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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 — 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 …
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The Hill:
Democrats' commitment to the democracy message could cost them the election — Since January, Democrats have sounded the alarm that the number one issue at stake in the 2024 election is the preservation of American democracy. — Last week Biden told supporters that Trump is …
The Economist:
A second Trump term comes with unacceptable risks
A second Trump term comes with unacceptable risks
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Associated Press:
Ping! Harris and Trump are blowing up your phones with political texts in campaign's last days
Lee Moran / HuffPost:
Swing State Newspaper Slams Trump: ‘Crippled Cognitively’ With ‘Clear Signs Of Mental Illness’
Swing State Newspaper Slams Trump: ‘Crippled Cognitively’ With ‘Clear Signs Of Mental Illness’
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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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
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.
Charisma Madarang / Rolling Stone:
Billionaire Trump Awkwardly Dresses Up as a Garbage Truck Driver
Billionaire Trump Awkwardly Dresses Up as a Garbage Truck Driver
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Nick Arama / RedState:
HOT TAKES: Reactions to Trump's Garbage Truck Troll Are Terrific, As Dems Cope and Seethe
HOT TAKES: Reactions to Trump's Garbage Truck Troll Are Terrific, As Dems Cope and Seethe
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NBC News:
In Wisconsin, Trump courts ‘garbage’ outrage while Harris courts students
In Wisconsin, Trump courts ‘garbage’ outrage while Harris courts students
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Margaret Hartmann / New York Magazine:
Biden ‘Garbage’ Remark Causes Big Stink: Latest Responses
Biden ‘Garbage’ Remark Causes Big Stink: Latest Responses
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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
Walter Hudson / HotAir:
Biden's “Garbage” Insult and the Power of Noticing: A Turning Point in Politics
Biden's “Garbage” Insult and the Power of Noticing: A Turning Point in Politics
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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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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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
Jeff Bezos Should Donate the Washington Post to a Charity
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Washington Post and Semafor, more at Mediagazer »
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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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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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 …
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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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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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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 …
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.
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
More Than Half of U.S. Votes Likely Cast Before Election Day — Voter enthusiasm is high, with Democrats more enthusiastic than Republicans — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Fewer Americans intend to vote ahead of Election Day this year than did so in 2020, but the rate is still higher than in election years …
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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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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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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 …
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