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By not taking this into account and not limiting your exposure to sources of misinformation and twisted reasoning, you are setting up your epistemic states for decay.

United States Senator Elizabeth Warren wrote a letter to the Federal Trade Commission’s chair, Lina Khan, urging to investigate Novo Nordisk A/S (NYSE:NVO) proposed $16.5 billion acquisition of contract development and manufacturing organization Catalent Inc (NYSE:CTLT) thoroughly, amid growing concerns about potential antitrust violations.Critics argue that this merger could increase Novo Nordisk’s control over producing vital GLP-1 receptor agonists, drugs used to treat diabetes and obesity. This could potentially drive up prices and limit competition.Also Read: Novo Nordisk/AstraZeneca’s Manufacturing Partner Thermo Fisher Questioned Over Manufacturing Lapses.Novo Nordisk already has a dominant 55% share of the booming GLP-1 market due to the success of its blockbuster drugs, Ozempic and Wegovy.Catalent plays a ...Full story available on Benzinga.com

A new report comes as progressives fight for influence over a potential Harris administration.

It's inarguable is that “nuclear deterrent” is a nerve-racking concept, especially if voters once again hand the “godlike power” to launch a nuclear strike to Donald Trump.

In a letter, Senators Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal criticized the Justice Department after continued episodes with the company’s planes.

If you want to know how hostile the global elite are to free speech, look no further than John Kerry’s recent speech to the World Economic Forum.

As a longtime blues fan whose dad was from Chicago, I’ve written about the city’s urban electric blues scene as well as some of the greatest blues men and women who helped make the Windy City the epicenter of electric blues. A vocalist and guitarist who never “made it” in the commercial sense is often overlooked in the Chicago blues pantheon, but he is still considered one of the all-time greats. I’m talking about Mississippi-born Otis Rush, who joined the ancestors on Sept. 29, 2018.Join me in remembering the man and his music on this anniversary of his passing on.”Black Music Sunday” is a weekly series highlighting all things Black music, with over 230 stories covering performers, genres, history, and more, each featuring its own vibrant soundtrack. I hope you’ll find some familiar tunes and perhaps an introduction to something new.

Independent grocery stories, often lifelines in small, rural communities, try to scrape by on smaller margins while bigger rivals get better deals from wholesalers.

'The hold-up is not the Harris campaign and Fox'

Gov. Maura Healey signed legislation Tuesday that enables the state to use the interest generated off its multi-billion dollar savings account as matching funds to compete for federal funds, a move she said is key to beefing up Massachusetts’ infrastructure.

Moreno is challenging Democratic incumbent Sen. Sherrod Brown in what's considered a must-win race for both parties

Gov. Maura Healey, administration officials and officials from the Massachusetts Department of Health helped create conditions to facilitate the transfer of six of Steward Health Care’s hospitals being processed as a part of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding with owners...

EXCLUSIVE: A political science expert unveiled four factors that will likely impact the outcome of the November presidential election.

Vice President Kamala Harris is set to give a speech focused squarely on abortion rights and she'll do so in Georgia, where news reports have documented women's deaths in the face of the state's six-week ban.

But the Fed faces a big decision about how much to cut in its quest to achieve a “soft landing” after years of inflation.

Republicans on Tuesday blocked a bill that would have created a right to access IVF treatments and mandated that insurance plans cover the practice, deriding the vote as a political ploy. Senators voted against advancing the bill, 51-44, marking the second time Democrats have sought to put Republicans on the record on the contentious issue. [...]

A second attempt to pass legislation guaranteeing access to in vitro fertilization for women who need it failed after Republican senators filibustered it on Tuesday.

The Harris campaign has already built up a commanding cash advantage over Trump.

Tuesday’s presidential debate is the perfect high-stakes opportunity for moderators to press the GOP nominee on his inconsistent abortion record.

Mark Cuban has become a vociferous supporter of Vice President Harris' presidential bid, serving as a social media counterweight to fellow tech billionaires like Elon Musk.Why it matters: Cuban has economic and health care bonafides in an election where inflation, taxes and abortion are taking center stage.Behind the scenes: Cuban is not an official surrogate for Harris, but tells Axios that he is in regular dialog with her campaign:"I talk to them. I tell them I'm going to say what's on my mind. They say as long as you say you don't speak for us, go for it."He adds that while he got along with Biden staffers, he only had one or two calls with them.By the numbers: He has nearly 9 million followers on X, where he relishes keyboard combat, and is a constant television presence via Shark Tank returns.Cuban has tweeted more than two dozen times about the election in the past week, including critiques of Trump's U.S. sovereign wealth fund proposal and arguing that Harris is "more supportive of entrepreneurs than any candidate in a long time."He also appeared on CNBC to call Harris "pro business."Catch up quick: Cuban is a Pittsburgh native who now lives in Dallas. He got rich by founding and selling a couple tech companies during the dotcom boom, and then raised his profile by buying the Dallas Mavericks and becoming one of the NBA's most outspoken owners (he sold the club last year).He later became a successful tech investor, writing early checks for companies like Uber, and has been a longterm advocate for cryptocurrencies. In 2022 he launched Cost Plus Drugs, a direct-to-consumer provider of generic medicines at discount prices.State of play: Cuban isn't a reflexive partisan. For example, he's supporting the Republican challenger to Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and helped fund efforts to get alternative candidates like RFK Jr. on the ballot. He has not donated to any political candidates in more than two decades, according to FEC records, and there's no indication that will change with this election.The bottom line: Cuban's political pen is arguably more powerful than his pocketbook.

Massachusetts U.S. Sens. Edward Markey and Elizabeth Warren are among several political leaders who are attacking the leader of a troubled health care system for refusing to comply with a subpoena to appear before a Senate committee. Lawyers for Steward...

Welcome to At the Races! Each week we bring you news and analysis from the CQ Roll Call campaign team. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe here. By Niels Lesniewski, Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire We have reached the point in the campaign cycle where there are too many ads [...]The post At the Races: Number crunch appeared first on Roll Call.

"Candidates often adapt past positions to suit present realities, and it's standard practice for their rivals to assail those changes," Leubsdorf writes.

Deaton vowed to tackle the ongoing border crisis and soaring cost of living if he wins the Senate race.

Former Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, a one-time rising GOP star who became a top Republican critic of former President Trump, says she'll vote for Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris.

Cryptocurrency attorney and former Marine John Deaton won Tuesday’s Republican U.S. Senate primary and will face Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren as she seeks her third term. Deaton, who has talked [...]The post Marine Veteran Wins Senate Primary, Vows to Retire Elizabeth Warren appeared first on The Western Journal.

The complex process of preparing for a major election is much the same each year. Officials say they are on top of it.

'It's probably unconstitutional'

Pop star Taylor Swift has yet to endorse a candidate for president this election season, but some of her fans are entering their political era by organizing for Vice President Kamala Harris.

By the end of their call Tuesday, 14,000 attendees reported registering to vote.

Pop star Taylor Swift has not publicly endorsed Kamala Harris, but that hasn't stopped her fans — as well as legendary songwriter and singer Carole King — from rallying in her name to campaign against Donald Trump ahead of the 2024 presidential election.What Happened: A "Swifties for Kamala Rally" event place Tuesday night. It raised $114,000 in donations for Harris’ 2024 campaign.Swift is not affiliated with the group, nor did she make a surprise appearance, as reported by Variety. King, whose songs Swift has covered, was introduced at the rally as the "original cat lady” — a sarcastic nod to the disparaging comment Trump’s running mate, J.D. Vance, made about women without children. King referred to Swift as her "musical and songwriting granddaughter." King rapped the chorus of Swift's "Shake It Off" during the rally."I'm excited about Kamala, because so many people are excited about Kamala," King said. "I have admired her, the idea that this happened, and the stars lined up, and Joe Biden did a really gracious, hard thing to do, and I'm so proud of him."The “You’ve Got a Friend” singer encouraged attendees to volunteer, knock on doors and make phone calls to help Harris win on Election Day, Nov. 5."I'm telling you all this because if any of you are thinking of volunteering to be door knockers or phone callers, but you're a little nervous about what you might say, please ...Full story available on Benzinga.com

It doesn't matter how much Americans use or even love payment processors like Zelle and PayPal, the far left wants to wreck those firms and replace them with more ... government.

“They caged me in,” said Dee Henderson, who has lived behind the United Center for the past half-century in one of the last single-home residential buildings on the block.

We wrote recently that Kamala Harris was likely to continue President Biden’s unfinished Build Back Better agenda, but it turns out we were far too optimistic. The policy priorities the Vice President laid out Friday are much worse, including a...

Recycling solutions are in reach.

More than five years after she left public office, former Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan appeared on the national stage Thursday to support Vice President Kamala Harris.

Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren issued a savage response at the DNC to a scandal the Trump-Vance ticket has suffered that ired the former president.

Vice President Kamala Harris urged Americans to seize a “precious, fleeting opportunity” to move beyond political divisions and Republican Donald Trump as she closed out the Democratic National Convention.

It's been eight years since top Colorado politicians appeared on stage at either parties' national convention, but this summer a trio of Democrats regained some of the footing the state's leading political lights had grown accustomed to in recent decades.

The Democratic National Convention’s fourth and final night Thursday crescendoed with a speech from Vice President Kamala Harris. After a week of Democrats’ most prominent figures rallying the party faithful, Harris accepted her party’s nomination for president during a speech...

Opinion by Paul Krugman on August 19, 2024. On Friday, Vice President Kamala Harris gave her first big economic policy speech as the Democratic presidential nominee. It was, of course, very different from the “economic” speech and news conferences Donald Trump has held in the past couple of weeks. For one thing, Harris actually outlined [...]The post Kamalanomics Revealed: A Solid Center-Left Agenda appeared first on GV Wire.

'They created a groundswell of inflation'

NY Post readers discuss the Dem nominee’s ever-changing positions on inflation and other economic issues.

A few years ago, when the U.S. Senate was considering the nomination of Jeff Sessions as attorney general under Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren started reading into the record some comments that impugned the character of the nominee.

Memes — viral snippets of a cultural moment — are defining the 2024 presidential election cycle.Why it matters: In a fragmented media landscape, memes still find a way to transcend constituencies, shape narratives and forge connection.State of play: Since launching her presidential bid last month, Vice President Kamala Harris has been the benefactor of "brat summer," "femininomenon," celebrity content and coconut memes.Donald Trump supporters, meanwhile, have circulated the fist-pump image following July's assassination attempt and embraced Hulk Hogan's viral "Trumpmania" moment from the RNC.💭 Eleanor's thought bubble: I've been covering the rise of the "go direct" communications strategy for two years now, and it's a thing. By adopting this strategy, Harris and Trump are validating the power of hyper-targeted digital comms campaigns.However, communicating through memes comes with some risk. They have a very short shelf life and can backfire if they are deemed too forced or inauthentic. Zoom in: Memes have also been used to flip the script by taking ownership of an unflattering or cringey moment."The concept of 'flipping the meme' has been around for a long time in American politics," says Doug Busk, principal at Arvo Advisory and former adviser to the Obama campaign. "It's when a candidate embraces a meme in a self deprecating way that inoculates them.""There's power in that. It makes clear that you don't, as a candidate, view it as a point of weakness. It is instead a point of strength," he adds.What they're saying: Memes are meant to elicit connection and signal a range of emotions that galvanizes supporters, says Caleb Smith, president of Drive Public Affairs and a former digital director for three Republican House Speakers."This style of communication is most effective when it's based in truth and reflects who the candidate is," says Smith. "Humor is certainly when Trump is at his best — 2016 Trump was funny. ... In 2020, we saw more vindictive and angry memes coming out of the campaign."The intrigue: Republican operatives have long contended that the Left can't meme — take for example, the "Dark Brandon" memes that often fell flat. However, Democrats say that their desire to be more online has always been there — and now that the top name on the ticket has changed, so can the digital strategy."They're finally letting us do fun things again," said one Democratic digital strategist. Data: Hootsuite; Note: Includes Meta, X, TikTok, Pinterest, LinkedIn and Reddit; Chart: Axios VisualsBy the numbers: Harris has been mentioned roughly 46 million times across social media platforms in the past 30 days, according to social listening platform Hootsuite.That's a 62,800% increase in over a month's span.Trump saw about 34 million mentions in the past 30 days, with the biggest bumps taking place around the announcement of JD Vance as his running mate and his X interview with Elon Musk.Tim Walz and Vance have seen less online chatter, with 12 million and 11 million mentions, respectively.Zoom in: Harris and Walz have slightly less negative sentiment across social media than Trump and Vance, according to Hootsuite data.Plus, "Laffin' Kamala" memes being pushed by the right have not seen as much engagement as the "Brat" and "coconut tree" memes, which have developed more organically.Yes, but: This is a digital strategy that extends beyond simply getting clicks or mentions, says Maxwell Nunes, executive vice president and head of paid digital at SKDK."All of these [political] memes are about driving a message, changing the conversation and getting ahead of the other side," he added.Between the lines: The Harris-Walz campaign's mastery of memes have given them more time to skirt traditional media. Instead, they are meeting a key voting block where they are — online, says Ben O'Keefe, CEO of Chaotic Good Media and a former aide to U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren."What I'm seeing is just a real opportunity to embrace an authentic language that resonates with this core demographic that Democrats desperately need to win, but we're not previously capturing," O'Keefe adds.Trump is also engaging with more voters online, most recently by returning to X and participating in an X Spaces interview with Elon Musk.🥊 Reality check: This strategy assumes that online chatter and vibes alone can get people to the polls. What to watch: Democrats will have to bridge the meme momentum from the web to the main stage of next week's DNC. Democrats have enlisted hundreds of influencers to create content throughout the convention and are using vertical video to stream the event across TikTok, Instagram and YouTube. More on Axios: DNC to stream vertically on TikTok, Instagram and YouTubeLengthy glitch disrupts Elon Musk's "conversation" with TrumpHarris team swiftly embraces Gen Z memes about VP

An analysis by the Cato Institute, a U.S. think tank headquartered in Washington, D.C., reveals how the federal legalization of cannabis could significantly transform the U.S. federal budget landscape. Authored by Alex Brill, Brian J. Miller and Stan Veuger, the research presents a detailed exploration of potential economic impacts stemming from the legalization, regulation and taxation of cannabis.Labor Participation Key To Cannabis RevenueAccording to the study, federal actions to regulate cannabis could generate new excise taxes and regulatory fees while influencing labor supply changes, thereby affecting overall tax revenues. On the expenditure side, potential savings are highlighted in areas like prohibition enforcement, offset by increased costs in regulating cannabis products and possibly its prescription, depending on regulatory treatment.Key findings suggest the most substantial revenue boost could come from increased labor force participation, as cannabis serves as an alternative pain management therapy. This could ...Full story available on Benzinga.com

Demanding respect only shows insecurity.

The Harris campaign said it raised more than $30 million after announcing Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate.