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CNN:
CNN Poll: Harris and Trump locked in exceedingly close presidential race — The race for president between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump is exceedingly close, with Harris' support resting on stronger personal appeal, while Trump draws on a die-hard base …
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Patrick Svitek / Washington Post:
‘Get them the hell out’: Trump continues attacks on legal immigrants in Ohio town
‘Get them the hell out’: Trump continues attacks on legal immigrants in Ohio town
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump's pledge to deport legal immigrants is toxic in more ways than one
Trump's pledge to deport legal immigrants is toxic in more ways than one
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New Republic, New York Times and Trending Politics Conservative
Harvard University:
Harvard Youth Poll
Harvard Youth Poll
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Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Don't scoff at the Hitler comparisons. Trump's rhetoric is that bad.
Don't scoff at the Hitler comparisons. Trump's rhetoric is that bad.
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Alternet.org and Raw Story
Marianne LeVine / Washington Post:
Trump in Pa.: Digressions, threats and vows to be ‘protector’ of women
Trump in Pa.: Digressions, threats and vows to be ‘protector’ of women
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Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Donald Trump's Pitch to Women Is Creepy Abuser Logic
Donald Trump's Pitch to Women Is Creepy Abuser Logic
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Raw Story, New Republic, The Hill, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Daily Beast, IJR and HuffPost
Patrick Svitek / Washington Post:
Democrats — and Nikki Haley — knock GOP Senate hopeful over suburban women comments
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:
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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David Gardner / The Daily Beast:
Trump Avoids ‘Black Nazi’ Mark Robinson As GOP Cuts His Cash — 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
Robinson ‘unacceptable for any elected position,’ Stein says
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WPR:
Kamala Harris tells WPR she supports eliminating the filibuster to restore abortion rights — The presidential candidate appears on WPR's ‘Wisconsin Today’ shortly after her fourth campaign visit to the state — Vice President and Democratic nominee for president Kamala Harris told WPR's …
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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.
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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Michael Lee / Fox News:
Early mail-in voting data signals good news for GOP, Trump: expert
Early mail-in voting data signals good news for GOP, Trump: expert
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RedState, WHTM-TV and Virginia Mercury
Sophia Cai / Axios:
Scoop: Harris courts rural Trump voters in Pennsylvania
Scoop: Harris courts rural Trump voters in Pennsylvania
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New York Times, Pennsylvania Capital-Star, Raw Story, Daily Kos, RedState, New Jersey Online and Politico
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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Vittoria Elliott / Wired:
Teens Say Trump's Former Personal Aide and Project 2025 Higher-Up Made Them Uncomfortable in Chats — Two women tell WIRED that when they were 18-year-old college freshmen, John McEntee, a former Trump administration official and co-founder of a Peter Thiel-backed dating app …
Jonathan Lemire / Politico:
Biden's final UN address: ‘There is so much more I want to get done’ — Biden huddles with world leaders as foreign policy crises escalate. — NEW YORK - President Joe Biden addressed the United Nations for the final time Tuesday, defending his record and urging an expansion of alliances …
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Edith M. Lederer / Associated Press:
Head of United Nations calls global situation ‘unsustainable’ as annual meeting of leaders opens
Head of United Nations calls global situation ‘unsustainable’ as annual meeting of leaders opens
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Scripps News, WHDH-TV, ABC7 and Los Angeles Times
Laura Kelly / The Hill:
GOP presses ahead with holding Blinken in contempt over Afghanistan testimony — The Republican-led House Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday moved forward with holding Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt of a subpoena to appear before the committee, drawing accusations …
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Washington Examiner and CBS News
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Anthony Adragna / Politico:
House GOP moves toward holding Blinken in contempt of Congress
House GOP moves toward holding Blinken in contempt of Congress
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Drew Magary / SFGATE:
The New York Times is washed — SFGATE columnist Drew Magary is done with caring about the Times, and you should be, too — We're just over a month away from the presidential election and, if you ask the New York Times, the race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former president …
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
2024 Election Environment Favorable to GOP — Party affiliation, GOP issue advantages, economic pessimism among key factors — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nearly all Gallup measures that have shown some relationship to past presidential election outcomes or that speak to current perceptions …
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The Hill, Washington Examiner, Washington Times and The National Pulse
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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Joe.My.God., Fox News, Washington Post and Raw Story
Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
Son of Ryan Routh, accused in Trump assassination attempt, arrested for child pornography — Oran Routh had “hundreds” of files of child pornography, prosecutors said. — The Department of Justice seal is seen during a news conference at the DOJ office in Washington, May 16, 2023.
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Brett Murphy / ProPublica:
Israel Deliberately Blocked Humanitarian Aid to Gaza, Two Government Bodies Concluded. Antony Blinken Rejected Them. — Blinken told Congress, “We do not currently assess that the Israeli government is prohibiting or otherwise restricting” aid, even though the U.S. Agency for International Development …
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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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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Raw Story and Common Dreams