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12:10 PM ET, October 31, 2024

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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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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 and Mediaite
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
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 …
Discussion: Rolling Stone, HuffPost, DNyuz and Raw Story
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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The Economist:
Why The Economist endorses Kamala Harris  —  Our daily political update, featuring the stories that matter
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
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 …
Discussion: Semafor, Raw Story and The Guardian
Lee Moran / HuffPost:
Swing State Newspaper Slams Trump: ‘Crippled Cognitively’ With ‘Clear Signs Of Mental Illness’
Discussion: Raw Story and Townhall
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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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Biden's ‘Garbage’ Comment Complicates Harris Campaign, Worrying Insiders
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
Scott Dworkin / The Dworkin Report:
No, Corporate Media. This Isn't the October Surprise You've Been Waiting For
NBC News:
In Wisconsin, Trump courts ‘garbage’ outrage while Harris courts students
Charisma Madarang / Rolling Stone:
Billionaire Trump Awkwardly Dresses Up as a Garbage Truck Driver
Walter Hudson / HotAir:
Biden's “Garbage” Insult and the Power of Noticing: A Turning Point in Politics
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 …
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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 …
The Hill:
Elon Musk seeks to move $1M swing state voter giveaway case to federal court  —  Elon Musk is attempting to move to federal court a lawsuit challenging his $1 million daily giveaways to registered voters in swing and battleground states, throwing into question a scheduled Thursday hearing in Pennsylvania that Musk is required to attend.
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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.
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 and NCSBE
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 …
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Washington Post:
Michigan voters near evenly split between Harris and Trump, Post poll finds
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 …
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 …
Discussion: NBC News
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Georgia secretary of state: Election is secure, and here's why  —  Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) reassured the state's voters that the upcoming election is secure and that voters' ballots will be counted.  —  Raffensperger said that no matter which presidential candidate triumphs …
Discussion: Fox News and Georgia Recorder
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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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 …
Discussion: The Hill and New Republic
 
 
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CNN:
Election officials are outmatched by Elon Musk's misinformation machine
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Mike Gonzalez / Washington Examiner:
Barack Obama, divider in chief
American Compass:
The Young Men Up For Grabs
Discussion: Wide World of News
Associated Press:
Ping! Harris and Trump are blowing up your phones with political texts in campaign's last days
Discussion: Daily Journal
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Lauren Peller / ABC News:
Trump campaign distances itself from House speaker's plan for ‘massive reform’ to the ACA
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
The Washington Post's non-endorsement led to record-breaking weeks at other news orgs
Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
Close friend of Clarence Thomas is helping Trump's transition team write policy for DOJ
Sarah Longwell / The Bulwark:
Speak Out Now Republicans, Or You'll Regret It
Discussion: Alternet.org and Raw Story
Buzz Aldrin Ventures, LLC:
Brigadier General Buzz Aldrin Endorses Donald J. Trump for President of the United States
Craig Mauger / The Detroit News:
Chinese student to face criminal charges for voting in Michigan. Ballot will apparently count
Steven Waldman / Columbia Journalism Review:
Jeff Bezos Should Donate the Washington Post to a Charity
 

 
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Financial Times:
Sources: Meta plans to add displays to its Ray-Ban glasses as soon as H2 2025 to show notifications or AI responses, and has accelerated Orion's development

Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac:
Kuo: Apple's M5 chip to use TSMC's advanced N3P node; M5 Pro, Max, and Ultra will use a new server-grade SoIC packaging featuring separate CPU and GPU designs

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks
 
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