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6:20 AM ET, August 26, 2024

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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
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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 …
Zachary Folk / The Daily Beast:
Kennedy Family Comes Out Swinging Against ‘Obscene’ RFK Jr. After Trump Defection  —  ‘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.
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Max Kennedy / Los Angeles Times:
Ignore my brother Bobby, Max Kennedy says
Discussion: The Guardian and The Message Box
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 …
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The Hill:   House GOP shifts firepower from Biden to Harris and Walz
Marianne LeVine / Washington Post:
Trump suggests he might skip ABC debate with Harris  —  The Sept. 10 debate with ABC is the only one both campaigns have agreed to do with one of the major networks.  —  Former president Donald Trump suggested Sunday evening that he might skip a Sept. 10 ABC News debate with Vice President Kamala Harris …
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CNN:
Trump team prepares for sprint to November with ‘all hands on deck’ approach
Discussion: Breitbart
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, The Hill and Jewish Insider
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 …
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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.”
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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 …
Adrian Carrasquillo / Politico:
The Latino Vote Could Decide the Election.  Kamala Harris Knows It.  —  The vice president inherited a campaign that was in danger of falling off a cliff with Latino voters.  —  By the turn of the year, it was getting harder and harder to deny the Biden campaign had a Latino problem.
Discussion: New York Magazine
Reuters:
Explainer: How has Communist-run Vietnam's graft campaign shaken up its politics?  —  Vietnam's parliament appointed three new deputy prime ministers, as well as new ministers of environment and justice in a government reshuffle that follows months of political turbulence amid a sweeping anti-graft campaign.
Discussion: Bloomberg
Adriana Gomez Licon / Associated Press:
Trump is expected to tie Harris to chaotic Afghanistan War withdrawal in speech to National Guard  —  In a speech Monday to National Guard soldiers in Michigan, former President Donald Trump is expected to promote his foreign policy record and tie Vice President Kamala Harris …
Discussion: Wide World of News
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
They Served With Trump and Saw the Crazy.  They Should Endorse Harris.  —  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.
CBS News:
RFK Jr.'s Secret Service protection ends after campaign suspended  —  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.
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.
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Rebecca Picciotto / CNBC:
Trump says Musk wouldn't have time to be in his White House cabinet, but could ‘consult’
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Lara Trump on DNC: 'They're attempting to run on hating Donald Trump'
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Examiner
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David Greenberg / New York Times:
Why Were Justice Dept. Officials Scared to Talk to This Book's Author?
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
emptywheel:
Be Careful What Trump's Lawyers Wish For, Superseding Indictment Edition
Discussion: The Post Millennial
Politico:
‘America is not a museum’: Why Democrats are going big on housing despite the risks
Discussion: Bloomberg and New York Daily News
Associated Press:
Israel and Hezbollah trade heavy fire before pulling back, jolting a region braced for war
 

 
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The Hollywood Reporter:
Disney expects to spend $24B on content in 2025, up from $23.4B in 2024, due to sports programming expenses rising after NFL rate increases and NBA contracts

Matthew Keys / The Desk:
Disney said Disney+ Q4 ARPU in the US and Canada, down 1% QoQ to $7.70, was affected partly by new wholesale arrangements with some distributors

Jesse Whittock / Deadline:
Small to mid-sized US unscripted producers like Lucky 8 are looking overseas to find new business and co-producers as the US market contraction hits budgets

 
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