The plan Vice President Kamala Harris revealed this week for black men is actually not tailored just to them, her 2024 campaign has quietly admitted. As reported by The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday, Harris’ team said the programs in the “Opportunity Agenda for Black Men” are not bound by race. Harris unveiled the plan to much fanfare on Monday amid concerns that black men were increasingly favoring her rival, former President Donald Trump. Its agenda includes, among other things, providing “1 million loans that are fully forgivable to Black entrepreneurs and others to start a business.” But what is now evident with the clarification, as observed by The Wall Street Journal in its report, is the phrase “and others” is “doing a ton of work.” The paper noted Harris, as a lawyer and ex-state attorney general, “knows” the conservative-leaning Supreme Court has “little patience for racial preferences.” It also quoted a campaign aide who insisted that Harris is “clear-eyed” about the struggles of black men to get good-paying jobs and support loved ones. MATT WALSH’S ‘AM I RACIST?’ COMING TO DAILYWIRE+ OCT. 28 This unnamed aide also said Harris “is championing solutions that will benefit all Americans and address these specific barriers to economic opportunity.” Critics of Harris mocked the vice president for the duality after The Wall Street Journal revealed that her plan for black men is not actually just for them. “The Harris-Walz campaign is a total disaster!” exclaimed the popular Libs of TikTok account run by Chaya Raichik on the X social media platform. The Kamala campaign is now being forced to walk back and clarify her own policy. They claim her “Agenda for Black Men” will actually be for everyone on a “race-neutral basis.” The Harris-Walz campaign is a total disaster! pic.twitter.com/j8L5FVR6pa — Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) October 16, 2024 In a separate post to X responding to the report, the “Trump War Room” account declared, “This is not what a serious presidential campaign looks like.” This summer, an NAACP poll showed one in four black men backing Trump for president, a sign that Democrats may be losing ground among that group. Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC), one of the most prominent black Democrats in Congress, expressed some agitation over the weekend in regard to the election. “Yes, I am concerned about the black men staying home or voting for Trump,” Clyburn said during an interview Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union.” The “Opportunity Agenda” also has sections on education, training, mentorship, cryptocurrency and other digital assets, health, and legalizing marijuana.

Former One Direction member Liam Payne has died after reportedly falling from a balcony in Argentina, multiple outlets confirmed on Wednesday. The Associated Press reported that Payne was found after falling from the third floor balcony and into a courtyard of the Casa Sur Hotel in Buenos Aires. Officials at the scene declined to comment regarding whether they believed the fall had been intentional or accidental in nature. Local authorities also confirmed that there would be an autopsy and a full investigation into the circumstances of Payne’s death. He was in Argentina to watch his former bandmate, Niall Horan, perform. Shortly after the news broke, tributes began to flood X for the late singer. “We are extremely shocked and heartbroken to hear this news. Sending our love to his family, friends and fans around the world,” I Heart Radio posted. BREAKING: Liam Payne has died at the age of 31 after reportedly falling from a balcony in Argentina. We are extremely shocked and heartbroken to hear this news. Sending our love to his family, friends and fans around the world. ? pic.twitter.com/KQMzOvPbPW — iHeartRadio (@iHeartRadio) October 16, 2024 “What an appalling tragedy and waste of life. Liam Payne was always the most mature member of One Direction in those heady early days. He was a joy to be around. The music industry is truly evil. My thoughts to his poor family, band mates and fans who will be devastated,” Dan Wootton added. What an appalling tragedy and waste of life. Liam Payne was always the most mature member of One Direction in those heady early days. He was a joy to be around. The music industry is truly evil.My thoughts to his poor family, band mates and fans who will be devastated. pic.twitter.com/eq4ilXBDZN — Dan Wootton (@danwootton) October 16, 2024 “So upsetting to hear the news of Liam Payne passing,” Paris Hilton posted. “Sending love and condolences to his family and loved ones. RIP my friend.” So upsetting to hear the news of @LiamPayne passing? Sending love and condolences to his family & loved ones. ? RIP my friend? — Paris Hilton (@ParisHilton) October 16, 2024   Payne came forward in 2023 to discuss his struggle with addiction, releasing a YouTube video after spending just over three months at a Louisiana rehab facility. At the time, he announced that he’d been sober for six months. After finishing rehab, he said that he had “more of a grip on life” and had planned to focus on being a better father to son Bear, whom he shares with singer Cheryl Cole.

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The latest episode of “The Tony Kinnett Cast” is all about the frantic flailing attacks and overused platitudes thrown out from the Harris-Walz campaign just weeks away from the election. From criticizing the music the Trump campaign plays at rallies to repeating the same Disney musical phrases over and over, the Harris campaign seems desperate to do anything—ANYTHING—that just might move the polls in her favor before Nov. 5. Speaking of Nov. 5, join us beginning at 6 p.m. ET that fateful evening for our ultimate election coverage, straight from the show’s new studio! We’ll go until we’re ready to call the race, even if that means our producers die from lack of sleep. Also on this episode, Kimberlee Josephson, professor of business at Lebanon Valley College, joins us to discuss the implications of over 1,200 Walgreens pharmacies shutting their doors over the next few years, the potential effects on their communities, and what could replace them. Catch the live radio show and livestream weeknights at 7 p.m. ET on The Daily Signal’s YouTube, X, or Facebook—and subscribe to the podcast so you never miss an episode or exclusive interview! The post Harris Campaign’s Frantically Flailing Freakout appeared first on The Daily Signal.

DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has shelled out millions in awards to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion as well as “environmental justice,” despite recently laying off staff and shuttering space programs due to budgetary shortfalls. NASA has allocated roughly $10 million to pay out dozens of grants and contracts aimed at advancing some element of environmental justice or DEI since 2020, federal spending records show. The agency is multiple billions of dollars short of the funding required to complete its current missions, has fired hundreds of people working on its Mars missions over budgetary concerns, and may not have enough funding to maintain a multibillion-dollar space telescope, according to multiple Washington Post reports. “The environmental justice movement focuses on ensuring communities receive equitable protection from natural and human-induced environmental hazards,” NASA’s webpage on equity and environmental justice reads. “It embodies the principle that all communities should be heard and represented in decision making.” Much of NASA’s grant spending went to universities to help them study environmental justice in urban areas as well as other places with high concentrations of racial minorities. For instance, the agency approved $150,000 in funding to Columbia University so it could pair “earth observations and socioeconomic data” and enable students to do environmental justice work in New York City, records show. Another grant, this time worth $250,000, was paid out to Los Angeles as part of NASA’s Predictive Environmental Analytics and Community Engagement for Equity and Environmental Justice (PEACE) program, per federal records. To remedy its observation that “people of color often face higher exposure to air pollutants,” NASA’s PEACE program paid the city to provide pollution data to its residents in “a way that works across communities and cultural differences and specifically analyzes, engages and responds to needs for environmental justice.” NASA has set aside over $5 million for environmental justice grants like these since 2022, according to federal records. As NASA paid out millions to fund environmental justice initiatives, the agency in February fired about 530 people, plus an additional 40 contractors, or 8% of its workforce, working at its Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the Post reported. Many of the workers let go were involved in the agency’s Mars Sample Return program, which was studying possible evidence of past life on the red planet. While short on funds for Mars research and a major space telescope, NASA shelled out millions on embedding DEI both within its own organizational structure and in the broader scientific community, records show. In 2023, for instance, NASA approved a contract worth roughly $2.9 million to a consulting firm to “incorporate and deeply engrain” DEI in the “culture” of its Space Mission Directorate, according to spending records. NASA allocated another $900,000 in 2020 for the National Academy of Sciences to help it increase diversity among the leaders of space missions. NASA also gave the Southeastern Universities Research Association thousands of dollars to make the agency’s heliophysics material “more relevant and open to the Latinx and Native American communities,” records show. The agency paid tens of thousands of additional dollars to The Oceanography Society to embed DEI in ocean sciences. The language used by NASA to describe its environmental justice programs mirrors that used by the Biden-Harris administration’s Justice40 Initiative, which dictates that 40% of the beneficiaries of federal climate and environmental programs must be from “underserved communities.” The White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council later defined “underserved communities” as those that are “majority minority.” NASA’s work is also covered by the Justice40 Initiative, according to government documents. NASA did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment. Originally published by the Daily Caller News Foundation The post NASA Spent Millions on ‘Environmental Justice’ and ‘Equity’ Grants Despite Budget Woes appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of the accompanying video from professor Peter St. Onge. Inflation is rising again, and even Federal Reserve cheerleader Bloomberg is worried the Fed is losing the plot. Inflation rising is awkward for the Fed, given Chairman Jerome Powell already cut rates for the looming recession. In fact, he just did a jumbo half-point cut—which makes inflation go up. This is known as a policy error. And the Fed’s been making a lot these days. In raw numbers, the Consumer Price Index surprised on the upside at around 2.2% annualized, but the bombshell was so-called core CPI, which strips out food and energy. That came in at nearly 4% annualized. Prices rose across the board: Groceries were up the most since the beginning of the year, with meat up more than 10% annualized. Car prices (new and used), car insurance, medical costs, and plane tickets all jumped. Services as a whole jumped nearly 5% annualized. Interestingly, watches and jewelry jumped at an 84% annualized rate—perhaps as a flight from paper money to real assets. Or perhaps because senators got big donations this election cycle and need to keep their mistresses happy. Meanwhile, eggs—which is how the rest of us keep our wives happy—jumped 8.4% annualized. So, this is not supposed to be happening at this stage of the game. I mentioned in a recent video how recessions tend to reduce inflation—in fact, by 3.7% on average. So, if we’re bumping along at 4% core with a recession coming, it suggests that underlying inflation could be 7-plus percent. That would make it very dumb for Powell to have just cut rates by a jumbo half-point, with more cuts on deck. It’s just another month in the Federal Reserve clown car. To be fair, Powell did admit last year they have no idea what they’re doing. He phrased it as the Fed navigating by star on a cloudy night. As in navigating by stars you can’t see. Which is not navigating; it’s pretending to navigate. To be fair, pretending pretty much sums up the Federal Reserve—or central banks in general, really: They pretend to manage the economy, but really all they do is print as much money as possible—which causes inflation, then recessions—and then try to balance the two to keep headlines manageable. A little pain here (inflation); a little pain there (recession)—with the people not realizing the Fed’s causing both. So, what’s next? If prices are rising, the Fed’s room for errors just got a lot tighter. Markets can see this, with the odds of another mega-cut dropping to zero for the Fed’s next meeting and mortgage rates rising again since higher interest rates mean expensive mortgages. This means we could be stuck with 7% mortgages and a frozen housing market well into next year. More importantly, these were not good numbers for Kamala Harris. Because this was the very last inflation report for Harris before she faces voters. And, with core near 4%, Harris is facing voters with a looming recession, rising joblessness, and rising inflation. Which rhymes with Jimmy Carter—who, famously, won just six states against Ronald Reagan in 1980 after Carter, too, delivered inflation and recession. Now, Harris won’t win just six—our media is even less objective than it was in the 1970s. But rising inflation with a slowing economy is pretty much the worst possible way to fight an election. Of course, if Donald Trump does win next month, you can take it to the bank that the media will put both the Biden-Harris inflation and the Biden-Harris recession on Trump. We publish a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Daily Signal. The post Inflation Rising Is Awkward for Powell, Nightmare for Harris appeared first on The Daily Signal.