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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.
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 …
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.
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 …
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Trump turns town hall into “music fest” after medical emergencies in crowd
Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
Kamala Harris needs weird voters  —  Tomorrow (Wednesday) at 11 a.m., I'll conduct a live Election Dialogue with Matt Yglesias on the Substack app.  Matt's outstanding newsletter, Slow Boring, has one of the highest audience overlaps with Silver Bulletin of any other Substack newsletter, so I know many of you already know him.
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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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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Suddenly, the Electoral College Is Posing a Problem for Trump
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Chauncey DeVega / Salon:
“Brain flaws”: Understanding MAGA as an epidemic disease
Discussion: Raw Story
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump Media shares fall nearly 10% after DJT plunge triggers trading halt … Trump Media shares closed down nearly 10% Tuesday, after a wild trading session that was briefly halted due to volatility when the Truth Social owner's stock suddenly plunged in price.
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.
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Michael Gold / New York Times:
In Bloomberg Interview, Trump Declines to Comment on Speaking With Putin  —  Donald J. Trump declined to comment on whether he'd talked with the Russian president since leaving office.  But he added, “If I have a relationship with people, that's a good thing.”
Rolling Stone:
Trump Crumbles When Pressed on Economic Policy in Tense Interview
NBC News:
Arizona GOP to forgo election night party, diverting funds to campaigns  —  The Arizona Republican Party announced today that it will forgo an election night party this year, instead channeling the funds to various Republican campaigns in the state.  —  “We believe it's more important …
Discussion: NPR
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Here's how Donald Trump would lower grocery prices  —  In his own words.  —  Donald Trump's town-hall-style campaign event in Pennsylvania on Monday understandably attracted more attention for its conclusion than for its contents.  But the actual question-and-answer period did provide useful insights that should not be overlooked.
Discussion: American Thinker
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.
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.
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 …
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
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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CNN:
US suggests military aid to Israel is at risk in letter demanding more aid for Gaza
Washington Post:
Where climate change poses the most and least risk to American homeowners  —  CAPE CORAL, Fla. — In 2017, Angela and Donald Brudos moved to a modest, ranch-style house where the Caloosahatchee River empties into the vast calm of the Gulf of Mexico.  Despite Florida's reputation for extreme weather …
Discussion: New York Times and Heatmap News
Axios:
Behind the Curtain — Election scenario 2: Harris sweep … - Democrats would race to make American courts less conservative, and hope for a Republican-appointed Supreme Court justice to retire.  —  This period of unified Democratic power would likely last two years, until the next congressional races …
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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 …
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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Isabella Murray / ABC News:
Walz to campaign with Presidents Obama, Clinton in early-vote push: Sources
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Julia Shapero / The Hill:
Trump says he likes Mark Zuckerberg ‘much better now’
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Zach Halaschak / Washington Examiner:
Walz ranked last among governors on fiscal policy thanks to tax hikes
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Business Insider:
Kamala Harris wants to expand student-loan forgiveness for 10,000 doctors and nurses who agree to work in rural areas
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Why Trump is doubling down on racism
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Live coverage: Georgia on track for record first day of voting as state preps for swing-state scrutiny
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The Economist:
The American economy has left other rich countries in the dust
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Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
Tradeoffs are real  —  Sorry, but it's true  —  The other day, I found myself clicking …
Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Neil Gorsuch's New Book Is an Embarrassment
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Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
Mitt Romney should endorse Kamala Harris
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