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6:01 PM ET, October 5, 2024

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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.
Discussion: 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 …
Politico:
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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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.
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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Annie Karni / New York Times:
As Lawmaker Claims Trump's Shooting Was Inside Job, G.O.P. Indulges Him  —  Representative Eli Crane, a first-term Arizona Republican, has emerged as the chief right-wing voice pushing conspiracy theories about the Trump assassination attempts.  —  He posits that there is a mole within …
Raquel Coronell Uribe / NBC News:
Election 2024 live updates: Trump rallies in Butler, PA, for first time since assassination attempt
Politico:
Trump's return to Butler marks a dramatically changed race
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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Stephanie Kelly / Reuters:
US officials struggle to quash Hurricane Helene conspiracy theories
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 …
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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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 …
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.
Discussion: AZ FREE NEWS
Juliann Ventura / The Hill:
Biden administration sends $100 million to repair roads, bridges in NC after Helene  —  The Biden administration announced Saturday that it would be sending $100 million to help the North Carolina Department of Transportation pay for immediate emergency repairs from Hurricane Helene damage, according to a press release.
Discussion: CBS News and The Gateway Pundit
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 …
Adam Klasfeld / Just Security:
Who's Who in Jack Smith's Immunity Brief  —  Editors' notes: Readers may also be interested in an annotated version of the DOJ brief with names included.  Klasfeld's reporting is part of Just Security's Trump Trials Clearinghouse.  —  Special Counsel Jack Smith's massive legal brief detailing …
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emptywheel:
From the Willard to Danbury Correctional: Steve Bannon Allegedly Joins the Conspiracy
Discussion: Washington Post
 
 
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Joanne Haner / The Hill:
Former NY governor, stepson attacked by group in New York City
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
This man appears to want Trump Bibles, not inhalers, for Oklahoma's children
Reuters:
Trump son-in-law Kushner has discussed US-Saudi diplomacy with Saudi crown prince
Discussion: New Republic
Courtney Cohn / Democracy Docket:
For First Time in 20 Years, Purdue Won't Have Election Day Polling Place on Campus
Katy Stech Ferek / Wall Street Journal:
Battle for the House Goes Down to the Wire
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Jack Healy / New York Times:
In Arizona, Conservative Activists Are Videotaping Volunteers Registering Voters
Discussion: Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
Jason Wilson / The Guardian:
Marco Rubio-linked thinktank produces anti-LGBTQ+ conspiracy theory videos
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Marisa Taylor / Reuters:
Exclusive: Conservative think tank targeting NASA employees' communications about Musk, Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
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Letter to Congress on Disaster Needs