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3:30 PM ET, September 17, 2024

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Laila Bassam / Reuters:
Dozens of Hezbollah members wounded in Lebanon when pagers exploded, sources and witnesses say  —  At least eight people were killed and 2,750 others including Hezbollah fighters, medics and Iran's envoy to Beirut were wounded on Tuesday when the pagers they use to communicate exploded across Lebanon …
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Wall Street Journal:
Hezbollah Pagers Explode in Apparent Attack Across Lebanon  —  Eight people were killed and 2,750 wounded, country's health minister says  —  BEIRUT—Pagers carried by thousands of Hezbollah operatives exploded at about the same time Tuesday afternoon in what appeared to be an unprecedented attack …
Marin Scotten / Salon:
“Depressed, disgusted and horrified”: These lifelong Republicans say they're finally done with Trump  —  Former Republicans opposed to Donald Trump are working to give conservatives “permission” to vote for a Democrat  —  Robert Nix, a 62-year-old lawyer from Philadelphia, was a lifelong Republican before Donald Trump came to office.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Washington Post:
Court may decide if Arizonans with missing citizenship records can vote in state races  —  Arizona officials discovered they have no records showing if nearly 100,000 longtime residents provided proof of citizenship, which is required by law to vote in state and local races.
Discussion: NBC News, Axios, Votebeat and Spotlight PA
Politico:
Playbook: The next Jan. 6
Discussion: Poynter and Mock Paper Scissors
Rachael Bade / Politico:
The other Jan. 6 Democrats are worried about
Discussion: Raw Story
ProPublica:
Judge Aileen Cannon Failed to Disclose a Right-Wing Junket  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  Federal Judge Aileen M. Cannon, the controversial jurist who tossed …
Washington Post:
Trump, without evidence, blames ‘rhetoric’ of Biden, Harris for possible assassination attempt  —  Former president Trump, who has a long history of inflammatory rhetoric, repeated the claim on his social media platform Truth Social.  —  Former president Donald Trump on Monday blamed the …
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Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Lemon on CNN says Trump should ‘stop threatening democracy’
Rex Huppke / USA Today:
After possible assassination attempt, Trump decries ‘rhetoric’? Spare me the sanctimony.
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Harris soars to record 6-point lead over Trump in post-debate poll … - “A majority of likely voters — including 1 in 5 Republicans — believe Harris won the debate, and performance appears to be crystalizing her national lead over the former president,” said Eli Yokley, political analyst at Morning Consult, in an emailed statement.
Discussion: Slate and News.Az
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Victoria Prodeline / Monmouth University …:
Small Movement Post-Debate  —  Large gender gaps on trust to handle immigration, abortion  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Vice President Kamala Harris continues to hold slightly more voter support than former President Donald Trump in the 2024 race for president.
Discussion: New Jersey Online
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Missouri September 2024 Poll: Republican Candidates Lead in President, Governor, Senate Races
Discussion: Pluribus News
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Vance: Trump's Health-Care Plan Is to Let Insurers Charge More for Preexisting Conditions … Donald Trump infamously said at the presidential debate he had the “concept of a plan” to replace Obamacare.  As is often the case when Trump commits verbal self-harm, it fell to J.D. Vance to turn …
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Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Vance Lets Slip: He and Trump Are Coming For Your Health Care
Discussion: UPI and HuffPost
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Trump Is No Gerald Ford
Discussion: New York Times and USA Today
Deborah Acosta / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Authorities Were Warned About Suspected Trump Gunman  —  Ryan Routh criticized Trump and threatened to kill Vladimir Putin, setting off alarm bells among those involved in Ukraine assistance efforts  —  in West Palm Beach, Fla., and Vera Bergengruen in Washington
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Anna J Kaiser / Bloomberg:
Palm Beach Asks for Help After Spending $93,000 a Day to Protect Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
Kate Kelly / New York Times:
Secret Service Admits Not Searching Golf Course Perimeter, Drawing New Scrutiny
Axios:
Senate GOP abandons anti-Biden strategy after unexpected backfire … - Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) told Axios they were “not actually getting anything done” with the votes, but it created a situation in which Democrats “can send a message that they're pretending to back home.”
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate Republicans losing patience with Johnson as shutdown nears
CNBC:
New details of Trump family crypto project released, including who can buy in … More than two hours into Republican former President Donald Trump's World Liberty Financial launch event on X Monday night, the team behind the Trump family's new crypto project finally unveiled a key detail …
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Jasper Goodman / Politico:   Trump's crypto venture faces scrutiny from House Democrats
Associated Press:
Donald Trump doesn't share details about his family's cryptocurrency venture during X launch event
Associated Press:
Suspicious packages sent to election officials in at least 6 states  —  Suspicious packages were sent to election officials in at least six states on Monday, but there were no reports that any of the packages contained hazardous material.  —  Powder-containing packages were sent to secretaries …
Eli Hager / ProPublica:
In an Unprecedented Move, Ohio Is Funding the Construction of Private Religious Schools  —  The state is giving millions in taxpayer dollars directly to private schools to help them renovate and expand their campuses.  It may be the next frontier in the push to increase the use of school vouchers, proponents say.
Discussion: NC Newsline
Public Notice:
Mehdi Hasan sounds off  —  “The media is too timid, too cautious, too cowardly.”  —  ∙ Paid … Mehdi Hasan thinks elite media institutions are failing us, which is why he founded Zeteo, an “independent and unfiltered” news and commentary site that has grown exponentially since its debut earlier this year.
Discussion: Zeteo and Boing Boing
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Harris holds 6-point national lead over Trump in postdebate polling  —  Vice President Harris is leading former President Trump nationally by 6 points, according to a polling released a week after the first debate between the major party nominees.  —  The Morning Consult survey …
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Jessica Valenti / Abortion, Every Day:
Georgia Ban Kills Young Mother  —  Click to skip ahead: A Death in Georgia looks at a horrific ProPublica story about a young mother who was killed by an abortion ban.  Criminalizing Pregnancy tells the story of a woman in South Carolina charged with murder for her miscarriage.
New York Times:
Harris Campaign Says She Will Meet the Press (on Her Terms)  —  The vice president, who has granted few interviews as the Democratic nominee, is now ramping things up.  But she is likely to focus on local outlets and nontraditional venues where voters get their news.
 
 
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Ann Butler / BBC:
Who is suspect in Trump assassination attempt, Ryan Routh?
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Samuel Alito and German rightwing aristocrat linked to US anti-abortion activist
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Governor Mike DeWine:
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Robert Reich:
The key to what should be (and hopefully will be) Kamalanomics
ABC News:
Trump Arlington cemetery incident still under investigation: Sources
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Rafael Bernal / The Hill:
Harris enthusiasm driving a surge in young Latino registration: Voto Latino
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New York Post:
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