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5:15 PM ET, October 27, 2024

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Lily Mae Lazarus / The Daily Beast:
Ex-WaPo Editor: This Is a Straight Bezos-Trump ‘Quid Pro Quo’  —  DIRTY DEAL  —  Robert Kagan tells the Daily Beast that Donald Trump's meeting with Blue Origin executives the day its founder Jeff Bezos killed his paper's Kamala Harris endorsement is proof of a backroom deal.  —  EXCLUSIVE
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New York Times:
Inside The Washington Post's Decision to Stop Presidential Endorsements  —  Post owner Jeff Bezos ended the decades-long practice, weeks after a discussion at a meeting in Miami.  The move has drawn criticism in and outside the newsroom.  —  A tropical storm was heading toward Florida's Gulf Coast …
Michael Sainato / The Guardian:
Bezos faces criticism after executives met with Trump on day of Post's non-endorsement  —  Executives of Blue Origin briefly met with Trump within hours after paper spiked endorsement of Harris  —  The multi-billionaire owner of the Washington Post, Jeff Bezos, continued facing criticism throughout …
emptywheel:
The Media Started Capitulating to Trump with Russia Russia Russia  —  I took a few days to go wander around Paris.  —  In the meantime (as Nicole and I discussed on Friday), the WaPo has subjugated itself to Donald Trump by spiking an endorsement of Kamala Harris.
New York Times:
Donald Trump Will Never Be Done With New York  —  Sunday's rally at Madison Square Garden, the self-styled “world's most famous arena,” is a remarkable gambit, even by the former president's standards — and a show of force.  —  The seven-decade marriage between Donald J. Trump and New York City …
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Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Hochul says Trump's Madison Square Garden rally is a ‘white flag of surrender’
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Billionaire cowards at Washington Post, L.A. Times show what life under a dictator is really like  —  Do not obey in advance.  Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given.  In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked.
Jack Queen / Reuters:
Republican battleground-state legal blitz falters ahead of election  —  Donald Trump's Republican allies have suffered a string of courtroom setbacks in battleground U.S. presidential election states as Election Day draws closer, losses which could boost voter turnout and speed certification of the eventual winner.
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Laura Thornton / The Hill:   How US election deniers have eroded trust in elections everywhere
Aysha Bagchi / USA Today:
Trump-aligned group is already planning lawsuits over election results
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Voters Are Deeply Skeptical About the Health of American Democracy
Discussion: The Hill and The Independent
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David Morgan / CBS News:
Kamala Harris says her first priority as president is to “stop this pain” resulting from abortion bans
Gary Langer / ABC News:
Harris regains slight lead nationally yet Electoral College holds the cards: POLL  —  Harris has regained a slight lead with likely voters nationally, the poll finds.  —  Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally at James R. Hallford Stadium, Oct. 24, 2024, in Clarkston, Ga.
Dustin Gardiner / Politico:
Will Rollins was written off in 2022.  Now, he could help deliver a Democratic majority.  —  Democratic groups are pouring millions into his rematch against Republican Rep. Ken Calvert in the Palm Springs-area district.  —  PALM SPRINGS, California — The last time Will Rollins took …
Discussion: NewsNation
New York Times:
Advisers Propose That Trump Give Security Clearances Without F.B.I. Vetting  —  A memo circulating in Donald Trump's orbit says that if elected he should use private firms to check appointees' backgrounds and give them immediate access to classified secrets after taking office.
Molly White / Citation Needed:
I am my own legal department: the promise and peril of “just go independent”  —  Listen to a voiceover of this post, subscribe to the feed in your podcast app, or download the recording for later.  —  When a major legacy news publication does something controversial, I sometimes hear my name.
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
‘Yes, I was in a cult’: J6 rioter backing Harris after admitting being ‘all in with MAGA’  —  As part of interviews with three Donald Trump supporters who headed off to Washington, D.C. to attend the post-election “Stop the Steal” rally, one woman called it the biggest mistake of her life …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
David French / New York Times:
Four Lessons From Nine Years of Being ‘Never Trump’  —  I've been wrong about many things, but here are two of the bigger whiffs of my professional life.  —  I thought Donald Trump wouldn't find any meaningful support in the Republican Party.  I watched his strange campaign announcement …
Discussion: Power Line and Althouse
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Amid Talk of Fascism, Trump's Threats and Language Evoke a Grim Past … Former President Donald J. Trump at a rally in Las Vegas on Thursday.Kenny Holston/The New York Times  —  When former President Donald J. Trump's longest serving chief of staff said the other day that his old boss …
CBS News:
CBS News Harris-Trump poll has closer look inside gender gap as Trump, Harris draw even  —  Amid an election-defining gender gap that is now tied for the largest this year, the already close presidential race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump has become closer still.
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Donald Trump's Dogwhistles Are Unmistakable  —  The Republican nominee's fixation on The Atlantic follows a dark pattern.  —  When someone attacks the messenger rather than the message, they're usually revealing something.  —  Friday night in Austin, Texas, the Republican presidential …
New York Times:
Pro-Harris Super PAC Raises Concerns About Focusing on Trump and Fascism  —  The group, Future Forward, warned that attacking Donald J. Trump as a fascist or questioning his character or stamina are less effective than highlighting Kamala Harris's proposals.
Discussion: RedState
Juan Perez Jr / Politico:
Nebraska is in the national spotlight.  An obscure education fight could tilt the election results.  —  Voters will decide whether to scrap a state-funded program that provides scholarships for students to attend private schools.  —  A fight to overturn Nebraska's $10 million school voucher law …
Discussion: Iowa Starting Line
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
To understand the U.S. economic success is to love Harris's plan  —  Kamala Harris's economic proposals would build on the remarkable U.S. comeback since the pandemic.  —  Despite the compulsion of Republican MAGA voices to run down the country's economic strength, the U.S. recovery …
Discussion: Baltimore Sun
 
 
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Trudy Rubin / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Trump says only he will ‘prevent World War III,’ but his record suggests the opposite
Discussion: Twitchy and Axios
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Dems' Closing Pitch to Young Men: Stop Being Fascist Oppressors and Vote Kamala
Discussion: Instapundit
Kate Brumback / Associated Press:
Georgia prosecutor who brought election case against Trump faces rare Republican challenger
Alexander C. Kaufman / HuffPost:
Florida Democrat Blasts Republican Sen. Rick Scott Over State's Home Insurance Crisis
 Earlier Items: 
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
October 26, 2024  —  Beginning in 1943, the War Department published a series of pamphlets …
Adam Wren / Politico:
‘Frankenstein coalition’: Can Trump win Barstool and Bible-study Republicans?
Discussion: Raw Story
Donna Ladd / Mississippi Free Press:
Democracy | As Fascism Looms, the Free Press Must Stand and Report in the Breach
Jill Twiss / The Daily Beast:
I'm Voting Harris Not Because She Deserves it But Because I Do
Discussion: Breitbart
Molly Ball / Wall Street Journal:
America Is Having a Panic Attack Over the Election
Discussion: Election Law Blog
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Trust, Bewilderment and Billionairedom: Understanding the Backlash Against Bezos
 

 
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ of its revenue is from ads

 
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