With just a week left in the 2024 US presidential election cycle, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are making their final pitches to voters across the country, particularly the battleground states.
On Monday, Trump was in Atlanta, Georgia, where he denied being a Nazi while continuing to spew hateful anti-immigrant rhetoric and took a swipe at former first lady Michelle Obama, saying she had been “nasty” to him in recent criticisms and ominously warning she had made “a big mistake” by doing so.
Meanwhile, Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen stumped for Harris in Philadelphia, with the 44th president taking aim at his Republican successor’s Madison Square Garden rally in New York and comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s racist joke about Puerto Rico.
In a possible setback for the Democrat, it has emerged that she was caught on a hot mic over the weekend discussing the race with Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and admitting: “We need to move ground among men.”
Trump will host another press conference at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday before the Vice President delivers a “closing argument” at the Ellipse in Washington DC, the site of his notorious “fight like hell” speech on January 6 2021.
Key Points
- Donald Trump insists he is ‘the opposite of a Nazi’ at Georgia rally
- Kamala Harris caught on hot mic admitting campaign struggles
- Democrat to deliver anti-Trump ‘closing argument’ at Ellipse in DC
- Barack Obama rebukes Trump for ‘racist, sexist, bigoted’ Madison Square Garden rally
- MAGA ally Steve Bannon walks free from prison
Vance says he’s ‘so over’ people getting offended at racist jokes in defense of MSG rally comedian
12:10
Joe Sommerlad
Trump’s running mate says the uproar over Tony Hinchcliffe’s Puerto Rico gag is symptomatic of people “getting so offended at every little thing in the United States of America” and advises we all just “take a chill pill”, rather than engage with the hateful rhetoric being spouted on behalf of the campaign he represents.
Rhian Lubin reports.
Listen: Harris appears to get caught on hot mic admitting campaign struggle
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Joe Sommerlad
Kamala was in the Trak Houz Bar and Grill in Kalamazoo, Michigan, with that state’s governor Gretchen Whitmer when the leak in question took place, with the VP overheard to admit: “We need to move ground among men.”
Watch: Trump tells faith summit why he doesn’t drink
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Joe Sommerlad
At the same event, the nominee also reflected on his lifelong abstinence from booze, recalling the sad death of his brother Fred, which was dramatised in the recent film The Apprentice.
Watch: Trump bizarrely claims he was shot because God wanted him to win election
11:10
Joe Sommerlad
The Republican was speaking at the Inaugural National Faith Summit in Powder Springs, Georgia, yesterday, an event compered by his former White House spiritual advisor Paula White (known for speaking in tongues) at which he did his best Elmer Gantry act, pretending to reflect piously on his brush with death this summer in the hope of tying up those Christian votes.
Truth Social: Trump warns of mail-in voting fraud in Pennsylvania, attacks Fox for covering Harris and rebukes sidelining of Biden
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Joe Sommerlad
Over in the Republican’s seething social media swamp, he’s been getting his election denials in early, attacking Fox News for daring to cover the Democratic ticket and shedding crocodile tears for Joe Biden.
— Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) October 29, 2024
— Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) October 28, 2024
— Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) October 28, 2024
Also in the Magaverse, his son Barron Trump’s closest pal found himself brutally fact-checked on Elon Musk’s X over his false claim about the capacity of Madison Square Garden.
RIGHTFUL PRESIDENT TRUMP JUST JOINED MELANIA ON STAGE TO NEARLY 200,000 AT HISTORIC MSG RALLY!
— Bo Loudon (@BoLoudon) October 27, 2024
I'm at this rally and this is the BIGGEST CROWD I'VE EVER SEEN!
No BUSSES or TWERKING RAPPERS needed!
NEW YORK IS TRUMP COUNTRY!
pic.twitter.com/R63ARYfkvs
Where are the candidates campaigning on Tuesday?
10:30
Joe Sommerlad
Here’s where the main players will be today:
- Kamala Harris will deliver her “closing argument” at the Ellipse in Washington DC this evening, the same site where Trump gave his notorious speech telling his supporters to “fight like hell” on January 6 2021, kicking off the Capitol riot.
- Michelle Obama will be stumping for her again, this time in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Donald Trump will deliver another of his meandering press conferences at his Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Florida, before taking part in a roundtable in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, this afternoon and then a rally at Allentown in the same state.
- JD Vance is speaking at rallies in Sagniaw and Holland in Michigan.
- Melania Trump will be making a guest appearance on Fox and Friends this morning.
Harris pledges to free American hostages from Gaza and fight for democracy
10:10
Joe Sommerlad
The Democratic presidential nominee herself was speaking in Ann Arbor, Michigan, last night alongside running mate Tim Walz and singer-songwriter Maggie Rogers and pledged to do “everything in her power” to free American hostages still being held more than a year on from October 7.
Kamala Harris: I hear you. On the subject of Gaza, we all want this war to end as soon as possible and get the hostages out, and I will do everything in my power to make it so. pic.twitter.com/8YjQRTiAtD
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 28, 2024
Drawing a contrast with her White House rival, she told her audience: “We are not about the enemy within. We know we are all in this together. That’s what we are fighting for.”
Kamala Harris: We are all here because we are fighting for a democracy, and for the right of people to be heard and seen. We are not about the enemy within. We know we are all in this together. That's what we are fighting for. pic.twitter.com/koZGfCcffY
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 28, 2024
The Vice President was also on CBS yesterday and had this appropriately withering response to Norah O’Donnell’s naivety on Trump’s Project 2025 denials:
O'DONNELL: When you argue that Donald Trump if elected would put forward a national abortion ban
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 29, 2024
KAMALA HARRIS: Just read Project 2025.
O'DONNELL: The former president said that's not true--
HARRIS: He says everything. C'mon. Are we really taking his word for it? pic.twitter.com/OyVtQtGICj
Here’s Andrew Feinberg with news of the “closing argument” she intends to make to the American people at the Ellipse in Washington DC this evening.
Barack Obama rebukes Trump for ‘racist, sexist, bigoted’ Madison Square Garden rally
09:50
Joe Sommerlad
In the crucial swing state of Pennsylvania, Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen spoke on Harris’s behalf in Philadelphia on Monday evening.
The 44th president took aim at his Republican successor’s Madison Square Garden rally in New York on Sunday where comedian Tony Hinchcliffe drew fire for a racist joke, commenting: “The man holds this rally and the warm up speakers were peddling the most racist, sexist, bigoted stereotypes.
“One guy called Puerto Rico an ’island of garbage.’ These are fellow citizens he’s talking about... If somebody doesn’t respect you, you should not vote for them.”
Obama: The man holds this rally and the warm up speakers were peddling the most racist, sexist, bigoted stereotypes. One guy called Puerto Rico an “island of garbage.” These are fellow citizens he’s talking about. Here in Philadelphia, they are your neighbors, they are your… pic.twitter.com/6g4WTAgXkW
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 29, 2024
He also cautioned Arab Americans against voting for Trump as a protest over the Biden administration’s failure to stop the war in Gaza while The Boss played the hits and again branded Trump “an American tyrant” in waiting.
Obama: If you’re a Muslim American and you’re upset about what’s happening in the Middle East, why would you put your faith in somebody who passed a Muslim ban and repeatedly suggested that you aren’t part of our American community? pic.twitter.com/6hDrwcYhmw
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 29, 2024
Bruce @springsteen performing Dancing In The Dark in Philadelphia tonight in support of @KamalaHarris and @Tim_Walz pic.twitter.com/1PqxW8mLh8
— Spring-Nuts (@SpringNuts_) October 29, 2024
Trump ally Steve Bannon walks free from prison one week from Election Day
09:30
Joe Sommerlad
Steve Bannon has been released from federal prison one week away from Election Day, according to reports.
Bannon was being held at FCI Danbury in Connecticut and was met earlier at the facility this morning by his daughter Maureen, CNN reports.
He is reportedly expected to resume his podcast later today.
Here’s the very latest from Rhian Lubin.
Trump tells crowd he’s ‘the opposite of a Nazi’
09:20
Joe Sommerlad
Last night’s gathering in the south began with this preposterous entrance form Trump’s lawyer Alina Habba, a serial underachiever basking in the glow of her own narcissism:
Despite losing every trial, Trump’s lawyer takes the stage tonight to the walkout song, ‘All I Do Is Win.’ pic.twitter.com/EY2DtjY6MA
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) October 28, 2024
When her client got up to speak, he opened with the aforementioned attack on Michelle Obama before bragging that he could indeed have locked up Hillary after taking office in 2017, again lied about not using a teleprompter despite having one positioned right next to him as he said, denied being a Nazi (one week before a presidential election), warned of a coming Second World War before being corrected, insisted it was Harris that is the true fascist and launched into a bizarre fantasy about Marjorie Taylor Greene meeting a fiery death in car accident.
"Isn't it great to have a guy that doesn't need to look at a teleprompter at all?" says Trump, with teleprompters visibly flanking him pic.twitter.com/AHql2XuHAN
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 28, 2024
Trump blames Democratic rhetoric for a registered Republican shooting at him pic.twitter.com/Ru14I00Erv
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 28, 2024
"She's a fascist" -- Trump
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 28, 2024
Someone please alert Mike Johnson and Mitch McConnell! pic.twitter.com/uJEY3m0KBi
"I like China and I like President Cheese" -- Trump pic.twitter.com/5W6Uerx4Ph
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 28, 2024
From there, he pivoted to his usual slew of horrible immigration lies, called Harris a “a low IQ individual” again, warned his audience that their children would be drafted into the US military for an unspecified war if she won and then badly misspoke as he attempted to call her a “train wreck”.
Trump: "The American public is outraged that Kamala is importing savage criminal who assault, rape, murder our women and our girls." pic.twitter.com/NzKWhcEUl0
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 28, 2024
Trump: "Everyone knows she is a low IQ individual" pic.twitter.com/SB5alZFi1x
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 28, 2024
About a minute later Trump attacked Harris for "not being able to put two sentences together" https://t.co/rAQtcDA6ur
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 28, 2024
Here’s Io Dodds again on Trump attempting to walk back the idea that he is a vindictive authoritarian, despite all evidence to the contrary.
Trump says ‘nasty’ Michelle Obama made a ‘big mistake’ by attacking him as rally crowd chants ‘Lock her up!’ about Harris
09:00
Joe Sommerlad
Good morning!
Donald Trump has ominously warned Michelle Obama that she made a “big mistake” by being “nasty” to him at a rally in Atlanta, Georgia, on Monday evening.
Speaking at the Georgia Institute of Technology last night, the former president adopted a gleeful and ironical tone as he warned the former first lady that she had “opened up a little bit of a box”.
“You now who was nasty to me? Michelle Obama,” said Trump, prompting a loud chorus of boos, jeers and shouts from his audience. “She was really – ooooooh.
“I always tried to be so nice and respectful,” he went on, despite having spent years accusing her husband of secretly being born in Kenya and therefore ineligible to be a US president.
“Oooooh! She opened up a little bit of a box. She opened up a little bit of something,” said Trump.
“She was nasty, whooo. Shouldn;t be that way. That was a big mistake she made. With your support on November 5 we will achieve success that no one can imagine.”
Trump’s comments came in response to a speech by Michelle Obama in Michigan on Saturday, where she accused him of “gross incompetence”, “erratic behavior” and “obvious mental decline”.
From there, a chant of “Lock her up!” erupted, just like in 2016, although this time the target was Kamala Harris, not Hillary Clinton.
WOW -- Trump fans start a loud "lock her up!" chant directed toward Kamala Harris. pic.twitter.com/SCduVZCBk9
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 28, 2024
We’ll have much more from Atlanta shortly but here’s Io Dodds on the Republican’s ominous threat against the former first lady.
Washington Post faces consequences for refusing to endorse candidate
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Ariana Baio
More than 200,000 Washington Post subscribers have canceled their subscriptions to the legacy newspaper after CEO Jeff Bezos refused to endorse a candidate days before Election Day.
By midday on Monday the number had climbed to more than 200k – representing approximately 8 percent of the paper’s paid circulation, according to NPR.
In addition to the disgruntled former subscribers, a wave of columnists have resigned in the wake of the decision.
Watch: Fox & Friends hosts defend racist Puerto Rico joke at Trump’s MSG rally
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Ariana Baio
Full story: Trump attacks Michelle Obama at Georgia rally
03:46
Io Dodds
Here’s my full story on Donald Trump’s comments about Michelle Obama earlier today at his rally in Atlanta, Georgia.
Watch: New Trump ad shows country ‘gone to hell’ — with an image from Trump’s presidency
03:00
Ariana Baio
Sarah Palin: 'You're obnoxious'. Mehdi Hasan: 'You're a racist'
02:59
Io Dodds
Anglo-American commentator Mehdi Hasan got into a fierce exchange with Republican former governor of Alaska Sarah Palin on Piers Morgan's talk show tonight.
During a discussion about energy production and energy independence under Joe Biden vs Donald Trump, Palin claimed that "on day one" Biden had stopped building new oil pipelines and banned drilling on federal land.
That seemed to be a reference to Biden's cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline project on the first day of his presidency, and to his suspension of new oil and gas leases on federal land about a week later (though this was later overturned by the courts).
Hasan muttered "that's not true", prompting Palin to lambast him as a liar.
There then followed several minutes of people talking over each other at high volume, culminating in Palin declaring "you're an obnoxious ass!"
Hasan responded by calling Palin a "racist", citing her history of controversial comments about Barack Obama – such as reportedly claiming that he was "not one of us" at a 2008 rally or lauding Donald Trump's conspiracy theories about Obama's birth certificate.
Sarah Palin: “You’re a liar”
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) October 28, 2024
Me: “I know facts aren’t your strong point.”
Palin: “You’re an obnoxious ass.”
Me: “I’m obnoxious? You’re a racist.”
I brought receipts for my clash with Sarah Palin on Piers Morgan’s show. Watch to the end. ♂️
Full show: https://t.co/ECPjMCisnN pic.twitter.com/Br6vKw8lIY
Ballot box arsons in Oregon and Washington ‘could be linked’
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Io Dodds
Two incidents of ballot boxes being set on fire early Monday morning in Portland, Oregon, and nearby Vancouver, Washington, appear to be linked, my colleague Josh Marcus reports.
An identical black Volvo sedan was spotted at both crime scenes, and an “incendiary device” used in Portland was “similar in nature” to what happened in Vancouver, police said.
They added that the circumstances matched an October 8 attempt to set fire to another ballot box in Vancouver.
“We don’t know the motive behind these acts,” Portland Police Bureau Assistant Chief Amanda McMillan said in a statement on Monday.
“We do know acts like this are targeted and they’re intentional and we’re concerned about that intentional act trying to impact the election process. We’re dedicated to stopping this kind of behavior.”
Read Josh’s full story here.
Trump to speak in heavily Puerto Rican town
01:51
Io Dodds
With perfect timing, Donald Trump will be holding a rally tomorrow in Allentown, Pennsylvania, which has a large Hispanic community largely comprising Puerto Ricans.
That's after a comedian at Trump's big rally in Madison Square Garden on Sunday night called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage".
The fallout from those remarks, Pennsylvania Democrats tell Politico, is "spreading like wildfire through the community", with Puerto Rican WhatsApp groups "lighting up" with activity.
Jeff Bezos defends himself in Washington Post op-ed
01:31
Io Dodds
Washington Post owner and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has insisted that there was "no quid pro quo of any kind" behind his reported order for the newspaper to break with decades of tradition and endorse no candidate this election.
In an op-ed for – who'd have guessed it – The Washington Post, Bezos argues that endorsements undermine journalists' neutrality and that stopping them helps to mitigate the ongoing and long-term decline of trust in American media.
He said that "neither campaign nor candidate was consulted or informed at any level or in any way about this decision", and that he has never once pressured any Post journalists to the benefit of his other business interests.
"By itself, declining to endorse presidential candidates is not enough to move us very far up the trust scale, but it’s a meaningful step in the right direction," Bezos said.
"I wish we had made the change earlier than we did, in a moment further from the election and the emotions around it. That was inadequate planning, and not some intentional strategy."
The Washington Post originally did not make official endorsements, but began doing so in 1976, and has not previouly failed to endorse a candidate since 1988.
Trump insists he is 'opposite of a Nazi'
01:09
Io Dodds
In Atlanta today, Donald Trump issued a rebuke to the chorus of voices over the past week warning that he is practically the platonic ideal of an American fascist.
“I’m not a Nazi. I’m the opposite of a Nazi,” he told the crowd.
“I’m not a Nazi. I’m the opposite of a Nazi,” Trump says in Atlanta
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) October 28, 2024
'I'm rich as hell, I don't give a damn'
00:56
Io Dodds
Here’s some lines from Trump’s rally in Atlanta, courtesy of my colleague Phil Thomas:
- Trump claimed that he “[doesn’t] even know what it’s all about” as he addressed the Atlanta criminal charges against him for allegedly trying to bully state officials into “finding” him an extra 11,870 votes.
- He also fantasized about Al Capone having people whacked after taking them out for dinner?
- “I’m rich as hell, I don’t give a damn”
- One of his first topics was the alleged threat of transgender rights: “We don’t want transgender operations all over the place... we don’t want men playing in women’s sports... nobody’s ever come up to me and said, ‘sir, it’s really important to me – would you do me a favour – would you let men play in women’s sports?”
Harris shouts out Gen Z: ‘You are impatient for change’
00:50
Io Dodds
Meanwhile, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Kamala Harris is giving a shout out to Generation Z, according to my colleague Josh Marcus.
“I love your generation. I really do. You are rightly impatient for change," she says. "I love that about you."
"You have only known the climate crisis are leading the charge to protect our planet and our future. You young leaders who grew up with active shooter drills and are fighting then to keep our schools safe. You who know fewer rights than your mothers and grandmothers are standing up for reproductive freedom.
"I know for you then, these issues are not theoretical.”
She also argued that the overturning of Roe v Wade by Trump-appointed judges was unpopular with men as well as women, saying: “The men of America are seeing their daughters and wives and sisters and mothers put at risk because their rights have been taken from them. The men of America don’t want this.”
Obama mocks Trump Bibles made in China
00:27
Io Dodds
Barack Obama has mocked Donald Trump for selling Bibles made in China as he speaks at the Harris rally in Philadelphia.
“You’re Mr Tough Guy on China, except when you can make a few bucks," the former president said, according to my colleague Josh Marcus.
"You cannot make this stuff up. If it was on Saturday Night Live, everybody would just say that’s exaggerated. It’s not, he’s doing it. The reason he’s doing it is because that’s what he cares about: his ego, his money, his status."
He also sharply criticised the racist rhetoric on display at Trump's Madison Square Garden rally last night, saying: “Here’s a good rule. If somebody does not respect you, if somebody does not see you as fellow citizens with equal claims to opportunity, to the pursuit of happiness, to the American dream – you should not vote for them.
"We have to reject the kind of politics of division and hatred that we saw represented. America is ready to turn the page.”
Bruce Springsteen: 'Trump is running to be an American tyrant'
Monday 28 October 2024 23:53
Io Dodds
Meanwhile, in the crucial swing state of Pennsylvania, Bruce Springsteen is on stage at a Kamala Harris rally, playing his guitar.
"I'm Bruce Springsteen and I'm here today to support Kamala Harris and Tim Walz," said the Born in the USA singer in his trademark growl. "And to oppose Donald Trump and JD Vance!"
He went on: "Here's why. I want a president who reveres the constitution. Who does not threaten, but wants to protect and guide, our great democracy. Who believes in the rule of law and the peaceful transfer of power. Who will fight for women's rights."
Harris, he added, "is running to be the 47th president of the United States. Donald Trump is running to be an American tyrant."
Trump opens Atlanta rally with swipe at Michelle Obama
Monday 28 October 2024 23:46
Io Dodds
Trump began his rally in Atlanta, Georgia with a swipe at Michelle Obama, saying she has been "nasty" to him and ominously saying she made a "big mistake" by criticizing him.
"You know who’s nasty to me? Michelle Obama," he said. "I always tried to be so nice and respectful.
"She opened up a little bit of a box. She opened up a little bit of something. Oh, she was nasty. Shouldn’t be that way. That was a big mistake that she made."
Full story: comedian planned to call Harris a 'c**t'
Monday 28 October 2024 23:21
Io Dodds
Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe was condemned across the political spectrum after he took the stage at Madison Square Garden to call Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage” and invoke racist tropes about Jews and Black people.
But according to reports, his original draft also included a line where he called Kamala Harris the C-word.
Here’s my full story on Hinchcliffe’s nixed joke – and how it echoes language already used by Elon Musk’s Super PAC.
Candace Owens blocked from entering Australia
Monday 28 October 2024 23:00
Josh Marcus
Australia has refused to allow right-wing content creator Candace Owens into the country for a planned speaking tour, with officials saying it wouldn’t serve the “national interest” to welcome the online provocateur.
“From downplaying the impact of the Holocaust with comments about [Nazi doctor Josef] Mengele through to claims that Muslims started slavery, Candace Owens has the capacity to incite discord in almost every direction,” Immigration Minister Tony Burke told Australian outlets over the weekend.
“Australia’s national interest is best served when Candace Owens is somewhere else.”
“Tickets to these events are selling for $100,” he added in The Sydney Morning Herald. “I hope she has a good refunds policy.”
More details in our full story.
Giuliani may have to give up $3.5m condo
Monday 28 October 2024 22:40
Josh Marcus
A pair of election workers Rudy Giuliani defamed are preparing to obtain a long list of valuables, including a 1980 Mercedes Benz once owned by Lauren Bacall, and his Manhattan penthouse, after a federal judge ordered the disbarred former mayor to turn over his property last week.
Giuliani’s attorneys returned to court on Monday as he faces an imminent deadline for Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss to seize assets that they plan to sell to make up for the nearly $150 million he owes for defaming them in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, when he falsely accused them of manipulating ballots and election results in Georgia.
Giuliani did not appear at Monday’s hearing in Manhattan. On Sunday night, he spoke to nearly 20,000 people in Madison Square Garden to boost Donald Trump, his former client, whose spurious efforts to reverse his 2020 loss has landed Giuliani in courtroom battles of his own across the country.
The former mayor plans to maintain his residence in Palm Beach, Florida, but he is barred by the court from doing anything to diminish its value as District Judge Lewis Liman determines whether his creditors can seize it.
Alex Woodward has the story.
WATCH: Trump rallies in Atlanta
Monday 28 October 2024 22:34
Josh Marcus
Doanld Trump is expected to take the stage soon in Atlanta, his latest push in one of 2024’s key swing states.
You can watch the full rally here.
In the meantime, here’s our poll tracker on the state of the 2024 race.
Faith leaders praise Trump as ‘warrior for the word of God'
Monday 28 October 2024 22:30
Josh Marcus
Donald Trump continues to campaign for the evangelical Christian vote and appeared Monday at the National Faith Advisory Board summit in Powder Springs, Georgia.
There, religious leaders praised Trump as a “warrior for the word of God.”
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 28, 2024
Trump has taken to claiming on the campaign trail God saved him from being executed.
Marjorie Taylor Greene defends racist comedian from Trump rally
Monday 28 October 2024 22:23
Josh Marcus
Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene defended comedian Tony Hinchcliffe on Monday after he was widely criticized for making racist jokes at a Trump rally over the weekend at Madison Square Garden.
During his set, Hinchcliffe used racist and stereotypical tropes to talk about Black people, Jews, Palestinians, and Latinos, and compared Puerto Rico to a “floating island of garbage.”In a message on X on Monday, Greene praised Hinchliffe, arguing the comic brought attention to waste management issues on the island, and attached what appeared to be a vague Google AI summary of the search “waste management problem Puerto Rico” as evidence.
“Also, a 2024 federal audit report showed that less than 10% of more than $23 billion in available federal funds have been spent in Puerto Rico under the Biden Harris administration,” Greene wrote of the comedian’s set, which did not contain any discussion of Puerto Rico beyond the brief insult.
More details in our full story.
President Joe Biden becomes average Joe while waiting to vote in Delaware
Monday 28 October 2024 22:15
Josh Marcus
Paranoia descends on Trump campaign
Monday 28 October 2024 22:07
Josh Marcus
Donald Trump’s campaign staffers are afraid of being spied on with surveillance devices inside their headquarters, a since-fired employee claimed.
The unnamed worker was fired earlier this month but explained colleagues’ fear of surveillance in a disgruntled email, according to The Daily Beast.
The publication did not name the since-fired staffer or the colleague she wrote the email to on October 18. She also did not work directly for the campaign, but rather for Launchpad Strategies, an in-house ad firm, the Beast reports.
In that email, the woman said that Chief Financial Officer Sean Dollman and other staffers were convinced leadership had installed “a listening device in a cut out hole” in a conference room at their headquarters in Florida, the Beast reports.
Katie Hawkinson has the details.
Candace Owens denied entry into Australia
Monday 28 October 2024 22:00
Ariana Baio
Far-right personality Candace Owens planned to tour around Australia in November but her plans have been canceled after Australia’s Immigration Minister said the country has no interest in hosting her.
“From downplaying the impact of the Holocaust with comments about Mengele through to claims that Muslims started slavery, Candace Owens has the capacity to incite discord in almost every direction,” Immigration Minister Tony Burke said.
“Australia’s national interest is best served when Candace Owens is somewhere else.”
Washington Post hemorrhaging subscribers after endorsement drama
Monday 28 October 2024 21:45
Josh Marcus
More than 200,000 people have reportedly cancelled their subscriptions to The Washington Post in recent days, in what’s seen as a mass protest against the Jeff Bezos-owned paper’s decision not to endorse a candidate for the 2024 election.
Get the background on the controversy here.
Trump rally at MSG was ‘an attack on all New Yorkers'
Monday 28 October 2024 21:36
Josh Marcus
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has joined the chorus of leaders condemning Donald Trump’s recent rally at Madison Square Garden, where numerous speakers made racist remarks.