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11:40 AM ET, October 17, 2024

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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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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 …
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.
Discussion: Breitbart, Twitchy and Townhall
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.
Discussion: Fox News and Alternet.org
CNN:
Fox News did not disclose its all-women town hall with Trump was packed with his supporters
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Kamala Harris Arrived for a Fox Interview. She Got a Debate.
Jasmine Wright / NOTUS:   Inside Kamala Harris' Small, Quiet Transition Team
ABC News:
Harris paints Trump as threat, draws contrast with Biden in testy Fox News interview
David Edwards / Raw Story:
MAGA host says friends are ‘moving to foreign countries’ if Kamala Harris beats Trump
Discussion: Salon and KDFX-TV
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Fox anchor tasked with interviewing Harris has a history of appeasing network's pro-Trump audience
NBC News:
Election 2024 live updates: Harris spars with Bret Baier in testy Fox News interview; Trump holds town hall in Miami
Lil Kalish / HuffPost:
Harris Calls Out Trump For Spending Millions On Anti-Trans Ads
Discussion: Salon and Daily Mail
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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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 …
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
New York Times:
Asked if He Thinks Trump Lost in 2020, Vance Finally Gives an Answer: No
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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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump drops the pretense, labels Jan. 6 insurrectionists ‘we’  —  It's the culmination of a longstanding effort to retcon the events of that day.  But it's a highly suspect political move.  —  Shortly after the dust settled on Jan. 6, 2021, Donald Trump's allies went to great and strained lengths …
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Ryan Goodman / Just Security:   Heat Map of January 6th Defendants Across the United States
Alex Galbraith / Salon:
Chutkan: Trump “could share responsibility” for Jan. 6 without encouraging rioters
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
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 …
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
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.
Discussion: The Nation and Oxford Reference
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: WSVN-TV
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Annie Nova / CNBC:
Biden forgives more student loans: 60,000 borrowers will get notices canceling $4.5 billion in debt
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
US hits Houthis with precision strikes on weapon facilities in Yemen  —  The U.S. announced late Wednesday that it had conducted multiple strikes on Yemen's Houthi rebel group, targeting its underground bunkers with stealth bombers.  —  U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement online …
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U.S. Department of Defense:
Statement by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III on U.S. Airstrikes in Houthi-Controlled Areas of Yemen
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
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.
Discussion: KDFX-TV
 
 
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Mark Cuban campaigns with Harris in Wisconsin to kick off three-state swing
Discussion: Twitchy and Washington Examiner
Mary Ann Akers / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Cancels Second Mainstream Interview in Days
Discussion: Associated Press and National Zero
Los Angeles Times:
L.A. Catholic Church payouts for clergy abuse top $1.5 billion with new record settlement
NBC News:
Independent review finds systemic Secret Service failure enabled first Trump assassination attempt
Debbie Nathan / The Intercept:
Drug-Sniffing Police Dogs Are Intercepting Abortion Pills in the Mail
Discussion: Catholic World Report
Al Weaver / The Hill:
Cruz expands lead over Allred in Texas Senate race
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Pro-Trump dark money network tied to Elon Musk behind fake pro-Harris campaign scheme
Devan Cole / CNN:
New Georgia election rules passed by Trump-backed board are unconstitutional, judge rules
Alex Bollinger / LGBTQ Nation:
Audience laughs at Donald Trump as he tries to explain why he can't speak coherently anymore
emptywheel:
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