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12:15 AM ET, August 13, 2024

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Gaby Del Valle / The Verge:
The Elon / Trump interview on X started with an immediate tech disaster … Elon Musk's “conversation” with former President Donald Trump got off to a rocky start.  The interview, which was hosted on X Spaces and scheduled to begin at 8PM ET Monday night, crashed almost immediately and didn't begin until 42 minutes later
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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.
Rebecca Picciotto / CNBC:
Elon Musk, Donald Trump event on X crashes site, Tesla CEO blames cyberattack … Elon Musk's much-hyped interview of former President Donald Trump on the social media platform X was quickly derailed by technical glitches in the first minutes of the scheduled start time on Monday evening.
LeighAnn Caldwell / Washington Post:
2024 election live updates Elon Musk interviews Trump live on X after delay
ABC News:
Trump makes X return with Musk interview
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New York Times:
Judge Rules That Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Cannot Appear on New York Ballot  —  The ruling was a blow to Mr. Kennedy's independent campaign for president.  The judge said that he had used a “sham” address to claim residency in New York.  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s independent presidential campaign …
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Kennedy24:
Kennedy to Appeal Partisan Ruling in New York Ballot Access Residency Case  —  Independent Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. today condemned the openly partisan ruling by Democratic Judge Christina L. Ryba in Albany County Supreme Court against his New York residency and said that he will win on appeal.
Maggie Astor / New York Times:
Live Election Updates: Harris and Democrats Ride Momentum Toward Convention  —  Vice President Kamala Harris and President Biden will appear together this week in their first joint trip since he handed her the reins.  Donald Trump has an interview today with Elon Musk.
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Peter Wehner / The Atlantic:
Trump Can't Deal With Harris's Success
Discussion: National Review and HuffPost
Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Trump campaign office in Virginia burglarized, police say  —  The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office said it's investigating whether anything was stolen, as well as the identity of the alleged suspect who was captured on surveillance video.  —  Police in a Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C. …
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Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
FBI investigating alleged campaign hack that Trump blames on Iran
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Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump's Campaign Admits It Rented Jeffrey's Epstein's Jet  —  OOPS!  —  A campaign official told The Daily Beast that it instructed a charter jet company to never lease them the infamous Gulfstream G550 ever again.  —  Donald Trump's campaign confirmed the former president chartered …
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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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CNN:
Suspected Iranian hackers breached Roger Stone's personal email as part of effort to target Trump campaign, sources say  —  The FBI and other investigators probing the apparent hack-and-leak of Trump campaign documents, which Donald Trump has blamed on Iran, suspect that the hackers were able …
Discussion: The Verge
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Reuters:
FBI investigating after Trump campaign says it was hacked by Iran
Garrett Shanley / The Independent Florida Alligator:
Sasse's spending spree: Former UF president channeled millions to GOP allies, secretive contracts  —  The former UF president tripled his office's spending compared to predecessor  —  In his 17-month stint as UF president, Ben Sasse more than tripled his office's spending …
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 …
New York Post:
NYC migrants — including one charged in sex assault 4 months ago — raped woman at knifepoint, beat her boyfriend: sources  —  Two migrants were arrested for a knifepoint rape in Coney Island - including one who was released from jail less than two months ago after sexually assaulting …
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Margaret Flavin / The Gateway Pundit:
Two Illegals Allegedly Rape Woman in Coney Island Near Migrant Hotel
Discussion: New York Post
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 …
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Former FBI deputy chief lays out path for prosecution of Clarence Thomas  —  Former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe gave tips on how to make Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas answer allegations about gifts received by rich donors when he joined legal analyst Allison Gill for their weekly"Jack" …
Discussion: Mediaite
NBC News:
Arizona certifies abortion-rights initiative for the November ballot  —  Arizona's secretary of state's office announced that the 24-week limit will go up for a vote in the battleground state later this year.  —  PHOENIX — Arizona's ballot will include a major reproductive rights measure …
Discussion: HuffPost and ABC News
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
Tyler Monroe / Media Matters for America:
Broadcast news and major papers failed to cover report of possible Egyptian bribery involving Trump  —  NBC, ABC, CBS, as well as the LA Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal, all ignored the reporting … According to an August 2 report in The Washington Post, the U.S. Department …
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
 
 
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: Gottheimer “strongly considering” New Jersey governor run
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Majority of Republicans support Supreme Court reforms in Biden's proposal: Poll
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The First Amendment is in grave danger if Trump wins
Discussion: Alternet.org
Jonathan Nicholson / HuffPost:
House GOP Hardliners Threaten Government Shutdown Over Baseless Illegal Voters Bill
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Tom Perkins / The Guardian:
US air force avoids PFAS water cleanup, citing supreme court's Chevron ruling
Discussion: New Republic
Alaina Demopoulos / The Guardian:
My son was struggling - then he fell for Trump's toxic brand of ‘masculinity’. I'm heartbroken
Discussion: Raw Story
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
Vice President Kamala Harris's choice of Minnesota governor Tim Walz to be her running mate seems …
 

 
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