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☆ Biden, who is less than a month away from turning 80, said it's 'totally legitimate' for voters to question whether he can serve a second term
  + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Joe Biden said it's "totally legitimate" for people to question whether he is too old for a second term. Biden, who will turn 80 in November, has signaled his intention to seek reelection in 2024. I think that's totally legitimate," Biden said, whose 80th birthday is in November. In a separate interview, Biden said it is his "intention" to seek re-election in 2024, though he has not yet formally declared his candidacy. Recent polls show a majority of Americans think both Biden and 76-year-old former president Donald Trump are too old to seek reelection.
☆ Trump joked that the 'only way' to find the SCOTUS leaker from Roe decision is threaten they will be the 'bride of a prisoner'
  + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Donald Trump said threats of being a "bride of another prisoner" should be used to find the source of the Dobbs leak. In a rambling monologue, Trump lamented about how "in this country, they leak all over the place, even on the Supreme Court." "By the way, you have to find the leaker of the Supreme, you have to find the leaker. This person leaked from the Supreme Court." And you say, 'That's okay, you're going to jail.'
☆ Liz Cheney says Trump's Jan. 6 committee testimony won't be a 'circus,' 'food fight,' or like his 'first debate against Joe Biden'
  + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Liz Cheney said the January 6 committee won't let Donald Trump turn his testimony "into a circus." The committee officially subpoenaed Trump on Friday, calling for him to sit before the panel by November 14. This isn't going to be, you know, his first debate against Joe Biden and the circus and the food fight that became. She added that the committee has "many, many alternatives that we will consider" if Trump refuses to comply with the subpoena. Cheney added that the panel has information on "Donald Trump's personal and direct role in managing and overseeing and coordinating the sophisticated multi-part plan to overturn the election."
☆ Biden says it's his 'intention' to seek reelection and that the first lady thinks 'we're doing something very important'
  + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Joe Biden said it's his "intention" to seek re-election in 2024, though he hasn't formally declared his candidacy. Many have questioned whether Biden, 79, will seek reelection and who might challenge him. When asked if Dr. Jill Biden supports his decision, Biden paused for a long moment. "My wife thinks that we're doing something very important and that I shouldn't walk away from it," he said. Some Democrats have debated whether the 79-year-old president should seek reelection, citing his age and job performance as reasons to consider a different candidate.
☆ How ethereum and bitcoin are trying to go green
  + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( Katie Brigham | Jeniece Pettitt | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: 1 min
Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailHow ethereum and bitcoin are trying to go greenEthereum, the world's second-largest cryptocurrency, recently implemented a major network upgrade that reduced its energy consumption by 99.9%. But though energy usage has been one of the cryptocurrency industry's biggest targets for critique, it's not likely that bitcoin will follow suit. Instead, bitcoin miners are touting their use of renewables and their benefit to the electrical grid, as they try to green their image. Here's how both networks are trying to become more sustainable.
☆ How ethereum's merge made crypto mining more sustainable
  + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( Katie Brigham | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
Called proof-of-stake, this system has reduced ethereum's energy consumption by more than 99%. All of this work helps to secure the network by making it nearly impossible for bad actors to accrue enough computing power to take control. But recent research also shows that in 2020, mining Bitcoin consumed 75.4 terawatt hours of electricity, more than all of Austria or Portugal. Ethereum proponents say this penalty will make the network more secure, while bitcoin enthusiasts see proof-of-work as the more secure, tried and true approach. However, the optics of bitcoin's energy use in the midst of the global climate crisis has become a problem for the network.
☆ Armed and masked 'ballot watchers' sat by ballot drop boxes in Arizona late at night, prompting police investigation
  + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Police investigated armed and masked individuals parked near ballot drop boxes in Mesa, Arizona. Local reporters said there were two individuals "dressed in tactical gear, fully disguised" by a drop box. The DOJ is reviewing a report of voter intimidation from Mesa after a voter said he was accused of being a "mule." Late Friday night, deputies were "looking into several individuals watching a voter drop box in Mesa," ABC 15 Arizona reporter Nicole Grigg tweeted, adding that the individuals were "dressed in tactical gear, fully disguised" and armed. "The men in tactical gear had already left but deputies measured to make sure ballot watchers weren't too close," Bontke tweeted.
☆ Arizona GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake repeats claims about voter fraud as CNN's Dana Bash pushes back: 'There was no evidence of any of that'
  + stars: | 2022-10-16 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
A Trump-back candidate in Arizona continues to push debunked claims about the 2020 election. CNN host Dana Bash pushed back when Kari Lake claimed there was "evidence" of a rigged election. Trump maintains the 2020 election was stolen, but his own ex-officials say there is no evidence. On CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday, host Dana Bash pushed back as Lake insisted that there is "plenty of evidence" that the election was stolen. "You called the 2020 election corrupt, stolen, rotten and rigged.
☆ Bernie Sanders says voters who are right-wing 'homophobes, xenophobes' and 'racists' will never be won over by Democrats
  + stars: | 2022-10-16 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Sen. Bernie Sanders said some right-wing Americans who are racist and homophobic will never be won over. When Sanders ran for president in 2020, he made efforts to court Trump voters. During an interview with host of NBC's "Meet the Press" Chuck Todd, Sanders spoke about appealing to Trump voters. "During 2016 and in 2020, you made a big deal about wanting to court Trump voters. "There are some extreme right-wing voters who are racists, who are sexists, who are homophobes, xenophobes.
☆ Rep. Adam Kinzinger says Trump is 'required by law' to testify before January 6 committee: 'He can ramble and push back all he wants'
  + stars: | 2022-10-16 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Rep. Adam Kinzinger said Donald Trump is required to testify before the Jan. 6 panel after it subpoenaed him. In a letter responding to the subpoena, Trump did not say whether he would testify. Trump has told some aides that he would speak before the panel if his testimony is broadcast live. He is required by law to come in, and he can ramble and push back all he wants. Asked if the Justice Department should hold Trump in criminal contempt if he refuses to testify, Kinzinger said that is "a bridge we cross if we have to get there."
☆ Arizona gubernatorial candidate Katie Hobbs defends her refusal to debate Trump-backed GOP rival Kari Lake, who she says is 'only interested in creating a spectacle'
  + stars: | 2022-10-16 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Democratic Arizona governor candidate Katie Hobbs defended her refusal to debate opponent Kari Lake. On CNN, Hobbs said that Lake avoids "substantive, in-depth conversations" about Arizona issues. "Look, Kari Lake has made it clear time and time again that she's not interested in having substantive, in-depth conversations about the issues that matter to Arizonans. A representative for the Kari Lake campaign said in a statement to Insider that Hobbs "lied" about Lake's willingness to do interviews. "The only one who is afraid to talk about the issues in this campaign is Katie Hobbs, who still refuses to debate Kari and runs away from reporters whenever possible."
☆ Florida man charged with murder in connection with missing ex-wife after remains found in burn pile
  + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Marlene Lenthang | Marlene Lenthang Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +5 min
A Florida man has been charged with murder in connection with the death of his missing ex-wife, after human remains were found in a burn pile on his property, according to court documents. Ian Christopher Baunach, 43, was charged Monday in Hendry County, Florida, in connection with the death of Katie Samantha Baunach, who was last seen Sept. 29, the Hendry County Sheriff's Office said. Katie Baunach. After failing to make contact with Ian Baunach, officers later returned and found her car had been moved from the driveway onto the street. He did, however, admit "to being angry that Katie Baunach filed for and received a domestic violence injunction against him,” the complaint said.
☆ GOP Gov. Larry Hogan called Republican governors DeSantis and Abbott busing migrants a 'terrible idea' and a stunt to 'get on TV'
  + stars: | 2022-10-09 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Larry Hogan criticized southern governors who have sent migrants to other states. Ron DeSantis and Texas Gov. Larry Hogan criticized Governors Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbott for their "terrible idea" of relocating migrants from southern states. Hogan added that DeSantis was inspired to fly migrants to northern states after Abbott started busing them in April. Abbott was doing it in Texas, he went to Texas and grabbed 50 people and sent them to Martha's Vineyard as a publicity stunt," Hogan said.
☆ Ukrainians are posing with a giant postage stamp depicting the blown up bridge linking Russia and Crimea
  + stars: | 2022-10-09 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Ukrainians are celebrating the bridge explosion that collapsed a key link between Russia and Crimea. The Kerch Bridge explosion severely damaged the supply route for Russian soldiers invading southern Ukraine. In Kyiv, Ukrainians celebrated by posing with an oversize postage stamp depicting the bridge explosion. In Kyiv, Ukrainians celebrated by posing with an oversize postage stamp depicting the bridge explosion. The bridge was a proud symbol of his illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014, according to The Washington Post.
☆ Donald Trump called Mitch McConnell a 'piece of shit' and an 'Old Crow' in a new Maggie Haberman book
  + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Donald Trump called Mitch McConnell a "piece of shit," according to a forthcoming book by Maggie Haberman. Trump spoke with Haberman for her book "Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America." "Well, I figured that the Mitch McConnells would be like him, in the sense of strength," Trump told Haberman, according to The Atlantic. Their relationship teetered during Trump's presidency but largely soured after McConnell disavowed Trump following the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol. In one of Haberman's later interviews with Trump for her book, he said of McConnell: "The Old Crow's a piece of shit."
☆ 'I love being with her': Trump says in new book that New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman is like his 'psychiatrist'
  + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Donald Trump once said New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman was like his "psychiatrist." Haberman, a White House correspondent for The New York Times, conducted a series of interviews with Trump for her upcoming book, "Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America." Haberman wrote that it was an insightful but "meaningless line, almost certainly intended to flatter," per The Atlantic. All present a chance for him to vent or test reactions or gauge how his statements are playing or discover how he is feeling," Haberman wrote, according to the excerpt. Along the way, he reoriented an entire country to react to his moods and emotions," Haberman wrote, per The Atlantic.
☆ Karl Rove says Texas' abortion law is 'too extremist' and will be 'a real problem for Republicans in the legislature'
  + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
GOP strategist Karl Rove said the Texas abortion law that bans the procedure after 6 weeks is "extremist." He said the ban will "create a real problem for Republicans" during the state's legislative session beginning in January. Some state lawmakers have said they would vote to add a rape exception, the Texas Tribune reported. "Do you think Texas is too extremist?" According to the Tribune, Rove said that he supports the Supreme Court's ruling and that abortion regulations should be a state's rights issue.
☆ Gavin Newsom says he is definitely not running for president in 2024 after his 'vulnerable' 2021 recall
  + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Newsom survived a recall election in 2021 when over 60% of voters chose not to recall him. At the Texas Tribune Festival, Newsom said the recall was a "sobering" experience. Gavin Newsom insisted he will not run for president in 2024, in part due to his close recall election last year. Newsom was asked if he was considering running for president in the next election during an interview at the Texas Tribune Festival in Austin on Saturday. The first-term governor survived a recall election in 2021 when over 60% of voters opted not to recall him, Business Insider previously reported.
☆ Ted Cruz was booed by a Texas audience when he said his plan to end school shootings is putting more police officers in schools
  + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Ted Cruz was met with a booing audience when he said his plan to stop school shootings is putting more police in schools. Cruz commented on gun control efforts and the Uvalde school shooting at the Texas Tribune Festival. A responsive audience jeered at Cruz at some points, demanding age restrictions on assault weapons. "Two weeks ago, I stood on the Senate floor and tried to pass legislation I've introduced that would double the number of police officers in school," Cruz said to a crowd of boos. Cruz was met with more yells from the audience, this time specifically about the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, in May that left 19 elementary schoolers and two teachers dead.
☆ Ted Cruz said Republicans don't criticize Trump because if they do, 'he turns around and punches them in the face' for it.
  + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Ted Cruz said Republicans don't criticize Donald Trump because he "punches them in the face" for it. "Why are people reluctant on the Republican side to criticize Donald Trump? Cruz said he witnessed meetings in which "different Republican senators would criticize" Trump, who would then "spend the whole meeting just slamming them with a stick." "I disagree with a lot of the things Donald Trump says. Cruz and Trump were staunch opponents in the 2016 presidential election, during which time Trump made several disparaging comments about Cruz and his family, though he later apologized.
☆ Members of the Oath Keepers, including founder Stewart Rhodes, are asking for a change of venue before their upcoming sedition trial, citing the 'incessant negative publicity' of Jan. 6 defendants
  + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Attorneys for a group of Oath Keepers are asking for a change of venue in their federal sedition trial for the Jan. 6 attack. The group of Oath Keepers, including founder Stewart Rhodes, argued that they cannot receive a fair trial in DC. Attorneys for the group decried the "incessant negative publicity regarding J6 defendants." "Most recently, the 'Oath Keepers' have been all over the news," attorneys said in the court filing obtained by Insider, decrying the "incessant negative publicity regarding J6 defendants." The House committee recently released audio recordings from a walkie-talkie app that the Oath Keepers used while inside the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
☆ Putin's 'unusual' habit with generals isn't typical for a modern military
  + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: 1 min
CNN reporter Katie Bo Lillis breaks down Russian reactions to Putin's choice to call up reserve troops to fight in Ukraine, and how Putin is dealing with an increasingly divided military amid Ukrainian advances.
☆ Crypto donor dead set on preventing the next global pandemic gave millions to Trump-backed candidates who opposed COVID regulations to court MAGA base
  + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Crypto financier Ryan Salame has donated millions to Republican candidates. Three of the candidates Salame supported this year railed against COVID restrictions. The three Republican candidates have all clashed with COVID restrictions in their attempts to woo the MAGA faithful to their side. Hines took to Twitter in August 2021 to lobby against vaccine mandates of any kind. "Ban COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates in our workplaces, our children's schools, and throughout #NC13!"
☆ Sen. Dick Durbin calls GOP governors 'pathetic' for making promises to migrant families to get them on buses
  + stars: | 2022-09-18 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Sen. Dick Durbin called GOP governors "pathetic" for relocating migrants to different states. Governors DeSantis and Abbott have flown and bussed immigrants to northern states and Washington, DC. On Sunday, Durbin, the Democratic Whip, said the GOP governors are jeopardizing migrants' stay in the US by relocating them. We saw it with the forcible removal of children from their parents, some who've never been reunited with their families," Durbin said. "And now, once again, it's the kids and families that are put on these buses and transported for political purposes across the United States."
☆ NYC Mayor Adams criticizes 'humanitarian crisis made by human hands' as city considers cruise ships to house migrants bussed to East Coast
  + stars: | 2022-09-18 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
NYC Mayor Adams decried the migrant "humanitarian crisis" that has brought over 11,000 migrants to the city. Adams said the city may use cruise ships to house migrants as the system is "nearing its breaking point." Adams has said the city shelter system is "nearing its breaking point" in its capacity and has begun to consider using cruise ships to house migrants. "It is time for us to coordinate this humanitarian crisis that our country is facing." Despite the concerns about capacity, Adams maintained "this is a right-to-shelter city, and we're going to fulfill our obligations."
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