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Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register:
Iowa Poll: Kamala Harris leapfrogs Donald Trump to take lead near Election Day. Here's how — The nationally recognized Iowa Poll shows Kamala Harris picking up support from women to surpass Donald Trump in a ruby-red state he has won twice … Kamala Harris now leads Donald Trump in Iowa …
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Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Trump ahead of Harris in Iowa in new Emerson College poll — Former President Trump is ahead of Vice President Harris by 10 points in Iowa, according to a new poll released on Saturday. — The new survey, from Emerson College Polling/RealClearDefense, found the Republican nominee leading by 10 points …
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Emell Derra Adolphus / The Daily Beast:
Trump Losing Sleep Over Polling Numbers Days Before Election — SLEEPLESS IN MAR-A-LAGO — The GOP nominee is growing obsessive in the last mad dash to Election Day. — Donald Trump is reportedly losing sleep, battling anxiety, and obsessing over his polling numbers as the GOP nominee hopes …
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Shawn Tully / Fortune:
October surprise: Trump just blew a huge lead, and the Madison Square Garden rally started the drop, says top data scientist — Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden in New York on Oct. 27. — Donald Trump is suffering an historic descent in the campaign's final days …
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Sidney Blumenthal / The Guardian:
Donald Trump's freakshow continues unabated — Trump insists on posing as the salient question of the election: are you crazier today than you were four years ago? — Donald Trump's threat to execute Liz Cheney, “with a rifle standing there with nine barrels shooting at her”, is the apogee so far of his Hitlerian rhetoric.
Tim Alberta / The Atlantic:
Inside the Ruthless, Restless Final Days of Trump's Campaign
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Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Trump is using election lies to lay the groundwork for challenging 2024 results if he loses
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
November 1, 2024 — Trump's comments to right-wing media figure Tucker Carlson last night …
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Hugh Dougherty / The Daily Beast:
Listen To The Jeffrey Epstein Tapes: 'I Was Donald Trump's Closest Friend' — THE PREDATOR AND THE PRESIDENT — Explosive tapes recorded by author Michael Wolff show Epstein claiming Trump liked to “f—” his friends' wives and first slept with Melania on the Lolita Express. — EXCLUSIVE
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Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Trump Needs Help — Last night he simulated oral sex in public. — I do not know how to put this gently or tastefully, so I will factually describe what happened last night in Milwaukee: A former president of the United States held a rally, during which he used a microphone holder …
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Mathew Murphy / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Weirdly Simulates Sex Act on Microphone Stand — NUT JOB — The former president had a meltdown at a rally in Milwaukee Friday night over a faulty mic, which culminated in him simulating fellatio. — Donald Trump had a full meltdown during his rally in Milwaukee on Friday night …
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New York Times:
Harris Will Make Surprise Appearance on ‘Saturday Night Live’ — After a campaign rally in Charlotte, N.C., she was heading north to New York, where she was expected to appear on the late-night sketch comedy show. — Vice President Kamala Harris will make a surprise appearance on …
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Associated Press:
Harris appears on ‘Saturday Night Live’ as mirror image of Maya Rudolph with election looming — Vice President Kamala Harris made a surprise appearance on “Saturday Night Live” in the final days before the election, playing herself as the mirror-image double of Maya Rudolph's version of her.
Eric Hegedus / New York Post:
Kamala Harris to make surprise appearance on ‘Saturday Night Live’
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Natalie Allison / Politico:
'We can't take a chance': Trump barnstorms North Carolina in the final stretch — “If one state could bite us in the ass, it's North Carolina,” said a Trump campaign official. — GREENSBORO, North Carolina — Nowhere is Trump spending more time in his final three days on the campaign trail …
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Associated Press:
Trump will rally backers every day until the election in North Carolina, a swing state he won twice
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Irie Sentner / Politico:
Trump reiterates his remarks on protecting women, ramps up attacks on Harris
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Jason Beeferman / Politico:
Early voting numbers are in — ADAMS' TRIAL DATE: A Manhattan judge has set Mayor Eric Adams' federal trial to start on April 21, 2025, just two months before the Democratic primary where the mayor plans to stand for reelection. — “I do think it's important for the public to have an answer …
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New York Times:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Says Trump Will Seek to Remove Fluoride From Drinking Water — Donald J. Trump has said he would give Mr. Kennedy, a former rival who has long promoted unproven medical theories, a prominent health role if he wins. — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Saturday that among …
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ProPublica:
Trump Media Outsourced Jobs to Mexico Even as Trump Pushes “America First” — On the campaign trail, Donald Trump threatened businesses that send jobs south of the border, while his own company that runs the Truth Social platform outsourced coding jobs to workers in Mexico, outraging some staff members.
Molly White / Citation Needed:
Issue 69 - Nice — Coinbase threatens me that continuing to report on their activities would be “.... unwise”. Also, election spending hits a fever pitch, with several new crypto PACs coming out of the woodwork. — 1× — My previous issue about facing legal threats …
Angela Barbuti / New York Post:
P'nut the Squirrel's grieving owner says he was treated like a ‘terrorist’ in 5-hour raid by NY state — This is nuts. — An upstate man whose beloved squirrel was cruelly killed by the state said he was treated like a “terrorist” when 10 government agents descended on his home during a five-hour raid.
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Teri Kanefield:
Why I am Setting out on a Journey and Inviting You Along — I'm back from my 4-month blogging sabbatical. Today I plan to talk about what's wrong with our politics and why so many people are tuning it out. Also a new piece by political psychologist Karen Stenner, some lessons from the past five years …
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Mike Johnson adds to Democrats' 11th hour arsenal … - “This is really deadly for them in the Midwest. … - The lawmaker added that there is “chatter among colleagues already” about incorporating the episode into their closing message and using it to argue “how little they care about ... older industrial cities.”
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Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing / Politico:
Harris pushes economy as Trump's advantage shrinks
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Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
New York Times editorial board urges voters to choose Harris — The New York Times editorial board published an opinion piece on Saturday urging people not to vote for former President Trump. — “You already know Donald Trump. He is unfit to lead. Watch him.
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Erin Doherty / Axios:
Harris' final campaign ad focuses on unity: “Neighbors, not enemies” … The main theme of the ad is unity. In it, Harris vows to be a “president for all Americans” and describes Americans as “neighbors, not enemies” as she seeks to contrast her vision for the nation with former President Trump's.
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