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5:00 PM ET, October 16, 2024

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Politico:
‘Pennsylvania is such a mess’: Inside Team Harris' unusual levels of finger-pointing  —  Many of the state's most well-connected Democrats have been worried about the operation for months.  —  PHILADELPHIA — Top Democrats in Pennsylvania are worried Vice President Kamala Harris' operation …
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Charles R. Davis / Salon:
“His brain is completely out of commission”: Moderator repeatedly calls out Trump for rambling  —  The 78-year-old Republican could not stay focused nor answer basic questions about tariffs and his economic agenda  —  Speaking at the Economic Club of Chicago on Tuesday …
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
The Delusions of the Donald  —  We'll see you tomorrow, Philadelphia!  Happy Wednesday.  —  Uh, What Was That?  —  by Andrew Egger  —  Back in January, the great McKay Coppins wrote a piece for the Atlantic titled “You Should Go to a Trump Rally.”  The idea was that secondhand media accounts …
Bloomberg:
Druckenmiller Says Market Is ‘Very Convinced’ Trump Will Win  —  Druckenmiller Says He'll Probably Write-In Someone When He Votes  —  Billionaire investor Stan Druckenmiller said markets are pricing in a Donald Trump victory ahead of next month's US presidential election.
Discussion: New York Times
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Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Swing state map: Polls move in Trump's direction, but the race remains tight
Discussion: New Jersey Online
Eric Garcia / The Independent:
Trump held a “town hall” to talk women's issues across the US. Only his Republican friends were invited
Washington Post:
‘Off the charts:’ How Trump tariffs would shock U.S., world economies  —  If implemented, the former president's tariff plans would lead to higher costs, stock market volatility and feuds with the rest of the world.  —  Former president Donald Trump is campaigning on the most significant increase …
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Why Trump's on-stage interview on economic policy was such a mess
Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
What Matt Gaetz thinks Kamala Harris is doing well  —  We're chatting with lawmakers, former elected officials and political operatives every day between now and Nov. 5 to get a better sense of where people's heads are at — and what their candidate needs to be doing better.
Discussion: Twitchy, Fox News and CBS News
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Liz Cheney jumps into House races — for Democrats
Discussion: Axios and RedState
Rolling Stone:
Republicans Tell Trump That Elon Musk's Super PAC Is Blowing It  —  Donald Trump's allies have been warning him that Musk's field operation is failing in key states — and that it's being led by DeSantis' failed team  —  Donald Trump has largely outsourced his 2024 campaign's …
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Jimmy Carter votes for Kamala Harris  —  The former president, who turned 100 earlier this month, said he wanted to live long enough to vote for the Democratic presidential nominee.  —  Former President Jimmy Carter told his family he was more interested in voting for Vice President Kamala Harris …
John R. Lott Jr / RealClearInvestigations:
Stealth Edit: FBI Quietly Revises Violent Crime Stats  —  When the FBI originally released the “final” crime data for 2022 in September 2023, it reported that the nation's violent crime rate fell by 2.1%.  This quickly became, and remains, a Democratic Party talking point to counter Donald Trump's claims of soaring crime.
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Trump makes at least 19 false claims in one-hour Fox town hall with women  —  Former President Donald Trump, who trails with women in recent national polls, participated in a Fox News town hall event on Tuesday in front of a female audience.  —  He told a bunch of lies.
Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:
Trump's campaign is trying to hide his sad state from voters  —  His decline is undeniable.  They're hoping you don't notice in time. … MAGA-friendly CNBC host Joe Kernen dropped an interesting nugget right as Squawk Box went to commercial break on Tuesday.  —  “Well, Trump canceled, and he was going to come on,” Kernen said.
Nathaniel Meyersohn / CNN:
America revolted against Tostitos and Ruffles.  Now they're making big changes  —  New York CNN —  PepsiCo is unshrinking shrinkflation.  —  The owner of Lay's, Doritos, Tostitos and Ruffles chips will put more chips in some bags to claw back customers tired of higher prices with skimpier bags.
Quinnipiac University Poll:
Swing State Poll 2024: Georgia, North Carolina: Trump Holds Lead In GA, Harris On Upside Of Tight Race In NC, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; NC Gubernatorial Race: Stein Leads Robinson By Double Digits  —  mail_outline  —  GEORGIA: Trump 52%, Harris 45%, other candidates 2%
Makena Kelly / Wired:
JD Vance Adviser Posted on Reddit for Years About Use of Cocaine, ‘Gas Station Heroin,’ Other Drugs  —  Aaron Kofsky, JD Vance's financial policy adviser, called Vance “a Trump boot licker” and instructed users on how to transport drugs through TSA in the posts.  “Coke then opiates is always my go-to,” he wrote.
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Marist Poll:
The U.S. Presidential Contest, October 16, 2024  —  Marist National Poll  —  Harris +5 Points Against Trump Nationally  —  In the presidential contest, Vice President Kamala Harris leads former President Donald Trump by five points among likely voters, including those who are undecided yet leaning toward a candidate.
Pluralistic:
You should be using an RSS reader (permalink)  —  No matter how hard we all wish it were otherwise, the sad fact is that there aren't really individual solutions to systemic problems.  For example: your personal diligence in recycling will have no meaningful impact on the climate emergency.
HuffPost:
Elon Musk Helped Fund The Most Cynical Super PAC Of The 2024 Election  —  Future Coalition PAC has argued to Arab American voters that Kamala Harris is too pro-Israel — and to Jewish voters that she is too pro-Palestinian.  —  LOADING  —  A super PAC engaged in a cynical two-step designed …
The Guardian:
Revealed: International ‘race science’ network secretly funded by US tech boss  —  Group promoting ‘dangerous’ scientific racism ideology teamed up with rightwing extremist, recordings reveal  —  An international network of “race science” activists seeking to influence public debate …
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Donald Trump bears responsibility for Jan. 6 attack, Jack Smith argues in new filing  —  The special counsel says Trump “willfully caused his supporters to obstruct and attempt to obstruct” the certification of Joe Biden's victory in 2020.  —  WASHINGTON — A team of federal prosecutors led …
Sam Woods / McSweeney's:
I'm an Undecided Hobbit, Torn Between a Dark Lord Who Promises an Age of Chaos and an Elf Queen Whom I Just Wish I Knew More About  —  I'm a well-informed Hobbit—a Boffin from Overhill, thank you very much—who is in a kerfuffle about whom to throw my Hobbit-sized support behind.
Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg:
Alabama Voter Roll Purge Before Election Is Blocked by Judge  — Alabama officials violated federal ‘quiet’ period, judge rules  — Justice Department also suing Virginia over pre-election cull  —  A federal judge blocked Alabama election officials from carrying out a last-minute purge …
Discussion: HuffPost, NPR, KDFX-TV and The Guardian
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
The Twilight of America's Excuses  —  Over the last decade we've created a stream of rationalizations for why so many voters want Trumpism.  That stream is about to dry up.  —  ∙ Paid  —  Sarah, Tim, and I taped a gigantic, super-sized TNL last night in preparation …
Associated Press:
Justice Department to monitor voting in Ohio county after sheriff's comment about Harris supporters  —  The U.S. Justice Department will send election monitors to an Ohio county where a sheriff was recently accused of intimidating voters in a social media post, federal officials announced Tuesday.
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Michelle Obama to headline get-out-the-vote rally in Georgia  —  Michelle Obama is headlining a get-out-the-vote rally in Georgia just days ahead of the presidential election.  —  The former first lady and founder of When We All Vote, a voter engagement and mobilization initiative …
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
FTC announces rule to make it easier to cancel subscriptions  —  The Federal Trade Commission is taking steps to make it easier for consumers to cancel digital subscriptions.  —  The department will soon implement a “final click to cancel rule,” it announced on Wednesday …
Bill Rankin / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Fulton DA seeks to reinstate criminal charges against Trump in Georgia election interference case  —  Judge Scott McAfee dismissed six felony counts against the former president and his allies  —  The Fulton County District Attorney's Office is asking the state Court of Appeals …
Discussion: CNN, Fox News, Townhall and CBS News
Thomas Zimmer / Democracy Americana:
Donald Trump, American Fascist  —  Please note: I will add an audio version of this piece by Wednesday morning.  Thank you for your patience.  —  Donald Trump's closing pitch to the American people is rage, intimidation, and vengeful violence.  He is threatening - or promising, if you ask his supporters - fascism.
Discussion: The Guardian
Reuters:
RTX to pay $950 million to resolve US defense fraud, Qatar bribery charges  —  RTX (RTX.N) agreed on Wednesday to pay about $950 million to resolve federal charges it defrauded the U.S. Department of Defense into overpaying for defense systems and bribed an official in Qatar to secure business from the Middle East country's air force.
Discussion: Bloomberg and Boston Herald
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Fox anchor tasked with interviewing Harris has a history of appeasing network's pro-Trump audience  —  New York CNN —  Fox News anchor Bret Baier is all too keenly aware that Fox's viewers want him to affirm what they already feel.  —  This week, he is under pressure as he prepares …
 
 
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New York Times:
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Geoffrey A. Fowler / Washington Post:
Don't say ‘vote’: How Instagram hides your political posts
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Trump Super-PAC Sent Out Bogus Medicare Cancellation Notice to Scare Voters About Kamala Harris
Discussion: Raw Story
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The myth of Businessman Trump has collapsed
Discussion: ABC7
Bloomberg:
McKinsey to Pay at Least $500 Million in DOJ Opioid Probe
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David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump's Dancing Shows Just How Crazy He's Become
Discussion: Forbes
Karen Jenkins / The Hill:
FEMA workers threatened by armed group in Tennessee
Discussion: National Zero
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Evangelicals buried by Christian columnist for latching on to Trump's ‘freak show’
Discussion: The Daily Beast
New Republic:
Transcript: Trump's Mental Decline Finally Becomes Big Media Story
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Early voting record shattered in Georgia