Dog-free zones needed to make outdoors less racist, Welsh Government told
Dog-free zones needed to make outdoors less racist, Welsh Government told
Tories claim that plan to remove ‘barriers to the outdoors’ is out of touch and ‘virtue signalling nonsense’
By Craig Simpson
November 13, 2024
The Welsh Government has been advised to create dog-free zones to help make the outdoors “anti-racist”.
Labour’s devolved administration has pledged to rid Wales of racism by 2030, and set out a plan to ensure “all areas” of public life were transformed.
According to a report submitted to the Welsh Government to steer “anti-racist” policy, dog-free zones should be created to make the outdoors more inclusive.
The report by the environmental group Climate Cymru BAME advises, as part of a suite of proposals, that authorities should create “dog-free areas in local green spaces”.
The reason for this is not elaborated on in the report, which will be used by the Welsh Government to “support policy teams” who are “developing and implementing” anti-racist plans for Wales.
The report was part of a call for evidence to assess “racism relating to climate change, environment, and rural affairs”, in order to steer how green spaces can be made to align with the Labour’s 2022 Anti-Racist Wales Action Plan.
On the basis of reports provided to date, the Welsh Government has concluded that ethnic minorities face “barriers” to the outdoors created by “exclusions and racism”.
Barriers to outdoor activities includes the perception that growing food in gardens or allotments is an activity “dominated by middle-aged white women”.
A report submitted to the Welsh Labour Government by the environmental group Green Soul recorded the complaint that food growing groups are run by “majority White/British/Welsh individuals” and “older white people”.
Climate Cymru BAME, along with groups polled to inform the anti-racist policy, suggested that ethnic minority residents could be directed to “community led” food growing groups to mitigate the issue.
One report to the Welsh Government complained that the environmental sector was not sufficiently inclusive, stating that environmentalism is “essentially a white middle class issue” and groups are filled with people from a “white middle-class background”.
A separate set of recommendations submitted by the North Wales Africa Society suggested that “dog-free areas” should be created, explaining that during its focus groups “one black African female stated that she feels unsafe with the presence of dogs”.
The report also noted that others kept “seeing dog fouling on the floor”.
Mess and the quality of urban green spaces was an issue consistently recorded in reports of ethnic minority experiences fed to the Welsh Government.
One respondent in a “community dialogue” focus group complained that “the green spaces are not respected in areas where there is a bigger population of ethnic minority people”.
Other issues raised included a lack of public transport access to non-urban green spaces, and the poor air quality in towns and cities.
Summarising findings and recommendations submitted by polled groups, a Welsh Government report published on Nov 6 also stated that “some participants expressed apprehension about visiting the countryside owing to their racial or religious identities”.
It added that there were “concerns of the lack of understanding and relationships by the wider white population particularly in rural areas, from personal experiences”.
Ultimately, the Welsh Government’s report, which will steer future policy, concludes that “people of ethnic minority background in Wales face barriers created by exclusions and racism”.
The conclusions of the report have been criticised by Andrew RT Davies, leader of the Welsh Conservatives, who said: “This kind of outdated virtue signalling nonsense is completely out of touch with the needs of the people of Wales.
“Labour is stuck on yesterday’s thinking, the kind that is being roundly rejected globally. Time to turf them out.”
A Welsh Government spokesman said: “We are committed to creating an anti-racist nation by 2030. Our Anti-racist Wales Action Plan is built on the values of anti-racism and calls for zero tolerance of all racial inequality.”
San Francisco elected official Hillary Ronen said she’s against building new housing because it would cast a shadow. Instead, they want people to live in tiny little “pods.”
https://x.com/DanielAlmanPGH/status/1857467164891963460
https://twitter.com/DanielAlmanPGH/status/1857467164891963460
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExgxwKnH8y4
https://rollingout.com/2024/11/14/san-francisco-sleeping-pod-housing/
San Francisco’s sleeping pod solution to affordable housing crisis
Hundreds apply for scarce rentals at $700 per month
By Amari Apple
November 14, 2024
As the cost of living continues to soar in major cities across the United States, innovative housing solutions are emerging to address the growing crisis of affordability and homelessness. One such solution is the introduction of sleeping pods in San Francisco, a city notorious for its exorbitant rental prices.
The sleeping pod initiative
Brownstone Shared Housing, led by CEO James Stallworth, has recently made headlines by revealing that a staggering 300 individuals have applied for just 17 available sleeping pods in downtown San Francisco. Each pod is priced at $700 per month, a fraction of the average rent in the city, which is reported to be around $4,000.
These sleeping pods are designed to provide a low-cost housing option in one of the most expensive urban areas in the country. Measuring approximately 3.5 feet by 4 feet by 6.5 feet, the pods are large enough to accommodate a twin mattress. Each pod is equipped with privacy curtains, interior lighting and charging ports, making them a practical choice for those in need of affordable shelter.
Addressing the housing crisis
The concept of sleeping pods first gained traction last year, and despite facing coding hurdles in 2024, Brownstone Shared Housing remains committed to serving the community. This initiative highlights the urgent need for creative solutions to combat homelessness and provide affordable living spaces in urban environments.
With the rising number of applicants for these sleeping pods, it raises an important question: Should more cities adopt similar innovations to tackle the homelessness crisis? As urban areas continue to grapple with the challenges of high rent and limited housing options, the sleeping pod model could serve as a blueprint for other cities facing similar issues.
Potential benefits of sleeping pods
Affordability: At $700 per month, sleeping pods offer a significantly lower cost of living compared to traditional housing options in San Francisco.
Space efficiency: The compact design of sleeping pods maximizes the use of limited urban space, allowing more individuals to find shelter.
Community building: Shared living spaces can foster a sense of community among residents, providing social support and reducing feelings of isolation.
Privacy and comfort: Despite their small size, the inclusion of privacy curtains and personal lighting enhances the living experience for residents.
Challenges and considerations
While the sleeping pod initiative presents a promising solution, it is not without its challenges. Concerns about zoning regulations, health and safety standards and the overall acceptance of such living arrangements in urban neighborhoods must be addressed. Additionally, the psychological impact of living in a confined space should not be overlooked, as it may affect residents’ well-being.
Moreover, the sustainability of such initiatives relies heavily on community support and government policies that prioritize affordable housing solutions. As cities explore innovative ways to combat homelessness, collaboration between private organizations, local governments and community members will be crucial.
The introduction of sleeping pods in San Francisco is a bold step towards addressing the housing crisis that many urban areas face today. As more individuals seek affordable living options, initiatives like these could pave the way for a new era of housing solutions that prioritize accessibility and community.
As we continue to navigate the complexities of urban living, it is essential to remain open to new ideas and solutions that can provide relief to those struggling with housing insecurity. The sleeping pod model may just be the beginning of a transformative shift in how we think about affordable housing.
Bucks County commissioners vote to count illegal ballots in Pennsylvania recount
Bucks County commissioners vote to count illegal ballots in Pennsylvania recount
November 14, 2024
Bucks County commissioners voted to count ballots lacking proper signatures, violating a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling earlier this year.
The three-member board voted two to one to count these illegal ballots in the Senate race recount.
“I think we all know that precedent by a court doesn’t matter anymore in this country, and people violate laws anytime they want,” Diane Marseglia said. “So for me, if I violate this law, it’s because I want a court to pay attention to it.”
Board chairman Robert Harviie, Jr., joined Marseglia in voting to accept the ballots that voters signed in one section but not another. Democrats challenged the decision not to count the ballots, placing the blame for the mistake on poll workers who did not double-check the provisional ballots before accepting them.
The board’s legal team suggested the commissioners reject the ballots because the Pennsylvania Supreme Court had given clear guidance about signatures being required for votes to count.
There were approximately 124 ballots that would not count because of missing signatures.
Republican Sen.-elect David McCormick won 48.93% of the vote and Democratic incumbent Bob Casey captured 48.50% of the vote, thus triggering a recount.
However, as of Wednesday, there are approximately 80,000 left to be counted, including 20,000 mail-in and absentee ballots and around 60,000 provisional ballots.
Counties must begin their recount on Nov. 20 and have until Nov. 27 to report their results to the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Casey, the third-term Senator, has not yet conceded the race.
Philadelphia City Commissioners also voted to count a “relatively small number of undated and incorrectly dated mail ballots.”
“Republicans filed a petition to the PA Supreme Court against all counties to attempt to stop all counties from counting these ballots,” Philadelphia City Commissioners said in a statement to Fox News. “They also filed a statutory appeal challenging Bucks County’s decision to count undated and incorrectly dated mail ballots. We are reviewing the filings.”
An RNC official told Fox News that the decisions made by the county election boards were “ridiculous.” The GOP has filed two lawsuits against Bucks County and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to stop the counting of these ballots.
“The court just ruled on this two weeks ago,” an RNC official said. “And it’s just very clear to us that Democrat lawyers and officials see a way to kind of make money off of Bob Casey by trying out this process, but Dave McCormick is already in D.C. to attend Senate orientation.”
Republicans hold the majority in the Senate by 52-47 without including Sen.-elect McCormick’s seat.
10-year-old walks alone a mile away from Georgia home, leading to his mother’s arrest
10-year-old walks alone a mile away from Georgia home, leading to his mother’s arrest
Brittany Patterson, 41, said she was shocked that her son’s stroll could lead to a criminal charge.
By David K. Li
November 14, 2024
A Georgia woman was arrested and accused of allegedly endangering her son — all because the unsupervised 10-year-old walked less than a mile away from home, officials said.
Brittany Patterson, 41, had taken another son to a doctor on Oct. 30, and she became mildly annoyed — but not at all worried — when the Fannin County Sheriff’s Department called to say her son Soren had wandered from their rural home in Mineral Bluff and into town.
“It’s not a super dangerous or even dangerous-at-all stretch of road,” Patterson told NBC News in an interview that aired Wednesday. “I wasn’t terrified for him or scared for his safety.”
Deputies drove Soren, now 11, home and that was that, or so Patterson thought.
But then hours later, the sheriff’s department went back to the family’s home near the North Carolina border, where Patterson was handcuffed, arrested, booked on suspicion of reckless conduct and forced to post $500 bail.
“It was anger and frustration, of course, because my children were having to witness that all,” she said. “They asked me to put my hands behind my back and all that stuff, and I realized what was going on.”
Authorities have offered to drop the charge if Patterson signs a form that outlines a safety plan guaranteeing that her children would always be under a watchful eye, she and her lawyer said.
Patterson refuses to sign the form and said she’ll contest the charge, which carries up a year behind bars.
“This is not right. I did nothing wrong,” she said. “I’m going to fight for that.”
Patterson’s lawyer, David DeLugas, rhetorically asked whether mothers and fathers now have to know the precise locations of their children at all times.
“Are all parents going to have to put GPS on their child?” he said. “The parents get to decide for their children unless it is unreasonably dangerous.”
A representative for the district attorney in Fannin County could not immediately be reached for comment Thursday.
Instead of firing Rachel Zegler, Disney should issue a public statement saying that it was wrong for them to fire Gina Carano, and that it’s wrong to fire anyone for something that is not related to their job performance.
3 facing federal charges of allegations of staging hate crime hoax during 2023 Colorado Springs mayoral race
3 facing federal charges of allegations of staging hate crime hoax during 2023 Colorado Springs mayoral race
By Lindsey Grewe
November 13, 2024
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) – Three people are now facing federal charges for allegedly staging a hate crime during the Colorado Springs mayoral race in 2023.
In the early morning hours of April 23, 2023, a burning cross in front a campaign sign for then-candidate Yemi Mobolade was found at the intersection of Union and Fillmore. The sign had been defaced with a racial slur.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado (USAOC) now says the entire scene was a hoax, intended to make citizens think that there was a group of racists in Colorado Springs strongly opposed to a Black mayoral candidate.
In a news release Tuesday, the USAOC announced 35-year-old Derrick Bernard Jr., 40-year-old Ashley Blackcloud, and 38-year-old Deanna West had been indicted by a grand jury for their “maliciously conveying false information about a threat made by means of fire” and “their alleged roles in a conspiracy to spread disinformation about the threat.”
In the indictment obtained by 11 News, the USAOC states the trio started plotting in early April 2023, the day after a runoff election was announced in the mayoral race, with Mobolade and Wayne Williams the projected candidates. The indictment included a series of emails it alleges were from the three suspects:
(a) On or about April 5, 2023, the day after the mayoral election, BERNARD texted BLACKCLOUD that he wanted to talk “in person” because he was “not talking on the phone bout nothing that’s bout to happen” and that “Ima just talk to you bout a few plans.”
(b) On or about April 13, 2023 BERNARD sent a Facebook message to CANDIDATE 1: “I know it’s crunch time sir but look . . . I spoke with some of my friends in other places and theirs [sic] a plot amidst . . . I’m mobilizing my squadron in defense and for the final push. Black ops style big brother. The klan cannot be allowed to run this city again.”
(c) On or about April 13, 2023 BERNARD sent a series of Facebook messages to BLACKCLOUD. Among other things, BERNARD told BLACKCLOUD “I can’t let the klan retake the city,” “[CANDIDATE 1] really won already. They doing some B’s [sic] run off now bc they ain’t tryna let an African win,” and “I got a plan . . . .”
– Excerpt from indictment
The indictment then goes on to accuse the three of vandalizing one of Mobolade’s campaign sings, then erecting and intentionally setting a cross on fire in front of it. Investigators allegedly later recovered spray paint from one of the suspects’ cars.
On or about April 23, 2023, between approximately 2:30 a.m. and 3:30 a.m. BERNARD, BLACKCLOUD, and WEST worked together to place a wooden cross in front of that campaign sign. Red spray paint, similar in kind to a can later found in the passenger compartment of BLACKCLOUD’s car, was used to write [a racial slur] on the sign. The wooden cross was then set on fire. An iPhone 13 was used to take a short video of the scene and to take a photograph.
– Excerpt from indictment
Afterward, the indictment says the photo and video were circulated to media outlets:
(e) On or about that same day, later in the evening on April 23, 2023, BLACKCLOUD and WEST worked together to send an email … to, among others, local broadcast news outlets. Attached to the email was the above photograph and the video. Several news organizations published news stories on the cross burning.
…
(b) On or about April 23, 2023, at approximately 3:52 a.m. BLACKCLOUD used Instagram to send a message to WEST: “Hey did u get back ok?”
(c) On or about April 23, 2023, between approximately 1:53 p.m. and 7:42 p.m., BLACKCLOUD researched online 15 of the 24 organizations that received the … email and performed searches such as “kkk email,” “contact news about a story,” and “news colorado springs.”
(d) On or about April 23, 2023, between approximately 7:18 p.m. and 7:24 p.m., WEST performed web searches such as “complaint letter against racist acts” and “candidates racist acts during campaign.” (e) On or about April 23, 2023, at approximately 7:24 p.m., WEST used the internet to access a document entitled “Hate in Elections” with the subtitle “How Racism and Bigotry Threaten Election Integrity in the United States”
…
(j) On or about April 25, 2023, at approximately 7:56 p.m. BERNARD used Facebook Messenger to send BLACKCLOUD a link to a local broadcast news report on the cross burning.
(k) On or about April 25, 2023, at approximately 7:56 p.m. BERNARD texted BLACKCLOUD: “Look at ya messenger ASAP” and “we got traction.”
– Excerpt from indictment
Both Mobolade and Williams strongly condemned the display at the time.
The USAOC says Bernard, Blackcloud and West were indicted following a lengthy investigation by the FBI and Colorado Springs Police Department. Blackcloud made her first appearance in federal court Tuesday, with Bernard expected to follow suit after he is transferred from state custody into federal custody.
West has not been located.
Kamala Harris ditched Joe Rogan podcast interview over progressive backlash fears
https://www.ft.com/content/9292db59-8291-4507-8d86-f8d4788da467
Kamala Harris ditched Joe Rogan podcast interview over progressive backlash fears
Decision seen as major blunder for campaign that lost male votes to Donald Trump
By Joshua Franklin and Anna Nicolaou
November 13, 2024
Kamala Harris’s fears of a progressive backlash killed a plan for her to appear on Joe Rogan’s podcast, a campaign official has said, shedding light on a decision that infuriated some Democrats who are reeling after Donald Trump’s election victory.
The Harris campaign and Rogan, whose audience is bigger than that of many television networks, had discussed an interview for his podcast — a move some Democrats hoped would help Harris reach young men who were gravitating towards Trump.
The talks faltered because of concerns at how the interview would be perceived within the Democratic party, said Jennifer Palmieri, a senior adviser to Harris’s husband, Douglas Emhoff, during the campaign.
“There was a backlash with some of our progressive staff that didn’t want her to be on it, and how there would be a backlash,” Palmieri said on Wednesday.
Palmieri, who previously worked in the White House and for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign, is among the first officials from the Harris campaign to go into detail over a decision that some Democrats fear may have contributed to their loss.
Just over a week after Harris’s heavy defeat the party is hunting for scapegoats, with some operatives blaming President Joe Biden. Others have said the campaign flubbed its media strategy and was too cautious with alternative media.
Rogan, who endorsed Trump the night before the US election, is widely viewed as the most popular podcaster in the country. He holds a particularly large following among young men — a demographic Trump successfully spent much of the past year courting through appearances across a “manosphere” of YouTubers and podcasters.
Palmieri also said news leaking that Harris was in talks to do Rogan’s show created a “very weird dynamic” with the podcaster.
“Because all of a sudden he’s on his heels about how his audience is going to react to this, and the demands that they were going to put on him to be tough on her,” Palmieri said at a conference organised by The Clearing House, a payments group owned by large US banks.
A representative from Harris’s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Trump’s interview with Rogan has been viewed nearly 50mn times on YouTube, while the interview with vice-president-elect JD Vance racked up 16mn views.
By comparison, about 29mn people watched Harris’s speech to the Democratic National Convention and fewer than 8mn watched her interview on Fox News.
Rogan, a former UFC commentator, has gained a large following particularly among men for his hours-long, often meandering conversations with guests on a wide range of topics, including martial arts, aliens, workout routines and politics.
He also stirs controversy. In 2022, musicians including Joni Mitchell pulled their music from Spotify in protest against the platform’s ties with Rogan, who had recently interviewed a virologist who was critical of coronavirus vaccines. Backlash swelled when musician India.Arie posted a video of Rogan using the N-word multiple times on his show. Spotify removed more than 100 of his podcast episodes from its app.
Democratic senator Bernie Sanders this week argued members of his party should be speaking to podcasters such as Rogan. “I think we’ve got to get — and clearly you have an alternative media out there, a lot of podcasts that millions and millions of viewers — get on the show,” he told CNN on Sunday.
Cenk Uygur: I think Trump or Elon Musk are more likely to come on The Young Turks than any Democratic leader. We disagree more with Trump and Elon, but they’re at least willing to have a conversation.
The Twitter website still works even after Elon Musk fired 80% of its employees. Will he do the same thing with the federal government?
Elon Musk says ‘all actions’ taken by Department of Government Efficiency will be online: ‘Transparency’
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1856520760656797801
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1856520760656797801
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-says-actions-taken-071306757.html
Elon Musk says ‘all actions’ taken by Department of Government Efficiency will be online: ‘Transparency’
By Elizabeth Pritchett
November 13, 2024
Elon Musk, who was selected by President-elect Donald Trump to head the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) with former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, shared some insight on X on Tuesday into how the department will operate.
Musk said that the department will take suggestions and concerns from everyday Americans regarding how the government spends money.
“Anytime the public thinks we are cutting something important or not cutting something wasteful, just let us know!” Musk said in part in the X post.
Musk also said all the department’s actions “will be posted online for maximum transparency.”
“We will also have a leaderboard for [the] most insanely dumb spending of your tax dollars. This will be both extremely tragic and extremely entertaining,” he wrote.
When announcing the new department on Tuesday, Trump said its purpose will be to “dismantle government bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure federal agencies.”
“DOGE” will advise and guide the administration by utilizing knowledge from outside of government and will partner with the White House and the Office of Management and Budget to “drive large scale structural reform.”
Musk and Ramaswamy, both of whom are successful entrepreneurs, have been adamant about their desires to cut unnecessary spending in order to reduce the government’s debt of at least $35 trillion.
“This will send shockwaves through the system, and anyone involved in government waste, which is a lot of people!” Musk said.
Ramswamy also said he and Musk “will not go gently” shortly after Trump announced their new roles.
Musk and Ramaswamy are the latest additions to Trump’s administration after a busy few days loaded with appointments.
The latest include South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem for Homeland Security secretary, Fox News’ Pete Hegseth for defense secretary, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee as ambassador to Israel, and John Ratcliffe for CIA director.
Trump voters are not getting what they voted for. They voted for Trump haters to move out of the country. Why haven’t they kept their promise?
https://www.tiktok.com/@spoton_101/video/7435613994473344299
The Trump Effect is very real and very big. Here are 12 things that have happened since Trump won the election.
By Daniel Alman (aka Dan from Squirrel Hill)
November 11, 2024
Here are 12 things that have happened since Trump won the election. These are being referred to as the “Trump Effect.”
I give credit for most of the list to this video that was posted by the Liberty Daily, but I searched for better sources than what was in the video, and I am posting the best sources that I could find.
Credit goes to this video:
1) Reuters, November 7, 2024: “Palestinians, locked in war with Israel for more than a year, expressed fear at Donald Trump’s return to the White House, while the leaders of the militant group Hamas and the Palestinian Authority urged him to act for peace.”
2) Reuters, November 7, 2024: “Mexico’s migrant caravan breaking up after Trump victory sows uncertainty”
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-win-casts-doubt-future-mexicos-migrant-caravan-2024-11-07/
3) Sky News, November 7, 2024: “’Russia does not see Western civilisation as an enemy,’ says Vladimir Putin”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CN4Eq0vflCk
4) CNBC, November 7, 2024: China says it wants “peaceful coexistence” with the United States.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/07/china-urges-us-cooperation-as-trump-trade-threat-looms.html
5) Reuters, November 7, 2024: “Russia says West should negotiate end to Ukraine war based on current reality”
6) NPR, November 8, 2024: “Trump announced yesterday that his campaign manager, Susie Wiles, will be his White House chief of staff… She will be the first woman to hold the job.”
7) BRICS News, November 8, 2024: “The Taliban says it wants to strengthen relations with President Trump and be removed from the United States’ terrorist list.”
https://x.com/BRICSinfo/status/1854778634990416322
https://x.com/BRICSinfo/status/1854778634990416322
8) Barron’s, November 8, 2024: “EU Chief Suggested To Trump Buying US Gas Instead Of Russia’s”
https://www.barrons.com/news/eu-chief-suggested-to-trump-buying-us-gas-instead-of-russia-s-451c5356
9) The Hill, November 8, 2024: “NYC to end debit card program for migrant families”
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4980386-new-york-city-ending-migrant-debit-card-program/
10) CNN, November 9, 2024: “Qatar agrees to kick Hamas out of Doha”
https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/08/politics/qatar-hamas-doha-us-request/index.html
11) New York Post, November 10, 2024: “NYC phases out 2 hotels used as migrant shelters — and many other locations to shutter soon”
12) Reuters, November 11, 2024: “Wall Street hovers near record high as Trump-fueled rally continues”
https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/futures-build-trump-fueled-rally-tesla-jumps-2024-11-11/
Children’s book by British chef Jamie Oliver is withdrawn after criticism from Indigenous Australians
Children’s book by British chef Jamie Oliver is withdrawn after criticism from Indigenous Australians
November 11, 2024
A children’s book written by British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has been withdrawn from sale after it was criticised for causing offense to Indigenous Australians.
The Guardian newspaper reported Saturday that the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Corporation blasted “Billy And The Epic Escape,” which was published earlier this year, for employing a series of tropes and stereotypes about Indigenous Australians, including their relationships with the natural and spiritual worlds.
The group criticized one of the fantasy novel’s subplots, which tells the story of an Indigenous girl living in foster care, for contributing to the “erasure, trivialisation, and stereotyping of First Nations peoples and experiences.”
In a statement, Oliver, 49, said he was “devastated” to have caused offense and apologized “wholeheartedly.”
“It was never my intention to misinterpret this deeply painful issue,” he said. “Together with my publishers we have decided to withdraw the book from sale.”
Indigenous campaigners were particularly aghast that neither Oliver nor his publishers, Penguin Random House, had consulted with them before the novel was published.
“It is clear that our publishing standards fell short on this occasion, and we must learn from that and take decisive action,” the publisher said.
“With that in mind, we have agreed with our author, Jamie Oliver, that we will be withdrawing the book from sale.”
Oliver, who is in Australia promoting his latest recipe book, is among a long list of celebrities to have put their names to children’s books, a trend that has been criticized by many children’s authors, who say they are being crowded out of their market.
Oliver released his first children’s book, “Billy And The Giant Adventure,” last year and said in a social media post that he had “carefully chosen the font to make sure the text is as clear as possible” as dyslexic people like himself can find it hard to read.
Oliver, who rose to fame in 1999 with his book and television show “The Naked Chef,” has long campaigned on children’s food and nutrition and caused a furore in 2005 when he hit out at the nutritional value of some school dinners in the UK.
Actress Justine Bateman (Mallory from “Family Ties”) has been responding to election meltdown videos by commenting on the lighting, directing, acting, camera angles, etc. Heh heh heh.
https://x.com/JustineBateman/status/1855656052525576352
https://twitter.com/JustineBateman/status/1855656052525576352
https://x.com/JustineBateman/status/1855642514151047268
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https://x.com/JustineBateman/status/1855634455521525948
https://twitter.com/JustineBateman/status/1855634455521525948
https://x.com/JustineBateman/status/1855332807188369503
https://twitter.com/JustineBateman/status/1855332807188369503
https://x.com/JustineBateman/status/1855071578091860239
https://twitter.com/JustineBateman/status/1855071578091860239
FEMA confirms workers told to ‘avoid homes’ with Trump signs during hurricane response
FEMA confirms workers told to ‘avoid homes’ with Trump signs during hurricane response
November 8, 2024
By Caitlyn Frolo
An employee with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) told relief workers responding to Category 3 Hurricane Milton in Florida to “avoid homes” with signs in support of now-President-elect Donald Trump, the agency now confirms.
The Daily Wire reports FEMA Supervisor Marn’i Washington informed workers verbally and via a Microsoft Teams chat while they responded to a Lake Placid community.
In a best practices memo, Washington wrote “Avoid homes advertising Trump,” the outlet reported.
At least 20 different homes with Trump signs or flags were passed following the storm because of the order, FEMA employees told The Daily Wire.
FEMA’s tracking system contained messages like “Trump sign no entry per leader,” the employees told the outlet.
Because of the order, residents living in those homes were unable to sign up for federal disaster relief aid.
A FEMA spokesperson confirmed the reports to The New York Post on Friday, noting the agency was “deeply disturbed” by the employee’s actions.
“While we believe this is an isolated incident, we have taken measures to remove the employee from their role and are investigating the matter to prevent this from happening ever again,” the spokesperson told the Post.
FEMA ‘horrified’ after confirming workers directed to ‘avoid homes’ with Trump signs in hurricane-ravaged Florida community
FEMA ‘horrified’ after confirming workers directed to ‘avoid homes’ with Trump signs in hurricane-ravaged Florida community
By Victor Nava
November 8, 2024
A Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) supervisor told disaster relief workers in Florida to “avoid homes” with signs supporting President-elect Donald Trump, the agency confirmed Friday.
The FEMA official — Marn’i Washington — conveyed her edict both verbally and in a Microsoft Teams chat used by relief workers canvassing Lake Placid homes ravaged by Hurricane Milton last month, according to the Daily Wire.
“Avoid homes advertising Trump,” Washington wrote in a “best practices” memo to employees.
The order was the second bullet point in a list instructing workers to not go “anywhere alone,” practice “de-escalation,” stay hydrated and to “follow the rules.”
FEMA employees told the outlet that at least 20 homes displaying Trump signs or flags — a common sight during election season — were passed between the end of October and into November because of the order.
“Trump sign no entry per leadership,” read messages left by workers in FEMA’s tracking system when homes were skipped because of the banners.
By ignoring the homes, residents were denied the opportunity to sign up for federal FEMA disaster relief assistance in the wake of the Category 3 hurricane’s landfall.
A FEMA spokesperson confirmed that orders to bypass the homes of Trump supporters were given, and said that the agency was “deeply disturbed by this employee’s actions.”
“FEMA helps all survivors regardless of their political preference or affiliation and we are deeply disturbed by this employee’s actions,” the agency spokesperson told The Post Friday night.
“While we believe this is an isolated incident, we have taken measures to remove the employee from their role and are investigating the matter to prevent this from happening ever again,” they added.
“The employee who issued this guidance had no authority and was given no direction to tell teams to avoid these homes, and we are reaching out to the people who may have not been reached as a result of this incident.
“We are horrified that this took place and therefore have taken extreme actions to correct this situation and have ensured that the matter was addressed at all levels,” the rep said.
Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis fumed over the incident Friday, arguing that it was emblematic of the Harris-Biden administration’s “weaponization” of government.
“The blatant weaponization of government by partisan activists in the federal bureaucracy is yet another reason why the Biden-Harris administration is in its final days,” DeSantis wrote on X.
“At my direction, the Division of Emergency Management is launching an investigation into the federal government’s targeted discrimination of Floridians who support Donald Trump,” he added.
“New leadership is on the way in DC, and I’m optimistic that these partisan bureaucrats will be fired.”
The FEMA supervisor’s guidance was issued after the Harris-Biden administration came under fire from Trump, Vice President-elect JD Vance and residents of areas affected by Hurricane Helene over the federal government’s brutally slow response to the disaster.
FEMA employees told the Daily Wire that Washington has not been punished for the guidance — and was simply shifted to a different Florida county. However, a FEMA spokesperson told The Post that Washington is “no longer working in the state of Florida or in any FEMA operations at this moment” pending the outcome of an investigation.
The Post has reached out to Trump’s campaign for comment.
Election Denial Conspiracy Theories Are Exploding on X. This Time They’re Coming From the Left
https://www.wired.com/story/election-denial-conspiracy-theories-x-left-blueanon/
Election Denial Conspiracy Theories Are Exploding on X. This Time They’re Coming From the Left
Conspiracy theories about missing votes—which are not, in fact, missing—and something being “not right” are being spread widely on X in the wake of Donald Trump’s election victory.
By David Gilbert
November 6, 2024
It took just minutes for the conspiracy theories about the 2024 US presidential election to flood Elon Musk’s X platform after Donald Trump was announced as the winner in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
The number of posts casting doubt on the election results and calling for a recount exploded on Wednesday morning, according to data from research company PeakMetrics. At noon Eastern time, posts on centibillionaire Elon Musk’s X platform peaked at 94,000 posts per hour. Many of the posts received significant amplification on X, with numerous posts reviewed by WIRED receiving more than 1 million views.
“How can we have had record turnout and twenty million fewer votes cast nationally?” author John Pavlovitz wrote in a post viewed 5.3 million times.
Gordon Crovitz, the CEO of NewsGuard, told WIRED that the term “Trump cheated” was trending on X on Wednesday morning. “There are 92,100 mentions of ‘Trump cheated’ on X since midnight,” Crovitz said.
The exact details of the conspiracy theories are still being ironed out by those promoting them, but for the Harris supporters sharing them, her loss was reason enough to indulge in pushing baseless disinformation about the election being stolen. Meanwhile, the massive pro-Trump election denial movement that sprung up in the wake of the 2020 election remained virtually silent on Wednesday morning, in comparison to the flood of content it shared in the days and weeks leading up to the election.
“It doesn’t matter whether baseless allegations about voting irregularities come from the right or the left,” says Nina Jankowicz, the former Biden administration disinformation czar who is now CEO of the American Sunlight Project. “The impact on our system of these lies is the same: People will end up trusting the infrastructure of democracy less, setting us up for more disinformation and disengagement. These drop-offs in trust take decades to undo. Take a look at countries in Eastern Europe that have been attempting to rebuild trust in the system since the ‘90s. We should all be wary of these allegations, no matter their source.”
The posts calling for a recount used a variety of hashtags including #donotconcedekamala and phrases like “math ain’t mathing.” Many of them contained vague claims that “something is very off.” The one specific claim being made by many of these accounts suggests that there are 20 million “missing votes.”
While at publication time the Associated Press’ vote count was indeed 16 million votes lower than that for the 2020 election, the explanation is trivially simple: The entirety of the vote hasn’t been tabulated yet.
“Election denial is anti-democratic, whether it comes from the left or the right,” David Becker, executive director of the nonpartisan Center for Election Innovation and Research, wrote on X. “No, 20 million votes aren’t missing. Votes are still being counted in many states, including millions in CA alone. Number of votes in 2024 very close to 2020, when all are reported.”
Posts relating to these conspiracy theories began to gain traction around 2 am Eastern, PeakMetrics data shows, which coincides roughly with the time the election was called for Trump—but even as Americans went to bed, the number of posts did not decline.
“By 8 am ET, the number of posts per hour had surged to 31,991,” PeakMetrics wrote in an analysis shared with WIRED. “There was perhaps a surprising lack of overnight drop-off in posts from 2 am to 7 am ET—when typically posts would decline as the US hits sleeping hours. The steady increase in posts on the Kamala recount/missing votes narrative throughout the overnight hours may simply reflect the intensity of this discussion—or may point to inauthentic or automated posting behavior.”
Unlike the election denial movement in 2020, which was inspired by Trump’s refusal to accept the results, these conspiracy theories haven’t received any support from the candidate. On Wednesday, Harris urged her supporters to accept the results and assured them her team “will engage in a peaceful transfer of power.”
The phenomenon of left-leaning or anti-Trump accounts posting conspiracy theories on social media platforms, referred to as BlueAnon, came to prominence earlier this year in the wake of the assassination attempt on Trump’s life in July.
“Any event that seems improbable will always invite conspiracy theories about what ‘really’ happened,” says Mike Rothschild, an author who writes about conspiracy theories and extremists. “In this case, it’s a factually incorrect narrative that there are tens of millions of missing votes and that Russian bomb threats sabotaged the Harris campaign. Neither are true—turnout appears to be down, and many states, including California, are still well into counting. And while bomb threats are never acceptable, they’re not the reason why the Harris campaign lost every swing state. To write Trump’s win off to conspiracy theories is to not live in reality.”
While the leaders of the election denial movement miraculously did not find any voting-related conspiracies to share in the wake of Trump’s victory—unlike in 2020, when he lost—some of those figures could not help but indulge in some conspiratorial thinking.
Dinesh D’Souza, who published a debunked and recalled book about ballot mules rigging the 2020 election, capitalized on the missing votes narrative to prove his claims about the 2020 election were right all along.
“Kamala got 60 million votes in 2024,” D’Sousa wrote on X in a post viewed 3 million times. “Does anyone really believe Biden got 80 million in 2020? Where did those 20 million Democratic voters go? The truth is, they never existed. I think we can put the lie about Biden’s 80 million votes to rest once and for all.”
Right-wing YouTuber Benny Johnson made similar claims in a post viewed more than 17 million times.
Meanwhile, in the Telegram channels and WhatsApp groups that were formed to push election conspiracy theories, many of the leaders of the groups were patting themselves on the back for foiling the theft of another election.
“I wonder if this is how a soldier feels when he returns home and people thank him for his service,” Douglas Frank, who left his job as an Ohio high school math teacher to become a minor celebrity in the election denial world, wrote on his Telegram channel. “It’s hard to take any credit; he just did his part, and he thinks of his friends that did not return home. And the war is far from over; I think we still have rough days ahead. See you in the battlefield.”
Dems open can of worms by asking about millions of 2020 Biden voters who somehow disappeared in 2024
https://x.com/zerohedge/status/1854144250562429081
Dems open can of worms by asking about millions of 2020 Biden voters who somehow disappeared in 2024
By Joseph MacKinnon
November 7, 2024
Democrats and the media unwittingly highlighted the anomalous nature of Biden’s support in 2020.
American citizens who in recent years raised questions about possible voter fraud in the 2020 election were censored, deplatformed, and stigmatized. The results of the 2024 election appear, however, to have vindicated such skeptics, at least in their understanding that there was something anomalous about the number of votes Joe Biden supposedly received.
The official story regarding the 2020 election is that President Donald Trump received 74.2 million votes and Biden received 81.2 million votes — a combined total of over 155 million votes.
According to Decision Desk HQ’s latest count, Trump secured over 73.2 million votes in Tuesday’s election and Kamala Harris received 68.6 million votes — a combined total of around 141.8 million, with some votes still left to be counted in states such as California. At the time of publication, CNN had the numbers at 72.8 million for Trump and 68.1 million for Harris.
For some sense of historical context, in 2016, Trump secured 62.9 million votes and Hillary Clinton secured 65.8 million votes, and in 2012, former Utah Sen. Mitt Romney netted 60.9 million votes and President Barack Obama secured 65.9 million votes.
Harris’ performance, as measured by the popular vote, appears to be more or less in line with Clinton’s and Obama’s. Biden’s supposed result, on the other hand, stands out like a sore thumb.
On Wednesday, Democrats and their allies in the liberal media started asking how they could have record turnout in the 2024 election yet still have Harris net tens of millions fewer voters than Biden did four years ago. By raising this question and in some cases suggesting that Trump must have cheated, Democrats unwittingly prompted renewed concerns among their counterparts about the legitimacy of the previous election.
Zerohedge shared a graph on X comparing the popular vote results in the 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2024 elections, writing, “Sorry to beat a dead horse, but can we go back to what happened here?”
“Yes, let’s do go back. American voters want and deserve to know precisely where 81 million ‘votes’ appeared from and how all the official 2020 evidence collected via courts and states has never been properly analyzed, summarized and presented,” wrote Rasmussen Reports. “It’s a huge public topic.”
BlazeTV contributor T.J. Moe responded, “There is not a single honest person in America, who believes Joe Biden get [sic] 81 million votes. Last night made it clear 2020 was stolen. History will acknowledge this.”
Former Republican National Committee spokeswoman Madison Gesiotto Gilbert asked, “Where’d all the Democrats go?”
The glaring discrepancy also caught the eye of last-minute Trump supporter Joe Rogan, who noted on his show after Trump’s latest landslide victory, “It’s so crazy. You look at it and you go, ‘Is this real?'”
Rogan noted that the consensus in the lead-up to the 2024 election was that it was “one of the most consequential elections ever,” such that there was some expectation that voters would turn out for Harris in similar numbers as they supposedly had for Biden in 2020.
“Look at the difference in how many people voted for Biden in 2020. It’s unprecedented. It’s way higher than any other time,” said Rogan. “This is what’s crazy: They’re consistent. Look, they’re all like 60 — look at where the number is. It’s all like 65 million. … Every f***ing time except 2020, and in 2020 it goes way the f*** up.”
Nathan Hughes of Arkansas, one of the Jan. 6 protesters prosecuted by the Biden-Harris Department of Justice, noted, “Obama got 69M votes. Kamala got 68M votes. But they want us to believe Joe Biden somehow got 81M votes and won, despite losing nearly every bellweather county? They raided our homes and sent us to jail for asking where those extra 13M votes came from.”
Hughes speculated, “They couldn’t manufacture and pump them into the system like they did during Covid.”
When pressed about what might have changed, YouTuber David Freiheit, known under his online pseudonym “Viva Frei,” similarly suggested that this time around,
they didn’t have limitless ballots like they did in 2020. In 2020 they mailed out ballots to everyone. Changed the rules for indefinite confinement, drop boxes, never did signature matches in Georgia, etc. It was designed to facilitate ballot harvesting so they could just come up with the ballots to meet whatever number was required to win the election. Plus they had the cover of Twitter which was not yet controlled by Elon. And the courts never stepped in like they did this time around.
Some conservatives are hopeful that with a Republican trifecta at the federal level, there will soon be answers and accountability.
“This entire phony thing is getting swept out,” the newly liberated Steve Bannon said ahead of Trump’s victory speech Wednesday morning. “Biden’s getting swept out. Kamala Harris is getting swept out. MSNBC is getting swept out. The Justice Department is getting swept out. The FBI’s getting swept out. You people suck, OK? And now you’re going to pay the price for trying to destroy this country.”
Bannon, who has long complained about alleged election shenanigans in 2020, added, “[Trump] may be empathetic. He may have a kind heart. He may be a good man. But we’re not. And you deserve … not retribution, justice.”
The liberal media rushed to reassure the public the 2020 election was legitimate.
The Associated Press — which has done a great deal in recent months to undermine its credibility, particularly with false reports about Israel’s defensive war against Hamas, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), and Project 2025 — published a “fact-check” Wednesday titled, “FACT FOCUS: A multimillion vote gap between 2020 and 2024 fuels false election narratives.”
The AP article stated that “claims of widespread fraud in 2020 have been debunked countless times” and suggested that the final count might greatly narrow the delta between Biden’s unprecedented result and Harris’ more conventional result.
Once the remainder of the votes are counted and finalized, Americans will have a better sense of exactly how anomalous the 2020 election really was.
Alman’s conjecture: The more expensive a college’s tuition is, the more insane its students are.
By Daniel Alman (aka Dan from Squirrel Hill)
November 8, 2024
Alman’s conjecture: The more expensive a college’s tuition is, the more insane its students are.
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https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/11/7/harvard-students-react-donald-trump-reelection/
Harvard Professors Cancel Classes as Students Feel Blue After Trump Win
Students awoke to a somber campus following Donald Trump’s reelection to the presidency early Wednesday morning. “My heart dropped a little bit,” one student said.
By Madeleine A. Hung and Azusa M. Lippit
November 7, 2024
At 7 a.m. on Wednesday, Sophia R. Mammucari ’28 woke up to a phone call from her mom — and the news that Donald Trump had been officially reelected.
“I still had some hope that she was going to win by a small amount. And then I woke up this morning, and that’s not what happened,” Mammucari said. “I probably cried for like an hour.”
On election night, students gathered at viewing parties hosted by friends, House tutors, the Institute of Politics, and the Harvard Republican Club to watch results roll in.
The next morning, they woke up to a somber campus.
When Samantha M. Holtz ’28 googled the presidential election’s outcome before her Wednesday morning swim practice, her “heart dropped a little bit.”
“Being at Harvard, I was surrounded by a lot of people who were very pro-Harris, so in my mind it was already a decided election,” Holtz said. “It was a little bit shocking to me.”
Luke P. Kushner ’27 said he was “really, really disappointed” by the presidential election results.
“Very early on in the night, it became pretty clear that it was going to go in the direction of Trump,” Kushner said. “I went to bed before they called it, and at that point I was pretty resigned.”
‘Space to Process’
In Harvard’s freshman dining hall Wednesday morning, Holtz joined a teammate to eat breakfast with College Dean Rakesh Khurana.
According to Holtz, Khurana told students to “let yourself feel a bunch of emotions about how this is going to impact us in the future, and listen to other people and how they feel about it too.”
Some professors also encouraged students to process in the aftermath of the election, adjusting course requirements in kind.
Courses such as Sociology 1156: “Statistics for Social Sciences” and Applied Math 22a: “Solving and Optimizing,” as well as several General Education courses — 1074: “The Ancient Greek Hero” and 1111: “Popular Culture and Modern China” among them — canceled their Wednesday classes, made attendance optional, or extended assignment deadlines.
The move echoes the aftermath of Trump’s first win in 2016, when professors postponed exams and changed lesson plans to lighten students’ schedules.
Economics lecturer Maxim Boycko wrote in a Wednesday email to students in Economics 1010a: “Intermediate Microeconomics” that the course’s typical in-class quizzes would be optional.
“As we recover from the eventful election night and process the implications of Trump’s victory, please know that class will proceed as usual today, except that classroom quizzes will not be for credit,” Boycko wrote. “Feel free to take time off if needed.”
Jack A. Kelly ’26 said he “was tempted to say ‘no’ to class today.”
“I had some professors that have been like, ‘If you need to not come to class, that’s understandable,’” he added. “This definitely takes a toll on people’s mental wellbeing.”
Throughout Wednesday, student organizations, faculty, and House tutors also offered chances to come to terms with the election results.
Physics professor Jennifer E. Hoffman ’99 wrote in an email to physics students and faculty that her office would be “a space to process the election.”
“Many in our community are sleep-deprived, again grieving for glass ceilings that weren’t shattered, fearful for the future, or embarrassed to face our international colleagues,” she wrote. “I stress-baked several pans of lemon bars to share.”
A ‘Very Dark Moment’
For many College students, Trump’s policy proposals mark a source of despair for the next four years.
“Long term, I’m very concerned about Trump’s policies and the things that he has endorsed,” Kushner said. “Trump’s attitude towards democracy and the norms that we have in this country are really, really concerning.”
Kelly, who is enrolled in a class about healthcare, said he is particularly aware of Trump’s potential impact on American medical systems.
“We have an exam next week about the Affordable Care Act and other kinds of healthcare policies,” he said. “A lot of what we’re learning might become moot if the ACA and the progress that was made under that law is repealed in the second Trump administration.”
Eleanor M. Powell ’25 said she is especially worried about Trump’s impact on the judicial system.
“I’m really worried about the court — and not just the Supreme Court, all of the courts where he will be able to appoint judges,” Powell said. “I think we’re in for a very dark moment in the 21st century’s history.”
Several students attributed their emotional reactions to Trump’s rhetoric toward minority groups across the U.S.
“I just couldn’t believe that Donald Trump won, because he is literally a felon, he’s a criminal, and he’s a racist,” Rachele D. Chung ’28 said. “I just can’t believe America voted that way.”
“I feel really sad for the state of women,” Claire V. Miller ’28 said. “If the candidate hadn’t been a Black woman — like if it had been a white man who was just younger than Trump and mentally sharp — I think they could’ve won.”
Victor E. Flores ’25, co-president of the Harvard College Democrats, said he was afraid for the “countless people” who could be affected by Trump’s policies.
“There are marginalized communities across the country that are waiting and watching to see what will happen,” he said. “I am certainly disappointed by these results.”
‘We’re Not Going Anywhere’
For politically engaged Harvard students in groups like Harvard College Democrats and the IOP, Trump’s win marked the conclusion of months of heavy campaigning.
Harvard College Democrats Co-President Tova L. Kaplan ’26 praised the students who have been “working incredibly hard” campaigning for Kamala Harris.
“Those networks that we’ve built and the skills that we’ve built — in students organizing, canvassing, political communications, community building, issue area, advocacy and more — are going to be all the more crucial in this fight ahead,” she said. “We’re not going anywhere.”
Alexander H. Lee ’27 said while results were not what he was hoping for, he is motivated to focus on local politics and “make the best out of what we have right now.”
Though students on both sides of the political aisle fought hard for their preferred candidate, IOP President Pratyush Mallick ’25 said he enjoyed seeing bipartisan “unity” at the IOP watch party and “super high” voter turnout.
With the end of the presidential campaigns, Mallick added that students interested in careers in presidential administration have entered a “transition process.”
“Many people who are thinking about pursuing careers in a Harris administration might explore opportunities and other avenues of public service and walk down those pathways,” he said. “And people who are kind of doing the vice versa might look to transition over to the Trump administration.”
‘A Lot More Vocal’
With Trump’s return to the Oval Office, some students said, Harvard’s campus may see a surge in conservative activism despite its usual “blue tint.”
Many students agreed that support for Trump is strong in limited conservative pockets, including the Harvard Republican Club — which endorsed Trump in July — and the Salient, a conservative student magazine which has published pro-Trump content this year.
According to Chung, Harvard students with more conservative beliefs tend to be quieter, but student Democrats “scream it from the rooftops.”
But in the aftermath of the election, some students predict a change.
“I’m very clear eyed about what this election means in terms of emboldening misogynistic, racist, hateful rhetoric,” Kaplan said.
“I don’t know to what extent that will trickle down to Harvard,” she added, but “we’re going to do our best to make sure that it doesn’t.”
“I think that the Trump supporters will now be a lot more vocal on this campus which, free speech is great, but there might be more animosity,” Mammacuri said.
Jara A. Emtage-Cave ’25, a student on the women’s rugby team, said pro-Trump sentiment seemed to gain traction even before November.
“In the past two weeks before the election, I’ve encountered a lot more people who are pro-Trump, specifically in the athletics community,” Emtage-Cave said.
Following the election, Akash D. Anandam ’28 said he assumed a handful of Harvard students were “popping champagne.”
On Tuesday night, HRC was indeed gleefully ushering in a second Trump presidency.
“It is morning again in America!” HRC President Michael Oved ’25 wrote in a statement to The Crimson Wednesday morning.
“I am pleased that the Harvard Republican Club played a part in this remarkable victory and historic comeback of President Trump,” Oved wrote. “It’s now time for us all to come together, unite around our new President, and tackle the issues that face our country.”
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