The Political Thread

[Grim]

Arizona certifies abortion-rights initiative for the November ballot

Arizona's secretary of state's office announced that the 24-week limit will go up for a vote in the battleground state this year.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Grim]

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/blinken-approves-sale-israel-military-equipment-worth-over-20-bln-2024-08-13/

 

[Samoa Looch]

Those people need to realize it's written by his old cabinet members that will very likely be in positions of authority if he wins. Plus the stuff he says on his own website is out of the 2025 manifesto , like the DoE removal

Don't get it twisted though... that Project 2025 group will continue to shove their stuff towards any Republican nominee in the future. People shouldn't think this is a thing that just dissolves by itself when Trump's gone.

 

[Chris]

Hunter Biden Sought State Department Help for Ukrainian Company

After President Biden dropped his re-election bid, his administration released records showing that while he was vice president, his son solicited U.S. government assistance.

www.nytimes.com

Hunter Biden sought assistance from the U.S. government for a potentially lucrative energy project in Italy while his father was vice president, according to newly released records and interviews.

The records, which the Biden administration had withheld for years, indicate that Hunter Biden wrote at least one letter to the U.S. ambassador to Italy in 2016 seeking assistance for the Ukrainian gas company Burisma, where he was a board member.

Embassy officials appear to have been uneasy with the request from the son of the sitting vice president on behalf of a foreign company.

 

[Chris]

https://www.reuters.com/world/japan/japan-pm-kishida-wont-run-re-election-ldp-race-kyodo-reports-2024-08-14/

TOKYO, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will step down as ruling party leader in September, media reported on Wednesday, ending a three-year term marked by rising prices and marred by political scandals.

Kishida, who saw his public support erode, will not seek re-election in the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leader, Japanese media including public broadcaster NHK reported citing senior administration staff.

 

[Chris]

US Rep. Ilhan Omar, a member of the progressive ‘Squad,’ wins Democratic primary in Minnesota

Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar has won her primary race in Minnesota. Omar is one of the progressive House members known as the “Squad.”

apnews.com

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar has won her primary race in Minnesota.

Omar is one of the progressive House members known as the “Squad.” She successfully defended her Minneapolis-area 5th District seat against a repeat challenge from former City Council member Don Samuels in Tuesday’s primary.

She only narrowly defeated the more centrist liberal in the 2022 primary. Omar is a sharp critic of the Israeli government’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war. She avoided the fate of two fellow Squad members who lost their primaries against candidates backed by groups that support Israel.

 

[OsBlaze]

 

[Grim]

They're so fucked

 

[Butters]

I'm pretty sure Logan Paul was named as well.

 

[Comrade Khan]

I'm pretty sure Logan Paul was named as well.

Good he should be

 

[Tommy Shelby]

Don't get it twisted though... that Project 2025 group will continue to shove their stuff towards any Republican nominee in the future. People shouldn't think this is a thing that just dissolves by itself when Trump's gone.

I watched an in depth documentary about this. Wants to become a totalitarian and then his dopes of sons take over. What a douchebag trump is.

 

[Tommy Shelby]

Both Trump and Musk laughing about sacking workers yesterday. Like they're nothing and should be discarded like trash. Wonder why this election in particular will decide America's fate as if trump wins, could lead to a civil war or even worse Chinese and Russian colluding to take America on.

I pray to god that Kamala Harris wins as I don't want trump to be leading the Western world for four more years. Damn him and the republicans who let him get the nomination.

 

[Tommy Shelby]

Good he should be

Well said .

 

[Chris]

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/14/july-consumer-price-index.html

Inflation rose as expected in July, driven by higher housing-related costs, according to a Labor Department report Wednesday that is likely to keep an interest rate cut on the table in September.

The consumer price index, a broad-based measure of prices for goods and services, increased 0.2% for the month, putting the 12-month inflation rate at 2.9%. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been looking for respective readings of 0.2% and 3%.

Excluding food and energy, core CPI came in at a 0.2% monthly increase and a 3.2% annual rate, meeting expectations.

 

[Chris]

It's paywalled but this is an actual NY times article about wrestling and this year's election, and yes it mentions the union story