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3:15 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 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.
The Hill:
Springsteen to headline two Harris rallies with Obama in swing states
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 …
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.
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 ― …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Independent
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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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 and Quartz
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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: IJR
Leo Shane III / Military Times:
Army ordered to release records on Trump's Arlington cemetery visit  —  A federal judge has ordered Army officials to release their records by the end of this week regarding President Donald Trump's controversial visit to Arlington National Cemetery this summer.
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.”
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
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 …
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.
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 …
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.”
Discussion: Raw Story
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.
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.
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.
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.
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
CBS News Producer Wonders: ‘Are Jews Really Human Like Us?’  —  Say, remember when CBS News put anchor Tony Dokoupil through a Maoist struggle session for the crime of asking tough questions to Ta-Nehisi Coates for his ignorant take on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?
Discussion: Newsbusters and Instapundit
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 …
Politico:
Will LA voters pony up to fight homelessness?  —  A FOR AMBIVALENT?  — Los Angeles residents say homelessness is the issue that worries them most, but that doesn't necessarily mean they're ready to spend more to address the problem.  —  In the balance is Los Angeles County's Measure A …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Russell Contreras / Axios:
Americans split on idea of putting immigrants in militarized “camps”  —  A policy proposed by former President Trump to round up and deport undocumented immigrants — even if it requires using military-guarded encampments — has Americans divided, per a new survey.
Discussion: The Marshall Project
Politico:
House GOP braces for bitter fight over the power to oust a speaker  —  Most GOP lawmakers despise the rule, which allows a small faction of the conference to wield outsize influence over the agenda.  But conservatives are prepared to fight for it.  —  House Republicans are gearing …
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Trump's growing threats to strip broadcast licenses send chills across industry  —  New York CNN —  Broadcast television licensing is not ordinarily a hot topic during a presidential election.  But Donald Trump's threats are not ordinary, either.  —  In the past two years …
Discussion: The Hill and New York Times
 
 
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Jordan Rubin / MSNBC:
Remember: Donald Trump shouldn't even be eligible for the presidency after Jan. 6
Discussion: Alternet.org
New York Times:
The Many Links Between Project 2025 and Trump's World
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Spike Lee: 'I don't know how people can be true Americans' and go along with Trump's ‘path’
Discussion: Mediaite
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Trump, Harris Favorability on Low End of 68-Year Trend
Discussion: Washington Examiner and The Hill
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
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The Maga legal networks that could topple Planned Parenthood and gut women's healthcare
 Earlier Items: 
Lily Mae Lazarus / The Daily Beast:
Trump Defends Right to Make Threats Against FEMA Workers
emptywheel:
So Help Me God: Lawyers, Encryption, and Insurrection
New York Times:
Samuel Alito and Princess Gloria Bonded Over Catholicism and Ending Abortion
Reese Gorman / NOTUS:
Steve Scalise Says the GOP Already Has Big Plans for the First 100 Days
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
On Saturday, September 7, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump predicted that his plan …
Aaron Zitner / Wall Street Journal:
The Pollsters Blew It in 2020. Will They Be Wrong Again in 2024?
Discussion: New York Times