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Donald Trump has released a new $100 commemorative coin in yet another merchandise drop as he seeks cash from supporters.
The coins show Trump’s face and an image of the White House with the words “In God We Trust.” This drop comes after the former president launched golden Trump sneakers and Trump bibles earlier this year. He has also been selling several batches of NFTs and physical Trump cards.
Meanwhile, Janet Jackson spread the false claim previously peddled by Trump and others that Kamala Harris is not Black The singer made the comments in an interview with The Guardian published on Saturday.
“She’s not black,” Jackson said. “That’s what I heard. That she’s Indian.”
When the reporter pushed back, explaining Harris is both Black and Indian, Jackson held her ground and falsely claimed the vice president’s father is white.
“That’s what I was told,” Jackson said. “I mean, I haven’t watched the news in a few days. I was told that they discovered her father was white.”
Trump spread the baseless claim earlier this summer, telling the National Association of Black Journalists that Harris only recently “became a Black woman.”
Harris’s father, Donald Harris, was born and Jamaica and is Black. Her mother, Shyamala Gopalan, is Indian.
Former president Obama raises $4 million for Harris
Former president Barack Obama has raised $4 million for Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign, The Washington Post reports.
Obama hosted a solo fundraiser for the vice president in Los Angeles on Friday. He told supporters that Harris “can make us proud on the world stage about what America stands for, as opposed to embarrassing us.”
“We’re still going to have free markets and we’re still going to have our liberties, and Americans are still going to be doing the weird things that we do,” Obama said at the event. “But we can make sure that it’s a little bit gentler, a little bit kinder, a little bit more generous, a little bit less unequal, a little bit more inclusive.”
Katie Hawkinson22 September 2024 20:00
Hillary Clinton makes rare comments about marriage to Bill: ‘No one but those two people know what goes on’
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton opened up and gave a rare insight into her marriage with former president Bill Clinton while promoting her recent memoir, Something Lost, Something Gained.
CNN host Fareed Zakaria, in an interview airing Sunday, asked Hillary about the “dark periods” in her relationship with Bill, wondering, “Do they stay with you?”
“Nobody really knows what happens in a marriage except the two people in it,” Hillary responded. “Every marriage I’m aware of has its ups and downs, not public hopefully for everyone else. And you have to make the decisions that are right for you.”
Josh Marcus22 September 2024 19:45
Watch: Maggie Haberman says Donald Trump is ‘on edge’ after assassination attempts
Katie Hawkinson22 September 2024 19:30
Trump worries that his family could be targeted after two assassination attempts weeks apart
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Katie Hawkinson22 September 2024 19:15
Alina Habba says tries on Trump’s life are an ’embarrassment’ for Biden administration
AliAlina Habba, attorney for Donald Trump, called the two assassination attempts against him this summer an “embarrassment” for President Joe Biden’s administration.
“No president in this country, and I mean, no president, Republican or Democrat should be in this situation, not once, but twice,” Habba told Fox News.
“It’s an embarrassment to our country. It’s an embarrassment to President Trump,” she continued. “It’s an embarrassment frankly, to Harris and Biden, because they’re the ones in charge right now, and denying assets to a president and future, frankly, future president and the candidate that’s doing the best right now is a serious concern of mine.”
After the second attempt on Trump’s life earlier this month, Biden said the Secret Service “needs more help.”
“Thank God the president is okay,” Biden said last week. “But one thing I want to make clear — the Service needs more help.”
Katie Hawkinson22 September 2024 19:00
Pressure mounts on Mark Robinson from all sides after porn site scandal
Robinson was trailing his Democratic opponent, Josh Stein, before the release of the report on Thursday. CNN’s article uncovered a deep history of shocking and outrageous comments apparently made by Robinson on a porn site years before he entered politics.
John Bowden22 September 2024 18:45
Watch: JD Vance stands by Mark Robinson in wake of salacious ‘Black Nazi’ allegations
Katie Hawkinson22 September 2024 18:30
Harris to skip iconic Catholic Al Smith dinner, a staple for presidential candidates
Kamala Harris will skip the Al Smith charity dinner in New York — a traditional event for presidential candidates to attend — in favor of campaigning in a swing state, the Associated Press reports
Harris will be the first major party candidate to skip the dinner, named for in 40 years. The white-tie gala is scheduled for October 17.
The Al Smith dinner is named after a former New York governor who was the first Roman Catholic to be nominated for president by a major party.
Katie Hawkinson22 September 2024 18:13
Paramore’s Hayley Williams denounces Donald Trump: ‘Do you want to live in a dictatorship?’
The alternative rock band, who formed in 2004 in Tennessee, were performing “Big Man, Little Integrity” from their 2023 album This Is Why at the iHeartRadio Music Awards in Los Angeles.
During the song, Williams, 35, directly addressed a camera and urged viewers to make use of their vote.
Kevin EG Perry22 September 2024 17:45
Harris has massively out-raised Trump four to one with less than 50 days until election
Kamala Harris’s campaign raised more than four times what Donald Trump’s campaign raised in August, The Washington Post reports.
This marked the largest single-day amount since she announced her candidacy.
Katie Hawkinson22 September 2024 17:30
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