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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.
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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 …
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.
Discussion: NPR and Fox News
Wall Street Journal:
Vance Makes a Better Case for Trump Than Trump  —  Both vice-presidential candidates put on a better, more informed, debate than their presidential running mates.  —  The political cliche is that vice-presidential debates don't matter to the ultimate election result.
Joe Navarro / Politico:
8 Body Language Tells From the Vice Presidential Debate  —  Body language revealed even more than words on the debate stage.  —  Before vice presidential contenders JD Vance and Tim Walz so much as opened their mouths on the debate stage in New York tonight, they both started talking to me.
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 …
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
At debate, Vance whines: You weren't supposed to fact-check me!
NBC News:
VP debate highlights: Walz and Vance spar over immigration, abortion and gun violence
Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:   Trump's decompensation was the big debate day story
Stefan Becket / CBS News:
Read the full VP debate transcript from the Walz-Vance showdown
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump and his allies are not planning to concede another electoral loss
Discussion: Mediaite
Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:
Vance-Walz Debate Draws 43 Million Viewers, Below 2020 Level
CNN:
CNN Instant Poll: No clear winner in VP debate between Tim Walz and JD Vance
Oliver Darcy / Status:
The Tiffany Network's Truths
Vox:
3 winners and 2 losers from the Walz-Vance debate
ABC News:
Bombshell immunity filing details Trump's alleged ‘increasingly desperate’ bid to overturn 2020 election  —  Trump privately described claims of voter fraud as “crazy,” the filing says.  —  In this July 31, 2024, file photo, Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump waits …
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CBS News:
Key takeaways from special counsel Jack Smith's major filing in Trump's 2020 election case  —  Washington — U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan has made public a key filing from special counsel Jack Smith that includes evidence compiled in his investigation into former President Donald Trump's alleged efforts …
The Hill:
Jack Smith makes case for Trump Jan. 6 prosecution in wake of immunity decision  —  Special counsel Jack Smith laid out the pathway for his election interference case against Donald Trump in the wake of the Supreme Court's immunity decision, describing the former president's bid to thwart …
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, Raw Story and The Mahablog
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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,” …
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.
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Melania Trump passionately defends abortion rights in upcoming memoir  —  Exclusive: ‘I have carried this belief with me throughout my entire adult life’, former first lady writes in memoir  —  Melania Trump made an extraordinary declaration in an eagerly awaited memoir to be published …
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
Robert Sherman / The Hill:
What Iran's missile attack on Israel felt like  —  HAIFA, Israel — I knew right from the get-go this attack from Iran was going to be different than anything we had seen.  —  Over the past year, I've personally witnessed countless rocket attacks on cities like Tel Aviv, Ashkelon and Sderot coming from Gaza.
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Cybele Mayes-Osterman / USA Today:
‘Iran made a big mistake’: Israel promises revenge after missile attack
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 …
Blue Virginia:
Video: Derrick Anderson's Disastrous Week Highlighted In New Advertisement, “Fake Family Guy,” Ahead of UMW Debate  —  “Derrick faked having a family.  Now he wants to control yours.”  —  From the Eugene Vindman for Congress (VA07), which has been watching as their opponent …
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.
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 …
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Brown raises close to $31M in competitive Ohio Senate race  —  Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown's (D) campaign will report raising nearly $31 million in the third quarter of the year, a record-breaking sum for one of the most critical Senate races in the country this year.
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
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.
Discussion: Maryland Matters
 
 
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Republicans keep inventing new ways to scapegoat immigrants
Discussion: Raw Story
Zachary Cohen / CNN:
Georgia Republicans sow doubt about Dominion voting machines in 2020 throwback
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Elon Musk Gave Tens of Millions to Republican Causes Far Earlier Than Previously Known
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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
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Mark Scolforo / Associated Press:
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Discussion: IJR
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J.D. Vance's ‘brazen lying’ leaves veteran health care reporter stunned
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
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New York Times:
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