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9:50 AM ET, August 28, 2024

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NPR:
Trump campaign staff had altercation with official at Arlington National Cemetery  —  Two members of Donald Trump's campaign staff had a verbal and physical altercation Monday with an official at Arlington National Cemetery where the former president participated in a wreath laying ceremony, NPR has learned.
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emptywheel:
The Superseding Trump Indictment Is about Obstruction as Much as Immunity  —  In this Xitter thread, I went through everything that had been added or removed from the superseding indictment against Trump, based on this redline.  The changes include the following:  — Removal of everything having to do with Jeffrey Clark
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David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Jack Smith Isn't Backing Down  —  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.  They warned that the ruling would allow future presidents to act as despots, doing whatever they like without fear of accountability.
Discussion: HotAir
Washington Post:
New federal indictment filed against Trump in federal Jan. 6 case
ABC News:
Trump charged in superseding indictment in election interference case following SCOTUS ruling
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Special Counsel Revises Trump Election Indictment to Address Immunity Ruling
Marita Vlachou / HuffPost:
JD Vance Blasts Teachers Union Head For Not Having ‘A Single Child’ In Resurfaced Clip  —  Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, has called herself a “mother by marriage.”  —  LOADING  —  GOP vice presidential candidate JD Vance in 2021 made yet …
Discussion: NBC News, Raw Story, TMZ.com and Daily Kos
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
‘This is simply insane’: Questions raised about vetting of J.D. Vance amid new blow-up  —  During an appearance on “Morning Joe” on Wednesday morning, MSNBC host Symone Sanders Townsend expressed shock that another damaging video of Republican Party vice president candidate J.D. Vance …
Discussion: Plain Dealer
Charisma Madarang / Rolling Stone:
J.D. Vance Says Childless Leaders ‘Disorient’ and ‘Disturb’ Him: Audio
Discussion: Plain Dealer and Mediaite
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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Michael Kunzelman / Los Angeles Times:
First rioter to enter Capitol during Jan. 6 attack is sentenced to over 4 years in prison
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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Jon Passantino / CNN:
Mark Zuckerberg's election-season gift to Republicans
Will Oremus / Washington Post:
Zuckerberg expresses regrets over covid misinformation crackdown
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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Myah Ward / Politico:
Harris aims to keep the map big with a visit to Georgia  —  If Democrats want to win the state again, they have to improve their margins, particularly among Black and working-class voters.  —  Kamala Harris returns to Georgia this week in her first post-convention campaign stop …
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Lora Kolodny / CNBC:
Elon Musk's xAI accused of worsening Memphis smog with unauthorized gas turbines at data center … Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup, xAI, is being accused by environmental and health advocates of adding to the pollution problem in Memphis, Tennessee, by using natural gas burning turbines …
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 …
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Kierra Frazier / Politico:
Trump confirms ABC News debate with Harris is on
Jerome Powell / The Economist:
Why Texas Republicans are souring on crypto  —  Playing the state's energy market has become more profitable than mining bitcoin  —  Cryptocurrency is now campaign talk, thanks to Donald Trump.  Last month, in their party platform, Republicans announced plans to bring an end to the …
Marc A. Caputo / The Bulwark:
Trump's Approach to Florida's High-Stakes Abortion Amendment: Don't Ask.  Won't Tell.  —  TWENTY DAYS AGO, DONALD TRUMP promised he would soon discuss how he'll vote on Florida's abortion rights initiative.  But a number of evangelical leaders and advisers think he should just shut up about it.
Discussion: Mediaite
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 …
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Trump's latest Putin apologia deserves more attention  —  “They are surging into Russia.  Ok?  You are going to end up in World War III.”  —  🚨 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.
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.
Politico:
Democrats and Republicans greet Covid spike with a collective shrug  —  “Any current debate on [Covid] is relatively meaningless,” said one pollster.  —  Democrats and Republicans can agree on one thing coming out of their respective conventions: Almost no one cares about Covid anymore.
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: The National Pulse and Fox News
Stine Jacobsen / Reuters:
Denmark nominates centre-left Jorgensen for EU commissioner post  —  Denmark on Wednesday nominated Dan Jorgensen, a centre-left minister for development cooperation and global climate policy, for a post on the new European Commission following EU parliamentary elections earlier this year.
Discussion: Politico and Bloomberg
 
 
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Mike Memoli / NBC News:
Democrats launch PAC to counter Republican legal election challenges
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and DNyuz
The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on the District Court's Order on the Biden-Harris Administration's Action to Keep Families Together
Discussion: The Daily Caller
The Hill:
Proof-of-citizenship voting bill push could threaten government shutdown
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
How Rep. Mike Gallagher, a rising GOP star, was driven out of politics
Discussion: Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Cornel West survives Democratic challenge in Wisconsin, will remain on state's presidential ballot
Rob Wile / NBC News:
Lowe's becomes latest company to dial back DEI efforts aimed at LGBTQ groups
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
How the media blew 2024′s election
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Why Did the New York Times Let Itself Be Used as a Mule?
Discussion: Daily Mail
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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