The Daily Moth 11-1-19
[Transcript] Hello, welcome to The Daily Moth! It is Friday, November 1. Ready for news?
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President Trump makes Florida his primary residence
President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump filed paperwork to officially change their primary residence from New York City to Palm Beach, Florida.
Trump tweeted that New York’s political leaders treated him “very badly” even though he paid millions in dollars in city, state, and local taxes.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) tweeted “Good riddance” and said he never paid taxes in the state. He said “He’s all yours, Florida.”
The New York Times said a source said the move was mainly for tax purposes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/31/us/politics/trump-new-york-florida-primary-residence.html
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren releases plan to pay for “Medicare for All”
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, one of the top Democratic candidates running for president, released a plan to pay for “Medicare for All.”
It would require $20.5 trillion in new federal spending over 10 years for a total of $52 trillion over the next 10 years. The system is aimed to cover every American’s healthcare needs with no payments at all.
Warren said the money would come from normal federal government, state government, and employer contributions to Medicare, but with the new plan, employers would no longer make payments towards private insurance companies and instead send their money to the federal government for Medicare.
Axios explained in an article that the other funds would come from enforcement on tax fraud and evasion, new taxes on on the financial sector, large corporations, and the top 1% of earners.
Warren said not one penny would be increased in middle-class tax payments, that individuals would pay nothing. She said the $11 trillion that would be spent out-of-pocket on health care over the next 10 years would go back in the pockets of American families.
Former Vice-President Joe Biden said it was impossible to pay for Medicare for All without middle class tax increases and that Warren is hiding this simple truth.
It will be up to Warren to sell this idea to the American voters as time comes nearer and nearer to the first nominating contest, which is the the February 3 Iowa caucuses.
A New York Times poll of voters had Warren leading the Democratic field with 22% of respondents saying she was their first choice. Bernie Sanders was second with 19%, Pete Buttigieg had 18%, and Biden has 17%.
https://www.axios.co/elizabeth-warren-medicare-for-all-plan-66bb1f85-bef2-40d7-905b-66aba8b2c381.html
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/warrens-52t-medicare-for-all-plan-revealed-campaign-still-claims-no-middle-class-tax-hikes-needed
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128k jobs added in October
The U.S. economy added 128,000 jobs in October, despite 46,000 jobs not being counted because of the General Motors strike. The strike has ended and the jobs will count in November.
The unemployment rate is 3.6%, which is almost the lowest number in 50 years.
The unemployment rate for African Americans is at a record low of 5.4%.
This continues a streak of job growth that has lasted since the middle of 2010.
A CNBC analyst said the October report is another sign that the economy is still strong.
https://www.axios.com/october-jobs-report-unemployment-c8e733ad-8e21-42c1-9863-accefc280120.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/01/jobs-report-october-2019.html
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Deaf man’s account of Easy Fire in Simi Valley
Kenichi Wright, a Deaf man who lives in Southern California, was able to film and describe what it was like in Simi Valley with the Easy Fire wildfire burning.
[Video]
Thank you, Kenichi, for the videos. We can see that the winds were blowing very strong, which is what is fueling the spread of the flames.
CBS News reported that the Easy Fire is now 10% contained and that it’s burned over 1,700 acres. About 30,000 people were evacuated.
There is a new wildfire that started last night, named the Maria Fire. It is north of Los Angeles and it’s already burned over 8,000 acres.
There is another fire in San Bernardino called the Hillside Fire. It’s destroyed at least six homes.
There was a fire in Riverside County called the 46 Fire that started after a crashed stolen car ignited a fire in a field.
The Kincade Fire in Northern California has burned over 76 thousand acres but is now 60% contained.
Scientists predict that wildfires will become more frequent and become worse in the future because of the effects of climate change.
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-news/fire-in-california-latest-easy-getty-kincade-fires-evacuations-today-live-updates-2019-10-31/
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His nose is nearly gone! #deafbing
Jade: I have a deaf bing for you
Darcy: see my nose... I was signing and touching my face now my nose makeup is gone
Jade: he forgot he had makeup on his face. deaf bing: touch your face
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