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10:35 AM ET, September 18, 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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emptywheel:
JD Vance Makes Light of Actual Foreign Interference in His State  —  At a press conference on Ohio's efforts to respond to the chaos created in Springfield by a slew of bomb threats, Governor Mike DeWine revealed that a number of the bomb threats came from “one particular country” overseas.  —  Video
Washington Post:
Next year's massive tax battle has already started
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
A quick explanation of how bomb threats work, to help JD Vance
Alice Herman / The Guardian:
JD Vance defends pet-eating remarks: ‘The media has a responsibility to fact-check’
Discussion: RedState and Raw Story
Marcy Wheeler / New Republic:
J.D. Vance's Admission Shouldn't Shock You—They've Done This for Years
Discussion: Boing Boing
Associated Press:
Hezbollah hit by a wave of exploding pagers and blames Israel.  At least 9 dead, thousands injured … Pagers used by hundreds of members of the militant group Hezbollah exploded near simultaneously in Lebanon and Syria on Tuesday, killing at least nine people — including an 8-year-old girl …
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Laila Bassam / Reuters:
Dozens of Hezbollah members wounded in Lebanon when pagers exploded, sources and witnesses say
Washington Post:
Thousands injured in Lebanon as pagers used by Hezbollah explode
Wall Street Journal:
Hezbollah Pagers Explode in Apparent Attack Across Lebanon
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Johnson's colleagues baffled by his shutdown strategy … - “I don't know how he thinks it's going to pass ... where are the votes coming from?” said Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas).  — Another House Republican, speaking on the condition of anonymity, called Johnson's plan “puzzling” …
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CNN:
Johnson schedules doomed show vote on funding plan before pivoting to next step
Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
Senate Republicans again block legislation to guarantee women's rights to IVF
CNN:
Senate GOP blocks IVF bill again as Democrats spotlight issue ahead of elections
Andrew Rafferty / Scripps News:
Scripps News/Ipsos poll: Majority supports mass deportation of undocumented immigrants  —  The poll also showcases major partisan divides between voters on how to address one of the biggest topics of the presidential race: immigration.  —  A majority of Americans support the mass deportation …
Discussion: The Hill
Reaganbushmccainromney / Reagan, Bush …:
Over 100 Republican National Security Leaders Endorse Vice President Harris  —  Donald Trump cannot be trusted “to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic . . . and bear true faith and allegiance to the same.
Discussion: The Guardian
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
111 Former G.O.P. Officials Back Harris, Calling Trump ‘Unfit to Serve’  —  The signatories of a letter endorsing the Democratic vice president included former members of Congress, defense secretaries, C.I.A. directors and other national security officials.  —  More than 100 former national …
The Bulwark:
The Miles Davis of Tax Policy  —  Trump's just making it up on the fly.  —  Leading the news this morning: Melania Trump's latest video hawking her forthcoming memoir.  “Why do I stand proudly behind my nude modeling work?” the former first lady asks over a string soundtrack.
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Axios:
Trump traps Senate GOP with flip-flop on taxes … - They'll have to harmonize their own positions — in real time — with a president who is constantly changing his.  —  Trump posted he would “get SALT back.”  — That's a strong indication he wants to let those in high-tax states deduct …
Reuters:
Russia propaganda group behind fake Kamala Harris hit-and-run story, says Microsoft  —  Microsoft researchers found that the group created a video, paid an actor to appear as the alleged victim, and spread the claim through a fake website  —  A false claim circulating on social media …
Associated Press:
The FBI is investigating suspicious packages sent to election officials in more than 15 states  —  The FBI and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service on Tuesday were investigating the origin of suspicious packages that have been sent to or received by elections officials in more than 15 states …
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
AJC poll finds Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are locked in a tight race in Georgia  —  The race has tightened since the AJC's poll in June when the former president held a 5-point lead over President Joe Biden.  —  Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are locked …
Justin Glawe / The Guardian:
Network of Georgia election officials strategizing to undermine 2024 result  —  Emails reveal Georgia Election Integrity Coalition, a group of officials and election deniers, coordinating in swing state  —  The fight for democracy is supported by  —  Emails obtained by the Guardian reveal …
Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
Trump's delusional debate spin speaks volumes  —  The contrast with Biden is telling. … Kamala Harris clobbered Donald Trump during their first (and likely only) presidential debate on September 10.  She humiliated him by smirking and laughing at his offensive buffoonery.
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
A new government report reveals the fundamental flaw in the American economy  —  A little-noticed report by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released this month reveals why, for most Americans, the economy is broken.  The report focuses on the American economy from 2019 to 2021.
Kavitha Surana / ProPublica:
Afraid to Seek Care Amid Georgia's Abortion Ban, She Stayed at Home and Died  —  Candi Miller's family said she didn't visit a doctor “due to the current legislation on pregnancies and abortions.”  Maternal health experts deemed her death preventable and blamed Georgia's abortion ban.
Colleen Long / Associated Press:
Now a Roe advocate, woman raped by stepfather as a child tells her story in Harris campaign ad  —  A 22-year-old woman who became an abortion rights advocate after she was raped by her stepfather as a child tells her story in a new campaign ad for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Judge Who Tossed Trump's Docs Case Repeatedly Violated Disclosure Rule: Report  —  Florida Judge Aileen Cannon failed to disclose lavish trips hosted by influential conservative law school  —  FLORIDA DISTRICT COURT Judge Aileen Cannon failed to disclose her attendance at several right-wing …
Discussion: Washington Post and Balloon Juice
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ProPublica:
Judge Aileen Cannon Failed to Disclose a Right-Wing Junket
 
 
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Brian Mann / NPR:
NPR Exclusive: U.S. overdose deaths plummet, saving thousands of lives
Rich Lowry / New York Post:
Watchdog blows up sham of Queers for Palestine and other leftist insanity
Discussion: RedState
Alexander B. Howard / CIVIC TEXTS:
Installing Signal in the noise: how Uncle Sam investing in open source secure messaging created civic infrastructure
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Green Party candidate stays on Montana Senate ballot
Wayne Schutsky / NPR:
A records flaw could block thousands in Arizona from voting in state and local races
 Earlier Items: 
Aris Folley / The Hill:
House passes bill to plug $3B VA budget shortfall
Paul Campos / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
Trump: When I Win, The People Who Tried To Defeat Me Are Going To Prison
Will Neal / The Daily Beast:
Elon Musk Shared Memes Made by FSB Propaganda Machine
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Robert McCoy / New Republic:
J.D. Vance Reveals How Trump Will Use Musk to Target Social Security
Discussion: Raw Story, Gizmodo and Boing Boing
Politico:
Harris refuses to veer off script in her second high-profile interview
Rick Wilson / Rick Wilson's Substack:
Refuse to Be Silenced  —  The emerging MAGA conflation that every criticism of Donald Trump …
Discussion: Raw Story
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Judge rules Trump Media breached stock contract with early investor
Discussion: Fortune and Bloomberg
 

 
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Bloomberg:
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