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9:15 AM ET, October 15, 2024

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Reuters:
Exclusive: Kamala Harris could join podcaster Joe Rogan for an interview - sources  —  Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris could sit down with popular podcaster Joe Rogan for an interview in the final stretch of the U.S. presidential campaign, three sources with knowledge of the matter said on Monday.
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Charisma Madarang / Rolling Stone:
Trump Is Big Mad That Fox News Is Interviewing Harris  —  After the network announced that the vice president would sit down for an interview, Trump raged on social media  —  REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE Donald Trump, increasingly prone to temper tantrums and outbursts of violent rhetoric …
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Harris launches ‘blue wall’ blitz through Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin
Charlie Sykes / MSNBC:
Why I just endorsed Kamala Harris  —  Some conservatives reject Trump but cannot bring themselves to vote for the one candidate who could stop him.  I refuse to be one of them.  —  In Dante's “Inferno,” as I've previously written, moral cowards aren't even allowed into hell.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
Mitt Romney should endorse Kamala Harris  —  📊 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.  📊  —  🚀 Subscribe to Public Notice 🚀
Discussion: KDFX-TV and Mediaite
Marianne LeVine / Washington Post:
Trump sways and bops to music for 39 minutes in bizarre town hall episode  —  The scene comes as Vice President Kamala Harris has called Trump, 78, unstable and called into question his mental acuity.  —  OAKS, Pa. — The town hall, moderated by South Dakota Gov. Kristi L. Noem (R) …
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Trump's GOP moves to dramatically revamp election rules  —  Republican allies of former President Trump have embarked on a sweeping effort to restrict voting and purge voter rolls across the country since the 2020 election, something critics fear could stymie participation in the November contest …
Discussion: KDFX-TV and Associated Press
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ProPublica:
Greg Abbott Boasted That Texas Removed 6,500 Noncitizens From Its Voter Rolls. That Number Was Likely Inflated.
Discussion: CBS News
Washington Post:
Republicans face backlash for lawsuits targeting overseas and military voting
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
'That's You': Tim Walz Sounds the Alarm on Trump Threatening to Sic the Military on ‘The Enemy From Within’  —  Vice presidential candidate Tim Walz warned a crowd of supporters that former President Donald Trump was talking about them when denouncing “the enemy from within.”
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Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Trump's Border Plans Are Light on Details but Strong on Fury
Edith Olmsted / New Republic:
The Glaring Truth About That Man With Guns Arrested at a Trump Rally  —  MAGA Republicans have begun touting the arrest of an armed man outside Donald Trump's rally Saturday as a “thwarted” third assassination attempt, but federal investigators said that there was no indication that the man …
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ABC News:
Trump town hall derailed after medical emergencies in the crowd  —  What was supposed to be a Q&A with supporters was marred by fainting spells.  —  Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump gestures at a campaign town hall on Oct. 14, 2024, in Oaks, Pa., as South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem watches.
Steve Holland / Reuters:
US warns Iran to stop plotting against Trump, says US official  —  The United States has warned the Iranian government to stop all plotting against Republican Donald Trump and said that Washington would view any attempt on his life as an act of war, a U.S. official said on Monday.
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Neil Gorsuch's New Book Is an Embarrassment  —  The conservative Supreme Court justice produced a tendentious account of the legal system in service of a political narrative — and he won't answer his critics.  —  The Supreme Court began its new term last week at a perilous moment for the institution.
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
Michael Isikoff / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Campaign Manager Chris LaCivita's Multi-Million Payday Revealed  —  HOW MUCH?  —  Chris LaCivita, the Republican strategist entrusted with returning Trump to the White House, has eye-opening deals with the campaign, the Daily Beast has learned.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Cruz calls out McConnell-aligned group for not spending ‘a penny’ in Texas  —  Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R) vented his frustration with the Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC aligned with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), for not spending any money in his competitive reelection race …
New York Times:
Republican Operatives Function as Hidden Hand Behind Pro-Trump Efforts  —  A political nonprofit organization called Building America's Future has raised and spent more than $100 million over the past four years.  —  A group of Republican donors and operatives has been the hidden hand behind …
Discussion: Raw Story
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The Kavanaugh cover-up  —  Over the last few years, the Supreme Court majority has issued a series of rulings that have fundamentally reshaped America — ending federal protections for abortion rights, upending the ability of federal agencies to issue regulations, and granting the president near-total immunity from criminal prosecution.
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Business efforts to break the NLRB reach the Supreme Court  —  On Monday, a car supplier went to the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the court to block a National Labor Relations Board proceeding against the company from beginning on Tuesday — the highest-profile action yet in a growing effort …
Jack Herrera / Texas Monthly:
The Border Crisis Won't Be Solved at the Border  —  If Texas officials wanted to stop the arrival of undocumented immigrants, they could try to make it impossible for them to work here.  But that would devastate the state's economy.  So instead politicians engage in border theater.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate majority at risk of falling out of reach for Democrats  —  Former President Trump's strength in the upper Midwest is putting Senate Democrats on defense, giving the GOP hopes it can not only win the Senate majority but grow it beyond a seat or two.  —  Republicans are already favored …
Discussion: Fox News and National Zero
Axios:
Behind the Curtain — Election scenario 2: Harris sweep … - Democrats would race to make American courts less conservative, and hope for a Republican-appointed Supreme Court justice to retire.  —  This period of unified Democratic power would likely last two years, until the next congressional races …
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Axios:
Scoop: Schumer-linked Super PAC raised $119 million in Q3 … - The Senate Leadership Fund (SLF), the super PAC associated with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), will report its Q3 fundraising numbers Tuesday.  — For the entire cycle, SMP will report that it raised $286 million …
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
House Republican fights for his political life in Arizona swing district  —  Rep. Dave Schweikert (R-Ariz.) is fighting for his political life in a key Arizona swing district, in what observers say will likely be the most competitive race of his years-long career.
 
 
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Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
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What Line Can't Donald Cross?
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Discussion: USA Today
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Conservative Activist Seizes on Passages From Harris Book
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