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James Bickerton / Newsweek:
Crowd Leaves Early as Trump Dances to Music on Stage For 39 Minutes — town hall event on Monday reportedly began leaving early after the — presidential nominee decided to stop taking questions from the audience and instead played music for 39 minutes. — The former president attended …
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David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Trump Breaks Down Onstage — At a campaign event last night, Trump got bored—and weirdness ensued. — Is Donald Trump well enough to serve as president? — The question is not temperamental or philosophical fitness—he made clear long ago that the answer to both is no—but something more fundamental.
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Charles R. Davis / Salon:
“Trump appears lost”: Alarm after Trump town hall abruptly turns into “bizarre” musical event — For more than a half hour, the former president stood on stage listening to music instead of answering questions — For just under 40 minutes, the Republican candidate who won't release …
Michael Gold / New York Times:
Trump Bobs His Head to Music for 30 Minutes in Odd Town Hall Detour — After multiple interruptions, Donald Trump cut off questions and seemed to decide that it would be more enjoyable for all concerned — and, it appeared, for himself — if he fired up his campaign playlist.
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
'Let's just listen to music': Trump's town hall event gets weird
'Let's just listen to music': Trump's town hall event gets weird
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Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
Trump's Surreal Musical Town Hall Detour Has Everyone Confused
Trump's Surreal Musical Town Hall Detour Has Everyone Confused
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Marianne LeVine / Washington Post:
Trump sways and bops to music for 39 minutes in bizarre town hall episode
Trump sways and bops to music for 39 minutes in bizarre town hall episode
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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Trump turns town hall into “music fest” after medical emergencies in crowd
Trump turns town hall into “music fest” after medical emergencies in crowd
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Maya Boddie / Alternet.org:
‘Donald Trump gives up on speaking’: Fox News correspondent blasts ‘strange’ MAGA town hall
‘Donald Trump gives up on speaking’: Fox News correspondent blasts ‘strange’ MAGA town hall
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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Suddenly, the Electoral College Is Posing a Problem for Trump — Americans of color are apparently moving to the right. Donald Trump is poised to make historic gains with nonwhite voters in November, according to recent polling, accelerating the racial depolarization of the electorate.
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CNN:
Record number of early votes cast in Georgia as election gets underway in battleground state — A record number of early votes have been cast in Georgia on Tuesday as residents headed to the polls in a critical battleground state that is grappling with the fallout from Hurricane Helene …
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Rolling Stone:
Trump Crumbles When Pressed on Economic Policy in Tense Interview — The former president attempted to “weave” his way through an interview with Bloomberg News, but couldn't escape his own policy black hole — Donald Trump continued his pre-election economic event tour on Tuesday …
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Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
Kamala Harris needs weird voters — Tomorrow (Wednesday) at 11 a.m., I'll conduct a live Election Dialogue with Matt Yglesias on the Substack app. Matt's outstanding newsletter, Slow Boring, has one of the highest audience overlaps with Silver Bulletin of any other Substack newsletter, so I know many of you already know him.
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Jason Lange / Reuters:
Exclusive: Harris holds steady, marginal 45%-42% lead over Trump, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds — Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris held a marginal 3-percentage-point lead over Republican Donald Trump - 45% to 42% - as the two stayed locked in a tight race to win the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found.
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
The Hour of Darkness Is Here — These are the times that try a nation's soul. — ∙ Paid
The Hour of Darkness Is Here — These are the times that try a nation's soul. — ∙ Paid
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Harris Goes On Fox. Trump Sticks to the Henhouse.
Harris Goes On Fox. Trump Sticks to the Henhouse.
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump Media shares fall nearly 10% after DJT plunge triggers trading halt … Trump Media shares closed down nearly 10% Tuesday, after a wild trading session that was briefly halted due to volatility when the Truth Social owner's stock suddenly plunged in price.
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Meryl Kornfield / Washington Post:
Trump sidesteps question on committing to peaceful transfer of power — The GOP presidential nominee also falsely claimed there was a peaceful transfer of power in 2021 — when a violent mob attacked the U.S. Capitol to stop the affirmation of Biden's win. — CHICAGO — Former president Donald Trump …
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The Daily Beast:
Trump Gives Ominous Clue About What May Happen If He Loses
Trump Gives Ominous Clue About What May Happen If He Loses
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Julia Shapero / The Hill:
Trump says he likes Mark Zuckerberg ‘much better now’
Trump says he likes Mark Zuckerberg ‘much better now’
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Matt Cohen / Democracy Docket:
Virginia County Officials Declare They Will Refuse to Certify November Election — Election officials in Waynesboro County, Virginia filed a lawsuit on Oct. 4 that says they will refuse to certify the upcoming general election unless the state's policy on counting ballots is changed.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Here's how Donald Trump would lower grocery prices — In his own words. — Donald Trump's town-hall-style campaign event in Pennsylvania on Monday understandably attracted more attention for its conclusion than for its contents. But the actual question-and-answer period did provide useful insights that should not be overlooked.
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Jacqueline Sweet / Drop Site News:
The unraveling of a cat tale — “In Springfield, they're eating the dogs!” warned Donald Trump during the September 10 presidential debate. Seemingly flabbergasted by his own allegation, his voice rose as he pushed the point forward, delivering his rhetorical cat de grâce.
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.
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
U.S. demands Israel improve humanitarian conditions in Gaza or risk military aid … - Israeli authorities closed crossings into Gaza earlier this month, halting deliveries of food and essential supplies to 400,000 Palestinians before some trucks were able to enter again on Monday.
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Gary D. Robertson / Associated Press:
North Carolina governor candidate Mark Robinson sues CNN over report about posts on porn site — North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson announced a lawsuit Tuesday against CNN over its recent report alleging he made explicit racial and sexual posts on a pornography website's message board, calling the reporting reckless and defamatory.
Nico Hines / The Daily Beast:
Trump Abruptly Cancels Another Mainstream TV Interview — PULLS OUT AGAIN — CNBC co-host Joe Kernen announced on air that the previously unknown interview had been canceled. — SILENT TREATMENT — The former House speaker played a key role in convincing her old friend to abandon his re-election bid.
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Jessica Piper / Politico:
Miriam Adelson dumps $95 million in pro-Trump super PAC — GOP megadonor Miriam Adelson, the wife of the late casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, put $95 million into her pro-Trump super PAC, Preserve America, last quarter, according to a report filed with the Federal Election Commission Tuesday afternoon.
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Aimee Picchi / CBS News:
BrucePac meat recall includes these foods from Trader Joe's, Kroger and more. Here's a list. — Hundreds of products sold at grocery chains such as Kroger, Wegmans and Trader Joe's are part of a BrucePac meat recall involving almost 10 million pounds of meat and poultry that may be contaminated …
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Madeleine Ngo / New York Times:
Small Business Administration Depletes Disaster Loan Funds — Federal officials urged people to keep applying for the loans, which they said they would continue to process while awaiting more funding from Congress, which is not set to reconvene until Nov. 12.
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Scott Dworkin / The Dworkin Report:
This Awesome Walz Speech Got Almost No Press Coverage — Coach revs up the Motor City — On Friday, Tim Walz dropped a powerful pro-union speech in front of a crowd filled of workers in Detroit, just a day after Trump trashed the city. Walz sent a clear, stern message that he and Kamala Harris …