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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.
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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 …
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Wall Street Journal:
Vance Makes a Better Case for Trump Than Trump
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Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:
Vance-Walz Debate Draws 43 Million Viewers, Below 2020 Level
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Helen Lewis / The Atlantic:
Did Donald Trump Notice J. D. Vance's Strangest Answer?
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Vox:
3 winners and 2 losers from the Walz-Vance debate
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Oliver Darcy / Status:
The Tiffany Network's Truths
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CNN:
CNN Instant Poll: No clear winner in VP debate between Tim Walz and JD Vance
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Joe Navarro / Politico:
8 Body Language Tells From the Vice Presidential Debate
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Michael Dorgan / Fox News:
Vance oozed confidence compared to jittery Walz, body language expert says: ‘Captain of the ship’
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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
The only moment from the VP debate that mattered
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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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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) …
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Qasim Rashid / Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid:
Walz vs Vance: Fact Checking the VP Debate — Tim Walz and JD Vance met for their first and only Vice Presidential debate. Below I provide a comprehensive analysis on 10 of the most salient questions and subjects. We have a lot to cover so let's dive in. Likewise, please consider subscribing to support my work and advocacy.
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Fact-checking the VP debate between Vance and Walz
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
At debate, Vance whines: You weren't supposed to fact-check me!
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
JD Vance is Trump 2.0
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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,” …
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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.
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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:
Trump's decompensation was the big debate day story
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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.
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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
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
A Wider War in the Middle East, From Hamas to Hezbollah and Now Iran
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Wall Street Journal:
Elon Musk Gave Tens of Millions to Republican Causes Far Earlier Than Previously Known — The donations were to groups with ties to former Trump aide Stephen Miller and to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's presidential bid — Elon Musk's financial support for Republican causes has been much more extensive …
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.
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 …
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The Philadelphia Inquirer:
In deep-blue Philly, working class voters are shifting toward Republicans — In deep-blue Philly, working class voters are shifting toward Republicans — Democrats have lost the most ground in neighborhoods where poverty rates are highest. It could hurt Kamala Harris in November.
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Lexi Lonas Cochran / The Hill:
Oct. 7 ‘vigil for Gaza’ at University of Maryland ‘inappropriate,’ governor says — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) says he will respect a court decision allowing a “vigil for Gaza” planned at the University of Maryland on Oct. 7, but he considers it “inappropriate” to hold the event on the anniversary of Hamas's attack against Israel.
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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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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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Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Harris backs striking port workers, knocks Trump
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