“President Joe #Biden on Thursday announced a new executive order aiming to "reduce #GunViolence and save lives," the White House said.

The order establishes the Emerginig Firearms Threats taskforce to advance efforts to stem the influx of machinegun conversion devices and unserialized, 3D printed firearms, it also directs federal agencies to improve school active shooter drills.”
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2024/09/26/Biden-gun-orders-shooter-drills/6971727355163/

White House announces executive order addressing 3D-printed guns, school shooter drills - UPI.com

New Executive Orders from President Joe Biden Thursday direct federal agencies to improve school active shooter drills and to take action against emerging gun threats.

^{Doug Cunningham (UPI)}

#KamalaHarris noted that the #FederalReserve lowered interest rates last week, saying that the move would “make it just a little easier for #families to buy a home or a car or just pay down a credit card.”

#Harris started the speech by acknowledging that the cost of living is too high, but saying those costs rose well before the pandemic. before #Biden & she took office.

#OpportunityEconomy #economy #KamalaHarris #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024

Russia is crumbling, slowly.

Biden has controlled China, NK, and the UAE with capitalism and Iran with military deterrance. Russia is a failed state and Putin a failed leader.

#Biden #Harris

#Israel Deliberately Blocked Humanitarian Aid to #Gaza, Two #Government Bodies Concluded.

Antony Blinken Rejected Them.
==

Blinken told #Congress, “We do not currently assess that the Israeli government is prohibiting or otherwise restricting” aid, even though the U.S. Agency for International Development and others had determined that Israel had broken the #law.

#News #Palestine #HumanitarianAid #Biden #Blinken #War

https://www.propublica.org/article/gaza-palestine-israel-blocked-humanitarian-aid-blinken

Blinken Rejected Officials Who Concluded Israel Deliberately Blocked Humanitarian Aid to Gaza.

Blinken told Congress, “We do not currently assess that the Israeli government is prohibiting or otherwise restricting” aid, even though the U.S. Agency for International Development and others had determined that Israel had broken the law.

^ProPublica

Via Kyle Griffin:

The Secret Service is looking into Elon #Musk's Twitter post (later removed) that suggested it was strange no one attempted to assassinate President #Biden or Vice President #Harris.

In response to a FOIA request, the agency said it's withholding records due to "enforcement proceedings." https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-09-19/musk-x-post-about-biden-harris-threats-leads-to-secret-service-investigation

"Donald Trump doesn’t want you to focus on the economy, because the news is very good."

~ Dan Rather

#Biden #KamalaHarris #Trump #economy #EconomicRecovery
/15

https://steady.substack.com/p/news-trump-doesnt-want-you-to-hear

News Trump Doesn’t Want You to Hear

Stocks soar, interest rates fall. Will it help Harris?

^{Dan Rather (Steady)}

Richardson also notes that the Mark Robinson story distracts from another major news story yesterday: the continued stellar performance of the US economy under President Biden. She says,

"Bringing the U.S. economy out of the pandemic more successfully than any other major economically developed country meant clear goals and principles, and careful, informed adjustments."

#Biden #economy #MarkRobinson #Trump #Republicans #NorthCarolina #Nazis
/14

🩷❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜
Via Kyle Griffin:

History has just been made with far too little acknowledgment:

President #Biden sat down with The Washington Blade — marking the first time a sitting president has given an exclusive interview to an #LGBTQ+ news outlet.

Read the president's full conversation with Christopher Kane. https://www.washingtonblade.com/2024/09/16/the-washington-blade-interviews-president-joe-biden/

The Washington Blade interviews President Joe Biden

Oval Office sit-down was the first for an LGBTQ newspaper

^{Christopher Kane (Washington Blade)}

Users criticized #ElonMusk for his post, saying it could be interpreted as #incitement of #violence against #POTUS Joe #Biden & VP #KamalaHarris, both of whom condemned Sun's apparent assassination attempt.

User LakotaMan1: "Who else here feels that Elon Musk should be stripped of his #security clearance, & US citizenship & then deported back to his home nation of South Africa?"

Elizabeth de la Vega, a fmr federal prosecutor, wrote that #Musk's post would warrant a visit by the #SecretService.

#WompWomp

Via Kyle Cheney:

A federal judge has tossed Rudy #Giuliani's defamation lawsuit against Joe #Biden, saying he had "utterly failed" to carry his burden. #legal

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nhd.62613/gov.uscourts.nhd.62613.18.0.pdf

No. NOT a joke. Detestable Trumpian cop-out “JK” is BS…& potentially deadly.

“Hours after what the FBI called a 2nd attempted assassination of #Trump, Elon #Musk wrote on his social media site — and then deleted — a post suggesting it was odd that nobody had tried to kill President #Biden or Vice President Kamala #Harris.

Musk said the post on X had been intended as a joke.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/16/us/politics/musk-deleted-tweet-biden-kamala.html

Wow. This is a pretty good poll for Harris, even if Iowa is probably a bridge too far.

#Trump leads #Harris by only 4 points in #Iowa, erasing a lead of 18 points over #Biden from earlier in the Spring.

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/iowa-poll/2024/09/15/iowa-poll-donald-trump-iowa-lead-shrinks-as-kamala-harris-replaces-joe-biden/75180245007/

#uspol #politics #uspolitics #IA #election #election2024

Trump's Iowa lead shrinks significantly as Kamala Harris replaces Biden, Iowa Poll shows

A new Des Moines Register Iowa Poll shows Donald Trump leads Kamala Harris 47%-43% among likely voters — a dramatic improvement over Biden's showing.

^{, The Des Moines Register (The Des Moines Register)}

#USpolitics #Arizona #VoteBlue #UpAndDownTheBallot

It's not enough to have #HarrisWalz in the White House.
It's also extremely important to have both the Senate and the House on a Democratic majorety ! Just a one vote majority caused havoc for #Biden 's second term.
So if you want something done on price gouging, housing or things like that vote Blue.
And don't get me started on immigration, you know who killed THAT bill !
So #VoteBlue #UpAndDownTheBallot
For Arizona this would be Jonathan Nez !
If you get to vote for a schoolboard, judge or sheriff => #VoteBlue #UpAndDownTheBallot

"HUGE House race surges into spotlight" [ < 1 min]
by briantylercohen

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qFjAmzBTwyk

#ImWithHer

In light of today's big news that inflation fell again, a reminder:

When Reagan ran Morning in America reelect ad in Sept. 1984:

• Inflation 4.3%; unemployment 7.3%

Today, under Biden-Harris:

• Inflation 2.5%; unemployment 4.2%

#Economy #USPol #USPolitics #Harris #Biden #CPI

Official statement from Biden on the passing of James Earl Jones

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/09/10/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-the-passing-of-james-earl-jones/

#StarWars #Biden #JamesEarlJones #DarthVader

Statement from President Joe Biden on the Passing of James Earl Jones | The White House

One of the last times I was with James Earl Jones was at Ford’s Theatre ten years ago in Washington. He was being honored with the Lincoln Medal for his

^{The White House}

New #Biden Administration Rules Aim to Hold Insurers Accountable for #MentalHealth Care Coverage
==

The regulations will force health insurance plans to collect and report more data on how they limit and deny mental health claims. ProPublica’s reporting has found that insurers regularly shortchange patients seeking treatment.

#News #Health #Insurance #Regulation #Government #Therapy

https://www.propublica.org/article/biden-administration-strengthens-mental-health-care-protections

Biden Admin Strengthens Protections for Mental Health Care Coverage

^ProPublica

The #indictments were part of the #Biden admin’s most sweeping effort yet to tackle what it described as Russian #disinformation campaigns ahead of the November election.

…#Trump, who has often boasted about his relationship w/ #Putin & claimed w/o evidence that #Russia would never have invaded #Ukraine if he was president, has expressed deep skepticism about continuing #US military aid to Ukraine.

#law #PutinsPuppet #USpol #democracy #InfoSec #NationalSecurity #MediaLiteracy #Propaganda

#SCOTUS allows #HHS to divert funds over #abortion referrals

The #SupremeCourt Tues cleared the way for the #Biden admin to strip millions of #HealthCare dollars from #Oklahoma over its refusal to direct patients to info about #abortions — a federal req that the state says would be at odds w/its strict #AbortionBan.

Last yr, the Biden admin diverted $4.5M from OK’s #FamilyPlanning prgm, which primarily serves #LowIncome or #uninsured patients.

#law #ReproductiveRights
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/03/oklahoma-abortion-funding-supreme-court-title-x/

“#Biden administration on Wednesday plans to accuse #Russia of a sustained effort to influence the 2024 US elections by using Kremlin-run media and other online platforms to target US voters with disinformation, six sources familiar with the matter told CNN.”

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/04/politics/biden-administration-accuse-russia-election-influence-efforts?cid=ios_app

If you've ever been in the market for a house, you've probably had to compete against mysterious "all cash" offers, driving up real estate prices & making it difficult to buy a home.

Well, surprise: Those are often money laundering schemes (from foreign criminals) & the Biden administration is working to put a stop to them.

"US unveils new rules to crack down on real estate money laundering" – NBC Los Angeles
https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/national-international/new-us-rules-try-to-make-it-harder-for-criminals-to-launder-money-by-paying-cash-for-homes/3373360/

#moneylaundering #biden #crime #realestate

New US rules try to make it harder for criminals to launder money by paying cash for homes

The Treasury Department has issued regulations aimed at making it harder for criminals to launder money by paying cash for residential real estate.

^{Fatima Hussein | The Associated Press (NBC Connecticut)}

How the U.S. Enabled #Netanyahu to Sabotage a #Gaza #Ceasefire https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/netanyahu-sabotage-ceasefire-hamas

#biden #blinken #israel #palestine

How the U.S. Enabled Netanyahu to Sabotage a Gaza Ceasefire

As U.S. negotiators have worked to placate Netanyahu, the Israeli leader has waged a relentless two-month campaign aimed at thwarting a deal.

^{Jeremy Scahill (Drop Site News)}

#Trump’s Baseless Claims [#lies] About the Assassination Attempt Are #Dangerous

His growing effort to blame #Biden & #Harris for the shooting isn’t supported by ANY #evidence. But experts say it could stir #violence.

#FactCheck #TrumpLies
#Incitement #extremism #radicalization #PoliticalViolence #DomesticTerrorism
#weird #insane #Nonsense #ConspiracyTheories
#WeAreNotGoingBack
#CommonSense #sanity #RealityBasedPolitics #HarrisWalz2024
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/08/trump-assassination-attempt-blame-biden-harris/

Trump's baseless claims about the assassination attempt are dangerous

His growing effort to blame Biden and Harris for the shooting isn't supported by any evidence. But experts say it could stir violence.

^{Mother Jones}

#Biden #EPA Rejects Plastics Industry’s Fuzzy Math That Misleads Customers About Recycled Content

The plastics industry uses a controversial accounting method to inflate the recycled content it advertises in products. A new EPA policy won’t allow it for any products it endorses as a “Safer Choice.”
https://propub.li/3XmIXvY

EPA Rejects Use of Mass Balance Accounting for “Safer Choice” Recycled Plastic

^ProPublica

#SCOTUS on Wednesday rebuffed a #Biden administration plea seeking to revive the latest plan to tackle federal student loan debt.

The court in a brief order denied an emergency request filed by the administration seeking to lift a nationwide injunction imposed by an appeals court. There were no noted dissents.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-refuses-revive-bidens-latest-student-loan-debt-relief-pl-rcna167455

Supreme Court refuses to revive Biden's latest student loan debt relief plan

The Supreme Court said the Biden administration cannot implement its latest plan to tackle federal student loan debt.

^{Lawrence Hurley (NBC News)}

What is the big flip-flop? Harris said she’d sign the bipartisan #immigration bill* #Biden negotiated and #Trump killed, which has, among other things, a provision to use funds previously allocated for a wall under Trump but not yet spent.

*It’s a shitty bill but this is an election year

#media #Election2024 #HarrisWalz2024

https://www.axios.com/2024/08/27/kamala-harris-flip-flops-border-wall

#Biden, #Harris push scrutiny of #police. #Trump would halt such efforts

Trump is vowing to end the Biden admin’s wide-reaching efforts to curb abusive policing, promising if he returns to the WH to rein in federal #oversight of local #LawEnforcement & empower officers to aggressively “clean up” American cities.

#law #justice #PoliceAccountability #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/08/27/trump-policing-biden-harris-police-accountability/