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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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USA Today, The Texas Politics Project, New Jersey Online, Washington Examiner, Joe.My.God., The Hill and Florida Politics
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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.
Nic Garcia / The Texas Tribune:
Liz Cheney endorses Democrat Colin Allred in Texas Senate race, says father will vote for Kamala Harris
Liz Cheney endorses Democrat Colin Allred in Texas Senate race, says father will vote for Kamala Harris
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Scripps News, New York Post, New Republic, The New Civil Rights Movement, Daily Kos and Chicago Sun Times
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
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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New Republic, Washington Post, Right Wing Watch and The Tennessean, more at Techmeme »
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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Deseret News, Mediaite, Esquire, The Dispatch, The Status Kuo, USA Today and Forbes, more at Mediagazer »
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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The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, Axios, Mother Jones, Reuters, Forbes, Washington Examiner, Business Insider, ABC News, Washington Times, Raw Story, Law & Crime and Semafor
Politico:
After court appearance, Trump rails against legal cases, his lawyers and the election
After court appearance, Trump rails against legal cases, his lawyers and the election
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Washington Post, New Republic, Fox News, Forbes and Associated Press
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
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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Washington Post, RedState, Al Jazeera, New Republic, TMZ.com, Scripps News, CNBC, Bloomberg, Joe.My.God., Raw Story, Fox News, New York Daily News, Semafor, The Gateway Pundit, Right Wing Watch and Law & Crime
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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freebeacon.com and Washington Examiner
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Harris hires rural vote director in bid to cut into Trump's battleground margins
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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New York Times, HuffPost, Raw Story, NewsNation, CBS News, Breitbart, IJR and Fox News
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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CNN, The Guardian, Business Insider, Mediaite, Semafor, Forbes, New Republic, Raw Story, The Daily Beast, Daily Kos, ABC News and Washington Post
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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Digby's Hullabaloo, New York Times, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Raw Story, Alternet.org and JNS.org
US Department of Justice:
Pakistani National Charged for Plotting Terrorist Attack in New York City in Support of ISIS — For Immediate Release — Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, also known as Shazeb Jadoon, Attempted to Enter the United States to Carry Out a Mass Shooting at a Jewish Center in New York City — Note: View the complaint here.
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New York Times, The Hill, Bloomberg and Reuters
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Katie Houlis / CBS News:
Man planning to commit terror attack at Jewish center in NYC arrested near U.S.-Canada border, authorities say
Man planning to commit terror attack at Jewish center in NYC arrested near U.S.-Canada border, authorities say
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JNS.org and Global News
Aimee Picchi / CBS News:
IRS says it has recovered $1.3 billion in unpaid taxes from rich Americans — The IRS said Friday that it has recovered $1.3 billion in unpaid taxes from high-income Americans who had either failed to file their returns or who hadn't fully paid what they owed.
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Agence France-Presse and CPA Practice Advisor
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Fatima Hussein / Associated Press:
Treasury recovers $1.3 billion in unpaid taxes from high wealth tax dodgers
Treasury recovers $1.3 billion in unpaid taxes from high wealth tax dodgers
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Quartz, CNN, U.S. Department …, Forbes, Washington Examiner, The Hill, CPA Practice Advisor, Reuters, UPI, Washington Times and New York Post
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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Semafor, Blue Virginia, Business Insider, Axios, Quartz, CoinDesk, The Hollywood Reporter, PoliticusUSA, Raw Story and Deadline
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
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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CBS News, STAT and Ars Technica
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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Slate, Associated Press and Democrats
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 …
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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acecomments.mu.nu, Daily Caller News Foundation, Daily News and Fox News
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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New Republic and The Mahablog
Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
The Electoral College bias has returned with a vengeance — Trump has gained in critical states since the DNC — but that may be reversion to the mean. — Silver Bulletin recently passed 200,000 total (paid + free) subscribers, way more than I ever expected.