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“From a mainstream candidate, I don’t think we’ve seen this kind of tapping into the most vicious, nativist, racial backlash. He doesn’t even really use code words or anything. He’s just all in.”
— Princeton professor Julian Zelizer, quoted by Public Notice, on Donald Trump.

Anne Applebaum: “The deliberate dehumanization of whole groups of people; the references to police, to violence, to the ‘bloodbath’ that Trump has said will unfold if he doesn’t win; the cultivation of hatred not only against immigrants but also against political opponents—none of this has been used successfully in modern American politics.

“Oh, you guys are at the wrong rally. I think you meant to go to the smaller one down the street.”
— Kamala Harris, responding to Trump supporters heckling her at a rally.

“A wave of Donald Trump-focused books is due to crash upon the American public in 2025,” Status reports.

Donald Trump appeared on Fox & Friends with Steve Doocy to talk about the Al Smith dinner:
DOOCY: Your material was real funny, who helped you with it?
TRUMP: I had a lot of people helping, a lot of people, a couple people from Fox – actually, I shouldn’t say that, but they wrote some jokes. For the most part, I didn’t like any of them.

Final numbers show that Kamala Harris‘ sit-down with Fox News’ Bret Baier on Wednesday drew 7.8 million viewers — nearly three times what Baier’s show normally gets, Deadline reports.
The top local market for the interview was Pittsburgh.

Amazon Prime Video has confirmed that Brian Williams will anchor “Election Night Live” for the streaming service, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Washington Post: “If you’ve suspected that you’re yelling into a void about the election on Instagram, Facebook or Threads, it might not be your imagination, either. Downplaying politics is a business and political strategy for Meta, the social media giant. And users just have to accept it.”

“Donald Trump overcharged Secret Service agents protecting him and his family for rooms at his hotel in Washington while he was president, a new report from House Democrats alleges,” N

“Donald Trump said he will meet with media mogul Rupert Murdoch and urge him not to allow negative ads against the Republican nominee or provide airtime to his critics on Fox News in the final stretch before Election Day,” Bloomberg reports.