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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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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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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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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
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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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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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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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 …
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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.
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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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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] …
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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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 …
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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.
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