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Insane Clown Posse members support Harris: ‘I hope she wins’
One half of the hip-hop duo Insane Clown Posse supported Harris in an interview on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show.”
“I want her to win because she’s a Democrat and I love my mother,” Violent J told “Daily Show” correspondent Troy Iwata, who said Iwata was wearing a clown costume. He spoke during a segment that showed digitally altered photos of the presidential and vice presidential candidates of the major political parties. compensate.
In the first half of this segment, Violent J talks about Trump, telling Iwata, “Now you know why I hated Trump, that wall…” mentioned the attempt.
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He also broadly praised the Democratic Party, saying, “The Democratic Party is basically talking about cutting taxes for the poor and increasing taxes for the rich.”
Asked about Harris’ running mate Walz, Violent J added, “I have no opinion on that guy.” He also made unfavorable statements about Vance using derogatory language.
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Police arrest suspect in shooting at Harris Elections Office in Arizona
Police in Tempe, Arizona, have arrested a 60-year-old man accused of shooting up Democratic National Committee offices and hanging suspicious bags containing white powder from political signs in a nearby village over the past two months.
Police announced the arrest late yesterday and identified the suspect as Jeffrey Michael Kelly. He was charged with several felonies, including unlawful discharge of a firearm, firing into a non-residential structure and terrorism, and misdemeanor criminal damage.
Tempe police also allege the suspect hung a suspicious bag containing a white powder and posted several political signs lined with razor blades in the village of Ahwatukee, Arizona.
Last month, police said officers responded to the DNC office, which organizes and runs Harris’ campaign, after an employee reported hearing what sounded like gunshots coming from the front window of the office. did. In early September, police said they believed a pellet or BB gun had struck the front window of the office.
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Voting lawsuits flood battleground states weeks after Election Day
Political parties and groups have filed nearly 100 lawsuits in seven battleground states that could determine how votes are counted and counted ahead of potential legal battles on Election Day and beyond.
Most of the lawsuits are against Republicans, who are focused on stamping out allegations of voter fraud despite a lack of evidence that widespread voter fraud is occurring, particularly around mail-in voting procedures and non-citizen votes. and its allied organizations.
Many of the lawsuits seek to remove voter rolls, tighten signature and voter identification requirements, or invalidate ballots that do not meet the requirements, while others include reducing the use of ballot drop boxes and introducing irregular voting. Other lawsuits seek to overhaul various aspects of election administration. – Counting protocols, such as requiring hand counting of ballots.
Lawsuits by Democrats and their allies have largely focused on expanding access to voting, including attempting to extend registration deadlines and appealing for broader interpretations of absentee voting and voter identification laws. I’m guessing.
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Harris campaign targets Gen Z voters in late election campaign
Harris’ campaign has begun an early voting push for students on state university campuses in battleground states. The effort consists of concerts, block parties and tailgates, along with a new seven-figure targeted ad buy focused on reaching students primarily through social media platforms.
This ad buy will geographically target students in battleground states across platforms including Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, and YouTube Shorts. The campaign says some of the ads are designed to reflect popular social media trends.
The Vote for Our Future tour, accompanied by campaign leaders and high-profile delegates, will mobilize young voters across battleground states to not only attract students but also engage voters. Encourage registration and early voting.
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John Kelly, who served as White House Chief of Staff during the Trump administration, has spoken out about the dangers of President Trump’s second term. In a series of interviews with The New York Times, he was harshly critical of Trump, saying he fits the “definition of a fascist.” NBC’s Garrett Haak reports on “TODAY.”
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MoveOn launches ‘brat’-inspired ads targeting young voters
In an effort to encourage people to vote, the progressive group MoveOn announced today that it will spend $250,000 on a Charli XCX-inspired ad targeting young people who don’t often vote.
The 15-second digital ad, first shown on NBC News, parodies Charli XCX’s song “Guess” from her re-released album “Brat.” This will run across the meta platform as videos and GIFs in key battleground states.
“We want to remind young people that their vote is their power and can impact our daily lives 365 days a year,” MoveOn spokesperson Britt Jakovich said in a statement. , we have gone beyond traditional GOTV methods.”
According to MoveOn, the ad is part of a $1.2 million digital campaign to support Harris Walz’s ticket and key congressional races. He said that he is targeting people who support his position, who tend to be younger. This is the first vote since the 2016 election.
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Vance appointed as President Trump’s accountability director
Mr. Vance’s willingness to regularly field questions from mainstream news outlets has added an unofficial role as accountability director to his role as President Trump’s running mate.
Vance, the Republican senator from Ohio, defended any provocative comments Trump has made recently in interviews, press conferences and while speaking to reporters on his campaign plane. We often have to defend, decipher, or “actually” defend or decipher.
At the time, Trump questioned whether Harris was really black. “I think he pointed out the fundamentally chameleonic nature of Kamala Harris,” Vance argued.
When President Trump disparaged Detroit, a predominantly black city in the battleground state of Michigan? Vance said Trump was “just being honest about the fact that Detroit is being left behind.”
And what about when President Trump named and removed Democratic congressmen as he warned of the “enemy within” and stoked fears of chaos to justify military intervention on Election Day? “The domestic enemy is the people Kamala Harris has sent into this country without vetting, without testing, without documentation,” Vance said.
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President Obama urges young people not to give up on the political process in new podcast with NBA players
Former President Barack Obama endorsed Harris for president in the first episode of a new podcast hosted by an NBA player, directly appealing to young people not to get frustrated over the slow pace of political progress.
“A lot of young people, a lot of young people, get frustrated and say, ‘Well, nothing happened,'” Obama told NBA All-Star Tyrese Haliburton, 24, and producer Tommy Alter. he said in a clip first shared by. NBC News. “But I’ll tell you this, when I was president, I didn’t solve racism, I didn’t eradicate poverty. But 50 million people have health insurance. “This has never happened before, and it saved lives and improved people’s lives.”
President Obama said the reason to vote is to have someone who “sees you, knows your life, cares about you” and who, if possible, “will do a million things to make your life a little bit better every year.” He added that this is because they make “decisions.” ”
Podcast ‘The Young Man and the Three’ rebrands ‘The Old Man and the Three’ show, which has over 1 million YouTube subscribers and a predominantly young and male audience It’s a thing.
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Analysis: How Harris and Trump are conducting their closing arguments
Given the tumultuous nature of the Trump era in general and the twists and turns of the 2024 campaign in particular, it’s hard to believe that we’re likely to be nearing the end of this historic election cycle (knock on wood). ) The situation is ending more normally than before. The campaign featuring Donald Trump has so far ended.
I admit that the phrase “so far” serves many purposes in the above paragraph. And let me be clear: I’m not talking about the events that rocked the campaign, I’m not talking about President Trump’s penchant for crude and offensive rhetoric. Obviously, unforeseen things can still happen, but at this late stage in the campaign, it is unclear whether new events will dramatically impact either candidate’s vote share. No. But if you’re no longer prepared for the unexpected in politics, you’re not paying attention.
But what’s different from before! — Here’s a look at how both campaigns have been doing semi-, in a way, conventionally for this campaign in recent weeks.
First, who are the ultimately persuadable voters: Republicans or Republican-leaning independents who don’t like Trump personally but are skeptical of Vice President Kamala Harris’ perceived liberal politics? The camp seems to be in agreement about this.
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In a polarized nation, local governments are an oasis of compromise and community, study finds
New research released today by the nonprofit research organization Civic Pulse and the Carnegie Corporation of New York shows that local governments can uniquely combat growing polarization across the country.
The study interviewed more than 1,400 local elected policymakers and local civil service leaders, and found that 87% of those surveyed said political polarization had a “very” or “very much” negative impact on the country. It turned out that the respondents answered that it was affecting them. However, only 31% of local officials say political polarization is having such a negative impact on their local communities.
“The political polarization that dominates the media at the national level doesn’t actually govern life at all at the local level,” said Louise Richardson of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, a philanthropic foundation that supports research and education. the president told NBC News. About the report.
The survey, which broke down responses by population size, found that local officials in smaller communities believe polarization has less negative effects than those in larger communities. Forty-six percent of staff in communities with 50,000 or more residents said their community has been “quite” or “quite” negatively affected by polarization, compared to 46% in communities with 1,000 to 10,000 residents. Only 28% of local government officials in their communities said the same thing.
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