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September 17, 2024
"The team behind World Liberty Financial, the Trump family’s new crypto project, have unveiled a key detail: Who can buy the forthcoming tokens it plans to release, and how shares will be allotted.
Twenty percent of the project’s tokens will be allotted to the founding team, 17% of tokens will be set aside for user rewards, and the remaining 63% of the coins will be available for the public to purchase.
For over a month, Republican former President Donald Trump and his family have been pumping up the secretive digital currency platform, promising that it will do many things at once..."
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/16/technology/trump-crypto-world-liberty-financial.html
Donald Trump Rolls Out His New Cryptocurrency Business
...Mr. Trump has promoted the project since August, but its exact purpose remains unclear. On the livestream, he did not address the business directly, deferring to his partners. One of them has described himself as “the dirtbag of the internet,” while another used to teach classes on how to seduce women.
...Danielle Brian, executive director of the Project on Government Oversight, a nonpartisan watchdog group, said that if Mr. Trump is elected, his involvement in the crypto venture would create serious conflicts of interest. The Securities and Exchange Commission has argued that virtually all cryptocurrencies are unregistered securities and ought to be regulated like stocks traded on Wall Street.
Mr. Trump “would be able to push regulatory agencies to favor businesses he is involved in,” Ms. Brian said. Ethics experts have said that his ownership of the social media company raises similar issues...
...Steve Witkoff, a real estate magnate and close friend of Mr. Trump, and his son Zach are both involved in World Liberty Financial, according to the white paper. The elder Mr. Witkoff was golfing with Mr. Trump on Sunday when the U.S. Secret Service stopped the apparent assassination attempt on the former president at his golf course in Palm Beach, Fla..."
New details of Trump family crypto project released, including who can buy in
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/16/trump-crypto-world-liberty-financial.html"The team behind World Liberty Financial, the Trump family’s new crypto project, have unveiled a key detail: Who can buy the forthcoming tokens it plans to release, and how shares will be allotted.
Twenty percent of the project’s tokens will be allotted to the founding team, 17% of tokens will be set aside for user rewards, and the remaining 63% of the coins will be available for the public to purchase.
For over a month, Republican former President Donald Trump and his family have been pumping up the secretive digital currency platform, promising that it will do many things at once..."
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/16/technology/trump-crypto-world-liberty-financial.html
Donald Trump Rolls Out His New Cryptocurrency Business
...Mr. Trump has promoted the project since August, but its exact purpose remains unclear. On the livestream, he did not address the business directly, deferring to his partners. One of them has described himself as “the dirtbag of the internet,” while another used to teach classes on how to seduce women.
...Danielle Brian, executive director of the Project on Government Oversight, a nonpartisan watchdog group, said that if Mr. Trump is elected, his involvement in the crypto venture would create serious conflicts of interest. The Securities and Exchange Commission has argued that virtually all cryptocurrencies are unregistered securities and ought to be regulated like stocks traded on Wall Street.
Mr. Trump “would be able to push regulatory agencies to favor businesses he is involved in,” Ms. Brian said. Ethics experts have said that his ownership of the social media company raises similar issues...
...Steve Witkoff, a real estate magnate and close friend of Mr. Trump, and his son Zach are both involved in World Liberty Financial, according to the white paper. The elder Mr. Witkoff was golfing with Mr. Trump on Sunday when the U.S. Secret Service stopped the apparent assassination attempt on the former president at his golf course in Palm Beach, Fla..."
August 25, 2024
Hezbollah fires hundreds of rockets as Israel conducts pre-emptive strikes
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cxx2y4dpr3et
August 7, 2024
Click on the first star to see VP Harris and on the second star to see Gov Walz.
For those who may have missed all or part of tonight's speeches.
"In Philadelphia, 2024 Democratic presidential candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris made her first joint campaign appearance with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), her vice presidential running mate. Vice President Harris toted the governor’s accomplishments in public service, including his 12 years in the U.S. Congress and years as a public school teacher. Gov. Tim Walz told supporters he, “couldn’t be prouder to be on this ticket.” His selection to be the vice president’s running mate came just two weeks before the Democratic National Convention in Chicago."
C-Span - Vice President Harris Campaigns with Running Mate Gov. Tim Walz in Philadelphia
https://www.c-span.org/video/?537539-1/vice-president-harris-campaigns-running-mate-gov-tim-walz-philadelphiaClick on the first star to see VP Harris and on the second star to see Gov Walz.
For those who may have missed all or part of tonight's speeches.
"In Philadelphia, 2024 Democratic presidential candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris made her first joint campaign appearance with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), her vice presidential running mate. Vice President Harris toted the governor’s accomplishments in public service, including his 12 years in the U.S. Congress and years as a public school teacher. Gov. Tim Walz told supporters he, “couldn’t be prouder to be on this ticket.” His selection to be the vice president’s running mate came just two weeks before the Democratic National Convention in Chicago."
August 1, 2024
VP Harris on Trump's Behavior When Questioned by Black Journalists
Clip
https://www.c-span.org/video/?c5126771/vp-harris-trumps-behavior-questioned-black-journalists
"During a campaign event in Houston, Vice President Kamala Harris calls out former President Trump for his confrontational behavior at an event with the National Association of Black Journalists, saying he is "divisive" and "disrespectful."
"V.P. HARRIS
THOSE FOUR YEARS WERE LIKE. ENTER DAY WE WERE GIVEN YET ANOTHER REMINDER. THIS AFTERNOON,
V.P. HARRIS
-- [LAUGHTER] V.P. HARRIS: [LAUGHS] DONALD TRUMP SPOKE AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK JOURNALISTS. AND IT WAS THE SAME OLD SHOW. [LAUGHTER] THE DIVISIVENESS AND THE DISRESPECT. AND LET ME JUST SAY, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE BETTER. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE BETTER. [APPLAUSE] THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE A LEADER WHO TELLS THE TRUTH, A LEADER WHO DOES NOT RESPOND WITH HOSTILITY AND ANGER WHEN CONFRONTED WITH THE FACTS. WE DESERVED A LEADER WHO UNDERSTANDS THAT OUR DIFFERENCES DO NOT DIVIDE US. THEY ARE AN ESSENTIAL SOURCE OF OUR STRENGTH. SO I SAY -- [APPLAUSE]"
July 31, 2024
NABJ - PolitiFact Fact Checker
They are still fact checking.
https://nabjonline.org/blog/nabj-to-host-former-president-trump-for-a-conversation-in-chicago-during-its-annual-convention/
Transcript at link and Trump campaign ended it early.
'MR. PRESIDENT, WE SO APPRECIATE YOU GIVING US AN HOUR OF YOUR TIME. I WANT TO START BY ADDRESSING THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. A LOT OF PEOPLE DID NOT THINK IT WAS APPROPRIATE FOR YOU TO BE HERE TODAY. YOU HAVE FALSE CLAIMS ABOUT SOME OF YOUR RIVALS, FROM NIKKI HALEY TO FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, SAYING THEY WERE NOT BORN IN THE UNITED STATES, WHICH IS NOT TRUE. YOU HAVE TOLD CONGRESSWOMEN OF COLOR WHO WERE AMERICAN CITIZENS TO GO BACK TO WHERE THEY CAME FROM. YOU HAVE USED WORDS LIKE ANIMAL AND RABBIT TO DESCRIBE BLACK DISTRICT ATTORNEYS. YOU HAVE ATTACKED BLACK JOURNALISTS, CALLING THEM LOSERS, SAYING THEIR QUESTIONS ARE STUPID AND RACIST. YOU HAVE HAD DINNER WITH A WHITE SUPREMACIST AT YOUR RESORT. MY QUESTION, NOW THAT YOU ARE ASKING BLACK SUPPORTERS TO VOTE FOR YOU -- WHY SHOULD BLACK VOTERS TRUST YOU AFTER YOU HAVE USED LANGUAGE LIKE THAT?
FIRST OF ALL, I DON'T THINK I HAVE EVER BEEN ASKED A QUESTION IN SUCH A HORRIBLE MANNER, FIRST QUESTION. YOU DON'T EVEN SAY "HELLO, HOW ARE YOU." ARE YOU WITH A FAKE NEWS NETWORK, A TERRIBLE NETWORK? I THINK IT IS DISGRACEFUL THAT I CAME HERE IN GOOD SPIRIT. I LOVE THE BLACK POPULATION OF THIS COUNTRY. I HAVE DONE SO MUCH FOR THE BLACK POPULATION OF THIS COUNTRY, INCLUDING EMPLOYMENT. INCLUDING OPPORTUNITY ZONES WITH SENATOR TIM SCOTT OF SOUTH CAROLINA, WHICH IS ONE OF THE GREATEST PROGRAMS EVER FOR BLACK WORKERS AND BLACK ENTREPRENEURS. I HAVE DONE SO MUCH. I SAY THIS -- HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WERE OUT OF MONEY. THEY WERE STONE COLD BROKE. AND I SAVED THEM AND I GAVE THEM LONG-TERM FINANCING, AND NOBODY ELSE WAS DOING IT. I THINK IT WAS A VERY RUDE INTRODUCTION. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHY YOU WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. LET ME GO A STEP FURTHER. I WAS INVITED HERE AND I WAS TOLD MY OPPONENT, WHETHER IT WAS BIDEN OR COMELLA -- I WAS TOLD MY OPPONENT WAS GOING TO BE HERE. IT TURNS OUT MY OPPONENT IS NOT HERE. YOU INVITED ME UNDER FALSE PRETENSES, AND THEN YOU SAID YOU CAN'T DO IT WITH ZOOM. WHERE IS ZOOM? SHE IS GOING TO DO IT WITH ZOOM AND SHE IS NOT COMING. AND THEN YOU ARE HALF AN HOUR LATE, JUST SO WE UNDERSTAND. THEY COULD NOT GET THEIR EQUIPMENT WORKING OR SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE VIDEO FEED. A VERY NASTY QUESTION. I HAVE ANSWERED THE QUESTION. I HAVE BEEN THE BEST PRESIDENT FOR THE BLACK POPULATION SINCE ABRAHAM LINCOLN. THAT IS MY ANSWER......"
Full interview - Former President Trump Clashes with Reporters at NABJ Convention
https://www.c-span.org/video/?537472-1/president-trump-speaks-nabj-conferenceNABJ - PolitiFact Fact Checker
They are still fact checking.
https://nabjonline.org/blog/nabj-to-host-former-president-trump-for-a-conversation-in-chicago-during-its-annual-convention/
Transcript at link and Trump campaign ended it early.
'MR. PRESIDENT, WE SO APPRECIATE YOU GIVING US AN HOUR OF YOUR TIME. I WANT TO START BY ADDRESSING THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. A LOT OF PEOPLE DID NOT THINK IT WAS APPROPRIATE FOR YOU TO BE HERE TODAY. YOU HAVE FALSE CLAIMS ABOUT SOME OF YOUR RIVALS, FROM NIKKI HALEY TO FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, SAYING THEY WERE NOT BORN IN THE UNITED STATES, WHICH IS NOT TRUE. YOU HAVE TOLD CONGRESSWOMEN OF COLOR WHO WERE AMERICAN CITIZENS TO GO BACK TO WHERE THEY CAME FROM. YOU HAVE USED WORDS LIKE ANIMAL AND RABBIT TO DESCRIBE BLACK DISTRICT ATTORNEYS. YOU HAVE ATTACKED BLACK JOURNALISTS, CALLING THEM LOSERS, SAYING THEIR QUESTIONS ARE STUPID AND RACIST. YOU HAVE HAD DINNER WITH A WHITE SUPREMACIST AT YOUR RESORT. MY QUESTION, NOW THAT YOU ARE ASKING BLACK SUPPORTERS TO VOTE FOR YOU -- WHY SHOULD BLACK VOTERS TRUST YOU AFTER YOU HAVE USED LANGUAGE LIKE THAT?
FIRST OF ALL, I DON'T THINK I HAVE EVER BEEN ASKED A QUESTION IN SUCH A HORRIBLE MANNER, FIRST QUESTION. YOU DON'T EVEN SAY "HELLO, HOW ARE YOU." ARE YOU WITH A FAKE NEWS NETWORK, A TERRIBLE NETWORK? I THINK IT IS DISGRACEFUL THAT I CAME HERE IN GOOD SPIRIT. I LOVE THE BLACK POPULATION OF THIS COUNTRY. I HAVE DONE SO MUCH FOR THE BLACK POPULATION OF THIS COUNTRY, INCLUDING EMPLOYMENT. INCLUDING OPPORTUNITY ZONES WITH SENATOR TIM SCOTT OF SOUTH CAROLINA, WHICH IS ONE OF THE GREATEST PROGRAMS EVER FOR BLACK WORKERS AND BLACK ENTREPRENEURS. I HAVE DONE SO MUCH. I SAY THIS -- HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WERE OUT OF MONEY. THEY WERE STONE COLD BROKE. AND I SAVED THEM AND I GAVE THEM LONG-TERM FINANCING, AND NOBODY ELSE WAS DOING IT. I THINK IT WAS A VERY RUDE INTRODUCTION. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHY YOU WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. LET ME GO A STEP FURTHER. I WAS INVITED HERE AND I WAS TOLD MY OPPONENT, WHETHER IT WAS BIDEN OR COMELLA -- I WAS TOLD MY OPPONENT WAS GOING TO BE HERE. IT TURNS OUT MY OPPONENT IS NOT HERE. YOU INVITED ME UNDER FALSE PRETENSES, AND THEN YOU SAID YOU CAN'T DO IT WITH ZOOM. WHERE IS ZOOM? SHE IS GOING TO DO IT WITH ZOOM AND SHE IS NOT COMING. AND THEN YOU ARE HALF AN HOUR LATE, JUST SO WE UNDERSTAND. THEY COULD NOT GET THEIR EQUIPMENT WORKING OR SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE VIDEO FEED. A VERY NASTY QUESTION. I HAVE ANSWERED THE QUESTION. I HAVE BEEN THE BEST PRESIDENT FOR THE BLACK POPULATION SINCE ABRAHAM LINCOLN. THAT IS MY ANSWER......"
July 29, 2024
Joy Reid has spent the last hour on Project 2025, MSNBC is doing a great job
covering this in general.
July 23, 2024
"A majority of pledged Democratic convention delegates have endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, who said Monday in her first campaign remarks as a presidential candidate that she knows how to take on Republican Donald Trump.
Harris has been quickly consolidating support around her day-old bid for the Democratic nomination for president, with seemingly all of her major potential rivals rallying around her less than 24 hours after President Joe Biden announced he was bowing out and with state delegate slates endorsing her quickly, too..."
Majority of pledged Democratic delegates endorse Harris on first full day
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/democrats-coalesce-harris-nomination-rcna163027"A majority of pledged Democratic convention delegates have endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, who said Monday in her first campaign remarks as a presidential candidate that she knows how to take on Republican Donald Trump.
Harris has been quickly consolidating support around her day-old bid for the Democratic nomination for president, with seemingly all of her major potential rivals rallying around her less than 24 hours after President Joe Biden announced he was bowing out and with state delegate slates endorsing her quickly, too..."
June 28, 2024
VP Harris on CNN now
June 9, 2024
Paths to Recovery: The Journey Continues
Even though this chronicles two survivors of blood cancer the underlying theme of what a cancer patient goes through as well as their caregivers is pretty much the same. I think the first interviews done in 2010 were more insightful. I can say this now looking back, but at the time we are all caught up in the challenges of the day.
https://lls.org/patient-education-videos/paths-recovery-stories-two-blood-cancer-survivors?c_src=email&c_src2=sfmc&utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Paths+to+Recovery&utm_term=button&utm_id=536424&sfmc_id=243288411
"More than a decade ago, we met two blood cancer survivors and members of their care teams. They discussed their diagnosis, treatment, and their ups and downs as they continued along their Paths to Recovery.
We visited them again to see where their paths had taken them and talk about how they adapted and thrived along the way. Join us for an update on where the road has taken them and their journey ahead."
May 23, 2024
"... For all the obvious challenges facing South Florida as sea levels surge, one serious threat to public health and the environment remains largely out of sight, but everywhere:
Septic tanks.
Millions of them dot the American South, a region grappling with some of the planet’s fastest-rising seas, according to a Washington Post analysis. At more than a dozen tide gauges from Texas to North Carolina, sea levels have risen at least 6 inches since 2010 — a change similar to what occurred over the previous five decades.
Along those coastlines, swelling seas are driving water tables higher and creating worries in places where septic systems abound, but where officials often lack reliable data about their location or how many might already be compromised.
“These are ticking time bombs under the ground that, when they fail, will pollute,” said Andrew Wunderley, executive director of the nonprofit Charleston Waterkeeper, which monitors water quality in the Lowcountry of South Carolina..."
Fast-rising seas could swamp septic systems in parts of the South
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2024/septic-tanks-rising-waters-environment-health/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F3dcbee0%2F664e262a18594a6ee07ef8c3%2F602214919bbc0f73f6b16846%2F5%2F47%2F664e262a18594a6ee07ef8c3"... For all the obvious challenges facing South Florida as sea levels surge, one serious threat to public health and the environment remains largely out of sight, but everywhere:
Septic tanks.
Millions of them dot the American South, a region grappling with some of the planet’s fastest-rising seas, according to a Washington Post analysis. At more than a dozen tide gauges from Texas to North Carolina, sea levels have risen at least 6 inches since 2010 — a change similar to what occurred over the previous five decades.
Along those coastlines, swelling seas are driving water tables higher and creating worries in places where septic systems abound, but where officials often lack reliable data about their location or how many might already be compromised.
“These are ticking time bombs under the ground that, when they fail, will pollute,” said Andrew Wunderley, executive director of the nonprofit Charleston Waterkeeper, which monitors water quality in the Lowcountry of South Carolina..."
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