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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 …
New York Times:
Jack Smith Lays Out New Evidence in Trump's Jan. 6 Case  —  Judge Tanya Chutkan made public portions of a filing by prosecutors setting out their argument for why the case should go forward despite the Supreme Court's ruling on presidential immunity.  —  When told by an aide …
Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
Jack Smith's Big New Jan. 6 Brief Is a Major Indictment of the Supreme Court  —  It's rare to simultaneously feel red-hot anger and wistfulness, especially when merely reading a document.  But those are exactly the emotions that washed over me when I read the redacted version …
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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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
Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
Dems dismiss Trump-Vance abortion messaging as ‘lip service,’ but it might be working  —  Trump says he'll veto legislation to ban the procedure.  —  Donald Trump and JD Vance, after months of contradicting one another on abortion, are together attempting to tamp down fears that they would pursue a national ban if elected.
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
Joe Navarro / Politico:
8 Body Language Tells From the Vice Presidential Debate
Will Saletan / The Bulwark:
The One Question That Mattered in the VP Debate
Melanie Mason / Politico:
Dead even: POLITICO snap poll shows stark division on debate
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump and his allies are not planning to concede another electoral loss  —  The former president and his allies are making it clear, repeatedly, that the only outcome they will accept without hesitation is one where he is the victor.  —  The reason that it is important to ask Sen. JD Vance …
Discussion: Mediaite
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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.
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,” …
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
CNN's Acosta tangles with Lewandowski: 'You won't admit the truth'  —  Corey Lewandowski, a senior adviser on former President Trump's campaign, and CNN anchor Jim Acosta engaged in a tense exchange on air Wednesday that resulted in shouting and at one point the anchor saying “you won't admit the truth.”
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 …
Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Trump campaign brings in $160 million in September  —  Hundreds of millions of dollars raised by each campaign are going towards expensive television buys in battleground states.  —  Donald Trump's campaign reported raising over $160 million in September as it gears up for the final five weeks of the presidential election.
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Bill Allison / Bloomberg:
Trump Spent More Than He Raised for Second Month in a Row
Discussion: Fox News
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.
Diana Falzone / Mediaite:
Exclusive: Multiple Women Claiming Romantic Relationships With RFK Jr. Threaten His Standing in Trump Orbit  —  At least three women are claiming to have had romantic relationships with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in just the last year, as he pursued a long-shot bid for the presidency, Mediaite has learned.
David Zipper / Slate:
The Solution to Giant Killer Cars Is Really, Really Simple  —  A proposed rule could force automakers to downsize the largest of their vehicles.  That's what's really needed to save pedestrians.  —  The number of pedestrian deaths in the United States is skyrocketing.
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Trump fear factor hits Senate GOP … - “I said, 'Sir, if I was you, I would stay out of the race, because there's no win for you in this,'” Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) told us about a recent call with Trump.  — “I hope not,” said Sen. Thom Tillis, when asked if he thinks Trump will weigh in.
Meidas+:
Ted Cruz, Rick Scott, and Other Senate Republicans Voted to Defund FEMA—Now Ask for Federal Aid  —  Written for MeidasTouch by J.D. Wolf  —  As the federal response to Hurricane Helene is well underway, many MAGA Republicans have been politicizing the Biden administration's efforts.
Discussion: Sun-Sentinel and Joe.My.God.
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
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 …
Leo Shane III / Military Times:
Trump downplays troop brain injuries from Iran attack as ‘headaches’  —  Former President Donald Trump downplayed the injuries of troops who suffered traumatic brain injuries following missile strikes against a U.S. base at the end of his time in office, referring to them as “headaches” at a campaign event in Wisconsin on Tuesday.
Rick Perlstein / American Prospect:
Who Are the ‘Undecided’?  —  It may not be about issues, but whether voters surrender to Trump's invitation to return to the womb.  —  Former President Donald Trump gestures at a campaign event at Dane Manufacturing, October 1, 2024, in Waunakee, Wisconsin.
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 …
Brady Knox / Washington Examiner:
500-pound US WW2 bomb explodes at Japanese airport 80 years later  —  A 500-pound bomb from World War II dropped by the United States on Japan exploded at a Japanese airport after nearly 80 years.  —  One bomb out of the 179,967 tons of bombs dropped on Japan during World War II …
Reuters:
Exclusive: Musk funded right-wing political non-profit years before he endorsed Trump, sources say  —  Elon Musk secretly funded a conservative political group in recent years, according to four people familiar with his donations, illustrating quiet financial support for right-wing causes …
 
 
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Sarah Grace Taylor / Nashville Banner:
As Gov. Lee Seeks to Reshape Education, Vouchers Loom Large in House Races
Discussion: Raw Story
Franco Ordoñez / NPR:
Harris and Biden surveyed damage wrought by Hurricane Helene in 2 swing states
Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Women of color running for Congress disproportionately targeted by offensive speech on X: Report
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Brown raises close to $31M in competitive Ohio Senate race
The Daily Beast:
Vance Rips Walz After Missing His ‘Friends With School Shooters’ Flub
Lucas Ropek / Gizmodo:
Famous AI Artist Says He's Losing Millions of Dollars From People Stealing His Work
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Republicans keep inventing new ways to scapegoat immigrants
Discussion: Rolling Stone and Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Elon Musk Gave Tens of Millions to Republican Causes Far Earlier Than Previously Known
 Earlier Items: 
The Annenberg Public Policy Center …:
Trust in U.S. Supreme Court Continues to Sink
Discussion: The Hill
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
J.D. Vance's ‘brazen lying’ leaves veteran health care reporter stunned
Robert Sherman / The Hill:
What Iran's missile attack on Israel felt like
Cook Political Report:
Swing State Polling Finds Deadlocked Presidential Contest, ‘Blue Wall’ Senate Races Tighten
Ava Kofman / ProPublica:
A Pair of Billionaire Preachers Built the Most Powerful Political Machine in Texas. That's Just the Start.
 

 
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