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NBC News:
Trump has no plan to pull his endorsement of Mark Robinson after alleged porn site scandal  —  Trump is facing pressure from some allies and staff to break with the gubernatorial candidate after a report on his past comments, but so far he does not plan to drop him.
New York Times:
Trump Ignores Mark Robinson Controversy, Hoping Gubernatorial Candidate Will Drop Out
Alayna Treene / CNN:
Exclusive: Harris campaign launching new ad seeking to tie Trump to Mark Robinson
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Mark Robinson offers up the 2024 version of the I-was-hacked defense
Discussion: Ars Technica and NewsNation
Emily Tamkin / The Forward:
This GOP candidate has always been antisemitic — so why are Republicans only panicking about him now?
Mike DeWine / New York Times:
I'm the Governor of Ohio.  I Don't Recognize the Springfield That Trump and Vance Describe.  —  I was born in Springfield, Ohio.  My wife, Fran, and I have lived our entire lives less than 10 miles from this city.  —  When we were dating in high school, we would go there to see movies …
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Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Springfield had more murders under Trump than under Biden-Harris  —  Facing intense criticism for promoting false claims that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, are abducting and eating other residents' pets, Sen. JD Vance has tried to pivot by blaming Vice President Kamala Harris …
Evan McMorris-Santoro / NOTUS:
Vivek Ramaswamy Waltzed Into Springfield's ‘Year of Hell’
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
Pro-Trump Georgia election board votes to require hand counts of ballots  —  Critics plan to sue, saying the new requirement would almost certainly lead to errors and could disrupt the process of certifying the vote in a crucial battleground state.  —  ATLANTA — The Georgia State Election Board approved …
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CNN:
Georgia election board requires ballots be hand-counted despite warning from key GOP state officials  —  Allies of former President Donald Trump who control the Georgia State Election Board approved a controversial new rule Friday requiring counties to hand-count the number of ballots cast …
Ari Berman / Mother Jones:
MAGA Republicans Pass New Election Rules in Georgia That Could Rig the State for Trump  —  “We're so far off the deep end of sanity here.”  —  Less than two months before the election, the Trump-aligned majority on the Georgia State Election Board passed a new set of eleventh-hour rule changes …
Matt Ott / Associated Press:
Trump Media skids to new low on the first day the former president can sell his shares  —  Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group slumped to their lowest level ever Friday, the first trading day that its biggest shareholder, former President Donald Trump, is free to sell his stake in the company behind the Truth Social platform.
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Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
‘I agonized over it’: Behind the scenes with the reporter who uncovered the RFK Jr./Olivia Nuzzi story  — One of the country's most high-profile journalists says she had a “personal” relationship with RFK Jr.  — Now Olivia Nuzzi is on leave from New York magazine, where she's written many buzzy political stories.
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New York Post:
Star political reporter Olivia Nuzzi on leave from New York magazine over alleged ‘sexting’ relationship with RFK Jr.
Washington Post:
Trump ramps up push for Nebraska to change electoral vote allocation  —  Nebraska is one of two states that award some of its electoral votes by congressional district.  A vote from the Omaha area is part of Harris's easiest path to victory.  —  Former president Donald Trump spoke by phone …
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Timothy Noah / New Republic:
The Teamsters President Is Out of His Depth  —  “We are not beholden to anyone, or any party,” Teamsters President Sean O'Brien said two months ago at the Republican National Convention.  Perhaps he meant it, because on Wednesday the Teamsters announced that, for the first time in 28 years …
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Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
Trump's Alarming Use Of A Word With A Deep Fascist History  —  Most people didn't notice when the former president used the term in a Truth Social post.  But white nationalists did.  —  Last weekend, former President Donald Trump posted another anti-immigrant screed to Truth Social.
Evan Halper / Washington Post:
Microsoft deal would reopen Three Mile Island nuclear plant to power AI  —  The owner of the shuttered Pennsylvania plant plans to bring it online by 2028, with the tech giant buying all the power it produces.  —  Pennsylvania's dormant Three Mile Island nuclear plant would be brought …
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Bloomberg:
Microsoft AI Needs So Much Power It's Tapping Site of US Nuclear Meltdown
Kaei Li / Democracy Docket:
9th Circuit Reinstates Arizona Voter Suppression Law  —  Arizona's 2022 controversial voter registration and mail-in voting law will be reinstated due to a ruling from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.  —  Signed into law in June 2022, Senate Bill 1260 includes three harmful provisions …
Jose Pagliery / NOTUS:
New Court Filings Place Matt Gaetz at a Party at the Center of the Sex Trafficking Scandal  —  This is the first public filing that cites sworn testimony alleging that Gaetz attended one of the long-rumored parties with a teenage girl.  — Copy  —  Rep. Matt Gaetz attended a drug-fueled sex party …
Dawn Roberts / Des Moines Register:
I co-chaired Nikki Haley's Iowa campaign.  I am endorsing Kamala Harris.  —  I heard Harris articulate that she has always brought groups of diverse individuals and opinions together to solve problems.  That is a healthier and wiser way to lead.  —  I served as an Iowa state co-chair of the Nikki Haley for President campaign.
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Reuters:
US SEC intends to seek sanctions against Elon Musk in Twitter probe  —  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Friday it intends to seek sanctions against Elon Musk after he failed to appear for court-ordered testimony for the regulator's probe into his $44 billion takeover of Twitter.
Diana Falzone / Mediaite:
Scoop: Bill O'Reilly Ends Interview, Threatens Host Margaret Hoover Over Questions on Sexual Harassment Settlements  —  Bill O'Reilly abruptly ended an interview with PBS host Margaret Hoover after being questioned on the allegations of sexual harassment against him, Mediaite has learned.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and TVLine
Politico:
House Republicans work to defuse Trump as they defy shutdown demands  —  GOP appropriators have been calling their presidential nominee, trying to convince him his calls to shut down the government over a voting bill are a bad idea.  —  House Republicans are typically hesitant to defy Donald Trump.
Discussion: Raw Story
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US Food and Drug Administration:
FDA Approves Nasal Spray Influenza Vaccine for Self- or Caregiver-Administration  —  First Influenza Vaccine That Does Not Need to be Administered by a Health Care Provider  —  For Immediate Release:  —  Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved FluMist for self- or caregiver-administration.
Sean Craig / The Daily Beast:
Self-Proclaimed ‘Black Nazi’ Mark Robinson Even Started Learning German  —  HE'S THE WURST!  —  The same email of Robinson's that was used to set up an Ashley Madison account was also used to start a Duolingo account to learn the language of Goethe (and Hitler).
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
The Trump Lie Machine Is Broken  —  It shouldn't have taken a year, let alone nine, for political elites to stop getting snookered by Donald Trump.  —  I say that as someone with very low expectations.  Being an easy mark is part of the price of admission to the heights of American discourse.
Discussion: Progress Pond
Politico:
Elon Musk steps up political giving with six-figure donation to House Republicans  —  The August contribution is more than Musk has previously given to a party committee.  —  Controversial tech magnate Elon Musk stepped up his political giving in August, giving his largest-known political donation ever …
Discussion: IJR
 
 
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Harris Slams Trump in Georgia Over Abortion Rights
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Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
A Project 2025 Adviser Just Defended Slavery in Haiti
Discussion: Raw Story
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Heather Hollingsworth / Associated Press:
White officer who fatally shot Black man shouldn't have been in his backyard, judge rules in suit
Discussion: The Root and Newstalk KZRG
Jacob Kornbluh / The Forward:
Trump says Jews would deserve much of the blame if he loses
Kelly Rissman / The Independent:
Which Mexico are you? New Mexico furious after Texas installs razor wire along its border
Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
How they have failed us  —  It is as if the editorial department at The Washington Post woke …
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Apocalypse delayed: Trump keeps promising a doom that never comes
 

 
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Paramount's Shari Redstone backs CBS co-host Tony Dokoupil after execs criticized his work and says she lacks editorial control but “something needs to be done”

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Filing: the FT reports 2023 revenue up 5% YoY to £444M, operating profit down 33% YoY to £9M, and 1.4M paid subscribers, of which 1.3M were digital subscribers

Tovia Smith / NPR:
A look at the bidding war for Alex Jones' Infowars and its parent company Free Speech Systems, where some would-be-buyers just want to bury it

 
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