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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: Townhall, The Daily Caller 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 …
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 …
Harvard University:
Harvard Youth Poll  —  Introduction  —  Young Americans strongly favor Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential race, but their decision to cast a ballot may depend more on their friends than their politics, according to a new Harvard Youth Poll released today by the Institute of Politics (IOP) at Harvard Kennedy School.
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.”
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
Politico:   Playbook: Normal Trump vs. Dangerous Trump
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
The double standard for Harris and Trump has reached a breaking point
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Conservatives Still Love Their Hitler-Loving Candidate
Jessica Piper / Politico:
Harris continued to heavily outraise and outspend Trump in early October
Discussion: Forbes
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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Diego Mendoza / Semafor:
NASA head says report of Elon Musk talking to Putin should be investigated  —  The News  —  NASA Administrator Bill Nelson told Semafor Friday that a Wall Street Journal report about calls between SpaceX founder Elon Musk and Russian President Vladimir Putin “should be investigated.”
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
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
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 …
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ABC News:
Half of Americans see Donald Trump as a fascist: POLL
Discussion: Mediaite
Collin Binkley / Associated Press:
Biden tries again at student loan cancellation, this time for those with financial hardships  —  The Biden administration is moving ahead with a new path to student loan cancellation for Americans who face steep medical bills, child care costs and other types of financial hardship that prevent them from repaying their loans.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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U.S. Department of Education:
Biden-Harris Administration Releases Proposed Rules to Authorize Debt Relief to Nearly Eight Million Borrowers Experiencing Hardship
Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News:
‘Big lie’ 2.0: How Trump's false claims about noncitizens voting laid the groundwork to undermine the election  —  In 2020, Donald Trump and his backers tossed out an array of false election interference allegations.  Republicans now have a sharper focus.  —  The “big lie” of the 2024 election is being workshopped on Webex.
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Tim Miller / The Bulwark:   A Message for Haley Voters Still on the Fence
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 …
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.
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 …
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.
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
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
More Concern About Trump Than Harris Aligning With Radicals  —  Four in 10 “very concerned” about Trump's ties, 34% about Harris'  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Forty-one percent of U.S. adults say they are “very concerned” that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is too closely aligned …
Discussion: The Hill
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.
Associated Press:
Harris, Beyoncé team up for a Texas rally on abortion rights and hope battleground states hear them  —  Vice President Kamala Harris will team up with Beyoncé on Friday for a rally in solidly Republican Texas aimed at highlighting the medical fallout from the state's strict abortion ban …
Christian Paz / Vox:
Polls say voters back “mass deportation.”  That's misleading.  —  This spring, an eye-opening poll from Axios suggested what once seemed unthinkable: Four in 10 Democrats were open to the idea of the US government deporting undocumented immigrants en masse.
 
 
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Accused Iranian hackers successfully peddle stolen Trump emails
Discussion: IJR and USA Today
Jessica Piper / Politico:
Elon Musk put another $44M into his super PAC in early October
Lee Moran / HuffPost:
233 Mental Health Professionals Spell Out Dangers Of Donald Trump In Chilling Letter
Discussion: Raw Story and The Guardian
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
Discussion: Fox News
Wall Street Journal:
Harris Struggles to Distinguish Candidacy From Biden
Discussion: Twitchy
 Earlier Items: 
Michael Schaffer / Politico:
The Election Is Looming — and These Washingtonians Are Running Scared
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
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.
Discussion: Raw Story and Daily Montanan