memeorandum: McConnell's big fear on the next budget fight (Axios)

12:10 AM ET, August 26, 2024

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Jason Easley / PoliticusUSA:

Donald Trump Just Got Served In Federal Isaac Hayes Estate Lawsuit — Isaac Hayes III posted on Sunday that Donald Trump and his campaign have been served in their federal lawsuit alleging 134 instances of copyright infringement. — The civil lawsuit alleges that Trump and his campaign used …

Clay Walker / The Daily Beast:

Isaac Hayes Estate Marks Victory in Suit Against Trump — ‘SEE YOU IN COURT’ — Isaac Hayes' estate filed a lawsuit this month over Donald Trump's unauthorized use of “Hold On, I'm Coming.” — ‘ON THE MEND’ — According to a statement from the venue, T-Boz suffered “severe nausea, vomiting, and intense abdominal cramps.”

Discussion: Billboard and Rolling Stone

Zachary Folk / The Daily Beast:

Kennedy Family Comes Out Swinging Against ‘Obscene’ RFK Jr. — ‘WORSE THAN DISAPPOINTMENT’ — Several prominent Kennedy siblings, including Kerry Kennedy and Max Kennedy, condemned their brother's decision to endorse the Republican nominee for president.

Discussion: Fox News, The Hill, Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit and Townhall

Avery Lotz / Axios:

Sunday Snapshot: Trump's ambiguous abortion messaging … 1. GOP lawmakers struggle with Trump's abortion policies … - Philip Klein, the editor of the conservative National Review Online, wrote Friday in a piece titled “Trump's Abandonment of Pro-Lifers Is Complete,” that with his Truth Social post …

Discussion: Forbes, New York Post and National Review

Jessica Piper / Politico:
Trump's pledge to be ‘great for women and their reproductive rights’ angers advocates

Discussion: Associated Press, Axios and National Review

Max Kennedy / Los Angeles Times:
Ignore my brother Bobby, Max Kennedy says

Discussion: The Guardian and The Message Box

Lily Mae Lazarus / The Daily Beast:

Trump Whines About Fox News as Poll Numbers Keep Dropping — ‘WRONG!!’ — “I don't have to make calls to go on TV, or anything else — They call me!” the former president posted on Sunday. — Journalist — With 71 days until the election, Donald Trump spent Sunday morning ranting …

Discussion: Mediaite, The Hill, Raw Story and PoliticusUSA

Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Harris leading Trump by 7 points: Poll

Discussion: DNyuz and American Greatness

Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:

Watch: Scott Jennings laughed at on CNN for claiming 'People don't want to feel joy' — It did not take long on Sunday morning for conservative CNN political commentator Scott Jennings to realize he had stepped in it when he claimed, “People don't want to feel joy” during his appearance on “State of the Union.”

Discussion: Daily Caller News Foundation and Breitbart

Clay Walker / The Daily Beast:
Joyless Lindsey Graham: Democrats' Joy 'Doesn't Exist in Real World'

Discussion: Raw Story, Mediaite, PoliticusUSA and Breitbart

Jack Birle / Washington Examiner: Lindsey Graham decries DNC as ‘hate fest full of insults’

Andrew Solender / Axios:

Scoop: Harris builds an army of House surrogates … - To many House members, the shift is evidence of their new importance under the leadership of Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a former House member. … - The center-left New Democrat Coalition polled …

The Hill:

House GOP shifts firepower from Biden to Harris and Walz — As Democrats enthusiastically turn their attention to the Democratic Party's new presidential ticket, so have House Republicans, who in recent weeks have launched a series of investigations into Vice President Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.

Peter Bergen / CNN:

Gen. McMaster's blistering account of the Trump White House — Until now, Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster has held his fire about his stint in the Trump White House. McMaster served with distinction in key American conflicts of the past decades: the Gulf War, the Iraq War and the war in Afghanistan …

Discussion: Politico and The Hill

emptywheel:

Be Careful What Trump's Lawyers Wish For, Superseding Indictment Edition — On Friday, first Bloomberg (Yahoo version), then NYT reported that Jack Smith “has decided against seeking a major hearing” to address which of the allegations charged against Donald Trump were official versus unofficial acts.

Discussion: The Post Millennial

Julianne McShane / Mother Jones:

The DNC Gave Kamala Harris a Major Boost — The campaign raised over $80 million while attracting an army of volunteers. — The Democratic National Convention wasn't just four days of good vibes: It was also the cause of a major fundraising and volunteer boom for the Harris-Walz ticket.

Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and DNyuz

Aamer Madhani / Associated Press:
Harris campaign says it has raised $540M, sees surge of donations during DNC

Discussion: Forbes, NPR, Associated Press, Axios, CBS News, Bloomberg, Washington Examiner, NBC News, Business Insider, Washington Times, ABC News, Semafor, PoliticusUSA, Washington Post and The Hill

Joey Garrison / USA Today:
Kamala Harris raised $82 million during the Democratic convention

Discussion: Politico

Axios:

McConnell's big fear on the next budget fight … - In a recent meeting with other GOP offices about a short-term spending bill strategy, top McConnell staffers argued that adding a non-citizen voting bill would backfire. — One fear is such a move would open the door for Democrats to tack …

CBS News:

RFK Jr.'s Secret Service protection ends after suspended campaign — Washington — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who suspended his third-party presidential bid last week and endorsed former President Donald Trump, has lost his Secret Service protection following the decision to leave the race, his campaign said.

Discussion: New York Post, One America News Network, The Gateway Pundit, Daily Caller News Foundation, RedState, The Post Millennial, Breitbart and Twitchy

Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
RFK Jr. says there was ‘no commitments’ to serving in Trump administration following endorsement

Discussion: New York Post and Washington Times

Tim Miller / The Bulwark:

They Served With Trump and Saw the Crazy. They Should Endorse Harris. — Doing the right thing is never the wrong thing. — THE MOMENT FROM THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION I kept coming back to this weekend wasn't from Oprah or the Obamas, Steph or Steve, Kamala or Doug—not even Gus Walz, America's proudest son.

Rebecca Picciotto / CNBC:

Trump says Musk wouldn't have time to be in his White House cabinet, but could ‘consult’ … Former President Donald Trump said that Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk likely couldn't serve in his hypothetical White House cabinet due to the demanding schedule of running his various companies.