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The Raleigh News & Observer reports: An advertisement featuring artificially generated video and audio of the Republican nominee for North Carolina governor could be a sign of what’s to come in political attacks. The ad begins with a disclaimer that artificial intelligence was used, but the statements are parodies of comments made by Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson. An AI-generated Robinson, …

NBC News reports: Republican Kari Lake and Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego faced off in Arizona’s feisty first and only Senate debate Wednesday evening, trading shots over the border, abortion, tax policy and more. “We are at a crossroads, Arizona,” Gallego said in his opening statement, highlighting Lake’s repeated election denialism. “We’re going to see and talk to somebody who has …

Courthouse News reports: It was early on a Friday evening. The onetime lawmaker was hauling uphill. He was attempting with some difficulty to rendezvous with his teammate, an avatar wearing a Buffalo Bills football kit emblazoned with the number of the late NFL running back O. J. Simpson. This all might sound like a fever dream — but not quite. …

Politico reports: Florida Rep. Carlos Gimenez said Wednesday that GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and others who think like her that humans can control the weather need “to have their head examined.” Gimenez’s rebuke of his conspiratorially minded Republican colleague comes as Hurricane Milton bears down on Florida’s Gulf Coast and in the wake of Hurricane Helene, which made landfall …

Sen. JD Vance writes for the Wall Street Journal: A week went by while the citizens of North Carolina suffered without the equipment and soldiers needed to save lives and begin recovery. This is the sort of bureaucratic hiccup that engaged political leaders solve. A competent leader would have ordered those men and women into motion earlier, bureaucracy be damned. …

CBS News reports: Rep. Chuck Edwards, a North Carolina Republican, sent a letter to his constituents debunking the misinformation and conspiracy theories that have spread in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, telling them, “Nobody can control the weather.” Edwards, who represents western North Carolina, which was devastated by Hurricane Helene, urged his constituents not to believe everything they see on …

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The Meidas Touch reports: Donald Trump says he always wanted to “win” the Purple Heart. Alas, his pesky bone spurs prevented him from being able to serve in the military. None of Trump’s children ever served nor did his father or grandfather – either in the military or in law enforcement. Eric Trump said that he always wanted to be …

The Detroit News reports: Republican hopeful Mike Rogers has been registered to vote at three different addresses this year, raising questions in recent days about where exactly the former Michigan congressman is laying his head at night as he campaigns for the state’s open U.S. Senate seat. The Rogers’ campaign clarified in a call with The Detroit News that he …

Florida Politics reports: Another hurricane brings another unambiguous assertion of Floridians’ right to self-defense from the state’s Governor. “If you think you’re going to go in and loot, you got another thing coming,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said during a briefing at the state’s Emergency Operations Center. “If you go into somebody’s house after the storm passes, think that you’re going …

CNN reports: In 2020, Bob Woodward writes, Trump had “secretly sent Putin a bunch of Abbott Point of Care Covid test machines for his personal use.” Putin — who infamously isolated himself over fears of Covid — told Trump on a phone call to keep the delivery of the Abbott machines quiet, Woodward reports. “Please don’t tell anybody you sent …

“We will see what happens with this most terrifying of hurricanes in the Gulf. At some point we have to ask ourselves if there’s a Divine attempt to get our attention and stop all the insanity in our modern existence.” – CPAC chairman and allegedly groper of man meat Matt Schlapp, whose insurance carrier in March 2024 paid $480,000 to …

Newsweek reports: Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has doubled down on her allegation that an unspecified “they” can control the weather, a claim that has sparked a backlash online. “Yes they can control the weather,” the Georgia lawmaker and staunch Donald Trump ally wrote on X. “Anyone who says they don’t, or makes fun of this, is lying to you. By …

“It’s not about you, Kamala. It’s about the people of Florida. My focus is exactly where it should be. And I can tell you this. I’ve worked on these hurricanes under both President Trump and President Biden. Neither of them ever tried to politicize it. She has never called on any of the storms we’ve had since she’s been vice …

Rolling Stone reports: Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and Donald Trump’s most pathetic supporter, hands down, joked on Monday about the prospect of someone assassinating Vice President Kamala Harris or Joe Biden. “I made a joke, which I realize I deleted, which was like, nobody’s even bothering to try to kill Kamala, because it’s pointless,” Musk said. “What do …

The Huffington Post reports: Republican Senate candidate Tim Sheehy of Montana lamented that “young women between the ages of 19 and 30” are being “indoctrinated” on the issue of abortion during a campaign stop last year. “They’ve been indoctrinated for too long,” Sheehy said in recordings made public on Monday. “Abortion is their No. 1 concern. It’s all they want …

Raleigh’s CBS affiliate reports: For the second time in two weeks, Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson missed a vote to concur with a Hurricane Helene-related request from Gov. Roy Cooper. Records show Robinson was again the only member of the Council of State who did not vote on concurring with the executive order, which Cooper issued Saturday. “When Hurricane Helene was …

The Hill reports: The former head of the Florida Republican Party said he’s supporting Vice President Harris after “trolling” from other Republicans over the federal government’s response to Hurricane Helene. Al Cárdenas said in his appearance Monday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that natural disasters have “always been a bipartisan issue.” Cárdenas said in his appearance on “Morning Joe” that he …

NBC News reports: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is not taking calls from Vice President Kamala Harris about storm recovery just over a week after Hurricane Helene hammered parts of his state. A source familiar with the situation said he was dodging the Democratic presidential nominee’s calls because they “seemed political,” according to a DeSantis aide. “Kamala was trying to reach …

Fox News reports: New Jersey Senate candidate Curtis Bashaw, a Republican, appeared to freeze on Sunday during his debate against Democrat Rep. Andy Kim. The GOP candidate stopped speaking mid-sentence during his comments about affordability and appeared to look off into space. Kim was the first to rush over and check on Bashaw after noticing something was wrong. The debate …