By islander October 27, 2022 6:31 am Category: News (0.0 from 0 votes)
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N THE NEWS - “A book that names Donald Trump as “the son of man” and “the Christ” was promoted by its author at multiple rallies for the former U.S. president. True.” – Snopes
"No one of any party should be voting for people who are election deniers. Kari Lake and Mark Finchem in AZ are telling you that they'll only certify an election they agree with. And there's not a much graver threat to democracy than that." Liz Cheney
“According to MAGA Republicans- government should be a blunt instrument of power. Fascism, anyone? “In The Federalist, senior editor John Daniel Davidson announced, “We Need To Stop Calling Ourselves Conservatives.” “The conservative project has failed,” he wrote, “and conservatives need to forge a new political identity that reflects our revolutionary moment.” Western civilization is dying, he wrote, and to revive it, those on the right should “start thinking of themselves as radicals, restorationists, and counterrevolutionaries. Indeed, that is what they are, whether they embrace those labels or not.” They should, he said, stop focusing on the free-market economics and supply-side principles of the Reagan years and instead embrace the idea of wielding government power as “an instrument of renewal in American life… a blunt instrument indeed...” Heather Cox Richardson
“Over the weekend, the Maricopa County Elections Department announced that two people, both armed and dressed in tactical gear, stationed themselves near a ballot drop box in Mesa, Arizona. They left when law enforcement officers arrived. At least two voters later filed complaints of voter intimidation, both complaining that they were filmed dropping off ballots. One complained of being accused of “being a mule,” a reference to people who are allegedly paid to gather ballots and stuff drop boxes for Democratic candidates. Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Chairman Bill Gates and Recorder Stephen Richer issued a statement: "We are deeply concerned about the safety of individuals who are exercising their constitutional right to vote and who are lawfully taking their early ballot to a drop box.... [V]igilantes outside Maricopa County's drop boxes are not increasing election integrity. Instead they are leading to voter intimidation complaints.” The presence of armed vigilantes outside of voting places is a scene directly out of the 1876 “redemption” of the South.” Heather Cox Richardson
McCarthy Warns GOP May Cut Back Ukraine Aid If Party Wins House – Bloomberg “By threatening to end US aid to Ukraine if he becomes speaker, McCarthy sent a signal to Putin that the Republican party is still willing to do his bidding if he helps them take back power.” Tweet
Former Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday warned against the growing populist tide in the Republican Party as he admonished “Putin apologists” unwilling to stand up to the Russian leader over his assault on Ukraine. -AP
“According to Politifact, Republican presidents since Ronald Reagan have exploded deficits, while Democrats have brought deficits down. Reagan sent the deficit from $70 billion to $175 billion. George H.W. Bush took it to $300 billion. Bill Clinton—with help from Bush’s willingness to raise taxes—got the deficit to zero. George W. Bush took it back up to $1.2 trillion with unfunded wars. Barack Obama cut that back to $600 billion. And Trump’s tax cuts sent it skyrocketing again, even before pandemic spending sent it higher still. Biden emphasized that Republicans have told us what they will do if put back into power. They will pass massive tax cuts for the wealthy, after which they plan to repeal the administration’s actions—like the ability of Medicare to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies, made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act—that are bringing down the deficit. After their plan explodes the deficit again, they have said they would cut Medicare and Social Security.” -Heather Cox Richardson
“Data from Center for American Progress CAP, a think tank and advocacy organization, reinforces the message from a study released earlier this year by Third Way, a centrist Democratic group. That report found that per capita murder rates in 2020 were 40 percent higher in states that voted for Donald Trump than in those that voted for President Joe Biden.” -Fact check fox25
“In their year and a half in power, Democrats have put in place policies that are widely popular—indeed, the infrastructure projects provided for under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act are so popular that Republicans who voted against the law are nonetheless taking credit for them. Voters have long called for Medicare to be able to negotiate drug prices with pharmaceutical companies (83% in favor), now made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act, which also caps certain drug expenses, including the cost of insulin. Between 80 and 90% of Americans want basic gun control laws—the Democrats just passed the first one in decades—and a majority want funding for action against climate change (65%) and relief for educational debt (55%). Support for supplying Ukraine against Russia stands at 73%, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll taken in early October...”
...What has not been popular in the past year and a half, in fact, what has been quite unpopular, is the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion. About 62% of Americans believe abortion should be legal in all or most cases, while only 8% believe it should be illegal in all cases, and 28% believe it should be illegal in most cases. Since June, when the Supreme Court handed down the Dobbs decision, the news has reported multiple cases of raped children unable to obtain abortions in their home states, girls and women unable to obtain medications to treat long-term illnesses because those drugs can also induce abortion, women diagnosed with cancer who cannot get treatment, women whose fetuses have conditions incompatible with life and who cannot terminate the pregnancy, and women whose health is at risk as they are unable to obtain the healthcare they need as they are miscarrying—all of this just as abortion rights advocates warned would happen if the court overturned Roe v. Wade. Since the Dobbs decision, Democrats have outperformed expectations in four special House elections and one state referendum.... Heather Cox Richardson
A GOP candidate running for an Arizona college district’s governing board, who had said he wanted children "protected from the progressive left" was arrested for masturbating in his truck outside of a preschool. Officials say it's too late to remove Randy Kaufman from the ballot. -huffpost
“At least six organizations have in recent days distanced themselves from Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, after making multiple antisemitic comments... Ye was restricted from Twitter and Instagram earlier this month after posting antisemitic messages, including saying he was "going death con 3 ON JEWISH PEOPLE." In the fallout of his comments, Ye has said he will buy Parler, a Twitter-like social media app that has become a haven for conservatives. Ye said he's buying the platform to ensure people with conservative opinions "have the right to freely express ourselves." Axios
WaPo reports that Mar-a-Lago classified papers included US secrets about Iran and China. Iran’s missile program, and US intelligence work aimed at China were among the most sensitive material seized by the FBI.
"Trump doing his part to help crime soar-Contributing to high crime rates, Donald Trump is currently involved in 20 legal cases, seven of which are related to the Jan. 6 insurrection." -Daily advance
"White House renews assault weapons ban call after St. Louis school shooting- shooter had AR-15-style weapon, 600 rounds of ammo -A former student killed two people and wounded seven others in a St Louis high school before police fatally shot him in a gunfire exchange Monday, authorities said. St. Louis Police Chief Michael Sack identified the suspect at a news conference as 19-year-old Orlando Harris..." Axios
"Is Arizona's Kari Lake the most 'dangerous' politician in America? ...last weekend, Lake was sparring with Dana Bash live on CNN — and sparking yet another media tizzy by refusing to say that she will accept the result if she loses in November ...Lake has also suggested that the Second Amendment protects ownership of rocket launchers. She told a summit of young conservative women that “God did not create us to be equal to men.” She has threatened to imprison Hobbs for fictional election-rigging offenses. She has threatened to imprison journalists as well. She has appeared with QAnon-linked activists at campaign events. She has vowed to deport undocumented immigrants without federal approval. And she has accused Biden and the Democrats of harboring a “demonic agenda...” Yahoo News
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