And another day of getting as ‘ugly and bigoted as they can,’ JD Vance, the US economy, ‘microschools,’ diabetes, and boneless chicken wings can have bones comes to a close:
“It’s worth noting how different men with power behave. President Biden had all the power in the world and gave it up. He passed it on. He’s reminding us what strong, brave men do.” -- Maria Shriver
"I think you should get a one year jail sentence if you do anything to desecrate the American flag. Now, people will say, "Oh, it's unconstitutional.' Those are stupid people. Those are stupid people that say that." -- Donald Trump on Fox & Friends (7-25-2024)
“Criticizing “childless women” while taking away IVF, is the kind of Olympic-level hypocrisy we’ve come to expect from the GOP.” -- John Pavlovitz
“Imagine the media treatment of Kamala if she had five children by three different men. Then add in having sex with a porn star.” -- Mark Elliot
Republican attacks on Kamala Harris to get ‘as ugly and bigoted as they can’. For Barack Obama there was “birtherism” and a name they said sounded like a specific Middle East terrorist. For Hillary Clinton there was “Lock her up” and merchandise that said, “Trump that bitch”, “Hillary sucks but not like Monica” and “Life’s a bitch: don’t vote for one.” Rightwing playbooks deployed in past election campaigns are being dusted off for an all-out assault against Vice-President Kamala Harris, the de facto Democratic nominee aiming to become the first Black woman and first person of south Asian descent to be US president...“The sex attacks will probably be more insidious because they have a racial subtext to them. The same playbook that we saw in 16 we’ll see again and probably even more eagerly because the right wing has gotten more Maga, more extreme in the years since Hillary ran.” Blatant misogyny and racism could alienate the very swing state voters that Trump needs for victory. But even if he is advised to tone down such rhetoric, an entire army of influencers and pundits are ready to flood the zone on his behalf. Joe Walsh, a former Republican congressman and Tea Party activist turned Trump critic, said: “Trump himself is going to have a hard time running against her because he doesn’t know how to deal with someone like her. But Trump’s cheerleaders in the media know exactly what to do and they’ll go down this ugly, sexist, racist road. “They’ll make up stuff about how Kamala Harris rose in her career. Their key to winning – and I know this because I used to do some of this – is to get as ugly and bigoted as they can to implicitly and explicitly get people pissed off about who she is.” -- It’s all MAGA know how to do. The only other thing they have to run on is Project 2025, which is a whole bunch of stuff most Americans do not want.
Bibi Goes MAGA. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has an overt alliance with the American right. Netanyahu purported to address everyone. But he was primarily talking to his US constituency. That is not just US Jews anymore. It is conservatives. Netanyahu appealed to GOP voters likely to embrace his call for complete, preemptive US support for any of Israel’s actions—no matter how many civilians are killed—along with his contention that any criticism of the war is antisemitic, funded by Iran, or both...Netanyahu’s increasingly overt alliance with the American right has been mirrored by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which has become one of the top sources channeling money from Republican donors to attack progressive Democrats in primaries...The crescendo of Netanyahu’s speech Wednesday was an insistence that US and Israeli interests are wholly aligned. “Our enemies are your enemies,” he said. “Our fight is your fight. And our victory will be your victory.” He didn’t mean it this way, but it was easy to imagine the enemies he had in mind included Democrats, and the victory he hoped for might come in November.
J.D. Vance has made it impossible for Trump to run away from Project 2025. He wrote the foreword for a new book by Project 2025’s architect — and has backed some of its most extreme ideas. Kevin Roberts, the self-proclaimed “head” of Project 2025, has a book coming out in September — and the book’s foreword is written by Trump’s vice presidential candidate, J.D. Vance, who lavishly praises its ideas.
What to know about Project 2025’s plan for agriculture, and how it could lead to ‘real chaos’. Because the odds are stacked against such reforms, “there’s a tendency to laugh this off, to say, ‘It’s a fever dream from a think tank,’” agricultural economist Jonathan Coppess of the University of Illinois told The Hill. “But it’s not their success that we should be concerned about. It’s failure while getting super creative and trying. That’s what leads to real chaos,” Coppess said. Here are the highlights of what Project 2025 wants to accomplish in the farm sector; why realizing those goals would be difficult; and what could happen if right-wing appointees were to try anyway.
Trump is back to insulting his opponents despite reported transformation. So much for the new Donald Trump. -- He is who he is and has always been. That will never change.
J.D. Vance Endorsed Book That Calls Progressives “Unhumans” and Praises Jan. 6 Rioters. The GOP veep candidate embraced the extreme view that today’s left is part of a centuries-long effort to “destroy” civilization.
The US economy is pulling off something historic. America’s economy is about to stick what’s called a “soft landing,” which is when inflation returns to the Fed’s target without a recession — a feat that’s only happened once, during the 1990s, according to some economists.
Palestinian Olympic threat video fake of possible Russian origin: sources, experts. A video that has been widely shared on social media showing a purported Palestinian militant threatening attacks on France during the Olympic Games in Paris is a fake and could be of Russian origin, security sources and experts said on Thursday.
Newsom orders California state agencies to start clearing homeless encampments. California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered state agencies Thursday to start removing homeless encampments on state land in his boldest action yet following a Supreme Court ruling allowing cities to enforce bans on sleeping outside in public spaces...Under Newsom’s direction, state agencies — including state parks and the department of transportation — would be required to prioritize clearing encampments that pose safety risks, such as those along waterways. Officials should give “reasonable” advance notice to homeless people, offer to connect them to local services and help store their belongings for at least 60 days. Local cities and counties are urged to adopt similar protocols.
J.D. Vance didn’t have sex with a couch. But he’s still extremely weird. The rumors were easy to believe, especially when the potential VP has such terrible ideas about sex...Vance already held extreme views on sex and gender; he opposes abortion even in cases of rape and incest and has compared it to slavery. He has voted against a bill ensuring access to IVF and suggested a ban on porn. He called universal child care “a class war against normal people.” He opposes legislating codifying the right to gay marriage and suggested that people in “violent” marriages shouldn’t get divorced. He is also among the nebulous group of young intellectual conservatives backed by Silicon Valley venture capitalist Peter Thiel loosely called the “New Right,” whose main project seems to be making techno-fascist and incel-adjacent ideas seem cool and edgy.
‘Microschools’ could be the next big school choice push. Florida is on the cutting edge. Florida just enacted a little-noticed provision that would make it much easier for these schools — which typically have less than 30 students — to get established...Microschool is a broad term, but these schools typically enroll fewer than 30 students and are often led by one teacher. They can essentially pop up anywhere, like an office building or housing development, and can be run by entities varying from small businesses to co-ops to private schools.
More than 100,000 Americans with diabetes have limbs amputated each year. This is a crisis. About 38 million Americans have diabetes, and each year a staggering 154,000 Americans will suffer amputations, roughly 80% of which will be the result of complications from diabetes. Their life expectancy following this procedure is five years; the probability of a second amputation is up to 35%. By comparison, a total of 1,700 American soldiers had limbs removed since 2002 due to injuries sustained during combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.
FDA issues new alert about lead contamination in cinnamon. Consumers should stop using the ground cinnamon product and throw it away, the FDA said.
ChatGPT reveals search feature in Google challenge. The company said it was trialling a search feature that incorporates real-time information into its ChatGPT product, allowing the bot to respond to user questions with up-to-date information and links.
Chicken wings advertised as ‘boneless’ can have bones, Ohio Supreme Court decides. Consumers cannot expect boneless chicken wings to actually be free of bones, a divided Ohio Supreme Court ruled Thursday, rejecting claims by a restaurant patron who suffered serious medical complications from getting a bone stuck in his throat...In a 4-3 ruling, the Supreme Court said Thursday that “boneless wings” refers to a cooking style, and that Berkheimer should’ve been on guard against bones since it’s common knowledge that chickens have bones. The high court sided with lower courts that had dismissed Berkheimer’s suit. -- The world we live in.
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