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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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Tara Suter / The Hill:
Robinson ‘unacceptable for any elected position,’ Stein says — North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein (D) criticized Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson's fitness for office in an interview Monday. — “Mark Robinson has revealed himself to be absolutely unfit to be governor …
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FOX8 WGHP, Daily Kos, USA Today, New York Times and Associated Press
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, The Atlantic, The Daily Beast, Mediaite, Raw Story, Wall Street Journal and New Republic
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., National Review and New York Post
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.
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 and Joe.My.God.
Axios:
GOP retreats from North Carolina after Mark Robinson allegations
GOP retreats from North Carolina after Mark Robinson allegations
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New York Post, Trending Politics Conservative, Washington Examiner, USA Today, Alternet.org and New York Times
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
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Brian Kemp pulls endorsement of North Carolina gubernatorial hopeful Mark Robinson
Brian Kemp pulls endorsement of North Carolina gubernatorial hopeful Mark Robinson
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CNN, Joe.My.God., Alternet.org, USA Today, Washington Examiner, The Hill, NC Newsline and WRAL-TV
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Oops! Mark Robinson Decries ‘Lies’ About Porn Site Posts, Then Says They ‘Possibly Happened’
Oops! Mark Robinson Decries ‘Lies’ About Porn Site Posts, Then Says They ‘Possibly Happened’
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RedState, The Hill, Fox News, Joe.My.God., Mediaite, NC Newsline, CNN, Daily Kos and Vanity Fair
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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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.
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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, HotAir, Trending Politics Conservative, 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, 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, Washington Monthly and ComingSoon.net
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
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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 Federalist, HuffPost, NBC News, Wisconsin Examiner, The Guardian, Raw Story, 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 …
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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The Bulwark, Rolling Stone, LGBTQ Nation and Raw Story
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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The Hill, NPR and Joe.My.God.
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
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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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Raw Story, New York Post, HuffPost, The Guardian, NOTUS, Washington Examiner and Joe.My.God.
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Washington Post:
Why Mike Johnson won't get McCarthy'd
Why Mike Johnson won't get McCarthy'd
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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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Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Breaking: Federal judge blocks employee abortion, IVF protections at thousands of Catholic employers nationwide — The group that brought the challenge to a new federal policy argues it cannot be forced to accommodate “immoral infertility ‘treatments.’” — A federal judge in North Dakota issued …
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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Yair Rosenberg / The Atlantic:
The Anti-Semitic Revolution on the American Right — How Jews became collateral damage in a Republican power struggle — the new york times once dubbed the Princeton professor Robert George, who has guided Republican elites for decades, “the reigning brain of the Christian right.”
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Truthout and The Forward
Nadia Lathan / Associated Press:
Texas jury clears most ‘Trump Train’ drivers in civil trial over 2020 Biden-Harris bus encounter — A federal jury in Texas on Monday rejected voter intimidation allegations against all but one of a group of former President Donald Trump supporters who surrounded a Biden-Harris campaign bus …
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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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Nick Arama / RedState:
New Kamala Ads Are So Cringe, Some Think They're Actually for Trump — Kamala Harris surely is wracking up some endorsements. — Except they're the kind of endorsements that aren't exactly going to make more people vote for you, including Liz and Dick Cheney, as well as Vladimir Putin and the IRS Agents Union.
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Townhall, Crooks and Liars, Florida Politics and The Lincoln Project
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.”
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The Register, The Hill, Joe.My.God., TechCrunch and Fox Business
Laura Donnelly / Telegraph:
Pubs could be forced to shut early in new Labour nanny state blow — Crackdown on drinking under consideration as ‘fun police’ Government sets out plan to improve health and tackle anti-social behaviour — Pubs could be forced to close their doors early under “nanny state” measures to target harmful drinking.
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