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October 7, 2024
'This Is Not The 1950's': Kamala Harris Goes On 'Call Her Daddy' Podcast to Hit Back at Sarah Huckabee Sanders
(Mediaite) Vice President Kamala Harris spoke about taking in her husband’s two children as her own and called Sen. JD Vance’s (R-OJ) “childless cat ladies” comment “mean-spirited” on the latest episode of the Call Her Daddy podcast, which dropped on Sunday. Harris sat down with podcast host Alex Cooper to discuss a number of topics with just four weeks until the November election.
Go to discussionNC Gov Roy Cooper blasts "bad actors and platforms like X" for "relentless vortex of disinformation"
(Roy Cooper) "As we continue our unprecedented response to Hurricane Helene, the nation is beginning to understand that impacted areas have been the target of a relentless vortex of disinformation, dialed up by bad actors and platforms like X. We need to work together to rebuild and recover from a catastrophic disaster like this one - and spreading false information to sow chaos hurts real people. Politicians, billionaires and grifters who peddle lies during a time of crisis should be held accountable."
Go to discussionTrump Hints at Violence Against Harris Supporters
(Political Wire) Donald Trump said at a rally that it’s “very dangerous” for Kamala Harris voters to identify themselves because they’ll “get hurt.” Rolling Stone: Trump reiterates he wants to be a “dictator” for “one day” at Wisconsin rally.
Go to discussionGOP looks to avoid disaster in Nebraska Senate race
(The Hill) Republicans are looking to avoid a disaster in the Nebraska Senate race amid signs that an independent candidate could be giving Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) a run for her money. Independent Senate candidate and political newcomer Dan Osborn is challenging Fischer for her seat, betting that Nebraskans are hungry for a nonpartisan senator in a state former President Trump won by close to 20 points in 2020. Despite Nebraska’s reliably red political leanings, the dynamics of the race have shifted in recent weeks: Republican groups have started spending in the race, and the nonpartisan election handicapper Cook Political Report last week shifted the race away from Fischer.
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Catholic Hospital Offered Bucket, Towels to Woman It Denied an Abortion, California AG Said
(KFF Health News) When Anna Nusslock showed up at her local hospital 15 weeks pregnant and in severe pain earlier this year, she said, a doctor delivered devastating news: The twins she and her husband had so desperately wanted were not viable. Further, her own health was in danger, and she needed an emergency abortion to prevent hemorrhaging and infection. Providence St. Joseph Hospital, in the small Northern California coastal city of Eureka, refused to provide the care she required because doctors could detect fetal “heart tones,” Nusslock said at a news conference Monday. California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit against the Catholic hospital detailing Nusslock’s dangerous experience and alleging the hospital violated multiple state laws when it discharged Nusslock — with an offer of a bucket and towels — to go elsewhere for what he described as standard medical care.
Go to discussionDeSantis administration threatens local TV station for airing abortion rights campaign ads
(The Independent) Ron DeSantis’s administration has appeared to threaten a local TV station with legal action for airing an abortion rights campaign ad. The ad in question is the same one that aired in Florida during the vice presidential debate between Tim Walz and JD Vance. It features a woman named Caroline who needed to have an abortion and cancer treatments after a brain tumor diagnosis in 2022.
Go to discussion'Fight for your life': Georgia election workers prepare for election under cloud of threats
(ABC News) In the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, arguably no state became as central to former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn his election loss as Georgia -- the state Joe Biden stunningly won by just over 11,000 votes, flipping it blue for the first time in nearly three decades. Now, four years later, election officials in the state are preparing for another high-stakes election -- this time under the cloud of threats, conspiracy theories, and distrust in the system.
Go to discussionMuslim faith leaders endorse Harris
(NBC News) A group of imams endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris in an open letter shared first with NBC News on Sunday, a critical boost as she steps up her efforts to win back disaffected Muslim voters amid the Israel-Hamas war. The 25 Islamic religious leaders who signed the letter, which comes a year after the Oct. 7 terrorist attack that sparked the war, argue that Muslim voters have a duty to think logically about their voting decisions and that backing Harris “far outweighs the harms of the other options."
Go to discussionTrump wants 'apology' from 60 Minutes after dropping out of interview
(The Independent) Donald Trump is holding a rally in Juneau, Wisconsin on Sunday afternoon, where he demanded that 60 Minutes give him an “apology.” Trump backed out of the interview on Tuesday, just ahead of the vice presidential debate on CBS, the same network that airs 60 Minutes.