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☆ Trump is already poisoning trust in yet another US election
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

On one level, Trump’s comment shows how his false election fraud claims have entered the outer realms of absurdity. The election fraud claims that Trump most notably supercharged in 2020 to salve his humiliation at losing to Joe Biden are already at high intensity this year. After laying out the darkest closing argument in modern American history, Trump is now increasingly turning to poisoning public confidence in the election. Gore conceded that election, thereby guaranteeing an uncontested transfer of presidential power — a step Trump refused to take four years ago. Just 30% of registered voters think Trump would accept the results of the election and concede if he loses, while 73% say that Harris would accept an election loss.

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☆ LA County district attorney sends letters requesting clemency for Menendez brothers
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Matthew J. Friedman | Karina Tsui | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón “strongly supports” Erik and Lyle Menendez’s bid for clemency and has written letters on behalf of each brother to California Gov. The district attorney adds that his office has communicated with several family members of Kitty and Jose Menendez and all family members except one, Kitty Menendez’s brother, support commutation. CNN has reached out to the brothers’ attorney, Mark Geragos, to confirm a formal clemency request has been sent to the governor’s office. “I strongly support clemency for Erik and Lyle Menendez,” Gascón said in a statement Wednesday. Under California law, the brothers would be immediately eligible for parole because they were 26 or younger when they committed their crimes.

Persons: George Gascón “, ” Erik, Lyle Menendez’s, Gavin Newsom, Menendez, Kitty, Jose Menendez, Erik, Lyle, ”, Gascón, Kitty Menendez’s, Mark Geragos, “, we’re, –, Lyle Menendez, ” Gascón, Holly Baird Organizations: CNN, Los, Los Angeles District, California Gov Locations: Los Angeles, California

☆ Musk tries to move case about $1 million voter sweepstakes to federal court, averting required appearance Thursday
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Marshall Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Philadelphia CNN —Tech billionaire and Trump ally Elon Musk is trying to move a lawsuit over his $1 million giveaway to voters into federal court, short-circuiting a required appearance Thursday at a Pennsylvania court. Lawyers for the Tesla CEO filed a “motion of removal” in federal court late Wednesday night. The parties will now continue pressing their case in federal court. Foglietta said he’s available later Thursday or Friday if the federal judge sends the case back to state court. Musk endorsed Trump in July and has donated $118 million to his super PAC.

Persons: Trump, Elon Musk, Angelo Foglietta, Foglietta, Larry Krasner, Musk, Musk’s, ” –, Harris, CNN John Summers, “, “ Brazenly, ” Summers, ”, Krasner, ” Musk, Matthew Haverstick, Summers, Haverstick, ” Haverstick, “ Rather, ’, Derek Muller, ” Muller, –, Josh Shapiro Organizations: Philadelphia CNN — Tech, Trump, PAC, America PAC, Republicans, CNN, SpaceX, Notre Dame Law School, Pennsylvania, Democrat, Justice Department Locations: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

☆ Ballot box fires: What we know about the suspect
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Chris Boyette | Steve Almasy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Investigators have not identified the suspect, Portland Police Chief Bob Day said Wednesday, but police have released a physical description and other information. The Portland Police Bureau has released photos of the suspected vehicle connected to the ballot box fire in Southeast Portland early Monday morning. An “incendiary device” found attached to the side of a ballot drop box in Portland, early Monday damaged ballots, but most were unaffected because of fire suppressant installed in the ballot box. Another fire was set at a ballot box in Vancouver, Washington, the same day. Investigators have also linked the two most recent incidents to a third ballot box fire on October 8, also in Vancouver.

Persons: Bob Day, ”, “ That’s, Mike Benner, suppressant, Jay Inslee Organizations: CNN, Portland Police, Police, ” Police, Volvo, Portland . The Portland Police Bureau, Workers, Washington Gov Locations: Oregon, Benner, Portland ., Southeast Portland, Portland, Vancouver , Washington, Vancouver, Columbia, Clark, Washington

Groups in favor of the ballot measure are making a final push as early voting is underway, with hundreds of thousands of ballots already cast. While some states, like California and Vermont, passed abortion rights ballot measures by well over 60%, in other states, such as Michigan and Ohio, they passed by about 56%. Jeanette Nuñez, who opposes the ballot measure, accused the abortion rights ads of being deceptive. And one state agency that regulates health care providers, including abortion clinics, launched a website last month opposing the ballot measure. “But they don’t necessarily connect that there’s a six-week abortion ban.”

Persons: Chelsea Daniels, ” Daniels, Court's Dobbs, Octavio Jones, —, Roe, Wade, it’s, ”, Fernand Amandi, Ron DeSantis, ” Amandi, Gov, Jeanette Nuñez, Nuñez, they're, “, Lauren Brenzel, there’s, Alex Berrios Organizations: MIAMI, Getty, Democratic, Republican, Republican Florida Gov, of Health, NBC News, Physicians for Human Rights, Network, The Florida Department, State’s, Security, Department of Transportation Locations: Florida, Parenthood’s Miami, Orlando, Fla, California, Vermont, Michigan, Ohio, Miami

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued an El Paso doctor on Tuesday, accusing him of providing transition-related medical care to nearly two dozen minors in violation of state law. Texas enacted a law, Senate Bill 14, last year banning gender-affirming care for anyone under 18. Laws restricting access to transition-related care for minors exist in 26 states, according to the Movement Advancement Project, an LGBTQ think tank. The Texas lawsuits come just ahead of the presidential election, where transition-related care has become somewhat of a flashpoint. NBC News asked Harris about her position on gender-affirming care last week.

Persons: Ken Paxton, Paxton, Hector M, Granados, Bill, ” Paxton, ”, May Chi Lau, Lau, Greg Abbott, Abbott, Donald Trump’s, Kamala Harris ’, Trump, Harris Organizations: El, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Movement Advancement, Gov, Republican, U.S, Supreme, American Medical Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, NBC News Locations: Texas, El Paso, “ Texas, “, Dallas, Tennessee

Trump supporters spread videos on Tuesday of long lines in Buck County, Pennsylvania, where voters were waiting to request a mail-ballot in person. Election officials allow voters to request, fill out and return their mail ballots in person at the county elections office, casting a mail ballot early. Trump and his supporters have pointed to other incidents in Pennsylvania in recent days to advance a narrative of election fraud. Trump claimed on Monday night that there were thousands of fake ballots and fraudulent mail ballot applications in two Pennsylvania counties, Lancaster and York. Whatley, the RNC chairman, also posted a photo Monday of a woman being arrested at a voting service center in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, James Blair, ” Blair, Elon Musk, James O’Malley, Michael Whatley, “ I’m, Vance, ”, Nate Persily, Kamala Harris, “ It’s, ” Persily, ” Trump, Whatley, Val Biancaniello, Donald J, Josh Shapiro, Shapiro Organizations: Trump, Republican National, Bucks, NBC News, Stanford Law School, RNC, Pennsylvania, Democrat Locations: Pennsylvania, Buck County , Pennsylvania, Bucks County, Allentown, Bucks, Lancaster, York, PENNSYLVANIA, Delaware County , Pennsylvania, Delaware, Delaware County, “ Pennsylvania

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday said she strongly disagrees with criticisms of groups of people based on the candidate they support. “President Biden was very clear that he’s speaking about the rhetoric we heard at that [rally] so it doesn’t undermine it," Walz said on "CBS Mornings." Harris has sought to walk a fine line in criticizing Trump while not alienating his supporters, pointing to Trump's divisive rhetoric. During an interview this month on Fox News, anchor Bret Baier asked Harris if she thought Trump voters were stupid. "Even as they’re trying to argue that President Biden is disparaging Trump voters, the president is calling the entire country a trash can."

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NBC News spoke with a dozen trans people and their families across nine states about their hopes and concerns leading into Election Day. The agenda on his website says he would declare that any clinician who provides transgender care to minors would be terminated from Medicare and Medicaid. Advocates have hailed the Biden-Harris administration as the most pro-LGBTQ in history and have said a potential Harris administration would go even further in protecting gay and trans people. “I look at people that were trans in Trump’s first administration, I said, ‘So, did anything bad happen? She said she ultimately isn’t worried about a second Trump administration.

Persons: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris ’, Harris, Trump, they’ll, Gina Roberts, Roberts, Richard Grenell, ” Gina roberts, wasn’t, ” Roberts, “, I’ve, Biden, Ron DeSantis, Emaline, they're, she’s, ”, Katie Jenifer, Maddie, Jenifer, ” Jenifer, —, TC, Christina Nicholson TC Caldwell, ” Caldwell Organizations: Republican, Republican National Convention, NBC, Democratic, Trump, Biden, Rights, Corrections Department, NBC News, The Washington Post, Kaiser Family Foundation, Valley Center Parks, Recreation, Fire Protection, Democrats, Republican Gov, Cloverdale, U.S, White, Pride, TC Caldwell, Orchids Society, The Locations: U.S, Francisco’s, California, New Mexico, Orlando , Florida, Missoula , Montana, Cloverdale, TransVisible Montana, Israel, Gaza, Montana, Austin , Texas, Texas, New Zealand, North Carolina, Germany, Spain, Amsterdam, Malta, Europe, Selma , Alabama, Black

For many families, child care is often the biggest. Thanks to a state program launched during the recovery from the pandemic, they pay nothing for child care. Vice President Kamala Harris proposes capping child care costs at 7% of working families’ incomes, along with an up-to-$6,000 expanded child tax credit for those with newborns. The permanent fund now funnels more than $150 million from fossil fuel producers into child care subsidies, state officials estimate. As elder care costs continue to outpace inflation, the Democratic ticket sees that constituency as key to victory.

Persons: Maggie Wright, JJ Oviedo, Patricio, Uriel, ”, Wright, JJ, “, ” Maggie Wright, Oviedo, Michelle Lujan Grisham, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump hasn’t, —, Elizabeth Groginsky, Lujan Grisham, family’s, they’ve, she’s, Harris, ” Wright, ’ ”, Taryn Morrissey, ” Morrissey, Deyanira Contreras, Randy Orona, Torres, Contreras, ” Orona Organizations: SANTA FE, Democratic Gov, Fund, Childhood, Care Department, U.S, Labor Department, Wright, Democratic, American University’s School of Public Affairs, ”, Kids, Kids Campus Locations: SANTA, Oviedo, Santa Fe, —, New Mexico, Fe, McDonald’s

At the event, comedian Tony Hinchcliffe called Puerto Rico “a floating island of garbage.” He also made crude, offensive and racist comments about Latinos and Black people. On Tuesday, during a video call for Latino voter outreach, Biden defended the Puerto Rican community and appeared to criticize either Trump supporters or Hinchcliffe. “And just the other day, a speaker at his rally called Puerto Rico a ‘floating island of garbage,’” read the White House transcript. The comments at that rally don’t reflect who we are as a nation,” he wrote. In an interview with Fox News this month, host Bret Baier asked Harris whether she thought Trump supporters were “stupid.”“Oh, God.

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump’s, Tony Hinchcliffe, Biden, “, ” Biden, It’s, we’ve, Andrew Bates, Trump, Hinchcliffe’s, ”, Kamala Harris, ” Harris, Harris, Chris LaCivita, Harris “, Sen, JD Vance, Marco Rubio, Rubio, ” Trump, Hillary Clinton’s, Josh Shapiro, It's, Donald Trump, Bret Baier, Chris Kofinis Organizations: WASHINGTON, Puerto, Trump, Puerto Rico spewed, U.S, Capitol, Democratic Pennsylvania Gov, CNN, Fox News, Democratic Locations: Puerto Rico, Puerto Rican, Madison, Delaware, Puerto, Washington, America, American, Ohio, Allentown , Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania

☆ New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on 2024 election: It feels 50-50 to me
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | 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 EmailNew Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on 2024 election: It feels 50-50 to meNew Jersey Governor Phil Murphy joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the state of the 2024 election, early voting in his state, whether voters are voting for Vice President Kamala Harris or against former President Trump, and more.

Persons: Phil Murphy, Kamala Harris, Trump Organizations: New, New Jersey Gov Locations: New Jersey

☆ American Battleground: How ‘brat summer’ set up Kamala Harris’ remarkable run
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | by ( Tom Foreman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +21 min

Chief among them, the person the outgoing president tapped to replace him on the ticket, Vice President Kamala Harris. “People understood that if you didn’t choose Kamala Harris, you’d have a big problem with your base voters,” Etienne says. He’s had plenty of women who worked for him over the years, but there was no one who looked like Kamala Harris and there was no one in a position of authority. Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Elijah Nouvelage/AFP/Getty ImagesComing Thursday: How cat people are still haunting Trump’s campaign

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Read, ” Joe Biden, CNN’s MJ Lee, Nancy Pelosi, Biden, Lee, “, ”, Pelosi, “ America’s, Evan Vucci, Trump’s, Team Trump, “ Trump, unpleasantly, Tim Alberta, NPR’s Michel Martin, Kamala Harris, “ Joe Biden’s, California’s Gavin Newsom, Michigan’s Gretchen Whitmer, J.B, Pritzker, Kentucky’s Andy Beshear, Maryland’s Wes Moore, Pennsylvania’s Josh Shapiro, Sens, Amy Klobuchar, Joe Manchin, Pete Buttigieg, Harris, ” Lee, Ashley Etienne, Barack Obama, you’d, ” Etienne, Trump, Harris ’, ‘, “ Kamala, I’ve, Ron Bieber, cheaters, Donald Trump’s, “ We’re, Kevin Mohatt, CNN’s Kristen Holmes, CNN’s Phil Mattingly, Van Jones, he’s, Rachel Scott, Vincent Alban, Obama, Hillary Clinton, Lyin, Kamala ”, Etienne, Treene, Jeff Zeleny, detests Biden, viscerally detests, He’s, Tim Walz, Ohio Sen, JD Vance, Walz, ” Vance, Vance, Brendan Smialowski, CNN’s Edward, Isaac Dovere, Beyoncé’s, Roe, Wade, smirking, Elijah Nouvelage Organizations: CNN, Guardian, White, Republican National Convention, Team, Trump, Governors, Democratic National Convention, Naval, Democratic Party, Harris, Biden, Democratic, AFL, National Association of Black Journalists, ABC, Howard University, Minnesota Gov, Marine, Army National Guard, United States Marine Corps, Ohio Republican, Arlington National Cemetery, Pentagon, Getty, Republicans, “, Fox News, ABC News Locations: Wilmington, Delaware, Atlantic, Michigan’s Gretchen Whitmer , Illinois, Minnesota, West Virginia, Michigan, Wisconsin, West Allis , Wisconsin, Trump, Jamaica, India, United States, Iraq, United States of America, Afghanistan, Philadelphia, AFP, Roe, Alabama, Atlanta

☆ Video: Gov. Shapiro’s response to Biden’s gaffe
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | by ( Kaitlan Collins | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Supreme Court allows Virginia to purge suspected noncitizens from voter registration rolls
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | by ( John Fritze | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Republicans, including former President Donald Trump, framed the effort in Virginia as a commonsense way of ensuring noncitizens don’t vote. At issue are about 1,600 voter registrations that Virginia said came from self-identified noncitizens but that a US District Court said hadn’t been fully vetted for citizenship status. Noncitizens are not allowed to vote in federal elections; none of the lower court rulings had changed that fact. But documented cases of noncitizens voting are extremely rare. Those opposed to the program relied on a 1993 law, the National Voter Registration Act, which bars states from making “systematic” changes to voting rolls with 90 days of a federal election.

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CNN has reached out to Terada for comment on the R-FBI’s role in Russian disinformation efforts, and ties to the state. Storm-1516 and R-FBI network members have spread at least 54 different disinformation narratives online since August 2023, according to Clemson and CNN’s analysis. “Does anyone believe that an American would be the spearhead of what some call the biggest Russian Disinformation operation since the cold war? TelegramAnother prominent figure in propagating Russian disinformation is American Tara Reade, a former Senate staffer who in 2020 accused then-presidential candidate Joe Biden of sexual harassment. The links between Terada’s group and other Russian disinformation efforts are at best opaque, which is likely no accident.

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☆ Harris distances herself from Biden’s ‘garbage’ comment as Democrats are privately exasperated by the president
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | by ( Mj Lee | Samantha Waldenberg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Washington CNN —Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday distanced herself from President Joe Biden’s comments that seemingly referred to Donald Trump’s supporters as “garbage,” setting off a political firestorm a week before Election Day. “The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters,” Biden said, pausing for a moment before continuing. Harris’ campaign was quick to try to publicly defend or explain those remarks publicly. As CNN has reported, there had been growing wariness among Harris campaign aides about Biden’s propensity for gaffes, at a moment when the campaign does not want to take any unnecessary political risks. Tuesday night’s “garbage” comments from Biden only ended up confirming those existing concerns for many Democrats.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Joe Biden’s, Donald Trump’s, Harris, Biden, “ didn’t, ”, ” Harris, Base Andrews, “, Trump’s, I’m, ” Biden, ” “, Andrew Bates, Harris ’, –, “ Nobody, ” Biden’s, Trump, Tim Walz, ” Walz, Walz, ’ ”, she’s Organizations: Washington CNN —, Base, Madison, Garden, Puerto Rico spewed, CNN, Biden, Minnesota Gov, CBS News, ABC News, Democratic Locations: United States, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rican, Delaware, Puerto, Madison, Washington ,

☆ Arnold Schwarzenegger says he’s voting for Harris
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | by ( Shania Shelton | Jack Forrest | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Arnold Schwarzenegger, the former Republican governor of California, said Wednesday he will be voting for Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. That’s why, this week, I am voting for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz,” Schwarzenegger said in a post on X. Following the January 6, 2021, insurrection, Schwarzenegger said Trump would be remembered as the worst president in US history and urged unity among Americans. The feud between the two stretches back to Trump’s first term, after Schwarzenegger took over the former president’s prized show, “The Celebrity Apprentice,” in 2015. Trump mocked the show, titled “The New Celebrity Apprentice,” for low ratings in 2017, and Schwarzenegger responded: “Hey Donald, I have a great idea.

Persons: CNN — Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, “, ” Schwarzenegger, Donald Trump, Trump, Schwarzenegger, CNN’s Dana Bash, ”, Bash, Hey Donald, Harris, Walz, ” Buzz Aldrin, Edwin “ Buzz ” Aldrin, Aldrin, Trump’s, Elon, Donald J, CNN’s Sandra Gonzalez Organizations: CNN, Republican, Gov, GOP, Republicans, Trump Administration, Trump, Space Force Locations: California, America, American, Arizona

Former President Donald Trump’s promises that he’ll win New York are more empty bluster than evidence-based prediction. Two statewide Siena polls have also shown Trump performing better than his 2020 vote share in New York State as a whole. But overall, these races include the most competitive around New York State, and all but the 18th are currently represented in Congress by a Republican. Democrats are not concerned about the top of the ticket, but for those down ballot — where Democrats lost five competitive House races here in 2022 — this election is a chance to earn back what was once theirs. “Progressive state issues like bail reform and congestion pricing remain challenging for Democrats in the New York suburbs,” longtime New York Republican operative Matt Coleman said.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Trump, Kamala Harris, Harris, Joe Biden’s, Biden, Siena, Elise Stefanik, “ Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, ” Stefanik, He’s, Eric Adams ’, Kathy Hochul’s, Hakeem Jeffries, ” Jeffries, Matt Coleman, Hochul ‘, “ Hochul, “, that’s, Mike Lawler, Anthony D’Esposito, ” Coleman, ” Organizations: Empire, New York Times, Siena College, Trump, New York State, New, NBC News, National Republican, Committee, District, Republican, New York, Democrat, ”, Democratic, Garden, Democrats, NBC, Republicans, New York Republican, Madison, Puerto Ricans, GOP Locations: New York, New York City, Siena, Long, Hudson, Syracuse, New, ” New York, Madison, Brooklyn, Manhattan

He’s not Hitler,” former first lady Melania Trump said in an interview Tuesday on Fox News’ “Fox and Friends” when asked how she feels about people comparing Trump to the Nazi leader. “The newest line from Kamala and her campaign is that everyone who isn’t voting for her is a Nazi,” Trump said at a campaign rally in Atlanta. I’m the opposite of a Nazi.”Reached for comment Tuesday, Trump campaign spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said that Trump is "correct." Tim Walz, said at an event in Henderson, Nevada, on Sunday that there was “a direct parallel” between Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally and the Nazi event. A Trump campaign spokesperson denied the reports, as did the former president, saying that he never made positive comments about Hitler.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Trump, “, Hitler, ”, He’s, Melania Trump, “ Fox, they’re, ” Trump, Kamala Harris, Kamala, He’s Hitler, I’m, Karoline Leavitt, Harris, “ Kamala, Biden, Tim Walz, Sen, Brad Hoylman, Sigal, Hillary Clinton, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, ” Kennedy, Kennedy, Donald Trump, Adolf Hitler —, John Kelly, Kelly, ’, Trump's, JD Vance, Ohio, I’ve, Vance Organizations: Nazi, Fox News, Minnesota Gov, Trump, Madison, Garden, CNN, “, ”, Fox, Hitler, New York Times, Democratic National Committee, CBS News Locations: Atlanta, Henderson , Nevada, Trump’s Madison, New York, Madison, American

In each case, the state has a ballot question about abortion rights. The group previously donated seven figures separately in Arizona, Florida and Nevada, which all are attempting to codify abortion rights in their states. Think Big would not provide more specifics about donation amounts; a recent filing in South Dakota revealed last week it gave $500,000. Pritzker is on the road in battleground states campaigning for Vice President Kamala Harris, as well as advocating to codify abortion rights in Arizona, Nevada, Wisconsin and other states. Think Big has provided financial investment to the abortion-rights referendum efforts, as well as communications, political and research support.

Persons: JB Pritzker, —, Pritzker, Kamala Harris, JB, Tom Williams, “ We’ve, ”, Mike Ollen, We’re, ” Pritzker, Harris, Tim Walz, “, he’s, ” Ollen, we’re Organizations: CHICAGO, Illinois Gov, NBC News, Inc, Getty, Minnesota Gov, Democratic, Chicago, Democratic National Locations: Maryland, South Dakota , Nebraska, Missouri, Arizona , Florida, Nevada, Montana, South Dakota, Arizona , Nevada , Wisconsin, Nebraska, Illinois

☆ Louisiana trooper avoids jail time in deadly arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | 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

— A Louisiana state trooper pleaded no contest Monday to significantly reduced charges that spare him jail time in the deadly 2019 arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene, the first conviction of any kind in a prolonged police brutality case that once prompted national outrage. It’s unfair.”District Attorney John Belton declined to say Monday whether justice had been served in Greene’s death, noting the case remains open. York, 51, also will retain his nearly $83,000-a-year pension following his August retirement from the Louisiana State Police. Greene’s death was among several beatings of Black men by Louisiana troopers that prompted the U.S. Justice Department to open an ongoing civil rights investigation into the state police’s use of force. But federal prosecutors still have not said whether they will file charges in the case following a years-long FBI investigation.

Persons: Black, Ronald Greene, Kory York, Greene, York, “, ”, Mona Hardin, John Belton, Greene’s, Mike Small, “ It’s, John Bel Edwards, Edwards, Chris Hollingsworth, heavyset Greene facedown, ’ Organizations: Louisiana State Police, Republican, Associated Press, ”, York, Louisiana, U.S . Justice Department Locations: La, —, Louisiana, ”, York, Monroe

☆ 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.

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Read, Joe, Donald Trump’s, Trump, Roe, Wade, ”, “, Shadi Hamid, Trump nodded, White Trump, Biden, CNN’s MJ Lee, ‘, ’ ” Biden, David, Jill, granddaughters Finnegan, Natalie, Haiyun Jiang, ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, ” Biden, NBC’s Lester Holt, Hakeem Jeffries, “ Joe Biden, ” Sen, Chris Coons, vise, Wade –, Ben Carson, Ken Cuccinelli, Mark Meadows, Stephen Miller, Peter Navarro, CNN’s Phil Mattingly, they’ve, ” Mattingly, ” Trump, J.D, Vance, ” Ohio Sen, JD Vance, Rebecca Wright, “ America’s Hitler, MAGA, “ Vance, Mike Pence wouldn’t, Jen O’Malley Dillon, ’, ” Vance, —, Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg, we’ve, sociopaths ”, Alayna Treene, George Clooney, Volodymyr Zelensky “, Putin, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Samuel Corum, Hillary Clinton, Trump’s, ” CNN’s John King, Hulk Hogan, Let Trump, Sean O’Brien, Carolina Sen, Tim Scott, Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy, Nikki Haley, “ Donald Trump, thrall, Hogan, Will Lanzoni, luxuriating, Ozzy Osbourne, Andy Kaufman, Chauncey DeVega, weathers, Bernadette Tuazon, CNN “ I’m, I’m, Kamala Harris ’ Organizations: CNN, White, Pew Research, National Religious Broadcasters, The Washington Post, Trump, New York Times, Democratic Party, ”, New York Democrat, Heritage Foundation, Justice Department, Republican National Convention, Senate, Fox News, GOP, Women, Biden, NATO, Democrats, Democratic, Getty, Democrat, Republican, RNC, Florida Gov, South Carolina Gov, Grand Old Party, Atlantic City, World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Fame, Salon, Republican Party, Resolute, “ Locations: The, Delaware, ”, Detroit, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, United States, Great State of Ohio, ” Ohio, Idaho, Milwaukee, Ohio, Las Vegas, AFP, American, Carolina, Florida, Milwaukee’s, America

☆ I'm a California teacher who thinks phone use in classrooms is a big problem. I'm not convinced a new law will solve it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

California teacher Joelle Clark said phones are a distraction and policies on their use can be hard to enforce. AdvertisementThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Joelle Clark, a 28-year-old public school teacher in California, about the state's new law requiring schools to develop a policy that limits smartphone usage by July 1, 2026. I'm a six-year teacher, and I teach special-ed high school students with mild to moderate learning disabilities. So, I moved out to California and I came into a school where students are constantly on their phones. Maybe we should have a class on phones to teach kids healthy habits and the danger of media.

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CNN —Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday claimed two Pennsylvania counties are experiencing voter fraud despite both officials there maintaining they’re still investigating potential issues related to voter registration applications. “This on top of Lancaster County being caught with 2600 Fake Ballots and Forms, all written by the same person. While announcing the suspected fraud, Lancaster officials said at least two other counties may have also received fraudulent voter registration applications. On Tuesday, York County spokesperson Greg Monskie would not confirm to CNN whether it had received fraudulent voter registration applications and couldn’t speak to any connection with the issues alleged in Lancaster County. The interaction took place at the Voter Service Center in Media, Pennsylvania, the seat of the suburban Philadelphia county.

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