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☆ Kamala Harris wants a Republican in her cabinet. It's still not clear who that might be.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewIt was probably the most noteworthy thing to come out of Kamala Harris' much-anticipated CNN interview late last month: The Vice President, if elected, pledged to appoint a Republican to her Cabinet. "It may be difficult to find a rational, sane person who still identifies as a Republican" that would agree to serve in Harris' cabinet, Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut quipped. "There are a lot of Republicans that I think are capable of assuming Cabinet positions," Rep. Jim McGovern of Massachusetts said. "I'm not floating people's names for particular positions," Rep. Ro Khanna of California said, shortly after heaping praise on Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and former Republican Rep. Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin. Though he said Harris' pledge was a "positive step," he made clear on Tuesday that he's not interested in serving in her administration.

Persons: —, Kamala Harris, Jamie Raskin, Maryland, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Harris, Sen, JD Vance, Trump, Richard Blumenthal, Rep, Alexandria Ocasio, Cortez, Bernie Sanders, wryly, Jim McGovern, Ro Khanna, Brian Fitzpatrick, Mike Gallagher, Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger of, Kinzinger, Cheney, Raskin, Cheney hasn't, he'd, Tim Kaine, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Kaine, There's, Mitt Romney, he's, I've, Romney, I'm Organizations: Service, CNN, Republican, Business, Connecticut, Hill, Vermont, Massachusetts, Democrats, Los Angeles Times, Senate Armed Services Committee, Defense, Utah Republican, Trump Locations: Alexandria, Cortez of New York, California, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, Harris, Virginia

☆ Trump and Biden agree: The US should finally start a sovereign wealth fund
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-08 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

So it is noteworthy that Democratic and Republican leaders both appear to want to establish a sovereign wealth fund to help the United States pay for stuff. Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, which manages about $925 billion in assets, reported a $36.8 billion profit for 2023, according to Reuters. This isn't the first time Washington has toyed with the idea of a sovereign wealth fund. Last March, a group of bipartisan lawmakers led by Sen. Angus King and Sen. Bill Cassidy began discussing a sovereign wealth fund to pay for Social Security. The White House's interest in a sovereign wealth fund stems partly from its desire to compete with China, which has multiple state-owned funds itself.

Persons: —, Joe Biden, Jake Sullivan, Daleep Singh, Biden, Donald Trump, LIV Golf, Sen, Angus King, Bill Cassidy, Mitt Romney, John Paulson, Larry Summers Organizations: Service, Democratic, Republican, National, Bloomberg, Business, White, Economic, of New, Fund, Reuters, Norges Bank Investment Management, Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, Blackstone, LIV, Social Security, America, Bloomberg Television Locations: United States, of New York, Saudi Arabia, Norway, Norway's, PIF, Heathrow, American, Washington, China

☆ Former President George W. Bush has no plans to endorse in the election
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-07 | by ( Kelly O'Donnell | Megan Lebowitz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Former President George W. Bush speaks during the Struggle for Freedom Conference at George W. Bush Presidential Center on November 16, 2022 in Dallas, Texas. TFormer President George W. Bush does not plan to endorse a candidate for president, his office told NBC News on Saturday. "President Bush retired from presidential politics years ago," the office added. A spokesperson for Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign declined to comment but pointed to the campaign's Republican outreach efforts. The elder Bush president died in 2018, but the younger said in 2021 that he wrote in former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for president in 2020.

Persons: George W, Bush, Laura, Trump, Kamala Harris, Bush's, Dick Cheney, Harris, Donald Trump, Cheney, president's, Liz Cheney, Cheneys, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, Sen, John McCain, State Condoleezza Rice, Bill Weld of, Stephanie Grisham, McCain, Romney, Egwuonwu, Sarah Dean, Tara Prindiville, Monica Alba Organizations: Freedom Conference, George, Bush Presidential Center, NBC News, Republican, Wyoming, Trump, State, Republican Gov, Rep, Denver, Bush, GOP, Republicans, NBC Locations: Dallas , Texas, Bill Weld of Massachusetts, Virginia

☆ How Elon Musk’s endorsement of Trump may have backfired
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-01 | by ( David Ingram | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk listens to President Donald Trump during a meeting with business leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Feb. 3, 2017. "They want to make Trump, Elon and people like them look like plutocrats," he said. "Elon Musk created the opportunity that Donald Trump took to unmask himself as rabidly anti-union, and he did that by praising Elon Musk's anti-union, union-busting perspective and endorsing the idea of illegally firing striking workers," he said. Harris, who is not related to Kamala Harris, said he views Musk's endorsement as a net negative. "No one views Elon Musk as a voice of the middle class," he said.

Persons: Tesla, Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Evan Vucci, Brendan Steinhauser, Mitt Romney, Steinhauser, Musk, Trump, Chip Somodevilla, Seth Harris, Joe Biden, Elon Musk's, Harris, Kamala Harris, David Nasaw, William Randolph Hearst, Andrew Carnegie, Nasaw, Franklin D, Roosevelt, Biden, Hearst Organizations: SpaceX, White, AP, Trump, Elon, Republicans, National Labor Relations Board, Labor, NLRB, Teamsters, Republican, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Getty, Burnes Center, Social, Northeastern University, Hearst Locations: Washington, Texas, Michigan, Washington ,

☆ Elon Musk says voting by mail is ‘insane’ — but he has done it himself, records show
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-30 | by ( David Ingram | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Elon Musk has attacked voting by mail as an "insane" idea that encourages election fraud, but he voted by mail twice when he lived in California, according to records of his voting history obtained by NBC News. Musk voted by mail in November 2016, the year Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton, and in the November 2018 midterm election, the records show. The state records show that Musk had a sparse history of voting in California. This is the first time Musk's California voting records have been made public. Voting by mail was the choice of a majority of California voters both times Musk voted.

Persons: Elon Musk, Tesla, Porte, Musk, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John McCain, Mitt Romney, It's, Trump, Trump's, Kamala Harris, Clinton, Joe Biden Organizations: Viva Technology, Porte de, NBC News, NBC, Social, PAC, America PAC, Daily, SpaceX, Business, Tesla, White House Locations: Paris, France, California, Los Angeles, U.S, Texas, USA, North Carolina, Wisconsin, America, Brownsville , Texas, Austin, Florida

☆ Kamala Harris’s Main-Character Energy
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( James Poniewozik | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Night 1 had the unprecedented send-off of a sitting president. Night 2 had not one but two Obamas (plus a raucous roll call of states feat. There were whispers and reports all day on Thursday that the biggest, most special secret guest of all would appear at the climax. Taylor Swift? At the end of the night, after a typical program of endorsements and character witnesses, Roy Cooper, the governor of North Carolina, wrapped up and yielded the stage to …Kamala Harris?

Persons: Lil Jon, Oprah, Taylor Swift, Mitt Romney, Roy Cooper, … Kamala Harris, Harris Organizations: Democratic National Convention Locations: North Carolina

☆ Trump Reaches for His Birther Bag of Tricks - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Jamelle Bouie | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

For years, before he won the Republican presidential nomination in 2016, Donald Trump was something like the spiritual leader of the Republican Party’s right-wing base. Birtherism made Trump a celebrity on the right. It made him so popular with Republican voters that, while fighting to win the 2012 race for the Republican presidential nomination, Mitt Romney ventured out to Las Vegas to receive Trump’s blessing and support. To attack the former president, Trump liked to insinuate that he wasn’t born in the United States. “He’s spent millions of dollars trying to get away from this issue,” Trump said in 2011.

Persons: Donald Trump, Barack Obama, Birtherism, Trump, Mitt Romney, ” Romney, Donald Trump’s, I’m, birtherism, —, delegitimize Obama, “ He’s, ” Trump, ” Organizations: Republican, Republican Party, Trump, “ Locations: United States, Las Vegas, birtherism, Trump

The GOP’s 2024 party platform calls for the repeal of President Joe Biden’s executive order on AI, which Republicans say "hinders AI innovation." Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks to NBC News from the balcony of his Capitol office on Thursday, Aug. 1. “We have lots of AI proposals in the defense bill because AI has national security concerns,” Schumer told NBC News. It would require federal agencies to assess the potential risks of using AI before purchasing or deploying AI systems. But it also has real problems,” Schumer said, referring to the Future of AI bill.

Persons: Chuck Schumer, Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Schumer, Trump, ” Schumer, ”, “ We’re, “, Joe Biden’s, “ Donald Trump, Frank Thorp V, TikTok, Sen, Mitt Romney, Brian Schatz, chatbot ChapGPT, Schumer —, —, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Sundar Pichai, Sam Altman, Jensen Huang, Martin Heinrich, Todd Young, Mike Rounds, Rounds, ” Rounds, Gary Peters, Thom Tillis Organizations: New, New York Democrat, NBC News, Republican, Democratic, Republicans, NBC, Big Tech, National Defense, Senate, 118th, National Institute of Standards, Technology, NIST, Senate Homeland Security, Star Locations: WASHINGTON, Harris, New York, eyeing, Republic, Congress, China, U.S, R, Utah, Hawaii, Sens

☆ Trump's tech backers are 'making a big mistake,' Sequoia's Mike Moritz says
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Rohan Goswami | In Rohangoswamicnbc | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

As leading tech investors continue to vocally take sides ahead of the 2024 presidential election, legendary venture capitalist Michael Moritz is making his preference clear. In a Financial Times opinion piece published Monday, Moritz wrote that those in the industry who are supporting Donald Trump "are making a big mistake." Moritz was referring to Trump's conviction, earlier this year, on 34 felony counts in New York State court. Other Trump backers include venture capitalists David Sacks and Joe Lonsdale as well as Doug Leone, Moritz's longtime partner at Sequoia. Moritz wrote in his op-ed that Trump's tech financiers and supporters were "making the same mistake as all powerful people who back authoritarians."

Persons: Michael Moritz, Moritz, Donald Trump, Moritz —, LinkedIn —, Trump, Andreessen Horowitz, Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz, Elon Musk, David Sacks, Joe Lonsdale, Doug Leone, Moritz's, He's, Reid Hoffman, Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, VCs, Harris, Kamala, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mitt Romney, John Kasich's, OpenSecrets Organizations: Sequoia Capital, Google, PayPal, LinkedIn, Trump, Tesla, Sequoia ., Democratic, Trump Lincoln Project, Republican, Tech Locations: Sequoia, New York, Silicon Valley, California, Ohio

Frank Bruni: Beth, Jim, thanks for joining me to discuss the hottest topic in American politics: To whom will Kamala Harris propose? It’s like “The Bachelor,” only with nuclear codes instead of a red rose. But there have been periods recently when everybody around me was betting on either Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona, Gov. Each of you has steered a presidential campaign: What, based on that experience, would you guess is Vice President Harris’s and her advisers’ primary consideration as they make this decision? Beth Myers: Choosing a vice president is one of the very few choices that the nominee has under her control, and it’s very particular for every candidate.

Persons: Frank Bruni, Beth Myers, Mitt Romney’s, Jim Jordan, John Kerry’s, Kamala Harris, Beth, Jim, Josh Shapiro, Mark Kelly of, Andy Beshear, Tim Walz, Harris’s, ’ Organizations: Pennsylvania, Gov, Minnesota Locations: Philadelphia, Mark Kelly of Arizona, Kentucky

☆ Vice presidents: What this election proves about the importance of running mates
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —One major lesson from Vice President Kamala Harris’ sudden ascension to be the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee is that running mates matter. It’s a point not lost on some Republicans who are second-guessing Trump’s selection of Vance and Democrats who are anticipating Harris’ pick any day. Harris’ pick could come within days, according to CNN’s MJ Lee and Jeff Zeleny, who write that the pool of candidates has shrunk by one. Biden went on to pick Harris, the first woman of color to be on a national party’s presidential ticket. In 2016, Trump picked then-Indiana Gov.

Persons: Kamala Harris ’, Donald Trump, Sen, JD Vance, Harris, Joe Biden, It’s, Vance, “, Trump, CNN’s Edward, Isaac Dovere, –, Read, MAGA, Sofia Nelson, Vance’s, Vance's, SSRS, CNN’s KFile, ” Trump, Biden, CNN’s MJ Lee, Jeff Zeleny, Roy Cooper, Arizona Sen, Mark Kelly, Gabby Giffords, Josh Shapiro, Pete Buttigieg, CNN’s Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, Karl de Vries, Eric Bradner, Barack Obama, John McCain, Sarah Palin, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, Romney’s, Mike Pence Organizations: CNN, Democratic, Oval, Trump, Republican National Convention, Republicans, GOP, Yale Law School, Fox News, The Washington Post, North Carolina Gov, Arizona, House . Pennsylvania, Transportation, Republican, Alaska Gov, Indiana Gov Locations: Ohio, Detroit, “, – Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Scranton , Pennsylvania

☆ 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.

Persons: Ohio Sen, JD, Donald Trump’s, Republican Party’s reorientation, Vance, Trump, Trump’s, ”, Bill Kristol, “, It’s, Mike Pence, Ronald Reagan’s, Geoffrey Kabaservice, Dwight Eisenhower, Sen, Robert Taft, Taft, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, George W, Bush, John McCain, Mitt Romney –, Patrick J, Buchanan’s, George H.W, George H.W . Bush, John Bolton, Bolton, James Mattis, Mark Esper, State Rex Tillerson, Mike Pompeo, Ivo Daalder, Barack Obama, Richard Fontaine, Republican Sen, Fontaine, “ Vance, Matthias Matthijs, Vance’s, Ohio Republican unreservedly, Donald Trump, ” Vance, Steve Bannon, Joe Biden, Adam Kinzinger, He’s, he’s, Biden, ” Trump, Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelensky, ” Daalder, ” Matthijs, Putin, Aaron Friedberg, Gabriel Schoenfeld, Nikki Haley, Reagan, Haley Organizations: CNN, Ohio, Republican, GOP, Trump, America, New, Niskanen Center, Republican Party, American Free Trade, NATO, ”, H.R, McMaster, Defense, State, Chicago Council, Global Affairs, Center, New American Security, Johns Hopkins ’ School, International, Senate, Ohio Republican, NAFTA, Fox News, Air Force, National Guard, Businessweek, Taiwan, Biden, Chicago, South Carolina Gov, Ukraine Locations: New York, mollifying, Europe, Soviet Union, China, Canada, George H.W ., Asia, Ukraine, New American, Russian, Johns, America, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Israel, Taiwan, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Milwaukee, Moscow, ”, Wisconsin, Mexico ”, Kabul, Kyiv, Trump

☆ Gen X is in charge now and boomers are being shown the door
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Harris is 59 and was born October 20, 1964 — putting her just weeks outside the Gen X range which is generally thought to span 1965 to the early 1980s. His successor has not been confirmed, but one name being floated is his Gen X lieutenant Stephanie Pope. Could the House of Mouse soon have its first Gen X leader? The picture is not completely clear on how Gen X bosses differ from their predecessors on issues such as remote work and the role of AI in the workplace. AdvertisementIt won't be long, though, until Gen X has a majority grip over power.

Persons: —, Gen, Joe Biden's, Kamala Harris, Harris, Xer —, XCX, Joe Biden, Justin Sullivan, boomer Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Sen, JD Vance, Bush, Clinton, Biden, Obama, John McCain, Mitt Romney, HSBC's, Noel Quinn, Georges Elhedery, Xer, David Calhoun, Stephanie Pope, Dave Calhoun, Aaron Schwartz, Gen X, Ron Vachris, Craig Jelinek, Macy's, Tony Spring, Xers, Jamie Dimon, David Solomon, Goldman Sachs, Bob Iger, boomer Bob Chapek, Iger, Brendan McDermid, Tim Cook, Steve Jobs, Jensen Huang, Dimon, Jenn Piepszak, Troy Rohrbaugh, X'ers, JPMorgan Chase, Alex Brandon, Mouse, We'll Organizations: Service, Democratic Party, Business, Democratic, Trump, Boeing, Gen, Gen X Costco, Microsoft, Google, Walmart, Tesla, ExxonMobil, JPMorgan, Blackstone, septuagenarians, Disney, Apple Locations: BlackRock, Silicon Valley, America

☆ The Senate has a new plan to ban congressional stock trading. Here's what's in it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewOn Wednesday, a key Senate panel approved a bill that would ban lawmakers from trading stocks. The Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee approved the legislation — known as the Ending Trading and Holdings in Congressional Stocks (ETHICS) Act — by an 8-4 vote. AdvertisementPolling has shown for years that the idea of banning lawmakers from trading stocks in broadly popular among members of both parties. This is the most significant progress on a stock trading ban in yearsThe last time either chamber got close to passing a stock trading ban was in September 2022, when House Democrats proposed a sweeping bill that included a major loophole and had little time to be vetted by members. Many saw the effort as a sham designed to appease those who had been pushing for a stock trading ban.

Persons: —, Republican Sens, Rand Paul of Kentucky, Ron Johnson of, Mitt Romney, James Lankford, Democratic Sen, Jeff Merkley, they've, There's, Merkley, Jon Ossoff, Josh Hawley, Missouri —, Gary Peters of, Wednesday's, Chuck Schumer Organizations: Service, Senate Homeland Security, Government, Committee, Holdings, Congressional, Republican, Business, Democratic, Treasury, House Democrats, Gary Peters of Michigan Locations: Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, Utah, Oklahoma, Oregon, Georgia, Missouri

☆ Netanyahu’s long history of confounding US presidents
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Netanyahu has known President Joe Biden for decades, but Biden doubts Netanyahu’s sincerity. Netanyahu earned the undying enmity of former President Barack Obama for trying to tank the Iran nuclear deal. Trump turned opposition to the Iran nuclear deal into a major campaign issue in 2016. Despite his long relationship with Netanyahu, Biden has criticized the Israeli leader’s government for being too right-wing. But for all his criticism of Netanyahu, Biden has continued to provide Israel with weapons and aid, and the two men will meet at the White House.

Persons: CNN — Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, Joe Biden, Biden, Donald Trump, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Romney, Bill Clinton, “, Aaron David Miller, Benjamin Netanyahu, Luke Frazza, Obama, Kamala Harris, Trump, Biden’s, ” Trump, Axios, Rather, Jeremy Diamond, Diamond, Aviva Siegel, ” Siegel, ” Organizations: CNN, Israeli, Getty, Republican, Senate, Democratic, Trump, White, Hamas Locations: Iran, East, AFP, Jerusalem, Israel, Gaza, Tel Aviv, Washington

☆ Opinion | One of the Republican Convention’s Weirdest Lies
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( David French | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

I watched hour upon hour of the Republican National Convention, something I’ve done every four years since I was a young political nerd in 1984. Speaker after speaker repeated the claim that America was safer and the world was more secure when Trump was president. If past performance is any indicator of future results, Americans should brace themselves for more chaos if Trump wins. The theme of the second night of the convention was “Make America Safe Again.” Yet the public mustn’t forget that the murder rate skyrocketed under Trump. According to the Pew Research Center, “The year-over-year increase in the U.S. murder rate in 2020 was the largest since at least 1905 — and possibly ever.”

Persons: Mitt Romney, Donald Trump, Trump, ” Organizations: Republican National Convention, Republican, America, Trump, Pew Research Center Locations: America, Russia, U.S

Within hours of Biden dropping out of the race and endorsing his vice president on Sunday, Trump’s campaign managers had released a blistering statement tying Harris to the administration’s policies. Instead, Trump’s team had orchestrated an exacting campaign around defeating Biden. But it was soon widely acknowledged within Trump’s camp that Biden bowing out would also throw their own campaign into uncertainty. Trump’s campaign also began privately ramping up and testing new lines of attack on Harris — someone they had largely ignored since she was sworn in as vice president. While polling has shown Harris is the best known among possible Democratic candidates to replace Biden, Trump’s advisers and allies maintain that most Americans don’t know much about her, creating an opening to define her to the public.

Persons: Donald Trump, Joe Biden’s, Biden, Kamala Harris, Harris, Trump, “, It’s, anoint Harris, won’t, ”, surrogates, Harris ’, Harris “, Chris LaCivita, LaCivita, can’t, –, Biden deputized, Ohio Sen, JD Vance, pollsters, Biden –, Biden’s, “ Biden, Kamala, ” Brian Bartlett, Mitt Romney’s, ” Bartlett, Arizona Sen, Mark Kelly, Josh Shapiro, Roy Cooper, they’ve, Gretchen Whitmer, Gavin Newsom, Hillary Clinton, Andy Beshear, CNN’s David Wright Organizations: CNN, Democratic, Trump, ABC, Fox News, Biden, Committee, California Democrat, Republican, Convention, MAGA Inc, Republican National Convention, Georgia, Democrats, Black, North Carolina Gov, Michigan, Kentucky Gov Locations: California, Arizona , Georgia, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Milwaukee, Central America, Arizona, Kentucky

☆ 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.

Persons: Trumpism, Donald Trump, JD Vance, Ohio, Trump, Ronald Reagan, Mitt Romney, Trump’s, Vance Organizations: Republican, Republican Party Locations: Milwaukee

☆ Republicans Get Pumped for Trump’s Muscular Finale
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Jess Bidgood | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The night Mitt Romney accepted the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, he was introduced by party stalwarts like Newt Gingrich and Jeb Bush. In 2004, George W. Bush went with Gov. Tonight, former President Donald Trump will be preceded by Kid Rock, Hulk Hogan and the chief executive of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. It is less a display of political lineage than an unapologetic show of masculine kitsch. The lineup suggests a swing back to the bellicose political style that defined Trump’s rise.

Persons: Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Jeb Bush, George W, Bush, George Pataki, Donald Trump, Kid Rock, Hulk Hogan, brawn, burnish Organizations: Gov, New, Trump Locations: New York

☆ J.D. Vance’s Chance
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( Michael C. Bender | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Trump chose Senator J.D. With Vance’s hardscrabble upbringing and Trump-aligned ideology, the senator is Trump’s attempt to appeal to those voters. Instead of balancing the ticket with someone who could expand Trump’s appeal to new voters, Trump has anointed the senator as the future of the Republican Party. The party that Trump took over in 2016 — one guided by establishmentarians like Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan and John McCain — is now unrecognizable. (As an author and private citizen, Vance said in 2016 that Trump might be “America’s Hitler.” Later, as he ran for office, the Ohioan embraced Trumpism.)

Persons: Donald Trump, he’s, Trump, J.D, Vance of Ohio, Vance’s, Vance, MAGA, establishmentarians, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, John McCain —, Hitler Organizations: Republican Party, Republicans Locations: Trumpism

☆ In a town Biden won by 19 votes, debate stirs doubts he can win again this year
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( John King | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Jacqueline Kalil/CNN A man walks in the Cedarburg Fourth of July Parade. Jacqueline Kalil/CNN A Biden/Harris campaign sign is displayed on a car during the parade. Jacqueline Kalil/CNN Biden/Harris and Sen. Tammy Baldwin campaign signs and stickers adorn a truck in Cedarburg's Fourth of July Parade. Jacqueline Kalil/CNN Pro pickleball player and undecided voter, Gina Cilento, served as parade marshal of Cedarburg's annual Fourth of July Parade. Jacqueline Kalil/CNN Cedarburg, Wisconsin, celebrates the Fourth of July Prev NextWe find dismay and disgust at the presidential choices everywhere we travel.

Persons: Wisconsin CNN — Lisa Reissmann, ”, Joe Biden’s, “, Troy Reissmann, Donald Trump’s, Norman Rockwell, there’s, Lisa Reissmann, …, Joe Biden, Mitt Romney, Trump, Biden, Gina Cilento, ” Cilento, Jacqueline Kalil, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Allen Naparalla, Harris, CNN Biden, Sen, Tammy Baldwin, CNN Cedarburg, Cilento, Cilento —, —, Toby Keith, Melissa Wraalstad, Cedarburg, ” Wraalstad, Wraalstad, weren’t, ” Naparalla, Washington, “ It’s, Naparalla —, Naparalla, Kamala Harris, Gavin Newsom, “ Who’s, you’re Organizations: Wisconsin CNN, CNN, Republicans, GOP, Trump, Republican, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Arts, Democratic, Biden Locations: Cedarburg, Wisconsin, Milwaukee, CNN Cedarburg , Wisconsin, California

President Biden should do the same,” Doggett said in his statement Tuesday. “There’s a large and increasing group of House Democrats concerned about the president’s candidacy, representing a broad swath of the caucus,” another House Democratic lawmaker told CNN on condition of anonymity to speak candidly. They have held off going to Biden directly, hoping he would make the decision himself, but patience is wearing thin, multiple Democrats told CNN, amid signs that Biden has taken no steps to seriously consider the mounting concerns. President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden, and their granddaughters Finnegan and Natalie Biden head to Camp David on June 29, 2024. House Democrats are deep into their own polling, assessing how much damage has been done.

Persons: Joe Biden’s, Lloyd Doggett of, Lyndon Johnson, Biden, ” Doggett, “, ”, ” Biden, George Stephanopoulos, Camp David, Obama, Barack Obama’s, Mitt Romney, Mike Quigley, Kasie Hunt, who’s, Nancy Pelosi, ” Pelosi, Donald Trump, Trump, Kamala Harris, Hakeem Jeffries, Jeffries, Jill Biden, “ Joe isn’t, …, Delaware Sen, Chris Coons, George W, Sen, Sheldon Whitehouse, Joe Biden, Finnegan, Natalie Biden, Haiyun Jiang, —, Jen O’Malley Dillon, Andrew Weinstein, Phil Murphy, ” Murphy, CNN’s Brianna Keilar, Jake Tapper, Annie Grayer Organizations: CNN, Democratic, House Democrats, Biden, ABC News, Camp, Republican, Capitol Hill Democratic, ”, House, Senate, MSNBC, California Democrat, Monday, “, Trump, Democratic National Convention, Democratic Party, Hamptons, Saturday, ABC, White, New York Times, Minnesota, New York Times Editorial, Democratic National Committee, campaign’s National Finance Committee, New Locations: Delaware, Lloyd Doggett of Texas, California, North Carolina, Virginia, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Wilmington, ”, Michigan, Ukraine

☆ Analysis: Biden’s campaign wages desperate bid to save his reelection campaign after debate debacle
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Democratic Party grandees, meanwhile, crowded onto Sunday talk shows to try to turn attention away from Biden’s confused and painful debate showing and to put the spotlight back on Trump. But any set of bad polls showing an already-tough reelection bid was seriously damaged by the debate could trigger panic again. The ferocious counterattack by Biden’s campaign, however, is not answering fundamental questions posed in the aftermath of a debate that shattered confidence in Biden’s capacity to beat Trump for many of his fellow Democrats. Voters saw Biden’s reduced and poignant state with their own eyes. Biden campaign manager Jennifer O’Malley Dillon even blamed any poor forthcoming polls on the media and not the president.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, Donald Trump, Biden’s, Democratic Party grandees, Nancy Pelosi, CNN’s Dana, ”, James Clyburn, Bash, CNN’s MJ Lee, Jeff Zeleny, Putin, Xi, Doug Burgum, “ Joe Biden, Wes Moore, it’s, Trump, he’s, “, —, Biden —, Jamie Raskin, ” Raskin, ” Biden’s, Jennifer O’Malley Dillon, Barack Obama’s, Utah Sen, Mitt Romney, Obama, alienates, Rob Flaherty, ” Flaherty Organizations: CNN, Camp David, Democratic, Democratic Party, Trump, Union, ” South Carolina Rep, Biden, North Dakota Gov, Press, Top Democrats, Maryland Democratic Gov, CBS, Maryland, MSNBC, “, Trump . Voters Locations: Camp, “ State, ”, Russia, China, Iran, New Jersey, Atlanta, Chicago, North Carolina, Washington, Utah

☆ Opinion | There’s No Reason to Resign Ourselves to Biden
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Michelle Goldberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Though Joe Biden’s debate performance last week was among the most painful things I’ve ever witnessed, it at least seemed to offer clarity. Suddenly, even many people who love this president realized that his campaign has become untenable. In the debate’s miserable aftermath, there was finally space to acknowledge the obvious: Biden is too old for this. “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced,” James Baldwin wrote. Since then, however, the Biden campaign has quickly moved to squash that reckoning, framing the divide in the Democratic Party as one between naïve, hysterical outsiders and savvy, resolute insiders.

Persons: Joe Biden’s, Biden, ” James Baldwin, Biden surrogates, ”, MAGA, Quentin Fulks, Jen O’Malley Dillon, Barack Obama’s, Mitt Romney, Donald Trump’s unswerving, “, Trump, Jonathan Capehart Organizations: Democratic, Democratic Party, Obama, MSNBC

☆ Opinion | Democrats: Stop Panicking
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-29 | by ( Stuart Stevens | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It’s baffling that so many Democrats are failing to rally around a wildly successful president after one bad night. But it does remind me of why Republicans defeated Democrats in so many races Republicans should have lost. The Republican Party lost its mind and decided that this one victory negated everything we know about politics. One debate does not change the structure of this presidential campaign. For all the talk of Mr. Biden’s off night, what is lost is that Mr. Trump missed a great opportunity to reset his candidacy and greatly strengthen his position.

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