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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 …
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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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Rex Huppke / USA Today:
Trump rambles, slurs his way through Elon Musk interview. It was an unmitigated disaster. — For a fascism-curious billionaire who loves cuddling up to right-wing loons, Elon Musk sure is good at making right-wing politicians look stupid. — For a fascism-curious billionaire who loves cuddling …
James Liddell / The Independent:
Bizarre moment Trump says ‘beautiful’ Kamala Harris looks like wife Melania in Elon Musk X interview — ‘I saw a picture of her on Time Magazine today. She looks like the most beautiful actress ever to live,’ the former president said of his presidential rival — Support truly — independent journalism
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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 …
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Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Trump made at least 20 false claims in his conversation with Elon Musk
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Justin Mayhugh / UAW:
UAW Files Federal Labor Charges Against Donald Trump and Elon Musk for Attempting to Intimidate and Threaten Workers
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William Vaillancourt / The Daily Beast:
Musk Claims Hackers Turned Trump's X Interview Into Disaster
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
News outlets were leaked insider material from the Trump campaign. They chose not to print it — At least three news outlets were leaked confidential material from inside the Donald Trump campaign, including its report vetting JD Vance as a vice presidential candidate.
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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.
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CNN:
Suspected Iranian hackers breached Roger Stone's personal email as part of effort to target Trump campaign, sources say
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Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
FBI investigating alleged campaign hack that Trump blames on Iran
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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.
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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” …
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Vernal Coleman / ProPublica:
Historic Gun Suit Survives Serious Legal Threat Engineered by Indiana Republicans — ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump's laundry list of increasingly bizarre claims — His ridiculous claim about Kamala Harris's “A.I.'d” rally crowd being non-existent is merely the latest. — Donald Trump on Sunday claimed that a large gathering of plainly evident people who greeted Vice President Kamala Harris …
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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 …
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New York Times:
The New York Times Will Stop Endorsing Candidates in New York Races — The paper's editorial board will continue to endorse presidential candidates, as it has for more than 160 years. — The New York Times editorial board will no longer make endorsements in New York elections …
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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss — Donald Trump is behind. He trails in the pivotal postindustrial swing states and is treading water in the Southern and Sunbelt states — Arizona, Georgia and Nevada — that could help him find an alternative path to 270 electoral votes.
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Colorado Public Radio:
Tina Peters guilty: Former Mesa County clerk convicted on 7 charges — Twelve Mesa County jurors found Tina Peters guilty of four felonies on Monday after a lengthy criminal trial, marking yet another conviction tied to post-2020 election conspiracy theories.
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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.
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 …
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Politico:
Putin pulls units out of Ukraine to defend Russia, Kyiv says — KYIV — Russia pulled some troops out of southern Ukraine and back into its own territory to try to fend off an escalating incursion by Kyiv's forces, a Ukrainian official said on Tuesday. — Ukraine's ongoing surprise attack …
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Only Gaza ceasefire can delay Iran's Israel response, sources say — Only a ceasefire deal in Gaza stemming from hoped-for talks this week would hold Iran back from direct retaliation against Israel for the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on its soil, three senior Iranian officials said.
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Lennard J. Davis / Salon:
“Poornography”: Expert says JD Vance a classic example of the rich trying to speak for the poor — Vance is no pauper — and there's a bit of a shell game going on when it comes to his poverty credentials — JD Vance has climbed to his current position as former President Donald Trump's running mate …
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.
John King / CNN:
These Pennsylvania voters illustrate Harris' suburban challenge — Carol Carty misses something in today's Republican Party and searches for it in her music choices. — “I was young when (Ronald) Reagan was around, but I really miss the '80s,” Carty said. “I do.
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Ezra Klein / New York Times:
Nate Silver on Kamala Harris's Chances and the Mistakes of the ‘Indigo Blob’ — Nate Silver came to fame in American politics for election forecasting. But before Silver was in politics, he was a poker player. And after getting into politics, he went back to being a poker player.
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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.
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