September 23, 2024
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Democrats fear pollsters are undercounting Trump . . . Senate Democrats are worried pollsters are once again undercounting the Trump vote and say Vice President Harris's slim lead in battleground states, especially Pennsylvania, is cause for serious concern. After getting shocked by Hillary Clinton's upset loss in 2016 and surprised by former President Trump's stronger-than-expected performance in 2020, Democratic lawmakers are bracing themselves for another Election Night surprise. One Democratic senator who requested anonymity acknowledged that both Clinton and President Biden were doing better in the polls against Trump in 2016 and 2020, respectively, than Harris is performing right now. The Hill
Politics
Trump's prospects improve in the Sunbelt . . . Voters across the Sun Belt say that Donald J. Trump improved their lives when he was president — and worry that a Kamala Harris White House would not — setting the stage for an extraordinarily competitive contest in three key states, according to the latest polls from The New York Times and Siena College. The polls found that Mr. Trump has gained a lead in Arizona and remains ahead in Georgia, two states that he lost to President Biden in 2020. But in North Carolina, which has not voted for a Democrat since 2008, Ms. Harris trails Mr. Trump by just a narrow margin. New York Times
Kamala Harris to skip traditional Al Smith dinner . . . Vice President Kamala Harris has decided to dodge former president Trump and skip this year's Al Smith Dinner — a major election year event that generations of candidates have attended — becoming the first presidential hopeful to duck out since failed presidential wannabe Walter Mondale in 1984. While Trump has agreed to go to the 79th iteration of the Archdiocese of New York's dinner on Oct. 17, Harris's camp says she will instead campaign in key battleground states. New York Post
The dinner is a light-hearted affair that requires spontaneity and possibly going off script.
Who's next?
NFL's 'Nonpartisan' Voter Registration Effort Partners with Left-Wing Organizations . . . The NFL claims to have engaged in a "nonpartisan" get-out-the-vote effort for the 2024 election, but a look at its list of partners reveals that it has only teamed up with organizations that promote left-wing candidates and causes. On its NFL Votes webpage, the league explains that the effort, launched in 2020, is a "league-wide, nonpartisan initiative that supports and encourages civic engagement among NFL players, and legends, club and league personnel, and fans." Breitbart
Trump says if he loses, 2024 run will be his last
Trump would be 82 in 2028
House Republicans drop SAVE Act in favor of clean stopgap spending bill . . . House Republicans are moving forward with plans to vote on a clean stopgap spending bill that will extend government funding until mid-December, dropping a proof-of-citizenship voting measure backed by former President Donald Trump from their latest proposal. The continuing resolution, released on Sunday, would continue current spending levels until Dec. 20, buying lawmakers time to continue negotiations for the federal budget for the 2025 fiscal year. Washington Examiner
Fetterman on pager attack in Lebanon: 'I love it' . . . I want to be very clear, I thought what Israel chose to do about blowing up the pagers and walkie-talkies and then after targeting and eliminating membership and leadership of Hezbollah – I absolutely support that. In fact, if anything, I love it," he added. Fetterman has been one of the most outspoken supporters of Israel among congressional Democrats following Hamas's attack on Oct. 7 and the subsequent war in Gaza, which has evolved into a wider Middle Eastern conflict. Washington Examiner
Top staff from Mark Robinson campaign resign after porn website scandal . . . Four top staff members on Mark Robinson's campaign team have resigned from their roles, the campaign announced Sunday, three days after the embattled Republican candidate for North Carolina governor denied making years-old salacious posts on a pornographic website. Conrad Pogorzelski III, Robinson's general consultant and senior adviser; campaign manager Chris Rodriguez; finance director Heather Whillier; and deputy campaign manager Jason Rizk all stepped down just weeks before the election. Politico
Culture
As Minnesota governor, Tim Walz held racially segregated programs for teachers and vets . . . In 2022, for example, Walz's Department of Education held restorative justice "trainings and sessions" for teachers and other school officials. Participants were explicitly divided by race, with the agency establishing a "People of Color Affinity Community" for "people who personally identify as Black People, Indigenous People and People of Color." The agency advised "White Allies" to "attend other circle trainings." Washington Free Beacon
Air Force hopes to reduce white males in ROTC . . . The Air Force finally handed over a trove of documents pertaining to its sweeping "goal" of reducing the number of white male applicants in a popular officer program after spending months stonewalling requests for their release. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman C.Q. Brown—at the time the highest-ranking member of the Air Force—issued a memorandum in 2022 that the branch was updating its racial and gender demographic goals for applicants seeking to become officers, in a bid to prioritize "diversity and inclusion." Daily Signal
From Top Gun to Rainbow Pistol.
National Security
Electronic warfare spooks airlines, pilots . . . American Airlines Capt. Dan Carey knew his cockpit equipment was lying to him when an alert began blaring "pull up!" as his Boeing 777 passed over Pakistan in March—at an altitude of 32,000 feet, far above any terrain. The warning stemmed from a kind of electronic warfare that hundreds of civilian pilots encounter each day: GPS spoofing. The alert turned out to be false but illustrated how fake signals that militaries use to ward off drones and missiles are also permeating growing numbers of commercial aircraft, including U.S. airlines' international flights. Wall Street Journal
Trump to hammer China buying American farmland . . . "We have to have control of our land," Trump said in a nearly hour-long phone interview with Breitbart News on Sunday afternoon. "We have to have control of our economy. We have to have control of our borders. We have to make sure we're in charge of our own country. We're losing that with these people, these unbelievable so-called leaders we have. Breitbart
International
Israel probing whether Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has been killed . . . The Israeli military is investigating whether Hamas chief and Oct. 7 mastermind Yahya Sinwar may have been killed in a recent airstrike on Gaza, according to multiple reports. Some media claim Sinwar may have been killed or wounded in one of the most recent bombings in an unspecified part of the Gaza Strip, nearly a year since the terror chief green-lit the Oct. 7 terrorist attack that sparked the war. New York Post
Marxist Anura Kumara Dissanayake sworn in as Sri Lanka's president . . . Marxist politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka's president on Monday after an election that saw voters reject an old guard accused of leading the country into economic crisis. The election came as the country seeks to recover from a severe economic crisis that led to shortages of essentials such as foods, medicines, cooking gas and fuel in 2022, triggering massive protests that forced then-President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to flee the country and resign. Associated Press
At what point does the evidence of Marxism's failure sink in?
Princess Kate makes first public appearance after cancer treatment . . . Kate, the Princess of Wales, made her first public appearance Sunday since she announced she had completed chemotherapy and would return to some public duties. Kate and her husband, Prince William, were seen Sunday attending church with King Charles III and Queen Camilla near their royal Balmoral estate in Scotland. Associated Press
Money
Kmart is down to just one small store . . . The Kmart store in Bridgehampton — the last full-size Kmart in the United States — will close in October after 25 years in operation. The closing will leave Kmart, a once-dominant discounter known for its blue light specials, with one small store in the United States, in Miami. The Bridgehampton store will close Oct. 20, an employee said by phone Sunday. Newsday
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Secret Service says 'complacency' led to security gaps in Butler . . . The Secret Service's internal investigation of the first assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump found "complacency" among some of its employees who conducted the advance security planning for the July 13 rally that led to protocol breaches. Secret Service acting Director Ronald Rowe said in a news conference Friday that those employees will be disciplined, but he declined to go into details. Washington Times
America's Ambitious Climate Plan Is Faltering . . . Renewable energy is growing faster than expected. But surging demand for power is sucking up much of that additional capacity and forcing utilities to burn fossil fuels, including coal, for longer than expected. Global emissions are at records; the shift away from fossil fuels is slowing amid high costs, surging power demand. Wall Street Journal
A lost cat's mysterious 2-month, 900-mile journey home to California . . . A gray cat living an extraordinary life of visits to the beach and trips to the lake went on his biggest adventure alone: traveling hundreds of miles from Wyoming to California. But how the feline named Rayne Beau — pronounced "rainbow" — made it home two months after getting lost in Yellowstone National Park during a summer camping trip remains a mystery. Associated Press
6-year-old boy abducted from California in 1951 is found safe on East Coast after 70-year search . . . A California family's 70-year search for their kidnapped relative ended in June after an online DNA test finally put them on the right track — to the other end of the country. Luis Armando Albino, a retired firefighter and Vietnam War veteran living on the East Coast, was kidnapped from a park in Oakland, California, in 1951 when he was 6 years old. He had been playing with his older brother when a woman wearing a bandana approached him, speaking to him in Spanish and promising that she would buy him candy if he came with her. New York Post
Guilty Pleasures
Hong Kong airline bans couple who started row over reclining seat . . . In a social medai post, a Chinese woman recalled how the middle-aged couple - a husband and wife - had accused her of obstructing their view of the in-flight television and asked her to straighten her seat. When she refused, the wife stretched her legs and put them on the armrests of her seat, then started scolding her in Cantonese and slapping her arm, the woman said. "When she realised I couldn't speak Cantonese, she started calling me 'mainland girl' in a derogatory tone," she said. BBC
That couple was only doing what everyone packed into the sardine cans otherwise known as "airplanes" has wanted to do.
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