House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) signaled over the weekend that he supports Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris’ price control policies despite numerous economists warning that it would be a disaster. Jeffries made the remarks during a Sunday interview with Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union” when asked about her plan to blame businesses for the inflation that the Biden-Harris administration caused and penalize them by implementing price controls. Tapper said: “Jason Furman, who was the top economist for President Obama, said that her plan is not a good idea, quote, ‘The good case scenario is, price gouging is a message, not a reality. The bad case scenario is that this is a real proposal. You will end up with bigger shortages, less supply and ultimately risk higher prices and worse outcomes for consumers if you try to enforce this in a real way, which I don’t know if they would or wouldn’t do.'” When asked if he supported Harris’ proposed price controls, which are the hallmark of Marxist states like the Soviet Union and Venezuela, Jeffries responded: “Kamala Harris has articulated a very important plan to make sure that we are lowering costs for everyday Americans, that we are ending price gouging throughout the country, and that, of course, we are growing the middle class and making sure that everyday Americans can get ahead.” “So we, as House Democrats, look forward to working with Kamala Harris to drive costs down,” he claimed. When Tapper noted that even The Washington Post Editorial Board warned that the policy would be a disaster, Jeffries shifted to blaming the Trump administration for “catastrophes” that the Biden-Harris administration inherited, which, in his mind, included the January 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. WATCH: Extreme Democrat Hakeem Jeffries ENDORSES Kamala Harris’ communist price control scheme: “Kamala Harris has articulated a very important plan.” pic.twitter.com/1jZmFtqStM — NRCC (@NRCC) August 18, 2024

Democrats took a virtual beating over the weekend as preparations are underway for the party’s national convention — which is scheduled to take place this week in Chicago, Illinois. Part of that preparation — due to expected protests from the anti-Israel/pro-Hamas crowd — involves businesses boarding up and a literal wall of fencing being installed around the venue. Scott Schapiro, who owns a menswear store that has been looted several times in the past, explained that some store owners are getting proactive simply because they’d “be safe than sorry.” Tickets for “Am I Racist?” are on sale NOW! Buy here for a theater near you. “It’s better to be safe than sorry. Most retailers are eternal optimists. They always think tomorrow is going to be better than today, and you always hope for the best, but it doesn’t always work out that way,” he said. Downtown Chicago businesses boarding up ahead of anti-Israel protests at DNC: ‘We want to have maximum protection’ https://t.co/pKSuPuqISv pic.twitter.com/QcTky6U6lp — New York Post (@nypost) August 17, 2024 Democrats are building a huge wall around the DNC convention.pic.twitter.com/PG4rgi1VED — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) August 18, 2024 Critics had a field day with the fencing, largely poking fun at the Democrats’ insistence that former President Donald Trump’s planned border wall was a waste of time because a wall would never work. WATCH THE TRAILER FOR ‘AM I RACIST?’ — A MATT WALSH COMEDY ON DEI “VP Harris called Trump’s boder wall stupid, waste of money. Now builds DNC border fence,” Rep. Darrell Issa posted. VP Harris called Trump’s boder wall stupid, waste of money. Now builds DNC border fence. https://t.co/gcH306MZLU — Darrell Issa (@DarrellIssa) August 18, 2024 “Wait!! Democrats told us walls are racist & they don’t work!” Mary Walter, added. Wait!! Democrats told us walls are racist & they don’t work! ##LiberalHypocrisy https://t.co/TDFhVpN0Ie — Mary Walter (@MaryWalterRadio) August 18, 2024 “Hey look… Democrats are building a wall around the DNC. They can build walls to keep Hamas protesters out but can’t build a wall to keep illegals out of the US,” another posted. Hey look… Democrats are building a wall around the DNC ??‍♂️ They can build walls to keep Hamas protesters out but can’t build a wall to keep illegals out of the US. pic.twitter.com/l28gn1vyJe — MJTruthUltra (@MJTruthUltra) August 18, 2024 Another added, “Democrats: ‘Walls can’t protect US Borders!! Walls are RACIST!!’ Also Democrats: ‘We need a Wall around the entire Chicago DNC Convention to protect us from our own Liberal Domestic Terrorists!!'” Democrats: “Walls can’t protect US Borders!! Walls are RACIST!!” Also Democrats: “We need a Wall around the entire Chicago DNC Convention to protect us from our own Liberal Domestic Terrorists!!” pic.twitter.com/VQYfn4eaMS — Michael Hustus ?? (@HustusMichael) August 17, 2024 In addition, so many protesters are expected to descend on the city that police officers are seeing their time off canceled ahead of the convention. Police Union leader John Catanzara spoke to the Chicago Sun Times and argued that canceling time off would destroy morale just prior to a high-stress event: “[It’s] a recipe for disaster.”

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Researchers from Western University have discovered a protein that has the never-before-seen ability to stop DNA damage in its tracks. The finding could provide the foundation for developing everything from vaccines against cancer, to crops that can withstand increasing drought. The researchers in Ontario, Canada, found the protein—called DdrC (for DNA Damage Repair Protein C)—in […] The post Newly Discovered Protein Stops DNA Damage and Even Repairs it–Becoming Possible Key to Cancer Vaccines appeared first on Good News Network.

If there’s one issue that a growing number of Americans are skeptical about — it’s our food supply. And according to Ben and Corley Spell, the founders of Good Ranchers, that skepticism is not misplaced. “It’s getting harder and harder now that they keep changing laws and passing different things, and it’s so hard for consumers to know who to trust,” Ben tells Allie Beth Stuckey of “Relatable.” “It’s mostly coming from Mexico, but you can import as long as it’s in a feedlot in the United States for 90 days,” he continues. “It can now get a USDA grade, where before it could only be USDA inspected.” USDA prime or USDA choice labels used to be limited to meat that was born and harvested in the United States, but that has since changed. “And why is that important for them to be born in the U.S.?” Stuckey asks. “Agriculture is the backbone of our country, and farms and ranches are going out of business at an alarming rate,” Ben explains. “They can’t keep up. The price of meat keeps going up, and the price that the ranchers get is basically staying the same from decades ago.” “As a whole, the American ranchers, the independent ranchers, they can’t keep up with the big conglomerates,” he adds. But this isn’t the only issue facing America’s meat supply. While Good Ranchers doesn’t sell meat that contains mRNA vaccines, they can't speak for everyone else. In 2022, the USDA approved the use of an RNA based vaccine developed by Merck Animal Health. The vaccine became available on November 1, 2023, and with its newfound accessibility, there’s a possibility that pork products may be treated with this vaccine. “We do get accused of fear-mongering, and that’s the last thing we want,” Ben tells Stuckey about the mRNA vaccines. “If we don’t talk about things, the government will just slide it in, and we will never know that’s what happened.” Before the mRNA vaccine was legal for use, Ben and Corley publicly pledged not to use it, and that’s when the accusations of fear-mongering began. “So many people were just like, ‘Oh well, it’s not even legal for use,’ and I’m like, ‘Yet,’” Ben recalls. “But if we don’t talk about this, and if people don’t get loud, let’s not wait until it is.” Want more from Allie Beth Stuckey?To enjoy more of Allie’s upbeat and in-depth coverage of culture, news, and theology from a Christian, conservative perspective, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

The man known as Bill W. took a liking to drinking as a young artillery officer in the Vermont National Guard. Finally, a cure for his crippling shyness. “I had found the elixir of life,” he later wrote. His initial delight soon became an ungovernable obsession, even as he married, served in World War I, and attended law school (too drunk to pick up his diploma, he failed to graduate). Modest success as a stockbroker followed, interrupted by regular hospitalizations for alcohol addiction. Eventually, the threat of professional ruin and imminent death motivated him to become sober for short periods of time, always ending in relapse. During one such period in 1935, a failed business trip to Akron left Bill with the overwhelming urge to head directly to the hotel bar. Desperate to keep his sobriety, Bill decided his only hope was to speak to another alcoholic. He called a local church and was eventually put in touch with a surgeon and fellow drunk today remembered as Dr. Bob. The two met, and soon formed a friendship that led them both to lasting sobriety. This simple process of helping oneself by helping another became the template for Alcoholics Anonymous, a grassroots, free-of-charge, decentralized fellowship that declined to demonize alcohol and maintained only one requirement for membership: the sincere desire to stop drinking. Almost 90 years later, millions of alcoholics around the world have found in AA's clear, unyielding principles the key to recovery and the source of deep, unwavering serenity. As Bill W. himself put it:"Nowadays my brain no longer races compulsively in either elation, grandiosity, or depression. I have been given a quiet place in bright sunshine."

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