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Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Wake-Up Call: Trump Announces Third Consecutive Presidential Bid


Donald Trump has officially announced he is running for president for the third time in 2024 in a speech attacking President Biden, the 'radical left' Democrats and their record in the two years since he left office. 

The former president defied Republican critics and those who blamed him for the GOP 's disappointing midterms to go full steam on stating his intent to be back in the Oval Office with the country 'being destroyed before our very lives'. 'I order to make America great and glorious again, I am today announcing my candidacy for president of the United States,' he confirmed to huge cheers. 'This won't be my campaign, this will be our campaign. Just like I promised in 2016, I am your voice,' he said while celebrating the last six years of the MAGA movement and the battle against 'corruption' in Washington. 

After months of speculation and with mounting legal battles, he filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission just moments before he began his speech to supporters at Mar-a-Lago. In his stately ballroom with opulent gold trimmings and chandeliers and in front of wife Melania and members of his family, he was introduced as the 'next president' to chants to 'USA'. 'America's comeback starts right now', he said, and then went on to attack Biden for record inflation, 'falling asleep at global conferences' and making the U.S. 'detestable' with the rest of the world. He celebrated Nancy Pelosi getting 'fired' with Republicans on the cusp of taking the House majority. 


Meanwhile, Ron DeSantis, 44, addressed the Republican Governors Association meeting in Orlando on Tuesday night - while, 200 miles to the south, Donald Trump was announcing his 2024 bid. While Trump used his Mar-a-Lago speech on Tuesday to hit back at his critics within the party and insist that his strategy in the midterms was effective, DeSantis was able to point to a truly triumphant campaign. DeSantis was resoundingly re-elected as Florida governor last week, even winning in Democrat strongholds such as parts of Miami. Asked before his Orlando speech, at another event in Fort Walton Beach, how he felt about Trump's launch, DeSantis replied: 'At the end of the day, I would just tell people to go check out the scoreboard from last Tuesday night.' DeSantis then told the governors how his work in Florida could be replicated nationwide. Chris Christie, the former head of the Governors Association, on Tuesday morning condemned Trump's electoral strategy for the midterms, and urged the party to move away from him.

➤ARTEMIS LAUNCHED:  NASA launched its most powerful rocket in 50 years early Wednesday, sending an uncrewed capsule skyward on a 25-day mission to orbit the moon and return safely to Earth. The agency’s Space Launch System rocket, with an Orion capsule perched atop it, cleared its Kennedy Space Center launchpad on the Florida coast just after takeoff at 1:48 a.m. local time, its four main engines and twin solid boosters lighting up the night sky.  The mission, called Artemis I, marks the inaugural flight of both the SLS rocket and the Orion crew capsule. And it kicks off NASA’s multi-mission Artemis program, which is focused on sending astronauts, including the first woman and the first person of color, back to the moon’s surface by as early as 2025.

➤MISSILE KILLS 2 IN POLAND:  The missile that crashed in Poland, killing two people, was from a Ukrainian air-defense system, according to two senior Western officials briefed on preliminary U.S. assessments, but Poland is continuing its own investigation of the explosion.

Sniper Takes Out Russian From 1.7 miles In World’s Second Longest Combat Kill: Ukraine claims one if its snipers shot a Russian soldier from 1.7 miles away which would make the shot the second longest combat kill ever recorded. The alleged footage shows the moment the soldier drops to the ground after the sharpshooter takes a shot from a distance of 8,891ft. That is a distance that now ranks second in the world ranking as confirmed by the command of the Armed Forces. A Canadian sniper currently holds the record for the world’s longest kill after taking out an Isis soldier in Iraq in 2017 from a distance of 11,300ft.

➤WHOLESALE PRICES INCREASES SLOWED IN OCTOBER: U.S. supplier price increases slowed in October for the second straight month, which could mean inflation pressures are abating. The producer-price index, which generally reflects supply conditions in the economy, climbed 8% in October compared with the same month a year ago, the Labor Department said. At the same time, banks, the Fed, foreign buyers and money managers are limiting their mortgage bond purchases, which has helped push mortgage rates to their highest level in 20 years. Meanwhile Meta, Lyft, Salesforce and other tech firms are getting rid of their office space as they lay off workers.

➤KEVIN MCCARTHY BEATS ANDY BIGGS TO BECOME GOP NOMINATION FOR HOUSE SPEAKER: House Republicans nominated Rep. Kevin McCarthy as their candidate for speaker of the House on Tuesday. McCarthy was tapped as the nominee in an internal meeting of the Republican conference by a secret-ballot vote of 188 to 31, making the California Republican the favorite to become speaker of a GOP-controlled House.

🏫THREATS TO SCHOOLS ACROSS THE U.S. MAY BE COMING FROM OVERSEAS: An FBI official said on Monday that they believe a recent series of threats and false reports of shooters at high schools and colleges across the U.S. may be coming from outside of the country. Officials identified calls to about 250 colleges, 100 high schools and several junior high schools since early June that falsely reported explosive devices were planted at the schools or saying that a shooting was coming. Federal agents tracked the phone numbers and email addresses used to foreign countries but provided no other specific details but said the investigation was continuing.

🧒STUDY: CHILDREN LEARN MORE QUICKLY THAN ADULTS:  vYes, your young child can learn new things faster than you can. Brown University researchers found, “Children of elementary school age can learn more items within a given period of time than adults, making learning more efficient in children.” They say this is due to differences in a brain messenger known as GABA, which stabilizes newly learned material. Specifically, children were found to have a rapid boost of GABA during visual training that lasts until after training ends. In adults, GABA concentrations stayed constant. This all suggests that children’s brains respond to training in a way that allows them to more quickly and efficiently stabilize new learning.

➤CALIFORNIA CHILD DIES FROM COMBINATION OF FLU, RSV IN FIRST FATAL PEDIATRIC CASE THIS SEASON: California health officials are warning families to take precautions against the flu and Respiratory Syncytial Virus, known as RSV, after a child under the age of 5 died after contracting the illnesses. The California Department of Health reported the child's death on Monday, saying that no identifying details of the child would be released to protect the family's privacy. It was the first reported death of this nature and age range this winter season.


🎄4 IN 10 AMERICANS ANTICIPATE HOSTING THE MOST PEOPLE THIS HOLIDAY SEASON SINCE 2019, INCREASING PRESSURE TO KEEP A CLEAN HOME:  A poll of 2,000 US adults reveals the following:
  • 47% say they expect to host more social gatherings this season than in the past several years
  • 79% of that group says this will make them feel pressured, to some degree, to keep their home tidy
  • 48% say they would go so far as to take a day off from work to clean or prepare their home for a holiday party
  • 79% say they will get in the holiday spirit by putting up décor in their home
  • 89% of those who are decorating say they are cleaning or vacuuming more often during this season
➤NETFLIX NOW ALLOWS SUBSCRIBERS TO KICK YOU OUT: On Tuesday, Netflix launched their “Manage Access and Devices” feature which allows account owners to remotely log out of devices they don’t recognize or no longer want signed in. The feature can be found on users account settings page and is available on web browsers and iOS and Android windows worldwide.

➤AMAZON PLANS NEW VIRTUAL CARE OFFERING BASED ON MESSAGING: Amazon said on Tuesday it plans to launch “Amazon Clinic” in 32 states to provide medication refills and care for conditions like allergies, erectile disfunction, hair loss, migraines and urinary tract infections. The list does not include the flu, COVID-19, ear infections or other urgent care conditions for which patients often seek help through telemedicine.  Amazon said it will work to add other conditions over time to the service, which will not accept insurance. It also plans to expand the service to more states in the coming months.

⚾ANTHONY RIZZO RE-SIGNS WITH NEW YORK YANKEES ON $40 MILLION CONTRACT: The Yankees and Anthony Rizzo have agreed on a two-year contract worth $34 million. The deal includes a third-year club option and a $6 million buyout, giving Rizzo a total of $40 million guaranteed per reports.

🏈PACKERS RELEASE AMARI RODGERS AFTER FUMBLE ON SUNDAY: The Green Bay Packers won on Sunday, beating the Dallas Cowboys 31-28 but that didn't matter as they still released Amari Rodgers on Tuesday. The second-year punt returner fumbled a third-quarter punt return against Dallas that later Cowboys running back, Tony Pollard, would convert into a touchdown four plays later. The fumble was Rodgers' fifth fumble in 2022.


⚾FRANCONA AND SHOWALTER WIN AMERICAN AND NATIONAL MANAGER OF THE YEAR WINNERS: On Tuesday, the Cleveland Guardians Terry Francona was named the American League winner and the Mets Buck Showalter the National League winner of the Manager of the Year Award. Showalter became the first manager to win the award with four different teams, he previously won the award with the Yankees in 1994, Rangers in 2004 and Orioles in 2014. Francona, who also won with Cleveland in 2013 and 2016, is now a third-time winner.

🏈AARON RODGERS THINKS 'IT'S TIME TO GO ALL GRASS' FIELDS FOR SAFETY: Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers thinks it's time the NFL mandated the use of natural grass surfaces across all NFL games but he doesn't have high hopes that it will happen. Speaking on Tuesday with the media, the Green Bay quarterback said, "No, honestly, I don't have a lot of confidence when it comes to the league making that decision without some sort of big vote and gripes from certain owners who don't want to spend the money." The Packers will host the Tennessee Titans on Thursday night and will play on polyethylene-based SISGrass in which synthetic fibers are stitched together with natural Kentucky bluegrass.

🏈RAMS WR COOPER KUPP TO HAVE ANKLE SURGERY, WILL ENTER IR: Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay said on Tuesday that star wide receiver Cooper Kupp will have ankle surgery on Wednesday and be placed on injured reserve. Kupp will miss at least four games on injured reserve, but McVay did not rule the receiver out for the rest of the season.

🏀NBA SCORES:
  • New Orleans Pelicans 113 Memphis Grizzlies 102
  • Dallas Mavericks 103v Los Angeles Clippers 101
  • Utah Jazz 111 New York Knicks 108 
  • Portland Trail Blazers 117 San Antonio Spurs 110
  • Sacramento Kinds 153 Brooklyn Nets 121

➤CLIMATE EARLY-WARNING SYSTEM PLANNED: The U.N. and U.S. effort looks to improve data collection and forecasting in parts of Africa, Asia and the Caribbean and Pacific island regions. Weather events, which human-induced climate change has made more severe, are partially driving the need for additional advance information, the World Meteorological Organization said. Meanwhile, at a G-20 summit, wealthy countries including the U.S. and some of the world’s biggest banks announced $20 billion to steer Indonesia, the globe’s largest coal exporter, toward renewable energy. Closer to home, the U.S. is struggling to wean itself off Chinese solar-power components and build a domestic supply chain.



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