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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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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
They Served With Trump. They Have a Warning. — Hurricane Milton, which slammed into Florida as a Category 3 storm last night, has been nearly as bad as advertised, although the absolute worst-case scenario—catastrophic storm surge throughout the city of Tampa—blessedly did not come to pass.
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New Republic, New York Magazine and Washington Post
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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Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Harris tops Trump by 4 points in new national poll — Vice President Harris is leading former President Trump by 4 points among likely voters, according to an Economist/YouGov poll released Thursday. Harris leads with 49 percent to Trump's 45 percent, while 4 percent of voters are unsure …
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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Harris accepts invite to CNN town hall as another Trump debate appears unlikely — Vice President Harris has accepted an invitation from CNN to participate in a town hall on the network a week before Election Day, as it appears unlikely that former President Trump will agree to a second debate with her.
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New York Magazine and The Gateway Pundit
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Andrew Howard / Politico:
Kamala Harris agreed to CNN town hall — The cable network also extended an offer to former President Donald Trump. — Vice President Kamala Harris will participate in a town hall with CNN on Oct. 23, her campaign announced Thursday. — Harris' participation comes after former President Donald Trump …
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AJ McDougall / The Daily Beast:
Host Laughs in Trump's Face After He Calls Himself ‘a Truthful Person’
Host Laughs in Trump's Face After He Calls Himself ‘a Truthful Person’
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
Bill Clinton to hit battleground states for Harris
Bill Clinton to hit battleground states for Harris
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Axios, The Hill, Washington Examiner and NC Newsline
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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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
Anna Edgerton / Bloomberg:
A Crazier Path to 270: Can Harris Wrest Alaska Away From Trump?
A Crazier Path to 270: Can Harris Wrest Alaska Away From Trump?
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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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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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Washington Examiner, Breitbart, Slow Boring and STAT
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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
The Atlantic endorses Harris: ‘She believes in democracy’
The Atlantic endorses Harris: ‘She believes in democracy’
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The Federalist
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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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
The Polls *Are Not* Underestimating Trump This Time — We have good data on his ceiling. He's already near it. — ∙ Paid — 1. No Fear — One of the persistent concerns about the race is that in 2016 and 2020, polling somewhat underestimated Donald Trump's final vote share.
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Townhall, The Daily Caller and Daily Caller News Foundation
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, has died after suffering a stroke, a family member confirmed to CBS News. She was 96 years old.
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Associated Press:
Ethel Kennedy, social activist and wife of Robert F. Kennedy, has died
Ethel Kennedy, social activist and wife of Robert F. Kennedy, has died
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Bob Woodward / Washington Post:
A lost Trump interview comes back to life — The yet-to-be-president holds forth on strength, friendship, dealmaking, public service and building violations. — One evening in February 1989, my Watergate reporting partner Carl Bernstein bumped into Donald Trump at a dinner party in New York.
Dennis Aftergut / The Bulwark:
Donald Trump's Plan B — “IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU WON OR LOST THE ELECTION. You still have to fight like hell.” That is, according to Special Counsel Jack Smith's recent evidentiary filing in his case against Donald Trump for the January 6th insurrection, what Trump said at a crucial moment in 2020.
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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.
Sam Levine / The Guardian:
Far-right site Gateway Pundit settles defamation suit with election workers — Website falsely accused Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss of wrongdoing in 2020 election — The Gateway Pundit, the far-right news website that played a critical role in spreading false information about the 2020 election …
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Washington Post, Gateway Journalism Review, Georgia Recorder and KDFX-TV
Sylvan Lane / The Hill:
TD Bank to pay $3B, face growth cap over money laundering violations — Toronto-Dominion Bank, commonly referred to as TD Bank, pled guilty Thursday to violating federal anti-money laundering and bank transparency laws, agreeing to pay more than $3 billion and limit its future growth.
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Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Major papers are giving Trump's Jan. 6 indictment dramatically less attention than they did Clinton's server — RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ROB SAVILLO & HARRISON RAY … After months of right-wing caterwauling that Clinton's email use constituted a criminal scheme, Comey announced …
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NBC News:
Afghan accused of plotting terror attack worked as CIA guard, officials say — It isn't yet known whether the man, who worked for the CIA in Afghanistan, radicalized before or after he arrived in the U.S. following the chaotic American withdrawal. — An Afghan man arrested on charges …
Rich Cromwell / The Federalist:
A Vote For Donald Trump Is A Vote For Normalcy — Trump may be an abnormal politician, but when it comes to delivering actual normalcy, he's the better choice this November. — In 2020, Joe Biden and the corporate media promised that electing him over Donald Trump would bring a return to normalcy.
Associated Press:
More than 3 million without power as Hurricane Milton slams Florida, causes deaths and flooding — Florida residents returned to the familiar ritual of assessing hurricane damage Thursday, the day after Milton smashed through many coastal communities and spawned a barrage of tornadoes …
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Bloomberg:
Biden Asks Congress to Return for Milton Aid Bill — Biden says relief going to cost ‘several billion dollars’ — President has no plans to call Trump about misinformation — President Joe Biden said Congress should come back to pass emergency relief after Hurricane Milton wreaked havoc overnight …
Associated Press:
Trump's small-dollar donor fundraising is beset by confusion and fatigue — Donald Trump's contributions from small-dollar donors have plummeted since his last bid for the White House, presenting the former president with a financial challenge as he attempts to keep pace with Democrats' fundraising machine.
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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
FCC chair rebukes Trump's calls to revoke CBS, ABC broadcast licenses — The chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is forcefully pushing back on calls from former President Trump to punish broadcast networks that he says are not fair to him. — “While repeated attacks …
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August Bournique / Law Office of August Bournique:
DATA, 23, AND ME — Many of 23 and Me's former customers are asking to have their data and samples deleted or destroyed out of concern that they may be sold during the company's likely bankruptcy. 23 and Me isn't making it easy, and one argument they have for retaining data is that medical record retention laws require them to.