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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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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.
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 …
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New Yorker, Vanity Fair and The Daily Beast, more at Mediagazer »
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Speaker at Trump rally compares Puerto Rico to ‘island of garbage’ — A speaker at former President Trump's Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday spent a portion of his time attacking Puerto Rico, drawing backlash from Democrats and the Harris campaign. — Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe …
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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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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 …
Alex Thompson / Axios:
MAGA speakers unleash ugly rhetoric at Trump's MSG rally … - The remarks at Trump's rally undermine his campaign's effort to soften the former president's image among voters who may like his policies but dislike his divisive and race-baiting rhetoric.
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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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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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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Dems' Closing Pitch to Young Men: Stop Being Fascist Oppressors and Vote Kamala
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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
CNN:
More than 1,000 faith leaders endorse Harris as vice president leans on her faith to turn out Black voters — More than a thousand religious leaders endorsed Kamala Harris on Sunday, bolstering the Democratic presidential nominee's push to emphasize how faith is informing her campaign ahead of next week's election.
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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
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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 — The Beyoncé song “Freedom” has become Kamala Harris' anthem - and it was a message the vice president took to the campaign trail, as CBS News traveled with Harris over two days …
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Axios, The Hill and Houston Public Media
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Alex Thompson / Axios:
Harris keeps Biden at a distance in the final stretch
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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.
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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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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