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'Con artist': Analyst argues Trump has ulterior motive for priming MAGA men

A Salon columnist issued on Monday a stark warning to male voters ahead of Election Day: that former President Donald Trump may be more interested in their wallets than their votes.

Amanda Marcotte on Monday addressed Trumpworld's "divorced dude energy" by drawing a parallel between the Republican presidential nominee's campaign and what she described as his followers' anti-woman sentiments.

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'Fast path to horrible hell': Threatening letters sent to Dem voters in Wisconsin

In Kenosha, the local Democratic Party office has received calls about residents who put up yard signs supporting Vice President Kamala Harris receiving letters, warning of reprisal and biblical hell fire if they don’t vote for former President Donald Trump.

Lori Hawkins, chair of the Kenosha County Democratic Party, said that people have been reporting the letters to the Kenosha Police Department. “There’s a couple different versions of it, but most people I know have gotten both of them,” Hawkins told Wisconsin Examiner.

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'Narrowest message possible': Trump's latest promise baffles and alarms experts

Donald Trump's pledge to take drinking water advice from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — an anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist known for bizarre theories and stories — has political experts wondering what the former president is doing and health experts hoping it won't work, according to a new report.

Trump's comment last week that it sounded "okay" to heed Kennedy's calls to remove fluoride from tap water represents a rejection of political norms when it comes to closing out a presidential race, according to the Washington Post.

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'Do a hell of a lot better': Many Republicans tell WaPo Trump has blown it in swing state

Republicans in a battleground swing state are saying former President Donald Trump handed conservatives to Vice President Kamala Harris in the upcoming presidential election, a new report reveals.

The Washington Post reported Sunday that recent Trump gaffes — such as inviting to Madison Square Garden a comedian who called Puerto Rico a "floating island of garbage" — has a slew of Pennsylvania voters ready and eager to vote Democratic.

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Howard, the 'Black Harvard' where Harris will spend election night

Kamala Harris will watch Tuesday's election night from the campus of Howard University -- her alma mater -- a fitting place for possibly the most significant night of her life.

Nicknamed "the Black Harvard," the Washington school occupies a central role in the US vice president's biography: Since graduating there in 1986, she has frequently returned at key moments.

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'God willing': Internal Team Trump email reveals 'unusual' pessimism

Former President Donald Trump's campaign has got the we're-gonna-lose blues, a new report reveals.

An "unusual" tone of pessimism appeared Friday in an internal email to Trump Team staffers as they dealt with their candidate's suggestion former Rep. Liz Cheney should be shot and an event comedian calling Puerto Rico a "floating island of garbage," Axios reported Monday.

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'Trying to lose': Trump says ex-NFL player who fumbled his name will lead missile defense

Donald Trump says a former football player who mistakenly told voters to cast ballots for the former president's eldest son will be put in charge of missile defense should the Republican nominee be reelected on Nov. 5.

Trump raised eyebrows Sunday during his Georgia rally when he claimed that former National Football League running back Herschel Walker would be granted a highly responsible role in his administration.

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'His brain is tapioca pudding': Laughter erupts over Trump's gaffe-laden Georgia speech

Former President Donald Trump's gaffe-laden speech that saw him detail violent deaths and complain of faked "cob" reports spurred mockery from critics who said his viewers appeared to be drifting.

Trump's closing argument to Georgia Republicans at a campaign event Sunday night spurred much ridicule on social media as his critics mocked his unique speech and the impact it had on the crowd.

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'Exasperated': Insiders say 'crazy' Trump antics have allies wondering if he wants to lose

Former President Donald Trump's "crazy" outbursts and "not-normal" rhetoric have Republican supporters wondering if he wants to lose on Nov. 5, according to a new CNN report.

Political reporter Kristen Holmes told CNN Sunday that Trump's allies are infuriated over campaign trail antics that include encouraging shooters and suggestive pantomime with a microphone.

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'Funniest thing I’ve seen': Herschel Walker tells Georgia to vote for wrong guy

Herschel Walker had a unique message for Republican voters two days before Election Day: don't vote for your nominee.

Walker, a former National Football League star running back, delivered at a Georgia campaign rally Sunday what was almost an endorsement of former President Donald Trump — but not quite.

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'They're killing the squirrels!' Georgia Republicans makes odd case for Trump

Republicans made a strange case for former President Donald Trump during a campaign rally where they warned of doom ahead for raccoons.

Georgia Republican Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Mike Collins both issued dark warnings about Vice President Kamala Harris that echoed Trump's own campaign lie that Haitian immigrants in Ohio had been eating cats and dogs.

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'What a liar': Jaws drop at J.D. Vance's outlandish claim about Donald Trump

Former President Donald Trump's running mate has Democratic jaws dropping after he suggested there was one thing his boss would never do.

Sen. J.D. Vance told rally attendees in Aston, Pennsylvania, on Sunday that the Republican presidential nominee always had championed Americans' right to freedom of speech — and always would.

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'Crazy woke talk': Report says foul-mouthed Kari Lake is in deep denial as campaign flails

Foul-mouthed comments from MAGA Republican Kari Lake show the Arizona senatorial candidate is in deep denial about how badly her campaign is struggling, according to a new report.

Lake repeatedly swore during a conversation with Politico, revealed Sunday, about poll numbers that show she has alienated supporters of the late Sen. John McCain — and even some voters for former President Donald Trump.

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