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☆ 111 Republican former officials endorse Harris, say Trump is 'unfit to serve'
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-18 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally at the Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina, on September 12, 2024. More than 100 Republican former lawmakers and officials endorsed Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris, while warning that their own party's candidate, former President Donald Trump, is "unfit to serve again." The group, which includes former Trump administration officials as well as those who served under former Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. They acknowledged many Republicans' concerns about Harris and preference for Trump. Eight former members of Congress also endorsed the Democratic ticket of Harris and Minnesota Gov.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Harris, Trump, Ronald Reagan, George H.W, Bush, George W, William Webster, John Negroponte, Carla Hills, Robert Zoellick, Donald Trump's, irresponsibly, Tim Walz Organizations: Democratic, Bojangles, Republican, U.S . Capitol, Trump, New York Times, CIA, FBI, Minnesota Gov Locations: Charlotte , North Carolina, U.S, Harris

☆ Economic worries boost Trump’s Hispanic support in battleground Nevada
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-17 | by ( John King | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Which is not true.”Las Vegas-based real estate agent Zoila Sanchez photographed outside of her home in Henderson, Nevada. Sanchez is confident, insisting the energy she sees for Harris outweighs the increased Trump talk among fellow Hispanics. “I feel the Democrats take the Hispanic vote for granted here in Vegas or in Nevada,” Cerros said. “She came up with immigrant parents, which to me, it’s amazing for someone like that to come up and be able to be president,” Munoz said. Nevada also elected a Republican governor in 2022, and Munoz believes that makes it more hospitable climate for Trump this year.

Persons: Zoila Sanchez, ” Sanchez, Kamala Harris, “, ”, Donald Trump, “ I’ve, Jacqueline Kalil, CNN Trump, Sanchez, …, Joe Biden, Harris, Rogelio Regalado, Rafael Cerros Jr, Cerros, ” Cerros, CNN “, ’, Regalado, ” Regalado, “ It’s, Hajji, ” Hajji, Henderson, Zena Hajji, who’s, Biden, haven’t, Antonio Munoz, Penny, Trump, Munoz, ” Munoz, ” Antonio Munoz, ” Harris Organizations: Nevada CNN, Las, Reagan Republican, CNN, Trump, ”, Taco Bar, Biden, Republican Locations: Henderson, Nevada, Las Vegas, Henderson , Nevada, –, Spanish, Vegas, Israel, El Mercado, America

His comments come at a pivotal moment for the Secret Service. The Trump campaign asked the Secret Service for increased security on Monday morning, two sources familiar with the request told NBC News. It's not clear how the Secret Service has responded to that request. “The president is aware that he has the highest levels of protection that the Secret Service provides.”“We constantly evaluate based on threat,” he added. “The Secret Service operates under a paradox of zero fail mission but also that we have done more with less for decades,” he said.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Butler, ” Ronald Rowe, ” Rowe, Ronald Reagan, Trump, Ryan Wesley Routh, Routh, Rowe, “ I’ve, ”, “, Joe Biden, Sen, J.D, Vance, Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, Evy Poumpouras, Barack Obama, George W, Bush, Anthony Cangelosi, John Kerry, Biden, don’t, doesn’t, Cangelosi Organizations: “, Secret Service, Trump, FBI, Service, NBC News, United Nations General Assembly, Minnesota Gov, MSNBC, Pennsylvania Locations: Butler , Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, West Palm Beach , Florida, Minnesota

☆ TikTok has 15 minutes to fight for its life
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

The law Biden signed seeks to ban TikTok on Americans’ personal devices unless its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, quickly sells TikTok to someone else — which may effectively end the app as we currently know it. TikTok will not get the luxury of a full trial to argue for its continued existence in its current form. But it won’t be alone: A group of TikTok creators also suing the Biden administration will go next, with 10 minutes to speak. Court filings show that TikTok and US national security officials had hammered out a draft proposal to address the security concerns. The question is whether all that amounts to enough influence over ByteDance and TikTok to gain access to US TikTok users’ data, in spite of the guardrails promised by Project Texas.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, TikTok, Sri Srinivasan, Judge Neomi Rao, Donald Trump, Douglas Ginsburg, Reagan, ’ TikTok, “, ”, Chris Inglis Organizations: CNN, Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, Oracle, Justice Department, Independent, Project Texas, Federal Communications Commission Locations: China, United States, ByteDance, U.S, Beijing

☆ Elon Musk's ideas about government efficiency are all wrong, political scientists say
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-14 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

But two political scientists told Business Insider that Musk's desire to run the US government like a private business — an approach many private sector professionals have supported for decades — isn't as foolproof as the CEO might think. AdvertisementTrump, a businessman turned politician, based much of his first presidential campaign on the notion that his experience in the private sector would guide his approach to politics. "In the private sector, the motive is profit. "But inefficiency in the private sector isn't the same." Advertisement"A business isn't really self-correcting, at least not as easily as government is," Crouse said.

Persons: —, Elon, Trump, Musk, Hillary Clinton, he's, it's, Patricia Crouse, Grose, Al Gore, Cynthia Johnson, Ronald Reagan, George W, Bush, isn't, Elon Musk, Crouse Organizations: Service, Summit, Business, Trump, University of New, University of Southern, Reinventing, Community Initiative, Washington, Twitter Locations: Los Angeles, University of New Haven, University of Southern California, Reaganomics, Texas, Pennsylvania, America

☆ The inside story of how Sandra Day O’Connor rebuffed pressure from Scalia and others to overturn Roe v. Wade
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Joan Biskupic | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

Handwritten notes from Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's papers on a major abortion case in 1989. The correspondence and notes foreshadow where O’Connor landed in the 1992 Planned Parenthood v. Casey case, when Justice Anthony Kennedy, hostile to Roe v. Wade in 1989, was ready to join O’Connor in upholding Roe. Accelerating the tensions all around was the time pressure of the Missouri case. O’Connor wrote that Kennedy said, “Roe is just flawed analytically” and that he wanted to “return this debate to democratic process” in the states. Library of CongressDraft opinion language from Justice John Paul Stevens he sent to Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.

Persons: Sandra O’Connor, eviscerate Roe, Wade, O’Connor, Roe, Antonin Scalia, William Rehnquist, Rehnquist, — Webster, Reproductive Health Services —, ” Rehnquist, Sandra Day, George H.W, Reagan, bristled, ”, Scalia, John Paul Stevens, Gerald Ford, Casey, Anthony Kennedy, Dobbs, Samuel Alito, Webster, Kennedy, “ Nino, ” Scalia, ” O’Connor, “ Roe, O’Connor’s, Roe “, Byron White, “, Byron, Sandra, Nino, Tony …, White, Sandra Day O'Connor, Congress O’Connor, bemoaning, overruling Roe, ” Stevens, reexamine Roe, reconsidering Roe, Stevens, Stevens ’, inched, John . ”, ’, William Brennan, David Souter, Bush Organizations: CNN, Reproductive Health Services, Congress, Library, O’Connor, Stanford Law School, Roe, Chicago, Stevens, Kennedy Locations: Missouri, Roe, Bush, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Phoenix, Minnesota

☆ The US drinking age law could be a model for fixing the housing crisis
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

So, they tend to use federal funding to reward housing policies they like. One example of the kind of bold federal law that some point to as a model has nothing to do with housing. In a recent op-ed in the New York Times, Harvard economist Edward Glaeser argued that the next administration should implement a housing construction law that follows the model of the Drinking Age Act. Metcalf, who also pointed to the drinking age law as a model for a housing mandate, conceded that the politics of it would be tricky. "The key question would be whether Congress has overstepped the blurry line between inducement and coercion," Hemel told Business Insider.

Persons: —, Ronald Reagan, Edward Glaeser, Glaeser, Ben Metcalf, Kamala Harris's, Metcalf, Daniel Hemel Organizations: Service, Business, Republican, New York Times, Harvard, Terner Center, Housing Innovation, UC Berkeley, Democratic, New York University, Hemel Locations: Washington

☆ Inside the media circus that still surrounds America's presidential debates
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-11 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Related storiesThe media center, set in a cavernous convention center hall the size of a football field, could have been anywhere. Shapiro finishing an interview with CNN in the spin room. Rep. Robert Garcia in the spin room. And most of us understand that the spin room is a manifestation of the unholy mixture of news and entertainment that's often inescapable as a national reporter. If you care what Anthony Scaramucci has to say about anything, as the Harris campaign apparently thinks you might, then he's on hand.

Persons: Doug Burgum, Donald Trump's, Burgum, Kamala Harris, It's, Trump, Harris, Bryan Dozier, —, Ronald Reagan's, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Josh Shapiro, Shapiro, Chip Somodevilla, it's, We're, Robert Garcia, Joe Biden's, Garcia, Matt Slocum, surrogates, Matt Gaetz, Donald Trump, Vivek Ramaswamy, Lindsey Graham of, Anthony Scaramucci, Khizr Khan, Ramaswamy, Sean Hannity, Lindsey Graham, Tim Scott of, Kevin Dietsch Organizations: Service, Pennsylvania Convention Center, GOP, Variety, Pennsylvania Convention, Getty, National Constitution, CNN, Twitter, AP, Star, Democratic, Fox News, Trump Locations: California, Pennsylvania, Florida, Sen, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Sens, Tim Scott of South Carolina

☆ The debate didn’t sway some voters CNN talked to, but others know exactly who they’re backing now
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-11 | by ( John King | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Joan London knew when Tuesday’s debate began she would not vote for Donald Trump. Until this week’s debate in Philadelphia, though, she planned to honor her conservative principles and write in some other Republican. Her decision to back Vice President Kamala Harris was the most significant shift in the reaction we received from this group of voters during the debate and in its immediate aftermath. “Trump came off as irrational and desperate.”Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during the presidential debate at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia on September 10. Doug Mills/The New York Times/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesOther Harris voters delighted in her success distracting and rattling Trump.

Persons: Joan London, Donald Trump, “ Harris, ”, Ronald Reagan’s, Nikki Haley, Trump, Kamala Harris, Chris Mudd, “ Trump, Kamala, ” Lisa Reissman, Harris, ” Reissman, Saul Loeb, Joe Biden, Biden, Davette Baker, Larry Malinconico, “ Kamala Harris, Linda Rooney, Haley, Rooney, “ She’s, ” Rooney, “, “ Kamala, Cynthia Sabatini, ” Sabatini, Sabatini, “ I’m, Antonio Munoz, Munoz, ” Munoz, Zoila Sanchez, Sanchez, “ Donald Trump, ” Allen Naparalla, Naparalla, Doug Mills, Marvin Boyer, Donald, Natalya Orlando, Priscilla Forsyth, “ Kamala Harris ’, Rachel Kulak, Jaclyn Taylor, “ Kamala didn’t, ” Billy Pierce, ” Debbie Katsanos, Betsy Sarcone, Stanley Tremblay, we’ve, ” Gina Cilento Organizations: CNN, Republican, South Carolina Gov, “, Trump, GOP, National Constitution Center, African American Democratic, Lafayette College, ” Voters, Harris, Media, Reagan Republican, Las, New York Times, Bloomberg, Getty, Trump loyalists, Democratic Locations: London, Berks County, Philadelphia, United States, Ukraine, Russia, Cedar Falls , Iowa, Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Northampton County , Pennsylvania, Delaware County, Las Vegas, Nevada, Cedarburg , Wisconsin, “, New Hampshire, Sioux City , Iowa, Richmond , Virginia, Iowa, South Carolina

A Delta aircraft clipped the tail of another plane Tuesday morning at an Atlanta airport. Video taken at the airport appears to show the Endeavor plane with its tail hanging off the side of the aircraft. There are no reports of injuries and maintenance crews are evaluating for damage, Delta Air Lines said. The Delta flight was headed to Tokyo and the Endeavor Air flight to Lafayette, Louisiana. A damaged Endeavor Air plane on the tarmac at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport after a collision Tuesday.

Persons: Delta, Ronald Reagan, Nathan Pike Organizations: Delta, Hartsfield, Jackson Atlanta International, Endeavor Air, Federal Aviation Administration, Endeavor, Delta Air Lines, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, JetBlue, Southwest Airlines, NBC News, American Airlines, FAA Locations: Atlanta, Tokyo, Lafayette , Louisiana, Ronald Reagan Washington

☆ James Earl Jones, iconic voice of Darth Vader in ‘Star Wars’ and Mufasa in ‘The Lion King,’ dead at 93
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-09 | by ( Brandon Griggs | Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

“I lucked out.”Back then nobody imagined “Star Wars” would become a blockbuster, let alone an enduring franchise and cultural phenomenon. James Earl Jones and Darth Vader during "Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones" premiere event. Jesse Dittmar for The Washington Post/Getty Images Jones, seen here in 1960, was born in Arkabutla, Mississippi, in 1931. Steve Ringman/San Francisco Chronicle/Getty Images Jones appears with Alec Baldwin in a scene from "The Hunt for Red October" (1990). The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images Jones appears next to Darth Vader, who he famously voiced in the "Star Wars" movies.

Persons: James Earl Jones, Jones, Darth Vader, King ”, ”, Bob Iger, “, ” Jones, George Lucas, David Prowse, “ George, Lucas, Vader, Jim Spellman, WireImage, ‘, you’ve, Luke Skywalker, Mark Hamill, ” Hamill, He’ll, ’, ’ ”, Robert Earl Jones, James, Langston Hughes, Bettmann, Stanley Kubrick’s “, Strangelove, Jack Johnson, Tony, Sidney Poitier, Alex Haley, TV’s, Thulsa, Conan, ” Kevin Costner’s, Admiral Greer, Costner, Jones ’, King Jaffe Joffer, Wan Kenobi, Mufasa, “ L.A, Law ”, King James, Rachael Ray, ” James Earl Jones, Jesse Dittmar, William Shakespeare's, Stanley Kubrick's, Julienne Marie, Alan Aaronson, Harry Benson, Richard Nixon, Julie Harris, Angela Lansbury, Jerry Orbach, Muhammad Ali, King Lear, Jack Mitchell, Paul Robeson, Robeson, Hulton, Marlon Brando, Ronald Reagan's, AP Jones, Thulsa Doom, Everett, Steve Ringman, Alec Baldwin, Nick Ut, George H.W, George H.W . Bush, Bush, Doug Mills, Cecilia Hart, Flynn, Paul Simon, Chita Rivera, Laura Bush, George W, Alex Wong, Grace, Chris Haston, Rosa Parks, Faith Ringgold, Richard Drew, Kevin Wolf, Matt Rourke, Debbie Allen, Evan Agostini, Forest Whitaker, Kevin Winter, Vanessa Redgrave, Daisy, Sara Krulwich, Astrid Stawiarz, Marian Anderson, Matt Slocum, Grant Lamos IV, Steven Senne, John Atashian, Jones “, …, Arthur Miller Organizations: CNN, “, Walt Disney Company, American Film Institute, ‘, University of Michigan, Army, Disney, The Washington Post, US Army, Newspapers, Broadway, CBS, Getty, New York Daily, Daily, ABC, Walt Disney Television, Everett, Hulton Deutsch, AP, San Francisco Chronicle, Mondadori, Arts, Kennedy, NBC, Elementary, NBA, National Constitution Center, Screen, New York Times, Harvard University, Globe, Academy of Locations: “, Michigan, Mississippi, New York, Hollywood, America, “ The, African, Iowa, Arkabutla , Mississippi, New, Vietnam, Washington , DC, George H.W ., Montgomery, Independence, Philadelphia

CNNOver the last few decades, a growing number of Christians have left traditional, predominantly White evangelical churches. The post-evangelical movement predates former President Donald Trump’s political rise, but has been accelerated by his alliance with White conservative evangelical leaders. White evangelicals have been a key part of the Republican coalition since the 1980s. The exit polls estimated that 26% of 2016 voters and 28% of 2020 voters were White evangelicals. Still, Trump has maintained overwhelming support among White evangelicals since consolidating their support during the 2016 Republican primary.

Persons: North Carolina CNN — Larissa Miller, Billy Graham, Graham, she’d, ’ ” Miller, Miller, She’s, Larissa Miller, Donald Trump’s, It’s, who’ve, –, Kamala Harris, Trump, Harris, ”, Matt O’Neil, Christian, Donald Trump's, Jordan Gale, Randall Balmer, “, I’ve, David Gushee, Flamy Grant, televangelists, Shawn Bowers Buxton, ” O’Neil, MAGA, they’re, Critics, Karoline Leavitt, Joe Biden, ” Trump, Ralph Reed, Jimmy Carter, ” Reed, Ronald Reagan, “ There’s, Jesus, James Talarico, we’re, Donald, Doug Pagitt, God, ” Miller Organizations: North Carolina CNN, CNN, Fox News, Trump, –, Watershed, Republican, Public Religion Research, New York Times, Episcopal, Dartmouth College, Mercer University, Trump –, News Service, Trump ”, & Freedom Coalition, Republicans, Democratic, White, Texas Democrat Locations: Charlotte, North Carolina, White, American, Cedar Rapids , Iowa, ”, Charlotte’s, Chantilly, Watershed, Charlotte , North Carolina, Independence, Israel, Texas, Georgia, Michigan , Wisconsin, Pennsylvania

☆ At the DNC, Harris and Democrats took back the American flag
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( Alice Tecotzky | Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Though Republicans have branded themselves as the party of capital-P patriotism since the Nixon years, Democrats sought to reclaim American pride this week. A striking number of this year's speakers focused on military might and distinctly American values, from Harris herself to Iraq war veterans. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. For the past decade, Loge said that Democrats have been "shy" or "embarrassed" about embracing classic American patriotism, but that Harris and Walz are attempting to reframe the association with the flag. "Democrats serve too," Kauffman told Business Insider.

Persons: —, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Nixon, Harris, MAGA, Peter Loge, Obama, Loge, Trump, Peter Kauffman, Hillary Clinton, Tim Walz, Wes Moore, Trump's, Ronald Reagan, it's, Moore, I'm, Ruben Gallego, you'll, Gallego, Leon Panetta, Osama bin Laden, George Lt, Gov, Geoff Duncan, Walz, they're, Kauffman Organizations: Service, United Center, Republicans, Business, Democratic, School of Media, Public Affairs, George Washington University, America, Navy, Gov, US Army National Guard, National Guard, Maryland Gov, Senate, Army, Republican, DNC Locations: Iraq, America, Ruben Gallego of Arizona

The biggest chunk – about $1.9 million – was spent by Trump’s campaign and fundraising committees on a Trump-owned company that operates his jet. Karoline Leavitt, a spokesperson for Trump’s campaign, said that “committees are paying the fair market rate for all venues and services” provided by Trump businesses. The dynamic of candidates shelling out thousands on Trump’s businesses while vying for his endorsement – which can make or break Republican campaigns – is an example of how politics has boosted his businesses’ bottom line. About 150 congressional candidates have reported spending campaign funds at Trump businesses, including some Democrats in the years before his first presidential bid. Walker’s campaign spent a total of nearly $215,000 at Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s West Palm Beach golf club and his Las Vegas hotel.

Persons: Donald Trump, Bernie Moreno, who’d, wasn’t, glitzy, Trump, spender, who’ve, Moreno, Herschel Walker, Kari Lake, Trump’s, Karoline Leavitt, –, “ He’s, ”, Daniel Weiner, Brennan, New Jersey Sen, Robert Menendez’s, Delaware Sen, Chris Coons, Joe Biden, Jeff Dean, AP Moreno, J.D, Vance, ” Moreno, Kimberly Guilfoyle, Donald Trump Jr, David B, Cohen, ” Cohen, Reagan McCarthy, “, Walker’s, Walker, Scott Paradise, Sean Rayford, spenders, Lake, John Gibbs of, Vernon Jones of, Kathleen Clark, St . Louis, ” Leavitt, It’s, Weiner, ” Weiner, Lara Trump, hawking, Donald Trump's Mar, Joe Raedle, MAGA, Laurence Leamer, Lago, Leamer, ” Leamer, “ It’s, Steve Contorno, Kyung Lah, Alex Leeds Matthews, Alayna Treene Organizations: CNN, Ohio’s Senate, Trump’s, Florida, Republican, Republicans, GOP, Trump, Georgia Senate, Arizona, Mar, Republican Party, New, Trump National Golf Club, Ohio Senate, Senate, Twitter, University of Akron, Las, Former Republican, The Washington Post, Washington University, Super, TAG Air, Inc, Boeing, “ Trump Force, Brennan, Republican National Committee, RNC, Fund, National Republican Congressional, White Locations: Ohio’s, Lago, Georgia, Trump, New Jersey, Virginia, Delaware, Florida, Vandalia , Ohio, Ohio, Cleveland, Palm Beach, Las Vegas, Arizona, Majewski, John Gibbs of Michigan, Vernon Jones of Georgia, Mar, St ., Palm Beach , Florida, American

☆ Why Slurs Are Back in Left-Leaning, Liberal Language
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( Julia Pugachevsky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

A few weeks ago, I started asking left-leaning people their thoughts on slurs being peppered into everyday conversations. An inclusive eraKayla Cash, a 31-year-old PR manager, grew up using words she now considers offensive. Some of the language felt ubiquitous; she remembers the 2004 release of "Let's Get It Started," the Grammy-winning Black Eyed Peas hit that was originally released as "Let's Get Retarded." It was billed as discussions between two "bohemian layabouts" who called out performative aspects of progressive politics — while using language more often associated with the right, such as that offensive term for someone with intellectual disabilities. Looser language and new rulesEveryone I talked to for this story had rules for which words they would and wouldn't say.

Persons: It's, I've, Kayla Cash, Cash, Obama, Ari Lightman, Lightman, Seth MacFarlane, Kevin Hart, Robbie Goodwin, would've, Donald Trump, Goodwin, Reagan, who've, Zach Beauchamp, Ezra Klein, Beauchamp, Joe Rogan, Elon Musk Organizations: University of Idaho, Rosa's Law, Twitter, Carnegie Mellon University, New York Times, Yorker, Vox, Democratic Locations: Vietnam, Brooklyn

☆ Private jet flights are down 15% in two years as Covid-era demand wanes
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-16 | by ( Robert Frank | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Private jet flights fell 15% in the first half of the year compared with their peak in 2022, as the industry grapples with waning demand and a new competitive landscape for high-end travel. Despite a short boost from the Summer Olympics, with a record 713 private jet flights to Paris the last week of July, the private jet industry continues to lose altitude this travel season. Jet It, a large U.S. private jet operator, shut down last year after grounding its fleet of Phenom 300s, Gulfstream G150s and HondaJets. Private jet passengers who paid six figures for flights started facing delays and cancellations as operators couldn’t buy or lease planes fast enough. “Prices are about 20% higher than they were in 2019,” Private Jet Card Comparisons' Gollan said.

Persons: Washington's, J, David Ake, Robert Frank, Covid, Rob Wiesenthal, George Mattson, VistaJet, Thomas Flohr, Doug Gollan, ”, Jay Duckson, —, ‘, I’m, Gollan, Travis Kuhn, “ It’s, ” Gollan, Berkshire Hathaway, ” Kuhn, “ Organizations: Gulfstream, Washington's Reagan National Airport, Getty, Private, Summer, Argus International, Blade Air Mobility, Delta Air Lines, CNBC, Industry, Central Business Jets, Companies, Jefferies, Argus, Berkshire Locations: Arlington , Virginia, Paris, U.S, Covid, Argus, “

☆ Opinion | Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Jamelle Bouie | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In just a few months, Trump may join the exclusive club of two-time presidential losers. Of course, it is still too early to make any real prediction about November. But the sharp reversal in Trump’s electoral fortunes raises an obvious question worth thinking about now: If Trump loses, and perhaps especially if he loses badly, what comes next for the Republican Party? One of the defining attributes of his leadership of the Republican Party is the extent to which he has so thoroughly reshaped Republican identity while leading Republican politicians to a string of national election defeats. Following Trump’s surprise win in 2016, Republicans either lost or underperformed in 2018, 2020 and 2022.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan, Trump’s, George H.W, Bush, Doug Mastriano Organizations: Republican Party, Trump, Republican Locations: — Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, Kari Lake, Arizona, Pennsylvania

☆ Fact check: Trump made at least 20 false claims in his conversation with Elon Musk
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Daniel Dale | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +34 min

Here is a fact check:CrimeTrump claimed, “Our crime rate’s going through the roof.”Facts First: Trump’s claim is false. Facts First: Trump did express uncertainty about the number, but his “like 60 million or something” claim is false. They take ‘em out, and they bring them to the United States.”Facts First: Trump’s claim is baseless. He said, “With Ukraine, so we’re in for $250 billion and they’re in for about $71 billion.”Facts First: Trump’s claim is false. But Trump’s claim that the US has committed or provided far more aid than Europe is not true regardless.

Persons: Donald Trump, –, Elon Musk, Kamala Harris, Trump, Jeff Asher, ” Anna Harvey, “, we’ve, ”, Biden, Gary Griggs, Griggs, Harris, Harris “, ” Trump, wasn’t, Alejandro Mayorkas, Breitbart, ” Roberto Briceño, Venezuela’s, León, Joe Biden, ” Michelle Mittelstadt, can’t, Steven Cheung, Congo ’ Trump, Patrick Muyaya Katembwe, ” Serge Mombouli, Barack Obama’s, Obama, Obama’s, We’ll, Ukraine Trump, Europe Trump, Trump’s, Mike Pompeo, ” Pompeo, China, you’re, ‘, Iran haven’t, ” Matt Smith, Biden’s, Smith, Ali Vaez, Ronald Reagan’s, Barack Obama, George W, they’d, Scott Gottlieb, ” Gottlieb, General Merrick Garland, Musk, Alvin Bragg’s, Matthew Colangelo, Colangelo, Bragg, CNN’s Tami Luhby, William Montes Organizations: Washington CNN, Republican, Democratic, Public, New York University, CNN, Major Cities Chiefs Association, Biden, Global, Trump, NASA, Meteorological Organization, University of California, Oceanic, Fox News, The New York, White, Homeland, Central, “, Border, Venezuelan, of, Patrol, Republicans, Migration, Institute, Breitbart, Congo, PAC, Central America Trump, Obama, Customs Enforcement, Policy Institute, ICE, El Salvador, Electoral, Ukraine, Kiel Institute, European Union, European Automobile Manufacturers ’ Association, State, Americas, Crisis, Federal, Defense Department, Food and Drug Administration, FDA, Justice Department, New Locations: Trump’s, Santa Cruz, Gulf of Mexico, Florida, Mar, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, United States, Mexico, Venezuela, “ Venezuela, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Africa, Republic of, Washington, Europe, Ukraine, Germany, Kiel, ”, EU, Iran, Lebanon, Israel, China, that’s, Kpler, Malaysia, Afghanistan, Asia, Fulton County , Georgia, Manhattan, New York

☆ Podcast: Japan's quest for the most powerful microchip leads semiconductor revival
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Arjun Kharpal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +25 min

At the end of [the] 1980s, Japanese companies accounted for like 51% of the global semiconductor market. So by doing this ... one thing undercut Japanese semiconductor chip makers' competitiveness in the global market. Another thing [is] that [it] forced open [the] Japanese semiconductor market to foreign players, and this creates opportunity for the U.S., South Korea and Taiwan. And Japanese companies are trying to both develop their own capacity but also attract phone companies to establish fabs there. So by collaborating with international companies, Japanese companies can leverage their existing technology and manufacturing techniques to expand their global share as well.

Persons: Tom Chitty, Fei Xue, Tom Chitty Well, Arjun, Kharpal Fei, Reagan, Arjun Kharpal, Fei, it's, TSMC, Fei Xue Yes, Rapidus, Arjun Kharpal Fei, they're, there's, ASML, you've, He'd, Tom Chitty Fei, Arjun Arjun Kharpal, Tom, Tom Chitty We'll Organizations: TSMC, Rapidus Corporation, Samsung, Economist Intelligence Unit, Economist Intelligence, The Economist, Economist, East, International Relations, U.S, U.S ., Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, IBM, Apple, EV, Japan, Nvidia, Micron, Sony, Nintendo, Canon, South, Samsung Electronics, Tokyo, Screen Holdings Locations: Japan, Taiwan, U.S, Netherlands, Tokyo, beyondthevalley@cnbc.com, East Asia, Fei Xue Japan, South Korea, Japan's, Kyushu, Kumamoto Prefecture, TSMC, That's, China, Kumamoto

☆ These Pennsylvania voters illustrate Harris’ suburban challenge
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( John King | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

“A ‘Never Trump’ Republican,” Carty said. “When Biden was on the ticket, I was going to vote for Trump,” Carty said. “Definitely I have more friends saying they’re leaning toward Harris,” Carty said. “My street was rock-ribbed Republican,” Sabatini said in an interview at her home in Media, Pennsylvania. And I don’t plan to vote for him in 2024.”The question is, will she vote for Harris or cast another write-in ballot?

Persons: Bala, Pennsylvania CNN — Carol Carty, Ronald, Reagan, ” Carty, “, Donald Trump, –, it’s, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Trump, Carty, Biden, …, Kamala Harris, Nikki Haley, Harris ’ ascendance, Carol Carty, CNN “, Carty isn’t, Harris, Ohio Sen, JD Vance, Vance, Walz, “ I’m, ”, she’s, Harris ’, Tim Walz, ‘, Harris Cynthia Sabatini, ” Sabatini, George H.W, Bush, Sabatini, Susan Collins of, ” Biden, Harris “, … There’s, ” Joan London, Haley, London, “ I’ve, Condoleezza Rice, Ann Coulter, Elizabeth Dole, Michael Pesce, ” Pesce, It’s, Pesce, John King, ” Harris Organizations: Pennsylvania CNN, today’s Republican Party, Republican Party, Republican, Democratic, GOP, Trump ’ Republican, Trump, CNN, South Carolina Gov, Reagan Republicans, Republicans, Minnesota Gov, ”, Pennsylvania, White, Democratic Party, Bucks County . CNN Locations: Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Montgomery County, Bala, Harris . Pennsylvania, Shore of Maryland, Delaware County, Media , Pennsylvania, Susan Collins of Maine, London, Berks County, Republican County, Newtown, Bucks County, Bucks County .

☆ What Donald Trump Calling Kamala Harris a ‘Communist’ Shows - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Paul Krugman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Donald Trump has been using an ugly word to describe Vice President Kamala Harris. For example, Elon Musk, in a post on X, declared “Kamala is quite literally a communist,” demonstrating, among other things, that he quite literally doesn’t know the meaning of “literally.”Now, Harris obviously isn’t a communist. So why does Trump say that she is? Well, red-baiting, like race-baiting — which Trump also does when it comes to Harris — is very much part of the American political tradition. In these countries, politicians like Harris, who supports a free-market economy with a robust social safety net, are known as social democrats.

Persons: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Elon Musk, “ Kamala, Harris, Trump, Harris —, Ronald Reagan, It’s Organizations: Coffee, Communist

☆ Opinion | Trump, by the Numbers
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Maureen Dowd | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

As long as I’ve covered Republican campaigns, there has been racial fearmongering: Dark-skinned people are coming to hurt you. Bush, it was Willie Horton. Liberals would give more criminals like Horton furloughs, so they could break into your house and rape your girlfriend. With George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, it was Arab terrorists. With Donald Trump, it was migrants swarming over the border from Central and South America with the intent to rape and kill, as well as the racist “birther” conspiracy about “Barack HUSSEIN Obama.”

Persons: Reagan, ”, George H.W, George H.W . Bush, Willie Horton, Horton furloughs, George W, Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Trump, Barack HUSSEIN Obama Locations: George H.W ., America, Central, South America

David Dempsey in front of gallows at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. United States District Court"Dempsey was one of the most violent rioters, during one of the most violent stretches of time, at the scene of the most violent confrontations at the Capitol on January 6, 2021," prosecutors wrote in their sentencing memo. David Dempsey stomps on officers on Jan. 6, 2021. David Dempsey swings a pole at officers on Jan. 6, 2021. More than 1,400 people have been arrested in connection with the Jan. 6 attack, and prosecutors have secured more than 1,000 convictions.

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☆ Republicans for Harris launches, aiming for Biden-like appeal to anti-Trump voters
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( Edward-Isaac Dovere | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Weatherford had just started gearing up with the Republicans for Biden effort in June when the race took a turn. Bill Weld (the 2016 Libertarian nominee for vice president who then challenged Trump in the 2020 Republican primary), former New Jersey Gov. Harris aides have quickly announced changes to many of her previous more liberal positions. A print production specialist at a print shop in Tucson, Arizona, cuts a run of yard signs in support of Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign on July 25, 2024. “We want Republicans talking to Republicans,” Weatherford said, “because we think that’s the best way to make it work.”

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☆ Appeals court: Separate, distinct minority groups can’t join together to claim vote dilution
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | 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: +2 min

NEW ORLEANS — Distinct minority groups cannot join together in coalitions to claim their votes are diluted in redistricting cases under the Voting Rights Act, a divided federal appeals court ruled Thursday, acknowledging that it was reversing years of its own precedent. At issue was a redistricting case in Galveston County, Texas, where Black and Latino groups had joined to challenge district maps drawn by the county commission. Circuit Court of Appeals initially upheld the decision before the full court decided to reconsider the issue, resulting in Thursday’s 12-6 decision. “Nowhere does Section 2 indicate that two minority groups may combine forces to pursue a vote dilution claim,” Jones, nominated to the court by former President Ronald Reagan, wrote. “To reach its conclusion, the majority must reject well-established methods of statutory interpretation, jumping through hoops to find exceptions,” Douglas wrote.

Persons: Edith Jones, ” Jones, Ronald Reagan, “, ”, Dana Douglas, Joe Biden, ” Douglas Organizations: Circuit, Supreme, Democratic, Republican, “, Union Locations: Galveston County , Texas, New Orleans, Texas , Louisiana, Mississippi, Galveston

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