memeorandum: John Fetterman Fears Trump Is Stronger Than Ever (Lulu Garcia-Navarro/New York Times)

4:20 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, Fox News, New York Post, Ned Hamson's Second Line View …, RedState, New York Magazine, TalkLeft, Breitbart, Rolling Stone, Advocate, UPI and The Bulwark, more at Mediagazer »

New York Times:

Daughter of L.A. Times Owner Says Endorsement Decision Stemmed From Harris Stance on Gaza War — The decision by the owner, Patrick Soon-Shiong, to cancel the paper's planned endorsement of Kamala Harris sent shock waves through the organization. It was not the first time he had gotten involved in newsroom affairs.

Discussion: The Wrap, American Thinker, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian and L.A. Times Guild, 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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Washington Post:
Post columnists respond

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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

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Harry Lambert / The Daily Beast:
Top Editors Eviscerate Jeff Bezos' Decision to Kill WaPo Endorsement

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

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

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, The Guardian, Forbes and Futurism

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: Bloomberg, 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

ABC News:
Trump to rally in iconic Madison Square Garden

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

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, Florida Politics and Bloomberg

John McCormick / Wall Street Journal:
Harris Seeks Suburban Swing to Offset Trump Gains

Discussion: Wide World of News and Associated Press

Juliann Ventura / The Hill:
Rick Perry: Harris ‘wasting her time’ in Texas, non-battleground states

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

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, New York Post and Washington Examiner

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

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, KSAT-TV, lonestarlive.com, 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

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, RedState, The Daily Caller, Fox News and Althouse

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

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

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Politico:

Ballots that arrive after Election Day are invalid, federal appeals court rules — A federal appeals court ruled Friday that votes in federal elections must be received by state officials by the time polls close, striking down a Mississippi law that allowed ballots to arrive after Election Day.

Discussion: HotAir, NBC News, USA Today, Washington Times, The Gateway Pundit, Raw Story, Washington Examiner, Bloomberg, New York Times and The Regulatory Review

Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
Court rules ballots that arrive late shouldn't be counted despite postmarks

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Timothy Snyder / Thinking about:

Obeying in advance — Greetings from Oklahoma. Here are a few thoughts from here on video about the decisions of the owners of the Washington Post and the LA Times to suppress their editorial boards' decisions to endorse Kamala Harris. — A problem with the very wealthy is that, alas …

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.