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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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.
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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 …
Mia McCarthy / Politico:
Vance: “Everything that John Kelly said is not true.”
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Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Progressives warn Harris must change her closing message as the election looms
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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 …
Wall Street Journal:
Playing the Führer Card — Senate Democrats associate with a man fellow Democrats claim is like Adolf Hitler.
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Could Trump Win the Popular Vote but Lose the Electoral College?
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Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
The double standard for Harris and Trump has reached a breaking point
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Marisa Kabas / The Handbasket:
Trump praises Hitler. ADL remains silent.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Conservatives Still Love Their Hitler-Loving Candidate
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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 …
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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.”
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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 …
Sylvia Westall / Bloomberg:
Putin Says Russia Won't Make Concessions to End War on Ukraine
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Noah Berlatsky / 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 …
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
“Daddy's home”: Tucker Carlson's bizarre troll distills Trump's false promise to male voters
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
‘Washingon Post’ won't endorse in White House race for first time since 1980s — Even though the presidential race between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris remains neck and neck, The Washington Post editorial page has decided not to make a presidential endorsement …
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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 …
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CNBC:
Judge blocks Virginia from purging voter rolls of alleged noncitizens … A federal judge on Friday blocked Virginia from purging its voter rolls of alleged noncitizens and ordered the state to reinstate more than 1,600 people who had already been bounced from those voter lists.
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Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News:
‘Big lie’ 2.0: How Trump's false claims about noncitizens voting laid the groundwork to undermine the election
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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.
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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 …
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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.
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Bloomberg, Louisiana Illuminator and The National Pulse
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Only a third of Trump supporters say they'll accept a narrow loss — Whatever the outcome of the election, Trump has already deeply damaged democracy. — Representative democracy is undergirded by the idea that elections are reflections of the will of the majority of a population, both proactively and retrospectively.
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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 …
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Alex Vasquez / Bloomberg:
Mexico Senate Votes to Shield Judicial Reform From Top Court Scrutiny — Amendment aims to protect reforms from legal challenges — Supreme Court reviewing controversial plan to elect judges — Mexico's Senate voted to prohibit courts from challenging or suspending constitutional changes approved …
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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.
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