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Youth-led progressive groups hope Harris energizes young voters

CHICAGO (AP) — “Brats for Harris.” “ We need a Kamalanomenon.” “Gen Z feels the Kamalove.” In the days since President Joe Biden exited the presidential race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, Gen Z voters jumped to social media to share coconut tree and “brat summer” memes — reflecting a stark shift in tone for a generation that’s voiced feeling left behind by the Democratic Party. Youth-led progressive organizations have warned for months that Biden had a problem with young voters, pleading with the president […]

July 28, 2024

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Harris raised $200M, signed up 170,000 volunteers in one week

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign has raised $200 million since she emerged as the likely Democratic presidential nominee last week, an eye-popping haul in her race against the Republican nominee, former President Donald Trump. The campaign, which announced its latest fundraising total on Sunday, said the bulk of the donations — 66% — comes from first-time contributors in the 2024 election cycle and were made after President Joe Biden announced his exit from the race and endorsed Harris. Over 170,000 volunteers have […]

July 28, 2024

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Kamala Harris’ Baptist faith is rooted in MLK and Gandhi

WASHINGTON (AP) — Black clergy who know Vice President Kamala Harris, now the frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination, marvel at the fusion of traditions and teachings that have molded her religious faith and social justice values. A Baptist married to a Jewish man, she’s inspired by the work of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and influenced by the religious traditions of her mother’s native India as well as the Black Church. “She’s had the best of two worlds,” says her […]

July 28, 2024

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Democrats draw volunteers, donations with Harris atop the ticket

WASHINGTON (AP) — The day after Vice President Kamala Harris entered the race for the White House, Democratic Rep. Dan Kildee’s Michigan campaign office saw 650 people sign up to volunteer. The next night in Nevada, Rep. Steven Horsford had another 600 volunteers register in his Las Vegas-area district. Pennsylvania Rep. Madeleine Dean’s constituents were “fired up.” New Hampshire Rep. Annie Kuster felt “palpable” enthusiasm. And by week’s end, Illinois Rep. Jan Schakowsky’s team had 400 volunteers ready to “get on the bus” to campaign for […]

July 27, 2024

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‘Kamala!’: Obamas call Harris to deliver endorsement for president in campaign video

In a new campaign video released on Friday, former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama called Vice President Kamala Harris to endorse her for president. “Kamala!” President Obama shouted over the phone as Harris headed to her motorcade while on the campaign trail. “We called to say, Michelle and I couldn’t be prouder to endorse you and do everything we can to get you through this election and into the Oval Office,” said Obama, the 44th president of […]

July 26, 2024

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Kamala Harris earns praise with first presidential campaign ad championing ‘Freedom’

The newly configured Harris for President campaign has launched its first digital ad from presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris, titled “We Choose Freedom.” The nearly minute-and-a-half video features a voiceover from Harris and footage from her record-breaking and first campaign rally in Milwaukee on Tuesday. “There are some people who think we should be a country of chaos. Of fear. Of hate. But us? We choose something different,” says Harris to the tune of Beyoncé’s “Freedom,” a song the […]

July 26, 2024

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Trump’s nephew claims the former president used the N-word, as racism muddies election against Harris

In a new book, the nephew of Donald Trump claims he heard the former president and current Republican presidential nominee use the N-word decades before he entered the political scene. In his tell-all book, “All in the Family: The Trumps and How We Got to Be This Way,” Fred Trump recalls his uncle using the racist slur in the 1970s. According to the New York Times, Fred said Donald Trump’s car had been damaged, and he was “searching for someone […]

July 25, 2024

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Harris campaign bolstered by Black sororities and civil rights groups

Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, is receiving widespread support from Black Greek letter organizations and civil rights groups. The historic organizations and the “Divine Nine” are masterminding plans to increase the Black vote in November and ensure little to no irregularities at the polls for this presidential election cycle. “The momentum of this moment will help to expand our mobilization,” Shavon Arline-Bradley, the national head of the National Council of Negro Women, told theGrio. Arline-Bradley, a member of […]

July 25, 2024

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Biden, who vowed to ‘pass the torch’ in Oval Office speech, praised for having Black America’s back

Democratic leaders are praising President Joe Biden’s record of advancing racial equity and justice for Black Americans after the 81-year-old leader decided to “pass the torch” to Vice President Kamala Harris, whom he described in his televised Oval Office speech Wednesday evening as “experienced,” “tough” and “capable.” “This man has done so much for not just the United States but for Black America,” said Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson, a Biden delegate who is now casting his ballot for Harris after […]

July 25, 2024