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8:00 PM ET, September 22, 2024

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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 …
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Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Four Mark Robinson staffers step down from embattled campaign  —  The campaign did not provide the reason for the staffers departures, though it comes amid a media storm surrounding the candidate.  —  Four top staff members of Mark Robinson's campaign for North Carolina governor have stepped down …
Discussion: Washington Post
Natalie Allison / Politico:
Top staff from Mark Robinson campaign resign after porn website scandal  —  The Republican has vowed to stay in the gubernatorial race.  —  Top staff on Mark Robinson's campaign team have resigned from their roles, the campaign announced Sunday, three days after the embattled Republican candidate …
Colin Campbell / WUNC:
Nearly all of Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson's campaign staff quits after CNN report  —  Days after a CNN report about racist and sexual comments posted on a pornography forum, all but a few of Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson's campaign team quit their jobs on Sunday.  —  A campaign news release …
Discussion: FOX8 WGHP
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 …
David French / New York Times:
MAGA Wants Transgression, and This Is What Comes With It
Discussion: Mediaite, 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
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.
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Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Kamala Harris Has Biggest Favorability Jump Since George W. Bush After 9/11
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.
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Daniel Kreps / Rolling Stone:
Janet Jackson Apologizes to Kamala Harris, Blames ‘Misinformation’ for Comments  —  “Janet apologizes for any confusion caused and acknowledges the importance of accurate representation in public discourse,” Jackson's manager says after singer questioned if Harris was black
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Sean Craig / The Daily Beast:
Janet Jackson Apologizes for Kamala Harris ‘Confusion’
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
The Hill:
Johnson rolls out plan B to avert government shutdown  —  House GOP leaders on Sunday unveiled a plan to keep the government funded for three months after Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-La.) opening gambit to avoid a shutdown failed due to opposition from Republicans.
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 …
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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 …
Marianna Spring / BBC:
‘I hate Trump, she likes him - we both think he staged assassination attempts’  —  Wild Mother - the online alias of a woman called Desirée - lives in the mountains of Colorado, where she posts videos to 80,000 followers about holistic wellness and bringing up her little girl.
Discussion: Twitchy
Ryan King / New York Post:
Awkward moment Biden fumbles, snaps at staffers after forgetting he was supposed to introduce Indian prime minister to stage  —  A confused-looking President Biden fumbled and snapped at staffers after forgetting which world leader he was supposed to introduce at a press conference event for a during the Quad summit Saturday.
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Nandita Bose / Reuters:
Exclusive: Harris to release new economic proposals this week on US wealth creation, sources say
Andrew Duehren / New York Times:
How Trump Could Upend Taxation in America
Shia Kapos / Politico:
Could voters abroad hold all the cards?
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Hilary Hanson / HuffPost:
Trump Calls MSNBC Host A ‘Bimbo’ After She Makes Case For Voting Against Him
Lexi Lonas Cochran / The Hill:
Springfield students suffer collateral damage over anti-immigrant conspiracy theory
Discussion: Politico
Kelly Hayes / Truthout:
The Far Right Is Creating Emblematic Narratives for People to Latch Onto
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Politico:
Lobbyists exploit massive loophole to wine and dine lawmakers, aides at fancy getaways
Politico:
Harris is changing the way Democrats target Latino voters. It's a risk.
Wall Street Journal:
Georgia Voters Are Split Over How to Strengthen Democracy
Discussion: Raw Story
David Crary / Associated Press:
Euphoric two years ago, US anti-abortion movement is now divided and worried as election nears
Carol Robinson / al.com:
Mass shooting in Birmingham's 5 Points South leaves 4 dead, dozens injured by gunfire
 

 
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