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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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Margaret Sullivan / American Crisis:
The three phases of normalizing Trump's attack on Harris in Wisconsin — The use of neutral language. If you merely read about Donald Trump's deeply offensive rally this weekend in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, you probably thought it was about immigration. And about Trump up to his usual tricks of disparaging his rivals.
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Danielle Kurtzleben / NPR:
Trump turns to darker rhetoric as voting begins
Trump turns to darker rhetoric as voting begins
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New Republic, Twitchy, New York Times, Joe.My.God., HuffPost, Deadline, Meidas+, Los Angeles Times, The Gateway Pundit and Axios
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Trump Is Taking a Dark Turn
Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
Oops, They Did It Again: The Mainstream Media Buries Trump's Outrage
Oops, They Did It Again: The Mainstream Media Buries Trump's Outrage
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Raw Story, TIME and C-SPAN.org
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Our Time for Choosing — We thought we'd seen the worst of Helene after it made landfall in Florida …
Our Time for Choosing — We thought we'd seen the worst of Helene after it made landfall in Florida …
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Republican Voters … and Axios
Andrew Howard / Politico:
NYT endorses Harris as ‘the only choice’ for president
NYT endorses Harris as ‘the only choice’ for president
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Twitchy, Townhall and Joe.My.God.
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
‘Morning Joe’ Asks Trump: How Did Harris ‘Destroy’ You in Debate if She's ‘Stupid?’
‘Morning Joe’ Asks Trump: How Did Harris ‘Destroy’ You in Debate if She's ‘Stupid?’
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NBC News, Raw Story, New York Times and USA Today
Caroline Rose Giuliani / Vanity Fair:
Rudy Giuliani's Daughter: Trump Took My Dad From Me. Please Don't Let Him Take Our Country, Too
Rudy Giuliani's Daughter: Trump Took My Dad From Me. Please Don't Let Him Take Our Country, Too
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New Jersey Online and Raw Story
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump says ‘1 rough hour’ of policing would end crime
Trump says ‘1 rough hour’ of policing would end crime
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The Daily Beast, Newsbusters, RedState, Washington Post, HuffPost and IJR
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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Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
‘Just Not Right’: A GOP Governor Confronts Trump's Lies — For Gov. Mike DeWine, the attacks on Haitians near his Ohio hometown are personal - and so is the cost of Trump's and J.D. Vance's vicious demonization of legal immigrants. — SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — On a rainy Sunday afternoon …
Bloomberg:
Trump Says He Asked Musk for Starlink in Helene-Hit Towns — FEMA says it has already sent Starlink units to North Carolina — Former president visits Georgia to see storm damage firsthand — Republican Donald Trump said he had spoken to Elon Musk and would enlist the billionaire …
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Rebecca Downs / Townhall:
‘FAKE and STAGED’: Trump Responds to Kamala Harris' Bogus Post on Hurricane Helene
‘FAKE and STAGED’: Trump Responds to Kamala Harris' Bogus Post on Hurricane Helene
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Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit and Mediaite
Lauren Egan / Politico:
Biden: Congress ‘may have to’ come back to approve disaster funding
Biden: Congress ‘may have to’ come back to approve disaster funding
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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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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Wants to Lock Up Kamala Harris Now
Trump Wants to Lock Up Kamala Harris Now
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Digby's Hullabaloo and Washington Examiner
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Polls show big increase in Republicans planning to vote for abortion rights — In some states, that GOP number could even approach a majority. — The politics of abortion rights have shifted massively toward Democrats since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022.
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Townhall
Washington Post:
VA staff got into Vance, Walz medical files, sparking investigation — At least a dozen VA employees improperly accessed the medical records of vice presidential nominees JD Vance and Tim Walz this summer, investigators found. — At least a dozen employees at the Department …
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CNN, The Hill, Fox News, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, RedState and The Daily Caller
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Robert Tait / The Guardian:
Walz and Vance's medical files viewed illicitly by veterans department staff
Walz and Vance's medical files viewed illicitly by veterans department staff
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Trump, Magic Beans, and the $100,000 Watch — Trump's watch scheme is an arrangement specifically designed to defeat bribery laws. — ∙ Paid — Before we start: A reader with deep connections to Asheville sent me a note about a friend who is working to get meals to people from a food hub.
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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The Daily Beast, The Mahablog, New Republic, Fortune, Joe.My.God., HuffPost, Raw Story and Mediaite
Blake Jones / Politico:
California bans legacy admissions at all colleges — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed a prohibition on the practice. — SACRAMENTO, California — It will soon be illegal for public and private universities in California to consider an applicant's relationship to alumni or donors when deciding whether to admit them.
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Governor of California, USA Today, Business Insider, Reason, IJR, Palo Alto Online, New York Times and Los Angeles Times
Maya Prabhu / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Judge again strikes down Georgia abortion law, allowing abortions to resume … About the Author — Maya T. Prabhu is a government reporter for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Born in Queens, New York, and raised in northern Virginia, Maya attended Spelman College and then the University of Maryland for a master's degree.
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Courtney Cohn / Democracy Docket:
Arkansas Judge Mandates Early Voting in Majority Black City — Early voting will be held at Seventh Street Church of Christ in West Memphis, Arkansas after a judge granted part of a request from two voters. The voters in the majority-Black city initially requested at least two early voting locations.
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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Washington Examiner, Blaze Media, BizPac Review and New York Post
NBC News:
FBI to pay $22 million to settle claims of sexual discrimination at training academy — The payout to 34 women dismissed from the FBI's training academy in Quantico, Virginia, would rank among the biggest lawsuit settlements in the history of the bureau. — The FBI has agreed to pay …
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Washington Examiner, The Hill, The National Pulse, Reuters, The Daily Caller and New York Daily News
Noah Shachtman / New York Magazine:
The Secretive Alliance Between the New York Post and Eric Adams — Rupert Murdoch's paper helped elect Adams and hasn't quite given up on him yet. — The mayor even worked the coat-check line for a moment before taking selfies with staff members. “We all thought it was a little bit bizarre …
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Harris says she backs legalizing marijuana, going further than Biden — Vice President Harris reaffirmed her support for legalizing marijuana Monday, speaking up on the issue publicly for the first time she became the Democratic nominee. — “I just think we have come to a point …
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Business Insider and The Atlantic
New York Times:
Where Americans Have Been Moving Into Disaster-Prone Areas … Note: Population changes shown on maps reflect domestic migration and do not include international migration or local births and deaths. — The country's vast population shift has left more people exposed to the risk …
The Hill:
Biden administration expands asylum restrictions at southern border — The Biden administration announced Monday it will expand its asylum restrictions at the U.S.-Mexico border, cementing tougher standards that will cut off access to protections for many migrants.
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Politico:
Republicans are starting to raise alarms about Trump's ground game — “They are out-matching us in money, in enthusiasm and in the ground game,” one Michigan-based GOP strategist said. — Some battleground state Republicans say they're worried they see little evidence of Donald Trump's ground game …
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Jared Gans / The Hill:
Pollsters: Don't be so sure Trump will outperform our surveys — Pollsters caution against assuming that the polls this cycle are susceptible to the same errors as previous ones that underestimated support for former President Trump, arguing that every election is different and that this year's polls …
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David Zimmermann / National Review:
Hamas Commander Killed in Israeli Strike Led U.N. Refugee Agency Teachers' Union — A Hamas commander in Lebanon who was killed in an Israeli airstrike overnight was an accredited member of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, the embattled agency confirmed after his death.
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