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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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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.
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Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
Biden Fumes After Reporter Parrots Trump Lies on Hurricane Helene
Biden Fumes After Reporter Parrots Trump Lies on Hurricane Helene
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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.
Reuters:
Rescuers scour N Carolina mountains for survivors cut off by Hurricane Helene
Rescuers scour N Carolina mountains for survivors cut off by Hurricane Helene
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Jeffrey Collins / Associated Press:
Supplies arrive by plane and mule to North Carolina as Helene death toll tops 100
Supplies arrive by plane and mule to North Carolina as Helene death toll tops 100
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Mia McCarthy / Politico:
JD Vance doesn't think he needs debate prep to defeat Tim Walz — He plans to attack Walz during the debate over his record as governor. — Ahead of his first and likely only national debate of the presidential cycle, JD Vance prepared for the event at his home in Cincinnati and virtually on Zoom.
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Dems privately worry how Walz will fare against Vance in VP debate — Some Minnesota Democrats wonder how Walz will handle the barrage of attacks from Vance, given the governor's tendency to shut down conversations when he's pressed about missteps in private. — Gov. Tim Walz is not known as a gifted debater.
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Libby Cathey / CBS News:
DNC trolls Trump, Vance with digital projections on NYC's Trump Tower ahead of debate
DNC trolls Trump, Vance with digital projections on NYC's Trump Tower ahead of debate
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Dylan Wells / Washington Post:
Tim Walz speaks loudly and carries a big schtick
Tim Walz speaks loudly and carries a big schtick
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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
Casey up 4 points over McCormick in Senate reelection bid: Survey
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Elizabeth Crisp / The Hill:
Stein leads Robinson by double digits in NC governor race
Stein leads Robinson by double digits in NC governor race
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Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
The Election's No-Excuses Moment
The Election's No-Excuses Moment
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Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Poll shows a tight race in Pennsylvania, with warning signs for Harris among older voters
Poll shows a tight race in Pennsylvania, with warning signs for Harris among older voters
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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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Cameron Henderson / Telegraph:
Harold Daggett: How union leader who fought mob tie allegations is holding the US economy to ransom
Harold Daggett: How union leader who fought mob tie allegations is holding the US economy to ransom
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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.
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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 …
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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Jimmy Carter and hometown of Plains celebrate the 39th president's 100th birthday
Jimmy Carter and hometown of Plains celebrate the 39th president's 100th birthday
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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
Kellyanne Conway: Trump didn't say ‘totally no’ to another debate
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Dan Rather / Steady:
Facts Need To Be Checked
Facts Need To Be Checked
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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 …
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Politico:
US officials quietly backed Israel's military push against Hezbollah — The officials urged caution and stressed the need for diplomacy. But the timing was right for such a military shift, they concluded. — Senior White House figures privately told Israel that the U.S. would support …
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Brad Dress / The Hill:
Iran preparing missile attack on Israel, White House says
Iran preparing missile attack on Israel, White House says
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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.
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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.”
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Nell Scovell / The Daily Beast:
You Won't Like Who JD Vance Will Copy at Tonight's Debate — HOLD MY BEER — The past is always prologue and this one features another shouty Yale Law School graduate. … Look for candidate JD Vance to come out swinging at Tuesday's vice presidential debate against Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
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Elaine Godfrey / The Atlantic:
What Democrats Don't Understand About J. D. Vance
Davidrlurie / Public Notice:
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Popular Information:
Hundreds of citizens wrongly stripped of voting rights in botched effort to legitimize Trump's conspiracy theory — One of the central narratives that former President Donald Trump and his allies are pushing is that Democrats are planning to steal the election by using undocumented immigrants to pad their vote totals.
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Phoebe Quinton / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Thousands of people purged from Georgia's voter rolls reregistered after Kamala Harris' rally in Atlanta — More than 40,000 people have filled out paperwork to vote on Election Day in November — Stanlecia Johnson, 48, registered to vote when she turned 18 years old …
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John McCormack / The Dispatch:
What Happened to Tucker Carlson? — The strange journey of a pundit, Trump whisperer, and potential 2028 presidential candidate. — (Illustration by Aaron Sandford/Photos via Getty Images) — When 9/11 truthers confronted Tucker Carlson on the campaign trail ahead of the 2012 Iowa caucuses …