Donald Trump gets some good news.
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris get some bad news.
And it has been 50 days since Kamala Harris has answered any questions. The Associated Press has decided to give her a hand.
News
Here is some news:
- Judge Juan Merchan delayed the sentencing of former President Donald Trump in his Manhattan hush-money case until November 26, exactly three weeks after the general election.
- Trump has maintained his innocence in the case, which stems from Trump being accused of improperly masking reimbursements to repay his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, for a $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels in exchange for her silence on an alleged extramarital affair by classifying them as legal expenses. The former president argues that the case, which was brought by Manhattan Democratic District Attorney Alvin Bragg, is “election interference.”
- California Gov. Gavin Newsom killed a bill that would have allowed illegal immigrants to be eligible for a housing program where they could receive an interest-free loan worth up to $150,000 for a home purchase.
- Several suspected ISIS terrorists were arrested in Indonesia last week for allegedly plotting to assassinate Pope Francis during his recent visit to the country.
- Indonesia’s anti-terrorism police, Detachment-88, said in a statement that the seven suspects were arrested early in the week in various cities throughout the country, The Straits Times reported.
- The terrorists were planning to kill the Pope because of his visit to Jakarta’s Istiqlal mosque and “the government’s appeal to television stations to refrain from the usual broadcasting of azan (Islamic call to prayer) while a live broadcast of Pope Francis’ visit was in session.”
- The U.S. Department of Justice said late on Friday that Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, 20, was charged with attempting to provide material support and resources to ISIS, a designated foreign terrorist organization (FTO).
- Khan “attempted to travel from Canada to New York City, where he intended to use automatic and semi-automatic weapons to carry out a mass shooting in support of ISIS at a Jewish center in Brooklyn, New York,” prosecutors said.
- He allegedly told undercover law enforcement sources that he was working with a U.S.-based ISIS terrorist to carry out the attack and that he was trying to create an “offline cell” of ISIS terrorists who could launch a coordinated attack killing Jews at synagogues.
- About three months after Big Lots noted “substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue” in a U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) filing, the company said on Monday it has secured $707.5 million to support its operations and sell its business to private equity firm Nexus Capital.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-sentencing-delayed-until-after-election?topStoryPosition=1
https://www.dailywire.com/news/pakistani-national-arrested-in-canada-for-allegedly-plotting-terror-attack-in-nyc?topStoryPosition=3
https://www.dailywire.com/news/several-islamic-terrorists-arrested-for-alleged-plot-to-assassinate-the-pope?topStoryPosition=3
https://www.dailywire.com/news/gavin-newsom-kills-bill-that-would-give-illegal-immigrants-massive-help-to-buy-homes
https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/big-lots-files-bankruptcy-close-some-stores-amid-sale-investment-firm
Dumbass of the Day
But it’s not just that. Here is the AP with an article about Kamala, talking about the most important aspects of Vice President Harris and why we should promote her to president:
One of the biggest challenges for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris in the final stretch of the campaign is introducing herself to voters before her Republican rival, Donald Trump, has a chance to define her.
Until her sudden election to the top of the Democratic ticket this summer, Harris was still a somewhat unknown figure in national politics, driven in part by her aversion to opening up and embracing the spotlight. And since she’s become the nominee, Republicans have criticized Harris for not doing many interviews or giving enough specifics on her policy plans.
But the vice president is sharing personal details about her childhood, cooking and food to show her more private side.
It is known that Harris is a foodie and likes to cook. In fact, she had just made a pancakes-and-bacon breakfast for her niece’s 6- and 8-year-old daughters on the July morning when Biden called with the news that he was dropping out of the race.
From talking about nacho cheese Doritos as her snack of choice to washing collard greens in the bathtub, Harris is aiming to connect with voters on a more personal level. While learning that she likes to munch tortilla chips at snack time likely isn’t enough on its own to sway anyone to vote for her, the small — and sometimes amusing — details could help Harris show she can relate to people and their concerns.
“She is trying to show that she is a full person beyond just her policy proposals,” Dana Brown, executive director of the Pennsylvania Center for Women and Politics at Chatham University, said in an email.
More Bad News
According to the Washington Post:
Employers added 142,000 jobs in August, continuing a labor market cooling trend that has stoked fears that interest rates have been high for too long.
The unemployment rate ticked down to 4.2 percent.
The August jobs report released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics was among the most closely watched snapshots of the labor market since the coronavirus pandemic. The jobs gains were weaker than forecasters’ predictions of 161,000 jobs, but improved on July’s weak showing of 114,000. Still, downward revisions from the two previous months suggest that the labor market is cooling faster than the initial data may indicate.
Later in the article, more news came out:
A few sectors are buoying the entire labor market: Construction led gains, adding 34,000 jobs in August, likely due to a boom in nonresidential construction fueled by the Biden administration’s infrastructure spending, analysts said. Health care added 31,000 jobs, as an aging population keeps demand steady, and the public sector created 24,000 jobs, mostly in local government, both smaller gains than the average over the past year.
Other industries added few positions or even lost jobs. That includes including wholesale trade, retail, professional and business services, leisure and hospitality, as well as transportation and warehousing, which recently had showed signs of a recovery. Manufacturing lost 24,000 jobs, reflecting a decline in durable goods industries.
Job gains were revised downward by 86,000 for the previous two months, continuing an ongoing trend.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/09/06/august-jobs-unemployment-labor-market