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☆ Corporations raised $16 million to oppose Oregon's universal basic income plan. They won.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-06 | by ( Allie Kelly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Oregon's universal basic income measure failed, with 78.8% of voters opposing the policy. Basic income programs have been tried across the US as an approach to poverty reduction. AdvertisementOregon's effort to institute a statewide universal basic income failed on November 5. Alaska also has a program that resembles basic income, but it's structured differently than Oregon's proposal. The Alaska Permanent Fund, which began in the 1970s, is a model similar to universal basic income.

Persons: —, hasn't, Andrew Yang Organizations: Service, Associated Press, Universal, Democratic, Alaska Permanent Fund Locations: Oregon, Alaska, Oregon's, California, New Mexico

☆ Silicon Valley's Trump boosters celebrate: 'It's time to build'
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-06 | by ( Melia Russell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Tech leaders who openly supported Donald Trump took to X to celebrate his win Wednesday morning. AdvertisementAs former president Donald Trump swept to victory Wednesday morning, supporters in Silicon Valley posted messages of congratulations and even gloated over his return to the Oval Office. Some of tech's most high-profile and wealthiest names offered their first reactions after major news networks called the race for Trump. The billionaire owner of X and Tesla watched the election results roll in with Trump from Mar-a-Lago. AdvertisementMarc Andreessen, an early Facebook and Coinbase investor via his firm Andreessen Horowitz, had a curious relationship with Trump.

Persons: Donald Trump, Keith Rabois, —, Chamath Palihapitiya, Shaun Maguire, Trump . Elon Musk, Tesla, Joe Biden, Israel —, Musk, Trump, Doug Leone, Joe Lonsdale, David Sacks, Obama, Biden, Harris, Sacks, Leone, Marc Andreessen, Andreessen Horowitz, Andreessen Organizations: Tech, Service, tech's, Trump, Trump ., Mar, San Francisco, Republicans, Israel, Craft Ventures, Republican National Convention, Business, Federal, Commission, National Republican, Founders Fund, SpaceX, Khosla Ventures Locations: Silicon Valley, Sequoia, America, San, Pennsylvania, Rabois

Tech billionaire Elon Musk and his business empire stand to reap massive rewards if former President Donald Trump returns to the White House. Elon Musk joins former US President Donald Trump during a campaign event in Butler, Pa., on Oct. 5, 2024. “I love Elon Musk,” Trump said at a rally in July. It’s not clear how Musk and Trump would navigate the ethical questions around a possible government role for the tech billionaire. “He would be in much less trouble in a Trump administration because Trump shares his hostility to regulation and regulators,” Richard Pierce, a law professor at George Washington University specializing in government regulation, told NBC News in an interview earlier this year.

Persons: Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Musk, Trump, Vladimir Putin, SpaceX, ” Musk, Brian Hughes, ”, ” Hughes, Justin Merriman, ” Trump, “, walling, Kamala Harris, Harris, Biden, Larry Krasner, ” Richard Pierce, John Raoux, Angela Aneiros, ” Aneiros, Tesla, There’s, SpaceX countersued, • Tesla, ” SpaceX, Starlink, Justice Department —, Tucker Carlson, Carlson, he’s, SpaceX’s, Kamala Organizations: Tech, Trump, Musk’s, SpaceX, China —, U.S, Wall Street, NBC News, Boeing, Fox News, Bloomberg, Getty Images Trump, D.C, Trump Organization, Budget, America PAC, Philadelphia, George Washington University, Tesla, Co, Kennedy Space Center, Gonzaga University, university’s Center of Law, & Commerce, Justice Department, National, Traffic Safety Administration, Securities and Exchange Commission, Street, Justice, Employment, Commission, National Labor Relations Board, SEC, Twitter, Federal Communications Commission, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, Safety, Health Administration, NLRB, Reuters, Defense Department, NASA, International, White, National Space Council Locations: China, United States, Taiwan, Ukraine, Washington, Trump’s, Pennsylvania, Butler, Pa, Palm Beach , Florida, Texas, California, Cape Canaveral, Fla, Los Angeles, Austin, Mars

Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Nevada, Georgia and North Carolina ended up consuming the campaign’s most precious resources: time and money. Hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of ads blanketed the airwaves in the battlegrounds as Harris and Trump held large-scale, competing rallies. On the eve of the election, Harris and Trump raced to those swing states making their final pitches, each focusing heavily on Pennsylvania, the biggest electoral prize of those states. The Harris campaign, flush with money, has deployed a massive ground game in the battleground states that aims to deliver its voters to the polls. “President Donald J. Trump is going into Election Day stronger than he has in any previous election and if patriots across the country keep the momentum and turn out as expected on Election Day, we will be swearing in President Trump in January,” Tim Saler, a data consultant for Trump and the Republican National Committee, said in a statement.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Harris, Trump, ” Harris, ” Trump, ”, “, there’s, Joe Biden, Jen O’Malley Dillon, Biden, ” O’Malley Dillon, Donald J, ” Tim Saler, Harris ’ Organizations: Trump, NBC, Mar, Convention, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Howard University, Democratic, Republican, Republican National Committee, Biden Locations: Wisconsin , Michigan, Pennsylvania, Arizona , Nevada , Georgia, North Carolina, Florida, Beach, Washington, California, Allentown , Pennsylvania, America, Wisconsin , Pennsylvania, Michigan, Arizona , North Carolina, Georgia, Nevada , North Carolina

☆ Company executives are speaking out on Election Day: Starbucks' Howard Schultz calls for a peaceful transition of power
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-05 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Business leaders are speaking out on Election Day — including Starbucks founder Howard Schultz. AdvertisementElection Day has finally come, and executives at some of the biggest companies are speaking out — with former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz urging a peaceful transition of power and Elon Musk reiterating his support for Donald Trump to the end. Major players like Musk and Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman have previously endorsed former President Trump. "Once every vote is counted and certified, we must accept the results of the election and ensure the peaceful transition of power," he said. In addition to re-posting several pro-Trump messages from other X users, Musk wrote a few election-related posts of his own.

Persons: Howard Schultz, Schultz, Elon Musk, Reid Hoffman, Harris, —, Donald Trump, Stephen Schwarzman, Trump, Mark Cuban, Kamala Harris, Insider's Bryan Metzger, he's, Howard Schultz Howard Schultz, Spencer Platt, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Reid Hoffman Reid Hoffman, Kimberly White, Hoffman, " Hoffman, Marc Piasecki, Musk, Joe Scarborough, Vinod Khosla Vinod Khosla, Steven Ferdman, Vinod Khosla, Kamala, Khosla, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Cantor Fitzgerald, Howard Lutnick Howard Lutnick, ANGELA WEISS, Howard Lutnick, Lutnick, Palmer Luckey Palmer Luckey, Oculus, Patrick T, Fallon, Palmer, Luckey, Walz, Andrew Bosworth, JOSH EDELSON, Getty Andrew Bosworth, Bosworth, Eli Lilly, Lockheed Martin, General Mills, Johnson Organizations: Starbucks, Trump, Service, Blackstone, Getty, LinkedIn, Greylock Partners, Liberty, SpaceX, Elon Musk Elon, Tesla, Pennsylvania, Billionaire, Sun Microsystems, Wall Street, Philadelphia Inquirer, Financial Times, Bloomberg, Anduril Industries, Meta, Big Tech, National Association of Manufacturers, General Motors, Penske, Panasonic Locations: Jerusalem, Fortnite, AFP

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Persons: —, Laura Grace Tarpley, Penny Hoarder, Read Organizations: Finance, National, Real, Business Insider

☆ Bitcoiners celebrate as $40 million campaign brings down Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-05 | by ( Mackenzie Sigalos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Republican nominee for U.S. Senate Bernie Moreno addresses supporters at Brecksville Community Center on November 4, 2024 in Brecksville, Ohio. He voted against pro-crypto legislation, called for more regulation of the sector, and regularly posted anti-crypto rhetoric on social media. According to the tracker, 224 pro-crypto candidates have been elected to the House, against 106 anti-crypto House candidates that have won. In the Senate, 14 pro-crypto candidates have been elected, while nine anti-crypto candidates have been victorious. "Americans disproportionately care about crypto and want clear rules of the road for digital assets," Armstrong wrote.

Persons: Bernie Moreno, Crypto, Sherrod Brown, Brown, Moreno, Sen, Elizabeth Warren, Chris Larsen, Joe Biden, Warren, I'm, Tyler Winklevoss, Gary Gensler crony, Winklevoss, Brian Armstrong, Armstrong, Coinbase, Gensler, Elect Moreno's, Bitcoin, Donald Trump Organizations: U.S, Brecksville, Center, Ohio Senate, U.S . Senate, CNBC, Politico, SEC, Senate, Crypto Alliance, NBC, Commodities, Trading Commission, Fairshake, Defend, Jobs, Republican, —, Yildirim Locations: Brecksville , Ohio, Ohio

☆ Coinbase's big election bet is about to be tested
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-05 | by ( Mackenzie Sigalos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

BlackRock's ETF chief Samara Cohen told CNBC that 75% of its bitcoin buyers are crypto investors who are new to Wall Street. Grewal told CNBC that he's had "many conversations" behind closed doors with both the Trump camp as well as Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign. Fairshake, one of the top spending PACs this cycle, told CNBC it's raised around $170 million this election and disbursed approximately $135 million. Ripple's head of U.S. public policy, Lauren Belive, told CNBC at a fintech conference in Las Vegas that the company was motivated by the SEC's overreach. WATCH: Bitcoin slumps to $67,000 level on eve of U.S. election: CNBC Crypto World

Persons: WASHINGTON —, Brian Armstrong shied, Armstrong, Coinbase, Gary Gensler, vociferously, Samara Cohen, Wells, Paul Grewal, Donald Trump, David Sacks, Grewal, Trump, he's, Gensler, Kamala Harris, Harris, Sen, Sherrod Brown, Bernie Moreno, Brown, Moreno, battlegrounds, It's, Shirzad, CNBC it's, Lauren, Alice, merch, Joe Lubin, Wiley Nickel Organizations: WASHINGTON, Capitol, CNBC, SEC, Washington, Trump, Republican, Democratic, Crypto Alliance, House, Ohio Senate, Crypto, Labs Locations: Washington ,, Washington, United States, San Francisco, Nashville, Ohio, Las Vegas

☆ Elon Musk's private jet has landed in Florida following report he'll be watching election results with Donald Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-05 | by ( Madeline Berg | Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Donald Trump megadonor Elon Musk's private jet has landed in Florida. AdvertisementElon Musk's private jet has landed in Florida, where the billionaire will reportedly watch the election results roll in with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago. After flying from Austin to Cameron County, Texas — where SpaceX is located and Musk said he voted — earlier this afternoon, Musk's private jet landed in West Palm Beach, according to jet-tracking service Jetspy. On Tuesday, The New York Times reported that Musk, a Trump megadonor, was to spend election night with Trump, citing three sources with knowledge of Musk's schedule. Sweeney told Business Insider that Musk's jets were easily identifiable because Musk's jet continued broadcasting its call sign.

Persons: Donald Trump megadonor, Donald Trump, —, Musk, Trump, Elon Musk, Jack Sweeney, Sweeney Organizations: Donald Trump megadonor Elon, Mar, Trump, GOP, Service, Elon, SpaceX, The New York Times, Palm Beach Convention Center, Representatives, Musk, Business, PIA, Federal Aviation Administration, Republican Party, Musk's America PAC, PAC Locations: Florida, Austin, Cameron County , Texas, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach, Pennsylvania, New York City

America PAC has been tasked with much of the pro-Trump canvassing operation as his campaign focuses its efforts on a more limited effort targeting so-called low-propensity voters. “I know it’s been flagged for America PAC that this has been transpiring,” an operative formerly on the effort said. As some of that data spilled into public view last month, an operative close to the effort said: “All hell has broken loose” inside the PAC. Through late October, America PAC had spent upward of $54 million on Blitz’s services, according to Federal Election Commission filings — more than the PAC has on the three other vendors combined. America PAC ended its relationships this summer with two other prominent GOP-aligned canvassing firms that were knocking on doors as part of its effort.

Persons: they’re, Donald Trump’s, Trump, canvassers, ” Drew Ryun, Chris Turner, Jefferson Thomas, Josh Penry, Jon Seaton, ”, ‘ There’s, Ron DeSantis ’, Elon Musk, Phil Cox, “ isn’t, Turner, Thomas, Penry, Seaton, baselessly, ‘, ‘ Donald Trump, ’ ‘, it’s, Alysia McMillan, I’ve, “ We’re, we’ve, Helene, “, “ I’m, David Plouffe, Kamala Harris ’, “ Elon Musk, Elon Organizations: Republican, Elon, America PAC, NBC News, Trump, NBC, telltale, PAC, Patriot Grassroots, Synapse Group, Echo Canyon Consulting, Florida Gov, Musk’s, America, Patriot, Synapse, . America PAC, GOP, Blitz, The Guardian, Reuters, ”, CNN, Nelk Boys YouTube Locations: Nevada and Arizona, Florida, Nevada , Michigan, Arizona, North Carolina, . In Nevada, America, Nevada, ”, Wisconsin, Iredell County, Charlotte

☆ American Battleground: The fight to the finish — and what lies beyond the 2024 campaign
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Tom Foreman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +25 min

“Do you think Donald Trump is a fascist?” Anderson Cooper asked her in a CNN town hall just two days earlier. They are indeed the ‘enemy from within.’”Former President Donald Trump addresses the crowd during his campaign rally at New York’s Madison Square Garden on October 27. You’re a sh*t vice president.’”It’s crude, it’s rude, but for Trump’s campaign it is right on target. “We know what Donald Trump wants,” Harris says in DC just outside the vice presidential residence. As Trump’s 2020 campaign communications director Erin Perrine puts it, “Donald Trump is a political anomaly.

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Read, Trump, Kamala Harris, ” Anderson Cooper, “, ” Harris, Rebecca Wright, John Kelly, Trump “, Defense James Mattis, John Bolton, Mark Esper, Bob Woodward, Staff Mark Milley, Republican Sen, Lindsey Graham, Mitch McConnell, Mike Johnson, ”, Harris, ” “, Tony Hinchcliffe, Puerto Rico, ’ ”, Anna Moneymaker, ” Trump, Ezra Klein, Maggie Haberman, He’s, Edward, Isaac Dovere, …, ” Demonizing Harris, Frank Luntz, CNN’s, Michael Duncan, you’ve, Erick Erickson, Arnold Palmer’s, ’, Jenny Kane, Jeff Zeleny, Gloria Borger, he’s, Russia’s Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong, “ She’s, Eva McKend, ” Zeleny, CNN’s Laura Coates, Biden, ” Coates, Julia Roberts, Eminem, Oprah, Beyonce, Michelle Obama, CNN’s Dovere, Barack Obama, Jonathan Drake, Reuters Trump, ” McKend, Erin Perrine, “ Donald Trump, Daniel Dale, Hurricane Helene, Mike Pence, “ Let’s, Let’s, Sinéad O’Connor, Hillary Clinton, We’ve, Norm Eisen, Eisen, – Trump, –, Stephanie Cutter, Evelyn Hockstein, Reuters Harris, Abraham Lincoln Organizations: CNN, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, ABC, ”, Trump, Trump’s, New York Times, Defense, Joint Chiefs, Staff, Republican, Marxist, Madison, Democratic, Puerto Ricans, New, Garden, GOP, Fox, WIN, Political, Illegal Voters, The New York Times, ” CNN, Fox News, Reuters, Biden, Univision, Capitol, “, United States Capitol Locations: Delaware County , Pennsylvania, York City, Puerto, Mexico, Portland , Oregon, Pennsylvania, DC, Georgia, In Michigan, Detroit, Charlotte , North Carolina, Trump, Hurricane, Madison, Washington ,

Those rules were designed to prevent a repeat of the abuses of Richard Nixon, who improperly used the Justice Department to punish his political enemies. A new president appoints roughly 300 senior Justice Department officials, including the U.S. attorneys who run offices across the country. All 300 must be confirmed by the Senate, but multiple former Justice Department officials said they fear Trump would install partisans willing to do his bidding. Justice Department officials have risen to the occasion and defied presidential overreach in the past. You go in and just whack a good portion of the workforce,” the former Justice Department official said.

Persons: Donald Trump, —, Trump, don’t, Richard Nixon, “, ”, Joyce Vance, Barbara McQuade, Sen, JD Vance, Vance, Vance’s, Biden Justice Department’s, Hunter Biden, Robert Menendez, Eric Adams, Jack Smith, Aileen Cannon, Cannon, Jeffrey Clark, Clark, Mike Davis, influencer Benny Johnson’s, Davis, Joe Biden, Jan, gulag ”, ” Trump, ” Vance, “ Trump, Stephen Gillers, Gillers, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, ” Gillers, Ilya Somin, Somin, Nixon, Archibald Cox, wouldn’t Organizations: NBC, Google, National Public Radio, NBC News, Justice Department, FBI, Trump, Department, U.S, Senate, Drug, Administration, Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Explosives, DOJ, Biden Justice, Robert Menendez of New, New York, U.S . Capitol, ABC News, Republican, Politico, D.C, gulag, Service, NYU School of Law, George Mason University, senior Locations: U.S, Alabama, Ohio, Georgia, Robert Menendez of, Robert Menendez of New Jersey, New, —, acquittals

Turning Point Action is one of several outside groups that have taken over the work of canvassing on behalf of Republicans. Some churches and pastors promoted Turning Point events during worship services and in social media posts, NBC News found. Training churches to serve as unofficial Trump campaign surrogates fits into a broader campaign by Turning Point to mobilize evangelicals. Screenshots of Turning Point Action's smartphone app, which encourages canvassers to avoid voters from the "wrong party." When a person attending a June Turning Point conference asked whether it was a good idea to run get-out-the-vote programs through churches, Brett Galaszewski, a Turning Point field director, said that’s exactly what pastors should be doing.

Persons: Charlie Kirk, Donald Trump, ”, Sam Brunson, Patrick T, Fallon, —, I’ve, Philip Hackney, Hackney, Trump, “, ” Hackney, Sen, JD Vance, Rebecca Noble, Corinne Wolyniec, Lloyd Mayer, Alyssa Goncales, Johnny, I’m, intoned, ” David Rose, Rose, Kamala ”, wasn’t, Rose didn’t, Eric Hayes, Kamala Harris, Lyndon B, Johnson, Kirk, Jesus ’, God’s, ” Kirk, Christian, haven’t, canvassers, Brett Galaszewski, Schayden Gorai, “ There’s, ” Gorai, Mayer, ’ ” Mayer Organizations: Republican, NBC News, Loyola University, Getty, University, Pittsburgh, IRS, Trump, Republican National Committee, Republican Party, NBC, Democrats, Notre Dame Law School, Waters Bible Church, University of Houston Law Center, Chase, Crossing Community, Freedom House Church, “, Greater Augusta Apostolic Church, Hope, Republican GOP, ”, Congress Locations: Chicago, Las Vegas, AFP, Mesa, Ariz, Arizona , Georgia, Michigan, Nevada , North Carolina, Wisconsin, San Tan Valley , Arizona, Crossing Community Church, Genesee Depot , Wisconsin, Charlotte , North Carolina, North Carolina, Greater Augusta, Columbia County , Georgia, Lake Havasu City , Arizona, Philadelphia, America, California

☆ Progressives gear up for their first big fight if Harris wins: Protecting Lina Khan
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Alex-Seitz-Wald-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Alex Seitz-Wald | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

With Republicans favored to win the Senate, Harris may have few opportunities to pursue an ambitious legislative agenda, shifting the Democratic ideological fight to key personnel decisions. “It’d be a strategic blunder for Harris to pick an ugly fight over Lina Khan’s future when there’s already strong consensus among Democrats. Moderate senators like Bob Casey and Jackie Rosen are actively campaigning on the FTC’s work to lower prices,” said a Senate Democratic aide, who was granted anonymity to discuss a sensitive subject. Removing her would not only infuriate the left but it could provoke a confirmation fight with Senate Republicans over her replacement. Some in the progressive movement believe Harris should simply leave her there without going through confirmation again in the Senate if need be.

Persons: WASHINGTON, Kamala Harris tacks, Lina Khan, Harris, ”, Dan Geldon, Sen, Elizabeth Warren, “, ” Geldon, Mark Cuban, Gary Gensler, Barry Diller, Reid Hoffman, Hoffman, ” “, Adam Green, Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Ron Klain, Khan, Danielle Deiseroth, MAGA, Lina Khan’s, there’s, Bob Casey, Jackie Rosen, Alexandria Ocasio, Bernie Sanders, “ Khan, Jeff Hauser, he’s, Ohio Democratic Sen, Sherrod Brown, Geldon, General Merrick Garland, Donald Trump, Michael Dorf, Neil Buchanan, Ezra Levin, Biden, we’d, ” Levin Organizations: Federal Trade, Biden, Republicans, NBC, Securities, Exchange, Billionaire Democratic, Democratic Party, Democratic, Facebook, Progress, Trump, Will, Progressives, SEC, Crypto, Ohio Democratic, Banking Committee, Cuban, Monday, Trump Republicans, Republican Locations: Alexandria, Cortez, Ohio, Harris ’, Washington

☆ L.A. Dodgers win World Series and Trump targets blue states in the campaign's last days: Morning Rundown
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Elizabeth Robinson | Elizabeth Robinson Is A Newsletter Editor For Nbc News | Based In Los Angeles. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

Another Trump campaign official said that if it is going to a state, it’s because the campaign sees movement there. Los Angeles Dodgers win the World SeriesThe Los Angeles Dodgers celebrate as they defeat the New York Yankees 7-6 in Game 5 to win the World Series on Oct. 30. This marks the Dodgers’ second World Series in the last five years. More World Series coverage:Ohtani is a national hero across Japan — and especially in his rural hometown , where fans gathered for a World Series watch party to witness the “once-in-a-century” talent. , where fans gathered for a World Series watch party to witness the “once-in-a-century” talent.

Persons: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, hasn't, Trump, Harris, Joe Biden, ➡️ Trump, Nicky Jam backtracked, Nikki Haley, ➡️ Haley, ➡️, ”, Elon Musk, Elon, Musk, hasn’t, Donald Trump’s, Freddie Freeman, Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts, Eric Baculinao, — Evan Bush, “, Elizabeth Robinson Organizations: Los Angeles Dodgers, GOP, Trump, Puerto, Elon Musk, Twitter, New York Yankees, Getty, Yankees, Dodgers, New York, NBC Locations: New Mexico, New Mexico . Virginia . New Hampshire, They're, Albuquerque , New Mexico, Phoenix, Reno, Las Vegas, Wisconsin, Madison, York, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, New, Los Angeles, Japan, Spain, Europe, Jiangmen, Guangdong province, China, Beijing

☆ How Elon Musk turned X into a pro-Trump echo chamber
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( David Ingram | David Ingram Is A Tech Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

And in recent months, Musk has become one of Trump’s biggest donors and most energetic supporters, turning X into an unofficial house organ for his campaign. On Tuesday, Musk promoted an X Community — a large group of users — called the Election Integrity Community, which was created by his super PAC, America PAC. Musk and X did not respond to requests for comment. Musk has personally boosted many of them, such as @libsoftiktok and the account of conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer, who was suspended from Twitter before Musk bought it. Musk is the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, but X may be his highest-profile political asset.

Persons: Elon Musk, ” Musk, hasn’t, Donald Trump’s, Trump, Musk, Kamala Harris, —, ”, Giulio Corsi, Paul Pelosi, Nancy Pelosi, Weeks, Ron DeSantis, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, misgendering, it’s, newsbrokers, Laura Loomer, Mert Bayar, Corsi, ” Corsi Organizations: Elon, Twitter, NBC News, PAC, America PAC, U.S, University of Cambridge, Trump, Republican, Florida Gov, GOP, University of Washington, UW Center, SpaceX Locations: Pennsylvania, Haiti

☆ Behind the curtain on Democrats’ unprecedented digital advertising campaign
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | by ( David Wright | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

CNN —Democrats are mounting an unprecedented digital advertising campaign in the closing weeks of the presidential race, pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into a targeted effort that the party hopes will tip the balance in one of the closest elections in US history. The effort is being steered by Future Forward PAC, or FF PAC, the largest single-candidate super PAC in the 2024 election. The 2024 election is poised to break the record set by the 2020 election and see $10.2 billion worth of campaign advertising, according to the ad tracking firm AdImpact. The ad laboratoryWith its massive war chest, FF PAC has faced the challenge of effectively and efficiently distributing its resources. FF PAC has not engaged in a comparable turnout effort, leaving that traditional campaign activity to the cash-flush Harris operation.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump’s, Harris, ’, Joe Biden’s, Trump, Michael Bloomberg, Dustin Moskovitz, Reid Hoffman, –, John Kelly, “, ”, Ian Sams, Roe, Wade, ” Margit Westerman, we’ve, Peacock, Elon Musk, Harris ’ Organizations: CNN, Future Forward PAC, FF PAC, PAC, FF, Super, Democratic Party’s, Citizens United, Commission, Biden, Trump, Democratic, New York, Facebook, LinkedIn, Bloomberg, New York Times, PAC’s, YouTube, Olympics, Hulu, Univision, Warner Bros, GOP countereffort FF, Republican, Google, Harris, Republicans, Preserve, America PAC, Restoration PAC, America PAC –, MAGA Inc, GOP, Inc, Elon, FF PAC’s, Department of Justice Locations: Pennsylvania, Michigan , Wisconsin , Arizona , Nevada , North Carolina, Georgia, AdImpact, Preserve America, Philadelphia

☆ Meet the 20-year-old Democrat running a multimillion-dollar PAC targeting Gen Z
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Alex-Seitz-Wald-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Alex Seitz-Wald | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

“You need real young people,” said Austin, the founder of ForwardBlue. He says he’s devoted as much time as possible to politics since then, postponing college and deprioritizing typical adolescent activities. “I spent every minute I could after school volunteering for my state party, building websites for Democrats, doing whatever I could,” he said. What sets the group apart from other Democratic groups trying to reach young people is not just its message, Austin said, but how it delivers it. “The rent is too damn high,” Austin said, referring to a political moment that went viral when he was in first grade.

Persons: David Austin, ”, Austin, ” Austin, Donald Trump’s, he’s, “, they’re, Sen, John Fetterman, Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, can’t Organizations: Gen, Pennsylvania Democrat Locations: mom’s, Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland , Montana , Ohio, Wisconsin

☆ America’s CEOs don’t have the stomach for Trump’s promised revenge tour
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

While dozens of American business leaders — your Reeds Hoffman, your Marks Cuban, etc. “I was very grateful … for his willingness to stand up to the pressure from Donald Trump in 2015 … until now. That’s why 88 business leaders last month endorsed Harris. On the other hand, a little back-channeling and olive-branch-extending could give business leaders and their companies some goodwill in an administration helmed by a notoriously impulsive, vengeful leader. In a business world that craves certainty and economic stability, executives may be telling themselves that their silence is purely a business decision.

Persons: CNN Business ’, New York CNN —, Donald Trump, didn’t, Hoffman, Marks, Kamala Harris, Jeff Bezos, Trump, Marty Baron, Patrick Soon, Harris, Baron, CNN’s Michael Smerconish, Bezos “, Bezos, …, Elon Musk, “ Trump, ” Baron, NPR’s David Folkenflik, Steve Contorno, Alayna Treene, Tim Cook, Sundar Pichai, Andy Jassy, Mark Zuckerberg, it’s Organizations: CNN Business, New York CNN, Democratic, The Washington Post, Republican, Los Angeles Times, Saturday, SpaceX, Washington, LA Times, Apple, Trump, European Union, Las, Google, Amazon, CNN, Meta, White Locations: New York, Amazon, Las Vegas, Pennsylvania

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump americanthinker.com/blog/2024/... www.americanthinker.com The real reason Boeing is in the news In short, China wants Boeing out. Inside Trump’s Truth Social Conspiracy Theory Machine An analysis of Donald Trump’s Truth Social posts reveals the paranoid and unfounded content the former president creates and amplifies each day. In addition to the posts themselves, the analysis zeroed in on the 170 Truth Social accounts that Mr. Trump had amplified on the platform. A spokeswoman for Truth Social did not answer questions from The Times about the company’s policies on conspiratorial content and the accounts that spread it. From July to September, Truth Social received an average of about 4.7 million unique monthly visitors, according to the web analytics firm Similarweb.

Persons: Donald Trump, Donald J, Trump, Biden, Trump baselessly, JOE BIDEN, Donald Trump’s, Trump’s, ”, Joseph Uscinski, George Soros, globalist, Harris, Mr, Kamala Harris, Hurricane Helene, Crooked Joe Biden, Hunt, be us, HAP E, OR F, REGIS, ony Biden, ree, Joe, O., asser t, ruth Socia, Soros, Harri, MAGA, ruth e, ange, ron y m “NCSW, “He, accou, SOROS, ruth S, ove, uther, tim e, y., the 2020, ravi, orme Organizations: Trump, “, OPEN, PLAN ”, Mr, Boeing, FOX, WIN, Truth, Times, The Times, Social, University of Miami, Democratic Party, Democratic, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Justice Department, White, DOJ, UF, UT, ims, acc Locations: China, York, ”, Nord, Ukraine, Hurricane, America, ife, Abo, TIR

☆ Meet Miriam Adelson, the billionaire GOP donor who's given $100 million to support Donald Trump's campaign
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Talia Lakritz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Miriam Adelson, 79, is the widow of casino magnate Sheldon Adelson. Miriam Adelson is one of Donald Trump's top donors in 2024. Go to newsletter preferences Thanks for signing up! After Sheldon Adelson's death in 2021, Miriam Adelson has continued to channel her fortune into reelecting Donald Trump as one of his wealthiest donors. Here's a closer look at Miriam Adelson's background, wealth, and political leanings.

Persons: Miriam Adelson, Sheldon Adelson, Donald Trump's, —, Sheldon Adelson's, Donald Trump, Here's, Miriam Adelson's Organizations: GOP, Service, Vegas Sands Corporation, Forbes, Adelson Foundation

☆ 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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☆ A Kentucky man was wheeled into surgery to harvest his organs. Weeks later, he left the hospital alive
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Jen Christensen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +21 min

The hospital, Baptist Health in Richmond, Kentucky, and the organ procurement group declined interviews with CNN. At the federal level, the Health Resources and Services Administration, through the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, is investigating, as well. She said the hospital told her that another scan showed no brain activity. The coordinator was in tears, Miller said, and the doctor who was supposed to do the organ procurement was upset and left. Miller said that as soon as the staff told TJ they’d take him back to the ICU, he calmed down.

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☆ Michael Bloomberg recently gave $50 million to support Kamala Harris — but only after a pressure campaign: report
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Alice Tecotzky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Michael Bloomberg donated $50 million to a nonprofit supporting Harris' campaign, per the NYT. AdvertisementMichael Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor and presidential candidate, recently donated around $50 million to a nonprofit organization supporting Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign, according to the New York Times. Though Bloomberg typically makes public campaign donations, he intended for this contribution to remain secret, the Times reported. Harris herself hopped on a call with the billionaire, and he donated the money soon after, according to the Times. Trump has amassed his own army of billionaire donors, including Elon Musk and Timothy Mellon.

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The Madison Square Garden event follows a precedent set by campaigns past. President Franklin Roosevelt makes a campaign speech at Madison Square Garden in New York City on October 31, 1936. APRepublican presidential candidate Herbert Hoover is seen at Madison Square Garden on October 22, 1928. APThe crowd responds with a Hitler salute as uniformed members of a German American Bund color guard march at a gathering in Madison Square Garden on February 20, 1939. None of them, however, are on the speaker’s list released by the Trump campaign for the Madison Square Garden rally.

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