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2:50 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.
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.
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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.
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
Aliza Chasan / CBS News:
Kamala Harris, Tim Walz will be featured on “60 Minutes” tomorrow.  Here's what to know for the interview.  —  Voters will get the chance to hear from Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday as she presents her case for why she should be president in a “60 Minutes” election special.
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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 …
George Fabe Russell / USA Today:
Mike Johnson refuses to say Donald Trump lost the 2020 election to Joe Biden  —  House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Sunday refused to say former President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election to President Joe Biden.  —  During a heated interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos …
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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 …
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Senate Republicans' strangely uneven spending map  —  The distribution of ad spending for Senate GOP candidates is highly lopsided, with a massive amount focused on Pennsylvania.  —  Senate Republican spending is heavily concentrated in just a handful of races — a distribution that doesn't match the reality of the battleground map.
Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Tim Walz Easily Bats Down Fox Anchor's Anti-Abortion Questions  —  Shannon Bream tried to frame the vice presidential nominee as an extremist on abortion.  He didn't let her  —  Gov. Tim Walz vociferously defended his record on abortion rights during an appearance on Fox News Sunday.
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: Raw Story and The Hill
Arek Sarkissian / Politico:
Florida prepares to evacuate millions of people ahead of another potential hurricane  —  The state is still recovering from Helene, which made landfall less than two weeks ago.  —  TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Florida is facing the threat of another major hurricane making landfall in the state …
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
Nick Reisman / Politico:
New York Dems are queasy over Cuomo's potential comeback  —  Cuomo's history of hardball politics haunts Democrats.  —  NEW YORK — Andrew Cuomo wants out of the political wilderness.  Many fellow New York Democrats wish he would stay there.  —  Concern over Cuomo possibly running …
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
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
Politico:
Harris attacks Trump with new Jack Smith revelations  —  The digital ad, shared first with POLITICO, is targeting voters in key battleground states.  —  Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign is directly invoking special counsel Jack Smith's investigation to attack former President Donald Trump, in a new ad provided first to POLITICO.
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 …
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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
Myah Ward / Politico:
'It's not won': Democrats jittery over razor-thin race in Michigan  —  Harris still faces a number of challenges in the state.  —  FLINT, Michigan — Democrats across the country are fretting about Pennsylvania, a blue wall state that could crumble Vice President Kamala Harris' most straightforward path to victory.
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Politico:
Playbook: Michigan messes mount for Harris
Discussion: Fox News
 
 
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The Hill:
Melania Trump speaks out on abortion. Will it moderate Trump's image?
Discussion: NBC News
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Speaker Johnson calls federal response to Helene ‘a massive failure’
Discussion: Bloomberg, RedState and Fox News
Bloomberg:
Oil Moguls Emerge as Key Cash Source for Trump as Race Nears End
Erin Banco / Politico:
Inside the US intel dilemma on Gaza a year after Oct. 7
Discussion: The Forward and JNS.org
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Mark Kelly on Harris: 'I'm confident she's going to win Arizona'
Discussion: CBS News
 Earlier Items: 
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
Molly Ball / Wall Street Journal:
How Donald Trump Jr. Became the Crown Prince of MAGA World
Discussion: Raw Story
NBC News:
The next president is poised to inherit the fewest judicial vacancies in generations
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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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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