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9:45 PM ET, October 15, 2024

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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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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 …
Discussion: Daily Kos
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.
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.
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Trump turns town hall into “music fest” after medical emergencies in crowd
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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The Daily Beast:
Trump Gives Ominous Clue About What May Happen If He Loses  —  ALTERNATE REALITY  —  In an interview in Chicago, Trump refused to say whether things will be peaceful if he is defeated on Election Day.  —  Donald Trump on Tuesday dodged the question of whether he will allow …
Meryl Kornfield / Washington Post:
Trump sidesteps question on committing to peaceful transfer of power
Discussion: Mediaite
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump clashes with Bloomberg editor over tariffs
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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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.
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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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.
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
The Hour of Darkness Is Here  —  These are the times that try a nation's soul.  —  ∙ Paid
Discussion: Blaze Media
Chauncey DeVega / Salon:
“Brain flaws”: Understanding MAGA as an epidemic disease
Discussion: Raw Story
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.
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.
Discussion: Fox News
MSNBC:
Rachel Maddow calls the bluff of Trump supporters who claim to be making a ‘business decision’  —  Rachel Maddow looks at some of the reasons why a Trump supporter might claim to look past his many shortcomings because they consider their vote a business decision, and why those business …
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.
Discussion: American Thinker
Pluralistic:
Of course we can tax billionaires (permalink)  —  Billionaires are pretty confident that they can't be taxed - not just that they shouldn't be taxed, but rather, that it is technically impossible to tax the ultra-rich.  They're not shy about explaining why, either - and neither is their army of lickspittles.
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.
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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Greg Olear / PREVAIL:   Travesty Justice: How the FBI's Failure to Vet Brett Facilitated Kavanaugh's Confirmation
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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Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Vance falsely claims Trump did not ‘go after his political opponents’ as president  —  Sen. JD Vance, the Republican vice presidential nominee, falsely claimed Sunday that former President Donald Trump “didn't go after his political opponents” during his presidency …
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.
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.
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.
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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