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Ex-Trump advisers help to grow pro-Russia website that spreads misinformation
Working alongside contributors for Kremlin state media, the former Donald Trump policy aide George Papadopoulos, his wife, Simona Mangiante, and others have become editorial board members of the website Intelligencer, which is increasingly becoming a source of news for those in the rightwing ecosystem.
#News #FakeNews #Russia #Politics
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/19/intelligencer-pro-russia-website-trump
These evangelicals are voting their values — by backing Kamala Harris
“I am tired of watching meanness, bigotry and recreational cruelty be the worldly witness of our faith,” Scott said on the call. “I want transformation, and transformation is risky business.”
Iranian hackers tried but failed to interest Biden’s campaign in stolen Trump info, FBI says
There’s no indication that any of the recipients responded, officials said, and several media organizations who have said they also were approached with stolen material did not publish it.
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https://apnews.com/article/iran-fbi-election-interference-dni-ae96f57f438772dac08e076be7aa4904
RFK Jr. confirms he is under investigation over whale specimen collection
“At a recent Trump campaign event, newly-minted MAGA surrogate RFK Jr. told an audience that he was being investigated by the National Marine Fisheries Service for illegally decapitating a whale carcass with a chainsaw,” the DNC said in the release. “This story once again prompted a flurry of negative and embarrassing headlines about RFK Jr.”
West Coast Teamsters break with national chapter in endorsing Harris
The announcement came minutes after the national Teamsters declined to make a presidential endorsement.
The move represents a sharp break within the powerful union’s membership in liberal states like California, where former President Donald Trump remains a widely unpopular political figure.
#News #Politics #Teamsters #Election2024
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/18/west-coast-teamsters-endorse-harris-00179923
Network of Georgia election officials strategizing to undermine 2024 result
Emails obtained by the Guardian reveal a behind-the-scenes network of county election officials throughout Georgia coordinating on policy and messaging to both call the results of November’s election into question before a single vote is cast, and push rules and procedures favored by the election denial movement.
#News #Politics #Election2024 #Georgia
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/18/trump-election-georgia
Just freaking EVIL. That's what GOOD leaders do you idiots.
Trump quips he wishes Biden hadn’t called him: ‘He was so nice to me’
Earlier in the event, Trump referred to the “very nice call” he had with Harris, eliciting boos from the crowd.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4885432-donald-trump-joe-biden-call/
New partnership unveiled touting efforts in Black, Latino communities
The Voto Latino Foundation and Vote To Live Foundation announced a new six-figure digital education campaign in partnership with Building Back Together for Black and Latino communities. The campaign, will highlight the White House’s accomplishments on things like lowering the price of insulin and other prescription drugs, eliminating junk fees and creating 800,000 manufacturing jobs.
False reports of explosives found in a car near a Trump rally spread online
The false reports of an explosive began circulating hours before the Republican presidential nominee’s campaign event at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, just days after he was apparently the target of a second possible assassination attempt.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-new-york-rally-false-bomb-threat-e3f8c44132602c97bb7c4acce2ec63b9
His unpredictable nature is not the negotiating virtue he extols. To the contrary, in matters of national security, his demeanor invites equally erratic behavior from our adversaries, which irresponsibly threatens reckless and dangerous global consequences.
https://rbmralumni4harris.substack.com/p/over-100-republican-national-security
Harris endorsed by more than 100 former Republican former national security officials
In an open letter, a group of more than 100 Republican former national security officials and House and Senate lawmakers have endorsed Kamala Harris, saying Donald Trump cannot be trusted to manage threats and the United State’s relationships with allies and adversaries.
Republicans on Tuesday blocked a bill that would have created a right to access in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments and mandated that insurance plans cover the practice, deriding the vote as a political ploy.
Senators voted against advancing the bill, 51-44, marking the second time Democrats have sought to put Republicans on the record on the contentious issue. Sixty votes were needed to open debate on the measure.
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https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4884563-ivf-bill-republicans-blocked/
Harris calls Trump after apparent assassination attempt
Harris expressed to Trump “that she is grateful he is safe,” according to a White House official, who described the conversation as “cordial and brief.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4884564-trump-assassination-attempt-harris-biden-routh/
Maná removes song with Nicky Jam in protest of his support for Trump
The Mexican pop-rock band Maná has removed its 2016 song with Nicky Jam after the Puerto Rican reggaeton singer expressed his support for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
“Maná does not work with racists,” the group said in an Instagram post explaining the decision to remove “De pies a cabeza” from online platforms.
https://apnews.com/article/nicky-jam-trump-mana-8391251a8df583260ff9f3a87e943c31
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s attempt to block a voter registration drive in one of his state’s most populous urban counties — and biggest Democratic strongholds — has failed in state district court.
On Monday, State District Judge Antonia Arteaga dismissed the Republican attorney general’s lawsuit against Bexar County, the home of San Antonio.
#News #Politics #Texas #VoterRegistration #Vote #Election2024
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4883830-texas-voter-registration-drive/
Evacuate everyone 'except for Trump.' Mom admits bomb threat at his West Palm golf course
A part-time manicurist from Boca Raton left a voicemail in June saying she planted a bomb on Trump's West Palm Beach golf course.
Hillary Clinton Denounces Trump's Decision To Blame Dems For Apparent Assassination Attempt
“Everything that he talks about is about himself." “He doesn’t in any way try to reach out to people. He’s not interested in representing all of America and all of Americans and this is just another really regrettable incident of that.”
Vice-president Kamala Harris said the policies of her opponent Donald Trump were to blame for the death of a 28-year-old mother in Georgia who was denied lifesaving abortion care under the state’s six-week ban.
A state medical review committee deemed Thruman’s death “preventable”, and determined that there was a “good chance” she would have survived had she been provided a D&C
#News #Politics #AbortionRights #ReproductiveRights #Abortion #Georgia
Election officials prepare for threats with panic buttons, bulletproof glass
Election offices and those who run them have been targets of harassment and even death threats since the 2020 presidential election, primarily by people acting on former President Donald Trump’s lies that the election was stolen from him through widespread fraud or rigged voting machines.
Former governors urge successors to certify election results
Former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett, a Republican, said he was “disappointed” that the nominee of his party refused to admit he lost in 2020 and appeared to be laying the groundwork for suggesting that this year’s election would be rigged.
The group of former governors is hoping to provide political cover for those GOP executives who Trump may pressure.
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