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12:15 PM 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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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Kamala Harris Arrived for a Fox Interview.  She Got a Debate.  —  The vice president's sit-down with Bret Baier was her most contentious meeting with a journalist since becoming the Democratic nominee.  —  Vice President Kamala Harris may not get another debate with former President Donald J. Trump …
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, Townhall and Alpha News
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.
CNN:
Fox News did not disclose its all-women town hall with Trump was packed with his supporters
ABC News:
Harris paints Trump as threat, draws contrast with Biden in testy Fox News interview
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Fox anchor tasked with interviewing Harris has a history of appeasing network's pro-Trump audience
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:
At least 30 election deniers and 2020 fake electors serving as Trump electors this year
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
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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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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Akayla Gardner / Bloomberg:
Harris Teases Concert Branded With Charli XCX's ‘Brat’ Green  — Harris seeks to energize young voters in election's final days  — Taylor Swift, Bruce Springsteen among artists endorsing Harris  —  Kamala Harris is promoting a get-out-the-vote rally with a “surprise musical guest,” …
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Mark McKinnon / Vanity Fair:
This Race Is Kamala Harris's to Lose. Here's Why.
Discussion: Mercury News
Jasmine Wright / NOTUS:
Inside Kamala Harris' Small, Quiet Transition Team
Discussion: New York Magazine
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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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 …
Mary Ann Akers / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Cancels Second Mainstream Interview in Days  —  SAFE SPACE  —  The ex-president was scheduled to sit down with NBC News on Monday.  But he pulled out after nixing a CNBC interview too.  —  Donald Trump pulled out of another mainstream interview Thursday-this time nixing a sit-down with NBC News.
Discussion: National Zero
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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  —  Today, U.S. military forces, including U.S. Air Force B-2 bombers, conducted precision strikes against five hardened underground weapons storage locations in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen.
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Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
US hits Houthis with precision strikes on weapon facilities in Yemen
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
Scott Dworkin / The Dworkin Report:
JD Vance Spreads Election Lie, Press Makes it Worse  —  Falling for the Trump Trap  —  Yesterday, JD Vance finally confirmed that he doesn't think Trump lost the 2020 election, and I was thrilled to see corporate media covering the story.  CNN, WaPo, NY Times, Reuters, NBC News, The Hill …
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Trump Responds to Climate Question by Rambling Incoherently About Golf Course  —  The former president also maligned immigrants who need translators during a bilingual town hall hosted by Univision  —  LATINO VOTERS GRILLED Donald Trump on Wednesday during a town hall hosted by Univision …
Discussion: HuffPost
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
 
 
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Robert Reich:
Trump's closing argument: full-throated fascism
Discussion: New Republic
Ruth Ben-Ghiat / Lucid:
Is Trump a Fascist?  —  There Trump stood, eyes closed, swaying to the music …
Los Angeles Times:
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NBC News:
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Anna Massoglia / OpenSecrets.org:
Pro-Trump dark money network tied to Elon Musk behind fake pro-Harris campaign scheme
Discussion: New Republic
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
Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News:
How Russian propaganda reaches and influences the U.S.
Discussion: Reuters
emptywheel:
Jack Smith Takes Up the Aid and Abet Theory Endorsed by Judge Amit Mehta in 2022
Discussion: The Hill and NBC News
David Edwards / Raw Story:
MAGA host says friends are ‘moving to foreign countries’ if Kamala Harris beats Trump
Discussion: Salon and KDFX-TV