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New York Times:
Trump Images at Grave Dismay Family of Green Beret Buried at Arlington — After a confrontation with Trump campaign officials, a cemetery employee declined to press charges and military officials said it was because she feared retribution from Donald Trump's supporters.
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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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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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Washington Post:
How a Trump visit sparked turmoil at America's most sacred cemetery — Army officials hoped clear rules would avoid a damaging public spat with Trump. He gave them one anyway. — Earlier this month, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's campaign contacted military officials …
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Wall Street Journal:
Dispute Grows Over Trump's Arlington Cemetery Visit as Vance Says Harris Can ‘Go to Hell’ — Republican former president honored fallen soldiers earlier this week — Former President Donald Trump's honoring of fallen soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery sparked a controversy …
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Chris Lehmann / The Nation:
The Trump Campaign Is Now Running on Pure Contempt — Both Trump and JD Vance are incapable of hiding their lack of basic humanity. — Pocket — Tuesday's political news cycle delivered a crash course in the fundamental outlook of the Trumpified Republican Party, via a pair …
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Charles Sykes / The Atlantic:
Trump Dishonors Fallen Soldiers Again
Trump Dishonors Fallen Soldiers Again
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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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Michael Gold / New York Times:
Trump Reposts Crude Sexual Remark About Harris on Truth Social — Though the former president has a history of making crass insults about opponents, the reposts signal his willingness to continue to shatter longstanding political norms. — Former President Donald J. Trump used …
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Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
Trump promoted another Truth Social account that calls for killing his political opponents
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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Politico:
Looming court deadlines and hearings threaten to snag Trump's sprint to November — Trump may not be going to trial again this year — but that doesn't mean his legal troubles won't interfere with the campaign. — Special counsel Jack Smith's surprise re-indictment of Donald Trump …
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emptywheel:
The Superseding Trump Indictment Is about Obstruction as Much as Immunity
The Superseding Trump Indictment Is about Obstruction as Much as Immunity
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Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Harris closes gap with Trump in Sun Belt states — Trump leads on the economy and immigration, Harris leads on abortion and uniting the U.S. — Join Fox News for access to this content — While support for former President Trump has held steady, Vice President Kamala Harris …
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Associated Press:
Supreme Court rebuffs Biden administration plea to restore multibillion-dollar student debt plan — The Supreme Court on Wednesday kept on hold the latest multibillion-dollar plan from the Biden administration that would have lowered payments for millions of borrowers, while lawsuits make their way through lower courts.
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Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Harris campaign mocks Trump over muted mic debate: ‘His own team wants to shut him up’ — Vice President Harris's campaign co-chair Mitch Landrieu on Wednesday mocked former President Trump over the microphone muting issue at the upcoming presidential debate, saying his own team “wants to shut him up.”
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump claims Zuckerberg plotted against him during the 2020 election in soon-to-be released book — The Meta CEO earlier this week asserted that Biden administration tried to “pressure” the company to downplay content about Covid. — Former President Donald Trump writes in a new book set …
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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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HotAir, Business Insider and New Republic
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Vance repeats a bogus Trump claim on ‘factories’ debunked years ago — The figure he cites doesn't actually refer to factories. And Biden's record on this front is better anyway. — “If you go back to the Trump presidency, we had 12,000 factories that were built during Donald Trump's presidency.”
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Marc A. Caputo / The Bulwark:
Harris Camp Trolls Trump with Ad Targeting Mar-a-Lago — WHEN KAMALA HARRIS'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN announced a new attack ad Tuesday, the vice president's strategists made sure to run it in every battleground state —as well as a single media market in Florida: the one that includes Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach.
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
McCormick confuses Philadelphia, Mississippi with Pennsylvania in X post — Pennsylvania Senate candidate Dave McCormick (R) was mocked Wednesday after his X account confused Philadelphia, Miss., with Pennsylvania's biggest city. — McCormick's account on social platform X shared a clip …
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Jake Johnson / Common Dreams:
During Antitrust Trial, Exec Admits Kroger Jacked Up Milk and Egg Prices Above Inflation — A top Kroger executive admitted under questioning from a Federal Trade Commission attorney on Tuesday that the grocery chain raised its egg and milk prices above the rate of inflation …
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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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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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Zoë Richards / NBC News:
In resurfaced remarks, Vance bashes teachers union president for not having ‘some of her own’ children — The GOP vice presidential nominee took aim at American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten when he was running for Senate in Ohio three years ago.
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
‘This is simply insane’: Questions raised about vetting of J.D. Vance amid new blow-up
‘This is simply insane’: Questions raised about vetting of J.D. Vance amid new blow-up
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Beege Welborn / HotAir:
I Lurves Me a Happy Warrior — And J.D. Vance is that guy. — God bless all the moaners, groaners, and the double-belly-aching Greek chorus who cannot begin to stop with their doomcasting about Trump's vice presidential nominee pick. — Go jump in a lake. — This kid - and he's a kid to me - is rockin' the house.
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.