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12:30 AM ET, October 24, 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’
Dan Merica / Associated Press:
Trump said Hitler ‘did some good things’ and wanted generals like the Nazis, former chief of staff Kelly claims
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Fox Host Says Maybe Trump Didn't Realize Hitler's Generals Were Nazis
Hailey Branson-Potts / Los Angeles Times:
Trump repeatedly praised Hitler, said Nazi leader ‘did some good things,’ John Kelly says
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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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Wrong-way driver passes Harris motorcade on Milwaukee highway
Erin Doherty / Axios:
Harris says she believes Trump is a fascist at CNN town hall
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: Mediaite, UPI and CBS News
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KASW-TV:
Man behind Phoenix-area political threats had huge stash of guns, ammo, police say  —  TEMPE, AZ (AZFamily) — Dozens of guns, thousands of rounds of ammunition and a grenade launcher were reportedly recovered from the home of a suspect accused of leaving bags of white powder at multiple locations …
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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New York Times:
Justice Department Warns Musk That His $1 Million Giveaway Might Be Illegal
Discussion: Business Insider and PoliticusUSA
Wall Street Journal:
Justice Department Cautions Musk PAC on $1 Million Voter Lottery
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Fox News
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Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Harris-Trump showdown: New national poll shows who has the edge 2 weeks from Election Day
Discussion: Breitbart, Bloomberg and Forbes
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
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 …
Wes Davis / The Verge:
Guess who's suing the FTC to stop click to cancel … Three industry groups are suing to prevent the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from enforcing its new “Click to Cancel” rule that requires companies to make it easy to cancel subscriptions, according to Reuters.  And yes, it's exactly who you'd expect.
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: Raw Story and Roll Call
Maggie Harrison Dupré / Futurism:
The AI-Generated Product Reviews Choking the Internet Are Now Illegal  —  Cleaning Up  —  It's officially illegal to publish fake, AI-generated product reviews.  —  Sweeping changes to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) guidelines aimed at cleaning up the polluted, confusing world …
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 …
Steven Greenhouse / Slate:
What's Preventing Harris From Crushing Trump Is Shockingly Simple  —  As Elon Musk's rabid pro-Trump mania makes clear, billionaires are wielding their financial might in this year's presidential election far more than in any previous campaign—and far more openly, too.
Discussion: Business Insider
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
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.
 
 
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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
Joseph Simonson / freebeacon.com:
Meet the New York Times Source Who Claims Kamala Harris's Late Mother Told Her That Her Daughter Worked at McDonald's.  She's a Harris Campaign Surrogate Who's Visited the White House.
Madison Fernandez / Politico:
Republicans say they're getting swamped in state legislatures
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:
The Global Surveillance Free-for-All in Mobile Ad Data
 Earlier Items: 
Helen Lewis / The Atlantic:
The Positions That the Democrats Won't Defend
Sean O'Driscoll / Newsweek:
Aileen Cannon Being Considered as Donald Trump's AG Sparks Fury: ‘Insane’
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
Nate Silver / New York Times:
Here's What My Gut Says About the Election, but Don't Trust Anyone's Gut, Even Mine
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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