https://www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminstitute/news/if-elected-donald-trumps-proposed-tariffs-would-damage-the-economies-of-united-states-china-and-europe-and-set-back-climate-action/
New research by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science has found that proposed tariffs put forward by US Presidential Candidate Donald Trump would hit the American economy and could hinder action on climate change.

The research by Dr Aurélien Saussay, laid out in ‘The economic impacts of Trump’s tariff proposals on Europe’, concludes that Donald Trump’s additional tariffs on some imports could lead to a reduction in gross domestic product in the United States by -0.64%, China by -0.68%, and the European Union by a more modest reduction of -0.11%.

Mr Trump has proposed a 100% tariff on all imported vehicles which would, according to the paper, “significantly impact the affordability of electric vehicles in the US market, potentially slowing adoption rates and hampering efforts to reduce transport emissions, given that imported EVs currently account for approximately 30% of the US electric vehicle market.”

Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed in both speeches and media interviews that he is going to implement a universal 10% import tariff on all foreign-made goods, a targeted 60% import tariff on Chinese goods and a 100% tariff on all imported cars. He has also spoken about a 200% tariff on some imported vehicles. While most of the existing tariffs enacted under the previous Trump administration have not been rescinded by the Biden administration, these new proposals still represent a significant escalation of ‘America First’ trade policies and could have wide-ranging economic impacts.

President-elect Donald Trump has missed a deadline to submit an ethics pledge promising to avoid conflicts of interest and other ethical issues, a delay that could hamper his transition to the White House, the New York Times reported.

Trump’s transition team missed an October 1 deadline to file the ethics plan that is required by the Presidential Transition Act, the report said.

His team, which was created in August, has also refused to take part in the normal handoff process that begins months before the election, and has disregarded deadlines for signing agreements governing the process.

The delay has precluded the transition team from participating in national security briefings or getting access to federal agencies needed to take control of the government on Inauguration Day on January. 20, 2025, the report said.

“While transition planning is private activity, it is deeply connected to the activity of our government and the stewardship of public resources,” Max Stier, the president and chief executive of the Partnership for Public Service, a nonpartisan group that provides resources to candidates through the Center for Presidential Transition, told the New York Times.

“The avoidance of conflicts of interest and the appearance of conflicts of interest is critical to that task,” he said.

https://dnyuz.com/2024/11/09/trumps-failure-to-sign-ethics-pledge-is-holding-up-transition-report/

https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-power-grab-elon-musk-sets-stage-to-act-as-trump-s-co-president-223992901673

“We have not ever seen anything like this in American politics,” says Chris Hayes on Elon Musk and Trump. “The world’s richest man fashioning himself into a shadow minister of the president with a growing monopoly over information and American technology."

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/02/us/politics/donald-trump-kalama-harris-campaign.html

Former President Donald J. Trump and his allies are rolling out a late-stage campaign strategy that borrows heavily from the subversive playbook he used to challenge his loss four years ago.

This time, however, he is counting on reinforcements from outside groups built on the false notion of a stolen election.

With Election Day only three days away, Mr. Trump is already claiming the Democrats are “a bunch of cheats,” as his allies in battleground states spread distorted reports of mishaps at the polls to push a narrative of widespread fraud.

Mr. Trump and his most prominent supporters have pointed to partisan polling and betting markets to claim that he is heading for a “crushing victory,” as his top surrogate Elon Musk recently put it. The expectation helps set the stage for disbelief and outrage among his supporters should he lose.

And in a direct echo of his failed — and, prosecutors say, illegal — bid to remain in power after the 2020 election, some of his most influential advisers are suggesting he will yet again seek to claim victory before all the votes are counted.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/04/homebuyer-average-age-rises-to-56-amid-rising-homeownership-costs.html

https://local12.com/news/nation-world/iowa-pediatrician-tells-trump-supporter-i-hope-you-lose-your-kid-in-a-school-shooting-mayank-sharma-university-of-iowa-health-care-stead-family-childrens-hospital

IOWA CITY, Iowa (TNND) — A pediatric cardiologist for University of Iowa Health Care is facing an internal probe over a social media post directed at a supporter of President-elect Donald Trump.

Dr.Mayank Sharma engaged in a political conversation with a Trump supporter on X Wednesday morning. After the Trump supporter told him to "stay mad,"Dr. Sharma unleashed a graphic response.

"Well I hope you lose your kid in a school shoo[t]ing," Dr. Sharma wrote. "Already you have nothing to lose, it won't matter to you anyways! Prepare for your kids funeral."

The post was deleted shortly thereafter. Dr. Sharma also deleted his X account, but an archived version of the account reveals his bio identified him as a "pediatric cardiologist."

Dr. Sharma was formerly listed as a pediatric cardiology fellow on the University of Iowa Health Care website. His name no longer appears on the fellowship's website. The fellowship is based at the University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital.

University of Iowa Health Care confirmed in a statement to The National News Desk that the university is "aware of the situation and is reviewing the matter" in accordance with its policies.

"The University of Iowa strongly objects to violence," the statement added.

Dr. Sharma did not respond to an email from The National News Desk sent Wednesday. He previously worked at SUNY Update Medical University in Syracuse, N.Y., where he completed his residency.

Taylor Swift Is Being Sued and Aileen Cannon Is the Judge
Published Oct 25, 2024 at 3:08 PM EDT
Updated Oct 25, 2024 at 6:46 PM EDT

https://www.newsweek.com/taylor-swift-being-sued-aileen-cannon-judge-1974022

Pop megastar Taylor Swift, who is currently still performing on her more than a year-and-a-half-long Eras Tour, has been accused of copyright infringement in a lawsuit in Southern Florida, where Judge Aileen Cannon is presiding over the case.

It's not uncommon for musicians to face lawsuits accusing them of taking others' work and Swift, one of the world's bestselling artists, has dealt with accusations several times herself.

Kimberly Marasco, the plaintiff in a current case, has accused Swift of not properly giving her credit for lyrics and creative expression.

Swift's legal team has denied the claims and attempted to get the lawsuit dismissed.

In April, Marasco—of Fort Pierce, Florida—filed a lawsuit against Taylor Swift Productions Inc. The case moved from small claims court to the Southern District of Florida, a federal court, in May, where Cannon was assigned. Marasco is representing herself in court, a status known as pro se.

In the original small claims court filing, Marasco sought $100 in damages and writer's attribution credit. Marasco's second amended complaint, filed in October, requests more than $7 million in damages.

The case alleges that Swift's songs and music videos have "creative elements" that copy Marasco's work without authorization or credit.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/23/us/politics/georgia-secretary-of-state-cyberattack.html

Georgia’s secretary of state warded off a cybersecurity threat this month against what was most likely an attack by a foreign country targeting its website that voters can use to request absentee ballots.

An unusual spike in users on the site appeared to be an attempt to shut it down. There were ultimately no disruptions to absentee ballot access. State and local election officials have faced increasing threats, both to their operations and physical safety, that have made the otherwise mundane, bureaucratic work of election management increasingly risky.

The secretary of state’s office thwarted a sudden rise in users trying to access the site on Oct. 14, a tactic sometimes used by hackers to send a website offline by overwhelming it with requests, WSB-TV, a broadcaster in Atlanta, reported. A spokesman for the Georgia secretary of state confirmed this reporting.

A former model who says she met Donald Trump through the late sexual abuser Jeffrey Epstein has accused the former president of groping and sexually touching her in an incident in Trump Tower in 1993, in what she believed was a “twisted game” between the two men.

Stacey Williams, who worked as a professional model in the 1990s, said she first met Trump in 1992 at a Christmas party after being introduced to him by Epstein, who she believed was a good friend of the then New York real estate developer. Williams said Epstein was interested in her and the two casually dated for a period of a few months.

“It became very clear then that he and Donald were really, really good friends and spent a lot of time together,”


The alleged groping occurred some months later, in the late winter or early spring of 1993, when Epstein suggested during a walk they were on that he and Williams stop by to visit Trump at Trump Tower. Epstein was later convicted on sex offenses and killed himself in prison in 2019.

Moments after they arrived, she alleges, Trump greeted Williams, pulled her toward him and started groping her. She said he put his hands “all over my breasts” as well as her waist and her buttocks. She said she froze because she was “deeply confused” about what was happening. At the same time, she said she believed she saw the two men smiling at each other.

Williams says that Trump sent her agent a postcard via courier later in 1993, an aerial view of Mar-a-Lago, his Palm Beach residence and resort. She shared it with the Guardian. In his handwriting – using what appears to be his usual black Sharpie – he wrote: “Stacey – Your home away from home. Love Donald”.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/23/donald-trump-accuser-stacey-williams-jeffrey-epstein