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Elon Musk made headlines by joining former President Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, where Trump survived an assassination attempt. This event was immediately followed by the announcement of Elon Musk’s support.

Musk arrived at the rally wearing a black MAGA cap. He strangely jumped on stage several times before addressing the crowd and referring to himself as “Dark MAGA”.

Billionaire tech executive Elon Musk spoke at a rally for Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, where the former president survived an assassination attempt in July. pic.twitter.com/j0khkrruCq

— The Associated Press (@AP) October 6, 2024

Elon Musk’s enthusiastic attitude, which included jumping near the podium to galvanize supporters for the 2024 presidential elections, was described as “bizarre” online.

Numerous comments on the subject quickly went viral, including on his own social network X (formerly Twitter).

This is the first time Musk has appeared in public alongside Trump since the billionaire voiced his support at an event hosted by Trump, cementing their political alliance. Musk even affirmed his full allegiance by declaring himself “Dark MAGA”.

The expression “Dark MAGA” is also used by far-right groups to refer to Trump supporters who wish to see Trump as an authoritarian leader capable of heroically restoring America by any means necessary.

Memes depicting Trump as the Terminator, Rambo or savior Jesus, as well as portraits depicting him in heroic fashion, mainly come from this movement.

Indeed, Musk emphasized this in his speech, stating that the true test of Trump’s character lies in his behavior under pressure, particularly after his assassination attempt, and his bravery. Musk, who is spreading more misinformation online than ever before, claims that Trump is the only one capable of fighting back against the Democrats who seek to suppress their freedoms of speech, their right to bear arms and their right to vote. In an alarming tone, he argues that the only person capable of saving future elections is Trump.

Nothing less…

CNN deployed several journalists, including Anderson Cooper, to various Florida towns to provide live coverage of the arrival of the powerful Hurricane Milton.

During his report, Cooper expressed his surprise at the sudden intensification of the storm’s winds and rapidly rising waters, at which point a large piece of debris hit him in the face.

CNN's Anderson Cooper Smacked by Flying Debris Covering Hurricane Milton | Click to read more 👇 https://t.co/rl405bjOOg

— TMZ (@TMZ) October 10, 2024

The consequences could have been serious for the CNN reporter, who was not injured by the debris of unknown material that struck him.

Cooper reacted to being hit in the face during his live report, before continuing his description of events as if nothing had happened.

However, a few moments later, another piece of debris, this time made of Styrofoam and carried along by the storm, fell at his feet. Anderson Cooper was able to pick it up to show CNN viewers.

The CNN star then moved to a safer location, but video of the incident quickly went viral on social networks.

Milton left a trail of destruction along Florida’s west coast from the evening of October 9, but also affected the east coast, where several unfortunately fatal tornadoes occurred.

This powerful Category 3 storm made landfall at Siesta Key in the evening, bringing heavy rain and winds that caused power outages and extensive damage across much of Florida.

While many people had to obey evacuation notices, some brave and some foolhardy braved the storm, including journalists, of course, but also many amateur storm chasers sharing their images on social networks.

In it, Bob Woodward makes a number of explosive revelations about what President Joe Biden is alleged to have said in private about Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Benjamin Netanyahu… but one name in particular catches the eye: Biden is said to have voiced harsh criticism of his former running mate, Barack Obama.

According to CNN, which obtained a copy of the book War, written by the famous investigative journalist who revealed the Watergate scandal, Joe Biden, while in the midst of the conflict between Ukraine and Russia following the violent invasion orchestrated by Vladimir Putin on February 24, 2022, reportedly expressed harsh criticism of a former decision by Barack Obama dating back to 2014, during the invasion of Crimea.

Russia’s invasion of Crimea began in February 2014, when Russian forces took control of the peninsula. This action was widely condemned by the international community, which imposed sanctions on Moscow, but without further measures.

Crimea was quickly annexed in March, and Joe Biden now blames then-President Barack Obama for doing nothing to prevent this seizure of Ukrainian territory by Vladimir Putin.

In the face of the devastation left by the Russian attack on Ukrainian territory, Joe Biden has criticized former President Barack Obama’s handling of Vladimir Putin’s 2014 invasion of Crimea, claiming that Obama never took Putin seriously as a real threat.

“Barack never took Putin seriously,” he reportedly said.

According to CNN, Woodward’s book also reveals that Joe Biden wanted to make it perfectly clear from the very first days of his presidency that Kamala Harris was certainly the qualified candidate ready to replace him at any moment.

Biden acted accordingly when he decided to withdraw from the 2024 elections, disappointed that he hadn’t sensed that Obama wanted him to take over, even though Biden himself was vice-president at the time.

In his book, Woodward reveals that Anthony Blinken, the U.S. Secretary of State, said of Kamala Harris’s endorsement that “Biden felt like he didn’t get that from President Obama in 2016.”

Blinken added: “He was disappointed. He felt that, as vice president, this was the normal and natural order of things.”

Many more details are revealed in the book War, due for release on November 15.

According to excerpts published by CNN, which received a copy of Bob Woodward’s book War ahead of its scheduled release on October 15, Joe Biden expressed several inflammatory remarks about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, or “Bibi Netanyahu”, as he likes to call him.

“What’s your strategy, man?” Biden asked Netanyahu during an April phone call, Woodward reports.

“We have to go into Rafah,” Netanyahu said.

“Bibi, you’ve got no strategy.” Biden responded.

– from @realBobWoodward's upcoming "War" https://t.co/JZh83WMhy4

— Shalom Lipner (@ShalomLipner) October 8, 2024

Woodward claims that Joe Biden expressed comments about Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to one of his aides in a private conversation. Some of his remarks are said to have taken place in the spring of 2024, as Israel’s war in Gaza escalated.

In his book, Bob Woodward describes the extremely complex relationship between Biden and Netanyahu, especially after the barbaric attack of October 7, 2023, in which more than 1,200 men, women and children, including 46 Americans, were killed by Hamas, and Netanyahu’s initiation of the war on Gaza.

During a discussion between the two leaders in April, Joe Biden reportedly asked Netanyahu about his strategy regarding the conflict.

The Prime Minister reportedly replied that Rafah had to be entered, and Biden retorted: “Bibi, you don’t have a plan”.

While, according to Woodward, Biden managed to curb some of Netanyahu’s offensives in response to an Iranian missile attack on Israel, he reportedly grew frustrated that the Israeli prime minister would act despite his advice to do nothing.

He reportedly called Netanyahu a “liar” in a private conversation after the latter decided to enter Rafah.

In another trade, Biden is also said to have referred to the world’s growing perception of Netanyahu in the face of the brutal intensity of the conflict, declaring “Bibi, what the f*ck?” and recalling that the world’s perception of Israel is increasingly that of a “rogue actor“.

According to another private conversation described in the book, Joe Biden said of Netanyahu:

“That son of a b*tch, Bibi Netanyahu, he’s a bad guy. He’s a bad f*cking guy!”

The book War by Bob Woodward, the investigative journalist renowned for exposing the Watergate scandal that led to Richard Nixon’s resignation, will be available from October 15.

It also reveals a great deal about Donald Trump… but we’ll come back to that later.

“That f*cking Putin”.

These are the words Joe Biden allegedly uttered to his advisers in the Oval Office shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine, according to what is reported in renowned journalist Bob Woodward’s new book, War.

New: CNN has obtained an early copy of Bob Woodward’s new book which reveals stunning new behind the scenes conversations and interactions between Biden, Trump, Putin, Netanyahu and Harris among others… including conversations between Trump and Putin 🧵 https://t.co/fe0bg02pql

— Jamie Gangel (@jamiegangel) October 8, 2024

As CNN obtained a copy of the book by Woodward, the famed investigative journalist best known for exposing the Watergate scandal that led to Richard Nixon’s resignation, several behind-the-scenes revelations about the Oval Office emerged.

These include President Joe Biden’s reaction and comments following Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

In private statements, the president didn’t hesitate to express his opinion on who was responsible for this war, which began on February 24, 2022, just days after the close of the Beijing Winter Olympics.

According to Woodward, Joe Biden told his close advisors:

“Putin is evil. We’re dealing with the epitome of evil.”

Bob Woodward’sWar will be available from October 15, and it contains many more revelations about Biden… but also about Donald Trump.

Elon Musk’s mother has been roundly criticized for a message posted on X, her son’s social network.

In this tweet, she attempts to play politics by encouraging Republicans and Donald Trump supporters to commit voter fraud, urging them to go to ten polling stations and vote ten times using ten false names.

Elon Musk’s mother, Maye Musk, appeared to encourage a form of voter fraud in a post over the weekend on X. https://t.co/bnkZjV4o1f

— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 8, 2024

Maye Musk also seems to be embracing the wave of massive misinformation propagated by her son on X (formerly Twitter). In a message, she asserts that, lacking other options because of the Democrats, Republicans should “also” on Election Day “work the system”.

She argues that it’s not necessary to register to vote, suggesting instead voting ten times using ten fake names at ten polling stations, which would amount to 100 votes.

Her message quickly sparked outrage, and X users commented on her tweet, claiming that her suggestion were actually illegal.

The community note pointed out that it was actually illegal to vote multiple times, accompanied by a link to US election law. Some even claimed that his tweet could be interpreted as incitement to commit a crime, which could expose him to charges of conspiracy to commit a crime.

While her son, Elon, was attending a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, Maye Musk asked X users to ignore another of her tweets, claiming that she had just learned at the event that Republicans would ensure that no illegal immigrants voted.

In Butler, Pennsylvania, we just heard that the Republicans will make sure no illegals vote. Ignore my previous post. https://t.co/syxMCHPeKN

— Maye Musk (@mayemusk) October 5, 2024

Her apology, when she suggested that her earlier message should be understood as sarcasm, was met with anger. Her comments drew strong criticism because of the dangerous precedent they set and the potential impact on public confidence in electoral processes.

This is particularly worrying given that her son owns a large social media platform, perceived by many X users as a source of truth, despite its involvement in misinformation.

Recall that at the same time, Elon Musk was attending a rally in Pennsylvania, wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat and calling himself a “Dark MAGA” as he hopped on stage alongside Donald Trump.

His appearance quickly went viral, and Musk was mocked by his detractors on his own social network.

The incident involving the comment by his mother, Maye Musk, as well as Musk’s takeover of X in general, highlights the growing danger of the interplay between social media management and politics.

Former President Donald Trump once again stirred up controversy during his interview on the Hugh Hewitt Show podcast, where he insinuated that illegal immigrants who committed crimes possessed “bad genes” and claimed that there are: “a lot of bad genes in the country right now.”

Donald Trump suggests undocumented migrants who commit murders have 'bad genes' https://t.co/qVzkUkuPa6

— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) October 7, 2024

Donald Trump made matters worse by claiming that Kamala Harris has no idea what she’s proposing on immigration, and that her policies have led to a dangerous influx into the U.S. of “13,000 murderers”, claiming that many of them were involved in several homicides.

Trump falsely claims that Harris is responsible for the entry of “13,000 murderers”, whereas the data in a recent report, from which he extracted this figure, comes from decades ago, well before the Biden/Harris administration, and was therefore also collected during his own administration.

During the interview, Trump attempts to blame border problems on Kamala Harris, stating, “Why not allow people to cross an open border, 13,000 of whom are believed to be murderers, many of whom have killed multiple people, and who are now living happily in the United States?”

In reality, however, these individuals are not living freely and happily in the U.S., but have been convicted and imprisoned in federal jails for decades, according to recent data from the head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The White House press secretary, meanwhile, strongly condemned Trump’s comments, calling his assertions “hateful” and “disgusting” and pointing to notable comparisons with Trump’s offensive assertion that immigrants are “poisoning the blood” of the nation.

This statement has been compared to the hateful ideologies advocated by white supremacists. This comes on top of his campaign promise of mass deportation, following his other shameful comments about legal immigrants settled in Springfield, Ohio.

On Trump’s side, his spokespeople are at pains to link his remarks exclusively to murderers. However, by also making a direct link between illegal immigrants and border problems, and given that these two assertions are made simultaneously in the same trade, it leaves no doubt as to the target of his accusations: “You know, a murderer, I believe, it’s in their genes. And we have a lot of bad genes in our country right now.”

Although his rhetoric of dehumanizing migrants is common at his rallies and forms the core of his election campaign, it has sparked widespread outrage, with the notable exception of Republicans.

Kamala Harris has launched an extensive media campaign to persuade voters why she should win the 2024 election, seeking to appeal to a wide audience on a variety of platforms.

Audiences can catch up with her in five important interviews not to be missed this week!

Kamala Harris to appear on 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,' 'Call Her Daddy' and 'Howard Stern' https://t.co/ZcTGjUN69Y

— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) October 6, 2024

Call Her Daddy

She kicked off her media tour on Sunday, October 6 with Alex Cooper’s Call Her Daddy podcast, where she strongly criticized Trump’s claims that he wants to be the protector of women, as well as Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ comment that she couldn’t be humbled by the absence of biological children, pointing out that we don’t live in the 1950s anymore.

60 Minutes

The Vice President will also appear on the CBS news program 60 Minutes this Monday evening, October 7, alongside her running mate Tim Walz. Donald Trump himself declined to participate in a similar interview for 60 Minutes.

The View, Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Howard Stern Show

She will also give a live interview on ABC’s The View on Tuesday, October 8, and will appear on CBS’s Late Show with Stephen Colbert the same day, as well as on the Howard Stern Show radio program on SiriusXM.

In addition to these major media engagements, Kamala Harris will also take part in a town hall meeting with Univision, a major Spanish-language television network, on Thursday, November 10.

Kamala Harris has already made several media appearances during her campaign, including with journalist Dana Bash on CNN, on MSNBC’s 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle, and on local news stations.

After the immense devastation caused by Hurricane Helene across much of the southeastern United States, resulting in more than 225 deaths, Hurricane Milton, which has intensified rapidly in the last 48 hours since forming to Category 5, is heading straight for Florida.

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1843331543030247655

Milton is expected to hit Florida on Wednesday, targeting heavily populated areas such as Orlando and Tampa Bay, just two weeks after the destruction caused by Hurricane Helene.

In less than 48 hours, the storm intensified rapidly and unexpectedly. Experts had initially predicted that it could reach Category 3, but it finally went from Category 2 to Category 5 in just a few hours!

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis warned residents to prepare for the largest mass evacuation the state has seen in several years, heralding worrying intensity and devastation to come. Predictions of a Category 5 storm on impact also raise concerns about the consequences for communities.

Residents of areas recently hit by Hurricane Helene are still cleaning up, while the streets are cluttered with furniture and miscellaneous items that need to be thrown away due to the devastation.

Residents of Florida’s coastal communities are warned that storm surges, up to 12 feet high, could be deadly, worsening the situation in areas still trying to recover from the previous storm.

A state of emergency has been declared in the majority of Florida’s 65 counties. Authorities expect major disruptions, including flooding and power outages.

Floridians are preparing for the impending hurricane by filling sandbags, boarding up doors and windows, and stocking up on supplies.

Many experts and meteorologists associate the rapid intensity of Milton and Helene with climate change and favorable weather conditions, notably due to warming ocean waters, particularly in the Gulf of Mexico.

Jack Smith, the special counsel in charge of the ongoing federal election interference case against Donald Trump, recently made significant revelations in a document released by the court on October 2.

Jack Smith argues that Trump used illegal acts to try to alter the results of the 2020 presidential election.

https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1841571612010614785

In a 165-page document, Smith explains that Trump was aware that his claims of voter fraud were false, as many people in his inner circle, including Mike Pence, had informed him.

Numerous advisors close to Trump, whose names have been redacted to protect their identities for future litigation, repeatedly told him in the months following the election that he had lost, that Joe Biden had won and that his accusations of fraud were completely unfounded.

According to the documents, several conversations took place between Trump and his close advisors, including Mike Pence, who repeatedly encouraged Trump to accept the election results between November 2020 and January 2021.

Despite this, he persisted with his allegations in an attempt to retain power.

Through this document, Jack Smith seeks to demonstrate to the court that these conversations were not related to their official duties, but took place as part of the election campaign.

He argues that Trump was acting as a candidate and not as president, which would prevent him from claiming the presidential immunity recently granted by the Supreme Court.

While many Trump supporters believe he is telling the truth when he claims the election was stolen from him, testimony from his close advisors reveals the opposite: Trump was aware of the legitimacy of the results.

He chose to lie to his voters by removing some of his advisors and replacing them with people willing to lie for him, according to Jack Smith.

A key witness, whose name is blacked out in court documents, recounts a comment overheard during a conversation between Trump and his family, in which he asserted that regardless of whether they won the election or not, he had to keep fighting hard.

This example is one of many cited in the 165-page document, confirming that Trump was determined to retain his power, despite the lack of evidence supporting his allegations.