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Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Putin Pals Say Accused MAGA Media Stars Should Come to Russia for Protection — ‘THEY FINALLY WOKE UP’ — Kremlin media hailed the bombshell influence plot uncovered by the DOJ, which it says saw millions funneled to a MAGA media group in the U.S. — This week's Department …
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Anna Merlan / Mother Jones:
Tenet Media Shutters After Being Accused of Taking $10 Million in Covert Kremlin Funding — Nothing to see here! — A contributor for Tenet Media announced on Twitter Thursday night that the company has abruptly shuttered, one day after the Department of Justice unsealed an indictment …
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CBC News:
Meet the right-wing Canadian influencers accused of collaborating with an alleged Russian propaganda scheme
Meet the right-wing Canadian influencers accused of collaborating with an alleged Russian propaganda scheme
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The Atlantic, New Republic, The Federalist, LGBTQ Nation and Washington Examiner
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Russia's useful idiots
Russia's useful idiots
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New York Times:
Judge Delays Trump's Sentencing Until Nov. 26, After Election Day — The decision by Justice Juan M. Merchan means voters will be left in the dark about whether the former president will face time behind bars. — The judge overseeing Donald J. Trump's criminal case in Manhattan postponed …
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Politico:
Donald Trump gets the ‘inside straight’ he's been hoping for in court — The former president has had remarkable success with his strategy of delays, but a legal reckoning looms if he loses the election. — Donald Trump has pulled it off. — Voters will go to the polls …
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Forbes, El País and Rolling Stone
Luc Cohen / Reuters:
Judge delays Trump hush money sentencing until after election
Judge delays Trump hush money sentencing until after election
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NBC News:
Judge delays Trump sentencing in hush money case until November
Judge delays Trump sentencing in hush money case until November
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Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Former Vice President Dick Cheney will vote for Harris, his daughter Liz Cheney says — The younger Cheney, one of former President Donald Trump's most prominent conservative critics, also said she was supporting Democratic Rep. Colin Allred for Senate in Texas.
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Mead Gruver / Associated Press:
Dick Cheney will back Kamala Harris, his daughter says
Dick Cheney will back Kamala Harris, his daughter says
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Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
September State Polling: California, Florida, Ohio, Texas — Home Polls September State Polling: California, Florida, Ohio, Texas — New Emerson College Polling/The Hill statewide polls find Donald Trump leading Kamala Harris by ten in Ohio, 53% to 43%, five in Florida, 50% to 45% …
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Jared Gans / The Hill:
New poll shows Florida, Texas within margin of error in Harris-Trump race
New poll shows Florida, Texas within margin of error in Harris-Trump race
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Townhall and Florida Politics
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Trump Holds Press Event Just To Attack Women Who've Accused Him Of Sexual Assault — The GOP presidential nominee weirdly claimed E. Jean Carroll loves “Law & Order” and copied one of the TV show's episodes to lie about him assaulting her. — LOADING — WASHINGTON — Former President …
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Edith Olmsted / New Republic:
Trump's New E. Jean Carroll Defense Is That He Assaulted Other Women — Donald Trump on Friday inexplicably started detailing two horrific sexual assault allegations made against him, as part of a hapless attempt to discredit a completely different sexual assault allegation.
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Politico:
Harris team worried she'll be ‘handcuffed’ by debate rules set by Biden — Even some Democrats dismiss her griping as gamesmanship. But the mic rules are changing her strategy. — Kamala Harris had planned to object, fact-check and directly question Donald Trump while he was speaking during their debate next week.
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Juliegrace Brufke / Axios:
Trump campaign tells House GOP to expect “fine” debate from Harris
Trump campaign tells House GOP to expect “fine” debate from Harris
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Axios:
How Harris dodges scrutiny
How Harris dodges scrutiny
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HotAir, RedState, Twitchy, acecomments.mu.nu and The Daily Signal
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Why Trump's word salad answer on child care policy matters — Donald Trump and JD Vance were asked in separate events about child care policy. Vance's answer was ridiculous. Trump's was worse. — For many American families, the cost and availability of child care pose real challenges.
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Parker Molloy / The Present Age:
The Press Response to Trump's Word Salad Answer on Childcare is Peak Sanewashing
The Press Response to Trump's Word Salad Answer on Childcare is Peak Sanewashing
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Los Angeles Times, Reason, New Jersey Online and Raw Story
Marc A. Caputo / The Bulwark:
JD Vance Has Become Trump's Human Bulldozer
JD Vance Has Become Trump's Human Bulldozer
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Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Tucker Carlson blasted for interview with Holocaust revisionist — Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson is facing criticism after hosting a Holocaust revisionist on his podcast. — Carlson, a former Fox News pundit, now hosts a show, “The Tucker Carlson Show,” on the social media platform X. Earlier …
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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
Conservatives are shocked — shocked! — that Tucker Carlson is soft on Nazis
Conservatives are shocked — shocked! — that Tucker Carlson is soft on Nazis
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Jackson Walker / WOAI:
California Democrat changes affiliation to Republican: 'I've had enough' — SACRAMENTO, Calif. (TND) — Former California Senate Majority Leader Gloria Romero, R- District 24, announced on Wednesday she would ditch the Democratic Party and change her affiliation to the GOP.
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Erin Covey / Cook Political Report:
House Ratings Changes: Several Races Move in Democrats' Favor
House Ratings Changes: Several Races Move in Democrats' Favor
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Fox News, Washington Examiner, Joe.My.God. and The Well News
Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Cook Political Report shifts 6 House races toward Dems, 2 toward GOP
Cook Political Report shifts 6 House races toward Dems, 2 toward GOP
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Forbes
Megan Cassella / CNBC:
Eighty-eight corporate leaders endorse Harris in new letter, including CEOs of Yelp, Box — @IN/MEGAN-CASSELLA-BA02A160/ @MMCASSELLA — Eighty-eight corporate leaders signed a new letter Friday endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for president. — Signers include former 21st …
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Romy Ellenbogen / Tampa Bay Times:
DeSantis' election police questioned people who signed abortion petitions — Two residents of Lee County said they were questioned at their homes about the validity of petition signatures. — Isaac Menasche remembers being at the Cape Coral farmer's market last year when someone asked …
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New Republic and Florida Phoenix
Fatima Hussein / Associated Press:
Treasury recovers $1.3 billion in unpaid taxes from high wealth tax dodgers — The IRS has collected $1.3 billion from high wealth tax dodgers since last fall, the agency announced Friday, crediting spending that has ramped up collection enforcement through President Joe Biden's signature climate …
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Berkeley Lovelace Jr / NBC News:
Person infected with bird flu in Missouri had no contact with animals — The case adds to growing anxiety about the risk of the H5 virus spreading among humans. — A person in Missouri has been infected with bird flu, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.
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Rebecca Solnit / The Guardian:
The mainstream press is failing America - and people are understandably upset — The media is still pursuing the appearance of fairness by treating true and false, normal and outrageous, as equally valid — The first thing to say about the hate and scorn currently directed at the mainstream US media …
Heather Digby Parton / Salon:
Donald Trump's incoherence makes the media's double standard hard to hide — Joe Biden and Kamala Harris curiously don't get the same coverage — It seems like only yesterday that the elite media were extremely concerned that President Joe Biden had mistakenly referred to the president of Egypt as the president of Mexico.
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Associated Press:
“This is not normal. … There are no broadcast television cameras inside the E. Barrett Prettyman federal courthouse on Constitution Avenue. But the real story of Jan. 6 is found in the mounds of evidence and testimony judges and juries have seen and heard behind the doors of the courthouse …
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