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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: WFAA-TV, The Hill, The Root and Raw Story
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 …
The Daily Beast:
Tim Walz Tirade: Trump ‘Outsourced God to China’
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Michael C. Bender / New York Times:
Vance, Given 5 Chances to Say Trump Lost in 2020, Takes None
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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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.
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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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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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 …
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Harris ad bashes Trump for criticizing Detroit  —  Vice President Harris's campaign released an ad titled “Like Detroit” on Friday, criticizing former President Trump for his unfavorable comments about the city.  —  “They said we were dead.  That our best days were behind us,” …
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Davidrlurie / Public Notice:
Harris and Walz are winning the economic policy argument
Discussion: ABC News and Townhall
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
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 …
Bridget Bowman / NBC News:
In Nevada, Democrats hedge their bets on Senate control  —  Democrats need to hang onto seats in competitive battlegrounds like Nevada to have any hope of keeping their slim majority.  —  RENO, Nev. — As union workers prepared to knock on doors to support Sen. Jacky Rosen on a sunny Thursday afternoon …
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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...
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 …
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
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 …
Discussion: Mediaite
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.
Renée DiResta / The Atlantic:
Rumors on X Are Becoming the Right's New Reality  —  The site formerly known as Twitter has become the center of a fantastical political culture.  —  A curious set of claims has recently emerged from the right-wing corners of the social-media platform X: FEMA is systematically abandoning …
Discussion: Defense One
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
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Officials Race to Understand Severity of China's Salt Typhoon Hacks  —  In letters to AT&T, Verizon and Lumen, lawmakers ask about proposed measures the companies will take to protect U.S. wiretap systems  —  WASHINGTON—U.S. officials are racing to understand the full scope …
 
 
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CNN:
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Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Catholic League blasts Whitmer for mocking Eucharist
Alexander B. Howard / CIVIC TEXTS:
If you're filing your taxes on the Internet, Uncle Sam needs to know you're not a dog
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 Earlier Items: 
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
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Discussion: RedState
Wall Street Journal:
When the Hurricane-Relief Worker Turns Out To Be a Neo-Nazi
Discussion: Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
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