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8:05 AM ET, October 14, 2024

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Press Enterprise:
Exclusive: Suspect in Coachella Valley Trump assassination attempt denies accusation, supports ex-president  —  Suspect a registered Republican from Las Vegas and member of a right-leaning anti-government group, sheriff says  —  A third assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump …
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Riverside County Sheriff, CA:
Weapons Violation Arrest  —  Reporting Supervisor: Sergeant Ben Medina  —  File # C242860022  —  Details:  —  at 4:59 p.m., deputies assigned to former President Donald Trump's rally in the Coachella Valley contacted the driver of a black SUV at a checkpoint at the intersection of Avenue 52 and Celebration Drive.
New York Post:
Armed man arrested outside Trump's Coachella rally — and sheriff says it was possible third assassination attempt  —  Local cops arrested an armed man outside Donald Trump's Coachella Valley rally on Saturday, and the local sheriff said it may have been a third assassination attempt against the former president.
Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
Man arrested near Donald Trump's California rally with loaded guns, police say  —  The suspect, identified as Las Vegas resident Vem Miller was, apprehended by authorities about half-mile from entrance to Coachella rally  —  A man armed with guns and false press and VIP passes was apprehended …
The Hill:
Harris gives Democrats a boost, but control of House up for grabs  —  Democrats have a fair shot at flipping control of the House — largely because of the boost provided by Vice President Harris at the top of the ticket — but the battle is a horse race that is too close to call heading …
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Gabriel Debenedetti / New York Magazine:
‘This Is Going To Be Too Close for Comfort’ … When Kamala Harris took over Joe Biden's ailing campaign this summer, she went looking for help.  Donald Trump had a commanding lead in the polls, threatening to make competitive Democratic strongholds like Virginia, and she had barely 100 days to turn the race around.
Discussion: The Hill and NBC News
New York Times:
Harris Suggests Trump Is ‘Weak and Unstable’ in Pointed Challenge  —  Kamala Harris asked why Donald J. Trump had not released his medical records, appeared on “60 Minutes” or agreed to a second debate.  —  Vice President Kamala Harris challenged former President Donald J. Trump on Sunday …
Philip Lewis / HuffPost:
Kamala Harris' New Economic Agenda Reveals What She Would Do To Help Black Men  —  This is the vice president's latest attempt to engage a voting bloc that Donald Trump and his campaign have also attempted to court this election season.  —  LOADING  —  Vice President Kamala Harris …
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Internal polling memo has warning signs for Senate Republicans  —  Some races are tightening but other key pickup opportunities are moving in the wrong direction, according to a new round of polling from the Senate Leadership Fund.  —  The top GOP super PAC charged with flipping the Senate …
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Raw Story
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Al Weaver / The Hill:
Senate rankings: 5 seats most likely to flip  —  The battle for the Senate majority has hit its final month as Republicans race to end their four-year stint in the minority.  —  The GOP needs to win only one of two competitive races in red states — Montana and Ohio — to do just that.
Discussion: The Message Box
Julie Carr Smyth / Associated Press:
Moreno's abortion comment rattles debate in expensive Senate race in Republican-leaning Ohio
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Trump pledges raises and 10,000 more agents in border plan … - Trump said at the Prescott Valley, Ariz., rally he “will be asking Congress immediately to approve a 10% raise” for all agents if he wins the election.  — “Haven't had one in a long time,” he said as announced the retention …
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MauríCio Alencar / The Daily Beast:
Trump Leaves Door Open to National Abortion Ban
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Examiner
Stephen Groves / Associated Press:
Trump tested the limits on using the military at home. If elected again, he plans to go further
Discussion: Salon
Brianna Sacks / Washington Post:
Hurricane recovery officials in N.C. relocated amid report of ‘armed militia,’ email shows  —  Safety fears are growing as misinformation collides with a large-scale federal recovery effort.  —  LAKE LURE, N.C. — Federal emergency response personnel on Saturday had employees operating …
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
‘Vile stuff’: NYT shamed by its own former public editor for whitewashing Trump racism  —  Former New York Times public editor Margaret Sullivan this week shamed her one-time employer for its coverage of the 2024 presidential election.  —  Writing on her Substack page …
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Margaret Sullivan / American Crisis:
About those New York Times headlines
Zachary Folk / The Daily Beast:
Josh Hawley's Local Newspaper Declares Him the ‘Worst Sitting Senator’  —  NO CONFIDENCE  —  The St. Louis Post-Dispatch objected to Hawley's actions leading up to the Jan. 6 Capitol riots.  —  A local newspaper in Missouri wrote a scathing rebuke of the state's Sen. Josh Hawley …
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Cheney doubts Johnson will carry out ‘constitutional obligations’ to certify election  —  Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) said in a Sunday interview that she doubts House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will carry out “his constitutional obligations” to certify the 2024 election.
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Reuters:
US to send anti-missile system and troops to Israel, Pentagon says  —  The United States said on Sunday it will send U.S. troops to Israel along with an advanced U.S. anti-missile system, in a highly unusual deployment meant to bolster the country's air defenses following missile attacks by Iran.
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U.S. Department of Defense:
Statement by Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder on the Deployment of a THAAD Battery to Israel
Ann M. Simmons / Wall Street Journal:
Attacks on Gay Rights Push Russia's LGBTQ Community Into the Shadows  —  Vladimir Putin has weaponized antigay views to tighten his grip on power as he pursues his war in Ukraine  —  A decade ago, Russian publisher Leo Veles says, he could hang out in gay bars and clubs in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
NPR:
Bob Woodward takes NPR behind the headline-grabbing moments in his new book  —  Legendary journalist Bob Woodward's new book War — like so many of his books about the American presidency over the last half century — is generating headlines.  —  Like the one about the COVID test machine …
Wes Davis / The Verge:
X blocked hacked JD Vance dossier links after the Trump campaign flagged it … The Presidential campaign of Donald Trump asked X to stop links to a story containing VP nominee JD Vance's hacked dossier from circulating before X chose to block them, reports The New York Times.
 
 
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Washington Post:
Trump goes to war against real-time fact checks
Discussion: Raw Story and National Zero
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Project 2025 offers a chilling preview of Trump's autocratic plans for a second term
Discussion: Associated Press
Brian Faler / Politico:
Trump disarmed a political landmine in refusing to release his tax returns
David McAfee / Raw Story:
‘Absolute chaos’ as ‘MAGA faithful were stranded’ in desert after California event: report
Discussion: The Independent
Zach Montellaro / Politico:
DeSantis misses post-hurricane meeting with Biden — again
Discussion: USA Today
Scott Dworkin / The Dworkin Report:
Press Breaks Record For Worst Week of Coverage Ever
Oliver Milman / The Guardian:
‘Vengeful’ Trump withheld disaster aid and will do so again, ex-officials warn
Discussion: Semafor and Rolling Stone
 Earlier Items: 
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Trump says national abortion ban is ‘off the table,’ but 'we'll see what happens'
John Pavlovitz / The Beautiful Mess:
White Evangelicals Must Lose in November
Dana Liebelson / Politico:
Normie Republicans Are Having Their Revenge on Kari Lake
Discussion: The Hill
Ursula Perano / Politico:
Inside Jim Justice's alleged attendance problems; they could be a problem for a GOP Senate
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
‘Nitpicking Everything’: JD Vance Fumes as ABC News Host Calls Out Bogus Claims About Colorado City
Asawin Suebsaeng / Rolling Stone:
Colorado's Elections Chief Took on Trump. She Needed Extra Security As She Gave Birth
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
‘Totally illegal’: Trump escalates rhetoric on outlawing political dissent and criticism
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
 

 
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