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6:55 PM ET, September 23, 2024

Top Items:

Robinson rejected offers of tech help to investigate posts on porn site, sources say — Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson's alleged rejection of the offers sowed doubt among some staff members, people familiar with the matter tell WRAL. His response in the wake of the report likely played a role …

Discussion: Politico, National Review, Mediaite, Axios, New Republic, Raw Story, Wall Street Journal, NBC News, The Daily Beast and The Hill

Axios:

GOP retreats from North Carolina after Mark Robinson allegations … - “We don't comment on internal strategy or investment decisions, but we can confirm what's public — our current media buy in North Carolina expires tomorrow, and no further placements have been made,” …

Discussion: Alternet.org, CNN, New York Post, New York Times, Trending Politics Conservative, Mediaite, Joe.My.God. and USA Today

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 …

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 …

Discussion: Washington Examiner, The Hill, NC Newsline and Digby's Hullabaloo

Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Oops! Mark Robinson Decries ‘Lies’ About Porn Site Posts, Then Says They ‘Possibly Happened’

Discussion: USA Today, CNBC, The Hill, RedState, Mediaite, Fox News, Joe.My.God., Vanity Fair, Daily Kos, NC Newsline and CNN

Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Mark Robinson may deliver North Carolina for Kamala Harris

Discussion: CBS News, UPI, Mediaite, New York Magazine, Washington Examiner and The Signorile Report

Aaron Sanderford / Nebraska Examiner:

State Sen. Mike McDonnell deflates GOP hopes for Nebraska winner-take-all in 2024 — State Sen. Mike McDonnell announces leaving the Democratic Party after he was censured by the state and Douglas County Democrats. LINCOLN — The Republican push to change how Nebraska awards …

Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Key Nebraska Republican Rejects Trump's Push to Shake Up Electoral Map

Discussion: Mediaite, Politico and Talking Points Memo

Washington Post:
GOP effort to change how Nebraska allocates electoral votes hits roadblock

Discussion: NBC News, The Bulwark, The Daily Beast, Axios, Politico, Deseret News and Rolling Stone

The Verge:

X will let people you've blocked see your posts … X will now make your posts visible to users you've blocked. In a reply on Monday, X owner Elon Musk said the “block function will block that account from engaging with, but not block seeing, public post.”

Discussion: The Hill and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »

Jack Kelly / Wisconsin Watch:

Kamala Harris has largest post-debate lead yet over Donald Trump in new Wisconsin Watch poll — Vice President Kamala Harris has grown her lead over former President Donald Trump in Wisconsin following their Sept. 10 debate, according to a new Wisconsin Watch poll conducted by The MassINC Polling Group and released on Monday.

Discussion: The Hill and Joe.My.God.

Rochelle Olson / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Minnesota Poll: Harris leads Trump in close presidential race

Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story, New Jersey Online, Joe.My.God., PJ Media, HotAir, Washington Post, CBS News, USA Today, New Republic, OutsideTheBeltway and Bloomberg

Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Democrats to dub Trump a ‘chicken’ to pressure him to debate Harris

Discussion: New Republic, Alabama Reflector, Adweek, Raw Story, Washington Examiner, New Jersey Online, The Hill, Politico, IJR, Daily Kos and Forbes

Michael C. Bender / New York Times:
JD Vance Has Turned to a Minnesota Republican to Help Him Prepare for the Debate

Discussion: NBC News, ABC News, Washington Examiner, New York Post, NOTUS, Semafor, The Hill, Politico, CBS News, Washington Times and LGBTQ Nation

Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Democrats fear pollsters are undercounting Trump

Discussion: Silver Bulletin, The Guardian, HotAir, New York Times, RedState, Washington Examiner and Raw Story

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.

Discussion: PoliticusUSA, Pluribus News, FOX8 WGHP, New York Times, ABC7 and CBS News

Federal Bureau of Investigation:
FBI Releases 2023 Crime in the Nation Statistics

Discussion: Axios, Reason, Jeff-alytics, The Times of Israel, Daily Kos, WHDH-TV, The Hill and NPR

Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The place crime obviously spiked since 2020? Trump's imagination.

Discussion: Associated Press and The Follow

Philip Bump / Washington Post:

The ‘policy’ mirage that undergirds Donald Trump's support — The former president and his supporters insist he wins a race centered on policy. It's not because of Trump's detailed policy platform. — One of the central characteristics of the 2024 presidential election is its steadiness.

Discussion: The Daily Caller and CBS News

Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's imaginary and frightening world

Discussion: Raw Story, Digby's Hullabaloo, The Hill and Alternet.org

Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:

J.D. Vance Caught Lying About Egg Prices in Painfully Bad Video — J.D. Vance attempted to point out high prices in a recent campaign stunt at a grocery store, only to be caught with egg on his face. — On Saturday, the Trump War Room account on X posted a video of Vance visiting a grocery story …

Discussion: Plain Dealer, Mercury News, TMZ.com, Alternet.org, Raw Story and Daily Kos

Holmes Lybrand / CNN:

Man suspected of assassination attempt against Trump left a letter detailing his plans, prosecutors say — The man who authorities say sat with a rifle in the trees where Donald Trump was golfing earlier this month in West Palm Beach, Florida, previously wrote a letter stating …

State of California:

Attorney General Bonta Sues ExxonMobil for Deceiving the Public on Recyclability of Plastic Products — Attorney General Bonta Sues ExxonMobil for Deceiving the Pub... Contact: (916) 210-6000, agpressoffice@doj.ca.gov — The first-of-its-kind lawsuit seeks to hold …

Discussion: Grist, Reuters, Salon, CNN, The Hill, Washington Examiner, Axios, Beyond Plastics, The Verge, The Allegheny Front, Associated Press, Mercury News, SiliconValley.com, Joe.My.God., CBS News, New York Times, The Daily Caller and Los Angeles Times

Allyson Chiu / Washington Post:
California accuses ExxonMobil of lying about plastics being recyclable

Discussion: The Guardian, Bangor Daily News, NPR, Politico and Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion

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 …

Discussion: The Daily Beast, Raw Story, New Republic, Joe.My.God., Forbes and Alternet.org

Charlie Spiering / Daily Mail:

Resurfaced video shows Kamala Harris protesting against deporting migrants with disgraced celebrity — Vice President Kamala Harris in now promising to secure the border, but when she was a senator of California, she was a staunch opponent of deporting illegal immigrants.

Discussion: Fox News, HotAir, RedState, Trending Politics Conservative, IJR, Breitbart, Twitchy, New York Post, Townhall, The Gateway Pundit and freebeacon.com

Lauren Sausser / CNN:

She was accused of murder after losing her pregnancy. SC woman now tells her story — Orangeburg, South Carolina , KFF Health News — Amari Marsh had just finished her junior year at South Carolina State University in May 2023 when she received a text message from a law enforcement officer.

Marin Scotten / Salon:

Jill Stein paid $100,000 to a Republican consulting firm led by a suspected January 6 rioter — The Green Party leader has hired a GOP consulting firm and worked with Trump-affiliated lawyers — Allies of former President Donald Trump and others affiliated with the GOP are supporting …

Discussion: Alternet.org

The Guardian:

Texas jury clears ‘Trump Train’ for surrounding 2020 Biden-Harris bus — Those onboard the bus had alleged they were ‘terrorised’ for over 90 minutes and calling 911 also did not yield any help — A federal jury in Texas on Monday cleared a group of Donald Trump's supporters and found …

Discussion: Politico and Off the Kuff

Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:

Trump Media plummets 10% as post-lockup selloff picks up steam … Shares of Trump Media sank Monday to their lowest price since 2021, days after majority owner Donald Trump and other company insiders got the green light to start selling their stakes in the Truth Social operator.

Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and Raw Story

Rong-Gong Lin II / Los Angeles Times:

New COVID subvariant XEC poses potential threat heading into winter — XEC, which was first detected in Germany, is gaining traction in Western Europe — There are estimates that XEC makes up 13% of coronavirus samples in Germany and 7% in Britain. Will America be next?

Discussion: The Hill

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 …

Discussion: Politico, The Conversation, Joe.My.God., Raw Story, Alternet.org, New Republic and Plain Dealer

Alex Gangitano / The Hill:

Harris to skip, Trump to attend annual Al Smith dinner — Vice President Harris will not attend the annual Al Smith dinner in New York next month, while former President Trump said on Monday that he will be there. — The New York Catholic Charities fundraiser, which is scheduled for Oct. 17 …

Discussion: The Daily Beast, Mediaite, New York Post, Associated Press, Alternet.org, Townhall, Raw Story, New York Daily News and The Daily Caller

James Kilner / Telegraph:

Zelensky: Trump doesn't know how to end war and Vance is too radical — The president of Ukraine criticises the Republican nominees as he visits the US to share his plan for victory over Russia — Donald Trump doesn't know how to stop the war in Ukraine, despite claiming he could end …

Discussion: RedState, Breitbart, GZERO, The Daily Caller, Twitchy, HotAir, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, UnHerd, Axios, New Yorker and IJR

Associated Press:

Lebanon sees deadliest day of conflict since 2006 as Israeli strikes kill 492 — Israeli strikes on Lebanon Monday killed more than 490 people, including more than 90 women and children, Lebanese authorities said, in the deadliest barrage since the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war.