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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 …
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 …
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.
Mary L. Trump / The Good in Us:
Democracy Dies in Darkness.  Indeed.  —  Lesson One in Timothy Snyder's book On Tyranny is “Do not obey in advance.”  —  He writes: … Jeff Bezos has succumbed to the kind of anticipatory obedience Snyder was describing. about in order, it would seem, to protect his Amazon fortune …
Max Tani / Semafor:
Editor resigns, subscribers cancel as Washington Post non-endorsement prompts crisis at Bezos paper
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Washington Post reels from Bezos decision to not endorse
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
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 …
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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
Emily Chang / ABC News:
These Americans told our pollsters Trump is a fascist.  They'll still vote for him  —  Among registered voters who say Trump is a fascist, 8% support him anyway.  —  Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a Turning Point Action campaign rally, Oct. 24, 2024, in Las Vegas.
Anthony Adragna / Politico:
Johnson, McConnell ask Harris to ‘stop escalating the threat environment’ after Trump fascist remarks
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
The Hill:
Watch live: Harris expected to rally with Beyonce in Houston  —  Vice President Harris is campaigning Friday in Houston and may host a rumored special guest: Beyoncé.  —  The music sensation, who was raised in the city, is expected to attend the rally, according to sources familiar with the event.
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Francesca Chambers / USA Today:
Bring in the closer: Michelle Obama lends her popularity to Kamala Harris
Discussion: New York Times, The Hill and MLive.com
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: 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
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
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 …
Brian Slodysko / Associated Press:
The ‘Black Insurrectionist’ was actually white.  The deception did not stop there  —  “Black Insurrectionist,” the anonymous social media persona behind some of the most widely circulated conspiracy theories about the 2024 election, can be traced to a man from upstate New York.  He's also white.
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Associated Press:
Russian actors made fake video depicting mail-in ballots for Trump being destroyed, FBI says
The White House:
G7 Leaders' Statement on Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration (ERA) Loans  —  Today, we, the Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7), have reached a consensus on how to deliver approximately $50 billion in Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration (ERA) loans to Ukraine.  —  These loans will be serviced …
American Oversight:
U.S. Department of Defense and Army Records Regarding Incident at Arlington National Cemetery … INQUIRIES PRESS@AMERICANOVERSIGHT.ORG  —  Records from the U.S. Department of Defense and Army in response to American Oversight's litigation seeking the expedited release of records regarding …
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Paul McLeary / Politico:
Army releases report on Trump camp's Arlington cemetery altercation
Discussion: ABC News and NBC News
 
 
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