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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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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 …
Discussion: The Guardian and New York Post
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 …
New York Times:
Eric Adams Live Updates: Adams Is Charged With Bribery and Fraud
Jake Offenhartz / Associated Press:
NYC Mayor Eric Adams charged with taking bribes and illegal campaign funds from foreign sources
Bloomberg:
NYC Mayor Was Corrupt for Years, US Claims in Scathing Case
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
The Undecided Voters Are Not Who You Think They Are  —  This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter.  Sign up for it here.  —  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.
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Marist Poll:
U.S. Presidential Contest: North Carolina, September 2024
Discussion: The Hill, New York Post and So What
Michael Podhorzer / Weekend Reading:
Kamala Harris Will Win the Popular Vote
Discussion: Fox News
Cameron Joseph / Christian Science Monitor:   Raffensperger: Election board ‘destroying voter confidence’ in Georgia
Marist Poll:
U.S. Presidential Contest: Arizona, September 2024
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 …
Discussion: Alternet.org and CT Mirror
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Griffin Eckstein / Salon:   Ron Wyden unveils plan to overhaul and expand the “power hungry” Supreme Court
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon:
Wyden Introduces Sweeping Court Reforms to Restore Public Trust as Supreme Court Faces Legitimacy Crisis
Discussion: New Republic
Ella Lee / The Hill:
Appeals panel signals skepticism over NY civil fraud case against Trump  —  A New York appeals panel on Thursday appeared wary of the state's civil fraud case against former President Trump that ended in a $464 million judgment against him and his business.  —  During arguments lasting …
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Ken Klippenstein:
Read the JD Vance Dossier  —  We publish what others won't.  Subscribe to support our work and for updates on this breaking story.  —  Behold the dossier.  —  It reportedly comes from an alleged Iranian government hack of the Trump campaign, and since June, the news media has been sitting on it …
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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 …
Discussion: HotAir, Raw Story and Washington Post
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Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Newsmax and Smartmatic settle 2020 election defamation case on eve of trial  —  CNN —  The pro-Trump cable channel Newsmax has settled a major 2020 election defamation lawsuit with Smartmatic in a last-minute agreement to avoid a high-stakes trial that posed a significant risk to the small outlet, according to a court official.
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Anthony Adragna / Politico:
Gaetz says he will no longer voluntarily cooperate with House Ethics probe  —  Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) said Thursday he will no longer voluntarily cooperate with a House Ethics Committee investigation into his conduct, calling the probe “uncomfortably nosey.”
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Rudy Giuliani disbarred in Washington, D.C., after losing N.Y. law license  —  Giuliani lost his license in New York state in July over his actions to disseminate lies about voter fraud in the 2020 election.  —  WASHINGTON — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been disbarred …
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
Rudy Giuliani formally disbarred in D.C.
Discussion: Bloomberg
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 …
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Pueo Eyes
Politico:
House Democrats likely to force action on measure formally reprimanding Clay Higgins  —  Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) infuriated many of his House colleagues with his since-deleted racist X post about Haitian migrants, prompting a top Black Democrat to introduce a measure to formally reprimand him that will likely see a floor vote.
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
Discussion: Associated Press
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story, ABC News and CNN
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Noah Lanard / Mother Jones:
Rep. Clay Higgins' Extremely Racist Tweet Is Only the Tip of the Iceberg
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.
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
Michael R. Gordon / Wall Street Journal:
China's Newest Nuclear Submarine Sank, Setting Back Its Military Modernization  —  Pierside accident came as Beijing attempts to expand its navy  —  WASHINGTON—China's newest nuclear-powered attack submarine sank in the spring, a major setback for one of the country's priority weapons programs, U.S. officials said.
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.
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
Biden moving forward with plan to cement asylum restrictions at U.S.-Mexico border  —  President Biden's administration is planning to soon issue a regulation to cement the sweeping asylum restrictions it enacted at the southern border over the summer, two U.S. officials told CBS News …
Discussion: The Hill, Semafor and Associated Press
 
 
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Zachary Leeman / Mediaite:
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Elizabeth Crisp / The Hill:
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
60 years after the day college students won free speech, their rights are vanishing
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Erin Doherty / Axios:
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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 …
Nate Hochman / The American Spectator:
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Robert Reich:
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Discussion: The Guardian and PolitiFact
Kathleen Culliton / Raw Story:
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