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Suspect arrested after reports of threats toward FEMA operations in North Carolina — A North Carolina man was arrested over the weekend for allegedly threatening harm against FEMA employees responding to Hurricane Helene, according to the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office.
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
FEMA temporarily pauses aid in parts of NC over reported threats
FEMA temporarily pauses aid in parts of NC over reported threats
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Man charged with gun threats made against North Carolina FEMA workers
Man charged with gun threats made against North Carolina FEMA workers
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Man accused of threatening FEMA workers in western North Carolina
Man accused of threatening FEMA workers in western North Carolina
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Trump's former Joint Chiefs chair: Trump is ‘fascist to the core’ — “No one has ever been as dangerous to this country as Donald Trump,” retired Gen. Mark Milley said. “Now I realize he's a total fascist.” — When Gen. Mark Milley retired last year, following more than four decades …
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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 …
October 13, 2024 — “He is the most dangerous person ever. I had suspicions when I talked …
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Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
The Trump Voters Who Don't Believe Trump
The Trump Voters Who Don't Believe Trump
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Morgan Phillips / Fox News:
Biden warned Iran that killing Trump would be an act of war: report
Biden warned Iran that killing Trump would be an act of war: report
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Washington Examiner and The Gateway Pundit
Ivana Saric / Axios:
Harris campaign turns Trump's favorite weapon against him … - The campaign now uses those same tools to mock Trump and paint him in the opposite light. … - Another video, also posted Sunday, features one of Trump's rambling answers at an event, and the campaign labeled the former president “delulu” — Gen Z speak for “delusional.”
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Aaron Navarro / CBS News:
More than 230 doctors and health care providers call on Trump to release medical records — More than 230 doctors, nurses and health care professionals are calling on former President Donald Trump to release his medical records, arguing that he should be transparent about his health “given his advancing age.”
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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.
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Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
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Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:
NRA chief involved in gruesome cat killing as college fraternity member — Doug Hamlin pleaded no contest to animal cruelty over 1979 incident in which fraternity cat was tortured and killed — Douglas Hamlin, who was appointed to lead the NRA this summer in the wake of a long-running corruption scandal …
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
New NRA Chief Once Tortured a Cat to Death — Doug Hamlin pleaded no contest to brutally murdering a pet cat with his fraternity brothers as a student at the University of Michigan — REPUBLICANS SPENT THE better part of September falsely smearing migrants as sadistic pet torturers in their bid to stoke fear about immigration.
David Moye / HuffPost:
Geraldo Rivera Endorses Kamala Harris Over ‘Sore Loser’ Trump — “However you justify voting for Trump, adopting his big lie about the stolen election makes you a liar,” the veteran newsman said in a social media post Monday. — LOADING — Veteran newsman Gerald Rivera has finally broken away …
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Christopher F. Rufo / Christopher Rufo:
Kamala Harris's Plagiarism Problem — The vice president appears to have airlifted sections of her book, Smart on Crime. — Kamala Harris has become famous, in part, for her unique rhetorical style. She switches freely between various accents and peppers her speeches with catchphrases …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Kamala Harris Sets an Interview With a Not-So-Friendly Outlet: Fox News. — The interview, to be conducted by the anchor Bret Baier in Pennsylvania, will air Wednesday at 6 p.m. Eastern. — Vice President Kamala Harris has agreed to an interview with Fox News, the network said on Monday.
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Flynn Nicholls / Newsweek:
Swastika Flags Flown During Donald Trump Boat Parade in Florida — A boat bearing swastika symbols and Donald Trump — flags was hosed down after trying to join a Trump boat parade in Jupiter, Florida. — The boat was photographed attempting to take part in the parade on Sunday in the
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Cruz calls out McConnell-aligned group for not spending ‘a penny’ in Texas — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R) vented his frustration with the Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC aligned with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), for not spending any money in his competitive reelection race …
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New York Times:
Another Trump Clemency Recipient Faces Domestic Violence-Related Charges — Philip Esformes is at least the seventh person to be charged with new crimes after receiving a second chance in the last days of the Trump administration. — A Florida man who received a commutation …
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Washington Post:
Netanyahu tells U.S. that Israel will strike Iranian military, not nuclear or oil, targets, officials say — The signal is being seen in Washington as a sign of restraint after concerns that an Israeli strike on oil or nuclear facilities could trigger a wider war.
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Harris adviser Plouffe: Most public polls are ‘horses‑‑‑’ — David Plouffe, senior adviser to the Harris-Walz campaign, said most public polls are “hores‑‑‑” and discussed the campaign's internal polling in a podcast interview released Sunday.
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María Luisa Paúl / Washington Post:
Michigan GOP candidate's ad aimed at Black voters has wrong election date — The Michigan Legislative Black Caucus accused Republican Tom Barrett's campaign of misleading Black voters with an ad carrying the wrong election date. — Tom Barrett, a Republican vying for a Michigan congressional seat …
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Taylor Ardrey / USA Today:
Video captures worker's reaction when former president arrives at McDonald's in Georgia — An employee was in for quite the surprise when a president dropped by a McDonald's in Georgia over the weekend, only it wasn't the president she was thinking of. — “You Joe?
Democracy Docket:
Right-Wing Group Dismisses Voter Challenge Lawsuits in Nevada Counties — The right-wing organization Citizen Outreach Foundation voluntarily dismissed three lawsuits it filed in Nevada that asked county election officials to process around 30,000 voter challenges weeks before the election.
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Breaking: Business efforts to break the NLRB reach the Supreme Court — On Monday, a car supplier went to the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the court to block a National Labor Relations Board proceeding against the company from beginning on Tuesday — the highest-profile action yet in a growing effort …
Patrick Greenfield / The Guardian:
Trees and land absorbed almost no CO2 last year. Is nature's carbon sink failing? — The sudden collapse of carbon sinks was not factored into climate models - and could rapidly accelerate global heating — The age of extinction is supported by — It begins each day at nightfall.
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
University town becomes latest stiffed by Trump over campaign rally fees: report — Former President Donald Trump has yet again skipped the bill for a campaign rally, leaving the town that hosted it to foot the cost — this time the college town of St. Cloud, Minnesota.
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Trump ground game undercut by slow internet that crashes app — Trump campaign wants to hit rural voters but slow internet limits the functionality of the Campaign Sidekick app — Donald Trump's campaign has limited ability to know whether their ground game operation is reaching target voters …
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