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1:45 PM ET, September 16, 2024

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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:

Trump's love for Laura Loomer is disqualifying — 🚨 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 👻

Discussion: Mediaite, Alternet.org and The Hill

Marc A. Caputo / The Bulwark:

Trump Team: 'We'll Take The Hit' on Cat Eating to Keep Immigration in the News — DONALD TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN IS NOT displeased that they've been widely condemned for spreading the urban legend of Haitian migrants eating cats and dogs in Springfield, Ohio. — If the national media is talking …

Politico:

Playbook: Trump's ties to Loomer worry Republicans — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — THE CLASS OF '24 — “The first graders who survived Sandy Hook will vote in their first presidential election,” by NBC's Melissa Chan: " …

Discussion: New Republic and American Greatness

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:

J.D. Vance Just Sold Out His Family to Defend Trump and Laura Loomer … J.D. Vance would apparently rather protect Donald Trump's decision to pal around with self-described “proud Islamophobe” and 9/11 conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer than stand up for his own wife.

Discussion: IJR, Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit and The Hill

David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Trump and Vance Are Actively Harming Springfield

Discussion: Advocate, Raw Story, Daily Caller News Foundation, The Weekly Sift, Business Insider, CBS News, CNN, Fox News, HuffPost and New York Times

Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
GOP Senate nominee Bernie Moreno raised funds on Laura Loomer's show and met with her in D.C.

Discussion: Angry White Men and Vanity Fair

William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Vance, Trump, and The Politics of Hate

Discussion: Politico

Sam Stein / The Bulwark: Laura Loomer Is the Symptom, Not the Disease

Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Trump Is the Main Character of 2024. Again.

Discussion: Instapundit

Dennis Romero / NBC News:

Man in custody after Trump golf club incident was once convicted of possessing a machine gun — The man was identified as Ryan Wesley Routh, 58. Property and court records indicate a long criminal past in North Carolina and that he lived most recently in Hawaii.

Discussion: Vox, Politico, Washington Examiner, Wired, Semafor, Rolling Stone, Fox News, The Free Press, New York Post, Blaze Media, Louder With Crowder, The Gateway Pundit, Townhall, NewsNation, DCReport.org, Yahoo News and USA Today

CNN:
Man detained in apparent assassination attempt on Trump criticized former president on social media

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Big League Politics, ABC7, No More Mister Nice Blog, Reason, WHDH-TV, WAGA-TV, New York Times, The Guardian, Axios, Washington Times and Semafor

Zachary Folk / The Daily Beast:
Who Is Alleged Trump Golf Course Gunman Ryan Wesley Routh?

New York Times:
Suspected Gunman Said He Was Willing to Fight and Die in Ukraine

Reuters:
Ryan Routh, reported suspect in Trump assassination attempt, backed Ukraine

Discussion: Fox News, The Daily Beast, The Federalist, CBS News, The Daily Dot, Breitbart, Metro.co.uk, The Sun, New Statesman, USA Today, New York Post and The Gateway Pundit

Thomas Gibbons-Neff / New York Times:
New York Times Reporter Revisits Earlier Interview With Suspect at Trump Golf Course

Discussion: Salon, Breitbart, Euronews, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Raw Story, Mediaite, New York Post, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Orange County Register, Alternet.org and The Gateway Pundit

Shawn Cohen / Daily Mail:
Son of alleged would-be assassin Ryan Wesley Routh says his dad hates Trump like ‘all reasonable people’ but he's never owned a gun and wouldn't do anything bats*** crazy

Discussion: New York Post, WPLG-TV, RedState, WAGA-TV, HotAir, Breitbart, Task Force on the …, Sun-Sentinel, Metro.co.uk, TMZ.com, The Sun, The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit, Townhall, Fox News, NewsNation, CBS News and freebeacon.com

Maggie Astor / New York Times:
Live Updates: Secret Service Faces Scrutiny After Apparent Assassination Attempt on Trump

Mary Ann Akers / The Daily Beast:
Trump Asks for Cash Hours After Second Assassination Bid

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Fox News, Associated Press, Axios, The Gateway Pundit and The Hill

Alexandra Hutzler / ABC News:
Biden says Secret Service ‘needs more help’ after apparent Trump assassination attempt

Discussion: Fox News, The Hill, Scripps News, USA Today, CBS News, Politico, RedState, Washington Times, The White House, New York Post, IJR, The Guardian, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, Mediaite and JNS.org

Brooke Singman / Fox News:

Trump blames Biden-Harris ‘rhetoric’ for latest assassination attempt, says he will ‘save the country’ — Democrats have previously blamed Trump for raising the temperature and being a ‘threat to democracy’ — EXCLUSIVE: Former President Trump said President Biden and Vice President Harris' …

Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:

Donald Trump Is a Threat to Democracy, and Saying So Is Not Incitement … There is no contradiction between these ideas whatsoever. Yet Trump's supporters have responded to both attempts on his life by muddying the waters, exploiting the near-tragedies with cynical efforts to redefine critiques …

Discussion: The Spectator World

The Hill:

Suspect in apparent Trump assassination attempt charged with federal gun crimes — The suspected gunman in an attempted assassination of former President Trump has been charged with federal gun crimes, according to The Associated Press. — Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, appeared in federal court …

Discussion: Associated Press, Axios, Forbes, Raw Story, TMZ.com, The Gateway Pundit, Scripps News and NewsNation

Miranda Devine / New York Post:
Reckless rhetoric from Dems and media to blame for second Trump assassination attempt

Discussion: Raw Story, Washington Examiner, Twitchy and The Federalist

Matthew Mpoke Bigg / New York Times:

Elon Musk Deletes His Post Asking Why No One Has Tried to Assassinate Biden or Harris — His remark, just hours after what the authorities said was a second assassination attempt on Donald J. Trump, immediately drew outrage. — Hours after what the F.B.I. called a second attempted assassination …

Discussion: CNN, CNBC, HuffPost, Variety, Boing Boing, Esquire and Gizmodo

Flynn Nicholls / Newsweek:

Elon Musk's Post After Donald Trump Assassination Attempt Sparks Backlash — Elon Musk has faced backlash after writing, “No one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala,” following an apparent second assassination attempt on — . — On Sunday evening, a shooter

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, The Hill, The Daily Beast, Associated Press, New York Post, The Register, Deadline, The Daily Dot, Rolling Stone and Mediaite, more at Techmeme »

Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Harris expresses relief Trump safe after gunshots

Kavitha Surana / ProPublica:

Abortion Bans Have Delayed Emergency Medical Care. In Georgia, Experts Say This Mother's Death Was Preventable. — At least two women in Georgia died after they couldn't access legal abortions and timely medical care in their state, ProPublica has found. This is one of their stories.

WKYC-TV:

Portage County sheriff: ‘Write down the addresses’ of Kamala Harris supporters who display yard signs — Sheriff Bruce D. Zuchowski, who took office in 2021, made the remarks in Facebook posts shared to two separate accounts on the night of Sept. 13. — PORTAGE COUNTY, Ohio …

Discussion: Salon, HotAir and Raw Story

Associated Press:

A secretive group recruited far-right candidates in key US House races. It could help Democrats — Joe Wiederien was an unlikely candidate to challenge a Republican congressman in one of the nation's most competitive House districts. A fervent supporter of former President Donald Trump …

Discussion: Raw Story and Alternet.org

Garrett Ross / Politico:

Playbook PM: New details emerge on Trump shooting incident — THE CATCH-UP — HISTORIC INTERVIEW — President JOE BIDEN sat down with The Washington Blade, marking the first time that a sitting president has given an exclusive interview to an LGBTQ+ news outlet.

Discussion: freebeacon.com, Wall Street Journal and Washington Blade

Washington Post:

Why House Republicans still can't manage to fund the government — Internal conflicts and a narrow majority make each spending fight a pitched battle. — House Republicans have been in power for nearly two years — and they're still unable to solve fiscal problems within their ranks.

Discussion: NBC News, The Hill and Punchbowl News

Bill Barrow / Associated Press:
Democrats put up $25 million to reach voters in 10 states in fierce fight for Senate majority

Discussion: The Hill and New York Times

Politico:
The White House launched a politically potent high-tech program this year. There's a reason you haven't heard of it.

Discussion: Washington Post

Rachel Dobkin / Newsweek:

Kamala Harris Gets Good News From Economists: New Survey — , the Democratic presidential nominee, received good news from economists about her economic agenda, according to a survey published on Saturday. — The economy has been a major talking point in this year's election following high inflation in recent years.

Discussion: The Hill and USA Today

Courtney Cohn / Democracy Docket:

Republicans are Losing the Vote-By-Mail Battle in Court — Former President Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans have switched their positions on mail-in voting so many times that it would give any voter whiplash. Whether they claim to support it as a valid voting method or disparage …

Discussion: The Federalist