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CNN:
‘That son of a bitch’: New Woodward book reveals candid behind-the-scenes conversations of Biden, Trump, Harris and Putin — Editor's Note: The story below contains explicit language — In his new book, legendary journalist Bob Woodward offers a remarkable look behind the scenes …
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Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Trump secretly sent covid tests to Putin during 2020 shortage, new book says — “War,” by Bob Woodward, traces how Trump and Biden responded to international crisis and concludes that Trump is worse than Nixon, the president exiled by the Watergate scandal.
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Book Revives Questions About Trump's Ties to Putin — The journalist Bob Woodward cited an unnamed aide saying that Donald J. Trump had spoken to Vladimir V. Putin as many as seven times since leaving office. Multiple sources say they cannot confirm that report.
Paige Oamek / New Republic:
Trump Lashes Out After Damning Report on His Close Ties to Putin — Donald Trump's campaign team is lashing out against a journalist following news that the former president secretly kept in touch with Russian President Vladimir Putin after leaving the Oval Office.
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emptywheel:
As Russia Overtly Helps Trump Get Elected, Trump Continues to Check in with Vladimir Putin
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Trump took ‘British naval secrets’ to Mar-a-Lago, says Christopher Steele
Trump took ‘British naval secrets’ to Mar-a-Lago, says Christopher Steele
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Trump secretly gave Putin Covid test machines, Bob Woodward book says
Trump secretly gave Putin Covid test machines, Bob Woodward book says
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James Bickerton / Newsweek:
Kamala Harris' Support Among Republicans Almost Doubles: NYT-Siena Poll — in November has nearly doubled over the past month according to a major new survey from — . — It found nine percent of likely voters who describe themselves as — plan to back the Democratic candidate in November …
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Romney Won't Endorse Harris, Saying He Wants to Keep His Voice in the Party — Senator Mitt Romney of Utah, the 2012 Republican nominee for president, says the party may need to be rebuilt. — Senator Mitt Romney, the retiring Republican from Utah and onetime standard-bearer of a party …
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Joe Perticone / The Bulwark:
The Cataclysmic Post-Election Scenario No One's Bracing For
The Cataclysmic Post-Election Scenario No One's Bracing For
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Associated Press
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Harris is borrowing from ‘Republican playbook’ as she leads Trump in new national poll
Harris is borrowing from ‘Republican playbook’ as she leads Trump in new national poll
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Li Zhou / Vox:
Donald Trump's many, many lies about Hurricane Helene, debunked — Since Hurricane Helene decimated parts of western North Carolina last week, former President Donald Trump has seized on the tragedy to perpetuate lies about the federal response, sowing chaos and confusion as officials scramble to help those affected.
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Politico:
Trump thrusts hurricane response into center of 2024 campaign
Trump thrusts hurricane response into center of 2024 campaign
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Elon Musk Is Now Seizing Other People's Twitter Accounts To Promote Donald Trump — How quickly do you think we'd be having Congressional hearings about “election interference” if Mark Zuckerberg so much as posted a “Harris/Walz” lawn sign in front of his house?
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse:
Whitehouse Unveils Report Examining Failures of Supplemental Background Investigation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh — New report details how the Trump White House restricted FBI investigators and lied to the American people about the investigation and tip line.
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Beth Reinhard / Washington Post:
FBI probe of Kavanaugh constrained by Trump White House, report finds
FBI probe of Kavanaugh constrained by Trump White House, report finds
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Oliver Darcy / Status:
Cesar's Conspicuous Call — Questions are mounting over why NBCU has opted to shelve the well-reviewed documentary from an Oscar-winning filmmaker until after the election. — NBCU News Group boss Cesar Conde is — yet again — facing questions about an eyebrow-raising editorial decision that was made within his palace's walls.
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Kathleen Culliton / Raw Story:
MSNBC delays documentary over fears it could ‘offend Donald Trump’: report
MSNBC delays documentary over fears it could ‘offend Donald Trump’: report
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The Wrap
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
‘Eternally sorry’: Journalist confesses his biggest error in covering ‘buffoon’ Trump — Former President Donald Trump's behavior has been enabled by a mainstream press that “never took him seriously,” Lucian Truscott wrote for Salon on Tuesday in a damning indictment of the media's enabling …
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Lucian K. Truscott IV / Salon:
The problem with reporting on Donald Trump is the press never took him seriously
Juliann Ventura / The Hill:
Ethel Kennedy, widow of Robert F. Kennedy, hospitalized after suffering stroke, family says — Ethel Kennedy, a social justice advocate and the widow of late U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, is recovering in a hospital after suffering a stroke last week, her grandson said in a statement.
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Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
FBI arrests Afghan man who officials say planned Election Day attack in the US — The FBI has arrested an Afghan man who officials say was inspired by the Islamic State militant organization and was plotting an Election Day attack targeting large crowds in the U.S., the Justice Department said Tuesday.
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Walz says the Electoral College ‘needs to go’ — The Minnesota governor hasn't been shy about his support for making the popular vote king. — Gov. Tim Walz made a new push for booting the Electoral College in favor of a national popular vote, as Democrats are again wary of a scenario …
William Vaillancourt / The Daily Beast:
Florida Meteorologist Explains Why He Broke Down During Hurricane Report — ‘I HAVE CHANGED’ — NBC's John Morales, who has been covering storms for more than three decades, said that global warming has changed him. — South Florida NBC meteorologist John Morales explained …
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Alexander B. Howard / CIVIC TEXTS:
As a hurricane threatens, White House helps Americans text-to-find shelter — Good evening from Washington, where I'm digesting another good fall day spent at Howard University participating in the third Democracy Summit convened by the Center for Journalism and Democracy.
Axios:
Scoop: Senate Democrats go to war over GOP ad spending loophole … - The FEC will decide this week if one GOP strategy can keep going, with a vote expected Thursday. — People who closely follow the commission tell Axios the expectation is for the vote to split along party lines …
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Christopher Steele / Newsweek:
I'm Behind the Trump-Russia Dossier. We Gave the FBI More Than People Know — My wife Katherine called me up to the bedroom and told me that BuzzFeed had published our memos: The so-called “dossier” on — . — It was the night of January 10, 2017. The publication of the news story …
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Washington Examiner
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
The latest union snub for Harris and Walz underscores a bigger problem for their campaign — Even with a union member on the presidential ticket, Democrats are struggling to hold back a changing cultural tide. — It was a viral moment for a campaign that needed one: A chorus …
Tatyana Tandanpolie / Salon:
Expert: Analysis shows Trump tax plan “taking money” from bottom 95% and “giving it” to richest 5% — “This is an enormously redistributive tax plan from low- and middle-income families to the wealthiest Americans” — Former President Donald Trump's proposed tax plan would create tax cuts …
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Sister Toldjah / RedState:
‘60 Minutes’ Has Some Explaining to Do After Eye-Opening Edit Discovered on a Kamala Harris Word Salad — We wrote earlier about how the much-anticipated “60 Minutes” interview with Vice President Kamala Harris didn't do her any favors considering it a) further proved points her critics …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
DeSantis Threatening Jail Time for Running Abortion Rights Ads in Florida — Florida has become the state where elements of a future, second-Trump-presidency America already come into view. We're seeing some of these things happening right now in Florida. The example I'm about to share with you legitimately shocked me.
Razia Iqbal / The Guardian:
Rashid Khalidi, America's foremost scholar of Palestine, is retiring: 'I don't want to be a cog in the machine any more' — As the Columbia University professor steps down, he addresses student protests, links between Ireland and Palestine and how ‘higher education has developed into a hedge fund’
ABC News:
Vance and Walz press corps revive a tradition on their campaign planes — Candidates answered questions rolled up the aisle to them on an orange. — US Senator and Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance (L) and Minnesota Governor and Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz shake hands …
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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
What Will Happen If Trump Wins the 2024 Election? — And why it matters in 2024. … Former President Donald Trump has threatened a campaign of retribution if he returns to the White House, signaling that he will seek to prosecute rivals and enemies while stocking a second administration with loyalists who will carry out his wishes.
Pluralistic:
Google's new phones can't stop phoning home (permalink) — One of the most brazen lies of Big Tech is that people like commercial surveillance, a fact you can verify for yourself by simply observing how many people end up using products that spy on them. If they didn't like spying, they wouldn't opt into being spied on.
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The Register
PBS NewsHour:
‘If meteorologists could stop hurricanes, we would.’ Here's why humans still can't control the weather — Hurricanes are humanity's reminder of the uncontrollable, chaotic power of Earth's weather. — Milton's powerful push toward Florida just days after Helene devastated large parts …
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