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Andrew Egger / The Bulwark:
Yet Another Mark Robinson Eye-Popper — Donald Trump's legal troubles have been out of the news lately, but they may be coming back in a major way. Per CNN: … Remember back when it was going to be a tentpole of this race that Donald Trump is a felon? Hey, you never know. Happy Wednesday.
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Tangle, Raw Story and NC Newsline
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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 …
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OutsideTheBeltway and The Bulwark
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Special counsel can present ‘substantial’ new evidence against Trump in January 6 case, judge rules
Special counsel can present ‘substantial’ new evidence against Trump in January 6 case, judge rules
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American Greatness and Instapundit
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 …
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Raw Story and Alternet.org
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Max Burns / The Hill:
Voters aren't buying into Trump's political fantasy world anymore — Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016 in part by creating a parallel universe where everything was going wrong. Violent migrants were flooding into the country, Trump argued. Crime was at an all-time high.
Ingrid Vasquez / People:
Donald Trump's Sexual Assault Accusers Tell Their Stories in Chilling New Ads (Exclusive) — Ads launching on Wednesday, Sept. 25, feature two of the presidential nominee's accusers, including former PEOPLE reporter Natasha Stoynoff — George Conway, the ex-husband of former Donald Trump …
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Jamie Frevele / Mediaite:
‘I Tried to Push Him, He Kept Coming Back At Me’: Trump's Sexual Assault Accusers Speak Out in Chilling 2024 Election Ad — Former President Donald Trump declared this week that he would be a “protector” of women. In a pair of campaign ads, two women described how the ex-president sexually assaulted them.
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New York Daily News and HuffPost
Erin Doherty / Axios:
Biden insists he would have beaten “loser” Trump … - Polling after Biden's shaky June debate performance — before he suspended his campaign — also showed that the majority of voters believed that the Democratic Party would perform better with a different candidate atop the ticket.
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New Republic, The Hill, CBS News, Deadline, New York Times, Washington Examiner and Reuters
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Elena Moore / NPR:
A new poll of young voters shows Harris with a commanding 31 point lead over Trump
A new poll of young voters shows Harris with a commanding 31 point lead over Trump
The Hill:
Pelosi says CNN shouldn't air Trump remarks on Harris's ‘cognitive problems’: ‘Why would you even cover that?’
Pelosi says CNN shouldn't air Trump remarks on Harris's ‘cognitive problems’: ‘Why would you even cover that?’
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The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Beast, RedState, Raw Story, Trending Politics Conservative, New York Times, PoliticusUSA and IJR
Marni Rose McFall / Newsweek:
Kamala Harris Announces First Solo Network Interview Since Democratic Nomination — will be interviewed by Stephanie Ruhle in Pittsburgh Wednesday night, in what will be her first one-on-one network interview since becoming the Democratic nominee. — The interview will air on
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Associated Press:
Secret Service failures before Trump rally shooting were ‘preventable,’ Senate panel finds — Multiple Secret Service failures ahead of the July rally for former President Donald Trump where a gunman opened fire were “foreseeable, preventable, and directly related to the events resulting …
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ABC News, USA Today, Axios, The Daily Beast, The Daily Caller, The Hill, IJR, Mock Paper Scissors, Politico, Forbes, New York Daily News, Joe.My.God., Washington Times, Boston Herald, Associated Press, CBS News, New York Times, UPI, Breitbart, New York Post, One America News Network and Washington Examiner
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Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs:
Peters, Paul, Blumenthal and Johnson Release Bipartisan Report Examining U.S. Secret Service Security Failures and Assassination Attempt on Former President Trump
Peters, Paul, Blumenthal and Johnson Release Bipartisan Report Examining U.S. Secret Service Security Failures and Assassination Attempt on Former President Trump
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ABC News, The Guardian, The Daily Caller, Townhall, Trending Politics Conservative, IJR and Washington Times
emptywheel:
Don't Make the Same Mistake with Iran that Denialists Made with Russia — I read the book by Aaron Zebley, James Quarles, and Andrew Goldstein on the Mueller investigation. Regarding the investigation itself, there were no new details. Where the book does break new ground is in describing …
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Newsbusters
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NBC News:
Trump briefed by intelligence officials about ongoing Iranian threats to assassinate him, campaign says
Trump briefed by intelligence officials about ongoing Iranian threats to assassinate him, campaign says
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Fox News, Bloomberg, Trending Politics Conservative, USA Today, RedState, New Republic, Al Jazeera, The Times of Israel, Raw Story, The Hill, Washington Post, Reuters and JNS.org
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Trump briefed on “threats from Iran to assassinate him,” his campaign says
Trump briefed on “threats from Iran to assassinate him,” his campaign says
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The Hill, Donald J. Trump …, Townhall, Joe.My.God., ComingSoon.net, The Daily Beast and New York Times
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.
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump's Hateful New Rants at Rally Are Harshly Debunked by Town Leader — They are taking from us. At bottom, that's a key message that Donald Trump and his partner in slime, J.D. Vance, are running on when they falsely attack immigrants for eating pets, spreading diseases …
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Raw Story, New York Times and Washington Post
Paul Farhi / Vanity Fair:
Why News Outlets Are Sitting on Hacked Trump Documents — The pilfered VP-vetting materials failed the “newsworthy” test, says New York Times editor Joseph Kahn. Politico and The Washington Post also passed on publishing docs from the breach, which—as Popular Information revealed Tuesday …
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USA Today, The Daily Beast and The Guardian
Davidrlurie / Public Notice:
JD Vance: Political heroin dealer — 🚨 This special, five-edition week of PN is made possible by paid subscribers. If you aren't one already, please sign up to support our independent journalism. 🚨 — 💉 Subscribe to Public Notice 💉
Nina Martin / Mother Jones:
Criminalizing Pregnancy: A Record Number of 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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Pregnancy Justice, CNN, The Root, Raw Story, Alabama Reflector, Alabama Public Radio and CBS News
Scott Dworkin / The Dworkin Report:
Biden Delivers Inspirational UN Speech — “Some things are more important than staying in power” — Yesterday President Biden gave his final speech in front of the United Nations. And while it got corporate media's attention, in most cases they used it as a hit piece on Biden's legacy.
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Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, E&E News, New York Post, WHTM-TV and Reuters
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 …
Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
It is so much nicer being a woman in Trump's world — Donald Trump is protecting you. … — Donald Trump, at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Monday — It is so much nicer being a woman, now that Donald Trump is in charge! — You barely remember the Biden times at all, except in nightmares.
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The Daily Caller, Vanity Fair, New Republic, The Hill, Mediaite, ABC News, CBS News, The Daily Beast, CNN, New York Magazine and New York Times
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 …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The nativists have taken over the GOP — Just five years ago, 21 percent of Republicans in a CNN poll said increasing racial and ethnic diversity threatened American culture. Today, 55 percent say that. — Donald Trump has spent virtually all of his nine years in politics stoking cultural resentment …
Jordain Carney / Politico:
House GOP launches investigation into Zelenskyy's Pennsylvania visit — House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer launched an investigation on Wednesday into Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's recent visit to an ammunition factory in Pennsylvania. House Republicans have already cried foul …
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Fox News, RedState, PoliticusUSA, Townhall and Washington Examiner
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Donald Trump Cut Ties to Some Online Fund-Raisers — The campaign also reduced the commission retained by the remaining vendors, as the former president falls behind Vice President Kamala Harris in the cash race. — Former President Donald J. Trump's campaign cut ties late last week …
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 …
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The Hill and Washington Examiner