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brooklynite's Journal
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July 25, 2024

Larry the Cat opines...

https://twitter.com/number10cat/status/1816073346519388422

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July 25, 2024

Politico: As Trump unloads on Harris, even his supporters see her gaining ground

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — Even Donald Trump’s supporters sense he suddenly has a tougher race on his hands.

As the former president unloaded on Kamala Harris in the swing state of North Carolina on Wednesday — calling her a “radical, left lunatic” at one point — faithful fans conceded that what had been a sleepy contest had abruptly become something quite different.

To some, it seemed like the vice president had momentum.

“Policy aside and everything, she definitely has the energy,” said Jessica Castillo, a self-described centrist from Charlotte who voted for Trump in both 2016 and 2020 and was at the Charlotte event. “She is going to be a contender for Trump. Honestly, I think she’ll be more of a challenge.”

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/24/trump-rally-harris-attacks-support-00171041

July 24, 2024

An Afternoon with Douglas Emhoff in conversation with David Letterman

Gov. Josh Green & Jaime Kanani Green, Ann Baum, Kenneth & Dede Feinberg, Carol & C. Bernard Fulp,
Eric Green & Carmin Reiss, and Robin Leeds

Host committee in formation

cordially invite you to An Afternoon with Douglas Emhoff
in conversation with David Letterman

Monday, July 29, 2024
Time to be announced (afternoon)
Vineyard Haven, MA
Address upon RSVP

For any questions, please contact Mark Hickey at
hickeym@dnc.org or (940) 230-0231.

https://secure.joebiden.com/a/wkwmfmderialefoixgyx?attr=113324981

July 24, 2024

In First-Ever Endorsement, March for Our Lives Endorses Vice President Kamala Harris for President

This morning, March for Our Lives made their first-ever political endorsement and announced their support for Vice President Kamala Harris for president. March for Our Lives is a youth-led advocacy organization committed to ending gun violence. In her first campaign address on Monday afternoon, Vice President Harris reiterated her commitment to passing universal background checks, red flag laws, and an assault weapons ban.

The following is a statement from Harris for President Campaign Manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez:

“Vice President Harris is proud to earn this historic endorsement and she is committed to working closely with young people to end the epidemic of gun violence. Kamala Harris heads the first-ever White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, and she worked for years in the Senate and as a prosecutor to keep guns out of our schools and off our streets. In stark contrast, Donald Trump promises to weaken regulations on guns, sides with the NRA over our children’s safety, and reduced funding for public safety in every single one of his budget proposals.

“No one is more experienced at or more committed to stopping this senseless violence than the vice president. With the support of March for Our Lives, a powerful organizing force that has mobilized millions of young voters, Vice President Kamala Harris will win in November so that everyone has the freedom to live safe from gun violence.”

July 24, 2024

CNN Poll: Harris improves on Biden's performance against Trump in early look at new matchup

CNN

The likely 2024 presidential election campaign between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump begins with no clear leader, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS after President Joe Biden ended his bid for reelection.

Trump holds 49% support among registered voters nationwide to Harris’ 46%, a finding within the poll’s margin of sampling error. That’s a closer contest than earlier CNN polling this year had found on the matchup between Biden and Trump.

The survey finds voters widely supportive of both Biden’s decision to step aside and his choice to remain in office through the end of his term. Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters are broadly enthusiastic about Harris and willing to coalesce around her as the new presumptive nominee, even as they remain deeply divided on whether Biden’s Democratic successor should seek to continue his policies or chart a new course.

The poll, conducted online July 22 and 23, surveyed registered voters who had previously participated in CNN surveys in April or June, both of which found Trump leading Biden by 6 points in a head-to-head matchup. Checking back in with the same people means that shifts in preferences are more likely to reflect real changes over time and not just statistical noise.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/24/politics/cnn-poll-kamala-harris-donald-trump/index.html

July 24, 2024

The Secret Battle for the Future of the Murdoch Empire

Source: New York Times

Rupert Murdoch is locked in a secret legal battle against three of his children over the future of the family’s media empire, as he moves to preserve it as a conservative political force after his death, according to a sealed court document obtained by The New York Times.

Mr. Murdoch, 93, set the drama in motion late last year, when he made a surprise move to change the terms of the Murdochs’ irrevocable family trust to ensure that his eldest son and chosen successor, Lachlan, would remain in charge of his vast collection of television networks and newspapers.

The trust currently hands control of the family business to the four oldest children when Mr. Murdoch dies. But he is arguing in court that only by empowering Lachlan to run the company without interference from his more politically moderate siblings can he preserve its conservative editorial bent, and thus protect its commercial value for all his heirs.

Those three siblings — James, Elisabeth and Prudence — were caught completely off-guard by their father’s effort to rewrite what was supposed to be an inviolable trust and have united to stop him. Remarkably, the ensuing battle has been playing out entirely out of public view.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/24/business/media/rupert-murdoch-succession-fox.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

July 24, 2024

'Our enemies are your enemies; our fight is your fight.' Netanyahu tells Congress

Source: New York Times

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel on Wednesday issued a full-throated defense of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, during an address to Congress that laid bare deep divisions in Washington over a war that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians.

In a speech in which he angrily pushed back on criticism of Israel’s conduct of the war that has cleaved the Democratic Party and disrupted American college campuses, Mr. Netanyahu linked Israel’s security directly to that of the United States, insisting: “We’re not only protecting ourselves; we’re protecting you.”

“Our enemies are your enemies; our fight is your fight; and our victory will be your victory,” Mr. Netanyahu said, emphasizing the strategic role of Israel in countering Iran.

The fact of Mr. Netanyahu’s speech was almost as notable as anything he said. In the face of increasing international censure and dissent both in Israel and in the United States, Mr. Netanyahu was seeking to use Congress to lift his sagging political fortunes — and leaders in both parties obliged with a bipartisan invitation to receive him.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/24/us/politics/netanyahu-congress.html?smid=url-share

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