WATCH: Kari Lake Outwits Reporter Who Probes Her Mainstream Abortion Views But Not Opponent’s ExtremismBy: Jordan Boyd October 03, 2022

Corporate media want voters to believe it’s Republicans who must defend their pro-life stance, but as Arizona’s GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake pointed out in a recent exchange with a reporter, it is Democrats who should have to explain their support for abortion through all nine months of pregnancy.

“Abortion is effectively banned in the state right now. Tell me, is that something that you support?” the reporter for Arizona’s Family asked Lake at a Republican National Committee campaign event.

“I support saving as many lives as possible,” Lake said. “And what I really want to know and I’ve been waiting, I tune into you guys all the time, I want to know where Katie Hobbs stands, but I never hear you guys ask for that.”

Katie Hobbs, Arizona’s secretary of state and Lake’s Democrat opponent, says abortion is “health care” and that women should have “access to safe, legal abortions, period.” Her language mirrors the rhetoric often invoked by other radical pro-abortion Democrats who advocate for the legalized killing of babies on demand.

Sometimes, as Lake noted, this includes leaving babies who are born alive during a failed abortion to die without care. Despite that, the media haven’t pushed Hobbs or any other Democrats on their extreme stance, which is wildly out of touch with the majority of American voters.

“I’m happy to get back to you on this when you find out where Katie Hobbs stands,” Lake told the reporter. “Because let me tell you where she stands. She supports abortion right up until birth and after birth. She supports if a baby survives a botched abortion, that that baby die on a metal tray. And none of you ever tried to get her to talk about her stance. So get back to me after you do.”

Arizona recently reinstated a 15-week abortion ban, something many Republican and even Democrat voters favor. Lake admitted she wasn’t sure where she stood on the law, which allows exemptions if a mother’s life is in danger, but said she is a staunch defender of life in the womb and plans to enact life-saving policies if she is elected.

“I’m pro-life,” Lake said. “My plan would be that every woman who walks into an abortion clinic knows that there are options out there.

They don’t have to choose that. There are families who would love to adopt a baby. And right now, the way it’s been going, they go in and they only have one option. That’s it. Nobody tells them that there are other options. We want to help our women. If they’re afraid, we want to help them. We want to give women health care, and I want to help people.”

“I want to debate this topic on Oct. 12,” Lake added. “But [Hobbs]

really needs to show up for that debate.”

With the help of the media, Hobbs isn’t just getting away with refusing to debate Lake. She’s also getting away with championing the demise of vulnerable human lives without scrutiny.

https://thefederalist.com/2022/10/03/watch-kari-lake-outwits-reporter-who-probes-her-mainstream-abortion-views-but-not-opponents-extremism/

3 Oct, 2022 20:46

Zelensky reacts to Musk’s proposal

The Ukrainian president rallied his followers against “the Elon Musk who supports Russia.”

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky responded on Monday to a peace plan put forward by Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, which called on Ukraine to make some concessions to Russia.

In a poll on Twitter, Zelensky asked his followers “which Elon Musk” they “like more”: the one “who supports Ukraine,” or the one “who supports Russia.” At time of writing, just under 85% chose the former.

Which @elonmusk do you like more?— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) October 3, 2022

Earlier on Monday, Musk suggested that Russia hold new UN-supervised referendums in its newly-acquired territories, while Ukraine formally relinquishes its claim to Crimea, guarantees the peninsula’s water supply, and declares itself a neutral country.

“This is highly likely to be the outcome in the end,” Musk continued, adding that it is “just a question of how many people die before then.”

Musk put the plan to a poll, where around 60% of respondents approved before the vote swung against him. Musk attributed thisrapid change in results to the “biggest bot attack I’ve ever seen.”

Amid criticism from pro-Ukrainian posters and officials in Kiev, Musk stood firm, arguing that Russia’s population advantage guarantees it victory should Zelensky follow through on his stated goal of retaking Crimea and Moscow declare war in response.

Russia is doing partial mobilization. They go to full war mobilization if Crimea is at risk. Death on both sides will be devastating.Russia has >3 times population of Ukraine, so victory for Ukraine is unlikely in total war. If you care about the people of Ukraine, seek peace.— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 3, 2022

While Zelensky’s poll leaned heavily to one side, the Ukrainian leader was criticized by some pundits for engaging in such social media tiffs. “This guy does photoshoots for Vogue and sits on a never-ending mountain of cash from [the] west…and then gets angry when Elon suggests that maybe ending the war before more of his people needlessly die is a thing worth pursuing,” American conservative Greg Price wrote.

Musk has lent Zelensky his support before, offering Ukraine terminals to access his satellite-based Starlink internet service in the early days of the conflict. However, he resisted pressure from “some governments” to block Russian news sites on the service, and admitted to colleagues that he thought RT made “some good points.”

https://www.rt.com/russia/564001-zelensky-elon-musk-poll/

3 Oct, 2022 21:00

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US professor offers Nord Stream theory

Bloomberg hosts scrambled to stop Jeffrey Sachs as he laid blame for the pipeline explosion

Economist Jeffrey Sachs speculated on Monday that the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelineswas the work of the US and maybe Poland, to the chagrin of Bloomberg TV hosts who quickly tried to change the subject. Now a professor at Columbia University, Sachs became notorious in Russia for masterminding the “shock therapy” reforms in the 1990s – but has been sharply critical of the

West’s approach to the conflict in Ukraine in recent months.

Invited to Bloomberg’s ‘Surveillance’ show on Monday, Sachs was asked to comment on Russia he “knew so well” under President Boris Yeltsin. Instead, the hosts scrambled to cut him off after he said the conflict is “on the path of escalation to nuclear war” and did not start in February 2022.

“Most of the world doesn’t see it the way we describe it,” Sachs told Bloomberg’s Tom Keene, at which point co-host Lisa Abramowicz tried to change the subject to inflation in Europe.

Columbia Univ.'s Jeffrey Sachs: "The destruction of the Nord Stream pipeline, which I would bet is a U.S.-Poland action [because] first of all, there is direct radar evidence that U.S. military helicopters that are normally based in Gdansk were circling over the area …" pic.twitter.com/rGZ6VhlvPq

— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) October 3, 2022

The EU is in a “very sharp economic downturn,” Sachs agreed.

The continent was “getting hammered” by energy shortages, made worse by “the destruction of the Nord Stream pipeline which I would bet was a US action – perhaps US and Poland,” he managed to add before Keene cut him off, asking for evidence of that claim.

“Well first of all, there’s direct radar evidence that US helicopters, military helicopters that are normally based in Gdansk, were circling over this area. We also had the threats from the US, earlier in this year, that ‘one way or the other, we are going to end Nord Stream.’ We also have the remarkable statement by [US] Secretary [of State Antony] Blinken last Friday in a press conference; he says ‘this is also a tremendous opportunity.’ Sorry, it’s a strange way to talk if you’re worried about piracy on international infrastructure of vital significance,” Sachs retorted.

“I know this runs counter to our narrative, you’re not allowed to say these things in the West, but the fact of the matter is – all over the world, when I talk to people, they think the US did it,” he added.

Abramowicz again tried to change the subject, saying Bloomberg couldn’t provide “counterbalance” to what he was saying.

Undeterred, Sachs answered the next question by describing the current situation as “the most dangerous moment since the Cuban Missile Crisis” in 1962, with the US picking fights with both Russia and China, without any attempts to de-escalate things.

Currently director of the Center for Sustainable Development at New York’s Columbia University, Sachs gained notoriety among the Russians for his “shock therapy” reforms in 1991-1993. The overhaul of the entire Soviet economy ended up destroying the lives of millions of Russians and handing the country’s wealth over to a handful of oligarchs.

https://www.rt.com/russia/563998-sachs-nord-stream-bloomberg/

Kek, someone had to say it, guess he won't get invited back by Bloomberg soon.