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Verizon's network down for thousands of users, Downdetector shows
Source: CNBC
Verizon Communications’ network was down for thousands of users on Monday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com.
There were more than 100,000 incidents of people reporting issues with the telecom operator’s services, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources, including user-submitted errors on its platform.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/30/verizons-network-down-for-thousands-of-users-downdetector-shows.html?&qsearchterm=Verizon
ABC7
As of 10:30 a.m. ET, nearly 55,000 Verizon customers reported an issue with phone service.
Users on X, formerly known as Twitter, expressed issues to Verizon Support. Many users reported having the SOS setting on their phones.
"We are aware of an issue impacting service for some customers," Ilya Hemlin, a representative for the company, said. "Our engineers are engaged and we are working quickly to identify and solve the issue."
The cause is not yet known.
https://www.abc-7.com/article/verizon-outage-reported-september-30-2024/62446749
Latest Harris vs. Trump poll: One candidate has the edge across 6 swing states
Source: NJ.com
By
Lauren Sforza | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
One candidate in the 2024 presidential race has the edge when it comes to six battleground states that could determine the election.
A new Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll, released Thursday, found Vice President Harris narrowly leading former President Trump in the swing states of Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and North Carolina. She is tied with Trump in the battleground state of Georgia.
Harris’s biggest lead is in Nevada, where she has a 7-point lead over the former president with 52 percent of support compared to 45 percent of support.
Her second largest lead is in Pennsylvania, which is seen as a must-win state for Democrats. She leads Trump by 5 points in the state with 51 percent of support. Her support echoes other recent Pennsylvania polls that found Harris leading in the state.
Read more: https://www.nj.com/politics/2024/09/latest-harris-vs-trump-poll-one-candidate-has-the-edge-across-6-swing-states.html
Found: my Harris-Walz bumper magnet from my car
A family member confessed that they removed the magnet because they were paranoid about a truck that had been tailgating them. The magnet was still in the car.
At least it wasn't stolen.
In Late Push To Help Trump, Nebraska GOP Might Take An Electoral Vote Away From Kamala Harris
HuffPost
By Paul Blumenthal and Arthur Delaney
Sep 20, 2024, 01:28 PM EDT
With less than seven weeks to go until Election Day, Nebraska Republicans are considering passing a law to change how the state distributes its electoral votes in a bid to deny Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris any vote from the state.
Nebraska is one of two states, along with Maine, that does not allocate all of its electoral votes to the overall winner of the state. Instead, it provides two electoral votes for the statewide winner and then one vote for each of its three congressional districts.
The state’s 2nd Congressional District, centered on Omaha and its suburbs, has swung toward Democrats since former President Donald Trump was elected in 2016. Trump only narrowly won the district after GOP nominee Mitt Romney won it comfortably in 2012. In 2020, President Joe Biden won the district and its one electoral vote by 6.5%. The most recent polling of the district shows Harris with a similar lead to Biden’s 2020 margin.
The push to change Nebraska’s electoral vote allocation is being led by GOP Gov. Jim Pillen and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.). Graham flew to the state to lobby state lawmakers at the governor’s mansion on Wednesday, and Trump himself reportedly called into their meeting to urge the switch.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nebraska-electoral-votes-kamala-harris_n_66eda868e4b016b76ff7a149
McIver wins special election to replace late N.J. congressman in Democratic stronghold
Source: NJ.com
By Jelani Gibson | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Former Newark city council president LaMonica McIver on Wednesday secured a landslide victory in New Jersey’s 10th congressional district — a Democratic stronghold — in a special election to replace the late Rep. Donald Payne Jr. in the U.S. House of Representatives.
McIver, 38, defeated Republican businessman Carmen Bucco to succeed Payne, a fellow Democrat who had held the seat for 12 years when he died in April. The race was called by The Associated Press shortly after the polls closed at 8 p.m. as McIver got more than 80% of the vote.
The special election was for the remainder of Payne’s term, which ends Jan. 3. It’s unclear when McIver will be sworn in.
The same two candidates will face off again in November to see who will hold the seat for the full two-year term that begins in January.
Read more: https://www.nj.com/politics/2024/09/mciver-wins-special-election-to-replace-late-nj-congressman-in-democratic-stronghold.html
Harris-Trump latest presidential poll: More 'intelligent' candidate takes lead in crucial swing state
Source: NJ.com
By Lauren Sforza | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Vice President Harris is leading former President Trump in the must-win state of Pennsylvania, a new presidential poll found.
The New York Times/The Philadelphia Inquirer/Siena College poll found Harris with a 4-point lead over the former president in Pennsylvania. She clinched 50 percent of support in the state while Trump trails with 46 percent, according to the poll.
The poll found that Pennsylvania voters were 18 percentage points more likely to say “intelligent” described Harris “well” compared to the former president. Seventy-six percent of voters state-wide said “intelligent” described Harris “well” while 58 percent said the same of Trump.
The poll is a must-win state for Democrats as it holds 19 electoral votes. Democrats have carried the state in seven of the last eight presidential elections, only losing the state in 2016 to Trump.
Read more: https://www.nj.com/politics/2024/09/harris-trump-latest-presidential-poll-more-intelligent-candidate-takes-lead-in-crucial-swing-state.html
Harris-Trump new exclusive presidential polls: Who's winning Pennsylvania -- the most important state?
By Kevin Manahan | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Given the recent polls and the collapse of the lead he once held over President Joe Biden, any path Donald Trump has to the White House must go through Pennsylvania — generally acknowledged as the most important swing state. Pennsylvania’s 19 electoral votes are the most among the seven top swing states.
And in a series of new polls conducted by USA TODAY and Suffolk University, the state appears to be turning hard toward Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris, who leads Trump — not only in the state but in two of Pennsylvania’s key counties, according to three exclusive polls taken after last week’s debate.
With seven weeks until Election Day, Harris leads Trump, the Republican nominee, 49%-46%, in Pennsylvania, a statewide poll of 500 likely Pennsylvania voters conducted from Wednesday to Sunday found.
The results are within the poll’s margin of error of 4.4 percentage points, but represent a bigger margin than President Joe Biden enjoyed when he won the state in 2020 by 1.5 points, or Trump, who carried the state by less than 1 percentage point over Hillary Clinton in 2016.
https://www.nj.com/politics/2024/09/harris-trump-latest-presidential-polls-whos-winning-pennsylvania-the-single-most-important-state.html
Trump is a threat to democracy. That's not rhetoric, it's verifiable fact Editorial
By Star-Ledger Editorial Board
NJ.com
The notion that Americans should dial down their incendiary rhetoric is undeniable, but that message cannot be delivered credibly by the person who literally sent a mob to the US Capitol, and then sat back and cheered the thugs who assaulted cops for three hours.
The plea to ease up on hate speech cannot be made by the guy who invented a patois of political violence, who prods supporters to assault hecklers, threatens to shoot undocumented immigrants and looters, jeers the husband of a rival who was assaulted with a hammer, and refers to opposition as “vermin.”
And the idea that the toxic talk has gone too far sounds hollow coming from a demagogue who thinks Hillary Clinton’s fate might best be settled by “Second Amendment people,” that Liz Cheney should be sent before a military tribunal, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Mark Milley, should be executed.
This is the political atmosphere that Donald Trump has nurtured, so when he whines about how “the rhetoric of Biden and Harris” has inspired two troubled people (both likely Republicans) to shoot at him with assault rifles, it can be dismissed as one of the most pitiful attempts at gaslighting from a deranged felon who has made a career of it.
https://www.nj.com/opinion/2024/09/stop-warnings-that-trump-is-a-threat-to-democracy-no-chance-editorial.html
Navient reaches $120 million settlement with CFPB for misleading student loan borrowers
Source: CNBC
Student loan giant Navient has reached a $120 million settlement with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau over its practices with student loan borrowers, the company tells CNBC.
The CFPB sued Navient in 2017 for misleading borrowers and providing them with bad information, causing many to pay more than they needed to.
The consumer watchdog agency also accused Navient of steering student loan borrowers into expensive forbearances, causing many to pay steep interest charges.
Additionally, CFPB alleged that Navient miscalculated borrowers’ payments and tarnished the credit reports of disabled borrowers, including severely injured veterans.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/12/navient-reaches-120-million-settlement-with-cfpb-for-misleading-student-loan-borrowers.html
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