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Politico:
Playbook: Inside Harris' big interview decision  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  ONE CEASE-FIRE DOWN — “Oasis reunites for tour and ends a 15-year hiatus during Gallagher brothers' feud,” by AP's Danica Kirka and Maria Sherman in London
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Sam Stein / The Bulwark:
Trump Camp Spends Tens of Thousands to Air Ads In and Around Mar-a-Lago  —  DONALD TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN is set to run cable news ads this week so they can be seen at the ex-president's Mar-a-Lago club and surrounding environs.  —  The South Florida expense is likely to have no impact on the course of the election.
Mike Allen / Axios:
Taunting Trump: Harris campaign's sneer tactics … Now he's the taunted.  — It's another dimension of Vice President Harris' “happy warrior” approach to a campaign that's sure to get uglier this fall. … - But Monday's widespread coverage of the backstage fight over the “muted mics” …
Discussion: The i Paper and Raw Story
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Robert Reich:
How will team Trump tell him he should be muted during his debate with Harris?
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
The Conservatives Who Sold Their Souls for Trump  —  The rage and shame of the anti-anti-Trumpers is getting worse.  —  Today, Rich Lowry, the editor of National Review (the flagship conservative magazine founded by William F. Buckley Jr.), published an article claiming that Donald Trump could win the 2024 election “on character.”
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The thread connecting Robert Kennedy Jr., chemtrails and Project 2025  —  Robert Kennedy Jr.'s exotic beliefs are no barrier to his having authority in a Trump administration.  Nor will the Project 2025 authors'.  —  For Donald Trump, the benefit of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s endorsement was obvious.
Discussion: Alternet.org and New Republic
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Erin Doherty / Axios:
RFK Jr. says he's been tapped for Trump's transition team
Politico:
The bewildering politics of Telegram  —  Here are two big reasons the controversial app just became a global flashpoint.  —  When Telegram founder Pavel Durov was arrested late Saturday at an airport outside Paris, accused of complicity in illegal online behavior and refusing to disclose information …
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
MAGA attacks on Kamala Harris' stepdaughter threaten to backfire on Donald Trump  —  Ella Emhoff has triggered Trump's bitter bro fanbase — but his embrace of the incel vote could come back to haunt  —  MAGA thought leaders can't stop proving that they are weird, just as Vice President Kamala Harris …
Discussion: Raw Story
Ivana Saric / Axios:
Zuckerberg says Biden admin “pressured” Meta to censor Covid-19 content … - This included censoring “humor and satire,” he added, noting that officials “expressed a lot of frustration with our teams when we didn't agree.”  — “I believe the government pressure was wrong …
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Siobhan Hughes / Wall Street Journal:
Mark Zuckerberg Says White House Was ‘Wrong’ to Pressure Facebook on Covid
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
How The Hell Was Trump Allowed To Use Arlington National Cemetery As A Campaign Prop?  —  This is an insult to the over 400 Medal of Honor awardees buried there.  —  Well, luckily for the former president*'s campaign, it wasn't raining on Monday, when he grotesquely used Arlington National Cemetery …
Juliegrace Brufke / Axios:
Biden impeachment backlash builds within House GOP  —  House Republicans are furious about being forced into a last-minute Biden impeachment vote — which they say could hurt their campaigns, top GOP sources tell Axios. … But just one member can force a vote.
Discussion: Raw Story
Axios:
Harris flip-flops on building the border wall … - Harris is embracing a more hawkish immigration policy as Donald Trump's campaign spends tens of millions of dollars attacking her about the border.  — But she still has significant differences with Trump on immigration …
William Vaillancourt / The Daily Beast:
MAGA Is So ‘Desperate’ They've Now Gone After Tim Walz's Dog  —  PAW PATROL  —  MSNBC anchor Jen Psaki noted an “important lesson” for Republicans after the conspiracy was quickly debunked.  —  Republicans spent Monday ginning up a quickly-disproven conspiracy about vice presidential …
Elizabeth Crisp / The Hill:
Trump lawyers accuse Fani Willis of playing ‘race card’  —  Former President Trump's legal team wants Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) taken off his Georgia election interference case, arguing in a new filing that the prosecutor, who is Black, has shown unfair “racial animus” toward Trump.
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Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
Judge blocks Biden administration from granting legal status to spouses of U.S. citizens  —  A federal judge in Texas on Monday temporarily blocked the Biden administration from granting legal status to unauthorized immigrants married to American citizens, granting a request from 16 Republican-led states who challenged the new policy.
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Stephen Fowler / NPR:
RFK may be unable to withdraw his name from ballots in some swing states  —  After spending several months and millions of dollars overcoming onerous requirements to try to get on the ballot in all 50 states, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is now facing new barriers to get off the ballot in some states.
John Fritze / CNN:
The Supreme Court is sowing confusion over how it will handle election disputes this fall  —  The recent US Supreme Court decision changing voter registration rules in Arizona has voting rights advocates anxious about how the justices will approach emergency election appeals in the runup to the November election.
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
August 26, 2024  —  The point that is currently holding up plans for ABC's September 10 presidential debate is whether the candidates' microphones will be muted when it is the other's turn to speak.  Vice President Kamala Harris's team wants the mics “hot”; Trump's team wants them turned off.
ABC News:
Like Trump, Vance to campaign behind bulletproof glass at Michigan rally  —  Since the assassination attempt, Trump speaks behind glass at outdoor rallies.  —  Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, speaks during a campaign event, Aug. 21, 2024, in Asheboro, N.C.
Bolts:
Nebraska Reverts to 19th-Century Voting Restrictions, Clouding Rights for Thousands  —  Confusion and fear over voting rights intensifies after top GOP officials shutter registration for people with past felony convictions and attempt to reimpose lifetime disenfranchisement.
Robert Spencer / Frontpage Mag:
The Keffiyeh is the Arabs' Swastika  —  And leftists are wearing it proudly.  —  [Order a copy of Robert Spencer's forthcoming book, Muhammad: A Critical Biography, by clicking here.]  —  Like everything that is “Palestinian,” the keffiyeh comes from somewhere else.
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
The Biden-Harris administration is fighting to lower rents  —  Share this article with the next person who tells you Kamala doesn't have policies.  —  🚨 This special, five-edition week of PN is made possible by paid subscribers 🚨 If you aren't one already, please sign up to support our independent journalism.
Astrid Galván / Axios:
First look: Latinos warned Project 2025 would hit them hard … - Yet “there's not enough information” about how it “has really, really troubling ideas on issues that really matter to the Latino community,” says Vanessa Cardenas, executive director of America's Voice, an immigrant rights organization.
Discussion: Politico
Politico:
Ukraine to present Biden admin with targets it could hit in Russia, given the chance  —  U.S. officials are still adamant that lifting the restrictions will not have a significant impact on the ground.  —  Ukrainian officials are preparing to present a list of long-range targets in Russia …
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The White House:
Statement from President Biden on Russia's Aerial Assault on Ukraine's Energy Grid
Discussion: Reuters, CBS News and Voice of America
 
 
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Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Special counsel urges appeals court to reinstate classified documents case against Trump
Jordain Carney / Politico:
House GOP faces competing Trump assassination attempt probes
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