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2:05 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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Margaret Sullivan / The Guardian:
Fox News's interview of Kamala Harris was grievance theater, not political journalism  —  Brett Baier interrupted Harris so much she could barely finish a sentence.  She still injected some reality into Fox News's world  —  Bret Baier started off his Wednesday evening interview with Kamala Harris …
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.
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.
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Kamala Harris Arrived for a Fox Interview. She Got a Debate.
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
Discussion: RedState
Mark McKinnon / Vanity Fair:
This Race Is Kamala Harris's to Lose.  Here's Why.  —  It will all come down to turnout.  And that, I predict, will mean a Harris-Walz victory.  —  In these waning stages of the late Trump era, everything and nothing is a surprise.  We've become immune.
Discussion: Mercury News
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Jasmine Wright / NOTUS:
Inside Kamala Harris' Small, Quiet Transition Team
Akayla Gardner / Bloomberg:
Harris Teases Concert Branded With Charli XCX's ‘Brat’ Green
Tucker Reals / CBS News:
Israel says Yahya Sinwar, Hamas' top leader in Gaza, killed in major blow to militant group  —  Israel's Foreign Minister Israel Katz said Thursday that Hamas' top leader and long-time commander in the Gaza Strip, Yahya Sinwar, was killed by troops during an operation in the decimated Palestinian territory.
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Associated Press:
Israel confirms Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed in Gaza
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).
Discussion: Raw Story
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump drops the pretense, labels Jan. 6 insurrectionists ‘we’
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Robert Reich:
Trump's closing argument: full-throated fascism  —  Last week, Trump claimed that Kamala Harris … On Sunday, Trump told Fox News host Maria Bartiromo that the biggest problem on Election Day will “not be the people who have come in, who are destroying our country,” but, rather
Discussion: New York Times and New Republic
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Jacob Sullum / Reason:
No, Trump Did Not Endorse a Military Assault on People ‘Simply Because They Oppose His Candidacy’
Discussion: The Hill
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.
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Marianne LeVine / Washington Post:
Trump says Ukraine's Zelensky should ‘never have let that war start’  —  Former president Trump blamed Ukraine's leader for allowing the the war in Ukraine to start, even though Russia was the aggressor, during an interview with a podcaster.  —  Former president Donald Trump blamed Ukrainian …
Discussion: Politico, The Hill, UPI and Associated Press
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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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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
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
Annie Nova / CNBC:
Biden forgives more student loans: 60,000 borrowers will get notices canceling $4.5 billion in debt … WATCH NOW  —  The Biden administration announced Thursday that it was forgiving another $4.5 billion in student debt for more than 60,000 borrowers.  —  The latest round of relief …
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
4.8M borrowers — including 1M in public service — have had student debt forgiven, Biden admin says
Discussion: Associated Press
Adam Van Brimmer / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Trump NRA rally in Savannah canceled  —  Former president was to make second visit to coastal Georgia city in less than a month for ‘Defend the 2nd’ event at Savannah Convention Center  —  SAVANNAH ― The National Rifle Association on Thursday canceled an Oct. 22 rally featuring …
 
 
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New York Times:
Inside the Secretive $700 Million Ad-Testing Factory for Kamala Harris
Discussion: Raw Story
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Comer report reveals Biden-Harris admin's ‘rampant waste, fraud, abuse’
Discussion: RedState
Scott Dworkin / The Dworkin Report:
JD Vance Spreads Election Lie, Press Makes it Worse
Ruth Ben-Ghiat / Lucid:
Is Trump a Fascist?  —  There Trump stood, eyes closed, swaying to the music …
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Trump Responds to Climate Question by Rambling Incoherently About Golf Course
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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
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David Hodari / NBC News:
Half of all global food threatened by growing water crisis, report says
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Sarah Whitten / CNBC:
Netflix reports Q3 revenue up 15% YoY to $9.83B, vs. $9.76B est., paid memberships up 14% to 282.72M, vs. 282.15M est., and net income of $2.4B

Mark K. Miller / TVNewsCheck:
Tegna and Dallas Mavericks announce that six Tegna TV stations will join eight stations owned by others to air games to ~14M people in Texas, starting Oct. 26

Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
A year after its launch, The Guardian's European edition generates 15% of the company's pageviews, and one-time donations from European readers increased by 45%
 
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