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Kevin Manahan / New Jersey Online:
Harris vs. Trump analyst tells panicky Dems: GOP is creating fake polls |  ‘Desperate, unhinged, Trumpian’  —  As polls seem to indicate that former president Donald Trump has momentum in some swing states with 24 days remaining until the Nov. 5 presidential election, Democratic strategist Simon Rosenberg says: Don't buy it.
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Washington Post:
Harris and Trump take divergent paths in a tied race
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Sebastian Murdock / HuffPost:
Trump Called Harris ‘Retarded,’ Railed Against Jews Supporting Her: Report
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Sam Levine / The Guardian:
Far-right website admits there was no fraud at 2020 vote-count in Atlanta  —  Gateway Pundit settled defamation lawsuit brought by election workers it had falsely accused of wrongdoing  —  The far-right website The Gateway Pundit acknowledged for the first time on Saturday …
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Maegan Vazquez / Washington Post:
Right-wing site Gateway Pundit acknowledges inquiry cleared two Georgia election workers  —  The statement comes a few days after Gateway Pundit reached a settlement in a defamation case filed by two Georgia election workers.  —  The Gateway Pundit, a far-right website …
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Note from the Editor: Legal Update  —  Georgia officials concluded that there was no widespread voter fraud by election workers who counted ballots at the State Farm Arena in November 2020.  The results of this investigation indicate that Ruby Freeman and Wandrea ‘Shaye’ Moss did not engage …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
New York Times polls are betting on a political realignment  —  Should you buy it?  —  ∙ Paid  —  The past quarter-century of American politics has been dominated by two major trends.  One is simply increasing political polarization: red states have perpetually become redder, and blue states bluer.
Discussion: Florida Politics
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New York Times:
Black Voters Drift From Democrats, Imperiling Harris's Bid, Poll Shows
New York Times:
Trump Leads in Arizona as Harris Holds an Edge in Pennsylvania, New Polls Show
David Jackson / USA Today:
Trump is in a better polling spot now than he was against Clinton or Biden
New York Times:
This Election Will Need More Heroes
Ariana Baio / The Independent:
Trump, after mocking Harris over teleprompter use, stops rally to remove sign that fell on his  —  Former president often mocks Kamala Harris for using a teleprompter  —  Your support helps us to tell the story  —  This election is still a dead heat, according to most polls.
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Associated Press:
Harris' doctor reports she's in ‘excellent health.’ Her campaign wants to draw a contrast with Trump
Griffin Eckstein / Salon:
“Threatening to cancel votes”: Florida officials allege fraud to kneecap abortion rights amendment  —  The last-minute report threatens to “cancel” votes for an amendment to restore abortion rights in the state  —  In a last-minute effort to kill a proposed ballot amendment …
Discussion: Florida Politics and NBC News
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Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Is Ron DeSantis secretly preparing an effort to block Florida's abortion measure?  —  Late Friday, the Florida Department of State's office released a report alleging fraud relating to petition circulation and collection for the abortion rights measure that will be Amendment 4 on this fall's ballot in the state.
Lulu Garcia-Navarro / New York Times:
A Conversation With JD Vance  —  Philip Montgomery for The New York Times  —  From the moment JD Vance came onto the national stage, he was inextricably linked to Donald Trump.  As the author of the best-selling book “Hillbilly Elegy,” Vance was initially the Trump whisperer …
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Katherine Miller / New York Times:   This Is Why Trump Imagines He Will Win
Harry Lambert / The Daily Beast:
The Other Hidden Secret in Olivia Nuzzi And RFK Jr.'s Affair  —  TROUBLED DYNASTIES  —  The D.C. golden couple of Olivia Nuzzi and Ryan Lizza was torn apart by her FaceTime affair with RFK Jr. But she was not the only one with a secret, the Daily Beast reveals.
Myah Ward / Politico:
We watched 20 Trump rallies.  His racist, anti-immigrant messaging is getting darker.  —  A POLITICO analysis of more than 20 of his rallies and campaign events shows Trump has demonized minority groups in all of them.  —  Donald Trump vowed to “rescue” the Denver suburb of Aurora, Colorado …
Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
Why Trump is Avoiding the Media (and Voters)  —  Trump's campaign wants swing voters to see as little of him as possible  —  Long before he entered politics, Donald Trump's life philosophy was “There is no such thing as bad press.”  All attention was good attention.
Oliver Willis Explains:
Republicans Campaign From The Holocaust Playbook  —  Democrats Have To Beat Them  —  Singling out an ethnic minority with “bad genes,” blaming them for crimes and other depraved acts, pushing for violence, and advocating for rounding up that minority and putting them in camps to get rid of them.
Michael R. Blood / Associated Press:
Why is Donald Trump campaigning in California, a state he's almost certain to lose?  —  With the presidency on the line in battlegrounds like Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, why would Donald Trump venture into California, one of the most solidly Democratic states, just weeks before Election Day?
Associated Press:
The Justice Department says Virginia is illegally striking voters off of voter rolls  —  RICHMOND, Va. — The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Virginia election officials Friday that accuses the state of striking names from voter rolls in violation of federal election law.
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