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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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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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Mediaite, DCReport.org, The Wrap, Power Line, Salon, New York Post, Filosofa's Word, JONATHAN TURLEY, The Atlantic and CNN, more at Mediagazer »
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 »
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
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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Associated Press:
Harris calls on the US ‘to turn the page on hatred and division’ as she crisscrosses Philadelphia
Harris calls on the US ‘to turn the page on hatred and division’ as she crisscrosses Philadelphia
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Washington Post, Washington Examiner, NBC News, Associated Press, The Guardian and Washington Times
CBS News:
Kamala Harris on her first priority as president
Kamala Harris on her first priority as president
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Mediaite and Washington Examiner
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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Associated Press, RedState, Mediaite, New York Post, Fox News and The Daily Caller
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, Washington Examiner, The Independent and Forbes
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.
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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CNN, USA Today, No More Mister Nice Blog and Breitbart
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Why Is Trump Holding a Rally at Madison Square Garden?
Why Is Trump Holding a Rally at Madison Square Garden?
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Washington Examiner, The Hill, USA Today, Associated Press, Fox News, Breitbart, RedState, NPR, Los Angeles Times, UPI, NBC News, New York Post, Daily Mail, NBC New York and ABC News
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 …
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 …
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Iowa Starting Line
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.
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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The Hill, RedState, Newsbusters, Rolling Stone and New York Times
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
October 26, 2024 — Beginning in 1943, the War Department published a series of pamphlets for U.S. Army personnel in the European theater of World War II. Titled Army Talks, the series was designed “to help [the personnel] become better-informed men and women and therefore better soldiers.”
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.
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Appeals court rejects Virginia's request to continue its late voter-purge program — On Sunday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit rejected Virginia's request to restart its late voter-purge program, with a three-judge panel unanimously concluding, “[Virginia] argue[s] …
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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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 …
Trudy Rubin / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Trump says only he will ‘prevent World War III,’ but his record suggests the opposite — There has been hardly any focus on foreign policy during this election season. Yet, Donald Trump has convinced his supporters that he alone can keep America safe. “I will prevent World War III,” …
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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DNyuz and The Guardian