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2:55 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.  🗳️
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.
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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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
FEMA temporarily pauses aid in parts of NC over reported threats
Discussion: Washington Post, emptywheel and IJR
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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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
Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Harris campaign targets Republicans in Arizona with new ad
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Times
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
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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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
America's choice: Do voters want to live in reality, or a dangerous dream world?
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
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.
Discussion: The Guardian
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 and RedState
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.
Christopher F. Rufo / Christopher Rufo:
Kamala Harris's Plagiarism Problem  —  The vice president appears to have airlifted sections of her book, Smart on Crime.  —  Kamala Harris has become famous, in part, for her unique rhetorical style.  She switches freely between various accents and peppers her speeches with catchphrases …
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
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
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 …
Discussion: CBS News and National Zero
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.”
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.
Discussion: Jewish Insider
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
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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