Trump's Election Disinformation Machine Is Already Kicking Into Gear https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-election-disinformation-machine-is-already-kicking-into-gear-for-2024/
Poll shows growing fear of political violence in America https://www.wral.com/video/poll-shows-growing-fear-of-political-violence-in-america/21085133/
ICYMI: Fox News' Greg Gutfeld suggests "civil war" because "elections don't work" https://www.salon.com/2023/10/06/fox-news-greg-gutfeld-suggests-civil-war-because-elections-dont-work/
25 Years After Matthew Shepard's Murder, Has Anything Changed? https://www.thedailybeast.com/25-years-after-matthew-shepards-murder-has-anything-changed
Trump's argument to get out of Jan 6th culpability is beyond parody. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/10/slatest-news-politics-newsletter-trump-jan-6-elizabeth-warren-scotus.html
Inside Matt Gaetz's Congressional Coup https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/inside-matt-gaetzs-congressional-coup
The newest threat to elections is AI-boosted disinformation https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2023/10/ai-disinformation-threat-elections/391011/
Trump's “Absolute” Immunity Argument Is Even Worse Than It Looks https://newrepublic.com/article/176052/trump-jan-6-absolute-immunity-argument-even-worse-looks
Surprise Infiltration, Massive Barrages Shock Israel; at Least 20 Killed, Over 500 Wounded https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-10-07/ty-article-live/israel-under-attack-terrorists-infiltrate-from-gaza-amid-massive-rocket-barrages/0000018b-088b-dae9-adcb-abbff50f0000
Trump's Genius Legal Team Makes One More Sure-to-Lose Argument https://newrepublic.com/post/176030/donald-trump-presidential-immunity-argument-jack-smith-election-2020
Fulton DA previews witnesses for first Trump RICO trial https://www.ajc.com/politics/fulton-da-previews-witnesses-for-first-trump-rico-trial/4XPJ4CPP5VD3LMN5QXIAAJV6VQ/
Many GOP anti-Trumpers are throwing in the towel https://www.axios.com/2023/10/06/gop-anti-trump-fading-away-2024
Donald Trump’s clearest legal strategy: Delay https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/06/politics/trump-seeks-delays-federal-cases/index.html
Trump to file for a stay in New York civil fraud trial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksppfUgfv64
Trump may meet with House Republicans on leadership race https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-may-meet-with-house-republicans-leadership-race-us-media-2023-10-05/
Efforts to overturn the 2020 election were part of Trump’s 'official duties,' his lawyers argue https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/trump-argues-presidential-immunity-shields-2020-election-interference-rcna119070
Is Donald Trump normalizing political violence in America? https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/10/05/donald-trump-normalizes-political-violence-in-america
Trump's words turn violent as pressure on him builds https://www.axios.com/2023/10/04/trumps-words-turn-violent-pressure-builds
Clarence Thomas lays the groundwork for dismantling defendant rights. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/10/clarence-thomas-supreme-court-dismantling-miranda-rights.html
Insight: 'They're just meat': Russia deploys punishment battalions in echo of Stalin https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/theyre-just-meat-russia-deploys-punishment-battalions-echo-stalin-2023-10-03/
Abortion, guns, democracy: US rights at stake as supreme court term begins https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/oct/02/us-supreme-court-term-begins-abortion-gun-control-government
Biden provided an era-defining interview to ProPublica https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/biden-interview-propublica-trump-democracy-alito-ethics-rcna118426
Putin's Next Target: U.S. Support for Ukraine, Officials Say https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/02/us/politics/putin-ukraine-spy-united-states.html
As His Fraud Trial Begins, Trump Looks to Capitalize on It https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/01/us/politics/trump-fraud-trial.html
How Trump’s Idea to Use Military Force in Mexico Became Embraced by GOP https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/03/us/politics/trump-mexico-cartels-republican.html
Biden warns MAGA Republicans will try to thwart the next funding deal https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden/joe-biden-maga-republicans-will-try-thwart-funding-deal-rcna118287
Attacked by Trump, New York judge to weigh ex-president's fraud case https://www.reuters.com/world/us/attacked-by-trump-new-york-judge-weigh-ex-presidents-fraud-case-2023-10-02/
Trump Chooses His Own Shocking Cause Of Death In Bonkers New Rant https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-electrocution-sharks_n_651a29cce4b094f840214b06
Attorney General Garland says in interview he'd resign if Biden asked him to take action on Trump https://apnews.com/article/trump-garland-justice-department-142d7a18c116439bafebe20c08916f5e
Trump fraud civil suit starting Monday threatens to end his business career https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/02/trump-fraud-case-new-york
US warns of Chinese disinformation. China says that’s disinformation https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/01/world/china-disinformation-us-response-intl-hnk/index.html
Video: Retired US general on why the short-term spending deal is a win for Putin https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/10/02/mark-hertling-ukraine-aid-putin-acostanr-hnk-vpx.cnn
U.S. lawmakers to negotiate new funding bill for Ukraine https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/10/02/exp-ukraine-pleitgen-lklv-100212a-seg1-cnni-world.cnn?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_google
Trump fraud trial begins in New York on Monday: What to know https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/02/politics/fraud-trial-trump-organization/index.html
Challenge to McCarthy’s speakership would be first in over 100 years https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/01/politics/history-mccarthy-house-speaker-challenge/index.html
California Gov. Newsom will appoint Laphonza Butler to fill Feinstein’s Senate seat https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/01/politics/laphonza-butler-dianne-feinstein-successor/index.html
How The GOP Could Play Dirty With Feinstein's Successor To Block Biden's Judges https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dianne-feinstein-senate-judiciary-committee-judges_n_6515984ee4b03ffb8c706d6e
First Plea Deal in Georgia RICO Case Is Not Good News for Trump https://www.thedailybeast.com/scott-hall-becomes-first-co-defendant-to-take-a-deal-in-trumps-fulton-county-case
Elon Musk Calls for Imprisonment of San Francisco Lawmaker https://sfstandard.com/2023/09/29/elon-musk-calls-for-imprisonment-of-democratic-socialist-san-francisco-supervisor/
Right-wing extremist convicted in fatal drive-by shooting at Oakland courthouse https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/right-wing-extremist-convicted-drive-by-shooting-18390894.php
DeSantis Makes Bonkers Claims About Florida Schools' Ties to China https://www.thedailybeast.com/desantis-makes-bonkers-claims-about-florida-schools-ties-to-china
Republican Case Against Biden Beautifully Goes Up in Flames on Fox News https://newrepublic.com/post/175751/republican-case-biden-petro-poroshenko-shokin-debunk
Trump breaks with Kevin McCarthy, pushing Republicans to shut down the government https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/trump-breaks-mccarthy-republicans-government-shutdown-rcna117192
The main difference between Hunter Biden and Jared Kushner https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/-hunter-biden-indictment-jared-kushner-trump-family-rcna105273
First Cargo Ships Arrive in Ukraine Since Russia Ended a Grain Deal https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/17/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-ships.html
The rule of law is in more trouble than democracy https://www.ft.com/content/ecbd1d55-ce7a-488a-bb39-e039a40dfbd7
Republicans Are Putting Democracy on Life Support https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/09/republicans-are-putting-democracy-on-life-support
With democracy on the ballot, the mainstream press must change its ways https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/15/trump-biden-mainstream-politics-news-coverage
Donald Trump Reveals He and Melania 'Actually Get Along' https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/09/donald-trump-reveals-he-and-melania-actually-get-along.html
Special counsel asks judge to limit Trump's "inflammatory" statements targeting individuals, institutions in 2020 election case https://www.cbsnews.com/news/special-counsel-limit-trump-inflammatory-statements-2020-election-case/
Putin and Kim's Embrace May Place Xi in a Bind https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/16/world/asia/china-putin-kim.html
Texas Senate deliberations in AG Paxton impeachment trial spill into second day https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/15/politics/ken-paxton-impeachment-texas-attorney-general/index.html
Trump vows to appoint task force to review cases of those he claims were unjustly prosecuted by Biden administration https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/16/politics/trump-task-force-pardon-biden/index.html
Global survey shows two-thirds of population favours solar power https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/global-survey-shows-two-thirds-population-favours-solar-power-2023-09-15/
How Right-Wing Groups Are Plotting To Implement Trump's Authoritarianism https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/09/heritage-foundation-project-2025-trump-authoritarianism-our-land/
Trump says he’d testify under oath he never ordered Mar-a-Lago security video deleted https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-mar-lago-staffer-delete-security-footage-tapes-false-rcna104781
The UAW launches a historic strike against all Big 3 automakers https://www.npr.org/2023/09/15/1199673197/uaw-strike-big-3-automakers
'Tyranny of the Minority' writers say democracy is at risk https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/tyranny-of-the-minority-writers-say-constitution-not-strong-enough-to-protect-democracy
Zelenskyy is expected to visit Washington as Congress debates $21 billion in aid for Ukraine https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/zelenskyy-is-expected-to-visit-washington-as-congress-debates-21-billion-in-aid-for-ukraine
Milley disputes claim he recommended Trump attack Iran https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/13/politics/milley-cnn-interview-trump-iran/index.html
Biden sharpens his economic message ahead of shutdown fight with GOP https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/14/politics/joe-biden-economic-speech/index.html
Trump wants to close the Department of Education, joining calls by GOP rivals https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/13/politics/trump-department-of-education-states-2024/index.html
Taiwan hits back at Elon Musk’s claim that it is ‘part of China’ https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/14/business/elon-musk-taiwan-china-comments-intl-hnk/index.html
The 8 places that will decide the 2024 election https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/12/2024-election-counties-split-ticket-00114940
Election experts issue report recommending changes ahead of 2024 https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/13/elections-american-democracy-stress-2024-00115399
The C.D.C. Director Explains Why You Should Get the Latest Covid Booster https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/13/opinion/covid-booster-fall-2023.html
Video: Maggie Haberman says 'it would be surprising' if Trump was content stopping at Biden impeachment inquiry https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2023/09/13/maggie-haberman-donald-trump-joe-biden-impeachment-inquiry-src-vpx.cnn
White House to send letter to news execs urging outlets to ‘ramp up’ scrutiny of GOP’s Biden impeachment inquiry ‘based on lies’ https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/12/media/white-house-letter-news-executives/index.html
Salon: Trump's plans to become a dictator — denial will not save you https://www.salon.com/2023/09/07/plans-to-become-a-dictator--denial-will-not-save-you/
Tommy Tuberville's Hissy Fit Shows McConnell Has Lost His Hold on the GOP https://www.thedailybeast.com/tommy-tubervilles-hissy-fit-shows-mitch-mcconnell-lost-his-hold-on-the-gop
The 'Fake' Trump Legal Fund Playing Both Sides and Duping Everyone https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-fake-trump-legal-fund-playing-both-sides-and-duping-everyone
DiSaster: Ron DeSantis Is Losing All His Top Donors https://newrepublic.com/post/175416/ron-desantis-losing-top-donors
House-Senate GOP tension rises as shutdown fears grip Capitol https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/07/politics/house-senate-republican-tension-shutdown/index.html
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