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Ivan Pereira / ABC News:
JD Vance says mass deportations should ‘start with 1 million,’ defends ‘thought experiment’ giving parents extra votes — The GOP vice presidential candidate discussed several issues with Jonathan Karl. — Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance is interviewed by ABC News' Jon Karl on Aug. 10, 2024.
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NBC News:
JD Vance says 2021 comments about giving more votes to people with kids were a ‘thought experiment’ — Vance's remarks resurfaced in the wake of backlash he faced over his 2021 comments about “childless cat ladies” running the country. — Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance …
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Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
JD Vance: Trump Can't Be Racist Because He Called Wife Usha ‘Beautiful’ — ‘RIDICULOUS ATTACKS’ — The vice presidential pick also defended Trump's decision to dine with white supremacist Nick Fuentes. — JD Vance said Donald Trump could not be racist—despite his past association …
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Joe Hernandez / NPR:
Biden says he's ‘not confident’ of a peaceful transfer of power if Trump loses
Biden says he's ‘not confident’ of a peaceful transfer of power if Trump loses
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emptywheel:
The Trump Hack Could Extend Far Beyond a Hack-and-Leak — When news first broke that Donald Trump's campaign says it has been hacked, I started drafting a post on applying the lessons of past ratfucks. — The alleged hack was first reported by Politico, which says some person using …
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Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
Politico Has Been Sitting On Hacked Communications From The Trump Campaign For 3 Weeks — Some rain on your wedding day: … I can't believe I read the first sentence in the second graf and didn't have a stroke. — Anyway, Politico has apparently been sitting on these since July 22:
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Washington Post:
Trump campaign says it is victim of foreign hack after leak of Vance report
Trump campaign says it is victim of foreign hack after leak of Vance report
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Owen Lavine / The Daily Beast:
Trump's 271-Page Dossier of JD Vance's ‘Vulnerabilities’ Hacked by Iran
Trump's 271-Page Dossier of JD Vance's ‘Vulnerabilities’ Hacked by Iran
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Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
162 lies and distortions in a news conference. NPR fact checks former President Trump — There were a host of false things that Donald Trump said during his hour-long news conference Thursday that have gotten attention. — A glaring example is his helicopter emergency landing story, which has not stood up to scrutiny.
Axios:
Behind the Curtain: Inside Trump's slump … - Advisers are telling him Harris will grow her lead coming out of the Democratic convention, which begins a week from tomorrow — especially if they don't define her better, faster. … But it's Trump. So a new script is often fictional wishfulness.
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Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Anger Out of Control as Poll Numbers Keep Cratering
Trump's Anger Out of Control as Poll Numbers Keep Cratering
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Nate White / London Daily:
British Writer Pens The Best Description Of Trump I've Read — “Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?” Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England wrote the following response: — A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem.
Adam Parkhomenko / The Alt Media with Adam Parkhomenko …:
It's Happening: Swifties are Officially Organizing for Harris — For us at The Alt Media, the only thing more delicious than seeing MAGA lose its damn mind is seeing all the enthusiasm across the country to elect Kamala Harris and Tim Walz as our next president and VP.
Gareth Hutchens / ABC:
‘Neoliberal capitalism’ has contributed to the rise of fascism, says Nobel laureate — abc.net.au/news/joseph-stiglitz-the- road-to-freedom-neoliberalism-fascism/ 104210670 — How would you define the “good society”? — It's a question Joseph Stiglitz, winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize …
Ali Lyon / City A.M.:
More advertisers to flee X after recent Elon Musk lawsuit and riot comments — Elon Musk's antitrust lawsuit against brands that have boycotted X and his controversial activity on the platform during the recent spate of UK riots are set to exacerbate the long-held misgivings advertisers have with the site …
Sabrina Haake / Salon:
Vibes matter: Trump can hardly restrain his jealousy over the Harris campaign's joy — Donald Trump is stewing in frustration over Kamala Harris' meteoric rise — Evolutionary biologists know why humans spend disproportionate energy on negative thoughts compared to positive: Teasing out threats …
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Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
Trump's Crucial Power Has Been Neutralized — He's no longer the “change” candidate. — If you're compiling a list of the head-spinning, gob-smacking, I've-never-seen-this-before events of the 2024 campaign, here's one more potentially decisive factor to add: A sitting vice president has become the “change” candidate.
Ryan King / New York Post:
Biden admits he was pushed out of presidential race, name-drops Pelosi in first interview since exit — President Biden admitted he was pushed out of the presidential race by Democratic Party elites and specifically name-dropped former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as one of the perpetrators …
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