Trump v Harris – Live: Walz lauds ‘smart women’ versus ‘smallest man in world’ as Vance stokes tension in Ohio

Minnesota Governor and Democratic Party vice presidential candidate Tim Walz told a crowd in Wisconsin on Saturday that his life hack “for all the guys out there” is “surround yourself with smart women and listen to them and you’ll do just fine. That includes my fellow cat owner Taylor Swift”.

He added: It’s really great to have all of these women help us beat the smallest man in the world… Donald Trump.”

Meanwhile, Vice President Kamala Harris gave her her first solo interview since becoming the party’s nominee, pitching herself as “a new generation of leadership” and promising to help small businesses and first-time homebuyers.

Outrage continues following Trump’s claim during Tuesday’s likely-only presidential debate that the Haitian community in Springfield, Ohio (who are there legally, and at the town’s invitation), were stealing and eating domestic pets

While the city officials and the governor have denied this is happening, Trump’s running mate, Ohio senator JD Vance has further stoked tensions by reposting an unverified video as alleged evidence. Footage of what appears to be the Proud Boys on a main thoroughfare has surfaced and bomb threats have been called into hospitals, schools, and offices.

In 51 days, Harris will go head-to-head with Trump as Americans cast their votes in the 2024 election.

Key Points

• Can Kamala Harris win Pennsylvania? Just ask the mayor of Scranton

• Rove continues to rebuke ‘ill-prepared’ Trump

• Marianne Williamson denies backing Trump over ‘pet-eating’ smear

• Harris pressures Trump to return to debate stage: ‘We owe it to the voters’

• Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump? Latest poll updates

Former Trump staffer mockingly asked someone to ‘track down’ victims of abortion bans

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…then more than 17,000 women responded with their heartbreaking stories.

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Project 2025 adviser unwittingly highlights cruelty of abortion bans with glib TikTok

COMMENT:

23:15 , Oliver O’Connell

Catherine Pepinster writes:

Where does politics end and religion begin? Pope Francis has stoked that debate once again with his recent intervention in the US presidential campaign, where he commented on the race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.

Voters, he told journalists on his plane back to Rome from a tour of Asia, will have to choose between the “lesser” of two evils: that of Donald Trump’s anti-migrant policies, and Kamala Harris’s support for women’s abortion rights.

This may seem puzzling to some, who view being anti-migrant and supportive of abortion as at opposite ends of the political spectrum. But from the Pope’s point of view, they are part of a continuum of being “pro-life” – thinking that has seen Francis also speak out passionately against the death penalty and the Catholic Church being opposed to assisted dying.

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The Pope’s election intervention could be bad news for Catholics – and democracy

Bomb threats prompt lockdowns at Springfield hospitals in aftermath of Trump’s migrant conspiracies

23:07 , Oliver O’Connell

Two hospitals in Springfield – the Ohio city at the center of Trump’s false pet-eating claims – were placed on brief lockdowns after receiving bomb threats Saturday morning.

Both medical centers have resumed normal operations after police and hospital security found nothing suspicious during their search.

Andrea Cavallier has the detail of what happened today.

Bomb threats prompt lockdowns at two Springfield hospitals after Trump conspiracy

Watch: Walz tells men ‘surround yourself with smart women’

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…with a shoutout to fellow cat owner Taylor Swift.

“It’s really great to have all of these women help us beat the smallest man in the world… Donald Trump,” said vice presidential nominee Tim Walz.

People respond to JD Vance sharing video he claims shows migrants grilling cats: ‘Clearly chicken you weirdo’

22:30 , Oliver O’Connell

Republican vice-presidential candidate Senator JD Vance continues to stoke outrage against foreign-born members of his own constituency, sharing video footage with his 1.9 million social media followers that he claimed showed African migrants in Dayton, Ohio “eating cats”.

In the eyes of many though, it appears to show nothing more than poultry cooking on an outdoor grill.

Justin Rohrlich has the story.

JD Vance shares vid claiming migrants ate cats, but appears to show grilling poultry

Watch LIVE: Tim Walz holds election campaign event in Wisconsin

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Seth Meyers jokes RFK Jr might not be the best person to defend Trump’s debate meltdown about eating pets

22:11 , Oliver O’Connell

Seth Meyers joked that Robert F Kennedy Jr might not be the best person to defend Donald Trump’s debate meltdown over eating pet dogs and cats – given his own very colorful history with dead animals.

On his show on Thursday night, the late-night host waded into the damage control efforts by Republicans and Trump allies following his showdown with Kamala Harris on Tuesday night.

RFK Jr was one of many trying to defend Trump’s performance.

Myriam Page reports.

Seth Meyers jokes RFK Jr isn’t best person to defend Trump’s eating pets claim

Racial tensions in Springfield have simmered for months. Trump’s rhetoric now has Haitians there in a full-blown ‘panic’

21:00 , Andrea Cavallier

After Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance helped supercharge a false, racist rumor that Haitian refugees in small-town Ohio were stealing and consuming people’s household pets, the fiction was duly parrotted by running mate Donald Trump during a nationally televised debate against Democratic opponent Kamala Harris.

The compounding myths, which the leader of notorious neo-Nazi group Blood Tribe gleefully took credit for having helped popularize, were swiftly debunked by, among others, the Springfield mayor, city manager, and police department.

But the claims have not only inflamed existing tensions in Springfield, they have also managed to further traumatize a group of people who fled civil war and ceaseless gang violence for the sleepy Rust Belt town of 58,000.

Justin Rohrlich reports:

Trump’s rhetoric has Springfield, Ohio’s Haitian refugees in a full-blown ‘panic’

Kamala Harris just gave her first solo interview as the presidential nominee. Here’s what we learned

20:31 , Andrea Cavallier

Vice President Kamala Harris gave her first solo interview since she was selected as the Democratic nominee for president, pitching herself as “a new generation of leadership”.

In the exclusive interview on Friday, Harris sat down with 6ABC during her campaigning in the swing state of Pennsylvania where she discussed the economy, gun control, and reaching undecided voters.

Harris told Action News’ Brian Taff that she has a plan for bringing down prices for Americans and making life more affordable – starting with helping small businesses and first-time homebuyers.

Andrea Cavallier reports:

Harris just gave her first solo interview as the nominee. Here’s what we learned

WATCH: Robert De Niro issues 7-word warning if Trump wins election

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Days after his debate drubbing by Harris, Donald Trump is still flailing

18:30 , Andrea Cavallier

Days after a debate that he hoped would restore his 2024 election lead over Vice President Kamala Harris, former president Donald Trump has found himself digging deeper and deeper into a hole of his own making.

He is trailing Harris in fundraising, in most polls taken following their face-off in Philadelphia on Tuesday, and now in the poll-of-polls averages that political forecasters look to when making their predictions of who will win the November presidential election.

Perhaps most importantly, he is beginning to fall behind Harris in nearly all of the key states where voters will, under America’s byzantine electoral system, determine who shall serve atop the country’s executive branch for the next four years.

It’s a stunning and quick reversal of fortune for the former president, who has spent most of the time since he announced his third presidential campaign leading in those same polls.

Despite the candidate’s messaging troubles, the Trump campaign still believes they are ahead.

Andrew Feinberg reports:

Days after his debate drubbing by Harris, Donald Trump is still flailing

Viral image of man holding geese that fueled bizarre pet-eating claims in Ohio finally revealed

18:00 , Andrea Cavallier

A viral photo of a man carrying two geese in Ohio fueled Donald Trump’s wild, now-debunked conspiracy that Haitian migrants are eating pets in the state – but turns out it was a wild goose chase.

The Ohio Division of Wildlife told TMZ that the man was picking up the two geese that had been hit by a car in Columbus, which is about 45 minutes from Springfield, where Trump had previously claimed that migrants were chowing down on the birds.

Andrea Cavallier reports:

Explanation finally revealed for image that fueled pet-eating claims in Ohio

John Legend defends hometown Springfield after Donald Trump’s bizarre cats and dogs claim

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Robert De Niro launches fresh attack on Donald Trump

17:00 , Andrea Cavallier

Robert De Niro has attacked Donald Trump as “a jerk” and “an idiot,” arguing that if the former President is re-elected in November he will not relinquish power.

The Taxi Driver actor, 81, has been a longtime critic of Trump and clashed with his supporters outside his hush money trial earlier this year.

During a new interview for Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace? on Max, De Niro was asked whether he believed Trump would voluntarily give up power after serving a potential second term.

“You know he won’t,” replied the actor. “You know he won’t. He even said it. He’s never going to give it up. And anybody who deludes themselves in thinking that he is, shame on you.”

Wallace went on to ask De Niro whether the actor had any run-ins with the real estate mogul in New York during the 1970s and 1980s, and whether there was any personal animosity between the pair.

“No. I never wanted anything to do with him,” responded De Niro. “He’s a jerk, an idiot, who wants to meet a clown like that?

Kevin E G Perry reports:

Robert De Niro launches fresh attack on Trump and shares verdict on Harris

WATCH: Donald Trump tells people to call him ‘Mr Border President’

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Scathing Secret Service probe details haphazard securing of Butler rally

15:30 , Oliver O’Connell

A scathing report from the Secret Service details failures by agents in the hours leading up to the shooting of Donald Trump -including breakdowns in communication and haphazard securing of the site.

The findings are part of a Secret Service probe into the July 13 shooting at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The shooting wounded Trump in the ear. It also left one spectator dead and two more hurt.

Gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks was able to climb onto the roof of a building only a few hundred yards away and fire at Trump with an AR-style rifle. Crooks was shot dead by snipers, but not before wounding the Republican nominee for president.

Alex Lang has the story.

Secret Service probe details haphazard securing of Butler rally

Martha Stewart makes her 2024 endorsement

15:00 , Oliver O’Connell

While all the talk of campaign endorsements revolved around Taylor Swift this week, earlier on Tuesday, before the presidential debate, home and hospitality magnate Martha Stewart made her choice.

In an onstage interview with Joanna Coles, chief creative and content officer for the Daily Beast, at the 2024 Retail Influencer CEO Forum, Stewart said she would absolutely be tuning in to the debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.

“Oh, you bet,” she said, before revealing her choice of candidate.

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Martha Stewart makes her endorsement in the 2024 presidential race

Trump says his mass deportation will begin in Ohio town where he falsely claimed Haitians were eating pets

14:30 , Oliver O’Connell

Donald Trump said he would conduct the “largest deportation in the history” of the United States and begin by removing immigrants and migrants in Springfield, Ohio – the same town in which he falsely claimed Haitian immigrants were eating pets.

On Friday, the former president repeated his anti-immigration policies and amplified familiar unsubstantiated claims of “migrant crime” during a press conference at his golf course in Racho Palos Verdes, California.

“We’re going to have the largest deportation in the history of our country and we’re going to start with Springfield,” Trump said.

Ariana Baio reports.

Trump says his mass deportation will begin in Springfield, Ohio

Harris raised a staggering $47m in the 24 hours after dominant performance in Trump debate

14:00 , Mike Bedigan

Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign raised $47m in the 24 hours following her debate with Donald Trump.

The bump is the best 24-hour stretch since the vice president announced her candidacy and was overwhelmingly driven by grassroots supporters.

Nearly 600,000 people made donations, and the total sum is likely to expand a widening funding gap between the two campaigns.

Harris raised $47m in the 24 hours after dominant performance in Trump debate

The Republicans defending Trump’s debunked claims about pet-eating Haitian immigrants

13:00 , Katie Hawkinson

Several GOP lawmakers have come to the defense of Donald Trump’s false claims that Haitian immigrants are eating pets in Ohio.

This week, Trump, JD Vance and other right-wingers have promoted the unfounded conspiracy theory that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio are eating residents’ cats and dogs.

The theory – which city officials have said there is no evidence for – was even discussed on the debate stage as Trump faced off against Kamala Harris. Debate moderator David Muir pointed out the claim was unfounded, but Trump doubled down.

The Republicans defending Trump’s debunked claims about pet-eating Haitian immigrants

Trump is only running to stay out of jail, says 9/11 responder and advocate

12:00 , Ariana Baio

A September 11, 2001 responder and victims’ rights advocate said he believes Donald Trump is running for president “to stay out of jail” and doesn’t actually care about the American people after the former president invited far-right figure Laura Loomer to the 9/11 memorial.

John Feal, who was injured while working as a demolition supervisor at Ground Zero after 9/11, told CNN on Thursday that he thinks the former president only cares about himself and has surrounded himself with other “self-absorbed” people like Loomer.

“Donald Trump’s not running for president, he’s running to stay out of jail,” Feal said.“I don’t care what anybody says.”

Trump is only running to stay out of jail, says 9/11 responder and advocate

‘They’re just not true’: Springfield officials furious as Trump’s migrant pet-eating lie causes bomb threats and school closures

11:00 , Josh Marcus

Officials in Springfield, Ohio, have pushed back on a racist rumor amplified by the Trump campaign that Haitian residents are eating people’s pets, as the baseless claims have prompted bomb threats against city buildings and terrified local residents.

“Unfortunately right now, we have to focus on making sure this rhetoric is dispelled, that these rumors are just, they’re just not true. Springfield is a beautiful place, and your pets are safe in Springfield,” Springfield mayor Rob Rue told CNN.

Springfield’s police and city manager, as well as the Ohio governor, have all affirmed that claims of Haitians eating pets are without evidence.

Bomb threat follows Trump conspiracy about Haitian migrants eating pets in Ohio town

Whoopi Goldberg tells JD Vance to ‘shut up’ for calling Taylor Swift ‘disconnected’

10:00 , Greg Evans

Whoopi Goldberg has told vice presidential nominee JD Vance to “shut up” after he criticised Taylor Swift for endorsing Kamala Harris.

Swift endorsed Harris following Tuesday’s (10 September) chaotic election debate where Donald Trump bizarrely claimed that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio were “eating dogs”.

The day afterwards, Vance appeared on Fox News to lament Swift and her politics, adding that the 34-year-old pop star is “disconnected” from American society.

The Ohio senator said: “We admire Taylor Swift’s music, but I don’t think most Americans, whether they like her music or are fans of hers or not, are going to be influenced by a billionaire celebrity who I think is fundamentally disconnected from the interests and the problems of most Americans.”

Whoopi Goldberg tells JD Vance to ‘shut up’ for calling Taylor Swift ‘disconnected’

Republican-linked group targets Muslim voters with antisemitic ad about Doug Emhoff

09:00 , Ariana Baio

A political action committee with apparent ties to Republican groups has aired advertisements in Michigan zip codes with notable Mulsim populations that emphasize Vice President Kamala Harris’s ties to Israel and her husband, Doug Emhoff’s, Jewish faith – seemingly in an attempt to draw the specific voters away.

A series of six advertisements from the Future Coalition PAC have aired in cities like Dearborn, Dearborn Heights and Hamtramck where the largest concentration of Arab Americans live.

At first, the ads appear celebratory of Emhoff potentially being the “first Jewish presidential spouse ever”.

Republican-linked group targets Muslim voters with antisemitic ad about Doug Emhoff

Can Kamala Harris win Pennsylvania? Just ask the mayor of Scranton

08:00 , Richard Hall

When Paige Cognetti first ran to become mayor of Scranton, she was told she couldn’t win because she did not have an Irish last name. She also had to overcome the fact that no woman had held the position in the city’s history.

Her victory in a special election in 2019, and again two years later, was seen by many as a sign of shifting tides.

“There were a lot of factors against me,” she says over coffee at Abe’s Deli, in the center of the town. “But I think it was pretty clear that the city needed a change candidate,” she adds.

Kamala Harris visits the area on Friday to try to win over the same kind of voters that helped Cognetti win in this key city in the swing state of Pennsylvania. Donald Trump was also there last month. It is no exaggeration to say that her path to the White House runs through these streets.

Can Kamala Harris win Pennsylvania? Just ask the mayor of Scranton

Seth Meyers jokes RFK Jr might not be the best person to defend Trump’s debate meltdown about eating pets

07:00 , Myriam Page

Seth Meyers joked that Robert F Kennedy Jr might not be the best person to defend Donald Trump’s debate meltdown over eating pet dogs and cats – given his own very colorful history with dead animals.

On his show on Thursday night, the late-night host waded into the damage control efforts by Republicans and Trump allies following his showdown with Kamala Harris on Tuesday night.

RFK Jr was one of many trying to defend Trump’s performance.

Seth Meyers jokes RFK Jr isn’t best person to defend Trump’s eating pets claim

Origin of Trump and JD Vance’s lies about Haitian immigrants eating pets revealed

06:00 , James Liddell

The origin of Donald Trump and JD Vance’s baseless, debunked claims that Haitian immigrants are eating pets in Springfield, Ohio, has now been revealed – with the story coming from a local woman who heard it fourth-hand.

Earlier this month, Erika Lee, 35, posted the bizarre anecdote in a local Facebook group.

As the story goes, a cat owner found her dead pet hanging from a tree ready to be skinned, butchered and eaten at a house said to be occupied by Haitian immigrants.

Origin of Trump and JD Vance’s lies about Haitian immigrants eating pets revealed

Scathing Secret Service probe details haphazard securing of Butler rally

05:30 , Oliver O’Connell

A scathing report from the Secret Service details failures by agents in the hours leading up to the shooting of Donald Trump -including breakdowns in communication and haphazard securing of the site.

The findings are part of a Secret Service probe into the July 13 shooting at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The shooting wounded Trump in the ear. It also left one spectator dead and two more hurt.

Gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks was able to climb onto the roof of a building only a few hundred yards away and fire at Trump with an AR-style rifle. Crooks was shot dead by snipers, but not before wounding the Republican nominee for president.

Alex Lang has the story.

Secret Service probe details haphazard securing of Butler rally

Trump claims Harris wants to bring back the draft

05:14 , Oliver O’Connell

This is not true. There has been no draft since 1973. Enlisting in the service is voluntary. Men 18-25 are already required by law to register for Selective Service.

In June, the House of Representatives passed a measure within the National Defense Authorization Act that would automatically enroll men 18-26 with the Selective Service System.

Trump is an expert on the draft and how to avoid it.

Trump to unveil crypto project amid scams and fears of ‘huge embarrassment’

05:00 , Anthony Cuthbertson

Former US President Donald Trump plans to unveil a brand new crypto project next week that has already been plagued by scams and targeted by cybercriminals.

The Republican candidate will reveal the World Liberty Financial project from his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Monday, claiming it will revolutionize finance and “leave the slow and outdated big banks behind”.

The project is being led by his two sons, Donald Jr. and Eric Trump, though little is known about what the venture will entail.

Trump to unveil crypto project amid scams and fears of ‘huge embarrassment’

Martha Stewart makes her 2024 endorsement

04:50 , Oliver O’Connell

While all the talk of campaign endorsements revolved around Taylor Swift this week, earlier on Tuesday, before the presidential debate, home and hospitality magnate Martha Stewart made her choice.

In an onstage interview with Joanna Coles, chief creative and content officer for the Daily Beast, at the 2024 Retail Influencer CEO Forum, Stewart said she would absolutely be tuning in to the debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.

“Oh, you bet,” she said, before revealing her choice of candidate.

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Martha Stewart makes her endorsement in the 2024 presidential race

Harris spokesperson mocks Trump over “yelling about how weird he and JDVance supposedly are not’

04:33 , Oliver O’Connell

And why does Trump keep referring to Gov Tim Walz as vice president? Does he know something we don’t about November?

Offering absolutely no evidence, Trump claims fact checkers were wrong and he was right

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Trump keeps repeating lie about Springfield, Ohio

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Trump kicks of Las Vegas rally by still claiming to have won the debate

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and obviously, by propagating baseless conspiracy theories…

Robert De Niro attacks ‘idiot’ Donald Trump: ‘He thinks he’s a gangster’

03:30 , Kevin E G Perry

Robert De Niro has attacked Donald Trump as “a jerk” and “an idiot,” arguing that if the former President is re-elected in November he will not relinquish power.

The Taxi Driver actor, 81, has been a longtime critic of Trump and clashed with his supporters outside his hush money trial earlier this year.

During a new interview for Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace? on Max, De Niro was asked whether he believed Trump would voluntarily give up power after serving a potential second term.

Robert De Niro attacks ‘idiot’ Donald Trump: ‘He thinks he’s a gangster’

Pope Francis slams both US presidential candidates over what he calls anti-life policies

02:45 , Nicole Winfield

Pope Francis on Friday slammed both U.S. presidential candidates for what he called anti-life policies on abortion and migration, and advised American Catholics to choose the “lesser evil” in the upcoming U.S. elections.

“Both are against life, be it the one who kicks out migrants or the one who (supports) killing babies,” Francis said. “Both are against life.”

The Argentine Jesuit was asked to provide counsel to American Catholic voters during an airborne press conference en route back to Rome from his four-nation tour through Asia. Francis stressed that he is not an American and would not be voting.

Pope Francis slams both US presidential candidates over what he calls anti-life policies

Schrodinger’s debate?

02:37 , Oliver O’Connell

So did Trump win the debate or did Harris cheat?

Author and evangelist Wayne Allyn Root somehow believes both things are true… 🤔

Here’s what he said this evening warming up the crowd in Las Vegas:

Starmer and Biden meet in White House to talk future. It might all change in months

02:30 , Oliver O’Connell

Andrew Feinberg writes:

With Donald Trump looming as one of two possible occupants of the White House come January, the stakes for Ukraine’s future could not have been higher as US President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer met in Washington for the second time in the last three months.

It added a new level of intrigue to Friday’s face-to-face between Starmer and Biden. The two allies gathered at the White House to talk about Ukraine policy, but in just a few months, Starmer will have to work with – or oppose – a new US leader.

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Starmer and Biden meet in White House to talk future. It might all change in months

Watch: Kamala Harris’s first solo interview as Democratic Party nominee

02:15 , Oliver O’Connell

Vice President Kamala Harris gave her first solo interview as the Democratic Party nominee at Philadelphia’s Action News 6 ABC on Friday.

Watch it in full here:

As a veteran politician and prosecutor, Harris is well-versed in speaking without giving away too much — but at least she didn’t make wild, baseless claims about people eating dogs and cats that directly lead to threats against legal migrant communities.

Trump claims Harris never worked at McDonald’s

02:00 , Gustaf Kilander

Trump claimed on Friday that Kamala Harris never worked at McDonald’s, calling her a “liar” and lambasting the “fake news” for not reporting on it.

Laura Loomer has Catturd’s support

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What did Harris say in Wilkes-Barre this evening?

01:35 , Oliver O’Connell

Per the White House pool:

[Vice President Kamala Harris] made some news with comments about removing degree requirements for some federal jobs, which is a new policy.

“As president, I will get rid of the unnecessary degree requirements for federal jobs and increase jobs for folks without a four-year degree, understanding that requiring a certain degree does not necessarily talk about one’s skills.”

There were at least three interruptions from the crowd. The second appeared to be over Gaza. It looked like a man was removed. The crowd chanted over the protests so I couldn’t make out most of what was said but someone shouted “war criminal.”

Harris replied to the interruption: “Now is the time to get a hostage deal and ceasefire and we have been working around the clock to get that done. I respect your voice but right now I am speaking.”

Here’s that moment:

Trump gives evasive answer on why far-right activist Laura Loomer has joined his entourage amid Republican warnings

01:15 , Kelly Rissman

When asked about the concerns from Republican colleagues about Donald Trump’s apparent ties to far-right activist Laura Loomer, the former president stumbled to provide a real answer, instead calling her a “supporter” five times.

The question comes after Loomer, notorious for pushing outrageous conspiracy theories and racist rhetoric, joined Trump on his plane to Philadelphia ahead of his debate against Kamala Harris on Tuesday. She also attended the 9/11 memorial ceremony in New York — despite previously claiming that the terror attacks were an “inside job.” Their recent associations have prompted a few notable Trump allies to warn that he should distance himself from such a polarizing figure, especially as the election nears.

“Well I don’t know what they would say. Laura’s been a supporter. Just like a lot of people are supporters. She speaks very positively of the campaign,” Trump said during a news conference at his Los Angeles golf resort on Friday evening. “I can’t tell Laura what to do. She’s a free spirit.”

Trump gives evasive answer on why Laura Loomer has joined his entourage

The Republicans defending Trump’s debunked claims about pet-eating Haitian immigrants

Saturday 14 September 2024 00:30 , Katie Hawkinson

Several GOP lawmakers have come to the defense of Donald Trump’s false claims that Haitian immigrants are eating pets in Ohio.

This week, Trump, JD Vance and other right-wingers have promoted the unfounded conspiracy theory that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio are eating residents’ cats and dogs.

The theory – which city officials have said there is no evidence for – was even discussed on the debate stage as Trump faced off against Kamala Harris. Debate moderator David Muir pointed out the claim was unfounded, but Trump doubled down.

The baseless claim appears to have originated from a post describing a fourth-hand account on a Springfield Facebook group. There is no evidence to support the theory and city officials have rejected the claim.

The Republicans defending Trump’s debunked claims about pet-eating Haitian immigrants

Trump tries to distance himself from Laura Loomer

Saturday 14 September 2024 00:00 , Oliver O’Connell

After a slew of negative press stemming from his association with right-wing agitator, white nationalist, and conspiracy theorist, Laura Loomer, Donald Trump has posted a statement on Truth Social to try and distance himself from her far-right views.

Laura Loomer doesn’t work for the Campaign. She’s a private citizen and longtime supporter. I disagree with the statements she made but, like the many millions of people who support me, she is tired of watching the Radical Left Marxists and Fascists violently attack and smear me, even to the point of doing anything to stop their Political Opponent, ME! I am now in California, which Democrats like Comrade Kamala Harris and Governor Gavin Newscum have completely DESTROYED. I will turn it all around and, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! -DJT

As Kelly Rissman reports, the two of them go way back…

Trump’s ties to ‘toxic’ far-right activist Laura Loomer are causing a MAGA civil war

Trump is only running to stay out of jail, says 9/11 responder and advocate

Friday 13 September 2024 23:45 , Ariana Baio

A September 11, 2001 responder and victims’ rights advocate said he believes Donald Trump is running for president “to stay out of jail” and doesn’t actually care about the American people after the former president invited far-right figure Laura Loomer to the 9/11 memorial.

John Feal, who was injured while working as a demolition supervisor at Ground Zero after 9/11, told CNN on Thursday that he thinks the former president only cares about himself and has surrounded himself with other “self-absorbed” people like Loomer.

“Donald Trump’s not running for president, he’s running to stay out of jail,” Feal said.“I don’t care what anybody says.”

Trump is only running to stay out of jail, says 9/11 responder and advocate

A key difference between Democrats and Republicans was revealed during debate week

Friday 13 September 2024 23:45 , Oliver O’Connell

Eric Garcia writes:

In 2022, after Donald Trump dined with white nationalist Nick Fuentes and antisemitic rapper Kanye West, Senator Thom Tillis condemned the sitdown — but didn’t denounce the former president.

“First, I honestly didn’t know who he was,” the North Carolina Republican told The Independent at the time. “If the reports are true and the president didn’t know who he was, whoever allowed them in the room should have been fired.”

Tillis, who has always had a tenuous relationship with Trump, deployed the same strategy after far-right conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer appeared in the Republican nominee’s entourage this week.

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Debate week revealed a key difference between Democrats and Republicans

VIDEO: Stormy Daniels thinks there’s a ‘strong possibility’ Trump will have her tried for treason if elected

Friday 13 September 2024 23:15 , Oliver O’Connell

Stranded astronauts to vote in 2024 election from space

Friday 13 September 2024 23:05 , Oliver O’Connell

Per NBC News:

The two American astronauts stranded on the International Space Station through February said Friday they plan to vote in the November election from space.

“I sent down my request for a ballot today,” one of the astronauts, Butch Wilmore, said on a call with reporters on Friday afternoon. “It’s a very important role that we play as citizen including those elections, and NASA makes it very easy for us to do that.”

The other, Sunita Williams, agreed with the sentiment.

“It’s a very important duty that we have as citizens and looking forward to being able to vote from space, which is pretty cool,” she said.

Watch LIVE: Kamala Harris attends a campaign event in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania

Friday 13 September 2024 22:46 , Oliver O’Connell

Kamala Harris’s summer job at McDonalds is the latest thing under Trump’s skin

Friday 13 September 2024 22:35 , Myriam Page, Alex Woodward

While still facing the fallout from his controversial visit to Arlington National Cemetery last week, Donald Trump has launched a new line of attack on his Democratic presidential rival Kamala Harris: baselessly claiming that she is lying about working at McDonald’s in the 1980s.

Harris has repeatedly mentioned her brief stint holding down a summer job at the fast food joint while at college since she ascended to the top of the Democratic party’s ticket.

And, for some reason, it appears to have gotten under Trump’s skin.

Over the weekend, the former president has repeatedly accused Harris – without any evidence – of lying about working at McDonald’s.

Kamala Harris’s summer job at McDonalds is the latest thing under Trump’s skin

Tim Walz rally crowd trolls Trump with chants of ‘we don’t eat cats’

Friday 13 September 2024 22:20 , James Liddell

The crowd at Tim Walz’s rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Thursday trolled Donald Trump over his false claims that Haitian immigrants are eating pets, breaking out into chants of: “We don’t eat cats!”

The Democratic vice presidential nominee reflected on Tuesday’s presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Trump, teasing the former president with his now-classic buzzword for the Republican ticket: “weird.”

“He said a lot of weird stuff too, so I’m just going to say that,” the Minnesota governor told the crowd.

Tim Walz rally crowd trolls Trump with chants of ‘we don’t eat cats’

Watch: Trump says he will have the ‘largest deportation’ in US history beginning with Ohio

Friday 13 September 2024 22:00 , Reann Philogene

Harris’s betting odds surge past Trump in wake of debate

Friday 13 September 2024 21:50 , Gustaf Kilander

Kamala Harris is surging past Donald Trump in the betting odds following Tuesday’s debate debacle for the former president.

After having started this week behind Trump, Harris is now even with him or ahead, according to a number of U.K. and offshore betting markets, USA Today noted.

At the U.K. bookmaker Betfair Exchange, more than $1.1 million was wagered during Tuesday night’s showdown, with Harris taking the lead about halfway through the debate, which went on for over 90 minutes.

Harris’s betting odds surge past Trump in wake of debate

Watch: Biden hosts Starmer at White House

Friday 13 September 2024 21:37 , The Independent

Harris campaign enters its ‘Kamala Era’ with new Taylor Swift-themed ads

Friday 13 September 2024 21:20 , Inga Parkel

The Kamala Harris campaign has swiftly capitalized on Taylor Swift’s public endorsement of the Harris-Walz ticket with the launch of its new advertisements.

On Friday (September 13), just days after the megastar, 34, announced she would be voting for Harris in the 2024 presidential election, the Democratic National Committee displayed its new slogan – “A New Way Forward…. Ready for It?” and “We’re In Our Kamala Era” – across digital billboards in New York’s Times Square and the Las Vegas strip.

The first part of the motto is a reference to the lead track off Swift’s 2017 Reputation album, while the second portion is a play on Swift’s record-breaking Eras tour.

DNC enters its ‘Kamala Era’ with new Taylor Swift-themed ads

Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump? Latest poll updates

Friday 13 September 2024 21:05 , Alicja Hagopian

In less than 53 days, Vice President Kamala Harris will go head-to-head with Donald Trump as Americans cast their votes in the 2024 election.

Fresh polls show that Harris has seen a boost among voters, after the candidates faced off in the presidential debate in Philadelphia, the first since President Joe Biden stepped down from the Democratic ticket in July.

All polls show that Harris “won” the debate in the eyes of voters. So how will she fare against Trump in November?

Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump? Latest poll updates from the 2024 election

Colin Jost roasts Trump, says his comedy special will be ‘second-funniest live event this week’

Friday 13 September 2024 20:50 , Greg Evans

Saturday Night Live’s Colin Jost and Michael Che have roasted Donald Trump’s remarks about immigrants eating cats and dogs in their first-ever live comedy special.

Colin Jost & Michael Che Present: New York After Dark premiered on Peacock on Thursday and saw the duo take a timey swipe at the former president after his bizarre outburst at Tuesday’s election debate with Kamala Harris.

In a claim, that was almost immediately debunked by ABC News moderator David Muir, Trump said: “In Springfield, they’re eating the dogs. The people that came in. They’re eating the cats. They’re eating – they’re eating the pets of the people that live there. And this is what’s happening in our country, and it’s a shame.”

Colin Jost says comedy special will be ‘second-funniest live event this week’

Trump obsesses at golf course event over ABC anchor for fact-checking him during debate: ‘Foolish fool’

Friday 13 September 2024 20:42 , Katie Hawkinson

Donald Trump has resorted to mocking the ABC News moderator who fact-checked him during his first debate with Vice President Kamala Harris.

ABC News moderator David Muir fact-checked Trump multiple times during his debate with Harris. Now, the former president is railing against him, calling the broadcaster a “foolish fool” during a press conference at Trump National Golf Club Los Angeles in Rancho Palos Verdes, California on Friday.

“You wouldn’t have to need a bureau of justice statistics to know that crime is worse than it’s ever been,” Trump said. “They probably watched the debate and probably heard this foolish man, this foolish fool, make that statement to me that, ‘no no, crime is coming down, the FBI said it was coming down.’”

Trump obsesses at golf course event over ABC anchor for fact-checking him at debate

VOICES: Trump has found a new way to contradict reality

Friday 13 September 2024 20:20 , Ryan Coogan

Donald has just ducked out of a second debate against Kamala Harris – presumably because he remembered the trouncing he got during the first round (although he seems to think that Hannibal Lecter is a real person, so that’s a coin toss).

His reasoning? Why, because he “clearly” won the first debate, of course, so he doesn’t see a need for a second one. You know, the debate where he said that immigrants are roaming the country looking for pets to eat, and talked about executing newborns? Those are all the signs of a slam dunk victory, baby…

Trump, ever the compassionate sparring partner, thinks that his opponent should “focus” on her job as vice president, instead of coming up with new ways to eviscerate him on national television. Harris, on the other hand, seems to disagree, telling a campaign rally in North Carolina that the two “owe” voters another debate, because “what is at stake could not be more important” (with “what is at stake” presumably being an opportunity to figure out if Trump thinks Springfield, Ohio, is where Homer Simpson lives).

Trump has found a new way to contradict reality

Harris campaign mocks Trump’s California press conference

Friday 13 September 2024 20:11 , Gustaf Kilander

A Harris spokesperson called Trump’s press conference “rambling, defensive,” and “often incoherent.”

Harris-Walz 2024 Spokesperson James Singer

Watch: First responder says Trump is running to stay out of jail

Friday 13 September 2024 19:50 , Reann Philogene

Trump gives evasive answer on why far-right activist Laura Loomer has joined his entourage amid Republican warnings

Friday 13 September 2024 19:38 , Kelly Rissman

When asked about the concerns from Republican colleagues about Donald Trump’s apparent ties to far-right activist Laura Loomer, the former president stumbled to provide a real answer, instead calling her a “supporter” five times.

The question comes after Loomer, notorious for pushing outrageous conspiracy theories and racist rhetoric, joined Trump on his plane to Philadelphia ahead of his debate against Kamala Harris on Tuesday. She also attended the 9/11 memorial ceremony in New York — despite previously claiming that the terror attacks were an “inside job.” Their recent associations have prompted a few notable Trump allies to warn that he should distance himself from such a polarizing figure, especially as the election nears.

“Well I don’t know what they would say. Laura’s been a supporter. Just like a lot of people are supporters. She speaks very positively of the campaign,” Trump said during a news conference at his Los Angeles golf resort on Friday evening. “I can’t tell Laura what to do. She’s a free spirit.”

Trump gives evasive answer on why Laura Loomer has joined his entourage

Watch: Trump doubles down on smears against Haitians as he tries to give himself new nickname

Friday 13 September 2024 19:36 , Reann Philogene

Trump says there will be ‘large deportations from Springfield’

Friday 13 September 2024 19:35 , Gustaf Kilander

Trump said on Friday that his administration would conduct “large deportations from Springfield, Ohio.”

During the debate on Tuesday night, Trump falsely claimed that Haitian migrants were stealing and eating domestic pets in the city.

“They emptied their jails in Venezuela, emptied their criminals. Emptied the nests. They call them nests of bad people,” Trump claimed on Friday. “They’re all now in the United States, and they’re now taking over cities. It’s like an invasion from within. We’re going to have the largest deportation in the history of our country, and we’re going to start with Springfield and Aurora.”

A reporter noted that city officials in Springfield have all debunked the claims made about the town.

“The mayor of Springfield, Ohio, the police chief, the Republican governor of Ohio, have all debunked this story about people eating pets and now there are bomb threats at schools and kids being evacuated. Why do you still spread…” the reporter said.

“No, no, no,” Trump interrupted. “The real threat is what’s happening at our border because you have thousands of people being killed by illegal migrants coming in.”

Biden says ‘next Black job to be filled is as president of the United States’

Friday 13 September 2024 18:09 , Gustaf Kilander