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☆ Harris Appeals to Tech Leaders in a Return to San Francisco
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-11 | by ( Theodore Schleifer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Vice President Kamala Harris, whose political career was born in San Francisco two decades ago, on Sunday returned to the city for the first time since clinching the Democratic presidential nomination, hoping to reset relations with a tech community that has soured some on President Biden. Ms. Harris’s late-morning event raised $13 million from the region’s white-collar establishment that counts her as their own. But her trip was as much a rally as a fund-raiser, with about 700 people piling into the Grand Ballroom of the Fairmont Hotel atop Nob Hill. (Some donors with a connection or two found a way, as they do, to skip the line.) Ms. Harris dropped in on each one, in descending order of price and intimacy, as donors enjoyed peach mimosas and shrimp cocktails before her remarks in the grand ballroom.

Persons: Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Biden, Harris’s, givers, Harris Organizations: Sunday Locations: San Francisco, Nob, Woodside, Menlo

☆ Opinion | The Presidential Campaign’s Carbonated Détente
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-07 | by ( Frank Bruni | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The beverage has had a starring role in the 2024 campaign because, it turns out, both vice-presidential candidates are fans of it. That suggests some artificially sweetened version of horseshoe theory, with left and right arriving at a similar destination, a carbonated détente. It’s also zero calories per serving, and neither man seems to be a metabolic marvel liberated from any worry about weight. President Theodore Roosevelt, so appreciative of nature, plucked mint from the White House garden for juleps. President Donald Trump, so given to excess, drank as many as 12 Diet Cokes a day.

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With only days to consider a range of contenders, Ms. Harris and her team were inundated with unsolicited advice — much of it public — about whom she should pick. Andy Beshear of Kentucky, who has also been vetted by the Harris team, appeared at a Harris campaign fund-raiser in Chicago. Mr. Biden was at home in Wilmington, Del., over the weekend while Ms. Harris interviewed prospective running mates in Washington. A White House spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment about whether he had spoken to Ms. Harris as she finished her deliberations. Once she chooses, Ms. Harris will spend much of the next week with her running mate.

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On Today’s Episode:Harris Faces Party Divisions as She Chooses a Running Mate, by Reid J. Epstein, Theodore Schleifer and Nick CorasanitiMarkets Around the World Are Jolted by Fears of Slowing U.S. Growth, by Daisuke Wakabayashi and River Akira DavisHurricane Debby to Strike Florida’s Big Bend Region, by Isabelle TaftBangladesh’s Prime Minister Seeks to Leave Country Amid Protests, Officials Say, by Mujib Mashal and Saif Hasnat

Persons: Reid J, Epstein, Theodore Schleifer, Nick Corasaniti, Daisuke Wakabayashi, Akira Davis, Debby, Isabelle Taft Bangladesh’s, Mujib Mashal, Saif Hasnat Organizations: Harris Locations: Bend

☆ The US Navy is on its fourth aircraft carrier as its warships react to fighting in the Middle East
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewThe US Navy is sending another aircraft carrier to the Middle East. AdvertisementThe aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, right, follows the guided missile cruiser USS Cape St. George as the ships transit the Strait of Hormuz in May 2012. A carrier strike group consists of a carrier, its air wing, and other warships like destroyers and cruisers. The US also deployed the Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group to the Eastern Mediterranean as regional tensions flared. It then pivoted to the Middle East to defend merchant shipping lanes in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden from Houthi attacks.

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☆ Missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels hits container ship in first attack in 2 weeks
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels struck a Liberian-flagged container ship traveling through the Gulf of Aden, authorities said Sunday, the first assault by the group since Israeli airstrikes targeted them. Gen. Yahya Saree, a Houthi military spokesman, claimed the attack in a prerecorded statement Sunday afternoon. The rebels have targeted more than 70 vessels with missiles and drones in a campaign that has killed four sailors. Meanwhile Saturday, the U.S. military’s Central Command said its forces destroyed a Houthi missile and launcher in Yemen. Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel, which killed 1,200 people and saw 250 others taken hostage, sparked the war.

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The competitive, divisive primary that many Democrats long wanted to avoid has arrived anyway — playing out largely behind closed doors in a fight over the bottom of the ticket. They turned most sharply on one of the favorites to join the ticket, Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, who has drawn opposition from progressives and even a senator in his home state. The fissures among Democrats emerged as three leading contenders — Mr. Shapiro, Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona and Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota — met with Ms. Harris at her residence in Washington on Sunday, ahead of a decision her campaign said would be announced by Tuesday.

Persons: Kamala Harris’s, Josh Shapiro, — Mr, Shapiro, Mark Kelly of Arizona, Tim Walz, Minnesota —, Harris Organizations: Gov, Pennsylvania Locations: Washington

☆ U.S. increasing military presence in Middle East after Hamas leader's killing
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-03 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Courtney-Kube-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Courtney Kube | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday ordered more destroyers and other military forces to the Middle East following this week’s assassination of Hamas’ political leader in Iran, the military said. The U.S. military statement does not specifically mention Haniyeh's killing. "The Department is also taking steps to increase our readiness to deploy additional land-based ballistic missile defense," the Pentagon statement said. Israel declared war against Hamas and its leaders after the Oct. 7 attacks launched from Gaza, which Hamas controls. Israel’s military has declared the Hamas leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, a "dead man walking."

Persons: Lloyd Austin, Theodore Roosevelt —, Ismail Haniyeh, Sabrina Singh, Haniyeh, ”, Singh, Austin, Israel, Yahya Sinwar, Yoav Gallant, Benjamin Netanyahu Organizations: USS Lincoln, Department of Defense, Pentagon, Hamas, U.S . European Command, U.S . Central Command, USS, Israel, Defense Department Locations: Iran, —, U.S, Israel, Gaza, USS Lincoln, Lebanese

The group, set up by Charles Gantt, is funneling money to Republican operatives and funding paid ads, mail and text messages that praise his position on abortion rights. Democrat,” the piece of direct mail, sent to a Democratic voter in Philadelphia and viewed by The New York Times, reads in bold letters. A spokesperson for Mr. Kennedy has not responded, either. Those ads similarly highlight Mr. Kennedy’s position on abortion rights. counterparts, promoting Mr. Kennedy as a supporter of Mr. Trump.

Persons: Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Kennedy, Donald J, Trump, Charles Gantt, Gantt, Kamala Harris, ’, He’s, “ Organizations: Republicans, Democrats, Republican, PAC, “, Democrat, Democratic, The New York Times, SAG, Trump, The Times, “ RFK, Kennedy, YouTube Locations: Philadelphia, Arizona, America, Michigan, Pennsylvania

☆ Harris Campaign Says It Raised $310 Million in July, More Than Double Trump’s Haul
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Theodore Schleifer | More About Theodore Schleifer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Neither campaign disclosed precisely how much of the money was raised or held by the campaigns themselves versus their allied party committees. But after Mr. Biden dropped out of the race on July 21, the fund-raising spigot was opened wide. The $200 million that the Harris campaign said it had raised in the week after Mr. Biden ended his re-election bid was more than Mr. Biden’s haul in the first three months of the year. The $139 million raised in July amounted to one of the Trump team’s strongest fund-raising months to date, just off the sum raised in May, when Mr. Trump’s supporters responded to his felony conviction with $141 million in donations. In June, when Mr. Biden was still atop the ticket, his campaign raised $127 million and ended the month with $240 million on hand, all before the history-making events that would unfold over the next four weeks.

Persons: ’, Biden’s, Biden, Mr, Harris, Trump, Trump’s, JD Vance Organizations: Trump, Mr, Republican Locations: Milwaukee, Ohio

☆ US sending aircraft carrier, warships and fighter squadron to Middle East as region braces for Iranian retaliation
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Oren Liebermann | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —The US is sending a carrier strike group, a fighter squadron and additional warships to the Middle East as the region braces for an Iranian retaliation to the killing of a senior Hamas leader in Tehran earlier this week. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group to replace the USS Theodore Roosevelt strike group, which is currently operating in the Gulf of Oman, according to a statement from Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh. In addition, destroyers and cruisers capable of ballistic missile defense will also be sent to the Middle East and the Mediterranean Sea. Austin also ordered the deployment of a fighter squadron to the region, Singh said. Iran has vowed to attack Israel for the assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran.

Persons: Lloyd Austin, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Sabrina Singh, Austin, Singh, Israel, Ismail Haniyeh Organizations: CNN, Defense, Pentagon, Israel, USS, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit Locations: Tehran, Gulf of Oman, Iran, Lebanon, Tehran . Israel

Mr. Shapiro had been expected to headline three different events throughout the wealthy New York island towns, according to invitations seen by the Times. But gradually, throughout Wednesday, hosts were informed that Mr. Shapiro would no longer take part, according to two people briefed on the matter. “His schedule has changed, and he is no longer traveling to the Hamptons this weekend.”It is unclear why precisely the trip was canceled. Michael Kempner, who was supposed to host one of the events for Mr. Shapiro’s campaign committee, said he had been told that Mr. Shapiro needed to be with his family in Pennsylvania. Another event was a “summer soiree” expected to be held for a liberal youth-advocacy organization called The Next 50, where Mr. Shapiro was marketed as a “special guest.”

Persons: Josh Shapiro, Kamala Harris’s, Harris, Shapiro, Mr, ”, Manuel Bonder, “, Michael Kempner, Shapiro’s Organizations: Pennsylvania, Hamptons, Times, Gov Locations: New York, Pennsylvania

☆ Biden weighs more US defenses for Israel as the region prepares for Iranian retaliation
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Oren Liebermann | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —President Joe Biden is weighing more US defenses in the Middle East as the US prepares for an Iranian retaliation against Israel that officials say could include an attack on American forces. The statement did not detail what new deployments would occur ahead of an anticipated Iranian attack in response to the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. The officials said an Iranian response could occur in the coming days. Israel Defense Forces spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said that “international partners” have bolstered their forces in the region, though he did not specify which countries. The US is expecting the anticipated Iranian attack may be similar to the barrage of ballistic missiles and drones launched against Israel on April 13, officials said.

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☆ Harris Campaign Looks Poised to Beat Trump’s July Cash Haul
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Theodore Schleifer | More About Theodore Schleifer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Trump campaign said that it and its allied groups had raised $139 million in July, an enormous sum — but well short of the $200 million Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign said it brought in amid a huge burst of enthusiasm about her candidacy. The sum cited by the Trump campaign on Thursday sent it and its allies into August with $327 million in their bank accounts. It makes July one of the Trump team’s strongest fund-raising months to date, just off the sum raised in May, when Mr. Trump’s supporters responded to his felony conviction with an outpouring of donations totaling $141 million. The Harris campaign had not announced its own numbers as of Thursday afternoon. But based on previous self-disclosures, the month of July will be a study in sudden reversals.

Persons: Trump, Kamala Harris’s, Trump’s, JD Vance, Harris Organizations: Trump, Republican Locations: Milwaukee

Some of those contributors are among those involved in a donor collective supporting Mr. Trump. Mr. Buskirk, who made some money in the insurance business, has strong relationships with tech donors. Some of those contributors are among those involved in a donor collective called the Rockbridge Network that Mr. Buskirk created. Its twice-a-year meetings have drawn appearances by Mr. Trump, as well as megadonors including Peter Thiel, Rebekah Mercer, Steve Wynn and David Sacks. Mr. Buskirk gained a following in the Trump orbit with a publication called American Greatness.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, JD Vance, Christopher Buskirk, Mr, Vance, Buskirk, “, Kamala Harris, Biden, Harris, Harris’s, Virginia “, Elon Musk, ” Mr, Peter Thiel, Rebekah Mercer, Steve Wynn, David Sacks, Donald Trump Jr Organizations: Trump ., America, The New York Times, Mr, PAC, Trump, Federal, Commission, America PAC, Rockbridge Network, Rockbridge, Mar, CNN Locations: Ohio, Arizona , Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina, Michigan , Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Virginia

More than 100 venture capitalists said on Wednesday that they had pledged to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris in November and had solicited donations for her presidential campaign, in a rejoinder to the splintering among tech leaders over whom to support in the election. The group includes Reid Hoffman, a founder of LinkedIn; Vinod Khosla of Khosla Ventures; Mark Cuban, the former principal owner of the Dallas Mavericks; Ron Conway, a well-known angel investor; and the billionaire Chris Sacca. “We are pro-business, pro-American dream, pro-entrepreneurship and pro-technological progress,” the group said in a statement posted to their website, VCsForKamala.org. “We also believe in democracy as the backbone of our nation.” The website asks people to sign a pledge to support Ms. Harris and another to donate to her campaign. The effort was buttressed by another group of tech entrepreneurs and workers called Tech For Kamala, which also wrote a letter this week expressing “enthusiastic and unwavering support for Vice President Harris.” The letter gathered more than 550 signatures in two days.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Reid Hoffman, Vinod Khosla, Mark Cuban, Ron Conway, Chris Sacca, “, Harris, ” Organizations: LinkedIn, Khosla Ventures, Dallas Mavericks, Tech, Kamala

☆ Could Buttigieg Be Harris’s V.P. Pick? His Donors Hope So.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Theodore Schleifer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Around 24 hours after President Biden made his stunning exit from the presidential race, Pete Buttigieg gathered about 100 of his past donors on a Zoom call. The call, according to the invitation and to three participants who described it on the condition of anonymity because it was private, was meant to rally his influential benefactors to raise money for Vice President Kamala Harris. But Mr. Buttigieg, the transportation secretary and a 2020 presidential candidate, made an admission during the Q. and A. that struck at least one person on the call as unusually candid, a message he would bring to television in the ensuing days: Yes, of course he was interested in being Ms. Harris’s running mate if it were on the table. After he spoke, some people on the call said they would love to see him join the ticket and encouraged listeners to put in a good word for him with members of Ms. Harris’s orbit, one participant recalled.

Persons: Biden, Pete Buttigieg, Kamala Harris, Buttigieg, Harris’s

☆ 'Chinese assets are more than just equities,' CIO says
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via Email'Chinese assets are more than just equities,' CIO saysTheodore Shou, CIO at Skybound Capital, discusses the pessimism on the Chinese market and names investing opportunities outside of stocks, saying fixed income is "doing phenomenally well this year."

Persons: Theodore Shou Organizations: Skybound

☆ I've studied past assassination attempts in US politics. The most similar one to Trump's resulted in a loss in the election.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Lauren Crosmedlicott | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

For the 1912 election, Taft had the official Republican Party nomination, but Roosevelt decided to run as a third-party independent candidate. JFK and Robert Kennedy's assassinations had different electoral outcomesAfter John F. Kennedy's assassination on November 22, 1963, Lyndon B. Johnson became president. Johnson enjoyed significant popularity — over a 75% approval rating — on the coattails of Kennedy's assassination. AdvertisementRobert Kennedy's assassination meant Johnson's vice president, Hubert Humphrey, had an easier time securing the Democratic nomination. Ford pardoned Nixon and tried to move past Watergate, but the Republican Party couldn't overcome Nixon's stink and Ford's dismissal of his wrongdoings.

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☆ Walter Shapiro, Political Columnist With a Contrarian Streak, Dies at 77
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Sam Roberts | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Walter Shapiro, a canny, penetrating and often contrarian political columnist whose career included stints as a presidential speechwriter, stand-up comic, professor, author and, as a college student, congressional candidate, died on Sunday in Manhattan. The cause of his death, in a hospital, was an infection related to his recent treatment for cancer, his wife, the journalist and author Meryl Gordon, said. The next year, at 16, he took his first airplane flight to attend President John F. Kennedy’s funeral. He began his career in journalism at Congressional Quarterly and went on to write for Washington Monthly, The Washington Post, Newsweek, Time, USA Today, The New Republic and Esquire. He later wrote for Salon, Yahoo News, Politics Daily and Roll Call.

Persons: Walter Shapiro, Meryl Gordon, Theodore H ., John F Organizations: Congressional Quarterly, Washington Monthly, The Washington Post, Newsweek, Time, The New, Esquire, Salon, Yahoo, Politics Locations: Manhattan, Norwalk, Conn, USA

☆ Female Donors Mobilize for Harris, Moving to Stamp Out Opposition
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Theodore Schleifer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For decades, Kamala Harris has been bolstered by a tight-knit group of female donors who rose up with her in Democratic politics. Quickly and quietly, her biggest supporters worked to rally support around her, creating enough momentum to effectively stamp out any opposition. On Sunday, when Mr. Biden announced his exit from the race and endorsed Vice President Harris, all the behind-the-scenes maneuvering appeared to pay off. The nation’s highest-ranking female officeholder, Ms. Harris rapidly picked up pivotal endorsements without attracting a single serious challenger. And while some major Democratic donors remained on the hunt for a non-Harris candidate on Monday, their efforts were appearing increasingly futile by the hour.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Biden, Harris, Money, Harris —, Michael R, Reed Hastings, Vinod Khosla —, Donald J, Trump Organizations: Democratic, Bloomberg, New, Silicon Locations: New York

☆ Trump’s Conviction and Biden’s Poor Debate Sent Big Money Into the Race
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( Theodore Schleifer | Albert Sun | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Mr. Trump has supercharged the Republican National Committee since he became the party’s presumptive nominee in the spring. The R.N.C., which had as little as $9 million in cash on hand at end of January, ended June with $102 million in its coffers, nearly double the $54 million it had at the end of May. The committee’s cash increase is primarily a downstream effect of an enormous spike in small-dollar fund-raising after Mr. Trump’s conviction, according to filings from campaign committees and data released earlier this week from the Republican fund-raising processing firm WinRed. Mr. Trump and allied Republican groups raised roughly $69 million from May 30 — the day of his conviction — to May 31. The $34.5 million or so raised on each of those days more than doubled the record for the best online fund-raising day of the entire campaign by either party.

Persons: Trump, Trump’s, — Organizations: Republican National Committee, Republican

☆ Harris Struggles to Reassure Major Democratic Donors
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Theodore Schleifer | Lisa Lerer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Vice President Kamala Harris tried to buck up the Democratic Party’s biggest donors on Friday, telling about 300 of them that there was little to worry about in President Biden’s campaign. Ms. Harris spoke to the group at a time of extraordinary turmoil among Democrats, with many hoping that she will replace Mr. Biden as the party’s nominee. But several listeners said they found the meeting overall to be of little value and even, at times, condescending, believing that the message ignored donors’ legitimate concerns about the Biden-led ticket. Ms. Harris, of course, is in a delicate position: She must demonstrate loyalty to her boss but also be prepared to jump immediately to the top of the Democratic ticket if Mr. Biden were to withdraw. It is something I feel strongly you should all hear and should take with you when you leave.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Biden’s, Harris, Biden, “, Ms, ” Organizations: Democratic, Mr, Biden

☆ How Elon Musk Chose Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Theodore Schleifer | Ryan Mac | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A little over two months ago, Elon Musk found himself at Montsorrel, the palatial Palm Beach compound of Nelson Peltz, the famed activist investor. Mr. Musk knew the sprawling grounds well, having stayed in the guesthouse. But Mr. Musk had a darker message that spring day. Mr. Trump had to win, Mr. Musk said. Tesla, his electric car company, barely advertises, he said, but had still built a cult following through word of mouth.

Persons: Elon Musk, Nelson Peltz, Musk, Peltz, Steve Wynn, John Paulson —, Biden, Trump, Tesla Organizations: Las Locations: Montsorrel, Las Vegas, America

☆ How a Network of Tech Billionaires Helped J.D. Vance Leap Into Power
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( Ryan Mac | Theodore Schleifer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Vance flew to San Francisco to hold a fund-raiser for Donald J. Trump and to host a private dinner afterward with two dozen tech and crypto executives and investors. The location was the opulent Pacific Heights mansion of David Sacks, an entrepreneur and podcaster whom Mr. Vance had met through the tech investor Peter Thiel. Mr. Vance, now 39 years old, had worked for one of Mr. Thiel’s investment firms in San Francisco in 2016. During the $300,000-a-person dinner that night, Mr. Trump, seated between Mr. Sacks and another tech investor, Chamath Palihapitiya, informally polled the room about whom to choose as his running mate. Even with another vice-presidential hopeful, Doug Burgum, the governor of North Dakota, in attendance, Mr. Sacks, Mr. Palihapitiya and others all had the same answer: Pick Mr. Vance, they told Mr. Trump, according to two people with knowledge of the exchange.

Persons: Vance, Donald J, David Sacks, Peter Thiel, Trump, Sacks, Chamath Palihapitiya, Doug Burgum, Palihapitiya Organizations: Trump Locations: San Francisco, North Dakota

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