Monocle Radio Podcast (October 22, 2024): Vladimir Putin brings Brics leaders to Kazan, our US politics correspondent brings us the latest two weeks before the presidential election and we discuss King Charles’s testy visit to Australia. Plus: a check-in from San Francisco’s Urban Transformation Summit.
Tag Archives: Trump
The New York Times — Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Inside the Last-Ditch Hunt by Harris and Trump for Undecided Voters
Both campaigns are digging through troves of data to find these crucial Americans. They both think many are younger, Black or Latino. The Harris team is also eyeing white, college-educated women.
Harris Sets Record for Biggest Fund-Raising Quarter Ever
Donald Trump is raising less money than he did during his run in 2020, building a far smaller campaign than Kamala Harris.
As Harris Courts Sun Belt, Housing Costs Stand in Her Way
Shuttered factories and trade deals helped turn working-class Midwesterners against Democrats. Will the high cost of housing do the same in the Sun Belt?
Harris’s Faith, Inside and Outside the Black Church
Her biography embodies the multifaith, pluralistic and increasingly secular America she is bidding to lead.
Preview: The New Yorker Magazine-October 28, 2024

The New Yorker (October 14, 2024): The latest issue features Eric Drooker’s “Crushing Wealth” – The market’s movers and shake
The Tight-Knit World of Kamala Harris’s Sorority
A.K.A., the oldest Black sorority, expects excellence and complete discretion. How are members responding to their most famous sister’s Presidential campaign? By Jazmine Hughes
The U.S. Spies Who Sound the Alarm About Election Interference
A group of intelligence officials confers about when to alert the public to foreign meddling. By David D. Kirkpatrick
How Republican Billionaires Learned to Love Trump Again
The former President has been fighting to win back his wealthiest donors, while actively courting new ones—what do they expect to get in return? By Susan B. Glasser
News: Hezbollah Finance Group Targeted By Israel, Moldova-EU Referendum
The New York Times — Monday, October 21, 2024
Starring in Kamala Harris’s Closing Argument: Donald Trump
Vice President Kamala Harris has made a notable shift in strategy to paint Donald Trump as unfit and dangerous as Democrats grow anxious about the closeness of the race just two weeks out.
Door-Knocks, Texts, and Ads, Ads, Ads: Life on the Swing-State Battlefield
This year’s campaign offers a vivid reminder of how much the playing field in presidential elections has shrunk, giving voters in a handful of states a disproportionate influence in the decision.
As I Am: L.G.B.T.Q. in Japan
‘We don’t want to send the message to the younger generation that we’re people who have to hide ourselves.’
U.S. Agencies Fund, and Fight With, Elon Musk. A Trump Presidency Could Give Him Power Over Them.
The New York Times — Sunday, October 20, 2024
Trump Thinks the Border Got Him Elected in 2016. He’s Convinced It Will Do So Again.
Voters rank the economy and high cost of living as their top issue. Donald J. Trump believes immigration “beats out the economy,” and he’s made it his closing message.
Inside the Secretive $700 Million Ad-Testing Factory for Kamala Harris
Future Forward has ascended to the top of the Democratic political universe, but it has also drawn suspicion and second-guessing.
The Powerful Companies Driving Local Drugstores Out of Business
The biggest pharmacy benefit managers are profiting by systematically underpaying independent drugstores, creating “pharmacy deserts” across the country.
Sinwar’s Final Moments: On the Run, Hurt, Alone, but Still Defiant
Israeli forces had been steadily closing in on Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas leader, for weeks before he was cornered and killed in a ruined house in the Gaza Strip.
Saturday Morning: News And Stories From London
Monocle on Saturday (October 19, 2024): Monocle’s Amy Van Den Berg meets the creative director of the Frankfurt Book Fair to get a read on the mood ahead of the industry’s largest event.
Then: the editorial director of Cheerio Publishing, Darren Biabowe Barnes, discusses independent publishing in 2024. Plus: Charles Hecker joins to go through the latest news and culture, including Russian troops in North Korea, the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and a new book on British food.
The New York Times — Saturday, October 19, 2024
Sinwar’s Death Was a Victory for Israel. But Can the U.S. Persuade It to ‘Take the Win’?
Assassinating Yahya Sinwar was Israel’s Osama bin Laden moment. But getting a cease-fire deal done in the last three months of the Biden presidency is a much bigger reach.
Sinwar’s Death Could Shake but Not Topple Hamas, Experts Say
Analysts call the killing of several Hamas leaders, including Yahya Sinwar, a deep blow to the Palestinian militant group, but expect it to keep fighting.
Microsoft and OpenAI’s Close Partnership Shows Signs of Fraying
The “best bromance in tech” has had a reality check as OpenAI has tried to change its deal with Microsoft and the software maker has tried to hedge its bet on the start-up.
Groups That Run N.Y.C. Shelters Are Riddled With Problems, Report Finds
An extensive review by New York City’s Department of Investigation identified hundreds of issues, including financial mismanagement, nepotism and conflicts of interest.
Politics: The New Republic Magazine – November 2024

The New Republic (October 18, 2024): The latest issue features ‘America is So Ready for Kamala Harris’ – How she rose to the occasion…
America Is So Ready for Kamala Harris
This is no ordinary campaign, but it is exactly the campaign we needed at this extraordinary historic juncture.
What “Mass Deportation” Would Mean for the Economy
Donald Trump has pledged to remove all undocumented immigrants from the U.S.—but such a policy could have a slew of unintended consequences.