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☆ Trump refers to CNN’s Anderson Cooper by a woman’s first name
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

“If you watched her being interviewed by Allison Cooper the other night, he’s a nice person. You know Allison Cooper? Oh, no.”CNN journalist Anderson Cooper in New York City on Dec. 10, 2023. “Even Allison Cooper was embarrassed by it. He was embarrassed by it.”In referring to Cooper with a woman’s name, Trump appeared to turn to a stereotype heterosexual people have long deployed against gay men.

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A lawsuit by the Philadelphia DA would stop Elon Musk's $1M-a-day voter giveaway as early as Friday. Also on Monday, America PAC announced the tenth million-dollar winner. The DOJ did send a letter to America PAC warning that the giveaway might be illegal, a development first reported by 24sight News. America PAC did not announce a winner on Wednesday after the warning letter became public but has resumed announcements. Just hours after Krasner's lawsuit became public, America PAC crowned its latest winner, a man from Hastings, Michigan.

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A lawsuit by the Philadelphia DA could stop Elon Musk's $1M-a-day voter giveaway as early as Friday. Musk has used the lottery to encourage voter registration and push swing-staters to the polls. Krasner's lawsuit says the giveaway is an unregulated lottery that violates Pennsylvania law. The DOJ did send a letter to America PAC warning that the giveaway might be illegal, a development first reported by 24sight News. America PAC did not announce a winner on Wednesday after the warning letter became public but has resumed announcements.

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☆ Trump calls Harris a fascist, says he is ‘the opposite of a Nazi’
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Eric Bradner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

“He used to always say: ‘Never use the word Nazi. Don’t use that word,’” Trump said. ‘He’s Hitler.’ And then they say, ‘He’s a Nazi.’”“I’m not a Nazi,” Trump said. “I’m the opposite of a Nazi.”Trump also responded to Harris calling him a fascist by saying, “She’s a fascist, OK? “They decided to compare us to literal Nazis for gathering in Madison Square Garden and celebrating the United States of America.

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☆ Meta exec shares what she's learned from Mark Zuckerberg after working with him for nearly 20 years
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

One of Meta's longest-tenured execs shared insights from the 19 years she's worked with Mark Zuckerberg. Head of product Naomi Gleit talked about lessons from his leadership on "Lenny's Podcast." AdvertisementA Meta exec recently reflected on some of the lessons she's learned from nearly two decades working with company cofounder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. She talked about her experience working with Zuckerberg for over 19 years during an episode of "Lenny's Podcast" released Sunday. Another Meta exec, CTO Andrew "Boz" Bosworth , previously talked about Zuckerberg's approach to feedback.

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☆ Fact check: 32 false claims Trump made to Joe Rogan
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-27 | by ( Daniel Dale | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +20 min

Here is a fact check of 32 false claims Trump made to Rogan. The number of migrants: Trump claimed that at least “21 million” people have illegally crossed the border during the Biden administration. Trump’s Las Vegas crowd size: In his latest exaggeration about crowd sizes, Trump claimed there were “29,000 people” at his event the night prior. Foreign policyTrump and ISIS: Repeating one of his regular false claims, Trump said, “We defeated ISIS in record time. (This appeared to be an inadvertent mistake by Trump, but his claim was still inaccurate, and Trump has repeatedly bashed Biden over such mix-ups.)

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☆ Vance insists Trump’s ‘enemy from within’ comments weren’t directed at political rivals
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-27 | by ( Kit Maher | Gregory Krieg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

“What he’s talking about is marauding gangs,” House Speaker Mike Johnson told Tapper last week when asked about Trump’s comments. “I did not hear President Trump in that clip say he’s going to sic the military on Adam Schiff. Cheney, a former Wyoming congresswoman, and her father, former Vice President and Iraq war architect Dick Cheney, have both endorsed Harris. “Mike Pence thought he could control Donald Trump? And when he found out that he couldn’t, they all turned on Donald Trump,” Vance said.

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Sen. JD Vance on Saturday defended former president Donald Trump's comments calling Democratic leaders "the enemy from within," saying that inflation, slowing military recruitment and the migrant crisis are a "way bigger threat than any foreign threat." These problems, the Ohio Republican told NBC News' "Meet the Press," are "caused by broken leadership." Specifically, Vance mentioned former Speaker Nancy Pelosi as a catalyst for American decline. "Under Nancy Pelosi’s long life in public leadership, the United States has gone from the preeminent industrial power of the world to second, next to China," Vance told moderator Kristen Welker. We can handle foreign conflicts.”Vance's comments follow weeks of Trump asserting that Democrats, as the "enemy from within," are more dangerous to the U.S.' future than foreign adversaries.

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☆ Elon Musk defends $1 million giveaway after Justice Department warning
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-26 | by ( David Ingram | David Ingram Is A Tech Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Tech billionaire Elon Musk defended the legality of his super PAC’s $1 million daily giveaway to registered voters in swing states, days after the Justice Department sent a letter warning that the lottery-style contest might be unlawful. The PAC is also offering $100 to Pennsylvania registered voters who sign the petition. Musk’s daily drawing for $1 million is open to registered voters in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Musk took a harsher tone toward the Justice Department on two other subjects during the online town hall. He attacked the criminal prosecutions of Trump, saying they were for “political reasons,” and he criticized the Justice Department for intervening in a lawsuit in Virginia related to immigration and that state’s voter rolls.

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☆ With worst-case scenario averted for now, White House and Harris campaign still face a serious liability in Middle East conflict
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-26 | by ( Kevin Liptak | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Still, if in Biden’s mind a worst-case scenario was prevented, the larger knot that is the Middle East conflict remains as firmly gnarled as ever. Biden and Harris joined a call Saturday with their national security team and were briefed on the the latest developments in the region according to the White House. But few believe there will be any resolution before the November 5 US presidential election, leaving Biden and Harris’ inability to bring stability to the region a serious political liability. Eyad Baba/AFP/Getty ImagesFor her part, Harris has offered little evidence she would adopt a different approach if elected. “As far as we’re concerned, that should close out the direct exchange between Israel and Iran,” the official went on.

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☆ Biden says Elon Musk was an 'illegal worker' when he began U.S. career
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-26 | by ( Lora Kolodny | In Lorakolodny | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

President Joe Biden called out Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, now a Republican megadonor and Trump campaign surrogate, for hypocrisy on immigration on Saturday, saying Musk launched his long career in the U.S. as an "illegal worker" before becoming the world's wealthiest man. The president made these remarks at a campaign event to support Democrats that took place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. Labeling Musk as former President Donald Trump's wealthy new "ally," Biden said, "That wealthiest man in the world turned out to be an illegal worker here when he was here," referring to Musk. The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to CNBC's request for comment on Biden's remarks. Musk had arrived in the U.S. with the stated intention of attending grad school at Stanford in the mid-90s.

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While Vice President Kamala Harris led Trump among Hispanic voters overall, 54% to 40%, each candidate got 47% support among Latino men, a marked difference from the 26-point lead Harris had among Latinas. “After that photo, there was controversy in the family, there was controversy with friends, but we didn’t care.”For Republican political consultant Mike Madrid, the Republican gains in Latino support especially among men are a long-term trend. Madrid, author of “The Latino Century” and co-founder of the anti-Trump super PAC The Lincoln Project, said he’s increasingly seen Latino voters become pocketbook voters. Democratic political strategist Chuck Rocha, founder of the bilingual political consulting firm Solidarity Strategies, said he disagrees with the notion that Latino men voting Republican is a sign of a long-term trend. He said he watched Harris’ interview on Fox News, but nothing she says would change his support for Trump.

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“Kamala is weak, dishonest, and dangerously liberal, and that’s why the American people will reject her on November 5th.”The Harris campaign declined to comment for this article. “Well, I’m clearly a woman,” Harris told NBC News in her interview Tuesday. Before becoming vice president, Harris was elected three times statewide in California, first as attorney general and then as a U.S. senator. Polling shows younger Black men, while still backing Harris overall, have shown historic interest in the Republican candidate this election cycle. “She’s not concerned about being the first,” the Harris campaign official said.

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And on Thursday, Harris delivered an unscheduled speech focused on former Trump chief of staff John Kelly confirming Trump praised Adolf Hitler’s generals. The Harris campaign argues that the plan will tip some final undecided voters — a chunk of which are disaffected Republicans or independents. The Harris campaign says it is also focused on understanding what messaging could impact the small number of undecided voters that remain in key battleground states. “The two most motivating messages for Democratic turnout are those around abortion and democracy.”Some Harris campaign officials echoed that argument. Still, some Democrats who have worked with Harris worry there is too much focus on Trump and not on Harris’ unique skills and vision.

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MIAMI — With less than two weeks before the presidential election, NBC News and MSNBC checked in with a group of voters in Florida’s Miami-Dade County, where 69% of its residents are Latino. In the six months that followed, the race changed drastically, with Biden dropping out of the race and Vice President Kamala Harris becoming the Democratic presidential nominee. The conversation took place as Harris and Trump criss-cross the country amid an evenly split presidential race, with both candidates appealing to the growing Latino electorate in appearances at separate town halls. We wanted to know how these voters are thinking about the race now and the issues that matter to them. They also discussed the urgent need to find common ground — and lower the temperature of the political rhetoric.

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☆ Trump and allies spread false noncitizen voting claims and World Series preview: Morning Rundown
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( Elizabeth Robinson | Elizabeth Robinson Is A Newsletter Editor For Nbc News | Based In Los Angeles. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +10 min

A World Series matchup for the ages is set to begin. The teams haven’t met in the World Series since 1981, and there are a host of other benchmarks that make this series extra exciting. Sports reporter Rohan Nadkarni explains the significance of this year’s Fall Classic and what to watch for:⚾ What makes the 2024 World Series so exciting? “Nevada” by YoungBoy Never Broke AgainRead more about the 2024 World Series. The report coincidentally comes on the eve of the World Series, one of the biggest sporting events in the U.S.

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☆ Hillary Clinton says Trump is ‘more unhinged, more unstable’ than in 2016
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( Piper Hudspeth Blackburn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday that former President Donald Trump is now “more unhinged, more unstable” and more dangerous than when she faced him in the 2016 presidential election. “I think that she’s running her campaign based on a lot of the lessons that we have learned over the last eight years. First and foremost, how incredibly dangerous Donald Trump is. That wasn’t maybe as clear as it should have been back in 2016. “Well, first of all, I don’t think she has Jim Comey in the wings waiting to kneecap her.

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☆ Elon Musk has spent more than $130 million on Trump and the GOP this year
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk's publicly disclosed spending for Trump and Republicans has exceeded $130 million. He also gave $10 million to a Mitch McConnell-aligned super PAC that helps elect Senate Republicans. AdvertisementElon Musk has now spent more than $130 million this year to elect Donald Trump and other Republican candidates, according to documents filed with the Federal Election Commission on Thursday. After pouring nearly $75 million into America PAC between July and September, Musk contributed another $43.6 million to the super PAC in the first two weeks of October. AdvertisementAltogether, Musk's publicly reported spending exceeds $130 million, though it's possible he's spent more than that on the election.

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☆ NASA chief calls for investigation into report that Musk and Putin have spoken regularly
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( Shania Shelton | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on Friday called for an investigation into a Wall Street Journal report that SpaceX founder and Donald Trump ally Elon Musk and Russian President Vladimir Putin have been in “regular contact” since late 2022. Musk also held his own town halls last week in Pennsylvania, where he urged voters to support Trump and promoted several debunked conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. The two have publicly discussed a potential government role for Musk. In recent days, Musk also offered splashy, $1 million daily sweepstakes for swing-state voters that has drawn scrutiny from the US Justice Department. Despite a warning from the Justice Department that the payments might be illegal, Musk’s super PAC awarded two $1 million prizes to registered voters in Michigan and Wisconsin on Thursday.

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☆ Ohio GOP candidate in key Senate race uses anti-recording tech to combat 'trackers'
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Bernie Moreno is hoping to unseat Sen. Sherrod Brown in a race that will help decide Senate control. Now, his campaign is deploying anti-recording technology against "trackers" who try to record him. Moreno's campaign acknowledged using an anti-recording device in a statement to BI but said the device was only being used against trackers, not regular event attendees. It's unclear exactly which device the Moreno campaign is using, but it resembles a microphone jammer available online for roughly $400. The former GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley even weighed in, writing on X: "Are you trying to lose the election?"

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☆ Elon Musk is going 'founder mode' in his bid to get Donald Trump elected
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( Tim Paradis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Musk is now deploying his trademark intensity, money, and norm-smashing to elevate a brand beyond his business empire: Donald Trump. Musk going Founder Mode is compelling to many. It could mean more of them become invested in Trump's campaign than might have otherwise, Ferrari Braun said. Ferrari Braun said Musk uses his celebrity to get people to buy into a vision. "He's trying to do the same thing for the election," Ferrari Braun said.

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“They unleashed an army and of migrant gangs waging a campaign of violence,” said Trump, who regularly employs dehumanizing language when talking about undocumented immigrants. We're like a garbage can for the world.”Immigration has been a major focus for Trump throughout the campaign, highlighting on stories about undocumented immigrants committing crimes and blaming them for a surge in violence. “Like, let’s just fix this thing.”Arizona is among a handful of swing states expected to ultimately determine the race between Trump and Harris. Early in-person voting began in the state earlier this month, which has drawn visits from both Trump and Harris. Recent public polling has show Trump with a slight advantage in the state, but within the margin of error.

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☆ Breaking down the the yawning gender gap dividing Gen Z: From the Politics Desk
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-24 | by ( The Politics Desk | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +12 min

In today’s edition, we break down our latest poll showing how Gen Z voters are viewing the presidential race in the final days. And among young voters who say they will vote in the presidential election in November, Harris leads 56%-36%, a 20-point advantage. Within Gen Z, though, there are notable divisions among different groups — and the gender gap is particularly significant. Men (46%) were more likely to say Trump has the right temperament to serve as president, compared with women (30%). Read more →Future Forward, a Democratic super PAC backing Harris, has been quietly running millions of dollars in Spanish-language ads aimed at Latino voters.

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Since late August, six of his town halls have been moderated by a prominent woman in politics or media. So far, Trump has partnered on town halls with Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee; Govs. (A virtual town hall with self-help guru Tony Robbins was canceled this month because of Hurricane Milton.) Former ESPN anchor Sage Steele is one of the women who have moderated recent Trump town halls. Elijah Nouvelage / AFP - Getty ImagesThe town halls have provided memorable and, at times, awkward moments.

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➡️ In a CNN town hall, Harris called Trump a “fascist” and said he suggested he is unfit for office. Earlier in the day, she blasted Trump’s reported praise of Hitler. ➡️ The Harris campaign says it’s preparing for a deluge of litigation before and after Election Day. ➡️ Seven maps show how Trump, Harris and their running mates are dividing their time in critical swing states. ➡️ Trump’s reported racist insult about a slain Mexican American soldier has drawn backlash and staunch denials.

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