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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.
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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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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:
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 …
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Vanity Fair, New Yorker and The Daily Beast, more at Mediagazer »
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 …
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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’ — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) said she thinks the Madison Square Garden rally former President Trump is hosting Sunday is a “white flag of surrender.” — “I think he's waving the white flag of surrender,” Hochul said Sunday on MSNBC's “The Weekend.”
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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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Aysha Bagchi / USA Today:
Trump-aligned group is already planning lawsuits over election results
Trump-aligned group is already planning lawsuits over election results
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Nicholas Riccardi / Associated Press:
FACT FOCUS: Trump repeated election lies in his interview with Joe Rogan. Here are the facts
FACT FOCUS: Trump repeated election lies in his interview with Joe Rogan. Here are the facts
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Salon, Raw Story, Deseret News, Vanity Fair and HuffPost
Associated Press:
Harris calls on the US ‘to turn the page on hatred and division’ as she crisscrosses Philadelphia — Kamala Harris told a Philadelphia church congregation that the United States is “determined to turn the page on hatred and division” as she began crisscrossing the Democratic stronghold Sunday.
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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
Kamala Harris says her first priority as president is to “stop this pain” resulting from abortion bans
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Axios, The Hill and Houston Public Media
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Harris keeps Biden at a distance in the final stretch
Harris keeps Biden at a distance in the final stretch
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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.
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USA Today, Bloomberg, Daily Caller News Foundation, Washington Examiner, The Independent and Forbes
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.
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 …
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.
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 …
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The Hill
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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.
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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.
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