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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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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.
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Fred Upton, Former G.O.P. Congressman Who Voted to Impeach Trump, Endorses Harris — The veteran Michigan Republican called the former president “unfit to serve,” and said Vice President Kamala Harris would work to bring people together. — Former Representative Fred Upton …
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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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New York Times, The Guardian, HuffPost and FOX 32 Chicago
Melissa Nann Burke / The Detroit News:
GOP's Fred Upton backs Kamala Harris' presidential campaign
GOP's Fred Upton backs Kamala Harris' presidential campaign
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The Hill, MLive.com, CBS News, Michigan Advance and Bloomberg
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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Chris Megerian / Associated Press:
Four memorable moments from Kamala Harris' CNN town hall — Kamala Harris went to a Philadelphia suburb on Wednesday night for a CNN town hall, where she faced questions from undecided voters. The event was arranged after Donald Trump declined to participate in a second debate with her.
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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
Juliann Ventura / The Hill:
Harris holds 3-point lead over Trump in Michigan: Poll
Harris holds 3-point lead over Trump in Michigan: Poll
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Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Harris-Trump showdown: New national poll shows who has the edge 2 weeks from Election Day
Harris-Trump showdown: New national poll shows who has the edge 2 weeks from Election Day
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The Hill, Forbes, Daily Mail, Breitbart and Bloomberg
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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Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Axelrod on Harris town hall: ‘It was a mixed night’
Axelrod on Harris town hall: ‘It was a mixed night’
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Mediaite, Fox News, Daily Caller News Foundation and Raw Story
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
L.A. Times opinion editor quits after billionaire owner kills endorsement
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Daily Mail, Twitchy, The Wrap, The Gateway Pundit, New York Times and Washington Times
Irie Sentner / Politico:
DNC to run billboard bearing bombshell headline outside Trump rally — The Democratic National Committee is running a billboard tonight outside Donald Trump's rally in Las Vegas emblazoned with the headline of a bombshell report Kamala Harris and her allies have seized on to cast Trump as power hungry and “unhinged.”
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David Strom / HotAir:
General Kelly, If You ‘Knew’ Trump Admired Hitler Why Didn't You Resign?
General Kelly, If You ‘Knew’ Trump Admired Hitler Why Didn't You Resign?
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Trump shrugs off lifetime of scandals
Trump shrugs off lifetime of scandals
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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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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 …
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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 …
New York Times:
There Are Four Anti-Trump Pathways We Failed to Take. There Is a Fifth. — Democratic self-rule contains a paradox. It is a system premised on openness and competition. Any ambitious party or politician should have a shot at running for office and winning. But what if a major candidate seeks to dismantle that very system?
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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
Simon J. Levien / New York Times:
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Allows Provisional Votes After Mail Ballot Rejections — The decision is likely to affect thousands of mail-in ballots among the millions that will be cast in Pennsylvania, a pivotal 2024 swing state. — The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that voters …
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Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Pennsylvania top court rules provisional ballots must be counted after mail ballot rejections
Pennsylvania top court rules provisional ballots must be counted after mail ballot rejections
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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.
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New York Times and CounterPunch
Alex Keeney / Politico:
'They're Just Over It': How Trump Has Converted Male Frustration Into a Movement — In the crucial swing state of North Carolina, a quixotic concert unveiled how Trump and his allies have shrewdly maneuvered to capture young men in 2024. — CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina —
HuffPost:
Mysterious Monument On Capitol Hill ‘Honors’ Jan. 6 With A Bronze Turd — It's unclear who installed the monument. — A mysterious bronze-colored monument has appeared across the street from the U.S. Capitol grounds “honoring” the Jan. 6 insurrection with a massive turd.
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Republican legislators in North Carolina demand investigation of judge for mentioning reproductive rights — Three Republican state senators in North Carolina have demanded an investigation of state Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs. The state senators, Buck Newton (R), Amy Galey (R) …
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Public Notice:
Molly Jong-Fast on why living in a blue state won't save you — “If we are the ‘enemy within,’ that means we go to the camps too.” — ∙ Paid … 🚨 Subscribe to Public Notice 🚨 — Donald Trump often asks prospective voters, “What do you have to lose?”