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Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
The Real Reason Trump and Vance Are Spreading Lies About Haitians — Investing in Rust Belt communities would not fix what they see as the actual problem. — Six days into terrorizing the city of Springfield, Ohio, with baseless nonsense about Haitian immigrants kidnapping and eating people's pets …
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Matt Arco / New Jersey Online:
J.D. Vance offers ‘proof’ of pet-eating, but it's proven false with 1 phone call — Donald Trump's running mate JD Vance has dug in on his claim Haitians in an Ohio community are abducting and eating pets, even as the state's GOP governor and other officials insist there is no evidence of such behavior.
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Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Trump says he will visit Springfield, Ohio, ‘in the next two weeks’ — The visit to the beleaguered Ohio city of Springfield would come as Trump has pushed baseless claims about Haitian migrants eating pets, which has been repeatedly debunked. — Former President Donald Trump said during …
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump's Derision of Haitians Goes Back Years — Former President Donald J. Trump's false comments about pet-eating Haitian immigrants are the latest in a pattern of attacks against people from the Caribbean nation. — Former President Donald J. Trump had been in office for less than six months …
Doc Louallen / ABC News:
Ohio Haitian immigrants say they are afraid to leave home after recent backlash
Ohio Haitian immigrants say they are afraid to leave home after recent backlash
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Who Will Republicans in Springfield, Ohio Vote For?
Who Will Republicans in Springfield, Ohio Vote For?
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Alice Herman / The Guardian:
JD Vance defends pet-eating remarks: ‘The media has a responsibility to fact-check’
JD Vance defends pet-eating remarks: ‘The media has a responsibility to fact-check’
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Ben T.N. Mause / NOTUS:
The Failure Was the Point: House Rejects Mike Johnson's Government Funding Gambit — “We're on the field, in the middle of the game, the quarterback is calling the play, we're gonna run the play,” Johnson said Wednesday, before the play failed. — Copy
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NBC News:
Lindsey Graham visits Nebraska on behalf of Trump campaign to push for electoral vote change
Lindsey Graham visits Nebraska on behalf of Trump campaign to push for electoral vote change
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Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
House GOP torpedoes Speaker Johnson's funding bill
House GOP torpedoes Speaker Johnson's funding bill
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Axios:
Scoop: Mike Johnson's secret Plan B
Scoop: Mike Johnson's secret Plan B
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Trump Calls for Govt. Shutdown Unless Congress Makes It Harder for Americans to Vote
Trump Calls for Govt. Shutdown Unless Congress Makes It Harder for Americans to Vote
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NBC News:
House Republicans reject their own funding bill with a shutdown around the corner
House Republicans reject their own funding bill with a shutdown around the corner
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The House GOP is a circus. The chaos has one source.
The House GOP is a circus. The chaos has one source.
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Harris tops Trump by two points — The latest Fox News national survey finds 3-point shift since August — Vice President Kamala Harris edges former President Trump in a head-to-head matchup, as more voters see Harris as the candidate who will help the middle class …
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New York Times:
Harris Had Stronger Debate, Polls Find, but the Race Remains Deadlocked — Kamala Harris holds an edge over Donald J. Trump in the battleground state of Pennsylvania. But new surveys found that the race remains a tossup nationally. — Kamala Harris overwhelmingly impressed voters …
Quinnipiac University Poll:
Swing State Poll 2024: Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin: Harris Ahead In 2 Key Battleground States, 3rd State Up For Grabs, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; U.S. Senate Races: Democrats Have Leads In All 3 States — mail_outline — PENNSYLVANIA: Harris 51%, Trump 45%, Stein 1%, Oliver 1%
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KC Cypress / International Brotherhood of Teamsters:
Teamsters: No Endorsement for U.S. President — (WASHINGTON) — The General Executive Board of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters on Wednesday elected not to endorse any candidate for U.S. President. — After reviewing six months of nationwide member polling and wrapping up nearly …
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Alex Nieves / Politico:
West Coast Teamsters break with national chapter in endorsing Harris — The announcement came minutes after the national Teamsters declined to make a presidential endorsement. — West Coast Teamsters announced their endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday …
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Lauren Kaori Gurley / Washington Post:
Teamsters will not endorse for president, a blow to Democrats
Teamsters will not endorse for president, a blow to Democrats
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Taylor Giorno / The Hill:
Teamsters union skips endorsement in presidential race for first time since 1996
Teamsters union skips endorsement in presidential race for first time since 1996
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Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
After Fed Cuts Rates, Biden Will Claim Credit for Economy's Strength — The president's speech on Thursday won't be a “victory lap,” officials said, but it will celebrate falling inflation and borrowing costs along with solid growth. — President Biden is set to declare on Thursday …
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AJ McDougall / The Daily Beast:
MAGA Fans at Vance Rally Boo Rate Cut That Will ‘Alleviate Inflation’
MAGA Fans at Vance Rally Boo Rate Cut That Will ‘Alleviate Inflation’
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Fed slashes interest rates by a half point, an aggressive start to its first easing campaign in four years
Fed slashes interest rates by a half point, an aggressive start to its first easing campaign in four years
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Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency:
Joint ODNI, FBI, and CISA Statement — WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released the following statement:
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Associated Press:
Iranian hackers tried but failed to interest Biden's campaign in stolen Trump info, FBI says — Iranian hackers sought to interest President Joe Biden's campaign in information stolen from rival Donald Trump's campaign, sending unsolicited emails to people connected to the Democratic president …
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Joseph MacKinnon / Blaze Media:
Nearly 3 in 10 Democrats polled say it ‘would be better if Trump had been killed’ — A damning new poll revealed Wednesday that nearly one in three Democrats would have preferred to see Kamala Harris' political opponent gunned down in cold blood on Sunday. — Scott Rasmussen's RMG Research conducted …
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Bethany McLean / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's financial failures are stunning. ‘Lucky Loser’ has the receipts. — Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner's book, which builds on their Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting, is much more than an excavation of the former president's tax returns. — If you tell someone who is not a fan …
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Georgina Rannard / BBC:
Musk's satellites ‘blocking’ view of the universe — Radio waves from Elon Musk's growing network of satellites are blocking scientists' ability to peer into the universe, according to researchers in the Netherlands. — The new generation of Starlink satellites, which provide fast internet around …
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New York Times:
Trump's Talk of Prosecution Rattles Election Officials — The former president has long claimed, despite evidence to the contrary, that elections are corrupt. What if he carries through with threats to prosecute the officials who run them? — Donald J. Trump's escalating calls to investigate …
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
This Is What a Losing Campaign Looks Like — How does Donald Trump's running mate have so much time on his hands? — A first draft of this story opened: “It's not every day that a candidate for vice president of the United States rage-tweets at you.” — Backspace, backspace, backspace.
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Shawn Tully / Fortune:
Could there be a Kamala Harris landslide in November? The data scientist who correctly called the last election is betting yes … In late 2020 and early 2021, this reporter wrote several stories focusing on the election predictions advanced by Thomas Miller, a data scientist at Northwestern University.
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