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For Arab Americans and Muslims in newly red Dearborn, a mix of defiance, ambivalence, fear

For Arab Americans and Muslims in newly red Dearborn, a mix of defiance, ambivalence, fear

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DEARBORN, Mich. (RNS and NPR) — Jumana Judeh understands why so many in her Arab American community voted the way they did in last week’s presidential election, even as she had tried to get them to change their mind, endorsing Kamala Harris in the final days before the election. “It wasn’t the outcome that I was hoping for. But at the same time, I think the Arab community got their message across that we could no longer be taken for granted,” said Judeh, a Christian and a Palestinian American. “Even though we’ve paid a heavy price. “I’m scared. I have no clue what Trump is going to do. I don’t think Trump knows what he’s going to do,” she added. Home to one of the largest Arab American communities in the country, Dearborn, Michigan, has long been considered a Democratic stronghold. This election, the city went Republican for the first time since 9/11, with 42% voting for former President Donald Trump and only 36% supporting Vice President Harris. Nearly 1 in 5 voted for third-party …

One Door at a Time | William Neuman

One Door at a Time | William Neuman

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In mid-October I arrived in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, to canvass voters for the Kamala Harris campaign. The fall colors were in riot: it was a magnificent display of the kind I hadn’t seen in years. Against the cloudless sky the reds and yellows were heightened by golden sunlight. Then one night a strong wind blew all the color away, leaving only the brown oak leaves that hang on stubbornly through the winter. A few weeks later, Donald Trump painted the county—and the state—red again.  According to the Harris campaign’s database, between October 15 and election day I knocked on the doors of more than eight hundred voters and spoke to more than two hundred of them. Eventually I was assigned to train other canvassers. The eastern edge of Monroe County, on the Delaware River, is just an hour’s drive from the Holland Tunnel. Waves of volunteers poured in from New York (where I live), New Jersey, and other nearby states. Some came from as far as California, Oregon, and Hawaii. Such was the urgency to …

‘SNL’ Cast Attempts to Get on Trump’s Good Side After Election Results

‘SNL’ Cast Attempts to Get on Trump’s Good Side After Election Results

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The cast of Saturday Night Live kicked off their post-election show trying to get on Donald Trump‘s good side after he defeated Kamala Harris in the 2024 election earlier in the week. The cold open got underway with castmembers Bowen Yang, Heidi Gardner, Marcello Hernández, Ego Nwodim, Sarah Sherman, Kenan Thompson and Colin Jost speaking directly to the camera in a serious manner. “On Tuesday, Americans went to the polls and elected Donald Trump to be the next president of the United States,” Yang says as Nwodim continues, “To many people, including many people watching this show right now, the results were shocking and even horrifying.” “Donald Trump, who tried to forcibly overturn the results of the last election, was returned to office by an overwhelming majority,” Gardner says as Thompson adds, “This is the same Donald Trump who openly called for vengeance against his political enemies.” Yang and Nwodim continue, “Now thanks to the Supreme Court, there are no guard rails, nothing to protect the people who are brave enough to speak out against him.” …

Jimmy Carter achieves record-breaker status at 100 after exciting announcement

Jimmy Carter achieves record-breaker status at 100 after exciting announcement

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At 100 years old, Jimmy Carter is the oldest living president — a record breaking feat, beating George H. W. Bush who passed away on November 30, 2018 aged 94 years old.  © Scott CunninghamFormer president Jimmy Carter prior to the game between the Atlanta Falcons and the Cincinnati Bengals at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on September 30, 2018 But that isn’t the only milestone that the former president has achieved, as he broke another record recently that may surprise the nation. Jimmy joined the likes of Beyoncé and Taylor Swift in receiving a Grammy nomination on November 8, making him the oldest Grammy nominee of all time, according to the BBC. © NurPhotoFormer U.S. President Jimmy Carter speaks to the congregation at Maranatha Baptist Church before teaching Sunday school in his hometown of Plains, Georgia on April 28, 2019 The former president was nominated for his tenth Grammy, specifically his spoken-word album, which he released on his 100th birthday, featuring recordings from his final Sunday School lesson at Maranatha Baptist Church in his hometown, Plains, Georgia. …

Clergy prepare to preach into the post-election whirlwind

Clergy prepare to preach into the post-election whirlwind

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(RNS) — As they mount their pulpits this weekend (Nov. 8-10), clergy of several faiths said that they expect emotions to be swirling still from President-elect Donald Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris. Often facing a constellation of feelings in the pews, many are working on strategies if not for healing, then at least not ignoring the subject.  “The big ‘do’ is talk about it: Find some way to talk about it,” said the Rev. Leah Schade, president of the Academy of Homiletics, a 200-member organization of teachers and graduate students of preaching. “The big ‘don’t’ is don’t just pretend like it didn’t happen.” Schade, who also teaches at Lexington Theological Seminary in Kentucky, said she has been recommending the same do’s and don’ts for sermons during “very fraught, very fractious” election seasons since 2016. Preachers are turning to webinars, directories of appropriate liturgies and moral support from each other as they determine how to address their congregants. Schade said focusing on the message that “all people are created in God’s image,” no matter …

Trump calls for investigation of ‘rumors’ he plans to sell Trump Media stock

Trump calls for investigation of ‘rumors’ he plans to sell Trump Media stock

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This illustration shows an image of President-elect Donald Trump next to a phone screen that is displaying the Truth Social app, in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 21, 2022. Stefani Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Trump Media shares soared Friday after President-elect Donald Trump reaffirmed he has no plans to sell off his stake in the Truth Social operator, and called on authorities to investigate whoever suggested otherwise. Trump’s announcement, posted on Truth Social, was his first personally written statement since his stunning victory against Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris in Tuesday’s presidential election. DJT shares shot up more than 10% immediately following Trump’s post, triggering a temporary trading halt due to volatility. “There are fake, untrue, and probably illegal rumors and/or statements made by, perhaps, market manipulators or short sellers, that I am interested in selling shares of Truth,” the Republican said in the post Friday morning. “THOSE RUMORS OR STATEMENTS ARE FALSE. I HAVE NO INTENTION OF SELLING!” Trump said. “I hereby request that the people who have set off these fake rumors …

Canvassers for Elon Musk’s America PAC Were Fired and Stranded in Michigan After Speaking Out

Canvassers for Elon Musk’s America PAC Were Fired and Stranded in Michigan After Speaking Out

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“Our subcontractors never should have driven their canvassers in a U-Haul van and those involved were immediately reprimanded,” Tim Pollard of Blitz Canvassing tells WIRED. On Wednesday, October 30, Muldrow and her fellow door knockers were fired hours after the publication of the WIRED story. At first, some people had trouble logging into Campaign Sidekick, the glitchy app used by America PAC for canvassing. There was confusion before they were finally told it was over: “Everyone is fired,” said Jones, who served as the door knockers’ manager, in a GroupMe chat, according to screenshots obtained by WIRED. Jones did not reply to a request for comment. Muldrow thought Jones might be joking about everyone getting fired, but some of the door knockers noticed they had been locked out of Campaign Sidekick, according to the group chat. “I called my mom immediately,” Muldrow says. “My mom told me I was overreacting because, it’s [my] cousin, so she was like, ‘Oh, maybe she’s playing a joke on you guys. Don’t take it literal.’ And my mom was …

Harrison Ford Endorses Kamala Harris-Tim Walz Days Before 2024 Election

Harrison Ford Endorses Kamala Harris-Tim Walz Days Before 2024 Election

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Harrison Ford is casting his vote in this year’s presidential election for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. The Shrinking star released three videos in partnership with the Harris-Walz campaign, where he explained his decision to support the vice president and Minnesota governor over Donald Trump. “When dozens of former members of the Trump administration are sounding alarms, saying, ‘For God’s sake, don’t do this again,’ you have to pay attention,” Ford said in one video (above). “They’re telling us something important. These aren’t soft people. They’re governors, generals, standing up against the leader of the party they spent their lives advocating for.” He explained that for many people, this will be the first time they’ve ever voted for someone who doesn’t have an “R” for Republican next to the names listed because “they know this really matters.” “The truth is this, Kamala Harris will protect your right to disagree with her about policies or ideas, and then, as we have done for centuries, we’ll debate them. We’ll work on them together, and we’ll move forward,” …

Muslim Americans face a tough choice, but we have to refuse to empower Trump

Muslim Americans face a tough choice, but we have to refuse to empower Trump

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(RNS) — Determined after the horrors of the first Trump presidency not to see another, in 2020 I gathered a diverse team of Muslim Americans from around New Jersey to form NJ Muslims for Biden. In the 2020 election cycle, we made more than 136,000 calls in partnership with the Muslim political organizing group Emgage Action, helping to turn out more than 50,000 Muslim voters in Pennsylvania. We were part of a broad coalition that was the margin of victory in that election.  I never imagined then that four years later our Muslim American community would be confronted with such a difficult choice. Many Muslims view Harris as simply an extension of Biden, a president who has seemingly heartlessly funded a war and with American bombs enabled catastrophic harm to our Palestinian and Lebanese siblings and children.  A longtime progressive Muslim American Democrat, I understand this anti-Biden sentiment. Like my community, I feel abandoned and betrayed by a party that has stood silently by as civilian men, women and children have been targeted en masse …

Kamala Harris Advertisement Draws Inspiration from Carrie Mae Weems

Kamala Harris Advertisement Draws Inspiration from Carrie Mae Weems

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As part of her national campaign advertisements, Democratic presidential hopeful Kamala Harris was lent imagery from artist Carrie Mae Weems‘s landmark “Kitchen Table” series from 1990. The video, titled Kamala’s Table, began airing on October 30 on streaming and digital platforms in key battleground states. Weems most recently made headlines last month for receiving a National Medal of Arts. Her famed “Kitchen Table” series shows Black women posing around a kitchen table, with the artist herself appearing in these photographs. The Harris ad, which is aimed at working-class Black, Latino, Asian and women voters, shows photographs of the Democratic Presidential candidate during her childhood and on the campaign trail in an effort to support the Democratic candidate at the polls on November 5. Related Articles “The kitchen table. It’s where we gather with family. It’s where we eat together, pay our bills. It’s where Kamala Harris learned the importance of serving the people,” the voiceover explains. The ad then continues to outline some of Harris’s key election promises, among them family tax credits and a proposal …