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11:00 PM ET, October 23, 2024

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Sewell Chan / Columbia Journalism Review:
Los Angeles Times editorials editor resigns after owner blocks presidential endorsement  —  Mariel Garza, the editorials editor of the Los Angeles Times, resigned on Wednesday after the newspaper's owner blocked the editorial board's plans to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for president.
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Jeff Bercovici / The San Francisco Standard:
L.A. Times opinion editor quits after billionaire owner kills endorsement  —  Mariel Garza, editorials editor at The Los Angeles Times, has resigned to protest the paper's decision to cancel a presidential endorsement at the behest of its owner.  —  The news comes a day after it was revealed …
The Guardian:
Donald Trump groped me in what felt like a ‘twisted game’ with Jeffrey Epstein, former model alleges  —  Stacey Williams says the ex-president, whose spokesperson denied the allegations, touched her in an unwanted sexual way in 1993, after Epstein introduced them
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Lydia O'Connor / HuffPost:   Former Model Says Trump Groped Her During Encounter Facilitated By Epstein: Report
Sarah Longwell / The Bulwark:
The Sad, Pathetic Spectacle of John Kelly's Critics  —  WHEN GEN. JOHN KELLY WENT PUBLIC about Trump's praise for Hitler and his fears about a dictatorial second Trump term, he joined a growing list of former Trump officials ringing the alarm.  —  He also sparked what has become a pathetic …
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Politico:
Former Trump official agrees with John Kelly: Trump ‘does not operate by the rule of law’
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Fox Host Says Maybe Trump Didn't Realize Hitler's Generals Were Nazis
Dan Merica / Associated Press:
Trump said Hitler ‘did some good things’ and wanted generals like the Nazis, former chief of staff Kelly claims
Hailey Branson-Potts / Los Angeles Times:
Trump repeatedly praised Hitler, said Nazi leader ‘did some good things,’ John Kelly says
CNN:
Justice Department warns Elon Musk that his $1 million giveaway to registered voters may be illegal  —  The Justice Department warned Elon Musk's America PAC in recent days that his $1 million sweepstakes to registered voters in swing states may violate federal law, people briefed on the matter told CNN.
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Wall Street Journal:
Justice Department Cautions Musk PAC on $1 Million Voter Lottery
Discussion: Fox News and The Daily Caller
New York Times:
Justice Department Warns Musk That His $1 Million Giveaway Might Be Illegal
Discussion: Business Insider
NBC News:
Justice Department warns Musk's PAC that $1M voter giveaway could be illegal
Discussion: Washington Examiner and USA Today
Arizona Republic:
FBI finds hundreds of weapons at home of suspected shooter of Arizona Democratic Party office  —  Lauren De Young Richard RuelasArizona Republic  —  (This story was updated with new information.)  —  Federal agents on Wednesday morning hauled more than 100 firearms, including “machine guns …
Discussion: UPI, Mediaite and CBS News
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Nate Silver / New York Times:
Here's What My Gut Says About the Election, but Don't Trust Anyone's Gut, Even Mine  —  In an election where the seven battleground states are all polling within a percentage point or two, 50-50 is the only responsible forecast.  Since the debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump …
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James Carville / New York Times:
Three Reasons I'm Certain Kamala Harris Will Win
Aaron Zitner / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Takes Narrow Lead Over Harris in Closing Weeks of Race  —  Voters remember Trump's presidency more fondly as negative views of Harris grow  —  Donald Trump has opened a narrow lead in the presidential race, as voters have adopted a more positive view of his agenda and past performance …
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Washington Post:
Harris to deliver closing argument speech Tuesday on the National Mall  —  The vice president is slated to present her final case to the American people in D.C. exactly one week before Election Day.  —  Vice President Kamala Harris is planning to deliver her closing argument Tuesday in a speech …
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ProPublica:
“Not Medically Necessary”: Inside the Company Helping America's Biggest Health Insurers Deny Coverage for Care  —  Co-published with The Capitol Forum  —  Uncovered: How the Insurance Industry Denies Coverage to Patients  — Dialing for Dollars: America's largest insurers hire EviCore …
Axios:
Top Democrat sounds alarm over Trump transition plan delay … - The Maryland Democrat said the Trump team's actions demonstrated “a spectacular disregard for the successful continuation of the essential institutions of American democratic government.”  — Two deadlines on agreements …
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Politico:
Judge's ultimatum forces deal to shelve subpoena fight in House GOP probe of Hunter Biden  —  'Don't test me on this,' Judge Ana Reyes intoned, betting her dog that the subpoenas wouldn't yield the info Republicans are seeking.  —  A highly unusual ultimatum from a frustrated judge caused …
Discussion: Roll Call and Raw Story
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:
The Global Surveillance Free-for-All in Mobile Ad Data  —  Not long ago, the ability to digitally track someone's daily movements just by knowing their home address, employer, or place of worship was considered a dangerous power that should remain only within the purview of nation states.
Discussion: The Verge
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Byron Tau / NOTUS:
It's Possible to Track Someone's Personal Phone to an Abortion Clinic. And It's Legal Too.
CNN:
McConnell says ‘MAGA movement is completely wrong’ and Reagan 'wouldn't recognize' Trump's GOP  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell delivered a scathing assessment of the modern Republican Party in an upcoming biography, saying the “MAGA movement is completely wrong” and that Ronald Reagan “wouldn't recognize” the party today.
Discussion: Raw Story
Catherine Belton / Washington Post:
American creating deepfakes targeting Harris works with Russian intel, documents show  —  Russian documents reviewed by The Post expose the workings of a Moscow network that has become a potent source of fake news targeting American voters.  —  A former deputy Palm Beach County sheriff …
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Azeen Ghorayshi / New York Times:
U.S. Study on Puberty Blockers Goes Unpublished Because of Politics, Doctor Says  —  The leader of the long-running study said that the drugs did not improve mental health in children with gender distress and that the finding might be weaponized by opponents of the care.
Karen Kaplan / Los Angeles Times:
Half a pound of this powder can remove as much CO₂ from the air as a tree, scientists say  —  A typical large tree can suck as much as 40 kilograms of carbon dioxide out of the air over the course of a year.  Now scientists at UC Berkeley say they can do the same job with less than half a pound of a fluffy yellow powder.
Discussion: The Verge
 
 
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Wes Davis / The Verge:
Guess who's suing the FTC to stop click to cancel
Laura Wagner / Washington Post:
What happens if the NYT's tech staff strikes on election night?
Raw Story:
Big corporations used Trump tax cuts to pump $839B into buybacks and dividends: report
Discussion: Arizona Mirror
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Dem allies promoting third-party candidates
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Wrong-way driver passes Harris motorcade on Milwaukee highway
Helen Lewis / The Atlantic:
The Positions That the Democrats Won't Defend
 Earlier Items: 
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
MAGA bashes “single issue” abortion voters — but Florida shows these women are the smartest citizens
Discussion: Slate
Michael Kruse / Politico:
These Democratic Voters Hiding in Plain Sight Could Be Harris' Ticket to a North Carolina Win
Michael S. Roth / Slate:
I'm a College President. Universities Aren't Ready for What's Coming.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
 

 
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Jem Aswad / Variety:
UMG and Amazon Music strike a new deal to collaborate on audiobooks and livestreams, address unlawful AI-generated content, protect against fraud, and more

Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg:
Riot Games says it spent $250M on an unusual deal to finance two seasons of League of Legends show Arcane on Netflix; sources: there was no plan to recoup costs

New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ of its revenue is from ads
 
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