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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
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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 …
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.
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Trump Is the Main Character of 2024.  Again.  —  How to take over the news cycle with this one weird trick.  —  ∙ Paid  —  1. Cats and Dogs  —  Late last week, in between laughing at JD Vance and Donald Trump, I had a thought:  —  What if the Haitians-stealing-and-eating-your- pets is actually good for the Trump campaign?
Discussion: Instapundit
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Trump and Vance Are Actively Harming Springfield
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
Sam Stein / The Bulwark:   Laura Loomer Is the Symptom, Not the Disease
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Vance, Trump, and The Politics of Hate
Discussion: Politico
Politico:
Playbook: Trump's ties to Loomer worry Republicans
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.
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CNN:
Man detained in apparent assassination attempt on Trump criticized former president on social media
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
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
Thomas Gibbons-Neff / New York Times:
New York Times Reporter Revisits Earlier Interview With Suspect at Trump Golf Course
Maggie Astor / New York Times:
Live Updates: Secret Service Faces Scrutiny After Apparent Assassination Attempt on Trump
Reuters:
Ryan Routh, reported suspect in Trump assassination attempt, backed Ukraine
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' …
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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 …
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 …
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, Boing Boing, Esquire and Gizmodo
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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
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.
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
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Garrett Ross / Politico:
Playbook PM: New details emerge on Trump shooting incident
Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Harris expresses relief Trump safe after gunshots
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
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
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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
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
State of the Race: Early Signs of a Post-Debate Bounce for Harris  —  It could be another week until the full scope of possible gains is evident.  —  It's still too soon to judge the fallout from the presidential debate, but the polls already suggest that Kamala Harris might be poised to gain.
Discussion: Roll Call
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
 
 
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The staggering reach of Trump's misinformation — not just on Haitian migrants
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Yamiche Alcindor / NBC News:
Congressional Black Caucus PAC launches ad in swing New York district highlighting Trump's lie about Haitian immigrants
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