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Donald Trump rallied supporters in Mosinee, Wisconsin on Saturday, in his first visit to the deep-red, mostly rural part of the important swing state.
Amid a familiar list of grievances, the former president made a new attack against Harris. He suggested expanding the 25th Amendment to include the possiblity of removing a vice president. Trump has been openly bitter about President Joe Biden’s decision to exit the 2024 race.
Accusing Harris and other Biden allies of pushing him out of the race in a “cover-up,” Trump told the crowd: “I will support modifying the 25th Amendment to make clear that if a vice president lies or engages in a conspiracy to cover up the incapacity of the president of the United States — if you do that with a cover-up of the president of the United States, it’s grounds for impeachment immediately and removal from office, ‘cause that’s what they did.”
At another point during the rally, Trump offered an explanation for his frequent references to the ficitional cannibal Hannibal Lecter. The Silence of the Lambs character is a “representative of people that are coming into our country,” he said.
This type of explanation, similar to his explanation last weak for his ability to “weave”, has prompted one of his biographers to say he is “hyper-aware” that he is mentally slipping.
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‘She needs to let Trump be Trump’: Inside Kamala Harris’s unconventional debate prep
Less than three months ago, a disastrous debate performance by President Joe Biden put Kamala Harris on a collision course with Donald Trump.
Now at the top of the Democratic ticket, Harris’s first public face-off with Trump on the ABC debate stage in Philadelphia is just days away. Right now, she is hunkered down in Pittsburgh for intensive preparations with a close circle of aides and confidantes who are getting her ready for her best — and perhaps only — chance to convince Americans that she, and not the former president, should spend the next four years in the White House.
According to NOTUS, the vice president will be participating in sessions led by Paul Weiss partner Karen Dunn, the Washington super-lawyer who masterminded then-Senator Harris’s prep for her 2020 debate against her predecessor, Mike Pence. Harris will also reportedly be coached by her veteran policy adviser Rohini Kosoglu, as well as Democratic National Convention mastermind and longtime operative Minyon Moore; domestic policy aide Brian Nelson; campaign chief-of-staff Sheila Nix; veteran adviser Sean Clegg; and Cedric Richmond, the former Louisiana congressman who is a co-chair of her campaign.
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‘She needs to let Trump be Trump’: Inside Kamala Harris’s unconventional debate prep
‘It can’t be just Biden 2.0 — it’s got to be Harris 1.0,’ one strategist tells Andrew Feinberg as he digs into the debate prep being done by the Harris campaign, and how it contrasts with her predecessors
Andrew Feinberg8 September 2024 14:00 1725796800Jimmy Carter ‘talking about politics again’ since Kamala Harris became Democratic nominee
Former President Jimmy Carter is “talking about politics again” following the ascension of Vice President Kamala Harris to the top of the Democratic ticket.
“After my grandmother passed, he had a pretty long low period when he wasn’t really engaging much at all,” his eldest grandchild Jason Carter told The Washington Post. “But now he’s talking about politics again.”
Two members of the Carter family told the paper that after the death of his wife, former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, in November last year, his health has worsened. He has been in hospice for 18 months.
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Jimmy Carter ‘talking about politics again’ since Kamala Harris became nominee
The 99-year-old former president watched all of the DNC speeches: ‘He thought Michelle Obama was the best, and he thought Kamala was great, too’
Gustaf Kilander8 September 2024 13:00 1725793200Supreme Court Justice Alito says he got $900 concert tickets from German princess
Justice Samuel Alito reported Friday that he accepted $900 worth of concert tickets from a German princess, but disclosed no trips paid for by other people, according to a new financial disclosure form.
The required annual filing, for which Alito has often sought an extension, doesn’t include details of the event tickets gifted by socialite Gloria von Thurn und Taxis of Germany. Alito didn’t report any outside income from teaching or book contracts.
The financial disclosures filed by Supreme Court justices come against the backdrop of a heightened focus on ethics at the high court amid criticism over undisclosed trips and gifts from wealthy benefactors to some justices. The other eight justices filed their forms in June; Alito received an extension.
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Supreme Court Justice Alito says he got $900 concert tickets from German princess
Alito reported he accepted a gift to the unnamed event from socialite Gloria von Thurn und Taxis
Lindsay Whitehurst8 September 2024 12:00 1725789600Why the mediocre jobs numbers might be a good thing for Kamala Harris
On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the latest jobs numbers, which showed that the US economy added 142,000 jobs. That is higher than the 99,000 jobs that ADP predicted, but still lower than most expectations.
The number may not seem that relevant, especially given that President Joe Biden is no longer running for re-election and most people blamed Biden for the bad economy. But it still means something.
Vice President Harris has sought to separate herself from Biden’s economic policies somewhat. In New Hampshire this week, she announced that she would support a 28 percent tax on capital gains for people earning a million dollars or more, which is about 10 points lower than Biden’s proposed 39.6 capital gains tax increase.
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Why the mediocre jobs numbers might be a good thing for Kamala Harris
A weak employment report is just the latest sign that the Federal Reserve could offer some relief
Eric Garcia8 September 2024 11:00 1725786000E Jean Carroll’s lawyer says ‘all options on the table’ after Trump attacks her again in rambling remarks
As he detailed sexual assault allegations against him in two defamation cases he lost, Donald Trump said he was “very disappointed” in his legal team while half a dozen of his attorneys surrounded him in the lobby of Trump Tower on Friday.
Trump attended brief oral arguments in a federal appeals court hearing in Manhattan on Friday morning, where attorneys argued to reverse a $5 million defamation verdict against the former president, who a jury found liable for sexually abusing the writer E Jean Carroll in a department store in the 1990s.
Trump insists that he has never met Carroll and has labeled her a liar, claims that landed him a second defamation lawsuit, which he lost earlier this year. A separate jury awarded Carroll more than $83 million.
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E Jean Carroll’s lawyer says ‘all options on the table’ after Trump’s latest attacks
Trump, flanked by his lawyers, said he’s ‘disappointed’ with his legal team as he detailed sexual assault allegations against him
Alex Woodward8 September 2024 10:00 1725782400Starmer will travel to Washington for second Biden meeting
The Prime Minister will make his second visit to the USA since coming to office a matter of months ago, according to the White House.
Sir Keir Starmer is due to visit Washington DC and meet with President Joe Biden on September 13.
The meeting will be the second of its kind between the leaders since Sir Keir came to office in July, and comes just two months before Americans go to the polls for the presidential election.
Their first White House bilateral took place as Sir Keir attended the Nato summit just days after Labour won the election.
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Starmer will travel to Washington for second Biden meeting
Sir Keir’s second White House visit comes a matter of months into his term as Prime Minister.
David Lynch8 September 2024 09:00 1725778800A surge of Black women and young people registering to vote in Pennsylvania spells trouble for Trump
New voter registrations surged among Black women and young people in Pennsylvania when Kamala Harris became the Democratic nominee for president, according to newly released data.
In the week that Joe Biden announced he would not run for re-election, new registrations increased by 262 percent among Black women under 30 compared to the same week in 2020.
Registrations among Black voters increased by 110 percent, and among voters under 30 years old by 59 percent, also compared to the same week in 2020.
All of those demographic groups lean heavily towards voting for Democrats.
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Pennsylvania sees surge in Black women and young people registering to vote
‘This data is suggesting that women, younger voters, voters of color, and then especially younger women of color are going to vote at a much higher rate than they did in 2020,’ one strategist says, predicting that it could have ‘a significant potential impact on the outcome of this election’
Richard Hall, Alicja Hagopian8 September 2024 08:00 1725775200‘They don’t know him like I do:’ Trump’s disability advocate nephew details his ‘cruel’ streak
A lot of unexpected things have happened in the life of Fred Trump.
The son of Donald J’s handsome late older brother, Fred was disinherited of the family fortune by a technicality in his grandfather’s will. He and his wife, after a normal pregnancy and birth, discovered their third child suffered from severe rare disabilities requiring 24/7 care.
Then Fred watched his uncle become president. And that same uncle, while in office and standing in the White House, suggested disabled Americans like Fred’s son – his own great-nephew, William – should perhaps be left to “just die,” the 61-year-old author claims.
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Trump’s disability advocate nephew details his ‘cruel’ streak
Fred Trump has had a front seat since childhood to the bombastic antics of his Uncle Donald and the ‘cruel’ eccentricities of the wider Trump clan. A disability advocate since the birth of his son 25 years ago, Fred’s now airing family secrets in a new book. He speaks to Sheila Flynn
Sheila Flynn8 September 2024 07:00 1725771600Vance insists John McCain wouldn’t have supported Harris if he saw the US-Mexico border
The late Republican senator for Arizona, John McCain, wouldn’t have supported Kamala Harris if he saw the state of the US-Mexico border, according to GOP vice presidential candidate JD Vance during a Phoenix campaign stop this week.
“Look, one of the things I love about Donald Trump, and I never knew John McCain, but I suspect that one of the things that I would have loved about John McCain is that they didn’t let their personal grievances get in the way of serving the country,” Vance said on Thursday.
“OK, so John McCain, I’m sure, disagreed with Donald Trump on a whole host of issues. And, yes, Donald Trump disagreed with John McCain on a whole host of issues. I do not believe for a second that if John McCain were alive today, and he sees what’s going on at the American southern border, that he would support Kamala Harris and all the destruction she’s wrought.”
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Vance insists John McCain wouldn’t have supported Harris if he saw the border
Republican VP candidate’s comments come as late senator’s son announced he was supporting Democrat Kamala Harris
Josh Marcus8 September 2024 06:00 1725768000Crypto No! Allies worry about Trump family’s ventures into digital currency
Months after Donald Trump and his eldest sons were found liable for civil fraud associated with a family business, the Trumps have sparked new concerns with a growing family venture — cryptocurrency.
The Republican presidential candidate has embraced a newfound love for cryptocurrency — he owns more than $1 million in digital currency — and sons, Don Jr and Eric, are considering forming a crypto startup called World Liberty Financial. But that plan has concerned Trump’s allies in the cryptosphere.
The X accounts of Trump’s youngest daughter, Tiffany Trump, and Lara Trump, Eric’s wife who co-chairs the Republican National Committee, were hacked earlier this week, with posts directing users to fake links for the project, according to World Liberty Financial.
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Crypto No! Allies worry about Trump family’s ventures into digital currency
The X accounts of Lara Trump and Tiffany Trump were hacked earlier this week
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