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10:35 PM ET, October 12, 2024

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Kevin Manahan / New Jersey Online:
Harris vs. Trump analyst tells panicky Dems: GOP is creating fake polls |  ‘Desperate, unhinged, Trumpian’  —  As polls seem to indicate that former president Donald Trump has momentum in some swing states with 24 days remaining until the Nov. 5 presidential election, Democratic strategist Simon Rosenberg says: Don't buy it.
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NBC News:
Harris weighing where to put more distance between her and Biden  —  Trump has been criticizing her for an answer to a question in which she initially declined to say anything she would have done different the past four years.  —  WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris' team …
Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:   Why Trump is Avoiding the Media (and Voters)
Ariana Baio / The Independent:
Trump, after mocking Harris over teleprompter use, stops rally to remove sign that fell on his
Associated Press:
Harris' doctor reports she's in ‘excellent health.’ Her campaign wants to draw a contrast with Trump
Washington Post:
Harris and Trump take divergent paths in a tied race
Discussion: Raw Story
Sam Levine / The Guardian:
Far-right website admits there was no fraud at 2020 vote count in Atlanta  —  Gateway Pundit settled defamation lawsuit brought by election workers it had falsely accused of wrongdoing  —  The far-right website the Gateway Pundit acknowledged for the first time on Saturday …
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Note from the Editor: Legal Update  —  Georgia officials concluded that there was no widespread voter fraud by election workers who counted ballots at the State Farm Arena in November 2020.  The results of this investigation indicate that Ruby Freeman and Wandrea ‘Shaye’ Moss did not engage …
Maegan Vazquez / Washington Post:
Right-wing site Gateway Pundit acknowledges inquiry cleared two Georgia election workers  —  The statement comes a few days after Gateway Pundit reached a settlement in a defamation case filed by two Georgia election workers.  —  The Gateway Pundit, a far-right website …
Mary L. Trump / The Good in Us:
Donald's New Owner  —  [Substack was down for a while and is still a little glitchy.  I hope this reaches you.]  —  Donald Trump has always been for sale.  It used to be shocking how many people were willing to prop him up in the hopes of profiting off his increasingly seamy ventures.
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Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Is Ron DeSantis secretly preparing an effort to block Florida's abortion measure?  —  Late Friday, the Florida Department of State's office released a report alleging fraud relating to petition circulation and collection for the abortion rights measure that will be Amendment 4 on this fall's ballot in the state.
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Griffin Eckstein / Salon:
“Threatening to cancel votes”: Florida officials allege fraud to kneecap abortion rights amendment  —  The last-minute report threatens to “cancel” votes for an amendment to restore abortion rights in the state  —  In a last-minute effort to kill a proposed ballot amendment …
Discussion: Florida Politics and NBC News
Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
New York Times polls are betting on a political realignment  —  Should you buy it?  —  ∙ Paid  —  The past quarter-century of American politics has been dominated by two major trends.  One is simply increasing political polarization: red states have perpetually become redder, and blue states bluer.
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
A Mystery Repeats: Harris Up 4 in Pennsylvania, and Trump Up 6 in Arizona
New York Times:
Black Voters Drift From Democrats, Imperiling Harris's Bid, Poll Shows
David Jackson / USA Today:
Trump is in a better polling spot now than he was against Clinton or Biden
Myah Ward / Politico:
We watched 20 Trump rallies.  His racist, anti-immigrant messaging is getting darker.  —  A POLITICO analysis of more than 20 of his rallies and campaign events shows Trump has demonized minority groups in all of them.  —  Donald Trump vowed to “rescue” the Denver suburb of Aurora, Colorado …
Washington Post:
Trump-aligned group believed to have been attacked by Chinese hackers  —  Among the materials taken from the America First Policy Institute were recommendations for jobs in a second term and policy proposals.  —  A political organization helping prepare for the potential presidential transition …
Discussion: ABC News, New York Times and Reason
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Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
America First Policy Institute, a group advising Trump, says its systems were breached  —  A group helping to lay the groundwork for a future Donald Trump administration said its computer systems were breached, marking the second known instance that people supporting the former president have been the target of a cyberattack.
Lulu Garcia-Navarro / New York Times:
A Conversation With JD Vance  —  Philip Montgomery for The New York Times  —  From the moment JD Vance came onto the national stage, he was inextricably linked to Donald Trump.  As the author of the best-selling book “Hillbilly Elegy,” Vance was initially the Trump whisperer …
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David McAfee / Raw Story:
‘As serious as it gets’: Trump ally stuns with ‘petrifying’ answer about executing enemies  —  Former Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn, the controversial figure Donald Trump named to be his White House national security adviser, stunned observers with his answer to a question about potentially executing political enemies.
Harry Lambert / The Daily Beast:
The Other Hidden Secret in Olivia Nuzzi And RFK Jr.'s Affair  —  TROUBLED DYNASTIES  —  The D.C. golden couple of Olivia Nuzzi and Ryan Lizza was torn apart by her FaceTime affair with RFK Jr. But she was not the only one with a secret, the Daily Beast reveals.
Sebastian Murdock / HuffPost:
Trump Called Harris ‘Retarded,’ Railed Against Jews Supporting Her: Report  —  Donald Trump is said to have used the slur at a Trump Tower dinner, where he also suggested that donors need to provide more help to his campaign.  —  LOADING  —  Former President Donald Trump called Vice …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Where Is the Fierce Urgency of Beating Trump?  —  Barack Obama got blunt in Pittsburgh on Thursday.  He chided Black men who are not supporting Kamala Harris, saying that some of “the brothers” were just not “feeling the idea of having a woman as president.”
Discussion: Raw Story and Althouse
Henry Olsen / New York Post:
Early voting is down significantly compared to 2020 — and the data hold bad news for Democrats  —  The dramatic rise in early voting has led many to think the election might be effectively over days or weeks before Election Day.  The data thus far show that won't be true — and the numbers aren't comforting for Democrats.
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New York Times:
This Election Will Need More Heroes
Discussion: Election Law Blog
 
 
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