Friday, November 1, 2024
Donald Trump Attacks Kamala Harris For Citing His Statements On Obamacare | HuffPost Latest News
The presidential candidate has apparently decided that it's easier to get elected if voters don't know about his record...
Trump sues CBS News for $10 billion over Harris interview
Trump is seeking $10 billion in damages for CBS's alleged "partisan and unlawful acts of election and voter interference," which the lawsuit claims were intended to confuse the public and "attempt to tip the scales" toward Democrats in the 2024 presidential election...
US economy continues to grow at robust rate days before presidential election
GDP rose by 2.8% in the third quarter, short of economists' expectations of 3.1%, and driven primarily by consumer spending…
Extremists Say the Military Authorized Lethal Force Against Americans Ahead of the Election – Mother Jones
"The provisions in [the directive] are not new, and do not authorize the Secretary of Defense to use lethal force against US citizens, contrary to rumors and rhetoric circulating on social media," Sue Gough, a Department of Defense spokesperson, said Wednesday night.
But as Trump doubles down on his "enemy from within" rhetoric, DOD Directive 5240.01 continues to gain traction among his supporters as ostensible proof that Harris, not Trump, wants to use the military against American citizens…
What Would the Future of Birth Control Be Under Trump? Ask Texas. – Mother Jones
To anyone paying even a modicum of attention, the far-right's plans to limit access to birth control have long been hiding in plain sight. When the Supreme Court overturned the federal right to abortion in the Dobbs decision in 2022, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote that the court "should reconsider" other rulings with similar legal principles, including Griswold v. Connecticut, the 1965 decision establishing a right to contraception (and, more fundamentally, a constitutional right to privacy). The ultra-conservative strategists behind Project 2025— including Roger Severino, longtime anti-abortion movement lawyer, and Russell Voght, an avowed Christian nationalist—have spelled out a plan for how a Republican-led White House could gut or rewrite key federal birth-control regulations, building on efforts that began during the first Trump administration. (While Trump has tried to distance himself from Project 2025, even claiming he doesn't know who wrote it, at least 140 members of Trump's team, including Severino and Voght, had a hand in drafting it…
The Catholic Church Is Spending Big to Defeat Abortion Rights Ballot Measures – Mother Jones
Since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, every state-level campaign to limit abortion has failed. But that hasn't stopped Catholic organizations from stepping into the fight again this election year.
Catholic organizations are bankrolling campaigns against abortion-rights measures, spending more than $1.9 million so far in five of the 10 states where such measures are on the ballot, according to a joint investigation by National Catholic Reporter and Mother Jones...
Elissa Slotkin's Strategy Might Beat Trumpism | HuffPost Latest News
But Slotkin has heard from local Republican officials who say they are tired of Trump's "chaos," and from Republican women angry over their party's attack on reproductive rights. "The window is open," Slotkin said. "These people are deciding, what am I going to do?"…
Trump tells Christian leaders that America would be better off if they were more powerful
The former president also promised to try to permanently remove the so-called Johnson Amendment, which would help clergy turn their churches into more obvious MAGA propaganda machines...
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