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6:30 PM 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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Dana Liebelson / Politico:
Normie Republicans Are Having Their Revenge on Kari Lake  —  As Lake faces down a combative history with her own party, her Democratic opponent, Ruben Gallego, is betting that Arizonans don't trust Lake and want their abortion rights back.  —  Kari Lake took the stage before former President Donald Trump …
Discussion: The Guardian, AZ Luminaria and The Hill
Gary Langer / ABC News:
Economic discontent, issue divisions add up to tight presidential contest: POLL
Discussion: Politico, New York Post and Forbes
Margaret Sullivan / American Crisis:
About those New York Times headlines  —  Twitter, which is what I prefer to call Elon Musk's disaster, is still interesting and useful at times, despite its decay.  —  And the other day, there was a dustup there over two New York Times headlines.  One was about Kamala Harris, the other about Donald Trump.
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo and Newsbusters
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Brad Reed / Raw Story:   ‘Vile stuff’: NYT shamed by its own former public editor for whitewashing Trump racism
New York Post:
Armed man arrested outside Trump's Coachella rally — and sheriff says it was possible third assassination attempt  —  Local cops arrested an armed man outside Donald Trump's Coachella Valley rally on Saturday, and the local sheriff said it may have been a third assassination attempt against the former president.
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Keely Bastow / Washington Examiner:
Man with illegal guns arrested outside Trump's Coachella rally venue  —  A man was arrested last night outside of the Coachella, California, venue for former President Donald Trump's rally.  He was found to be in possession of multiple guns and a high-capacity magazine.
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Cheney does “not have faith” Mike Johnson will certify election … - Cheney pointed to Johnson spearheading an amicus brief in 2020 that argued for nullifying President Biden's victories in several key states.  — “The claims of fraud Donald Trump was making [in 2020] ... he knew those to be false,” she said.
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Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Liz Cheney issues dire warning about ‘fundamentally cruel’ Trump, agrees he's a ‘fascist’
Discussion: Politico, USA Today and RedState
Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Trump Wants the Military to Target Americans Who Oppose Him  —  The former president said he thinks U.S. troops should be deployed “if necessary” against “radical left lunatics” on election day  —  Donald Trump proposed deploying military forces against U.S. citizens who oppose him on election day.
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Stephen Groves / Associated Press:
Trump tested the limits on using the military at home. If elected again, he plans to go further
Discussion: Bloomberg and Salon
Scott Dworkin / The Dworkin Report:
Press Breaks Record For Worst Week of Coverage Ever  —  5 more corporate media fails  —  Welcome to our 10th edition of Corporate Media Fails.  Having done this for nine weeks now, I thought the Press couldn't surprise me anymore.  I was wrong.  —  After a long debate …
Natasha Bertrand / CNN:
US to deploy about 100 troops to operate advanced anti-missile system in Israel amid heightened tensions  —  The US will send an advanced anti-missile system — and US troops to operate it — to Israel “to help bolster Israel's air defenses following Iran's unprecedented attacks against Israel …
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Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Trump says national abortion ban is ‘off the table,’ but 'we'll see what happens'  —  Former President Trump said Sunday that a national abortion ban is “off the table,” but left the door open on the conversation by saying “we'll see what happens.”  —  “Let me just tell you …
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MauríCio Alencar / The Daily Beast:
Trump Leaves Door Open to National Abortion Ban
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Examiner
Ursula Perano / Politico:
Inside Jim Justice's alleged attendance problems; they could be a problem for a GOP Senate  —  The Senate GOP has a strong chance at winning a narrow majority next year, and a frequently absent Republican could be a liability.  —  Jim Justice will almost certainly be West Virginia's next senator.
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
‘Nitpicking Everything’: JD Vance Fumes as ABC News Host Calls Out Bogus Claims About Colorado City  —  NOT TODAY  —  JD Vance tried to latch onto specific words to mount his defense of Trump's attacks on a Colorado city.  Martha Raddatz wouldn't have it.
Julie Carr Smyth / Associated Press:
Moreno's abortion comment rattles debate in expensive Senate race in Republican-leaning Ohio  —  An off-the-cuff comment about reproductive rights by Republican Bernie Moreno in Ohio's tight Senate race has put abortion at the center of debate in the most expensive Senate campaign this year.
Discussion: Associated Press
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
‘Totally illegal’: Trump escalates rhetoric on outlawing political dissent and criticism  —  “This is out of the autocratic playbook.  As autocrats consolidate their power once they're in office, anything that threatens their power ... becomes illegal,” historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat said.
John Pavlovitz / The Beautiful Mess:
White Evangelicals Must Lose in November  —  A desperate plea from a former pastor who knows what's coming  —  Audio playback is not supported on your browser.  Please upgrade.  —  I'm not sure Americans really understand what this nation will look like in a few short months if Donald Trump wins this election.
Zach Montellaro / Politico:
DeSantis misses post-hurricane meeting with Biden — again  —  It is the second time the president has been in the state in the last two weeks to view hurricane damage.  —  Ron DeSantis skipped meeting with Joe Biden on Sunday, the second time in as many weeks that the Republican governor …
Discussion: USA Today
Maya Boddie / Alternet.org:
Why conservative lawyers ‘cannot defensibly assist’ Trump in efforts to subvert election: legal expert  —  With less than 30 days until the presidential election, Donald Trump is expected to take legal action in the case he's defeated by Kamala Harris — as he did in 2020.
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 …
Julia Frankel / Associated Press:
Netanyahu mulls plan to empty northern Gaza of civilians and cut off aid to those left inside  —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is examining a plan to seal off humanitarian aid to northern Gaza in an attempt to starve out Hamas militants, a plan that, if implemented …
 
 
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Mike Hixenbaugh / NBC News:
Christians flock to Washington to pray for America to turn to God — by electing Trump
Discussion: HotAir, New York Times and The Guardian
Oliver Milman / The Guardian:
‘Vengeful’ Trump withheld disaster aid and will do so again, ex-officials warn
Discussion: Semafor and Rolling Stone
Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Trump Plans to Appoint Musk as ‘Secretary of Cost-Cutting’
Discussion: HotAir, Washington Times and Raw Story
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Washington Post:
Trump suggests heckler should ‘get the hell knocked out of her’ after rally
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
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