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Joe Biden town hall drew more viewers than Trump, early ratings show

Joe Biden’s town hall drew more TV viewers than President Trump’s competing event on Thursday night, according to early figures. A total of 12.7 million viewers tuned in to ABC to watch Biden field questions from voters from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m., compared to 10.4 million who watched Trump do the same on NBC,

Rachel Maddow Declares Trump’s NBC News Town Hall A Catastrophe

With just over two weeks until votes are counted, Donald Trump needed to show up at Thursday night’s town hall event and do something to peel voters away from Joe Biden. Unfortunately for his struggling campaign, Trump may have done just the opposite. As Rachel Maddow said following the president’s town hall, “I know why the

Trump and Biden Spar From Afar at Town Halls

President Trump spoke positively about an extremist conspiracy-theory group, expressed skepticism about mask-wearing, rebuked his own F.B.I. director and attacked the legitimacy of the 2020 election in a televised town hall forum on Thursday, veering far away from a focused campaign appeal. Instead, he further stoked the country’s political rifts as his Democratic opponent, Joseph

Joe Biden grilled by voter on ‘you ain’t black’ remark at town hall

Joe Biden launched into a nearly incoherent policy rant in response to a question from a young black voter who tossed his infamous “you ain’t black” comment back in his face as he simply asked what the former vice president would do for African Americans if he won. Student Cedric Humphrey from Harrisburg, Pa., who

Trump’s Law And Order Message Flops In The Midwest As Biden Leads In Wisconsin And Minnesota

Donald Trump hoped his new “law and order” campaign strategy would save him in key midwestern battleground states like Wisconsin and even help him carry historically blue Minnesota, but new polling released Saturday shows that his bet isn’t paying off. According to a batch of polls from The New York Times/Siena College, Biden has a

Trump Onslaught Against Biden Falls Short of a Breakthrough

In Minnesota, Mr. Biden was ahead among suburban voters by 20 percentage points. In Wisconsin, that advantage was just five points.More significant for the former vice president is his strength with seniors, an advantage Democrats did not enjoy four years ago. Mr. Biden enjoys a 12-point lead, 52 to 40, among people 65 and older

Progressive groups push House Dems to help Biden resurrect Iran nuclear agreement

The letter was also signed by the Arms Control Association, the progressive Jewish organization J-Street, and foreign policy-focused groups  Just Foreign Policy and Win Without War. […] Rep. Eliot Engel (D–N.Y.), the current chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, was one of nineteen House Democrats who joined with Republicans to vote against the [JCPOA]

Any Protests Upon My Re-Election Will Be Put Down Quickly

Donald Trump and the GOP went into the Republican National Convention hoping for a significant boost in their polling numbers. The Convention came and went and that polling bounce does not seem to have occurred. The President will now be looking towards the fall debates against Joe Biden as maybe his last opportunity to change

Trump campaign reaches 100M voters in campaign milestone

WASHINGTON — President Trump’s campaign and the Republican National Committee passed an enormous milestone this week — making contact with their 100 millionth voter through door knocking and phone banking. The RNC says it has knocked on the doors of 12 million potential voters in battleground states since mid-June — that’s around 1 million a

Rachel Maddow Warns That Russia’s Election Attacks Are Worse Than 2016

Rachel Maddow sounded the alarm about Russian involvement in this year’s presidential election, warning that the attacks could be worse than four years ago, particularly since the Trump administration is in charge. “Here we go again, right?” the MSNBC host said. “And this time, instead of the Obama administration being in charge … it’s the

What to Watch as Biden Observes 9/11 in NY, and He and Trump Go to Shanksville

Joseph R. Biden Jr. will travel to New York and Pennsylvania on Friday to commemorate the 19th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks as he and President Trump put forth radically different visions of what it means to comfort a nation in mourning.Mr. Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, will attend the National September

The Trump Campaign Violates Michigan Law With Superspreader Campaign Rally

Even before Donald Trump touched down in the swing state of Michigan on Thursday night, his campaign broke state law by hosting an outdoor event with more than 250 people. CNN’s Jim Acosta, on the ground for the event, noted that there’s “very little social distancing and not many masks” present at the Trump rally,

Trump Has Chosen Photo Ops Over Substance in Encounters With Black Leaders

On Martin Luther King’s Birthday in January 2017, Donald J. Trump, then the president-elect, welcomed a group of civil rights leaders, led by Dr. King’s eldest son, into his office in Trump Tower.After a tour of Mr. Trump’s celebrity curio collection (Shaquille O’Neal’s sneakers, size 22, were a highlight), the visitors presented him with a

Darrell Issa thought he had an easy path to a comeback. A new poll says guess again

This is the first independent poll we’ve seen since the top-two six months ago. Last month, Campa-Najjar released numbers from Strategies 360 that found him down 47-43, but his campaign did not mention any presidential results. So far, though, no major outside groups on either side have booked air time here, though that could always

Adam Schiff Has A New Whistleblower On Trump Censoring Russian Election Interference Intel

Adam Schiff announced that he has a new whistleblower related to Trump retaliation and the censorship of Russian election interference intel. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Schiff said in a statement: The whistleblower retaliation complaint filed by former Acting Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis Brian Murphy outlines grave and disturbing allegations that senior White House

Biden Pushes a Jobs Plan and Tears Into Trump’s Covid Response in Michigan

WARREN, Mich. — Joseph R. Biden Jr. tore into President Trump on Wednesday over new revelations from a forthcoming book by the journalist Bob Woodward that the president knowingly minimized the risks of the coronavirus, arguing that Mr. Trump had lied to the American public and put lives in danger.Mr. Biden’s remarks came as part

A Striking Reversal: Trump’s Attacks on the Military and Defense Contractors

President Trump mounted a public attack unusual even for him over the Labor Day weekend, accusing his military leadership of advocating war “so that all of those wonderful companies that make the bombs and make the planes and make everything else stay happy.”Even for a president who has never hesitated to contradict himself for political

Fauci says it’s ‘unlikely’ there will be a coronavirus vaccine before the US election, despite the CDC asking states to be prepared by November

Dr. Anthony Fauci preparing for a hearing on Capitol Hill on March 11. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty ImagesDr. Anthony Fauci, the top US infectious-disease expert, has said a coronavirus vaccine for the US probably won’t be ready before the November presidential election.Those remarks contrasted with President Donald Trump’s strong suggestions that a vaccine might be

If Trump Loses, He Will Resign And Have Mike Pence Pardon Him

In a discussion with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow on Tuesday, Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, explained the great lengths to which the president will go to avoid criminal charges and prison time. Cohen told Maddow he believes that if Trump loses to Joe Biden, he will resign and have Mike Pence pardon him before

Advocates want Georgia election officials to ease barriers to voting

The decision comes after the New Georgia Project sued Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in his official capacity along with several other election officials. In 2018, U.S. District Court Judge Louis Sands determined Dougherty County, in southwest Georgia, had to accept late arriving ballots. Hurricane Matthew hit Dougherty County hard, causing disruptions to mail service.

Democrats Fear Partisan Slant at Postal Service as Trump Allies Dominate Most of Board

WASHINGTON — A powerful but little-known group of Republican donors installed by President Trump to oversee the United States Postal Service has helped raise more than $3 million to support him and hundreds of millions more for his party over the past decade, prompting concerns about partisan bias at the agency before the November election.The

Kamala Harris says ‘Wisconsin part of my story’ at campaign

Vice presidential hopeful Kamala Harris had an awkward moment during a campaign event in Wisconsin, describing the state as “part of her story,” while avoiding reporters. The moment happened during an in-person campaign event Monday with Black, Milwaukee-based business leaders when the state’s Lieutenant Gov. Mandela Barnes tried to turn the microphone to her to

New Yorker Festival to Host Chris Rock, Elizabeth Warren and Others

A little under a month before Americans cast their ballots, they can be a fly on the wall for a conversation between Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.The Democratic lawmakers will be interviewed together by The New Yorker’s Andrew Marantz as part of the 21st New Yorker Festival, which will, for the first time,

Trump even Defies Supreme Court in Inflicting His Hate on Transgender Americans

The American people, polls indicate, have not been buying the bill of goods Donald Trump has been selling in his strenuous attempts to represent himself as the “law and order” candidate. They seem to understand Trump is the creator of chaos and the one disrespecting and defying the nation’s laws at every turn, not Biden.

House Democrats to probe Louis DeJoy for fundraising violations

House Democrats will probe Postmaster General Louis DeJoy for allegedly encouraging former employees to contribute to his preferred political candidates and then later reimbursing them, according to a new report. Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.) said late Monday that the House Committee on Oversight and Reform will investigate the charges against DeJoy and said that

Biden Mocks Trump’s Infamous Ramp Walk. Asks Voters to Compare Their Health.

For a long-time, bashing a political opponents health would be considered out of bounds. That was before the age of Donald Trump, however. The 45th President was downright giddy when he had to opportunity to talk about Hillary Clinton’s bout with pneumonia. Trump has spent the last few months defending his health and mental capacity.

Joe Biden’s China Journey – The New York Times

WASHINGTON — On a steamy August day along the Chinese coast, Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. stepped off a minibus at a seaside compound for a series of unusual meetings with China’s Communist Party leaders.At a lunch banquet, Mr. Biden and three other senators argued with Chinese officials about what the O.J. Simpson trial had

Bin Laden may have sent secret messages in porn videos: report

Sept. 11 mastermind Osama bin Laden may have communicated with his terror associates through secret messages encoded in porn videos, according to a report about a new documentary. The National Geographic special – titled “Bin Laden’s Hard Drive” – explores the trove of digital materials recovered from the al-Qaeda founder, who was killed by US

What to Watch For on Labor Day From Trump and Biden

LA CROSSE, Wis. — Labor Day is the traditional kickoff to the fall campaign season, but this year the holiday represents something more: the first time both candidates for vice president will be on the trail on the same day in the same state.Vice President Mike Pence and Senator Kamala Harris on Monday will be

Republicans Worry That The Trump Campaign Is Broke

The Trump campaign isn’t advertising on television and Republicans are worrying that Donald Trump’s reelection campaign is low on cash. Via: The New York Times: His campaign also appears to be facing a significant financial crunch and has largely ceased advertising on television even as Mr. Biden begins to spend heavily from his war chest