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10:10 AM ET, October 22, 2024

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Kamala Harris Against Despair / emptywheel:
Kamala Harris against Despair  —  As you know, I've been tracking Kamala Harris' outreach to Republicans, Liz Cheney above all, with a good deal of interest.  I've spoken about why it makes sense from a demographic perspective; if Harris can attract some of Nikki Haley's voters, it could put her over the top in these 50/50 states.
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Molly Jong-Fast / Vanity Fair:
Kamala Harris Isn't Repeating the Mistakes of 2016
Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:   'More Republicans than you've seen vote for a Democrat in decades': Inside the Harris campaign effort to turn red voters blue
Andy Hirschfeld / Al Jazeera:
Trump US rallies leave behind unpaid dues, again and again
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Trump has a slight edge in Georgia over Harris, latest AJC poll finds  —  The Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll shows the race remains very close  —  Former President Donald Trump appears to have a slight edge in Georgia over Vice President Kamala Harris in an Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll …
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Jason Lange / Reuters:
Exclusive: Harris holds 46%-43% lead over Trump amid voter gloom, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds  —  Democratic U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris held a marginal 46% to 43% lead over Republican former President Donald Trump, with a glum electorate saying the country is on the wrong track, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found.
Jason Gewirtz / CNBC:
Harris leads Trump by 20 points with younger Americans, new CNBC/Generation Lab survey finds … Exactly two weeks before Election Day, a new CNBC/Generation Lab survey finds that Vice President Kamala Harris has grown her advantage in recent months over Republican Donald Trump among Americans between the ages of 18 and 34.
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Trump ground game faces new fraud claims as video shows door-knock hack  —  Exclusive: clip from canvasser for Musk's America Pac reveals apparent ease in which GPS location can be spoofed  —  Donald Trump's ground game in Arizona and Nevada may be undercut by canvassers working …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
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Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
Elon Musk ‘Jokes’ in a Church About Someone Killing Kamala Harris
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and RedState
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.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
No, McDonald's didn't confirm Trump's baseless claim about Kamala Harris  —  In a message to employees obtained by The Washington Post, the fast-food giant made clear that it isn't saying what Trump says it's saying.  —  In any other presidential campaign, one of the candidates' mention …
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Wall Street Journal:
Republicans Eat Into Democrats' Early Voting Advantage  —  More than 15 million Americans have already voted, as both parties scour data for clues on turnout  —  Democrats have a clear edge in early voting so far, but Republicans are embracing the practice of casting their ballots before Election …
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Madiba K. Dennie / Balls and Strikes:
Mifepristone Lawsuit: Republican Attorneys General In Court Filing: We Demand Pregnant Teenagers  —  Three state Republican Attorneys General filed a complaint in federal court on October 11 arguing that their states have a right to pregnant teenagers and that right is being violated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
On Saturday, September 7, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump predicted that his plan to deport 15 to 20 million people currently living in the United States would be “bloody.”  He also promised to prosecute his political opponents, including, he wrote, lawyers, political operatives …
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 …
Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
Biden administration puts $400M into manufacturing projects in coal communities  —  The Biden administration is putting $428 million into bolstering manufacturing projects in 15 communities whose economies have historically relied on coal plants or mining.  —  The funds will go to 14 projects, the administration announced Tuesday.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
New York Times:
The Princess and the Justice … Princess Gloria von Thurn und Taxis, a 1980s party girl, has evolved into a conservative Catholic with ties to the European far right.  —  Princess Gloria von Thurn und Taxis pulled a long dark coat over her silk scarf and necklace of pearls and hurried through …
Sophie Lawton / Media Matters for America:
Activists connected with Cleta Mitchell's Election Integrity Network are advocating for racially profiling voters they claim may be noncitizens  —  Noncitizen voting, which is rare and already illegal, is at the center of right-wing media efforts to sow doubt in 2024 election results
Paul Bledsoe / The Hill:
Trump hasn't helped working-class men — but Harris and Walz can  —  Former President Donald Trump makes many extravagant promises and claims on the campaign trail.  But especially for his political base of working-class men, he delivered very little economically when in office.
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 …
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Jessica Piper / Politico:
First two Elon Musk giveaway winners had already voted  —  Elon Musk is doing a good job of drawing attention with his $1 million giveaways to Pennsylvania voters.  But will the project actually boost Donald Trump?  Two Pennsylvania voters have won the billionaire's super PAC lottery so far …
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Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert / Business Insider:
Mark Cuban says the election is now a battle between Kamala Harris and Elon Musk, not Donald Trump
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
PAC paying Trump's legal fees has run out of cash — with $3M in debt: report  —  The Washington Post reported that Vice President Kamala Harris has a huge cash advantage over Donald Trump in the 2024 race after bringing in $1 billion in fewer than three months on the campaign trail.
Discussion: Washington Post
Aaron Zitner / Wall Street Journal:
The Pollsters Blew It in 2020.  Will They Be Wrong Again in 2024?  —  Survey firms are trying to learn from their mistakes after the biggest polling error in 40 years  —  Once the votes were counted in the 2020 presidential election, the result was clear: The pollsters had lost once again.
Discussion: New York Times
CNN:
A CNN investigation reveals how deceptive political fundraising has misled elderly Americans into giving away millions of dollars  —  The 80-year-old communications engineer from Texas had saved for decades, driving around in an old car and buying clothes from thrift stores so he'd have enough money to enjoy his retirement years.
 
 
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Cheyanne M. Daniels / The Hill:
DNC launches bus tour to mobilize Black voters in key states
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Marton Eder / Bloomberg:
Austrian President Asks Runner-Up Conservatives to Form Cabinet
Discussion: Politico
Reese Gorman / NOTUS:
Steve Scalise Says the GOP Already Has Big Plans for the First 100 Days
Washington Post:
Republicans lean into anti-transgender message in closing weeks
Matthew Walther / New York Times:
Sorry, Trump. The Issue of Abortion Is Not Going Away.
Discussion: Alternet.org
Will Saletan / The Bulwark:
Let's Be Honest, Trump's Running As a Fascist
Jasper Goodman / Politico:
A wave of crypto-friendly lawmakers is about to crash Congress
Discussion: Axios and The Intercept
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