Steve Benen: Donald Trump managed to roll out a new idea this week, announcing that he wants to impose a temporary 10% cap on credit card interest rates. I haven't the foggiest idea what proposal Trump might come up with next, but with 46 days remaining before Election Day, it's a safe bet the list will be long and nonsensical. read more
Clint Watts: In the past two months, Microsoft has observed a notable shift in Russian influence operations tactics reflecting the changing U.S. political environment. Specifically, we have observed Russia pivot towards targeting the Harris-Walz campaign, with actors disseminating fabricated videos designed to sow discord and spread disinformation about the new Democratic nominee Vice President Harris. read more
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed more than 500 points higher, up 1.3% on the day. The S&P 500, the broadest index of publicly traded companies, added 1.7% and also touched new highs. The tech-heavy Nasdaq rose more than 2.5%, and the Russell 2000 index of smaller companies added 2.1%. read more
Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday described in detail what it's like for many women to have to travel out of their home state to access abortion care, marking the first time in recent memory that such a prominent political figure has magnified the real-life hurdles to obtaining care. read more
Iranian hackers sent people associated with President Joe Biden's campaign unsolicited information that was stolen from former President Donald Trump's presidential campaign, the FBI and other federal agencies said Wednesday. The announcement is the latest in a series of warnings by federal cybersecurity officials about Iran's efforts to meddle in the upcoming election, including taking specific steps to release information about Trump's campaign. read more
It's always amazing how Bellringer literally never has a clue what's going on or how the world works...especially laws.
If it's not throwing strawmen into a debate on something completely unrelated, it's unabashed gaslighting, which is why I call him "Strawlighter". FTA:
Finger-pointing is dishonest to a grotesque extreme. Thurman's death is not due to her choice to take medication abortion, which has a mortality rate of .0003%, which is 1 in every 377,000 cases. (Out of 377,000 women who give birth, in contrast, 83 will die.) Thurman, as the report makes clear, would have almost certainly survived if she had received the pre-Dobbs standard of care, which is an immediate removal of an incomplete miscarriage. But Georgia's law, as written, makes this a felony. As ProPublica explained:I simply do not understand why his level of disinformation is tolerated on this blog. You can almost put a clock to it, what he claims is almost either false or gaslighting. It's disgusting.
It prohibits doctors from using any instrument "with the purpose of terminating a pregnancy." While removing fetal tissue is not terminating a pregnancy, medically speaking, the law only specifies it's not considered an abortion to remove "a dead unborn child" that resulted from a "spontaneous abortion" defined as "naturally occurring" from a miscarriage or a stillbirth.
[Strawlighter is] lying about this, so here is a link to the bill. As anyone can see, no exception is made to cover emergency care for a woman who deliberately induced her own miscarriage. Abortion opponents are insisting the doctors would not have gotten in legal trouble for saving Thurman's life. However, this is not how the law is written. But even if it was, doctors still had every reason to be afraid. If Thurman had received timely medical care and survived, a right-wing prosecutor could argue she wasn't that sick to begin with. That's the double bind of these supposed "exceptions."
With abortion in focus, Harris's event with Oprah prompts cheers and tears
A star-studded online rally designed to showcase the enthusiasm and energy behind Vice President Kamala Harris's campaign turned somber as host Oprah Winfrey introduced the mother of a woman who died after waiting for health care in a state that has banned most abortions.
"You're looking at a mother that is broken," said Shanette Williams, whose daughter, Amber Thurman, died in what was deemed a "preventable" death stemming from Georgia's abortion restrictions. "The worst pain ever that a mother, that a parent, could ever feel, for her father and myself and the family - you're looking at it."
Several people in the live audience were wiping their eyes by the time Thurman's family members, including two sisters, finished speaking. The emotional moment prompted Harris to deliver some of her most forceful lines of the event - which over nearly 100 minutes turned the vice president's campaign into a modern-day version of Winfrey's popular daytime talk show.
"Amber's story highlights the fact that, among everything that is wrong with these bans and what has happened in terms of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, it's a health-care crisis," Harris said after lambasting Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump for making such bans possible. "It's a health-care crisis that affects the patient and the profession."
There's enough gaslighting in that post to power an entire mid-sized city for a week.
Directly quoting people is Leftturd's idea of gaslighting.
Quelle surprise.
Lefthandturd just got blowed-up and his lying beak still hasn't realized it yet.
If a city has 22% unemployment and citizens are moving out because they can't find work
More Visitor BS from Russian disinformation.
What's behind the rise of Haitians in Springfield?Springfield Ohio's unemployment rate thru the years. anyone with eyes and a brain with notice that the city during the period of growth started in 2015 there has only been a brief period during mid 2020 where Springfield's unemployment rate spiked at 16.5 % and dropped down to 5.5% by November.
Thousands of new jobs had been created there, thanks to a successful effort by the city's leadership and Chamber of Commerce to attract new business to Springfield, which sits between Columbus and Dayton. Once a manufacturing hub, Springfield saw its economy shrink after factories closed and jobs migrated overseas. By about 2015, its population had dwindled to under 60,000, from about 80,000 in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Companies that set up shop, however, confronted a dire labor shortage.
Haitians in Florida, Haiti and South America heard from friends and family about Springfield and its need for workers. They began arriving to take jobs in warehouses, manufacturing and the service sector, and employers urged the new workers to encourage other Haitians to join them.
Springfield has struggled to handle soaring demand placed on health care, housing, schools and roads.
Some initiatives already underway include offering English language classes, driving courses and instruction about finances and the U.S. banking system.
Gov. Mike DeWine announced last week that the state would provide Springfield with $2.5 million to ease strains on primary health care and would deploy members of the state highway patrol to improve road safety.
The mayor of Springfield, Rob Rue, said that he was still hoping to receive federal assistance.
Never trust a liar who refuses to support their data with links.
I said back then that the W negotiated too low in their media rights package, and I received pushback as I noted the NBA's package was 97% of the total amount while the W's was only 3%. The W sold cheap. CC first signature basketballs sold out in less than an hour and her licensed gear outsells every other player's by a wide margin. Once her Nike signature shoe comes out, I predict it will set an all time record for first-run sales. It's almost a no brainer.
If you haven't watched CC play, do yourself a favor and tune in. She plays the game unlike most players male or female. But most of all you'll be entertained, and isn't that the point we watch and enjoy sports in the first place?