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☆ Biden Is Still Losing. His Campaign Should Stop Acting Like He Isn’t. - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Ross Douthat | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

In February, there was a flurry of discussion about whether Joe Biden’s advancing age and seeming weakness in a matchup with Donald Trump meant that he should step aside. “The Drumbeat for Biden to Step Aside Will Only Grow Louder” ran one headline from that period, from Robert Kuttner in the American Prospect. All it took was Biden giving a passable State of the Union address: Thereafter his poll numbers marginally improved, the optimists on the Democratic side seized the rhetorical initiative, and the “should Biden step aside?” discourse faded into background noise. But it’s also quite consistent; since last fall, both candidates are bouncing around within a very narrow range. ), because voters aren’t paying close attention yet (but don’t they already know both of the candidates quite well?

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☆ Surprise Tactics and Legal Threats: Inside R.F.K. Jr.’s Ballot Access Fight
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-29 | by ( Rebecca Davis O Brien | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

As Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent presidential campaign mounts a bruising state-by-state battle for ballot access, he has often credited enthusiastic volunteers and grass-roots backers with driving the effort. In fact, the operation has become increasingly reliant on consultants and paid petitioners whose signature-gathering work has yielded mixed results and raised questions of impropriety, even among Mr. Kennedy’s fans. In order to get Mr. Kennedy on the ballot in all 50 states, as is his goal, his campaign has deployed a multipart strategy: aggressive legal action, shrewd political alliances and surprise filing tactics meant to slow or prevent challenges. The effort has already cost his campaign hundreds of thousands of dollars, and a supporting super PAC at least $2.4 million more, federal campaign finance records show. Their success is what will make or break Mr. Kennedy’s campaign.

Persons: Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Kennedy

☆ Family offices are looking beyond the stock market for higher returns, new report finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-29 | by ( Robert Frank | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The family offices covered by the survey had 26% of their assets invested in publicly traded stocks. The study surveyed 190 single family offices around the world, with an average of $1.4 billion in assets. In the U.S., only 49% of family offices have a long-term target return for their portfolio. Still, family offices use various benchmarks for their investment portfolios, with more than three-quarters of those surveyed using some benchmark to evaluate performance. Increasingly, family offices are looking to outsource more functions to reduce costs, especially among smaller family offices of under $500 million.

Persons: William Sinclair, Sinclair, cybersecurity, Robert Frank Organizations: JPMorgan Private Bank Global, Family, JPMorgan Private Bank, JPMorgan Locations: U.S

☆ Analysis: Biden’s young voter problem keeps getting worse
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-29 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The pro-Palestinian movement in the US today is a far cry from the anti-war movement of the 1960s, but the angst and frustration of young Americans is clear and growing. That figure was dragged down by the fact that just 37% of younger voters said they were satisfied. Most see Biden’s presidency as a ‘failure’Biden is under water in every issue asked about in the CNN poll, according to Jennifer Agiesta, CNN’s polling director. And that’s the frustration.”Video Ad Feedback 'We're in trouble': Pollster reacts to his discussion with young voters 02:02 - Source: CNNUnhappy with the direction of the countryIt’s not just Biden and politics that are turning off young Americans. Just 38% of younger Americans in CNN’s poll said they are satisfied with their personal financial situation.

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☆ Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Says Americans Are ‘Voting Out of Fear’
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-28 | by ( Maggie Astor | More About Maggie Astor | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sought to make the case on Sunday that he can do something no third-party or independent candidate has come close to doing in modern U.S. history: win a presidential election. Although polls show him far behind, both major-party campaigns, those of President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump, view Mr. Kennedy as a potential spoiler. Speaking at a rally on Long Island outside New York City, Mr. Kennedy cited polls that he said his campaign had conducted, showing him winning in two scenarios: one in which he faced only Mr. Biden without Mr. Trump in the race, and one in which he faced Mr. Trump without Mr. Biden. The reason he is behind in a three-way race, he maintained, is that “so many Americans are voting out of fear.”“Their only strategy is to try to keep me off the ballot and then to make everybody terrified of Donald Trump,” he said of Democrats, “and on the other side, they do the same thing,” he added of Republicans. “When somebody is telling you to vote out of fear, they are trying to manipulate you into abandoning your values,” he said.

Persons: Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Biden, Donald J, Trump, Mr, Kennedy, ” “, Donald Trump, ”, “ Locations: Long, New York City

☆ Biden is up against nostalgia for Trump’s first term
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-28 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

More than half, 55%, of all Americans say they see Trump’s presidency as a success, while 44% see it as a failure. Four years ago, he was able to assail Trump’s time in office from his position as a challenger. Biden won all three in 2020 after Trump won them in 2016 in his victory over Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. In the poll, 92% of Republicans view Trump’s time in office a success, while just 73% of Democrats say Biden’s has been a success. And while 85% of Democrats polled say they back Biden, 91% of Republicans say they support Trump.

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☆ Trump's reversal on RFK Jr.'s candidacy is 'no surprise' ex-GOP strategist says
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-28 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Donald Trump posted on Truth Social Friday about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Trump called the third-party candidate a "Democrat 'Plant'" and "Radical Left Liberal." The diatribe comes as polling shows RFK Jr.'s run could siphon votes away from Trump. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . On Friday evening, Trump took to Truth Social to attack Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an independent candidate running a long shot presidential campaign. "RFK Jr. is a Democrat 'Plant,' a Radical Left Liberal who's been put in place in order to help Crooked Joe Biden," Trump alleged in his post.

Persons: Donald Trump, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Trump, —, Joe Biden, Radical Left Liberal who's, Crooked Joe Biden Organizations: Democrat, Left Liberal, RFK, Trump, Service, Radical Left Liberal, Business

☆ CNN Poll: Trump maintains lead over Biden in 2024 matchup as views on their presidencies diverge
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-28 | by ( Jennifer Agiesta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Overall, 92% of Republicans call Trump’s time in office a success, while just 73% of Democrats say Biden’s has been a success so far. Among independents, 51% say Trump’s presidency was successful, while only 37% see Biden’s as a success. Those voters who say the economy is deeply important break heavily for Trump in a matchup against Biden, 62% to 30%. In the Biden vs. Trump matchup, the poll finds Biden faring worse than in previous CNN polls among the youngest voters, trailing Trump by a 51%-to-40% margin among voters younger than 35. But the poll finds that Biden voters and Trump voters largely just don’t understand each other.

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“Will Joe Biden Debate? He eagerly attended almost all of the Republican primary debates and all of the general election debates in 2016. About two years ago, the Republican National Committee voted unanimously to withdraw from its participation in the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates, the organization governing general-election presidential debates, citing bias. It’s not clear to the Biden campaign what, if anything, changed since the Republican Party pulled out of the commission. The Biden campaign views its 2020 debate experience with Trump as one that was ultimately positive for then-candidate Biden.

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☆ Trump Turns on R.F.K. Jr. Amid Concerns He Could Attract Republican Voters
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-27 | by ( Neil Vigdor | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Former President Donald J. Trump is sharpening his attacks on the independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as new polls show an overlap between their core supporters. In a series of posts on his Truth Social media platform on Friday night, Mr. Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, took aim at both Mr. Kennedy and his running mate, Nicole Shanahan, a wealthy Silicon Valley lawyer and investor. “RFK Jr. is a Democrat ‘Plant,’ a Radical Left Liberal who’s been put in place in order to help Crooked Joe Biden, the Worst President in the History of the United States, get Re-Elected,” Mr. Trump wrote. Mr. Trump, who had privately discussed the idea of Mr. Kennedy as a running mate, echoed what Democrats have been saying for months about Mr. Kennedy’s candidacy — that it could swing the election. He also appeared to be adopting a new derisive nickname for him.

Persons: Donald J, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Trump, Kennedy, Nicole Shanahan, “, ‘ Plant, ’, Radical Left Liberal who’s, Crooked Joe Biden, ” Mr, Kennedy’s Organizations: Trump, Social, Republican, “ RFK, Radical Left Liberal Locations: United States

☆ Trump's team wants to restructure the Fed and let him have a say on interest rate decisions: WSJ
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Some members of Trump's team want to restructure the Federal Reserve, the WSJ reported. That could include allowing the president to have a direct say on interest rate decisions. Trump has previously been critical of Powell's handling of interest rates during the pandemic. To help the Fed achieve its 2% inflation target, the Federal Open Market Committee has hiked interest rates 11 consecutive times since March 2022. Advertisement"I think he's going to do something to probably help the Democrats, I think, if he lowers interest rates," Trump said, adding that "it looks to me like he's trying to lower interest rates for the sake of maybe getting people elected."

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☆ The new class war: A wealth gap between millennials
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Robert Frank | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The wealth gap between rich millennials and the rest of their age group is the largest of any generation, creating a new wave of class tension and resentment, according to a recent study. According to the study, the average millennial has 30% less wealth at the age of 35 than baby boomers did at the same age. Yet the top 10% of millennials have 20% more wealth than the top baby boomers at the same age. The study finds that millennials — typically defined as those between the age of 28 and 43 today — have faced repeated financial headwinds. The millennials who "went to college, found graduate level jobs, and started families relatively late," ended up with "higher levels of wealth than Baby Boomers with similar life trajectories," according to the report.

Persons: Robert Frank, Rob Gruijters, Zachary Van Winkle, Anette Eva Fasang, Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman — Organizations: Boomers

☆ Opinion | The Ghost of the 1968 Antiwar Movement Has Returned
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Charles M. Blow | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

At the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, anti-Vietnam War protesters clashed with police officers — whose brutal role in the confrontation was later described by a federal commission as a “police riot” — hijacking the focus of the convention. Those young demonstrators had come of age seeing continual — and effective — protests during the civil rights movement and national mourning after the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy and the Rev. The movement against it began mostly on college campuses and grew. Of course, semesters end and students go home for the summer. But their opposition to the war didn’t end with the academic year.

Persons: John F, Kennedy, Robert F, Martin Luther King Jr, ”, Rennie Davis Organizations: Convention, New York Times Locations: Chicago, Vietnam, America

☆ In 50-50 Georgia, unhappiness with the choices but urgency about voting
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( John King | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Yet she couldn’t bring herself to vote for Biden and didn’t vote that year. In the 2000 election, Democrat Al Gore received 70% in DeKalb; in 2020, Biden won 83%. Massachusetts native Kim Cavaliere, who moved to Georgia over 20 years ago, is pictured at her home in Dacula, Georgia. She’s still inclined to vote third-party again but is perhaps open to reconsidering if Georgia could settle a close race. It is rural, and reliably red – Trump won 71% of the county vote in 2020.

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☆ Every Kennedy family member that opposes RFK Jr.'s presidential campaign
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s large family keeps speaking against him. Kennedy, whose campaign could hurt Donald Trump's reelection chances, brushed it off in a lengthy social media post highlighting his affection for them. "I hear some of my family will be endorsing President Biden today," Kennedy posted. And we love our president," Christopher Kennedy told Politico shortly after RFK Jr. decided to run as an Independent. Many of his relatives haven't been nearly as kind when speaking out against Kennedy, as seen below:

Persons: Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Joe Biden, Biden's, —, Joe Biden's, Biden, Kennedy, Donald Trump's, Christopher Kennedy, haven't Organizations: Service, Democratic, Politico, RFK Jr Locations: Philadelphia

☆ Luxury real estate prices just hit an all-time record
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Robert Frank | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Overall real estate sales fell 4% nationwide in the first quarter, according to Redfin. Yet, luxury real estate sales increased more than 2%, posting their best year-over-year gains in three years, according to Redfin. Real estate experts and brokers chalk up the divergence to interest rates and supply. In Manhattan, all-cash deals hit a record 68% of all sales, according to Miller Samuel. The median price of luxury homes hit an all-time record of $1,225,000 during the period.

Persons: Miller Samuel, David Palmer Locations: Real, Manhattan, Seattle

☆ It looks like Trump might regret RFK Jr.'s campaign
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Madison Hall | Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Conventional wisdom suggests that RFK Jr.'s presidential campaign could stop Biden from reelection. Biden leads Trump in an NBC News survey when third-party candidates are in the mix. AdvertisementFormer President Donald Trump's allies may end up regretting Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s long shot presidential campaign. In the survey, NBC found that a greater share of Trump voters flock to the noted vaccine skeptic's campaign when their presidential choices are expanded beyond just Trump and Biden. Trump leads Biden by 2 points (within the margin of error) in a two-on-two rematch, but the advantage flips to Biden by the same margin when the field is expanded to Biden, Trump, Kennedy, Jill Stein, and Cornel West.

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☆ Meet the private doctor to the wealthy — at $40,000 a year
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Robert Frank | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

When people ask Dr. Jordan Shlain to describe his medical practice, he says simply: "It's a family office for your health." Rather than simply offering on-call doctors and faster visits, Private Medical has pioneered a highly personalized, all-in-one service that's more akin to the most sophisticated family offices for investments. Like family offices, Private Medical has an in-house team to manage a family's entire health portfolio – from fitness and dietary tracking to longevity research, surgeries and medical emergencies. Private Medical doesn't advertise and gets most of its business through referrals. Shlain declined to give specifics on price, but clients of Private Medical say it charges $40,000 a year for each adult patient and $25,000 per patient under the age of 18.

Persons: Robert Frank, Jordan Shlain, Shlain Organizations: Private, Private Medical, California —, Research Locations: California, California — San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills —, York, Miami

☆ Luxury real estate sees the biggest increase in three years
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Robert Frank | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailLuxury real estate sees the biggest increase in three yearsCNBC's Robert Frank reports on the booming part of the housing market.

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☆ Poll: Election interest hits new low in tight Biden-Trump race
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-21 | by ( Mark Murray | Sarah Dean | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

According to the poll, 64% of registered voters say they have a high level of interest in November's election — registering either a "9" or a 10" on a 10-point scale of interest. The lowest-ever level of high election interest in the poll during a presidential cycle was in March 2012 — at 59%. This election cycle, high interest has been both low and relatively flat for months, according to the poll. By party, the current poll shows 70% of self-identified Republicans saying they have high interest in the upcoming election, versus 65% of Democrats who say this. "They just aren't low interest," McInturff said of young voters.

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☆ How R.F.K. Jr. Got on the Michigan Ballot, With Only Two Votes
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Rebecca Davis O Brien | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For 22 years, Mr. Dern, a bankruptcy lawyer with a small practice outside Detroit, has almost single-handedly kept the Natural Law Party on Michigan’s ballot. Each cycle, the party runs a handful of candidates in obscure state races to meet Michigan’s minimum polling requirements for minor parties. “Keep that ballot access,” Mr. Dern, 62, said in an interview on Friday. “Because someday, a candidate is going to come along who’s going to be perfect for it. In gaining access to the ballot in Michigan, a critical swing state in the 2024 election, Mr. Kennedy has injected new uncertainty into what promises to be one of the most closely contested presidential races in history.

Persons: Doug Dern, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, ’, Dern, Mr, Kennedy Organizations: Natural Law Party of Michigan, Natural Law Party Locations: Detroit, Michigan

American voters absorbed their first view of an extraordinary split-screen campaign this week, with President Biden sprinting across one of the country’s top battleground states and former President Donald J. Trump sitting — and appearing to snooze — in a New York courtroom. Just as it has for years, the country’s political map has hardened into a battle across a handful of crucial swing states. Mr. Trump’s required appearance in a Lower Manhattan courtroom effectively leaves him little choice but to continue to be a weekend warrior in those states. Now, for much of the week, Mr. Biden has the electoral landscape largely to himself. Mr. Biden campaigned across Pennsylvania, casting Mr. Trump as an out-of-touch plutocrat and collecting endorsements from the Kennedy family.

Persons: Biden, Donald J, Trump, snooze, Trump’s, Mr, Kennedy, “, John F, Robert F, ” Organizations: — Locations: New York, Lower Manhattan, Pennsylvania, Scranton, Philadelphia

☆ RFK Jr. will appear on Hawaii ballot, third state to include him
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Aaron Pellish | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will appear on Hawaii’s presidential ballot following a Friday ruling that blocked an effort by Hawaii Democrats to disqualify his campaign’s ballot access petition. Hawaii marks the third state where Kennedy has officially qualified for ballot access. He gained ballot access in Michigan, a key battleground state, earlier this week after qualifying for Utah’s ballot earlier this year. A spokesperson for the Hawaii Office of Elections confirmed to CNN that Friday’s ruling means Kennedy will appear on the state’s ballot. The Kennedy campaign and the Democratic Party of Hawaii did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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☆ Aaron Rodgers Has More on His Mind Than Football. A Lot More.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Katherine Rosman | Ken Belson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Aaron Rodgers, perhaps the most gifted N.F.L. quarterback of his generation, spent a week last month in Costa Rica with a handful of fellow pro football players in search of transformation. First, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the independent candidate for president, said that he was considering making Mr. Rodgers his running mate, a partnership that did not ultimately materialize. The next day, CNN reported that Mr. Rodgers had suggested in 2013 that the massacre of 20 children at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., was a hoax or an inside government job. Mr. Rodgers responded on social media, saying that he had “never been of the opinion that the events did not take place.”

Persons: Aaron Rodgers, N.F.L, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Rodgers, ” Organizations: CNN, Sandy Hook Elementary Locations: Costa Rica, Newtown, Conn

☆ R.F.K. Jr. Raises New Uncertainty for Biden in Michigan
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Shane Goldmacher | Nicholas Nehamas | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The prospect of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. threatening to upend the presidential race went from an idea to a reality in one of the country’s most consequential battlegrounds on Thursday, when Mr. Kennedy qualified for the ballot in Michigan. The decision by the Natural Law Party to grant Mr. Kennedy its ballot line in November ensures he will be a factor in a pivotal swing state where the presidential election is expected to be incredibly close and where President Biden has already shown vulnerability with key Democratic constituencies. During Michigan’s primary in February, a protest movement over Mr. Biden’s support for Israel’s war in Gaza drew significant support. Mr. Kennedy, a lifelong Democrat and the scion of perhaps the nation’s most famous Democratic family, is running as an independent in 2024 and polling higher in early surveys than any third-party candidate since Ross Perot, the self-funding billionaire who ran in the 1990s. His independent candidacy has earned him the estrangement of his own family — who campaigned this week with Mr. Biden in Pennsylvania — and many of his previous colleagues from the environmental movement, who denounced his candidacy publicly on Friday.

Persons: Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Kennedy, Biden, Ross Perot Organizations: Natural Law Party, Democratic, Mr Locations: Michigan, Gaza, Pennsylvania —

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