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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:
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UPI, Mediaite, New York Times and The Signorile Report
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 …
Maggie Astor / New York Times:
Election Live Updates: Republicans' Troubles in North Carolina Grow as Harris Expands War Chest
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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Raw Story, 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, The Guardian, USA Today, New York Magazine, Breitbart, HuffPost, NC Newsline, Anderson Alerts, New York Times and The Daily Beast
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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Politico, The Bulwark, The Hill, The Daily Beast, Breitbart, RedState, Forbes, Reason, IJR, San Diego Union-Tribune, Joe.My.God., Wide World of News 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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Washington Examiner, 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
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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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The ‘policy’ mirage that undergirds Donald Trump's support
The ‘policy’ mirage that undergirds Donald Trump's support
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Mediaite, Washington Examiner and CBS News
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's imaginary and frightening world
Donald Trump's imaginary and frightening world
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Alternet.org and Raw Story
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
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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, Business Insider, Washington Examiner, The Guardian, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Semafor, WAGA-TV, UPI, The Daily Beast, Raw Story, USA Today, Townhall, CBS News, ABC News, IJR, Roll Call, New York Post, Bloomberg, Axios, Fox News, RedState, NPR and The Hill
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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, UPI, Washington Examiner, 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
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 …
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
New York Times:
Biden Administration Proposes Ban on Chinese Software in Vehicles — Federal officials acknowledged that few Chinese vehicles were on U.S. roads now, but said that the administration wanted to take proactive measures to strengthen national security. — The Biden administration announced …
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Washington Examiner, The White House, CNN, Semafor and Bloomberg, more at Techmeme »
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Alexander Ward / Wall Street Journal:
Biden Administration Proposes Ban on Chinese, Russian Components in Connected Vehicles
Biden Administration Proposes Ban on Chinese, Russian Components in Connected Vehicles
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CBS News, Bloomberg, The Hill and Ars Technica
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, WHTM-TV, Alternet.org, New York Post, Plain Dealer and CBS News
Ryu Spaeth / New York Magazine:
The Return of Ta-Nehisi Coates — A decade after “The Case for Reparations,” he is ready to take on Israel, Palestine, and the American media. — It was mid-August, roughly a month and a half before his new book, The Message, was set to be published, and Ta-Nehisi Coates was in my face …
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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NPR, New York Daily News, Fox News, IJR, UPI, The Guardian and NBC News
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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
CNN:
Melania Trump was paid for a rare appearance at a political event. It's not clear who cut the unusual six-figure check — Melania Trump has barely been seen on the campaign trail this year. One of the few times she has appeared at a political event, she's received a six-figure paycheck …
Michael Sainato / The Guardian:
Amazon, Tesla and Meta among world's top companies undermining democracy - report — Corporations such as ExxonMobil and Blackstone also big funders of climate crisis, new trade union report finds — Some of the world's largest companies have been accused of undermining democracy across …
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump Media stock scrapes new 52-week low in heavy trading after DJT lockup lifts … Shares of Trump Media on Monday sank to their lowest price in over a year, days after majority owner Donald Trump and other company insiders got the green light to start selling their stakes in the Truth Social maker.
NBC News:
Murder and other violent crime dropped across the U.S. last year, FBI data shows — Murder dropped 11.6% from 2022 to 2023, the largest single-year decline in the last 20 years. Property crime was also down overall, while motor vehicle theft and shoplifting rose.
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CBS News