CNN interview with Harris and Walz attracted almost 6 million viewers
CNN‘s exclusive interview Kamala Harris and Tim Walz attracted nearly six million viewers on Thursday night, according to early data from Nielsen.
The interview, moderated by network anchor Dana Bash, was also viewed by an average of 1.064 million viewers between the ages of 25 and 54, the demographic most favored by advertisers in news programming.
It was the first official interview done by Harris and Walz since both accepted the Democratic nominations for president and vice president respectively, earlier this month.
CNN also broadcast a pivotal debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, which ultimately led to a loss in confidence in the president and his dropping out of the 2024 race.
Mike Bedigan31 August 2024 05:01
Election workers Giuliani defamed go after his luxury condo and World Series rings after $148 million verdict
Two former election workers in Georgia are asking for a court order to seize Rudy Giuliani’s watches, sports memorabilia, a Mercedes-Benz, his Madison Avenue apartment and other items so the disgraced former New York City mayor can begin to pay what he owes them after losing a defamation lawsuit.
Alex Woodward dives into the detail:
Election workers Giuliani defamed ask court to seize his assets after $148m verdict
Giuliani could also lose his Mercedes and money that he claims Trump’s campaign owes him
Mike Bedigan31 August 2024 04:00
Trump called Project 2025 author a ‘right-wing a******,’ RFK Jr claims
Robert F Kennedy Jr, the former independent presidential candidate who is now on Donald Trump’s presidential transition team, said Trump told him he’s never read Project 2025 and thinks the author of the document is “a right-wing a******.”
In an attempt to distance Trump from the 900-page far-right agenda, Kennedy told the All-In podcast Friday that Trump had never heard of Project 2025 until Democrats began associating the two together.
Ariana Baio has the full story:
Trump called Project 2025 author a ‘right-wing a******,’ RFK Jr claims
Project 2025 was authored by more than 30 people and contributed to by more than 100 people
Mike Bedigan31 August 2024 03:15
Trump says accusations over Arlington controversy are ‘so disgusting'
Donald Trump said that accusations levelled at him by Democrats that he used pictures with soldiers and their families at Arlington National Cemetery for publicity pictures and public relations were “so disgusting.”
On Monday a member Trump’s campaign reportedly got into a physical altercation with a cemetery official after she attempted to stop them from filming in a restricted area. Speaking at the Moms for Liberty annual conference on Friday, Trump said he had been called by his campaign about the incident that evening.
“I said ‘I can’t believe it’,” he said. “[The White House] said ‘President Trump spent time at Arlington National Cemetery taking pictures and things... it’s just so digusting.
He added: “I get a lot of publicity, I don’t need that publicity... I just thought it was such a terrible thing.”
Mike Bedigan31 August 2024 03:02
In pictures: Trump at Moms for Liberty conference
Mike Bedigan31 August 2024 02:45
Trump spends several minutes rambling about The Apprentice
Donald Trump spent several minutes rambling about his former reality TV show, The Apprentice.
The former president claimed that at one point his show received more viewers than the Academy Awards, and spoke about producers and fees – without any clear connection to his presidential campaign.
Mike Bedigan31 August 2024 02:15
Trump brands Harris a ‘defective person'
Speaking onstage at the Moms for Liberty conference on Friday evening, Donald Trump described Kamala Harris as a “defective person.”
“I was surprised she didn’t do a lot of interviews, but she’s not good at it, I guess,” he said. “Now everyone’s watching, and now we see she’s defective. She’s a defective person, and we don’t need another defective person as President of the United States.”
Mike Bedigan31 August 2024 02:03
Trump at M4L: From the DC bureau chief’s desk
Eric Garcia, The Independent’s DC Bureau Chief, writes:
Tonight, former president Donald Trump will speak at the Moms for Liberty conference.
A few years ago, Moms for Liberty seemed to be the tip of the spear for a new brand of conservatism. Largely formed in response to school closures during the Covid-19 pandemic, it gained prominence in its pushback against what it considered inappropriate content in school libraries and curricula, most notably around race, gender and sexuality.
The group largely did so under the banner of "parents rights" Glenn Youngkin's victory in the 2021 gubernatorial race in Virginia made the group a force to be reckoned with given Youngkin's victory in a state Joe Biden had overwhelmingly won. Similarly, it got behind Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in his crusade against "woke." Its brand of conservatism, specifically focused on social conservatism, seemed to offer a more palatable version of the culture wars for the suburbs that had pulled away from the GOP during Trump's presidency.
But in the years since, the organization has fallen into crisis. Christian Ziegler, the head for the Florida Republican Party, was accused of rape in late December 2023. Ziegler's wife Bridget was a co-founder of Moms for Liberty and shortly thereafter, the Sarasota County schoolboard voted to remove her from its board, despite the fact she was not accused of any wrongdoing.
The move significantly diminished the organization. But similarly, Democrats have hammered the style of Moms for Liberty-type conservatism, specifically call them book banners.
Similarly, Moms for Liberty-backed candidates got drubbed in the 2023 elections in everywhere from Virginia to Bucks County, Pennsylvania, a hotbed of suburban white women.
The fact that Trump is speaking at the organization shows it still has some juice. But it is nowhere near its zenith just a few years ago.
Mike Bedigan31 August 2024 01:40
DNC communications director: ‘Trump is showing us once again who he is'
DNC Communications Director Rosemary Boeglin said that news that Donald Trump plans to vote to keep Florida’s six-week abortion ban was not a surprise.
“Of course Donald Trump will vote to keep Florida’s draconian abortion ban in place — he’s the reason it exists,” she said in a statement.
“Women in Florida and across the country are being turned away from emergency rooms, denied critical care when they need it most, and seeing their rights stripped away while Trump brags about how he ‘proudly’ overturned Roe v. Wade and made these cruel laws possible.
“Trump is showing us once again exactly who he is: An anti-choice extremist, just like his running mate JD Vance, who will stop at nothing to ban abortion nationwide — with or without Congress — as part of their dangerous Project 2025 agenda.”
Mike Bedigan31 August 2024 01:20
Trump to speak at annual Moms for Liberty gathering
Donald Trump will soon appear Friday at the annual gathering of Moms for Liberty for a “fireside chat” conversation.
The bulk of the group’s 130,000-plus members are conservatives who agree with him that parents should have more say in public education and that racial equity programs and transgender accommodations don’t belong in schools.
Mike Bedigan31 August 2024 01:10
