Month: July 2024

New Poll Shows Harris With 5–Point Lead Over Trump in Oregon  Willamette Weeksource

Project 2025’s director steps down, but the think tank says work will go on  NPRsource

Opinion | Donald Trump and the major split among Black journalists  Poyntersource

In late June, the Louisiana state legislature passed a law requiring all classrooms to display the Ten Commandments. Not to be outdone, Oklahoma’s elected state superintendent of public schools, Republican Ryan Walters, issued a directive requiring that states “incorporate the Bible, including the Ten Commandments, as an instructional support into the curriculum” across grades 5 through 12. Christian conservatives such…
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Juan Williams is giving new eyes to a project that he first started more than 30 years ago, penning a book on what he describes as the growth of a 21st century civil rights movement. “New Prize for These Eyes: The Rise of America’s Second Civil Rights Movement” will be released in January, publisher Simon &…
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The Latest: Project 2025’s director steps down and Trump says Harris ‘doesn’t like Jewish people’  ABC Newssource

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) went after former President Trump and other Republicans on the topic of the border Wednesday, stating “they don’t actually wanna solve this problem, they just wanna talk about it.” Kelly, a potential vice presidential pick for likely Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris, criticized Republicans for submarining an emerging border deal earlier…
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) appeared to challenge Sen. JD Vance’s (R-Ohio) shooting skills, saying that the vice presidential hopeful cannot hunt pheasants like he can. “That’s what JD Vance’s stick is, talking about guns. I guarantee you he can’t shoot pheasants like I can,” Walz said Tuesday on “Anderson Cooper 360°.” “And that’s a…
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Former President Donald Trump set to speak at NABJ convention in Chicago  WLS-TVsource

There are many factors that individual voters will take into this consideration this November before casting their ballots for president. Israel. China. Ukraine. School choice. Abortion. Government services. Worker protections. Age. Personality. The list goes on. We all have our priorities. But if you’re a small-business owner like me, the amount that you pay in…
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Vice President Harris leads former President Trump by four points in New Hampshire, according to a poll published Wednesday, marking the latest sign of good news for Harris since she became the likely Democratic presidential nominee. The Emerson College polling/WHDH survey of New Hampshire voters found 50 percent said they support Harris, while 46 percent…
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Channel 4 to Air ‘Trump v Harris: The Battle for America,’ Fast-Turnaround Doc on U.S. Election  Hollywood Reportersource

LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and television personality Mark Cuban are leading a group of more than 100 venture capitalists backing Vice President Harris, a strong show of support amid concerns that former President Trump is making inroads in Silicon Valley.  “We spend our days looking for, investing in and supporting entrepreneurs who are building the…
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Trump says Vance’s ‘childless cat ladies’ comments reflect love of family  Reuterssource

Donald Trump and JD Vance to campaign together in Atlanta on Saturday   The Atlanta Journal Constitutionsource

Acting Secret Service director says he’s ‘ashamed’ after the Trump assassination attempt  WCVB Bostonsource

Harris holds raucous rally in Atlanta as she and Trump battle for Georgia  The Washington Postsource

Former President Trump hit back at Vice President Harris’s campaign for attempting to paint his campaign with Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) as “weird,” instead insisting it is the other way around. The Harris campaign’s strategy focuses on statements and controversial remarks made by the GOP nominee and his running mate, including Trump’s remarks on Hannibal…
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After years spent successfully defining their Democratic opponents in the popular consciousness, Donald Trump and his Republican Party are used to winning the political messaging wars. But it took less than a week for newly minted vice presidential candidate JD Vance to unravel the GOP’s messaging dominance.  Trump’s new yes-man drew groans from political insiders…
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Trump remains the favorite in 2024 presidential race despite Harris’ rise: Nate Silver  New York Post source

A speaking invitation to Donald Trump splits the most prominent American group for Black journalists  The Associated Presssource

Senators grill new Secret Service chief at Trump assassination attempt hearing  CBS Newssource

Democratic strategist James Carville suggested Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) will be fending off criticism over his “childless at ladies” remarks for a long time as Democrats slam the vice presidential candidate’s abortion and reproductive views. “JD Vance is for something called menstrual surveillance. How much weirder can you get than that?” Carville said Tuesday on…
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Trump urges supporters to ‘go after’ Meta, Google over alleged assassination attempt censorship  New York Post source

Harris wipes out Trump’s lead in US national and battleground state polls  Al Jazeera Englishsource