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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 …
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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.
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NBC News:
Harris says it is part of the American tradition for VPs not to criticize the president
Harris says it is part of the American tradition for VPs not to criticize the president
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David Strom / HotAir:
The Smell of Desperation — Look, I keep saying that Kamala Harris could win this election …
The Smell of Desperation — Look, I keep saying that Kamala Harris could win this election …
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Lee Moran / HuffPost:
Critics Slam Al Smith Charity Dinner For Normalizing ‘Deranged Madman’ Donald Trump
Critics Slam Al Smith Charity Dinner For Normalizing ‘Deranged Madman’ Donald Trump
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Duane Patterson / HotAir:
Oohs and Boos at the Al Smith Dinner
Oohs and Boos at the Al Smith Dinner
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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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Janna Brancolini / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump ‘Exhausted and Refusing Interviews’: Report
Donald Trump ‘Exhausted and Refusing Interviews’: Report
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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.
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Trump calls judge overseeing his Jan. 6 case ‘the most evil person’
Trump calls judge overseeing his Jan. 6 case ‘the most evil person’
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CBS News:
Judge in Trump 2020 election case unseals more evidence from special counsel
Judge in Trump 2020 election case unseals more evidence from special counsel
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Liz Goodwin / Washington Post:
Montana ranger questions Senate hopeful Sheehy's bullet wound — Candidate says he was shot in Afghanistan; ranger who responded to gun incident questions that account — Over 35 seasons working as a ranger in Glacier National Park, Kim Peach, 67, recalls only two incidents in which he responded …
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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.
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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 …
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
How Republican Billionaires Learned to Love Trump Again
How Republican Billionaires Learned to Love Trump Again
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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 …
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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.
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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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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
Trump hotel overcharged Secret Service, report by House Democrats finds
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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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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 …
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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.
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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 …