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Texas’ largest newspaper gives 'bipartisan' Cruz challenger glowing endorsement
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Donald Trump called off an interview with a local newspaper during a visit to Michigan after he was asked to verify his claims about out-of-control crime in the area, according to a new report.
The Republican presidential nominee campaigned Tuesday in Howell, where he argued that a "crime wave" attributed to his Democratic rival Vice President Kamala Harris was occurring at levels "nobody has ever seen before," but he was unwilling or unable to cite evidence for those claims, reported *The Detroit News*.
"The Trump campaign had initially agreed that Trump would participate in an interview with The Detroit News on Tuesday," wrote state politics reporter Craig Mauger. "But after the newspaper began asking about the Michigan crime data before the event, a campaign aide said the presidential candidate no longer had time for an interview after the speech."
The recently convicted felon told supporters at his campaign event that in bigger cities, "almost all run by Democrats," Americans can't even "walk across the street to get a loaf of bread. You get shot. You get mugged. You get raped. You get whatever it may be."
"The amount of crime that we have is unbelievable," Trump said.
National crime data shows the rate of violent crime decreased from 2017 to 2019 during Trump's presidency before spiking in 2020 to 398.5 incidents per 100,000 people, while the violent crime rate dropped in 2021 and 2022 in the first years of Joe Biden's presidency to 380.7 incidents per 100,000 people.
The Trump campaign waved away that FBI data as "totally unreliable" because the statistics were based on "estimated crime numbers" for law enforcement agencies that didn't report numbers.
Michigan State Police reported that violent crime increased 12 percent in the state between 2019 and 2020, the last full year of Trump's presidency, and then another 1 percent in Biden's first year in office before dropping about 7 percent the following year.
"Why would Michigan want to go back to the higher crime rates of the Trump years?" asked transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg, who also challenged the former president's record on crime during a Fox News appearance.
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Mitch McConnell destroyed by hometown newspaper for bowing down to Trump - Alternet.org
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In a Sunday, January 7 editorial, The Philadelphia Inquirer urges voters to consider ousting three longtime lawmakers this year over their Donald Trump-influenced lack of "integrity."
The newspaper's editorial board calls out the "disgraced" actions of US Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), and Pennsylvania's own — US Representative Scott Perry (R), as well as State Senator Doug Mastriano (R-Franklin), noting "all three" public officials "are up for reelection this year."
"Unfortunately, Mastriano, Perry, and Menendez know nothing about integrity," the board emphasizes, and "voters should keep that in mind."
Despite the fact Menendez was "charged with taking bribes in return for using his power to benefit foreign governments" in September — and just last week — indicted again on charges alleging he abused "his office to help a New Jersey developer obtain millions of dollars in investment from a fund with ties to the government of Qatar" — the senator says he's "not going anywhere."
The board writes:
*Perry defied a subpoena from colleagues in the House that investigated events leading up to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. The final House reportmentions Perry 22 times and referred him to the Ethics Committee.
*Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R., Wyo.) said Perry sought a pardon from Trump during his final days in office, which Perry denied. FBI agents seized Perry’s telephone, though the congressman said he was not a target of any federal investigation
"Mastriano spread false information about vote totals in Pennsylvania, though like Perry, Mastriano did not challenge the votes regarding his state Senate race. Mastriano used campaign funds to bus protesters to Washington and marched to the Capitol with insurrectionists," the editors note, adding there's "nothing more egregious than a public official participating in a plot to overturn a presidential election."
"None of them have any business serving in a government the authorities say they worked to subvert. Yet, despite allegations that they abused their office, each man continues to pocket their six-figure, taxpayer-funded salaries," the editors emphasizes. "There was a time when disgraced elected officials would at least resign for the sake of the institution and the public they served. But instead, taxpayers are stuck for now."
READ MORE:Scott Perry named on prosecution witness list in Georgia election interference case
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On Sunday, The Washington Post Editorial Board published a brief piece blasting Florida's Republican Governor Ron DeSantis for waging a political war against mRNA COVID-19 vaccines despite their overwhelming success at saving lives as well as their proven track record for safety.
"DeSantis last week demanded a grand jury investigate 'criminal or wrongful activity in Florida' involving the 'development, promotion and distribution' of coronavirus vaccines. As public opinion shows vaccine hesitancy is growing, Mr. DeSantis’s move is not only absurd but also dangerous," the Board wrote.
"Vaccines work. A mathematical model, based on country-level data, found they directlysaved some 15.5 million lives worldwide in the first year they were available, and millions more indirectly," the editors said, adding that "the speed with which mRNA vaccines reached people was a spectacular scientific achievement, given the history of vaccine development. Three decades of research has yet to produce a viable vaccine to prevent or treat HIV/AIDS."
READ MORE: DeSantis faces deep criticism for 'Orwellian' investigation on vaccines
And while there have been some unanticipated setbacks – like the need for periodic boosters to offset waning immunity – the Board stressed that overall, the inoculations have been a net positive for the population that chose to get the jabs.
"Vaccines remain a bulwark against severe illness, hospitalization and death," the paper's leaders said. "Adults who received the latest booster shots cut their risk of having to visit an emergency room or being hospitalized by 50 percent or more, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Dec. 16."
The editors also tore into DeSantis for instigating public skepticism about vaccines – and science in general – as part of his presumed strategy to challenge former President Donald Trump for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination:
He has taken it a step further with a petition to the Florida Supreme Court seeking empanelment of a statewide grand jury — which in Florida can carry out broader investigations of government — on vaccines. In a crude appeal to the anti-vaccine movement, Mr. DeSantis’s petition darkly implies that public reassurances of vaccine efficacy were driven by 'financial gain.'
The Board further noted that this kind of deceptive messaging has had a devasting impact:
Professor Peter Hotez, who co-led development of a vaccine for low- and middle-income countries at the Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, has pointed out that some200,000 Americans 'needlessly lost their lives in the last half of 2021 and into early 2022 because they refused a coronavirus vaccine during our terrible delta wave.'
The Board's conclusion was thusly unambiguous.
"A scientific achievement so overwhelmingly beneficial to humanity ought not be forsaken in the interest of scoring political points," it stated in its closing remarks. "The truth is as simple as this: Vaccines save lives."
READ MORE: DeSantis says he'll ban 'vaccine passports' in Florida
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brutal St. Louis newspaper editorial pleads with Dems to save the country from GOP House 'toddlers'
November 28, 2022
According to the editorial board of the St. Louis Post Dispatch, the current Democratic majority on the House has a duty to wrap up as much business as it can before the Republicans take over in January with their...
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A Texas newspaper is calling out Gov. Greg Abbott (R) for his lack of accountability where his leadership flaws are concerned.
During his recent debate with Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke, Abbott resorted to blaming President Joe Biden for many of the issues in his state.
Now, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram has released a report to remind Republican governor of his own timeline and shortcomings. The editorial board has received comments from other Texans who have weighed in with their take on the recent debates.
READ MORE: Watch: Greg Abbott faces boos at site of Uvalde shooting as he arrives to meet with Biden
One of the glaring facts is that Abbott has been in office for two terms; eight years whereas Biden has not even been in office for one full presidential term.
Bonnie Hromcik of Benbrook, Texas insists some of the issues Abbott is blaming Biden for should have been addressed long before he took office following the 2020 presidential election.
"Biden has been president for only two years," Hromcik pointed out. "Abbott has been Texas governor for eight years, the same time Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Attorney General Ken Paxton have been in office. If they could clear things up on the border, fix the power grid and address so many other things they blame on Biden, why haven’t they already?"
So, what is one of the reasons for the ongoing problems in Texas? The newspaper believes "insanity" is part of the problem. "Insanity is voting for the same people and expecting a different outcome," she added.
The latest comes as O'Rourke's ad campaigns intensify with highlights of Abbott's presumably failed leadership in the state of Texas over the course of his two terms as governor.
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