The Daily Populous

Saturday November 9th, 2024 evening edition

image for I spent hours trying to persuade US voters to choose Harris not Trump. I know why she lost | Oliver Hall

This is what voters told me time and again, and why so many did vote for Trump.

The first type of voter I encountered as a volunteer on the Harris phone bank was the one focused purely on the economy.

Wages may well be rising at all levels, but everyday inflation was more discernible to voters.

Often, they would also tell me that everyone they knew was doing badly, even if they were just fine themselves.

She was as baggage-free as a vice-president could have been, and many voters spoke of how much they admired her.

I started calling voters five weeks ago and especially then, many voters said they didn’t know who Harris was or what she stood for.

Despite the gaffes, despite his views on women, despite his distaste for democracy and despite an insurrection, voters just didn’t care. »

Russian general accused of running torture camps dies in Ukraine

Authored by kyivindependent.com
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Russian General Pavel Klimenko, who commanded troops in occupied Donetsk Oblast and allegedly ran camps torturing his own soldiers, died in Ukraine on Nov. 7, according to his sisters.

According to the Russian news organization Astra, Klimenko also set up torture camps in occupied Donetsk for Russian soldiers.

Klimenko is the eighth Russian general killed in the war against Ukraine whose death has been independently confirmed by journalists and researchers. »

Texas woman sets record for donating more than 2,000 liters of breastmilk

Authored by theguardian.com
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So the 36-year-old from Flower Mound, Texas, has found another way to fulfill her philanthropic instinct: giving away a record amount of breastmilk that officials estimate has been enough to nourish hundreds of thousands of premature babies.

“I think I was just as excited about donating again as I was to be growing my family,” Ogletree told Guinness.

She said Mothers’ Milk Bank of North Texas told her that every litre of breastmilk donated can feed 11 premature babies. »

Federal judge rules Illinois assault weapons ban unconstitutional

Authored by cbsnews.com
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CHICAGO (CBS) -- A federal judge in downstate Illinois has ruled the state's ban on assault weapons is unconstitutional, but will hold off on prohibiting the state from enforcing it for one month to allow for a likely appeal. U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn, who sits on the federal court in East Saint Louis, wrote in his 168-page opinion that the statewide ban on assault-style weapons violates the Second Amendment.

McGlynn sided with plaintiffs who argued the Illinois assault weapons ban does not fit within the Supreme Court's framework, and who argued that assault weapons are commonly used for self-defense.

Before the case went to trial earlier this year, McGlynn issued a temporary injunction prohibiting Illinois from enforcing the assault weapons ban, but a federal appeals court later reversed that decision. »

“The senseless killing will end soon. Time is up for the warmonger profiteers.”, Elon Musk announced the imminent end of the war in Ukraine • War in Ukraine

Authored by ua-stena.info

Elon Musk predicts the imminent end of the war in Ukraine.

It was reported that the zone would be along the front line between Russia and Ukraine, where British and European troops would be stationed.

It also became known that Elon Musk was present at the telephone conversation between Zelenskyy and Trump, this is reported by Axios. »