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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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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
How Dumb Do They Think You Are? — Ohio's Republican governor, Mike DeWine, comes to the defense of Springfield and its Haitian community in the New York Times today: … Happy Friday. — Uh, Gross —Andrew Egger — When the rumor mill started churning yesterday that some major …
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The Daily Beast, The Hill, Talking Points Memo and HotAir
New York Times:
Trump Ignores Mark Robinson Controversy, Hoping Gubernatorial Candidate Will Drop Out — CNN's article scrambled G.O.P. plans for winning North Carolina. People close to Donald Trump are holding out hope Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson will decide to quit the governor's race.
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Axios, HuffPost, WRAL-TV, The Daily Beast, CNN, The Hill, Raw Story, PoliticusUSA, USA Today, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, CBS News and Washington Post
Alayna Treene / CNN:
Exclusive: Harris campaign launching new ad seeking to tie Trump to Mark Robinson
Exclusive: Harris campaign launching new ad seeking to tie Trump to Mark Robinson
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The Daily Beast, HuffPost, The Hill, Washington Examiner, Associated Press and Raw Story
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Why a scandal consuming a Trump protégé could harm the ex-president in North Carolina
Why a scandal consuming a Trump protégé could harm the ex-president in North Carolina
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Washington Post, The Status Kuo, Raw Story and Digby's Hullabaloo
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Democrats launch new ad push to tie Trump to Mark Robinson following reported porn website comments
Democrats launch new ad push to tie Trump to Mark Robinson following reported porn website comments
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The Nation, USA Today, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, LGBTQ Nation, New York Times, The Guardian, NOTUS and Media Matters for America
Marc A. Caputo / The Bulwark:
The North Carolina “Black Nazi” Who Could Cost Trump the Presidency
The North Carolina “Black Nazi” Who Could Cost Trump the Presidency
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Washington Examiner, New York Times, The Dispatch, The Guardian, The Forward, Alternet.org, The Daily Beast, USA Today, Associated Press, NBC News and Bloomberg
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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New York Magazine, Politico, Defector, New York Times, Hollywood Life, CNN, Mediaite, Erick Erickson's Show Notes, Washington Examiner, The Daily Beast, ComingSoon.net, NPR, Gizmodo, The Guardian, The Hill, KNSD-TV, New York Daily News, Fox News, The Sun, HuffPost, Variety, New Jersey Online, Deadline, Axios, 404 Media and The Hollywood Reporter, more at Mediagazer »
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Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
‘I agonized over it’: Behind the scenes with the reporter who uncovered the RFK Jr./Olivia Nuzzi story — One of the country's most high-profile journalists says she had a “personal” relationship with RFK Jr. — Now Olivia Nuzzi is on leave from New York magazine, where she's written many buzzy political stories.
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NewsNation, Hollywood Life, Alternet.org, TMZ.com, Althouse, Mediaite and Variety, more at Mediagazer »
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 …
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Daily Kos, PoliticusUSA, New Republic, Raw Story and Mediaite
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Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Matt Gaetz Was at Sex and Drugs Party With High School Junior: Court Docs
Matt Gaetz Was at Sex and Drugs Party With High School Junior: Court Docs
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Alternet.org and Crooks and Liars
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
Pro-Trump Georgia election board votes to require hand counts of ballots — Critics plan to sue, saying the new requirement would almost certainly lead to errors and could disrupt the process of certifying the vote in a crucial battleground state. — ATLANTA — The Georgia State Election Board approved …
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HuffPost, Mother Jones, Talking Points Memo and New Jersey Online
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CNN:
Georgia election board requires ballots be hand-counted despite warning from key GOP state officials — Allies of former President Donald Trump who control the Georgia State Election Board approved a controversial new rule Friday requiring counties to hand-count the number of ballots cast …
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Reuters, The Guardian, ABC News, Washington Examiner, NBC News, CBS News, The Hill, New York Times, NPR, Los Angeles Times, Alternet.org, USA Today, Raw Story and Washington Post
Ari Berman / Mother Jones:
How Republicans Could Block a Democratic Victory in Georgia
How Republicans Could Block a Democratic Victory in Georgia
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CBS News, Bangor Daily News and National Archives
Jacob Kornbluh / The Forward:
Trump says Jews would deserve much of the blame if he loses — In a speech Thursday billed as former President Donald Trump's answer to rising antisemitism, he said Jews would bear much of the responsibility if he loses the presidential election. — And in a second speech later in the evening …
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One million down …, New Republic, HuffPost, The Hill, USA Today and ABC News
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Evan Halper / Washington Post:
Microsoft deal would reopen Three Mile Island nuclear plant to power AI — The owner of the shuttered Pennsylvania plant plans to bring it online by 2028, with the tech giant buying all the power it produces. — Pennsylvania's dormant Three Mile Island nuclear plant would be brought …
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CNBC, Constellation, Axios, The Hill, NPR, WHTM-TV, IJR, New York Times, Ars Technica, Reason, WNEP-TV, CBS News, Heatmap News and Washington Examiner
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Bloomberg:
Microsoft AI Needs So Much Power It's Tapping Site of US Nuclear Meltdown — Constellation to invest $1.6 billion to restart dormant reactor as data-center power demand surges. — The owner of the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania will invest $1.6 billion to revive it …
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Reuters, CNN, Breitbart, Pennsylvania Capital-Star, Washington Examiner, Fortune, TechCrunch, UPI, The Verge, Morning Call and Fox Business, more at Techmeme »
Politico:
House Republicans work to defuse Trump as they defy shutdown demands — GOP appropriators have been calling their presidential nominee, trying to convince him his calls to shut down the government over a voting bill are a bad idea. — House Republicans are typically hesitant to defy Donald Trump.
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Associated Press:
Secret Service report details communication failures preceding July assassination attempt on Trump — Communication breakdowns with local law enforcement hampered the Secret Service's performance ahead of a July assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, according to a new report …
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HotAir, The Hill, USA Today, Axios, Washington Post, New York Times, Townhall, The Daily Caller and NewsNation
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Dawn Roberts / Des Moines Register:
I co-chaired Nikki Haley's Iowa campaign. I am endorsing Kamala Harris. — I heard Harris articulate that she has always brought groups of diverse individuals and opinions together to solve problems. That is a healthier and wiser way to lead. — I served as an Iowa state co-chair of the Nikki Haley for President campaign.
Burgess Everett / Semafor:
Republicans plan to push a potential Harris cabinet to the right — There's a real possibility that Kamala Harris wins the presidency and Democrats lose the Senate in November - in which case she'll almost surely run into trouble stocking a Cabinet and the courts.
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CBS News and The American Spectator
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Josephine Rozzelle / CNBC:
Trump Media hits new 52-week low after DJT lockup restrictions expire … Shares of Trump Media sank more than 7% Friday morning, hitting a new 52-week low one day after “lockup” restrictions expired, which had previously prevented its majority shareholder, former President Donald Trump …
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Associated Press, Fortune, New York Post, UPI, New York Times, Forbes and Bloomberg
Kelly Rissman / The Independent:
Which Mexico are you? New Mexico furious after Texas installs razor wire along its border — Texas' latest move is a ‘political stunt’ that will have 'will have no meaningful impact on our nation's broken immigration system,' New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham said
Hansi Lo Wang / NPR:
Voters are advised to return their ballots early because of mail delay concerns — This June, the final count in Utah's Iron County left Jon Whittaker feeling ill. — Whittaker, a county clerk who runs elections in the southwestern Utah county, received more than 400 mail-in ballots …
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Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Postmaster general: ‘Wrong’ to say mail ballots might be misplaced
Postmaster general: ‘Wrong’ to say mail ballots might be misplaced
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Associated Press, CNN, Washington Post, Alternet.org, Maryland Matters, ABC News, FOX8 WGHP and New Republic
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
The Trump Lie Machine Is Broken — It shouldn't have taken a year, let alone nine, for political elites to stop getting snookered by Donald Trump. — I say that as someone with very low expectations. Being an easy mark is part of the price of admission to the heights of American discourse.
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