A Russian troll farm appears to be behind a fake story spread on social media about Vice President Kamala Harris allegedly being involved in a hit-and-run accident in 2011 that left a 13-year-old girl paralyzed, according to a new report by Microsoft published this week. The report by the Microsoft Threat Analysis Center, released Tuesday, … Read more
Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz is the latest national politician to be mimicked by comic and impressionist Matt Friend. Friend showed off his impression of Walz to MSNBC’s Ari Melber on Wednesday. “Yeah, I mean, look, he’s got a real kind of a Ted Lasso coach thing going on, he’s always kind of yelling, … Read more
The “Uncommitted” movement seeking a change in the Democratic Party’s approach to the war in Gaza on Thursday announced it is not ready to support Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris — while urging voters not to back Republican nominee Donald Trump or third-party candidates who could help Trump win the November election. During this spring’s … Read more
Hispanic registered voters consider halting gun violence a top political priority, ranking the issue alongside concerns about the economy and affordability, according to a poll shared with HuffPost on Thursday. The nationwide survey highlighted the unique importance of firearm safety to a demographic that both parties struggle to reach, pointing to an opportunity for Democrats … Read more
Former President Donald Trump doubled down over the weekend on a bizarre all-caps message to female voters that he posted to his Truth Social page late Friday: “YOU WILL NO LONGER BE THINKING ABOUT ABORTION.” He repeated the message nearly word-for-word during a rally Saturday afternoon in Wilmington, North Carolina, suggesting that women will no … Read more
North Carolina GOP gubernatorial nominee Mark Robinson said Thursday that he’s not dropping out of his race after a CNN report uncovered years of disturbing comments he made in a forum on a porn website, including referring to himself as as a “black Nazi,” describing being sexually aroused by secretly watching women in showers, and … Read more
A bombshell CNN report on North Carolina GOP gubernatorial nominee Mark Robinson definitely caused a buzz on social media Thursday afternoon. Shortly before the outlet’s story was released, Robinson attempted to do damage control by saying, “The things that you will see in that story, those are not the words of Mark Robinson.” Robinson, currently … Read more
The campaign of Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris on Thursday sought to remind former President Donald Trump of his praise for embattled North Carolina GOP gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson following an explosive CNN report detailing past racist and lewd statements tied to him made on a porn website. The network unearthed comments Robinson allegedly made … Read more
North Carolina Democratic Rep. Jeff Jackson on Friday said a CNN report detailing racist and lewd online statements allegedly made years ago by GOP gubernatorial nominee Mark Robinson could impact the result of the U.S. presidential election in the state. In an interview with “CNN This Morning,” Jackson said the public is seeing “an implosion … Read more
Last weekend, former President Donald Trump posted another anti-immigrant screed to Truth Social. It would have been unremarkable ― at least, graded on the Trumpian curve of extreme xenophobia ― except for one word. “[We will] return Kamala’s illegal migrants to their home countries (also known as remigration),” he wrote. “I will save our cities … Read more
