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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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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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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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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 …
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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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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.
CNN:
Trump's next interview? — Donald Trump's TV strategy has been a source of intrigue in recent days. He taped a very friendly town hall on Fox News (scroll down for a scoop about that one) and took some tougher questions at a town hall on Univision. He chatted with his friend Maria Bartiromo …
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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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New York Times:
Asked if He Thinks Trump Lost in 2020, Vance Finally Gives an Answer: No
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ABC News:
Harris paints Trump as threat, draws contrast with Biden in testy Fox News interview
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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
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Washington Post:
JD Vance says Donald Trump did not lose the 2020 election
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Fox anchor tasked with interviewing Harris has a history of appeasing network's pro-Trump audience
Neal K. Katyal / New York Times:
The Trump Team Is Prepared to Bring Election Chaos. Here's What Voters Need to Know.
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Lil Kalish / HuffPost:
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
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Robert Tait / The Guardian:
Kamala Harris agrees that Donald Trump is a fascist: ‘Yes, we can say that’
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump clarifies that his ‘enemy within’ comment was about evil Democrats
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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
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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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David Hodari / NBC News:
Half of all global food threatened by growing water crisis, report says — Densely populated areas such as northwestern India, northeastern China and southern and eastern Europe will bear the brunt of water mismanagement, according to the Global Commission on the Economics of Water.
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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.
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Donald Trump bears responsibility for Jan. 6 attack, Jack Smith argues in new filing
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Alex Galbraith / Salon:
Chutkan: Trump “could share responsibility” for Jan. 6 without encouraging rioters
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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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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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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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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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