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US, Japan agree trade deal, lowering threatened Trump tariff to 15%

WASHINGTON/TOKYO — The U.S. and Japan have agreed to a trade deal that would bring down both auto…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #15 #agree #deal #Japan #lowering #Tariff #threatened #Trade #Trump #UnitedStates #Us #USA
https://www.newsbeep.com/14434/

1) Speaking of #lowering the #costs of #healthcare in #Switzerland.
My insurance has just sent me a #reminder of #payment. The invoice was dated 2nd September 2024. I paid on 27th September 2024, as usual after getting the #salary.
Their check, dated 9th October, seems to find out that I did not pay (I have an automatic payment setup).
Long story short: is this a #legal #practice? Hadn't I checked, I would have made an extra payment. They sent me an invoice on their website AND a #paper #letter

Republicans break with Trump, back Fed ahead of rate cut

The Republican candidate said #lowering #borrowing #costs is

“something that they know they shouldn’t be doing”
before November’s elections.

-- GOP lawmakers disagree

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/11/republicans-defy-trump-fed-rate-cut-00178758

Republican calls to "reform" #Social #Security got fresh attention when the House Republican Study Committee (RSC), which includes more than 170 GOP lawmakers, released a #budget #plan this week calling for “modest adjustments to the retirement age for future retirees to account for increases in life expectancy.”

Advocates of #raising the Social Security #retirement #age in the past have proposed raising it from 67 to 69, though the RSC budget did not cite specific numbers.

The RSC budget also called for #lowering #benefits for the highest-earning beneficiaries, an idea proponents call “means testing.”

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4548486-gop-faces-internal-battle-over-raising-age-for-social-security/

Had a mad few days but managed to have a really productive weekend a friend allowed me to use his lift in the garage and I got the Tein springs on the little GR Yaris, love how much of a difference they have made from just a small drop.

The ride is just as comfortable and it now looks a lot better, got a few more items on the list to check off yet but very happy currently ☺️

#yaris #gryaris #yarisgr #gr #gazooracing #teinsprings #lowering #car #toyota #toyotauk #homologation

Tennessee is seriously lax on guns -- And Why is That?

Nearly 1,400 people #die each year in Tennessee by #guns, making it the 10th highest rate in the nation.

There are few requirements for gun purchases, including **no** #background #checks or #training for handgun buyers.

The state **allows** #permitless #carry, even for #concealed #weapons, for anyone over 21, and there are **no** #red #flag #laws to keep weapons out of the hands of dangerous individuals.

Last year, Republicans moved in the **opposite direction** from gun safety, with proposed bills #lowering the handgun purchase and carry age to 18 and #allowing the most dangerous guns, including #AR-15s, to be carried in public.

This was the environment in which the #mass #school #shooting occurred, and which has driven Tennessee students to take to the streets and to #protest at the Capitol.

**Gerrymandered** to the hilt

The Tennessee state House has 99 seats, with the state broken up by maps drawn by the Republican legislative supermajority.

The maps are designed to dilute Democratic representation, both in the state and in its Congressional delegation, something that the #Voting #Rights #Act and the U.S. #Constitution **used to protect against**, before the #Supreme #Court began #gutting voting rights, beginning with its #Shelby #County decision knocking out federal preauthorization for new maps.