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USA Today:
Exclusive: Kamala Harris surges ahead of Donald Trump in latest poll taken after DNC — Harris has succeeded in doing what Biden never could this year: Lead Trump. — Democrat Kamala Harris has surged ahead of Republican Donald Trump, 48%-43%, in a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll found.
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New York Times:
Trump Campaign Filming at Arlington Cemetery Dismayed Family of Green Beret — The family of a Green Beret buried there expressed concern about videos and photos taken by his grave. And a cemetery employee declined to press charges after an altercation with the Trump team, fearing retribution.
Emerson Polling:
August 2024 Swing State Polls: Toss-up Presidential Election in Swing States — Home Polls August 2024 Swing State Polls: Toss-up Presidential Election in Swing States — Democratic Statewide Candidates Lead Republican Candidates — New Emerson College Polling/The Hill swing state surveys find …
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Someone Take This Man's Phone — The post-DNC polling picture is coming into focus, with a brace of new polls out today that show Kamala Harris's surge continuing. The latest USA Today/Suffolk poll gives Harris a five-point edge over Trump, 48 percent to 43 percent, while Reuters/Ipsos …
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Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
Trump Goes on Crazed, Violent Rant Calling for Death of His Enemies … On Wednesday morning, Donald Trump had some kind of meltdown on his Truth Social profile, all before 10 a.m. — His many posts and “ReTruths” were conspiracy laden, crude, and calling for the death or imprisonment of his enemies.
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Ron Dicker / HuffPost:
CNN Host Says Trump's Kamala Harris Blowjob Dig Makes Her Stomach ‘Sick’ — Pamela Brown and the New York Times' Maggie Haberman tried to make sense of the former president's thinking. — LOADING — CNN anchor Pamela Brown said Wednesday that Donald Trump's sharing of an odious sexual joke …
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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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Politico:
Playbook: 3 Trump transition issues that aren't Project 2025 — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — ABOUT THAT INTERVIEW — VP KAMALA HARRIS and running mate TIM WALZ are set to tape their big joint sitdown with CNN's Dana Bash at 1:45 p.m. today in Savannah, Georgia.
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
August 28, 2024 — Former president Trump appears to have slid further since last night's news about a new grand jury's superseding indictment of him on charges of trying to overthrow the 2020 presidential election. Over the course of about four hours this morning, Trump posted 50 times …
Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
24 hours of Trump: QAnon tributes, crude attacks and hawking pieces of his suit
Richard L. Hasen / Wall Street Journal:
Why It Will Be Harder for Trump to Challenge This Year's Election
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Harris widens lead over Trump with boost from women, Hispanics, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat / Lucid:
Why Joy is an Effective Anti-Authoritarian Strategy.
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Hannah Schoenbaum / Associated Press:
Utah Gov. Cox faces scrutiny for using military cemetery photo with Trump in campaign email
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USA Today:
‘Furious’: Veterans slam Trump team's altercation at Arlington National Cemetery
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Charles Sykes / The Atlantic:
Trump Dishonors Fallen Soldiers Again
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Associated Press:
Trump campaign was warned not to take photos at Arlington before altercation, defense official says
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Rolling Stone:
Trump Goes Full Fascist in Truth Social Posting Spree
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Washington Post:
How a Trump visit sparked turmoil at America's most sacred cemetery
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Maegan Vazquez / Washington Post:
Harris, Walz to participate in first joint interview since launching campaign, with CNN
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Jason Easley / PoliticusUSA:
Speaker Mike Johnson Helped Trump Break The Law — Trump was struggling to get into Arlington National Cemetery until Speaker of the House Mike Johnson intervened to get Trump in for his illegal campaign stunt. — Via The Daily Caller: … Speaker Johnson helped Trump disrespect …
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Jos Joseph / The Hill:
What the performative patriotism of Donald Trump reveals about his character — When I was preparing for deployment for Iraq in 2007, we were required to do grenade training. Before we started, our master sergeant asked who would jump on a grenade to save the lives of others.
Paul McLeary / Politico:
‘Unfairly attacked’: Army defends employee involved in Trump campaign incident at Arlington — The unidentified female staff member has declined to press charges due to concern over retaliation. — The Army is defending an Arlington National Cemetery official involved in an incident …
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Henry Rodgers / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Gold Star Families Had Trouble Getting Trump Into Arlington Until House Speaker Intervened
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Wall Street Journal:
Dispute Grows Over Trump's Arlington Cemetery Visit as Vance Says Harris Can ‘Go to Hell’
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Liz Dye / Public Notice:
Georgia Republicans start the steal — Trumpers are preparing for November shenanigans. — 🚨 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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Ben Blanchet / HuffPost:
MSNBC Host Puts Trump Campaign Adviser ‘On Notice’ For Pushing ‘False Quote’ On Air — Ari Melber dismissed a Fox News piece about him before issuing a warning to Corey Lewandowski during a tense live interview. — LOADING — MSN BC's Ari Melber wasn't having it with Trump campaign …
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Miranda Bryant / The Guardian:
Abba demands Trump campaign stop using their music at rallies — Universal Music says footage used in Minnesota featuring Abba songs and videos must be taken down — Abba have demanded that Donald Trump stop using their music after the former US president played several of their songs …
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Inside the tension in Harris' “Frankenstein” team … - Biden's campaign was insular, with a few long-serving aides making big decisions. … But the main architect of the Biden campaign's messaging strategy, Mike Donilon, has left and returned to the White House.
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New York Post
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Democrats Drive Surge in Election Enthusiasm — Close to eight in 10 Democrats say they are more enthusiastic than usual about voting — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' enthusiasm about voting in this year's election has surged in recent months, with 69% of U.S. adults now saying they are “more enthusiastic than usual” about voting.
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
Crockett on Arlington incident: MAGA is not ‘party of law and order’ — Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) recently weighed in on a reported incident involving Trump campaign staffers during a visit to Arlington National Cemetery, calling the perceived shoving “unfortunate.”
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