The Great America Show - September 30, 2024


Mid-Day Update： September 30, 2024


Episode Stats


Length

3 minutes

Words per minute

133.38358

Word count

413

Sentence count

28

Harmful content

Misogyny

1

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Summary

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Netflix facing backlash after supporting Kamala Harris. Senate Republicans pour millions of dollars into blue state Senate races. Verizon outage leaves millions of users without cell service nationwide and the company has yet to issue a formal statement on the problem.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 Hello everybody, I'm John Fossett with this Great America Show midday update for Monday, September 30th.
00:00:05.660 Senate Republicans pouring millions of dollars into deep blue state Senate races
00:00:10.040 where Republicans are looking to pull ahead or even.
00:00:14.220 Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC closely aligned with Mitch McConnell,
00:00:17.900 announcing they will pour almost $68 million into three Senate races against Democrat incumbents.
00:00:24.560 The group will reportedly spend $28 million in Pennsylvania, $17 million in Wisconsin,
00:00:28.900 and just over $22 million in Michigan, three states also prioritized by Donald Trump's campaign.
00:00:35.360 Over in Pennsylvania, Republican Dave McCormick and Senator Bob Casey, the incumbent Democrat,
00:00:40.420 are in a virtual tie. In Wisconsin, where Trump and Harris are virtually tied,
00:00:44.600 Republican Eric Hudvey has pulled within four points of Senator Tammy Baldwin, the Democrat incumbent.
00:00:50.740 And over in Michigan, former Congressman Mike Rogers continues to close the gap
00:00:55.160 with Congresswoman Elise Slotkin, who's running for that seat, that Senate seat, over in Michigan. 1.00
00:01:01.160 Trump is tied or leading in all three battleground states.
00:01:04.240 He won the trio in 2016 before Biden allegedly captured them in 2020.
00:01:09.720 Netflix facing backlash after supporting Kamala Harris.
00:01:13.620 Netflix cancellations have reportedly spiked after the streaming platform CEO,
00:01:17.500 Reed Hastings, announced he'll donate millions of dollars to Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign.
00:01:22.960 Netflix's rate of cancellations has nearly tripled in the United States after the CEO decided to make that decision.
00:01:30.760 And a massive Verizon outage is leaving millions of users without service nationwide.
00:01:35.760 Verizon customers were left without cell service on Monday as one of the nation's largest telecom networks went dark.
00:01:41.700 Verizon Communications experienced a massive outage causing significant disruptions in major cities across the country.
00:01:47.080 According to DownDetector, a platform that tracks outages throughout user-submitted reports,
00:01:52.960 over 100,000 incidents of service disruptions were reported.
00:01:57.240 Outage has affected major cities such as Chicago, Phoenix, Denver, Indianapolis, Seattle, Omaha, Minneapolis, Cincinnati, St. Louis, and Los Angeles.
00:02:08.420 Verizon's failure to quickly address the issue has only added to the frustration.
00:02:12.160 Despite the nationwide chaos, the company has yet to release a formal public statement.
00:02:17.600 Go figure.
00:02:18.600 Please join us for today's episode of The Great American Show.
00:02:21.620 We're joined by founder of the Gateway Pundit, Jim Hoft.
00:02:25.020 A great discussion you will not want to miss.
00:02:27.580 Be sure to follow me on Twitter at JohnFawcettNY and on Truth Social at John Fawcett.
00:02:32.640 I'm John Fawcett with this midday update.
00:02:34.900 Have a great day, folks.
00:02:35.800 Have a great day, folks.