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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 …
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Washington Post:   Inside the Mark Robinson debacle: Panic, blame and pressure on Trump
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Mark Robinson Says He's ‘Backed Away’ From Trump So He Doesn't Drag Him Down In N.C.
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 …
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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.
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 …
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Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Trump Lays the Groundwork for More Bogus Stolen Election Claims: ‘They Cheat’  —  Former President Donald Trump is already blaming voter fraud if he loses November's election.  —  Trump infamously and falsely claimed the 2020 election was rigged against him.
Martha McHardy / Newsweek:
Donald Trump Suffers Blow Among Hispanics in Two Swing States
Hansi Lo Wang / NPR:
Justice Department sues Alabama, claiming it purged voters too close to the election  —  The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit Friday against Alabama and its top election official, alleging a state program violated federal law by removing voters from its election rolls too close to this fall's general election.
Discussion: Joe.My.God., Washington Times and IJR
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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
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 …
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 …
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Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
How the VP debate rules will work for the Walz-Vance 2024 showdown
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).
ABC News:
Special counsel pushing for public release of key filing in Trump's Jan. 6 case  —  Jack Smith wants to file a public version of the sealed brief he filed Thursday.  —  In this July 31, 2024, file photo, Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump waits on stage to speak at a campaign rally, in Harrisburg, Pa.
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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:
Trump Threatens to Prosecute Google for Showing ‘Bad Stories’ About Him  —  The former president said on social media that he would “request their prosecution, at the maximum levels” if he was elected to a second term.  —  Former President Donald J. Trump threatened Friday to prosecute Google …
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Deepa Shivaram / NPR:
At the border in Arizona, Harris lays out a plan to get tough on fentanyl  —  DOUGLAS, Ariz. — Vice President Harris walked along the U.S. border with Mexico on Friday alongside a stretch of border wall built during the Obama administration, talking with border officials about their work.
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CBS News:
Harris to call for tougher security measures in first trip to southern border as nominee
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.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Washington Post:
The far right is using AI to sell Hitler to a new generation  —  Videos of the Nazi leader speaking in English are reaching millions online.  Experts fear they are fueling a surge of antisemitism.  —  Extremists are using artificial intelligence to reanimate Adolf Hitler online for a new generation …
more at Techmeme »
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
NC court rules UNC digital IDs not valid at the polls  —  The North Carolina Court of Appeals on Friday overturned a lower court's decision to accept the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's mobile One Card as valid voter identification.  —  The ruling supported the plaintiff's argument …
Discussion: ABC News
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Schiff introduces bill that would stop presidents from dismissing prosecution against themselves  —  California Rep. Adam Schiff (D) introduced a bill on Friday that would prevent sitting presidents from dismissing criminal prosecution against themselves, including through coercion …
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 …
Washington Post:
‘A true friend of Turkey’: Four writers on the Eric Adams indictment  —  Ronald L. Kuby, Ruth Marcus, Matt Bai and Elif Batuman contemplate the corruption charges against the New York City mayor.  —  On Thursday, Eric Adams was charged with bribery, wire fraud and seeking illegal campaign donations …
Julia Métraux / Mother Jones:
Rep. Ilhan Omar to Introduce Major Long Covid Bill  —  The Long Covid Research Moonshot Act would earmark $10 billion to fight the condition.  —  On Friday, Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) will introduce a potentially groundbreaking piece of federal legislation in the House of Representatives …
Discussion: #MEAction Network
Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs / New York Times:
‘Quiet Place’ in Pennsylvania Is Thrust Into Loud Immigration Debate  —  Former President Donald J. Trump turned his sights on Charleroi, Pa., where many Haitians have settled in recent years, and he fueled a fire that was already smoldering.  —  Amos Vougar felt as though he had found …
Discussion: Semafor
 
 
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