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Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Conservatives in furor over Julia Roberts ad  —  A new Harris-Walz campaign ad voiced by actor Julia Roberts encourages women to vote for Vice President Harris in the presidential election, even if their husbands are backing former President Trump.  —  The Roberts ad also alludes to abortion rights …
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Charles R. Davis / Salon:
“It is so disastrous”: MAGA men are freaking out that wives may be secretly voting for Kamala Harris  —  “That's the same thing as having an affair,” Fox News host argues as women fuel early vote in key states  —  When you're a star, Donald Trump has said more than once, women will let you do whatever you want to them.
Michael R. Bloomberg / Bloomberg:
Why I'm Voting for Kamala Harris  —  When it comes to the candidates' policy positions and personal integrity, there's a clear choice. … I do not agree with Vice President Kamala Harris on every issue, but earlier this week, I voted for her without hesitation.
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 …
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
Kathleen Culliton / Raw Story:
‘Not healthy and weird’: Fox News host roasted for threatening wife with ‘D-Day’ over vote  —  A Fox News host who threatened his wife with marital “D-Day” if she did not vote for former President Donald Trump faced swift backlash from viewers who swiftly roasted the controversial conservative pundit.
Discussion: HuffPost and Vanity Fair
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
‘Like it or not’: In one quote, Trump distills the 2024 gender gap
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 Wrap and The Independent
Associated Press:
AP sources: White House altered record of Biden's ‘garbage’ remarks despite stenographer concerns  —  White House press officials altered the official transcript of a call in which President Joe Biden appeared to take a swipe at supporters of Donald Trump, drawing objections from the federal workers …
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James Bickerton / Newsweek:
Video of Donald Trump ‘Struggling’ to Enter Garbage Truck Goes Viral  —  Social media commentators have raised concerns over  —  's health after footage emerged of the  —  presidential candidate climbing into a campaign-branded garbage truck.  —  In Wisconsin on Wednesday, Trump was
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
Major News Media Fall For Fake GOP Outrage Yet Again
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
Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: What Trump is being told … The memo, addressed to “TEAM TRUMP,” has the subject line: “PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ON THE VERGE.”  — Fabrizio draws on Real Clear Politics polling averages to argue that Trump's “position nationally and in every single Battleground State is SIGNIFICANTLY better today than it was 4 years ago.”
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Declan Harty / Politico:
The stock market's surprising bet on who will win the presidency  —  Voters are clamoring for any hints of clarity about the neck-and-neck presidential race, so some are looking beyond public opinion polls.  —  Wall Street executives, political gamblers and cryptocurrency traders are piling …
The Economist:
A second Trump term comes with unacceptable risks
NBC News:
Trump is campaigning outside of battleground states. Is that confidence or hubris?
Tatum Hunter / Washington Post:
Trump's ‘grab them’ comment was history.  Now TikTok is showing it to young voters.  —  As the audio clip circulates on the popular video app, Gen Z users are expressing their shock.  —  It's been eight years since leaked audio from a conversation between Donald Trump and TV host Billy Bush …
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Trump sues CBS for $10B over Harris's ‘60 Minutes’ interview  —  Former President Trump is suing CBS News over a “60 Minutes” interview it broadcast with Vice President Harris earlier this month that he and his allies have claimed was edited to cast her in a positive light.
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Fox News:
Trump sues CBS News for $10 billion alleging ‘deceptive doctoring’ of Harris' ‘60 Minutes’ interview
NBC News:
Full transcript: Vice President Kamala Harris interviewed by NBC News' Yamiche Alcindor
Discussion: The Hill
Politico:
Trump lagging in early vote with seniors in Pennsylvania, a red flag for GOP  —  Democrats account for about 58 percent of the votes cast by seniors so far in Pennsylvania.  —  Donald Trump is lagging Kamala Harris in Pennsylvania early voting with a critical and once-reliably Republican constituency: seniors.
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Tim Marchman / Wired:
Elon Musk Could Have US Citizenship Revoked If He Lied on Immigration Forms  —  The richest man in the world appears to have worked in the US without authorization.  According to experts, if he did so and lied about it as part of the immigration process, he could be denaturalized.
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
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Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
She Saw Jan. 6 Coming.  Here's What Worries Her Now.  —  The founder of a private intelligence firm says far-right extremists are ramping up — before the election.  —  Rioters loyal to Donald Trump protest at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.  Rita Katz said the threats in the 2024 election season …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Nicole Narea / Vox:   2024 election violence is already happening
The Atlantic:
A Brief History of Trump's Violent Remarks  —  Here are 40 instances in which the former president incited or praised violence against his fellow citizens.  —  After the second attempt on his life, Donald Trump accused his political opponents of inspiring the attacks against him with their rhetoric.
Discussion: Raw Story and DNyuz
Kit Maher / CNN:
Vance suggests upper- and middle-class kids ‘become trans’ for college admissions, says Trump may earn ‘normal gay guy vote’  —  Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance suggested in an interview with podcast host Joe Rogan that aired Thursday that White upper- and middle-class children …
Discussion: New York Times
Simon Rosenberg / Hopium Chronicles:
5 Days Out I Would Much Rather Be Us Than Them - New 2024 Election Analysis and Video With Tom Bonier  —  Happy Thursday all. 5 days of hard work left until victory.  I ask two things of you today:  — Make sure you have voted.  Voting early helps our campaigns move …
Discussion: CBS News and The Hill
Politico:
Dems say they will certify a Trump victory — even the ones who think the 14th Amendment disqualifies him  —  If Trump wins at the polls, Democratic leaders are hoping to prevent Jan. 6 drama, despite past claims that he is constitutionally barred from office.
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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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