By Perry Stein, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Former Republican lawmakers, advisers and Justice Department officials have called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate tech billionaire Elon Musk for awarding cash prizes to voters in swing states if they sign his political organization’s petition, according to a letter obtained by The Washington Post and […]
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Trump’s age finally catches up with him
By Philip Bump, The Washington Post (c) 2024 When Bloomberg News editor in chief John Micklethwait raised the question of Donald Trump’s age during their conversation at the Economic Club of Chicago earlier this week, the former president got suddenly defensive. It was not the case, he said, that he had attacked President Joe Biden’s […]
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Trump’s age finally catches up with him
By Philip Bump, The Washington Post (c) 2024 When Bloomberg News editor in chief John Micklethwait raised the question of Donald Trump’s age during their conversation at the Economic Club of Chicago earlier this week, the former president got suddenly defensive. It was not the case, he said, that he had attacked President Joe Biden’s […]
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This campaign sign graveyard is bringing election losers back from the dead
By Jiselle Lee, The Washington Post (c) 2024 A presidential election season lawn pocked with Thomas Dewey, Barry Goldwater and Aaron Burr signs might seem like some sort of prank. Barbara VanDenburgh had never seen anything quite like the display in her Central Phoenix neighborhood, so she took some photos and posted the exhibit on […]
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This campaign sign graveyard is bringing election losers back from the dead
By Jiselle Lee, The Washington Post (c) 2024 A presidential election season lawn pocked with Thomas Dewey, Barry Goldwater and Aaron Burr signs might seem like some sort of prank. Barbara VanDenburgh had never seen anything quite like the display in her Central Phoenix neighborhood, so she took some photos and posted the exhibit on […]
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Massive influx of shadowy get-out-the-vote spending floods swing states
By Michael Scherer, The Washington Post (c) 2024 The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, has offered Americans $47 for each swing state voter they recruit to his effort to elect Donald Trump. Democratic groups have started paying at least $160 to more than 75,000 voters who agree to contact dozens of their friends and relatives […]
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Massive influx of shadowy get-out-the-vote spending floods swing states
By Michael Scherer, The Washington Post (c) 2024 The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, has offered Americans $47 for each swing state voter they recruit to his effort to elect Donald Trump. Democratic groups have started paying at least $160 to more than 75,000 voters who agree to contact dozens of their friends and relatives […]
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TikTok fails a test of its ban on political ads
By Will Oremus, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Less than three weeks before the presidential election, TikTok is still struggling to consistently enforce its long-standing ban on political advertising, a new report finds. In September, researchers from the nonprofit Global Witness tested the political ad moderation systems of three leading social media platforms – TikTok, […]
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TikTok fails a test of its ban on political ads
By Will Oremus, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Less than three weeks before the presidential election, TikTok is still struggling to consistently enforce its long-standing ban on political advertising, a new report finds. In September, researchers from the nonprofit Global Witness tested the political ad moderation systems of three leading social media platforms – TikTok, […]
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McConnell called Trump ‘stupid,’ a ‘despicable human being,’ new book says
By Mariana Alfaro, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in 2020 said then-president Donald Trump was a “despicable human being,” a “narcissist,” “stupid” and “ill-tempered,” according to excerpts from a new biography of the Republican leader by the Associated Press’s deputy Washington bureau chief. According to the AP, which reported […]