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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Trump says he'd ‘fire’ special counsel Jack Smith in ‘two seconds’ if elected again  —  Smith has led the Justice Department's investigations into Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election and the hoarding of classified documents.  —  Former president Donald Trump …
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Jason Calvi / FOX6 News Milwaukee:
Waukesha mayor endorses Kamala Harris; red city mayor plans to vote blue  —  WAUKESHA, Wis. - The mayor of Waukesha, a key Republican stronghold, exclusively told FOX6 News he's voting for Democrat Kamala Harris for president.  —  It's a Republican city in Wisconsin's largest Republican county.
Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
Trump's former lawyer worries some Christians will abstain from voting
Discussion: Raw Story, Above the Law and USA Today
Annie Grayer / CNN:
House GOP committee that oversees elections hired two former Trump officials involved in 2020 fake elector scheme
Discussion: Raw Story
Pew Research Center:
Harris, Trump Voters Differ Over Election Security, Vote Counts and Hacking Concerns
Discussion: HuffPost, Bloomberg and Axios
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Chris Megerian / Associated Press:
Four memorable moments from Kamala Harris' CNN town hall
Berwood A Yost / Franklin & Marshall College Poll:
Franklin & Marshall Poll Release: October 2024  —  I'm writing to share our summary report for the October 2024 Franklin & Marshall College Poll.  I've highlighted a few of the key findings below, but I encourage you to read the full report, which is also included.
Discussion: HotAir, ABC27 and Townhall
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Marist Poll:
Marist North Carolina Poll: U.S. Presidential Contest in North Carolina, October 2024  —  Trump +2 Points in North Carolina  —  Two points separate former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris among North Carolina likely voters including those who are undecided yet leaning toward a candidate.
Steve Liesman / CNBC:
Presidential election is a dead heat though Trump leads Harris big on economy, says CNBC survey
Ariel Zilber / New York Post:
Washington Post staffers suspect owner Jeff Bezos holding up Kamala Harris endorsement: report  —  Washington Post staffers are growing restless over the left-leaning paper's silence on endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for president — with many suspecting that owner Jeff Bezos is behind the delay, according to a report.
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Did the ‘L.A. Times’ and other news outlets pull punches to appease Trump?  —  Recent episodes involving major U.S. news organizations have stoked fears that outlets are preemptively self-censoring coverage that could offend former President Donald Trump, who remains neck-and-neck in the polls …
Avery Lotz / Axios:
Musk's super PAC skips daily $1 million swing state giveaway after DOJ warning … - The SpaceX CEO had pledged to give away $1 million every day to registered voters in swing states who sign the super PAC's petition in favor of the First and Second Amendments.
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Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech / The Hill:
CDC recommends second COVID vaccine dose for those 65 and older  —  Immunocompromised adults or those who are older than 65 should get a second dose of the latest COVID-19 vaccine, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) officially recommended.  —  The CDC on Wednesday adopted …
ABC15 Arizona in Phoenix:
Arrest made after Phoenix USPS collection mailbox fire damages ballots overnight  —  Phoenix Fire Department's arson task force now investigating the fire  —  PHOENIX — An arrest has reportedly been made after a Phoenix United States Postal Service mailbox was believed to have been set on fire overnight …
David Badash / Alternet.org:
‘Shameful’: Naval Academy cancels authoritarianism lecture After ‘MAGA pressure’  —  The U.S. Naval Academy is under fire after it invited — then uninvited — a distinguished expert on authoritarianism and fascism to give a lecture.  —  Dr. Ruth Ben-Ghiat is a professor of history …
Discussion: The Baltimore Banner
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
GOP Rep. David Schweikert Said Women Who Get Abortions ‘Hate That Baby’ And America  —  “They hate that baby because it symbolizes a responsibility,” the Arizona Republican said in a newly unearthed 2022 interview.  —  LOADING  —  WASHINGTON — Rep. David Schweikert (R-Ariz.) …
Josh Boswell / Daily Mail:
Kamala Harris' husband Doug Emhoff slapped me in the face so hard I spun around ... I'm disgusted by his fake ‘perfect spouse’ persona  — Second Gentleman's accuser bravely breaks her silence on ‘slap’  —  Doug Emhoff's ex-girlfriend has spoken exclusively to DailyMail.com claiming …
E&E News by POLITICO:
Trump ignored disaster aid request from political rival … In early September 2020, wildfires tore through eastern Washington state, obliterating tens of millions of dollars of property, displacing hundreds of rural residents and killing a 1-year-old boy.  —  But then-President Donald Trump refused …
Discussion: Alternet.org
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:   Trump Blew Off Disaster Relief Requests From Washington, Other States
Politico:
A fresh push to hobble Russia's war economy  —  With help from Joe Gould and Daniel Lippman  —  The U.S. and its allies are on a renewed push to cut Russia's economy off from the world to pressure it to end the Ukraine war, but not everyone is convinced sanctions and other economic restrictions …
Ryan Cooper / American Prospect:
Trying to Find Trump's Ground Game in Pennsylvania  —  Four and eight years ago, there was a major Republican get-out-the-vote effort.  This time is different.  —  Elon Musk speaks at Life Center Church in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, October 19, 2024.  Musk and his super PAC have taken over Donald Trump's national canvassing effort.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Janna Brancolini / The Daily Beast:
Truth Social's Bank Spent Funds on Prostitutes, Drugs and Strippers  —  BANKERS BEHAVING BADLY  —  The partners of the firm that backed Donald Trump's IPO this spring also allegedly lost millions of dollars gambling, according to two lawsuits.  —  Partners at the Wall Street firm backing …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Raw Story
David Gilbert / Wired:
‘Take Back the States’: The Far-Right Sheriffs Ready to Disrupt the Election  —  Constitutional Sheriffs are duly elected lawmen who believe they answer only to god.  They've spent the last six months preparing to stop a “stolen” election—by any means necessary.
Discussion: Raw Story
Brakkton Booker / Politico:
New poll: Trump is getting record levels of support among young Black and Latino men  —  A new poll that includes large oversamples of young voters of color shows Donald Trump has massively increased his support among groups that he previously performed poorly with in 2020.
Discussion: RedState and Twitchy
Anthony Adragna / Politico:
Walz called Upton.  But the former GOP lawmaker said he decided to endorse Harris on his own.  —  Former Rep. Fred Upton isn't abandoning his party — he says he plans to vote for Rep. Mike Rogers for Michigan's open Senate seat.  —  Retired GOP Rep. Fred Upton got a phone call …
Tyler Pager / Washington Post:
Obama, Springsteen join Harris to energize campaign's final sprint  —  In final days of tumultuous race, Democrats deploy star power in effort to motivate uncertain voters
Discussion: Wall Street Journal, NPR and ABC News
Angie Martoccio / Rolling Stone:
Stevie Nicks: ‘I Believe in the Church of Stevie’  —  In a nearly four-hour interview, the legendary singer goes deep on longevity, Kamala Harris, why Fleetwood Mac are finished and much more  —  E  —  VERY SECOND FEELS like an eternity when you're hovering four inches from Stevie Nicks, noodling around with her blouse.
Irin Carmon / The Cut:
What Is Usha Vance Thinking?  —  The veep candidate's wife is the child of immigrants, a former Democrat, a highly skilled lawyer — and a total mystery.  —  In the fall of 2018, during the convulsive, unformed days after Christine Blasey Ford went public to accuse Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault …
Discussion: New York Magazine
Corey G. Johnson / ProPublica:
Without Knowledge or Consent  —  For years, America's most iconic gun-makers turned over sensitive personal information on hundreds of thousands of customers to political operatives.  —  Those operatives, in turn, secretly employed the details to rally firearm owners to elect pro-gun politicians running …
The Economist:
Gay voters are smitten with Kamala Harris  —  Republicans are uninterested in, or hostile to, a growing voter bloc  —  In the days after President Joe Biden announced his withdrawal from the election, a short clip from 2013 went viral on Twitter.  It showed the then attorney-general …
Discussion: Fox News, Townhall and Breitbart
Irie Sentner / Politico:
Trump says he's open to pardoning Hunter Biden  —  Donald Trump said Thursday he's open to pardoning Hunter Biden if he's reelected — a significant reversal after years of lobbing attacks at the legal issues faced by the president's son as part of his “Biden crime family” talking point.
 
 
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP maps out agenda for Trump's first 100 days
Discussion: BizPac Review, RedState and Breitbart
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Secretive Democratic super PAC pumps $30 million into Spanish-language TV ads
Discussion: OpenSecrets.org
NBC News:
Democratic super PAC jumps into Texas Senate race to boost Colin Allred
Discussion: New York Magazine
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Group with GOP ties backs Green Party's Jill Stein with ads, mail
Discussion: E&E News
John Hendrickson / The Atlantic:
'There's People That Are Absolutely Ready to Take on a Civil War'
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Henry J. Gomez / NBC News:
Trump's new town halls have a common denominator: Female moderators
Discussion: The Wrap
NBC News:
Beyoncé expected to perform at Harris rally in Houston
Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
Biden administration expands tax credit for producing solar, wind and battery components
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Alex Keeney / Politico:
'They're Just Over It': How Trump Has Converted Male Frustration Into a Movement
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