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☆ Trump Tells Christians ‘You Won’t Have to Vote Anymore’ If He’s Elected
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Michael Gold | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In the closing minutes of his speech to a gathering of religious conservatives on Friday night, former President Donald J. Trump told Christians that if they voted him into office in November, they would never need to vote again. “Christians, get out and vote. Four more years, it’ll be fixed, it’ll be fine, you won’t have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians.”Mr. Trump, who never made a particular display of religious observance before entering politics, continued: “I love you, Christians. I love you, you got to get out and vote. Earlier in his remarks, he lamented that conservative Christians do not vote in large numbers, a complaint he had made repeatedly on the trail.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, ”, it’ll, ” Mr, I’m, you’re, Trump’s Locations: West Palm Beach, Fla

“Kamala Harris will appoint hundreds of extreme far left judges to forcibly impose crazy San Francisco liberal values on Americans nationwide,” Mr. Trump told the crowd. Mr. Biden’s move upended a presidential race that Mr. Trump and his team had been anticipating for years. But Mr. Trump seemed to make a more considered effort on Friday to define Ms. Harris as further to Mr. Biden’s left. Mr. Trump also repeated his false, widely debunked claims of widespread fraud in the 2020 election, which he has maintained that he won. James Singer, a Harris campaign spokesman, criticized Mr. Trump in a statement for insulting Jewish Americans and lying about the 2020 election.

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☆ Automakers Sold Driver Data for Pennies, Senators Say
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Kashmir Hill | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

If you drive a car made by General Motors and it has an internet connection, your car’s movements and exact location are being collected and shared anonymously with a data broker. This practice, disclosed in a letter sent by Senators Ron Wyden of Oregon and Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts to the Federal Trade Commission on Friday, is yet another way in which automakers are tracking drivers, often without their knowledge. Previous reporting in The New York Times, which the letter cited, revealed how automakers including G.M., Honda and Hyundai collected information about drivers’ behavior, such as how often they slammed on the brakes, accelerated rapidly and exceeded the speed limit. It was then sold to the insurance industry, which used it to help gauge individual drivers’ riskiness. The two Democratic senators, both known for privacy advocacy, zeroed in on G.M., Honda and Hyundai because all three had made deals, The Times reported, with Verisk, an analytics company that sold the data to insurers.

Persons: Ron Wyden, Edward J, Markey Organizations: General Motors, Oregon, Massachusetts, Federal Trade Commission, The New York Times, Honda, Hyundai, Democratic, The Times Locations: G.M

☆ Trump, Honing Attacks on Harris, Casts Her as a Far-Left Threat
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Michael Gold | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Former President Donald J. Trump sharpened his attacks against Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday, accusing her of wanting to impose left-wing values on the nation, painting her as overly liberal on immigration and abortion and calling her a “bum” in a speech to a gathering of religious conservatives. Speaking at the Believers Summit, a faith-focused conference hosted by the conservative advocacy group Turning Point Action in West Palm Beach, Fla., Mr. Trump invoked the specter of San Francisco — a liberal city long used as shorthand by conservatives eager to denigrate Democrats — as he argued that Ms. Harris would, if elected, impose far-left values on the country. “Kamala Harris will appoint hundreds of extreme far left judges to forcibly impose crazy San Francisco liberal values on Americans nationwide,” Mr. Trump told the crowd. Making his second campaign speech since Ms. Harris became the presumptive Democratic nominee this week, Mr. Trump’s barbs seemed more focused than earlier in the week, when he unleashed a flurry of wide-ranging attacks.

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☆ Wealth of global top 1% grew by $42 trillion over past decade: Oxfam
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Tami Luhby | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The last decade has been very lucrative for the world’s super-rich residents, fueling the drive by some advocates to tax them more. The top 1% has seen its wealth soar by $42 trillion over the past decade, according to a new analysis by Oxfam International, which is being released ahead of the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors’ meeting in Brazil. “The richest one percent of humanity continues to fill their pockets while the rest are left to scrap for crumbs.”Oxfam regularly issues reports highlighting global inequality and pushes for changes to start evening the playing field. “Momentum to increase taxes on the super-rich is undeniable, and this week is the first real litmus test for G20 governments. Finance officials from the world’s biggest countries began talks earlier this year on introducing a global minimum tax on billionaires.

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☆ Kamala Harris has entered the U.S. presidential election. What that could mean for crypto
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Tanaya Macheel | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The outcome of the U.S. presidential election and its implications for the crypto industry got more uncertain this week after Vice President Kamala Harris entered the race following President Joe Biden's exit. Many are now wondering what a Harris administration could mean for crypto – especially following years of an anti-crypto crusade led by Biden-appointed SEC Chair Gary Gensler and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. On Tuesday, a day after Harris launched her campaign, billionaire Mark Cuban said her advisors had begun reaching out to him about crypto policy . Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency, had recently seen a boost as Trump incorporated crypto into his platform. The crypto industry sees itself as nonpartisan, and in recent weeks has bipartisan support for crypto in Congress has been growing.

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☆ Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ found in pesticides used on food, in homes and on pets, study finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

“These pesticides are applied to tens of millions of farm fields across the United States in quite high quantities, and they are contributing to PFAS contamination,” Andrews said. “The study provides empirical evidence of the extent of PFAS in pesticides,” said DeWitt, who was not involved in the research. PFAS helps pesticides last longerThe study authors submitted Freedom of Information requests to various state and federal government agencies in the US, including the EPA. The analysis found eight EPA-approved inert ingredients were PFAS, including the nonstick chemical Teflon. In February, the EPA proposed the removal of Teflon in pesticide products.

Persons: ”, Alexis Temkin, David Andrews, ” Andrews, Jamie DeWitt, DeWitt, Stephanie Eick, “, Tom Flanagin, Andrews, Rainer Lohmann, Temkin, Sirisak, ” DeWitt Organizations: CNN, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, US Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental, EWG, Center for Biological Diversity, Public Employees, Oregon State University’s Pacific Northwest Center, Health Research, Emory University, Agency, EPA, American Chemistry Council, ACC, ”, University of Rhode Island’s, School of Oceanography Locations: Washington , DC, United States, Tucson , Arizona, Spring , Maryland, Atlanta

☆ Melinda French Gates endorses Kamala Harris, emphasizing her defense of abortion rights
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Alice Tecotzky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Melinda French Gates endorsed Harris in a post on X, celebrating the VP's support for abortion. In May, French Gates committed $1 billion to groups supporting women and abortion. AdvertisementMelinda French Gates took to X, formerly known as Twitter, this morning to announce her support for Kamala Harris' presidential campaign, largely because of the vice president's support for abortion rights. French Gates opened her statement by emphasizing that the country needs a leader who advocates for reproductive freedom and supports families. "I am supporting Vice President Kamala Harris because she is that leader," French Gates wrote.

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☆ Warning signs blinking over swimmers’ anger at alleged Chinese doping scandal ahead of Olympics
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Don Riddell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Eleven of those Chinese swimmers are due to compete again in Paris, and many of their rivals are preparing to go against them with a sense of bitter resignation. Rob Koehler, director of international sports advocacy group Global Athlete, told CNN that they are already anticipating the worst. In a statement, WADA stood by its previous decision-making and said an independent prosecutor had confirmed that its conclusions were reasonable. He said athletes feel as though World Aquatics and the World Anti-Doping Agency have failed them and that nobody outside of the sport is paying attention. While none of those swimmers want to publicly comment on the situation ahead of the Games, Koehler believes that they will publicly protest if any one of the 11 Chinese athletes win a medal.

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☆ Simone Biles is back at the Olympics, and no one is telling her what to do anymore
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Dana O'Neil | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +11 min

It began in Tokyo when Simone Biles said she couldn’t go on and no one told her she’d better go anyway. We were all beaten down and battered,” Strug’s teammate Dominique Dawes says in “Simone Biles Rising,” a Netflix documentary. Simone Biles talks with coach Cécile Canqueteau-Landi after the vault that led her to withdraw from the team all-around at the Tokyo Olympics. Are they really letting Simone Biles try out for the Olympics? GO DEEPER Team USA's Olympics gymnastics leotards revealed: A look at the eight designs for Paris(Top illustration: Dan Goldfarb / The Athletic; photo of Simone Biles: Jamie Squire / Getty Images)

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☆ Here’s where Kamala Harris stands on climate and energy
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Ella Nilsen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —As Vice President Kamala Harris marches toward the Democratic nomination, climate advocates like what they see. And as vice president, Harris made the crucial tie-breaking vote to pass Democrats’ historic climate bill. “Vice President Harris would kick ass against Trump,” Biden’s first national climate adviser Gina McCarthy said in a statement. Given the stakes, climate advocates are eager to shine a light on the stark contrast between Trump and Harris. That’s the critical work for her in the coming days.”Second-term prioritiesA second Democratic administration will continue implementing Biden’s climate bill and defend many of Biden’s marquee climate rules against legal challenges.

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☆ An FCC ruling has cut prison phone bills in half, disrupting the correctional telecommunications industry
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Narimes Parakul | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

In order for people in prison to use phone or video calls to chat with family, the person on the other line must pay. As of 2021, according to research by the Prison Policy Initiative, they've paid an average of $3 for a 15-minute phone call. The new rules will force a business model change for correctional telecommunications companies as they contend with an estimated $500 million loss in revenue, according to Worth Rises. Only five states have passed legislation to make jail phone calls free, according to Prison Legal News. Wanda Bertram, a communications strategist for the Prison Policy Initiative, said prisons tend to negotiate better contracts with telecommunications companies and, therefore, tend to have better rates for prisoners.

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☆ A major student-loan company is being sued over claims it mismanaged 8 million borrowers' accounts, blocking them from lower payments and debt relief
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

You can opt-out at any time by visiting our Preferences page or by clicking "unsubscribe" at the bottom of the email. download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewA major student-loan company just got hit with a lawsuit over claims it harmed the millions of borrowers it services. The lawsuit claims that MOHELA's mismanagement has harmed the 8 million borrowers it services and requests that a judgment be entered requiring MOHELA to provide relief to harmed borrowers for violating consumer protection law. "Individually, any one of MOHELA's failings would be sufficient to cause financial, mental, and emotional distress," the lawsuit said.

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☆ Energized Democrats quickly consolidate around Harris
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Eric Bradner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Democratic congressional leaders had remained quiet so far — but there were signs that could soon change. Massachusetts Rep. Katherine Clark and California Rep. Pete Aguilar, the second- and third-ranking House Democrats, endorsed Harris on Monday morning. The Clintons, in a statement Sunday, endorsed Harris; Obama did not, deferring to the party’s process. In those phone calls, Harris made clear that while she was grateful for Biden’s endorsement, she planned to earn the Democratic nomination in her own right. Longtime Democratic operative Donna Brazile said that she was in the process of gathering delegates to support Harris.

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☆ 30-year-old was laid off from her hotel job, now earns $125,000 without a bachelor's degree thanks to this one skill
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Ayana Dunlap changed careers and increased her earning potential over the course of a summer — and she did it without a bachelor's degree, or spending a dime. Suddenly, the hospitality career Dunlap had dreamed of having since she was a teenager seemed "impossible" to return to. Dunlap says she was worried her job opportunities would be limited without a bachelor's degree. She has an associate's degree in business administration and had exclusively worked in hospitality up to that point. The most important skill that helped Dunlap land a six-figure tech job without a bachelor's degree, she says, is cybersecurity.

Persons: Ayana Dunlap, Dunlap, She's Organizations: Google, Bank Policy Institute, CNBC Locations: Virginia, Scholas, New York, Gaithersburg , Maryland, Washington ,, Dunlap

☆ Sheila Jackson Lee, long-serving Democratic congresswoman and advocate for Black Americans, dies at 74
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Michelle Shen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Sheila Jackson Lee, a longtime Democratic congresswoman from Texas who was an outspoken advocate for Black Americans for decades, has died. Jackson Lee announced in June that she had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty ImagesDuring her congressional tenure, Jackson Lee was an outspoken advocate for progressive interests and Black Americans. “Congresswoman Jackson Lee was a patriot and a fighter to the very end. She will be deeply missed by all who knew her,” Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Steven Horsford and members of the Congressional Black Caucus said in a statement following her death.

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☆ How Tennessee artist Aaron Lee Tasjan is using music to combat hate
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Randi Kaye | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Tasjan regrets not standing up for him at the time, fearing he would be ostracized by association. “It just feels very instinctual to me, to just fall in love with people.”Aaron Lee Tasjan in 2018 in San Francisco, California. Tim Mosenfelder/Getty ImagesAs an artist and an advocate, Tasjan has his work cut out for him. He lives in Nashville Tennessee, a state that in recent years has passed numerous pieces of anti-LGBTQ legislation with more proposed. His LGBTQ-advocacy work in Tennessee, along with his music, is part of that.

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However, Russia and Belarus are exceptions due to the invasion of Ukraine,” a Hiroshima city government spokesperson told CNN. Envoys from Russia and Belarus haven’t attended since Hiroshima excluded them in 2022 following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in February that year. Russia used Belarus as one of the launch pads for its assault and later moved some of its tactical nuclear weapons there. “As a city of international peace, Hiroshima city needs to invite all nations, regardless of whether they are at war or not,” said Kunihiko Sakuma, president of Hiroshima Hidankyo, an atomic bomb survivors’ advocacy group. Hiroshima authorities said they only send invitations to countries with embassies in Japan and have never invited Palestinian representatives to the ceremony.

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☆ The Microsoft-CrowdStrike outage could spur a Big Tech trust reckoning and threaten tech giants' plans for AI
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

It also exposes the fragility of those systems and raises the question: Does Big Tech deserve our trust to properly safeguard a technology as powerful as AI? He said Big Tech companies evaluate systems based on if they work "pretty well most of the time," because there's a rush to get products to market. He said big tech companies should have alternative vendors and a multi-layered defense strategy. Big Tech companies, including Facebook, Amazon, and Google, saw the sharpest drop in trust, with an average decline in confidence ratings of 13% to 18%, according to Brookings. Big Tech companies have had "free rein," Patnaik said.

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☆ CFPB cracks down on popular paycheck advance programs. Here's what that means for workers
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Tierney L. Cross/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesThe Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is cracking down on so-called paycheck advance programs, which have grown popular with workers in recent years. Such programs, also known as earned wage access, allow workers to tap their paychecks before payday, often for a fee, according to the CFPB. More than 7 million workers accessed about $22 billion in wages before payday in 2022, according to a CFPB analysis of employer-sponsored programs also published Thursday. Consumers may encounter earned wage access under various names, like daily pay, instant pay, accrued wage access, same-day pay and on-demand pay. However, most users do pay fees, CFPB found in its analysis of employer-sponsored programs.

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☆ John Deere backs away from diversity and inclusion efforts after a conservative backlash
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

NEW YORK AP —John Deere says it will no longer sponsor “social or cultural awareness” events, becoming the latest major US company to distance itself from diversity and inclusion measures after being targeted by conservative backlash. The move from the company known on Wall Street as Deere & Co. arrives just weeks after rural retailer Tractor Supply ended an array of its corporate diversity and climate efforts. Both announcements came after backlash piled up online from conservative activists opposed to diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, sponsorship of LGBTQ+ Pride events and climate advocacy. “If it’s so polarizing that people just abandon it, then we all lost.”Legal attacks against companies’ diversity, equity and inclusion efforts have also drawn more attention following the Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling to end affirmative action in college admissions. That doesn’t mean companies will stop their DEI efforts entirely, she added, but they may have to change language or find new workarounds.

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☆ Chinese-US tensions ramp up after Xi halts nuclear arms talks
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Hannah Abraham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewChina has pressed pause on arms control and nuclear proliferation talks with the US, blaming the suspension on US arms sales to Taiwan. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. "China has chosen to follow Russia's lead in asserting that engagement on arms control can't proceed when there are other challenges in the bilateral relationship. US President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping began talks on nuclear proliferation and arms control in November, ahead of the first formal dialogue between the US and China in five years. Representatives for Biden and Jinping did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Business Insider.

Persons: —, Matthew Miller, Joe Biden, Xi Jinping, Ali Wyne, Donald Trump, JD Vance, Biden, Jinping Organizations: Service, Communists, Business, US State Department, Crisis, Pentagon, Biden, Brookings Institution, Trump Locations: China, Taiwan, Beijing

☆ More student-loan borrowers are getting debt cancellation through bankruptcy 2 years after Biden streamlined the process
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewThe Biden administration's new process to help student-loan borrowers get rid of their debt in court is working. On Wednesday, the Justice Department released an update on bankruptcy for borrowers following new guidance it released in 2022. "Our clear, fair, and practical standards are helping struggling borrowers find relief that was previously out of reach," Under Secretary of Education James Kvaal said in a statement. "This data should puncture the myth that struggling borrowers cannot discharge their student loan debt through bankruptcy," he continued. AdvertisementThe Justice Department did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for the total number of borrowers who have received discharges through this process.

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☆ Steve Bannon filmed Jeffrey Epstein for 15 hours. His 'documentary' has never surfaced.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

Read previewBefore his 2019 death in jail, Jeffrey Epstein spent hours being interviewed on camera by Steve Bannon. AdvertisementAlexandra Preate, a spokesperson for Bannon, told BI in December 2021 that the documentary about Epstein would be screened "probably around Labor Day." In the 2000s, Trump and Jeffrey Epstein fought over Trump's purchase of a Palm Beach mansion that Epstein coveted. Mark Epstein said Jeffrey Epstein told him he wasn't subpoenaed for any depositions at that time. "You were the only person I was afraid of during the campaign," Bannon told Epstein, according to Wolff's book.

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☆ Live Election Updates: Harsh Rhetoric on Biden and the Border Dominates R.N.C.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( Michael C. Bender | Maggie Astor | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

“I just want to make sure those snakes and the liars don’t get those positions of power,” the younger Mr. Trump said. “My biggest role is just making sure that we have an America First, a MAGA bench for the future,” the younger Mr. Trump said. Image Donald Trump Jr. at the R.N.C. Mr. Kirk credits the size of his multimillion-dollar conservative advocacy group in part to the younger Mr. Trump’s support. “I expect nothing less from you clowns,” Donald Trump Jr. told the reporter.

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