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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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Harris paints Trump as threat, draws contrast with Biden in testy Fox News interview — Trump is “unfit to serve,” Harris said. — Vice President and current Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris attends a rally in Bucks County, Pa., Oct. 16, 2024.
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NBC News:
Election 2024 live updates: Harris spars with Bret Baier in testy Fox News interview; Trump holds town hall in Miami — Donald Trump's town hall in Miami will broadcast tonight on Univision, while Kamala Harris' interview with Fox News aired this evening.
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
MAGA host says friends are ‘moving to foreign countries’ if Kamala Harris beats Trump — Pro-MAGA TV host Gina Loudon revealed that her friends are “moving to a foreign country” if Vice President Kamala Harris wins her bid for the White House. — Loudon made the admission during a Wednesday broadcast on Real America's Voice.
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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.
Lil Kalish / HuffPost:
Harris Calls Out Trump For Spending Millions On Anti-Trans Ads
Harris Calls Out Trump For Spending Millions On Anti-Trans Ads
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Erin Doherty / Axios:
Trump name checks “Pelosis” as he doubles down on “enemy from within” rhetoric
Trump name checks “Pelosis” as he doubles down on “enemy from within” rhetoric
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Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
What Matt Gaetz thinks Kamala Harris is doing well
What Matt Gaetz thinks Kamala Harris is doing well
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Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Swing state map: Polls move in Trump's direction, but the race remains tight
Swing state map: Polls move in Trump's direction, but the race remains tight
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New York Times:
Asked if He Thinks Trump Lost in 2020, Vance Finally Gives an Answer: No — Senator JD Vance, former President Donald J. Trump's running mate, had spent weeks dodging questions about Mr. Trump's false claims he won the 2020 election. — Senator JD Vance of Ohio has been dogged by questions …
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Washington Post:
JD Vance says Donald Trump did not lose the 2020 election
JD Vance says Donald Trump did not lose the 2020 election
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Russell Berman / The Atlantic:
A Trump Loyalist on the Brink
A Trump Loyalist on the Brink
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump clarifies that his ‘enemy within’ comment was about evil Democrats
Trump clarifies that his ‘enemy within’ comment was about evil Democrats
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Neal K. Katyal / New York Times:
The Trump Team Is Prepared to Bring Election Chaos. Here's What Voters Need to Know.
The Trump Team Is Prepared to Bring Election Chaos. Here's What Voters Need to Know.
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Liz Cheney jumps into House races — for Democrats
Liz Cheney jumps into House races — for Democrats
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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.
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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.
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Alex Bollinger / LGBTQ Nation:
Audience laughs at Donald Trump as he tries to explain why he can't speak coherently anymore — GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump has shown an inability to answer direct questions over the course of his 2024 campaign, often jumping from one subject to another - and to another and another and another …
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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 …
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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 — Back in February 2022, 32 months ago, think I was the only one who made much of Judge Amit Mehta's ruling that Trump might plausibly be on the hook for abetting the assaults of cops at the Capitol on January 6.
Alex Galbraith / Salon:
Chutkan: Trump “could share responsibility” for Jan. 6 without encouraging rioters
Chutkan: Trump “could share responsibility” for Jan. 6 without encouraging rioters
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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.
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Robert Tait / The Guardian:
Kamala Harris agrees that Donald Trump is a fascist: ‘Yes, we can say that’
Kamala Harris agrees that Donald Trump is a fascist: ‘Yes, we can say that’
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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.
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Anna Massoglia / OpenSecrets.org:
Pro-Trump dark money network tied to Elon Musk behind fake pro-Harris campaign scheme — An initiative called Progress 2028 that purports to be Kamala Harris' liberal counter to the conservative Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 is actually run by a dark money network supporting former President Donald Trump.
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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.
Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News:
How Russian propaganda reaches and influences the U.S. — The fake whistleblower videos started popping up last fall, the work of a small but prolific Russian group that researchers call Storm-1516. — Much remains unknown about Storm-1516 — one prong of Russia's propaganda operation …
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.
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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Devan Cole / CNN:
New Georgia election rules passed by Trump-backed board are unconstitutional, judge rules — A judge in Georgia has struck down a slate of controversial new election rules passed by Donald Trump allies, including two that Democrats say would inject post-election “chaos” into the critical battleground state.
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 …
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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.”
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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.
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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 …
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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%
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