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1:25 PM ET, October 31, 2024

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The Economist:
A second Trump term comes with unacceptable risks  —  If The Economist had a vote, we would cast it for Kamala Harris  —  Next week tens of millions of Americans will vote for Donald Trump.  Some will do so out of grievance, because they think Kamala Harris is a radical Marxist who will destroy their country.
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Nina Golgowski / HuffPost:
The Economist Endorses Harris, Warns Trump Carries ‘Unacceptable Risks’  —  “Americans would be gambling with the economy, the rule of law and international peace” by electing Trump, the newspaper said.  —  LOADING  —  The Economist has weighed in on the presidential race …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
‘Like it or not’: In one quote, Trump distills the 2024 gender gap  —  The former president's comment at a Wisconsin rally was a pithy encapsulation of the concerns that are spurring a lots of women's votes.  —  Wearing a fluorescent orange vest, former president Donald Trump offered attendees …
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 …
Lee Moran / HuffPost:
Swing State Newspaper Slams Trump: ‘Crippled Cognitively’ With ‘Clear Signs Of Mental Illness’
Discussion: Raw Story and Townhall
Sean Craig / The Daily Beast:
MAGA Bros Are Freaking Out Because So Many Women Are Voting  —  'IT'S OVER'  —  “Unless this changes, Kamala Harris takes PA and it's over,” tweeted right wing gadfly Mike Cernovich.  —  Two of former president Donald Trump's most prominent backers in the right wing influencer sphere fretted Wednesday …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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The Hill:   Democrats' commitment to the democracy message could cost them the election
Washington Post:
Michigan voters near evenly split between Harris and Trump, Post poll finds
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Trump Would Be Worse for Palestinians
Discussion: Raw Story, UPI and Press Herald
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Why the co-chair of Trump's transition team is raising eyebrows  —  The more billionaire megadonor Howard Lutnick speaks, the more important the rhetoric from the Trump transition team co-chair becomes.  —  In mid-August, Donald Trump released the names of a five-member transition team …
Discussion: Rolling Stone
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Trump transition official says RFK Jr. wants to force vaccines off the market  —  Howard Lutnick, co-chair of the Trump-Vance transition team, said in a Wednesday interview that former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is backing former President Trump, is seeking the federal data …
Emily Singer / Daily Kos:
Make Diseases Great Again: Trump team says they're coming for vaccines
Discussion: Rolling Stone, HuffPost and Mediaite
Elizabeth Elkind / Fox News:
Biden targeted in GOP resolution condemning ‘garbage’ remark about Trump supporters  —  President Biden's ‘garbage’ remark is ‘exactly what is wrong with the leadership of extreme far-left liberals,’ Rep John Rose tells Fox News Digital  —  FIRST ON FOX: President Biden is getting hit …
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David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:   Major News Media Fall For Fake GOP Outrage Yet Again
Elizabeth Weibel / Breitbart:
CBS's Norah O'Donnell Accuses Trump ‘and His Supporters’ of ‘Giving No Grace’ to Biden over ‘Garbage’ Comments
Nick Arama / RedState:
HOT TAKES: Reactions to Trump's Garbage Truck Troll Are Terrific, As Dems Cope and Seethe
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Biden's ‘Garbage’ Comment Complicates Harris Campaign, Worrying Insiders
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
Brad Raffensperger / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia elections are secure  —  No matter which side of the partisan divide a voter is on, every voter in our state should know that the results will be valid.  —  With Georgians casting their ballots for the 2024 general election, I want to remind voters that their votes will be counted …
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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 …
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
More Than Half of U.S. Votes Likely Cast Before Election Day
Discussion: The Hill and New Republic
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Georgia secretary of state: Election is secure, and here's why
Discussion: Fox News
Jack Queen / Reuters:
Judge declines to block Elon Musk $1 million voter giveaway  —  A Pennsylvania state judge said on Thursday he would not immediately move forward with a lawsuit that seeks to stop Elon Musk's $1 million voter giveaway ahead of the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election.
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Elon Musk ordered to attend $1 million voter lottery suit hearing in Philadelphia court
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
New York Times:
Why the Right Thinks Trump Is Running Away With the Race  —  Skewed polls and anonymous betting markets are building up Republicans' expectations.  Donald Trump could use that to challenge the result.  —  The torrent of polls began arriving just a few weeks ago, one after the other, most showing a victory for Donald J. Trump.
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.
Discussion: New York Daily News and CNBC
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Polio in Every Pot; Smallpox in Every Garage  —  “Whoever wins the White House next week will take office with no shortage of challenges,” the Wall Street Journal's Greg Ip writes this morning, “but at least one huge asset: an economy that is putting its peers to shame”:
Discussion: New Jersey Online
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, Althouse and Townhall
 
 
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David Gilmour / Mediaite:
Jesse Watters Warns Wife That Secretly ‘Pulling The Lever’ For Kamala Harris Would Be Like ‘Having An Affair’: ‘D-Day!’
Discussion: The Independent
Rebecca Solnit / The Guardian:
Why are so many women hiding their voting plans from their husbands?
Discussion: Washington Examiner
CNN:
Election officials are outmatched by Elon Musk's misinformation machine
Discussion: Minnesota Reformer, NPR and ABC News
Mike Gonzalez / Washington Examiner:
Barack Obama, divider in chief
The Economist:
Why The Economist endorses Kamala Harris
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
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