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Elaine Godfrey / The Atlantic:
What Democrats Don't Understand About J. D. Vance  —  If you show up to a J. D. Vance campaign event and ask some of the red-hat-wearing attendees whether they're fans of the senator from Ohio, they will say: No, they are fans of Donald Trump.  —  Yet Vance is better than his ticketmate …
Discussion: New Republic and USA Today
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Nell Scovell / The Daily Beast:
You Won't Like Who JD Vance Will Copy at Tonight's Debate  —  HOLD MY BEER  —  The past is always prologue and this one features another shouty Yale Law School graduate. … Look for candidate JD Vance to come out swinging at Tuesday's vice presidential debate against Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
Mary Ann Akers / The Daily Beast:
Republicans Will Secretly Cheer Walz during Debate: Friend  —  SILENTLY ANTI-TRUMP  —  A congressman who served with Tim Walz predicts even more will come out of the woodwork.  —  Deputy Washington Bureau Chief  —  Tim Walz's former roommate and fellow lawmaker claims there's a secret cabal …
Discussion: USA Today and Deseret News
Edith Olmsted / New Republic:
Trump Is Already Preparing for J.D. Vance to Lose the V.P. Debate
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Dems privately worry how Walz will fare against Vance in VP debate
Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
Biden Fumes After Reporter Parrots Trump Lies on Hurricane Helene  —  President Biden isn't happy with Donald Trump's lies about him ignoring the plight of hurricane victims.  —  Speaking to reporters Thursday night along with North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, who was present via teleconference …
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Associated Press:
Trump makes false claims about federal response as he campaigns in area ravaged by Hurricane Helene
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:   September 30, 2024  —  One hundred years ago tomorrow, former president Jimmy Carter arrived in the world in Plains, Georgia.
Quinnipiac University Poll:
Swing State Poll 2024: Georgia, North Carolina: Trump Ahead In GA, On Upside Of Tight Race In NC, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; NC Governor Race: More Voters Say Robinson Should Stay In Race  —  mail_outline  —  GEORGIA: Trump 50%, Harris 44%, other candidates 3%
Discussion: The Hill and HuffPost
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Reuters:
Live Updates: Iran Launches About 180 Ballistic Missiles at Israel  —  Many of the missiles were intercepted with the help of the United States, but some fell in central and southern Israel, the Israeli military said.  Israel vowed to retaliate.  —  Raja Abdulrahim/The New York Times
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Cook Political Report shifts Texas Senate race toward Democrats  —  The Cook Political Report on Tuesday shifted Texas's Senate race from “likely Republican” to “lean Republican,” signaling momentum for Rep. Colin Allred's (D-Texas) challenge against incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in the red state.
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Taylor Lorenz Exits Washington Post to Launch ‘User Mag’ on Substack (Exclusive)  —  Lorenz, who is leaving the newspaper to launch the publication, says that it will “cover technology from the user side,” in contrast to traditional coverage of social media.
Jordan Moreau / Variety:
John Amos, ‘Good Times’ Dad and ‘Roots’ Actor, Dies at 84  —  John Amos, the star of “Good Times,” “Roots” and more, died on Aug. 21 in Los Angeles of natural causes, his representative confirmed to Variety on Tuesday.  He was 84.  —  “It is with heartfelt sadness that I share …
Jose Pagliery / NOTUS:
Trump's Team Is Trying to Stop — Or Heavily Redact — the Release of Jack Smith's Election Fraud Report  —  The former president's lawyers are trying to get ahead of what could be his campaign's October surprise.  — Copy  —  Donald Trump's lawyers are scrambling to get ahead …
Discussion: Forbes and Joe.My.God.
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
24 hours of MAGA misinformation  —  A small sampling of the inundation of false and dubious claims flowing from Donald Trump and his allies.  —  We're now in the final full month of the 2024 campaign, and that means politicians and their allies are frantically seeking votes for their side.
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Olivia Nuzzi accuses ex-fiance of orchestrating blackmail campaign amid RFK relationship  —  New York magazine writer Olivia Nuzzi is publicly accusing her ex-fiancé Ryan Lizza, a prominent political journalist with Politico, of orchestrating a harassment and blackmail campaign …
Samantha Cole / 404 Media:
Paypal Opted You Into Sharing Data Without Your Knowledge  —  PayPal quietly opted users into sharing data with third parties for “personalized shopping experiences,” according to multiple complaints on social media and 404 Media's own tests.  —  “Starting early summer 2025 …
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Video Out of North Carolina After Hurricane Helene Is Tough Viewing  —  Meanwhile, eighty-two Republicans voted to shut down the government as a catastrophic storm prepared to devastate a quarter of the country.  —  The video evidence from western North Carolina looks like something Matthew Brady would have sent back from Antietam.
Javier G. Cuesta / El País:
Apple quietly deletes nearly a hundred VPNs that allowed Russians to get around censorship  —  The multinational has removed dozens of apps, even though the Kremlin's censorship body did not order the move.  These services, half-permitted by the government, enable people in Russia to access social networks and independent media
ProPublica:
Have Government Employees Mentioned Climate Change, Voting or Gender Identity?  The Heritage Foundation Wants to Know.  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.
Victor Fiorillo / Philadelphia Magazine:
Philly-Area Republican Couple Threatened After Filming Kamala Harris Ad  —  The normally idyllic lives of these Main Line farmers changed after MSNBC spotlighted the commercial.  —  Pennsylvania farmers Bob Lange and wife Kristina Chadwick Lange are lifelong Republicans.
Discussion: SAVVY MAINLINE and Raw Story
AJ McDougall / The Daily Beast:
Nevada Republicans Freak Out Over ‘Deplorable’ Statue of a Giant, Naked Trump  —  ‘PORNOGRAPHIC’  —  A 43-foot effigy of an entirely nude Donald Trump that mysteriously appeared outside Las Vegas over the weekend has been condemned by Nevada Republicans, who slammed the “deplorable” sculpture as “pornographic.”
Alana Mastrangelo / Breitbart:
Exclusive: Young Americans for Freedom's Pro-Israel Banner Defaced on U. of Iowa Campus  —  Conservative students with Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) at the University of Iowa found their banner promoting a Pro-Israel event defaced less than three hours after it was put up on campus.
Jerusalem Post:
Eight killed in terror shooting in Jaffa, many more wounded  —  The shooting, which the MDA designated a mass-casualty incident, occurred near a light rail station in the central Israeli city.  —  Eight people were killed and at least seven wounded, as well as a dog, in a shooting terror attack in Jaffa …
Bud Foster / KOLD-TV:
Rep. Raul Grijalva talks about cancer battle, political future  —  Congressman said the upcoming election will be his last, win or lose  —  TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - In an exclusive interview with 13 News on Monday, Rep. Raul Grijalva said this election will be his last.
Discussion: HuffPost, The Hill and E&E News
Davidrlurie / Public Notice:
Why the “vetting” of JD Vance was a spectacular failure  —  🚨 This special, five-edition week of PN is made possible by paid subscribers.  If you aren't one already, please sign up to support our independent journalism.  🚨  —  🚀 Subscribe to Public Notice 🚀
Associated Press:
Democratic donors prop up far-right candidates including Wisconsin gun activist in Senate race  —  David Steinglass, a wealthy donor, has supported scores of Democrats running for office and calls himself an activist for transgender rights.  So his donation earlier this year to a far-right candidate …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
The Election's No-Excuses Moment  —  Voters know all they need to know—especially about Trump.  —  This weekend, at his rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, Donald Trump descended into a spiral of rage and incoherence that was startling even by his standards.  I know I've said this before …
Phoebe Quinton / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Thousands of people purged from Georgia's voter rolls reregistered after Kamala Harris' rally in Atlanta  —  More than 40,000 people have filled out paperwork to vote on Election Day in November  —  Stanlecia Johnson, 48, registered to vote when she turned 18 years old …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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ABC News:
Biden directed US military to help Israel shoot down Iranian missiles, officials say
Washington Post:
Senate Democrats seek probe into DOJ investigation of Trump and Egypt
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
Molly Fischer / New Yorker:
Tim Walz and J. D. Vance's Battle of the Dads
Discussion: Bloomberg and Althouse
Thomas Joscelyn / The Bulwark:
JD Vance Can't Be Trusted to Protect the Constitution
Discussion: New York Times
CNN:
Walz's claim that he was in Hong Kong during Tiananmen Square protests undercut by unearthed newspaper reports
Luke Goldstein / American Prospect:
Private Equity Is Taking Your Calls
Jimmy Carter / New York Times:
Trump Insults Harris's Mental Fitness, Adding to Questions About His Own
Discussion: Raw Story, UPI and The Status Kuo
 Earlier Items: 
Bloomberg:
Tory Leadership Race Opens Up After Gaffes by Front-Runners
Discussion: The Guardian, Politico and The Dispatch
Jill Lawrence / The Bulwark:
Say Goodbye to Truth as We Know It If Trump and Vance Win
John McCormack / The Dispatch:
What Happened to Tucker Carlson?
Washington Post:
Jimmy Carter turns 100, and his hometown is ringing in the milestone
Associated Press:
Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas go on strike, a standoff risking new shortages
 

 
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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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