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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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NBC News:
Harris says it is part of the American tradition for VPs not to criticize the president — NBC News spoke to the vice president exclusively after her rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan. — GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday continued to steer clear …
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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CNN:
Trump says ‘people from Fox’ helped him write Al Smith dinner speech. The network denies it — New York CNN — Former President Donald Trump said Friday that Fox News staffers helped him write his Al Smith charity dinner speech, in which he cracked jokes and insulted his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris.
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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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Politico:
Playbook: Trump's media backout
Playbook: Trump's media backout
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Jay Kuo / The Status Kuo:
The Emperor Has No Closing — As we enter the final two weeks of the Election, the …
The Emperor Has No Closing — As we enter the final two weeks of the Election, the …
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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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Griffin Eckstein / Salon:
“I did make a mistake”: Baier apologizes for playing edited Trump clip in Harris interview
“I did make a mistake”: Baier apologizes for playing edited Trump clip in Harris interview
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Univision Town Hall Participants Unimpressed With ‘Arrogant’ Trump
Univision Town Hall Participants Unimpressed With ‘Arrogant’ Trump
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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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Duane Patterson / HotAir:
Oohs and Boos at the Al Smith Dinner
Oohs and Boos at the Al Smith Dinner
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's hysterical closing argument: Save the cows!
Donald Trump's hysterical closing argument: Save the cows!
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Michael Gold / New York Times:
Best, Worst and Most Awkward Lines at the Al Smith Dinner
Best, Worst and Most Awkward Lines at the Al Smith Dinner
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USA Today:
New evidence unsealed of how Trump's Jan. 6, 2021 rally was funded — Bart Jansen Josh Meyer Aysha BagchiUSA TODAY — WASHINGTON - A trove of new records released in the federal election-interference case against former President Donald Trump described how money was spent on Trump's …
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Brandi Buchman / HuffPost:
More Jan. 6 Evidence That Trump Tried To Keep Hidden Is Out
More Jan. 6 Evidence That Trump Tried To Keep Hidden Is Out
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Jan. 6 rioter who assaulted police says she was ‘duped’ by Trump's election lies
Jan. 6 rioter who assaulted police says she was ‘duped’ by Trump's election lies
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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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Politico:
Tom Hanks, this coffee is too cheap! — Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration and Harris campaign. — We here at West Wing Playbook take our work very seriously. Each day we ask ourselves: How can we serve our readers?
Cory Doctorow / Pluralistic:
Pluralistic: Blue states should play “constitutional hardball” (18 Oct 2024) — Blue states should play “constitutional hardball”: Scooping up medical professionals, teachers, doctors and anyone with a trans kid. — Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. — This day in history: 2004, 2014, 2019, 2023
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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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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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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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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Pema Levy / Mother Jones:
Trump Has a Plan to Win Without the Votes—and the Fight Is On to Stop Him — As the 2024 election enters its last weeks, a years long-effort to protect it will be tested. — Elections are supposed to be decided at the ballot box. But this year, Donald Trump's campaign appears to be trying to win on a different field of battle.
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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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Matthew Duss / New York Times:
With Sinwar Dead, We Must End the War in Gaza — The death of Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas leader who was believed to be the mastermind of the Oct. 7 attack, provides a new opening for the United States to meaningfully push for a cease-fire and hostage release in Gaza and for the de-escalation of violence across the Middle East.
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