memeorandum: Exclusive: Kamala Harris campaign launches ‘Athletes for Harris’ (Mike Freeman/USA Today)

11:35 AM ET, September 28, 2024

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Israeli military says Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah killed in Beirut strike — Hezbollah released statement confirming death of terror chief — Join Fox News for access to this content — The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed the leader of the Hezbollah terrorist organization …

Associated Press:

Hezbollah confirms its leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike — Lebanon's Hezbollah group confirmed on Saturday that its leader and one of its founders, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut the previous day. A statement said Nasrallah “has joined his fellow martyrs.”

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Liz Sly / Washington Post:

Hasan Nasrallah, Hezbollah leader and force in Middle East, dies at 64 — He grew Hezbollah from a Lebanese guerrilla movement into the region's most capable paramilitary organization, and a leading foe of Israel. — Hasan Nasrallah, a Shiite cleric who oversaw the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah …

Discussion: CBS News, Bloomberg, Associated Press and The Gateway Pundit

NewsNation:

Mark Robinson burns hand at event, returns to campaign Saturday — (NewsNation) — North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson was treated for second-degree burns on a hand Friday night after suffering the injury at a campaign event in Mt. Airy. His campaign tells NewsNation that Robinson …

Discussion: Washington Examiner, The Hill, NC Newsline, NBC News, Joe.My.God., New York Post, Breitbart, Fox News, CBS News, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite, Raw Story and HuffPost

Associated Press:

Gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson treated for burns received at appearance, campaign says — North Carolina Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson received burns Friday night while attending a truck show as he was campaigning for governor, his campaign said.

Discussion: ABC News, The Daily Caller, Wide World of News and LGBTQ Nation

Dianne Gallagher / CNN:
NC Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson hospitalized with second-degree burns following incident at campaign event

Discussion: The Daily Beast, WRAL-TV and New York Times

Washington Post:
Inside the Mark Robinson debacle: Panic, blame and pressure on Trump

Discussion: Alternet.org

Detroit Free Press:

Trump continues to warn about election ‘cheating.’ His supporters are ready to move on — Arpan Lobo Clara HendricksonDetroit Free Press — Four years ago, some of former President Donald Trump's supporters were so certain he won that they sued or breached the U.S. Capitol to stop the certification of the election.

Discussion: Raw Story and USA Today

New York Times:

Harris and Trump Are Neck and Neck in Michigan and Wisconsin, Polls Find — The race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump has tightened in two of the Northern battlegrounds, New York Times/Siena College polls found. — Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald J. Trump …

Discussion: The Guardian, Forbes, New Jersey Online, Bloomberg and The Hill

New York Times:

State region (NYT classifications), in Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin — • Neighborhood type (NYT classifications), in Nebraska's Second Congressional District — • History of voting in the 2020 presidential primary (L2 data), in Michigan and Wisconsin

Discussion: The Hill

Michael Luciano / Mediaite: Trump Lays the Groundwork for More Bogus Stolen Election Claims: ‘They Cheat’

Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:

Childless GOP Candidate Borrows Friend's Wife and Kids for Photo Ops — The GOP's antipathy towards childless Americans is prompting some weird behavior — REPUBLICANS HAVE TAKEN umbrage with the notion that they're weird — specifically when it comes to accusations that they're weird about people …

Sarah Rumpf / Mediaite: Anti-Abortion GOP Candidate Borrows Friend's Wife and Daughters for Campaign Photo Op

New York Times:
G.O.P. Candidates, Looking to Soften Their Image, Turn to Their Wives

Discussion: The Daily Beast, Alternet.org, ABC News, Raw Story and Joe.My.God.

Mike Freeman / USA Today:

Exclusive: Kamala Harris campaign launches ‘Athletes for Harris’ — There's “Swifties for Harris” and “Cat Ladies for Kamala” and “White Dudes for Harris.” You can add one more to the list: “Athletes for Harris.” — The Harris campaign says it's launching “Athletes for Harris” …

Becca Lower / RedState:

WATCH: Harris Barely Bothers to Speak During Her 1st Visit to the Border in AZ; Arizonan Calls Her ‘Liar’ — Democrat presidential nominee Kamala Harris is in my home state of Arizona Friday, to visit Cochise County, and the border city of Douglas—a city split by the U.S.-Mexico border.

Discussion: Townhall, Fox News and Washington Examiner

CBS News:
Harris to call for tougher security measures in first trip to southern border as nominee

Deepa Shivaram / NPR:
At the border in Arizona, Harris lays out a plan to get tough on fentanyl

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Twitchy, USA Today, The Guardian, Townhall, Vox, HotAir, Breitbart, Fox News, The Daily Caller, CBS News, Washington Post, CNN, Wall Street Journal, Blaze Media, So What, The Hill and Politico

Jason Wilson / The Guardian:

Florida university to host extremist after DeSantis-led lurch to right — Next month, New College of Florida will welcome activist and writer Steve Sailer, a ‘proponent of scientific racism’ — New College of Florida (NCF) will host the extremist writer Steve Sailer, who has been described as a …

Paul Rosenberg / Salon:

Who created the “constitutional sheriff” myth? Hint: It's not in the Constitution — Author Jessica Pishko on how two Arizona sheriffs created an entire mythology — and a dangerous movement — Four years ago, George Floyd's murder and the resulting months of demonstrations brought unprecedented scrutiny …

Discussion: Media Matters for America

US Department of Justice:

Justice Department Sues Alabama for Violating Federal Law's Prohibition on Systematic Efforts to Remove Voters Within 90 Days of an Election — For Immediate Release — The Justice Department announced today that it has filed a lawsuit against the State of Alabama and the Alabama Secretary …

Discussion: NBC News, al.com and Axios

Hansi Lo Wang / NPR:
Justice Department sues Alabama, claiming it purged voters too close to the election

Discussion: Washington Post, Associated Press, Joe.My.God., Washington Times and IJR

MSNBC:

Tim Snyder: Trump reveals what a bad negotiator he is in Zelenskyy meeting — Yale University history professor Tim Snyder joins MSNBC's Ali Velshi to discuss former President Trump's meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Trump's lie that he can negotiate a deal …

Adam Wren / Politico:

Vance has a new media strategy: Drown them in boos — When Vance takes questions from the press, supporters jeer the questions and cheer him on. — TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan — JD Vance had built a human wall of supporters behind him, and the press here was about to pay for it.

Discussion: New York Times

New York Times:

Live Updates: Hezbollah Leader Killed in Israeli Airstrike — The assassination of Hassan Nasrallah, a towering figure in the Middle East, is a stunning escalation in Israel's campaign against the Iran-backed group. — The American Drug Mules Smuggling Fentanyl Into the U.S.

Discussion: Forbes, Al Jazeera, OpIndia, Jerusalem Post, CBS News, NPR, Lawyers, Guns & Money and The Gateway Pundit

emptywheel:

Iranian Hackers Compromised Roger Stone's Email Eight Years After Russian Hackers Exfiltrated DNC Emails — DOJ unsealed the indictment against three Iranian hackers it accuses of targeting Donald Trump's campaign (as well as a bunch of other victims, including one of his top State Department officials).

Discussion: CNN, The Daily Beast, Raw Story, The Verge, Bloomberg, UPI, Associated Press, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, Alternet.org, The Gateway Pundit, ABC News, abc7NY and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »

Noah Bressner / Axios:

America's youngest voters turn right … - The younger generation of men is more likely to identify as conservative than as liberal, a stunning flip. … - 26% of men ages 18-24 say they identify as conservative — five points higher than 25-to-29-year-old men.

Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:

Major Conservative Poll Cited by Media Secretly Worked With Trump Team … A major polling organization is reportedly giving Donald Trump's campaign previews of its results before the public sees them. — On Thursday, American Muckrakers posted about emails it received detailing …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit

Michael Collins / USA Today:

One last time: Terminally ill cancer patient casts final vote for Kamala Harris — When Catherine Crews' doctor told her in May that she had six months to live, she cried. — Then she asked her husband to call the courthouse. — A politically active Democrat, Crews had been watching …

Ron Elving / NPR:

VP debates may alter a close race's dynamic even when they don't predict the winner — Vice presidential debates have produced many memorable moments, but it's hard to say any has made a decisive difference in the election outcome. — This year the anticipation may be higher than in the past …

Discussion: Washington Post and Politico

Gabe Ortiz / Combating Nativist Narratives:

Five Things to Know About J.D. Vance — GOP Vice Presidential nominee J.D. Vance is married to a daughter of immigrants and not that long ago took a stand against his now current running mate Donald Trump, calling him “a moral disaster,” a “total fraud,” and possibly “America's Hitler.”

Niall Stanage / The Hill:

5 takeaways from this week's Trump-Harris polls — The polls are coming thick and fast with less than six weeks to go before Election Day. — Vice President Harris has seen broadly favorable polling results this week — with some caveats. — Harris now leads former President Trump …

Discussion: New York Times and Salon