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10:05 AM ET, August 13, 2024

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The Verge:
The Elon Musk / Donald 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 on Monday night, crashed immediately and didn't begin until 42 minutes later.
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William Vaillancourt / The Daily Beast:
Musk Claims Hackers Turned Trump's X Interview Into Disaster  —  DESANTIS 2.0  —  Musk was hosting Trump on X for a live audio-only interview which crashed badly.  The Tesla boss claimed it was a “DDOS” attack.  —  Fifteen months after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis launched …
Brittany Gibson / Politico:
Trump's interview with Musk devolves into yet another X catastrophe  —  It started after about 45 minutes.  —  Elon Musk guaranteed entertainment.  He delivered technical difficulties instead.  —  Musk planned to host GOP nominee Donald Trump for an interview “Live on X,” formerly Twitter Spaces …
David Frum / The Atlantic:
The Trump Campaign's ‘Please Shut Up’ Phase  —  That was a crazy public service provided by Elon Musk and X.  —  The X Spaces interview delivered Donald Trump without makeup or dress-up, talking unselfconsciously: manic, boastful, untruthful, aggrieved, abusive, obsessive, random, ignorant …
Discussion: Axios, The Hill, Raw Story, NBC News and Politico
Rex Huppke / USA Today:
Trump rambles, slurs his way through Elon Musk interview. It was an unmitigated disaster.
Streiff / RedState:
Washington Post Reporter Wants Biden to Stop Trump-Musk Interview Because He Fears ‘Misinformation’
Seb Starcevic / Politico:
EU's Breton warns Musk on hate speech ahead of Trump interview; receives profane response
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
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 …
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Only Gaza ceasefire can delay Iran's Israel response, sources say
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
FBI investigating alleged campaign hack that Trump blames on Iran
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Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Trump Email Hack Is A Moment Of Reckoning For Him—Or The News Media  —  Outlets like the New York Times owe their readers frenzied coverage of his campaign's emails, or a mea culpa for their history-altering emails fixation in 2016  —  You might say Politico won the weekend with a metascoop.
Discussion: CBS News, Alternet.org and USA Today
Politico:
Progressives jostle for nat sec jobs under Harris  —  The liberal activists plan to offer Harris lists of names to consider, but their last such effort with Biden yielded little success.  —  Progressive national security professionals already are angling for positions in a possible Kamala …
Discussion: freebeacon.com
Zac Anderson / USA Today:
Latest Harris-Trump poll highlights danger for former president in Florida  —  The red wave that washed over Florida in recent years might not be as large as it once seemed, if a new presidential survey is any indication.  —  Vice President Kamala Harris is within “striking distance” …
Associated Press:
Judge rules against RFK Jr. in fight to be on New York's ballot, says he is not a state resident  —  A judge ruled Monday that independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s name should not appear on New York's ballot, saying that he falsely claimed a New York residence on nominating petitions despite living in California.
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Erin Doherty / Axios:
New York judge says RFK Jr. should be booted from state's ballot
Discussion: UPI and USA Today
Politico:
‘End of an era:’ the Times won't endorse in local races  —  Presented by With help from Rich Mendez  —  One of the most influential players in New York politics has benched itself without much explanation.  —  The New York Times' decision to immediately halt city and state endorsements scrambles …
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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 …
CNN:
Workers allege ‘nightmare’ conditions at Kentucky startup JD Vance helped fund  —  As a venture capitalist, JD Vance repeatedly touted his guiding principles for investing in a company: A business should not only turn a profit, it should also help American communities.
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
Progressives face an existential threat from AIPAC.  And there's nothing to stop it.  —  AIPAC and other pro-Israel groups spent a combined $25 million on ads to defeat Reps. Jamaal Bowman and Cori Bush this summer.  Liberals worry they're just getting started.
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
How hotels are colluding to jack up room rates, according to two lawsuits  —  If you traveled this summer, the rate you paid at hotels may have been artificially inflated.  According to two lawsuits, numerous hotel operators are participating in an illegal scheme to increase their prices.
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 …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
John Woodside / Canada's National Observer:
Big Oil is lobbying aggressively against climate action  —  Fossil fuel companies and their industry associations lobbied the federal government an average of five times per working day in 2023, according to a new analysis from Environmental Defence.  —  The environmental watchdog tracked 31 companies …
Discussion: The Hill
Cristiano Lima-Strong / Washington Post:
Democrats flip social media ‘censorship’ complaints on Musk, GOP  —  The Washington Post's essential guide to tech policy news  —  Happy Tuesday!  The Olympics may be over, but jokes about its breakdancing competition may be with us for good.  Send breaking news tips to cristiano.lima@washpost.com.
Discussion: The National Pulse
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 …
Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
Immigrants Are Becoming U.S. Citizens at Fastest Clip in Years  —  The government has reduced a backlog of applications that built up during the Trump administration.  New citizens say they are looking forward to voting in November.  —  “People like me want to vote in the election,” …
Discussion: Semafor
 
 
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