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'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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North Carolina GOP defends Robinson following explosive CNN report — The North Carolina Republican Party released a statement Thursday evening defending its gubernatorial nominee, Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, after an explosive report about him was released. — “Mark Robinson has categorically denied …
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Robinson comments leave North Carolina Republicans reeling — An explosive report Thursday that North Carolina GOP gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson made many offensive statements on a porn site's message board has Republicans in the state reeling and Democrats on offense.
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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.
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Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Sabato's Crystal Ball shifts North Carolina gubernatorial race toward Democrats amid Robinson controversy — The political forecasting site Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball shifted the North Carolina gubernatorial race Thursday toward Democrats amid an unfolding controversy involving Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, the Republican candidate.
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NBC News:
Mark Robinson vows to stay in N.C. governor race following report he made inflammatory comments on porn site
Mark Robinson vows to stay in N.C. governor race following report he made inflammatory comments on porn site
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How Democrats could finally win North Carolina in 2024
How Democrats could finally win North Carolina in 2024
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Oliver Darcy / Status:
Nuzzi's RFK Relationship — “Had the magazine been aware of this relationship, she would not have continued to cover the presidential campaign,” the spokesperson said. … “Recently our Washington Correspondent Olivia Nuzzi acknowledged to the magazine's editors that she had engaged …
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Bruce Schreiner / Associated Press:
Kentucky sheriff charged in killing of judge at courthouse — A judge in a rural Kentucky county was shot and killed in his courthouse chambers Thursday, and the local sheriff was charged with murder, police said. The preliminary investigation indicates Letcher County Sheriff Shawn M. Stines …
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Kentucky judge shot and killed in his chambers, suspect in custody: Officials — District Judge Kevin Mullins was killed at the Letcher County Courthouse. — Kentucky judge Kevin Mullins was shot and killed in his chambers on Thursday, according to officials.
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Toluse Olorunnipa / Washington Post:
With abortion in focus, Harris's event with Oprah prompts cheers and tears — Winfrey introduced celebrities and shepherded an audience that was both live and on Zoom between energetic applause and somber reflection. — FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — A star-studded online rally designed …
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ABC News:
Harris to speak about abortion in Georgia, seeking to tie deaths of two women to Trump policies
Harris to speak about abortion in Georgia, seeking to tie deaths of two women to Trump policies
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Nick Visser / HuffPost:
Kamala Harris Says Anyone Who Breaks Into Her House Is ‘Getting Shot’
Kamala Harris Says Anyone Who Breaks Into Her House Is ‘Getting Shot’
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ABC News:
Harris teams up with Oprah to broaden her outreach to persuadable voters
Harris teams up with Oprah to broaden her outreach to persuadable voters
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Jose Pagliery / NOTUS:
New Court Filings Place Matt Gaetz at a Party at the Center of the Sex Trafficking Scandal — This is the first public filing that cites sworn testimony alleging that Gaetz attended one of the long-rumored parties with a teenage girl. — Copy — Rep. Matt Gaetz attended a drug-fueled sex party …
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Mike Johnson bypassed a second time with rare maneuver … - In May, a discharge petition led by Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) attained the necessary 218 signatures to force a House vote on legislation providing tax relief to victims of natural disasters. — The last time a discharge petition succeeded …
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Dave Jamieson / HuffPost:
Former Longtime Teamsters President Blasts Successor For Not Backing Harris — Jim Hoffa accused the union's current president, Sean O'Brien, of “a failure of leadership,” saying he boosted Trump's campaign with a non-endorsement. — LOADING — Former longtime Teamsters President Jim Hoffa blasted …
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Lauren Kaori Gurley / Washington Post:
Local Teamsters unions in swing states rush to endorse Harris
Local Teamsters unions in swing states rush to endorse Harris
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Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:
Trump Electoral-Vote Heist Underway in Nebraska — With the major-party presidential candidates in close battles in a sparse landscape of battleground states, every electoral vote matters. There are scenarios where either Kamala Harris or Donald Trump wins 269 or 270 electoral votes.
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Thom Hartmann / The Hartmann Report:
Trump and Johnson's Shocking Bid to Suppress Women's Votes
Trump and Johnson's Shocking Bid to Suppress Women's Votes
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Why Trump's election fraud falsehoods might cost the GOP the House
Why Trump's election fraud falsehoods might cost the GOP the House
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Mike DeWine / New York Times:
I'm the Governor of Ohio. I Don't Recognize the Springfield That Trump and Vance Describe. — I was born in Springfield, Ohio. My wife, Fran, and I have lived our entire lives less than 10 miles from this city. — When we were dating in high school, we would go there to see movies …
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John Daniel Davidson / The Federalist:
It's Not Just Haitians In Springfield. Mass Immigration Is Destroying The American Nation
It's Not Just Haitians In Springfield. Mass Immigration Is Destroying The American Nation
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Kelsey Walsh / ABC News:
Trump tells Jewish audience Israel will be ‘eradicated’ if he doesn't win — Trump spoke at a campaign event on “Fighting Anti-Semitism in America.” — Former President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the Israeli-American Council National Summit in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 19, 2024.
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The Atlantic:
Trump's Deranged Plan to Lower Food Prices by Raising Them — If you wish grocery stores were more expensive and offered less variety, then you'll love his tariff proposal. — At a campaign event on Tuesday night, Donald Trump vowed to lower the price of groceries by ... taxing them?
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Trump Falsely Accusing Harris Of Using Hacked Material - Which Is Exactly What He Did In 2016 — Trump has successfully persuaded many Americans that his campaign's collusion with Russia in 2016 was a “hoax.” It was not. — WASHINGTON — Donald Trump on Thursday falsely accused Vice …
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Jason Stanley on how authoritarians rewrite the past — “Authoritarian regimes must erase any history of social movements for democracy.” — ∙ Paid … “Fascist politics invokes a pure mythic past tragically destroyed,” Jason Stanley wrote at the very beginning of his 2018 book …
Noah Pransky / NBC New York:
UH-OH: The slowest mail in the country is in key swing states, NBC investigations finds — Tens of thousands of voters were disenfranchised by slow mail in 2020 — In 2020, when the United States Postal Service began an ambitious plan to modernize and consolidate services …
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Kinsey Crowley / USA Today:
So it begins: 2024 presidential election underway as early voting opens in states — Voting in the 2024 presidential election is officially underway. — Local election offices in Minnesota and Virginia opened their doors Friday morning for in-person early voting, the first in the nation to do so.
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New York Times:
Harris, With an Online Avalanche, Outspends Trump by Tens of Millions — The week of their debate, Kamala Harris outspent Donald Trump by 20 to 1 on Facebook and Instagram. It was just one sign of how uneven their online advertising battle has become. — Vice President Kamala Harris …
Heath Brown / Washington Monthly:
No Transition Team Should Confront the Roadblocks Faced in 2020 — The Trump administration did not handle the 2020 transition responsibly. Even though it means cooperating with the Trump transition team, the Biden administration must do better. — Shortly after the Democratic National Convention ended …