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8:30 PM ET, October 27, 2024

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Tara Suter / The Hill:
Bad Bunny shares Kamala Harris's video on Puerto Rico on Instagram  —  Puerto Rican rapper and superstar Bad Bunny posted a video from Vice President Harris on his Instagram story Sunday.  —  In the video, Harris talks to Puerto Ricans, saying that “this election is not just a choice between Donald Trump …
Discussion: Billboard, Rolling Stone and NewsNation
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Alec Hernández / NBC News:
As Trump courts their vote, comedian at his rally makes racist jokes about Latinos and Puerto Rico  —  Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe made crude jokes about Latinos having babies and called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage.”  —  As former President Donald Trump courts the community's vote …
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.
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.”
Sabrina Rodriguez / Washington Post:
Anti-Puerto Rico comments at Trump rally spur outrage as Bad Bunny supports Harris  —  The artist's gesture of support came as a number of speakers at a Trump event in New York made racist or disparaging comments about Puerto Ricans and other Latinos.  —  Bad Bunny, the Puerto Rican recording artist …
Discussion: Reuters, Associated Press and DNyuz
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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MSNBC:
‘Betrayal’: Marty Baron, former Washington Post editor, slams paper's non-endorsement  —  Jeff Bezos' decision to block the Washington Post's presidential endorsement has been met with a lot of strong reactions - including from the paper's own journalists and its legendary former Executive Editor Marty Baron.
Lily Mae Lazarus / The Daily Beast:
Ex-WaPo Editor: This Is a Straight Bezos-Trump ‘Quid Pro Quo’
Michael Sainato / The Guardian:
Bezos faces criticism after executives met with Trump on day of Post's non-endorsement
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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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Dems' Closing Pitch to Young Men: Stop Being Fascist Oppressors and Vote Kamala
Discussion: Instapundit
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
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.
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.
Discussion: The Guardian and DNyuz
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Aaron Pellish / CNN:
Harris makes final push to close gap with male voters
Discussion: freebeacon.com
Associated Press:
Harris calls on the US ‘to turn the page on hatred and division’ as she crisscrosses Philadelphia
Discussion: New York Times
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
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
New York Times:
Voters Are Deeply Skeptical About the Health of American Democracy
Discussion: The Independent and 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 …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
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.
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Donald Trump's Dogwhistles Are Unmistakable  —  When someone attacks the messenger rather than the message, they're usually revealing something.  —  Friday night in Austin, Texas, the Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump, fiercely criticized The Atlantic's editor in chief …
Emily Goodin / Daily Mail:
Melania Trump stuns Madison Square Garden with her first rally appearance ever to introduce husband Donald  — Elon Musk announced the former first lady, who was not on the list of speakers  — Appearance came as Trump and Harris are running even in the polls
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Harris keeps Biden at a distance in the final stretch … - It's the latest example of Democrats, and even some of Biden's staff, tiptoeing around the 81-year-old president's ego and feelings.  — One person familiar with the situation compared it to a slow-moving break-up …
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NBC News:
Bernie Sanders to voters skipping presidential election over Israel: ‘Trump is even worse’
Discussion: The Hill
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Harris campaigns in Philadelphia neighborhoods
Discussion: NBC News
New York Times:
Pro-Harris Super PAC Raises Concerns About Focusing on Trump and Fascism
Discussion: RedState
Trudy Rubin / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Trump says only he will ‘prevent World War III,’ but his record suggests the opposite
Discussion: Twitchy and Axios
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Amid Talk of Fascism, Trump's Threats and Language Evoke a Grim Past
Dustin Gardiner / Politico:
Will Rollins was written off in 2022. Now, he could help deliver a Democratic majority.
Discussion: The Hill
Kate Brumback / Associated Press:
Georgia prosecutor who brought election case against Trump faces rare Republican challenger
 Earlier Items: 
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
To understand the U.S. economic success is to love Harris's plan
Discussion: Baltimore Sun
David Morgan / CBS News:
Kamala Harris says her first priority as president is to “stop this pain” resulting from abortion bans
Discussion: Axios, Washington Examiner and The Hill
Alexander C. Kaufman / HuffPost:
Florida Democrat Blasts Republican Sen. Rick Scott Over State's Home Insurance Crisis
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
October 26, 2024  —  Beginning in 1943, the War Department published a series of pamphlets …
Donna Ladd / Mississippi Free Press:
Democracy | As Fascism Looms, the Free Press Must Stand and Report in the Breach
Molly Ball / Wall Street Journal:
America Is Having a Panic Attack Over the Election
Discussion: Election Law Blog
 

 
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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

Kimberly Nordyke / The Hollywood Reporter:
News Corp and Telstra agree to sell Australian pay TV company Foxtel Group to sports streaming platform DAZN in a deal worth ~$2.1B
 
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