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CNN:
‘That son of a bitch’: New Woodward book reveals candid behind-the-scenes conversations of Biden, Trump, Harris and Putin  —  Editor's Note: The story below contains explicit language  —  In his new book, legendary journalist Bob Woodward offers a remarkable look behind the scenes …
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Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Trump secretly sent covid tests to Putin during 2020 shortage, new book says  —  “War,” by Bob Woodward, traces how Trump and Biden responded to international crisis and concludes that Trump is worse than Nixon, the president exiled by the Watergate scandal.
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Book Revives Questions About Trump's Ties to Putin  —  The journalist Bob Woodward cited an unnamed aide saying that Donald J. Trump had spoken to Vladimir V. Putin as many as seven times since leaving office.  Multiple sources say they cannot confirm that report.
Paige Oamek / New Republic:
Trump Lashes Out After Damning Report on His Close Ties to Putin  —  Donald Trump's campaign team is lashing out against a journalist following news that the former president secretly kept in touch with Russian President Vladimir Putin after leaving the Oval Office.
emptywheel:
As Russia Overtly Helps Trump Get Elected, Trump Continues to Check in with Vladimir Putin  —  According to CNN, Bob Woodward's latest book reveals that Trump has spoken to Vladimir Putin as many as seven times since leaving the Presidency. … According to WaPo's version of the Woodward story …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:   Eleven years later, Trump may finally have the best friend he wanted
James Bickerton / Newsweek:
Kamala Harris' Support Among Republicans Almost Doubles: NYT-Siena Poll  —  in November has nearly doubled over the past month according to a major new survey from  —  .  —  It found nine percent of likely voters who describe themselves as  —  plan to back the Democratic candidate in November …
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Politico:
Elon Musk is piling onto all the hurricane disinformation, hampering relief efforts  —  The billionaire is using the power of his social media platform to spread falsehoods that officials say are hampering recovery efforts.  —  Elon Musk is using his social media network …
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Jessica Taylor / Cook Political Report:
Wisconsin Senate Shifts From Lean Democrat To Toss Up  —  With less than a month until Election Day, many of the Senate battlegrounds have begun to tighten.  Our Swing State Project surveys last week showed Wisconsin to be the closest Senate race of the five battlegrounds polled …
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New York Times:
Poll Finds Harris Rising as She Challenges Trump on Change
Bill Whitaker / CBS News:
Kamala Harris makes the case in 60 Minutes interview for why she should be president
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Harris is borrowing from ‘Republican playbook’ as she leads Trump in new national poll
Wall Street Journal:
Kamala Harris Struggling to Break Through With Working Class, Democrats Fear
Discussion: Power Line and BizPac Review
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Elon Musk Is Now Seizing Other People's Twitter Accounts To Promote Donald Trump  —  How quickly do you think we'd be having Congressional hearings about “election interference” if Mark Zuckerberg so much as posted a “Harris/Walz” lawn sign in front of his house?
Oliver Darcy / Status:
Cesar's Conspicuous Call  —  Questions are mounting over why NBCU has opted to shelve the well-reviewed documentary from an Oscar-winning filmmaker until after the election.  —  NBCU News Group boss Cesar Conde is — yet again — facing questions about an eyebrow-raising editorial decision that was made within his palace's walls.
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Kathleen Culliton / Raw Story:   MSNBC delays documentary over fears it could ‘offend Donald Trump’: report
Ross A. Lincoln / The Wrap:
NBC Set Post-Election MSNBC Premiere of Errol Morris Doc ‘Separated’ to Avoid Offending Trump | Report
Discussion: Vanity Fair
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse:
Whitehouse Unveils Report Examining Failures of Supplemental Background Investigation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh  —  New report details how the Trump White House restricted FBI investigators and lied to the American people about the investigation and tip line.
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Beth Reinhard / Washington Post:
FBI probe of Kavanaugh constrained by Trump White House, report finds
Axios:
Scoop: Senate Democrats go to war over GOP ad spending loophole … - The FEC will decide this week if one GOP strategy can keep going, with a vote expected Thursday.  — People who closely follow the commission tell Axios the expectation is for the vote to split along party lines …
Discussion: HuffPost
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
‘Eternally sorry’: Journalist confesses his biggest error in covering ‘buffoon’ Trump  —  Former President Donald Trump's behavior has been enabled by a mainstream press that “never took him seriously,” Lucian Truscott wrote for Salon on Tuesday in a damning indictment of the media's enabling …
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Lucian K. Truscott IV / Salon:   The problem with reporting on Donald Trump is the press never took him seriously
Christopher Steele / Newsweek:
I'm Behind the Trump-Russia Dossier.  We Gave the FBI More Than People Know  —  My wife Katherine called me up to the bedroom and told me that BuzzFeed had published our memos: The so-called “dossier” on  —  .  —  It was the night of January 10, 2017.  The publication of the news story …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
FBI arrests Afghan man who officials say planned Election Day attack in the US  —  The FBI has arrested an Afghan man who officials say was inspired by the Islamic State militant organization and was plotting an Election Day attack targeting large crowds in the U.S., the Justice Department said Tuesday.
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
The latest union snub for Harris and Walz underscores a bigger problem for their campaign  —  Even with a union member on the presidential ticket, Democrats are struggling to hold back a changing cultural tide.  —  It was a viral moment for a campaign that needed one: A chorus …
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
What Will Happen If Trump Wins the 2024 Election?  —  And why it matters in 2024. … Former President Donald Trump has threatened a campaign of retribution if he returns to the White House, signaling that he will seek to prosecute rivals and enemies while stocking a second administration with loyalists who will carry out his wishes.
Joe Perticone / The Bulwark:
The Cataclysmic Post-Election Scenario No One's Bracing For  —  At the start of the 118th Congress in January 2023, I sat in the press gallery of the House chamber and watched Republicans fail to elect a speaker, as Kevin McCarthy didn't have the votes.  What is traditionally accomplished …
Discussion: Associated Press
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
DeSantis Threatening Jail Time for Running Abortion Rights Ads in Florida  —  Florida has become the state where elements of a future, second-Trump-presidency America already come into view.  We're seeing some of these things happening right now in Florida.  The example I'm about to share with you legitimately shocked me.
Matt Arco / New Jersey Online:
Daughters to dads who support Trump: ‘You chose him over me’  —  The anti-Donald Trump group, The Lincoln Project, is out with a new digital ad that's focused on abortion and access to reproductive health care.  —  The ad comes as the former president has been trying to thread a divide between …
Discussion: Raw Story and Florida Politics
Joan Biskupic / CNN:
John Roberts remains confounded by Donald Trump as election approaches  —  From the moment he was confirmed in 2005, Chief Justice John Roberts made it his mission to differentiate the Supreme Court from the political branches.  Yet, the court is ensnared in politics perhaps more than ever - and by the chief's own hand.
Discussion: Alternet.org and Above the Law
Tatyana Tandanpolie / Salon:
Expert: Analysis shows Trump tax plan “taking money” from bottom 95% and “giving it” to richest 5%  —  “This is an enormously redistributive tax plan from low- and middle-income families to the wealthiest Americans”  —  Former President Donald Trump's proposed tax plan would create tax cuts …
Discussion: ITEP
Azeen Ghorayshi / New York Times:
3% of American High Schoolers Identify as Transgender, First National Survey Finds  —  A survey by the C.D.C. found high rates of sadness, bullying and suicide attempts among transgender and gender-questioning teenagers.  —  About 3.3 percent of high school students identify as transgender …
 
 
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