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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 …

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.

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New York Post:
Armed man arrested outside Trump's Coachella rally — and sheriff says it was possible third assassination attempt

Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
Man arrested near Donald Trump's California rally with loaded guns, police say

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Keely Bastow / Washington Examiner:
Man with illegal guns arrested outside Trump's Coachella rally venue

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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.”

Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo and Boston Herald

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.

Discussion: Ohio Capital Journal

Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
‘Nitpicking Everything’: JD Vance Fumes as ABC News Host Calls Out Bogus Claims About Colorado City

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Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Trump Wants the Military to Target Americans Who Oppose Him

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Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
Harris' Camp Sounds the Alarm After Trump Says Military Should ‘Handle’ Democrats

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Washington Post:

Trump wages campaign against real-time fact checks — The moves are the latest example of Trump's long-held resistance to being called to account for his falsehoods. — Donald Trump and his campaign have waged an aggressive campaign against fact-checking in recent months, pushing TV networks …

Discussion: Joe.My.God., Raw Story and National Zero

New York Times:
Harris Suggests Trump Is ‘Weak and Unstable’ in Pointed Challenge

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NBC News:
Harris rallies in a Pennsylvania bellwether county as she focuses on ‘blue wall’ states

Discussion: BizPac Review

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

Al Weaver / The Hill:
Senate rankings: 5 seats most likely to flip

Discussion: The Message Box

Julie Carr Smyth / Associated Press:
Moreno's abortion comment rattles debate in expensive Senate race in Republican-leaning Ohio

Discussion: Ohio Capital Journal and Associated Press

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 …

Discussion: CNN, CBS News, The Daily Beast, Axios, WBTV-TV, Joe.My.God. and National Zero

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

The Hill: Harris gives Democrats a boost, but control of House up for grabs

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 …

Discussion: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Raw Story, Joe.My.God. and HuffPost

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

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.

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.

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 …

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 …

Discussion: Euromaidan Press

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 …

Margaret Sullivan / American Crisis:
About those New York Times headlines

Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo and Lawyers, Guns & Money

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.

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.