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10:20 AM ET, October 14, 2024

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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
October 13, 2024  —  “He is the most dangerous person ever.  I had suspicions when I talked to you about his mental decline and so forth, but now I realize he's a total fascist.  He is now the most dangerous person to this country...a fascist to the core.”
Discussion: Washington Post and Boston Herald
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Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Trump targets immigrants legally in US for deportation  —  Having protected status may not save you. … As the 2024 election heads into the home stretch, Donald Trump and JD Vance are doing what they do best: whipping up a racist campaign of hate against immigrants.
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
America's choice: Do voters want to live in reality, or a dangerous dream world?  —  Donald Trump stopped Friday at a plush mountain hotel called Gaylord Rockies Resort just outside Aurora, Colo., to launch a Western weekend getaway — from basic reality.  His rally at the resort's convention center …
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Washington Post:
Trump wages campaign against real-time fact checks  —  The moves are the latest example of Trump's long-held resistance to being called to account for his falsehoods.  —  Donald Trump and his campaign have waged an aggressive campaign against fact-checking in recent months, pushing TV networks …
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New York Times:
Harris Suggests Trump Is ‘Weak and Unstable’ in Pointed Challenge
Gabriel Debenedetti / New York Magazine:
‘This Is Going To Be Too Close for Comfort’ … When Kamala Harris took over Joe Biden's ailing campaign …
Discussion: The Hill
The Hill:   Harris gives Democrats a boost, but control of House up for grabs
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Internal polling memo has warning signs for Senate Republicans  —  Some races are tightening but other key pickup opportunities are moving in the wrong direction, according to a new round of polling from the Senate Leadership Fund.  —  The top GOP super PAC charged with flipping the Senate …
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Raw Story
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Al Weaver / The Hill:
Senate rankings: 5 seats most likely to flip  —  The battle for the Senate majority has hit its final month as Republicans race to end their four-year stint in the minority.  —  The GOP needs to win only one of two competitive races in red states — Montana and Ohio — to do just that.
Discussion: The Message Box
Ursula Perano / Politico:
Inside Jim Justice's alleged attendance problems; they could be a problem for a GOP Senate
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Press Enterprise:
Exclusive: Suspect in Coachella Valley Trump assassination attempt denies accusation, supports ex-president  —  Suspect a registered Republican from Las Vegas and member of a right-leaning anti-government group, sheriff says  —  A third assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump …
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Riverside County Sheriff, CA:
Weapons Violation Arrest
New York Post:
Armed man arrested outside Trump's Coachella rally — and sheriff says it was possible third assassination attempt
Brianna Sacks / Washington Post:
Hurricane recovery officials in N.C. relocated amid report of ‘armed militia,’ email shows  —  Safety fears are growing as misinformation collides with a large-scale federal recovery effort.  —  LAKE LURE, N.C. — Federal emergency response personnel on Saturday had employees operating …
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Axios:   FEMA makes “operational adjustments” in hurricane response as threats spike
Oliver Darcy / Status:
The Atlantic Editor-In-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg warns newsroom decay is how ‘democracy decomposes’  —  “We're sleepwalking into an absolute disaster,” Goldberg said.  —  In an industry beset by challenges, The Atlantic is a rare bright spot.  —  The 167-year-old magazine announced this week …
Axios:
Behind the Curtain — Election scenario 1: War-gaming a Trump sweep … This period, lasting at least two years, until the next congressional races, would allow Republicans to move ambitiously — with few brakes beyond the Senate filibuster.  — The vast majority of congressional leaders are now Trump loyalists.
Politico:
Orbán threatens to mess with Ukraine aid to help Trump  —  Hungary's latest attempt to disrupt Ukraine aid isn't about money — it would penalize the EU.  It's about making friends with Donald Trump.  —  Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is preparing to serve …
Discussion: Euromaidan Press
Maya C. Miller / New York Times:
Michigan Republican Blames ‘Proofing Error’ for Misleading Ad in Black-Owned Newspaper  —  The state's legislative Black caucus have asked the attorney general and a county prosecutor to investigate Tom Barrett's congressional campaign for potential voter disenfranchisement.
Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
The Trump Voters Who Don't Believe Trump  —  When the former president endorses violence and proposes using the government to attack his enemies, many of his supporters assume it's just an act.  —  One of the more peculiar aspects of Donald J. Trump's political appeal is this …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Zachary Folk / The Daily Beast:
Josh Hawley's Local Newspaper Declares Him the ‘Worst Sitting Senator’  —  NO CONFIDENCE  —  The St. Louis Post-Dispatch objected to Hawley's actions leading up to the Jan. 6 Capitol riots.  —  A local newspaper in Missouri wrote a scathing rebuke of the state's Sen. Josh Hawley …
Associated Press:
This could have been a year of a federal court reckoning for Trump.  Judges had other ideas  —  The indictment charging Donald Trump with hoarding classified documents leveled one jaw-dropping allegation after another, including that he showed off a secret Pentagon attack plan to guests …
Discussion: ProPublica
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
‘Vile stuff’: NYT shamed by its own former public editor for whitewashing Trump racism  —  Former New York Times public editor Margaret Sullivan this week shamed her one-time employer for its coverage of the 2024 presidential election.  —  Writing on her Substack page …
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Margaret Sullivan / American Crisis:
About those New York Times headlines
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Cheney doubts Johnson will carry out ‘constitutional obligations’ to certify election  —  Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) said in a Sunday interview that she doubts House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will carry out “his constitutional obligations” to certify the 2024 election.
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Cheney does “not have faith” Mike Johnson will certify election
 
 
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Texas county sidelines librarians, reclassifies book on abuse of Native Americans as “fiction”
NBC News:
Harris rallies in a Pennsylvania bellwether county as she focuses on ‘blue wall’ states
Discussion: BizPac Review
NPR:
Bob Woodward takes NPR behind the headline-grabbing moments in his new book
Ann M. Simmons / Wall Street Journal:
Attacks on Gay Rights Push Russia's LGBTQ Community Into the Shadows
Reuters:
US to send anti-missile system and troops to Israel, Pentagon says
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Project 2025 offers a chilling preview of Trump's autocratic plans for a second term
Discussion: Associated Press
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Trump pledges raises and 10,000 more agents in border plan
 Earlier Items: 
David McAfee / Raw Story:
Meghan McCain's threat to Dems backfires as her dad's biographer issues warning of his own
Discussion: Washington Times
Brian Faler / Politico:
Trump disarmed a political landmine in refusing to release his tax returns
David McAfee / Raw Story:
‘Absolute chaos’ as ‘MAGA faithful were stranded’ in desert after California event: report
Discussion: The Independent
Wes Davis / The Verge:
X blocked hacked JD Vance dossier links after the Trump campaign flagged it
Zach Montellaro / Politico:
DeSantis misses post-hurricane meeting with Biden — again
Discussion: USA Today
Scott Dworkin / The Dworkin Report:
Press Breaks Record For Worst Week of Coverage Ever
Discussion: John Kass
Dana Liebelson / Politico:
Normie Republicans Are Having Their Revenge on Kari Lake
Discussion: The Hill