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5:55 PM ET, September 27, 2024

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Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
What if the media has the election all wrong?  —  Here's a question for you: What if the dynamics of the 2024 presidential election have dramatically shifted — and the national media has been too busy doing stenography to notice?  —  What if Kamala Harris — after a spectacular entry into the race …
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Washington Post:
Why Romney is resisting pressure to endorse Harris  —  “People know where I stand on Donald Trump and that's enough,” Romney told The Post.  But Harris would still welcome his endorsement.  —  As Election Day nears and a parade of anti-Trump Republicans announce their support …
Discussion: Fox News
Myah Ward / Politico:
Harris to propose toughening Biden's asylum clampdown during border visit
Myah Ward / Politico:
Harris to accuse Trump of ‘playing political games’ with immigration in border visit
Martha McHardy / Newsweek:
Donald Trump Suffers Blow Among Hispanics in Two Swing States  —  Donald Trump has taken a significant hit among Hispanic voters in two key swing states, according to polling shared with Newsweek.  —  The research, conducted by TelevisaUnivision between September 12 and 19, shows
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Liz Dye / Public Notice:
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Ariel Edwards-Levy / CNN:
CNN Poll: Harris and Trump are tied in North Carolina, while vice president leads in Nebraska's 2nd District  —  Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are tied among likely voters in North Carolina, while Harris holds a comfortable lead in Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District …
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Voters' choice has flipped in Arizona since last month
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Everything You Never Wanted to Know About the Trump Watch  —  On the Secret pod Sarah and I talked about whether or not Kamala Harris is “doing enough,” which is a question some people (not you guys) have been very unhappy with me for asking.  —  The show is here.  —  1. Trump Watch
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump keeps creating avenues for people to quietly give him money  —  In the wake of the indictment of New York City Mayor Eric Adams, it's worth considering how Trump's profiteering could be abused.  —  Among the allegations included in a federal indictment made public on Thursday …
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Alexander Sammon / Slate:
The Eric Adams Indictment Is Laden With Irony
Alexander B. Howard / CIVIC TEXTS:
What X silencing a journalist reporting on hacked materials shows about the ethics of weaponized disclosures  —  As always, thank you for subscribing and amplifying Civic Texts, which will not be sustainable without you.  Many thanks to everyone who has supported my work …
Mary Ann Akers / The Daily Beast:
Trump Brags About ‘Very Good Relationship’ With Putin While Hosting Zelensky  —  WHISKY TANGO FOXTROT  —  The war-weary Ukrainian president replied to Trump: “I hope we have more good relations.”  —  Deputy Washington Bureau Chief  —  Before finally meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky …
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Washington Post:
Trump meets with Zelensky, opening new chapter in a fraught relationship
New York Times:
Special Counsel Proposes Making Public More Evidence From Trump Election Case  —  Jack Smith is seeking to disclose quotations from secret grand jury testimony and interviews, but is proposing to shield witness identities.  —  The special counsel, Jack Smith, has asked a federal judge …
Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
How the VP debate rules will work for the Walz-Vance 2024 showdown  —  Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance and Democratic vice presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz will meet for their first and only debate on Tuesday, hosted by CBS News at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York.
emptywheel:
Bill Barr, “So Far as We Knew”  —  As I described, the book written by Aaron Zebley and two of Robert Mueller's other former prosecutors breaks most new ground in its description of discussions between Mueller's team, Trump's lawyers, and those supervising the investigation at DOJ.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Camp Says State Menstrual Surveillance Programs are A-OK  —  One of the most toxic and politically explosive parts of the current abortion rights debate is tied the complexities and perhaps inanities of leaving national abortion policy up to individual states.
Agence France-Presse:
Live Updates: Israel Targets Hezbollah Leader in Strike on Residential Buildings Near Beirut  —  Israeli and American officials said the attack was intended to kill Hassan Nasrallah, the head of the Iran-backed militia.  Several residential buildings were destroyed south of the Lebanese capital.
Luke Gentile / Washington Examiner:
Fox Weather meteorologist saves Atlanta woman from floodwaters during broadcast  —  Fox Weather meteorologist Bob Van Dillen is being called a hero after he rescued an Atlanta woman trapped in rising floodwaters mid-broadcast.  —  Van Dillen launched the one-man rescue mission to save the screaming woman …
Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Tens of thousands of illegal immigrants with sexual assault, murder convictions roaming US streets: ICE data  —  ICE provided the new data to lawmakers this week  —  Tens of thousands of illegal immigrants with sex offenses and homicide convictions are loose on the streets …
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Mark Robinson Says He's ‘Backed Away’ From Trump So He Doesn't Drag Him Down In N.C.  —  The GOP gubernatorial nominee also said he's had “great conversations” with Trump, who is pretending he doesn't know about his porn site scandal.  —  LOADING  —  WASHINGTON — GOP gubernatorial nominee Mark Robinson …
Tom Engelhardt / Common Dreams:
A Vote for Trump Is a Vote for Hell on Earth  —  Imagine yourself in space, looking down on our world and yet unable to return any time soon.  —  Consider it our bad luck, in fact, that Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita Williams were the two Americans sent to the International Space Station …
New York Times:
G.O.P. Candidates, Looking to Soften Their Image, Turn to Their Wives  —  Ads featuring candidates' families have long been a campaign staple.  But they have taken on new urgency, especially for vulnerable Republicans, in a year when reproductive rights are a pivotal issue.
Discussion: Rolling Stone
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Vance's Pre-Debate Prep Includes Christian Nationalist Who Called Harris a Witch  —  A LESS ANGRY RUSH LIMBAUGH  —  The veep hopeful will hold a town hall with a notorious televangelist who said last year that opponents of Donald Trump would soon suffer “sudden deaths” at the hands of God.
Associated Press:
Rescuers race to free people trapped by Hurricane Helene after storm kills at least 35 in 4 states … Hurricane Helene left an enormous path of destruction across Florida and the entire southeastern U.S. on Friday, killing at least 35 people in four states, snapping trees like twigs …
Colin Moynihan / New York Times:
Trump's Huge Civil Fraud Penalty Draws Skepticism From Appeals Court  —  A five-judge New York appellate panel questioned both the size and validity of a judgment of more than $450 million against Donald J. Trump at a hearing.  —  A New York appeals court expressed skepticism on Thursday …
Nandika Chatterjee / Salon:
Trump declines to withdraw his endorsement of “Black Nazi” Mark Robinson  —  The former president claimed ignorance of the scandal surrounding Robinson and his posts on a pornographic website  —  Donald Trump has declined to withdraw his endorsement of Mark Robinson, the North Carolina …
Discussion: Newsweek and HuffPost
Brooke Migdon / The Hill:
House Democrats call for removal of provisions targeting LGBTQ service members from NDAA  —  More than 160 House Democrats on Friday called for provisions related to LGBTQ service members and their dependents to be removed from Congress's annual defense policy bill, arguing …
Discussion: Roll Call and Breaking Defense
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Democrats See a Chance to Beat Trump on Judicial Confirmations  —  They hope to use the time after the election to approve judges, but Senator Durbin says their aggressive efforts have already produced a remarkable demographic shift on the federal courts.  —  With the 213th federal judge …
Greg Olear / PREVAIL:
John Roberts Doesn't Want You to Vote  —  Donald Trump is certainly going to lose the popular vote, like he did in 2020 and 2016.  —  Donald Trump is probably going to lose the Electoral vote, like he did in 2020.  —  But if the latter is close—and thanks to the antidemocratic architecture …
 
 
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Stephen K. Bannon / The National Pulse:
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John T. Seward / NOTUS:
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Discussion: Financial Times
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Texas AG sues Austin over out-of-state abortion travel
Sam Stein / The Bulwark:
Dem Groups Hit the Alarm Button Over Black Voter Outreach
Discussion: Raw Story
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Discussion: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
Susan Milligan / New Republic:
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The Atlantic:
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Peter Jamison / Washington Post:
JD Vance, in 2020 messages, said Trump ‘thoroughly failed to deliver’