Kamala Harris wins the statewide vote in Maine and two electoral votes
WASHINGTON (AP) — Kamala Harris wins the statewide vote in Maine and two electoral votes.
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The IndependentDems want Harris to stop sending fundraising emails after burning through $1.4bn in campaign funds
Harris ended her unsuccessful 2024 campaign with $20m in debt, according to reports
- The Independent
Democrat Chris Murphy says ‘no question’ Biden refusal to drop out hurt Harris
Democrast become increasingly critical of White House strategy after dismal election performance
- Associated Press
Young men swung to the right for Trump after a campaign dominated by masculine appeals
For years, Pat Verhaeghe didn’t think highly of Donald Trump as a leader. Then Verhaeghe began seeing more of Trump’s campaign speeches online and his appearances at sporting events. There was even the former president’s pairing with Bryson DeChambeau as part of the pro golfer’s YouTube channel series to shoot an under-50 round of golf while engaging in chitchat with his partner.
- Associated Press
Iceland votes for a new parliament after political disagreements force an early election
Icelanders voted to elect a new parliament Saturday after disagreements over immigration, energy policy and the economy forced Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson to pull the plug on his coalition government and call an early election. This is Iceland’s sixth general election since the 2008 financial crisis devastated the economy of the North Atlantic island nation and ushered in a new era of political instability. Benediktsson, who was named prime minister in April following the resignation of his predecessor, struggled to hold together the unlikely coalition of his conservative Independence Party with the centrist Progressive Party and the Left-Green Movement.
- The Hill
Opinion - Liberals’ reactions to 2024: Isolation, insurrection, secession
Democratic figures and celebrities have expressed their contempt for voters as "f---ing morons" and "arrogant, ignorant" adolescents, while others have called for secession or isolation in response to the recent election results.
- AFP
Old video of opposition Sri Lankan politician being manhandled falsely shared as recent
Ahead of the snap legislative elections that Sri Lanka's ruling leftist coalition won by a landslide in November, an old video of opposition candidate Douglas Devananda being mauled by a crowd resurfaced on social media posts that falsely linked it to the polls. The video was first shared online in posts about a protest in April and Sri Lankan police told AFP no such incident was reported during the election period.
- The Guardian
‘We’re still in this fight’: the resistance to Trump considers its options after bruising election defeat
Demoralized but unbowed, the opposition ponders its next move as Trump prepares to re-enter the White House
- HuffPost UK
A Former Brexiteer MP Has A Stark Warning For Elon Musk Amid Claims He Will Give $100M To Reform UK
"No amount of money is going to make Nigel Farage popular with the people who he currently repels."
- AFP News
Social Democrats overtake PM's party in Iceland vote
Iceland's opposition Social Democrats overtook the governing Independence Party of Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson after a snap election prompted by the collapse of his fraught coalition government, public broadcaster RUV reported Sunday.Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson's Independence Party trailed the Social Democrats with 19.4 percent, down from the 24.4 percent it won in 2021, marking the worst result the party had ever recorded.
- The Daily Beast
Opinion: Republicans Launch Anti-Trans Assault as Democrats Flounder
Listen to this full episode of The New Abnormal on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon, and Stitcher. South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace is leading Republicans into another anti-trans culture war as President-elect Donald Trump takes office and Democrats are struggling to respond, explains Parker Molloy, author of the award-winning The Present Age newsletter, in an interview with The New Abnormal co-hosts Andy Levy and Danielle Moodie. “Nothing brings down inflation faster than banning trans people from
- CNN
Trump press secretary pick removed post praising Pence on January 6, then ran for Congress as an election denier
Karoline Leavitt, President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming White House press secretary, deleted two social media posts she shared after the January 6, 2021, riot at the US Capitol — including a retweet praising then-Vice President Mike Pence for certifying the 2020 election.
- Associated Press
Democrats still don't agree on the seriousness of their political problem after election defeat
Nearly a month after a devastating election loss that exposed cracks in the very foundation of their party, Democrats remain deeply divided over the extent of their political problem — or even if they have one. A number of Democratic leaders are downplaying the strength of Donald Trump's victory over Vice President Kamala Harris as the inevitable result of an inflation-fueled anti-incumbent backlash that shaped elections worldwide. Trump swept every battleground state on Nov. 5, becoming the first Republican candidate to win the national popular vote since George W. Bush in 2004.
- Reuters
Romanian leftists win parliamentary election amid uncertainty over presidency
BUCHAREST (Reuters) -Romanian centrist and leftist parties looked to have fended off a surge by the nationalist right in Sunday's parliamentary election, as attention turned to a top court ruling later on Monday on whether to annul the results of a presidential vote. Romania, a European Union and NATO member, was thrown into turmoil by a shock result in the first round of the presidential vote on Nov. 24. Romania's Constitutional Court ordered a recount of the first round vote and is due to announce at 1500 GMT its decision on whether or not to validate the results of the presidential ballot.
- AFP News
Georgia president will not step down until 'illegitimate' elections re-run: AFP
Georgia's pro-Western President Salome Zurabishvili told AFP in an exclusive interview on Saturday that she will not step down until last month's contested parliamentary elections are re-run.Constitutional law experts, including one author of Georgia's constitution, Vakhtang Khmaladze, told AFP that any decisions made by the new parliament -- including Constitutional law experts, including one author of Georgia's constitution, Vakhtang Khmaladze, told AFP that any decisions made by the new parl
- Associated Press
Ireland's incumbent parties look likely to hang on to power after a fractured election
Ireland’s two long-dominant center-right parties looked likely to form a new government as results came in Sunday from a fractured national election, though with a reduced vote share and complex coalition negotiations ahead. In an exception to the global anti-incumbent mood, outgoing governing parties Fianna Fail and Fine Gael took the two largest shares of the vote, narrowly ahead of left-of-center opposition Sinn Fein. Under Ireland's system of proportional representation, vote share does not translate neatly into seats in parliament.
- HuffPost
'Call Her Daddy' Host Alex Cooper Defends Kamala Harris Interview After Backlash
"It felt like a no-brainer," Cooper said.
- The Hill
Moulton says Trump won because of vision: ‘However twisted and unconscionable’
Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) suggested Friday that President-elect Trump won the 2024 election over Vice President Harris, in part, because he shared his true vision, “however twisted and unconscionable,” for the country. The “American people voted for Trump because he articulated a vision, however twisted and unconscionable, for solving their problems and addressing their fears,”…
- Deadline
Newsmax Posts New Statement On Smartmatic, Acknowledges That Court Found Election Rigging Claims Untrue
Newsmax has posted a new statement on its website about the settlement of Smartmatic’s defamation lawsuit, acknowledging that a court found that claims that the voting company was involved in rigging the 2020 election were untrue. In a statement posted on Saturday, Newsmax said that it “has resolved the litigation brought by Smartmatic through a …
- Evening Standard
Elon Musk tipped to give $100m to Nigel Farage in move to shake up British politics
The Tesla and X (formerly Twitter) boss is said to be considering backing the far-right Reform UK party
- The Independent
A frontrunner has emerged to lead the DNC - but the big names have yet to enter the race
Head of Minnesota’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and a vice chair of the national party has reportedly already locked down half the required endorsements