Alan Smith ran as a write-in Democratic candidate in 2022 because he wanted answers from his state senator, Jake Hoffman, one of the 11 Arizona Republicans who signed a fake electoral certificate declaring that Donald Trump had won the state in 2020 after President Biden won the state by 10,457 votes. “I did not want him unopposed. I wanted them to spend some money. I wanted him to have to put up a fight. I wanted him to try to explain himself,” Smith said. He didn’t get that satisfaction, in large part because Hoffman did not debate him, so in…
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When Morrow ran for school board in 2022, she referred to public schools as ‘indoctrination centers.’ Now she wants to control North Carolina’s education system as state superintendent. She has never worked in a public school and has referred to them as “indoctrination centers.” She attended the riot at the U.S. Capitol and called for former President Donald Trump to use military force to stay in power. She has been known to use hashtags affiliated with the conspiracy theory QAnon. Yet after defeating the incumbent in a Super Tuesday primary, Michele Morrow is the Republican nominee for North Carolina superintendent. Morrow will be running against Democrat Maurice (Mo) Green.…
Robert De Niro is opening up about fatherhood — and former President Donald Trump. During an appearance on “Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace” on Friday, he talked with the former Fox News host about his work-life balance as one of Hollywood’s most recognizable actors. “I think of it that way. I mean, I was busy of course, but I always loved my kids,” De Niro said, adding that “I’m trying my best. I’m going to put on my gravestone, ‘I tried my best.'” De Niro welcome his seventh child, daughter Gia, last year. He is also dad to Drena, 51, and Raphael,…
The Taylor Swift effect brought new fans to America’s biggest sporting event this past winter. Will the pop star’s endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris after Tuesday night’s debate drive more votes in the year’s biggest election? Yes, says Resonate, a data and intelligence company that analyzes trillions of online interactions. Typical polling extrapolates the pulse of American voters from a few hundred or thousand responses. The Reston, Virginia, company uses its AI modeling system to develop its own insights on 250 million people. Resonate says 2.3 million Americans in battleground states are more likely to be swayed by celebrity endorsements. Those people may be rethinking…
Harris is tiptoeing around the positions on issues that won her elections in California and cautiously testing what voters will grab onto and what they will reject. You may have heard Maya Angelou’s powerful saying, “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” Sometimes, when other people tell you who a person is, you should believe them, too. Especially if the person in question doesn’t want to tell you who they really are. That is the case with Vice President Kamala Harris. In an interview Sunday on “Meet the Press,” Sen. Bernie Sanders, a progressive independent from…
Firefighters used 50,000 gallons of water to put out a fire after a Tesla employee driving a 2024 Tesla Semi tractor crashed the truck on a California interstate last month and the vehicle caught on fire. The findings were part of a preliminary report the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued on Thursday. The thousands of gallons of water were used to “extinguish the flames and cool the vehicle’s batteries,” the report read. The fire broke out around 3:13 p.m. on Aug. 19 on Interstate 80 in Emigrant Gap, California, about 70 miles northwest of South Lake Tahoe, the NTSB said in…
ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Latino voters in 2020 were part of the Democrats’ mainstay coalition that catapulted Joe Biden to the White House. But many say they have not heard this year from either major party’s presidential candidates. Vice President Kamala Harris has a little more than seven weeks to turn the tide in her favor in battleground states such as Pennsylvania, Nevada and Arizona following her abbreviated campaign for president, and to do so she’ll need more Latino votes than she’s currently getting. Pennsylvania has seen a fast-growing Latino population in the state, where white and blue collar workers are shrinking in key Democratic strongholds like the…
Colt Gray, the 14-year-old accused of shooting four people dead at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, brought a gun to school in his backpack and hid in a bathroom before he took it out and opened fire, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said Thursday. Gray hid the whole gun used in the shooting into his backpack because it “could not be broken down,” according to a news release from the GBI. The morning of the shooting, a teacher allowed Gray to leave class with the backpack after Gray asked to go to the front office to speak to someone, the GBI said.…
The overwhelming vote to reject a contract deal is expected to halt operations in the Seattle area – the hub of Boeing’s commercial plane manufacturing – and disrupt the company’s supply chain. Key Points Of the roughly 30,000 union members, 96 percent of them voted in favor of the strike. Boeing’s proposed deal included a pay rise of 25% over four years, which was far lower than the 40% workers had demanded. The decision also comes as Boeing faces intense scrutiny from regulators and customers amid a series of crises, including when door panel blew off a 737 Max Alaska…
Chad McQueen, son of the legendary fellow Hollywood actor Steve McQueen, has died. He was 63. Chad McQueen’s family announced his death on social media Wednesday, calling his life a “remarkable journey.” “He passed his passion, knowledge and dedication down to us and we will continue not only his legacy but our grandfathers as well,” they captioned an Instagram photo of McQueen in a classic convertible on his verified account. McQueen died Wednesday, his lawyer, Arthur Barens, confirmed to The Associated Press. A cause of death has not been shared. McQueen is best known for his role as Dutch in 1984’s “The Karate Kid”…
LONDON − Russia’s FSB security service said on Friday it had pulled the credentials of six British diplomats in Moscow after accusing them of spying and sabotage work, signalling the Kremlin’s anger at what it sees as London’s vital role in helping Ukraine. Britain described the accusations as “completely baseless,” saying it was a tit-for-tat action after the UK expelled the Russian defence attache and removed diplomatic status from several Russian properties in May. Russia announced the expulsions hours before talks in Washington between British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and President Joe Biden, a crucial step towards winning the go ahead for Kyiv to…
Tua Tagovailoa’s bad night took a turn for the worse as the Miami Dolphins quarterback exited his team’s 31-10 loss against the Buffalo Bills on Thursday night in the third quarter with a concussion. On a fourth-and-4 play from Buffalo’s 13-yard line, Tagovailoa scrambled up the middle as he attempted to get a first down. The Dolphins’ quarterback dove headfirst ahead of the first down marker but was hit by Bills safety Damar Hamlin. It appeared Tagovailoa hit his head on Hamlin’s body during the tackle. Tagovailoa stayed on the grass for a few moments. He was eventually helped off the field and escorted to the locker room…
When Donald Trump brought up false claims about cat-eating migrants in this week’s presidential debate, Kamala Harris burst into laughter. It might have been an effective debate technique for the vice president as she challenged the former president’s political positions. But psychologists and extremism experts say everyday Americans are better off not meeting a loved one’s conspiracy theories with ridicule. “We don’t want to shame people for believing in a false narrative,” said Sara Aniano, a disinformation analyst with the Anti-Defamation League’s Center on Extremism. For one, belittling the believer isn’t generally an effective way to convince someone that a story isn’t true. Fact-based…
North Korea provided a rare glimpse Friday of a secretive uranium-enrichment facility where it produces material for its nuclear weapons program when it released several images of its leader Kim Jong Un touring the site. The photos, published by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency, show Kim walking past rows of centrifuges and being briefed by military officials and scientists at the Nuclear Weapons Institute. Kim expressed “great satisfaction” and “felt strong” when he inspected the facility and its accelerating production of weapons-grade nuclear materials, according to an accompanying statement released by KCNA. North Korea’s leader also stressed the need for…
The claim: Kamala Harris bragged about destroying lives ‘with the swipe of my pen’ An Aug. 30 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows video of Vice President Kamala Harris giving a speech. “This video needs to be seen by everyone,” reads text alongside the video, which originally appeared in a post on X formerly Twitter. “Harris describes how she could WRECK YOUR LIFE ‘with the swipe of my pen.’ And she brags about it. And glorifies what she can do to you. She is a power hungry tyrant. This woman can not be allowed near power.” The post was liked…
Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman and the city’s police have announced arrests and addressed Donald Trump’s claims that a Venezuelan gang is ‘taking over.’ Following former president Donald Trump’s comments during Tuesday’s debate regarding a Venezuelan gang invading a Colorado city, the mayor of Aurora and its local police leaders announced several arrests and addressed the Republican presidential nominee’s claims. Aurora police have arrested 10 alleged members of the Tren de Aragua, a large criminal organization from Venezuela, and charged them with various offenses — including first-degree assault, aggravated assault, shootings, a hit-and-run crash, a domestic dispute and other instances of assault, according to a Facebook…
Doug Emhoff’s potential ascent to the supporting role of first gentleman signals to men throughout the country that there’s more to their identity than their work. PITTSBURGH, Pa. ― Vice President Kamala Harris walked off Air Force 2 and into the wind. Her husband, second gentleman Doug Emhoff, was right behind. She flashed a broad smile and waved at the crowd before grabbing onto the railing. Emhoff offered his arm. Harris was the most powerful woman in the country. She was also his wife. The couple descended, step by step, until they reached the bottom together. Emhoff had seen his spouse through…
More than 2,500 children and teens between the ages of one and 17 died by a firearm in 2022, according to a new report published on Thursday. Firearms were the leading cause of death for children and teenagers in the United States for the third consecutive year, with homicides accounting for the majority of gun deaths among the age group, a new report found. The report — published Thursday by the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions — analyzed the latest data on gun violence from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which revealed that more than 48,000 people across…
A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected former President Donald Trump’s request to freeze a court ruling that allows his New York hush money criminal sentencing to go forward on Nov. 26. The ruling at issue came from federal trial Judge Alvin Hellerstein, who said he wouldn’t remove the case from the hands of New York trial Judge Juan Merchan and block Trump’s upcoming sentencing. In its short Thursday order, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit seconded Hellerstein’s ruling. It said it was denying Trump’s “emergency” request in light of the sentencing delay he has already gotten. Trump was initially scheduled to be…
TUCSON, Arizona — Donald Trump attacked Kamala Harris as a “communist,” promised to remove taxes from overtime pay and doubled down on unfounded, dramatic claims of migrant crime during lengthy remarks at an event in Tucson. The former Republican president held his first post-debate campaign event Thursday, where he recapped his recent debate against Harris and unveiled his latest proposal aimed at addressing voter frustrations with the economy. “It’s time for the working man and woman to finally catch a break and that’s what we’re doing,” Trump said. “If you’re an overtime worker, if you’re past 40 hours a week…