Walter Olson Number four in our series of occasional roundups on election law and policy: The Dispatch invited writers to share our worries about a new Trump or Harris administration. I did both, concentrating in both instances on elections and governance. Also for The Dispatch, I wrote a piece explaining why there’s no plausible parallel between Elon Musk’s cash outlay ...
Top House Republicans are coalescing behind the House Administration Committee’s subpoena of Democratic fundraising giant ActBlue. Republicans have accused the company of having insufficient donor verification standards. Committee Chair Bryan Steil, R-Wis., has argued that the site is vulnerable to fraudulent and illegal foreign donations, though ActBlue has said it ‘rigorously protects donors’ security.’ ‘ActBlue has a lot of explaining ...
Vice President Kamala Harris criticized former President Trump’s remarks at a rally about protecting Americans, particularly women, from migrant crime ‘whether the women like it or not,’ calling his comment ‘offensive.’ Speaking with reporters Thursday morning, Harris said, ‘It’s just, it actually is being very offensive to women in terms of not understanding their agency, their authority, their rights and ...
White House silent on whether transcript of Biden’s ‘garbage’ comments was approved by stenographers
The White House remained silent Thursday when asked to confirm whether its stenographers had approved the transcript it posted of President Biden’s remarks calling Trump supporters ‘garbage,’ amid allegations from Republicans that the written version of his remarks posted to the White House’s website was deceptively edited. Republicans from the House Oversight Committee sent a letter to White House attorney Edward ...
Throughout the election season, Vice President Kamala Harris’ rallies have been plagued by anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian protesters, despite the vice president’s efforts not to upset this cohort of the electorate. Protesters gathered at Harris’ campaign stops in North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin on Wednesday, often disrupting the vice president and forcing her to pause in the middle of speaking. ‘Kamala Harris, ...
: The Trump campaign is blasting Mark Cuban, a top surrogate for Kamala Harris, for ‘extremely insulting’ comments against women who support former President Donald Trump, demanding the vice president ‘immediately condemn’ his remarks. Cuban appeared on ABC’s ‘The View’ Thursday morning when he made the comments. ‘Donald Trump, you never see him around strong, intelligent women. Ever,’ Cuban said. ...
Trump says he wants to protect women, Harris says Trump wants to decide ‘what you do with your body’
When sharing a clip of former President Trump speaking about wanting to protect women, Vice President Kamala Harris claimed that Trump believes he should be able to make choices ‘about what you do with your body.’ Trump made the remarks about protecting women after accusing Harris of allowing criminal illegal immigrants into the U.S. ‘Kamala has imported criminal migrants from ...
Premier League Wolves are keeping faith with manager Gary O’Neill despite his team’s winless start to the season and the fact they sit at the bottom of the table with just one point. The club have parted ways with their set piece coach, Jack Wilson, after the club conceded set pieces in five of their seven games. Currently, winless Wolves ...
Iran and Russia are closing in on a deal that will bolster their defensive cooperation and strengthen military ties at a time when Western nations are increasingly concerned about regional wars in Europe and the Middle East. ‘The treaty on a comprehensive strategic partnership between Russia and Iran that is being prepared will become a serious factor in strengthening Russian-Iranian relations,’ Russian Foreign Minister Sergei ...
A new report from a government watchdog organization is blasting the Biden-Harris administration’s claims that it is the ‘most ethical and transparent’ administration in history, calling it a ‘myth.’ ‘From its onset, the Biden-Harris administration promised to ‘bring transparency and truth back to government,’ per then-White House press secretary Jen Psaki,’ the 26-page report from Protect The Public’s Trust states. ...