By Howard Bloom Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. In a landslide. How did he do it? And what will it mean to the country? First, how did President-elect Trump pull off this triumph? He used three levers. Lever number one is publicity. Trump began to seek publicity 50 years ago. His mentor, the mastermind of
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By Howard Bloom The headlines say that as of October 30th’s polls, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are running neck and neck. But is that true? In FiveThirtyEight’s Recent Polling Average Update, which pulls together roughly a hundred national and state polls, Harris leads Trump, even though her edge is a slender 1.8%. In the Cook Political
By Howard Bloom This is the most abnormal election of your lifetime and mine. At this moment, a mere eleven days before we go to the polls, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are running neck and neck. A Wall Street Journal poll issued Wednesday night, October 23, says Trump is leading by two percent. In England,
It was always probable that Donald Trump would return to Butler; that he would want to go back to the place where he almost died. That moment exactly twelve weeks ago was more than a near-death experience. For his most loyal supporters, it underlined the increasingly divine status that he carries. In the crowd, Trump
Ask most party strategists, US pollsters or pundits and they’ll tell you the 2024 presidential election could be the closest in decades, if not a century. Given Joe Biden’s 2020 win was decided by fewer than 45,000 votes in just three battleground states, that’s quite the claim. However, it is what the polls suggest. The
Donald Trump has returned to the site where he survived an assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania – where he opened with a joke. Speaking to the crowd, Mr Trump joked, “Thank you. A very big thank you. We love Pennsylvania. And… As I was saying” – which sparked large cheers from the crowd. He added:
Some Americans are already voting for their next president and, if polls are to be believed, the economy and immigration are at the forefront of many of their minds. Voters consistently favour Donald Trump over Kamala Harris as the best person to manage both, but recently Harris has narrowed the gap. The economy In a
Swarms of wasps stirred up by flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene have prompted US health officials to stock up on allergy medication. The search for survivors and victims has entered its second week after the deadliest storm the US has seen since Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. At least 215 people have been
By Howard Bloom Iran has mounted the biggest ballistic missile attack in history. It claims it launched 200 ballistic missiles at Israel Tuesday night, October 1st. 181 appeared in the night skies over Israel. They were shot out of the heavens by Israel’s Arrow3 missiles, a part of Israel’s remarkable air defense system, the Iron Dome. There
Country music star Garth Brooks has been accused of rape and sexual assault in a lawsuit filed by his former hair and make-up artist. The woman, who does not use her name in the lawsuit and goes by Jane Roe, claims the assault occurred when she travelled from Nashville to Los Angeles with the singer,
A 20-year-old TikTok personality has been charged with murder after the body of a therapist was discovered wrapped in a tarpaulin on a motorway. Terryon Thomas, best known online as Mr Prada, was arrested in East Baton Rouge, Louisana, on Tuesday after 69-year-old therapist William Nicholas Abraham was found dead on the side of a
A couple killed when Hurricane Helene hit the US last week were found hugging each other in bed, their grandson has said. Jerry Savage, 78, and his wife Marcia, 74, were sheltering with family members at their home in Beech Island, South Carolina, while winds of up to 140mph (225kmh) roared outside. One of their
A doctor charged in connection with the death of Friends star Matthew Perry has pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiring to distribute the drug ketamine. Dr Mark Chavez appeared in a Los Angeles court on Wednesday to enter his plea. He could face up to 10 years in prison. Perry was found dead at
Tim Walz and JD Vance have defended their respective running mates during their first and possibly only vice presidential debate. Hosted by CBS News, the event gave the pair the chance to introduce themselves and go on the attack against the opposing ticket. Each man pointed to the crises of the day as reasons for
The challenges are greatest in the rural parts of this western half of North Carolina. The road into Swannanoa is open now but many roads within the small town are not. Population 5,000, it is a town in pieces days after Hurricane Helene deluged the region. The recovery teams are here in force now. Roads
The images from the past few days are staggering, as are the statistics. Forty trillion gallons of rain were dumped on this southeastern part of the United States over the past week. It is an historic amount of rainfall which has stunned experts. It has taken rescue and recovery teams several days to access some
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