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Nolte: GLAAD Mad 70 Percent Did Not See Any Media Stories of People Living with HIV
The humorless, godless, out-and-proud groomers and fascists at GLAAD just released a report Normal People will not care about.
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Georgia Voters’ Opinions on Health Care Revealed in Poll
As Georgia voters consider whom they want to be their next governor, a recent poll reveals that many are concerned over the rising cost of health care.
The University of Georgia recently conducted a poll of nearly 1,000 likely voters to gather their opinions on which election issues matter most to them.
The poll, sponsored by the Georgia Health Initiative, found that while over 90% of respondents had health insurance, roughly 75% of Democrats stated that health care across the state was not affordable. About 49% of Republicans said prices weren’t affordable.
Respondents were polled on a variety of questions, but one question asked if they agreed or disagreed that the price of health care continues to rise while the quality has not improved. About 90% of Democrats stated that they agreed, while about 77% of Republicans agreed.
M.V. Hood III, the UGA political science professor heading the survey, told the Daily Signal that there was “a lot of consensus across all types of partisan categories on a lot of these high-level health care issues.”
“People are very concerned about insurance premiums, copays and deductibles, [and] prescriptions,” Hood said.
One of the questions asked respondents what priority the next governor should put on health care. The survey found that 86% of Democrats believed health care should be a priority for the state’s next governor. By comparison, 43% of Republicans echoed that opinion.
Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, the Democrat candidate for governor, has offered her plan to address the health care concerns expressed by Democrats. Speaking earlier this year at a governors’ forum, she stated, “If I am given the honor of being elected governor of this state, my day one priority will be to expand Medicaid in this state.”
Bottoms added, “Expanding Medicaid is not just about those who are recipients, it’s about those who need access to hospitals in our rural communities.”
Dr. Charles Bullock, a professor of political science at UGA, commented on the issue of Medicaid expansion for the Democratic Party, telling the Daily Signal, “It certainly is an issue that Democrats have run on.”
On the other hand, Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson has proposed a slightly different alternative. On expanding Medicaid, he stated his intent is to seek out a federal grant to institute what he refers to as “an intelligent Medicaid expansion,” The Current reported.
Through this expansion, he pledged to create training programs that would grant Medicaid recipients the tools and skills needed to secure a job that offers insurance.
However, despite both candidates’ Medicaid proposals, a small number of respondents to the survey on both sides of the aisle stated that their primary health care coverage came through Medicaid, a national and state-based program that gives those with limited income access to health care.
A meager 2.5% of Republicans stated that their main coverage was a result of Medicaid, with nearly 8% of Democrats saying the same.
The candidates discussed their plans for health care in greater detail at the state’s Chamber of Commerce Congressional Luncheon earlier this month. Bottoms spoke before Jackson, telling reporters that in addition to her plan to expand Medicaid, “part of it [the health care plan] includes creating a prescription review board to help us lower prescription costs in this state.”
Jackson was joined by Gov. Brian Kemp and discussed with reporters his plan for an “intelligent Medicaid expansion.”
“And what I mean by that is to have the ability to have flexibility to have a block grant from the president,” Jackson said.
He also added that he planned to “reduce the cost of commercial insurance.”
Leftists Wage Barfare Against DHS Attorney For Criticizing Rogue Judges
'Notice the resources the Left is putting into silencing me. Why? Judicial activism is their golden goose, and they’re afraid if I keep talking about it then it will stop,' wrote DHS General Counsel James Percival. Breitbart Business Digest: The Sky Isn't Falling in the U.S. Treasury Market
This week, the Treasury Department expanded an age-old sales tactic, offering a trade-in deal in which the market could exchange old bonds for new.
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AI Data Centers Become a Midterm Flashpoint for Voters
Homeland Security Sends First 20 Deportees to Liberia
The first group of illegal migrants has landed in Liberia after the African nation agreed to take 1,200 illegals.
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VIDEO — Portland: Two Teens Awarded $275K Each After Being Trapped Upside Down on Amusement Ride
Two teenagers were awarded $275,000 each this week by a jury in Multnomah County, Oregon, after a terrifying incident at an amusement park in Portland.
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Karen Bass’ Video Invites Scrutiny Over Donation Match Program
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, a Democrat running for reelection, made a curious post on social media this week when she solicited campaign donations which would be matched by the city. The post is raising plenty of scrutiny and questions.
“The Tony Kinnett Cast” on Wednesday opened with the eyebrow-raising story, as host Tony Kinnett delved into these super match programs, and how controversial liberal fundraising PAC ActBlue provides a platform.
Such matching practices have been legal under city council rules since around 1990, with Los Angeles voting in 2019 for a 6-to-1 match of city funds to donations. It’s still “wildly hypocritical,” Kinnett argued.
Throughout the segment, Kinnett highlighted issues plaguing Los Angeles, including to do with roads and how the police and fire departments “are woefully underfunded.”
“They can’t do basic infrastructure repair. They can’t do anything about the actual staffing shortages in certain parts of the Los Angeles city infrastructure. But boy, they have money to spare to increase campaign donations to the incumbent mayor, Karen Bass,” Kinnett shared.
The Daily Signal reached out to Bass’ campaign for comment but did not hear back in time for publication.
Bass’ post brings users to ActBlue. Donors can make contributions monthly.
Kinnett pointed out that although one might say that ActBlue is doing due diligence by reminding donors of certain rules, the platform’s been plagued by problems. ActBlue leadership testified before the U.S. House of Representatives this year over allegedly accepting foreign money. Those testifying pleaded the Fifth Amendment.
ActBlue could spell issues for the party, Kinnett suggested, referencing CNN reporting of how “some Democrats are quietly afraid it could cost Democrats the midterms.” If an injunction comes from Congress and the Department of Justice, the platform could be shut down “and all that money could be locked up” rather than go to Democratic candidates.
Kinnett explained he brought up both Bass and ActBlue because it’s happening in other cities.
“And they say this is to amplify the little people, but it’s not amplifying the little people. It’s taking money from people who have chosen not to be a part of that campaign,” Kinnett highlighted. “It is taxpayer-generated revenue for the city or the local polity.”
“You cannot complain about the worries and the concerns and the big issues in money swaying elections and then watch people against their will have money taken from that,” Kinnett further insisted.
Kinnett highlighted how New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani has also participated with ActBlue, with 8-to-1 matching in New York.
“So, no one in New York City has any money for rent,” Kinnett highlighted, pointing to how the city can’t fulfill Mamdani’s campaign goals, such as universal pre-K and free buses. “But New York City taxpayer money is not going to that.”
The Daily Signal reached out to Mamdani’s office and ActBlue for comment but did not hear back in time for publication.
Trump's Director of Legislative Affairs, James Braid, to Depart White House
President Donald Trump announced that his director of legislative affairs, James Braid, will depart the White House next month.
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Nolte: Jewish Democrats Urge Support for Mike Rogers over Abdul El-Sayed
Jewish Democrats appear to be waking up to the fact that the Democrat Party has become a home to raging Jew-haters.
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‘Grifting Grandmothers,’ COVID-19 Scammers Among Families That Cost Taxpayers $50 Million
About $50 million in federal fraud could have been avoided if grants were blocked for people living with convicted fraudsters, according to a new Senate report.
The office of Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, chairwoman of the Senate Small Business Committee as well as the Senate DOGE Caucus, identified 15 “fraudster families” that received millions in taxpayer funding, according to the report released Thursday.
“While some families have a tradition of running 5Ks on holidays, fraud runs in these families. They’ll steal $5K, or more, and then make a run for it,” the report says.
Convicted fraudsters included four “grifting grandmothers” who cheated the U.S. Department of Agriculture out of $11.5 million by filing 200 false claims for farming discrimination.
According to the Justice Department, “the claimants had not suffered discrimination and, in most cases, had not even attempted to farm.”
The USDA Office of Inspector General first found that the claimants, who were sisters, approached people at church gatherings and told them they were eligible for Black farmers’ litigation settlements.
“The swindling sisters spent the money on pricey properties and automobiles,” the Ernst report says.
Rosie Bryant bought a $610,000 home in Texas; Lynda Charles and Delois Bryant bought adjoining lots for $97,400 and $87,400 at the Rockwater Village development in North Little Rock, Arkansas, according to the report. Lynda Charles also bought a $58,959 Chevrolet Express van, and Delois Bryant purchased a $113,271 Mercedes-Benz G550, the report noted. The four pleaded guilty in July 2022.
Ernst on Aug. 6 introduced the No Cash for Cohabitating Kins of Crooks Act, to prohibit individuals living with a convicted criminal or fraudster from being eligible for federal grants, loans, subawards, or reimbursements. The bill carves out an exception for a spouse who lives separately or who is a survivor of domestic abuse.
In another example, a California family fraud ring received $18 million in COVID-19 relief funds by using fake names and stolen identities to fund luxury homes, gold coins, diamonds, designer goods, and a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, the report noted. The participants were Tamara Dadyan; her husband, Artur Ayvazyan; her brother-in-law, Richard Ayvazyan; and his wife, Marietta Terabelian.
Now the “entire family of fraudsters is behind bars,” the report says.
A Canadian family living in Florida was charged with running a sham organization to obtain more than $8 million in COVID-19 relief funds.
“With a stated mission of ‘service to the poor,’ the Edwards family attempted to purchase a multimillion-dollar mansion at Walt Disney World Resort with the taxpayer money they received,” the report noted.
“The Edwardses requested $6 million from the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program to support their organization during the pandemic. Instead, the government paid them more than $8 million!” the report says. The Justice Department brought charges in 2021.
