THE SHOW NOTES: The Border Wall Spin Meta and Biden, & October 7th Hostage

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BREAKING 1: Israel just rescued one of the October 7th hostages.

BREAKING 2: Delta plane tire explodes at Atlanta airport leaving two dead and one seriously injured - NY Post

HEADLINE: Zuckerberg says he regrets caving to White House pressure on content - Politico

TRUMP: The Trump team is buying ads in Florida so their boss’s friends see them.

OUTRAGE: Biden and Harris 'Never Once Reached Out' to Relatives of Soldiers Killed in Bungled Afghanistan Withdrawal, Families Say - Free Beacon

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The “Flip-Flop”

An anonymous staffer on the Kamala Harris team told Axios that Harris has flip-flopped on her border stance and now supports the Lankford-Murphy border bill proposed earlier this year.

The bipartisan bill was a compromised border agreement that included border wall funding for existing construction but would not fund the entire completion of the wall. When asked about Harris’s involvement in the bipartisan bill, Senator Lankford said, "I know she's talking about it now, but she wasn't talking about it at all before."

Previously, Kamala Harris has referred to the wall as Trump's "medieval vanity project,” “a complete waste of taxpayer money and won't make us any safer," and a "stupid use of money. I will block any funding for it." Her tweets are even better.

As pressure mounts for Kamala Harris to sit down for a formal interview to outline other policy priorities in her administration, Harris claims she wants an interview “scheduled before the end of the month.” While the end of the month is Saturday, scheduling an interview doesn’t mean it will happen anytime soon.

Bonus: According to Politico, Harris’s team has been polling members of the press on who the candidate should give the first interview to.

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Pavel Durov’s arrest upends Kremlin military comms

French authorities detained Pavel Durov on allegations that his Telegram social media platform was being used for child pornography, drug trafficking and organized crime — but the immediate freakout came from Russia.

That's because Telegram is widely used by the Russian military for battlefield communications thanks to problems with rolling out its own secure comms system. It's also the primary vehicle for pro-war military bloggers and media — as well as millions of ordinary Russians.

“They practically detained the head of communication of the Russian army,” Russian military blogger channel Povernutie na Z Voine said in a Telegram statement.

Full story at Politico.

Trending news:

• ‘White Fragility’ author Robin DiAngelo accused of plagiarizing minority scholars in Ph.D thesis - NY Post

• Trump and Harris confront a trillion-dollar question over expiring tax cuts - Politico

• China encroaches on Japan airspace - SEMAFOR

• More than 200 Bush, McCain, Romney alums endorse Harris for president, criticize Trump - USA Today

• Afghanistan withdrawal haunts Biden and Harris as another general raises the alarm about Trump - CNN

• Ukraine has captured 100 settlements, almost 600 servicemen in Kursk incursion - The Guardian

• For the 1st time, there are 5 generations in the US workforce at the same time. - X

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• Smithsonian’s Anti-White Propaganda - TAC

• More than 70 dead after militant attacks in Pakistan's Balochistan - Nikkei

• The Business We Have Chosen - The Dispatch (paywall)

• Republicans Have Their Own Version of the ‘Just Transition’ — for Trade - National Review (paywall)

• Private Equity Ownership Is Coming to the NFL - WSJ (paywall)

• Exxon warns of oil shock if suppliers assume demand will fall by 2050 - FT (paywall)

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