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https://www.theamericanconservative....super-tuesday/

Super Tuesday is upon us. Across 16 states, from Maine to California, Alabama to Alaska, voters will be casting their ballots today in the most delegate-rich day on the primary calendar. But don’t expect anything super from Tuesday; rather, expect more of the same.
At this point, neither presidential primary seems much of a contest. President Joe Biden is sailing through the primary, thanks in part to his party’s constant maneuvering to protect the beleaguered president. The only hiccup so far: 13 percent of voters in Michigan withheld their support for Biden over his policy on the war in Gaza. Former President Donald Trump, meanwhile, is handily beating former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley in the delegate count with 244 delegates to Haley’s 43. Haley did win the GOP’s Washington, D.C. primary over the weekend, but winning a contest in which just over 3,000 votes were cast in one of the bluest places in the nation does little to build momentum. The D.C. primary results are not causing any campaign donors to suddenly reconsider their decision to pull out of Haley’s campaign.
Trump is going for a Super Tuesday clean sweep to put the nail in Haley’s coffin. In total, 865 Republican delegates are up for grabs in 15 states, which represents more than a third of the 2,429-delegate pie GOP presidential candidates are battling over. Even if Trump were to receive every single delegate on Tuesday, he’d be just over 100 short of the 1,215 delegate victory threshold. A commanding performance could, however, run his last challenger out of the race. Even if Haley refuses to drop out, Trump could have the nomination wrapped up by next week; on March 12, another 161 delegates come up for grabs across Georgia, Hawaii, Mississippi, and Washington.
Two of the Super Tuesday states, California and Texas, have largest delegate hauls in the entire GOP primary process, with 169 and 161 delegates respectively. In California, Trump leads Haley in the polls by an average of 53.5 points. In Texas, the former president’s average lead is 70 points.
It’s the same story in several other Super Tuesday states. Trump is up more than 50 points in Alabama, Maine, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. In three of those contests—Alabama, Oklahoma, and Tennessee—Trump’s polling advantage is at least 70 points.
The race is a bit tighter in Massachusetts, Utah, and Vermont, where Trump leads Haley in the polls by 29 points, 27 points, and 30 points respectively. Polling in Virginia is all over the map, but with a comfortable Trump lead.
Other states like Alaska, Arkansas, and Colorado have limited or out-of-date polling but are expected to be Trump wins.
Democrats will be voting in the aforementioned states plus U.S. territory of American Samoa. The incumbent president is expected to cruise to victory in each contest, even though in Colorado a handful of progressive groups have started a late campaign for Coloradans to vote “non-committed” as a number of Michiganders did last week. Even in Minnesota, the home state of Biden challenger Rep. Dean Phillips, the president is up 60 points.
While the presidential contests are set to be a snooze, a few undercard contests scattered throughout the union merit some attention.
In California’s jungle primary, for example, voters will determine who will head to the general election to fill Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s old seat. It’s a talented Democratic field made of three House members. Rep. Adam Schiff, most well known for his involvement in Russiagate, has emerged as the frontrunner, edging out Reps. Katie Porter and Barbara Lee in fundraising and the polls—an endorsement from former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made sure of that.
Because of the jungle primary format, Schiff’s Standing Strong Super PAC has spent millions on advertisements boosting the conservative credentials of the Republican candidate Steve Garvey, a former pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres, with the hopes that Garvey fills the second spot in the general election come November. Schiff’s gamble could very well pay off. Garvey is polling in second, just a few points ahead of Porter. Low turnout from California Democrats in the primary could also spell disaster for Porter and Lee’s senate ambitions.
Come Wednesday morning, North Carolina could be on a crash course with a heated gubernatorial race. Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson and Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein are large favorites in their respective primaries. But as Trump and the GOP look to elevate North Carolina GOP Chair Michael Whatley to RNC Chair, turnout in the purple state of North Carolina could be a sign of things to come.

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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/lou...ndmark-victory

Louisiana becomes nation's 28th state with constitutional carry law on the books: 'landmark victory'

'Law-abiding citizens should never have to seek government permission to safeguard themselves and their families,' governor says of the NRA-backed law

Louisiana became the 28th state in the nation to enshrine into law the right of its residents to carry concealed firearms without a permit.

"Today, we join 27 other states in passing Constitutional Carry. I promised the folks of Louisiana that I would champion Constitutional Carry into law, and within two months, I have honored that commitment," Republican Gov. Jeff Landry told Fox News Digital.

Vittoria per i pro-gun!

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https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/p...n/72854377007/

WASHINGTON – Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., announced she will not run for reelection Tuesday afternoon, ending months of speculation she would enter the Arizona Senate race and cause a messy three-way election.
“Because I choose civility, understanding, listening, working together to get stuff done,” Sinema said in a video posted on X, formerly Twitter. “I will leave the Senate at the end of this year."
Sinema blamed the increased polarization in Congress for why she was leaving the Senate. The Arizona Independent, who was formerly a Democrat, often drew the ire of her Democratic colleagues for blocking key party priorities such as President Joe Biden's expansive Build Back Better plan that would have significantly overhauled social safety programs and heavily invested in infrastructure.
"I believe in my approach. But it's not what America wants right now," Sinema said in her announcement.
Sinema's centrist views caused her to be viewed as a dealmaker in the upper chamber. After Sinema, along with Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., a centrist who is also retiring, sinked Biden's Build Back Better plan, the Senate still passed the Inflation Reduction Act which included some priorities from the failed initiative.
Sinema touted bipartisan legislation in her announcement video, including the bipartisan infrastructure law and CHIPS and Science Act. Most recently, Sinema was part of a small group of bipartisan Senate negotiators which released a sweeping emergency foreign aid deal that would have significantly overhauled border and migrant policy.
Sinema's decision is likely good news for Democrats who hope to retain control of the Senate. Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., and conservative hardliner Kari Lake are the leading Democratic and Republican candidates respectively for Sinema's seat which is up for reelection this year.
If Sinema opted to run for reelection, Arizona would have seen a messy and unprecedented three-way race between her, Gallego and Lake.
"I want to thank Senator Sinema for her nearly two decades of service to our state," Gallego said in a statement following Sinema's announcement, adding he hopes Sinema will join him to reject "Kari Lake and her dangerous positions."
"Senator Sinema had the courage to stand tall against the Far-Left," Lake said in a post on X. "Arizonans will not be fooled by Gallego. I will be a voice for ALL Arizonans. I wish Senator Sinema the best in her next chapter."

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https://www.theamericanconservative....he-ca-primary/

Welcome to the jungle—primary that is. In California, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump predictably carried their respective party’s primaries in one of the few races exempt from the jungle primary format where the top two vote getters advance.
When the race was called for Trump just before 11:15 p.m. eastern time, Trump had a commanding lead of more than 50 points over former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, receiving 74 percent of the vote to Haley’s 21 percent. It’s another predictable Trump win, given RealClear Polling had Trump leading in the polls by an average of 53.5 percent.
All of California’s 169 delegates, the state with the single largest delegate haul in the entire Republican primary process, will go to Trump, given he retains more than 50 percent of the vote. It’s a massive jump for Trump’s delegate count—more than half of the number of delegates Trump had prior to Super Tuesday—as the former president closes in on the 1,215 delegates needed to clinch the nomination. Fitting that the Golden State goes for the man known for his love of gold decor.
Biden also won the Democratic presidential primary in commanding fashion. His margin of victory, and the lack of an “uncommitted” movement in one of the nation’s most progressive states, signals a California Democratic party in favor of the Biden Democrat mold despite constant speculation that the previously recalled Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom could replace Biden atop the Democratic ticket.
Ditching Biden for Newsom was always a dubious prospect. Did anyone really think Newsom and his climate agenda would perform better than Biden in the states Democrats need to win—Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin—come November to hold the White House? California’s results, not only in the presidential primary, but in the Senate jungle primary, make nominee Newsom all the more unlikely.
Adam Schiff, a Los Angeles area congressman infamous for his involvement in Russiagate, came into Tuesday’s election with a sizable fundraising advantage and an edge in the polls. Schiff, a Democrat more in the Biden mold, came out on top. His Democratic opponents also have fairly good name ID as well, but Reps. Katie Porter, an Elizabeth Warren type, and Barbara Lee, a black Oakland progressive will not make it out of the jungle primary.
Porter and Lee lost the battle for second to the Republican candidate, former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Steve Garvey. In a ruthless political maneuver, Schiff’s political apparatus has recently spent millions boosting Garvey, hoping to avoid a race against another Democrat in the deep-blue state and virtually ensure he’ll be the next senator from California.
Biden’s strategy in 2020 was to stay in the basement and simply be the guy on the ballot not named Donald Trump. Whether he can do that in 2024 as an incumbent remains to be seen. Nevertheless, in California, it appears Schiff is likely to anti-Trump his way into the Senate.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/campaig...oa-over-biden/

A largely unknown Democrat surprised many on Tuesday when he won the Democratic caucuses in American Samoa over President Biden.

Jason Palmer, who describes himself on his campaign website as an “impact investor” and entrepreneur, won American Samoa’s Democratic contest against his party’s standard-bearer.

While Biden has faced some minor primary challengers, including Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.), this is the only contest he has lost in the Democratic primary.

Though the results of the American Samoa contest will hardly make a dent in Biden’s lead in the Democratic primary —it only awards six delegates on the Democratic side — Palmer’s win in the U.S. territory was an unexpected curveball.

Palmer, who resides in Baltimore and is a Quaker, has worked for groups and an investment firm, along with organizations including Microsoft, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, New Markets Venture Partners and Kaplan Education, according to his campaign website.

His campaign website says he has “experience in small business and multi-partisan fluency to his political endeavors.”

A 52-year-old, he has branded himself as “Biden’s Youngest Dem Opponent.” Palmer is three years younger than Phillips.

In a letter published on his website, he also described himself as the “purple candidate,” noting that while he identifies as a Democrat, “my positions also sound Republican.”

In a FAQ section of Palmer’s website, he acknowledged his odds of winning the Democratic primary against Biden were slim but said his campaign was geared toward offering solutions and ideas more than clinching the primary.

“Americans are being bombarded with a perfect storm of multiple foreign wars, high inflation, racial and ethnic tensions, climate change, increasing crime, the last vestiges of a global pandemic, and [artificial intelligence] that could eliminate half of all jobs by 2030,” Palmer wrote on his FAQ section on why he was running.

“Traditional candidates for public office are stoking the flames, offering 20th-century solutions to 21st-century problems,” he continued. “My campaign aims to pull America out of these conflicts by offering a very different, positive, optimistic vision of re-inventing the American Dream for the 21st century.”

Palmer noted that he was not running as an independent because he did not want to be a spoiler in November. However, in his FAQ section, he also pushed back against the idea that his campaign could be negatively impacting Biden.

“Biden’s chances of a second term are hurting, but not because of my campaign. According to the Reuters poll this month, 56% of Americans polled disapprove of his leadership. Numerous other polls, including one at Quinnipiac University, reveal that more than 7 in 10 independents want other candidates to enter the 2024 presidential race,” he wrote in the FAQ section.

“I do not believe we have to concede the White House to a Republican Administration without having a robust debate that includes a positive, optimistic vision forward — we can and must do better for America,” he added.

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https://www.dagospia.com/rubrica-3/p...oni-387229.htm

(ANSA) - Donald Trump e Joe Biden sbancano e vincono a valanga nel Super Tuesday, la maxi tornata delle primarie Usa con 15 stati e un territorio americano, ipotecando la nomination e quindi il rematch nelle elezioni di novembre.
Ma entrambi vedono confermate le proprie vulnerabilità. Nikki Haley, la rivale repubblicana del tycoon, gli impedisce lo 'strike' strappandogli a sorpresa il liberal Vermont, secondo successo dopo la capitale. E per ora non molla, continuando ad attrarre uno zoccolo duro di elettori moderati o indipendenti che nelle elezioni generale potrebbero compromettere le chance di vittoria di Trump, soprattutto in alcuni stati in bilico.
Anche il leader dem perde un round e naufraga nei caucus delle isole Samoa, dove perde contro uno sconosciuto candidato locale, l'imprenditore Jason Palmer. E ritrova nelle urne di alcuni stati, come il Minnesota, la protesta del voto arabo per il sostegno a Israele nonostante il "genocidio" a Gaza.
Per il resto il Super Tuesday va come previsto, con Trump e Biden che fanno incetta della quasi totalita' dei delegati in palio, circa un terzo di quelli complessivi. Compresi i bottini più ricchi, quelli di California e Texas, i due stati più popolosi del Paese. Prima che fossero annunciati tutti i risultati, il tycoon ha pronunciato in diretta tv il suo 'victory speech' a Mar-a-Lago, dove domenica ha incontrato anche Elon Musk ed altri finanziatori repubblicani, a caccia di soldi per la sua campagna ma forse anche per pagare i quasi 500 milioni di sanzioni per gli asset gonfiati.
"Lo chiamano Super Tuesday per un motivo, è stata una serata formidabile", ha detto vantandosi di aver fatto "una cosa che nessuno avevo fatto prima nella storia" e accusando Biden di essere "il peggior presidente di sempre". Quindi ha profetizzato che il partito repubblicano "sarà presto riunito", aumentando la pressione perchè Haley lasci la corsa. Biden gli ha risposto duramente ma solo con un comunicato della sua campagna:
Trump "è determinato a distruggere la nostra democrazia, a strappare le libertà fondamentali come la possibilità per le donne di prendere le proprie decisioni in materia sanitaria, e a approvare un altro round di miliardi di dollari in tagli fiscali per i ricchi - e farà o dirà qualsiasi cosa per andare al potere".
Anche la Haley ha preferito affidarsi ad una nota per replicare al tycoon, sostenendo che "l'unità non si raggiunge dicendo semplicemente 'siamo uniti". "Resta un ampio gruppo di elettori repubblicani profondamente preoccupati da Trump....questa non è l'unità di cui il nostro partito ha bisogno per avere successo. Affrontare queste preoccupazioni renderà il partito e l'America migliori", ha ammonito.
Ora dovrà decidere se continuare o meno la gara, anche se non ha alcuna speranza di raggiungere il quorum per la nomination. Ma dopo il Super Tuesday sa di poter contare su un patrimonio di voti che veleggia mediamente intorno al 20% (anche nello stato in bilico del North Carolina), superando il 30% in Virginia, Colorado, Minnesota, e sfiorando il 40% in alcuni Stati, come in Massachusetts. Quel che basta per far perdere Trump il 5 novembre.


(ANSA) - Nikki Haley annuncerà oggi l'abbandono della corsa presidenziale. Lo annuncia la Cnn secondo fonti vicine alla candidata repubblicana.

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https://www.dagospia.com/rubrica-29/...nti-387206.htm

[…] A Washington […] Il prezzo del cheeseburger ha superato i 17 dollari. E […] si arriva anche a superare i 22 dollari per un doppio cheeseburger. Fra bibite mance – obbligatorie e fisse a non meno del 15% - servizi extra, tasse locali, il conto a testa può sforare i 30 dollari. […] i prezzi dei menù in un anno sono cresciuti del 5,6%. Il problema però non è circoscritto alla capitale, un po' ovunque negli Stati Uniti c'è stata un'impennata di prezzi dei cheeseburger, quasi piatto nazionale e alla portata – un tempo – di tutti.
In gennaio mangiare fuori costava a una famiglia il 30% in più rispetto al 2019 secondo i dati del Dipartimento del Lavoro. La spinta ai prezzi […] che sta mettendo a soqquadro i conti dei piccoli e medi ristoratori (e di riflesso delle famiglie) è il costo del lavoro. Secondo uno studio di Vistage Worldwide il 59% degli imprenditori del food ritiene che a incidere sull'inflazione sia il costo dei dipendenti. Diverse le ragioni: dalla carenza di personale, alle spinte dei sindacati sino all'entrata in vigore il primo gennaio di nuovi minimi salariali in 22 Stati. In Colorado per esempio la paga oraria è 18,29 dollari.
Camerieri e baristi costano, in alcuni casi, sino al 30% in più e per moltissimi proprietari l'alternativa alla chiusura è stata ridurre il personale, affidare più mansioni ai dipendenti o fare dei tagli. […]
Il Wall Street Journal ha raccontato di un locale a Concord, in New Hampshire, che per cercare di rientrare nel budget ha cancellato l'abbonamento alla tv via cavo, cambiato marca di ketchup e ridotto al minimo i servizi di consegna a domicilio. Ogni piatto infatti da delivery grava un dollaro per il confezionamento. […]
Due anni fa in California i sindacati dei lavoratori dei fast food ottennero di portare il salario minimo a 20 dollari, contro i poco più di 16 del 2022. La lobby dei padroni – da McDonald's a Chipotle – si oppose e avvisò il governatore Gavin Newsom: qualcuno dovrà pagare l'aumento del costo del denaro. Ovvero i consumatori.
Se gli americani pagano il conto, il prezzo politico rischia di ricadere sulla Casa Bianca che da due anni è alle prese con il carovita. L'inflazione, dai picchi di giugno 2022 (9,1%), ha segnato una progressiva diminuzione. Ma in gennaio i prezzi al consumo sono aumentati del 3,1% su base annua, raffreddando l'ottimismo di chi intravvedeva già la luce in fondo al tunnel e un'inflazione attorno al 2% nei prossimi mesi. L'economia è, insieme all'immigrazione, il tema cardine delle presidenziali.
E una spina nel fianco di Biden insieme, oggi, al sostegno a Israele nel conflitto a Gaza. Secondo un sondaggio diffuso domenica dal Wall Street Journal il numero di statunitensi che considera migliorata la propria situazione finanziaria è aumentato, tuttavia questo non è traslato in sondaggi più positivi per Biden nella sfida contro Trump. […]

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https://www.ilpost.it/2024/03/06/sar...i-lgbt-uganda/

Gli Stati Uniti hanno negato il visto alla deputata ugandese Sarah Achieng Opendi, che aveva chiesto la castrazione delle persone omosessuali durante un dibattito sulla durissima legge contro le persone LGBTQ+ approvata dall’Uganda a marzo del 2023. Opendi, che è presidente dell’Associazione parlamentare femminile dell’Uganda, doveva andare a New York la settimana prossima per una riunione della Commissione delle Nazioni Unite sullo status delle donne, alla quale ora non potrà partecipare. Opendi sostiene di sapere di alcuni parlamentari ugandesi che hanno ottenuto il visto pur avendo sostenuto la legge, ma un portavoce del dipartimento di Stato statunitense ha detto di non poter discutere pubblicamente come vengono prese le decisioni riguardo al rilascio dei visti.

In seguito all’approvazione della legge da parte dell’Uganda, gli Stati Uniti avevano imposto restrizioni sull’ingresso nel paese di centinaia di parlamentari e funzionari ugandesi e a membri delle loro famiglie, inclusa la speaker del parlamento Anita Among. La legge è considerata una delle più punitive del suo genere: prevede l’ergastolo per chiunque abbia rapporti sessuali con persone dello stesso sesso, fino a 10 anni di carcere per chi prova ad avere rapporti omosessuali, e la pena di morte per chiunque sia condannato per “omosessualità aggravata”, termine con cui la legge definisce i rapporti omosessuali con minori di 18 anni, persone disabili, avuti minacciando l’altra persona o mentre l’altra persona era incosciente. Prevede inoltre fino a 20 anni di carcere per chiunque “promuova l’omosessualità”, un termine molto vago che secondo gli attivisti sarà usato per prendere di mira le organizzazioni che sostengono la comunità LGBTQ+ o pubblicano materiali informativi sul tema. La prima incriminazione sotto questa nuova legge è arrivata ad agosto del 2023.

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Chi sapra costruire questi sistemi sara in grado di dettare l'agenda del mondo.....

https://abc7chicago.com/argonne-nati...ting/14496197/

Aurora at Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont on track to be world's fastest supercomputer
Aurora capable of computing 2 billion billion calculations per second


LEMONT, Ill. (WLS) -- This is what scientists at Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont call a node: six huge graphics processors and two large CPUs cooled with water to make major calculations a cinch.

Argonne's new supercomputer doesn't just have one node, 10 or 100, instead it has 10,000 of them. Each single rack of nodes weighs eight tons and are cooled by thousands of gallons of water.

Its computing power equals 2 exaflops, or 2 billion-billion calculations per second.

"That is, if every person on the planet was doing math 24/7, 365 days a year for just a little over a year, is what Aurora can do in one second," explained Michael Papka, the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility Director.

Aurora is the massive new supercomputer that's housed by Argonne, just 30 minutes away from the city. Costing hundreds of millions of dollars, it aims to accelerate advancements across an array of scientific research, creating complex climate models, cracking cosmic conundrums and contributing to cures for chronic conditions. In other words, it has the potential to change the course of American science.

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