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MoveOn Slams Jill Stein for Downplaying January 6 Insurrection

October 6, 2024 January, slams, Insurrection, downplaying, Jill, MoveOn, Stein0 comment

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, MoveOn rebuked Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein for downplaying the January 6 insurrection. On a newly unearthed podcast, Stein said she is open to pardoning the individuals who attacked the Capitol on January 6 at Donald Trump’s direction and says the attempted overthrow of the 2020 election was “blown up for political reasons.” “Not only do Jill Stein and Donald Trump share the same Republican operatives, they even share the same dangerous opinions about the deadly insurrection,” said Britt Jacovich, MoveOn Political Action spokesperson. “Stein’s…

Biden promises feds will pay for 100% of N.C. recovery costs

October 2, 2024 Biden, Costs, Promises, Feds, recovery, 100%, N.C.0 comment

President Biden said Wednesday the federal government will cover 100% of the cost of debris removal and emergency measures for six months as North Carolina recovers from Hurricane Helene, granting a request from Gov. Roy Cooper after a helicopter survey of the damage. The Washington Times stories: White House

Another federal rule lands in court

October 2, 2024 rule, lands, Court, another, federal0 comment

A Supreme Court decision earlier this year overturned the notion that courts should defer to federal agency regulatory authority when agencies make rules to carry out vaguely-written laws. It was known as the Chevron doctrine. The case that sparked the change is known as Loper. Loper is the fishing boat operator that didn’t want to pay for a federal monitor it was forced to let aboard its boat. Now several parties are suing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the agency that made the rule that sparked the Loper case.…

You’re Killing Me, Walz

October 2, 2024 You're, killing, Walz0 comment

About half an hour into last night’s vice-presidential debate, the CBS anchor Margaret Brennan turned to Tim Walz and asked a question that the Minnesota governor had to have known would come. “You said you were in Hong Kong during the deadly Tiananmen Square protests in the spring of 1989,” she said, noting that new reporting suggests Walz didn’t go to Asia until months later. “Can you explain that discrepancy?” “Look,” Walz began, “I grew up in small, rural Nebraska, a town of 400, a town that you rode your…

Nevada Election Chief Blocks Inspection of Suspect Voter Names in Swing State

October 2, 2024 blocks, names, Inspection, swing, state, Election, voter, Nevada, Chief, suspect0 comment

Nevada’s top election official told local election directors not to investigate the names of thousands of people who left the state but remain on its voter rolls. The watchdog group Citizens Outreach Foundation recently sued four jurisdictions in Nevada to force a review of the voter registration lists. The plaintiff, responding to an August memo from the office of Nevada Secretary of State Francisco Aguilar, a Democrat, asks that the court order the local offices to process or review challenges to some voters’ names. In what Citizens Outreach Foundation President…

Third-Party ROUNDUP: Jill Stein Paid $100K to MAGA Operative; RFK Jr. Continues Chaos Operation

October 2, 2024 Stein, Operative, continues, paid, Roundup, chaos, operation, MAGA, thirdparty, Jill, 100k0 comment

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the clock keeps ticking toward Election Day, Vice President Kamala Harris continues to garner support from Americans of all backgrounds. Republicans, on the other hand, continue to boost third-party candidates in their effort to undermine Democrats and tilt the election toward Trump. On September 21, The Wall Street Journal revealed that Jill Stein paid $ 100,000 to Trent Pool, a MAGA operative who participated in the insurrection at the Capitol on January 6. This builds on previous reporting that exposed ties between Stein and other Trump-affiliated…