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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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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
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
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?
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
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
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 …
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 …
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
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 …
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.
Discussion: The White House
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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Jonathan Cohn / HuffPost:
This Essential Health Care Program Could Get Hammered If Donald Trump Wins
Discussion: Raw Story and CBS News
Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
Biden administration expands tax credit for producing solar, wind and battery components
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Corey G. Johnson / ProPublica:
Without Knowledge or Consent
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Republican legislators in North Carolina demand investigation of judge for mentioning reproductive rights
Discussion: Daily Press
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