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3:30 PM ET, October 17, 2024

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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 …
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Harris's Harsh Takedown of Fox's Bret Baier Exposes MAGA's Biggest Lie  —  Judging by the video that Kamala Harris's campaign is circulating, her aides are pleased with one particular exchange during her interview with Fox News's Bret Baier.  In it, Harris dressed down Baier for playing video …
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.
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
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
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Marianne LeVine / Washington Post:
Trump says Ukraine's Zelensky should ‘never have let that war start’
Discussion: Reuters and Vanity Fair
Associated Press:
Israel confirms Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed in Gaza  —  Israeli forces in Gaza killed Hamas' top leader Yahya Sinwar, a chief architect of last year's attack on Israel that sparked the war, the military said Thursday.  Troops appeared to have run across him in a battle …
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The Times of Israel:
Hamas leader and Oct. 7 mastermind Yahya Sinwar killed by IDF troops in Gaza
Tucker Reals / CBS News:
Israel says Yahya Sinwar, Hamas' top leader in Gaza, killed in major blow to militant group
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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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: New Republic, Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
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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 …
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Scoop: Chris Cuomo to host NewsNation town hall with JD Vance … - NewsNation's viewership is roughly split between Democrats (31%), Republicans (35%) and independents (33%), who will all have a presence in the live studio audience.  — Viewers will be able to pre-submit questions for Vance on X …
Discussion: The Hill
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 …
Elizabeth Crisp / The Hill:
Dave Bautista punches back on view of Trump as ‘tough guy’  —  Former professional wrestler Dave Bautista took out his frustration with former President Trump's “tough guy” image during a bit on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”  Wednesday.  —  “Fellas, we gotta talk,” Bautista says in the video, while sparring in a gym's boxing ring.
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
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: Mediaite and Bangor Daily News
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 …
 
 
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Andrew Duehren / New York Times:
Trump Keeps Promising New Tax Cuts. Not All Republicans Are on Board.
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
Robert Reich:
Trump's closing argument: full-throated fascism
Discussion: New York Times and New Republic
Ruth Ben-Ghiat / Lucid:
Is Trump a Fascist?  —  There Trump stood, eyes closed, swaying to the music …
 Earlier Items: 
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Trump Responds to Climate Question by Rambling Incoherently About Golf Course
Discussion: HuffPost
U.S. Department of Defense:
Statement by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III on U.S. Airstrikes in Houthi-Controlled Areas of Yemen
Los Angeles Times:
L.A. Catholic Church payouts for clergy abuse top $1.5 billion with new record settlement
Debbie Nathan / The Intercept:
Drug-Sniffing Police Dogs Are Intercepting Abortion Pills in the Mail
Discussion: Catholic World Report
David Hodari / NBC News:
Half of all global food threatened by growing water crisis, report says
Discussion: KDFX-TV
Eric Levitz / Vox:
The Democrats' pro-union strategy has been a bust
Annie Nova / CNBC:
Biden forgives more student loans: 60,000 borrowers will get notices canceling $4.5 billion in debt
 

 
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Amy Hawkins / The Guardian:
China sentences journalist Dong Yuyu, an ex-Nieman Fellow whose work has appeared in Chinese editions of the NYT and FT, to seven years in prison for espionage

Ismail Shakil / Reuters:
Canada's Competition Bureau sues Google over alleged anti-competitive conduct in online advertising, seeking Google to sell two of its ad tech tools and more

New York Times:
Russia ordered the expulsion of two German journalists on Wednesday after Berlin's local government denied residency permits to two Russian journalists
 
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