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Annie Grayer / CNN:
House GOP committee that oversees elections hired two former Trump officials involved in 2020 fake elector scheme — House Republicans on the committee with broad jurisdiction over national elections have hired at least two former Donald Trump campaign officials involved in the 2020 fake electors scheme …
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Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
Trump's former lawyer worries some Christians will abstain from voting
Trump's former lawyer worries some Christians will abstain from voting
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Raw Story, Above the Law and USA Today
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Trump says he'd ‘fire’ special counsel Jack Smith in ‘two seconds’ if elected again
Trump says he'd ‘fire’ special counsel Jack Smith in ‘two seconds’ if elected again
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KASW-TV:
Phoenix police ID suspect in arson of USPS mailbox that damaged ballots — PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A suspect has reportedly been taken into custody in connection with a fire in a United States Postal Service Collection Box in Phoenix overnight, which damaged over a dozen ballots inside.
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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 …
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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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Ryan Cooper / American Prospect:
Trying to Find Trump's Ground Game in Pennsylvania
Trying to Find Trump's Ground Game in Pennsylvania
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Talking Points Memo
Theodore Schleifer / New York Times:
Elon Musk Plots His Final Moves for Trump
Elon Musk Plots His Final Moves for Trump
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New Republic, Talking Points Memo, The Wrap, Washington Examiner, New Jersey Online and Reuters
CNN:
Fox News edited Trump's rambling answers and false claims in barbershop interview, full video shows — New York CNN — The Fox News Channel's recent segment about Donald Trump's “surprise” visit to a barbershop in the Bronx resembled a campaign ad for the former president's reelection.
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Sam Stein / The Bulwark:
The Soft Bigotry of Our Trump Expectations
The Soft Bigotry of Our Trump Expectations
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Media Matters for America, The Hill, Politico, Rolling Stone, Twitchy, Daily Caller News Foundation, Alternet.org and The Independent
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Trump's Depravity Will Not Cost Him This Election
Trump's Depravity Will Not Cost Him This Election
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The Hill, The Message Box, Axios, DCReport.org, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit and Semafor
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?
Did the ‘L.A. Times’ and other news outlets pull punches to appease Trump?
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Democratic lawmakers request probe into Trump son-in-law after Reuters Saudi report — The Democratic chair of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee and a prominent Democratic congressman asked the U.S. attorney general on Thursday to appoint a special counsel to investigate whether Jared Kushner …
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The Hill, The Times of Israel, Forbes and New Republic
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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 …
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CDC Newsroom, New York Times, CBS News and Mercury News
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.
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Emerson Polling, Townhall, Silver Bulletin, Fox News, USA Today, acecomments.mu.nu, Washington Examiner, Forbes, The Hill, IJR and Bloomberg
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Steve Liesman / CNBC:
Presidential election is a dead heat though Trump leads Harris big on economy, says CNBC survey
Presidential election is a dead heat though Trump leads Harris big on economy, says CNBC survey
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Financial Times, Politico, The Daily Caller, al.com, USA Today, Daily Caller News Foundation, Bloomberg, Forbes, Daily Mail, HotAir, NBC News, Reason, IJR and NRCC
Jason Calvi / FOX6 News Milwaukee:
Waukesha mayor endorses Kamala Harris; red city mayor plans to vote blue
Waukesha mayor endorses Kamala Harris; red city mayor plans to vote blue
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Salon, NBC News, The Hill, Forbes, To the Contrary, Twitchy, New Jersey Online, Washington Examiner, The Independent, Mediaite, HuffPost, Daily Kos, New York Times and FOX 32 Chicago
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 …
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Zach Everson / Forbes:
Trump Hasn't Spent A Dime Of His Own Money On His 2024 Campaign — The campaign and political committees of billionaire presidential candidate Donald Trump have paid his businesses millions for air travel, lodging, catering and more. — It's been more than 30 years since the Trump Shuttle folded …
Washington Post:
Trump alumni warn he could deploy troops against Americans — “It's not the American way,” said his former chief of staff, John Kelly. — As protests swept the nation after the murder of George Floyd and some rioting broke out in Washington, President Donald Trump demanded in a White House meeting …
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The Korea Herald
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 …
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Trump Blew Off Disaster Relief Requests From Washington, Other States
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.) …
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.
Wall Street Journal:
Elon Musk's Secret Conversations With Vladimir Putin — Regular contacts between world's richest man and America's chief antagonist raise security concerns; topics include geopolitics, business and personal matters — Elon Musk, the world's richest man and a linchpin of U.S. space efforts …
Courtney Kube / NBC News:
Montana Senate candidate says he was ‘medically discharged’ from the Navy. Records say otherwise. — The disclosure comes as Tim Sheehy was already facing scrutiny for questionable claims he has made about his military career. — Tim Sheehy, a former Navy SEAL running for the Senate in Montana …
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Raw Story, Daily Montanan and Balloon Juice
Andrew Duehren / New York Times:
Trump Flirts With the Ultimate Tax Cut: No Income Taxes at All — The former president has repeatedly praised a period in American history when there was no income tax, and the country relied on tariffs to fund the government. — Former President Donald J. Trump has spent …
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The Gateway Pundit, Digby's Hullabaloo, Reason, City Journal, The Independent, Blaze Media, Forbes, CounterPunch, KXTV and The Hill
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 …
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Mike Lee calls for no ‘sabotage’ of GOP candidates amid McConnell book remarks — Sen. Mike Lee is calling on candidates running for Senate GOP leadership to weigh in on Mitch McConnell's recent remarks against Donald Trump, which included him referring to the former president as a “sleazeball …
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Raw Story, Blaze Media and Florida Politics
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.
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.
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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 …
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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 …
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Julie Carr Smyth / Associated Press:
County judge strikes down Ohio abortion ban, citing voter-approved reproductive rights amendment — The most far-reaching of Ohio's laws restricting abortion was struck down on Thursday by a county judge who said last year's voter-approved amendment enshrining reproductive rights renders the so-called heartbeat law unconstitutional.
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