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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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OutsideTheBeltway and The Bulwark
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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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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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Secret Service agent under investigation for alleged sex assault on Harris campaign aide … The U.S. Secret Service is investigating allegations that one of its agents sexually assaulted a female staff member of the presidential campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris, the agency confirmed Wednesday.
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New York Post, The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit and The Guardian
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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Washington Post, Raw Story and Alternet.org
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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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ProPublica:
Neo-Nazi Telegram Users Panic Amid Crackdown and Arrest of Alleged Leaders of Online Extremist Group — ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published. — This story is part of a collaboration between FRONTLINE …
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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Joe.My.God., Raw Story, WFAA-TV and Florida Politics
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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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Associated Press:
Secret Service failures before Trump rally shooting were ‘preventable,’ Senate panel finds
Secret Service failures before Trump rally shooting were ‘preventable,’ Senate panel finds
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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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Sean Craig / The Daily Beast:
Alex Jones' Infowars Will Be Sold for Parts at Auction to Pay Sandy Hook Families
Alex Jones' Infowars Will Be Sold for Parts at Auction to Pay Sandy Hook Families
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Mother Jones, Joe.My.God. and Mediaite
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Donald Trump and Bernie Moreno rage at “crazy” female voters who refuse to fall in line — MAGA candidates can't hide their irritation that women are allowed to think for themselves — As Steve Kornacki of NBC News explained Monday, the polling gender gap between Vice President Kamala Harris and Donald Trump is “off the charts.”
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Republicans keep coming up with new ways to insult women
Republicans keep coming up with new ways to insult women
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HuffPost, NBC News, Ohio Capital Journal, WCMH-TV, Talking Points Memo, The Daily Beast, Lawyers, Guns & Money, New Republic, Daily Kos and Mediaite
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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Media Matters for America, Alternet.org, Raw Story, Washington Post and New York Times
Alex Griffing / Mediaite:
Independent Challenger Overtakes Nebraska's Republican Senator in New Poll, Drops Scathing New Ad — Independent candidate Dan Osborn's run to oust Nebraska Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) this November has grabbed national attention as polls have shown a surprisingly close race …
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New York Magazine, Joe.My.God., Talking Points Memo and Rolling Stone
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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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 …
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, Alabama Reflector, Alternet.org, Alabama Public Radio and CBS News
Oren Cass / The Atlantic:
Trump's Most Misunderstood Policy Proposal — Donald Trump's proposal to impose tariffs as high as 60 percent on imports from China, and a global tariff of 10 to 20 percent, takes the right approach to addressing globalization's failures—but it has drawn resounding mockery from economists, and, in turn, from the mainstream media.
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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 💉
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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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 …
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Joe.My.God.
Hillary Rodham Clinton / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton: To err is human, to empathize is superhuman — Is there any way to drain the fever swamps so we can stand together on firmer, higher ground? … Like anyone who is trying to understand how normal people get drawn into a life of hate and violence, I went for a canoe ride.
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The Hill:
Trump makes last-minute push for alternative stopgap with voting provisions — Former President Trump is making a last-minute push for House Republicans to adopt a short-term government funding package that includes language pertaining to voting, multiple sources told The Hill.
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Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
Democrats take legal action against Georgia election board — Democrats are accusing three GOP members of the State Election Board of holding an illegal meeting and illegally passing rules critics say will sow chaos in the presidential race. — Three Democrats have asked a state court …
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Joe.My.God. and Alternet.org
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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Washington Examiner, Axios, Fox News, RedState, PoliticusUSA, Townhall and Daily Kos
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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