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Who won the Harris-Trump debate? We asked swing-state voters.???.

Vice President Kamala Harris?. 
former president Donald Trump?. 

The Washington Post tried something new: We asked a group of uncommitted, swing-state voters in real time about their reactions to Tuesday’s debate.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections...oter-poll/

They thought Harris performed better, regardless of how they plan to vote in November.

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The CNN poll said Harris won.

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/09/11/polit...ris-debate

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Taylor Swift Endorses Kamala Harris for President on Instagram.
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/harris-...7aCzD44D9V

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Taylor Swift Endorses Kamala Harris for President on Instagram.
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/harris-...7aCzD44D9V

Taylor Swift Endorses Kamala Harris

The popstar made the announcement to her 283 million Instagram followers shortly after the presidential debate ended.

Taylor Swift said she is voting for Kamala Harris for president, giving the Democratic candidate the endorsement of one of the world’s biggest popstars.


Swift, whose millions of devoted fans are known as Swifties, made the announcement on Instagram along with a picture of herself holding a cat moments after the presidential debate between Harris and former President Donald Trump, the Republican candidate, concluded.

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Taylor Swift Endorses Kamala Harris

The popstar made the announcement to her 283 million Instagram followers shortly after the presidential debate ended. Taylor Swift said she is voting for Kamala Harris for president, giving the Democratic candidate the endorsement of one of the world’s biggest popstars.

Swift, whose millions of devoted fans are known as Swifties, made the announcement on Instagram along with a picture of herself holding a cat moments after the presidential debate between Harris and former President Donald Trump, the Republican candidate, concluded.

For the Republican, U.S. is a hellscape of rising crime, unchecked immigration & economic misery. For Democrat, nation is beset by division, he has sowed, the abortion bans ushered in, & economic policies he passed favor rich at expense of e rest. But beyond canned salvos campaign boilerplate.
The high-stakes clash underscored dramatically the presidential race has changed since mid-summer, when even top Democrats conceded Trump appeared to be sailing to victory in his rematch with President Joe Biden. As plain as it is that Trump wishes, he it is equally apparent Harris has rattled him.

By split-screen said it all: Trump glowered & grimaced, spewing old grievances strange new, he repeated a baseless Internet rumor on migrant invaders. In Ohio, he  claimed that Harris “wants to do transgender operations on illegal aliens in prison.” With sharp ripostes canny traps, Harris baited Trump into boasting about his crowd sizes, grousing 2020 standing up for rioters attacked U.S. Capitol thwart & peaceful to transfer power. In 9-years since Trump first burst onto scene, no opponent—Democrat or Republican—has with 800-lb. gorilla of American politics as coolly, or gotten under his skin to such a degree.

Trump in Trouble Time Magazine cover
Illustration by Tim O’Brien for TIME. How it’s going for Trump now. Despite he speculation that Harris was poised to replace Biden at the top of the ticket, he & his campaign were caught flat-footed, left lurching from one attack line to another. He top aides thought to settled on a strategy, only to see himself upend it on the fly.  Closeer to he, level of campaign infighting & backstabbing rivaled in 2016 op. (A infamous snake pit). Facing a new opponent, he reverted to his old ways. In matter of weeks, he frittered away his commanding position. 

Harris’ smooth debut galvanized the Democratic base and unlocked a fund­raising behemoth that dwarfed that of Trump and his allies. In the handful of pivotal swing states, her campaign is building on formidable operations she inherited from Biden, and boasts a striking advantage in cash and reserved ad time between now and Election Day. “I think everyone was caught off guard by the way it shifted so dramatically,” says a person close to Trump. 

Race remains deadlocked.
https://time.com/7019747/harris-trump-debate-cover/

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https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail...ive-charts

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Latest U.S. presidential news.
A tight race: Michigan Democratic Rep. Debbie Dingell was saying race in her state is “just closer than people realize,” despite enthusiasm around Harris’ performance.

Back on campaign trail: Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are traveling to Sun Belt battleground states today as they race to make their pitch to voters their contentious first debate less than 8-weeks till Election Day. Harris is holding events in North Carolina, while former president delivers remarks in Arizona.

Building momentum: Harris team says it is entering a more aggressive phase, seeks to build on post-debate momentum & mobilize voters in pivotal swing states states, while Trump allies do damage control after the showdown. First ballots are in the mail: Absentee ballots are now officially available in Alabama. For specifics on voting in your state, visit CNN’s voter handbook. 
https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-ne...index.html

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Taylor Swift Endorses Kamala Harris
The popstar made the announcement to her 283 million Instagram followers shortly after the presidential debate ended. She said she voting for Kamala Harris for president, giving the Democratic candidate her endorsement of one of the world’s biggest popstars. Swift, whose millions of devoted fans are known as Swifties, made the announcement on Instagram along with a picture of herself, between Harris & former President Donald Trump, Republican candidate, concluded.

Harris displayed a composure and tactical restraint was palpable in television screen. 

Equally palpable. Trump's fury at times seemed make him unable even look at his opponent.

✓Both displayed a composure & tactical restraint, palpable through out tv screen. Equally palpable was Trump's fury at times make him unable to even look at his opponent. She turned to him with a arched brow, a quiet sign, hand on her chin. A laugh & a pitiful glance. A dismissive shake of her head.

From opening moments of her first debate against Donald Trump, Kamala Harris craftily exploited her opponent’s biggest weakness. But
not his record. not his divisive policies. not his history of inflammatory statements.

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Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump? Latest poll updates Latest polls say presidential election, 
Veteran GOP pollster tells Piers Morgan that Trump ‘loses’ election due to debate from The Independent. In less than 54 days, Vice President Kamala Harris will go head-to-head / Donald Trump as they cast their votes.

In less than 54 days, Vice President Kamala Harris will go head-to-head with Donald Trump as Americans cast their votes in the 2024 election.
Candidates faced off Tuesday night during the presidential debate in Philadelphia, the first since President Joe Biden stepped down from the Democratic ticket in July. But polls taken just b4 debate show overall, voters hold an unfavorable opinion of the 2-candidates?.

Now, pollsters are working to determine Trump’s angry outbursts or Harris’s calm demeanor?, will have an impact across nation or in battleground states, all polls showing Harris “won” the debate in the eyes of voters. A longtime Republican pollster has warned that this spells doom for Trump.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world...10255.html

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Latest 2024 presidential race

1. On the campaign trail: Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are in key states today as they race to make their pitch to voters less than eight weeks until Election Day. Vice president campaigns in Pennsylvania, she seeks to continue capitalizing on post-debate momentum, while the former president (Trump) holds rally in Nevada.
   

No to a new debate: Trump said yesterday, he would not participate in another presidential debate with Harris, after her campaign called for additional debate following Tuesday’s showdown. 

“I believe we owe it to the voters,” Harris said. First ballots are in the mail: Absentee ballots have started going out in Alabama, and other states begin sending mail-in ballots later this month. Visit CNN’s voter handbook read up on 2024 candidates and their key policy issues here.
https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-ne...index.html

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“We’ve gotten great praise for the debate,” You know, look, you come from Fox (News), you shouldn’t play the same game as everybody else.”He (is refer to Trump) has refused to debate Harris again.

Trump repeats lies about migrants

Trump spoke for roughly an hr and took a dozen questions at Trump National Golf Course in Los Angeles where he promised, if elected, “to start with Springfield Aurora” when he carries out “largest deportation in the history of our country.”He has repeated baseless rumors Venezuelan gangs overtook an apartment building in Aurora, Colorado. 

In an unforgettable moment Tuesday’s debate he claimed Haitian migrants are eating domesticated pets in Springfield, Ohio — a lie that circulated among right on social media, including from his running mate, Ohio’s junior U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance.

Hundreds of thousands of Haitians live in U.S. legally under temporary protected status after the nearby Caribbean nation was rocked by violent govt collapse this spring, when asked by a reporter Friday if he felt any concern for Ohio community has been thrust into national spotlight is now target of bomb threats, Trump said no.

“The real threat is what’s happening at our borders,” he snapped back.

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Latest 2024 presidential race

1. On the campaign trail: Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are in key states today as they race to make their pitch to voters less than eight weeks until Election Day. Vice president campaigns in Pennsylvania, she seeks to continue capitalizing on post-debate momentum, while the former president (Trump) holds rally in Nevada.
   

No to a new debate: Trump said yesterday, he would not participate in another presidential debate with Harris, after her campaign called for additional debate following Tuesday’s showdow

“I believe we owe it to the voters,” Harris said. First ballots are in the mail: Absentee ballots have started going out in Alabama, and other states begin sending mail-in ballots later this month. Visit CNN’s voter handbook read up on 2024 candidates and their key policy issues here.
https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-ne...index.html

https://youtu.be/U7ASX_K3Shc?si=3HLApZjsjEoX55-4

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Russians' faith in their country's safety 'broken' by Ukraine's deep strikes, Budanov says
https://kyivindependent.com/budanov-russ...p-strikes/

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Trump lashes out: "I hate Taylor Swift"

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Trump lashes out: "I hate Taylor Swift"

Trump posts ‘I hate Taylor Swift,’ days after the star’s Harris endorsement

In all caps, the Republican presidential nominee took to Truth Social on Sunday to rage against the singer with 284 million Instagram followers.

Former president Donald Trump took his bitterness over mega-pop star Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris to his social network, declaring in an all-caps tweet on Truth Social on Sunday, “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!” The post did not mention Swift’s endorsement following Tuesday’s presidential debate, but Trump’s comment risks angering Swift’s legions of fans.

Within 15 hours of her endorsement of Harris, Swift’s much-anticipated announcement drove about 338,000 visits to Vote.gov, the federal voter registration site the singer linked to on an Instagram Story post. It is unclear how many of her fans registered to vote.

Swift broke her silence on the presidential election minutes after the end of Tuesday’s widely watched debate between Trump and Harris, with Harris the victor in most polls. Swift announced that she planned to vote for the vice president in a lengthy Instagram post signed, “Taylor Swift, Childless Cat Lady,” a reference to past comments by Trump’s running mate, Sen. JD Vance (Ohio), that the country was led by a “bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices that they’ve made.” The comments have reverberated with bipartisan backlash for weeks.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/...dorsement/

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US Secret Service says it aware of Musk post about Trump, Biden and Harris. 

WASHINGTON, Sept 16 (Reuters) - U.S. Secret Service said Monday it was aware of a post by billionaire Elon Musk on X social media platform musing about an absence of assassination attempts on President Joe Biden & Vice President Kamala Harris. Planning to assassinate Republican Donald Trump at his golf course in West Palm Beach was arrested Sunday.

A Trump supporter & CEO of Tesla (TSLA.O), opens new tab, Musk wrote on Sunday: "And no one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala," a post he ended with an emoji of a face with a raised eyebrow. He was quickly criticized by X users from left/right, who said they were concerned his words to nearly 200 mil followers could incite violence against Biden and Harris.
Musk deleted the post but the Secret Service, tasked with protecting current and former presidents, vice presidents and other notable officials, took notice.

"The Secret Service is aware of the social media post made by Elon Musk and as a matter of practice, we do not comment on matters involving protective intelligence," a spokesperson told Reuters in an email. "We can say, however, that the Secret Service investigates all threats related to our protectees."Spokesperson declined to specify whether the agency had reached out to Musk, who seemed to suggest in follow-up posts that he had been making a joke.
"The Secret Service is aware of the social media post made by Elon Musk and as a matter of practice, we do not comment on matters involving protective intelligence," a spokesperson told Reuters in an email. "We can say, however, that the Secret Service investigates all threats related to our protectees."The spokesperson declined to specify whether the agency had reached out to Musk, who seemed to suggest in follow-up posts that he had been making a joke.

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Harris soars to record 6-point lead over Trump in post-debate poll me Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris during a campaign rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, earlier this month.

Vice President Kamala Harris leapt to a six-point lead over former President Trump in the wake of last week's presidential debate, according to a Morning Consult poll published Tuesday.

Why it matters: Most polls before last Tuesday's debate that saw Harris rattle Trump on a range of topics had the pair locked in a virtual dead heat.
"A majority of likely voters — including 1 in 5 Republicans — believe Harris won the debate, and performance appears to be crystalizing her national lead over the former president," said Eli Yokley, political analyst at Morning Consult, in an emailed statement.
https://www.axios.com/2024/09/17/harris-...ate-record

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Election 2024 News & Analysis
https://www.realclearpolling.com/latest-polls

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More Election 2024 News & Analysis
What's the Deal With the Senate?...By Adeline Von Drehle

Swing States Remain Tight Post-Presidential Debate...By Jonathan Draeger

Did the Harris-Trump Debate Change the Race?. By Adeline Von Drehle

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Trump and Harris' views on inflation, according to their records and what they've said. Latest
September 18, 2024. Inflation is consistently a top issue ahead of the 2024 presidential election — in CBS News' polling in mid-August, 76% of registered voters said it was a major factor in their choice for president — and they want to know how nominees Donald Trump and Kamala Harris would address it.

Inflation — the rate of an increase in the price of goods and services over time — has hollowed out many voters' wallets and made it tougher for Americans to save. According to the Federal Reserve, inflation averaged 1.9% a year from 2017 to 2021 when Trump was president.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-harri...tion-2024/

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Trump and Harris make their pitch to voters as polls show race remains tight. Countdown to Election Day: Vice President Kamala Harris is taking part in a virtual rally with Oprah Winfrey in Michigan today as she looks to lean on the support of Black women and mobilize her supporters. Former President Donald Trump will speak at America’s largest pro-Israel conference in Washington, DC.

CNN investigation: KFile reporting unearthed dozens of disturbing comments made by Mark Robinson, the GOP’s North Carolina gubernatorial nominee, on a porn forum more than a decade ago.
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/t...index.html

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Trump says Jews will be partly blame if he loses election.
Republican former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks "Fighting Anti-Semitism in America" he says Jewish leaders in U.S got problem.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for elephant party on Thursday.says Jewish-American voters would be partly to blame if he loses Nov 5 election to Vice President Kamala Harris, the (donkey) Democratic candidate. During comments to the Israeli-American Council National Summit in Washington, the former president lamented that he was trailing Harris among American Jews.

Israel would likely cease to exist within two years if Jews would be partly to blame for outcome b'cos they tend to vote for Democrats, "If I don't win this election is b'cos Jewish people would really have a lot to do with that if that happens because if 40 per cent, I mean, 60% of the people are voting for his enemy - Israel, in my opinion, will cease to exist within 2-years," Trump told crowd. Trump was citing a poll showed Harris polling at 60% among American Jews, lamented winning less than 30% vote among U.S.A. Jews in 2016 election, which he (Joe) won 2020 election, which he lost to Democratic President Joe Biden.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/do...es-4620191

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September 20, 2024 -- Kamala Harris’s campaign raised more than 4-times as much as Donald Trump’s effort in August, capitalizing on surge of Democratic enthusiasm on first full month of her presidential campaign. She outraised Trump on August, her advisers are urging donors to keep giving as wealthy backers power Trump-aligned super PACs. But super PACs aligned with him are continuing to raise large sums too from high-dollar donors as both candidates enter final sprint before November.

Harris’s campaign raised $190 million in August, said reports filed with Fed Election Commission on Friday night, & she spent almost $174 mil in August — ending month with $235 mil in cash on hand. The campaign spent more than $135 mil on media buys & ad production; more than $6 mil on air travel; about $4.9 mil on payroll & related taxes; & $4.5 mil on text messaging.

Meanwhile Trump campaign’s report showed, he raised $43 mil in August & spent $61 mil, with $135 mil in cash to spend at beginning of Sept. His campaign spent more than $47 mil on advertisements, alongside $10.2 mil on direct mail to potential voters & $670,000 on air travel.

Story continues below...Republican National Committee reported Friday night that it raised $40 million in August and ended the month with $79 million in cash on hand. It was both outraised and outspent by its Democratic counterparts, who raised $68 million and spent $84 million to end the month with $50 million in cash on hand.

Earlier this month, Harris officials said her effort & coordinated committees — groups are jointly raising money for her campaign raised $361 mil in August compared with $130 mil raised by Trump’s coordinated effort. But reports that show that full picture will not be available until this year b'cos some file quarterly rather than monthly. 

Her campaign built excitement in key moments, including her selection of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, surge of voter interest around Democratic National Convention. Aides said almost 3 mil donors contributed to August totals for coordinated committees, that about a 3rd of them giving for the first time this cycle.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/...age-trump/

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2024 Elections: News, Polls and Analysis.

Rallying in Two Key States, Harris Presses Her Case on Abortion Rights
Visiting Wisconsin after giving a speech in Georgia, the vice president signaled she would focus on the life-or-death risks of abortion bans in the final weeks of the race.
ttps://www.nytimes.com/news-event/2024-election

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Rallying supporters in two battleground states, Vice President Kamala Harris signaled on Friday that her closing campaign message would focus on the life-or-death risks that abortion bans pose to American women — and on the argument that former President Donald J. Trump is to blame.

In Madison, Wis., a crowd that had been ebullient suddenly grew hushed as Ms. Harris spoke about her visit with the family of a Georgia woman who died of sepsis after waiting for more than 20 hours for medical care to treat an incomplete medication abortion.

“She was a vibrant 28-year-old,” Ms. Harris said. “Her name, Amber Nicole Thurman, and I promised her mother I would say her name every time.”

Earlier in the day, Ms. Harris traveled to Georgia, where Ms. Thurman and another woman, Candi Miller, died after delays in medical care tied to state abortion restrictions, according to reporting by ProPublica. 

Their deaths occurred in the months after Georgia passed a six-week ban made possible by the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.

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Keep Up With the 2024 Election
The presidential election is 45 days away. Here’s our guide to the run-up to Election Day.


Tracking the Polls. The state of the race, according to the latest polling data.
Map highlighting the most competitive states and districts in the presidential race.

Swing State Ratings. The presidential race is likely to be decided by these states.

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Rallying supporters in two battleground states, Vice President Kamala Harris signaled on Friday that her closing campaign message would focus on the life-or-death risks that abortion bans pose to American women — and on the argument that former President Donald J. Trump is to blame.

In Madison, Wis., a crowd that had been ebullient suddenly grew hushed as Ms. Harris spoke about her visit with the family of a Georgia woman who died of sepsis after waiting for more than 20 hours for medical care to treat an incomplete medication abortion.

“She was a vibrant 28-year-old,” Ms. Harris said. “Her name, Amber Nicole Thurman, and I promised her mother I would say her name every time.”

Earlier in the day, Ms. Harris traveled to Georgia, where Ms. Thurman and another woman, Candi Miller, died after delays in medical care tied to state abortion restrictions, according to reporting by ProPublica. 

Their deaths occurred in the months after Georgia passed a six-week ban made possible by the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.

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Harris campaign accepts Oct. 23 CNN debate, but Trump calls date ‘too late’

Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign says she has accepted an invitation for a presidential debate on CNN on Oct. 23 opponent, Donald Trump, calls date “too late.”

Vice President Kamala Harris has accepted CNN’s invitation for an Oct. 23 presidential debate, with her campaign calling on former president Donald Trump to do the same.
“Donald Trump should have no problem agreeing to this debate,” Harris campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon said Saturday in a statement. “It is the same format and setup as the CNN debate he attended and said he won in June, when he praised CNN’s moderators, rules, and ratings.

Who is ahead in Harris vs. Trump 2024 presidential polls right now? Sept 21, 2024?.

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1) Trump talks 2028: Former President Donald said he doesn’t believe he’ll run again if he loses this election. “I think … that will be it,” Trump said in an interview aired Sunday.

2) Harris challenges Trump to another debate: Vice President Kamala Harris called on Trump to participate in another debate, a day after she accepted an invitation from CNN for a matchup on October 23. Trump argued Saturday that it was “too late” to have another presidential debate because Americans have begun casting their ballots in the 2024 election.

3) Tight race: Harris holds 50% support to Trump’s 47%, according to the latest CNN Poll of Polls, a difference just inside the typical margin of sampling error for a national poll.

4) Fallout in North Carolina: Several top operatives on Republican Mark Robinson’s campaign for governor have stepped down, campaign announced (Sun), in aftermath of a CNN report uncovering inflammatory comments he made on a porn website more than decade ago.
https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-ne...index.html

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Who won the Harris-Trump debate? We asked swing-state voters.???.

Vice President Kamala Harris?. 
former president Donald Trump?. 

The Washington Post tried something new: We asked a group of uncommitted, swing-state voters in real time about their reactions to Tuesday’s debate.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections...oter-poll/

They thought Harris performed better, regardless of how they plan to vote in November.

Trump suggested, he will not run again if he loses election this Nov 2024 election against her, refering to Harris. As In U S. national polling averages tracked by the BBC, She is ahead of Trump, and a poll released on yesterday (Sunday) by CBS shows she leads Trump 52% to 48% nationally... Tongue
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czj9ekdvxx2o