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2:30 PM ET, October 24, 2024

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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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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 …
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.
Melissa Nann Burke / The Detroit News:
GOP's Fred Upton backs Kamala Harris' presidential campaign  —  West Michigan Republican and former U.S. Rep. Fred Upton is endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris' 2024 bid for the White House, saying his party's nominee, former President Donald Trump, is divisive, unhinged and has “not changed his colors.”
Barton Gellman / Time:
Your Vote Is Safe  —  As Nov. 5 approaches, former president Donald Trump has left little room for doubt about his intentions.  He will almost certainly declare victory on election night, as the votes are still being counted.  He may turn out to be right.  But if Vice President Kamala Harris wins …
NBC News:
Formerly GOP mayor in reliably red Wisconsin county endorses Harris
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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
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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Robert McGreevy / The Daily Caller:
NEW WSJ POLL: TRUMP TAKES LEAD NATIONALLY  —  Former President Donald Trump has taken a narrow lead over Vice President Kamala Harris with less than two weeks until election day, according to a Wall Street Journal poll published Thursday. … The two percentage points are within the poll's margin of error.
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: Townhall and Breitbart
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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.
Katrina Miller / New York Times:
82 American Nobel Prize Winners Endorse Kamala Harris
Discussion: Axios and UPI
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.”
Discussion: USA Today, The Hill, Raw Story and Fox News
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CBS News:
Trump slams Harris, former chief of staff while campaigning with controversial allies
Ivana Saric / Axios:
Trump calls John Kelly a “lowlife” after Hitler praise revelations
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: CounterPunch
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Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg:
Election-Betting Site Polymarket Says Trump Whale Identified as French Trader  — User hasn't attempted to manipulate the market, probe shows  — Betting platform shows higher chance of Trump win than rivals  —  A trader who spent more than $45 million on Polymarket bets that Donald Trump …
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: ABC27 and Townhall
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 …
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.
NBC News:
Beyoncé expected to perform at Harris rally in Houston  —  The pop star is from Houston and her appearance there comes amid a tightening Senate race between Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and Democratic Rep. Colin Allred.  —  Pop superstar Beyoncé will appear with Vice President Kamala Harris …
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.
Discussion: TMZ.com, Washingtonian and Forbes
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) …
Discussion: Daily Press
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?”
Bridget Bowman / NBC News:
Republican super PAC makes last-ditch push to swing Nevada Senate race  —  Republicans are optimistic Trump can win Nevada, and they are looking to boost GOP Senate candidate Sam Brown against Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen.  —  Republicans are making a last-ditch effort to flip Nevada's Senate seat …
Henry J. Gomez / NBC News:
Trump's new town halls have a common denominator: Female moderators  —  The former president's campaign advisers see an opportunity to narrow the gender gap, though the smaller, more-intimate setting has produced some awkward moments.  —  Donald Trump's handlers are pushing him to embrace …
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.
Cristiano Lima-Strong / Washington Post:
Nonprofit bashed by Musk disputes his unfounded election meddling claims  —  The Washington Post's essential guide to tech policy news  —  Happy Thursday!  The NBA is back and the election has not yet fully consumed all our lives, so things could be worse!  Send news tips to: cristiano.lima@washpost.com.
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 …
 
 
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Irin Carmon / The Cut:
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Andrew Rafferty / Scripps News:
Scripps News/Ipsos poll: Americans are bracing for violence but prepared to accept election results
Discussion: Axios and The Hill
David Gilbert / Wired:
‘Take Back the States’: The Far-Right Sheriffs Ready to Disrupt the Election
Discussion: Raw Story
Dave Jamieson / HuffPost:
JD Vance Is A ‘Scab’ For Crossing Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Picket Line: Union
Discussion: New York Post
 Earlier Items: 
Gloria Dickie / Reuters:
Climate set to warm by 3.1 C without greater action, UN report warns
Discussion: Politico
Jonathan Cohn / HuffPost:
This Essential Health Care Program Could Get Hammered If Donald Trump Wins
Discussion: Raw Story and CBS News
Simon J. Levien / New York Times:
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Allows Provisional Votes After Mail Ballot Rejections
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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