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11:45 AM ET, October 13, 2024

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Mark Murray / NBC News:
‘Dead heat’: Trump pulls even with Harris in NBC News poll  —  A close election has never looked more tightly divided, with Harris' popularity declining from its previous high and abortion atop voters' issue list.  —  Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are deadlocked …
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CBS News:
CBS News Trump-Harris poll shows one election, two worlds: How information, beliefs shape tight campaign  —  The 2024 presidential contest between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump is more than just two ideologies competing over what should happen.  It's two groups of voters that look …
Discussion: New York Times
Gary Langer / ABC News:
Economic discontent, issue divisions add up to tight presidential contest: POLL  —  Harris has 50% support to Trump's 48% among likely voters, the poll finds.  —  Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, left, and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris during …
Discussion: Politico, Forbes and Axios
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Why Is Trump Gaining With Black and Hispanic Voters?  —  Five possible explanations for the increases in support, particularly among young men.  —  In 2016, Donald J. Trump became the Republican nominee and ultimately won the presidency after calling many Mexican immigrants rapists …
Washington Post:
Trump suggests heckler should ‘get the hell knocked out of her’ after rally  —  The remarks were part of a dark speech at a California rally where Trump called the U.S. an “occupied country.”  —  COACHELLA, Calif- Former president Donald Trump suggested that a heckler would later get …
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
‘Totally illegal’: Trump escalates rhetoric on outlawing political dissent and criticism
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Liz Cheney issues dire warning about ‘fundamentally cruel’ Trump, agrees he's a ‘fascist’  —  The former GOP representative from Wyoming said Vice President Kamala Harris, if elected, “will lead with a sincere heart” as “someone who's dedicated her life to public service.”
Discussion: New York Times
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emptywheel:
Machine for Fascism: The Two Stephens  —  When I saw the news that Trump is planning a rally at Madison Square Garden — as the Nazis did in 1939 — I checked the date to see whether that was before or after Steve Bannon gets out of prison.  —  Bannon is due to get out on October 29; the rally is two days earlier, on October 27.
David Thompson / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump's Niece Says He Is Now ‘Owned’ by Elon Musk  —  'DEVIL'S BARGAIN'  —  Mary Trump described the Tesla CEO, who also owns X, formerly Twitter, as “the world's richest fascist” and a “South African jumping bean.”  —  Donald Trump is now “owned” by MAGA super-fan Elon Musk …
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Alex Thompson / Axios:
Tensions rise between Harris and Biden teams as election nears … - “They're too much in their feelings,” one close Harris ally said of the president's team — a sentiment shared even by some White House aides. … - Biden gave an impromptu press conference in the White House briefing room Friday …
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Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Clyburn calls Project 2025 a ‘Jim Crow 2.0’  —  Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) on Sunday called the conservative policy agenda Project 2025 a “Jim Crow 2.0.”  —  Clyburn said on CNN's “State of the Union” that he was the ninth Black lawmaker elected to Congress from South Carolina …
Asawin Suebsaeng / Rolling Stone:
Colorado's Elections Chief Took on Trump.  She Needed Extra Security As She Gave Birth  —  Jena Griswold, Colorado's secretary of state, can say with certainty: “The MAGA threat environment follows us through every step of life” … They had gone through unsuccessful IVF treatments …
David Strom / HotAir:
California Denies Launching Rights to SpaceX Because Musk Supports Trump—Really  —  The Commissars of California are so concerned about enforcing political uniformity that they are denying the military's right to launch from Vandenburg Air Force Base using SpaceX rockets.  —  Why?
The Hill:
Here are the states we could be waiting on to declare a Harris-Trump winner  —  Voters are increasingly likely to have to wait past Election Day to find out who will become their next president.  —  Among the battleground states, Georgia could be the first to be called, even as early as midnight, some experts predict.
Stephen Groves / Associated Press:
Trump tested the limits on using the military at home.  If elected again, he plans to go further  —  During his first term as president, Donald Trump tested the limits of how he could use the military to achieve policy goals.  If given a second term, the Republican and his allies are preparing …
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.
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Washington Post:
Trump-aligned group believed to have been attacked by Chinese hackers
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
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