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Nuggets star Jamal Murray enters concussion protocol

Anthony Edwards scored 29 points and shot 7-for-14 from 3-point range as the Minnesota Timberwolves escaped with a 119-116 win over the Denver Nuggets on Friday night in Minneapolis.

Julius Randle added 23 points, seven assists and six rebounds for Minnesota. Rudy Gobert notched 17 points and 14 rebounds, Naz Reid scored 16 off the bench, and Jaden McDaniels contributed 10 points.

Aaron Gordon scored a game-high 31 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for Denver. Nikola Jokic had 26 points, nine rebounds and 13 assists, and Michael Porter Jr. also logged 26 points. Christian Braun added 14 points.

The Timberwolves trailed by 10 points in the fourth quarter before closing the game on a 17-4 run to secure the victory.

Edwards scored the go-ahead basket with a floating jump shot that put Minnesota on top 117-116 with 25.7 seconds to go. Gobert added a pair of free throws with 10.1 seconds left to increase the lead to three.

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Jokic fired a 3-point attempt from the right corner that missed in the waning seconds.

Denver played down the stretch without guard Jamal Murray, who left in the third quarter after colliding with Randle. Murray was placed in the concussion protocol, the Nuggets said.

Despite Murray’s absence, Denver stormed to a 25-3 run to grab a 112-102 lead with 4:17 remaining. The run included a highlight-reel play by Braun, who leaped for a dunk over Gobert, the Timberwolves’ 7-foot-1 center.

After the play, Braun screamed in celebration and drove his shoulder into Gobert. The Timberwolves’ big man took offense, grabbing Braun and shoving him away.

Both players received a technical foul after officials reviewed the play.

The Timberwolves had a 91-85 advantage at the end of the third quarter.

Gordon made a 3-pointer to give Denver a 71-69 lead with 10 minutes left in the third quarter.

Randle answered with a 3-pointer, which started a 10-1 run for Minnesota. Gobert finished the run with an alley-oop dunk to put the Timberwolves on top 79-72 with 7:05 left in the quarter.

Minnesota led 64-61 at the half.

The Timberwolves opened a 16-point lead in the second quarter. Donte DiVincenzo dished a pass to Gobert for a basket to put Minnesota on top 49-33 with 7:18 remaining.

The Nuggets answered with an 18-2 run to even the score at 51-all with 4:09 left in the half.

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Kansas lands commitment from No. 3 overall prospect in 2025 class

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas men’s basketball earned its first public commitment for the class of 2025 Friday night when Darryn Peterson announced he’s playing for the Jayhawks.

Peterson, a 247Sports Composite five-star combo-guard, comes by way of Prolific Prep in California. Listed at 6-foot-5 and 195 pounds, he’s the No. 1 combo-guard in the nation and No. 3 prospect overall. He made his announcement on the 247Sports YouTube channel.

“I just feel like it aligned perfectly with my academic and athletic goals,” Peterson said during the announcement. “Kansas has a strong history of development and success, which were two huge things for me during this process, were finding somewhere I could go develop as a player and also have success while doing it, and winning.

‘And then, coach (Bill) Self and coach (Kurtis Townsend), they’ve done a great job recruiting me. They’ve been recruiting me since, like, my freshman year. So, the relationship’s been there. And then, he told me how he could use me in the offense and what he’d do to utilize my talents, and what he sees from me, and I’d seen the same stuff he was seeing.”

Peterson made his commitment to Kansas over other potential options that included Kansas State, Ohio State and USC. His pledge provides a jolt of momentum for a Jayhawks program that has a lot of expectations for its 2024-25 season. It’ll be some time before Peterson reports to campus, but when he does he could be preparing to compete for a team that’s enjoyed more than just Big 12 Conference success.

The 2024 recruiting class saw Kansas add a pair of freshmen on this current roster who could both have intriguing roles for the team this season. Flory Bidunga, a five-star coming out of high school, has a lot of potential at forward. Rakease Passmore, a four-star coming out of high school, has a lot of potential at guard.

“Buckets, but just a lot of wins,” said Peterson, as he explained what people should expect when he arrives on campus for the Jayhawks. “I’m going to try my best to get us to a championship and bring it back.”

Peterson, on his last message to KU fans before he gets there, added: “A lot of you guys have already hit me up before the commitment, just trying to encourage me to come there, and I appreciate the support. And expect a show next year in Lawrence. Rock Chalk, Jayhawks.”

Jordan Guskey covers University of Kansas Athletics at The Topeka Capital-Journal. He is the National Sports Media Association’s sportswriter of the year for the state of Kansas for 2022. Contact him at jmguskey@gannett.com or on X at @JordanGuskey.

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Democrats have an enormous dilemma if Kamala Harris loses

Changing leaves, the World Series, Halloween, the New York City Marathon. Then, in a blink, Election Day. The classic quadrennial late-fall cycle in America.  

Now it’s the final stretch, the final sprint. The race currently seems so tight, it is impossible to predict with confidence who will win, or what ultimately will be the deciding factors for the voters. Yet in a few short days, we will likely know the answer. Then Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah , Christmas, New Year’s, and at last, Inauguration Day. On January 20, 2025, the next POTUS will take office. Former President Donald Trump may return to the West Wing, or we may greet President Kamala Harris as Number 47. 

Harris, in her brief race to the White House, has achieved many impressive feats. In a blast of summer joy, she energized the Democratic Party. She held court over thousands of citizens in jam-packed rallies around the country. She looked both confident and glam at the debate against Trump. She raised over a billion dollars in support, grandly outpacing Trump’s own imposing fundraising effort. Millions of Americans will enthusiastically cast their ballot for the vice president. 

If Harris wins, there would be celebration in the blue streets, excitement about the historic first female American president, and hope that Harris would bring to the Oval Office a refreshing mix of energy, leadership, unity and smart new ideas.  

There would, of course, be those who would worry about her habit of creating toxic workplaces for notoriously discontented staffers; her long-running failure to stem the influx of migrants at the southern border; her largely unpopular stance on transgender issues, and the uncertainty still surrounding many of her key positions and international steel. Others would be more generous and encourage their fellow Americans to give Harris a chance to acclimate to the top job and take her shot at becoming one of the greats. 

Meanwhile, there would be complicated feelings on the other side. Trump voters would be disappointed, crushed, angry, stoic, resigned, disruptive, or, perhaps, sanguine. Some might blame a blatantly biased press, electoral mischief, Trump derangement syndrome, or the candidate himself for being too chaotic, too volatile, too rhetorically undisciplined, too past his prime.  

Most red voters, however, would get on with the business of their lives, even as they proudly wear their MAGA hats and buy Trump buttons and other vintage merch to pass down to their grandchildren. They would continue to vote Republican and keep a close eye on the likely party majority in the Senate, along with JD Vance, Nikki Haley, and any MAGA candidates Trump chooses to support. 

But for the blue voters, if Harris loses the election and Trump returns to the White House, there would be a seismic, convulsive uproar of angst and censure within the Democratic Party that would resonate from coast to coast. There would be much to blame, and many to blame, and the accusations would be flung far and wide, with fury and fervor. 

The first person to be placed in the dunking machine would be … not Kamala Harris, but President Joe Biden. For staying in the race too long, only leaving when it was indefensible for him to continue after his disastrous June debate. For running for president back in 2020, when it was clear to some that his mental acuity was already in decline, and that the prospect of a long-term presidential career was untenable. For blocking other viable Democrats from running, curbing the growth and potential of his party’s future leadership. For picking Harris as his running mate for crass demographic reasons, and for covering up unsavory truths about his family, especially his son, Hunter. For choosing self-interest and vanity over country, putting an egotistical desire to remain in power over the needs of the party and the nation.  

Even those who might dispute these claims, and argue that Biden was acting with integrity and fortitude when he ran in 2020 and 2024, convinced he was the only person who could beat Trump (which may be proven correct this go-round, despite his deterioration), would lay some of the debris at Biden’s feet. 

Second in line for blame would be Harris. For taking that summer burst of joy and hope and mangling it with word salads and a refusal to answer basic questions or properly prepare for and perform at important interviews.  

For declining to clarify her most fundamental policy positions; for not sending sufficient signals to the center of the electorate that she understands where her party has gone too far;  for not mastering the politics of appeal to Hispanics, young Black men, or Arab-, Muslim-, and Jewish-Americans; and for inexplicably maintaining an unusually light schedule for a young, hale candidate unfettered by funding issues or a pandemic. And, if she loses Pennsylvania, for not having the fortitude and clarity to choose the Keystone State’s popular Governor Josh Shapiro as her running mate. 

Next, blame would be placed on a liberal agenda, one that wandered off the smooth, paved road of enlightenment, stumbled through the weeds, and then tangled itself in the brambles of extreme, almost irrational, thought, causing even yellow dog Democrats to get a little orange. 

Some Democratic voters, astonished and bewildered, say they no longer recognize the party they grew up with, while many loyal donors are on full alert that their funds would someday be responsible for allowing young children to unwittingly have their genders reassigned or the Middle East to be fully controlled by terrorist groups.  

Alternatively, and contradictorily, blame also would be cast by the AOC wing of the party, who would charge that their fellow Democrats have in fact been too meek, lacking the conviction to push boldly and decisively into a new era of full-blown progressive change and populist economics. 

In addition to blame, there would be a profound reckoning about how the Democratic Party lost its mainstream appeal. Once it offered a home to a wide spectrum of voters (fiscal conservatives, progressives, bipartisan moderates, lefties) while embracing classic American tenets such as tolerance, free speech, patriotism and a global helping hand. There was a tangible pride in its representation of the old and the young, the well-heeled and the up-and-coming, the patriarchs and the new arrivals.   

Now it is fragmented and disordered, plagued by infighting, resentment and second-guessing, resembling a dog with a flea on its tail, chasing itself, circling, biting, without calm or cohesion, or a fresh mainstream policy agenda.  And, of course, as much as Democrats are loath to admit it, or even think about it, Trump has taken advantage of their move to the far left to take more of the ground in the political center than they could have ever imagined.

In the past, when faced with setbacks, the Democratic Party has found ways to right itself, correct course and learn from its mistakes, unquestionably with assists from generational political talents such as Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, who were able to synthesize the critiques, move the party back into a zone of health and inspire confidence from leaders and civilians on both sides of the aisle after a White House loss.  

Clinton, in particular, along with other party thinkers at the Democratic Leadership Council, made an effort to appeal to all Americans after a string of presidential campaign losses culminating in Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis’ defeat at the hands of President George H.W. Bush.   

Clinton took stances both bold and nuanced on policies such as right to work, welfare reform, the death penalty and free trade, positions that were a shock to many on the far left, but that reflected an effort to understand the other side and speak to all citizens as a united entity. He gave his party a new, winning direction, a path they largely stayed on until the rise of Biden and Harris. 

But for the blue voters, if Harris loses the election and Trump returns to the White House, there would be a seismic, convulsive uproar of angst and censure within the Democratic Party that would resonate from coast to coast. There would be much to blame, and many to blame, and the accusations would be flung far and wide, with fury and fervor. 

But in 2024, the Democrats are in far deeper denial about their party’s identity than they have been in the modern era. How far left it has gone, how unstable and unreliable many perceive it to be, How and why Trump has dominated American politics for a decade and counting.

If Kamala Harris wins, she would step into the role as president for all Americans, a responsibility she undoubtedly is qualified to undertake. The Democratic Party, then, would have some breathing space to figure out how to create its own comprehensive appeal, and determine a viable path for the future of the brand. 

But if Harris loses, Democrats in Washington and around the country would have an enormous task: they would have to find a way to salvage the party and come to terms with its fractured identity and significant disillusionment from its base, all while dealing with fallout from the election, preparing for political combat against Donald Trump, and managing a collective mental health crisis from its disillusioned cohorts. 

And if Harris loses, this would be the Democrats’ biggest problem: there would be zero consensus in the party about what went wrong – and thus zero consensus about what the proper solutions should be, and, therefore, zero consensus about which leaders should be empowered to bring the party back to power. 

All we do know is that, under those circumstances, it almost certainly won’t be Joe Biden or Kamala Harris. 

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Election 2024: Trump, Harris’ top Hollywood celebrity supporters

With the 2024 U.S. election around the corner, celebrities have been stepping forward to publicly endorse either Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Trump for president of the United States.

From Taylor Swift and Jennifer Lopez to Jason Aldean and Kelsey Grammer, these stars have used their platforms to share their thoughts and beliefs on why their preferred candidate should win. 

Here’s a look at celebrities who have publicly supported the presidential candidates. 

Vice President Kamala Harris

Bruce Springsteen

On Oct. 3, Bruce Springsteen took to social media to share his support for Harris and Walz. 

‘Friends, fans and the press have asked me who I’m supporting in this most important of elections,’ he said from the bar stool of an undisclosed diner. ‘And with full knowledge that my opinion is no more or less important than those of any of my fellow citizens, here’s my answer: I’m supporting Kamala Harris for president and Tim Walz for vice president and opposing Donald Trump and J.D. Vance.’

Springsteen went on to call Trump ‘the most dangerous candidate for president’ in his lifetime, citing ‘his disdain for the sanctity of our constitution, the sanctity of democracy, the sanctity of the rule of law, and the sanctity of the peaceful transfer of power’ as reasons he should never be allowed in the Oval Office again.

‘On the other hand, Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are committed to a vision of this country that respects and includes everyone, regardless of class, religion, race, your political point of view or sexual identity. And they wanna grow our economy in a way that benefits all. Not just a few, like me, on top. That’s the vision of America I’ve been consistently writing about for 55 years.’

 
 
 
 
 
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His endorsement caught the eye of Walz, who commented below Springsteen’s post, ‘Bruce — as a lifelong fan, I couldn’t be more honored to have your support.’

Harris later commented, ‘Thank you, @Springsteen. Our democracy is only as strong as our willingness to fight for it, and I am grateful you are with us in this fight.’

Beyoncé

Beyoncé, a native of Houston, Texas, spoke at a Kamala Harris rally in Houston Oct. 25.

‘We are so happy to be standing here on this stage as proud, country Texas women, supporting and celebrating the one and only, Vice President Harris. A woman who’s been pushing for what this country really needs right now —unity,’ said Beyoncé, who was accompanied by former Destiny’s Child singing mate Kelly Rowland. 

‘I’m not here as a celebrity. I’m not here as a politician. I’m here as a mother. A mother who cares deeply about the world my children and all of our children live in. A world where we have the freedom to control our bodies. A world where we’re not divided — our past, our present, our future merged to meet us here.

 
 
 
 
 
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‘Imagine our daughters growing up, seeing what’s possible with no ceilings,’ she continued. ‘No limitations. Imagine our grandmothers, imagine what they feel right now, those who have lived to see this historic day. Even those who are no longer physically with us, imagine all of their sacrifices. The sacrifices made so we can witness the strength of a woman standing in her power, reimagining what leadership is. For all the men and women in this room and watching around the country, we need you.’

After her appearance, Beyoncé took to social media to share some snapshots of the event. 

‘Time for a new song,’ she captioned the post. 

Jennifer Lopez

During her appearance at a Harris rally in Las Vegas Oct. 31, Jennifer Lopez said, ‘At Madison Square Garden, [Donald Trump] reminded us who he really is and how he really feels,’ the ‘Let’s Get Loud’ singer said.

She was referencing the controversial joke made by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe at a Trump rally a few days prior. 

‘It wasn’t just Puerto Ricans who were offended that day, OK? It was every Latino in this country. It was humanity and anyone of decent character.

‘I promised myself that I wouldn’t be emotional. You know what? We should be emotional,’ she later added. ‘We should be upset. We should be scared and outraged. We should.

‘Our pain matters. We matter,’ she added. ‘You matter. Your voice and your vote matters.’

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Schwarzenegger announced his endorsement of Kamala Harris this week. 

Schwarzenegger, 77, who served as the Republican governor of California from 2003 to 2011, said he was putting country before politics by handing out his second-ever presidential endorsement. 

‘I don’t really do endorsements. I’m not shy about sharing my views, but I hate politics and don’t trust most politicians. I also understand that people want to hear from me because I am not just a celebrity, I am a former Republican Governor,’ he wrote in a lengthy post on X. ‘Let me be honest with you: I don’t like either party right now. My Republicans have forgotten the beauty of the free market, driven up deficits, and rejected election results. Democrats aren’t any better at dealing with deficits, and I worry about their local policies hurting our cities with increased crime.

‘It is probably not a surprise that I hate politics more than ever, which, if you are a normal person who isn’t addicted to this crap, you probably understand. I want to tune out. But I can’t. Because rejecting the results of an election is as un-American as it gets. To someone like me who talks to people all over the world and still knows America is the shining city on a hill, calling America a trash can for the world is so unpatriotic, it makes me furious. And I will always be an American before I am a Republican. That’s why, this week, I am voting for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.’

He concluded his message by urging all citizens to vote. 

‘Even if you disagree with me, vote, because that’s what we do as Americans.’

Taylor Swift

Shortly after the 2024 presidential debate between Harris and Trump concluded in September, Taylor Swift endorsed Harris. 

On Instagram, the mega pop star wrote, ‘Like many of you, I watched the debate tonight. If you haven’t already, now is a great time to do your research on the issues at hand and the stances these candidates take on the topics that matter to you the most. As a voter, I make sure to watch and read everything I can about their proposed policies and plans for this country.

‘Recently I was made aware that AI of ‘me’ falsely endorsing Donald Trump’s presidential run was posted to his site,’ she continued. ‘It really conjured up my fears around AI, and the dangers of spreading misinformation. It brought me to the conclusion that I need to be very transparent about my actual plans for this election as a voter. The simplest way to combat misinformation is with the truth.’

‘I will be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 Presidential Election. I’m voting for @kamalaharris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them,’ she added. ‘I think she is a steady-handed, gifted leader and I believe we can accomplish so much more in this country if we are led by calm and not chaos. I was so heartened and impressed by her selection of running mate @timwalz, who has been standing up for LGBTQ+ rights, IVF, and a woman’s right to her own body for decades.

‘I’ve done my research, and I’ve made my choice,’ she conlcuded. ‘Your research is all yours to do, and the choice is yours to make. I also want to say, especially to first time voters: Remember that in order to vote, you have to be registered! I also find it’s much easier to vote early. I’ll link where to register and find early voting dates and info in my story. With love and hope, Taylor Swift, Childless Cat Lady.’

Jennifer Aniston

Earlier this week, Jennifer Aniston endorsed Harris. 

‘Today not only did I vote for access to health care, for reproductive freedom, for equal rights, for safe schools, and for a fair economy, but also for SANITY and HUMAN DECENCY,’ Aniston started her caption on Instagram. ‘Please remember that whoever you are and wherever you live, your voice matters. Your VOTE matters. I know we don’t agree on everything, and that is the beauty of this country, but GOOD LORD aren’t you tired of this negativity towards each other? The intimidation and constant threats to those who do not think the same as the other?

‘Let’s please end this era of fear, chaos and the attacks on our democracy – and vote for someone who will unite us and not continue to threaten to divide us,’ she added, announcing she had ‘proudly voted for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.’

 
 
 
 
 
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Anne Hathaway

On Oct. 29, Anne Hathaway shared a short and sweet endorsement of Harris. 

‘Spoiler alert: I voted for Kamala and Joe (and it felt goooooooooooood),’ she wrote on on Instagram. 

Oprah

During the third day of the Democratic National Convention, Oprah Winfrey appeared on stage after the Obamas spoke, saying everyone in the crowd was ‘fired up.’

‘We can’t wait to leave here and do something. And what we’re gonna do is elect Kamala Harris as the next president of the United States,’ she said. 

In 2020, Winfrey expressed her joy after Harris was nominated to become the first-ever Black female Vice President. 

‘I think what she means for women of the world is so extraordinary,’ she told People magazine at the time. ‘For women here in the United States, we can’t even measure it. Because to see someone who looks like you in this role, you see what’s possible for yourself. Period.

‘And the generational impact: You can’t put a price on it,’ she added. ‘You can’t put a measurement on it,’ Winfrey, 66, continued. ‘I’m just hoping we get through the inauguration and turn the page on this really challenging time for democracy.’ 

George Clooney

After imploring President Biden to not run for re-election, George Clooney voiced his support for Biden’s second in command, Harris.

‘President Biden has shown what true leadership is. He’s saving democracy once again. We’re all so excited to do whatever we can to support Vice President Harris in her historic quest,’ Clooney said in a statement to CNN’s Jake Tapper.

Julia Roberts

In a voice-over for a Harris ad this month, Julia Roberts said, ‘In the one place in America, where women still have the right to choose, you can vote anyway you want. And no one will ever know. Remember, what happens in the booth, stays in the booth. Vote Harris-Walz.’

She captioned the post, ‘Vote! It is our superpower.’

Former President Donald Trump

Jason Aldean

In July, Jason Aldean and his wife, Brittany Aldean, were spotted at the Republican National Convention in the Trump family box.

After the first assassination attempt on Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, Aldean posted to Instagram to show his support and well-wishes for ’45.’

‘This is what a Warrior looks like!,’ Aldean wrote in his caption attached to a photograph of Trump with blood on his face and a stiff arm raised to the crowd of campaign rally attendees. ‘@realdonaldtrump we are thinking about u and praying for you and your family. God has a bigger plan for you, my friend, and I think we all know what that is by now.’

On Oct. 23, Aldean took the stage at a rally in Georgia to introduce Trump.

‘He’s a president who, when knocked down, gets back up, raises his fist in the air and says ‘fight,’’ Aldean said, referring to the first assassination attempt on Trump in Pennsylvania this summer. ‘And, to me, that’s a warrior,’ Aldean said. ‘That’s who we need running this country right now.’ 

Kelsey Grammer

During an interview with The New York Times in September, Kelsey Grammer, a proud Republican, opened up about his political views. 

‘For me to be anything else would be a problem,’ Grammer said of his political party. ‘I don’t go along with a lot of what is preached in Hollywood.

‘I go along with what is preached in Christianity. I go along with ‘do unto others as you would have others do unto you.’ And I believe in all people. I believe in their desires and their lives and their worth. I want to make shows about that. I don’t want to hate anybody.’

During a segment on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Today’ program in 2023, Grammer confirmed his support for Trump. 

Host Justin Webb asked Grammer, ‘You mentioned Roseanne early on, who had a great comeback but also was a Trump supporter. You were, at least you were, a Trump supporter. I’m fascinated to know if you still are?’

‘I am,’ Grammer said. ‘And I’ll let that be the end of it.’

Drea de Matteo

On Nov. 1, ‘Sopranos’ actress Drea de Matteo took to social media to publicly endorse Trump.

‘Guess who we voted for?’ the Emmy-winning actress said in an Instagram story, according to NME. ‘We voted for ourselves. We the people. You n me with the justice league in place to drain the f— neocon/corporate swamp.’

In another story, per the outlet, the actress wore a T-shirt featuring the words ‘TRUMP 2024″ and ‘F— YOUR FEELINGS’ and urged her followers to ‘research your reality.’

Dennis Quaid

Earlier this month, Dennis Quaid rallied for former President Trump in Coachella, California, addressing a crowd. 

‘God bless you. God bless America. I’m here today to tell you that it’s time to pick a side,’ Quaid said on stage. ‘Are we going to be a nation that stands for the Constitution? Or for TikTok? Are we going to be a nation of law and order? Or wide open borders? Which is it? Because it’s time to pick a side.’

Quaid portrayed President Reagan, his ‘favorite president of the 20th century,’ in the 2024 biopic. The actor drew parallels between the political landscape when Reagan was first elected and the present.

‘It’s amazing how the issues of the 1980 election are very similar to what they are today,’ he said, recalling the record-high inflation back then and the Iran hostages. 

‘We were a nation in decline. That’s what they told us. Ronald Reagan came along and said, ‘No, we’re not a nation in decline. We’re going there.’ And we followed him,’ Quaid said, pointing upward. ‘The same with Trump, with President Trump. My favorite president of the 21st century.

‘I’m gonna ask you a question that Reagan asked America back then, and I think it’s the question that got him elected. Are you better off than you were four years ago?’ Quaid said. 

‘So, like I said, people, it’s time to pick a side. Who are you going to pick? God bless you,’ Quaid added.

Kid Rock

Kid Rock has been a proud supporter of Donald Trump for years. 

In July, the rock star performed at the Republican National Convention just ahead of Trump’s speech. 

For his performance, Kid Rock redid his 2000 song, ‘American Bad A–,’ to include references to Trump. He began by asking the audience to stand and raise a fist before leading it in chants of ‘Fight, fight!’ and ‘Trump, Trump!’

One notable lyric change happened toward the end of the song. Instead of singing the original line of ‘Smell the aroma, check my hits / I know it stinks in here ‘cause I’m the s—,’ he sang, ‘I know it stinks in here ‘cause Trump’s the s—,’ censoring himself on the last word.

He finished his performance by saying, ‘Ladies and gentlemen, get ready for the most patriotic American bada– on earth, President Donald J. Trump.’ Kid Rock then introduced UFC CEO and President Dana White, who spoke immediately before Trump gave his speech.

During his own speech, Trump spoke about Kid Rock, saying the rapper had called him and asked him if he could be involved with the convention.

‘He became a friend of mine over the last ten years, and he’s amazing,’ Trump said. ‘Everyone loves him. I didn’t even know how big he was.’

Hulk Hogan

WWE legend Hulk Hogan has long been a supporter of Trump. 

Hogan first spoke at the Republican National Convention in July before taking the stage again at Trump’s massive Madison Square Garden rally in New York City in October to address the ‘Trumpamaniacs’ in the crowd.

 
 
 
 
 
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Hogan criticized Harris for sounding as though she’s reading from a Hollywood script during her speeches. Hogan said Harris was responsible for the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border and inflation and that she acted like ‘she’s the victim.’

‘All of a sudden, she flips, she flops, she spins and turns around and acts like she was going to be the damn hero,’ said Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea. ‘But we all know Trump is the only man that can fix this country today, and with Trump as our commander in chief, peace through strength will fix all of our problems in the Middle East.’

Zachary Levi

During an appearance on SiriusXM’s ‘The Megyn Kelly Show’ this week, Zachary Levi explained why he’s enthusiastically backing Trump. 

‘I’m not voting for Donald Trump,’ Levi said. ‘I’m voting for Donald Trump and Bobby Kennedy and Tulsi Gabbard and Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk and JD Vance, and everyone else that they’re going to bring in.’

In September, during Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ‘Reclaim America Tour,’ Levi said, ‘I did want to just give you a little context why Shazam is standing here talking to you about these various things. I grew up in my family, Christian conservative — that was pretty much kind of the lane that we were in.

‘My parents were Kennedy Democrats that then turned into Reagan Republicans,’ he continued. ‘And they taught me to have a healthy level of distrust for the government and a healthy level of distrust for industry that runs amok. And for a long time, I was like, ‘Man, I really want to find a politician that represents all of the things that I want and I want to see in a presidential candidate.’ And, this year, I found Bobby Kennedy. And I thought, This guy — this guy’s it. He’s the real deal.’

‘In a perfect world, and whatever that would look like, perhaps I would have voted for Bobby,’ he added. ‘But we don’t live in a perfect world. In fact, we live in a very broken one. We live in a country that has been hijacked by a lot of people who want to take this place way off the cliff. And we’re here to stop that, right?

‘We’re here to make sure that we are going to take back this country. We are going to make it great again. And we are going to make it healthy again,’ Levi concluded. ‘And so I stand with Bobby, and I stand with Tulsi and I stand with everyone else who is standing with President Trump. Because I do believe that of the two choices we have, and we only have two, Donald Trump — President Trump — is the man that can get us there. And he’s going to get us there, because he’s going to have the backing, and the support, and the wisdom, and the knowledge and the fight that exists in Robert Kennedy Jr. and former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard.’

Rob Schneider 

In August, comedian Rob Schneider urged ‘Robert Kennedy Jr. supporters and American Citizens’ to support former President Trump.

Schneider took to social media to post a lengthy message that said, ‘Dear Fellow Robert Kennedy Jr. supporters and American Citizens, as we have seen this week, ONCE AGAIN the Democratic Party is NOT running on any ideas to make American’s lives better, they are once again running on the hatred of one individual, Donald J Trump,’ Schneider wrote. 

‘And they are hoping that YOU will HATE him so much that you will forget about the Democrat’s FOREVER WARS that are pushing the world closer to World War III,’ he continued. ‘They are hoping that you forget about your grocery bills being 26% higher since Biden/Harris took office.

‘The Democrats CALLED TRUMP ‘HITLER’ and half the CITIZENS of our country ‘MAGATS’ and DEPLORABLES, INCITING HATRED AND THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF A FORMER PRESIDENT,’ the comedian added.

‘As a fellow American Citizen and Robert Kennedy Jr. supporter, I hope that you will OPPOSE TYRANNY and join us and VOTE FOR DONALD J. TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,’ Schneider wrote, concluding his message with an image of the American flag. 

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Mike Tyson lawyer expected to file objection in rape civil lawsuit

As Mike Tyson prepares to fight Jake Paul, his legal camp is preparing to fight a civil lawsuit in federal court accusing the former heavyweight champion of raping a woman more than 30 years ago.

While the initial lawsuit was filed in January 2023, the latest development surfaced in June when the woman who says Tyson brutally raped and sexually assaulted her in the early 1990s in the back of a limousine told the court she accidentally cited the wrong date of the alleged attack, according to court records reviewed by USA TODAY Sports.

Tyson has denied the allegations, court records show. USA TODAY Sports attempted to ask Tyson about the lawsuit Friday during an interview on video with the boxer. But Tyson’s publicist, Joann Mignano, interrupted, saying, ‘We’re not going to talk about that. Thank you. Next question.’

An amended complaint filed on the woman’s behalf says she was raped by Tyson on March 1, 1990, not March 1, 1991 as stated in her original complaint filed with the U.S. District Court Northern District of New York, court records show. The woman is seeking $5 million, according to court records.

Tyson, 58, was convicted in 1992 of raping Desiree Washington, who was an 18-year-old Miss Black America beauty-pageant contestant at the time of the attack. He served three years in prison.

His attorneys are planning to file opposition papers by Nov. 18 – three days after Tyson is set to fight Paul at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas – according to a a copy of an Oct. 3 letter written by the woman’s attorney to the magistrate judge handling the case.

The woman suing Tyson filed the lawsuit under the Adult Survivors Act, which was enacted in New York in May 2022 and allows alleged victims of sexual offenses for which the statute of limitations has expired one year to file suit.

The court denied application from the woman, Christi Pinto, to proceed anonymously. USA TODAY generally does not identify victims of alleged sex offenses.

No trial date has been set.

Darren Seilback, an attorney representing Pinto, on Monday declined to comment. Pinto did not respond to requests for comment USA TODAY Sports left by text, voicemail, email and Facebook.

Daniel S.L. Rubin, an attorney representing Tyson, did not respond to voicemails and emails from USA TODAY Sports requesting comment.

How could this issue impact the case?

The inconsistency in dates raises the issue of credibility, according to New York attorney Alan Sash, who said he has represented plaintiffs and defendants in cases involving alleged sex offenses but has no ties to this case.

“The defendant is going to say, ‘Look, she’s inconsistent with her dates, so perhaps that means it never happened,’ ” Sash told USA TODAY Sports. “And the plaintiff is going to say, ‘This event happened decades ago, so whether it was a certain day in 1991 and 1992, it’s kind of immaterial to the real issue of whether or not I was assaulted.’ ”

Sash also said he doesn’t think the inconsistency of dates will have bearing on the plaintiff filing an amended complaint.

Effie Blassberger, a New York attorney with the firm of Clayman Rosenberg Kirshner & Linder who is not involved in this case, said the issue over the incorrect date demonstrates challenges involved in Adult Survivors Act cases for the plaintiffs and defendants.

“A lot of the plaintiffs that we represent have extraordinary guilt because they were initially too fearful to report their assault,’ said Blassberger, who is representing actress Julia Ormond in a civil lawsuit accusing Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault in 1995. “Now, years later, the ASA and similar revival statutes provide these victims with the opportunity to hold their abusers and enablers accountable. In this case, where three decades have elapsed, it is understandable why the date in the complaint was incorrect, and that fact shouldn’t undermine the plaintiff’s credibility.”

But Blassberger also addresses “the defendant’s perspective,’ saying, “Not only has the immense passage of time since 1990 or 1991 affected witnesses’ memories and the preservation of evidence, but now a year and half after the case was filed, Mike Tyson is learning … the alleged assault occurred on a different date.”

Why Mike Tyson’s attorney says he objects

Tyson’s attorney, Rubin, initially said the boxer would accept the amended complaint if Pinto provided an affidavit “explaining the good faith basis for the alleged amendment,’ according to a letter written by Rubin filed with the court.

The objections, the attorney wrote, stemmed from subsequent depositions conducted with two witnesses Pinto testified “she reported the alleged rape to within weeks of the alleged rape.’

“Both of these witnesses have testified unequivocally that these reports were made to them shortly after March of 1991,’ Rubin wrote in a letter dated July 25. “In addition, text messages, revealed for the first time at the deposition conducted today, contain multiple admissions of the Plaintiff – including after her own deposition where she testified unequivocally that the alleged rape occurred on March 1, 1991 – that she continued to believe the date was 1991.

“As a result of this newly acquired testimony and evidence, we respectfully must change our position as to the Plaintiff’s request to amend the Complaint and assert of our objection to any such amendment.’

What Christi Pinto says

Other than the date of the alleged attack, Pinto’s assertions have not changed since she filed an affidavit in December 2022.

She said she met Tyson at a dance club called September’s in Albany, New York.

“My friend and I were hanging out with him and his limousine driver,’ she stated in the affidavit. “Tyson told us about a party and asked us to join him. My friend was going to drop off her car and Tyson said he would pick her up in the limousine.

“I got in Tyson’s limousine to pick up my friend from her house. Tyson immediately started to touch me and attempted to kiss me. I told him no several times and asked him to stop but he continued to attack me. He then pulled my pants off and violently raped me.’

In the affidavit, Pinto stated she was raped in the early 1990s.

In a subsequent affidavit, filed Oct. 2, she stated, “When I first came forward and reported the rape by Mike Tyson to my attorneys, I advised them that I was not sure of the year of occurrence, but I knew it was in the early 1990s.’

Citing “severe psychological trauma’ from the rape, Pinto said it was difficult to remember the exact details and surrounding facts of the rape. But she said she knew it took place on her birthday, March 1, and attempted to pinpoint the year before filing a federal complaint.

While being deposed in April, Pinto testified she was “certain’ the rape took place March 1, 1991, according to the affidavit. But information her sister provided during a later deposition called the date into question, according to an affidavit. The affidavit was filed with the Supreme Court of New York in December 2022 before the matter ended up in federal court.

“I am now sure that the rape occurred on March 1, 1990,’ Pinto stated.

Why is Christi Pinto suing now?

Weeks after the alleged rape, according to the complaint, Pinto said the owner of the night club where she met Tyson and a singer she’d spent time with that night asked if Tyson had been ‘inappropriate’ with her.

“… but out of embarrassment and fear, the plaintiff told them no,’ reads the complaint. “… Given Tyson’s infamous aggression and violence along with his wealth and fame, plaintiff did not report the attack to authorities out of fear that it would bring her unwanted attention and further harm.’

In the following years, the complaint notes, Tyson faced numerous allegations of rape and sexual assault from various women.

In November 1990, a jury in New York determined Tyson grabbed a woman’s breasts and buttocks in a dance club after she refused his advances, according to the Washington Post and several other news outlets. The jury awarded her $100 in compensatory damages and denied her punitive damages.

A second woman said Tyson grabbed her buttocks while dancing that same night, according to the New York Times.

In 1995, Tyson settled a sexual assault lawsuit brought by Phyllis Polaner, who in 1988 worked as a publicist for Robin Givens, Tyson’s first wife, according to the New York Times.

Tyson, who was released on parole in 1994 after serving three years for the rape of Washington, faced accusations of rape in 2001 from a woman in California and a woman in Nevada.

Prosecutors filed no charges in the California case. The District Attorney in Clark County, Nevada, said it was unclear if the sexual contact was consensual or forced.

In a lawsuit filed last year, the compaint in the current civil case in New York said the Adult Survivors Act ‘gave plaintiff new hope and the opportunity to obtain redress for her injuries and to demonstrate that even a man as powerful as Tyson can be held accountable under the law.’

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If you or someone you know has experienced sexual violence, RAINN’s National Sexual Assault Hotline offers free, confidential, 24/7 support to survivors and their loved ones in English and Spanish at: 800.656.HOPE (4673) and Hotline.RAINN.org and en Español RAINN.org/es.

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Breeders’ Cup results: Winners and prize payouts from Friday’s races

The 2024 Breeders’ Cup World Championships makes up one of the richest events in sports, with over $30 million paid out in purses and awards.

Owners will be paid through the 10th-place finish position and will share their winnings with their jockeys and trainers on their agreed-upon terms. A victory may carry more weight than just the prize money at stake as it can also boost a horse’s value when it comes time to consider breeding.

The event, at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in California, featured five Breeders’ Cup races on Friday with nine more on Saturday. The Breeders’ Cup has been held at other venues previously, including Santa Anita Park, Keeneland and Churchill Downs among others.

Friday’s Breeders’ Cup results

Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint – $1 million purse

Win: Magnum Force (15/1) – $27.00/$12.60/$8.40
Place: Arizona Blaze- $22.40/$11.80
Show: Governor Sam – $6.40
$1 Exacta (4-5) $200.90; $1 Trifecta (4-5-10) $1,910.60

Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies – $2 million purse

Win: Immersive (3/1) – $6.00/$4.00/$2.60
Place: Vodka With a Twist- $6.80/$4.20
Show: Quickick – $4.00
$1 Exacta (3-1) $24.20; $1 Trifecta (3-1-5) $101.80

Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf – $1 million purse

Win: Lake Victoria (8/5) – $3.40/$3.00/$2.20
Place: May Day Ready- $7.80/$6.00
Show: Nitrogen – $15.20
$1 Exacta (1-12) $24.70; $1 Trifecta (1-12-2) $508

Breeders’ Cup Juvenile – $2 million purse

Win: Citizen Bull (10/1) – $33.80/$13.20/$9.40
Place: Gaming – $7.40/$6.00
Show: Hill Road – $20.80
$1 Exacta (6-7) $71.10; $1 Trifecta (6-7-3) $2,918.50

Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf – $1 million purse

Win: Henri Matisse (6/1) – $9.80/$6.20/$5.40
Place: Iron Man Cal – $21.40/$12.20
Show: Aomori City – $8.40
$1 Exacta (13-6) $105.40; $1 Trifecta (13-6-12) $935

Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup schedule

Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint – (Post time: 12:00 p.m. ET / 9 a.m. PT) – $1 million purse

Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint – (Post time: 3:41 p.m. ET / 12:41 p.m. PT) – $1 million purse

Breeders’ Cup Distaff – (Post time: 4:21 p.m. ET / 1:21 p.m. PT) – $2 million purse

Breeders’ Cup Turf – (Post time: 5:01 p.m. ET / 2:01 p.m. PT) – $5 million purse

Breeders’ Cup Classic – (Post time: 5:41 p.m. ET / 2:41 p.m. PT) – $7 million purse

Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf – (Post time: 6:25 p.m. ET / 3:25 p.m. PT) – $2 million purse

Breeders’ Cup Sprint – (Post time: 7:05 p.m. ET / 4:05 p.m. PT) – $2 million purse

Breeders’ Cup Mile – (Post time: 7:45 p.m. ET / 4:45 p.m. PT) – $2 million purse

Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile – (Post time: 8:25 p.m. ET / 5:25 p.m. PT) – $1 million purse

How to watch Breeders’ Cup races

Saturday

Date: Nov. 2, 2024
Time: 2-8 p.m. ET
TV Network: NBC and USA Network
Streaming Info: Peacock, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app

Breeders’ Cup Classic entries

Conditions: 1¼ miles for 3-year-olds and up. Purse: $7 million. Post time: 5:41 p.m. ET Saturday.

(Post position, horse, trainer, jockey, morning-line odds)

1. Forever Young, Yoshito Yahagai, Ryusei Sakai, 6-1

2. Highlands Falls, Brad Cox, Luis Saez, 20-1

3. City of Troy, Aidan O’Brien, Ryan Moore, 5-2

4. Mixto, Doug O’Neill, Kyle Frey, 30-1

5. Senor Buscador, Todd Fincher, Joel Rosario, 30-1

6. Derma Sotogake, Hidetaka Otonashi, Christophe Lemaire, 20-1

7. Ushba Tesoro, Noboru Takagi, Yuga Kawada, 12-1

8. Pyrenees, Cherie DeVaux, Brian Hernandez Jr., 30-1

9. Fierceness, Todd Pletcher, John Velazquez, 3-1

10. Tapit Trice, Todd Pletcher, Irad Ortiz Jr., 30-1

11. Sierra Leone, Chad Brown, Flavien Prat, 12-1

12. Arthur’s Ride, Bill Mott, Junior Alvardo, 15-1

13. Newgate, Bob Baffert, Frankie Dettori, 20-1

14. Next, William Cowans, Luan Machado, 8-1

Also eligible

15. Rattle N Roll, Kenny McPeek, Jose Ortiz, 30-1

(This story has been updated with results and a new photo.)

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When is DK Metcalf going to play? Latest injury news on Seahawks WR

With a 4-4 record, the Seattle Seahawks are in a three-way tie for first place in the NFC West. As they continue to make a push for the playoffs and potentially a division title, the Seahawks would certainly benefit from getting back lead receiver DK Metcalf.

The wideout has already missed one game for Seattle after he sprained his MCL in the team’s Week 7 win over the Atlanta Falcons. He hasn’t participated in practice since suffering the injury, but some believed there was a chance he could return to action in Week 9 before the Seahawks’ Week 10 bye.

Here are the latest Metcalf injury updates ahead of the Seahawks’ Week 9 game against the Los Angeles Rams.

When will DK Metcalf return?

Metcalf will not return to the Seahawks lineup until Week 11 at the earliest. The Seahawks have declared him out for Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Rams after failing to participate at any of the team’s practices.

All things Seahawks: Latest Seattle Seahawks news, schedule, roster, stats, injury updates and more.

Initially, Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald told reporters he was ‘optimistic’ that Metcalf would return to practice Thursday. Instead, Metcalf remained sidelined, and Macdonald conceded before Friday’s practice in a radio appearance on KIRO 97.3 that he wasn’t sure whether Metcalf would play in Week 9.

‘Unfortunately it’s still a little bit cloudy on what’s going on on that front,’ Macdonald said of Metcalf’s injury. ‘I know he’s trying like heck to get out there as soon as he can, but we’re still taking it day by day.’

The next time Metcalf can suit up for Seattle would be in Week 11 against the San Francisco 49ers. The Seahawks are among the NFL teams on bye in Week 10.

When was DK Metcalf’s injury?

Metcalf suffered a Grade 1 MCL sprain near the end of the third quarter during the Seahawks’ Week 7 game against the Falcons. He took a hit from Atlanta safety Justin Simmons while trying to make a catch on the sideline and got attention from Seattle’s medical personnel after walking off of the field under his own power.

Metcalf tested out his knee by running on the sideline after the hit, but he ultimately had to be carted to the locker room halfway through the fourth quarter. ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported Oct. 21 that the receiver was considered ‘week to week’ with the knee injury.

According to Orthopedic Specialists of Seattle, MCL injuries can be treated without requiring surgery. The recovery process includes icing the affected knee, rest and anti-inflammatory medications.

DK Metcalf stats

Through seven games this season, here’s where Metcalf’s stats stand:

Targets: 61
Catches: 35
Yards: 568
TDs: 3
Yards per reception: 16.2

The Seahawks’ No. 1 receiver has three 100-yard games so far this season, which he had back-to-back-to-back between Weeks 2 and 4. He finished one yard shy of a fourth such game against Atlanta in Week 7.

Seahawks WR depth chart

Here’s how Seattle’s wide receivers room stacks up without Metcalf:

Jaxon Smith-Njigba
Tyler Lockett
Jake Bobo
Dareke Young
Laviska Shenault

USA TODAY Sports’ Jacob Camenker contributed to this report.

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Trump clarifies he meant Cheney wouldn’t have ‘guts’ to fight a war with rifle comment after Dem backlash

Former President Trump on Friday clarified that he meant former Rep. Liz Cheney doesn’t have the ‘guts’ to fight on the front lines of war after he received a backlash from Democrats over comments he made Thursday about having guns trained on her. 

‘All I’m saying about Liz Cheney is that she is a War Hawk, and a dumb one at that, but she wouldn’t have ‘the guts’ to fight herself,’ the Republican presidential nominee wrote on Truth Social. ‘It’s easy for her to talk, sitting far from where the death scenes take place, but put a gun in her hand, and let her go fight, and she’ll say, ‘No thanks!’ Her father decimated the Middle East, and other places, and got rich by doing so. He’s caused plenty of DEATH, and probably never even gave it a thought. That’s not what we want running our Country!’

Trump caused controversy when he called Cheney a ‘radical war hawk’ at an event in Arizona on Thursday, adding, ‘Let’s put her with a rifle standing there with nine barrels shooting at her, OK? Let’s see how she feels about it. You know, when the guns are trained on her face. They’re all war hawks when they’re sitting in Washington in a nice building saying, ‘Oh, gee, well, let’s send 10,000 troops into the mouths of the enemies,’ but she’s a stupid person and I used to have meetings with a lot of people and she always wanted to go to war with people.’ 

Trump also told reporters at a campaign stop in Dearborn, Michigan, on Friday: ‘Even in my administration, she was pushing that we go to war with everybody, and I said if you ever gave her a rifle and let her do the fighting, if you ever do that, she wouldn’t be doing too well, I will tell you right now. But she’s a war hawk. She wants to go kill people unnecessarily. 

The remarks prompted accusations from liberals of violent rhetoric and that Trump was suggesting Cheney should face a firing squad. 

‘He has increased his violent rhetoric about political opponents – Donald Trump has – and in great detail suggested rifles should be trained on former Rep. Liz Cheney,’ Vice President Harris told reporters in a presser Friday. ‘This must be disqualifying. Anyone who wants to be President of the United States who uses that kind of violent rhetoric is clearly disqualified and unqualified to be president.’

Cheney, a Republican, endorsed Harris for president in September and has been campaigning with the Democratic nominee. 

Cheney responded to Trump’s Thursday remarks on X Friday, writing, ‘This is how dictators destroy free nations. They threaten those who speak against them with death. We cannot entrust our country and our freedom to a petty, vindictive, cruel, unstable man who wants to be a tyrant.’ 

She added the hashtags ‘#Womenwillnotbesilenced’ and ‘#VoteKamala.’

Republicans have also accused Democrats of increasing the possibility of violence against Trump with rhetoric accusing him of being ‘fascist’ and a ‘threat to democracy.’

The former president was shot by a would-be assassin in July and was targeted by another suspect near his home in Florida. 

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House Oversight ramps up demands for White House to release accurate Biden ‘garbage’ transcript

The House Oversight Committee is applying pressure on the White House to release accurate transcripts, after they allegedly altered President Biden’s remarks after he called Trump supporters ‘garbage.’

House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., and Oversight Chair James Comer, R-KY, sent a letter to the White House counsel’s office Friday demanding they preserve all documents related to the transcript.

‘To date, the White House has not issued a corrected transcript, and the false transcript remains on the White House webpage,’ they wrote.

The top members condemned the White House’s alteration of the official transcript, writing that the stenography office cannot ‘simply rewrite President Biden’s rhetoric.’

‘In this case, it appears the White House is doing so to safeguard Vice President Harris’s presidential campaign,’ they wrote.

Stefanik and Comer referred to an AP report, which cited an internal email from the head of the stenographer’s office, that noted that the press office ‘conferred with the president’ to change the transcript.

The shocking comment came during Biden’s remarks to Latino activists regarding comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s comments at a Trump rally. Hinchcliffe referred to Puerto Rico as a ‘floating island of garbage.’

Biden, according to a transcript prepared by the official White House stenographers, told the Latino group on a Tuesday evening video call, ‘The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters — his — his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it’s un-American.’

The transcript released by the White House press office, however, rendered the quote with an apostrophe, reading ‘supporter’s’ rather than ‘supporters.’

The White House insisted that Biden was criticizing Hinchcliffe’s comments – and not the huge swath of Americans supporting a Trump presidency.

The letter from the GOP leaders shared their ‘concern with the latest reporting of the White House’s apparent political decision to protect the Biden-Harris Administration, instead of following longstanding and proper protocols.’

The transcript standard states that: ‘If there is a difference in interpretation, the Press Office may choose to withhold the transcript but cannot edit it independently. Our Stenography Office transcript — released to our distro, which includes the National Archives — is now different than the version edited and released to the public by Press Office staff.’

Now, Stefanik and Comer are demanding that the White House:

Produce all documents and internal communications regarding President Biden’s statement and the release of the inaccurate transcript.
Release the accurate version of the transcript the White House Stenographers submitted to NARA.
Immediately make available the White House Stenography Office’s top supervisor for a briefing to the Oversight Committee.

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S&P 500 Under Pressure, Can Strong Seasonality Save It?

In this video from StockCharts TV, Julius begins by looking back at the completed monthly bars for October to assess the long term trends in the 11 S&P sectors. He follows that up with an updated view for SPY in coming weeks. After that, Julius looks forward using seasonality to find sectors that have strong seasonal tendencies and overlays them on a Relative Rotation Graph, in order to see whether these seasonals are aligning with current relative trends.

This video was originally published on November 1, 2024. Click anywhere on the icon above to view on our dedicated page for Julius.

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