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5:25 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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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.
Edith Olmsted / New Republic:
Trump Is Already Preparing for J.D. Vance to Lose the V.P. Debate
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Dems privately worry how Walz will fare against Vance in VP debate
Brad Dress / The Hill:
Iran preparing missile attack on Israel, White House says  —  Iran is preparing to fire ballistic missiles at Israel, according to a senior White House official, who said the attack could be launched “imminently.”  —  “We are actively supporting defensive preparations to defend Israel against this attack …
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Quinnipiac University Poll:
Swing State Poll 2024: Georgia, North Carolina: Trump Ahead In GA, On Upside Of Tight Race In NC, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; NC Governor Race: More Voters Say Robinson Should Stay In Race  —  mail_outline  —  GEORGIA: Trump 50%, Harris 44%, other candidates 3%
Discussion: The Hill and HuffPost
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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
Jordan Moreau / Variety:
John Amos, ‘Good Times’ Dad and ‘Roots’ Actor, Dies at 84  —  John Amos, the star of “Good Times,” “Roots” and more, died on Aug. 21 in Los Angeles of natural causes, his representative confirmed to Variety on Tuesday.  He was 84.  —  “It is with heartfelt sadness that I share …
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.
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.
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 …
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.
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
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
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 …
Democracy Docket:
Arizona Voter Data Error Affected 218,000 Voters  —  The administrative error in Arizona's elections systems that briefly risked the voting eligibility of 97,000 residents actually affected twice that number of voters.  —  According to Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes (D) …
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Olivia Nuzzi accuses ex-fiance of orchestrating blackmail campaign amid RFK relationship  —  New York magazine writer Olivia Nuzzi is publicly accusing her ex-fiancé Ryan Lizza, a prominent political journalist with Politico, of orchestrating a harassment and blackmail campaign …
Jose Pagliery / NOTUS:
Trump's Team Is Trying to Stop — Or Heavily Redact — the Release of Jack Smith's Election Fraud Report  —  The former president's lawyers are trying to get ahead of what could be his campaign's October surprise.  — Copy  —  Donald Trump's lawyers are scrambling to get ahead …
Discussion: Forbes
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
Thomas Joscelyn / The Bulwark:
JD Vance Can't Be Trusted to Protect the Constitution  —  BEFORE TONIGHT'S VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, we should recall why JD Vance will be on the stage.  Donald Trump didn't pick Vance as his running mate because the junior senator from Ohio had any significant experience in government.
Discussion: New York Times
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 🚀
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.”
Washington Post:
Senate Democrats seek probe into DOJ investigation of Trump and Egypt  —  A secret Justice Department investigation into whether Trump accepted $10 million from the Egyptian president was closed in 2020, despite prosecutors and FBI agents having sought to take additional steps, The Post previously reported.
Discussion: Raw Story
Bud Foster / KOLD-TV:
Rep. Raul Grijalva talks about cancer battle, political future  —  Congressman said the upcoming election will be his last, win or lose  —  TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - In an exclusive interview with 13 News on Monday, Rep. Raul Grijalva said this election will be his last.
Discussion: HuffPost, The Hill and E&E News
Alana Mastrangelo / Breitbart:
Exclusive: Young Americans for Freedom's Pro-Israel Banner Defaced on U. of Iowa Campus  —  Conservative students with Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) at the University of Iowa found their banner promoting a Pro-Israel event defaced less than three hours after it was put up on campus.
 
 
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Associated Press:
Democratic donors prop up far-right candidates including Wisconsin gun activist in Senate race
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Joseph Menn / Washington Post:
Russia-paid influencers, trolls step up efforts to influence U.S. election
Molly Fischer / New Yorker:
Tim Walz and J. D. Vance's Battle of the Dads
Discussion: Bloomberg and Althouse
CNN:
Walz's claim that he was in Hong Kong during Tiananmen Square protests undercut by unearthed newspaper reports
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
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Tory Leadership Race Opens Up After Gaffes by Front-Runners
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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
Discussion: Raw Story
Jill Lawrence / The Bulwark:
Say Goodbye to Truth as We Know It If Trump and Vance Win
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