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Axios:
Behind the Curtain: Trump's big, unfixable, glaring glitch … - He's haunted. … - He falls for fake news. … - He's old. … - His bubble lies to him.
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Associated Press:
Laura Loomer, who promoted a 9/11 conspiracy theory, joins Trump for ceremonies marking the attacks — Laura Loomer, a right-wing activist who posted last year that 9/11 was an “inside job,” joined Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in New York and Pennsylvania on Wednesday as he commemorated the anniversary of the attacks.
Shelby Talcott / Semafor:
Republicans fear Laura Loomer is influencing Donald Trump — The News — She was on the plane with him the day of the debate and on the ground with him the morning after. Some Republicans are worried she had something to do with what happened in between.
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Liz Dye / Public Notice:
Trump's racist pet hoax exposes weirdo meme culture to normies — 🚨 This special, five-edition week of PN is made possible by paid subscribers. If you aren't one already, please sign up to support our independent coverage. 🚨 — 🐶 Subscribe to Public Notice 🐱
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Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
The Most Satisfying Moment of the Harris-Trump Debate — It was about as close to perfect as Kamala Harris has come in a debate, and it was as close to self-parody as Donald Trump—who doesn't comprehend parody—can manage. Harris repeatedly laid out the bait, and Trump couldn't resist taking it …
New York Times:
Trump Says He Had a Great Debate. His Allies Privately Say Otherwise. — Donald J. Trump's aggressive spinning of his debate performance suggested he knew it was suboptimal, and left aides considering how to move ahead with eight weeks to go. — Former President Donald J. Trump went …
The Hill:
Republicans urge Trump to accept second debate against Harris — Allies of former President Trump are urging him to accept a second debate with Vice President Harris after she turned in a strong performance Tuesday night, effectively putting the ball in Trump's court for a second meeting.
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Anatomy of a Trump conspiracy theory … - But as Trump has gotten older, the rabbit holes have grown deeper and more radical — a backdrop to his distrust of the media and refusal to accept that he lost the 2020 election. — The result — on display as he falsely claimed immigrants …
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Kyle Melnick / Washington Post:
Arizona GOP billboards implore voters to ‘EAT LESS KITTENS’ — Arizona's Republican Party erected about a dozen billboards in the Phoenix area that say “EAT LESS KITTENS” and look similar to Chick-fil-A's promos. — At first glance, new billboards in Arizona look like Chick-fil-A's iconic “Eat Mor Chikin” promos.
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Scripps News
Sean Craig / The Daily Beast:
Trump Calls on ABC News to Fire Its Entire Staff After He Lost Debate — 'YOU'RE FIRED' — Trump claimed ABC's debate moderators brought “disgrace onto the company” but it was his cratering performance that dragged his own company's stock to a record low.
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Samuel Chamberlain / New York Post:
Kamala Harris clearly won debate over Donald Trump but VP got no bump from voters after performance: poll
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Lee Moran / HuffPost:
Mary Trump Says Uncle Suffered ‘Narcissistic Injury’ In Debate And Won't Recover
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Raw Story and PoliticusUSA
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Harris trolls Trump by posting most of debate as ‘new ad’
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Nielsen:
Over 67 Million Viewers Tune In for ABC News Harris-Trump Debate
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Washington Post:
Anatomy of a racist smear: How false claims of pet-eating immigrants caught on
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New York Times:
Harris, After a Debate Success, Confronts a Battleground ‘Game of Inches’
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San Diego Union-Tribune and Politico
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
67.1 Million People Watched Harris and Trump, Outdrawing Last Debate
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
A Catastrophic Debate for Trump
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Sarah Longwell / The Atlantic:
How Swing Voters Reacted to the Trump-Harris Debate
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The Bulwark, Wall Street Journal, PoliticusUSA, Alternet.org and New York Post
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Trump's Trainwreck — You know who cares about the notorious bias of the media-Democrat complex?
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
How resounding was Kamala Harris's debate win? Let's look at the polls.
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
The night Donald Trump choked like a dog (Kamala's version)
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Raw Story and Rolling Stone
Alberto Gonzales / Politico:
Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Will Support Kamala Harris — He views Trump's reelection as a threat to the rule of law. — I am the only lawyer in American history to serve both as White House counsel and as attorney general. So, while that does not make me special …
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Kaia Hubbard / CBS News:
Alberto Gonzales, Bush's attorney general, endorses Kamala Harris, warning of Donald Trump's “threat to the rule of law” — Washington — Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Thursday endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president, writing in an op-ed of the “serious threat” Donald Trump poses to the rule of law.
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Politico:
Trump sells himself as a ‘leader’ on IVF, angering some Republicans — The proposal is alienating two pillars of the Republican Party. — Donald Trump pitched himself as a “leader” on in vitro fertilization during his Tuesday debate with Vice President Kamala Harris.
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Matt Dixon / NBC News:
Florida is disappearing from the national political map — Money that used to flow into the state during presidential elections has all but stopped, another indication that Florida's time as a major swing state is no more. — TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The nation's largest swing state is …
United States Secret Service:
2025 Counting and Certification of Electoral Votes Designated a National Special Security Event — Published By U.S. Secret Service Media Relations — WASHINGTON - The 2025 Counting and Certification of Electoral Votes in Washington, DC on Jan. 6, 2025, has been designated …
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
DHS designates Jan. 6 a National Special Security Event
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump's Slow-Burn Authoritarianism … If Donald Trump wins in November and launches a full-blown authoritarian presidency next year—as he has promised to do in his own words—what exactly would that national nightmare look like? — One set of oft-floated worst-case scenarios looks something like this …
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Activist Leonard Leo pushes to “weaponize” conservatives … - Leo wants less conversation and more action — fewer seminars and more campaigns — as part of a plan to “crush liberal dominance at the choke points of influence and power in our society,” he told the groups in a letter obtained by Axios.
Washington Post:
New video, witnesses challenge Israel's account of U.S. activist's killing — The IDF said Aysenur Eygi was shot “unintentionally” during a “violent riot.” A Post analysis shows clashes had subsided and protesters had retreated. — BEITA, West Bank — It was Aysenur Eygi's …
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Scott Pinsker / PJ Media:
ABC Moderators Were Lying: EIGHT ‘Aborted’ Babies Were Born Alive & Then Left to Die in Minnesota — “There is no state in this country where it is legal to kill a baby after it's born,” said ABC debate moderator Linsey Davis, as she smugly “fact-checked” the Republican nominee.
Noel Sims / Popular Information:
Meet the Kremlin's ideal Congressional candidate — “I mean Putin is a bad guy, but, like, a lot of people are bad guys. I mean he's pragmatic.” — This is how Joe Kent, a former Green Beret and CIA operative running for Washington state's 3rd congressional district …
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