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7:55 AM ET, September 23, 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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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 …
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 …
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Four Mark Robinson staffers step down from embattled campaign
Discussion: Washington Post and NBC Bay Area
David French / New York Times:
MAGA Wants Transgression, and This Is What Comes With It
Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
GOP Senators Struggle to Defend—But Won't Denounce—'Black Nazi' Mark Robinson
Discussion: 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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Rebecca Picciotto / CNBC:
House Speaker Johnson axes Trump voting restrictions in new government funding bill … Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson on Sunday announced a new temporary government funding proposal with key amendments from the original bill he put forward earlier this month, going against former …
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.
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 …
Discussion: Wide World of News
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Ruth Igielnik / New York Times:
A Majority in Arizona Supports Establishing Right to Abortion, Poll Finds  —  A ballot measure codifying “the fundamental right to an abortion” is supported by 58 percent of the state's likely voters, according to a New York Times/Siena College poll.  —  A majority of likely voters in Arizona …
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
State of the Race: A Small Debate Bounce for Harris, but It's Still Deadlocked
Discussion: USA Today 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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Associated Press:
Harris raises $27 million in New York fundraiser, promises economic speech this week
Discussion: Axios, more at Techmeme »
Nandita Bose / Reuters:
Exclusive: Harris to release new economic proposals this week on US wealth creation, sources say
Daniel Kreps / Rolling Stone:
Janet Jackson Reportedly Apologizes to Kamala Harris, Blames ‘Misinformation’ for Comments  —  A statement provided to Buzzfeed said “Janet apologizes for any confusion” after singer questioned if Harris was Black  —  Janet Jackson reportedly apologized for her comments in an interview …
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Sean Craig / The Daily Beast:
Janet Jackson's Kamala Harris Apology Didn't Come From Her at All
Qasim Rashid / Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid:
How Republicans Are Working to Steal the 2024 Election  —  Content warning — grotesque MAGA racism cited below.  —  Last week I wrote how the SAVE Act is the MAGA Republican attempt to revive Jim Crow voter suppression in America.  This Project 2025 priority is already being enacted now in 2024 to help Donald Trump win.
Flavia Krause-Jackson / Bloomberg:
Zelenskiy Hits the US Campaign Trail for Support … It's a telling sign of the state of global affairs that Volodymyr Zelenskiy's first stop on his US visit was in the swingiest of swing states in the presidential election: Pennsylvania.  —  The visit was to an ammunition factory …
Discussion: Reuters
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 …
Discussion: WHTM-TV and WNEP-TV
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
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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Fumbuka Ng'Wanakilala / Bloomberg:
Tanzania Arrests Opposition Leaders Ahead of Planned Protests
Discussion: Al Jazeera and Reuters
Full Measure:
Cover Story: Candidate Trump 2024
New York Times:
Controversies Erupt as Trump and G.O.P. Make Critical Push to Voters
Discussion: Politico
Ryan King / New York Post:
Awkward moment Biden fumbles, snaps at staffers after forgetting he was supposed to introduce Indian prime minister to stage
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Hezbollah hits back with rockets as it declares an ‘open-ended battle’ with Israel
Andrew Duehren / New York Times:
How Trump Could Upend Taxation in America
Rick Noack / Washington Post:
As Taliban starts restricting men, too, some regret not speaking up sooner
Jacqueline Howard / Agence France-Presse:
Macron unveils new right-wing French government
Discussion: Bloomberg and Al Jazeera
 

 
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Javier Espinoza / Financial Times:
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David Pierce / The Verge:
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Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Sources: the CFPB moves to place Google under formal federal supervision, an extraordinary move that may lead to regular inspections; Google fiercely resisted
 
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