October 16, 2024
Good morning,
Welcome to the news for independent thinkers
Leading the News . . .
Georgia judge blocks ballot counting rule and says county officials must certify election results . . . A judge has blocked a new rule that requires Georgia Election Day ballots to be counted by hand after the close of voting. The ruling came a day after the same judge ruled that county election officials must certify election results by the deadline set in law. The rulings are victories for Democrats, liberal voting rights groups and some legal experts who have raised concerns that Donald Trump's allies could refuse to certify the results if the former president loses to Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris in next month's presidential election. Associated Press
Politics
Harris says she's open to reparations . . . Ms. Harris said during the town hall that she is still open to paying reparations to Black Americans for slavery. "On the point of reparations, it has to be studied and there's no question about that. And I've been clear about that position," she said before quickly changing the subject to tout her economic agenda. Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday sought to shore up her support with Black men by calling for legalizing marijuana at the federal level and saying she's open to reparations. Ms. Harris participated in a town hall-style conversation with Charlamagne tha God on his popular radio show, "The Breakfast Club." Washington Times
Harris goes negative . . . When Vice President Kamala Harris walked off the stage of her rally in Erie, Pa., which included a video compilation of Donald Trump's recent comments about "the enemy from within," she told her campaign staff that she wanted to keep using the former president's own words against him, advisers said. Harris is leaning into the threat of a second Trump term, building upon her portrayal of the former president as a self-interested politician who doesn't have an agenda for the middle class. Wall Street Journal
The thing about negative campaigning is that it works, and a sinking Harris is being forced to use it.
Democrats pictured Trump behind bars, instead he's barnstorming U.S. in tight race with Harris
Elon Musk gave $75M to his pro-Trump super PAC . . . Billionaire SpaceX CEO Elon Musk poured just shy of $75 million into his super PAC backing Donald Trump's presidential campaign last quarter, according to a new campaign finance filing. Musk, the richest person in the world, was the sole donor to the pro-Trump America PAC, according to the filing submitted to the Federal Election Commission late Tuesday. Musk launched the group over the summer and has funded voter contact across key presidential states and more than a dozen House races. Politico
Never hurts to have the world's richest person in your corner.
Harris' top surrogates Clinton, Obama and Biden backfire on campaign trail, boosting Trump
Harris to sit for Fox News interview . . . Vice President Harris faces another critical moment in her campaign Wednesday, when she will sit for an interview with Fox News. The interview will be conducted by Bret Baier, one of the network's most widely respected anchors. It will air at 6 p.m. EDT during his regular show, having been recorded immediately beforehand. He insisted that the conversation would air "as live" — meaning without edits and uninterrupted. The Hill
Exposing herself to an honest interview is the final acknowledgment that the basement strategy isn't working this time.
Speaker Johnson accuses CBS of 'selectively editing' his interview . . . House Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday accused CBS News of cutting critical parts of his answers during a Sunday appearance on "Face the Nation," as part of an effort to "undermine Republicans." The criticism comes after multiple Republican politicians urged the network to release the full unedited transcripts of Vice President Kamala Harris's appearance on "60 Minutes" last week, after the vice president's answer in a clip promoting the interview differed from the answer in the full interview that aired. Just the News
Culture
Biden-Harris admin may be setting stage to take trans children from "non-affirming" parents . . . "Transphobia is child abuse," Alex Roque, who runs the Ali Forney Center for homeless LGBTQ+ youth in New York City, asserted on a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services webinar last fall. In less than three minutes, he cast a vision for completely transforming child protective systems nationwide. Among gender activists the Biden-Harris administration has enlisted to shape its policies, Roque's definition of abuse is not fringe, and his vision for reshaping the system is not hypothetical. Daily Signal
Women voters pushed toward Trump over rising trend of transgender athletes in girls' sports . . . Transgender athletes' participation in women's sports has emerged as a sleeper issue that is poised to attract elusive female suburban voters to former President Donald Trump and other Republican candidates on the ballot. Some see it as an outlier, but the matter is increasingly drawing the attention of voters as more biological males who identify as women join the rosters of female teams and compete — and win — against girls and women at the middle school, high school and collegiate levels. Washington Times
Victoria's Secret runway slammed as trans and plus-size models take center stage . . . What was once the sexiest and most outrageous night in fashion was yesterday accused of going woke as the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show returned for the first time in six years. Fans slammed the new staging of the event following a six-year absence - branding it 'boring' and lacklustre. The occasion marked the first walk down the Victoria's Secret runway for Brazilian model Valentina Sampaio, who had been the first transgender model to represent the brand in 2019. Daily Mail
National Security
Border patrol agents threaten to quit if Harris wins . . . Border Patrol agents threatened to stage a mass "exodus" from the agency if Kamala Harris wins the White House in November, saying they won't stick around for another "four years of hell." "I'm not doing this s—t again … four years of hell," one agent told the New York Post. "Lots of guys who can retire will go. If Trump wins, they'll stay," another agent added. Washington Free Beacon
International
US gives Israel 30 days to boost Gaza aid or risk cut to military support . . . The US has written to Israel, giving it 30 days to boost humanitarian aid access in Gaza or risk having some US military assistance cut off. The letter, sent on Sunday, amounts to the strongest known written warning from the US to its ally and comes amid a new Israeli offensive in northern Gaza that has reportedly caused a large number of civilian casualties. BBC
More than 100 killed and 50 injured after a gasoline tanker explodes in Nigeria . . . More than 100 people were killed and 50 others injured in northwestern Nigeria as they tried to scoop up fuel from an overturned petrol tanker, causing the vehicle to explode in flames, the emergency services said Wednesday. The accident occurred at midnight in Jigawa state's Majiya town after the tanker driver lost control of the vehicle while traveling on a highway, local police spokesperson Lawan Adam said. Ninety-seven people were "burned to ashes" at the scene while eight others died at the hospital. Associated Press
Russian man rescued after spending 67 days adrift . . . A Russian man has been rescued after spending more than two months adrift in a small inflatable boat in the Sea of Okhotsk in the far east of Russia. Officials say a man, named by Russian media as Mikhail Pichugin, 46, was found by a fishing boat crew nearly 620 miles from where he set off in early August. The bodies of his brother and his 15-year-old nephew were reportedly found in the boat. Mr Pichugin's wife said the trio had gone to sea to watch whales and taken food supplies for two weeks. BBC
My Lord! Commons votes to boot the aristocracy out of parliament . . . Like his ancestors for centuries, the Earl of Devon serves in Parliament, helping to make the laws of the land. But not for much longer. British lawmakers voted Tuesday to approve in principle a bill to strip hereditary aristocrats of the right to sit and vote in the House of Lords after more than 700 years. The Labour Party government says the decision will complete a long-stalled reform of Parliament's upper chamber and remove an "outdated and indefensible" relic of the past. Associated Press
But the relics of past are part of what gives Great Britain its idenity.
Money
Trump tells Bloomberg editor 'you're totally wrong' over claims he will increase US debt . . . Donald Trump clashed with his interviewer during a series tense exchanges over his his plan for big tariffs and other policies at the Economic Club of Chicago. Trump was asked repeated questions about his plan to slap tariffs of as high as 100 percent on imported goods Tuesday. 'To me the most beautiful word in the English language is tariff,' Trump said. 'And it's my favorite word. It needs a public relations firm,' he said – in an early acknowledgement of the disputes that would follow. Daily Mail
Protesters demand Kellogg remove artificial colors from Froot Loops and other cereals . . . Dozens of people rallied outside the Michigan headquarters of WK Kellogg Co. Tuesday, demanding that the company remove artificial dyes from its breakfast cereals in the U.S. The company has done that in other countries. In Canada, for example, Froot Loops are colored with concentrated carrot juice, watermelon juice and blueberry juice. But in the U.S., the cereal still contains artificial colors and BHT, a chemical preservative. Associated Press
People have been eating artificial colors for decades. Are they actually bad for you? Because the price of breakfast cereals will rise. They may as well ban the breakfast cereals themselves, which are junk food for kids in the morning. But we live in a free country.
You should also know
His daughter was murdered. Then she reappeared as an AI chatbot . . . One morning in early October, about 18 years after his daughter Jennifer was murdered, Drew Crecente received a Google alert flagging what appeared to be a new profile of her online. The profile had Jennifer's full name and a yearbook photo of her. A short biography falsely described Jennifer, whose ex-boyfriend killed her in 2006 during her senior year of high school, as a "video game journalist and expert in technology, pop culture and journalism." Jennifer had seemingly been re-created as a "knowledgeable and friendly AI character," the website said. Washington Post
Virginia police officer fatally shoots knife-wielding woman, body cam shows . . . The Fairfax County Police Department has released footage from an officer's body camera showing a knife-wielding woman slashing the officer several times before he shot and killed her in the hallway of her Reston apartment building last month. The footage, released Monday, shows Sydney Wilson's attack on Officer Peter Liu that left him with several knife wounds, including a large gash on his forehead. In the bodycam footage, Wilson opens her door, sees the officer and immediately slams it in his face. Officer Liu knocks again and waits outside the door. Wilson soon reopens the door, says "How are you?" and swipes at Officer Liu with a kitchen knife. Washington Times
Be forewarned, the footage is quite dramatic.
Guilty Pleasures
McDonald's cashier thought Bill Clinton was Joe Biden . . . Bill Clinton walked into a McDonald's restaurant on Sunday. This happened in Georgia, where the Harris campaign has unleashed "Slick Willy" in an effort to bolster the candidate's abysmal reputation among normal male voters. The former president, presumably eager to be recognized, had his hopes dashed momentarily when a Golden Arches employee stared at him for several seconds before asking, "You Joe? Mr. Joe?" When Clinton finally introduced himself, the employee squealed and asked for a hug. Washington Free Beacon
Sadly, if you saw Bill Clinton during his recent appearance for Harris, you might agree he is unrecognizable.
Help CTTN reach more people by forwarding it to your family and friends! Click below to write your message and share the signup link by email.
Or, you can share it on social media.
Got this from a friend? Subscribe here and get Cut to the News sent to your Inbox every morning.
Have a great day!
Follow us
Megyn Kelly -> Pete Hegseth responds to 2017 rape accusation. 🔥 vol. 3, issue 13 | December 6, 2024 Quick Hits All the news you need in...
No comments: