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Rate Cut Would Cap Winning Streak for Biden and Harris

(Political Wire) New York Times: “Recent weeks have brought a run of good data on consumer prices and interest rates for the administration. The price of gasoline has fallen below $3 a gallon in much of the South and Midwest and is nearing a three-year low nationally. Spiking grocery prices have slowed to a crawl. Mortgage rates are down more than a percentage point from their recent peak. The Census Bureau reported last week that the typical household income rose faster than prices last year for the first time since the pandemic. The overall inflation rate has returned to near historically normal levels, and the Fed is poised to begin cutting interest rates from a two-decade high.”

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Harris enthusiasm driving a surge in young Latino registration

(The Hill) Voter registration among young Hispanics jumped over the past two months, a change that the president and CEO of Voto Latino says is mostly driven by voter enthusiasm for Vice President Harris. María Teresa Kumar told The Hill that Harris is tapping into a cultural phenomenon with the under-40 crowd. "It was nuts. So we were registering roughly 60 to 100 voters a day on Friday. On Monday, it jumped to 3,000. By [the next] Friday, it was 8,000. It was super exciting. Night and day."

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GOP NC Gov. candidate Mark Robinson tells women to "get this under control" while pointing to groin

(The Advocate) The Republican candidate for governor in North Carolina has gone viral yet again for his abhorrent comments — this time for remarks he made during a January 2022 appearance at Hilltop Baptist Church in Thomasville, N.C., in a video shared by Huffpost. Robinson mocked women's empowerment as well as educational programs that provide sex and contraception information. “Why don’t you use some of that building up of your mind and building up of empowerment to move down here, to this region down here,” he said, gesturing to his crotch. “Get this under control.”

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Police ARE Investigating Trump's Arlington Cemetery Fiasco

(TPM) Despite the Army declaring the “case closed,” a police investigation is underway into the Arlington National Cemetery fracas involving a cemetery staffer and two Trump campaign staffers, ABC News reports. The police department at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, where the cemetery staffer filed a report, is apparently conducting its own investigation that is technically outside of the Army chain of command.

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JD Vance defends pet-eating remarks: 'The media has a responsibility to fact-check'

(The Guardian) JD Vance defended his comments about Haitian immigrants eating pets during a Tuesday rally, saying that “the media has a responsibility to fact-check” stories – not him. The rally in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, came two days after the Ohio senator told CNN host Dana Bash it was OK “to create stories” to draw attention to issues his constituents care about, regarding inflammatory and unfounded claims that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, had eaten residents’ pets.

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"It's shocking": Experts ring the alarm on a "kind of dissonance" following thwarted attack on Trump

(Salon) Even though the two would-be assassins were reportedly both former supporters of Donald Trump whose subsequent politics can be best described as murky, President Trump and his supporters are now blaming the Republican nominee's political opponents for the recent assassination attempts against him. Trump accused both President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, of taking "politics in our Country to a whole new level of Hatred." By contrast, experts who spoke to Salon saw an ominous precedent in Trump's words — namely, an attempt to intimidate political dissenters by linking them to violence against state leaders.

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Vance warns calling a candidate a 'fascist' can lead to violence but doesn't mention that's what Trump calls Harris

(CNN) Vance said: “Look, we can disagree with one another, we can debate one another, but we cannot tell the American people that one candidate is a fascist and if he’s elected it is going to be the end of American democracy.” What Vance didn’t mention was that Trump has repeatedly told the American people that his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, is a fascist whose election would mean the end of the country itself. In fact, Trump called Harris a fascist at least twice last week alone.

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Trump can't admit he lost the debate, so GOP calls for an investigation

(Daily Kos) Congressional Republicans, always eager to show that they put pleasing Donald Trump far ahead of doing anything productive for their constituents, are calling for an investigation into the debate between Trump and Democratic nominee Kamala Harris. Trump lost that debate badly. That loss is reflected in post-debate polls where Harris has seen a boost from a performance in which she was reassuringly calm while baiting Trump into dozens of unforced errors—including his baseless claims about immigrants eating pets.

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Kremlin slams Meta ban on Russian state media as 'unacceptable'

(AFP) Meta said it is banning Russian state media outlets from its apps around the world, prompting an angry reaction from the Kremlin on Tuesday. The ban comes after the United States accused RT and employees of the state-run outlet of funneling $10 million through shell entities to covertly fund influence campaigns on social media channels including TikTok, Instagram, X, and YouTube, according to an unsealed indictment.

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(202) 624-6800 Let the Teamsters know how you feel. IMO not supporting Kamala, is supporting a rapist and a felon

2 min ago - … and I already called and told them so. I no longer support them if they can’t support democracy. General President Sean M. O’Brien International Brotherhood of Teamsters 25 Louisiana Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20001 or General Se ... (International Brotherhood of Teamsters website)

FBI says it has disrupted major Chinese hacking operation that threatened US critical infrastructure

45 min ago - Published 2:15 PM EDT, Wed September 18, 2024 CNN — The FBI has used a court order to seize control of a network of hundreds of thousands of hacked internet routers and other devices that Chinese government-linked hackers were using to threate ... (CNN Politics)

Giuliani's 'Rudy Coffee' profits under threat as defamed Georgia election workers bash 'frivolous' exemption

1 hr ago - Sep 18th, 2024, 1:26 pm While Rudy Giuliani was still in bankruptcy and started selling “Rudy Coffee” bags displaying his name and visage, creditors learned that that his “alter ego” company was being paid for his services, rathe ... (Law & Crime)

Dow closes lower, giving up 375-point pop after big Fed rate cut

1 hr ago - Stocks closed lower Wednesday in a volatile session as the Federal Reserve lowered interest rates in a half-point percentage move. The outsized rate cut was cheered initially by traders, though it did raise concerns the Fed was trying to get ahead of ... (CNBC)

Kentucky governor bans use of 'conversion therapy' with executive order

1 hr ago - FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear banned the use of “conversion therapy” on minors in Kentucky on Wednesday, calling his executive order a necessary step to protect children from a widely discredited practice that trie ... (AP)

Alaska Airlines completes its acquisition of Hawaiian Air, which will remain a separate brand

1 hr ago - Updated 10:19 AM EDT, September 18, 2024 SEATTLE (AP) — Alaska Airlines closed its $1 billion purchase of Hawaiian Airlines on Wednesday, a day after the federal government removed the last major regulatory obstacle to the deal. Alaska will also ... (AP)

How the Trump Campaign Ran With Rumors About Pet-Eating Migrants--After Being Told They Weren't True

1 hr ago - SPRINGFIELD, Ohio—City Manager Bryan Heck fielded an unusual question at City Hall on the morning of Sept. 9, from a staff member of Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance. The staffer called to ask if there was any truth to bizarre rumor ... (Wall Street Journal)

Teamsters will not endorse for president, in blow to Democrats

2 hrs ago - The International Brotherhood of Teamsters will not endorse a candidate in the presidential race, for the first time in nearly three decades, in a blow to the Democratic Party, which has reliably received the union’s approval for years, accordin ... (Washington Post)

State Department announces US passport renewal now fully available online

2 hrs ago - September 18, 2024, 7:54 AM Big news for American travelers with a U.S. passport, the State Department will allow for renewal online thanks to an update to the agency's previous pilot program. The State Department announced exclusively to ABC News on ... (ABC News/GMA)

Attacks in Lebanon: First pagers, now walkie-talkies

2 hrs ago - From Ruters reporting By Stephen Farrell, Sharique Nasim, Seham Eloraby, Joe Bavier, Zoe Law, Vanessa Balintec, Deborah Kyvrikosaios, Rupam Jain and Kylie Maclellan Key updates Hand-held radios detonated across Lebanon on Wednesday Lebanon said 14 w ... (Reuters)

Fed slashes interest rates by a half point, an aggressive start to its first easing campaign in four years

3 hrs ago - Published Wed, Sep 18 2024 2:00 PM EDT Updated 2 Min Ago WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve on Wednesday enacted its first interest rate cut since the early days of the Covid pandemic, slicing half a percentage point off benchmark rates in an effort to ... (CNBC)

False reports of explosives found in a car near a Trump rally spread online

3 hrs ago - PHILIP MARCELO Updated 11:53 AM CDT, September 18, 2024 NEW YORK (AP) — Law enforcement officials on Long Island worked quickly on Wednesday to publicly knock down social media posts falsely reporting that explosives had been found in a car nea ... (AP)

Georgia election officials worry a GOP-led board will OK last-minute voting changes

4 hrs ago - September 18, 2024 5:00 AM ET ATLANTA — Georgia’s State Election Board is preparing to vote on nearly a dozen rule changes Friday that could take effect before the upcoming election, concerning local officials who are training poll workers ... (NPR)

Key Dem Senators Call For Probe Into Allegations That Egypt Funneled $10M To Trump For 2016 Campaign

5 hrs ago - September 18, 2024 9:41 a.m. Democratic senators on two relevant committees are calling for their panels to investigate allegations last month in the Washington Post about a now-closed government probe into whether Egypt funneled $10 million to Dona ... (TPM)

Lebanon reels as more devices explode, casualties rise

5 hrs ago - Lebanon reels as more devices explode, casualties rise The source of Wednesday's explosions was not immediately clear but the blasts came a day after thousands of pagers used by Hezbollah blew up across Lebanon. Ambulances at the entrance of the Amer ... (Washington Post)

House, Senate Democrats renew health care subsidies push

5 hrs ago - Posted September 18, 2024 at 7:15am House and Senate Democrats are pushing leadership to quickly pass legislation to permanently expand subsidies on the health care exchanges — ideally by the end of the year. Forty-one Senate Democrats, led by ... (Roll Call)

Trump Seen Losing Election to Harris, According to New Survey. DJT Stock Falls.

6 hrs ago - A CNBC survey of 27 investment strategists, economists, and fund managers showed Vice President Harris is viewed as more likely to take the White House than Trump. According to the survey, 48% now see Harris winning the presidency in November, compar ... (Barron's)

Israel Planted Explosives in Pagers Sold to Hezbollah, Officials Say

6 hrs ago - Didn't seethis here yet. Gifted article. Small amounts of explosive were implanted in beepers that Hezbollah had ordered from a Taiwanese company, according to American and other officials briefed on the operation. Israel carried out its operation ag ... (New York Times)

More than 100 GOP national security figures endorse Harris

6 hrs ago - More than 100 Republican former national security figures, as well as members of Congress, endorsed Vice President Harris on Wednesday, citing former President Trump’s “demonstrated chaotic and unethical behavior.” The letter lists a l ... (The Hill)

Justice Department sues over Baltimore bridge collapse and seeks $100M in cleanup costs

6 hrs ago - Justice Department sues over Baltimore bridge collapse and seeks $100M in cleanup costs The Associated Press September 18, 2024, 10:31 AM BALTIMORE (AP) -- The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday sued the owner and manager of the cargo ship that cau ... (Associated Press, via WTOP)