https://www.forbes.com/sites/federicoguerrini/2024/08/30/consumer-protection-in-gaming-european-initiative-targets-video-game-publishers/

https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-promises-to-ban-transgender-surgeries-on-minors-without-parental-consent
Trump has announced he will make transgender surgeries on children a felony, except if a parent gives consent:

"The promise appeared in Trump’s prepared remarks for his Tuesday rally at the Livingston County Sheriff’s Department in Howell, Michigan. Excerpts of his prepared remarks were released by his campaign ahead of the event.

“And to protect our children from sexual mutilation, we will make it a felony for any medical professional to perform surgery on a minor without parental consent,” Trump’s remarks read.

Members of the Trump campaign shared the news about the former president’s vow on social media."

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/30/us/pennsylvania-mail-in-ballots.html

Pennsylvania’s two most populous counties cannot throw out otherwise timely and eligible mail-in ballots because they are undated or do not have the correct date on the outer envelope, a state court ruled on Friday.

The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, siding with voter advocacy groups, found that tossing ballots because they did not comport with a 2019 law requiring voters to date and sign the outer envelope would violate a State Constitution clause guaranteeing “free and equal elections” and pose a “substantial threat of disenfranchisement.”

The ruling could play a critical role in November in the battleground state, which polls now show to be a tossup between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald J. Trump. Election officials disqualified nearly 16,000 mail-in ballots for irregularities during April’s primary election. Almost half were disqualified because of issues like missing signatures and wrong dates on outer envelopes.

The ruling applies only to Philadelphia and Allegheny Counties. Whether it will extend across the state will most likely depend on county officials and guidance from the office of the secretary of the commonwealth, who leads Pennsylvania’s Department of State.

J.D. Vance
TEACHERS WITHOUT BIOLOGICAL KIDS Disturb Me!
... Resurfaced Audio
8/27/2024 4:08 PM PT

https://www.tmz.com/2024/08/27/jd-vance-teachers-without-kids-disturbing/

6:25 PM PT -- A spokeswoman for J.D. Vance tells TMZ ...“J.D. clearly says in the audio that our leaders on the left, especially anti-child radical Randi Weingarten, who brainwash our kids, are deeply disturbing — and he stands by that statement."

Another one of J.D. Vance’s "childless" jibes is coming back to haunt him ... this time slamming teachers who don’t have biological kids ... which fits right in with his controversial "cat lady" remark.

In unearthed audio from 2021, you can hear J.D. ranting about how disoriented and disturbed he feels about leaders of the left without biological kiddos of their own trying to "brainwash the minds of our children."

Listen to the clip -- J.D. specifically targets American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten ... saying "she doesn't have a single child" ... and urges her to have children of her own and "leave ours the hell alone."

Important to note, Weingarten does have two adopted kids ... but Vance has a history of not seeing adopted or stepchildren as "real" kids.

It was only last month when J.D.’s "cat ladies" comment resurfaced when he took a swipe at Democratic leaders ... saying the country was being run by people like VP Kamala Harris and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who haven’t had kids.

He later said he didn't regret the remark ... adding people were totally missing his point, calling it all just flat-out sarcasm.

The Center for American Progress on Tuesday released an analysis of the tax plans in Project 2025, a right-wing manifesto whose authors have close ties to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, showing that conservatives aim to lower taxes on corporations and the rich while raising them on working- and middle-class Americans.

The liberal research and advocacy group, which published the analysis as part of a series of in-depth articles on Project 2025, found that the right-wing plan would raise income taxes for the median family of four by about $3,000, cut taxes by at least $1.5 million for a household earning more than $10 million per year, on average, and cut the corporate tax rate to 18% from 21%, an already historically low rate instituted by Republicans in 2017.

The analysis, authored by Brendan Duke, a senior director of economic policy at CAP, shows that, of households with a married couple and two children, only those earning more than $170,000 per year would see a tax break under the Project 2025 plan.

"This analysis lays bare how the extreme, conservative Project 2025 plan is more of the same from conservative leaders—delivering handouts to the wealthy and corporations on the backs of working people," Kobie Christian, a spokesperson at Unrig Our Economy, an advocacy group, said in a statement.

The Project 2025 plan would consolidate seven tax brackets into just two—15% and 30%—on the grounds that it would "simplify" the tax code. However, CAP says that the existing number of tax brackets don't create any additional complexity and are easily dealt with by tax-filing software. Moreover, 70% of tax filers only deal with the two lowest tax brackets—10% and 12%—"so they effectively are already in a two-bracket system," Duke wrote.

https://www.rawstory.com/project-2025-would-lower-taxes-for-rich-hike-them-for-everyone-else-analysis

James McAvoy Based His ‘Speak No Evil’ Role’s “Toxic Masculinity” On Andrew Tate
By Glenn Garner

September 1, 2024 9:41am

https://deadline.com/2024/09/james-mcavoy-based-speak-no-evil-role-andrew-tate-1236075214/

Although there’s no shortage of toxic masculinity in today’s world, James McAvoy crafted his latest role around a very specific person

The Speak No Evil star revealed that his sinister patriarch character Paddy from James Watkins upcoming Universal remake of the 2022 Danish thriller, which premieres in theaters on Sept. 13, was inspired by Andrew Tate.

“The thing I thought I could exploit in the character was, he thinks he’s a bit of a f— West Country Andrew Tate,” he explained to Empire.

"He’s like, ‘I’m going to teach you what it’s like to be a man again.’ But there’s a sort of polite face on it that isn’t quite Andrew Tate, enough of a sheen of, ‘I’m not one of those guys,'” added McAvoy. “[Paddy’s] challenging you, ‘Do you have a big enough d*** to have a drink with me?’, Or, ‘I’m sorry, this is too much for you because you’re not real enough.'”

The 2022 satirical thriller, directed by Christian Tafdrup, follows a Danish family on vacation to Tuscany, where they quickly bond with a Dutch family. Months later, they accept an invitation to visit their new friends in the Netherlands, but the stay quickly becomes uncomfortable.

Trump is now pro abortion, pro immigrant, and pro drugs

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-backs-marijuana-legalization-florida-amendment-3-rcna169109

Former President Donald Trump said he expected a ballot measure in Florida to legalize marijuana to pass in a new TruthSocial post.

Trump framed his position as one consistent with his "Make America Safe Again" agenda, writing that criminalizing marijuana would "waste Taxpayer Dollars arresting adults with personal amounts of it on them."

He added, "no one should grieve a loved one because they died from fentanyl laced marijuana. We will make America SAFE again!"

The marijuana ballot measure, if passed, would "allow adults 21 years or older to possess, purchase or use marijuana products and marijuana accessories for non-medical personal consumption."

The state Supreme Court ruled in April to allow the measure on the 2024 ballot.

The post came after Trump's campaign had to clarify his stance on another ballot measure in Florida, one that would guarantee a constitutional right to abortion in the state.

Florida currently has a six-week abortion ban and on Thursday, Trump told NBC News that the limit is "too short."

"It has to be more time," he added.

His comments drew fire from the anti-abortion rights movement, with figures like Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America president Marjorie Dannenfelser saying in a statement, "I spoke with President Trump this evening. He has not committed to how he will vote on Amendment 4. President Trump has consistently opposed abortions after five months of pregnancy. Amendment 4 would allow abortion past this point. Voting for Amendment 4 completely undermines his position."

https://www.newsweek.com/quarter-republicans-view-kamala-harris-campaign-positively-poll-1947231

Roughly a quarter of Republicans view Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign positively, according to a new poll.

President Joe Biden dropped out of this year's presidential race on July 21 following weeks of interparty fighting among Democrats on whether he should pass the torch to the next generation after his debate fiasco against former President Donald Trump in late June in Atlanta. Biden also endorsed Harris the day he withdrew from the race.

In an ABC News/Ipsos poll conducted from August 23 to 27, 24 percent of Republicans have a positive view of Harris' campaign, while 93 percent of Democrats and 56 percent of independents rate the Democratic presidential nominee's campaign positively.

Meanwhile, 79 percent of Republicans have a positive view of Trump's campaign. The Republican presidential nominee's campaign was also rated positively by 38 percent of independents and 13 percent of Democrats.

Overall, 56 percent of those surveyed think Harris has done an excellent or good job running her campaign while 41 percent say the same for Trump.

The poll's sample is 2,496 adults and consists of 29 percent Democrats, 29 percent Republicans and 30 percent independents. The margin of error is plus or minus 2 percentage points.

In the Silver Bulletin Presidential Model, which was last updated on Saturday afternoon, Harris leads Trump by 1.9 points in Michigan (48.3 to 46.4 percent), by 1.3 points in Pennsylvania (48.2 to 46.9 percent), by 0.9 points in Georgia (48.3 to 47.4 percent), by 3.2 points in Wisconsin (49.4 to 46.2 percent) and by 0.9 points in Nevada (48.6 to 47.7 percent).

Meanwhile, Trump is ahead of Harris by 0.4 points in North Carolina (48.4 to 48 percent) and by 0.6 points in Arizona (48.5 to 47.9 percent).

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/harris-led-office-atf-stonewalling-probe-collusion-anti-gun-group-lawsuit-house-oversight-chair

Trump's latest attempt to engage in election interfere and censorship has failed as the biopic film about his life will be released before the election.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/donald-trump-biopic-apprentice-release-date-set-ahead-2024-election-rcna168981

A controversial film in which former President Donald Trump is depicted an unflattering light in his early career as a New York real estate mogul has now secured a U.S. distribution deal to be shown in American theaters this fall.

The film "The Apprentice" — which was notably given the same title as the ex-president's reality TV show — debuted at the 77th Cannes Film Festival in May. And as the film's producers were seeking U.S. distribution, attorneys representing the former president threatened litigation to block the biopic from being shown in a cease-and-desist letter. But now, NBC News is reporting that the film will be released in American movie theaters on October 11 – just weeks before the 2024 election.

In an official statement, Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung said the biopic was "pure malicious defamation," and hinted at potential legal action against the producers of "The Apprentice."

“We will be filing a lawsuit to address the blatantly false assertions from these pretend filmmakers,” Cheung said. “This garbage is pure fiction which sensationalizes lies that have been long debunked.”

The source of the controversy surrounding the film is one particular scene in which a younger Trump is shown sexually assaulting his first wife, Ivana, in 1990. The scene stems from a claim she made in their divorce proceedings that Trump raped her. She later walked that statement back in 2015, saying instead that she felt violated in a more general way during their marriage. She passed away in 2022 and was buried on Trump's Bedminster, New Jersey golf course.