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11:15 AM ET, October 28, 2024

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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 …
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump unveils the most extreme closing argument in modern presidential history  —  Donald Trump anchored his bid to win a second White House term next week on searing anti-migrant fear at a rally at Madison Square Garden, doubling down on his promise for a massive deportation program on Day 1 to reverse an “immigrant invasion.”
Discussion: Billboard and Eschaton
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 …
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
October 27, 2024  —  I stand corrected.  I thought this year's October surprise was the reality that Trump's mental state had slipped so badly he could not campaign in any coherent way.  —  It turns out that the 2024 October surprise was the Trump campaign's fascist rally at Madison Square Garden …
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
Trump's MSG Rally Incited MAGA To Do Whatever It Takes To Seize Power  —  A lot of things happened.  Here are some of the things.  This is TPM's Morning Memo.  Sign up for the email version.  —  Madison Square Garden Redux  —  The narcissism, the rancid “jokes,” the racism, the misogyny …
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: Washington Examiner and Axios
Adam Wren / Politico:
Who won the day?  Harris  —  If Donald Trump loses on Nov. 5, the racist carnival he curated at Madison Square Garden could be remembered as the day that cost him this margin-of-error election.  As Kamala Harris visited a Puerto Rican restaurant in Pennsylvania, talking about her …
Seth Masket / Tusk:
Race is the theory of the campaign
Discussion: Mediaite
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Trump Campaign Scrambles to Disavow Racist MSG Rally Joke
Discussion: HuffPost and ABC
Rebecca Morin / USA Today:
Harris, Trump locked in dead heat in battleground Wisconsin, new exclusive poll says
Discussion: The Hill, Fox News and tippinsights
Libby Cathey / CBS News:
DNC projects message tying Trump to Hitler on Madison Square Garden during rally
Erica L. Green / New York Times:
A Trump Rally Speaker Trashed Puerto Ricans. Harris Reached Out to Them.
NBC News:
Before Election Day, Trump is increasingly sowing doubts about the results
Discussion: Wisconsin Examiner
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
Alex Galbraith / Salon:
Trump-supporting comedian opens MSG rally by calling Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage”
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
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
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
Joanne Haner / The Hill:
Liz Cheney: Jeff Bezos ‘afraid’ to endorse Harris in Washington Post  —  Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) criticized Jeff Bezos after The Washington Post, which the billionaire owns, broke with decades of the newspaper's history and decided not to make an endorsement in the 2024 presidential race.
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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 …
Wall Street Journal:
How a Splintered Left Is Preparing for a Possible Trump Victory  —  After the former president's 2016 victory, they marched.  Now, Democrats wrestle with how to mount an uprising—and whether to even do so.  —  By now America is well versed in the predictions of the political right's potential response …
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New York Times:
Republicans Cling to Slim Leads in Nebraska and Texas Senate Races  —  In Nebraska, Dan Osborn, an independent, is in a tight race with Senator Deb Fischer, and in Texas, Representative Colin Allred is four percentage points behind Senator Ted Cruz.  —  Dan Osborn, a union leader …
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Philadelphia DA sues Elon Musk PAC to stop $1 million lottery for voters … The Philadelphia District Attorney's Office filed a lawsuit seeking to stop a political action committee controlled by billionaire Elon Musk from awarding $1 million to registered voters in swing states, accusing them of “running an illegal lottery.”
 
 
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David Luhnow / Wall Street Journal:
It's Costly, Long and Exhausting: Welcome to America's Elections
Michael Isikoff / The Daily Beast:
Trump Campaign Worker Blows Whistle on ‘Grift’ and Bugging Plot
Discussion: Alternet.org and Political Wire
The Verge:
The pragmatist's guide to the 2024 presidential election
Andrea Shalal / Reuters:
For many US voters, the economy is personal and they blame the Democrats
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.
Discussion: Blaze Media
 Earlier Items: 
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
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
David French / New York Times:
Four Lessons From Nine Years of Being ‘Never Trump’
Discussion: Power Line and Althouse
 

 
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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

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New York Times:
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