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4:20 PM ET, September 19, 2024

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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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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 …
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.
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.
Washington Post:
Harris and Trump essentially tied in Pennsylvania, Post poll finds
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
White Dudes for Harris unveils eight-figure swing-state campaign
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
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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 …
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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Margaret Sullivan / The Guardian:
JD Vance is factually challenged - and morally deficient
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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David Gilbert / Wired:   Anti-Immigrant Election Deniers Have Turned Their Online Following Into an Army of Activists
Tara Suter / The Hill:
GOP lawmakers from Nebraska urge state to flip to winner-take-all electoral system  —  Republican members of Congress from Nebraska in a Wednesday letter called on their state to apportion all of its five electoral votes to the popular vote winner of the presidential election in the state.
Discussion: Raw Story
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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.
Discussion: Alternet.org
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Thomas Zimmer / Democracy Americana:   Blood and Soil  —  Please note: I will record an article voiceover asap and plan to add …
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.
Discussion: The Bulwark and New York Times
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.
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Kaelan Deese / Washington Examiner:
Alaska man indicted for threatening to assassinate Supreme Court justices and their family members
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: 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 …
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 …
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”
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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Julia Mueller / The Hill:
‘Uncommitted’ leaders say they won't endorse Harris
New York Times:
Pete Buttigieg Plays Vance in Walz's Debate Prep
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
For only the second time, a top science magazine endorses for president
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Sean Craig / The Daily Beast:
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Discussion: Politico
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.
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Ryan Routh is the fruit of conspiracy-addled gun culture
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