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New York Times:
Trump Pulls in Tulsi Gabbard for Debate Prep  —  Tulsi Gabbard, the former Democrat who has rebranded herself as a celebrity among Donald J. Trump's supporters, once eviscerated Kamala Harris on a debate stage.  —  Former President Donald J. Trump has begun preparing for his debate …
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Axios:
Trump's Capitol Hill allies fume at his unfocused candidacy … - “Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are the most left-wing ticket in history,” National Republican Congressional Committee Chair Richard Hudson (R-N.C.) said on the call, according to a source familiar with his comments.
NBC News:
The big question Harris has yet to answer: From the Politics Desk
Discussion: RedState
Paige Oamek / New Republic:
Trump Is Pissed at Harris for Trapping Him in Two Debates
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Scaramucci: Trump Is ‘Coming to Grips’ With Losing the Election
Discussion: Alternet.org and The Hill
Annabella Rosciglione / Washington Examiner:
Trump recruits Tulsi Gabbard to Mar-a-Lago to help him prepare for debate
Discussion: RedState, USA Today and New York Times
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Trump's decline: His interviews and lies get worse
Discussion: Raw Story and Chicago Sun Times
Leo Shane III / Military Times:
Trump belittles Medal of Honor award in campaign speech  —  Former President Donald Trump on Thursday said the Presidential Medal of Freedom is a “better” award than the Defense Department's Medal of Honor because service members have to sacrifice their lives or health to receive the military's highest honor …
Discussion: CBS News
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump draws a parallel between a campaign donor and war heroes  —  Trump told an audience on Thursday that the Presidential Medal of Freedom was “better” than the Medal of Honor, since honored soldiers were often wounded.  —  The day before Halloween 2019, President Donald Trump welcomed Master …
NBC News:
Trump says presidential civilian award is ‘better’ than top military honor whose recipients are ‘dead’ or ‘hit’ by bullets
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:   GOP megadonor Miriam Adelson plans to do whatever it takes to help Trump win with $100 million PAC
Washington Post:
The times demand serious economic ideas.  Harris supplies gimmicks.  —  ‘Price gouging’ is not causing inflation.  So why is the vice president promising to stamp it out?  —  Vice President Kamala Harris's speech Friday was an opportunity to get specific with voters about how a Harris presidency …
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Washington Post:
Kamala Harris unveils populist policy agenda, with $6,000 credit for newborns
Mailchimp:
Vice President Harris Lays Out Agenda to Lower Costs for American Families
Business Insider:
New parents could get $6,000 for the first year of their child's life and a restored child tax credit under Kamala Harris' economic plan
Jordain Carney / Politico:
House GOP sets its sights on Walz  —  The House Oversight Committee is opening an investigation into Democrats' vice presidential pick.  —  House Republicans are setting their sights on Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Democrats' vice presidential candidate — the latest indication that they are using …
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Paige Oamek / New Republic:
Tim Walz's Quip on “White Guy Tacos” Sends MAGA Into Meltdown  —  Right-wingers are spreading another conspiracy about Minnesota Governor Tim Walz: he's lying about liking “white guy tacos.”  —  Kamala Harris and her running mate on Thursday posted a promotional video of them discussing food …
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Tim Walz's ‘White Guy Tacos’ Quip Gets MAGA All Hot and Bothered
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
This Georgia Republican Defied Trump.  Now He's Fighting a Defamation Suit.  —  The secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, has spent $500,000 defending himself in court.  He says the plaintiff will only settle if he effectively endorses a debunked conspiracy theory about the 2020 election.
Democracy Now:
Watch Undercover Video: Project 2025 Co-Author Lays Out “Radical Agenda” for Next Trump Term  —  As Donald Trump tries to distance his campaign from Project 2025, those behind the right-wing policy blueprint to remake the U.S. government continue to brag in private about their close ties …
Tracey Tully / New York Times:
Menendez, Convicted of Taking Bribes, Ends Race for Re-election  —  Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey instructed state officials on Friday to remove his name from the Nov. 5 ballot.  —  Senator Robert Menendez, a famously pugnacious Democrat whose five-decade political career came …
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Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Pennsylvania 2024 Poll: Trump 49%, Harris 48%  —  Home Polls Pennsylvania 2024 Poll: Trump 49%, Harris 48%  —  A new Emerson College Polling/RealClearPennsylvania survey finds 49% of voters support former President Donald Trump, and 48% support Vice President Kamala Harris for president in the Keystone state.
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Meryl Kornfield / Washington Post:
JD Vance's plane makes emergency landing after door malfunction  —  The plane carrying Vance, a Boeing 737, declared an emergency shortly after it had left the airport in Milwaukee and returned for repairs.  —  The charter plane carrying former president Donald Trump's running mate Sen. JD Vance …
Will Sommer / Washington Post:
He found a Project 2025 duffel bag.  Then police showed up at his house.  —  Journalist and author Malcolm Harris says he found the bag left on a ledge in Capitol Hill.  It turned out to be more trouble than it was worth.  —  Author Malcolm Harris opened the door of his Capitol Hill home …
Discussion: NOTUS, CBS News, Raw Story and New Republic
CNN:
READ: Former President Donald Trump's financial disclosure  —  Former President Donald Trump's latest financial reports were released Thursday, offering the first look in more than a year at the Republican presidential nominee's finances, business holdings and liabilities.
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
When your opponent calls you ‘communist,’ maybe don't propose price controls?  —  It's hard to exaggerate how bad Kamala Harris's price-gouging proposal is.  —  “Price gouging” is the focus of Vice President Kamala Harris's economic agenda, her presidential campaign says.
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Supreme Court refuses DOJ request to partially reinstate new Title IX rule  —  The Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision denied the Biden administration's emergency request to partially reinstate its new Title IX rule.  —  The sweeping changes extend the sex-discrimination law's protections …
Todd Spangler / USA Today:
Michigan disqualifies presidential candidate Cornel West from November ballot  —  The Michigan Bureau of Elections on Friday disqualified independent presidential candidate Cornel West, the civil rights activist and philosopher, along with his running mate from appearing on the Nov. 5 General Election ballot …
Discussion: Election Law Blog
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
JD Vance isn't just out to get cat ladies — his weird plans target dog people and grandmas, too  —  The self-styled expert on the ladies now claims “normal” women don't care about reproductive rights  —  Ohio Sen. JD Vance is a man with an obsession.  The video of Donald Trump's running mate raving …
 
 
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