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3:40 PM ET, September 18, 2024

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Wall Street Journal:
How the Trump Campaign Ran With Rumors About Pet-Eating Migrants—After Being Told They Weren't True  —  Springfield, Ohio, city officials were contacted by Vance's team and said the claims were baseless.  It didn't matter and now the town is in chaos.  —  SPRINGFIELD, Ohio …
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David Thompson / The Daily Beast:
GOP Mayor to Trump: Don't Come to Springfield After Your Dog-Eating Slurs
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.
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Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
Trump Tries to Close Off a Chief Line of Attack: That He's a Danger to Democracy
Ron Dicker / HuffPost:
Sean Hannity Makes False Claim About Trump's Would-Be Assassins
Discussion: Raw Story, Mediaite and Fox News
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
111 Republican former officials endorse Harris, say Trump is ‘unfit to serve’
Discussion: NBC News
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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 …
Gabe Whisnant / Newsweek:
New Poll Shows Democrats Slashing Republicans Lead on Immigration
Discussion: Axios and Al Jazeera
New York Times:
Israel Planted Explosives in Pagers Sold to Hezbollah, Officials Say  —  Small amounts of explosive were implanted in beepers that Hezbollah had ordered from a Taiwanese company, according to American and other officials briefed on the operation.  —  Israel carried out its operation …
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Reuters:
Israel planted explosives in Hezbollah's Taiwan-made pagers, say sources  —  A Taiwanese pager maker denied on Wednesday that it had produced devices that wounded thousands of Hezbollah operatives in Lebanon when they exploded, an audacious attack that raised the prospect of a full-scale war between …
NBC News:
Who made the exploding pagers? A messy global trail emerges behind deadly Lebanon blasts
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Victoria Guida / Politico:
Fed moves to protect weakening job market with bold rate cut  —  The move signals that the central bank is growing nervous about the declining labor market.  —  The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday that it is slashing interest rates by half a percentage point and projected two more cuts …
Discussion: Reuters
Rob Wile / NBC News:
Fed goes big with interest rate cut in a bid to head off an economic slowdown  —  The Federal Reserve uses its federal funds rate, which serves as a benchmark for interest rates in the rest of the economy, as its main tool for regulating inflation and unemployment.
KC Cypress / International Brotherhood of Teamsters:
Teamsters: No Endorsement for U.S. President  —  International Union Cites Strong Political Divides, Few Commitments from Candidates  —  Press Contact: Kara Deniz Phone: (202) 497-6610 Email: kdeniz@teamster.org  —  (WASHINGTON) — The General Executive Board of the International Brotherhood …
Discussion: Axios and ABC News
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Politico:   Teamsters skip presidential endorsement amid apparently strong member support for Trump
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 …
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CBS News:
Bogus hit-and-run story about Vice President Kamala Harris created by Russian troll farm, Microsoft says
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Balloon Juice
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 …
Discussion: Alternet.org and Raw Story
Mandy Taheri / Newsweek:
‘Suspicious Occurrence’ Near Donald Trump New York Rally: What We Know  —  Nassau County police responded to a “suspicious occurrence” near the location of former President  —  's Wednesday night rally in Long Island, noting that no explosives were located, the department confirmed to Newsweek.
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 …
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AARP:
In September, Trump Has Narrow Lead Among WI Voters 50-Plus
Discussion: The Hill, WisPolitics and New York Post
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
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
The Miles Davis of Tax Policy  —  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.  “The more pressing question is: Why has the media chosen …
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The House GOP is a circus.  The chaos has one source.  —  Republicans spent two years sabotaging the U.S. House.  Another two years would be ruinous.  —  Adapted from “Fools on the Hill: The Hooligans, Saboteurs, Conspiracy Theorists and Dunces who Burned Down the House,” by Dana Milbank.
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Sharon Lerner / ProPublica:
EPA Scientists Said They Were Pressured to Downplay Harms From Chemicals.  A Watchdog Found They Were Retaliated Against.  —  More than three years ago, a small group of government scientists came forward with disturbing allegations.  —  During President Donald Trump's administration …
Bruce Schreiner / Associated Press:
Kentucky governor bans use of ‘conversion therapy’ with executive order  —  Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear banned the use of “conversion therapy” on minors in Kentucky on Wednesday, calling his executive order a necessary step to protect children from a widely discredited practice that tries …
Discussion: CBS News, Kentucky Lantern and Advocate
Brian Mann / NPR:
NPR Exclusive: U.S. overdose deaths plummet, saving thousands of lives  —  For the first time in decades, public health data shows a sudden and hopeful drop in drug overdose deaths across the U.S.  —  “This is exciting,” said Dr. Nora Volkow, head of the National Institute On Drug Abuse …
The Napolitan Institute:
17% Say America Would Be Better Off If Trump Had Been Killed  —  The desensitization of some Americans following the second assassination of former President Trump is alarming.  Seventeen percent (17%) of voters believe America would have been better off if former President Trump had been killed in last week's attempted assassination.
 
 
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Brooke Migdon / The Hill:
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William Thornton / al.com:
Rumors fuel anger over Sylacauga's small Haitian community, officials say: ‘They just want to work’
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Natalie Allison / Politico:
Sarah Huckabee Sanders jabs Kamala Harris for not having biological children
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Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Favorable Ratings of Harris, Trump Remain Under 50%
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
Justice Department files $100 million lawsuit against owner of ship that rammed into Baltimore's Key Bridge
Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
More than a dozen GOP nominees, elected officials, and Trump advisers have appeared on Laura Loomer's show (including JD Vance)
MSNBC:
Lawrence on Trump's deadly abortion ban: ‘Women are dying. They got what they wanted.’
Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
Trump's delusional debate spin speaks volumes