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New York Times:
The Only Patriotic Choice for President — It is hard to imagine a candidate more unworthy to serve as president of the United States than Donald Trump. He has proved himself morally unfit for an office that asks its occupant to put the good of the nation above self-interest.
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Lee Moran / HuffPost:
Ex-MAGA Voters Fear Trump's ‘Really Evil, Dark Path’ In Scathing New Ads … LOADING … Video
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Republican Voters … and Nebraska Examiner
Matt Young / The Daily Beast:
‘Trump Is a Scab’: Harris Campaign Fumes Over Trump's Wild Anti-Overtime Rant — 'I WOULDN'T PAY' — The former president admitted he “shouldn't say this” at a rally in Pennsylvania—just minutes before the Harris campaign highlighted the comments. — Former president Donald Trump openly admitted …
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
On overtime pay, Trump slips up by accidentally telling the truth — Donald Trump admitted that he concocted a private-sector scheme to avoid paying his own employees overtime compensation. So much for his “pro-worker” pitch. — Five of the most interesting words in Donald Trump's rhetorical repertoire …
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HuffPost
Andrew Howard / Politico:
NYT endorses Harris as ‘the only choice’ for president — The editorial board has not backed a Republican for president since Dwight Eisenhower in 1956. — The New York Times editorial board on Monday endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, calling her “the only patriotic choice for president” …
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Townhall and Joe.My.God.
Adam Wren / Politico:
Trump says ‘violent day’ of policing will end crime — The remarks at a campaign rally Sunday did not amount to a policy proposal allowing police retaliation, the former president's campaign said. — Former President Donald Trump on Sunday called for “one real rough, nasty” and “violent day” …
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Rolling Stone, BizPac Review and Joe.My.God.
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Alex Henderson / Raw Story:
‘Chills me’: Experts horrified by Trump's call for ‘really violent day’ of policing — 2024 GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump openly advocated police brutality when, during a campaign speech in Erie, Pennsylvania on Sunday, September 29, he called for “one really violent day” of policing.
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Taiyler S. Mitchell / HuffPost:
Trump Suggests Terrifying Solution To Ending Crime: The Purge
Trump Suggests Terrifying Solution To Ending Crime: The Purge
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HotAir, The Daily Beast, Raw Story, ComingSoon.net, Metro.co.uk and Social Justice In America
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
‘Morning Joe’ Asks Trump: How Did Harris ‘Destroy’ You in Debate if She's ‘Stupid?’ — OUCH — “The question answers itself, I guess,” Joe Scarborough said. — MSNBC host Joe Scarborough has some questions for Donald Trump after his latest attacks on Kamala Harris.
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Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
Top Republicans disavow Trump's ‘mentally disabled’ attacks on Harris
Top Republicans disavow Trump's ‘mentally disabled’ attacks on Harris
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Washington Post, New York Times, NBC News, The Bulwark, The Hill, HuffPost, New York Post, Associated Press, The Daily Beast and Mediaite
Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
An Ohio Businessman Faces Death Threats for Praising His Haitian Workers — The lifelong Republican employs fewer Haitians than others in Springfield, but his life has been upended since Donald J. Trump spread falsehoods about immigrants in his hometown. — For Jamie McGregor …
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Joe.My.God.
emptywheel:
As Kamala Harris Passes the Two-Thirds Mark, Trump Adopts Apocalyptic Language — I continue to track the asymmetric pace of the campaigns of Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. Today is another milestone for the Vice President. — As of today, Donald Trump has <5% of his campaign left (36 days of 721).
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Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Scoop: Rep. Elissa Slotkin warns Harris is “underwater” in Michigan
Scoop: Rep. Elissa Slotkin warns Harris is “underwater” in Michigan
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The Guardian, Townhall and Breitbart
Ankush Khardori / Politico:
The Coming Trump Revenge Tour — Trump has campaigned on a wave of retaliatory criminal prosecutions. It's not the first time he's promised to lock up his rivals — but a second term would be different. — In the most volatile presidential campaign of the last 50 years …
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Raw Story
Asher Notheis / Washington Examiner:
Actor Zachary Levi cites RFK Jr.'s endorsement in call to support Trump — Actor Zachary Levi called former President Donald Trump the best choice voters have ahead of the 2024 election, citing how Trump has been backed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — Levi explained that he grew …
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ComingSoon.net, Variety, BizPac Review, USA Today, The Daily Beast, The Gateway Pundit, The Hollywood Reporter and Deadline
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
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Chris Morris / Variety:
Kris Kristofferson, Country Music Legend and ‘A Star Is Born’ Leading Man, Dies at 88 — Kris Kristofferson, who attained success as both a groundbreaking country music singer-songwriter and a Hollywood film and TV star, died Saturday at home in Maui, Hawaii.
CNN:
Fact check: 12 election lies Trump is using to set the stage to dispute a potential 2024 defeat — Former President Donald Trump has escalated his long-running assault on the integrity of US elections as the 2024 presidential campaign enters its final stretch, using a new series of lies about ballots …
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Raw Story and The Daily Beast
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Rep. Joe Morelle / MSNBC:
I help oversee federal elections. Mike Johnson's words threaten our democracy.
I help oversee federal elections. Mike Johnson's words threaten our democracy.
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Fox News
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Trump preps catalog of “cheating” claims for potential election loss
Trump preps catalog of “cheating” claims for potential election loss
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The Hill, Joe.My.God., Hong Kong Free Press HKFP, Lawyers, Guns & Money and CBS News
Jack Queen / Reuters:
Republicans lay legal groundwork for election challenges
Republicans lay legal groundwork for election challenges
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New York Times, The Rectification of Names and Semafor
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
September 29, 2024 — Late Friday night, Tennessee House Republican Caucus chair Jeremy Faison posted “President Biden has finally approved [Tennessee governor Bill Lee's] state of emergency request,” making it sound as if the delay in federal support for the state during the devastation of Hurricane Helene was Biden's fault.
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Kimberly Leonard / Politico:
Trump brings Hurricane Helene into 2024 campaign
Trump brings Hurricane Helene into 2024 campaign
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The Daily Beast, RedState, The Guardian, ABC News, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, Reuters, Bloomberg, The Federalist, Florida Politics and The Hill
NPR:
‘The Power Broker’ at 50 — and what author Robert Caro is still uncovering — In Robert Caro's Upper West Side office, it is 1965. — “Like right now, just at this moment, Lyndon Johnson is creating Medicare,” Caro told me in the middle of a recent interview. “It's July, 1965.” — Right now.
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New York Times
Dana Ferguson / NPR:
What Tim Walz's past debate performances reveal about how he may take on JD Vance — Tim Walz gazed into the television camera and sped through a seemingly rehearsed set of points he was hoping to drive home in one of his first political debates, just days before the 2006 election …
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Emmer: Vance to hold Walz ‘accountable’ during Tuesday's VP debate
Emmer: Vance to hold Walz ‘accountable’ during Tuesday's VP debate
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Vance appears at conference hosted by preacher who says Harris is possessed by the devil — Over the weekend, Republican Vice Presidential nominee JD Vance was a featured speaker at a conference, the Courage Tour, hosted by radical preacher Lance Wallnau. In a September 19 appearance on …
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