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A campaign official reportedly said Vice President Kamala Harris backed out of appearing on Joe Rogan’s podcast out of fear of backlash within the Democratic Party. The Financial Times reported on Wednesday that Jennifer Palmieri, senior advisor to second gentleman Doug Emhoff, said talks about Harris appearing on “The Joe Rogan Experience” fell through “because of concerns at how the interview would be perceived within the Democratic Party.” “There was a backlash with some of our progressive staff that didn’t want her to be on it, and how there would be a backlash,” Palmieri reportedly said. She added there was...

Hen Mazzig @HenMazzig: Images are emerging from the University of Rochester of "Wanted" posters being plastered on the walls. The wanted individuals? The University's Jewish faculty. So, what are students meant to do when they find the people on these signs?

Get more news on Create your free profile or log in to save this article Nov. 14, 2024, 4:00 AM CST By Natasha Korecki If Kamala Harris' campaign was known for anything, it was its blockbuster fundraising. In just a matter of months, it crossed the $1 billion mark, in a stunning and record-breaking pace. Now, less than a week since the vice president conceded the contest, it not only has run out of money, it’s still asking for more. The campaign emails and texts, known for their ubiquity throughout the election, aren’t expected to stop anytime soon.

Republican David McCormick is projected to defeat Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) in one of the nation’s preeminent battlegrounds, according to Decision Desk HQ, adding to the party’s margins after it took back control of the upper chamber earlier this week. The win by McCormick, a wealthy ex-hedge fund CEO, marked the culmination of a decade-long Republican effort to oust Casey. It also means the state’s representation in the Senate will be split, as it had been for the 12 years before Sen. John Fetterman’s (D-Pa.) victory in 2022. Casey had led throughout much of the campaign, though that lead narrowed...

I knew he voted red. He knew I voted blue. I had hoped the most capable and most inclusive candidate would win. He hoped his idea of a better America would win. He won, and, from where I stand, America lost. In the aftermath of Tuesday night’s results, still under the bed covers Wednesday morning, I scrolled social media looking for hope. I unfriended a few short-sighted FB friends— no need to continue our digital relationships and witness their selfishness and hate. Then I saw my husband’s post. “God Bless America. God bless #45, 47.” It had a few likes,...

Amid the ongoing controversy over a planned vigil commemorating Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the mayor of Mississauga, Ont., compared the deceased terrorist to Nelson Mandela during a council meeting on Wednesday.The city and Mayor Carolyn Parrish have come under fire for saying that the vigil is protected under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and for refusing to do anything to prevent it from going ahead on public property, at Celebration Square, on Nov. 26.

Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that Belfast is “reinventing itself” after the end of decades of conflict. The former US presidential candidate was speaking at the final day of the Global Innovation Summit 2024 at Queen’s University Belfast. The conference will be held at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, next October, which Ms Clinton said was a city that had also “risen again”. “You’ve heard so much over the course of the last few days about Belfast, another city that is quickly reinventing itself and one of the main reasons, I would argue, is because of...

GENEVA, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Russia is open to negotiations on an end to the Ukraine war if initiated by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, but any talks need to be based on the realities of Russian advances, Moscow's ambassador to the U.N. in Geneva told reporters on Thursday. Trump has repeatedly criticised the scale of Western aid to Kyiv and has promised to end the conflict swiftly, without explaining how. His victory in the Nov. 5 presidential election has spurred concerns in Kyiv and other European capitals about the degree of future U.S. commitment to helping Ukraine. "Trump promised to...

Mike Pence doesn’t approve of Donald Trump’s supposed plan to pardon Jan. 6 rioters and is “literally praying” that both the president-elect and his VP pick JD Vance honor their oaths when they take office. “I don’t think the president should pardon anyone who assaulted a police officer at the United States Capitol on Jan. 6,” the former vice president said at The Dispatch’s Summit 2024, according to a tweet shared by the outlet on Tuesday. “Karen and I are literally praying that President-elect Trump and Vice President-elect Vance will stand on the commitments that they will make when they...

[Catholic Caucus] Fr. Heimerl: Pope Francis leads a ‘magisterium of lies and heresy’ with his ‘Pseudo Synod‘In a nutshell, what Francis calls 'synodality' is just a complex system of lies, and the 'Synod on Synodality' was already a lie in itself. It was not a true 'Synod' because a quarter of the participants were not bishops, but lay people.(LifeSiteNews) — Perhaps you were also surprised when Pope Francis first claimed that “synodality” is part of the essence of the Church. After all, to this day, nobody knows what he means by this term, and it does not appear anywhere in...

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) signals to Senate Democrats to confirm as many judges as they can before they are out of power. Warren said, “Donald Trump is telling us what the criteria is for every one of these jobs and its complete loyalty to Donald Trump, not experience, not qualifications we would ordinarily consider, not how good you would be at this work, not loyalty to the people of United States or the Constitution. It’s absolute loyalty to Donald Trump. He’s making this clear...

Key Points Certain rules that reduce pensioners’ Social Security benefits have been in place for decades. House lawmakers voted to approve a bill that would nix those rules. Critics say more comprehensive Social Security reform should be prioritized instead. ********************************************************************* A bipartisan bill to change Social Security benefit rules for pensioners passed in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, with 327 lawmakers voting to support the measure. Now, the proposal heads to the Senate, where the chamber’s version of the bill has 62 co-sponsors, “surpassing the majority needed to pass the bill on the U.S. Senate floor and send it...

Alina Habba has ruled herself out of being Donald Trump's announcement despite speculation she was the front-runner. The firebrand attorney was thought to be a top contender for one of the most high-profile jobs in the administration. But on Thursday morning, she announced that she withdrew her name from consideration.

Danica Patrick has revealed how much she was paid by the Trump campaign for her support, as she hit out on Megan Thee Stallion's alleged hefty $5million payday from Kamala Harris. The former NASCAR driver, 42, threw her support behind the president-elect as she prepared to cast her first-ever ballot. Ahead of the 2024 election, Danica spoke at a Trump rally in Lititz, Pennsylvania, and also traveled with 45th president leading up to the day - free of charge.

CHICAGO, Aug 20 (Reuters) - After Kamala Harris secured the Democratic presidential nomination in an unprecedented party upheaval, she got some advice from former President Barack Obama: Tap the campaign talent pool that is out there; you can have anyone you want. Within days, Obama's former campaign manager David Plouffe and other high profile alumni from Obama's 2008 and 2012 election efforts joined her nascent campaign. "He just wanted her to know that she was in a position to recruit anyone she thought they needed," said a source familiar with Obama's and Harris' conversation.

A new documentary chronicling the life and times of President-elect Donald Trump has been released to rave reviews and huge audiences. 'The Man You Don't Know', directed by Christopher Martini, hears from close family members and friends including the likes of Hulk Hogan. The film, which is available to stream on Trump confidante Elon Musk's social media platform X, documents from his childhood up until the present day and was released prior to his election win.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Three people are now facing federal charges for allegedly staging a hate crime during the Colorado Springs mayoral race in 2023. In the early morning hours of April 23, 2023, a burning cross in front a campaign sign for then-candidate Yemi Mobolade was found at the intersection of Union and Fillmore. The sign had been defaced with a racial slur. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado (USAOC) now says the entire scene was a hoax, intended to make citizens think that there was a group of racists in Colorado Springs strongly opposed to...

A lot of you people sound nuts. So, it is unsurprising that a Donald Trump campaign ad featuring the tagline “Kamala is for they/them. President Trump is for you” was effective in the 2024 presidential campaign. Indeed, a pro-Kamala Harris PAC says the spot, which featured a clip of Harris endorsing state-funded sex-change operations for prisoners, “shifted the race 2.7 percentage points in Mr. Trump’s favor after viewers watched it.” Now, one suspects most normies aren’t only turned off by “they/them” because it’s grammatically mystifying or scientifically dubious. For many, “they/them” represents the 14,000 confused children who have been mutilated...

One person who will not be serving in President-elect Donald Trump's upcoming cabinet is his one time political rival Nikki Haley. But it was not because he vetoed the move as his recent post suggests - rather she did. Haley revealed new details about her communications with Trump's allies on Wednesday on her SiriusXM radio show 'Nikki Haley Live.' The one-time GOP presidential candidate and Trump's former ambassador to the UN claimed she has no interest in serving in his cabinet and made that clear.

Geraldo Rivera branded Matt Gaetz 'rotten' and 'creepy' as he unleashed on Donald Trump's attorney general pick. Even Republican lawmakers were shocked by the selection, setting up an early loyalty test as the new GOP-controlled Senate plans confirmation hearings. Gaetz, 42, is under an ethics investigation over claims of sexual misconduct, bribery and drug use - which he denies - and was also the focus of a sex trafficking probe involving a 17-year-old girl.