseled away Harris’s advantage from early August? How is it possible that more voters appear to view Trump favorably now than they did several months ago when he was in the race against Biden?How can Trump – the sleaziest person ever to run for president, who has already been convicted on 34 felony charges and impeached twice, whose failures of character and leadership were experienced directly by the American public during his four years at the helm – be running neck-and-neck with a young, talented, intelligent person with a commendable record of public service?It’s not just Trump v Harris: America’s men and women are also locked in battle now \| Jonathan FreedlandRead moreSince his horrid performance debating Harris, he’s doubled down on false claims that Haitian migrants are eating pets in Ohio. He’s been accompanied almost everywhere by rightwing conspiracy nutcase Laura Loomer. He said he “hates” Taylor Swift after she endorsed Harris; that Jewish people will be responsible if he loses the election; that the second attempt on his life was incited by the “Communist left rhetoric” of Biden and Harris. And so on.He’s become so incoherent in public that Republican advisers are begging him to get back “on message”.So why is he neck-and-neck with Harris?Before we get to what I think is the reason, let’s dismiss other explanations being offered.One is that the polls are understating voters’ support for Harris and overstating their support for Trump. But if the polls are systematically biased, you’d think it would be the other way around, since some non-college voters are probably reluctant to admit to professional pollsters their preference for Trump.Another is that the media is intentionally creating a nail-bitingly close race in order to sell more ads. But this can’t be right because, if anything, more Americans appear to be tuning out politics altogether.A final theory holds that Harris has not yet put to rest voters’ fears about inflation and the economy. But given that the American economy has rebounded, inflation is way down, interest rates are falling, wages are up and the job engine continues, you’d think voters at the margin would be moving toward her rather than toward Trump.The easiest explanation has to do with asymmetric information.By now, almost everyone in America knows Trump and has made up their minds about him. Recent polls have found that nearly 90% of voters say they do not need to learn more about Trump to decide their vote.But they don’t yet know Harris, or remain undecided about her. More on this in a moment.Trump is exploiting this asymmetry so that when it comes to choosing between Trump and Harris, voters will choose the devil they know.This requires, first, that Trump suck all the media oxygen out of the air so Harris has fewer opportunities to define herself positively.Americans who have become overwhelmed by the chaos are tuning out politics altogether, especially in swing states where political advertising is nonstop. And as they tune out both Trump and Harris, Trump is the beneficiary, because, again, he’s the devil they know.In other words, Trump is running neck-and-neck with Harris not despite the mess he’s created over the last few weeks but because of it.skip past newsletter promotionSign up to Follow Robert ReichFree newsletterGet Robert Reich’s latest columns delivered straight to your inboxEnter your email address Sign upPrivacy Notice: Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. For more information see our Privacy Policy. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.after newsletter promotionTrump’s strategy also requires that he and his allies simultaneously flood the airwaves and social media with negative ads about Harris, which are then amplified by the rightwing ecosystem of Fox News, Newsmax and Sinclair radio.Trump’s campaign has given up trying to promote him positively. The Wesleyan Media Project estimates that the Trump team is now spending almost zero on ads that show him in a positive light. There’s no point, because everyone has already made up their minds about him.Instead, the ads aired by Trump and his allies in swing states are overwhelmingly negative about Harris – emphasizing, for example, her past support for gender transition surgery for incarcerated people.Researchers on cognition have long known that negative messages have a bigger impact than positive ones, probably because in evolutionary terms, our brains are hard-wired to respond more to frightening than to positive stimuli (which might explain why social media and even mainstream media are filled with negative stories).Finally, Trump’s strategy necessitates that he refuse to debate her again, lest she get additional positive exposure (hence he has turned down CNN’s invitation for a 23 October debate, which she has accepted).Behind the information asymmetry lie racism and misogyny. I can’t help wondering how many Americans who continue saying they “don’t know” or are “undecided” about Harris are concealing something from pollsters and possibly from themselves: they feel uncomfortable voting for a Black woman.Having said all this, I’m cautiously optimistic about the outcome of the election. Why? Because Trump is deteriorating rapidly; lately he’s barely been able to string sentences together coherently.Harris, by contrast, is gaining strength and confidence by the day, and despite Trump’s attempts to shut her out, more Americans are learning about her. As she gets more exposure, Trump’s “devil-you-know” advantage disappears.Perhaps it’s more accurate to say I’m nauseously optimistic, because, to be candid, I go into the next five weeks feeling a bit sick to my stomach. Even if Harris wins, the fact that so many Americans seem prepared to vote for Trump makes me worry for the future of my country. Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is a professor of public policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and the author of Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few and The Common Good. His newest book, The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It, is out now. He is a Guardian US columnist. 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Not always lucky: Trump will not outperform surveys in this U.S election, say pollsters	1ftrgw5	https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/us/not-always-lucky-trump-will-not-outperform-surveys-in-this-u-s-election-say-pollsters/amp_articleshow/113857230.cms	2024-10-01T15:53:12	NotCreative37	politics		1	1	US election 2024 results polls prediction: Not always lucky: Trump will not outperform surveys in this U.S election, say pollsters - The Economic TimesThe Economic Times App10M DownloadsToday’s NewsQuick ReadsE-PaperStockRecosStream US NewsNot always lucky: Trump will not outperform surveys in this U.S election, say pollstersAPSynopsisUS Presidential Elections 2024 results predictions are claiming the probable winner between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. At this stage, just before the elections various poll surveys are claiming various results and most importantly the poll surveys are tagging themselves to be absolutely correct.By The FeedFollow usOct 01, 2024, 08:20:00 PM IST US election 2024 poll surveys are claiming that Democratic nominee Kamala Harris is ahead of Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump by nearly four points. According to The Hill, a poll survey by Decision Desk HQ revealed that the battle between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris in the battleground states is really very close and a polling error will certainly result in a better position of Trump which has also happened in previous Presidential Elections.ADVERTISEMENTThe Hill reported that various important polling analysts asserted that this year’s polls are not going to be susceptible to the same error which has also happened previously as the previous polls had underestimated the support for Donald Trump. Though this poll cycles also show that Donald Trump is not in a good position and might end up losing the elections but the polling analysts are arguing that this year’s polls are an accurate reflection of the competitiveness of the race. Also Read : The Penguin: Here’s episode 3 release date, upcoming episode scheduleChris Jackson, Ipsos senior vice president of public affairs noted that the poll industry has went through major changes following the errors in polling during the year 2016 and 2020 and explained that future polling errors will depend on different things. The Hill asserted that Pollsters have faced two rough presidential cycles during the Donald Trump reign already and thus there are skepticisms all around regarding the accuracy of the measurement. ET PRIME - TOP TRENDING STORIESAdani Group stocks: Will averaging out work for retail investors?Is Nifty Next 50 a good bet? Only if you are a super long-term investor.Falling off the momentum? Why retail investors are losing money after witnessing a long rallyReliance JioCinema is streaming IPL 2023 for free. Will this now disrupt the OTT business?Top Nifty50 stocks analysts suggest buying this weekLong term wealth creation; 7 stocks with high ROESubscribe to ETPrimePollsters are acknowledging the factor that Donald Trump’s new rise has posed some challenges in front of them and they are trying their level best to come up with the accurate voter’s preferences. Donald Trump outperformed most of the polls being an underdog by winning the Electoral College when he was competing with Hillary Clinton in the year 2016 and gave a close fight to Joe Biden in the year 2020 as well.Also Read : Diddy's alleged porn video features a high profile person; who is that person? Here's all you need to knowADVERTISEMENTFAQsQ1. Who is ahead in the US Presidential Elections according to the polls?A1. 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Donald Trump flips three swing states in his favor	1ftrh90	https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-kamala-harris-polls-swing-states-1961886	2024-10-01T15:53:37	CowboyState	politics		0	61	null	220
Trump is already teeing up an excuse for Vance losing VP debate	1ftrj75	https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-jd-vance-vp-debate-tim-walz-lose-b2621825.html?10012024	2024-10-01T15:55:56	P_a_s_g_i_t_24	politics		718	88	null	221
Trump said he was working with Elon Musk to 'get Starlink hooked up' after Hurricane Helene — but FEMA said it was already deployed	1ftrjgq	https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-elon-musk-starlink-hurricane-helene-fema-2024-9	2024-10-01T15:56:14	Silly-avocatoe	politics		5,818	231	Trump Said He Called Musk for Helene Help — FEMA Was Already on It - Business Insider Business Insider Subscribe Newsletters Search Business Strategy Economy Finance Retail Advertising Careers Media Real Estate Small Business The Better Work Project Tech Science AI Enterprise Transportation Startups Innovation Markets Stocks Indices Commodities Crypto Currencies ETFs Lifestyle Entertainment Culture Travel Food Health Parenting Reviews Tech Streaming Tickets Home Kitchen Style Beauty Gifts Deals Politics Military & Defense Law Education Personal Finance Banking Savings Best Savings Accounts Raisin Review Checking Accounts Best Checking Accounts Chime Checking Account SoFi Checking and Saving Best Money Market Accounts CDs Best CD Rates Best Bank Account Bonuses Cash Back Debit Cards Best Banks CIT Bank Review UFB Direct Bank Small Business Banking Credit Cards Credit Scores Credit Monitoring Best Credit Cards Best Cash Back Credit Cards Best Rewards Credit Cards Best Travel Credit Cards Best 0% APR Credit Cards Best Balance Transfer Credit Cards Best First Credit Cards Best Business Credit Cards Discover it Cash Back Credit Card Chase Sapphire Preferred Credit Card Investing Financial Planning Retirement Taxes Loans Best personal loans Best debt consolidation loans Best Loans for Bad Credit Student Loans Best Student Loans Best Student Loan Refinance Mortgages Best mortgage lenders Best mortgage refinance lenders Best FHA Lenders Best HELOC Lenders Insurance Best Car Insurance Homeowners Insurance Best Homeowners Insurance Best Renters Insurance Life Insurance Best Life Insurance Pet Insurance Best Pet Insurance Travel Insurance Best Travel Insurance SquareMouth Travel Insurance Identity Theft Protection Video Big Business Food Wars So Expensive Still Standing Boot Camp Subscribe My account Log in Newsletters US edition Deutschland & Österreich España Japan Netherlands Polska Get the app HOME Subscribe Politics Trump said he was working with Elon Musk to 'get Starlink hooked up' after Hurricane Helene — but FEMA said it was already deployed Alice Tecotzky 2024-09-30T20:18:12Z Share icon An curved arrow pointing right. Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy Link lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Article Icon A bookmark Save Read in app While speaking in Valdosta, Georgia, Donald Trump said he was coordinating with Elon Musk to ship Starlink to affected areas. Evan Vucci This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. Donald Trump said he talked to Elon Musk about sending Starlink satellites to areas affected by Hurricane Helene.FEMA had already coordinated with Starlink to send satellites to North Carolina.The timing and nature of Trump's stated call with Musk remains unclear.Former President Donald Trump has said he talked to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, a recent political ally, about sending Starlink satellites to areas impacted by Hurricane Helene. But the federal government had already decided Sunday to send the satellites to areas in need of internet access.At an event in Valdosta, Georgia, Trump said some residents in North Carolina "don't have communication" before mentioning his chat with Musk and Starlink, SpaceX's satellite internet service. "I just spoke to Elon. I'm getting him — we want to get Starlink hooked up because they have no communication whatsoever. And Elon will always come through. We know that," Trump said Monday. "And so we're working on that, getting them hooked up. They asked me whether or not that would be possible. We're going to try and get the Starlink in there as soon as possible."The White House, however, quickly pointed out that a Starlink partnership was already underway.In a post on X, which Musk owns, the White House spokesperson Andrew Bates said, "This is already happening." He linked to a statement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency that says 40 Starlink satellite systems are deployed in North Carolina to assist with "responder communications." According to the statement, 140 satellites are being sent to help repair communication infrastructure. The statement was published Monday, the same day Trump made his speech.FEMA told Business Insider the federal government made the decision to send satellites Sunday."Administrator Criswell made the decision yesterday to send Starlink down to North Carolina," Jaclyn Rothenberg, the director of public affairs, said on the phone, referring to FEMA's administrator, Deanne Criswell. Rothenberg told BI that Trump wasn't involved in the decision-making process.As of Monday afternoon, the nature and timing of Trump's stated call with Musk remained unclear. When BI asked the former president's campaign for clarification, its spokesperson, Steven Cheung, replied, "Where's Kamala?"SpaceX and a representative for Elon Musk didn't immediately respond to a request for comment from BI. At least 119 people have died as a result of the storm. Relief efforts continue as survivors begin to come to terms with the scope of devastation. Read next Elon Musk Donald Trump Hurricane Helene More SpaceX Starlink Recommended video This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. 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Dockworkers' strike could push up prices and cause shortages if it lasts for weeks	1ftrnhv	https://apnews.com/article/dockworkers-strike-ports-ila-longshoremen-91703e4798dbc9ee82185e983f31a3f6	2024-10-01T16:00:53	Positivismus	politics		26	51	Dockworkers may have negotiating advantage in ports strike \| AP News Menu Menu World U.S. Politics Sports Entertainment Business Science Fact Check Oddities Be Well Newsletters Newsletters AP News Alerts Keep your pulse on the news with breaking news alerts from The AP. The Morning Wire Our flagship newsletter breaks down the biggest headlines of the day. Ground Game Exclusive insights and key stories from the world of politics. Beyond the Story Executive Editor Julie Pace brings you behind the scenes of the AP newsroom. AP Entertainment Wire Get AP's first personalized newsletter delivering you entertainment news twice a week. AP Top 25 Women's Basketball Poll Alerts Women's college basketball poll alerts and updates. 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Business Dockworkers may have the negotiating advantage in their strike against US ports Dockworkers may have the negotiating advantage in their strike against US ports 1 of 28 \| The 45,000 dockworkers who went on strike Tuesday for the first time in decades at 36 U.S. ports from Maine to Texas may wield the upper hand in their standoff with port operators over wages and the use of automation. Read More 2 of 28 \| Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas began walking picket lines early Tuesday in a strike over wages and automation that could reignite inflation and cause shortages of goods if it goes on more than a few weeks. (AP Video: Tassanee Vejpongsa) Read More 3 of 28 \| Dockworkers at 36 ports across the eastern U.S. are now on strike for the first time in decades. And the work stoppage could snarl supply chains — leading to shortages and higher prices if it stretches on for more than a few weeks. (AP Video - Lekan Oyekanmi) Read More 4 of 28 \| Dockworker Meikysha Wright and others strike outside the Virginia International Gateway in Portsmouth, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (Billy Schuerman/The Virginian-Pilot via AP) Read More 5 of 28 \| Workers take part in a port strike at Port Newark, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Bayonne, N.J. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez) Read More 6 of 28 \| Dockworkers strike in front of an entrance to a container terminal near Boston Harbor, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) Read More 7 of 28 \| Cranes and shipping containers are seen at Port Jersey during a port strike, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Bayonne. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez) Read More 8 of 28 \| Dockworkers strike in front an entrance to a container terminal near Boston Harbor, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) Read More 9 of 28 \| Hundreds of longshoremen strike together outside of the Virginia International Gateway in Portsmouth, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (Billy Schuerman/The Virginian-Pilot via AP) Read More 10 of 28 \| Striking Philadelphia longshoremen picket outside the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal Port, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ryan Collerd) Read More 11 of 28 \| The International Longshoremen’s Association flag and an American flag fly together outside the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal Port as workers prepare to strike as their contract runs out at midnight, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Ryan Collerd) Read More 12 of 28 \| Cranes and shipping containers are seen at Port Newark during a port strike, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Bayonne. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez) Read More 13 of 28 \| FILE - Shipping containers are stacked in the Port of New York and New Jersey in Elizabeth, N.J., May 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) Read More 14 of 28 \| Longshoremen strike at midnight at Bayport Terminal on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/Annie Mulligan) Read More 15 of 28 \| Boise Butler, president of Local 1291, with an American flag on his wheelchair, pickets with his fellow longshoremen outside the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal Port in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ryan Collerd) Read More 16 of 28 \| Philadelphia longshoremen assembled outside the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal Port begin to strike as their contract runs out at midnight, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ryan Collerd) Read More 17 of 28 \| Hundreds of longshoremen strike together outside of the Virginia International Gateway in Portsmouth, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (Billy Schuerman/The Virginian-Pilot via AP) Read More 18 of 28 \| Boise Butler, president of ILA Local 1291, speaks to the press outside the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal Port in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ryan Collerd) Read More 19 of 28 \| Boise Butler, president of Local 1291, chants along with his fellow longshoremen outside the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal Port in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ryan Collerd) Read More 20 of 28 \| Philadelphia longshoremen assembled outside the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal Port begin to strike as their contract runs out at midnight, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ryan Collerd) Read More 21 of 28 \| FILE - Containers are moved at the Port of New York and New Jersey in Elizabeth, N.J., on June 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) Read More 22 of 28 \| Longshoremen strike at midnight at Bayport Terminal on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/Annie Mulligan) Read More 23 of 28 \| Longshoremen strike at midnight at Bayport Terminal on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/Annie Mulligan) Read More 24 of 28 \| Hundreds of longshoremen strike together outside of the Virginia International Gateway in Portsmouth, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (Billy Schuerman/The Virginian-Pilot via AP) Read More 25 of 28 \| Striking Philadelphia longshoreman picket outside the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal Port, Tuesday, Oct. 01, 2024.(AP Photo/Ryan Collerd) Read More 26 of 28 \| Striking Philadelphia longshoreman picket outside the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal Port, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024.(AP Photo/Ryan Collerd) Read More 27 of 28 \| Longshoremen strike at midnight at Bayport Terminal on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/Annie Mulligan) Read More 28 of 28 \| Longshoremen pose for a photo while picketing at Bayport Terminal on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/Annie Mulligan) Read More By TOM KRISHER, TASSANEE VEJPONGSA and WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Read the latest on the port strikes: How port strikes could affect retail prices and shortages in the U.S. PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The 45,000 dockworkers who went on strike Tuesday for the first time in decades at 36 U.S. ports from Maine to Texas may wield the upper hand in their standoff with port operators over wages and the use of automation.Organized labor enjoys rising public support and has had a string of recent victories in other industries, in addition to the backing of the pro-union administration of President Joe Biden. The dockworkers’ negotiating stand is likely further strengthened by the nation’s supply chain of goods being under pressure in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, which has coincided with the peak shipping season for holiday goods.The union is also pointing to shipping companies’ record profits, which have come in part because of shortages resulting from the pandemic, and to a more generous contract that West Coast dockworkers achieved last year. The longshoremen’s workloads also have increased, and the effects of inflation have eroded their pay in recent years.In addition, commerce into and out of the United States has been growing, playing to the union’s advantage. Further enhancing its leverage is a still-tight job market, with workers in some industries demanding, and in some cases receiving, a larger share of companies’ outsize profits. RELATED COVERAGE A comprehensive look at DOGE’s firings and layoffs so far Trump’s Labor Department pick has union support. Worker advocates wonder how much power she’d have DOGE is getting lists of the military’s probationary workers from the Pentagon “I think this work group has a lot of bargaining power,” said Harry Katz, a professor of collective bargaining at Cornell University. “They’re essential workers that can’t be replaced, and also the ports are doing well.”The dockworkers’ strike, their first since 1977, could snarl supply chains and cause shortages and higher prices if it stretches on for more than a few weeks. Beginning after midnight, the workers walked picket lines Tuesday and carried signs calling for more money and a ban on automation that could cost workers their jobs. AP AUDIO: Dockworkers may have the negotiating advantage in their strike against US ports Dockworkers in the U.S. are on strike. AP correspondent Donna Warder reports. Experts say consumers won’t likely notice shortages for at least a few weeks, if the strike lasts that long, though some perishable items such as bananas could disappear from grocery stores — although at this time of year, most other fruits and vegetables are domestically grown and not processed at ports, according to Alan Siger, president of the Produce Distributors Association.In anticipation of a strike, most major retailers also stocked up on goods, moving ahead shipments of holiday gift items. The strike, coming weeks before a tight presidential election, could also become a factor in the race if shortages begin to affect many voters. Pressure could eventually grow for the Biden administration to intervene to try to force a temporary suspension of the strike. Longshoremen strike at midnight at Bayport Terminal on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/Annie Mulligan) Little progress was reported in the talks until just hours before the strike began at 12:01 a.m. The U.S. Maritime Alliance, the group negotiating for the ports, said both sides did budge from their initial positions. The alliance offered 50% raises over the six-year life of the contract. Comments from the union’s leadership had briefly suggested a move to 61.5%, but the union has since signaled that it’s sticking with its initial demand for a 77% pay increase over six years.“We have demonstrated a commitment to doing our part to end the completely avoidable ILA strike,” the alliance said Tuesday. The ports’ pay offer is more than every other recent union settlement, the group said. “We look forward to hearing from the Union about how we can return to the table and actually bargain, which is the only way to reach a resolution,” the statement said.In early picketing, workers outside the Port of Philadelphia walked in a circle and chanted, “No work without a fair contract.” The union posted message boards on the side of a truck reading: “Automation Hurts Families: ILA Stands For Job Protection.” Boise Butler, president of the union local, asserted that the workers want a contract that doesn’t allow for the automation of their jobs. The shipping companies, he argued, made billions during the pandemic by charging high prices.“Now,” Butler said, “we want them to pay back. They’re going to pay back.”And in New Orleans, Henry Glover Jr., a fourth-generation dockworker who is president of the union local, said he can recall the days when longshoremen unloaded 150-pound sacks of sugar by hand. He acknowledges that machinery has made the job easier, but he worries that the ports need fewer people to handle the equipment.“Automation could be good, but they’re using it to kill jobs,” Glover said. “We don’t want them to implement anything that would take our jobs out.” William Brucher, an assistant professor of labor studies and employment relations at Rutgers University, noted that “this is a very opportune time” for striking workers.The contract agreement reached last year with West Coast dockworkers, who are represented by a different union, shows that “higher wages are definitely possible” for the longshoremen and has enhanced their bargaining power, Brucher said. Striking Philadelphia longshoremen picket outside the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal Port, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ryan Collerd) Hundreds of longshoremen strike together outside of the Virginia International Gateway in Portsmouth, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (Billy Schuerman/The Virginian-Pilot via AP) Under the Taft-Hartley Act, Biden could seek a court order for an 80-day cooling-off period that would end the strike at least temporarily, but he has told reporters that he wouldn’t take that step. The administration could risk losing union support if it exercised such power, which experts say could be particularly detrimental for Democrats ahead of next month’s election. On Tuesday, the White House continued to ask the alliance to negotiate a fair contract that reflects the longshoremen’s contribution to the economy.“As our nation climbs out of the aftermath of Hurricane Helene,” Biden said in a statement, “dockworkers will play an essential role in getting communities the resources they need. Now is not the time for ocean carriers to refuse to negotiate a fair wage for these essential workers while raking in record profits.” Containers are moved at the Port of New York and New Jersey in Elizabeth, N.J., on June 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) Ben Nolan, a transportation analyst with Stifel, said the administration isn’t likely to intervene until consumers start to see empty shelves or can’t find critical goods like medicines.“Medications and other things come in on containers,” Nolan said. “I think if the administration wanted to have a reason to get involved, it’s stuff like that.”___Krisher reported from Detroit, Grantham-Philips from New York. Associated Press journalists Ben Finley in Norfolk, Virginia, Jack Brook in New Orleans, Anne D’Innocenzio and Mae Anderson in New York, Dee-Ann Durbin in Detroit, Josh Boak in Washington, and Annie Mulligan in Houston contributed to this report. TASSANEE VEJPONGSA Vejpongsa is a video journalist for The Associated Press in Philadelphia. She was previously based in Taipei and Bangkok. twitter WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS Grantham-Philips is a business reporter who covers trending news for The Associated Press. 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Tim Walz Has a Secret Weapon. It’s Sex.	1ftrt5o	https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/10/walz-vance-debate-cbs-trump-democrats-republicans.html	2024-10-01T16:07:52	Slate	politics		0	52	Walz-Vance debate CBS: How the Minnesota governor can make Democrats sexy again. Advertisement Advertisement Skip to the content Slate Shop Games Newsletters Sign In Account Activating this button will toggle the display of additional content Account Sign out Slate homepage News & Politics Culture Technology Business Life Advice Podcasts Menu Open menu Close menu Menu News & Politics Culture Technology Business Life Advice Podcasts Search Activating this button will toggle the display of additional content Light Dark Auto Subscribe Slate Shop Games Newsletters Sign in Account Sign out Slate homepage Account * On a Golden Hamster Wheel Submit search Enter query Activating this button will toggle the display of additional content Light Dark Auto Politics Tim Walz Has a Secret Weapon. It’s Sex. Hear me out. By Steven Reisner Oct 01, 20245:45 AM Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has a chance to tap into Americans’ deepest subconscious desires. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Tweet Share Share Comment Tweet Share Share Comment The battle for the presidency has taken on mythic proportions. Trump, promising vengeance and retribution, is a modern Hydra, whose many heads spew increasingly venomous lies, about Haitians, women, Jews, and enemies of all races, creeds, and genders. Democrats are looking to their new hero, Kamala Harris, sword in hand, to decapitate each lying head, only to discover that, like the Hydra, Trump sprouts two heads for every one that she cuts off. There is no dent in Trump’s popularity. If anything, it seems to be improving, according to certain polls. If the Democrats are to win, Harris and Tim Walz must find an alternative to combating the Hydra on the monster’s terms. Neither of them has Trump’s killer instincts, but they do have one thing on their side. As Sigmund Freud argued a century ago, on the most primitive level, humans are subject to two primal passions: killing and sex. As we mature, these two drives are sublimated into higher-order emotions: the will to power and the capacity to love, but in the unconscious, the primal passions survive in their primitive form, ready to emerge under stress (or inebriation). In these stressful times, Republicans have become masterful at provoking one of these primitive passions. The fateful question is: Can Democrats mobilize the other in the service of their politics of “joy”? In other words, for Democrats to overcome the politics of killing, they have to find a way to make their campaign exude, well, sex. To be clear, I don’t mean to imply that Walz should get up on the debate stage on Tuesday and wink or blow air-kisses or strip. But I do mean that Walz has to tap into what Freud, in his famous letter to Einstein, called the erotic, in the sense that Plato uses the word Eros: the human instinct to preserve and unite. Freud explained elsewhere that it is this instinct that not only gives us the pleasure of sex, but at the same time brings together “families, then races, peoples and nations, into one great unity, the unity of mankind.” Trump’s campaign is not about the future, or even—Trump’s motto notwithstanding—about the nostalgic past; it’s all about excitement in the here and now. Trump is the master of delivering the titillating pleasure of pure power to his public. But something changed in the most recent debate: Trump abandoned titillation and went all-in with the rhetoric of killing and death. Gone was the teasing aggression, the hints of sexuality mixed with innuendos of destruction. Gone, too, was the shrugging, devil-may-care plausible deniability. In its place, Trump presented an apocalyptic vision of murder and mass destruction: “execution after birth, execution, no longer abortion”; “13 people who were just killed, viciously and violently killed”; killers and “rapists” are “pouring” across the border; “we’re going to end up in a third World War. And it will be a war like no other.” Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Where once, “You’re fired,” was code for killing, now Trump no longer bothers with code. His talk is infused unabashedly with what Freud called the death-drive: “the blindest fury of destructiveness … accompanied by an extraordinarily high degree of narcissistic enjoyment, owing to its presenting the ego with a fulfilment of the latter’s old wishes for omnipotence.” Whether we like it or not, we have to recognize that nearly half of America is ready to align with Trump’s death-drive, because it feels genuinely powerful, and they see no other real choice in these frightening times. The burning question facing America is: Will the other basic drive, which Freud called Eros and Harris and Walz call joy, provide us with an alternative? We all know that Kamala Harris bested Donald Trump in their debate. With her steady confidence and bemused attitude, Harris countered Trump’s spectacle of death with a spectacle of life. On Oct. 1, in the coming vice presidential debate, Democrats will have another opportunity to pit these two drives head-to-head. And, as with the previous debate, each candidate will be vying for an archetypal position in the American unconscious. J.D. Vance’s position, or at least the position he wants to present to the American public, is that of the favorite son who stands ready to step into the father’s shoes. To maintain that role, Vance must defend and magnify every utterance of Trump’s. So, like Trump, he tries to energize his base with talk of violence and horror (when actually, his strengths lie in another direction). Advertisement Advertisement But the archetype Vance wants us to accept is not necessarily the one that we receive.We all know that, in fact, Vance is not Trump’s anointed son, because Trump refuses the possibility of being replaced, and as a result, when he is not ignoring Vance, Trump is contradicting him. Advertisement This gives Walz the opportunity to puncture Vance’s projected image, and transform it to one closer to the emotional truth—that of the rejected child who wants to be the favorite. Walz should do everything he can to make Vance look like a wannabe of meanness and aggression looking for the narcissistic father’s approval. Walz himself presents the polar opposite of narcissism: His archetype of father who wants a better life for his children comes quite naturally. He appears as the loving coach who celebrates the success of others and takes pleasure when his children actually do better than he did; the attentive parent who chides, without rejecting, the child who goes astray. Vance made his political reputation by positioning Democrats as coastal elites who are insensitive to the real struggles of his people, the working class of middle America. Kamala Harris, because she studiously avoids referring to the working class altogether and focuses instead on the middle class, has subliminally been reinforcing Vance’s position. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Walz is just the guy who can change this. But it will require more than avuncular acceptance and more than condemning Republicans’ murder and mayhem stories; it will require an equally passionate, joyful, and yes, sexy, counternarrative. Related From Slate Molly Olmstead I Went to a Pro-Trump Christian Revival. It Completely Changed My Understanding of Jan. 6. Read More Walz already speaks passionately of the values of the working class, the dignity of work, the benefit of unions, and the power of communities. He doesn’t speak of college and the middle class, but of career opportunities and technical training for struggling workers, often quoting his mentor Sen. Paul Wellstone: “We all do better when we all do better.” And he has shown that he can communicate compassionately to young, white working-class men. His good nature and joy are clearly infectious. He only needs to make overt what is not often enough acknowledged, that there is a unique pleasure in the dignity of hard work that does not have to be contextualized as anything else. There is honor and self-respect and (yes, again!) sexuality in being a fit and productive worker. Advertisement Popular in News & Politics He’s Hot. He’s “Dangerous.” He Never Stops Talking. Is the Answer to Trump Hiding in Plain Sight? This Content is Available for Slate Plus members only I Just Figured Out What Elon Musk’s DOGE Really Is Trump Is Rolling Out a Huge Part of Project 2025’s Proposed Attacks on Elections It Would Be Hard. It Would Be Illegal. It Might Be the Only Thing That Can Save the Country. Rather than taking Vance’s playbook and attacking the coastal elites, he can turn the tables and offer the wealthy and middle class something to be envious of, something that money doesn’t buy: the sheer energy of workers’ pride in an honest day’s work and a decent wage, the joy in being able to provide for spouses, children, and friends, and the passion that arises when a person feels that they are contributing to their community. If the Harris-Walz campaign is a campaign of joy and opportunity, this is the joy that all working people can connect to. Advertisement Advertisement In a strange twist, American society, in this era, appears to have gotten itself completely out of touch with what makes people happy. If Walz can offer an alternative to the bitter gratifications of cruelty and resentment that Republicans foster—by welcoming all disaffected Americans into a society that values their Eros and believes in their capacity to be productive—he just might attract enough of them to the Democratic Party in time for the coming election. Need advice on living through this historic and nerve-racking presidential election? Slate wants to help. Submit your questions to Wedge Issues here. It’s anonymous! No question is too dumb—or too existential. Tweet Share Share Comment Democrats Donald Trump Republicans Kamala Harris 2024 Campaign J.D. 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Supreme Court flooded with prayers for relief from groups eager to erode the division of church and state

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Supreme Court flooded with prayers for relief from groups eager to erode the division of church and state | CNN Politics CNN values your feedback 1. How relevant is this ad to you? 2. Did you encounter any technical issues? Video player was slow to load content Video content never loaded Ad froze or did not finish loading Video content did not start after ad Audio on ad was too loud Other issues Ad never loaded Ad prevented/slowed the page from loading Content moved around while ad loaded Ad was repetitive to ads I've seen previously Other issues Cancel Submit Thank You! Your effort and contribution in providing this feedback is much appreciated. Close Ad Feedback Close icon Politics SCOTUS Congress Facts First 2024 Elections More SCOTUS Congress Facts First 2024 Elections Watch Listen Live TV Subscribe Sign in My Account Settings Newsletters Topics You Follow Sign Out Your CNN account Sign in to your CNN account Sign in My Account Settings Newsletters Topics You Follow Sign Out Your CNN account Sign in to your CNN account Live TV Listen Watch Edition US International Arabic Español Edition US International Arabic Español SCOTUS Congress Facts First 2024 Elections Follow CNN Politics US Crime + Justice World Africa Americas Asia Australia China Europe India Middle East United Kingdom Politics SCOTUS Congress Facts First 2024 Elections Business Tech Media Calculators Videos Markets Pre-markets After-Hours Fear & Greed Investing Markets Now Nightcap Health Life, But Better Fitness Food Sleep Mindfulness Relationships Entertainment Movies Television Celebrity Tech Innovate Foreseeable Future Mission: Ahead Work Transformed Innovative Cities Style Arts Design Fashion Architecture Luxury Beauty Video Travel Destinations Food & Drink Stay Videos Sports Pro Football College Football Basketball Baseball Soccer Olympics Hockey Science Space Life Unearthed Climate Solutions Weather Weather Video Climate Ukraine-Russia War Israel-Hamas War Watch Live TV CNN Headlines CNN Shorts Shows A-Z CNN10 CNN Max CNN TV Schedules FlashDocs Listen CNN 5 Things Chasing Life with Dr. Sanjay Gupta The Assignment with Audie Cornish One Thing Tug of War CNN Political Briefing The Axe Files All There Is with Anderson Cooper All CNN Audio podcasts CNN Underscored Electronics Fashion Beauty Health & Fitness Home Reviews Deals Gifts Travel Outdoors Pets Games CNN Crossword Jumble Crossword Photo Shuffle Sudoblock Sudoku 5 Things Quiz About CNN Subscribe Photos Investigations CNN Profiles CNN Leadership CNN Newsletters Work for CNN Ad Feedback Supreme Court flooded with prayers for relief from groups eager to promote religion By John Fritze, CNN 8 minute read Published 6:00 AM EDT, Mon September 30, 2024 Link Copied! Follow: Religion See your latest updates Anti-abortion activists protest outside the US Supreme Court during the 44th annual March for Life on January 27, 2017 in Washington, DC. ZACH GIBSON/AFP/AFP via Getty Images CNN — Religious interest groups are queuing up a series of high-profile appeals at the Supreme Court this fall that could further tear down the wall separating church and state, seeking to take advantage of a friendly 6-3 conservative majority that has rapidly pushed the law in their favor in recent years. Catholic groups are challenging a New York State requirement that health insurance plans cover medically necessary abortions, for instance. A group of Muslim and Eastern Orthodox parents in Maryland want to opt their elementary school children out of reading books about gender and sexuality. And a Tampa synagogue hopes to advertise its annual ice-skating themed Hannukah celebration on public buses. US Supreme Court Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson speaks with CNN's Abby Phillip during an interview. CNN Related article Justice Jackson says she might have left legal career had she known the challenges of caring for daughter After winning a string of major victories from the court in recent years, several of the groups involved are anxious for a further expansion of the First Amendment’s free exercise clause, which guarantees the right to practice religion free of government interference. “The free exercise litigators think they’ve got the votes now and they’re being pretty aggressive about pushing cases up there,” said Douglas Laycock, a University of Virginia law professor and a leading authority on religious law. “What you’re seeing is a response to the conservatives’ enthusiasm for free exercise.” Some of the cases will be on the agenda Monday when the justices return to consider appeals that have piled up during their summer recess. In coming days, the court will announce which of those appeals it will take up and decide by next summer. Expanding protections for religion under the First Amendment has been a goal for some of the court’s conservatives for years. Justice Samuel Alito, for instance, told an audience in Ohio this year that freedom of religion is “imperiled.” Days later, an activist released secret recordings of Alito at a Supreme Court event agreeing with the premise that faithful Americans should “return our country to a place of godliness.” Speaking at Catholic University of America on Thursday, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said he believes the court has made “correct and important strides” on religion during the six years he’s been on the bench. “We’ve reinforced – maybe built – but certainly at a minimum reinforced a critical principle of religious equality and religious liberty,” Kavanaugh said. Justice Neil Gorsuch dedicated a portion of a book he published this summer to the issue of religion, highlighting a unanimous decision from the court in 2021 that backed a Catholic foster care agency that declined to screen same-sex parents. “The right to think and express religious beliefs is a kind of canary in the First Amendment coal mine,” Gorsuch wrote in the book. “When the spirit of the times breeds censure, it is often the first to go.” Few groups back many appeals The Supreme Court last decided a case with ties to religion in 2023, siding with a graphic designer in Colorado who wanted to decline to make websites for same-sex weddings. That case was decided as a matter of free speech, not religion, but the designer said she didn’t want to make the websites because same-sex marriage violated her religious convictions. When the justices meet on Monday to consider additional appeals at its so-called “long conference,” they will be confronted with at least six cases that involve religion or that have ties to religious groups. One involves a Rastafarian man, Damon Landor, who wants to sue for damages after corrections officers in Louisiana cut off his dreadlocks. Landor had handed officials a copy of an appeals court ruling from 2017 allowing prisoners to have dreadlocks. The guards tossed it in the trash. They then handcuffed him to a chair and shaved his head. The New Orleans-based 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Landor last year, saying it “emphatically” condemned “the treatment that Landor endured,” but an earlier appeals court precedent settled the case against him. Another appeal the justices will discuss at their Monday meeting comes from an Orthodox synagogue, Young Israel of Tampa, which sued the regional transit authority for declining to accept advertising promoting a “Chanukah on Ice” celebration at a local ice rink. The synagogue framed the transit authority’s decision as “blatant viewpoint discrimination” in violation of the First Amendment. The Atlanta-based 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals didn’t take up that broader argument but nevertheless sided with the synagogue in January, a decision that allowed the transportation authority to tinker with its ban on religious advertising. The synagogue appealed to the Supreme Court, looking to shut down the ban entirely. Many of the current cases come from a handful of groups that have had considerable success at the Supreme Court in recent years. Becket, a Washington, DC, public interest legal group, is behind the New York abortion case, the appeal over Hannukah ads and a case from parents who want to take their children out of the classroom when books about gender identity and sexuality are read. Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian legal advocacy group based in Arizona, is challenging Biden administration guidance that requires emergency abortions in some situations. Earlier this year, officials in Idaho filed an appeal at the Supreme Court over that same guidance. The Supreme Court ultimately dismissed the case because it was unclear whether the state’s ban directly conflicted with the Biden administration’s policy. ADF is also defending South Carolina’s decision in 2018 to cut off Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood. Abortion returns? Becket has landed several significant appeals at the Supreme Court just this month, including the case challenging New York’s insurance requirement for certain abortions – a policy that is in place in at least nine other blue states, according to the National Women’s Law Center. A group of New York nuns are among those challenging that law, arguing it imposes an “immense” burden on their “deep-seated religious conviction.” If the court agrees to hear that appeal, it would mark the second year in a row in which abortion has featured prominently on its docket since the conservative justices overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. Earlier this year, the court rejected a lawsuit challenging the Food and Drug Administration’s approach to regulating the abortion pill mifepristone and it allowed abortions in medical emergencies in Idaho, despite a strict state ban on the procedure in that state. Becket also filed an appeal this month challenging the federal government’s decision to transfer a 2,422-acre parcel of land in Tonto National Forest in Arizona to a mining company. The land sits atop the world’s third-largest deposit of copper ore. But it is also home to a sacred site for the Western Apache tribe. Mining the land would destroy that site. The case could implicate other religious practices on federal land. Dozens of churches are situated within national parks, according to Becket. Targeting a controversial precedent? Religious interests have won seven major cases since 2021, not including several significant victories on the high court’s emergency docket during the Covid-19 pandemic. Last year, the court backed a mail carrier and evangelical Christian who said the United States Postal Service violated federal law by failing to reasonably accommodate his inability to work on Sundays. A year before that, the court’s conservatives aligned to throw out a Maine prohibition that barred schools offering religious instruction from receiving taxpayer funding. The conservative majority coalesced again that year to reinstate a high school football coach near Seattle who lost his job after offering prayers on the 50-yard line. Luke Goodrich, senior counsel at Becket, said that religious liberty shouldn’t be a partisan issue. Nor, he said, is it necessarily a Christian issue. “The goal is to shape the law in the way that religion and religious expression is accepted as a natural part of human culture,” he told CNN. “As a matter of principle, it extends to people of all faiths.” Critics say the court’s march toward expanding religious rights – often in cases decided along ideological lines – is reshaping the way Americans have for decades understood the relationship between the government and religion. “We are bracing ourselves for more rulings in lockstep with the White Christian nationalist agenda that is becoming more clear to more Americans every day,” said Rachel Laser, president of the Americans United for Separation of Church and State. “When the Roberts court rules on religion, it’s almost always coming down in support of not just religion, but of mainstream Christian interests.” In 2021, a unanimous court ruled that Philadelphia violated the First Amendment when it froze the contract of a Catholic foster care agency that refused to work with same-sex foster parents. What the court declined to do then was overturn a 1990 precedent, Employment Division v. Smith, that makes it easier for government to burden religious exercise as long as the law at issue applies equally to everyone. Justice Amy Coney Barrett, in a concurrence joined by Kavanaugh, said she had concerns with the precedent – but also seemed wary of what might replace it. Though overturning Smith has long been a goal for conservative Christians, most of the religious appeals pending at the Supreme Court today do not explicitly ask for that. That may partly be because, while the Supreme Court has declined to bury the precedent, it has already significantly weakened it. Jim Campbell, chief legal counsel for ADF, said that the court has created “many opportunities to navigate Smith, without going through it.” Campbell denied that religious advocates were disappointed by the lack of cases involving the free exercise clause in the Supreme Court term that ended in July. “But I do hope that there are more religious liberty cases up there this term,” he said. 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Politics Harris and Trump offer worlds-apart contrasts on top issues in presidential race This combination photo shows Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at an event, Aug. 15, 2024, in Bedminster, N.J., left, and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris at a campaign event in Raleigh, N.C., Aug. 16, 2024. (AP Photo) By JOSH BOAK, JILL COLVIN and SEUNG MIN KIM Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Voters in this year’s presidential election are choosing between two conflicting visions of the United States offered by Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump. The outcome will affect how the country sees itself and how it’s viewed across the world, with repercussions that could echo for decades.Since replacing President Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee, Harris has pledged to blaze her own path forward. But many of the vice president’s ideas are well trod by Biden: middle-class tax cuts, tax increases on the wealthy and corporations, a restoration of abortion rights, a government that aggressively addresses climate change. and a commitment to uphold democratic values and the rule of law.Trump has pledged retaliation against rivals as he pushes to fulfill an agenda sidetracked during his previous term by the global pandemic. The former president wants to undertake a mass deportation of migrants who are living in the United States illegally, extend and expand his 2017 tax cuts, greatly increase tariffs and offer more support for fossil fuels and less support for renewable energy. He has attacked transgender rights and pledged to end Russia’s war with Ukraine while suggesting Ukraine must make territorial concessions. He also is seeking to concentrate more government power within the White House.The candidates have spelled out their ideas in speeches, advertisements and other venues. Both say that their approach would do more to lift up workers, the middle class and the promises that have defined America. While Trump and Harris agree on not taxing workers’ tips, the similarities largely stop there — a further sign of how the election’s outcome could reshape the country.A look at where each candidate stands on 10 top issues:AbortionHARRIS: She has called on Congress to pass legislation guaranteeing abortion access in federal law, a right that stood for nearly 50 years before being overturned by the Supreme Court in 2022. She has campaigned on how the patchwork of state laws limiting abortion have hurt women’s access to medical care, in one prominent case leading to the death in Georgia of Amber Nicole Thurman.Harris has promoted the administration’s efforts short of federal law, including steps to protect women who travel to access the procedure and limit how law enforcement collects medical records. Her argument to the public is rooted in the concept of freedom, saying “the freedom to make decisions about one’s own body should not be made by the government.”TRUMP: He often brags about nominating the Supreme Court justices who overturned Roe v. Wade. After dodging questions about when in pregnancy he believed abortion should be restricted, Trump announced last spring that decisions on access and cutoffs should be left to the states. He has praised the patchwork of restrictions that have emerged across Republican-led states, saying the people are deciding.He has said he would not sign a national abortion ban into law and would not try to block access to abortion medication, after initially waffling. He told Time magazine that it should also be left up to states to determine whether to prosecute women for abortions or to monitor their pregnancies, but he has not rejected the idea outright. He has said that, if he wins, he wants to make in vitro fertilization treatment free for women. He has even claimed that he is the “father” of the treatment, first used in 1978, even though it has only come under threat because of the overturning of Roe v. Wade. EXPLAINING THE U.S. ELECTIONHow does America vote? What’s the media’s role in the U.S. election? And more ins and outs of U.S. elections, explained. Elections, explained: Answers to all of your election questions.Guidebook: These are the 25 people, places, races, dates and things to know about Election Day.Latest news: Find our complete coverage of the 2024 Election.Stay informed: Keep up-to-date with all things politics with AP’s Ground Game newsletter. Sign up here. Climate and energyHARRIS: She has done something of an about-face, saying in her campaign that it’s possible to continue hydraulic fracturing for fossil fuels even as she embraces policies that favor renewable energy resources. Republicans are quick to point out that Harris opposed offshore drilling and fracking during her short-lived campaign for the 2020 presidential nomination.As a senator from California, Harris was an early sponsor of the Green New Deal, a sweeping series of proposals meant to swiftly move the U.S. to fully green energy. It was a plan championed by the Democratic Party’s most progressive wing. But during her tenure as vice president, Harris has adopted more moderate positions, focusing on implementing the climate provisions of the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act. That provided nearly $375 billion for things such as financial incentives for electric cars and clean energy projects.The Biden administration has also enlisted more than 20,000 young people in a national Climate Corps, a Peace Corps-like program to promote conservation through projects such as weatherizing homes and repairing wetlands. Despite that, it’s unlikely that the U.S. will be on track to meet Biden’s goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030.TRUMP: His mantra for one of his top policy priorities: “DRILL, BABY, DRILL.” Trump, who in the past said climate change was a “hoax” and harbors a particular disdain for wind power, says it’s his goal for the U.S. to have the cheapest energy and electricity in the world. He has claimed he will cut prices in half within a year of his potential return to office. While he often criticizes the Biden administration for its policies, domestic oil production has already been at near-record highs since late 2023, according to the Energy Information Administration.Trump wants to push that higher by increasing oil drilling on public lands, offering tax breaks to oil, gas and coal producers, speeding the approval of natural gas pipelines, opening dozens of new power plants, including nuclear facilities, and rolling back the Biden administration’s aggressive efforts to get people to switch to electric cars, which he argues have a place but shouldn’t be forced on consumers. He has also pledged to re-exit the Paris climate agreement, end wind subsidies and eliminate regulations imposed and proposed by the Biden administration targeting energy-inefficient kinds of lightbulbs, stoves, dishwashers and shower heads.Democracy and the rule of lawHARRIS: Like Biden, Harris has decried Trump as a threat to the nation’s democracy. She has agreed with former Trump administration officials who labeled him a “fascist.”Harris has leaned more heavily into her personal background as a prosecutor and contrasted that with Trump being found guilty of 34 felony counts in a New York hush money case and being found liable for fraudulent business practices and sexual abuse in civil court. Harris initially talked less frequently than Biden did about Trump’s denial of his 2020 loss and his incitement of the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol. But in the closing weeks of the 2024 campaign, she increasingly has framed the prospect of another Trump term as “dangerous.”TRUMP: After refusing to accept that Biden won, Trump hasn’t committed to accepting the 2024 results. He’s repeatedly promised to pardon the Jan. 6 defendants jailed for assaulting police officers and other crimes during the attack on the Capitol, and recently threatened to jail lawyers, election officials, donors and others “involved in unscrupulous behavior” surrounding November’s vote. He has lashed out at media organizations, threatening their broadcast licenses in response to debate questions and coverage he’s deemed unfair.Trump has called his Democratic rivals the “enemy within” who are “more dangerous than China, Russia and all these countries.” He pledges to overhaul the Justice Department and FBI “from the ground up,” aggrieved by the criminal charges the department has brought against him. He promises to deploy the National Guard to cities such as Chicago that are struggling with violent crime and in response to protests, and has also pledged to appoint a special prosecutor to go after Biden.Federal government HARRIS: Like Biden, Harris has campaigned hard against “Project 2025" — a plan that Trump has denounced but that was written by leading conservatives and many of his former administration officials.The plan lays out how to move as swiftly as possible to dramatically remake the federal government and push it to the right if Trump wins the White House. She is also part of an administration that is taking steps to make it harder for any mass firings of civil servants to happen. In April, the Office of Personnel Management issued a new rule that would ban federal workers from being reclassified as political appointees or other at-will employees, thus making them easier to dismiss. That was in response to Schedule F, a 2020 executive order from Trump that reclassified tens of thousands of federal workers to make firing them easier.TRUMP: The former president has tried to distance himself from Project 2025, despite his close ties to many of its key architects. He has nonetheless pledged to undertake his own overhaul of the federal bureaucracy, which he has long blamed for blocking his first-term agenda, saying: “I will totally obliterate the deep state.” He plans to reissue the Schedule F order stripping civil service protections. He says he would then act to fire “rogue bureaucrats,” including those who ”weaponized our justice system,” and the “warmongers and America-Last globalists in the Deep State, the Pentagon, the State Department, and the national security industrial complex.”Trump has pledged to terminate the Education Department and wants to curtail the independence of regulatory agencies such as the Federal Communications Commission. As part of his effort to cut government waste and red tape, he has promised to eliminate at least 10 federal regulations for every new one imposed. What to know about the 2024 election:Turning promises into policy: Americans frustrated over high prices await the change Trump has promised. Proponents of school choice will have an ally in the White House once again, but private schooling suffered high-profile defeats in several states.Balance of power: Republicans won control of the U.S. Senate, giving the GOP a major power center in Washington. Control over the House of Representatives is still up for grabs.AP VoteCast: Democracy was a motivating factor for both Harris and Trump voters, but for very different reasons.Voto a voto: Sigue la cobertura de AP en español de las elecciones en EEUU.News outlets globally count on the AP for accurate U.S. election results. Since 1848, the AP has been calling races up and down the ballot. Support us. Donate to the AP. ImmigrationHARRIS: Trying to defuse GOP criticism, Harris has said she would sign into law a bipartisan Senate compromise killed by Republican lawmakers at Trump’s request. It would have toughened asylum standards and meant more border agents, immigration judges and asylum officers. She said she would bring back that bill and sign it, saying that Trump “talks the talk, but doesn’t walk the walk” on immigration.Harris likes to talk up her experience as California attorney general, saying she walked drug smuggler tunnels and successfully prosecuted gangs that moved narcotics and people across the U.S.-Mexico border. Early in his term, Biden made Harris his administration’s point person on the root causes of migration. Trump and top Republicans now blame Harris for a situation at that border, which they say is out of control due to policies that were too lenient. Harris has endorsed a comprehensive immigration overhaul, seeking paths to citizenship for immigrants in the U.S. without legal status, with a faster track for young immigrants living in the country illegally who arrived as children.TRUMP: He has returned to the harsh immigration rhetoric that marked his previous campaigns. He promises to mount the largest domestic deportation in U.S. history, an operation that could involve detention camps and the National Guard. He would bring back policies he put in place during his first term, like the Remain in Mexico program and Title 42, which placed curbs on migrants on public health grounds. He has called for the death penalty for any migrant who kills a U.S. citizen.Trump would revive and expand the travel ban that originally targeted citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries. After the Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas on Israel, Trump pledged new “ideological screening” for immigrants to bar “dangerous lunatics, haters, bigots, and maniacs.” He would try to deport people who are in the U.S. legally but harbor “jihadist sympathies.” He would seek to end birthright citizenship for people born in the U.S. whose parents are both in the country illegally.Israel and GazaHARRIS: Harris says Israel has a right to defend itself, and she’s repeatedly decried Hamas as a terrorist organization. But the vice president might have helped defuse some backlash from progressives by being more vocal about the need to better protect civilians during fighting in Gaza.More than 42,000 Palestinians have been killed in the war in Gaza, according to the Health Ministry in the Hamas-ruled territory. The ministry does not distinguish between civilians and militants in its count, but says that women and children make up just over half of the dead. Israel says it has killed more than 17,000 militants in the war.Like Biden, Harris supports a proposed hostage-for-extended cease-fire deal that aims to bring all remaining hostages and Israeli dead home. Biden and Harris say the deal could lead to a permanent end to the war and they have endorsed a two-state solution, which would have Israel existing alongside an independent Palestinian state. But Biden is also confronting the prospect of a widening conflict in Lebanon and attacks by Iran even as they both see Israel’s recent killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar as a reason for a cease-fire to be more likely.TRUMP: He has expressed support for Israel’s efforts to “destroy” Hamas, but he’s also been critical of some of Israel’s tactics. He says the country must finish the job quickly and get back to peace. He has called for more aggressive responses to pro-Palestinian protests at college campuses and applauded police efforts to clear encampments. Trump also proposes to revoke the student visas of those who espouse antisemitic or anti-American views and deport those who support Hamas.LGBTQ+ issuesHARRIS: During her rallies, Harris accuses Trump and his party of seeking to roll back a long list of freedoms, including the ability “to love who you love openly and with pride.” She leads audiences in chants of “We’re not going back.”While her campaign has yet to produce specifics on its plans, she has been part of a Biden administration that regularly denounces discrimination and attacks against the LGBTQ+ community. Early in Biden’s term, his administration reversed an executive order from Trump that had largely banned transgender people from military service. His Education Department issued a rule that says Title IX, the 1972 law protecting women’s rights, also bars discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. That rule was silent on the issue of transgender athletes.TRUMP: He has pledged to keep transgender women out of women’s sports and says he will ask Congress to pass a bill establishing that “only two genders,” as determined at birth, are recognized by the United States. He promises to “defeat the toxic poison of gender ideology.”As part of his crackdown on gender-affirming care, he would declare that any health care provider participating in the “chemical or physical mutilation of minor youth” no longer meets federal health and safety standards and is barred from receiving federal money. He would take similarly punitive steps in schools against any teacher or school official who “suggests to a child that they could be trapped in the wrong body.”Trump would support a national prohibition of hormonal or surgical intervention for transgender minors and bar transgender people from military service.NATO and UkraineHARRIS: The vice president has yet to specify how her positions on Russia’s war with Ukraine might differ from Biden’s, other than to praise his efforts to rebuild alliances unraveled by Trump, particularly NATO, the military alliance that is a critical bulwark against Russian aggression.The Biden administration has pledged unceasing support for Ukraine against Russia’s invasion. Washington has sent tens of billions of dollars in military and other aid to Ukraine, including $61 billion in weapons, ammunition and other assistance that is expected to last through the end of this year. The government has also reached an agreement with allies to provide Ukraine with a $50 billion loan — with $20 billion from the United States — that would be backed by frozen Russian financial assets.The administration has maintained that continuing U.S. assistance is critical because Russian leader Vladimir Putin will not stop at invading Ukraine. Harris has said previously that it would be foolish to risk global alliances the U.S. has established and decried Putin’s “brutality.”TRUMP: The former president has repeatedly taken issue with U.S. aid to Ukraine and says he will continue to “fundamentally reevaluate” the mission and purpose of the NATO alliance if he returns to office. He has claimed, without explanation, that he will be able to end the war before his inauguration by bringing both sides to the negotiating table. (His approach seems to hinge on Ukraine giving up at least some of its Russian-occupied territory in exchange for a cease-fire.)On NATO, he has assailed member nations for years for failing to meet agreed-upon military spending targets. Trump drew alarms this year when he said that, as president, he had warned leaders that he would not only refuse to defend nations that don’t hit those targets, but that he also “would encourage” Russia “to do whatever the hell they want” to countries that are “delinquent.”Tariffs and tradeHARRIS: The Biden-Harris administration has tried to boost trade with allies in Europe, Asia and North America, while using tariffs and other targeted tools to go after rivals such as China. The Democratic administration kept Trump’s tariffs on China in place, while adding a ban on exporting advanced computer chips to that country and providing incentives to boost U.S. industries.In May, the administration specifically targeted China with increased tariffs on electric vehicles and steel and aluminum, among other products.TRUMP: He wants a dramatic expansion of tariffs on nearly all imported foreign goods, saying that “we’re going to have 10% to 20% tariffs on foreign countries that have been ripping us off for years.” He has suggested tariffs of 100% or more on Chinese goods. He treats these taxes as a way to fund other tax cuts, lower the deficit and possibly fund child care — though economists say the tariffs could raise prices for consumers without generating the revenues Trump promises.Trump would urge Congress to pass legislation giving the president authority to impose a reciprocal tariff on any country that imposes one on the U.S. Much of his trade agenda has focused on China. Trump has proposed phasing out Chinese imports of essential goods including electronics, steel and pharmaceuticals and wants to ban Chinese companies from owning U.S. infrastructure in sectors such as energy, technology and farmland.TaxesHARRIS: With much of the 2017 tax overhaul expiring at end of next year, Harris is pledging tax cuts for more than 100 million working and middle class households. In addition to preserving some of the expiring cuts, she wants to make permanent a tax credit of as much as $3,600 per child and offer a special $6,000 tax credit for new parents.Harris says her administration would expand tax credits for first-time homebuyers and would push to build 3 million new housing units in four years, while wiping out taxes on tips and endorsing tax breaks for entrepreneurs. Like Biden, she wants to raise the corporate tax rate to 28% and the corporate minimum tax to 21%. The current corporate rate is 21% and the corporate minimum, raised under the Inflation Reduction Act, is at 15% for companies making more than $1 billion a year. But Harris would not increase the capital gains tax as much as Biden had proposed on investors with more than $1 million in income.TRUMP: Trump has promised a slew of new tax cuts aimed at groups he has been trying to win over this election, including eliminating taxes on tips received by workers — a policy later embraced by Harris, who would also raise the minimum wage for tipped workers. Trump wants to eliminate taxes on Social Security benefits and taxes on overtime pay, and has pledged to make interest on car loans tax-deductible like mortgage payments -– but only for cars built in the U.S.The former president has promised to extend and even expand all of the 2017 tax cuts that he signed into law, while also paying down the debt. He has proposed cutting the overall corporate tax rate to 15% from 21%, but only for companies that make their products in the U.S. He would repeal any tax increases signed into law by Biden. 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JD Vance Says His “Mamaw” Had Eight Miscarriages. His Policies Deny Women Like Her Lifesaving Care.

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JD Vance Says His “Mamaw” Had Eight Miscarriages. His Policies Deny Women Like Her Lifesaving Care. – Mother Jones Skip to main content Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on BlueskyEmailComments Donate Donate Subscribe Trump Immigration Democrats Elon Musk Newsletters Politics Environment Criminal Justice Guns Race Gender + Sexuality Food Podcast Video Magazine Trump Immigration Democrats Elon Musk Subscribe to our magazine Donate Monthly Donate Smart, Fearless Journalism Politics Environment Criminal Justice Guns Race Gender Food Podcast Video Magazine Newsletters PoliticsOctober 1, 2024JD Vance Says His “Mamaw” Had Eight Miscarriages. His Policies Deny Women Like Her Lifesaving Care.His position is curious for someone whose story begins with the pregnancy of a 13-year-old girl. Stephanie MencimerSenior ReporterBio | Follow Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on BlueskyEmailComments JD Vance speaks to supporters during a campaign event at the Northwestern Michigan Fair grounds.Scott Olson/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. One in every 10 pregnancies in the US ends in a miscarriage, a common medical event for which there are safe and effective treatments should there be complications. But over the past two years, having a miscarriage in many states has become far more dangerous, thanks in part to the Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs decision overturning Roe v Wade. Thirteen states have passed total abortion bans. Three others ban abortion after six weeks—a de facto ban. These laws have resulted in a rash of horror stories—not about the anticipated illegal backroom abortion deaths, but about ordinary women having ordinary but occasionally life-threatening pregnancy complications, while hospitals and doctors refuse to treat them for fear of being prosecuted. Reporters and lawyers have chronicled stories of miscarrying women nearly dying from blood loss and infection, suffering debilitating injuries, and future infertility because of delayed care. One Texas hospital, the AP reported, even left a woman to miscarry in the ER restroom because the staff refused to treat her. Her husband had to call 911 from the ER for help. Among the legion of GOP anti-abortion politicians in the US who’ve helped create this carnage, there is one you might expect to have some sympathy for the suffering of these women: Vice presidential candidate and Ohio Sen. JD Vance. On the surface, the politician who denigrated Democrats as the party of “childless cat ladies” and suggested that “the whole purpose of the postmenopausal female, in theory,” was to take care of children, would not be an obvious softie for the victims of policies that have left women bleeding out in hospital restrooms. And yet, he might understand the situation better than many of his Republican colleagues. Vance owes much of his fame and political career to his bestselling 2016 memoir, Hillbilly Elegy, a coming-of-age story about his triumph over family dysfunction, addiction, absent fathers, and cycles of abuse. The memoir’s beating heart is Bonnie Blanton Vance, or “Mamaw,” the maternal grandmother Vance called his “guardian angel” in his July acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention. Blanton helped raise the future Yale Law School grad when his drug-addicted mother could not, saving him from becoming just another entry in a long family history of shiftless angry men. In Hillbilly Elegy, Vance holds Blanton up as the force of nature behind his successes. But the book also suggests she may be an unintended case study of something quite different: the importance of reproductive health care for everyone. In his memoir, Vance says that his beloved grandmother suffered eight miscarriages over 10 years, plus four pregnancies that came to term. Today, many of the women suffering from denied miscarriages and abortion care “have similar life stories to his grandmother,” says Debra Stulberg, a professor of family medicine at the University of Chicago who studies miscarriage care. The word “abortion” never appears in Hillbilly Elegy, and Vance doesn’t seem to have ever spoken publicly about the particular chapter of his grandmother’s difficult life. (A spokesperson for Vance did not respond to questions for this story by publication.) But his grandmother’s story, which helped make him famous, seems to underly Vance’s intense opposition to abortion—one that’s even more extreme than the man he shares the GOP ticket with. In 2023, Vance signed on to a letter to the secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services, along with 29 other Republican lawmakers, urging the agency to reverse a new rule that bars law enforcement officers from accessing patients’ reproductive healthcare records, particularly those trying to prosecute women for crossing state lines for abortion care. “Abortion is not health care,” the letter said. “It is a brutal act that destroys the life of an unborn child and hurts women.” Vance supports a national abortion ban, and he doesn’t believe in exceptions for rape and incest. “Two wrongs don’t make a right,” he said in an interview during his 2022 Ohio Senate campaign. “It’s not whether a woman should be forced to bring a child to term, it’s whether a child should be allowed to live, even though the circumstances of that child’s birth are somehow inconvenient or a problem to the society.” “It’s not whether a woman should be forced to bring a child to term, it’s whether a child should be allowed to live, even though the circumstances of that child’s birth are somehow inconvenient or a problem to the society.” Vance’s position is a curious one for someone whose origin story begins with the pregnancy of a 13-year-old girl. In his memoir, Vance writes that his grandfather, Jim Vance, and his grandmother’s best friend, Bonnie Smith, were lovers. At some point, he writes, 16-year-old Jim cheated on Bonnie Smith with 13-year-old Bonnie Blanton. The “affair” resulted in a pregnancy that prompted the couple to flee Appalachian Kentucky for Dayton, Ohio, to escape Blanton’s murderously protective brothers. Today, Blanton’s first pregnancy would be considered the result of statutory rape in many states, and a felony carrying prison time. The pregnancy was also exceedingly dangerous. “Teen pregnancies, especially 15 and under, are by definition high risk,” says Stulberg. Perhaps no surprise, then, that Blanton’s baby died a week after she was born. It seems clear from Hillbilly Elegy that Blanton’s unplanned pregnancy at 13 was a singular catastrophic event that trapped her in a violent marriage for decades. “Mamaw never spent a day in high school,” Vance writes. “She’d given birth to and buried a child before she could legally drive a car.” Her husband was an abusive alcoholic; Blanton famously once tried to set him on fire when he had passed out drunk on the couch. Yet Vance seems to view Mamaw’s adolescent pregnancy not as a catastrophe but as the catalyst that launched his family out of Hatfield and McCoy territory and into suburban Ohio, where there were more opportunities. “Mamaw’s entire life—and the trajectory of our family—may have changed for a baby who lived only six days,” he writes. Blanton died in 2005, at the age of 72, when Vance was only 20 and still in the Marines. As a result, “We don’t get to hear her take on this story,” Stulberg says. “That could be very different from his.” Having a baby at 13 may have set in motion Vance’s path to the vice president’s office. But it also may have set up Blanton for the years of fertility issues Vance describes in his memoir. According to him, she had eight miscarriages in the decade between the live birth of an uncle in 1951 and the birth of his mother in 1961. But in his book, Vance displays a striking lack of curiosity about the details of those miscarriages, other than to speculate that they may have been triggered by the stress of being married to an abusive alcoholic. Without Blanton around to fill in the details, such as how far along in her pregnancies she was when she miscarried, we can only speculate. But experts I spoke with found it highly unlikely that a woman who’d had eight miscarriages, plus four pregnancies, the first at 13, would not at some point have needed either a therapeutic abortion or the sort of miscarriage treatment that Vance’s preferred reproductive health policies now make difficult to obtain in many states. Having a history of multiple pregnancies itself is a risk factor, Stulberg notes. “The risks of preterm labor and postpartum hemorrhage are higher,” she says. Preterm labor is a common reason for miscarriage management, including what is essentially the abortion of a nonviable fetus. “Politicians may say very easily that there’s no reason why miscarriage should be affected by these [abortion bans],” says Daniel Grossman, an OB-GYN at the University of California, San Francisco, and head of a research program that has been tracking the state of reproductive health care since the overturning of Roe. “But in fact, the treatments that are done for miscarriage are almost identical to the treatments for abortion, including the abortion pill.” “The treatments that are done for miscarriage are almost identical to the treatments for abortion, including the abortion pill.” Grossman recently co-authored a study that compiled accounts from dozens of clinicians who had observed the horrific treatment of pregnant women in need of medical care that they were either denied or forced to obtain at great expense because of strict state abortion bans, often with great trauma. Consider this account from a clinician in a state with an abortion ban, describing what happened to a woman who was 19 to 20 weeks pregnant. When she arrived at the ER, doctors found that the amniotic sac was protruding through her cervix—evidence of a doomed pregnancy. But they sent her home. The next day, she showed up at the ER in the immense pain of advanced labor. Anesthesiologists refused to provide her an epidural for pain because they believed it “could be considered [a crime] under the new law,” the clinician reported. Instead, they gave her some IV morphine as she labored for several more hours to deliver a dead fetus. “I overheard the primary provider say to a nurse that so much as offering a helping hand to a patient getting onto the gurney while in the throes of a miscarriage could be construed as ‘aiding and abetting an abortion,’” the horrified clinician reported. “Best not to so much as touch the patient who is miscarrying.” Even before Roe v. Wade, doctors didn’t treat pregnant patients like this, says Mary Ziegler, a law professor at the University of California Davis who studies the history of abortion care in the United States. Back then, doctors were given more deference to decide when a woman’s life was in danger. She says even in 1946, when Blanton first got pregnant, a family doctor would likely have been able to quietly perform an abortion on a 13-year-old without running afoul of the authorities. Indeed, it was exactly these sorts of child pregnancies that led to legal reforms that created exceptions to anti-abortion laws in the first place, she says. Today, however, 10 states now have abortion bans with no exceptions for rape or incest, and six have no exceptions for the health of patients, even if they’re children. Politicians like Vance “don’t see exceptions [to abortion bans] as being necessary to address tragedies,” Ziegler says. “They see them as loopholes.” For Stulberg, Vance may be misreading his grandmother’s story. She says research shows that women who want abortions but can’t get them fare much more poorly than women who do. But they also manage to survive, as Vance’s grandmother did. “It’s almost like women’s resilience protects society from seeing the harm,” she says. “To be that educated,” Stulberg says of Vance, and to have his life experience, and “then choose to support these policies is not caring that women are going to die.” Women just like his grandmother. Update, October 1: After this story published, Taylor Van Kirk, a spokeswoman for Vance, sent this comment: “Throughout his campaign for U.S. Senate and during his time in office, Senator Vance has consistently made clear that he supports reasonable exceptions for rape, incest, and life of the mother. Senator Vance has also stated repeatedly that he agrees with President Trump on abortion policy being set at the state level, not the federal level, and like President Trump, he agrees that we need to find common ground on this issue. As a senator, he has not supported any legislation which would impose a federal abortion ban.” Looking for news you can trust? Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily to have our top stories delivered directly to your inbox. Close Thank you for subscribing! E32CB By signing up, you agree to our privacy policy and terms of use, and to receive messages from Mother Jones and our partners. BEFORE YOU CLICK AWAY!Mother Jones was founded to do journalism differently. We stand for justice and democracy. We reject false equivalence. We go after stories others don’t. We’re a nonprofit newsroom, because the kind of truth-telling investigations we do doesn’t happen under corporate ownership. And the essential ingredient that makes all this possible? Readers like you. 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More than half the world’s population sees AP journalism every day. twitter instagram facebook The Associated Press ap.org Careers Advertise with us Contact Us Accessibility Statement Terms of Use Privacy Policy Cookie Settings Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information Limit Use and Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information CA Notice of Collection More From AP News About AP News Values and Principles AP’s Role in Elections AP Leads AP Definitive Source Blog AP Images Spotlight Blog AP Stylebook SECTIONS About AP News Values and Principles AP’s Role in Elections AP Leads AP Definitive Source Blog AP Images Spotlight Blog AP Stylebook Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Politics Vance criticized an infrastructure law as a candidate then embraced it as a senator Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, speaks during a campaign rally Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Newtown, Pa. (AP Photo/Laurence Kesterson) By BRIAN SLODYSKO Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print WASHINGTON (AP) — As he campaigned for the Senate two years ago, JD Vance harshly criticized a bipartisan 2021 law to invest more than $1 trillion in America’s crumbling infrastructure, calling it a “huge mistake” shaped by Democrats who want to spend big taxpayer dollars on “really crazy stuff.”That hasn’t stopped the first-term Ohio senator and Republican vice-presidential nominee from seeking more than $200 million in federal money made available through the law for projects across his state, according to records reviewed by The Associated Press.Vance is hardly alone among Republicans who have condemned spending enacted under Democratic President Joe Biden, only to later reap the benefit when government funds flow to popular projects back home. In this case, he also was criticizing the achievement of one of the bill’s authors — former Sen. Rob Portman, the Ohio Republican he succeeded. “I believe you should campaign how you govern so that you are consistent in your message and voters know what they are going to get,” said Ohio state Sen. Matt Dolan, one of Vance’s 2022 Republican primary rivals, who was the only GOP candidate to support the bill. More election coverage Arizona’s Democratic governor faces uphill battle as Republicans control Legislature Biden says he’s leaving Trump with a ‘strong hand to play’ in world conflicts West Virginia’s conservative shift could sharpen under its new governor Parker Magid, a spokesperson for Vance said, “Senators are elected by their constituents to fight for them in Washington, regardless of the party in charge. The fact is that this bill was a wish list of destructive Biden-Harris policy proposals and over 1,000 pages long, but as his constituents expect of him, Senator Vance successfully advocated for full and fair consideration of legitimate expenditures on Ohio projects by the federal government.” To the man Vance defeated in the general election, former Democratic congressman Tim Ryan, Vance’s pivot “fits the general pattern of him being two-faced on just about everything.”“Look at the Trump stuff,” Ryan said. “He was ‘America’s Hitler’” in Vance’s estimation, ”then when it didn’t benefit him anymore to have that view, he changed it.” Trump had vowed to pass an infrastructure bill when he was president, but did not offer a plan, and “Infrastructure Week” became something of a punch line. That changed after Biden became president. A bipartisan group of senators including Portman and Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, then a Democrat, hashed out a roughly $1 trillion package that passed with 19 Republicans joining Democrats. Vance criticized the bill as a boondoggle tainted by Democrats’ preoccupation with racial justice.“I’m reading through this new infrastructure bill, and it includes all these ridiculous references to things called transportation equity, which is basically just importing critical race theory into our nation’s infrastructure programs,” Vance tweeted in August 2021. “It’s totally ridiculous and it’s obvious that Republicans have been had in supporting this bill.”During a September 2021 interview with CBS News, Vance said that the “mistake that Republicans have recently made on bipartisanship is that we gave Democrats a huge win.”“We do have infrastructure problems, but I don’t think this bill actually spends the money on the things that we need,” he said of the legislation, which Trump opposed. Portman, who cited “partisan gridlock” as a reason he retired from the Senate, was unavailable for comment.After taking office in January 2023, Vance appears to have warmed to the legislation his predecessor helped write — though not publicly. In 10 letters addressed to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg that were sent between 2023 and 2024, Vance requested more than $213 million made available through the law for Ohio projects, according to copies of his correspondence obtained by the AP. At least four of those projects were approved and are slated to get about $130 million, federal records show. Toledo received nearly $20 million to revitalize a majority Black area that was isolated from the city’s downtown when Interstate 75 was built in the 1960s. Toledo officials described the planning decision behind the location of the freeway as “discriminatory” in their federal application for the funding. “These once-thriving communities now suffer from some of the city’s highest rates of poverty, unemployment, and blight,” the application states. “Historically, this majority-Black area has been disproportionately impacted by harmful transportation policy decisions.” The application said those policies “caused displacement from which the area has never fully recovered.”Vance had previously mocked a journalist who asked Buttigieg about bias that went into decades-old planning decisions. “Nothing in our country works,” he tweeted in November 2021. “And our reporters ask about the racism of our roads?”As a senator he wrote that the project in Toledo had potentially “far-reaching” benefits, though he did include a disclaimer that he opposed “the Biden Administration’s emphasis on diversity, equity, and inclusion over outcomes of meaningful infrastructure improvements.” In another instance, Vance sought $29 million for low or no emissions buses. 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JD Vance isn't just thin-skinned — he thinks whining is a winning political strategy

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JD Vance isn't just thin-skinned — he thinks whining is a winning political strategy | Salon.com News & PoliticsCultureFoodScience & HealthMoneyLife StoriesVideoReviewsLifestyleThe New Sober BoomGetting Hooked on QuittingEducationLiberal Arts Cuts Are DangerousIs College Necessary?FinanceDying Parents Costing Millennials DearGen Z Investing In Le CreusetCryptoInvestingSEC vs Celebrity Crypto Promoters'Dark' Personalities Drawn to BTC Profile Log In/Sign Up Sticky Header Night Mode Saved Articles Go Ad-Free Logout subscribe Help keep Salon independent Newsletter Profile Login/Sign Up Sticky Header Night Mode Saved Articles Go Ad-Free Logout News & Politics Culture Food Science & Health Money Video COMMENTARY JD Vance isn't just thin-skinned — he thinks whining is a winning political strategy Trump's running mate soaks in the online culture of MAGA self-pity and doesn't realize it annoys normal people By Amanda Marcotte Senior Writer Published October 1, 2024 6:00AM (EDT) Republican vice presidential nominee, U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) speaks to a crowd during a rally at the Berks County Fairgrounds on September 21, 2024 in Leesport, Pennsylvania. (Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images) -- Shares Facebook Twitter Reddit Email To know Sen. JD Vance is to dislike him. The Ohio Republican was relatively unknown to most Americans before Donald Trump picked him as a running mate, and few, if any, politicians have garnered such a negative reaction in such a short period. It's not just his rants about "childless cat ladies." Focus groups show that voters are well aware that, while Vance publicly praises Trump like he's a god, he talks smack about his boss behind his back. But I suspect, like Heather "Digby" Parton wrote at Salon Monday, "his nasty, cold personality" is a factor in Vance's unpopularity. Vance can't seem to speak without whining. Every interview with him is a grievance-fest where he plays the victim of "the media," lies while falsely accusing his opponents of lying, and acts put out by inconsequential nonsense. He's as full of self-pity as Trump. Vance can be even more aggravating because, by all accounts, has a great life well beyond what he deserves: a beautiful family he doesn't appear to appreciate, a Senate seat purchased for him by a tech billionaire, and millions of dollars, despite not offering any real value to society or the economy. Vance's tendency to whine ad nauseam has not gone unnoticed. Jess Bidgood of the New York Times wrote a report Friday of how Vance reacts to even the most minor press questions with a torrent of complaining, such as when a local TV station reporter asked Vance about Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, whose Republican campaign for North Carolina's gubernatorial seat has been gone up in smoke after it was revealed he bragged about being a "black NAZI." “I knew I’d get this,” Vance said, throwing one hand up with the air of a parent allowing a troublesome child to have his say, instead of a candidate for vice president answering a reasonable question. As Bidgood notes, Vance reacts to practically every question this way, as if he can't believe reporters are even allowed to ask questions, even though they usually only do so after Vance invites them. Adam Wren of Politico also wrote on Saturday about Vance's relentless bellyaching. Often, reporters don't even get the question out before Vance is crying about it, encouraging the crowd of MAGA supporters to boo so loudly that the reporter can't be heard. Want more Amanda Marcotte on politics? Subscribe to her newsletter Standing Room Only. On Sunday, David Frum of the Atlantic argued that Vance "seethes with petty peevishness." But Frum also appears to believe that Vance is acting like a brat on accident. For instance, Vance threw a fit on CNN after host Dana Bash asked him why he lies about Haitians eating cats. The freshman senator insisted he was forced to lie by "the media," because they otherwise won't cover the stories he wants them to. Frum paints this tantrum as a "mistake," an impulsive admission by a thin-skinned bully who let his ego get the better of him. Frum also views Vance's aggrieved responses whenever he's asked about "cat ladies" in the same light, as Vance's childish inability to control his petulant emotions. The would-be vice president is a man who spends an excessive amount of time online and in conversation with alt-right, incel-adjacent posters and Elon Musk. Perhaps, but looking at the reporting from the New York Times and Politico — and adding my own experience observing Vance — I'd say the likelier explanation is that Vance thinks whining is a political strategy. The would-be vice president is a man who spends an excessive amount of time online and in conversation with alt-right, incel-adjacent posters and Elon Musk. He inhabits a space populated by right-wing windbags who have convinced each other, through endless repetition, that they are the most put-upon people in history. Having spent that much time in that toxic brew, Vance has come to believe that griping non-stop is political gold. It's been well-documented how much of Vance's linguistic tics, allusions, and ideas stem from what Martyn Wendell Jones of the Bulwark describes as the "hyper-online far-right milieu." Vance was mentored and funded by Silicon Valley billionaires who imagine themselves to be bold and edgy thinkers because they embrace "neo-reactionary" views, which is just a fancy term for fascism. It's a movement that imagines itself to be intellectually heady, replete with allusions to ancient writers and philosophers that mostly go unread. In practice, as Ginny Hogan at the Nation wrote, it's mostly defined by the childish behavior of men who should have outgrown this long ago: silly memes, lazy trolling and lots of whining. Related Why Republican attacks on Kamala Harris’ family keep falling flat Nothing is too small or light to avoid being sucked into the vortex of the extremely online right's decade-plus of endless griping. As Hogan documents, Vance caterwauled about everything, from TV shows being "woke" to — always — "cat ladies." It's a world full of men like Musk and Vance, who think they are unbearably clever but are incapable of even coming up with a new way to insult people, beyond accusing them of having pets. The result is a life of perpetual outrage because the rest of the world seems uninterested in flattering them endlessly about how they are the greatest, smartest, funniest, best boys of all time. In the dull world of the extremely online right, where "cat lady" is forever the sickest of burns, it is also common to mistake throwing a tantrum for strength. "Free speech" is defined as "we speak, you listen — and faint in adoration." Live in that space long enough and you start to think that yelling at a reporter for asking a question isn't embarrassing behavior. No, in the online MAGA world, sputtering "How dare you!" at a journalist for doing their job is regarded as a feat of strength on par with storming the beach at Normandy. It's tempting to see Vance whining yet again and assume that he's sorely in need of therapy. That may be so, but it's also true that his online space is a culture where whimpering like a spoiled child is mistaken for toughness, and he's forgotten that most people are rightfully grossed out by it. Social media generally breeds this problem of people getting so enmeshed in their subcultures that they forget that most people don't share their jargon or euphemisms. That can be relatively innocent, such as Swifties forgetting most people haven't memorized all the details of Taylor Swift's dating career. It can be self-defeating, such as Twitter-addicted leftists who forget most people don't see socialism as the obvious solution to all problems. It can turn into cults like QAnon. But what Vance's special sandbox of alt-right dudes shares is this bottomless sense of grievance, which they mistake for a manly virtue, instead of a sign of arrested development. As I've written about before, many on the left and in the media assume the Trump campaign regrets the Vance pick, but in truth, it seems Trump and his allies are pleased since they share Vance's view that petulance is strength. We were reminded of this again on Sunday when Donald Trump Jr. told Fox Business that Vance is "outstanding" and "Every time I watch him, whether it’s the Sunday morning shows, just dismantling the left on their home turf — I just feel totally vindicated in all of that decision." He might be BS-ing, but really, I think he means it. Trump Jr. is also a consummate crybaby, complaining to every camera about every little thing. So of course he feels this way. But it's hard to imagine that most Americans will start liking Vance after they hear him pull the "woe is me" act for the full length of tonight's debate. Read more about this topic "The map looks easier for her": Ipsos pollsters find "Harris is more effective" on voters' top issue "Pride paradox": Sociologist Arlie Hochschild on Trump's manipulation of white working class voters "Misinformation superspreaders": Elon Musk is personally boosting conspiracy theorists on X By Amanda Marcotte Amanda Marcotte is a senior politics writer at Salon and the author of "Troll Nation: How The Right Became Trump-Worshipping Monsters Set On Rat-F*cking Liberals, America, and Truth Itself." Follow her on Bluesky @AmandaMarcotte and sign up for her biweekly politics newsletter, Standing Room Only. MORE FROM Amanda Marcotte Related Topics ------------------------------------------ 2024 Election Commentary Donald Trump Elections Jd Vance Maga Related Articles Advertisement: Home About Staff Contact Privacy Terms of Service Archive Go Ad Free Copyright © 2025 Salon.com, LLC. 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IN FULL: Julian Assange makes first public statement since prison release

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Let's come together for those affected by Hurricane Helene!!

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Let's come together for those affected by Hurricane Helene!

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Georgia judge overturns state’s six-week abortion law

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All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. Recommended 10:22 Harris Faulkner: Trump, Musk interview showcases everything Biden admin couldn't do 01:48 Peter Doocy: DOGE is trying to 'reboot the whole system' 05:04 Sen. Tim Scott: DOGE's spending cuts are helping 'America win' 11:13 Bret Baier says Elon Musk's DOGE team 'finding a lot' of federal waste 12:04 Pro-Palestinian protesters target Jewish NYC neighborhood 05:28 Elon Musk responds to attacks from the left: 'What they are doing is unconstitutional' 08:29 Trump, Musk open up about their partnership, DOGE efforts amid backlash 03:20 Sen. 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A judge in Fulton County, Georgia, has overturned the state’s "Heartbeat Law" on abortion, which made it illegal to terminate a pregnancy after six weeks. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney issued the order on Monday, saying abortions must be regulated the way they were before the "Heartbeat Law" went into effect, meaning abortions could be allowed until the 22-week mark."The authors of our Constitutions, state and federal, entrusted to future generations a charter protecting the right of all persons to enjoy liberty as we learn its meaning," McBurney wrote in his final order. "A review of our higher courts' interpretations of ‘liberty’ demonstrates that liberty in Georgia includes in its meaning, in its protections, and in its bundle of rights the power of a woman to control her own body, to decide what happens to it and in it, and to reject state interference with her healthcare choices. "That power is not, however, unlimited," the judge added. "When a fetus growing inside a woman reaches viability, when society can assume care and responsibility for that separate life, then – and only then – may society intervene." GEORGIA SUPREME COURT REJECTS CHALLENGE TO ABORTION LAW Anit-abortion activists hold signs outside the U.S. Supreme Court after overturning of Roe Vs. Wade, in Washington, D.C., on June 24, 2022. (Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images) McBurney continued, saying a law that prevents abortions after six weeks was inconsistent with those rights as well as the proper balance that a viability rule establishes between a woman’s rights and society’s interests in protecting and caring for unborn infants.He then declared the "Life Act" as "unconstitutional." Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, a Republican, signed the "Heartbeat" abortion bill, also known as the Living Infants Fairness and Equality Act," into law in 2019. The law made abortions after the six-week mark illegal.GEORGIA GOV. BRIAN KEMP SIGNS CONTROVERSIAL 'HEARTBEAT' BILL INTO LAW An abortion-rights demonstrator holds a sign during a rally, May 14, 2022. (AP) There were exceptions written into the law, including rape and incest, as long as a police report was filed. Another exception to the law allowed for abortions after six weeks if the mother’s life was at risk or if a serious medical condition rendered a fetus inviable. The law signed by Kemp was blocked by a federal judge in October 2019 — before it went into effect — and ruled it violated the right to abortion established by Roe. v. Wade in 1973.The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, which cleared the way for Georgia’s law on abortion to go into effect.GEORGIA ABORTION LAW: A LOOK BACK AT WHAT HOLLYWOOD PRODUCTION COMPANIES HAVE SAID ABOUT FILMING IN THE STATE Georgia's Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed the "Heartbeat" abortion bill in 2019, though a Fulton County judge called the law unconstitutional. (Megan Varner/Getty Images) McBurney, in November 2022, ruled the law was "unequivocally unconstitutional" because it was enacted in 2019 when Roe v. Wade allowed abortions after six weeks.But in October 2023, the Georgia Supreme Court rejected the ruling in a 6-1 decision, saying McBurney was wrong."When the United States Supreme Court overrules its own precedent interpreting the United States Constitution, we are then obligated to apply the Court’s new interpretation of the Constitution’s meaning on matters of federal constitutional law," Justice Verda Colvin wrote for the majority. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP McBurney’s ruling on Monday stated that the state, county, municipal and other local authorities are "enjoined" from seeking to enforce the six-week abortion law.The Associated Press contributed to this report. Greg Wehner is a breaking news reporter for Fox News Digital.Story tips and ideas can be sent to [email protected] and on Twitter @GregWehner. 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5 possible October surprises that could roil the Trump-Harris race

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https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4907731-5-october-surprises-trump-harris-race/

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Reimagining Society: The Case for a Cooperative Economy

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2024-10-01T10:46:24

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California sues Catholic hospital for denying emergency abortion

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https://www.reuters.com/legal/california-sues-catholic-hospital-refusing-provide-emergency-abortion-2024-09-30/

2024-10-01T10:52:01

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Republicans have a history of voting NO on disaster relief funds for thier own states. Even as hurricanes loom for thier own states or other states. They're pretending through thier social media they're leading and fighting for thier constituents. They're using disasters for political gain.

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https://www.nationalmemo.com/disaster-relief

2024-10-01T10:55:34

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J.D. Vance’s Leaked DMs Reveal Brutal Verdict on Trump’s First Term

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https://newrepublic.com/post/186439/jd-vance-criticize-trump-failed-to-deliver?09292024

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J.D. Vance’s Leaked DMs Reveal Brutal Verdict on Trump’s First Term | The New Republic You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browserand improve your visit to our site. Skip NavigationThe New RepublicThe New RepublicLATESTBREAKING NEWSPOLITICSCLIMATECULTUREMAGAZINENEWSLETTERSPODCASTSGAMESThe New Republic The New RepublicThe New RepublicThe New RepublicThe New RepublicLATESTBREAKING NEWSPOLITICSCLIMATECULTUREMAGAZINENEWSLETTERSPODCASTSGAMESThe New Republic The New Republic The New RepublicBreaking News Breaking Newsfrom Washington and beyondMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 27, 2024/9:31 a.m. ETShare This StoryJ.D. Vance’s Leaked DMs Reveal Brutal Verdict on Trump’s First TermJ.D. Vance privately claimed that Donald Trump “thoroughly failed to deliver” in newly leaked messages.Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesIt turns out that as recently as 2020, J.D. Vance was critical of Donald Trump. The Washington Post reported Friday that the Republican vice presidential nominee called out Trump as having “just so thoroughly failed to deliver on his economic populism (excepting a disjointed China policy),” in one of multiple direct messages on Twitter (now X) back in February 2020. Vance has explained his shift from being a “Never Trump” conservative in 2016, promoting his book Hillbilly Elegy, to supporting Trump in 2020 by saying Trump’s presidential term changed his mind. But apparently, that wasn’t really the case. In another message in June 2020, just months before the election, Vance wrote, “I think Trump will probably lose.” When Trump did lose, Vance claimed the election was stolen by the Democrats. The messages were shared with the Post by their recipient anonymously out of fear of retaliation. They were also sent years after Vance was critical of Trump during his 2016 campaign for president, when he called Trump “reprehensible” and “America’s Hitler.” A Vance spokesperson told the Post the Ohio senator wasn’t actually criticizing Trump but “establishment Republicans who thwarted much of Trump’s populist economic agenda to increase tariffs and boost domestic manufacturing in Congress.”“Fortunately, Sen. Vance believes that Republicans in Congress are much more aligned with President Trump’s agenda today than they were back then, so he is confident that they won’t run into those same issues within the party,” said William Martin. But this statement doesn’t take into account that Vance also correctly predicted that Trump would lose the 2020 election, only to deny that after the fact. Vance has never been particularly clear on when he started to support Trump, the Post notes, begging the question of whether it was him actually changing his mind or making a calculated political decision. In another direct message, Vance even seemed open to government-run universal health care, saying Medicare for All “is a net positive, maybe not (details matter).” But Martin told the Post that Vance now believes “the Democrats[’] top-down Medicare for All plan would make healthcare worse for Americans,” which is backed up by Vance and Trump’s regressive health care proposals. Whatever the case may be, Vance is fully defending Trump and providing his own defenses for the former president’s proposed policies, nonsensical as they may be. But the Post’s revelations suggest that Vance could just be saying whatever he thinks will satisfy the MAGA faithful. Share This StoryMore on Politics:Trump’s Sudden Eruption of Rage at Jack Smith Reveals a Deeper FearMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/September 26, 2024/6:15 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Majorly Fumbles Harris’s Current Job in Weird, Droning SpeechDonald Trump appeared to forget that Kamala Harris isn’t currently president.Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty ImagesDonald Trump appeared to completely forget Thursday that Kamala Harris wasn’t the president for the past four years, during a breathless, lengthy rant on immigration.After a hearing at a New York City appeals court, Trump delivered a low-energy stump speech, where he attempted to hold his opponent solely responsible for every beat of the Biden administration’s immigration policy. “Four years ago, Kamala inherited the most secure border in U.S. history, with the lowest illegal immigration on record,” Trump said.“Those who violated our borders were captured, detained, and quickly sent back home under the Trump administration. But on her first day in office, Kamala Harris terminated every single Trump policy that sealed and secured the border.”Already, it was startlingly clear that Harris’s name could be replaced at any point with President Joe Biden’s. Trump then complained that Harris had been the one to order an “immediate stop” to the construction on the border wall when it was “almost complete.” He claimed that Harris had suspended all deportations, instituted catch and release “across the entire southern border,” and “sent Congress a bill demanding amnesty for all illegal aliens, every single illegal alien, even if they’re criminals, even if they’re murderers, even if they’re drug dealers … human traffickers.… She wanted amnesty for everybody.”Trump also seemed disappointed that Harris had “canceled” his Remain in Mexico policy. There’s only one problem: Harris isn’t solely responsible for any of this stuff because she isn’t president. She didn’t “order” or “terminate” or “cancel” any Trump policy because she didn’t have the authority. For example, the disastrous Remain in Mexico program, which was used to send nearly 70,000 migrants back into Mexico, was suspended by Biden after there were widespread reports of severe human rights violations and serious logistical issues. Of course, this isn’t the first time Trump has seemingly forgotten whom exactly he’s running against. When Harris first became the nominee, there was plenty of evidence to suggest that Trump was having a hard time adjusting—three months later, and he still doesn’t seem to have gotten a grasp on things. Later in his speech, Trump took aim at Harris for slamming his efforts to kill a bipartisan border bill earlier this year, which would’ve granted $20 billion in emergency spending at the southern border, in the most restrictive border legislation pushed by a Democratic president in recent memory. “She keeps talking about this law that they tried to put through Congress, but fortunately Congress was too smart for her,” Trump said “It would’ve been a disaster.“The damage was done, they’re trying to make it look better now. But the damage was done over the first three years. They’re trying to do anything to make it look better. Because it doesn’t poll very well for them—but it polls very well for me.” Trump seemingly can’t help but give away the game for his motivation for killing the bill: A weakened border hurts Harris among voters but gives him and his fearmongering, anti-immigrant platform a boost. A less than coherent Trump claimed that he won in 2016 because “I fix the border,” and whined that in 2020, “I couldn’t talk about the border because I fixed it, it was great.“But now we can talk about the border because this border, they un-fixed it,” Trump said. “This border is the worst border. And by the way, 25 times worse and more deadly, than the border in 2016.” It is unclear where he got that number. According to Customs and Border Protection, the agency had a total of 408,807 encounters along the southwest border in 2016. In 2023, that number was about 2.5 million—only about six times greater.Share This StoryRead more about Trump:Trump Appears to Have Lost a Total Grasp on ThingsMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 26, 2024/4:46 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Is on the Brink of a Win in His Massive New York Fraud CaseAn appeals court seems skeptical about Donald Trump’s $454 million civil fraud judgment.Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesDonald Trump may soon get a reduced penalty in his civil fraud case, if oral arguments in an appeals court Thursday are any indication. The intermediate appeals court in Manhattan heard Trump’s appeal against a New York ruling from February where he was not only fined $450 million plus interest but also barred from doing business in New York. Some of the judges on the five-member panel seemed at least receptive to the former president. “The immense penalty in this case is troubling,” said Justice Peter Moulton. “How do you tether the amount that was assessed by the Supreme Court to the harm that was caused here where the parties left these transactions happy?”Deputy New York Solicitor General Judith Vale, representing the state, was ready with a response, though. “Although this is a large number, it’s a large number for a couple reasons. One, because there was a lot of fraud and illegality,” Vale said. “That is an enormous benefit they got from this conduct” of falsifying financial statements to obtain better loan rates, she added, referring to the Trump Organization. Justice David Friedman argued that the ruling against Trump was undercut by Deutsche Bank saying Trump’s actions did not harm them. “It hardly seems to justify bringing an action to protect Deutsche Bank against President Trump, which is what you have here,” Friedman said. “You have two really sophisticated players, in which no one lost any money.”Vale said that state law did not require being harmed, and also noted that the bank actually complained when it heard about false statements and pulled out of its agreement with Trump. At one point, Trump’s lawyer John Sauer tried to argue that the former president and his businesses were following “generally accepted accounting principles,” only to be rebuked by Justice Peter H. Moulton. “It’s the factual inaccuracies that are important,” Moulton countered. “You might be following GAAP principles, but if your data is terrible, you’re creating a fallacious statement.”The former president and convicted felon had to pony up a $175 million bond in April to stop the judgment while he appeals. His fine, thanks to 9 percent interest accruing every year, has now grown to more than $478 million. If he wins, it will be dropped, and Trump has had some success in New York courts as of late.Share This StoryMeanwhile:Trump’s Newest Grift Just Dropped—and It’s HideousMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/September 26, 2024/4:41 p.m. ETShare This StoryMTG Freaks Out That Republicans Don’t “Deserve to Be Reelected”Marjorie Taylor Greene is furious that Mike Johnson is doing his job.Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesRepresentative Marjorie Taylor Greene is so angry at House Speaker Mike Johnson that she said she doesn’t think Republicans deserve to keep the majority in the House. The House passed a three-month stopgap bill Wednesday to prevent a government shutdown, amid loud opposition from the Georgia Republican and her far-right pals. In getting the spending bill passed, Johnson went against the wishes of Donald Trump and MAGA. During a call into Steve Bannon’s War Room, Greene railed against Johnson and made a startling remark, according to RawStory. “Mike Johnson is not our speaker. He is the speaker for the Democrats,” Greene ranted.Greene blamed Johnson for funding the Biden-Harris administration, the “weaponized” Department of Justice, and the FBI that “raided Mar-a-Lago and has raided a lot of January 6 defendant homes.” It doesn’t seem apparent to Greene that funding the government is not only Johnson’s job but hers as well. She claimed Johnson had “fully funded the invasion at our border that is, that is killing Americans every single day.” “He’s been a great speaker of the House for Democrats, and he has absolutely helped the Biden-Harris administration destroy this country,” Greene continued. “I share the anger and frustration, and I don’t think Republicans deserve to be reelected to hold a majority,” Greene admitted.“We have to elect President Trump in order to control the federal government,” Greene said. She immediately walked back her remark, insisting that Republicans needed to be reelected because if Democrats got control of the House, they would “rewrite the tax codes.” She urged voters to “hold your nose and vote for that RINO that you absolutely hate, because we need a good tax code in place.”Last week, Greene went on a tear against Johnson for his plan to attach the SAVE Act, which is based on faulty election data and seeks to solve the practically nonexistent problem of widespread noncitizen voting, to a six-month continuing resolution to fund the government. The move would have been a nonstarter for Democrats. This is far from the first time the two have butted heads. In May, Greene tried to have Johnson removed from the speakership, but was quickly shot down. At the end of the day, Greene and Johnson are both far-right congressional proxies for Trump. It’s just that only one of them seems to actually care about doing their job. Share This StoryRead about the stopgap:Trump Must Be Fuming About Mike Johnson’s Spending Deal Blow to MAGAMost Recent PostPaige Oamek/September 26, 2024/4:16 p.m. ETShare This StoryElon Musk’s X Suspends Journalist Who Reported Leaked J.D. Vance DocsIndependent journalist Ken Klippenstein was suspended from X shortly after sharing a leaked dossier on Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance.Jean Catuffe/GC ImagesFree speech hero Elon Musk is yet again silencing his perceived opponents. This time, he is doing J.D. Vance’s dirty work. Independent journalist Ken Klippenstein on Thursday reported on the leaked 271-page dossier on Vance, allegedly from the Trump campaign’s research team, which mainstream media outlets had refused to publish. Just hours later, Klippenstein was banned from X, where he’d shared a link to his reporting and to the dossier. X users have found that they are unable to even post the link to Klippenstein’s Substack newsletter on X without receiving a message that the link is “potentially harmful.”For ease, here is Klippenstein’s reporting on the dossier: https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/read-the-jd-vance-dossier This isn’t the first time Musk has used X to meddle with progressive accounts on the platform. X has come under fire for banning or limiting an NPR story critical of Trump, the Uncommitted Movement account, and even KamalaHQ. In January, Musk temporarily banned Klippenstein, who worked for The Intercept at the time, and a handful of other journalists. The only connection between them: their left-wing politics and their criticism of Musk. Though some may try to argue that Klippenstein’s post broke X guidelines by publishing hacked materials and is thus “doxxing” Vance, Twitter actually changed its terms of service years ago, in part thanks to the Hunter Biden laptop story and claims of “anti-conservative” bias. The page regarding the platform’s hacked materials policy no longer exists. Musk heavily criticized Twitter’s supposed suppression of the laptop story, later elevating the so-called “Twitter Files” with right-wing journalists Matt Taibbi and Bari Weiss to expose the social media company’s previous content-moderation strategies.At the time of publication, Klippenstein’s account is still suspended.Share This StoryUnfortunately more on MAGA:MAGA Is Already Spinning Wild Conspiracies on Eric Adams’s IndictmentMost Recent PostPaige Oamek/September 26, 2024/3:12 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Would Totally Demolish Economy With His Plans, Says New ReportA grim report reveals that if Donald Trump becomes president and carries out his plans, we’ll suffer the repercussions for a long time to come.Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesDonald Trump says he has a plan for the economy, but that doesn’t mean it’s any good. According to independent nonprofit nonpartisan researchers, Trump’s policies on tariffs, deportations, and the Federal Reserve would, if put in action, seriously hike inflation, wipe out jobs, and slow U.S. production and economic growth. In even the most generous modeling, inflation would reach 6 percent by 2026 and consumer prices would balloon 20 percent by 2028. According to an analysis from the Peterson Institute for International Economics published Thursday, the devastating effects on the economy could last through 2040. Trump promises to carry out “mass deportations” if elected president. Doing so could “cause a large inflationary impulse and a significant loss of employment (particularly in manufacturing and agriculture) in the US economy,” the researchers found. The deportation plan on its own would provide no economic benefit to Americans. Warwick McKibbin, a senior fellow and co-author of the study, told CNN that the institute estimates that deporting undocumented workers would cause a pandemic-like “shock,” especially in the agriculture industry. “Can you imagine taking 16 percent out of the labor force in agriculture?” McKibbin said, who noted the ripple effects would include rising cost of food or even permanent loss of supply. Trump’s isolationist approach to the economy through deportations and tariffs on U.S. imports would hurt the American people most. “We find that ironically, despite his ‘make the foreigners pay’ rhetoric, this package of policies does more damage to the US economy than to any other in the world,” wrote the authors. Of course, the Trump team denied the findings, with Trump campaign senior adviser Brian Hughes telling CNN the exact opposite: “Trump policies will fuel growth, drive down inflation, inspire American manufacturing, all while protecting the working men and women of our nation from lopsided policies tilted in favor of other countries.”Share This StoryMore on Trump’s diastrous economic plans:How Trump’s Tariffs Would Radically Redistribute Wealth UpwardMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 26, 2024/2:59 p.m. ETShare This StoryCornell Student at Risk of Deportation After Pro-Palestine ProtestAn international graduate student at Cornell University is one step closer to being deported. Bing Guan/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesA Cornell University student is on the verge of losing his student visa and being deported over taking part in a pro-Palestine protest. Mamadou Taal, a Ph.D. student in Africana Studies, was suspended Monday by the university after he took part in a protest against a career fair attended by defense contractors L3Harris and Boeing last week. Taal is studying at Cornell on an F-1 student visa, which can be terminated by a suspension. On Thursday, Taal posted on X that his appeal to the university was rejected by the vice president of student and campus life, Ryan Lombardi, and that there was no investigation or due process. “I maintain that all my actions have been peaceful and in accordance with my First Amendment rights,” Taal’s post reads. “This is a deliberate targeting of a Black Muslim student at an institution where those two identities are increasingly unwelcome. When it comes to Palestine the university will abandon all commitments to academic freedom and free speech to protect its corporate interests.”Taal is still able to appeal to the university’s provost, but believes he’ll be deported if that appeal is rejected. The university accuses Taal and other protesters of entering the career fair by pushing and shoving campus police officers, but Taal told The Nation he had no part in this. According to student journalists at the Cornell Daily Sun, there wasn’t any physical violence toward police, although recruiters, students, and administrators appeared to be distressed.“I can say categorically that I shoved no police officer, nor did I not listen to a lawful directive, like they’re claiming,” Taal said. He told the Sun that he only gave a speech outside before taking part in the career fair protest, and only attended that protest for five minutes before leaving. If Taal is deported, it would be a drastic new step in university attempts across the country to tamp down on pro-Palestinian protests. Taal’s case has already drawn backlash, with a petition calling on the university to reverse its suspension drawing 2,700 signatures from Cornell students and faculty. It seems that many campuses will go to any lengths to make these protests go away, even if it means deporting students and ignoring the First Amendment.Share This StoryMore on Palestine:How Antony Blinken Said No to Saving Countless Lives in Gaza Most Recent PostEdith Olmsted/September 26, 2024/2:08 p.m. ETShare This StoryEric Adams’s Press Conference on Charges Goes Totally Off the RailsAdams’s was brutally dragged by hecklers during his press conference.Timothy A. Clary/POOL/AFP/Getty ImagesNew York City Mayor Eric Adams held a chaotic, short-lived press conference Thursday morning to address his damning public corruption indictment—only for the charges to be made public while he was speaking to the press.Adams was indicted Wednesday in a federal case, though the specific charges against him were not immediately released. “I always knew that if I stood my ground for New Yorkers that I would be a target—and a target I became,” Adams said in a statement that night. He said that charges against him were “entirely false, based on lies,” though it was not yet clear what those charges were. “Despite our pleas when the federal government did nothing as its broken immigration policies overloaded our shelter system with no relief, I put the people of New York before party and politics,” said Adams, suggesting this might be the reason he’d been “targeted.”The next morning, the mayor held an official press conference on a public street outside of Gracie Mansion in Manhattan. Flanked by supporters, who were there to voice their confidence in the embattled mayor, Adams was also greeted by protesters. “This is not a Black thing! This is not a Black thing! This is a you thing! This is a you thing, Eric Adams!” shouted one protester as Adams chuckled awkwardly. “Your policies are anti-Black. You are a disgrace to all Black people in this city!” the protester continued. “This is not a Black thing, this is a justice thing!”As Adams began speaking, he insisted he was “not surprised” by the indictment. “This is not surprising to us at all. The actions that have unfolded over the last 10 months. The leaks. The commentary. The demonizing,” he said.Adams confirmed that he would not be stepping down as New York City’s mayor but instead “continue to do the job for 8.3 million New Yorkers that I was elected to do.” (The indictment alleges that Adams swindled more than $10 million in public funds for his 2021 mayoral campaign.) Adams enlisted several speakers, including the Reverend Herbert Daughtry; Hazel Dukes, head of the NAACP New York State Conference; and activist Jackie Rowe Adams, who had to scream to be heard above the hecklers and protesters. When a reporter notified Adams that the indictment had been unsealed, his face fell. The reporter also asked him to clarify his suggestion that he’d been targeted by the federal government. “I think we should ask the federal investigators and prosecutors who directed them to the actions that we are witnessing right now,” Adams responded. “You know I have ran many campaigns. I have been part of many campaigns. And um, the scrutiny of those campaigns always revealed the same thing. I follow the rules, I follow the law. I do not do anything that’s going to participate in illegal campaign activity. And I will not do that.“And I’ve instructed not only in writing, but in verbal conversations with the team, we do not participate in straw donors, we do not participate in foreign donors,” Adams said. “We know what those rules are, we comply with those rules. And I think that my attorneys are going to reveal that as we move forward.”The 57-page indictment alleged precisely the opposite, claiming that Adams had sought out and received luxurious trips and straw-man payments facilitated by a senior Turkish official. Those perks were then allegedly covered up by Adams and members of his staff. In return for all the favors, Adams allegedly pressured the New York Fire Department to sign off on a new Turkish consulate skyscraper without a fire inspection. The full indictment includes other charges as well, alleging hefty straw-man payments from a construction company owner and the owner of a Turkish university.One reporter asked Adams to respond to the charges, which went back to before his 2021 mayoral campaign, despite Adams implying the indictment was payback for complaining that the federal government had helped to create an immigration surge in New York City. The mayor was also asked, point-blank, whether he had taken kickbacks from foreign countries or intervened on behalf of the Turkish government—and that seemed to be all he could take. “My legal team will peruse the entire indictment. We got it today when it was released,” said a pained-looking Adams. “The news media received information before we did.”“It appears as though the goal is to try to try this case publicly, and not in the criminal justice system that’s in place,” he said. “If it’s campaign violations, I know I don’t violate the campaign. If it’s foreign donors, I know I don’t take money from foreign donors,” Adams said. Adams then abruptly ended the news conference and shuffled away with his herd of supporters, as some in the crowd cheered, “RESIGN! RESIGN! RESIGN!”Share This StoryRead about the charges against Eric Adams:Here Are the Damning Charges Against New York Mayor Eric AdamsMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 26, 2024/12:56 p.m. ETShare This StorySweeping Bill Would Completely Overhaul Supreme Court as We Know ItSenator Ron Wyden has introduced the boldest proposal yet to reform the high court.Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesPeople protest in front of the Supreme Court after the Dobbs v. Jackson ruling overturning abortion rights.Democratic Senator Ron Wyden proposed a new bill Wednesday that would pack the Supreme Court and dramatically overhaul the nation’s highest court. Wyden’s bill would expand the court from nine justices to 15 over 12 years, and require two-thirds of the Supreme Court and federal circuit courts of appeals to overturn any law passed by Congress. The bill would require the Senate to automatically schedule a vote on nominees to the high court if they are held up in committee for more than 180 days. Senators would be barred from blocking nominees to the court by refusing to vote on them. Federal judicial circuits would be expanded to 15 from 13, which would add 60 appellate court judges and 100 to district courts. The bill would also increase financial transparency measures for Supreme Court justices, requiring them to make their tax filings public. The IRS would be required to audit their tax returns and release the results. Anyone nominated to the court would have to disclose three years of tax returns. Court proceedings would also be affected, with a two-thirds majority of the court having the ability to force a fellow justice to recuse themselves from a case. Justices would be required to release opinions to the public and detail their votes on issues decided on an emergency basis, upending the infamous “shadow docket.”The bill stands little chance of passing, particularly in the Republican-controlled House. But it is the strongest proposal from Democrats for reforming the judiciary, not only tackling the Supreme Court but making changes to the federal circuit as well. In July, President Biden announced his own ideas for judicial reform, but only called for 18-year term limits for Supreme Court justices as well as a binding code of conduct. Calls for court reform blew up after April 2023, when a ProPublica investigation revealed Thomas received previously undisclosed luxury vacations from billionaire Republican donor Harlan Crow. Four months later, more revelations of undisclosed gifts followed, including at least 38 vacations and 26 private jet flights given to Thomas from an array of right-wing billionaires. Thomas in 2003 also accepted a free trip to visit Vladimir Putin’s hometown in Russia.Justice Samuel Alito has had his own scandals, involving political advocacy in the form of political flags flying outside of his home, and he was also implicated for receiving gifts from Crow and other right-wing billionaires. Wyden’s proposal may not survive Congress or even legal challenges, but it is the first serious proposal to expand the court. The question is whether Wyden can get any other Democrats to sign on. Share This StoryMore on the courts:Trump May Have Just Handed Jack Smith a Massive WinMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/September 26, 2024/11:55 a.m. ETShare This StoryHere Are the Damning Charges Against New York Mayor Eric AdamsThe New York City mayor is accused of fraud.Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesNew York City Mayor Eric Adams’s indictment was unsealed Wednesday, revealing his five damning public corruption charges. Adams, who was once lauded as the future of the Democratic Party, was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, federal program bribery, and to receive campaign contributions by foreign nationals. He was also charged with one count of wire fraud, two counts of solicitation of a contribution by a foreign national, and one count of bribery. The 57-page indictment alleged that starting in 2014, when Adams was the Brooklyn borough president, he “sought and accepted improper valuable benefits” as contributions, including luxury travel. In 2015, Adams traveled to Turkey and began to “establish corrupt relationships,” according to the filing. The indictment refers to “a senior official in the Turkish diplomatic establishment” who “facilitated many straw donations” to Adams. Adams allegedly sought and received benefits from this Turkish official, who apparently organized for Adams and associates to fly for free, or at a discount, on Turkish Airlines and set them up with lavish accommodations around the world. Adams allegedly provided “favorable treatment in exchange for the illicit benefits he received” from his foreign-national benefactors, according to the indictment. Throughout 2016 and 2017, Adams allegedly received free flights and discounted hotel accommodations (he once paid only $600 for a $7,000 room at the St. Regis Istanbul), but he did not report receiving any gifts to New York City’s Conflicts of Interest Board.Adams allegedly received more than $60,000 worth of free or discounted airline tickets on Turkish Airlines between October 2016 and November 2017.In 2018, when Adams made clear his intention to run for mayor in 2021, he allegedly received unlawful campaign contributions through “straw” donors, who contributed money to his campaign on behalf of foreign nationals and businesses.Through New York City’s program to match small-dollar campaign contributions from New York City residents, Adams also allegedly misused public funds while falsely certifying their compliance with campaign finance law. “As a result of those false certifications, ADAMS’s 2021 mayoral campaign received more than $10,000,000 in public funds,” the indictment alleged. In 2021, Adams’s campaign employees allegedly coordinated with the head of a construction company, who was not Turkish but “a prominent member of a different ethnic community in New York City,” to contribute $10,000 worth of straw-man contributions. The businessman purportedly donated $2,000 and had four of his employees donate the rest, which he then reimbursed—and was matched by the city. In return, Adams helped the businessman to organize events and appeared to assist him in lifting a work-stop order, according to text messages between the two.The indictment alleged that Adams and some others working at his behest attempted to conceal his wrongdoing by insisting that they had actually paid for free services, creating a fake paper trail and even deleting text conversations. Adams allegedly “deleted messages with others involved in his misconduct, including, in one instance, assuring a co-conspirator in writing that he ‘always’ deleted her messages.”In September 2021, the senior Turkish official who’d allegedly plied Adams with free trips attempted to cash in on all of the favors to Adams. The official asked the mayor to pressure the New York City Fire Department to open a new Turkish consular building, a 36-story skyscraper, without a fire inspection. Adams allegedly acquiesced.“Because of ADAMS’S pressure on the FDNY, the FDNY official responsible for the FDNY’s assessment of the skyscraper’s fire safety was told that he would lose his job if he failed to acquiesce,” the indictment said. “And, after ADAMS intervened, the skyscraper opened as requested by the Turkish Official.”Share This StoryRead more about Adams:MAGA Is Already Spinning Wild Conspiracies on Eric Adams’s IndictmentView More PostsRead More: Politics, Law, Supreme Court, Constitution, Foreign Policy, Health Care, Economic Inequality, Taxes, WashingtonBREAKING NEWS POLITICS CLIMATE CULTURE MAGAZINE PODCASTS GAMESEventsTravelBookstoreDonateAdvertiseFAQPressJobsSubmissionsSubscribe to The New RepublicSign Up for Our Newsletters Terms and ConditionsPrivacy PolicyCookie SettingsCopyright 2025 © The New Republic. All rights reserved.

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JD Vance isn't ready

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https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/jd-vance-trump-vice-president-job-qualifications-rcna173109

2024-10-01T10:59:42

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JD Vance's debate performance will be about convincing voters he's up for the jobIE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.Skip to ContentMSNBC LogoLatestRachel MaddowMorning JoeInside with Jen PsakiDeadline: Legal BlogRACHEL MADDOW PRESENTS: ULTRATrump on Trial The ReidOut BlogTrump Documents LibraryColumnistsMSNBC FilmsTrump Transition Share this —SearchSearchFeatured ShowsThe Rachel Maddow ShowMondays 9PM ETMorning JoeWeekdays 6am ETDeadline: White House with Nicolle WallaceWeekdays 4PM ETThe Beat with Ari MelberWeeknights 6PM ETThe ReidOut with Joy ReidWeeknights 7PM ETAll In with Chris HayesTUESDAY-FRIDAY 8PM ETThe Last Word with Lawrence O’DonnellWeeknights 10PM ETThe 11th Hour with Stephanie RuhleWeeknights 11PM ETAlex Wagner TonightTuesday-Friday 9PM ETMSNBC TVWatch LiveListen LiveMoreMSNBC Live EventsMSNBC on PeacockMSNBC ColumnistsTV ScheduleMSNBC NewslettersPodcastsTranscriptsMSNBC Insights CommunityMSNBC StoreHelpTrump Trials Documents LibraryFollow msnbcMore BrandsToday LogoNBC News LogoMore ShowsWay Too EarlyAna Cabrera ReportsJosé Díaz-Balart ReportsChris Jansing ReportsKaty Tur ReportsSymoneThe Katie Phang ShowVelshiInside with Jen PsakiWeekends with Jonathan CapehartAlex Witt ReportsPoliticsNationAymanSearchSearchFacebookTwitterEmailSMSPrintWhatsappRedditPocketFlipboardPinterestLinkedinOpinionJD Vance isn't readyThe first-term senator doesn't have nearly the experience necessary to be a heartbeat away from the presidency.By Hayes Brown, MSNBC Opinion Writer/EditorGov. Tim Walz and Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, hope to use Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate to bolster their respective running mates’ chances in November. Facing a yawning favorability gap with Walz, Vance is readying via both traditional mock debates — with Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., standing in for Walz — and the constant back-and-forth Vance keeps up with reporters on the trail.But as vice president, Vance would have to be ready for one main task: assuming the presidency. It is a duty that nine vice presidents before him have had to fulfill. It is also a possibility we need to discuss given that if Donald Trump returns to the White House, he would be the oldest person ever sworn in as president. Unfortunately, Vance is in no way ready to step in should Trump be no longer able to function as president.But as vice president, Vance would have to be ready for one main task: assuming the presidency. It’s true that the vice presidency itself was originally something of an afterthought for the country’s founders. They tasked the vice president with presiding over the Senate only to give the role something concrete to do besides be a backup executive. But Article II, which supposedly lays out what happens if a vacancy occurs in the presidency, isn’t crystal clear: It says only “In Case of the Removal of the President from Office, or of his Death, Resignation, or Inability to discharge the Powers and Duties of the said Office, the Same shall devolve on the Vice President.”Follow live updates covering the 2024 vice presidential debate between JD Vance and Tim Walz. The lack of specificity was a problem from its first major test, when President William Henry Harrison died in 1841 after just 31 days in office. The question that Vice President John Tyler faced was whether he would be an “acting” or “temporary” president, one who merely took on the tasks of the presidency, or would he succeed to the office himself. Tyler decided on the latter, immediately taking the presidential oath of office. And though he was never a popular chief executive, nobody seemed inclined to challenge this new precedent regarding presidential succession.In modern times, the vice president’s role has grown beyond the constitutional duties assigned to include whatever policy portfolios the president delegates. But the essential duty remains stepping into the presidency if required. It’s almost certain that the debate moderators will ask Vance and Walz whether they feel up to the job at some point during the debate.Of course, both candidates will say “yes” if they are asked; what matters is how many viewers believe their answers. And looking at the experience the two candidates have, there’s much more evidence to support Walz’s readiness than that of Vance. The Democrat is in his second term as governor of Minnesota, giving him years of practice running an executive office. Before that, he spent 12 years in the House, getting an up-close look at how the federal government functions and the way the legislative sausage gets made.In contrast, Vance is in just his second year as an elected official. He has passed no major legislation, and several of those bills that he has submitted have had no co-sponsors at all. Before winning his seat in 2022, he was an author and a Silicon Valley gadabout and served four years in the Marines, mostly as a war correspondent.This makes Vance the least experienced vice presidential candidate since then-Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska was tapped to join the GOP ticket in 2008. The public was deeply skeptical of Palin’s readiness to lead after less than two years as governor, according to a USA Today/Gallup poll taken the day Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., chose her as his running mate. Of those surveyed, 39% said she was “ready to serve as president if needed,” with 33% saying she wasn’t and 29% having “no opinion” about the then-unknown governor. At the time, that was “the lowest vote of confidence in a running mate since the elder George Bush chose then-Indiana senator Dan Quayle to join his ticket in 1988,” according to ABC News.Despite this, if elected Vance could very well become the latest vice president to ascend to the Oval Office in the middle of an administration.Incredibly, Vance has managed to beat that record. According to a late July poll from YouGov, only 29% of respondents believed Vance ready to serve as president, with 38% percent saying he isn’t and another 33% unsure. Vance performed slightly better in YouGov’s August poll — climbing to 30% who thought he’s ready — but still trailed Walz on that front.Despite this, if elected Vance could very well become the latest vice president to ascend to the Oval Office in the middle of an administration. It’s true that Trump himself had never served in office and held almost no experience to become president when he was inaugurated in 2017. But after four years in the White House, even he has more qualifications than Vance. It’s even more striking when you consider Vice President Kamala Harris’ résumé. She’s spent her entire career in public service, going from being San Francisco’s district attorney to attorney general of California to a four-year senator before her current place a heartbeat away from the presidency. President Joe Biden’s quick endorsement of her after he dropped out speaks to his confidence in her. Meanwhile, when Trump was asked whether Vance could step into his shoes “on day one, if necessary,” the former president changed the topic entirely to be about himself.And yet even with that massive gap in their experience, when Harris took over the top of the ticket in late July, Vance claimed to be upset he wouldn’t be facing her himself. “Talk about take-backs,” he said. “I was told I was going to get to debate Kamala Harris, and now President Trump’s going to get to debate her. I’m kind of pissed off about that if I’m being honest with you.”That’s a level of self-regard that I couldn’t even begin to muster. Can you imagine, seeing how well Harris handled Trump while arguing to become the next president, how thoroughly she would have dismantled Vance in an undercard event? Instead, we’ll have to settle for Walz’s performance on Tuesday, as he makes clear that only one person on that stage can be trusted to take on the second-highest office in the land.Hayes BrownHayes Brown is a writer and editor for MSNBC Daily, where he helps frame the news of the day for readers. He was previously at BuzzFeed News and holds a degree in international relations from Michigan State University.AboutContactHelpCareersMSNBC StoreAD ChoicesPrivacy PolicyDo Not Sell My Personal InformationCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)MSNBC SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseJoin the MSNBC Community© 2025 MSNBC Cable, L.L.C.NBC News LogoMSNBC LogoToday Logo

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House subpoenas Mayorkas over Walz’s alleged ties to Chinese Communist Party

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https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/sep/30/house-subpoenas-alejandro-mayorkas-over-tim-walzs-/

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JD Vance doesn't think he needs debate prep to defeat Tim Walz

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2024-10-01T11:18:55

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Transcript: Trump Already Pushing Ugly, Hateful Lie About Hurricane

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https://newrepublic.com/article/186553/transcript-trump-already-pushing-ugly-hateful-lie-hurricane

2024-10-01T11:22:01

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Transcript: Trump Already Pushing Ugly, Hateful Lie About Hurricane | The New Republic You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browserand improve your visit to our site. Skip NavigationThe New RepublicThe New RepublicLATESTBREAKING NEWSPOLITICSCLIMATECULTUREMAGAZINENEWSLETTERSPODCASTSGAMESThe New Republic The New RepublicPodcasts HomepageThe New RepublicThe New RepublicLATESTBREAKING NEWSPOLITICSCLIMATECULTUREMAGAZINENEWSLETTERSPODCASTSGAMESThe New Republic The New Republic Podcasts HomepageThe Daily Blast with Greg Sargent/October 1, 2024PODCASTTranscript: Trump Already Pushing Ugly, Hateful Lie About HurricaneAn interview with the chairperson of the North Carolina Democratic Party, who offers an emotional account of Hurricane Helene's devastation—and responds to Trump's vicious lies about it.Jeff Swensen/Getty ImagesFormer President Donald Trump in Erie, Pennsylvania on September 29, 2024.The following is a lightly-edited transcript of the October 1, 2024 episode of The Daily Blast podcast. To listen to it, click here.This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network. I’m your host, Greg Sargent.Greg Sargent: Right now, western North Carolina is in the midst of a full-blown catastrophe. Due to extreme damage unleashed by Hurricane Helene, towns have been destroyed, roads have been washed out, people are frantically trying to locate friends and relatives, and there have been dozens of deaths. Enter Donald Trump. In a pair of truly ghoulish messages on social media, Trump declared that the federal government and North Carolina’s Democratic governor, Roy Cooper, are deliberately neglecting MAGA parts of the state. Trump said President Biden and Vice President Harris are deliberately letting Americans drown in the state and elsewhere in the South. Today, we’re talking to North Carolina’s Democratic Party chair, Anderson Clayton, about the horrors that the state is going through and about Trump’s reaction to it. Thanks so much for taking the time to talk to us, Anderson.Anderson Clayton: Thank you for uplifting an important part of our state right now that needs it, Greg.Sargent: Anderson, the stories coming out of the western part of the state are just heartbreaking. Can you bring us up to date on what’s going on? Clayton: As folks know, almost 35 counties across western North Carolina are under a federal advisement right now for emergency services after Hurricane Helene came through and ultimately destroyed huge parts of the western part of the state. Asheville and Barnardsville and places like that being the closest impacted, places like Spruce Pine and Mitchell County right now that are still going to be impacted. Folks who are needing help or would like to know more or are being impacted by it can go to readync.gov and be able to find out more information on the ground about how you can access shelters, traffic. Right now they’ve closed off I-40 when you hit Statesville, which is in Iredell County in North Carolina, telling people not to travel to the western part of the state because the terrain out there is not traversable yet, and we want to make sure that emergency personnel are the folks that are getting to have the priority of the roadways right now throughout the western part. Sargent: It’s looking like the rescue of residents is being complicated by cell phone services being down, rescue vehicles are having trouble getting through, gas supplies are running low, and people are having to make these really hard choices about whether to try to move with the gas they have. I think Asheville’s mayor described this as “historic devastation.” The pictures we’re seeing of Asheville underwater, whole towns destroyed. It’s just a horror. What can we all do? Listeners and anyone else, what can we all do right now to make a difference? Clayton: Governor Roy Cooper has opened up a way that you can donate directly to Hurricane Relief. So folks can go to nc.gov/donate, and we’ll make sure we’ve got it on the state party website, too, for the North Carolina Dems. The website’s been published on the governor’s website front page just to make sure that people know where they can support if you are out of state. Supplies is the biggest thing right now. We’re hearing out of Asheville the need for water. We know that water treatment plants were flooded from this crisis, so they’re having to either rebuild treatment plants or wait for the water to go down in them to be able to actually fix whatever may be wrong with them right now. So we’re expecting water delays for at least and up to two weeks in Asheville and surrounding counties. But it wasn’t just places like Buncombe County that got hit, which is one of the hardest things to note. To your point, cell phone access has been down across that entire region. Places like Polk and Henderson counties still have not heard from some folks out there yet that have been lacking that access. We know that it is a true tragedy for just the infrastructure that we’re seeing lost. This changed the entire geography of western North Carolina. Roadways entirely were wiped out. We have bridges going to homes that are up in the hollers in the mountains that are not able to be accessible right now. So we definitely still see this as a full search and rescue in North Carolina and trying to make sure that we’re getting out to people that may be in the more rural and remote and isolated locations in western North Carolina. It’s going to take time. We are really grateful though; the National Guard and over 11 states have sent in folks to help us out. We know that Governor Cooper is on the ground today in Asheville. He waited until the roads were safe to travel to be honest and to make sure that he was not going at a time that would be inconvenient for emergency personnel out there, which we thought was definitely important. He’s going to make sure that our FEMA director is staying out there with him until the situation stabilizes more and that we’ve rescued everyone that we need to. I’ve gotten calls from folks all over the country right now: if you’re missing somebody in western North Carolina or have not heard from them, you can call 211, and please fill out the missing persons with their location and their full description. Make sure that you do a wellness check on somebody if you heard from them two days ago, but you haven’t heard from them since, and that you also dial that number 211 in the state. Sargent: As far as I can tell: Republicans and Democrats pulling together at a time of disaster, not attacking each other, with one exception. Donald Trump. He enters the picture. Now look, I get that people are not going to want to think about Trump at a time like this, but Trump is running for president, and what he’s just done is a reminder of what kind of president he has been and would be again. He figured out a way to pretend that MAGA parts of the state are being neglected deliberately. He claimed that a photo on social media showing Vice President Harris working the phones on the disaster had been staged. What’s your response to all this?Clayton: No one right now should be stoking division at a time where we still have missing people in a state like this. To your point, we have seen Republicans working together, local elected state legislative leaders, and Democrats and Republicans that have been making sure that resources get up to the western part of the state, doing supply drives together. What you see on the ground is a lot different than what you see represented in the Republican Party nationally right now for just how communities are rallying. Roy Cooper as a governor does not care whether you’re a Republican or a Democrat right now. He cares that you’re a North Carolinian and that you’re struggling or that you need help or that someone in your family is still missing and you don’t know where they are. We have definitely had folks that we know are still out there that may have walked or had to leave their cars because of flooding. There was someone that we heard the other day, his son had walked almost 11 miles to get home. He had no idea where he was or if he was all right, but he had gotten there through the woods. Just making sure that we’re taking care of people, and Donald Trump doesn’t seem to have any interest in doing that or making sure that people in North Carolina are OK. Sargent: He’s just doing something altogether different from what most Republicans are doing. Republicans are calling for everyone to pull together. Republicans are not saying what Trump is saying. Trump claimed Governor Brian Kemp of Georgia, which is also getting hammered, had trouble getting President Biden on the phone. But Kemp then said he got Biden quickly and Biden offered Kemp whatever he needs. I think Kemp said he appreciated that. Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, also praised the federal response. It’s Trump and MAGA influencers who are using this disaster to inflame their people. Republicans aren’t doing this. Democrats aren’t doing this. What are you personally hearing from other Republicans on the ground? What’s the chatter?Clayton: I’ll be honest, today I was talking with the Iredell Dems chair, Beth Kendall. Anybody that’s interested, if you’re in Statesville right now or any of the surrounding areas…Like I said earlier, I-40 is closed getting out to the western part of the state through Statesville, but our Democratic headquarters out there is still doing supply drives and actually making sure that we’ve got tractor trailers that are busing supplies up to Watauga County and counties surrounding like Polk County as well in that region. I was on the phone with Beth Kendall talking about what we could do to coordinate more resources, and she had someone, a Moms for Liberty voter, that came in and she said, I wish that our side was doing this and had their headquarters open. It doesn’t have to be something that’s polarizing to folks. Sargent: It doesn’t, but that’s what Trump does. I think we need to talk a little bit about what this says about a second Trump term, what it would be like. He was president during a global disaster, Covid. His incompetence and derangement caused untold numbers of needless deaths. But additionally, he used Covid as a chance to divide people. He said nasty and vicious things about blue states and their need for federal help and so forth. We don’t need to recap all that here. But when Trump falsely claims Biden and Harris are doing the thing he actually did do, it’s not only a grotesque lie, it’s also a reminder that this is how he sees the world, including at times of disaster. Shouldn’t people take that under advisement right now? Clayton: I think that folks have to look at the fact that something like Project 2025 that’s been endorsed by Donald Trump wants to disband something like the National Weather Service that actually targeted where this hurricane would hit landfall right within 25 miles of where it actually did. Something like that has been a huge resource federally. You look at FEMA right now, that’s coming into North Carolina heavily too. That’s going to be here throughout the next couple of months as people get their bearings about them and also make their cases about why they need help and relief, which because President Biden has declared and given us federal emergency, we are able to access FEMA powers right now too. It is important for folks to understand that these natural devastations do mean that we need government’s assistance and help and we don’t want to delegitimize what government help is doing for people across western North Carolina and what it will do to help rebuild it in the next coming years.Sargent: What you’re saying is so important because their project is to try and seduce people into thinking that there’s no such thing as government being neutral in situations like this. What’s deadly to someone like Trump and MAGA and Project 2025 is that people could actually realize that government is being fair to everyone and trying to help everyone regardless of party. They can’t have that. They can’t allow for people to think that. Clayton: Well, and it’s not like every government employee either is a Democrat that’s hired right now. There’s a lot of federal employees that are Republicans that have been in their jobs for a long time. Genuinely, the people that are with the Department of Health and Human Services, our emergency management services in North Carolina. You’ve got national guardsmen out there. It doesn’t matter what political party you are. It just matters that you’re a person that needs help. And that is how everyone is trying to treat this right now, at least within the state of North Carolina. It does not matter what your party affiliation is, it matters the fact that we want to make sure that people are going to nc.gov/donate, and that if people are needing to find someone in the state that they’re dialing 211. That’s what we’re trying to do right now. Sargent: Another thing we need to think about is that this could have a big impact on the election. With the polls of dead heat in North Carolina, a few thousand votes here and there changes the outcome. Western North Carolina, which is facing severe devastation right now, is mostly red, and Trump has to run up big numbers there. But some parts are blue. Broadly speaking, red or blue, do you expect voters to leave the state and what are the challenges that you anticipate in terms of getting people to vote again, whether they’re Republican or Democrat? Clayton: To be honest, we are still again in search and rescue mode in North Carolina. I think that we are having to do strong assessments of what polling locations and what voting will look like afterwards. We know that right now the devastation is hitting hard and that is what our main priority is focused on: making sure that people are OK. I know that there are resources that are trying to be put into backup plans, but there’s also some counties that, like I said, still don’t have cell phone service, still have access to the internet. We don’t know how some polling locations right now are even, if they’re going to be operable. It is a large way back, but we do know we’ve got a great voter protection team at the state party that is going to lean in and help as much as humanly possible. We have a lot of really, really good election officials across the state that we know we’re going to try to make sure that every single vote is counted and matters this year. But our first priority is just making sure that people are safe. Sargent: I want to remind everybody that we had an election during another national disaster in 2020 and elections officials performed heroically. These are nonpartisan. They’re devoted to running the election well for both Republicans and Democrats alike. I do want to ask you this though. Republicans in the North Carolina legislature changed the law to require mail-in ballots to arrive by 7:30 p.m. on election day rather than within three days after election day. Republicans overrode Governor Cooper’s veto. Right now you could have a lot of displaced people in North Carolina. Is it possible that this change in the law could become a bigger issue and what will happen? How will people deal with that?Clayton: We already knew that law was going to disenfranchise voters anyway, dealing with how slow the postal service just is right now, thanks to Donald Trump and his taking over of the postal service in that regard during his first term. There is a huge impact right now on that. We also saw the state, the Republican Court of Appeals in North Carolina delay mail-in ballots in order to get RFK Jr.’s name off the ballot, and the Republican Supreme Court that also held up and backed up the Court of Appeals. There is a lot of postal zip codes that the postal service, or the postal offices, that are there that are not able to actually still take or receive mail. And so there’s going to be a problem making sure that we’re reaching folks like that too. Like I said, we’re still in an assessment phase. I am definitely leaving that up to the State Board of Elections and to our county boards. We are here and we’re going to be able to help figure that out, but we are still in a phase of trying to figure out what this looks like on the ground and the immediacy of it. Again, folks can go to readync.gov if you are in need of help or you would like to see resources in the state for hurricane relief right now. So far we’re going to be monitoring what voter protection efforts look like across the state henceforth.Sargent: So let’s go back to close out to what people are enduring right now in western North Carolina. Where are you from in the state? Do you have friends, relatives, loved ones that you’re in communication with? What are you hearing from there? Clayton: Right now, folks are just trying to make sure everybody is OK. I’m really lucky. My aunt lives in Madison County in Mars Hill and that got hit pretty hard, but she’s OK. I’ve heard from our folks in Morganton and we’ve also heard from a lot of our county party chairs. Some of their homes look flooded, but we’re lucky that they are OK. Some of our county party headquarters are also going to open up as places where folks can come get supplies, especially when the roadways open back up. Make no mistake, we’re in this for the long haul, and the North Carolina Democratic Party is going to be dedicated, especially in those counties that got impacted and hit the hardest. We’re going to do everything we can to help over the next month, two months, two years, because we know it’s going to take a long time to rebuild in communities. That’s what western North Carolina does though. That’s what Appalachia does. They’re resilient. They’re good people, and they deserve all the attention and time that we can give them. Sargent: The rebuilding is just going to be such an epic challenge. It’s really almost unthinkable to see those pictures of whole towns washed out. Tell us one more time what listeners can do to be helpful here. Clayton: If you’re a listener and you’ve got money to give and to donate to hurricane relief, you can go to nc.gov/donate. If you are someone or you know someone in the state of North Carolina that needs resources and needs help right now, you can go to readync.gov. And if you are someone that needs to file a missing persons report or needs a wellness check on anyone that you love or know someone that does in the state, you can dial 211 in North Carolina. Sargent: Folks, please help out if you can. Anderson Clayton, thanks so much for coming on with us today and good luck to you all, really. Clayton: Thanks, Greg.Sargent: Folks, make sure to check out some new content we have up at tnr.com: Kate Aronoff arguing that Hurricane Helene shows that there are no havens from climate change, and Michael Tomasky looking at yet another example of the mainstream media burying a big Trump outrage. And over on the DSR network, check out the latest episode of Above Average Intelligence featuring the justice and intelligence correspondent for NBC News, Ken Dilanian, to talk national security, election interference, and more. We’ll see you all tomorrow.The Daily Blast with Greg SargentTNR’s Greg Sargent takes a critical look at the day’s political news and the stories leading NewRepublic.com, and speaks to leading journalists and newsmakers. 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Jimmy Carter turns 100

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Former president Jimmy Carter celebrates his 100th birthdayIE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.Skip to ContentNBC News LogoTrump adminPoliticsLocalNew YorkLos AngelesChicagoDallas-Fort WorthPhiladelphiaWashington, D.C.BostonBay AreaSouth FloridaSan DiegoConnecticutU.S. NewsWorldBusinessEditors' picksShoppingTiplineSportsHealthScienceCulture & TrendsShare & Save —My NewsManage ProfileEmail PreferencesSign OutSearchSearchProfile My NewsSign Out Sign InCreate your free profileSectionsU.S. NewsDecision 2024PoliticsWorldBusinessSportsInvestigationsCulture & TrendsHealthScienceTech & MediaWeatherVideo FeaturesPhotosNBC SelectNBC Asian AmericaNBC BLKNBC LatinoNBC OUTLocalNew YorkLos AngelesChicagoDallas-Fort WorthPhiladelphiaWashington, D.C.BostonBay AreaSouth FloridaSan DiegoConnecticuttvTodayNightly NewsMSNBCMeet the PressDatelineFeaturedNBC News NowNightly FilmsStay TunedSpecial FeaturesNewslettersPodcastsListen NowMore From NBCCNBCNBC.COMNBCU AcademyPeacockNEXT STEPS FOR VETSNBC News Site MapHelpFollow NBC News news AlertsThere are no new alerts at this timeSearchSearchFacebookTwitterEmailSMSPrintWhatsappRedditPocketFlipboardPinterestLinkedinLatest StoriesTrump adminPoliticsU.S. NewsWorldBusinessEditors' picksShoppingTiplineSportsHealthScienceCulture & TrendsU.S. newsJimmy Carter turns 100The first former president to reach the milestone, he has said he wants to hang on until Oct. 15, when he can vote for fellow Democrat Kamala Harris. Get more newsLiveon / Updated By Corky SiemaszkoJimmy Carter has accomplished something no other former U.S. president has — he notched a 100th birthday.Carter, who served one term in the White House, hit the milestone Tuesday at his home in Plains, Georgia, where he has been receiving hospice care for the last 19 months.The proud Democrat, who has grown increasingly weaker in recent months, has told relatives he wants to hang on until Oct. 15, when early voting begins in Georgia, so he can cast his ballot in the 2024 presidential election.“I’m only trying to make it to vote for Kamala Harris,” Carter said, his grandson Jason Carter told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. A former peanut farmer and Navy veteran, Carter has lived nearly six years longer than another age-defying former president, George H.W. Bush, a Republican who was 94 years and 171 days old when he died on Nov. 30, 2018.Some of Carter's other successors went online to wish him a Happy Birthday. "To put it simply: I admire you so darn much," President Joe Biden posted. Former President Barack Obama, in an online post, lauded Carter's "accomplishments in the White House, his incredible impact since leaving office, his fundamental decency.""You've had a heckuva life," former President George W. Bush said on X. "May God bless you in your final years. May you have peace of mind and peace in your heart. "Carter marked his 100th birthday 10 days after his life and legacy was celebrated with a star-studded concert at the Fox Theater in Atlanta that featured performances of “Love Shack” by Georgia’s own B-52’s and covers of some of the best-known songs by The Allman Brothers, a Southern rock band that raised money for Carter’s successful presidential campaign in 1976.The involvement of what was then one of the nation’s most popular bands in Carter's campaign earned the famously strait-laced candidate the unlikely nickname of “the rock ‘n’ roll president.”While the guest of honor couldn’t be in Atlanta for his shindig, the concert was intended to be a gift for the 39th president, and Carter was expected to watch the special on Georgia Public Television as part of his private family celebration. Not in attendance at his 100th birthday bash was the love of his long, long life, his wife, Rosalynn Carter, who died last November at 96. He made an appearance at her tribute service in a wheelchair, his legs covered in a blanket adorned with both their faces on it.President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, dance at the annual Congressional Christmas Ball at the White House in 1978.Ira Schwarz / AP fileTheir last public appearance together was in September 2023, when they were spotted riding in a black SUV at the Plains Peanut Festival. Carter served in the White House from 1977 to 1981, during which he presided over the Camp David Accords that ended years of conflict between Israel and Egypt, made human rights integral to U.S. foreign policy and took a hard line against the Soviet Union.After losing his bid for re-election to Ronald Reagan, Carter helped turn Habitat for Humanity into a worldwide force for good. And he established the Carter Center to promote and expand human rights, an effort that earned him a Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. Promoting democracy was, in many ways, Carter's life's work. A year after supporters of former President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol to try to stop the certification of President Joe Biden's election, Carter wrote in an opinion piece for The New York Times that "promoters of the lie that the election was stolen have taken over one political party and stoked distrust in our electoral systems."Ever the Southern gentleman, Carter did not mention Trump by name.Corky SiemaszkoCorky Siemaszko is a senior reporter for NBC News Digital.AboutContactHelpCareersAd ChoicesPrivacy PolicyYour Privacy ChoicesCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)NBC News SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseSelect Shopping© 2025 NBCUniversal Media, LLCNBC News LogoMSNBC LogoToday Logo

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Donald Trump, whose Project 2025 would gut FEMA, tries to score points on Helene

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How Project 2025 would treat Helene survivors

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Trump Calls for Day of Violence to Stop Imaginary Crime Wave

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https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trump-calls-for-day-of-violence-to-stop-imaginary-crime-wave.html

2024-10-01T11:38:50

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Trump Calls for Day of Violence to Stop Imaginary Crime Wave Intelligencer The Cut Vulture The Strategist Curbed Grub Street Magazine Subscribe to the Magazine Give a Gift Subscription Buy Back Issues Current Issue Contents New York Shop Subscribe Sign In Account Profile Sign Out Menu Menu Close Close Politics Business Technology Ideas About Intelligencer Newsletters New York App Like Us Follow Us NYMag.com New York Magazine Intelligencer Vulture The Cut The Strategist Grub Street Curbed Search Search Close Subscribe Give A Gift Menu Menu Close Close Politics Business Technology Ideas About Intelligencer Newsletters New York App Like Us Follow Us NYMag.com New York Magazine Intelligencer Vulture The Cut The Strategist Grub Street Curbed Leave a Comment Search Search Close Things you buy through our links may earn Vox Media a commission. early and often Sept. 30, 2024 Trump Calls for ‘Nasty’ Day of Violence to Stop Imaginary Crime Wave By Ed Kilgore, political columnist for Intelligencer since 2015 The mendacity, cruelty, and rage are so on brand. Photo: Jeff Swensen/Getty Images One of the central narratives of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign is that America is awash in violent crime, much of it from migrants deliberately invited across the border by the Biden-Harris administration in order to harvest their illegal votes, and that a Trump restoration will put an abrupt end to all this carnage. It’s quite a false narrative, to be sure, since (1) crime rates are actually dropping steadily; (2) so too are border crossings by migrants; (3) there’s is virtually no evidence of noncitizen voting in any recent national election; and (4) Trump has no real plan to address this phantom menace other than bringing peace and order via his awe-inspiring “strength.” But he keeps saying these things and a lot of people believe them. No Trump 2024 campaign theme, however, is complete without a personal dig at Kamala Harris, and accordingly the former president has added to his “American carnage” rap of massive runaway crime by migrants a variation that attributes a shoplifting spike in San Francisco to Harris’s tenure as district attorney, epitomizing her “left liberal” hatred for law enforcement and the police. Fortunately for victimized store owners, a magic Trump solution is available: a “real rough, nasty … day of violence” by unleashed police officers would take care of the problem, as he explained at his latest rally in Erie, Pennsylvania: The problems with this rant go on and on. Yes, there was a spike in shoplifting in San Francisco in 2021, but it has subsided, and both the rise and fall of property crimes in that city occurred long after Harris’s left the D.A.’s office in 2011. The 2014 voter-approved law (in response to a prison-overcrowding crisis) he is apparently blaming for the shoplifting spike, California’s Prop 47, did not prevent police from arresting people for minor property crimes, much less threaten police jobs and benefits; it simply reduced the penalties from state prison to county jail time. As it happens, Kamala Harris didn’t even endorse Prop 47. As for Trump’s “solution,” it’s about as realistic as his earlier demand that shoplifters be shot on the spot. What does any of this law-and-order demagoguery have to do with the job of being president of the United States? Is Trump going to send the U.S. military into cities to deal with retail theft, one of the most local responsibilities imaginable? The real pièce de résistance of Trump’s latest pyramid of lies on crime was the reaction (per Politico) of his campaign to complaints that he was once again just making stuff up: Asked whether the former president’s idea amounted to a new proposal and how such an operation would work, a campaign official said Trump was “clearly just floating it in jest.”“President Trump has always been the law and order President and he continues to reiterate the importance of enforcing existing laws.” A “day of violence” by vengeful police is not, of course, authorized by existing laws anywhere. But beyond that, it’s striking that whenever the 45th president really goes over the line into open incitement of violence, which is often, we are told he’s just, you know, being himself, with his crude sense of humor. The “just kidding” defense also extends to his underlings, like MAGA social-media warrior (and possible Trump 2.0 attorney general) Mike Davis, as Politico recently explained: Here is a list of things the Republican lawyer turned MAGA-media talking head Mike Davis has said: He wants to send journalists to the “gulag.”He wants to put migrant children in “cages.”He wants to “rain hell” on Washington.He wants the Supreme Court to “dismantle most of the federal government.”How much of it does he actually mean? Well, it’s unclear, because he often says he’s “trolling.” …What is the line between trolling and reality? “Whatever you can get passed,” Davis says. Journalist Salena Zito once famously said that Trump’s supporters take him “seriously, but not literally,” an interpretation that gave him a lot of leeway to say horrible things to “own the libs” and titillate his followers without any accountability for untruthfulness or incitement to violence. But in this campaign, it’s harder than ever to separate the MAGA message from the mendacity, cruelty, and rage on which it monotonously relies. It’s a problem anyone who enjoys the former president’s dangerous rhetorical habits should take seriously. What if he means every word? More on politics Adams, DOJ Due for Court Showdown: Live Updates Trump Blows Up Senate Budget Bill at the Last Minute Trump Cabinet: Hearings Schedule & Who’s Confirmed See All Sign Up for the Intelligencer Newsletter Daily news about the politics, business, and technology shaping our world. Email This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Vox Media, LLC Terms and Privacy Notice By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Notice and to receive email correspondence from us. 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US Presidential Polls Tracker: Trump vs. Harris Latest National Averages

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https://usanewstoday-latest.blogspot.com/2024/10/us-presidential-polls-tracker-trump-vs.html

2024-10-01T11:41:38

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US Presidential Polls Tracker: Trump vs. Harris Latest National Averages Skip to main content Search This Blog USA News Today US Presidential Polls Tracker: Trump vs. Harris Latest National Averages Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps October 01, 2024 US Presidential Polls Tracker: Trump vs. Harris Latest National AveragesPhotos: CollectedPaul :The 2024 presidential race is heating up, with less than a year to go. Every camp has already chosen its key issues and is pushing ahead at full speed. Recent surveys point to a neck-and-neck battle between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. This piece outlines recent national averages in polling, covering recent trends, voter demographics, and what those might mean for both candidates.Overview of Current Polling Data As of October 2024, various polls indicate that the race between Trump and Harris promises to be very tight. The national averages of polling from renowned organizations show Trump is leading by a slight margin. During a recent aggregate of the polls, Trump captures around 47% of the vote, while Harris gets 45%. The numbers obviously say how extremely close this race is, but even more so when considering all the ups and downs in public opinion before the election. Key Polling Sources A number of organizations are actively tracking polling data. Among them: * **Gallup** * **FiveThirtyEight** * **RealClearPolitics** * **YouGov** While the methodologies differ, they largely coalesce around the same high-level narrative: a competitive election with partisan divides. Voter Demographics and Trends # Key Demographics Understanding the demographic breakdown of the electorate is essential to understanding any polling data. Some key demographic insights from recent polls include the following: - **Age:** Harris tends to have younger voters on her side, as about 55% of voters in the age category 18-29 give support for the candidate. Trump captures around 40% in this category. On the other hand, Trump leads among older voters, ages 65+, at about 52%. - **Race**: Harris holds a firm sense of support from Black voters at around 80% of the group supporting her. Trump has support among this group of around 15%. Trump comes out stronger among white voters, especially those in rural areas. - **Gender**: Harris makes up firm ground with women who come out for her at about 54% supporting her, while men are more likely to support Trump at about 51% of the male voters. ### Geographic Trends Regional dynamics also play a considerable role in defining the race. Trump leads by a much healthier margin in the Midwest and Southern states, while Harris has stronger showings in the Northeast and West Coast. The swing states continue to be extremely vital, especially Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin. As a matter of fact, polls conducted in these states reflect a near even split, something that states the high stake involved.Photos: Collected## Analysis of Polling Trends ### Shifts in Public Opinion The two candidates over these months have both gained and lost ground with the public. Harris has been enjoying several increases in her approval ratings after key legislative victories on infrastructure and healthcare matters. Trump, of course, has benefited from his ongoing popularity among Republican voters despite controversies related to his past presidency. Impact of Key Issues There are some issues that define voter preference in this election cycle: Economy: Economic performance and inflation are the concerns of every other voter. To this, about 60% of the respondents consider the economy a very important issue. The clue for Trump was in economic recovery, while Harris emphasized the relevance of equitable growth with social programs. Abortion Rights: Few would question that abortion rights, in high question since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade of 1973, have become galvanizing for many, particularly women voters. Harris is loud and clear on championing reproductive rights, hence the ability of firing up her base and giving her a reason for high support among younger and female voters. Climate Change: Another factor at play is that climate action has increasingly grown to become one of the top voter priorities. This would serve to benefit Harris. Her Administration is deeply committed to taking action on climate change, and this is probably going to appeal to a large extent to the ecologically sensitive urban base. Harris would most likely consolidate support from key demographic groups: women, young people, and minorities. Her efforts to underline social justice, reproductive rights, and economic equity could strengthen her positions in some crucial swing states. Besides that, another important moment will be the mobilization of grassroots movements and actions for her campaign at the local level. (_PCM) It will be about solidifying his base and making appeals to undecided voters. His messaging will be deeply focused on economic recovery, national security, and other conservative traditional values. The momentum for Trump will be of essence in these three battleground states, as small losses in these areas might jeopardize his chances. Forward Glance: Key Dates and Upcoming Polls As the date of the election draws nearer, a sequence of important milestones will shape this political landscape, including: Presidential Debates: These are going to be some imminent presidential debates, with the potential of being most telling in shaping public opinion. Indeed, both contestants will find ample opportunities to detail their manifesto to the people and debunk their rival's story. Early Voting: Casting ballots has become the go-to way to take part in an election. This means voter turnout in the weeks before Election Day will play a crucial role. Harris's team plans to shape their campaign to boost early voter involvement among young people and minority groups. Election Day: On November 5, 2024, it will be sealed after a year-long campaign. Closer polls to this date may give a better sense of the voter sentiments; yet, one thing about American politics is that one could almost expect anything. Conclusion Thus, the presidential contest between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris in 2024 becomes one of the most contentious and closely watched elections in recent times. With national averages reflecting that, it's shaping up to be a close race, and key demographic trends will influence voter preference. That would mean that both candidates need to iron out strategies going into the final stretch. With public opinion still in flux, mobilization, addressing critical issues, and a dent in the trust of the American electorate will remain the focus of attention in these last days. With Election Day just over a month away, every vote will be more important than ever. Harris Kamala Most popular News Resent post Special Trump Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps Comments Post a Comment Popular posts from this blog Goldberg: The political strategy behind Donald Trump's increasingly dark and disturbing rhetoric October 01, 2024 Goldberg: The political strategy behind Donald Trump's increasingly dark and disturbing rhetoric Photos: Collected Last weekend, Donald Trump delivered what even he admitted was a “dark” speech. Beyond the usual nonsense about America ceasing to exist if he loses, he called immigrants here illegally “vile animals” and “monsters” who “will walk into your kitchen, they'll cut your throat.” The supposed enemy of censorship said that the media, including Fox News, shouldn’t “be allowed” to cover Kamala Harris’ speech on immigration. He called Harris “mentally disabled.” And he mused that if police were allowed an hour of “real rough, nasty,” unrestrained violence against shoplifters, the problem would go away. As strange as it sounds, Trump’s increasingly repugnant rhetoric is an effort to win over undecided voters. This might seem like an odd thing to say given that pundits (including me) have said the presidential race is extremely close and that few undecided vot... Read more After a Year of War in Gaza: Reporter's Notebook October 09, 2024 After a Year of War in Gaza Photos: Collected Paul: The Gaza Strip, once a tapestry of vibrant life and community, has irrevocably changed. A year ago, I reveled in the simplicity of routine as a teacher and freelance journalist, nurturing my students and chronicling the stories of a beautiful land. My life was marked by the laughter of children, a thriving cultural landscape, and the warmth of friendships shared along the picturesque coastline. All this seemed plucked from a dream, a reality unburdened by the threats of conflict. The abrupt awakening on October 7, 2023, shattered that dream. The ominous sound of missiles serves as a painful reminder of our current existence, one fraught with despair and uncertainty. Initially, I naively hoped for a swift resolution, but the days turned into months, each echoing the horrors of the last. It is almost inconceivable that we have endured this for an entire year. 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Video Out of North Carolina After Hurricane Helene Is Tough Viewing | Meanwhile, eighty-two Republicans voted to shut down the government as a catastrophic storm prepared to devastate a quarter of the country.

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https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a62449008/hurricane-helene-north-carolina-impact/

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Hurricane Helene Devastated North Carolina Towns and Brought Catastrophic FloodsSearchSubscribeMy BookmarksEntertainmentStyleFoodDrinksSportsLifestyleNews & PoliticsArchiveNewsletterAbout UsFollowOther EditionsYour Privacy ChoicesPrivacy NoticeTerms Of UseSkip to ContentEntertainmentStyleLifestyleShoppingNews & PoliticsSubscribesign inSearch'The White Lotus' Is BackSeth Rogen is the BossBest Single Blade RazorsBest Sketches From SNL50The Best Button-Down EverNewsPolitics With Charles P. PierceVideo Out of North Carolina After Hurricane Helene Is Tough ViewingVideo Out of North Carolina After Hurricane Helene Is Tough ViewingMeanwhile, eighty-two Republicans voted to shut down the government as a catastrophic storm prepared to devastate a quarter of the country. By Charles P. PiercePublished: Sep 30, 2024 1:13 PM EDTSave ArticleSean Rayford//Getty ImagesThe video evidence from western North Carolina looks like something Matthew Brady would have sent back from Antietam. Asheville is currently doing business as a lagoon with coffee shops. And the smaller, outlying towns like Mill Spring and Lake Lure are simply gone, literally blown off what maps they were on in the first place. The storm’s overall butcher’s bill is now more than one hundred all over the southeast. From the Charlotte News & Observer:Many badly pummeled communities in the western part of the state have been isolated since heavy rains struck, due to power outages, missing cell phone signals and absent internet connections. Images from newsrooms and social media show houses floating down a muddied French Broad River, submerged cars and the town of Chimney Rock seemingly erased by a mudslide. More than 200 people were rescued from flood waters, according to Cooper’s office, with North Carolina’s search and rescue teams helped by 19 federal and out-of-state teams. Many mountain locations were pelted with rain totaling more than 10 inches, some as much as 29 inches. That brought catastrophic flooding, Cooper’s office said, with winds that gusted up to hurricane strength.Last week, as Helene was winding up in the Gulf of Mexico, strengthening almost by the minute, the House of Representatives voted on a spending package that would have prevented a government shutdown. Eighty-two Republicans voted to shut down the government as a catastrophic storm prepared to devastate a quarter of the country. Let’s look at the box score.The no votes included eleven members of the House from Florida, including thoroughgoing blowhard Rep. Byron Donald; three from Tennessee; and all five of the Republican members from South Carolina. North Carolina’s delegation remarkably showed good sense; only Rep. Dan Bishop voted against the spending package.Project 2025, the conservative wish list that all good Republicans have never heard of, proposes radical changes in how the Federal Emergency Management Agency does its business, most of which seem to be oriented toward having state and local governments foot most of the bill for natural disasters and raising the criteria for FEMA involvement. This, of course, is at the same time that Project 2025 is crippling NOAA, the National Weather Service, and the National Hurricane Center.And then there’s the inevitable Leonard Leo. The redoubtable Digby hipped us to a report in The Guardian about Leo’s new project—building the same kind of network he’s used to deform the federal judiciary for the purpose of institutionalizing climate denialism in the courts. From The Guardian:The Washington DC-based non-profit Environmental Law Institute (ELI)’s Climate Judiciary Project holds seminars for lawyers and judges about the climate crisis. It aims to “provide neutral, objective information to the judiciary about the science of climate change as it is understood by the expert scientific community and relevant to current and future litigation,” according to ELI’s website....The American Energy Institute (AEI), a rightwing, pro-fossil fuel thinktank, has been attacking ELI and their climate trainings in recent months. In August, the organization published a report saying ELI was “corruptly influencing the courts and destroying the rule of law to promote questionable climate science.”What has happened down there is the winds have changed...Related StoryWe Are Once Again Noting That Trump Sounds NutsWatch Next Advertisement - Continue Reading BelowPolitics With Charles P. 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Trump Claims ‘Nobody Thought’ a Hurricane Would Hit This Time of Year Despite It Being Peak Hurricane Season

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https://www.mediaite.com/trump/trump-claims-nobody-thought-a-hurricane-would-hit-this-time-of-year-despite-it-being-peak-hurricane-season/

2024-10-01T12:05:31

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Ohio businessman getting MAGA death threats for supporting Haitian workers.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/30/us/springfield-ohio-haitians-threats.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Ok4.nHUi.agqohRmk-27j&smid=em-share

2024-10-01T12:12:04

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Congress members press Biden for intelligence briefing, independent investigation of Seattleite's killing by Israeli forces

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https://www.kuow.org/stories/congress-members-press-biden-to-investigate-seattleite-s-killing-by-israeli-forces

2024-10-01T12:25:20

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KUOW - Congress members press Biden for intelligence briefing, independent investigation of Seattleite's killing by Israeli forces Skip to main content News & Stories Race & Identity Congress members press Biden for intelligence briefing, independent investigation of Seattleite's killing by Israeli forces Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez September 26, 2024 / 2:02 pm Aysenur Eygi on UW graduation day Courtesy of Aysenur's family Joined by more than 100 Congress members, a Seattle family continues to call for an independent U.S. investigation into the killing of their 26-year-old daughter, Ayşenur Eygi. Eygi was shot in the head by Israeli defense forces after observing a pro-Palestinian protest in the West Bank on Sept. 6.Israeli government officials said in the days following Eygi’s death that the country’s military "likely" and "unintentionally" killed her. RELATED: Israel says its forces likely unintentionally shot and killed an American activist in the West BankPresident Biden called the shooting "unacceptable" in a written statement published Sept. 11, and said his administration "had full access to Israel’s preliminary investigation" and that it "indicated that [Eygi’s death] was the result of a tragic error resulting from an unnecessary escalation."While President Biden expressed an intention to continue monitoring Israel’s investigation into Eygi's death, her family and various elected officials say that’s not enough.Washington state Democratic Congressman Adam Smith sent a letter, co-signed by 102 Congress members, to Biden, U.S. Secretary Antony Blinken, and Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday casting doubt over Israel’s characterization of the shooting. "This contradicts credible, independent eyewitness accounts that suggest the shooting was intentional without provocation," the letter reads. "A Washington Post investigation based on interviews with eyewitnesses and West Bank residents, photos, and videos indicates the shooting occurred 'more than a half-hour after the height of confrontations in Beita, and some 20 minutes after protesters had moved down the main road — more than 200 yards away from Israeli forces.'" RELATED: Hundreds attend vigil remembering Seattle woman killed by Israeli military in the West Bank Smith requested that the administration commit to and provide a timeline for an independent investigation, and provide a written explanation by Oct. 4 of what U.S. officials currently know about Eygi’s death, and how they’ll hold Israel accountable. "This investigation should include all evidence found and rationale for how findings were determined in a written report to the family," the letter continues. In a response posted online, Eygi’s family members said they were grateful for the support, and reiterated their demands for an independent criminal investigation and accountability. The family still hasn’t received a call from the Biden administration as of Thursday morning, said Juliette Majid, a friend of Eygi’s who is acting as her family’s spokesperson. RELATED: Following Seattle woman's killing in West Bank, local officials respond "The U.S. has the leverage and the power to bring accountability and justice. So why aren't they doing that? Why aren't they fighting for accountability and justice for Ayşenur?" she said. Eygi was planning to come back home to Seattle after her two-leg trip to visit family in Turkey and volunteer with the nonprofit Palestinian advocacy group International Solidarity Group in the West Bank. Reuters reported Monday that Turkish government officials have submitted documents related to their investigation into Eygi’s killing to the International Criminal Court and the United Nations. Read More from Race & Identity or: race and equity international politics Seattle Why you can trust KUOW Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez Race & Identity Reporter Gustavo covers the intersection of race and identity for KUOW, writing stories that center voices often not catered to in typical news. He's most interested in covering how communities effect the levers of power they hold, to effect change. More stories from Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez » Recommended Stories Video appears to show ICE agents targeting Latinos in Washington state, but are mass deportations coming? February 18, 2025 Trump has vowed to end DEI. But in the Seattle area, that work was already dwindling January 29, 2025 Seattle area immigration advocates take stock for second Trump administration November 13, 2024 Get Local Stories Delivered to your inbox daily, weekly, or monthly. Explore Newsletters KUOW is Seattle’s NPR news station. We are an independent, nonprofit news organization that produces award-winning journalism, innovative podcasts, engaging community events, and more. About About KUOW Staff Board Contact Us / Feedback Secure News Tips Careers Impact Report Press Schedule (PDF) Staff Board Support KUOW Support KUOW Donate / Become a Member Wills and Estate Planning Donate Your Car Gift of Securities Business Sponsorship Volunteer Corrections Privacy Policy Terms of Use FCC Public File KUOW on Facebook KUOW on Instagram KUOW on LinkedIn KUOW on TikTok KUOW on YouTube © 2025 KUOW News and Information - v3.16.1 KUOW is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization registered in the US under EIN 91–2079402

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In Nevada, where hospitality rules, tipping is not the issue

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https://www.reuters.com/world/us/nevada-where-hospitality-rules-tipping-is-not-issue-2024-10-01/

2024-10-01T12:28:54

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'Americans Abroad' launch campaign against 'unfair' US tax system

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2024-10-01T12:35:42

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'Americans Abroad' launch campaign against 'unfair' US tax system

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https://www.brusselstimes.com/1114698/accidental-americans-launch-campaign-against-unfair-us-tax-system

2024-10-01T12:36:03

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'Americans Abroad' launch campaign against 'unfair' US tax system Wednesday 19 February 2025 Magazine Brussels Belgium Business Art & Culture EU Affairs World Belgium Unlocked Jobs 'Americans Abroad' launch campaign against 'unfair' US tax systemMost Read'Americans Abroad' launch campaign against 'unfair' US tax systemMonday 1 July 2024 By Maïthé ChiniIllustration image of a man with American flag, March 2014. Credit: Belga/Yorick JansensA group of American citizens living outside the United States have launched a new global "Tax Fairness for Americans" campaign, with the aim of ending the US' discriminatory tax system for those living abroad.As the United States tax system is based on citizenship rather than residency, so-called "accidental Americans" must still pay taxes in the US. These are people who acquired American nationality because they were born in the United States, but have no other ties to the country. The system also affects all other Americans living abroad."Our mission is to free Americans abroad from discrimination by fighting for Residence-Based Taxation, which is the law of the land in nearly every other country in the world," said Brandon Mitchener, Executive Director of the non-profit organisation."American citizens should not have to renounce their US citizenship to avoid discrimination, double-taxation and everyday hassles just for being an American who chooses to live abroad," he added.Lobbying for changeThe "Tax Fairness for Americans Abroad" initiative represents the estimated 9 million Americans living outside the country, for years or permanently. They represent ordinary Americans who moved away, as well as "accidental" ones who were born in the US but only lived there as young children or were born to American parents abroad.The initiative was inspired by Fabien Lehagre, who was born in California and lived there as an infant. He is now the President of the Association of Accidental Americans (AAA), which represents US citizens born abroad or born to non-US parents in the United States."Being American should be a source of pride," he said. "Unfortunately, US legislation and regulations have made being American a financial nightmare for millions of 'accidental Americans' living in other countries." The US flag and the Belgian flag. Credit: Belga/Eric LalmandThe organisation intends to collect and share stories of expat Americans' experience with citizenship-based taxation (CBT) and lobby for changes in US law and regulations. More than 1,300 individual Americans abroad have already donated to the cause with donations averaging $65."We will call on Congress and the US Treasury to ensure Americans abroad are treated fairly and not treated as second-class citizens simply because they choose to live abroad," Mitchener said. "Contrary to popular belief in the United States, the vast majority of the estimated 9 million Americans who live abroad are ordinary Americans – no richer or poorer on average than their counterparts in the US."Americans move abroad to study, to work, for love, for retirement or lots of other normal reasons, for years or permanently, the press release said. "Many were born abroad or grew up outside the United States and do not even speak English."Related News 'Accidental Americans': Court order for Belgium to stop sharing tax data with US annulled 'Accidental' Americans sue US over 'exorbitant' citizenship renunciation fee 'Accidental' and expat Americans join forces to combat unfair US tax law The tax and financial discrimination against Americans abroad results from the 18th Century policy of Citizenship-Based Taxation (CBT). This sees Americans being taxed on their worldwide income – even if they already declare income in the country where they live.This CBT system can be highly complex for Americans living abroad, as it requires them to navigate both the US tax code and the tax laws of the country where they live. "That often means expensive professional tax advice and high compliance costs, usually for little or no US tax liability at the end of the year."Copyright © 2025 The Brussels Times. All Rights Reserved. Advertise Become a Contributor Privacy Policy Careers About Us

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Donald Trump: My Plan to Make America Affordable Again—and Bring Back the American Dream

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https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-my-plan-make-america-affordable-again-bring-back-american-dream-opinion-1961727

2024-10-01T12:38:41

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Louisiana becomes 1st state to list abortion drugs as controlled substances

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https://www.axios.com/local/new-orleans/2024/10/01/abortion-drugs-louisiana-controlled-substances

2024-10-01T12:42:02

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Matt Gaetz Votes Against Disaster Relief Days After Hurricane Ian Hits

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https://www.newsweek.com/matt-gaetz-votes-against-disaster-relief-hurricane-ian-1748055

2024-10-01T12:42:59

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Tim Walz has a secret weapon. It’s Sex.

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https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/10/walz-vance-debate-cbs-trump-democrats-republicans.html?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark&pay=1727786512625&support_journalism=please

2024-10-01T12:43:59

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Walz-Vance debate CBS: How the Minnesota governor can make Democrats sexy again. Advertisement Advertisement Skip to the content Slate Shop Games Newsletters Sign In Account Activating this button will toggle the display of additional content Account Sign out Slate homepage News & Politics Culture Technology Business Life Advice Podcasts Menu Open menu Close menu Menu News & Politics Culture Technology Business Life Advice Podcasts Search Activating this button will toggle the display of additional content Light Dark Auto Subscribe Slate Shop Games Newsletters Sign in Account Sign out Slate homepage Account * On a Golden Hamster Wheel Submit search Enter query Activating this button will toggle the display of additional content Light Dark Auto Politics Tim Walz Has a Secret Weapon. It’s Sex. Hear me out. By Steven Reisner Oct 01, 20245:45 AM Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has a chance to tap into Americans’ deepest subconscious desires. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Tweet Share Share Comment Tweet Share Share Comment The battle for the presidency has taken on mythic proportions. Trump, promising vengeance and retribution, is a modern Hydra, whose many heads spew increasingly venomous lies, about Haitians, women, Jews, and enemies of all races, creeds, and genders. Democrats are looking to their new hero, Kamala Harris, sword in hand, to decapitate each lying head, only to discover that, like the Hydra, Trump sprouts two heads for every one that she cuts off. There is no dent in Trump’s popularity. If anything, it seems to be improving, according to certain polls. If the Democrats are to win, Harris and Tim Walz must find an alternative to combating the Hydra on the monster’s terms. Neither of them has Trump’s killer instincts, but they do have one thing on their side. As Sigmund Freud argued a century ago, on the most primitive level, humans are subject to two primal passions: killing and sex. As we mature, these two drives are sublimated into higher-order emotions: the will to power and the capacity to love, but in the unconscious, the primal passions survive in their primitive form, ready to emerge under stress (or inebriation). In these stressful times, Republicans have become masterful at provoking one of these primitive passions. The fateful question is: Can Democrats mobilize the other in the service of their politics of “joy”? In other words, for Democrats to overcome the politics of killing, they have to find a way to make their campaign exude, well, sex. To be clear, I don’t mean to imply that Walz should get up on the debate stage on Tuesday and wink or blow air-kisses or strip. But I do mean that Walz has to tap into what Freud, in his famous letter to Einstein, called the erotic, in the sense that Plato uses the word Eros: the human instinct to preserve and unite. Freud explained elsewhere that it is this instinct that not only gives us the pleasure of sex, but at the same time brings together “families, then races, peoples and nations, into one great unity, the unity of mankind.” Trump’s campaign is not about the future, or even—Trump’s motto notwithstanding—about the nostalgic past; it’s all about excitement in the here and now. Trump is the master of delivering the titillating pleasure of pure power to his public. But something changed in the most recent debate: Trump abandoned titillation and went all-in with the rhetoric of killing and death. Gone was the teasing aggression, the hints of sexuality mixed with innuendos of destruction. Gone, too, was the shrugging, devil-may-care plausible deniability. In its place, Trump presented an apocalyptic vision of murder and mass destruction: “execution after birth, execution, no longer abortion”; “13 people who were just killed, viciously and violently killed”; killers and “rapists” are “pouring” across the border; “we’re going to end up in a third World War. And it will be a war like no other.” Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Where once, “You’re fired,” was code for killing, now Trump no longer bothers with code. His talk is infused unabashedly with what Freud called the death-drive: “the blindest fury of destructiveness … accompanied by an extraordinarily high degree of narcissistic enjoyment, owing to its presenting the ego with a fulfilment of the latter’s old wishes for omnipotence.” Whether we like it or not, we have to recognize that nearly half of America is ready to align with Trump’s death-drive, because it feels genuinely powerful, and they see no other real choice in these frightening times. The burning question facing America is: Will the other basic drive, which Freud called Eros and Harris and Walz call joy, provide us with an alternative? We all know that Kamala Harris bested Donald Trump in their debate. With her steady confidence and bemused attitude, Harris countered Trump’s spectacle of death with a spectacle of life. On Oct. 1, in the coming vice presidential debate, Democrats will have another opportunity to pit these two drives head-to-head. And, as with the previous debate, each candidate will be vying for an archetypal position in the American unconscious. J.D. Vance’s position, or at least the position he wants to present to the American public, is that of the favorite son who stands ready to step into the father’s shoes. To maintain that role, Vance must defend and magnify every utterance of Trump’s. So, like Trump, he tries to energize his base with talk of violence and horror (when actually, his strengths lie in another direction). Advertisement Advertisement But the archetype Vance wants us to accept is not necessarily the one that we receive.We all know that, in fact, Vance is not Trump’s anointed son, because Trump refuses the possibility of being replaced, and as a result, when he is not ignoring Vance, Trump is contradicting him. Advertisement This gives Walz the opportunity to puncture Vance’s projected image, and transform it to one closer to the emotional truth—that of the rejected child who wants to be the favorite. Walz should do everything he can to make Vance look like a wannabe of meanness and aggression looking for the narcissistic father’s approval. Walz himself presents the polar opposite of narcissism: His archetype of father who wants a better life for his children comes quite naturally. He appears as the loving coach who celebrates the success of others and takes pleasure when his children actually do better than he did; the attentive parent who chides, without rejecting, the child who goes astray. Vance made his political reputation by positioning Democrats as coastal elites who are insensitive to the real struggles of his people, the working class of middle America. Kamala Harris, because she studiously avoids referring to the working class altogether and focuses instead on the middle class, has subliminally been reinforcing Vance’s position. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Walz is just the guy who can change this. But it will require more than avuncular acceptance and more than condemning Republicans’ murder and mayhem stories; it will require an equally passionate, joyful, and yes, sexy, counternarrative. Related From Slate Molly Olmstead I Went to a Pro-Trump Christian Revival. It Completely Changed My Understanding of Jan. 6. Read More Walz already speaks passionately of the values of the working class, the dignity of work, the benefit of unions, and the power of communities. He doesn’t speak of college and the middle class, but of career opportunities and technical training for struggling workers, often quoting his mentor Sen. Paul Wellstone: “We all do better when we all do better.” And he has shown that he can communicate compassionately to young, white working-class men. His good nature and joy are clearly infectious. He only needs to make overt what is not often enough acknowledged, that there is a unique pleasure in the dignity of hard work that does not have to be contextualized as anything else. There is honor and self-respect and (yes, again!) sexuality in being a fit and productive worker. Advertisement Popular in News & Politics He’s Hot. He’s “Dangerous.” He Never Stops Talking. Is the Answer to Trump Hiding in Plain Sight? This Content is Available for Slate Plus members only I Just Figured Out What Elon Musk’s DOGE Really Is Trump Is Rolling Out a Huge Part of Project 2025’s Proposed Attacks on Elections It Would Be Hard. It Would Be Illegal. It Might Be the Only Thing That Can Save the Country. Rather than taking Vance’s playbook and attacking the coastal elites, he can turn the tables and offer the wealthy and middle class something to be envious of, something that money doesn’t buy: the sheer energy of workers’ pride in an honest day’s work and a decent wage, the joy in being able to provide for spouses, children, and friends, and the passion that arises when a person feels that they are contributing to their community. If the Harris-Walz campaign is a campaign of joy and opportunity, this is the joy that all working people can connect to. Advertisement Advertisement In a strange twist, American society, in this era, appears to have gotten itself completely out of touch with what makes people happy. If Walz can offer an alternative to the bitter gratifications of cruelty and resentment that Republicans foster—by welcoming all disaffected Americans into a society that values their Eros and believes in their capacity to be productive—he just might attract enough of them to the Democratic Party in time for the coming election. Need advice on living through this historic and nerve-racking presidential election? Slate wants to help. Submit your questions to Wedge Issues here. It’s anonymous! No question is too dumb—or too existential. Tweet Share Share Comment Democrats Donald Trump Republicans Kamala Harris 2024 Campaign J.D. 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The Vance-Walz Debate Is Hardly ‘High-Stakes’

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Trump falsely says Georgia's governor was unable to talk to Biden about storm damage

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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-georgia-governor-brian-kemp-unable-talk-biden-hurricane-helene-rcna173236

2024-10-01T12:47:32

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Trump falsely says Georgia's governor was unable to talk to Biden about storm damageIE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.Skip to ContentNBC News LogoTrump adminPoliticsLocalNew YorkLos AngelesChicagoDallas-Fort WorthPhiladelphiaWashington, D.C.BostonBay AreaSouth FloridaSan DiegoConnecticutU.S. NewsWorldBusinessEditors' picksShoppingTiplineSportsHealthScienceCulture & TrendsShare & Save —My NewsManage ProfileEmail PreferencesSign OutSearchSearchProfile My NewsSign Out Sign InCreate your free profileSectionsU.S. NewsDecision 2024PoliticsWorldBusinessSportsInvestigationsCulture & TrendsHealthScienceTech & MediaWeatherVideo FeaturesPhotosNBC SelectNBC Asian AmericaNBC BLKNBC LatinoNBC OUTLocalNew YorkLos AngelesChicagoDallas-Fort WorthPhiladelphiaWashington, D.C.BostonBay AreaSouth FloridaSan DiegoConnecticuttvTodayNightly NewsMSNBCMeet the PressDatelineFeaturedNBC News NowNightly FilmsStay TunedSpecial FeaturesNewslettersPodcastsListen NowMore From NBCCNBCNBC.COMNBCU AcademyPeacockNEXT STEPS FOR VETSNBC News Site MapHelpFollow NBC News news AlertsThere are no new alerts at this timeSearchSearchFacebookTwitterEmailSMSPrintWhatsappRedditPocketFlipboardPinterestLinkedinLatest StoriesTrump adminPoliticsU.S. NewsWorldBusinessEditors' picksShoppingTiplineSportsHealthScienceCulture & Trends2024 ElectionTrump falsely says Georgia's governor was unable to talk to Biden about storm damageRepublican Gov. Brian Kemp said President Joe Biden offered any help the state needs.Get more newsLiveon / Updated By Matt Dixon, Adam Edelman and Megan LebowitzFormer President Donald Trump falsely claimed that Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp hasn’t been able to reach President Joe Biden to discuss Hurricane Helene's impacts on his state.“He has been calling the president, but has not been able to get him,” Trump said at a news conference at a furniture store in Valdosta, Georgia.Yet earlier in the day Kemp, a Republican, said that he initially missed Biden’s call but that he called back and that the two were able to connect Sunday evening.“He just said, 'Hey, what do you need?'” Kemp told reporters. “And I told him, you know, we got what we need. We will work through the federal process.”Kemp said Biden told him to call directly if he needed any additional resources. Kemp said he has “been playing phone tag” with Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee for president, but praised the bipartisan response.Biden ripped Trump over the false claim Monday."He’s lying, and the governor told him he was lying," Biden told reporters in the Oval Office. "I don’t know why he does this. And the reason I get so angry about — I don’t care about what he says about me, I care what he what he communicates to people that are in need, implies that we’re not doing everything possible. We are.""So that’s simply not true, and it’s irresponsible," Biden added of Trump. He also said he plans to survey storm damage in North Carolina on Wednesday.Harris told reporters at Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters later in the day that she, too, had connected with Kemp, as well as North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper and other local officials."I have shared with them that we will do everything in our power to help communities respond and recover. And I’ve shared with them that I plan to be on the ground as soon as possible. But as soon as possible without disrupting any emergency response operations, because that must be the highest priority and the first order of business," Harris said.Storm damage at a furniture store in Valdosta, Ga., on Saturday after Hurricane Helene.Sean Rayford / Getty Images fileHurricane Helene made landfall Thursday night in the Florida Panhandle before it ripped through Georgia, leaving more than 500,000 customers without power. It then continued north, causing record flooding in eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina.The death toll now stands at 116 across six states, according to a count by NBC News. A third of the deaths were reported in North Carolina. The number is likely to increase as recovery and search efforts continue.Just before he falsely said Kemp and Biden hadn’t spoken, Trump acknowledged the storm hit just weeks before a major presidential election but said he wasn’t thinking about politics.“At a time like this, when a crisis hits, when our fellow citizens cry out in need, none of that matters,” Trump said. “We are not talking about politics.”Trump, though, has been taking to social media to take overt political shots at Harris, who put up a post on X that she had been briefed by the head of FEMA, accompanied by a photo.Republicans have mocked the photo, saying the sheets of paper look empty and claiming that the headphones aren’t plugged into anything.“Another FAKE and STAGED photo from someone who has no clue what she is doing,” Trump posted. “You have to plug the cord into the phone for it to work!”The Harris campaign didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.Trump has also said the federal government and Democratic governors, including Cooper, are “going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas.”When NBC News asked Trump about that remark after his Valdosta news conference, he said, “Just take a look,” but did not respond to follow-up questions.In an interview with his former adviser Kellyanne Conway, taped shortly before visiting Valdosta, Trump claimed without evidence that the Biden-Harris administration was “going out of their way to hurt” Trump voters in rural North Carolina and declining to provide assistance to Republican areas of the state."They're not getting water, they're not getting anything," Trump said in the interview that aired Monday night.Outside of falsely stating that Kemp had been unable to make contact with Biden, Trump’s brief remarks in Valdosta focused largely on the truckloads of supplies that arrived with him, including water and fuel.“We brought a lot of things ... trailers, many trailers,” he said.Trump also gave a direct shoutout to Elon Musk, whom he said he spoke to directly about trying to set up Starlink, portable internet devices owned by SpaceX, a Musk-run aerospace company.“I just spoke to Elon. We want to get Starlink hooked up,” Trump said. “They have no communication whatsoever.”Local lawmakers in Georgia praised Trump for coming — but some also said they wished that he would have held off visiting the region until more order had been restored from the destruction wrought by the storm.Scott James Matheson, the nonpartisan mayor of Valdosta, said he would have preferred that Trump come later in the week to allow for emergency operations to proceed longer. Still, he said that he was “pretty excited” and that “we want the attention, and I certainly love the aid he’s bringing.”“I would have loved it Wednesday, Thursday or Friday,” he told NBC News said ahead of Trump’s visit, adding, “We’re not going to say ‘no.’”“We’ll get through it, and we’ll get right back to work,” he said.He added, however, that if Trump left the city with "a truckload of water, a tanker full of gas," then it would be "the better for it by a mile."Matheson added that Biden called him Sunday night and “offered every level of support.”“He said there’s just nothing you can ask for that we’re not going to supply,” Matheson said. “He assured me that, he said, nothing’s too hard. It was just a wonderfully supportive phone call.”Meanwhile, state Rep. John LaHood, a Republican who represents a Valdosta-area district, said he was “good with” Trump’s visit — even if it commanded resources that could otherwise have been devoted to emergency operations."I think it brings more attention to the severity of the problems here,” he said before the visit. “I understand resources will be needed, but it’s going to be a quick trip.”LaHood said that he hadn’t yet heard from Biden or Harris or their teams but that he wouldn’t oppose their visiting, either.State House Majority Whip James Burchett, a Republican who represents an area just northeast of Valdosta, praised Trump for “being here and bringing awareness to this devastating storm."Burchett said he hadn’t heard from Biden or Harris or their teams but was “100% supportive of them coming down.”“I would welcome any assistance right now,” he said. “This is not a political issue. We need every asset possible.”Harris canceled planned campaign stops in Las Vegas on Monday and flew back to Washington for a FEMA briefing on the hurricane.Officials in North Carolina were also clear about wanting national politicians to put off prospective visits.Sadie Weiner, a spokesperson for Cooper, said he spoke with both Biden and Harris over the weekend and told them not to come “immediately.”The message “was received positively” by both Biden and Harris, Weiner said, adding that they discussed timing a visit later.Anderson Clayton, the North Carolina Democratic Party chair, reposted a message on X on Saturday that had said “there is absolutely no reason to have a presidential motorcade/presence in a disaster zone while search & rescue is still underway.”Clayton didn’t respond to questions from NBC News.Matt DixonMatt Dixon is a senior national politics reporter for NBC News, based in Florida.Adam EdelmanAdam Edelman is a politics reporter for NBC News. Megan LebowitzMegan Lebowitz is a politics reporter for NBC News.Dareh Gregorian, Alec Hernández and Raquel Coronell Uribe contributed.AboutContactHelpCareersAd ChoicesPrivacy PolicyYour Privacy ChoicesCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)NBC News SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseSelect Shopping© 2025 NBCUniversal Media, LLCNBC News LogoMSNBC LogoToday Logo

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Tim Walz’s state became a ‘trans refuge.’ Here’s what that means and how it happened

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https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/10/01/nx-s1-5103113/minnesota-trans-refuge-walz-vance-transgender-rights

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Tim Walz’s state became a ‘trans refuge.’ Here’s what that means : Shots - Health News : NPR Accessibility links Skip to main content Keyboard shortcuts for audio player Open Navigation Menu Newsletters NPR Shop Close Navigation Menu Home News Expand/collapse submenu for News National World Politics Business Health Science Climate Race Culture Expand/collapse submenu for Culture Books Movies Television Pop Culture Food Art & Design Performing Arts Life Kit Gaming Music Expand/collapse submenu for Music Best Music of 2024 All Songs Considered Tiny Desk Music Features Live Sessions Podcasts & Shows Expand/collapse submenu for Podcasts & Shows Daily Morning Edition Weekend Edition Saturday Weekend Edition Sunday All Things Considered Fresh Air Up First Featured The NPR Politics Podcast Throughline Trump's Terms Wild Card with Rachel Martin More Podcasts & Shows Search Newsletters NPR Shop Best Music of 2024 All Songs Considered Tiny Desk Music Features Live Sessions About NPR Diversity Support Careers Press Ethics Tim Walz’s state became a ‘trans refuge.’ Here’s what that means : Shots - Health News As states around it were passing bathroom bills and trans health care bans, Minnesota, under Gov. Tim Walz, went in the other direction, protecting transgender rights. Shots Health News From NPR Your Health Treatments & Tests Health Inc. Policy-ish Public Health Twitter Shots - Health News Tim Walz's state became a 'trans refuge.' Here's what that means and how it happened October 1, 20245:00 AM ET Heard on All Things Considered Selena Simmons-Duffin Minnesota trans refuge Listen · 4:18 4:18 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/nx-s1-5103113/nx-s1-5202541-1" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript Rep. Leigh Finke, Minnesota's first openly trans legislator, arrives to cheers from supporters just before before the Minnesota Senate introduced the trans refuge bill at the state capitol building in Saint Paul in April 2023. Transgender rights may come up in the vice presidential debate on Tuesday. Stephen Maturen/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Stephen Maturen/AFP via Getty Images MINNEAPOLIS — As Gov. Tim Walz prepares to debate Sen. JD Vance Tuesday night, Minnesota's status as a "trans refuge" state will likely be in the spotlight. "He's very heavy into transgender, anything transgender he thinks is great," former President Trump said on Fox the day after Walz was announced as Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate. (Trump has pledged, if elected, to end gender-affirming care for youth nationally.) In Arizona earlier this month, Vance falsely claimed the "trans refuge" law Walz signed allows the state to "take children away from their parents if their parents don't want to do sex changes." He added, "that is not small government, that is disgusting, and he should be ashamed of himself." Gov. Tim Walz signed three progressive priorities into Minnesota law on April 27, 2023: a ban on conversion therapy for gay people, and two bills that make Minnesota a refuge for people who travel there for abortion and gender affirming care. Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via Getty Images Here's what the "trans refuge" law in Minnesota is, how it's working, and how involved Walz was in getting the law passed. Sponsor Message A Democratic trifecta The first thing to understand about how politically purple Minnesota came to pass this law, is that in 2022, voters elected Democratic majorities in both houses of the legislature and the governorship. It was the first Democratic trifecta in a decade, and lawmakers came in with a list of priorities. Making the state a "trans refuge" wasn't on that list. But freshman Rep. Leigh Finke, the first transgender member of Minnesota's state legislature, made sure it was added. "I knew that we had to do something because the national, coordinated anti-trans wave was building steam," Finke says. Shots - Health News In just a few years, half of all states passed bans on trans health care for kids In 2023, between January and May, 15 states across the country enacted laws banning gender-affirming care for youth, including Minnesota's neighboring states of Iowa, North Dakota and South Dakota. "The dominoes fell in 2023," Finke says. "The self-evident urgency became clear to the members of the Minnesota legislature." Walz's support was key to passage Walz, from the governor's mansion, was an active ally in the effort to protect transgender people in the state and not a newcomer to the issues, Finke says. "Walz is a teacher and his history includes being the Gay Straight Alliance advisor at Mankato West [high school]," she points out. "People who are around young people and have seen what it means to deny people their authentic fullness — they understand it." Sponsor Message He was "clear eyed in his support for this all along," Finke says, and quickly signed an executive order to put some protections in place in case the bill didn't get through the legislature. Because her party had only a very slim majority, Finke says she spoke to "every single Democrat in the legislature — and some of them for hours and hours," about the bill and its importance. The day of the vote in the House, protestors arguing for and against the bill filled the state house. Debate on the floor was contentious and many hours long. "We voted at 5:45 in the morning in the House — it was a filibuster situation — and everybody stayed up and made it happen," she said. In the end, the bill passed in both the house and the senate, and only two Democrats across the legislature voted against it, she says. "I feel incredibly proud and grateful." Walz signed the bill in front of cameras. As he signed, he said "Love wins," and handed one pen to preteen Hildie Edwards, who had testified in support of the law, and another to Rep. Finke. What the law says The text of the law protects the privacy of both patients and clinicians when it comes to gender-affirming care in Minnesota. "If you are trying to access health care for transition-related reasons, you can access that care in the state of Minnesota no matter where you live, and while you are in the state of Minnesota, our laws will protect you," Finke explains. The law also protects medical providers from out-of-state subpoenas. Finke points to how Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton tried to get medical records for transgender Texans from Seattle Children's Hospital. "Under our bill, the attorney general is tasked with protecting people in Minnesota to receive gender-affirming care," she says, so hospitals and doctors in the state don't need to worry about that kind of effort. Rep. Leigh Finke discusses the trans refuge law in Minneapolis' Loring Park. Selena Simmons-Duffin/NPR hide caption toggle caption Selena Simmons-Duffin/NPR The law does not regulate the care itself — it was already legal in Minnesota, and the details of a patient's treatment are governed by standards of care, and by an individual's choices, made in consultation with their family and doctor. Sponsor Message One provision of the law concerns custody cases, which Vance pointed to when he claimed the state of Minnesota could kidnap kids. "There's nothing like that anywhere around this law — it's a made up lie," Finke says. The bill allows certain custody cases to be heard in family court in Minnesota and judges to issue temporary orders, but it does not determine which parent gets custody or hand custody to the state. "The state cannot claim jurisdiction or custody of a child," she says. "Of course it can't." A trans influx Since Minnesota's trans refuge law was in response to anti-trans legislation in states across the country, the circumstances are "much more tragic than celebratory," Finke says. Many trans people and their families living in states with bans feel like they're being driven out. "Hundreds of people and families within the first six months moved to Minnesota — I'm sure that's a major undercount," Finke says. "And I know as the election comes, we're getting more and more." She says trans people and their families are worried about what another Trump presidency could mean for their rights, not just in relation to health care access, but also military service, housing and employment discrimination, among other issues. Policy-ish Her state bans gender-affirming care for teenagers. So she travels 450 miles for it Since Minnesota's law took effect last spring, it has affected health care providers in the state. Children's Minnesota, which runs a gender program for youth, has seen an increase of about 30% in calls from patients in neighboring states. The hospital tells NPR their waitlist is about a year long for new patients, and they have hired new clinicians to keep up with demand. Family Tree Clinic, a Minneapolis provider of gender-affirming care, has begun a program to help train more physicians on this kind of care around the state. Some families who can't relocate end up driving hundreds of miles to see gender-affirming care providers in Minnesota. One Minneapolis doctor told NPR he currently has 15 patients who do so. Sponsor Message Walz leans in On the presidential campaign trail, Walz isn't shy about his support for LGBTQ+ rights. He headlined the recent Human Rights Campaign annual dinner and proudly enumerated the ways that both he and Harris have supported LGBTQ+ rights through their careers. He told the crowd, as he has said many times on the campaign trail, that there's a saying in Minnesota: "Everything works better if you just mind your own damn business and I'll mind mine." Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, running for vice president, addresses the 2024 Human Rights Campaign National Dinner in September. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alex Wong/Getty Images "That's truly a long standing Minnesota value here," says Finke, who was born and raised in the state. "People don't necessarily want to get involved, for better or worse, in their neighbors' lives, and that has allowed us to do a lot of good progressive work." Politics Why Republicans are calling Walz 'Tampon Tim' — and why Democrats embrace it "Some of the earliest trans action for civil rights was done here," she adds. "In 1978, there was a case argued by the ACLU for a trans woman in the Army to be able to stay and keep her job. We were the first state to protect trans people in our Human Rights Act. It's always just been a part of the fabric here." The personal is political Rep. Leigh Finke has faced fierce opposition to her trans legislative work — including threats and harassment. In a way, that has helped fuel her own political rise. "I'm a little bit famous in the Midwest," she grins. "There were some viral moments from the House floor from conservatives going on tirades against me and against trans people, and it provided an opportunity for us to be able to stand strong, to be able to say, 'Here we are, queer forever, you can't just yell at us and have us go away,'" she says. She's had positive attention, too. Last year, she was named the USA Today "Woman of the Year" for Minnesota, and she was recognized as a "Health Hero" by Children's Minnesota. "You can't be what you can't see," Rep. Leigh Finke says, pictured here with young supporters. Stephen Maturen/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Stephen Maturen/AFP via Getty Images And she is happy that there is more representation of trans people in public life than when she was growing up in the 80s and 90s in suburban Minnesota. "You can't be what you can't see," she says, noting that she didn't come out as trans until adulthood. "And I'm so grateful that I did. And I'm so grateful that I get to be in a position now where other people can see not just that there are trans people, but that we're succeeding." Sponsor Message But when she knocks on doors for her re-election bid this fall, Finke says trans issues are not what voters are concerned about. "I think that, in general, people don't want to be talking about trans kids, they would rather just let us live our lives." She's happy to talk about her other political priorities, like housing and the arts and urban tree policy, instead. 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Happy Birthday Jimmy!

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2024-10-01T13:04:05

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Trump 2024 campaign has raised only 52% of 2020 total

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https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/steve-rattner-harris-at-top-of-ticket-sends-donations-soaring-220534853863

2024-10-01T13:07:24

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Steve Rattner: Harris at top of ticket sends donations soaringIE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.Skip to ContentMSNBC LogoLatestRachel MaddowMorning JoeInside with Jen PsakiDeadline: Legal BlogRACHEL MADDOW PRESENTS: ULTRATrump on Trial The ReidOut BlogTrump Documents LibraryColumnistsMSNBC FilmsTrump Transition Share this —SearchSearchFeatured ShowsThe Rachel Maddow ShowMondays 9PM ETMorning JoeWeekdays 6am ETDeadline: White House with Nicolle WallaceWeekdays 4PM ETThe Beat with Ari MelberWeeknights 6PM ETThe ReidOut with Joy ReidWeeknights 7PM ETAll In with Chris HayesTUESDAY-FRIDAY 8PM ETThe Last Word with Lawrence O’DonnellWeeknights 10PM ETThe 11th Hour with Stephanie RuhleWeeknights 11PM ETAlex Wagner TonightTuesday-Friday 9PM ETMSNBC TVWatch LiveListen LiveMoreMSNBC Live EventsMSNBC on PeacockMSNBC ColumnistsTV ScheduleMSNBC NewslettersPodcastsTranscriptsMSNBC Insights CommunityMSNBC StoreHelpTrump Trials Documents LibraryFollow msnbcMore BrandsToday LogoNBC News LogoMore ShowsWay Too EarlyAna Cabrera ReportsJosé Díaz-Balart ReportsChris Jansing ReportsKaty Tur ReportsSymoneThe Katie Phang ShowVelshiInside with Jen PsakiWeekends with Jonathan CapehartAlex Witt ReportsPoliticsNationAymanSearchSearchFacebookTwitterEmailSMSPrintWhatsappRedditPocketFlipboardPinterestLinkedinSteve Rattner: Harris at top of ticket sends donations soaringOct. 1, 202405:45UP NEXT'Factually wrong and insulting': David Ignatius slams Trump's remarks about Ukraine10:14New docuseries 'David Frost Vs' explores career of legendary journalist07:32'This is incomprehensible': Retired general on Trump blaming Ukraine for Russia's invasion07:34'I Am the Cage' focuses on healing after medical trauma04:54See Joe Scarborough fact check Trump on debt, inflation05:54Sen. Coons on how Trump could come to be regarded as 'biggest loser of the 21st Century'09:50NYT: DOGE claims it saved $8B in one contract, but it was only $8M07:57'Craziest way' to make government more efficient: Hidden costs of Musk's cuts08:06Richard Engel: Ukrainian soldiers worried Trump, Putin are 'chopping up' the country02:22Mara Gay: Federal cuts part of an effort to 'destroy' government, not make it efficient11:49'An unwarranted attack': Planned Parenthood pushes back against NYT reporting05:40Luddite Club members still living 'fulfilling, offline lives' in college06:01Russian negotiator says 'positive dialogue' happening during Saudi Arabia talks07:46Four top NYC deputy mayors resign amid Adams controversy07:22Joe: Democrats need to fight to keep Americans safe09:32Department of Homeland Security preparing to fire hundreds of senior leaders this week05:4818 injured after Delta plane landing at Toronto Airport overturns11:28'Very difficult talks': U.S. and Russian officials meeting in Saudi Arabia07:12A 'personal, painful story': Son of Rupert Murdoch on his 'family's unraveling'07:11'A true fighter': Oscar-nominated actress on her character in 'Anora'05:42Morning JoeSteve Rattner: Harris at top of ticket sends donations soaring05:45Share this -CopiedMorning Joe economic analyst Steve Rattner discusses the money race in the 2024 election just five weeks ahead of the election.Oct. 1, 2024Read MoreUP NEXT'Factually wrong and insulting': David Ignatius slams Trump's remarks about Ukraine10:14New docuseries 'David Frost Vs' explores career of legendary journalist07:32'This is incomprehensible': Retired general on Trump blaming Ukraine for Russia's invasion07:34'I Am the Cage' focuses on healing after medical trauma04:54See Joe Scarborough fact check Trump on debt, inflation05:54Sen. Coons on how Trump could come to be regarded as 'biggest loser of the 21st Century'09:50MSNBC HIGHLIGHTS (BEST OF MSNBC)Play AllMorning JoeNew docuseries 'David Frost Vs' explores career of legendary journalistMorning Joe'This is incomprehensible': Retired general on Trump blaming Ukraine for Russia's invasionMorning Joe'I Am the Cage' focuses on healing after medical traumaMorning JoeSee Joe Scarborough fact check Trump on debt, inflationMorning JoeSen. Coons on how Trump could come to be regarded as 'biggest loser of the 21st Century'Morning JoeNYT: DOGE claims it saved $8B in one contract, but it was only $8MPlay AllAboutContactHelpCareersMSNBC StoreAD ChoicesPrivacy PolicyDo Not Sell My Personal InformationCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)MSNBC SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseJoin the MSNBC Community© 2025 MSNBC Cable, L.L.C.NBC News LogoMSNBC LogoToday Logo

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The attack dog and the folk hero: Vance and Walz gear up for debate showdow

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/01/vance-walz-vice-presidential-debate

2024-10-01T13:10:42

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US voters want to hear about economy and immigration in Walz-Vance debate | US elections 2024 | The Guardian Skip to main contentSkip to navigationClose dialogue1/2Next imagePrevious imageToggle captionSkip to navigationPrint subscriptionsNewsletters Sign inUSUS editionUK editionAustralia editionEurope editionInternational editionThe Guardian - Back to homeThe GuardianNewsOpinionSportCultureLifestyleShow moreHide expanded menuNewsView all NewsUS newsUS politicsWorld newsClimate crisisMiddle EastUkraineSoccerBusinessEnvironmentTechScienceNewslettersWellnessOpinionView all OpinionThe Guardian viewColumnistsLettersOpinion videosCartoonsSportView all SportSoccerNFLTennisMLBMLSNBAWNBANHLF1GolfCultureView all CultureFilmBooksMusicArt & designTV & radioStageClassicalGamesLifestyleView all LifestyleWellnessFashionFoodRecipesLove & sexHome & gardenHealth & fitnessFamilyTravelMoneySearch input google-search SearchSupport usPrint subscriptionsNewslettersDownload the appSearch jobsDigital ArchiveGuardian LicensingAbout UsThe Guardian appVideoPodcastsPicturesInside the GuardianGuardian WeeklyCrosswordsWordiplyCorrectionsSearch input google-search SearchSearch jobsDigital ArchiveGuardian LicensingAbout Us JD Vance and Tim Walz. Composite: Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenJD Vance and Tim Walz. Composite: Getty ImagesUS elections 2024 This article is more than 4 months oldUS voters want to hear about economy and immigration in Walz-Vance debateThis article is more than 4 months oldThe pair, who have had sharp words for each other at a distance, will debate in close quarters at CBS event TuesdayRobert Tait in Washington DCTue 1 Oct 2024 04.00 EDTLast modified on Tue 1 Oct 2024 19.51 EDTShareTim Walz and JD Vance, the US Democratic and Republican candidates for vice-president, will face off on Tuesday in what is likely to be the last debate showdown between the two parties’ tickets before election day in exactly five weeks’ time.The pair – who have had sharp words for each other at a distance – will engage in verbal combat in close quarters at a CBS-hosted event in New York, with the stakes raised by polling evidence that shows the contest between the two presidential nominees, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, poised on a knife edge.What time is the Walz-Vance vice-presidential debate tonight? Here’s what to knowRead moreWith Trump, the Republican nominee, continuing to refuse demands from Harris, his Democratic opponent, for a second presidential debate, much may ride on how the clash between Walz and Vance unfolds.The 90-minute duel will have added piquancy after Walz, the 60-year-old governor of Minnesota, memorably described Vance as “weird” while casting him as a key architect of Project 2025, a conservative blueprint for a radical shake-up of American government and society that would crack down intensely on immigration, vanquish LGBTQ+ and abortion rights, diminish environmental protections, overhaul financial policy and take aggressive action against China.Vance, 40, a senator for Ohio who has reinvented himself as a political attack dog for Trump despite disparaging him before entering politics, has hit back by depicting his opponent as a far-left liberal and accusing him of serially misrepresenting aspects of his military service in the national guard.He has also thrown the “weird” jibe back at Walz after the Democratic vice-presidential nominee said his children had been born with the help of IVF – which Vance once voted as a senator to oppose – before it emerged that he and his wife had used a different form of fertility treatment.View image in fullscreenCan’t get enough of the US election? Scan or click here to get our free app and sign up for election alerts.A new poll released on Monday found that US voters specifically want the duo to debate immigration and economic policies – two of the top election issues this year. American voters may also be looking to hear from both sides on handling the unfolding devastation and aftermath of Hurricane Helene, with Trump and Harris visiting affected states this week.The potential for fireworks could be further raised by the fact that CBS’s rules of engagement preclude its moderators, Norah O’Donnell and Margaret Brennan, from factchecking the candidates in real time – as happened at last month’s ABC debate between Harris and Trump in Philadelphia. Instead, the two men will be expected to fact-check each other.Vance enters the debate with arguably more to gain. Since his selection as Trump’s running mate, his approval figures have been consistently in the negatives amid a string of disclosures over derogatory comments about childless women, whom he branded “childless cat ladies”.He has also drawn fire for his role in promoting a debunked rumour about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, eating pets, before later telling CNN – unapologetically – that he’s willing to “create” stories for the purpose of calling attention to “the suffering of the American people”.What we know so far about JD Vance and Tim Walz’s debate stylesRead moreAmid the opprobrium, the Yale-educated Vance – who has prepared for the debate by holding rehearsals with a small team that includes the House Republican whip, Tom Emmer, playing the role of Walz, and his wife, Usha, as an adviser – has gained a high profile by embracing the role of articulator of Trump’s fiercely anti-immigrant America-first populism.Walz, by contrast, has achieved more encouraging polling numbers yet has adopted a low-key posture since Harris chose him as her running mate after being promoted to the top of the Democratic ticket following Joe Biden’s decision to step aside in July.He has given few media interviews and had settled for a lower profile following the acerbic attacks on Vance and other Maga Republicans that were first brought to national attention in the summer – and prompted Harris to select him.Walz, who projects an image of folksiness, has admitted to nervousness about Tuesday’s debate while preparing with the help of Pete Buttigieg, the transportation secretary. He has voiced fears to associates that he may let Harris down and reportedly warned her when she chose him that he was a poor debater.While there is little evidence historically of vice-presidential debates affecting the outcome of presidential elections, past encounters have been notable for producing memorable moments and soundbites.Walz v Vance: two midwesterners miles apart in politics ready for debateRead moreIn 2020, Harris herself was the source of one when she told Mike Pence – Vance’s predecessor as Trump’s running mate and, at the time, the vice president – after he interrupted her. She said: “Mr Vice-President, I’m speaking.”In the 1988 vice-presidential debate, Lloyd Bentsen, running mate to the Democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis, had a ready rejoinder when Dan Quayle, the Republican nominee behind George HW Bush, when quizzed, at age 41 – a year older than Vance – about his relative youth, responded by invoking John F Kennedy.“Senator, I served with Jack Kennedy,” replied Bentsen. “I knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you’re no Jack Kennedy.”Explore more on these topicsUS elections 2024JD VanceTim WalzUS politicsCBSRepublicansDemocratsnewsShareReuse this contentMost viewedMost viewedNewsOpinionSportCultureLifestyleOriginal reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morningSign up for our emailAbout usHelpComplaints & correctionsSecureDropWork for us Privacy policyCookie policyTerms & conditionsContact usAll topicsAll writersDigital newspaper archiveTax strategyFacebookYouTubeInstagramLinkedInNewslettersAdvertise with usGuardian LabsSearch jobsBack to top© 2025 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. (dcr)

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The leaked dossier on JD Vance is revealing in all the things it doesn’t say | US elections 2024

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The leaked dossier on JD Vance is revealing in all the things it doesn’t say | Moira Donegan | The Guardian Skip to main contentSkip to navigationClose dialogue1/1Next imagePrevious imageToggle captionSkip to navigationPrint subscriptionsNewsletters Sign inUSUS editionUK editionAustralia editionEurope editionInternational editionThe Guardian - Back to homeThe GuardianNewsOpinionSportCultureLifestyleShow moreHide expanded menuNewsView all NewsUS newsUS politicsWorld newsClimate crisisMiddle EastUkraineSoccerBusinessEnvironmentTechScienceNewslettersWellnessOpinionView all OpinionThe Guardian viewColumnistsLettersOpinion videosCartoonsSportView all SportSoccerNFLTennisMLBMLSNBAWNBANHLF1GolfCultureView all CultureFilmBooksMusicArt & designTV & radioStageClassicalGamesLifestyleView all LifestyleWellnessFashionFoodRecipesLove & sexHome & gardenHealth & fitnessFamilyTravelMoneySearch input google-search SearchSupport usPrint subscriptionsNewslettersDownload the appSearch jobsDigital ArchiveGuardian LicensingAbout UsThe Guardian appVideoPodcastsPicturesInside the GuardianGuardian WeeklyCrosswordsWordiplyCorrectionsSearch input google-search SearchSearch jobsDigital ArchiveGuardian LicensingAbout Us ‘The dossier concerns many worries that Vance is not conservative enough. It also seems preoccupied with how the senator has wounded Trump’s ego.’ Photograph: David Muse/EPAView image in fullscreen‘The dossier concerns many worries that Vance is not conservative enough. It also seems preoccupied with how the senator has wounded Trump’s ego.’ Photograph: David Muse/EPAOpinionUS elections 2024 This article is more than 4 months oldThe leaked dossier on JD Vance is revealing in all the things it doesn’t sayThis article is more than 4 months oldMoira DoneganThe 271-page file overlooks almost everything that average voters, especially women, might find distasteful about VanceTue 1 Oct 2024 06.00 EDTLast modified on Wed 2 Oct 2024 06.49 EDTShareThe public got a peek into the inner workings of the Trump campaign last week, when the independent journalist Ken Klippenstein did what major news outlets refused to: he published the opposition research dossier on JD Vance’s electoral vulnerabilities that was written by the Trump campaign in the lead-up to the VP announcement.The dossier, which was obtained in a hack thought to have been perpetrated by Iranian state interests, would have been compiled by Donald Trump’s camp as part of a routine vetting process as the Republican campaign surveilled possible VP picks and assessed their strengths and weaknesses. It is thorough: at 271 pages, it contains a robust and factual accounting of the vice-presidential candidate’s public statements and associations going back years. As such, it offers a unique perspective into how the Trump campaign views the race – and how they understand the controversial man who is now in their No 2 spot.It’s not just Trump v Harris: America’s men and women are also locked in battle now | Jonathan FreedlandRead moreBut the document, a litany of everything the Trump camp thinks is wrong with Vance, is maybe most revealing for what it omits: there is almost nothing about his comments on women, and nothing at all about his extensive, repeated and impassioned hatred for childless women, including the “cat ladies” comment that has been Vance’s stickiest scandal and perhaps his greatest contribution to the campaign thus far. The comments that provoked the ire of thousands of women – including no less influential a figure than Taylor Swift – and turned the race partly into a referendum on the purpose and value of women’s lives were nowhere to be found in the document.Instead, the dossier was largely focused on comments by Vance that make him vulnerable with an audience of one: that is, his past negative statements about Trump.The mainstream news organizations that declined to publish this hacked document justified this decision by saying that much of the information was not newsworthy. If this is their standard, it seems to be a new one: in 2016, when Russian-backed hackers obtained emails from the Hillary Clinton campaign, one of the disclosures included risotto cooking tips from campaign chair John Podesta. (He says that adding the liquid slowly helps the rice become creamier, in case you’re interested.) But the Vance dossier is newsworthy, though not because of what it reveals about Vance. What the document says about Vance himself is largely a matter of public record. What is newsworthy, instead, is what the document exposes about the Trump campaign’s priorities.The dossier concerns many worries that Vance is not conservative enough. It also seems preoccupied with how the Ohio senator has wounded Trump’s ego. The absence of Vance’s extreme gender views from the document suggests that the Trump campaign did not understand his comments on women to even be controversial: they don’t seem to have thought that it would come up.Maybe the Trump campaign is staffed with people, including the apparatchiks who do its vetting, who have so little exposure to feminism (or, perhaps, to women more broadly) that it simply did not occur to them that anyone would find Vance’s ravings about women offensive. Maybe the Trump camp made the calculation – one certainly not exclusive to the political right – that women’s investment in their own rights is partial and unserious, and that they would not be moved by gendered insults to their dignity in anything like meaningful numbers. Maybe they assumed that gender politics is now a man’s game, and that appeals to masculine woundedness and grievance now carry much more sway than appeals to women’s rights do. If this is what they think – that misogyny can be an asset for them but never a liability – it would certainly explain some of their actions.As the election looms, can Harris’s campaign juggle joy with a sense of gravity? | Osita NwanevuRead moreBut the salience of the comments also signals something else that has changed this election: Trump no longer solely sets the terms of the conversation. Trump’s ability to command attention and to dictate the news cycle has noticeably waned this term – think, for instance, of how quickly and decisively each of his not one but two assassination attempts disappeared from the front pages, and how little an impact they seem to have ultimately had on his support. Trump has been unable to get a nickname to stick to Kamala Harris; he has been unsuccessful in his efforts to generate vulgar distractions about her sexual history or the authenticity of her racial identity.So far, all he has managed to do is spread lurid and racist lies that have made life hell for the residents of Springfield, Ohio. Trump’s vulgarity, his hysterics, his domineering indifference to the truth – all these used to fascinate voters, or at least the national media. But Trump has lost his juice.Which brings us to the other reason why the dossier may not have contained many of Vance’s most potent vulnerabilities: perhaps Trump’s staff overlooked them because they assumed that they would be able to generate the narrative on their own, assuming that it was they, and they alone, who would dictate what the media covered and what the public cared about. Those days are over. Just ask your local cat lady. Moira Donegan is a Guardian US columnist Explore more on these topicsUS elections 2024OpinionJD VanceUS politicsDonald TrumpRepublicansHackingcommentShareReuse this contentMost viewedMost viewedNewsOpinionSportCultureLifestyleOriginal reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morningSign up for our emailAbout usHelpComplaints & correctionsSecureDropWork for us Privacy policyCookie policyTerms & conditionsContact usAll topicsAll writersDigital newspaper archiveTax strategyFacebookYouTubeInstagramLinkedInNewslettersAdvertise with usGuardian LabsSearch jobsBack to top© 2025 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. (dcr)

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Watch: Rachel Maddow lays out why you should care about JD Vance's real agenda

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Watch: Rachel Maddow lays out why you should care about JD Vance's real agendaIE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.Skip to ContentMSNBC LogoLatestRachel MaddowMorning JoeInside with Jen PsakiDeadline: Legal BlogRACHEL MADDOW PRESENTS: ULTRATrump on Trial The ReidOut BlogTrump Documents LibraryColumnistsMSNBC FilmsTrump Transition Share this —SearchSearchFeatured ShowsThe Rachel Maddow ShowMondays 9PM ETMorning JoeWeekdays 6am ETDeadline: White House with Nicolle WallaceWeekdays 4PM ETThe Beat with Ari MelberWeeknights 6PM ETThe ReidOut with Joy ReidWeeknights 7PM ETAll In with Chris HayesTUESDAY-FRIDAY 8PM ETThe Last Word with Lawrence O’DonnellWeeknights 10PM ETThe 11th Hour with Stephanie RuhleWeeknights 11PM ETAlex Wagner TonightTuesday-Friday 9PM ETMSNBC TVWatch LiveListen LiveMoreMSNBC Live EventsMSNBC on PeacockMSNBC ColumnistsTV ScheduleMSNBC NewslettersPodcastsTranscriptsMSNBC Insights CommunityMSNBC StoreHelpTrump Trials Documents LibraryFollow msnbcMore BrandsToday LogoNBC News LogoMore ShowsWay Too EarlyAna Cabrera ReportsJosé Díaz-Balart ReportsChris Jansing ReportsKaty Tur ReportsSymoneThe Katie Phang ShowVelshiInside with Jen PsakiWeekends with Jonathan CapehartAlex Witt ReportsPoliticsNationAymanSearchSearchFacebookTwitterEmailSMSPrintWhatsappRedditPocketFlipboardPinterestLinkedinWatch: Rachel Maddow lays out why you should care about JD Vance's real agendaOct. 1, 202411:13UP NEXTTrump oddly squeamish under questioning about contact with Putin07:55Musk's clueless job slashing backfires again; principled protest resignations stymie Trump's agenda05:06'Biggest mistake of my life': Regret sets in for Trump voters as Republican politicians panic 06:55'The IRS is freaking out': Trump pushes to give Musk acolyte access to Americans' personal tax data04:32Debunked explanations for Musk's reckless firings expose true goal of wrecking the government08:27'Have you considered resigning?': Maddow calls out Trump staffers who fired nuclear safety personnel07:02DOJ's Eric Adams drama may enter new chapter as judge considers attempt to dismiss case04:47'Not well received': Hegseth, Vance embarrass themselves on international stage08:54'Tech genius' image wears thin after series of errors calls DOGE competence into question06:34Gov. 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This is part two of two clips cut from the Monday, September 30, 2024 Rachel Maddow Show. Find part one and other Maddow clips on YouTube at MSNBC.com/Rachel.Oct. 1, 2024Read MoreUP NEXTTrump oddly squeamish under questioning about contact with Putin07:55Musk's clueless job slashing backfires again; principled protest resignations stymie Trump's agenda05:06'Biggest mistake of my life': Regret sets in for Trump voters as Republican politicians panic 06:55'The IRS is freaking out': Trump pushes to give Musk acolyte access to Americans' personal tax data04:32Debunked explanations for Musk's reckless firings expose true goal of wrecking the government08:27'Have you considered resigning?': Maddow calls out Trump staffers who fired nuclear safety personnel07:02MSNBC HIGHLIGHTS (BEST OF MSNBC)Play AllMorning JoeNew docuseries 'David Frost Vs' explores career of legendary journalistMorning Joe'This is incomprehensible': Retired general on Trump blaming Ukraine for Russia's invasionMorning Joe'I Am the Cage' focuses on healing after medical traumaMorning JoeSee Joe Scarborough fact check Trump on debt, inflationMorning JoeSen. Coons on how Trump could come to be regarded as 'biggest loser of the 21st Century'Morning JoeNYT: DOGE claims it saved $8B in one contract, but it was only $8MPlay AllAboutContactHelpCareersMSNBC StoreAD ChoicesPrivacy PolicyDo Not Sell My Personal InformationCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)MSNBC SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseJoin the MSNBC Community© 2025 MSNBC Cable, L.L.C.NBC News LogoMSNBC LogoToday Logo

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Steve Rattner: Harris at top of ticket sends donations soaring

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2024-10-01T13:20:08

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Steve Rattner: Harris at top of ticket sends donations soaringIE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.Skip to ContentMSNBC LogoLatestRachel MaddowMorning JoeInside with Jen PsakiDeadline: Legal BlogRACHEL MADDOW PRESENTS: ULTRATrump on Trial The ReidOut BlogTrump Documents LibraryColumnistsMSNBC FilmsTrump Transition Share this —SearchSearchFeatured ShowsThe Rachel Maddow ShowMondays 9PM ETMorning JoeWeekdays 6am ETDeadline: White House with Nicolle WallaceWeekdays 4PM ETThe Beat with Ari MelberWeeknights 6PM ETThe ReidOut with Joy ReidWeeknights 7PM ETAll In with Chris HayesTUESDAY-FRIDAY 8PM ETThe Last Word with Lawrence O’DonnellWeeknights 10PM ETThe 11th Hour with Stephanie RuhleWeeknights 11PM ETAlex Wagner TonightTuesday-Friday 9PM ETMSNBC TVWatch LiveListen LiveMoreMSNBC Live EventsMSNBC on PeacockMSNBC ColumnistsTV ScheduleMSNBC NewslettersPodcastsTranscriptsMSNBC Insights CommunityMSNBC StoreHelpTrump Trials Documents LibraryFollow msnbcMore BrandsToday LogoNBC News LogoMore ShowsWay Too EarlyAna Cabrera ReportsJosé Díaz-Balart ReportsChris Jansing ReportsKaty Tur ReportsSymoneThe Katie Phang ShowVelshiInside with Jen PsakiWeekends with Jonathan CapehartAlex Witt ReportsPoliticsNationAymanSearchSearchFacebookTwitterEmailSMSPrintWhatsappRedditPocketFlipboardPinterestLinkedinSteve Rattner: Harris at top of ticket sends donations soaringOct. 1, 202405:45UP NEXT'Factually wrong and insulting': David Ignatius slams Trump's remarks about Ukraine10:14New docuseries 'David Frost Vs' explores career of legendary journalist07:32'This is incomprehensible': Retired general on Trump blaming Ukraine for Russia's invasion07:34'I Am the Cage' focuses on healing after medical trauma04:54See Joe Scarborough fact check Trump on debt, inflation05:54Sen. Coons on how Trump could come to be regarded as 'biggest loser of the 21st Century'09:50NYT: DOGE claims it saved $8B in one contract, but it was only $8M07:57'Craziest way' to make government more efficient: Hidden costs of Musk's cuts08:06Richard Engel: Ukrainian soldiers worried Trump, Putin are 'chopping up' the country02:22Mara Gay: Federal cuts part of an effort to 'destroy' government, not make it efficient11:49'An unwarranted attack': Planned Parenthood pushes back against NYT reporting05:40Luddite Club members still living 'fulfilling, offline lives' in college06:01Russian negotiator says 'positive dialogue' happening during Saudi Arabia talks07:46Four top NYC deputy mayors resign amid Adams controversy07:22Joe: Democrats need to fight to keep Americans safe09:32Department of Homeland Security preparing to fire hundreds of senior leaders this week05:4818 injured after Delta plane landing at Toronto Airport overturns11:28'Very difficult talks': U.S. and Russian officials meeting in Saudi Arabia07:12A 'personal, painful story': Son of Rupert Murdoch on his 'family's unraveling'07:11'A true fighter': Oscar-nominated actress on her character in 'Anora'05:42Morning JoeSteve Rattner: Harris at top of ticket sends donations soaring05:45Share this -CopiedMorning Joe economic analyst Steve Rattner discusses the money race in the 2024 election just five weeks ahead of the election.Oct. 1, 2024Read MoreUP NEXT'Factually wrong and insulting': David Ignatius slams Trump's remarks about Ukraine10:14New docuseries 'David Frost Vs' explores career of legendary journalist07:32'This is incomprehensible': Retired general on Trump blaming Ukraine for Russia's invasion07:34'I Am the Cage' focuses on healing after medical trauma04:54See Joe Scarborough fact check Trump on debt, inflation05:54Sen. Coons on how Trump could come to be regarded as 'biggest loser of the 21st Century'09:50MSNBC HIGHLIGHTS (BEST OF MSNBC)Play AllMorning JoeNew docuseries 'David Frost Vs' explores career of legendary journalistMorning Joe'This is incomprehensible': Retired general on Trump blaming Ukraine for Russia's invasionMorning Joe'I Am the Cage' focuses on healing after medical traumaMorning JoeSee Joe Scarborough fact check Trump on debt, inflationMorning JoeSen. Coons on how Trump could come to be regarded as 'biggest loser of the 21st Century'Morning JoeNYT: DOGE claims it saved $8B in one contract, but it was only $8MPlay AllAboutContactHelpCareersMSNBC StoreAD ChoicesPrivacy PolicyDo Not Sell My Personal InformationCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)MSNBC SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseJoin the MSNBC Community© 2025 MSNBC Cable, L.L.C.NBC News LogoMSNBC LogoToday Logo

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East and Gulf coast ports shut down as thousands of workers go on strike: Longshoremen are demanding higher pay and protections against automation.

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East and Gulf coast ports shut down as thousands of workers go on strike NBC News Logo2024 ElectionU.S. NewsLocalWorldBusinessSportsShoppingHealthTiplineCulture & TrendsScienceNBC News LogoSectionsU.S. NewsDecision 2024PoliticsWorldBusinessSportsInvestigationsCulture & TrendsHealthScienceTech & MediaWeatherVideo FeaturesPhotosNBC SelectNBC Asian AmericaNBC BLKNBC LatinoNBC OUTLocalNew YorkLos AngelesChicagoDallas-Fort WorthPhiladelphiaWashington, D.C.BostonBay AreaSouth FloridaSan DiegoConnecticutFeaturedNBC News NowNightly FilmsStay TunedSpecial FeaturesNewslettersPodcastsListen NowtvTodayNightly NewsMSNBCMeet the PressDatelineFollow NBC NewsMore From NBCCNBCNBC.COMNBCU AcademyPeacockNEXT STEPS FOR VETSNBC News Site MapHelpAboutContactHelpCareersAd ChoicesPrivacy PolicyYour Privacy ChoicesCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)NBC News SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseSelect ShoppingSelect Personal Finance© 2024 NBCNEWS.COMBusiness NewsEast and Gulf coast ports shut down as thousands of workers go on strikeLongshoremen are demanding higher pay and protections against automation.SHARE THIS —Sep. 30, 2024, 4:21 PM EDT / Updated Oct. 1, 2024, 12:27 PM EDTBy Mike Calia, Steve Kopack and Jason AbbruzzeseTens of thousands of longshoremen went on strike at midnight ET, shutting down major ports along the East and Gulf coasts and choking off deliveries of everything from produce to auto parts.Consumers aren’t likely to feel the pinch unless a walkout lasts for multiple weeks, because businesses and logistics firms took pre-emptive steps to blunt the impact with the holiday shopping season about to kick off. But a work stoppage could still cost the U.S. economy anywhere from several hundred million dollars to $4.5 billion a day, analysts and business groups say. Costs from redirecting goods along longer routes would be passed on to consumers.The ports handle about half the ocean imports in the U.S. Varying estimates say the strike encompasses 25,000 to 50,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association. All told, the ILA has 85,000 members. Union leaders argue that big global cargo carriers have raked in huge profits since pandemic-era supply-chain snags drove up freight rates, saying workers haven’t sufficiently shared in those gains.In a video posted to an ILA Instagram account, Harold J. Daggett addressed union workers at Maher Terminals in Elizabeth, New Jersey. "This is going down in history what we're doing here," he said. "They can't survive too long," he added.Read moreThe strike caps months of heated rhetoric between the union and the United States Maritime Alliance, or USMX, which represents major ocean freight and port operators. The union is seeking raises, as well as limits on automation at ports that it says could cost jobs. The two sides hadn’t negotiated in the days leading up to the potential stoppage.“The Ocean Carriers represented by USMX want to enjoy rich billion-dollar profits that they are making in 2024, while they offer ILA Longshore Workers an unacceptable wage package that we reject,” the union said in a statement Monday.The USMX, meanwhile, said that it had been exchanging offers with the union and had hoped to avoid a work stoppage. A container ship left the Port of Newark, N.J., on Monday hours before a threatened strike halted operations.Spencer Platt / Getty Images“Our offer would increase wages by nearly 50 percent, triple employer contributions to employee retirement plans, strengthen our health care options, and retain the current language around automation and semi-automation,” it said in a news release.Several industries are prepared for the strike, having ordered goods in advance when it became apparent that a stoppage could start Tuesday, but analysts expect more serious impacts if the walkout lasts several weeks or longer. Trucking and other logistics companies raced in recent days to get as many goods as possible out of ports before a potential strike.The vast port operations of New York and New Jersey stand to be most affected, with about 4,500 workers. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said in a news release that she urged the two sides to come to an agreement but that preparations had been made to keep shelves stocked."In preparation for this moment, New York has been working around the clock to ensure that our grocery stores and medical facilities have the essential products they need," she said. "It’s critical for USMX and the ILA to reach a fair agreement soon that respects workers and ensures a flow of commerce through our ports. In the meantime, we will continue our efforts to minimize disruption for New Yorkers."Read moreBusiness groups, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, have urged President Joe Biden to intervene using the 1947 Taft-Hartley Act. Under that authority, Biden could seek a so-called 80-day cooling-off period that would force dockworkers to stay on the job.But while the White House has been in touch with the ILA and the USMX in recent days, Biden has said he isn’t looking to invoke the law. An intervention could also unsettle relations with organized labor 35 days before Election Day, as Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris looks to maximize her union support against Republican former President Donald Trump.“Because it’s collective bargaining, I don’t believe in Taft-Hartley,” Biden told reporters Sunday.On Tuesday, Biden called for negotiations to continue and urged USMX to increase worker wages in line with executive compensation."It is time for USMX to negotiate a fair contract with the longshoremen that reflects the substantial contribution they’ve been making to our economic comeback," Biden said in a statement.Mike CaliaMike Calia is the managing editor for business and the economy at NBC News.Steve KopackSteve Kopack is a producer at NBC News covering business and the economy.Jason AbbruzzeseJason Abbruzzese is the assistant managing editor of tech and science for NBC News Digital.Lori Ann LaRocco, CNBC, Kyla Guilfoil and Josh Cradduck contributed.CONTINUE READINGwe and our partners use cookies on this site to improve our service, perform analytics, personalize advertising, measure advertising performance, and remember website preferences. by using the site, you consent to these cookies. for more information on cookies including how to manage your consent visit our cookie policy.continueAboutContactHelpCareersAd ChoicesPrivacy PolicyYour Privacy ChoicesCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)NBC News SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseSelect ShoppingSelect Personal Finance© 2024 NBC UNIVERSALNBC News LogoMSNBC LogoToday Logo

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East and Gulf coast ports shut down as thousands of workers go on strike: Longshoremen are demanding higher pay and protections against automation.

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East and Gulf coast ports shut down as thousands of workers go on strike NBC News Logo2024 ElectionU.S. NewsLocalWorldBusinessSportsShoppingHealthTiplineCulture & TrendsScienceNBC News LogoSectionsU.S. NewsDecision 2024PoliticsWorldBusinessSportsInvestigationsCulture & TrendsHealthScienceTech & MediaWeatherVideo FeaturesPhotosNBC SelectNBC Asian AmericaNBC BLKNBC LatinoNBC OUTLocalNew YorkLos AngelesChicagoDallas-Fort WorthPhiladelphiaWashington, D.C.BostonBay AreaSouth FloridaSan DiegoConnecticutFeaturedNBC News NowNightly FilmsStay TunedSpecial FeaturesNewslettersPodcastsListen NowtvTodayNightly NewsMSNBCMeet the PressDatelineFollow NBC NewsMore From NBCCNBCNBC.COMNBCU AcademyPeacockNEXT STEPS FOR VETSNBC News Site MapHelpAboutContactHelpCareersAd ChoicesPrivacy PolicyYour Privacy ChoicesCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)NBC News SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseSelect ShoppingSelect Personal Finance© 2024 NBCNEWS.COMBusiness NewsEast and Gulf coast ports shut down as thousands of workers go on strikeLongshoremen are demanding higher pay and protections against automation.SHARE THIS —Sep. 30, 2024, 4:21 PM EDT / Updated Oct. 1, 2024, 12:27 PM EDTBy Mike Calia, Steve Kopack and Jason AbbruzzeseTens of thousands of longshoremen went on strike at midnight ET, shutting down major ports along the East and Gulf coasts and choking off deliveries of everything from produce to auto parts.Consumers aren’t likely to feel the pinch unless a walkout lasts for multiple weeks, because businesses and logistics firms took pre-emptive steps to blunt the impact with the holiday shopping season about to kick off. But a work stoppage could still cost the U.S. economy anywhere from several hundred million dollars to $4.5 billion a day, analysts and business groups say. Costs from redirecting goods along longer routes would be passed on to consumers.The ports handle about half the ocean imports in the U.S. Varying estimates say the strike encompasses 25,000 to 50,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association. All told, the ILA has 85,000 members. Union leaders argue that big global cargo carriers have raked in huge profits since pandemic-era supply-chain snags drove up freight rates, saying workers haven’t sufficiently shared in those gains.In a video posted to an ILA Instagram account, Harold J. Daggett addressed union workers at Maher Terminals in Elizabeth, New Jersey. "This is going down in history what we're doing here," he said. "They can't survive too long," he added.Read moreThe strike caps months of heated rhetoric between the union and the United States Maritime Alliance, or USMX, which represents major ocean freight and port operators. The union is seeking raises, as well as limits on automation at ports that it says could cost jobs. The two sides hadn’t negotiated in the days leading up to the potential stoppage.“The Ocean Carriers represented by USMX want to enjoy rich billion-dollar profits that they are making in 2024, while they offer ILA Longshore Workers an unacceptable wage package that we reject,” the union said in a statement Monday.The USMX, meanwhile, said that it had been exchanging offers with the union and had hoped to avoid a work stoppage. A container ship left the Port of Newark, N.J., on Monday hours before a threatened strike halted operations.Spencer Platt / Getty Images“Our offer would increase wages by nearly 50 percent, triple employer contributions to employee retirement plans, strengthen our health care options, and retain the current language around automation and semi-automation,” it said in a news release.Several industries are prepared for the strike, having ordered goods in advance when it became apparent that a stoppage could start Tuesday, but analysts expect more serious impacts if the walkout lasts several weeks or longer. Trucking and other logistics companies raced in recent days to get as many goods as possible out of ports before a potential strike.The vast port operations of New York and New Jersey stand to be most affected, with about 4,500 workers. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said in a news release that she urged the two sides to come to an agreement but that preparations had been made to keep shelves stocked."In preparation for this moment, New York has been working around the clock to ensure that our grocery stores and medical facilities have the essential products they need," she said. "It’s critical for USMX and the ILA to reach a fair agreement soon that respects workers and ensures a flow of commerce through our ports. In the meantime, we will continue our efforts to minimize disruption for New Yorkers."Read moreBusiness groups, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, have urged President Joe Biden to intervene using the 1947 Taft-Hartley Act. Under that authority, Biden could seek a so-called 80-day cooling-off period that would force dockworkers to stay on the job.But while the White House has been in touch with the ILA and the USMX in recent days, Biden has said he isn’t looking to invoke the law. An intervention could also unsettle relations with organized labor 35 days before Election Day, as Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris looks to maximize her union support against Republican former President Donald Trump.“Because it’s collective bargaining, I don’t believe in Taft-Hartley,” Biden told reporters Sunday.On Tuesday, Biden called for negotiations to continue and urged USMX to increase worker wages in line with executive compensation."It is time for USMX to negotiate a fair contract with the longshoremen that reflects the substantial contribution they’ve been making to our economic comeback," Biden said in a statement.Mike CaliaMike Calia is the managing editor for business and the economy at NBC News.Steve KopackSteve Kopack is a producer at NBC News covering business and the economy.Jason AbbruzzeseJason Abbruzzese is the assistant managing editor of tech and science for NBC News Digital.Lori Ann LaRocco, CNBC, Kyla Guilfoil and Josh Cradduck contributed.CONTINUE READINGwe and our partners use cookies on this site to improve our service, perform analytics, personalize advertising, measure advertising performance, and remember website preferences. by using the site, you consent to these cookies. for more information on cookies including how to manage your consent visit our cookie policy.continueAboutContactHelpCareersAd ChoicesPrivacy PolicyYour Privacy ChoicesCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)NBC News SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseSelect ShoppingSelect Personal Finance© 2024 NBC UNIVERSALNBC News LogoMSNBC LogoToday Logo

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JD Vance’s time on the trail has often been overshadowed by self-made controversy

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https://www.npr.org/2024/10/01/nx-s1-5060281/vp-debate-jd-vance-haitian-migrants-abortion-childless-cat-ladies

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VP debate offers JD Vance an opportunity to overcome campaign trail struggles : NPR Accessibility links Skip to main content Keyboard shortcuts for audio player Open Navigation Menu Newsletters NPR Shop Close Navigation Menu Home News Expand/collapse submenu for News National World Politics Business Health Science Climate Race Culture Expand/collapse submenu for Culture Books Movies Television Pop Culture Food Art & Design Performing Arts Life Kit Gaming Music Expand/collapse submenu for Music Best Music of 2024 All Songs Considered Tiny Desk Music Features Live Sessions Podcasts & Shows Expand/collapse submenu for Podcasts & Shows Daily Morning Edition Weekend Edition Saturday Weekend Edition Sunday All Things Considered Fresh Air Up First Featured The NPR Politics Podcast Throughline Trump's Terms Wild Card with Rachel Martin More Podcasts & Shows Search Newsletters NPR Shop Best Music of 2024 All Songs Considered Tiny Desk Music Features Live Sessions About NPR Diversity Support Careers Press Ethics VP debate offers JD Vance an opportunity to overcome campaign trail struggles Republican Ohio Sen. JD Vance is prolific on the campaign trail with speeches and talking to reporters, but his messaging has at times been overshadowed by controversy often of his own making. Politics JD Vance's time on the trail has often been overshadowed by self-made controversy October 1, 20245:00 AM ET Heard on Morning Edition Stephen Fowler VANCE BACKGROUND Listen · 3:36 3:36 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/nx-s1-5060281/nx-s1-09fc7405-b23d-443f-825e-9b7320bf01d6" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance speaks to a crowd during a rally at the Berks County Fairgrounds on Sept. 21, in Leesport, Penn. Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images Republican vice presidential nominee Ohio Sen. JD Vance has been an aggressive messenger for Donald Trump's campaign vision for the future and is a constant fixture on the trail, doing interviews and taking questions from the press. But in the 11 weeks since Vance joined the GOP presidential ticket, that message has been overshadowed by controversy — often of Vance's own making. His acceptance speech in Milwaukee at the Republican National Convention was heavy on biography and nodded towards a more polished take on Trump's often dire rhetoric. "My friends, tonight is a night of hope," he said. "A celebration of what America once was, and with God's grace, what it will soon be again. And it is a reminder of the sacred duty we have to preserve the American experiment, to choose a new path for our children and grandchildren." Sponsor Message News JD Vance vows to fight for 'forgotten communities' in hometown rally Vance's selection came at a moment when Trump was leading in key battleground polls after President Biden's poor debate performance and the GOP was rallying around Trump after an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania. The freshman Ohio senator was viewed as the MAGA heir apparent to the party's future. But in the run-up to Tuesday's vice presidential debate between Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, there have been two conflicting forces at work on the trail: the message that Vance wants to get out, and what actually sticks. Take his first solo campaign rally in his hometown, just days after the RNC, where he delivered a populist speech vowing to help lift up "forgotten communities all across our country." "We're going to fight for every single worker in this country," he said. "If you work hard and play by the rules, you ought to be able to put a good dinner on the table and send your kids to whatever vacation and whatever school you want to." But another line that broke through to the public — and not for good reason — was a comment about Diet Mountain Dew. "Democrats say that it is racist to believe — well, they say it's racist to do anything," he said. "I had a Diet Mountain Dew yesterday and one today. I'm sure they're going to call that racist, too." Sponsor Message Older comments have drawn blowback In the days that followed, Trump struggled to quickly pivot his campaign message to address Vice President Harris after President Biden dropped out of the race, but Vance was quick to fill in the gaps to question her record and make her the focus of attacks on immigration, inflation and other top Republican issues. When Harris named Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate and the pair embarked on a swing state blitz, Vance was there, too, countering the Democratic message with the case for a Republican presidency. Elections As Democrats barnstorm battleground states, so does JD Vance "It is normal people who suffer when Kamala Harris refuses to do her job, and it is normal people who stand to benefit the most when we re-elect Donald J. Trump president of the United States," he said in Philadelphia. But Vance's rapid ascension in politics means he has relatively less experience as a campaigner, delivering stump speeches or handling the intense scrutiny on past and present statements. So the prebuttal tour came as Vance was also dealing with uproar over old comments he made deriding Democrats in charge as quote "childless cat ladies." Politics What Tim Walz's past debate performances reveal about how he may take on JD Vance "It's not a criticism of people who don't have children," Vance said in an interview with Megyn Kelly. "I explicitly said in my remarks despite the fact the media has lied about this that this is not about criticizing people who for various reasons didn't have kids. This is about criticizing the Democratic Party for becoming anti-family and anti-child." But the damage was done, as Vance's old comments provided Democrats an opening to attack the GOP ticket as sexist and out of touch. His false claims about migrants have caused controversy, too Then, there's more recent remarks, like a weeks-long inflammatory crusade against Haitian migrants living in Springfield, Ohio that Vance has sought to use as a cudgel to attack Democrats over immigration. Sponsor Message "The American media totally ignored this stuff until Donald Trump and I started talking about cat memes," Vance said in a Sept. 15 CNN interview. "If I have to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people, then that's what I'm going to do." State and local Republican leaders in Ohio have rejected claims made by Trump and Vance about Haitian migrants in Springfield. The city's mayor told news outlets that Vance's staff knew the conspiracies about eating pets were false before Trump uttered the lies on the debate stage last month. Several times, Vance has also staked out policy positions for the ticket that Trump has later disagreed with or shot down, like when Vance said that Trump would veto a national abortion ban. "I didn't discuss it with JD, in all fairness," Trump said on the debate stage. "And I don't mind if he has a certain view, but I don't think he was speaking for me." Where Trump offered a "concept of a plan" for health care, Vance answered a question after a Raleigh, North Carolina campaign speech with more details of how Republicans would overhaul health insurance risk pools under the Affordable Care Act, a broadly unpopular proposal. Vance's exchanges with reporters can turn testy Elsewhere on the campaign trail, Vance has also been prolific when it comes to messaging campaign goals, frequently doing media interviews, delivering speeches and taking questions after most every stop — prioritizing local journalists. But those Q and A sessions can turn contentious, with the crowd often booing questions from journalists as Vance takes the opportunity to paint himself as a pugilist for Trump, whether it be queries about interest rate cuts or questions about the campaign's support of North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, who allegedly called himself a "Black Nazi" among other things on a porn forum more than a decade ago. (Robinson has denied the allegation.) Sponsor Message Vance, who was a combat correspondent in the Marine Corps, regularly lectures reporters about what he perceives to be unfair coverage of him and frequently directs them to ask Harris questions instead. Even in more casual campaign settings, Vance has struggled at times to connect. At one stop at a doughnut shop in Valdosta, Georgia, an employee was awkwardly put on the spot by the candidate — she then asked not to be filmed on camera. On another visit to a Pennsylvania sandwich shop last weekend, Vance was left standing outside in a parking lot after some initial confusion because staff at the shop were never given advance notice of his visit. All of these things have contributed to Vance having the lowest favorability rating on this year's presidential ballot — and one of the lowest of any VP pick in recent history. 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'Admire you so darn much' | President Biden delivers birthday message for Jimmy Carter

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https://www.11alive.com/article/news/politics/jimmy-carter/president-biden-birthday-message-jimmy-carter/85-32b12cdf-40cd-4e69-be54-0527f94e20ef

2024-10-01T13:39:15

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President Biden birthday wish for Jimmy Carter | What he said | 11alive.com Skip Navigation Share on Facebook Share on SMS Share on Email Navigation News Back Local Near Me Politics Crime Nation World Traffic Investigations Features Atlanta & Company Entertainment Latest News Stories MARTA faces $89 million in budget 'challenges' under possible federal funding cuts, agency CEO says Senate confirms Kelly Loeffler, former Georgia senator, to lead Small Business Administration Weather Back Forecast Radar 10-Day Webcams Maps Closings & Delays Submit a Closing Latest Weather Stories North Georgia braces for decade-low February temperatures Weather Impact Forecast | Arctic Blast sends wind chills into the 0s, 10s early Thursday Sports Back High School Sports Atlanta Braves Atlanta Falcons Atlanta Hawks Atlanta United Atlanta Dream College Football AJC Peachtree Road Race Olympics Locked on Podcast Network Latest Stories William Byron joins the likes of Richard Petty, Cale Yarborough with second straight Daytona 500 win Dawsonville's Chase Elliott looking to match his dad's 1987 feat at Daytona 500 VERIFY Search Search: Search Right Now Atlanta, GA » 43° Atlanta, GA » Weather Closings Advertise With Us 11Alive News Investigates Atlanta & Company Better Work The Georgia Vote Contests Locked On Sports Atlanta Community Companies That Care Breaking News More () » Jimmy Carter Here's what Joe Biden posted to celebrate Jimmy Carter's 100th birthday Biden praised Carter's conviction and compassion, as well as his being a beloved friend for him and his family. Credit: ASSOCIATED PRESS Former President Jimmy Carter, right, is seen with Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) Author: Jesse Nussman Published: 9:20 AM EDT October 1, 2024 Updated: 9:20 AM EDT October 1, 2024 ATLANTA — Folks around the nation, including the current occupant of the White House, are wishing former President Jimmy Carter a happy birthday as he turns 100 on Tuesday. In a video posted to X, Biden told Carter, "You've always been a moral force for our nation in the world." Biden praised Carter's conviction and compassion, as well as his being a beloved friend for him and his family. A benefit concert and the construction of 30 new homes are among the many events marking President Jimmy Carter's 100th birthday on Oct. 1. Happy 100th Birthday, President Carter.To put it simply: I admire you so darn much. pic.twitter.com/09DUDUlz9d— President Biden (@POTUS) October 1, 2024 There's also a virtual card online, courtesy of the Carter Center, which you can sign to show your support. More on Carter legacy Presidential historian Cassandra Newby-Alexander, professor of Virginia Black history and culture at Norfolk State University, said the strength of Carter’s legacy is in his morality. Unlike many who claim to care about the disadvantaged, Carter has shown that they — and not power or money — are his main concern, Newby-Alexander said. “I think he has probably done more personally in his post-presidency than anyone else because he’s not out there looking for attention,” she said. “He’s looking to change things. He’s not out there trying to make money for himself. He’s out there trying to live the life of a Christian — a true Christian, one who cares about the poor and the homeless and the children.” While leadership in philanthropy is often gauged by the size of donations or the heft of assets under management, Carter’s giving came in the form of his seemingly ceaseless personal effort. From building homes to monitoring elections and pursuing the elimination of a painful but neglected disease, Carter used his stature and presence to rally resources and attention to his causes. “In so many ways, he set the standard for how presidents should be in their post-presidency, as someone who is going to continue to do good, someone who’s going to continue to positively impact society,” Newby-Alexander said. Carter’s legacy of giving back also includes working to eradicate Guinea worm, a commitment The Carter Center has made since 1986. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had identified the disease as a candidate for eradication after smallpox. Carter took up the mantle, vowing to outlive the last such parasite. “To the demise of the worm” is the catchphrase, according to Dr. Jordan Tappero, deputy director for neglected tropical diseases at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which has given $263 million to The Carter Center since 2000, mostly to support its work on Guinea worm. The number of cases has fallen from 3.5 million when the center started to only 13 known cases in humans in 2022, and now focuses on closing the “last mile” of infections in several African countries. Even after Carter entered hospice in February 2023, Tappero said, Carter was still contacting his team. “He still wants updates and wants to know what’s going on because his mind will never stop until the last heartbeat,” Tappero said, speaking in March 2023. Related Articles President Jimmy Carter's condition remains unchanged ahead of 100th birthday, grandson says Jimmy Carter at 100: A century of changes for a president, the US and the world since 1924 A concert and 30 new homes mark Jimmy Carter's 100th birthday and long legacy of giving Close Ad To stream 11Alive on your phone, you need the 11Alive app. Download the 11Alive app More Videos Next up in 5 Example video title will go here for this video Next up in 5 Example video title will go here for this video In Other News View of Jimmy Carter's final resting place Before You Leave, Check This Out Jobs Terms of Service Privacy Policy Ad Choices EEO Public File Report FCC Online Public Inspection File Closed Caption Procedures Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information © 2025 WXIA-TV. All Rights Reserved.

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North Carolina Officials Begin Post-Helene Election Planning (Gift Article)

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https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/30/us/helene-north-carolina-elections.html?unlocked_article_code=1.O04.vQ2b.YuB2gHwtUd47&smid=url-share

2024-10-01T13:43:55

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North Carolina Officials Begin Post-Helene Election Planning

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2024-10-01T13:44:41

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Trump and Harris Step Up Efforts to Woo Mormon Voters

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https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/27/us/politics/trump-harris-mormon-voters.html

2024-10-01T13:48:25

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CBS offers QR code to fact check VP Debate in real time.

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https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/cbs-offers-qr-code-to-fact-check-vp-debate-in-real-time

2024-10-01T13:50:42

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CBS Offers QR Code to Fact-Check VP Debate in Real Time | TV Tech Skip to main content Open menu Close menu TV Tech Search Search TV Tech RSS News Opinions Products Events Resource Center Subscribe TrendingNAB ShowAI for M&ENextGen TVFCCFebruary 2025 Issue News Miscellaneous CBS Offers QR Code to Fact-Check VP Debate in Real Time By Tom Butts published 1 October 2024 Debate between JD Vance and Tim Walz takes place tonight at 9 PM ET When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Getty Images) Viewers of the Vice Presidential debate on CBS tonight will be able to use QR codes to fact check Republican VP Candidate JD Vance and Democratic VP Candidate Tim Walz.Fact-checking has had a rather checkered history in recent campaign debates, with certain presidential candidates advocating the process—which allows moderators to correct incorrect statements from the debate stage—while others claim biased moderators corrupt the events.Former President Donald Trump, for example, severely criticized moderators of the only debate between himself and Vice President Kamala Harris last month, calling for one of the moderators—ABC News Anchor David Muir—to be fired and for the FCC to repeal ABC’s broadcast license, eliciting this response from FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel:“The First Amendment is a cornerstone of our democracy,” she said. “The FCC does not revoke licenses for broadcast stations simply because a political candidate disagrees with or dislikes content or coverage.”CBS News, which will air the debate live tonight at 9:00 p.m. ET, is taking another approach—offering up a QR code for viewers to scan with their devices that wil take them to a CBS News website where about 20 CBS journalists will fact-check the debaters comments in real-time, according to the New York Times. Although the debate will be simulcast on most major broadcast and news networks, the code will only appear on CBS.“The idea is to give people that second-screen experience,” said Claudia Milne, the senior vice president for standards and practices at CBS News told the Times, adding, “The audience can get the takeaway they need in a responsible and smart way.”The debate will be moderated by Norah O’Donnell, the anchor of “CBS Evening News” and Margaret Brennan, host of CBS’s Sunday morning political talk show “Face the Nation,” and marks the first time a presidential or vice presidential debate has been moderated by two women. Ms O’Donnell will be stepping down after the election.Get the TV Tech NewsletterThe professional video industry's #1 source for news, trends and product and tech information. Sign up below.Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsorsBy submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over. TOPICS CBS News CATEGORIES Miscellaneous Tom ButtsSocial Links NavigationTom has covered the broadcast technology market for the past 25 years, including three years handling member communications for the National Association of Broadcasters followed by a year as editor of Video Technology News and DTV Business executive newsletters for Phillips Publishing. In 1999 he launched digitalbroadcasting.com for internet B2B portal Verticalnet. He is also a charter member of the CTA's Academy of Digital TV Pioneers. Since 2001, he has been editor-in-chief of TV Tech (www.tvtech.com), the leading source of news and information on broadcast and related media technology and is a frequent contributor and moderator to the brand’s Tech Leadership events. 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This is what we are up against! And it is scary as h*ll.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeVhHNSe9Ks

2024-10-01T13:51:15

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Watch: Rachel Maddow lays out why you should care about JD Vance's real agenda - YouTubeAboutPressCopyrightContact usCreatorsAdvertiseDevelopersTermsPrivacyPolicy & SafetyHow YouTube worksTest new featuresNFL Sunday Ticket© 2025 Google LLC

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Kamala Harris says insomnia hit after Biden dropped out, she was sleep-deprived the day of Walz pick

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https://nypost.com/2024/09/30/us-news/kamala-harris-says-insomnia-hit-after-biden-dropped-out-was-sleep-deprived-the-day-of-walz-pick/?utm_source=reddit.com

2024-10-01T13:54:40

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Watch: Rachel Maddow lays out why you should care about JD Vance's real agenda.

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2024-10-01T13:54:59

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Iran preparing imminent missile attack against Israel: Senior U.S. official

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2024-10-01T14:01:06

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Iran preparing imminent missile attack against Israel: Senior U.S. official

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Port Workers Strike Turns Violent in Baltimore

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https://www.fox5dc.com/news/port-workers-strike-turns-violent-baltimore

2024-10-01T14:09:19

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Port workers strike turns violent in Baltimore | FOX 5 DC LiveNewsWeatherThings To DoContests More Watch Live Expand / Collapse search ☰ Search site News Washington, D.C.VirginiaMarylandNational NewsCrimeSportsBusinessConsumerHealthPersonal FinanceFOX News SundayWeather ForecastFOX 5 SkycamsTrafficSchool Closings & DelaysFOX 5 Weather AppFOX WeatherGood Day LION Lunch HourCooking With ComoLights! Camera! McCarthy!DMV DestinationsPay It ForwardZip Trip 2024FOX 5 DC Originals LION Lunch HourDMV ZoneLike It Or Not!The Final 5On The HillIn The CourtsFOX 5 Live ZoneThree Weeks of Hell: The DC SnipersMotivation with MarissaThe Good WordMissing PiecesRegional News New York News - FOX 5 NYPhiladelphia News - FOX 29 PhiladelphiaNew Jersey News - My9NJPolitics ElectionElection ResultsKamala HarrisDonald J. TrumpD.C. PoliticsMaryland PoliticsVirginia PoliticsWatch TV ListingsLiveNOW from FOXFOX ShowsHow to watch FOX 5 DC on FOX LocalAbout Us FOX 5 Live InstaPollClosed CaptioningContact UsFOX LOCAL App for Smart TVFOX 5 NewsletterFOX 5 Mobile AppsSocial MediaContestsFCC Public FileFCC ApplicationsInternshipsJobs at FOX 5 Personalities Winter Storm Warning until THU 6:00 PM EST, Prince George County Port workers strike turns violent in Baltimore By Melanie Alnwick Updated October 1, 2024 12:41pm EDT News FOX 5 DC Share Copy Link Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Port workers strike turns violent in Baltimore The port workers strike in Baltimore turned violent Tuesday just hours after the contract between the ports and about 45,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association expired at midnight. BALTIMORE - The port workers strike turned violent in Baltimore Tuesday just hours after the contract between the ports and about 45,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association expired at midnight. FOX 5’s Melanie Alnwick was at the Broening Highway Dundalk Marine Terminal and says initially there was confusion and anger as picketers allegedly tried to stop trucks from entering the complex. She spoke with Robin, a trash hauler, who told her he had been attacked by some of the workers overnight. "I come here for seven years. I've pulled the trash and the debris out of here for the Port of Baltimore," he told Alnwick. "The officer told me to come back and go in there and get out of my way, and they attacked me and broke the windshield and lacerated my face. Look at it." Union members at the scene told Alnwick the truck hit one of the picketers as they swarmed around it. FOX 5 crews did see an ambulance come to assist, and we know that Robin did speak with police officers. Baltimore police warned picketers that they cannot block the entrance to the port. READ MORE: Port strike: Dockworkers at East and Gulf Coast ports walk picket lines over wages, automation Image 1 of 13 ▼ Port workers strike turns violent in Baltimore Workers began picketing at the Port of Baltimore shortly after midnight, walking in a circle holding signs that read "Machines Don’t Feed Families Support ILA Worker" and "No Work Without A Fair Contract." The union initially demanded a 77% pay raise over six years, citing inflation and years of minimal increases, according to President Harold Daggett. ILA members earn a base salary of about $81,000 annually, with some exceeding $200,000 due to overtime. On Monday evening, the alliance countered with a 50% raise over six years and promised to maintain existing limits on automation. The union, however, seeks a complete ban on automation. The exact gap between the two sides remains unclear. Early Tuesday, the union rejected the alliance’s latest proposal, stating it "fell far short of what ILA rank-and-file members are demanding in wages and protections against automation." Formal negotiations have not occurred since June. "We are prepared to fight as long as necessary, to stay out on strike for whatever period of time it takes, to get the wages and protections against automation our ILA members deserve," Daggett said in the statement. "They must now meet our demands for this strike to end." The alliance’s offer also included tripling employer contributions to retirement plans and enhancing health care options. Supply chain experts suggest consumers won’t immediately feel the strike’s impact, as retailers have preemptively stocked up on goods, including holiday items. The strike is expected to quickly impact perishable imports, such as bananas. Ports affected by the strike handle 3.8 million metric tons of bananas annually, accounting for 75% of the U.S. supply, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation. The strike could also disrupt exports from East Coast ports and cause congestion at West Coast ports, where workers belong to a different union. While railroads claim they can increase freight capacity from the West Coast, analysts believe it won’t be enough to compensate for the closure of Eastern ports. 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Dockworkers go on strike that could reignite inflation and cause shortages in the holiday season

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Business Dockworkers may have the negotiating advantage in their strike against US ports Dockworkers may have the negotiating advantage in their strike against US ports 1 of 28 | The 45,000 dockworkers who went on strike Tuesday for the first time in decades at 36 U.S. ports from Maine to Texas may wield the upper hand in their standoff with port operators over wages and the use of automation. Read More 2 of 28 | Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas began walking picket lines early Tuesday in a strike over wages and automation that could reignite inflation and cause shortages of goods if it goes on more than a few weeks. (AP Video: Tassanee Vejpongsa) Read More 3 of 28 | Dockworkers at 36 ports across the eastern U.S. are now on strike for the first time in decades. And the work stoppage could snarl supply chains — leading to shortages and higher prices if it stretches on for more than a few weeks. (AP Video - Lekan Oyekanmi) Read More 4 of 28 | Dockworker Meikysha Wright and others strike outside the Virginia International Gateway in Portsmouth, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (Billy Schuerman/The Virginian-Pilot via AP) Read More 5 of 28 | Workers take part in a port strike at Port Newark, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Bayonne, N.J. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez) Read More 6 of 28 | Dockworkers strike in front of an entrance to a container terminal near Boston Harbor, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) Read More 7 of 28 | Cranes and shipping containers are seen at Port Jersey during a port strike, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Bayonne. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez) Read More 8 of 28 | Dockworkers strike in front an entrance to a container terminal near Boston Harbor, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) Read More 9 of 28 | Hundreds of longshoremen strike together outside of the Virginia International Gateway in Portsmouth, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (Billy Schuerman/The Virginian-Pilot via AP) Read More 10 of 28 | Striking Philadelphia longshoremen picket outside the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal Port, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ryan Collerd) Read More 11 of 28 | The International Longshoremen’s Association flag and an American flag fly together outside the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal Port as workers prepare to strike as their contract runs out at midnight, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Ryan Collerd) Read More 12 of 28 | Cranes and shipping containers are seen at Port Newark during a port strike, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Bayonne. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez) Read More 13 of 28 | FILE - Shipping containers are stacked in the Port of New York and New Jersey in Elizabeth, N.J., May 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) Read More 14 of 28 | Longshoremen strike at midnight at Bayport Terminal on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/Annie Mulligan) Read More 15 of 28 | Boise Butler, president of Local 1291, with an American flag on his wheelchair, pickets with his fellow longshoremen outside the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal Port in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ryan Collerd) Read More 16 of 28 | Philadelphia longshoremen assembled outside the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal Port begin to strike as their contract runs out at midnight, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ryan Collerd) Read More 17 of 28 | Hundreds of longshoremen strike together outside of the Virginia International Gateway in Portsmouth, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (Billy Schuerman/The Virginian-Pilot via AP) Read More 18 of 28 | Boise Butler, president of ILA Local 1291, speaks to the press outside the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal Port in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ryan Collerd) Read More 19 of 28 | Boise Butler, president of Local 1291, chants along with his fellow longshoremen outside the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal Port in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ryan Collerd) Read More 20 of 28 | Philadelphia longshoremen assembled outside the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal Port begin to strike as their contract runs out at midnight, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ryan Collerd) Read More 21 of 28 | FILE - Containers are moved at the Port of New York and New Jersey in Elizabeth, N.J., on June 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) Read More 22 of 28 | Longshoremen strike at midnight at Bayport Terminal on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/Annie Mulligan) Read More 23 of 28 | Longshoremen strike at midnight at Bayport Terminal on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/Annie Mulligan) Read More 24 of 28 | Hundreds of longshoremen strike together outside of the Virginia International Gateway in Portsmouth, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (Billy Schuerman/The Virginian-Pilot via AP) Read More 25 of 28 | Striking Philadelphia longshoreman picket outside the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal Port, Tuesday, Oct. 01, 2024.(AP Photo/Ryan Collerd) Read More 26 of 28 | Striking Philadelphia longshoreman picket outside the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal Port, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024.(AP Photo/Ryan Collerd) Read More 27 of 28 | Longshoremen strike at midnight at Bayport Terminal on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/Annie Mulligan) Read More 28 of 28 | Longshoremen pose for a photo while picketing at Bayport Terminal on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/Annie Mulligan) Read More By TOM KRISHER, TASSANEE VEJPONGSA and WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Read the latest on the port strikes: How port strikes could affect retail prices and shortages in the U.S. PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The 45,000 dockworkers who went on strike Tuesday for the first time in decades at 36 U.S. ports from Maine to Texas may wield the upper hand in their standoff with port operators over wages and the use of automation.Organized labor enjoys rising public support and has had a string of recent victories in other industries, in addition to the backing of the pro-union administration of President Joe Biden. The dockworkers’ negotiating stand is likely further strengthened by the nation’s supply chain of goods being under pressure in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, which has coincided with the peak shipping season for holiday goods.The union is also pointing to shipping companies’ record profits, which have come in part because of shortages resulting from the pandemic, and to a more generous contract that West Coast dockworkers achieved last year. The longshoremen’s workloads also have increased, and the effects of inflation have eroded their pay in recent years.In addition, commerce into and out of the United States has been growing, playing to the union’s advantage. Further enhancing its leverage is a still-tight job market, with workers in some industries demanding, and in some cases receiving, a larger share of companies’ outsize profits. RELATED COVERAGE A comprehensive look at DOGE’s firings and layoffs so far Trump’s Labor Department pick has union support. Worker advocates wonder how much power she’d have DOGE is getting lists of the military’s probationary workers from the Pentagon “I think this work group has a lot of bargaining power,” said Harry Katz, a professor of collective bargaining at Cornell University. “They’re essential workers that can’t be replaced, and also the ports are doing well.”The dockworkers’ strike, their first since 1977, could snarl supply chains and cause shortages and higher prices if it stretches on for more than a few weeks. Beginning after midnight, the workers walked picket lines Tuesday and carried signs calling for more money and a ban on automation that could cost workers their jobs. AP AUDIO: Dockworkers may have the negotiating advantage in their strike against US ports Dockworkers in the U.S. are on strike. AP correspondent Donna Warder reports. Experts say consumers won’t likely notice shortages for at least a few weeks, if the strike lasts that long, though some perishable items such as bananas could disappear from grocery stores — although at this time of year, most other fruits and vegetables are domestically grown and not processed at ports, according to Alan Siger, president of the Produce Distributors Association.In anticipation of a strike, most major retailers also stocked up on goods, moving ahead shipments of holiday gift items. The strike, coming weeks before a tight presidential election, could also become a factor in the race if shortages begin to affect many voters. Pressure could eventually grow for the Biden administration to intervene to try to force a temporary suspension of the strike. Longshoremen strike at midnight at Bayport Terminal on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/Annie Mulligan) Little progress was reported in the talks until just hours before the strike began at 12:01 a.m. The U.S. Maritime Alliance, the group negotiating for the ports, said both sides did budge from their initial positions. The alliance offered 50% raises over the six-year life of the contract. Comments from the union’s leadership had briefly suggested a move to 61.5%, but the union has since signaled that it’s sticking with its initial demand for a 77% pay increase over six years.“We have demonstrated a commitment to doing our part to end the completely avoidable ILA strike,” the alliance said Tuesday. The ports’ pay offer is more than every other recent union settlement, the group said. “We look forward to hearing from the Union about how we can return to the table and actually bargain, which is the only way to reach a resolution,” the statement said.In early picketing, workers outside the Port of Philadelphia walked in a circle and chanted, “No work without a fair contract.” The union posted message boards on the side of a truck reading: “Automation Hurts Families: ILA Stands For Job Protection.” Boise Butler, president of the union local, asserted that the workers want a contract that doesn’t allow for the automation of their jobs. The shipping companies, he argued, made billions during the pandemic by charging high prices.“Now,” Butler said, “we want them to pay back. They’re going to pay back.”And in New Orleans, Henry Glover Jr., a fourth-generation dockworker who is president of the union local, said he can recall the days when longshoremen unloaded 150-pound sacks of sugar by hand. He acknowledges that machinery has made the job easier, but he worries that the ports need fewer people to handle the equipment.“Automation could be good, but they’re using it to kill jobs,” Glover said. “We don’t want them to implement anything that would take our jobs out.” William Brucher, an assistant professor of labor studies and employment relations at Rutgers University, noted that “this is a very opportune time” for striking workers.The contract agreement reached last year with West Coast dockworkers, who are represented by a different union, shows that “higher wages are definitely possible” for the longshoremen and has enhanced their bargaining power, Brucher said. Striking Philadelphia longshoremen picket outside the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal Port, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ryan Collerd) Hundreds of longshoremen strike together outside of the Virginia International Gateway in Portsmouth, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (Billy Schuerman/The Virginian-Pilot via AP) Under the Taft-Hartley Act, Biden could seek a court order for an 80-day cooling-off period that would end the strike at least temporarily, but he has told reporters that he wouldn’t take that step. The administration could risk losing union support if it exercised such power, which experts say could be particularly detrimental for Democrats ahead of next month’s election. On Tuesday, the White House continued to ask the alliance to negotiate a fair contract that reflects the longshoremen’s contribution to the economy.“As our nation climbs out of the aftermath of Hurricane Helene,” Biden said in a statement, “dockworkers will play an essential role in getting communities the resources they need. Now is not the time for ocean carriers to refuse to negotiate a fair wage for these essential workers while raking in record profits.” Containers are moved at the Port of New York and New Jersey in Elizabeth, N.J., on June 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) Ben Nolan, a transportation analyst with Stifel, said the administration isn’t likely to intervene until consumers start to see empty shelves or can’t find critical goods like medicines.“Medications and other things come in on containers,” Nolan said. “I think if the administration wanted to have a reason to get involved, it’s stuff like that.”___Krisher reported from Detroit, Grantham-Philips from New York. Associated Press journalists Ben Finley in Norfolk, Virginia, Jack Brook in New Orleans, Anne D’Innocenzio and Mae Anderson in New York, Dee-Ann Durbin in Detroit, Josh Boak in Washington, and Annie Mulligan in Houston contributed to this report. TASSANEE VEJPONGSA Vejpongsa is a video journalist for The Associated Press in Philadelphia. She was previously based in Taipei and Bangkok. twitter WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS Grantham-Philips is a business reporter who covers trending news for The Associated Press. She is based in New York. twitter mailto Most read Tens of millions of dead people aren’t getting Social Security checks, despite Trump and Musk claims Republicans consider cuts and work requirements for Medicaid, jeopardizing care for millions White House says Elon Musk is not in charge at DOGE, but is advising the president Russia and US agree to work toward ending Ukraine war in a remarkable diplomatic shift Delta jet flips upside down on a snowy Toronto runway and all 80 aboard survive The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting. Founded in 1846, AP today remains the most trusted source of fast, accurate, unbiased news in all formats and the essential provider of the technology and services vital to the news business. More than half the world’s population sees AP journalism every day. 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Team Harris Hilariously Trolls Trump and J.D. Vance Ahead of Debate | The Democratic National Committee projected messages such as “Weird as Hell” and “Trump is a chicken” onto Donald Trump’s New York property.

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Team Harris Kicks Off Debate With Epic Trolls of Trump and J.D. Vance | The New Republic You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browserand improve your visit to our site. Skip NavigationThe New RepublicThe New RepublicLATESTBREAKING NEWSPOLITICSCLIMATECULTUREMAGAZINENEWSLETTERSPODCASTSGAMESThe New Republic The New RepublicThe New RepublicThe New RepublicThe New RepublicLATESTBREAKING NEWSPOLITICSCLIMATECULTUREMAGAZINENEWSLETTERSPODCASTSGAMESThe New Republic The New Republic The New RepublicBreaking News Breaking Newsfrom Washington and beyondMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/October 1, 2024/9:40 a.m. ETShare This StoryTeam Harris Kicks Off Debate With Epic Trolls of Trump and J.D. VanceThe Democratic National Committee projected messages such as “Weird as Hell” and “Trump is a chicken” onto Donald Trump’s New York property.Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for DNCThe Democratic National Convention is apparently trying to goad Donald Trump, resurrecting old pranks against the Republican presidential nominee just hours before his vice presidential pick, J.D. Vance, is scheduled to go toe-to-toe against Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.On Monday night, the liberal party projected a series of biting taglines onto a panel outside Trump’s New York City residence on Fifth Avenue.“Trump is a chicken,” the projection read.The projection reportedly appeared just hours after Vance arrived at Trump Tower for the debate, which will take place Tuesday night, without an audience, at CBS Broadcast Center in Manhattan.Some of the other jabs flashed through the projection included references to Vance’s old tweets, including one in which he referred to Trump as an “idiot,” and stabs at Trump’s ongoing affinity for Project 2025, a 920-page Christian nationalist manifesto intended to help him to install far-right policies in the executive branch as seamlessly as possible should he win in November.“Vance on Trump: ‘What an idiot’,” the signage said.Democrats did something similar in August, branding Trump Tower in Chicago with giant messages during the Democratic National Convention. Those phrases included: “Trump-Vance: Out for Themselves,” as well as “Trump-Vance: ‘Weird as Hell,’” “Harris-Walz: Fighting for You,” and “Project 2025 HQ.”But Monday night’s prank has a more direct objective than simply trolling the Republican ticket. Instead, it’s transparent bait for Trump, who has flat-out rejected the idea of debating Vice President Kamala Harris again after his first performance against her turned unbelievably sour, frustrating his team, allies, and donors.“As Vance takes the debate stage to attempt to make up for Trump’s own lackluster debate performance, these projections on Trump Tower NYC are a reminder that Trump and Vance are out for themselves while Trump remains afraid to go back on that debate stage and be held accountable by Vice President Harris for his failed record and his dangerous agenda,” DNC spokesperson Abhi Rahman said in a statement.Share This StoryRead more about the debate:J.D. Vance Is Getting Debate Help From a Project 2025 ContributorMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/October 1, 2024/9:22 a.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Is Already Preparing for J.D. Vance to Lose the V.P. DebateDonald Trump is already claiming the vice presidential debate between J.D. Vance and Tim Walz is “rigged.”Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesDonald Trump is already explaining away J.D. Vance’s performance during the vice presidential debate, and it hasn’t even happened yet. During an interview on Fox Business Monday, Kellyanne Conway asked Trump whether he would consider doing another debate. The former president tried to downplay his outright refusal to go head-to-head with Kamala Harris again, and implied that Vance would face the same treatment Tuesday night. “I would love to have two or three more debates, I like it, I enjoy it. But they’re so rigged and so stacked,” Trump said. “You’ll see it tomorrow with J.D., it’ll be stacked.”Trump says the VP debate tomorrow night will be rigged against Vance, and he would love to have more debates against Kamala Harris but they are too rigged and unfair to him. pic.twitter.com/ZrZ4WPhTFx— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) October 1, 2024 Trump has used a similar playbook to undermine the outcomes of his own debates, both before and after they happened. Before the first presidential debate in June, the Republican nominee attacked CNN’s hosts, and then walked back his claims after they didn’t fact-check him on air. Before his debate with Harris, he claimed that ABC News would be biased against him. He and his MAGA acolytes continued to insist this was the case after the debate moderators fact-checked him on air for his outlandish lies about babies being aborted after they’re already born and Haitian immigrants eating their neighbors’ pets in Springfield, Ohio.Now Trump is claiming the debate will be rigged as a safety net for Vance, who has his own problems with the truth to contend with. CBS News, which is hosting the debate, said that it will be up to the candidates to fact-check each other. Conway went on to say that when asked about doing a second debate, Trump “said no, but he didn’t totally say no,” according to The Hill. Crucially, in Trump speak, that was a definite no.Harris previously accepted CNN’s invitation to appear in another presidential debate on October 23, but Trump claimed last week that it was “too late” for another debate because early voting had already begun in some states. Before that, Trump had a different excuse, declaring that he wouldn’t seek a rematch because only someone “beaten” would ask for one. Instead, the former president has run scared from a second matchup. The vice presidential debate will take place at 9 p.m. at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York.Share This StoryRead about the debate:The Walz-Vance V.P. Debate Rules Are Out—and They Guarantee ChaosMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/5:38 p.m. ETShare This StoryMAGA Is Claiming “Political Violence” Over a Giant Nude Trump StatueConservatives are properly freaking out over a debut of a 43-foot-tall statue of a naked Donald Trump.RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP/Getty ImagesOn Saturday, a 43-foot-tall nude statue of Donald Trump was installed near Interstate 15 just outside of Las Vegas, immediately drawing a backlash from the former president’s supporters. The foam-and-rebar art installation, weighing about 6,000 pounds, is titled Crooked and Obscene and is expected to travel to other cities, although dates and cities for the tour have not been announced, according to The Wrap. RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP/Getty ImagesThe artists behind the “anatomically correct” statue, who want to stay anonymous, said in a statement that the former president’s nudity was “intentional, serving as a bold statement on transparency, vulnerability, and the public personas of political figures.” But Republicans, as one might expect, are livid. “While families drive through Las Vegas, they are forced to view this offensive marionette, designed intentionally for shock value rather than meaningful dialogue,” the Nevada Republican Party said in a statement, according to The Telegraph. Right-wing influencer Ian Miles Cheong posted on X that Trump, if elected president, “should jail everyone who was a part of this effigy’s creation.” Fellow right-wing conspiracy theorist Catturd (real name Phillip Buchanan) called the people behind the statue “demons,” piggybacking on yet another right-wing influencer’s post calling the art piece “POLITICAL VIOLENCE.” While these right-wing figures are freaking out, this isn’t even the first instance where a nude Trump statue has been erected. In 2016, just before the election, five small naked Trump statues went up on street corners in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Seattle, and New York City, only to be taken down by local authorities because the artist didn’t secure a permit. The artists behind this latest art project are pretty tight-lipped, so there’s no word on whether they secured a permit themselves. On a related note, Trump on Sunday told supporters in Wisconsin that if he wasn’t campaigning, “I could’ve been sunbathing on the beach. You have never seen a body so beautiful. Much better than Sleepy Joe.” He probably won’t like this statue, though, and definitely won’t add it to his NFT trading card collection.Share This StoryMore on conservatives losing it:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/4:59 p.m. ETShare This StoryHypocrite MTG Now Demanding Hurricane Relief Funds She Tried to BlockMarjorie Taylor Greene is suddenly all for government spending.Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty ImagesGeorgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene is begging the federal government to urgently “send the funds” to help the American Southeast recover in the wake of Hurricane Helene, even though she herself stood in the way of emergency relief funds just last week.“The storm was supposed to come directly across my district, but when it came through Georgia, it went to the east, and we mainly just got a lot of rain,” Greene told Real America’s Voice’s Terrance Bates. “When we go back to Washington, we will be working hard to make sure that states like Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, North Carolina get the funding that they need.”Greene was one of 82 Republicans who voted last week against a continuing resolution to keep the government funded. If she had been successful, the government would have been in shutdown mode from Tuesday onward, preventing any region from receiving the critical assistance.“We’ve already signed a letter,” Greene told Bates. “We sent that letter to Joe Biden requesting relief that Brian Kemp, our governor, has already requested. So our entire delegation in Georgia has signed onto that letter.”“We need them to step in and send the funds and the relief that these people deserve,” she added.But Greene’s public demands ring a little hollow. During the storm, she was spotted gleefully attending a football game alongside Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, while Kemp revealed earlier Monday that President Joe Biden had called him over the weekend to assess the state’s needs. Greene also took the opportunity to take a stab at the Biden administration, even while lobbying for federal aid from the executive branch.“President Trump is a man of action,” she told the right-wing network. “We don’t need a sleepy Joe in the White House. We don’t need Kamala Harris, who they’re propping up.”Share This StoryRead about Biden’s response:Georgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/September 30, 2024/4:58 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Pushes Hurricane Helene Lie Even After Republicans Debunk HimDonald Trump continues to insist that Democrats have abandoned areas affected by Hurricane Helene.Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesDonald Trump flailed Monday when asked to produce any evidence to support his claim that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were purposefully withholding aid from people affected by Hurricane Helene. Trump suggested in a Truth Social post earlier Monday that he’d received “reports” from North Carolina claiming that the Biden administration and Democratic Governor Roy Cooper were “going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas” in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. The western region of North Carolina is currently experiencing severe flooding. MSNBC reporter Garrett Haake attempted to press Trump during a stop in Valdosta, Georgia, asking him what, if any, evidence he had to back up his outlandish claim.“Take a look,” Trump responded, walking away. Haake translated the flippant response to mean, “essentially, I’ve got nothing to show you right now, why don’t you go find it yourself.”So in short, Trump has absolutely no evidence, and these so-called “reports” seem even less legitimate than the debunked ones claiming that Haitian immigrants were eating their neighbors’ pets.In a second post about hurricane relief, Trump claimed that Biden and Harris had “left Americans to drown in North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, and elsewhere in the South.”Trump also claimed that Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, with whom he has his own uneasy alliance, had a “hard time” reaching Biden to discuss disaster relief, and that the president had been “very non-responsive.” That was also a lie. Kemp said that he’d already spoken to Biden. “The president just called me yesterday afternoon. I missed him, and called him right back,” Kemp said Monday. “And he just said, ‘What do you need?’”It’s taken the Republican nominee no time at all to pull focus away from disaster relief, trying instead to enrage voters in two key battleground states responding to a deadly natural disaster.Share This StoryRead about the conspiracy:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostPaige Oamek/September 30, 2024/4:32 p.m. ETShare This StoryGeorgia Judge Strikes Down State’s Abortion Ban in Stunning RulingA Fulton County judge has said abortions in the state must resume as they did when Roe v. Wade was still the law of the land.TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty ImagesA Georgia judge on Monday struck down the state’s six-week abortion ban. Fulton County Superior Judge Robert McBurney quoted “liberty” in a ruling that rejected the controversial ban outlawing abortion after six weeks, before many people know they are pregnant. Abortions in the state will now be allowed until 22 weeks, as they were before the reversal of Roe v. Wade in 2022, when Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed into law the six-week ban. McBurney had some choice words for politicians in his ruling, writing, “It is not for a legislator, a judge, or a Commander from The Handmaid’s Tale to tell these women what to do with their bodies during this period when the fetus cannot survive outside the womb any more so than society could – or should – force them to serve as a human tissue bank or to give up a kidney for the benefit of another.” He added, “our higher courts’ interpretations of ‘liberty’ demonstrates that liberty in Georgia includes in its meaning, in its protections, and in its bundle of rights the power of a woman to control her own body, to decide what happens to it and in it, and to reject state interference with her healthcare choices.”The state law prohibited abortions after six weeks, based on the misleading notion that a “heartbeat” could be detected in an embryo around that time. In reality, an embryo does not have a heart at six weeks, let alone cardiac activity. A fetus is also not viable outside the body till much later in a pregnancy.McBurney got the chance to rule on the law after it was sent back to Fulton County court by the state Supreme Court last year. Georgia’s restrictive abortion ban killed at least two women since its passage and caused Georgia’s monthly abortion totals to drop by roughly half. This story has been updated.Share This StoryMore on Georgia:Georgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/4:25 p.m. ETShare This StoryWatch: Trump Appears Not to Understand How Hurricanes WorkDonald Trump, who wants to dismantle storm prediction services, seemed caught off guard by the completely predictable Hurricane Helene.Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesIn just three days, Hurricane Helene gas killed at least 119 people as it trailed its way along the Southeast, making it one of the deadliest storms in modern U.S. history.The real scope of devastation is difficult to define before such an unprecedented hurricane hits land, but it’s not impossible to predict a storm’s scale, timing, and general path. Somehow, that information isn’t obvious to Donald Trump, who, after surveying some of the storm’s devastation in Georgia, told reporters Monday that “nobody” could have forecast Helene.“That’s a big one. And the devastation wrought by this storm is incredible,” Trump said during a presser in Valdosta, Georgia. “It’s so extensive, nobody thought this would be happening, especially now it’s so late in the season for the hurricanes.”Trump: Nobody thought this would be happening, especially now it’s so late in the season for hurricanes pic.twitter.com/tnLCkwKSXM— Acyn (@Acyn) September 30, 2024 It is, of course, not late in the season for hurricanes: September tends to be the most active month in the calendar year for the superstorms.But Trump’s own policy proposals are likely to keep him—and every other American—from obtaining such life-saving weather forecasts and emergency weather alerts in the future. Trump has touted elements of Project 2025, a 920-page Christian nationalist manifesto that proposes completely demolishing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, whose responsibilities as a federal agency include tracking the weather and predicting hurricanes.“The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) should be dismantled and many of its functions eliminated, sent to other agencies, privatized, or placed under the control of states and territories,” the far-right proposal reads on page 664.That would effectively privatize weather forecasts, forcing U.S. citizens to pay for weather subscriptions that would include crucial national weather alert systems for emergencies such as flash flooding, extreme heat, earthquakes, or otherwise.Trump has spent months trying to distance his campaign from Project 2025, but a flurry of the Republican presidential nominee’s recent comments, which include supporting demolishing the Department of Education, have practically glued himself to its policy points.Share This StoryRead more about Trump’s hurricane response:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/4:05 p.m. ETShare This StoryRudy Giuliani’s Daughter Backs Harris in Dire Warning on TrumpCaroline Rose Giuliani wrote a harrowing piece on how Donald Trump ruined her relationship with her dad—and how he could ruin the country next.Alex Wong/Getty ImagesRudolph Giuliani’s daughter, Caroline Rose Giuliani, endorsed Kamala Harris Monday, writing for Vanity Fair about how she has watched her father’s life “crumble since he joined forces with [Donald] Trump.” Caroline Giuliani wrote an article for the magazine warning of the dangers of another Trump presidency, saying his first term “was the worst thing that ever happened to my dad, to my family, and to our nation’s modern history.” “The consequences will only be more severe—and irreversible—a second time around. Thanks to the extremist Supreme Court he stacked, Trump would take office with full immunity: no checks on his power whatsoever,” Giuliani said. “If the president isn’t going to be subject to the law like every other citizen, which remains incomprehensible to me, then our president had better have a moral compass.”The article carries the headline “Trump Took My Dad From Me. Please Don’t Let Him Take Our Country, Too,” and Giuliani not only mentions the danger that Trump presents to the country, but also how her father’s work for the former president and convicted felon has brought him down and hurt their relationship. “I spent a lot of my life wishing my father had less power. But I never wanted it to happen like this. And selfishly, the deeper my dad gets stuck in the quicksand of his problems, the more fleeting our opportunities to connect as father and daughter become,” Giuliani said, alluding to her father’s financial and legal difficulties. “After months of feeling the type of sorrow that comes from the death of a loved one, it dawned on me that I’ve been grieving the loss of my dad to Trump. I cannot bear to lose our country to him too,” Giuliani wrote. Giuliani also praised Harris for her understanding of the climate crisis and her support for reproductive rights, calling the vice president “a life-long public servant who has spent her career upholding justice and fighting for those who cannot fight for themselves.” Endorsing Harris is a big step for the daughter of a close confidant of Trump who also served as his lawyer. But as she wrote, Rudy Giuliani’s work for Trump has indeed imploded his life. He has been disbarred in Washington, D.C., and New York state. He’s on the verge of losing his assets thanks to a defamation lawsuit from Georgia poll workers and is facing criminal charges in Georgia and Arizona for election interference, as well as a pending sexual harassment lawsuit from one of his former assistants. Now, his daughter is openly expressing her sadness and shame over his support for Trump and where it has taken him. Will he listen to her?Share This StoryMore on Politics:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostPaige Oamek/September 30, 2024/3:52 p.m. ETShare This StoryGeorgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyDonald Trump is trying to spread a new lie about Hurricane Helene—but Georgia Governor Brian Kemp isn’t playing games.Alex Wong/Getty ImagesIn the wake of Hurricane Helene’s destruction, Donald Trump is eager to spread rumors about President Joe Biden’s inaction. The problem is, at least one Republican politician on the front lines is willing to call Trump out on his lies. On Monday, Trump visited Georgia, one of the six states seriously hit by the natural disaster, and claimed that while Governor Brian Kemp was “doing a very good job,” he was “having a hard time getting the president on the phone.”“I guess they’re not being responsive, the federal government is not being responsive,” he continued. “They’re having a very hard time getting the president on the phone. He won’t get on it.” While it’s true that the federal response to the hurricane leaves much to be desired, Trump was stretching the truth when he said that Kemp hadn’t heard from Biden.Just a few hours earlier on Monday, Kemp told press that Biden called yesterday afternoon and asked the Georgia governor what further support his state needed. Biden last week also declared a state of emergency in Georgia, approving federal disaster assistance for the state.Has Trump told Gov. Kemp, who said this today?"The President just called me yesterday afternoon." "And he just said ‘hey, what do you need?’" "He offered that if there's other things we need, just to call him directly, which, I appreciate that." https://t.co/ABiE0AE0GS pic.twitter.com/Y9WcwULJes— Andrew Bates (@AndrewJBates46) September 30, 2024 As Trump tours Georgia and North Carolina, Republicans continue to slam Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for not showing face in disaster zones. But perhaps while roads remain closed and many remain without power, it’s a better use of resources for the federal government to provide actual disaster relief, rather than divert resources for a tour bus. At least, that’s what many residents in Georgia thought about Trump’s publicity stunt Monday.Share This StoryMore on this dangerous conspiracy:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/September 30, 2024/2:37 p.m. ETShare This StoryEric Adams’s Idiot Lawyer Just Undermined His Own DefenseAlex Spiro appeared to admit that the New York City mayor accepted bribes.Michael Nagle/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesNew York City Mayor Eric Adams’s lawyer is trying to get his federal bribery allegations dismissed by arguing that even if the mayor did accept gifts and favors from one Turkish official for years, it didn’t constitute bribery because it happened before Adams was elected mayor. Alex Spiro, Adams’s attorney with a long list of celebrity clients, argued in a filing Monday that the bribery charge against Adams should be dismissed. He argued that the alleged scheme did not satisfy the definition of bribery because Adams’s agreement to receive free and discounted travel and accommodations from a senior Turkish official was not quid pro quo in exchange for an official act.Rather, Spiro argued that Adams’s indictment simply alleged that he had “agreed to generally assist with the ‘operation’ or ‘regulation’ of a Turkish consulate building in Manhattan, where he had no authority whatsoever, in exchange for travel benefits.”Spiro cited the Supreme Court’s ruling in Snyder v. United States in June, which found that it is not illegal under federal anti-bribery law for state and local officials to accept gratuities for acts they have already taken. This decision, which overturned the conviction of a former Indiana mayor, substantially weakened the government’s ability to pursue federal anti-bribery complaints and challenge corruption.According to the indictment, Adams had been receiving benefits in the form of travel perks and straw-man donations long before the Turkish official allegedly tried to cash in on them. But Spiro argued that because one favor did not directly result in another, Adams’s alleged behavior does not constitute bribery, as the government accused in the indictment. During a press conference Monday, Spiro tried to downplay the allegations against Adams, while seeming to confirm that the mayor had in fact received travel perks, as alleged. “In the events in question, Mayor Adams was the Brooklyn borough president. He was not the mayor, he wasn’t even the mayor-elect, and the position of Brooklyn borough president does not have vast powers,” Spiro said. “It has, frankly, very little.”Spiro made no mention of allegations that those very same Turkish officials, who had allegedly given Adams so many freebies, had helped to illegally fund his ascendancy to a higher office. Adams, who was once lauded as the future of the Democratic Party, has been charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, federal program bribery, and to receive campaign contributions by foreign nationals. He was also charged with one count of wire fraud, two counts of solicitation of a contribution by a foreign national, and one count of bribery.Share This StoryRead more about Eric Adams:Eric Adams’s Press Conference on Charges Goes Totally Off the RailsView More PostsRead More: Politics, Law, Supreme Court, Constitution, Foreign Policy, Health Care, Economic Inequality, Taxes, WashingtonBREAKING NEWS POLITICS CLIMATE CULTURE MAGAZINE PODCASTS GAMESEventsTravelBookstoreDonateAdvertiseFAQPressJobsSubmissionsSubscribe to The New RepublicSign Up for Our Newsletters Terms and ConditionsPrivacy PolicyCookie SettingsCopyright 2025 © The New Republic. All rights reserved.

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What Israel’s ground operation into Lebanon drives home about America | CNN Politics CNN values your feedback 1. How relevant is this ad to you? 2. Did you encounter any technical issues? Video player was slow to load content Video content never loaded Ad froze or did not finish loading Video content did not start after ad Audio on ad was too loud Other issues Ad never loaded Ad prevented/slowed the page from loading Content moved around while ad loaded Ad was repetitive to ads I've seen previously Other issues Cancel Submit Thank You! Your effort and contribution in providing this feedback is much appreciated. 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Follow: The Middle East See your latest updates Video Ad Feedback Video shows Israel and Hezbollah trading strikes amid IDF’s ground operation 03:35 - Source: CNN Video shows Israel and Hezbollah trading strikes amid IDF’s ground operation 03:35 World News 11 videos Video Ad Feedback Video shows Israel and Hezbollah trading strikes amid IDF’s ground operation 03:35 Now playing - Source: CNN Video shows Israel and Hezbollah trading strikes amid IDF’s ground operation 03:35 Video Ad Feedback Kyiv air defense fire interrupts Nick Paton Walsh's report about US-Russia discussions on Ukraine 03:09 Now playing - Source: CNN Kyiv air defense fire interrupts Nick Paton Walsh's report about US-Russia discussions on Ukraine 03:09 Video Ad Feedback Expert says Putin just got a massive win from Trump 02:29 Now playing - Source: CNN Expert says Putin just got a massive win from Trump 02:29 Video Ad Feedback In video, the latest on Pope Francis as supporters gather in Rome with candles and prayers 00:38 Now playing - Source: CNN In video, the latest on Pope Francis as supporters gather in Rome with candles and prayers 00:38 Here's what we know about the Toronto airport crash 01:47 Now playing - Source: CNN Here's what we know about the Toronto airport crash 01:47 Video Ad Feedback Peace talks ‘not at all’ about lifting US sanctions, Russian negotiator says 01:32 Now playing - Source: CNN Peace talks ‘not at all’ about lifting US sanctions, Russian negotiator says 01:32 Video Ad Feedback See moment Israeli-American released by Hamas reunites with family 04:49 Now playing - Source: CNN See moment Israeli-American released by Hamas reunites with family 04:49 Video Ad Feedback Pope Francis' biographer explains what's motivating his recovery in hospital 01:21 Now playing - Source: CNN Pope Francis' biographer explains what's motivating his recovery in hospital 01:21 Video Ad Feedback Trump administration ‘absolutely committed’ to NATO, Secretary General says 01:58 Now playing - Source: CNN Trump administration ‘absolutely committed’ to NATO, Secretary General says 01:58 Video Ad Feedback Russians mourn Navalny, one of Putin's biggest critics, on anniversary of his death 01:01 Now playing - Source: CNN Russians mourn Navalny, one of Putin's biggest critics, on anniversary of his death 01:01 Video Ad Feedback Iran ‘behind everything that threatens peace’ in Middle East, Rubio says 01:06 Now playing - Source: CNN Iran ‘behind everything that threatens peace’ in Middle East, Rubio says 01:06 See More Videos CNN — Israel’s expected ground incursion into Lebanon will drive home a new strategic reality of a year of war — the once-mighty US is powerless to rein in its ally or to influence other major belligerents in a fast-worsening regional crisis. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government on Monday launched the next stage of its onslaught against Hezbollah with what the Israel Defense Forces called a “limited ground operation” into Lebanon — despite weeks of requests from Washington for restraint and familiar (and spurned) calls for de-escalation. This came just hours after President Joe Biden said “we should have a ceasefire now,” when asked what he knew about Israeli special forces’ previous raids into southern Lebanon. “I’m comfortable with them stopping,” the president said. His comments only underscored the chasm between the US and Israeli governments on a day when Netanyahu told Iranians in a broadcast, “There is nowhere in the Middle East Israel cannot reach.” The disconnect is widening as it coincides with the endgame of a cliffhanger US election. Biden’s room for maneuver is limited if he is to avoid exacerbating the domestic political impact of war in the Middle East — a factor Netanyahu, a consummate operator in US politics, surely understands. The Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, has largely stuck to the administration line — despite earlier comments that suggested she might take a slightly harder rhetorical stance toward Netanyahu while emphasizing the plight of Palestinian civilians. Video Ad Feedback Sen. Chris Van Hollen: 'Unacceptable' to transfer offensive weapons to Israel unless our values are met 13:55 - Source: CNN Sen. Chris Van Hollen: 'Unacceptable' to transfer offensive weapons to Israel unless our values are met 13:55 A humiliating pattern for the US on repeat The pattern of American impotency and Israeli defiance has played repeatedly since the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel that killed about 1,200 people, which prompted the Israeli pounding of Gaza and the more recent attempt to destroy Hezbollah in Lebanon. Netanyahu often acts first and consults the US later, even when his actions are certain to buckle American diplomatic efforts and compound fears the US will get dragged into a disastrous regional war. The US was not informed in advance, for example, about the Israeli airstrike Friday that killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah even though its global shockwaves were bound to be severe. This Israeli approach has often made the Biden administration appear a spectator rather than an active player in events, as should befit a superpower. Months of grueling shuttle diplomacy by Secretary of State Antony Blinken have mostly drawn a blank. And the US has incessantly pushed for a Gaza ceasefire that neither Netanyahu nor Hamas seems to want. This is not just a diplomatic embarrassment. Any time an American president is publicly spurned, there is a cost to their personal prestige and perceptions of US global power. And the likelihood is growing that Biden, who came to office professing to be a foreign policy expert, will leave the White House in a few months with a raging Middle East war set to stain his legacy. But the Israeli leader’s bet that, for all its reservations, the Biden administration will remain the guarantor of the Jewish state’s security has paid off. For instance, the US and its allies helped repel a massive Iranian missile and drone attack against Israel in April. The strikes followed an Israeli strike that the US didn’t know about in advance on an Iranian diplomatic compound in Damascus that killed eight senior Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officers. And so far, Biden, who has long prided himself on being one of the most pro-Israeli politicians in US history, has been loath to use the leverage he does have — for instance, permanently cutting off US military supplies for Israel, a step that would have huge political reverberations ahead of the election and leave him accused of deserting an ally fighting terror. Netanyahu often seems to be taking conscious advantage of Biden’s instincts, reasoning he’ll swallow any level of provocation. A deep symbolic irony encapsulates the duality of the US position in the conflict: a CNN analysis found that American-manufactured 2,000-pound bombs were likely used in the attack on Nasrallah, which threatens to ignite the regional conflagration that would be so ruinous to US interests and diplomatic goals. The price of US-Israeli tensions But the months of Israeli disregard for the administration’s political and strategic concerns have come at a stiff cost. Relations between Biden and Netanyahu are very tense. And growing antagonism often bursts into the open — most recently when US officials were furious the Israeli leader dissed an Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire proposal by a groups of nations led by the US. Washington demanded the Israelis put out a statement to remedy the diplomatic embarrassment, CNN’s MJ Lee, Kylie Atwood and Jennifer Hansler reported last week. Ret. Col. Cedric Leighton, a CNN military analyst, said on “CNN This Morning” that conversations between Israeli and US officials ahead of the expected Israeli move into southern Lebanon were “pretty tense … especially at the upper levels.” He added: “The key thing to keep in mind is that Israel has basically deliberately kept the US uninformed when it came to the details of their operations.” On the one side, Leighton said, “The US is trying to restrain the Israelis; they’re trying to limit the scope of military action that the Israelis are conducting. The Israelis are looking at this from a military standpoint right now, and they’re seeing the capability and the possibility of going and basically eliminating Hezbollah as a threat to northern Israel and potentially as a threat at all.” Why has the US-Israeli split widened? The last year’s events have forced the United States and Israel into a situation in which the critical national interests of each state as perceived by its elected leaders are in direct conflict. The Netanyahu government interpreted the October 7 attacks as a graphic manifestation of an existential threat to the state of Israel and Jews in the Middle East. With that mindset, even intense ill feeling with the White House can be tolerated. And the sense that Israel is waging a battle for its survival makes it easier for leaders to justify to themselves the massive Palestinian civilian casualties from Israeli actions against Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, even if the rest of the world sees the carnage as heinously disproportionate. The United States might warn against the threat of a regional war, but Israel believes it’s been embroiled in such a conflict for years against proxy groups taking direction or inspiration from its enemies in Iran’s clerical leadership. But events look different through Washington’s wider strategic and historic lens amid worries that Israel’s short-term victories are not sustainable and may simply be laying the predicate for decades more insecurity and warfare. America’s national interests do not just lie in the preservation of Israel. The White House is desperate to avoid being sucked into another bitter conflict in the Middle East, given the two decades it took to extract American troops from Iraq and Afghanistan. Outposts of US soldiers still in the region, including in Syria and Iraq, also remain highly vulnerable to attacks by Iranian proxies as the deaths of three US service personnel in a drone attack on Jordan in January showed. The global and political implications of the year of rage in the region are also huge. For instance, months of attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea have seen US and allied naval forces often under fire and intercepting missiles from Iran-backed Houthi rebels. Cascading economic impacts from slowed supply chains, as shipping lines send cargo on a longer route around Africa, are also considerable. The clashes are unlikely to end while Israel blasts Gaza and Lebanon. Israeli thinks it’s winning, fueling its reluctance to stop There are also contrasting military perceptions between Israel and the US. Israel has wiped out many of its most dangerous enemies in stunning intelligence and military actions. In addition to the elimination of Nasrallah, who built Hezbollah into a grave threat to Israel in 30 years, Hamas has also accused Israel of killing Ismail Haniyeh, one of its top leaders, in Tehran. Israel has neither confirmed nor denied its involvement. It has also killed other senior members of the two groups in strikes in Syria, Lebanon, Iran and in Gaza. Israeli-detonated attacks on pagers and walkie-talkies injured or killed thousands of Hezbollah operatives. So why would Netanyahu not press ahead with the greatest Israeli strategic success in decades whatever Biden says? But Washington has much wider concerns. They include the horrendous civilian casualties and humanitarian disasters in Gaza and Lebanon, a state that has enjoyed a few decades of comparative stability after a murderous civil war, which raged between 1975 and 1990, and caused considerable US bloodshed. The deaths of thousands of civilians is not just a tragedy in itself, it creates severe pressure on the US from its allies and tarnishes America’s image by association. The longer the war goes on, the greater the threat that conflicts intensifying across the region could all join into one perilous multi-front war and that a direct conflict could break out between the US and its arch enemy Iran. A regional war would have disastrous economic consequences and could further deflect from the US goal of mobilizing for its new superpower showdown with China. Venomous politics are changing long-held truths about the US-Israel relationship There are also intractable political factors pulling the governments apart. For most of Israel’s existence, it would have been politically and strategically ruinous for a prime minister to show such contempt for a US president. But Netanyahu’s own march to the far right and the reliance of his coalition on ultra-orthodox parties means that his priority is appeasing the most extreme domestic elements to stay in power. The weakness of centrist and left-wing parties in Israel means a dearth of alternative leaders like late prime ministers Yitzhak Rabin or Shimon Peres, who were ideologically and temperamentally in tune with US presidents. The rise of incendiary and radical leaders like Nasrallah and Hamas officials also means there are no partners on the other side open to traditional US peacemaking. Even legendary US secretary of state and peace-shuttler James Baker would have struggled with this regional cast of characters. American calls for a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict may ultimately reflect the only possible route to an ending of a generationslong confrontation — but they also seem utterly divorced from the realities of the blood-soaked Middle East in 2024. And many observers in Washington have long suspected that Netanyahu has a strong personal interest in perpetually waging war to redeem his own failure to stop the October 7 attacks and to keep postponing his legal reckoning as he faces serious criminal charges. America’s own venomous political reality is also eroding US power in the Middle East. Support for Israel was once an unshakable principle that united Republicans and Democrats. But Netanyahu’s meddling in US politics for years — over the Iranian nuclear issue, for instance — has alienated many Democrats and their party’s move to the left has further tempered backing for Israel. Ex-President Donald Trump indulged and encouraged the most radical of Netanyahu’s policies — further politicizing the US-Israel relationship. And pro-Trump Republicans are goading him to go further — at least partly to weaken Biden and his chosen successor, Harris. Biden and Harris are in a dicey political spot a month before the election. Biden’s failure to rein in Israel in Gaza and now Lebanon – and the consequential human carnage – has split the Democratic Party and threatens to drive down turnout among progressives and Arab American voters, especially in swing states like Michigan. But any move to punish Israel could damage Harris among moderate and swing state voters, who are being barraged with negative Trump ads claiming she and Biden are weak and leading the United States into World War III. This is just one of many reasons why Netanyahu is incentivized to expand his war no matter how powerless it makes America look. This story has been updated with additional developments. 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JD Vance doesn’t think he needs debate prep to defeat Tim Walz

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Donald Trump is gaining on Kamala Harris in the polls. I have some theories why | US elections 2024 | The Guardian

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Donald Trump is gaining on Kamala Harris in the polls. I have some theories why | Robert Reich | The Guardian Skip to main contentSkip to navigationClose dialogue1/1Next imagePrevious imageToggle captionSkip to navigationPrint subscriptionsNewsletters Sign inUSUS editionUK editionAustralia editionEurope editionInternational editionThe Guardian - Back to homeThe GuardianNewsOpinionSportCultureLifestyleShow moreHide expanded menuNewsView all NewsUS newsUS politicsWorld newsClimate crisisMiddle EastUkraineSoccerBusinessEnvironmentTechScienceNewslettersWellnessOpinionView all OpinionThe Guardian viewColumnistsLettersOpinion videosCartoonsSportView all SportSoccerNFLTennisMLBMLSNBAWNBANHLF1GolfCultureView all CultureFilmBooksMusicArt & designTV & radioStageClassicalGamesLifestyleView all LifestyleWellnessFashionFoodRecipesLove & sexHome & gardenHealth & fitnessFamilyTravelMoneySearch input google-search SearchSupport usPrint subscriptionsNewslettersDownload the appSearch jobsDigital ArchiveGuardian LicensingAbout UsThe Guardian appVideoPodcastsPicturesInside the GuardianGuardian WeeklyCrosswordsWordiplyCorrectionsSearch input google-search SearchSearch jobsDigital ArchiveGuardian LicensingAbout Us ‘How can Trump have chiseled away Harris’s advantage from early August?’ Photograph: Brian Snyder/ReutersView image in fullscreen‘How can Trump have chiseled away Harris’s advantage from early August?’ Photograph: Brian Snyder/ReutersOpinionUS elections 2024 This article is more than 4 months oldDonald Trump is gaining on Kamala Harris in the polls. I have some theories whyThis article is more than 4 months oldRobert ReichTrump, widely regarded as the sleaziest person to ever run for president, is leading or tied with Harris in crucial swing statesTue 1 Oct 2024 08.00 EDTLast modified on Tue 1 Oct 2024 11.31 EDTShareWith less than 40 days until election day, how can it be that Trump has taken a small lead in Arizona and Georgia – two swing states he lost to Biden in 2020? How can he be narrowly leading Harris in the swing state of North Carolina? How can he now be essentially tied with her in the other key swing states of Michigan and Wisconsin?More generally, how can Trump have chiseled away Harris’s advantage from early August? How is it possible that more voters appear to view Trump favorably now than they did several months ago when he was in the race against Biden?How can Trump – the sleaziest person ever to run for president, who has already been convicted on 34 felony charges and impeached twice, whose failures of character and leadership were experienced directly by the American public during his four years at the helm – be running neck-and-neck with a young, talented, intelligent person with a commendable record of public service?It’s not just Trump v Harris: America’s men and women are also locked in battle now | Jonathan FreedlandRead moreSince his horrid performance debating Harris, he’s doubled down on false claims that Haitian migrants are eating pets in Ohio. He’s been accompanied almost everywhere by rightwing conspiracy nutcase Laura Loomer. He said he “hates” Taylor Swift after she endorsed Harris; that Jewish people will be responsible if he loses the election; that the second attempt on his life was incited by the “Communist left rhetoric” of Biden and Harris. And so on.He’s become so incoherent in public that Republican advisers are begging him to get back “on message”.So why is he neck-and-neck with Harris?Before we get to what I think is the reason, let’s dismiss other explanations being offered.One is that the polls are understating voters’ support for Harris and overstating their support for Trump. But if the polls are systematically biased, you’d think it would be the other way around, since some non-college voters are probably reluctant to admit to professional pollsters their preference for Trump.Another is that the media is intentionally creating a nail-bitingly close race in order to sell more ads. But this can’t be right because, if anything, more Americans appear to be tuning out politics altogether.A final theory holds that Harris has not yet put to rest voters’ fears about inflation and the economy. But given that the American economy has rebounded, inflation is way down, interest rates are falling, wages are up and the job engine continues, you’d think voters at the margin would be moving toward her rather than toward Trump.The easiest explanation has to do with asymmetric information.By now, almost everyone in America knows Trump and has made up their minds about him. Recent polls have found that nearly 90% of voters say they do not need to learn more about Trump to decide their vote.But they don’t yet know Harris, or remain undecided about her. More on this in a moment.Trump is exploiting this asymmetry so that when it comes to choosing between Trump and Harris, voters will choose the devil they know.This requires, first, that Trump suck all the media oxygen out of the air so Harris has fewer opportunities to define herself positively.Americans who have become overwhelmed by the chaos are tuning out politics altogether, especially in swing states where political advertising is nonstop. And as they tune out both Trump and Harris, Trump is the beneficiary, because, again, he’s the devil they know.In other words, Trump is running neck-and-neck with Harris not despite the mess he’s created over the last few weeks but because of it.skip past newsletter promotionSign up to Follow Robert ReichFree newsletterGet Robert Reich’s latest columns delivered straight to your inboxEnter your email address Sign upPrivacy Notice: Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. For more information see our Privacy Policy. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.after newsletter promotionTrump’s strategy also requires that he and his allies simultaneously flood the airwaves and social media with negative ads about Harris, which are then amplified by the rightwing ecosystem of Fox News, Newsmax and Sinclair radio.Trump’s campaign has given up trying to promote him positively. The Wesleyan Media Project estimates that the Trump team is now spending almost zero on ads that show him in a positive light. There’s no point, because everyone has already made up their minds about him.Instead, the ads aired by Trump and his allies in swing states are overwhelmingly negative about Harris – emphasizing, for example, her past support for gender transition surgery for incarcerated people.Researchers on cognition have long known that negative messages have a bigger impact than positive ones, probably because in evolutionary terms, our brains are hard-wired to respond more to frightening than to positive stimuli (which might explain why social media and even mainstream media are filled with negative stories).Finally, Trump’s strategy necessitates that he refuse to debate her again, lest she get additional positive exposure (hence he has turned down CNN’s invitation for a 23 October debate, which she has accepted).Behind the information asymmetry lie racism and misogyny. I can’t help wondering how many Americans who continue saying they “don’t know” or are “undecided” about Harris are concealing something from pollsters and possibly from themselves: they feel uncomfortable voting for a Black woman.Having said all this, I’m cautiously optimistic about the outcome of the election. Why? Because Trump is deteriorating rapidly; lately he’s barely been able to string sentences together coherently.Harris, by contrast, is gaining strength and confidence by the day, and despite Trump’s attempts to shut her out, more Americans are learning about her. As she gets more exposure, Trump’s “devil-you-know” advantage disappears.Perhaps it’s more accurate to say I’m nauseously optimistic, because, to be candid, I go into the next five weeks feeling a bit sick to my stomach. Even if Harris wins, the fact that so many Americans seem prepared to vote for Trump makes me worry for the future of my country. Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is a professor of public policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and the author of Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few and The Common Good. His newest book, The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It, is out now. He is a Guardian US columnist. 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N.C. presidential race close as Helene recovery begins, Post poll finds

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Trump Is Already Preparing for J.D. Vance to Lose the V.P. Debate

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Trump Is Already Preparing for J.D. Vance to Lose the V.P. Debate | The New Republic You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browserand improve your visit to our site. Skip NavigationThe New RepublicThe New RepublicLATESTBREAKING NEWSPOLITICSCLIMATECULTUREMAGAZINENEWSLETTERSPODCASTSGAMESThe New Republic The New RepublicThe New RepublicThe New RepublicThe New RepublicLATESTBREAKING NEWSPOLITICSCLIMATECULTUREMAGAZINENEWSLETTERSPODCASTSGAMESThe New Republic The New Republic The New RepublicBreaking News Breaking Newsfrom Washington and beyondMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/October 1, 2024/9:22 a.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Is Already Preparing for J.D. Vance to Lose the V.P. DebateDonald Trump is already claiming the vice presidential debate between J.D. Vance and Tim Walz is “rigged.”Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesDonald Trump is already explaining away J.D. Vance’s performance during the vice presidential debate, and it hasn’t even happened yet. During an interview on Fox Business Monday, Kellyanne Conway asked Trump whether he would consider doing another debate. The former president tried to downplay his outright refusal to go head-to-head with Kamala Harris again, and implied that Vance would face the same treatment Tuesday night. “I would love to have two or three more debates, I like it, I enjoy it. But they’re so rigged and so stacked,” Trump said. “You’ll see it tomorrow with J.D., it’ll be stacked.”Trump says the VP debate tomorrow night will be rigged against Vance, and he would love to have more debates against Kamala Harris but they are too rigged and unfair to him. pic.twitter.com/ZrZ4WPhTFx— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) October 1, 2024 Trump has used a similar playbook to undermine the outcomes of his own debates, both before and after they happened. Before the first presidential debate in June, the Republican nominee attacked CNN’s hosts, and then walked back his claims after they didn’t fact-check him on air. Before his debate with Harris, he claimed that ABC News would be biased against him. He and his MAGA acolytes continued to insist this was the case after the debate moderators fact-checked him on air for his outlandish lies about babies being aborted after they’re already born and Haitian immigrants eating their neighbors’ pets in Springfield, Ohio.Now Trump is claiming the debate will be rigged as a safety net for Vance, who has his own problems with the truth to contend with. CBS News, which is hosting the debate, said that it will be up to the candidates to fact-check each other. Conway went on to say that when asked about doing a second debate, Trump “said no, but he didn’t totally say no,” according to The Hill. Crucially, in Trump speak, that was a definite no.Harris previously accepted CNN’s invitation to appear in another presidential debate on October 23, but Trump claimed last week that it was “too late” for another debate because early voting had already begun in some states. Before that, Trump had a different excuse, declaring that he wouldn’t seek a rematch because only someone “beaten” would ask for one. Instead, the former president has run scared from a second matchup. The vice presidential debate will take place at 9 p.m. at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York.Share This StoryRead about the debate:The Walz-Vance V.P. Debate Rules Are Out—and They Guarantee ChaosMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/5:38 p.m. ETShare This StoryMAGA Is Claiming “Political Violence” Over a Giant Nude Trump StatueConservatives are properly freaking out over a debut of a 43-foot-tall statue of a naked Donald Trump.RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP/Getty ImagesOn Saturday, a 43-foot-tall nude statue of Donald Trump was installed near Interstate 15 just outside of Las Vegas, immediately drawing a backlash from the former president’s supporters. The foam-and-rebar art installation, weighing about 6,000 pounds, is titled Crooked and Obscene and is expected to travel to other cities, although dates and cities for the tour have not been announced, according to The Wrap. RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP/Getty ImagesThe artists behind the “anatomically correct” statue, who want to stay anonymous, said in a statement that the former president’s nudity was “intentional, serving as a bold statement on transparency, vulnerability, and the public personas of political figures.” But Republicans, as one might expect, are livid. “While families drive through Las Vegas, they are forced to view this offensive marionette, designed intentionally for shock value rather than meaningful dialogue,” the Nevada Republican Party said in a statement, according to The Telegraph. Right-wing influencer Ian Miles Cheong posted on X that Trump, if elected president, “should jail everyone who was a part of this effigy’s creation.” Fellow right-wing conspiracy theorist Catturd (real name Phillip Buchanan) called the people behind the statue “demons,” piggybacking on yet another right-wing influencer’s post calling the art piece “POLITICAL VIOLENCE.” While these right-wing figures are freaking out, this isn’t even the first instance where a nude Trump statue has been erected. In 2016, just before the election, five small naked Trump statues went up on street corners in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Seattle, and New York City, only to be taken down by local authorities because the artist didn’t secure a permit. The artists behind this latest art project are pretty tight-lipped, so there’s no word on whether they secured a permit themselves. On a related note, Trump on Sunday told supporters in Wisconsin that if he wasn’t campaigning, “I could’ve been sunbathing on the beach. You have never seen a body so beautiful. Much better than Sleepy Joe.” He probably won’t like this statue, though, and definitely won’t add it to his NFT trading card collection.Share This StoryMore on conservatives losing it:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/4:59 p.m. ETShare This StoryHypocrite MTG Now Demanding Hurricane Relief Funds She Tried to BlockMarjorie Taylor Greene is suddenly all for government spending.Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty ImagesGeorgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene is begging the federal government to urgently “send the funds” to help the American Southeast recover in the wake of Hurricane Helene, even though she herself stood in the way of emergency relief funds just last week.“The storm was supposed to come directly across my district, but when it came through Georgia, it went to the east, and we mainly just got a lot of rain,” Greene told Real America’s Voice’s Terrance Bates. “When we go back to Washington, we will be working hard to make sure that states like Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, North Carolina get the funding that they need.”Greene was one of 82 Republicans who voted last week against a continuing resolution to keep the government funded. If she had been successful, the government would have been in shutdown mode from Tuesday onward, preventing any region from receiving the critical assistance.“We’ve already signed a letter,” Greene told Bates. “We sent that letter to Joe Biden requesting relief that Brian Kemp, our governor, has already requested. So our entire delegation in Georgia has signed onto that letter.”“We need them to step in and send the funds and the relief that these people deserve,” she added.But Greene’s public demands ring a little hollow. During the storm, she was spotted gleefully attending a football game alongside Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, while Kemp revealed earlier Monday that President Joe Biden had called him over the weekend to assess the state’s needs. Greene also took the opportunity to take a stab at the Biden administration, even while lobbying for federal aid from the executive branch.“President Trump is a man of action,” she told the right-wing network. “We don’t need a sleepy Joe in the White House. We don’t need Kamala Harris, who they’re propping up.”Share This StoryRead about Biden’s response:Georgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/September 30, 2024/4:58 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Pushes Hurricane Helene Lie Even After Republicans Debunk HimDonald Trump continues to insist that Democrats have abandoned areas affected by Hurricane Helene.Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesDonald Trump flailed Monday when asked to produce any evidence to support his claim that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were purposefully withholding aid from people affected by Hurricane Helene. Trump suggested in a Truth Social post earlier Monday that he’d received “reports” from North Carolina claiming that the Biden administration and Democratic Governor Roy Cooper were “going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas” in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. The western region of North Carolina is currently experiencing severe flooding. MSNBC reporter Garrett Haake attempted to press Trump during a stop in Valdosta, Georgia, asking him what, if any, evidence he had to back up his outlandish claim.“Take a look,” Trump responded, walking away. Haake translated the flippant response to mean, “essentially, I’ve got nothing to show you right now, why don’t you go find it yourself.”So in short, Trump has absolutely no evidence, and these so-called “reports” seem even less legitimate than the debunked ones claiming that Haitian immigrants were eating their neighbors’ pets.In a second post about hurricane relief, Trump claimed that Biden and Harris had “left Americans to drown in North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, and elsewhere in the South.”Trump also claimed that Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, with whom he has his own uneasy alliance, had a “hard time” reaching Biden to discuss disaster relief, and that the president had been “very non-responsive.” That was also a lie. Kemp said that he’d already spoken to Biden. “The president just called me yesterday afternoon. I missed him, and called him right back,” Kemp said Monday. “And he just said, ‘What do you need?’”It’s taken the Republican nominee no time at all to pull focus away from disaster relief, trying instead to enrage voters in two key battleground states responding to a deadly natural disaster.Share This StoryRead about the conspiracy:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostPaige Oamek/September 30, 2024/4:32 p.m. ETShare This StoryGeorgia Judge Strikes Down State’s Abortion Ban in Stunning RulingA Fulton County judge has said abortions in the state must resume as they did when Roe v. Wade was still the law of the land.TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty ImagesA Georgia judge on Monday struck down the state’s six-week abortion ban. Fulton County Superior Judge Robert McBurney quoted “liberty” in a ruling that rejected the controversial ban outlawing abortion after six weeks, before many people know they are pregnant. Abortions in the state will now be allowed until 22 weeks, as they were before the reversal of Roe v. Wade in 2022, when Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed into law the six-week ban. McBurney had some choice words for politicians in his ruling, writing, “It is not for a legislator, a judge, or a Commander from The Handmaid’s Tale to tell these women what to do with their bodies during this period when the fetus cannot survive outside the womb any more so than society could – or should – force them to serve as a human tissue bank or to give up a kidney for the benefit of another.” He added, “our higher courts’ interpretations of ‘liberty’ demonstrates that liberty in Georgia includes in its meaning, in its protections, and in its bundle of rights the power of a woman to control her own body, to decide what happens to it and in it, and to reject state interference with her healthcare choices.”The state law prohibited abortions after six weeks, based on the misleading notion that a “heartbeat” could be detected in an embryo around that time. In reality, an embryo does not have a heart at six weeks, let alone cardiac activity. A fetus is also not viable outside the body till much later in a pregnancy.McBurney got the chance to rule on the law after it was sent back to Fulton County court by the state Supreme Court last year. Georgia’s restrictive abortion ban killed at least two women since its passage and caused Georgia’s monthly abortion totals to drop by roughly half. This story has been updated.Share This StoryMore on Georgia:Georgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/4:25 p.m. ETShare This StoryWatch: Trump Appears Not to Understand How Hurricanes WorkDonald Trump, who wants to dismantle storm prediction services, seemed caught off guard by the completely predictable Hurricane Helene.Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesIn just three days, Hurricane Helene gas killed at least 119 people as it trailed its way along the Southeast, making it one of the deadliest storms in modern U.S. history.The real scope of devastation is difficult to define before such an unprecedented hurricane hits land, but it’s not impossible to predict a storm’s scale, timing, and general path. Somehow, that information isn’t obvious to Donald Trump, who, after surveying some of the storm’s devastation in Georgia, told reporters Monday that “nobody” could have forecast Helene.“That’s a big one. And the devastation wrought by this storm is incredible,” Trump said during a presser in Valdosta, Georgia. “It’s so extensive, nobody thought this would be happening, especially now it’s so late in the season for the hurricanes.”Trump: Nobody thought this would be happening, especially now it’s so late in the season for hurricanes pic.twitter.com/tnLCkwKSXM— Acyn (@Acyn) September 30, 2024 It is, of course, not late in the season for hurricanes: September tends to be the most active month in the calendar year for the superstorms.But Trump’s own policy proposals are likely to keep him—and every other American—from obtaining such life-saving weather forecasts and emergency weather alerts in the future. Trump has touted elements of Project 2025, a 920-page Christian nationalist manifesto that proposes completely demolishing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, whose responsibilities as a federal agency include tracking the weather and predicting hurricanes.“The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) should be dismantled and many of its functions eliminated, sent to other agencies, privatized, or placed under the control of states and territories,” the far-right proposal reads on page 664.That would effectively privatize weather forecasts, forcing U.S. citizens to pay for weather subscriptions that would include crucial national weather alert systems for emergencies such as flash flooding, extreme heat, earthquakes, or otherwise.Trump has spent months trying to distance his campaign from Project 2025, but a flurry of the Republican presidential nominee’s recent comments, which include supporting demolishing the Department of Education, have practically glued himself to its policy points.Share This StoryRead more about Trump’s hurricane response:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/4:05 p.m. ETShare This StoryRudy Giuliani’s Daughter Backs Harris in Dire Warning on TrumpCaroline Rose Giuliani wrote a harrowing piece on how Donald Trump ruined her relationship with her dad—and how he could ruin the country next.Alex Wong/Getty ImagesRudolph Giuliani’s daughter, Caroline Rose Giuliani, endorsed Kamala Harris Monday, writing for Vanity Fair about how she has watched her father’s life “crumble since he joined forces with [Donald] Trump.” Caroline Giuliani wrote an article for the magazine warning of the dangers of another Trump presidency, saying his first term “was the worst thing that ever happened to my dad, to my family, and to our nation’s modern history.” “The consequences will only be more severe—and irreversible—a second time around. Thanks to the extremist Supreme Court he stacked, Trump would take office with full immunity: no checks on his power whatsoever,” Giuliani said. “If the president isn’t going to be subject to the law like every other citizen, which remains incomprehensible to me, then our president had better have a moral compass.”The article carries the headline “Trump Took My Dad From Me. Please Don’t Let Him Take Our Country, Too,” and Giuliani not only mentions the danger that Trump presents to the country, but also how her father’s work for the former president and convicted felon has brought him down and hurt their relationship. “I spent a lot of my life wishing my father had less power. But I never wanted it to happen like this. And selfishly, the deeper my dad gets stuck in the quicksand of his problems, the more fleeting our opportunities to connect as father and daughter become,” Giuliani said, alluding to her father’s financial and legal difficulties. “After months of feeling the type of sorrow that comes from the death of a loved one, it dawned on me that I’ve been grieving the loss of my dad to Trump. I cannot bear to lose our country to him too,” Giuliani wrote. Giuliani also praised Harris for her understanding of the climate crisis and her support for reproductive rights, calling the vice president “a life-long public servant who has spent her career upholding justice and fighting for those who cannot fight for themselves.” Endorsing Harris is a big step for the daughter of a close confidant of Trump who also served as his lawyer. But as she wrote, Rudy Giuliani’s work for Trump has indeed imploded his life. He has been disbarred in Washington, D.C., and New York state. He’s on the verge of losing his assets thanks to a defamation lawsuit from Georgia poll workers and is facing criminal charges in Georgia and Arizona for election interference, as well as a pending sexual harassment lawsuit from one of his former assistants. Now, his daughter is openly expressing her sadness and shame over his support for Trump and where it has taken him. Will he listen to her?Share This StoryMore on Politics:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostPaige Oamek/September 30, 2024/3:52 p.m. ETShare This StoryGeorgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyDonald Trump is trying to spread a new lie about Hurricane Helene—but Georgia Governor Brian Kemp isn’t playing games.Alex Wong/Getty ImagesIn the wake of Hurricane Helene’s destruction, Donald Trump is eager to spread rumors about President Joe Biden’s inaction. The problem is, at least one Republican politician on the front lines is willing to call Trump out on his lies. On Monday, Trump visited Georgia, one of the six states seriously hit by the natural disaster, and claimed that while Governor Brian Kemp was “doing a very good job,” he was “having a hard time getting the president on the phone.”“I guess they’re not being responsive, the federal government is not being responsive,” he continued. “They’re having a very hard time getting the president on the phone. He won’t get on it.” While it’s true that the federal response to the hurricane leaves much to be desired, Trump was stretching the truth when he said that Kemp hadn’t heard from Biden.Just a few hours earlier on Monday, Kemp told press that Biden called yesterday afternoon and asked the Georgia governor what further support his state needed. Biden last week also declared a state of emergency in Georgia, approving federal disaster assistance for the state.Has Trump told Gov. Kemp, who said this today?"The President just called me yesterday afternoon." "And he just said ‘hey, what do you need?’" "He offered that if there's other things we need, just to call him directly, which, I appreciate that." https://t.co/ABiE0AE0GS pic.twitter.com/Y9WcwULJes— Andrew Bates (@AndrewJBates46) September 30, 2024 As Trump tours Georgia and North Carolina, Republicans continue to slam Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for not showing face in disaster zones. But perhaps while roads remain closed and many remain without power, it’s a better use of resources for the federal government to provide actual disaster relief, rather than divert resources for a tour bus. At least, that’s what many residents in Georgia thought about Trump’s publicity stunt Monday.Share This StoryMore on this dangerous conspiracy:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/September 30, 2024/2:37 p.m. ETShare This StoryEric Adams’s Idiot Lawyer Just Undermined His Own DefenseAlex Spiro appeared to admit that the New York City mayor accepted bribes.Michael Nagle/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesNew York City Mayor Eric Adams’s lawyer is trying to get his federal bribery allegations dismissed by arguing that even if the mayor did accept gifts and favors from one Turkish official for years, it didn’t constitute bribery because it happened before Adams was elected mayor. Alex Spiro, Adams’s attorney with a long list of celebrity clients, argued in a filing Monday that the bribery charge against Adams should be dismissed. He argued that the alleged scheme did not satisfy the definition of bribery because Adams’s agreement to receive free and discounted travel and accommodations from a senior Turkish official was not quid pro quo in exchange for an official act.Rather, Spiro argued that Adams’s indictment simply alleged that he had “agreed to generally assist with the ‘operation’ or ‘regulation’ of a Turkish consulate building in Manhattan, where he had no authority whatsoever, in exchange for travel benefits.”Spiro cited the Supreme Court’s ruling in Snyder v. United States in June, which found that it is not illegal under federal anti-bribery law for state and local officials to accept gratuities for acts they have already taken. This decision, which overturned the conviction of a former Indiana mayor, substantially weakened the government’s ability to pursue federal anti-bribery complaints and challenge corruption.According to the indictment, Adams had been receiving benefits in the form of travel perks and straw-man donations long before the Turkish official allegedly tried to cash in on them. But Spiro argued that because one favor did not directly result in another, Adams’s alleged behavior does not constitute bribery, as the government accused in the indictment. During a press conference Monday, Spiro tried to downplay the allegations against Adams, while seeming to confirm that the mayor had in fact received travel perks, as alleged. “In the events in question, Mayor Adams was the Brooklyn borough president. He was not the mayor, he wasn’t even the mayor-elect, and the position of Brooklyn borough president does not have vast powers,” Spiro said. “It has, frankly, very little.”Spiro made no mention of allegations that those very same Turkish officials, who had allegedly given Adams so many freebies, had helped to illegally fund his ascendancy to a higher office. Adams, who was once lauded as the future of the Democratic Party, has been charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, federal program bribery, and to receive campaign contributions by foreign nationals. He was also charged with one count of wire fraud, two counts of solicitation of a contribution by a foreign national, and one count of bribery.Share This StoryRead more about Eric Adams:Eric Adams’s Press Conference on Charges Goes Totally Off the RailsMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/1:32 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyAs people are dying, Donald Trump has begun pushing a menacing, self-serving conspiracy theory about the hurricane response.Emily Elconin/Getty ImagesHurricane Helene has devastated much of the American Southeast, and yet Donald Trump thinks it’s a good time to push a new conspiracy theory against Democrats. The former president posted a long message on Truth Social Monday that he was headed to Georgia “to pay my respects and bring lots of relief material, including fuel, equipment, water, and other things, to the State.” But he added an unproven accusation to the end of that message, claiming that he received reports of “the Federal Government, and the Democrat Governor of [North Carolina], going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas.” Trump didn’t elaborate on where these “reports” were coming from, which don’t seem to have any factual basis. Much of North Carolina votes Republican, so it would be near impossible for any relief efforts to occur that would neglect conservatives. Roy Cooper, the state’s Democratic governor since 2017, has deployed the National Guard and undertaken statewide efforts to help those affected by the hurricane, which has hit his state hardest, killing nearly 50 people and leaving hundreds of thousands of homes without power. President Biden has pledged “every available resource, as fast as possible, to your communities, to rescue, recover, and to begin rebuilding,” and even plans to visit communities affected by the hurricane later this week. On Sunday, Biden approved disaster declarations for both Florida and North Carolina, which allows immediate access to emergency funds for recovery efforts. Trump is clearly attempting to play politics with a natural disaster in a state where Kamala Harris is polling neck and neck with him. It’s a disturbing and familiar move for the former president, who, while in office, sought to withhold federal help from areas where people didn’t support him. As president, Trump deliberately downplayed the damage from wildfires in Oregon and California, and said he didn’t want “another single dollar going to [Puerto Rico],” even as the U.S. territory struggled to recover from Hurricane Maria. Perhaps he doesn’t think the public remembers how he handled those disasters and thinks projecting his old actions onto Biden, Harris, and the rest of the Democrats is a winning strategy. In any case, it does nothing to help people trying to recover from Hurricane Helene. Share This StoryMore on Hurricane Helene:MTG Dragged for Ditching Georgia as Hurricane Helene Hits the StateView More PostsRead More: Politics, Law, Supreme Court, Constitution, Foreign Policy, Health Care, Economic Inequality, Taxes, WashingtonBREAKING NEWS POLITICS CLIMATE CULTURE MAGAZINE PODCASTS GAMESEventsTravelBookstoreDonateAdvertiseFAQPressJobsSubmissionsSubscribe to The New RepublicSign Up for Our Newsletters Terms and ConditionsPrivacy PolicyCookie SettingsCopyright 2025 © The New Republic. All rights reserved.

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Harris leading Trump by 2 points in Pennsylvania: Poll

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With Newsom’s Veto, Big Tech Beats Democracy | California governor Gavin Newsom just killed the most significant AI safety legislation in the United States. His veto of SB 1047 is the result of a tech industry pressure campaign that puts us all in danger.

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https://jacobin.com/2024/09/gavin-newsom-ai-tech-bill-sb-1047

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With Newsom’s Veto, Big Tech Beats Democracy Jacobin Logo Jacobin Icon A/V Icon Jacobin Subscribe Magazine Donate Catalyst Facebook Icon Twitter Icon Email Icon Print Icon With Newsom’s Veto, Big Tech Beats Democracy Search Icon Login Icon Login J Subscribe Back Issues Donate Store Magazine Blog Catalyst About Contact Us Advertise Search Icon Jacobin relies on your donations to publish. Contribute today. 09.30.2024 United States Policy Science and Technology Facebook Icon Twitter Icon Email Icon Print Icon With Newsom’s Veto, Big Tech Beats Democracy By Garrison Lovely California governor Gavin Newsom just killed the most significant AI safety legislation in the United States. His veto of SB 1047 is the result of a tech industry pressure campaign that puts us all in danger. California governor Gavin Newsom speaks at Salesforce's Dreamforce event in September in San Francisco, California. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images) Our new issue, “Bye Bye Bidenism,” is out now. Subscribe to our print edition at a discounted rate today. Shawn Fain: Workers Deserve More Time for Themselves Shawn Fain Why Bidenism Failed Brent Cebul Lily Geismer Inflation Kills Governments Isabella Weber The Working Class Has Left the Building Jared Abbott The whole story of SB 1047 is long and complicated, but the gist of it is actually quite simple. By and large, the artificial intelligence industry does not want to be regulated. It especially doesn’t want to be liable for harms caused by its AI models. Since SB 1047 regulates the industry and uses liability to enforce those regulations, much of the industry doesn’t want the bill. Industry insiders can’t say this explicitly, so they make other arguments instead (often arguing against versions of the bill that don’t exist). It’s not super surprising that these arguments don’t really hold up to scrutiny. What the Bill Would Have Done SB 1047 mainly mandated that the largest AI developers implement safeguards to mitigate catastrophic risks. If a covered company’s AI model causes a disaster, defined as “mass casualties” or $500 million or more in damage and the company’s safeguards were not in line with industry best practices and/or relevant government standards, then the company could be liable for damages and additional financial penalties. The bill also included protections for AI whistleblowers. It would have been the first law in the United States to mandate that these companies implement safeguards to mitigate catastrophic risks, breaking from the tradition of using the voluntary AI safety commitments preferred by the industry and national lawmakers. Faced with the California Senate bill, OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft, and Google argued that AI regulations should happen at the federal level instead. However, Republicans have committed to obstruct significant national legislation and undo Joe Biden’s executive order on AI, the nearest thing to a national AI regulation. These companies also have far less to fear from federal lawmakers, who are in their pocket to a greater degree. In August, eight House Democrats from California published a letter against the bill that was full of industry talking points. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi shortly followed the congressional letter with her own statement against the bill, in what appears to be the first time she’s opposed a piece of state-level legislation from a member of her own party. Pelosi’s 2023 financial disclosure reports her husband owns between $16 and $80 million in stocks and options in Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Nvidia. And Pelosi’s daughter Christine is expected to run against the bill’s author, state senator Scott Wiener, for the former Speaker’s congressional seat upon her retirement. This belief has prompted speculation that she is trying to damage Wiener and elevate Christine. Pelosi’s odd pattern of San Francisco endorsements also makes more sense when you realize they have all fought with Wiener. Pelosi has conspicuously not endorsed Wiener in his reelection campaign. Coalitions As I discussed previously in the Nation, opponents of SB 1047 assert that there is a “massive public outcry” against the bill and highlight imagined and unsubstantiated harms that will befall sympathetic victims like academics and open-source developers. However, the bill aims squarely at the largest AI developers in the world and has statewide popular support, with even stronger support from tech workers. This fundamental dynamic remained mostly the same but ultimately resulted in some strange bedfellows: billionaire Elon Musk is lined up with social justice groups and labor unions in supporting the bill, while former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, progressive House Congressman Ro Khanna, Trump-supporting venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, and AI “godmother” Fei-Fei Li are all opposed. Yet since the congressional letter and Pelosi’s opposition statement in August, the momentum was almost entirely with bill supporters. Anthropic differentiated itself from other leading AI companies by writing in an open letter that the revised bill’s “benefits likely outweigh its costs.” Its letter followed a round of amendments made directly in response to the company’s earlier concerns. SB 1047 passed both chambers of California’s legislature with strong majorities, and it continued to poll well. These polls were all conducted by a pro-regulation nonprofit, but the top-line result didn’t change when the polling shop let an opponent write the con arguments. Over 110 current and former employees of the top five AI companies (all of which are based in California) published a letter in favor of the bill, arguing that “the most powerful AI models may soon pose severe risks, such as expanded access to biological weapons and cyberattacks on critical infrastructure.” Letters urging Newsom’s signature were signed by SAG-AFTRA and Hollywood stars like Ava DuVernay, Jane Fonda, J. J. Abrams, Shonda Rhimes, Alec Baldwin, Pedro Pascal, Jessica Chastain, Adam McKay, and Ron Perlman. Late-stage endorsements came in from powerful groups like ParentsTogether and the California branch of the AFL-CIO, joining earlier support from groups like the SEIU, the Latino Community Foundation, and the National Organization for Women. This expansive coalition was ultimately not enough to overcome the bitter opposition of the tech industry and powerful national Democrats like Pelosi. Industry Opposition OpenAI, Meta, and Google all argued that the bill could spook AI companies into leaving California. However, SB 1047 would have applied to any covered AI company doing business in the state, which is the world’s fifth-largest economy and home to the top five generative AI companies. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei dismissed this notion as “just theater.” The most powerful allies of industry were national Democrats who came out against the bill. But they had a big assist from “godmother of AI” and Stanford professor Fei-Fei Li, who published an op-ed in Fortune falsely claiming that SB 1047’s “kill switch” would effectively destroy the open-source AI community. Li’s op-ed was prominently cited in the congressional letter and Pelosi’s statement, where the former Speaker said that Li is “viewed as California’s top AI academic and researcher and one of the top AI thinkers globally.” Nowhere in Fortune or these congressional statements was it mentioned that Li founded a billion-dollar AI startup backed by Andreessen Horowitz, the venture fund behind a scorched-earth smear campaign against the bill. The same day he vetoed SB 1047, Newsom announced a new board of advisers on AI governance for the state. Li is the first name mentioned. Newsom’s Letter Newsom published a three-page letter explaining his veto, where he takes a generally pro-regulation tack while making arguments that also don’t withstand scrutiny. For example, he writes: By focusing only on the most expensive and large-scale models, SB 1047 establishes a regulatory framework that could give the public a false sense of security about controlling this fast-moving technology. Smaller, specialized models may emerge as equally or even more dangerous than the models targeted by SB 1047. In other words, AI models large and small can both be risky — so we shouldn’t regulate either? Also, the discovery that has underpinned the entire explosion of generative AI is that model capabilities scale with model size. There are high-risk applications of AI, like its use in welfare, hiring, and parole decisions, that should be scrutinized, strictly regulated, or banned entirely. But the risk of a model causing the kinds of catastrophes SB 1047 was targeting — like enabling a large-scale cyberattack or aiding in the creation of novel bioweapons — is far greater in systems that are larger and more powerful than the current state of the art. And if you think Newsom would have signed a more expansive version of the bill that targets smaller models as well, I have a bridge to sell you. Later, he writes: Let me be clear — I agree with the author — we cannot afford to wait for a major catastrophe to occur before taking action to protect the public. California will not abandon its responsibility. Safety protocols must be adopted. Proactive guardrails should be implemented, and severe consequences for bad actors must be clear and enforceable. Let me be clear, Newsom’s decision means that there will be no mandatory safety protocols for the development of the largest and most powerful AI models. The dozen-plus AI bills Newsom signed don’t address this, and none of them faced anywhere near the industry resistance that SB 1047 received. Unlike Newsom, the smartest critics of the legislation, like AI journalist Timothy B. Lee, merely argue that it may be premature, saying, “We should wait until more advanced models exist so we have a better idea of how to regulate them.” Dean W. Ball, a research fellow at George Mason University’s libertarian-leaning Mercatus Center, told me in a phone interview, “There’s a legitimate disagreement about whether regulation at this time is necessary.” The whole debate, in his view, is about whether near-future AI systems will be capable of causing the kind of disasters the bill aims to prevent. Ball thinks that if “model capabilities develop in the way that certainly SB 1047 supporters seem to think they will, the need for such regulation will become more apparent.” Supporters tend to be more worried about being too late than too early. Bill cosponsor Teri Olle, director of Economic Security California, said in a phone interview, “The last time we had this kind of a moment was with social media,” but “we blinked and as a result we are now still trying to pick up the pieces.” What Comes Next? The Congressional letter claimed: Unfortunately, SB 1047 is skewed toward addressing extreme misuse scenarios and hypothetical existential risks while largely ignoring demonstrable AI risks like misinformation, discrimination, nonconsensual deepfakes, environmental impacts, and workforce displacement. Newsom took a similar tack in his veto letter, writing: A California-only approach may well be warranted — especially absent federal action by Congress — but it must be based on empirical evidence and science. The U.S. Al Safety Institute, under the National Institute of Science and Technology, is developing guidance on national security risks, informed by evidence-based approaches, to guard against demonstrable risks to public safety. He touts other efforts to manage AI risks “that are rooted in science and fact,” and the dozen-plus bills “regulating specific, known risks posed by Al” that he’s signed in the last thirty days. Opponents of AI safety regulations want you to believe that they come at the expense of regulating existing harms of the technology. But as I wrote in Jacobin in January: The debate playing out in the public square may lead you to believe that we have to choose between addressing AI’s immediate harms and its inherently speculative existential risks. And there are certainly trade-offs that require careful consideration. But when you look at the material forces at play, a different picture emerges: in one corner are trillion-dollar companies trying to make AI models more powerful and profitable; in another, you find civil society groups trying to make AI reflect values that routinely clash with profit maximization. In short, it’s capitalism versus humanity. Even though SB 1047 failed to become law, it succeeded in bringing this picture into focus. SB 1047 was the product of a long, deliberative, democratic process. In response to attacks by AI investors, Wiener wrote in July, “SB 1047 is the product of hundreds of conversations my team and I have had with a broad range of experts, including both supporters and critics and including startup founders, large tech companies, academics, open source advocates, and others.” One Big Tech lobbyist told me that Wiener is “extremely earnest in the way he approaches this, like a lot of politicians I deal with are not.” Wiener hosted multiple town halls with tech founders, amending the bill significantly in response to their feedback. The bill had consistent, strong support in the legislature and polled well, with support rising over time as its core components were clarified. All of that work was nullified by the decision of a single man, whose incoherent stated objections mask his real motivations. But in another sense, this was just another mask-off moment for Gavin Newsom, who hand-delivered a massive victory to Big Tech, at the expense of democracy and every person who might someday be harmed by AI models built by companies locked in a fierce race for primacy and profit. Share this article Facebook Twitter Email Contributors Garrison Lovely is a Brooklyn-based freelance writer and host of the podcast The Most Interesting People I Know. Filed Under United States Policy Science and Technology Silicon Valley California Big Tech Gavin Newsom artificial intelligence Remove Icon Jacobin Logo Sign up for our mailing list {{ message }} Submit Thanks for signing up! → Already on our list? Get our print magazine for just $20 a year. Remove Icon ESC Select a text size Small The whole story of SB 1047 is long and complicated, but the gist of it is actually quite simple. By and large, the artificial intelligence industry does not want to be regulated. It especially doesn’t want to be liable for harms caused by its AI models. Since SB 1047 regulates the industry and uses liability […] Medium The whole story of SB 1047 is long and complicated, but the gist of it is actually quite simple. By and large, the artificial intelligence industry does not want to be regulated. It especially doesn’t want to be liable for harms caused by its AI models. Since SB 1047 regulates the industry and uses liability […] Large The whole story of SB 1047 is long and complicated, but the gist of it is actually quite simple. By and large, the artificial intelligence industry does not want to be regulated. It especially doesn’t want to be liable for harms caused by its AI models. Since SB 1047 regulates the industry and uses liability […] Further Reading The Silicon-Tongued Devil Leif Weatherby Can Humanity Survive AI? 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Trump caught lying repeatedly about response to Hurricane Helene

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https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-caught-lying-repeatedly-response-hurricane-helene-rcna173407

2024-10-01T14:52:46

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When it comes to Donald Trump and Hurricane Helene, it's not a rhetorical question.By Steve BenenWhen it comes to hurricanes, Donald Trump’s record is an embarrassment. Indeed, some of the low points of the Republican’s failed presidency were directly related to his bizarre reactions to brutal storms: From “Sharpiegate“ to “big water,” from his odd unfamiliarity with Category 5 hurricanes to lobbing paper towels as if he were having fun shooting free throws, the GOP candidate’s background is tough to defend.But it wasn’t just a matter of gaffes and photo ops gone awry. As a New York Times report explained, “As president, he viewed federal aid through the prism of his personal politics, threatening to withhold money from governors of blue states whom he saw as enemies, and promising ‘A-plus’ treatment for his allies.”But that doesn’t mean his record can’t get worse. NBC News reported:Former President Donald Trump falsely claimed that Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp hasn’t been able to reach President Joe Biden to discuss Hurricane Helene’s impacts on his state. “He has been calling the president, but has not been able to get him,” Trump said at a news conference at a furniture store in Valdosta, Georgia.Hours earlier, the Republican governor said the opposite, describing the helpful and constructive conversation he had with Biden and letting the public know that he appreciated the president’s offer of support.It’d be easier to overlook if this were Trump’s only break with reality, but it is not. The former president also falsely argued that the Biden administration and North Carolina’s Democratic governor are “going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas,” which is absurd on its face and made worse by the fact that Asheville and the surrounding area is heavily Democratic.When NBC News asked the Republican to substantiate his aid-related conspiracy theories, he walked away.Trump also baselessly accused Vice President Kamala Harris of staging a photograph of her talking on the phone with FEMA officials, and his claims immediately fell apart.Alas, we can keep going. Trump told reporters that “nobody” could have forecast Hurricane Helene, which isn’t true, before he added that it’s “late in the season for the hurricanes,” which also isn’t true.My personal favorite was Trump, during an appearance in Georgia, telling reporters, “We’re not talking about politics now,” even as he talked about politics. As an Associated Press report summarized, “Donald Trump repeatedly spread falsehoods Monday about the federal response to Hurricane Helene despite claiming not to be politicizing the disaster as he toured hard-hit areas in south Georgia.”Part of the problem, of course, is that the GOP nominee was lying to the public about an important crisis five weeks before Election Day. Another part of the problem was Trump’s apparent instinct to try to divide people rather than pulling people together in a time of need.But just as notable is the broader question hanging overhead: What kind of would-be leader lies about a deadly natural disaster?At a campaign event last week, Republican Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, Trump’s controversial running mate, insisted that the “most important thing” is “having a person of character” in the Oval Office. It was an easy sentiment to agree with. It also set a standard that his running mate can’t meet.Steve BenenSteve Benen is a producer for "The Rachel Maddow Show," the editor of MaddowBlog and an MSNBC political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of "Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans' War on the Recent Past."Previous PostMonday’s Mini-Report, 9.30.24Next PostJudge strikes down Georgia’s abortion ban, but not quickly enough for someLatest PostAs errors pile up, Musk and DOGE appear increasingly incompetentAboutContactHelpCareersMSNBC StoreAD ChoicesPrivacy PolicyDo Not Sell My Personal InformationCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)MSNBC SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseJoin the MSNBC Community© 2025 MSNBC Cable, L.L.C.NBC News LogoMSNBC LogoToday Logo

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Arizona prisoner: Inmates were given do-not-resuscitate status against their will during COVID-19

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https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-investigations/i-arizona-prisoner-inmates-were-given-do-not-resuscitate-status-against-their-will-during-covid-19/

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Maddow: Vance Has Spent His Entire Adult Life Being Financially Supported By Eccentric Right-Wing Tech Billionaires

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https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/09/30/maddow_vance_has_spent_his_entire_adult_life_being_financially_supported_by_eccentric_right-wing_tech_billionaires.html

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Talks make progress between Eastern and Gulf ports and dockworkers as strike looms

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https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/talks-make-progress-between-eastern-and-gulf-ports-and-dockworkers-as-strike-looms

2024-10-01T15:05:23

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Yes Not now Full Episodes Podcasts Newsletters Live By — Tom Krisher, Associated Press Tom Krisher, Associated Press By — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Associated Press Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Associated Press Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/talks-make-progress-between-eastern-and-gulf-ports-and-dockworkers-as-strike-looms Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Talks make progress between Eastern and Gulf ports and dockworkers as strike looms Economy Sep 30, 2024 7:24 PM EST NEW YORK (AP) — With a strike deadline looming, the union for 45,000 dockworkers and the group representing East and Gulf Coast ports have exchanged wage offers, leaving a ray of hope that a deal can be reached without a major work stoppage. In a statement, the U.S. Maritime Alliance, which represents 36 ports from Maine to Texas, said that both sides have moved from their previous positions. The alliance said it also asked the union to extend the current contract. The International Longshoremen’s Association is threatening to strike at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday in a move that could silence ports that handle about half the ship cargo coming in and going out of the U.S. A message was left Monday evening seeking comment from the union. “We are hopeful that this could allow us to fully resume collective bargaining around the other outstanding issues in an effort to reach an agreement,” the alliance statement said. The Alliance said its latest offer would increases wages by nearly 50 percent over the six-year contract, and triple employer contributions to retirement plans. The offer also would strengthen health care options and keep current language that limits automation. The union has demanded 77 percent pay raises over six years to help deal with inflation. Many of the ILA workers can make over $200,000 per year, but the union says they must work large amounts of overtime to reach that figure. The two sides had not held formal negotiations since June, and a strike appeared imminent. In a statement Monday morning, the union said the ports had refused its demands for a fair contract and the alliance seemed intent on a strike. The alliance has said it was willing to bargain. A work stoppage would significantly snarl the nation’s supply chain, potentially leading to higher prices and delays in goods reaching households and businesses if it drags on for weeks. If drawn out, the strike would force businesses to pay shippers for delays and cause some goods to arrive late for peak holiday shopping season — potentially impacting delivery of anything from toys or artificial Christmas trees, to cars, coffee and fruit. A strike could have an almost immediate impact on supplies of perishable imports like bananas, for example. The ports that could be affected by the strike handle 3.8 million metric tons of bananas each year, or 75 percent of the nation’s supply, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation. Americans could also face higher prices as retailers feel the supply squeeze. “If the strikes go ahead, they will cause enormous delays across the supply chain, a ripple effect which will no doubt roll into 2025 and cause chaos across the industry,” noted Jay Dhokia, founder of supply chain management and logistics firm Pro3PL. Dhokia added that East Coast ports aren’t the only ones at risk for disruption, as concern leading up to the strike has already diverted many shipments out West, adding to route congestion and more pressure on demand. Impacts will also be felt internationally — particularly in places like the United Kingdom, he said, where the U.S. is its largest trading partner. In addition to higher wages, ILA members want a total ban on the automation of cranes, gates and container-moving trucks used in the loading or unloading of freight. A strike by the ILA workers — set to impact ports from Maine to Texas — would be the first by the union since 1977. West Coast dockworkers belong to a different union and aren’t involved in the strike. If a strike were deemed a danger to U.S. economic health, President Joe Biden could, under the 1947 Taft-Hartley Act, seek a court order for an 80-day cooling-off period. That would suspend the strike. All eyes are on what, if any, action the administration might take — particularly just weeks ahead of a tight presidential election. But Biden has signaled that he will not exercise this power. During an exchange with reporters on Sunday, Biden said “no” when asked if he planned to intervene in the potential work stoppage. “Because it’s collective bargaining, I don’t believe in Taft-Hartley,” he said. At a briefing Monday, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre reiterated that the administration had never invoked Taft-Hartley “to break a strike and are not considering doing so now.” She added that top officials were still urging both parties to return to the bargaining table and negotiate in good faith. Krisher in reported from Detroit. AP Writers Mae Anderson in New York, Stephen Groves in Dover, Delaware, Dee-Ann Durbin in Detroit and Zeke Miller in Washington contributed to this report. Left: A container ship at a facility in Bayonne, New Jersey, as East Coast Ports may shut down due to a potential dockworker strike. Photo by BRYAN R. SMITH/ AFP via Getty Images Related Dockworkers threaten to strike at key U.S. ports over automation and pay By Tom Krisher, Associated Press Boeing factory workers go on strike after overwhelming vote to reject contract offer By David Koenig, Manuel Valdes, Lindsey Wasson, Associated Press Union workers at Mack Trucks go on strike after voting to reject new contract deal By Tom Krisher, Associated Press Thousands of auto workers on strike across Detroit’s 3 automakers By Tom Krisher, Corey Williams, Mike Householder, Associated Press Go Deeper labor unions longshoremen organized labor By — Tom Krisher, Associated Press Tom Krisher, Associated Press @tkrisher By — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Associated Press Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Associated Press Support Provided By: Learn more Educate your inbox Subscribe to Here’s the Deal, our politics newsletter for analysis you won’t find anywhere else. Enter your email address Subscribe Form error message goes here. Thank you. 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Thousands of people purged from Georgia’s voter rolls reregistered after Kamala Harris’ rally in Atlanta

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Thousands purged from Georgia rolls reregistered after Harris’ rally in Atlanta Breaking: 1 killed, 1 in custody after incident near Gwinnett McDonald’sLog InLog InLog InePaperNewslettersAJC EventsHelp CenterPoliticsPolitically GeorgiaThe First 100 DaysLegislatureLegislative NavigatorQuick LinksePaperNewslettersAJC EventsHelp CenterPoliticsPolitically GeorgiaThe First 100 DaysLegislatureLegislative NavigatorThe Trump InvestigationsElectionsPatricia MurphyJamie DupreeNewsMetro AtlantaGeorgia NewsNational & World NewsBlack History MonthEducationHealth NewsInspire AtlantaPartner ContentTrafficWeatherBusinessGeorgia CompaniesGrowth and DevelopmentJobs and EconomyClimate and EnvironmentMedia and Entertainment IndustryTech and InnovationAtlanta Airport NewsSportsBravesUGAFalconsGeorgia TechUnitedHawksDreamHigh School SportsState Sports ReportAJC Super 11Food & DiningFood & DrinkDiningDining GuidesDestination DinersVegan & Vegetarian GuideOpenings & ClosingsUATLNewsEntertainmentFashionFoodThe LineUpThings to DoArts & CultureEvents in AtlantaGeorgia Entertainment SceneAJC Peachtree Road RaceHome & GardenPuzzles & GamesTravelOpinionReaders WriteAJC ColumnistsMike LuckovichGet SchooledReal Life with Nedra RhoneTorpy at LargeContact the AJC Editorial BoardInvestigationsData JournalismDangerous Dwellings: An AJC investigationUnprotected: Senior CareBreakdownPodcastsBreakdownPolitically GeorgiaMoreDaily SavingsClassifiedsJobsObituariesPolitically Georgia NewsletterPhoto GalleriesPulseVideosAboutHelp CenterAbout the Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionNewsroom Ethics CodeCareersArchiveContact UsContact UsSend a News TipAdvertiseAJC NewsroomOur ProductsePaperNewslettersAll AJC PodcastsAJC EventsDownload iOS AppDownload Android AppSubscriptionDigital SubscriptionPrint SubscriptionManage SubscriptionGroup SubscriptionsSubscription TermsNIE/Newspapers in EducationFollow Us© 2025 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. All Rights Reserved.By using this website, you accept the terms of our Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, CCPA, and understand your options regarding Ad Choices.Learn about Careers at Cox Enterprises.PoliticsPoliticsThousands removed from Georgia’s voter rolls reregistered after Kamala Harris’ rally in AtlantaMore than 40,000 people have filled out paperwork to regain eligibility to vote on Election Day in November.Credit: Natrice Miller / Natrice.Miller@Credit: Natrice Miller / Natrice.Miller@Georgia voter stickers are shown at the Roswell Library on Friday, May 20, 2022. (Natrice Miller/AJC)By Phoebe QuintonUpdated Oct 1, 2024Stanlecia Johnson, 48, registered to vote when she turned 18 years old, but she almost immediately lost the right when she was convicted of a felony around the same time.She did not vote for 30 years. But after registering again last month, Johnson plans to vote in Fulton County in November.Johnson is one of over 40,000 voters who have reregistered this year ahead of Georgia’s deadline Monday. Most of them last updated their registration after Vice President Kamala Harris joined the race, with roughly 25% doing so on the day of her July rally in Atlanta, according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution analysis of the state’s voter roll.“She seems like a strong woman,” Johnson said. “It seems like she’s for the people, for my people, regular people.”ExploreJudge says election boards in Georgia must certify the state’s election resultsThe Georgia secretary of state canceled thousands of voter registrations before the beginning of the year for varying reasons — some were removed from the rolls for not voting or responding to mail from election officials in two general election cycles, others were deleted following a conviction with a felony sentence, and still others for moving to another state.Now, many of these voters are eligible again and back on Georgia’s voter rolls.In the same period of time, the state has removed more than 100,000 names from Georgia’s list of eligible voters. Death and duplicate entries are the two main reasons for removal so far this year.“This maintenance isn’t evil,” said Mitchell Brown, a political scientist at Auburn University. “It’s good administrative practice.”ExplorePatricia Murphy: Are Trump’s Georgia allies ‘Starting the Steal?’Brown said the timing of the updated registrations could reflect increased interest in Harris as a candidate or coincide with more outreach to voters around that time.Lauren Groh-Wargo, CEO of the voting rights organization Fair Fight Action, interpreted the reregistrations as a sign that there is strong enthusiasm to vote this year, especially among the 60% of reregistrants who had been inactive in Georgia’s elections for several years.“These folks were registered before. They didn’t vote for a set of years,” she said. “They decided to vote again, but they had to take that additional step and burden of reregistering.”This burden of reregistering is made easier by voter outreach by organizations such as Women on the Rise, which is dedicated to empowering formerly incarcerated women. They reached out to Johnson and informed her of her right to vote.Greater Georgia, a Republican-led effort, said that it reaches out to voters who have not participated in elections for a long time. These voters might include those who were removed from the rolls for inactivity.“It’s not just first-time voters who are getting involved this cycle,” Greater Georgia spokesperson Caitlin O’Dea said in a statement. “After making over 100,000 phone calls, we’ve helped reregister many Georgians who haven’t voted in decades.”A voter’s registration can be updated when moving to another county, getting married and changing a last name or renewing a driver’s license. Some voters listed as updating their registration in July may have reregistered earlier in the year and then made one of these smaller changes later on.That was the case for Alan Overton. The 58-year-old had lived in Georgia before and reregistered after moving back to the state from Florida in January. When he settled in and relocated to Cobb County over the summer, he updated his registration again.Overton said he has been voting for 30 years and his primary motivation is to stop former President Donald Trump from regaining power. He also said Harris represents an opportunity for change.“A return to intelligence, a return to logic, a return to responsibility to your neighbors, a return to inclusiveness,” he said. “All these things that we just sort of took for granted when I was growing up.”About the Author Phoebe QuintonPhoebe Quinton is a politics data reporter for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.More StoriesKeep ReadingCredit: [email protected] accuracy group ERIC targeted by Republican bill in GeorgiaGeorgia Republican legislators advanced a bill Tuesday that would withdraw the state from an organization that identifies outdated voter registrations.Readers writeFewer people supported Marjorie Taylor Greene than Donald Trump in Georgia’s most pro-Trump districtAn analysis of 2024 election data found U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene lagged behind Donald Trump with voters in her district.The LatestCredit: Arvin Temkar/AJCSenate confirms Kelly Loeffler to lead Small Business Administration1h agoStaffers at embattled New Georgia Project say they were fired after trying to unionize2h agoVoter accuracy group ERIC targeted by Republican bill in GeorgiaFeaturedCredit: Christina Matacotta for the AJCStaffers at embattled New Georgia Project say they were fired after trying to unionizeStaffers at the New Georgia Project say they were fired after attempting to unionize.2h agoGullah Geechee-led referendum on Sapelo Island: What you need to knowA voter referendum organized by Gullah Geechee residents of Sapelo Island aimed at repealing a Georgia county zoning change is set for Oct. 1. Here's what you need to know.Road closures expected in Midtown for Tyler Perry filmSeveral streets around Tech Square in Midtown Atlanta will be closed off to vehicles and pedestrians Wednesday evening for a Tyler Perry production.Cookie Settings

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Haley’s endorsement of Trump doesn’t mean her supporters will follow her

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White House believes Iran is preparing imminent ballistic missile attack against Israel

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Israel says Iran ‘will pay’ for launching a major missile attack against it | CNN Politics CNN values your feedback 1. How relevant is this ad to you? 2. Did you encounter any technical issues? Video player was slow to load content Video content never loaded Ad froze or did not finish loading Video content did not start after ad Audio on ad was too loud Other issues Ad never loaded Ad prevented/slowed the page from loading Content moved around while ad loaded Ad was repetitive to ads I've seen previously Other issues Cancel Submit Thank You! Your effort and contribution in providing this feedback is much appreciated. 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Follow: The Middle East See your latest updates Video shows Iranian missile attack on Israel 01:53 - Source: CNN Video shows Iranian missile attack on Israel 01:53 World News 11 videos Video shows Iranian missile attack on Israel 01:53 Now playing - Source: CNN Video shows Iranian missile attack on Israel 01:53 Video Ad Feedback Kyiv air defense fire interrupts Nick Paton Walsh's report about US-Russia discussions on Ukraine 03:09 Now playing - Source: CNN Kyiv air defense fire interrupts Nick Paton Walsh's report about US-Russia discussions on Ukraine 03:09 Video Ad Feedback Expert says Putin just got a massive win from Trump 02:29 Now playing - Source: CNN Expert says Putin just got a massive win from Trump 02:29 Video Ad Feedback In video, the latest on Pope Francis as supporters gather in Rome with candles and prayers 00:38 Now playing - Source: CNN In video, the latest on Pope Francis as supporters gather in Rome with candles and prayers 00:38 Here's what we know about the Toronto airport crash 01:47 Now playing - Source: CNN Here's what we know about the Toronto airport crash 01:47 Video Ad Feedback Peace talks ‘not at all’ about lifting US sanctions, Russian negotiator says 01:32 Now playing - Source: CNN Peace talks ‘not at all’ about lifting US sanctions, Russian negotiator says 01:32 Video Ad Feedback See moment Israeli-American released by Hamas reunites with family 04:49 Now playing - Source: CNN See moment Israeli-American released by Hamas reunites with family 04:49 Video Ad Feedback Pope Francis' biographer explains what's motivating his recovery in hospital 01:21 Now playing - Source: CNN Pope Francis' biographer explains what's motivating his recovery in hospital 01:21 Video Ad Feedback Trump administration ‘absolutely committed’ to NATO, Secretary General says 01:58 Now playing - Source: CNN Trump administration ‘absolutely committed’ to NATO, Secretary General says 01:58 Video Ad Feedback Russians mourn Navalny, one of Putin's biggest critics, on anniversary of his death 01:01 Now playing - Source: CNN Russians mourn Navalny, one of Putin's biggest critics, on anniversary of his death 01:01 Video Ad Feedback Iran ‘behind everything that threatens peace’ in Middle East, Rubio says 01:06 Now playing - Source: CNN Iran ‘behind everything that threatens peace’ in Middle East, Rubio says 01:06 See More Videos Haifa, Israel CNN — Iran launched dozens of missiles toward Israel on Tuesday in what it said was a response to the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and others – potentially taking the region closer to a wider conflict. CNN teams on the ground in multiple locations in Israel observed dozens of missiles piercing through the skies as sirens blasted across the country. At least one person was killed and several were injured during the attack, according to the Israeli military. The IDF’s international spokesman Nadav Shoshani told CNN’s Jake Tapper that one Palestinian was killed in Jericho as a result of the attacks. Israel has vowed to respond to the attack – sparking worries among its allies that the conflict in the Middle East could escalate further. Speaking hours after the assault, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said: “Iran made a big mistake tonight - and it will pay for it. The regime in Iran does not understand our determination to defend ourselves and our determination to retaliate against our enemies.” Video shows Iranian missiles in the skies across Israel 01:16 - Source: CNN Video shows Iranian missiles in the skies across Israel 01:16 The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it estimated that Iran fired 180 “projectiles” at the country. It said it intercepted many of the missiles, although some landed on the ground in Israel and the occupied West Bank. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said later on Tuesday that the attack by Iran was “effectively defeated.” While the attack was over relatively quickly, it is clear that it has further raised the stakes in what is already an extremely tense moment. World leaders have long warned the conflict between Israel and Iran’s proxies Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon could spiral into a wider regional war. All eyes will now be on how Israel responds. US President Joe Biden said the United States was “fully supportive” of Israel. But he said his administration was still discussing with Israel what kind of response would be appropriate. “We’re going to get all the data straight, we’re in constant contact with the Israeli government and our counterparts and that remains to be seen,” he said. Israel is already fighting on two fronts. It has been at war with Hamas in Gaza since the deadly October 7 terrorist attack by the group on southern Israel. Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, with much of the strip reduced to rubble. And while Israel and Hezbollah have been trading cross-border fire for much of the past year, Iran launched the barrage on Tuesday just hours after Israel announced it launched a “limited and localized” ground operation in Lebanon. Sending Israeli troops into Lebanon would have been seen as a major escalation by Iran. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it targeted Israel in response to the killing of Nasrallah and others, according to Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency. After the barrage of missiles was launched, the Iranian mission to the United Nations said that Tehran carried out a response to “the terrorist acts of the Zionist regime.” The mission said on X that if Israel should “dare to respond or commit further acts of malevolence, a subsequent and crushing response will ensue.” US warned about ‘imminent attack’ The White House warned earlier on Tuesday that Iran was poised to launch a ballistic missile attack on Israel soon, instantly ratcheting up fears of all-out war in the region. People in Tel Aviv and other cities have been told to stay near shelters or other protected areas and the atmosphere on the streets was noticeably tense. Video Ad Feedback National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan gives an update on Iran's attack 01:43 - Source: CNN National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan gives an update on Iran's attack 01:43 In a statement released mid-morning, just hours before Tehran launched the attack, the White House said it had “indications that Iran is preparing to imminently launch a ballistic missile attack against Israel,” adding the United States was “actively supporting defensive preparations to defend Israel against this attack.” Israel assessed that Iran was likely to attack three Israeli air bases and an intelligence base located just north of Tel Aviv, a person briefed on the matter said before the attack. The IRGC said it targeted three Israeli military bases around Tel Aviv, according to the semi-official Iranian media outlet Mehr News. The intelligence base in Glilot was evacuated Tuesday afternoon, the person said, and the Israeli military has put contingency plans for the safety of personnel at those bases into effect. Two videos from the attack geolocated by CNN showed a number of Iranian missiles striking Nevatim air base in southern Israel based. CNN has reached out to the IDF for comment on the videos, but did not immediately receive a response. Iran previously targeted the same base during a similar April 13 attack. Israel weighing its response US and Arab diplomats have been concerned about the scale of Israel’s response. One major concern on their mind is Israel possibly using a forthcoming Iranian strike to respond by striking inside Iran, potentially against its nuclear facilities. “There is no place in Iran that the long arm of Israel cannot reach, and that’s true of the entire Middle East,” Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said during his speech at the United Nations last week. The US was earlier prepared to do whatever it can to help Israel intercept anything Iran directed its way, similar to how the US offered its assistance in April, when Iran launched a wave of drones and missiles towards Israel — the vast majority of which were successfully intercepted, a US official said. After the attack, Biden praised the role US played in thwarting Iran’s missiles, calling the attack “defeated and ineffective.” “This is testament to Israeli military capability, and US military. It’s also a testament to intensive planning between the United States and Israel to anticipate and defend against the brazen attack we expected,” he said. Vice President Kamala Harris also condemned the attack and said she supported Biden’s decision to direct US military to help Israel shoot down Iranian missiles. Harris, who is the Democratic presidential nominee, said she was in the Situation Room earlier on Tuesday alongside Biden, and received updates from their national security team, adding that they “ensured that the protection of US personnel in the region is paramount.” Meanwhile, former president and the Republican nominee Donald Trump argued Iran launched the attack because “they don’t respect our country anymore,” and argued the US was diminished on the world stage because of Biden and Harris’ leadership. Video Ad Feedback Will Israel strike Iran's nuclear sites? Hear what expert thinks 03:25 - Source: CNN Will Israel strike Iran's nuclear sites? Hear what expert thinks 03:25 Top officials from France, Britain, Germany and the European Union have all condemned Iran’s missile attacks on Israel, warning of potentially disastrous consequences for the wider region. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer denounced what he called an “attempt by the Iranian regime to harm innocent Israelis” and “escalate this dangerous situation” in the Middle East. Germany’s foreign minister Annalena Baerbock said Germany has “urgently warned Iran against this dangerous escalation.” She said the attack by Iran was “leading the region further into the abyss.” The EU’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, warned a “dangerous cycle of attacks and retaliation” is underway that risks “spiraling out of control.” This story has been updated with additional developments. CNN’s Pauline Lockwood and Niamh Kennedy contributed reporting. 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Alleged Sex Tapes of Donald Trump Revealed in Newly Unsealed Email: Epstein Documents

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Alleged Sex Tapes of Donald Trump Revealed in Newly Unsealed Email: Epstein Documents By using this site, you agree to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.Accept NEWS POLITICS BLUNT ENTERTAINMENT FLORIDA FILE 51 Home NEWS BLUNT ENTERTAINMENT FLORIDA NEWS POLITICS BLUNT ENTERTAINMENT FLORIDA FILE 51 - Advertisement - Latest Stories Trump Approval Drops as Americans Worry About Economy: Poll Deadly Aircraft Crash Reported in Arizona Trump Insists Zelensky Started War With Russia: ‘He Has Done a Terrible Job’ Former Social Security Chief Torches ‘Co-Presidents’ Trump and Musk, Slams DOGE ‘Nitwits’ For Breaking The Law and Calls Them ‘Biggest Threat’ to SS 11-Year-Old Girl in Texas Takes Her Life After Classmates Threatened to Call ICE on Her Family, Devastated Mother Says Follow US © Daily Boulder 2025. All Rights Reserved. NEWS Alleged Sex Tapes of Donald Trump Revealed in Newly Unsealed Email: Epstein Documents July 10, 2024 11:35 am By Staff Writer 7 months ago Share SHARE Recently unsealed documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein case have revealed intriguing details, including a bombshell email from Sarah Ransome, an alleged victim of Epstein, asserting the existence of sex tapes implicating high-profile figures such as former President Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, and Britain’s Prince Andrew. In 2016, Ransome claimed to possess these tapes and expressed willingness to testify under oath about their contents. - Advertisement - Her emails alleged that Jeffrey Epstein had filmed sex tapes on numerous occasions, including instances involving Donald Trump. She accused the former presidnet of having sexual relations with her friend at Epstein’s New York mansion. RELATED: Deadly Aircraft Crash Reported in Arizona Trump Insists Zelensky Started War With Russia: ‘He Has Done a Terrible Job’ 11-Year-Old Girl in Texas Takes Her Life After Classmates Threatened to Call ICE on Her Family, Devastated Mother Says “Sex tapes were in fact filmed on each separate occasion by Jeffrey,” Ransome wrote in the emails, which include allegations against Donald Trump, accusing him of “having sexual relations with [her friend] at Jeffrey’s New York mansion on numerous occasions.” However, she later withdrew her claims, saying: “When my friend eventually had the courage to speak out and went to the police in 2008 to report what had happened, nothing was done and she was utterly humiliated by the police department where she went to report what had happened.” - Advertisement - “I want to walk away from this … I shouldn’t have contacted you and I’m sorry I wasted your time,” she continued. “It’s not worth coming forward and I will never be heard anyhow and only bad things will happen as a consequence of me going public.” In the email extracts from Ransome she also took aim at Hillary Clinton, with one saying: “I will make sure that neither that evil bitch Hillary or that paedophile Trump gets elected.” “I will also make sure that everyone on the God damn planet sees that footage and photos and will release them to WikiLeaks by Sunday.” - Advertisement - Ransome later claimed that her emails had been hacked. People have been meticulously combing through these documents day by day. This latest batch features transcripts suggesting a relationship between Epstein and Trump, supported by phone call records and other interactions. Critics argue that this evidence establishes a substantial link between Trump and Epstein. “This era demands we speak the truth. Facts: Donald Trump is a pedophile who raped 12 AND 13 year old’s – Jeffrey Epstein was the pimp,” one user posted, while another wrote, “Trump and Epstein were closer than we thought.” This era demands we speak the truth. Facts: Donald Trump is a pedophile who raped 12 AND 13 year old's – Jeffrey Epstein was the pimp. How did then POTUS-elect Trump's circle get it dropped? Death AND Bomb threats. READ IT FOR YOURSELF (share widely):https://t.co/ERL54ax8eY pic.twitter.com/7Z2gZhxUm3 — E pluribus unum – Qui tacet consentit (@HRRevels1) July 2, 2024 - Advertisement - Despite these allegations, Trump’s spokesperson has vehemently denied any wrongdoing or close ties with Epstein, dismissing the accusations as baseless. The release of these documents, made possible by a recent legal decision in Florida, has sparked intense interest and scrutiny. Legal and political observers are closely monitoring the fallout from these revelations, as they have generated widespread public debate and speculation about Epstein’s operations and the individuals linked to him, including Trump. Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his cell at a federal jail in Manhattan, New York, in August 2019, while awaiting trial for sex-trafficking charges. His death was officially ruled a suicide. Ghislaine Maxwell, a close associate of Epstein, has been in custody since July 2020, despite attempts by her legal team to secure bail. In June 2022, she received a 20-year prison sentence at the federal court in the Southern District of New York, with an appeal scheduled for November next year. 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Column | When shooters target Republicans, Republicans blame more than the shooter

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Kellyanne Conway Urges Trump to Man Up and Debate Harris

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Kellyanne Conway Is Pushing Donald Trump to Man Up and Debate Kamala Harris Again Skip to Main ContentNewslettersCrosswordSUBSCRIBEALLCSCHEAT SHEETNEWSLETTERSLOG INCheat SheetMediaObsessedRoyalsPoliticsOpinionInnovationU.S. NewsScoutedMy AccountManage NewslettersSubscription OffersNeed Help?LogOutHOMEPAGEPoliticsKellyanne Conway Is Pushing Donald Trump to Man Up and Debate Kamala Harris AgainROUND TWO?Trump’s former adviser said she tried to juice Trump’s ego by telling him he’s like Major League Baseball standout Shohei Ohtani.Sean CraigPublished Oct. 1 2024 9:32AM EDT Fox News Sean [email protected] a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here.Trending NowPoliticsTrump Signs New Order to Vastly Expand His Presidential PowersYasmeen HamadehMediaCNN Host Asks Hysterical Stephen Miller to ‘Calm Down’ in Live InterviewYasmeen HamadehMediaAnti-Trump Podcast Dethrones Joe Rogan at Top of the ChartsJulia OrnedoPoliticsDOGE’s Shocking $8 Billion Dollar Mistake Called OutJosh FialloU.S. NewsJFK’s Grandson Freaks Out After Trump Order Closes Kennedy LibraryKenneal PattersonTrending NowPoliticsTrump Signs New Order to Vastly Expand His Presidential PowersYasmeen HamadehMediaCNN Host Asks Hysterical Stephen Miller to ‘Calm Down’ in Live InterviewYasmeen HamadehMediaAnti-Trump Podcast Dethrones Joe Rogan at Top of the ChartsJulia OrnedoPoliticsDOGE’s Shocking $8 Billion Dollar Mistake Called OutJosh FialloU.S. NewsJFK’s Grandson Freaks Out After Trump Order Closes Kennedy LibraryKenneal Patterson ADVERTISEMENTADVERTISEMENTBACK TO TOP ↑Cheat SheetPoliticsObsessedMediaWorldCultureU.S. NewsScoutedInnovationTravelSUBSCRIPTIONCROSSWORDNEWSLETTERSPODCASTSGET THE APPFOLLOW USAboutContactTipsJobsAdvertiseHelpPrivacyCode of Ethics & StandardsDiversityTerms & conditionsCopyright & TrademarkCookie Settings© 2024 The Daily Beast Company LLC

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Lev Parnas, a self-described “hustler” who became a campaign operative for Donald Trump, has become the latest remorseful hero of the resistance left

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Biden Fumes After Reporter Parrots Trump Lies on Hurricane Helene | Joe Biden angrily hit back at “lying” Donald Trump over his hateful conspiracy on Hurricane Helene.

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Biden Fumes After Reporter Parrots Trump Lies on Hurricane Helene | The New Republic You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browserand improve your visit to our site. Skip NavigationThe New RepublicThe New RepublicLATESTBREAKING NEWSPOLITICSCLIMATECULTUREMAGAZINENEWSLETTERSPODCASTSGAMESThe New Republic The New RepublicThe New RepublicThe New RepublicThe New RepublicLATESTBREAKING NEWSPOLITICSCLIMATECULTUREMAGAZINENEWSLETTERSPODCASTSGAMESThe New Republic The New Republic The New RepublicBreaking News Breaking Newsfrom Washington and beyondMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/October 1, 2024/10:32 a.m. ETShare This StoryBiden Fumes After Reporter Parrots Trump Lies on Hurricane HeleneJoe Biden angrily hit back at “lying” Donald Trump over his hateful conspiracy on Hurricane Helene.Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesPresident Biden isn’t happy with Donald Trump’s lies about him ignoring the plight of hurricane victims. Speaking to reporters Monday night along with North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, who was present via teleconference, Biden sharply responded to a question from one reporter who noted that Trump accused the pair of ignoring the state. “He’s lying, and the governor told him he was lying,” Biden said. “I don’t know why he does this, and the reason I get so angry about it, I don’t care what he says about me, but I care what he communicates to the people that are in need. He implies that we’re not doing everything possible. We are. We are.” Reporter: Trump has accused you of ignoring—Biden: He's lying and the governor told him he was lying. I've spoken to the governor.. I don't know why he does this and the reason I get so angry about it, I don't care about what he says about me, but I care what he communicates to… pic.twitter.com/zZuZH3nXKe— Acyn (@Acyn) September 30, 2024 Another question concerned whether Biden wished he had spent the weekend in Washington instead of Delaware, and if he wished in retrospect that there were more resources available for the hurricane response. “Come on, stop with the game will you? [Delaware is] 90 miles from here, I was on the phone the whole time,” Biden responded, noting that the question was not of more resources but how to get the resources there amid the devastation. “It’s hard to get it from point A to point B. It’s hard to get it [there] if some of these roads are wiped out. Communities are wiped out. There’s no ability to land, there’s no ability to get trucks through. There’s no ability to get a whole range of things through,” Biden said. “If I sound frustrated, I am.” Reporter: In retrospect… do you wish you had spent the weekend here in Washington instead of Delaware Biden: Come on. Stop with the game will you.. It’s 90 miles from here. I was on the phone the whole time pic.twitter.com/OboCchMuGj— Acyn (@Acyn) September 30, 2024 Biden is rightfully angry over the conspiracy theories egged on by Trump about Hurricane Helene that the president and Cooper are neglecting people in Republican areas. These theories have been debunked by Georgia’s Republican Governor Brian Kemp, but of course the former president has doubled down. Meanwhile, it appears that four years in the White House dealing with natural disasters didn’t teach Trump anything about how hurricanes are forecast and how preparations are made. Perhaps Trump should leave relief efforts to the adults who are actually trying to help the victims instead of pushing his self-serving agenda.Share This StoryMore on this lie:Transcript: Trump Already Pushing Ugly, Hateful Lie About HurricaneMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/October 1, 2024/9:40 a.m. ETShare This StoryTeam Harris Kicks Off Debate With Epic Trolls of Trump and J.D. VanceThe Democratic National Committee projected messages such as “Weird as Hell” and “Trump is a chicken” onto Donald Trump’s New York property.Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for DNCThe Democratic National Convention is apparently trying to goad Donald Trump, resurrecting old pranks against the Republican presidential nominee just hours before his vice presidential pick, J.D. Vance, is scheduled to go toe-to-toe against Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.On Monday night, the liberal party projected a series of biting taglines onto a panel outside Trump’s New York City residence on Fifth Avenue.“Trump is a chicken,” the projection read.The projection reportedly appeared just hours after Vance arrived at Trump Tower for the debate, which will take place Tuesday night, without an audience, at CBS Broadcast Center in Manhattan.Some of the other jabs flashed through the projection included references to Vance’s old tweets, including one in which he referred to Trump as an “idiot,” and stabs at Trump’s ongoing affinity for Project 2025, a 920-page Christian nationalist manifesto intended to help him to install far-right policies in the executive branch as seamlessly as possible should he win in November.“Vance on Trump: ‘What an idiot’,” the signage said.Democrats did something similar in August, branding Trump Tower in Chicago with giant messages during the Democratic National Convention. Those phrases included: “Trump-Vance: Out for Themselves,” as well as “Trump-Vance: ‘Weird as Hell,’” “Harris-Walz: Fighting for You,” and “Project 2025 HQ.”But Monday night’s prank has a more direct objective than simply trolling the Republican ticket. Instead, it’s transparent bait for Trump, who has flat-out rejected the idea of debating Vice President Kamala Harris again after his first performance against her turned unbelievably sour, frustrating his team, allies, and donors.“As Vance takes the debate stage to attempt to make up for Trump’s own lackluster debate performance, these projections on Trump Tower NYC are a reminder that Trump and Vance are out for themselves while Trump remains afraid to go back on that debate stage and be held accountable by Vice President Harris for his failed record and his dangerous agenda,” DNC spokesperson Abhi Rahman said in a statement.Share This StoryRead more about the debate:J.D. Vance Is Getting Debate Help From a Project 2025 ContributorMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/October 1, 2024/9:22 a.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Is Already Preparing for J.D. Vance to Lose the V.P. DebateDonald Trump is already claiming the vice presidential debate between J.D. Vance and Tim Walz is “rigged.”Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesDonald Trump is already explaining away J.D. Vance’s performance during the vice presidential debate, and it hasn’t even happened yet. During an interview on Fox Business Monday, Kellyanne Conway asked Trump whether he would consider doing another debate. The former president tried to downplay his outright refusal to go head-to-head with Kamala Harris again, and implied that Vance would face the same treatment Tuesday night. “I would love to have two or three more debates, I like it, I enjoy it. But they’re so rigged and so stacked,” Trump said. “You’ll see it tomorrow with J.D., it’ll be stacked.”Trump says the VP debate tomorrow night will be rigged against Vance, and he would love to have more debates against Kamala Harris but they are too rigged and unfair to him. pic.twitter.com/ZrZ4WPhTFx— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) October 1, 2024 Trump has used a similar playbook to undermine the outcomes of his own debates, both before and after they happened. Before the first presidential debate in June, the Republican nominee attacked CNN’s hosts, and then walked back his claims after they didn’t fact-check him on air. Before his debate with Harris, he claimed that ABC News would be biased against him. He and his MAGA acolytes continued to insist this was the case after the debate moderators fact-checked him on air for his outlandish lies about babies being aborted after they’re already born and Haitian immigrants eating their neighbors’ pets in Springfield, Ohio.Now Trump is claiming the debate will be rigged as a safety net for Vance, who has his own problems with the truth to contend with. CBS News, which is hosting the debate, said that it will be up to the candidates to fact-check each other. Conway went on to say that when asked about doing a second debate, Trump “said no, but he didn’t totally say no,” according to The Hill. Crucially, in Trump speak, that was a definite no.Harris previously accepted CNN’s invitation to appear in another presidential debate on October 23, but Trump claimed last week that it was “too late” for another debate because early voting had already begun in some states. Before that, Trump had a different excuse, declaring that he wouldn’t seek a rematch because only someone “beaten” would ask for one. Instead, the former president has run scared from a second matchup. The vice presidential debate will take place at 9 p.m. at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York.Share This StoryRead about the debate:The Walz-Vance V.P. Debate Rules Are Out—and They Guarantee ChaosMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/5:38 p.m. ETShare This StoryMAGA Is Claiming “Political Violence” Over a Giant Nude Trump StatueConservatives are properly freaking out over a debut of a 43-foot-tall statue of a naked Donald Trump.RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP/Getty ImagesOn Saturday, a 43-foot-tall nude statue of Donald Trump was installed near Interstate 15 just outside of Las Vegas, immediately drawing a backlash from the former president’s supporters. The foam-and-rebar art installation, weighing about 6,000 pounds, is titled Crooked and Obscene and is expected to travel to other cities, although dates and cities for the tour have not been announced, according to The Wrap. RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP/Getty ImagesThe artists behind the “anatomically correct” statue, who want to stay anonymous, said in a statement that the former president’s nudity was “intentional, serving as a bold statement on transparency, vulnerability, and the public personas of political figures.” But Republicans, as one might expect, are livid. “While families drive through Las Vegas, they are forced to view this offensive marionette, designed intentionally for shock value rather than meaningful dialogue,” the Nevada Republican Party said in a statement, according to The Telegraph. Right-wing influencer Ian Miles Cheong posted on X that Trump, if elected president, “should jail everyone who was a part of this effigy’s creation.” Fellow right-wing conspiracy theorist Catturd (real name Phillip Buchanan) called the people behind the statue “demons,” piggybacking on yet another right-wing influencer’s post calling the art piece “POLITICAL VIOLENCE.” While these right-wing figures are freaking out, this isn’t even the first instance where a nude Trump statue has been erected. In 2016, just before the election, five small naked Trump statues went up on street corners in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Seattle, and New York City, only to be taken down by local authorities because the artist didn’t secure a permit. The artists behind this latest art project are pretty tight-lipped, so there’s no word on whether they secured a permit themselves. On a related note, Trump on Sunday told supporters in Wisconsin that if he wasn’t campaigning, “I could’ve been sunbathing on the beach. You have never seen a body so beautiful. Much better than Sleepy Joe.” He probably won’t like this statue, though, and definitely won’t add it to his NFT trading card collection.Share This StoryMore on conservatives losing it:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/4:59 p.m. ETShare This StoryHypocrite MTG Now Demanding Hurricane Relief Funds She Tried to BlockMarjorie Taylor Greene is suddenly all for government spending.Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty ImagesGeorgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene is begging the federal government to urgently “send the funds” to help the American Southeast recover in the wake of Hurricane Helene, even though she herself stood in the way of emergency relief funds just last week.“The storm was supposed to come directly across my district, but when it came through Georgia, it went to the east, and we mainly just got a lot of rain,” Greene told Real America’s Voice’s Terrance Bates. “When we go back to Washington, we will be working hard to make sure that states like Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, North Carolina get the funding that they need.”Greene was one of 82 Republicans who voted last week against a continuing resolution to keep the government funded. If she had been successful, the government would have been in shutdown mode from Tuesday onward, preventing any region from receiving the critical assistance.“We’ve already signed a letter,” Greene told Bates. “We sent that letter to Joe Biden requesting relief that Brian Kemp, our governor, has already requested. So our entire delegation in Georgia has signed onto that letter.”“We need them to step in and send the funds and the relief that these people deserve,” she added.But Greene’s public demands ring a little hollow. During the storm, she was spotted gleefully attending a football game alongside Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, while Kemp revealed earlier Monday that President Joe Biden had called him over the weekend to assess the state’s needs. Greene also took the opportunity to take a stab at the Biden administration, even while lobbying for federal aid from the executive branch.“President Trump is a man of action,” she told the right-wing network. “We don’t need a sleepy Joe in the White House. We don’t need Kamala Harris, who they’re propping up.”Share This StoryRead about Biden’s response:Georgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/September 30, 2024/4:58 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Pushes Hurricane Helene Lie Even After Republicans Debunk HimDonald Trump continues to insist that Democrats have abandoned areas affected by Hurricane Helene.Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesDonald Trump flailed Monday when asked to produce any evidence to support his claim that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were purposefully withholding aid from people affected by Hurricane Helene. Trump suggested in a Truth Social post earlier Monday that he’d received “reports” from North Carolina claiming that the Biden administration and Democratic Governor Roy Cooper were “going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas” in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. The western region of North Carolina is currently experiencing severe flooding. MSNBC reporter Garrett Haake attempted to press Trump during a stop in Valdosta, Georgia, asking him what, if any, evidence he had to back up his outlandish claim.“Take a look,” Trump responded, walking away. Haake translated the flippant response to mean, “essentially, I’ve got nothing to show you right now, why don’t you go find it yourself.”So in short, Trump has absolutely no evidence, and these so-called “reports” seem even less legitimate than the debunked ones claiming that Haitian immigrants were eating their neighbors’ pets.In a second post about hurricane relief, Trump claimed that Biden and Harris had “left Americans to drown in North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, and elsewhere in the South.”Trump also claimed that Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, with whom he has his own uneasy alliance, had a “hard time” reaching Biden to discuss disaster relief, and that the president had been “very non-responsive.” That was also a lie. Kemp said that he’d already spoken to Biden. “The president just called me yesterday afternoon. I missed him, and called him right back,” Kemp said Monday. “And he just said, ‘What do you need?’”It’s taken the Republican nominee no time at all to pull focus away from disaster relief, trying instead to enrage voters in two key battleground states responding to a deadly natural disaster.Share This StoryRead about the conspiracy:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostPaige Oamek/September 30, 2024/4:32 p.m. ETShare This StoryGeorgia Judge Strikes Down State’s Abortion Ban in Stunning RulingA Fulton County judge has said abortions in the state must resume as they did when Roe v. Wade was still the law of the land.TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty ImagesA Georgia judge on Monday struck down the state’s six-week abortion ban. Fulton County Superior Judge Robert McBurney quoted “liberty” in a ruling that rejected the controversial ban outlawing abortion after six weeks, before many people know they are pregnant. Abortions in the state will now be allowed until 22 weeks, as they were before the reversal of Roe v. Wade in 2022, when Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed into law the six-week ban. McBurney had some choice words for politicians in his ruling, writing, “It is not for a legislator, a judge, or a Commander from The Handmaid’s Tale to tell these women what to do with their bodies during this period when the fetus cannot survive outside the womb any more so than society could – or should – force them to serve as a human tissue bank or to give up a kidney for the benefit of another.” He added, “our higher courts’ interpretations of ‘liberty’ demonstrates that liberty in Georgia includes in its meaning, in its protections, and in its bundle of rights the power of a woman to control her own body, to decide what happens to it and in it, and to reject state interference with her healthcare choices.”The state law prohibited abortions after six weeks, based on the misleading notion that a “heartbeat” could be detected in an embryo around that time. In reality, an embryo does not have a heart at six weeks, let alone cardiac activity. A fetus is also not viable outside the body till much later in a pregnancy.McBurney got the chance to rule on the law after it was sent back to Fulton County court by the state Supreme Court last year. Georgia’s restrictive abortion ban killed at least two women since its passage and caused Georgia’s monthly abortion totals to drop by roughly half. This story has been updated.Share This StoryMore on Georgia:Georgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/4:25 p.m. ETShare This StoryWatch: Trump Appears Not to Understand How Hurricanes WorkDonald Trump, who wants to dismantle storm prediction services, seemed caught off guard by the completely predictable Hurricane Helene.Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesIn just three days, Hurricane Helene gas killed at least 119 people as it trailed its way along the Southeast, making it one of the deadliest storms in modern U.S. history.The real scope of devastation is difficult to define before such an unprecedented hurricane hits land, but it’s not impossible to predict a storm’s scale, timing, and general path. Somehow, that information isn’t obvious to Donald Trump, who, after surveying some of the storm’s devastation in Georgia, told reporters Monday that “nobody” could have forecast Helene.“That’s a big one. And the devastation wrought by this storm is incredible,” Trump said during a presser in Valdosta, Georgia. “It’s so extensive, nobody thought this would be happening, especially now it’s so late in the season for the hurricanes.”Trump: Nobody thought this would be happening, especially now it’s so late in the season for hurricanes pic.twitter.com/tnLCkwKSXM— Acyn (@Acyn) September 30, 2024 It is, of course, not late in the season for hurricanes: September tends to be the most active month in the calendar year for the superstorms.But Trump’s own policy proposals are likely to keep him—and every other American—from obtaining such life-saving weather forecasts and emergency weather alerts in the future. Trump has touted elements of Project 2025, a 920-page Christian nationalist manifesto that proposes completely demolishing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, whose responsibilities as a federal agency include tracking the weather and predicting hurricanes.“The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) should be dismantled and many of its functions eliminated, sent to other agencies, privatized, or placed under the control of states and territories,” the far-right proposal reads on page 664.That would effectively privatize weather forecasts, forcing U.S. citizens to pay for weather subscriptions that would include crucial national weather alert systems for emergencies such as flash flooding, extreme heat, earthquakes, or otherwise.Trump has spent months trying to distance his campaign from Project 2025, but a flurry of the Republican presidential nominee’s recent comments, which include supporting demolishing the Department of Education, have practically glued himself to its policy points.Share This StoryRead more about Trump’s hurricane response:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/4:05 p.m. ETShare This StoryRudy Giuliani’s Daughter Backs Harris in Dire Warning on TrumpCaroline Rose Giuliani wrote a harrowing piece on how Donald Trump ruined her relationship with her dad—and how he could ruin the country next.Alex Wong/Getty ImagesRudolph Giuliani’s daughter, Caroline Rose Giuliani, endorsed Kamala Harris Monday, writing for Vanity Fair about how she has watched her father’s life “crumble since he joined forces with [Donald] Trump.” Caroline Giuliani wrote an article for the magazine warning of the dangers of another Trump presidency, saying his first term “was the worst thing that ever happened to my dad, to my family, and to our nation’s modern history.” “The consequences will only be more severe—and irreversible—a second time around. Thanks to the extremist Supreme Court he stacked, Trump would take office with full immunity: no checks on his power whatsoever,” Giuliani said. “If the president isn’t going to be subject to the law like every other citizen, which remains incomprehensible to me, then our president had better have a moral compass.”The article carries the headline “Trump Took My Dad From Me. Please Don’t Let Him Take Our Country, Too,” and Giuliani not only mentions the danger that Trump presents to the country, but also how her father’s work for the former president and convicted felon has brought him down and hurt their relationship. “I spent a lot of my life wishing my father had less power. But I never wanted it to happen like this. And selfishly, the deeper my dad gets stuck in the quicksand of his problems, the more fleeting our opportunities to connect as father and daughter become,” Giuliani said, alluding to her father’s financial and legal difficulties. “After months of feeling the type of sorrow that comes from the death of a loved one, it dawned on me that I’ve been grieving the loss of my dad to Trump. I cannot bear to lose our country to him too,” Giuliani wrote. Giuliani also praised Harris for her understanding of the climate crisis and her support for reproductive rights, calling the vice president “a life-long public servant who has spent her career upholding justice and fighting for those who cannot fight for themselves.” Endorsing Harris is a big step for the daughter of a close confidant of Trump who also served as his lawyer. But as she wrote, Rudy Giuliani’s work for Trump has indeed imploded his life. He has been disbarred in Washington, D.C., and New York state. He’s on the verge of losing his assets thanks to a defamation lawsuit from Georgia poll workers and is facing criminal charges in Georgia and Arizona for election interference, as well as a pending sexual harassment lawsuit from one of his former assistants. Now, his daughter is openly expressing her sadness and shame over his support for Trump and where it has taken him. Will he listen to her?Share This StoryMore on Politics:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostPaige Oamek/September 30, 2024/3:52 p.m. ETShare This StoryGeorgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyDonald Trump is trying to spread a new lie about Hurricane Helene—but Georgia Governor Brian Kemp isn’t playing games.Alex Wong/Getty ImagesIn the wake of Hurricane Helene’s destruction, Donald Trump is eager to spread rumors about President Joe Biden’s inaction. The problem is, at least one Republican politician on the front lines is willing to call Trump out on his lies. On Monday, Trump visited Georgia, one of the six states seriously hit by the natural disaster, and claimed that while Governor Brian Kemp was “doing a very good job,” he was “having a hard time getting the president on the phone.”“I guess they’re not being responsive, the federal government is not being responsive,” he continued. “They’re having a very hard time getting the president on the phone. He won’t get on it.” While it’s true that the federal response to the hurricane leaves much to be desired, Trump was stretching the truth when he said that Kemp hadn’t heard from Biden.Just a few hours earlier on Monday, Kemp told press that Biden called yesterday afternoon and asked the Georgia governor what further support his state needed. Biden last week also declared a state of emergency in Georgia, approving federal disaster assistance for the state.Has Trump told Gov. Kemp, who said this today?"The President just called me yesterday afternoon." "And he just said ‘hey, what do you need?’" "He offered that if there's other things we need, just to call him directly, which, I appreciate that." https://t.co/ABiE0AE0GS pic.twitter.com/Y9WcwULJes— Andrew Bates (@AndrewJBates46) September 30, 2024 As Trump tours Georgia and North Carolina, Republicans continue to slam Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for not showing face in disaster zones. But perhaps while roads remain closed and many remain without power, it’s a better use of resources for the federal government to provide actual disaster relief, rather than divert resources for a tour bus. At least, that’s what many residents in Georgia thought about Trump’s publicity stunt Monday.Share This StoryMore on this dangerous conspiracy:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyView More PostsRead More: Politics, Law, Supreme Court, Constitution, Foreign Policy, Health Care, Economic Inequality, Taxes, WashingtonBREAKING NEWS POLITICS CLIMATE CULTURE MAGAZINE PODCASTS GAMESEventsTravelBookstoreDonateAdvertiseFAQPressJobsSubmissionsSubscribe to The New RepublicSign Up for Our Newsletters Terms and ConditionsPrivacy PolicyCookie SettingsCopyright 2025 © The New Republic. All rights reserved.

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Kamala Harris Edges Ahead in Pennsylvania With Trump Pollster

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President Biden approves Georgia disaster declaration

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https://www.wsav.com/news/local-news/georgia-news/president-biden-approves-georgia-disaster-declaration/amp/

2024-10-01T15:46:03

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President Biden approves Georgia disaster declaration | WSAV-TV WSAV-TV President Biden approves Georgia disaster declaration Eric Dorsch 5 months ago (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) – President Joe Biden has approved the disaster declaration for the State of Georgia. The declaration comes following major power outages and significant damage to the state following Helene. On Monday morning, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp requested an official expedited emergency disaster declaration from FEMA. The approval of the declaration allows for federal funding to be made available to affected individuals in specific counties. Counties receiving Individual Assistance are Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Chatham, Clinch, Coffee, Colquitt, Columbia, Cook, Echols, Emanuel, Evans, Glascock, Irwin, Jeff Davis, Jefferson, Jenkins, Johnson, Lanier, Laurens, Liberty, Lincoln, Lowndes, McDuffie, Montgomery, Pierce, Richmond, Screven, Tattnall, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Ware, Washington, and Wheeler Counties Public Assistance-Designated Counties are Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Chatham, Clinch, Coffee, Colquitt, Columbia, Cook, Echols, Emanuel, Evans, Glascock, Irwin, Jeff Davis, Jefferson, Jenkins, Johnson, Lanier, Laurens, Liberty, Lincoln, Lowndes, McDuffie, Montgomery, Pierce, Richmond, Screven, Tattnall, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Ware, Washington, and Wheeler Counties for debris removal and emergency protective measures, including direct federal assistance under the Public Assistance program. Categories: Georgia News, Local News, News Tags: Helene WSAV-TV Back to top

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/r/Politics' 2024 US Elections Live Thread, Part 27

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/r/Politics' 2024 US Elections Live Threadjump to contentmy subredditsedit subscriptionspopular-all-users | AskReddit-pics-funny-movies-gaming-worldnews-news-todayilearned-nottheonion-explainlikeimfive-mildlyinteresting-DIY-videos-OldSchoolCool-TwoXChromosomes-tifu-Music-books-LifeProTips-dataisbeautiful-aww-science-space-Showerthoughts-askscience-Jokes-IAmA-Futurology-sports-UpliftingNews-food-nosleep-creepy-history-gifs-InternetIsBeautiful-GetMotivated-gadgets-announcements-WritingPrompts-philosophy-Documentaries-EarthPorn-photoshopbattles-listentothis-blogmore »reddit.com updatesdiscussionsWant to join? Log in or sign up in seconds./r/Politics' 2024 US Elections Live ThreadA live thread to cover major US elections in the 2024 election year with polls, news, and results. no further updatesmore about this live threadresources https://vote.gov NPR: How to register to vote Current Election Day Discussion Thread discussions/r/Politics' 2024 US Elections Live Thread, Part 644000 comments/r/politics/r/Politics' 2024 US Elections Live Thread, Part 6336287 comments/r/politics/r/Politics' 2024 US Elections Live Thread, Part 6280371 comments/r/politicsupdated by/u/Agondonter/u/CapitanDirtbag/u/DubTeeDub… and 19 more ⇒06 Nov 11:43https://twitter.com/eorden/status/1854126732955046026 /u/wil_daven_06 Nov 11:39https://twitter.com/FoxReports/status/1854126340447911993 /u/wil_daven_06 Nov 11:30https://twitter.com/AP_Politics/status/1854119193366450215 /u/wil_daven_06 Nov 11:29https://twitter.com/Olivia_Beavers/status/1854119493829566657 /u/wil_daven_06 Nov 11:28https://twitter.com/AP_Politics/status/1854123516322361533 /u/wil_daven_06 Nov 11:18https://twitter.com/NBCPolitics/status/1854111744278347885 /u/wil_daven_06 Nov 03:35https://twitter.com/Politics_Polls/status/1854002757654528192 /u/SpaceElevatorMusic06 Nov 03:31https://twitter.com/DecisionDeskHQ/status/1854003047556616527 /u/SpaceElevatorMusic06 Nov 03:29NBC: Sen. Ted Cruz wins re-election, overcoming challenge from Democrat Colin Allred /u/SpaceElevatorMusic06 Nov 03:29NBC: Iowa passes voting amendment NBC News projects Iowa has passed an amendment that requires citizenship and also lowers the voting age for primaries, allowing 17-year-olds who will be 18 years old by Election Day to participate. /u/SpaceElevatorMusic06 Nov 03:14AP Race Call: Kamala Harris wins Colorado /u/SpaceElevatorMusic06 Nov 03:02AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins Missouri AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins Montana AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins Utah /u/SpaceElevatorMusic06 Nov 02:35AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins Texas /u/SpaceElevatorMusic06 Nov 02:34AP: Florida rejects abortion measure, further limiting access in the South /u/SpaceElevatorMusic06 Nov 02:34AP: Republican Mark Robinson loses North Carolina gubernatorial bid after tumultuous campaign /u/SpaceElevatorMusic06 Nov 02:12AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins Ohio /u/SpaceElevatorMusic06 Nov 02:11AP: A Decision Desk update on Texas As polls close statewide in Texas, the AP is not yet declaring a winner in the race for president. AP’s Decision Team is waiting for election officials to report additional results of votes cast on Election Day, particularly in Democratic-leaning areas of the state. /u/SpaceElevatorMusic06 Nov 02:11The AP reports Donald Trump wins North Dakota, South Dakota, Louisiana, Wyoming, and Ohio /u/Ganon_Cubana06 Nov 02:11The AP reports Kamala Harris wins New York. /u/Ganon_Cubana06 Nov 02:11AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins North Dakota AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins the statewide vote in Nebraska and two electoral votes AP Race Call: Kamala Harris wins New York AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins South Dakota AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins Louisiana AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins Wyoming /u/SpaceElevatorMusic06 Nov 02:00‘No credible threat’ in Pennsylvania, says Gov. Shapiro Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said there had been multiple bomb threats called into polling locations across the state, but said so far there is “no credible threat” to the public. /u/SpaceElevatorMusic06 Nov 01:39The AP reports Kamala Harris wins Illinois. /u/Ganon_Cubana06 Nov 01:35The AP reports Kamala Harris wins Delaware. /u/Ganon_Cubana06 Nov 01:32The AP reports Kamala Harris wins New Jersey. /u/Ganon_Cubana06 Nov 01:32The AP reports Donald Trump wins Arkansas. /u/Ganon_Cubanaview more: next ›aboutblogaboutadvertisingcareershelpsite rulesReddit help centerreddiquettemod guidelinescontact usapps & toolsReddit for iPhoneReddit for Androidmobile website<3reddit premiumUse of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy. © 2025 reddit inc. All rights reserved.REDDIT and the ALIEN Logo are registered trademarks of reddit inc.π Rendered by PID 38722 on reddit-service-r2-loggedout-b5c869b5d-jflw9 at 2025-02-19 19:49:13.552006+00:00 running 65c8872 country code: US.

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Doctors issue stark warning as Louisiana reclassifies abortion pills

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/01/louisiana-abortion-pills

2024-10-01T15:51:16

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Doctors issue stark warning as Louisiana reclassifies abortion pills | Louisiana | The Guardian Skip to main contentSkip to navigationClose dialogue1/1Next imagePrevious imageToggle captionSkip to navigationPrint subscriptionsNewsletters Sign inUSUS editionUK editionAustralia editionEurope editionInternational editionThe Guardian - Back to homeThe GuardianNewsOpinionSportCultureLifestyleShow moreHide expanded menuNewsView all NewsUS newsUS politicsWorld newsClimate crisisMiddle EastUkraineSoccerBusinessEnvironmentTechScienceNewslettersWellnessOpinionView all OpinionThe Guardian viewColumnistsLettersOpinion videosCartoonsSportView all SportSoccerNFLTennisMLBMLSNBAWNBANHLF1GolfCultureView all CultureFilmBooksMusicArt & designTV & radioStageClassicalGamesLifestyleView all LifestyleWellnessFashionFoodRecipesLove & sexHome & gardenHealth & fitnessFamilyTravelMoneySearch input google-search SearchSupport usPrint subscriptionsNewslettersDownload the appSearch jobsDigital ArchiveGuardian LicensingAbout UsThe Guardian appVideoPodcastsPicturesInside the GuardianGuardian WeeklyCrosswordsWordiplyCorrectionsSearch input google-search SearchSearch jobsDigital ArchiveGuardian LicensingAbout UsUSUS politicsWorldClimate crisisMiddle EastUkraineSoccerBusinessEnvironmentTechScienceNewslettersWellness Mifepristone and misoprostol have been reclassified as schedule IV drugs in Louisiana. Photograph: NurPhoto/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenMifepristone and misoprostol have been reclassified as schedule IV drugs in Louisiana. Photograph: NurPhoto/Getty ImagesLouisiana This article is more than 4 months oldDoctors issue stark warning as Louisiana reclassifies abortion pillsThis article is more than 4 months oldOfficials class mifepristone and misoprostol as ‘controlled substances’ – which medics say could imperil women’s livesCarter ShermanTue 1 Oct 2024 07.00 EDTLast modified on Tue 1 Oct 2024 07.58 EDTShareTwo common abortion pills are, as of Tuesday, classified as “controlled substances” in Louisiana, due to a first-of-its-kind law that medical professionals warn will endanger the lives of women by restricting medication used to treat postpartum hemorrhage and other conditions.Georgia judge strikes down state’s abortion ban, allowing care to resumeRead moreLouisiana, which already bans abortion, passed a law reclassifying mifepristone and misoprostol as schedule IV drugs – a designation typically reserved for drugs that carry a risk of abuse or dependence. People caught with the drugs without a valid prescription could face up to five years in prison, although pregnant women who procure it for their own use are exempted from punishment under the law.Although the drugs are typically used in US medication abortions, they are also regularly used in an array of other circumstances, such as to help with miscarriage management, treat ulcers and soften the cervix during labor and other procedures.Normally, at the Louisiana hospital where OB-GYN Dr Nicole Freehill works, misoprostol is kept in so-called hemorrhage carts, which can be easily wheeled into the rooms where patients deliver babies and which carry medications normally used to treat hemorrhaging, including misoprostol. It takes about 15 seconds to pull the misoprostol out of the cart, Freehill said.Now, due to the security requirements placed on schedule IV drugs, the hospital must keep misoprostol stocked outside of patients’ rooms. When the hospital ran a drill to see how long it took nurses to grab the misoprostol under the new rules, it took nurses two minutes, Freehill said.“A lot of people might go: ‘Oh, two minutes, that’s really fast.’ And yes, in the long scheme of things, that’s fast. But when you have someone who is actively hemorrhaging – in two minutes, they can lose hundreds of cc’s of blood,” Freehill said. “So those seconds count. I’m definitely worried about what’s going to happen to patients who are hemorrhaging.”Compared to other wealthy nations, the United States already has a far higher maternal mortality rate, particularly among Black Americans.Before the law’s passage, more than 200 doctors wrote a letter to the state legislator behind the law, asking him to reconsider it. “Controlled substances require more complex coordination by pharmacists, patients and providers, with increased documentation and often longer waits for patients,” they wrote. “Overall, this results in fear and confusion among patients, doctors, and pharmacists, which delays care and worsens outcomes.”In the two years since the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade, more than a dozen states, including Louisiana, have banned almost all abortions. However, the number of abortions performed in US clinics rose, as did the number of self-induced abortions using pills. (Self-managed abortions are usually safe and effective in the first trimester of pregnancy.) In response, anti-abortion activists have tried to narrow access to abortion pills, which are used in two-thirds of all US abortions.However, there is no medical reason to reclassify mifepristone and misoprostol as schedule IV drugs, Freehill said.“It could be five out of seven days of the week that I’m utilizing this medication, and obviously not for abortion care,” Freehill said. “I don’t see how this is going to help my patients be safer.”Explore more on these topicsLouisianaAbortionRoe v WadeHealthWomenReproductive rightsnewsShareReuse this contentMost viewedMost viewedUSUS politicsWorldClimate crisisMiddle EastUkraineSoccerBusinessEnvironmentTechScienceNewslettersWellnessNewsOpinionSportCultureLifestyleOriginal reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morningSign up for our emailAbout usHelpComplaints & correctionsSecureDropWork for us Privacy policyCookie policyTerms & conditionsContact usAll topicsAll writersDigital newspaper archiveTax strategyFacebookYouTubeInstagramLinkedInNewslettersAdvertise with usGuardian LabsSearch jobsBack to top© 2025 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. 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Democrats Troll Trump On His Own Building With 'Idiot' Message From JD Vance

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Democrats Troll Trump On His Own Building With 'Idiot' Message From JD Vance | HuffPost Latest News Skip to Main Content×Main MenuU.S. EditionNewsU.S. NewsWorld NewsBusinessEnvironmentHealthSocial JusticeCrimePoliticsCongressExtremismOpinionEntertainmentCulture & ArtsMediaCelebrityTV & FilmBooksLifeWellnessTravelTechStyle & BeautyFood & DrinkParentingRelationshipsMoneyHome & LivingWork/LifeShoppingVoicesBlack VoicesQueer VoicesLatino VoicesIndigenous VoicesAsian VoicesWomen's VoicesHuffPost PersonalNEW: GamesHoroscopesVideoFrom Our PartnersMy 5-To-9NewslettersInternationalU.S.U.K.EspañaFranceΕλλάδα (Greece)Italia日本 (Japan)한국 (Korea)Follow UsTerms | Privacy PolicyPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2025 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×What's Hot Log InGo Ad-FreeNEWSPOLITICSENTERTAINMENTLIFEPERSONALVOICESSHOPPINGGAMESU.S. EditionOpen editions submenuPoliticsDonald Trump2024 electionstrump towerDemocrats Troll Trump On His Own Building With 'Idiot' Message From JD VanceThe projection reportedly appeared hours after Vance arrived at Trump Tower in New York ahead of the vice presidential debate.By Josephine HarveyAssignment Editor, HuffPostOct 1, 2024, 11:20 AM EDTLEAVE A COMMENTLOADINGERROR LOADINGDemocrats taunted Donald Trump with messages projected on Trump Tower in New York City ahead of Tuesday’s vice presidential debate.“Vance on Trump: ‘What an idiot,’” one of the projections says.Other messages read “Project 2025 HQ,” “Go Coach Walz!” and “Trump is a chicken.”In an October 2016 tweet, JD Vance wrote “My god what an idiot” about Trump. That was one of many scathing critiques he made of Trump — other included “noxious,” “reprehensible” and “unfit” — before he entered Republican politics and changed his tune.Advertisement Vance, now the junior U.S. senator from Ohio and former President Trump’s running mate in the 2024 election, has since said he regrets what he said about Trump.The Democratic National Committee projected messages on Trump Tower in New York City on the eve of Tuesday's vice presidential debate.Eugene Gologursky via Getty ImagesA Democratic National Committee spokesperson told CBS News on Monday that the projections are intended to catch Trump and Vance’s attention, and to remind Americans that Trump won’t agree to another debate against Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee.Advertisement “As Vance takes the debate stage to attempt to make up for Trump’s own lackluster debate performance, these projections on Trump Tower NYC are a reminder that Trump and Vance are out for themselves while Trump remains afraid to go back on that debate stage and be held accountable by Vice President Harris for his failed record and his dangerous agenda,” DNC spokesperson Abhi Rahman told CBS News.The projections reportedly started to appear hours after Vance arrived at Trump Tower on Monday. On Tuesday, he will face Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) at the CBS Broadcast Center in Manhattan in what’s set to be the only vice presidential debate of the 2024 election.Go Ad-Free — And Protect The Free PressThe next four years will change America forever. But HuffPost won't back down when it comes to providing free and impartial journalism.For the first time, we're offering an ad-free experience to qualifying contributors who support our fearless newsroom. We hope you'll join us.You've supported HuffPost before, and we'll be honest — we could use your help again. We won't back down from our mission of providing free, fair news during this critical moment. But we can't do it without you.For the first time, we're offering an ad-free experience. to qualifying contributors who support our fearless journalism. We hope you'll join us.You've supported HuffPost before, and we'll be honest — we could use your help again. We won't back down from our mission of providing free, fair news during this critical moment. But we can't do it without you.For the first time, we're offering an ad-free experience. to qualifying contributors who support our fearless journalism. We hope you'll join us.Support HuffPostAlready contributed? Log in to hide these messages.Trump debated Harris last month but has declined to do so again, despite pressure from Democrats.The DNC pulled a similar stunt in August, trolling Trump with messages on his Chicago tower ahead of the party convention in the city.Advertisement RelatedDonald Trump2024 electionstrump towerj.d. vancevice presidential debateOOPS! 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Donald Trump is gaining on Kamala Harris in the polls. I have some theories why

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Donald Trump is gaining on Kamala Harris in the polls. I have some theories why | Robert Reich | The Guardian Skip to main contentSkip to navigationClose dialogue1/1Next imagePrevious imageToggle captionSkip to navigationPrint subscriptionsNewsletters Sign inUSUS editionUK editionAustralia editionEurope editionInternational editionThe Guardian - Back to homeThe GuardianNewsOpinionSportCultureLifestyleShow moreHide expanded menuNewsView all NewsUS newsUS politicsWorld newsClimate crisisMiddle EastUkraineSoccerBusinessEnvironmentTechScienceNewslettersWellnessOpinionView all OpinionThe Guardian viewColumnistsLettersOpinion videosCartoonsSportView all SportSoccerNFLTennisMLBMLSNBAWNBANHLF1GolfCultureView all CultureFilmBooksMusicArt & designTV & radioStageClassicalGamesLifestyleView all LifestyleWellnessFashionFoodRecipesLove & sexHome & gardenHealth & fitnessFamilyTravelMoneySearch input google-search SearchSupport usPrint subscriptionsNewslettersDownload the appSearch jobsDigital ArchiveGuardian LicensingAbout UsThe Guardian appVideoPodcastsPicturesInside the GuardianGuardian WeeklyCrosswordsWordiplyCorrectionsSearch input google-search SearchSearch jobsDigital ArchiveGuardian LicensingAbout Us ‘How can Trump have chiseled away Harris’s advantage from early August?’ Photograph: Brian Snyder/ReutersView image in fullscreen‘How can Trump have chiseled away Harris’s advantage from early August?’ Photograph: Brian Snyder/ReutersOpinionUS elections 2024 This article is more than 4 months oldDonald Trump is gaining on Kamala Harris in the polls. I have some theories whyThis article is more than 4 months oldRobert ReichTrump, widely regarded as the sleaziest person to ever run for president, is leading or tied with Harris in crucial swing statesTue 1 Oct 2024 08.00 EDTLast modified on Tue 1 Oct 2024 11.31 EDTShareWith less than 40 days until election day, how can it be that Trump has taken a small lead in Arizona and Georgia – two swing states he lost to Biden in 2020? How can he be narrowly leading Harris in the swing state of North Carolina? How can he now be essentially tied with her in the other key swing states of Michigan and Wisconsin?More generally, how can Trump have chiseled away Harris’s advantage from early August? How is it possible that more voters appear to view Trump favorably now than they did several months ago when he was in the race against Biden?How can Trump – the sleaziest person ever to run for president, who has already been convicted on 34 felony charges and impeached twice, whose failures of character and leadership were experienced directly by the American public during his four years at the helm – be running neck-and-neck with a young, talented, intelligent person with a commendable record of public service?It’s not just Trump v Harris: America’s men and women are also locked in battle now | Jonathan FreedlandRead moreSince his horrid performance debating Harris, he’s doubled down on false claims that Haitian migrants are eating pets in Ohio. He’s been accompanied almost everywhere by rightwing conspiracy nutcase Laura Loomer. He said he “hates” Taylor Swift after she endorsed Harris; that Jewish people will be responsible if he loses the election; that the second attempt on his life was incited by the “Communist left rhetoric” of Biden and Harris. And so on.He’s become so incoherent in public that Republican advisers are begging him to get back “on message”.So why is he neck-and-neck with Harris?Before we get to what I think is the reason, let’s dismiss other explanations being offered.One is that the polls are understating voters’ support for Harris and overstating their support for Trump. But if the polls are systematically biased, you’d think it would be the other way around, since some non-college voters are probably reluctant to admit to professional pollsters their preference for Trump.Another is that the media is intentionally creating a nail-bitingly close race in order to sell more ads. But this can’t be right because, if anything, more Americans appear to be tuning out politics altogether.A final theory holds that Harris has not yet put to rest voters’ fears about inflation and the economy. But given that the American economy has rebounded, inflation is way down, interest rates are falling, wages are up and the job engine continues, you’d think voters at the margin would be moving toward her rather than toward Trump.The easiest explanation has to do with asymmetric information.By now, almost everyone in America knows Trump and has made up their minds about him. Recent polls have found that nearly 90% of voters say they do not need to learn more about Trump to decide their vote.But they don’t yet know Harris, or remain undecided about her. More on this in a moment.Trump is exploiting this asymmetry so that when it comes to choosing between Trump and Harris, voters will choose the devil they know.This requires, first, that Trump suck all the media oxygen out of the air so Harris has fewer opportunities to define herself positively.Americans who have become overwhelmed by the chaos are tuning out politics altogether, especially in swing states where political advertising is nonstop. And as they tune out both Trump and Harris, Trump is the beneficiary, because, again, he’s the devil they know.In other words, Trump is running neck-and-neck with Harris not despite the mess he’s created over the last few weeks but because of it.skip past newsletter promotionSign up to Follow Robert ReichFree newsletterGet Robert Reich’s latest columns delivered straight to your inboxEnter your email address Sign upPrivacy Notice: Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. For more information see our Privacy Policy. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.after newsletter promotionTrump’s strategy also requires that he and his allies simultaneously flood the airwaves and social media with negative ads about Harris, which are then amplified by the rightwing ecosystem of Fox News, Newsmax and Sinclair radio.Trump’s campaign has given up trying to promote him positively. The Wesleyan Media Project estimates that the Trump team is now spending almost zero on ads that show him in a positive light. There’s no point, because everyone has already made up their minds about him.Instead, the ads aired by Trump and his allies in swing states are overwhelmingly negative about Harris – emphasizing, for example, her past support for gender transition surgery for incarcerated people.Researchers on cognition have long known that negative messages have a bigger impact than positive ones, probably because in evolutionary terms, our brains are hard-wired to respond more to frightening than to positive stimuli (which might explain why social media and even mainstream media are filled with negative stories).Finally, Trump’s strategy necessitates that he refuse to debate her again, lest she get additional positive exposure (hence he has turned down CNN’s invitation for a 23 October debate, which she has accepted).Behind the information asymmetry lie racism and misogyny. I can’t help wondering how many Americans who continue saying they “don’t know” or are “undecided” about Harris are concealing something from pollsters and possibly from themselves: they feel uncomfortable voting for a Black woman.Having said all this, I’m cautiously optimistic about the outcome of the election. Why? Because Trump is deteriorating rapidly; lately he’s barely been able to string sentences together coherently.Harris, by contrast, is gaining strength and confidence by the day, and despite Trump’s attempts to shut her out, more Americans are learning about her. As she gets more exposure, Trump’s “devil-you-know” advantage disappears.Perhaps it’s more accurate to say I’m nauseously optimistic, because, to be candid, I go into the next five weeks feeling a bit sick to my stomach. Even if Harris wins, the fact that so many Americans seem prepared to vote for Trump makes me worry for the future of my country. Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is a professor of public policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and the author of Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few and The Common Good. His newest book, The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It, is out now. He is a Guardian US columnist. 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Not always lucky: Trump will not outperform surveys in this U.S election, say pollsters

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https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/us/not-always-lucky-trump-will-not-outperform-surveys-in-this-u-s-election-say-pollsters/amp_articleshow/113857230.cms

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US election 2024 results polls prediction: Not always lucky: Trump will not outperform surveys in this U.S election, say pollsters - The Economic TimesThe Economic Times App10M DownloadsToday’s NewsQuick ReadsE-PaperStockRecosStream US NewsNot always lucky: Trump will not outperform surveys in this U.S election, say pollstersAPSynopsisUS Presidential Elections 2024 results predictions are claiming the probable winner between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. At this stage, just before the elections various poll surveys are claiming various results and most importantly the poll surveys are tagging themselves to be absolutely correct.By The FeedFollow usOct 01, 2024, 08:20:00 PM IST US election 2024 poll surveys are claiming that Democratic nominee Kamala Harris is ahead of Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump by nearly four points. According to The Hill, a poll survey by Decision Desk HQ revealed that the battle between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris in the battleground states is really very close and a polling error will certainly result in a better position of Trump which has also happened in previous Presidential Elections.ADVERTISEMENTThe Hill reported that various important polling analysts asserted that this year’s polls are not going to be susceptible to the same error which has also happened previously as the previous polls had underestimated the support for Donald Trump. Though this poll cycles also show that Donald Trump is not in a good position and might end up losing the elections but the polling analysts are arguing that this year’s polls are an accurate reflection of the competitiveness of the race. Also Read : The Penguin: Here’s episode 3 release date, upcoming episode scheduleChris Jackson, Ipsos senior vice president of public affairs noted that the poll industry has went through major changes following the errors in polling during the year 2016 and 2020 and explained that future polling errors will depend on different things. The Hill asserted that Pollsters have faced two rough presidential cycles during the Donald Trump reign already and thus there are skepticisms all around regarding the accuracy of the measurement. ET PRIME - TOP TRENDING STORIESAdani Group stocks: Will averaging out work for retail investors?Is Nifty Next 50 a good bet? Only if you are a super long-term investor.Falling off the momentum? Why retail investors are losing money after witnessing a long rallyReliance JioCinema is streaming IPL 2023 for free. Will this now disrupt the OTT business?Top Nifty50 stocks analysts suggest buying this weekLong term wealth creation; 7 stocks with high ROESubscribe to ETPrimePollsters are acknowledging the factor that Donald Trump’s new rise has posed some challenges in front of them and they are trying their level best to come up with the accurate voter’s preferences. Donald Trump outperformed most of the polls being an underdog by winning the Electoral College when he was competing with Hillary Clinton in the year 2016 and gave a close fight to Joe Biden in the year 2020 as well.Also Read : Diddy's alleged porn video features a high profile person; who is that person? Here's all you need to knowADVERTISEMENTFAQsQ1. Who is ahead in the US Presidential Elections according to the polls?A1. Poll surveys in US are claiming that US Vice President Kamala Harris is ahead of former US President Donald Trump by near about 4 points.Q2. 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Donald Trump flips three swing states in his favor

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https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-kamala-harris-polls-swing-states-1961886

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Trump is already teeing up an excuse for Vance losing VP debate

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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-jd-vance-vp-debate-tim-walz-lose-b2621825.html?10012024

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Trump said he was working with Elon Musk to 'get Starlink hooked up' after Hurricane Helene — but FEMA said it was already deployed

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https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-elon-musk-starlink-hurricane-helene-fema-2024-9

2024-10-01T15:56:14

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Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy Link lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Article Icon A bookmark Save Read in app While speaking in Valdosta, Georgia, Donald Trump said he was coordinating with Elon Musk to ship Starlink to affected areas. Evan Vucci This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. Donald Trump said he talked to Elon Musk about sending Starlink satellites to areas affected by Hurricane Helene.FEMA had already coordinated with Starlink to send satellites to North Carolina.The timing and nature of Trump's stated call with Musk remains unclear.Former President Donald Trump has said he talked to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, a recent political ally, about sending Starlink satellites to areas impacted by Hurricane Helene. But the federal government had already decided Sunday to send the satellites to areas in need of internet access.At an event in Valdosta, Georgia, Trump said some residents in North Carolina "don't have communication" before mentioning his chat with Musk and Starlink, SpaceX's satellite internet service. "I just spoke to Elon. I'm getting him — we want to get Starlink hooked up because they have no communication whatsoever. And Elon will always come through. We know that," Trump said Monday. "And so we're working on that, getting them hooked up. They asked me whether or not that would be possible. We're going to try and get the Starlink in there as soon as possible."The White House, however, quickly pointed out that a Starlink partnership was already underway.In a post on X, which Musk owns, the White House spokesperson Andrew Bates said, "This is already happening." He linked to a statement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency that says 40 Starlink satellite systems are deployed in North Carolina to assist with "responder communications." According to the statement, 140 satellites are being sent to help repair communication infrastructure. The statement was published Monday, the same day Trump made his speech.FEMA told Business Insider the federal government made the decision to send satellites Sunday."Administrator Criswell made the decision yesterday to send Starlink down to North Carolina," Jaclyn Rothenberg, the director of public affairs, said on the phone, referring to FEMA's administrator, Deanne Criswell. Rothenberg told BI that Trump wasn't involved in the decision-making process.As of Monday afternoon, the nature and timing of Trump's stated call with Musk remained unclear. 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Dockworkers' strike could push up prices and cause shortages if it lasts for weeks

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Business Dockworkers may have the negotiating advantage in their strike against US ports Dockworkers may have the negotiating advantage in their strike against US ports 1 of 28 | The 45,000 dockworkers who went on strike Tuesday for the first time in decades at 36 U.S. ports from Maine to Texas may wield the upper hand in their standoff with port operators over wages and the use of automation. Read More 2 of 28 | Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas began walking picket lines early Tuesday in a strike over wages and automation that could reignite inflation and cause shortages of goods if it goes on more than a few weeks. (AP Video: Tassanee Vejpongsa) Read More 3 of 28 | Dockworkers at 36 ports across the eastern U.S. are now on strike for the first time in decades. And the work stoppage could snarl supply chains — leading to shortages and higher prices if it stretches on for more than a few weeks. (AP Video - Lekan Oyekanmi) Read More 4 of 28 | Dockworker Meikysha Wright and others strike outside the Virginia International Gateway in Portsmouth, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (Billy Schuerman/The Virginian-Pilot via AP) Read More 5 of 28 | Workers take part in a port strike at Port Newark, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Bayonne, N.J. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez) Read More 6 of 28 | Dockworkers strike in front of an entrance to a container terminal near Boston Harbor, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) Read More 7 of 28 | Cranes and shipping containers are seen at Port Jersey during a port strike, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Bayonne. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez) Read More 8 of 28 | Dockworkers strike in front an entrance to a container terminal near Boston Harbor, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) Read More 9 of 28 | Hundreds of longshoremen strike together outside of the Virginia International Gateway in Portsmouth, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (Billy Schuerman/The Virginian-Pilot via AP) Read More 10 of 28 | Striking Philadelphia longshoremen picket outside the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal Port, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ryan Collerd) Read More 11 of 28 | The International Longshoremen’s Association flag and an American flag fly together outside the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal Port as workers prepare to strike as their contract runs out at midnight, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Ryan Collerd) Read More 12 of 28 | Cranes and shipping containers are seen at Port Newark during a port strike, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Bayonne. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez) Read More 13 of 28 | FILE - Shipping containers are stacked in the Port of New York and New Jersey in Elizabeth, N.J., May 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) Read More 14 of 28 | Longshoremen strike at midnight at Bayport Terminal on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/Annie Mulligan) Read More 15 of 28 | Boise Butler, president of Local 1291, with an American flag on his wheelchair, pickets with his fellow longshoremen outside the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal Port in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ryan Collerd) Read More 16 of 28 | Philadelphia longshoremen assembled outside the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal Port begin to strike as their contract runs out at midnight, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ryan Collerd) Read More 17 of 28 | Hundreds of longshoremen strike together outside of the Virginia International Gateway in Portsmouth, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (Billy Schuerman/The Virginian-Pilot via AP) Read More 18 of 28 | Boise Butler, president of ILA Local 1291, speaks to the press outside the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal Port in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ryan Collerd) Read More 19 of 28 | Boise Butler, president of Local 1291, chants along with his fellow longshoremen outside the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal Port in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ryan Collerd) Read More 20 of 28 | Philadelphia longshoremen assembled outside the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal Port begin to strike as their contract runs out at midnight, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ryan Collerd) Read More 21 of 28 | FILE - Containers are moved at the Port of New York and New Jersey in Elizabeth, N.J., on June 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) Read More 22 of 28 | Longshoremen strike at midnight at Bayport Terminal on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/Annie Mulligan) Read More 23 of 28 | Longshoremen strike at midnight at Bayport Terminal on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/Annie Mulligan) Read More 24 of 28 | Hundreds of longshoremen strike together outside of the Virginia International Gateway in Portsmouth, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (Billy Schuerman/The Virginian-Pilot via AP) Read More 25 of 28 | Striking Philadelphia longshoreman picket outside the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal Port, Tuesday, Oct. 01, 2024.(AP Photo/Ryan Collerd) Read More 26 of 28 | Striking Philadelphia longshoreman picket outside the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal Port, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024.(AP Photo/Ryan Collerd) Read More 27 of 28 | Longshoremen strike at midnight at Bayport Terminal on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/Annie Mulligan) Read More 28 of 28 | Longshoremen pose for a photo while picketing at Bayport Terminal on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/Annie Mulligan) Read More By TOM KRISHER, TASSANEE VEJPONGSA and WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Read the latest on the port strikes: How port strikes could affect retail prices and shortages in the U.S. PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The 45,000 dockworkers who went on strike Tuesday for the first time in decades at 36 U.S. ports from Maine to Texas may wield the upper hand in their standoff with port operators over wages and the use of automation.Organized labor enjoys rising public support and has had a string of recent victories in other industries, in addition to the backing of the pro-union administration of President Joe Biden. The dockworkers’ negotiating stand is likely further strengthened by the nation’s supply chain of goods being under pressure in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, which has coincided with the peak shipping season for holiday goods.The union is also pointing to shipping companies’ record profits, which have come in part because of shortages resulting from the pandemic, and to a more generous contract that West Coast dockworkers achieved last year. The longshoremen’s workloads also have increased, and the effects of inflation have eroded their pay in recent years.In addition, commerce into and out of the United States has been growing, playing to the union’s advantage. Further enhancing its leverage is a still-tight job market, with workers in some industries demanding, and in some cases receiving, a larger share of companies’ outsize profits. RELATED COVERAGE A comprehensive look at DOGE’s firings and layoffs so far Trump’s Labor Department pick has union support. Worker advocates wonder how much power she’d have DOGE is getting lists of the military’s probationary workers from the Pentagon “I think this work group has a lot of bargaining power,” said Harry Katz, a professor of collective bargaining at Cornell University. “They’re essential workers that can’t be replaced, and also the ports are doing well.”The dockworkers’ strike, their first since 1977, could snarl supply chains and cause shortages and higher prices if it stretches on for more than a few weeks. Beginning after midnight, the workers walked picket lines Tuesday and carried signs calling for more money and a ban on automation that could cost workers their jobs. AP AUDIO: Dockworkers may have the negotiating advantage in their strike against US ports Dockworkers in the U.S. are on strike. AP correspondent Donna Warder reports. Experts say consumers won’t likely notice shortages for at least a few weeks, if the strike lasts that long, though some perishable items such as bananas could disappear from grocery stores — although at this time of year, most other fruits and vegetables are domestically grown and not processed at ports, according to Alan Siger, president of the Produce Distributors Association.In anticipation of a strike, most major retailers also stocked up on goods, moving ahead shipments of holiday gift items. The strike, coming weeks before a tight presidential election, could also become a factor in the race if shortages begin to affect many voters. Pressure could eventually grow for the Biden administration to intervene to try to force a temporary suspension of the strike. Longshoremen strike at midnight at Bayport Terminal on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/Annie Mulligan) Little progress was reported in the talks until just hours before the strike began at 12:01 a.m. The U.S. Maritime Alliance, the group negotiating for the ports, said both sides did budge from their initial positions. The alliance offered 50% raises over the six-year life of the contract. Comments from the union’s leadership had briefly suggested a move to 61.5%, but the union has since signaled that it’s sticking with its initial demand for a 77% pay increase over six years.“We have demonstrated a commitment to doing our part to end the completely avoidable ILA strike,” the alliance said Tuesday. The ports’ pay offer is more than every other recent union settlement, the group said. “We look forward to hearing from the Union about how we can return to the table and actually bargain, which is the only way to reach a resolution,” the statement said.In early picketing, workers outside the Port of Philadelphia walked in a circle and chanted, “No work without a fair contract.” The union posted message boards on the side of a truck reading: “Automation Hurts Families: ILA Stands For Job Protection.” Boise Butler, president of the union local, asserted that the workers want a contract that doesn’t allow for the automation of their jobs. The shipping companies, he argued, made billions during the pandemic by charging high prices.“Now,” Butler said, “we want them to pay back. They’re going to pay back.”And in New Orleans, Henry Glover Jr., a fourth-generation dockworker who is president of the union local, said he can recall the days when longshoremen unloaded 150-pound sacks of sugar by hand. He acknowledges that machinery has made the job easier, but he worries that the ports need fewer people to handle the equipment.“Automation could be good, but they’re using it to kill jobs,” Glover said. “We don’t want them to implement anything that would take our jobs out.” William Brucher, an assistant professor of labor studies and employment relations at Rutgers University, noted that “this is a very opportune time” for striking workers.The contract agreement reached last year with West Coast dockworkers, who are represented by a different union, shows that “higher wages are definitely possible” for the longshoremen and has enhanced their bargaining power, Brucher said. Striking Philadelphia longshoremen picket outside the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal Port, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ryan Collerd) Hundreds of longshoremen strike together outside of the Virginia International Gateway in Portsmouth, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (Billy Schuerman/The Virginian-Pilot via AP) Under the Taft-Hartley Act, Biden could seek a court order for an 80-day cooling-off period that would end the strike at least temporarily, but he has told reporters that he wouldn’t take that step. The administration could risk losing union support if it exercised such power, which experts say could be particularly detrimental for Democrats ahead of next month’s election. On Tuesday, the White House continued to ask the alliance to negotiate a fair contract that reflects the longshoremen’s contribution to the economy.“As our nation climbs out of the aftermath of Hurricane Helene,” Biden said in a statement, “dockworkers will play an essential role in getting communities the resources they need. Now is not the time for ocean carriers to refuse to negotiate a fair wage for these essential workers while raking in record profits.” Containers are moved at the Port of New York and New Jersey in Elizabeth, N.J., on June 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) Ben Nolan, a transportation analyst with Stifel, said the administration isn’t likely to intervene until consumers start to see empty shelves or can’t find critical goods like medicines.“Medications and other things come in on containers,” Nolan said. “I think if the administration wanted to have a reason to get involved, it’s stuff like that.”___Krisher reported from Detroit, Grantham-Philips from New York. Associated Press journalists Ben Finley in Norfolk, Virginia, Jack Brook in New Orleans, Anne D’Innocenzio and Mae Anderson in New York, Dee-Ann Durbin in Detroit, Josh Boak in Washington, and Annie Mulligan in Houston contributed to this report. TASSANEE VEJPONGSA Vejpongsa is a video journalist for The Associated Press in Philadelphia. She was previously based in Taipei and Bangkok. twitter WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS Grantham-Philips is a business reporter who covers trending news for The Associated Press. 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Tim Walz Has a Secret Weapon. It’s Sex.

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Walz-Vance debate CBS: How the Minnesota governor can make Democrats sexy again. Advertisement Advertisement Skip to the content Slate Shop Games Newsletters Sign In Account Activating this button will toggle the display of additional content Account Sign out Slate homepage News & Politics Culture Technology Business Life Advice Podcasts Menu Open menu Close menu Menu News & Politics Culture Technology Business Life Advice Podcasts Search Activating this button will toggle the display of additional content Light Dark Auto Subscribe Slate Shop Games Newsletters Sign in Account Sign out Slate homepage Account * On a Golden Hamster Wheel Submit search Enter query Activating this button will toggle the display of additional content Light Dark Auto Politics Tim Walz Has a Secret Weapon. It’s Sex. Hear me out. By Steven Reisner Oct 01, 20245:45 AM Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has a chance to tap into Americans’ deepest subconscious desires. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Tweet Share Share Comment Tweet Share Share Comment The battle for the presidency has taken on mythic proportions. Trump, promising vengeance and retribution, is a modern Hydra, whose many heads spew increasingly venomous lies, about Haitians, women, Jews, and enemies of all races, creeds, and genders. Democrats are looking to their new hero, Kamala Harris, sword in hand, to decapitate each lying head, only to discover that, like the Hydra, Trump sprouts two heads for every one that she cuts off. There is no dent in Trump’s popularity. If anything, it seems to be improving, according to certain polls. If the Democrats are to win, Harris and Tim Walz must find an alternative to combating the Hydra on the monster’s terms. Neither of them has Trump’s killer instincts, but they do have one thing on their side. As Sigmund Freud argued a century ago, on the most primitive level, humans are subject to two primal passions: killing and sex. As we mature, these two drives are sublimated into higher-order emotions: the will to power and the capacity to love, but in the unconscious, the primal passions survive in their primitive form, ready to emerge under stress (or inebriation). In these stressful times, Republicans have become masterful at provoking one of these primitive passions. The fateful question is: Can Democrats mobilize the other in the service of their politics of “joy”? In other words, for Democrats to overcome the politics of killing, they have to find a way to make their campaign exude, well, sex. To be clear, I don’t mean to imply that Walz should get up on the debate stage on Tuesday and wink or blow air-kisses or strip. But I do mean that Walz has to tap into what Freud, in his famous letter to Einstein, called the erotic, in the sense that Plato uses the word Eros: the human instinct to preserve and unite. Freud explained elsewhere that it is this instinct that not only gives us the pleasure of sex, but at the same time brings together “families, then races, peoples and nations, into one great unity, the unity of mankind.” Trump’s campaign is not about the future, or even—Trump’s motto notwithstanding—about the nostalgic past; it’s all about excitement in the here and now. Trump is the master of delivering the titillating pleasure of pure power to his public. But something changed in the most recent debate: Trump abandoned titillation and went all-in with the rhetoric of killing and death. Gone was the teasing aggression, the hints of sexuality mixed with innuendos of destruction. Gone, too, was the shrugging, devil-may-care plausible deniability. In its place, Trump presented an apocalyptic vision of murder and mass destruction: “execution after birth, execution, no longer abortion”; “13 people who were just killed, viciously and violently killed”; killers and “rapists” are “pouring” across the border; “we’re going to end up in a third World War. And it will be a war like no other.” Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Where once, “You’re fired,” was code for killing, now Trump no longer bothers with code. His talk is infused unabashedly with what Freud called the death-drive: “the blindest fury of destructiveness … accompanied by an extraordinarily high degree of narcissistic enjoyment, owing to its presenting the ego with a fulfilment of the latter’s old wishes for omnipotence.” Whether we like it or not, we have to recognize that nearly half of America is ready to align with Trump’s death-drive, because it feels genuinely powerful, and they see no other real choice in these frightening times. The burning question facing America is: Will the other basic drive, which Freud called Eros and Harris and Walz call joy, provide us with an alternative? We all know that Kamala Harris bested Donald Trump in their debate. With her steady confidence and bemused attitude, Harris countered Trump’s spectacle of death with a spectacle of life. On Oct. 1, in the coming vice presidential debate, Democrats will have another opportunity to pit these two drives head-to-head. And, as with the previous debate, each candidate will be vying for an archetypal position in the American unconscious. J.D. Vance’s position, or at least the position he wants to present to the American public, is that of the favorite son who stands ready to step into the father’s shoes. To maintain that role, Vance must defend and magnify every utterance of Trump’s. So, like Trump, he tries to energize his base with talk of violence and horror (when actually, his strengths lie in another direction). Advertisement Advertisement But the archetype Vance wants us to accept is not necessarily the one that we receive.We all know that, in fact, Vance is not Trump’s anointed son, because Trump refuses the possibility of being replaced, and as a result, when he is not ignoring Vance, Trump is contradicting him. Advertisement This gives Walz the opportunity to puncture Vance’s projected image, and transform it to one closer to the emotional truth—that of the rejected child who wants to be the favorite. Walz should do everything he can to make Vance look like a wannabe of meanness and aggression looking for the narcissistic father’s approval. Walz himself presents the polar opposite of narcissism: His archetype of father who wants a better life for his children comes quite naturally. He appears as the loving coach who celebrates the success of others and takes pleasure when his children actually do better than he did; the attentive parent who chides, without rejecting, the child who goes astray. Vance made his political reputation by positioning Democrats as coastal elites who are insensitive to the real struggles of his people, the working class of middle America. Kamala Harris, because she studiously avoids referring to the working class altogether and focuses instead on the middle class, has subliminally been reinforcing Vance’s position. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Walz is just the guy who can change this. But it will require more than avuncular acceptance and more than condemning Republicans’ murder and mayhem stories; it will require an equally passionate, joyful, and yes, sexy, counternarrative. Related From Slate Molly Olmstead I Went to a Pro-Trump Christian Revival. It Completely Changed My Understanding of Jan. 6. Read More Walz already speaks passionately of the values of the working class, the dignity of work, the benefit of unions, and the power of communities. He doesn’t speak of college and the middle class, but of career opportunities and technical training for struggling workers, often quoting his mentor Sen. Paul Wellstone: “We all do better when we all do better.” And he has shown that he can communicate compassionately to young, white working-class men. His good nature and joy are clearly infectious. He only needs to make overt what is not often enough acknowledged, that there is a unique pleasure in the dignity of hard work that does not have to be contextualized as anything else. There is honor and self-respect and (yes, again!) sexuality in being a fit and productive worker. Advertisement Popular in News & Politics He’s Hot. He’s “Dangerous.” He Never Stops Talking. Is the Answer to Trump Hiding in Plain Sight? This Content is Available for Slate Plus members only I Just Figured Out What Elon Musk’s DOGE Really Is Trump Is Rolling Out a Huge Part of Project 2025’s Proposed Attacks on Elections It Would Be Hard. It Would Be Illegal. It Might Be the Only Thing That Can Save the Country. Rather than taking Vance’s playbook and attacking the coastal elites, he can turn the tables and offer the wealthy and middle class something to be envious of, something that money doesn’t buy: the sheer energy of workers’ pride in an honest day’s work and a decent wage, the joy in being able to provide for spouses, children, and friends, and the passion that arises when a person feels that they are contributing to their community. If the Harris-Walz campaign is a campaign of joy and opportunity, this is the joy that all working people can connect to. Advertisement Advertisement In a strange twist, American society, in this era, appears to have gotten itself completely out of touch with what makes people happy. If Walz can offer an alternative to the bitter gratifications of cruelty and resentment that Republicans foster—by welcoming all disaffected Americans into a society that values their Eros and believes in their capacity to be productive—he just might attract enough of them to the Democratic Party in time for the coming election. Need advice on living through this historic and nerve-racking presidential election? Slate wants to help. Submit your questions to Wedge Issues here. It’s anonymous! No question is too dumb—or too existential. Tweet Share Share Comment Democrats Donald Trump Republicans Kamala Harris 2024 Campaign J.D. 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David Pakman is an idiot

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You go girl!

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George Conway slams Trump for misrepresenting Kemp’s concerns

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