Kamala Harris Raises $55 Million in San Francisco, LA Fundraisers

Kamala Harris raised about $55 million in high-dollar events in California this weekend, according to an official familiar with the matter, a haul that pads her financial advantage over Republican rival Donald Trump.

Bloomberg

#VicePresident #KamalaHarris Tries to Goad #ConvictedFelon #DonaldTrump Into Another #Debate.

At a #rally in #LasVegas, Harris played up the upcoming #vicepresidential #debate set for Tuesday and pushed for another #faceoff with Trump.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/30/us/politics/harris-trump-debate.html

Harris Tries to Goad Trump Into Another Debate

At a rally in Las Vegas, Vice President Kamala Harris played up the vice-presidential debate set for Tuesday and pushed for another face-off with former President Donald J. Trump.

The New York Times
White Women Weren't The Only Ones Who Fought For Abortion Access

"You've actually never heard the full story of abortion,” activist Renee Bracey Sherman said.

HuffPost

3 #women from different backgrounds detail why they're #voting for #VicePresident #KamalaHarris

In mid-September, #NPR sat down with three women of different #ages, #races and #religions who have seen #politics in #Georgia #evolve through multiple #election cycles.

https://www.npr.org/2024/09/30/nx-s1-5123647/kamala-harris-georgia-women-vote-election-2024

The Democrats’ Shameful, Foolish Surrender on Immigration

Kamala Harris apparently believes—wrongly—that she has no influence on anti-immigrant sentiment in America, because she has effectively capitulated to MAGA messaging.

The New Republic

#VicePresident #KamalaHarris's Churchillian #Speech.

#President #JoeBiden may have said all the right things to #VolodymyrZelensky when they met on Sept. 26 in the #WhiteHouse, words that must have been nice for the #Ukrainian #president to hear.

https://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/39798

Opinion: Kamala Harris's Churchillian Speech

President Biden may have said all the right things to Zelensky when they met on Sept. 26 in the White House, words that must have been nice for the Ukrainian president to hear.

Kyiv Post
Kamala Harris says she would 'double' DOJ resources to crack down on cartels

Vice President Kamala Harris said that she would "double" Department of Justice resources to crack down on cartels and cut the flow of fentanyl into the U.S., just hours after former President Donald Trump repeated his claim that she wants to legalize the drug.

NBC News

After #VicePresident #KamalaHarris Calls for a #Crackdown on #Fentanyl, #Trump #Misrepresents Her #Position

VP Harris vowed to combat the flow of fentanyl into the country when she visited the #border on Friday. #ConvictedFelon #DonaldJTrump quickly spread #Disinformation in response.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/29/us/politics/trump-harris-fentanyl.html

Trump Twists Harris’s Position on Fentanyl After She Called for a Border Crackdown

Vice President Kamala Harris vowed to combat the flow of fentanyl into the country when she visited the border on Friday. Former President Donald J. Trump ratcheted up his false claims in response.

The New York Times
Amber Thurman’s death has become a US presidential pawn – Thred Website

Why JD Vance will be no match for Tim Walz during the vice presidential debate

The vice presidential debate between Tim Walz and JD Vance is going to be a clash of populisms — and Walz has an advantage.

MSNBC

Why the #VicePresident #Debate Is Primed To Be #Messy.

The evening stands to be a high-stakes distillation of the #Hateful Republican #Culturewars largely defining this #national #Political #contest, with nasty #digs referencing “#childlesscatladies,” #tampons in boys’ #bathrooms, and pet-hunting #Haitians flying across the stage from the start.

— I hope they take time to ask Vance about his penchant for wearing #eyeliner.

https://time.com/7026398/walz-vance-debate-what-to-expect/

Why the Vance-Walz Debate Is Primed To Be Messy

Cat ladies. Haitians. Tampons. Black Lives Matter. The VP debate is poised to wade into the culture wars far more than Trump and Harris did.

Time
Who are the moderators for the vice presidential debate

Two longtime broadcast journalists will moderate the CBS News debate.

Axios

6 #important #things to #watch at the #TimWalz-#ShadyVance #debate

— Vance has proven than he's more than ready to lie, and outright make things up. Walz needs to be ready to vigorously call him out as a liar.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/09/30/vp-debate-vance-walz-six-things-to-watch/75360907007/

6 important things to watch at the Tim Walz-JD Vance debate

Kamala Harris' and Donald Trump's VP choices hope to sway voters with dueling visions of the everyman and the country's future.

USA TODAY
What Walz’s and Vance’s past debates may reveal about Tuesday’s high-stakes matchup

The only scheduled debate between the vice presidential nominees on Tuesday night – five weeks before Election Day – may also serve as the final word for the campaigns of Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump before a large audience on national television.

CNN
Democrats bullish about TV anchor Janelle Stelson's chances against GOP Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania

Democrats believe political newcomer Janelle Stelson, a longtime local TV anchor, may be able to unseat six-term GOP Rep. Scott Perry.

CBS News
Equality Caucus Chair Pocan on 2024 LGBTQ+ state of play

The Wisconsin congressman shared his thoughts with The Advocate on the temperature of anti-LGBTQ+ political rhetoric and the 2024 election.

Advocate.com

[Video] #HonestGovernment #Ad: #TRUMP2024
The "real" #USGovernment has made an ad about the 2024 election and it’s surprisingly honest and informative.

The people from #Australia's #TheJuiceMedia with their #take on the 2024 #US #PresidentialElection from a #MAGA #perspective.

https://crooksandliars.com/2024/09/honest-government-ad-trump-2024

Honest Government Ad: TRUMP 2024

The "real" US Government has made an ad about the 2024 election and it’s surprisingly honest and informative.

Crooks and Liars

#ConvictedFelon #DonaldTrump Goes #offtherails: I Didn't #Fall Into #Harris's #Mental #Trap At The #debate!

Trump can't get over losing the debate, any more than he can get over his #crowdsizes He is stuck on #stupid.

https://crooksandliars.com/2024/09/donald-goes-i-didnt-fall-harriss-mental

Donald Goes Off: I Didn't Fall Into Harris's Mental Trap At The Debate!

He can't get over losing the debate. He is stuck on stupid.

Crooks and Liars
Harris campaigns in Nevada; Trump's rethoric draws scrutiny, backlash

Vice President Kamala Harris held a rally in Nevada after a fundraiser in Los Angeles. Former President Donald Trump campaigned in Pennsylvania as his rethoric and insults draw new scrutiny and backlash, including from some Republicans. Caitlin Huey-Burns has more from Eirie, Pennsylvania.

CBS News

#Republicans are starting to #raise #alarms about Trump’s lack of an effective #ground #game

“They are out-matching us in #money, in #enthusiasm and in the #groundgame,” one #Michigan-based #GOP #strategist said.

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/30/republicans-alarm-trump-ground-game-00181577

Trump Suggests Giving Cops ‘One Really Violent Day’ to Stop Crime

Donald Trump held a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, on Sunday, where he claimed if police could be 'really violent,' alleged migrant crime would end.

Rolling Stone

Trump says ‘#violent #day’ of #policing will #end #crime by targeting the "#LiberalLeft".

The #remarks at a #campaignrally Sunday did not amount to a #policy #proposal allowing #police to murder his #PoliticalOpponents, the former president’s #campaign said.

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/29/trump-violent-day-policing-crime-00181619

Authoritarianism Expert Warns Of What Trump's New Promise Really Means

The former president's call for "one really violent day" has critics shuddering.

HuffPost

#ConvictedFelon #DonaldTrump comes up with way to cut #crime that’s #worse than the #deathpenalty.

He claims #police are not being ‘allowed to do their #job’ because #KamalaHarris and ‘the #liberalleft won’t let them.’ Has a #fascist #wetdream of letting them get really really #violent.

https://metro.co.uk/2024/09/30/trump-suggests-horror-movie-style-solution-cutting-crime-21703003/

Trump suggests horror movie style solution to cutting crime

US presidential candidate Donald Trump has suggested a solution to cut crime that many think sounds like the horror film The Purge.

Metro
Trump proposes ridiculous ‘Purge’ solution to violent crime – and gets read for filth

Donald Trump has been mocked for suggesting a 'rough hour' where police could act with impunity - it's been likened to the plot of The Purge.

PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news
Trump Suggests Terrifying Solution To Ending Crime: The Purge

His dangerous solution came on the heels of him repeating the false, fearmongering claim that crime is skyrocketing.

HuffPost UK

#ConvictedFelon #DonaldTrump Proposes Stunningly #Stupid #Idea for #PublicSafety: The Purge.

The former president has also #advocated for expanding the #deathpenalty to #criminals convicted of #minor #crimes, such as #drugdealing, and during his time in office revoked an #Obama-era #executiveorder that limited the distribution of #militarygrade #weapons to #local #lawenforcement.

https://newrepublic.com/post/186496/donald-trump-public-safety-police-violence-purge

Trump Proposes Stunningly Stupid Idea for Public Safety

Donald Trump’s newest idea is just The Purge.

The New Republic
Trump's bizarre rant leaves MAGA crowd silent

Trump's latest rally speech leaves even hardcore MAGA supporters silent. Is his mind slipping, or is racism his trump card?

Boing Boing
Trump Gives Stunning Reason To Dump Education Dept — Then Goes Off On Side-Rant About Black Voters

Trump gave a stunning reason for shutting down the Education Dept. — which sent him off on a side-rant about Black voters to whom he once gave a similar pitch.

Mediaite
On overtime pay, Trump slips up by accidentally telling the truth

Donald Trump admitted that he concocted a private-sector scheme to avoid paying his own employees overtime compensation. So much for his "pro-worker" pitch.

MSNBC
The Anti-Migrant Playbook looks at the strategy of lies.

Demonizing migrants with false claims is a well-established strategy in American politics and politicians have a playbook to inflame fear and hatred with lies.

A Philosopher's Blog
Trump’s Angry, Unhinged New Rant About Fox News Offers Hidden Warning

At a weekend rally, Trump raged at Kamala Harris, migrants, and … Fox News. A shrewd observer of Trump’s violent rhetoric decodes the alarming warnings lurking behind the madness.

The New Republic

#ConvictedFelon #DonaldTrump and #ShadyVance's #immigration #slander is a gateway to full-throated #whitesupremacism.

#Democrats need to find a way to #expose the #link between #GOP #antiimmigrant #rhetoric and #MAGA #Racism.

— You start by calling it exactly what it is, and shaming them for it.

https://plus.flux.community/p/trump-and-vances-immigration-slander

Trump and Vance's immigration slander is a gateway to full-throated white supremacism

Democrats need to find a way to expose the link between GOP anti-immigrant rhetoric and MAGA animosity towards non-white citizens

Flux

What the #Klan Looks Like in 2024

They have several names with a single goal.

— Some of their more well known names names is #ChristianNationalist, #Conservative, and the #RepublicanParty.

https://www.levelman.com/what-the-klan-looks-like-in-2024/

What the Ku Klux Klan Looks Like in 2024

They have several names with a single goal

LEVEL Man
Trump’s Volunteers: ‘Beautiful Ladies’ From a Secretive Evangelical Church

Women from an insular North Carolina church — with a history of “blasting” members judged sinners — are helping to stage the former president’s campaign events.

The New York Times

Opinion: #Trump's #GOP #excuses #racists, #loons and #criminals. There's no #bottom anymore.

What matters here is less the #racist #rant of a decidedly #doltish #dipstick like #GOP #Rep. #ClayHiggins and more the #ease with which #Trump-era #Republicans excuse the #monsters in their midst.

— They excuse them, because they see themselves in the monsters. The image in the next post explains it better than I ever could...

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/09/30/trump-republicans-racism-robinson-higgins/75410318007/

Opinion: Trump's GOP excuses racists, loons and criminals. There's no bottom anymore.

The bar for 'behavior Trump-supporting Republicans will excuse' is now set so low it's subterranean.

USA TODAY
The very same goes for facists, racists, Homophobes, transphobes, white suprmacists, etc.

#ConvictedFelon #DonaldTrump, using #extreme #rhetoric, calls #VicePresident #KamalaHarris '#mentally #impaired' and says she should be '#prosecuted'.

At two of his #rallies this weekend, Trump called the vice president "mentally impaired" in comments that were criticized by some members of his own party.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-says-kamala-harris-prosecuted-border-actions-rcna173194

Trump, using extreme rhetoric, calls Harris 'mentally impaired' and says she should be 'prosecuted'

Former President Donald Trump claimed during a rally that Vice President Kamala Harris should be "impeached and prosecuted" for her actions related to the southern U.S. border.

NBC News
Sociologist Arlie Hochschild on Donald Trump and the "pride paradox"

ARLIE HOCHSCHILD

Salon.com
'Extraordinarily racist': Trump ramps up attacks on Harris, immigrants in weekend speeches

Over the weekend, Donald Trump ramped up his personal attacks against VP Harris, saying she was born 'mentally impaired', he vowed to prosecute election 'cheaters' and he continued his dangerous rhetoric about Haitian immigrants. The Morning Joe panel discusses.

MSNBC
California Dreaming: Anatomy of Trump’s Craziest Lie

“If we had an honest vote counter, I would win California,” says Trump. Why that’s impossible, the baroque level of delusion it takes to believe that.

Washington Monthly

#DonaldTrump tries to blame #President #JoeBiden for His ‘#Small#CrowdSize at #Rally.

— Hogwash. His #campaign is #failing and he will do whatever he can to try to hide it right up to election day.

whttps://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article293245154.html

Trump's Absolutely Baffling Claim About 'Phone Apps' Raises New Questions

The former president seemed out of touch as he tried to describe a basic feature of any smartphone.

HuffPost
The Danger of Denying Reality

When people don't accept simple facts, are they finding a clever way of expressing their beliefs?

Psychology Today
Trump Promises 'Very Large Faucet' Will Funnel Water from Oregon to Los Angeles

The former President's plan to bring water to the California desert is, like a lot of his promises, a goofy pipe-dream.

Gizmodo
Drunk racist faces prison for assaulting mail carrier with a knife for putting Harris flyer in his mailbox, say prosecutors

Drunk man allegedly assaults postal worker with knife over political flyer, hurling racial slurs.

Boing Boing
Did Donald Trump just promise free IVF to gay couples? - LGBTQ Nation

"Trump lies as much if not more than he breathes," said a Harris-Walz spokesperson about the IVF pledge.

LGBTQ Nation

Ex - #Trump #WhiteHouse #Lawyer Says New #GOP #Election #Plot Has 1 Huge #Flaw

#DonaldTrump and his #allies are “unlikely” to have it, #TyCobb said, "Evidence". “They didn’t have any last time, and they’re unlikely to have any this time,” he added.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ty-cobb-donald-trump-challenge-election_n_66fa687ce4b06bc72dbb90d7

Ex-Trump White House Lawyer Says New GOP Election Plot Has 1 Huge Flaw

Donald Trump's allies are "unlikely" to have it, said Ty Cobb.

HuffPost

A #pollster’s #warning: #Beware 2024 #election #polls.

However, #national #polls such as #Reuters’ most recent, show Harris with a 6-point lead (50 percent to 44 percent).

https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4904061-trump-harris-swing-state-polls/

Here's why you can't trust polls showing Trump gaining or leading against Harris. .

Major #Conservative #Pollster Cited by #Media Secretly Worked With #Trump #Team

#Leaked #emails reveal the #truth about #RasmussenReports—and the way the #Trump #campaign is #breaking #election #law.

https://newrepublic.com/post/186444/conservative-poll-rasmussen-secretly-worked-trump-team

Major Conservative Poll Cited by Media Secretly Worked With Trump Team

Leaked emails reveal the truth about Rasmussen Reports—and the way the Trump campaign is breaking election law.

The New Republic

#Trump ramps up his #pace of #campaigning in the sprint to #ElectionDay

Trump has held 26 #campaign #events in September, according to a #tally by #NBCNews — more than he did in #June and #July combined.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-ramps-up-campaigning-sprint-election-day-rcna172945

Trump ramps up his pace of campaigning in the sprint to Election Day

Former President Donald Trump is finally gearing up for an all-out sprint in his bid to reclaim the White House.

NBC News

#ShadyVance’s (#JDVance) #StolenValor: ‘He Puts on #Poverty Like You Put on #Makeup

There’s a #hollow #core at the center of Vance’s #originstory — his #falseclaim that he “#Grewup #poor

— He also wears eyeliner

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/jd-vance-hillbilly-elegy-grew-up-poor-trump-1235116331/

J.D. Vance’s Stolen Valor: ‘He Puts on Poverty Like You Put on Makeup’

There’s a hollow core at the center of J.D. Vance’s origin story — his claim in Hillbilly Elegy that he “grew up poor.”

Rolling Stone
Trump’s Idiot Son Still Thinks Picking J.D. Vance Was a Great Idea

Donald Trump Jr. sees no issue with J.D. Vance.

The New Republic
Watch this comedian savagely troll the GOP while pretending to be a JD Vance campaign official

The city of Springfield in Clark County, Ohio, has had an uneasy relationship with resident Haitians whipped up into threats and hate crimes by the baseless rhetoric of JD Vance and Donald Trump. Here’s an example of the Trump-Vance campaign lies. One of the great moments in American oratory pic.twitter.com/8uW6y4EIFL — Bill Grueskin (@BGrueskin) September […]

The Poke
Chasten Buttigieg destroys JD Vance's claim that Trump is "a person of character" - LGBTQ Nation

Buttigieg responded by reposting one of Trump's most shocking comments of all time.

LGBTQ Nation
Vance criticized an infrastructure law as a candidate then embraced it as a senator

JD Vance once criticized a bipartisan 2021 law that invested billions in America’s crumbling infrastructure. He called it a “huge mistake” that spent taxpayer dollars on “really crazy stuff.” But the first-term Ohio senator and Republican vice-presidential nominee has still sought more than $200 million in funding through the law. That's according to records reviewed by The Associated Press. Vance is hardly alone among Republicans who condemned Democratic-led spending enacted only to benefit from money for popular projects. But the harsh terms he used to attack a bipartisan achievement during the Biden administration stand out as Vance has become a national figure whose words carry more weight.

AP News
Lindsey Graham, Ted Cruz spew transphobic language while questioning judicial nominee

Graham and Ted Cruz went after a nominee who once served in Congress as a Democrat and supported the pro-LGBTQ+ rights Equality Act.

Gay Pride - LGBT and Queer Voices

#ConvictedFelon #DonaldTrump can #vote despite his #felony #conviction. Millions of other #Americans can't.

#Florida, where he has his #legalresidence, #defers to #VotingEligibilityLaws in the #state where a #person was #convicted. #NewYork allows #Felons to #vote if they are not in #prison.

https://www.usatoday.com/opinion/

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@Susan_Larson_TN

I recently listened to Katie Couric interview #ArlieHochschild about her new book, #StolenPride : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/next-question-with-katie-couric/id1134154895?i=1000679319120

Her description of Trump's appeal to his voters was very compelling. And in my opinion, it suggests what Democrats need to do differently to win more elected offices.

Loss, Shame, and the Rise of the Right with Arlie Hochschild

Podcast Episode · Next Question with Katie Couric · 12/05/2024 · 46m

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