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#10 Buttigieg Dishes on Dust-up With Elon Musk Over Hurricane Helene: 'There Was an Issue With Pilots' - Ryan King for The New York Post, ButtersToo2, and Darrell on X
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg shed light on the call between him and SpaceX founder Elon Musk last week to clear the air on the tech guru's public complaints that the government was hamstringing his company from helping Hurricane Helene victims. Musk, 53, had taken to X with allegations that the Federal Aviation Administration was blocking flights into storm-ravaged parts of North Carolina, prompting a response from Buttigieg, 42, who told the billionaire to give him a ring. "He took me up on that. He called. We had a conversation. What we found out was actually happening was the FAA was not closing down any airspace," Buttigieg explained on MSNBC's "Inside with Jen Psaki."
#9 Election Year Medicare Move Costs Taxpayers $21B Over Next 3 Years - Shirleen Guerra for HPE News, Just the News, and The Older Millennial on X
The Biden administration's newly announced Medicare prescription drug premiums could cost taxpayers more than $21 billion over three years if implemented, the Congressional Budget Office estimates. The analysis comes after House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, and Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, sent a letter to Director Phillip Swagel of the CBO questioning the budgetary impact of this new demonstration program...
#8 Kamala Harris' Lebanon Relief Under Scrutiny As GOP Stokes Helene Backlash - Ewan Palmer for Newsweek, Shawn Hawkins, Karen Koons, and Serenity Acres on X
Vice President Kamala Harris has been criticized by MAGA and Republican figures after she expressed concerns about civilian lives in Lebanon and announced further aid to the country. Harris described on social media how the people of Lebanon are in an "increasingly dire humanitarian situation" as Israel continues its bombing campaign targeting militant group Hezbollah, including hitting the country's capital of Beirut and the northern city of Tripoli. Israel is around a week into a ground incursion into southern Lebanon after nearly a year of regularly exchanging fire with Hezbollah, which has been attacking the north of Israel in what it described as solidarity with Hamas...#7 Tim Walz: 'I Don't Think People Care Whether' I've Lied Repeatedly - Daily Wire News, Dustin Grage, and Conservative Librarian on X
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) said over the weekend that he does not believe that anyone cares about the numerous lies that he has been caught telling. Walz made the remarks during a "Fox News Sunday" interview with host Shannon Bream when confronted over numerous lies he's told that have been exposed since he became Vice President Kamala Harris' vice presidential running mate. Walz has claimed that his lies were nothing more than him making "misstatements." "You've modified your story or explained that you misspoke about things involving your military rank, about carrying a weapon in war, your 1995 DUI arrest, using IVF to have your beautiful children, being in Hong Kong and China in the summer of 1989 during the Tiananmen events," Bream said...
#6 Voters in North Carolina and Georgia Have Bigger Problems Than Politics. Helene Changed Everything - Makiya Seminera for AP News, Jack Poso, The Washington Times
Brad Farrington pulls over to grab a case of water bottles being passed out in Vilas, a small rural community tucked away in the Blue Ridge Mountains. He's on his way to help a friend who lost much of what he owned when Hurricane Helene blew through last weekend. His friend, like countless others across western North Carolina, is starting over, which explains why Farrington isn't thinking too much about politics or the White House race between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris right now. "I don't believe people's hope is in either people that are being elected," he said. Farrington pauses, then gestures toward a dozen volunteers loading water and other necessities into cars and trucks. "I believe we're finding a lot more hope within folks like this," he said...#5 Daylight Saving Time: Does Your State Want to Stop Changing the Clocks? - Addy Bink for The Hill, WGN News TV, Jacob Eliosoff, and New York Post on X
The end of daylight saving time is fast approaching, and for some across the country, there's hope that this will be the last time we change the clocks. Whatever side of the "lock the clock" argument you stand on, we have some unfortunate news for you: November 3 is most likely not the last time you'll have to adjust your clock by an hour. State and federal lawmakers have tried to put a permanent end to daylight saving time but with little progress (except for the times that we did, briefly, stop observing daylight saving time, only to return to it relatively quickly). Twice a year, there are calls to end the practice and put the U.S. on either permanent daylight saving time or permanent standard time...
#4 How Trump Will Commemorate the One-Year Anniversary of October 7th - Leah Barkoukis for Townhall, Ben Badejo, and The National Pulse on X
Former President Donald Trump will participate in a remembrance event on Monday to commemorate the one-year anniversary of Hamas’ attack on Israel. Jewish community leaders will gather to remember the 1,200 people murdered on Oct. 7, 2023, as well as the victims of antisemitic violence around the world since that day, the Trump-Vance campaign said. The event will take place at Trump National Doral Miami on Monday evening...
#3 Ohio Court Rejects Haitian Group’s Request for Arrest Warrants for Trump, Vance - Elizabeth Weibel for Breitbart, Steve Ferguson, and Vote Red on X
An Ohio court rejected a Haitian group’s request for arrest warrants against former President Donald Trump and his vice presidential running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) regarding comments about Haitian migrants. While a panel of judges referred a case from the Haitian Bridge Alliance against Trump and Vance to county prosecutors, the judges reportedly “found no probable cause” for them to issue arrest warrants or summons for “misdemeanor charges,” city officials explained, according to the Associated Press...
#2 Arizona Supreme Court Green-Lights Ranked-Choice Voting Ballot Initiative Riddled With Duplicate Signatures - Shawn Fleetwood for The Federalist, Mark R. Levin, Mia R Culpepper2, and Mrs. Smith on X
On Friday, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that votes cast for a pro-ranked-choice voting constitutional amendment in the 2024 election will count — even though nearly 38,000 signatures supporting the amendment proposal were duplicates. In its decision, the Grand Canyon State’s high court rejected a challenge seeking to have votes cast for Proposition 140 voided after a lower court special master disclosed that 37,657 pairs of signatures gathered in support of the measure were duplicates. As previously argued by the Arizona Free Enterprise Club (AZFEC), the finding “place[s] Proposition 140 thousands of signatures under the constitutionally required signature threshold to qualify for the [November] ballot.”
#1 Semiconductor Panic at North Carolina Quartz Mine Highlights America’s Fragile Supply Chain - Andrew Chapados for Blaze Media, Hoop, Nonya Damnbusiness, and Whatevs on X
The ramifications of the federal government's failures in disaster relief showcase a much larger issue than it appears on the surface. A natural disaster could wipe out key resources or, at best, reroute supply lines to sources that could significantly inflate prices for Americans. Spruce Pine, North Carolina, has been the source of economic panic since it was revealed that a Sibelco North America Inc. facility where ultra-high-purity quartz is mined is in the flood zone of Hurricane Helene. Quartz is used in semiconductors and to refine wafers, which are used in microchips. Semiconductors themselves are used in nearly all consumer electronics, such as computers, phones, and appliances...
