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Is the fight against inflation turning a corner?
The US Fed has signalled rate cuts are coming, while other leading central banks have started lowering borrowing costs.
Inflation is no longer on fire.
The era of high borrowing costs could be coming to an end.
That is the message from central banks’ governors who gathered at the US Federal Reserve’s annual conference at Jackson Hole last week.
The much-anticipated signal came from Fed Chair Jerome Powell, who has said the time has come for rate cuts, most likely in September.
That aligns it with other leading banks, which now seem more concerned about unemployment and economic growth than prices.
Why is the Japanese yen so volatile?
Plus, Australia allows workers to ignore bosses after hours.
“Irrelevant RINO”: Trump bashes Dick Cheney in Truth Social tirade
Former President Donald Trump trashed former Vice President Dick Cheney in a post to Trump’s own social media platform Truth Social on Friday night.
âDick Cheney is an irrelevant RINO, along with his daughter, who lost by the largest margin in the History of Congressional Races!â Trump wrote in a long-winded post to Truth Social, going on to praise himself for pardoning Bush-era criminal and Iraq War champion Scooter Libby before labeling himself as the âPeace President.â
The tantrum came after Cheney shared that he would be voting for Vice President and current Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris in the upcoming election.
“In our nation’s 248-year history, there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump,â Cheney said in a statement. âHe tried to steal the last election using lies and violence to keep himself in power after the voters had rejected him. He can never be trusted with power again.â
Trump shot back at Cheney, proving the old adage about broken clocks when he called the War on Terror architect the âKing of Endless, Nonsensical Wars.â
Cheney’s statement about his intention to vote for the Democratic candidate came hours after his daughter Liz Cheney shared her father would be voting for Harris. The younger Cheney wasn’t spared in Trump’s Truth tirade.
Trump picked at an old wound, attacking Liz for her outspoken criticism of Trumpâs role in the Jan. 6 attacks.
âWhat Liz Cheney did with the Unselect Committee of Political Losers is unthinkable. She and her Unselects deleted and destroyed all evidence and information – ITâS GONE,â Trump said, repeating debunked claims about the bipartisan Jan. 6 investigation commission. âCheney and the others should be prosecuted for what they did, but Comrade Kamala is even worse!â
Trump, whose social media posts and public appearances have become increasingly angry and incoherent, has faced increasing opposition from legacy Republican politicians in recent weeks.
Trump’s abortion pivot hasn’t shaken evangelical Christian leaders’ support
(RNS) — Former President Donald Trump’s shifting rhetoric on abortion has unsettled some conservative faith-based activists, with evangelical Christian leaders especially fretting over the Republican presidential candidate’s recent remarks on Florida’s proposed abortion amendment and allowing federal funding for IVF procedures that some say are tantamount to abortion.
But even amid the backlash, several of Trump’s longterm evangelical supporters are insisting the former president, who still publicly takes credit for nominating the conservative justices who helped overturn Roe v. Wade in 2022, remains the best candidate for their cause.
Trump has distancing himself from hardline abortion stances since at least September 2023, when he riled anti-abortion activists by calling Florida’s six-week abortion ban a “terrible thing and a terrible mistake.” But last month, he called Florida’s current limit on abortion to the first six weeks of pregnancy “too short” and, when asked about a ballot initiative in the state that would enshrine abortion access, said, “I am going to be voting that we need more than six weeks.”
The comments drew swift blowback from anti-abortion activists such as Jeanne Mancini, head of the March for Life, an annual anti-abortion event in Washington where Trump spoke in 2020. In a pair of posts on X on Aug. 30, Mancini responded to Trump’s remarks without mentioning him by name.
“Any politician that would consider voting affirmatively for such a measure will undoubtedly lose the support of pro-life Americans,” she wrote. “We must not lose sight of the fact that the human rights issue of abortion takes the lives of the unborn and deeply harms women both mentally and physically. The reality is that the tragedy of abortion cannot be reduced to politics alone, much less sacrificed for what is perceived to be politically expedient.”
Trump’s campaign insisted he did not say precisely how he would vote, and the candidate himself eventually clarified to Fox News that he would not support the ballot initiative. But the back-and-forth came the same week that Trump announced plans to federally subsidize in-vitro fertilization, a procedure opposed by some anti-abortion activists because it often involves the disposal of embryos.
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event at the Economic Club of New York, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
In June, an effort to protect IVF access failed in the U.S. Senate after most Republicans, including Trump’s running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, voted against it. About the same time, the Southern Baptist Convention, at its annual meeting, voted in support of a measure calling for more government regulation of the process.
Al Mohler, the president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, who in June called IVF “immoral,” warned Trump in an editorial this week that he risks alienating his anti-abortion base.
“(Trump) needs to remember that he cannot win without strong — very strong — pro-life support,” Mohler wrote in World Magazine, an evangelical Christian publication. “The other side is not impressed with his equivocations on the issue, even as his base is endangered by any confusion.”
Lila Rose, head of the influential anti-abortion group Live Action, blasted the Trump campaign on social media on Aug. 29, saying, “Given the current situation, we have two pro-abortion tickets. A Trump win is not a pro-life win right now.”
In an interview with Politico Magazine, Rose refused to say whether she would vote for Trump, saying only, “I am going to see how the next few weeks unfold,” and urging her supporters to put pressure on his campaign.
Trump has suggested his shift on the issue is a result of raw politics: Since the 2022 Dobbs decision, which overturned Roe and allowed states to make their own abortion policy, abortion-related ballot initiatives have gone the way of abortion rights activists — even in red states such as Kansas and Ohio. Trump blamed the Republican Party’s anti-abortion stance for its middling results in the 2022 midterm elections.
With 10 more abortion-related ballot initiatives in November — including in swing states like Arizona — the issue has the potential to fracture the Republican coalition. White evangelicals, who have long heavily supported the GOP and who alone make up 30% of the party according to a Public Religion Research Institute, are disproportionately opposed to abortion: 72% believe the practice should be illegal in all or most cases, according to a separate PRRI survey conducted in March.
Nationwide, 64% of Americans told PRRI that abortion should be legal in all or most cases — including 62% of white Catholics and 57% of Hispanic Catholics, despite official opposition from the Catholic Church. When it comes to IVF, 70% of Americans say IVF access is a good thing, according to an April poll from Pew Research, with majorities of every major religious group saying the same — including 63% of white evangelicals.
In July, the RNC published a new platform that omitted the rationale for a federal abortion ban for the first time in decades, likely reflecting Trump’s misgivings about the political liability of the party’s traditional position.
Abby Johnson, who runs the anti-abortion group And Then There Were None, suggested in a statement sent to Religion News Service that activists have been pushing Trump and his campaign behind the scenes to change course.
“President Trump’s comments surrounding life issues have been troubling for many in the pro-life movement,” Johnson said. “That is why many of us have been working behind the scenes with him and his campaign team, hoping to change the course he is on. We have already seen some course correction and we hope to see much more.”
Former Vice President Mike Pence, a conservative Christian, was also critical of Trump and told the National Review this week, “The Trump-Pence administration stood for life without apology for four years. The former President’s use of the language of the Left, pledging that his administration would be ‘great for women and their reproductive rights’ should be concerning for millions of pro-life Americans.”
But despite the criticism, some of Trump’s longtime religious supporters continue to rally around him. The Rev. Franklin Graham, the son of the famous evangelist Billy Graham who has called abortion “a genocide of the unborn,” insisted Trump’s past actions were more important than his campaign rhetoric.
“I don’t just consider a candidate’s words, I look at their actions and what they have done,” Graham told RNS in a statement. “Former President Donald Trump has a four-year track record of appointing judges who protect life. While his position on abortion may not be as absolute as some would hope, it doesn’t change the fact that he has been the most pro-life president in my lifetime and is the only pro-life presidential candidate on the ballot this election.”
Ralph Reed, who has spent decades organizing evangelicals as head of the Faith and Freedom Coalition, said he does not see evangelicals abandoning Trump because of his abortion stances. Saying he was “never concerned” that Trump would support the ballot initiative in Florida, Reed suggested conservative voters will back Trump because the alternative — voting for Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee — is simply untenable.
He contrasted Trump’s record on the issue with that of Harris, whose campaign has placed her support for abortion rights front and center. Harris has tied abortion access to personal freedom — the campaign’s slogan — as has her running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who has sung the praises of IVF on the stump while connecting it to his own family’s fertility struggles (though they had not, he had to clarify, turned to IVF but rather used a less invasive procedure).
Citing Harris’ support for policies such as legislation that would restore abortion access nationwide, Reed called her “the most radical pro-abortion nominee for president in the modern political era.” Her positions, he argued, are so “extreme” that she is ultimately “unacceptable to voters of faith.”
“For all these reasons, evangelicals will turn out in record numbers in November and vote overwhelmingly for Trump,” Reed predicted.
Melanie L. Campbell, President & CEO NCBCP, Convener, BWR to Discuss the Upcoming Presidential Debate & Release the 11th Annual BWR Report at Media Briefing: 9/10/24
Washington, DC, September 06, 2024 –(PR.com)– Melanie L. Campbell, President & CEO, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (NCBCP), and Convener, Black Women’s Roundtable (BWR), will convene Black women leaders virtually to discuss their perspectives on the upcoming Presidential Debate and release the 11th Annual Black Women’s Roundtable Report.
The NCBCP Black Women’s Roundtable Media Briefing will take place at the NCBCP National Offices, 1300 L Street, NW, 2nd Floor, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20005, on September 10, 2024 from 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM.
The BWR Report addresses what the 2024 Presidential Election pressing issues are for Black women, including voting rights, healthcare disparities, economic equity, and social justice; and, will also highlight the impact that Black women voters have through their advocacy efforts, particularly in shaping public policy, driving voter turnout, and advancing civil rights, particularly in pivotal swing states.
The selected essays will underscore how Black women are leading the charge to protect their rights, freedoms, and democracies, while also advocating for the preservation of Black history, media, culture and, the promotion of racial, economic and gender justice, diversity, equity and inclusion.
In addition to Ms. Campbell, the 2024 IBPWWI “We See You International Award” Honoree, other participants will include: Clayola Brown, International President, A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI); Shavon Arline-Bradley, President/CEO, National Council of Negro Women (NCNW); Dr. Elsie Scott, Author and Founding Director, the Ronald W. Walters Leadership and Public Policy Center, Howard University; Dr. Avis Jones-DeWeever, Author and Executive Director of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW); Zakiya Thomas, President & CEO, ERA Coalition; Holli Holiday, President, Sisters Lead Sisters Vote and others.
The 11th Annual Black Women’s Roundtable Report will be organized around 4 pivotal themes: “PARTICIPATE-Lead, Organize, and Vote; PROTECT-Our Rights, Freedoms, and Democracy; PRESERVE-Black History, Media, Culture, and Affordable Healthcare; PROMOTE-Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.”
Results from the BWR/ESSENCE poll published earlier in the year will also be shared.
What:
Discuss Upcoming Presidential Debate and Release of the 11th Annual Black Women’s Roundtable Report on the
Who:
Melanie L. Campbell, President & CEO, National Coalition on Black Civic
Participation (NCBCP), and National Convener, Black Women’s Roundtable (BWR)
Clayola Brown, International President, A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI);
Reverend Shavon Arline-Bradley, President/CEO, National Council of Negro Women (NCNW); Dr. Elsie Scott, Author and Founding Director, the Ronald W. Walters Leadership and Public Policy Center, Howard University; Dr. Avis Jones-DeWeever, Author and Executive Director of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW);
Holli Holliday, President, Sisters Lead, Sisters Vote Zakiya Thomas, President & CEO, ERA Coalition; and others.
When and Time:
Tuesday, September 10, 2024; 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Where:
Offices of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (NCBCP)
1300 L Street, NW
Second Floor, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20005
Contact:
All media interesting in attending the 11th Annual Black Women’s Roundtable Report, either in-person or via Zoom, should contact Raymone Bain, 202-386-3042, [email protected]; or Tyrice Johnson, 205-643-4755, [email protected], by 5:00 PM on Monday, September 9, 2024.
About Melanie L. Campbell
Melanie L. Campbell, a Women’s, Civil Rights, Women’s Rights and Social Justice Leader, Community Servant and Activist, is President & CEO, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, and National Convener, Black Women’s Roundtable.
Ms. Campbell, who recently celebrated nearly 30 years of service with The National Coalition, has served as an advisor to United States Presidents, Congressional members, corporate, labor, non-profit executives, philanthropists, faith leaders, and others, on issues affecting Black Americans, women, youth and families.
She is a veteran coalition builder and is highly successful in leading and organizing multi-million dollar civic engagement, voter empowerment, and issue-based campaigns. Ms. Campbell releases an annual Black Women’s Roundtable Report on the status of Black women during its Black Women’s Roundtable “Women of Power” National Summit, during Women’s History Month; and, presents an annual public policy agenda to Congressional members on Capitol Hill.
In 2021, she established the BWR Black Women and Allies Call to Action Campaign to advocate for federal voting rights reform, reproductive rights & justice, racial, gender and economic justice policies. Campbell also helped to lead a national campaign to support the successful nomination of the first Black woman to serve on the U. S. Supreme Court, Chief Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson; and co-founded the NCBCP Thomas W. Dortch, Jr. Institute for Leadership, Civic Engagement, Economic & Social Justice and Southern Regional Office, anchored at Clark Atlanta University.
Campbell currently serves on the Goldman Sachs One Million Black Women Initiative’s Advisory Council, Sephora Racial Equity Advisory Council, Lyft Safety Advisory Council, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority’s National Social Action Commission, Chairwoman of the Board of Sisters Lead, Sisters Vote and board member for Family Values @ Work Action. She was featured in the Washingtonian as one of Washington, DC’s Most Influential People in 2024 and was featured on the Sephora Billboard in Times Square by Sephora for Black History Month for her women’s empowerment and social justice leadership for the past three years.
Recipient of numerous awards, Melanie L. Campbell is a graduate of HBCU Clark Atlanta University (B.A. – Business Administration); and, has received a Certificate in non-profit executive management from Georgetown University.
Ms. Campbell is a member of the Inaugural class of Progressive Women’s Voices, Women’s Media Center; and, resident fellow alumni, the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Institute of Politics, Harvard University.
About The National Coalition on Black Civic Participation
The National Coalition on Black Civic Participation is a 501(c)3, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to increasing civic engagement and voter participation in African-American and underserved communities. The National Coalition strives to create an enlightened community by engaging people in all aspects of public life through service/volunteerism, leadership development and voting.
The National Coalition was founded on May 6, 1976, and for forty (40) years, the National Coalition has served as an effective convener and facilitator on the local, state, and national levels of efforts to address the disenfranchisement of underserved and other marginalized communities through civic engagement including: non-partisan voter empowerment organizing and training; young adult civic leadership development; promoting women’s health, wellness, and girl’s issues; grassroots organizing and issue education; and, disaster recovery and rebuilding initiatives for communities throughout the United States.
NCBCP
Tyrice Johnson
205-643-4755
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