Early voting has brought with it a wave of harassment and violence against poll workers. As local officials and volunteers attempt to carry out the nation’s quadrennial exercise in democracy with as little disruptions as possible, extremist groups are once again preparing to challenge election results — and are prepared …
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Ricky Martin spoke about the importance of the Latino vote in the 2024 election and said he “could not be more proud” to rally alongside Kamala Harris at a major event in Philadelphia tonight, Nov. 4. “These stakes for Latinos in this election are higher than ever,” Martin said in …
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Billie Eilish took full advantage of the coincidental intersection between her Hit Me Hard and Soft tour route and the campaign trail this weekend when she performed in the key swing state of Georgia. Eilish played two shows at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, and during her first show …
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It’s a jam-packed Election Eve for the Harris-Walz campaign — and they’re bringing along some A-list stars. On Monday, the campaign will host concert rallies featuring Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Christina Aguilera, Eva Longoria, Ricky Martin, and Fantasia in crucial battleground states. Harris will spend her entire day in Pennsylvania. …
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“A Katy Perry marching band? This is going to be the gayest day ever,” says the curly-haired woman watching as a 17-piece group works their way through “Firework,” and then follows it up with a jaunty rendition of Kesha’s “Timber.” She chuckles. “I must be in the right place.” It’s …
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Timothy Snyder is a Yale history professor whose pamphlet, On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, provided progressives a historical road map for resisting the abuses of the first Trump administration. (First lesson: “Do not obey in advance.”) Snyder predicted that Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss could lead to …
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During Donald Trump’s second of three rallies on Saturday (with six total planned on the last weekend before Election Day), he told the audience in Salem, Virginia his pick for leading up health in his administration should he return to the White House would be Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Meanwhile, …
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The hurricane split pine trees like toothpicks. It chewed up chain link fences and laid highway billboards flat on their faces. It peeled the roof off Tropicana Field, where the Tampa Bay Rays play, and uncorked dozens of tornadoes, including one that ripped through a retirement community in St. Lucie …
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Michael Stipe performed at a Harris-Walz get-out-the-vote rally in Atlanta, Georgia on Sunday attended by Democratic vice presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz (MN) and second gentleman Doug Emhoff. He performed R.E.M.’s “Driver 8” from the band’s third album, 1985’s Fables of the Reconstruction. “Thank you for being here, and thank …
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Donald Trump and his allies in Congress and election offices throughout the country have a variety of tools to dismantle the will of voters and install Trump as president — Tuesday’s election results be damned. Much of the nation was shocked when attempts to overturn the 2020 election culminated in …
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