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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump again refuses to release current health records, as Harris questions his fitness … Donald Trump on Friday dismissed more questions about whether he would release his current medical records, doubling down on refusing to provide a health update even as Kamala Harris works to sow doubts about his fitness for the presidency.
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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 …
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Jay Kuo / The Status Kuo:
The Emperor Has No Closing — The final days of any campaign are the most critical.
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Ivana Saric / Axios:
Trump cancels a streak of events with only days until election
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Janna Brancolini / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump ‘Exhausted and Refusing Interviews’: Report
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Alexander Osipovich / Wall Street Journal:
A Mystery $30 Million Wave of Pro-Trump Bets Has Moved a Popular Prediction Market
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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 — A series of records now made public offers more insight into what Jack Smith will bring with him to Donald Trump's criminal election subversion trial. — LOADING — A four-part appendix detailing more about former President …
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Jamie Joseph / Fox News:
Harris mocks pro-life protesters ‘at the wrong rally’ hours before Catholic charity dinner snub — Harris responded to commotion in the audience at her Wisconsin rally — Vice President Kamala Harris didn't hold back on pro-life protesters as she talked to her supporters about expanding abortion rights …
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Nicholas Liu / Salon:
“Horrible mess”: Trump called out for “ungodly” profanity-laced tirade at Catholic event
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Irie Sentner / Politico:
Fox News disputes Trump's claim that its employees helped write his jokes
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Duane Patterson / HotAir:
Oohs and Boos at the Al Smith Dinner
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Michael Gold / New York Times:
Best, Worst and Most Awkward Lines at the Al Smith Dinner
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Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
Split-Ticket Voters Buoy Democrats in Key Senate Races — In the battleground state of Arizona and other important pockets of the country, polling suggests that voters backing the former president are eschewing Republican Senate candidates. — On matters of substance and style …
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MSNBC:
Ted Cruz really could lose — No Democrat has won a statewide race in Texas in decades. But conditions are friendlier than ever. — There's a reason no Democrat has accomplished a statewide victory in Texas since 1994. — Pulling off such an upset would require a uniquely talented politician running an almost perfect campaign.
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Matt Dixon / NBC News:
Trump's Detroit rally beset by audio problems — For nearly 20 minutes, Trump's audio didn't work — the second time this week one of his rallies has gone off the rails. — “Hello,” Donald Trump said to a packed house gathered to hear him speak. — The greeting came after a 17-minute audio failure …
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Darren Samuelsohn / USA Today:
Microphone malfunction: Trump waits on stage for 18 minutes during ‘technical difficulties’
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Pro-Trump group funded by Musk struggles with outreach targets, inflation of doorknocking figures — The political action committee funded by billionaire Elon Musk to help re-elect former U.S. President Donald Trump is struggling in some swing states to meet doorknocking goals …
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Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Defense contractor Raytheon to pay almost $1B for defrauding DOD — Raytheon Co., part of parent defense contractor RTX, will pay more than $950 million to resolve Justice Department allegations that it defrauded the Defense Department (DOD) and paid bribes to a government official in Qatar to get business in the country.
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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
New York Times:
Trump Thinks the Border Got Him Elected in 2016. He's Convinced It Will Do So Again. — Voters rank the economy and high cost of living as their top issue. Donald J. Trump believes immigration “beats out the economy,” and he's made it his closing message.
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Harris and Liz Cheney Will Team Up for a Pitch to Blue-Wall Suburbs — The vice president and her top Republican surrogate will appear together for “moderated conversations” in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Detroit and Milwaukee. — Vice President Kamala Harris will travel through several …
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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.
Sarah Polus / The Hill:
Cher endorses Harris, Walz: ‘She is fighting for all of us’ — Singer Cher shared her endorsement of Vice President Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), on social media Friday night, saying she's been a follower of Harris's for years. — “I have followed Kamala Harris since …
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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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