Philly is the Center of the Political Universe

It’s the Friday News Roundup! If you’ve recently tuned out all the election drama, we’ve got you covered. Since the race for president is now centered on Pennsylvania, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris – and Elon Musk! – have been campaigning in and around Philly. Our city might be the most significant in the country when it comes to determining who moves into the White House, but there are new complaints that the Harris operation isn’t properly organized and Trump is making inroads with Black and blue-collar voters. Host Trenae Nuri is joined by Matt Katz, City Cast Philly executive producer, and Asha Prihar, Hey Philly newsletter editor. 

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• Inside Trump’s bizarre first town hall in the Philly suburbs, which included a 30-minute playlist party and election date flub
• Kamala Harris campaigns in Bucks County with former GOP lawmakers, ex-Trump aides
• Trump sways and bops to music for 39 minutes in bizarre town hall episode
• Musk Is Going All In to Elect Trump
• Philly officials criticize Kamala Harris’ campaign for overlooking their role in winning Pennsylvania: ‘They’ll blame us if we lose’
• ‘Pennsylvania is such a mess’: Inside Team Harris’ unusual levels of finger-pointing
• The grieving mother who was caught off guard when she appeared in a Trump ad asks the former president to intervene
• In deep-blue Philly, working class voters are shifting toward Republicans

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