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Wall Street Journal:
Elon Musk's Secret Conversations With Vladimir Putin  —  Regular contacts between world's richest man and America's chief antagonist raise security concerns; topics include geopolitics, business and personal matters  —  Elon Musk, the world's richest man and a linchpin of U.S. space efforts …
Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Ex-Trump aides emerge to back Kelly's harsh warnings  —  The letter from former White House officials comes as Harris is leaning into her closing argument that Trump is a threat to democracy.  —  More than a dozen former Trump administration officials on Friday came out in support of former chief …
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Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
The double standard for Harris and Trump has reached a breaking point  —  One candidate can rant about gibberish while the other has to be perfect.  —  Something is wrong with this split-screen picture.  On one side, former president Donald Trump rants about mass deportations and claims to have stopped …
Axios:
Behind the Curtain: Dems fear they're blowing it … Trump and allied committees raised about half Harris' total, $92 million, from Oct. 1 to 16, the N.Y. Times reports this morning (gift link).  — And this is after Trump's cringy 40-minute onstage sway to '80s music, his threats to target …
Discussion: The Federalist
New York Times:
Harris and Trump Deadlocked to the End, Final Times/Siena National Poll Finds  —  The electorate has rarely seemed so evenly divided.  The latest New York Times/Siena College poll found Harris and Trump tied 48 to 48.  —  Kamala Harris and Donald J. Trump are locked in a dead heat for the popular vote …
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Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
Trump's former lawyer worries some Christians will abstain from voting
Discussion: Raw Story, Above the Law and USA Today
Jessica Piper / Politico:
Elon Musk dropped eight figures to help GOP retake Senate  —  Tech CEO Elon Musk dropped major money to help Republicans take back the Senate this month.  Musk gave $10 million to the Mitch McConnell-linked Senate Leadership Fund on Oct 1., according to a report filed with the Federal Election Commission on Thursday.
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
Musk's super PAC skips daily $1 million swing state giveaway after DOJ warning
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Trump has been accused of sexual assault again.  It matters.  —  🌅 This special, five-edition week of PN is made possible by paid subscribers.  If you aren't one already, please sign up to support our independent journalism.🌄  —  ✍️ Subscribe to Public Notice ✍️
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Ingrid Vasquez / People:
Former Model Alleges Donald Trump Groped Her After Being Introduced to Him By Jeffrey Epstein in 1993
KASW-TV:
Phoenix police ID suspect in arson of USPS mailbox that damaged ballots  —  PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A suspect has reportedly been taken into custody in connection with a fire in a United States Postal Service Collection Box in Phoenix overnight, which damaged over a dozen ballots inside.
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ABC15 Arizona in Phoenix:
Arrest made after Phoenix USPS collection mailbox fire damages ballots overnight
Jessica Piper / Politico:
Harris continued to heavily outraise and outspend Trump in early October  —  Kamala Harris is flush with cash for the final sprint of the presidential campaign, while Donald Trump continues to lag behind.  Harris' campaign reported $97 million raised in the first half of October …
Discussion: Forbes
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Bruce Springsteen Performs At Kamala Harris Rally, Tells Crowd That Donald Trump Is Running To Be “An American Tyrant”
Bluesky:
Bluesky Announces Series A to Grow Network of 13M+ Users  —  Bluesky now exceeds 13 million users, the AT Protocol developer ecosystem continues to grow, and we've shipped highly requested features like direct messages and video.  We're excited to announce that we've raised a $15 million Series …
Washington Post:
Satellite images show major expansion at Russian site with secret bioweapons past  —  New construction at a military research site near Moscow reveals a specialized laboratory complex designed to research and handle deadly pathogens, experts say.  —  Sorry, a summary is not available for this article at this time.
Reuters:
Exclusive: Europe seeks to underpin Russia sanctions, fearing Trump overhaul  —  European diplomats are preparing to underpin sanctions on Russia anticipating that a return of former U.S. president Donald Trump could undermine Western efforts to isolate Moscow, sources with knowledge of the discussions told Reuters.
Discussion: Bloomberg
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Wall Street Journal:
Harris Struggles to Distinguish Candidacy From Biden  —  Majority of voters say Democratic presidential candidate would largely continue the unpopular incumbent's approach and policies  —  WASHINGTON—Vice President Kamala Harris has presented herself as the candidate who will help the nation …
Discussion: Twitchy
Reuters:
Exclusive: Democratic lawmakers request probe into Trump son-in-law after Reuters Saudi report  —  The Democratic chair of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee and a prominent Democratic congressman asked the U.S. attorney general on Thursday to appoint a special counsel to investigate whether Jared Kushner …
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Jason Easley / PoliticusUSA:   Calls Grow For DOJ To Appoint Special Counsel To Investigate Jared Kushner
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Election Is Happening Too Soon  —  I had hoped this election would be a moment of national renewal.  I had hoped that the Democrats could decisively defeat MAGA populism and send us down a new national path.  —  That's clearly not going to happen.  No matter who wins this election …
Discussion: Raw Story
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
How Trump Could Bankrupt Social Security  —  Remember when George W. Bush tried to privatize Social Security?  I was very involved in that debate, and one thing I learned was that well-off Americans, who typically have substantial sums stowed away in their 401(k)s and have other assets besides …
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Post
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Courtney Kube / NBC News:
Montana Senate candidate says he was ‘medically discharged’ from the Navy.  Records say otherwise.  —  The disclosure comes as Tim Sheehy was already facing scrutiny for questionable claims he has made about his military career.  —  Tim Sheehy, a former Navy SEAL running for the Senate in Montana …
Discussion: Raw Story and Daily Montanan
Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech / The Hill:
CDC recommends second COVID vaccine dose for those 65 and older  —  Immunocompromised adults or those who are older than 65 should get a second dose of the latest COVID-19 vaccine, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) officially recommended.  —  The CDC on Wednesday adopted …
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Did the ‘L.A. Times’ and other news outlets pull punches to appease Trump?  —  Recent episodes involving major U.S. news organizations have stoked fears that outlets are preemptively self-censoring coverage that could offend former President Donald Trump, who remains neck-and-neck in the polls …
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Julie Carr Smyth / Associated Press:
County judge strikes down Ohio abortion ban, citing voter-approved reproductive rights amendment  —  The most far-reaching of Ohio's laws restricting abortion was struck down on Thursday by a county judge who said last year's voter-approved amendment enshrining reproductive rights renders the so-called heartbeat law unconstitutional.
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Trump Blew Off Disaster Relief Requests From Washington, Other States  —  Politico identified four new instances in which the former president withheld or delayed aid to states headed by Trump-critical governors  —  Donald Trump refused a request for federal disaster relief funds from Washington …
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E&E News by POLITICO:
Trump ignored disaster aid request from political rival
Discussion: Alternet.org
Michael Schaffer / Politico:
People in Washington Are Fleeing Town for Election Day  —  In an age of anxiety, election day is a good time to get out of Dodge.  —  Kate Brown moved to Washington for politics.  But on election week, she's leaving town for the same reason.  —  “I just want to get the eff out of dodge,” Brown told me recently.
 
 
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Tara Copp / Associated Press:
In rare move, Pentagon denies falsehood about troops allowed to use force during election
TMZ.com:
Mel Gibson Says Kamala Harris Has ‘IQ of a Fence Post’
Dan Shafer / Civic Media:
EXCLUSIVE: Republican State Sen. Rob Cowles: ‘I plan on voting for Harris’
Zach Everson / Forbes:
Trump Hasn't Spent A Dime Of His Own Money On His 2024 Campaign
 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
Trump alumni warn he could deploy troops against Americans
Discussion: Reuters and The Korea Herald
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Mike Lee calls for no ‘sabotage’ of GOP candidates amid McConnell book remarks
David Badash / Alternet.org:
‘Shameful’: Naval Academy cancels authoritarianism lecture After ‘MAGA pressure’
Janna Brancolini / The Daily Beast:
Truth Social's Bank Spent Funds on Prostitutes, Drugs and Strippers
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Raw Story
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
GOP Rep. David Schweikert Said Women Who Get Abortions ‘Hate That Baby’ And America
Discussion: Raw Story and DCCC
Annie Grayer / CNN:
House GOP committee that oversees elections hired two former Trump officials involved in 2020 fake elector scheme
Discussion: Raw Story