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Reuters:
Exclusive: Harris overtakes Trump among suburban voters, Reuters/Ipsos polling shows — Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has erased Republican rival Donald Trump's advantage in the vast middle of American society: suburban residents and middle-income households, an analysis of Reuters/Ipsos polling shows.
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Emerson Polling:
October 2024 State Polls: Mixed Movement Across Swing States Shows Dead Heat — Home Polls October 2024 State Polls: Mixed Movement Across Swing States Shows Dead Heat — Democratic Statewide Candidates Hold Edge on GOP Candidates — New Emerson College Polling/The Hill surveys …
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Axios:
Behind the Curtain: Dems' Blue Wall blues … Tell us who wins Pennsylvania, and we can tell you who's very likely to be president-elect. Harris, former President Trump and their allies plan to spend $350 million on TV ads in Pennsylvania — $142 million more than the next closest state, Michigan, the N.Y. Times reports.
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Anna Edgerton / Bloomberg:
A Crazier Path to 270: Can Harris Wrest Alaska Away From Trump? — A poll showed Harris within striking distance of Trump in the reliably Republican state, but she is a different kind of Democrat than the one Alaska recently sent to Capitol Hill. — Under a cold drizzle that hints …
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Raw Story
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Republicans Appear Poised to Take Control of Senate, New Poll Shows
Republicans Appear Poised to Take Control of Senate, New Poll Shows
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emptywheel:
Putin Has Convinced Trump He's Keeping Trump's Weakness Secret — “He gets played by them, because he thinks that they're his friends and they are manipulating him full time ... with flattery.” Kamala Harris — Here's how WSJ described the Bob Woodward scoop that Donald Trump sent COVID testing equipment …
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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
The Atlantic endorses Harris: ‘She believes in democracy’ — The Atlantic is endorsing Vice President Harris for president. — The magazine announced its decision in an editorial on Thursday, in which the outlet's editors wrote, “Harris doesn't curry favor with dictators.
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The Atlantic:
The Case for Kamala Harris — The Atlantic's endorsement — For the third time in eight years, Americans have to decide whether they want Donald Trump to be their president. No voter could be ignorant by now of who he is. Opinions about Trump aren't just hardened—they're dried out and exhausted.
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Slow Boring and STAT
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Here's What Harris Must Do to Seal the Deal
Lorena O'Neil / Rolling Stone:
Meteorologists Get Death Threats as Hurricane Milton Conspiracy Theories Thrive — It's their job to warn residents about destructive storms — but political polarization has made them targets online — As Hurricane Milton approaches Florida, meteorologists are staying awake for days …
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Trump's hurricane of Milton lies: MAGA has a deadly addiction to disinformation
Trump's hurricane of Milton lies: MAGA has a deadly addiction to disinformation
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Praveena Somasundaram / Washington Post:
A hurricane hunter's final, fitting resting place: Milton's eye
A hurricane hunter's final, fitting resting place: Milton's eye
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New York Times and Joe.My.God.
Flynn Nicholls / Newsweek:
Donald Trump Says Project 2025 Author ‘Coming on Board’ If Elected — has said he would bring Tom Homan, a Project 2025 contributor, into his administration if he wins November's election. — In a Tuesday appearance on California's KFI radio station, host John Kobylt asked Trump what plans …
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Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Harris Calls Into The Weather Channel After Trump Declined Their Call — MEDIA BLITZ CONTINUES — Kamala Harris called into The Weather Channel on Wednesday to speak about Hurricane Milton ahead of its evening landfall—an appearance the network said was also offered to Donald Trump, but he ignored it.
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Kierra Frazier / Politico:
Trump ends speculation on another debate: ‘There will be no rematch’
Trump ends speculation on another debate: ‘There will be no rematch’
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Victor Nava / New York Post:
Kamala Harris appears distracted during Hurricane Milton briefing, hides her mouth to tell someone, 'It's a live broadcast'
Kamala Harris appears distracted during Hurricane Milton briefing, hides her mouth to tell someone, 'It's a live broadcast'
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Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Harris makes impromptu call into CNN, says Trump's hurricane comments ‘dangerous’
Harris makes impromptu call into CNN, says Trump's hurricane comments ‘dangerous’
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David Jackson / USA Today:
Searching for voters, Donald Trump goes dark(er) with pre-election rhetoric — WASHINGTON - While telling a crowd of supporters at a recent rally in western Wisconsin about violent crimes committed by immigrants in the U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump interrupted himself …
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Washington Post:
Is the Trump campaign's male-dominated culture losing women votes?
Is the Trump campaign's male-dominated culture losing women votes?
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Raw Story, Digby's Hullabaloo and The Federalist
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Harris campaign concerned about money after raising $1 billion
Harris campaign concerned about money after raising $1 billion
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Rob Wile / NBC News:
Inflation cools to lowest level since February 2021 — As consumer price growth has normalized, America is still adjusting to prices that have climbed more than 21% on average since early 2020. — Inflation has come full circle for the Biden administration.
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Andrew Ackerman / Washington Post:
Inflation eased slightly for September, as election nears
Inflation eased slightly for September, as election nears
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AJ McDougall / The Daily Beast:
Host Laughs in Trump's Face After He Calls Himself ‘a Truthful Person’ — ROFL — Podcaster Andrew Schulz broke into a fit of giggles so intense he almost slid off his seat after the former president referred to himself as “basically a truthful person.” — A podcast host interviewing …
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Cara Tabachnick / CBS News:
Ethel Kennedy, human rights advocate and widow of Robert F. Kennedy, dies at 96 — Ethel Kennedy, the widow of Robert F. Kennedy and a fierce human rights advocate, died on Wednesday after suffering a stroke, a family member confirmed to CBS News. She was 96 years old.
Ben Brasch / Washington Post:
Florida threatens to criminally charge TV stations airing abortion rights ad — The Florida health department is demanding stations pull the ad, which urges voters to defeat the state's six-week abortion ban at the polls. — Florida's health department threatened criminal charges …
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Kamala Harris doesn't owe the mainstream press anything — They've failed over and over in the age of Trump. … 🍻 — In 2016, the mainstream media infamously decided that the biggest story of the election was Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server while secretary of state.
Popular Information:
How insurance companies could stiff the victims of Hurricane Milton — Hurricane Milton is pounding Florida and is expected to cause billions of dollars in damage. But many Florida homeowners — even those with insurance — will receive little or no help rebuilding.
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Weiss Ratings, E&E News, DCReport.org and The Hill
Ruth Ben-Ghiat / Lucid:
The Authoritarian's Fortress of Lies — Welcome back to Lucid, and hello to all new subscribers. Our next Q&A will be this Friday, Oct. 11, 1-2pmET. Paying subscribers will receive a link to register for the Zoom gathering at 10amET that day. If you'd like to join these stimulating conversations …
Politico:
FEMA spent nearly half its disaster budget in just 8 days — Without more funding, the agency may be forced to suspend rebuilding projects and focus on life-saving operations. — Eight days into the fiscal year, the federal government has spent nearly half the disaster relief that Congress has allocated for the next 12 months.
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Nicholas Liu / Salon:
New documentary details Trump's child-separation policy, but NBC won't air it until December — The filmmaker of “Separated,” a likely Oscar contender, urged his followers on X to “make their own inferences” — MSNBC acquired Errol Morris' new documentary, “Separated,” …