October 1, 2024
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Israel launches "limited" invasion of Lebanon targeting Hezbollah . . . Israel said commando and paratroop units launched raids into Lebanon on Tuesday as part of a "limited" ground incursion, while Iran-backed Hezbollah said it had fired a barrage of missiles into Israel, including at its spy agency near Tel Aviv. The raids by Israeli troops in southern Lebanon that began overnight were limited and went only a short distance over the border, an Israeli security official said on Tuesday, adding that no direct clashes with Hezbollah fighters were reported. Reuters
Politics
Comer subpoenas Mayorkas as investigation into Walz-China ties amps up . . . In a subpoena, committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) said a whistleblower claimed there is a group chat among Department of Homeland Security employees that "contains information about Governor Walz that is relevant to the Committee's investigation." "If a state governor and major political party's nominee for Vice President of the United States has been a witting or unwitting participant in the CCP's efforts to weaken our nation, this would strongly suggest that there are alarming weaknesses in the federal government's effort to defend the United States from the CCP's political warfare," Comer wrote. Washington Examiner
Finally someone is seriously investigating ties to China by a man who could be president and has been there at least 15 times.
Walz Said He Was in Hong Kong During the Tiananmen Square Massacre. He Was Home in Nebraska . . . At a 2014 congressional hearing held to mark the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, Tim Walz, then a congressman representing Minnesota's first district, recalled being in Hong Kong when the Chinese Communist Party crushed the student protests on June 4 of that year. In reality, local news reports show that Walz was at home in Nebraska in May and June of 1989. He wouldn't depart for China until August. Washington Free Beacon
Aww, he's such a fibber that guy! Will the CBS "fact checkers" be watching him tonight during the debate?
Dems privately worry how Walz will fare against Vance in VP debate . . . Some Minnesota Democrats wonder how Walz will handle the barrage of attacks from Vance, given the governor's tendency to shut down conversations when he's pressed about missteps in private. Behind closed doors, the folksy, fun-loving governor, can be overly defensive when confronted about his mistakes, according to fellow Minnesota Democrats. During his first campaign in 2006, he also developed a reputation for speaking so quickly that an ally characterized him as "a bit manic." Politico
Republican challenger opens lead over Democrat Sherrod Brown in Ohio's U.S. Senate race
JD Vance doesn't think he needs too much debate prep to defeat Tim Walz . . . "We have well developed views on public policy so we don't have to prepare that much," Vance said in a Teamsters press call on Wednesday morning. "We feel a lot more confident and frankly, you don't have to prepare if you don't have to hide what you say." His statement was in many ways exactly why Republicans — and especially Trump — continue to support him: He's pithy, plainspoken and gets spirited with the media. And unlike Trump, he stays relentlessly on message and is known as an agile debater. Politico
Latino support for Trump grows as crucial voting bloc worries over economy
Musk: Voting for Trump 'only way' to 'save' democracy . . . Musk outlined a theory whereby Democrats, he said, are expediting the process for residents who immigrated illegally to the U.S. to become citizens and gain legal voter status. "Let me explain: if even 1 in 20 illegals become citizens per year, something that the Democrats are expediting as fast as humanly possible, that would be about 2 million new legal voters in 4 years," Musk wrote. "The voting margin in the swing states is often less than 20 thousand votes. That means if the 'Democratic' Party succeeds, there will be no more swing states!!" The Hill
Culture
Babylon Bee sues California over new laws cracking down on satire . . . The Babylon Bee, a website that skewers liberals, filed a lawsuit Monday challenging California's new anti-satire laws, saying Gov. Gavin Newsom is trying to take the fun out of politics. One law forbids posting or sharing online "deceptive" content that harms a candidate's "electoral prospects" ahead of an election, while another prods social media companies to police their platforms for anything that would run afoul of the new standard. Those who want to practice political satire — an area where Babylon Bee has few rivals — must attach a sort of product warning label which, The Bee says, effectively destroys the point of the satire. Washington Times
This is where the "crackdown" on "misinformation" leads. Censorship. In America.
Judge Strikes Down Georgia's Six Week Abortion Ban . . . The Fulton County superior court judge called the six week ban "arbitrary" and ruled that "liberty" in Georgia includes "the power of a woman to control her own body, to decide what happens to it and in it, and to reject state interference with her healthcare choices. With the ban struck down, abortions are now legal up to viability, usually considered around 22 weeks of pregnancy, although younger babies have survived outside the womb. Daily Wire
Trump launches GoFundMe to help Hurricane Helene victims, raises more than $1M
FEMA Lists 'Equity' Among Top Goals Even As Americans Face Aftermath Of Helene . . . FEMA's first goal is to "instill equity as a foundation of emergency management," the second is to "lead the whole community in climate resilience" and the third aims to "promote and sustain a ready FEMA and a prepared nation." Daily Caller
International
Hezbollah terrorists engaged in sex slavery, rape, mass murder of Syrians . . . Photos of Syrians celebrating the assassination of Hezbollah terrorist leader Hassan Nasrallah last week put the spotlight on the brutal activities of the terror group's role in sex slavery, mass starvation and kidnappings in the Syrian civil war which led to the deaths of over half a million Syrians. Walid Phares, a leading expert on Hezbollah and Lebanon, told Fox News Digital that Hezbollah has "committed ethnic cleansing" in Syria. He said Hezbollah "was behind the uprooting of millions of Syrians, of all communities, mainly Sunni. They have perpetrated rape." Fox News
Money
US East Coast dockworkers strike, halting half the nation's ocean shipping . . . Dockworkers on the U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast began a strike early on Tuesday, their first large-scale stoppage in nearly 50 years, halting the flow of about half the nation's ocean shipping after negotiations for a new labor contract broke down over wages. The strike blocks everything from food to automobile shipments across dozens of ports from Maine to Texas, in a disruption analysts warned will cost the economy billions of dollars a day, threaten jobs, and potentially stoke inflation. Reuters
This can only hurt Harris. Oddly, it's not clear Biden did much to prevent it.
How Harris Could Still Stop Fracking Without Banning Fracking . . . Kamala could leave America's oil and gas industry perfectly free to submit Applications for Permits to Drill. But these permit applications could stretch from 30 to 100 pages now to, say, 300 pages under Harris-Walz. Kamala could hike today's $12,515 filing fee per permit applications to $50,000—more than quadruple. Each application could traverse other agencies and even Cabinet departments, to double check and confirm that everything is hunky-dory. America cannot be too careful. The Justice Department could certify that no fracker ever has faced a federal criminal indictment, conviction, or U.S. civil complaint. Daily Signal
Use the levers of power to bleed it to death.
Netflix saw highest day of cancellations this year after co-founder's $7M donation to Harris campaign . . . Cancelations on the streaming platform almost tripled in the United States after Hastings made the massive donation to a super PAC supporting Harris' presidential bid, Bloomberg reported, citing the researcher Antenna. Supporters of former President Trump called on conservatives to cancel their subscriptions after Hastings endorsed Harris on X and revealed the large sum of his donation in July. Fox Business
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Supplies arrive by plane and by mule in North Carolina as Helene's death toll tops 130 . . . Widespread devastation left behind by Hurricane Helene came to light Monday across the South, revealing a wasteland of splintered houses, crushed cargo containers and mud-covered highways in one of the worst storms in U.S. history. The death toll topped 130. A crisis was unfolding in western North Carolina, where residents stranded by washed-out roads and by a lack of power and cellular service lined up for fresh water and a chance to message loved ones days after the storm that they were alive. Associated Press
Mountain town featured in Dirty Dancing and The Last of the Mohicans wiped out . . . The once-idyllic mountain village of Chimney Rock, North Carolina, that was immortalized on film including blockbusters The Last of the Mohicans and Dirty Dancing has been all but wiped out after being blasted by the floodwaters brought on by Hurricane Helene. The small village with a population of just 140 people, nestled in the heart of the state, sits beneath the towering cliffs of Chimney Rock State Park and had long attracted filmmakers for its breathtaking landscape. Daily Mail
Accused Trump attempted assassin pleads not guilty . . . The suspect who allegedly attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to the charges brought against him. Ryan Wesley Routh was previously charged with the "attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, assaulting a federal officer," possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon, and possessing a firearm that had an obliterated serial number, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Breitbart
Jimmy Carter becomes first president to turn 100 . . . Carter remains under home hospice care in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, where he has lived since the culmination of his presidency in 1981. This upcoming February marks two years in hospice for the former president who has outlived his wife, Rosalynn. She died last year at age 96. Fox News
Pete Rose, baseball's banned hits leader, dead at 83 . . . Pete Rose, baseball's career hits leader and fallen idol who undermined his historic achievements and Hall of Fame dreams by gambling on the game he loved and once embodied, has died. He was 83. Stephanie Wheatley, a spokesperson for Clark County in Nevada, said his cause and manner of death had not yet been determined. Over the weekend, he had appeared at an autograph show in Nashville with former teammates Tony Perez, George Foster and Dave Concepcion. Associated Press
NYC company develops simple swab test that can tell how well you're aging . . . A biotechnology company headquartered in Manhattan has developed an "aging" clock that uses information from the cells in your cheeks to predict your biological age. Biological age is the age of your cells and tissues — this number can differ from your chronological age, which is the number of years you've been alive. Research has found that a large gap between your biological and chronological age can significantly increase your risk of death from disease. New York Post
Guilty Pleasures
Biden struggles with being derailed . . . President Joe Biden has privately complained to allies that his name and his accomplishments have virtually disappeared from the national conversation and about how quickly the party that he has served for more than five decades appears to have moved on from him, according to six people familiar with his comments. Biden has noted at times that Vice President Kamala Harris, who took his place at the top of the Democratic ticket in July, hasn't been mentioning him in her campaign speeches lately. NBC News
He must be new to politics.
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