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8:30 PM ET, August 17, 2024

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New York Times:
Harris Puts Four Sun Belt States Back in Play, Times/Siena Polls Find  —  Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are in close races across Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and North Carolina, crucial swing states that Mr. Trump had seemed en route to run away with just a few weeks ago.
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Douglas MacKinnon / The Hill:
Democrats still might invoke the 25th Amendment to make Harris president  —  Politics aside, it's understandable that some now view President Joe Biden as a “broken man,” walking alone in a deep valley of depression, confusion and anger.  One day he is declaring that he is the Democratic nominee …
Discussion: RedState and Polling+
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Harris Campaign's Legal Team Takes Shape as Election Battles Heat Up  —  The campaign is adding Marc Elias, one of the party's top election lawyers, to help Democrats counter what they expect to be a contentious postelection period.  —  Amid threats of certification battles and mass voter challenges …
Politico:   Playbook: How Harris is remaking the 2024 election
Politico:
Age-based attacks are boomeranging back on Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
USA Today:   Harris surges with Black voters in key battleground states but gaps remain
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
You Should Know  —  I flagged this on social media.  But I wanted to make sure you knew.  Trump just announced a “crime and safety” rally for next Tuesday in Howell, Michigan, a town that has been heavily associated with the KKK for decades.  Indeed, just late last month White Supremacists marched …
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Paul Egan / Detroit Free Press:
Former President Donald Trump to visit Howell on Tuesday to talk about crime, safety
Discussion: WLNS-TV
Andrew Perez / Rolling Stone:
Mark Robinson, Who Often Calls Abortion Murder: ‘We Had an Abortion’  —  The North Carolina Republican gubernatorial candidate previously said mass shootings were karma for the “murder of infants” … He compared supporters of reproductive rights to people who fought to preserve slavery.
Discussion: New Yorker
Arwa Mahdawi / The Guardian:
Keep talking, JD!  Vance's creepy views on ‘females’ are repelling women voters  —  Does Donald Trump's running mate think there is any point to ‘postmenopausal females’ beyond free childcare?  —  JD Vance puts his futon in his mouth again  —  Consider, if you will, the mysterious role of the postmenopausal female.
Washington Post:
Election 2024 live updates  —  Trump holding rally in Pennsylvania; Tim Walz spoke in suburban Omaha  —  Former president Donald Trump is campaigning this afternoon in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., about 20 miles from President Joe Biden's birthplace of Scranton.  Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) …
Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
Donald Trump Has No Idea What Has Hit Him, and It's a Joy to Watch … It continues.  Six days ago, The New York Times ran a story under the headline “Inside the Worst Three Weeks of Donald Trump's 2024 Campaign.”  Usually, when the country's most important newspaper runs a story like that …
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Mary L Trump / The Good in Us:
Trolling the Troll  —  Kamala Harris knows how to get under Donald's skin
Discussion: Raw Story
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Ohio lawmaker: Vance ‘not good for Ohio’ and ‘not good for America’  —  Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) went after her fellow Ohioan and current Republican vice presidential nominee, Sen. JD Vance, saying he “is not good for Ohio” in an interview Saturday.  —  “JD Vance is not good for Ohio …
Discussion: MSNBC, New Republic and Fox News
Emell Derra Adolphus / The Daily Beast:
‘Things I Trust More Than Donald Trump’ List Goes Viral: ‘Dinner with Jeffrey Dahmer’  —  ‘A CASEY ANTHONY DAYCARE’  —  When “The View” co-host Anna Navarro posted the list to her Instagram account, numerous social media users added their own comments.  —  A viral list called …
Joshua Kaplan / ProPublica:
Armed and Underground: Inside the Turbulent, Secret World of an American Militia  —  This story discusses threats of violence and contains a racial slur.  —  Reporting Highlights  — Militias After Jan. 6: Internal messages reveal how AP3, one of the largest U.S. militias …
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
The Hill:
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Brutal New Poll for J.D. Vance Reveals a Big Trump-MAGA Weakness  —  No vice presidential running mate in recent memory has been scrutinized in quite the way that J.D. Vance has.  Because he presents himself as an intellectual standard-bearer of the MAGA movement—and has a long trail …
Pritti Mistry / BBC:
‘Keyboard warrior’ jailed for part in UK disorder  —  A man who posted material on social media to stir up racial hatred during recent unrest across the UK has been jailed for three years.  —  Wayne O'Rourke, who had more than 90,000 followers to his X account, posted misinformation …
Marina Villeneuve / Salon:
Experts: Pro-Trump officials could face “severe” punishments if they refuse to certify election  —  “The threat of disruption looms large in this year's election” — but anti-certification efforts likely to backfire  —  Pro-Trump local election officials may try to slow down the certification …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
New York Post:
VP Kamala Harris' stepdaughter Ella Emhoff pushes ketamine, ‘shorter work days’ in ‘pain management’ rant  —  Vice President Kamala Harris' stepdaughter, Ella Emhoff, revealed this week that she grew up with a spinal condition that caused a “hunchback” - and suggested using the controversial drug ketamine …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Breitbart
Ron Harris / Associated Press:
Bronze statue of John Lewis replaces more than 100-year-old Confederate monument  —  A large bronze statue of the late civil rights icon leader and Georgia congressman John Lewis was installed Friday, at the very spot where a contentious monument to the confederacy stood for more than 110 years …
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Yash Roy / The Hill:   Georgia replaces confederate monument with bronze statue of late Rep. John Lewis
Jon Levine / New York Post:
Reality TV star wrongfully convicted by Kamala Harris's office will vote for Trump in November: ‘Life was good’  —  A wannabe filmmaker who was wrongfully convicted of murder by Kamala Harris' office when she was San Francisco's district attorney said he was bullied by Hollywood leftists …
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Jess Bidgood / New York Times:
Free Vasectomies and an Inflatable IUD: Abortion Rights Advocates Hit the D.N.C.
Iris Kim / NBC News:
There are 8 million teens eligible to vote. These high school students are trying to make sure more do.
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
O'Reilly pushes back on RFK Jr's media criticism, calling his campaign ‘done’
Discussion: Mediaite
Associated Press:
Immigrants prepare for new Biden protections with excitement and concern
Blake Jones / Politico:
Kamala Harris learned a lesson about the border early in her career. It's paying off now.
Discussion: Twitchy and New York Magazine
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Jared Kushner wants to turn a wild stretch of Albania into a luxury resort
Discussion: Raw Story
The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S.:
VFW Admonishes Former President for Medal of Honor Remarks
 

 
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