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6:05 PM ET, October 21, 2024

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New York Times:
Kamala Harris Has an Unexpected Ally  —  Bret Stephens: Please don't tell me you're going to ask how I'm going to vote.  —  Gail Collins: Well, Bret, why would you imagine such a thing?  Just because I keep getting stopped by people on the street, demanding to know whether you're going to support Kamala Harris.
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CBS News:
“Election protection” activist says he plans to flag voters with “Hispanic-sounding” names as “suspicious”  —  In a video obtained by CBS News, the leader of an “election protection” activist group of 1,800 volunteers in North Carolina is seen instructing attendees at a virtual meeting to flag voters with …
Discussion: The Daily Signal
Washington Post:
Trump flips stance on making voting easier after storm batters North Carolina  —  The former president's campaign has pushed for changes that mirror the ones he attacked when implemented in 2020 amid the pandemic.  —  Former president Donald Trump's years-long effort to restrict mail balloting …
Discussion: USA Today, ABC11 and Associated Press
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Trump repeats debunked lies about FEMA's hurricane response during North Carolina visit  —  Former President Donald Trump used a Monday visit to North Carolina to repeat debunked lies about the federal response to Hurricane Helene.  —  Speaking to reporters in a hard-hit community …
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
“I started to learn what patriarchy was”: How Donald Trump pushed Republican women out of the GOP
Discussion: Raw Story
Natalie Allison / Politico:
They lost their homes and possessions. They're showing up to vote in NC.
Discussion: Carolina Journal
Dean Seal / Wall Street Journal:   The Rare Bipartisan Issue in This Year's Election: Recreational Weed
Peter Stone / The Guardian:
Trump allies spending millions to dissuade voters in key states from polls
Discussion: Raw Story
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:   NYT's Bret Stephens explains why he's backing Harris
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
The difference between work and Trump's staged McDonald's theatrics  —  There were reports suggesting Trump “worked” at a McDonald's, but that's not quite right — because there's a difference between work and staged theatrics.  —  As Donald Trump handed a bag of food to people …
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Francisco Velasquez / Quartz:
McDonald's is distancing itself from Donald Trump after a high-profile visit to the fryer  —  The fast food giant said it did not facilitate Trump's visit to a Pennsylvania restaurant and “does not endorse candidates for elected office”  —  McDonald's is distancing itself …
Piers Morgan / New York Post:
Trump's genius McDonald's stunt will fry Kamala at the ballot box  —  “Even if you flippin' fries at McDonald's,” Oprah Winfrey once said, “if you are excellent, everybody wants to be in your line.”  —  I thought of this quote when Donald Trump turned up yesterday at a McDonald's restaurant …
Dee-Ann Durbin / Associated Press:
McDonald's agreed to Trump event but says it isn't endorsing a presidential candidate
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget:
What Would the Trump Campaign Plans Mean for Social Security?  —  The Social Security trust funds will be insolvent by Fiscal Year (FY) 2034, according to projections by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), at which point the law calls for a 23 percent cut in benefits.
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Julie Zauzmer Weil / Washington Post:
Trump proposals could drain Social Security in 6 years, budget group says
Aimee Picchi / CBS News:
Trump's Social Security plan would hasten insolvency, lead to bigger benefits cuts, analysis finds
Discussion: CNBC
CNBC:
Trump plan would make Social Security insolvent in just 6 years, budget group says
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Washington Post:
Viral attack on Walz features fake former student making false claim  —  Hawaii man who attended a school where Walz taught — but says they never met — was dismayed to see person in video using his name to make a false allegation against the vice presidential candidate  —  Using a stolen identity to attack Tim Walz
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David Gilbert / Wired:
Russian Propaganda Unit Appears to Be Behind Spread of False Tim Walz Sexual Abuse Claims  —  The Russian-aligned network Storm-1516 has a long history of posting fake whistleblower videos—including deepfakes—to push Kremlin talking points.  —  A Russian-aligned propaganda network notorious …
Discussion: Gizmodo
Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
Elon Musk ‘Jokes’ in a Church About Someone Killing Kamala Harris  —  “Assassinating a puppet is pointless,” the Trump-backing billionaire said in a Saturday church appearance  —  Elon Musk keeps trying to stick his “joke” about somebody assassinating Vice President Kamala Harris.
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CBC News:
Musk, putting up over $70M US to help Trump, raises legal questions with million-dollar giveaways
Andrew Howard / Politico:
Mark Cuban wants Elon Musk and Kamala Harris to be friends
Tom D'Angelo / Palm Beach Post:
Arnold Palmer's daughter on what he would think of Donald Trump today: 'I think he'd cringe'  —  Donald Trump's opening at his rally Saturday in Latrobe, Pa., birthplace of the late Arnold Palmer, was a boast about how close he was to the legendary golfer.  —  But that relationship …
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Deidre McPhillips / CNN:
Infants died at higher rates after abortion bans in the US, research shows  —  In the year and a half following the Supreme Court Dobbs decision that revoked the federal right to an abortion, hundreds more infants died than expected in the United States, new research shows.
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Karen Kaplan / Los Angeles Times:
Infant mortality in the U.S. worsened after Supreme Court limited abortion access
Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg:
Trump Faces Defamation Suit From Exonerated ‘Central Park Five’  — Trump is sued over comments he made in presidential debate  — Five teenagers wrongfully convicted in 1989 jogger rape case  —  Donald Trump is facing a defamation lawsuit over comments he made during …
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Marlene Lenthang / NBC News:
Exonerated ‘Central Park Five’ sue Trump for defamation after debate comments
Khaleda Rahman / Newsweek:
Ted Cruz Suffers Blow as Texas' Biggest Newspaper Endorses Opponent  —  , Texas' biggest newspaper has endorsed his Democratic opponent, Rep. Colin Allred.  —  Cruz is facing Allred, a three-term congressman from Dallas, in a closely watched race that could determine which party wins control of the U.S.
Discussion: Dallas Morning News and Raw Story
New York Magazine:
An Update to Our Readers  —  Last month, the magazine enlisted the law firm Davis Wright Tremaine to review Olivia Nuzzi's work during the 2024 campaign.  They reached the same conclusion as the magazine's initial internal review of her published work, finding no inaccuracies nor evidence of bias.
Natalie Allison / Politico:
Trump distances himself from Mark Robinson: 'I'm not familiar'  —  With early voting underway and two weeks until Election Day, Donald Trump is still trying to keep distance between himself and North Carolina's embattled Republican nominee for governor.  Asked by POLITICO at a campaign stop …
Jessica Taylor / Cook Political Report:
With Two Weeks to Go, Pennsylvania Senate Shifts to Toss Up, Nebraska Senate Moves to Lean Republican  —  With two weeks to go until Election Day, the Senate map still favors Republicans.  Montana Sen. Jon Tester remains the likeliest Democrat to lose reelection, which along with the GOP's certain pickup …
Katherine Eban / Vanity Fair:
Inside the Bungled Bird Flu Response, Where Profits Collide With Public Health  —  When dairy cows in Texas began falling ill with H5N1, alarmed veterinarians expected a fierce response to contain an outbreak with pandemic-sparking potential.  Then politics—and, critics say …
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Joanne Haner / The Hill:
Florida official says DeSantis's office ordered him to threaten TV stations over abortion ads  —  John Wilson, general counsel for the Florida Department of Health, wrote in a sworn affidavit that officials from Gov. Ron DeSantis's (R-Fla.) office pushed him to threaten television stations …
 
 
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JD Vance has missed every U.S. Senate vote since becoming Donald Trump's vice presidential running mate
Discussion: HuffPost
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Kamala Before the Storm  —  As pre-election Democratic bedwetting reaches clinical levels …
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Michael Kransz / MLive.com:
Gerald Ford's daughter endorses Kamala Harris for president
Discussion: The Hill
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The thin veneer over Trump's fascistic rhetoric
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
The big political shift that explains the 2024 election
Discussion: The Guardian
Sarah Rainsford / BBC:
Moldova says ‘Yes’ to pro-EU constitutional changes by tiny margin
Washington Post:
Harris and Trump locked in dead heat in seven-state poll, with some voters still deciding
 

 
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Clint Rainey / Fast Company:
Chick-fil-A announces Chick-fil-A Play, an app with family-focused original animated shows, scripted podcasts, games, e-books, and more, launching November 18

Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Disney plans to name CEO Bob Iger's successor in early 2026, and says ex-Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman will replace Mark Parker as chairman in January 2025

Kerry Flynn / Axios:
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