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11:00 AM ET, August 15, 2024

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Washington Post:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tried to meet with Kamala Harris to discuss Cabinet job  —  Harris has rebuffed the offer of an endorsement, while Kennedy has also had conversations with Republican nominee Donald Trump about a role in his administration.  —  Independent presidential candidate Robert …
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Reese Gorman / NOTUS:
GOP Lawmakers Sound the Alarm That Trump Can't Help but Be Trump  —  “It's like the sixth or seventh season of a show that was once funny but now panders to his base,” one GOP congressman told NOTUS.  — Copy  —  Never one to run the most focused or disciplined campaign …
Axios:
Campaign spending booms in race to define Harris … - Harris and Trump are rushing to lock in perceptions about her for a sliver of the electorate in the six or seven swing states likely to decide the winner on Nov. 5.  — Through Thursday, the Harris and Trump campaigns and their supporting groups …
Sophia Cai / Axios:
Trump's “election integrity” plan tests his campaign
Discussion: Raw Story
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Trump Keeps Watching Clip of Himself Being Shot at: ‘May Legit Have PTSD’
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
The Hill:
How Elon Musk is using his wealth, reach to support Trump's campaign
Discussion: Business Insider
Theodore Schleifer / New York Times:
Trump Gambles on Outside Groups to Finance Voter Outreach Efforts
Discussion: Raw Story
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
August 2024 National Poll: Harris 50%, Trump 46%  —  Home Polls August 2024 National Poll: Harris 50%, Trump 46%  —  Independents, Younger Voters Swing Toward Harris  —  The first Emerson College Polling national survey following President Biden's decision not to seek re-election finds …
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Berwood A Yost / Franklin & Marshall College Poll:
Franklin & Marshall Poll Release: August 2024  —  I'm writing to share our summary report for the August 2024 Franklin & Marshall College Poll.  I've highlighted a few of the key findings below, but I encourage you to read the full report, which is also included.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Asawin Suebsaeng / Rolling Stone:
Republicans Worry as Red State Polls Look ‘Worse Than They Should’ for Trump  —  With Harris leading the Democratic ticket, Republicans are increasingly concerned about “softening support” for Trump  —  THIS MONTH, GOP operatives and others close to Donald Trump have grown increasingly nervous …
Associated Press:
White House says deals struck to cut prices of popular Medicare drugs that cost $50 billion yearly  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is taking a victory lap after federal officials inked deals with drug companies to lower the price for 10 of Medicare's most popular and costliest drugs …
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Politico:
Playbook: Look who's pushing for a Trump reset  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  QUOTE OF THE DAY — A senior administration official to WSJ's Alex Ward and Nancy Youssef on the possibility of an Iranian attack on Israel …
Discussion: Townhall
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David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:   With JD Vance, Things Just Get Weirder And Weirder
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Republicans tell Trump to focus on issues, not “crowd sizes.” Project 2025 shows that will backfire
Discussion: The Hill and The Daily Beast
Brad Dress / The Hill:
Zelensky says Ukraine has captured key Russian town  —  Video Player is loading.  —  Play Video  —  Unmute  —  Current Time 0:00  —  Loaded: 0%  —  Stream Type LIVE  —  Seek to live, currently behind liveLIVE  —  Playback Rate  —  Chapters  — Chapters  —  Descriptions
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Vance agrees to Oct. 1 debate with Walz
CBS News:
Gov. Tim Walz agrees to VP debate hosted by CBS News on Oct. 1
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Why Facebook blocked Popular Information's reporting on Laura Loomer  —  Yesterday, Popular Information published a detailed report on the close relationship between former President Donald Trump and Laura Loomer, a far-right conspiracy theorist who says America should be a “white Judeo-Christian ethnostate.”
Brooke Seipel / International Business Times:
JD Vance: ‘Whole Purpose Of The Postmenopausal Female’ Is To Care For Grandkids  —  JD Vance once said one of the best things for the economy is the “postmenopausal female” because her purpose in life is to provide free childcare.  —  The comments were revealed Wednesday in newly resurfaced audio from 2020 …
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
The case for Harris embracing nationwide free school meals  —  It's good policy and good politics. … Last weekend at a rally in Las Vegas, Kamala Harris announced one of her first explicit new policy positions: a plan to “eliminate taxes on tips for service and hospitality workers.”
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Eleanor Mueller / Politico:
Bipartisan push for family-friendly policies gains momentum
Discussion: CBS News
Lisa Song / ProPublica:
When Is “Recyclable” Not Really Recyclable?  When the Plastics Industry Gets to Define What the Word Means.  —  Companies whose futures depend on plastic production are trying to persuade the federal government to allow them to put the label “recyclable” on plastic shopping bags …
emptywheel:
The Saudi Payments to Trump Are More Important than the Suspected Egyptian One  —  As you know, I was calling on the press to focus on the suspected $10 million payment Egypt made to Trump since before it was cool — since even before the WaPo significantly advanced the story over a month later.
Cameron Joseph / Christian Science Monitor:
JD Vance: Amazon funded Black Lives Matter so riots would destroy rival retailers  —  Loading...  WASHINGTON  —  In 2021, J.D. Vance gave a speech to a conservative think tank on “woke capital” - and accused Amazon of funding Black Lives Matter in order to burn down the competition.
Discussion: View from the Wing
Maya C. Miller / New York Times:
Nevada Senate Race Now Favors Democrat, Report Says  —  The nonpartisan Cook Political Report moved the race from “tossup” to “lean Democrat” after polling shows Senator Jacky Rosen with a large edge.  —  Senator Jacky Rosen of Nevada, a Democrat seeking re-election to her seat for the first time …
Danielle Wallace / Fox News:
New Jersey Gov. Murphy to appoint former chief of staff, George Helmy, to vacated Menendez Senate seat: report  —  Democrat Sen Bob Menendez to resign following a federal corruption and bribery conviction  —  New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is expected to appoint his former chief of staff …
Discussion: RedState
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CNN:
Hidden-camera video shows Project 2025 co-author discussing his secret work preparing for a second Trump term  —  Last month, Russell Vought sat in a five-star Washington, DC, hotel suite, bowing his head in prayer with two men he thought were relatives of a wealthy conservative donor.
Associated Press:
Ukraine says it has taken more ground and prisoners during its advance into Russia border region  —  Russia says it thwarted Ukrainian charge to expand its incursion across border  —  Remnants of war left in border area as Ukraine claims more advances in Russia incursion
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Zeninjor Enwemeka / WBUR:
VP hopeful Tim Walz raises $1.2 million at Boston fundraiser
Discussion: Colorado Newsline and CBS News
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Tim Walz's 2006 campaign falsely described details about his arrest for DWI in 1995
Discussion: Raw Story
The Hill:
Trump shooting task force faces pressure to move quickly, avoid spectacle
 Earlier Items: 
Anna Kramer / NOTUS:
Turns Out People (Including Republicans) Really Like Biden's Clean Energy Tax Credits
Ben Geman / Axios:
Exclusive: Biden channels $50 million to help auto suppliers on EVs
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Walz's false claim that Vance never voted for any pro-worker bills
Discussion: The Dworkin Report
Imran Rahman-Jones / BBC:
Disney+ terms prevent allergy death lawsuit, Disney says
Andrew McCarthy / Fox News:
Prepare for Trump to be sentenced to prison on September 18
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Stephen Alpher / CoinDesk:
Rumble announces a $775M investment from Tether and plans to use $525M to fund a tender offer for ~70M shares of its common stock; RUM jumped 50%+ after hours
 
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