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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.
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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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Charisma Madarang / Rolling Stone:
Billionaire Trump Awkwardly Dresses Up as a Garbage Truck Driver — Trump climbed onto a campaign-themed garbage truck in an attempt to seize on disputed remarks by Biden made earlier this week — Republican presidential candidate and billionaire Donald Trump once again made a mockery …
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Margaret Hartmann / New York Magazine:
Biden ‘Garbage’ Remark Causes Big Stink: Latest Responses — Kamala Harris delivered the closing argument of her campaign on Tuesday night, telling about 75,000 people assembled on the Ellipse in Washington that she will work to deliver for everyday Americans, while Donald Trump is a “petty tyrant” who's “obsessed with revenge.”
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Scott Dworkin / The Dworkin Report:
No, Corporate Media. This Isn't the October Surprise You've Been Waiting For
No, Corporate Media. This Isn't the October Surprise You've Been Waiting For
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump rides in garbage truck in effort to seize on Biden comment
Trump rides in garbage truck in effort to seize on Biden comment
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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 …
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Washington Post:
Michigan voters near evenly split between Harris and Trump, Post poll finds
Michigan voters near evenly split between Harris and Trump, Post poll finds
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Daily Mail, Detroit Free Press, Fox News and USA Today
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Harris says she will be ‘sadly ready’ if Trump prematurely claims victory Tuesday
Harris says she will be ‘sadly ready’ if Trump prematurely claims victory Tuesday
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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
Trump Insists He Has Big Lead Over Harris, Setting Stage for 2024 Doubts
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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
CNN Polls: Harris has a narrow edge in Michigan and Wisconsin, while she and Trump remain tied in Pennsylvania
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Victoria Prodeline / Monmouth University …:
It's Really, Really Close — West Long Branch, NJ - Vice President Kamala Harris …
It's Really, Really Close — West Long Branch, NJ - Vice President Kamala Harris …
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New Republic, Quinnipiac University Poll, Fox News, Breitbart and The Hill
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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NBC News:
Elon Musk asks voters to brace for economic ‘hardship,’ deep spending cuts in potential Trump Cabinet role — Donald Trump wants the Tesla and SpaceX CEO, who himself has taken in billions from federal contracts, to oversee “efficiency” efforts for the government.
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Semafor, New Republic, Futurism, Daily Kos, The Hill, CNBC, CNN, The Independent and MSNBC
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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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,” …
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.
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Axios and Associated Press
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’
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Steven Waldman / Columbia Journalism Review:
Jeff Bezos Should Donate the Washington Post to a Charity — His conflicts of interests are insurmountable. He can take a heroic path to strengthen journalism. — With one ill-timed decision, Jeff Bezos undermined eleven years of positive behavior as a newspaper owner.
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Charlotte Klein / New York Magazine:
After the Trump Bump, There's Now the Bezos Ditch
After the Trump Bump, There's Now the Bezos Ditch
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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 …
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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Craig Mauger / The Detroit News:
Chinese student to face criminal charges for voting in Michigan. Ballot will apparently count — A University of Michigan student who is from China and not a U.S. citizen allegedly voted Sunday in Ann Arbor and is being charged with two crimes, six days before a pivotal presidential election.
ProPublica:
Exploiting Meta's Weaknesses, Deceptive Political Ads Thrived on Facebook and Instagram in Run-Up to Election — Co-published with Tow Center for Digital Journalism — Deceptive Political Ads: Eight deceptive advertising networks have placed over 160,000 election and social issues ads across …
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Margaret Talev / Axios:
America's youngest voters become major election liars … - “There's a new privacy emerging here, where it's far more convenient to either lie or not talk about it,” said John Gerzema, CEO of The Harris Poll, which is not affiliated with Vice President Harris' campaign.
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service:
Federal and State Veterinary Agencies Share Update on HPAI Detections in Oregon Backyard Farm, Including First H5N1 Detections in Swine — There is no concern about the safety of the nation's pork supply as a result of this finding. — Press Release — Contact: — aphispress@usda.gov
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Lauren Peller / ABC News:
Trump campaign distances itself from House speaker's plan for ‘massive reform’ to the ACA — Mike Johnson said the GOP plans to “take a blowtorch to the regulatory state.” — Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks to supporters of former President and Republican presidential …