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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” …
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Robert Reich:
How will team Trump tell him he should be muted during his debate with Harris? — Sometimes the pettiest of disagreements between political campaigns can reveal a world of difference in the candidates. — Consider the current disagreement over the rules of the September 10 debate …
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Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Former Aides to Bush, Romney and McCain Back Harris Over Trump
Former Aides to Bush, Romney and McCain Back Harris Over Trump
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Axios, The Daily Beast, Newsbusters, PoliticusUSA and Raw Story
Gabe Whisnant / Newsweek:
Donald Trump Isn't Preparing for Kamala Harris Debate
Donald Trump Isn't Preparing for Kamala Harris Debate
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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 — Florida's not at risk. But staffers are risking anger from the boss (and some donors) if he doesn't see his own ads. — DONALD TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN is set to run cable news ads this week so they can be seen …
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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.”
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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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Washington Post, Axios and Washington Examiner
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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.
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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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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.
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Maryland Matters, Pluribus News and New York Times
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Trump Says We ‘Gotta’ Restrict the First Amendment — The former president vowed to torch free-speech protections days after RFK Jr. touted him as anti-censorship … Less than a week later, Trump is already promising to crush First Amendment protections if elected in November.
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HuffPost and Radio Free Hub City
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Erin Doherty / Axios:
RFK Jr. says he's been tapped for Trump's transition team
RFK Jr. says he's been tapped for Trump's transition team
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Politico:
Trump and Harris confront a trillion-dollar question over expiring tax cuts — With a huge swath of Trump's 2017 tax cuts set to expire at the end of next year, the presidential candidates are putting down markers on the issue. — The next president, be it Kamala Harris or Donald Trump …
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The Daily Caller
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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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The White House:
Statement from President Biden on Russia's Aerial Assault on Ukraine's Energy Grid — Earlier today, Russia launched waves of missiles and drones against Ukrainian cities and energy infrastructure. Ukrainian officials report that this outrageous attack resulted in the deaths of Ukrainian civilians …
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Reuters and Al Jazeera
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Crystal Hill / Democracy Docket:
Texas Removes Over 1 Million Voters from Rolls Since Passage of Anti-Voting Law — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) announced Monday the state has removed over one million people from its voter rolls since Republican legislators passed a sweeping voter suppression law three years ago.
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Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion and The Daily Caller
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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.
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Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Special counsel urges appeals court to reinstate classified documents case against Trump — Special counsel Jack Smith urged a federal appeals court Monday to reinstate the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump, saying a judge's decision that dismissed the prosecution …
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CBS News:
Special counsel urges appeals court to revive documents case against Trump
Special counsel urges appeals court to revive documents case against Trump
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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.
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Politico
USA Today:
Army private who fled to North Korea will plead guilty to desertion, lawyer says — The U.S. Army charged Travis King with crimes ranging from desertion for running into North Korea in July to assault against fellow soldiers. — U.S. Army Private Travis King, who last year ran into North Korea …
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Brad Dress / The Hill:
US Army soldier who fled to North Korea will plead guilty
US Army soldier who fled to North Korea will plead guilty
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Selina Wang / ABC News:
First to ABC: Retired 4-star general, 200 former GOP staffers endorse Harris — Larry Ellis said anyone in the military who acted like Trump would be dismissed. — Gen. (retired) Larry Ellis, a member of the National Commission on the Future of the Army, discusses the needs …
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Joey Garrison / USA Today:
More than 200 Bush, McCain, Romney alums endorse Harris for president, criticize Trump
More than 200 Bush, McCain, Romney alums endorse Harris for president, criticize Trump
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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 …
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Raw Story
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 …
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The Daily Beast, USA Today and Mediaite
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.