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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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Andrew Howard / Politico:
NYT endorses Harris as ‘the only choice’ for president
Discussion: Townhall, Twitchy and Joe.My.God.
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  —  As Matt and Katie have been covering, former and potentially future President Donald Trump is traveling to the site of Hurricane Helene devastation, while the Biden-Harris administration has had a particularly lacking response.
CNN:
1 storm, more than 100 dead and a 500-mile path of destruction. Now comes the hard work of recovering from Helene
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Hurricane Helene: Trump speaks in Georgia, bashes Harris for not traveling there
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:   Late Friday night, Tennessee House Republican Caucus chair Jeremy Faison posted …
Lauren Egan / Politico:
Biden: Congress ‘may have to’ come back to approve disaster funding
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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Jay Kuo / The Status Kuo:
Legacy Media Is Failing Us Hard  —  Trump delivered some of his most terrifying remarks to date, but the press shrugged.  And now it's refusing to fact check Tuesday's debate.  —  Corporate media has consistently failed to meet the danger of rising fascism in the U.S. And there are two stark examples …
Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
Oops, They Did It Again: The Mainstream Media Buries Trump's Outrage … It's a pretty sad commentary on the way our mainstream media cover Donald Trump that if you really want to know what Trump said at a given rally, you would be wasting your time going to The New York Times or The Washington Post …
Discussion: TIME, Raw Story and C-SPAN.org
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: 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 …
Discussion: Plain Dealer
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 and Twitchy
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Wants to Lock Up Kamala Harris Now
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.
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Trump Is Taking a Dark Turn  —  If you think that Donald Trump's speeches this campaign cycle are just more of the same, consider the analysis of the person who knows more about them than anyone else.  —  “They thought they'd be out there jumping up and down, ‘Make America great again,’” …
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Adam Wren / Politico:
Trump says ‘violent day’ of policing will end crime
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.
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.
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.
Discussion: Townhall
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 …
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.
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 …
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).
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
Sharon Udasin / The Hill:
California faces ‘unprecedented’ local spread of dengue fever, possibly driven by climate change  —  California last week clocked its fourth case of locally transmitted dengue fever this year — an alarming rise in a sometimes-deadly disease that experts fear could be fueled by climate change.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
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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New York Times:
Trump's Volunteers: ‘Beautiful Ladies’ From a Secretive Evangelical Church
Discussion: Raw Story
Mick Krever / CNN:
Netanyahu rides wave of euphoria over assassinations as his political fortunes turn around
Discussion: HotAir and The Times of Israel
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Harris says she backs legalizing marijuana, going further than Biden
 Earlier Items: 
Sean Craig / The Daily Beast:
Struggling Hardliner Ted Cruz Suddenly Insists He's Bipartisan
Discussion: Politico, Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
J.D. Vance's Stolen Valor: ‘He Puts on Poverty Like You Put on Makeup’
Politico:
Republicans are starting to raise alarms about Trump's ground game
Discussion: Raw Story
Michaela Bourgeois / The Hill:
Senate Democrat introduces bill to expand Supreme Court
Discussion: Townhall, The Daily Signal and RedState
Oriana González / NOTUS:
How Dobbs Is Quietly Making Its Way Back to the Supreme Court
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Pollsters: Don't be so sure Trump will outperform our surveys
Discussion: NOTUS
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Taking Trump's mass deportation vow seriously and literally
Discussion: HotAir
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Amy Thomson / Bloomberg:
AT&T agrees to sell its majority stake in DirecTV to private equity firm TPG for $7.6B in cash, including $1.7B in pre-tax quarterly distributions in H2 2024

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Sony Pictures says its CEO, Tony Vinciquerra, will step down at the beginning of 2025 and be succeeded by the studio's president and COO, Ravi Ahuja

Nicole Sperling / New York Times:
CNN revives CNN Films, which was shut down in 2022, with plans to finance and release documentary series and films as part of an overhaul by Mark Thompson
 
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