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CNN:
Harris plans to use ABC debate time even if Trump doesn't show up  —  Vice President Kamala Harris is planning to show up for the previously agreed-upon debate set for September 10 on ABC - even if Donald Trump does not, a source familiar with the matter tells CNN.
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Isaac Arnsdorf / Washington Post:
Trump claims new debate deal as Harris urges sticking to existing date  —  The Harris campaign was baffled by Trump's claims that he had struck a deal for a new debate on Fox.  —  Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump claimed late Friday night to have struck a deal for a new debate …
Discussion: Twitchy, Metro.co.uk, DNyuz and Raw Story
Politico:
Trump goes low as Harris gains ground  —  In a succession of crude social media posts, Trump called Harris “low IQ,” “dumb” and lacking “mental capacity.”  —  Donald Trump broadsided Kamala Harris in a string of derisive social media posts on Saturday, focusing his attacks …
Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing / Politico:
Trump calls off ABC debate, suggests Fox News face-off instead  —  In a Truth Social post late Friday night, Trump wrote that the Sept. 10 debate on ABC was “terminated.”  —  Former President Donald Trump pulled out of the only scheduled debate with Democratic frontrunner Kamala Harris, proposing a new debate on Fox News on his terms.
Jason Lemon / Newsweek:
Kamala Harris Mocks Donald Trump for ‘Running Scared’ Over Debate  —  Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign responded to former President  —  's announcement that he had “agreed” to a  —  nominee of “running scared” on Saturday.  —  Harris formally became the
Simon J. Levien / New York Times:
Election Live Updates: Trump and Vance to Rally in Battleground Georgia, as Harris Mulls V.P. Choice
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Trump and Harris go all-in to make Pennsylvania the new Florida
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Maeve Reston / Washington Post:
With Vance's elevation, Pennsylvania voters reexamine Trump's views on women
Discussion: Fox News
Patrick Reilly / New York Post:
Trump says he's agreed to Fox News offer to debate Kamala Harris on Sept. 4
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Kamala Harris raised $310 million in July, dwarfing Trump haul for month
Josh Boswell / Daily Mail:
Kamala Harris's husband Doug Emhoff cheated on his first wife with daughter Ella's nanny Najen Naylor - and got her PREGNANT  — Doug Emhoff cheated on his first wife with Najen Naylor, now 47  — Naylor also taught at their children's pricey Los Angeles private school
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
Emhoff acknowledges affair during first marriage after tabloid report  —  Vice President Kamala Harris' husband Doug Emhoff acknowledged Saturday in a statement to CNN that he had an affair during his first marriage after the alleged details of the relationship were published by a British tabloid.
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Jimmy Carter's next goal is voting for Kamala Harris for president  —  The former president is ‘more alert and interested in politics’ in recent days, his family says  —  As former President Jimmy Carter nears his 100th birthday, his milestone celebration isn't on his mind.  —  Defeating Donald Trump is.
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Sarah D. Wire / USA Today:
Jimmy Carter says he's hoping to vote for Kamala Harris as 100th birthday approaches  —  WASHINGTON - Former President Jimmy Carter told family that as he approaches his milestone 100th birthday this fall that he's holding on to vote in the presidential election.
Discussion: Vanity Fair
Isabel van Brugen / The Daily Beast:
Jimmy Carter Says He's Hanging On to Vote for Kamala Harris
Discussion: Instapundit
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Senate Republicans forgot Trump's recklessness.  It's back to haunt them.  —  GOP senators relished watching Democratic infighting during the summer, neglecting that their nominee would never merely focus on policy issues.  —  For weeks, Senate Republicans delighted in the misery of their Democratic counterparts.
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
How JD Vance Thinks About Power  —  Mr. Vance has been blunt about wanting to break norms and test constitutional limits to execute his ideas: “We have to get pretty wild, pretty far out there.”  —  Mr. Vance has been blunt about wanting to break norms and test constitutional limits to execute his ideas …
Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
Why she should pick Shapiro  —  Silver Bulletin Subscriber Questions, Edition #11A.  —  ∙ Paid  —  Welcome to Edition #11A of Silver Bulletin Subscriber Questions.  I'm going to do something slightly unusual here and break this into two parts.  This half consists of a single long answer …
Emma Camp / Reason:
More Than Half of Americans Think the First Amendment Provides Too Many Rights  —  More than half of Americans believe the First Amendment can go too far in the rights it guarantees, according to a new survey from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), a First Amendment-focused nonprofit.
Discussion: HotAir, FIRE and JONATHAN TURLEY
Salon:
Dog whistling past Dixie: Republicans are in over their heads playing the Kamala Harris race card  —  The attempts to disqualify the vice president reek of desperation  —  Donald Trump just made it official, in case you had doubts: The GOP is the party of racism, whether reverse-spun, dog-whistled or broadcast without guise.
Discussion: The Nation
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Associated Press:
Ohio removes 155,000 from voter rolls ahead of November's presidential election  —  Ohio has removed 155,000 inactive and out-of-date voter registrations from the state's voter rolls ahead of the November election, the state elections chief announced Friday.
Discussion: The Midwesterner
 
 
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
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