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2:50 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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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.
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
Major News Media Fall For Fake GOP Outrage Yet Again  —  INSIDE: Donald Trump ... Elon Musk ... John Roberts … It's An Editorial Choice  —  In the final week of the presidential campaign, the country's two most prominent newspapers extended into a second day their credulous coverage …
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 …
The Economist:
Why The Economist endorses Kamala Harris
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and The Guardian
Elizabeth Elkind / Fox News:
Biden targeted in GOP resolution condemning ‘garbage’ remark about Trump supporters
Nick Arama / RedState:
HOT TAKES: Reactions to Trump's Garbage Truck Troll Are Terrific, As Dems Cope and Seethe
Washington Post:
Michigan voters near evenly split between Harris and Trump, Post poll finds
The Hill:   Democrats' commitment to the democracy message could cost them the election
Garrett Ross / Politico:   Playbook PM: Sweet economy meets sour voters
Elizabeth Weibel / Breitbart:
CBS's Norah O'Donnell Accuses Trump ‘and His Supporters’ of ‘Giving No Grace’ to Biden over ‘Garbage’ Comments
Lee Moran / HuffPost:
Swing State Newspaper Slams Trump: ‘Crippled Cognitively’ With ‘Clear Signs Of Mental Illness’
Discussion: Townhall and Raw Story
NBC News:
Trump is campaigning outside of battleground states. Is that confidence or hubris?
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Biden's ‘Garbage’ Comment Complicates Harris Campaign, Worrying Insiders
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Trump Would Be Worse for Palestinians
Discussion: Raw Story, UPI and Press Herald
NBC News:
In Wisconsin, Trump courts ‘garbage’ outrage while Harris courts students
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 …
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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  —  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 …
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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Rebecca Solnit / The Guardian:
Why are so many women hiding their voting plans from their husbands?  —  A lot of households are not democracies; they're dictatorships.  This may mean voter intimidation and suppression  —  Lots of memes and tweets and posts and videos are popping up, assuring women that they can keep …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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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!’  —  Panelists on Fox News show The Five laughed off host Jesse Watters' claim that if his wife were to secretly vote for Democratic nominee Kamala Harris he would see it as “the same thing as having an affair.”
Discussion: The Hill and The Independent
Kathleen Culliton / Raw Story:   ‘Not healthy and weird’: Fox News host roasted for threatening wife with ‘D-Day’ over vote
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.
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Declan Harty / Politico:
The stock market's surprising bet on who will win the presidency
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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 …
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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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 The Hill
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
Discussion: New Jersey Online
Ryan Mac / New York Times:
How Elon Musk Changed Course to Go All Out for Trump  —  The billionaire has poured nearly $120 million into a pro-Trump voting effort and used his social media platform, X, to spread misinformation, despite public statements he made in the past about political neutrality.
Discussion: The Hill and Wired
 
 
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 More Items: 
Timothy W. Martin / Wall Street Journal:
North Korea ICBM Test Seeks to Grab U.S. Attention on Eve of Vote
Brad Raffensperger / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia elections are secure
Discussion: The Hill and Fox News
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
Tobias Burns / The Hill:
Inflation falls to lowest level since 2021 in Fed's preferred gauge
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