Month: August 2024

“This is what undermining democracy is about. This is what fascism is about,” the Vermont senator said of Trump’s lies about Kamala Harris’ crowd sizes.

Analysis | Trump’s laundry list of increasingly bizarre claims  The Washington Postsource

Kevin McCarthy says Trump needs to stop questioning Harris’s crowd sizes | US elections 2024  The Guardian USsource

President Biden suggested Tuesday that he would attend former President Trump’s inauguration if he wins in November, taking a jab at his predecessor’s manners. When asked if he would attend a January 2025 swearing-in, Biden replied, “I have good manners, not like him.” Trump did not attend Biden’s inauguration in January 2021 after the president…
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Musk Tees Up Softball Questions for Trump on X, After Technical Problems  The New York Timessource

One of the lines of attack against Vice President Kamala Harris in her presidential candidacy is that she is soft on crime and as president will pursue a “woke,” or unduly progressive, criminal justice agenda.   Is there any basis for that accusation?  Let’s consider the facts. Harris served nearly 15 years as a prosecutor in…
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Former White House national security adviser John Bolton disputed former President Trump’s account of a conversation he allegedly had with Russian President Vladimir Putin prior to Russia invading Ukraine more than two years ago. In that conversation — according to Trump’s retelling of events — the former president warned the Russian leader of the consequences…
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August 12, 2024, presidential campaign news | CNN Politics  CNNsource

Could Trump Still Be Indicted In Arizona? Prosecutors Refused To Bring Charges Before—But There’s Still Time  Forbessource

Lengthy glitch disrupts Elon Musk’s “conversation” with Trump  Axiossource

Never mind Trump’s new rhetoric — he’s still gunning for EVs  POLITICOsource

Playbook: What Musk revealed about Trump  POLITICOsource

Elon Musk Says Cyberattack Shut Down Donald Trump X Interview  Newsweeksource

Attorney representing Isaac Hayes’ family says Trump has until Friday to pay $3 million  Action News 5source

In retrospect, maybe all those Trump flags were not such a good idea  The Baltimore Bannersource

Russian disinformation is catnip in the world of Donald Trump’s supporters. The latest example are falsehoods spread by a discredited Russian-run boxing association that were seized on by conservatives to wrongly accuse a woman boxer in the Paris Olympics of being a man. In an opening bout of the women’s boxing competition, Imane Khelif, an…
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News outlets were leaked insider material from the Trump campaign. They chose not to print it  The Associated Presssource

Sarah Matthews, former spokesperson to ex-President Trump, on Monday said the GOP presidential nominee is embracing false theories about his political opponent because he’s getting “desperate” as Vice President Harris’s campaign benefits from a boost in voter enthusiasm. “I think that he feels this election slipping away from him, and that’s where you’re beginning to…
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During a rambling conversation with Elon Musk, Donald Trump recounted an apparent exchange as the Russian president set his sights on Ukraine.

Trump, Musk Hit With UAW Labor Charge Over Streaming Interview  Bloomberg Lawsource

<!– {beacon}  View Online  12:30 REPORT It’s Tuesday. I don’t know about you, but I’m soaking up all the low humidity we can get in Washington this week. ⛅ Here’s what’s happening today: The Harris campaign is seizing on Trump’s recent interview with Elon Musk. Tonight’s Minnesota primary could put another House “squad” member on defense. Iran is pushing back…
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Election 2024: Trump holds a rally-like event on X with Elon Musk after tech delays  NBC Newssource

Elon Musk hosts friendly chat with Donald Trump on X after tech delays  BBC.comsource

Comedian Jon Stewart said on “The Daily Show” Monday that former President Trump was “workshopping nicknames” for President Biden over the weekend. “I don’t think Trump has got it in him to go after [Vice President] Kamala Harris,” Stewart said. “He’s been fighting Joe Biden for six years. It’s all he knows. He misses the…
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Kamala Harris would debate Donald Trump in Grand Rapids on this condition, campaign says  MLive.comsource