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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Kamala Harris stands tall on Fox News — 💥 This special, five-edition week of PN is made possible by paid subscribers. If you aren't one already, please sign up to support our independent journalism.💥 — 🚨 Subscribe to Public Notice 🚨
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Bradley Jaye / Breitbart:
'It's Gotta Stop!': Bret Baier Reveals 4 Kamala Harris Staffers Waved Arms Pleading to End Fox Interview — Four Kamala Harris staffers waved their arms pleading to end Harris's much-anticipated but widely panned Fox News Channel's Special Report interview, Bret Baier revealed Wednesday night.
Matt Margolis / PJ Media:
Did Kamala's Fox News Meltdown Just End Her Campaign? — When we learned that Kamala Harris had agreed to an interview on Fox News Channel's “Special Report” with Bret Baier, it was a telltale sign that the Harris-Walz campaign knew it was losing the election.
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ABC News:
Harris paints Trump as threat, draws contrast with Biden in testy Fox News interview
Harris paints Trump as threat, draws contrast with Biden in testy Fox News interview
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Fox anchor tasked with interviewing Harris has a history of appeasing network's pro-Trump audience
Fox anchor tasked with interviewing Harris has a history of appeasing network's pro-Trump audience
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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CNN:
At least 30 election deniers and 2020 fake electors serving as Trump electors this year — More than a dozen Republicans who were “fake electors” in 2020, including several facing criminal charges, are serving as former President Donald Trump's official electors in battleground states this year, according to a CNN survey.
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Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
McConnell called Trump 'stupid" and ‘despicable’ in private after the 2020 election, a new book says — Mitch McConnell said after the 2020 election that then-President Donald Trump was “stupid as well as being ill-tempered,” a “despicable human being” and a “narcissist,” …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell privately slammed Trump as ‘stupid’ and ‘despicable’ after 2020 election — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) privately slammed former President Trump as “stupid as well as being ill-tempered” and “a despicable human being” after the 2020 election …
New York Times:
Asked if He Thinks Trump Lost in 2020, Vance Finally Gives an Answer: No
Asked if He Thinks Trump Lost in 2020, Vance Finally Gives an Answer: No
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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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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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MSNBC:
Maddow's bombshell reporting: Trump trying to pay Stormy Daniels to be quiet again — Rachel Maddow breaks down her bombshell reporting on how Trump is once again trying to pay Stormy Daniels to be quiet.
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Charisma Madarang / Rolling Stone:
Trump Once Again Tries to Silence Stormy Daniels Before Election: Report
Trump Once Again Tries to Silence Stormy Daniels Before Election: Report
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Politico:
Playbook: Kamala Harris goes Baier hunting — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — MALE CALL — “Both Parties Are Getting Men Wrong,” by Richard V. Reeves for POLITICO Mag: “There is a real political opportunity right now for a party to craft …
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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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NBC News:
Election 2024 live updates: Harris spars with Bret Baier in testy Fox News interview; Trump holds town hall in Miami
Election 2024 live updates: Harris spars with Bret Baier in testy Fox News interview; Trump holds town hall in Miami
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Popular Information:
Why Elon Musk's events in Pennsylvania likely violate federal law — This week, we learned that Elon Musk has donated tens of millions of dollars to help former President Donald Trump return to the White House. But he's not stopping there. Yesterday, Musk announced that he is holding …
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Washington Post:
Man arrested for threatening FEMA workers speaks out — William Jacob Parsons, 44, defended his alleged actions at a Federal Emergency Management Agency site in storm-battered Lake Lure, N.C. — William Jacob Parsons, who was arrested Saturday on charges of making threats …
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
4.8M borrowers — including 1M in public service — have had student debt forgiven, Biden admin says — The public service workers who have had debt canceled include social workers, teachers, first responders and service members, the Department of Education said.
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Erica Pandey / Axios:
Exclusive poll: Young Americans swipe left on Trump voters — Politics is spilling into dating as young people say how someone else votes will affect their feelings. … By the numbers: 43% of people between the ages of 18 and 34 say they'd have a more negative view of a date if told they voted for Trump …
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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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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 …
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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.
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Eshe Nelson / New York Times:
ECB Cuts Interest Rates Again as Eurozone Inflation Slows — Policymakers who set interest rates for the 20 countries that use the euro have lowered rates in back-to-back meetings for the first time since 2011. — The European Central Bank cut interest rates on Thursday for the third …
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Eric Levitz / Vox:
The Democrats' pro-union strategy has been a bust — Despite Joe Biden's historically pro-union policies, the Democrats' share of the union vote is falling. … When Joe Biden took office, the Democratic Party had been bleeding support among working-class voters for decades.
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CNN:
CNN tried to find the makers of Trump's new ‘Swiss-made’ watches. We ended up at a shopping center in Wyoming — Wearing his signature blue suit and red tie, Donald Trump appears presidential as he sits behind a dark wood desk and signs an official-looking document.
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 …
US Department of Justice:
Raytheon Company to Pay Over $950M in Connection with Defective Pricing, Foreign Bribery, and Export Control Schemes — For Immediate Release — Raytheon Company (Raytheon) — a subsidiary of Arlington, Virginia-based defense contractor RTX (formerly known as Raytheon Technologies Corporation) …
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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.