Former President Donald J. Trump has announced that he and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris have agreed to participate in a debate on ABC on September 10. Trump indicates that the rules will be the same as those for the CNN debate he had with President Joe Biden.
Trump announced the move on his social media platform, Truth Social, on Tuesday afternoon. He referred to ABC as “by far the nastiest and most unfair newscaster in the business.” In late July, the former President got into a heated exchange with the broadcast network’s Rachel Scott at the 2024 National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) convention—with Trump referring to ABC as a “fake news” network.
According to Trump, both he and Harris will stand for the debate, and neither candidate will be allowed to bring notes or have access to questions before the debate. Harris and her campaign team had previously demanded a sit-down debate and wanted access to notes.
Trump added that Harris has yet to agree to the proposed September 4 debate on Fox News nor a possible third debate with NBC.
The debate will be Trump’s first withHarris and a major test for the Democratic Party nominee, who has been avoiding media interviews for weeks. Harris is still looking to build an edge against Trump in the polls following a lackluster performance at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago earlier this month. Voter surveys following the DNC suggest that Harris may be in trouble as she received little to no bump from the convention and that Trump has taken the lead in the polls.
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Former President Donald J. Trump has announced that he and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris have agreed to participate in a debate on ABC on September 10. Trump indicates that the rules will be the same as those for the CNN debate he had with President Joe Biden.show more
The race to replace outgoing California Governor Gavin Newsom is beginning to heat up, with at least one curious name being floated in Republican circles. According to reports, Steve Hilton—a Fox News contributor and former director of strategy for the British Prime Minister David Cameron—is considering a bid for governor in California.
Though his team has remained relatively quiet on the prospect, Hilton has increasingly become active in Californiapolitics and policy discussions—signaling to some that he is considering a run for office.
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“He is thinking very seriously about running for governor, and he is doing it in a very organized way,” says former California Republican Party chairman Jim Brulte, speaking with POLITICO. Brulte, who also served as the Republica leader in the State Senate, adds: “I know he’s talking to a lot of the right people because I have heard from a lot of the right people that he’s talking to them.”
Hilton has received significant interest from allies in Silicon Valley, especially given his public policy stances on the state’s skyrocketing crime rate, homelessness crisis, and soaring home and rent costs. While Democrats have held the governorship since 2011, the deterioration in the state’s quality of life and affordable living has created a unique environment where outside-the-box candidates—like Hilton—could capture voter sentiment.
“He is a no-BS person who cuts to the heart of issues no matter how uncomfortable the truth is,” technology industry billionaire Chamath Palihapitiya tells POLITICO, adding: “I think that that could be really refreshing at the right moment in California.”
CROWDED DEM FIELD.
Meanwhile, the Democrat field to replace Gov. Newsom will likely be crowded. Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis has already declared her intention to run. She’s joined by former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond, former Controller Betty Yee, and state Sen. Toni Atkins.
Additionally, the state’s Attorney General Rob Bonta and the Biden-Harris government’s Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra are expected to enter the race.
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The race to replace outgoing California Governor Gavin Newsom is beginning to heat up, with at least one curious name being floated in Republican circles. According to reports, Steve Hilton—a Fox News contributor and former director of strategy for the British Prime Minister David Cameron—is considering a bid for governor in California.
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This is an especially interesting turn of events because when I was working for Nigel Farage at UKIP (circa 2014/15), Steve Hilton was David Cameron’s (and the Conservative Party’s) chief strategist
This is an especially interesting turn of events because when I was working for Nigel Farage at UKIP (circa 2014/15), Steve Hilton was David Cameron’s (and the Conservative Party’s) chief strategist show more
The long-debunked Russiacollusionhoax against former President Donald J. Trump hurt U.S. foreign policy, according to former National Security Advisor turned public Trump critic H.R. McMaster.
Robert Mueller’s special counsel investigation—peddled by top Democrats and also every major media outlet in the world—undermined the Trump White House’s efforts to handle issues with Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin, McMaster admitted in an excerpt of his new book published by the Wall Street Journal this weekend.
“Since Trump’s election, Democrats and others opposed to Trump kept looking for evidence of collusion or corruption with Russians or for compromising information—such as that in the discredited Steele dossier, a document filled with false allegations about Trump that was funded by the Hillary Clinton campaign and presented to the FBI as fact,” McMaster wrote, concluding: “All this had created opportunities for the Kremlin.”
McMaster goes on to explain that the corporatemedia‘s constant favorable coverage of the Russia collusion hoax pushed by the Democrats enabled the Russian government to actively meddle in U.S. foreign policy interests. Additionally, McMaster explains that the politicization of Russia’s intelligence activities during the 2016 election by Democrat lawmakers allowed Russia to push narratives that were used to drive wedges between White House officials and hamper efforts to constrain Putin‘s own foreign policy goals.
The revelations in McMaster’s memoir further confirm allegations that Russia‘s intent during the 2016 election and after was to sow discord in the United States—and not to support one presidential candidate or another. Consequently, the Russia collusion hoax—pushed by Democrats in weeks, months, and years after the 2016 election—provided ample opportunities for the Russians to continue to meddle in American interests by undermining public trust.
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The long-debunked Russiacollusionhoax against former President Donald J. Trump hurt U.S. foreign policy, according to former National Security Advisor turned public Trump critic H.R. McMaster.
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Now see if this were the Democrats being harmed by a hoax like this, they would use McMasters’s comments as the jumping-off point for a fresh Congressional investigation and subpoena literally everyone involved in peddling this lie
Now see if this were the Democrats being harmed by a hoax like this, they would use McMasters’s comments as the jumping-off point for a fresh Congressional investigation and subpoena literally everyone involved in peddling this lie show more
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s multimillion-dollar attempt to take down the eight Republicans who ousted him as Speaker has ended in humiliating failure. The former Speaker’s primary targets, including Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), easily won their races, dealing a blow to McCarthy’s post-Congress ambitions.
Gaetz, the architect of McCarthy’s Congressional downfall, crushed his primary opponent by 45 points. Another top target, Mace, won by 27 points despite McCarthy allies spending heavily against her. The former Speaker’s only victory was a narrow win against Rep. Bob Good (R-VA), whose defeat was so close it required a recount.
Good, the House Freedom Caucus chairman, was mostly defeated in the Republican primary because he supported his old congressional colleague, Ron DeSantis, for president. As a result, President Trump endorsed his opponent.
Critics within the GOP accuse McCarthy of wasting resources on petty, personal vendettas instead of helping to grow the Republican majority. Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN), one of the so-called “Gaetz Eight,” called further donations to McCarthy’s efforts “throwing money down a well.”
McCarthy is now believed to be planning opposition to Gaetz in a potential Florida gubernatorial race in 2026. The tactic may embolden state Democrats who will doubtlessly attempt to drive a wedge between the two before the election, with Governor DeSantis being term-limited out.
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Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's multimillion-dollar attempt to take down the eight Republicans who ousted him as Speaker has ended in humiliating failure. The former Speaker's primary targets, including Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), easily won their races, dealing a blow to McCarthy's post-Congress ambitions.
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Alexander ‘Shabbos’ Kestenbaum — Jewish activist who was given a prime speaking slot at the Republican National Convention and a front row seat to a Donald Trump speech just last week — is now at the Democratic National Convention touting himself as a “pro-Israel Democrat” seeking to “restore the soul” of what he calls “our party.”
The self-confessed former Bernie Sanders voter criticized the Democrats at the RNC and said he was “proud to support President Trump‘s policies,” adding: “Let’s elect a president who will instill patriotism in our schools once again. Let’s elect a president who will confront terrorism and its supporters once again. Let’s elect a president who recognizes that, although Harvard and the Ivy Leagues have long abandoned the United States of America, the Jewish people never will, because Jewish values are American values, and American values are Jewish values!”
Tellingly, however, he did not explicitly state that this president should be Donald Trump, despite his cheering GOP audience inferring that this was his view. Kestenbaum was even invited by Trump’s campaign team to sit in the front row at an event with the 45th President just last week.
Tonight, I was invited to sit front row as President Trump laid out a new policy: colleges that violate federal law by discriminating against Jewish students will immediately lose their accreditation. This is a bipartisan, common-sense idea that both candidates should endorse pic.twitter.com/LAuRzJ6flP
Now, it appears they were hoodwinked, with Kestenbaum posting a picture of himself at the Democratic National Convention wearing an “I’m a pro-Israel Democrat” badge.
“Let me also add that as a visibly Jewish person crying as I was recording this, numerous delegates came up to me after, saying they stand with the Jewish people,” Kestenbaum wrote under the picture, referring to a recording of some DNC attendees chanting “Bring them home” in reference to Jewish-American hostages in Gaza. “I have had serious disillusionments with Dems, but am confident we can one day restore the soul of our party together,” he added.
The GOP officials who invited Kestenbaum to speak at the RNC should have known he was using them, as he made his intentions clear prior to his RNC appearance in an interview with Jewish news outlet The Forward.
“I don’t support the Republican Party. There are progressive policy positions that I really believe in, like the Green New Deal, like a $15 minimum wage, like universal health care. These are certainly positions that are contrary to the Republican Party,” he said.
“I don’t support the Republican Party, but if they’re going to provide me a platform and an opportunity to speak about my lived experiences, then of course I will take it,” he added.
At the time, he claimed the Democratic Party “has become ideologically poisoned, and it is this poison, it is this corruption, that is infecting far too many young Americans… Far left antisemitic extremism has no virtue, and the radicalism on our campuses and on our streets has no moral legitimacy.”
Now, Kestenbaum claims: “I have had serious disillusionments with Dems, but am confident we can one day restore the soul of our party together.”
The RNC was organised by the Republican National Committee’s executive branch in Washington, D.C., led by Chris LaCivita and Michael Whatley.
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Alexander 'Shabbos' Kestenbaum — Jewish activist who was given a prime speaking slot at the Republican National Convention and a front row seat to a Donald Trump speech just last week — is now at the Democratic National Convention touting himself as a "pro-Israel Democrat” seeking to “restore the soul” of what he calls “our party.”
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A Biden-Harris regime nuclear official hired only this year has a “queering nuclear weapons” agenda. Sneha Nair, appointed as a special assistant at the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) by the Biden-Harris regime in February, wants to apply far-left gender and sexual ideology to nuclear weapons, rather than focus on national security.
Nair links “queer theory” to nuclear disarmament. She asserts that queer theory can reshape perceptions of nuclear weapons, traditionally used as security tools. According to Nair, queer theory highlights the harm caused by nuclear weapons through displacement, illness, and trauma, challenging the view that nuclear deterrence improves security.
She has also criticized existing security clearance processes, suggesting they unfairly discourage qualified applicants with foreign ties due to racial biases. Nair, formerly with the Stimson Institute, is a proponent of integrating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) into nuclear security. She argues that DEI is crucial not only for improving workplace culture but also for national security.
Nair herself has connections to organizations funded by George Soros‘s Open Society Foundations and the Embassy of Qatar.
Nair’s appointment comes after the firing of Office of Nuclear Energy official Sam Brinton, a “non-binary” drag queen. Brinton was arrested last year after stealing the luggage of various women at different airports across the country in order to wear their clothing.
A Biden-Harris regime nuclear official hired only this year has a "queering nuclear weapons" agenda. Sneha Nair, appointed as a special assistant at the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) by the Biden-Harris regime in February, wants to apply far-left gender and sexual ideology to nuclear weapons, rather than focus on national security.
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Populist leader Marine Le Pen and two key allies are scheduled to meet with President Emmanuel Macron next week as France remains without a majority government over a month after snap national elections. President Macron will receive Le Pen alongside Jordan Bardella, president of her National Rally (RN) party, and Eric Ciotti, a leading member of the center-right Les Republicains (Republicans) who has expressed openness towards allying with RN.
The meeting is just one of several that President Macron will be holding with multiple parties as the National Assembly struggles to form a working coalition and put forward a prime minister. The previously controlling globalist-progressive bloc loyal to Macron is now in second place behind a far-left bloc, with Le Pen’s party in third—despite winning the popular vote—as the single-largest party in the legislature.
The establishment parties allied with President Macron and the far-left parties were able to block RN from any of the key positions in the parliament following the election. Le Pen slammed the move, arguing that it was undemocratic given RN’s share of voters.
During the Paris Olympics, a “truce” was declared among the parliament, but now that the games are over, President Macron is under pressure to appoint a new prime minister. This is largely due to the upcoming national budget, which is expected to be finalized and presented in September.
Outgoing Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, a Macron ally, remains in post as a caretaker, but members of the far-left bloc in the legislature are demanding Macron remove him soon.
Populist leader Marine Le Pen and two key allies are scheduled to meet with President Emmanuel Macron next week as France remains without a majority government over a month after snap national elections. President Macron will receive Le Pen alongside Jordan Bardella, president of her National Rally (RN) party, and Eric Ciotti, a leading member of the center-right Les Republicains (Republicans) who has expressed openness towards allying with RN.
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Members of the left-extremist Antifa organization in Germany have called on supporters to carry out violent acts against properties associated with the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party and its supporters. The X (formerly Twitter) account Rote Flora, named for a well-known Antifa squat in Hamburg, posted a picture of a new billboard, which lists “13 things you can do against the AfD,” including attacking AfD members and links to a website suggesting additional violent actions.
“The AfD should not feel safe in public and should not be able to spread its agitation undisturbed,” the website “13:12 Things” states, while calling on supporters to disrupt political campaign booths. The site also provides a guide on how to attack and destroy properties associated with the AfD, including party offices, restaurants, and venues that allow the party to host events.
Along with smashing windows, the Antifa authors call for attacks with butyric acid. They also call for home invasions of AfD politicians, noting their addresses can be learned from research while warning against getting an address wrong. The political terrorist group also warns that while such actions can increase “repression,” they are “legitimate.”
The AfD is currently polling in the lead in two of three East German regional elections taking place next month. Antifa lists this as the reason for the website’s creation and call to action, with the authors admitting that much of what is on the website is illegal.
(1/3) Neue Plakatwand: “Vom Antifa-Tresen empfohlen: 13/12 Dinge – Antifaschistischer Werkzeugkasten. Die Faschist*innen von der AfD und ihre Netzwerke werden immer stärker. #nonazishh#antifapic.twitter.com/ElrPP6ycbN
— Rote Flora @Rote_Flora@systemli.social (@flora_rote) August 18, 2024
EUROPE’S ULTRA-VIOLENT ANTIFA MOVEMENT.
German Antifa extremists are known as some of the most violent far-left extremists in Europe, with one group known as the Hammerbande (Hammer Gang) carrying out maiming attacks with hammers across Germany and even abroad in Budapest, Hungary in 2023.
Hungarian authorities arrested an Italian national associated with the Hammerbande but the individual was later released and was elected to the European Parliament in May, granting her immunity from prosecution.
After former President Donald J. Trump suggested Antifa be labeled a terrorist group for their politically violent tactics, establishment figures in Europe expressed their support for the terror group, with some waving an Antifa flag in the European Parliament.
Members of the left-extremist Antifa organization in Germany have called on supporters to carry out violent acts against properties associated with the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party and its supporters. The X (formerly Twitter) account Rote Flora, named for a well-known Antifa squat in Hamburg, posted a picture of a new billboard, which lists "13 things you can do against the AfD," including attacking AfD members and links to a website suggesting additional violent actions.
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Former President Donald J. Trump said he would be open to appointing independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to a post in his administration should the 2024 Republican nominee retake the White House in November. Speaking with the press following a campaign stop in Michigan on Tuesday, Trump said, regarding Kennedy, “I like him, and I respect him.”
“He’s a brilliant guy. He’s a very smart guy. I’ve known him for a very long time,” the former President said while addressing the possibility that Kennedy may end his presidential bid and back Trump with the expectation he’d receive a political appointment. “I didn’t know he was thinking about getting out, but if he is thinking about getting out, certainly I’d be open to it,” Trump said.
When pressed again about whether he’d consider appointing Kennedy to a position in his administration, Trump responded: “I probably would, if something like that would happen. He’s a very different kind of guy—a very smart guy. And, yeah, I would be honored by that endorsement, certainly.”
KENNEDY’S CAMP.
Speculation regarding the future of the Kennedy presidential campaign hit a fever pitch earlier on Tuesday when a podcast interview with his running mate, Nicole Shanahan, was posted to YouTube. During the podcast, Shanahan explained how their campaign is currently weighing its future—and the fading hope of forming a new third political party—following lackluster fundraising and constant attacks by a Democrat-aligned SuperPAC.
“There’s two options that we’re looking at, and one is staying in, forming that new party. But we run the risk of a Kamala Harris and Waltz presidency because we draw votes from Trump,” Shanahan said. “Or, we walk away right now and join forces with Donald Trump and explain to our base why we’re making this decision.”
A leaked call between Trump and Kennedy following the latter’s near-assassination showed the America First leader was open to the independent candidate joining a restored Trump administration, possibly in a role investigating vaccine safety.
Kennedy, whosays Kamala Harris’s Democratic Party would be “unrecognizable” to his father, Robert ‘Bobby’ Kennedy Sr., and uncle, President John F. Kennedy, said after the call that he had “a lot of respect for President Trump for reaching out to me.”
“Nobody from the DNC, high or low, has ever reached out to me in 18 months,” he added.
Former President Donald J. Trump said he would be open to appointing independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to a post in his administration should the 2024 Republican nominee retake the White House in November. Speaking with the press following a campaign stop in Michigan on Tuesday, Trump said, regarding Kennedy, "I like him, and I respect him."
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Elon Musk says he is “willing to serve” in government, sharing an Artificial Intelligence-generated image of himself as Secretary of State for Government Efficiency (DOGE). Former President Donald J. Trump, whom Musk has endorsed, told the tech mogul he would “love” to appoint him to a government efficiency commission during a recent conversation.
Speaking together on X, formerly Twitter, Trump and Musk discussed the “incredible” waste in government spending, which Musk believes is the root cause of inflation.
“[N]obody negotiates prices,” Trump agreed, arguing part of the problem is the reduction in choice as a result of corporate mergers: “You used to have a lot of people making jets, and you end up with two companies,” he explained. The America First leader cited the example of Air Force One, with officials trying to get him to sign off $5.7 billion for Boeing to provide two aircraft when he was in the White House.
Musk said you could multiply this “insane” number across government “by a zillion,” with Trump agreeing that the waste is “astronomical.”
“I think it would be great to just have a government efficiency commission that takes a look at these things and just ensures that the taxpayer money, the taxpayer’s hard-earned money, is spent in a good way. I’d be happy to help out on such a commission,” Musk said.
Previously, Musk has slammed Kamala Harris for her work as rural broadband czar. With a budget of $42 billion, she has failed to connect a single person to the Internet since 2021. He believes his SpaceX firm, provides high-quality Intenet connections to users in over 100 countries through the Starlink satellite network, could have finished the job at a fraction of the price by now.
Elon Musk says he is "willing to serve" in government, sharing an Artificial Intelligence-generated image of himself as Secretary of State for Government Efficiency (DOGE). Former President Donald J. Trump, whom Musk has endorsed, told the tech mogul he would "love" to appoint him to a government efficiency commission during a recent conversation.
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