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12:30 PM ET, October 9, 2024

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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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Ivana Saric / Axios:
Kremlin refutes Trump denial on sending Putin COVID tests … - Woodward also reported that Trump and Putin have had “as many as seven” personal conversations since Trump left office in 2021.  — Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung said Tuesday that the allegations were “made up stories” …
Jason Lange / Reuters:
Exclusive: Harris widens lead over Trump to 47%-40%, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds  —  Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris leads Republican Donald Trump 47% to 40% in the race to win the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election, as she appeared to blunt Trump's edge on the economy and jobs, a Reuters/Ipsos poll published on Tuesday found.
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Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Alsobrooks leading Hogan by 9 points in Maryland Senate race: Poll  —  Democratic candidate Angela Alsobrooks is leading Republican former Gov. Larry Hogan by 9 percentage points in a poll of the Maryland Senate race released Wednesday, less than a month before the election.
Sam Stein / The Bulwark:
EXCLUSIVE: Poll Finds Large Chunk of Haley Voters Ready to Ditch Trump  —  A SIGNIFICANT CHUNK OF SELF-IDENTIFIED Nikki Haley voters say they will support Kamala Harris for president, according to a new survey shared exclusively with The Bulwark.  —  If the election were held today …
Juliann Ventura / The Hill:
Cruz leading Allred by 3 points in Texas Senate race: poll
Discussion: Bloomberg, WFAA-TV and Mother Jones
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 …
Discussion: PBS NewsHour and Associated Press
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Tal Axelrod / ABC News:
Expansive Senate map tightens in 2024 home stretch
Axios:
Scoop: Senate Democrats go to war over GOP ad spending loophole
Discussion: The Hill
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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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Walz says the Electoral College ‘needs to go’
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:   Trump's ‘God Bless the U.S.A’ Bible Was Made in China
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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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
13 Things We Learned From Harris's Interview With Howard Stern
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 …
Jody Godoy / Reuters:
US considers breakup of Google in landmark search case  —  The U.S. said on Tuesday it may ask a judge to force Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google to divest parts of its business, such as its Chrome browser and Android operating system, that it says are used to maintain an illegal monopoly in online search.
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Lee-Anne Mulholland / The Keyword:
DOJ's radical and sweeping proposals risk hurting consumers, businesses, and developers
Thom Hartmann / The Hartmann Report:
The Supreme Court's Dark Money Crisis: Wyden's Revolutionary Fix  —  The song that was inspired by this article is here.  —  My reading this article as an audio podcast is here.  —  My new book, The Hidden History of the American Dream, is now available here.  —  Share
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 …
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Economy Most Important Issue to 2024 Presidential Vote  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — The economy ranks as the most important of 22 issues that U.S. registered voters say will influence their choice for president.  It is the only issue on which a majority of voters, 52%, say the candidates' positions on it are an …
Elaine Mallon / Washington Examiner:
Lawsuit filed against Jack Phillips dismissed by Colorado Supreme Court  —  The Colorado Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit filed against Jack Phillips after he refused to bake a cake celebrating a gender transition.  —  In a 6-3 opinion, the court threw out the lawsuit on procedural grounds …
Nancy Cook / Bloomberg:
Trump Plans Madison Square Garden Rally in Election Home Stretch  — Oct. 27 rally to come just days before presidential election  — Event likely to draw protests, presents security challenges  —  Former President Donald Trump plans to hold a rally at New York City's iconic Madison Square Garden …
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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
Shannon Osaka / Washington Post:
Scientists have said that we can cool the planet back down.  Now they're not so sure.  —  It might be possible to “overshoot” and then return to our climate targets.  But some changes will be irreversible.  —  For years, scientists and world leaders have pinned their hopes for the future …
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.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The State Election Board is pushing election skeptics to monitor Fulton County's elections  —  Georgia's largest county says the Republican-led panel doesn't have the legal authority to appoint its monitors  —  The fight between the Georgia Election Board and Fulton County took dramatic twists Tuesday …
Rogé Karma / The Atlantic:
The Most Dramatic Shift in U.S. Public Opinion  —  America's immigration debate has taken a restrictionist turn.  Eight years ago, Donald Trump declared that “when Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best,” and promised to build a “big, beautiful wall” on the southern border.
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 …
Discussion: NOTUS and Election Law Blog
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 …
Bradley Tusk / The Hill:
This hurricane season, mobile voting could empower disenfranchised voters  —  Hurricane Helene left a horrific path of destruction in Western North Carolina.  Entire towns have been flooded off the map.  Highways torn up.  Mail service suspended.  A death count in triple digits and rising.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Fox News quietly reports on a fact sheet correcting Fox News misinformation  —  In the channel's eternal struggle between helping Donald Trump and informing its audience, Trump once again prevailed in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.  —  Tropical Storm Helene formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Sept. 24 …
Discussion: PolitiFact and FactCheck.org
 
 
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CNN:
Senate candidate Dave McCormick led hedge fund that bet against some of Pennsylvania's most iconic companies
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Michael Shepherd / Bangor Daily News:
Donald Trump confuses Janet Mills' gender on rambling call to Maine supporters
Discussion: Associated Press
Bess Levin / Vanity Fair:
Ron DeSantis Throws Televised Conniption Fit After Reports That He Ignored Kamala Harris's Calls to Discuss Hurricane Relief
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Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
Republicans threaten to punish colleges that allow pro-Palestinian protests
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
Juliann Ventura / The Hill:
Ethel Kennedy, widow of Robert F. Kennedy, hospitalized after suffering stroke, family says
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
FBI arrests Afghan man who officials say planned Election Day attack in the US
 

 
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Paramount's Shari Redstone backs CBS co-host Tony Dokoupil after execs criticized his work and says she lacks editorial control but “something needs to be done”

Nate Rattner / Wall Street Journal:
Analysis: among 200 politically focused TikTok accounts with viral posts, ~20% were news influencers, as news influencers take a bigger role in the US election

Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
OpenAI's head of media partnerships says it does not currently intend to share SearchGPT ad revenue with publishers and “no one wants to read AI-generated news”

 
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