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4:05 PM ET, October 11, 2024

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New York Times:
Musk Is Going All In to Elect Trump  —  Elon Musk is planting himself in Pennsylvania, has brought his brain trust to help and may even knock on doors himself.  —  In the final weeks of the presidential campaign, the richest man in the world has involved himself in the U.S. election in a manner unparalleled in modern history.
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
The One Thing Obama Got Wrong  —  Hey, you!  Yeah, I'm talking to you, you resident of Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Detroit, or these cities' environs!  —  We're coming your way next week—come hang out with us!  And in the meantime: Happy Friday.  —  What Obama Said  —  by Bill Kristol
Discussion: The Root, Raw Story and HuffPost
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
What It Looks Like When One Side Rejects Democracy  —  A lot of things happened.  Here are some of the things.  This is TPM's Morning Memo.  Sign up for the email version.  —  When Democracy Itself Is On the Ballot, We've Already Lost  —  The last few weeks have been a particularly strange stretch …
April Rubin / Axios:
Musk's “unparalleled” efforts to put Trump back in the White House
Discussion: CNN
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Vance suggests the left stole 2020 ... by doing what his own campaign did
Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:
Trump's top general calls ex-president ‘fascist to the core’ and ‘most dangerous person to this country,’ new book says  —  Your support helps us to tell the story  —  This election is still a dead heat, according to most polls.  In a fight with such wafer-thin margins …
Discussion: Alternet.org
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Mark Milley fears being court-martialed if Trump wins, Woodward book says
Discussion: Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Donald Trump Is Both Candidate And Insider Threat
Discussion: CNN and Wisconsin Examiner
Washington Post:
Trump requests military aircraft and vehicles amid Iran threat  —  There is no evidence tying Iran to either of the recent assassination attempts, but the FBI has not ruled out the possibility.  —  Donald Trump's campaign requested military aircraft for Trump to fly in during the final weeks …
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NBC News:
Trump won't golf until after the election  —  Security concerns have kept Trump off the golf course since the apparent assassination attempt last month.  —  Donald Trump has not golfed since an apparent assassination attempt near one of the former president's golf courses on Sept. 15 …
Sophia Cai / Axios:   Scoop: Trump campaign gets a new communications chief
Washington Post:
Eight years ago, Trump vowed to ‘drain the swamp.’ Now he swims in it.
Discussion: Raw Story and OpenSecrets.org
New York Times:   Trump Aides Sought Enhanced Security for Closing Stages of Campaign
Aaron Zitner / Wall Street Journal:
Battle for Swing States Is Tied, Trump Has Edge on Top Issues, WSJ Poll Shows  —  Voters prefer the Republican on economy and border security, but Harris still has a path to Electoral College win  —  WASHINGTON—Voters in the nation's seven battleground states see Donald Trump as better equipped …
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Whitmer, Shapiro, Evers to launch battleground bus tour promoting Harris
Discussion: USA Today and Michigan Advance
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
Damning Video Shows Roger Stone Is Plotting a Coup for November  —  A nine-minute, unedited, undercover interview with Roger Stone revealed some of the MAGA ally's more disturbing goals for a second Trump administration.  —  The covert recording of a discussion between Stone …
Discussion: Alternet.org
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Alice Herman / The Guardian:
Roger Stone calls for ‘armed guards’ at polling spots in leaked video
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Roger Stone Suggests Using ‘Armed Guards’ During Election in Secret Video
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Trump ghostwriter ‘deeply unsettled’ by evidence of ex-president's ‘psychopathy’  —  Donald Trump's ghostwriter for his myth-making memoir “The Art of the Deal” explained how the new film “The Apprentice” reveals how the former president's childhood trauma warped him into a “psychopath” …
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Tony Schwartz / New York Times:
What ‘The Apprentice’ Gets Exactly Right About Trump
Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic:
I'm Running Out of Ways to Explain How Bad This Is … The truth is, it's getting harder to describe the extent to which a meaningful percentage of Americans have dissociated from reality.  As Hurricane Milton churned across the Gulf of Mexico last night, I saw an onslaught …
NBC News:
Cities seek more than $750K in unpaid bills for Trump campaign events since 2016  —  At least four cities and a county are still waiting to be reimbursed for costs associated with local law enforcement and first responders during Trump's visits.  —  Former President Donald Trump held …
Joanne Haner / The Hill:
Michigan newspaper issues correction after Trump claims he won man of year award  —  A Michigan newspaper issued a correction after former President Trump cited the paper at a speech in Detroit, claiming he was Michigan's “Man of the Year” in 2023.  —  The former president pulled out a printout …
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Democrats to swing states: A vote for Jill Stein is a vote for Trump  —  Democrats are arguing in a new pitch to swing-state voters that a vote for Green Party nominee Jill Stein would only help elect former President Trump.  —  An ad released Thursday says that Stein was “key” …
Oliver Milman / The Guardian:
'It's mindblowing': US meteorologists face death threats as hurricane conspiracies surge  —  Storms Helene and Milton have triggered rise of misinformation stoked by Trump and fellow Republicans  —  Meteorologists tracking the advance of Hurricane Milton have been targeted by a deluge …
Kylee Griswold / The Federalist:
Kamala Harris Is Too Stupid To Be President  —  Democrats have fallen in line behind geriatric and mentally impaired candidates before.  They'll gladly fall in line behind a stupid one now.  —  Univision hosted a “Latinos Ask” town hall with Kamala Harris on Thursday night …
Wall Street Journal:
JPMorgan Calls It: The U.S. Economy Has Made a Soft Landing  —  Bank reports better-than-expected results and raises its guidance for full-year net interest income  —  JPMorgan Chase on Friday said the U.S. economy remains strong for both consumers and big companies, a sign that the Federal Reserve …
Discussion: Associated Press and Fox Business
Caroline Kitchener / Washington Post:
Texas man abandons suit against women he claimed helped ex-wife get abortion  —  The first-of-its-kind case, decried by abortion rights advocates as an attempt to deter the use of abortion pills, was dropped after a judge refused to compel the women to provide additional information.
Discussion: Houston Public Media and The 19th
Alexander B. Howard / CIVIC TEXTS:
If you're filing your taxes on the Internet, Uncle Sam needs to know you're not a dog  —  As always, thank you for subscribing and amplifying Civic Texts, which will not be sustainable without you.  Many thanks to everyone who has supported my work, particularly folks who have subscribed to memberships since our soft launch in April.
Discussion: The Register and GovExec.com
Punchbowl News:
The world according to Mike Johnson … That's longer than Kevin McCarthy lasted in the role.  —  And with 25 days until Election Day, we wanted to catch up with Johnson to discuss his views on the speakership, the upcoming lame-duck session and what 2025 will look like if Republicans keep control of the House.
Renée DiResta / The Atlantic:
Rumors on X Are Becoming the Right's New Reality  —  The site formerly known as Twitter has become the center of a fantastical political culture.  —  A curious set of claims has recently emerged from the right-wing corners of the social-media platform X: FEMA is systematically abandoning …
Discussion: Defense One
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Officials Race to Understand Severity of China's Salt Typhoon Hacks  —  In letters to AT&T, Verizon and Lumen, lawmakers ask about proposed measures the companies will take to protect U.S. wiretap systems  —  WASHINGTON—U.S. officials are racing to understand the full scope …
ProPublica:
In Texas' Third-Largest County, the Far Right's Vision for Local Governing Has Come to Life  —  From cutting social services to changing election rules, Tarrant County Judge Tim O'Hare has pushed his agenda with an uncompromising approach.  His term offers a rare look at what happens …
Discussion: Houston Public Media
NBC News:
Jon Tester pushes for ticket-splitters in a Montana Senate race that appears to be slipping away  —  Trump voters look set to decide the Senate majority.  The main fight in Montana is all about how many of them longtime Democratic Sen. Jon Tester can entice to split their tickets.
 
 
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Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Catholic League blasts Whitmer for mocking Eucharist
Pew Research Center:
1. The Harris-Trump matchup
Discussion: Washington Post, Axios and Reason
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
James Carville on Aging, Edibles and His Anxieties About Harris
Discussion: RedState
Janna Brancolini / The Daily Beast:
Harris Town Hall Moderator Debunks Crazy New Teleprompter Claim
Wall Street Journal:
When the Hurricane-Relief Worker Turns Out To Be a Neo-Nazi
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
 Earlier Items: 
Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
'He's Not Well': Trump's Bizarre Off-Topic Ramble Raises Alarm Over ‘Mental Capacity’
Fritz Farrow / ABC News:
Harris campaign launches ‘Souls to the Polls’ effort to turn out Black churchgoers as Election Day approaches
Davidrlurie / Public Notice:
Harris and Walz are winning the economic policy argument
Discussion: ABC News and Townhall
Axios:
Behind the Curtain: The Republican welfare state
NOTUS:
Trump's 2020 Fake Electors Are Now 2024 Electors — And State Officials Too
Discussion: New Republic
Yasmeen Abutaleb / Washington Post:
Obama admonishes Black men for hesitancy in supporting Harris
 

 
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Liam Scott / Voice of America:
RSF says 23 journalists were jailed in Syria and 10 others were missing as of December 9; press freedom groups call for accountability for Assad's government

Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
The WGA demands studios take “immediate legal action” against companies that used writers' work to train AI, in a letter to CEOs of Disney, Netflix, and others

Pew Research Center:
A survey of US teens aged 13 to 17 shows 73% use YouTube daily, 57% TikTok, 50% Instagram, and 20% Facebook; 17% use X daily, down from 23% in 2022

 
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