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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 …
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Alternet.org, Raw Story, HuffPost, Anderson Alerts, Mediaite, Talking Points Memo and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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CNN:
'I'm a black NAZI!': NC GOP nominee for governor made dozens of disturbing comments on porn forum — Editor's Note: The below story contains offensive language. — Mark Robinson, the controversial and socially conservative Republican nominee for governor of North Carolina …
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PoliticusUSA
Washington Post:
Robinson vows to continue campaign as Republicans in N.C. brace for damaging story — Mark Robinson, the Republican nominee for governor in North Carolina, vowed to continue his campaign Thursday as he and others in the GOP braced for what they expected to be a damaging CNN story, less than two months until the election.
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The Hill, Fox News and PoliticusUSA
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.
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Emerson Polling, New York Daily News and New Jersey Online
Politico:
Playbook: Mike Johnson's uneasy decision
Playbook: Mike Johnson's uneasy decision
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Punchbowl News, The Gateway Pundit and RedState
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Kellyanne Conway predicts Trump will win, but ‘enthusiasm is there on both sides’
Kellyanne Conway predicts Trump will win, but ‘enthusiasm is there on both sides’
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Mediaite, New York Post and New Jersey Online
Emily Peck / Axios:
Harris closes trust gap with Trump on the economy
Harris closes trust gap with Trump on the economy
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New York Times, Washington Examiner, UnHerd, New Jersey Online and New York Post
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
White Dudes for Harris unveils eight-figure swing-state campaign
White Dudes for Harris unveils eight-figure swing-state campaign
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The Daily Beast and Florida Politics
Thom Hartmann / The Hartmann Report:
Trump and Johnson's Shocking Bid to Suppress Women's Votes — Republicans don't want women to vote. They now think they may have a strategy that could help make that happen. — House Speaker Mike Johnson and former president Donald Trump were pushing the SAVE Act (Safeguard American Eligibility Act) …
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The Hill, The Bulwark, Axios, Mediaite, Associated Press, Washington Examiner, Raw Story, NPR, Rolling Stone, Politico, New York Times, HuffPost, New Republic, The Daily Signal and NOTUS
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Keith Naughton / The Hill:
The House is stumbling toward another shutdown — and another Trump loss — Donald Trump must be trying to lose. — And I don't just mean Trump, but JD Vance, the House Freedom Caucus and the insular world of “make-America-great-again” influencers. Every day brings a new foolish act.
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Fox News, Forbes, Bangor Daily News, Daily Kos, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Post, PBS NewsHour and CBS News
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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Politico, The Guardian, Alternet.org and Nebraska Examiner
Tara Suter / The Hill:
GOP lawmakers from Nebraska urge state to flip to winner-take-all electoral system
GOP lawmakers from Nebraska urge state to flip to winner-take-all electoral system
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The Guardian, Washington Examiner and Raw Story
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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Raw Story, Alternet.org, Plain Dealer, The Hill, The Guardian, New York Magazine, Wall Street Journal and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Margaret Sullivan / The Guardian:
JD Vance is factually challenged - and morally deficient
JD Vance is factually challenged - and morally deficient
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Washington Post, Semafor, The Daily Beast, Business Insider, Reason, Vanity Fair, New Jersey Online, The Daily Caller, Gizmodo, The Gateway Pundit, HuffPost and RedState
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
Trump-Vance Intentionally Blurs The Line Between Illegal And Legal Immigrants
Trump-Vance Intentionally Blurs The Line Between Illegal And Legal Immigrants
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Letters from an American, New York Times, New Republic, Raw Story, HuffPost and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
The Real Reason Trump and Vance Are Spreading Lies About Haitians
The Real Reason Trump and Vance Are Spreading Lies About Haitians
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New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Ohio Capital Journal, Breitbart, Mediaite, Jacobin, Axios, Washington Examiner, Washington Post, WKYC-TV, HuffPost, The Guardian, The Moderate Voice, Raw Story, Alternet.org, Religion News Service, ABC News, CNN and Business Insider, more at Mediagazer »
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 …
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Raw Story, One America News Network, Denver Post, The Guardian, Daily Kos and New York Magazine
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Axios:
The Harris-Walz media strategy: Hide from the press
The Harris-Walz media strategy: Hide from the press
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Washington Examiner, CNN, freebeacon.com, Townhall, Twitchy, Breitbart, Mediaite, The Daily Beast and IJR
Sean Craig / The Daily Beast:
Trump Shocked That ‘a Woman’ Is ‘Somehow Doing Better’ Than Biden in 2024 Race
Trump Shocked That ‘a Woman’ Is ‘Somehow Doing Better’ Than Biden in 2024 Race
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Mediaite, Alternet.org, The Hill and Breitbart
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!”
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Mediaite, PoliticusUSA and Daily Kos
Kiera Butler / Mother Jones:
To Understand JD Vance, You Need to Meet the “TheoBros” — On July 15, when former President Donald Trump first appeared at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, he brought along two new accessories. One was a large bandage covering his ear, which had been nicked by a would-be assassin's bullet.
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Alternet.org
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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.
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Alternet.org, Raw Story and TASS
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 …
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Raw Story, New Republic and emptywheel, more at Mediagazer »
US Department of Justice:
Alaska Man Arrested for Threatening U.S. Supreme Court Justices, Their Family Members — For Immediate Release — An Alaska man was arrested yesterday in Anchorage for allegedly threatening to injure and kill six U.S. Supreme Court Justices and some of their family members.
Gustaf Kilander / The Independent:
Producers had to heavily edit The Apprentice to stop Trump from looking like a ‘complete moron’, authors claim — ‘That quality that was really bad for him in business was solid gold on the show,’ author says — Your support helps us to tell the story — As your White House correspondent …
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Bethany McLean / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's financial failures are stunning. ‘Lucky Loser’ has the receipts.
Donald Trump's financial failures are stunning. ‘Lucky Loser’ has the receipts.
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The Bulwark and New York Times
Ron Dicker / HuffPost:
MAGA Boat Parade Dude Snaps At CNN Reporter: ‘Nobody Gave Me S**t!’ — The journalist prodded the Trump supporter a bit and got a sassy earful. — LOADING — A MAGA boat parade participant got salty at a CNN correspondent's suggestion that he was well off and might not be so affected by economic concerns.
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New York Times, CNN, Fox News, The Daily Caller, RedState and Mediaite
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 …
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Breitbart, The Atlantic, TheGrio, Newsbusters, Washington Examiner and MSNBC
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 …
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Axios, Business Insider, PoliticusUSA, Mediaite and Fox News
New York Times:
How Israel Built a Modern-Day Trojan Horse: Exploding Pagers — The Israeli government did not tamper with the Hezbollah devices that exploded, defense and intelligence officials say. It manufactured them as part of an elaborate ruse. — Leer en español阅读.体 …
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Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
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The Mahablog
Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
Right-wing media have lavished praise on embattled Mark Robinson during his NC gubernatorial campaign — Right-wing media figures on Robinson: “Not afraid to say what he is thinking, which I think we need more of”; “he's got spirit, he's got gusto”; “he's like a hero of the internet”
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Mediaite
Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Email Shows Project 2025 Coordinator Dangling Administration Job To Possible Contributor — A Heritage Foundation fellow said Project 2025 leaders' personnel recommendations “are likely to carry influence” with a future Trump administration. — LOADING — WASHINGTON — A coordinator …
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Media Matters for America and The Hill