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Report: Kamala And Trump In Statistical Tie

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Madeleine Jackson
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Republicans are concerned…

Kamala Harris appears to be gaining on Donald Trump according to a new poll reporting the to in a statistical tie.

The poll, conducted by Cygnal from August 6-8 of 1,500 expected general election voters, shows Trump and Harris in a statistical tie. In a head-to-head match up, Harris has 47.6% of the vote to Trump’s 47% — with 5.5% of voters saying they were undecided. In a full ballot that includes candidates like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Cornel West, Trump got 44.4% and Harris earned 44.2%.

The Daily Wire reports:

“After one of the wildest six weeks of American politics, we find ourselves back at more of a stasis,” said Cygnal pollster Chris Lane. “The idea that Kamala Harris came into this race and Independents and moderates stumbled over each other to support her is simply not the case.”

Lane said that the tightening up of the race was primarily due to President Joe Biden dropping out.

“The truth is traditional Democrat voters simply started to indicate they are going to vote for the Democratic Presidential candidate, a not so shocking revelation,” he said. “Biden had such a low floor that it was hard to believe that could last.”

The poll also found that more voters trust Trump on issues of illegal immigration, inflation and cost of living, and economy and jobs. Among independents, Trump was favored by 18 points on immigration, seven points on inflation, and six points on the economy.

Overall, the top issues for voters were inflation and the economy, illegal immigration, and “threats to democracy.”

The poll found that Harris also appeared to be having trouble solidifying support among people who voted for Biden in 2020.

“At the same time, Harris faces challenges solidifying her support with 13 percent of 2020 Biden voters saying they do not consider themselves part of her base and a whopping 71 percent of likely voters perceiving Harris as ‘liberal’ versus only 15 percent who view her as ‘moderate,’” he said. “That label will push away Independent voters while Trump maintains the edge on the issues voters care about most – the economy, cost of living, and illegal immigration.”

Trump Resets His Campaign Team Amid Harris’ Rise

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    Paul Crespo
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    ANALYSIS – Will this change the race dynamic? Earlier I asked whether, amid the media-fueled surge Kamala Harris is currently having, former President Donald Trump should bring his 2016 campaign chief back to his team.

     Kellyanne Conway helped him win once, maybe she should help him again. 

    Well, Conway hasn’t been brought on board, yet. And some are trying to sabotage that possibility with rumors and intrigue.

    But Trump appears to be taking Harris seriously by resetting his campaign team by at least bringing in other major 2016 team members, as well as some from 2020.

    Critics will claim Trump is desperate, but the unfairly abbreviated campaign for Harris dishonestly created by the Democrats’ last minute candidate switcheroo, there is very little time to lose.

    Among his new hires is controversial 2016 campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski who preceded Conway.  He is reportedly being brought in as a senior adviser to be above the two current co-campaign managers.

    The New Republic noted that:

    Lewandowski was viewed as a fierce defender of Trump’s unorthodox approach to campaigning, according to The New York Times. When Trump was urged to soften his message to appeal to moderates, Lewandowski adopted the motto “Let Trump Be Trump.”

    [NOTE – Lewandowski even co-wrote a book about working on Trump’s campaign, titled ‘Let Trump Be Trump.’] 

    This nonstrategy stands in stark contrast to the current state of the race, in which Trump’s allies have begun urging him to stop making personal attacks against his opponent and stay on message. As such, Lewandowski’s hiring could signal Trump pushing back on his team’s attempts to get him to focus on policy rather than his typical grandstanding.

    The Washington Post reported:

    In addition to Lewandowski, the campaign is adding Tim Murtaugh, the communications director from Trump’s 2020 campaign, as well as three former officials from a pro-Trump super PAC: Alex Pfeiffer, Alex Bruesewitz and Taylor Budowich.

    “As we head into the home stretch of this election, we are continuing to add to our impressive campaign team,” Trump’s co-campaign managers, Susie Wiles and Chris LaCivita, said in a statement Thursday. The five hires, they added, “are all veterans of prior Trump campaigns and their unmatched experience will help President Trump prosecute the case against Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, the most radical ticket in American history.”

    Trump has been annoyed for weeks at the direction of his campaign, even though he makes many of the most important decisions. He has called allies asking if he should replace anyone, The Washington Post has reported.

    Some 2016 alumni have voiced dissatisfaction with Wiles and LaCivita, suspecting them of controlling access to the former president and excluding or impugning longtime loyalists such as contributors to the Project 2025 policy blueprint. LaCivita has dismissed those detractors as a distraction.

    When Trump rebooted his campaign team in 2016, he ended up not only showing he was serious about the race, but of course he won the White House.

    Let’s hope this is part of a similar reboot. America needs Trump.

    The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the positions of Great America News Desk.

    Secret Service Increases Security Protocols For Trump Rallies

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    Madeleine Jackson
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    It’s about time…

    According to a federal official, Donald Trump’s future outdoor rallies will have increased security measures.

    Former President Trump will have bulletproof glass surrounding his podium for outdoor events going forward, a federal law enforcement source briefed on the planning told Fox News. 

    Indoor events, meanwhile, will not involve the same level of protection, the source confirmed. 

    The additional level of protection comes after an assassination attempt on the former president during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania last month. 

    The president was addressing the open-air crowd, just minutes into his speech, when a gunman fired at him from the rooftop of a nearby building. 

    Trump managed to just barely turn his head and duck beneath the podium. A Secret Service member killed the gunman just seconds after he opened fire. 

    Trump was struck in the ear but avoided serious injury. One spectator in the audience was killed and two others were injured. 

    The security failure has brought heavy scrutiny on the Secret Service, which had been responsible for coordinating with local law enforcement. 

    Report: Trump Seeks To Delay Criminal Sentencing

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    Madeleine Jackson
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    Former President Trump asked the New York judge who oversaw his recent criminal trial to delay his sentencing until after November’s presidential election. 

    Judge Juan Merchan previously agreed to push the date back until September so he can first decide whether the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity decision requires tossing Trump’s guilty verdict. 

    “[S]etting aside naked election-interference objectives, there is no valid countervailing reason for the Court to keep the current sentencing date on the calendar,” Trump attorneys Todd Blanche and Emil Bove wrote in a letter to the judge, which was made public Thursday. 

    “There is no basis for continuing to rush,” the letter continued. “Accordingly, we respectfully request that any sentencing, if one is needed, be adjourned until after the Presidential election.” 

    In May, a New York jury convicted Trump on all 34 counts of falsifying business records.

    Trump’s sentencing in New York was originally slated for July, but the judge pushed it back to Sept. 18 after the Supreme Court ruled that presidents are immune from criminal prosecution for official acts.

    According to The Hill, Trump does not claim immunity from the hush money charges themselves, but he asserts that prosecutors at trial improperly introduced immunized evidence, so his verdict must be wiped as a result. Prosecutors have pushed back on the argument, and Merchan is set to rule on the matter two days before sentencing.

    Trump’s attorneys said the small gap is an “unreasonably short period of time,” signaling the former president will immediately attempt to appeal if the judge rejects his immunity arguments.

    “The requested adjournment is also necessary to allow President Trump adequate time to assess and pursue state and federal appellate options in response to adverse ruling,” the letter reads.

    The letter also noted Merchan’s third refusal to recuse from the case Wednesday.

    “Notwithstanding the Court’s ruling on the disputed recusal issue, the requested adjournment would prospectively mitigate the asserted conflicts and appearances of impropriety, which are also the subject of an ongoing congressional inquiry,” Blanche and Bove wrote in the letter. 

    Family of Isaac Hayes Sues Trump Over Playing Hit Song

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    Madeleine Jackson
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    The family of late soul singer Isaac Hayes is suing former President Donald Trump for using the icon’s music at his rallies, Isaac Hayes III announced last week.

     The filing accused the former president and the Republican Nation Committee of “willfully and brazenly” engaging in 134 counts of copyright infringement.

    A letter to Trump and his campaign from the Georgia-based law firm Walker & Associates reads:

    Our firm has been retained by the family and Isaac Hayes Enterprises, who own the copyright to the musical composition and recording “Hold On (I’m Coming)” (the “Song”). It has come to our attention that you or the campaign have authorized the illegal public performance of the Song on multiple occasions during various rallies for your political campaign without authorization from the copyright holder, despite being asked repeatedly not to engage in such illegal use by our client.

    Upon information and belief, you, your campaign, and/or the RNC and other parties have willfully and brazenly engaged in copyright infringement in violation of several provisions of Title 17 U.S.C., including § 501, of the Copyright Act of 1976, as amended, over one hundred times. We have attached for your convenience a non-exhaustive list attached hereto as Exhibit A. As we prepared this letter, there was an additional use in Montana just two nights ago, even with your office apparently aware that you had no permission. We and the family hereby demand that you cease the continual infringement of our copyright and stop all unauthorized use of the Song.

    The suit further demands Trump pay $3 million, stop using the song, and to remove any campaign multimedia of the song being played at rallies. Hayes’ estate also demanded Trump issue a statement acknowledging he played the song without permission.

    Vance Accepts VP Debate Challenge

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      Madeleine Jackson
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      It’s on…

      Thursday morning, Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance announced he has accepted Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s debate challenge.

      “The American people deserve as many debates as possible, which is why President Trump has challenged Kamala to three of them already,” Vance posted in response to Walz. “Not only do I accept the CBS debate on October 1st, I accept the CNN debate on September 18th as well. I look forward to seeing you at both!”

      The Oct. 1 vice presidential debate will take place after the first planned debate between Harris and former President Trump, which is currently scheduled for Sept. 10 and will be hosted by ABC News.

      Vance told Fox News host Laura Ingraham on “The Ingraham Angle” Wednesday that CBS News had reached out to his team hours before. CBS said in a statement that it offered the two running mates four dates: Sept. 17, Sept. 24, Oct. 1 and Oct. 8.

      “We want to actually look at the debates, look at the moderators, talk about the rules a little bit,” he said. 

      “I strongly suspect we’re going to be there on October the 1st, but we’re not going to do one of these fake debates where they don’t actually have an audience there, where they don’t actually set the parameters in a way where we can have a good exchange of ideas. In other words, we’re not going to walk into a fake news media garbage debate. We’re going to do a real debate, and if CBS agrees to it, then certainly we’ll do it.”

      “I think it’s important for the American people to actually see us discuss our views. If you look at the way that we’ve run this campaign, Donald Trump and I are giving every media interview. We’re talking to every audience that we can get in front of because our vision is so clear,” he told Ingraham.

      This is a breaking news story. Please check back for updates.

      Google Executives Face Consequences After Censoring Trump Assassination Attempt Photo

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      Madeleine Jackson
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      Google admitted to censoring recent searches for photos of the Trump assassination attempt at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

      Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) launched an investigation into Google after its autocomplete search results did not register the assassination attempt against Trump on July 13. In a letter, Sen. Marshall questioned the company over the search function, asking about its algorithm and what decisions were made in the aftermath of the attack on Trump. 

      In its response to the senator, Google Vice President of Government Affairs and Public Policy, US and Canada Mark Isakowitz listed the policies that guide the autocomplete function. 

      “We do not allow predictions that can be interpreted as accusations against individuals or groups of serious malevolent acts, where there is a lack of well-established or expert supporting evidence,” he said. 

      However, Marshall told Fox News Digital in a statement on Wednesday that Google’s search autocomplete function was still omitting Trump assassination attempt results as of his public inquiry to the company on July 28. 

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      “Google is now openly admitting that they were blocking and eliminating search prompts regarding the assassination attempt on President Trump,” the senator told Fox News Digital in an exclusive statement. “Most shocking is their bizarre written defense that Trump’s assassination attempt was a ‘hypothetical act of political violence’ even up to the point of our public inquiry on July 28th.”

      The company explained in its letter to him, “In the immediate aftermath of the horrific events in Butler, PA, these systems were still in place and predictions related to the assassination attempt failed to appear. We recognize that these out-of-date systems led to an inadequate user experience.” 

      Sen. Marshall still wasn’t satisfied by Google’s response.

      “In response to this letter, I am demanding that Google’s top executives testify under oath before the Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee,” the Kansas senator said. “Under oath, they won’t be able to hide behind an algorithm or get away with corporate double-speak.” 

      According to Marshall, the committee is “launching a full investigation into Google’s litany of offenses.” He added that it is “time for accountability and consequence.”

      Trump Hush Money Judge Responds To Latest Recusal Request

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      Madeleine Jackson
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      The New York judge who oversaw former President Trump’s criminal trial refused the latest request to recuse himself from the case over his daughter’s work for Democrats. 

      It marks the third time that Judge Juan Merchan has refused to recuse himself, insisting there is no conflict and that he will remain on the case as it proceeds to sentencing in September. 

      “Stated plainly, Defendant’s arguments are nothing more than a repetition of stale and unsubstantiated claims,” Merchan wrote in his ruling.

      Despite being denied twice, Trump’s lawyers once again filed for Judge Merchan to recuse himself after Presdient Biden ended his re-election bid.

      “Your Honor’s daughter has a long-standing relationship with Harris, including work for political campaigns. She has obtained — and stands to obtain in the future — extensive financial, professional, and personal benefits from her relationship with Harris,” Trump attorneys Todd Blanche and Emil Bove wrote in their request. 

      But the judge spurned the accusation that he has a conflict, noting that a state ethics advisory committee last year provided guidance that he didn’t need to step aside.  

      “This Court now reiterates for the third time, that which should already be clear – innuendo and mischaracterizations do not a conflict create. Recusal is therefore not necessary, much less required,” Merchan wrote.

      The judge has, however, received a warning for making $35 total in political contributions to the Biden campaign and two liberal-leaning groups, including one called “Stop Republicans.” Though the donations occurred before Merchan took on Trump’s hush money case, ethics rules bar New York judges from making political contributions. 

      “The acting Justice has consistently and recklessly displayed his personal bias against President Trump throughout the case, including issuing an illegal, unconstitutional, and election-interfering Gag Order against the President and his campaign, and admitting
      constitutionally prohibited ‘evidence’ at trial,” Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung said in a statement. “The Highly-Conflicted Judge should have long ago recused himself from this case.”

      Union Files Charges Against Trump And Musk Claiming ‘Worker Intimidation’

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      Madeleine Jackson
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      On Tuesday, the United Auto Workers (UAW) filed federal labor charges against Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and tech tycoon Elon Musk.

      The union alleged former President Trump and Elon Musk attempted to “intimidate and threaten” workers during their Monday evening interview on X.

      “I mean, I look at what you do,” Trump told Musk. “You walk in, you say, You want to quit? They go on strike, I won’t mention the name of the company, but they go on strike and you say, That’s OK, you’re all gone. You’re all gone. So, every one of you is gone.”

      Federal law protects workers who go on strike from being fired, and it is illegal to threaten to do so, the UAW asserted.

      “When we say Donald Trump is a scab, this is what we mean. When we say Trump stands against everything our union stands for, this is what we mean,” said UAW President Shawn Fain.

      Following allegations of unfair labor practices, Musk’s SpaceX has directly challenged the constitutionality of the National Labor Relations Board in a move experts warned could hobble the agency charged with investigating allegations brought by employees, unions and employers.

      “Donald Trump will always side against workers standing up for themselves, and he will always side with billionaires like Elon Musk, who is contributing $45 million a month to a Super PAC to get him elected,” Fain said.

      “Both Trump and Musk want working class people to sit down and shut up, and they laugh about it openly. It’s disgusting, illegal, and totally predictable from these two clowns.”

      The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organization (AFL-CIO), a federation of 60 national and international labor unions, posted their own criticism of the conversation on X, saying, “Scab recognize scab.”

      UAW which endorsed Vice President Harris last month in the upcoming presidential election has had a rocky relationship with Trump for years.

      Following the video’s release, Trump campaign spokesperson Karoline Leavitt called Fain “a puppet for the Democrat Party who is sadly not serving the millions of hardworking union laborers across the country who are supporting President Trump because they know he will protect their jobs and put them first.”

      Report: FBI Investigating Trump Campaign Hack

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      Madeleine Jackson
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      The FBI has confirmed it’s investigating after the Trump campaign said it was hacked and some internal documents were leaked.

      “We can confirm the FBI is investigating this matter,” the agency said in an email, declining to respond to other questions from The Hill.

      An Iran-baked group “sent a spear phishing email in June to a high-ranking official on a presidential campaign from the compromised email account of a former senior advisor,” the company said.

      The confirmation of the investigation is a shift for the FBI, which said over the weekend only that it was aware of the hacking allegations through news reports.

      U.S. agencies have thus far failed to comment on the claims that Iran was responsible for the hack, even as recent intelligence community reports have noted growing Iranian efforts to influence the U.S. election.

      “This is something we’ve raised for some time, raised concerns that Iranian cyber actors have been seeking to influence elections around the world including those happening in the United States,” John Kirby, the White House’s national security communications adviser, told reporters Monday. 

      “These latest attempts to interfere in U.S. elections is nothing new for the Iranian regime, which from our vantage point has attempted to undermine democracies for many years now.”

      A report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released last month noted Iranian efforts designed to “fuel distrust in U.S. political institutions and increase social discord.”

      “The IC has observed Tehran working to influence the presidential election, probably because Iranian leaders want to avoid an outcome they perceive would increase tensions with the United States. Tehran relies on vast webs of online personas and propaganda mills to spread disinformation,” the report states, including being particularly active on exacerbating tensions over the Israel-Gaza conflict.

      Intelligence agencies have also warned of an Iranian assassination plot targeting top U.S. officials like Donald Trump.

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