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MSNBC's Joy Reid issued a blistering fact-check to Donald Trump following the ex-president's Q&A session with Black journalists in Chicago Wednesday. During the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) annual convention in the Windy City, a hostile Trump claimed he was unaware that his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, is Black, and spewed baseless claims, such as that Harris is a "border czar." The MSNBC host began the latest episode of The ReidOut by correcting five of the MAGA hopeful's false statements. READ MORE: 'Full white-power': Trump lawyer blasted for blatant 'racism' during PA rally "First off, no, Donald. You are not the best president for Black people since Abraham Lincoln," Reid said. Not even close. For instance, you like to claim that you have the lowest black unemployment numbers when, in fact, that happened under President Biden. Second, Vice President Kamala Harris is Black. She's always i...

Just hours after Donald Trump said to a room of Black journalists that he "didn't know" Vice President Kamala Harris "was Black until a number of years ago," one of the ex-president's lawyers also suggested that she also doesn't know the presumptive Democratic nominee is Black. Alina Habba, who represented the MAGA hopeful in his New York civil fraud case earlier this year, spoke at her former client's Harrisonburg, Pennsylvania rally Wednesday, telling rally-goers: "I am a strong woman. A mom, a lawyer, and an American." The MAGA ally continued, "And unlike you, Kamala, I know who my roots are, I know where I come from, and I don't play around with the constitution." READ MORE: 'What exactly is a Black job?' Journalist corners Trump at contentious sit-down Several journalists and political experts immediately slammed the Trump lawyer for her "weird" remarks. Democratic strategist Adam Parkhomenko sai...

A collection of GOP-aligned organizations are already hard at work planning to make it harder for predominantly Democratic constituencies to cast their ballots this November. According to a Wednesday report in tech publication Wired, groups like True The Vote, the Election Integrity Network, Check My Vote and the Nevada-based Pig Pen Project are planning to blitz urban voting precincts in some of the more competitive battleground states this November like Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. This initiative is likely to create headaches for voters who may show up to their polling place this fall only to find that their registration was removed due to challenges from one or more of these groups. “These groups and the broader election denial movement have been building these structures, building these projects, over the course of many, many months and years, in preparation for this moment,” Brendan Fischer, who is the deputy executive director at Documented, told Wired. “And the piec...

Donald Trump's nephew — Fred C. Trump III — in his new book reveals several of the former president's "heartless" acts towards "people he views as lesser." Last week, TIME Magazine reported that in his new book , "All in the Family: The Trumps and How We Got This Way", the GOP hopeful's nephew recalls when his uncle suggested he should let his disabled son just "die." Speaking with MSNBC's Joy Reid Tuesday, Fred Trump III expanded on some of the rhetoric he heard the ex-president use during his years growing up. READ MORE: New book by Trump’s nephew adds 'another layer' to 'complex and combative family saga' "There is evidence that Donald Trump has a sort of revulsion toward disabled people," Reid noted. "He didn't want to be near Bob Dole, who had a disability from being a war hero. He made fun of and mocked a disabled reporter. Is that it — he really is just disgusted by people who are d...

US Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA) on Tuesday addressed voters during Vice President Kamala Harris' rally in Atlanta Tuesday, reminding them that former President Donald Trump attempted to overturn the 2020 election in their state. The MAGA hopeful was criminally charged last year by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, along with 18 other Trump allies info their efforts to interfere with the presidential election. "A Florida man called into Georgia and said 'I need 11,870 votes," Warnock said to the energized crowd. "I want you to think about that,. Georgia, Donald Trump tried to steal your vote. Kamala Harris is trying to earn your vote! And she's been doing it." READ MORE: Meet the pastor who was indicted with Trump in Georgia Warnock, who's also the pastor of Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church — home church to Martin Luther King Jr. — continued, "This struck me with a certain kind of deep, deep frustration, as a Christian pa...

In the wake of Team USA's gymnastics team winning gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics, a 2021 clip has resurfaced of eventual Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) criticizing praise of legendary gymnast Simone Biles. Democratic-aligned research group American Bridge posted the clip of Vance , who made the comments on a July 28, 2021 Fox News panel moderated by host Harris Faulkner. The panel was assembled shortly after Biles announced that she would not be joining her teammates in the all-around competition at the Tokyo Olympics. Faulkner began the interview by asking Vance if he thought Biles "let down the country." Vance responded that while he understood that Biles was "under an incredible amount of pressure" as the leader of Team USA's gymnastics squad, he seemingly suggested that the legendary gymnast's withdrawal from the 2021 Olympics was a harmful byproduct of the mainstreaming of therapy. READ MORE: AP article debunking...

During a Sunday interview with CNN's Jake Tapper, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz explained why he prefers to call Donald Trump "weird" — opposed to "a threat to democracy" like other Democratic leaders. Walz — who's name appears on 2024 Democratic nominee Kamala Harris' list of potential vice presidential candidates — emphasized his belief that labeling Trump "a threat to democracy" places too much power in the MAGA hopeful's hands. Speaking with MSNBC's Jen Psaki Monday night, the Inside with Jen Psaki host asked the Democratic governor to elaborate on his point. READ MORE: 'Listen to the guy!' Dem gov explains why calling Trump 'weird' is most 'effective attack line' "You said, 'We're not afraid of weird people. We're a little creeped out, but we're not afraid," Psaki said to Walz. "I want to get you to expand on that a little bit. There are some scary things that Trump is pla...

Just as some Republican election officials across the nation assisted Donald Trump with his attempt to overturn the 2020 election, "at least 70" of the former president's allies are expected to do the same in November, according to results from an investigation by Rolling Stone published Monday. Per Rolling Stone , "Republicans have refused to certify election results at least 25 times since Trump lost the 2020 election to President Joe Biden ." The publication reports: Rolling Stone and American Doom compiled its list of election denying election officials by culling media reports about refusals to certify results and other denialist behavior — and by searching the social media profiles of hundreds of election officials in the six swing states. The investigation revealed hundreds of posts from officials expressing belief in lies about the 2020 election and skepticism about November, as well as myriad posts about every right-wing culture war issue and con...

Fox News host Neil Cavuto pushed back on Louisiana Republican Sen. John Kennedy’s attack on Vice President Kamala Harris as a “ding-dong” and a “loon” Monday, questioning if name-calling could backfire on the GOP. Kennedy joined Cavuto for his afternoon broadcast to share his thoughts on President Joe Biden’s planned overhaul of the Supreme Court , which he said will be “as dead as Woodrow Wilson,” when it gets to Washington. He continued with a tirade that alleged Harris is actually behind the court reform package as a sort-of vendetta against the court for dismantling Roe V. Wade . He then went on to ridicule her laugh and saying polling shows Americans think Harris is “a bit of a ding dong,” and a member of the “loon wing of the Democratic party.” Cavuto wasn’t buying it. “I’m wondering if the strategy to focus on her laugh or the former president calling her nasty and crazy , really promotes that push to show she’s not up to the job. Does it look petty?”Does it say to judg...

On the same day President Joe Biden is expected to announce reforms to the Supreme Court of the United States, "a new damaging leak" regarding the justice's abortion rulings was reported early Monday morning exclusively by CNN , according to the Daily Beast. In June, Bloomberg first reported that the court's ruling in a high-profile abortion-related case was briefly posted to SCOTUS' website, "in which it appeared as if the Court would allow for emergency abortions to be performed in Idaho despite the Gem State's ban on abortions." At the time, "The author of the opinion and a breakdown of how individual justices voted on the decision" was not yet known. READ MORE: Highly anticipated SCOTUS decision briefly posted to court’s website before it was removed Now, CNN has "learned the split was 6-3, with all six Republican-nominated conservatives backing Idaho, over objections from the three Democratic-appointed liberals" — whi...

Former President Donald Trump has been largely silent on social media on Sunday, but some onlookers think that may change after he sees the latest Fox News poll on his numbers versus Kamala Harris. Fox released a swing state poll that showed Harris' favorability ratings ahead of Trump's in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, and Michigan. The poll states that it included registered voters, and took place July 22-24. Trump critics were quick to react online. @acnewsitics simply said, " Uh oh." @kinsellawarren said, "Better than the numbers is the fact that this is a Fox News poll." Trump supporter @GioBruno1600 asked, " Do you believe this FOX NEWS poll?" @joled16 said, "Without having had a convention yet! OMG! I just realized this is a FOX NEWS poll! Trump must be furious with FOX." @TheNewsTrending wrote, "A new Fox News poll shows that Trump's significant lead over Biden in battleground states has disappeared wh...

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Sen. JD Vance's (R-Ohio) idea to "punish" Americans with higher tax rates if they choose not to have children isn't going over well — particularly with one MAGA-aligned social media personality. During a podcast segment with far-right activist Charlie Kirk in 2022 before announcing his run for Senate, Vance suggested that he would be in favor of alternate tax rates for Americans with children vs. Americans who don't have children. "We need to reward the things that we think are good and punish the things that we think are bad. So you talk about tax policy, let’s tax the things that are bad and not tax the things that are good," he said. "If you’re making $100,000, $400,000 a year and you’ve got three kids, you should pay a different, lower rate than if you are making the same amount of money and you don’t have any kids. It’s that simple." READ MORE: JD Vance suggested America should 'punish' people for not having children That r...

While Hurricane Beryl crossed into Louisiana as a tropical storm, Republican Governor Jeff Landry was on vacation in Europe, according to a new report. Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based newspaper the Advocate reported Friday that Landry and his wife, Sharon were on a " weeklong jaunt " through Croatia, Greece and Italy when Beryl hit Louisiana, killing one person and damaging homes and businesses and leaving thousands without power. Beryl — which hit southeast Texas as a category 1 hurricane earlier this month, later moved east into the Bayou State and caused coastal flooding and wind speeds in excess of 60 miles per hour. A 31 year-old woman in Benton, Louisiana was killed when a tree fell on her home . “All the governors I’m familiar with made a business to be around during hurricane season, especially when there was one in the Gulf,” Terry Ryder — who was an attorney for three former Louisiana governors — told the Advocate. “They were always completely engaged before, durin...

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Although Joe Biden on Sunday, July 21 dropped his bid for reelection, the president has promised to implement US Supreme Court reform during his final six months in office. Last week, The Washington Post reported that Biden urged the Congressional Progressive Caucus on a phone call to "back his Court reform plan, which he hinted would soon be made public." The president said, "I’m going to need your help on the Supreme Court, because I’m about to come out — I don’t want to prematurely announce it — but I’m about to come out with a major initiative on limiting the court … I’ve been working with constitutional scholars for the last three months, and I need some help." READ MORE: 'He is on our side': Org behind Project 2025 boasts repeatedly about close ties to Trump During Thursday's episode of MSNBC's Deadline: White House, host Nicolle Wallace spoke with Slate senior editor and lawyer Dahlia Lithwick about just how "serious" Biden is...

Republicans have come up with a new baseless theory for uncovering "voter fraud," wrote Abby Vesoulis for Mother Jones — and while the new lawsuits they are filing probably won't go anywhere, they could still succeed in their overall purpose. This comes after years of former President Donald Trump pushing conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election being rigged, and his allies supporting it with bizarre stunts like the long-debunked "2,000 Mules" documentary. The new tactic has the Republican National Committee suing counties in Nevada — Trump-supporting counties run by Republican election officials: "In Lyon County — which is located in western Nevada and has not favored a Democrat for president since FDR — the RNC initially asserted that 105 percent of voting-eligible residents were registered, an 'impossibly high' percentage, suggesting 'an ongoing, systemic problem with its voter list maintenance efforts.' The RNC ma...

Never Trump conservative Charlie Sykes on Thursday urged Americans — and specifically Donald Trump's campaign — not to ignore how "well" Vice President Kamala Harris has done with voters in only four days since President Joe Biden dropped his reelection bid. Speaking with MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace, the Bulwark editor also pointed to how 2024 GOP vice presidential nominee Senator JD Vance is faring with voters in comparison to Harris. "Charlie, he's against Donald Trump in the ways we have been talking about since he was selected," Wallace said, referring to the Ohio senator. "[He] believes Donald Trump's is America's Hitler. That's a quote. He's also expressed decades or years of disdain against Donald Trump's family. He thinks women should stay in marriages if they are unhappy and violent. The top of the ticket has a modern family, the likes of which JD Vance doesn't seem to approve of. He's sort of a cultural scold on...

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office just submitted its official response to the Supreme Court of the United States' immunity decision from earlier this month, and argues that his 34 felony convictions should still apply. In a 69-page filing , Bragg and his team of prosecutors painstakingly laid out how former President Donald Trump being granted broad criminal immunity for official acts by SCOTUS doesn't change his late May conviction by a New York jury. Bragg argued that the crimes Trump committed in the lead-up to the 2016 presidential election are not tied to any official acts he took as president, and that no evidence prosecutors introduced ran significantly afoul of SCOTUS' immunity boundaries laid out in the Trump v. United States decision. Bragg referred to a practice known as " harmless-error analysis " in which a criminal conviction can still be upheld despite a "harmless error" by a judge overseeing a criminal trial if tha...

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is telling any would-be challengers to Vice President Kamala Harris to either file their paperwork in the next three days or to wait until 2028. Politico reported Wednesday that the DNC is hoping to close the door on any chances of a fractured party by the end of the week. Delegates who will officially select the party's nominee at next month's Democratic National Convention recently approved rules for the upcoming virtual roll call on July 30. Any candidates aiming to ask delegates to support their bid for the nomination will need to submit their paperwork confirming their candidacy by Saturday at 6 PM Eastern Time. Then, in order for any candidate to qualify for the virtual roll call on August 7, they will need to gather 300 signatures from delegates — with no more than 50 coming from the same state — by Tuesday, July 30. According to Politico, the August 7 deadline is set in stone, given Ohio's ballot access deadlines. READ M...

Before President Joe Biden dropped his reelection bid Sunday and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to pursue the White House, Donald Trump's campaign were sure about their advantages over the Democratic Party in November. After Harris raised $81 million in 24 hours, and according to some polling regarding who voters are leaning towards, Trump and his camp are scrambling to rethink their strategy – as well as their 2024 vice presidential nominee, US Senator JD Vance (R-OH). In an op-ed published on Wednesday, The Atlantic's Helen Lewis writes , "Trump presumably loves watching a former critic debase himself for power, but voters can usually smell a phony." READ MORE: 'Intellectually bottom of the barrel': GOP ignores Johnson’s plea as reps attack 'DEI hire' Harris The Atlantic staff writer notes , "CNN recently reported that Vance has a negative rating among voters—the first for a VP pick immediately after his or her party’s convention ...

In the hours after the president dropped out of the running, my first concern was the same concern I had before he dropped out – party unity. With it, Joe Biden might have survived* the crisis. Without it, no alternative nominee could possibly hope to defeat Donald Trump. Unity is the main reason why I have said the only alternative to Biden is the vice president. The nominee can’t be some other relatively unknown Democrat, no matter how good they might look on paper. If the party stepped over Kamala Harris, the first biracial woman to be second in command, the Democrats would crack. There are not enough white swing voters around to make up for the loss of Black women and women of color who would stay home with a vengeance. Fortunately, miraculously , the Democrats seem to have unified in one day . Biden made his historic announcement early Sunday afternoon. (He plans to address the country tomorrow evening during a televised address.) An hour later , he endorsed Harris. Then came ...

Ten days after the failed assassination attempt on Donald Trump that left one person dead, The Washington Post reports that Secret Service officials are urging the former president's team to avoid "scheduling large outdoor rallies and other outdoor events with big crowds" in the coming months. The report comes just hours after Secret Service director Kimberly A. Cheatle resigned from her position after the agency failed to evade the ultimately unsuccessful attempt on Trump's life by 20-year-old Thomas Crooks at a July 13 Butler, Pennsylvania rally. The New York Times reports, "President Biden, in a statement Tuesday, thanked Ms. Cheatle for answering his call to lead the agency," writing, "As a leader, it takes honor, courage and incredible integrity to take full responsibility for an organization tasked with one of the most challenging jobs in public service." READ MORE: 'Once a dirty secret': Group behind Project 2025 'publicly...

Vice President Kamala Harris is continuing to rapidly consolidate support for her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, with President Joe Biden's blessing. Now, Republicans in Congress are hoping to throw a wrench in the works. Politico reporter Olivia Beavers recently tweeted that Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tennessee) has already introduced articles of impeachment against Harris for " high crimes and misdemeanors ." One article is for alleged "willful refusal to uphold the immigration laws," and another is for "breach of public trust." When Beavers asked Ogles about the impending August recess when lawmakers are scheduled to be out of town for the next month, the Tennessee Republican pushed back , saying: "I have a problem with that. I think we have Appropriations bills to address and we need to impeach the vice president." READ MORE: GOP lawmaker admits he lied about lending $320,000 to his campaign: 'Used the stillborn d...