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David Gardner / The Daily Beast:
Trump Withdraws Support, GOP Pulls Funding From ‘Black Nazi’ Mark Robinson — WHISTLE FOR IT! — The GOP is distancing itself from its controversial nominee for North Carolina governor. — Donald Trump and the Republican Party are ditching Mark Robinson, their scandal-plagued nominee in the North Carolina governor's race.
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CNN, Joe.My.God., Atlanta Journal-Constitution, New York Post, The Hill, Axios, NC Newsline, Mediaite and Popular Information
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
Robinson ‘unacceptable for any elected position,’ Stein says
Robinson ‘unacceptable for any elected position,’ Stein says
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FOX8 WGHP, Daily Kos, USA Today, New York Times and Associated Press
Alex Henderson / Alternet.org:
‘Disaster for Trump’: Republican Governors Association drops NC ad buys
‘Disaster for Trump’: Republican Governors Association drops NC ad buys
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Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Koch network touts Mark Robinson's policy positions with ‘thank you’ ads
Koch network touts Mark Robinson's policy positions with ‘thank you’ ads
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Joe.My.God. and Washington Examiner
WRAL-TV:
Robinson rejected offers of tech help to investigate posts on porn site, sources say
Robinson rejected offers of tech help to investigate posts on porn site, sources say
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Axios, HuffPost, The Atlantic, The Daily Beast, Raw Story, Mediaite, Wall Street Journal and New Republic
Natalie Allison / Politico:
Newly unearthed data shows closer links to Robinson and porn, dating sites
Newly unearthed data shows closer links to Robinson and porn, dating sites
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Semafor, LGBTQ Nation, Washington Post, New York Times, The Daily Beast, Joe.My.God. and Alternet.org
Al Weaver / The Hill:
North Carolina GOP senator signals he won't vote for Robinson after bombshell report
North Carolina GOP senator signals he won't vote for Robinson after bombshell report
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New Republic
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump campaign's ground game worries some Republicans — The Trump campaign is relying on a so far untested get-out-the-vote strategy ahead of November's election that some Republicans view as a high-risk, high-reward gambit. — The Trump campaign has worked alongside outside groups …
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The Daily Caller
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USA Today:
Kamala Harris holds small lead over Donald Trump in Michigan, exclusive poll finds — Michael Collins Terry CollinsUSA TODAY — WASHINGTON - Vice President Kamala Harris has a small lead over former President Donald Trump in the key battleground state of Michigan, according to an exclusive new USA TODAY/Suffolk University poll.
Dave Lawler / Axios:
Swing state voters back Trump over Harris on key global questions: poll
Swing state voters back Trump over Harris on key global questions: poll
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The Hill, Townhall, The Guardian, Trending Politics Conservative, HotAir, New York Post, New York Times and New Jersey Online
Sophia Cai / Axios:
Scoop: Harris courts rural Trump voters in Pennsylvania
Scoop: Harris courts rural Trump voters in Pennsylvania
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Raw Story, Pennsylvania Capital-Star, Daily Kos, Associated Press, New Jersey Online and Washington Post
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Harris leads Trump by 5 points in Pennsylvania: Poll
Harris leads Trump by 5 points in Pennsylvania: Poll
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Breitbart, Spotlight PA, Townhall, Washington Post, CBS News and Washington Monthly
Associated Press:
Trump listens during a farming event in rural Pennsylvania, then threatens John Deere with tariffs
Trump listens during a farming event in rural Pennsylvania, then threatens John Deere with tariffs
Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:
Trump tells supporters to vote early even as he still criticizes the practice
Trump tells supporters to vote early even as he still criticizes the practice
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The National Pulse, The Federalist, Wisconsin Examiner, The Guardian, Raw Story, NBC News, HuffPost, Virginia Mercury, UPI and Financial Times
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
EXCLUSIVE: The Trump campaign is still being hacked — Email communications from individuals associated with the Trump campaign have been hacked by malign actors within the last ten days, Popular Information has confirmed. — On September 18, I was sent a message from “Robert,” …
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Ben Smith / Semafor:
Trump hack continued into last week — The News — The alleged Iranian hack of Donald Trump's orbit continued at least until mid-September and may be ongoing, a document the hackers shared with a progressive publication reveals. — Iranian authorities have denied any involvement …
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The Guardian, American Crisis and Digby's Hullabaloo
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
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The Barbed Wire
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The Guardian:
Project 2025 mastermind allegedly told colleagues he killed a dog with a shovel — Revealed: former colleagues claim Kevin Roberts told them he killed a neighbor's pit bull around 2004 — The man behind Project 2025, the rightwing policy manifesto that includes calls for a sharp increase …
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Rolling Stone, The Daily Beast, The Bulwark, Alternet.org, LGBTQ Nation, Raw Story and Althouse
Matt Egan / CNN:
Over 400 economists and ex-officials endorse Kamala Harris — New York CNN — More than 400 economists and former high-ranking US policymakers are endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris and her vision for the American economy, according to a document announcing the endorsement seen by CNN.
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Washington Examiner, CNBC, The Hill, Joe.My.God. and NPR
emptywheel:
The Habitual Lies on Which Trump Has Built His Attack on Rule on Law — Credit where it's due: WaPo has already published two stories this week that attempt to cover Trump like the conman he is, rather than the good faith politician he is often treated as. — Yesterday, Ashley Parker wrote …
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Fox News, Washington Post, Raw Story and Alternet.org
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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
A Congressman Had an Affair. Then He Put His Lover on the Payroll. — Representative Anthony D'Esposito, a New York Republican, gave part-time jobs to both his lover and his fiancée's daughter, in possible violation of House ethics rules. — As a proud son of Nassau County's …
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Washington Examiner, New York Post, Raw Story, The Guardian, HuffPost, NOTUS and Joe.My.God.
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Megan Messerly / Politico:
Harris backs ending filibuster for abortion rights legislation — “I think we should eliminate the filibuster for Roe, and get us to the point where 51 votes would be what we need to actually put back in law the protections for reproductive freedom,” the vice president said.
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WPR, Scripps News, NPR, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion and Bangor Daily News
Mary B. McCord / Just Security:
Absolute Presidential Immunity and the Evasion of Checks and Balances: My Testimony Before the Senate Judiciary Committee — The Supreme Court's immunity decision in Trump v. United States has rightly received strong criticism from legal analysts, including me (here, and here, for example).
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Common Dreams
Punchbowl News:
Trump MIA on NRCC fundraising — Vice President Kamala Harris recently transferred $10 million to the DCCC. How much has former President Donald Trump given the NRCC? Not one red cent. — Trump also has yet to appear at a major fundraising event for the NRCC, leaving a huge, eight-figure hole in the committee's budget.
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Washington Post
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Breaking: Federal judge blocks employee abortion, IVF protections at thousands of Catholic employers nationwide — A federal judge in North Dakota issued an injunction on Monday blocking the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from protecting any employees of any members …
Chauncey DeVega / Salon:
The danger of a Trump campaign on a losing trajectory — Talk of Haitian immigrants eating pets in Springfield conceals Trump's tour of sundown towns in battleground states — Gore Vidal was correct when he damningly observed that the American people do not have a memory of the last week.
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Raw Story
Edith M. Lederer / Associated Press:
Head of United Nations calls global situation ‘unsustainable’ as annual meeting of leaders opens — U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres warned world leaders Tuesday that impunity, inequality and uncertainty are creating an “unsustainable world” where a growing number of countries believe …
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Reuters and Los Angeles Times
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Biden to deliver final U.N. General Assembly speech amid global turmoil as election nears
Biden to deliver final U.N. General Assembly speech amid global turmoil as election nears
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Fox News, Reuters, Scripps News, New York Times, Joe.My.God., Associated Press, CBS News, Breitbart, WHDH-TV, UPI, ABC News and Bloomberg
Anthony Adragna / Politico:
House GOP moves toward holding Blinken in contempt of Congress — House Republicans moved Tuesday to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt of Congress over claims he obstructed their investigation into the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.
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Washington Examiner, CBS News and New York Post
Reese Gorman / NOTUS:
Mike Johnson Privately Tells Republicans Trump Doesn't Want a Shutdown — The speaker briefed members on his private conversation with Trump and left them with some key impressions. — Copy — House GOP leaders are all too aware that the upcoming vote on a stopgap government funding bill won't be kind of them.
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Deseret News, The Daily Caller, The Daily Beast and NBC News
Tim Balk / New York Times:
Sheriff Who Suggested Tracking Harris Supporters Is Stripped of Election Role — The Ohio sheriff who urged his followers to record the addresses of people with yard signs supporting Vice President Kamala Harris will no longer head security at the county's early voting location.
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The Conversation, Alternet.org, New Republic and The Daily Beast