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Alicia Victoria Lozano / NBC News:
‘It just exploded’: Springfield woman claims she never meant to spark false rumors about Haitians — The woman behind an early Facebook post that helped spark baseless rumors about Haitians eating pets told NBC News that she feels for the immigrant community.
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Stephen Starr / The Guardian:
Haitian immigrants helped revive a struggling Ohio town. Then neo-Nazis turned up — Springfield's immigrant community was targeted by far-right extremists months before Trump shared racist rumors — While Donald Trump made baseless, dangerous claims that immigrants in Ohio …
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Sam Levine / The Guardian:
'They've destroyed the place': Trump repeats racist, anti-immigrant lies — Trump spews hate again toward Ohio's Haitian migrants, where residents are fearful over bomb threats and hate — Donald Trump repeated racist claims about Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, on Friday …
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Washington Post:
Trump's false claim about Haitian immigrants eating pets invokes racist trope — The baseless assertion that immigrants in Ohio are eating people's pets mirrors claims that have been used against migrants since the 1800s, scholars and historians say. — For days, Donald Trump and his allies …
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Lydia Polgreen / New York Times:
Trump's Vile Lie About Haitians Is the Latest in a Long and Grim Tradition — When my family moved back to the United States from East Africa in the mid-1980s, one might have thought it was a peak time of compassion for people suffering in faraway places. A glittering group of music superstars …
Alayna Alvarez / Axios:
Trump pledges “largest deportation” in U.S. history, starting in Ohio and Colorado
Trump pledges “largest deportation” in U.S. history, starting in Ohio and Colorado
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Isabel Fattal / The Atlantic:
The Springfield Effect — Trump and Vance's absurd statements are fueling real tensions and endangering Haitians in the city.
The Springfield Effect — Trump and Vance's absurd statements are fueling real tensions and endangering Haitians in the city.
Christopher Wiggins / Advocate:
JD Vance now says Haitian immigrants are spreading HIV after bizarre pet-eating claim flops
JD Vance now says Haitian immigrants are spreading HIV after bizarre pet-eating claim flops
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Irie Sentner / Politico:
Trump uses harsher rhetoric to describe Haitians in Ohio
Trump uses harsher rhetoric to describe Haitians in Ohio
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emptywheel:
The Laura Loomer Problem Is the Same as the Vladimir Putin Problem — At about the same time that several of Donald Trump's most loyal supporters were warning that Laura Loomer's access to the former President threatens his presidential bid, Tim Walz was in Grand Rapids mocking how easy it is to manipulate Donald Trump.
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump says he doesn't agree with Loomer statements
Trump says he doesn't agree with Loomer statements
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
GOP lawmaker's wife accuses him of an affair — and points the finger at the wrong woman — The House Homeland Security chair, who is seeking a divorce, acknowledged “a difficult time for my family.” — House Homeland Security Chair Mark Green engaged in an extramarital affair …
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Sarah Grace Taylor / Nashville Banner:
Rep. Mark Green Accused by Wife of Affair with Younger Woman
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Harris and Trump place their chips on different states to win White House — A compressed battleground map has given each campaign a defensive electoral college wall, and they overlap in the crucial state of Pennsylvania. — Democrats have spent the last year eyeing a familiar trio …
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Zoe Kleinman / BBC:
Stephen Fry: Musk and Zuckerberg have ‘polluted culture’ — Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg and X owner Elon Musk are “the worst polluters in human history”, Stephen Fry has said. — The actor and comedian made the claim during a lecture at Kings College, London.
Matt Shuham / HuffPost:
Inside Team Trump's Plans For Mass Deportation Camps — A key Trump White House adviser said the operation would be “greater than any national infrastructure project we've done to date” as a country. — Five years ago, Kris Kobach, Kansas' former secretary of state, announced on Fox Business Network that …
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New York Times:
The Star-Making Machine That Created ‘Donald Trump’ … Donald Trump had mostly luck to credit for being discovered, at age 57, by Mark Burnett, then the hottest name in the hottest new television genre.Chester Higgins Jr./The New York Times — Late in the summer of 2003 …
Monica Alba / NBC News:
Harris campaign targets Latinos in new ad blitz focused on boxing matches and baseball games — The Harris campaign is especially focused on reaching undecided Latino voters who may be persuaded by some of former President Donald Trump's economic message. — WASHINGTON — The Harris campaign …
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NBC News:
Obamas and Clintons to hit the campaign trail for Harris in the final stretch — Energized by their speeches at the Democratic National Convention last month, the Clintons and Obamas will travel the country to help Harris reach key voters over the coming weeks.
Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:
Lynda Carter's Sister Is Running in a Key Arizona Race. Wonder Woman Is Sounding the Alarm. — Pamela Carter, a right-wing abortion foe, claims to have her family's “full support” for her candidacy. Not exactly. — Arizona's fourth legislative district, located in the suburban heart …
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Aliyya Swaby / ProPublica:
Georgia's Top GOP Lawmaker Seeks Tougher Action Against Students Who Make Threats. But It May Not Make Schools Safer. — To deter violence, research suggests the best strategy is not harsh punishment for threats but a different tactic, one based on decades of interviews with mass shooters …
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Los Angeles Times:
Trump says he would withhold California fire aid unless Newsom ‘signs those papers’ — Rancho Palos Verdes Mayor John Cruikshank met with Trump and spoke briefly about city's struggle to deal with land movement. — Trump portrayed California as crime-ridden, water-starved and flooded with immigrants in the country illegally.
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Jared Gans / The Hill:
Trump threatens to cut off California wildfire aid if Newsom doesn't change water policy
Trump threatens to cut off California wildfire aid if Newsom doesn't change water policy
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