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Trump fearmongering about Harris

Trump Warns Harris Will Give “Everybody Health Care”

Trump Warns Harris Will Give “Everybody Health Care”

August 16, 2024 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies

 

“She wants to take away your private health care. There are many people in this country who spend a lot of money on private health care.

“It’s the best health care in the world, by the way. But they want to do it. They worked hard to make money and they want to do it under her. You’re not going to have private health care plans anymore.

“And you can be a wealthy person or middle income person and you want to spend on a really good plan, better than a government plan. And you’re not gonna be allowed.

“You’re all going to be thrown into a communist system. It’s a communist system. You’re going to be thrown into a system where everybody gets health care.” – Trump, at yesterday’s disastrous “press conference” in New Jersey.

bambino5 days ago edited

He is appealing to the selfish assholes who want to deny everyone but themselves of any privilege. ” This is not about me hoarding. This is about you who should not have anything.”

margaretpoa 5 days ago edited

He just openly said that healthcare should be reserved for those who can afford it. He’s too stupid to be coy but that’s just breathtaking.

Bluestocking  margaretpoa5 days ago

If you take that argument to its logical conclusion (since timely health care in more than just a few cases literally saves lives), what it obliquely implies is that the amount of money you have in the bank is the measure of your worth as a human and that you don’t necessarily have a right to life.

NPSTL  Bluestocking5 days ago

Guess what. The anti-abortion challenges to EMTALA are also going to destroy EMTALA itself. Get used to being dumped back in the parking lot if you should be unlucky enough to not be able to prove your ability to pay. Too bad if you are brought in without identification or an accompanying family member with the insurance card.

(((GC))) – End the filibuster!  Rambie 5 days ago

Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act.

From Wikipedia🔗 :

… EMTALA … requires hospital emergency departments that accept payments from Medicare [i.e. virtually all hospitals] to provide an appropriate medical screening examination (MSE) for anyone seeking treatment for a medical condition regardless of citizenship, legal status, or ability to pay. Participating hospitals may not transfer or discharge patients needing emergency treatment except with the informed consent or stabilization of the patient or when the patient’s condition requires transfer to a hospital better equipped to administer the treatment.

…
EMTALA, as a federal law, supersedes state laws that ban abortion. So, doctors who perform emergency abortions to stabilize a patient are protected by EMTALA. Hospitals that fail to do so could face fines or be booted from Medicare.
…

[with more about cases SCROTUS heard and punted on]

 

Some Joe My God posts I wanted to share.

SURVEY: Vance “More Unpopular” Than Sarah Palin
Trump Names Donors And His Sons To Transition Team
Appeals Court Rules Against IA Man Who Claims He Was Fired For Calling Company’s Pride Flag An “Abomination”
GOP Rep Vows Federal Probe Into “Alien Mummies”
As I reported last year, Maussan has been behind previous “alien” hoaxes. Burchett appeared here last month when he called Kamala Harris a “DEI hire.’
Far-Right OK Public Schools Chief Sued For Defamation
Walters has ordered daily bible lessons in all public school classes and has vowed to fire any teacher who does not comply.

Earlier this week around 25 Republican lawmakers moved to impeach Walters for refusing to their demands for transparency on his spending.

They are particularly irked that Walters has traveled the country on the state’s dime to appear at far-right and pro-Trump events.

The speaker of the Oklahoma House has said that he needs a majority to sign onto the impeachment letter before any action can begin.

Walters is widely expected to run to succeed Christian nationalist Gov. Kevin Stitt, who is term-limited.
TX Sues To Block Federal Trans Workplace Protections
As with his previous lawsuits, this one was filed in the Amarillo division of U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Texas, all but assuring the case will go to far-right Christian nationalist and anti-LGBTQ Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk.

Yesterday Paxton sued to block federal regulations on staffing at nursing homes. Last month Paxton also sued to block federal rules on birth control for teenagers. Both of those cases are before Kacsmaryk.
Cultist Group Floods Texas With Voter Challenges
Megachurch Pastor: Jesus Told Me Harris Is “Demonic”
Murillo last appeared here in June 2024 when he asked for $10 million in donations to stop Pride Month.
He first appeared here in 2021 when he prophesied that God was about to “send down a righteous fire” to smite America’s atheists.
He also appeared here in February 2024 when he joined Charlie Kirk’s alleged $100 million drive to mobilize Christian voters.
Trump: “Communist Kamala Will Bring Famine, Poverty, And Starvation And Will Tax Up To 80% Of Your Income”
Cultist Megadonor’s PAC Plans To Spend Over $100M
Paxton Sues Pro-Migrants Group For Dissing Trump
Read the full article. You will be utterly shocked to learn that Paxton has never sued a church for violating the same rules.
SCOTUS Upholds Block On LGTBQ Student Protections
As I’ve mentioned here many times, Alliance Defending Freedom once petitioned the US Supreme Court to keep homosexuality criminalized. Since then, they have provided free legal support to overseas groups seeking to maintain or institute such laws in their own countries.
GOP Opens Probe On Walz’s “Relationship” With China

On the above post the republicans are so desperate and Comer is such a loser.  They learned from harassing Hillary that if they hammer on a pretend issue and make it seem real, that lowers the candidate’s favorable ratings.  It worked with Hillary so they went after Biden and his son Hunter.  But it was not working like they want.  They know they can not attack VP Harris, so they went for Walz.  It is not governing, it is not legit, sadly they are accusing Walz of the same things they tried to hit Biden and Hunter with.  How totally clueless in today’s society.   Hugs.  Scottie

Trump Made $300,000 From Endorsing “USA” Bible

Without Comment (from me,)

Trump says he’d consider appointing RFK Jr. to role in administration

By Eric Bradner, CNN  3 minute read  Updated 4:58 PM EDT, Tue August 20, 2024

Donald Trump said Tuesday he would “certainly” be open to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. playing a role in his administration if the independent candidate drops out of the 2024 race and endorses the former president.

“I like him, and I respect him,” Trump told CNN’s Kristen Holmes in an interview after a campaign stop in Michigan.

“He’s a brilliant guy. He’s a very smart guy. I’ve known him for a very long time,” the Republican presidential nominee said. “I didn’t know he was thinking about getting out, but if he is thinking about getting out, certainly I’d be open to it.”

Trump’s comments came after Kennedy’s running mate, Nicole Shanahan, said on a podcast posted Tuesday that the Kennedy campaign is considering dropping out of the race and endorsing Trump. She described the decision as intended to reduce “the risk” that Vice President Kamala Harris defeats Trump.

Trump said he would “love that endorsement, because I’ve always liked” Kennedy.

Asked if he would consider appointing Kennedy to a role in his administration if he wins in November, Trump said he “probably would.”

“I like him a lot. I respect him a lot,” Trump said. “I probably would, if something like that would happen. He’s a very different kind of a guy — a very smart guy. And, yeah, I would be honored by that endorsement, certainly.”

The former president also downplayed the potential for backlash from Republicans for appointing Kennedy, who has taken a number of progressive positions.

“I like smart people, and Republicans like me,” Trump said. (snip-More on the page, linked in the title of this post.)

How the Inflation Reduction Act sparked a manufacturing and clean energy boom

Some 271 manufacturing projects for clean energy tech and electric vehicles have been announced since the IRA passed.

Aug. 20, 2024, 7:22 AM CDT / Source: CNBC

By Spencer Kimball, CNBC and Gabriel Cortés, CNBC

The Inflation Reduction Act has sparked a manufacturing boom across the U.S., mobilizing tens of billions of dollars of investment, particularly in rural communities in need of economic development.

The future of those investments could hinge on the outcome of the U.S. presidential election. The prospect of a Republican victory has shaken the confidence of some investors who worry the IRA could be weakened or in a worst-case scenario repealed.

Companies have announced $133 billion of investments in clean energy technology and electric vehicle manufacturing since President Joe Biden signed the IRA into law in August 2022, according to data from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Rhodium Group.

Actual manufacturing investment has totaled $89 billion, an increase of 305% compared to the two years prior to the IRA, according to MIT and Rhodium. Overall, the IRA has leveraged half a trillion dollars of investment across the manufacturing, energy and retail sectors, according to the data.

“It is having a transformative effect within the manufacturing sector,” said Trevor Houser, a partner with the Rhodium Group. “The amount of new manufacturing activity that we’re seeing right now is unprecedented in recent history, and is in large part due to new clean energy manufacturing facilities.”

Some 271 manufacturing projects for clean energy tech and electric vehicles have been announced since the IRA passed, which will create more than 100,000 jobs if they are all completed, according to the advocacy group E2, a partner of the National Resources Defense Council. The investments sparked by the IRA have been a boon for rural communities in particular, Houser said.

“Unlike investment in AI and tech and finance, which is clustered in big cities, clean energy investment really is concentrated in rural communities, and is one of the brightest sources of new investment in those areas,” Houser said.

The IRA has also accelerated the deployment of renewable energy, with $108 billion in invested in utility-scale solar and battery storage projects. Investments in solar and battery storage have surged 56% and 130%, respectively, over the past two years, according to the Rhodium data.

“The more mature technologies, so like wind and solar generation, electric vehicles, those have achieved escape velocity,” Houser said. “They will continue to grow no matter what. It’s a question of speed.”

Trump threats to IRA

But the “manufacturing renaissance” is still in its early stages and remains fragile, Houser said. Without the IRA, the resurgence of new factories would not have taken off, said Chris Seiple, vice chairman of Wood Mackenzie’s power and renewables group.

Former President Donald Trump has threatened to dismantle the law as he advocates for more oil, gas and coal production.

“Upon taking office, I will impose an immediate moratorium on all new spending grants and giveaways under the Joe Biden mammoth socialist bills like the so-called Inflation Reduction Act,” Trump told supporters at a May rally in Wisconsin.

“We’re going to terminate his green new scam,” he said. “And we’re going to end this war on American energy — we’re going to drill, baby, drill.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/energy/inflation-reduction-act-sparked-manufacturing-clean-energy-boom-rcna167315

Kansas will pay $50,000 to settle a suit over a transgender Highway Patrol employee’s firing

Kansas will pay $50,000 to settle a federal lawsuit filed by a former state Highway Patrol employee who claimed to have been fired for coming out as transgender

ByJOHN HANNA Associated Press August 15, 2024, 6:11 PM

TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas will pay $50,000 to settle a federal anti-discrimination lawsuit filed by a former state Highway Patrol employee who claimed to have been fired for coming out as transgender.

Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly and eight leaders of the Republican-controlled Legislature unanimously approved the settlement during a brief online video conference Thursday. The state attorney general’s office pursued the settlement in defending the Highway Patrol, but any agreement it reaches also must be approved by the governor and top lawmakers.

Kelly and the legislators didn’t publicly discuss the settlement, and the amount wasn’t disclosed until the state released their formal resolution approving the settlement nearly four hours after their meeting. Kelly’s office and the offices of Senate President Ty Masterson and House Speaker Dan Hawkins did not respond to emails seeking comment after the meeting.

The former employee’s attorney declined to discuss the settlement before state officials met Thursday and did not return a telephone message seeking comment afterward. The lawsuit did not specify the amount sought, but said it was seeking damages for lost wages, suffering, emotional pain and “loss of enjoyment of life.”

The ex-employee was a buildings and grounds manager in the patrol’s Topeka headquarters and sued after being fired in June 2022. The patrol said the ex-employee had been accused of sexual harassment and wasn’t cooperative enough with an internal investigation. The lawsuit alleged that reason was a pretext for terminating a transgender worker.

The settlement came four months after U.S. District Judge John Broomes rejected the state’s request to dismiss the lawsuit before a trial. Broomes ruled there are “genuine issues of material fact” for a jury to settle.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2020 that a landmark 1964 federal civil rights law barring sex discrimination in employment also bars anti-LGBTQ+ bias.

Court documents said the former Highway Patrol employee, a Topeka resident sought to socially transition at work from male to female. The ex-employee’s last name was listed as Dawes, but court records used a male first name and male pronouns. It wasn’t clear Thursday what first name or pronouns Dawes uses now.

In a December 2023 court filing, Dawes’ attorney said top patrol leaders met “a couple of months” before Dawes’ firing to discuss Dawes being transgender and firing Dawes for that reason.

The patrol acknowledged the meeting occurred but said the leaders decided to get legal advice about the patrol’s “responsibilities in accommodating Dawes” in socially transitioning at work, according to a court filing by a state attorney in November 2023.

Court filings said the meeting wasn’t documented, something Dawes’ attorney called “a serious procedural irregularity.”

The patrol said in its court filings that Dawes’ firing was not related to Dawes being transgender.

It said another female employee had complained that in May 2022, Dawes had complimented her looks and told her “how nice it was to see a female really taking care of herself.” Dawes also sent her an email in June 2022 that began, “Just a note to tell you that I think you look absolutely amazing today!” The other employee took both as sexual advances, it said.

Dawes acknowledged the interactions, but Dawes’ attorney said Dawes hadn’t been disciplined for those comments before being fired — and if Dawes had been, the likely punishment would have only been a reprimand.

The patrol said it fired Dawes for refusing the first time an investigator sought to interview him about the other employee’s allegations. The patrol said Dawes claimed not to be prepared, while Dawes claimed to want to have an attorney present.

Dawes was interviewed three days later, but the patrol said refusing the first interview warranted Dawes’ firing because patrol policy requires “full cooperation” with an internal investigation.

“Dawes can point to no person who is not transgender who was treated more favorably than transgender persons,” the state said in its November 2023 filing.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/kansas-pay-50000-settle-suit-transgender-highway-patrol-112879491

Let’s talk about Trump’s attempt to attach Harris to Biden’s policies….

Let’s talk about updates, Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia….

Let’s talk about Trump’s attempted campaign reset….

I suppose…

“LIVE: Joe Biden Steals Nomination Back From Kamala, Gives It To Hillary, Takes It Back Again by Rebecca Schoenkopf

“Night 1 of the DNC! Shenanigans? Read on Substack

“OK we don’t know if that’s gonna happen but tonight Joe Biden speaks at the DNC, and also Hillary Clinton, and Jason Isbell is performing, and you should watch it.”

(Video linked on the page)

Actually not that funny…

but it kinda is.

Close to Home by John McPherson for August 19, 2024

Close to Home Comic Strip for August 19, 2024

https://www.gocomics.com/closetohome/2024/08/19