More from The 2024 election
The machines that process mail-in ballots help count thousands of votes in a day — and Philadelphia officials know that every second matters.
When asked if his party will try to repeal the bipartisan act, which Presidential candidate Donald Trump recently told Joe Rogan is “so bad,” House Speaker Mike Johnson said he expects the GOP “probably will,” writes The Associated Press.
Johnson made the initial comment while campaigning for a vulnerable New York GOP congressman in a district that is anticipating a large new Micron semiconductor manufacturing plant.
He reportedly quickly said he’d rather “streamline” the act, which has poured billions of dollars into spurring semiconductor manufacturing in the US.
Smartmatic and Dominion are trying to debunk false stories and rebuild trust — but that’s a tall order in 2024.
Top US archivist Colleen Shogan has quietly been changing educational material and exhibits at the Archives museum — including removing references to dark periods in US history, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Current and former staff say Shogan engaged in censorship by removing mention of events like Japanese American incarceration, displacement of indigenous peoples, and the Civil Rights Movement.
Forbes reports that advertisers have paid Meta more than $1 million to place hundreds of ads promoting lies about the upcoming presidential election. The ads are running despite Meta’s own rules against election misinformation, including posts that “call into question the legitimacy of an upcoming or ongoing election.”
Elon Musk didn’t show up to a Philadelphia court hearing over his $1 million giveaways to swing state voters, which the city’s DA has called an illegal lottery.
By not showing up, Musk risks being held in contempt of court and could face a fine — which probably won’t hurt him much.
It’s for the DA’s lawsuit over his probably illegal $1 million daily voter giveaway — I wonder if he’ll show up.
After Elon Musk shared a critique of District Attorney Larry Krasner’s suit to stop his swing state giveaways, the DA received an “avalanche” of antisemitic attacks, according to a legal filing. Krasner’s home address was even shared on the site, the filing says, with an X user writing that “Krasner loves visitors.”
[DocumentCloud via Politico]
Independent economists have warned former President Donald Trump’s plans would harm the US economy, and Musk — one of his most prominent backers — apparently agrees that’s a likely initial result. Musk agreed with an X post that said Trump’s plans would cause an “initial severe overreaction in the economy,” but lead to “rapid recovery to a healthier, sustainable economy.”
Young people who were kids when Trump was caught bragging about groping women are hearing the recording for the first time via TikTok. Teen Vogue compiled some videos and comments:
i was in 7th grade in 2016 and i don’t [remember] much from it, but now i’m 20, educated, and ready to vote for the first time.”
Trump has promised to roll back Biden’s EV policies on ‘day one.’
Conservative courts are strangling the functions of government. Another round of Trump judges will finish us.
An endorsement of democracy, solving problems, and Kamala Harris.
The Washington Post posted a funny TikTok about owner Jeff Bezos’ decision — which he is publicly defending — to cancel its planned endorsement of Kamala Harris.
It was just a little whoopsie it got announced so close to the election, that’s all! Also he didn’t know about the Blue Origin meeting with Trump and besides that was not his fault. “I sighed when I found out,” he says. I guess people are still canceling their subs!
[The Washington Post]
As part of its get-out-the-vote efforts — which included Tim Walz playing Crazy Taxi — the Kamala Harris campaign has created a Fortnite experience called Freedom Town, USA. You can try the experience at code 7331-5536-6547.
Hopefully the campaign makes an Animal Crossing island, too.
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