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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 and Alternet.org
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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.
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 …
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Trump Is the Main Character of 2024. Again.
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
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
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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Washington Post:
Secret Service under scrutiny after second potential attempt on Trump's life  —  Biden urges Congress to increase Secret Service funding and staffing after a potential second assassination attempt on Trump raises security concerns.  —  The Secret Service is facing new scrutiny …
The Hill:
Suspect in apparent Trump assassination attempt charged with federal gun crimes
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Donald Trump Is a Threat to Democracy, and Saying So Is Not Incitement
Isabel Keane / New York Post:
Ryan Wesley Routh, Trump assassination attempt suspect, smiles in court as he's hit with federal gun charges
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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Zachary Folk / The Daily Beast:
Who Is Alleged Trump Golf Course Gunman Ryan Wesley Routh?
Thomas Gibbons-Neff / New York Times:
New York Times Reporter Revisits Earlier Interview With Suspect at Trump Golf Course
CNN:
Man detained in apparent assassination attempt on Trump criticized former president on social media
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
New York Times:
Suspected Gunman Said He Was Willing to Fight and Die in Ukraine
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.
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, IJR, 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
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: HuffPost, USA Today, HotAir and Raw Story
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Marin Scotten / Salon:
Ohio sheriff tells residents to “write down the addresses” of Harris-Walz supporters  —  Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski urged residents of an Ohio county to report neighbors with Harris-Walz signs  —  An Ohio sheriff told people to “write down the addresses” of anybody who supports Democratic …
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 …
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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.
Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Harris expresses relief Trump safe after gunshots
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
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.
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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
Scientific American:
Vote for Kamala Harris to Support Science, Health and the Environment  —  Kamala Harris has plans to improve health, boost the economy and mitigate climate change.  Donald Trump has threats and a dangerous record  —  In the November election, the U.S. faces two futures.
Discussion: Raw Story
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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