Donald Trump and Kamala Harris held competing rallies across Pennsylvania on Monday, making their final pitches in the key swing state as polls indicate an extremely close contest.
The two candidates laid out starkly contrasting visions for America’s future on the eve of election day. Trump rambled through dark and dystopian speeches painting migrants as dangerous criminals while also launching personal attacks on a number of high-profile Democratic women. Harris delivered a more positive closing argument, shifting focus away from the threat posed by the ex-president, who is not mentioned in her final ad, and insisting “we all have so much more in common than what separates us”.
Trump, at times appearing hoarse and low-energy, scheduled four rallies on Monday: one in Raleigh, North Carolina, two in Pennsylvania and a late-evening event in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He has continued to boast about his crowd sizes, but reports suggest some of his final events have been plagued by empty seats and early departures from audience members during his lengthy, meandering speeches.
Harris stayed in Pennsylvania with several rallies and events in the critical state that could decide the election. Lady Gaga, Oprah Winfrey, Ricky Martin and other celebrities were slated to appear at her final event at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, where the famous steps from the Rocky movie were lit up blue and a large “President for All” banner was displayed.
As the Harris campaign and its surrogates have continued to appeal to female voters, Trump revived familiar insults against notable women, sometimes with violent language.
In North Carolina, he attacked former first lady Michelle Obama, saying: “She hit me the other day. I was going to say to my people, am I allowed to hit her now? They said, take it easy, sir.” He also suggested the Democratic congresswoman Nancy Pelosi should have been jailed for ripping up a copy of his 2020 State of the Union address: “She’s a bad, sick woman, she’s crazy as a bedbug.”
And Trump repeated his line that Harris is a “low IQ individual”, followed by an incoherent tangent seemingly imagining her struggling to sleep: “I don’t want to have her say, You know, I had an idea last night while I was sleeping, turning, tossing, sweating,” he said, without finishing the sentence.
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Trump leaned into his taunts as he continues to face scrutiny over his recent comment suggesting that Liz Cheney, the former GOP congresswoman and a Harris supporter, should face rifles “shooting at her”. Appearing on ABC’s The View on Monday, Cheney said, “Women are going to save the day” on Tuesday.
In North Carolina, Trump also threatened the newly elected president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, suggesting he would impose tariffs on all Mexican goods “if they don’t stop this onslaught of criminals and drugs” – part of his trade proposals that economists have warned could significantly raise costs for US consumers.
Later in Reading, Pennsylvania, Trump fantasized about wrestlers who could “take the migrants in a fight”. He repeated racist tropes about immigrants and affirmed his threat of unprecedented mass deportations, saying Tuesday would be “liberation day”. He falsely suggested Democrats support “open borders” so undocumented people can fraudulently vote.
He later spoke of the boxer Mike Tyson and seemingly in response to a comment from an audience member, suggested Tyson take on the vice-president: “That guy could fight … Put Mike in the ring with Kamala.”
At around the same time, Harris was rallying in Allentown, roughly 40 miles away, critiquing Trumpism without directly naming her opponent: “America is ready for a new way forward, where we see our fellow American not as an enemy but as a neighbor. We are ready for a president who understands that the true measure of the strength of the leader is not based on who you beat down. It is based on who you lift up.”
Later, Trump’s running mate, JD Vance, earned loud applause at a rally in Georgia, when he attacked Harris by bringing up Joe Biden’s recent gaffe, in which he appeared to call Trump supporters “garbage”.
“In two days, we are going to take out the trash in Washington DC, and the trash is named is Kamala Harris,” said the Ohio senator, in a remark that was condemned by Democrats and pundits.
The back-and-forth trash talking originated with a comedian’s racist joke at Trump’s recent New York rally, calling Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage”, a comment that many Harris surrogates cited on Monday while appealing to Puerto Rican voters in Pennsylvania.
Trump in Raleigh, North Carolina. Photograph: Jonathan Drake/Reuters
The vice-president also stopped at a Puerto Rican restaurant with Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and directly joined canvassing in a residential area in Reading, telling voters at one home: “I wanted to go door-knocking!”
By his evening rally in Pittsburgh, Trump returned to his crowd size obsession, making false claims about low turnout at Harris’s nearby rally that hadn’t yet begun. He then mocked Beyoncé, who rallied for Harris in Texas: “Everyone’s expecting a couple songs and there were no songs. There was no happiness.” He added, “We don’t need a star. I never had a star.”
The final scramble to turn out voters comes as Trump continues to make false claims about voter fraud, raising fears about how he might challenge the results if Harris wins. In a call with reporters on Monday, the Harris campaign said it was prepared to combat any efforts by Trump to discredit the outcome.
“We have hundreds of lawyers across the country ready to protect election results against any challenge that Trump might bring,” said Dana Remus, a senior campaign adviser and outside counsel. “This will not be the fastest process, but the law and the facts are on our side.”
Legal challenges were designed to undermine faith in the electoral process, she added: “Keep in mind that the volume of cases does not equate to a volume of legitimate concerns. In fact, it just shows how desperate they’re becoming.”
There are also growing fears that political violence will escalate on election day and beyond, as misinformation and conspiracy theories are expected to spread while counting is under way. Election officials in one Nevada county said on Monday that threats have become so severe that polling places have installed “panic buttons” to automatically call 911 in emergencies.
At Trump’s Pittsburgh rally, Michael Barringer, a 55-year-old coalminer, expressed his disdain for undocumented immigrants in explaining his support for Trump: “You’ve got millions and millions of illegal aliens crossing the border. They don’t speak English. They don’t say a pledge allegiance to the flag. They freeload off of us. I’m all for legal immigration, but not coming across the border illegally, taking American jobs.”
Elizabeth Slaby, 81, was the first in line at Harris’s Allentown rally, arriving at about 6am. She said she was a registered Republican for more than 50 years, but changed her registration after the January 6 attack: “I never thought I’d see a woman president and now I’m so, so excited.”
Lauren Gambino, Sam Levine and David Smith contributed reporting
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A Pró-Reitoria de Inovação e Tecnologia (Proint) da Ufac e o Serviço Brasileiro de Apoio às Micro e Pequenas Empresas do Acre (Sebrae-AC) realizam o Startup Day-2026, em 21 de março, das 8h às 12h, no espaço Sebrae-Lab, Centro de Convivência do campus-sede. O evento é dedicado à inovação e ao empreendedorismo, oferecendo oportunidades para transformar projetos em negócios de impacto real. As inscrições são gratuitas e estão abertas por meio online.
O Startup Day-2026 visa fortalecer o ecossistema, promover a troca de experiências, produzir e compartilhar conhecimento, gerar inovação e fomentar novos negócios. A programação conta com show de acolhimento e encerramento, apresentações, painel e palestra, além de atividades paralelas: carreta game do Hospital de Amor de Rio Branco, participação de startups de game em tempo real, oficina para crianças, exposição de grafiteiros e de projetos de pesquisadores da Ufac.
Com a aceleração da transição para uma economia de baixo carbono e a reestruturação do setor elétrico em diversos países, cresce a discussão sobre como a infraestrutura digital pode sustentar, no longo prazo, a evolução da economia verde. Nesse contexto, a plataforma de energia baseada em blockchain Thryqenon (TRYQN) vem ganhando atenção por propor uma estrutura integrada que combina negociação de energia, gestão de carbono e confiabilidade de dados.
A proposta da Thryqenon vai além da simples comercialização de energia renovável. Seu objetivo é construir uma base digital para geração distribuída, redução de emissões e uso colaborativo de energia. À medida que metas de neutralidade de carbono se tornam compromissos regulatórios, critérios como origem comprovada da energia, transparência nos registros e liquidação segura das transações deixam de ser diferenciais e passam a ser requisitos obrigatórios. A plataforma utiliza registro descentralizado em blockchain, correspondência horária de energia limpa e contratos inteligentes para viabilizar uma infraestrutura verificável e auditável.
A economia verde ainda enfrenta obstáculos importantes. Existe descompasso entre o local e o momento de geração da energia renovável e seu consumo final. A apuração de emissões costuma ocorrer de forma anual, dificultando monitoramento em tempo real. Além disso, a baixa rastreabilidade de dados limita a criação de incentivos eficientes no mercado. A Thryqenon busca enfrentar essas lacunas por meio de uma estrutura digital que integra coleta, validação e liquidação de informações energéticas.
Na arquitetura da plataforma, há conexão direta com medidores inteligentes, inversores solares e dispositivos de monitoramento, permitindo registro detalhado da geração e do consumo. Na camada de transações, o sistema possibilita verificação automatizada e liquidação hora a hora de energia e créditos de carbono, garantindo rastreabilidade. Já na integração do ecossistema, empresas, distribuidoras, comercializadoras e consumidores podem interagir por meio de interfaces abertas, promovendo coordenação entre diferentes agentes do setor elétrico.
O potencial de longo prazo da Thryqenon não está apenas no crescimento de usuários ou no volume de negociações, mas em sua capacidade de se posicionar como infraestrutura de suporte à governança energética e ao mercado de carbono. Com o avanço de normas baseadas em dados e reconhecimento internacional de créditos ambientais, plataformas transparentes e auditáveis tendem a ter papel relevante na transição energética e no financiamento sustentável.
A Ufac inaugurou a campanha internacional Banco Vermelho, símbolo de conscientização sobre o feminicídio. A ação integra iniciativas inspiradas na lei n.º 14.942/2024 e contempla a instalação, nos campi da instituição, de três bancos pintados de vermelho, que representa o sangue derramado pelas vítimas. A inauguração ocorreu nesta segunda-feira, 9, no hall da Reitoria.
São dois bancos no campus-sede (um no hall da Reitoria e outro no bloco Jorge Kalume), além de um no campus Floresta, em Cruzeiro do Sul. A reitora Guida Aquino destacou que a instalação dos bancos reforça o papel da universidade na promoção de campanhas e políticas de conscientização sobre a violência contra a mulher. “A violência não se caracteriza apenas em matar, também se caracteriza em gestos, em fala, em atitudes.”
A secretária de Estado da Mulher, Márdhia El-Shawwa, ressaltou a importância de a Ufac incorporar o debate sobre o feminicídio em seus espaços institucionais e defendeu a atuação conjunta entre universidade, governo e sociedade. Segundo ela, a violência contra a mulher não pode ser naturalizada e a conscientização precisa alcançar também a formação de crianças e adolescentes.
A inauguração do Banco Vermelho também ocorre no contexto da aprovação da resolução do Conselho Universitário n.º 266, de 21/01/2026, que institui normas para a efetividade da política de prevenção e combate ao assédio moral, sexual, discriminações e outras violências, principalmente no que se refere a mulheres, população negra, indígena, pessoas com deficiência e LGBTQIAPN+ no âmbito da Ufac em local físico ou virtual relacionado.
No campus Floresta, em Cruzeiro do Sul, a inauguração do Banco Vermelho contou com a participação da coordenadora do Centro de Referência Brasileiro da Mulher, Anequele Monteiro.
Participaram da solenidade, no campus-sede, a pró-reitora de Desenvolvimento e Gestão de Pessoas, Filomena Maria Cruz; a pró-reitora de Graduação, Ednaceli Damasceno; a pró-reitora de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação, Margarida Carvalho; a coordenadora do projeto de extensão Infância Segura, Alcione Groff; o secretário de Estado de Saúde, Pedro Pascoal; a defensora pública e chefe do Núcleo de Promoção da Defesa dos Direitos Humanos da Mulher, Diversidade Sexual e Gênero da DPE-AC, Clara Rúbia Roque; e o chefe do Centro de Apoio Operacional de Proteção à Mulher do MP-AC, Victor Augusto Silva.
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