by dap | Dec 7, 2024 | The Guardian
AfD parliamentary candidate and influencers posed for photos with now president-elect at his Florida home
As Donald Trump gathered his supporters, family and friends at Mar-a-Lago on US election day last month to wait for the results to trickle in, a small group of far-right Germans went largely unnoticed.
Among them was the purported semi-professional, one-time porn actor, self-confessed former cocaine user, convicted thief and hard-right candidate for the German parliament Phillipp-Anders Rau. Together with a compact delegation of young political activists and influencers, Rau posed for the cameras with the American president-elect at his invitation, chanting “Fight! Fight! Fight!” in English and German.
by dap | Dec 6, 2024 | The Guardian
New York congresswoman to take on Gerry Connolly for oversight committee role amid wider tensions within party
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez formally launched her bid to become the lead Democrat on the House oversight committee, setting up a race against the veteran representative Gerry Connolly for a crucial minority leadership position.
The 35-year-old New York congresswoman’s announcement comes as Democrats are reshaping their committee leadership, with the oversight committee set to play a critical role in challenging potential actions during the next second Trump administration.
by dap | Dec 6, 2024 | The Guardian
Brazen shooting in Manhattan turns up evidence including video and bullets but, two days on, suspect remains at large
After the United Healthcare chief executive
was
outside a Manhattan hotel on Wednesday morning in a “
,” clue after clue swiftly emerged.
Surveillance video seems to show the shooter leaving a nearby subway station at 6.15am and buying two energy bars, as well as a bottle of water, at a nearby Starbucks,
.
by dap | Dec 6, 2024 | The Guardian
Musk bolstered Pac with $20.5m ahead of election while late supreme court justice’s family denounced it as ‘appalling’
has emerged as the sole financial architect behind a provocative political action committee that appropriated the name of late
Justice
to bolster Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, according to
released Thursday.
The RBG Pac, funded entirely by the world’s richest man with a $20.5m donation in the final two weeks of the campaign, ran advertisements and mailers suggesting an ideological alignment between Trump and Ginsburg on abortion.
by dap | Dec 6, 2024 | The Guardian
President-elect says embattled defense secretary nominee ‘is doing very well’ and announces new role of ‘White House AI and crypto czar’
Donald Trump and JD Vance have this morning made public expressions of support for Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary nominee whose prospects for confirmation have been rocked by allegations of excessive drinking and a sexual assault claim.
The messages may be an attempt to convince wary Senate Republicans to get over their concerns and vote for Hegseth’s confirmation. Here’s what Trump wrote,
:
Pete Hegseth is doing very well. His support is strong and deep, much more so than the Fake News would have you believe. He was a great student – Princeton/Harvard educated – with a Military state of mind. He will be a fantastic, high energy, Secretary of Defense Defense, one who leads with charisma and skill. Pete is a WINNER, and there is nothing that can be done to change that!!!
Led by President Trump, we’re fighting for Pete Hegseth. And we’re doing so because Pete Hegseth wil fight for our troops.
For too long, the Pentagon has been led by people who lose wars. Pete Hegseth is a man who fought in those wars.
Thank you Mr. President. Like you, we will never back down.
The US job market remains robust, according to just-released government data that showed the economy added 227,000 jobs in November, and the unemployment rate held steady at 4.2%.
Joe Biden will deliver remarks from the White House at the 6pm ET performance of “The Eyes of the World: From D-Day to VE Day”, which honors World War II veterans.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre parries with reporters at 2pm.
