White House News (白宮消息) | Nov. 2, 2020

 https://smashwords2.weebly.com/2.html

NOVEMBER 1, 2020
Campaign 2020
President Trump Holds Rally in Hickory, North Carolina
President Trump spoke at a rally in Hickory, North Carolina, one of his five scheduled campaign stops on the last Sunday before Election Day. President Trump won North Carolina in the 2016 election.

Trump started off his third event of Sunday – in Hickory, North Carolina – praising the crowd of thousands who came out to see him

Trump warns of Democrats' lax-immigration policies as he brings back 'The Snake' poem for his North Carolina rally crowd and wraps up his third event in five battleground states on whirlwind tour

Nov. 2 - President Donald Trump brought the Reverend Franklin Graham, the son of the late Billy Graham, on stage to pray for him in North Carolina in his shortest campaign rally of the day.

‘I would like to take a moment and pray for this man,’ Graham said, giving a short prayer as the president and his supporters bowed their heads.

Trump started off his third event of Sunday – in Hickory, North Carolina – praising the crowd of thousands who came out to see him.

‘This is a very big crowd – look at this,’ he said.

But the president spoke for less than 45 minutes, when his rallies typically go on for more than hour. On his day of five rallies in five states, the president was running about 30 minutes behind schedule when he arrived in North Carolina.    continue to

Meet The Press Broadcast (Full) - November 1st, 2020 | Meet The Press | NBC News
Nov 2, 2020

NOVEMBER 1, 2020
Joe Biden Holds Drive-In Rally in Philadelphia
2020 Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden holds a drive-in campaign rally in Philadelphia, two days before Election Day.

Biden implores Philly voters to ‘put an end to this presidency’ as Trump signals plans to discredit votes

Nov. 1 - Joe Biden on Sunday urged Philadelphians to surge to the polls and fight “voter suppression," even as President Donald Trump signaled plans to attack a legitimate vote count expected to extend past Election Day.

“Every day is a new reminder of how high the stakes are, how far the other side will go to try to suppress the turnout, especially here in Philadelphia,” Biden said before about 50 cars filled with supporters at Sharon Baptist Church in the city’s Wynnefield Heights section. “There’s too much on the line to sit it out.”

Later, at FDR Park in South Philadelphia, Biden said, “Every generation has to fight to keep the democracy. I never believed we’d have to fight this hard though.”     continue to read

Biden Blitzes Through Battleground Pennsylvania | NBC News
Nov 2, 2020

White House News (白宮消息) | Nov. 1, 2020

 https://smashwords2.weebly.com/1.html

What To Expect On Election Night As Polls Start To Close | TODAY
Nov 1, 2020

EXCLUSIVE: National security nightmare of Hunter Biden's abandoned laptop containing phone numbers for the Clintons, Secret Service officers and most of the Obama cabinet plus his sex and drug addictions - all secured by the password Hunter02

Nov. 11 - The son of the man expected by many to be America's next President abandoned a laptop containing a treasure trove of top-secret material, including his father's private emails and mobile phone numbers, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.

In an astonishing lapse, Hunter Biden chose to protect his MacBook Pro computer – crammed with what an IT expert last night described as a 'national security nightmare' and 'classic blackmail material' – with a single, simple password: Hunter02.

Remarkably, the 50-year-old businessman and self-confessed drug addict took the machine to a back-street IT store in Delaware in April 2019 to get it repaired – yet never returned to collect it.

Its existence was revealed by the New York Post last month, but the staggering scale and sensitivity of its contents – easily accessible to a hacker with a modicum of skill – is only revealed for the first time today.     continue to read

It’s Saturday, Oct. 31. The election is in 3 days.
In the campaign’s final weekend, both candidates are making a last sprint to drive voter turnout. Early vote totals have shattered records. Read live election updates.

What You Need to Know Today:

• The former president and vice president appear together in a bid to drive turnout in Michigan.
• Trump, campaigning in Pennsylvania, says the vote count could take weeks.
• Early vote totals tick past 90 million, nearing two-thirds of 2016 turnout.

Joe Biden ›DemocratDonald
Trump ›Republican

• Election Updates

PBS NewsHour Weekend Full Episode October 31, 2020
Nov 1, 2020
On this edition for Saturday, October 31, PBS NewsHour Weekend is in North Carolina reporting on the issues the battleground state is voting for and how it’s grappling with climate change. Also, a look at political advertising and the most expensive campaign season as both candidates hit key swings in the final weekend before Election Day. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from North Carolina.

White House News (白宮消息) | Oct 31, 2020

 https://smashwords2.weebly.com/1.html

Both President Trump and Joe Biden will campaign in Wisconsin Friday
Both campaigns are also assembling teams of attorneys to watch election results in key battleground states

Oct. 31, MILWAUKEE --Both President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden will campaign in Wisconsin on Friday.

Biden will give remarks and meet with a small group of supporters during an event in Milwaukee, making this his third campaign stop in Wisconsin.

"I can tell you I’m really excited that he’s coming back to Wisconsin," U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) said when asked about Biden's visit and the state’s coronavirus numbers. "I think Joe coming to this state recognizes even in these times we need to keep on working."

Both Baldwin and the campaign note the event’s size, promising to abide by the city of Milwaukee’s order that political events do not exceed 100 people.

Meantime, Trump will hold a rally in Green Bay, his ninth visit to Wisconsin in 2020. Both the state of Wisconsin, and especially the northeast region of the state, has seen a surge of confirmed COVID-19 cases in recent weeks.

"I think a couple things are important to note about our rallies," said Trump campaign press secretary Hogan Gidley. "Any time we have an event we make sure to hand out masks because we want people to wear them and we want them to do that."

Both campaigns are also looking beyond Election Day and to the counting of absentee ballots in key battleground states.

"I think we need to start with a basic premise -- every vote needs to be counted," said former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who is working with the Biden campaign. "The Biden campaign is prepared. We have lawyers deployed across the country if it comes to that. My hope is it doesn’t come to that."

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled this week all Wisconsin ballots must be in the hands of clerks by 8 p.m. on election night. The court, though, also said it would allow ballots to be accepted for several days beyond Election Day in states like Pennsylvania and North Carolina.     continue to read

OCTOBER 30, 2020
Campaign 2020
President Trump Holds Rally in Rochester, Minnesota
President Trump delivers remarks at a campaign rally in Rochester, Minnesota. The crowd is limited to 250 people due to COVID-19 regulations. Before speaking, the president visits with an overflow crowd gathered nearby.

Trump campaign rally in Rochester, Minnesota
Oct. 30, 2020
President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally in Rochester, Minnesota with just four days to go before Election Day. It is the latest push as Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's campaign work on getting support in the battleground states considered the most important to win in the country.

Trump Rallies In Rochester, With Spillover From 250 Capacity Showing Support Outside

Oct. 30 - MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO/AP) -- President Donald Trump spoke Friday at the Rochester International Airport, to a crowd of about 250 supporters, but hundreds of others who couldn’t get inside were showing their support outside.

Trump spoke briefly to the hundreds who gathered outside the venue, Rochester International Airport, before giving quick remarks on the tarmac to supporters who were allowed onsite. The president, whose campaign rally speeches are typically fiery and at least an hour long, was unusually subdued. He did, however, lash out at the state’s Democratic Gov. Tim Walz and its attorney general.

“Your far left Democrat Attorney General Keith Ellison and your Democrat governor tried to shut down our rally, silence the people of Minnesota, and take away your freedom and your rights,” Trump said.     continue to read

Donald Trump was forced to do a socially distanced rally and he did not enjoy it
The President moaned bitterly after he was forced to only let 250 people into his rally in Minnesota - and the problems didn't end there

Oct. 31 - After travelling for several hours to speak at the rally, it was plagued with sound problems - with the microphone being inaudible on broadcasts of the speech for much of the time.

And the President completed his stump speech, which frequently runs to more than an hour, in around 21 minutes.

Just 250 people were allowed into the rally proper, all seated six feet apart from each other in the Rochester Minnesota airfield.

But many more crowded outside the boundaries of the rally site, crowded together and largely mask-free.     continue to read

White House News (白宮消息) | Oct 30, 2020

 https://smashwords2.weebly.com/

CTOBER 29, 2020
Campaign 2020
Joe Biden Holds Drive-In Rally in Tamp
a2020 Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden campaigns in Tampa, Florida.

Joe Biden holds first and only rally in the Tampa Bay area as the Democratic nominee

The drive-in event was much smaller than Trump’s larger rally across town earlier Thursday, but it followed public health protocols.

Oct. 29, TAMPA — Tampa Mayor Jane Castor jumped on a stage Thursday night, looked out at rows of cars and sensible SUVs and yelled into a microphone: “Honk if you are voting for Joe Biden."

So began what is likely Biden’s first and only rally in the Tampa Bay area as the Democratic nominee for president. Hillsborough County has for decades hosted many campaigns in the final days of presidential races. None of those events looked like the one held Thursday at the Florida State Fairgrounds.

The vehicles, decked out in Biden signs, arrived early in the afternoon and were meticulously spaced out. Masked drivers and their passengers timidly ventured out for distanced hellos with other supporters.

Sen. Janet Cruz, D-Tampa: “You’re too damn close to each other. Spread out!”

Biden’s socially distanced rally could not have looked different than the Trump rally early in the day across town at Raymond James Stadium. But it certainly reflected the candidate: Understated, practical and adhering to public health guidelines that Trump has refused to follow.     source

---

Trump and Biden hold dueling rallies in Florida – US election live

Related Articles:
Biden’s drive-in event is a striking difference from Trump’s outdoor crowd
Trump and Biden will speak hours apart at rallies in Tampa
Pelosi: ‘I feel very confident Biden will be elected’
Will conservative evangelicals stay loyal to Trump?
Covid crisis drives Arizonans to the polls
Ohioans hit by GM plant closure regret Trump votes

OCTOBER 29, 2020
Campaign 2020President Trump Holds Rally in Tampa, Florida
President Trump delivered remarks at a campaign rally in Tampa. President Trump won the state by 1.2 points in 2016 and has a slimmer 0.4 point advantage in the latest RealClearPolitics poll. In his remarks, he talked about several issues including the economy, China, and former Vice President Joe Biden. He also commented on the news that former Homeland Security official Miles Taylor was the anonymous source, calling him a “lowlife” and “disgrace to our country” that should be prosecuted.

President Donald Trump in Goodyear, AZ
Oct. 28, 2020

Trump's 'bottom line' on coronavirus: 'You’re going to get better'

Oct. 29 - At his Tampa rally, Donald Trump assured Americans that they would absolutely recover from coronavirus, which has already claimed more than 225,000 lives in the US.

The president reflected on people around the world expressing frustration with coronavirus restrictions, which have recently intensified in several countries as cases surge.

“You know the bottom line though? You’re going to get better. You’re going to get better,” Trump said. “If I can get better, anybody can get better, and I got better fast.”

As a reminder, the president received some of the best possible medical treatment in the world from the doctors at Walter Reed when he was hospitalized with coronavirus earlier this month.

And according to Johns Hopkins University, 994 Americans died of coronavirus yesterday alone. The total US coronavirus death toll now stands at 228,194.    source

White House News (白宮消息) | Oct 29, 2020

 https://smashwords2.weebly.com/1.html

What's at stake with Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation as the newest Supreme Court justice

Oct. 27 - Republicans have cemented their conservative majority on the Supreme Court with Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation by the Senate on Monday.

The vote was divided along party lines, with 52 Republicans voting in favor and 48 Democrats against her nomination.
Now, several major issues could be at stake, says Katherine Grainger, partner at Civitas Public Affairs Group — "everything from the voting rights act to the Affordable Care Act, which gives health insurance to 21 million people in this country."
 
Grainger is also concerned about American women losing abortion rights.
"There are 17 cases in the pipeline around reproductive health that could get to the court this year," she said. "We know that part of the strategy around a conservative court is to try to reverse Roe versus Wade."     continue to read

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg defended Wednesday Facebook limiting the reach of the New York Post article revealing contents of Hunter Biden's hard drive as he said the FBI warned of major 'hack-and-leak' misinformation campaigns ahead of the election

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg comes under fire as he tells Republican senators his platform 'throttled' users trying to post Hunter Biden revelations because 'FBI warned Russia was spreading disinformation'

Oct. 28 - Mark Zuckerberg revealed Wednesday he was warned by the FBI to be on the lookout for the spread of 'hack-and-leak' disinformation, including 'troves' of documents, as the Facebook CEO defended his decision to limit the reach of the New York Post article revealing damaging contents of Hunter Biden's emails.

The Facebook chief executive told lawmakers during a hearing before the Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet that the bureau warned him ahead of time that these disinformation campaigns would be in influx ahead of Election Day.

'One of the threats that the FBI has alerted our companies and the public to was the possibility of a hack and leak operation in the days or weeks leading up to this election,' Zuckerberg said.     continue to read

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to Congress: Section 230 helped create the internet as we know it
Oct 28, 2020
The CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter return to Congress today to defend their legal liability shield to lawmakers keen to weaken it. Watch Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's full opening testimony to the Senate Commerce Committee.

It’s Wednesday, Oct. 28. The election is in 6 days.

The coronavirus pandemic dominated the race as President Trump and Joseph R. Biden Jr. held fast to the starkly different positions they have staked out. Read live election updates.

What You Need to Know Today:

• President Trump claimed the nation was ‘rounding the turn’ on the virus even as cases climbed, as Joe Biden vowed to ‘deal honestly with the American people.’
• In a blow to Republicans, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to fast track a case on Pennsylvania ballot deadlines.
  
• Several people went to hospitals after a Trump rally in Omaha where hundreds were stranded in the cold.
  

PBS NewsHour full episode, Oct. 28, 2020
Oct 29, 2020
Wednesday on the NewsHour, Americans continue to vote early, despite coronavirus and court cases. Plus: Social media companies on Capitol Hill, the extent of online misinformation, a U.S. security expert on the information war, a civil servant’s protest against one of President Trump’s executive orders, Montana’s Senate race, battleground state politics and the racial protest movement in context.

White House News (白宮消息) | Oct 28, 2020

https://smashwords2.weebly.com/

Over 68 million people take part in 2020 US election early vote — portal
The biggest number of early votes (7,802,505) was registered in Texas

Oct. 28 - NEW YORK, October 28. /TASS/. More than 68 million US citizens have already cast their ballot in the 2020 US general election early vote, according to data, published by the United States Elections Project web portal on Tuesday.
Overall, 68,594,113 people have already taken part in the early vote.

The biggest number of early votes (7,802,505) was registered in Texas, followed by California (7,402,302), Florida (6,427,773) and North Carolina (3,411,850). The number of early votes exceeds one million in 16 states, including Georgia, Virginia, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Washington, Massachusetts and New York.

The 2020 United States elections are scheduled for November 3. Nationwide, American citizens will go to the polls to elect 435 representatives to the House, 35 senators out of 100 to the Senate, and the President and Vice President of the United States. In addition, voters will head to the ballot boxes to decide on 13 US state and territorial governorships, and numerous other local elections will be held.

Incumbent US President Donald Trump and Democrat Joseph Biden are competing in the presidential race. The winner has to secure 270 electoral votes among the 538 members of the Electoral College. The new US president will be inaugurated on January 20, 2021.     source

OCTOBER 27, 2020
Campaign 2020
President Trump Holds Campaign Rally in West Salem, Wisconsin
President Trump addresses supporters at a campaign rally in West Salem, Wisconsin.

Trump speaks at campaign rally in West Salem, Wisconsin
Oct. 27, 2020

One week to election day, Trump hosts rally in West Salem
WEST SALEM — Thousands filled the stands of a race track in West Salem on a chilly Tuesday for a rally for President Donald Trump, just one week to election day.

The rally, held at the La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway, is Trump’s third trip to the state in the past 10 days, a sign of the focus candidates are taking on Wisconsin’s importance to the election.

Local fans — and those traveling from as far as other states in the Midwest — were excited to see him visit the small town.
Young fans, those not even old enough to vote, missed school to attend the event with their families, many of whom were sporting classic Trump merchandise.

Maria Schmitt, a 13-year-old said while waiting in the crowd for the president to speak, “I really like listening to Trump, and I think his policies are good for the American people.”

Schmitt said she was excited for his visit and has been a fan of his since he was elected as president in 2016.     continue to read

WATCH LIVE ON OCTOBER 27 | 9PM ET | C-SPAN

Campaign 2020
President Trump Holds a Rally in Omaha, Nebraska
President Trump delivers remarks at a campaign rally in Omaha, NE.

Trump speaks at campaign rally in Omaha, Nebraska
Oct. 27, 2020

President Trump to host rally in Omaha Tuesday before Election Day

Oct. 27, OMAHA, Neb. --The countdown is on and we are officially less than one week away from the Presidential Election.

President Donald Trump is scheduled to make a stop at a rally in Omaha Tuesday evening.

The 'Make America Great Again Victory Rally' will feature Trump and other Republican candidates on the ballot.

The event will be held at the TAC Air hangar, located at 3737 Orville Plaza in Omaha (near Eppley Airfield). Doors opened at 4:30 p.m., and the event was originally scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m.

However, Tuesday evening's stop in Nebraska wraps up a busy day on the campaign trail for President Trump. He's making stops in Michigan and Wisconsin ahead of his rally in Omaha.

Omaha police said the President Trump rally is at full capacity at Eppley Airfield. Shuttle service to the rally has ended and private transportation will not be allowed.

The President just concluded his remarks in Wisconsin, so his rally in Omaha is not expected to start until at least 9:30 p.m.     more details