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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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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
New hidden camera video reinforces Trump's Project 2025 problem — The former president knows that Project 2025 is unpopular. But he can't distance himself from its contents or its authors. — When Donald Trump was president, Russell Vought joined the White House Office of Management and Budget.
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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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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 …
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Top Trump advisers in turmoil after campaign's worst month of 2024 — Senior aides see challenges from enemies real and perceived as the ex-president struggles against Harris — Donald Trump has privately expressed faith in his campaign leadership and no personnel changes are currently expected …
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Politico:
Playbook: Look who's pushing for a Trump reset
Playbook: Look who's pushing for a Trump reset
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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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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
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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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Nicholas Liu / Salon:
Aides not telling Trump red states “looking worse than they should” to avoid upsetting him: report
Aides not telling Trump red states “looking worse than they should” to avoid upsetting him: report
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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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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
Nevada Senate Race Now Favors Democrat, Report Says
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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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The White House:
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces New, Lower Prices for First Ten Drugs Selected for Medicare Price Negotiation to Lower Costs for Millions of Americans
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces New, Lower Prices for First Ten Drugs Selected for Medicare Price Negotiation to Lower Costs for Millions of Americans
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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.
Steven Walker / Sarasota Herald-Tribune:
New College of Florida tosses hundreds of library books, empties gender diversity library — Hundreds of New College of Florida library books, including many on LGBTQ+ topics and religious studies, are headed to a landfill. — A dumpster in the parking lot of Jane Bancroft Cook Library …
Bonchie / RedState:
Kamala Harris Finally Has a Policy Proposal, and It'd Make the Soviets Blush — A bit of breaking news came across the wire on Wednesday night. You may want to sit down for this, but Kamala Harris finally has an official policy proposal. Given that she's been in the race for nearly a month …
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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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US Department of Justice:
Man Arrested for Explosives Threats and Attack on Energy Facility — For Immediate Release — U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida — Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Hashem Younis Hashem Hnaihen …
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Joe Jacquez / The Hill:
DOJ says man attacked Florida businesses over perceived support of Israel
DOJ says man attacked Florida businesses over perceived support of Israel
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Costas Pitas / Reuters:
Biden says he supports new election in Venezuela — U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday he backed a new election in Venezuela. — Biden was speaking to reporters in the wake of Brazil urging a new vote two weeks after leader Nicolas Maduro claimed re-election victory in a contest cast in doubt by Western nations.
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Eric Bazail-Eimil / Politico:
Biden joins calls for new elections in Venezuela
Biden joins calls for new elections in Venezuela
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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 …
Brad Dress / The Hill:
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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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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.
Washington Post:
Secret Service approves new plan for Trump to continue outdoor rallies — In a first for Trump's 2024 campaign, the agency will use bulletproof glass to shield the Republican nominee, as well as other technical security measures that have not normally been provided for presidential candidates.
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Lenny Bronner / Washington Post:
Harris has opened up a second path to victory, according to The Post's polling model — The Democratic nominee could win in the Rust Belt or the Sun Belt and get to the White House, while Donald Trump must win in both geographic regions to triumph. — A lot has changed in the presidential race …
Lisa Song / ProPublica:
When Is “Recyclable” Not Really Recyclable? When the Plastics Industry Gets to Define What the Word Means. — ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published. — Is there anything more pathetic than a used plastic bag?
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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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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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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