memeorandum: MAGA Wants Transgression, and This Is What Comes With It (David French/New York Times)

6:35 PM ET, September 22, 2024

Top Items:

CNN:

4 senior campaign officials for Mark Robinson step down in wake of CNN report — Four top operatives on Mark Robinson's campaign for North Carolina governor have stepped down, the campaign announced on Sunday. — General consultant and senior advisor Conrad Pogorzelski III …

Discussion: Axios, Washington Examiner, Bloomberg and Florida Politics

Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:

Mark Robinson's porn site scandal greeted with shrugs by some Trump backers — The revelations surrounding the N.C. gubernatorial candidate mark a test of voters' tolerance for disturbing allegations in the Trump era. — WILMINGTON, N.C. — The scandal engulfing Mark Robinson's campaign …

Discussion: Axios, Business Insider, Raw Story, Mediaite and Politico

Mia McCarthy / Politico:

Lindsey Graham: Mark Robinson is ‘unfit’ to serve if reports are true — “The charges are beyond unnerving. If they're true, he is unfit to serve for office,” Graham said. — Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said that North Carolina's Republican nominee for governor, Mark Robinson …

Discussion: Washington Times, The Guardian, Washington Examiner, The Hill and Breitbart

David French / New York Times:

MAGA Wants Transgression, and This Is What Comes With It — The North Carolina Republican Party is facing one of the most predictable crises in the history of party politics. — Its primary voters enthusiastically supported a candidate for governor named Mark Robinson …

Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo and Salon

Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast: GOP Senators Struggle to Defend—But Won't Denounce—'Black Nazi' Mark Robinson

Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
North Carolina Democrat on his opponent: ‘Robinson exists because Donald Trump has lifted him up’

Discussion: The Signorile Report

NBC News:
Vance says allegations against Mark Robinson 'aren't necessarily reality'

Discussion: Democrats, Raw Story, Rolling Stone, Crooks and Liars, RedState, New York Times and Washington Examiner

Mark Murray / NBC News:

Poll: Newly popular Harris builds momentum, challenging Trump for the mantle of change — The latest NBC News national poll shows Harris leading Trump 49%-44%, within the margin of error, while Trump holds advantages on the economy, inflation and the border.

Discussion: The Hill, New Jersey Online, Mother Jones, Raw Story, Rolling Stone, IJR, PoliticusUSA, Mediaite and CBS News

Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:

Kamala Harris Has Biggest Favorability Jump Since George W. Bush After 9/11 — ‘A VERY DIFFERENT STORY’ — The results come as a part of a very positive poll from NBC News on Sunday. — Vice President Kamala Harris got some very welcome news on Sunday in the form of a new NBC News poll …

Discussion: Alternet.org and Digby's Hullabaloo

CBS News:

Harris shows some gains and economic views brighten a bit — CBS News poll — The 2024 presidential race clearly remains a contest either Donald Trump or Kamala Harris can win, CBS News' latest polling finds. — But with interest rates and gas prices coming down, the number of voters saying the economy is good has ticked up.

Discussion: Axios, The Hill, New York Post, NBC News, Big League Politics, Bloomberg and Washington Examiner

Avery Lotz / Axios:

Trump says he doesn't see himself running in 2028 if he loses in November … I think ... that will be it. I don't see that at all," the GOP nominee said on “Full Measure” with Sharyl Attkisson when asked whether he saw himself running again in four years if he's unsuccessful in 2024.

Discussion: ABC News, The Daily Beast, TMZ.com, Washington Examiner, Associated Press, UPI, USA Today, The Guardian, Forbes, The Gateway Pundit, Mother Jones and Raw Story

Reuters:

Trump says he will not run again if he loses in November, ‘that will be it’ — Republican Donald Trump said that he will not make a fourth consecutive run for the U.S. presidency if he loses the Nov. 5 election, saying “that will be it” in an interview released on Sunday.

Discussion: The Hill, New York Post and Washington Times

Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Harris, Trump in talks with “60 Minutes”

Discussion: TMZ.com, Alternet.org, Fox News, The Guardian and Rolling Stone

emptywheel:

Trump Will Stage an Emergency to Ban Jack Smith's Book Report — I expect, on top of everything else this week, Trump's lawyers are going to claim an emergency to try to ban Jack Smith's book report, currently due Thursday. — As you'll recall, after Judge Tanya Chutkan finally got …

Discussion: The Mahablog and Raw Story

Rick Noack / Washington Post:

As Taliban starts restricting men, too, some regret not speaking up sooner — Beside imposing severe rules on women, new laws require men to grow fist-length beards and bar them from imitating non-Muslims in appearance or behavior. — As the Taliban starts enforcing draconian new rules …

Sean Craig / The Daily Beast:

Janet Jackson Apologizes for Kamala Harris ‘Confusion’ — WHOOPS NOW — “She deeply respects Vice President Kamala Harris and her accomplishments as a Black and Indian woman,” a spokesperson for Jackson said. — Singer Janet Jackson apologized through a representative …

Discussion: BuzzFeed, HuffPost, Page Six, Variety, Washington Examiner, The Root, RedState, Fox News, Rolling Stone, HotAir, TMZ.com, Vanity Fair, Mediaite, Twitchy, Deadline, Billboard and The Hollywood Reporter

Associated Press:

Hezbollah hits back with rockets as it declares an ‘open-ended battle’ with Israel — Hezbollah fired over 100 rockets early Sunday across northern Israel, with some landing near the city of Haifa, as Israel launched hundreds of strikes on Lebanon. A Hezbollah leader declared an …

Discussion: Jerusalem Post, The Guardian, Reuters, The Times of Israel, Breitbart, CBS News, UPI, abc7NY, Alma Research …, The Hill, FDD, Bloomberg, Axios, JNS.org, The Sun, Los Angeles Times, Semafor, Politico, Al Jazeera and Truthout

Barak Ravid / Axios:
U.S. fears war in Lebanon but hopes Israeli attacks push Hezbollah to a deal

Discussion: Washington Examiner, New York Times, Forbes, New York Daily News, Eschaton, OutsideTheBeltway, Associated Press, Fox News, CBS News and The Hill

Joanne Haner / The Hill:

Over 700 high-ranking national security officials endorse Harris — Over 700 high-ranking national security officials have endorsed Democratic candidate Vice President Harris in her run for the White House, with some leaders expressing concerns about former President Trump's “scary authoritarian streak.”

Discussion: National Security Leaders …, Fox News, The Guardian, RedState, Yahoo Finance and New York Times

Associated Press:

New York City's interim police commissioner says federal authorities seized materials from his homes — Federal authorities searched the homes of New York City's newly named interim police commissioner and seized materials unrelated to his police work, he said.

Discussion: Washington Examiner, RedState, abc7NY, New York Times and CBS News