Top Items:
Ross A. Lincoln / The Wrap:
LA Times Planned ‘Case Against Trump’ Series Alongside Kamala Harris Endorsement Before Owner Quashed It | Exclusive — Patrick Soon-Shiong's interference with the paper's editorial freedom has sparked a crisis that includes canceled subscriptions and several high profile resignations
Discussion:
Associated Press and The Guardian, more at Mediagazer »
RELATED:
Max Tani / Semafor:
Editor resigns, subscribers cancel as Washington Post non-endorsement prompts crisis at Bezos paper — The Scoop — The Washington Post's leadership recently sought meetings with the Democratic and Republican nominees for president, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, people familiar with the requests said.
Discussion:
Breitbart, The National Pulse, The Wrap, PoliticusUSA and New York Post, more at Mediagazer »
William Lewis / Washington Post:
On political endorsement — A note from the publisher: — William Lewis is publisher and chief executive officer of The Washington Post. — The Washington Post will not be making an endorsement of a presidential candidate in this election. Nor in any future presidential election.
Discussion:
Mediaite, Plain Dealer, Business Insider, RedState, BizPac Review, Status, CNN, Fox News, HotAir, Townhall, Breitbart, Althouse, Raw Story, CBS News, Blaze Media, The American Conservative, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, Daily Kos, UPI, The Hill, The Daily Caller, HuffPost, nationalinterest.org, Lawyers, Guns & Money, freebeacon.com, Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter, SFist and The Gateway Pundit, more at Mediagazer »
Washington Post:
Post columnists respond — The newspaper's refusal to endorse a presidential candidate is a mistake. — By 11 Post Opinions columnists — The Washington Post's decision not to make an endorsement in the presidential campaign is a terrible mistake. It represents an abandonment …
Discussion:
The Wrap, Raw Story, Las Vegas Review-Journal, Power Line, Axios and The Gateway Pundit, more at Mediagazer »
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Jeff Bezos killed Washington Post endorsement of Kamala Harris, paper reports … The Washington Post said Friday that it will not endorse a candidate in the presidential election for the first time since 1976. — The newspaper also on Friday ran an article by two staff reporters saying …
Washington Post:
The Washington Post says it will not endorse a candidate for president — Publisher William Lewis explained the decision as a return to the newspaper's roots. — The Washington Post's editorial board announced Friday that it will not make an endorsement in this year's presidential contest …
Discussion:
Associated Press, Columbia Journalism Review, The Verge, Mediaite, Fox News, The Hill, freebeacon.com, TalkLeft, Adweek, Rolling Stone, Advocate, Iowa Starting Line, Politico, L.A. Times Guild, Forbes, Post-Texas Stress Disorder, Gizmodo, Washington Examiner, The Wrap and Semafor, more at Mediagazer »
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
The Guardrails Are Already Crumpling — Editor's note: The Bulwark is supported not by a billionaire, but by the members who gather here every day to read, talk to, and learn from each other. We believe that this is how you save democracy. With the little platoons of a community.
Discussion:
Raw Story
Robert Reich:
Cowardice and intimidation at The Washington Post and L.A. Times — I apologize for bothering you again today, but this is important. Will Lewis, the chief executive of The Washington Post, announced today that the paper would not endorse a presidential candidate this year. — Why not?
Discussion:
RedState and Washington Times
Harry Lambert / The Daily Beast:
Top Editors Eviscerate Jeff Bezos' Decision to Kill WaPo Endorsement — ‘MIGHTILY P—ED’ — Major reporters and former editors speak out after Bezos squashed a Harris endorsement drafted by Post writers. — EXCLUSIVE — David Maraniss, an associate editor at The Washington Post …
Discussion:
The Hill
Mary L. Trump / The Good in Us:
Democracy Dies in Darkness. Indeed.
Discussion:
BizPac Review, more at Mediagazer »
Dan Froomkin / Salon:
Billionaires have broken media: Washington Post's non-endorsement is a sickening moral collapse
Discussion:
New York Post, HuffPost, Mediaite and Spectrum News 1
David Folkenflik / NPR:
‘Washingon Post’ won't endorse in White House race for first time since 1980s
David Folkenflik / NPR:
‘Washington Post’ won't endorse in White House race for first time since 1980s
Discussion:
The Hill, The Guardian, The Present Age, Scripting News, The Nation, HotAir, Instapundit, Progress Pond, Discourse.net, New York Magazine and Deadline
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Washington Post reels from Bezos decision to not endorse
Discussion:
Showbiz411 and The Gateway Pundit
John McCormick / Wall Street Journal:
Harris Seeks Suburban Swing to Offset Trump Gains — America's political fault line now runs through the suburbs, where Trump has alienated some college-educated voters — MEQUON, Wis.—Vice President Kamala Harris's strategy to win a contest where polling shows she has stalled counts …
Discussion:
Wide World of News and Associated Press
RELATED:
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
October 2024 National Poll: Trump 49%, Harris 49% — Home Polls October 2024 National Poll: Trump 49%, Harris 49% — A new Emerson College Polling national survey of US likely voters finds both former president Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris with 49% support in the 2024 presidential election.
Discussion:
Bloomberg
Emily Chang / ABC News:
These Americans told our pollsters Trump is a fascist. They'll still vote for him
Discussion:
The Independent, New Jersey Online, New Republic, Washington Post and Raw Story
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
October 25, 2024 — A bombshell story last night from the Wall Street Journal reported that billionaire Elon Musk, one of the richest men in the world, who is backing the election of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump with a daily million-dollar sweepstakes giveaway and gifts …
Discussion:
Politico
RELATED:
Shania Shelton / CNN:
NASA chief calls for investigation into report that Musk and Putin have spoken regularly
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, Salon, The Hill, Raw Story, E&E News, Futurism, The Sun, Gizmodo, HuffPost, emptywheel and Wall Street Journal
Lora Kolodny / CNBC:
Elon Musk's secret talks with Putin ramped up during his Twitter takeover: WSJ report
Discussion:
Politico, Vox, Alternet.org, Associated Press, The Guardian, Esquire, New York Daily News, Vanity Fair, Fortune, New Republic, Deadline, Washington Examiner, Mediaite, Futurism, Axios, Byline Times, Interesting Engineering, The Kyiv Independent, New York Times, Semafor, Euromaidan Press, Quartz, Raw Story, E&E News and The Independent
ABC News:
Trump to rally in iconic Madison Square Garden — Trump has coined the event as a “celebration of the whole thing.” — In this May 23, 2024 File photo, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during his campaign rally at Crotona Park in the South Bronx in New York City.
Discussion:
CNN, New Jersey Online, Fox News, Politico and Daily Mail
RELATED:
Francesca Chambers / USA Today:
Bring in the closer: Michelle Obama lends her popularity to Kamala Harris
Discussion:
New York Times, The Hill and MLive.com
Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
Court rules ballots that arrive late shouldn't be counted despite postmarks — The 5th Circuit's ruling in a Mississippi case could have implications for other states with similar laws. — A federal appeals court Friday ruled invalid a Mississippi law that allows election officials …
Discussion:
NPR, Axios and Mississippi Today
RELATED:
Associated Press:
Russian actors made fake video depicting mail-in ballots for Trump being destroyed, FBI says — Russian actors were behind a widely circulated video falsely depicting mail-in ballots for Donald Trump being destroyed in Pennsylvania, U.S. officials confirmed on Friday.
Discussion:
NPR, USA Today, Alternet.org, Pennsylvania Capital-Star, LevittownNow.com, Associated Press, KXTV, Scripps News, CBS News, Shore News Network, Raw Story and 6abc
RELATED:
KENS:
BCSO: Voter punches poll worker when reminded Texas law requires removal of MAGA hat at election site — The man, who had cast his ballot before the incident, was later arrested. Sheriff Salazar implored the public to “tone down” the anger. — SAN ANTONIO — A 63-year-old Bexar County man …
Discussion:
KSAT-TV, HuffPost, Raw Story, Mediaite, Associated Press, Ned Hamson's Second Line View …, The Texas Tribune and Votebeat
New York Times:
Chinese Hackers Are Said to Have Targeted Phones Used by Trump and Vance — The Trump campaign was informed this week that hackers may have gained access to data from the phones through a breach of American telecommunications systems. — Chinese hackers who are believed to have burrowed deep …
Discussion:
Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, HotAir, ABC News, CBS News, The Independent, Fox News, Washington Examiner, Metro.co.uk, Wired, Bloomberg, NewsNation, The Cyber Express, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, The Sun, New York Post, Daily Mail, Raw Story, Daily Caller News Foundation, Reuters, Mediaite, USA Today and The Gateway Pundit, more at Techmeme »
RELATED:
Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
US points finger at China amid reports of Trump, Vance phone hacks
Discussion:
Associated Press, Al Jazeera, New York Daily News, One America News Network, Fox News, CBS News, HotAir and Bloomberg, more at Mediagazer »
American Oversight:
U.S. Department of Defense and Army Records Regarding Incident at Arlington National Cemetery … INQUIRIES PRESS@AMERICANOVERSIGHT.ORG — Records from the U.S. Department of Defense and Army in response to American Oversight's litigation seeking the expedited release of records regarding …
Discussion:
NPR, Raw Story, The Hill, Associated Press and CBS News
RELATED:
Edith Olmsted / New Republic:
“Extreme Danger”: Harris Earns a Stunning Endorsement Over Trump … More than 100 Arizona Palestinian, Arab, Muslim, and progressive Democrats and community leaders have signed a letter making the case for those reluctant to support Kamala Harris against Donald Trump.
Discussion:
Alternet.org and Balloon Juice
Brian Slodysko / Associated Press:
The ‘Black Insurrectionist’ was actually white. The deception did not stop there — “Black Insurrectionist,” the anonymous social media persona behind some of the most widely circulated conspiracy theories about the 2024 election, can be traced to a man from upstate New York. He's also white.
Discussion:
Balloon Juice, New York Daily News, The Bulwark, The Independent and Mediaite
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Freedom Caucus leader endorses radical proposal for North Carolina to hand its electoral votes to Trump — Rep. Andy Harris said the damage caused by Hurricane Helene in pro-Trump counties would justify the extraordinary maneuver. — The chair of the conservative House Freedom Caucus …
Discussion:
New York Times, Raw Story, HuffPost, Reason, Baltimore Sun, Washington Post, NBC News, New Republic, Washington Examiner, USA Today, Axios and Forbes
Democracy Docket:
Judge Declines to Fix DMV Error Disenfranchising 11,000 South Carolina Teens — A judge declined to order South Carolina's Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and State Election Commission (SEC) to register thousands of young voters whose registrations were mistakenly denied because they were not yet 18 …
Discussion:
Associated Press
Senior Data Journalist, NY — 
Manager - Publishing Editorial, Manila — 
Oil Reporter, Singapore — 
Newsperson - State Govt. & Politics, CA — 
Business Reporter, SC — 
State Government Reporter, WA — 
Climate Crisis Columnist — 
Multimedia Journalist, CA — 
Community Engagement Mgr., DC — 
Senior California Politics Reporter, CA — 
Staff Writer - Business, NY — 
Team Editor - Opinion, ON — 
Assistant Correspondent, DC — 
Climate & Weather Reporter, MN — 
Senior Tech Editor, Remote US — 
Lead Business Reporter, TN — 
Managing Editor, WA — 
Private Credit Reporter, NY — 
Trending News Reporter, TX — 
City Correspondent, London — 
Legislative Reporter, CA — 
Reporter, PA — 
Visual Editor, Remote — 
Staff Writer, MI — 
Senior Political Reporter, DC — 
California Playbook Writer, CA — 
National Investigative Reporter, NY — 
Business & Gaming Reporter, NV — 
Coastal Climate Reporter, SC — 
Environment & Energy Reporter, CT — 
Coordinating Editor, OR — 
Editor, Remote US — 
Business Reporter, WA — 
Editor-in-Chief, AZ — 
