In the sultry days of summer 2020 as Donald Trump contemplated a second term, his aides engaged in a quiet conversation with members of the emerging digital media about an audacious idea. The goal was to bypass the traditional news media who monopolized the White House Correspondents Association press room at the White House and […]
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Migrants in Mexico terrified of a Trump win
“I love Kamala Harris,” a young Venezuelan man declared as he rested on the side of a highway in southern Mexico last week. His belongings were heaped at his feet. Hundreds of fellow migrants stretched out along the roadway in both directions. They’re headed for the U.S. and nearly all of them have an opinion […]
Whoever loses will face political party upheaval
The Republican and Democratic parties are both facing a crossroads in Tuesday’s election, which is likely to determine the direction each takes over the next few years. If former President Trump defeats Vice President Harris, he would secure the transformation of the GOP from the pro-trade, pro-immigration and globalist party that former President Reagan epitomized […]
Whoever wins is sure to face a divided nation
In a race to the wire, Vice President Harris will return to Pennsylvania today after focusing on younger voters in Michigan Sunday where she touted “momentum.” Former President Trump returns today to North Carolina, Michigan and Pennsylvania after campaigning Sunday in the Tar Heel State and Georgia. The usually-jaunty former president conceded Sunday to ABC […]
Will the blue wall splinter this year?
On Sunday, the last New York Times-Siena College poll before Tuesday’s election found Harris and Trump are tied in Pennsylvania and Michigan. The vice president has a 2-point lead in Wisconsin, but that finding is within the survey’s sampling error. Real Clear Politics polling averages present similar results. Harris is leading in Michigan and Wisconsin […]
Celebrities are glamorizing smoking again
Brat summer might be over as we grapple with how dark it is at 4pm, but the concept of being a brat – “pack of cigs and a Bic lighter”, according to the singer Charli XCX – lives on. There’s Rosalia gifting Charli XCX a bouquet of cigarettes on her birthday, Addison Rae smoking not […]
Did Trump menace Cheney with a firing squad?
No one knows how Election Day will turn out. But if the press’s panicked behavior this week is any sign, including its false claim that former President Donald Trump called for Republican critic Liz Cheney to be executed by firing squad, things won’t go well for Vice President Kamala Harris. A confident team doesn’t resort […]
Zelensky urges west to stop “watching” and help
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged its allies to stop “watching” and take steps before North Koreans troops deployed in Russia reach the battlefield. Zelenskyy raised the prospect of a preemptive Ukrainian strike on camps where the North Korean troops are being trained, and said Kyiv knows their location. But he said Ukraine can’t do it […]
Wealthy Americans planning to bail after election
A growing number of wealthy Americans are making plans to leave the country in the run-up to Tuesday’s election, with many fearing political and social unrest regardless of who wins, according to immigration attorneys. Attorneys and advisors to family offices and high-net-worth families said they’re seeing record demand from clients looking for second passports or […]
Harris calls Trump ‘Fascist’; her crew believes it
As she sits in the homestretch of her presidential campaign, Vice President Kamala Harris has followed in the footsteps of many of her political predecessors by labeling her opponent as a “fascist.” From former President Donald Trump labeling Harris as “Lyin’ Kamala” to President Joe Biden responding to Trump’s campaign rally in Madison Square Garden […]
Environmentalists push for more dam removal
Anti-dam activists have been gaining a lot of traction. According to activist group American Rivers, 80 dams were removed in 2023, which was up from 65 the previous year. Among the dams removed this year were four dams along the Klamath River, a 257-mile long river in southern Oregon and northern California which saw the […]
Kamala mum on student loan forgiveness
President Joe Biden repeatedly touted his plans for student debt cancellation while campaigning for reelection earlier this year. But it’s an issue that Vice President Kamala Harris has avoided speaking about since replacing Biden at the top of the Democratic ticket. Her platform briefly mentions it, saying that she will continue “working to end the […]