Kamala Harris

'This election is different': Bill Gates leaps into 2024 race with massive donation

After decades of staying out of politics, billionaire Microsoft co-founder and global philanthropist Bill Gates is reportedly getting involved in the 2024 election — with a $50 million contribution to the effort to elect Vice President Kamala Harris.

According to The New York Times, Gates, who is typically withdrawn and secretive about his politics and has not made a public endorsement in the election, meant for the contribution to be kept out of the public eye, contributing the funds to a so-called "dark money" political nonprofit, Future Forward USA Action.

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'Too late?' Columnist warns numbers show 'fracture' between Harris and 'key' constituency

Support for Donald Trump among Muslim and Arab Americans has risen, according to recent polls, but that may have more to do with Vice President Kamala Harris’ neglect of the crucial voting bloc than anything else, a Washington Post columnist argued.

“Something has changed,” Shadi Hamid wrote in a column published Tuesday, where he described the general mood of Arabs and Muslims nationwide as the Nov. 5 election draws nearer as “dark and despairing.”

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Obama calls Trump's dance party a Kristi Noem 'hostage video' at a 'Fidel Castro' speech


Former President Barack Obama joined Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) in Madison, Wisconsin, Tuesday afternoon for a rally supporting the Democratic ticket.

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GOP fails to convince judge to purge Michigan voter rolls weeks before the election

The Republican National Committee went to court in Michigan demanding that, just days before the general election, the state be forced to purge the voter rolls.

The RNC along with Michigan voters Jordan Jorritsma and Emerson Silvernail sued in federal court to force the rolls to remove individuals they took issue with. It's one of several states where GOP leaders are working to purge the data.

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Latino crowd cheers as Trump repeats attack on 'enemy from within'

Former President Donald Trump echoed his "enemy from within" rhetoric during a roundtable conversation that one CNN anchor described as incoherent and Vice President Kamala Harris characterized as threatening.

The Latino roundtable event at Trump National Doral in Miami saw the Republican presidential nominee repeat a new catchphrase tied to his threats to sic the U.S. military on political rivals if reelected.

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'Incoherent stream of consciousness': Fed-up CNN anchor cuts off Trump speech

A fed-up CNN anchor cut away from former President Donald Trump's campaign event Tuesday to complain about blatant falsehoods and incoherent rambling.

Jim Acosta cut live coverage from a Latino roundtable event at Trump National Doral to share his views on the Republican presidential nominee's commentary.

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'Tangentially off track': Doctor who wrote rule says it should be broken for Trump

The co-author of a decades-old rule limiting psychiatrists from sharing professional opinions about political leaders says it should be broken in the case of former President Donald Trump, according to a new report.

Allen Dyer, a retired George Washington University psychiatry professor, told the Huffington Post Tuesday that the American Psychoanalytic Association's 1973 "Goldwater Rule" should not stop discussions about Trump's apparent mental deterioration.

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'Why bother?' Analyst warns Trump 'hyperbole' could be hurting Harris' voter turnout

Experts warning of "election calamity" may actually be doing a disservice to voters, former conservative turned anti-GOP columnist Jennifer Rubin wrote for The Washington Post — by damaging the confidence people have in the electoral process.

This could lead to supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris staying home, saying "If it's rigged, why bother?" and simply handing Trump a clean win, the Post columnist wrote.

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Harris campaign has 'jittery self-confidence' as it plots final 2-week blitz: CNN

Polls at the moment are showing a dead heat between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump -- and Harris' own campaign believes that is an accurate representation of the state of the race.

A lengthy report from CNN brings word that Harris campaign staffers see the campaign as a "jump ball" at the moment, although they have a "jittery confidence" that they can push their candidate over the top in the final two weeks.

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'Not on my watch boys!' CNN host stunned by liberal expert's election advice

CNN anchor Kate Bolduan roared disapproval at a political analyst Tuesday as he offered snarky advice to liberal voters ahead of Election Day.

Panelists Van Jones, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, and Scott Jennings, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, were both scolded by the outraged host as they debated the twists and turns of the 2024 presidential election.

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'Hapless dunce': National Review writer sounds warning for conservative voters

The National Review's Jim Geraghty has written a lengthy column warning conservatives against writing off Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election.

While allowing that sometimes Harris "serves up some stinkers" when she's "speaking off the cuff," he adds that it would be a mistake for conservatives to dismiss her as a lightweight.

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'Virtually nothing is correct': Fact checker left stunned by Trump swing state attack ad

Former President Donald Trump's new swing state attack ad against Vice President Kamala Harris is so full of exaggerations and falsehoods that it baffled a local authority and stunned a Washington Post fact checker.

Trump's recent pitch to Michigan autoworkers was described as "bombastic," "false" and "misleading" in a Washington Post analysis from Glenn Kessler Tuesday morning.

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'Got to gut Trump': Prof. warns Harris is 'playing it safe' — and it could be disastrous

Kamala Harris' reliance on the “joyful warrior” approach — and a reluctance to go for Donald Trump’s jugular — is what could lose her the election, a political scientist warned Tuesday.

Speaking to Salon, Professor M. Steven Fish of the University of California, Berkeley, said the Democrat’s reluctance to mobilize a full on attack in the last few weeks of the election cycle could prove disastrous.

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