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NBC News:
Democrats brace for a possible crack in the blue wall and signs of North Carolina slipping — The Harris campaign has privately flagged concerns about Michigan. But officials stress the race is close across the board. — The “blue wall” states of Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania …
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
A jittery Harris campaign makes big plans to clinch a narrow win — With two weeks to go until Election Day, Kamala Harris' top advisers are staring down numbers that show a wide majority of Americans saying the country is on the wrong track. — They're also confident that the next two weeks …
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Raw Story
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 …
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Bruce Springsteen to headline Thursday's Harris-Obama rally in Atlanta — Rock legend Bruce Springsteen will headline Vice President Kamala Harris' first joint rally with former President Barack Obama in Atlanta on Thursday, kicking off a series of concerts in battleground states.
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.
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Jason Gewirtz / CNBC:
Harris leads Trump by 20 points with younger Americans, new CNBC/Generation Lab survey finds
Harris leads Trump by 20 points with younger Americans, new CNBC/Generation Lab survey finds
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate Democrats running away from Harris in ‘blue wall’ states
Senate Democrats running away from Harris in ‘blue wall’ states
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Molly Jong-Fast / Vanity Fair:
Kamala Harris Isn't Repeating the Mistakes of 2016
Kamala Harris Isn't Repeating the Mistakes of 2016
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The Gateway Pundit, Al Jazeera and ComingSoon.net
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 …
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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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Washington Post:
Trump puts noisy, crude campaign in spotlight, as Harris seeks to turn it against him
Trump puts noisy, crude campaign in spotlight, as Harris seeks to turn it against him
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Which Republican Might Join a Harris Cabinet? We Asked Around.
Which Republican Might Join a Harris Cabinet? We Asked Around.
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The Dispatch, The Federalist, Raw Story, The Hill and Twitchy
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
“Pro-life” Cheney says GOP-led states' post-Roe moves “not sustainable”
“Pro-life” Cheney says GOP-led states' post-Roe moves “not sustainable”
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Michigan Advance, The Guardian, New York Times, ABC News, Pennsylvania Capital-Star and New York Daily News
Ezra Klein / New York Times:
What's Wrong With Donald Trump? — You've probably seen the clip by now. Donald Trump is holding a town hall. It's Monday, Oct. 14, in Pennsylvania. He was being asked softball questions by Kristi Noem, the Republican governor of South Dakota, and there is a medical emergency in the crowd.
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S.V. Date / HuffPost:
Doctor Who Wrote ‘Goldwater Rule’ Says He Would Recommend Dementia Tests For Trump — An author of the 1973 American Psychiatric Association standard says it was never meant to stop doctors from expressing their opinions based on public information. — WASHINGTON ― …
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emptywheel:
When an Older White Catholic Man Admits, “This Toxicity that Exists Is Really Embarrassing” — When I vowed to stop calling Liz Cheney “BabyDick” when she announced she would vote to impeach Donald Trump, the second time, I wrote: … I thought back on it as I watched this clip …
Tom Dreisbach / NPR:
Trump has made more than 100 threats to prosecute or punish perceived enemies — With just two weeks remaining until the presidential election, former President Donald Trump has used his most recent appearances on podcast and cable interviews to escalate attacks on fellow Americans whom he calls “the enemy from within.”
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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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Rianna Croxford / BBC:
Ex-Abercrombie CEO arrested on sex trafficking charges — The former CEO of fashion giant Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F) and his British partner have been arrested and are facing sex trafficking charges. — Mike Jeffries, his partner Matthew Smith and the couple's alleged middleman were arrested on Tuesday morning.
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Lily Mae Lazarus / The Daily Beast:
Trump Defends Right to Make Threats Against FEMA Workers — ‘ENTITLED’ — FEMA recently paused its recovery effort in the area amid a flurry of threats and reports of being targeted by militias. — Donald Trump kicked off his day-long tour in North Carolina by surveying the damage caused …
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emptywheel:
So Help Me God: Lawyers, Encryption, and Insurrection — I still owe you a longer post on what I gleaned from my deep dive into the mostly sealed immunity appendix over the weekend. Here's my evolving understanding of the appendix so far. … But for now, I want to share a hypothesis …
New York Times:
Samuel Alito and Princess Gloria Bonded Over Catholicism and Ending Abortion … 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 …
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 …
Brittany Gibson / Politico:
Trump cancels — again (this time, on RFK Jr.) — Donald Trump was scheduled to appear at a virtual town hall with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) today at 2 p.m. — but it was canceled, with the organizers citing “changes in Trump's schedule.”
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Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Trump tops Harris by 2 points among Arab American voters: Survey — Former President Trump leads Vice President Harris by 2 points among Arab American voters, according to a new survey released on Monday. — The poll, conducted by Arab News/YouGov, found Trump up 45 percent to 43 percent …
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Liz Dye / Public Notice:
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Cheyanne M. Daniels / The Hill:
Charlamagne tha God laughs off claim Trump is not racist: 'It's hysterical' — Radio host Charlamagne tha God blasted Lara Trump on Monday for claims that her father-in-law, former President Trump, is not racist. — In an interview on “The Breakfast Club,” the younger Trump said she had …
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Reese Gorman / NOTUS:
Steve Scalise Says the GOP Already Has Big Plans for the First 100 Days — Scalise wants to use budget reconciliation for a package of tax cuts and border wall funding in the first 100 days. Whether or not reforming Obamacare will be in that package remains to be seen. — Copy
Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:
Key suspect in Jamal Khashoggi murder has X account reinstated — Saud al-Qahtani had been suspended permanently on Twitter before Elon Musk took over and rebranded it as X — A key Saudi suspect in the murder of US-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018 has had his account reinstated on X …
David Dayen / New York Times:
A Second Trump Administration Would Be a Carnival of Corruption and Greed — By now, the story has made the rounds. Back in June, Oklahoma's superintendent for public instruction, Ryan Walters, ordered every classroom in the state to teach the Bible between fifth grade and high school.
Melissa Segura / The Guardian:
The Maga legal networks that could topple Planned Parenthood and gut women's healthcare — Revealed: outcome of coming election may determine staying power of hard-right activist Leonard Leo's crusade to reshape US courts — In the second year of Donald Trump's presidency …
Aaron Sibarium / freebeacon.com:
Kamala Harris Plagiarized Pages of Congressional Testimony From a Republican Colleague. Plus, a Fictionalized Story About Human Trafficking. — On April 24, 2007, Kamala Harris testified before Congress in support of the John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act of 2007.
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Washington Post:
Voters prefer Harris's agenda to Trump's — they just don't realize it. Take our quiz. — Try our interactive quiz to see how well you (and other voters) align with each candidate's agenda. — As presidential candidates, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are neck and neck in polls.
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.
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Trump, Harris Favorability on Low End of 68-Year Trend — Roughly half rate nominees positively on 10-point favorability scale — WASHINGTON, D.C. — About half of U.S. adults rate Donald Trump and Kamala Harris positively on a 10-point favorability scale.
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