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Trump is everywhere. Anxious Dems wonder why Harris isn't. — Trump is everywhere. Democrats are increasingly wondering why Harris isn't. — Democratic operatives, including some of Kamala Harris' own staffers, are growing increasingly concerned about her relatively light campaign schedule …
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Associated Press, The Hill, Twitchy, Axios, RedState, New York Post, Mediaite, Washington Examiner, Althouse, Reuters, Breitbart, Daily Kos, CBS News, Pennsylvania Capital-Star and The Guardian
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Jared Gans / The Hill:
Where the Harris-Trump race stands 1 month out from Election Day — Vice President Harris and former President Trump have one month to convince voters to side with them in what appears likely to be one of the tightest presidential races in American history.
New York Times:
30 Days Out, the Harris and Trump Campaigns Brace for ‘Trench Warfare’ — With tight contests in all seven battleground states, the candidates are pressing for a few thousand votes that could sway the outcome of the entire election. — As Vice President Kamala Harris and former President …
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Washington Examiner, The Hill, New York Post, Washington Post and Twitchy
Washington Post:
Harris is running a much bigger campaign than Trump. Will it matter? — She spends three times as much, employs hundreds more staff and dominates the ad war. But the race is effectively tied. — With a month to go, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris remain nearly tied in battleground polls.
Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
Truth Social Users Are Losing Ridiculous Sums of Money to Scams — Read the complaints submitted to the FTC by users of Donald Trump's social media platform. … Donald Trump launched Truth Social in 2022 as a social media platform where the MAGA faithful could hang out without any liberals to spoil the fun.
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Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
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Lily Mae Lazarus / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Truth Social Riddled With Scammers Ripping Off Users — CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH — New documents reveal Donald Trump's social media platform is a hotbed of online fraud, with swindlers conning users out of enormous sums of money. — Journalist — Truth Social users …
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Plain Dealer, more at Mediagazer »
Ben Blanchet / HuffPost:
Trump Made Another Joke About Supporter Killed At Pennsylvania Rally: Report — The news comes as the former president is set to return to the site of his July assassination attempt. — LOADING — Donald Trump used a reference to the widow of Corey Comperatore — a supporter killed during …
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New York Times, Washington Examiner, Associated Press, RedState, Politico and New Republic
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
As Lawmaker Claims Trump's Shooting Was Inside Job, G.O.P. Indulges Him
As Lawmaker Claims Trump's Shooting Was Inside Job, G.O.P. Indulges Him
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Washington Post, Progress Pond, Joe.My.God., The Daily Beast and Wausau
Politico:
Trump's return to Butler marks a dramatically changed race
Trump's return to Butler marks a dramatically changed race
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Washington Examiner, Business Insider, Washington Times, Al Jazeera, RedState, New York Times, The Daily Beast, USA Today, CNBC, Associated Press, Fox News, Townhall, Wausau, Bloomberg, Raw Story, Pennsylvania Capital-Star, NPR, Hartford Courant, CBS News, Georgia Recorder, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Breitbart, The Daily Signal, The Guardian, The Hill and BizPac Review
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
October 4, 2024 — MAGA Republicans are now lying about the federal response to Hurricane Helene in much the same way they lied about Haitian migrants bringing chaos and disease to Springfield, Ohio. Both disinformation efforts are flat-out lies, and both are designed to demonize immigrants.
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The Hill, Al Jazeera, Fox News, Breitbart, The Daily Signal, Fox Business, Washington Times, BizPac Review and Washington Post
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David Klepper / Associated Press:
After the deluge, the lies: Misinformation and hoaxes about Helene cloud the recovery
After the deluge, the lies: Misinformation and hoaxes about Helene cloud the recovery
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Ned Hamson's Second Line View …, al.com and alicublog
Stephanie Kelly / Reuters:
US officials struggle to quash Hurricane Helene conspiracy theories
US officials struggle to quash Hurricane Helene conspiracy theories
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Washington Post, The White House, New York Daily News, The Hill, WHDH-TV, ABC News, E&E News, HuffPost, New Republic and The Gateway Pundit
Qasim Rashid / Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid:
Immigrants Are NOT Why FEMA Lacks Funds
Immigrants Are NOT Why FEMA Lacks Funds
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Washington Examiner, The Post Millennial, Mother Jones and KING-TV
Hugh Dougherty / The Daily Beast:
Melania Trump Reveals Why Donald Keeps Phoning Her Personal Doctor — ‘GENUINE AND CARING’ — The former first lady opens about surprising aspects of her marriage in her forthcoming memoir and confirms she is an unrepentant election denier. … Melania Trump has opened up about a surprising aspect …
Amy Beth Hanson / Associated Press:
Colorado judge who sentenced election denier Tina Peters to prison receives threats — A rural Colorado county courthouse beefed up security Friday after threats were made against staff and a judge who sentenced former county clerk Tina Peters to nearly nine years behind bars and admonished …
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Joe.My.God., The Hill, The Colorado Sun and KING-TV
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
The Supreme Court Is Waiting Until After the Election to Do Its Next Damage — The first Monday of October is the traditional start of the Supreme Court docket-harvest festival, when a handful of cases are plucked by the justices to be argued before the highest court in the land and previewed by a deferential press corps.
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
Trump's Election Bid Is a Wild Card as Supreme Court Term Opens
Trump's Election Bid Is a Wild Card as Supreme Court Term Opens
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Associated Press, New Republic, The Nation and Mother Jones
Steve Abbot / USA Today:
Trump lost the respect of veterans - including me. He's a risk to our democracy. — I am one of hundreds of former national security leaders who have endorsed Harris for president. We have been concerned for some time about the truly troubling prospect of the return of Trump.
Catherine Kim / Politico:
What Really Happened On Tim Walz's Trips to China — Former students reflect on their time in China with the would-be vice president. — Tim Walz would like to take Donald Trump to China — or at least that is what he said during this week's vice-presidential debate.
Kelly Rissman / The Independent:
Florida is nearing toss-up status as top Republican poll shows Trump's lead nearly vanished — Race and age of Florida respondents seemed to correlate with which candidate they supported — Your support helps us to tell the story — As your White House correspondent, I ask the tough questions and seek the answers that matter.
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Wiretap Systems Targeted in China-Linked Hack — AT&T and Verizon are among the broadband providers that were breached — A cyberattack tied to the Chinese government penetrated the networks of a swath of U.S. broadband providers, potentially accessing information from systems …
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National Review and CNBC, more at Techmeme »
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Russia to remove Taliban terrorist status, envoy says — Russia is preparing to remove the terrorist designation from the Taliban, Russian envoy to Afghanistan Zamir Kamulov announced Friday, according to state media. — Kamulov said the Federal Security Service, Russia's security agency …
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
This man appears to want Trump Bibles, not inhalers, for Oklahoma's children — Ryan Walters is supposed to be Oklahoma's “Superintendent of Public Instruction.” Also: Jack Smith's immunity filing. And: New cases for the new SCOTUS term. — Two stories this week that are bad on their own become intolerable when seen in tandem.
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Oklahoma Watch, The Oklahoman and Daily Kos
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