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2:00 PM ET, October 14, 2024

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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Trump's Midnight In America  —  Three weeks and a day until election day, and this thing is tied, tied, tied.  Nate Silver's polling average has Kamala Harris up a tick under three points nationally—which might give Donald Trump the barest of edges at this moment in the Electoral College.
Discussion: New York Post
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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.”
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Trump targets immigrants legally in US for deportation  —  🗳️ This special five-edition week of Public Notice is made possible by paid subscribers.  If you aren't one already, please click the button below and sign up to support our independent journalism.  🗳️
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
America's choice: Do voters want to live in reality, or a dangerous dream world?
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Trump suggests using military against ‘enemy from within’ on Election Day
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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Flynn Nicholls / Newsweek:
Swastika Flags Flown During Donald Trump Boat Parade in Florida  —  A boat bearing swastika symbols and Donald Trump  —  flags was hosed down after trying to join a Trump boat parade in Jupiter, Florida.  —  The boat was photographed attempting to take part in the parade on Sunday in the
María Luisa Paúl / Washington Post:
Michigan GOP candidate's ad aimed at Black voters has wrong election date  —  The Michigan Legislative Black Caucus accused Republican Tom Barrett's campaign of misleading Black voters with an ad carrying the wrong election date.  —  Tom Barrett, a Republican vying for a Michigan congressional seat …
Discussion: CNN and Raw Story
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Maya C. Miller / New York Times:   Michigan Republican Blames ‘Proofing Error’ for Misleading Ad in Black-Owned Newspaper
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 …
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Al Weaver / The Hill:
Senate rankings: 5 seats most likely to flip
Discussion: The Message Box
Gabriel Debenedetti / New York Magazine:
‘This Is Going To Be Too Close for Comfort’ … When Kamala Harris took over Joe Biden's ailing campaign this summer, she went looking for help.  Donald Trump had a commanding lead in the polls, threatening to make competitive Democratic strongholds like Virginia, and she had barely 100 days to turn the race around.
Discussion: The Hill
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Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Harris campaign targets Republicans in Arizona with new ad
Discussion: Washington Times
The Hill:   Harris gives Democrats a boost, but control of House up for grabs
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Kamala Harris Sets an Interview With a Not-So-Friendly Outlet: Fox News.  —  The interview, to be conducted by the anchor Bret Baier in Pennsylvania, will air Wednesday at 6 p.m. Eastern.  —  Vice President Kamala Harris has agreed to an interview with Fox News, the network said on Monday.
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Trump ground game undercut by slow internet that crashes app  —  Trump campaign wants to hit rural voters but slow internet limits the functionality of the Campaign Sidekick app  —  Donald Trump's campaign has limited ability to know whether their ground game operation is reaching target voters …
Discussion: Raw Story
Josephine Harvey / HuffPost:
Trump Insists He's Not ‘Cognitively Impaired’ In Jumbled Rally Tangent  —  The former president also slid in a wildly exaggerated claim about the size of the crowd he drew a day earlier.  —  LOADING  —  Former President Donald Trump insisted he's not “cognitively impaired” during a wandering …
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Alex Thompson / Axios:
Scoop: Karine Jean-Pierre blocks John Kirby at White House podium … - Kirby, President Biden's top spokesperson for foreign affairs, joined Jean-Pierre for most briefings after Israel was attacked on Oct. 7, 2023.  — But for the past two-plus months Kirby has been mostly absent in the briefing room …
Discussion: Breitbart and The Daily Caller
Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
‘Inappropriate and unprofessional’: State Election Board chair wants his Republican peers to back down  —  In an exclusive interview, John Fervier says Georgia election board members shouldn't be activists  —  The chair of the State Election Board says his Republican colleagues have gone too far …
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
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
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Texas county sidelines librarians, reclassifies book on abuse of Native Americans as “fiction”  —  A Texas county has mandated public libraries move a well-regarded children's book documenting the mistreatment of Native Americans in New England — Colonization and the Wampanoag Story — from the “non-fiction” section to “fiction.”
NBC News:
Harris rallies in a Pennsylvania bellwether county as she focuses on ‘blue wall’ states  —  Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., said Erie County is a microcosm of Pennsylvania and warned of Trump's “very unique and special connection” in rural areas he's visiting to boost Harris.
Discussion: BizPac Review
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New York Times:
Harris Suggests Trump Is ‘Weak and Unstable’ in Pointed Challenge
Morgan Phillips / Fox News:
Biden warned Iran that killing Trump would be an act of war: report  —  US spends millions to protect former Trump officials from Iran retaliation for Soleimani killing  —  President Biden reportedly instructed his National Security Council to make clear to Iran that any attempt …
 
 
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Bill Barrow / Associated Press:
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