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New York Times:
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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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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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.
Bloomberg:
NYC Mayor Eric Adams Indicted on Bribery and Fraud Charges — New York City Mayor Eric Adams was indicted on bribery and fraud charges following a federal corruption investigation, calling into question the political future of the man in charge of running the biggest US city.
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New York Times:
Eric Adams Is Indicted After Federal Corruption Investigation
Eric Adams Is Indicted After Federal Corruption Investigation
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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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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
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.
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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Cameron Joseph / Christian Science Monitor:
Raffensperger: Election board ‘destroying voter confidence’ in Georgia — Georgia GOP Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger warns that last-minute rule changes by the state's right-wing election board are undermining voter trust in one of the country's key battlegrounds. — Loading... ATLANTA
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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 — Did Donald Trump just make Jack Smith's job that much easier by admitting that he knows he lost the 2020 election? — During a speech Wednesday in Mint Hill, North Carolina, Trump appeared to give up the game when speaking about his performance four years ago.
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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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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Trump's obsession with Harris and McDonald's gets even creepier — With 40 days left in the election cycle, Donald Trump appears to be focused at least as much on Kamala Harris' fast food experience as any other issue. — Donald Trump's latest campaign event in North Carolina …
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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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Raw Story, The Dispatch, The Hill, New Yorker and New York Magazine
Noah Lanard / Mother Jones:
Rep. Clay Higgins' Extremely Racist Tweet Is Only the Tip of the Iceberg — His record includes allegedly putting a gun to the head of one of his ex-wives, voting for a neo-Nazi, and assaulting an unarmed Black man while working as a cop. — On Wednesday afternoon, Rep. Clay Higgins …
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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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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Clay Higgins sets a new benchmark on the racism Republicans will excuse
Clay Higgins sets a new benchmark on the racism Republicans will excuse
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Raw Story
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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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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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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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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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 …
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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Robert Reich:
How Musk threatens America's national security, and what must be done — His incitement to assassinate America's commander-in-chief is only the most recent illustration — Shortly after the apparent second assassination attempt against Trump, Elon Musk responded in a now deleted post …
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Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
Senate Democrats Pour in Millions to Defeat Ted Cruz, Rick Scott — Party's hopes to keep majority hinge on scoring an upset win — Pivot comes as polls show Montana's Tester behind Sheehy — Senate Democrats announced Thursday they are spending millions to defeat Ted Cruz in Texas …
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Matt Egan / CNN:
Trump's promises would spike inflation and wipe out jobs, study finds — Former President Donald Trump has promised to attack the United States affordability crisis by imposing immense tariffs, carrying out unprecedented deportations and even influencing interest rate decisions.
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Carter Sherman / The Guardian:
‘Be a man and vote for a woman’: Kamala Harris's unlikely edge in America's masculinity election — Republicans are making anxiety around masculinity a key voting issue - but the Democratic nominee is hoping to turn it to her advantage — A man in a baseball cap strides through a field of corn.
Nate Hochman / The American Spectator:
The Rightward Rebellion: Why Young Men Are Flocking to Conservatism — American society seems dedicated to punishing youthful masculinity. — Art by Bill Wilson for The American Spectator — Young men once occupied a special — even unique — place in the West.
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.