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More than half of all active voters in the key swing state of Georgia have already their ballots, an election official confirmed. Nearly 3.6 million people, just over 50% of active voters, have cast ballots through early in-person or absentee voting. The state's early voting, which opened on October 15, closes tomorrow. "They're just excited to get out and vote," Gabriel Sterling, chief operations officer at the secretary of state office, told CNN. "Now it may also be fatigue — they just want to get it over with. Who knows what the drivers are, but we're happy to see it." Nationwide, more than 60 million people have already voted, according to data compiled by Edison Research and Catalist. Both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have encouraged their supporters to vote early which has led to record-breaking turnouts across the US.
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Oct 31, 2024 at 06:08 PM EDT
Bloomberg says he voted for Harris ‘without hesitation’
Former New York City mayor and media mogul Michael Bloomberg said he has endorsed Kamala Harris
"I do not agree with Vice President Kamala Harris on every issue, but earlier this week, I voted for her without hesitation," Bloomberg wrote in an op-ed on his media company's website.
"As I've thought about the candidates in this presidential election, I've been guided by two main considerations: policy positions and personal integrity. When it comes to policy, the contrast could not be clearer," Bloomberg said touting several campaign policies.
Oct 31, 2024 at 06:07 PM EDT
Trump will win the ‘normal gay guy vote’, predicts Vance on Rogan podcast
GOP vice president candidate JD Vance said that Donald Trump would win the "normal gay guy vote" during his interview with Joe Rogan.
In an interview that focused heavily on trans issues, Vance described a "gay Reagan Democrat" friend who he said rejected progressive beliefs and trans advocacy, and claimed that many in the gay community felt the same.
"I wouldn't be surprised if me and Trump won, just, the normal gay guy vote, because, they just wanted to be left the hell alone," Vance said.
Oct 31, 2024 at 05:45 PM EDT
Pollster predicts factor that could determine who wins on November 5
Voter turnout will likely be the deciding factor in the razor-thin presidential race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, according to polling expert Nate Silver.
"It's a cliché," Silver wrote on Silver Bulletin, his Substack publication, "but turnout—particularly whether Donald Trump can turn out his marginal voters...may determine who wins."
Enthusiasm among voters will likely sway the results, particularly in key battleground states where demographics and past voting trends could drive turnout variability, he said.
Silver projects a total national turnout of approximately 155 million voters, with a confidence interval ranging from 148 million to 162 million, according to his model. He said that's significantly higher than in 2016, when 137 million went out to vote for president, but slightly lower than 2020's record turnout of 158.7 million.
"I think I feel OK about projecting a very slight decrease," Silver said. "The 2020 election was outlier-ish from a turnout standpoint, perhaps in part because people had so many ways to vote (and so little else going on) during COVID."
Read More: Nate Silver Predicts Factor That May 'Determine' if Harris or Trump Wins
Oct 31, 2024 at 05:41 PM EDT
Harris tells Arizona supporters 2024 is one of the most ‘consequential elections of our lifetime’
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Vice President Kamala Harris has called the 2024 election one of the most "consequential elections of our lifetime."
Harris addressed the rally in Phoenix, Arizona, where she urged the crowd to vote in the key battleground state, in the crucial election.
During the speech, she focused on reproductive issues and promised to fight for voters.
"And make no mistake, we will win," she pledged.
Oct 31, 2024 at 05:27 PM EDT
Trump is suing CBS News for $10 billion in damages over Harris interview
Donald Trump has filed a $10 billion lawsuit against CBS News claiming "deceptive conduct" election interference in its interview with Vice President Kamala Harris.
Trump's attorney said in the filing, first obtained by Fox News, that CBS News "intentionally misled the public by broadcasting a skillfully edited interview transcript... aimed at causing confusion among the electorate regarding Vice President Kamala Harris's abilities, intelligence, and appeal."
The suit argues that the editing was an "attempt to tip the scales in favor of the Democratic Party as the heated 2024 Presidential Election — which President Trump is leading — approaches its conclusion."
Oct 31, 2024 at 05:18 PM EDT
Harris stops rally to ‘talk about Gaza” after being interrupted by protesters
Kamala Harris paused her Phoenix, Arizona, rally on Thursday to address the war in Gaza after being interrupted by protesters.
"Hey guys," Harris said, addressing the protesters in the crowd directly, "you know what, here's the thing.
"Let's talk for a moment about Gaza," she continued.
"We all want this war to end and to get the hostages out. I will work on it full time when I'm elected president."
Pro-Palestine protesters have been at multiple Harris rallies.
Oct 31, 2024 at 05:12 PM EDT
Vance claims pro-choice supporters ‘celebrated’ abortion during Rogan appearance
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During his three-hour appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience, JD Vance claimed that pro-choice supporters had been "celebrating" abortion before Roe vs Wade was overturned.
Rogan said that with the overturn of Roe "you have these religious men trying to dictate what women can and cannot do with their bodies."
"I understand the push back," said Vance in the podcast that aired today, "but like with so many other issues, you can go way too far about it and it becomes trying to celebrate something that at the very best, with every argument of the pro-choice side, is a neutral thing and not something to be celebrated."
Rogan responded that "very people" were celebrating that.
Oct 31, 2024 at 04:57 PM EDT
Harris takes to stage in Phoenix, Arizona
Kamala Harris has taken to the stage at her rally in Phoenix, Arizona.
The vice president is urging supporters to cast a ballot before the end of early voting tomorrow.
Oct 31, 2024 at 04:52 PM EDT
Rogan says he warned Tony Hinchcliffe not to do controversial Puerto Rico joke
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Joe Rogan took to his podcast to reveal that he warned Tony Hinchcliffe about the dangers of telling his Puerto Rico joke prior to Donald Trump's rally on Sunday, October 27.
Three days later on the Wednesday, October 30, episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, Rogan, 57, revealed that he told Hinchcliffe, 40, "Dude, that's the one that's gonna get you stabbed," in reference to the comedian's joke in which he referred to Puerto Rico as "a floating island of garbage." Rogan told his followers, "I've gotta tell you, that joke kills at comedy clubs. I don't like the joke, [but] it kills," and later added, "it's a funny joke. The joke does well."
The host mentioned that Hinchcliffe would often tell the polarizing joke on stage and later tell his audience, "Joe Rogan always says that's the one that's gonna get me stabbed."
Read More: Joe Rogan Claims He Cautioned Tony Hinchcliffe About Risky Puerto Rico Joke
Oct 31, 2024 at 04:49 PM EDT
Los Tigres Del Norte make bilingual for appeal to voters at Harris rally
Legendary Mexican group Los Tigres Del Norte urged Arizonans to voter in a speech given in both Spanish and English at Harris' Phoenix rally Thursday.
Los Tigres Del Norte are performing at the rally, ahead of Harris' speech, in the campaign's latest appear to Latino voters.
The Vice President will later be joined by Mexican act Maná for another event in Las Vegas tonight.
Oct 31, 2024 at 04:41 PM EDT
Harris will hold star-studded rally Saturday with Jon Bon Jovi and Kerry Washington
Vice President Kamala Harris is being joined by A-list cast for her rally in Charlotte, North Carolina on Saturday.
Jon Bon Jovi, Khalid, Brittney Spencer and the War and Treaty will join her for the rally, while actress Kerry Washington is expected to give a speech.
Oct 31, 2024 at 04:17 PM EDT
Trump mocks Harris amid fallout over Biden’s ‘garbage’ comment
Donald Trump mocks Kamala Harris amid the fallout over President Biden's "garbage" comment.
"Do you think [Harris] feels good about the language that [Biden's] been using lately, like calling us all garbage? Can you imagine the phone calls?" Trump asked at his rally today in New Mexico.
"'What the hell are you doing, Joe?" Trump said, imitating Harris. "'Please, Joe, I'm trying. Joe, I'm at a big disadvantage... then you go and you make it more difficult for me, Joe. What are you doing?'"
Biden has insisted that he was referring to a joke by a speaker at Trump's Sunday rally when he said Trump supporters were "garbage."
Oct 31, 2024 at 03:44 PM EDT
Mormons could be Harris’ secret weapon, experts claim
Traditionally conservative members of the Church of Latter-day Saints in Arizona are being turned off from former President Donald Trump, in part because of his language around immigrants.
With around 400,000 Mormons in the battleground state — roughly 6 percent of its population — both Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris have sought to win them over in the hope of securing Arizona's 11 Electoral College votes, but the key issue of immigration has become divisive.
Tyler Montague, a political consultant with the Public Integrity Alliance and a LDS member, told Newsweek that while many members of the church will vote for Trump, a growing number will either leave their presidential vote blank or swing all the way to Harris.
Read More: How Mormons Could Be Kamala Harris' Secret Weapon in Arizona
Oct 31, 2024 at 03:19 PM EDT
Walz warns Trump will repeal Affordable Care Act after Speaker Johnson comments
Tim Walz warned today that the Trump administration would immediately repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
"Mike Johnson just said they're going to repeal the Affordable Care Act if Trump is elected," Walz said at a campaign event today.
"The Affordable Care Act protects people with preexisting conditions. They tried to repeal it before and they're going to try to repeal it again."
Walz was speaking after House Speaker Mike Johnson suggested that the ACA, commonly known as Obamacare, could be abolished if Trump wins.
At a rally in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, on Monday, Johnson said health care reform would be a "big part of the agenda" for a second Trump presidency.
One event attendee asked Johnson, "No Obamacare?" The speaker replied: "No Obamacare. The ACA is so deeply ingrained, we need massive reform to make this work, and we got a lot of ideas on how to do that."
Oct 31, 2024 at 03:13 PM EDT
The swing states Harris and Trump need to win the election
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Five days ahead of an extraordinarily tight presidential race, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are campaigning to secure 270 Electoral College votes needed to claim the presidency—an outcome likely to hinge on a handful of pivotal swing states.
The focus of the 2024 presidential election has largely been on the seven battleground states of Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Nevada, Arizona, Georgia, and North Carolina. Cumulatively, the states boast 93 Electoral College votes.
Vice President Harris is predicted to secure at least 226 Electoral College votes from states she is favored in, while former President Trump is projected to garner 219 Electoral College votes outside of swing states, according to 270 to Win and The Cook Political Report.
Read More: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump Need These Swing States to Win the Election
Oct 31, 2024 at 03:10 PM EDT
Trump brings New Mexico rally to a halt over medical emergency
Donald Trump temporarily halted his Albuquerque, New Mexico, rally due to a medical emergency in the crowd.
The former president stopped his speech on Thursday and told his team to play a song as the doctor "finished up" with the rallygoer.
"That was very sad," he said, resuming the speech after a couple of minutes.
Oct 31, 2024 at 02:58 PM EDT
Trump falsely claims he only lost New Mexico because election was ‘rigged’
Donald Trump has falsely claimed that he only lost New Mexico in 2020 because the election was rigged.
Speaking at a rally in Albuquerque, he told the crowd: "Look, I'm only here for one reason.
"They all said, don't come. I said 'Why? 'You can't win New Mexico.' I said look, your votes are rigged. We can win New Mexico."
New Mexico has voted blue for the past 20 years.
Oct 31, 2024 at 01:48 PM EDT
New Jersey Gov. dresses up as Tim Walz for Halloween
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced he was dressing up as the "least scary guy we know" for Halloween.
Murphy revealed he was going as Tim Walz this Halloween, as he shared a picture of himself posing over a car engine while wearing a baseball cap, next to a picture of the vice president nominee in the same pose.
""Boo! This Halloween, my fellow govs and I decided to dress up as the least scary guy we know, @Tim_Walz!" Murphy wrote on X.
Oct 31, 2024 at 01:39 PM EDT
Swifties For Kamala holding event in the battleground state
Swifties For Kamala are hosting an event in the battleground state of Pennsylvania this weekend.
The event, which features friendship bracelet making and canvassing, will be held in Philadelphia on Saturday, just three days before the election.
The group held a similar event in the swing state of Raleigh, North Carolina, earlier this month.
Oct 31, 2024 at 01:32 PM EDT
Trump’s allies warn Americans they may face higher prices if he wins
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Donald Trump's allies are warning Americans that a second Trump term could come with some initial financial adjustments and higher prices.
Trump has built his campaign on his economic policies, promising that everyday Americans would face tax cuts and less inflation under his administration. However, in recent weeks, there has been talk of a Trump presidency bringing higher prices for Americans, although the former president's supporters say these costs would be temporary in nature.
"We have to reduce spending to live within our means," billionaire and Tesla co-founder Elon Musk said during a town hall event on X. "And, you know, that necessarily involves some temporary hardship, but it will ensure long-term prosperity."
Read More: Donald Trump's Allies Are Preparing Americans for Higher Prices if He Wins
Oct 31, 2024 at 01:28 PM EDT
Vance warns America is ‘sleepwalking into World War Three’
JD Vance has claimed World War Three could break out if Kamala Harris is elected as president next week.
"I think that we are sleepwalking ourselves into World War III," he said at a campaign event in High Point, North Carolina, Thursday.
"And if you go back to all of the really terrible world conflicts, they almost always come from incompetent leadership," he said.
The running mate of Donald Trump, who has made similar World War Three claims, asked who they wanted in the room with the world's dictators.
"Do you want a person like Kamala Harris negotiating in private rooms with people like Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping?" he asked.
Oct 31, 2024 at 01:18 PM EDT
Trump claims Harris “looks totally exhausted” at today’s campaign event
Donald Trump has claimed that Kamala Harris looked "totally exhausted" at her latest campaign event.
"Just watched Kamala's Fake News Conference - all lies!" he wrote on X.
"She is desperate but, more importantly, she looks totally exhausted! She should rest now, and leave the Campaigning to me!"
Oct 31, 2024 at 01:08 PM EDT
Trump rally Puerto Rico comments will drive more Latinos to vote in swing states
More Latino voters will turn out to vote in swing states after Puerto Rico was called "a floating island of garbage" at Donald Trump's Madison Square Garden rally, a Latino community organization has said.
The former President is currently reeling from the backlash of comedian Tony Hinchcliffe branding Puerto Rico a "floating island of garbage" and said Latinos love "making babies" on Sunday. Trump senior adviser Danielle Alvarez told Newsweek that the "joke does not reflect the views of President Trump or the campaign."
"I'm outraged that these kinds of comments are still being directed at the Latino community," said Ana Valdez, the CEO of the Latino Donor Collaborative (LDC), a nonprofit that focuses on reshaping the perception of Latinos in the United States.
Read More: Trump 'Garbage' Comments 'Will Drive More Latino Turnout in Swing States'
Oct 31, 2024 at 01:05 PM EDT
Police ramp up security at ballot boxes in Oregon after fires
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Police in Oregon have increased security at 30 ballot boxes after arson attacks on three in the area.
Investigators are still hunting for the man suspected of setting the fires at the ballot boxes in Washington and Oregon.
Portland Police Chief Bob Day said Wednesday that officers "anticipate" another attack before the election and security has been stepped.
Oct 31, 2024 at 12:33 PM EDT
Musk fails to show at court hearing and brazenly continues $1m giveaway
Elon Musk has ignored legal dramas and continued his $1 million giveaway after failing to turn up at his court hearing today.
The Tesla CEO was due to appear at a courtroom today for an emergency hearing after the Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner filed a lawsuit to try and stop his $1 million-a-day lottery for voters in key swing states.
While a judge ordered that Musk appear in person, defendants in civil cases are not legally required to attend court if their lawyers are present, despite the order.
Despite the legal case, a defiant Musk posted the latest winner in his $1m giveaway on X this morning.
Lawyers for Musk, and his America PAC, have filed a "motion of removal" to move the civil case from the state to a federal judge, which is likely to delay the case.
John Summers, a lawyer working with Krasner, said that they would seek to have the case remanded back to state court as it "involves state law issues."
Oct 31, 2024 at 12:26 PM EDT
Walz brings up Access Hollywood tape over Trump’s protect women whether they ‘like it or not’ remark
The Democratic VP nominee said that Trump's "protect women whether they like it or not" remark is evidence of an attitude that saw him up on the Access Hollywood tape.
On Tuesday, Donald Trump told his Wisconsin rally that he would "protect the women of our country... whether the women like it or not."
"That's how this guy lives his life," Tim Walz said today.
"That's why he was on that Access Hollywood tape. That's why he ended up in court."
Walz is referring the infamous "grab her by the p*ssy" comments Trump made on Access Hollywood, and the E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse case he faced. Last year, a jury found Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll in 1996, awarding her $5 million.
Oct 31, 2024 at 12:08 PM EDT
Walz mocks Trump’s garbage truck stunt
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Tim Walz has mocked Donald Trump's garbage truck stunt after footage of the former president climbing into the cab went viral.
"The guy's nearly 80 years old,' Walz said of Trump during a campaign event in Pennsylvania Thursday.
"He damn near killed himself climbing into that garbage truck."
Oct 31, 2024 at 12:03 PM EDT
Walz campaigns in Pennsylvania county sued by Trump campaign
Democratic vice president nominee Tim Walz is addressing a crown in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
The county was recently sued by the Trump campaign after voters said they had been turned away by election workers while waiting in line to apply in person for a mail-in ballot for the November 5 election.
On Wednesday a judge ruled to extend the voting deadline.
Oct 31, 2024 at 11:45 AM EDT
Explained: Why Trump took questions from a garbage truck
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Donald Trump donned a bright orange safety vest and climbed into a garbage truck on Wednesday. For those not closely following election news, it might beg one question: Why?
Trump's truck, with his name and campaign slogan, appeared at a Wisconsin airport ahead of his scheduled rally in the battleground state later that day.
"How do you like my garbage truck?" Trump told reporters while leaning out of the passenger-side window. "This truck is in honor of Kamala [Harris] and Joe Biden."
To take a look at what happened and how we got here, read more at: Donald Trump's Garbage Truck Stunt Explained
Oct 31, 2024 at 11:42 AM EDT
Cardi B to join Harris at Wisconsin rally
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Cardi B has become the latest celebrity to join Kamala Harris on the campaign trail.
The Bodak Yellow singer will appear at Harris' rally in the key swing state of Wisconsin on Friday.
Oct 31, 2024 at 11:39 AM EDT
Trump repeats Pennsylvania voting cheating claim
Donald Trump has repeated the claims that there was "cheating" in Pennsylvania voting.
"We caught them cheating big in Pennsylvania," he wrote on Truth Social Thursday.
"Must announce and prosecute now! This is a criminal violation of the law. Stop voter fraud."
Trump claimed on Monday that thousands of fake ballots and fraudulent mail ballot had been in Lancaster and York counties in Pennsylvania. Officials in Lancaster, who have been reviewing the 2,500 ballots suspected of fraud have found that 60 percent were potentially illegitimate, Lancaster County District Attorney Heather Adams said.
On Tuesday, Trump accused Pennsylvania of "cheating, and getting caught, at large scale levels," after voters said they had been turned away by election workers in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, while waiting in line to apply in person for a mail-in ballot for the November 5 election.
The Trump campaign filed a lawsuit to extend the voting deadline in the county, which was granted by a judge yesterday.
A spokesperson for Brennan Center for Justice told The Hill that Trump's rhetoric was "concerning" but assured Pennsylvanians that they should not "worry that their votes are at risk."
Oct 31, 2024 at 11:15 AM EDT
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s social media following spikes after Harris endorsement, graph shows
Arnold Schwarzenegger has seen a spike in followers on X, formerly Twitter, the day after he endorsed Kamala Harris.
On Wednesday, Schwarzenegger posted a lengthy comment saying he "hates politics" now, but has come out publicly to endorse Harris and Walz because "I will always be an American before I am a Republican."
The post has been viewed over 26 million times, and liked over 400,000 times. It also received critical comments from many high-profile conservative accounts, including Andrew Tate and Libs of Tiktok.
According to social-media analytics tracker SocialBlade, Schwarzenegger lost 537 followers on X that day, in keeping with a general pattern over the past two weeks of losing a few hundred followers most days. However, so far on Thursday he has gained over 18,623 — a fluctuation far higher than his account has seen in days prior. His total following is 5.2 million.
Read More: Graph Shows Arnold Schwarzenegger's Following Spike After Harris Endorsement
Oct 31, 2024 at 11:09 AM EDT
Rogan explains why he couldn’t make interview with Harris work after he offered ‘open invitation’
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Joe Rogan explained yesterday why he couldn't make it work with the Harris campaign despite sit-down interviews with Donald Trump and JD Vance.
Rogan on his Wednesday show said that he'd offered Kamala Harris an "open invite" to come and join him for The Joe Rogan Experience, one of the nation's biggest podcasters.
But he said the restrictive conditions her campaign had given the Rogan team meant that he wasn't able to make the interview happen.
"She actually reached out when she found out that [Trump] was coming on. So their camp reached out to me. So I said, 'Great, I would love to talk to her.' But it was very difficult to tie it down," he said on yesterday's show.
"You could look at this and you can say, 'Oh, you're being a diva,' but she had an opportunity to come here when she was in Texas, and I literally gave them an open invitation," he said.
"I said anytime. I said if she's done at 10, we'll come back here at 10. I go, I'll do it at nine in the morning, I'll do it at 10 p.m. I'll do it at midnight if she's up, if she wants to, you know, drink a Red Bull."
Rogan said that Harris had said she could only do an hour and that the former UFC commentator would have to come to her. Both Trump and Vance joined Rogan at his Austin, Texas, studio.
The interview with Vance is expected to air today.
Oct 31, 2024 at 10:44 AM EDT
Harris and Trump still neck and neck in battleground state, new poll shows
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are still locked in an incredibly tight race in the key swing state of Michigan.
A new Washington Post poll found that 47 percent of registered voters would support Trump, with 45 percent for Harris.
However, 47 percent of likely voters said they would vote for Harris with 46 percent for Trump. Both results are within the poll's 3.7 percentage error margin.
With just five days left until the election, it appears that Michigan voters are nearly equally split on who they will support on November 5.
Oct 31, 2024 at 10:30 AM EDT
AOC warns Trump’s vision for America looks like Putin’s Russia
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Former President Donald Trump's vision for the United States will look like Putin's Russia, according to Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat from New York, appeared on Wednesday's episode of Pod Save America alongside host Jon Lovett, who served as a speechwriter during the Obama administration. The two discussed the stakes of the 2024 election, which is now less than a week away and is shaping up to be one of the closest races in recent history.
Lovett asked Ocasio-Cortez about the recent news reports of Trump being labeled a fascist. In a CNN-hosted town hall last week, Vice President Kamala Harris called her Republican opponent a fascist. Former members of the Trump administration have made similar statements—including retired General John Kelly, a former chief of staff, and Mark Milley, a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who described Trump as "fascist to the core."
Read More: Trump's Vision for America Looks Like 'Putin's Russia' Says AOC
Oct 31, 2024 at 10:28 AM EDT
Musk seeks to move civil case over his $1 million giveaways to federal court
Elon Musk is seeking to move the lawsuit over his $1 million giveaways, to a federal court after he was ordered to appear in a Philadelphia courtroom this morning.
Philadelphia District Attorney filed a lawsuit against the Tesla CEO Monday to try and stop $1 million-a-day lottery for voters in key swing states.
Late Wednesday, lawyers for Musk, and his America PAC, filed a "motion of removal" to move the civil case from the state to a federal judge, which is likely to delay the case.
The motion came hours after a Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas judge ordered Musk to personally appear at a courtroom today for an emergency hearing.
Defendants in civil cases are not legally required to attend court if their lawyers are present so it is unclear if Musk will personally appear, despite the order. But the judge will still hear the injunction request to stop the giveaways.
Oct 31, 2024 at 10:08 AM EDT
1600 Newsletter: Trump pledges to ‘defeat inflation’, but inflation’s already conquered and economy’s on fire
Donald Trump yesterday called the economy a "disaster" while promising to "rapidly defeat inflation" if he reclaims the White House next week. The problem of course is that inflation is, more or less, already defeated and the economy is on fire.
GDP just came in at a solid clip for the last quarter, we'll get the final jobs report of the campaign season tomorrow that is likely to show continued robust hiring. We, by all indications and against all odds, avoided a recession and pulled off a "soft landing" after the inflationary pandemic period.
Yet none of that matters to voters when a box of Cheerios costs $8 and you've been forever priced out of the housing market. One of the things that will be interesting to see if Trump wins is how quickly the economy turns from a "disaster" to a rip-roaring success (my guess is on Jan. 20?).
Wild statistic pointed out by the WSJ this morning: Three of the past four new presidents took office in or around a recession, with the fourth being Trump–proving once more that he's the luckiest man in politics. If he wins again, he will, again, inherit an economy that's the envy of its peers.
PS: For those writing in to tell me I've been too hard on Biden and Harris, let me respond that I have no dog in this fight. My job here is simply to point out and probe what's actually happening in this country, not the narrativized versions promoted by others in the mainstream media.
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Oct 31, 2024 at 09:59 AM EDT
Campaign tracker: Where are the candidates today?
Both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are taking their campaigns out west in a final push for the battleground states before the election next week.
The Republican presidential nominee is doing a rally in Albuquerque, New Mexico this afternoon before he travels to Henderson, Nevada for a second rally.
Former Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson will join him at his third campaign event in Glendale, Arizona this evening.
Harris will start off in Phoenix, Arizona, for a campaign event before heading to a get-out-the-vote event in Reno, Nevada.
This evening, she will be joined by Jennifer Lopez and Maná for a rally in Las Vegas.
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