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David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
With JD Vance, Things Just Get Weirder And Weirder — A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM's Morning Memo. Sign up for the email version. — What On Earth? — JD Vance is coming into focus as a living breathing embodiment of the caricature …
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Trump Will Try to Drag Kamala Into the Mud With Him — It's his only play. — ∙ Paid — 1. Mud Pit — One of the things we're hearing from Good Republicans is that Donald Trump is falling down on the job by indulging in his usual personal attacks and shenanigans.
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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 …
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Townhall
Axios:
Campaign spending booms in race to define Harris
Campaign spending booms in race to define Harris
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Sophia Cai / Axios:
Trump's “election integrity” plan tests his campaign
Trump's “election integrity” plan tests his campaign
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Republicans practically beg Trump to change it up. He's not listening.
Republicans practically beg Trump to change it up. He's not listening.
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Republicans tell Trump to focus on issues, not “crowd sizes.” Project 2025 shows that will backfire
Republicans tell Trump to focus on issues, not “crowd sizes.” Project 2025 shows that will backfire
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The Hill
Reese Gorman / NOTUS:
GOP Lawmakers Sound the Alarm That Trump Can't Help but Be Trump
GOP Lawmakers Sound the Alarm That Trump Can't Help but Be Trump
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Washington Post:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tried to meet with Kamala Harris to discuss Cabinet job
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tried to meet with Kamala Harris to discuss Cabinet job
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Washington Post:
Election 2024 live updates: Biden to join Harris at Md. event; Trump to hold news conference
Asawin Suebsaeng / Rolling Stone:
Republicans Worry as Red State Polls Look ‘Worse Than They Should’ for Trump
Republicans Worry as Red State Polls Look ‘Worse Than They Should’ for Trump
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump has the inklings of a plan to take on Harris, but he seems unable to implement it
Trump has the inklings of a plan to take on Harris, but he seems unable to implement it
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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.
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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
Franklin & Marshall Poll Release: August 2024
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Meg Kinnard / Associated Press:
Vance and Walz agree to a vice presidential debate on Oct. 1 hosted by CBS News — COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Ohio Sen. JD Vance have agreed to debate each other on Oct. 1, setting up a matchup of potential vice presidents as early voting in some states gets underway for the general election.
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Vance agrees to Oct. 1 debate with Walz
Vance agrees to Oct. 1 debate with Walz
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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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Jessica Taylor / Cook Political Report:
Democrats Maintain Edge in New Senate Polls, As Nevada Moves Back to Lean Democrat — The 2024 election has already been historic in a number of ways, but November could mark another recent electoral oddity — a rise in ticket-splitting between presidential and Senate races.
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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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Erica Orden / Politico:
Trump seeks to delay his hush money sentencing until after the election — His lawyers are seeking to have the conviction overturned on immunity grounds. — NEW YORK — Attorneys for Donald Trump asked the judge overseeing the former president's Manhattan criminal case to postpone his sentencing …
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Daily Mail:
Trump VP pick JD Vance is seen posing with three female classmates at boys' urinals in unearthed high school photo — 18-year-old JD Vance was snapped posing with three girls in the boys' bathroom — The photo appeared in the 2003 yearbook of Middletown High School in Ohio
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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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.
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Musk's New AI Image Generator Immediately Used to Troll Him — OBVIOUSLY — Images flooded X showing Musk carrying out a school shooting with Mickey Mouse or being led on a leash by Donald Trump. — Elon Musk's AI chatbot launched a new image generation feature Wednesday …
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Harris to call for federal ban on price-gouging in Friday speech — Vice President Harris on Friday will outline a series of economic policy proposals as part of her presidential campaign, including a call for a federal ban on corporate price-gouging. — Harris will deliver remarks in North Carolina …
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Kamala Harris to propose ban on ‘price gouging’ for food, groceries
Kamala Harris to propose ban on ‘price gouging’ for food, groceries
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump campaign brings Corey Lewandowski back on board — The move is part of an expansion of the campaign's ranks — Donald Trump's campaign is expanding its ranks as he seeks to regain his footing in the presidential campaign, bringing on a handful of top allies — including former Trump 2016 campaign manager Corey Lewandowski.
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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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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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