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New York Times:
Musk Is Going All In to Elect Trump — Elon Musk is planting himself in Pennsylvania, has brought his brain trust to help and may even knock on doors himself. — In the final weeks of the presidential campaign, the richest man in the world has involved himself in the U.S. election in a manner unparalleled in modern history.
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
The One Thing Obama Got Wrong — Hey, you! Yeah, I'm talking to you, you resident of Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Detroit, or these cities' environs! — We're coming your way next week—come hang out with us! And in the meantime: Happy Friday. — What Obama Said — by Bill Kristol
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
What It Looks Like When One Side Rejects Democracy — A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM's Morning Memo. Sign up for the email version. — When Democracy Itself Is On the Ballot, We've Already Lost — The last few weeks have been a particularly strange stretch …
April Rubin / Axios:
Musk's “unparalleled” efforts to put Trump back in the White House
Musk's “unparalleled” efforts to put Trump back in the White House
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CNN
The Daily Beast:
Tim Walz Tirade: Trump ‘Outsourced God to China’
Tim Walz Tirade: Trump ‘Outsourced God to China’
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Washington Examiner and Joe.My.God.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Vance suggests the left stole 2020 ... by doing what his own campaign did
Vance suggests the left stole 2020 ... by doing what his own campaign did
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, Raw Story and Democrats
Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
'He's Not Well': Trump's Bizarre Off-Topic Ramble Raises Alarm Over ‘Mental Capacity’
'He's Not Well': Trump's Bizarre Off-Topic Ramble Raises Alarm Over ‘Mental Capacity’
Michael C. Bender / New York Times:
Vance, Given 5 Chances to Say Trump Lost in 2020, Takes None
Vance, Given 5 Chances to Say Trump Lost in 2020, Takes None
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The Hill, The Daily Beast, Alternet.org, Washington Post, Joe.My.God., The Independent, KDFX-TV and Mediaite
Washington Post:
Trump requests military aircraft and vehicles amid Iran threat — There is no evidence tying Iran to either of the recent assassination attempts, but the FBI has not ruled out the possibility. — Donald Trump's campaign requested military aircraft for Trump to fly in during the final weeks …
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Washington Examiner, New York Post, Al Jazeera, The Guardian, The Independent, Joe.My.God., Mediaite, Raw Story and Daily Mail
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Sophia Cai / Axios:
Scoop: Trump campaign gets a new communications chief … - It also shows the influence of co-campaign manager Susie Wiles, who in recent weeks has managed to keep several of Trump's rabble-rousing favorites — such as Corey Lewandowski and Laura Loomer — at arms-length from the center of the campaign.
NBC News:
Trump won't golf until after the election
Trump won't golf until after the election
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The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite, SheKnows and Raw Story
Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:
Trump's top general calls ex-president ‘fascist to the core’ and ‘most dangerous person to this country,’ new book says — Your support helps us to tell the story — This election is still a dead heat, according to most polls. In a fight with such wafer-thin margins …
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Alternet.org
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Mark Milley fears being court-martialed if Trump wins, Woodward book says
Mark Milley fears being court-martialed if Trump wins, Woodward book says
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Raw Story, New Republic and Joe.My.God.
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Donald Trump Is Both Candidate And Insider Threat
Donald Trump Is Both Candidate And Insider Threat
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CNN and Wisconsin Examiner
Aaron Zitner / Wall Street Journal:
Battle for Swing States Is Tied, Trump Has Edge on Top Issues, WSJ Poll Shows — Voters prefer the Republican on economy and border security, but Harris still has a path to Electoral College win — WASHINGTON—Voters in the nation's seven battleground states see Donald Trump as better equipped …
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Fox News, RedState, CBS News, Al Jazeera, New York Post, Forbes, The Daily Caller, Washington Post, New Jersey Online, The Hill and Daily Mail
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Andrew Howard / Politico:
WSJ battleground Trump-Harris poll: It's a toss-up, folks
WSJ battleground Trump-Harris poll: It's a toss-up, folks
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Townhall, ZeroHedge News, The Hill, Breitbart, The Independent, New Jersey Online, Los Angeles Times and Daily Mail
Politico:
'They've given up on the idea that they can get women.' How Trump is turning to the other gender gap for victory.
'They've given up on the idea that they can get women.' How Trump is turning to the other gender gap for victory.
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KFF, Washington Post and Raw Story
Pew Research Center:
1. The Harris-Trump matchup
1. The Harris-Trump matchup
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One America News Network, Washington Post, Axios and Reason
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
Damning Video Shows Roger Stone Is Plotting a Coup for November — A nine-minute, unedited, undercover interview with Roger Stone revealed some of the MAGA ally's more disturbing goals for a second Trump administration. — The covert recording of a discussion between Stone …
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Alternet.org
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Alice Herman / The Guardian:
Roger Stone calls for ‘armed guards’ at polling spots in leaked video
Roger Stone calls for ‘armed guards’ at polling spots in leaked video
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Joe.My.God.
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Roger Stone Suggests Using ‘Armed Guards’ During Election in Secret Video
Roger Stone Suggests Using ‘Armed Guards’ During Election in Secret Video
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Raw Story, The Independent and The Daily Beast
Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic:
I'm Running Out of Ways to Explain How Bad This Is … The truth is, it's getting harder to describe the extent to which a meaningful percentage of Americans have dissociated from reality. As Hurricane Milton churned across the Gulf of Mexico last night, I saw an onslaught …
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Trump ghostwriter ‘deeply unsettled’ by evidence of ex-president's ‘psychopathy’ — Donald Trump's ghostwriter for his myth-making memoir “The Art of the Deal” explained how the new film “The Apprentice” reveals how the former president's childhood trauma warped him into a “psychopath” …
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Tony Schwartz / New York Times:
What ‘The Apprentice’ Gets Exactly Right About Trump
What ‘The Apprentice’ Gets Exactly Right About Trump
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El País, Vanity Fair, The Independent, The Daily Beast, New Jersey Online, Vogue, Joe.My.God., Daily Mail, Los Angeles Times, New Yorker, IndieWire, Deadline and TMZ.com
NBC News:
Cities seek more than $750K in unpaid bills for Trump campaign events since 2016 — At least four cities and a county are still waiting to be reimbursed for costs associated with local law enforcement and first responders during Trump's visits. — Former President Donald Trump held …
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New Republic, Joe.My.God., The Independent and Raw Story
Joanne Haner / The Hill:
Michigan newspaper issues correction after Trump claims he won man of year award — A Michigan newspaper issued a correction after former President Trump cited the paper at a speech in Detroit, claiming he was Michigan's “Man of the Year” in 2023. — The former president pulled out a printout …
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Democrats to swing states: A vote for Jill Stein is a vote for Trump — Democrats are arguing in a new pitch to swing-state voters that a vote for Green Party nominee Jill Stein would only help elect former President Trump. — An ad released Thursday says that Stein was “key” …
Oliver Milman / The Guardian:
'It's mindblowing': US meteorologists face death threats as hurricane conspiracies surge — Storms Helene and Milton have triggered rise of misinformation stoked by Trump and fellow Republicans — Meteorologists tracking the advance of Hurricane Milton have been targeted by a deluge …
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Thinking about, Filosofa's Word, Axios, New York Post and The Daily Beast
Kylee Griswold / The Federalist:
Kamala Harris Is Too Stupid To Be President — Democrats have fallen in line behind geriatric and mentally impaired candidates before. They'll gladly fall in line behind a stupid one now. — Univision hosted a “Latinos Ask” town hall with Kamala Harris on Thursday night …
Wall Street Journal:
JPMorgan Calls It: The U.S. Economy Has Made a Soft Landing — Bank reports better-than-expected results and raises its guidance for full-year net interest income — JPMorgan Chase on Friday said the U.S. economy remains strong for both consumers and big companies, a sign that the Federal Reserve …
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Associated Press and Fox Business
Punchbowl News:
The world according to Mike Johnson … That's longer than Kevin McCarthy lasted in the role. — And with 25 days until Election Day, we wanted to catch up with Johnson to discuss his views on the speakership, the upcoming lame-duck session and what 2025 will look like if Republicans keep control of the House.
Caroline Kitchener / Washington Post:
Texas man abandons suit against women he claimed helped ex-wife get abortion — The first-of-its-kind case, decried by abortion rights advocates as an attempt to deter the use of abortion pills, was dropped after a judge refused to compel the women to provide additional information.
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Houston Public Media and The 19th
Vogue:
Vice President Kamala Harris on Her Race to the Finish — If politics is a game best played in temperate weather, Kamala Harris's arrival in Ripon, Wisconsin, on October 3 caught the luck of an unseasonably warm sun. It's 71 degrees—by Wisconsin standards, summer—when Air Force Two touches …
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The Guardian, Megyn Kelly, New York Post, Townhall, Vanity Fair, RedState, Mediaite, The Daily Caller and The Hill
David Strom / HotAir:
This Is Beyond Insane: Kamala's Univision Disaster — Kamala Harris is on a “media blitz” because her numbers are slipping. Badly. — This is about the 18th version of Kamala Harris—she “reboots” so regularly because she is no good at this campaigning thing...