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7:40 AM ET, October 30, 2024

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Axios:
Biden sets off election firestorm with “garbage” comment … - The comment came in a video call with the progressive group Voto Latino when Biden wanted to respond to a comedian calling Puerto Rico an “island of garbage” at Trump's Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday.
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Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Harris on Ellipse: Time to turn the page on Trump  —  Vice President Harris delivered a speech Tuesday on the White House Ellipse in Washington, D.C. — the very site at which former President Trump gave remarks to a crowd that later incited a riot at the Capitol.
Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Kamala Harris Draws Massive Crowd at Ellipse, Notches Larger Audience Than Trump's Jan. 6 Rally in Same Spot, Campaign Says  —  Vice President Kamala Harris delivered remarks in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday night in front of a massive crowd where she made her closing argument to voters at The Ellipse ahead of next week's election.
Fox News:
Biden calls Trump supporters ‘garbage’ during Harris campaign event as VP promises unity at Ellipse rally  —  President Biden went viral Tuesday night for comments disparaging Trump supporters as his No. 2, Vice President Kamala Harris, made a major speech to voters calling for unity from the Ellipse right outside the White House.
Associated Press:
Trump says his New York rally marked by crude and racist insults was ‘an absolute lovefest’
Greg Norman / Fox News:
Harris to unveil ‘closing argument,’ Trump to campaign in Pennsylvania
Myah Ward / Politico:
Harris to call Trump ‘unstable’ and ‘obsessed with revenge’ in Ellipse speech tonight
Elena Schneider / Politico:
'The suburbs — that's the whole deal': How the suburbs became Harris' clearest path to victory  —  Dems are betting they can improve on Joe Biden's numbers in the suburbs.  —  KNIGHTDALE, North Carolina — Kamala Harris is counting on suburban voters to do what they've done since Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016: reject him.
Discussion: The Hill and Daily Kos
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Terry Collins / USA Today:
Harris, Trump deadlocked in battleground Michigan, new exclusive poll shows  —  Less than a week before Election Day, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are deadlocked in the battleground state of Michigan, according to an exclusive new USA TODAY/Suffolk University poll.
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
Discussion: UPI
Ryan Murphy / The Indianapolis Star:
Former GOP congressional candidate arrested on allegations of Madison County ballot theft  —  Larry Lee Savage Jr., a former Republican 5th Congressional District candidate, turned himself in to authorities Tuesday morning after he was charged with stealing ballots during a public test of voting machines in Madison County.
Discussion: Fox 59, Raw Story and Election Law Blog
ProPublica:
A Texas Woman Died After the Hospital Said It Would be a “Crime” to Intervene in Her Miscarriage  —  Josseli Barnica is one of at least two pregnant Texas women who died after doctors delayed emergency care.  She'd told her husband that the medical team said it couldn't act until the fetal heartbeat stopped.
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.
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Aaron Pellish / CNN:
RFK Jr. said Trump promised him ‘control’ of HHS and USDA
Discussion: HuffPost
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Marianna Spring / BBC:
How X users can earn thousands from US election misinformation and AI images  —  Some users on X who spend their days sharing content that includes election misinformation, AI-generated images and unfounded conspiracy theories say they are being paid “thousands of dollars” by the social media site.
Fortune:
We led some of America's largest companies.  Here's why we are voting for Harris, not Trump  —  Doug Parker is a former CEO of American Airlines.  Ken Frazier is a former CEO of Merck.  Anne Mulcahy is a former CEO of Xerox.  Ursula Burns is a former CEO of Xerox.  Reid Hoffman is a former CEO of LinkedIn.
Discussion: Business Insider
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
Amanda Moore / The Turtle Diaries:
GOP Political Consultant Once Wrote for Richard Spencer  —  Ryan Girdusky used his own name on Spencer's Alternative Right website  —  Last night, CNN had Ryan Girdusky, a pro-Trump political consultant, on a panel discussing Trump's Sunday rally at Madison Square Garden.
Robert Tracinski / The UnPopulist:
Heritage Foundation's Far-Right Project 2025 Will Guide Trump's Second Term  —  Trump loyalists authored it so don't believe his denials that it has nothing to do with him  —  Project 2025 is a governing blueprint prepared by the Heritage Foundation, one of the right's most prominent intellectual organs …
The Economist:
Ukraine is now struggling to survive, not to win  —  Russia is slicing through Ukrainian defences in parts of the battlefield  —  “After 970 days of war,” said Lloyd Austin, America's defence secretary, visiting Kyiv on October 21st, “Putin has not achieved one single strategic objective.”
Discussion: nationalinterest.org
C-SPAN.org:
Vice President Harris Delivers Address on The Ellipse in Washington, D.C.  —  2024 Democratic presidential nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris delivered her “closing arguments” to voters in an address at The Ellipse in Washington, DC.
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.
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.
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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
 
 
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Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
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Axios:
Scoop: Schumer pledges antisemitism vote in Senate's lame-duck session
Discussion: NPR
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: Los Angeles Times and Raw Story
Robert P. Jones / White Too Long:
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Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
Elon Musk Makes Shocking Confession on His Plans After Trump Victory
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She said she had a miscarriage — then got arrested under an abortion law
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New Republic:
Transcript: Trump Rages at Fox News as His Allies Panic Over NYC Rally
Chauncey DeVega / Salon:
Trump on Joe Rogan's podcast leaves Kamala Harris with a winning opportunity
Tess Owen / Wired:
Facebook Is Auto-Generating Militia Group Pages as Extremists Continue to Organize in Plain Sight
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Chaos as Russia tries to absorb North Korean troops, Ukraine spies say
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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

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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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