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7:10 PM ET, August 12, 2024

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emptywheel:
In Which Ian Miles Cheong Understands Trump's Campaign Better than NYT  —  The second I saw video of Vice President Harris rolling up to a hangar at Detroit's airport on Air Force Two, then alighting with Tim Walz in front of cheering crowds, I knew it would break Donald Trump's brain.
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Peter Wehner / The Atlantic:
Trump Can't Deal With Harris's Success  —  Kamala Harris has had as good a three-week stretch as any presidential candidate in modern American history.  —  When Joe Biden dropped out on July 21, less than a month after his catastrophic debate performance against Donald Trump …
Discussion: HuffPost
Jeet Heer / The Nation:
Why Donald Trump Can't Let Go of Joe Biden  —  The former president is caught in a nostalgia trap of his own making.  —  Pocket  —  With remarkable speed, the Democratic Party has embraced Kamala Harris as their presumptive nominee and moved on from Joe Biden, the party's standard-bearer since 2020 …
Discussion: ABC News, New York Magazine and CNN
Charlotte Alter / TIME:
The Reintroduction of Kamala Harris
James Powel / USA Today:   Harris becomes betting favorite in presidential election odds after swing state barnstorm
Seb Starcevic / Politico:
EU's Breton warns Musk on hate speech ahead of Trump interview; receives profane response  —  The European Union's digital enforcer wrote an open letter to tech mogul Elon Musk on Monday ahead of a planned interview with former United States President Donald Trump to remind him of the EU's rules on promoting hate speech.
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Popular Information:
The most expensive political ad of all time  —  In 2022, Elon Musk purchased Twitter, one of the world's largest social networks, for $44 billion.  From a financial perspective, it has not worked out well.  Over the last two years, the value of Twitter — which Musk renamed X — has plunged.
emptywheel:
Elon Musk's Machine for Political Violence  —  Last October, I wrote a post called “Elon Musk's Machine for Fascism,” describing how Twitter had twice served Donald Trump's electoral ambitions.  —  In 2016, trolls — including Don Jr — workshopped memes on a DM list and then used their reach to pressure MSM to adopt their narratives.
Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Trump posts campaign ad on X ahead of Musk interview
Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
Donald Trump Is Freaked Out in Ways He Never Imagined Were Possible  —  The Harris-Walz campaign proved two important things last week.  First, it proved that sometimes all you really have to do is answer attacks—the mere fact of answering them deflates their momentum.
Discussion: Roll Call and The Daily Beast
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Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
Desperate times: Trumpers launch Swiftboating 2.0
Reuters:
FBI investigating after Trump campaign says it was hacked by Iran  —  The U.S. FBI said on Monday it was investigating after Donald Trump's presidential campaign said its internal communications were hacked and blamed the Iranian government.  —  The former president said on Saturday that Microsoft …
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Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
FBI investigating alleged campaign hack that Trump blames on Iran  —  The GOP campaign claimed this weekend that it had been hacked by Iran, leading to the compromise of a JD Vance vetting document.  —  The FBI confirmed Monday it is investigating the alleged hacking of sensitive Trump campaign documents …
Amanda Seitz / Associated Press:
Dozens of pregnant women, some bleeding or in labor, being turned away from ERs despite federal law  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Bleeding and in pain, Kyleigh Thurman didn't know her doomed pregnancy could kill her.  —  Emergency room doctors at Ascension Seton Williamson in Texas handed …
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump to sue DOJ for $100M over Mar-a-Lago raid, alleging ‘political persecution’  —  Trump attorney says ‘unconstitutional’ raid should never have been approved by Garland, Wray  —  Join Fox News for access to this content  —  EXCLUSIVE: Former President Donald Trump is set to sue …
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CNN:
Trump wants Justice Department to pay him $100 million for alleged damages from FBI's Mar-a-Lago search
Discussion: Forbes
NBC News:   Trump plans to file a $100 million lawsuit against the Justice Department over Mar-a-Lago search and ‘witch hunts’
Dani Blum / New York Times:
Should You Get Another Covid Shot Now?  —  The virus is spreading, but new vaccines coming this fall could offer better protection.  We asked experts about the right time for a booster.  —  Patients keep asking Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease specialist at the University of California …
Silver Bulletin:
Silver Bulletin 2024 presidential election forecast  —  All the numbers for Trump vs. Harris.  —  ∙ Paid … Let's cut to the chase: So, who's gonna win the election?  —  Well, honestly, we don't know — but we can give you our best probabilistic guess.
Discussion: CBS News and New York Times
David Gardner / The Daily Beast:
Second Photo Alleged to Show JD Vance in Drag Posted Online  —  OMG!  —  The Vance campaign has not denied that the man in drag in a viral photo was Donald Trump's 2024 presidential election running mate.  —  A second image of JD Vance allegedly dressed as a woman in a blonde wig has been posted to X, formerly known as Twitter.
Tom Perkins / The Guardian:
US air force avoids PFAS water cleanup, citing supreme court's Chevron ruling  —  EPA says Tucson's drinking water is contaminated but air force claims agency lacks authority to order cleanup  —  The US air force is refusing to comply with an order to clean drinking water it polluted in Tucson …
Discussion: New Republic
Kadia Goba / Semafor:
Poll: Democratic attacks on JD Vance are working  —  The Scoop  —  New polling shared exclusively with Semafor shows Democrats' attacks on JD Vance's views on abortion, divorce and “childless cat ladies” are sticking with voters.  —  A pair of surveys by Blueprint, the centrist Democratic pollster backed …
Margaret Flavin / The Gateway Pundit:
Two Illegals Allegedly Rape Woman in Coney Island Near Migrant Hotel  —  On Sunday night, a woman was raped at knifepoint in Coney Island.  The two suspects are alleged to be two illegals from Nicaragua and Mexico.  —  According to police, the attack took place outside a hotel housing asylum seekers …
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Betsy DeVos would consider working with Trump again — under one condition  —  Donald Trump's former education secretary Betsy DeVos has changed her mind on serving in his administration if he wins re-election.  —  DeVos resigned on Jan. 7, 2021, following the U.S. Capitol riot, which she called …
Cheyenne Haslett / ABC News:
Canceling subscriptions should be as easy as signing up, newly proposed federal rule says  —  The new regulations were rolled out Monday but will be on varying timelines.  —  President Joe Biden speaks to reporters before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, on Aug. 2 …
Discussion: Reuters, Associated Press and CBS News
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Alaina Demopoulos / The Guardian:
My son was struggling - then he fell for Trump's toxic brand of ‘masculinity’.  I'm heartbroken  —  A progressive father on how Maga drove a wedge between him and his son - and how he's trying to salvage their relationship  —  Sam Delaune, as told to Alaina Demopoulos
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Tyler Monroe / Media Matters for America:
Broadcast news and major papers failed to cover report of possible Egyptian bribery involving Trump
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Majority of Republicans support Supreme Court reforms in Biden's proposal: Poll
Discussion: Raw Story
Business Insider:
Trump spent the weekend flying around America on a plane previously owned by Jeffrey Epstein
Discussion: USA Today and Raw Story
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The First Amendment is in grave danger if Trump wins
Discussion: Alternet.org
 Earlier Items: 
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
JD Vance's false claim that ‘green energy scam’ ships jobs to China
Discussion: Financial Times
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
Vice President Kamala Harris's choice of Minnesota governor Tim Walz to be her running mate seems …
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Democrats continue to joke about false JD Vance rumor after years of criticizing Trump for spreading misinformation
Discussion: Fox News
Sam Levine / The Guardian:
‘A different level than 2020’: Trump's plan to steal election is taking shape
Robyn Vinter / The Guardian:
Far-right rallies abandoned amid warnings of 10-year sentences
Christopher Rugaber / Associated Press:
Americans' refusal to keep paying higher prices may be dealing a final blow to US inflation spike
Discussion: USA Today, Fortune and Quartz
 

 
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