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McDonald's Tells Workers It Doesn't Endorse Political Candidates After Trump Visit

October 21, 2024 at 9:31 AM EDT McDonald’s Corp. said it’s not taking sides in the presidential election following Donald Trump’s visit to a Pennsylvania restaurant on Sunday. “McDonald’s does not endorse candidates for elected office and that remains true in this race for the next president,” the company said in an internal message seen by Bloomberg News. “We are not red or blue — we are golden.” The burger chain has been dragged into the election conversation in part because candidate Kama ...

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1 in 5 Republicans want Trump to call election invalid if he loses

12 hours ago Nearly one in five Republicans say that if Donald Trump loses the 2024 election, he should declare the results invalid and do whatever it takes to assume office, according to a new national survey. Why it matters: The growing number of Republicans willing to shun democratic norms — and possibly embrace violence — comes as Trump continues to falsely claim the 2020 election was stolen from him and is saying the 2024 election is already rigged. The survey from the nonpartisan Publ ...

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Ted Cruz Suffers Hit as Texas' Biggest Newspaper Endorses Rival

The largest newspaper in Texas endorsed Democrat Rep. Colin Allred for U.S. Senate on Monday, dealing another setback to Republican Sen. Ted Cruz in an already tight race. The Dallas Morning News criticized Cruz's lack of support for the bipartisan bills, including the border deal, the CHIPS and Science Act and the Infrastructure and Jobs Act, all of which Allred has supported. "On the items of crucial importance to our country, [Cruz] digs in in the most partisan mode possible, making no r ...

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Texas AG goes after Democratic fundraising as GOP outspent in key races

10/21/24 3:42 PM ET Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday called on federal regulators to make it more difficult for donors to use ActBlue, a popular progressive fundraising platform that has collected record donations for the Harris campaign. Recent polling by the University of Texas shows Vice President Harris within 5 points of former President Trump in Texas — the closest a Democrat has been to winning the state since the days of Bill Clinton. In a letter to the Federal Election Co ...

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US Supreme Court won't hear Michael Cohen bid to revive suit against Donald Trump

October 21, 2024 11:42 AM EDT Updated 5 hours ago WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a bid by Michael Cohen to revive a lawsuit accusing his former boss Donald Trump and various former federal officials of returning him to prison in 2020 in retaliation for penning a book critical of Trump, who was president at the time. Cohen, Trump's former lawyer and fixer, had appealed a lower court's dismissal of his suit, which sought monetary damages from Tr ...

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Trump proposals could drain Social Security in 6 years, budget group says

(Washington Post) A new report projects that the Social Security Trust Fund might run out of money within six years under a Donald Trump presidency, while Vice President Kamala Harris’s proposed policies would not meaningfully change the current trajectory. Social Security faces a looming funding crisis in an aging country, with trustees most recently predicting that the retirement and disability program’s trust fund will become insolvent in 2035. Many of Trump’s campaign proposals would accelerate that timeline, potentially by years, said the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a nonpartisan group that opposes large federal deficits.

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Trump calls Schiff and Pelosi 'enemy from within' even after allies defend past comments

(CNN) Donald Trump called Democratic Reps. Adam Schiff and Nancy Pelosi each “an enemy from within,” even as the former president’s Republican allies attempt to argue that his previous comments labeling political opponents as such are being misinterpreted. Fox News’ Howard Kurtz gave Trump an opportunity to clarify — “He’s a political opponent of yours, but is he an enemy?” — to which Trump responded, “Of course he’s an enemy, he’s an enemy.”

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Why many Democrats find this presidential campaign uniquely unsettling

(MSNBC) It’s not just that Trump’s four years in office were defined by unimaginable incompetence, venality, chaos and cruelty. It’s not just that he is a convicted felon who spurred an insurrection and still refuses to accept the results of the 2020 election. It’s not just that many Democrats can’t comprehend why anyone would want to return to those days. The larger and more disquieting issue is the campaign Trump is running right now: one that is as vile and as openly racist as any campaign in perhaps all of American history — and that includes his previous runs for the White House.

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Harris Sets Record for Biggest Fund-Raising Quarter Ever

(New York Times) Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign set a record for the biggest fund-raising quarter ever this fall, raising $1 billion in the three-month period that ended Sept. 30. Ms. Harris’s campaign and its allied party committees raised over $359 million in September alone, compared with the $160 million reported by former President Donald J. Trump’s campaign and allied groups. Ms. Harris and her groups entered October with over $346 million on hand; Mr. Trump’s aides said his campaign and its affiliated groups had $283 million. The vast gap between Ms. Harris’s and Mr. Trump’s committees was laid bare in new filings made with the Federal Election Commission on Sunday evening.

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Poll of Latino voters finds growing support for Harris; Trump tours N.C. storm damage

1 hr ago - By: Ariana Figueroa - October 21, 2024 3:17 pm WASHINGTON — A new poll released Monday by a civic engagement group found that Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris continues to grow her support with Latinos in critical battleground state ... (Nebraska Examiner)

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DLCC launches abortion ad blitz in Arizona and Pennsylvania

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Former Obama adviser: 'Trump is going to try to steal' election by Lauren Irwin - 10/21/24 9:29 AM ET

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Steve Bannon to be released from prison next week, Bureau of Prisons says, despite his attempts for earlier exit

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Philadelphia man charged with election threats to 'skin' and kill state party official

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Biden-Harris have a track record of real success in bringing manufacturing back to America. Trump's all-sticks-no-carrot

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Tim Walz says Trump is 'spiraling down,' pitches Harris' message of change

6 hrs ago - October 21, 2024, 2:20 PM Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, appearing on ABC's "The View" on Monday, gave a more definitive answer to a question his running mate Vice President Kamala Harris did not have an answer to at first: What policy would he have handle ... (ABC News)

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Michigan judge rebuffs GOP bid to block ballots of some overseas, military family voters

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McDonald's Tells Workers It Doesn't Endorse Political Candidates After Trump Visit

7 hrs ago - October 21, 2024 at 9:31 AM EDT McDonald’s Corp. said it’s not taking sides in the presidential election following Donald Trump’s visit to a Pennsylvania restaurant on Sunday. “McDonald’s does not endorse candidates for elec ... (Bloomberg)

Ted Cruz Suffers Hit as Texas' Biggest Newspaper Endorses Rival

7 hrs ago - The largest newspaper in Texas endorsed Democrat Rep. Colin Allred for U.S. Senate on Monday, dealing another setback to Republican Sen. Ted Cruz in an already tight race. The Dallas Morning News criticized Cruz's lack of support for the bipartisan b ... (thedailybeast)

Texas AG goes after Democratic fundraising as GOP outspent in key races

8 hrs ago - 10/21/24 3:42 PM ET Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday called on federal regulators to make it more difficult for donors to use ActBlue, a popular progressive fundraising platform that has collected record donations for the Harris campaign. ... (The Hill)

Viral attack on Walz features fake former student making false claim

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1 in 5 Republicans want Trump to call election invalid if he loses

8 hrs ago - 12 hours ago Nearly one in five Republicans say that if Donald Trump loses the 2024 election, he should declare the results invalid and do whatever it takes to assume office, according to a new national survey. Why it matters: The growing number of ... (Axios)

US Supreme Court won't hear Michael Cohen bid to revive suit against Donald Trump

9 hrs ago - October 21, 2024 11:42 AM EDT Updated 5 hours ago WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a bid by Michael Cohen to revive a lawsuit accusing his former boss Donald Trump and various former federal officials o ... (Reuters)