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Washington Post:
The fight for the House and Senate: Where things stand — Will both chambers flip? Congress may once again have to work under the strain of divided government. — Congress may be headed for an Election Day double flip. — With less than four weeks to go, Republicans appear poised to win the Senate …
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Aaron Zitner / Wall Street Journal:
More Americans Identify as Republican Than Democrat. Here's What That Means for the Election. — Rare GOP advantage takes pressure off Trump to win over independent voters — Beneath the headline results in many polls, something unusual has turned up with big implications for politics …
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Ohio Capital Journal, NPR, The Gateway Pundit and New York Times
Tal Axelrod / ABC News:
Expansive Senate map tightens in 2024 home stretch
Expansive Senate map tightens in 2024 home stretch
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City & State New York
Marin Scotten / Salon:
Howard Stern endorses Kamala Harris during interview that touches on therapy, sexism and Trump — Stern revealed he is voting for the Democratic nominee halfway through an interview with the vice president — Vice President Kamala Harris has Howard Stern's vote, he announced during her appearance on his Sirius XM radio show Tuesday.
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Breitbart, Billboard, New York Times, The Independent, The Daily Beast, USA Today, The Gateway Pundit and Louder With Crowder
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Inside the Battle for America's Most Consequential Battleground State
Inside the Battle for America's Most Consequential Battleground State
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Washington Post, Politico and Washington Examiner
Greg Sullivan / Bloomberg:
Kremlin Says Trump Sent Putin Covid Tests While President — Kremlin denies phone calls took place after Trump left office — Trump campaign pushed back on claims in Bob Woodward's book — The Kremlin confirmed that former US President Donald Trump while in office sent Russian …
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
October 8, 2024 — “It's been a tradition for more than half a century that the major party candidates …
October 8, 2024 — “It's been a tradition for more than half a century that the major party candidates …
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Paige Oamek / New Republic:
Trump Lashes Out After Damning Report on His Close Ties to Putin
Trump Lashes Out After Damning Report on His Close Ties to Putin
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Tess Owen / Wired:
Right-Wing Influencers Claim ‘They’ Defeated Physics, Geoengineered Hurricane Milton — Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene and a whole host of conspiracy theorists are claiming the hurricane was planned in order to harm Republicans. Climate experts tell WIRED that's impossible.
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The Sun, El País, Mark It Down!, PBS NewsHour, Raw Story and Babylon Bee
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Caitlin Yilek / CBS News:
North Carolina Republican pushes back on hurricane misinformation: “Nobody can control the weather”
North Carolina Republican pushes back on hurricane misinformation: “Nobody can control the weather”
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The War Horse, Raw Story and PolitiFact
Politico:
Elon Musk is piling onto all the hurricane disinformation, hampering relief efforts
Elon Musk is piling onto all the hurricane disinformation, hampering relief efforts
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Congressman Chuck Edwards:
Debunking Helene Response Myths
Debunking Helene Response Myths
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Politico:
Trump thrusts hurricane response into center of 2024 campaign
Trump thrusts hurricane response into center of 2024 campaign
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NPR, The Atlantic, NBC News, The Hill, Washington Post, Forbes and The Nation
Li Zhou / Vox:
Donald Trump's many, many lies about Hurricane Helene, debunked
Donald Trump's many, many lies about Hurricane Helene, debunked
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The Federalist, Alternet.org, The Hill, HuffPost, PolitiFact and Media Matters for America
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Trump's ‘God Bless the U.S.A’ Bible Was Made in China — The former president promises to bring back manufacturing from China while profiting off of their goods … The Bibles — gussied-up editions of the King James Bible that include some of the nation's founding documents and the lyrics …
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Associated Press:
Trump has long blasted China's trade practices. His ‘God Bless the USA’ Bibles were printed there — Thousands of copies of Donald Trump's “God Bless the USA” Bible were printed in a country that the former president has repeatedly accused of stealing American jobs and engaging in unfair trade practices — China.
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Mediaite and Los Angeles Times
Politico:
Playbook: Mike Johnson's Trump charm offensive — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — BEFORE THE STORM — Latest forecasts continue to show Hurricane Milton as a Category 5 storm, striking west-central Florida overnight tonight and pushing …
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New York Times and NOTUS
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Joe Perticone / The Bulwark:
The Cataclysmic Post-Election Scenario No One's Bracing For
The Cataclysmic Post-Election Scenario No One's Bracing For
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Associated Press
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Walz: ‘The Electoral College needs to go’ — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic Party's vice presidential nominee, suggested Tuesday night that the Electoral College should be abolished during two West Coast campaign stops. — Walz mentioned the concept during fundraisers in Seattle …
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RedState, New York Times, New York Post and Fox News
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Trump is not women's “protector”: New Brett Kavanaugh report shows MAGA protects predators — Republicans believed the allegations against Trump's Supreme Court pick — and knew Trump would still defend him — In a recent Pennsylvania stemwinder that raised eyebrows even by MAGA standards …
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse:
Whitehouse Unveils Report Examining Failures of Supplemental Background Investigation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh
Whitehouse Unveils Report Examining Failures of Supplemental Background Investigation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh
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Rolling Stone, New Republic, Raw Story, USA Today, The Independent, The Leadership Conference …, The Guardian, Axios, Alternet.org, Forbes, Salon and Washington Post
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Florida threatens TV executive with jail time for airing ad in support of abortion rights — This November, Florida residents will decide whether to amend their state constitution to protect reproductive rights, overturning the state's near-total abortion ban after six weeks of pregnancy.
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MSNBC, The Hill, Above the Law, Talking Points Memo, The 19th, HuffPost and Slate, more at Mediagazer »
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
The Moment of Truth … Last november, during a symposium at Mount Vernon on democracy, John Kelly, the retired Marine Corps general who served as Donald Trump's second chief of staff, spoke about George Washington's historic accomplishments—his leadership and victory in the Revolutionary War …
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
Trump's new strategy for the election interference case — Plan A: Win in November. Plan B: Delay until 2028. … 🥳 — The election interference case is back from its gap year at the Supreme Court, and Trump is back on his BS. — Trump's lawyers have resumed spewing unsupported allegations …
Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
Republicans threaten to punish colleges that allow pro-Palestinian protests — Exclusive: in video, House majority leader outlines plan of attack on universities that fail to quash criticism of Israel — Top Republicans are threatening to pull billions of dollars of federal funding …
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Washington Examiner and Raw Story
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Elon Musk Is Now Seizing Other People's Twitter Accounts To Promote Donald Trump — How quickly do you think we'd be having Congressional hearings about “election interference” if Mark Zuckerberg so much as posted a “Harris/Walz” lawn sign in front of his house?
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Kentucky Lantern, TechCrunch, New Republic, Althouse and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
FBI arrests Afghan man who officials say planned Election Day attack in the US — The FBI has arrested an Afghan man who officials say was inspired by the Islamic State militant organization and was plotting an Election Day attack targeting large crowds in the U.S., the Justice Department said Tuesday.
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Ken Bensinger / New York Times:
Trump Holds Up Transition Process, Skirting Ethics and Fund-Raising Rules — Donald J. Trump has so far opted out of the official planning for a government handover, a move that allows him to avoid disclosing his donors to his transition effort. — Less than a month before Election Day …
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Sun-Sentinel, Joe.My.God., Raw Story and GovExec.com
Elsa Keslassy / Variety:
Emmanuel Macron Gives Rare Sit-Down Interview About France's Cultural Boom, #MeToo Reckoning, the Need to Regulate AI and Getting ‘Emily in Paris’ Back From Rome — French President Emmanuel Macron apologizes for being late. But one could forgive the tardiness.
ABC News:
Vance and Walz press corps revive a tradition on their campaign planes — Candidates answered questions rolled up the aisle to them on an orange. — US Senator and Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance (L) and Minnesota Governor and Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz shake hands …
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