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  • Opinion: Did political correctness and backroom dealing doom the Democratic ticket from the start?

    10/19/2024 6:53:42 PM PDT · by lasereye · 90 replies
    The Hill ^ | OCT 19, 2024 | Douglas MacKinnon
    The Democratic Party has a number of very impressive politicians and potential candidates within its ranks. That said, most Republicans, some Democrats and arguably millions of Americans don’t believe Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz are two of them. It didn’t have to be this way. The Democratic National Committee as well as the Democratic powerbrokers behind the scenes could have engineered a much stronger and much more electable ticket. They simply chose not to. Why? In part, because they were afraid of the optics and the potential blowback. I wrote on this site multiple times over...
  • Trump widens lead over Harris in Georgia: Poll

    10/02/2024 12:01:50 PM PDT · by Roadrunner383 · 37 replies
    The Hill via Yahoo ^ | 10/1/24 | Julia Mueller
    A new Quinnipiac University poll shows Trump up 6 points over Harris in the Peach State, with 50 percent support to her 44 percent. Another 3 percent backed other candidates. That’s a slightly bigger lead than Trump enjoyed last month, when the pollster found Trump up 4 points among likely Georgia voters.
  • Deploy NATO troops to the Gaza border

    09/26/2024 9:52:07 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 42 replies
    The Hill ^ | 09/26/2024 | Ronald H. Linden
    Lest the world forget, a war is still raging in Gaza. Among the many obstacles to even a modest cease-fire, there is the Philadelphi corridor. Less than nine miles long and roughly as wide as a football field, it occupies a crucial border location — including the Rafah crossing — between Egypt and Gaza. Egypt patrolled its side of the border after the 1979 peace agreement, then the Palestinian Authority took over control when Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005. But the PA was itself driven out by Hamas in 2007. Since then, the Rafah crossing has been a central...
  • Biden says US is doing ‘everything we can’ to prevent wider war in the Middle East

    09/22/2024 3:46:16 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 22 replies
    The Hill ^ | 09/22/2024 | Tara Suter
    President Biden said the U.S. is doing “everything we can” to prevent wider war in the Middle East on Sunday. “We’re going to do everything we can to keep a wider war from breaking out,” the president said, according to a White House pool report, responding to a question about the region’s “rising tensions.” Biden’s words follow the recent exchange of fire between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. More than 30 people were killed in an airstrike by Israel aimed at Hezbollah in Beirut, a Lebanese health official said Saturday.
  • Jill Biden: ‘We have to have a peaceful transfer of power’ in January

    09/20/2024 10:51:27 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 80 replies
    The Hill ^ | 09/20/2024 | Ashleigh Fields -
    First lady Jill Biden emphasized the importance of a “peaceful transfer of power” in January in an article from NBC News that published Friday. “I think we have to vote. As Americans, you know, that’s a right that we’ve been given, and I think we have to take advantage of that, and then we have to have a peaceful transfer of power,” she proclaimed. The first lady, NBC reported, had been asked what she would tell the country “during a toxic campaign season.” After President Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 election, Trump refused to accept the results...
  • Overwhelming majority of Black voters in key battlegrounds supporting Harris: Polling

    09/19/2024 8:59:01 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 77 replies
    The Hill ^ | 09/19/2024 | Cheyanne M. Daniels
    A majority of Black voters in battleground states support Vice President Harris over former President Trump, according to new polling. A new Howard Initiative on Public Opinion survey found that 78 percent of registered Black voters across Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin said they would vote for Harris over Trump if the election were held today. That number increased to 82 percent among likely voters. Only 12 percent of likely voters said they would vote for Trump in November. An overwhelming 96 percent of likely voters said there was a slight to no chance they would...
  • Ocasio-Cortez condemns Israel over pager attacks in Lebanon

    09/18/2024 3:21:29 PM PDT · by Eleutheria5 · 63 replies
    The Hill ^ | 18/9/24 | Ashley Fields
    Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday condemned Israel over a series of explosions across Lebanon involving pagers that targeted members of militant group Hezbollah. Ocasio-Cortez, a vocal critic of Israel’s government amid its broader war in Gaza, weighed in following reports that Israel’s intelligence and military arms were behind Tuesday’s pager attack that killed a dozen people and injured several thousand. “This attack clearly and unequivocally violates international humanitarian law and undermines US efforts to prevent a wider conflict,” the New York Democrat wrote on social media platform X. “Congress needs a full accounting of the attack, including an answer...
  • Emboldened Fed lowers interest rates by half-point

    09/18/2024 11:10:59 AM PDT · by Aquamarine · 77 replies
    The Hill ^ | 9/18/24 | Taylor Giorno
    The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 50 basis points Wednesday, the central bank’s first rate reduction following a two-and-a-half year crusade against inflation that raged in the wake of the pandemic. The new federal funds rate is 4.75 percent to 5 percent, a jumbo rate cut that signals the Fed’s confidence that its war against inflation is coming to an end. The pandemic hit the economy hard, scrambling supply chains, shuttering stores and leading to layoffs of millions of Americans. When the world started to reopen in the spring of 2021, however, the economy went into overdrive. The consumer...
  • Tell us something we DON'T KNOW: The Hill says Democrats believe Kamala Harris will pivot LEFT if elected

    09/17/2024 7:45:31 PM PDT · by NetAddicted · 23 replies
    Twitchy.com ^ | 9/17/2024 | Amy Curtis
    If you didn't see this headline coming a mile away, you weren't paying attention. We all know Kamala Harris is running a center-left campaign in order to win. No one wants a president who will confiscate guns, outlaw gas-powered cars, and ban your stove while using the DOJ to silence any Americans who disagree with her. But here's The Hill, saying the quiet part out loud: No. Duh. They write: Democratic lawmakers are giving Vice President Harris a pass on her policy flip-flops and efforts to tack toward the political center, confident she’s still a progressive at heart and will...
  • It’s official: America’s real wages are up under Biden-Harris

    09/17/2024 9:07:17 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 79 replies
    The Hill ^ | 09/17/2024 | Michael Mandel
    With inflation easing, the wages of working-class Americans are finally moving into the plus column. Average hourly pay for production and nonsupervisory workers — who make up four-fifths of employees — hit $30.27 in August, according to the latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. According to my organization’s analysis, working-class Americans’ wages, adjusted for inflation, have just edged higher than they were on Election Day, 2020. The average working-class American can now answer “Yes” to the question, “Are you better off now than you were under Donald Trump?” That’s obviously important for political symbolism. But the milestone for...
  • Eric Adams’ Top Aide RESIGNS; Corruption Inquiry WIDENS

    09/16/2024 2:49:33 PM PDT · by Eleutheria5 · 34 replies
    The Hill ^ | 16/9/24 | Robby Soave and Niall Stanage
    Transcript linked below video.
  • Opinion: Former National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster adds to UFO speculation

    09/13/2024 7:53:34 AM PDT · by RoosterRedux · 117 replies
    The Hill/MSN.com ^ | marik von rennenkampff
    Former National Security Advisor and retired Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster became the latest official to make eyebrow-raising comments about UFOs, now formally rebranded as “unidentified anomalous phenomena” or UAP. Asked about UAP during a Sept. 6 appearance on “Real Time with Bill Maher,” McMaster stated that “there are phenomena that have been witnessed by multiple people that are just inexplicable by any kind of science available to us.” ... Over a decade after they were first formally reported, naval aviators’ daily observations of UAP exhibiting amazing flight characteristics off the East Coast remain officially unexplained. John Ratcliffe, director of...
  • Debate night: Just another night of Kamala Harris dodging all substantive questions

    09/10/2024 8:34:26 PM PDT · by The Old Hoosier · 63 replies
    The Hill ^ | 9-10-2024 | Derek Hunter
    ...Kamala Harris was trying to simultaneously “reintroduce” herself and “redefine” herself after more than two decades in public office. It did not go well...
  • Trump’s escalating threats alarm his opponents

    09/10/2024 11:12:42 AM PDT · by RandFan · 62 replies
    The Hill ^ | 09/10/24 6:00 AM ET | by Brett Samuels -
    Trump over the weekend threatened to prosecute donors, lawyers and elections officials who he claimed “cheated” in the 2020 election or who engaged in behavior he deemed “unscrupulous” in November. And he elevated a dubious claim about fraud involving mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania, echoing rhetoric he used to cast doubt on the 2020 results. Republicans have long argued Trump’s fixation on the 2020 election and his claims of widespread fraud are unhelpful politically, but critics viewed Trump’s most recent posts as a blaring warning sign about how Trump may react to November’s results, win or lose. “As we head into...
  • Speaker Johnson plowing ahead with funding plan despite GOP opposition

    09/10/2024 8:47:39 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 25 replies
    The Hill ^ | 09/10/2024 | Mychael Schnell and Emily Brooks
    Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is plowing ahead with his plan to avert a government shutdown despite GOP opposition that is large enough to tank the effort, setting the stage for a potentially embarrassing vote on the House floor that will foil the Speaker’s funding strategy. At least six Republicans, including hard-line conservatives and defense hawks, have said they will vote against Johnson’s government funding gambit, which pairs a six-month continuing resolution (CR) with a Trump-backed bill requiring proof of citizenship to vote. Republicans can only afford to lose four of their members if all Democrats vote “no” and there is...
  • New poll shows Florida, Texas within margin of error in Harris-Trump race

    09/06/2024 10:33:53 AM PDT · by thegagline · 97 replies
    The Hill ^ | 09/06/2024 | Jared Gans
    Florida and Texas are within the margin of error in the presidential race between former President Trump and Vice President Harris, according to a poll released Friday. The survey from Emerson College Polling/The Hill showed Trump leading Harris in Florida by 5 points, 50 percent to 45 percent, and in Texas by 4 points, 50 percent to 46 percent. The results are a bit closer than what some other polling has found on the races but not completely out of sync with recent polls that have shown a tighter race in those states. *** The forecast model from The Hill/Decision...
  • Boebert defends vote against veterans’ health benefits, saying she didn’t want to spend ‘$600 billion forever’

    09/06/2024 1:00:59 AM PDT · by RandFan · 51 replies
    The Hill ^ | 09/05/24 3:17 PM ET | by Sarah Fortinsky -
    Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) defended her vote against bipartisan legislation that expanded health benefits for veterans, saying Tuesday she didn’t want to spend “$600 billion forever.” Boebert faced off in a general election debate against her Democratic opponent, Trisha Calvarese. The Democrat pressed Boebert to explain why she didn’t support the landmark “Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our PACT Act,” which expanded benefits for millions of veterans who were exposed to toxins during service and are suffering illnesses as a result. “If you’re going to take care of folks, what about our veterans, Lauren? You know, because you’re talking...
  • Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears files to run for governor in 2025

    09/05/2024 8:00:59 AM PDT · by DFG · 35 replies
    The Hill ^ | 09/05/2024 | Julia Manchester
    Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears (R) filed paperwork this week to run for governor next year in the state. Sears’s paperwork was accepted by Virginia’s Department of Elections on Wednesday, according to Nexstar’s Richmond affiliate WRIC. The Hill is owned by Nexstar Media Group. The development comes after Sears’s team said on Wednesday she would be making a “special announcement” in Virginia Beach on Thursday. Sears is the first Republican to jump into the off-year race that will likely dominate campaign news next year. Late last year, Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) launched her own campaign for the governor’s mansion. The...
  • Former GOP senator says he won’t vote for Trump or Harris

    09/03/2024 9:40:10 AM PDT · by RandFan · 44 replies
    The Hill ^ | 09/03/24 10:55 AM ET | by Alexander Bolton
    Former Sen. Pat Toomey (R), who represented the key state of Pennsylvania for 12 years in the Senate, says he won’t vote for former President Trump or Vice President Harris in November’s election. Toomey noted during an interview on CNBC that he voted for Trump in 2016 and 2020 but can’t bring himself to support Trump again because of his efforts to overturn the results of the last presidential election. “When you lose an election and you try to overturn the results so that you can stay in power, you lose me. You lose me at that point,” Toomey said...
  • They’re Saying It Out Loud: Dems Want Harris to Hide Her Policies Until After the Election

    09/03/2024 7:15:45 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 56 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | Michael Austin, The Western Journal
    It never ceases to amaze this writer how undemocratic the “Democratic” party can be. Just a month ago, party leaders unceremoniously replaced their nominee with Vice President Kamala Harris, who hadn’t won a single primary vote. Working alongside Big Tech censors and powerful corporate media outlets, Democrat elites have conspired to silence speech that won’t help Harris win the forthcoming presidential election. Bluntly put, the Democrats want to keep Americans in the dark. There’s perhaps no better evidence of this than recent reports that multiple members of the party are urging Harris not to share a policy platform. That’s right:...