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Central Park Five defamation suit against Trump resurrects his history of ‘perpetuating lies’

The five Black and Latino men once known as the Central Park Five are taking Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump to court.  In a lawsuit filed on Monday in Pennsylvania, the five men – who now go by the “Exonerated Five” – accuse Trump of defamation for remarks he made during his Sept. 10 debate against Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris.  “They admitted — they said, they pled guilty. And I said, well, if they pled guilt, they […]

todayOctober 21, 2024 1

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North Carolina early voters, still recovering from Helene, exceed 2020 voter turnout

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — More North Carolina residents turned out to cast ballots on the first day of early voting this year than in 2020, even as residents from the mountainous western portion of the state continued to recover from the devastating effects of Hurricane Helene. Preliminary data shows a record 353,166 people cast ballots at more than 400 early voting sites statewide on Thursday, compared to 348,599 on the first day in October 2020, the State Board of Elections said Friday. As […]

todayOctober 19, 2024

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Trump threatens to defund schools that teach about slavery

In a bizarre appearance on FOX News today, Donald Trump sat on a small couch with the network’s hosts and gave a jarring answer when posed with a scenario about what to do with schools that teach the truth about American history. “So let’s say you have a liberal city,” said FOX host, Brian Kilmeade. “Let’s let’s say it’s Los Angeles, San Diego, and they just decide … ‘Oh, we’re gonna get rid of…history,” Kilmeade posed. “We got new history. This is America built off the backs of slaves on stolen land, and that curriculum comes in.” “We don’t send them money,” Trump responded. “We would save half of our budget.” (Source: @theTNholler) Trump’s threat to withhold funding […]

todayOctober 18, 2024 1

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Harris and Trump say America tanks if they lose. So why the exuberance at their rallies?

Shortly after taking the stage 91 minutes late for his Atlanta rally this week, Donald Trump did what he can’t help doing — go off on a tangent. This was clearly going to be a night at the improv. He marveled at length about how Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket booster was snatched from the skies by mechanical arms on its return. All that fire and smoke. “Coolest thing I’ve seen in a long time,” he told his crowd. “Was that […]

todayOctober 18, 2024

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Congressional Black Caucus launches Harris campaign bus tour in Georgia

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) are set to launch a national bus tour in support of the Harris-Walz campaign, with the first stop this weekend in the battleground state of Georgia, theGrio has learned exclusively. The CBC, often referred to as the “conscience” of Congress, is a highly influential group on Capitol Hill. It represents millions of voters across key states that will be critical for Vice President Kamala Harris to secure victory in November. This weekend’s tour […]

todayOctober 18, 2024

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Watch: April Ryan breaks down her thoughts on Harris’ FOX interview

During her FOX News interview on Wednesday, Kamala Harris said that, if elected as the 47th president of the United States, her presidency “will not be a continuation of Joe Biden’s presidency.” The interview, contentious in nature, struck a different tone from Harris than previous interviews as the Democratic presidential nominee. The vice president’s direct answer to FOX’s Bret Baier was whether she would simply continue governing as President Biden has for the past three and half years. “Let me […]

todayOctober 18, 2024 1

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In the campaign’s final weeks, Harris is keeping a focus on ‘blue wall’ states

MILWAUKEE (AP) — With three weeks left in the presidential campaign, Democrat Kamala Harris is spending most of her days trying to shore up support in the “blue wall” states of Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin as she tries to avoid a repeat of Hillary Clinton’s collapse there eight years ago. The vice president campaigned at a hockey rink on Monday in Erie, Pennsylvania, where she denounced Republican candidate Donald Trump as “unhinged.” She visited an art gallery in Detroit with actors Don Cheadle, Delroy Lindo, and […]

todayOctober 17, 2024 1

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‘Frustrating reality’: Harris’ FOX interview was ultimate master class for Black women in politics

While Vice President Kamala Harris’ decision to enter the lion’s den of FOX News – a media outlet known for being favorable to Donald Trump – may have been seen as risky, pundits tell theGrio the Democratic presidential nominee gave a master class on what it means to be a Black woman in politics, who, they say, often have to be twice as good for any elected office. Despite FOX News personalities and other online conservative voices describing Harris as […]

todayOctober 17, 2024 1

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Five years ago, we asked Kamala Harris about reparations. Now her opponents are distorting her answer

During Charlamagne Tha God’s interview in Detroit with Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday night, an exchange took place that I’d been bracing for since she announced her run for president: Charlamagne: Have you seen the clip Madam Vice President from theGrio? It’s a clip that’s kinda of out of context, and it says that you won’t do anything specifically for Black people. Have you seen that? VP Kamala Harris: I’ve not seen that. Charlamagne: It’s a clip that has you […]

todayOctober 17, 2024 5