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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
Top Trump advisers in turmoil after campaign's worst month of 2024
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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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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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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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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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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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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
Vance agrees to Oct. 1 debate with Walz
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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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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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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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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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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 …
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 …
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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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.
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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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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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Kamala Harris to propose ban on ‘price gouging’ for food, groceries — The vice president on Friday will make her most substantive economic policy announcement since launching her campaign. — Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday will unveil a proposed ban on “price gouging” …
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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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Katie Glueck / New York Times:
Democrats Lean Into Liberty and the Language of Republicans — Kamala Harris and her allies are using traditionally right-leaning messaging to argue that Republicans threaten fundamental freedoms. “Mind your own damn business!” Tim Walz recently said. — In Michigan, Vice President …
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Fox News totally ignored new report showing violent crime is down — while running more than 4.5 hours of violent crime coverage — RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM TYLER MONROE, BEN VAN BLOEM, HARRISON RAY & NOAH DOWE — Fox News has not mentioned on air new data released on Friday showing …
Jill Filipovic:
What Are Females For? — Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance really does love to run his mouth on podcasts. The latest unearthed audio has him agreeing with a conservative podcast host on what women are for once we hit menopause: Helping to raise children is “the whole purpose of the postmenopausal female.”
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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 …
David Strom / HotAir:
SHOCK: Secret Service Agent Left Her Post Protecting Trump to Breastfeed Baby She Brought to Rally — Susan Crabtree of RealClearInvestigations broke a story this morning that in a sane would would shock you, but in the current world run by the Biden administration is just another day ending in “Y.”
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Eric Bazail-Eimil / Politico:
Biden joins calls for new elections in Venezuela — Washington is aligning with the leaders of Brazil and Colombia, key regional interlocutors. — President Joe Biden joined the leaders of Brazil and Colombia on Thursday in calling for new elections in Venezuela, following an election …
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