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Panera Bread has hired a prominent crisis manager while the bakery-café chain navigates ongoing lawsuits over its highly caffeinated Charged Lemonade and plans a long-awaited initial public offering. The confidential settlement was with the family of Sarah Katz, an Ivy League student with a heart condition who died after drinking Charged Lemonade in September 2022. Dispensers for Charged Lemonade at Panera Bread in Walnut Creek, Calif., in 2023. The Charged Lemonade also had guarana extract, another stimulant, as well as the equivalent of nearly 30 teaspoons of sugar in the large size, the court documents added. It also displayed signage in stores cautioning that Charged Lemonade should be consumed in moderation.

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☆ Supreme Court’s transgender care fight creates conservative ‘reckoning’ over parental rights
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-27 | by ( John Fritze | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

But the Supreme Court’s upcoming and potentially explosive transgender care case is dividing conservatives, with many of those same groups backing Tennessee’s ban on puberty blockers and hormone treatments, which critics say injects the state into family medical decisions and overrides parental rights. Tennessee, and many conservatives who support the state’s position, argues parental rights aren’t a factor in the case. Conservative groups have lined up in federal courts to make nearly identical parental rights arguments in other cases. That separate lawsuit specifically asked whether the state law violates the “fundamental right of parents” to make decisions about the medical care of their children. In allowing the Tennessee ban to take effect last year, a divided 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals brushed aside the parental rights arguments.

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☆ Meet Casey Means, the surgeon turned health influencer behind RFK Jr.'s MAHA movement
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( Julia Pugachevsky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

AdvertisementDr. Casey Means and her brother Calley are helping shape RFK Jr's new approach to America's health. In a best-selling book "Good Energy," she makes a case that modern diseases are rooted in metabolic health. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a fan of Casey Means' work and views in the wellness space. Her mantra is that a healthy metabolism can reverse many health conditionsMeans' book promotes the pursuit of Good Energy, which she defined as great metabolic health. AdvertisementShe espouses popular advice around diet, exercise, and sleepThroughout the book, Means promotes widely agreed-upon health advice.

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☆ Opinion | We Wanted a New Republican Party. Trump Delivered.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Ross Douthat | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +55 min

Barack Obama was elected president, and the mood in the Republican Party picked up on the mood you’ve already described. But in the end, what he did electorally was not in that election to build the pan ethnic working class Republican Party. But at the very least, there was the conventional wisdom was that the Republican Party had to move substantially to the left on immigration. I just think that if the Republican Party is not the party of private property and wealth building, so I don’t think. Is there any chance that the Republican Party is about to not be the party of private property and wealth building No, no, I think you’re right.

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☆ MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe’ hosts reveal they met with Trump at Mar-a-Lago ‘to restart communications’
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-18 | by ( Brian Stelter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

New York CNN —The news was so shocking that some “Morning Joe” viewers probably spit out their coffee. MSNBC co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski “went to Mar-a-Lago to meet personally” with President-elect Donald Trump, Brzezinski revealed at the beginning of Monday’s show. We are not here to defend or normalize Donald Trump,” Scarborough said. When Trump entered the presidential race in 2015, he frequently called into “Morning Joe” and schmoozed with the hosts. Trump’s defenders said he was just fighting “fire with fire” because “Morning Joe” was so critical of him.

Persons: Joe ”, Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski “, Donald Trump, Brzezinski, Scarborough, ” Brzezinski, —, Jeff Jarvis, “ Don’t, ” Scarborough, ”, Trump, “, “ Joe, Trump’s, ” Trump, “ we’ve, John McCain, New Year’s, Brzezinski “, Fox, ” CNN’s Kate Sullivan Organizations: New, New York CNN, MSNBC, Mar, Trump, Veteran, Scarborough, Republican, ” Trump, ” Scarborough, CNN, White, Twitter, Lago, Fox News Locations: New York, Scarborough, Florida, New Hampshire, Lago, New, America

☆ Meet the Press – November 10, 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-10 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +56 min

ANNOUNCER:From NBC News in Washington, the longest-running show in television history, this is Meet the Press with Kristen Welker. In a Meet the Press interview during his 2016 run, he suggested that his insurgent bid could generate cross-party appeal. AMY WALTER:Yeah, and the other thing that, you know, Democrats have been dining off the anti-Trump coalition now since 2017. RAMESH PONNURU:I think Democrats wildly overestimated the power of the abortion issue to drive candidate choice as opposed to referendum. There would be pressure on the president, President Biden, to not run for reelection.

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☆ Chuck Todd: This Democratic defeat — and the rise of Trump 2.0 — was a decade in the making
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-08 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Chuck-Todd-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Chuck Todd | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +21 min

The reality is that both parties learn lessons from losing elections that apply only in the short term — say, from one presidential election to the next midterm or from one midterm to the next presidential election. Not anymore — it’s why Democrats usually overperform in special elections, with more devoted “every election” voters right now. Meanwhile, in the non-battlegrounds, which were more affected by the basic “mood music” of the election, Democrats were shellacked. The seeds of discontent with this version of the Democratic Party can be traced back a decade to Obama’s decision to anoint Hillary Clinton as his successor. Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., at the CNN Democratic presidential primary debate in New York City on April 14, 2016.

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☆ Trump thinks presidents have near-total power: there will be little to stop him in his second term
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-07 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

CNN —Donald Trump believes presidents have almost absolute power. In his second term, there will be few political or legal restraints to check him. It’s not guaranteed that just because Trump has massive power he will spurn constitutional checks and balances. No other president has come into office armed with a Supreme Court ruling that grants significant immunity to presidents for official acts. Attempts to prosecute Trump’s political foes on spurious grounds, meanwhile, could theoretically see mass resignations of Justice Department staff.

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☆ The 2024 presidential election may come down to swing states' results. Here's where Trump and Harris lead in the polls.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-05 | by ( John L. Dorman | Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

Georgia2012 margin: Romney +7.8%Advertisement2016 margin: Trump +5.1%2020 margin: Biden +0.2%Related storiesFor decades, Republicans could easily depend on the Peach State's electoral votes falling into their column. Two years later, Biden won Georgia by roughly 12,000 votes over Trump, followed by the dual 2021 runoff victories of Sens. Pennsylvania2012 margin: Obama +5.4%2016 margin: Trump +0.7%2020 margin: Biden +1.2%AdvertisementBiden's hometown of Scranton is dear to his heart so Pennsylvania was always going to be a key state for the party in 2024. Wisconsin2012 margin: Obama +6.9%2016 margin: Trump +0.8%Advertisement2020 margin: Biden +0.6%Wisconsin is one of the most politically divided states in the country. But Trump flipped Wisconsin to the GOP in 2016, the first time it had supported a Republican presidential nominee since 1984.

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☆ Bernard Marcus, cofounder of The Home Depot and billionaire Republican megadonor, has died
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-05 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Bernard “Bernie” Marcus, the billionaire Home Depot cofounder and a Republican megadonor, who in recent years became an outspoken supporter of former President Donald Trump, has died, the company announced Tuesday. “The entire Home Depot family is deeply saddened by the death of our cofounder Bernie Marcus,” The Home Depot said in a statement. The Home Depot got its start in Atlanta, a city where Marcus was a well-known philanthropist with his wife Billi. Some Trump opponents attempted to launch a boycott of The Home Depot in 2016 and in 2019 because of Marcus’ support of the Republican nominee for president. I don’t want to work — I’m too lazy, I’m too fat, I’m too stupid.’”“We used to have free speech here.

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☆ Trump says he ‘shouldn’t have left’ the White House as he closes campaign with increasingly dark message
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-03 | by ( Gregory Krieg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The US had the “safest border in the history of our country” on the day he left office, Trump claimed. I don’t mind.”A Trump campaign spokesman said after the rally that the former president was actually musing about how the press was protecting him. “President Trump was stating that the Media was in danger, in that they were protecting him and, therefore, were in great danger themselves, and should have had a glass protective shield, also. On Sunday, Trump told NBC that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent post on X about removing fluoride from public water if Trump were to win reelection “sounds OK to me.”“Well, I haven’t talked to him about it yet, but it sounds OK to me,” Trump told NBC. “Arnold Palmer was all man, and I say that in all due respect to women, I love women,” Trump said.

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But for some Arizona voters, only Trump’s election denialism is resonating. A Fox News poll in late August found 32% of Arizona voters surveyed didn’t believe Biden was legitimately elected president. Taylor Hammond, 30, a real estate agent from Phoenix, doesn’t believe Trump lost in 2020. Speaking at a campaign event in Tucson in 2022, Lake said: “We don’t have any McCain Republicans in here, do we? But for other voters, Lake’s false claims about her election loss resonated.

Persons: Donald Trump, Kari Lake, John Giza, Trump, “, parroting Trump’s, Lake’s, Katie Hobbs, ”, Karen Miller, Miller, ” Miller, “ It’s, Brendan Dolleman, Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb, Dolleman, Lamb, Ruben Gallego, Sen, Kyrsten Sinema’s, Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Bill Clinton, didn’t, Biden, Taylor Hammond, Hammond, Lake, ” Hammond, Tyler Hammond, Stephen Richer, don’t, “ I’m, John McCain, McCain, Cindy McCain, ” Neil Rubin, Rubin, Dana Morrison, Hobbs, ” Morrison, Sally Foree, ” Barrett Marson, wasn’t, “ Donald Trump, ” Marson, “ There’s Organizations: Arizona GOP, Walmart, Trump, Lake, NBC News, Senate, ”, Pinal County Sheriff, Republican, Democratic Rep, Democrat, Arizona, Fox, Republicans, Voting, Fox News, Dominion, Mar, Republican Maricopa, CNN, Arizona Republican, “ McCain Republicans, McCain, McCain Republicans, Democratic Locations: Arizona, Giza, Prescott Valley, Scottsdale, Pinal County, ”, Gallego, Maricopa, Phoenix, Republican Maricopa County, Tucson, America, Peoria, Ahwatukee

☆ Johnson vows health care overhaul if Republicans win: ‘No Obamacare’
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | by ( Sarah Ferris | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

And it’s particularly notable after the Republican party’s high-profile failure to repeal key parts of the health care law during Trump’s first term in office. “Health care reform is going to be a big part of the agenda,” Johnson said at the event. And he said it wouldn’t just be health care getting a massive “free market” overhaul. “We know they’ll do it because I’m convinced that if Roe v. Wade can fall, then anything can fall.”The once-contentious health care law has not been a major theme of the 2024 campaign. Taking a different tact than his previous campaigns, Trump himself has stressed to voters that he wouldn’t eliminate the health care law.

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☆ Elon Musk is flexing his wealth and political power unlike any of the richest men before him
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-20 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Musk has also seeded at least $75 million into a pro-Trump super PAC. "Elon Musk is sort of a natural for Donald Trump, " journalist Roger Lowenstein, who wrote a biography about Warren Buffett, told Business Insider. Recently, Musk's company seized the @America handle to boost his super PAC. AdvertisementNone of the other recent wealthiest men have come close to Musk's super PAC spending. Bezos made the biggest splash in 2018 when they donated $10 million to With Honor, a super PAC that supported veteran candidates.

Persons: Elon Musk, —, Donald Trump's, Musk, Elon, Donald Trump, Roger Lowenstein, Warren Buffett, Timothy Mellon, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Koch, Michael Bloomberg, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Ciara Torres, Lowenstein, Buffett, Warren, doesn't, It's, Anna Moneymaker, Barack Obama, Sen, JD Vance, Trump's, Trump, Ken Vogel's, Obama, Steve Ballmer, Gates, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, he's, Steve Pope, Harris, Biden, Melinda French Gates, Bezos Organizations: Trump, Service, PAC, America PAC, American, Stetson University, Alternative Energy, The New York Times, Citizens, Citizens United, Microsoft, Berkshire, Republican, Obama, Electoral College, Nebraska, Congressional, Musk's, Washington Post, Communist Locations: Pennsylvania, Butler , Pennsylvania, Omaha, Gates, Nebraska's

“The polls — public and private — are closer in this election than any I have ever seen,” said Dan Pfeiffer, a former aide to Barack Obama. Republican pollster Frank Luntz summed up the election with a single gif: A coin flip. The Trump era brought a return of uncertainty after most pollsters and prognosticators missed his 2016 victory, and 2024 is the narrowest polling election of all three of his runs. In 2020, the data correctly predicted Joe Biden’s victory, but Trump came much closer than many expected. “This race is remarkable for its closeness but also the insane stability of polls here in the closing weeks,” said Republican pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson.

Persons: James Carville, ”, “, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Dan Pfeiffer, Barack Obama, Jeff Horwitt, Bill McInturff, Tim Malloy, ” “ It’s, ” Nate Silver, Republican pollster Frank Luntz, Matt Gorman, “ It’s, Bush, Gore, Gorman, “ There’s, Hope, decamping, Ronald Reagan, Barack Obama’s, John McCain, Trump, prognosticators, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden’s, Monmouth University pollster Patrick Murray, ” Murray, Obama, underestimating Harris, gaffes, pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson, Harris, Carville Organizations: Democratic, NBC, Republican, Quinnipiac University, Supreme, Trump, Monmouth University, Electoral College Locations: Manhattan, Florida, Erie County, Pennsylvania

☆ Arizona is a top presidential battleground. But the Senate and House races there are taking place in their own universe.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-19 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Sahil_Hs.Jpg | Sahil Kapur | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

In the House, two Republican congressmen are aiming to fend off a pair of Democratic former state legislators. Seven-term GOP Rep. David Schweikert is seeking to hang on against Amish Shah, a doctor, in the blue-trending Phoenix suburbs after winning by less than 1 point in 2022. And in the Tucson area, freshman Republican Rep. Juan Ciscomani is facing a rematch against Kirsten Engel after previously winning by under 2 points. Arizona’s two highly competitive House racesBoth of these House races are rated as “toss-ups” by the nonpartisan Cook Political Report With Amy Walter. “All four have distinct personalities,” said a Democratic operative working on House races, who spoke candidly on the condition of anonymity.

Persons: Mesa Mayor John Giles, Kamala Harris, Kari Lake, Donald Trump acolyte, Ruben Gallego, “, Donald Trump, ” Giles, hasn’t, David Schweikert, Shah, Juan Ciscomani, Kirsten Engel, Amy Walter, ”, Lake, “ Arizonans, Ciscomani, Blake Masters, Gallego, ” “, Trump, Lake’s, Don, Bacon, Dan Conston, Harris, Sen, John McCain, “ I’ve, I’m, ” Roberta Voss, Eli Crane, Crane, Jonathan Nez, Kevin McCarthy midsession, McCarthy, Marson Organizations: Mesa Mayor, Republican, Democratic, Senate, GOP, Trump, Nebraska Rep, Congressional, Fund, NBC News, Social Security, Navajo Nation, ” Arizona Republican, American Locations: Arizona, Phoenix, Tucson, Omaha, Navajo, ” Arizona

TUCSON, Ariz. — Former President Barack Obama on Friday contrasted former President Donald Trump’s character to that of the late Sen. John McCain during a packed rally at the University of Arizona. “Being here in Tucson, I’m thinking about my friend, John McCain,” said Obama, speaking to several thousand Arizonans. “It required one more vote to keep it intact, and that vote was the late, great John McCain,” Harris said in the Phoenix suburb. “A great American, a war hero: John McCain. “Thanks to John McCain, he didn’t do it,” he added to thunderous applause.

Persons: —, Barack Obama, Donald Trump’s, Sen, John McCain, Obama, McCain, Harris, Walz, ”, ” Obama, didn’t, Emmanuel Dunand, he's, Trump, “, Donald Trump, McCains, “ He’s, …, ” Trump, Bill Clinton, “ McCain, Kamala Harris, ” Harris, I’ll, “ Donald Trump Organizations: University of Arizona, White House, Democratic, Hofstra University, Getty, Senate, Arizona, Republican, “ McCain Republicans, McCain, Affordable Locations: TUCSON, Ariz, Tucson, Hempstead, N.Y, AFP, Lakeville , Minnesota, Vietnam, Ames , Iowa, Arizona, Chandler , Arizona, Phoenix, “, ”

☆ When campaign and football season collide: Harris and Trump battle for sports fans: From the Politics Desk
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-18 | by ( The Politics Desk | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

Hey sports fans: Harris and Trump want your voteBy Adam WollnerOctober is a sports fan's paradise. Rebecca Shabad and Peter Alexander report that Harris’ campaign launched ads Friday that will appear on websites dealing with sports news, sports betting, fantasy sports and video games, including DraftKings, Yahoo Sports and IGN. And the Harris campaign said it’s placing ads on sports talk radio and is taking advantage of major NFL, MLB and college football games. The ads end with the tag line: “Kamala is for they/them; President Trump is for you.”These efforts come amid the backdrop of a massive gender gap between the two candidates. The latest national NBC News poll shows Harris leading among women by a 14-point margin (55%-41%), while Trump is ahead with men by 16 points (56%-40%).

Persons: Adam Wollner, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Kristen Welker, ”, Harris, Trump, It’s, Rebecca Shabad, Peter Alexander, Magic Johnson, Ben Stiller, ’ ” Tim Walz, Rich, Jonathan Allen, Allan Smith, Olympia Sonnier, Ben Kamisar, Kamala, Joe Biden, won’t, don’t, Mike Pence, ” Harris, “, Sen, Lindsey Graham, Josh Shapiro, alo, lea Organizations: NBC, White House, Capitol, MLB, NHL, NBA, Yahoo Sports, IGN, “, Minnesota Vikings, NFL, NBC News, Voters, Republicans, House, Fox News, Pennsylvania Democratic Gov Locations: Michigan

The death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar opens a window of opportunity for Israel to end the war in Gaza. The Texas Supreme Court halted the execution of an inmate in a “shaken baby syndrome” case. The length of the stay was not specified but the state Supreme Court wrote in the opinion that the lower court should act swiftly. NOAA issues winter weather forecast as Phoenix finally snaps heat streakParts of Washington state saw the first bouts of snowfall this season, a preview of what’s expected for the region this winter. While forecasters are looking ahead to winter, Phoenix, until Tuesday, had been trapped in a summer that wouldn’t end.

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She frequently advertises Republicans for Harris, a group that includes the late senator’s son Jim McCain, former Sen. Jeff Flake and Mesa Mayor John Giles. Maricopa County, home of Phoenix, accounts for about two-thirds of Arizona voters, including many of those disaffected Republicans who are well-educated center-right voters. Harris praises McCain in Arizona campaign stopsIn a campaign swing through Arizona last week, Harris fondly — and repeatedly — spoke of McCain and lavished praise on his ACA vote. “It required one more vote to keep it intact, and that vote was the late, great John McCain,” Harris said in Chandler, just outside Phoenix. The Trump campaign dismissed Harris’ GOP outreach as a mirage.

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State polling misses in presidential elections with Trump Polls underestimated Democrat Republican 2020 D+10 D+5 Even R+5 R+10 Iowa Result Poll avg. State polling misses in presidential elections Polls underestimated Democrat Republican 2012 D+10 D+5 Even R+5 R+10 S.C. One theory, presented by a report evaluating 2020 polls, is that Trump supporters were less likely to respond to surveys. Past polling misses in presidential elections for battleground states Years in bold indicate those in which the polling leader lost in that state. D+15 D+10 D+5 Even R+5 R+10 R+15 Note: Averages not available for some states in some years.

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☆ Single Women Love to Vote. They Back Kamala Harris in the Election.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Daniel Cox | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Part of the shift is demographic: Over the past few decades, the number of single women in America has skyrocketed. In 2023, there were 43 million single women living in the US, a 55% increase since 2000. Single women are older, more educated, and more financially independent than they were a generation earlier. In 2000, 48% of single women reported voting. And her support is growing: A recent Ipsos survey found Harris leading among single women voters by nearly 40 points.

Persons: Donald Trump, Sen, JD Vance, Jennifer Aniston, Taylor Swift, Kamala Harris, Lady, Swift, Benjamin Button, Meghan McCain, John McCain, he's, Joe Biden, Harris, Jesse Watters, Roe, Wade, Dobbs, Trump, —, MeToo, Biden, Tim Walz, Jake Paul Organizations: Pew Research Center, Pew, Democratic, Fox News, Survey Center, Gallup, Social Survey, Biden, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Trump Locations: Ohio, America

☆ I'm a psychotherapist who's seeing a spike in election-related anxiety among my patients. Some of them are secretly voting for Trump.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-15 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Among his patients, he's seeing election-related anxiety tied to the race between Harris and Trump. This year, he's hearing a range of concerns from his patients regarding both Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. The result: These folks are overwhelmingly keeping quiet about their political beliefs and voting plans for the upcoming election and are closeted Trump supporters. For many people, their political beliefs are often tied to personal identity. AdvertisementBut by keeping political beliefs hidden, it can affect personal relationships.

Persons: Jonathan Alpert, Harris, Trump, Alpert, —, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, aren't, We're, Tayfun, didn't, Sen, John McCain, Biden — Organizations: Service, D.C, Trump, Trump voters, Getty Locations: United States, New York, Washington, , Connecticut, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Erie, Anadolu

☆ How one of MAGA's brightest stars went from unstoppable to long shot
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-14 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Two years ago, Kari Lake appeared to be on an unstoppable path to becoming the governor of Arizona. Now she's a heavy underdog to Rep. Ruben Gallego in a state where Trump and Harris are tied. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Combative yet charismatic, Lake was quickly recognized as the most skilled purveyor of Trumpism aside from the former president himself. She wasn't simply imitating Donald Trump but refashioning his political style to fit her own profile as a well-known local TV anchor.

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“To date, GSA has entered into an MOU with the Harris transition team outlining the terms for space and services, and is prepared to provide services to the Trump transition team once an MOU is executed and services are accepted,” a GSA spokesperson said. The Harris team has also submitted its ethics plan; the Trump team has not. The federal transition coordinator, a White House spokesperson told CNN, is “actively working” with the former president’s transition team to complete its MOU. Inside Biden administration preparationsThe Biden administration began preparing for this transition in 2023, starting with the appointment of a federal transition coordinator, a senior career official who serves as the main liaison between the candidates and eventual president-elect. “We were waiting for the phone calls [from the Trump team], waiting for people to show up, and they never did.

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