Explore Key Topics of the 2024 Election
We’ve gathered reporting from mainstream news outlets on the key election topics.
The source for each news clip is provided so you can explore it further.
Fighting Inflation: VP Harris makes the tie-breaking vote to pass he Inflation Reduction Act which also combats climate change, addresses health care costs and raises taxes on large corporations. CNN bit.ly/3z6Hpw
Economy: Harris speaks out on lowering costs for homeowners, Source: ABC, Feb 20, 2022 https://bit.ly/3XvBNFD
Healthcare: Harris announces Medicare drug price cuts. Source: ABC News.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8nDId9GS2s
Immigration: Vice President Harris addresses immigration and border control. Source: FOX 5 News, July 30, 202https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-0O6MXkLREhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-0O6MXkLRE
Inflation: Vice President Harris Delivers Crucial Economic Policy Speech In Raleigh, North Carolina. Source: Forbes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeqlvlCJ2Mw&t=2478s
Housing: What are Harris's economic and housing plans? Here's a breakdown of what to expect. Source: MSNBC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl892urZD3A
Home Ownership: Reporter Asks Kamala Harris Point Blank How She'll Pay For Economic Policy Proposals In PA Source: Forbes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSeCUOJYrHc
Gun Laws: Tim Walz's stance on guns laws, according to Kamala Harris Source: FOX 5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl9x_kkVP0Q
Reproductive Rights: Kamala Harris Remarks on Religion vs. Reproductive Rights Source https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uiOwyrYhZ5I
Environment: Kamala Harris Announces $500M federal plan to protect communities from climate change impacts (CBS MIAMI) Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxH4sAOFkPA
Border Crime: Harris Leads Arrest of 101 Gang Criminals. As AG Harris leads 16 local, state, and federal agencies to dismantle 2 gangs operating across 5 California counties. Jun 8, 2011. Source: NBC bit.ly/3Xm0a90
Education: The Biden/Harris administration makes a $120 billion investment in public education, the largest ever, to rebuild after Covid. Jul, 2022. National Education Administration bit.ly/3AYXYv5
Gun Violence: As Senter, Harris outlines clear plans to curb gun violence if elected president. CBS News, Apr 23, 2019. bit.ly/3ZaHomi
Criminal Justice: Harris calls for a justice system that treats all people with dignityPhiladelphia, PA, 2021. The Hill bit.ly/3TbAsRO
Mental Health: Harris supports reparations in the form of mental health care. After 200 years of slavery, 100 years of Jim Crow, and ongoing cultural segregation Harris calls for mental health initiatives to address undiagnosed and untreated trauma, Source: Newsweek, Jul, 25, 2024 bit.ly/3XvBN
Larger Forces
Elections occur within a larger national context. Here are themes we learned about that we want to share.
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40 years of trickle-down economic theory has worked for a few, but not many. Instead, Middle-Out Economics focuses on the middle class, using economic policies to grow the economy from the bottom up and the middle out. First introduced by The World Bank and International Monetary Fund, the term was popularized by President Obama in 2012.
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What is Project 2025?
Project 2025's full title is '2025: The Presidential Transition Project' It proposes that the entire federal system, including independent agencies such as the Department of Justice, be placed under direct of control of the resident.
The plan also calls for eliminating protections for thousands of government employees, who could then be replaced by political appointees.
'Project 2025: The Presidential Transition Project' proposes:
Abolishing the Department of Education
Abolishing the Federal Reserve Banking System
Using taxpayer dollars to fund private religious schools
Rounding up and mass deportation of illegal immigrants
Dismantling the Department of Homeland Security to create a new border policing operation
Increased Arctic drilling
Ending abortion rights CNN Jul, 11, 2024 bit.ly/3XjMVEC
"Stoping the war" on oil and natural gas and end federal funding to research renewable energy
Minimize corporate and income taxes and consider a return to gold-backed currency
The department of Health and Human Services would "maintain a biblically based definition of marriage and family"
Several Trump staff are authors of the plan, such as Paul Dans, Chief of Staff at the Office of Personnel Management, former Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts, and Russell Vought, Director of Management and Budget. The plan is published by the conservative think-tank, The Heritage Foundation. Source: BBC, Aug, 16, 2024 bit.ly/4gcOAnM
Read 'Project 2025 – The Presidential Transition Project' here.
The Heritage wrote a similar document when Trump won the presidency in 2016.
A year into that term, Thrump had adopted nearly two-thirds of its proposals. bit.ly/4gcOAnM
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