memeorandum: The Washington Post is in deep turmoil as Bezos remains silent on non-endorsement (Hadas Gold/CNN)

3:00 PM ET, October 26, 2024

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Hadas Gold / CNN:

The Washington Post is in deep turmoil as Bezos remains silent on non-endorsement — New York CNN — One day after The Washington Post announced it would not endorse a presidential candidate in this year's election or in the future, its billionaire owner remains silent as the newspaper's staff are in turmoil.

Discussion: The Hill, Daily Mail, The Wrap, Breitbart, Rolling Stone, Advocate, UPI and Forbes, more at Mediagazer »

Enough Already:

BREAKING: The Washington Post Has Died — Its stunning refusal to endorse Kamala Harris is the end of the venerable newspaper ... D. Earl Stephens ✍️ — 1,021 — I have been a subscriber of The Washington Post for 26 years. — I devoured it each day while riding …

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Ross A. Lincoln / The Wrap:
LA Times Planned ‘Case Against Trump’ Series Alongside Kamala Harris Endorsement Before Owner Quashed It | Exclusive

Discussion: New York Times, Times of San Diego, Newsbusters, The Guardian, L.A. Times Guild, Instapundit, CBS News and Associated Press, more at Mediagazer »

Washington Post:
Post columnists respond

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Dan Froomkin / Salon:
Billionaires have broken media: Washington Post's non-endorsement is a sickening moral collapse

Discussion: Press Watch, RedState, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, New York Post, Business Insider, HuffPost and The Daily Caller, more at Mediagazer »

Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
The Guardrails Are Already Crumpling

Discussion: New York Post, Fox News, BizPac Review, Just Security, Ned Hamson's Second Line View …, RedState, Mediaite, Breitbart, Raw Story, TalkLeft, New York Magazine, The Nation, The Wrap, The Gateway Pundit, CNBC and PoliticusUSA

Benjamin Wittes / The Bulwark:
The Washington Post Bends the Knee to Trump

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Juliann Ventura / The Hill:

Rick Perry: Harris ‘wasting her time’ in Texas, non-battleground states — Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) had differing views on Vice President Harris and former President Trump campaigning in Texas, saying in an interview that Harris is “wasting her time” in the state …

Discussion: Washington Post, UPI, USA Today, Fox News, Associated Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, BizPac Review and Washington Examiner

The Barbed Wire:

‘I See You, and I Am With You.’ Texas Women Needed That Harris Rally. — The vice president's boisterous, joyous, and emotional Houston event Friday night proved the value of representation. Abortion rights weren't just discussed — they were the whole point. — Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)

Discussion: Alternet.org and Associated Press

Francesca Chambers / USA Today:
Bring in the closer: Michelle Obama lends her popularity to Kamala Harris

Discussion: The Hill, Associated Press, New York Times, Daily Mail and MLive.com

Lauren Gambino / The Guardian:
Beyoncé brings star power to Harris rally in Texas with abortion law in the spotlight

The Hill:
Watch live: Harris expected to rally with Beyonce in Houston

ABC News:
Trump to rally in iconic Madison Square Garden

Discussion: New York Post, CNN, New York Times, FOX 32 Chicago, New York Daily News, The Daily Sceptic, The Hill, New Jersey Online, Fox News and Politico

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: New York Post, Forbes, Washington Examiner, tippinsights and Bloomberg

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

Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Trump's Gains in New York City Offer Clues to a Shifting Electoral Map

Discussion: Mother Jones

Washington Post:

Elon Musk, enemy of ‘open borders,’ launched his career working illegally — Investors in Musk's first company worried about “our founder being deported” and gave him a deadline for obtaining a work visa. — PALO ALTO, Calif. — Long before he became one of Donald Trump's biggest donors …

Discussion: Mother Jones, Raw Story, Forbes and Futurism

HuffPost:

Man In MAGA Hat Arrested For Allegedly Punching Election Worker — Officials called the episode “ugly” and urged calm. — LOADING — A man wearing a pro-Trump hat repeatedly punched an elderly election worker in San Antonio, Texas, Thursday evening, according to police …

Discussion: The Independent, lonestarlive.com, KSAT-TV, UPI, Associated Press, Mediaite, Ned Hamson's Second Line View …, The Texas Tribune and Votebeat

KENS:
BCSO: Voter punches poll worker when reminded Texas law requires removal of MAGA hat at election site

Discussion: Raw Story and The Texas Tribune

New York Times:

The Only Patriotic Choice for President — It is hard to imagine a candidate more unworthy to serve as president of the United States than Donald Trump. He has proved himself morally unfit for an office that asks its occupant to put the good of the nation above self-interest.

Robert Reich:
Cowardice and intimidation at The Washington Post and L.A. Times

Discussion: Showbiz411, Fox News, Raw Story, Newsbusters, PBS NewsHour, The Wrap, RedState, Washington Times, Politico and The National Pulse

Brett Samuels / The Hill:

5 takeaways from Trump's 3-hour interview with Joe Rogan — Former President Trump sat with Joe Rogan Friday for a three-hour interview, marking the GOP nominee's debut on one of the most popular podcasts in the country. — The two men appeared to show a mutual admiration for one another …

Li Zhou / Vox:

The massive gender gap in the election, in 2 charts — Women could deliver this election for Vice President Kamala Harris. … A massive gender gap has been evident in poll after poll of this election — a significant trend that underscores the pivotal role women could play this November.

Discussion: USA Today

Brandi Buchman / HuffPost:

Mike Johnson Can't Stop The House From Certifying The Election — But He Can Try — The conditions of the 2024 electoral certification don't hinge on Mike Johnson, but if Republicans take the House, he will be a formidable ally to Donald Trump. — When he was slinging french fries …

Discussion: The Dispatch

Lulu Garcia-Navarro / New York Times:

John Fetterman Fears Trump Is Stronger Than Ever — Philip Montgomery for The New York Times — Whatever the result of this election, Democrats will be in a moment of transformation afterward. For nearly a decade, the party's energies have been devoted to defeating Donald Trump.

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Fox News, The Daily Caller and Althouse

Sebastian Murdock / HuffPost:

Trump Praises Chinese President For Controlling Citizens ‘With An Iron Fist’ — In an interview with Joe Rogan, Donald Trump praised Chinese President Xi Jinping as “a brilliant guy.” — LOADING — Former President Donald Trump heaped praise on authoritarian Chinese President Xi Jinping during …

Discussion: Breitbart, The Federalist, The Wrap and Washington Examiner

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: Raw Story, The Hill, Alternet.org, CNN, E&E News, Vanity Fair and Politico

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.