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9:25 AM ET, September 25, 2024

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Yuki Iwamura / News 5 Cleveland WEWS:
Haitian nonprofit in Springfield files criminal charges against Donald Trump, JD Vance  —  Affidavit uses state statute allowing private citizens to file charges  —  The leader of the nonprofit Haitian Bridge Alliance filed charges against former president Donald Trump and his running mate …
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Davidrlurie / Public Notice:
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Julie Carr Smyth / Associated Press:
Haitian group in Springfield, Ohio, files citizen criminal charges against Trump and Vance  —  The leader of a nonprofit representing the Haitian community invoked a private-citizen right to file charges Tuesday against former President Donald Trump and his running mate, JD Vance …
Chandra Law Firm:
Criminal charges filed against Trump and Vance for Springfield, Ohio conduct; arrests sought
Ariel Edwards-Levy / CNN:
CNN Poll: Harris leads Trump among young voters but falls short of Biden's 2020 winning margin  —  Vice President Kamala Harris holds a 12-point lead over former President Donald Trump among voters younger than 35 - a group that's largely dissatisfied with the influence it holds in American politics …
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Elena Moore / NPR:
A new poll of young voters shows Harris with a commanding 31 point lead over Trump
Noble Predictive:
Presidential Race Tight in Nevada
Discussion: ComingSoon.net, Breitbart, The Hill and CNN
Politico:
‘He should be doing better’: Even some Trump allies see him veering off course  —  While polls show an incredibly close race, some of Trump's allies are concerned about his lack of focus.  —  Donald Trump was meeting privately in mid-September with one of his oldest friends, Steve Wynn …
Discussion: Raw Story and Alternet.org
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Washington Post:
JD Vance has been MIA in the Senate.  Does it matter?  —  Good morning, Early Birds.  We'll be celebrating National Bison Day on Nov. 2.  It's one of 16 national days, weeks and months the Senate, in its infinite wisdom, voted this week to designate.  (The vote was ceremonial …
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
Playbook: Who's laughing on Long Island
Discussion: Punchbowl News and Roll Call
CNN:
Missouri executes Marcellus Williams despite prosecutors and the victim's family asking that he be spared  —  Marcellus Williams, whose murder conviction was questioned by a prosecutor, died by lethal injection Tuesday evening in Missouri after the US Supreme Court denied a stay.
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CNN:
Man charged with attempted assassination of Trump at Florida golf course as case is assigned to Judge Aileen Cannon  —  Prosecutors on Tuesday filed the charge of attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate against Ryan Wesley Routh, the man they say camped outside …
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Johnson spikes top Democrats' anxiety about a Jan. 6 redux … - House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) has been conferring with deputies to prepare for next January's joint session, sources familiar with the discussions told Axios.  — “I've talked to him just generally about preparations …
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Examiner
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Kushner's Fund Has Reaped Millions in Fees, but So Far Returned No Profits  —  The son-in-law of former President Donald J. Trump has said he has intentionally moved slowly to invest investors' money, which came primarily from foreign entities.  —  The private equity firm run by Jared Kushner …
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Special counsel can present ‘substantial’ new evidence against Trump in January 6 case, judge rules  —  Special counsel Jack Smith this week will be allowed to file hundreds of pages of legal arguments and evidence gathered in the 2020 election subversion and January 6 US Capitol attack criminal case …
Dave Collins / Associated Press:
Judge to approve auctions liquidating Alex Jones' Infowars to help pay Sandy Hook families  —  Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ' Infowars media platform and its assets will be sold off piece by piece in auctions this fall to help pay the more than $1 billion he owes relatives of victims …
Nina Martin / Mother Jones:
Criminalizing Pregnancy: A Record Number of Pregnant Women Were Prosecuted the Year After Dobbs  —  One night in March of 2023, Amari Marsh went to the bathroom and suffered a miscarriage.  “I screamed because I was scared, because I didn't know what was going on,” she recently recalled.
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Ali Swenson / Associated Press:
Several states are making late changes to election rules, even as voting is set to begin
Axios:
Scoop: Senate Democrats prepare Florida and Texas offensives … - But Democrats are signaling they want to expand the playing field and be in a position to steal Republican seats in states like Florida. … - They are also eyeing Texas, where a recent poll has Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) …
Discussion: Raw Story and WFAA-TV
Ariel Zilber / New York Post:
Nancy Pelosi's husband sold more than $500K worth of Visa stock — just weeks before DOJ's antitrust lawsuit  —  Nancy Pelosi's husband unloaded more than $500,000 worth of Visa stock — less than three months before the credit card giant was slapped with federal antitrust charges, public documents show.
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Lucinda Shen / Axios:
DOJ sues Visa for monopolizing debit card market
Default:
Docket Watch: Trump Prosecuted in DC  —  United States of America v. Donald J. Trump  —  On Aug. 1, 2023, a federal grand jury voted to indict former President Donald Trump in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and his alleged attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
Rebecca Crosby / Popular Information:
Florida bans instruction on contraception and consent in sex ed classes  —  The Florida Department of Education is prohibiting school districts from including core topics in their sex education courses, including contraception, consent, domestic violence, abuse, and LGBTQ issues.
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Republicans' Electoral College Edge, Once Seen as Ironclad, Looks to Be Fading  —  A review of the evidence that Donald Trump's advantage relative to the national popular vote has declined significantly.  —  Ever since Donald J. Trump's stunning victory in 2016 — when he lost the popular vote …
Discussion: The Bulwark
New York Times:
How News Outlets Like Fox and CNN Are Preparing for Election Day  —  Here's how they're preparing to make calls in a very tight race — and ensure that viewers and readers believe them.  —  The data nerd of NBC News, Steve Kornacki, is preparing to sleep at his desk in 30 Rockefeller Plaza — for days on end, if need be.
Anegron / TelevisaUnivision:
Noticias Univision Announces 2024 Townhalls with Former President Donald Trump & Vice President Kamala Harris  —  Presidential Candidates Will Engage with Undecided Hispanic Voters to Discuss Important Issues Facing the Community and Nation  —  Enrique Acevedo to Moderate Townhalls …
Antonio Fins / Palm Beach Post:
Florida, Georgia Teamsters break with national leadership by endorsing Harris-Walz ticket  —  Since the non-endorsement by the national governing board, Harris-Walz have received endorsements from local councils in important battleground states like Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.
Discussion: Florida Politics
Grace Segers / New Republic:
House Democrats Are Going All In on Tying Project 2025 to Trump  —  Congressional Democrats spent Tuesday pressing Republicans on a slew of policies outlined by Project 2025—a 922-page proposal for a future GOP presidency, written in part by allies of former President Donald Trump …
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Trump briefed on “threats from Iran to assassinate him,” his campaign says … - U.S. officials see Iran as the biggest nation-state threat to November's elections. … - “Intelligence officials have identified that these continued and coordinated attacks have heightened in the past few months …
 
 
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Marc A. Caputo / The Bulwark:
Comcast, a Backer of Reproductive Rights, Donates to DeSantis's Anti-Abortion PAC
Discussion: Rolling Stone
Caleb Groves / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Metro Atlanta counties have dismissed more than 45K voter eligibility challenges since July 1
Discussion: WXIA-TV and Raw Story
John Konrad / gCaptain:
US Navy Oiler Runs Aground, Forcing Carrier Strike Group to Scramble for Fuel
Joan Walsh / The Nation:
Trump Is Spiraling, and Getting Creepier, About Women Voters
 Earlier Items: 
Enough Already:
WHITE NOISE  —  At a time when we've never needed good to prevail over evil more …
Jason Easley / PoliticusUSA:
Judge Rules Jack Smith Can Submit 180 Pages Of Evidence Of Trump's Alleged 1/6 Crimes Before The Election
CNN:
Manchin won't endorse Harris over vow to gut filibuster to codify abortion rights: ‘Shame on her’
NBC News:
Harris campaign office damaged by gunfire in Arizona
Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Nebraska governor: No plans for special session on winner-take-all electoral system
Vittoria Elliott / Wired:
Teens Say Trump's Former Personal Aide and Project 2025 Higher-Up Made Them Uncomfortable in Chats
Discussion: New Republic and Raw Story
Drew Magary / SFGATE:
The New York Times is washed
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Chartbeat: Facebook traffic to 700 US news sites fell 40% from January 2023 to July 2024 to ~500M page views, as page views from Google Search grew 10% to 1.5B

Financial Times:
Sources: Bari Weiss' The Free Press raised about $15M at a ~$100M valuation; Bari Weiss posted an article this week that said the outlet had 800,000+ readers

Sareen Habeshian / Axios:
Univision says Harris and Trump will appear at separate town halls in front of a Spanish-speaking audience in October, moderated by journalist Enrique Acevedo

 
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