News Roundup & Comment

Date: September 13, 2024
Host: Jim Schneider
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The presidential debate.  Trump and marijuana.  President Biden wearing a Trump hat?  These and many more stories were presented by Jim for listener consideration this week:

–An opinion piece on the Daily Caller alleges the moderators in the recent Trump/Harris debate were doing everything they could to help VP Kamala Harris.   

–Trump/Harris debate moderator Linsey Davis had a major conflict of interest in that she was a sorority sister of Kamala Harris.

–Why would VP Kamala Harris call for a second debate if she won?  Former President Trump rejects calls for another one.  

–The Trump campaign slammed reports that the Harris campaign told Arab-American leaders in Detroit that if she’s elected in November, she would likely name left-wing Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison as the nation’s top cop.

–Former President Trump announced support for a Florida ballot initiative that would legalize marijuana.

–A Georgia judge dismissed 3 criminal charges on Thursday in the 2020 election interference case involving former President Trump. 

–North Carolina’s Supreme Court ruled Monday that state election officials have to reprint presidential ballots and remove Robert F. Kennedy’s name.

–President Joe Biden donned a red Trump 2024 hat on Wednesday during an event with VP Kamala Harris in Pennsylvania.

–State and local election officials from across the country on Wednesday     warned that problems with the nation’s mail delivery system threatened to disenfranchise voters in the upcoming presidential election. 

–The U.S. Secret Service will ramp up security on January 6th, 2025, in an effort to ensure the safety and security of the upcoming electoral college vote count at the Capitol.

–The census data released Thursday shows that Americans are less well off than they were 4 years ago.

–Trump pledged to eliminate taxes on overtime wages if he’s elected. 

–The Kamala Harris tax plan would effectively vaporize nearly 800,000 full-time equivalent jobs according to studies published by the Tax Foundation on Tuesday.  

–New York Police Department Commissioner Edward Caban announced his resignation Thursday.  This is 8 days after authorities seized his phone as part of a federal investigation into possible corruption. 

–The first bus, sponsored by the Biden/Harris administration’s CBP One app,   arrived at the U.S./Mexico border this week, where illegal immigrants from Central and South American countries will be admitted into the U.S.

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