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☆ South Carolina death row inmate cites race of jurors in request for stay
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Andy Rose | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Moore is the last person remaining on South Carolina’s death row to be convicted by a jury with no Black members, his defense attorneys say. “No other South Carolina death penalty case has involved an unarmed defendant who defended himself when the victim threatened him with a weapon,” they said in a statement. “He’s a human being who made mistakes,” Lyndall Moore told the AP. Moore’s attorneys responded Wednesday the case’s “unique procedural backdrop” should allow the justices to consider their arguments. Henry McMaster Meg Kinnard/APIn an earlier federal court request for a stay of execution, Moore’s attorneys expressed concern about McMaster’s past comments regarding clemency for death sentences, the ruling denying that request shows.

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Likely voters in Georgia divide 48% for Trump to 47% for Harris, and in North Carolina, Harris stands at 48% to Trump’s 47%. North Carolina, which narrowly supported Barack Obama in 2008, has voted Republican in the past three presidential elections. While the polls find similar political environments in Georgia and North Carolina overall, there are some significant differences. In both states, Harris leads among Black likely voters (84% to 13% in Georgia, 78% to 19% in North Carolina) and voters with college degrees (55% to 39% in Georgia, 53% to 42% in North Carolina). Interviews were conducted October 23-28, 2024, online and by telephone with registered voters, including 732 voters in Georgia and 750 in North Carolina.

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☆ American Battleground: Christianity and chokeholds, the powerful forces propelling Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Tom Foreman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +22 min

“Hey hey, ho ho, thank you, Joe, it’s time to go!”The success of former President Donald Trump’s campaign is becoming a catastrophe for sitting President Joe Biden. A fundraising appeal from the Biden campaign says, “How does a guy who used to say that Donald Trump and his policies were ‘reprehensible,’ become Donald Trump’s running mate? Through years of being a rubber-stamp for Donald Trump’s extreme, MAGA agenda. Women voters, whom the Trump campaign desperately needs, start posting cat memes sharply critical of Vance’s views. But even though Trump is casting himself as the martyr, within days it will seem he was playing the prophet.

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Beyond the two endorsements Harris received that got national attention, several other local Republicans, from former sheriffs to members of the Legislature, have backed Harris in recent weeks. “I was a Republican even before Donald Trump started spray tanning,” Cheney joked during her first visit last month in Ripon. “Our Republicans for Harris program is taking that unifying, inspiring message to anti-Trump Republicans, moderates, and independents,” Austin Weatherford, the national Republican engagement director for the Harris campaign, said in a statement. Several other Wisconsin Republicans have joined the effort backing Harris in recent weeks, including former state Assembly member Sheehan Donoghue and Steve Michek, the former sheriff of rural Iowa County. “I am terrified of Donald Trump becoming our next president for all the reasons I have indicated: He’s already been impeached twice.

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☆ Why these Republicans think voting against Trump could save the GOP
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-26 | by ( John King | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

A Nikki Haley voter in the April GOP primary who will be a Kamala Harris voter a week from Tuesday. “If Trump loses, then I think Republicans will start coming back to what they were,” Pesce said. But London is voting for Harris – the first time she will vote Democrat for president. As she ponders hers, she shares this: “I think Trump is going to win.” That, she said, is based on betting lines, not the polls. “They think at the 11th hour people will have such reservations about Trump that it will cause them to vote for Harris.

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Garland — who oversaw the Justice Department in the wake of its biggest crisis since Watergate, when Trump tried to enlist Justice Department appointees to overturn his election loss — is likely to stay on at least long enough to ensure a smooth transition. Still, a few names have surfaced for the position of 87th attorney general of the United States. Roy Cooper, who was on Harris' vice presidential short list; former Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta, who served as the No. 3 official at the Justice Department until earlier this year; and U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams. 3 position at the Justice Department.

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☆ Fascism and food prices: the issues driving the last 12 days of the election
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-24 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Audience members watch as Vice President Kamala Harris participates in a CNN Presidential Town Hall in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, on October 23. (Trump was invited but declined to participate in a CNN town hall.) … We don’t even know the people they are talking about,” Thistle told CNN’s John King after the town hall. Her performance at the town hall again showed that she’s not a natural politician. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to voters after the town hall.

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☆ How Liz Cheney tried to give GOP women permission to vote for Harris
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-22 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —Republican women can vote for Kamala Harris — and they don’t need to tell anyone about it. Such voters need to be approached gently since she’s asking dissident Republican voters to shelve some of their most cherished political positions. Cheney’s appearances with Harris came as the vice president seeks to further widen a massive gender gap with the ex-president among women voters. A New York Times/Siena College poll this month showed Harris leading women voters by 56% to 40% over Trump. Trump’s struggles with women votersHarris’ events with Cheney raised the question of just how many Republican voters might be in reach for her.

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☆ The election is still incredibly close with 2 weeks to go, with warning signs for both Trump and Harris in the Sun Belt
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-22 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Harris and Trump are aiming to win in the Sun Belt, but there are challenges for both candidates. AdvertisementWarning signs in the Sun BeltTrump is looking to flip Arizona and Georgia, states that he won in 2016 but lost to now-President Joe Biden in 2020. In the poll, Harris is earning the support from roughly 74% of Black voters, a robust figure. But it's well below the 88% support that Biden received from Black voters in Georgia four years ago. And the poll also showed that nearly 18% of Black voters remained undecided, in a state where Black voters could make up roughly 30% of the electorate or more.

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☆ Harris taps Cheney for ‘blue wall’ tour as she courts undecided independents, moderate Republicans
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-21 | by ( Eric Bradner | Ebony Davis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Harris looks to ‘paint a picture’ for undecided votersSuburban moderates are far from the only group Harris’ campaign is targeting in the race’s closing days. As the Harris campaign tries to make inroads with men, podcasts like Joe Rogan’s are still under consideration, a source familiar with the matter said. “No matter your party, no matter who you voted for last time, there is a place for you in this campaign,” Harris said last week. She appealed to moderate voters and women in their 2024 primary — including many of the same voters Harris’ campaign is targeting in the race’s late stages. Trump’s campaign has been touting Haley’s endorsement in battleground states.

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☆ Trump thrusts McDonald’s into the political arena in final days of campaign
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-20 | by ( Steve Contorno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Donald Trump is pulling one of the most iconic American companies – McDonald’s – into the political arena in the final days of his third White House bid. “I’m going to McDonald’s to work the french fry,” Trump told supporters Saturday at a rally in the Pittsburgh area. A campaign official told CNN that Harris worked at a McDonald’s in Alameda, California, during the summer of 1983 when she was still a student at Howard University in Washington. It’s unclear why Trump has latched on to Harris’ McDonald’s employment or why a visit there was warranted during one of his few remaining weekends before Election Day. “I think my father knows the McDonald’s menu much better than Kamala Harris ever did,” Trump Jr. said.

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CNN —Former President Donald Trump’s campaign is in talks with former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley to join him on the trail in the final days of the 2024 race as he seeks to broaden his appeal among female voters, two sources familiar with the talks told CNN. She has yet to appear with Trump on the campaign trail. Nikki is helping us already.”However, Trump and his campaign have recently sought out female voters, including sitting for a Fox News town hall with all female voters in Georgia earlier in the week. Senior advisers also hoped that the endorsement from Robert Kennedy Jr., who has been stumping for Trump on the campaign trail, could help with the female demographic – particularly conservative-leaning mothers.

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☆ Harris clashes with Fox as she tries to peel away some GOP voters
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

In the end, on Wednesday, both Harris and Fox News probably got what they wanted. But before the interview, Harris spokesman Ian Sams explained her thinking. If only a few thousand Fox viewers or traditional conservatives swapped sides, it could push some swing states in the vice president’s direction. Still, the risk for Harris is that her display in her first formal Fox interview could alienate some of those voters. It’s taken her several months to arrive at the assurance that she’d strike a strong contrast with Biden’s administration, which she unveiled in the Fox interview.

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At least 92 people are still unaccounted for in North Carolina as first responders still sort through the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, weeks after the storm devastated the western part of the state. Mario Tama / Getty ImagesThere have been at least 118 deaths in North Carolina related to the Hurricane Helene, accounting for nearly half of the 243 killed by the storm across multiple states. FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell echoed Cooper's call to stop the spread of misinformation regarding the agency and the response to recent natural disasters. "And frankly, it's heartbreaking to see words or active acts of hatred toward anyone, let alone federal responders who are here to help people in this critical time," Criswell said. "We have over 2,000 people from the federal family in North Carolina, and misinformation will not deter us from our mission of helping people.

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☆ Election prediction markets are in a sprint to prove themselves as forecasting and investing tools
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-15 | by ( Jesse Pound | In Jesse-Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

"Things were going okay before the election contracts, but since we put them on the platform there's been a lot more interest," Sanders said. The election contracts on each site are binary, and they pay out $1 if the correct outcome is chosen and $0 for the incorrect outcome. A fifth arena, Polymarket, is a blockchain-based prediction platform that is not open to U.S. customers. If they prove to be accurate over time, the prediction markets may also serve non-traders such as consultants and fundraisers who want to glean more insight into the election. Concerns More ominously, critics of the election markets have raised alarm that they could be moved by one or two big traders for possibly nefarious purposes.

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☆ Top GOP donor Ken Griffin is heading to the polls but 'not with a smile' on his face
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Hayley Cuccinello | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Billionaire Ken Griffin has spent tens of millions to support Republicans but not Donald Trump. Griffin also denied that taxes played a major role in moving the hedge fund from Chicago to Miami. AdvertisementCitadel's Ken Griffin is a top Republican megadonor this election cycle, but the CEO said in a Thursday interview that he hasn't supported Donald Trump. That said, the billionaire declined to say whether he would vote for Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris as president. "I know who I'm going to vote for, but it's not with a smile on my face," he said.

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☆ Fact check: Trump, on a lying spree, made at least 40 separate false claims in two Pennsylvania speeches
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Daniel Dale | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +24 min

As Election Day draws nearer, the Republican presidential nominee has made false claim after false claim on a dizzying variety of subjects. FEMA and migrants: Trump falsely claimed of the Federal Emergency Management Agency: “They have no money. Trump’s opponents and the election: In Reading, Trump falsely claimed of his election opponents: “They are cheatin’ dogs, I will tell you that.” In Scranton, he falsely claimed, “Their first meeting is: ‘How do we cheat?’” This is all nonsense. Trump’s border wall: Trump repeated his false claim that “I built over 500 miles of wall” on the southern border. Military equipment surrendered to the Taliban: Trump repeated his false claim that “we gave $85 billion worth” of US military equipment to the Taliban.

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is not taking calls from Vice President Kamala Harris about storm recovery just over a week after Hurricane Helene hammered parts of his state. A source familiar with the planning said that the Biden team had invited DeSantis to the event in north Florida. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has not spoken with Vice President Kamala Harris or President Joe Biden about the hurricane response.

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A torrent of false claims has muddied details around the recovery efforts following the storm, which left hundreds dead and entire communities destroyed. That weariness has been echoed by other local officials and citizens who are still reeling from one of the worst storms in U.S. history. Trump used his high-profile return to Butler, Pennsylvania, where he was nearly killed by a gunman, to continue to spread false claims about FEMA. Even as some claims were quickly debunked, more continued to surface across platforms such as X, TikTok and Facebook. The deluge has frustrated public officials, who say they distract from rescue efforts and disorient workers trying to provide help.

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☆ Fact check: Six days of Trump lies about the Hurricane Helene response
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-06 | by ( Daniel Dale | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Washington CNN —Former President Donald Trump has delivered a barrage of lies and distortions about the federal response to Hurricane Helene. Over a span of six days, in public comments and social media posts, Trump has used his powerful megaphone to endorse or invent false or unsubstantiated claims. Monday: Trump falsely claims Biden hasn’t answered calls from Georgia’s governorDuring a visit to Georgia on Monday, Trump said of Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp: “He’s been calling the president, hasn’t been able to get him.”It was immediately clear that Trump’s claim was false. He added, “Think of it: We give foreign countries hundreds of billions of dollars and we’re handing North Carolina $750.”Trump’s claim is wrong.

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☆ Harris campaigns with Liz Cheney in a bid to win over Republicans skeptical of Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-04 | by ( Ece Yildirim | In Ecedyildirim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

"I tell you, I have never voted for a Democrat, but this year, I am proudly casting my vote for Vice President Kamala Harris," Cheney told the crowd. Cheney said in September that both she and her father, Republican former Vice President Dick Cheney, would be voting for Harris over their party's nominee, former President Donald Trump. The Harris campaign has been looking for ways to take advantage of opposition to Trump within the Republican party. Since then, a small but growing number of prominent Republicans have come out in support of Harris' presidential campaign, including former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson and the Cheneys. "We have plenty of policy disagreements with Vice President Harris.

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☆ Trump’s ground game relies on untraditional strategies to draw out battleground voters
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-04 | by ( Steve Contorno | Fredreka Schouten | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

And it’s a playbook that former President Donald Trump’s campaign has tossed aside. It’s a gamble, Trump’s campaign internally acknowledges, but one that they insist is built on data they have collected over nearly a decade and tested for the past six months. Days later, the Michigan state party chairman also plugged 10xVotes when he rolled into Traverse City, Michigan, alongside Trump running mate JD Vance. But rather than courting those voters, Trump’s campaign is in search of new ones. Trump’s campaign has also tried to seize on discord within the Democratic coalition.

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☆ Fact check: Amid bipartisan praise for Biden hurricane response, Trump falsely claims reviews are ‘universally’ negative
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-03 | by ( Daniel Dale | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The Biden administration’s response to the hurricane has received bipartisan praise from political leaders in affected states. But Trump’s assertion that reviews for the Biden administration’s handling of the crisis have been entirely negative is not true. And this is just the latest Trump false claim on the subject of the administration’s hurricane response. Brian Kemp hadn’t been able to get Biden on the phone, though Kemp had said the same day that he had already spoken to Biden. Praise from Republican governorsVarious Republican governors in the southeastern states hit by Hurricane Helene have praised the Biden administration’s response, sometimes naming Biden in particular.

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Harris will visit Georgia, which former President Donald Trump toured Monday and where he criticized Harris and the Biden administration for their response to the hurricane. Biden is first scheduled to land in Greenville, South Carolina, where he will participate in an aerial tour of storm damage. The White House said that during Harris' visit to Georgia, she will get an on-the-ground briefing about the recovery efforts. A White House official said Harris will travel to North Carolina in the coming days. The White House also said Biden would travel to Georgia and Florida "as soon as possible."

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Israel launches a ground operation in Lebanon. North Carolina residents raise questions over disaster responseNorth Carolina residents are only beginning to pick up the pieces after Helene roared through the western part of the state, causing devastating flooding and catastrophic damage. At least 49 people have died and dozens of others are missing in western North Carolina, which includes hard-hit Asheville. But some North Carolina residents are criticizing what they view as a lack of preparation for the storm. In recent weeks, Israel has launched attacks using exploding pagers and walkie talkies, unleashed heavy bombings in Lebanon and killed longtime Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.

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