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Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Trump Boasts ‘Every Rally Is Full’ as Camera Immediately Pans to Empty Seats, People Leaving — The former president falsely claimed his rallies “do not have any seats that are empty” — A savvy camera operator fact checked Donald Trump live. — During his rally in Greensboro …
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Associated Press:
Trump talks about reporters being shot and says he shouldn't have left White House after 2020 loss — Donald Trump gave a profane and conspiracy-laden speech two days before the presidential election, talking about reporters being shot and suggesting he “shouldn't have left” the White House after his 2020 loss to Democrat Joe Biden.
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New York Times:
Trump Tells Supporters He 'Shouldn't Have Left' the White House — Donald J. Trump, who sought to overturn his loss of the 2020 election, also joked that he didn't mind if reporters were shot. — Former President Donald J. Trump told supporters on Sunday that he “shouldn't have left” …
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Washington Post:
Trump says he doesn't mind someone shooting at journalists at rally — Trump's latest comments were an escalation of violent language he and his supporters have used in recent days. — Trump says he 'doesn't mind much' if press is shot at — LITITZ, Pa. — Donald Trump told a crowd …
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ABC News, The Atlantic, The Independent and New York Times
emptywheel:
Male Pollsters Shocked — Shocked!! — When a Woman Pollster Discovers Women Voters — On Friday, Nate Silver tweeted and substacked a piece declaring that there must be herding going on in the casino. — His substack analysis didn't acknowledge, however, that this herding was going on in his casino.
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Business Insider:
Kamala Harris' new lead in top Iowa poll could bode well for her in some key swing states — A new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa poll shows Harris leading Trump by 3 points in the state. — It's a significant shift in a conservative-leaning state that Trump won by eight points in 2020.
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Final NBC News poll: Harris-Trump race is neck and neck, with significant gender gap — Abortion and rising Democratic enthusiasm boost Harris, while the economy and the cost of living lift Trump ahead of an uncertain election. — The final national NBC News poll of the 2024 presidential campaign finds …
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USA Today, Fox News, Mother Jones and Forbes
Politico:
British ‘mega poll’ leans toward Harris victory — Election pollsters may be ‘herding’ and giving the impression Trump is stronger than he really is, Focaldata research suggests. — The British are a-coming. This time, they're wielding a new polling technique with a huge survey sample …
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Raw Story and The Times of Israel
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Some Surprises in Last Battleground Polls, but Still a Deadlock
Some Surprises in Last Battleground Polls, but Still a Deadlock
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Axios, New York Post, Fortune, Semafor, Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller and Bloomberg
Michael Lee / Fox News:
Major pollster drops final battleground poll numbers
Major pollster drops final battleground poll numbers
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New York Times:
Harris and Trump Battle to the Wire in Swing States, Times/Siena Polls Find
Harris and Trump Battle to the Wire in Swing States, Times/Siena Polls Find
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Luke Garrett / NPR:
Trump and Harris crisscross campaign trail days out from Election Day
Trump and Harris crisscross campaign trail days out from Election Day
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Washington Examiner
Jake Lahut / Wired:
Canvassers for Elon Musk's America PAC Were Fired and Stranded in Michigan After Speaking Out — A dozen Black canvassers were tricked, threatened, and driven in seatless U-Haul vans. They were fired after WIRED reported on their plight—some without full pay or a way back home.
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Rolling Stone
A.R. Moxon / The Reframe:
Apology Not Accepted — I woke up yesterday morning to learn that Don Trump—the famed rapist, convicted felon, and white christian presidential candidate—had mimed performing a blowjob on his microphone stand to the clear delight of his crowd. — There's a famous Christian thinker named Jesus H. Christ …
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Trump says ‘Fox News is not our friend,’ claims it's airing ‘Democrat ads’ — Former President Trump on Sunday took aim at Fox News for airing what the GOP presidential nominee sees as too much coverage devoted to the Democrats, just a few days before the election.
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Stefanik on gender voting gap: 'Trump's campaign has strong, intelligent women'
Stefanik on gender voting gap: 'Trump's campaign has strong, intelligent women'
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Washington Examiner, Fox News, The 19th and NewsNation
A.B. Stoddard / The Bulwark:
Trump Thinks America Wants His Perversions
Liz Goodwin / Washington Post:
GOP candidate Tim Sheehy says medical records don't exist for gunshot wound — In May, the candidate said it was “insulting and ridiculous” that he would be asked to provide them. — Tim Sheehy, the Montana Republican nominee for Senate, said in an interview with former Fox News host Megyn Kelly …
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Stephen Neukam / Axios:
Megyn Kelly presses Sheehy on bullet wound story: “So confusing”
Megyn Kelly presses Sheehy on bullet wound story: “So confusing”
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Daily Montanan, The Independent, HuffPost, The Hill and Raw Story
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Ann Selzer: How Could This Be? — Few states are as red as Iowa, and yet the legendary Iowa pollster Ann Selzer found that Kamala has leapfrogged over Trump to take the lead there. The turnaround is due to women—particularly women 65 and older, who previously tilted toward Trump, but now favor Kamala 63% to 28%.
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Des Moines Register and USA Today
NBC News:
Trump doesn't rule out banning vaccines if he becomes president: 'I'll make a decision' — In an interview with NBC News, the former president also said that a push by RFK Jr. to remove fluoride in water “sounds OK to me.” — Former President Donald Trump said that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would have a …
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HuffPost, Forbes and The Gateway Pundit
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
FCC commissioner claims Harris on ‘SNL’ violates ‘equal time’ rule — A Federal Communications Commission (FCC) commissioner has claimed that Vice President Harris's recent appearance on “Saturday Night Live” violates the “equal time” rule. — “This is a clear and blatant effort to evade …
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William Earl / Variety:
Kamala Harris Mocks Donald Trump on ‘SNL’ Appearance, Urges Americans to ‘Keep Kamala and Carry On-A-La’
Kamala Harris Mocks Donald Trump on ‘SNL’ Appearance, Urges Americans to ‘Keep Kamala and Carry On-A-La’
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Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Cruz on McConnell's replacement: I want a ‘leader who changes how the Senate operates’ — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said he hopes whoever replaces Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) atop the Senate GOP is someone who will change “how the Senate operates.”
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
2024's biggest gaffe? GOP telling the truth about what it will do to America. — The most wildly misunderstood yet commonly used word in American politics is “gaffe.” The dictionary defines it as “an unintentional act or remark causing embarrassment to its originator; a blunder” — and that's not wrong.
Andrew Howard / Politico:
GOP election officials push back on Trump allegations of ‘election interference’ in Georgia — Republican election officials in Georgia are pushing back against claims from Donald Trump and his allies of “election interference” in the state, as the former president looks to undermine faith in the electoral system.
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