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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 …
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Momentum shifts against Harris in presidential race — The tides of the election are turning against Vice President Harris. — During the late summer and heading into fall, Harris appeared to be the candidate with the momentum, with Democrats comparing her candidacy to former President Obama's in 2008.
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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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John Daniel Davidson / The Federalist:
Kamala Harris Is Priming Democrats For Violent Resistance If Trump Wins
Kamala Harris Is Priming Democrats For Violent Resistance If Trump Wins
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Kamala Harris stands tall on Fox News
Kamala Harris stands tall on Fox News
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Jasmine Wright / NOTUS:
Inside Kamala Harris' Small, Quiet Transition Team
Inside Kamala Harris' Small, Quiet Transition Team
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Matt Margolis / PJ Media:
Did Kamala's Fox News Meltdown Just End Her Campaign?
Did Kamala's Fox News Meltdown Just End Her Campaign?
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Adam Wren / Politico:
Who won the day? Harris — Donald Trump, who has tried to position himself as women's …
Who won the day? Harris — Donald Trump, who has tried to position himself as women's …
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Trump ahead of Harris by 2 points nationally
Fox News Poll: Trump ahead of Harris by 2 points nationally
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Kamala Harris Arrived for a Fox Interview. She Got a Debate.
Kamala Harris Arrived for a Fox Interview. She Got a Debate.
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Politico:
Playbook: Kamala Harris goes Baier hunting
Playbook: Kamala Harris goes Baier hunting
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emptywheel:
HEN IN THE FOX HOUSE: JORGE VELÁZQUEZ AND RAMIRO GONZÁLEZ BETTER SERVED DEMOCRACY THAN BRET BAIER
HEN IN THE FOX HOUSE: JORGE VELÁZQUEZ AND RAMIRO GONZÁLEZ BETTER SERVED DEMOCRACY THAN BRET BAIER
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Fox News:
Full interview: Vice President Kamala Harris sits down with Bret Baier in ‘Special Report’ exclusive | Fox News Video
Full interview: Vice President Kamala Harris sits down with Bret Baier in ‘Special Report’ exclusive | Fox News Video
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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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Michael Collins / USA Today:
Yahya Sinwar is dead. What we know about death of Hamas leader behind Oct. 7 attacks
Yahya Sinwar is dead. What we know about death of Hamas leader behind Oct. 7 attacks
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The Times of Israel:
Hamas leader and Oct. 7 mastermind Yahya Sinwar killed by IDF troops in Gaza
Hamas leader and Oct. 7 mastermind Yahya Sinwar killed by IDF troops in Gaza
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Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Biden tells Obama 'she's not as strong as me' — and ex-prez agrees 'that's true' at Ethel Kennedy service — WASHINGTON — President Biden griped to former President Barack Obama that “she” is “not as strong as me” — with Obama agreeing “that's true” — in a stunning off-mic conversation deciphered …
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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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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’
Trump drops the pretense, labels Jan. 6 insurrectionists ‘we’
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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 …
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David French / New York Times:
Let's Take the Republican Policy Challenge — If you live in Red America, as I do, you're familiar with two conceptually incompatible arguments for Donald Trump. We'll call them the MAGA argument and the Republican argument. — The MAGA argument can be summed up in three words: Burn it down.
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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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Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Trump's legal team tried to keep Stormy Daniels quiet ahead of 2024 election, MSNBC reports
Trump's legal team tried to keep Stormy Daniels quiet ahead of 2024 election, MSNBC reports
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Forbes, Mediaite, The Independent and Raw Story
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Donald Trump's other mental health problem that we're not talking about — Donald Trump may be running again for the presidency, but some days on the campaign trail it feels like he's minoring in psychology. At a rally Monday night in Atlanta, the GOP nominee added Black and Latino voters …
Ronald J. Hansen / Arizona Republic:
Ruben, Kate Gallego's divorce records unsealed. Here's what is in them — (This story was updated to add new information.) — U.S. Senate candidate Ruben Gallego filed suit to end his marriage with Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego just before she gave birth to their son and sought to keep …
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Irie Sentner / Politico:
Trump suggests Zelenskyy is to blame for the Russia-Ukraine war — “He should never have let that war start,” Trump said, referring to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. — Donald Trump blamed Russia's war on Ukraine on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy …
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Marianne LeVine / Washington Post:
Trump says Ukraine's Zelensky should ‘never have let that war start’
Trump says Ukraine's Zelensky should ‘never have let that war start’
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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.
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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.
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NBC News:
Texas AG sues doctor who allegedly provided transgender care to 21 minors — The suit is the first by an attorney general against an individual doctor for allegedly violating a restriction on gender-affirming care for minors. — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued a Dallas doctor Thursday accusing …
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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.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Michigan judge says RNC suit challenging overseas voters could ‘disenfranchise an entire group of citizens’ — A Michigan judge suggested Thursday that Republicans waited too long to file a suit challenging the right of some U.S. citizens who live abroad to vote in the swing state.
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Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Google to block election ads after polls close on Election Day — Google announced it will block ads about the general election on Nov. 5 after the last polls close. — “As we've done in the past, we will temporarily pause ads related to U.S. elections after the last polls close on November 5 …
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Adam Wren / Politico:
Vance requested first-class flights and speaking fees up to $40,000 on 2017 book tour — JD Vance requested first-class flights, private cars and speaking fees as high as $40,000 from Midwestern public universities during his 2017 book tour — with one university breaking off negotiations for a campus visit in part over the fee.