Price increases have fallen to their lowest level in more than three years in the latest reading of the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge, strengthening the outlook for more interest rate cuts to come.
The personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index slid to a 2.1-percent annual increase in September, down from 2.3 percent in August and 2.5 percent in July, according to the Commerce Department.
Prices for goods decreased 1.2 percent on the month and prices for energy decreased 8.1 percent. The national average price for a gallon of gasoline is down to $3.13, according to auto service provider AAA. A year ago, it was $3.47.
“While critics said we needed a recession to lower inflation, instead inflation has come down while our economy has grown more than 12% over the course of my Administration—the fastest rate of any presidential term in the 21st century,” President Biden said in a statement.
The Democrats are celebrating:
The economy has grown 12.6% under this Administration—more than any presidential term in 25 years.
We have gone from the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression to the strongest economy in the world. pic.twitter.com/1wpU8t8Nmo
CBS's Norah O'Donnell opens the 'CBS Evening News' mad about Trump's garbage truck "stunt" and that people are "giving" Biden any "no grace" for calling Trump supporters "garbage" last night:
"Both campaigns are locking their focus on the battleground states. Vice President… pic.twitter.com/qLAfynERaG
JUST IN: Karine Jean-Pierre says Biden did *not* call Trump supporters garbage while responding to video footage that clearly shows Biden calling Trump supporters garbage.
KJP says the video is just one big misunderstanding.
Vice President Kamala Harris said Wednesday that she strongly disagrees with "any criticism of people based on who they vote for," following President Biden's "garbage" comment that appeared to be directed at Trump supporters.
Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz had a love affair with the daughter of a Chinese Communist Party official during his teaching stint in Foshan that was so stormy, it drove her to the brink of suicide, The Post has learned.
Jenna Wang, 59, told The Post in a phone interview Monday that she had fallen head over heels for the now-Minnesota governor when he was a young high school English instructor in Foshan, Guangdong province, China.
Wang expected the passionate 1989 affair to end in a proposal — but instead, it resulted in a breakup that made her consider taking her own life.
“I was deeply insulted, hurt and I had to leave that place, because many people knew that we had a relationship,” Wang explained, saying that Walz had implied that he intended to marry her.
That included sending Wang letters after returning to the US over the following summer and even asking for a passport-size photo of her to be sent back to Denver, she said, implying that Walz was helping her to obtain a visa.
“His lack of character, as a man, a responsible person who had worked in education or [the] military,” she added. “I thought he also loved me. I loved him.”
A group of 2,000 migrants making its way to the U.S. border could be the start of a wave of attempted crossings as the presidential election nears, according to one expert.
“I think whatever deal we struck with the government of Mexico to slow the flow leading up to the election to make the numbers look better for Harris’ campaign ends the day after the election,” Lora Ries, director of the Heritage Foundation’s Border Security and Immigration Center, told Fox News Digital, referring to the Biden administration’s coordination with the Mexican government earlier this year on executive action that allowed the president to temporarily suspend entry into the country.
The comments come after roughly 2,000 migrants departed from Mexico’s border on Sunday, according to a report from CBS Austin, with some admitting that they are making the journey now over fears about the result of the presidential election.
“Whoever wins (in the U.S. election) should not close the doors to us, [they] should give us the support we need, because we are all really going through a bad time,” one of the migrants told The Associated Press.
Ries expects that flow to intensify between Election Day and the inauguration if former President Trump defeats Vice President Kamala Harris, noting that migrants will fear Trump will do more to close off the southern border.
“We saw this for Trump’s first term, when numbers of people tried to get in before he came into office, because they knew he would be enforcement-minded,” Ries said, adding that a Trump victory this time would result in “quite the jump in numbers” for illegal crossings.
Kamala Harris goes out and makes her closing argument about why you should vote for her.
Joe Biden goes out and sabotages Kamala’s election chances.
And we now know why Tim Walz was in China so much.
The Speeches
Vice President Kamala Harris delivers her closing argument speech at the Ellipse in Washington, D.C.
"We know who Donald Trump is. He is the person who stood at this very spot nearly four years ago and sent an armed mob to the United States Capitol to overturn the will of the… pic.twitter.com/bBH4vXutQl
Kamala: "On Day 1 if elected Donald Trump would walk into that office with an enemies list. When elected I will walk in with a To Do list." pic.twitter.com/UrfnH8hOJN
Kamala Harris rebukes Donald Trump during her closing argument speech at the Ellipse in D.C.
"Donald Trump has spent a decade trying to keep the American people divided and afraid of each other. That is who he is … that is not who we are," she said. pic.twitter.com/aCslHs5k9t
Sad for the country. Look at what President Biden says about Americans who support the Republican nominee for President: “The only garbage I see… are his supporters.” pic.twitter.com/BvnmtpQOnG
Kamala Harris responded to this: “I strongly disagree with any criticism of people based on who they vote for. You heard my last night and continuously throughout career. I believe that the work that I do is about representing all the people, whether they support me or not.”
Biden tried to clean this whole thing up. He tweeted:
Earlier today I referred to the hateful rhetoric about Puerto Rico spewed by Trump’s supporter at his Madison Square Garden rally as garbage—which is the only word I can think of to describe it. His demonization of Latinos is unconscionable. That’s all I meant to say. The comments at that rally don’t reflect who we are as a nation.
Trump also responded:
BREAKING: Trump responds to Biden calling 74 million Americans “garbage”
Trump says that Biden’s comment is worse than Hillary Clinton calling Trump supporters “deplorable” pic.twitter.com/hEPtEAYAof
But no one is buying this. Here is CNN acknowledging that moving the apostrophe is not what Biden meant. Scott Jennings brought receipts:
"[Biden], Harris, the Democrat Party, and most of their campaign do believe that half the country is garbage. They've also said people who go to Trump rallies are Nazis — so it's pretty apparent the disdain with which they hold half the country." @ScottJenningsKYpic.twitter.com/JQVaiSklWY
Michelle Obama hates the country again because we are all sexists and racists.
NBA coaches don’t quite understand what their jobs actually are.
And Trump goes on the Joe Rogan podcast and rocks it to the dismay of YouTube.
Dumbass of the Day
🚨Michele Obama suggests Americans who don’t vote to elect Kamala Harris are sexist and racist:
“I lay awake at night wondering what in the world is going on. The qustion for me isn't whether Kamala is ready for this moment…the real question is, as a country, are we ready for… pic.twitter.com/4Muun9vhZ2
.@MichelleObama: I hope that you will forgive me if I'm a little angry that we are indifferent to Donald Trump’s erratic behavior. His obvious mental decline, his history as a convicted felon, a known slumlord, a predator found liable for sexual abuse. All of this while we pick… pic.twitter.com/a2RrXJbWN9
California has seen job openings plunge 30% this year even as its unemployment rate has spiked — as businesses and residents alike fled the high taxes and soaring cost of living in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s state.
Meanwhile, the year-over-year unemployment rate in September increased to 5.3% from 5% — more than a percentage point above the national rate of 4.1% and the second worst in the US, the data showed. Only Nevada had a higher jobless rate at 5.6%.
The state’s high taxes, along with rampant crime since the pandemic from progressive policies, has led to an exodus by several large companies to business-friendly havens. Elon Musk’s X and Tesla, as well as Oracle; Chevron, Kelly Moore Paints, and investment firm Charles Schwab, have relocated to Texas in the past few years.
“High taxes and high costs are woes to their economy,” Mahoney Asset Management CEO Ken Mahoney told The Post. “It is no surprise [why] people and businesses continue to flee the state.”
California was ranked as the top state for outmigration in 2024 — with an expected net loss of more than 10,000 residents, according to a report by Consumer Affairs based on a sample of more than 100,000 people with an interest in moving.
The median sale price for a single-family home in California surpassed $900,000 for the first time this year, according to the California Association of Realtors.
“In general, the extremely high cost of living in the state and unaffordable housing in major cities has resulted in many employers struggling to hire entry level jobs in retail, construction and home care despite minimum wage growth in fast food,” Ted Jenkin, co-founder and business consultant at oXYGen Financial, told The Post.
The state has also seen a massive decrease in private sector jobs, while government jobs have skyrocketed.
Since September 2022, California has lost a net 154,000 jobs in the private sector and gained 361,000 jobs in the public sector, according to the Legislative Analyst’s Office, California’s nonpartisan fiscal and policy advisor.
“Our small-business-owning members have been telling us for many months that finding qualified employees has been a top problem for them, muscled out lately only by inflation,” National Federation of Independent Business California Director John Kabateck told conservative news outlet The Center Square.
“Some of the decline in job openings can be attributed to them just giving up.”
Added Jenkin: “Tech companies overhired post-pandemic as they ramped back up in 2020 and 2021 and are not experiencing the growth to maintain those hires.”
The $20 minimum wage law, signed last fall by Newsom, has been blamed for job cuts and store closures across the state as employers struggle to keep up with rising costs.
Employers like Pizza Hut and Round Table Pizza began by firing more than 1,000 delivery drivers, while others like El Pollo Loco and Jack in the Box said they will ramp up the use of robotics to slim down their staff, according to the report.
The federal jobs data does suggest that California is continuing to create new jobs in aggregate, even though the unemployment rate remains at 5.3%.
“California’s economy — the 5th largest in the world — is accelerating, outpacing last year’s economic growth, and leading the nation in job growth for over 25 years,” a spokesperson for Newsom told The Post. “This summer, California created nearly one in five of the nation’s new jobs.”
California has seen an average growth of 16,500 jobs per month at an annual rate of 1.1%, above last year’s 0.9% pace of 12,900 jobs a month, according to Newsom’s office.
“California’s growth is powered by its workers and innovators, the driving forces behind our consistent economic growth and expanding job market,” Newsom said in a statement.
Donald Trump makes another move that will bury Kamala.
A major injustice is happening in New York…again.
And California is about to release a couple of brutal murderers.
Injustice for All
According to the Daily Wire:
Jury selection continues in the trial of Daniel Penny, who faces charges relating to the death of a homeless man who allegedly threatened New York City subway passengers last year.
The judge overseeing the case said Monday that jury selection would take a while, CBS News reported. This week will consist of screening potential jurors and determining whether they will be available for the whole trial or if they know anyone expected to be called as a witness.
The judge also asked all the potential jurors present if they had heard of the case – and most raised their hands.
The judge prompted Penny to stand and face the gallery, saying “Good morning” in a soft voice and waving to potential jurors while the judge spoke, CBS reported.
“The truth is only going to come out through this trial. There’s a lot of evidence people aren’t aware of. There’s a lot of assumptions that have been made that are going to be dispelled,” defense attorney Steven Raiser said, according to the outlet.
Penny, 25, faces up to 19 years in prison after he put Jordan Neely, who was allegedly threatening passengers, in a chokehold. Neely died at the scene.
Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón said he does not believe that Erik and Lyle Menendez are a danger to society.
The brothers have been in prison for the past three decades after being convicted of the first-degree murders of their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, at their Beverly Hills home in 1989. Gascón says he has been reviewing the evidence, including new revelations, to make his recommendation about a possible resentencing. The two brothers were sentenced to life in prison at their second trial after the first ended in a mistrial.
A judge will make the final decision on what happens to the Menendez brothers now.
“Based on everything that I know, I don’t believe that they are [a threat to society],” Gascón told People in an interview published Tuesday. “Quite frankly, they probably haven’t been for a very long time, if they ever were. I think this is not like they were going around killing people or robbing people on the street.”
Many supporters of the brothers argue that the charges should be downgraded to manslaughter due to accusations of sexual molestation at the hands of their father.
“There are some people in my office that believe that there is no evidence of molestation. I don’t agree with that, but that’s certainly the position that some people have taken, and they believe that they should stay in prison the rest of their life,” Gascón told the outlet. “There are other people in the office that believe that there’s probably some evidence of molestation and there is additionally evidence of rehabilitation. So, I mean, certainly we have some issues.”
“If in fact they have rehabilitated as is being alleged, and we’re reviewing all of that, they have been in prison for almost 35 years,” he continued.
“Thirty-five years is a long time to be in prison. And especially when you look at the circumstances behind this case, it just seems to me that at some point there has to be a place for redemption and rehabilitation. But again, whether I believe that they should or shouldn’t be in prison the rest of their life, it’s not necessarily what is going to alter my final decision. My final decision is going to be really evaluating the law.”
Menendez family members held a press conference outside the DA’s office last week, pleading for the sentences to be reevaluated, as The Daily Wire previously reported.
Gascón said at an unrelated news conference Tuesday night that he would make a decision on a resentencing recommendation by the end of this week. The next court date for the Menendez brothers is slated for November 26.
Nathan Wade, the Georgia lawyer tapped to prosecute former President Donald Trump by his onetime lover, Fulton County prosecutor Fani Willis, had extensive communications with the Biden-Harris White House, new records show.
Wade billed the Fulton County office for hours of meetings with the White House, the congressional January 6 committee, and other D.C. officials, according to records obtained by the House Judiciary Committee.
On Monday the committee released a transcript of an interview with Wade, which was compelled by subpoena, in which he said that Willis was preparing to prosecute Trump even before she took office, and that she put Wade on a “search committee” to find a prosecutor, which ultimately chose him for the job.
On May 23, 2022, Wade billed the Fulton office for eight hours of travel and “Conf with White House Counsel.” Wade said he could not remember who from the White House was involved, or even where the meeting took place. On November 18, 2022, he billed eight hours for “Interview with DC/White House,” but under oath claimed he didn’t remember the meeting and couldn’t even say whether it was online or in-person. Between September 7 and September 9, 2022, Wade billed $6,000 to taxpayers for “Witness Interviews; conf call DC; team meeting,” but couldn’t remember what the D.C. meeting entailed.
On April 25, 2023, he spent eight hours on “Zoom conf with investigators in other jurisdictions,” but could not remember anything about it. In all, Wade said he couldn’t remember details 58 times. Wade’s memory was famously faulty in Georgia court as witnesses tried to explain the timeline of Willis hiring her secret boyfriend without contradicting each other.
This Hamptons resident finds the Trump campaign electrifying.
Andy Sabin of Amagansett has installed electrical wiring around his numerous political signs supporting the Republican presidential nominee — ready to deliver 14,000 volts to anyone who might try to steal or deface them, he told The Post.
He’s had signs stolen in previous election years, but no one has dared touch his current crop, which includes messages like “God, Guns and Trump” and “You missed.”
“I hope it doesn’t come to that.”
And if the volts don’t work, he adds, “I got hollow-point bullets to teach them a lesson in life.”
Last week, Sabin, who runs a precious-metals refining company, returned to his home to find a handwritten note in a bottle next to one of his signs, reading, “You must be very lonely. Please stop making racism and sexism all of your neighbors’ business. . . . it’s embarrassing!”
The die-hard Republican fired off his own note, along with a flag, and left it in the same bottle, reading, “Sorry you don’t like me expressing my first amendment right. Hope you are good with Christmas. Be sure to vote and Happy Holidays!!”
In 2008, someone stole his signs in support of John McCain and in 2015 a thief snatched his “Hillary for Prison” signs. Now he’s installed a third camera and has a 360-degree view to catch trespassers.
The actress starring in a radical feminist opera that controversially sickened 18 audience members over its sex scenes and depictions of sadism is speaking out.
Annina Machaz plays a thoroughly unconventional version of Jesus in “Sancta Susanna,” which was shelved due to public outrage back in 1921.
Now, more than 100 years later, composer Paul Hindemith’s controversial creation is being performed in Stuttgart, Germany for the first time.
In the shocking modernized version, Machaz plays Jesus as a homeless drug addict. She also performs in a secondary role as a naked Adam.
Machaz described the thrill she gets from performing naked and engaging in dangerous stunts throughout the show.
“What I find exciting about theatre is the possibility of transformation,” she told the Swiss newspaper Tagesanzeiger last year, per the Daily Mail Friday.
At one point in the production, Machaz dangles high above the stage completely naked.
In preparation for the show, Machaz and her fellow performers go through rigorous stunt training, with the star adding that the thrill she feels from performing risky tricks, including setting herself on fire, is what theatre is all about, according to the outlet.
The scandalous show is coming to the US this month and follows the story of a suppressed nun embarking on self-discovery and sexuality. It features shocking elements including explicit lesbian scenes, real injuries and nudity.
The one-act show lasts almost three hours and has no breaks — but shows many sex acts, real and simulated blood, and painful stunts, alongside graphic portrayals of violence and nudity.
Some of the shocking scenes include naked performers appearing as clappers in church bells, others scaling walls while wearing only harnesses, and a crucifix-shaped sword being thrust down an actress’s throat.
The immersive production has received mixed responses from audiences, with reports of 18 attendees requiring medical attention for stress and more on-site — with three treated by a doctor for excessive nausea — during its initial performances, The UK Times reported.
However, the show must go on.
A representative from the opera told the outlet: “We recommend that all audience members once again very carefully read the warnings so they know what to expect.”
Donald Trump had a good weekend and the media is flipping out.
Kamala Harris is really reaching down to the bottom of the barrel to get her campaign on track.
And I have a story of treason. We might as well talk about it since no one else is.
How Hard Could It Be?
According to the New York Post:
Donald Trump went to a McDonald’s this weekend and worked the french fry station. The idea was that Donald Trump will make fun of the Kamala lie that she worked at McDonald’s. He did and worked the drive thru window. It was funnyand made Harris look like an ass.
But some people think employment at McDonald’s is far more involved than what Trump thinks. According to The New York Post:
Manning the fries at McDonald’s is no small potatoes.
Pennsylvania mom Rayanne, a staffer at the fast-food franchise, tells The Post she often clocks in for shifts at 4 a.m., prepping the kitchen to serve up those crispy spheres of heaven come lunchtime.
It’s a task confirmed fast-food fan Donald Trump may be tackling in her home state this weekend.
The GOP presidential nominee has vowed to shake things up by shaking a few fry baskets at a local Mickey D’s during a campaign stop in Philadelphia on Sunday.
“A friend of mine owns a McDonald’s someplace,” added the former head of state. “Oh, I’m going.”
His greasy labor in the swing state will, presumably, show that he’s able to work “longer and harder” than Oval Office opponent Kamala Harris, 59, who previously revealed she worked as a McDonald’s fry cook while earning her undergraduate degree in the 1980s.
But before the Donald takes on french fry daddy duties, he’d better listen up: one Golden Arches guru warns that it’s no cakewalk.
“Being a McDonald’s employee is more difficult than a lot of people imagine,” Mike Haracz, an ex-executive chef for the restaurant chain, told The Post, casting doubts about white-collar Trump’s upcoming blue-collar gig.
“Unless the scenario is fabricated in his favor, he will not do a good job.”
A former manager of culinary innovation for the U.S. menu, Haracz, 40, from Chicago, tells The Post it takes a certain je ne sais quoi to excel at the potato post.
“Maintaining a cool temperament is key,” advised Haracz to the oft-reactive former president. “As a fry cook, anything can go wrong, which is tough because almost every McDonald’s order includes fries.
“You have to be mindful of the oil and fry only a few batches a time to ensure patrons are getting fresh cartons rather than ones being held under heat lamps,” he continued. “And make sure that each batch is seasoned with just the right amount of salt for consistency.”
But unlike the average fry cook — who typically contends with floods of orders, short-staffed shifts and cranky customers — Haracz says it’s likely Trump will be strategically set up for success.
“I don’t believe he has ever worked in a restaurant in any capacity,” said Haracz, a McWhisperer known for exposing the company’s secrets on TikTok, including how to make their world-famous fries at home.
“He’s probably going to have a fully staffed, if not overly-staffed, kitchen with all of the best crew members surrounding him,” continued the authority. “It’s likely that there will also be things in place to make sure that no disgruntled customers are yelling at him over the counter for their fries.”
And he’s almost certain that any presidential candidate would be afforded those same courtesies if they gave fry-cooking a go for publicity.
“But I don’t think he’d be very great in that position on a normal day,” Haracz said of Trump.
And, according to McDonald’s 9-to-5ers online, a normal day on the job — one that’s not a photo op featuring swarms of Secret Service agents at the ready to shield the presidential candidate from threatening grease splatters — can come with a long line of challenges.
From being pelted with pickles by patrons to getting chided over out-of-order ice cream machines, busy bees behind the counter are under pressure, extremely tight deadlines and the watchful eyes of those they serve.
In fact, Haracz says people in high political places might be able to relate.
“Depending on your position in the restaurant, you can be either a rolling up your and getting the job done or motivating others to do their best,” he said, likening a McDonald’s staffer’s role — not power or prestige — to that of folks in government.
And should Trump actually get his hands dirty salting and slinging the shack’s finger-licking fries, he’d be wise to do it with a smile. If things go awry, a good cook still has to whip up the best serving of spuds — and fast.
“It’s a high-volume, high-speed position in the restaurant,” Haracz insisted. “And because McDonald’s is the gold standard, they take the most care to ensure that each order meets the standard.”
Trump’s forthcoming attempt to rise to the occasion as commander-in-chef aside, Haracz hopes fast foodies nationwide begin showing the men and women of the fryer a little more respect.
“You have no idea what’s going on in a fry cooks life,” he said, reminding grumpy grubbers to be considerate and patient with McDonald’s employees. “That person might be struggling to pay for college, or to feed their children or keep a roof over their head.”
“They’re trying their best,” added Haracz. “Be nice.”
.@Liz_Cheney: If you wouldn't hire somebody to babysit your kids, you shouldn't make that guy the President of the United States pic.twitter.com/lN6XXbFHmF
U.S. officials are extremely concerned about a potentially major security breach after two alleged U.S. intelligence documents about Israel’s preparations for an attack on Iran were published by a Telegram account affiliated with Iran.
Why it matters: The alleged leak comes as Israel completes weeks of preparations for a retaliation against Iran, which attacked Israel with a barrage of ballistic missiles on Oct. 1.
The leak could be an attempt to disrupt the Israeli operation.
The Pentagon and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence declined to comment on the leaked documents, but did not dispute their authenticity.
Driving the news: A Telegram channel by the name “Middle East Spectator” claimed on Friday that it had received documents from a source in the U.S. intelligence community about Israel’s preparations for an attack on Iran.
The Telegram channel routinely publishes pro-Iranian content, and the profile of the X account affiliated with the channel says it is located in Iran.
The documents include an alleged Visual Intelligence report by the Department of Defense National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) distributed inside the U.S. intelligence community earlier this week.
The authenticity of the documents has not been independently verified by Axios.
The alleged report details measures that have been carried out in recent days at several Israeli Air Force bases, including the transfer of advanced munitions which, according to the report, were intended for an attack on Iran.
It also states that according to U.S. signals intelligence, the Israeli Air Force conducted a large exercise this week involving intelligence planes and likely fighter jets trained for a possible attack against Iran.
The alleged intelligence report also detailed preparations in Israeli drone units for an attack against Iran.
Between the lines: The report, if accurate, would suggest very close and detailed surveillance by U.S. intelligence of Israel’s preparations for an attack on Iran, including the use of satellites to spy on operations carried out at Israeli Air Force bases.
The potential leak could be the sign of very serious security breach within the U.S. intelligence community that resulted in top secret classified information reaching a Telegram channel affiliated with Iran.
What they’re saying: A U.S. official told Axios that the alleged leak is extremely concerning, but that he doesn’t believe it would influence Israel’s operational plans against Iran.
A senior Israeli official said that the Israeli defense establishment is aware of the alleged leak and takes it very seriously.
PA Gov Josh Shapiro is asked why Kamala Harris flipped her energy positions
He tries to invent reasons why she changed her views, but when asked if there's a "believable" reason she changed other than political expediency, he says that Harris has to explain herself@ElonMuskpic.twitter.com/SezKBUAlkT
Here are some reasons why Jackie Calmes of the Los Angeles Times says we shouldn’t vote:
10: As president, he violated his oath to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution.”
Ask Mike Pence, who forfeited his place as Trump’s ticket mate to Ohio Sen. JD Vance because Pence wouldn’t violate the Constitution; Vance would. Even after leaving office, Trump called for terminating parts of it so he could regain power. No one should think he’d keep the oath if given a second chance, especially when the Supreme Court that he packed has ruled that presidents are virtually immune from prosecution.
9: He still won’t say that he’ll accept the voters’ verdict.
And that is still unprecedented. Trump has gravely eroded Americans’ faith in the elections that are fundamental to democracy. He lied after his 2016 victory in the electoral college that he lost the popular vote only because up to 5 million people voted illegally for Hillary Clinton. His efforts to flip his 2020 loss to Joe Biden got him criminally indicted, another first.
8: He will be held accountable for his alleged crimes as president only if he is defeated.
If reelected, Trump can order “his” Justice Department to bury the two federal cases that he succeeded in delaying past the election — the Washington trial for allegedly trying to overturn the 2020 election, and the case in Florida for allegedly making off with and hiding top government secrets. A third case in Georgia, state charges for attempting to subvert its 2020 vote for Biden, could well be shelved if he were back in office.
7: He’d be the first president with a serious rap sheet.
Trump has been found guilty or liable for sexual abuse, defamation, civil financial fraud and criminal business fraud to conceal a tryst with a porn star. He’s also the first president to be impeached twice, justifiably. Character counts: Voters should not hire for president someone who wouldn’t be hired by any private employer in the land.
6: He’s unfit to be president.
Take it from scores of former top advisors, including nearly half of the 42 people who served in Trump’s Cabinet. The early Cabinet members he once called “my generals”? James N. Mattis, H.R. McMaster and John F. Kelly all broke with their former commander in chief. Even those who back Trump have damned him: Former Atty. Gen. William Barr said Trump “shouldn’t be anywhere near the Oval Office” and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley called him “unhinged.” Let those two shape-shifters put party over country to vote for Trump. Voters shouldn’t.
5: He’s a threat to national security.
Trump is “the most dangerous person to this country,” Mark A. Milley, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says in Bob Woodward’s new book. He’s more likely to be seduced by murderous autocrats than stand up to them. He’s poised to appease war criminal Vladimir Putin and reward Russia’s lawless invasion by abandoning Ukraine. Woodward reports that Trump has had seven calls with Putin since leaving office, suggesting a treacherous willingness to undermine allies’ support for Ukraine, Europe’s security and U.S. alliances generally. He encouraged Russia to do “whatever the hell they want” to NATO members who miss defense spending targets. As Foreign Affairs reported: “His first term tested the transatlantic relationship — but his second would break it.”
4: He doesn’t know or care how to constructively address the nation’s problems.
The most policy-ignorant candidate in memory, Trump turned to the extremists behind Project 2025 for a blueprint, though he denies it now. Deal maker? He lacks the attention span, grasp of details and spirit of compromise to enact bipartisan laws. In a Wall Street Journal survey, most economists predicted that inflation, interest rates and deficits would be much higher under his proposed tax cuts and tariffs than under Harris’ policies. (And, no, Trump’s tariffs wouldn’t cut child-care costs.) He had Republicans kill an immigration bill to keep the issue alive for his demagogic campaign. His solution: “bloody” deportations of millions of migrants.
3: He’d further pack the federal courts with right-wing ideologues.
To confirm his picks, Trump would be helped, again, by what is expected to be a Republican-majority Senate. Again, he’d choose young nominees to serve for decades: “You don’t put old in, because they’re there for two years or three years,” he said last week. The Supreme Court’s far-right justices, Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr., would likely retire so Trump could seat much-younger, like-minded replacements.
2. He’s a pathological liar.
Trump’s constant lies range from the relatively harmless to life-threatening. Residents of Springfield, Ohio, endured school and hospital closures amid bomb threats after Trump lied that Haitian migrants would eat their pets. Federal hurricane responders in the South were threatened after Trump lied about the Biden administration rescue effort. Local governments are spending tax dollars to protect nonpartisan election workers. Americans prominent and obscure have been forced to getsecurity against death threats after Trump’s mendacious attacks. But more prosaically: Citizens should expect truth from their presidents.
1. He was not, and would not be, a president for all Americans.
Not MAGA? Not worthy. Trump talks of withholding disaster aid from blue states. He assails Democrats, other domestic critics and the free press as “the enemy within,” subject to possible military action.
Finally, the bonus, a positive reason to vote Harris. She’s not only among the most experienced applicants for the job ever, but also: She’s not Trump.
In an effort to save democracy, a California bureaucracy goes after Elon Musk and the U.S. military.
And democratic politicians really don’t understand the purpose of the Constitution.
Disgusting
According to Politico:
Elon Musk’s tweets about the presidential election and spreading falsehoods about Hurricane Helene are endangering his ability to launch rockets off California’s central coast.
The California Coastal Commission on Thursday rejected the Air Force’s plan to give SpaceX permission to launch up to 50 rockets a year from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Santa Barbara County.
“Elon Musk is hopping about the country, spewing and tweeting political falsehoods and attacking FEMA while claiming his desire to help the hurricane victims with free Starlink access to the internet,” Commissioner Gretchen Newsom said at the meeting in San Diego.
The agency’s commissioners, appointed by the governor and legislative leaders, voted 6-4 to reject the Air Force’s plan over concerns that all SpaceX launches would be considered military activity, shielding the company from having to acquire its own permits, even if military payloads aren’t being carried.
“I do believe that the Space Force has failed to establish that SpaceX is a part of the federal government, part of our defense,” said Commissioner Dayna Bochco.
Space Launch Delta 30, which oversees military launch operations on the West Coast, said in a statement after the meeting that the Air Force has worked closely with commission staff on environmental protection issues and will continue to do so.
“Today’s vote hasn’t changed the [Department of the Air Force] or Vandenberg’s unwavering commitment to preserving the California coastline and the precious species that reside there,” said Ravi Chaudhary, the Air Force’s assistant secretary for energy, installations and environment. “The Space Force’s dedication to collaboration here is in many ways unprecedented — so is our commitment to ensuring dialogue continues.”
The Coastal Commission, known for its sharp-elbowed defense of public access to the state’s 840-mile coastline, has been sparring with the Air Force’s Space Force branch since May 2023, when DOD asked to increase SpaceX’s satellite launches from Vandenberg from six to 36 per year.
Things came to a head in August when commissioners unloaded on DOD for resisting their recommendations for reducing the impacts of the launches — which disturb wildlife like threatened snowy plovers as well as people, who often have to evacuate nearby Jalama Beach.
The commission ultimately approved the 36-launch plan at the meeting, on the condition that Space Force undertake seven measures to improve environmental protection and coastal access. But military officials didn’t commit to following them during the hearing, drawing fiery criticism from commissioners.
“Space Force came here and intentionally disrespected us,” Bochco said at the August meeting.
Hillary Clinton has called for social media companies to take stronger actions in censoring content on their platforms, warning that without moderation, “We lose total control.”
During a recent discussion on CNN, Clinton stated, “We need national action and sadly, our Congress has been dysfunctional when it comes to addressing these threats to our children. So you’re absolutely right. This should be at the top of every legislative, political agenda.”
Hillary Clinton calls for mass censorship of American citizens or "we lose total control."pic.twitter.com/g4XNXDcLC1
She went on to advocate for the repeal of Section 230, a key provision of US law that grants immunity to internet platforms from liability for content posted by users. “We should be, in my view, repealing something called section 230, which gave platforms on the internet immunity because they were thought to be just pass-throughs, that they shouldn’t be judged for the content that is posted. But we now know that that was an overly simple view,” she explained.
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The Supreme Court has previously ruled to keep Section 230 in place. The law states in part that “No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider,” and “No cause of action may be brought and no liability may be imposed under any State or local law that is inconsistent with this section.”
While Clinton added stipulations about content that is related to illegal or violent content, her comments come as part of her broader efforts to call for a crackdown on so-called “misinformation” on social media. Last month, the former first lady and secretary of state suggested on MSNBC that Americans could be “civilly or even in some cases criminally charged” for certain posts in an effort to establish deterrence.
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey immediately implemented new gun legislation on Wednesday that not only cracks down on unserialized “ghost guns,” and attachments like bump stocks and trigger cranks, but also requires applicants to demonstrate basic safety principles and complete live-fire training before being granted a gun license.
State lawmakers approved the gun reform law in July, which was expected to go into effect later this month, and comes as the deep-blue state already has some of the toughest gun laws in the nation.
The Associated Press reported that gun rights advocates were working to gather enough signatures to suspend the law before it took effect.
But rather than wait for the law to go into effect on Oct. 23, or 90 days after the governor signed it into law, Healey decided to put the law into effect immediately, blocking any temporary suspension of the law being sought by gun rights advocates.
“This gun safety law bans ghost guns, strengthens the Extreme Risk Protection Order statute to keep guns out of the hands of people who are a danger to themselves or others, and invests in violence prevention programs,” Healey said in a statement. “It is important that these measures go into effect without delay.”
The new law expands the state’s “red flag” law that allows police, health care and school officials to alert the courts if they believe someone with access to guns poses a threat and should have their firearms confiscated temporarily.
Gun rights advocates have called the law a “historic attack on our civil rights,” adding it imposes unnecessary barriers on those who are law-abiding citizens and want to own a gun.
Understand, removing a right is done through a flood. It is done through leaks. We used to be able to own canons and automatic weapons. That is not more and gun violence hasn’t gone down.
I also want to point out the same people who want to take away the Second Amendment rights also want to defund the police and want cashless bail. The criminal will be the overwatch. This is the same thing that happened within the gulags of the Soviet Union and every other communist country.
A resident of Hanson, Massachusetts, has been asked to stop projecting political signs onto the town’s municipal water tower or face fines, according to a statement released by Hanson Town Administrator Lisa Green.
Green issued the statement after she became aware the resident was projecting the image from his residence.
“On Friday, Oct. 11, the Town of Hanson became aware that a resident was projecting the image of a political sign from their property onto the Town of Hanson municipal water tower at 228 High St. This misleads the public into believing that this activity is sanctioned by or condoned by the Town,” the statement from Green read.
Green went on to say the town “does not endorse candidates for any office from any political party.”
Town officials are combating the visibility of the “Trump 2024” campaign logo being projected onto the water tower with a floodlight; however, it was still visible as of Friday evening.
And the cease-and-desist order being prepared for the violator will impose a $100-per-day fine until the activity stops.
“Highway Department employees have positioned a spotlight to shine on the water tower to dim the projection. Further measures are being considered at this time,” the statement said. “This individual’s actions have the potential to cost a significant amount of taxpayer dollars, including attorney fees, overtime to pay Highway Department workers to turn the spotlight on and off each day, and the potential for having to rent or purchase stronger lighting equipment. The $100 per day fine will likely not cover these expenses.”
Hanson officials wanted to be clear that they respect everyone’s rights and expression of political views as long as they do not insinuate that they are views of the town as a whole.
Both Trump and Harris go in front of the cameras. Guess who had an easier time.
Terrorists are coming to the United States.
And let’s talk about tariffs.
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Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, who was nabbed in Oklahoma on Monday over the alleged terror plot, was employed as a security guard for the agency but was not a CIA informant, NBC News reported, citing multiple sources.
It wasn’t immediately clear when or how long Tawhedi worked security before he came to the US in 2021 — just weeks after the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan and the last US troops departed from the war-torn nation.
It also wasn’t known if there were signs that Tawhedi had ties to radical Islam before he entered the US, the sources told NBC.
Tawhedi had been living in Oklahoma City on a special immigrant visa at the time of his arrest, the Justice Department said.
It meant Tawhedi should have been heavily screened before entering the country, according to NBC sources.
The visas were doled out to more than 70,000 Afghans by the Biden-Harris administration after the US pullout from Afghanistan.
It wasn’t clear exactly how Tawhedi became eligible for the visa.
The feds haven’t disclosed yet how Tawhedi — and his alleged plot — came onto their radar.
Following his arrest, Tawhedi allegedly told investigators that he planned his attack to coincide with Election Day next month and that he and a co-conspirator expected to die as martyrs.
He had taken steps in recent weeks to advance his attack plans, including by ordering AK-47 rifles, liquidating his family’s assets and buying one-way tickets for his wife and child to travel home to Afghanistan, charging documents said.
Tawhedi has been charged with conspiring and attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State.
Kamala Harris is getting desperate. She has made a decision and it will probably end her political career.
Former president, Bill Clinton, has joined the Trump campaign.
And the terrorists that the Biden/Harris are importing and hate America are making their plans.
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Kamala Harris has been accused of plagiarism with a book she wrote, and no one read, 10 years ago.
Kamala Harris has decided to interview with people because she’s getting her ass kicked. She is going to interview with Brett Bier of Fox News and go on the Joe Rogan podcast. Be prepared for a lot of hysterical clips.
Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom enacted a law Monday that will empower state bureaucrats to monitor and dictate inventory levels at oil refineries in an attempt to prevent gas price hikes.
Newsom signed ABX2-1, which will enable regulators to require oil companies to keep a minimum level of fuel on hand and permit the California Energy Commission (CEC) to mandate refiners to make plans to provide resupply during outages for maintenance. While proponents say the bill is a key step to prevent major corporations from gouging consumers with artificially high prices at the pump during periods of low supply, industry interests have slammed the bill as political hostility directed at the oil and gas industry.
The Star Wars franchise has unveiled its first transgender Stormtrooper in the form of “Sister,” who will appear in the new book “Star Wars: The Secrets of the Clone Troopers.”
According to Star Wars Holocron on X, the character Captain Rex describes Sister as being someone who “expressed her gender identity differently than her fellow troopers, she featured [sic] she’d have to hide who she truly was inside. Fortunately, her brothers in the 7th Sky Corps gave her the name Sister as a constant reminder that she belonged.”
Bill Clinton: “We got the lowest birth we’ve had in well over 100 years. We’re not at replacement levels which means we’ve got to have somebody come here if we want to keep growing the economy.”
A man attempted to set himself on fire in Lafayette Park on Saturday during a pro-Palestinian rally. Photos and footage captured by Washington Free Beacon reporter Jessica Costescu show the moment when Samuel Mena Jr. ignited his arm while standing across the street from the White House.
He was seen waving his arm and screaming in pain. Police officers approached him in an attempt to intervene, while bystanders rushed to pour water on him to extinguish the flames.
As Mena screamed in pain, he was reportedly shouting about “misinformation” and declared, “I’m a journalist, and I said it was okay.” Mena is believed to be a graduate of Arizona State University’s School of Journalism and is a self-described production specialist employed as a photojournalist with AZFamily Channels 3 and 5.
One bystander successfully poured water on Mena before a police officer moved in, shouting at the crowd to “back it up!”
The protest occurred almost one year after Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel, which killed more than 1,200 Israelis and triggered the ongoing conflict in Gaza. According to the Daily Mail, Mena had a website that included an essay explaining his actions and his disagreement with “objectivity as it relates to journalism” in the context of the Gaza conflict.
Mena’s X account features a photo of him in front of a Palestinian flag. He also had posts announcing his plan to livestream from outside the White House, along with a call to “end settler colonialism.”
Mena’s act of protest follows a similar incident that happened earlier this year when an Air Force servicemember lit himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington DC. The man, identified as Aaron Bushnell, shouted “Free Palestine” as he eventually died from his wounds.
The Left takes another shot at Donald Trump. Expect more.
Do you think the importing of illegal aliens isn’t about getting new voters for Democrats? Here’s a story that will go against that narrative.
And Democrats are getting worried about this election so they are talking more. That’s bad for them but really funny for us.
Happy Columbus Day!
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The Biden-Harris administration announced on Friday that it was filing a lawsuit against the state of Virginia for enforcing voter integrity laws in the state that aim to curb illegal voting in elections.
Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke, who has a history of espousing racist views, claimed without evidence that Virginia’s move to increase election integrity was an “eleventh hour effort” intended, in part, to “disenfranchise qualified voters.”
The DOJ claimed that it was doing so because it was “too close to the Nov. 5 general election” to remove voters:
Section 8(c)(2) of the NVRA, also known as the Quiet Period Provision, requires states to complete systematic programs aimed at removing the names of ineligible voters from voter registration lists no later than 90 days before federal elections.
However, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin’s executive order requiring that non-citizens be removed from voter rolls was signed on August 7, 2024 — exactly 90 days before Election Day.
The problem is the people who are being removed from the voter rolls are not, in fact, voters because they are not citizens, said Youngkin.
“With less than 30 days until the election, the Biden-Harris Department of Justice is filing an unprecedented lawsuit against me and the Commonwealth of Virginia, for appropriately enforcing a 2006 law signed by Democrat Tim Kaine that requires Virginia to remove noncitizens from the voter rolls – a process that starts with someone declaring themselves a non-citizen and then registering to vote,” Youngkin said.
Youngkin said that the lawsuit was a “desperate attempt to attack the legitimacy of the elections in the Commonwealth, the very crucible of American Democracy.”
“With the support of our Attorney General, we will defend these commonsense steps, that we are legally required to take, with every resource available to us,” he added. “Virginia’s election will be secure and fair, and I will not stand idly by as this politically motivated action tries to interfere in our elections, period.”
Former President Barack Obama has a “tough talk” at the Black voters for Harris event in East Liberty. He addressed that Black men have not been as enthused about Harris as during his first run, and he sought to encourage them to join Harris’ movement pic.twitter.com/gDFZhsdLxC
