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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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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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NBC News:
Trump rally comedian workshopped racist Puerto Rico line at NYC comedy club the night before — The comments have drawn intense anger and reignited the criticism over Trump's handling of Hurricane Maria's devastating aftermath in Puerto Rico. — The comedian who let loose a series of racist jokes …
Gary Legum / Wonkette:
Kamala Harris Had Lovely Sunday With Puerto Rican Voters, Why Do You Ask? — So much for inroads with Hispanic voters, maybe. — Of all the election scenarios we have had running through our mind for months, we'll admit that “activating millions of Puerto Rican voters against your own campaign …
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Mia McCarthy / Politico:
Archbishop of San Juan says Trump needs to ‘personally’ apologize — The Archbishop of San Juan, Puerto Rico is asking former President Donald Trump to personally apologize for vulgar comments made about Puerto Ricans during a rally in Madison Square Garden over the weekend.
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Rafael Bernal / The Hill:
Harris cuts ad featuring MSG Trump rally Puerto Rico ‘garbage’ joke
Harris cuts ad featuring MSG Trump rally Puerto Rico ‘garbage’ joke
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Tomás Mier / Rolling Stone:
Ana Navarro and ‘View’ Hosts Slam ‘Vile,’ Racist Jokes Made at Trump Rally
Ana Navarro and ‘View’ Hosts Slam ‘Vile,’ Racist Jokes Made at Trump Rally
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Holly Otterbein / Politico:
‘Floating pile of garbage’ comments follow Trump to his rally tomorrow
‘Floating pile of garbage’ comments follow Trump to his rally tomorrow
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Ron Dicker / HuffPost:
Trump Spokesperson Puts Happy Face On Racist MSG Rally For ‘Fox And Friends’
Trump Spokesperson Puts Happy Face On Racist MSG Rally For ‘Fox And Friends’
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump's hostility to Puerto Rico reemerges at the worst possible time
Trump's hostility to Puerto Rico reemerges at the worst possible time
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Nicole Narea / Vox:
MAGA's closing argument: Racist attacks on a critical bloc of swing-state voters
MAGA's closing argument: Racist attacks on a critical bloc of swing-state voters
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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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Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
Betrayed Washington Post readers leave their parting thoughts in 140,000 comments — According to NPR's David Folkenflik, a staggering, catastrophic 8 percent of Washington Post subscribers - over 200,000 — have canceled their subscriptions since Friday's news broke that owner Jeff Bezos ordered …
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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 …
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Jeff Bezos defends Washington Post non-endorsement, says Americans 'don't trust' media
Jeff Bezos defends Washington Post non-endorsement, says Americans 'don't trust' media
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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 Bauder / Associated Press:
Owner Jeff Bezos defends Washington Post's decision not to endorse as the right, ‘principled’ one
Owner Jeff Bezos defends Washington Post's decision not to endorse as the right, ‘principled’ one
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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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Allison Berry / KATU-TV:
Burning ballots pulled from inside smoking Vancouver ballot box; hundreds of ballots lost
Burning ballots pulled from inside smoking Vancouver ballot box; hundreds of ballots lost
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Julia Silverman / Oregonian:
2 ballot drop boxes set on fire in Portland area; hundreds of ballots destroyed
2 ballot drop boxes set on fire in Portland area; hundreds of ballots destroyed
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New York Times:
Harris Aides Hopeful That Casting Trump as a Fascist Could Shift Election — While still cautious, advisers and allies believe that casting Donald Trump as a fascist is working, and that their expansive ground game and appeals on abortion rights may carry the day.
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Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Trump Wants You to Accept All of This as Normal — In the final week of this election season, the Republican Party is running two different campaigns. One of them is an ugly and angry but conventional political enterprise. Donald Trump and other Republicans make speeches …
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Brakkton Booker / Politico:
NAACP poll: Trump's support among young Black men decreasing — A new NAACP survey found Republican Donald Trump's support among young Black men has dwindled with a little more than a week to go before Election Day. The poll found Black men under 50 years old decreased their likelihood …
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
A new Supreme Court case could change the result of the presidential election — Support independent journalism that matters — become a Vox Member. — On October 23, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that many voters who cast a mailed-in ballot improperly, thus rendering their vote …
Brittany Gibson / Politico:
Elon Musk's America PAC uses crude, sexist attack against Harris in new ad — Elon Musk's America PAC shared a video calling Kamala Harris “the c-word” on X, the social media platform also owned by the tech billionaire. The narrator in the 34-second ad repeatedly calls Harris a “c-word” …
Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Trump: 'I'm not a Nazi. I'm the opposite of a Nazi' — “I'm not a Nazi. I'm the opposite of a Nazi,” former President Donald Trump declared at a campaign rally in Atlanta on Monday night — instead placing blame on Democrats for comparing him to one. He claimed that Harris' campaign painted him as a Nazi.
Ben Ashford / Daily Mail:
Kamala Harris' VP choice Tim Walz had secret fling with daughter of top Chinese Communist official during teaching stint in China — Tim Walz had a romance with Jenna Wang, daughter of a CCP official in 1989 — She said her father Bin Hui would disown her for fraternizing with a westerner
Cory Doctorow / Pluralistic:
Pluralistic: The US Copyright Office frees the McFlurry (28 Oct 2024) — The US Copyright Office frees the McFlurry: The only kind of DMCA exemption that makes a difference. — Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. — This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Trump Hints at ‘Little Secret’ With House Republicans, Setting Off a Panic — The former president seemed to delight in fueling speculation about what he is cooking up with House Republicans, prompting Democrats to worry about election fraud. Speaker Mike Johnson refused to explain.
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Paige Oamek / New Republic:
Trump's Dark Little “Secret” With Mike Johnson Is Actually a Threat
Trump's Dark Little “Secret” With Mike Johnson Is Actually a Threat
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