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12:45 PM ET, October 6, 2024

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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.
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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ProPublica:
Election Skeptics Are Running Some County Election Boards in Georgia.  A New Rule Could Allow Them to Exclude Decisive Votes.  —  An examination of a new election rule in Georgia suggests that local officials in just a handful of rural counties could exclude enough votes to affect the outcome of the 2024 presidential race.
emptywheel:
All Hell Is Going to Break Loose: Maybe Jack Smith Did Precisely What Elie Honig Claims He Didn't  —  There are a number of laugh-in-his-face funny things about Elie Honig's column bitching that Jack Smith submitted his immunity filing before the election.  First, for years Honig whined …
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.
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Ryan Mac / New York Times:
Elon Musk Leaps to Trump's Side in Rally Appearance
Kate Kelly / New York Times:
Security Is Tighter for Trump Rally at Site of July Assassination Attempt
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 …
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
Harris weighs more breaks with Biden as he keeps injecting himself into the campaign  —  Top aides to Kamala Harris are heading into the final month of the 2024 presidential race still wrestling with how much distance she can credibly claim from Joe Biden as she looks for more ways to weave in breaks with him on the campaign trail.
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
October 5, 2024  —  William McKinley is having a moment (which I confess is a sentence I never expected to write).  —  Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is elevating McKinley, representative from Ohio from 1877 to 1891 and president from 1897 to 1901, to justify his plan to impose new high tariffs.
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Justin Spike / Associated Press:
Hungarians protest state media ‘propaganda factory’ and demand unbiased press  —  Thousands of protesters gathered outside the headquarters of Hungary's public media corporation on Saturday to demonstrate against what they say is an entrenched propaganda network operated by the nationalist government at taxpayer expense.
Discussion: Euractiv and Bloomberg
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.
Discussion: Page Six and New York Daily News
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Six days of Trump lies about the Hurricane Helene response  —  Former President Donald Trump has delivered a barrage of lies and distortions about the federal response to Hurricane Helene.  —  While various misinformation about the response has spread widely without Trump's involvement …
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Mark Kelly on Harris: 'I'm confident she's going to win Arizona'  —  Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) said on Sunday he's confident Vice President Harris is going to win his state of Arizona and the race overall.  —  In an interview on CNN's “State of the Union,” anchor Dana Bash pressed …
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
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
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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Erin Banco / Politico:
Inside the US intel dilemma on Gaza a year after Oct. 7
Discussion: Bloomberg, The Forward and JNS.org
Tal Axelrod / ABC News:
Johnson punts on GOP rhetoric, 2020 election outcome
Discussion: Politico, Reuters and RedState
Susan Faludi / New York Times:
Kamala Harris Can Beat Donald Trump at Protecting America
Cheyanne M. Daniels / The Hill:
Signs grow that young Black voters are going to show up for Harris
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NBC News:
The next president is poised to inherit the fewest judicial vacancies in generations
Discussion: Raw Story
Daniel Dale / CNN:
These 2024 Republican candidates disputed the 2020 election results
Discussion: Twitchy
Joanne Haner / The Hill:
Former NY governor, stepson attacked by group in New York City
Kelly Rissman / The Independent:
Florida is nearing toss-up status as top Republican poll shows Trump's lead nearly vanished
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
The Supreme Court Is Waiting Until After the Election to Do Its Next Damage
Discussion: The Hill, New York Times and Bloomberg
 

 
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Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
A Q&A with Chris Balfe, CEO of Red Seat Ventures, which has helped Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly set up their podcast and streaming businesses and sell ads

Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
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