Ilhan Omar Wins Her Primary By Wide Margin - The Wednesday AM Quickie 8/14/24

By Corey Pein — Aug 14, 2024

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THE BIG NEWS

Future of Democracy Watch: 'Quit Whining,' Haley Tells Trump as Campaign Sputters

Squad Rep. Ilhan Omar Defeats Primary Challenger She Outspent 6 to 1 Unlike more vulnerable incumbents Jamaal Bowman and Cori Bush, AIPAC decided not to spend against against three-term Minnesota Democrat in her primary this year. via NBC News and the Washington Post.
Abortion Rights Amendments Make the Ballot in Arizona and Missouri Polls this year show 65 percent of likely Arizona voters will support the abortion rights measure, with a plurality of Missouri voters – 44 percent – saying the same. via the Associated Press and the New York Times.
'I am Damn Proud of My Service,' Walz Says as Polls Show Solid Numbers Despite GOP Swiftboating Attempt "Can you simply picture Donald Trump working at a McDonald's, trying to make a McFlurry or something?" the Democratic vice presidential nominee asked at his first solo rally in Los Angeles. via the New York Times and the Washington Post.
Nice: Harris Rally Attendance Up 669 Percent Over Biden; Campaign Is Converting Crowds Into Volunteer Force "When [Trump] claims that 'nobody' showed up at a 10,000-person Harris-Walz rally in Michigan that was livestreamed and widely covered by the media, that it was all AI, and that Democrats cheat all of the time, there is a method to his madness," Vermont socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders warns. "If you can convince your supporters that thousands of people who attended a televised rally do not exist, it will not be hard to convince them that the election returns in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and elsewhere are 'fake' and 'fraudulent.'" via NBC News and Common Dreams.
Colorado Republican Tina Peters Found Guilty on 7 of 10 Charges After Helping MyPillow Guy's Minions Steal Voting Security Info Mike Lindell claims to have contributed at least $800,000 of his pillow fortune toward the former Mesa County Elections Clerk's unsuccessful legal defense, which sought to portray the MAGA conspirator as a selfless martyr steamrolled by the government. via the AP and the Colorado Sun.
Many Tipped Workers Wouldn't Benefit from Trump's Promised Tax Break; Harris's Plan Is More Comprehensive "Saru Jayaraman, president of One Fair Wage, a national labor organization that has advocated to change the laws that allow employers to pay workers well below the standard minimum wage if they receive tips, said in a statement that both Harris's and Trump's proposals are 'merely a superficial attempt to address the affordability crisis faced by service workers.'" via the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times.
Teamsters Black Caucus Votes Unanimously to Back Harris "Trump showed us for 40 years who he really is: someone who is not for us. Endorsing a candidate with his history would be a betrayal of the values that we have fought to uphold," Teamsters National Black Caucus chair James Curbeam says in a warning to union president Sean O'Brien, who spoke at the Republican National Convention. via Politico.
UAW Files Labor Charges Against Trump and Musk Over Livestreamed Chat About Firing Striking Workers "That was illegal union-busting in real time, and they should be held accountable," Liz Shuler, president of the AFL-CIO, the massive labor federation of which the United Auto Workers is an affiliate. via the Washington Post and NBC News.

MORE STORIES TO WATCH

World Tour: Iran Says Only a Gaza Ceasefire Will Keep It from Retaliating Against Israel

Ukraine Claims It Won't Occupy Land Seized in Russia "For us to keep hold of this Russian territory we need two things," one Ukrainian soldier on Russian soil tells BBC News. "More towns like Sudzha under our control, and reserves. Our front line is already [strained], and it’s not clear where we will get them." via the Associated Press and the Financial Times.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida Steps Down; His Liberal Democratic Party Will Vote for a Successor Kishida faced pressure from his own party to resign following sticky scandals over campaign finance and historic ties to the culty right-wing Unification Church. via the AP and the New York Times.
Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Now Under Investigation for Murder in Protest Crackdown After their victory in forcing Sheikh Hasina out of power, student protesters are also expressing "fears that the old guard would hijack the revolution by undermining the transitional government, headed by Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus." via BBC News and the Washington Post.
Workers Strike at World's Largest Copper Mine in Chile The fearless 2,400-member union at BHP's Escondida mine is demanding 1 percent of shareholder dividends be distributed to workers as copper prices soar, amounting to a $36,000 bonus. via Reuters.

Discovery of Buried Mars Ocean Sends Earth Governments Racing to Drill, Baby, Drill

Last month I told you about how NASA's Perseverance rover had discovered physical evidence of possible ancient life on Mars. This week, another Mars discovery made thanks to a different NASA robot raised the possibility of currently existing life on the red planet. University of California scientists analyzed measurements taken by NASA's Mars InSight lander near the planet's equator, and determined that there is an underground ocean of liquid water buried 7 to 12 miles beneath the surface. The scientists do not claim to have discovered Martian life, but rather explain to the Associated Press that "our findings mean that there are environments that could possibly be habitable." Political and business leaders may be less interested in the subsurface water supply for the proof of extraterrestrial life that may be found there than for the fuel it may supply on future missions to extract Martian resources. "Russia and China, both spacefaring nations with a penchant for flexing technical credentials, have the upper hand here," science writer Anjana Ahuja notes in the Financial Times, with both countries boasting super-deep drilling projects on Earth. Meanwhile, the Guardian reports that NASA has struck a deal with BP to develop drilling tech for "extreme environments" including, potentially, on Mars. Space critters beware.

QUICKEST QUICKIES

Justice Department May Break Up Google to Remedy Its Online Monopolies "A forced breakup of Google would be the biggest of a US company since AT&T was dismantled in the 1980s." via the New York Times and Bloomberg.
Biden Will Pay $5 Billion to Private Insurers to Keep Premiums Down After Capping Medicare Drug Costs The president was in New Orleans yesterday to announce $150 million in federal research grants as part of his "moonshot" initiative to reduce cancer deaths. via Politico and the Associated Press.
Ohio Cop Who Killed Pregnant Black Woman By Shooting Through Her Windshield Charged with Murder Blendon Township police officer Connor Grubb faces two sets of counts of murder, felonious assault, and involuntary manslaughter: one for 21-year-old Ta'Kiya Young, and another for her fetus. via the Associated Press and the Washington Post.
Felony Charge Drops on Former Kansas Police Chief Who Raided Small-Town Newspaper The Marion County Record's publisher, Eric Meyer, is disappointed that former Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody was only charged with one count of interference with a judicial process, and not over the baseless raids on the paper's office and Meyer's home. via the Post.

SOME NUMBER

$20 billion

That's the value of the Biden administration's latest weapons sale to Israel, announced yesterday by the State Department. The long-term deal includes 50 F-15 fighter jets, advanced air-to-air missiles, tactical vehicles, tank ammunition, and explosive mortars, with the earliest deliveries beginning in 2026.

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PARTING WORDS

"We've all been ditched. People are helping with whatever they can. The government doesn't care."

-- Ivan, a 34-year-old resident of the town of Sudzha, in Russia's Kursk region, speaking to the New York Times about how people are responding to the town's seizure by Ukrainian troops. On state television, Russian authorities insist the situation in Kursk "is under control."

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