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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Biden's ‘Garbage’ Comment Complicates Harris Campaign, Worrying Insiders  —  President Biden did not attend Vice President Kamala Harris's speech on Tuesday night, but his ill-timed flub in a video interview caused headaches for her campaign.  —  Vice President Kamala Harris's strategists …
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Democrats start to point fingers even as they hope for Harris win  —  Vice President Harris could win the presidential election next week.  But fingers in Democratic circles are already being pointed behind the scenes, in the event that she falls to former President Trump.
Discussion: Breitbart, ABC News and Althouse
Walter Hudson / HotAir:
Biden's “Garbage” Insult and the Power of Noticing: A Turning Point in Politics  —  On Tuesday, the sitting president called half the country “garbage.”  While it's hard to grasp historical significance as it unfolds, this moment will likely be analyzed and debated for decades.
Charisma Madarang / Rolling Stone:
Billionaire Trump Awkwardly Dresses Up as a Garbage Truck Driver
Margaret Hartmann / New York Magazine:
Biden ‘Garbage’ Remark Causes Big Stink: Latest Responses
NBC News:
In Wisconsin, Trump courts ‘garbage’ outrage while Harris courts students
Scott Dworkin / The Dworkin Report:
No, Corporate Media. This Isn't the October Surprise You've Been Waiting For
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump rides in garbage truck in effort to seize on Biden comment
CNN:
‘January 6th is going to be pretty fun’: How MAGA activists are preparing to undermine the election if Trump loses  —  Before Election Day has even arrived, the “Stop the Steal” movement has reemerged in force, with some of the same activists who tried to overturn former President Donald …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Washington Post:
Michigan voters near evenly split between Harris and Trump, Post poll finds  —  The survey finds strengths and weakness for each candidate heading into Election Day.  —  Battleground Michigan remains a toss-up in the election's final week, with voters almost evenly divided between supporting …
Associated Press:   Ping! Harris and Trump are blowing up your phones with political texts in campaign's last days
Josh Wingrove / Bloomberg:
Trump Insists He Has Big Lead Over Harris, Setting Stage for 2024 Doubts
Discussion: New York Times, Rolling Stone and Axios
CNN:
CNN Polls: Harris has a narrow edge in Michigan and Wisconsin, while she and Trump remain tied in Pennsylvania
Jake Lahut / Wired:
Workers Say They Were Tricked and Threatened as Part of Elon Musk's Get-Out-the-Vote Effort  —  America PAC door knockers were flown to Michigan, driven in the back of a U-Haul, and told they'd have to pay hotel bills unless they met unrealistic quotas.  One was surprised they were working to elect Donald Trump.
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
The Washington Post's non-endorsement led to record-breaking weeks at other news orgs  —  The Philadelphia Inquirer had its best week for new subscriptions ever and The Guardian U.S. broke its single-day fundraising record — twice.  —  You may have heard that an eye-watering 250,000 subscribers …
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Steven Waldman / Columbia Journalism Review:
Jeff Bezos Should Donate the Washington Post to a Charity
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Elon Musk ordered to attend $1 million voter lottery suit hearing in Philadelphia court … Elon Musk must attend an emergency court hearing in Philadelphia on Thursday morning to address a bid by the city's top prosecutor to stop the Tesla CEO and his political action committee from continuing …
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Elon Musk seeks to move $1 million voter lottery lawsuit to federal court … Elon Musk and his political action committee are seeking to move the Philadelphia District Attorney's lawsuit targeting their $1 million swing state voter lottery to federal court.
Discussion: Axios
Paige Oamek / New Republic:
Trump Doubles Down After Elon's Shocking “Tank the Economy” Confession  —  Just hours after Elon Musk admitted Donald Trump's policies will tank the entire economy, the former president confirmed his plans to let Musk be a part of the destruction, claiming that “nobody is going to feel it.”
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Sean Craig / The Daily Beast:
Trump: My Own Staff Beg Me to Stop ‘Inappropriate’ Talk About Women  —  ‘SIR, PLEASE’  —  Trump admitted his own team told him to cut back on the strange remarks about women and then boasted that he doesn't care.  —  Former president Donald Trump trumpeted once again Wednesday his unexplained plans to …
Bright Eyes / The Daily Beast:
Kim K's Son Deletes YouTube Channel After Anti-Harris Posts  —  The channel mysteriously disappeared Wednesday, leaving many to believe Kardashian saw the posts and shut it down.  —  Dewan's Fiancé Denies Laughing at Kravitz and Tatum's Split  —  ‘GET A LIFE’
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
“I'm gonna do it whether the women like it or not”: Trump's closing argument is toxic masculinity  —  Nikki Haley is right that “bromance and masculinity stuff” — like wishing Taylor Swift dead — is politically risky  —  Much has been made out of the fact that Donald Trump's campaign did nix one …
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
Bush v Gore 2: Despotic Boogaloo  —  SCOTUS, if you're listening ...  👻 Subscribe to Public Notice 👻  —  Picture it!  America, two days after the election.  Neither candidate has reached 270 electoral votes.  Just one or two states have yet to be called …
Discussion: New Republic and Pluribus News
Greg Ip / Wall Street Journal:
The Next President Inherits a Remarkable Economy  —  The high quality of recent economic growth should put a wind at the back of the White House's next occupant  —  Whoever wins the White House next week will take office with no shortage of challenges, but at least one huge asset: an economy that is putting its peers to shame.
Sarah Ferris / CNN:
Exclusive: GOP Senate candidate Hogan touts Trump endorsement in private fundraiser after repeatedly saying he didn't want it  —  Maryland GOP Senate candidate Larry Hogan touted an endorsement from Donald Trump in a private donor call and suggested it helps him with the former president's …
Discussion: Baltimore Sun and Raw Story
Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
Close friend of Clarence Thomas is helping Trump's transition team write policy for DOJ  —  Mark Paoletta, a well-connected conservative lawyer and close friend of Justice Clarence Thomas, is helping Donald Trump's transition team craft the policy playbook for the Justice Department if Trump returns to power …
American Compass:
The Young Men Up For Grabs  —  Young non-white men are key swing voters in 2024, but Democrats don't speak to them  —  Executive Summary  —  In Fall 2024, American Compass partnered with YouGov to survey 6,000 Americans about their values and priorities, views on what has gone well and poorly in America …
Discussion: Wide World of News
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
The Billionaire Is the Threat, Not the Solution  —  I learned how to read by reading Baltimore Orioles game recaps in the sports section of the Washington Post.  I remember sitting on our couch as my dad pointed to words like “Cal Ripken” and “Mike Mussina” and “baseball” and “Orioles,” …
Discussion: Washington Post and CNN
Sarah Longwell / The Bulwark:
Speak Out Now Republicans, Or You'll Regret It  —  I HAVE A QUESTION FOR FORMER Trump administration officials, Republican electeds (and former electeds), business leaders, and conservative writers and pundits who recognize Donald Trump for the threat he is.
Discussion: Alternet.org and Raw Story
 
 
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