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3:50 PM ET, October 1, 2024

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Elaine Godfrey / The Atlantic:
What Democrats Don't Understand About J. D. Vance  —  If you show up to a J. D. Vance campaign event and ask some of the red-hat-wearing attendees whether they're fans of the senator from Ohio, they will say: No, they are fans of Donald Trump.  —  Yet Vance is better than his ticketmate …
Discussion: New Republic and USA Today
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Dems privately worry how Walz will fare against Vance in VP debate
Washington Post:
N.C. presidential race close as Helene recovery begins, Post poll finds  —  Republican Mark Robinson trails by a wide margin in the race for governor following allegations of lewd and racist comments.  —  North Carolina voters are closely divided in the choice between Donald Trump …
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
Casey up 4 points over McCormick in Senate reelection bid: Survey
Discussion: Emerson Polling and Joe.My.God.
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
The Election's No-Excuses Moment
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and Mediaite
Elizabeth Crisp / The Hill:
Stein leads Robinson by double digits in NC governor race
Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
Biden Fumes After Reporter Parrots Trump Lies on Hurricane Helene  —  President Biden isn't happy with Donald Trump's lies about him ignoring the plight of hurricane victims.  —  Speaking to reporters Thursday night along with North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, who was present via teleconference …
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Associated Press:
Trump makes false claims about federal response as he campaigns in area ravaged by Hurricane Helene  —  Donald Trump repeatedly spread falsehoods Monday about the federal response to Hurricane Helene despite claiming not to be politicizing the disaster as he toured hard-hit areas in south Georgia.
Joey Garrison / USA Today:
Kamala Harris to survey Helene damage in Georgia, future trip planned for North Carolina  —  WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Georgia on Wednesday to tour damage caused by flooding from Hurricane Helene, with a future trip also in the works for North Carolina.
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Video Out of North Carolina After Hurricane Helene Is Tough Viewing  —  Meanwhile, eighty-two Republicans voted to shut down the government as a catastrophic storm prepared to devastate a quarter of the country.  —  The video evidence from western North Carolina looks like something Matthew Brady would have sent back from Antietam.
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Reuters:
Rescuers scour N Carolina mountains for survivors cut off by Hurricane Helene
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Taylor Lorenz Exits Washington Post to Launch ‘User Mag’ on Substack (Exclusive)  —  Lorenz, who is leaving the newspaper to launch the publication, says that it will “cover technology from the user side,” in contrast to traditional coverage of social media.
Associated Press:
Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas go on strike, a standoff risking new shortages  —  Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas began walking picket lines early Tuesday in a strike over wages and automation that could reignite inflation and cause shortages of goods if it goes on more than a few weeks.
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Reuters:
US East Coast dockworkers strike, halting half the nation's ocean shipping
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Brad Dress / The Hill:
Iran preparing missile attack on Israel, White House says
Samantha Cole / 404 Media:
Paypal Opted You Into Sharing Data Without Your Knowledge  —  PayPal quietly opted users into sharing data with third parties for “personalized shopping experiences,” according to multiple complaints on social media and 404 Media's own tests.  —  “Starting early summer 2025 …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
24 hours of MAGA misinformation  —  A small sampling of the inundation of false and dubious claims flowing from Donald Trump and his allies.  —  We're now in the final full month of the 2024 campaign, and that means politicians and their allies are frantically seeking votes for their side.
Washington Post:
Jimmy Carter turns 100, and his hometown is ringing in the milestone  —  He is the first American president to reach the century mark.  Locals are excited to celebrate the man they know as “Mr. Jimmy.”  —  PLAINS, Ga. — Signs that read “Happy 100th Birthday Mr. President!” dot lawns.
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Associated Press:
Jimmy Carter and hometown of Plains celebrate the 39th president's 100th birthday
CNN:
Walz's claim that he was in Hong Kong during Tiananmen Square protests undercut by unearthed newspaper reports  —  Newly unearthed reports contradict previous claims made by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz about his travel to China, including a claim that the Democratic vice presidential nominee …
Discussion: USA Today and HotAir
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Alana Goodman / freebeacon.com:
Tim Walz Said He Was in Hong Kong During the Tiananmen Square Massacre. He Was Home in Nebraska.
Jerusalem Post:
Eight killed in terror shooting in Jaffa, many more wounded  —  The shooting, which the MDA designated a mass-casualty incident, occurred near a light rail station in the central Israeli city.  —  Eight people were killed and at least seven wounded, as well as a dog, in a shooting terror attack in Jaffa …
Victor Fiorillo / Philadelphia Magazine:
Philly-Area Republican Couple Threatened After Filming Kamala Harris Ad  —  The normally idyllic lives of these Main Line farmers changed after MSNBC spotlighted the commercial.  —  Pennsylvania farmers Bob Lange and wife Kristina Chadwick Lange are lifelong Republicans.
Discussion: SAVVY MAINLINE and Raw Story
AJ McDougall / The Daily Beast:
Nevada Republicans Freak Out Over ‘Deplorable’ Statue of a Giant, Naked Trump  —  ‘PORNOGRAPHIC’  —  A 43-foot effigy of an entirely nude Donald Trump that mysteriously appeared outside Las Vegas over the weekend has been condemned by Nevada Republicans, who slammed the “deplorable” sculpture as “pornographic.”
Davidrlurie / Public Notice:
Why the “vetting” of JD Vance was a spectacular failure  —  🚨 This special, five-edition week of PN is made possible by paid subscribers.  If you aren't one already, please sign up to support our independent journalism.  🚨  —  🚀 Subscribe to Public Notice 🚀
Javier G. Cuesta / El País:
Apple quietly deletes nearly a hundred VPNs that allowed Russians to get around censorship  —  The multinational has removed dozens of apps, even though the Kremlin's censorship body did not order the move.  These services, half-permitted by the government, enable people in Russia to access social networks and independent media
Sean Craig / The Daily Beast:
Kellyanne Conway Is Pushing Donald Trump to Man Up and Debate Kamala Harris Again  —  ROUND TWO?  —  Trump's former adviser said she tried to juice Trump's ego by telling him he's like Major League Baseball standout Shohei Ohtani.  —  Kellyanne Conway, the former adviser to former president Donald Trump …
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Kellyanne Conway: Trump didn't say ‘totally no’ to another debate
 
 
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Luke Goldstein / American Prospect:
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Jimmy Carter / New York Times:
Trump Insults Harris's Mental Fitness, Adding to Questions About His Own
Discussion: Raw Story, UPI and The Status Kuo
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
September 30, 2024  —  One hundred years ago tomorrow, former president Jimmy Carter arrived in the world in Plains, Georgia.
Bloomberg:
Tory Leadership Contest Opens Up After Gaffes by Front-Runners
Discussion: The Guardian, Politico and The Dispatch
Phil Gramm / Wall Street Journal:
Jimmy Carter, Champion of Deregulation
Phoebe Quinton / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Thousands of people purged from Georgia's voter rolls reregistered after Kamala Harris' rally in Atlanta
Discussion: Raw Story
NBC News:
Jon Tester and Tim Sheehy debate in Montana with the Senate on the line
 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
Why Isn't Harris Clobbering Trump? These 15 Swing State Voters Can Tell You.
Discussion: Fox News and Raw Story
Jill Lawrence / The Bulwark:
Say Goodbye to Truth as We Know It If Trump and Vance Win
Emiliano Rodríguez Mega / New York Times:
Mexico's First Female President Takes Office
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
5 possible October surprises that could roil the Trump-Harris race
John McCormack / The Dispatch:
What Happened to Tucker Carlson?
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Harris launches multimillion-dollar TV ad blitz hitting Trump's ‘concepts of a plan’ for health care
Haley Byrd Wilt / NOTUS:
A Year of Fury and Feuding: GOP Lawmakers Are Still Reeling From McCarthy's Removal
Discussion: Raw Story and The Dispatch
 

 
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The Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% of its employees and tells staff in an email that it is eliminating its advocacy and global programs divisions

Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg:
Sources: EU regulators are planning to fine Apple under the DMA, after it failed to let developers steer users to cheaper deals and offers outside the App Store

Wesley Hilliard / AppleInsider:
Apple adds an Apple News Live Activity widget to track the 2024 US election results in real time on iPhone and iPad lock screens and the Apple Watch widget view

 
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