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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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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 …
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Mediaite and The Guardian
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.”
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 …
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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 …
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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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 …
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Alex Thompson / Axios:
MAGA speakers unleash ugly rhetoric at Trump's MSG rally … - The remarks at Trump's rally undermine his campaign's effort to soften the former president's image among voters who may like his policies but dislike his divisive and race-baiting rhetoric.
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Erica L. Green / New York Times:
A Trump Rally Speaker Trashed Puerto Ricans. Harris Reached Out to Them.
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Sabrina Rodriguez / Washington Post:
Anti-Puerto Rico comments at Trump rally spur outrage as Bad Bunny supports Harris
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The Guardian:
Puerto Rican stars Bad Bunny and Ricky Martin back Kamala Harris after racist comments at Trump rally
Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Speakers at Trump MSG rally insult Dems, minorities
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
October 27, 2024 — I stand corrected. I thought this year's October surprise was the reality …
Alec Hernández / NBC News:
As Trump courts their vote, comedian at his rally makes racist jokes about Latinos and Puerto Rico
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Allan Smith / NBC News:
Trump's Madison Square Garden rally overshadowed by his allies' crude and racist remarks
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Alex Galbraith / Salon:
Trump-supporting comedian opens MSG rally by calling Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage”
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Speaker at Trump rally compares Puerto Rico to ‘island of garbage’
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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.”
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Axios and Washington Examiner
Rebecca Morin / USA Today:
Harris, Trump locked in dead heat in battleground Wisconsin, new exclusive poll says
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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
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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Washington Post:
At Trump's events, vulgar T-shirts disparaging Harris are in demand — Trump's insults of Harris have rubbed off on many supporters who see his unfiltered rhetoric as a core part of his appeal and echo his attacks in even more offensive terms. — Craig Dumas didn't hesitate when asked …
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.
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.
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