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No cracks in Blue Wall? Top Democrats vow Chicago is ready for convention, despite party divisions
Democrats are deeply focused on Wisconsin and Michigan to help bolster President Joe Biden’s re-election chances — and officials, in town for meetings hosted by the Democratic National Convention Committee, say they plan on showing voters a deep party contrast.
By Tina Sfondeles




Minyon Moore, chair of the Democratic National Convention Committee, discusses the 2024 Democratic National Convention during a news conference at the Hilton Chicago, Thursday.


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Top state Democratic Party leaders on Thursday vowed “Blue Wall” unity ahead of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago despite party fissures over the war in Gaza and the ongoing migrant crisis — and polls that show President Joe Biden still must gain ground to win key battleground states.

Democrats are deeply focused on Wisconsin and Michigan to help bolster Biden’s re-election chances — and officials, in town for meetings hosted by the Democratic National Convention Committee, say they plan on showing voters a deep contrast between the visions of the Democratic and Republican parties.

“What we’re going to see in the Republican convention in July in Wisconsin, and in this Democratic convention here in Chicago is a tale of two parties, a tale of two dimensions and a tale of two visions for this country — one that tries to move us back, not just to the 1950s but to the 19th century,” said Ben Wikler, chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin.

“On the Republican side, ripping away freedoms that people have fought and died for, and on the Democratic side, a message about growing the economy from the middle and the bottom up and defending freedoms and basic principles that make this country great.”



Ben Wikler, chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, discusses the 2024 Democratic National Convention during a news conference at the Hilton Chicago on Thursday.


In Michigan, where the legislature is led by Democrats in both chambers, party leaders plan to showcase Biden’s investments in the private sector, their work in strengthening gun laws and in repealing the 1931 abortion ban.

“Democrats in the Midwest and across the nation are focused on protecting freedoms and making real progress,” said Lavora Barnes, Michigan Democratic Party chair.

Hundreds of Democratic Party officials came to Chicago this week for tours and meetings ahead of the Aug. 19-22 convention, including an executive committee on Tuesday to select members of three convention standing committees.




Lavora Barnes, chair of the Michigan Democratic Party, discusses the 2024 Democratic National Convention during a news conference Thursday.


At a downtown news conference on Thursday, party leaders were joined by convention chair Minyon Moore, who sought to quell concerns that intra-party divisions over the war in Gaza could derail the convention — and Biden’s campaign. Biden won this year’s Democratic primary in Wisconsin but about 50,000 voters cast a ballot for an “uninstructed” delegation.

In Michigan, while Biden won the state with more than 618,000 votes, more than 100,000 voters cast ballots for “uncommitted,” securing two delegates.

The Democratic National Convention is designated a “National Special Security Event,” meaning the U.S. Secret Service is involved in planning and ensuring safety during the convention. Still, a Monday morning protest near O’Hare International Airport showed demonstrators may be plotting other areas of the city to exercise their First Amendment rights. Forty pro-Palestinian demonstrators were arrested after cutting off traffic to the airport.

“We are very sensitive to the environment that we’re walking in here in Chicago, and we have read the stories. We have seen the stories, and we have heard the stories. And we know that these protesters are coming,” Moore said. “We’re trying to create an environment where everyone is welcome. We do protect First Amendment rights, but we also want to reassure you that the people are excited about this convention coming. We have 50,000 people coming in because they want to re-nominate Joe Biden.”





Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters march northbound on Michigan near. Oak Street, where President Joe Biden attended a fundraising event earlier this month.


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And as members of the Kennedy family endorsed Biden on Thursday in Washington, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. qualified to appear on Michigan’s ballot as an independent, potentially peeling votes from Biden.

Roger Lau, DNC deputy executive director, said the Biden campaign is “not taking anything for granted” when it comes to Kennedy.

“I think it’s clear that there are only two candidates … Donald Trump and Joe Biden. And our goal at the DNC is to make sure that voters know about that choice, and they know the difference between the two and they know what’s at stake,” Lau said. “We’re not taking anything for granted.”

Biden has thus far avoided talking about Trump’s ongoing criminal trials while on the campaign trail — but made a small quip on Wednesday at a Pennsylvania campaign stop.

“Under my predecessor, who’s a little busy right now, Pennsylvania lost 275,000 jobs,” Biden said.

But Biden senior adviser Louisa Terrell told reporters on Thursday that Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will continue to focus on their record — not on Trump’s legal woes.

“I think they are going to get out there and continue to hit the road a lot and talk about both their record — what the vision is and the contrast is, and let the rest of it take care of itself,” Terrell said.

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Chicago Police Department

Poor bastard can't catch a break

Harvey Weinstein taken to hospital after transferring to Rikers Island jail ahead of court appearance

Harvey Weinstein arrives at Manhattan Supreme Court in 2020.Timothy A. Clary / AFP - Getty Images

By Minyvonne Burke and Adam Reiss

Harvey Weinstein was hospitalized Saturday for a battery of tests after returning to Rikers Island jail ahead of a court appearance next week.

The 72-year-old former Hollywood powerhouse was taken to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan for a more thorough exam after he was checked out by doctors at Rikers, his attorney, Arthur Aidala, said.

Aidala said it seems Weinstein "needs a lot of help, physically."

Kamala Harris Secret Service Agent DETAINED After Fighting Other Agents!

Don't believe this!

 

 

may have been on the China payroll

China would prefer four more years of Biden. That should be enough time for them to get in position.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US has seen evidence of Chinese attempts to “influence and arguably interfere” with the upcoming US elections, despite an earlier commitment from leader Xi Jinping not to do so.

Blinken made the comments to CNN’s Kylie Atwood in an interview Friday at the close of a three-day to trip to China, where the top American diplomat spent hours meeting with top Chinese officials including Xi, as the two countries navigated a raft of contentious issues from US tech controls to Beijing’s support for Moscow.

Dire Straits / Sting - Money For Nothing (Live Aid 1985)

Charges of first-degree murder have been filed against Xavier Tate, Age 22. Tate is not in custody Friday night and remains at large.

 

 

mugshot of suspect

Arrest warrant issued for suspect in murder of CPD Officer Luis Huesca

Search tied to Chicago police officer's murder underway

Biden: White Americans Are the Threat

 Paul Craig Roberts

The Main Goal of the Biden Regime Is to Sell-out the Majority White American Population and to declare them as a menace.

Tucker Carlson points out that president Biden, illegitimately in office due to the theft of the 2020 election, has as president of the United States defined America’s majority white population as the major cause of racism and a threat to national unity. Note: it is the majority that is the threat. 

Yet, tens of millions of dumbshit white Americans designated as America’s worst threat by Biden vote for him.

What future can such a collection of morons have?

Michael Pento: Recession followed by Stagflation

 

Everyday people need to pay attention to this. Wages and pensions will not keep up with stagflation. Many employers and local governments are going to be forced to file for bankruptcy and see their pension plans fail. People need to take defensive positions now but don't panic. All of this happened in the 1970s and yet everyone survived. We will survive this.

A $95 Billion Boondogg

The big news this weekend is that the House passed a long-anticipated $95 billion foreign aid package.

About $61 billion will go to assist Ukraine in its war with Russia. About $26 billion will go to Israel (with some humanitarian aid for Gaza) and around $8 billion will go to supporting allies in the Indo-Pacific region, most notably Taiwan.

The package will go to the Senate this week, possibly as early as tomorrow, where it’ll certainly be approved. Joe Biden will then sign it into law.

Biden desperately wanted this package to shore up his prospects in this year’s election. He can’t afford for Ukraine to collapse and suffer another foreign policy disaster like Afghanistan — not in an election year.

Biden doesn’t care how many Ukrainians die as long as he prolongs a Ukrainian collapse until after the election. That’s just the cynical reality of it.

Will be law by summer 24, will be applicable to billionaires, then millionaires, then everyone

 

World’s billionaires should pay minimum 2% wealth tax, say G20 ministers

Brazil, Germany, Spain and South Africa sign motion for fairer tax system to deliver £250bn a year extra to fight poverty and climate crisis

• ‘Why we need a global tax on billionaires’

Larry Elliott Economics editor

Thu 25 Apr 2024 01.00 EDT

The world’s 3,000 billionaires should pay a minimum 2% tax on their fast-growing wealth to raise £250bn a year for the global fight against poverty, inequality and global heating, ministers from four leading economies have suggested.

In a sign of growing international support for a levy on the super-rich, Brazil, Germany, South Africa and Spain say a 2% tax would reduce inequality and raise much-needed public funds after the economic shocks of the pandemic, the climate crisis and military conflicts in Europe and the Middle East.

They are calling for more countries to join their campaign, saying the annual sum raised would be enough to cover the estimated cost of damage caused by all of last year’s extreme weather events.

“It is time that the international community gets serious about tackling inequality and financing global public goods,” the ministers say in a Guardian comment piece.

“One of the key instruments that governments have for promoting more equality is tax policy. Not only does it have the potential to increase the fiscal space governments have to invest in social protection, education and climate protection. Designed in a progressive way, it also ensures that everyone in society contributes to the common good in line with their ability to pay. A fair share contribution enhances social welfare.”

Brazil chairs the G20 group of leading developed and developing countries and put a billionaire tax on the agenda at a meeting of finance ministers earlier this year.

The French economist Daniel Zucman is now fleshing out the technical details of a plan that will again be discussed by the G20 in June. France has indicated support for a wealth tax and Brazil has been encouraged that the US, while not backing a global wealth tax, did not oppose it.

Zucman said: “Billionaires have the lowest effective tax rate of any social group. Having people with the highest ability to pay tax paying the least – I don’t think anybody supports that.”

Research from Oxfam published this year found that the boom in asset prices during and after the Covid pandemic meant billionaires were $3.3tn – or 34% – wealthier at the end of 2023 than they were in 2020. Meanwhile, a study from the World Bank showed that the pandemic had brought poverty reduction to a halt.

The opinion piece, signed by ministers from two of the largest European economies – Germany and Spain – and two of the largest emerging economies – Brazil and South Africa – claims a levy on the super rich is a necessary third pillar to complement the negotiations on the taxation of the digital economy and the introduction earlier this year of a minimum corporate tax of 15% for multinationals.

“The tax could be designed as a minimum levy equivalent to 2% of the wealth of the super-rich. It would not apply to billionaires who already contribute a fair share in income taxes. Those, however, who manage to avoid paying income tax would be obliged to contribute more towards the common good,” the ministers say.

“Persisting loopholes in the system imply that high-net-worth individuals can minimise their income taxes. Global billionaires pay only the equivalent of up to 0.5% of their wealth in personal income tax. It is crucial to ensure that our tax systems provide certainty, sufficient revenues, and treat all of our citizens fairly.”

The ministers say there would need to be steps to counter the use of tax havens. The levy would be designed to prevent billionaires who choose to live in Monaco or Jersey, for example, but make their money in larger economies such as the UK or France, from reducing their tax bills below a global agreed minimum. If one country did not impose the minimum tax, another country could claim the income.

“Of course, the argument that billionaires can easily shift their fortunes to low-tax jurisdictions and thus avoid the levy is a strong one. And this is why such a tax reform belongs on the agenda of the G20. International cooperation and global agreements are key to making such tax effective. What the international community managed to do with the global minimum tax on multinational companies, it can do with billionaires,” the ministers say.

Zucman said there was overwhelming public support for this proposal, with opinion polls showing up to 80% of voters in favour. Even so, the economist said he was prepared for stiff resistance.

“I don’t want to be naive. I know the super-rich will fight,” he said. “They have a hatred of taxes on wealth. They will lobby governments. They will use the media they own.”

Will just add it on to your property tax bill.

FBI WARNING!

 

FBI director issues dire warning of potential terror attack in US with threat at 'whole other level'

FBI director Christopher Wray has issued a stark warning that a 'coordinated terror attack' could happen at a public place in the US as the terrorism threat is at an all-time high

The FBI is "increasingly concerned" about a "coordinated terror attack" on the US amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, warning a potential attack could play out similarly to the deadly Russian concert hall massacre that killed 144 people.

FBI Director Christopher Wray revealed that while the terrorism threat to America was "already elevated" prior to Hamas' October 7 attack on Israel the conflict has now raised it to a "whole other level". He chillingly warned that a terror attack on US soil may "not be that different from what you saw against the concert hall in Russia a few weeks ago from ISIS-K."

$1 Trillion Debt Added Every 100 Days; This Is 'Not Sustainable'

Reward offered in Chicago police officer's murder

THIS Could Cripple The Global Economy! (The IMF Issues A 'WARNING' To US)

Controlled Destruction Of America; It's All Planned | Andy Schectman

 

makes you think about jumping out the window

Watch Live: Officer Luis Huesca procession | CBS News Chicago

I just listened to Tom Dart on WLS Radio

 

Why is this man not the mayor of Chicago? I can think of nobody more honest and capable than Sheriff Dart. Maybe next time.