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Recognizing elder abuse, and what to do An African proverb says, “Those who respect the elderly pave their own road toward success.”Unfortunately, in New York City elder abuse led to 7,722 older adults having to reach out ... 10/10/2024 - 3:30 am | View Link
A CNN investigation “into the manufacturing and distribution of the Trump-branded timepieces dead-ended at an innocuous-looking shopping center in a small city in remote northern Wyoming, not far from the border of Montana.”
Jonathan Bernstein: “The odd thing about the summer refrain from many in the media that Kamala Harris’s agenda wasn’t detailed enough is that Harris is about as predictable a president as possible: She would be a mainstream Democrat.”
“No president is perfectly predictable, of course; in particular, unknown events will generate less-predictable responses.
“Kamala Harris and Democrats are feverishly working to fortify the ‘blue wall’ states of Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania, still haunted by Donald Trump’s victories there eight years ago that delivered him the White House and could send him back if he prevails again,” CNN reports.
“The November election will test whether the three states will march in lockstep – as they have all but twice over the past half-century – or whether they will choose different candidates, potentially complicating the winning path to 270 electoral votes for Harris or Trump.”
A new UMass Lowell/YouGov poll in Pennsylvania finds Kamala Harris edging Donald Trump, 46% to 45%.
In the U. S. Senate race, Sen. Bob Casey (D) leads challenger David McCormick (R), 48% to 39%.
“The Arizona Supreme Court quickly rejected a request Wednesday from U. S. Senate candidate Ruben Gallego and his ex-wife, Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego, to keep their 2016 divorce file secret any longer, clearing the way for the information to be released with some redactions after midnight,” the Arizona Republic reports.
Playbook: “There are 19 days left in the election. And with no debate and Donald Trump playing it safe, Harris is showing that she understands she needs to take more risks in order to control her campaign narrative — and, despite some hiccups, she managed to do that.”
“Yes, there was something of an ink-blot quality to the interview: Republicans thought it was a disaster for her (see Trump’s own reaction), and Democrats thought it was a pugilistic triumph.”
“But set aside those knee-jerk responses, and you can see the bigger truth: This was a snapshot of a presidential candidate who knows she has work to do to close the deal, and is willing to take chances, play aggressively and, frankly, get comfortable with the street-fight mentality she’ll need to eke out a win.”