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☆ The Trump-crypto love story may not be happily ever after
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —Donald Trump didn’t need to do much to win over crypto investors, who are used to being treated like the problem children of the financial world. They’re tinkering in the shadows, doing a thing most normies either don’t understand and/or believe is a scam. “Bitcoiners are looking for political validation after years in the wilderness,” said Eric Soufer, a political adviser to major crypto companies. But running against Vice President Kamala Harris, now the presumptive Democratic nominee, may change the calculus. It’s not clear why Trump has shown a sudden adoration for digital assets when he pooh-poohed it during his presidency.

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☆ Doug Emhoff blasts JD Vance's 'stupid, uninformed' comments about Kamala Harris being a 'childless' cat lady: 'It hurt my feelings'
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Emhoff said that Vance's remarks show he doesn't appreciate the reality of a modern family. Emhoff's daughter, Ella Emhoff, and his ex-wife, Kerstin Emhoff, had already teed off on Vance over previously coming after their family. The Democrats are in complete disarray with the most unpopular Vice President in history as their party's nominee," Van Kirk said in a statement to Business Insider. I've got nothing against dogs," Vance told former Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly on her podcast.

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☆ JD Vance confronts upheaval and uncertainty in first 10 days as Trump’s running mate
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Steve Contorno | Kit Maher | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Middletown, Ohio CNN —Minutes into his first solo event as Donald Trump’s running mate, Sen. JD Vance had already divided his hometown audience here – over donuts. The fallout has left him without a Democratic counterpart after Vice President Kamala Harris quickly emerged as her party’s presumptive nominee. Vance leaned into his biography during his appearance Monday in Middletown, where someone held up a homemade “2028 Vance for President” sign. Andy Beshear – seen as a potential Harris running mate – sought to undermine Monday. “If Joe Biden can’t run for president, he can’t serve as president,” Vance said.

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☆ The Republican Party’s Problem With the Elite Begins With Its Own - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Pamela Paul | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“I’m, like, a smart person,” he boasted on one occasion. “I went to an Ivy League college, I was a nice student,” he said on another. On the left, people think emphasizing intellect and elite schools betrays unfair advantage in a multiple-intelligences, equitable-outcome world. On the right, your average MAGA Joe bristles at anyone who comes across as a coastal elite or too smart for his own good. In MAGA world, glorified ignorance actually serves as a qualification for higher office (see: Lauren Boebert, Marjorie Taylor Greene), empowering more effective rage against “the liberal elite” and “the ruling class.”

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☆ Secret family battle for Murdoch empire revealed in sealed court documents: NYT
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Jessie Yeung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —The Murdoch family, famous for helming one of the world’s most influential news empires, is locked in a secret court battle over succession and control, according to a New York Times report citing sealed court documents. By granting control to only Lachlan, Murdoch is arguing in court, he is protecting the companies’ value – which then benefits all his heirs, according to The Times. He began learning the family business at a young age and rose quickly through the ranks. Rupert Murdoch with his sons Lachlan (left) and James (right) attending his wedding to Jerry Hall in London on March 5, 2016. While apparently considered the most similar to Rupert, Elisabeth has struggled to advance in the family business.

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☆ Nikki Haley defends anti-Trump primary rhetoric and choice to endorse him over Harris
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Jeremy Herb | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

In May, Haley said she would vote for Trump, sparking backlash from some anti-Trump Republicans who had supported her campaign. Even after she suspended her campaign in March, Haley continued to get a significant share of the vote in subsequent primaries. “I know that Trump kept dictators at bay, and that’s what I hope he will continue to do,” she said. That’s what I want President Trump to have. “First of all, she was official, she should have been there,” Haley said of Harris, who serves as president of the Senate in her official capacity.

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☆ Opinion | JD Vance’s ‘Cat Ladies’ Riff Has Serious ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Vibes
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Paul Krugman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

You may have heard about JD Vance’s “childless cat ladies” riff. It’s a statement, as my colleague Jessica Grose writes, that shows the desperation of Republicans who are still “clinging to the tag line that the G.O.P. It’s the kind of comment that makes you wonder if Vance thinks that he has been nominated by the Republican Party to serve as the vice president of the Republic of Gilead. Sorry — yes — Vance knows that our nation is still called the United States of America. But there’s a real “Handmaid’s Tale” vibe to a lot of what we’re hearing from the right.

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☆ How Trump could replace JD Vance if the Ohioan's terrible polling continues
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Alice Tecotzky | Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

While Trump insists he's sticking with Vance, the senator's poor polling combined with Vice President Kamala Harris' momentum has led some to ask: Could Trump replace Vance? The Democratic and Republican National Committees have separate rules governing how they fill vacancies of presidential or vice presidential nominees. Related stories"I think sometimes what people forget is that people start voting in September," Dacey told Business Insider. It would be, he said, "extraordinarily disruptive" both logistically and politically to replace Vance as the vice presidential nominee. In 2020, there were rumors he would replace former Vice President Mike Pence on his ticket.

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☆ Diverse donors race to help elect Kamala Harris
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Fredreka Schouten | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

And Democratic-aligned donors from all those worlds are eager to help Harris get there. That figure marks the year of the sorority’s founding at Harris’ alma mater, Howard University. More than 1.1 million donors have contributed – with 62% of them first-time givers this cycle, Harris’ campaign said. He said he held his first fundraiser for Harris at his Boston-area home during her successful 2016 Senate campaign. But for all the early enthusiasm, the groups supporting Harris say big challenges remain – both in sustaining her campaign’s early financial momentum and in helping blunt looming attacks on her race and gender.

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☆ Kamala Harris has entered the U.S. presidential election. What that could mean for crypto
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Tanaya Macheel | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The outcome of the U.S. presidential election and its implications for the crypto industry got more uncertain this week after Vice President Kamala Harris entered the race following President Joe Biden's exit. Many are now wondering what a Harris administration could mean for crypto – especially following years of an anti-crypto crusade led by Biden-appointed SEC Chair Gary Gensler and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. On Tuesday, a day after Harris launched her campaign, billionaire Mark Cuban said her advisors had begun reaching out to him about crypto policy . Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency, had recently seen a boost as Trump incorporated crypto into his platform. The crypto industry sees itself as nonpartisan, and in recent weeks has bipartisan support for crypto in Congress has been growing.

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According to the FBI’s analysis of Thomas Matthew Crooks’ laptop, Crooks searched how far Lee Harvey Oswald was when he shot and killed President John F. Kennedy in 1963. The search was on July 6, the same day the Trump rally was announced. “That’s a search that’s obviously significant in terms of his state of mind,” the FBI director added. The drone was in the air for approximately 11 minutes, and investigators believe Crooks watched a live feed from the drone on his phone. The FBI is investigating the shooting as both an attempted assassination and as a potential act of domestic terrorism.

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☆ Vance’s selection solidifies Trump’s hold over the GOP
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Ronald Brownstein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

It’s just a decisive move toward America First on foreign policy.”Trump’s selection of Vance is one of the clearest barometers of the former president’s tightening hold over the GOP. Those included Christian conservatives, the business community, congressional insiders and traditional Republican foreign policy hawks shaped by Ronald Reagan’s vision of the US as the muscular leader of the free world. Instead, with Vance, Trump chose an acolyte and potential successor who could deepen and extend the direction the former president has set for the party. Vance has been most unequivocal in criticizing the internationalist approach to foreign policy centered on robust alliances. With the selection of Vance, Trump has broadcast his belief that he has conclusively won the internal GOP debate over all aspects of US interactions with the world – foreign policy, immigration and trade.

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☆ Trump is furious he spent money attacking Biden but now has to 'start all over'
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewDonald Trump is not happy about Joe Biden dropping out of the race, and he's been blasting Democrats for making his campaign "start all over." The former president posted several angry rants on his platform Truth Social, accusing Democrats of wasting Republicans' time and money. He even alleged that their last-minute switch-up all but replacing Biden with Vice President Kamala Harris amounts to fraud. "So, we are forced to spend time and money on fighting Crooked Joe Biden, he polls badly after having a terrible debate, and quits the race," the Republican nominee wrote on Truth on Sunday. AdvertisementSo Trump is right about one thing: his campaign does have to "start all over again."

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☆ GOP lawsuits over Kamala Harris using Biden campaign funds or headlining Democratic ballots will all fail, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Laura Italiano | Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Republican legal experts and think tanks such as the Heritage Foundation are questioning Harris's ability to access the Biden-Harris campaign coffers. Others, including Congressman Steve Scalise, say it's wrong for Harris to assume the top line of the ticket after 14 million state primary voters cast ballots for Biden. There's no general election candidate being replaced, so those rules and regulations about replacement don't don't apply to the situation." AdvertisementNoti of the Campaign Legal Center said a meritless claim like this would be tossed from court immediately, leaving the GOP challengers' lawyers subject to possible sanctions for filing a frivolous suit. "I suspect it would be disposed of very quickly," Becker agreed of any legal challenge to Harris headlining Democratic ballots.

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☆ Why Elon Musk is voting for the Republican party
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewSince the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, Elon Musk has vowed support for the Republican party and created a super PAC to fund the campaign. Up until the shooting, Musk repeatedly said he was undecided about who to vote for, despite several meetings with Trump. AdvertisementThe billionaire said he used to consider the Democratic party "the party of meritocracy," "personal freedom," and "free speech." "You really have to take an active role in reducing the number of laws and regulations," Musk said in the interview. "So I vowed to destroy the woke-mind virus after that," Musk said in the interview.

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☆ Why Trump shouldn't be president, according to Elon Musk's old tweets
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

But the mercurial billionaire was once a skeptic — and very vocal about why he thought Trump shouldn't govern the US. Back in July 2022, Musk criticized Trump after the former president called him a "bullshit artist" during a rally in Alaska. Musk later said in a follow-up post the same day that having Trump as president would result in "too much drama." Musk would go on to host DeSantis' campaign launch on X in May 2023, which was riddled with technical glitches and delays. The pair got closer this year, eventually culminating in a full-throated endorsement of Trump from Musk after Trump survived a failed assassination attempt on July 13.

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☆ Opinion | Are Democrats Right to Unite Around Kamala Harris?
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

All that week, I heard: America First, America First, America First. This was a party that had persuaded itself that one man’s ambition, his insatiable, unquenchable lust for power, was self-sacrifice. He sent the crowd into a frenzy as he ripped that shirt, tearing the flag on it in half, to reveal a Donald Trump campaign shirt beneath. In 2020 and early 2021, Donald Trump tried to overturn an election he lost. Where was Mike Pence, the vice president from Donald Trump’s first term?

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☆ Biden's withdrawal from the presidential race spells uncertainty for the 'Trump trade'
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Joe Biden's withdrawal from the 2024 presidential race is causing market uncertainty. Analysts now expect more market volatility after Biden pulled out of the race. AdvertisementUS President Joe Biden's withdrawal from the presidential election is throwing fresh uncertainty into the markets for a second straight week. Investors were already trying to position themselves for the so-called "Trump trade" following the failed assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump on July 13. Markets at large were relatively calm following Biden's withdrawal after the Trump trade gripped sentiment last week.

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☆ Elon Musk is very publicly trying to recruit his billionaire peers to the Trump-Vance camp
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The mercurial billionaire gave his endorsement to Trump, just minutes after the GOP presidential candidate was nearly assassinated on July 13. Since then, Musk has only doubled down on Trump and his newly minted running mate, Vance on his social media platform, X. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 21, 2024Trump/Vance LFG!! — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 21, 2024Trump/Vance LFG!! Related storiesThe potential switch in Democratic nominee to Harris hasn't swayed Musk, who started criticizing her candidacy on Sunday.

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☆ Biden just made the hardest decision any politician can make
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —President Joe Biden ran for reelection to save democracy. “It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your President,” Biden said in a letter he posted to X on Sunday afternoon. His struggles validated concerns of majorities of voters that he would be too old for a second term that would have ended when he is 86. But in the end, Biden could not find a way to make voters unsee the poignant picture of an 81-year-old commander in chief who appeared to have seriously declined and was stumbling in the debate. Years earlier, in March 1952, Harry S. Truman, another Democratic president, had decided not to seek his own second term.

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☆ Elon Musk reacts to Biden dropping out: 'My smartest friends' are 'excited about Trump'
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Joe Biden's dropping out of the election prompted a reaction from Elon Musk, who backs Trump. Musk claims tech industry loyalty is shifting to Republicans, citing individual freedom and merit. Top Silicon Valley investors, including Ben Horowitz and Peter Thiel, are also backing Trump. AdvertisementJust minutes after US President Joe Biden announced he was dropping his campaign for re-election, Elon Musk announced that his Silicon Valley friends had already moved on to the Republican Party. "My smartest friends, including those living in the San Francisco Bay Area who have been lifelong Dems, are excited about Trump/Vance," Musk posted on X.

Persons: Joe Biden's, Elon Musk, Ben Horowitz, Peter Thiel, —, Joe Biden, Vance, Musk Organizations: Trump, Service, Republican Party, Business Locations: San Francisco Bay

Former US President Donald Trump told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “not to believe the ‘fake news’” that his possible reelection would help Russia, the Ukrainian president’s press secretary said Saturday. The two also talked about the latest Russian attacks on Ukraine and “agreed in principle” to hold a joint meeting, he said. The phone call between Trump and Zelensky marked their first conversation since the former president left the White House, and came the day after Trump formally accepted the Republican Party’s nomination for president. Trump’s newly minted running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, is a staunch critic of sending support to Ukraine. Trump on Friday said he “had a very good phone call” with Zelensky, while the Ukrainian president said he wished Trump “strength and absolute safety in the future,” and “noted the vital bipartisan and bicameral” US support for Ukraine.

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☆ Opinion | I Watched the Republican Convention. The Democrats Can Still Win.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( The Ezra Klein Show | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

This year’s Republican National Convention was Donald Trump’s third as the party’s nominee, but it was the first that felt like a full expression of a G.O.P. Speakers even made efforts to reach out to unions, Black voters and immigrants — imagining a big-tent Republican Party that could be far more formidable at the ballot box. But if the Democrats were running a strong candidate right now, no Democrat would look at that convention with fear. [You can listen to this episode of “The Ezra Klein Show” on the NYT Audio App, Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts.] In this conversation, moderated by the show’s senior editor, Claire Gordon, we dissect the themes and undercurrents of the convention and what they might signal about a Republican Party in the midst of change.

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☆ Wall Street’s Masters of the Universe Are Masters of None in 2024 Race
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( Maureen Farrell | Rob Copeland | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It’s a bad time to be a finance billionaire. Republicans on Wall Street, who had been largely coalescing around former President Donald J. Trump’s efforts to return to office, suffered outright repudiation this week with his pick of Senator JD Vance of Ohio as a running mate. Mr. Vance, a harsh critic of corporate interests and a former venture capitalist, solidified a feeling in the world of high finance that the balance of power in the party had suddenly shifted westward to Silicon Valley. In choosing Mr. Vance, Mr. Trump brushed off personal entreaties from some of the Republican Party’s biggest donors. While accepting his nomination on Wednesday at the Republican convention in Milwaukee, he said the party was done “catering to Wall Street.”

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☆ Opinion | Trump’s Transformation of the Republican Party Is Complete
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( Michael Lind | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The selection of Senator JD Vance of Ohio as his running mate suggests that the answer is yes. Even the most successful political parties are coalitions of odd bedfellows and competing interests. The Republican Party we saw in Milwaukee this past week has been fundamentally changed. With Mr. Vance at his back, leading a new counterestablishment that Mr. Vance helped shape, Mr. Trump has cemented his legacy — and transformed the Republican Party. Until recently, there was no counterestablishment in the Republican Party.

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