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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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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.
Discussion: Salon and HuffPost
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  —  GOING DOWN  —  According to Axios sources, Trump “is struggling to get past his anger” and his advisers are “deeply rattled” by his “meandering, mean and often middling public performances.”  —  Donald Trump's advisers …
Discussion: New York Times
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:
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.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
Joseph Konig / Spectrum News NY1:
Trump falsely claims Harris Michigan rally crowd 'didn't exist,' was generated with AI  —  Former President Donald Trump took to social media on Sunday to falsely claim that Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign faked photos of the crowd at her Detroit-area rally last week using artificial intelligence.
Richard Fausset / New York Times:
Kid Rock Threw the Party.  MAGA Faithful Brought the Joy, Rage and Smirnoff Ice.  —  A music festival headlined by the pro-Trump musician offered a snapshot of a maturing American subculture, with a mash-up of hedonism, rebellion and beer-guzzling pursuit of happiness.
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 …
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.
Wall Street Journal:
In Secret Talks, U.S. Offers Amnesty to Venezuela's Maduro for Ceding Power  —  Long-shot American attempt fueled by opposition effort to document the president's overwhelming defeat at the polls
Discussion: New York Post and Semafor
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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Fox News:
Kamala Harris panned for requiring ID to enter Arizona rally after previously painting voter ID laws as racist
Discussion: RedState and Twitchy
Lauren Dunn / NBC News:
After Dobbs decision, more women are managing their own abortions
Discussion: CBS News
NBC News:
JD Vance says 2021 comments about giving more votes to people with kids were a ‘thought experiment’
Discussion: The Daily Beast, Bloomberg and The Hill
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
JD Vance Has Right-Wing Friends in High Places
James Risen / The Intercept:
Racism Is Why Trump Is So Popular
Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
Trump's Crucial Power Has Been Neutralized
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More advertisers to flee X after recent Elon Musk lawsuit and riot comments
Financial Times:
Kamala Harris is more trusted than Donald Trump on the US economy
Discussion: New York Post
Cameron McWhirter / Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Attacks on Georgia's GOP Governor Stand to Benefit Harris
Discussion: Alternet.org and Business Insider
Rogé Karma / The Atlantic:
We're Entering an AI Price-Fixing Dystopia
 

 
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