Kamala Harris raised $361 million in August, nearly three times as much cash as Donald Trump disclosed raising last month. Since taking over the Democratic ticket, the vice president has absolutely clobbered Trump in the fundraising race — bringing in about two and a half times as much money as …
Read More »Bernie Sanders on How Harris Can Beat Trump by Running on the Economy
Thisarticlewas produced by Capital & Main. It is co-published by Rolling Stone with permission. In a presidential contestthat has left heads spinning, one truth has remained unchanged: it’s the economy, stupid. Poll after poll shows that economic concerns are the top priority for voters following a pandemic-fueled recession and the …
Read More »'What the Hell': White House Slams Trump's Incoherent Child Care Response
Former President Donald Trump, a father of five, was asked on Thursday what he would do to lower the cost of child care should he win in November — and his answer was baffling. Following a speech at the Economic Club of New York, Trump was asked what specific legislation …
Read More »E. Jean Carroll Opens Up About Taking on Trump in Court and Winning — Twice
F rom where E. Jean Carroll was standing in a U.S. District courtroom in Lower Manhattan, the tea leaves were not auspiciously arranged. The jury had reached a verdict far too quickly. They’d deliberated for less than three hours — barely enough time for Carroll and her legal team to …
Read More »Trump Bashes His Lawyers During Wild E. Jean Carroll Rant
Donald Trump may have opened himself up to even more charges of defamation by author E. Jean Carroll — and probably pissed off his lawyers in the process. On Friday, the former president attended court in New York to appeal a 2023 verdict that found him liable for sexually abusing …
Read More »Trump's Hush-Money Sentencing Delayed Until After Election
Sentencing for Donald Trump’s conviction on falsification of business records related to a hush-money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels has been postponed until after the election. In a Friday decision, Judge Juan Merchan ruled that “sentencing on this matter, if necessary, is adjourned to November 26, 2024, at 10 …
Read More »Celebs Serve Dinner at Glitzy Fundraiser in Support of Fair Restaurant Wages
At typical political fundraising dinners, enormous sums of money are funneled toward a candidate or cause, and not, perhaps, to the waitstaff bustling around with trays of food and drinks. Looking to make those typically underpaid workers the star of an event, One Fair Wage — an advocacy group representing …
Read More »Trump Tries to Convince America He's Not Weird and Totally Normal at Town Hall
Donald Trump proved to be exceptionally prickly when discussing his opponent Vice PresidentKamala Harris‘ running mate, Minnesota Gov.Tim Walz, during a town hall in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. When speaking to Sean Hannity for the Fox News event, Trump boasted about reports that the governor’s family members had endorsed him. Soon, however, …
Read More »Right-Wing Influencers Deny Knowledge of Russian Funding
Prominent right-wing influencers including Tim Pool, Dave Rubin, and Benny Johnson are claiming to be the victims of a fraudulent Russian political disinformation scheme exposed by the Justice Department on Wednesday. In an unsealed indictment, the DOJ charged two Russian citizens, Kostiantyn Kalashnikov and Elena Afanasyev, with acting as unregistered …
Read More »Ron DeSantis, Heritage Foundation Team Up to Kill Florida Abortion Measure
When Floridians fill out their ballots in November and consider whether to restore abortion access in the state, they will be presented with a series of right-wing claims and speculation about how the measure “would result in significantly more abortions and fewer live births per year in Florida,” could “require …
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