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9:35 AM ET, October 6, 2024

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Ryan Mac / New York Times:
Elon Musk Leaps to Trump's Side in Rally Appearance  —  Mr. Musk, the world's richest man and the owner of Tesla and X, endorsed the former president after the attempted assassination in July.  On Saturday, he returned to the scene and made a spirited rally appearance.
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David McAfee / Raw Story:
‘This is voter fraud’: FBI alerted as Elon Musk's mom accused of committing federal crime  —  Donald Trump's embrace of the richest man in the world, Elon Musk, hit another speedbump on Saturday as Musk's mom was accused of encouraging her followers to commit voter fraud.
Kate Kelly / New York Times:
Security Is Tighter for Trump Rally at Site of July Assassination Attempt
Raquel Coronell Uribe / NBC News:
Election 2024 live updates: Trump rallies in Butler, PA, for first time since assassination attempt
Bart Jansen / USA Today:
‘Sounding the alarm’: Election officials warn postal delays could invalidate mailed ballots  —  Postmaster General Louis DeJoy says staffers take ‘extraordinary measures’ to delivery ballots on time, but election officials warn delays could invalidate votes.
Discussion: New York Times and Sun-Sentinel
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Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:
Republicans are trying to up their early voting game — but Trump keeps getting in the way  —  The former president's rhetoric threatens to undermine a massive get-out-the-vote effort, some Republican strategists say.  —  Republicans are pouring tens of millions of dollars into getting GOP voters to cast ballots before Election Day.
Discussion: Orlando Sentinel
New York Times:
Trump's Speeches, Increasingly Angry and Rambling, Reignite the Question of Age … Former President Donald J. Trump vividly recounted how the audience at his climactic debate with Vice President Kamala Harris was on his side.  Except that there was no audience.  The debate was held in an empty hall.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
Truth Social Users Are Losing Ridiculous Sums of Money to Scams  —  Read the complaints submitted to the FTC by users of Donald Trump's social media platform. … Donald Trump launched Truth Social in 2022 as a social media platform where the MAGA faithful could hang out without any liberals to spoil the fun.
Discussion: Raw Story and Mock Paper Scissors
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Lily Mae Lazarus / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Truth Social Riddled With Scammers Ripping Off Users
Washington Post:
Helene response hampered by misinformation, conspiracy theories  —  False claims are adding to the chaos and confusion in many storm-battered communities.  Social media platforms such as X have allowed the falsehoods to spread.  —  One day after Hurricane Helene slammed into Asheville …
Discussion: Euractiv and New York Daily News
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The White House:
Interested Parties Memo: Fighting Hurricane Helene Falsehoods with Facts  —  Senior Advisor to the President and Communications Director Ben LaBolt, and Director of Digital Strategy Christian Tom  —  Under President Biden and Vice President Harris's direction, the Administration has mobilized a robust …
Discussion: FEMA.gov, KGTV-TV and Daily Kos
Politico:
Playbook: Michigan messes mount for Harris  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  TICK TOCK — One month until Election Day.  —  RETURN TO BUTLER — Former President DONALD TRUMP heads back to Butler, Pennsylvania, today …
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Mathew Murphy / The Daily Beast:
Hines & RFK Jr. ‘Have Barely Spoken’ Since Affair News Broke  —  EMBARRASSED  —  Cheryl Hines and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “have barely spoken” since news emerged that he had a digital affair with New York magazine reporter Olivia Nuzzi, a source told People magazine.
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Harris Will Appear in a Whirlwind of Interviews, Most of Them Friendly  —  After mostly avoiding interviews as her campaign began, the vice president will hold several this week, including with Howard Stern, Stephen Colbert and the hosts of “The View.”  —  Vice President Kamala Harris …
David Smith / The Guardian:
‘Undisciplined, unhinged and deranged’: will Trump's strange behavior hurt him at the polls?  —  While he's always been quick to insult, he's now frequently vicious, and his speeches are increasingly disjointed  —  A “beautiful” beach body and a “mentally disabled” opponent.
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Cheyanne M. Daniels / The Hill:
Signs grow that young Black voters are going to show up for Harris  —  Courtney McClain was 18 when she met then-Sen. Kamala Harris in 2019 at the Carolina Country Club in Spartanburg, S.C.  —  When McClain arrived at the club, Harris, then a candidate in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, offered her some advice.
Molly Ball / Wall Street Journal:
How Donald Trump Jr. Became the Crown Prince of MAGA World  —  The eldest son has a mission for the next four years: keeping ‘snakes’ out of the White House  —  Sitting next to the man he installed as the Republican vice presidential nominee, Donald Trump Jr.couldn't help but gloat.
 
 
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NBC News:
The next president is poised to inherit the fewest judicial vacancies in generations
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Daniel Dale / CNN:
These 2024 Republican candidates disputed the 2020 election results
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Kelly Rissman / The Independent:
Florida is nearing toss-up status as top Republican poll shows Trump's lead nearly vanished
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The Supreme Court Is Waiting Until After the Election to Do Its Next Damage
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Amy Beth Hanson / Associated Press:
Colorado judge who sentenced election denier Tina Peters to prison receives threats
Discussion: The Colorado Sun and The Hill
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Russia to remove Taliban terrorist status, envoy says
Discussion: UPI
Steve Abbot / USA Today:
Trump lost the respect of veterans - including me. He's a risk to our democracy.
Hugh Dougherty / The Daily Beast:
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