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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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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.
emptywheel:
HEN IN THE FOX HOUSE: JORGE VELÁZQUEZ AND RAMIRO GONZÁLEZ BETTER SERVED DEMOCRACY THAN BRET BAIER — Fox News has been a toxin in the United States for most of thirty years. Yesterday, Kamala Harris went into the Fox House in an attempt to chisel away at that toxin.
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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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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:
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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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.
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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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell privately slammed Trump as ‘stupid’ and ‘despicable’ after 2020 election
New York Times:
Asked if He Thinks Trump Lost in 2020, Vance Finally Gives an Answer: No
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Kamala Harris Arrived for a Fox Interview. She Got a Debate.
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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
Lil Kalish / HuffPost:
Harris Calls Out Trump For Spending Millions On Anti-Trans Ads
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Salon, Daily Mail and New York Times
NBC News:
Election 2024 live updates: Harris spars with Bret Baier in testy Fox News interview; Trump holds town hall in Miami
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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New York Magazine, Raw Story, The Hill and The Atlantic
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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Raw Story, The Daily Beast, Joe.My.God. and National Zero
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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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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:
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.
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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Jasmine Wright / NOTUS:
Inside Kamala Harris' Small, Quiet Transition Team — The vice president isn't focused on it. But a close group of aides is beginning the work of vetting a new administration, with names already flying in. — Copy — Vice President Kamala Harris' transition team is quietly developing plans …
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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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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
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The Hill
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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Reuters
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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KDFX-TV
Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
Heat Map of January 6th Defendants Across the United States — The graphic below is a “Heat Map” of the United States displaying the hometown origins of all the defendants charged for federal crimes allegedly committed in connection with the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol (identified by general location and not by name).
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