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8:10 AM ET, October 24, 2024

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Sewell Chan / Columbia Journalism Review:
Los Angeles Times editorials editor resigns after owner blocks presidential endorsement  —  Mariel Garza, the editorials editor of the Los Angeles Times, resigned on Wednesday after the newspaper's owner blocked the editorial board's plans to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for president.
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Jeff Bercovici / The San Francisco Standard:
L.A. Times opinion editor quits after billionaire owner kills endorsement  —  Mariel Garza, editorials editor at The Los Angeles Times, has resigned to protest the paper's decision to cancel a presidential endorsement at the behest of its owner.  —  The news comes a day after it was revealed …
Aaron Zitner / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Takes Narrow Lead Over Harris in Closing Weeks of Race  —  Voters remember Trump's presidency more fondly as negative views of Harris grow  —  Donald Trump has opened a narrow lead in the presidential race, as voters have adopted a more positive view of his agenda and past performance …
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Politico:
Playbook: How Harris ended up sounding like Biden  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  NEW POLLS OVERNIGHT — Arizona: Trump +1 per Marist. ...  Georgia: Harris and Trump tied, per Marist. ...  North Carolina: Trump +2, per Marist ... National: Trump +2, per WSJ.
Chris Megerian / Associated Press:
Four memorable moments from Kamala Harris' CNN town hall
Jennifer Van Laar / RedState:
The ‘Trump Is Hitler’ October Surprise Didn't Work, So Here's Kamala's Next Big Move
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Townhall
Erin Doherty / Axios:
Harris says she believes Trump is a fascist at CNN town hall
The Guardian:
Donald Trump groped me in what felt like a ‘twisted game’ with Jeffrey Epstein, former model alleges  —  Stacey Williams says the ex-president, whose spokesperson denied the allegations, touched her in an unwanted sexual way in 1993, after Epstein introduced them
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Sarah Longwell / The Bulwark:
The Sad, Pathetic Spectacle of John Kelly's Critics  —  WHEN GEN. JOHN KELLY WENT PUBLIC about Trump's praise for Hitler and his fears about a dictatorial second Trump term, he joined a growing list of former Trump officials ringing the alarm.  —  He also sparked what has become a pathetic …
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Irie Sentner / Politico:
DNC to run billboard bearing bombshell headline outside Trump rally
Discussion: The Hill and Fox News
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Trump shrugs off lifetime of scandals
Politico:
Former Trump official agrees with John Kelly: Trump ‘does not operate by the rule of law’
Hailey Branson-Potts / Los Angeles Times:
John Kelly says Trump is a ‘fascist’ who while in office repeatedly praised Hitler
Arizona Republic:
FBI finds hundreds of weapons at home of suspected shooter of Arizona Democratic Party office  —  Lauren De Young Richard RuelasArizona Republic  —  (This story was updated with new information.)  —  Federal agents on Wednesday morning hauled more than 100 firearms, including “machine guns …
Discussion: UPI, Mediaite and CBS News
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Melissa Nann Burke / The Detroit News:
GOP's Fred Upton backs Kamala Harris' presidential campaign  —  West Michigan Republican and former U.S. Rep. Fred Upton is endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris' 2024 bid for the White House, saying his party's nominee, former President Donald Trump, is divisive, unhinged and has “not changed his colors.”
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CNN:
McConnell says ‘MAGA movement is completely wrong’ and Reagan 'wouldn't recognize' Trump's GOP  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell delivered a scathing assessment of the modern Republican Party in an upcoming biography, saying the “MAGA movement is completely wrong” and that Ronald Reagan “wouldn't recognize” the party today.
Discussion: The Independent and Raw Story
Wes Davis / The Verge:
Guess who's suing the FTC to stop click to cancel … Three industry groups are suing to prevent the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from enforcing its new “Click to Cancel” rule that requires companies to make it easy to cancel subscriptions, according to Reuters.  And yes, it's exactly who you'd expect.
Erin Reed / Erin In The Morning:
Fact Check: New York Times Publishes Misleading Story On Puberty Blocker Study  —  Erin In The Morning is a reader-supported publication.  To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a subscriber.  —  Many studies have come out about transgender people in recent weeks.
Discussion: The Dispatch and Washington Times
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Azeen Ghorayshi / New York Times:
U.S. Study on Puberty Blockers Goes Unpublished Because of Politics, Doctor Says
Axios:
Top Democrat sounds alarm over Trump transition plan delay … - The Maryland Democrat said the Trump team's actions demonstrated “a spectacular disregard for the successful continuation of the essential institutions of American democratic government.”  — Two deadlines on agreements …
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Barton Gellman / Time:
Your Vote Is Safe  —  As Nov. 5 approaches, former president Donald Trump has left little room for doubt about his intentions.  He will almost certainly declare victory on election night, as the votes are still being counted.  He may turn out to be right.  But if Vice President Kamala Harris wins …
Discussion: Daily Mail and PolitiFact
CNN:
Justice Department warns Elon Musk that his $1 million giveaway to registered voters may be illegal  —  The Justice Department warned Elon Musk's America PAC in recent days that his $1 million sweepstakes to registered voters in swing states may violate federal law, people briefed on the matter told CNN.
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Steven Greenhouse / Slate:
What's Preventing Harris From Crushing Trump Is Shockingly Simple  —  As Elon Musk's rabid pro-Trump mania makes clear, billionaires are wielding their financial might in this year's presidential election far more than in any previous campaign—and far more openly, too.
Mark Olalde / ProPublica:
“Not Medically Necessary”: Inside the Company Helping America's Biggest Health Insurers Deny Coverage for Care  —  by T. Christian Miller, ProPublica; Patrick Rucker, The Capitol Forum; and David Armstrong, ProPublica  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.
David Charter / The Times:
Quarter of Americans fear civil war after election, Times poll shows  —  A YouGov survey less than two weeks from 2024 election day reveals voters' unease over violence  —  More than a quarter of Americans believe that civil war could break out after this year's presidential election, according to polling for The Times.
Discussion: Daily Mail
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Republican legislators in North Carolina demand investigation of judge for mentioning reproductive rights  —  Three Republican state senators in North Carolina have demanded an investigation of state Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs.  The state senators, Buck Newton (R), Amy Galey (R) …
Discussion: Daily Press
Public Notice:
Molly Jong-Fast on why living in a blue state won't save you  —  “If we are the ‘enemy within,’ that means we go to the camps too.”  —  ∙ Paid … 🚨 Subscribe to Public Notice 🚨  —  Donald Trump often asks prospective voters, “What do you have to lose?”
Wall Street Journal:
Inside Trump World's Prep for a Second Term  —  The former president's team is avoiding anyone with ties to Project 2025  —  WASHINGTON—As Donald Trump's allies began staffing up the transition team that will lay the groundwork for his potential second term, they drew a line in the sand.
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
 
 
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Julie Bosman / New York Times:
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Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
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Discussion: The Verge
Raw Story:
Big corporations used Trump tax cuts to pump $839B into buybacks and dividends: report
Discussion: Arizona Mirror
Catherine Belton / Washington Post:
American creating deepfakes targeting Harris works with Russian intel, documents show
Politico:
Judge's ultimatum forces deal to shelve subpoena fight in House GOP probe of Hunter Biden
Discussion: Raw Story and Roll Call
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Wrong-way driver passes Harris motorcade on Milwaukee highway
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The Global Surveillance Free-for-All in Mobile Ad Data
Discussion: The Verge and 404 Media
 

 
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Bloomberg:
The DOJ's proposal would require Google to divest from AI partnerships, like with Anthropic, and ban Google from offering exclusive deals to content providers

Guthrie Scrimgeour / Wired:
Hawaii's The Garden Island stops using AI-generated newscasters on YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram after two months, likely due to the negative public response

Evan Drellich / New York Times:
The MLB is planning national packages for streaming companies to bid on in 2028, when its national TV deals with ESPN, Fox, and Turner expire

 
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