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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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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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Ivana Saric / Axios:
Trump denies knowing comedian who made Puerto Rico joke at his rally … - People Trump claims not to have known include rapper Lil Jon, who was a contestant on Celebrity Apprentice; Prince Andrew; Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas, who was part an effort to pressure Ukraine to investigate President Biden …
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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
The Memo: Trump campaign struggles to contain Puerto Rico October surprise — The Trump campaign is struggling to contain an October surprise of its own making, just one week from Election Day. — A racist remark by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, one of many warm-up speakers for former President Trump …
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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
That Revolting Rally Was a Sign of Weakness
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Khaleda Rahman / Newsweek:
Puerto Rico GOP Chair Threatens To Withhold Trump Support
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Marc A. Caputo / The Bulwark:
Trump's Shock Comic Was Set to Call Harris a ‘C*nt’
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Bernd Debusmann Jr / BBC:
Puerto Ricans in must-win Pennsylvania say Trump rally joke won't be forgotten
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Harris's Closing Argument: Turn the Page on Trump, and Avert Chaos
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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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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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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Trump and his allies insist he's ‘not a Nazi’
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Joe Heim / Washington Post:
Poop artist strikes again with neo-Nazi tiki torch statue for Trump
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Over 200,000 subscribers flee ‘Washington Post’ after Bezos blocks Harris endorsement
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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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Sophia Cai / Axios:
Trump identifies a scapegoat in case he loses
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Edward Luce / Financial Times:
America isn't too worried about fascism
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Joey Cappelletti / Associated Press:
Arab American voters make their choice — Harris, Trump or neither — in the election's final days
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
MAGA world's hyper-confidence
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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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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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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Stephen Bannon, Released From Prison, Says He Is ‘Empowered’
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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 …
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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.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Democrats alarmed Harris's economic message isn't breaking through
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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.
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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 …
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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.
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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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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.
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Politico:
Republicans lose back-to-back rulings in swing state lawsuits — Federal judges turned aside two Republican-led challenges to voter registration procedures in North Carolina and Pennsylvania on Tuesday, a double-whiff in the party's quest to make last-minute changes to the voter rolls.
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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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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 …
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