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2:50 PM ET, August 9, 2024

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New York Times:
Willie Brown Says Trump's Helicopter Crash Story Never Happened  —  In a news conference, the former president recounted a brush with death alongside Willie Brown, the former San Francisco mayor.  A few aspects of the story don't hold up to scrutiny.  —  Former President Donald J. Trump told …
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Heather Digby Parton / Salon:
Donald Trump isn't fun anymore: How Kamala Harris stole the show — and extinguished his flame  —  We are currently watching Trump realize for the first time that he might lose again  —  Donald Trump is in a bad way.  —  His campaign has completely lost its bearings with the withdrawal …
Discussion: The Raw Story
David Badash / Alternet.org:
Is Donald Trump ‘quiet quitting’?  Here's what his ‘meltdown at Mar-a-Lago’ reveals  —  The first question during Donald Trump's “angry,” “rambling, incoherent, demented,” “complaining,” and “lie-filled” Thursday afternoon news conference from Mar-a-Lago was about campaign strategy, and would he be changing it.
James Oliphant / Reuters:
Trump apparently confuses Willie Brown with Jerry Brown in helicopter tale
Discussion: The Raw Story
Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
“They take the strategic national reserves. They're virtually empty now. We have never had it this low.”
Ryan Lizza / Politico:
Why Biden Was Really Forced Out of the Race, According to Anita Dunn  —  The longtime presidential adviser blames the press and her party for forcing Biden out of the race.  —  Anita Dunn has no regrets about holding a historically early debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump …
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
The Same Old Tired Shtick  —  The Harris-Walz barnstorming tour heads for the Sun Belt today, with rallies scheduled in Arizona and Nevada.  As Politico notes this morning, those events will provide an interesting test for “whether Walz's folksy, Midwestern brand can resonate beyond middle America.”
Discussion: New Yorker
Politico:
Playbook: Trump's ‘reset’ that wasn't
Discussion: Boing Boing, The Status Kuo and Reuters
Associated Press:
Trump recommits to a Sept. 10 debate and lashes out at Harris at news conference
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Harris campaign weaponizes crowd size against Trump … - Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz are drawing huge crowds as they barnstorm swing states this week, generating an exuberant atmosphere that had been missing from the Biden campaign.
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Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Harris Used to Worry About Laughing.  Now Joy Is Fueling Her Campaign.  —  Democrats are smiling again, and so is a vice president who once weighed the political risks of cheerfulness.  The high spirits are also providing air cover for scathing attacks on Republicans.
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
Democrats, sink this swiftboat immediately
MSNBC:
Lawrence: ‘Stupidest’ candidate Trump did not answer reporters' questions  —  Donald Trump rambled and lied for over an hour without any follow up questions or fact-checking.  MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell says that while he hopes Vice President Harris answers questions from reporters …
Owen Lavine / The Daily Beast:
Jack Smith Granted Delay in Trump Election Interference Case  —  EXTRA TIME  —  Special Counsel Jack Smith will have three more weeks to come up with a game plan to prosecute of former President Donald Trump.  —  D.C. Circuit Court Judge Tanya Chutkan has granted Special Counsel Jack Smith's request …
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Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
Jack Smith Asks for More Time
Eden Teshome / The Hill:
Oldest Latino civil rights group breaks with past to endorse Harris  —  The Harris-Walz campaign has received the first-ever presidential endorsement from the League of United Latin American Citizens, the oldest and largest Latino civil rights group in the country.
Discussion: UPI
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Suzanne Gamboa / NBC News:   Oldest Latino civil rights group announces its first presidential endorsement for Harris-Walz
Josephine Walker / The Daily Beast:
MAGA Turns on Joe Rogan as He Endorses RFK Jr. and Not Trump  —  TWIN FLAME  —  Right-wingers on X are not impressed that the popular podcaster is throwing his weight behind RFK Jr.  —  Podcast host and comedian Joe Rogan told listeners he supports longshot presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on his show Thursday afternoon.
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
The Real Reason Trump and Vance Hate Being Called ‘Weird’  —  In 2016, Democrats taunted Donald Trump as “dangerous Donald.”  In 2020, they moved on from dangerous to say that Trump's Republican Party was a threat to the “soul of America.”  Both messages — one relatively successful …
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Rep. Meeks on Trump presser: Maybe 'he's not all there anymore'  —  Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) PAC, on Friday suggested former President Trump may be “not all there anymore” after he held a lengthy and rambling press conference.
Emell Derra Adolphus / The Daily Beast:
‘Hercules’ Star Kevin Sorbo Tells Kamala Harris to ‘Say the N-word’ If She ‘Really Is Black’  —  UNGODLY  —  Former “Hercules” TV star Kevin Sorbo tweeted that the vice president should say the slur to prove her Blackness, and he was epically torched online for it.
Gabe Kaminsky / Washington Examiner:
Tim Walz repeatedly hosted Muslim cleric who celebrated Oct. 7 and shared pro-Hitler website link  —  Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz, on at least five occasions as governor of Minnesota, hosted a Muslim cleric who celebrated Hamas's Oct. 7 attack last year on Israel and promoted …
David McAfee / The Raw Story:
‘Something is amiss in Georgia’: Legal expert flags Trump loyalists' likely unlawful acts  —  Donald Trump's loyalists have infiltrated a Georgia election board and are now wreaking havoc, a legal analyst said on Friday.  —  MSNBC's Lisa Rubin, a former litigator, highlighted the actions …
Wall Street Journal:
Is Tim Walz Guilty of ‘Stolen Valor’?  —  His military record isn't a good reason to oppose his candidacy.  —  There are plenty of reasons to criticize Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz, and we've told you about several.  But the charges leveled so far about his military service look like …
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Elon Musk tries to dismantle the foundations of US democracy  —  From blatant election interference to ending the NLRB, he's doing all kinds of damage.  —  🚨 This all-free, 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.
 
 
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Gerald F. Seib / Wall Street Journal:
Why the Midwest Remains the Power Broker of American Politics
Seth Freed Wessler / ProPublica:
Developers Halt Louisiana Grain Elevator Project That Would Disrupt Black Historic Sites
Discussion: Louisiana Illuminator
NBC News:
‘Drastically less’: The number of migrants in border towns and some big U.S. cities has plunged
Discussion: Semafor
Democracy Now:
Tens of Thousands Rally Against Racism and Islamophobia in U.K. Following Days of Far-Right Rioting
Discussion: CounterPunch and Politico
Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
Trump has frequently promoted a Truth Social account that's shared material calling for Harris, Walz, and others to be killed
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Slotkin's home in Michigan swatted as Senate race gears up
Discussion: Washington Examiner
ProPublica:
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ABC:
Suspect wanted ‘to kill as many people as possible’ at Taylor Swift show, Austrian police say
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
DOJ wants 21 years for Trump supporter who ‘viciously’ assaulted officers on Jan. 6
The White House:
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