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1:25 PM 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.
Politico:
Playbook: Mike Johnson's uneasy decision
Discussion: Punchbowl News and RedState
Washington Post:
Harris and Trump essentially tied in Pennsylvania, Post poll finds
Sean Craig / The Daily Beast:
Trump Shocked That ‘a Woman’ Is ‘Somehow Doing Better’ Than Biden in 2024 Race
Associated Press:
Harris hopes to turn Ukraine war into winning issue in battle with Trump for Polish American votes
Discussion: Politico
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
White Dudes for Harris unveils eight-figure swing-state campaign
Discussion: Florida Politics
Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:   Can Harris's Cynical, Run-out-the Clock Campaign Succeed?
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
Burgess Everett / Semafor:
JD Vance keeps getting ahead of Donald Trump on policy
Kaelan Deese / Washington Examiner:
Alaska man indicted for threatening to assassinate Supreme Court justices and their family members  —  An Alaska man has been indicted for allegedly making hundreds of threats against six members of the Supreme Court, according to the Justice Department, including plans to assassinate the justices.
Discussion: Associated Press
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Carolina Journal:
Robinson under pressure to withdraw from gubernatorial race  —  North Carolina Republicans are bracing Thursday morning as word spreads about a damning news story looming regarding Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson.  —  Sources with direct knowledge have spoken with Carolina Journal on the condition …
NBC News:
Lindsey Graham visits Nebraska on behalf of Trump campaign to push for electoral vote change  —  The South Carolina senator wants the governor to call a special session to put forward legislation that would make Nebraska a winner-take-all state in the Electoral College.
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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
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, PoliticusUSA and Daily Kos
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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Ryan Deto / Greensburg Tribune-Review:
Western Pa. Teamsters endorse Kamala Harris, breaking with national union
Discussion: Alternet.org
Kerry Picket / Washington Times:
Democrats seethe over Teamsters' decision to not endorse Harris
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 …
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: 12 completely fictional stories Trump has told in the last month  —  Former President Donald Trump is littering his public remarks with fictional stories.  —  This isn't run-of-the-mill political spin, the kind of statistic-twisting and accomplishment-exaggerating that political candidates of all stripes engage in.
Discussion: Raw Story
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
With one exaggerated anecdote, Trump kneecaps his Jan. 6 defense  —  Appearing on Fox News on Wednesday, Trump told a story he's told before — one in which a politician is threatened by angry Trump boosters and he calls them off.  —  Donald Trump's tough-guy shtick plays well on Fox News …
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
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Discussion: The Mahablog
Julia Mueller / The Hill:
‘Uncommitted’ leaders say they won't endorse Harris  —  The Uncommitted National Movement won't endorse Vice President Harris for the White House, the pro-Palestinian group said on Thursday, even as it opposes former President Trump and cautions against supporting third-party presidential candidates.
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 …
Bloomberg:
Secret Service Probing Musk's Post About Threats to Biden and Harris  —  The Secret Service is looking into Elon Musk's post on X that suggested it was strange no one attempted to assassinate President Joe Biden or Vice President Kamala Harris.  In response to a FOIA request …
Discussion: Business Insider, Mediaite and Fox News
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
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 …
Chorus Nylander / KVOA-TV:
N4T Investigators: Several Trump supporters seated on stage during Tucson rally experience eye injuries  —  TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) - It's a mystery at a Donald Trump rally that left multiple people with eye injuries and few answers.  —  The News 4 Tucson Investigators spoke exclusively …
 
 
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Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
NAACP to spend $20 million mobilizing Black voters this fall
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New York Times:
Pete Buttigieg Plays Vance in Walz's Debate Prep
Annie Nova / CNBC:
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Discussion: Data For Progress
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
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Discussion: The Atlantic and UnHerd
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
Daniel Greenfield / Frontpage Mag:
First Somali Refugee to Run Public Housing Admits to Stealing Millions
 Earlier Items: 
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Legal Watchdog Group Warns Pro-Trump Lawyers Against Subverting Democracy in November
Sean Craig / The Daily Beast:
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Discussion: Politico
Lazar Berman / The Times of Israel:
Israeli official confirms deal proposal would see all hostages released, end of war
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.
David Gilbert / Wired:
Anti-Immigrant Election Deniers Have Turned Their Online Following Into an Army of Activists
Bill Scher / Washington Monthly:
Trump's Laziest Campaign
Discussion: USA Today, Raw Story, Politico and Fox News
Washington Post:
Scarred by violence, lawmakers plan for possible ‘mass casualty’ event