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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 …
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WRAL-TV, New York Magazine, Mediaite, Associated Press, FOX8 WGHP, Business North Carolina and The Daily Beast
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 …
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HuffPost, Breitbart, NC Newsline, New York Times, The Daily Beast and Anderson Alerts
Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
Mark Robinson's porn site scandal greeted with shrugs by some Trump backers
Mark Robinson's porn site scandal greeted with shrugs by some Trump backers
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Four Mark Robinson staffers step down from embattled campaign
Four Mark Robinson staffers step down from embattled campaign
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Washington Post and NBC Bay Area
Mia McCarthy / Politico:
Lindsey Graham: Mark Robinson is ‘unfit’ to serve if reports are true
Lindsey Graham: Mark Robinson is ‘unfit’ to serve if reports are true
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New York Post, Washington Times, The Guardian, The Hill, Washington Examiner and Breitbart
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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Blue Virginia and Digby's Hullabaloo
Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
GOP Senators Struggle to Defend—But Won't Denounce—'Black Nazi' Mark Robinson
GOP Senators Struggle to Defend—But Won't Denounce—'Black Nazi' Mark Robinson
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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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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.
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Axios, Washington Times, Bloomberg, Washington Examiner and NPR
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 …
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One America News Network, NBC News and Politico
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
Janet Jackson's Kamala Harris Apology Didn't Come From Her at All
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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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National Security Leaders …, The Guardian, Fox News, Newsbusters, CNBC, RedState, New York Times and The Hill
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.
New York Times:
Controversies Erupt as Trump and G.O.P. Make Critical Push to Voters — A Republican who reportedly called himself a “Black Nazi,” a false story about migrants eating cats and dogs, and a feud with Taylor Swift bring back a sense of chaos. — Even by the standards of a head-spinning presidential campaign …
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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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HuffPost, Deadline, Mother Jones, Fox News, TMZ.com, Associated Press, ABC News, The Guardian, Forbes, The Daily Beast, The Gateway Pundit, Raw Story and USA Today
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Reuters:
Trump says he will not run again if he loses in November, ‘that will be it’
Trump says he will not run again if he loses in November, ‘that will be it’
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The Hill, New York Post, RedState, UPI, Washington Times and Al Jazeera
Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Harris, Trump in talks with “60 Minutes”
Scoop: Harris, Trump in talks with “60 Minutes”
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TMZ.com, Fox News, Alternet.org, Trending Politics Conservative and Politico
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.
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Twitchy
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 …
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 …
Fumbuka Ng'Wanakilala / Bloomberg:
Tanzania Arrests Opposition Leaders Ahead of Planned Protests — Chadema Vice Chairman Tundu Lissu among those arrested — Anti-riot police patrol the streets of Dar es Salaam — Tanzania police arrested leaders of the main opposition party after they asked supporters …
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