Trump unveils ‘Operation Aurora’ to deport gang members and calls for death penalty for migrants that kill: Live
Donald Trump holds rally in Aurora, Colorado, which he claims has been taken over by Venezuelan gangs
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During a rally in Aurora, Colorado, former President Donald Trump called for the death penalty “for any migrant that kills an American citizen or a law enforcement officer.”
The comments came after he announced that he would institute a federal “Operation Aurora” to “expedite the removals of the savage gangs.”
“I will invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798,” he added.
According to the Brennan Center for Justice, the law hands the government detention and deportation power which poses “an alarming risk of abuse and rights violations in both wartime and peacetime.”
Trump said he would use the law “to target and dismantle every migrant criminal network operating on American soil.”
The rally took place after Trump disparaged the entire city of Detroit, Michigan, on Thursday, warning that the whole country could end up “a mess” like the Motor City if his Democratic rival Kamala Harris wins November’s election, a pitch unlikely to endear him to local voters that has already inspired a major backlash.
Former president Barack Obama meanwhile delivered an impassioned speech denouncing the Republican’s character and mocking his “constant attempts to sell you stuff”, from gold sneakers to branded Bibles, during a campaign stop in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, championing Harris’s bid for the presidency.
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Meteorologists sent death threats over right-wing conspiracy theories alleging government ‘controls’ hurricanes
This is deeply stupid and depressing.
FEMA has already warned that misinformation spread by Trump and his MAGA allies has hindered its efforts to help the worst-hit communities in America’s southeastern states.
Now, meteorologists say they are facing a backlash and even death threats in response to false claims like Marjorie Taylor Greene’s intensely idiotic pronouncement that “they” control the weather.
“I’ve never seen a storm garner so much misinformation, we have just been putting out fires of wrong information everywhere,” Katie Nickolaou, a Michigan-based weather expert, told The Guardian.
“I have had a bunch of people saying I created and steered the hurricane, there are people assuming we control the weather.
“But it’s taken a turn to more violent rhetoric, especially with people saying those who created Milton should be killed.”
You can follow all the latest on Hurricane Milton in our dedicated liveblog below.
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Wind and storm surge warnings for Milton have been discontinued but hazards in the hurricane’s aftermath remain
Live: Tim Walz campaigns in Michigan weeks before Election Day
You can watch a livefeed of Kamala Harris’s running mate’s latest appearance right here.
Walz can be relied upon to ridicule Trump over his comments about Detroit yesterday and will come prepared with attacks on the Republican’s lacklustre job creation record in the White House.
Trump-aligned UFC boss Dana White attacks Harris over Stephen Colbert interview
White, who spoke at the Republican National Convention this summer but suggests he doesn’t generally like to get political, goes after Harris here for her late-night appearance earlier this week.
Admittedly this is not her best answer but have you seen, oh I don’t know, literally any video of Trump speaking publicly from the last nine years??
Watch: Obama criticized for singling out Black men during Harris-Walz campaigning
Former Democratic Ohio state senator and activist Nina Turner appeared on CNN last night and argued that the former president was “wrong” to take Black men to task for backing away from supporting Kamala Harris.
James Liddell has more on Turner’s comments.
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Fewer ‘everyday people’ have donated to Trump’s campaign than in 2020
The Republican’s campaign has seen a more than 10 percentage point drop in the number of “small donors” this presidential election cycle compared to 2020.
So far this year, and with just 24 days to go until Election Day, only 31.7 percent of campaign donations have come from small donors – classified as people who give less than $200, according to OpenSecrets.
Four years ago, nearly half of Trump’s campaign donations came from small donors.
Ariana Baio has more.
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Trump’s running mate has seen his numbers improve since last week’s VP debate against Tim Walz when he was surprisingly respectful to his opponent.
But that hasn’t stopped him reverting to a more pugnacious tone on the campaign trail.
Eric Garcia reports from Greensboro, North Carolina.
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Trump seizes on one block of a Colorado city to warn of a migrant threat, even as crime dips
Here’s a timely little reality check on Aurora, the Denver suburb where Trump is holding the first of two events today, the second following later in Reno, Nevada.
Trump seizes on one block of a Colorado city to warn of a migrant crime threat, even as crime dips
Former President Donald Trump is coming to a Colorado city where crime is down to warn about the danger he says criminal migrants pose to voters
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But the former president risks further isolating female voters by doing so, writes Kelly Rissman.
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How long before Trump goes insane about this on Truth Social?
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