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6:50 PM ET, September 17, 2024

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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
JD Vance got a former professor to delete a blog post Vance wrote in 2012 attacking GOP over anti-immigrant rhetoric  —  A week after President Barack Obama won reelection in November 2012, JD Vance, then a law student at Yale, wrote a scathing rebuke of the Republican Party's stance on migrants …
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Associated Press:
Overseas threats hit the Ohio city where Trump and Vance lied about Haitians eating pets  —  SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Ohio stationed state police at Springfield schools Tuesday in response to a rash of bomb threats — the vast majority that officials said came from overseas —
Politico:
Harris' formula for national media interviews: Don't make news  —  Harris' appearance at the NABJ event follows Donald Trump's combative sit-down interview with the association.  —  PHILADELPHIA — Kamala Harris largely stuck to her script during an interview Tuesday with a panel …
New York Times:
Harris Campaign Says She Will Meet the Press (on Her Terms)
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Phil Helsel / NBC News:
More than 30 bomb threats made in Springfield, Ohio, after false pets claims
Laila Bassam / Reuters:
Dozens of Hezbollah members wounded in Lebanon when pagers exploded, sources and witnesses say  —  At least eight people were killed and 2,750 others including Hezbollah fighters, medics and Iran's envoy to Beirut were wounded on Tuesday when the pagers they use to communicate exploded across Lebanon …
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Wall Street Journal:
Hezbollah Pagers Explode in Apparent Attack Across Lebanon  —  Eight people were killed and 2,750 wounded, country's health minister says  —  BEIRUT—Pagers carried by thousands of Hezbollah operatives exploded at about the same time Tuesday afternoon in what appeared to be an unprecedented attack …
Washington Post:
Thousands injured in Lebanon as pagers used by Hezbollah explode  —  Pagers used by the militant group Hezbollah simultaneously exploded, injuring more than 2,800 people and killing at least nine, officials said.  —  BEIRUT — Thousands of people were injured across Lebanon on Tuesday …
ProPublica:
Judge Aileen Cannon Failed to Disclose a Right-Wing Junket  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  Federal Judge Aileen M. Cannon, the controversial jurist who tossed …
Discussion: Rolling Stone
Politico:
Republicans block Democratic bill on IVF protections  —  As Trump pitches himself as a “leader on IVF,” GOP senators dismiss the legislation as a Democratic stunt.  —  Senate Republicans blocked passage on Tuesday of a Democratic bill that would federally protect access to in vitro fertilization …
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CNN:
Senate GOP blocks IVF bill again as Democrats spotlight issue ahead of elections
Kaia Hubbard / CBS News:
House Republicans moving forward with partisan plan to avert government shutdown
New York Times:
Secret Service Told Trump It Needs to Bolster Security if He Keeps Golfing  —  The agency's acting director, Ronald L. Rowe Jr., met with Donald J. Trump on Monday in the aftermath of the apparent assassination attempt on Sunday.  —  The acting director of the Secret Service told former …
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Washington Post:
Trump, without evidence, blames ‘rhetoric’ of Biden, Harris for possible assassination attempt
Kate Kelly / New York Times:
Secret Service Admits Not Searching Golf Course Perimeter, Drawing New Scrutiny
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Harris soars to record 6-point lead over Trump in post-debate poll … - “A majority of likely voters — including 1 in 5 Republicans — believe Harris won the debate, and performance appears to be crystalizing her national lead over the former president,” said Eli Yokley, political analyst at Morning Consult, in an emailed statement.
Discussion: The Hill, Slate and News.Az
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April Rubin / Axios:
Harris spoke with Trump to denounce political violence following assassination attempt
Victoria Prodeline / Monmouth University …:
Small Movement Post-Debate
Marin Scotten / Salon:
“Depressed, disgusted and horrified”: These lifelong Republicans say they're finally done with Trump  —  Former Republicans opposed to Donald Trump are working to give conservatives “permission” to vote for a Democrat  —  Robert Nix, a 62-year-old lawyer from Philadelphia, was a lifelong Republican before Donald Trump came to office.
Kanishka Singh / Reuters:
US senator accuses Muslim advocate of supporting extremism in hearing on hate  —  Republican U.S. Senator John Kennedy accused a leading Muslim civil rights advocate of supporting extremism during a Senate hearing on hate incidents in the U.S., drawing criticism from many rights groups.
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Judge rules Trump Media breached stock contract with early investor … Trump Media breached an agreement with one of the investors that helped the company go public, and must grant the investor a larger share of its stock, a judge ruled.  —  The order in Delaware Chancery Court on Monday came …
Discussion: Bloomberg
Washington Post:
Court may decide if Arizonans with missing citizenship records can vote in state races  —  Arizona officials discovered they have no records showing if nearly 100,000 longtime residents provided proof of citizenship, which is required by law to vote in state and local races.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Vance: Trump's Health-Care Plan Is to Let Insurers Charge More for Preexisting Conditions … Donald Trump infamously said at the presidential debate he had the “concept of a plan” to replace Obamacare.  As is often the case when Trump commits verbal self-harm, it fell to J.D. Vance to turn …
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Anna J Kaiser / Bloomberg:
Palm Beach Asks for Help After Spending $93,000 a Day to Protect Trump  —  Palm Beach, one of the richest American enclaves, is seeking government assistance after the cost to protect its most famous resident — former President Donald Trump — soared to $93,000 a day.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Deborah Acosta / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Authorities Were Warned About Suspected Trump Gunman
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
‘Flat Out Illegal’: MAGA Sheriff Is Keeping Note of Homes With Harris Yard Signs  —  DISTURBING  —  Bruce Zuchowski used the word “locust” to describe undocumented immigrants and said they should be sent to the homes of Kamala Harris supporters.  —  An Ohio sheriff has made a chilling …
Marcy Wheeler / New Republic:
J.D. Vance's Admission Shouldn't Shock You—They've Done This for Years  —  There was some surprise on Sunday when vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance argued that the “American media totally ignored” the plight of Springfield and Vance's own claims about immigration “until Donald Trump and I started talking about cat memes.”
Discussion: Boing Boing and CNN
Perry Stein / Washington Post:
Trump requests more time to reply to appeal of Florida case dismissal  —  Donald Trump will probably get the 30-day extension, making a ruling on Jack Smith's special counsel appointment less likely before Inauguration Day.  —  Donald Trump's legal team has requested a 30-day extension …
Discussion: Raw Story
Associated Press:
Suspicious packages sent to election officials in at least 6 states  —  Suspicious packages were sent to election officials in at least six states on Monday, but there were no reports that any of the packages contained hazardous material.  —  Powder-containing packages were sent to secretaries …
 
 
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Bojan Pancevski / Wall Street Journal:
One Million Are Now Dead or Injured in the Russia-Ukraine War
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Rick Wilson / Rick Wilson's Substack:
Refuse to Be Silenced  —  Trump's Strategy To Shut Down the 2024 Campaign
Discussion: Raw Story
Associated Press:
Vance to speak about immigration in Wisconsin city where tensions flared over refugee resettlement
NPR:
Disinformation and suppression loom over Georgia, says Black Voters Matter co-founder
Ali Swenson / Associated Press:
Elon Musk has often inflamed politically tense moments, raising worries for the US election
Discussion: PolitiFact and The Hill
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Foreign hackers could target election litigation, federal judge warns
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Georgia Ban Kills Young Mother
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Samuel Alito and German rightwing aristocrat linked to US anti-abortion activist
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Public Notice:
Mehdi Hasan sounds off
Eli Hager / ProPublica:
In an Unprecedented Move, Ohio Is Funding the Construction of Private Religious Schools
New York Post:
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs arrested at NYC hotel by Homeland Security amid sex trafficking investigation
 

 
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Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
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Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
The US FTC releases a four-year study of how Meta, YouTube, TikTok, and six others collected and used data, finding “vast surveillance” of consumers

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Google announces Password Manager PIN to let users sync passkeys across Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android devices, with iOS support coming soon
 
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