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11:15 PM ET, August 27, 2024

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Washington Post:
Trump visit to Arlington Cemetery sparks alleged altercation with aides  —  An NPR source said a cemetery official was pushed and verbally accosted as they tried to block campaign aides from photographing.  —  Arlington National Cemetery officials on Tuesday acknowledged an unspecified …
Discussion: Twitchy, Blaze Media and Human Events
Washington Post:
New federal indictment filed against Trump in federal Jan. 6 case  —  The superseding indictment brought by special counsel Jack Smith follows a historic Supreme Court ruling granting broad immunity to presidents for official acts.  —  Special counsel Jack Smith has filed a new indictment …
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ABC News:
Trump charged in superseding indictment in election interference case following SCOTUS ruling  —  The new indictment adjusts the charges to the Supreme Court's immunity ruling.  —  LIVE  —  Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump greets the crowd before speaking during …
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Jack Smith Isn't Backing Down  —  After a Supreme Court ruling challenged his case, the special counsel filed a fresh indictment of Donald Trump.  —  When the Supreme Court ruled last month that presidents are immune from prosecution for anything done as an official act, many observers reacted with immediate horror.
Discussion: HotAir
Politico:
Trump indicted again in election subversion case brought by Jack Smith  —  The 36-page indictment, secured Tuesday by special counsel Jack Smith, is an attempt by prosecutors to recalibrate the case.  —  A federal grand jury in Washington, D.C. has re-indicted Donald Trump on four felony charges related …
CNN:
Special counsel files reworked indictment against Donald Trump in January 6 case  —  Special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday filed a superseding indictment in the election interference case against former President Donald Trump, slimming down the allegations against the 2024 presidential nominee …
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Special Counsel Revises Trump Election Indictment to Address Immunity Ruling
CNN:
Harris and Walz to sit with CNN for exclusive first joint interview since campaign began  —  Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will sit with CNN for their first joint interview on Thursday as Democrats work to broaden their base's excitement from last week's Democratic National Convention.
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NBC News:
Election 2024 live updates: Harris and Walz to sit for their first campaign interview; Trump indicted again in election case
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
Playbook: Inside Harris' big interview decision
Adam Clark Estes / Vox:
Mark Zuckerberg's letter about Facebook censorship is not what it seems  —  This week Mark Zuckerberg sent Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) a letter outlining how the Biden administration pressured his company to “censor” free speech on Facebook — specifically misinformation about Covid-19.
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Will Oremus / Washington Post:
Zuckerberg expresses regrets over covid misinformation crackdown
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
'He's got to pay a price': Unaired footage reveals Nancy Pelosi's Jan. 6 fury  —  Previously unaired footage reviewed by POLITICO reveals how the former speaker quickly turned her focus to impeaching Donald Trump after Congress certified the 2020 election.  —  Nancy Pelosi spent the duration …
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emptywheel:
Kamala's Campaign Pushes Trump's Impulse Control Problems  —  I don't think that even the outlets that recognize the troll are giving the Kamala Harris campaign enough credit for the jujitsu they're engaged in with the debate.  Before I explain why, though, here's a video of Barack Obama's skewering …
Discussion: Politico, Mediaite, Alternet.org and CNN
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Kierra Frazier / Politico:
Trump confirms ABC News debate with Harris is on
Amy Walter / Cook Political Report:
North Carolina Moves to Toss Up; Minnesota and New Hampshire Shift to Likely Democrat  —  Since the beginning of this cycle, Democrats were confident that President Joe Biden could win North Carolina.  Its demographic profile as an ethnically diverse and rapidly suburbanizing state looks similar …
Discussion: Axios and The Hill
Aris Folley / The Hill:
Trump economic plans would cost more than $4 trillion over a decade  —  Video Player is loading.  —  Play Video  —  Unmute  —  Current Time 0:00 … Stream Type LIVE  —  Seek to live, currently behind liveLIVE  —  Playback Rate  —  Chapters  — Chapters  —  Descriptions
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Rebecca Davis O'Brien / New York Times:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Sawed the Head Off a Whale and Drove It Home, Daughter Says  —  Three decades later, an environmental organization is calling for an investigation.  —  It is a violation of longstanding federal law to collect parts from the carcass of a protected marine animal if there are still “soft tissues” attached.
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: Democrats dare GOP to impeach Biden … - “The whole investigation has been a debacle for them, they have egg all over their face,” said Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), who is House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries' (D-N.Y.) point-man on impeachment as ranking member of the Oversight Committee.
Discussion: Fox News
Rex Huppke / USA Today:
Donald Trump, JD Vance and RFK Jr.?  ‘Weird’ doesn't do justice to this loony trifecta.  —  The ‘these guys are weird’ memes launched by Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz to describe Trump and Vance are no match for the Republican Party's new trifecta of wackadoodles.
Discussion: Washington Post, DNyuz and Blaze Media
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New York Times:
Trump to Put Kennedy and Gabbard on his Transition Team
Marc A. Caputo / The Bulwark:
Trump's Approach to Florida's High-Stakes Abortion Amendment: Don't Ask.  Won't Tell.  —  He knows abortion is a political minefield for him.  The question is, can he avoid getting blown up?  —  TWENTY DAYS AGO, DONALD TRUMP promised he would soon discuss how he'll vote on Florida's abortion rights initiative.
Discussion: Mediaite
Rob Wile / NBC News:
Lowe's becomes latest company to dial back DEI efforts aimed at LGBTQ groups  —  Lowe's changes follow closely on the heels of announcements by Harley Davidson and Jack Daniel's, as well as similar changes made by Tractor Supply, John Deere and Best Buy.  —  Home goods retailer Lowe's …
Thom Hartmann / The Hartmann Report:
Confederate Voter Intimidation 2.0: The GOP's Dark Strategy for Winning  —  From Reconstruction to DeSantis to Paxton: How Republicans Are Keeping Power by Any Means Necessary...  The song that was inspired by this article is available here.  —  The Republican attorney general …
Noble Predictive:
Harris Shakes Up Key Demographics in 2024 Presidential Race  —  New Poll Shows Tight Race in Arizona as Both Trump and Harris Appeal to Different Voter Bases  —  As the 2024 Presidential election approaches, the latest Arizona Public Opinion Poll (AZPOP) from Noble Predictive Insights (NPI) …
Discussion: The Guardian and Breitbart
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Elliot Page / Associated Press:
Vance says new indictment against Trump is Fed's effort to do ‘more election interference’
Discussion: The Hill and USA Today
Elena Moore / NPR:
Harris needs Gen Z. Here's her plan to win them
Discussion: DNyuz and Business Insider
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
21 Questions for Harris  —  We're asking unanswered questions for her potential administration.
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How the media blew 2024′s election
Katie Hawkinson / The Independent:
Georgia governor inquires whether he can remove MAGA election board members after series of alarming votes
Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
A sitting VP has won once in 188 years. Harris isn't likely to be next.
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MAGA attacks on Kamala Harris' stepdaughter threaten to backfire on Donald Trump
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