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4:45 PM ET, October 2, 2024

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Will Saletan / The Bulwark:
The One Question That Mattered in the VP Debate  —  IN TUESDAY NIGHT'S VICE-PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, JD Vance and Tim Walz covered lots of issues: inflation, housing, guns, abortion, immigration, health care, and much more.  —  But there was only one question on which the vice presidency …
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CBS News:
CBS News VP debate poll shows voter reactions to Vance-Walz showdown  —  In the first — and likely only — vice-presidential debate between Tim Walz and JD Vance, voters who watched Tuesday night said it was an almost even match, and an overwhelming majority felt the tone of the debate was positive.
Stefan Becket / CBS News:
Read the full VP debate transcript from the Walz-Vance showdown  —  The first and only vice presidential debate between Ohio Sen. JD Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz took place in New York on Tuesday, a largely collegial affair that touched on many pressing issues facing the country.
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
JD Vance Was So Good, It May Drive Trump Crazy  —  A few thoughts on Tuesday's VP debate.  —  Tim Walz was . . . fine.  His performance rated somewhere between lovable lunkhead and compelling nice guy.  Your mileage may vary.  He had one or two very bad moments (Eye-Ran; his China trip) …
Melanie Mason / Politico:
Dead even: POLITICO snap poll shows stark division on debate  —  The results reflect the country's hyper-polarized politics.  —  Talk about a divided nation: There was no decisive winner in the first-and-only vice presidential debate of the 2024 election.  —  Asked who won Tuesday's debate …
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
J.D. Vance's ‘brazen lying’ leaves veteran health care reporter stunned  —  Veteran health care reporter Jonathan Cohn found himself stunned this week by what he described as Sen. J.D. Vance's (R-OH) “brazen lying” about former President Donald Trump's efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
Helen Lewis / The Atlantic:
Did Donald Trump Notice J. D. Vance's Strangest Answer?
Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:
Vice Presidential Debate Draws 39 Million on Eight TV Networks
NBC News:
VP debate highlights: Walz and Vance spar over immigration, abortion and gun violence
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
At debate, Vance whines: You weren't supposed to fact-check me!
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
The only moment from the VP debate that mattered
Jamison Foser / Finding Gravity:
None of us should even know who JD Vance is
Discussion: Eschaton
Washington Post:
Trump mixes up words, swerves among subjects in off-topic speech  —  The Republican nominee appeared tired and complained about his heightened campaign schedule.  —  MILWAUKEE — Republican nominee Donald Trump spoke for 33 minutes before his first mention of the ostensible focus of his remarks.
Discussion: Vanity Fair, The Mahablog and Raw Story
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Marin Scotten / Salon:
Trump backs out of “60 Minutes” interview after appearing “scattered” and incoherent in Wisconsin  —  Trump's decision to pull out of the event came after he made confused and incoherent remarks on Tuesday  —  Former President Donald Trump backed out of an interview with “60 Minutes,” …
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
How unhinged must Trump get to even matter?  —  The irony is now painful.  For many years now, the artsy mountain resort city of Asheville, N.C. has been marketed to a growing retiree population as a “climate refuge,” a temperate inland fortress far from the potential killer hurricanes …
Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:
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Josh Boswell / Daily Mail:
Kamala Harris's husband Doug Emhoff ‘forcefully slapped ex-girlfriend for flirting with another man’ in booze-fueled assault after date to star-studded gala  —  Vice President Kamala Harris's husband assaulted his ex-girlfriend, three friends have told Dailymail.com.
Cybele Mayes-Osterman / USA Today:
‘Iran made a big mistake’: Israel promises revenge after missile attack  —  Israel has vowed revenge after Iran's missile attack on Tuesday, the latest development in what Iran said was a retaliation for Israel's airstrikes in Lebanon, where Hezbollah is based, and its killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.
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Robert Sherman / The Hill:
What Iran's missile attack on Israel felt like
Reuters:
US port workers union backed by White House in strike  —  A strike by 45,000 dockworkers halting shipments at U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast ports entered its second day on Wednesday with no negotiations currently scheduled between the two sides, sources told Reuters.
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Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Trump's ageing is as real as Biden's
Discussion: Townhall and Breitbart
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Internal Emails Reveal How Hate Overwhelmed Springfield After Trump's Lies About Haitian Immigrants  —  A cache of internal emails obtained by 404 Media using a public records request show the chaos caused by the unfounded racist conspiracy theory that Haitian immigrants are “eating the pets” of residents in Springfield, Ohio.
Discussion: Raw Story and Forbes
The Annenberg Public Policy Center …:
Trust in U.S. Supreme Court Continues to Sink  —  Driven by political partisanship, public trust in the U.S. Supreme Court has continued a downward slide since the court's 2022 Dobbs decision overturning the Roe v. Wade ruling that established a constitutional right to abortion …
Discussion: The Hill
Cook Political Report:
Swing State Polling Finds Deadlocked Presidential Contest, ‘Blue Wall’ Senate Races Tighten  —  A new Cook Political Report Swing State Project Survey conducted by BSG and GS Strategy Group (September 19-25; 2,941 voters), shows Vice President Kamala Harris leading or tied with former President Donald Trump …
 
 
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The Philadelphia Inquirer:
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