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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 and Digby's Hullabaloo
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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Salon, New York Magazine, Alternet.org, Washington Post, The Daily Beast, The Hill, Reason, Joe.My.God., The Independent, KDFX-TV and Mediaite
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
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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Axios, Raw Story, New Republic, Mediaite 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
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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Politico, Washington Examiner, Raw Story, New York Times, KDFX-TV, New York Post, Al Jazeera, The Gateway Pundit, The Guardian, The Independent, Joe.My.God., Mediaite 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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Joe.My.God., The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite, SheKnows and Raw Story
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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Rolling Stone, Raw Story, The Independent, Joe.My.God. and The Daily Beast
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, The Independent, RedState, New York Post, Al Jazeera, Forbes, CBS News, Washington Post, The Daily Caller, 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, Newsweek, The Hill, Breitbart, The Independent, New Jersey Online, Los Angeles Times and Daily Mail
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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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
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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LGBTQ Nation, The Nevada Independent and Fox News
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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...
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Twitchy, Townhall, Fox News, The Gateway Pundit, NPR, The Hill, USA Today, The Nevada Independent, CBS News and Politico
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
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
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 …
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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 …
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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.
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Houston Public Media and The 19th
Emily Lefroy / Daily Mail:
People are calling out the airbrushing of Kamala Harris' Vogue cover: ‘Why does this look like AI?’ — Vice President Kamala Harris appeared on the cover of Vogue's October issue — Social media users have called out the publication for heavily airbrushing her
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The Daily Beast, New York Post, New York Daily News, KDFX-TV, BizPac Review, Twitchy, IJR and Fox News
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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