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Ron DeSantis of Florida refocused his campaign strategy to be all-in on Iowa, and right in the midst of debilitating winter weather, the Iowa caucuses are upon us. And “The Run-Up” has everything you need to know to understand what might happen today — and what it will mean for the race going forward. Going into the caucus, Mr. Trump has a dominant polling lead. Iowa voters tend to care more about candidates who can speak more to small-town and religious values. The state’s evangelical leaders have largely backed Mr. DeSantis, but evangelical voters themselves — including people coming out to Trump events in freezing temperatures in the last week — have largely backed Mr. Trump.

Persons: Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Trump, DeSantis Organizations: Gov, Iowa, Trump Locations: Florida, Iowa

☆ How Tunnel Girl's DIY storm shelter took over TikTok — then turned people against her
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-04 | by ( Sirena Bergman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

By August 2023, Kala referred to her project as an "underground tunnel system." They did not comment further regarding whether the home in question was linked to the TikTok account. However, FOX5 reported receiving a tip identifying the home, which two residents confirmed matched the property in Kala's videos. But on December 30, Bogado posted a TikTok video disputing this account. When contacted via TikTok direct message, Kala declined to comment for this article.

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Evan McPherson's 48-yard field goal in overtime was the difference and ended a three-game losing streak on the season and a nine-game road skid on MNF. It ended an otherwise stellar night for Lawrence, who completed 22 of 29 passes for 259 yards and two touchdowns. Browning completed 32 of 37 passes and directed the overtime drive that set up McPherson's field goal. Beathard put the Jaguars in position for Brandon McManus’ 40-yard field goal with 26 seconds remaining in regulation. “It should have been a game-winning field goal,” said Jaguars coach Doug Pederson, pointing to the 48-yarder McManus missed early in the fourth.

Persons: — Jake Browning, Browning, Zac Taylor, Evan McPherson's, Trevor Lawrence, Walker Little, Lawrence, Joe Burrow, McPherson, Beathard, Brandon McManus ’, ”, Doug Pederson, McManus, Ja'Marr Chase, “, Taylor, ” Joe Mixon, Chase Brown, Mixon, Tyler Boyd, Josh Allen, Allen, ” Taylor, Mixon's, Orlando Brown, Brown, HIGGINS, Tee Higgins, Higgins, TAYLOR BRO, Sherwood Taylor, Christian Kirk, Tre Herndon, Foley Fatukasi, Andre Cisco, ___ Organizations: Cincinnati Bengals, Jacksonville Jaguars, Bengals, Jaguars, Jacksonville, Pittsburgh, Press, Kansas State, NEXT, Indianapolis, Sunday Locations: JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Florida, banged, Lawrence, Kansas, Norman , Oklahoma, Cleveland

The former president’s legal status is one of the biggest wild cards heading into 2024. Even as he dominates the Republican primary and his party, Trump has been indicted on 91 felony charges, across four criminal cases in state and federal courts. We spent a day talking to our colleagues in The Times’s newsroom, trying to get answers to questions it’s surreal to even be asking. Among them: Are Republicans coalescing around a man who may soon be a convicted felon? And how much will Trump’s legal troubles collide with an election cycle that is unlike any we’ve seen before?

Persons: Trump Organizations: Republican, coalescing

☆ A group of Black voters recently sounded off on Biden, Trump, and their feelings about Democrats. One voter said the party 'has forgot about the Black male.'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-26 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

An a episode of NYT's "The Run-Up," Black voters discussed Biden, Trump, and the Democratic Party. Several Black voters expressed varying degrees of disappointment with the administration. One Black voter told The Times he perceives Democrats as empowering Black women over Black men. Many voters in group told Herndon that they largely backed Democrats due to a GOP agenda which they find intolerable. AdvertisementA Black male in the group, who said that the GOP espoused values of entrepreneurship that might attract some Black men to Trump next year, also spoke openly of how he felt that Democrats empowered Black women at the expense of Black men.

Persons: Trump, —, Joe Biden's, Biden, Donald Trump, Herndon, Kamala Harris, we've, Barack, Obama, Harris, they're Organizations: Biden, Democratic Party, Times, Service, Democratic, Black, New York Times, Trump, White, GOP Locations: Georgia , Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Siena, Black

“The Run-Up” is in a particularly good position to try and answer those questions. We convened a focus group — a very special, one-time only focus group in the childhood home of Astead W. Herndon, who hosts “The Run-Up.”For the wide-ranging discussion, he gathered family members, parishioners from his father’s church, community members and people he grew up with, all of whom largely leaned Democratic, but were clear about the ways in which the party had let them down. The conversations were anchored in questions about Black voters and the Democratic Party, but also covered the apparent appeal of Mr. Trump to Black men specifically.

Persons: Herndon, Trump Organizations: Democratic, Democratic Party

Vice President Kamala Harris is crucial to the Biden campaign’s strategy for winning over a skeptical Democratic base. Her central role — combined with President Joe Biden’s advanced age — means that certain questions have taken on renewed importance. Specifically: What does Ms. Harris believe, and what kind of president would she be? The question of what Ms. Harris believes is one Astead returned to in August. That’s when he sat with the vice president for a wide-ranging interview in Chicago, conducted as part of the reporting for a New York Times Magazine cover story on Ms. Harris.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Biden, —, Joe Biden’s, Harris, Herndon, That’s Organizations: Democratic, New York Times Magazine Locations: Chicago

☆ Demonstrators in Washington back Israel, denounce antisemitism
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Jonathan Landay | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/4] Israeli Americans and supporters of Israel gather in solidarity with Israel and protest against antisemitism, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, during a rally on the National Mall in Washington, U.S, November 14, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered in Washington on Tuesday for a "March for Israel" to show solidarity with Israel in its war with Hamas and condemn rising antisemitism. We will fight for Israel. Underscoring support in the U.S. Congress for Israel, busloads of senators and members of the House of Representatives attended the pro-Israel rally. Those perpetrating the poison of antisemitism and bigotry around the world are trying to scare us," Schumer said.

Persons: Israel, Leah Millis, Marco Abbou, Israel —, ” Natan Sharansky, We'll, Sharansky, ”, Ariel Ben, Chitrit, Biden, busloads, Charles Schumer, Schumer, Erica Taxin, “ didn’t, Isaac Herzog, Herzog, Neturei, Jonathan Landay, Patricia Zengerle, Simon Lewis, Daphne Psaledakis, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Palestinian, Hamas, REUTERS, Rights, Israel, Jewish Agency, Soviet Union, U.S ., U.S, Congress, Representatives, Democratic, Authorities, Arms, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Israel, Washington , U.S, Washington, U.S, Hackensack , New Jersey, Gaza, United States, Soviet, rearm, Herndon , Virginia, Philadelphia, America

☆ A modern etiquette guide for group chats
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Michael Venutolo-Mantovani | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

A recent poll of 1,005 US adults found the average American spends 26 minutes a day reading and responding to group chats. For us to survive and thrive as humans, it's time to agree on the Definitive Etiquette of the Group Chat. The ultimate appeal of group chats — their necessity, really — is that they've become the only social media that's actually social. Group chats can become overwhelming, of course, especially as they creep into other apps and especially as they often duplicate participants. Don't talk about the group chat outside the group chat.

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Over the course of a few days this week, we got two pretty remarkable data points for the 2024 election. In Virginia, Democrats took control of the state legislature, flipping the House of Delegates and preserving control of the Senate. Just a few days earlier, though, The New York Times and Siena College released a new poll of battleground states. Former President Donald J. Trump was leading President Biden in five out of the six states where voters were surveyed. What to make of bad news for the president followed by good news for his party just a few days later?

Persons: Andy Beshear, Donald J, Trump, Biden Organizations: Gov, New York Times, Siena College Locations: Kentucky, In Ohio, State, In Virginia

Clallam County in Washington State is far from Washington, D.C. — almost as far as you can go without leaving the continental United States. It’s right on the border with Canada. It’s home to about 78,000 people and Olympic National Park. It’s home to Forks, perhaps best known as the setting of Stephenie Meyer’s “Twilight” series. It’s also the home of a particular piece of political trivia.

Persons: —, Stephenie Meyer’s, It’s Organizations: Washington , D.C, Olympic Locations: Clallam County, Washington State, Washington ,, United States, Canada, Forks

☆ The Run-Up Returns, Every Week Through Election Day
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( The Run-Up | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

We’re just about a year away from Election Day 2024. In a race in which the incumbent Democratic president is running for re-election and the leading Republican candidate is a former president himself, it can be easy to write off this presidential election as one we’ve seen before. It does seem likely that the country is heading toward the same matchup voters faced in 2020. And why it demands a different kind of political reporting. “The Run-Up” and its host, Astead W. Herndon, will be covering this election from the usual early voting states and candidate events.

Persons: Herndon Organizations: Democratic, Republican Locations: Iowa

☆ A prominent Black voting rights activist says there are 'saboteurs' within the Democratic Party who don't want Kamala Harris to succeed, arguing they are worried about her 'outshining' Biden
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Kamala Harris' tenure as vice president has been marked by a series of high-profile ups and downs. Voting rights activist LaTosha Brown told The New York Times Magazine she feels some Democrats have undermined the VP. AdvertisementAdvertisement"I think there have been saboteurs within the administration," Brown told The Times' Astead W. Herndon. The vice president has also been an in-demand speaker among college students — especially at historically Black colleges and universities. Dunn also shut down any rumors that Harris might be replaced as Biden's running mate next year.

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☆ TikTok is paying a small army of creator coaches to help influencers make money from livestreams
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Marta Biino | Dan Whateley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

TikTok creators make money from livestreams by receiving virtual items from fans that can be converted into real money. Dozens of agencies have joined the TikTok Live partner program, two sources told Insider. How agents are helping creators boost livestream performanceUnsurprisingly, there is no single growth strategy that applies to all TikTok Live creators. "What's great about TikTok Live is that we get to see the data in real-time," Herndon said. On top of the agency program, TikTok also offers an "accelerator program" for individual creators who have already found success with livestreams to help them scale further.

Persons: TikTok, Salome Khazaradze, Khazaradze, Jack Healy, Bill Herndon, Herndon, Joseph Sottile, livestreams Organizations: Google, TikTok Spartans, ATRX Agency Locations: Europe

☆ US colleges refashion student essay prompts after ban on affirmative action
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Sharon Bernstein | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

U.S. colleges are set to release their essay prompts on Tuesday when the common application used by many schools becomes public for the upcoming admissions cycle. Many high school counselors are uncertain how students should handle questions of race and identity in their essays, Perez said. They also are wary that if they mention race in student recommendations, they will be inviting scrutiny or violating the court's order. "The general feeling with school counselors right now is mostly anxiety," Perez said. Private admissions counselors have already started working with students of color on essays that discuss their cultural heritage.

Persons: upending, John Roberts, Timothy Fields, Kevin McKenna, Amin Abdul, Malik Gonzalez, Angel Perez, Perez, Shereem Herndon, Brown, Fields, Sharon Bernstein, Colleen Jenkins, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: Emory University, Emory, U.S, Supreme, Sarah Lawrence College, Reuters, Wesleyan University, National Association for College, College, Connecticut, Thomson Locations: Atlanta, California, Michigan, Yonkers , New York, Connecticut, New York

☆ It's about to get easier for homeowners in Denver to build tiny homes in their backyards
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( Kelsey Neubauer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Denver's housing shortage has reached crisis proportions. When the law goes into place on Wednesday, homeowners will be allowed to build ADUs big enough to house a family. Courtesy of AboduSince 2018, more than 60,000 new units have been approved throughout the Golden State, which has an estimated housing shortage of 2 million. She also serves as the Director of Planning at the Denver Housing Authority. Keeping families togetherAlonso Carrillo-Muñoz, a Spanish-speaker, who has lived in the West Denver area for over 20 years, was a part of the WDRC's ADU pilot program, per WDRC.

Persons: —, They'll, Chris Herndon, Renee Martinez, Stone, WDRC, Alonso Carrillo, Jon Paciaroni, Miriam Carillo Organizations: Service, City, Denver, Golden State, West Denver Renaissance, Denver Housing Authority Locations: California, High City, City of Denver, Sonoma ., Golden, Denver, West Denver, Spanish, . Denver, FirstBank

☆ How U.C. Berkeley tried to buoy enrollment of Black students without affirmative action
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( Sharon Bernstein | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +9 min

[1/5] Prospective students tour the University of California, Berkeley campus before beginning of the new semester, in Berkeley, California, U.S., June 8, 2023. Black student enrollment across the system - which hovered at 3 or 4% for decades after the affirmative action ban - last year rose to 5%. While other campuses in the system have struggled to enroll Black students, the issue has been particularly painful at Berkeley, which under affirmative action had exceeded the system overall in enrollment of Black students. For one, factors such as economics and a school's location are no longer as useful for recruiting Black students, Ogundele said. Last fall, Black students made up 7% of UCLA's freshman class, the same as before affirmative action was banned.

Persons: Carlos Barria, James Bennett, I've, Bennett, Femi, Berkeley's, we've, Ogundele, Tyler Mahomes, didn't, Allexys Cornejo, Judith Painter, Painter, powell, Berkeley's Othering, Shereem Herndon, Brown, They're, Sharon Bernstein, Colleen Jenkins, Diane Craft Organizations: University of California, REUTERS, U.S, Supreme, Berkeley, U.S . News, Best Global Universities, UCLA, Multicultural Resource Center, Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Emory University, College, Thomson Locations: Berkeley, Berkeley , California, U.S, BERKELEY, California, Stanford, Puerto Rican, Los Angeles, U.C, Sacramento, Cambodian, Black, Atlanta

☆ Trump and the Fun Factor
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Astead W. Herndon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When Donald Trump was indicted on criminal charges in New York City two months ago, I tried to make sense of the political fallout with my colleague Nate Cohn, The Times’s chief political analyst. After poring over traditional markers about fund-raising and poll numbers, Nate mentioned another standard I’ve been thinking about over the past few days: Do Trump’s legal challenges make him more (or less) fun? But after Trump’s arraignment in federal court in Miami this week, I’m reminded of its importance. Nate wasn’t calling Trump fun as a self-evident fact, but rather identifying a set of voters who are attracted to showmanship and celebrity, are distinct from Trump’s base and follow politics only casually, if at all. Perhaps you have a friend who doesn’t care about politics, but can’t believe Trump said THAT.

Persons: Donald Trump, Nate Cohn, Nate, I’m, Nate wasn’t, Trump, Marco ” Rubio, “ Lyin, Ted ” Cruz Organizations: New York City, Democracy Fund Locations: New York, Miami

Voters in the 2022 midterms seemed to send a clear message — a rejection of Trumpism and extremism. And yet it appears increasingly likely that he will win the Republican nomination for the 2024 presidential election. Astead W. Herndon, a national political correspondent for The Times and the host of the politics podcast The Run-Up, explains what shifted in Republican politics so that Mr. Trump’s nomination could start to seem almost inevitable.

☆ AI music could revolutionize the industry — and this artist is leading the way
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Drew Austin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Despite this widespread apprehension, Holly Herndon — an experimental musician and artist — doesn't think AI is nefarious or will ruin art. Herndon's usage of AI shows a way forward for not just artists but also the rest of us. In her blog post announcing Holly+, Herndon said she envisioned a future where digitally created voices "soon become standard practice for artists and other creatives." While the project has yielded an ever-growing array of fascinating art, Holly+ also raises questions about the future of that art. (Anyone can use the Holly+ voice tool itself without submitting the output to the DAO, however.)

☆ ABC News lays off senior executives in Disney's cost-cutting drive
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( Dawn Chmielewski | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

March 30 (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co's (DIS.N) ABC News laid off several senior executives on Thursday, as it restructures its newsroom, two sources confirmed. Among those to lose their jobs in the restructuring were Wendy Fisher, senior vice president of news gathering; Galen Gordon, senior vice president of talent; Alison Rudnick, vice president of corporate communications; and David Herndon, executive director and Los Angeles bureau chief. Godwin named London bureau chief Katie den Daas as vice president of newsgathering, overseeing domestic and international teams. The business and operations team will expand to include talent, production and business affairs, reporting to ABC News Executive Vice President Derek Medina. Stacia Deshishku, executive editor and senior vice president of News, will assume responsibility for the investigative and enterprise reporting unit.

☆ ABC News lays off several senior executives amid broader Disney cost-cutting in ‘shock’ to newsroom
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —ABC News on Thursday stunned staffers, laying off several senior executives and restructuring its newsroom amid a broader workforce reduction being carried out by its parent company Disney, people familiar with the matter told CNN. “Throughout the company, teams are being impacted by the downsizing that was announced several weeks ago, including our own ABC News family,” ABC News President Kim Godwin told staffers in a memo. The C-suite bloodbath astonished staffers at the network, people familiar with the matter told CNN. Godwin said she promoted London bureau chief Katie den Daas to vice president of newsgathering and that executive vice president Derek Medina will now oversee talent strategy. Godwin also said that investigating and enterprise units will be overseen by executive editor and senior vice president of news Stacia Deshishku.

☆ Tuesday Morning says it wants to close 265 stores as part of its bankruptcy filing. See if your local store is on the list.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +30 min

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☆ Nike temporarily closed a celebrated Portland store because of ongoing theft
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Matthew Kish | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The store has been a point of pride for Nike and the Northeast Portland community since it opened. The Portland Nike store closure comes as large retailers are warning about the proliferation of stolen goods on online marketplaces like Amazon, Craigslist, eBay and Facebook. In November, KGW, the Portland NBC affiliate, said the Nike store reported 437 shoplifting cases to police since 2019, second only to a Portland Target store, which had 650. Matthew Kish/InsiderThe now-closed Portland store has been a point of pride for Nike, its employees, and the Northeast Portland community since it opened in June 1984. While the Nike store is at least temporarily closed, it hasn't been abandoned.

☆ Audi of America pauses paid Twitter advertising
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Luxury automaker Audi of America said on Thursday it has paused paid advertising on Twitter, the latest company to do so after the social media platform was acquired by billionaire Elon Musk. The Herndon, Virginia-based U.S. unit of Audi, a Volkswagen Group (VOWG_p.DE) brand, said it would "continue to evaluate the situation." Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Leslie AdlerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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