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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.
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
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
The Ghosts of Vice-Presidential Debates Past
Discussion: NPR and Fox News
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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Joey Garrison / USA Today:
Kamala Harris to survey Helene damage in Georgia, future trip planned for North Carolina  —  WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Georgia on Wednesday to tour damage caused by flooding from Hurricane Helene, with a future trip also in the works for North Carolina.
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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Elizabeth Crisp / The Hill:
Stein leads Robinson by double digits in NC governor race
Washington Post:
N.C. presidential race close as Helene recovery begins, Post poll finds
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.
Politico:
US officials quietly backed Israel's military push against Hezbollah  —  The officials urged caution and stressed the need for diplomacy.  But the timing was right for such a military shift, they concluded.  —  Senior White House figures privately told Israel that the U.S. would support …
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Brad Dress / The Hill:
Iran preparing missile attack on Israel, White House says
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.
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.
Associated Press:
Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas go on strike, a standoff risking new shortages  —  Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas began walking picket lines early Tuesday in a strike over wages and automation that could reignite inflation and cause shortages of goods if it goes on more than a few weeks.
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Reuters:
US East Coast dockworkers strike, halting half the nation's ocean shipping
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 …
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 …
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
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 …
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Casey up 4 points over McCormick in Senate reelection bid: Survey  —  Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey (D) is up 4 points in his Senate reelection bid over Republican rival David McCormick, according to a new survey.  —  The AARP poll found the incumbent Democrat garnering 49 percent support …
Discussion: Emerson Polling and Joe.My.God.
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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
Washington Post:
Jimmy Carter turns 100, and his hometown is ringing in the milestone  —  He is the first American president to reach the century mark.  Locals are excited to celebrate the man they know as “Mr. Jimmy.”  —  PLAINS, Ga. — Signs that read “Happy 100th Birthday Mr. President!” dot lawns.
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Associated Press:
Jimmy Carter and hometown of Plains celebrate the 39th president's 100th birthday
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 🚀
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.”
 
 
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Walz's claim that he was in Hong Kong during Tiananmen Square protests undercut by unearthed newspaper reports
Luke Goldstein / American Prospect:
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Jimmy Carter / New York Times:
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Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
The Election's No-Excuses Moment
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and Mediaite
Bloomberg:
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Jimmy Carter, Champion of Deregulation
Phoebe Quinton / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
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NBC News:
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