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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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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 …
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Washington Examiner, Associated Press, Bloomberg and Deadline
Reese Gorman / NOTUS:
GOP Lawmakers Sound the Alarm That Trump Can't Help but Be Trump
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Washington Examiner, WKRN-TV and WFLA-TV
Washington Post:
Harris's policies have shifted and are still taking shape
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Washington Examiner, Fox News, LifeNews.com, UnHerd, freebeacon.com, Althouse and Reuters
Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
Where Harris has improved the most on Biden
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New Republic, Axios and New Jersey Online
Theodore Schleifer / New York Times:
Trump Gambles on Outside Groups to Finance Voter Outreach Efforts
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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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The Hill, New Jersey Online, New Republic, New York Post and Political Wire
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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.
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: New matchup, same result — Trump bests Harris by one point — Highest share of voters in over two years rate their personal finances positively — Join Fox News for access to this content — No matter how many major events intervene, and goodness knows there have been several …
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Breitbart, New York Post, Daily Caller News Foundation and City Journal
Asawin Suebsaeng / Rolling Stone:
Republicans Worry as Red State Polls Look ‘Worse Than They Should’ for Trump
Clare Olson / Heartland Signal:
JD Vance in 2020 agreed grandmothers raising children is ‘whole purpose of the postmenopausal female’ — While appearing on “The Portal” podcast in April 2020, Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) agreed with host Eric Weinstein's claim that “postmenopausal females” exist just to help take care of children.
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Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
J.D. Vance's Weird Thoughts on Older Women Exposed in New Audio
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Raw Story, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Boing Boing
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
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CBS News
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 …
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CBS News:
Gov. Tim Walz agrees to VP debate hosted by CBS News on Oct. 1 — Washington — Gov. Tim Walz on Wednesday agreed to participate in a vice presidential debate hosted by CBS News on Oct. 1 in New York City. — Former President Donald Trump's campaign has not yet agreed to the date …
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David Wildstein / New Jersey Globe:
George Helmy will be new U.S. Senator from New Jersey — Gov. Phil Murphy intends to appoint George S. Helmy, his former chief of staff, to the United States Senate to replace Bob Menendez, the New Jersey Globe has confirmed. — Murphy is expected to formally offer Helmy the post on Thursday …
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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.”
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Media Matters for America
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 …
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Trump Keeps Watching Clip of Himself Being Shot at: ‘May Legit Have PTSD’ — ‘OVER AND OVER AGAIN’ — Sources close to the ex-president's campaign have said he's particularly fixated on a single seven-second clip. — Those close to Donald Trump fear the former president “may have legit PTSD” …
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Crooks and Liars
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.
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View from the Wing
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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April Rubin / Axios:
Trump effort to push back oral arguments in case against Fani Willis denied … - Postponed oral arguments were requested by Trump's lawyer Steve Sadow to accommodate a pre-paid international trip with his wife to celebrate his 70th birthday and their 45th wedding anniversary, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
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Law & Crime and The Root
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Walz's false claim that Vance never voted for any pro-worker bills — Walz relies on a dubious metric, which misses at least two pro-worker bills supported by Vance. … — Democratic vice-presidential nominee Tim Walz, in a speech in Los Angeles to a conference of the American Federation of State …
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The Dworkin Report
Christian Edwards / CNN:
Russian court gives 12-year treason sentence to Russian-American over $50 charity donation — A Russian court has sentenced a Russian-American woman to 12 years in prison for treason after she made a donation of just over $50 to a US-based charity supporting Ukraine.
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Scripps News, Axios, Reuters, Forbes, New York Times, CBS News, Bloomberg and The Kyiv Independent
Ben Geman / Axios:
Exclusive: Biden channels $50 million to help auto suppliers on EVs … Michigan, a critical swing state, is getting the largest share. But money is flowing to several very red states, too. — It's an example of what backers hope makes the Inflation Reduction Act durable …
Jessica Boehm / Axios:
Arizona will call fetuses “unborn human beings” in abortion initiative description … - Arizona for Abortion Access, the campaign backing the initiative, sued to change the language to “fetus,” arguing it was a more impartial term. — The Maricopa County Superior Court sided with the campaign …
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