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5:40 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 …
Natalie Allison / Politico:
Email address belonging to Mark Robinson found on Ashley Madison  —  An adviser to the North Carolina Republican confirmed the email address belongs to him.  —  An email address belonging to North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson was registered on Ashley Madison, a website designed for married people seeking affairs.
Discussion: FOX8 WGHP and New York Post
Washington Post:
N.C. Republican vows to continue campaign for governor amid fallout of CNN story  —  Mark Robinson, the Republican nominee for governor in North Carolina, vowed to continue his campaign Thursday amid the fallout over a CNN story about comments he made on a pornographic website's message board more than a decade ago.
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Robinson says he's staying in NC governor's race after bombshell CNN report
Discussion: Fox News and Raw Story
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:   GOP Guv Candidate Shared His Love for Transgender Porn & Slavery in Bizarre Old Posts
Lucille Sherman / Axios:   NC gov. candidate Mark Robinson declared himself “Black Nazi” on porn site: CNN
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Casey leading McCormick in Pennsylvania Senate polling  —  Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey (D) is leading his Republican rival Dave McCormick in new Keystone State polling.  —  In a new poll from The Philadelphia Inquirer/The New York Times/Siena College, Casey garnered 49 percent support …
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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 …
Siena College Research Institute:
Harris Leads Trump by 13 Points, 55-42%, Similar to 53-39% in August; In Multi-Candidate Race, Harris Leads by 12 Points, Same as August  — Voters Trust Harris More on Abortion, Democracy, Economy; Immigration Tied  — Gillibrand Leads Sapraicone 54-31%; NYS Proposed ERA Favored 64-23%
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.
Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
10 undecided voters explain why they haven't picked a side in this election
Discussion: Bloomberg
Washington Post:
Harris and Trump essentially tied in Pennsylvania, Post poll finds
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
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Margaret Sullivan / The Guardian:
JD Vance is factually challenged - and morally deficient
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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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 …
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:
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.
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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 …
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
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.
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”
Discussion: New York Times and Mediaite
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
Pro-Trump Georgia election board weighs new rules as critics warn of chaos  —  One measure, to be voted on Friday, would require hand counting of ballots.  Critics say that it would create widespread confusion in a state pivotal to the presidential race.  —  LAGRANGE, Ga. …
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 …
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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