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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 …
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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
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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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” …
Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Trump: 'No president's done more for Puerto Rico than I have.'
Discussion: Forbes, Newsweek and USA Today
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
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.
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Elon Musk-Funded PAC Supercharges ‘Progress 2028’ Democrat Impersonation Ad Campaign … An Elon Musk-funded super PAC has expanded an advertising campaign in which it is impersonating Democrats and targeting registered Republicans with policies unpopular with conservatives they say Kamala Harris will pass if she wins the election.
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Eli Okun / Politico:
Playbook PM exclusive: Dem super PAC unleashes $100M in new ads
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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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 …
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.
Discussion: Politico
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, KXAN Austin and Wisconsin Examiner
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.
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.
Tess Owen / Wired:
Facebook Is Auto-Generating Militia Group Pages as Extremists Continue to Organize in Plain Sight  —  Ahead of the election, anti-government militias are using Facebook to recruit, coordinate training, and promote ballot box stakeouts.  Meta isn't shutting their groups down and is even auto-generating pages.
Discussion: DNyuz
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Haley warns Republicans about messaging on women, Latinos after ‘harmful’ rally moment  —  Former GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley warned Republicans about the messaging on women and Latinos during the final stretch of the 2024 presidential election after a “harmful” rally moment that occurred over the weekend in New York City.
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 …
 
 
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Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
What a ‘Tennessee Three’ Member Thinks She Can Achieve by Running for Senate
Gal Beckerman / The Atlantic:
Revenge Voting Is a Mistake
Discussion: Raw Story and The Nation
Illan Ireland / Mississippi Free Press:
The U.S. Would Stop Fighting Climate Change Under Project 2025
Discussion: The Verge
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
Victor Nava / New York Post:
Kamala Harris tries to touch razor-sharp silicon during tour of semiconductor factory: ‘Straight out of Veep’
 Earlier Items: 
Caroline Kitchener / Washington Post:
She said she had a miscarriage — then got arrested under an abortion law
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Washington Post:
Elon Musk is the October surprise of the 2024 election
Discussion: Futurism and Althouse
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
A vote for Donald Trump is a vote for school shootings and measles
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
National World, one of the UK's biggest newspaper groups, gets a £56.2M buyout offer from shareholder Media Concierge, a 40% premium to its Nov. 21 stock price

Max Goldbart / Deadline:
The English Premier League ends its content partnership with IMG and plans to bring content production and distribution in-house in 2026
 
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