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10:30 AM ET, September 30, 2024

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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.
Discussion: The Hill, Fox News, Raw Story and So What
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Lee Moran / HuffPost:
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 …
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 …
Discussion: 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” …
Discussion: Townhall and Joe.My.God.
The Bulwark:
Our Time for Choosing  —  World events and dark anti-immigrant zealotry have made it all the …
Discussion: Axios
Oliver Willis Explains:
If Kamala Harris Keeps Wonking, She Will Lose
Discussion: Washington Post
New Yorker:
Kamala Harris for President
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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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.
Discussion: HuffPost
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
Top Republicans disavow Trump's ‘mentally disabled’ attacks on Harris
David Jackson / USA Today:
Donald Trump falsely calls Kamala Harris, Joe Biden ‘mentally impaired’ again, ramping up attacks
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 …
Discussion: 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
Discussion: 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 …
Discussion: 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 …
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 …
Discussion: 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.
Discussion: Fox News
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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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.
Discussion: New York Times
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Emmer: Vance to hold Walz ‘accountable’ during Tuesday's VP debate
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 …
Discussion: Slate
 
 
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Noah Shachtman / New York Magazine:
The Secretive Alliance Between the New York Post and Eric Adams
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Donald, death, and immunity
Discussion: The Guardian
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Pollsters: Don't be so sure Trump will outperform our surveys
Will Neal / The Daily Beast:
MAGA Switches Off Netflix After Chairman Donates to Harris Campaign
David Dayen / American Prospect:
How Congress Gets Its Groove Back
Discussion: Roll Call
Washington Post:
VA staff got into Vance, Walz medical files, sparking investigation
Lindsay Wise / Wall Street Journal:
Republicans Deploy Cash to Crack Democrats' Blue Wall in Senate
 Earlier Items: 
Politico:
Climate world still has no solution to Trump 2.0
Discussion: New York Times and Bloomberg
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Britt says she thinks Putin ‘respects’ Trump
Ed Scarce / Crooks and Liars:
Rasmussen Found To Be Secretly Colluding With Trump Campaign
Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors
Alexander B. Howard / CIVIC TEXTS:
We need a 21st Century Homesteading Act to help Americans displaced by climate change
Discussion: FEMA.gov
Wall Street Journal:
California's Gavin Newsom Vetoes Controversial AI Safety Bill
Harry Enten / CNN:
Kamala Harris may be the first Democratic presidential nominee to win seniors since Al Gore
Discussion: The Daily Caller and NBC News
 

 
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