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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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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 …
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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 …
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New York Times:
Trump's Plans Could Increase U.S. Debt While Raising Costs for Most Americans — A new analysis estimates that the former president's proposals could grow deficits by as much as $15 trillion over a decade. — Former President Donald J. Trump's economic proposals could inflame …
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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
Trump: Immigrants Have Brought ‘Bad Genes’ Into The Country
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Sidney Blumenthal / The Guardian:
Donald Trump's Hitlerian logic is no mistake
Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
Former President Trump On The Anniversary Of The 10/7 Massacre In Israel
Former President Trump On The Anniversary Of The 10/7 Massacre In Israel
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Brian Beutler / Off Message:
MAGA's Hurricane Helene Lies Are A Trial Run For The Election — The through-line is sowing chaos and hurting people for personal gain. — ∙ Paid — When Donald Trump started telling conspicuous lies about the federal response to Hurricane Helene, all of MAGA understood the assignment.
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
‘Increasingly deranged’ Trump is inciting ‘civil war’ as election loss looms: Morning Joe
‘Increasingly deranged’ Trump is inciting ‘civil war’ as election loss looms: Morning Joe
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Molly Jong-Fast / Vanity Fair:
Lying Is Loyalty in Trump's GOP
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 …
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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.
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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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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 …
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Helen Lewis / The Atlantic:
What Going on Call Her Daddy Did for Kamala Harris
What Going on Call Her Daddy Did for Kamala Harris
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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
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
‘Easy money’: Trump backer Elon Musk claims PAC will pay $47 for swing state voter information … Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who is backing Donald Trump in the presidential election, on Sunday touted a $47 referral bonus that the billionaire's political action committee is offering to people …
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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 …
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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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Scott Macfarlane / CBS News:
Disaster relief hurricane loan program precariously low on funds
Disaster relief hurricane loan program precariously low on funds
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Politico:
Swing state election officials were ready for anything. Not this. — Hurricane Helene's devastation has disrupted voting preparation in several states, including the battlegrounds of North Carolina and Georgia. — The Category 4 hurricane that ripped through the eastern seaboard …
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Hansi Lo Wang / NPR:
This year's Electoral College map may show another ‘blue shift.’ Here's why
This year's Electoral College map may show another ‘blue shift.’ Here's why
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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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Jay Kuo / The Status Kuo:
A Disinformation Trial Run — Hurricane Helene and the flooding it brought to inland areas was bad enough. But instead of coming together as a country, we quickly, and rather horrifically, tore each other apart even more. The right-wing disinformation machine pushed out a dizzying array …
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
October 6, 2024 — This morning began with a CNN headline story by fact checker Daniel Dale …
October 6, 2024 — This morning began with a CNN headline story by fact checker Daniel Dale …
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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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Peter Jamison / Washington Post:
Trump allies threaten Deloitte contracts after employee shares Vance chats — Republicans target $3 billion in federal contracts after a consultant discloses messages unconnected to his work. — Republicans backing Donald Trump are threatening Deloitte, a consulting firm …
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Trump aide Corey Lewandowski said to have lost campaign power struggle — Trump's ‘comfort blanket’ told to focus on surrogate work in New Hampshire after losing to campaign chiefs — Two months after he swept into the 2024 campaign as a senior adviser and suggested he would be taking it over …
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New York Post:
Scandal-plagued Deputy Mayor Phil Banks, close Adams friend, resigns — Scandal-plagued Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Phil Banks has resigned, succumbing to weeks of pressure amid federal probes that ensnared both him and his longtime friend Mayor Eric Adams, sources told The Post.
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Bonchie / RedState:
WATCH: Peter Doocy Triggers Karine Jean-Pierre So Badly That She Storms Out of the Briefing — It wasn't a good day for Karine Jean-Pierre. She showed up to the White House briefing room wearing an oversized, off-the-rack men's suit coat with the sewn-on tags still on the sleeve.
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