News Recap - September 10-11, 2024

Highlighted news events from September 10-11, 2024

Highlight: First Debate

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump traded blows in their first debate hosted by ABC on Sept. 10. It was reportedly the most-watched debate in 16 years. [More]

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• Check out the key takeaways of the debate in less than 5 minutes from The Vigilant Fox.

• The moderators seemed to only fact-check Trump (interrupting him multiple times) and let any inconsistent or misleading statements by Harris go uncorrected, leading Trump to say it was a “3 against 1” debate.

• Was Harris wearing hearing devices that doubled as earrings? Some believed so, but others say it was these Tiffany & Co. earrings that used to be available online in 18K gold.

She just started by saying she’s going to do this, she’s going to do that, she’s going to do all these wonderful things. Why hasn’t she done it? She’s been there for 3 ½ years. They’ve had 3 ½ years to fix the border. They’ve had 3 ½ years to create jobs and all the things we talked about. Why hasn’t she done it?

— Trump @ Sept. 10 ABC News Presidential Debate

Domestic

Sept. 11

• President Joe Biden, VP Harris, former President Trump, and Sen. JD Vance visited various sites to commemorate 9/11. [More]

  • Biden briefly put on a Trump hat at a fire station near the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. [More]

• Francine made landfall in Louisiana as a Category 2 Storm. More than 160,000 were left without power. [More]

• An Indiana judge has given a win for pro-lifers, upholding a near-total abortion ban. [More]

• Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is sending troopers and $2.5 million to Springfield amid a crisis involving a surge of Haitians having moved there since the start of the Biden administration. [More]

Sept. 10

• Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has dumped billions worth of Bank of America stock, with more stock sold recently. Even Bank of America’s CEO doesn’t know why. [More]

• The U.S. government has issued new sanctions targeting Iran over arming Russia. [More]

Election 2024

• Is the Fix in? U.S. election officials warn that widespread "performance issues" with USPS "in nearly every state" will disrupt mail-in voting. [More]

• James O’Keefe’s media group uncovers: Google Growth Strategist Exposes Google’s Search Engine Manipulation for Kamala Harris Campaign, Revenue-Driven Political Bias [More]

• There’s roughly 8 weeks until Election Day. And there’ll be a vice presidential debate between Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Ohio Sen. JD Vance in New York City on Oct. 1, hosted by CBS.

International

Sept. 11

• The United States and Britain pledged nearly $1.5 billion in additional aid to Ukraine. [More]

• The death toll in Vietnam due to Typhoon Yagi has risen to 197. [More]

Sept. 10

• Ukraine launched a huge drone attack on Moscow, Russia, killing one and injuring several others. [More]

• Israeli airstrikes hit a designated “safe zone” for displaced people. Going by Hamas’s numbers, at least 19 died and 60 were injured. Israel said it was targeting senior terrorists that were responsible for the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel. [More]

• At least 21 people have died in an artillery attack in southeastern Sudan, with dozens of others injured. [More]

• SpaceX launched its Polaris Dawn mission from the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida, sending its four-person civilian crew 870 miles above Earth—the furthest any known person has traveled since NASA's Apollo moon missions. Early Thursday (Sept. 12), the astronauts are scheduled for the first-ever civilian-astronaut space walk. [More]

Notables

• Thread of last phone calls made by 9/11 victims to their loved ones [More]

• 25 Lies Kamala Harris Told In Her Debate Against Trump [More]

• Denver reportedly used federal COVID funds to house thousands of illegal immigrants in shelters and motels, leading to crime spikes and evictions. [More]

Perspectives

• That media 'narrative' about pets going uneaten by Haitian migrants in Ohio is starting to fall apart [More]

• Trump Showed Righteous Indignation, Kamala Peddled Smug, Scripted Platitudes. [More]

• Tonight's Debate Will Backfire Horribly For Both Kamala Harris And ABC [More]

Daily Inspiration

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

— George S. Patton

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