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4:10 PM ET, October 11, 2024

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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
Discussion: The Root, Raw Story and HuffPost
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
Discussion: CNN
The Daily Beast:
Tim Walz Tirade: Trump ‘Outsourced God to China’
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Vance suggests the left stole 2020 ... by doing what his own campaign did
Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
'He's Not Well': Trump's Bizarre Off-Topic Ramble Raises Alarm Over ‘Mental Capacity’
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 …
Discussion: Alternet.org
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Mark Milley fears being court-martialed if Trump wins, Woodward book says
Discussion: Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Donald Trump Is Both Candidate And Insider Threat
Discussion: CNN and Wisconsin Examiner
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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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.
Washington Post:
Eight years ago, Trump vowed to ‘drain the swamp.’ Now he swims in it.
Discussion: Raw Story and OpenSecrets.org
New York Times:   Trump Aides Sought Enhanced Security for Closing Stages of Campaign
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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Pew Research Center:
1. The Harris-Trump matchup
Discussion: 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 …
Discussion: Alternet.org
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Alice Herman / The Guardian:
Roger Stone calls for ‘armed guards’ at polling spots in leaked video
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Roger Stone Suggests Using ‘Armed Guards’ During Election in Secret Video
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
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Associated Press and Fox Business
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.
Discussion: Houston Public Media and The 19th
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.
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...
 
 
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Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Catholic League blasts Whitmer for mocking Eucharist
Renée DiResta / The Atlantic:
Rumors on X Are Becoming the Right's New Reality
Discussion: Defense One
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Officials Race to Understand Severity of China's Salt Typhoon Hacks
Alexander B. Howard / CIVIC TEXTS:
If you're filing your taxes on the Internet, Uncle Sam needs to know you're not a dog
Discussion: The Register and GovExec.com
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
James Carville on Aging, Edibles and His Anxieties About Harris
Discussion: RedState
Janna Brancolini / The Daily Beast:
Harris Town Hall Moderator Debunks Crazy New Teleprompter Claim
 Earlier Items: 
Wall Street Journal:
When the Hurricane-Relief Worker Turns Out To Be a Neo-Nazi
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Fritz Farrow / ABC News:
Harris campaign launches ‘Souls to the Polls’ effort to turn out Black churchgoers as Election Day approaches
Davidrlurie / Public Notice:
Harris and Walz are winning the economic policy argument
Discussion: ABC News and Townhall
ProPublica:
In Texas' Third-Largest County, the Far Right's Vision for Local Governing Has Come to Life
Discussion: Houston Public Media
NOTUS:
Trump's 2020 Fake Electors Are Now 2024 Electors — And State Officials Too
Discussion: New Republic
Yasmeen Abutaleb / Washington Post:
Obama admonishes Black men for hesitancy in supporting Harris
 

 
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Financial Times:
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Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
A US federal court allows The Intercept's claim that the DMCA stops OpenAI from stripping a story's title or byline but dismisses its claims against Microsoft

 
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