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Opinion: The lasting threat is not the ‘next Trump,’ but the MAGA base

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:15:51 GMT

The state-by-state MAGA takeover of the Republican Party machinery, underway since 2021, will make it easier for the “next Trump” to emerge. But what will actually propel such a figure into the White House is the transformation of the GOP base.The increasingly reactionary views of grassroots Republicans virtually guarantee that the movement will maintain its dominant influence on the party for the foreseeable future.A yard sign I saw in rural Pennsylvania during the 2020 presidential campaign tells the story. Planted in front of a house was a homemade poster with the words “RONALD REAGAN IS A LOSER.” President Reagan’s face was crossed out with an X, with Donald Trump’s smiling face next to it. Presumably this was a Trump supporter, but why attack Reagan? The 40th president was beloved by Republicans, not on the ballot, long dead and certainly not a threat to Trump. The last assumption is where I was wrong.Trump fixated on his predecessors and so have his supporters.“You go around P...

8 incredible US national park campgrounds you can’t drive to

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:15:51 GMT

By Joe Yogerst | CNNForget the road less traveled when it comes to camping in US national parks. How about sacking out in places where there are no roads?Even though most national park campgrounds are easily accessible by motorized vehicles, some of the coolest digs are in places that you can’t drive to. We’re talking permanent campgrounds with basic facilities that you can only reach by foot or boat.Sure, you’ve got to haul in all of your own food and equipment (and carry out your waste). But the reward is a wilderness sojourn that doesn’t get spoiled by obnoxious car exhaust, annoying RV generators or having your sleep disturbed by people arriving way too late or leaving before the crack of dawn.Below are eight incredible national park campgrounds that you can’t drive to.Garden Key (Dry Tortugas National Park)Have you always dreamed of staying on a romantic desert island? Garden Key is about as close as you can get without being an actual castaway.Located 70 miles from Key West at...

1 injured in shooting outside Oakland hospital

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:15:51 GMT

(KRON) -- Oakland police are investigating a shooting that occurred Wednesday afternoon outside of UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital. Fired employee sues San Jose tech company for anti-Asian bias The shooting happened around 3:20 p.m. on 52nd Street and MLK Way. Police said they received a call regarding a person who had walked into the hospital with a gunshot wound. KRON On is streaming news live now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }The victim is currently recovering from their injury.

U.S. officials approve first over-the-counter birth control pill, a move that will broaden access for women and teens

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:15:51 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials approve first over-the-counter birth control pill, a move that will broaden access for women and teens.Source

Sudan’s neighbors meet in Cairo for Summit as Egypt unveils new initiative to end raging conflict

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:15:51 GMT

CAIRO (AP) — Leaders from Sudan’s six neighboring countries met in Cairo on Thursday for the most high-profile peace talks since conflict erupted across the northeastern African country in mid-April.The meeting, hosted by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, was attended by the leaders of Ethiopia, South Sudan, Chad, Eritrea, the Central African Republic and Libya.Sudan has been rocked by violence since April 15, when tensions between the military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces burst into open fighting.The conflict has killed more than 3,000 people and wounded more than 6,000 others, Health Minister Haitham Mohammed Ibrahim said last month. The actual death toll is likely much higher, doctors and activists say.El-Sissi in his opening speech proposed a lasting cease-fire agreement, the establishment of safe humanitarian corridors and a dialogue framework that would include all of Sudan’s political parties and players.The summit comes weeks after talks in the Saudi Ara...

5 injured in shooting outside Silver Spring restaurant

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:15:51 GMT

Multiple were were shot outside of a restaurant in Montgomery County, Maryland.(WTOP/John Domen) Multiple were were shot outside of a restaurant in Montgomery County, Maryland.(WTOP/John Domen) At least five people were injured after a shooting outside a Silver Spring restaurant early Thursday morning, officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, said.The gunfire started just after midnight when an argument spilled into the parking lot outside of Sole D’Italia Restaurant, which is located at 14324 Layhill Road, a spokesperson for the Montgomery County Fire and EMS told WTOP’s John Domen.Three of the injured people were shot, according to the spokesperson.A fourth person was also hurt as a result of the gu...

¿Qué pasa si no voto en las elecciones primarias de Argentina? ¿Hay multa?

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:15:51 GMT

(CNN Español) – – Este año, en Argentina hay elecciones primarias y elecciones presidenciales y legislativas. La Constitución Nacional y la ley determinan que el voto es obligatorio.¿Qué pasa si no voto?Hay algunos motivos por los que no ir a votar puede justificarse ante el Estado. Si es por una cuestión de salud, deberás pedir un certificado médico. Si estás a más de 500 km del lugar donde te corresponde votar, tendrás que ir a la comisaría más cercana y solicitar un certificado.En ambos casos, tienes hasta 60 días después de las elecciones para presentar los documentos que justifiquen por qué no pudiste votar.¿Quién es favorito para ganar las elecciones presidenciales en Argentina? Esto dicen las encuestas¿Dónde justifico que no pude votar?En el caso de que puedas justificar el no haber ido a votar, los documentos mencionados anteriormente deberán presentarse en la secretaría electoral más cercana a tu domicilio.¿Qué pasa si no puedo justificar que no voté?Según el ar...

Kevin Spacey says a sexual assault accuser was an intimate pal who stabbed him in the back

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:15:51 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Kevin Spacey took a dramatic pause in his testimony Thursday and appeared to almost choke up as he recalled the “intimate” and “somewhat sexual” friendship he shared with a man now accusing the actor of violently groping him. He said he was “crushed” when he learned of the allegations.“I never thought that (the man) I knew would … 20 years later stab me in the back,” Spacey testified in his own defense in his sexual assault trial in what could be the most consequential speaking part of his life.Spacey spoke in a calm voice and earnest demeanor — humorous, humble and self-deprecating at times — as he breezed over his career and then fast-forwarded to the early 2000s when he was in London working at the Old Vic Theatre. Four men have accused the two-time Oscar winner of sexually assaulting them between 2001 and 2013, describing disturbing encounters that escalated from unwanted touching to aggressive crotch grabbing. One man who called Spacey a “vile sexual predato...

PepsiCo raises 2023 profit expectations as price hikes offset falling sales volume

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:15:51 GMT

PepsiCo saw lower demand for its drinks and snacks in the second quarter, but higher prices continued to boost its bottom line.The Purchase, New York-based company reported better-than-expected revenue and raised its full-year earnings forecasts.Shares rose more than 2% before the market opened on Thursday. Snack food volumes fell 3% in the April-June period, while beverage volumes dropped 1%, but net pricing rose 15%. It was the sixth consecutive quarter of double-digit price increases from PepsiCo. Pepsi’s revenue rose 10% to $22.3 billion. That beat Wall Street’s forecast of $21.7 billion, according to analysts polled by FactSet.Revenue improved at Frito-Lay North America and the company’s North American beverages unit. PepsiCo also saw revenue growth in Latin America, Europe and Asia.But pricing clearly took a toll. In the company’s Africa, the Middle East and South Asia division, volumes dropped 6% as Pepsi hiked prices 24%. In Latin America, volume was down 3...

Little-known but efficient, a different way to heat and cool your house

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:15:51 GMT

Summers are famously humid in New York State, but life in the Maioli household has gotten more comfortable since the couple installed a new heating and cooling system — one that isn’t well known yet in the U.S. “My wife is pretty happy because in the summer we can keep it to as cold as we like,” typically 69 or 70 F, said Joe Maioli, in Ontario, New York. In 2021, the couple installed a geothermal or ground source heat pump.The units you see that look like box fans outside homes and businesses are the more common air-source heat pumps. They wring energy out of outdoor air for heat and soak up excess heat indoors and move it out when they’re cooling. Geothermal heat pumps use underground temperatures, instead of outdoor air.A major push is now underway to get people to consider ground-source heat pumps because they use far less electricity than other heating and cooling methods. “Ground-source heat pumps average about 30 percent less electricity use than air-source ...