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3:05 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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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.
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
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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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.
Aaron Zitner / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Takes Narrow Lead Over Harris in Closing Weeks of Race
Chris Megerian / Associated Press:
Four memorable moments from Kamala Harris' CNN town hall
Steve Liesman / CNBC:
Presidential election is a dead heat though Trump leads Harris big on economy, says CNBC survey
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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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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Ivana Saric / Axios:
Trump calls John Kelly a “lowlife” after Hitler praise revelations
CBS News:
Trump slams Harris, former chief of staff while campaigning with controversial allies
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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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.
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
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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell: ‘MAGA movement is completely wrong’
Discussion: New York Times and RedState
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
John Hendrickson / The Atlantic:
'There's People That Are Absolutely Ready to Take on a Civil War'  —  Tucker Carlson's eyes narrowed as he conjured the image.  A Donald Trump victory, he said at a campaign event in Gwinnett County, Georgia, last night, “will be a middle finger wagging in the face of the worst people in the English-speaking world.”
Discussion: WABE
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 …
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.
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Biden set to apologize to Native Americans for Indian boarding schools  —  The president's apology would come less than two weeks before the election and mark the first formal acknowledgement by a U.S. president of the government's role in atrocities against Native children.
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
 
 
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
12 Days Until the Biggest Election of Our Lifetime
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Henry J. Gomez / NBC News:
Trump's new town halls have a common denominator: Female moderators
Bridget Bowman / NBC News:
Republican super PAC makes last-ditch push to swing Nevada Senate race
Cristiano Lima-Strong / Washington Post:
Nonprofit bashed by Musk disputes his unfounded election meddling claims
Gloria Dickie / Reuters:
Climate set to warm by 3.1 C without greater action, UN report warns
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Katrina Miller / New York Times:
82 American Nobel Prize Winners Endorse Kamala Harris
Discussion: Axios and UPI
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This Essential Health Care Program Could Get Hammered If Donald Trump Wins
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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
Corey G. Johnson / ProPublica:
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Republican legislators in North Carolina demand investigation of judge for mentioning reproductive rights
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