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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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Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story, HuffPost and CBS News
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.
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.
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 …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Mark Robinson is a Trump problem of Trump's own making
Discussion: Alternet.org and Politico
Washington Post:
N.C. Republican vows to continue campaign for governor amid fallout of CNN story
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
GOP Guv Candidate Shared His Love for Transgender Porn & Slavery in Bizarre Old Posts
Discussion: Mediaite
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 …
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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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 …
Discussion: FOX8 WGHP
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Thom Hartmann / The Hartmann Report:
Trump and Johnson's Shocking Bid to Suppress Women's Votes
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Why Trump's election fraud falsehoods might cost the GOP the House
ABC News:
Harris to speak about abortion in Georgia, seeking to tie deaths of two women to Trump policies  —  Harris will warn Georgians to be suspect of Trump's record, an official said.  —  Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris answers an audience member's question …
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ABC News:
Harris teams up with Oprah to broaden her outreach to persuadable voters
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.
John Daniel Davidson / The Federalist:
It's Not Just Haitians In Springfield.  Mass Immigration Is Destroying The American Nation  —  We argue about illegal immigration, but we should be arguing about assimilation and what it means to be a nation.  —  After the presidential debate last Tuesday night, J.D. Vance told CNN's Kaitlin Collins …
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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 …
S.V. Date / HuffPost:
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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
Discussion: NPR, New Republic and The Daily Signal
Lauren Kaori Gurley / Washington Post:
Local Teamsters unions in swing states rush to endorse Harris  —  The powerful national union declared this week that it would not endorse a Democrat for the first time in nearly three decades.  —  A wave of local and regional Teamsters union branches in battleground states rushed …
Ari Natter / Bloomberg:
Biden Awards $3 Billion to Boost Domestic Battery Production  — American Battery Technology Co., Albemarle among winners  — Lithium-battery market seen expanding up to 10-fold by 2030  —  American Battery Technology Co. and lithium-producer Albemarle Corp., are among 25 companies getting …
Discussion: The Hill
April Rubin / Axios:
Secret Service probing Musk's post about Biden, Harris assassination attempts … - “The Secret Service is aware of the social media post made by Elon Musk and as a matter of practice, we do not comment on matters involving protective intelligence,” Secret Service spokesperson Melissa McKenzie said in a statement to Axios.
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David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Pelosi: Trump Doesn't Have the ‘Sanity’ to Be President
Nicholas Wu / Politico:
Trump assassination attempt task force to hold first hearing
Discussion: The Hill and The Daily Caller
Angel Au-Yeung / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Floats Longshot Proposal for 10% Cap on Credit-Card Rates
Nina Burleigh / New York Magazine:
How Opus Dei Conquered D.C.
 Earlier Items: 
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
Pro-Trump Georgia election board weighs new rules as critics warn of chaos
Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:
Republicans are trying a new approach to abortion in the race for Congress
Discussion: New York Magazine and CBS News
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
Gustaf Kilander / The Independent:
Producers had to heavily edit The Apprentice to stop Trump from looking like a ‘complete moron’, authors claim
Kiera Butler / Mother Jones:
To Understand JD Vance, You Need to Meet the “TheoBros”
Discussion: Alternet.org
US Department of Justice:
Alaska Man Arrested for Threatening U.S. Supreme Court Justices, Their Family Members