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Alexander Osipovich / Wall Street Journal:
A Mystery $30 Million Wave of Pro-Trump Bets Has Moved a Popular Prediction Market  —  Four Polymarket accounts have systematically placed frequent wagers on a Trump election victory  —  Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are neck and neck in the polls.
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Irie Sentner / Politico:
Fox News disputes Trump's claim that its employees helped write his jokes  —  Donald Trump says Fox News employees helped him write his jokes for the Al Smith dinner.  Fox says that's fake news.  The former president, whose roast of Kamala Harris and other Democrats at Thursday's Al Smith dinner pulled …
Griffin Eckstein / Salon:
“I did make a mistake”: Baier apologizes for playing edited Trump clip in Harris interview  —  The Fox News anchor's deceptive video clip left out Trump's remarks about “enemies from within”  —  Fox News anchor Bret Baier is apologizing for playing a misleadingly edited clip in an interview with Vice President Kamala Harris.
Lee Moran / HuffPost:
Critics Slam Al Smith Charity Dinner For Normalizing ‘Deranged Madman’ Donald Trump
Duane Patterson / HotAir:
Oohs and Boos at the Al Smith Dinner
Washington Post:
Trump delivers profanity, below-the-belt digs at Catholic charity banquet
Ivana Saric / Axios:
Trump cancels a streak of events with only days until election … - Vice President Kamala Harris, on the other hand, has been on a media blitz after enduring criticism from Republicans about a perceived lack of interviews.  — And while Harris has ventured into the unfriendly territory …
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Eugene Daniels / Politico:
An ‘exhausted’ Trump says no to another interview  —  Recently, it's become something of a pattern: Donald Trump is scheduled for an interview with a neutral media outlet, the date nears and then ... things fall apart.  It happened just this week to planned Trump sit-downs with NBC in Philadelphia and CNBC's …
Nicholas Liu / Salon:
“Horrible mess”: Trump called out for “ungodly” profanity-laced tirade at Catholic event  —  “Who does that?” questioned former Republican lawmaker Barbara Comstock, calling Trump a “buffoon”  —  The Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner, an annual Catholic charity event in New York City …
Politico:
Playbook: Trump's media backout  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  A ONE-TWO PUNCH — With 18 days left until Election Day, VP KAMALA HARRIS will be hitting the road with the two most popular members of her party: BARACK and MICHELLE OBAMA.
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Jan. 6 rioter who assaulted police says she was ‘duped’ by Trump's election lies  —  Dana Jean Bell, who yelled at an officer who later died by suicide, “regrets ever having responded to Trump's call,” her lawyer wrote.  She was sentenced to 17 months in prison.
Discussion: Joe.My.God., CBS News and ABC News
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NBC News:
Trump calls judge overseeing his Jan. 6 case ‘the most evil person’  —  Donald Trump made the comment on a podcast as new filings in his federal election interference case show Jack Smith was leaning on the work of the Jan. 6 committee.  —  WASHINGTON — Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump …
CBS News:
Judge in Trump 2020 election case unseals more evidence from special counsel
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Trump Is Speaking Like Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini  —  To support The Atlantic's journalism, please consider subscribing today.  —  Rhetoric has a history.  The words democracy and tyranny were debated in ancient Greece; the phrase separation of powers became important in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Discussion: Raw Story and Digby's Hullabaloo
Matt Giles / Wired:
It Sure Looks Like Trump Watches Are Breaking Copyright Law  —  The company behind Trump Watches prominently features an iconic image of the presidential candidate on its timepieces.  There's one big problem: It's not allowed to.  —  In late September, Donald Trump gushed on Truth Social …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
New York Times:
How Silicon Valley Billionaires Became Trump's Biggest Donors … Last February, the billionaire financier Nelson Peltz summoned a group of about 20 wealthy, predominantly Republican donors and a handful of G.O.P. strategists to dinner at his $334 million waterfront estate in Palm Beach …
Discussion: The Guardian and Forbes
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
How Republican Billionaires Learned to Love Trump Again
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Endangered Democrats brag about Trump ties in final stretch … - The trend comes as split-ticket voting declines, making it more likely that a Senate candidate's fate will be tied to their state's presidential results. … - “Casey bucked Biden to protect fracking and he sided with Trump …
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Trump admits he's demanding Rupert Murdoch stop running ‘negative ads’ on Fox News
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
This Is Exactly How an Elon Musk-Funded PAC Is Microtargeting Muslims and Jews With Opposing Messages  —  An Elon Musk-funded group called Future Coalition PAC is targeting Muslim voters in Michigan and Jewish voters in Pennsylvania with diametrically opposed political advertisements about Kamala Harris.
Discussion: The Independent
Ryan Nobles / NBC News:
Trump overcharged Secret Service agents to stay at his D.C. hotel, new Democratic report says  —  Then-President Donald Trump also benefited from U.S. officials and others seeking jobs and pardons who paid for stays at his downtown Washington hotel, House Democrats allege.
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Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Trump hotel overcharged Secret Service, report by House Democrats finds
Discussion: PoliticusUSA, CBS News and Joe.My.God.
Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
Judge Orders DeSantis Administration to Stop Threats Over Abortion-Rights Ad  —  The organization behind a campaign for an abortion-rights ballot measure sued the Florida governor's administration over its threats of criminal prosecution against TV stations.
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Mary Claire Evans / Gallup:
Majority of Americans Feel Worse Off Than Four Years Ago  —  Economic Confidence Index remains negative at -26  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than half of Americans (52%) say they and their family are worse off today than they were four years ago, while 39% say they are better off and 8% volunteer that they are about the same.
Charles R. Davis / Salon:
“That man needs to go to jail”: Former Trump voters explain why they could never support him again  —  Speaking to Salon, Republicans and independents who previously backed Trump explain why they're now voting blue  —  PHILADELPHIA — Free markets, free trade and defending democracy …
Matt Shuham / HuffPost:
Election Officials Are ‘Nervous’ About 1 Aspect Of Voting By Mail  —  Voting by mail is safe and effective — but in an extremely tight election, any minor problems could have historic consequences.  —  The pandemic election in 2020 marked a record-breaking year for the use of mail-in ballots …
Alanna Vagianos / HuffPost:
Donald Trump ‘Amazed’ That Harvey Weinstein, Serial Sexual Abuser, ‘Got Schlonged’  —  Trump was surprised Weinstein was held accountable because the former president thought the liberal media would protect the former Hollywood producer.  —  Donald Trump is “amazed” that Harvey Weinstein …
Discussion: New Republic, Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Univision Town Hall Participants Unimpressed With ‘Arrogant’ Trump  —  Participants in the event expressed frustration with the former president in interviews with Rolling Stone … Three participants in the event expressed their frustration over Trump's failure to answer them directly …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Maybe if Trump spent less time selling shoes, he could afford more staff  —  Hardly anyone works for Trump's campaign, in part because the campaign is struggling to raise money.  —  On the lengthy menu of unusual aspects to Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign, one item stands out …
Discussion: Raw Story, USA Today and NBC News
 
 
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump's talk of tariffs, like the wall, puts punishment over policy
Calder McHugh / Politico:
‘Lying Used to Have Greater Consequences’: A Fact Checker's Dispatch From the War on Truth
Discussion: The Independent
Emilio Casalicchio / Politico:
Republicans livid UK Labour staffers will stump for Harris
Washington Post:
Trump, RFK vow to ‘Make America Healthy Again,’ raising hopes and doubts
Discussion: STAT
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's hysterical closing argument: Save the cows!
Discussion: Raw Story and New Republic
 Earlier Items: 
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North Korea sends troops to support Russia in Ukraine war: NIS
Liz Goodwin / Washington Post:
Montana ranger questions Senate hopeful Sheehy's bullet wound
Discussion: New York Times
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump's age finally catches up with him
Discussion: CBS News
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
October 17, 2024  —  In a new rule released yesterday, the Federal Trade Commission requires sellers …
Corey Walker / Washington Examiner:
Harris's pandering to black men won't work
Discussion: NBC News
ProPublica:
JD Vance Campaign Event With Christian Right Leaders May Have Violated Tax and Election Laws, Experts Say
Public Notice:
Julian Zelizer on Trump's increasingly dire rhetoric
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
When the Top General in the U.S. Says You're ‘Fascist to the Core’
 

 
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