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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 …
Michael C. Bender / New York Times:
Vance, Given 5 Chances to Say Trump Lost in 2020, Takes None — In an interview with The New York Times, Senator JD Vance repeatedly refused to acknowledge Donald J. Trump's defeat and said he would not have certified the 2020 results. — Heading into the final three weeks of the 2024 election …
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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
The Daily Beast:
Tim Walz Tirade: Trump ‘Outsourced God to China’
Tim Walz Tirade: Trump ‘Outsourced God to China’
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Washington Times, Mediaite 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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Raw Story, Lawyers, Guns & Money 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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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Washington Examiner and Daily Mail
NBC News:
Trump won't golf until after the election
Trump won't golf until after the election
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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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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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Salvador Hernandez / Los Angeles Times:
California officials reject more SpaceX rocket launches, with some citing Musk's X posts — SpaceX's plans to launch more rockets from the California coast were rejected by a state commission this week, with some officials citing Elon Musk's political posts on X and raising concerns …
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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 …
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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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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Washington Times, LGBTQ Nation, The Nevada Independent and Fox News
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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” …
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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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
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.
Beege Welborn / HotAir:
Friday Smiles: Some Very Savvy People Break Down the Democratic Freak Out — Besides roaming the interwebs and combing through so many different X accounts myself, I'm lucky enough to have a dear friend from high school who once worked in Congress. Nowadays, he does his own thing …
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acecomments.mu.nu and CNN
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 …
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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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Lindsey Burstiner / Fox News:
FOX NEWS CHANNEL'S HARRIS FAULKNER TO PRESENT TOWN HALL ON WOMEN'S ISSUES FEATURING FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ON OCTOBER 16TH — One-Hour Town Hall to Feature All-Female Audience in Cumming, Georgia and Air on “The Faulkner Focus” at 11 AM/ET — NEW YORK — October 11, 2024 …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Trump upgrades his con to Category 5 — In Pennsylvania, former president Donald Trump unleashed a destructive storm — on his supporters. — READING, Pa. — Humans do not “control the weather” as Marjorie Taylor Greene believes, but they do control their campaign schedules.