Showing posts with label CHIPS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CHIPS. Show all posts

Sunday, March 24, 2024

Trump FREAKS OUT in Dozens of Emails about LOSING IT ALL


PRESIDENT BIDEN: 

14TH ANNIVERSARY OF AFFORDABLE CARE ACT 

 REDUCING DRUG PRICES, EXPANDING HEALTH CARE....

CHIPS 





MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump compulsively sending dozens of unhinged emails in a row about losing his property because he didn’t have the cash to post a bond in the New York Attorney General Civil fraud case. Visit https://meidastouch.com for more! Support the MeidasTouch Network: https://patreon.com/meidastouch Add the MeidasTouch Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Buy MeidasTouch Merch: https://store.meidastouch.com Follow MeidasTouch on Twitter: https://twitter.com/meidastouch Follow MeidasTouch on Facebook: https://facebook.com/meidastouch Follow MeidasTouch on Instagram: https://instagram.com/meidastouch Follow MeidasTouch on TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@meidastouch


- No comments:
Labels: , , , , , , , , , , ,

Saturday, August 12, 2023

August 11, 2023 HEATHER COX RICHARDSON





- No comments:
Labels: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Tuesday, August 9, 2022

POLITICO NIGHTLY: How the FBI got the keys to Mar-a-Lago Primaries in Connecticut , Minnesota , Vermont and Wisconsin

 


View in browser
 
POLITICO Nightly logo

BY ANKUSH KHARDORI

ELECTION NIGHT — Keep up with tonight’s election results on POLITICO’s live pages for primaries in Connecticut , Minnesota , Vermont and Wisconsin .

A photo from above of the Mar-a-Lago resort.

Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort from above. | Joe Raedle/Getty Images

‘NO ORDINARY CASE’ — The late-breaking news Monday about the search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence shocked the political world . There is no obvious precedent in the nation’s history for the involuntary search of a former president’s home as part of a criminal probe by the Justice Department, so this was a surprising turn of events even for a man who has managed to test many political boundaries since announcing his candidacy seven years ago.

How did this come about?

The Justice Department has reportedly been investigating the potential mishandling and improper retention of classified information at Trump’s residence since the spring, after the National Archives disclosed that it had recovered 15 boxes of documents from Mar-a-Lago in January that should have been provided to the agency upon Trump’s departure from the White House. The inquiry appears to be legally and factually distinct from the Justice Department’s other investigative work concerning Trump’s conduct prior to and during the siege of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

There are at least a couple of criminal statutes that may be at issue. One of them prohibits the improper removal of classified information from government facilities. Another statute targets the improper destruction of government records — a subject that already happened to be back in the news this week based on additional reporting suggesting that Trump may have flushed White House documents down the toilet.

Of course, criminal investigations into the mishandling of classified information are not exactly unprecedented . During the 2016 presidential campaign, Trump himself repeatedly led chants of “lock her up” in order to capitalize on the Justice Department’s investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of an email server as secretary of State during the Obama administration. (That investigation ended without charges .)

Still, there is no obvious precedent for an investigation concerning a former president’s handling of government documents. In theory at least, any such investigation could be complicated by a president’s broad declassification authority. Thus far at least, Trump has provided no meaningful reason to believe that he properly declassified any classified material that he may have taken to Mar-a-Lago.

A video of Mar-a-Lago after the FBI search.

What does it mean to get a search warrant for someone’s property?

In order to get a warrant to search someone’s property, the Justice Department has to make an application to a federal judge that demonstrates that there is probable cause to believe that evidence of one or more crimes is on the premises. This is almost always an ex parte application — meaning that the government is communicating with the court without the involvement of a lawyer representing the party whose property will be searched — even in routine criminal investigations. As a result, the information tends to be one-sided in nature, but the judge is required to exercise independent legal judgment as to whether the government has met its legal burden.

The warrant provides a legal basis for the search but is not necessarily a referendum on the conduct of the owner. Technically, the person whose property is being searched does not need to be a target or even subject of the criminal probe, though this does tend to be the case.

The phrase “probable cause” also sometimes lends itself to understandable confusion. It does not mean that the government has shown that it is more likely than not that there is evidence of a crime. The standard generally just requires law enforcement officers to establish that there is a reasonable basis to believe that there is evidence of a crime on the premises, and in the ordinary case, that can be a relatively low threshold as a technical matter. This helps to explain why there are sometimes high-profile searches pursuant to warrants that do not yield criminal charges .

Of course, this is no ordinary case. We are talking about a former president and potential 2024 candidate, so it is fair to assume that the government sought to establish a more robust basis for the search than it otherwise would have if the owner of the property were literally anyone but Trump. Exactly what that was remains to be seen, but it is now one of the most important questions in American politics.

Welcome to POLITICO Nightly. Reach out with news, tips and ideas at nightly@politico.com . Or contact tonight’s author at ankush.khardori@gmail.com .

 

STEP INSIDE THE WEST WING: What's really happening in West Wing offices? Find out who's up, who's down, and who really has the president’s ear in our West Wing Playbook newsletter, the insider's guide to the Biden White House and Cabinet. For buzzy nuggets and details that you won't find anywhere else, subscribe today .

 
 
WHAT'D I MISS?

— Biden administration authorizes emergency monkeypox vaccine strategy: The FDA issued an emergency use authorization today that allows health care providers to administer a fraction of a dose of the Jynneos monkeypox vaccine to adults between layers of skin instead of beneath it. Two doses of the vaccine four weeks apart will still be required, but the new method will increase the number of doses available by “up to five-fold,” according to the FDA. There is limited data supporting the method’s efficacy, indicating how much pressure the Biden administration is under now to stop the spreading virus.

A video of Joe Biden signing the CHIPS act.

— Biden ends slog on semiconductor bill with signature: President Joe Biden signed the CHIPS and Science bill into law today, authorizing $52 billion in subsidies for semiconductor production and boosting funding for research. The bill’s signing represents nearly two years of legislative work from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.), co-sponsors of the legislation that began its path to Biden’s desk as the Endless Frontiers Act in 2021.

— House panel can demand Trump’s tax returns, appeals court rules: In a unanimous ruling, a three-judge panel for the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed that the Ways and Means Committee’s request complied with the law, that it was made in support of potential legislation on matters like the Presidential Audit Program and that the request did not violate the separation of powers — particularly given Trump’s status as a former president. The ruling is the latest legal victory for the House against Trump, though it will likely be appealed to the full bench of that appeals court or the Supreme Court.

— GOP polls show House battlefield stretching into double-digit Biden districts: Four surveys conducted in late July reveal close races in open seats in Oregon, Colorado and California that Biden carried by between 11 and 15 points in 2020. Taken all together, GOP operatives view the data as a sign that Biden’s sinking approval numbers could drag Democratic candidates down enough to bring deep blue turf into reach.

— Grand jury declines to indict woman in Emmett Till lynching: A Mississippi grand jury has declined to indict the white woman whose accusation set off the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till nearly 70 years ago , most likely closing the case that shocked a nation and galvanized the modern civil rights movement. After hearing more than seven hours of testimony from investigators and witnesses, a Leflore County grand jury last week determined there was insufficient evidence to indict Carolyn Bryant Donham on charges of kidnapping and manslaughter, Leflore County District Attorney Dewayne Richardson said in a news release today.

 

INTRODUCING POWER SWITCH: The energy landscape is profoundly transforming. Power Switch is a daily newsletter that unlocks the most important stories driving the energy sector and the political forces shaping critical decisions about your energy future, from production to storage, distribution to consumption. Don’t miss out on Power Switch, your guide to the politics of energy transformation in America and around the world. SUBSCRIBE TODAY .

 
 
AROUND THE WORLD

BRINKMANSHIP — China has used House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan as a pretext to prepare for an invasion of the self-ruled territory , Taipei’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said today.

Speaking during a press conference in Taipei, Wu said: “China has used the drills in its military playbook to prepare for the invasion of Taiwan,” adding: “China’s real intention is to alter the status quo in the Taiwan Strait and entire region.”

Tensions in the region surged on Monday, after Beijing announced more military drills in the seas and airspace around Taiwan, a day after the scheduled end of its exercises in the area, writes Camille Gijs .

But Washington has sought to downplay the risk of escalation. In his first comments on the issue since Pelosi’s trip, Biden on Monday said: “I’m not worried,” before adding: “I’m concerned that they’re moving as much as they are. But I don’t think they’re going to do anything more.”

NIGHTLY NUMBER

6 months

The amount of time Wall Street’s top derivatives regulator has given one of the country’s only political betting markets to live. PredictIt — an 8-year-old trading hub where thousands of Washington insiders and politically savvy investors wager on everything from whether Biden will be his party’s 2024 nominee to who will win the San Jose mayoral election — will shut down in the U.S. in February after the Commodity Futures Trading Commission said it failed to comply with market rules .

PARTING WORDS

Chris Christie speaking at a news conference.

Chris Christie, one of the few potential Republican 2024 candidates who did not immediately defend Trump in the aftermath of the Mar-a-Lago search. | Alex Wong/Getty Images

MISSION MAR-A-LAGO: FALLOUT — The search of Trump’s Florida compound by federal agents Monday has the former president’s base rallying to stand with him — including many of his potential rivals for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, write Matt Berg , Marissa Martinez and Matt Dixon .

While Chris Christie and Tim Scott were among few exceptions, the reaction among potential Republican presidential candidates was to defend Trump. That included former Vice President Mike Pence, who has broken with Trump in several ways this year amid fallout from the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, before which Trump pressured Pence not to certify the 2020 election results.

Here’s a round-up of some of their responses:

Former Vice President Mike Pence: “No former President of the United States has ever been subject to a raid of their personal residence in American history. After years where FBI agents were found to be acting on political motivation during our administration, the appearance of continued partisanship by the Justice Department must be addressed. Yesterday’s action undermines public confidence in our system of justice and Attorney General Garland must give a full accounting to the American people as to why this action was taken and he must do so immediately.”

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis: “The raid on [Mar-a-Lago] is another escalation in the weaponization of federal agencies against the regime’s political opponents, while people like Hunter Biden get treated with kid gloves.”

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem: “The FBI raid on President Trump’s home is an unprecedented political weaponization of the Justice Department. They’ve been after President Trump as a candidate, as President, and now as a former President. Using the criminal justice system in this manner is un-American.”

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin: “A stunning move by the DOJ and FBI. This same DOJ labeled parents in Loudoun County as terrorists and failed to enforce federal law to protect Justices in their homes. Selective, politically motivated actions have no place in our democracy.”

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott: “ This is next-level Nixonian. Never before has the country seen an Administration go to such extent to use the levers of government to target a former President and political rival. This weaponizes power to squelch dissent. Such abuses must have limits.”

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie: “I trust that it had to have been and I hope that they understood the implications, both from a policy perspective for the Justice Department and politically, of doing something really as unprecedented as raiding the home or office of a former president,” adding that the search of Trump’s safe was “fair game.”

South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott: “We need to let this play out and see exactly what happens. But we should have been stunned and surprised and shocked with what happened yesterday.”

Did someone forward this email to you?  Sign up here .

 

Follow us on Twitter

Charlie Mahtesian @PoliticoCharlie

Calder McHugh @calder_mchugh

Myah Ward @myahward

Naomi Andu @naomiandu

 

FOLLOW US

Follow us on FacebookFollow us on TwitterFollow us on InstagramListen on Apple Podcast
 


POLITICO, LLC 1000 Wilson Blvd. Arlington, VA, 22209, USA





- No comments:
Labels: , , , , , , , ,

Thursday, July 28, 2022

July 27, 2022 HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

 


July 27, 2022

Heather Cox RichardsonJul 28CommentShare

President Biden tested negative for coronavirus today and is back at work in public. He used the opportunity to reiterate the importance of vaccines (in a way that certainly irritated the former president, who always hated the idea he was weak or sick): 

“When my predecessor got COVID,” Biden said, “he had to get helicoptered to Walter Reed Medical Center. He was severely ill. Thankfully, he recovered. When I got COVID, I worked from upstairs of the White House… for the five-day period. The difference is vaccinations, of course, but also three new tools, free to all and widely available. You don't need to be president to get these tools to use for your defense. In fact, the same booster shots, the same at-home tests, the same treatment that I got is available to you.”

Today was a huge day in the Senate.

First, the Senate passed the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) bill, which appropriates $280 billion to speed up the manufacturing of semiconductors in the U.S. and to invest in scientific research and development in computers, artificial intelligence, and so on. The pandemic made it clear that permitting chip manufacturing to migrate to Asia left the U.S. at a disadvantage when supply chains are disrupted. Chip shortages caused shortages of a wide range of products that use electronics, and the shortages have been key in driving up the prices that are feeding inflation. 

The investment will boost manufacturing and scientific industries, providing good jobs. It appropriates $52 billion in subsidies and tax credits for chip manufacturing and $200 billion for research and development. It includes workforce training and educational emphasis on computer training, and it sanctions China for human rights and cybersecurity offenses. The measure passed the Senate with a strong bipartisan vote of 64 to 33, giving it the 60 votes it needed to overcome a Republican filibuster. Seventeen Republicans joined the Democrats to pass the bill, either because they are worried about competing with China or because they are eager to increase production in the U.S.

The bill was a top priority for the Biden administration, and it looks as if the House will pass it and send it to the president’s desk.

Negotiations over the bill have been going on since May and appeared to be on track until the end of June, when Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) threatened to pull all Republican support for it unless Democrats abandoned the idea of passing provisions for lower drug prices, taxes on the very wealthy, and climate proposals through a procedure called reconciliation, which cannot be filibustered. 

That issue appeared solved on July 15, when Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) indicated he would not support either climate measures or tax changes until the newest inflation numbers were released. Senator Todd Young (R-IN), a co-sponsor of the bill with Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) whipped Republicans to get the necessary votes, and today, McConnell voted in favor of the CHIPS bill.

Later today, Manchin released a statement announcing that he and Schumer had reached an agreement on a new piece of legislation called the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. Framing the legislation largely as designed to address the deficit, Manchin’s statement also addressed the issues of taxes and climate change. 

“Tax fairness is vital to our nation’s economic future,” he wrote, and it is “wrong that some of America’s largest companies pay nothing in taxes while freely enjoying the benefits of our nation’s military security, infrastructure and rule of law. It is commonsense that a domestic corporate minimum tax of 15 percent be applied only to billion-dollar companies or larger ensuring that America’s largest businesses are no longer able to operate for free in our economy.” He also spoke out against the carried interest loophole, which permits investment managers to take their compensation as capital gains rather than income, giving them a much lower tax rate. (Researchers suggest this could yield as much as $18 billion a year to the Treasury.)

Details on the new measure are still emerging, but it appears to be a $739 billion bill that includes price reforms for certain prescription drugs, lower premiums under the Affordable Care Act, money for the IRS to enforce tax laws, a corporate minimum tax, $369 billion of investment in climate and energy, and dramatic investment in reducing the deficit. There are no new taxes on families making less than $400,000 a year.

Manchin went out of his way to insist that Biden’s “Build Back Better” plan was dead and this was the new way forward. It seems likely Manchin was signaling to his red state constituents that he had not signed on to a program Democrats like, but there is much here that sounds like Biden, especially the tax plan. What is notably missing is investment in the social infrastructure of our nation that largely impacts women: childcare and eldercare.  

After the Democratic senators were briefed on the proposal, Senator Brian Schatz of Hawaii said the measure would be “by far, the biggest climate action in human history. Nearly $370 billion in tax incentives, grants, and other investments in clean energy, clean transportation, energy storage, home electrification, climate-smart agriculture, and clean manufacturing makes this a real climate bill. The planet is on fire. Emissions reductions are the main thing. This is enormous progress. Let’s get it done.” 

Biden immediately endorsed the measure. “This afternoon, I spoke with Senators Schumer and Manchin and offered my support for the agreement they have reached on a bill to fight inflation and lower costs for American families,” he said in a statement. 

“With this agreement, we have a chance to make prescription drugs cheaper by allowing Medicare to negotiate lower prices and we can lower health insurance costs for 13 million Americans, by an average of $800 a year, for families covered under the Affordable Care Act.  

“We will improve our energy security and tackle the climate crisis—by providing tax credits and investments for energy projects. This will create thousands of new jobs and help lower energy costs in the future.

“This bill will reduce the deficit beyond the record setting $1.7 trillion in deficit reduction we have already achieved this year, which will help fight inflation as well.

“And we will pay for all of this by requiring big corporations to pay their fair share of taxes, with no tax increases at all for families making under $400,000 a year.

“This is the action the American people have been waiting for. This addresses the problems of today—high health care costs and overall inflation—as well as investments in our energy security for the future.

“I will have more to say on this later. For now, I want to thank Senator Schumer and Senator Manchin for the extraordinary effort that it took to reach this result.

“If enacted, this legislation will be historic, and I urge the Senate to move on this bill as soon as possible, and for the House to follow as well.”

Tonight, Senate Republicans unexpectedly killed the Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act, which would have provided medical benefits for veterans exposed to burn pits and other toxins during their military service. The bill passed the Senate by a vote of 84 to 14 in June and had been sent back to that body for a procedural cleanup after the House passed it with the expectation that it would repass easily. Tonight’s vote is being widely interpreted as revenge for the resurrection of the reconciliation package.

Attacking our veterans out of spite might not be a winning move.

—

Notes:

https://www.manchin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/manchin-supports-inflation-reduction-act-of-2022

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/07/27/statement-by-president-biden-on-senate-passage-of-the-chips-and-science-act-to-lower-costs-bolster-our-competitive-edge-and-national-security/

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-lawmakers-open-formal-chips-china-bill-negotiations-2022-05-06/

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/15/1111675233/manchin-rejects-climate-and-tax-provisions-in-democrats-spending-package

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/3543392-mcconnell-threatens-semiconductor-bill-prompting-white-house-rebuke/

Twitter avatar for @ThePlumLineGSGreg Sargent @ThePlumLineGS
NEWS: More details about Manchin-Schumer deal: Total revenue: $739 billion Tax reform: IRS enforcement, 15% corporate minimum tax, closing carried interest loophole Spending: $369 billion in energy/climate $64 billion on ACA subsidies $300 billion+ on deficit reduction
Image

July 27th 2022

509 Retweets1,113 Likes

https://ourfinancialsecurity.org/2021/10/close-the-carried-interest-loophole-that-is-a-tax-dodge-for-super-rich-private-equity-executives/

Twitter avatar for @kathrynw5Kathryn Watson @kathrynw5
vaccinations, of course, but also three new tools, free to all and widely available. You don't need to president to get these tools to use for your defense. In fact, the same booster shots, the same at-home tests, the same treatment that I got is available to you."

July 27th 2022

1,461 Retweets16,707 Likes
Twitter avatar for @mikedebonisMike DeBonis @mikedebonis
Soon after a Dem senators briefing on climate provisions, IRA gets the @brianschatz seal of approval
Image

July 27th 2022

50 Retweets256 Likes

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/burn-pits/2022/06/07/despite-cost-veterans-toxic-exposure-bill-gains-bipartisan-backing/

https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2022/07/27/new-benefits-for-burn-pit-victims-in-limbo-after-senate-republicans-block-plan/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/07/27/statement-from-president-biden-on-inflation-reduction-act-of-2022/





- No comments:
Labels: , , , , , , , ,
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)

Morning Digest: Voters in two states could soon choose to rewrite their constitutions

                                                              LOTS OF POSTS IGNORED BY BLOGGER..... OR REMOVED ON THEIR WHIM! ALL POSTS ARE ...