Hatteras Sky Breaks Ground On 23-Story Saiya Mixed-Use Development In Downtown Phoenixs Popular Roosevelt Row Arts District | MultifamilyBiz.com
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PHOENIX, AZ – Real estate development firm Hatteras Sky along with capital partner Bridge Investment Group broke ground earlier on a 23-story mixed-use high-rise apartment project located at First Avenue and West McKinley Street, in the heart of downtown Phoenix’s Roosevelt Row neighborhood.
Located only a 4-minute walk from the Central Avenue Valley METRO Light Rail station, the new project, named Saiya, will feature 389 multifamily residential units and 12,550 square feet of street-level retail, including the preservation of the historic McKinley Medical Office building.
“Saiya is a unique and attractive opportunity to bridge the gap between Phoenix’s housing supply and soaring housing demand, while also providing future residents with extraordinary access to the best of Roosevelt Row’s arts, parks, entertainment, food, and beverage district as well as all that Downtown Phoenix has to offer,” said Oz Friedmann, Principal and Managing Director of Development at Hatteras Sky. “Phoenix has experienced dramatic growth, especially in downtown, and we are excited to contribute to the changing skyline.”
Roosevelt Row has been named one of the nation’s best neighborhoods and art districts, making it a valued cultural hub for the Phoenix metropolitan area and the State of Arizona. The walkable, creative district connects Downtown Phoenix to many historic residential neighborhoods and is nationally known for its arts and cultural events, award-winning restaurants, galleries, boutiques, festivals, and live music. The area has fostered a Downtown urban renewal with many rehabilitated historic bungalows and new infill projects, and the neighborhood is also a hot spot for local public and street art, and many photo opportunity destinations.
“Bridge focuses on multifamily developments as an avenue to revitalize underserved communities and provide high-quality, essential housing in growing parts of the country,” stated David Coelho, CIO of Bridge’s Opportunity Zone strategy. “The project fits well within our mandate and we are excited about our continued partnership with Hatteras Sky in a dynamic live/work/play neighborhood like Downtown Phoenix.”
Plans call for an amenity deck swimming pool, a rooftop pool, elevated outdoor courtyards offering group seating, grilling, and gaming areas, fitness center, game room, dog park, and rooftop kitchen and bar lounge. Saiya will also feature approximately 12,550 square feet of street-level retail and restaurant space. The first residential units are anticipated to be delivered in the summer of 2024. East West Bank and Poppy Bank are providing the construction financing. JE Dunn will serve as general contractor of the project, which was designed by Shepley Bulfinch. RPA, an Ardurra Company, is the civil engineer.
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Monday News: Biden Says U.S. Troops Would Defend Taiwan In Event Of Attack By China; Hurricane Fiona Brings catastrophic Flooding Power Outages To Puerto Rico; Abortion Trump Boost Midterm Prospects For Democrats; Youngkin To Hold Arizona Events Supporting Lake
Monday News: “Biden Says U.S. Troops Would Defend Taiwan In Event Of Attack By China”; “Hurricane Fiona Brings ‘catastrophic’ Flooding, Power Outages To Puerto Rico”; “Abortion, Trump Boost Midterm Prospects For Democrats”; “Youngkin To Hold Arizona Events Supporting Lake” https://digitalarizonanews.com/monday-news-biden-says-u-s-troops-would-defend-taiwan-in-event-of-attack-by-china-hurricane-fiona-brings-catastrophic-flooding-power-outages-to-puerto/
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Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, September 19.
Activists Demand Action Against Oil Giants Accused of Misleading the Public
Electric Vehicles Took Off. Car Makers Weren’t Ready.
Three global renewables trends to watch for – and what they mean for Australia (“A summary is that solar is doing well across the world. Wind is struggling. Unfortunately, the European wind turbine manufacturers are unprofitable, wind farms take forever to permit in Europe and overall globally there seems to be only modest growth.”)
Putin’s Energy War With Europe Seems to Falter (“Russia cut natural-gas supplies to undermine European support for Ukraine, but the economic strategy is struggling.”)
‘Crippling’ Energy Bills Force Europe’s Factories to Go Dark
The Global Race to Hike Rates Tilts Economies Toward Recession
Russian pop star lashes out against Ukraine war; another nuclear plant hit by Russian strike
Winter is fast approaching in Ukraine. Here’s what comes next for the conflict
Ukraine Latest: Kyiv Seeks Global Support for War Crimes Probes
Here’s what we know about the state of Russia’s military (“Ukraine’s recent victories expose even more systemic failures.”)
Zelenskiy vows no let-up as Ukraine says troops cross Oskil river in northeast
Ukraine claims control of key Oskil river on front line
Ukraine says Russian missile struck close to nuclear plant
Putin’s new Ukraine problem: Even the war’s biggest supporters are growing dissatisfied
Biden says U.S. troops would defend Taiwan in event of attack by China
Biden tells 60 Minutes U.S. troops would defend Taiwan, but White House says this is not official U.S. policy
Which world leaders are attending the funeral at Westminster Abbey?
Britain and world say final goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II
Iran’s president rails against Israel and U.S. sanctions
Pelosi, in Armenia, condemns Azerbaijan’s ‘illegal’ attacks as cease-fire holds
Italy’s right-wing bloc set for election win: five questions for markets (Not good.)
Biden: “The pandemic is over” (Not really.)
Hurricane Fiona brings “catastrophic” flooding, power outages to Puerto Rico
Hurricane Fiona Knocks Out Power to All of Puerto Rico, Governor Says
President Biden says he hasn’t decided on 2024 re-election run
‘Rapid acceleration’ in US school book censorship leads to 2,500 bans in a year (Appalling.)
Former federal prosecutor: A “day of reckoning” is coming for Trump — but he’s not going to jail (“Kenneth McCallion battled Trump in court — and says Merrick Garland has ‘overwhelming evidence’ for conviction”)
The Story So Far: Where 6 Investigations Into Donald Trump Stand
Trump’s Latest Rally Was Even Weirder Than Usual (“While a QAnon song played and Trump listed how America is going to hell without him, many in the crowd oddly raised a finger in unison.”)
Trump Rally Plays Music Resembling QAnon Song, and Crowds React
Trump’s favorability rating drops to new low: poll
Scoop: Team Trump sees special master as deep FBI skeptic
Poll: Abortion, Trump boost midterm prospects for Democrats
Republicans are wearing cruelty as a badge of honor (“They are flaunting racism and extremism in their treatment of migrants and others.”)
50 DAYS: Trump gives Democrats new hope for Senate
Juan Williams: Let’s hope Lindsey Graham’s abortion plan backfires
This QAnon-flavored soundtrack to Trump, GOP’s fascist right turn should terrify you
Can the Sunday morning talk show be saved?
Bill Clinton says GOP will find ‘some new way to scare the living daylights out of swing voters’
Proud Boys memo reveals meticulous planning for ‘street-level violence’
Massachusetts seeks human trafficking probe targeting Florida Gov. DeSantis over migrants
Trump Fumes: DeSantis Stole My Plan for Shipping Migrants
DeSantis campaign ad features Christian nationalist pastor with antisemitic views
Mixing Christianity With Nationalism Is a Recipe for Fascism (“Ron DeSantis is just the latest leader exploiting Jesus, the enemy of all nationalism”)
Raphael Warnock Should Trounce Herschel Walker. His Campaign Knows It Won’t Be That Easy. (“The incumbent Democratic senator is facing an inexperienced candidate beset by stumbles and scandals—yet one who’s also Georgia football royalty and has Trump’s stamp of approval. As one strategist put it, “Those MAGA Republicans are going to look at him and go, ‘He’s for our tribe.’”)
Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA07) Blasts Youngkin: “it’s downright shameful to think that an elected leader would punch down at kids to score political points.” (In stark contrast, Spanberger’s far-right opponent has stated that “public schools ‘don’t exist for left-wing activists to groom students towards a sexual preference.’)
Congressman Bobby Scott working to double Pell Grant amount
Youngkin to hold Arizona events supporting Lake (“Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin is expected to stump for Arizona governor candidate Kari Lake next month, escalating his midterm campaign efforts ahead of a prospective 2024 presidential bid.”)
Virginia has moved to restrict the rights of trans students in its public schools
‘I’ve spoken to students that are terrified’: Va. rolls back transgender accommodations
Kellen Squire: Youngkin Weaponizes the State to Attack My Kids – and Anyone Who Supports Them (Youngkin “wants to make it illegal for kids like mine to be who they are.”)
Virginia Reverses School Protections for Transgender Students
Taxpayers’ bill for Youngkin’s unofficial out of state travel is $18,376
New state funding could help freshwater mussels make a comeback
Regulators approve Dominion bill increase for rising fuel costs; Appalachian Power also seeking hike
White: New parole board grants fewest releases ever
Hospitals in Hampton Roads seek to balance security, safety as violence rises in emergency rooms
D.C.-area forecast: A few more hot days, then a taste of fall
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Joe Biden: Classified Documents At Mar-A-Lago Raise Concerns
Joe Biden: Classified Documents At Mar-A-Lago Raise Concerns https://digitalarizonanews.com/joe-biden-classified-documents-at-mar-a-lago-raise-concerns/
President Joe Biden says the discovery of top-secret documents at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate raised concerns that sensitive data was compromised and called it “irresponsible.”
Biden, who rarely does interviews, spoke to CBS’ “60 Minutes” in a segment that aired Sunday. He said that when he heard about classified documents taken from the White House, he wondered how “anyone could be that irresponsible.”
Biden added: “And I thought, what data was in there that may compromise sources and methods?”
The President said he did not get a heads-up before the Trump estate was searched, and he has not asked for any specifics “because I don’t want to get myself in the middle of whether or not the Justice Department should move or not move on certain actions they could take.”
The FBI says it took about 11,000 documents, including roughly 100 with classification markings found in a storage room and an office, while serving a court-authorized search warrant at the home on Aug. 8. Weeks after the search, Trump lawyers asked a judge to appoint a special master to conduct an independent review of the records.
The warrant says federal agents were investigating potential violations of three different federal laws, including one that governs gathering, transmitting or losing defense information under the Espionage Act.
Biden told “60 Minutes” that when he heard about classified documents being taken from the White House, he wondered how “anyone could be that irresponsible.”
“And I thought what data was in there that may compromise sources and methods?”
In the wide-ranging interview, the president wouldn’t commit to running for reelection in 2024, though he’s said in the past that he planned to.
“My intention, as I said to begin with, is that I would run again,” he said. “But it’s just an intention. But is it a firm decision that I run again? That remains to be seen.”
Biden was asked about growing concerns that Russia’s efforts to seize Ukraine could inspire China’s leader Xi Jinping to attack Taiwan. The island has been recognized by the U.S. as part of China but has its own democratic government. Xi and Russian President Vladimir Putin met last week.
Biden again said the U.S. forces would respond “if in fact there was an unprecedented attack.”
White House officials later said the official U.S. policy had not changed, and would not say whether American forces would be called to defend Taiwan. Biden has made the claim before, but the statements come at an increasingly tense time for U.S.-China relations, particularly after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip there last month.
Beijing sees official American contact with Taiwan as encouragement to make the island’s decades-old de facto independence permanent, a step Biden and other U.S. leaders say they don’t support.
The President said the U.S. commitment to Ukraine was “ironclad” and would remain so “as long as it takes.” Ukrainian troops are engaged in a counteroffensive that has reclaimed towns and cities from Russian troops. But the toll the war has taken is vast, and fresh atrocities are being revealed, including torture chambers and mass graves. Since January 2021, the U.S. has given more than $13.5 billion in security assistance to Ukraine.
In the same hour, “60 Minutes” also aired an interview with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who will be speaking to the U.N. General Assembly in New York this coming week. Raisi echoed standard Iranian lines about the status of currently stalled nuclear talks with world powers. He said the United States is not trustworthy and demanded guarantees that the U.S. would not withdraw from a deal as Trump did in 2018.
Raisi said he had no plans to meet with Biden on the sidelines of the U.N. event as it would serve no purpose, although he reiterated that Iran is willing to discuss prisoner exchanges with the United States. He also defended his country’s anti-Israel stance and said Tehran was committed to pursuing “justice” for the Trump administration’s assassination of a top Iranian military commander.
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Republished with permission of The Associated Press.
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Watchdog Group Finds Issues With ’20 Census https://digitalarizonanews.com/watchdog-group-finds-issues-with-20-census/
FILE – A briefcase of a census taker is seen as she knocks on the door of a residence Aug. 11, 2020, in Winter Park, Fla. The House has passed legislation on a party-line vote that aims to make it harder for future presidents to interfere in the once-a-decade headcount that determines political power and federal funding. The bill is a Democrat-led response to the Trump’s administration’s failed efforts to place a citizenship question on the 2020 census. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)
Some census takers who falsified information during the 2020 count didn’t have their work redone fully, weren’t fired in a timely manner and in many cases even received bonuses, according to the U.S. Commerce Department’s watchdog group.
The findings released Friday by the Office of Inspector General raise concerns about possible damage to the quality of the once-a-decade head count that determines political power and federal funding.
Off-campus students at colleges and universities were likely undercounted since the census started around the same time students were sent home to stop the spread of covid-19 in March 2020, the review found.
During the 2020 census, The Associated Press documented cases of census takers who were pressured by their supervisors to enter false information into a computer system about homes they had not visited so they could close cases during the waning days of the census.
Supervisors were able to track their census takers’ work in real time through mobile devices that the census takers used to record information about households’ numbers, demographic characteristics and members’ relationships to one another. As a result, supervisors would get alerts when actions raised red flags about accuracy, such as a census taker recording data on a home while far away from the address or a census taker conducting an interview in just a few minutes. As a quality control check, others census takers were sent back to homes to re-interview residents.
The Inspector General’s probe concluded that some alerts weren’t being properly resolved, some re-interviews weren’t properly conducted and that the work of some census takers whose work had been flagged for falsifying data had not been reworked to fix its accuracy. In fact, some census takers whose work was flagged for falsifications were given more cases, weren’t fired and were reassigned to other operations, the report said.
Of the 1,400 census takers who were designated “hard fails” because questions about the accuracy of their work, only 300 were fired for misconduct or unsatisfactory performance. Of the 1,400 “hard fail” census takers, 1,300 of them received bonuses ranging from $50 to $1,600 each, the report said.
The census is the largest nonmilitary mobilization in the U.S. Data gathered during the census determines how many congressional seats each state gets. The numbers also are used for redrawing political districts and distributing $1.5 trillion in federal spending each year. Because of that, undercounts can cost communities funding.
The 2020 census faced unprecedented challenges including the pandemic, natural disasters and political interference from the Trump administration.
In response to the Inspector General’s report, the Census Bureau said it appreciated the concerns that were raised but disagreed with the conclusions that data quality may have been damaged since the report cited only a small number of cases out of the overall workload.
“As a result, we asserted that the findings could not and should not be presented as a conclusive assessment of overall census quality,” Census Bureau Director Robert Santos said in the written response.
Student counts also presented issues. Under Census Bureau rules, college and university students should have been counted where they spent the most time, either at on-campus housing or off-campus apartments, even if they were sent home because of the pandemic.
Most schools didn’t provide the Census Bureau with off-campus student data, and the bureau had to use a last-resort, less-accurate statistical tool to fill in the information gaps on more than 10% of the off-campus student population when they were given the information, the Inspector General’s report said.
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Iran President Demands US 'guarantees' On Nuclear Deal | Macau Business
Iran President Demands US 'guarantees' On Nuclear Deal | Macau Business https://digitalarizonanews.com/iran-president-demands-us-guarantees-on-nuclear-deal-macau-business/
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi demanded US “guarantees” it will not withdraw again from a nuclear deal if it is revived ahead of his debut visit to the United Nations.
With Western hopes fading for restoration of the landmark 2015 agreement with world powers, the hardline cleric said in a US television interview that he would still back a “good deal and a fair deal”
But he said: “It needs to be lasting. There needs to be guarantees.”
“We cannot trust the Americans because of the behavior that we have already seen from them. That is why if there is no guarantee, there is no trust,” he told CBS News’ “60 Minutes” program.
Former president Barack Obama negotiated the agreement under which Iran drastically scaled back nuclear work in return for promises of sanctions relief.
Three years later, Donald Trump pulled out and reimposed sweeping sanctions. President Joe Biden supports a return but Iran’s call for guarantees has become a sticking point, with the Democratic administration saying it is impossible in the US system to say what a future president would do.
But Raisi said Trump’s pullout showed that US promises are “meaningless.”
The parties to the 2015 deal — which also included Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia — saw it as the best way to stop the Islamic republic from building a nuclear bomb -– a goal Tehran has always denied.
Raisi last year succeeded Hassan Rouhani, a relative moderate who spoke to Obama by telephone while visiting New York for the United Nations.
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told AFP last week that negotiations to bring Iran back into the deal are stalemated, after proposals from the parties “were converging”.
In early August a senior European Union official had said progress was being made on obstacles, including guarantees the US would not again scupper a deal.
Three days later Borrell presented a “final” text of an agreement.
A report from the UN’s nuclear watchdog earlier this month that it was unable to certify Iran’s nuclear program as “exclusively peaceful” has complicated diplomatic efforts to revive the deal.
Iran is sticking to a demand that, to revive the 2015 deal, the International Atomic Energy Agency must conclude a probe launched when the agency found traces of nuclear material at three undeclared sites.
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CBS Star Reporter Fears Were On The Brink Of Civil War
CBS Star Reporter Fears We’re On The Brink Of Civil War https://digitalarizonanews.com/cbs-star-reporter-fears-were-on-the-brink-of-civil-war/
In the books written about the plot to steal the 2020 election and the violent insurrection that followed, none have led with a 50-year-old high school teacher from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, afraid of a civil war.
“This is not something I’ve seen in the history of this country, except for before the Civil War,” said Bob Harvie, the chair of the Bucks County Board of Elections, in the pages of The Big Truth, the new book from CBS News star Major Garrett and elections expert David Becker. “And it does scare me. I’m really worried we’re approaching a precipice that’s going to be impossible to come back from.”
It’s people like Harvie who Garrett, the chief White House correspondent at CBS News, and Becker, the head of the Center for Election Innovation & Research, hoped to spotlight in their new book, The Big Truth: Upholding Democracy in the Age of “The Big Lie,” due out Tuesday from Diversion Books.
The at-times distressing book tells the story of how democracy survived an unprecedented assault in 2020, often through the election officials who served as its soldiers. Featuring interviews with those in several pivotal states, lawmakers who fought to defend the election (and paid the electoral price for it), and political historians, the 283-page account reflects on the impact of the attack and how best to prevent it in the future.
The idea for the book came just after the 2020 election, though it was rooted in both Garrett and Becker’s experiences in the months prior. The COVID-19 pandemic left Garrett unsure of how to do campaign reporting, particularly when no events or rallies were being held (to a certain extent). It led him to focus instead on how the election would be carried out, particularly as Donald Trump and his acolytes again laid the foundations to claim a “rigged” election. After the election, Garrett approached Becker, who served as CBS News’ election law expert, with the basic outline.
“It was almost like the D-Day of elections,” Becker told The Daily Beast in a recent Zoom conversation with the pair. “American ingenuity and hard work—from liberal Democrats to conservative Republicans, from Alaska to Florida—paid off, and we somehow managed 160 million voters while 1,000 people were dying a day from a pandemic. And that story wasn’t being told.”
Its necessity, however, became apparent after the Capitol riots, which seemed to serve as a culmination of a months-long, anti-democratic barrage.
“After Jan. 6, David and I assumed that that would be the ultimate moment in which everyone would have said, ‘This is the abyss and we will all walk back from this abyss in a bipartisan way,’” Garrett said. “By the summer, it was clear that wasn’t happening, that there was already a recasting and a whitewashing of what Jan. 6 was, and a concerted effort by some Republicans, and certainly former President [Donald] Trump, to deny there was anything really wrong with Jan. 6.”
The book serves, in their words, as a “meditation” on the Machiavellian plot, along with how such a scheme could be concocted.
It opens with alternate Januarys in both 2023 and 2017, offering ideas of what the U.S. could or could have looked like had either Democrats employed the same tactics Republicans had after Hillary Clinton lost in 2016 or if Texas chooses to effectively secede if House Democrats waver on seating its delegation in the 2022 midterms.
The portrayals are dramatic, if a tad alarmist, answers to the question: What could serve as the genesis of a modern-day civil war?
The idea was to outline the worst-case scenarios in each of those contexts by referencing what had already happened, particularly as Texas had enacted laws directly in response to the Big Lie. Garrett said his first attempts at writing the chapters were even more climactic, requiring Becker to rein him in. “We didn’t want to terrify people,” Garrett said.
However, both conceded that the written accounts were not too far off from reality.
“We wanted to show people that what we’re talking about is just incremental steps from where we already are,” Garrett said. “I don’t think anyone reading that first chapter can honestly say, ‘Oh, that could never happen.’ They have to say, ‘Holy crap, we’re 85 percent there.’”
The book does cover some well-worn territory, featuring interviews with outspoken Jan. 6 committee members Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), and Liz Cheney (R-WY), along with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.
But it also roots itself in historical context, noting how elections were run in the past, how they persisted, and how that was tested in 2020. It examines past close calls, noting the tight election between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon; the public and legal spat between George W. Bush and Al Gore; and even some House Democrats objecting to certifying Trump’s win in 2017. It also examines the rhetoric and social media posts that stoked the flames of voter fraud and election irregularities, whether domestically or foreign-sourced.
The goal was to highlight all possible examples the people who questioned the election often cited, hoping to contextualize—and not excuse—them to show how it didn’t mean the election was rigged.
“You might have reasonable questions. Fine. We don’t discourage reasonable questions, and we don’t patronize those who have them,” Garrett said. “We try to write it in the spirit to say, ‘Fine, that’s okay. Not only do we not condemn you, we’re here for you.’ Because ultimately, David and I believe that there are far more people of goodwill and good faith in this country who, if they just step back a stride or two, will come to a different conclusion.”
One element the two do not examine at all, however, is the role that media—particularly the powerful right-wing media ecosystem—played in elevating some of the wildest claims to the mainstream. Fox News and sister network Fox Business often touted many of the Trump campaign’s lies shortly after the election, even as the network’s own decision desk confirmed Trump’s loss. Those were further amplified by Fox impressionists Newsmax and One America News, where viewers often flocked—sometimes with Trump’s encouragement—when Fox became insufficiently pro-Lie.
These outlets also featured guests who attacked Mark Zuckerberg’s multi-million-dollar donations to election organizations, including Becker’s Center for Election Innovation & Research, as “Zuckerbucks” that swayed the election in Biden’s favor—even when grants were distributed to states both Biden and Trump won.
Trump-endorsed candidates have still tried to push those lies on Fox. Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake notably fought with news anchor Bret Baier in June over his refusal to cover the outlandish and discredited 2,000 Mules documentary, which falsely claims Democrats illegally paid people to dump ballots in pivotal states to swing the election.
All three networks were later sued for defamation by voting system operators Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic, frequent villains of their coverage. The lawsuits emphasized the impact of their coverage in undermining confidence in the election, making the two authors’ decision to not examine conservative media’s influence all the more questionable.
But Garrett defended the decision, arguing the two—including Garrett, who has been in the media for roughly 30 years—were better positioned to focus on the election processes instead of the media players that often tore them down.
“Just to stay in our lane,” he said. “We don’t name and we don’t sift, because trust me, as you well know, sifting all of the various things that are conspiratorial or wacky in that space can take up a tremendous amount of time. And we just sort of wanted to be a little bit elevated above that.”
Garrett, who served as Fox News’ senior White House correspondent until he left in 2010, did acknowledge his former employer’s complicity in allowing lies to run rampant.
“It was a remarkable event for me to see the network attack its own decision desk, because I knew, based on my experience—12 years previous, so a lot of water had gone under the bridge—but it seemed to me that that decision desk was just as good as it had been when I was there,” Garrett said. “So all of that was remarkable to me, in the truest sense of the word.”
He said the verdict on whether Fox can be salvaged will depend on its various election-related lawsuits. “Both litigants suing Fox have made it clear: They are not afraid of discovery, their systems will be opened,” Garrett said. “That tells me something about their orientation to what they do and how they do it. And whatever remedial steps will be taken, if they will be taken, will come as a result, I suspect, of that discovery process.”
In its totality, though, the book is a “love letter to election officials” who protected the election from those attacks, whether from the media, campaign officials, or the former president himself. Becker noted how they were forced to operate those elections in person, even as COVID-19 left them sick, due to the nature of the job. “They do it not because it’s a job, but because it’s a calling,” Becker said.
“They deserve a book that explains just how great a thing they accomplished in a moment of maximum personal peril, and the grips of a pandemic,” Garrett concurred. “This love letter became a much bigger meditation, but it’s still a love letter, and they deserve it.”
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Congress Blows Its Shot To Stop Trumps Deep State Revenge
Congress Blows Its Shot To Stop Trump’s ‘Deep State’ Revenge https://digitalarizonanews.com/congress-blows-its-shot-to-stop-trumps-deep-state-revenge/
In the final days of his presidency, Donald Trump quietly attempted what might have been his most brazen play yet to reshape the federal government in his image: He issued an executive order giving him the power to fire essentially any civil servant at will.
That attempt was thwarted by the election of Joe Biden. But in laying out a 2024 presidential bid and a White House comeback, Trump has vowed to enact that order again immediately, Axios reported.
Congress has the power to block him—or any other president—from executing those plans. But it’s increasingly looking like they won’t use it.
On Thursday, the House of Representatives passed legislation to codify civil service protections, with six Republicans joining all Democrats in voting yes. But in the Senate, where 10 GOP senators would be needed to vote in favor, the prospects for the legislation are grim.
For proponents of the bill, their window to change the dynamic is closing rapidly. If either the House or Senate flip to GOP control in this November’s elections—and at least one switch is likely—the bill’s chances of passage would drop dramatically.
That could clear a path for Trump, or any other like-minded president, to assert a level of control over influential policy officials not seen in centuries.
“What you’re talking about is politicizing the civil service and doing away with objective, impartial, nonpartisan government service… in favor of a 2 million-person workforce that is potentially more loyal to a politician than the Constitution,” said Walter Shaub, a former director of the federal Office of Government Ethics who is now a senior fellow at the Project on Government Oversight.
“That,” Shaub said, “should terrify people.”
It appears a critical mass of people on Capitol Hill, however, are not especially terrified. Although Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was able to muscle the legislation through the House, insiders have taken note of how low-profile this push has been.
That dynamic has been starkest in the Senate, where the bill is yet to get a hearing in the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
While Republicans in that chamber have been more comfortable opposing Trump—and this bill is widely seen, fairly or not, as a shot across the bow to the ex-president—few are eager to take up the cause of federal workers, given long-running conservative gripes about the bureaucracy. No GOP senators are on record supporting the legislation.
Meanwhile, it’s unlikely any Democratic senators would oppose the measure, but very few have been raising the alarm over the threats to the civil service and ratcheting up the pressure to move the legislation. Leadership aides say the prospect for the bill’s passage is grim if Republicans don’t support the measure, a reflection of the political reality of legislating in an evenly divided chamber where passing most things takes 60 votes.
On the day the House passed its bill, Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA)—the sponsor of the Senate companion bill—expressed optimism to The Daily Beast that the House’s movement could be infectious, but emphasized he didn’t have an update on the bill’s status.
“There’s a culture of the Senate that does not truly appreciate the threats to democracy right now,” argued Shaub. He made the case that Democrats don’t feel urgency because Biden is in charge and that Republicans “lack the imagination” to be concerned that another president, of either party, might pursue a path similar to Trump.
The sponsor of the House bill, Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA), said that the issue should be nonpartisan because lawmakers in both parties should want to assert the power of the legislative branch—intended to be the first among equals—to rein in any executive.
Connolly told The Daily Beast that while he doesn’t intend the bill to be a reaction to a particular president, it is a reaction to Trump’s behavior.
“What he showed, apparently, is that any president can do this,” Connolly said.
The emerging impasse on Capitol Hill over the legislation is in keeping with the legislative branch’s struggle, both during and after the Trump presidency, to assert its power to respond to the ex-president’s shattering of established norms.
Trump’s allies, for example, routinely tested whether the House would use its constitutionally endowed powers to hold accountable those who ignored or defied lawful congressional subpoenas for information. Only since the Jan. 6 investigation, after Trump left office, have lawmakers been willing to really flex that authority by holding several of his associates in criminal contempt of Congress.
The week the House passed its bill, lawmakers continued negotiations over changing the archaic process by which Congress certifies presidential elections—a process Trump sought to exploit on Jan. 6 to keep himself in power.
As with those issues, the particulars of Trump’s designs on the federal workforce can sound dry and technical. But he and his allies have been plainspoken about what they want to accomplish through executive order.
“We will pass critical reforms making every executive branch employee fireable by the president of the United States,” Trump said at a March rally in South Carolina. “The deep state must and will be brought to heel.”
In October 2020, Trump signed an executive order that created a new classification category for federal employees called “Schedule F.” Employees classified as Schedule F would quickly lose protections making it harder to fire them, essentially making them employed at-will—namely, fireable at any time.
Trump’s intention, Axios reported, was to shift as many as 50,000 federal employees into the Schedule F category. That’s just 2.5 percent of the federal workforce, but it could be an influential slice, including career agency policymakers, regulatory enforcers, and decision-makers across the federal government.
If given the power, Trump could use Schedule F to fire important officials, from his White House to agencies such as the Department of Justice, for any reason he chooses. Axios reported that the plan is a centerpiece of Trump and his allies’ governing plans should he run again in 2024 and win another term in office.
Connolly, the author of the House measure, summed up the thinking of many by calling this prospect a “nightmare.”
The legislation, titled the Preventing A Patronage System Act of 2022, codifies current employment protections and essentially blocks the reassignment of federal workers in the existing schedules to any newly created schedule.
“This is a real issue, and a real risk,” Connolly said, “if you’re worried about authoritarianism, anti-democratic behavior.”
In arguing against the bill, Trump’s allies in the House leaned on a typical minority argument—that Congress has better things to do—and tapped into long-running GOP messaging that Democrats disproportionately value federal bureaucrats.
The lead Republican on the Oversight Committee, Rep. James Comer (R-KY), framed Trump’s effort as a well-intentioned campaign to improve “accountability” in the federal government by making it easier to fire poor performers.
But Republicans’ most emphatic arguments against the bill seemed to say the quiet part out loud. “President Trump sought to take on this bureaucracy and restore power to the people by draining the swamp,” Comer said. “We should all be in favor of policies making it easier to remove civil servants who refuse to follow the will of the voters.”
On the House floor, Connolly responded that Trump’s order “was never about removing employees who are performing poorly.”
Instead, he said, it was “designed to intimidate and remove career employees who dared to provide impartial advice that may be perceived as contrary to an administration’s political agenda.”
The first rank-and-file Republican to speak against the bill was Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), who came out of left-field by comparing the situation to the movie “Pirates of the Caribbean.”
“On the Black Pearl,” she said, “it has pirates on the ship that become part of the ship walls.” (“It’s the second one,” Greene helpfully noted, for those confused about which film in the aughts-era Johnny Depp swashbuckling trilogy she meant.)
The bill in question, Greene said, “will make employees in the executive branch just that, part of the building wall, making it impossible to get rid of them.”
Ultimately, six Republicans joined with all Democrats to pass the measure, a group that includes several retiring members and outspoken Trump critics.
Those numbers did not seem to portend a Senate groundswell. The Daily Beast reached out to the offices of three GOP senators who might be more open to considering the measure: Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME), Mitt Romney (R-UT), and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK).
Collins’ office referred The Daily Beast to a comment she previously made to local press, in which she stated that the top priority for the federal workforce should be getting employees back to in-person work in order to improve their service. The Maine senator did not weigh in on the bill specifically, but said she “would carefully review any plan to reclassify the status of thousands of federal employees and oppose blatant efforts to politicize the civil service.”
Romney’s office declined to comment; Murkowski’s office did not respond to a request for comment.
With election season in full swing, Congress has few days left this year to legislate, and its plate is full with spending bills to avert a government shutdown.
Lawmakers are holding out hope that there is a way to get the civil service protections passed—perhaps by attaching them to a must-pass bill—but most understand that this could be a long fight.
While a potential GOP takeover of Congress, and a Trump 2024 bid, are looming over the effort, Conn...
Oil Falls More Than 1% On Demand Fears Strong Dollar
Oil Falls More Than 1% On Demand Fears, Strong Dollar https://digitalarizonanews.com/oil-falls-more-than-1-on-demand-fears-strong-dollar/
Crude oil storage tanks are seen in an aerial photograph at the Cushing oil hub in Cushing, Oklahoma, U.S. April 21, 2020. REUTERS/Drone Base
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Strong dollar weighs as Fed rate decision looms
Supply concerns limit decline
Easing COVID-19 restrictions in China could lend support
LONDON, Sept 19 (Reuters) – Oil fell by more than 1% on Monday, pressured by expectations of weaker global demand and by U.S. dollar strength ahead of a possible large interest rate increase, though supply worries limited the decline.
Central banks around the world are certain to increase borrowing costs this week, and there is some risk of a blowout 1 percentage point rise by the U.S. Federal Reserve.
“The upcoming Fed meeting and the strong dollar are keeping a lid on prices,” said Tamas Varga of oil broker PVM.
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Brent crude for November delivery fell $1.17, or 1.3%, to $90.18 by 0822 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for October dropped $1.14, or 1.3%, to $83.97.
A British public holiday for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth was expected to limit activity. read more
Oil has soared in 2022, with Brent coming close to its all-time high of $147 in March after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine exacerbated supply concerns. Worries about weaker economic growth and demand have since pushed prices lower.
The U.S. dollar stayed near a two-decade high ahead of this week’s decisions by the Fed and other central banks. A stronger dollar makes dollar-denominated commodities more expensive for holders of other currencies and tends to weigh on oil and other risk assets.
Oil has also come under pressure from forecasts of weaker demand, such as last week’s prediction from the International Energy Agency that the fourth quarter would see zero demand growth. read more
Despite those worries, supply concerns kept the decline in check.
“The market still has the start of European sanctions on Russian oil hanging over it. As supply is disrupted in early December, the market is unlikely to see any quick response from U.S. producers,” ANZ analysts said.
Easing COVID-19 restrictions in China, which had dampened the outlook for demand in the world’s second biggest energy consumer, could also provide some optimism, the analysts said. read more
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Gas Prices Today September 19 2022: Check The Cheapest Gas Stations Today
Gas Prices Today, September 19, 2022: Check The Cheapest Gas Stations Today https://digitalarizonanews.com/gas-prices-today-september-19-2022-check-the-cheapest-gas-stations-today/
Gas prices remain at the front of the minds of most United States residents at the beginning of this new week, with costs still higher than many would like.
After a steady decline in prices through July and August, September has seen them crepe back up in the wrong direction, leaving people scrambling for the best value once more.
To help, we are back with the latest of our daily guides to help you to find the cheapest gas available in your area. Below, we have listed the cheapest places to refill your tanks in the United States’ 10 most populated cities.
What state has the highest gas prices?
The US state that has the highest gas prices is California. In California, the price is currently an average of 5.44 dollars per gallon, slowly rising.
What state has the lowest gas prices?
The US state that has the lowest gas prices is still Mississippi, which has recently overtaken Texas to go to the very top in this ranking as the average price there is now 3.11 dollars per gallon. Louisiana is still second and Texas third.
Where are the cheapest gas stations in the US?
When it comes to finding the cheapest gas stations in the USA, these are the lowest-priced places to get gas in the top 10 most populated cities in the country:
New York, New York (2.99 dollars): BP, 1127 Broadhollow Road, Farmindale, NY.
Los Angeles, California (4.65 dollars): Costco, 520 N Lone Holl Ave, San Dimas, CA.
Chicago, Illinois (3.16 dollars): Gulf, 28052nd St, Kenosha, WI.
Houston, Texas (2.49 dollars): El Amigo, 7220 Airline Dr, Houston, TX.
Phoenix, Arizona (3.65 dollars): Circle K, 2000 W American Ave, Oracle, AZ.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (3.09 dollars): Liberty, 1001 W 4th St, Wilmington, DE.
San Antonio, Texas (2.75 dollars): Costco, 15330 IH-35 N Selma, TX.
San Diego, California (4.69 dollars): Horizon Fuel Center, 31267 Valley Center Rd, Valley Center, CA.
Dallas, Texas (2.83 dollars): Valero & Circle K, 801 S Westgate Way, Wylie, TX.
San Jose, California (4.85 dollars): World, 3148 Senter Rd, San Jose, CA.
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How To Watch Queen Elizabeth IIs Funeral: Livestream Schedule & U.S. And UK Coverage Plans
How To Watch Queen Elizabeth II’s Funeral: Livestream, Schedule & U.S. And UK Coverage Plans https://digitalarizonanews.com/how-to-watch-queen-elizabeth-iis-funeral-livestream-schedule-u-s-and-uk-coverage-plans/
By one estimate, as many as 4 billion people could be watching as the funeral of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II takes place on Monday, September 19 beginning at 11 a.m. BST (3 a.m. PT). As many as 750,000 people are predicted to travel to London for the state funeral and pay their respects as the queen lies in state, per the UK’s Guardian. Among those waiting in line 12-plus hours to pay their respects was David Beckham. The service at Westminster Abbey is likely to be among the biggest single ceremonial events staged in the U.K. since World War II.
See the coverage plans for news networks in the U.S. and the UK below, along with U.S. and UK livestreams of the event, which will broadcast in more than 200 countries and begin as early as midnight PT.
Ahead of the service, the queen’s lying-in-state at Westminster Hall will end at 6:30 a.m. local time Monday. At about 10:35 a.m., group of bearers will lift her coffin onto the gun carriage that was used for the funerals of her grandfather George V, her father George VI, Queen Victoria and Winston Churchill.
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It will convey the Queen’s casket from Westminster Hall to nearby Westminster Abbey, where the ceremony will take place. The new King Charles III, as well as princes William and Harry, will walk behind the coffin. World leaders including President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern, Australia’s Anthony Albanese and Canada’s Justin Trudeau will arrive shortly thereafter.
As the ceremony begins, Prime Minister Liz Truss and the secretary general of the Commonwealth will speak. Then
a sermon will be given by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
A two-minute silence will be observed across the nation, which will include noise from airplanes as Heathrow will stop all arrivals and departures for half an hour. The close of the service will be marked by reveille, the national anthem and a lament played by the Queen’s piper.
The casket will then be conveyed to Windsor. The route will be lined by the armed forces and guns will be fired every minute. The Sebastopol Bell and the Curfew Tower Bell will each toll.
A committal service will take place at St. George’s Chapel at 4 p.m. local time. The Dean of Windsor Castle and with a congregation including the Royal Family and some of the Queen’s personal staff will lead that ceremony. The Archbishop of Canterbury will pronounce the blessing and those in attendance will sing “God Save the King.” Prior to the final hymn, the Imperial State Crown, the Orb and the Sceptre will be removed from the Queen’s coffin and placed on the altar.
The Queen will be buried in the King George VI Memorial Chapel with her husband Prince Philip, who died last year.
The funeral will use 213 full HD cameras placed in Westminster Abbey, St George’s Chapel and Westminster Hall. 14 OB trucks will transmit from 10 locations and the entire broadcast will be sustainably powered by hydrogen and vegetable oil, according to the BBC.
You can watch the ceremony live below.
U.S. COVERAGE
ABC News
ABC News’ coverage will feature on-the-ground reporting led by World News Tonight anchor David Muir with 20/20 co-anchor Amy Robach, chief foreign correspondent Ian Pannell, senior national affairs correspondent Deborah Robert and foreign correspondent James Longman in London, correspondents Maggie Rulli in Scotland, and Lama Hasan and Will Reeve in London as well as royals contributors Omid Scobie, Robert Jobson, Imogen Lloyd Webber, Victoria Murphy and Ailsa Anderson.
Good Morning America will have coverage next week. As part of the season premiere, GMA3: What You Need to Know will broadcast live from London, with co-anchors T.J. Holmes and Robach covering the events following the queen’s passing and King Charles III’s ascension to the throne.
Nightline will also feature coverage of the queen’s celebration of life with co-anchor Juju Chang live from London.
ABC News Radio is offering live anchored coverage of all major events related to the queen’s passing. In addition, ABC News Radio is offering stations multiple status reports per hour as well as two-ways with reporters and experts during morning and afternoon drives.
ABC NewsOne, the affiliate news service of ABC News, will be reporting live from London with multiplatform reporters Ines De La Cuetara and Faith Abubey and reporter Patrick Reevell.
BBC America
The network will air the funeral live and uninterrupted starting at 4 a.m. ET on Monday.
Additionally, the network will air the special “A Tribute to Her Majesty The Queen,” featuring special interviews with her children and those who have worked with her and public figures, starting at 8 p.m. ET the evening before. There will be an encore of the special at 11:30 p.m. ET.
CBS News
On Monday, CBS Mornings co-hosts Gayle King and Norah O’Donnell will anchor a CBS News Special Report live from London covering the state funeral. The special coverage will air on CBS and live stream on the CBS News Streaming Network. CBS News’ special coverage will also feature CBS News Royal Contributors Tina Brown, Julian Payne, Roya Nikkhah, Amanda Foreman and former BBC Royal Correspondent Wesley Kerr.
Comprehensive coverage will be featured across CBS News & Stations’ broadcasts and platforms including CBS News Radio, CBS Newspath and CBSNews.com.
CNN
CNN anchors Erin Burnett and Anderson Cooper will be live from London for CNN’s special live coverage on Monday beginning at 5 a.m. ET. They will be joined by Christiane Amanpour, Max Foster and Richard Quest in London and Don Lemon.
As the Royal family, heads of state and mourners arrive for the historic state funeral of the Queen, CNN will have reporters throughout London, including at Westminster Abbey and along the procession route, as well as at Windsor Castle.
Nada Bashir, Matthew Chance, Bianca Nobilo, Nic Robertson, Isa Soares, Anna Stewart and Clarissa Ward will provide minute-by-minute updates on the ground, while Zain Asher and Julia Chatterley will offer their unique perspectives from New York. CNN Royal Historian Kate Williams, CNN Royal Commentator Sally Bedell Smith and CNN Contributor Trisha Goddard will contribute to CNN’s special live coverage with their expert analysis and insights.
Full live coverage will be available across CNN’s global digital platforms. CNN’s coverage of The State Funeral Of Queen Elizabeth II will stream live, without requiring a cable log-in, from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. GMT / 5 a.m.-1 p.m. The stream will be available on CNN.com and across mobile devices via CNN’s apps for iOS and Android. It can also be viewed on CNN apps for Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire, Chromecast and Android TV.
CSPAN
The event will be covered live on C-SPAN, C-SPAN Radio, C-SPAN.org & C-SPAN Now beginning Monday at 5:30 a.m. ET.
Fox News
Fox News Media will offer live coverage of the ceremonies and proceedings through the funeral on Monday. Fox News Channel’s executive editor and anchor of The Story Martha MacCallum will continue lead of the network’s coverage live from London.
Beginning at 4 a.m. ET on Monday, FNC will present live special coverage, pre-empting Fox & Friends through 9 a.m. ET. Anchoring from The Canada Gate at Buckingham Palace, MacCallum will be joined by Fox & Friends co-host Ainsley Earhardt and TalkTV’s (News UK) Uncensored host Piers Morgan.
Fox News Digital will share nonstop updates in a live blog on FoxNews.com, while Fox News Audio will also provide coverage across all platforms, including Fox News Headlines 24/7, the Fox News Hourly Update Podcast and Fox News Radio affiliates nationwide.
MSNBC
MSNBC will provide live special coverage of the funeral from London beginning at 3 a.m. ET on Monday. Chris Jansing will anchor the special coverage.
At 5 a.m. ET, co-hosts Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski and Willie Geist — joined by Katty Kay — will anchor a special edition of Morning Joe from London.
Beginning at 10 a.m. ET, Andrea Mitchell, Katy Tur and Chris Jansing continue special coverage through the end of the services.
In advance of the services, NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel anchored a special program, “The Constant Queen,” on Saturday.
NBC News
NBC News’ Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb and Lester Holt will anchor special live coverage of the funeral services on Monday beginning at 5:30 a.m. ET.
Additionally, Holt will anchor that evening’s NBC Nightly News live from London at 6:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. CT.
Today.com and NBCNews.com will live stream the network’s special coverage, along with NBC News Now and Today All Day.
PBS
PBS is offering viewers the BBC’s live uninterrupted coverage on Monday, from 4 a.m.-noon ET (check local listings) on PBS, PBS.org and the PBS Video app.
The BBC primetime special, The State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II, airs that night from 8-9:30 p.m. ET (check local listings) on PBS, PBS.org and the PBS Video app.
UK COVERAGE
In the UK, the country will virtually grind to a halt for the day and hours worth of coverage from Westminster Abbey will be available on the BBC, ITV and Sky News, before schedules return to something resembling normality. An incredibly rare ad ban means that no commercials will play for the 24-hour period, meaning that even though ratings will be astronomical, the day will not be a cash cow for the commercial broadcasters.
BBC
On the BBC, coverage begins at 8 a.m. BST (12 a.m. PT) as the crowds begin to gather and rolls through to 5 a.m. BST (9 a.m. PT), taking in the official ceremony from 11 a.m. BST (3 a.m. PT). Led by Huw Edwards, Kirsty Young, Fergal Keane, David Dimbleby and Sophie Raworth, the coverage will be available on both BBC One, BBC Two and BBC News and wil...
Regardless Of Your Team There Is A Place To Watch The Game
Regardless Of Your Team, There Is A Place To Watch The Game https://digitalarizonanews.com/regardless-of-your-team-there-is-a-place-to-watch-the-game-2/
The 2021 NFL season was chock-full of excitement.
The 102nd season of the National Football League was the first to feature a 17-game schedule. It also saw Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers win his third MVP and second in as many years, the Joe Burrow-led Cincinnati Bengals make an improbable run to the Super Bowl, and the Los Angeles Rams win its first Super Bowl since the 1999-2000 season.
Despite having to follow all of that up, the 2022 season, however, is certainly looking like it will hold its own, as it is filled with eye-grabbing headlines.
Tom Brady retired, then unretired this offseason, and is back for another Super Bowl run with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. This season could be the last one for the five-time Super Bowl champion and three-time MVP.
Many stars were traded this offseason and will certainly impact their new teams. Among them were Russell Wilson from the Seattle Seahawks to the Denver Broncos, Deshaun Watson from the Houston Texans to the Cleveland Browns (though he won’t play the first 11 games of the season), Davante Adams from the Packers to the Las Vegas Raiders, and Tyreek Hill from the Kansas City Chiefs to the Miami Dolphins.
And for the first time in recent memory, there isn’t a clear-cut Super Bowl favorite. A third of the league, give or take, has at least an outsider’s shot to win Super Bowl LVII — which will be played at State Farm Stadium in Glendale.
All of that to be said, numerous spots around the Valley are ready to host fans of America’s Game to watch the season play out. Depending on who you root for, pay these bars a visit on Sundays to root for your favorite team with like-minded fans.
Cardinals
Bambino’s Sports Grill
Bambino’s offers a game day vibe for Cardinals fans, with 13 60-inch flatscreen televisions. In addition to the interior seating, Bambino’s features a patio seating area with a roll-up garage door. Putting an emphasis on supporting local breweries, the beer menu features craft beers on draft and in a can from Four Peaks Brewery and San Tan Brewery.
3860 W. Happy Valley Road, Glendale, 623-516-2300, bambinossportsgrill.com
The Nest Sports Grill AZ
The Nest offers a spacious, easygoing game day gathering spot for Cardinals fans. Serving typical bar fare, The Nest has 28 televisions and five super screens. That’s not all, however, as it also features dart boards, pool tables and off-track betting. On top of that, it resides just 2 miles from State Farm Stadium.
5134 N. 95th Avenue, Glendale, 623-594-0900, thenestsportsbarglendale.com
Chiefs
Pub Rock Live
Pub Rock Live, which typically welcomes live music, transforms into a massive fan base for the Chiefs and their fans. Dubbed “Arrowhead West,” Pub Rock brings in food trucks on game day. It also offers discounted beer prices and a $6 Kingdom Shot whenever the Chiefs score a touchdown. For fans’ viewership pleasure, there are nine 55-inch-or-larger televisions and two projector big screens.
8005 E. Roosevelt Street, Scottsdale, 480-945-4985, pubrocklive.com
Giants
Social Tap Scottsdale
Social Tap Scottsdale is the official home of the local Giants fan club, Big Blue of Arizona. This two-story bar features seating on its first floor and on its second rooftop floor. When Big Blue of Arizona is in to watch Giants games, Social Tap offers Jell-O shots whenever the team scores a touchdown. In addition, raffles take place throughout the game.
4312 N. Brown Avenue, Scottsdale, 602-432-6719, socialtapscottsdaleaz.com
Lions
Detroit Coney Grill
From authentic Detroit coneys and made-from-scratch burgers to hand-cut Idaho potato French fries, Detroit Coney Grill pairs comfort food with a great environment with ample televisions and a full bar featuring some of Michigan’s beers. The bar runs a daily special that features two coney dogs, a side order of French fries, and a fountain drink for $13.85. On game days, Detroit Coney Grill has beer specials on its rotating Michigan-based beers.
6953 N. Hayden Road, Scottsdale, 480-597-4300, detroitconeygrill.com
Packers
Casey Jones Grill
Casey Jones Grill opened back in 1993 and has been loyal to the Green Bay Packers from the start. It has a bar specializing in craft beer, but also a diverse menu that features cheesesteaks, pizza, barbecue and Mexican food. On game days, Casey Jones offers a Green Bay Burrito, priced at $13.99. In addition, it offers drink specials that include a $7 Packers Sangria and Packers Mule.
2848 E. Bell Road, Phoenix, 602-493-9930, caseyjonesgrill.com
Clancy’s Pub Pizza & Grill
An official watch site for the Packers, Clancy’s advertises a big screen from every angle inside the pub. The menu is geared toward a more Midwestern vibe with cheese curds and a dish featuring walleye on game days. The pub also runs giveaways at halftime.
4432 N. Miller Road, Scottsdale, 480-990-8797, clancyspubscottsdale.com
Patriots
Bevvy Old Town
Bevvy welcomes Patriots fans to its pub-style hangout with an expansive drink menu and bar fare-style food. Though it doesn’t have any specific game day specials, Bevvy runs brunch specials on Saturdays and Sundays, and offers a happy hour during the week from 4 to 7 p.m.
4420 N. Saddlebag Trail, Scottsdale, 480-525-9300, bevvyaz.com
Rams
Max’s Sports Bar
Established in 1979, Max’s features more than 100 flatscreen televisions and a recently redeveloped smoking patio. It broadcasts almost every major sporting event for fans to watch and follow their favorite teams. For the Rams, however, the sports bar houses a massive room decked out in Rams gear and sits 80 people. As far as specials are concerned, fans can expect specials on beer buckets, pizza and chicken wings.
6727 N. 47th Avenue, Glendale, 623-937-1671, americangreyhoundracing.com
Steelers
Harold’s Cave Creek Corral
Harold’s Cave Creek Corral is one of the most well-known Steelers bars in the Steeler Nation. Aside from eats and drinks, it has Steelers newsletters that date back to 2000. Harold’s seats a whopping 600 potential Steelers fans inside, and another 200 in its outside seating. Dubbed “Heinz Field West,” if you’re looking for a Steelers-focused game day experience, Harold’s is the place for you. In addition, Harold’s has partnered with UNIBET, allowing its guests to experience a Vegas-like betting experience where games can be bet on live, or upcoming sporting events and in-game betting can be bet on as well. A specific game day food and drink menu is available as well.
6895 E. Cave Creek Road, Cave Creek, 480-488-1906, haroldscorral.com
Seahawks and Cardinals
Wicked Rain
Wicked Rain opened its doors back on March 23, and ever since has been showing love toward its roots in the Pacific Northwest (PNW) and now Arizona. With 40 beers on tap and another 70-plus in bottles and cans, Wicked Rain offers beers from the PNW area, Arizona, Oregon and Idaho. This Seahawks — and Cardinals — hangout spot features nine televisions and a 100-plus-inch big screen for viewership pleasure. It also does Blue/Red Fridays, where guests wearing either a Seahawks or Cardinals jersey can receive $1 off their draft beer. For game days, it offers $4 pub beer and $16 pitchers.
1817 E. Baseline Road, Gilbert, 480-530-6870, wickedrain.com
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Report: Some Census Takers Who Fudged Data Didnt Get Fired
Report: Some Census Takers Who Fudged Data Didn’t Get Fired https://digitalarizonanews.com/report-some-census-takers-who-fudged-data-didnt-get-fired-3/
FILE – A briefcase of a census taker is seen as she knocks on the door of a residence Aug. 11, 2020, in Winter Park, Fla. The House has passed legislation on a party-line vote that aims to make it harder for future presidents to interfere in the once-a-decade headcount that determines political power and federal funding. The bill is a Democrat-led response to the Trump’s administration’s failed efforts to place a citizenship question on the 2020 census. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)
Some census takers who falsified information during the 2020 count didn’t have their work redone fully, weren’t fired in a timely manner and in some cases even received bonuses, according to the U.S. Commerce Department’s watchdog group.
The findings released Friday by the Office of Inspector General raise concerns about possible damage to the quality of the once-a-decade head count that determines political power and federal funding,
Off-campus students at colleges and universities were likely undercounted since the census started around the same time students were sent home to stop the spread of COVID-19 in March 2020, the review found.
During the 2020 census, The Associated Press documented cases of census takers who were pressured by their supervisors to enter false information into a computer system about homes they had not visited so they could close cases during the waning days of the census.
Supervisors were able to track their census takers’ work in real time through mobile devices that the census takers used to record information about households’ numbers, demographic characteristics and members’ relationships to one another. As a result, supervisors would get alerts when actions raised red flags about accuracy, such as a census taker recording data on a home while far away from the address or a census taker conducting an interview in just a few minutes. As a quality control check, others census takers were sent back to homes to re-interview residents.
The Inspector General’s probe concluded that some alerts weren’t being properly resolved, some re-interviews weren’t properly conducted and that the work of some census takers whose work had been flagged for falsifying data had not been reworked to fix its accuracy. In fact, some census takers whose work was flagged for falsifications were given more cases, weren’t fired and were reassigned to other operations, the report said.
Of the 1,400 census takers who were designated “hard fails” because questions about the accuracy of their work, only 300 were fired for misconduct or unsatisfactory performance. Of the 1,400 “hard fail” census takers, 1,300 of them received bonuses ranging from $50 to $1,600 each, the report said.
The census is the largest nonmilitary mobilization in the U.S. Data gathered during the census determines how many congressional seats each state gets. The numbers also are used for redrawing political districts and distributing $1.5 trillion in federal spending each year. Because of that, undercounts can cost communities funding.
The 2020 census faced unprecedented challenges including the pandemic, natural disasters and political interference from the Trump administration.
In response to the Inspector General’s report, the Census Bureau said it appreciated the concerns that were raised but disagreed with the conclusions that data quality may have been damaged since the report cited only a small number of cases out of the overall workload.
“As a result, we asserted that the findings could not and should not be presented as a conclusive assessment of overall census quality,” Census Bureau Director Robert Santos said in the written response.
Under Census Bureau rules, college and university students should have been counted where they spent the most time, either at on-campus housing or off-campus apartments, even if they were sent home because of the pandemic. Most schools didn’t provide the Census Bureau with off-campus student data, and the bureau had to use a last-resort, less-accurate statistical tool to fill in the information gaps on more than 10% of the off-campus student population when they were given the information, the Inspector General’s report said.
Schools often didn’t provide the data because they didn’t have information on off-campus students or because of privacy concerns. The Inspector General recommends passage of legislation that would require schools to provide needed information in future head counts.
“Although difficult to quantify, the fiscal implication of specifically undercounting off-campus students at the correct location for states and localities is potentially far-reaching,” the report said.
The city of Boston, which is home to Northeastern University, Boston University and several other schools, said in a challenge to its census figures that the count missed 6,000 students.
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Trump Plans To Visit His Mar-A-Lago Property In Florida After FBI Raid UrduPoint
Trump Plans To Visit His Mar-A-Lago Property In Florida After FBI Raid – UrduPoint https://digitalarizonanews.com/trump-plans-to-visit-his-mar-a-lago-property-in-florida-after-fbi-raid-urdupoint/
Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published September 19, 2022 | 12:30 PM
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik – 19th September, 2022) Former US President Donald Trump said on Monday that he plans to visit his property in Mar-a-Lago in Florida to witness the aftermath of the FBI raid.
“I’ll soon be heading to the scene of the unwarranted, unjust, and illegal Raid and Break-In of my home in Florida, Mar-a-Lago.
I’ll be able to see for myself the results of the unnecessary ransacking of rooms and other areas of the house,” Trump said on social media.
On August 8, the FBI raided Mar-a-Lago as part of an investigation into potential mishandling of sensitive presidential records. Agents examined the premises for nine hours during which they seized 11 sets of documents and other materials, some of which were labeled Top Secret, according to the disclosed search warrant receipt.
Trump has condemned the probe and the raid as a weaponization of the US justice system against him as well as his aides and supporters.
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September 19, 2022, 12:07AM
Biden’s remarks
EDITOR: Bobbi Reeser’s feelings got hurt by President Joe Biden referring to Donald Trump and his supporters as embracing a philosophy of semi-fascism (“Biden owes apology,” Letters, Sept. 13). First, the president referred to Trump and his supporters, not all conservatives, as Reeser claims.
Second, she demands an apology for this alleged insult. Perhaps she can, at the same time, demand apologies from Trumpsters such as Majorie Taylor Greene, Tucker Carlson, Nikki Haley and the lot for comparing Biden to Hitler, Satan and the KKK. How about asking Trump himself to apologize for his disgusting remarks about Mexicans, Europeans, Africans, the LBGTQ+ community, Blacks, Muslims, prisoners of war, the disabled, etc.?
By the way, the dictionary definition of fascism is: A system of government led by a dictator who typically rules by forcefully and often violently suppressing opposition and criticism, controlling all industry and commerce and promoting nationalism and often racism. Sound familiar? I agree that the president should apologize for calling the MAGAs semi-fascists. There’s nothing semi about them.
STEVEN DAVID MARTIN
Healdsburg
Corporations with heart
EDITOR: Thank you for Bill Swindell’s column about certified B Corporations (“Standing out through dedication to excellence,” Sept. 11). What a great concept — companies being graded “on environmental commitment, treatment of workers, (and) relationship with the local community and customers.” Just think, if a majority of corporations were certified, we’d have a country of corporations with heart, which would surely have a positive effect on many of our economic ills.
BILL KRUMBEIN
Santa Rosa
Clean energy plans
EDITOR: It is true that California needs a well-articulated plan to transition from fossil fuels to the clean energy economy of the future (“Heat wave exposes California’s green energy shortage,” editorial, Sept. 7). Elements of the plan must include more than just a call for “more green energy.”
Flex alerts are over 20 years old and are actually a vestige of a 20th-century approach to managing the grid. Opportunities exist today to automate grid flexibility and compensate businesses and residents who agree in advance to have their consumption curtailed during peak demand episodes.
Electric vehicles are not just more electricity demand on the grid. They are batteries on wheels, and when they are not being driven they can be used to supply power to the grid during peak episodes. With well over a million of them in California and more every year, the available capacity is already at the gigawatt (very large) scale.
The notion that the only option is to figure out how to get supply to meet demand is obsolete. We now have opportunities to have demand respond to available supply. This will be an indispensable part of any well-articulated plan for the grid of the future.
WOODY HASTINGS
Fossil fuel phaseout manager, the Climate Center
Astro questions
EDITOR: As a neighbor of the Astro Motel, and as a taxpayer in this county, your article raises a lot of questions (“Astro Motel owner still seeking to recoup costs,” Sept. 2). It appears that Eric Anderson and his manager knew that rules were being broken resulting in damage, and that one or both of them observed it personally.
Did Anderson take any action at all to protect his investment and mitigate any ongoing or potential damage during this period? Did he increase his own oversight of the motel and monitor the contractors’ activities? Did he communicate, aggressively, with the contractor and demand that action be taken to stop the damage? Alternatively, did he demand that the county replace the contractor if it couldn’t perform its obligations?
These seem like obvious and necessary steps to take. It was his responsibility, and in his best interest, to maintain control over his property. That he didn’t doesn’t mean that the taxpayers should provide him with a remedy.
DEBBIE ELLIOTT
Santa Rosa
Expand prep sports
EDITOR: I’m a longtime subscriber, but I think some changes are need at PD Preps. Arguably, you are doing a great job covering high school football. New features and glossy photos, videos and interviews. There are a lot of great teams and a lot of great players who deserve coverage. It’s fun to read about high school football in the paper and online.
However, I think you are doing a major disservice to other sports, especially girls’ sports. You should consider covering more girls’ volleyball, tennis and cross country. A great example is Hanne Thomsen, a cross country phenom at Montgomery High. She was recently ranked 11th in the nation by Milesplit. While there are some great football players around here, nobody ranks close to 11th in the U.S. Her classmate, Seelah Kittlestron, is off the charts too. They finished first and fourth, respectively, out of 494 racers at the Lowell Invitational in San Francisco. On the boys’ side of cross country, Jude DeVries is flying. He finished 12th out of 791 athletes at the Lowell Invitational.
Keep up the football coverage as it’s exciting, but please diversify. There are a lot of other athletes who also have the tachometer at the redline.
SCOTT DOIG
Santa Rosa
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Proud Boys Memo Reveals Meticulous Planning For street-Level Violence
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The document is so dowdy and formal it resembles the annual minutes of a society of tax accountants. Its index lists sections on “objectives” and “rules of engagement” and carries an “addendum” that provides recommendations for hotels and parking.
On the cover, two words give a clue to the notoriety of the group that produced it: “MAGA” and “WARNING”. That and the date: 5 January 2021, the day before the US Capitol attack.
What goes unsaid on the cover and is barely mentioned throughout the 23 pages is that this is the work of one of the most violent political gangs in America, the far-right street fighters who Donald Trump told to “stand back and stand by”: the Proud Boys.
The document, published by the Guardian for the first time, gives a very rare insight into the meticulous planning that goes into events staged by the far-right club.
The Proud Boys have been designated a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center and are alleged to have acted as key organizers of the violent assault on the Capitol.
In the wake of January 6, which has been linked to the deaths of nine people, the New York march featured in the document was called off and the strategy so fastidiously laid out was never implemented. But the document remains sharply revealing.
It shows the lengths to which the Proud Boys go to prepare for potentially violent encounters and then to cover their tracks – something prosecutors have stressed but that has never been seen in the group’s own words. It exposes the militaristic structure and language the Proud Boys have adopted, and their aspiration to become the frontline vigilante force in a Trump-led America.
It also provides clues as to how the group continues to spread its tentacles throughout the US despite the fact that many of its top leaders, including its national chairman, Enrique Tarrio, are behind bars awaiting trial on charges of seditious conspiracy.
The purpose of the document is to provide a “strategic security plan” and call to action, summoning Proud Boys members to a pro-Trump Maga march that was scheduled for New York City on 10 January 2021. That was four days after Congress was to certify Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election – the occasion that would be targeted by the fatal insurrection.
The document was obtained from a Proud Boys member by the extremism reporter Andy Campbell as he researched his new book, We Are Proud Boys: How a Right-Wing Street Gang Ushered in a New Era of American Extremism. The book will be published on Tuesday. Campbell shared the document with the Guardian.
The author of the document is Randy Ireland, who as president of the group’s New York branch, the Hell’s Gate Bridge Chapter, is one of the most prominent Proud Boys in the US north-east. The paper was circulated through Telegram, the encrypted chat app widely used by the Proud Boys as an organizing tool, to at least nine other chapters in New York and beyond.
Campbell told the Guardian the decentralized structure of the group, into what it claims are 157 active chapters in all but three states, is one of the Proud Boys’ greatest strengths, as reflected in the autonomous nature of the New York planning.
“Chapter leaders like Randy can create their own events, run independently of each other,” Campbell said. “Enrique Tarrio and other leaders are in prison, but these guys are going to continue what they are doing.”
‘We will not disappoint’
The language in the planning paper is overtly militaristic. Ireland designates himself “General of Security Detail”, while his underlings in the chain of command are “VPs” of “Recruiting”, “Scout Security” and “Team Leads”.
The plan is for 60 or so Proud Boys at the 10 January event in Manhattan to be corralled into seven “tactical teams” of five to eight men each (they are all men, as one of the overriding values of the group is misogyny). Members are told to bring protective gear, including “knife/stab protection, helmets, gloves, boots etc” and to make use of radio channels, walkie-talkies or Telegram to communicate with each other.
They are to stick together in groups and under no circumstances allow “Normies” – ordinary Trump supporters who are not Proud Boys – or “Females” into their ranks.
“Their presence will jeopardise the health and safety of all those involved with Security, and simply cannot be allowed to happen!” Ireland writes.
Maps reproduced at the back of the document show positions “scouts” and “tactical teams” should adopt at key points along the route of the march, which was planned to start at Columbus Circle and pass Trump Tower.
“That spot is understood in a very public way to hold special meaning for us,” the paper says, referring to Trump’s home on Fifth Avenue. “WE WILL NOT DISAPPOINT!”
Campbell, who has been reporting on the Proud Boys since they started turning up at Trump rallies in early 2017, describes them as America’s most notorious political fight club. In the planning paper, he sees equal parts fantasy and danger.
“These guys see themselves as super soldiers, like some sort of military outfit,” he said. “On one level it’s funny, as nothing is in fact going to pan out the way they say it will. But on another level, it’s alarming because it shows how much thought they put into this stuff.”
In We Are Proud Boys, Campbell traces the group from its birth in 2015-16 through to its central role on January 6 when a member, Dominic Pezzola, became the first person to breach the US Capitol. At least 30 Proud Boys have been charged in relation to the insurrection, including Tarrio and four others accused of seditious conspiracy – among the most serious indictments yet handed down.
The group was invented by the British-born founder of Vice magazine, Gavin McInnes, who branded himself a “western chauvinist” and peddled in bigotry. McInnes floated the Proud Boys name on his online chatshow in May 2016, introducing them as a “gang” and inventing a uniform, a black Fred Perry polo shirt with yellow trim.
McInnes was careful to brand his creation as harmless fun, a satirical male-only patriotic drinking club that later attached itself to all things Trump. But Campbell argues that from the outset political violence was baked in.
A Proud Boy was an organizer of the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, during which an anti-fascist protester was murdered. The group has held violent gatherings in Portland, Oregon. Outside a Republican event in New York in 2018, several members were arrested and charged with felonious assault.
‘Street-level violence’
Proud Boys membership is structured into four ranks, known as “degrees”, the fourth granted once you “get arrested or get in a serious violent fight for the cause”, as McInnes himself explained. In an interview with Campbell for the book, McInnes denied promoting violence and insisted the Proud Boys were never proactively aggressive, only reacting to leftwing attacks.
That official line is reiterated in the document published by the Guardian. Ireland is careful to portray the Proud Boys as a defensive group.
He writes: “If any violence does spout off, all Proud Boys are expected to respond immediately – only so far as to eliminate and end that threat to them or others. VERY IMPORTANT: Once the threat has been neutralized, WE STOP!”
But there is a glaring contradiction: Ireland presents his chapter as a non-violent organization yet it goes out seeking violence. He assigns the group, uninvited, the role of a vigilante police force.
“We are there as the first line of defense for all event attendees,” he writes, then contradicts himself by saying the only role of the Proud Boys is to play a “back-up role” to law enforcement and to “force them to do their jobs”.
That speaks volumes. It carries the implication that if the police will not assail anti-fascist protesters, Proud Boys will.
“I’ve reported at Proud Boys events where they stood back and relaxed as police lobbed teargas and other munitions into the crowd of counter-protesters,” Campbell said. “Then the Proud Boys didn’t have to do what Randy Ireland is hinting at here – step in and do the fighting themselves.”
For Campbell, the most disturbing aspect of the document is that, with its soft-lensed double-talk and contradictory meanings, it falls into arguably the main ambition of the Proud Boys: the normalization of political violence. Despite having so many leaders behind bars, the group is prospering.
As new chapters pop up, Americans are increasingly inured to the idea of heavily armed gangs in public settings. Proud Boys have posed as “security details” at anti-abortion rallies, anti-vaccination demonstrations, pro-gun protests and of course Trump rallies.
“The street-level violence the Proud Boys helped to create is now being carried out by regular people,” Campbell said. “You saw it on January 6, you see it at Planned Parenthood and LGBTQ+ events where people are harassed and attacked by everyday Americans.”
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Iran President: No Plan To Meet Biden At UN General Assembly
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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, center, reviews an honor guard during his official departure ceremony as he leaves Tehran’s Mehrabad airport to New York to attend annual UN General Assembly meeting, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. Raisi headed to New York on Monday, where he will be speaking to the U.N. General Assembly later this week, saying that he has no plans to meet with President Joe Biden on the sidelines of the U.N. event. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/Vahid Salemi]
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s president headed on Monday to New York, where he will be speaking to the U.N. General Assembly later this week, saying that he has no plans to meet with President Joe Biden on the sidelines of the U.N. event.
President Ebrahim Raisi spoke at the Tehran airport before his departure as talks to revive Iran’s tattered nuclear deal with world powers remain stalled.
“There is no plan for a meeting or negotiations with U.S leaders,” Raisi said. “We have no plans whatsoever for meeting them.”
The Iranian president called his appearance at the United Nations an opportunity to explain to the world about alleged “malice” that unspecified nations and world powers have toward Iran. He did not elaborate.
Raisi, who is accompanied by Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian and nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani, is to address both the General Assembly and a UNESCO meeting on religions.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi reviews an honor guard during his official departure ceremony as he leaves Tehran’s Mehrabad airport to New York to attend annual UN General Assembly meeting, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. Raisi headed to New York on Monday, where he will be speaking to the U.N. General Assembly later this week, saying that he has no plans to meet with President Joe Biden on the sidelines of the U.N. event. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi waves to media and officials as he boards his plane while leaving Tehran’s Mehrabad airport to New York to attend annual UN General Assembly meeting, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. Raisi headed to New York on Monday, where he will be speaking to the U.N. General Assembly later this week, saying that he has no plans to meet with President Joe Biden on the sidelines of the U.N. event. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi speaks prior to leave Tehran’s Mehrabad airport to New York to attend annual UN General Assembly meeting, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. Raisi headed to New York on Monday, where he will be speaking to the U.N. General Assembly later this week, saying that he has no plans to meet with President Joe Biden on the sidelines of the U.N. event. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Talks between Iran and world powers over reviving a 2015 nuclear deal remained stalled though Tehran and Washington have traded written responses in recent months on the finer points of the roadmap, which would see sanctions lifted against Iran in exchange for it restricting its rapidly advancing nuclear program.
Iran and the U.S. have had no diplomatic relations since the 1979 U.S. Embassy takeover by militant students in Tehran.
On Sunday, CBS’ “60 Minutes” aired an interview with Raisi, who said the United States is not trustworthy and demanded guarantees that Washington would not withdraw again from a nuclear deal as President Donald Trump did in 2018.
Raisi also told CBS that Iran is willing to discuss prisoner exchanges with the U.S., defended his country’s anti-Israel stance and said Tehran was committed to pursuing “justice” for the killing of a top Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander, Gen. Qassem Soleimani, in a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad in January 2020.
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Fiona nears Dominican Republic after pounding Puerto Rico
HAVANA (AP) — Hurricane Fiona bore down on the Dominican Republic Monday after knocking out the power grid and unleashing floods and landslides in Puerto Rico, where the governor said the damage was “catastrophic.”
No deaths have been reported, but authorities in the U.S. territory said it was too early to estimate the damage from a storm that was still forecast to unleash torrential rain across Puerto Rico on Monday.
Up to 30 inches (76 centimeters) was forecast for Puerto Rico’s eastern and southern regions.
“It’s important people understand that this is not over,” said Ernesto Morales, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in San Juan.
He said flooding has reached “historic levels,” with authorities evacuating or rescuing hundreds of people across the island.
Bidens among thousands paying respects to Queen Elizabeth II
LONDON (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden paid his respects at Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin on Sunday as thousands of police, hundreds of British troops and an army of officials made final preparations for the queen’s state funeral — a spectacular display of national mourning that will also be the biggest gathering of world leaders for years.
People across Britain paused for a minute of silence at 8 p.m. in memory of the only monarch most have ever known. At Westminster Hall, where the queen is lying in state, the constant stream of mourners paused for 60 seconds as people observed the minute of reflection in deep silence.
In Windsor, where the queen will be laid to rest on Monday evening after her funeral at Westminster Abbey, rain began to fall as the crowd fell silent for the moment of reflection. Some have set up small camps and chairs outside Windsor Castle, with plans to spend the night there to reserve the best spots to view the queen’s coffin when it arrives.
“Well, it’s just one night and day of our lives. Elizabeth gave us – you know – 70 years. So the rest of it is not a lot to ask, is it?” said Fred Sweeney, 52, who kitted out his spot with two Union flags on large flag poles.
Biden and first lady Jill Biden were among thousands of mourners — from locals and tourists to royals and world leaders — to pay their respects. The president made the sign of the cross and put his hand to his heart as he stood quietly near the casket in the ornate 900-year-old hall with his wife and U.S. Ambassador Jane Hartley.
Zelenskyy promises no ‘lull’ in taking back Ukrainian towns
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy promised his country there would be no letup in the counteroffensive that has reclaimed towns and cities from Russian troops, as shelling continued Sunday across a wide stretch of Ukraine.
Zelenskyy ran through a list of towns that Ukraine has taken back in its lightning push across the northeast.
“Maybe now it seems to some of you that after a series of victories we have a certain lull,” he said in his nightly video address. “But this is not a lull. This is preparation for the next series… Because Ukraine must be free — all of it.”
Ukraine’s military command said its forces secured the eastern bank of the Oskil River on Saturday. The river, which flows south from Russia into Ukraine, had been a natural break in the newly emerged front lines since Kyiv’s counteroffensive began.
As Russian shells hit towns and cities over the weekend, the British defense ministry warned that Moscow is likely to increase attacks on civilian targets as it suffers battlefield defeats.
Biden: Classified documents at Mar-a-Lago raise concerns
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says the discovery of top-secret documents at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate raised concerns that sensitive data was compromised and called it “irresponsible.”
Biden, who rarely does interviews, spoke to CBS’ “60 Minutes” in a segment that aired Sunday. He said that when he heard about classified documents taken from the White House, he wondered how “anyone could be that irresponsible.”
Biden added: “And I thought, what data was in there that may compromise sources and methods?”
The president said he did not get a heads-up before the Trump estate was searched, and he has not asked for any specifics “because I don’t want to get myself in the middle of whether or not the Justice Department should move or not move on certain actions they could take.”
The FBI says it took about 11,000 documents, including roughly 100 with classification markings found in a storage room and an office, while serving a court-authorized search warrant at the home on Aug. 8. Weeks after the search, Trump lawyers asked a judge to appoint a special master to conduct an independent review of the records.
Biden: US would defend Taiwan against Chinese invasion
BEIJING (AP) — President Joe Biden says U.S. forces would defend Taiwan if China tries to invade the self-ruled island claimed by Beijing as part of its territory, adding to displays of official American support for the island democracy.
Biden said “yes” when asked during an interview broadcast Sunday on CBS News’s “60 Minutes” program whether “U.S. forces, U.S. men and women, would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion.”
CBS News reported the White House said after the interview U.S. policy hasn’t changed. That policy says Washington wants to see Taiwan’s status resolved peacefully but doesn’t say whether U.S. forces might be sent in response to a Chinese attack.
Tension is rising following efforts by Chinese President Xi Jinping’s government to intimidate Taiwan by firing missiles into the nearby sea and flying fighter jets nearby and visits to Taipei by political figures including U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Taiwan’s foreign ministry on Monday expressed “sincere gratitude” to Biden for “affirming the U.S. government’s rock-solid promise of security to Taiwan.”
They ended wanted pregnancies. Post-Roe, they face new pain.
Ashley Lefebvre hugs her unborn daughter’s urn each night. Sarah Halsey treasures the tiny hat worn by her baby who lived just 38 minutes. Abi Frazier moved away from her home with a furnished nursery.
All ended wanted pregnancies because of grave fetal medical problems.
It’s a side of abortion seldom discussed in national debates — the termination of pregnancies because of fetal anomalies or other often-fatal medical problems. These terminations often happen in the second trimester, when women have already picked out names, bought baby clothes and felt kicking in their wombs. They’re far different from the most common abortions, performed earlier in pregnancies.
Women say these terminations for medical reasons don’t feel like a choice — instead they are forced upon them by the condition of the fetus they carry. And the constant drumbeat of new abortion bans, rulings and news since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade has reopened raw wounds. Such abortions were already shrouded in secrecy and guilt, the women say. They fear the path will be even tougher for those who follow.
There are no recent statistics on the frequency of terminations for fetal anomalies — including genetic or chromosomal abnormalities — in the U.S., but experts say it’s a small percentage of total procedures. They typically occur later than the 93% of abortions performed at or before 13 weeks of pregnancy.
In world beset by turbulence, nations’ leaders gather at UN
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Facing a complex set of challenges that try humanity as never before, world leaders convene at the United Nations this week under the shadow of Europe’s first major war since World War II — a conflict that has unleashed a global food crisis and divided major powers in a way not seen since the Cold War.
The many facets of the Ukraine war are expected to dominate the annual meeting, which convenes as many countries and peoples confront growing inequality, an escalating climate crisis, the threat of multiple famines and an internet-fueled tide of misinformation and hate speech — all atop a coronavirus pandemic that is halfway through its third year.
For the first time since the United Nations was founded atop the ashes of World War II, European nations are witnessing war in their midst waged by nuclear-armed neighboring Russia. Its Feb. 24 invasion not only threatens Ukraine’s survival as an independent democratic nation but has leaders in many countries worrying about trying to preserve regional and international peace and prevent a wider war.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the strategic divides — with the West on one side and Russia and increasingly China on the other — are “paralyzing the global response to the dramatic challenges we face.”
He pointed not only to the devastation in Ukraine from nearly seven months of fighting but the war’s impact on the global economy.
EXPLAINER: How the strong U.S. dollar can affect everyone
NEW YORK (AP) — The buck isn’t stopping.
The value of the U.S. dollar has been on a tear for more than a year against everything from the British pound across the Atlantic to the South Korean won across the Pacific.
After rising again Friday, the dollar is near its highest level in more than two decades against a key index measuring six major currencies, including the euro and Japanese yen. Many professional investors don’t expect it to ease off anytime soon.
The dollar’s rise affects nearly everyone, even those who will never leave the U.S. borders. Here’s a look at what’s driving the U.S. dollar higher and what it can mean for investors and households:
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO SAY THE DOLLAR IS STRONGER?
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Queen Elizabeth II Funeral: When Did The Lying-In-State End And What Happens After
Queen Elizabeth II Funeral: When Did The Lying-In-State End, And What Happens After https://digitalarizonanews.com/queen-elizabeth-ii-funeral-when-did-the-lying-in-state-end-and-what-happens-after/
Queen Elizabeth II’s lying in state officially ended at 6.30am on Monday 19 September.
The period saw thousands of people flock from around the world to Westminster Hall in the Palace of Westminster in order to pay their respects to the Queen.
Members of the public were able to file past the catafalque, which is a raised platform, that The Queen’s coffin rested on.
Members of the public file past the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, draped in the Royal Standard with the Imperial State Crown and the Sovereign’s orb and sceptre, lying in state on the catafalque in Westminster Hall, at the Palace of Westminster, London, ahead of her funeral on Monday. Picture: Yui Mok/PA Wire
However, at 6:30am this morning this period officially came to end after it first opened on Wednesday, September 14 at 5pm. Just less than a week after she died.
The thousands of people who took to the city to pay their respects saw a huge queue form around London with wait times sometimes reaching 24 hours. David Beckham was one of the people who endured the wait to pay his respects to Her Majesty.
So, what is expected to happen following the end of The Queen’s lying in state? Here’s everything you need to know.
When did the queue close?
The queue officially closed to new entrants at 10:30pm on Sunday, September 18.
The department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport announced its closure with a statement that read: “The queue to attend Her Majesty The Queen’s Lying-in-State is at final capacity and is now closed to new entrants. Please do not attempt to join the queue
“Stewards will manage those already nearby. Thank you for your understanding”
What will happen after The Queen’s lying in state has ended?
Following the end of The Queen’s lying in state the doors to Westminster Abbey will open at 8am to welcome the 2,000 invitees.
10.44am Her Majesty’s coffin will be moved from the Palace of Westminster to Westminster Abbey for the state funeral. The service is expected to begin at 11am and will be followed by a national two-minute silence at 11:55am.
According to the Government website, A public procession will begin at 12.15pm as Her Majesty’s coffin travels from Westminster Abbey to Wellington Arch in London.
Her Majesty’s coffin will then be carried from Wellington Arch by the State Hearse to Windsor where The Queen will be laid to rest.
The Government’s website states The Queen’s hearse is due to arrive in Albert Road and at 3.10pm.
When is The Queen’s funeral?
A spokesperson for the Royal family said: “The State Funeral of Her Majesty The Queen will take place at Westminster Abbey on Monday 19th September 2022 at 1100hrs.”
What will happened at The Queen’s funeral?
The official statement continued: “The Service will pay tribute to The Queen’s remarkable reign and lifetime of service as Head of State, Nation and Commonwealth.
“The State Funeral will be led by the Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle, and the Sermon will be given by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend and Right Honourable Justin Welby.
“The Choirs of Westminster Abbey and His Majesty’s Chapel Royal, St James’s Palace, under the direction of James O’Donnell, Organist and Master of the Choristers of Westminster Abbey will sing.
“Before the Service, the Abbey’s Tenor Bell will be tolled once a minute for 96 minutes, one toll for each year of The Queen’s life. Holders of The George Cross, Victoria Cross, and Representatives of the Orders of Chivalry will Process through the Abbey before the Service.
“A Procession of representatives from faith communities across the United Kingdom, as well as representatives from the Churches of Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and England, will Process ahead of the Service. Also present will be the Sub-Dean of the Chapels Royal and the Dean of Windsor.
“At the start of the Service, as The Queen’s Coffin is carried into the Abbey, the Sentences will be sung by The Choir of Westminster Abbey from the Nave. The five Sentences, which are lines of scripture set to music, have been used at every State Funeral since the early part of the 18th century.
“The Choir of Westminster Abbey will be joined by the Choir of the Chapel Royal, St James’s Palace, for the final two Sentences. The Dean of Westminster will give The Bidding, before the first hymn. The Right Honourable Baroness Scotland, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, will read the first Lesson.
An unseen image of the Queen has been released on the eve of her funeral
“A specially commissioned choral piece, composed by the Master of The King’s Music, Judith Weir, ‘Like as the hart’, will be sung by the Choir. The piece, inspired by Her Majesty’s unwavering Christian faith, is a setting of Psalm 42 to music and will be sung unaccompanied.
“The Second Lesson, read by the Right Honourable Elizabeth Truss MP, Prime Minister, will be followed by the hymn, ‘The Lord’s my shepherd’. The hymn was also sung at the wedding of the then Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, in 1947. Following the Sermon, the Choir will sing the Anthem, ‘My soul, there is a country’, set by Hubert Parry; an Anthem of great hope.
“Prayers will be said from the High Altar, before the Choir sings a short anthem, ‘O Taste and see how gracious the Lord is’, which was composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams for The Queen’s Coronation in 1953. The Archbishop of Canterbury will give the Commendation.
“The Dean of Westminster will pronounce the Blessing. The Last Post will be sounded by the State Trumpeters of the Household Cavalry from the steps of the Lady Chapel. Two minutes’ silence will then be observed across the United Kingdom. The Reveille will be sounded by the State Trumpeters, before the Congregation sings the National Anthem, ‘God Save The King’.
“At the conclusion of the State Funeral, The Sovereign’s Piper of the Royal Regiment of Scotland will play the traditional Lament, ‘Sleep, dearie, sleep’.
“The Queen’s Coffin will be borne in Procession out of Westminster Abbey, returning to the Gun Carriage for the Procession to Wellington Arch, Hyde Park Corner, before travelling to Windsor for the Committal Service in St George’s Chapel.
“Afterwards, the bells of Westminster Abbey will be rung, fully muffled, as is the tradition following the Funeral of the Sovereign.”
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Biden Says ‘pandemic Is Over’ https://digitalarizonanews.com/biden-says-pandemic-is-over/
President Biden declared the coronavirus pandemic “over,” in apparently off-the-cuff remarks that reflect the growing sentiment that the threat of the virus has receded, even as hundreds of Americans continue to die of covid each day.
“We still have a problem with covid,” Biden said on “60 Minutes,” which aired Sunday night. “We’re still doing a lot of work on it … but the pandemic is over.”
Biden made the remarks Wednesday during an interview at the auto show in Detroit, referencing the crowds at the event. The annual auto show had not been held since 2019.
“If you notice, no one’s wearing masks,” Biden said to CBS News reporter Scott Pelley. “Everybody seems to be in pretty good shape. And so I think it’s changing. And I think this is a perfect example of it.”
While Biden’s comments were extemporaneous, they may complicate his administration’s so far unsuccessful efforts to secure additional funding from Congress for more coronavirus vaccines and treatments and to take other steps intended to combat the virus. Republicans on Sunday night raised questions about why the administration would renew its ongoing public health emergency if the pandemic is over. That emergency declaration, which is set to expire next month, has allowed federal officials to pursue flexible solutions amid the crisis, including rapidly authorizing new covid treatments and keeping many Americans covered by Medicaid, the safety-net health program. The Urban Institute, a think tank that conducts economic and social policy research, has estimated that as many as 15.8 million Americans could lose Medicaid coverage after the government ends its emergency declaration.
Biden’s comment that the pandemic is over came as a surprise to administration officials, according to two senior health officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment. The White House on Sunday night did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The administration for months has maintained that the virus is on the retreat, citing the growing availability of vaccines, tests and treatments to fight it and the population’s expanding immunity. Biden’s remarks came at a moment when new daily infections are down to just over 57,000 — the lowest they have been since late April — although that is probably a dramatic undercount since most people test themselves at home and do not report their infections to local and state health officials.
Nevertheless, the disease continues to exact a toll, with more than 30,000 people hospitalized and more than 400 dying each day, according to seven-day averages compiled by The Washington Post.
“We have a virus out there that’s still circulating, still killing hundreds of Americans every day,” Ashish Jha, the White House coronavirus coordinator, said at a news briefing Sept. 6, warning that the emergence of new variants could pose additional risks. “I think we all as Americans have to pull together to try to protect Americans … and do what we can to get our health-care system through what might be a difficult fall and winter ahead.”
The head of the World Health Organization on Wednesday warned that the pandemic was not over and that important work remains to combat it around the world.
“We are not there yet but the end is in sight,” said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the WHO. “We can see the finish line. but now is the worst time to stop running.”
We’ve never been in a better place to end the #COVID19 pandemic, but only if all countries, manufacturers, communities and individuals step up and seize this opportunity. Otherwise, we run the risk of more variants, more deaths, disruption and uncertainty. Let’s finish the job! pic.twitter.com/wzNaQ5kF3P
— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) September 15, 2022
In the “60 Minutes” interview, Biden said the pandemic continues to exact a deep psychological toll.
“I think you’d agree that the impact on the psyche of the American people as a consequence of the pandemic is profound,” the president said. “Think of how that has changed everything … people’s attitudes about themselves, their families, about the state of the nation, about the state of their communities.”
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Classified Docs At Trump Residence A Cause For Concern: Biden
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President Joe Biden says the discovery of top-secret documents at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate raised concerns that sensitive data was compromised and called it “irresponsible.”
Biden, who rarely does interviews, spoke to CBS‘ ’60 Minutes’ in a segment that aired Sunday. He said that when he heard about classified documents taken from the White House, he wondered how “anyone could be that irresponsible.”
Biden added: “And I thought, what data was in there that may compromise sources and methods?”
The president said he did not get a heads-up before the Trump estate was searched, and he has not asked for any specifics “because I don’t want to get myself in the middle of whether or not the Justice Department should move or not move on certain actions they could take.”
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The FBI says it took about 11,000 documents, including roughly 100 with classification markings found in a storage room and an office, while serving a court-authorized search warrant at the home on Aug. 8. Weeks after the search, Trump lawyers asked a judge to appoint a special master to conduct an independent review of the records.
The warrant says federal agents were investigating potential violations of three different federal laws, including one that governs gathering, transmitting or losing defense information under the Espionage Act.
Biden told ’60 Minutes’ that when he heard about classified documents being taken from the White House, he wondered how “anyone could be that irresponsible.”
“And I thought what data was in there that may compromise sources and methods?”
In the wide-ranging interview, the president wouldn’t commit to running for reelection in 2024, though he’s said in the past that he planned to.
“My intention, as I said to begin with, is that I would run again,” he said. “But it’s just an intention. But is it a firm decision that I run again? That remains to be seen.”
Biden was asked about growing concerns that Russia’s efforts to seize Ukraine could inspire China’s leader Xi Jinping to attack Taiwan. The island has been recognized by the US as part of China but has its own democratic government. Xi and Russian President Vladimir Putin met last week.
Biden again said the US forces would respond “if in fact there was an unprecedented attack.”
White House officials later said the official US policy had not changed, and would not say whether American forces would be called to defend Taiwan. Biden has made the claim before, but the statements come at an increasingly tense time for US-China relations, particularly after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip there last month.
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Beijing sees official American contact with Taiwan as encouragement to make the island’s decades-old de facto independence permanent, a step Biden and other US leaders say they don’t support.
The president said the US commitment to Ukraine was “ironclad” and would remain so “as long as it takes.” Ukrainian troops are engaged in a counteroffensive that has reclaimed towns and cities from Russian troops. But the toll the war has taken is vast, and fresh atrocities are being revealed, including torture chambers and mass graves. Since January 2021, the US has given more than $13.5 billion in security assistance to Ukraine.
In the same hour, ’60 Minutes’ also aired an interview with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who will be speaking to the UN General Assembly in New York this coming week. Raisi echoed standard Iranian lines about the status of currently stalled nuclear talks with world powers. He said the United States is not trustworthy and demanded guarantees that the US would not withdraw from a deal as President Donald Trump did in 2018.
Raisi said he had no plans to meet with Biden on the sidelines of the UN event as it would serve no purpose, although he reiterated that Iran is willing to discuss prisoner exchanges with the United States. He also defended his country’s anti-Israel stance and said Tehran was committed to pursuing “justice” for the Trump administration’s assassination of a top Iranian military commander.
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YOUNGSTOWN — Former President Donald Trump took aim at U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan, the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, calling him a “militant left-winger who is lying to your faces” during a Youngstown rally for J.D. Vance, the Republican candidate for the seat.
Ryan is “pretending to be a moderate so he can get elected and betray everything that you believe in,” Trump said Saturday at the Covelli Centre. “He is not a moderate. He’s radical left.”
Trump spent most of his speech airing past grievances, including falsely claiming the 2020 presidential election was “stolen” from him.
Trump was in Youngstown primarily as part of a rally to support Vance while also backing Republicans running for House seats throughout Ohio.
Trump said when he was president, “I was always fighting (Ryan). I never liked him that much.”
Trump said Ryan’s moderate approach during this Senate campaign is a lie as the congressman has voted 100 percent of the time with President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Trump said when he was president, Ryan voted with him only 16 percent of the time.
Trump urged those in attendance to back Vance, calling him a “tough cookie.”
Trump said of Vance: “This is a very important race. This is a great person who’ve I’ve really gotten to know. Yeah, he said some bad things about me, but that was before he knew me and then he fell in love.”
He criticized Ryan for saying he’d end the filibuster, for supporting abortions and for “being an energy extremist.”
Trump spent much of his speech complaining about the 2020 election falsely contending he didn’t lose to Biden and that the election was “rigged and stolen.”
He also went after Biden, saying he was a terrible president who doesn’t know what he’s doing and if Trump was running the country, there wouldn’t have been a Russian invasion of Ukraine, high gas prices and inflation.
The only reason gas prices are going down, Trump said, is that Biden and other Democrats are doing that to win the Nov. 8 election and that those prices will rise after that.
There were about 5,500 people at Saturday’s rally with most of the back section of the Covelli Centre empty though there was a full crowd at the front of the facility. The last time Trump campaigned at the arena, on July 25, 2017, there were about 7,000 people in attendance.
During his Saturday speech, Vance said: “We need to get back to the policies of the real Donald Trump, not fake Tim Ryan pretending he’s someone he’s not.”
Vance said Ryan tries to come across as a moderate in his “nonstop fraudulent television commercials,” but it’s a lie.
Vance said are two Tims out there. A D.C. Tim that votes 100 percent of the time with Joe Biden, and there’s campaign Tim who pretends he’s a moderate.”
He added: “We need to kick D.C. Tim to the curb, make him go back home and get a real job for once.”
Polls indicate a close race between Vance, a venture capitalist and author of “Hillbilly Elegy” and Ryan, a 10-term House member who represents much of Mahoning and Trumbull counties.
In a campaign fundraising email after the rally, Ryan wrote: “Republicans are panicking about losing here. And Trump knows how important winning Ohio is. Him wading into our race means more attack ads, more dark money and a tougher environment in an already competitive race.”
At a Youngstown event Friday, Ryan criticized Vance for having a rally Saturday at the same time as the Ohio State-University of Toledo football game, saying it shows his opponent is out of touch with Ohioans.
As for the rally in the heart of his congressional district, Ryan said: “They’re trying to cut into my vote, which is a political tactic. The fact is J.D. Vance can’t carry his own political message.”
In addition to the Saturday rally with Trump, Vance had Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a leading potential 2024 Republican presidential candidate, campaign Aug. 19 at the Metroplex Expo Center in Liberty, also in Ryan’s district.
“He needs Ron DeSantis, he needs Donald Trump and he needs everybody else to come in and make the case for him because he can’t make the case for himself,” Ryan said.
Ryan added: “Ohioans don’t want someone who’s got to rely on someone else to carry their message for him or to buttress or support them in some way I’m out here. I’m scrapping. I’m clearly the underdog here with all this money coming at us.”
Asked to comment after Saturday’s rally, Jordan Fuja, a campaign spokeswoman, said: “I was too busy watching football, but I’m sure whatever San Francisco phony J.D. Vance and his out-of-state allies tried to talk about in a half-empty stadium would’ve rang hollow with all the Ohioans who were also busy turning into the Ohio State-Toledo game.”
Though Trump failed to win re-election in 2020, he was only the third Republican presidential candidate since 1936 to win Mahoning County. He beat Democrat Joe Biden by 1.9 percent.
Trump did even better in Trumbull County.
He was the first Republican candidate to win that county in two consecutive presidential elections since Herbert Hoover in 1928 and 1932 before Trumbull and Mahoning counties started consistently voting for Democrats in 1936.
He beat Biden by 10.56 percent in Trumbull two years ago and beat Democrat Hillary Clinton by 6.22 percent.
Trump’s victories were key parts of a changing political trend in Mahoning and Trumbull counties. His success helped some Valley Republicans win elections and made a number of other races a lot more competitive than they had been in previous years.
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Monday Letters: Vote Local No Solutions Immigration And Religion
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Let’s focus more on local elections
It’s time we put more focus on local elections. We’ve all heard about what happened in neighboring Mesa County with county clerk Tina Peters, but it’s important people know that we have the same type of alt-right, MAGA candidates right here in Garfield County. It goes beyond having to worry about safe, fair elections.
Tom Jankovsky has been a county commissioner for 12 years. Many people know him from his days at Sunlight Ski Resort. What people do not realize is just how radicalized he has become over his time in office. Tom recently gave a standing ovation to a Christian Nationalist pastor named David Barton who does not believe in the separation of church and state. In fact, the speech that Tom was so thrilled to hear stated that the church is supposed to direct the government — not the other way around.
That means restrictions on a woman’s right to choose. A county commissioner has almost as much power as your local Sheriff. They levy and appropriate all taxes and approve any and all developments in a community. Do we really want another four years of MAGA touting Tom? He’s already said COVID is no worse than the flu and refuses to expand our energy needs beyond oil and gas, even as market prices show the need for more diversity. We can maintain what matters to us here in Garfield County by investing in renewable energy for the future, but not with him.
When Tom was asked about the rising cost of living here in Garfield County and the impact it is having on small businesses to retain employees, his answer was if small businesses want to stay open, they need to provide their own employee housing. No, Tom, that is actually your job. He has had 12 years to prepare for the rising cost of living and housing crisis in the county. He has failed, and, yet, he stays defiant in his choice of inaction. Tom is the housing crisis here in Garfield, and, if he’s not voted out, things will only get worse.
Westley J. Crouch, Glenwood Springs
All sour grapes and no solutions
I read a letter writer in this newspaper by Bruno Kirchenwitz. He was alluding to a well-thought-out letter from Laurie Lawrence, who wrote in on Sept. 9. One thing about Mr. Kirchenwitz that defines the current MAGA segment of the GOP is he has a long list of grievances but no solutions offered.
I am what Kirchenwitz would call a “RINO,” but all I am is a Republican who thinks Donald Trump is nothing more than a con man, posing as a politician. That is my right to say so, too.
I never took a loyalty oath to Trump or anyone else in my party — and never will. MAGA has finally been outed by mainstream media, including Fox News. Just this past weekend, Fox News ran a commercial from the Lincoln Project called “Suckers.” Trump begged for donations beginning in December 2020 up to October 2021 for his “legal defense fund.” Now, we know he pocketed all of that money. Another US Justice Dept. investigation and another grand jury is hearing evidence of that right now.
With classified stolen documents at Mar a Lago to “fake electors” in 4 states? Trump is indeed one strange man. Afghanistan? The US military spent billions training and outfitting the Afghan army to defend their own country against the Taliban, and, when they advanced on Kabul, they turned and ran! Trump’s administration was responsible for the US leaving that dismal country, and I for one am glad they did. The evacuation of Afghans was terrible no doubt, but why is it when a population outnumbers the Taliban by over 1,000:1, they allow themselves to be bullied by them? If they want freedom, they have to fight for it.
What about Hunter Biden? The newest villain since Hillary Clinton. Today, according to Fox News, John Durham, the leftover prosecutor from the Trump administration who is handling the Hunter Biden investigation, came up empty on him. Wonder who the new villain in Trump land will be?
Climate change? Trillons of dollars will not be enough to fight it. Pakistan is still 1/3rd under water. The “doomsday glacier” is about to break off in Antartica, and, when it does, sea levels could rise 10 feet. If it does, say goodbye to Miami and New Orleans. In 20 years, gasoline-powered vehicles will be in museums.
Dear Mr. Kirchenwitz, is the glass have empty or half full? Just wondering.
Steven Gluckman, Glenwood Springs
‘Love your enemy with all your heart’
Love the AP article about pastors and immigration.
Pastor Jefferees from First Baptist in Dallas hits the nail on the head but smashes his thumb in the process. He has his Biblical principals all mixed up with his politics. There is no Biblical command to protect state interest or the resulting artificial borders demarcating these.
The actual command from Jesus (in several variations, tailored to the level of willful ignorance of the audience spoken to) is: Love your enemy with all your heart, all your mind and body and soul; same as you do your God in Heaven; for they are also made in the image of God and are in fact the body of Christ.
The Biblical fact is that, if the Churchly Right were actually following the actual Biblical principles and extended the necessary hospitality to these could-be angels — rather than ratcheting up division and controversy for their true gods of the Seven Deadly Sins — we would not have an immigration problem nor would they be political pawns used to keep the enmity in their hearts in full control of their hell bent souls.
The very sad truth, Jesus laments, is 99.9% of Christians know Him not. They are tares pretending to be the wheat. And He truly weeps because your days are numbered, and He is grooming the white pony to ride.
Eric Olander, Rifle
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Queens Funeral: State Procession Will See Elizabeth II Remembered In Westminster Abbey Service Latest Updates
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Phoenix Home Decorated To Look Like Scenes From 'Beetlejuice'
Phoenix Home Decorated To Look Like Scenes From 'Beetlejuice' https://digitalarizonanews.com/phoenix-home-decorated-to-look-like-scenes-from-beetlejuice/
Published September 18, 2022 8:50PM
Updated 9:23PM
Phoenix home decorated to look like scenes from ‘Beetlejuice’
PHOENIX – A hit movie from the ’80s is making a comeback in central Phoenix and just in time for Halloween.
A house decorated to look like scenes from ‘Beetlejuice’ is near 16th Street and Thomas Road and the homeowners on Sept. 18 took a second to talk about why they enjoy setting the display that’ll be up through Nov. 1.
Matt Wiley and Karen Altamirano say they’ve seen the movie so many times and that it gets funnier each time they watch.
The newest edition to the house this year is the film’s memorable waiting room where you can sit down and take a picture.
The duo started making the display four years ago, and it keeps getting bigger every year, channeling their love for the classic Tim Burton film.
The couple started out buying Halloween decorations, but after running into a few defective products, they decided to just make their own.
“So it started with just the worm and the signs on the top,” Wiley said. “Then we added the devil, the signs on the top, and then the waiting room is this year’s addition.”
That very addition was more difficult to create than expected.
“The waiting room was actually a lot harder than we thought. We didn’t know if we’d be able to actually pull it off, but I played with textures, colors, paints, so we eventually made the walls,” Altamirano said. “Everything is thrifted or second-hand.”
They encourage people to come up to the waiting room and take a picture.
The address is 1423 E Earll Drive. You can also visit the home’s Instagram page here.
“Beetlejuice” display at a Phoenix home
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Lindsey Graham Warns Of Anti-Abortion Revolt In Fox Tirade
Lindsey Graham Warns Of Anti-Abortion ‘Revolt’ In Fox Tirade https://digitalarizonanews.com/lindsey-graham-warns-of-anti-abortion-revolt-in-fox-tirade/
Lindsey Graham doubled down on his proposed federal abortion ban during an interview with Fox News Sunday, declaring that, “If you tell the pro-life movement that we’re out of business in the nation’s capital, that we can’t set some minimum national standard to prevent Chinese abortion policy in Maryland or California, there’ll be revolt.” The South Carolina senator is seeking to block the procedure after 15 weeks—with exceptions for rape, incest, or threats to physical health—though fellow Republicans have been fearful to publicly endorse the legislation, lest they alienate voters in advance of this year’s midterm elections. The party has instead sought to make abortion a states’ rights issue; the vast majority of Americans believe abortion should be legal under some or all circumstances.
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Ron DeSantis Racks Up Recent Fox News Mentions Way More Than Other Non-Trump Potential 2024 Rivals In GOP
Ron DeSantis Racks Up Recent Fox News Mentions, Way More Than Other Non-Trump Potential 2024 Rivals In GOP https://digitalarizonanews.com/ron-desantis-racks-up-recent-fox-news-mentions-way-more-than-other-non-trump-potential-2024-rivals-in-gop/
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has been the focus of sharp criticism for flying two planes of Venezuelan migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard, but it’s also brought him applause from the right and a deluge of air time on Fox News — a crucial metric as the jockeying for position in the 2024 GOP presidential nomination gets underway.
CNN’s Harry Enten broke down the numbers on CNN Newsroom Sunday, telling anchor Pamela Brown how the controversy was helping DeSantis raise his national profile.
“If there is something that Ron DeSantis knows how to do, it is to generate press,” said Enten.
And the numbers showed that the Florida governor had been successful. According to Enten, over the past six months, DeSantis was the clear leader among potential GOP presidential candidates other than former President Donald Trump in getting mentions on Fox News.
DeSantis had been mentioned 1,021 times, far ahead of former Vice President Mike Pence (585), Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) (442), and former UN ambassador Nikki Haley (161).
Those figures were only calculated through this past Thursday, and “this has only started,” Enten noted, so DeSantis’ numbers could continue to jump even higher.
“Ron DeSantis has managed to follow the Trump playbook,” Enten concluded. “Remember,Trump was able to generate all of that press ahead of his 2016 run, basically, was able to cannibalize all of that press. And it seems that Ron DeSantis is able to do something rather similar as we head into 2024.”
A New York Times analysis in March 2016 found that Trump had benefited from nearly $2 billion — that’s billion with a “b” — in free media by that point in the 2016 presidential race, more than doubling Hillary Clinton and far surpassing the rest of his Republican primary opponents combined. A 2018 study found that Trump’s overwhelming media presence did indeed contribute to his success by presenting “viability cues” that were “influential in setting the stage” during the primaries.
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Biden Calls Trump's Handling Of Classified Documents At Mar-A-Lago Irresponsible'
Biden Calls Trump's Handling Of Classified Documents At Mar-A-Lago ‘Irresponsible' https://digitalarizonanews.com/biden-calls-trumps-handling-of-classified-documents-at-mar-a-lago-irresponsible/
President Joe Biden says the discovery of top-secret documents at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate raised concerns that sensitive data was compromised and called it “irresponsible.”
Biden, who rarely does interviews, spoke to CBS’ “60 Minutes” in a segment that aired Sunday. He said that when he heard about classified documents taken from the White House, he wondered how “anyone could be that irresponsible.”
Biden added: “And I thought, what data was in there that may compromise sources and methods?”
The president said he did not get a heads-up before the Trump estate was searched, and he has not asked for any specifics “because I don’t want to get myself in the middle of whether or not the Justice Department should move or not move on certain actions they could take.”
The FBI says it took about 11,000 documents, including roughly 100 with classification markings found in a storage room and an office, while serving a court-authorized search warrant at the home on Aug. 8. Weeks after the search, Trump lawyers asked a judge to appoint a special master to conduct an independent review of the records.
The warrant says federal agents were investigating potential violations of three different federal laws, including one that governs gathering, transmitting or losing defense information under the Espionage Act.
Biden told “60 Minutes” that when he heard about classified documents being taken from the White House, he wondered how “anyone could be that irresponsible.”
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“And I thought what data was in there that may compromise sources and methods?”
In the wide-ranging interview, the president wouldn’t commit to running for reelection in 2024, though he’s said in the past that he planned to.
“My intention, as I said to begin with, is that I would run again,” he said. “But it’s just an intention. But is it a firm decision that I run again? That remains to be seen.”
Biden was asked about growing concerns that Russia’s efforts to seize Ukraine could inspire China’s leader Xi Jinping to attack Taiwan. The island has been recognized by the U.S. as part of China but has its own democratic government. Xi and Russian President Vladimir Putin met last week.
Biden again said the U.S. forces would respond “if in fact there was an unprecedented attack.”
White House officials later said the official U.S. policy had not changed, and would not say whether American forces would be called to defend Taiwan. Biden has made the claim before, but the statements come at an increasingly tense time for U.S.-China relations, particularly after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip there last month.
Beijing sees official American contact with Taiwan as encouragement to make the island’s decades-old de facto independence permanent, a step Biden and other U.S. leaders say they don’t support.
The president said the U.S. commitment to Ukraine was “ironclad” and would remain so “as long as it takes.” Ukrainian troops are engaged in a counteroffensive that has reclaimed towns and cities from Russian troops. But the toll the war has taken is vast, and fresh atrocities are being revealed, including torture chambers and mass graves. Since January 2021, the U.S. has given more than $13.5 billion in security assistance to Ukraine.
In the same hour, “60 Minutes” also aired an interview with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who will be speaking to the U.N. General Assembly in New York this coming week. Raisi echoed standard Iranian lines about the status of currently stalled nuclear talks with world powers. He said the United States is not trustworthy and demanded guarantees that the U.S. would not withdraw from a deal as President Donald Trump did in 2018.
Raisi said he had no plans to meet with Biden on the sidelines of the U.N. event as it would serve no purpose, although he reiterated that Iran is willing to discuss prisoner exchanges with the United States. He also defended his country’s anti-Israel stance and said Tehran was committed to pursuing “justice” for the Trump administration’s assassination of a top Iranian military commander.
efore declining to comment on the release of the Mar-a-Lago affidavit, President Joe Biden took a jab at his predecessor, former President Donald Trump, who has asserted his stores of classified materials were actually declassified. “I just want you to know, I’ve declassified everything in the world. I can do it, I’m president,” Biden joked. “Come on.”
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