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Rolling Stone:
Trump Goes Full Fascist in Truth Social Posting Spree — One campaign official says staffers are relieved that the former president has largely isolated his social media presence to his own app … On Wednesday — in the aftermath of a new election-interference indictment from Special Counsel Jack Smith …
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New York Times, Raw Story and Business Insider
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CNN:
‘My identity is stolen’: Photos of European influencers used to push pro-Trump propaganda on fake X accounts — Luna, a self-described 32-year-old “MAGA Trump supporter” from the battleground state of Wisconsin, has gained a huge following since she joined X, formerly Twitter, in March.
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CIR, New Republic and Raw Story
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
Michelle L. Price / Los Angeles Times:
Trump shares social posts with QAnon phrases, calls for jailing lawmakers and special counsel
Trump shares social posts with QAnon phrases, calls for jailing lawmakers and special counsel
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Talking Points Memo and New Republic
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Jack Smith attempts to immunity-proof his January 6 Trump indictment. Mostly.
Jack Smith attempts to immunity-proof his January 6 Trump indictment. Mostly.
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Business Insider:
Trump's new indictment is 9 pages shorter — there's a good reason for that
Trump's new indictment is 9 pages shorter — there's a good reason for that
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DNyuz
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump's new indictment rocks his newly reshaped race against Kamala Harris
Trump's new indictment rocks his newly reshaped race against Kamala Harris
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The Hill, New York Times, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Sun-Sentinel, Daily Caller News Foundation, Forbes, ComingSoon.net, Scripps News, Townhall, The Atlantic, UPI, HotAir, Politico and ABC News
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Why Trump's ‘incident’ at Arlington National Cemetery matters — Donald Trump's appearance at Arlington National Cemetery this week was already controversial. Then the public learned about an “incident.” — In modern American politics, the vast majority of officials in both parties …
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Daily Kos, Vanity Fair, NPR, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Esquire, Mock Paper Scissors, The Mahablog, NBC News, Washington Times, Washington Post and freebeacon.com
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Associated Press:
Trump campaign was warned not to take photos at Arlington before altercation, defense official says — JD Vance, asked about a Trump campaign incident at Arlington National Cemetery, instead focused on the US withdrawal from Afghanistan calling Kamala Harris “disgraceful” for not firing anyone for service member's deaths.
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Chris Lehmann / The Nation:
The Trump Campaign Is Now Running on Pure Contempt
The Trump Campaign Is Now Running on Pure Contempt
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Balloon Juice
Colin McCullough / CNN:
Fresh controversy brews over Trump's Arlington National Cemetery visit
Fresh controversy brews over Trump's Arlington National Cemetery visit
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court refuses to revive Biden's latest student loan debt relief plan — Republican-led states challenged the plan aimed at reducing the burden on borrowers, including a provision that would reduce their monthly payments. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday rebuffed …
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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 …
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Democrats and Plain Dealer
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Theodore Schleifer / New York Times:
Elon Musk, Eyeing Edge for Trump, Hires Republican Political Adviser — The move suggests that Mr. Musk, the world's richest person, is preparing to become even more involved in the presidential campaign and beyond. — Elon Musk, the world's richest person, has hired a Republican operative …
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Business Insider
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Zuckerberg's Spineless Surrender: Rehashing Old News To Enable False GOP Narratives — Two bits of news came out of the letter Mark Zuckerberg sent to Rep. Jim Jordan this week (and how people responded to it), neither of which are what you're likely to have heard about.
Liam Scott / Voice of America:
Former Nevada official found guilty of murdering journalist — A Las Vegas court on Wednesday convicted a former Nevada official of the murder of investigative journalist Jeff German. — The jury returned a unanimous verdict of first-degree murder for former Clark County public administrator Robert Telles.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
How to give thousands to Trump without giving his campaign a cent — The former president is constantly expanding the array of ways his supporters can put more money in his pockets. — One of the defining characteristics of Donald Trump's rallies is the emergence of an ad hoc marketplace of Trump-related merchandise.
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Metro.co.uk, The Guardian, New Republic, DNyuz, HuffPost, USA Today, Raw Story, Quartz and Bloomberg
Rick Perlstein / American Prospect:
The Election Story Nobody Wants to Talk About — A Q&A with David Neiwert, America's foremost writer and thinker on far-right extremism, on what might happen if Trump wins—or loses. — Members of the Proud Boys rally in front of the Ohio State Capitol building in Columbus, Ohio, January 6, 2024.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Fox News:
Jim Jordan subpoenas company led by daughter of NY v Trump judge — FIRST ON FOX: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, is issuing a subpoena for information on the political work conducted by the daughter of New York State Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan.
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Alternet.org, The Hill, Raw Story, RedState and PoliticusUSA
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Lily Mae Lazarus / The Daily Beast:
Election Could End Up in Front of SCOTUS Warns Ketanji Brown Jackson — BRACE FOR IMPACT — Jackson's comments come after Special Counsel Jack Smith filed a superseding indictment against Donald Trump in his ongoing election interference case. — Journalist
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Axios, CBS News, New Republic, Washington Examiner and The Hill
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.
Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
Trump promoted another Truth Social account that calls for killing his political opponents — Former President Donald Trump used his Truth Social account to “retruth” a supporter's meme calling for the imprisonment of Vice President Kamala Harris, President Joe Biden, and other prominent figures.
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump Media stock falls below $20 per share, a first since company went public … The months long Trump Media stock slide continued Wednesday, as shares of the company majority-owned by former President Donald Trump fell below $20 for the first time since the Truth Social maker went public in March of this year.
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USA Today, Forbes, Quartz and Digby's Hullabaloo
Andy Greenberg / Wired:
Signal Is More Than Encrypted Messaging. Under Meredith Whittaker, It's Out to Prove Surveillance Capitalism Wrong — On its 10th anniversary, Signal's president wants to remind you that the world's most secure communications platform is a nonprofit. It's free. It doesn't track you or serve you ads.
Myah Ward / Politico:
Democrats are chasing a high-risk, high-reward strategy in 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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New York Times, The Hill, New York Daily News, Silver Bulletin, Wide World of News, USA Today, NBC News, Semafor and The Status Kuo
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New Republic:
Bad News for Trump: Surprise Data Shows Pro-Kamala Surge in New Voters — It's often said that Kamala Harris's entry into the race has transformed this contest. But does this also mean that Harris has a real chance at changing the composition of the electorate, by bringing more low-propensity Democratic voters into the process?
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USA Today, Associated Press, Off Message, The Guardian, HuffPost, Instapundit and Raw Story
CNN:
New January 6 footage reveals Pelosi's focus on Trump in hours after insurrection — The morning after the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was clear: She wanted attention to be on getting Donald Trump out of office.
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
New video shows Nancy Pelosi calling Trump a ‘domestic enemy’ shortly after Jan. 6 attack
New video shows Nancy Pelosi calling Trump a ‘domestic enemy’ shortly after Jan. 6 attack
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