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11:35 AM ET, October 25, 2024

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Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
13 former Trump administration officials sign open letter backing up John Kelly's criticism of Trump  —  Kelly told the New York Times that Trump meets the definition of a fascist and also said he observed the former president on multiple occasions praising Adolf Hitler.
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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 …
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 Daily Caller and Mediaite
Mia McCarthy / Politico:
Vance: “Everything that John Kelly said is not true.”  —  Sen. JD Vance on Thursday shot back against John Kelly's claims that Donald Trump meets the definition of a fascist, saying that everything the former Trump official said “is not true.”  The vice presidential nominee …
Joanne Haner / The Hill:
Half in new survey view Trump as fascist  —  Nearly half of Americans say they view former President Trump as a fascist, according to a recent survey.  —  The ABC News/Ipsos poll, released Friday, defined a fascist as “a political extremist who seeks to act as a dictator …
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
The double standard for Harris and Trump has reached a breaking point
ABC News:
Half of Americans see Donald Trump as a fascist: POLL
Discussion: Mediaite
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 …
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Don't Blame Kamala  —  At a rally in Michigan last night, JD Vance waved off John Kelly's warnings about Donald Trump's fascist tendencies and affinity for Hitler's generals, sneering at the decorated general and former Trump chief of staff as “a disgruntled ex-employee”: “I think everything that John Kelly said is not true.”
emptywheel:
If Putin Is Running Musk, Trump Should Be Terrified  —  WSJ's report that Elon Musk has had a number of communications with Vladimir Putin and other top Russians is unsurprising.  Musk has obvious buttons to press (not just his narcissism, but also his insecurity about trans women arising …
Discussion: The Sun and Mediaite
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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Washington Post:
How Trump talks: Abrupt shifts, profane insults, confusing sentences  —  The Republican presidential nominee calls it “the weave” and a sign of a brilliant mind, but his remarks at recent public appearances have been strikingly erratic and coarse.  —  Donald Trump debuted a name for his idiosyncratic …
Discussion: Raw Story, MLive.com and USA Today
Christian Paz / Vox:
Polls say voters back “mass deportation.” That's misleading.
Politico:   Playbook: Normal Trump vs. Dangerous Trump
Jessica Piper / Politico:
Harris continued to heavily outraise and outspend Trump in early October
Discussion: Forbes
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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Jessica Glenza / The Guardian:
Stacey Williams says Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein ‘coordinated’ groping incident  —  Former model said of incident at Trump Tower in 1993: ‘I was rolled in there like a piece of meat in some kind of twisted game’  —  The former model Stacey Williams said she thought Donald Trump groped …
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
“Daddy's home”: Tucker Carlson's bizarre troll distills Trump's false promise to male voters
Discussion: Raw Story
Ingrid Vasquez / People:
Former Model Alleges Donald Trump Groped Her After Being Introduced to Him By Jeffrey Epstein in 1993
Jessica Piper / Politico:
Elon Musk put another $44M into his super PAC in early October  —  Elon Musk put another $43.6 million into his super PAC boosting Donald Trump in early October, new campaign finance filings show.  The new contributions, reported in a Thursday night filing with the Federal Election Commission …
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Jessica Piper / Politico:
Elon Musk dropped eight figures to help GOP retake Senate
Discussion: Forbes, Bloomberg and New York Times
Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
Elon Musk Sure Seems Scared After That DOJ Warning on His Dumb Lottery
Arwa Mahdawi / The Guardian:
Tucker Carlson is fantasizing about Daddy Donald Trump spanking teenage girls  —  The former Fox host once said he hated the ex-president.  Now his display of serious daddy issues is striking a terrifying chord  —  Welcome to another normal day in Magaland.
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
A Message for Haley Voters Still on the Fence  —  WELL, HERE WE GO AGAIN . . .  Four years ago, I sat in my Oakland bedroom with hair down to my shoulders and two coronavirus test kits on the nightstand, tapping out a final plea to the reluctant Trump-voting aunt in all of our lives.
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Juliann Ventura / The Hill:
30M early votes cast ahead of Election Day  —  More than 30 million early votes have been cast so far in the general election, according to the University of Florida's Election Lab.  —  Nearly 15 million of those ballots were cast in person, data from the lab showed.
New York Post:
The Post endorses Donald Trump for president — the clear choice for a better future  —  Voters carry a heavy responsibility in this election — one of the most consequential in the history of this great nation.  —  The choice will have reverberations for decades, deciding …
Discussion: The Hill, RedState and Mediaite
Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Progressives warn Harris must change her closing message as the election looms  —  Progressive Democrats warn Kamala Harris risks losing the support of a small but significant portion of her political base unless she changes her campaign's closing message — and its messengers — immediately.
Discussion: HotAir and Breitbart
Ross A. Lincoln / The Wrap:
Two More LA Times Editorial Writers Quit Over ‘Chickens—’ Owner's Block of Kamala Harris Endorsement |  Exclusive  —  Karin Klein and Pulitzer Prize-winner Robert Greene follow editorial editor Mariel Garza, who resigned Wednesday  —  The Los Angeles Times has lost two more longtime editorial writers …
Lee Moran / HuffPost:
233 Mental Health Professionals Spell Out Dangers Of Donald Trump In Chilling Letter  —  “We have a duty to warn the public about the grave danger posed by returning this man to power.”  —  LOADING  —  Conservative attorney George Conway's Anti-Psychopath PAC turned to clinical psychologists …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Guardian
Wall Street Journal:
Playing the Führer Card  —  Senate Democrats associate with a man fellow Democrats claim is like Adolf Hitler.  —  Is Sen. Bob Casey a closet fan of Adolf Hitler?  How about Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin?  We ask because both Senate Democrats are running ads as part of their re-election campaigns …
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.
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 …
 
 
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Juliann Ventura / The Hill:
Trump calls in to Vance town hall on NewsNation, asks ‘How brilliant is Donald J. Trump?’
Washington Post:
How two pollsters — one Democrat, one Republican — see the polls
Tara Copp / Associated Press:
In rare move, Pentagon denies falsehood about troops allowed to use force during election
Wall Street Journal:
Harris Struggles to Distinguish Candidacy From Biden
Discussion: Twitchy
Michael Schaffer / Politico:
The Election Is Looming — and These Washingtonians Are Running Scared
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Europe seeks to underpin Russia sanctions, fearing Trump overhaul
Discussion: Bloomberg
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Election Is Happening Too Soon
Discussion: Raw Story and Althouse
Zach Everson / Forbes:
Trump Hasn't Spent A Dime Of His Own Money On His 2024 Campaign
KASW-TV:
Phoenix police ID suspect in arson of USPS mailbox that damaged ballots
Courtney Kube / NBC News:
Montana Senate candidate says he was ‘medically discharged’ from the Navy. Records say otherwise.
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