Harris vs Trump live: Biden reveals why he exited race in first interview as Harris leads Trump in key polls

Joe Biden said pressure from his Democratic colleagues pushed him to withdraw from the 2024 presidential election in favour of Kamala Harris.

Mr Biden told CBS News in his first interview since he quit the race that the contest with Donald Trump had been “neck and neck” before he dropped out, insisting he had no “serious” health problems.

“What happened was a number of my Democratic colleagues in the House and the Senate thought that I was going to hurt them in the races,” he said.

“I was concerned that if I stayed in the race that would be the topic you’d be interviewing me about – why did Nancy Pelosi say… And I thought it would be a real distraction.”

Ms Pelosi, the former House speaker, has been reported to have organised the campaign to oust Mr Biden.

Meanwhile, Ms Harris has surged in the polls, both nationally and in key battleground states since taking over the Democratic Party ticket.

She has a five-point lead over Mr Trump in a new Reuters/Ipsos poll, putting her at 42 per cent to the Republican’s 37 per cent nationally.

Key Points

• Joe Biden reveals why he exited 2024 race

• Trump called Harris ‘b****’ in private conversations – report

• New poll sees Harris leading in three key battleground states

• Trump and Harris now both advocate no tax on tips — but is it good policy?

• Revealed: ‘Project 2025’ training videos featuring Trump officials and allies

Trump’s Truth Social lost $16.4 million last quarter

05:45 , Oliver O’Connell

Donald Trump’s social media company Trump Media and Technology Group has reported a $16.4 million loss and less than $1 million in quarterly revenue, only months after it began trading publicly to much fanfare earlier this year.

The parent company of Truth Social said on Friday in its latest filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it had earned $837,000 in revenue for the second quarter of 2024 — down 30 percent from the same period last year.

Trump’s Truth Social lost $16.4m last quarter and less than $1m in revenue

Anne Coulter attacks Kamala Harris’s racial identity

05:15 , Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

In a racist tirade on C-SPAN this weekend, conservative columnist Ann Coulter said Kamala Harris was not a “foundational Black” when the commentator addressed Donald Trump’s claim that the vice president “happened to turn Black” while running for office.

Ms Harris is multiracial and has always identified as Black.

Mr Trump bewildered and outraged an audience of Black journalists in Chicago by telling them that the Harris he claims to have known for several years was “Indian all the way” before, “all of a sudden, she made a turn and she went… she became a Black person”.

More here.

Anne Coulter attacks Kamala Harris’s racial identity as not ‘foundational Black’

Trump used slur against Harris – report

04:54 , Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Former president Donald Trump used a slur often targeted at women to describe vice president Kamala Harris during at least two private conversations, the News York Times reported.

The Times cited two people who, on different occasions, heard Mr Trump call Ms Harris a “b****”.His campaign denied the allegations: “That is not language President Trump has used to describe Kamala and it’s not how the campaign would characterise her.”

Mr Trump has a history of making derogatory statements about women and his political opponents.

He has called Ms Harris, the Democrats’ presidential candidate, and other women, including 2016 Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, “nasty”, and he bragged about grabbing women’s genitalia in the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape.

Biden reveals why he exited 2024 race

04:53 , Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

President Joe Biden said pressure from his Democratic colleagues pushed him to exit the 2024 race in favour of his vice president Kamala Harris.

“What happened was a number of my Democratic colleagues in the House and the Senate thought that I was going to hurt them in the races,” he told CBS News yesterday.

“I was concerned that if I stayed in the race that would be the topic you’d be interviewing me about – why did Nancy Pelosi say… And I thought it would be a real distraction.”

Ms Pelosi, the former House speaker, told The New Yorker this month that she didn’t see a path to victory for Mr Biden after he appeared lost onstage at points and was unable to complete his thoughts.

For these voters, Tim Walz is a reminder of their dad – before they were lost to partisan division

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Ariana Baio reports on how Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz embodies everything liberal women see in their own fathers – except for their political views. For some, it makes them hopeful but also very sad.

For these voters, Tim Walz is the dad they wish they had

Trump persists in questioning Harris’s race as campaign flounders

03:45 , Oliver O’Connell

Donald Trump doubled down on his questions about Kamala Harris’s race – which have drawn a strong rebuke – saying “I think I was right.”

The revelation comes in a sprawling New York Times report detailing the Trump campaign’s missteps and difficulties in the last three weeks. Trump had seemingly everything in his favor after the attempt on his life and the start of the Republican National Convention.

But, President Joe Biden dropped out of the race paving the way for Vice President Harris to ascend to the top of the Democratic ticket. It was a move that has put the Trump campaign on its heels as Harris has surged in polls and momentum.

Alex Lang reports.

Trump pushes questions on Harris’s race: ‘I think I was right’

Walz’s campaign tries to walk back 2018 comments about using weapons ‘in war’

02:45 , Oliver O’Connell

Tim Walz “misspoke” in a 2018 video where the Minnesota governor linked his stance on gun regulations to handling weapons “in war,” according to the Harris campaign, as Republicans continue to allege Walz has been exaggerating his military record.

Josh Marcus reports.

Walz tries to walk back 2018 comments over using weapons ‘in war’ after GOP attacks

Trump bizarrely claims nobody knows his Democratic rival’s last name

01:45 , Oliver O’Connell

This was odd.

Trump oddly claims during Montana rally no one knows Kamala Harris’s last name

What did JD Vance do in Iraq? A friend explains

Monday 12 August 2024 00:45 , Oliver O’Connell

Richard Hall speaks to a veteran who served alongside Vance about what their time in the country entailed:

What JD Vance really did in Iraq, as told by the friend who served with him

Kamala Harris could make history as the first president to work at McDonald’s

Sunday 11 August 2024 23:45 , Oliver O’Connell

Alex Woodward reports on how fast food workers fighting for union recognition, higher minimum wages and better working conditions could have a powerful advocate in a former fellow french fry cook.

Kamala Harris could make history as the first president to work at McDonald’s

ICYMI: New poll sees Harris leading in three key battleground states

Sunday 11 August 2024 23:15 , Oliver O’Connell

Kamala Harris is leading Donald Trump in three of the most important battleground states that will likely decide the election.

A new poll from The New York Times and Siena College shows the vice president has dramatically reversed the fortunes of the Democratic Party in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan.

In a survey of likely voters conducted between August 5 and 9, Harris leads Trump by four percentage points 50 per cent to 46 per cent.

Per the Times:

While the reshaped race is still in its volatile early weeks, Democrats are now in a notably stronger position in these three battleground states that have long been key to the party’s victories — or defeats. Still, the results show vulnerabilities for Ms. Harris. Voters prefer Mr. Trump when it comes to whom they trust to handle the economy and immigration, issues that remain central to the presidential race.

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Much of the newfound Democratic strength stems from improved voter perceptions of Ms. Harris. Her favorability rating has increased 10 percentage points among registered voters in Pennsylvania just in the last month, according to Times/Siena polling. Voters also view Ms. Harris as more intelligent and more temperamentally fit to govern than Mr. Trump.

Harris: ‘Now is the time’ to get a ceasefire in Gaza

Sunday 11 August 2024 22:45 , Oliver O’Connell

Vice President Kamala Harris told pro-Palestine protesters at a rally in Glendale, Arizona that “now is the time” to get a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas to end the war in Gaza.

Harris’s words differ vastly from two days ago when she told pro-Palestine protesters at a rally in Detroit—a state with a large Arab-American population—that “If you want Donald Trump to win, then say that. Otherwise, I’m speaking.”

By contrast, early in her speech at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona, she received heckles from pro-Palestine protesters chanting “free, free Palestine.” In response, Harris tried to speak from a policy perspective.

Eric Garcia filed this report from Arizona.

Harris tells pro-Palestine protesters in Arizona ‘now is the time’ to get a ceasefire

Harris joins Pelosi for San Francisco fundraiser

Sunday 11 August 2024 22:15 , Oliver O’Connell

Kamala Harris joined Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi at a fundraiser in San Francisco this afternoon. Here’s what was said, per the vice president’s pool report.

Pelosi received a standing ovation as she began her remarks.

“Isn’t this a day to take pride in our candidate for president?” Pelosi said, making an analogy between elections and the Olympics, noting that the difference between gold, silver and bronze can come down to seconds.

“Elections are that close,” she said. Harris “makes us all so proud,” Pelosi added, describing the vice president as a person of “great strength” and someone who is “politically very astute”.

Shifting to Harris’s running mate, Gov Tim Walz, Pelosi said he did more serving on the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs than has been done since the GI Bill was passed. Pelosi referenced his opponent, “whatshisname,” suggesting he’d overturn the Affordable Care Act.

Circling back to her Olympics analogy: “Democracy is on the ballot,” Pelosi said, “and we want democracy to win the gold that day”.

Harris received cheers and another standing ovation when she came to speak.

“There is so much about the future of our country that has relied on leaders like Nancy Pelosi that have the grit, the determination, the brilliance to know what’s possible and to make it so,” Harris said. She specifically highlighted Pelosi’s role in passing the ACA.

Harris took the opportunity to recognize and thank Governor Gavin Newsom, who she described as an “extraordinary leader” for California and the nation. Newsom then received another standing ovation. Harris recognized more California officials present including Mayor Breed, Rep Jared Huffman, and “soon-to-be Congress member” Lateefa Simon, among others. “This is a room full of dear, dear, dear friends,” she added.

Pivoting to the race, Harris stated plainly: “We will win this election.”

Though the election is only 86 days away, Harris highlighted how absentee ballots will start going out in just a couple of dozen days.

Speaking to the enthusiasm behind her campaign, Harris said she’s “never been one to really believe in the polls, whether they’re up or their down”. Still, “what we know is the stakes are so high. And we can take nothing for granted in this moment,” she said

Other themes she touched on: her campaign’s focus on moving forward versus what she described as Trump’s backward-facing agenda; the Affordable Care Act / preexisting conditions; Project 2025; voting rights; gun violence; LGBTQ+ rights; and reproductive rights/abortion.

Reflecting on this battleground tour, Harris shared some “notes from the field”: Americans “don’t want to go back,” she said. She noted how some rally attendees have broken out into “not going back” chants even without her prompting — the crowd at the fundraiser then did the same.

During a refrain on her tour of colleges and trade schools where she spoke about gun violence, Harris remarked, “I love Gen. Z, I just love Gen. Z.” She said there would be an “absolute sea change” once the generation started voting in bigger numbers.

On LGBTQ+ rights, Harris highlighted how she and Gov. Newsom were among the first officials in the country to officiate same-sex marriages. She referenced Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” law, a “full-on assault” on Americans’ freedoms.

Harris’s pivot to reproductive rights earned yet another standing ovation. “Donald Trump hand-picked three members of the United States Supreme Court, some of whom I asked questions to,” Harris said. She highlighted abortion ban laws like those in Texas and the stories of women unable to receive abortions there. Speaking to how some such laws don’t include exceptions for rape and incest, Harris said it’s “immoral.”

“When this issue has been on the ballot, the American people have voted for freedom,” Harris said.

Harris closed with comments about the “beauty” of democracy and each individual’s ability to shape the future of the nation. “The people are ready to use their power,” she said.

The energy around the country is “undeniable,” she added, arguing that, “the press and our opponents like to focus on our crowd size, and yes the crowds are large.” But even better is the fact that attendees are signing up for volunteer shifts in the thousands, she noted.

“It’s really been a good couple weeks, but we have a lot of work to do,” Harris said to laughs from the crowd. In the front row, one attendee held a homemade sign that read: “Make America Joyful Again.”

Inside JD Vance’s curious investment portfolio

Sunday 11 August 2024 21:45 , Oliver O’Connell

The most recent financial disclosures of JD Vance have revealed an electic investment portfolio – from the right-wing streaming service, Rumble and a popular Catholic prayer app, to a controversial biotech firm.

The 2022 filings, made to the Senate Ethics Committee, shows that Trump’s running mate also had financial interests in a housekeeping services provider, legal technology developer and student loans assistance company, among others.

Mike Bedigan reports.

A Catholic prayer app and biotech firm: JD Vance’s curious investment portfolio

Harris says ‘I love Gen Z’, predicts ‘absolute sea change’ when they vote in bigger numbers

Sunday 11 August 2024 21:38 , Oliver O’Connell

Revealed: ‘Project 2025’ training videos featuring Trump officials and allies

Sunday 11 August 2024 21:28 , Oliver O’Connell

A series of leaked training videos provides new insights into Project 2025, including appearances by officials and allies of former President Donald Trump – who has disavowed the proposal despite numerous direct ties to the effort.

Across 14 hours of videos, obtained by ProPublica and Documented, a series of 36 speakers, more than two-thirds of whom worked for the Trump administration or one of Trump’s campaigns,

Josh Marcus has the story.

The alarming world of ‘Project 2025’ training videos featuring Trump officials

More Americans trust Harris to handle economy than Trump

Sunday 11 August 2024 21:15 , Oliver O’Connell

A new survey from the Financial Times and the University of Michigan shows Vice President Kamala Harris eating away at one of Donald Trump’s key political advantages.

For months, voters have indicated in numerous surveys that they trusted Republicans—and Trump—more on the economy. A wide range of explanations was given for this, but much of it ties back to the sharp rise in consumer prices and other monumental shifts in the economy that occurred as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

John Bowden reports.

New poll shows Kamala Harris taking away key advantage from Trump

Sunday 11 August 2024 21:04 , Oliver O’Connell

Trump and Harris now both advocate no tax on tips — but is it good policy?

Sunday 11 August 2024 20:45 , Oliver O’Connell

Both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have now said that they would scrap taxes imposed on income from tips given to service industry workers.

That doesn’t mean it is a guarantee to change under the next president.

The former president first pushed the idea at a rally in Las Vegas in June. The vice president did the same last night in the same city having been endorsed by the Culinary Union, which represents workers who would benefit most from such a policy.

But how might it work?

Read on…

Trump and Harris now both advocate no tax on tips — what are the potential pitfalls?

ICYMI: Three battleground states move from Trump column into ‘toss ups’

Sunday 11 August 2024 20:15 , Oliver O’Connell

Arizona, Georgia, and Nevada, no longer look like they will be wins for the Trump campaign in 2024, according to election forecasters at the Cook Political Report, which moved the states from leaning Republican to “toss-ups.”

Josh Marcus reports.

Top election predictor moves three battleground states from Trump wins to ‘toss ups’

Trump falsely claims crowd at Kamala Harris rally is fake or was generated by AI

Sunday 11 August 2024 20:00 , Oliver O’Connell

Donald Trump has bought into a conspiracy theory that claims there was no crowd of supporters waiting to greet Kamala Harris when she got off Air Force Two in Detroit for her rally on Wednesday evening.

Naturally, he’s wrong and the whole thing is totally unhinged. Here’s Snopes with an explanation of the photo in question.

And here are more photos and footage of the estimated 15,000-strong crowd that greeted the vice president and Governor Tim Walz.

And here’s Andrew Feinberg with an explanation of why the former president would post something that is obviously completely false .

Trump can’t even tell when he’s lying, says former adviser

Sunday 11 August 2024 19:45 , Oliver O’Connell

Former National Security Advisor John Bolton’s response to Donald Trump’s rambling press conference on Thursday could be summarized in one sentence: “Trump can’t tell the difference between what’s true and what’s false.”

Bolton, who served in the Trump administration, said the former president consistently told falsehoods throughout the nearly hour-long “general news conference” but said it was not deliberate lying, rather that Trump espoused what he believes in his mind.

Ariana Baio reports.

Former Trump adviser says ex-president can’t even tell when he’s lying

Will Dunkin’ get the Bud Lite treatment?

Sunday 11 August 2024 19:15 , Oliver O’Connell

Followers of Donald Trump are calling for a boycott of Dunkin’ Donuts after the chief executive of Rumble claimed that the coffee chain refused to advertise on the conservative video platform because of its “right-wing culture”.

Rumble has joined Elon Musk’s X in a lawsuit against a number of advertisers that they say have declined to do business with them because of the right-wing content on their platforms, Newsweek reported.

Gustaf Kilander reports.

MAGA fans call for boycott of Dunkin Donuts: ‘The Bud Lite treatment’

In depth: How Elon Musk is disrupting US elections to boost Trump

Sunday 11 August 2024 18:45 , Oliver O’Connell

Alex Woodward writes:

While he stokes far-right hysteria overseas, Elon Musk is amplifying election disinformation at home.

The 2024 presidential cycle is the first since Musk bought X, formerly Twitter. Under his ownership, the fact checkers are gone, AI-generated content is feeding false election information to millions of users, and Musk himself is responsible for misleading posts that have been viewed more than 1 billion times.

The world’s wealthiest man not only controls a platform where he can boost Donald Trump’s campaign, he also helped launch a Trump-supporting political action committee to spend and raise unlimited dollars to get him elected — a uniquely powerful combination that election analysts, civil rights groups and state prosecutors are closely watching.

Continue reading…

Elon Musk is disrupting US elections to boost Trump

Vance refuses to back down from ‘childless cat lady’ comments

Sunday 11 August 2024 18:15 , Oliver O’Connell

Donald Trump’s running mate JD Vance appeared on the Sunday morning talk shows today and was quizzed about some of his more controversial remarks and the campaign pledge to roll out the “largest deportation operation in history”.

John Bowden reports on what he had to say.

Vance refuses to back down from ‘childless cat lady’ comments

Full story: Biden gives first interview since leaving presidential race

Sunday 11 August 2024 17:25 , Oliver O’Connell

President Joe Biden talked about the pressure from his fellow Democrats to leave the race as he sat down for his first interview since becoming the first sitting president in over 50 years not to seek reelection.

Speaking to Robert Costa of CBS News, Biden said that while polling showed him neck and neck with Donald Trump, “a number of my Democratic colleagues in the House and Senate thought that I was going to hurt them in the races.”

Continue reading…

Biden gives first interview since leaving presidential race

Trump campaign says it was hacked and points the finger at Iran

Sunday 11 August 2024 17:15 , Oliver O’Connell

Donald Trump’s campaign said on Saturday that some of its internal communications had been hacked after Politico began receiving emails from an anonymous account that included internal campaign documents.

Citing a Microsoft report published on Friday that Iranian hackers “sent a spear phishing email in June to a high-ranking official on a presidential campaign”, the campaign blamed “foreign sources hostile to the United States.”

In the report, Microsoft did not identify the campaign targeted by the email and declined to comment when approached by Politico.

Late on Saturday night, Trump posted to Truth Social: “We were just informed by Microsoft Corporation that one of our many websites was hacked by the Iranian Government – Never a nice thing to do! They were only able to get publicly available information but, nevertheless, they shouldn’t be doing anything of this nature. Iran and others will stop at nothing, because our Government is Weak and Ineffective, but it won’t be for long. What Iran doesn’t realize is that I will make the World a better and safer place, and that’s good for them, also!”

Here’s our report:

Trump campaign says it was hacked and documents stolen, pointing the finger at Iran

In pictures: Harris and Walz hold rally in Las Vegas

Sunday 11 August 2024 16:55 , Oliver O’Connell

Trump bashes Colorado after successful fundraising trip

Sunday 11 August 2024 16:44 , Oliver O’Connell

Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social this morning:

Great visit to Montana and Wyoming, where I am leading BIG, and Colorado, whose Radical Left Governor has gone to all Mail-In Voting, making the State a POLITICAL CESSPOOL where, even if you were leading, it would make no difference! Colorado is run by the Lunatic Left that led the effort, overturned by the United States Supreme Court, to keep me off the ballot. For that reason alone, Colorado will have A BIG TRUMP VOTE! Anyway, the two day visit raised $28,000,000 for our very successful Presidential Campaign. Thank you to a truly beautiful part of the World!

Watch: Charlamagne tha God says Kamala Harris has ‘super main character energy’

Sunday 11 August 2024 16:25 , Oliver O’Connell

IN FOCUS: The right-wing evangelicals who want Trump to turn America into a theocracy

Sunday 11 August 2024 16:15 , Oliver O’Connell

Alex Hannaford writes:

It’s October 2019, and in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, then-president Donald Trump stands at his desk in a blue suit, his eyes closed. Around him are 25 people, also smartly dressed, and with their eyes shut too. With a few exceptions, they’re mostly middle-aged white men, and those of them nearest to Trump lay their hands on him while the room falls silent in prayer.

Among the usual suspects – right-wing evangelicals like American Values president Gary Bauer, First Baptist Dallas senior pastor Robert Jeffress, and Family Research Council president Tony Perkins – are a female televangelist named Paula White-Cain, and the president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, Samuel Rodriguez.

These last two are leaders in a movement that is playing an increasingly significant role in American politics, constructing a religious network determined to see Trump re-elected in November so that he can continue their mission: to turn America into a theocracy. This is the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR).

Continue reading…

The far right evangelicals who want Trump to turn America into a theocracy

Trump lashes out at New York Times after report on ‘worst three weeks’ of campaign

Sunday 11 August 2024 16:05 , Oliver O’Connell

Donald Trump is furious at The New York Times after the publication of a sprawl report on the former president’s campaign missteps and difficulties over the past three weeks.

Trump wrote on Truth Social:

The Failing New York Times, which is a crooked newspaper run by a Radical Left group of Lunatics, is losing readers at a record level. Their stories about me are highly inaccurate, and their polling is even worse. They are a big reason for the DECLINE OF NEW YORK CITY, which the entire World is watching with shock and sorrow! Its only hope is that I get elected President. I will fix it, and fix it fast!

The Times handily beat expectations for second-quarter digital subscriber growth adding 300,000 new readers taking it to 10.8 million print and digital subscribers.

Trump loves to claim that New York City is in decline and yet it remains by far the safest large city in the US with crime continuing to fall after a small increase during the pandemic.

Here’s our report on what the Times had to say about the Trump campaign:

Trump pushes questions on Harris’s race: ‘I think I was right’

Watch: Charlamagne tha God says Biden should’ve backed out of 2024 race four years ago

Sunday 11 August 2024 15:55 , Oliver O’Connell

Celine Dion calls out – and mocks – Trump for use of Titanic song

Sunday 11 August 2024 15:45 , Oliver O’Connell

Celine Dion has hit out at – and mocked – Donald Trump and JD Vance for using her Oscar-winning song from Titanic at his latest rally.

Shortly before the presidential candidate appeared on stage in Bozeman, Montana, on Friday (9 August), Republicans watched on as a clip of Dion singing her 1997 track “My Heart Will Go On” was played on a large screen.

Yes, THAT song, from THAT movie about THAT disaster, which is often used as a metaphor for all other disastrous events.

Jacob Stolworthy reports.

Celine Dion calls out – and mocks – Trump for using her Titanic song at rally

Biden enjoys Sunday morning bike ride in Rehoboth Beach

Sunday 11 August 2024 15:40 , Oliver O’Connell

Watch: Buttigieg calls Trump press conference ‘Olympics of lying’

Sunday 11 August 2024 15:35 , Oliver O’Connell

Trump is still trying to make Harris’s laugh a problem. People who know her well explain why

Sunday 11 August 2024 15:16 , Oliver O’Connell

Io Dodds writes:

Long before Kamala Harris was running to be president of the United States, Mark Buell noticed that she had a certain anxious tic.

“[Harris] is very funny. She has a very good sense of humor, and when she enjoys herself, she has a very hearty laugh,” recalls the San Francisco real estate developer and Democratic donor, who was one of Harris’s earliest political patrons, in an interview with The Independent.

But back then, he says, when she was nervous “that laugh became more prominent… so between the two, it would show up sometimes at inappropriate times.”

Two decades later, Donald Trump and other conservatives are trying to use Harris’s distinctive and frequent peals of whole-body laughter as an attack line, with the former president even adding “Laughing Kamala” to his notorious roster of nicknames.

Continue reading…

Why Trump is desperately trying to make Kamala Harris’s laugh a problem

Watch: Vance confronted over Trump remarks on Harris’s race and ‘childless cat ladies’ comment

Sunday 11 August 2024 14:48 , Oliver O’Connell

For these voters, Tim Walz is a reminder of their dad – before they were lost to partisan division

Sunday 11 August 2024 14:45 , Oliver O’Connell

Ariana Baio writes:

He’s got jokes, enthusiasm and a smiley face that’s not even remotely trying to hide how he’s feeling. He’s Tim Walz – and he’s bringing major Midwestern dad energy to the Democratic ticket.

At least that’s how many white women feel when they see Walz in videos, riding the Slingshot at the state fair with his daughter, signing legislation to give kids in Minnesota free lunches or tweeting about his pet cat.

It’s in stark contrast to what some see in their own fathers – who often have more conservative political views.

Continue reading…

For these voters, Tim Walz is the dad they wish they had

Watch: JD Vance says he accepts ‘weird’ attacks

Sunday 11 August 2024 14:15 , Oliver O’Connell

Celine Dion team rebukes Trump campaign and mocks us of ‘THAT song’

Sunday 11 August 2024 14:15 , Oliver O’Connell

Celine Dion’s management team has rebuked the Trump campaign for the unauthorized use of the song and video of “My Heart Will Go On”, the theme to the movie Titanic at the former president’s rally in Montana last night.

Today, Celine Dion’s management team and her record label, Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc., became aware of the unauthorized usage of the video, recording, musical performance, and likeness of Celine Dion singing “My Heart Will Go On” at a Donald Trump / JD Vance campaign rally in Montana.

In no way is this use authorized, and Celine Dion does not endorse this or any similar use.

And in an amusing jab at the campaign, currently seen by many as having hit its own iceberg, the statement concludes: “…And really, THAT song?”

Trump persists in questioning Harris’s race as his campaign flounders

Sunday 11 August 2024 13:45 , Oliver O’Connell

Donald Trump doubled down on his questions about Kamala Harris’s race – which have drawn a strong rebuke – saying “I think I was right.”

The revelation comes in a sprawling New York Times report detailing the Trump campaign’s missteps and difficulties in the last three weeks. Trump had seemingly everything in his favor after the attempt on his life and the start of the Republican National Convention.

But, President Joe Biden dropped out of the race paving the way for Vice President Harris to ascend to the top of the Democratic ticket. It was a move that has put the Trump campaign on its heels as Harris has surged in polls and momentum.

Alex Lang reports.

Trump pushes questions on Harris’s race: ‘I think I was right’

Pointing finger at Iran, Trump campaign says it was hacked and had documents stolen

Sunday 11 August 2024 13:15 , Oliver O’Connell

Donald Trump’s campaign said on Saturday that some of its internal communications had been hacked after Politico began receiving emails from an anonymous account that included internal campaign documents.

Citing a Microsoft report published on Friday that Iranian hackers “sent a spear phishing email in June to a high-ranking official on a presidential campaign”, the campaign blamed “foreign sources hostile to the United States.”

Continue reading…

Trump campaign says it was hacked and documents stolen, pointing the finger at Iran

Harris pledges to work to end taxes on tips for service industry employees, echoing Trump vow

Sunday 11 August 2024 12:45 , AP

Vice President Kamala Harris promised Saturday to work to eliminate taxes on tips paid to restaurant workers and other service employees, echoing a pledge that her opponent in November, Donald Trump, has made, and creating a rare instance of political overlap from both sides.

Harris made the announcement at a rally on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where the economy relies heavily on the hotel, restaurant and entertainment industries. Trump vowed essentially the same thing at his own rally in the city in June — though neither he nor Harris are likely to be able to fully do that without actions from Congress.

“It is my promise to everyone here that, when I am president, we will continue our fight for working families of America,” Harris said. “Including to raise the minimum wage and eliminate taxes on tips for service and hospitality workers.”

Trump responded on his social media site a short time later, posting that Harris “just copied my NO TAXES ON TIPS Policy.”

“The difference is, she won’t do it, she just wants it for Political Purposes!,” the former president wrote. “This was a TRUMP idea – She has no ideas, she can only steal from me.”

Harris campaign: Walz ‘misspoke’ in 2018 reference to ‘weapons of war, that I carried in war’

Sunday 11 August 2024 12:00 , Oliver O’Connell

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic candidate for vice president, “misspoke” in a 2018 video about “weapons of war that I carried in war,” a Harris-Walz campaign spokesperson said Saturday.

Read on…

Walz ‘misspoke’ in 2018 reference to ‘weapons of war, that I carried in war,’ Harris campaign says

Trump’s Truth Social lost $16.4m last quarter and had under $1m in revenue

Sunday 11 August 2024 11:15 , Oliver O’Connell

Donald Trump’s social media company Trump Media and Technology Group has reported a $16.4 million loss and less than $1 million in quarterly revenue, only months after it began trading publicly to much fanfare earlier this year.

Read on…

Trump’s Truth Social lost $16.4m last quarter and less than $1m in revenue

Watch: JD Vance can’t hide from the couch and cat lady jokes

Sunday 11 August 2024 10:30 , Oliver O’Connell

“By the way, I’m one of those ‘miserable, childless cat ladies,’’ Rep Dina Titus said during her introductory remarks in Las Vegas ahead of speeches by Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, referencing Senator JD Vance’s past comments that have drawn criticism. “JD Vance apologized to my cat but he didn’t apologize to me… you better hide behind that sofa because we’re coming for you,” she added.

Trump bizarrely claims nobody knows his Democratic rival’s last name

Sunday 11 August 2024 09:00 , Oliver O’Connell

Following Thursday’s tsunami of absurd and false statements at his seemingly pointless “general news conference” at Mar-a-Lago, a free-wheeling Donald Trump bizarrely told supporters on Friday night that “nobody really knows” his opponent’s last name.

The reclusive former president emerged from hiding at his Palm Beach, Florida, estate and flew — with a slight mechanical interruption — to a rally in Bozeman, Montana, in support of Republican Senate candidate Tim Sheehy, who is looking to unseat Democratic Senator Jon Tester.

On stage, Trump reeled through his standard list of grievances and disparaging remarks about America, adding some new material for the crowd.

Read on…

Trump oddly claims during Montana rally no one knows Kamala Harris’s last name

Dem congressman pokes fun at Trump’s angry reaction to Harris tips pledge

Sunday 11 August 2024 08:15 , Oliver O’Connell

Capitol rioter gets 20 years in prison for attacking police

Sunday 11 August 2024 07:30 , Oliver O’Connell

A California man with a history of political violence was sentenced on Friday to 20 years in prison for repeatedly attacking police with flagpoles and other makeshift weapons during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.

David Nicholas Dempsey’s sentence is among the longest among hundreds of Capitol riot prosecutions. Prosecutors described him as one of the most violent members of the mob of Donald Trump supporters that attacked the Capitol as lawmakers met to certify Joe Biden‘s 2020 presidential election victory.

Dempsey, who is from Van Nuys, stomped on police officers’ heads. He swung poles at officers defending a tunnel, struck an officer in the head with a metal crutch and attacked police with pepper spray and broken pieces of furniture, prosecutors said.

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Man who attacked police at the US Capitol with poles gets 20 years, one of longest Jan. 6 sentences

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