Election 2024

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Weird Reality of 2024: Both Sides Confident of Victory

Allies of both Trump and Harris optimistic about next Tuesday's vote

(Newser) - Well, somebody's wrong. The coin-toss nature of the 2024 election is demonstrated in two competing narratives in major news outlets on Tuesday.
  • For Trump: Axios reports that Donald Trump allies in the world of MAGA "appear supremely confident" that he will win re-election. The piece includes a tweeted
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Trump Gets a Key Ally Back From Prison

Steve Bannon is released after serving 4 months for contempt of Congress

(Newser) - Steve Bannon is a free man again, just in time to help with a final election push. The Donald Trump ally was released from prison early Tuesday after serving four months for contempt of Congress amid its investigation of the Capitol riot, reports CNN . "I'm not broken, I'...

Bezos Pens 909-Word Defense of WaPo Decision

Meanwhile, newspaper loses 200K subscribers after stopping endorsements, per report

(Newser) - Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos defended his decision to block the newspaper from endorsing a presidential candidate, via a 909-word op-ed published in the Post . In Bezos' view, most people today believe the media to be biased, and endorsements aren't helping. He says polls show the public now trusts...

GOP Loses on Mail Ballots Before Nevada Supreme Court

Votes without visible postmark can be counted until Nov. 8

(Newser) - The Nevada Supreme Court ruled Monday that mail-in ballots with smudged, indecipherable, or missing postmarks can be counted for up to three days after polls close on Election Day. The state's highest court rejected a bid by state and national Republicans, Donald Trump's presidential campaign, and a voter,...

Washington Post Columnist Quits Over 'Terrible Mistake'

Michele Norris speaks out against decision not to endorse candidate

(Newser) - Michele Norris, calling the Washington Post's decision not to endorse a candidate a "terrible mistake," has become the latest columnist to quit the paper. In a post on X Sunday, Norris said she was resigning from the newspaper she loves because the "decision to withhold an...

Minnesota Woman Charged With Voting-Related Felonies

Authorities say she tried to submit a ballot for her dead mother, an 'ardent' Trump supporter

(Newser) - A northern Minnesota woman accused of trying to submit a mail ballot for her recently deceased mother has been charged with three felonies. Authorities say the case shows how routine election safeguards thwart the rare instances of attempted voter fraud.
  • Officials in Itasca County, about 200 miles north of Minneapolis,
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Drop Box Fires in 2 States Destroy Hundreds of Ballots

Fires were set in Portland, Oregon, and across the river in Vancouver, Washington

(Newser) - The FBI and other agencies were investigating Monday after early morning fires were set in ballot drop boxes in Portland, Oregon, and in nearby Vancouver, Washington, where hundreds of ballots were destroyed. The Portland Police Bureau reported that officers and firefighters responded to a fire in one ballot drop box...

Philadelphia DA Sues Musk Over $1M Giveaways

Progressive Larry Krasner calls it an 'illegal lottery scheme' to sway voters for Trump

(Newser) - The district attorney in Philadelphia has sued Elon Musk to stop his $1 million daily giveaway to registered voters, reports ABC News . DA Larry Krasner says Musk and his America PAC are running what is "indisputably an unlawful lottery," reports NBC News . Musk has given away at least...

Kamala Harris Challenges Trump to Cognitive Test

Vice president is making his age a larger part of her closing message

(Newser) - Donald Trump has been taking shots at Kamala Harris' intelligence on the campaign trail, and the vice president tells CBS News she'd be happy to take a cognitive test—and "would challenge him to take the same one." In the interview, Harris says Trump is "increasingly...

This Election Is Really Stressing Everyone Out
This Election Is Really
Stressing Everyone Out
THE RUNDOWN
Oct 28, 2024 7:01 AM CDT

This Election Is Really Stressing Everyone Out

77% of respondents to APA survey say future of US is a source of significant stress this election cycle

(Newser) - If the looming election has given you a perpetual knot in your stomach, you might be glad to know you're not alone. Per the American Psychological Association's "Stress in America" report for 2024, 77% of adults surveyed say the future of the United States is a significant...

Trump Campaign: We Didn't Like the Puerto Rico Joke

And more from Sunday's Madison Square Garden event

(Newser) - A comedian's speech at Donald Trump's Sunday night rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City was being widely described as racist by media outlets. As the Hill reports, Tony Hinchcliffe, whose stage name is Kill Tony, at one point said:
  • "I don't know if
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Melania Trump Surprises Attendees at Trump's NYC Rally

Former first lady makes her first speech of this election cycle

(Newser) - Melania Trump made her first rally speech of this election cycle Sunday night at her husband's Madison Square Garden event. The Hill calls it an "exceedingly rare" appearance by the former first lady, and notes that Donald Trump's campaign did not list his wife among the speakers...

Other Newspapers Have Made Presidential Endorsements

Boston Globe goes with Harris, New York Post picks Trump

(Newser) - While the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post have decided to sit this one out , other major publications have made endorsements in the presidential election. Here's a sampling, per the Hill . Donald Trump has been endorsed by:
  • The Washington Times : "There will be single-issue activists who bemoan
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Washington Post Cartoonist Skewers Her Own Newspaper

Decision not to endorse a presidential candidate is drawing internal flak

(Newser) - The decision by the Washington Post not to endorse a candidate in the 2024 presidential race is being roundly criticized—by the Washington Post. Or at least by some prominent staffers of the newspaper owned by Jeff Bezos.
  • Cartoon: Pulitzer-prize-winning illustrator Ann Telnaes published a cartoon titled "Democracy Dies
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Court Delivers Blow to Mississippi's Mail-In Voting

Appeals court says ballots arriving after Election Day are null; ruling likely won't affect Nov. 5 vote

(Newser) - A conservative federal court said Mississippi can't count mail-in ballots that arrive shortly after Election Day, though Friday's decision wasn't expected to affect the Nov. 5 election. Although the appellate judges firmly asserted that counting late ballots violates federal law, even if those ballots are postmarked by...

There&#39;s a Disturbing Trend in Political Donations
There's a Disturbing Trend
in Political Donations
longform
Oct 26, 2024 10:00 AM CDT

There's a Disturbing Trend in Political Donations

Both parties are benefiting from strategies that exploit seniors with dementia, reports CNN

(Newser) - A CNN investigation has uncovered a troubling trend in political fundraising, one in which elderly Americans—particularly those with dementia—are unwittingly becoming major donors to campaigns. Both parties have benefited from the practice, which often begins with a small online donation to a candidate. But once the hooks are...

Beyonce at Harris Rally: 'I'm Here as a Mother'

Singer appears in Houston to stump for VP

(Newser) - "I'm not here as a celebrity, I'm not here as a politician. I'm here as a mother," Beyonce said at a Houston rally for Kamala Harris' presidential campaign on Friday night. "A mother who cares deeply about the world my children and all of...

In Surprise, Washington Post Won't Endorse

Newspaper follows the lead of Los Angeles Times , and not everyone is happy

(Newser) - The Los Angeles Times isn't the only major US newspaper steeped in Election 2024 controversy . Now, the Washington Post has also stepped into the fray, like its West Coast counterpart refusing to endorse a presidential candidate—something the paper hasn't done since the late '80s. "We...

Harris' Closing Message Takes a Turn

She's depicting Trump as a dictator, a shift from more optimistic tone when she entered race

(Newser) - Kamala Harris' message about Donald Trump has gotten darker as Election Day nears. She has embraced the Trump-is-a-fascist message—on a podcast , by supporting comments made by former Trump chief of staff John Kelly to that effect, and at a televised town hall . The outlet Vox sees it as a...

In 2 New Polls, Some Worrying Signs for Harris

WSJ finds unfavorable views of her prevail, as NYT finds limited support for her administration

(Newser) - If Kamala Harris is still feeling the party vibe , this might end it. The vice president and former President Trump are neck-and-neck in the final New York Times/Siena College national poll of the election, released Friday, which the Times casts as a "not encouraging" sign for Harris. The poll...

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