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'He will wreak havoc': Columnist argues Vance exposed his hatred for surprising group

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) revealed during the debate a surprising dislike considering his views on "sociopathic" childless cat people and the extra votes parents should be granted, a political analyst argued Wednesday morning.

Former President Donald Trump's running mate exposed Tuesday night a deep-rooted hatred of children, argued Salon columnist Amanda Marcotte.

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'Dear Leader shall not be fact checked': Trump mocked after backing out of '60 Minutes'

Former President Donald Trump's surprising decision to drop out of a "60 Minutes" interview that entailed live fact-checking stunned political onlookers who said he just handed an easy victory to Vice President Kamala Harris.

The iconic news show's Tuesday announcement that Trump had pulled out of the special Oct. 7 broadcast alongside Harris spurred outrage from his campaign spokesperson and jeers from the left.

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'Not just weird or dangerous': New Harris ad uses Vance to skewer Trump — and vice versa

Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign dropped a new ad Tuesday targeting Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) by way of former President Donald Trump, and vice versa.

The new digital ad appeared online just hours before Vance is slated to debate Harris' running mate Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), whose succinct character attack on the Ohio Republican features prominently — as does Trump's age.

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Pollsters reveal what key issue will win — and lose — ‘extremely close presidential race’

The 2024 presidential election will come down to inflation, according to two polling experts, and while they agree that Vice President Kamala Harris is doing a better job of persuading voters she can tackle the issue than Donald Trump, the “framing war” of both campaigns will ultimately decide the race.

“Both sides understand that the game will be won or lost around the issue of inflation,” according to an interview in Salon with public opinion and politics experts Elizabeth Jarosz and Clifford Young of the market research firm Ipsos. “Right now, Harris is more effective at this than Trump. But there still is a month until Election Day.”

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'Extreme self-centeredness': NYT flooded with angry letters about Trump's fitness to serve

The New York Times has been flooded with angry letters from readers warning former President Donald Trump's rhetoric and behavior render him unfit to serve as commander in chief, a new editorial shows.

The Times published Tuesday a slew of letters to the editor in which readers condemn Trump's description of Vice President Kamala Harris as "mentally disabled" as both racist and unhinged.

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'I was President': Trump's response to Iranian missile attack puts the focus on himself

Donald Trump responded to the worsening crisis in the Middle East with a lengthy comment about himself minutes before Iran launched missiles into Israel.

The former president's campaign issued a statement Tuesday that he shared on Truth Social blaming President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for the ballistic missile attack, which U.S. officials had warned was imminent, and insisted that his Democratic rivals were responsible for Israel's war in Gaza and a ground offensive in Lebanon.

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‘Florida is in play’ Democrats say as poll shows multiple close races

Several Florida Democratic Party officials insist the Sunshine State is in play, and not just in the presidential race. As campaign cash is flooding the state, a Republican pollster finds both Donald Trump and Republican U.S. Senator Rick Scott with a tiny lead over their Democratic opponents, well with the margin of error.

"Trump leads Harris by 2.1%, and Scott leads Mucarsel-Powell by 0.8%," according to Victory Insights, which released the poll Monday. Trump is beating Harris 46.9% to 44.9%, with just over eight percent still undecided.

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Mary Trump: Donald a 'destroyed human being' whose Dad was 'incapable of loving anybody'

Mary Trump, a clinical psychologist and niece of Donald Trump, told MSNBC Monday night that her uncle is a “destroyed human being” whose inflamed criticisms of Kamala Harris are being driven by a “defense mechanism” as a reaction to the vice president becoming the Democratic nominee.

“Donald uses very frequently a defense mechanism known as projection in which he takes things that he unconsciously knows about himself but can't bear and projects them onto other people,” Mary Trump told MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell Monday night on his show “Last Word."

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'He's lying!: Biden snaps after Fox News fact-checks Trump's false claim

An angry President Joe Biden snapped during a White House news conference after former President Donald Trump was subjected to a fact check from an unlikely source.

Fox News reporter Jacqui Heinrich took to X Monday afternoon first to share that Trump had falsely claimed Biden hadn't reached out to Gov. Brian Kemp — hours after the Georgia Republican praised the president for his outreach — then to share the president's response.

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'He's a loser there': Dem brutally fact-checks Fox News panel on Trump's Georgia campaign

Fox News host Jeanine Pirro was subjected to a brutal fact check from her colleague Monday after she heaped praise on former President Donald Trump's response to Hurricane Helene.

Pirro argued it was President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris' duty to do what Trump did Monday and appear on the ground after the deadly storm claimed more than 100 lives.

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'Just put on a red hat': CNN segment on latest Trump tactic spurs 'sanewashing' uproar

A CNN correspondent faced criticism of "sanewashing" Monday as she reported on former President Donald Trump's controversial decision to campaign in regions of Georgia devastated by Hurricane Helene.

Reporter Kristen Holmes on Monday detailed Trump's visit to Valdosta where he delivered supplies, a campaign speech and what she described as a "message of unity" — despite his incorrect claim that President Joe Biden was missing in action.

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'All hell broke loose' after former Trump voters cut ad for Kamala Harris: report

Two lifelong Republicans who cut a campaign ad for Vice President Kamala Harris said they've been living a "nightmare" at the hands of former President Donald Trump's supporters, according to a new report.

Pennsylvania farmer Bob Lange and his wife Kristina told Philadelphia magazine Savvy Mainline on Sunday that they and their business have been bombarded by online and telephone bullying after the ad went live.

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These Arizona Republicans want you to vote for Kamala Harris

A group formed by anti-Trump Republicans is spending big in the closing weeks of the election to convince Republicans in the Grand Canyon State to support Vice President Kamala Harris.

Republican Voters Against Trump on Monday announced plans to spend $2.4 million in Arizona — as part of a $15 million blitz in battleground states — to pay for billboards and TV ads featuring first-person testimonials from former Donald Trump supporters who now back Harris, the former president’s Democratic opponent.

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