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Newsom says he will work with Trump, but issues warning: ‘Let there be no mistake’

Newsom says he will work with Trump, but issues warning: ‘Let there be no mistake’

California Gov. Gavin Newsom responded for the first time to President-elect Trump’s victory over Vice President Harris in the 2024 presidential election, saying he’ll work with Trump but not without issuing a warning. Newsom shared his remarks on social media Wednesday, expressing that a second Trump presidency is “not the outcome we wanted,” but the “fight for freedom and opportunity endures.” “.@KamalaHarris set out to fight to defend our fundamental freedoms and build a country that works for everyone. She stood up for working families, decency, and opportunity,” Newsom wrote. “California will seek to work with the incoming president – but let there be no mistake, we intend to stand with states across our nation to defend our Constitution and uphold the rule of law.” He continued: “Federalism is the cornerstone of our democracy. It’s the United STATES of America.” HARRIS WORLD BLAME GAME BEGINS AFTER CRUSHING LOSS TO TRUMP Newsom’s star power within the Democratic Party is expected to rise following the defeat of Harris, Dan Schnur, a teacher of political communications at University of Southern California, UC Berkeley and Pepperdine, told the Los Angeles Times. “Newsom is going to lead the resistance government for the next two years as governor, and then after that, he is a very prominent and nationally recognized party leader,” Schnur told the newspaper. Newsom has previously been asked about his own potential presidential prospects during the 2024 election cycle. Voters in California, however, voted to get tough on crime, approving Proposition 36 despite Newsom opposing the ballot initiative. NATHAN HOCHMAN OUSTS EMBATTLED LIBERAL PROSECUTOR GEORGE GASCON AS LA COUNTY DA AMID CRIME CONCERNS Proposition 36 will crack down on theft and drug trafficking in a state that has been battered by crime for years. Ahead of the vote, Newsom said: “Prop 36 takes us back to the 1980s, mass incarceration — it promotes a promise that can’t be delivered.”  Voters disagreed as crime has spiraled in California in recent years, most notably in 2021 and 2022, when smash-and-grab crimes hit a fever pitch in the state. Criminals were repeatedly caught on camera storming high-end department stores with crowbars and other weapons in order to smash display cases before stealing merchandise and fleeing.  Fox News Digital’s Elizabeh Pritchett and Emma Colton contributed to this report.

Bernie Sanders excoriates Democratic Party, calls campaign ‘disastrous’ after Trump victory

Bernie Sanders excoriates Democratic Party, calls campaign ‘disastrous’ after Trump victory

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., excoriated the Democratic Party in the wake of Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential election victory. The left-wing lawmaker, who is listed as a member of the Senate Democratic caucus, accused the party of abandoning the working class. “It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them. First, it was the white working class, and now it is Latino and Black workers as well,” Sanders said in the statement. THE ‘SQUAD,’ WARREN AND SANDERS AMONG PROMINENT POLITICAL FIGURES WHO CRUISED TO RE-ELECTION VICTORIES “While the Democratic leadership defends the status quo, the American people are angry and want change. And they’re right,” he continued. Trump decisively defeated Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election, winning key swing states including Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Sanders characterized Harris’ campaign as “disastrous.” SEN. BERNIE SANDERS DEFENDS MASSIVE COVID SPENDING: ‘I DON’T APOLOGIZE’ “Will the big money interests and well-paid consultants who control the Democratic Party learn any real lessons from this disastrous campaign?” he asked.  “Will they understand the pain and political alienation that tens of millions of Americans are experiencing?” he added. “Do they have any ideas as to how we can take on the increasingly powerful oligarchy which has so much economic and political power? Probably not.” While Republicans won the Senate majority in the 2024 elections, the 83-year-old Sanders, who has served in the chamber since 2007, just won another six-year-term. HOW KAMALA HARRIS’ FAILED 2024 PRESIDENTIAL RUN MIRRORS HER ILL-FATED 2020 CAMPAIGN “Unbelievably, real, inflation-accounted-for weekly wages for the average American worker are actually lower now than they were 50 years ago,” he said in the statement. “Today, despite an explosion of technology and worker productivity, many young people will have a worse standard of living than their parents.” “Today, despite spending far more per capita than other countries, we remain the only wealthy nation not to guarantee health care to all as a human right and we pay, by far, the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs. We, alone among major countries, cannot even guarantee paid family and medical leave,” he asserted. “Today, despite strong opposition from a majority of Americans, we continue to spend billions funding the extremist Netanyahu government’s all out war against the Palestinian people which has lead to the horrific humanitarian disaster of mass malnutrition and the starvation of thousands of children,” the senator declared in the statement. Sanders noted in a tweet this week that he was “proud” to vote for Harris.

US reinstates plea deals for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, other 9/11 suspects

US reinstates plea deals for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, other 9/11 suspects

Military judge rules Defense Secretary Austin did not have the authority to rescind plea agreements with three accused. A United States military judge has ruled that plea agreements reached with the alleged plotters of the September 11, 2001, attacks are valid, reversing an order by the country’s defence minister. The order by the judge, Air Force Colonel Matthew McCall, means the three accused men may eventually be sentenced to life in prison instead of death as part of the deal reached earlier, The New York Times and The Associated Press news agency reported on Wednesday. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin rescinded the three separate pretrial agreements on August 2, two days after a senior Pentagon official signed them. But the military judge at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba ordered that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind, and two accused accomplices, Walid bin Attash and Mustafa al-Hawsawi, can appear before his court to enter pleas. He is reportedly yet to set a timetable. The judge argued that Austin had the authority to exert supervision over the process when it was ongoing, but did not have the legal authority to rescind the plea deals as the defence minister. The Pentagon was reviewing the judge’s decision and had no further comment, said its spokesman Major-General Pat Ryder. Prosecutors have also not commented on the ruling, which has not yet been publicly announced. Mohammed and four others were charged in 2012 with conspiring in the attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people, but the cases have for years been mired in litigation over the torture of the defendants by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged 9/11 mastermind, is seen shortly after his capture during a raid in Pakistan [File: AP Photo] Pretrial hearings were scheduled at Guantanamo Bay in the case for another defendant, Ammar al-Baluchi, who has not reached a plea deal. The fifth defendant, Ramzi bin al-Shibh, was last September found incompetent to stand trial or reach a plea deal. A forensic psychiatrist is reportedly expected to testify on Thursday on whether the defendants made their 2007 confessions under torture or voluntarily, after spending years in secret CIA prisons. The cases are still expected to take a long time before reaching the finish line even if verdicts and sentences are reached. A US court of appeals would then likely have to hear many of the issues surrounding the cases – including the destruction of videos of interrogations by the CIA. Mohammed was regarded as one of al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden’s most trusted men before he was captured in a covert operation in Pakistan in March 2003. He spent three years in secret CIA prisons before arriving in Guantanamo in 2006. Bin Attash, a Saudi of Yemeni origin, allegedly trained two of the hijackers who carried out the attacks. He was captured with Mohammed in 2003 and was also held in a network of secret CIA prisons. Al-Hawsawi is suspected of managing the finances for the 9/11 attacks. He was arrested in Pakistan on March 1, 2003, and was also held in secret prisons before being transferred to Guantanamo in 2006. Adblock test (Why?)

Spain floods: Is Europe prepared for climate change?

Spain floods: Is Europe prepared for climate change?

Spain’s devastating floods have raised concerns about EU preparedness for climate change. It is Spain’s worst natural disaster in recent history and some scientists are linking it to global warming. Devastating floods across the eastern region of Valencia have destroyed roads, railways, other infrastructure and businesses. Recovery efforts are still under way, but the total cost is likely to be enormous. The government has approved more than $11bn in loans and grants to help storm and flood victims. But many Spaniards are outraged by what they say is a slow response to the crisis. Israel extends a lifeline for the Palestinian economy, but just for one month. Plus, Africa’s energy potential. Adblock test (Why?)