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Jeff Bezos / Washington Post:
The hard truth: Americans don't trust the news media — A note from our owner. — Jeff Bezos is the owner of The Washington Post. — In the annual public surveys about trust and reputation, journalists and the media have regularly fallen near the very bottom, often just above Congress.
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Over 200,000 subscribers flee ‘Washington Post’ after Bezos blocks Harris endorsement — The Washington Post has been rocked by a tidal wave of cancellations from digital subscribers and a series of resignations from columnists, as the paper grapples with the fallout of owner Jeff Bezos's decision …
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Poynter, The Hill, Axios, Reason, Breitbart, CNN, The American Conservative, Columbia Journalism Review, Washington Post, CNBC, The Gateway Pundit, Fox News, UPI, Los Angeles Times, Instapundit, Business Insider, Associated Press, The Guardian, Ken Klippenstein, Adweek, HotAir, Semafor, Crooked Timber, Twitchy, The Dworkin Report, The Verge, DNyuz, freebeacon.com, The Independent, Rolling Stone, Mediaite, CBS News, HuffPost, The Daily Caller and Futurism, more at Mediagazer »
Tom Jones / Poynter:
‘Racist, sexist, crude’: Media outlets use strong language to describe Trump rally — The tone of Sunday's Madison Square Garden rally was angry and offensive, and that's how many major news organizations chose to describe it — Who would've guessed that the October surprise …
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LGBTQ Nation, New York Times, DNyuz, PinkNews, The 19th and Washington Post
Marc A. Caputo / The Bulwark:
Trump's Shock Comic Was Set to Call Harris a ‘C*nt’ — DONALD TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN WAS LEFT scrambling Sunday night after roast-comic Tony Hinchcliffe made insulting jokes about Hispanic and black people on stage at the ex-president's Madison Square Garden rally.
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Washington Examiner, The Daily Beast, Fox News, ABC News, Mock Paper Scissors, Mercury News, Daily Mail, Slate, Mediaite, The Independent, The Wrap, Raw Story, ABC27, The Hill, DNyuz, The Moderate Voice, Scripps News, BizPac Review, Vanity Fair, IJR and Vibe
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
That Revolting Rally Was a Sign of Weakness — Donald Trump's rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday night was supposed to be the capstone event of his campaign, a triumphant celebration of authoritarian strength. With millions watching, he would march into the final week of the contest …
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The Hill, Steady and New Republic
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
The hard truth: Americans don't trust — or need — billionaires — Chris Geidner is the owner, publisher, editor, and author of Law Dork. — I am not a billionaire. — Jeff Bezos, a billionaire, is causing a stir over at The Washington Post, which he bought two years before Donald Trump began …
Politico:
Trump's Puerto Rico fallout is ‘spreading like wildfire’ in Pennsylvania — Evidence of the backlash was immediate on Monday. — Donald Trump has a serious Puerto Rico problem — in Pennsylvania. — Many Puerto Rican voters in the state are furious about racist and demeaning comments delivered at a Trump rally.
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Bernd Debusmann Jr / BBC:
Puerto Ricans in must-win Pennsylvania say Trump rally joke won't be forgotten
Gary Legum / Wonkette:
Kamala Harris Had Lovely Sunday With Puerto Rican Voters, Why Do You Ask?
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Ledger, Rolling Stone, The Status Kuo, The Hill, Axios, Scripps News and Washington Post
NBC News:
Trump rally comedian workshopped racist Puerto Rico line at NYC comedy club the night before
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Grist, The Hill, HuffPost, The Federalist, Politico, BBC, New Republic, The Guardian, LGBTQ Nation, New York Post, Axios, Washington Post, KENS, Associated Press, DNyuz and Forbes
Mia McCarthy / Politico:
Archbishop of San Juan says Trump needs to ‘personally’ apologize
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RNS, NBC News and Rolling Stone
Brandi Buchman / HuffPost:
Steve Bannon Is Getting Out Of Prison — And Heading Right Back To Court — The longtime Trump ally went to prison after refusing to comply with the Jan. 6 congressional committee. Now he's facing conspiracy, fraud and money laundering charges. — Former Trump White House strategist Steve Bannon …
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Associated Press, Axios, Breitbart, Mediaite and CBS News
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Ella Lee / The Hill:
Steve Bannon released from prison one week out from Election Day
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Stephen Bannon, Released From Prison, Says He Is ‘Empowered’
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Raw Story
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The most misogynistic ad in the history of politics — Elon Musk created America PAC to help Donald Trump win the presidential election. Through the end of September, Musk spent $75 million to fund the PAC's activities. More recently, Musk began giving away $1 million per day to registered voters …
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ABC News and New York Times
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Brittany Gibson / Politico:
Elon Musk's America PAC uses crude, sexist attack against Harris in new ad
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Pharyngula
Courtney Cohn / Democracy Docket:
USPS: Voters Should Mail Ballots By Tuesday For Delivery By Election Day — The U.S. Postal Service told voters in a release Monday that if their mail-in ballots must be delivered by Election Day, they should mail them by Tuesday, Oct. 29. — “We continue to recommend …
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Scripps News, About.usps.com, Axios, Pennsylvania Capital-Star, Alternet.org, Iowa Capital Dispatch, Nevada Current and GovExec.com
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Zach Montellaro / Politico:
This year's vote count will be faster, but it still might take time to know who won
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New York Times and USA Today
Georgina Rannard / BBC:
PhD student finds lost city in Mexico jungle by accident — A huge Maya city has been discovered centuries after it disappeared under jungle canopy in Mexico. — Archaeologists found pyramids, sports fields, causeways connecting districts and amphitheatres in the southeastern state of Campeche.
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The Hill and LiveScience
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump says he is ‘opposite of a Nazi’ — Former President Trump at a Monday rally rejected the label used by Vice President Harris and some of his former aides that he is a fascist, describing himself as “the opposite of a Nazi.” — “You know, years ago, my father — I had a great father …
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HuffPost, Mediaite, WHDH-TV, Washington Post, The Independent, al.com and Breitbart
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Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Trump: 'I'm not a Nazi. I'm the opposite of a Nazi'
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PJ Media, spiked, The Guardian, Townhall, New York Post, Fox News, Boston Herald, The Times of Israel, Twitchy, Daily Mail, Power Line, Washington Examiner, Breitbart, Axios, RedState, Associated Press, Instapundit and The Federalist
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 …
ProPublica:
She Supports Trump's Anti-Immigration Policies. Texas Incorrectly Flagged Her as a “Noncitizen” on Its Voting 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.
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The Texas Tribune
Associated Press:
Fires set in drop boxes destroy hundreds of ballots in Washington and damage 3 in Oregon — Incendiary devices were set off Monday at two ballot drop boxes — one in Portland and another in nearby Vancouver, Washington — destroying hundreds of ballots in what one official called a …
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Politico, Civil Discourse …, CBS News, Talking Points Memo, Oregonian, OPB, NBC News, The City of Vancouver, WA, DNyuz, WHDH-TV, WA Secretary of State, Raw Story, Fox News, KPTV-TV, FOX 13 Seattle, Metro.co.uk, USA Today, KGW-TV, NewsNation, Forbes, UPI, The Federalist, NPR, One America News Network, New Republic, Wisconsin Examiner, Alternet.org, KENS, Lawyers, Guns & Money, New York Times, The Hill, Washington State Standard, The Gateway Pundit, Digby's Hullabaloo, WAGA-TV, Pennsylvania Capital-Star, HuffPost, HotAir, RedState, Los Angeles Times, Semafor, The Guardian and Bloomberg
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Julia Silverman / Oregonian:
2 ballot drop boxes set on fire in Portland area; hundreds of ballots destroyed
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Portland Police, Multnomah County, KATU-TV, DNyuz, The Hill, CNN, Blaze Media, American Greatness, BizPac Review, WHDH-TV, The Daily Caller, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion and Axios
J. Michael Luttig / New York Times:
Trump Betrayed America. My Fellow Republicans Must Put Country Above Party. — We Americans live in faith with our Constitution and with the past generations of Americans who swore to protect it and fought to defend it. One week from today, we will decide whether Donald Trump is fit to be President of the United States again.
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Washington Post, Alternet.org, Townhall and Roll Call
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
USA Today the Latest to Offer Up Excuse for Lack of Presidential Endorsement — PLAYING IT SAFE — The national newspaper, which endorsed Joe Biden four years ago, says it'd rather have its editors focussed on local elections. — USA Today, the nation's fourth largest newspaper …
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Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
Betrayed Washington Post readers leave their parting thoughts in 140,000 comments
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The Guardian, Fox News, Washington Post and Blaze Media, more at Mediagazer »
Joey Cappelletti / Associated Press:
Arab American voters make their choice — Harris, Trump or neither — in the election's final days — Bowls of labneh and platters of za'atar bread covered the tables in a Lebanese restaurant near Detroit, yet no one seemed to have much of an appetite. On one side were Kamala Harris ' top emissaries to the Arab American community.
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New Republic and Tangle
emptywheel:
Secret Documents! The Ten Month Privilege Fight Whingers Claim Didn't Happen — As always happens when people who don't bother to check the public record get afraid, folks are complaining about Merrick Garland again, both that they didn't notice the number of times Garland explained publicly …
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Politico
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