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Matt Margolis / PJ Media:
If True, the ABC News Presidential Debate Could Be Rocked by Explosive Scandal — Anyone who watched the presidential debate hosted by ABC News on Tuesday knows that the moderators were biased and repeatedly fact-checked Trump while letting Kamala Harris's lies go unchallenged.
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The Bulwark:
Trump Is Losing The Post-Debate Debate, Too — Plus: A bomb threat in Springfield. — Donald Trump has an announcement: He won the first debate against Kamala Harris so handily, and was praised so universally for doing so, that he really doesn't see a need to take the stage with her again.
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RealClearPolling, The Root, New York Times and Poynter
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Moooooods!!!! — Donald Trump's flailing performance at Tuesday night's debate triggered a multiday right-wing freakout at the ABC News moderators, punctuated by calls from the former president and his allies to target the network and its parent company with a regulatory crackdown, congressional investigation, and even prosecutions.
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New Republic, USA Today, NBC News, Washington Examiner and Washington Post
Christopher Tremoglie / Washington Examiner:
Forget Trump's debate performance, Harris was equally as bad, if not worse — Many people were in quite the rush to harshly criticize former President Donald Trump's Sept. 10 debate performance. Comments have centered on him falling for bait and traps set by Vice President Kamala Harris …
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LifeNews.com, Raw Story, Bloomberg, VINnews, HotAir, Alabama Political Reporter and The American Spectator
Washington Post:
Election 2024 live updates: Trump holds news conference, to campaign in Nev.; Harris back in Pa.
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So What
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Harris campaign suggests Trump avoiding debate because he doesn't want to defend ‘toxic positions’
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The Guardian, New Jersey Online, Associated Press, IJR and New York Times
Wall Street Journal:
ABC's Bias Deprived Voters of a Fair Debate
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Twitchy, No More Mister Nice Blog, RedState, The Federalist, The Daily Caller, Townhall, Washington Examiner, Breitbart, CNBC, Reason, UnHerd, Daily Kos and Fox News
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
No. 2 Senate GOP leader: Trump should debate Harris again
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The Daily Caller, Politico and Washington Post
Axios:
Trump allies alarmed by far-right activist's influence on him … - “Marjorie Taylor Greene is right. … - Greene, a GOP firebrand known for her politically provocative speeches in Congress, has had a series of disagreements with Loomer long before this week.
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Sean Craig / The Daily Beast:
MAGA Civil War: How Trump Campaign Chief Tried to Whack Laura Loomer
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CNN, Raw Story, Alternet.org, New Republic, Washington Examiner and Media Matters for America
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Both parties target Trump for palling around with Laura Loomer
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Daily Kos, Washington Post, Mediaite, Digby's Hullabaloo, NBC News, The Guardian and Advocate
HuffPost:
‘Disturbing’: Lindsey Graham Says Trump Shouldn't Pal Around With 9/11 Conspiracy Theorist
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New York Magazine, Forbes, The Daily Dot, New Republic, The Bulwark, Bangor Daily News, The Hill, Mediaite, PoliticusUSA, IJR, CNN, NBC News, The Daily Beast, Raw Story, Rolling Stone and Salon
Public Notice:
Texas comes for the right to interstate travel — States' rights for me, not for thee. … During Tuesday's debate, as Donald Trump tried to take credit for the demise of Roe while pretending a second Trump administration wouldn't obliterate abortion protections at a national level …
Wall Street Journal:
How Elon Musk Secretly Tried to Oust a Texas Prosecutor — In a bid to counter George Soros, the Tesla chief executive unsuccessfully backed the opponent of a progressive district attorney — Elon Musk secretly channeled hundreds of thousands of dollars into a local race in Travis County …
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New York Times and The Barbed Wire
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Politico:
Battleground House Republican dodges how she'll vote on Florida's abortion amendment — Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, who Democrats are targeting in November, in an interview wouldn't say how she'll vote. — Rep. Anna Paulina Luna is the lone Republican member of the Florida House delegation …
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The Hill and The Floridian
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Margery A. Beck / Associated Press:
Nebraska ballot can include competing measures to expand or limit abortion rights, high court rules
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HuffPost, The 19th, LifeNews.com, Stateline, Nebraska Examiner, Washington Post and Slate
NewsGuard's Reality Check:
Triple Hearsay: Original Sources of the Claim that Haitians Eat Pets in Ohio Admit No First-Hand Knowledge — “I'm not sure I'm the most credible source because I don't actually know the person who lost the cat,” Kimberly Newton told NewsGuard. She is the Springfield, Ohio, resident whose story started it all
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NBC News, Plain Dealer and The Daily Beast
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Sarah Ferris / Politico:
Bipartisan group of lawmakers signs pledge to certify 2024 election results — More than 30 House members, including a half-dozen Republicans, have signed a bipartisan pledge to uphold the results of the 2024 election amid an increased focus on Congress' role in certifying the tally next January.
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Raw Story, Alternet.org and The Guardian
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Eboni Boykin-Patterson / The Daily Beast:
Martha Stewart Just Quietly Made a Rare Presidential Endorsement — ‘KEEP IT QUIET’ — After declining to endorse a candidate in 2020, Stewart has finally broken her silence on the 2024 election. … Martha Stewart has finally weighed in on the 2024 election and endorsed a candidate.
CNN:
Biden administration expected to unveil new evidence of RT's key role in Russian intelligence operations globally — The Biden administration is expected on Friday to announce a major effort to blunt the global influence of RT and expose what it says is the Russian state media network's key role …
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
The ‘feral 25-year-olds’ making Kamala Harris go viral on TikTok — Harris's “digital rapid response” operation and all-Gen-Z TikTok team are tapping the trends and rhythms of internet culture to create an online presence that's unique in presidential politics.
Jamison Foser / Finding Gravity:
The New York Times' Republicans-only Opinion Feature — A regular New York Times opinion feature includes outside writers — but only conservatives — If you read yesterday's New York Times, you likely came across a feature headlined “'Trump Brought Darkness; Harris Brought Light': 14 Writers on Who Won the Presidential Debate.”
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Eschaton
Ian Ward / Politico:
Is There More to JD Vance's MAGA Alliance Than Meets the Eye? — The New Right has a blueprint for taking power. JD Vance could be following it. — JD Vance's political career has been defined by an apparent paradox. On the one hand, Vance is a member of the upper echelon of America's ruling elite …
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Raw Story
NBC News:
Bomb threats force second consecutive day of school closures in Springfield, Ohio — Several local leaders have also been targeted in the wake of baseless claims aimed at Haitian immigrants that have been repeated by former President Donald Trump. — SPRINGFIELD, Ohio …
Nathaniel Meyersohn / CNN:
America's stores are winning the war on shoplifting — New York CNN — A year ago, America's stores declared a shoplifting epidemic. They closed stores in major cities, hired extra security, locked up key merchandise and declared big losses in their financial statements.
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HotAir
Deepak Puri / The Democracy Labs:
Project 2025 cuts Social Security: Are you on the chopping block? Check this map. — Should the Social Security Retirement Age Be Raised? Yes. — Heritage Foundation — You gotta hand it to the clever folks at the Heritage Foundation! How do you make it even harder for seniors struggling with their healthcare and expenses?
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
In blow to Newsmax, judge rules Smartmatic's case over 2020 election lies will go to trial this month — A major defamation case against Newsmax will proceed to trial later this month, a judge ruled Thursday, dealing a blow to the right-wing network and setting the stage for the 2020 election …
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