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6:40 PM ET, October 16, 2024

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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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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.
David Edwards / Raw Story:
MAGA host says friends are ‘moving to foreign countries’ if Kamala Harris beats Trump
Discussion: CNN
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
The Twilight of America's Excuses
Thomas Zimmer / Democracy Americana:   Donald Trump, American Fascist
Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
What Matt Gaetz thinks Kamala Harris is doing well
Discussion: Twitchy, Fox News and CBS News
Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Swing state map: Polls move in Trump's direction, but the race remains tight
Discussion: New Jersey Online
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CNN:
Fox News did not disclose its all-women town hall with Trump was packed with his supporters  —  New York CNN —  Fox News hosted an all-women town hall with former President Donald Trump, billed as an opportunity for female voters to ask the Republican candidate questions that matter to them.
Eric Garcia / The Independent:
Trump held a “town hall” to talk women's issues across the US. Only his Republican friends were invited
ABC News:
Trump calls himself ‘father of IVF,’ doubles down on ‘enemy within’ remarks in town hall
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 …
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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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 …
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emptywheel:   Jack Smith Takes Up the Aid and Abet Theory Endorsed by Judge Amit Mehta in 2022
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 …
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Eric McDaniel / NPR:
Elon Musk has given $75 million, so far, to put Donald Trump back in the White House
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.
Holmes Lybrand / CNN:
Fulton County DA asks appeals court to restore three election subversion charges against Donald Trump  —  Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has asked the state's Court of Appeals to reinstate six counts in the election subversion case against Donald Trump and his co-defendants …
Discussion: NBC News, New York Times and CBS News
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Bill Rankin / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Fulton DA seeks to reinstate criminal charges against Trump in Georgia election interference case
Discussion: Fox News and Townhall
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.
Washington Post:
Supreme Court clears way for Biden's plan to cut power plant emissions  —  The Biden administration has said its plan would protect communities from pollution and help the nation meet long-term goals to combat the climate crisis.  —  The Supreme Court cleared the way Wednesday …
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
GOP Senate candidate: Department of Education only created to help ‘little Black girls’  —  The Montana U.S. Senate race took a turn when controversial businessman Tim Sheehy said that the U.S. should eliminate the Department of Education because it was turning children into slaves.
Discussion: HuffPost, Joe.My.God. and The Hill
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
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.
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 …
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%
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.
Discussion: Fox News, Politico, Deadline, The Hill and CNN
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 …
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Trump Super-PAC Sent Out Bogus Medicare Cancellation Notice to Scare Voters About Kamala Harris  —  In Arizona, older people recently received a mailer declaring Medicare had been cancelled.  It had a big red stamp that proclaimed, “Medicare Cancellation Notice.”
Discussion: Raw Story and Boston Herald
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.
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 …
 
 
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Voice of America:
US police urged to embrace prevention to head off mass shootings, attacks
Discussion: ABC News and The Hill
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Live chat  —  Updates about tonight's races in Arizona  —  🌖Our chat has ended, but you can still read it back.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News:
How Russian propaganda reaches and influences the U.S.
Kevin Collier / NBC News:
An AI-powered bot army on X spread pro-Trump and pro-GOP propaganda, research shows
Discussion: Raw Story
Alexander B. Howard / CIVIC TEXTS:
What the AOTUS told me about how the National Archives is using AI
Discussion: 404 Media
Reuters:
RTX to pay $950 million to resolve US defense fraud, Qatar bribery charges
Discussion: Associated Press and Boston Herald
 Earlier Items: 
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Liz Cheney jumps into House races — for Democrats
Discussion: Axios, Washington Times and RedState
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The myth of Businessman Trump has collapsed
Discussion: ABC7
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
FTC announces rule to make it easier to cancel subscriptions
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Early voting record shattered in Georgia
 

 
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Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
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