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Marianne LeVine / Washington Post:
Trump sways and bops to music for 39 minutes in bizarre town hall episode — Vice President Kamala Harris has called Trump, 78, unstable and questioned his mental acuity. — OAKS, Pa. — The town hall, moderated by South Dakota Gov. Kristi L. Noem (R), began with questions from preselected attendees for the former president.
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Charles R. Davis / Salon:
“Trump appears lost”: Alarm after Trump town hall abruptly turns into “bizarre” musical event — For more than a half hour, the former president stood on stage listening to music instead of answering questions — For just under 40 minutes, the Republican candidate who won't release …
Michael Gold / New York Times:
Trump Bobs His Head to Music for 30 Minutes in Odd Town Hall Detour — After multiple interruptions, Donald Trump cut off questions and seemed to decide that it would be more enjoyable for all concerned — and, it appeared, for himself — if he fired up his campaign playlist.
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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Trump turns town hall into “music fest” after medical emergencies in crowd
Trump turns town hall into “music fest” after medical emergencies in crowd
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Harris Goes On Fox. Trump Sticks to the Henhouse. — Three weeks to go! Happy Tuesday. — Playing to Win — by Andrew Egger — Until now, Kamala Harris's campaign has executed a smooth, hit-for-average strategy that has largely avoided big risks. Now, with three weeks to go, she's swinging for the fences.
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Kamala Harris could join podcaster Joe Rogan for an interview - sources — Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris could sit down with popular podcaster Joe Rogan for an interview in the final stretch of the U.S. presidential campaign, three sources with knowledge of the matter said on Monday.
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Charisma Madarang / Rolling Stone:
Trump Is Big Mad That Fox News Is Interviewing Harris
Trump Is Big Mad That Fox News Is Interviewing Harris
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Kaei Li / Democracy Docket:
Georgia Election Officials Have a Duty to Certify Results, Judge Rules — A Georgia judge ruled yesterday that certifying election results is a mandatory duty for county election officials. — In his opinion, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney stated that …
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Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Election certification in Georgia is mandatory, judge says
Election certification in Georgia is mandatory, judge says
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Rolling Stone:
Trump Plots to Declare 2024 ‘Rigged’ — Using GOP Efforts to Slow the Vote Count — The former president and his allies have worked to make sure 2024 mail-in ballots are counted slowly, so he can again demand officials “stop the count” — WITH JUST WEEKS left in the 2024 presidential contest …
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Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Trump's GOP moves to dramatically revamp election rules
Trump's GOP moves to dramatically revamp election rules
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The Kavanaugh cover-up — Over the last few years, the Supreme Court majority has issued a series of rulings that have fundamentally reshaped America — ending federal protections for abortion rights, upending the ability of federal agencies to issue regulations, and granting the president near-total immunity from criminal prosecution.
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Nico Hines / The Daily Beast:
Trump Abruptly Cancels Another Mainstream TV Interview — PULLS OUT AGAIN — CNBC co-host Joe Kernen announced on air that the previously unknown interview had been canceled. — SILENT TREATMENT — The former House speaker played a key role in convincing her old friend to abandon his re-election bid.
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Gary D. Robertson / Associated Press:
North Carolina governor candidate Mark Robinson sues CNN over report about posts on porn site — North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson announced a lawsuit Tuesday against CNN over its recent report alleging he made explicit racial and sexual posts on a pornography website's message board, calling the reporting reckless and defamatory.
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CNN:
US suggests military aid to Israel is at risk in letter demanding more aid for Gaza — The Biden administration sent a letter to the Israeli government demanding it act to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza within the next 30 days or risk violating US laws governing foreign military assistance …
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
U.S. demands Israel improve humanitarian conditions in Gaza or risk military aid … - Israeli authorities closed crossings into Gaza earlier this month, halting deliveries of food and essential supplies to 400,000 Palestinians before some trucks were able to enter again on Monday.
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New York Times:
Trump Leans On Creative Bookkeeping to Keep Up in Cash Race — Donald J. Trump's official campaign committee has a payroll of fewer than a dozen and has found ways for another account to pick up the tab for his rallies. — Donald J. Trump's political operation has been taking extraordinary measures …
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Michael Isikoff / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Campaign Manager Chris LaCivita's Multi-Million Payday Revealed
Trump's Campaign Manager Chris LaCivita's Multi-Million Payday Revealed
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Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
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Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Trump's Border Plans Are Light on Details but Strong on Fury
Trump's Border Plans Are Light on Details but Strong on Fury
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Neil Gorsuch's New Book Is an Embarrassment — The conservative Supreme Court justice produced a tendentious account of the legal system in service of a political narrative — and he won't answer his critics. — The Supreme Court began its new term last week at a perilous moment for the institution.
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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Journalist says FBI visited after he published hacked Vance document — An independent journalist says he was visited by the FBI after he published materiel allegedly obtained through an Iranian hack of former President Trump's campaign. — “The Bureau told me that I had been the target …
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Edith Olmsted / New Republic:
The Glaring Truth About That Man With Guns Arrested at a Trump Rally — MAGA Republicans have begun touting the arrest of an armed man outside Donald Trump's rally Saturday as a “thwarted” third assassination attempt, but federal investigators said that there was no indication that the man …
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Scott Dworkin / The Dworkin Report:
This Awesome Walz Speech Got Almost No Press Coverage — Coach revs up the Motor City — On Friday, Tim Walz dropped a powerful pro-union speech in front of a crowd filled of workers in Detroit, just a day after Trump trashed the city. Walz sent a clear, stern message that he and Kamala Harris …
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Scott Dworkin / The Dworkin Report:
Kamala Lays Smackdown On Trump, Crooked Press Ignores it
Kamala Lays Smackdown On Trump, Crooked Press Ignores it
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Live coverage: Georgia on track for record first day of voting as state preps for swing-state scrutiny — Early voting begins Tuesday in Georgia and with it comes big election developments, including: — A pivotal hearing in a lawsuit alleging the state Election Board overstepped …
The Economist:
The American economy has left other rich countries in the dust — “On present policies and performance, the United States is condemned to slower growth than the other main industrial countries for the foreseeable future.” So declared the Competitiveness Policy Council …
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Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Donald Trump's Fascist Romp — Over the past week, Donald Trump has been on a fascist romp. At rallies in Colorado and California, he amped up his usual rants, and added a rancid grace note by suggesting that a woman heckler should “get the hell knocked out of her” by her mother after she gets back home.
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Maya Boddie / Alternet.org:
‘Donald Trump gives up on speaking’: Fox News correspondent blasts ‘strange’ MAGA town hall — Fox News national correspondent Bryan Llenas detailed his experience as a Donald Trump town hall attendee in Oaks, Pennsylvania Monday night, after the former president stopped speaking and “started playing music” instead.
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