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1:05 PM ET, October 26, 2024

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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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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.
Washington Post:
Post columnists respond  —  The newspaper's refusal to endorse a presidential candidate is a mistake.  —  By 11 Post Opinions columnists  —  The Washington Post's decision not to make an endorsement in the presidential campaign is a terrible mistake.  It represents an abandonment …
Lauren Gambino / The Guardian:
Beyoncé brings star power to Harris rally in Texas with abortion law in the spotlight  —  Singer says America is on the ‘brink of history’ as Kamala Harris said Trump would seek to make state's abortion ban nationwide  —  Beyoncé lent her star power to Kamala Harris …
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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 …
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
The Hill:
Watch live: Harris expected to rally with Beyonce in Houston
Anthony Adragna / Politico:
Johnson, McConnell ask Harris to ‘stop escalating the threat environment’ after Trump fascist remarks
Ross A. Lincoln / The Wrap:
LA Times Planned ‘Case Against Trump’ Series Alongside Kamala Harris Endorsement Before Owner Quashed It |  Exclusive  —  Patrick Soon-Shiong's interference with the paper's editorial freedom has sparked a crisis that includes canceled subscriptions and several high profile resignations
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
The Guardrails Are Already Crumpling  —  Editor's note: The Bulwark is supported not by a billionaire, but by the members who gather here every day to read, talk to, and learn from each other.  We believe that this is how you save democracy.  With the little platoons of a community.
Max Tani / Semafor:
Editor resigns, subscribers cancel as Washington Post non-endorsement prompts crisis at Bezos paper
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: Washington Examiner and Bloomberg
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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 …
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Trump's Gains in New York City Offer Clues to a Shifting Electoral Map
Discussion: Mother Jones
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.
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Robert Reich:
Cowardice and intimidation at The Washington Post and L.A. Times
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 …
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KENS:
BCSO: Voter punches poll worker when reminded Texas law requires removal of MAGA hat at election site
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 …
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Shania Shelton / CNN:
NASA chief calls for investigation into report that Musk and Putin have spoken regularly
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, Forbes, Raw Story and Futurism
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
ABC News:
Trump to rally in iconic Madison Square Garden  —  Trump has coined the event as a “celebration of the whole thing.”  —  In this May 23, 2024 File photo, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during his campaign rally at Crotona Park in the South Bronx in New York City.
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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.
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Rebecca Santana / Associated Press:
Migrant families separated under Trump still feel the fallout and they fear his return to office  —  Sixteen-year-old Billy's friends at his rural high school in the South don't know he was one of thousands of children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border under …
Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
Court rules ballots that arrive late shouldn't be counted despite postmarks  —  The 5th Circuit's ruling in a Mississippi case could have implications for other states with similar laws.  —  A federal appeals court Friday ruled invalid a Mississippi law that allows election officials …
Discussion: NPR, Axios and Mississippi Today
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The Hill:
Appeals court deems Mississippi mail-in ballot deadline illegal
Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Republicans look to rocket Pennsylvania ballot fight to Supreme Court
Discussion: Townhall, Reuters and Election Law Blog
 
 
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Li Zhou / Vox:
The massive gender gap in the election, in 2 charts
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NBC News:
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Discussion: Washington Post
New York Times:
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Discussion: Raw Story
Democracy Docket:
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Discussion: masslive.com
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