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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.
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PJ Media and New York Post
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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. 🗳️
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Reason, Plain Dealer and Ohio Capital Journal
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.”
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Media Matters for America, Washington Post and The Daily Beast
Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
The Trump Voters Who Don't Believe Trump
The Trump Voters Who Don't Believe Trump
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Trump suggests using military against ‘enemy from within’ on Election Day
Trump suggests using military against ‘enemy from within’ on Election Day
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Man charged with gun threats made against North Carolina FEMA workers — A North Carolina man was arrested and accused of threatening federal aid workers providing disaster relief after Hurricane Helene. — Rutherford County sheriff's deputies took 44-year-old William Jacob Parsons …
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CBS News and Joe.My.God.
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Man accused of threatening FEMA workers in western North Carolina
Man accused of threatening FEMA workers in western North Carolina
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ABC7 and National Zero
Brianna Sacks / Washington Post:
Hurricane recovery officials in N.C. relocated amid report of ‘armed militia,’ email shows
Hurricane recovery officials in N.C. relocated amid report of ‘armed militia,’ email shows
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Axios:
FEMA makes “operational adjustments” in hurricane response as threats spike
FEMA makes “operational adjustments” in hurricane response as threats spike
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ABC News, The Gateway Pundit, KDFX-TV and Fox Carolina
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
FEMA temporarily pauses aid in parts of NC over reported threats
FEMA temporarily pauses aid in parts of NC over reported threats
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Washington Post, emptywheel, The National Pulse and IJR
Scott Wong / NBC News:
Speaker Mike Johnson predicts a new coalition will elect Republicans in 2024 — The first-term speaker barnstormed Pennsylvania last week, making stops with six Republican candidates as the GOP works to woo traditional Democratic voting blocs. — HELLERTOWN, Pa. — A country club audience …
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Washington Post, Rolling Stone and Washington Examiner
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
A Political Misdiagnosis — Democrats imagined that they would become the majority party as America became more racially diverse.
A Political Misdiagnosis — Democrats imagined that they would become the majority party as America became more racially diverse.
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Townhall, Fox News, Washington Examiner and New Jersey Online
Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Harris campaign targets Republicans in Arizona with new ad
Harris campaign targets Republicans in Arizona with new ad
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The Hill and Washington Times
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 Is Going To Be Too Close for Comfort’ … When Kamala Harris took over Joe Biden's ailing campaign …
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The Hill
Nick Wadhams / Bloomberg:
Eric Holder Predicts Harris Will Get 5 Million More Votes Than Trump — Harris would introduce ‘nuances’ to US policy toward Israel — Former attorney general warns of ‘doom loop’ with Trump — Former Attorney General Eric Holder said he expects Vice President Kamala Harris …
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
New NRA Chief Once Tortured a Cat to Death — Doug Hamlin pleaded no contest to brutally murdering a pet cat with his fraternity brothers as a student at the University of Michigan — REPUBLICANS SPENT THE better part of September falsely smearing migrants as sadistic pet torturers in their bid to stoke fear about immigration.
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The Guardian
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
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Imprisoned for llama crimes, Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
Jared Gans / The Hill:
New Jersey rep goes silent for 8 seconds after question on mass deportations — Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-N.J.) fell silent after being asked by a debate moderator and his Democratic opponent whether he supports enacting mass deportations of migrants, a policy that former President Trump has called for.
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Jewish Insider
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 …
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CNN, Raw Story and New York Times
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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New Republic, Alternet.org, Washington Examiner, New York Post, Progress Pond, The Dispatch, The Daily Beast, Raw Story and New Yorker
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Al Weaver / The Hill:
Senate rankings: 5 seats most likely to flip
Senate rankings: 5 seats most likely to flip
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The Message Box and RedState
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 …
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Raw Story
New York Times:
Another Trump Clemency Recipient Faces Domestic Violence-Related Charges — Philip Esformes is at least the seventh person to be charged with new crimes after receiving a second chance in the last days of the Trump administration. — A Florida man who received a commutation …
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.
Veronica Cardenas / The Hill:
The return of family separation: Trump wants to deport the parents of American-born kids — During the vice presidential debate, Sen. JD Vance was asked a straightforward question: “Will you deport the parents of U.S.-born children?” He dodged the question twice. — Vance's silence speaks volumes.
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 …
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Raw Story
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.”
Aaron Navarro / CBS News:
More than 230 doctors and health care providers call on Trump to release medical records — More than 230 doctors, nurses and health care professionals are calling on former President Donald Trump to release his medical records, arguing that he should be transparent about his health “given his advancing age.”
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Joe.My.God., NBC News, Axios, HuffPost, Forbes, Newsbusters and The Independent
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 …
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Breitbart and The Daily Caller
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 …