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It’s a distant memory now, but Donald Trump publicly supported single-payer health care. Vice President Kamala Harris did, too. Neither candidate backs the idea now. This easily accessible history didn’t stop Trump from attacking Harris on Thursday as if she still supports single-payer — with the former president arguing that it would be bad to do so. During a rambling press conference at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, Trump said of Harris: “She cosponsored legislation to abolish very popular private health insurance, which 150 [million] Americans rely on, dumping everyone onto inferior socialist government run health care systems...

Allowing women to vote was the great mistake, Prove me wrong.

Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows attempted to move the charges brought against him in an Arizona alternate electors case to federal court, according to court documents made public on Wednesday.Meadows, who served as the chief of staff for former President Donald Trump, unsuccessfully attempted to do the same thing in the Georgia election subversion case, where prosecutors allege Meadows was part of an illegal effort to overturn the 2020 election results in favor of Trump.The former chief of staff said his actions during the 2020 presidential election were performed while he was in a federal post, and...

Republican US. presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Thursday he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their last meeting in July to quickly end Israel's war in Gaza, but the former president also criticized ceasefire demands. "He knows what he's doing, I did encourage him to get this over with," Trump told reporters at a press conference on Thursday. "It has to get over with fast. ... Get your victory and get it over with. It has to stop, the killing has to stop."

Tim Walz LIED for 20 years and ALMOST Got Away With It.

After Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election, a handful of congressional Democrats objected to certifying his electoral victory. But, after some local election officials withheld votes to certify the 2020 presidential election for Joe Biden over concerns about that election’s administration, Democrats launched an intimidation campaign to force those officials to fall in line. Wielding prosecutions and threats of lawsuits, their message is clear: rubber-stamp election results or else.But it’s not just Elias who has weaponized the law to target election officials who dare to question the process or outcome of an election. Some of the most egregious examples...

Vance is one of the least popular vice-presidential picks this century. It's important to make a good first impression — whether you're on a first date, interviewing for a job or running to be vice president of the United States. And the two men who recently joined the Republican and Democratic presidential tickets have made very different first impressions. According to 538's new polling average of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's favorable and unfavorable ratings, the Democratic candidate for vice president has an unusual quality for a modern politician: He's well liked. As of Aug. 15 at 1 p.m. Eastern, 38...

“White people don’t use spices” is the Harris Campaign’s message with just 82 days until Election Day. Kamala Harris and her running mate stolen valor Tim Walz won’t speak to the press but they will post a racist, cringey ‘chat’ to YouTube. Harris and Walz sat down for a conversation about their campaign. They discussed “white guy tacos,” “hot peppers” and their childhoods. Kamala Harris has not given a press conference or answered any questions since she forced Joe Biden off the ballot 25 days ago. Tim Walz is also dodging the press like he dodged his deployment to Iraq....

Kamala Harris is going to make a major economic speech on Friday. A centerpiece will be plans to blame inflation on “price-gouging” in food, medicine, housing, and more, and to go after said price gougers with all the tools of the regulatory state. ... In 301 AD, the roman emperor Diocletian faced a large inflation. According to Mike Duncan’s history of Rome podcast which I’ve been listening to lately, that inflation, we now know, had a simple cause: The Empire didn’t have enough tax revenue to pay soldiers. Not paying soldiers was very bad for the longevity of emperors. So,...

The new and more dangerous strain of the mpox virus has been detected in Sweden, health authorities announced Thursday, marking the first time the pathogen has been found outside continental Africa. A person who sought clinical care in the Stockholm region was found to have mpox -- previously called monkeypox -- caused by the rapidly spreading variant known as Clade I, Sweden's Public Health Authority announced. The World Health Organization this week classified the spread of mpox Clade I in the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighboring countries as an international emergency and a threat to human health. It's the...

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The Israeli military has touted that their forces have killed more than 17,000 Hamas operatives in the Gaza Strip since the war began, with US officials saying the Jewish state has achieved “the vast majority” of its goals against the terrorists. IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said about 56% of Hamas’ estimated 30,000 forces have been wiped out since Israel waged war following the Oct. 7 massacre. Hagari said the blow has greatly affected Hamas’ ability to regroup and recover as small battalions have continued to resurface across Gaza after months of intense fighting. The latest death count is...

Hackers at a conference last weekend found numerous vulnerabilities in election machines while the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) confirmed that current voting systems to be used in the November election have not been tested by third parties for vulnerabilities.While many vulnerabilities were found in election machines at the conference, Georgia is set to use outdated election machines for the November presidential election, and the EAC doesn’t have a standard testing process in place to search out vulnerabilities in election equipment.At the annual DEF CON hacker conference in Las Vegas this past weekend, hackers hacked into election equipment from various...

Former President Donald Trump on Thursday directly responded to a proposed effort from the Biden administration to lower prescription drug prices that the president announced alongside Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday, likening her proposals to the policies of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.Biden on Thursday announced the move during an event in Prince George's County."Now, Kamala is reportedly proposing communist price controls. She wants price controls," Trump said at a press conference at his Bedminster, N.J., estate. "If they worked, I'd go along with it too. But they don't work. They actually have the exact opposite impact and effect, but...

Hello and happy Thursday. There are 81 days until the election, and today we are talking about stayin’ alive — for the Harris campaign, the Trump whatever-it-is and for us voters who have 11-plus weeks to go.And for democracy. Don’t forget democracy!First, I know you’ve seen the AI-generated video of Donald Trump and Elon Musk dancing to the Bee Gees’ “Stayin’ Alive.” Trump also posted it on his Truth Social, where truth goes to die. This bromance is hard to watch. Musk’s power and privilege seem to be veering him into Howard Hughes-weird territory, where his crazy theories are matched...

Semaj Wilkins, a freshman and varsity football player at New Brockton High School in Alabama, tragically passed away on Tuesday afternoon after collapsing during a routine football practice. He was only 14. According to Coffee County Coroner Arnold Woodham, Semaj was participating in drills when he suffered a medical emergency. Despite immediate medical attention and transport to Medical Center Enterprise, he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival ... Coffee County School System family is grieving the loss of a New Brockton High School freshman who passed away after a medical emergency late this afternoon. The Coffee County Sheriff’s Department and...

Voter registration among Republicans is four times higher than it is among Democrats in Pennsylvania, according to new data.Decision Desk data shows that GOP voter registration surged in July, with more than 21,000 Republicans signing up to vote. In contrast, only 5,000 Democrats registered to vote in July 2024.The data also shows that since November 2020, the number of Democrats registered to vote in the state has decreased by more than 320,000. Meanwhile, the number of Republicans registered to vote has also dropped, but by a much smaller margin, with 1,400 fewer voters since 2020.Pennsylvania is among the 30 states,...

Ukraine’s incursion into a sliver of Russia is likely to make it harder for Moscow to mount a major renewed offensive in Ukraine’s east and is the kind of surprise operation that could eventually impose real costs on the Kremlin, according to U.S. officials.The Ukrainian strike, and its continued success, could ultimately have strategic significance, though U.S. officials caution that they will need to see how it plays out to draw firmer conclusions. It could also help rebuild sagging morale among Ukraine’s troops and war-weary population, the officials said.The incursion, into the Kursk region of Russia, stands in stark contrast...

The New York City Council unanimously approved a plan that would radically transform a section of the Bronx, replacing low-slung industrial buildings with thousands of new apartments as the city contends with its worst housing shortage since the late 1960s.The rezoning plan will remake a 46-block corridor around the Morris Park, Van Nest and Parkchester areas, adding about 7,000 housing units near four new commuter rail stations, which are scheduled to be completed by 2027. In the years that follow a new neighborhood would emerge, made up primarily of mid- and high-rise residential towers.The plan is the latest rezoning to...

2024 Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump speaks at a 'Fighting Antisemtisim' event in Bedminster, New Jersey.