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10:05 AM ET, October 17, 2024

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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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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 🚨
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 …
ABC News:
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.
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
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.
Politico:
Playbook: Kamala Harris goes Baier hunting
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
Discussion: Salon, Daily Mail and New York Times
Philip Bump / Washington Post:   Trump clarifies that his ‘enemy within’ comment was about evil Democrats
Erin Doherty / Axios:
Trump name checks “Pelosis” as he doubles down on “enemy from within” rhetoric
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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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.
Discussion: Reason and WSVN-TV
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Annie Nova / CNBC:
Biden administration forgives $4.5 billion in student debt for over 60,000 public service workers
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.
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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Paige Oamek / New Republic:
Damning Report Reveals How Trump's Tariffs Plan Would Demolish Economy
Charles R. Davis / Salon:
“His brain is completely out of commission”: Moderator repeatedly calls out Trump for rambling
Discussion: The Hill
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.
Discussion: NewsTRACS
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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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 …
Discussion: Bangor Daily News
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Reuters
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.
Discussion: Raw Story and Fortune
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 …
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.
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.
Discussion: Salon, KDFX-TV and CNN
 
 
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Alex Galbraith / Salon:
Chutkan: Trump “could share responsibility” for Jan. 6 without encouraging rioters
emptywheel:
Jack Smith Takes Up the Aid and Abet Theory Endorsed by Judge Amit Mehta in 2022
Discussion: The Hill and NBC News
Kevin Collier / NBC News:
An AI-powered bot army on X spread pro-Trump and pro-GOP propaganda, research shows
Discussion: Raw Story
Eric McDaniel / NPR:
Elon Musk has given $75 million, so far, to put Donald Trump back in the White House
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Geoffrey A. Fowler / Washington Post:
Don't say ‘vote’: How Instagram hides your political posts
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Trump Super-PAC Sent Out Bogus Medicare Cancellation Notice to Scare Voters About Kamala Harris
Discussion: Raw Story
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
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Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Trump makes at least 19 false claims in one-hour Fox town hall with women
 

 
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