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6:45 AM ET, September 29, 2024

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David Bauder / Associated Press:
CBS News says it will be up to Vance and Walz to fact-check each other in veep debate  —  CBS News, hosting vice presidential candidates JD Vance and Tim Walz for the general election campaign's third debate next week, says it will be up to the politicians — not the moderators — to check the facts of their opponents.
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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Harris trolls Trump on second debate during Georgia-Alabama game  —  The campaign aimed to reach viewers in the key battleground state of Georgia.  —  Kamala Harris doesn't get to decide if Donald Trump debates her a second time.  But she will attempt to extract a cost if he won't.
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Mike Bedigan / The Independent:
JD Vance suffers latest campaign fail after being denied entry into restaurant  —  The incident occurred after the Republican vice presidential nominee turned up to Primanti Bros in North Versailles, Pennsylvania, and was denied entry  —  Your support helps us to tell the story
The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on the Death of Hassan Nasrallah  —  Hassan Nasrallah and the terrorist group he led, Hezbollah, were responsible for killing hundreds of Americans over a four-decade reign of terror.  His death from an Israeli airstrike is a measure of justice for his many victims …
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Fox News:
Israeli military says Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah killed in Beirut strike
Associated Press:
Hezbollah confirms its leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike
Raquel Coronell Uribe / NBC News:
Florida congressional candidate charged with threatening to kill primary opponent  —  The Justice Department revealed an indictment Friday that said William Robert Braddock III, of St. Petersburg, Fla., had threatened to kill his opponent in a 2022 primary.  —  The Justice Department revealed …
Washington Post:
Trump falsely attacks Harris as ‘mentally impaired’ and ‘mentally disabled,’ prompting criticism  —  The remarks drew a rebuke from a group that advocates for people with disabilities.  —  Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump criticized Vice President Kamala Harris's mental capacity Saturday …
Discussion: Raw Story, Rolling Stone and Mediaite
Casey Parks / Washington Post:
Her trans daughter made the volleyball team.  Then an armed officer showed up.  —  Jessica Norton eased her minivan out of the driveway, and she told herself she'd done what any mother would.  Her daughter Elizabeth had wanted to play high school volleyball, and Norton had let her.
Democracy Docket:
Federal Judge Strikes Down Key Provision of Texas' Omnibus Voter Suppression Law  —  A federal judge struck down a key provision of Texas' 2021 omnibus voter suppression legislation, Senate Bill 1, after finding that certain aspects of the statute impose unconstitutional and unlawful burdens on marginalized groups of voters.
Discussion: The Texas Tribune
Brett Meiselas / Meidas+:
Trump's $100,000 Watches: A Gateway for Illicit Financial Flows?  —  As the U.S. election draws near, Donald Trump's introduction of a “luxury” watch priced at $100,000 raises more than eyebrows—it sparks serious concerns about potential loopholes for financial misconduct.  Trump's grifts these days are endless.
Dana Kennedy / New York Post:
‘Border czar’ Kamala Harris panned for wearing reported $62K necklace to southern border: ‘You look ridiculous’  —  The border crisis has been an albatross around Kamala Harris' neck — and now her jewelry is too.  —  The Democratic presidential nominee was snapped Friday at the southern border in Arizona …
Washington Post:
Justice Dept. sues Alabama over program aimed at removing voters  —  Federal prosecutors said the state's efforts to strike more than 3,200 people from voting rolls was done too close to November's election.  —  The Justice Department on Friday sued the state of Alabama over a program …
Peter Wehner / The Atlantic:
The Republican Freak Show  —  Like the man who leads it, the GOP is not just incidentally grotesque.  It is grotesque at its core.  —  the gop is a moral freak show, and freak shows attract freaks.  Which is why Mark Robinson fits in so well in today's Republican Party.
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Zeeshan Aleem / MSNBC:
We need to talk about Jared Kushner's sketchy Saudi-backed fund  —  Why is Donald Trump's son-in-law raking in millions in fees from investors but not delivering them money?  —  An investigation led by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., has discovered what he sees …
 
 
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Russell Contreras / Axios:
Young women grow less religious than young men
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Rising egg prices linked to bird flu's impact on supply chain
Discussion: NPR
Noah Smith / Noahpinion:
Once again: Imports do not subtract from GDP
Russell Contreras / Axios:
How Trump's plan for mass deportations fits into U.S. history
Joseph Buczek / CBS News:
Michigan man charged with assaulting postal carrier over Kamala Harris flyer
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Examiner
Julia Terruso / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
A Bala Cynwyd woman got a fake letter notifying her she'd have to house migrants under a nonexistent Biden-Harris program
Mathew Murphy / The Daily Beast:
Childless GOP Candidate Borrows Family for Weird Photo Shoot
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