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1:40 PM ET, September 25, 2024

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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 …
Discussion: OutsideTheBeltway and The Bulwark
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Special counsel can present ‘substantial’ new evidence against Trump in January 6 case, judge rules
Discussion: 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 …
Discussion: 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.
Washington Post:
JD Vance has been MIA in the Senate. Does it matter?
Discussion: Raw Story and Daily Kos
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 …
Discussion: IJR
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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.
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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Elena Moore / NPR:
A new poll of young voters shows Harris with a commanding 31 point lead over Trump
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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NBC News:
Harris to flesh out her economic vision in Pittsburgh, pitching ‘pragmatic’ approach
Matt Dixon / NBC News:   As Harris racks up celebrity support, Trump sees an opening to attack
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Fox News does not have an independent decision desk  —  The 2020 cycle shows that network executives can overrule its calls  —  Fox News depicts the “decision desk” that calls elections for the network as an independent, data-driven body cordoned off from its right-wing propaganda machine.
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New York Times:   How News Outlets Like Fox and CNN Are Preparing for Election Day
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 …
Discussion: Newsbusters
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NBC News:
Trump briefed by intelligence officials about ongoing Iranian threats to assassinate him, campaign says
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 …
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  —  Report Finds Key Failures by Secret Service in Security Planning, Communications and Coordination
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Politico:
Playbook: Who's laughing on Long Island
Discussion: Punchbowl News
Associated Press:
Secret Service failures before Trump rally shooting were ‘preventable,’ Senate panel finds
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 …
Discussion: USA Today and The Daily Beast
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 💉
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
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.
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Nothing to See Here, Just a Man of the People Hangin' With the Soroses  —  Who in the world thought this would make a great photo op for Tim Walz?  —  Besides Donald Trump, that is?  —  Frankly, I'm surprised this is still up after a few hours.  Twitchy picked up Alex Soros' weird photo op overnight …
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 …
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
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 …
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
 
 
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Chris Hughes / New York Times:
Why Do People Like Elon Musk Love Donald Trump? It's Not Just About Money.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Hillary Rodham Clinton / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton: To err is human, to empathize is superhuman
Discussion: Althouse
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Republicans keep coming up with new ways to insult women
Jacob Ogles / Florida Politics:
Every Teamsters union in Florida backs Kamala Harris for President,
CNN:
Did you know violent crime is down? Not if you're watching right-wing media
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
 Earlier Items: 
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Trump Was President Once
Discussion: Raw Story
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Obama and Biden achievements that Trump claims for himself
Felix Light / Reuters:
Georgian PM disinvited from Biden UN reception as relations sour
Ariel Edwards-Levy / CNN:
CNN Poll: Harris leads Trump among young voters but falls short of Biden's 2020 winning margin
CNN:
Missouri executes Marcellus Williams despite prosecutors and the victim's family asking that he be spared
The Hill:
Pelosi says CNN shouldn't air Trump remarks on Harris's ‘cognitive problems’: ‘Why would you even cover that?’
 

 
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