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Harris pushes for joy. Trump paints a darker picture. Will the mismatched moods matter?

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Early in his first speech as vice presidential candidate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz turned to Vice President Kamala Harris and declared, “Thank you for bringing back the joy.” The next day, Harris took the theme a step further, calling the Democratic nominee “joyful warriors.”

Contrast that with former President Donald Trump, who opened a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida a few days later by saying, “A lot of bad things are coming our way” and predicting that the United States could fall into an economic depression not seen since the dark days of 1929, and even one other world war.

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“I think our country is in the most dangerous situation in its history right now, both economically and security-wise,” Trump said on Thursday.

Democrats are playing up their sunnier perspective, pushing the concept that voters might be inspired to support someone slightly than simply vote against the other side. Trump’s campaign says its candidate reflects the country’s somber mood and rejects the concept that a growing contrast in tone and optimism will determine the presidency.

Two-thirds of Americans said they felt very or somewhat pessimistic about the state of politics, in response to a poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research last month. About 7 in 10 said things in the country were headed in the unsuitable direction.

Jason Miller, a senior adviser to the former president, said people don’t care about “vibration control.”

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“It won’t make gas, food or housing cheaper,” Miller said.

Walz promotes a positive attitude

Still, Harris’s determination to take the opposite approach is obvious in her decision to pick out Walz, whose personal experience includes coaching a highschool football team that had gone winless just a few years earlier and won the state championship in 1999.

The Minnesota governor’s continued positive performance is anticipated to offer supporters a boost and maintain the momentum Harris built after President Joe Biden — facing mounting pressure from inside his own party and increasingly pessimistic views about his probabilities in November — stepped right down to endorse his vp.

Walz spent his first week as Harris’ deputy traveling with Harris to undecided states and emphasized the issue at a rally in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, praising what he said was her “ability to talk about what can be good.”

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“That idea of ​​caring for your neighbor and being kind and lending a helping hand when someone needs it. And just feeling like people are going through things and being there when they need it, that’s who we are,” he said. “It’s not a mockery. It’s not a name-calling.”

Biden has often ended his speeches by saying he has never been more optimistic. But he has built his now-closed-in reelection campaign around characterizing Trump as an existential threat to democracy. The president has offered dire predictions about the former president, suggesting he would dismantle the nation’s founding principles if he reclaims the White House.

Harris’ campaign continues to depend on a lot of the same themes, criticizing Trump as a threat to democracy, warning that he’ll impose draconian restrictions on abortion and voting and pursuing Project 2025, a plan promoted by leading conservatives to overhaul large parts of the federal government.

Even though Walz insists that smiles are more practical than insults, he and Harris have continued to criticize, denouncing Trump’s conviction in New York on 34 felony counts in a silence case, in addition to finding him liable for unfair business practices and sexual abuse in civil court.

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Even before she announced Walz as her vice presidential candidate, Harris suggested she could make politics fun again.

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“We love our country. And I believe it’s the highest form of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country,” Harris said in her campaign speeches before Walz was elected. Now she’s telling crowds that she and her vice presidential candidate “both believe in lifting people up, not bringing them down.”

Paula Montagna, who visited Harris and Walz at a rally outside Detroit last week, noted the shift in messaging since Harris took over from Biden.

“Kamala is a very positive person and it’s nice to hear something positive rather than negative,” Montagna said.

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Trump’s team says their candidate reflects reality

Senior Trump campaign advisers say the mood in the country is bad immediately due to the economy, the state of the U.S.-Mexico border and unrest in the Middle East and beyond. They see their candidate as reflecting that reality, not what they see as a passing enthusiasm firing up the Democratic base after months of discouragement with their ticket.

Trump has tried to capitalize on this by repeating predictions of a stock market crash and war. His campaign speeches included a long list of other warnings that leaned toward the apocalyptic, saying that if he weren’t elected, “we will no longer have a country,” that “the only thing standing between you and its destruction is me,” and that under Harris, “Social Security will buckle and collapse” and “the suburbs will be flooded with violent crime and savage foreign gangs.”

During a speech at the Republican National Convention last month, during which his aides said Trump would appear modified and more personal after surviving the assassination attempt, the former president did indeed strike a different tone — no less than at first.

At the outset, he said that he had “a message of confidence, strength and hope” and that he desired to “usher in a new era of security, prosperity and freedom for citizens of every race, religion, color and creed.”

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Towards the end, nevertheless, Trump returned to doomsday predictions, twice warning: “Bad things are going to happen.”

Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, Trump’s vice presidential candidate, has drawn sharp contrasts with Walz. Vance has been praised on the right for being an aggressive fighter on behalf of the former president, particularly with reporters.

“Right now, I’m angry about what Kamala Harris has done to this country and to America’s southern border,” Vance said during a campaign rally in Michigan. “And I think most people in our country can sometimes be carefree, can sometimes enjoy something, and can also turn on the news and recognize that what’s happening in this country is a disgrace.”

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, not exactly a sunny person himself, offered a similar assessment Friday at a conservative conference in Atlanta hosted by radio host Erick Erickson.

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“The country is clearly in a bad mood,” McConnell said.

Trump supporters waiting for a rally in Bozeman, Montana, said they feel positive about the former president’s campaign — even when his message often doesn’t.

“Just looking at the state of the country right now, I don’t think Kamala Harris’ campaign is a campaign of joy and hope. I think it’s a Trump campaign,” said Alex Lustig, a 23-year-old from Billings, Montana.

Fred Scarlett, a 63-year-old retiree from Condon, Montana, said that “everyone understands that we have to be here and support Trump because he has never let us down.”

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“They keep shooting at him,” Scarlett said, “and he keeps shooting back.”

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Susan Rice calls Pete HegeSeth “stupid as rock” in an interview with the podcast

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Susan Rice, a former national security advisor during the administration of President Barack Obama, was open, discussing what, in response to the Secretary of Defense Pete HegeSeth, as rumors, they spin about his future in Trump’s administration.

According to , During a conversation Thanks to the host “No Lie with BTC” Brian Taylor Cohen, Rice didn’t draw any blows when he described HegeSetha in unflattering categories, discussing some rainfall from the so -called signal controversy.

“Well, if you are a white Christian Cisgender Macho Maga, you can be as stupid as a rock and be considered a qualification to be the secretary of defense. We apparently learned this episode,” said Rice Cohen.

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Rice continued, compiling the Trump’s concentration on combating diversity, equality and inclusion in how hegeSeth is just not eligible in her eyes.

“Dei was used as a suspension to suggest that anyone who is usually a woman is usually a color person, is usually a religious minority, might be disabled … he is usually a veteran of native origin, anyone who has used in any way, shapes or forms that we should always all treat and that we ought to be perceived on the basis of our substances, not discount, because we grow to be a lady or discount, That anyone should treat anyone.

According to Rice, he was a member of the Defense Policy Council until HegeSth allegedly removed the board members after a 45-day review On April 24, but time suggests that HegeSeth actually removed these members after indignant of right -wing influential in social media.

In an interview with Fox News, “Tucker Carlson, a dismissed adviser of HegeSeth, Dan Caldwell, mentioned that the management was currently involved in people who, according to Caldwell, were” extremely hostile “in the order of Donald Trump.

Caldwell called Rice specifically as a source of leaks in the HegeSetha Defense Department, for being blamed himself.

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“She (Rice) and a group of other people who are extremely hostile to the president, and his worldview remain in the Defense Policy Council,” said Caldwell Carlson. “I would just say that if you want to look where the leaks come from, it would be a place where you can start.”

Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell suggested in a press release that the changes reflect the values ​​and direction of Trump’s administration.

“Secretary of HegeSeth appreciates the efforts of members on behalf of the Department and the United States of America, but it is necessary to change to support the new strategic direction and political priorities of the department and ensure effective use of departmental resources,” said Parnell.

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“I’m not here to say that I told you that”: Kamala Harris encourages courage, sister at the top of women – essence

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The former vice chairman of Kamala Harris remained largely from the public from losing in the November 2024 election at Donald Trump and his return to the White House in January. But this has modified on Thursday.

Speech in The leading women defined the peak At Dana Point, California, Harris passed the message of immunity, sister and the power of collective courage in uncertain times. “This is the moment when we all have to be in such rooms to remember that we have a strong sister,” she said. “Nobody can take our identity or existence from us – because we won’t let them.”

The peak, founded by the former CEO of Bet, Debra Lee, gathers influential black women to discuss leadership, politics and strengthening. In the film from her comments obtained by Huffpost,Harris emphasized the need for unity and motion.

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“There were many things that we knew would happen,” Harris said, referring to the warnings she released during her campaign in 2024. After the sudden output of President Joe Biden from the race. “I’m not here to say that I told you that,” she added when the audience exploded with applause and shouts.

“It’s a completely different time,” she said. “A lot has changed.”

She recognized the challenges of the moment, pointing to the withdrawal of key politicians and the growing climate of fear. But she also reminded the audience that courage is contagious, identical to the strength of her sister.

“We see how people are silent. We see how the organizations are silent. We see the surrender for clearly unconstitutional threats,” she said. “Fear is contagious … but courage is also contagious.”

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Less than 100 days after the second term, Trump dismantled the programs of diversity, justice and inclusion, approved mass layoffs of federal employees and imposed wide global tariffs that caused confusion of markets.

Despite the political realities, Harris explained that black women – who’ve at all times been at the forefront – are still growing.

“There is great power in this room. And yes, the world is watching,” she said. “But more importantly, people count on us – being nice, be fierce and be together.”

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“It’s about mixing the pool,” say critics

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Almost a 12 months after his controversial and turbulent visit to the University of Memphis Kyle Rittenhouse, he’s preparing for the next event in the campus next month.

According to information about events at the university websiteThe 22-year-old activist for the rights of weapons is to talk at the University of MEmphis on 26 February about “his experiences and the importance of our rights to the second amendment.”

Kyle Rittenhouse is visible on the “Candace” set on January 24, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee. The episode might be broadcast on January 25, 2022 (photo Jason Davis/Getty Images)

He was invited by the conservative political organization Turning Point USA (TPUS), the same group that hosted his visit to College in March last 12 months to speak about the “second correction” and “lies (Black Lives Matter)”.

Last 12 months, the Speaking Event at U of M’s Center Theater was a part of the short, national College route, which contained additional performances at Western Kentucky University and Kent State University, where campus communities took large demonstrations to sentence events. TPUS chapters in these schools also sponsored these visits.

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At the University of Memphis, dozens of scholars who opposed his event appeared that Heckle and questions about his political attitudes, which prompted him to go away the stage earlier. The viral movies also showed the moments when the protesters were led by members of Rittenhouse and Tpus, who accompanied him from the campus.

A number of months after the event, the Alliance of the Defense of Freedom (ADF) sent letter request To school, they claim that the campus officials “allowed the crowd” to shut the Rittenhouse’s visit, but still burdened the $ 1600 tpus for defense, which “stood idly”.

The group also opposed the university’s demands, as TPUS switched from the ticket program to the university’s ticket system, which, he claims, allowed students who planned to protest against the event for booking places.

Officials of the University of Memphis sent A press release of local information about one other Rittenhouse visit to the campus: “The speaker was invited by the registered student organization. This event is not sponsored by the University of Memphis.”

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Although the common opposition to the previous Rittenhouse visit appeared last 12 months, at Z Z stated that they might not legally prohibit this event, citing the first amendment and the Act on freedom of speech in the Tennessee campus.

The news about his next visit already creates waves online. Proponents of Rittenhouse have fun this event, but the opponents are lower than satisfied.

“It’s just about mixing the pool”, one Facebook user commented.

“For some reason he was rejected from the stage. Take a clue, he is not desirable here,” added one other.

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“If you don’t want to hear what he has to say – don’t go!” Someone else wrote.

Rittenhouse became widely known at the age of 17 after he fatally shot two men and hurt one other during the protest in 2020 against Jacob Blake’s police shooting in Kenosh, Wisconsin. During the trial, he claimed that the defense itself, and the jury later acquitted him for all offenses.

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