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SAN DIEGO -- Gracias, court jester. You may have done the country a huge favor by helping defeat former President Donald Trump.

Who could have known that the October surprise of the 2024 election would be a racist joke about Puerto Rico told by a comic that I would guess few Americans have ever heard of?

As you already know if you saw a clip...Read more

Batman is a hero for stopping the criminals threatening the people of Gotham City. Daniel Penny is on trial for stopping a criminal threatening the people of New York City. It doesn't get much more backward than this.

On Monday, jury selection began in Penny's trial. Prosecutors have charged him with second-degree manslaughter and criminally ...Read more

McKEES ROCKS, Pennsylvania -- At the freshly renovated Roxian Theatre along Chartiers Avenue in a struggling river town, Loren Stephenson said she and her fiance, Alex Ames, had been standing at the front of the line since 8 a.m. to hear billionaire Elon Musk speak at 2 p.m.

Stephenson, a Duquesne University professor, said she came to see ...Read more

You may have heard that last week 24 Nobel economists wrote that Vice President Kamala Harris' economic plan would be better for America than the Trump agenda. The joint letter was spearheaded by the hyperpolitical Joseph Stiglitz. Yes, the same Joe Stiglitz who infamously flew to Caracas to endorse Hugo Chavez's economic policies in 2007.

The ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Will Lewis, publisher of The Washington Post, announced Friday that the newspaper will not make an endorsement in the 2024 presidential election.

The WaPo nonendorsement came on the heels of news that the Los Angeles Times would not endorse in the race for the White House.

Two blue-city newspapers owned by two billionaires -- ...Read more

No one in the history of politics or political media has my background.

Long before I got into politics, I was branded by the national media as "America's Oddsmaker" and "the King of Vegas Gambling." CNBC, Fortune and The Wall Street Journal profiled my life. And the Las Vegas Walk of Stars awarded me a 180-pound granite star on world-famous ...Read more

If there is one data point above all that suggests Donald Trump and JD Vance are headed for a resounding victory on Nov. 5, it is this: By a nearly 40-point margin in the polling average, Americans are more inclined to believe the country is currently on the wrong track than the right track. There are other reasons to believe the 45th ...Read more

Vote. Don't vote. I don't care. Just stop telling me that Vice President Kamala Harris is going to save democracy.

Do I wish Republicans had nominated a more coherent, principled, competent candidate for the presidency? Of course. But if anyone is under the impression Democrats tapped such a person, I have news. Spend some time trying to ...Read more

It is possible that former President Donald Trump has peaked too soon. The momentum in the race feels like it has moved in his direction, and we should never underestimate the Republicans' ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. However, it does not really seem so much that Trump is increasing in the polls so much as Vice President ...Read more

After I voted yesterday, I made it a point to thank every poll worker and citizen volunteering at our polling place. In Maricopa County, Arizona, the tabulation center will have snipers on the roof, metal detectors and security at every entrance.

In Colorado, some polling places have installed bulletproof glass and purchased bulletproof vests ...Read more

The ideal of a town hall meeting where citizens can spontaneously ask politicians the questions they would like answered doesn't match what the town hall is in today's politics. There's too much risk for politicians, or the TV networks who platform the event.

A humorous example came on Oct. 21 at a so-called town hall with Vice President Kamala...Read more

Was it just a coincidence that Vice President Kamala Harris showed up, 15 minutes late, to be interviewed by Fox News' Bret Baier a day before Nate Silver's poll aggregation website showed her chances of winning the election slipping below 50%? Probably not.

What may link Harris' slide in the polls and her tardy appearance for an interview in ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- As a journalist, I've been telling the story of the Latino vote for 30 years. As a citizen, I'm part of that story.

I'm Exhibit A: I'm Latino, and I've been a voter for nearly 40 years. I'm a cafeteria voter who refuses to vote a "straight ticket," often voting for Democrats and Republicans on the same ballot. I vote the person, ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- The media can't get it right. The scary part is that, much of the time, we don't even understand what we're doing wrong.

It would be so beneficial to my friends and colleagues in radio, television and newspapers if we could -- for just one month -- see ourselves and our profession the way most of the public sees us.

It's not a ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- A "man bites dog" story always gets the media's attention. When the unexpected happens, good journalists will be curious about why it happened and wonder what happens next.

That's why many of my colleagues in the Fourth Estate can't look away from a train wreck that a lot of Democrats would like to ignore: Kamala Harris' trouble ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- Whether you like him or not, you have to admit that JD Vance is an interesting guy.

For what it's worth, and I suspect it's not worth much to my MAGA friends, I'm in the "or not" camp. I'm not a fan.

I think the Ohio senator, and 2024 GOP vice presidential nominee, is smug, condescending and not nearly as smart as he likes to ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- I'm Team Tony Dokoupil. And anyone in my profession who cannot say the same thing has forfeited the right to call themselves "journalists."

In 35 years on the job -- working at newspapers, but also on television and radio -- you pick up a few things.

Like the fact that it's the duty of those of us in the Fourth Estate to get in ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- My 15-year-old daughter is smarter than her old man. Everyone in the family knows this. So it came as no surprise that, recently, as she tried to pin me down, she wound up figuring me out.

She zeroed in on what I was thinking, and feeling, about this presidential election -- and the mediocre choices on the ballot -- and pointed ...Read more