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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
These companies are bankrolling a multi-million dollar effort to elect Mark Robinson governor of North Carolina — Even before securing the Republican nomination for Governor of North Carolina in March, Mark Robinson had a long and well-documented record of promoting conspiracy theories …
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Mark Robinson may deliver North Carolina for Kamala Harris — 🚨 This special, five-edition week of PN is made possible by paid subscribers. If you aren't one already, please sign up to support our independent journalism. 🚨 — 📝 Subscribe to Public Notice 📝
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UPI, Mediaite and The Signorile Report
Maggie Astor / New York Times:
Election Live Updates: Republicans' Troubles in North Carolina Grow as Harris Expands War Chest — Top aides in Mark Robinson's bid to become North Carolina's governor have resigned. Vice President Kamala Harris brought in $27 million at a single fund-raiser. — Here's the latest on the presidential race.
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 …
CNN:
4 senior campaign officials for Mark Robinson step down in wake of CNN report
4 senior campaign officials for Mark Robinson step down in wake of CNN report
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Axios, Washington Examiner and Bloomberg
Natalie Allison / Politico:
Top staff from Mark Robinson campaign resign after porn website scandal
Top staff from Mark Robinson campaign resign after porn website scandal
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Fox News, New York Magazine, USA Today, The Guardian, Breitbart, HuffPost, NC Newsline, Anderson Alerts, New York Times and The Daily Beast
David French / New York Times:
MAGA Wants Transgression, and This Is What Comes With It
MAGA Wants Transgression, and This Is What Comes With It
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The Root, Blue Virginia, Washington Post and Digby's Hullabaloo
New York Times:
Trump Shows Signs of Strength in Sun Belt Battlegrounds, Polls Find — New polls from The New York Times and Siena College showed Donald J. Trump ahead in Arizona and leading in tight races in Georgia and North Carolina. — Voters across the Sun Belt say that Donald J. Trump improved …
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The Bulwark, The Hill, The Daily Beast, Wide World of News, Forbes, Reason, The Daily Caller, IJR, San Diego Union-Tribune, Joe.My.God. and New Jersey Online
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Ruth Igielnik / New York Times:
A Majority in Arizona Supports Establishing Right to Abortion, Poll Finds
A Majority in Arizona Supports Establishing Right to Abortion, Poll Finds
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Althouse, Siena College Research … and NPR
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
State of the Race: A Small Debate Bounce for Harris, but It's Still Deadlocked
State of the Race: A Small Debate Bounce for Harris, but It's Still Deadlocked
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Wisconsin Watch, NBC News, USA Today and The Hill
Kevin Freking / Associated Press:
Spending deal averts a possible federal shutdown and funds the government into December — Congressional leaders announced an agreement Sunday on a short-term spending bill that will fund federal agencies for about three months, averting a possible partial government shutdown …
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Washington Post, Washington Examiner, New York Times, WAGA-TV, UPI, The Daily Beast, Raw Story, Semafor, USA Today, Townhall, CBS News, ABC News, IJR, Roll Call, New York Post, RedState, Axios and Fox News
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NBC News:
House to take up new funding bill as some Republicans fear a ‘galactically stupid’ shutdown
House to take up new funding bill as some Republicans fear a ‘galactically stupid’ shutdown
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Raw Story, Fox News and Punchbowl News
Rebecca Picciotto / CNBC:
House Speaker Johnson axes Trump voting restrictions in new government funding bill
House Speaker Johnson axes Trump voting restrictions in new government funding bill
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Joe.My.God., One America News Network, NBC News and Politico
Juan Williams / The Hill:
Trump is at 48 percent. How could this be possible but for widespread racism? — At this point, the racism is obvious. How else does it make sense that 48 percent of registered voters in last week's Fox News poll say they have no problem putting Donald Trump back in the White House?
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The Guardian
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Sean Craig / The Daily Beast:
MAGA Sheriff's Post About Harris Yard Signs Gets Department Booted From Election Duties — BLEW IT — Bruce Zuchowski, a Trump-supporting Republican, likened migrants to “human locusts” and called the vice president a “Flip-Flopping, Laughing Hyena.” — The sheriff's department in Portage County …
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Raw Story and Plain Dealer
David Gardner / The Daily Beast:
College Swimmer ‘No Longer Enrolled’ After Scratching Racial Slur Onto Student's Chest — ‘HATE CRIME’ — It's not clear if they chose to leave or were kicked out. — A swimmer who scratched a racial slur onto the body of another student is no longer enrolled at Gettysburg College, the school said.
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Reuters, Alternet.org, New York Post, Plain Dealer and CBS News
Sharyl Attkisson / Baltimore Sun:
My interview with Donald Trump — With less than seven weeks left until the presidential election, we traveled to Mar-a-Lago to meet with Former President Donald Trump. We've also asked Vice President Kamala Harris for an interview, but so far, she hasn't agreed.
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Full Measure:
Cover Story: Candidate Trump 2024
Cover Story: Candidate Trump 2024
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Business Insider and Washington Examiner
David Cohen / Politico:
‘To my friends in Nebraska, that 1 electoral vote could be the difference’ — Lindsey Graham explains why he is pushing Nebraska to change its election rules. — Sen. Lindsey Graham on Sunday justified traveling to Nebraska to push for the state's Republican leadership to change how it awards its electoral votes.
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Scripps News, Rolling Stone, Townhall, Axios and NBC News
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Over 700 national security officials endorse Harris for president … - Several polls show Harris pulling ahead of Trump, including an NBC News survey out Sunday showing the Democrat leading the Republican nationally 49% to 44% and a Washington Post one showing her with a slight lead in four battleground states.
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The Guardian, National Security Leaders …, Boston Herald, Newsbusters, Fox News, CNBC, RedState, New York Times and The Hill
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Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Doctor sounds alarm that Trump could gut health care — even if he's not elected — Former President Donald Trump may publicly be backing off past attempts to destroy the Affordable Care Act, at least until he has more than the “concept of a plan” to do so — but he doesn't actually need Congress …
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New York Times
Will Neal / The Daily Beast:
Musk Says ‘Doomed Humanity’ Will ‘Never Reach Mars’ if Harris Becomes President — THE FINAL FRONTIER — Amid the ongoing insanity of childless cat ladies, pet genocide, and “Black Nazis,” was it only a matter of time before another planet got dragged into the presidential race?
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Washington Examiner and Fox Business
Sean Craig / The Daily Beast:
‘Black Nazi’ Mark Robinson Denies Hiring MAGA Troll Fraudster as Campaign Manager — ‘FALSE’ — MAGA fraudster Jack Burkman's last claim—made in July—was that Joe Biden, who is alive, had “24 hours to live.” — The campaign of Mark Robinson—the Republican North Carolina gubernatorial candidate mired …
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Secret Service's Job Rating Tumbles 23 Points to New Low — Of 15 federal agencies, only one, the U.S. Postal Service, garners a majority-level positive rating — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' rating of the Secret Service's job performance has deteriorated sharply to a new low in Gallup's 10-year trend.
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Washington Examiner, The Hill, Washington Post and Axios
Associated Press:
Ukraine's Zelenskyy visits Pennsylvania ammunition plant to thank workers and ask for more — Under tight security, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday visited a Pennsylvania ammunition factory to thank the workers who are producing one of the most critically needed munitions …
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WHTM-TV
emptywheel:
Why No One Went to Prison for Rudy Giuliani's Hunter Biden Corruption — Like many people, I've watched From Russia with Lev since it was released the other day. — The documentary tells a story I've covered here in real time: of how, with Lev Parnas' help, Rudy Giuliani solicited dirt on Hunter …