Donald Trump has released a new $100 commemorative coin in yet another merchandise drop as he seeks cash from supporters.
The coins show Trump’s face and an image of the White House with the words “In God We Trust.” This drop comes after the former president launched golden Trump sneakers and Trump bibles earlier this year. He has also been selling several batches of NFTs and physical Trump cards.
Meanwhile, Janet Jackson spread the false claim previously peddled by Trump and others that Kamala Harris is not Black The singer made the comments in an interview with The Guardian published on Saturday.
“She’s not black,” Jackson said. “That’s what I heard. That she’s Indian.”
When the reporter pushed back, explaining Harris is both Black and Indian, Jackson held her ground and falsely claimed the vice president’s father is white.
“That’s what I was told,” Jackson said. “I mean, I haven’t watched the news in a few days. I was told that they discovered her father was white.”
Trump spread the baseless claim earlier this summer, telling the National Association of Black Journalists that Harris only recently “became a Black woman.”
Harris’s father, Donald Harris, was born and Jamaica and is Black. Her mother, Shyamala Gopalan, is Indian.
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Janet Jackson makes shocking comments about Kamala Harris’s heritage
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New court filings accuse Rep. Matt Gaetz of attending drug-fueled sex party with teen
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RFK Jr boasted over ‘nude pics’ of NY Mag reporter as her former fiancé reveals they have parted ways
700 former high-ranking national security officials endorse Harris
17:15 , Katie Hawkinson
Nearly 750 former high-ranking national security officials have endorsed Kamala Harris for president, warning against Donald Trump’s “scary authoritarian streak.”
“We do not agree on everything, but we all adhere to two fundamental principles,” the endorsement letter reads. “First, we believe America’s national security requires a serious and capable Commander-in-Chief. Second, we believe American democracy is invaluable.”
“Each generation has a responsibility to defend it,” the letter continues. “That is why we, the undersigned, proudly endorse Kamala Harris to be the next President of the United States.”
Retired Navy Rear Admiral Michael Smith told The Hill that Harris is prepared to be a “strong commander-in-chief.”
“As we’ve seen for nearly a decade, however, former President Trump has none of those qualities, and he has a scary authoritarian streak,” Smith said.
Harris surges ahead of Trump in latest national poll but swing states remain toss-up
17:01 , John Bowden
A new national poll reveals Kamala Harris taking a clear lead for the first time, another sign that the Democratic presidential candidate continues to enjoy an advantage in momentum over her opponent Donald Trump with less than 50 days until the election.
An NBC News survey, published Sunday, shows Harris up five percentage points over Trump, boosted by what appears to be formerly undecided voters who had previously indicated they supported neither the Republican candidate nor his former opponent, Joe Biden.
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Harris surges ahead of Trump in latest national poll but swing states remain toss-up
Watch: Donald Trump promises to be ‘Mr Border President’ as he holds rally in Las Vegas
16:45 , Katie Hawkinson
John Fetterman says fellow senator JD Vance has ‘reputation to say dumb things’
16:30 , Katie Hawkinson
Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman laughed off claims from JD Vance that Democratic rhetoric inspired the two assassination attempts against Donald Trump this summer.
“Who’s actually listening to what Vance says?” Fetterman told NBC News on Sunday.
“He has developed the kind of reputation to say dumb things, pointless things, and offend everybody, and he’s been picked as the most unpopular pick in history, but no one’s listening to him,” he added. “I’m certainly not.”
Last week, Vance said that the lack of assassination attempts against Kamala Harris and Joe Biden are evidence that Democratic rhetoric is fueling violence against Trump.
“No one has tried to kill Kamala Harris in the last couple of months, and two people now have tried to kill Donald Trump in the last couple of months,” Vance said at a Faith and Freedom Coalition event last Monday. “I think that’s pretty strong evidence that the left needs to tone down the rhetoric or somebody is going to get hurt.”
Trump has similarly blamed Harris for the attempts on his life: “The Rhetoric, Lies, as exemplified by the false statements made by Comrade Kamala Harris during the rigged and highly partisan ABC Debate…has taken politics in our Country to a whole new level of Hatred, Abuse, and Distrust.”
‘She’s not Black’: Janet Jackson makes shocking comments about Kamala Harris’s heritage
16:15 , Lydia Spencer-Elliott
Janet Jackson has falsely claimed that Kamala Harris is not Black and has a white father, echoing words from Harris’s electoral opponent Donald Trump.
The singer, 58, whose brother Tito passed away aged 70 last week, made the surprising comments about the vice-president when asked how she felt about the US having its first female Black president.
In response, Jackson called into question Harris’s heritage, evoking comments questioning the Democratic candidate’s race previously made by Trump in July.
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Janet Jackson makes shocking comments about Kamala Harris’s heritage
No cents of shame: Trump unveils new commemorative coin for $100 in latest merchandise grab
16:00 , Gustaf Kilander
Former President Donald Trump is selling commemorative coins for $100 as he continues to ask his supporters for cash by purchasing various merchandise.
The coins display Trump’s face and an image of the White House with the words “In God We Trust.”
Earlier this year, Trump launched golden Trump sneakers and Trump bibles. He has also been selling several batches of NFTs as well as physical Trump cards.
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Trump unveils new commemorative coin for $100 in latest merchandise grab
I attended two Trump rallies at the same North Carolina site, two years apart. Now, he is more desperate and diminished
15:35 , Eric Garcia
Two years ago, I paid a visit to Wilmington, North Carolina, a few weeks ahead of the midterm elections, ostensibly to cover the state’s Senate race, but also hear from Donald Trump.
A lot has changed since then.
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In pictures: Trump campaigns in Wilmington, North Carolina
14:15 , Katie Hawkinson
ICYMI: Matt Gaetz accused in new court filings of attending drug-fueled sex party with teen
13:30 , Justin Rohrlich
Rep. Matt Gaetz, the MAGA-fied Florida Republican, attended a drugged-up sex party with a 17-year-old girl he has long claimed not to know, according to three eyewitnesses cited in court papers filed late Thursday night
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Matt Gaetz accused in new court filings of attending drug-fueled sex party with teen
Video: Trump campaign’s latest attack ads say Harris supports paying for prisoner sex changes
12:45 , Katie Hawkinson
In pictures: JD Vance campaigns in Pennsylvania
12:00 , Katie Hawkinson
Trump experiencing ‘anxiety’ after assassination attempts, says long-time observer
11:15 , Katie Hawkinson
Politics reporter and longtime Trump watcher Maggie Haberman has said that the former president appears unusually anxious after two assassination attempts against him.
Haberman, senior political correspondent for The New York Times and a CNN commentator, has reported extensively on Trump since he took office in 2016, and has penned a book about his presidency. Haberman told CNN on Friday that she sensed anxiety in Trump during his Uniondale, New York rally earlier this week.
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Trump experiencing ‘anxiety’ after assassination attempts, says long-time observer
First Trump said Haitian migrants in Ohio were ‘eating the pets’. Now he says they’re ‘destroying America’
10:30 , Gustaf Kilander
Donald Trump is doubling down on his bizarre and aggressive rhetoric against Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, saying that they’re “destroying” the country.
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Trump says Haitian migrants are ‘destroying’ US as he vows to visit Springfield
Harris blames death of young mother on ‘Trump abortion bans’: ‘Doctors only kick in when you’re about to die’
09:45 , Gustaf Kilander
Kamala Harris slammed Donald Trump on abortion rights during a rally in Madison, Wisconsin on Friday night, bringing up the example of a Georgia woman who died of sepsis after her care was delayed.
“Women are being denied care during miscarriages, some only being treated once they develop sepsis,” Harris said.
“And we know that women have died because of Trump abortion bans. I was with a mother and the two sisters of a woman who died because of Trump abortion bans just last night,” she said about the event on Thursday night hosted by Oprah Winfrey.
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Harris blames death of young mother on ‘Trump abortion bans’
‘Quad’ leaders to unveil new military cooperation as they meet in Biden’s hometown
09:00 , Katie Hawkinson
The United States, India, Australia and Japan will roll out new military cooperation efforts including a joint logistical network to let all four countries share space on military aircraft and ships for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief efforts.
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‘Quad’ leaders meet in Biden’s hometown to unveil new military cooperation
Watch: Mother of Amber Thurman speaks out at Harris rally
08:15 , Katie Hawkinson
‘Simple-minded, underqualified white man’: Jasmine Crockett is back at it with the one-liners
07:30 , Kelly Rissman
Texas Democrat Jasmine Crockett defended Kamala Harris after the head of the Federal Communications Commission criticized the Biden-Harris administration’s diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.
During a House Oversight Committee hearing regarding the so-called “policy failures” of the Biden-Harris administration, FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr took issue with diversity, equity, inclusion efforts tied to the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment program, which aims to provide “internet for all.” Carr’s remarks come as former President Donald Trump and his Republican allies have labeled Harris as the “DEI” vice president.
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‘Simple-minded, underqualified white man’: Rep Crockett fires off another one-liners
Georgia’s GOP-led elections board OKs controversial voting change that local officials warned against
06:45 , Katie Hawkinson
The Republican-controlled Georgia State Election Board has given the green light to a controversial voting measure that local officials warned against.
The new rule requires local precincts to hand count the upcoming November election results and match them to the machine counts before certifying them.
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Elections board OKs controversial voting change that local officials warned against
Ohio’s Trump-supporting governor condemns ex-president’s attacks on Haitian migrants in emotional op-ed
06:00 , Katie Hawkinson
Ohio’s Republican governor, Mike DeWine, denounced in a heartfelt op-ed the onslaught of attacks by Donald Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, against Haitian migrants in Springfield that have made the city the “epicenter of vitriol over America’s immigration policy.”
In an emotional op-ed in The New York Times on Friday, DeWine said it was “disappointing” that the 58,000-person city “has become the epicenter of vitriol over America’s immigration policy, because it has long been a community of great diversity.”
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Ohio governor condemns Trump’s attacks on Haitian migrants in emotional op-ed
RFK Jr boasted over ‘nude pics’ of NY Magazine reporter as her former fiancé reveals they have parted ways
05:15 , Katie Hawkinson
New York Magazine’s Washington correspondent Olivia Nuzzi sent “demure” nude photos to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. which he later bragged about, two new reports claim.
The publication announced Thursday that Nuzzi, 31, had been placed on leave after disclosing a “personal relationship” with “a former subject” relevant to the election. Soon afterwards, media reporter Oliver Darcy revealed that subject to be 70-year-old RFK Jr, who is married to the actor Cheryl Hines.
Nuzzi apparently sent nude photos to the former independent presidential candidate, Puck News reported on Friday. Kennedy then bragged to his friends about receiving intimate photos of Nuzzi, The Daily Beast reported Saturday. These boasts ultimately made their way back to her boss, New York Magazine editor David Haskell.
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Iowa Teamsters union backs Harris: ‘Track record that’s pro-worker’
04:32 , Gustaf Kilander
The biggest local Teamsters union in Iowa has announced their backing of Kamala Harris.
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters recently stated that they would not be endorsing a candidate.
Teamsters Local 238, representing about 5,000 union members in Iowa, announced their backing of Harris on Wednesday, according to the Des Moines Register.
The principal officer of Teamsters Local 238, Jesse Case, said the Biden-Harris administration has been “the most pro-union presidential administration since former President Franklin Roosevelt that ensured better wages, improved working conditions, and protected pensions.”
“The administration’s actions to strengthen the [National Labor Relations Board] have reaffirmed its commitment to holding corporations accountable and safeguarding the rights of workers to organize and collectively bargain,” he added. “These steps have demonstrated Harris’s unwavering support for union workers, and her commitment to rebuilding the middle class.”
Case said former President Donald Trump has “been president before. We know what he’s about.”
He added: “We know he’s got a track record that’s anti-worker and Harris has a track record that’s pro-worker.”
Watch: Kamala Harris tells Oprah Winfrey any intruder to her home is ‘getting shot’
04:30 , Katie Hawkinson
Robert F Kennedy Jr says he ‘lost family’ over Trump endorsement
04:23 , Gustaf Kilander
Robert F Kennedy Jr said on Saturday night during an event in Las Vegas that he “lost family” after backing former President Donald Trump for re-election.
“I lost a lot of family and friends, but I have a new family,” he said to cheers. “People said to me, ‘he’s going to break every promise that he makes. He’ll make a deal, and then he’ll break it.’”
“And what I found is I sat down for meeting after meeting with the president, with his family, with his closest aides … and one of the things … we agreed – we’re going to create a Unity Party … like they do in Europe and parliamentary countries where parties unify with each other to create a government, but they continue to have differences,” the anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist said.
He added: “They are allowed to criticize each other on those differences and question them. And he was very, very open to that, and was very welcoming of that relationship.”
“The three issues that switched me, that prompted me to make this switch, were ending the war, ending the censorship and surveillance regime, and making America healthy again,” the former Democrat said.
It appears that he didn’t address his recent sexting scandal involving New York magazine writer Olivia Nuzzi, who has been placed on leave.
Trump has ‘lost a great deal mentally’ says Art of the Deal co-writer: ‘He literally cannot get his footing’
03:45 , Myriam Page
Donald Trump’s mental faculties are being questioned yet again, this time by his former nemesis Nancy Pelosi and the ghostwriter for his memoir and advice bookTrump: The Art of the Deal.
Speculation surrounding the Republican presidential candidate’s mental sharpness is not exactly new, but it has heightened since President Joe Biden pulled out of the 2024 race after struggling to give coherent answers during the June 27 debate, clearing the way for Vice President Kamala Harris to be nominated for the Democrat ticket.
Journalist and author Tony Schwartz told MSNBC’s Ari Melber, “This is a man who’s lost a great deal mentally,” on Thursday.
Trump has ‘lost a great deal mentally’ says Art of the Deal co-writer
Video: Harris calls out ‘hypocrites’ on mother-child care during remarks on reproductive rights
03:00 , Katie Hawkinson
Harris dings Trump’s ‘concept of a plan’ evasion during campaign event with Oprah Winfrey
02:15 , Katie Hawkinson
Vice President Kamala Harris took a jab at Donald Trump’s “concepts of a plan” debate remark and used it to promote her own economic policy.
The Democratic presidential nominee spoke to Oprah Winfrey at the “Unite for America” live-streamed rally in Michigan on Thursday evening about a wide-range of topics, including her small business plan, should she be elected in November.
“Part of my plan is to give startup small businesses a $50,000 tax deduction to start their small business. Right now it’s $5,000. Nobody can start a small business with $5,000,” the vice president said.
“That’s a teeny tiny business,” Oprah joked.
“It’s a concept of a business,” the vice president quipped, referring to a non-answer that Trump gave at the debate last week when asked about his health care plan.
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Harris dings Trump’s ‘concept of a plan’ evasion during campaign event with Oprah
Lewd posts reportedly made by Mark Robinson removed from porn site
01:30 , Gustaf Kilander
Lewd and bizarre posts by North Carolina Lt. Governor Mark Robinson have been removed from the porn site Nude Africa following a CNN report outlining the offensive comments made by the Republican gubernatorial nominee between 2008 and 2012.
Robinson has rejected all responsibility for the comments, which were posted before he went into politics. His comments, which were removed on Thursday, go against his public positions on matters including reproductive and trans rights.
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Lewd posts reportedly made by Mark Robinson removed from porn site
Watch: Meryl Streep endorses Kamala Harris
Sunday 22 September 2024 00:45 , Katie Hawkinson
Watch: Donald Trump posts dramatic new campaign video featuring ‘number one’ song
Sunday 22 September 2024 00:00 , Katie Hawkinson
Trump ignores Mark Robinson scandal at NC rally as embattled ‘Black Nazi’ candidate divides MAGA base
Saturday 21 September 2024 23:30 , Eric Garcia
Former president Donald Trump kept embattled North Carolina’s Republican nominee for governor Mark Robinson at arm’s length during a Saturday rally as the man who reportedly called himself a “Black Nazi” faces backlash for posts he supposedly made on a porn forum.
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Trump ignores Mark Robinson NC rally after porn site message scandal
Trump experiencing ‘anxiety’ after assassination attempts, says long-time observer
Saturday 21 September 2024 23:00 , Katie Hawkinson
Politics reporter and longtime Trump watcher Maggie Haberman has said that the former president appears unusually anxious after two assassination attempts against him.
Haberman, senior political correspondent for The New York Times and a CNN commentator, has reported extensively on Trump since he took office in 2016, and has penned a book about his presidency. Haberman told CNN on Friday that she sensed anxiety in Trump during his Uniondale, New York rally earlier this week.
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Trump experiencing ‘anxiety’ after assassination attempts, says long-time observer
Leading pollster warns Americans ‘should make contingency plans’ ahead of possible Trump win
Saturday 21 September 2024 22:30 , Katie Hawkinson
Prominent election forecaster Nate Silver says Americans should be making “contingency plans” for the prospect of a Trump victory, as the presidential race remains a toss-up.
“One potential advantage of having a forecast that says … it’s 50/50, is that people should be making their contingency plans, like, right away. It doesn’t mean you need [to stockpile] ammo and peanut butter, but it means, you know: what’s your strategy to protect American institutions in the event of a Trump second term?” Silver toldThe Guardian.
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Pollster warns Americans ‘should make contingency plans’ ahead of possible Trump win
JD Vance to appear on stage with Tucker Carlson
Saturday 21 September 2024 22:00 , Katie Hawkinson
Senator JD Vance, the Republican vice-presidential candidate, will appear on stage with former Fox News personality Tucker Carlson on Saturday night.
Vance will join the “Tucker Carlson Live” tour in Hershey, Pennsylvania this evening, The New York Times reports. This appearance comes just weeks after Carlson interviewed Darryl Cooper, who has promoted false claims about the Holocaust.
Carlson called Cooper, who falsely claimed the Holocaust was not an intentional act of genocide against Jewish people, “the best and most honest popular historian in the United States.” Cooper also labeled Winston Churchill the “chief villain” of World War II.
For Haitians in North Carolina, Trump’s attacks are just the latest indignity
Saturday 21 September 2024 21:30 , Eric Garcia
When Mirlesna Azor-Sterlin heard former president Donald Trump repeat the lie that Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio were eating pets during his debate with Kamala Harris, she was reminded of her job as an educator at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
“We teach our students to — when they’re writing papers in class — to really have the facts right, the evidence,” she told The Independent on a Thursday evening in a suburban neighborhood in Durham, North Carolina. She was surprised that Trump and Vance failed to do the same.
The story was repeatedly debunked until Trump’s running mate, Ohio Senator JD Vance, admitted himself that the story was made up.
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For Haitians in North Carolina, Trump’s attacks are just the latest indignity
ICYMI: Trump vows to restore Muslim ban saying he won’t take refugees from ‘infested countries’
Saturday 21 September 2024 21:00 , Katie Hawkinson
Donald Trump has said he won’t take refugees from “infested countries” and promised to restore the controversial “Muslim travel ban” from his first term as president.
Trump made the disturbing pledge while speaking on Thursday at a Washington event focused on combating antisemitism, as he tries to court more Jewish voters in the upcoming election on November 5.
“We will deport the foreign Jihad sympathizers and Hamas supporters from our midst,” the former president promised.
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Trump vows to restore Muslim ban and not take refugees from ‘infested countries’
Watch live as Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance campaigns in Pennsylvania
Saturday 21 September 2024 20:45 , Katie Hawkinson
Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance is campaigning in Pennsylvania this afternoon as Donald Trump speaks in Wilmington, North Carolina.
He will be making a stop in Berks County hours after rival Democrat Tim Walz spoke from the city of Allentown.
Watch live as Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance campaigns in Pennsylvania
Trump Media closes at 52-week low as investors wait to see if he’ll sell stock
Saturday 21 September 2024 20:30 , Katie Hawkinson
Trump Media shares fell to a 52-week low on Friday, a day after former President Donald Trump, the majority shareholder, was allowed to start selling his stocks in the company.
Other early investors had also been prevented from selling their shares because of the “lockup” restrictions imposed on them.
Trump media, which trades under the ticker “DJT,” closed down 7.82 percent on Friday, reaching $13.55 per share, according to CNBC.
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Trump Media closes at 52-week low as investors wait to see if he’ll sell stock
‘Vote for grandpa’: Trump brings grandkids on stage
Saturday 21 September 2024 20:15 , Katie Hawkinson
Donald Trump brought his grandchildren, Carolina and Luke, on stage at his Wilmington, North Carolina rally on Saturday afternoon.
Carolina, 5, declared “Make America Great Again” into the microphone. Luke, 7, called on the audience to “vote for Grandpa.”
Carolina and Luke are the children of Eric Trump and Lara Trump, who also attended today’s rally.
Trump declares it’s ‘too late’ to debate Harris again
Saturday 21 September 2024 20:00 , Katie Hawkinson
Donald Trump said it’s “too late” for another debate against Kamala Harris while speaking at campaign rally in Wilmington, North Carolina on Saturday afternoon.
“The problem with another debate is that it’s just too late,” Trump told his supporters. “Voting has already started.”
Just two days after his debate with Harris, Trump declared he will not participate in another debate.
“She’s had her chance to do it with Fox,” he continued, referring to Fox News’s past offer to host a debate in early- to mid-October.
Trump prepares to take the stage in NC
Saturday 21 September 2024 19:31 , Katie Hawkinson
Donald Trump will soon begin his campaign rally in Wilmington, North Carolina.
His plane, often referred to as Trump Force One, landed at the local airport just after 2 p.m. local time.
Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson planned to attend but will no longer make an appearance following a bombshell report that revealed he made several shocking remarks on a porn forum. Robinson has denied making the comments.
Harris holds 2.9-point lead over Trump in national polls
Saturday 21 September 2024 19:00 , Katie Hawkinson
Kamala Harris has a 2.9-point lead over Donald Trump in the latest average of national polls.
A new poll from The New York Times/Siena College also shows the two candidates in a national deadlock. However, Harris has improved her lead among young people and white, college-educated voters following the debate.
Separate swing state polls from Pennsylvania and Michigan show that Harris has etched out a strong five-point lead in both states, while a third battleground is too close to call.
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Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump? Latest poll updates from the 2024 election
Watch live: Trump holds a campaign rally in North Carolina amid lieutenant governor scandal
Saturday 21 September 2024 18:53 , Katie Hawkinson
Live: Trump holds a campaign rally in North Carolina amid lieutenant governor scandal
‘Simple-minded, underqualified white man’: Jasmine Crockett is back at it with the one-liners
Saturday 21 September 2024 18:30 , Kelly Rissman
Texas Democrat Jasmine Crockett defended Kamala Harris after the head of the Federal Communications Commission criticized the Biden-Harris administration’s diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.
During a House Oversight Committee hearing regarding the so-called “policy failures” of the Biden-Harris administration, FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr took issue with diversity, equity, inclusion efforts tied to the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment program, which aims to provide “internet for all.” Carr’s remarks come as former President Donald Trump and his Republican allies have labeled Harris as the “DEI” vice president.
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‘Simple-minded, underqualified white man’: Rep Crockett fires off another one-liners
Governor hopeful Mark Robinson not expected to appear at Trump rally as he claims AI behind porn site scandal
Saturday 21 September 2024 18:00 , Katie Hawkinson
North Carolina’s embattled Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson, the Republican nominee for governor, is not expected to appear with Donald Trump at a rally in Wilmington on Saturday, The Wilmington Star-News reported.
Robinson’s absence comes after a bombshell report from CNN which revealed that prior to entering politics, he regularly commented on an internet pornography site calling himself a “black NAZI” and “a perv too.” The internet comments also reportedly showed that Robinson enjoyed watching pornography featuring transgender women despite him publicly calling gender transition “a sickening image of rebellion to glorify Satan.”
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Mark Robinson not expected to appear at Trump rally after porn site scandal
Saturday 21 September 2024 17:30 , Katie Hawkinson
Earlier this week, a bombshell report from CNN revealed North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson referred to himself as a “black Nazi” and said “slavery is good,” among other shocking remarks, on a porn forum.
These posts have now been removed, CNN reports, though it’s not clear if Robinson or a website administrator deleted them.
Robinson, a Republican running for governor, denied making the comments. The 56-year-old was slated to appear at Donald Trump’s Wilmington, North Carolina rally today. However, he will no longer be making an appearance in the wake of CNN’s report.
The former president endorsed Robinson for governor in March, referring to him as “Martin Luther King on steroids.”
Watch: Donald Trump posts dramatic campaign video featuring new ‘number one’ song
Saturday 21 September 2024 17:01 , Katie Hawkinson
Trump goes on all-caps social media rant about women’s happiness and abortion
Saturday 21 September 2024 16:56 , Katie Hawkinson
Donald Trump posted a rant about women’s happiness on his social media platform, Truth Social, just before midnight on Friday.
“WOMEN ARE POORER THAN THEY WERE FOUR YEARS AGO, ARE LESS HEALTHY THAN THEY WERE FOUR YEARS AGO, ARE LESS SAFE ON THE STREETS THAN THEY WERE FOUR YEARS AGO, ARE MORE DEPRESSED AND UNHAPPY THAN THEY WERE FOUR YEARS AGO, AND ARE LESS OPTIMISTIC AND CONFIDENT IN THE FUTURE THAN THEY WERE FOUR YEARS AGO,” the former president posted at 11:42 p.m.
He then went on to discuss abortion, claiming that if he wins the election, women will “no longer be thinking” about the procedure.
“YOU WILL NO LONGER BE THINKING ABOUT ABORTION, BECAUSE IT IS NOW WHERE IT ALWAYS HAD TO BE, WITH THE STATES, AND A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE – AND WITH POWERFUL EXCEPTIONS, LIKE THOSE THAT RONALD REAGAN INSISTED ON, FOR RAPE, INCEST, AND THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER – BUT NOT ALLOWING FOR DEMOCRAT DEMANDED LATE TERM ABORTION IN THE 7TH, 8TH, OR 9TH MONTH, OR EVEN EXECUTION OF A BABY AFTER BIRTH,” he continued.
Here, Trump is repeating the untrue claim that Democrats support killing children after they’re born. He made this falsehood during the debate against Kamala Harris earlier this month. “
“There is no state in this country where it is legal to kill a baby after it’s born,” debate moderator Linsey Davis told Trump, fact-checking him live.
Watch live: Tim Walz campaigns in Pennsylvania
Saturday 21 September 2024 16:45 , Katie Hawkinson
Democratic vice-presidential candidate Tim Walz is campaigning in Allentown, Pennsylvania, this afternoon.
Walz and Senator JD Vance, Donald Trump’s running mate, will face off in a debate on October 1. Meanwhile, Trump is set to appear in Wilmington, North Carolina today.
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Watch live: Democratic vice-presidential candidate Tim Walz campaigns in Pennsylvania
RFK Jr boasted over ‘nude pics’ of NY Magazine reporter as her former fiancé reveals they have parted ways
Saturday 21 September 2024 16:29 , Katie Hawkinson
New York Magazine’s Washington correspondent Olivia Nuzzi sent “demure” nude photos to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. which he later bragged about, two new reports claim.
The publication announced Thursday that Nuzzi, 31, had been placed on leave after disclosing a “personal relationship” with “a former subject” relevant to the election. Soon afterwards, media reporter Oliver Darcy revealed that subject to be 70-year-old RFK Jr, who is married to the actor Cheryl Hines.
Nuzzi apparently sent nude photos to the former independent presidential candidate, Puck News reported on Friday. Kennedy then bragged to his friends about receiving intimate photos of Nuzzi, The Daily Beast reported Saturday. These boasts ultimately made their way back to her boss, New York Magazine editor David Haskell.
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RFK Jr boasted over ‘nude pics’ of NY Magazine reporter Olivia Nuzzi
