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12:50 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.
Discussion: 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 …
Discussion: The Bulwark
Elena Moore / NPR:
A new poll of young voters shows Harris with a commanding 31 point lead over Trump
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.
Discussion: New York Daily News and HuffPost
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
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 …
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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Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:   Fox News does not have an independent decision desk
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) …
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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 …
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
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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Examiner
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Republicans keep coming up with new ways to insult women  —  The latest offender is Bernie Moreno, the Republican challenger to Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown.  —  It's becoming a trend, one that political scientists might want to dub the “childless cat lady” effect: Republican candidates are finding new and creative ways to insult women.
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.
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 …
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
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
China-Linked Hackers Breach U.S. Internet Providers in New ‘Salt Typhoon’ Cyberattack
Betsy Klein / CNN:
An unburdened Biden embraces more freewheeling public appearances as he advocates for Harris
Discussion: Axios and Reuters
Hillary Rodham Clinton / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton: To err is human, to empathize is superhuman
Discussion: Althouse
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
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Obama and Biden achievements that Trump claims for himself
 Earlier Items: 
Felix Light / Reuters:
Georgian PM disinvited from Biden UN reception as relations sour
Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Trump super PAC, Right for America, plans biggest buy
Discussion: Semafor
Ariel Edwards-Levy / CNN:
CNN Poll: Harris leads Trump among young voters but falls short of Biden's 2020 winning margin
Default:
Docket Watch: Trump Prosecuted in DC
CNN:
Man charged with attempted assassination of Trump at Florida golf course as case is assigned to Judge Aileen Cannon
 

 
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Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
A federal court allows a claim by The Intercept that DMCA prevents OpenAI from stripping a story's title or byline but throws out its claims against Microsoft

Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
A Q&A with Chris Balfe, CEO of Red Seat Ventures, which has helped Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly set up their podcast and streaming businesses and sell ads

 
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