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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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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.”
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 …
Andrew Howard / Politico:
Fallout spreads from racist rhetoric at Trump's MSG rally — “What you saw last night is a divisive America. That's race-baiting. It's all the things that we were doing in the '30s and '40s,” former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci said Monday.
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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 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 A. Graham / The Atlantic:
This Is Trump's Message — We might as well start with the lowlight of last night's Trump campaign rally at Madison Square Garden. That would be Tony Hinchcliffe, a podcaster who's part of Joe Rogan's circle, and who was the evening's first speaker. — “These Latinos, they love making babies too.
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Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
Trump's dominating the news again. Maybe that's good news for Harris. — His MSG rally shows signs of going viral. — There was no escaping Donald Trump yesterday. — I mean, literally in my case. I live close enough to Madison Square Garden, where Trump held a controversial rally yesterday …
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Kaia Hubbard / CBS News:
Kamala Harris says she'd take a cognitive test; challenges Trump “to take the same one”
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Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Trump's New York homecoming sparks backlash over racist and vulgar remarks
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David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
Trump's MSG Rally Incited MAGA To Do Whatever It Takes To Seize Power
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Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Trump Campaign Scrambles to Disavow Racist MSG Rally Joke
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The Guardian:
Puerto Rican stars Bad Bunny and Ricky Martin back Kamala Harris after racist comments at Trump rally
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Libby Cathey / CBS News:
DNC projects message tying Trump to Hitler on Madison Square Garden during rally
Sabrina Rodriguez / Washington Post:
Anti-Puerto Rico comments at Trump rally spur outrage as Bad Bunny supports Harris
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Allison Berry / KATU-TV:
Burning ballots pulled from inside smoking Vancouver ballot box; hundreds of ballots lost — VANCOUVER, Wash. — KATU was on the scene at Fisher's Landing Transit Center in Vancouver early Monday morning, where heavy smoke was seen coming from inside a dropoff ballot box.
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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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The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Philly DA sues to halt Elon Musk's $1 million voter giveaway in Pennsylvania — Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner on Monday sued to halt Elon Musk's $1 million daily giveaway to voters in battleground states including Pennsylvania, calling it an illegal lottery that skirts state requirements …
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Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Philadelphia DA sues Elon Musk and his super PAC to stop million-dollar giveaway
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Philadelphia DA sues Elon Musk PAC to stop $1 million lottery for voters
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Nia-Malika Henderson / Bloomberg:
Harris' Fate in North Carolina Rests With Young Voters — Millennials and Gen Zers have the potential to deliver big. The key is motivating them to show up and vote. … At nearly every campaign appearance she makes, Vice President Kamala Harris shouts out Gen Z voters …
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Rebecca Morin / USA Today:
Harris, Trump locked in dead heat in battleground Wisconsin, new exclusive poll says
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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.
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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Michael Isikoff / The Daily Beast:
Trump Campaign Worker Blows Whistle on ‘Grift’ and Bugging Plot — ‘GREEDY AND WRONG’ — A bombshell email claims millions were funneled from campaign to “overcharging” firms—and some went to a top Kamala Harris donor. — EXCLUSIVE — A Trump campaign worker has been fired after trying …
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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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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 …
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
TV news ‘most lopsided’ ever: Trump 85% negative, Harris 78% positive — The anti-Trump media bias that exudes from cable news has spread to the big three networks, making 2024 the worst ever for TV political propaganda, according to the top conservative media watchdog.
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Rich Noyes / Newsbusters:
TV Hits Trump With 85% Negative News vs. 78% Positive Press for Harris
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