Month: August 2024

Trump Is Suddenly Running Scared  The Atlanticsource

“I Love My Black Job”: Simone Biles Seemingly Takes Swipe At Donald Trump After Olympic Triumph  Deadlinesource

Harris campaign rakes in $310M in July, far outpacing Trump  POLITICOsource

Democrats underestimate Trump, retired US general Wesley Clark warns  The Guardian USsource

Trump Cites Opportunity Zones as a Triumph. Their Success Is Middling.  The New York Timessource

Opinion | The Christian Case Against Trump  The New York Timessource

White House national security communications adviser John Kirby hit back at former President Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), for making claims that Trump deserved credit for Thursday’s prisoner swap between Russia and the U.S., which included the freeing of Paul Whelan and Evan Gershkovich.  “There’s absolutely zero evidence at all that…
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The National Association of Black Journalists Made the Whitest Decision Possible  The Nationsource

Trump and allies unleash attacks on Harris’s gender and racial identity  The Washington Postsource

During the early proceedings of the Republican National Convention, the immense video screens flanking the stage flashed the iconic shot of construction workers framing a new home.   It’s an image that carries with it a number of positive emotions — family, community, good jobs and the pursuit of the American dream.    It suggested, for a…
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Harris raised a massive $310 million in July, as she looks to reset November’s race against Trump  The Associated Presssource

Charlamagne tha God does said the media should not focus on former President Trump’s comments racial attacks on Vice President Harris, which he called a distraction from more pressing conversations about important issues. “I don’t give a damn about any of this, and neither should you like nobody in the media should care,” he told…
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Former United Nations Ambassador John Bolton said he thinks the deal to swap U.S. and Russian prisoners set “a bad precedent” but does not believe the deal was tied to the presidential election, like some Republicans, including vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), have claimed.   The historic prisoner swap resulted in three Americans being…
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Someone recently posted on X: “Trump’s Agenda is whatever the last adviser or billionaire told him to do…”   Like so many attacks launched against the former president, it is not accurate. There are at least 10 core beliefs that have inspired candidate and President Donald Trump since he first considered running for the Oval…
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) said Thursday he believes former President Trump is “bewildered” by Vice President Harris and the excitement she has generated among Democrats. “Kamala Harris is the perfect person at this moment,” Pritzker said on MSNBC’s “The Beat” to anchor Ari Melber. “We’ve got the kind of palpable excitement, the energy, that…
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What comes next after Trump’s Project 2025-bashing tour  NBC Newssource

Election 2024 Latest: Trump on defense after race comments and Vance’s rough launch  The Associated Presssource

Five takeaways by a longtime NABJ member from Trump’s appearance before Black journalists  NPRsource

Trump’s comments on Jewish Democrats, second gentleman Doug Emhoff spark criticism  ABC Newssource

Justice Dept. Watchdog Criticizes Barr for ‘Chaotic’ Response to Protesters in 2020  The New York Timessource

Black journalists were right about Trump. NABJ ignored them | Shamira Ibrahim  The Guardian USsource

Trump’s big cryptocurrency bet  CBS Newssource

I met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu three times last week. After seven days of reflection on those encounters and the 300-day marker of the Oct. 7 massacre, there is a strong feeling I just can’t shake. The first of several meetings was a deeply personal encounter I cannot easily forget. The prime minister invited American hostage…
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Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy was not sure “where [Trump] was going” in his interview with the National Association of Black Journalists, but by the end of former President Trump’s interview, he believed the combative interview highlighted “great things” about the former president.  “Well, at first, I don’t know where you’re going, but when you sit and look…
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Fallout over Trump’s race comments grows  The Hillsource