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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.
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
'Let's just listen to music': Trump's town hall event gets weird  —  Donald Trump was already facing questions about his mental acuity and cognitive abilities.  Then he bobbed his head to music for 39 minutes at an event.  —  With three weeks remaining in the election cycle …
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Trump Breaks Down Onstage  —  At a campaign event last night, Trump got bored—and weirdness ensued.  —  Is Donald Trump well enough to serve as president?  —  The question is not temperamental or philosophical fitness—he made clear long ago that the answer to both is no—but something more fundamental.
Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
Trump's Surreal Musical Town Hall Detour Has Everyone Confused  —  Donald Trump ended his town hall in Oaks, Pennsylvania, early Monday night and bizarrely made everyone watch him listen to music for nearly 40 minutes onstage.  —  Trump concluded the event after a few questions and a couple …
Discussion: New York Times and USA Today
James Bickerton / Newsweek:
Crowd Leaves Early as Trump Dances to Music on Stage For 39 Minutes  —  town hall event on Monday reportedly began leaving early after the  —  presidential nominee decided to stop taking questions from the audience and instead played music for 39 minutes.  —  The former president attended …
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
The Hour of Darkness Is Here  —  These are the times that try a nation's soul.  —  ∙ Paid  —  1. Cope Kills  —  Over the last 48 hours various Democratic friends have told me that:  — The polls are wrong.  — Polling averages are skewed by garbage Republican polls.
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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.
Reuters:
Exclusive: Kamala Harris could join podcaster Joe Rogan for an interview - sources
Charisma Madarang / Rolling Stone:
Trump Is Big Mad That Fox News Is Interviewing Harris
ABC News:
Harris calls Trump ‘increasingly unstable and unhinged’ during Pennsylvania rally
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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Greg Olear / PREVAIL:   Travesty Justice: How the FBI's Failure to Vet Brett Facilitated Kavanaugh's Confirmation
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
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.
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 …
Discussion: Axios
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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.
Discussion: New Republic, Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
Aimee Picchi / CBS News:
BrucePac meat recall includes these foods from Trader Joe's, Kroger and more.  Here's a list.  —  Hundreds of products sold at grocery chains such as Kroger, Wegmans and Trader Joe's are part of a BrucePac meat recall involving almost 10 million pounds of meat and poultry that may be contaminated …
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Michael Isikoff / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Campaign Manager Chris LaCivita's Multi-Million Payday Revealed  —  HOW MUCH?  —  Chris LaCivita, the Republican strategist entrusted with returning Trump to the White House, has eye-opening deals with the campaign, the Daily Beast has learned.
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New York Times:   Trump Leans On Creative Bookkeeping to Keep Up in Cash Race
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.
Discussion: Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
Business Insider:
Kamala Harris wants to expand student-loan forgiveness for 10,000 doctors and nurses who agree to work in rural areas  — Vice President Kamala Harris proposed an initiative to expand healthcare in rural communities.  — It includes recruiting 10,000 more healthcare workers to rural areas …
Discussion: Associated Press
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 …
Discussion: Ars Technica
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Ken Klippenstein:   The FBI Knocked On My Door
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 …
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump clashes with Bloomberg editor over tariffs  —  Former President Trump clashed with the editor-in-chief of Bloomberg News during an economic forum in Chicago on Tuesday over the GOP nominee's insistence that tariffs would not have negative consequences in a possible second term.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate majority at risk of falling out of reach for Democrats  —  Former President Trump's strength in the upper Midwest is putting Senate Democrats on defense, giving the GOP hopes it can not only win the Senate majority but grow it beyond a seat or two.  —  Republicans are already favored …
Juliann Ventura / The Hill:
Geraldo Rivera unsure how Latino voters with ‘any self-respect’ could back Trump  —  Television personality Geraldo Rivera questioned how any Latino voter with “self-respect” or “self-esteem” could vote for former President Trump in November, citing what Rivera labeled as “horrifying” rhetoric from Trump toward undocumented immigrants
Discussion: The Independent, IJR and Mediaite
Zach Halaschak / Washington Examiner:
Walz ranked last among governors on fiscal policy thanks to tax hikes  —  Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) received the lowest rating in the Cato Institute's biennial report card on governors's handling of spending and taxes.  —  Walz, who is Vice President Kamala Harris's running mate this election, has led the North Star state since 2019.
Discussion: RedState and Fox Business
 
 
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Josh Boak / Associated Press:
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Chris Michael / The Guardian:
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The Economist:
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Axios:
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Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
Mitt Romney should endorse Kamala Harris
Discussion: KDFX-TV