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11:30 AM ET, September 19, 2024

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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 …
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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
The Actual Electoral Map Is Three States  —  If the former president wins the East Coast trio of Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia, he will go back to the White House.  —  Former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Asheboro, North Carolina, on Aug. 21.
Discussion: New Jersey Online
Associated Press:
Harris hopes to turn Ukraine war into winning issue in battle with Trump for Polish American votes  —  Democrats are stepping up their outreach to Polish Americans in this year's presidential election as Kamala Harris and Donald Trump vie for support from a community that could play a decisive role …
Discussion: Politico and Wall Street Journal
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
White Dudes for Harris unveils eight-figure swing-state campaign
Discussion: Florida Politics
Politico:   Playbook: Mike Johnson's uneasy decision
Washington Post:
Harris and Trump essentially tied in Pennsylvania, Post poll finds
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
September 2024 Swing State Polls: Trump and Harris Locked in Tight Presidential Race
Discussion: New Jersey Online
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
J.D. Vance's Weak Excuse for “Pet Eating” Lie Just Blew Up In His Face … Prepare to be shocked: At around the time J.D. Vance started dissembling about Haitians eating people's house pets, a Vance campaign staffer privately spoke with the city manager of Springfield, Ohio, where thousands of Haitians have settled.
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David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
Trump-Vance Intentionally Blurs The Line Between Illegal And Legal Immigrants  —  A lot of things happened.  Here are some of the things.  This is TPM's Morning Memo.  Sign up for the email version.  —  No One Is Safe  —  The Trump-Vance ticket's unbridled racist attacks on Haitian immigrants in Ohio …
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 …
Margaret Sullivan / The Guardian:
JD Vance is factually challenged - and morally deficient
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:   September 18, 2024  —  Today, at a White House reception in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month …
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Ben T.N. Mause / NOTUS:
The Failure Was the Point: House Rejects Mike Johnson's Government Funding Gambit
Nicholas Liu / Salon:
“Delusional and unsettling”: Trump forgets there was no debate audience, claims crowd “went crazy”  —  Appearing on Fox News, the 78-year-old Republican claimed that he won over an audience that did not exist  —  Former President Donald Trump appeared on a taped segment of Fox News' “Gutfeld!”
Discussion: Mediaite and PoliticusUSA
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
With one exaggerated anecdote, Trump kneecaps his Jan. 6 defense
Sean Craig / The Daily Beast:
Trump Shocked That ‘a Woman’ Is ‘Somehow Doing Better’ Than Biden in 2024 Race
Andrew Tobin / freebeacon.com:
‘Israel Is Going to War’: Attacks on Hezbollah Devices Signal Jewish State Ready for Escalation  —  TEL AVIV—As Hezbollah terrorists across Lebanon spontaneously combusted for a second straight day on Wednesday, war-weary Israelis were enjoying the show.  —  But they were also asking what comes next.
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New York Times:
How Israel Built a Modern-Day Trojan Horse: Exploding Pagers
Matt Bernardini / The Guardian:
Ex-Trump advisers help to grow pro-Russia website that spreads misinformation  —  George Papadopoulos and others involved in Intelligencer, increasingly popular source of news in rightwing circles  —  Amid the recent crackdown on Russian influence in American media, a group of former Trump advisers …
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
Local Teamsters unions in key battleground states endorse Harris  —  Local unions within the International Brotherhood of Teamsters are putting their support behind Vice President Harris in November, despite the wider union's decision to withhold a presidential endorsement this year.
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Alex Nieves / Politico:
West Coast Teamsters break with national chapter in endorsing Harris
David Gilbert / Wired:
Anti-Immigrant Election Deniers Have Turned Their Online Following Into an Army of Activists  —  A coordinated effort called “National Only Citizens Vote” has been rolled out this week by a coalition of people pushing conspiracy theories about immigrants voting in the November election.
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 …
Discussion: New York Times
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Legal Watchdog Group Warns Pro-Trump Lawyers Against Subverting Democracy in November  —  New ads running in legal journals are warning lawyers: “Don't lose your law license because of Trump.”  —  After the 2020 election, legal watchdogs, outraged at some of their colleagues …
Stephen Prager / Current Affairs:
The Right is Where the Money Is … Earlier this month, the Department of Justice charged two employees of the Russian state TV channel RT with illegally pouring nearly $10 million into a Tennessee company, Tenet Media.  The company, founded by now-former Blaze TV personality Lauren Chen and her husband …
Discussion: Mother Jones
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Georgia's abortion ban killed a young mother.  The Christian right now blames the victim  —  Anti-choice activists argue that if Amber Nicole Thurman had submitted to forced childbirth, she'd still be alive  —  Pro-choice activists warned in the immediate aftermath of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health …
Bill Scher / Washington Monthly:
Trump's Laziest Campaign  —  The 78-year-old Republican nominee is holding fewer campaign events than in his two previous runs for the presidency.  Can he pick up the pace?  —  Election Day is 47 days away.  Early voting has begun in some states.  Polls indicate that the presidential race …
Discussion: USA Today, Raw Story, Politico and Fox News
Rebecca Crosby / Popular Information:
The stark reality of mass deportation  —  Former President Donald Trump has promised that he will start mass deportations if he wins in November.  The promise has become a central selling point of his 2024 campaign.  At a campaign rally in Michigan this summer, Trump vowed …
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 …
Discussion: Bloomberg and CBS News
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AJ McDougall / The Daily Beast:
MAGA Fans at Vance Rally Boo Rate Cut That Will ‘Alleviate Inflation’
 
 
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Liam Reilly / CNN:
Elon Musk boosts fake Trump rally bomb threat and false claims about the election
Discussion: The Daily Beast, The Hill and Axios
Associated Press:
These evangelicals are voting their values — by backing Kamala Harris
Washington Post:
House Democrats plan multimedia Project 2025 hearing
Discussion: The Hill
Daniel Greenfield / Frontpage Mag:
First Somali Refugee to Run Public Housing Admits to Stealing Millions
Sean Craig / The Daily Beast:
Republicans Are in a Civil War Over Trump's Weed Plan
Discussion: Politico
Lazar Berman / The Times of Israel:
Israeli official confirms deal proposal would see all hostages released, end of war
 Earlier Items: 
Burgess Everett / Semafor:
JD Vance keeps getting ahead of Donald Trump on policy
Alex Roarty / NOTUS:
Democrats Are Building the Ground Game They Wish They'd Had in 2020. They're Not Sure How Much It'll Matter.
Washington Post:
Scarred by violence, lawmakers plan for possible ‘mass casualty’ event
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency:
Joint ODNI, FBI, and CISA Statement
Owen Klinsky / The Daily Caller:
Federal Reserve Delivers What Could Be A Huge Gift To Kamala Harris Just Before Election