memeorandum: Harris Will Appear in a Whirlwind of Interviews, Most of Them Friendly (Reid J. Epstein/New York Times)

9:25 AM ET, October 6, 2024

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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.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and The University News

Ryan Mac / New York Times:
Elon Musk Leaps to Trump's Side in Rally Appearance

Discussion: Rolling Stone, Metro.co.uk, BizPac Review, Associated Press, Power Line, Raw Story, abc7NY, Sun-Sentinel, Breitbart, WAGA-TV, Washington Times, Twitchy and Al Jazeera

Kate Kelly / New York Times:
Security Is Tighter for Trump Rally at Site of July Assassination Attempt

Ben Blanchet / HuffPost:
Trump Made Another Joke About Supporter Killed At Pennsylvania Rally: Report

Discussion: Scripps News, TMZ.com, IJR, Townhall, Washington Examiner, New York Times, The Hill and Reuters

Raquel Coronell Uribe / NBC News:
Election 2024 live updates: Trump rallies in Butler, PA, for first time since assassination attempt

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

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

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

Lily Mae Lazarus / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Truth Social Riddled With Scammers Ripping Off Users

Discussion: WSPA-TV, more at Mediagazer »

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

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

David Klepper / Associated Press:
After the deluge, the lies: Misinformation and hoaxes about Helene cloud the recovery

Discussion: Washington Times, New York Post, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Florida Politics and alicublog

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 …

Myah Ward / Politico:
'It's not won': Democrats jittery over razor-thin race in Michigan

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, HotAir, Townhall, Washington Examiner, Raw Story, Twin Cities and USA Today

Jared Gans / The Hill:
Where the Harris-Trump race stands 1 month out from Election Day

Discussion: Washington Examiner

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, New York Daily News and HuffPost

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 …

Discussion: Bloomberg, Deadline, Althouse, The Hill, The Hollywood Reporter, RedState and Politico

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.

Matt Vespa / Townhall:

What Kamala Harris Posted Shows She Doesn't Care About Hurricane Helene Victims — There is no way the vice president's team posted this on social media. They cannot be this stupid, can they? Well, it appears that you learn something new every day from this circus.

Discussion: Breitbart, RedState, The Post Millennial, JNS.org and The Gateway Pundit

Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:

The Supreme Court Is Waiting Until After the Election to Do Its Next Damage — The first Monday of October is the traditional start of the Supreme Court docket-harvest festival, when a handful of cases are plucked by the justices to be argued before the highest court in the land and previewed by a deferential press corps.

Discussion: New York Times and Bloomberg

Kelly Rissman / The Independent:

Florida is nearing toss-up status as top Republican poll shows Trump's lead nearly vanished — Race and age of Florida respondents seemed to correlate with which candidate they supported — Your support helps us to tell the story — As your White House correspondent, I ask the tough questions and seek the answers that matter.