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Live Updates: Eric Adams Is Indicted in New York — The indictment makes Mr. Adams the first sitting New York City mayor to face criminal charges. — Here's the latest on the mayor's indictment. — Mayor Eric L. Adams has been indicted on federal criminal charges …
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Media Matters for America:
Fox News suddenly changes its tune after Eric Adams indictment unsealed — Fox claimed it was an act of retaliation from Biden's DOJ, but that conspiracy theory took a hit after the indictment was unsealed — After the indictment of New York Mayor Eric Adams was unsealed …
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New York Times:
Eric Adams Live Updates: Adams Is Charged With Bribery and Fraud — Mayor Eric Adams, indicted in a lengthy corruption investigation, insisted he was innocent. Prosecutors are expected to detail the charges on Thursday. — Here's the latest on the mayor's indictment.
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Eric Adams indictment unsealed: New York mayor charged in campaign contribution scheme … WATCH NOW — A federal indictment charging New York City Mayor Eric Adams with a decade-long campaign contribution scheme, bribery and other crimes was unsealed Thursday morning …
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Jake Offenhartz / Associated Press:
NYC Mayor Eric Adams charged with taking bribes and illegal campaign funds from foreign sources
NYC Mayor Eric Adams charged with taking bribes and illegal campaign funds from foreign sources
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Politico:
Playbook: The race to replace McConnell heats up
Playbook: The race to replace McConnell heats up
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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
The Undecided Voters Are Not Who You Think They Are — For the great majority of Americans who have firmly settled on Kamala Harris or Donald Trump, the idea that anyone could still be undecided in that choice is almost incomprehensible. But the incredulity may be rooted in confusion about who most undecided voters really are.
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Michael Podhorzer / Weekend Reading:
Kamala Harris Will Win the Popular Vote — Here's how we know. — Absent an extraordinary upending event, Kamala Harris will win the national popular vote on November 5th. I'm confident of that not because she is ahead in the polling averages, or because of a “forecast,” conventionally conceived.
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Cameron Joseph / Christian Science Monitor:
Raffensperger: Election board ‘destroying voter confidence’ in Georgia
Raffensperger: Election board ‘destroying voter confidence’ in Georgia
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Politico:
The fruits of Jack Smith's 2-year investigation into Trump will land on Tanya Chutkan's desk today — It may be the final inflection point in the case before Nov. 5. — Special counsel Jack Smith, stymied at every turn by federal courts from putting Donald Trump on trial …
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Edith Olmsted / New Republic:
Trump May Have Just Handed Jack Smith a Massive Win
Trump May Have Just Handed Jack Smith a Massive Win
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Why Donald Trump keeps talking about Kamala Harris's McDonald's job — It's a small biographical detail meant to bolster her middle-class bona fides. But it's also hard to verify — which Trump is happy to exploit. — It's one of those little biographical details meant to flavor how voters view a candidate, not to define them.
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Erin Doherty / Axios:
Exclusive: Harris campaign ties Trump to Robinson in new ad on contraception
Exclusive: Harris campaign ties Trump to Robinson in new ad on contraception
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Trump's obsession with Harris and McDonald's gets even creepier
Trump's obsession with Harris and McDonald's gets even creepier
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Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Harris makes scandal-plagued Republican the star of her campaign to win North Carolina
Harris makes scandal-plagued Republican the star of her campaign to win North Carolina
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emptywheel:
Reid Epstein's Economic Polling Anxiety — NYT's Reid Epstein, who fairly routinely says things that make it clear he misunderstands what he's watching, recently substantiated a whine that Kamala Harris doesn't do enough interviews by claiming that Trump faces challenging questions at those things he labels press conferences.
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump seeks to bolster advantage among male voters
Trump seeks to bolster advantage among male voters
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Clay Higgins sets a new benchmark on the racism Republicans will excuse — Former Iowa representative Steve King was punished by House leaders for less. — In early 2019, at the beginning of the 116th Congress, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) announced to the media …
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Noah Lanard / Mother Jones:
Rep. Clay Higgins' Extremely Racist Tweet Is Only the Tip of the Iceberg
Rep. Clay Higgins' Extremely Racist Tweet Is Only the Tip of the Iceberg
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CNN:
GOP Rep. Clay Higgins deletes post calling Haitian migrants ‘thugs,’ telling them to get ‘their a** out of our country’
GOP Rep. Clay Higgins deletes post calling Haitian migrants ‘thugs,’ telling them to get ‘their a** out of our country’
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Rudy Giuliani disbarred in D.C. over 2020 election scheme — Just when it seemed things couldn't get much worse for Rudy Giuliani, the former Republican mayor was officially disbarred in Washington, D.C. — Last summer, a Washington, D.C.-based bar discipline committee concluded …
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Kathleen Culliton / Raw Story:
'There's empirical evidence:' Harris shuts down interviewer who tries to defend Trump — Vice President Kamala Harris pushed back at her MSNBC interviewer Wednesday evening over a controversial claim about former President Donald Trump. — “The 11th Hour host” Stephanie Ruhle grilled Harris …
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Addy Bink / The Hill:
You can order free at-home COVID tests from the federal government again: Here's how — (NEXSTAR) — Free COVID tests are available once again through a federally-funded program, giving Americans a chance to get four at-home testing kits sent straight to their mailboxes.
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Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Here's how to get free COVID tests through the mail
Here's how to get free COVID tests through the mail
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Washington Post:
Sweeping bill to overhaul Supreme Court would add six justices — The legislation by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) is one of the most ambitious efforts to date to remake the Supreme Court following controversies over rulings and ethics. — A sweeping bill introduced by a Democratic senator Wednesday …
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Trump voter turnout program now largely run by Elon Musk-backed group — Exclusive: America Pac has up to 400 employees in each of the seven key states, with the campaign dependent on it — Donald Trump's mass voter turnout program in crucial battleground states is now principally being run …
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Netanyahu distances himself from U.S.-led proposal for ceasefire in Lebanon … - The prime minister's change of course, which comes after public threats by far-right ministers in his government and attacks by Israeli opposition leaders, could increase tensions with the Biden administration.
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Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
Vance keeps gaffing by actually detailing Trump's policies — “Concepts of a plan” is an easier sell than what they really want to do. … Donald Trump is a scam artist. He promises voters everything and delivers almost nothing. That's worked for him in the past, but Trump's current running mate …
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Axios:
Andrew Cuomo eyes NYC mayor job … The charges have not yet been revealed. — While Adams is adamant he will not be stepping down, he is already facing a tough Democratic primary next year on top of mounting calls to resign. — Cuomo's formal entrance into the fray would be a wildcard.
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
In 2004 a senior advisor to President George W. Bush famously told journalist Ron Suskind that people like Suskind lived in “the reality-based community.” They believed people could find solutions to problems through careful study of discernible reality. But, the aide continued, Suskind's worldview was obsolete.
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Pro-Harris sticky notes pop up in women's restrooms and gyms and on tampon boxes — Word about the grassroots campaign has spread on social media, primarily on Facebook, with women putting “Woman to woman” notes in places where other women will see them. — In the weeks before Election Day …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Biden's record speaks for itself — On crime, the economy and immigration, Republicans have little to complain about. — During his campaign, former president Donald Trump has been largely reduced to empty attacks against the Biden-Harris record ("worst economy ever!") and fearmongering.
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Stanley McChrystal / New York Times:
Why Kamala Harris Has Won Me Over — Some deeply consequential decisions are starkly simple. That is how I view our upcoming presidential election. And that is why I have already cast my ballot for character — and voted for Vice President Kamala Harris.
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