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5:55 PM ET, October 22, 2024

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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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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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 …
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Trump has a slight edge in Georgia over Harris, latest AJC poll finds
The Hill:
Springsteen to headline two Harris rallies with Obama in swing states
Associated Press:
Harris will campaign in Texas to highlight state's abortion ban in a pitch to battleground voters
Discussion: Axios, Politico, HuffPost and The Hill
Jason Lange / Reuters:
Exclusive: Harris holds 46%-43% lead over Trump amid voter gloom, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:
Trump: ‘I Need the Kind of Generals That Hitler Had’  —  To support The Atlantic's journalism, please consider subscribing today.  —  In April 2020, Vanessa Guillén, a 20-year-old Army private, was bludgeoned to death by a fellow soldier at Fort Hood, in Texas.
Discussion: Rolling Stone and PoliticusUSA
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Rudy Giuliani must give control of luxury items and Manhattan apartment to Georgia election workers he defamed, judge rules  —  A federal judge on Tuesday ordered former Donald Trump attorney and New York mayor Rudy Giuliani to turn over all his valuable possessions and his Manhattan penthouse apartment …
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Graham Kates / CBS News:
Giuliani must turn over Manhattan apartment, other valuables to election workers he defamed, judge says
Holly Bailey / Washington Post:
Giuliani assets will transfer to Georgia election workers he defamed
Max Tani / Semafor:
Los Angeles Times won't endorse for president  —  The Scoop  —  The owner of the Los Angeles Times has blocked the paper from endorsing a candidate for president this year.  —  Last week, the LA Times published its electoral endorsements for the 2024 election.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump set to go on Joe Rogan's podcast  —  Former President Donald Trump is expected to record an interview with podcasting behemoth Joe Rogan on Friday.  The interview will take place at Rogan's studio in Austin, Texas, according to a person familiar with the plans who was granted anonymity to discuss the matter.
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 …
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 ― …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Independent
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Walz slams Musk for ‘skipping like a dips—’ at Trump rallies  —  Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz on Tuesday blasted billionaire Elon Musk over his relationship with former President Trump, mocking his appearance at a recent Trump rally and warning of Musk's role in government if Trump wins.
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.
Washington Post:
Trump attacks Harris with racist stereotype, eyes ‘extreme power’ as president  —  An event with Latino supporters quickly swerved off topic as Trump bashed solar farms as a threat to rabbits and pushed falsehoods about electric vehicles.  —  DORAL, Fla. — Republican nominee Donald Trump used …
Juliann Ventura / The Hill:
McDonald's Quarter Pounder burgers linked to E. coli outbreak  —  McDonald's Quarter Pounder burgers and some ingredients will be temporarily unavailable in some states to protect customers after the food was linked to an E. coli outbreak, according to a press release from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday.
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.
Bart Jansen / USA Today:
Federal appeals court upholds trespassing charge used in hundreds of Jan. 6 prosecutions  —  WASHINGTON - A divided federal appeals court upheld a trespassing charge Tuesday against a defendant in the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021, reinforcing a charge that contributed to nearly 300 sentencings so far.
Discussion: Politico and Default
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Ella Lee / The Hill:
Appeals court upholds Jan. 6 trespassing misdemeanor faced by scores of rioters
Discussion: Reuters and IJR
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Judge tosses Mark Meadows' bid to obtain White House records for use in Ga. criminal case  —  Donald Trump's former White House chief of staff hoped to use the records to aid in his legal defense.  —  A federal judge has thrown out former Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows' bid …
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Early-voting data shows Republican reversal appears to be paying off  —  Record-setting turnout includes GOP voters, who appear to be responding to former president Trump's pivot from trashing early voting to encouraging it.  —  Americans are voting ahead of Election Day in historic numbers this year.
Discussion: Carolina Journal
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.”
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.
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 …
Craig Harrington / Media Matters for America:
Fox News gave nearly 500 times more coverage to McDonald's stunt than Trump's threats to Social Security  —  Trump's tax, trade, and deportation policies could deplete the Social Security Trust Fund by 2031, resulting in huge benefit cuts for seniors  —  RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM TYLER MONROE & NOAH DOWE
Jordan Rubin / MSNBC:
Remember: Donald Trump shouldn't even be eligible for the presidency after Jan. 6  —  The Roberts court cleared the way for the GOP's leader to become president again, despite his constitutionally disqualifying engagement in insurrection.  —  This article is the second in a five-part series called “Protecting the Election.”
Discussion: Alternet.org
NBC News:
Harris eyes Howard University for her election night headquarters  —  The HBCU is Harris' alma mater, and it's one of the venues her campaign is considering for election night.  —  WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris plans to spend election night in Washington D.C. …
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Arizona official pleads guilty in 2022 election certification case  —  Peggy Judd, a Cochise County supervisor, had tried to delay the certification of the 2022 midterm election results.  —  A Republican county supervisor in Arizona ple a d ed guilty Monday after she tried to delay certification …
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.
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.”
Rob Copeland / New York Times:
Jamie Dimon Privately Supports Kamala Harris.  He Just Won't Say So.  —  JPMorgan's chief executive has told associates of his support for the vice president, and his dislike of Donald Trump.  But fearful of blowback, he won't say it publicly.  —  When Jamie Dimon surprised the political …
Discussion: Forbes, New York Post and Quartz
KASW-TV:
Unknown substance posted with political signs in Ahwatukee; roads closed  —  PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Authorities closed roads in a community south of Phoenix after bags of a substance were found at multiple locations Tuesday morning.  —  Around 3 a.m., Phoenix Fire and Police responded near a health care facility for an emergency.
 
 
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Hanna Panreck / Fox News:
CNN host wonders if Democrats should drop the ‘Latinx’ framing
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Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
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Shia Kapos / Politico:
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Politico:
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
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 Earlier Items: 
Russell Contreras / Axios:
Americans split on idea of putting immigrants in militarized “camps”
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Politico:
House GOP braces for bitter fight over the power to oust a speaker
Discussion: Election Law Blog
David Dayen / New York Times:
A Second Trump Administration Would Be a Carnival of Corruption and Greed
Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:
Key suspect in Jamal Khashoggi murder has X account reinstated
emptywheel:
So Help Me God: Lawyers, Encryption, and Insurrection
Reese Gorman / NOTUS:
Steve Scalise Says the GOP Already Has Big Plans for the First 100 Days