memeorandum: Next year's massive tax battle has already started (Washington Post)

7:40 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 …

Discussion: Jewish Insider, The Daily Beast, New Republic, Alternet.org, Raw Story and Lawyers, Guns & Money

Philip Bump / Washington Post:

A quick explanation of how bomb threats work, to help JD Vance — There were a number of threats to people and places in Springfield, Ohio, after Vance and Trump made false claims about Haitian immigrants. The media isn't to blame. — It's important to establish a timeline on what happened …

Discussion: Raw Story, PoliticusUSA, KFOX-TV, NBC Bay Area, American Greatness, NOTUS, Alternet.org, Fox News and Louder With Crowder

Washington Post:

Next year's massive tax battle has already started — Good morning, Early Birds. Election Day is less than seven weeks away. To our readers in swing states sick of all the TV ads: Stay strong. (But if you can't get enough election coverage, check out our colleague Aaron Blake's newsletter, The Campaign Moment, for even more.)

Discussion: Washington Examiner and Fox News

Marcy Wheeler / New Republic:
J.D. Vance's Admission Shouldn't Shock You—They've Done This for Years

Discussion: emptywheel and Boing Boing

Zoë Richards / NBC News:
After false pet claims, Springfield mayor says Trump visit would be ‘an extreme strain’ on resources

Discussion: The American Spectator, The Hill, HuffPost, The Daily Beast and New York Times

Associated Press:
Overseas threats hit the Ohio city where Trump and Vance lied about Haitians eating pets

Emmy Martin / Politico:
President of college in Springfield denounces ‘falsehoods’ after bomb threats force classes online

Discussion: Associated Press, The Hill, Raw Story and The Guardian

Emily Ngo / Politico:
Trump and Vance's pet-eating claims pose dilemma for endangered House Republicans

Discussion: Alternet.org, Washington Examiner, Mediaite and The Daily Beast

Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:

Senate Republicans again block legislation to guarantee women's rights to IVF — Republicans have blocked for a second time this year legislation to establish a nationwide right to in vitro fertilization, arguing that the vote is an election-year stunt after Democrats forced a vote on the issue.

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CNN:
Johnson schedules doomed show vote on funding plan before pivoting to next step

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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Senate Republicans Block I.V.F. Protection Bill a Second Time, Breaking With Trump

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CNN:
Senate GOP blocks IVF bill again as Democrats spotlight issue ahead of elections

Politico:
Republicans block Democratic bill on IVF protections

Discussion: The Hill, ABC News, Florida Politics, Kansas Reflector, Twitchy, Axios, CBS News, PoliticusUSA and UPI

Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell: Government shutdown before election ‘politically beyond stupid’

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Axios:
Senate GOP abandons anti-Biden strategy after unexpected backfire

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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 …

Wall Street Journal:
Hezbollah Pagers Explode in Apparent Attack Across Lebanon

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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

Discussion: FDD, Caitlin Johnstone, i24NEWS, New York Times, Foreign Policy, Balloon Juice, Associated Press, The Guardian and Al Jazeera

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: Business Insider, The Daily Beast and The Mahablog

Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Judge Who Tossed Trump's Docs Case Repeatedly Violated Disclosure Rule: Report

Discussion: Balloon Juice

Perry Stein / Washington Post:
Trump requests more time to reply to appeal of Florida case dismissal

Discussion: Law & Crime and Raw Story

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 …

Discussion: Washington Post, Associated Press, Scripps News, Bloomberg and The Japan Times

Politico:

Harris refuses to veer off script in her second high-profile interview — 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 …

Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
AJC poll finds Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are locked in a tight race in Georgia

Discussion: Axios, New York Post and USA Today

April Rubin / Axios:
Harris spoke with Trump to denounce political violence following assassination attempt

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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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Lucien Bruggeman / ABC News:

Suspicious mail containing white powder sent to election offices in at least 16 states — None of the mail has been deemed hazardous so far but it has caused evacuations. — LIVE — A hazmat crew from the National Guard's Civilian Support Team investigates after a suspicious package …

Discussion: Washington Post, Axios, UPI, Washington Examiner, NBC News, Associated Press and The Hill

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 …

Discussion: Mediaite, New York Post, Breitbart, New York Times, NBC News, Roll Call, Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Washington Examiner, Bloomberg, The Hill and Raw Story

Paul Campos / Lawyers, Guns & Money:

Trump: When I Win, The People Who Tried To Defeat Me Are Going To Prison — He's openly calling for rigging the election via voter intimidation, in a truly classic example of Every Accusation is a Confession: … To continue to treat this as a normal election, the media have to either ignore …

Wayne Schutsky / NPR:

A records flaw could block thousands in Arizona from voting in state and local races — Election officials in Arizona have discovered a flaw in the state's voter registration system that could disqualify nearly 100,000 people from voting in state and local races just weeks before early ballots will hit mailboxes.

Discussion: Democracy Works Voting Data …, Associated Press, NBC News, Los Angeles Times, Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller, Axios and UPI

Washington Post:
Court may decide if Arizonans with missing citizenship records can vote in state races

Discussion: Votebeat, The Guardian and Bloomberg

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.

Discussion: Americans For Tax Fairness

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 …

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.

Ally Mutnick / Politico:

Green Party candidate stays on Montana Senate ballot — Sen. Jon Tester's (D-Mont.) reelection was already difficult. It just got a little harder. The Montana state Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling Tuesday that Green Party candidate Robert Barb can remain on the ballot …

Robert McCoy / New Republic:

J.D. Vance Reveals How Trump Will Use Musk to Target Social Security — J.D. Vance's recent comments regarding Elon Musk's potential role in a second Trump administration are ringing alarm bells for some. — In the past few weeks, Trump has confirmed that he plans to create …

Discussion: Gizmodo and Boing Boing