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11:05 AM ET, October 9, 2024

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Greg Sullivan / Bloomberg:
Kremlin Says Trump Sent Putin Covid Tests While President  — Kremlin denies phone calls took place after Trump left office  — Trump campaign pushed back on claims in Bob Woodward's book  —  The Kremlin confirmed that former US President Donald Trump while in office sent Russian …
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Ivana Saric / Axios:
Kremlin refutes Trump denial on sending Putin COVID tests … - Woodward also reported that Trump and Putin have had “as many as seven” personal conversations since Trump left office in 2021.  — Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung said Tuesday that the allegations were “made up stories” …
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
October 8, 2024  —  “It's been a tradition for more than half a century that the major party candidates for president sit down with 60 Minutes in October,” host Scott Pelley said to the camera last night before 60 Minutes aired an interview with Vice President Kamala Harris.
Laura Kelly / The Hill:
Kremlin confirms Trump sent COVID-19 tests to Putin during pandemic  —  The Kremlin confirmed that former President Trump while in office sent Russian President Vladimir Putin COVID-19 testing devices during the height of the pandemic, as was revealed in a new book by journalist Bob Woodward, Bloomberg reported.
Discussion: Townhall, Mercury News and Daily Kos
Washington Post:
The fight for the House and Senate: Where things stand  —  Will both chambers flip?  Congress may once again have to work under the strain of divided government.  —  Congress may be headed for an Election Day double flip.  —  With less than four weeks to go, Republicans appear poised to win the Senate …
Discussion: Associated Press
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Tal Axelrod / ABC News:
Expansive Senate map tightens in 2024 home stretch
Discussion: City & State New York
Axios:
Scoop: Senate Democrats go to war over GOP ad spending loophole
Discussion: The Hill and HuffPost
Associated Press:
Trump has long blasted China's trade practices.  His ‘God Bless the USA’ Bibles were printed there  —  Thousands of copies of Donald Trump's “God Bless the USA” Bible were printed in a country that the former president has repeatedly accused of stealing American jobs and engaging in unfair trade practices — China.
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:   Trump's ‘God Bless the U.S.A’ Bible Was Made in China
Politico:
Playbook: Mike Johnson's Trump charm offensive  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  BEFORE THE STORM — Latest forecasts continue to show Hurricane Milton as a Category 5 storm, striking west-central Florida overnight tonight and pushing …
Discussion: Election Law Blog and NOTUS
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Politico:
Elon Musk is piling onto all the hurricane disinformation, hampering relief efforts
Jason Lange / Reuters:
Exclusive: Harris widens lead over Trump to 47%-40%, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds  —  Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris leads Republican Donald Trump 47% to 40% in the race to win the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election, as she appeared to blunt Trump's edge on the economy and jobs, a Reuters/Ipsos poll published on Tuesday found.
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Juliann Ventura / The Hill:
Cruz leading Allred by 3 points in Texas Senate race: poll  —  Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) holds a 3-point lead over his Democratic challenger, Rep. Colin Allred, according to a new poll.  —  The Florida Atlantic University (FAU) survey, conducted by Mainstreet Research, shows that among registered voters …
Discussion: Bloomberg, WFAA-TV and Mother Jones
James Bickerton / Newsweek:
Kamala Harris' Support Among Republicans Almost Doubles: NYT-Siena Poll
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
The Moment of Truth … Last november, during a symposium at Mount Vernon on democracy, John Kelly, the retired Marine Corps general who served as Donald Trump's second chief of staff, spoke about George Washington's historic accomplishments—his leadership and victory in the Revolutionary War …
Marin Scotten / Salon:
Howard Stern endorses Kamala Harris during interview that touches on therapy, sexism and Trump  —  Stern revealed he is voting for the Democratic nominee halfway through an interview with the vice president  —  Vice President Kamala Harris has Howard Stern's vote, he announced during her appearance on his Sirius XM radio show Tuesday.
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
13 Things We Learned From Harris's Interview With Howard Stern
Nancy Cook / Bloomberg:
Trump Plans Madison Square Garden Rally in Election Home Stretch  — Oct. 27 rally to come just days before presidential election  — Event likely to draw protests, presents security challenges  —  Former President Donald Trump plans to hold a rally at New York City's iconic Madison Square Garden …
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New York Post:
Trump books MSG rally to kick off final stretch of 2024 campaign: sources
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Walz: ‘The Electoral College needs to go’  —  Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic Party's vice presidential nominee, suggested Tuesday night that the Electoral College should be abolished during two West Coast campaign stops.  —  Walz mentioned the concept during fundraisers in Seattle …
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Walz says the Electoral College ‘needs to go’
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Trump is not women's “protector”: New Brett Kavanaugh report shows MAGA protects predators  —  Republicans believed the allegations against Trump's Supreme Court pick — and knew Trump would still defend him  —  In a recent Pennsylvania stemwinder that raised eyebrows even by MAGA standards …
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse:
Whitehouse Unveils Report Examining Failures of Supplemental Background Investigation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh
Shawn Chen / Associated Press:
US considers asking court to break up Google as it weighs remedies in the antitrust case  —  The U.S. Department of Justice is considering asking a federal judge to break up Google after its ubiquitous search engine was declared an illegal monopoly, but it is just one of many possible remedies under review, according to a court filing.
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Lee-Anne Mulholland / The Keyword:
DOJ's radical and sweeping proposals risk hurting consumers, businesses, and developers
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
Trump's new strategy for the election interference case  —  Plan A: Win in November.  Plan B: Delay until 2028. … 🥳  —  The election interference case is back from its gap year at the Supreme Court, and Trump is back on his BS.  —  Trump's lawyers have resumed spewing unsupported allegations …
Ken Bensinger / New York Times:
Trump Holds Up Transition Process, Skirting Ethics and Fund-Raising Rules  —  Donald J. Trump has so far opted out of the official planning for a government handover, a move that allows him to avoid disclosing his donors to his transition effort.  —  Less than a month before Election Day …
Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
Republicans threaten to punish colleges that allow pro-Palestinian protests  —  Exclusive: in video, House majority leader outlines plan of attack on universities that fail to quash criticism of Israel  —  Top Republicans are threatening to pull billions of dollars of federal funding …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Economy Most Important Issue to 2024 Presidential Vote  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — The economy ranks as the most important of 22 issues that U.S. registered voters say will influence their choice for president.  It is the only issue on which a majority of voters, 52%, say the candidates' positions on it are an …
Tom Maxwell / Gizmodo:
Elon Musk's ‘Free’ Starlink for Hurricane Helene Victims Will Cost at Least $400  —  Upon inspection, the offer of a free month of Starlink service seems to be the type of deal you might give to any new customer. … As Elon Musk likes to do whenever disaster hits somewhere in the world …
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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Rogé Karma / The Atlantic:
The Most Dramatic Shift in U.S. Public Opinion
Michael Shepherd / Bangor Daily News:
Donald Trump confuses Janet Mills' gender on rambling call to Maine supporters
Discussion: Associated Press
Bess Levin / Vanity Fair:
Ron DeSantis Throws Televised Conniption Fit After Reports That He Ignored Kamala Harris's Calls to Discuss Hurricane Relief
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Sister Toldjah / RedState:
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Matt Arco / New Jersey Online:
Daughters to dads who support Trump: ‘You chose him over me’
Discussion: Raw Story and Florida Politics
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
FBI arrests Afghan man who officials say planned Election Day attack in the US
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
What Will Happen If Trump Wins the 2024 Election?
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
The latest union snub for Harris and Walz underscores a bigger problem for their campaign
Discussion: Townhall