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Post by mhbruin on Aug 23, 2022 9:05:21 GMT -8
What do you say to comfort a friend who’s struggling with grammar? There, their, they’re.
Herschel Lie-Walker Hates Trees
Herschel Walker, the Republican Senate nominee in Georgia, criticized the spending provisions in the newly passed health care and climate law, including money allocated for an urban forestry program which he dismissed as unnecessary.
“A lot of money it’s going to trees. Don’t we have enough trees around here?” Walker said at a Republican Jewish Committee event near Atlanta, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
In a follow-up tweet Monday evening, Walker doubled down on his criticism, directing it toward his Democratic opponent, Sen. Raphael Warnock, and President Joe Biden.
“Yes, you heard me right,” Walker tweeted. “Joe Biden and @reverendwarnock are spending $1.5 billion on ‘urban forestry’ and raising taxes on those making under $200k to pay for it. Yes, I have a problem with that.”
The law does not directly raise taxes on Americans making under $200,000 per year. And Democrats say families making less than $400,000 per year will not be affected, in line with a pledge by Biden.
I Suppose He Would Rather Give the Money to Billionaires
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Post by mhbruin on Aug 23, 2022 9:10:23 GMT -8
It's Not Just Document-Gate
The Justice Department has issued a new grand jury subpoena to the National Archives for more documents as part of its investigation into the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, two sources familiar with the investigation tell CNN.
This latest subpoena, issued on August 17, is in addition to a subpoena the Department of Justice sent to the Archives earlier this year, requesting the same documents and information that the Archives had previously handed over to the House select committee investigating January 6.
This new subpoena, which has not been previously reported, is understood to request additional documents and data from the Archives, pertaining to a period of time both before and after January 6.
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Post by mhbruin on Aug 23, 2022 9:13:07 GMT -8
Missouri Thinks Hungry Kids Learn Better
There was plenty of food in the orange coolers full of free summer meals when a father pulled up, asking for two suppers to bring home to his children. But staff at the meal site in this rural community, where over 60% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunches, could not give the man anything.
That’s because Missouri chose not to opt in to a federal waiver that allows parents and kids to pick up meals and take them home, a pandemic-era benefit that vastly expanded access to meals.
Missouri was the only state that did not allow a grab-and-go option for its Summer Food Service Program operators, according to an exclusive NBC News analysis based on responses from all 50 states.
The result was a dramatic drop in the number of meals that Missouri kids received: up to 97% fewer than last summer at some sites, community operators across the state told NBC News.
Staff who served meals said they felt like their hands were tied. If meal site operators do not follow the rules of the federally funded program, their organizations do not get reimbursed for the meals they dole out. Yet it was clear, they said, that meals were not reaching everyone who needed them.
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Post by mhbruin on Aug 23, 2022 9:16:49 GMT -8
Think Lyft is Better Than Uber?
Many people across the country say they are unable to use Lyft because the ride-sharing company won’t make wheelchair accessible vehicles (or WAVs) available to passengers with nonfolding wheelchairs in areas outside of where Lyft is required by state laws to do so (or “non-access” regions, as disability rights groups call them). Advocates aren’t seeking any monetary damages but, instead, are asking Lyft to help WAV drivers reach riders in need by both allowing drivers to categorize their vehicles as WAVs, and turn off any app blockers that would prevent riders from selecting the company’s accessible ride option in these non-access regions.
Attorney Jeremiah Frei-Pearson said Lyft does this in cities located in states with government regulations, including Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Portland, Phoenix, San Francisco, and some surrounding areas. But disability rights groups want Lyft to make this access available nationwide.
Lyft has been embroiled in the class action suit over the matter since 2017, when Lowell and WDOMI sued the company for failing to accommodate people with wheelchairs that don’t fold. Now, in court filings obtained exclusively by NBC News, which will later be made public, Lyft is arguing that it is not subject to regulations in the Americans with Disabilities Act that would require it to ensure the availability of wheelchair accessible vehicles because it is a technology company, not a transportation business.
“Lyft is not a government institution. It is a private company that has no obligation to provide WAVs on its platform,” Lyft officials wrote in a private federal court filing obtained by NBC News. Lyft officials will appear in court over the suit on Aug. 29 in White Plains, New York.
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Post by mhbruin on Aug 23, 2022 9:18:25 GMT -8
Oops!
In Florida, the Republican lieutenant governor has been facing bipartisan blowback for her proposal to send migrants to President Joe Biden’s home state. During a radio interview last week, Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez said she supported sending newly arrived Cuban migrants to Delaware, an idea that drew a firestorm because, well, many Cubans live in Florida, for one.
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Post by sagobob on Aug 23, 2022 9:18:56 GMT -8
What do you say to comfort a friend who’s struggling with grammar? There, their, they’re. Herschel Lie-Walker Hates TreesHerschel Walker, the Republican Senate nominee in Georgia, criticized the spending provisions in the newly passed health care and climate law, including money allocated for an urban forestry program which he dismissed as unnecessary. “A lot of money it’s going to trees. Don’t we have enough trees around here?” Walker said at a Republican Jewish Committee event near Atlanta, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. In a follow-up tweet Monday evening, Walker doubled down on his criticism, directing it toward his Democratic opponent, Sen. Raphael Warnock, and President Joe Biden. “Yes, you heard me right,” Walker tweeted. “Joe Biden and @reverendwarnock are spending $1.5 billion on ‘urban forestry’ and raising taxes on those making under $200k to pay for it. Yes, I have a problem with that.” The law does not directly raise taxes on Americans making under $200,000 per year. And Democrats say families making less than $400,000 per year will not be affected, in line with a pledge by Biden. I Suppose He Would Rather Give the Money to BillionairesIf your ran a DNA analysis of a MAGA Republican, would you find a dominant liar gene on both or one of the chromosomes? |
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Post by mhbruin on Aug 23, 2022 9:20:38 GMT -8
It Must Be Hot in Russia
To be clear, that’s an ammo dump in Russia, near the Ukrainian border, just randomly deciding to blow up. Because it is hot.
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Post by mhbruin on Aug 23, 2022 9:26:58 GMT -8
Is the QOP Now the OTP (Old Trump Party)
Just 50% of Republican voters say they are more loyal to the Republican Party than to Donald Trump himself, down from 58% a few months ago. And 41% now say they support Trump over the party, up from 34%.
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Post by mhbruin on Aug 23, 2022 9:29:43 GMT -8
If Money Can Buy Elections, We Are Screwed
A Republican donor gave $1.6 billion to a new conservative nonprofit last year, the largest known donation to a political advocacy group in the nation’s history, The New York Times reported Monday.
The group, Marble Freedom Trust, is run by Leonard Leo, the co-chair of the conservative Federalist Society, an influential force in Washington that has worked to transform the nation’s judiciary. Leo has been instrumental in the fight to overturn Americans’ access to abortion and limit voting rights across the nation. ProPublica notes Leo has directly helped select judges to be nominated to the Supreme Court and organized massive media campaigns to see them confirmed.
The sheer size of the donation will likely aid the nation’s conservative wing for years, if not decades, and will serve as a particular boon to the GOP as the country heads into November’s midterm elections.
The money came via Barre Seid, a 90-year-old electronics manufacturing tycoon from Chicago, who transferred the massive sum via a series of legal tax loopholes that seem to have largely avoided any liabilities, the Times reported. Seid donated 100% of his shares in his company, Tripp Lite, to the nonprofit group before the company was then sold for $1.65 billion to an Irish conglomerate.
The nonprofit group received the proceeds from the sale, which was completed in March 2021, some $1.6 billion in total. ProPublica added the structure of the donation likely avoided as much as $400 million in taxes.
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Post by mhbruin on Aug 23, 2022 9:30:53 GMT -8
Did He Call the Documents "My Precious"?
Former President Donald Trump had more than 300 classified documents at his Florida estate, Mar-a-Lago, that have since been recovered by the federal government, The New York Times reported Monday.
The figures represent three batches of documents that federal officials have recovered in recent months amid growing concern Trump had absconded with the files after he left the White House. About 150 documents marked classified were handed over to the National Archives in January, a large number that prompted concern from officials there that Trump may have had additional sensitive material in the bowels of the resort.
Trump reportedly went through those boxes himself late last year before they were turned over.
Officials at the Justice Department later went to the Florida estate in June with a subpoena for any additional classified material. But reviews of security footage and information from interviews with Trump’s aides led them to believe there were even more documents that hadn’t been turned over.
The Times added that former White House officials were tasked with trying to return the documents to the federal government, but Trump resisted, calling the boxes “Mine.”
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Post by mhbruin on Aug 23, 2022 9:33:28 GMT -8
Is This the Dumbest Excuse Yet?
Donald Trump Jr. now claims it would probably be a “good” thing if his father, a private citizen living at a resort in Florida, was still holding on to the nuclear codes.
“By the way, for the record, I’d say that if Donald Trump actually still had the nuclear codes, it’d probably be good,” he said Monday at a campaign event for Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.).
“Our enemies might actually be like, ‘OK, maybe let’s not mess with them,’ unlike when they look at Joe Biden and they say, ‘You know what? We should attack now.’”
Hey, Dummy Jr: They Change the Nuclear Launch Codes Daily
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Post by mhbruin on Aug 23, 2022 9:37:15 GMT -8
The Only People Who Matter to the QOP Are Gun Manufacturers
Most U.S. adults want to see gun laws made stricter and think gun violence is increasing nationwide, according to a new poll that finds broad public support for a variety of gun restrictions, including many that are supported by majorities of Republicans and gun owners.
The poll by the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows 71% of Americans say gun laws should be stricter, including about half of Republicans, the vast majority of Democrats and a majority of those in gun-owning households.
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