Trump's Hateful Lies Inspire Bomb Threats in Ohio - The Friday AM Quickie 9/13/24
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THE BIG NEWS
Future of Democracy Watch: Trump Officially Chickens Out of Future Debates
- Stochastic Terrorism: Racist Bomb Threats Force Closure of Springfield, Ohio Schools and Public Buildings After Trump Echoes Nazi Lies About Immigrants "We have Haitians eating our animals and then you lie and claim this is not happening when we see this happening," the person behind the bomb threat wrote, parroting the lies Donald Trump and others spread about Springfield's Haitian community. via USA Today, the Springfield News-Sun, and the Washington Post.
- Talk of the Beltway: What Is Up With Trump's 'Increasing Embrace' of White Supremacist Lunatic Laura Loomer? The 31-year-old twice-failed Florida Republican Congressional candidate best known for handcuffing herself to Twitter's former headquarters frequently visits Mar-a-Lago, flies with Trump, and apparently coached him before and consoled after this week's debate with Kamala Harris; Republicans concerned about the "liability" she brings discouraged Trump from hiring her, but there is still reportedly "little distance" between the two. via the Washington Post, the New York Times, NBC News, CNN, Politico, NOTUS, Semafor, and OK! Magazine.
- Georgia Judge Throws Out 2 of 10 Charges Facing Trump in Election Racketeering Case Meanwhile, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis plans to defy subpeonas by state Republican lawmakers, arguing that they were "improperly issued and overly broad." via the Associated Press, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and the Washington Post.
- Harris Draws Big Crowds in North Carolina and Tests a New Strategy with More Media Appearances Meanwhile, weighing in on RFK Jr.'s ballot status, the highly competitive state's Republican-dominated Supreme Court made a ruling that "will significantly delay the distribution of new ballots—which will, in turn, unlawfully abridge early voting for everyone while jeopardizing the voting rights of service members overseas." via the Post, NOTUS, and Slate.
- Democrats Warn Harris-Walz Plan to Win Over Rural Voters Needs More Specifics, Like the Rest of Their Platform "Her campaign [even] decline[s] to say whether she supports Biden-backed ideas like expanding Social Security benefits and extending Medicare coverage for dental, vision and hearing." via Politico and NBC News.
- 'Deeply Corrupting': Sen. Jeff Merkley Warns About Dark Money 'Thumb on the Scale' in Elections Betting Business Meanwhile, Trump, who is promising to turn the US into the "crypto capital of the planet," will on Monday celebrate the launch of World Liberty Financial, a crypto platform controlled by his sons Don Jr. and Eric. via Politico and the AP.
- Republicans Are Resorting to 'Outright Intimidation' in Desperate Bid to Derail State Abortion-Rights Measures "In Florida, the governor's election police arrived at voters' front doors to question them about signing a petition... encounters that one man said 'left me shaken.'" via the Post.
- Texas Latino Groups Expand Voter Registration Efforts to Push Back on GOP Intimidation Using Armed Officers And in Tarrant County, the state's largest swing county, students and community leaders defeated a Republican effort to restrict early voting on college campuses. via NBC News and the Texas Tribune.
MORE STORIES TO WATCH
NYPD Commish Edward Caban Resigns Amid FBI Probe, Shakedown Allegations
With no fewer than four federal criminal investigations into the administration and campaign of New York City Mayor-Cop Eric Adams, and no charges yet filed, it can be hard to keep track of the who's, what's, and how's of all the corruption in his orbit, especially since many of those implicated are either blood relatives or romantically involved. But New York's NBC affiliate News 4 yesterday broke a story that shows city leaders aren't above an old-fashioned mafia-style shakedown: A Brooklyn bar owner, Shamel Kelly, says an Adams City Hall staffer, Ray Martin, told him to pay off the identical twin brother of New York Police Department Commissioner Edward Caban, James Caban, at least $2,500 to stay in business or else get shut down. Phone records back up the bar owner's story. Although the NYPD fired him for misconduct in 2001, James Caban today has an NYPD security detail. Federal investigators seized Edward Caban's phone last week; yesterday he resigned as head of the NYPD, saying he had "created a distraction." "I wish him well," Adams said. The new interim commissioner is Thomas Donlon, a retired FBI official. The City reports that despite the federal probe targeting top NYPD leaders, the Adams administration "is moving to embed NYPD members into other city agencies," with responsibilities including "permit enforcement." Hmm.
Putin Threatens Escalation Over Ukraine Missile Plan
Is he bluffing? Since Russia invaded Ukraine, White House national security advisers have made the case that Aspiring Tsar Vladimir Putin's threats to escalate the war, either by launching nuclear weapons or attacking more countries, are hollow, and meant only to discourage Ukraine's allies. We'll see, I guess. After meeting at the White House today, President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer are expected to lift restrictions on Ukraine's use of long-range missiles supplied by the two countries and permit them to target military sites deep inside Russia. Putin yesterday tried to discourage that decision with another threat. He told state TV that Ukrainian strikes in Russian territory with long-range missiles supplied by NATO would mean the US and European countries are "fighting" Russia "directly," which would change "the very essence" of the conflict and force him to "make appropriate decisions." US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, meanwhile, was in Warsaw to discuss the "security of Poland's eastern flank" with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk. And Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that Russia's counterattack in Kursk is underway.
QUICKEST QUICKIES
- AMLO Will Sign Controversial Judicial Overhaul on Sunday to Mark Mexico's Independence Day Beginning next summer, Mexican voters will face the daunting task of choosing 9 Supreme Court justices (down from 11 today), 1,635 federal judges, and 5,700 state and local justices, with potentially thousands of names on the ballot. via the Associated Press and the New York Times.
- Turkey Seeks International Arrest Warrants for Israeli Soliders Who Shot and Killed US Activist Aysenur Eygi Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal and Sen. Patty Murray, along with 66 Washington State lawmakers, are calling on the US to open its own "immediate, transparent, credible, and thorough independent" investigation into the Seattle activist's death in the West Bank. via Reuters, the Los Angeles Times, and Al Jazeera.
- North Dakota Judge Strikes Down Extremist Abortion Ban Meanwhile in Florida, the Democratic congressional delegation is asking the Justice Department to investigate Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis's "abuse of official resources to intimidate and unsettle voters" supporting an abortion-rights amendment. via the North Dakota Monitor and the New York Times.
- 'This Is About Respect': 30,000-Strong Boeing Machinists Vote Overwhelmingly to Strike Meanwhile, Amazon said it will increase hourly pay for contracted "delivery service partners" to $22, up from $20.50, as the company faces growing pressure from a Teamsters organizing campaign. via the Associated Press and NBC News.
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50,000
That's how many gallons of water California firefighters needed to use to extinguish the lithium-ion battery fire that broke out when a Tesla semi crashed on Interstate 80 north of Sacramento last month. "In addition to the huge amount of water, firefighters used an aircraft to drop fire retardant on the 'immediate area' of the electric truck as a precautionary measure," the Associated Press reports.
ON THE SHOW TODAY
9/13: It's Casual Friday! Sam and Emma speak with with Heather Digby Parton, contributing writer at Salon.com and proprietor of the blog Hullabaloo, to round up the week in news.
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PARTING WORDS
"The affection and esteem remain, but it is time for me to turn the page and join a party that I feel is closer to my moderate, centrist sensibilities."
-- Rachele Mussolini, a granddaughter of fascist dictator Benito Mussolini and Rome city councilor, speaking to the ANSA news agency about her decision to leave Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy party for one of its coalition partners, Forza Italia, which was founded by Silvio Berlusconi. As Reuters reports, both Meloni and Mussolini have sought to present themselves as mainstream moderates despite their roots in the postwar fascist movement.
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