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3:55 PM ET, October 27, 2024

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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
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 …
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  —  Having led election monitoring efforts abroad for 25 years, I can attest that elections can indeed be manipulated.  When I lived in Cambodia, I worked on a voter registry audit to assess the quality of Cambodia's voter list ahead of the 2013 elections.
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
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
Discussion: The Hill and Houston Public Media
CBS News:
Kamala Harris on her first priority as president
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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.
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 …
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 …
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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
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.”
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.
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
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] …
Discussion: UPI and Reuters
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
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
Molly Ball / Wall Street Journal:
America Is Having a Panic Attack Over the Election  —  Voters see permanent damage to the country if their candidate loses; ‘There are not enough gummies I can take to soothe the angst!’  —  CLARKSTON, Ga.—The sun was shining.  Bruce Springsteen was strumming an acoustic guitar.
Discussion: Election Law Blog
 
 
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Dems' Closing Pitch to Young Men: Stop Being Fascist Oppressors and Vote Kamala
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Kate Brumback / Associated Press:
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Dave Lawler / Axios:
Mapped: The states Harris and Trump are visiting most
Discussion: masslive.com
Siobhan Hughes / Wall Street Journal:
Republicans Put Pressure on Democrats in ‘Blue Wall’ Senate Races
Discussion: HuffPost and The Gateway Pundit
Washington Post:
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Alexander C. Kaufman / HuffPost:
Florida Democrat Blasts Republican Sen. Rick Scott Over State's Home Insurance Crisis
 Earlier Items: 
Adam Wren / Politico:
‘Frankenstein coalition’: Can Trump win Barstool and Bible-study Republicans?
Discussion: Raw Story
Donna Ladd / Mississippi Free Press:
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Jill Twiss / The Daily Beast:
I'm Voting Harris Not Because She Deserves it But Because I Do
Discussion: Breitbart
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Trust, Bewilderment and Billionairedom: Understanding the Backlash Against Bezos
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Tim Walz and AOC are going to play Madden together on Twitch