10/24/2020

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It’s Saturday, Oct. 24. The election is in 10 days.
President Trump and former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. laid out starkly different visions of America as they met on the debate stage for the last time. Read live updates.What You Need to Know Today:

Voters wait in line on the first day of in-person early voting in Durham, North Carolina.
US 2020 election could have the highest rate of voter turnout since 1908

Data from the US Elections Project predicts a record 150m ballots, representing 65% of eligible voters, for this election


Oct. 24 - More than 50 million Americans have cast ballots in the US presidential election with 11 days to go in the campaign, a pace that could lead to the highest voter turnout in over a century, according to data from the US Elections Project on Friday.

The eye-popping figure is a sign of intense interest in the contest between Republican Donald Trump and Joe Biden, his Democratic challenger, as well as Americans’ desire to reduce their risk of exposure to Covid-19, which has killed more than 221,000 people across the United States.

Many states have expanded in-person early voting and mail-in ballots ahead of election day on 3 November, as a safer way to vote during the coronavirus pandemic.

The high level of early voting has led Michael McDonald, the University of Florida professor who administers the US Elections Project, to predict a record turnout of about 150 million, representing 65% of eligible voters, the highest rate since 1908.

In Texas, the level of voting has already surpassed 70% of the total turnout in 2016. In Georgia, some have waited in line for more than 10 hours to cast their ballots. And Wisconsin has seen a record number of early votes, with 1.1 million people having returned their ballots as of this week. Voters in VirginiaOhio and Georgia have also seen long lines at early voting sites.     continue to read

OCTOBER 23, 2020
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President Trump Campaigns in Pensacola, Florida
President Trump delivers remarks at a campaign rally in Pensacola, Florida.
President Donald Trump in Pensacola, FL
Oct. 23, 2020

10/23/2020

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Presidential Debate Live Updates:
As Biden Focuses on the Virus and Health Care, Trump Attacks His Family

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Trump-Biden Second Debate
President Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden take part in a debate at Belmont University in Nashville. Kristen Welker of NBC News moderates.
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President Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden will meet onstage at Belmont University in Nashville on Oct. 22 for the last presidential debate of 2020
Presidential debate live updates: Before facing Biden, Trump releases recording of ‘60 Minutes’ interview

Oct. 23 - President Trump on Thursday followed through with a threat to release a recording of his contentious “60 Minutes” interview with Lesley Stahl before it airs, saying it shows “bias, hatred and rudeness.”

Earlier, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, who has avoided answering whether he would want to “pack” the Supreme Court by adding more justices, said in an excerpt from a “60 Minutes” interview that he would form a bipartisan commission to study that issue among others.

Trump and Biden are poised to face off Thursday night in their second and final debate of the 2020 campaign, sharing a stage in Nashville.     source

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Trump supporters outside Belmont University in Nashville ahead of the debate.

Why Tennessee?
Oct. 23 - Today’s debate is taking place in Tennessee, home of country music, Elvis Presley’s Graceland, and the Parthenon (a full-scale replica of the original monument in Athens).

Tennessee is a traditionally conservative stronghold, which Trump won with almost 61 per cent of the vote in 2016.


FiveThirtyEight’s latest polling average currently has Trump ahead of Biden, 54.3 per cent to 40.9 per cent.


Some Belmont University students moved from dorms to Opryland ahead of debate

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Students who live within the security perimeter on Belmont University’s campus have been moved to the Opryland Hotel ahead of Thursday night’s final presidential debate.

According to the Belmont Vision, residents of Wright, Maddox, Kennedy, Potter and Hail were asked to temporarily vacate their rooms for 30 hours.

An estimated 600 students are displaced as a security measure and will stay at Opryland through Friday.

The university will reportedly provide students with transportation, meals and internet access for the duration of the one-night move. Students will be housed with their previous roommates. Resident administrative leadership of the impacted dorms, including resident assistants and resident directors, will be relocated alongside students, according to the student paper.
Belmont soccer player Morgan Pettit said despite the challenges of relocating, most students are embracing the debate experience.

“Our campus like looks completely different right now because all of the kind of construction, the different setup for the debate, that’s pretty wild we’re kind of prepping for a kind of mini lockdown.

When the debate is actually happening like we can’t access our dining hall or anything,” explained Pettit. “I think it’s just the reality of the situation and keeping everyone safe and everyone understands that.”

Belmont will also provide a 180,000 square foot space at the Music City Center for students to watch the debate and engage in socially distanced activities together.     source

With 12 days until Election Day …
  • Tonight’s debate is scheduled to being at 9 p.m. Eastern and will be streamed on The Post’s website, where live coverage begins at 8 p.m. Eastern. Here’s what to watch for in the final debate.
  • Ahead of the debate, Vice President Pence campaigned in Michigan and Indiana and Sen. Kamala D. Harris (Calif.), the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, held a virtual event to bolster women’s support for her ticket.
  • Judge Amy Coney Barrett moved one step closer to a seat on the Supreme Court as the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced her nomination. Democrats boycotted the vote.
  • More than 47 million Americans have already voted in the 2020 election, surpassing the total number of early ballots cast in 2016.
  • Biden leads Trump by nine percentage points nationally, 53 percent to 44 percent, according to an average of national polls since Oct. 12. Biden’s nine-percentage-point margin is the same in Michigan. It’s eight points in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin; six in Arizona; and two in Florida.     source

10/22/2020

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OCTOBER 21, 2020
President Trump Campaigns in Gastonia, North Carolina
President Trump delivers remarks at a rally in support of his reelection held in Gastonia, North Carolina.
President Donald Trump in Gastonia, NC
Oct 21, 2020
Large crowd expected at Trump rally in Gastonia
President Trump speaks to crowd at Gastonia, N.C. rally

Oct. 21, GASTONIA, N.C. (WBTV) - President Donald Trump is visiting Gastonia Wednesday for a campaign rally.


The president will deliver remarks at a Make America Great Again Rally on Oct. 21. The event will happen at Gastonia Municipal Airport on Gaston Day Road. Doors open at 4 p.m., with the event starting at 7 p.m.

By WBTV Web Staff | October 16, 2020 at 4:36 PM EDT - Updated October 21 at 7:39 PMGASTONIA, N.C. (WBTV) - President Donald Trump is visiting Gastonia Wednesday for a campaign rally.

The president will deliver remarks at a Make America Great Again Rally on Oct. 21. The event will happen at Gastonia Municipal Airport on Gaston Day Road. Doors open at 4 p.m., with the event starting at 7 p.m.
Americans want their vote to count. Here's what voters need to know about their rightsThe Carter Center has monitored elections in some of the world’s most dangerous and corrupt countries — Sudan, Kenya and Venezuela among 39 countries in all. Now, the not-for-profit organization founded by former President Jimmy Carter is adding to that list of countries once seen as a model for fair and free elections.

Avery Davis-Roberts, associate director in the Democracy Program at the Carter Center, said in recently taped remarks, “we typically prioritize work in places where democracy seems poised to take a step forward or where it's in danger of sliding backwards. These places are often struggling with polarization, a lack of public trust, ethnic or racial divisions and fears that election results won’t be credible or accepted.

“U.S. elections have never been perfect, but generally Americans trusted in the process and believed in the results. But in the last five or 10 years, we’ve started to see many of the same discouraging trends we see in countries where we work.’’     source

Deadline Now: What To Expect In the Final Presidential Debate Between Donald Trump And Joe Biden

Oct. 22 - Thursday night’s face-off between Donald Trump and Joe Biden will not just pit the candidates against each other, it will also pit Trump against the moderator’s mute button. High drama, given that the president is behind in the polls and doesn’t have a whole lot to lose.

Biden again faces diminished expectations, but needs to be careful not to be not somnambulant — or to give Trump a Ronald Reagan-type breakout moment.     source

10/21/2020

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Lesley Stahl was interviewing President Donald Trump for “60 Minutes.”
Trump ends ’60 Minutes’ interview, attacks Lesley Stahl on Twitter
The president, reportedly frustrated by the line of questioning, said he was considering posting the interview before airtime “for the sake of accuracy in reporting.”

Oct. 21 - At the White House on Tuesday afternoon, President Donald Trump ended a fiery interview taping with CBS News’ “60 Minutes,” proceeded to launch an attack against the interviewer on Twitter for not wearing a mask, and threatened to post the interview before it aired.

The drama unfolded after Trump was frustrated with the line of questioning and how the interview was being conducted, said one person familiar with the episode, while another in the room described the president as “pissed.”

The president spent more than 40 minutes with CBS News correspondent Lesley Stahl, and did not proceed to shoot a second portion of the interview that included Vice President Mike Pence. Following a short break, the president decided he had spent enough time in the interview, one White House official said. Pence went on to spend 15 minutes with Stahl and the “60 Minutes” crew.

After the interview, the president tweeted a video of Stahl speaking to producers inside the White House without a mask accompanied by the message: “Lesley Stahl of 60 Minutes not wearing a mask in the White House after her interview with me. Much more to come”...     continue to read

JUST IN: Trump talks 60 Minutes interview: "Lesley Stahl is not going to be happy"
Oct 20, 2020

10/20/2020

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OCTOBER 19, 2020
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President Trump Holds Rally in Tucson, Arizona
President Trump delivers remarks at a campaign rally in Tucson, Arizona.

LIVE: Trump holds 'MAGA' rally in Tucson
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LIVE updates: Trump targets seniors in Tucson as polling shows uneasePresident Donald Trump will spend much of his day
Oct. 19 - Monday in Arizona, with planned stops in Prescott and Tucson. The goal: Pick up as many votes as he can in rural and southern parts of the state in what is expected to be a tight presidential race against Democrat Joe Biden.
  • In remarks at a Prescott Regional Airport rally, the president downplayed the COVID-19 pandemic and blasted Sen. Martha McSally's opponent, retired NASA astronaut Mark Kelly. 
  • Trump is speaking now at the airport in Tucson.
OCTOBER 19, 2020
President Trump Holds Rally in Prescott, Arizona
President Trump delivers remarks at a campaign rally in Prescott, Arizona.
4:45 p.m.: Trump's imaginary conversation with ExxonMobil 'never happened' ExxonMobil issued a statement on Twitter

Monday to say President Donald Trump’s claim that he could raise more campaign money than his Democratic rival Joe Biden if he could dial up big companies and leverage the position of the office he holds.


It is illegal to solicit campaign contributions in exchange for policies. 

Trump made the comment at his first campaign stop in Prescott on Monday.
 
“Don't forget, I'm not bad at that stuff anyway, and I'm president. So I call some guy, the head of Exxon. I call the head of Exxon. I don't know,” Trump said in what appears to be an imagined discussion. 

The company issued a statement around 4 p.m., that read: “We are aware of the President’s statement regarding a hypothetical call with our CEO…and just so we’re all clear, it never happened.”

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OCTOBER 19, 2020
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Senator Kamala Harris Campaigns in Jacksonville, Florida
2020 vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) campaigned in Florida where she spoke at a voter mobilization event in Jacksonville on the state’s first day of in-person voting.

10/19/2020

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OCTOBER 18, 2020
Campaign 2020
President Trump Holds Campaign Rally in Nevada's Capital
President Trump delivers remarks at a campaign rally in Nevada’s capital, Carson City.
LIVE: President Donald Trump in Carson City, NV #Nevada
Oct 18, 2020
President Trump holds rally in Carson City
Oct. 18 - CARSON CITY, Nev. (KLAS) -- President Donald Trump and his campaign are continuing their hard push in the state of Nevada. President Trump is hosting a rally Sunday afternoon at the Carson City Airport.
President Trump makes the visit following a short pit-stop in Las Vegas. While in town, President Trump attended a church service at the International Church of Las Vegas.     source
OCTOBER 18, 2020
Campaign 2020
Joe Biden Campaigns in Durham, North Carolina
2020 Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden delivered remarks at a voter mobilization event in Durham, North Carolina.


Joe Biden holds drive-in rally in Durham to encourage North Carolina voters as early voting remains underway

Oct. 18, DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- With in-person early voting underway in North Carolina, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden made a campaign in Durham on Sunday.

Biden and his granddaughter Finnegan arrived at RDU around 12:40 p.m. and were greeted by Gov. Roy Cooper.

Biden spoke at Riverside High School in Durham around 1:45 p.m. Around 40 cars were parked in a semi-circle in the parking lot listening to the former vice president speak...


...During his speech, Biden touched on COVID-19's impact in North Carolina, criminal justice reform and the economy.

The former vice president mentioned how stable jobs and financial stability were seen a century ago in Durham where "an oasis of black-owned businesses thrived even the air of Jim Crow." Biden said Durham was "one of the first examples of flourishing Black middle class in America."

After speaking in Durham, Biden will attend a virtual meeting with African American faith leaders.

This marks Biden's second campaign stop in North Carolina since securing the nomination. His last visit was in Charlotte, where he discussed rebuilding the US economy.

The announcement came shortly after President Donald Trump announced a campaign rally in Gastonia this coming Wednesday.

On Saturday, actress Kerry Washington and her husband Nnamdi Asomugha advocated for early voting and met with Biden/Harris campaign volunteers in Durham.     source
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10/18/2020

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OCTOBER 17, 2020
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President Trump Holds Rally in Muskegon, Michigan

President Trump delivers remarks at a campaign rally in Muskegon, MI.
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Michigan doctors call on Trump to cancel Muskegon rally, citing rising coronavirus cases

Oct. 17 - Two western Michigan physicians urged President Donald Trump to cancel his campaign rally taking place Saturday afternoon in Muskegon, where coronavirus cases are on the uptick.


Doctors Rob Davidson and Susan Fabrick held a press conference via Zoom on Friday afternoon, less than 24 hours before doors were slotted to open at FlyBy Air near the Muskegon County Airport. The doctors said the president is failing to listen to the evidence.

"As physicians, we are really concerned about the inaccurate misinformation that President Trump repeats day after day, multiple times a day," said Fabrick, a family medicine doctor who has practiced in Muskegon for 26 years. "No matter what he claims, COVID-19 is still with us and it is still killing people."     more

OCTOBER 16, 2020
Campaign 2020
President Trump Holds Rally in Macon, Georgia
President Trump delivers remarks at a campaign rally in Macon, Georgia.

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President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Muskegon County Airport, Saturday, Oct 17, 2020, in Norton Shores.
President Trump prompts anti-Whitmer chants of 'lock her up'

Oct. 17, Muskegon — President Donald Trump tried Saturday to tie Democratic rival Joe Biden to the radical left of his party during a Saturday rally attended by thousands of people outside an airport hangar in Muskegon.
The Republican president also insisted that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer needs to relax more COVID-19 restrictions, even though the Michigan Supreme Court already invalidated her emergency executive orders because the 1945 law she relied on was unconstitutional. She has since had her state Department of Health and Human Services issue new  epidemic orders to wear masks and limit the capacities of businesses.

“You’ve got to get your governor to open up her state." Trump said to cheering. "And get your schools open. … The schools have to be open.”...     more

10/17/2020

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Vice-President Biden in 2016 with his son Hunter looking on

Hunter Biden: What was he doing in Ukraine and China?
President Donald Trump has repeatedly accused the Biden family of wrongdoing in regards to Ukraine and China while Joe Biden was vice-president, which the Bidens deny.

Oct. 17 - The issue has resurfaced following a New York Post article focused on an alleged email in which an adviser from a Ukrainian energy company apparently thanked Hunter Biden for inviting him to meet his father.

Allegations of influence-peddling are common in Washington DC and Mr Trump's children have also been accused of conflicts of interest in lucrative business deals overseas. They, too, deny wrongdoing.

Mr Biden is the Democratic White House challenger to Mr Trump, a Republican, in next month's presidential election.    for details click on here
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US President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Ocala International Airport in Ocala, Florida, US on October 16, 2020. 

‘Joe Biden is a disaster… living embodiment of corrupt political class’, says Donald Trump

US president Donald Trump called Biden a “servant of the wealthy globalist who got rich bleeding our country dry”.

Oct. 17 - US President Donald Trump again on Friday (local time) hit out at his Democratic counterpart and former Vice President Joe Biden and called him a “disaster” adding that he is “the living embodiment of the corrupt political class”.


“Biden is a disaster...Biden is the living embodiment of the corrupt political class. You look at what he has done--it is the political class that enriches itself while draining the economic life and soul from our country,” Trump said at the re-election campaign here.

“It’s a corrupt family and these people (during Thursday’s town hall in Philadelphia) did not ask him one single question about it. For the last 47 years, Joe Biden has shipped away your jobs, shut down your factories, threw open your borders,” he added.
Trump called Biden a “servant of the wealthy globalist who got rich bleeding our country dry”. The Republican candidate also attacked Biden’s son Hunter for making a “deal with a Chinese business magnet” for USD 10 million per year further adding that these deals were made “at the same time Joe Biden was letting China steal our jobs.” 

Trump said, “IF Biden won, China would own the United States,” adding that the Bidens “got rich while America got robbed.” The US President said he “wasn’t only running against Joe Biden, but also against left-wing media and big tech.”

“We are running against the left-wing media and we are running against big tech. They (the big-tech companies) were against us four years ago. Now they have gone crazy and they are doing things, they wouldn’t do; they’re getting caught,” he added.
The US Presidential elections are scheduled to take place on November 3.   source

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event at United Association (UA) Plumbers Local 27 in Erie, PA, October 10, 2020.

Biden says Trump is ‘going to throw everything but the kitchen sink at me,’ after Hunter Biden stories spark Facebook, Twitter backlash

Oct. 15 - Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden warned campaign donors on Thursday that President Donald Trump is “going to throw everything but the kitchen sink at me” during the 19 days remaining before Election Day.

Biden told attendees that he expects additional “lies and distortion” to be directed at him by the Trump campaign.

Biden spoke a day after The New York Post ran a series of articles claiming that he had met with a Ukrainian energy executive at the behest of his son Hunter Biden who was a board member of the executive’s company, Burisma. The supposed meeting allegedly came months before then-Vice President Biden pressured Ukraine government officials to fire a prosecutor who purportedly was investigating the company.

The claim that the prosecutor was conducting such a probe at the time has been debunked.

Biden did not mention the Post’s report at Thursday’s event but did refer to “misinformation” about him.
“I know these are anxious times,” Biden told the fundraising attendees.

“I appreciate everything you’re doing for the campaign,” he said. “We have 19 days left, and you know, he’s going to throw everything but the kitchen sink at me.”

But, he added, “I think you’ve put me in a position to be able to respond in real time in a way that we can compete.”     continue to read
PBS NewsHour full episode, Oct. 16, 2020
Oct 17, 2020
Friday on the NewsHour, President Trump and Joe Biden campaign in swing states after their dueling TV town halls. Plus: Early voting begins in Texas amid suppression fears, the possible spread of Russian disinformation by a Trump ally, coronavirus cases climb across the globe, Shields and Brooks, remembering COVID-19 victims, gardening in the Arctic Circle and the reinvention of the Chicks.