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Margaret Hartmann / New York Magazine:
Biden ‘Garbage’ Remark Causes Big Stink: Latest Responses  —  Kamala Harris delivered the closing argument of her campaign on Tuesday night, telling about 75,000 people assembled on the Ellipse in Washington that she will work to deliver for everyday Americans, while Donald Trump is a “petty tyrant” who's “obsessed with revenge.”
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Biden's ‘Garbage’ Comment Complicates Harris Campaign, Worrying Insiders  —  President Biden did not attend Vice President Kamala Harris's speech on Tuesday night, but his ill-timed flub in a video interview caused headaches for her campaign.  —  Vice President Kamala Harris's strategists …
Charisma Madarang / Rolling Stone:
Billionaire Trump Awkwardly Dresses Up as a Garbage Truck Driver  —  Trump climbed onto a campaign-themed garbage truck in an attempt to seize on disputed remarks by Biden made earlier this week  —  Republican presidential candidate and billionaire Donald Trump once again made a mockery …
Josh Wingrove / Bloomberg:
Trump Insists He Has Big Lead Over Harris, Setting Stage for 2024 Doubts  — Trump, allies spin up alternate reality of a sizable lead  — Expectations to stoke anger if Harris wins coin-flip election  —  Donald Trump and his allies are telling supporters that they're on pace …
Discussion: New York Times, Rolling Stone and Axios
Scott Dworkin / The Dworkin Report:
No, Corporate Media. This Isn't the October Surprise You've Been Waiting For
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump rides in garbage truck in effort to seize on Biden comment
Walter Hudson / HotAir:
Biden's “Garbage” Insult and the Power of Noticing: A Turning Point in Politics
CNN:
CNN Polls: Harris has a narrow edge in Michigan and Wisconsin, while she and Trump remain tied in Pennsylvania
Emma Colton / Fox News:
Biden's ‘garbage’ remark being used by down-ballot GOP candidates in closing voter pitch
Jake Lahut / Wired:
Workers Say They Were Tricked and Threatened as Part of Elon Musk's Get-Out-the-Vote Effort  —  America PAC door knockers were flown to Michigan, driven in the back of a U-Haul, and told they'd have to pay hotel bills unless they met unrealistic quotas.  One was surprised they were working to elect Donald Trump.
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
The Washington Post's non-endorsement led to record-breaking weeks at other news orgs  —  The Philadelphia Inquirer had its best week for new subscriptions ever and The Guardian U.S. broke its single-day fundraising record — twice.  —  You may have heard that an eye-watering 250,000 subscribers …
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Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
The Billionaire Is the Threat, Not the Solution  —  I learned how to read by reading Baltimore Orioles game recaps in the sports section of the Washington Post.  I remember sitting on our couch as my dad pointed to words like “Cal Ripken” and “Mike Mussina” and “baseball” and “Orioles,” …
Elahe Izadi / Washington Post:
After non-endorsement, 250,000 subscribers cancel The Washington Post
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NBC News:
Elon Musk asks voters to brace for economic ‘hardship,’ deep spending cuts in potential Trump Cabinet role  —  Donald Trump wants the Tesla and SpaceX CEO, who himself has taken in billions from federal contracts, to oversee “efficiency” efforts for the government.
Discussion: Futurism, The Hill and Daily Kos
Steven Waldman / Columbia Journalism Review:
Jeff Bezos Should Donate the Washington Post to a Charity  —  His conflicts of interests are insurmountable.  He can take a heroic path to strengthen journalism.  —  With one ill-timed decision, Jeff Bezos undermined eleven years of positive behavior as a newspaper owner.
Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
Close friend of Clarence Thomas is helping Trump's transition team write policy for DOJ  —  Mark Paoletta, a well-connected conservative lawyer and close friend of Justice Clarence Thomas, is helping Donald Trump's transition team craft the policy playbook for the Justice Department if Trump returns to power …
Bright Eyes / The Daily Beast:
Kim K's Son Deletes YouTube Channel After Anti-Harris Posts  —  The channel mysteriously disappeared Wednesday, leaving many to believe Kardashian saw the posts and shut it down.  —  Dewan's Fiancé Denies Laughing at Kravitz and Tatum's Split  —  ‘GET A LIFE’
Discussion: Daily Mail and The Gateway Pundit
Buzz Aldrin Ventures, LLC:
Brigadier General Buzz Aldrin Endorses Donald J. Trump for President of the United States  —  Brigadier General Buzz Aldrin endorses Donald J. Trump for President of the United States.  General Aldrin, Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 11 and Gemini 12 pilot, provides the following statement:
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NBC News:
Election 2024 live updates: Trump and Harris campaign in North Carolina and Wisconsin
Sarah Longwell / The Bulwark:
Speak Out Now Republicans, Or You'll Regret It  —  I HAVE A QUESTION FOR FORMER Trump administration officials, Republican electeds (and former electeds), business leaders, and conservative writers and pundits who recognize Donald Trump for the threat he is.
Discussion: Raw Story
Craig Mauger / The Detroit News:
Chinese student to face criminal charges for voting in Michigan.  Ballot will apparently count  —  A University of Michigan student who is from China and not a U.S. citizen allegedly voted Sunday in Ann Arbor and is being charged with two crimes, six days before a pivotal presidential election.
Margaret Talev / Axios:
America's youngest voters become major election liars … - “There's a new privacy emerging here, where it's far more convenient to either lie or not talk about it,” said John Gerzema, CEO of The Harris Poll, which is not affiliated with Vice President Harris' campaign.
Lauren Peller / ABC News:
Trump campaign distances itself from House speaker's plan for ‘massive reform’ to the ACA  —  Mike Johnson said the GOP plans to “take a blowtorch to the regulatory state.”  —  Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks to supporters of former President and Republican presidential …
Joey Garrison / USA Today:
Reggaetón star Nicky Jam rescinds Trump endorsement over offensive Puerto Rico joke  —  WASHINGTON ― Puerto Rican reggaetón star Nicky Jam withdrew his support on Wednesday for Donald Trump in next week's election, the latest fallout after a comedian insulted Puerto Rico as a …
Josh Boswell / Daily Mail:
Beauty queen claims Donald Trump groped her after luring her back to suite at New York's Plaza Hotel  — Beatrice Keul, 53, was invited to US by Trump after Miss Switzerland pageant  —  He was grabbing and touching my body everywhere'  —  Donald Trump ‘jumped’ on a blonde 6' 1' pageant queen …
Discussion: The Independent
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Claire Lampen / The Daily Beast:   6-Foot-1 Beauty Queen Accuses Trump of ‘Grabbing Her Body Everywhere’
NHK WORLD:
North Korea announces ICBM launch, Japan and US condemn it  —  North Korea's state-run media has announced it launched an intercontinental ballistic missile on Thursday morning.  Japan and the United States have strongly condemned it.  —  The state-run Korean Central News Agency reported …
Las Vegas Sun:
Donald Trump's cognitive decline becoming a troubling concern  —  VIEW MORE OF THE SUN'S OPINION SECTION
Discussion: HuffPost and Raw Story
Margaret Hartmann / New York Magazine:
Judge Mutes Ranting Rudy Giuliani During Bonkers Hearing  —  Last week, Rudy Giuliani was ordered to hand over basically everything he owns — including his Upper East Side apartment, his 1980 Mercedes, and even his television — in order to pay $148 million in damages for defaming Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss.
Abby Vesoulis / Mother Jones:
Bernie Moreno Is Using Audio Jammers to Block People From Recording His Events  —  The Republican Senate candidate often invites crowds to tape his remarks.  But he's recently deployed technology that distorts recordings.  —  “I have two rules,” Bernie Moreno, Ohio's Republican candidate for US Senate …
 
 
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Burgess Everett / Semafor:
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Discussion: Axios
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George W. Bush is running out of time
Discussion: Raw Story
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
They tried to prove Trump's fraud claims. They failed — and got in trouble.
Discussion: newsroom.co.nz
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NBC News:
Iran will likely try to contact Americans directly in influence campaign, sources say
Discussion: Raw Story
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Donald Trump Just Shat Himself
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
These look like Harris ads. Trump backers bought them.
Discussion: NPR
Associated Press:
Supreme Court's conservative justices leave in place Virginia's purge of voter registrations