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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. ...
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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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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 …
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Lauren Egan / Politico:
What Kamala Harris' ‘Call Her Daddy’ media strategy is really about
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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
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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 …
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
‘Increasingly deranged’ Trump is inciting ‘civil war’ as election loss looms: Morning Joe
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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
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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).
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Andrew Romano / Yahoo News:
New Yahoo News/YouGov poll: Trump-Harris race tightens after Vance debate ‘win’
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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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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.
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Stephen Fowler / NPR:
Fact checking falsehoods about FEMA funding and Hurricane Helene
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Nate Trela / USA Today:
Payments of $750 are only part of federal financial assistance after Helene | Fact check
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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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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Porn Industry Jumps Into the Presidential Campaign, Targeting Project 2025
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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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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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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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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
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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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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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Kayla Guo / The Texas Tribune:
Facing a tight race, Ted Cruz goes quiet on abortion — As abortion and other reproductive rights loom over the election, Cruz has largely been unwilling to clarify his stances. — Sign up for the We the Texans newsletter to receive twice-monthly updates on our year-long initiative dedicated …
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