Susan Rice Calls Trump A 'Surrender Monkey' For Trying To Appease Putin On Ukraine
“And along comes Donald Trump, who really is like the Neville Chamberlain of the Republican Party,” Rice continued. “He’s an appeaser. He’s a surrender monkey. And that’s what we’re seeing in his approach to Ukraine.”
Democrats increasingly suspect that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to interfere in U.S. domestic politics by ignoring calls by President Biden to negotiate a peace deal in Gaza and by confronting Hezbollah and Iran weeks before the U.S. election.
#News #Politics #Democrats #Netanyahu #Israel
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4914933-netanyahu-gaza-hezbollah-interference/
😂🤣😂CNN's Scott Jennings dismisses Bruce Springsteen Harris endorsement: ‘We have Hulk Hogan’
3 Things in Jack Smith's brief that are bad news for Trump.
The briefing may have been 165 pages, but there are three key points the special counsel has made for Judge Tanya Chutkan’s consideration that stand out.
1. The Campaign And Its ‘Conduits’
2. Tweets, Tweets And More Tweets
3. The Hatch Act
WATCH LIVE: Liz Cheney joins Harris rally at historic birthplace of the GOP in swing state Wisconsin
The event is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. EDT.
#Politics #Wisconsin #HarrisWalz2024 #News
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-liz-cheney-joins-harris-campaign-rally-in-ripon-wis
Musk’s millions in rightwing gifts began earlier than previously known – report
Musk’s donations to the groups were kept quiet, Reuters and the Wall Street Journal reported. He funneled money through social welfare groups that are not required to disclose their donors. People involved in his donations to Citizens for Sanity would use Signal, an encrypted messaging app, to discuss the transactions, the Wall Street Journal reported.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/oct/03/elon-musk-rightwing-political-donations
Biden's student loan forgiveness plan can take effect after judge lets restraining order expire
It’s a minor victory for the Biden administration just weeks ahead of the presidential election. The lawsuit was brought in September by seven GOP-led states — Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, North Dakota and Ohio — against Biden and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona.
Prosecutors Say They May Bring More Charges Against Eric Adams, Indict Others
Assistant U.S. Attorney Hagan Scotten told Judge Dale Ho that it is “quite likely” prosecutors will seek a superseding indictment and that it is “likely” additional defendants will be charged and “possible” that more charges will be brought against Adams, who pleaded not guilty last week to the current charges against him.
Nearly 100 U.S. Health Workers Who Served In Gaza Demand Arms Embargo To Israel
In a Wednesday letter first obtained by HuffPost, the multifaith and multiethnic group of physicians, surgeons, nurses and midwives are also demanding a meeting at the White House so they can discuss Israeli war crimes they say they witnessed while volunteering in Gaza’s hospitals and clinics.
Cook Political Report shifts Texas Senate race toward Democrats
The Cook Political Report on Tuesday shifted Texas’s Senate race from “likely Republican” to “lean Republican,” signaling momentum for Rep. Colin Allred’s (D) challenge against incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz (R) in the red state.
#Texas #Politics #News #Election2024 #SmallSteps #WeAreNotGoingBack
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4910340-texas-senate-cook-political-report/
Biden rips Trump for lying, plans to visit North Carolina on Wednesday
Biden reacted angrily to remarks from Trump, who criticized Biden’s response to the hurricane during a trip to Georgia on Monday and claimed that Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) had trouble reaching Biden. Kemp and Biden confirmed the two spoke on Sunday.
“He’s lying, and the governor told him he was lying.
… that’s simply not true, and it’s irresponsible,”
#News #POTUS #Politics #Georgia #Helene
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4908099-biden-north-carolina-visit/
Rudy Giuliani’s daughter backs Harris and grieves ‘loss of my dad to Trump’
“I am constantly asking myself how America is back here, even considering the possibility of electing Donald Trump again, after all of the damage he has caused, both in office and since. There are unmistakable reminders of Trump’s destructive trail all around us, and it has broken my heart to watch my dad become one of them.”’
#News #Politics #HarrisWalz2024
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/30/rudy-giuliani-daughter-supports-harris
I choose JOY
Opinion | Kamala Harris Is Using a Strategy Rooted in Civil Rights Activism
Liberals love it; conservatives hate it. But joy is a strategy rooted in decades of civil rights activism.
#UnspeakableJoy #Joy #Politics #CivilRights #JoyJoyJoy #News
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/09/29/kamala-harris-vibes-fun-campaign-00180479
Please Ted be GONE. The US is counting on you Texas. Just Do It
Ted Cruz rebrands for a tight race in Texas
The second-largest state in the country still leans Republican, but it’s become more diverse, more urban and suburban — demographic shifts that pose a threat to Cruz in his race against Rep. Colin Allred, a Dallas member of Congress who played linebacker at Baylor University and in the NFL.
#News #Politics #Texas #Allred4Senate #CoSoNews
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/30/ted-cruz-colin-allred-texas-00181509
President Biden said Monday he expects to ask Congress for a supplemental bill to fund Hurricane Helene relief efforts, suggesting lawmakers may have to return from their lengthy election recess to pass it.
Biden said it’s his “expectation” to ask for a supplemental funding bill, but that he didn’t have a price tag for it yet, adding “this is a historic storm, its devastating.”
#News #Politics #Helene #Congress
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4907140-biden-expects-supplemental-bill-hurricane-relief/
Sen Chris Coons said Sunday there is a clip of Trump and Zelensky meeting in which the former president told the Ukrainian leader he is a “very good friend” of Putin’s.
“And you could see Zelensky sort of stiffen up and go, ‘Well, I hope you’re a better friend of Ukraine than you are a friend of Russia under Putin,’” Coons said. “So, it was a strikingly awkward moment.”
US Department of Justice sues Alabama for purging people from voter rolls
Officials say purge violates ‘quiet period provision’ prohibiting name removals 90 days before federal election
#News #Alabama #Politics #Election2024
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/28/us-justice-department-sues-alabama-voter-purge
Florida congressional candidate charged with threatening to kill opponent
William Robert Braddock III of St. Petersburg, Fla. was charged with one count of interstate transmission of a true threat to injure another person. He could face a maximum of five years in prison.
According to the DOJ, Braddock partly threatened to “call up my Russian-Ukrainian hit squad” and make his opponent disappear.
#LawAndCrime #News #Florida #Politics
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4905576-florida-man-indicted-death-threats/
All downhill from here
Trump slams Fox News for airing Harris border visit
“I have to sit there and listen to her bull—- last night. And who puts it on? Fox News, and they shouldn’t be allowed to put it on,” Trump said, adding that everything Harris said “is a lie.”
Harris said that she would secure the border and stop illegal drugs from crossing into the U.S. in her remarks on Friday.
#News #Politics #Immigration #CoSoNews #HarrisWalz2024
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4905529-trump-slams-fox-news-harris-border/
Activists ‘fight against censorship’ in the largest US book bans: prisons
Tens of thousands of titles, from dictionaries to Leonardo, are restricted across prisons – and its impact is palpable
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/27/prison-banned-books
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