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Trouble for Republicans in North Carolina can only be good news for Democrats who haven’t won state since 2008
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Kamala Harris’s campaign has released a new ad seeking to tie Donald Trump to embattled North Carolina Lt Gov Mark Robinson, engulfed in a scandal relating to online posts on a porn forum.
There are reports that Robinson will not be attending a Trump rally organized in Wilmington, North Carolina, on Saturday, suggesting the former president’s campaign team may be trying to distance him from the scandal.
Meanwhile, Harris told Oprah Winfrey that she would shoot an intruder in her home as the vice president addressed gun violence, the cost of living, reproductive rights, and immigration in an event on Thursday evening.
The pair sat down for their “Unite for America” live-streamed rally in Michigan before an in-person and remote audience that included the likes of Chris Rock and Julia Roberts.
Also on Thursday, Trump said that Jewish American voters will bear “a lot” of blame if he loses the election, he told the Israeli-American Council National Summit in Washington on Thursday.
On Friday, Harris held a rally focused on reproductive rights in Atlanta, Georgia, and in the evening moved on to see supporters in Madison, Wisconsin. Trump is holding a fundraiser in Miami, Florida.
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Rep Jasmine Crockett is back at it with her famous one-liners
Texas Democrat Jasmine Crockett defended Kamala Harris after the head of the Federal Communications Commission criticized the Biden-Harris administration’s diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.
Kelly Rissman reports on what she had to say.
‘Simple-minded, underqualified white man’: Rep Crockett fires off another one-liners
‘This election is the best example of why y’all are so afraid of diversity, equity and inclusion,’ Rep Crockett slammed
Watch: Harris notes multiple ironies about Republicans blocking bill guaranteeing access to IVF
ICYMI: Stunning report details North Carolina Republican candidate’s posts about self on porn forum
North Carolina’s Republican candidate for governor, Mark Robinson, referred to himself as a “black Nazi” and said “slavery is good,” among other shocking remarks, on a porn forum, according to reporting from CNN’s KFile.
Earlier on Thursday, independent journalist Bryan Anderson had said that Robinson’s campaign was bearing down a negative story about to break. A few hours later, CNN’s KFile reported that he had an account on a porn site called “Nude Africa” where the anti-transgender conservative admitted that “I like watching tranny on girl porn!”
The social conservative, who has taken a stance against promiscuity in the past, wrote: “yeah, I’m a perv too,” and reportedly said on the same site when told that a celebrity had had an abortion: “I don’t care. I just wanna see the tape!”
Robinson denies the allegations and told CNN that the account they had found on the porn site was not his.
Eric Garcia and John Bowden report.
‘Black Nazi’ and ‘perv’: Republican candidate’s stunning posts about self on forum
Harris team wasted no time in tweeting about Trump’s warm relationship with Robinson
Harris calls out hypocrites over care for women and children in remarks on reproductive rights
Citing a lack of resources of prenatal resources for women in southern states, Harris says: “These hypocrites want to start talking about this is in the best interest of women and children. Well, where have you been? Where have you been when it comes to taking care of the women and children of America?”
Matt Gaetz: New court filings accuse congressman of attending drug-fueled sex party with teen
Rep. Matt Gaetz, the MAGA-fied Florida Republican, attended a drugged-up sex party with a 17-year-old girl he has long claimed not to know, according to three eyewitnesses cited in court papers filed late Thursday night.
They said the underage teen showed up in her mom’s car for the July 15, 2017, gathering, which was held at lobbyist Chris Dorworth’s Lake Mary home, NOTUS reported. A high school junior at the time, the girl was provided for the enjoyment of Gaetz and the other attendees who were there to “engage in sexual activities,” while indulging in “alcohol, cocaine, ecstasy … and marijuana,” the court filings said.
Justin Rohrlich reports.
Matt Gaetz accused in new court filings of attending drug-fueled sex party with teen
The sworn affidavits contain details that previously only existed as rumors, according to a new report
‘Amber was not a statistic’: Mother of woman who died after delayed abortion care speaks out at Harris-Oprah event
The mother of a woman who died after waiting 20 hours for emergency medical care for an infection caused by an abortion pill complication shared her daughter’s heartbreaking final moments at a Thursday evening rally for Vice President Kamala Harris in Michigan.
“Initially I did not want the public to know my pain,” Amber Nicole Thurman’s mother, Shanette Williams, told the audience at the Unite America rally, where Harris was joined by Oprah Winfrey. “I wanted to go through it in silence, but I realized that it was selfish.
Madeline Sherratt reports.
Mother of woman who died after abortion care delay speaks out at Harris rally
‘You’re looking at a mother that is broken’ she told the Harris-Oprah audience
Watch LIVE: Harris delivers remarks at a campaign event in Atlanta
Trump Media plummets to new low on the first trading day former president can sell his shares
Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group slumped to their lowest level ever at the opening bell Friday, the first trading day that its biggest shareholder, former President Donald Trump, is free to sell his stake in the company behind the Truth Social platform.
Shares of Trump Media, commonly called TMTG, tumbled almost 7% to $13.73, putting the value of the company at less than $3 billion. Trump owns more than half of it.
Trump and other insiders in the company have been unable to cash in on the highly volatile stock due standard lock-up agreements that prevent big stakeholders from selling stakes for a set period after a company becomes publicly traded. TMTG began trading publicly in March.
Trump owns nearly 115 million shares of the company, according to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Based on TMTG’s share price early Friday, Trump’s holdings are worth, at least on paper, about $1.6 billion. It’s usually not in the best interest of big stakeholders to even attempt to sell large tranches of their stock because it could risk a broader sell-off.
Since going public, shares in Trump Media have gyrated wildly, often depending on news related to Trump, the Republican presidential nominee.
One week ago, the company’s shares jumped nearly 12% after Trump said he wouldn’t sell shares when the lock-up period lifted. The stock dipped more than 10% following the debate earlier this month between Trump and the Democrats’ nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris. In mid-July, shares climbed more than 31% in the first day of trading following the first assassination attempt on Trump.
Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. is now worth considerably less than several months ago. When the company made its debut on the Nasdaq in March, shares hit a high of $79.38.
Truth Social came into existence after he was banned from Twitter and Facebook following the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. Based in Sarasota, Florida, Trump Media has been losing money and struggling to raise revenue. It lost nearly $58.2 million last year while generating only $4.1 million in revenue, according to regulatory filings.
Here’s The Independent’s Kelly Rissman with more:
Donald Trump can start selling his $2billion share of his media company. But will he?
Trump owns nearly 57 percent of all shares in Trump Media & Tech Group
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