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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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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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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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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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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
Haitian group in Springfield, Ohio, files citizen criminal charges against Trump and Vance
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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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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.
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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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 …
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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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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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Joe Biden's disastrous legacy of crime at home and war abroad is on full display in his final UN speech
Joe Biden's disastrous legacy of crime at home and war abroad is on full display in his final UN speech
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Washington Examiner, Power Line, The Daily Beast, Slate and USA Today
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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Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
SCOTUS conservatives let Missouri kill Marcellus Williams
SCOTUS conservatives let Missouri kill Marcellus Williams
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Kim Bellware / Washington Post:
Prosecutors say evidence clears him. He's set to be executed today.
Prosecutors say evidence clears him. He's set to be executed today.
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The Hill:
Pelosi says CNN shouldn't air Trump remarks on Harris's ‘cognitive problems’: ‘Why would you even cover that?’ — Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) fired back at Former President Trump, condemning media coverage of his shots at the Vice President during a CNN appearance on Tuesday after he said Harris had …
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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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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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NBC News, Newsbusters 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 …
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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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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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 …
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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 …
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) …
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.
Sudiksha Kochi / USA Today:
Vivek Ramaswamy says he didn't see evidence of Haitian migrants eating cats and dogs — WASHINGTON - Staunch Trump ally and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy said he didn't see evidence of Haitian migrants eating cats and dogs in Springfield, Ohio - a debunked allegation that was pushed …
Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
Why Jews Should Reject Trump — PEOPLE HAVE ALL SORTS OF REASONS for casting ballots, but to the degree that your decision in this election rests on specifically Jewish concerns, I beg you to consider the consequences of a Trump victory. — In the aftermath of October 7th …
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Matt Dixon / NBC News:
As Harris racks up celebrity support, Trump sees an opening to attack — Celebrities have been flocking to endorse Harris, while the Trump campaign has tried to portray the vice president and her campaign as out of touch with ordinary Americans. — Kamala Harris has Scarlett Johansson.
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.
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Felix Light / Reuters:
Georgian PM disinvited from Biden UN reception as relations sour — Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze was disinvited from a reception for world leaders hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden during the United Nations General Assembly, Georgian media reported on Wednesday …
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Trump Was President Once — And it was a total failure, even by the standards he set for himself. — Donald Trump's best line in the September debate against Vice President Kamala Harris came near the end, when he sought to tie her to the unpopular president under whom she serves.
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