Official results confirm the far-right Freedom Party's victory in Austria's national election
VIENNA (AP) — Official results confirm the far-right Freedom Party's victory in Austria's national election.
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The IndependentVoices: After the Elon Musk-Donald Trump rally, there’s a better word for Republicans than ‘weird’
Now that the former president and Tesla CEO have teamed up, there’s only one way to describe the American political right in its current form...
- The Daily Beast
Elon Musk’s Mom Goes ‘Dark MAGA’ Too With Wild Illegal Voting Rant
Elon Musk’s support of Donald Trump took a radical turn over the weekend when the tech billionaire’s mother seemingly encouraged her followers to commit voter fraud after her son reminded his audience on X to register to vote. “Super important to get all your friends and family to register to vote,” the Tesla CEO’s post read. “Georgia’s registration deadline is Monday!!”His mother, Maye Musk, then responded to her son by suggesting Trump supporters should violate voting laws.Read more at The Dai
- The Independent
Florida is nearing toss-up status as top Republican poll shows Trump’s lead nearly vanished
Race and age of Florida respondents seemed to correlate with which candidate they supported
- HuffPost
Elon Musk's Unhinged Appearance At Trump Rally Gets Mocked In Memes
The tech CEO literally jumped for joy while stumping for the former president in Pennsylvania over the weekend.
- The Daily Beast
Philly Restaurant Bans GOP Candidate After Being Told Campaign Stop Was Autism Event
“You’re not welcome back.”That’s the message the manager of Philadelphia cheesesteak joint Max’s Steaks had for Pennsylvania Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dave McCormick, after his campaign held an event outside the restaurant Friday that the eatery was told would be about autism awareness.Mike Sfida—who agreed to hold the event because his niece and nephew have autism—was alarmed when he saw Donald Trump signs being hung outside the beloved North Philly spot on Friday, the Philadelphia Inqui
- The Daily Beast
How Trump’s Speeches Are a Red Flag for Mental Decline: Experts
An increasingly incoherent and profane former president Donald Trump, 78, is rambling at his rallies at previously unheard-of lengths and showing signs of confusion that could indicate mental decline, according to a New York Times analysis.An average rally speech by the elderly Republican nominee for president—who has promised to release his medical records and cognitive tests and then refused to do so—lasts 82 minutes this election cycle, nearly double the 45 minutes he averaged in 2016, a comp
- The Daily Beast
Multimillion-Dollar GOP Early Voting Efforts Being Thwarted by Election Conspiracist Trump
The Republican Party is dumping tens of millions of dollars into early voting campaigns only to keep getting sabotaged by one persistent foe: its nominee for president, former Oval Office holder Donald Trump.According to a report in Politico, Republican strategists and organizers are variously baffled and fuming that their party’s election conspiracist standard bearer won’t stop attacking early and mail voting with invented claims that they’re unreliable or rife with fraud.“The whole idea behind
- The Independent
Elon Musk’s mother ‘encouraged X followers to commit voter fraud’ as she is fact-checked on son’s platform
Maye Musk was called out by attorneys who warned that her post ‘constitutes the solicitation of a crime’
- NewsWire
Ex-PM: Too many on ‘wrong side’ of Israel war
Marking the first anniversary of the October 7 attacks, the ex prime minister said the West was under threat from a “new axis of dictatorships”.
- The Daily Beast
Trump Suggests Voting Mandate in Rambling Wisconsin Rally Speech
During the middle of yet another rambling rant about how the 2020 election had been stolen from him, Donald Trump claimed on Sunday that one path to a victory over Kamala Harris is to establish a voting mandate in battleground states.“The only way to avoid this miserable thing for America is if Wisconsin and the entire Midwest turn and, I mean, turn out in record numbers,” the former president told rally goers in Juneau, Wisconsin.“We need a mandate in the vote,” he said. At one point during the
- NewsWire
‘Biased positions’: Iran targets Aussie envoy
Iran’s regime is accusing Australia of “repeated biased positions” as the war in the Middle East continues to heat up.
- HuffPost
Susan Rice Calls Trump A 'Surrender Monkey' For Trying To Appease Putin On Ukraine
The former U.S. national security adviser also likened Trump to U.K. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, whose failed foreign policy benefitted Adolf Hitler.
- CNN
Harris’ border visit and economy speech capture attention as warning signs emerge for campaign
Kamala Harris’ visit to the border and speech outlining of her economic vision captured the attention of a sizable share of Americans as September came to a close, according to new findings from The Breakthrough, a polling project that tracks how the public is following election news. But some emerging trends in the data hint at warning signs for the vice president’s campaign.
- The Independent
Embattled Mark Robinson losing by double digits in North Carolina gubernatorial race
Scandal-hit Republican candidate is trailing Democrat Josh Stein and faces an uphill battle in North Carolina
- The Independent
Trump’s election lies are messing up Republicans’ multi-million dollar mail-in voting campaigns
Ex-president has called mail-in voting ‘corrupt’ and claimed votes are changed at will — but his campaign recognizes that it can’t win without it
- The Independent
Tim Walz bats down Fox News anchor for ‘distraction’ during questions on late-term abortions
VP candidate shuts down debate over Minnesota’s abortion rights as Republicans amplify debunked ‘born alive’ laws
- The Hill
Opinion - Jack Smith’s ‘October Surprise’ was not that surprising…and that is the problem
Special Counsel Jack Smith has been accused of using a last-minute pre-election scandal to influence voters, as he has been unrelenting in his demands for a trial before the election, despite the Supreme Court rendering parts of his indictment against Trump presumptively unconstitutional.
- NewsWire
‘Blood on hands’: Albo centre of protest fury
Anthony Albanese has found himself at the centre of fury as tens of thousands of pro-Palestine protesters swarm the CBDs of Australia’s biggest cities.
- The Independent
Middle East latest: Attacks on Beirut and Gaza intensify with Israel on high alert for 7 October anniversary
Israel authorities said they were on the lookout for attacks timed to coincide with the October 7 anniversary