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    ‘Its about damn time’: Lizzo joins Kamala Harris in Michigan

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    Donald Trump is set to work the fry cooker at a McDonald’s on Sunday — the latest bizarre moment in a campaign that has increasingly become a tour of personal vendettas and aimless grudges despite his aides’ best efforts to keep the former president on track.

    Trump, 87, is known for his personal love of the fast food franchise and once treated visiting athletes to a McDonald’s buffet at the White House. Today, he’s set to make a campaign appearance at a McDonald’s franchise location while repeating some baseless claim from social media arguing that Kamala Harris never worked at one (she has said it was one of her first jobs as a young woman).

    Harris, meanwhile, celebrated her 60th birthday on Sunday with a decidedly more conventional campaign appearance at a Black church in Georgia.

    This comes after the ex-president was mocked on social media for a strange, rambling anecdote about golfer Arnold Palmer at a Latrobe, Pennsylvania rally on Saturday night.

    “He took showers with the other pros,” Trump said of the golfer. “They came out of there they said, ‘Oh my God, that’s unbelievable.’”

    “But don’t call them weird,” author Jennifer Taub wrote of Trump’s comment on X, alluding to Kamala Harris’s moniker for the former president and his running mate, JD Vance.

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    Churchgoers sing ‘Happy Birthday’ to Harris in Georgia

    Kamala Harris didn’t take a day off the campaign trail for her 60th birthday on Sunday, and made a morning campaign appearance at New Birth Baptist Church in Georgia.

    The gathering was advertised by the 10,000-member megachurch, which hosted Harris in the venue which seats 7,500 on Sunday. It’s part of her effort to moblize the Black church — a core part of African-American life in the deep south — to push her over the top in Georgia, a key swing state won by the Biden-Harris ticket in 2020 as part of their defeat of Donald Trump that year.

    During her remarks, churchgoers began singing “Happy Birthday” to Harris, who responded that it was “her great joy” to spend her birthday with members of the Black church.

    John Bowden20 October 2024 17:32

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    Kamala Harris turns 60 today

    Just a few months after the Democratic nominee for president was forced out of the race due to broadening concerns about his age and mental faculties, Kamala Harris, his vice president, has turned 60.

    Harris’s milestone comes as her campaign is on the final stretch of a bid to put her in the Oval Office. Just a couple weeks remain before Election Day.

    The vice president’s age, once an afterthought, is now one of her key advantages as she faces a Republican who would be the oldest to ever serve when he left office in 2029 were he to win another term in the White House.

    Messages came in from her current and former running mates as Harris prepared to hit the campaign trail again in the coming days.

    “Happy Birthday to my dear friend, partner, and a remarkable leader – Kamala Harris,” wrote President Joe Biden in a short statement posted to Twitter.

    “Happy Birthday, @KamalaHarris! Thank you for bringing compassion, decency, and joy to our politics. I’m honored to be in this fight with you, and I couldn’t be prouder to call you my friend,” added Tim Walz.

    John Bowden20 October 2024 16:33

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    Trump to work fry cooker at McDonald’s on Sunday

    But instead of chowing down on his 2,400-calorie order of choice – two Big Macs, two Fillet-O-Fish, and a chocolate milkshake – the GOP presidential nominee is expected to “work the fry cooker” in a Philadelphia branch.

    It all comes after he made a very odd, sexually charged comment about famed golfer Arnold Palmer this weekend.

    James Liddell has more:

    John Bowden20 October 2024 15:45

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    ICYMI: Trump raises eyebrows after crude 12-minute anecdote about Arnold Palmer’s manhood

    Trump was speaking in Latrobe, Palmer’s birthplace, on Saturday evening when the 12-minute tangent began. The former president began by praising Palmer’s career and describing his previous conversations with him.“There were a few golfers that you could say may be slightly better, a few, not many,” he said. “But there was nobody that had his magic.”

    But the former president’s anecdote quickly devolved as he discussed some intimate details about the golfing icon.

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    Katie Hawkinson20 October 2024 15:00

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    Americans are addicted to gambling on the election because it’s finally legal, sort of

    People can’t get enough of betting on the 2024 presidential election, and thanks to a recent legal ruling, it’s easier than ever for Americans to vote with their wallet.

    Betting market odds are suddenly on the lips of US broadcasters and campaign spin doctors, quoted like polls and watched like the weather.

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    Josh Marcus20 October 2024 14:00

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    ICYMI: Man who questioned Trump on pet-eating lies during Univision town hall admits he is now voting for Harris

    Katie Hawkinson20 October 2024 13:00

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    ICYMI: Lizzo joins Kamala Harris in Michigan as election looms

    'It's about damn time': Lizzo joins Kamala Harris in Michigan as election looms

    Katie Hawkinson20 October 2024 12:00

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    ICYMI: Donald Trump calls Kamala Harris ‘s***’

    Donald Trump called Kamala Harris a “s***” vice president while rallying in Latrobe, Pennsylvania on Saturday night.

    “You have to tell Kamala Harris that you’ve had enough, that you just can’t take it anymore,” Trump said. “We can’t stand you. You’re a s*** vice president. The worst vice president, Kamala, you’re fired.”

    Donald Trump speaks at his Latrobe, Pennsylvania rally on Saturday
    Donald Trump speaks at his Latrobe, Pennsylvania rally on Saturday (AP)

    Katie Hawkinson20 October 2024 11:00

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    Watch: Obama mocks Trump at Arizona rally

    'You'd be worried if grandpa acted like this': Obama mocks Trump at Arizona rally

    Katie Hawkinson20 October 2024 10:00

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    Harris is turning to video games and sports betting to try and win back some of the ‘bro’ vote from Trump

    Harris is placing ads on DraftKings, a sports betting company, and Yahoo Sports, NBC News reports. Her campaign is now the first to advertise on DraftKings, the outlet added. She will also place ads on video game sites IGN and Fandom.

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    Katie Hawkinson20 October 2024 09:00

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