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8:55 PM ET, October 7, 2024

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Matt Dixon / NBC News:
Ron DeSantis is refusing to take Harris' call on Hurricane Helene  —  An aide to the Florida governor said that Harris' call “seemed political” and that she “was trying to reach out, and we didn't answer.”  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is not taking calls from Vice President Kamala Harris …
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
DeSantis ‘not aware’ of Harris calls after reports he dodged them  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said Monday he “was not aware” of post-Hurricane Helene calls from Vice President Harris after multiple reports emerged that he dodged them.  —  “I didn't know she called me. ...
ABC News:
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis refused call from VP Kamala Harris about hurricane aid: Source
ITEP:
A Distributional Analysis of Donald Trump's Tax Plan  —  Impact Of Donald Trump's Tax Proposals by Income Group  —  Former President Donald Trump has proposed a wide variety of tax policy changes.  Taken together, these proposals would, on average, lead to a tax cut for the richest 5 percent …
Discussion: The Hill
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HuffPost:
Donald Trump Tax Plans Would Increase Taxes On 95% Of Americans, Analysis Finds
Discussion: ITEP
Helen Lewis / The Atlantic:
What Going on Call Her Daddy Did for Kamala Harris  —  Very few podcasters would apologize to their fans for clogging up their feed by interviewing a presidential candidate.  But Alex Cooper—the host of a podcast variously described as “raunchy, “sex-positive,” “mega-popular,” and …
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David Gardner / The Daily Beast:
‘Call Her Daddy’ Faces Backlash Over ‘Propaganda’ Harris Interview  —  HOODIE'S NICE THOUGH!  —  Some fans of the hugely popular podcast are angry that the vice president did not address the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene.  —  Alex Cooper, host of the Call Her Daddy podcast …
Molly Jong-Fast / Vanity Fair:
Lying Is Loyalty in Trump's GOP  —  So how far will his allies go to keep their king happy?  —  Donald Trump, who proved to be deeply dishonest as a candidate in 2016, and as president for four years, is lying with reckless abandon as he tries to return to the White House.
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Brian Beutler / Off Message:
MAGA's Hurricane Helene Lies Are A Trial Run For The Election
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
October 6, 2024  —  This morning began with a CNN headline story by fact checker Daniel Dale …
Discussion: Alternet.org
Luke Barr / ABC News:
Misinformation amid Helene recovery is ‘extremely damaging,’ FEMA official says  —  Some prominent voices have been pushing disinformation since Helene hit.  —  In an aerial view, flood damage wrought by Hurricane Helene is seen along the French Broad River on Oct. 3, 2024, in Marshall, North Carolina.
Discussion: The Guardian
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Jay Kuo / The Status Kuo:
A Disinformation Trial Run
Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
Supreme Court lets stand a decision barring emergency abortions that violate Texas ban  —  The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a decision barring emergency abortions that violate the law in Texas, which has one of the country's strictest abortion bans.  Without detailing their reasoning …
Associated Press:
Hurricane Milton is a Category 5.  Florida orders evacuations and scrambles to clear Helene's debris  —  Florida's storm-battered Gulf Coast raced against a Category 5 hurricane Monday as workers sprinted to pick up heaps of appliances and other street debris left over from Helene two weeks ago …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Saying immigrants bring ‘bad genes’ echoes Trump's history — and the world's  —  With a mishmash of false claims about crime and ridiculous race science, Trump makes explicit the racism at the heart of his politics.  —  Former president Donald Trump has long espoused a worldview in which genes …
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Matt Shuham / HuffPost:
Trump: Immigrants Have Brought ‘Bad Genes’ Into The Country
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Why asking about the 2020 election isn't a ‘gotcha’ question  —  The question is less about 2020 than about the willingness of Trump supporters to reject his efforts to subvert the 2024 results.  —  House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is not interested in talking about the 2020 election.
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Maga Mama / The Daily Beast:
Melania Trump: Why I'm an Unapologetic Election Denier  —  Donald Trump's wife says she believes the 2020 contest “was not a normal election” and still “questions the results.” … Melania Trump is fully on board with her husband's 2020 election denial, her new memoir reveals.
Lily Mae Lazarus / The Daily Beast:
Porn Stars Aim to Turn Own Audience With Anti-Project 2025 Blitz  —  NAKED AGENDA  —  More than a dozen adult entertainment stars have established a campaign against right-wing efforts to ban pornography.  —  Journalist  —  Porn stars threw their hat in the political ring …
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Phil Williams / WTVF-TV:
‘We already have the receipts.’ Election denier says his group gained access to U.S. banking data  —  Arizona's Mark Finchem says Millersville, Tennessee's assistant police chief, Shawn Taylor, used Treasury Department's FinCen data in work for Finchem's Election Fairness Institute
Discussion: Arizona Mirror and Raw Story
Christopher Flavelle / New York Times:
As Major Hurricane Approaches Florida, FEMA Faces Severe Staffing Shortage  —  Fewer than 10 percent of the agency's disaster workers are available to respond to Hurricane Milton and other calamities.  —  The Federal Emergency Management Agency is running out of staff to deal …
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Craig Mauger / The Detroit News:
Kamala Harris gains slight lead over Donald Trump in Michigan, poll shows  —  Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris appears to have gained momentum in a race for the White House that remains neck and neck in Michigan with a month until Election Day, according to a new poll from The Detroit News and WDIV-TV (Channel 4).
Discussion: HotAir and NPR
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Tinsae Aregay / Torque News:
GEICO is Terminating Insurance Coverage of Tesla Cybertrucks, Says “This Type of Vehicle Doesn't Meet Our Underwriting Guidelines”  —  GEICO, the second-largest vehicle insurance underwriter in the US, has decided it will no longer cover Tesla Cybertrucks.  The company is terminating current …
Christina Morales / New York Times:
Georgia Supreme Court Restores State's 6-Week Abortion Ban  —  The ban will resume while the court considers an appeal to a decision that had briefly allowed greater access to abortions in the state.  —  The Georgia Supreme Court reinstated on Monday a state law that prohibits abortions beyond six weeks …
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Trump transition team co-chair warns prospective appointees must prove ‘loyalty’  —  Howard Lutnick, former President Trump's transition team co-chair, said prospective appointees will only be tapped for future roles in a hypothetical Trump administration if they prove “loyalty” to the former president and his policies.
 
 
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Nate Trela / USA Today:
Payments of $750 are only part of federal financial assistance after Helene | Fact check
Discussion: Fox News
Kayla Guo / The Texas Tribune:
Facing a tight race, Ted Cruz goes quiet on abortion
Discussion: The Hill and The 19th
Bonchie / RedState:
WATCH: Peter Doocy Triggers Karine Jean-Pierre So Badly That She Storms Out of the Briefing
Politico:
Helene's devastation has disrupted voting in battlegrounds
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and WFAA-TV
 Earlier Items: 
Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
The Media Is Finally Waking Up to the Story of Trump's Mental Fitness
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Supreme Court won't take up challenge to Jack Smith's Trump Twitter data access
Catherine Kim / Politico:
Kamala Harris Is Losing Support With This Key Demographic. It Could Cost Her Georgia.
Discussion: freebeacon.com
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
Illegal crossings at U.S. southern border reach lowest point of Biden presidency
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Tina Peters is the symptom of a deeper rot
Discussion: The Colorado Sun
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Hannah Miller / Bloomberg:
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