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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
October 13, 2024 — “He is the most dangerous person ever. I had suspicions when I talked to you about his mental decline and so forth, but now I realize he's a total fascist. He is now the most dangerous person to this country...a fascist to the core.”
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Trump's Midnight In America — Three weeks and a day until election day, and this thing is tied, tied, tied. Nate Silver's polling average has Kamala Harris up a tick under three points nationally—which might give Donald Trump the barest of edges at this moment in the Electoral College.
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Trump targets immigrants legally in US for deportation — Having protected status may not save you. … As the 2024 election heads into the home stretch, Donald Trump and JD Vance are doing what they do best: whipping up a racist campaign of hate against immigrants.
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Louder With Crowder and Ohio Capital Journal
Washington Post:
Trump wages campaign against real-time fact checks
Trump wages campaign against real-time fact checks
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Joe.My.God., Raw Story and National Zero
New York Times:
Harris Suggests Trump Is ‘Weak and Unstable’ in Pointed Challenge
Harris Suggests Trump Is ‘Weak and Unstable’ in Pointed Challenge
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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 Is Going To Be Too Close for Comfort’ … When Kamala Harris took over Joe Biden's ailing campaign …
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The Hill
Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Trump suggests using military against ‘enemy from within’ on Election Day
Trump suggests using military against ‘enemy from within’ on Election Day
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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 …
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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.
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The Message Box
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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New York Post:
Armed man arrested outside Trump's Coachella rally — and sheriff says it was possible third assassination attempt
Armed man arrested outside Trump's Coachella rally — and sheriff says it was possible third assassination attempt
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Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
Man arrested near Donald Trump's California rally with loaded guns, police say
Man arrested near Donald Trump's California rally with loaded guns, police say
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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 …
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
America's choice: Do voters want to live in reality, or a dangerous dream world? — Donald Trump stopped Friday at a plush mountain hotel called Gaylord Rockies Resort just outside Aurora, Colo., to launch a Western weekend getaway — from basic reality. His rally at the resort's convention center …
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Oliver Darcy / Status:
The Atlantic Editor-In-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg warns newsroom decay is how ‘democracy decomposes’ — “We're sleepwalking into an absolute disaster,” Goldberg said. — In an industry beset by challenges, The Atlantic is a rare bright spot. — The 167-year-old magazine announced this week …
Axios:
Behind the Curtain — Election scenario 1: War-gaming a Trump sweep … This period, lasting at least two years, until the next congressional races, would allow Republicans to move ambitiously — with few brakes beyond the Senate filibuster. — The vast majority of congressional leaders are now Trump loyalists.
Politico:
Orbán threatens to mess with Ukraine aid to help Trump — Hungary's latest attempt to disrupt Ukraine aid isn't about money — it would penalize the EU. It's about making friends with Donald Trump. — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is preparing to serve …
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Joe.My.God. and Euromaidan Press
Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
The Trump Voters Who Don't Believe Trump — When the former president endorses violence and proposes using the government to attack his enemies, many of his supporters assume it's just an act. — One of the more peculiar aspects of Donald J. Trump's political appeal is this …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
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 …
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Associated Press:
This could have been a year of a federal court reckoning for Trump. Judges had other ideas — The indictment charging Donald Trump with hoarding classified documents leveled one jaw-dropping allegation after another, including that he showed off a secret Pentagon attack plan to guests …
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Maya C. Miller / New York Times:
Michigan Republican Blames ‘Proofing Error’ for Misleading Ad in Black-Owned Newspaper — The state's legislative Black caucus have asked the attorney general and a county prosecutor to investigate Tom Barrett's congressional campaign for potential voter disenfranchisement.
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Texas county sidelines librarians, reclassifies book on abuse of Native Americans as “fiction” — A Texas county has mandated public libraries move a well-regarded children's book documenting the mistreatment of Native Americans in New England — Colonization and the Wampanoag Story — from the “non-fiction” section to “fiction.”
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Scoop: Karine Jean-Pierre blocks John Kirby at White House podium … - Kirby, President Biden's top spokesperson for foreign affairs, joined Jean-Pierre for most briefings after Israel was attacked on Oct. 7, 2023. — But for the past two-plus months Kirby has been mostly absent in the briefing room …
David McAfee / Raw Story:
Meghan McCain's threat to Dems backfires as her dad's biographer issues warning of his own — Meghan McCain recently threatened Democrats by saying she might release what her father, John McCain, really thought about Vice President Kamala Harris. But that threat backfired on Sunday.
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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 …