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10:00 AM ET, October 28, 2024

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Libby Cathey / CBS News:
DNC projects message tying Trump to Hitler on Madison Square Garden during rally  —  The Democratic National Committee is projecting digital messages on Madison Square Garden's exterior during former President Donald Trump's campaign rally on Sunday about recent reports that he once praised Adolf Hitler …
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New York Times:
Trump at the Garden: A Closing Carnival of Grievances, Misogyny and Racism  —  The inflammatory rally was a capstone for an increasingly aggrieved campaign for Donald Trump, whose rhetoric has grown darker and more menacing.  —  Donald J. Trump's closing rally at Madison Square Garden …
Discussion: Mediaite and The Guardian
Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Trump's New York homecoming sparks backlash over racist and vulgar remarks  —  A pro-Trump comedian's racist diatribe drew widespread condemnation.  —  NEW YORK  —  Donald Trump's rally at Madison Square Garden, billed as a triumphant homecoming, instead turned into a political fiasco …
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump's Racist NYC Rally Was Vile.  It Was Also Political Suicide  —  FINAL ACT  —  The Madison Square Garden rally, operatic in its repulsive bigotry, will almost certainly alienate more voters who might have voted for Trump.  —  OPINION  —  To all those Republicans …
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Trump Campaign Scrambles to Disavow Racist MSG Rally Joke  —  The line about Puerto Rico is the only one Trump's campaign is trying to distance itself from.  —  DNC Trolls Trump With a Projector During His MSG Rally  —  ‘TRUMP PRAISED HITLER’  —  Slogans plastered on the exterior …
Discussion: HuffPost
Seth Masket / Tusk:   Race is the theory of the campaign
Alex Thompson / Axios:
MAGA speakers unleash ugly rhetoric at Trump's MSG rally
The Guardian:
Puerto Rican stars Bad Bunny and Ricky Martin back Kamala Harris after racist comments at Trump rally
Alec Hernández / NBC News:
As Trump courts their vote, comedian at his rally makes racist jokes about Latinos and Puerto Rico
Wall Street Journal:   How a Splintered Left Is Preparing for a Possible Trump Victory
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:   October 27, 2024  —  I stand corrected.  I thought this year's October surprise was the reality …
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Trump's Madison Square Garden rally overshadowed by his allies' crude and racist remarks
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Speaker at Trump rally compares Puerto Rico to ‘island of garbage’
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Hochul says Trump's Madison Square Garden rally is a ‘white flag of surrender’
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Walz compares Trump's Madison Square Garden rally to 1939 pro-Nazi event
John L. Dorman / Business Insider:
2 new polls show Harris leading Trump as the election nears.  Women continue to propel the VP's candidacy.  — Kamala Harris' strength with female voters is fueling her overall leads in two new national polls.  — A CBS News poll showed Harris up by one point, while an ABC News poll had her ahead by four points.
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Kaia Hubbard / CBS News:
Kamala Harris says she'd take a cognitive test; challenges Trump “to take the same one”  —  Vice President Kamala Harris, responding to former President Donald Trump's claims about her IQ, said she would take a cognitive test — and “would challenge him to take the same one.”
Discussion: Axios and Washington Examiner
Rebecca Morin / USA Today:
Harris, Trump locked in dead heat in battleground Wisconsin, new exclusive poll says
Discussion: The Hill, Fox News and tippinsights
Washington Post:
Some billionaires, CEOs hedge bets as Trump vows retribution  —  With the race tight, some business elites are toning down past criticism of the former president.  —  At a five-star resort in California last week, Wall Street executives, fast-food CEOs, a few dozen other industry titans …
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
A Hatefest at the Garden  —  Lots of good stuff coming down the pike: Sarah will be going live tomorrow evening at 9 p.m. ET in the Substack mobile app for a chat with Dan Pfeiffer, former White House communications director and now author of the Message Box to discuss the last week of the race.
Discussion: The Times of Israel
ProPublica:
“Put Them in Trauma”: Inside a Key MAGA Leader's Plans for a New Trump Agenda  —  Private videos reveal Trump adviser Russ Vought's “shadow” plans for using the military on protesters, defunding the EPA and villainizing civil servants.  —  Co-published with Documented  —  Reporting Highlights
Discussion: Raw Story
Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News:
Extremists inspired by conspiracy theories pose major threat to 2024 elections, U.S. intelligence warns  —  Candidates, elected officials, election workers, members of the media and judges involved in election cases are among those U.S. intelligence officials identified as targets.
Discussion: Wired
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Billionaire media bootlickers obey in advance  —  The owners of the LA Times and Washington Post give the finger to their readers and democracy. … 🗞️ Subscribe to Public Notice 🗞️  —  Both the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post are refusing …
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
The right is projecting irrational confidence about a Trump win.  That could aid an effort to steal the election.  —  RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM JANE LEE & HELENA HIND  —  Right-wing media figures are displaying irrational levels of confidence in Donald Trump's chances of winning the presidential election.
Discussion: Blaze Media
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The billionaire-media complex  —  Jeff Bezos is the second-richest person in the world, with a net worth of approximately $211 billion.  Most of Bezos' wealth is derived from his 9% stake in Amazon, the company he founded.  Bezos also founded and owns Blue Origin, a private space exploration company worth billions.
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.
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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
Discussion: Washington Post
 
 
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Andrea Shalal / Reuters:
For many US voters, the economy is personal and they blame the Democrats
Samya Kullab / Associated Press:
The trajectory of Ukraine's fight against Russia hangs on the outcome of the US election
Discussion: Bloomberg
Washington Post:
At Trump's events, vulgar T-shirts disparaging Harris are in demand
Axios:
Behind the Curtain: The big media era is over
Discussion: The Daily Beast
 Earlier Items: 
Jose Pagliery / NOTUS:
Steve Bannon is Getting Out of Prison. His Release is Perfectly Timed for Trump.
Gene Weingarten / The Gene Pool:
Courage & Cowardice  —  Hello.  —  I once met Katharine Graham at an intimate dinner party …
Adam Wren / Politico:
Trump ad depicts country ‘gone to hell’ — during Trump's presidency
Discussion: Mediaite
Emily Goodin / Daily Mail:
Melania Trump stuns Madison Square Garden with her first rally appearance ever to introduce husband Donald
David French / New York Times:
Four Lessons From Nine Years of Being ‘Never Trump’
Discussion: Power Line and Althouse
emptywheel:
The Media Started Capitulating to Trump with Russia Russia Russia
New York Times:
Advisers Propose That Trump Give Security Clearances Without F.B.I. Vetting
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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