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8:05 PM ET, October 29, 2024

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Gary Reed / City Pulse:
‘I was the director of the Michigan Republican Party.  I will vote for Kamala Harris.’  —  I was the executive director of the Michigan Republican Party, back during a time when the GOP embraced values like fiscal discipline and a strong foreign policy.  —  I voted for Nikki Haley …
Discussion: HuffPost, Raw Story and PoliticusUSA
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
What More Do You People Want from Kamala Harris?  (Part Deux)  —  She's done everything voters could reasonably have asked for.  —  ∙ Paid  —  Tonight we're going to livestream Kamala Harris's big closing argument rally for Bulwark+ members.  The show starts at 7pm.
Sophia Cai / Axios:
Trump identifies a scapegoat in case he loses … - Under Whatley — and at Trump's insistence — Republicans say they've amassed 200,000 poll watchers and poll workers across the country.  — It's an unprecedented program that's partly aimed at collecting evidence of voter fraud …
Myah Ward / Politico:
Harris to call Trump ‘unstable’ and ‘obsessed with revenge’ in Ellipse speech tonight
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The stage is set for post-election tumult if Trump loses
Discussion: The Guardian and Associated Press
Chauncey DeVega / Salon:
Trump on Joe Rogan's podcast leaves Kamala Harris with a winning opportunity
Jason Lange / Reuters:
Exclusive: Harris lead over Trump dwindles to a single point, 44% to 43%, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
Discussion: USA Today and Forbes
ABC News:
Trump claims to ABC's Scott he didn't hear comedian's Puerto Rico comment, doesn't denounce it  —  The former president denied knowing the comedian who made a slew of racist, sexist and vulgar comments at his rally at Madison Square Garden, ABC News Senior Congressional Correspondent Rachel Scott reports.
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Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Trump: 'No president's done more for Puerto Rico than I have.'  —  Donald Trump made his first mention of Puerto Rico after widespread backlash over comedian Tony Hinchcliffe calling it a “floating island of garbage” at his Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday night — though he did not mention the backlash to the racist joke.
Discussion: Forbes and USA Today
Associated Press:
Trump says his New York rally marked by crude and racist insults was ‘an absolute lovefest’  —  Urged by some allies to apologize for racist comments made by speakers at his weekend rally, Donald Trump took the opposite approach on Tuesday, saying it was an “honor to be involved” …
Ivana Saric / Axios:
Trump denies knowing comedian who made Puerto Rico joke at his rally
Alexander C. Kaufman / HuffPost:
Puerto Rico's Leading Newspaper Endorses Kamala Harris
Khaleda Rahman / Newsweek:
Puerto Rico GOP Chair Threatens To Withhold Trump Support
Associated Press:
Man who attacked Nancy Pelosi's husband gets life in prison  —  SAN FRANCISCO — The man who was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for attacking the husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with a hammer in their California home was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without …
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Dave Pehling / CBS News:
Paul Pelosi attacker David DePape sentenced to life term on state charges  —  The man who was convicted in the 2022 attack on the husband of House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole Tuesday following his state trial.
Discussion: UPI
Bob Thomas / Associated Press:
Teri Garr, the offbeat comic actor of ‘Young Frankenstein’ and ‘Tootsie,’ has died  —  Teri Garr, the quirky comedy actor who rose from background dancer in Elvis Presley movies to co-star of such favorites as “Young Frankenstein” and “Tootsie,” has died.  She was 79.
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Speaker Mike Johnson criticizes Obamacare and promises ‘massive reform’ if Trump wins  —  The Republican speaker said at an event in Pennsylvania that overhauling health care will be a major focus and that “Trump's going to go big” if he takes the presidency.
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John Fritze / CNN:
Supreme Court rules RFK Jr. will appear on battleground ballots despite suspending campaign  —  The Supreme Court declined Tuesday to let Robert F. Kennedy Jr. withdraw his name from ballots in Michigan and Wisconsin, battleground states where votes for his now suspended campaign could cut into support for former President Donald Trump.
Daniel S. Levine / People:
George W. Bush's Daughter Barbara Breaks Silence on Election to Campaign for Kamala Harris (Exclusive)  —  Barbara Pierce Bush tells PEOPLE she's “hopeful” that voters will back Harris on Nov. 5 to “move our country forward and protect women's rights”  —  Barbara Pierce Bush …
Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
Elon Musk Makes Shocking Confession on His Plans After Trump Victory  —  Elon Musk admitted that he knows that Donald Trump's policies would crash the economy if he's elected president, but thinks that the price is worth it.  —  The tech CEO and social media mogul on Monday evening replied …
Discussion: New York Times and Rolling Stone
New York Times:
Elon Musk Bought a Texas Compound for His 11 Kids and Their Mothers … On a quiet, leafy street of multimillion-dollar properties, one stands out: a 14,400-square-foot mansion that looks like a villa plucked from the hills of Tuscany and transplanted to Austin, Texas.
Axios:
Ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon leaves prison, says he's “empowered” … - He predicted in a text message that former President Trump “will win with [the] chance to win big — complete repudiation of elites.” … - He was released at 3:15am Tuesday from federal prison in Danbury, Connecticut …
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New Republic:
Transcript: Trump Rages at Fox News as His Allies Panic Over NYC Rally … Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR network.  I'm your host, Greg Sargent.  —  MAGA suddenly seems very, very out of sorts.
The Texas Tribune:
This Trump supporter was labeled a noncitizen and kicked off Texas' voter rolls  —  Mary Howard-Elley is the 10th U.S. citizen identified by ProPublica, The Texas Tribune and Votebeat whose registration was canceled after her citizenship was questioned.  Her saga shows how tough it can be for eligible voters to get reinstated.
Discussion: CNN and KXAN Austin
Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
Burning Ballots  —  It's not what we normally expect in American elections, but it was all too predictable in this election cycle.  —  This morning in Portland, Oregon, an incendiary device attached to the outside of a ballot drop box started a fire inside of it.
Washington Post:
On Elon Musk's X, Republicans go viral as Democrats disappear  —  A Washington Post analysis found that Republicans are posting more, getting followed more and going viral more now that the world's richest Trump supporter is running the show.  —  The top political accounts on X have seen …
Cybele Mayes-Osterman / USA Today:
Chaos as Russia tries to absorb North Korean troops, Ukraine spies say  —  WASHINGTON − Ukraine's spies say they intercepted phone calls show chaos as Russia works to integrate North Korean troops into its military operations.  —  Some of the calls were intercepted from troops involved …
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
A vote for Donald Trump is a vote for school shootings and measles  —  An endorsement of democracy, solving problems, and Kamala Harris. … Donald Trump is a dangerous maniac who can barely complete a sentence, and it is lunacy to believe he can even recognize the existentially threatening …
Discussion: Raw Story
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
Why an Apprentice Exec Broke His Silence About Donald Trump: “He Would Like to Be a Dictator”  —  In an interview with VF, former NBC chief marketing officer John Miller regrets mythologizing Trump's business savvy and recalls the host's “racist tendencies,” creepy pageant behavior, and how he could be manipulated with compliments.
Robert P. Jones / White Too Long:
One Week from the Election: The Survey Findings Keeping Me Up at Night  —  On October 16, PRRI released our 15th annual American Values Survey, conducted in partnership with the Brookings Institution.  That survey is our final look at American public opinion ahead of the election.
 
 
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Gal Beckerman / The Atlantic:
Revenge Voting Is a Mistake
Discussion: Raw Story
Illan Ireland / Mississippi Free Press:
The U.S. Would Stop Fighting Climate Change Under Project 2025
Reddit Lies / The Federalist:
BUSTED: The Inside Story Of How The Kamala Harris Campaign Manipulates Reddit (And Breaks The Rules) To Control The Platform
Discussion: Breitbart
Timmy Facciola / Politico:
Alison Esposito failed to report stock investments, disclosures show
Caroline Kitchener / Washington Post:
She said she had a miscarriage — then got arrested under an abortion law
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 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
Elon Musk is the October surprise of the 2024 election
Discussion: Futurism and Althouse
Tess Owen / Wired:
Facebook Is Auto-Generating Militia Group Pages as Extremists Continue to Organize in Plain Sight
Discussion: New Republic
Washington Post:
Tony West, Harris's brother-in-law, is corporate insider and campaign adviser
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
CNN Bans Guest Who Suggested Mehdi Hasan's ‘Beeper’ Would Explode
Georgina Rannard / BBC:
PhD student finds lost city in Mexico jungle by accident
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
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