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☆ A Gen Z pop star kicked off Harris’ campaign. Puerto Rican musicians may bring her to the finish line
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Elizabeth Wagmeister | Priscilla Alvarez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Harris campaign officials had always planned for star-studded events in the homestretch of the presidential election. Harris pollster Matt Barreto, who focuses on Latino voters, argued that endorsements can help mobilize voters. Annie Mulligan/APBoth campaigns utilize the power of celebrityEver since Harris’ campaign kicked off with Charli XCX’s lime green stamp of approval, Hollywood’s influence has been in the spotlight. Both Harris and Trump swiftly pounced on the “Swiftie” fanbase, showcasing the pop superstar’s immense reach: The Harris campaign created Harris-Walz friendship bracelets inspired by the singer, while the Trump campaign released Eras Tour-inspired T-shirts. As Election Day nears, the Harris campaign is bringing in more A-listers to mobilize people to vote, including a long-anticipated appearance by Beyoncé last week.

Persons: CNN —, Nicky Jam, Donald Trump, ” Nicky Jam, Harris, Jennifer Lopez, Ricky Martin, Marc Anthony, Don Omar, “ Despacito, Luis Fonsi, Bunny, Lopez, Trump, –, Danielle Alvarez, Bunny –, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio –, Harris ’, “, ”, Bad Bunny, Harris pollster Matt Barreto, ” Barreto, Barreto, ” Beyoncé, Kamala Harris, Annie Mulligan, kamala, Charli, Chappell Roan, Taylor Swift’s, Walz, Beyoncé, Brett Favre, Phil McGraw, Elon Musk, Angela Weiss, Leonardo DiCaprio, Arnold Schwarzenegger, I’m, ” Schwarzenegger, Schwarzenegger, Jon Voight, Kelsey Grammer, Roseanne Barr, Jason Aldean, John Rich, Dennis Quaid, Zachary Levi, Mel Gibson, Mike Tyson, Harrison Butker, Buzz Aldrin, podcasters, Adin Ross, podcaster Joe Rogan Organizations: CNN, Las, Puerto Ricans, Trump’s New, Trump’s New York City, Puerto, Bad, Hollywood, Packers, Trump’s, Television, Madison, Getty, Republican, ”, Trump, Kansas City Chiefs Locations: Las Vegas, Trump’s New York, “ Puerto Rico, Puerto, Puerto Rican, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Houston, Gen, Green Bay , Wisconsin, Trump’s, New York City, California, American, Hollywood

As Election Day approaches, former President Donald Trump has increasingly been warning that if he loses, it will be because of cheating. That’s all they want to do is cheat,” Trump said of Democrats during a rally this month in Juneau, Wisconsin. “They’re actually using it to cheat,” Trump said on the Los Angeles radio station KFI AM 640 on Oct. 8. “They have early voting, late voting, everything is so ridiculous,” Trump said onstage in Palm Beach, Florida, in July. And that’s what we’re striving for.”But Trump has also spoken favorably of early voting, usually in more choreographed settings.

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☆ Israeli commander to resign after being accused of failing to prevent October 7
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Jennifer Hauser | Lauren Izso | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —An Israeli intelligence commander, who critics say played a pivotal role in failing to prevent the October 7 attacks, is resigning, Israel’s military told CNN. Later that month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also received sharp public criticism after he accused security chiefs in a later-deleted social media post of failing to warn him about the impending attack. In a May interview with Dr. Phil McGraw on the “Dr. We have to admit that,” Netanyahu told Dr. Phil. When asked if he held himself to that standard and failed in some way he added, “I hold myself and everyone on this.

Persons: Yossi Sariel, “, Kan, ” Kan, Shin Bet, ”, ” Shin, Ronan Bar, Benjamin Netanyahu, Phil McGraw, Phil, Netanyahu, ” Netanyahu Organizations: CNN, Israel Defense Forces, Kan Locations: Israeli, “, Israel

☆ Hunter Biden conviction shatters Trump’s persecution narrative
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-12 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

In his first reaction to the verdict, Hunter Biden didn’t attack the judge or prosecutors, simply saying he was grateful for the love and support of his family and blessed to be clean again. The Hunter Biden verdict also contradicted the central rationale of Trump’s multiple legal defenses in his four criminal cases, several civil matters and his entire presidential campaign. “So much for the weaponization of the Justice Department to go after just the enemies of the other side,” Michael Zeldin, a former senior Justice Department official and federal prosecutor, said on CNN Max on Tuesday. Stephen Miller, Trump’s former White House domestic policy adviser, argued that the Justice Department had actually shown favoritism toward Hunter Biden by not charging him with 50 felonies over foreign influence peddling. “Hunter Biden just became the Deep State’s sacrificial lamb to show that Justice is ‘balanced’ while the other Biden crimes remain ignored,” she wrote on X.

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☆ Fact check: Trump falsely claims Iran didn’t fund terror groups when he was president
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Daniel Dale | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

They weren’t funding Hamas, and they weren’t funding anything. They weren’t funding Hezbollah,” Trump, now the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, said in a May interview with right-wing host Dan Bongino. Trump’s own administration said in 2020 that Iran was continuing to fund terror groups including Hezbollah. Trump could have fairly said that his sanctions on Iran had made life more difficult for terror groups (though it’s unclear how much their operations were affected). “Iran has never ceased funding many of its core proxy groups” such as Hezbollah, said Phillip Smyth, who studies Iran’s proxies.

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☆ Interviewers keep giving Trump an off-ramp to his revenge tour. He isn’t taking it
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-07 | by ( Steve Contorno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The open calls for revenge have effectively put retaliation on the ballot this November, and Trump allies have said as much. Trump launched his third campaign for president still seething over his 2020 defeat and signaling revenge against those who kept him from a second term. In March 2023, Trump told the Conservative Political Action Conference: “I am your retribution.”At the urging of some advisers, Trump has at times stepped back from the harsh rhetoric. Trump told the same conservative gathering earlier this year, “Retribution is going to be through success.”It’s a sentiment Trump has repeated many times since — including in the days after his hush money trial ended — but it’s not one he appears fully committed to. After his interview with Trump, McGraw told CNN’s Abby Phillip that he tried to get the former president to understand that a “revenge tour” wouldn’t heal the country and bring people together.

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☆ US officials doubt Israel can actually eradicate Hamas and achieve a 'total victory'
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Ella Sherman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewUS government officials are skeptical Israel can actually achieve its goals and completely eliminate Hamas in Gaza. He argued that "we have to achieve victory and that means that we have to destroy all these battalions, which we will." The current US view of what victory looks like in this war appears different than that of Israel. "With the question of a strategic endgame, I don't think that's really a question about American influence," he said. "That's a question about Israel's strategy and what Israel chooses to do."

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☆ Despite Biden's warning, Israel's Netanyahu tells TV personality Dr. Phil there's 'no other choice' but to assault Rafah
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-10 | by ( Ella Sherman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. "That means we will defeat Hamas, including in Rafah, we have no other choice," the prime minister said. Many of these weapons are precision weapons, but they still have the potential to cause significant collateral damage. "If you want to avoid civilian casualties, you need these weapons rather than imprecise weaponry," Netanyahu argued during the interview, referring to US precision weapons. In addition to eliminating Hamas' battalions, Netanyahu also confirmed that his goals of getting hostages back has not changed since the start of Israel's war with Hamas.

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☆ Helping investors buy thousands of run-down houses on the cheap was to be the specialty of this proptech. Not even Dr. Phil could save it.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Alex Nicoll | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Stech told the wholesaler that the woman deserved some of that profit. "He looked me square in the eyes and said, 'That's all she said she needed,'" Stech told Dr. Phil. But Sundae, Stech said, marketed homes directly to investors, who would bid up the price in an effort to win the property. Two of the former Sundae employees told Insider that they often had to make determinations about the mental fitness of their elderly customers. When Insider asked Canavari about the layoffs in June, she told Insider that she was leaving the company herself.

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Programming note: The full interview with Richard Glossip will air Friday, May 5, on “The Lead with Jake Tapper,” which starts at 4 p.m. Lea Glossip, left, wife of death row inmate Richard Glossip, listens with death penalty opponent Sister Helen Prejean, right, during a news conference on Thursday, May 4, in Oklahoma City. Sneed admitted to killing Van Treese, but at trial, prosecutors portrayed the killing as a murder-for-hire plot orchestrated by Glossip. Ultimately, Reed Smith concluded “that no reasonable juror hearing the complete record would have convicted Richard Glossip of first-degree murder,” said Stan Perry, a partner at the firm. The Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, where Richard Glossip is set to be executed, is seen in 2015.

☆ ‘Dr. Phil’ Show to End After 21 Seasons in Another Daytime TV Shakeup
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-01 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The talk show “Dr. Phil” is set to end this year after 21 seasons, CBS said, the latest shift in daytime television programming as viewership declines. The network said Dr. Phil McGraw has chosen to move on from the hosting chair, from which he advised guests in an often dramatic fashion about addiction, mental health and other topics. CBS said Dr. McGraw would focus on creating prime-time programming once his final season ended later this year.

☆ Judge to decide on Florida face-biter insanity plea
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-26 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Lea Johnston, a University of Florida law professor, said that only about 1% of felony defendants try an insanity defense because the bar to succeed is so high. About a quarter of those succeed, usually in a pretrial deal where prosecutors agree that the defendant’s mental illness meets the standard. She said for insanity defenses that reach trial, defendants who waive a jury have the most success. Judges understand the system, she said, while jurors often worry that defendants acquitted by reason of insanity will be released sooner. Austin Harrouff told McGraw he was escaping a demon he called Daniel and only has vague recollections of the slayings.

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